The Morning Report

The Morning Report - 1/7/22

Good morning, kids. Friday and the weekend is here. It's almost beyond my capacity to describe the absolute loathing I have for that gibbering, perverted, criminal poseur-in-chief and the forces that installed him in the Oval Office as their front man one year ago. He may be suffering from Biden Spongiform Encephalopathy, but his ability to spew the most hateful venom and blood libels with perfect articulation when propped up in front of a camera is a sight to behold. And behold it we did yesterday, on the anniversary of the January 6 Democrat-staged "riot" that has been used for the past 12 months to demonize any and all opposition to the junta as "insurrectionist."

As infuriating as it was, the whole thing rapidly devolved into a farce.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Thursday incorporated the cast of Hamilton as part of the January 6 remembrance, sparking further mockery that the Democrats are "literally" engaging in "theater."
"To begin the conversation, we're privileged to have a contribution from one of the great creative talents of our time, Lin-Manuel Miranda," Pelosi said.

Let me get this straight; supposedly the worst attack on "our precious democracy" (vomit) than 9/11, the Civil War and the Shoah combined engenders a staged segment from a Broadway show?! Wow. And I think I just found the perfect word to describe Malig-Nancy Pelosi: tacky. Not to be outdone, her partner in the upper chamber Cuck Schemer Schumer used the supposed gravity and solemnity of that infamous day to stand in front of the cemetery like a schneurer and put the bite on the base.

"One year ago today, supporters of former President Trump stormed the U.S. capitol in an attempt to overturn the results of the free and fair 2020 election. Incited by the 'big lie' and disinformation, the insurrectionists tried to overthrow our democracy," Schumer's fundraising email begins. "Five people were killed and countless others injured. It was one of the darkest days in American history."
The DNC's fundraising message begins similarly: "One year ago today, our democracy was attacked. The will of the people was under assault, and our Constitution faced the gravest of threats."

Is it me or has every single friggin' Democrat fundraising letter for the past 40 to 50 years had the exact same message about Republicans? Substitute the names and the issues and there's zero difference. It's Mad Libs. Literally. In any case, it can never be stated loudly or frequently enough that it is axiomatic that everything the left accuses the right of doing or wanting to do is exactly the thing that the left is guilty.

Since at least the time of Woodrow Wilson, political violence has been the sole purview of the anti-American, totalitarian progressive movement which has sought our destruction. At this point, a little over a century later, they've achieved the first part - the overthrow of our government. Now comes the fun part; the evisceration of any sort of real checks and balances, the imposition of a thoroughly unconstitutional bureaucracy that has complete control of virtually every aspect of our lives, a rubber stamp judiciary to declare the latter's edicts kosher (soon to be "halal") and the corruption of academia, the media and much of the private sector into an arm of enforcement that is equally and potentially even more dangerous than a feral government.

Thing of it is, after a year of the most disastrous domestic and foreign policy failures in our now ended history, much of the audience that yesterday's Pelosi's Bialystock & Bloom shit-show, along with the equally useless kangaroo court committee, is not only tuning out but fleeing for the exits. After endless lockdowns and forcible injections for General Tso's Sickness, crime being decriminalized and destroying whole swathes of business districts, drag-queen rapists unleashed in girls' restrooms, forcible mind raping of children with Jive Kampf crackpot race theory, inflation running wild, wide open borders and on and on and on, blue-state America is depopulating at warp speed. And there are indications that unlike the past, those fleeing are not taking their voting habits with them.

That does not bode well for the Democrats come the midterms this November. Dao-Min Yen and election rigging notwithstanding, they are in for a massive drubbing. Not that the GOP taking over either or both chambers would matter much given the nature of that party to do nothing more than kabuki/bukkake theater in terms of opposing the Democrat agenda. But at least things will be short-circuited for two years. And come 2024, it's a presidential election that's at stake. And that is what this garbage is really all about. To prevent Trump, or a candidate in the Trump mold like DeSantis from winning. But in the main, it is a vendetta against Trump. The fact that, for whatever they're worth this far out, he's leading in the polling also is a factor. And speaking of the utter uselessness of the GOP, Ted Cruz tried to do the moonwalk on TuCa's show last night, and failed.

"You never use words carelessly and yet you called this a terror attack when by no definition was it a terror attack. That's a lie. You told that lie on purpose and I'm wondering why you did," Carlson said.
"The way I phrased things yesterday, it was sloppy and it was frankly dumb - - " Cruz said.
Carlson interrupted saying he does "not buy" the senator's explanation, believing that he intentionally used the word "terrorist" to describe the riot.
"So, Tucker, as a result of my sloppy phrasing, it's caused a lot of people to misunderstand what I meant," the senator said. "Let me tell you what I meant to say. What I was referring to are the limited number of people who engaged in violent attacks against police officers. I think you and I both agree that if you assault a police officer, you should go to jail. . ."
. . . Carlson said the senator's use of the word "terrorist" is "playing into" the left's ability to characterize the rioters as "foreign combatants." The Texas senator told Carlson he has "repeatedly denounced" terms such as "insurrection" to describe the riot and is fighting against Democrats' alleged attempts to depict Republicans as "Nazis. . ."
. . . In the days following the riot, [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Joe Biden referred to the Jan. 6 rioters as "domestic terrorists" in a Jan. 8 statement. FBI Director Christopher Wray also labeled the riot as "domestic terrorism" at a Mar. 2 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.

Alan Dershowitz once described Ted Cruz as far and away the smartest student he ever had at Harvard Law. What Cruz said was not "dumb" in the sense that it was a gaffe as he claims. He knew exactly what he was saying when he said it. I am done with him and I am done with the entire GOP. But considering the state of the union - DEAD - does it really matter? Even if Dao-Min Yen is not a factor this November and two years from now and by some miracle we do win back both chambers of congress and the Oval Office, does anyone believe that the party of McConnell, Ryan and Romney will do one friggin' thing to stop let alone reverse what has been done since 2021, let alone since 1933? And even if we had a Congress and Oval Office full of Trumps, does anyone believe that the combined bureaucracy - especially the intel community and military will allow that?

Look what they did in the run-up to 2020. They "fortified" the election by running an "orange revolution" to sabotage voting security (such as it was) and then literally do a massive ballot dump on election night. And never forget that while the Democrats stabbed us in the back, it was the GOP that twisted the knife on January 6th and before.

Look at what Australia is doing to its people. Not China, not Cuba, not Iran. Australia. Hell, look at what they're doing to an internationally renowned sports figure like Novak Djokavic. After everything we have been through these past two to five years, and really decades before that if you really take a close look at things, do you think these fiends are going to let an election stand in their way of getting what they want?

Worst of all, we still have a sizable number of people in this country that not only disagree with us on issues, but view us and the country itself as the issue: an evil to be eradicated. I ask, yet again, how is any kind of reconciliation even remotely possible?

Have a great weekend.

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

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

"Seismic economic and demographic changes will feed division and conflict."
Class War is Just Beginning
"In the '50s and '60s -- and to some degree the '70s -- the joke used to be that white people would say 'some of my best friends are black,' indicating latent racism. Well thanks to progressives, in 2022 none of my best friends are black. And that is a shame."
None of My Best Friends Are Black
"Vaccine passports are the first step to creating digital ID numbers on a software platform where every subject's personal information will eventually end up. Control of information means control of the subjects."
The Vaccine Passport Pathway to a Social Credit System
"We might not have a shortage of these treatments today, but what happens when we do?"
NYC is Turning Chinese COVID Treatment Into a Racial Hunger Games

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

"Butler and Young are organizers with the Antifa-linked group Shut Down DC, which conducted demonstrations blocking roadways in Washington, D.C. in 2019, and planned to disrupt Trump's inauguration in 2021."
Antifa-Linked Organizers Who Planned to Disrupt Trump's Inauguration Host 'Candlelight Vigil' For Jan 6 Anniversary
"'Fact Checkers' claim stories are false because prisoners get fed like other inmates."
AP Declares Mistreatment of Jan 6th Prisoners is a "Conspiracy Theory"
"To top it off, Kamala compares the Capitol riot to Pearl Harbor and 9/11."
Biden's January 6 Anniversary Speech - and His Big Lies
"In my wildest, darkest and most dystopian nightmare, I could never have envisioned how the left and the legacy media would twist and manipulate what happened on January 6th in order to pursue their partisan political agenda."
Everything They Have Told You About January 6th is a Lie
"Read it and weep."
Think Jan. 6 Was a Big Deal? Here Are 30 Far More Significant Events on That Day in History
Former President Trump released a sharp statement following Biden's speech, blasting him for using his name to "further divide America."
"Literally Theater": Malig-Nancy Pelosi Has Hamilton Cast Members Sing as Part of January 6 Remembrance
"Biden made numerous references to 'the former president,' blaming him for rallying the mob to attack the Capitol; mocking him as 'not just a former president but a defeated former president' who lost by 7 million votes; and saying Trump's 'bruised ego matters more to him than our democracy or our Constitution.'"
Biden Calls for Unity at End of Divisive, Anti-Trump-and-His-Followers Speech
Hamilton Cast Members Sing as Part of January 6 Remembrance
"While Democrat lawmakers and groups invoked January 6 to raise money, [so-called quote-unquote "vice president"] Kamala Harris on Thursday likened the 2021 riot to tragic dates in U.S. history, such as the 9/11 terror attacks in 2001 and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941."
"One of the Darkest Days": Democrats Use January 6 To Fundraise, Push Progressive Agenda
"The Supreme Court building even was attacked to try to prevent swearing in."
Retrospective: The Disruption of Congressional Proceedings During Brett Kavanaugh Confirmation
"Tucker was brutal, which was a very smart thing to be, both for conservative integrity and for Cruz himself."
Ted Cruz Goes on Tucker to Try to Walk Back His Words About January 6

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"Sebastian Gorka also filed a lawsuit Tuesday to block a subpoena for his phone records. Gorka said that the committee is overstepping its authority, and argues he was not asked to answer any questions or produce additional documents."
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell Files Lawsuit Against Malig-Nancy Pelosi to Stop Release of Phone Records
"If you think the Jan. 6 rioters are the only target Democrats want to destroy, you haven't been paying attention."
Actual Democracy, and 4 Other Things the Left Called a "Threat to Democracy" Besides Jan. 6
Mark Hemingway: "What is this? Officer William Evans wasn't killed on January 6... he died in April after a black nationalist rammed a barricade near the Capitol. How did this statement even get put out?"
Mass. Gov. Blames Trump for Black Nationalist Murder of Capitol Policeman Killed Last April
AMERICA, AND THE WORLD, IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS
FICTIONS AND FACTS
"Florida has a higher than average vaccination rate, and Miami-Dade County (main omicron hotspot in Florida) is 93% vaccinated -- far higher than mandate dystopia NYC. People are still getting sick," Pushaw said, telling Psaki, "if you cared about saving lives -- you wouldn't ignore treatment."
DeSantis Knocks Piss-Hockey Psaki for Criticisms: If You Cared About Saving Lives You Wouldn't Ignore Treatment
"I still believe we're going to need boosters in the fall of '22 and forward," Bancel said. (forward meaning forever; the only thing boosters boost is Big Pharma's profits - jjs)
Moderna CEO Says Fourth Dose of Chinese COVID-19 Vax Will Be Needed This Fall
"About 48 million of the roughly 54 million American residents aged 65 and older are fully vaccinated, the CDC reports. So, for those Americans, risk of dying from [Chinese] COVID-19 was not significantly different from dying of the flu before Omicron came around." (and yet . . . - jjs)
With Omicron Dominant, Chinese COVID-19 Is Now Less Than "Just the Flu"
"At least 1,500 people braved the cold and wind on Wednesday to let N.Y. Gov. Kathy Hochul know what they think of mandating a vaccine for kids and for employment, and of a vaccine database. Spoiler alert: they're against it."
Protest Against Vax Mandates for Kids Round-Up, Jan. 5, Albany, NY
"There will be consequences of heedless measures using selective data."
CDC 'Manipulating' Message To Push Chinese Covid Booster, Some Doctors Say
When you lose Nikole Hannah-Jones: "We have to be able to talk abtthe [sic] harms of remote learning in a society where vaccines are available for all teachers. . . "
The Left Turns Against Chicago Teachers Union as Classes Canceled Again Over Chinese COVID
"The Chicago Teachers Union-imposed school shutdown is about politics, not the pandemic."
Flexing Their Muscle
"Australia's 'Health Officer' (is there a worse-sounding totalitarian title than that?) has determined that the unvaccinated in Australia's Northern Territory can no longer leave their homes for the rest of the week in the case that they have to work or -- get this -- exercise. That's right, the 'health' officials are prohibiting fresh air and exercise for unvaccinated Australians. For real. This is not The Onion.
Tyranny! Unvaccinated Australians Told They Can't Work or Even Exercise Anymore

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"Stolen information focused on monoclonal antibodies and its worth was estimated at $2 billion."
Former GlaxoSmithKline Scientist Pleads Guilty to Stealing Trade Secrets for Chinese Pharma
"We want to make sure that it is not a cloth mask. A cloth mask does not offer protection," says Asha Shajahan of the Mayo Clinic. (Junta replies "hold the Mayo" - jjs)
Experts Make Stunning Admission About Cloth Face Masks
"It certainly looks like the Biden [junta] is trying to disguise a general vaccine mandate as a workplace safety measure. The Supreme Court will ultimately decide how convincing that disguise is."
The Supreme Court and Biden's Legally Dubious Vax Mandate "Workaround"
"There are high priests whose pronouncements must be followed to the letter. The bureaucrats who run the NIH, the CDC, and the FDA. Only these elect can tell us what Science says, and which messages are permissible."
My Religious Objection to the Cult of Chinese COVID
"The cover-up of information, and the dissembling we've seen over the past year on vaccines and masks is serious, not only for health reasons but also for reasons of public trust in institutions."
Masks, Vaccines, and Government Lies
"The NIH was unable to pivot their $42 billion dollars to answer these questions quickly . . . We had a vacuum of scientific research, and all the doctors were on the front lines without any data to really answer these questions, and that's when the groupthink began, and guess what ended up filling that vacuum? Political opinions."
Dr. Marty Makary: NIH Funded 257 Grants on Social Disparities with Chinese COVID, Only 4 on How It Spreads
"State triage policies cite FDA guidance to justify allocating care based on race."
Food and Drug Administration Guidance Drives Racial Rationing of Chinese COVID Drugs
Lloyd Billingsley: "Distinguished medical scientists offer a way to stand up to medical tyranny."
A Strategic Defense Initiative Against White Coat Supremacy
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
"In the old days, criminals understood if they were caught there would be consequences."
A Year of Living Dangerously in American Cities
"It doesn't want to remember its role in creating her."
Elizabeth Holmes, a Product of the Ruling Class
". . . Tsarnaev's boyish good looks instantly made him a hero to the Leftist and the stupid, to the extent that he was even featured on the cover of Rolling Stone, looking like the next teen heartthrob. And in a certain sense, he is."
Boston Marathon Bomber Tsarnaev Got $1,400 in Chinese COVID Relief and Money From Fans
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
"Aimee Rogstad Guidera, Youngkin's education secretary pick, is deeply tied to the education swamp on almost every issue." (and McAuliffe defeated makes a difference, how again?! - jjs)
Glenn Youngkin Taps Ed Secretary Deeply Linked to the Crackpot Disg-Race Theory Education Swamp
"Domingos had previously been denounced by the University of Washington for comments he made in early December 2020 about AI ethics." (all the right wrong people are blasting him, so he must be right - jjs)
Professor Calls Out Unqualified Women In STEM While His Own University Tries To Cancel Him
"Sixty-four percent of respondents also believe students should be taught that America is 'a force for good in the world,' while 15 percent disagree and 21 percent are unsure."
Survey: 72 Percent Believe Students Should Be Taught American Exceptionalism, "Truth About Slavery"
THE 2020 ELECTION HEIST AND AFTERMATH
Mollie Hemingway: "As part of their political operation, they have used a propaganda technique of redefining efforts to secure the integrity of elections as attacks on democracy."
J6 Hysteria is How Media and Other Democrats Are Avoiding Accountability for Their Rigging of the 2020 Election
OTHER DEMOCRAT, LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
"Mary Ellen Klas' conduct 'crossed the line between reporting and interfering,' says Florida Senate president."
Miami Herald Reporter Advised Dem Lawmaker on Florida Redistricting Process
"Why did you feel it was so important to drive through such a snowstorm?"
Tim Kaine's I-95 Traffic Ordeal His Own Damn Fault, Says Blackface Governor
"New allegations of corruption and lawbreaking against Michelle Lujan Grisham, the Democrat Party governor of New Mexico, were revealed in a lawsuit filed this week by the former chief financial officer of Spaceport America, Zach DeGregorio."
More Spaceport America Corruption Allegations Flung About in New Mexico
POLITICS
"While Trump's polling numbers have regained momentum, a dozen Democrats are fearing Trump's presumable intention to mount a 2024 campaign to retake the White House, the Hill reported."
Report: Democrats Seek to Disqualify Trump from 2024 Campaign amid Resurgence
This is what happens when you steal elections and Build Bolshevism Biggerer.
Poll Shows U.S. Public Consensus: The Nation Is Declining
"The younger generations appear to want a socialist takeover."
How to Explain to Your Child Why They Should Never Be a Democrat
"Trump first sought for Duffy to run in October, declining to endorse Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefish, the current GOP frontrunner, in her bid to oust Democrat Gov. Tony Evers. But Duffy, who resigned from Congress to care for his child and now lives in New Jersey, told conservative radio show host Jay Weber on Thursday that now was not the time for him to reenter politics."
Sean Duffy Says No To Wisconsin Gov Race Despite Trump's Urging
". . . Republican political campaigns and right-leaning organizations are not subjected to the same organizing efforts. Due to a different set of principles among leaders and organization members, chances are they won't be. However, we can celebrate the burdens of the trend on the network of left-wing organizations that drive the media and policy decisions."
Unionization of Left-Wing Political and Media Organizations Is a Fantastic Trend
"We advocate offensive violence against the power structure."
Daniel Greenfield: Black Panther Defense Minister Leaves Congress to Spend More Time With His Hate Group
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
Dave Patrick Underwood, a federal security officer, was shot and killed while standing guard at a federal courthouse in Oakland, California, during rioting and protesting that took place following the death ccof George Floyd." Facebook Sued Over Alleged Responsibility In Killing of Federal Officer
"Be still my heart! THE most obnoxious personality in cable news is about to lose her show, if a report from a veteran media reporter turns out to be correct."
Report: Shrill, Shrieking Sub-Literate Racialist Joy Reid to Lose Her MSNBC Show
See? BS.
CBS Buries Poll Results Showing Most Americans of Both Parties Think Jan 6 Was "A Protest That Went Too Far"
"January 6 was not unprecedented, but the current mass censorship of political opinion is."
Every Year Is 1984 Now
"This unwillingness of Americans to stand up and defend the downtrodden in the last two years is by far the most depressing aspect of the great leftist oppression of 2020-2021. People privately mouth support and disgust at the viscous and oppressive behavior of these bullies, but will do nothing to oppose them. Thus, the bullies win time after time, consolidating their power -- which they now wield at almost all levels inside government and private corporation -- to do more evil in the coming years. Soon, they will act to guarantee their control, preventing their removal under any condition at all."
Today's Blacklisted American: Reuters Fires Long-Time Employee for Criticizing BLM
ABORTION
"A shocking new report shows that Silicon Valley firms have been provided false positives to expectant mothers, leading them in some instances to kill their unborn children." (considering the nihilistic ludditism of the Left, you put 2 and 2 together - jjs)
False Positive DNA-Tech Testing is Leading to More Abortions
SECOND AMENDMENT
The only concrete example of violence the story cites is that of 69-year-old Willem van Spronsen, a radical left-wing activist who "was shot and killed while trying to attack a privately run immigration detention facility in Tacoma, Washington."
"Narrow-Minded and Feeble": Gun Rights Groups Shoot Back at USA Today Tying Second Amendment Activism to Nazism
BIDEN AFGHANISTAN BUG-OUT DISASTER
Meh, what more could they destroy that BLM, Muriel Bowser and the DC Junta hasn't already destroyed?
Report: Taliban Threatened To Send 2,000 Suicide Bombers to Washington DC
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
"Dozens of demonstrators were killed as they stormed Kazakhstan's presidential palace and the mayor's office in the nation's largest city on Wednesday, and they continued to try to invade administrative buildings overnight, the AP reported." (airdrop Sasha Baron Cohen, via Aerolineas Pinochet . . . - jjs)
REPORT: Police In Kazakhstan Say 12 Officers Killed, One Beheaded During Extremely Violent Protest
"Reports indicate that Australian Open organizers granted an exemption, but Australia's Border Force revoked his visa when he arrived at Tullamarine Airport in Melbourne on Wednesday."
Australia Forces Tennis Champion Novak Djokovic Into Dingy Refugee Facility
"It's a show trial."
The Persecution of Novak Djokavic
"Iran's Ayatollah has already declared jihad to 'avenge' the U.S. drone strike that killed Soleimani two years ago."
Iran Seeks to Prosecute 127 People in Nine Countries Over Terror Chief Soleimani's Killing
"What it means for Israel's safety."
Fatah and Hamas Take Their Fight to Lebanon's Refugee Camps
Katie Hopkins: "The countdown is on for fuel poverty . . . for millions."
The UK's Cost of Living Crisis
"Will be accessible by law enforcement."
All New Cars Sold in EU to Be Fitted With Data Recording "Black Box"
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
"Military branch admits change to 'norms,' complains of 'bullying and harassment' campaign."
Air Force Accused of Lowering Standards for Elite Unit to Accommodate Female Candidate
"2022 should only see more new attacks as the stakes continue to rise in the ongoing global cyberwar. The new year is also sure to see new ransomware strains and the creation of more state-sponsored Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) as the Biden [junta] scrambles to attempt to respond, and with the mid-term election less than a year away, the question of their competence in dealing with these emerging threats is sure to play a key role in the minds of voters."
Cybersecurity in 2022: Is the Biden Junta Capable of Defending America?
"The hearts of our leaders are hollow. Who can fault Americans if they will not follow those leaders to war?"
Why Can't America Win a War?
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE, THE COURTS
"The state blames [Chinese] COVID for the latest population drop, but the real reason is the state's miserable business climate and poor policymaking."
California in Decline
Tony Perkins: "While everyone's distracted with [Chinese] COVID and the pile of other crises this president has created, the White House is hoping to slip a who's who of radicals onto one of the most powerful courts in the country. And almost no one has noticed."
SPLC: Give Them a Bench, They'll Take a Mile
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
Aida Cerundolo, M.D.: "Will patients be steered towards health care plans based on the amount of melanin in their skin?"
Why the CMS' Antiracism Agenda May Backfire
"The Hospital Price Transparency rule, which went into effect Jan. 1, 2021, is designed to promote competition in healthcare markets by requiring hospitals to post their prices, so that consumers can compare and shop between hospitals; however, according to recent reports, many hospitals have yet to comply with the rules a year after they have been in effect." (thank you and fuck you, Xavier Becerra! - jjs)
Hospitals Are Getting Away With Ignoring Price Transparency Rules, Experts Say
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
Biden canceled the pipeline's federal permit immediately after taking office on Jan. 20 in an executive order. The order said the U.S. 'must prioritize the development of a clean energy economy' and that the Keystone project would undermine the nation's role as a climate leader on the world stage."
Federal Judge Tosses Lawsuit Challenging Biden's Authority To Block Keystone Pipeline
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
"This approach by the military is excellent news, and continues the transition by the space-related agencies of federal government from trying to design and build everything itself to acting merely as a customer and buying what it needs from the private sector."
Space Force Wants to Pay Commercial Space to Remove Space Junk
"Astronomers have, for the very first time, observed in real time a dying red supergiant star prior to, during, and after it exploded as a supernova, thus destroying itself and collapsing into either a neutron star or a black hole."
The Very First Observations of a Dying Star Before, During and After it Goes Supernova
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
"An open letter to University of Pennsylvania women's swim team member: 'Reality will eventually catch up with who you really are.'"
Lia Thomas Is Guilty of Institutional Cheating and Gender Eugenics
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Thad McCotter: "Why we must never cede language to the Left."
Rejecting the 'DIE Cult'
"2021 put the 'us' in virus."
The Year of Tragical Thinking
"He made the mistake of going woke and then buttering up to Dave Chappelle. How do you spell dead meat?"
How Pathetic Is Patton Oswalt?
"If these CEOs thought coddling and enabling this liberal psychosis would benefit their bottom line, they are sadly mistaken."
Voters' Bottom Line To CEOs: Woke Leads To Broke
"It's only the beginning of January, but I think we can go ahead and hand out the 2022 Irony Award now."
Irony Overdose: Man Herds Sheep Into Giant Chinese COVID Syringe Shape to Promote Shots
"We are on the precipice of a dramatic shift in human relations -- and the globalist left can't stand it."
The Four Horsemen of the Left's Artificial Apocalypse
HITHER & YON
"[The Last Picture Show] also catapulted him to fame, as his work drew comparisons to the filmmaking of Orson Welles."
Peter Bogdanovich, Legendary Director of The Last Picture Show, and Paper Moon Dies at 82
Christian Toto: "This all-female band of heroes delivers raw, predictable action light on lectures."
The 355 Offers a Greatest Hits Package of Action Movie Tropes

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Posted by: J.J. Sefton at 07:27 AM

Comments

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1 WTFO??

Happy Fricking Friday

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 07, 2022 07:27 AM (yrol0)

2 Thank you, J.J.

And as always..

Happy Birthday!!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at January 07, 2022 07:29 AM (3D/fK)

3 Did everyone survive the violence?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 07, 2022 07:30 AM (bKdTl)

4 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at January 07, 2022 07:30 AM (EjmvJ)

5 Did everyone survive the violence?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 07, 2022 07:30 AM (bKdTl)

I died...but I got better.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at January 07, 2022 07:30 AM (EjmvJ)

6 Morn'n Horde

Posted by: Latemarch (a member of the rabble in good standing) at January 07, 2022 07:31 AM (ze5Hl)

7 Moronin', Hourde!

Posted by: Hans O'Lo at January 07, 2022 07:31 AM (u7pQw)

8 Barely got through today, yesterday the tears flood the roads and it froze overnight

Posted by: Skip's Phone at January 07, 2022 07:32 AM (etvVb)

9 Morning peeps. A balmy 2 degrees and 5 inches of globull warming on the ground here in the Bluegrass.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 07, 2022 07:32 AM (BFigT)

10 Police killed on Jan 6 - 0, Trump rally goers murdered -2

Posted by: Skip's Phone at January 07, 2022 07:33 AM (etvVb)

11 Good morning. 12 degrees and dark this morning. Should get lighter, although not much warmer.

Posted by: Rosasharn at January 07, 2022 07:33 AM (yEBFM)

12 I just found the perfect word to describe Malig-Nancy Pelosi: tacky.

And without the ironic campy-fun part.

Posted by: Velvet Miklos-Elvis at January 07, 2022 07:34 AM (QzkSJ)

13 They had "Hamilton" cast members? They should have had the Rockettes (legs).

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 07, 2022 07:35 AM (lz5hY)

14 Good morning morons and happy birthday JJ

do you think these fiends are going to let an election stand in their way of getting what they want?

No.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 07, 2022 07:35 AM (EZebt)

15 Mornin', y'all! We are supposed to turn the corner on this particular cold front today, thank God. I need to move south for the winter. Brrr.

Thanks for the newz, JJ!

Posted by: Catherine at January 07, 2022 07:35 AM (ZSsrh)

16 So Jan 6 came and went.

Posted by: Caliban at January 07, 2022 07:36 AM (HgGBT)

17 Yesterday demonstrated the absolute ignorance of history of the left. Fuck the left

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 07, 2022 07:36 AM (GPwVZ)

18 Lia Thomas Is Guilty of Institutional Cheating and Gender Eugenics

"Gender Eugenics"

OOOH, I like this one.

Posted by: Linguistic Warrior Miklos, literally Shake-spearing at January 07, 2022 07:37 AM (QzkSJ)

19 If yesterday was any indication, the Dems are going to break the gain knob on the hysteria amplifier going into the midterms. It is going to be 2020 x 100.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 07, 2022 07:37 AM (bKdTl)

20 An Iranian Jewish leader was executed in 1979. His granddaughter wants his story known https://israelnationalnews.com/news/320045 via
@arutz7heb

This is what can and will happen to all " dhimmis" living under muslim rule. A cautionary tale. And Reason ONE why there is a State of Israel!

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 07, 2022 07:39 AM (GPwVZ)

21 Sloppy dumb goodness.

Posted by: Rachel Madcow at January 07, 2022 07:40 AM (vrz2I)

22 (thank you and fuck you, Xavier Becerra! - jjs)
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Posted by: Sec. of Obarkycare at January 07, 2022 07:40 AM (QzkSJ)

23 If yesterday was any indication, the Dems are going to break the gain knob on the hysteria amplifier going into the midterms. It is going to be 2020 x 100.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 07, 2022 07:37 AM (bKdTl)

No doubt but if inflation is still raging and the russians and chicoms are walking all over us and the southern border is still wide open and crime is rampant I do not think anyone will care

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 07, 2022 07:40 AM (GPwVZ)

24 Good morning, JJ.

Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 07, 2022 07:41 AM (DU+/6)

25 Hiya Catherine !

Happy Friday !

Posted by: JT at January 07, 2022 07:41 AM (arJlL)

26 Hey JJ. At first I thought the spectacle was Simpsons-esque. But when the show tunes started happening I knew the only people who could make something so farcical are the South Park guys

Posted by: Welcome to Wokistan Mutherf*ckers at January 07, 2022 07:41 AM (XnPx/)

27 hiya

Posted by: JT at January 07, 2022 07:41 AM (arJlL)

28 I opened the door to my office (it's in a poorly-insulated addition with its own HVAC) and it was below freezing in here this morning. My fingers are already still while I wait for the heater to over come inertia!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 07, 2022 07:41 AM (DU+/6)

29 "If yesterday was any indication, the Dems are going to break the gain knob on the hysteria amplifier going into the midterms. It is going to be 2020 x 100."

I hope so.

I want them to zoom that knob right past 11, and go so far into the land of unbelievablility that even Hellen Keller texts to say that she can see what they're up to.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at January 07, 2022 07:42 AM (3D/fK)

30 Has Ted Cruz stopped digging yet? I don't suppose the Vote Harder Karens have changed their dumbass tune.

Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at January 07, 2022 07:42 AM (y7DUB)

31 Hiya Mannix !

Posted by: JT at January 07, 2022 07:42 AM (arJlL)

32 False Positive DNA-Tech Testing is Leading to More Abortions

Most excellent

*fingers templed*

Posted by: a few billionaires at January 07, 2022 07:43 AM (QzkSJ)

33 Watched Cruz try and back peddle his treasonous comments on Tucker. Hey Ted, go fuck yourself and take you psycho family with you.

Posted by: Capital Eff at January 07, 2022 07:44 AM (GYllL)

34 and what is wrong with Rebecca Kleefish, that PDT won't endorse her ?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (/yGo0) at January 07, 2022 07:44 AM (9CuDT)

35 After endless lockdowns and forcible injections for General Tso's Sickness, crime being decriminalized and destroying whole swathes of business districts, drag-queen rapists unleashed in girls' restrooms, forcible mind raping of children with Jive Kampf crackpot race theory, inflation running wild, wide open borders and on and on and on, blue-state America is depopulating at warp speed. And there are indications that unlike the past, those fleeing are not taking their voting habits with them.
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It's literally the only hope for Normalistan. If those fleeing Big Blue are refugees who seek to understand and integrate into the places to which they are moving, it will likely be okay. A "national divorce" kind of thing in essence if not in fact.

If, however, those fleeing are colonists who seek greener pastures but then want to show the natives the righteousness of the same shit that ruined their homelands, there will be fairly few islands of sanity left on this continent.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 07, 2022 07:45 AM (DU+/6)

36 Hiya, JT!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 07, 2022 07:45 AM (DU+/6)

37 I have to admit, the idea of the MSM, a lot of politicians, and Soros funded DAs swinging from lamp posts is intriguing, and yet the idea of the US descending into civil war is pretty sobering. I think Bai-Den, the Ho and congress set the stage for that yesterday.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 07, 2022 07:45 AM (fLri9)

38 Lucy Xi, 44, entered her plea in Philadelphia federal court, becoming the fourth person to admit to wrongdoing in connection with a scheme to misuse GSKs trade secrets to benefit Renopharma, which received financial support from the Chinese government.

Where 2 or more are gathered together, they are stealing from you!

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 07, 2022 07:45 AM (yrol0)

39 One minor quibble, J.J. It is a purple revolution, not orange.

Remember Hillary's purple outfit and Bill's purple tie when she finally made her "concession" speech. Also, Hillary, Michelle O., and Kamala all wore purple dresses at Joe's inauguration and Bill, Obama and George W. all had purple ties. There were others that I can't remember at the moment.

And trust me, it wasn't about bipartisanship...democrats are never about bipartisanship.

Posted by: IrishEi at January 07, 2022 07:46 AM (0TVNF)

40 The Daily Mail informs me that a Bomb Cyclone is gonna fuck up the tri-state area, so you got that going for you out there.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at January 07, 2022 07:46 AM (F4DJi)

41 The asshoes let their "solemn ceremony" go too long. They needed an intermission, with a screen showing the singing popcorn and soda telling everyone "let's all go to the lobby".

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 07, 2022 07:47 AM (lz5hY)

42 If, however, those fleeing are colonists who seek greener pastures but then want to show the natives the righteousness of the same shit that ruined their homelands, there will be fairly few islands of sanity left on this continent.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

Welcome to South Carolina

Is that a mask?

Back the way you came, Karen

Posted by: rejoicing on the banks of the Pee Dee river at January 07, 2022 07:47 AM (QzkSJ)

43 Lucy Xi, 44, entered her plea in Philadelphia federal court, becoming the fourth person to admit to wrongdoing in connection with a scheme to misuse GSKs trade secrets to benefit Renopharma, which received financial support from the Chinese government. ...
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 07, 2022 07:45 AM (yrol0)
++++
Must suck to be her. She's not a big enough asset for the CCP to make a phone call and have her released.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 07, 2022 07:47 AM (DU+/6)

44 Nothing good to say, other than RIP Peter Bogdanovich. Paper Moon is one of my favorite movies.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 07, 2022 07:47 AM (sVtYq)

45 "2,000 suicide bombers to washington dc"...

Surprised this hasn't been done already.

More coffee.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 07, 2022 07:48 AM (w9H27)

46 The Daily Mail informs me that a Bomb Cyclone is gonna fuck up the tri-state area, so you got that going for you out there.
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at January 07, 2022 07:46 AM (F4DJi)

It's snowing here...NO bomb cyclone. Just a couple of old men and ladies on the road who should be home

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 07, 2022 07:48 AM (GPwVZ)

47 happy fucking friday horde. the first one of '22 and i overslept. coffee is on, but not ready yet. and i'm STILL not ready for the day. thank God for a home office today.

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at January 07, 2022 07:49 AM (8D42x)

48 Report: Taliban Threatened To Send 2,000 Suicide Bombers to Washington DC

We will soon learn that racial profiling now is just using common sense.

Posted by: Delurk Ergo Sum at January 07, 2022 07:49 AM (SmFPm)

49 Nothing good to say, other than RIP Peter Bogdanovich. Paper Moon is one of my favorite movies.
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 07, 2022 07:47 AM (sVtYq)

Actually the young kids today, will remember him because of the Sopranos if at all

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 07, 2022 07:49 AM (GPwVZ)

50 >>46 The Daily Mail informs me that a Bomb Cyclone is gonna fuck up the tri-state area, so you got that going for you out there.

Just got off phone with Sis on Long Island. 8 inches so far and no sign of stopping. Oh yeah, high winds as well.

Posted by: Capital Eff at January 07, 2022 07:50 AM (GYllL)

51 And for the dumb cunts in the democrat party and the enemedia, we are a Constitutional Republic, not a democracy.

Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at January 07, 2022 07:50 AM (y7DUB)

52 If you are trained in conversational manipulation it is easy to recognize some of the techniques Ted was using against Tucker.

Murder Death Ultra Mega Bomb Vortex Cyclone storm, surely caused by climate change, has dumped 3" of snow and plunged temperatures down to the lowest they have been since dec of last year.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 07, 2022 07:50 AM (bKdTl)

53 Post Jan. 6 celebration hangover-and-out.

Posted by: Marooned at January 07, 2022 07:50 AM (w6hJ9)

54 It's snowing here...NO bomb cyclone. Just a couple of old men and ladies on the road who should be home
Posted by: Nevergiveup

Very Early Bird Special

Damn whippersnapper

Posted by: old men and ladies on the road at January 07, 2022 07:51 AM (QzkSJ)

55 Well, i guess copy does not mean copy what was selected currently.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 07, 2022 07:51 AM (bKdTl)

56 And yes already wished today Sundowner will stroke out

Posted by: Skip's Phone at January 07, 2022 07:51 AM (etvVb)

57 Just got off phone with Sis on Long Island. 8 inches so far and no sign of stopping. Oh yeah, high winds as well.
Posted by: Capital Eff at January 07, 2022 07:50 AM (GYllL)

Yeah since LI sticks out onto the ocean, sometimes they can really get hit harder than the so called main land.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 07, 2022 07:51 AM (GPwVZ)

58 Good news. The vile racist Joy Reid is losing her show on MSNBC.

Posted by: Redenzo at January 07, 2022 07:51 AM (E7vND)

59 I've had cruz's number since 2016 when he stuck up for Creamer's paid rioters at the UIC Pavilion.

no surprise that he is betraying us again ... he is just another kristol or goldberg trying to keep us from focusing on the real problems.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (/yGo0) at January 07, 2022 07:52 AM (9CuDT)

60 The fact that Pelosi attributes the deaths of Capital Police to Jan 6 when none occurs reveals the complete collusion happening in America. She can lie, everyone knows she's lying, but she is confident no one will in the mainstream will call her out on it.

Posted by: IanDeal at January 07, 2022 07:52 AM (PD7YK)

61 I have two thoughts on the the prenatal DNA article. First:
An examination by the New York Times has found that 85 percent of prenatal blood tests for rare chromosomal disorders provided false positive results to expectant mothers. On average, only 15 out of every 85 tests came back with accurate information on their child's genetic make-up.

How did they determine this? Retesting? What makes retesting any more accurate? Is it examination of the babies that weren't aborted, only to find that the feared birth defect isn't there? How did they determine the inaccuracy rate? Assuming it's true, why do people use them?
Many doctors are unaware of how many false positives are found by the companies in question. Either that, or many doctors choose not to tell their patients that the test results are almost always wrong.

Oh. So assuming that's true, why are doctors signing off on something about which they know nothing, or which they know to be inaccurate?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 07, 2022 07:53 AM (DU+/6)

62 It seems to be a missed opportunity for Mel Brook's History of the World to meet January 6th.

The Inquisition chapter does readily come to mind.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at January 07, 2022 07:53 AM (3D/fK)

63 Don't be surprised when Joy turns up at Fox.

Posted by: f'd at January 07, 2022 07:53 AM (vrz2I)

64 again, router ? really ? you got somethin' goin' with the DHCP server ?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (9CuDT) at January 07, 2022 07:53 AM (9CuDT)

65 "The younger generations appear to want a socialist takeover."

--

Direct correlation to them not knowing anything. They literally know nothing about socialism or its long and very tragic history.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 07, 2022 07:53 AM (sVtYq)

66 P.S. It's kinda like recursion that the Demoncrats "Big Lie" is itself a big lie.

Posted by: Marooned at January 07, 2022 07:54 AM (w6hJ9)

67 Has Levin said anything about Cruz yet?

Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at January 07, 2022 07:54 AM (y7DUB)

68 I didn't watch nor read up on any of the insurrection gala events yesterday. I'm not the target audience for that shit. I'm sure others ate it up. Fuels their fires and all that. I would bet it will be a subject of much conversation in the COVID testing lines today and tomorrow. Something along the lines of; "something must be done with those people."

The "othering" part of the Plan (tm) has kicked into high gear.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 07, 2022 07:54 AM (BFigT)

69 Like you JJ, when Biden, Kennedy and Leahy used Anita Hill's fantasies to mercilessly attack the finest nominee to the court since Scalia, I realized no compromise is possible with these scumbags.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2022 07:54 AM (Sbumo)

70 Let me get this straight; supposedly the worst attack on "our precious democracy" (vomit) than 9/11, the Civil War and the Shoah combined engenders a staged segment from a Broadway show?!

------

"Don't forget Pearl Harbor, h8r!" -- Kumala, Vice THROATUS

Posted by: ShainS -- Beware the Branch Covidians at January 07, 2022 07:54 AM (6Xyqy)

71 How did they determine this?
Posted by: Joe Mannix

A statistically valid sample of NYT staff.

Posted by: the burgeoninh New York Journo kid demographic at January 07, 2022 07:55 AM (QzkSJ)

72 "They literally know nothing about socialism or its long and very tragic history."

Feature...
Not a bug

Posted by: The American Education System at January 07, 2022 07:55 AM (3D/fK)

73 You get what you get when you stop teaching history and start teaching socialism beginning with Woodie Guthrie songs in Kindergarten.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 07, 2022 07:56 AM (bKdTl)

74 We are supposed to drive to Baltimore on Sunday.
These snows, and rumors of snow are keeping me on edge.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at January 07, 2022 07:57 AM (3D/fK)

75
The Daily Mail informs me that a Bomb Cyclone is gonna fuck up the tri-state area, so you got that going for you out there.
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at January 07, 2022 07:46 AM

I went to read the article there, saw a Sports Illustrated babe and clicked, because hetero guy. Someone slipped an Apple 'Air Tag' into her coat and tracked this young woman for five hours.

Stalking technology.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at January 07, 2022 07:57 AM (dQvv7)

76 The "othering" part of the Plan (tm) has kicked into high gear.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Remind me to use the other 2A item.

Posted by: Miklos, quiet, kept to himself, said neighbors at January 07, 2022 07:58 AM (QzkSJ)

77 I didn't watch, but I heard Mollie was en fuego last night on Bret Baiers show. Between her, Julie Kelly and very few others, we are slowly learning truths about the J6 FBI attack on America. Thank the lord above for these brave women, who march forth every day knowing what happened to Sharyl Attkisson and James Rosen, and must expect the same treatment.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2022 07:59 AM (Sbumo)

78 Glenn Youngkin Taps Ed Secretary Deeply Linked to the Crackpot Disg-Race Theory Education Swamp

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Especially considering why he won office, this is perhaps the most tone deaf thing I've ever heard. This is pure insanity on his part.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 07, 2022 07:59 AM (sVtYq)

79 ~~Moderna CEO Says Fourth Dose of Chinese COVID-19 Vax Will Be Needed This Fall~~

*******

Barber tells bald man he needs a haircut.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 07, 2022 07:59 AM (m45I2)

80 Morning all.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 07, 2022 08:00 AM (uXonU)

81 Today is the day I am truly missing Rush Limbaugh. I would absolutely love to hear his take on that sham of a sham of a political show last night. I'm sure he would bring up the wellstone memorial and a lot of other Democrat political stunts that have gone off the rails. But mostly I would just like to hear Rush laughing at the Democrats today.

Posted by: Welcome to Wokistan Mutherf*ckers at January 07, 2022 08:00 AM (5yd5S)

82 Jan 7th. The Day Pence awoke and surveyed the ruins of the Navy Yard after the surprise MAGA raids sunk the fleet. He was heartened to see that the sunken yachts had not blocked the main channel of the Anacostia.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 07, 2022 08:00 AM (bKdTl)

83 If elections are a waste of time, then all Democrats need to be shot the minute they step outside their precious cities. No exceptions.

Posted by: trev006 at January 07, 2022 08:00 AM (RJToO)

84 Also from the prenatal DNA article:
A study from 2014 found that six percent of expectant mothers who tested positive for a DNA disorder obtained an abortion. The Times also quoted a Boston Globe article in which a local doctor described performing three abortions following false positive results.

I am surprised it's that low, which indicates to me that a lot of parents may well know that the tests are crap. But if not, then that 6% will likely only rise over time as testing becomes more common. And if that happens, our odds of learning how to treat people with those conditions or improve their lives will fall mightily. I know a couple that had a baby with a genetic defect. The doctors could barely discuss what to expect or odds, because babies with that condition are almost always aborted.

With genetic-based abortion, we're generally left with little idea of how to manage the problems or even what problems to expect with regard to birth defects. Morality aside, that's a practical consequence of aborting children with a defect. Morally, it's made even worse if the defect doesn't exist.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 07, 2022 08:00 AM (DU+/6)

85 We are supposed to drive to Baltimore on Sunday.
These snows, and rumors of snow are keeping me on edge.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

Algore should have to notify NOAA of his whereabouts and travel plans.

Posted by: Miklos, for Common Sense warmening Control at January 07, 2022 08:00 AM (QzkSJ)

86 Good morning, one and all! We got hit with wintry doom so it looks like I am exercising my telework option. Pants optional is a good start to the weekend!

Posted by: NR Pax at January 07, 2022 08:00 AM (MzqIZ)

87
Barber tells bald man he needs a haircut.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 07, 2022 07:59 AM

A hirsute observation.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at January 07, 2022 08:01 AM (dQvv7)

88 Of course we will not need a 4th dose in the fall. By then we will be on the 10th booster, at least.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 07, 2022 08:01 AM (bKdTl)

89 You get what you get when you stop teaching history and start teaching socialism beginning with Woodie Guthrie songs in Kindergarten.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 07, 2022 07:56 AM (bKdTl)

Woody Guthrie was the most overrated pile of shit in popular culture until Brooooce assumed the mantle; the John Steinbeck of music.

Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at January 07, 2022 08:01 AM (y7DUB)

90 Especially considering why he won office, this is perhaps the most tone deaf thing I've ever heard. This is pure insanity on his part.
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 07, 2022 07:59 AM (sVtYq)

I thought I would have to wait for a week before this snake showed his ass, but yay.

That's why there is no train besides the Trump Train (and even that is probably insufficient).

Posted by: trev006 at January 07, 2022 08:01 AM (RJToO)

91 "The younger generations appear to want a socialist takeover."

Yet another fine example of shitty "parenting".

Posted by: Reuben Hick at January 07, 2022 08:02 AM (+LCoQ)

92 Have the Dems/MSM asked themselves why do capitol terrorist hate us so much? Or contemplated the root causes?

I'm guessing there wont be much of this type of discussion.

Posted by: Ripley at January 07, 2022 08:02 AM (MxEKc)

93 Barber tells bald man he needs a haircut.
Posted by: Muldoon

And Covid leeches

Posted by: Miklosdoric of York, Medieval Barber at January 07, 2022 08:02 AM (QzkSJ)

94 Woody Guthrie was the most overrated pile of shit in popular culture until Brooooce assumed the mantle; the John Steinbeck of music.
Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at January 07, 2022 08:01 AM (y7DUB)

Hey! I resemble that remark!

Posted by: Pitbull at January 07, 2022 08:03 AM (w9H27)

95 "Algore should have to notify NOAA of his whereabouts and travel plans."

They should just tie into NASA's data link.

He already has to keep them informed due to his gravitational mass effecting satellites and launch vehicles.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at January 07, 2022 08:03 AM (3D/fK)

96 Have the Dems/MSM asked themselves why do capitol terrorist hate us so much? Or contemplated the root causes?

I'm guessing there wont be much of this type of discussion.
Posted by: Ripley

Aspirations of Reparations?

Posted by: Put Miklos in for 50 mil to start at January 07, 2022 08:03 AM (QzkSJ)

97 Woody Guthrie was the most overrated pile of shit in popular culture until Brooooce assumed the mantle; the John Steinbeck of music.
Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt

Now, don't hold back, Captain......tell us how ya really feel !

Posted by: JT at January 07, 2022 08:03 AM (arJlL)

98 We are supposed to drive to Baltimore on Sunday.
These snows, and rumors of snow are keeping me on edge.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at January 07, 2022 07:57 AM (3D/fK)

Ah you should be ok. I have drive down to DC on the 18th to participate in a Funeral. I hope the weather is ok that that day

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 07, 2022 08:03 AM (GPwVZ)

99 Wasn't that GSK facility in PA where Lucy Xi worked also the facility where CDC found its lost smallpox vials?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2022 08:04 AM (Sbumo)

100 What the hell is a bomb cyclone?? Those crazy Brits..

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at January 07, 2022 08:04 AM (nxdel)

101 ... blue-state America is depopulating at warp speed. And there are indications that unlike the past, those fleeing are not taking their voting habits with them.

That does not bode well for the Democrats come the midterms this November.

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This is why they're on-track to import at least another 30+ million third world ~~illegal aliens~~ undocumented Democrat voters, real or imagined, from south of the border and dropped off in critical red -- and soon to become "unexpectedly" battleground -- counties and states near you.

The plan to collapse the economy, society, civilization, and citizenry continues apace and unabated, comrades ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Beware the Branch Covidians at January 07, 2022 08:04 AM (6Xyqy)

102 "How to Explain to Your Child Why They Should Never Be a Democrat
The younger generations appear to want a socialist takeover."
My dad had this talk with me when I was a child. He was right about the Democrats back then, but today's Democrats are off the rails batshit crazy.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 07, 2022 08:04 AM (NpAcC)

103 I don't know who in their right mind would just continue to line up 3, 4, 5+ times getting injected with chemicals every 6 months or so. I truly don't. Would it never occur to you that there is something wrong with a vaccine that doesn't appear to do anything? (I find "less severe outcomes" to be highly dubious.) What vaccine in the history of medicine has it been determined you need multiple, endless boosters every few months just to tread water? It's so mindless, I just don't know who would subject themselves to that and not give it any thought.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 07, 2022 08:05 AM (sVtYq)

104 Wasn't that GSK facility in PA where Lucy Xi worked also the facility where CDC found its lost smallpox vials?
Posted by: Huck Follywood

No, the smallpox vials are right over...nevermind

Posted by: Miklos, Ungruntled former Federal Contractor at January 07, 2022 08:06 AM (QzkSJ)

105 I went to read the article there, saw a Sports Illustrated babe and clicked, because hetero guy. Someone slipped an Apple 'Air Tag' into her coat and tracked this young woman for five hours.

These women are just going to have to leave those cold environments, move on down South here and wear, at most, spray on clothing to avoid these stalkers.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at January 07, 2022 08:07 AM (+LCoQ)

106 Today SCOTUS will hear 2 Vaccine Mandate Arguments.
The decision is suppose come quickly.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 07, 2022 08:08 AM (NpAcC)

107 100 What the hell is a bomb cyclone?? Those crazy Brits..
Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at January 07, 2022 08:04 AM (nxdel)

A Carvel ice cream product . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 07, 2022 08:08 AM (s2VJv)

108 (1/2)
Increasingly, younger Americans view socialism more favorably than capitalism. According to a 2020 Victims of Communism Memorial poll, 49 percent of Gen Z has a favorable view of socialism. Just 52 percent of Gen Z supports capitalism, according to the same poll.
Meanwhile, 35 percent of Millennials and 31 percent of Gen Z support eliminating the capitalist system in favor of a more socialist system.
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Two problems there, I think. First, one should *not* lump the Millennial and Z generations together. They are quite different. The Millennials (one of which I, sadly, I am) are almost uniformly left-wing. The Zoomers are more bifurcated. The two groups should always be broken out. They do for these particular stats, but not always throughout the article. That's sloppy and makes understanding harder.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 07, 2022 08:08 AM (DU+/6)

109 (2/2)
Second, most folks don't examine multiple sides of the argument. They poll on socialism or capitalism, but not on monarchy or strong-man dictatorship. They're stuck in a false binary, and it will matter. While the Millenials are quite leftist, the Zs are more interesting. The "right-wing" Zs are admirably anticommunist, but they are not traditionally conservative and will not restore the Republic if they win.

I generally expect that whatever war is brewing is going to be faught amongst the Zs or Millennials and Zs. And if the "right wing" side of that wins, it will be a defeat for modern collectivism and POstmodernism, but I think it will also likely be non-republican (small "R"). If anything, I would bet on a form of neo-monarchy or dictatorship coming out the other side.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 07, 2022 08:08 AM (DU+/6)

110 Watched that cringe-worthy Tucker Carlson interview with Ted Cruz this a.m. Cruz looked like an idiot. WTF is that guy doing? Has he been taking PR advice from his woke teen daughter?

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at January 07, 2022 08:08 AM (k4dH2)

111 Lady in Black, it's horde (not the good kind) mentality. people are insane, and with that I'm going back to bed. Get to shovel snow when it's get daylight.

Posted by: Infidel at January 07, 2022 08:08 AM (qpolg)

112 Bullshit. Part of a child is nurture - you can influence that part. But another part is nature - and there is precious damn little you can do about it.

So you disagree with the Proverb "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it"?

I'm having a very hard time finding misfires from home schooled children. They occasionally happen, but I'm not aware of any.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at January 07, 2022 08:09 AM (+LCoQ)

113 These women are just going to have to leave those cold environments, move on down South here and wear, at most, spray on clothing to avoid these stalkers.
Posted by: Reuben Hick

There's a reason Florida is shaped the way it is.

Posted by: Miklos, hello Lay-ties at January 07, 2022 08:09 AM (QzkSJ)

114 Here, we have maybe 5 inches of wet snow. Unless the temp drops this will (sadly) be gone soon. Roads are clear. Very nice morning.

I guess I'll take down my January 6 decorations later.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2022 08:09 AM (Sbumo)

115 >>106 Today SCOTUS will hear 2 Vaccine Mandate Arguments.
The decision is suppose come quickly.

Yup. I have no faith in these scumbags reaching the right decision.

Posted by: Capital Eff at January 07, 2022 08:09 AM (GYllL)

116
A Carvel ice cream product . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 07, 2022 08:08 AM

There good. never give me brain freeze

Posted by: Joe Biden at January 07, 2022 08:09 AM (dQvv7)

117 106 Today SCOTUS will hear 2 Vaccine Mandate Arguments. The decision is suppose come quickly.

Heh! You know it's a tax... SCOTUS isn't gonna have any part of that shit. They're gonna go along to get along.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 07, 2022 08:11 AM (fLri9)

118 "How to Explain to Your Child Why They Should Never Be a Democrat"

I've been talking to my early teen sons a lot about this the past couple years. They get it, especially when I tell them about the enormous taxes I pay and plans to take away our guns. They mock the woke, whiney Biden loving snowflakes students in their schools and on-line. I have high hopes for them.

Posted by: Ripley at January 07, 2022 08:11 AM (MxEKc)

119 Lady in Black again you are spot on. It never occurs to anyone out there that maybe this shot is absolutely worthless. Mind boggling it is.

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at January 07, 2022 08:11 AM (nxdel)

120 There good. never give me brain freeze
Posted by: Joe Biden

Just do your morning "soft serve" and get this over with.

Posted by: Dr. Jill at January 07, 2022 08:12 AM (QzkSJ)

121
I guess I'll take down my January 6 decorations later.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2022 08:09 AM

If you're waiting for an epiphany from the leftists that their own side was complicit in setting up the events of that day, then you can leave the decorations up forever.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at January 07, 2022 08:12 AM (dQvv7)

122 "There good. never give me brain freeze"

Joe.
That's cause you keep stuffing them in your piehole.

...try setting on an ice cream cake.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at January 07, 2022 08:12 AM (3D/fK)

123 106 Today SCOTUS will hear 2 Vaccine Mandate Arguments.
The decision is suppose come quickly.
_____________

A quick decision is not necessarily a good thing, given how the majority has repeatedly demonstrated its willingness to reflexively rubber-stamp all sorts of government tyranny simply because the government utters the magic words "public health emergency."

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at January 07, 2022 08:12 AM (k4dH2)

124 Today SCOTUS will hear 2 Vaccine Mandate Arguments.
The decision is suppose come quickly.

--

I'm sorry to say I have absolutely no faith in this Scotus. I wish I did. The fallout from this is going to go far, far beyond anything we can even imagine at the moment. And in the short term, I think a lot of businesses are waiting to hear how these rulings are going to go. Mr. Black works for a big insurance company. You all know it. They've been left alone so far, but he just got informed that the higher ups are watching the outcomes. He's had to submit his "vaccination" status. He's very worried that the hammer will come down just as soon as Scotus green lights the mandates.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 07, 2022 08:12 AM (sVtYq)

125 106 Today SCOTUS will hear 2 Vaccine Mandate Arguments.
The decision is suppose come quickly.

It's a tax!

Posted by: Chief Scrotums John Roberts, Pederast at January 07, 2022 08:13 AM (w9H27)

126 Hey a big shout out to the Chicago Public School system: Socialism on Steroids

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 07, 2022 08:13 AM (GPwVZ)

127 Heh! You know it's a tax... SCOTUS isn't gonna have any part of that shit. They're gonna go along to get along.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 07, 2022 08:11 AM (fLri9)
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On that, I am not so sure. It depends entirely on which faction owns which judges. Thomas doesn't appear to be owned. Alito is likely unowned, or perhaps he's just catastrophically expensive. The rest are bought and paid for. How these cases will go depends entirely on which faction is pulling their strings. If the "COVID Forever" faction has their hands on the controls, the mandates will be upheld. If it's the "COVID is Over" faction, mandates will be dust in the wind.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 07, 2022 08:13 AM (DU+/6)

128 If you're waiting for an epiphany from the leftists that their own side was complicit in setting up the events of that day, then you can leave the decorations up forever.
Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at January 07, 2022 08:12 AM (dQvv7)
================
NYT Editorial yesterday: "Everyday is January 6"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2022 08:13 AM (Sbumo)

129 Kamala compares the Capitol riot to Pearl Harbor

Tora, Tora, Tora!

Posted by: Joe Biden at January 07, 2022 08:14 AM (sTOQ8)

130 Watched that cringe-worthy Tucker Carlson interview with Ted Cruz this a.m. Cruz looked like an idiot. WTF is that guy doing? Has he been taking PR advice from his woke teen daughter?

Maybe not from his daughter, but he is getting really bad advice. Last time he ran for election in Texas for the Federal Senate seat, he was blathering on improving teacher pay.

I know that the Federal Department of Edjumukashun" has had a lot of influence in local school districts, but pay certainly was not one of them. My thoughts about Ted's stupidity in making that campaign pledge:
* Most parents that he trying to appeal to hate their public schools, the high taxes and the terrible excuse of teaching and want school choice.
* If Ted wants to negotiate teacher pay, he either intends to federalize local schooling, or he should run for the local school board.

So he is listening to stupid people, or he wants to socialize and centralize schooling including salary control on teachers as a collective.

Either case makes him a fool. So much for a Harvard Education.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at January 07, 2022 08:14 AM (+LCoQ)

131 My understanding of the democrat plans is that they intend to use their hearings to disallow multiple republicans, that they will accuse of insurrection, from standing for election in November. The current goal is to prevent between 100 and 150 of them from being on the ballot, and will do this after the primaries, so that there will be no time to put an alternate republican on the ballot, also known as the Tom DeLay gambit.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 07, 2022 08:14 AM (5kI0z)

132 Postal workers are asking the Biden administration for an exemption to the vaccine mandate, otherwise they won't be able to get the mail out on time.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 07, 2022 08:14 AM (NpAcC)

133 Today SCOTUS will hear 2 Vaccine Mandate Arguments.
The decision is suppose come quickly.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 07, 2022 08:08 AM (NpAcC)

It should be over instantly: does the pants shitter have the power to unilaterally bypass the legislature over some fake emergency and force citizens to do something with unproven beneficial results and which might be harmful? No; next!

Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at January 07, 2022 08:14 AM (y7DUB)

134 Kamala compares the Capitol riot to Pearl Harbor

Tora, Tora, Tora!
Posted by: Joe Biden at January 07, 2022 08:14 AM (sTOQ

Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech ha'olam

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 07, 2022 08:15 AM (GPwVZ)

135 Highly recommend the JJS interview in the sidebar, on the Steve Noxon radio show. Excellent exchange. I've not heard this show before but Noxon sounds like someone I need to hear more from.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2022 08:15 AM (Sbumo)

136 Either case makes him a fool. So much for a Harvard Education.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at January 07, 2022 08:14 AM (+LCoQ)
++++
One of my grandfathers had a couple of PhDs. My grandmother had a couple of degrees, too. He once said, "just 'cause you have a PhD, it doesn't you mean you ain't a fool."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 07, 2022 08:15 AM (DU+/6)

137 "Sixty-four percent of respondents also believe students should be taught that America is 'a force for good in the world,' while 15 percent disagree and 21 percent are unsure."

The 36 percent need to spend a year outside of this country with no way back. I'm betting things will change when they bask in what they think is a better government.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 07, 2022 08:15 AM (gSQsl)

138 Watched that cringe-worthy Tucker Carlson interview with Ted Cruz this a.m. Cruz looked like an idiot. WTF is that guy doing?

I don't know but kudos to Tucker for basically calling him a liar. Cruz did NOT help himself at all last night. He made it worse.

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at January 07, 2022 08:15 AM (nxdel)

139 Equity is the manner in which we amplify voices.

Some people will have 11 on their amplifiers.

Others will only go to 5 or 6.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 07, 2022 08:16 AM (yrol0)

140 ust as soon as Scotus green lights the mandates.

That will be the greatest transformation event of this nation's history.

When consent of the governed is replaced by We The People chattel of the State.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at January 07, 2022 08:16 AM (+LCoQ)

141 He's had to submit his "vaccination" status. He's very worried that the hammer will come down just as soon as Scotus green lights the mandates.
Posted by: Lady in Black

One cynical/practical reason the mandates might not happen or fully.

Catastrophe for commercial real estate. Office buildings, parking garages, lunch places, etc.

Municipal tax base, most importantly

Posted by: Observant Miklos, yr ob't svt at January 07, 2022 08:16 AM (QzkSJ)

142 The 36 percent need to spend a year outside of this country with no way back. I'm betting things will change when they bask in what they think is a better government.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 07, 2022 08:15 AM (gSQsl)
++++
The most illustrative thing for me was visiting the first world outside of America (a few cities and more rural areas in Europe). They're much poorer on average than we are. There's less social mobility, too. You're also more constrained in most dimensions.

But not to worry. We're catching up.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 07, 2022 08:18 AM (DU+/6)

143 Explain how a delay-- and even in the worst-case, it was never going to be more than a delay--in the perfunctory, already-known announcement of the vote of the Electors was going to "overturn" the election?

Unless you're admitting that the delay would have allowed the true results to come out?

The election was overturned from 3am to 8am that day in November. You were sealing that theft.

Posted by: Well at January 07, 2022 08:18 AM (/6HIm)

144 Thanks for the Christian Toto review link, JJ. Any movie with Penelope Cruz and Dianne Kruger in it I will watch, even if I have to accept Jessica Chastain as the price of entry.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2022 08:18 AM (Sbumo)

145 NYC is Turning Chinese COVID Treatment Into a Racial Hunger Games

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"Progressivism" -- The Orwellian term for what is in actuality Regressivism.

Their regressive racialism will lead to historical regressive tribalism, which always leads to dictatorship. Which they understand, if not consciously -- at least subconsciously -- and naively desire (and will get good and hard eventually).

"Make Tribal Hunger Games Great Again!"

Posted by: ShainS -- Beware the Branch Covidians at January 07, 2022 08:19 AM (6Xyqy)

146 @67 Captain Hate-Haven't heard yet if Levin has said anything about Cruz. Gonna go listen to his show right now. It's taken me a while to listen to him again, mainly when I'm in my vehicle by chance. Listened to some of his show the other day(the 5th) and played news coverage of past violence of the left on the capital building. Long overdue by him considering his BS take on the "violence" the day after when IMO he shit the f'ing bed. Curious if JJ has a take on Levin, I know he took me to task when I berated Levin. Not calling JJ out as the incident was still fresh, but curious if JJ is still able to stomach him as I know we were/are both fans.

Posted by: JROD at January 07, 2022 08:19 AM (0jZnq)

147 The most illustrative thing for me was visiting the first world outside of America (a few cities and more rural areas in Europe). They're much poorer on average than we are. There's less social mobility, too. You're also more constrained in most dimensions.

But not to worry. We're catching up
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 07, 2022 08:18 AM (DU+/6)

"But they have free education and health care!" will be the inevitable argument.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 07, 2022 08:19 AM (ptkwh)

148 Great piece!

Posted by: Mike at January 07, 2022 08:19 AM (+E75P)

149 Great piece!
Posted by: Mike at January 07, 2022 08:19 AM (+E75P)

Well there was this one girl back in college

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 07, 2022 08:20 AM (GPwVZ)

150 Great piece!
Posted by: Mike

Mike?

Mike Hunt?

Posted by: hadda do it at January 07, 2022 08:20 AM (QzkSJ)

151 Posted by: Nevergiveup

Morning Commodore.
(Bad dad) Naval dentist joke:

Dentist: I can either knock you out with gas or a boat paddle. It's an ether oar situation.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 07, 2022 08:20 AM (uXonU)

152 One cynical/practical reason the mandates might not happen or fully.

Catastrophe for commercial real estate. Office buildings, parking garages, lunch places, etc.

Municipal tax base, most importantly
Posted by: Observant Miklos, yr ob't svt at January 07, 2022 08:16 AM (QzkSJ)
++++
All valid points, but it's also a broader problem than the vax mandates. It's been about two years since most companies sent the laptop class home. About half of them don't want to go back to the office. If the companies mandate an office return, at least a third of that group will probably jump ship and go to a different company. The vax mandate isn't helping, but they accidentally caused a secular shift in worker preferences and that will be *very* difficult to overcome. The problems you outlined will be here persistently regardless of what SCOTUS says.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 07, 2022 08:21 AM (DU+/6)

153 Postal workers are asking the Biden administration for an exemption to the vaccine mandate, otherwise they won't be able to get the mail out on time.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 07, 2022 08:14 AM (NpAcC)
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hahahaha! "Mail out on time"! Love that.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2022 08:21 AM (Sbumo)

154 I'm curious about what the Supreme Court is up to today, seems like a big day for them and us, but no one anywhere is talking about it.

I don't get that

Posted by: Shoey77 at January 07, 2022 08:22 AM (fcWVN)

155 Well there was this one girl back in college
Posted by: Nevergiveup

Kiln explosion.

Feel yer pain.

Posted by: Miklos is still waiting for his pot or something at January 07, 2022 08:22 AM (QzkSJ)

156 Lyin Ted just proved he deserves the moniker

Posted by: REDACTED at January 07, 2022 08:22 AM (us2H3)

157 Municipalities and municipal organizations like transit agencies no longer depend as much on their local base for funding as much as that sweet sweet federal lucre.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 07, 2022 08:23 AM (EZebt)

158 I thought the USPS had already been granted an exception from the COVID vax requirement... along with Congress, their staff, SCOTUS, unions, rich donors, etc.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 07, 2022 08:23 AM (BFigT)

159 "Postal workers are asking the Biden administration for an exemption to the vaccine mandate, otherwise they won't be able to get the mail out on time. "

Mail in voting is gonna be lit!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at January 07, 2022 08:23 AM (3D/fK)

160 JROD,

Ol' Yeller reportedly has a soft spot for Cruz; maybe because of some personal/family item. Somebody who usually is reliable told me that a while back.

Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at January 07, 2022 08:23 AM (y7DUB)

161 154 I'm curious about what the Supreme Court is up to today, seems like a big day for them and us, but no one anywhere is talking about it.

I don't get that
Posted by: Shoey77 at January 07, 2022 08:22 AM (fcWVN)

the 3 libs are wondering how they will vote

hahahhahahhaha

Posted by: REDACTED at January 07, 2022 08:23 AM (us2H3)

162 It was merely a botched joke. Misread the crowd. So sorry. So very sorry.

[applies glycerin to cheek from squeeze bottle]

Posted by: Ted Crewse at January 07, 2022 08:24 AM (/v1Mg)

163 151 Posted by: Nevergiveup

Morning Commodore.
(Bad dad) Naval dentist joke:

Dentist: I can either knock you out with gas or a boat paddle. It's an ether oar situation.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 07, 2022 08:20 AM (uXonU)

Dentist to Young gal in dentist chair: Do you want gas?

Yes gas or electricity as I do not wish to be in the dark with you.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 07, 2022 08:24 AM (yrol0)

164 If the companies mandate an office return, at least a third of that group will probably jump ship and go to a different company.

Honestly, that's a good thing. There are plenty of jobs that simply don't require a physical presence any more. And if it takes companies hemorrhaging talent to get the hint, then so be it.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 07, 2022 08:24 AM (s2fTr)

165 Sigh. Cocksucker's counterpoint to #137 is bonkers as far as non-sequiturs go. At least we have the mostly-literate version this time. Unusual for the morning threads. Typically we get the entirely illiterate version early in the morning.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 07, 2022 08:24 AM (DU+/6)

166 Whenever I hear about oral arguments, I think of Kamala and her staff.

Posted by: Roy at January 07, 2022 08:25 AM (VsUZy)

167 72 "They literally know nothing about socialism or its long and very tragic history."
______________________

History? Most leftists are so damn ignorant they don't even have a clue what is going on in the world now, let alone have any knowledge about what happened decades ago.

Look at that dumb-ass Whoopi Goldberg, expressing her shock and dismay at getting infected with the china virus after having been vaccinated and boosted. How many stories have their been, even in MSM sites like CNN, about how the vaccine doesn't stop people from getting infected or spreading the virus. And yet this ludicrous woman, who is paid millions of dollars a year to appear on a t.v. talk show and talk about current events, didn't know that she could still get infected, despite being vaccinated.

It takes real effort to be that clueless and uninformed.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at January 07, 2022 08:26 AM (k4dH2)

168 "Postal workers are asking the Biden administration for an exemption to the vaccine mandate, otherwise they won't be able to get the mail out on time. "

Mail in voting is gonna be lit!
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

And the cool Tik-Tok videos of heroic dancing postal workers!

Posted by: Miklos Predictifies at January 07, 2022 08:26 AM (QzkSJ)

169 History? Most leftists are so damn ignorant they don't even have a clue what is going on in the world now, let alone have any knowledge about what happened decades ago. ...
Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at January 07, 2022 08:26 AM (k4dH2)
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History began in 1980.

If you take the long view, anyway.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 07, 2022 08:26 AM (DU+/6)

170 hahahaha! "Mail out on time"! Love that.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2022 08:21 AM (Sbumo)

Monday through Wednesday there was no mail delivery @ Chez Hate.

Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at January 07, 2022 08:26 AM (y7DUB)

171 "Australia's 'Health Officer' (is there a worse-sounding totalitarian title than that?)

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"Dr. Fauci, Minister of Science, Public Health, and Truth -- but mostly Truth" has a nice ring to it ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Beware the Branch Covidians at January 07, 2022 08:26 AM (6Xyqy)

172 It takes real effort to be that clueless and uninformed.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at January 07, 2022 08:26 AM (k4dH2)

That why about 45% of people register as Democrats.

clueless and uninformed

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 07, 2022 08:27 AM (yrol0)

173 "Postal workers are asking the Biden administration for an exemption to the vaccine mandate, otherwise they won't be able to get the mail out on time. "

--

I thought they already had their exemption. Any any exemption carved out for any favored group for any reason should shoot this entire King's Decree right into the flaming fires of hell. Medical emergency my backside...

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 07, 2022 08:27 AM (sVtYq)

174 SCOTUS Chief "Epsteined" Roberts will have an interesting time finding the tax authority for requiring injections into citizens.

Gives him something to do this afternoon.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2022 08:27 AM (Sbumo)

175 hahahaha! "Mail out on time"! Love that.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2022 08:21 AM (Sbumo)
++++
You only think it's bad now.

There's a lot of ruin in a postal service.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 07, 2022 08:27 AM (DU+/6)

176 "It takes real effort to be that clueless and uninformed."

She has Staff for that.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at January 07, 2022 08:27 AM (3D/fK)

177 "An unjust law is no law at all". This is a bedrock principle that I believe in. I am under no moral obligation to follow any unjust " law". Vaxx mandates are unjust, violating natural law. We could name a lot of other such " laws" being forced upon us.

Posted by: kraken at January 07, 2022 08:28 AM (6Je/Q)

178 I'm feeling pretty good right now about a rematch with Cruz.

Posted by: Beto O'Rourke, not as white as I actually am at January 07, 2022 08:28 AM (QzkSJ)

179 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 07, 2022 08:29 AM (Zz0t1)

180 Without violence, this country will never be free again.

Sad but true. They're getting away with murder every day.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 07, 2022 08:30 AM (Zz0t1)

181 "FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt "

We rate this statement as 'True'.

Posted by: snopes at January 07, 2022 08:30 AM (3D/fK)

182 There is waaaaay too much money at stake for those ass clowns in the SCOTUS shit can the vax mandate. Obamacare demonstrated that. Better be prepared to get vaxxed or deal with the consequences.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 07, 2022 08:31 AM (fLri9)

183 I thought they already had their exemption. Any any exemption carved out for any favored group for any reason should shoot this entire King's Decree right into the flaming fires of hell. Medical emergency my backside...

**

Yep.

And now we also have an exhaustive study from the CDC showing that the masks do nothing, and another one from the NIH showing that there is no difference in infections between vaxxinated and unvaxxinated areas.

I'm betting if we had the actual numbers we would see there were no excess deaths, too. Everything was panic and manipulation and don't treat patients with therapies or you risk losing your license.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - CDC releases COVID study proving masks don't do sh1t, literally not even 2% change at January 07, 2022 08:31 AM (q8U4k)

184 Some days, getting the mail is just as odd as not, since I often receive a sampling of all my neighbors things.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2022 08:31 AM (Sbumo)

185 History began in 1980.

If you take the long view, anyway.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 07, 2022 08:26 AM (DU+/6)

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I remember hearing Dr. Thomas Sowell quip once, three or four decades ago, that most liberals believe that history began in 1964.

After the ascendancy (and likely installation into both the nomination and White House) of The Lightbringer, that subsequently became 2008.

And since The Steal, it has been reset to the post-Trumpian Year Zero.

Posted by: ShainS -- Beware the Branch Covidians at January 07, 2022 08:31 AM (6Xyqy)

186 "FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt "

We rate this statement as 'True'.
Posted by: snopes

Pants on fire

Oh, sorry

Posted by: Newly Hired Horde fact-checker at January 07, 2022 08:31 AM (QzkSJ)

187 178 I'm feeling pretty good right now about a rematch with Cruz.
Posted by: Beto O'Rourke, not as white as I actually am at January 07, 2022 08:28 AM (QzkSJ)

you can't beat a cocksucker by being a bigger cocksucker in TX

MA. sure but not TX

Posted by: REDACTED at January 07, 2022 08:32 AM (us2H3)

188 For anyone who needs them

Masks don't do sh*t:

cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/pdfs/
mm7010e3-H.pdf

No difference in COVID between vaxxed and unvaxxed areas

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc/articles/
PMC8481107/

Posted by: Moron Robbie - CDC releases COVID study proving masks don't do sh1t, literally not even 2% change at January 07, 2022 08:32 AM (q8U4k)

189 I'm curious about what the Supreme Court is up to today, seems like a big day for them and us, but no one anywhere is talking about it.

I don't get that
Posted by: Shoey77 at January 07, 2022 08:22 AM (fcWVN)
********
FNC interviewed the attorneys arguing the case today.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 07, 2022 08:32 AM (NpAcC)

190 I don't see any part of the Supreme Court's position on the mandate necessitating a discussion of if the vaccine is effective or not.

They need to focus purely on the Constitutionality of the mandate.

Nothing more.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at January 07, 2022 08:33 AM (3D/fK)

191 December jobs report only added 199,000 jobs... they were expecting double. Lol

Posted by: redridinghood at January 07, 2022 08:34 AM (NpAcC)

192 Cruz, Noem, Hailey, Pence.

Putting forth truly top men and women The 'R' wing of the Democrat Party seeks your vote

Posted by: Voter theater. at January 07, 2022 08:34 AM (FCPbW)

193 "Postal workers are asking the Biden administration for an exemption to the vaccine mandate, otherwise they won't be able to get the mail out on time. "

And? I have not gotten mail in 4 days

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 07, 2022 08:34 AM (GPwVZ)

194 The picture up top reminds me of a little anecdote about the way of war and some of its odd sideshows. When we defeated Japan and were preparing to accept the surrender, the British wanted desperately to be a part of it. They were quite active - albeit as a decidedly secondary campaign - in the Pacific theater. They whipped Japanese ass across South and Southeast Asia, and fought bravely and with great grit and innovation in Burma and Malaya. From the Naval standpoint, they tried their best but just couldn't keep up with the US Navy. No one could. Their steel-decked carriers ended up being a lot less susceptible to Kamikaze, though, and they did well when they could actually get there and keep up.

Anyway, the Brits gave us an heirloom desk to accept the surrender. A beautiful, valuable piece of furniture in a nice symbolic gesture. It was transferred to the Missouri - and then not used simply because it wasn't big enough. They hauled out a mess table instead.

Aside to the aside: After the ceremony, our copy of the treaty was just left under a paperweight until someone could be bothered to collect and secure it. It didn't matter. We had won, without question.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 07, 2022 08:34 AM (DU+/6)

195 Riffing on the Post Office... yesterday it was snowing and bitterly cold here in the Bluegrass. There was about 4 inches on the ground when our mail person drove up our driveway in a red Jeep with a little yellow flashing light on top and magnetic "US Mail" signs on the doors. When I went out to meet her she said; "you don't have to come out here... I'll bring you your mail." We chatted for a bit and she is probably one of the few mail carriers I've met who understand how reliant some people are on what they do.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 07, 2022 08:34 AM (BFigT)

196
181 "FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt "

We rate this statement as 'Mostly True'.

Posted by: snopes at January 07, 2022 08:30 AM (3D/fK)

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Updated for accuracy.

Posted by: ShainS -- Beware the Branch Covidians at January 07, 2022 08:34 AM (6Xyqy)

197 I didn't see it in the Kung Flu section, but maybe a big deal.
According to a ZH article a Federal judge has reduced FDA's "75 years to release the vax data" and have given them 8 months.

Posted by: Fool Otto at January 07, 2022 08:34 AM (DB16e)

198 I don't see any part of the Supreme Court's position on the mandate necessitating a discussion of if the vaccine is effective or not.

They need to focus purely on the Constitutionality of the mandate.

Nothing more.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at January 07, 2022 08:33 AM (3D/fK)

*rumbles of laughter emanate from the penumbras of the Supreme Court*

Posted by: Miklos can hear it from here at January 07, 2022 08:34 AM (QzkSJ)

199 Watched that cringe-worthy Tucker Carlson interview with Ted Cruz this a.m. Cruz looked like an idiot. WTF is that guy doing?
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Cruz is torpedoing any further political career. I guess he wants to retire. Too bad, I usually liked his work.

Posted by: mustbequantum at January 07, 2022 08:35 AM (MIKMs)

200 Riffing on the Post Office... yesterday it was snowing and bitterly cold here in the Bluegrass. There was about 4 inches on the ground when our mail person drove up our driveway in a red Jeep with a little yellow flashing light on top and magnetic "US Mail" signs on the doors. When I went out to meet her she said; "you don't have to come out here... I'll bring you your mail." We chatted for a bit and she is probably one of the few mail carriers I've met who understand how reliant some people are on what they do.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 07, 2022 08:34 AM (BFigT)

I gave my mailman a bottle of tequila for Christmas.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 07, 2022 08:35 AM (Zz0t1)

201 I remember hearing Dr. Thomas Sowell quip once, three or four decades ago, that most liberals believe that history began in 1964.

After the ascendancy (and likely installation into both the nomination and White House) of The Lightbringer, that subsequently became 2008.

And since The Steal, it has been reset to the post-Trumpian Year Zero.
Posted by: ShainS -- Beware the Branch Covidians at January 07, 2022 08:31 AM (6Xyqy)
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2020 was a turning point in history generally. One chapter ended and a new chapter behan.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 07, 2022 08:36 AM (DU+/6)

202 As Behind The Black notes, the Russian anti-satellite attack has produced thousands of small missiles now orbiting the earth and causing all sorts of damage to other orbiting instruments. Cleaning that shit up is a great idea, as BTB also notes.

But, how about also going after Russian space weapons and surreptitiously rendering them inoperable? Lets get to the source of the problem.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2022 08:36 AM (Sbumo)

203 The bad news is your money is worth less and less.

The good news is there's less and less to buy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 07, 2022 08:36 AM (EZebt)

204 December jobs report only added 199,000 jobs... they were expecting double. Lol

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It sure is reassuring that the Democrats are spending all their time play acting about J6 while the country is falling down around our ears. A bigger bunch of disgusting pigs could not be found.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 07, 2022 08:36 AM (sVtYq)

205 A 1000 points of lights on Waco Hill.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at January 07, 2022 08:37 AM (TTVd4)

206 Thank you, J.J, even if I've had to take a mental health break halfway through.

No, I don't think reconciliation is possible any longer and suspect that's the cause of the tendrils of fear I've been experiencing in the past two weeks.

Divorce is coming. And sooner than later I believe.

Posted by: creeper - PUREBLOOD at January 07, 2022 08:37 AM (cTCuP)

207 Riffing on the Post Office... yesterday it was snowing and bitterly cold here in the Bluegrass. There was about 4 inches on the ground when our mail person drove up our driveway in a red Jeep with a little yellow flashing light on top and magnetic "US Mail" signs on the doors. When I went out to meet her she said; "you don't have to come out here... I'll bring you your mail." We chatted for a bit and she is probably one of the few mail carriers I've met who understand how reliant some people are on what they do.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 07, 2022 08:34 AM (BFigT)
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My mail carrier is great. So is my local post office. My regional sort is quite good, too - shit never gets lost or delayed for days on end there. The USPS is highly local. The network is what it is and there are big regional sorts that aren't great (Atlanta and Pittsburgh come immediately to mind) but the locals are anywhere from great to miserable. Where I used to live, it was miserable. Slow, unreliable, rude carriers, etc. Where I live now, they're great and efficient and friendly and take their jobs seriously. It was refreshing.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 07, 2022 08:38 AM (DU+/6)

208 December jobs report only added 199,000 jobs... they were expecting double. Lol

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Why would they expect any? They've set the stage for a minimal workforce with their government teat. Expecting any employment is just stupid.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 07, 2022 08:38 AM (Zz0t1)

209 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 07, 2022 08:00 AM (DU+/6)

*****

re: fetal testing for rare genetic abnormalities.

The issue is considerably more complex than the linked article would have you believe. Clicking back to find the source article leads to the NYT (paywall) so I can't comment on that.

I agree with you that there are morality issues, driven by a societal longing for risk-free outcomes and perfect babies. Fortunately, in my experience, the vast majority of families that I dealt with, when discussing life-threatening conditions prior to birth chose to err on the side of giving the baby every reasonable chance, and only very rarely opting for abortion.

One thing many don't understand is that whenever you do a screening test for a condition that is extremely rare, the proportion of false positives goes up. You must consider the prevalence of the condition in the population.

Generally the preliminary testing, if positive, prompts the need for confirmatory testing and counseling, which can put families through the wringer of uncertainty.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 07, 2022 08:38 AM (m45I2)

210
Original caption was "So Solly, Kamara!" but I thought I might get shit for that.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 07, 2022 08:39 AM (s2VJv)

211 Our mail lady retired a couple of years back and she was outstanding. We routinely gave her all sorts of gifts because she did such a great job, and enjoyed every day of her work. An absolute pleasure to deal with her. She and her husband, an engineer, retired early and moved to South Carolina. Now we get different randos every few days who sometimes don't even speak English very well. Can non-citizens work for the Feds?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2022 08:39 AM (Sbumo)

212 From the AT story, "COVID-1984".

That's gold.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 07, 2022 08:39 AM (Y5qcH)

213 Cruz, Noem, Hailey, Pence.
Putting forth truly top men and women The 'R' wing of the Democrat Party seeks your vote
Posted by: Voter theater. at January 07, 2022 08:34 AM

Don't be fooled by the pretenders. I'm tanned, rested and a hundred lbs. lighter to bring you some authentic MAGA.

Posted by: Mike Pompeo at January 07, 2022 08:39 AM (4thlk)

214 Original caption was "So Solly, Kamara!" but I thought I might get shit for that.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

Shit-eating grins, maybe

Posted by: Miklos, easily amused at January 07, 2022 08:40 AM (QzkSJ)

215 Hey are medical schools going remote also? I mean that is gonna be great for our future healthcare system?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 07, 2022 08:40 AM (GPwVZ)

216 Original caption was "So Solly, Kamara!" but I thought I might get shit for that.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 07, 2022 08:39 AM (s2VJv)

I always wondered why they could say the L's in words that didn't have them, but not in the words that did.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 07, 2022 08:40 AM (Zz0t1)

217 160 JROD,

Ol' Yeller reportedly has a soft spot for Cruz; maybe because of some personal/family item. Somebody who usually is reliable told me that a while back.

Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at January 07, 2022 08:23 AM (y7DUB)

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He also had a soft spot for Sessions. I remember Levin interviewing him when he was AG, and it was embarrassingly cringe-worthy. His tone and demeanor regressed to that of a lawyer attempting to induce rehearsed testimony he wanted to hear from a child on the witness stand.

To his credit, Mark has since mildly criticized Sessions' sorry reign as AG along the lines of not the right man for that job or something.

Posted by: ShainS -- Beware the Branch Covidians at January 07, 2022 08:41 AM (6Xyqy)

218 @160 Captain Hate-I'd say Ted Cruz political career on the big stage was launched and pimped by Levin.Though Cruz was my guy in 16'(I thoroughly believed Trump was a NY liberal), I still kept him at arms length because of shit like what he did the other day.
Politics died Nov.3, 2020 and mean squat now. I know a few around here are taking the Star Wars approach "there is another" as far as a presidential candidate rather than Trump in 24' but I think that's right up there with the wish casting we seen around here on the lead up to Nov.3, 2020 with the #2 weeks.

Posted by: JROD at January 07, 2022 08:41 AM (0jZnq)

219 Now we get different randos every few days who sometimes don't even speak English very well. Can non-citizens work for the Feds?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2022 08:39 AM (Sbumo)
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Yes, non-citizens can work for the FedGov as long as it is not a position that requires a US Citizen on US Soil (usually those positions are related to defense or security).

But the USPS is a strange beast. It was semi-"privatized" and exists in its own weird chimeric space of publicly-funded semi-private chartered monopoly.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 07, 2022 08:41 AM (DU+/6)

220 Hey are medical schools going remote also? I mean that is gonna be great for our future healthcare system?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 07, 2022 08:40 AM (GPwVZ)

I'll take yesteryear's snake oil salesman over today's healthcare system.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 07, 2022 08:41 AM (Zz0t1)

221 But the USPS is a strange beast. It was semi-"privatized" and exists in its own weird chimeric space of publicly-funded semi-private chartered monopoly.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

And the current Postmaster General is/was an out-and-loud Trump guy.

Posted by: Miklos, easily confused at January 07, 2022 08:43 AM (QzkSJ)

222 Perhaps the Democrats should have monthly 6Jan productions.

https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/495645/

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at January 07, 2022 08:43 AM (3D/fK)

223 Generally the preliminary testing, if positive, prompts the need for confirmatory testing and counseling, which can put families through the wringer of uncertainty.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 07, 2022 08:38 AM (m45I2)

Daughter declined prenatal testing on all three babies. Her stance was "What's the point? How would that make a difference?"

Posted by: grammie winger at January 07, 2022 08:43 AM (45fpk)

224 204
It sure is reassuring that the Democrats are spending all their time play acting about J6 while the country is falling down around our ears. A bigger bunch of disgusting pigs could not be found.
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 07, 2022 08:36 AM (sVtYq)

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Political theater is a mainstay of the Western world, and yet people don't usually vote based on the theater.

Ignoring the economic reality is just going to keep the cork on the champagne bottle while shaking it up at the same time.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 07, 2022 08:43 AM (LvTSG)

225 re: my @209

Granted, by the time I was involved in the discussion, the families had already been offered the option of abortion and if they chose that route were not referred by the perinatologist to see me for cardiac evaluation and counseling. I did see a handful of cases where a perinatologist (OB high-risk specialist) had given parents frankly wrong information about survival risks for certain conditions; which I had to attempt to rectify.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 07, 2022 08:43 AM (m45I2)

226 The good news is there's less and less to buy.

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I was at the grocery store and thinking about that a few days ago. We as Americans are being conditioned to accept bare shelves.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - CDC releases COVID study proving masks don't do sh1t, literally not even 2% change at January 07, 2022 08:43 AM (q8U4k)

227 Muldoon has entirely too much common sense for a modern day medical man.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2022 08:43 AM (Sbumo)

228 To be perfectly honest, our rural mail delivery is typically very spotty. We never have the same carrier, although I see that red Jeep all over the place it's not always the same driver. One guy will bring oversized packages to us, but leave the rest of the mail in our box which is a quarter mile from the house. WTF dude?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 07, 2022 08:44 AM (BFigT)

229 Diversity Inclusion Equity (DIE) aka Kill Whitey.
Hint: Everyone is white.

Posted by: (jV+aN) President Orange Man Bad (Rheees Be Upon Him) at January 07, 2022 08:44 AM (jV+aN)

230 The end of pay toilets was the beginning of Free Shit !

Posted by: JT at January 07, 2022 08:44 AM (arJlL)

231 What Cruz said was not "dumb" in the sense that it was a gaffe as he claims. He knew exactly what he was saying when he said it. I am done with him and I am done with the entire GOP.
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Trump's superpower is making his enemies reveal themselves by saying the things they should not say.

These people show you whose side they are on . . .
its the Uniparty they side with, not us.

Posted by: People get ready at January 07, 2022 08:44 AM (eVLDK)

232 227 Muldoon has entirely too much common sense for a modern day medical man.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2022 08:43 AM (Sbumo)

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I thought he was retired.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 07, 2022 08:44 AM (LvTSG)

233 "Muldoon has entirely too much common sense for a modern day medical man. "

Hence his 'retired' status, I believe.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at January 07, 2022 08:44 AM (3D/fK)

234 re: fetal testing for rare genetic abnormalities.

The pastor's daughter at my old church was encouraged to get an abortion by her doctor because they were certain her child would be born "abnormal." Turns out they were right! She had a minor defect in one eyelid which was surgically corrected by the time she was 4 or 5.

Posted by: Fool Otto at January 07, 2022 08:44 AM (DB16e)

235 Hey are medical schools going remote also? I mean that is gonna be great for our future healthcare system?

*

Are you saying that Nurse Practitioners might not get the best education that way?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - CDC releases COVID study proving masks don't do sh1t, literally not even 2% change at January 07, 2022 08:45 AM (q8U4k)

236 Can non-citizens work for the Feds?
Posted by: Huck Follywood

When the fedgov brings in 20,000 rando afghanis, yeah, they can.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 07, 2022 08:45 AM (uXonU)

237
Daughter declined prenatal testing on all three babies. Her stance was "What's the point? How would that make a difference?"
Posted by: grammie winger at January 07, 2022 08:43 AM (45fpk)

They offered us those tests with the caveat that they were grossly inaccurate.

We declined.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 07, 2022 08:45 AM (Zz0t1)

238 Perhaps the Democrats should have monthly 6Jan productions.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

Dancing with the Czars?

Posted by: Miklosov "Bubba" Miklosevich at January 07, 2022 08:45 AM (QzkSJ)

239 I decided to engage in some poor decision-making this morning and ran to Waffle House before work. I noticed something on the menu. There was a disclaimer that due to supply and labor shortages, the restaurant may at any time not be able to provide all menu items, or may forbid or mandate substitutions, or might have reduced seating, or might eliminate in-restaurant service entirely and go to pickup only.

Not that weird in Current Year all things considered, but what stood out was how the disclaimer was handled. It was printed directly on the menu. Under the lamination. It was just included in the copy the last time they reprinted the menus. Waffle House, at least, is clearly assuming that this is just the way things work now and will work that way for the foreseeable future.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 07, 2022 08:45 AM (DU+/6)

240 I was at the grocery store and thinking about that a few days ago. We as Americans are being conditioned to accept bare shelves.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - CDC releases COVID study proving masks don't do sh1t, literally not even 2% change at January 07, 2022 08:43 AM (q8U4k)

Yup, just like in days of old in the communist countries

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 07, 2022 08:45 AM (GPwVZ)

241 Can non-citizens work for the Feds?
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Didn't one get appointed to a substantial government position in Cali?

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 07, 2022 08:46 AM (Zz0t1)

242 Beyond the Pale: Peacefully protesting a stolen election

Good Government: If citizens do not take the experimental gene therapy they may not leave the house for the next 4 days to work or even get fresh air

Posted by: Clown world at January 07, 2022 08:46 AM (ESjRY)

243 How did they determine this? Retesting?�
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They were able to test some of the parts found in the Planned Parenthood Salvage Yard.
Entire swaths of current medical research is based on aborted babies; they'd have no qualms against "increasing" the supply. It's just a clump of cells, after all.

That's why doctors care if the tests are accurate....

Posted by: Well at January 07, 2022 08:46 AM (/6HIm)

244 Doctors told me Little Winger would not survive the pregnancy, and if he did, he would be severely handicapped. He went on to be a straight A student, q-back of his football team, and did three tours of duty. So.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 07, 2022 08:46 AM (45fpk)

245 Waffle House, at least, is clearly assuming that this is just the way things work now and will work that way for the foreseeable future.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 07, 2022 08:45 AM (DU+/6)

We've got 3 more years of this shit.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 07, 2022 08:47 AM (Zz0t1)

246 Yup, just like in days of old in the communist countries

I routinely make this point in front of other shoppers at the store, "This is just like the old Soviet Union - no bread today, maybe tomorrow comrade!"

Posted by: 18-1 at January 07, 2022 08:47 AM (ESjRY)

247 Can non-citizens work for the Feds?

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If their children can be president then I don't see why they can't work in top secret national security positions.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - CDC releases COVID study proving masks don't do sh1t, literally not even 2% change at January 07, 2022 08:47 AM (q8U4k)

248 Daughter declined prenatal testing on all three babies. Her stance was "What's the point? How would that make a difference?"
Posted by: grammie winger

*******

That's really a pretty common decision by expectant mothers, in my experience. As I said above, it's "Let's give the baby every possible chance."

That said, there ARE some conditions where aa complete understanding of the details of the condition can affect the chances of survival, e.g. having the baby delivered at a tertiary facility where specialized interventions can be initiated immediately.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 07, 2022 08:47 AM (m45I2)

249 Daughter declined prenatal testing on all three babies. Her stance was "What's the point? How would that make a difference?"
Posted by: grammie winger at January 07, 2022 08:43 AM (45fpk)
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Smart girl, if you ask me. I carry a gene for CS. No one in my family (to my knowledge) has ever had the gene expressed and been afflicted, and I found out about the gene almost by accident. But one of my daughters freaked out when I told her about it and immediately went in for testing herself, made her new husband get tested, and even went so far as to fret to her OBGYN when she became pregnant. All worry over nothing. She votes Democrat, needless to say (to my great despair), and values safety over liberty. I blame Stanford.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2022 08:47 AM (Sbumo)

250 Since I had to work yesterday and missed the Broadway show at Congress, I feel lucky for some reason.

More coffee.

Posted by: dantesed at January 07, 2022 08:47 AM (88xKn)

251 I routinely make this point in front of other shoppers at the store, "This is just like the old Soviet Union - no bread today, maybe tomorrow comrade!"
Posted by: 18-1
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I've got $100 only one in ten has the slightest idea what you're talking about.

They will learn, though.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - CDC releases COVID study proving masks don't do sh1t, literally not even 2% change at January 07, 2022 08:48 AM (q8U4k)

252 Doctors told me Little Winger would not survive the pregnancy, and if he did, he would be severely handicapped. He went on to be a straight A student, q-back of his football team, and did three tours of duty. So.
Posted by: grammie winger at January 07, 2022 08:46 AM (45fpk)

Take those stats to the medical board and have those doctors licenses revoked. They're obviously incompetent.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 07, 2022 08:48 AM (Zz0t1)

253 According to a ZH article a Federal judge has reduced FDA's "75 years to release the vax data" and have given them 8 months.

Should have been 8 seconds. There is no reason for them to hide the data.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 07, 2022 08:48 AM (us/Sp)

254 Yes, non-citizens can work for the FedGov as long as it is not a position that requires a US Citizen on US Soil

If I was president I'd pass an EO that no non-citizens can work for Fedgov without an explicit sign off from the president.

Fedgov is mostly a jobs program, so why the hell would you give make work jobs to foreigners?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 07, 2022 08:49 AM (ESjRY)

255 Report: Taliban Threatened To Send 2,000 Suicide Bombers to Washington DC

no tears shed by me if they did.

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (IJES/) - at January 07, 2022 08:49 AM (IJES/)

256 The Dems are facing some blowback for trying to equate the Capitol breech with these tragic events in history-

11 million people died in the Holocaust

Over 600,000 soldiers were killed during the Civil War.

2,977 people were killed in the attack on 9/11

2,335 died in the attack at Pearl Harbor

Posted by: redridinghood at January 07, 2022 08:49 AM (NpAcC)

257 Waffle House, at least, is clearly assuming that this is just the way things work now and will work that way for the foreseeable future.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

The Good Stuff is out back

Posted by: Miklos, entrepreneuring in the parking lot at January 07, 2022 08:49 AM (QzkSJ)

258 Report: Taliban Threatened To Send 2,000 Suicide Bombers to Washington DC

Bring it. There will be a red carpet showing you the way.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 07, 2022 08:50 AM (Zz0t1)

259 I am surprised it's that low, which indicates to me that a lot of parents may well know that the tests are crap.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 07, 2022 08:00 AM (DU+/6)

My wife was not young when we had our children. We had genetic testing done in all cases. Not because we would have aborted but because we wanted to be prepared for whatever happened.

It could be that the abortion number is low because these women want the child regardless.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at January 07, 2022 08:50 AM (EjmvJ)

260 Should have been 8 seconds. There is no reason for them to hide the data.
________________

Oh I'd be willing to bet that the drug companies have very, very good reasons for wanting to hide that data.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at January 07, 2022 08:50 AM (k4dH2)

261 Should have been 8 seconds. There is no reason for them to hide the data.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 07, 2022 08:48 AM

I agree but their claim is they have 400K documents and can only produce 500 pages per month. Judge said "Nah, bruh. We need 55K per month."

Posted by: Fool Otto at January 07, 2022 08:50 AM (DB16e)

262 "Missed the Broadway show" LOL

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 07, 2022 08:50 AM (JNZgE)

263 After the complete lunacy that was on display by the spin Dr's in the illegal administration it makes me just want to find another planet to live on. I've said it before and I will continue to say it-I fear for my country.

Posted by: sidney at January 07, 2022 08:51 AM (LJJah)

264 Report: Taliban Threatened To Send 2,000 Suicide Bombers to Washington DC

no tears shed by me if they did.
Posted by: BifBewalski

If the Brits won't finish the job they started in 1814....

Posted by: Miklos, waiting with decreasing patience at January 07, 2022 08:51 AM (QzkSJ)

265 Link to the ZeroHedge report on the Judge's ruling.

https://tinyurl.com/2p8kmhnp

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at January 07, 2022 08:51 AM (3D/fK)

266 In the Soviet Union, women would leave the communal apartment complex carrying their " just in case" bag, ready to purchase whatever had become available to purchase in their state stores. You just know that a similar scenario for our country produces extreme arousal in the minds of our overlords.

Posted by: kraken at January 07, 2022 08:51 AM (6Je/Q)

267 11 million people died in the Holocaust

Traditionally the FNM considers "comparison to the Holocaust" to be cancellation worthy. But I guess not here...were the only two people that died were murdered by the capital police.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 07, 2022 08:51 AM (ESjRY)

268 We as Americans are being conditioned to accept bare shelves.

Lower your expectations. That's the advice from the junta's mouthpiece, Psaki. Spoken before Christmas, during the parked shipping flotilla in California mess.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 07, 2022 08:52 AM (BFigT)

269 Should have been 8 seconds. There is no reason for them to hide the data.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 07, 2022 08:48 AM (us/Sp)
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Eh, a week or maybe two might be reasonable. It all has to be collected and packaged, which will take some time. But eight months sounds like an arbitrary and weird duration.

That will put it at August, assuming it isn't reversed. That smells political to me. The FDA now has to make some hard choices depending on whether those data say good or bad things. If they say good things, waiting until the deadline is the smart play, since that is when the campaigning will be reaching full speed. If they say bad things, releasing ASAP would be the smart play, with the hopes that it gets buried and forgotten before campaign season heats up. Or take the third way and bank everything on getting the decision reversed so they don't have to release at all.

Their executives are probably sweating.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 07, 2022 08:52 AM (DU+/6)

270 I recommend the "Todays Blacklisted Americans" link. Reuters fired a guy for objecting to BLM. Welcome to 21st century America.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2022 08:52 AM (Sbumo)

271
I agree but their claim is they have 400K documents and can only produce 500 pages per month. Judge said "Nah, bruh. We need 55K per month."
Posted by: Fool Otto at January 07, 2022 08:50 AM (DB16e)

If you're using the Canon BubbleJet 200e, maybe.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 07, 2022 08:52 AM (Zz0t1)

272 But the USPS is a strange beast. It was semi-"privatized" and exists in its own weird chimeric space of publicly-funded semi-private chartered monopoly.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 07, 2022 08:41 AM (DU+/6)

See Fannie Mae Freddie Mac and Sally Mae.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 07, 2022 08:52 AM (yrol0)

273
Generally the preliminary testing, if positive, prompts the need for confirmatory testing and counseling, which can put families through the wringer of uncertainty.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 07, 2022 08:38 AM

The state of New Jersey required some test of newborns. My daughter received word that her child would have to be retested for the condition. My daughter was of course inconsolable. I spent five minutes on the internet and found out the test had a near 50% false positive rate. It didn't calm her down though. For the next few weeks she was a mess.

In the end, yes, it was a false positive.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at January 07, 2022 08:52 AM (dQvv7)

274 I'm sorry to say I have absolutely no faith in this Scotus. I wish I did. The fallout from this is going to go far, far beyond anything we can even imagine at the moment. And in the short term, I think a lot of businesses are waiting to hear how these rulings are going to go. Mr. Black works for a big insurance company. You all know it. They've been left alone so far, but he just got informed that the higher ups are watching the outcomes. He's had to submit his "vaccination" status. He's very worried that the hammer will come down just as soon as Scotus green lights the mandates.
Posted by: Lady in Black
==
It will crash the system.

Posted by: People get ready at January 07, 2022 08:52 AM (dNt77)

275 Especially considering why he won office, this is perhaps the most tone deaf thing I've ever heard. This is pure insanity on his part.
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 07, 2022 07:59 AM (sVtYq)

IIRC, most people here were of the opinion that he was maybe, possibly, not quite as bad as the alternative. Once the general election is upon us, choice is limited.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at January 07, 2022 08:52 AM (EjmvJ)

276 Report: Taliban Threatened To Send 2,000 Suicide Bombers to Washington DC

It would be trivial for DC to stop that - well, if they hadn't just imported tens of thousands of Afghans without checking who they were.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 07, 2022 08:52 AM (ESjRY)

277 270 I recommend the "Todays Blacklisted Americans" link. Reuters fired a guy for objecting to BLM. Welcome to 21st century America.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2022 08:52 AM (Sbumo)

He did not object. He just pointed out they were violent, socialist grifters.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 07, 2022 08:53 AM (yrol0)

278 How do you unscrew an illegal lightbulb?

Ask the Polish.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at January 07, 2022 08:53 AM (TTVd4)

279 When I visited my brother in Georgia about 3 years ago, I stopped at a Huddle House outside Brunswick. Best breakfast I ever had.

Posted by: dantesed at January 07, 2022 08:53 AM (88xKn)

280 275 Especially considering why he won office, this is perhaps the most tone deaf thing I've ever heard. This is pure insanity on his part.
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 07, 2022 07:59 AM (sVtYq)

IIRC, most people here were of the opinion that he was maybe, possibly, not quite as bad as the alternative. Once the general election is upon us, choice is limited.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at January 07, 2022 08:52 AM (EjmvJ)

========

Former CEO of The Carlyle Group.

I don't think anyone thought he was some kind of conservative warrior.

However, the pick is so tone deaf as to defy description, but then I remember GOPe.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 07, 2022 08:53 AM (LvTSG)

281 Perv, Biden says nobody should steal elections except for him and his gangsters.

It is somehow so very, very fitting that the Communists would try to enact even more election theft on this anniversary of their last Election Fraud Coup and Reichstag "Riot".

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at January 07, 2022 08:54 AM (Ndje9)

282 Reuters fired a guy for objecting to BLM. Welcome to 21st century America.

Actually, worse then that even.

The guy proved that the BLM argument was a lie based on data (he's a data scientist).

And they fired him for producing the data.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 07, 2022 08:54 AM (ESjRY)

283 278 How do you unscrew an illegal lightbulb?

Ask the Polish.
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at January 07, 2022 08:53 AM (TTVd4)

"The lady with the recipe died going up the down escalator."

- - Joey Softserve with the punchline mashup

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 07, 2022 08:54 AM (s2VJv)

284 President of Kazakhstan declares constitutional order "mainly restored" after days of ~~insurrection~~ violent protest.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 07, 2022 08:54 AM (UHVv4)

285 December payrolls huge miss, again. Unexpectedly.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 07, 2022 08:55 AM (UuD2k)

286 282 The guy proved that the BLM argument was a lie based on data (he's a data scientist).

And they fired him for producing the data.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 07, 2022 08:54 AM (ESjRY)

==========

He went against the Science. The Science gods were angry.

So, the virgin went into the volcano. It's Science.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 07, 2022 08:55 AM (LvTSG)

287 How will SCROTUS square the no vaxx required Illegal Alien circle?

Posted by: Capital Eff at January 07, 2022 08:55 AM (GYllL)

288 The best "non-citizen" working for the Feds: the little Chinese husband and wife team scooping up terabytes of data off the servers then going back to mainland China for "holidays." They even had twins here in the states, but opted to take them back to China to live with grandparents.

Pointing out this gross security violation... racist.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 07, 2022 08:56 AM (BFigT)

289 >>I've not heard this show before but Noxon sounds like someone I need to hear more from.

Good guy. He came to a few meet ups back in the day.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 07, 2022 08:57 AM (ZLI7S)

290 The Free Beacon link about the Air Force changing standards to encourage more women to go into special warfare units is kind of astounding.

They detail the story of one woman who tried to quit something like six or seven times, before the Air Force essentially just gave up on their program and declared her fit for duty. Absolutely bizarre.

Makes me afraid for the safety of anyone who has to serve with her, and she must also be worried, because she knows she shouldn't be in the job.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2022 08:57 AM (Sbumo)

291 The guy proved that the BLM argument was a lie based on data (he's a data scientist).

And they fired him for producing the data.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 07, 2022 08:54 AM (ESjRY)
++++
Just as MIT's data science lab advocated in the undergraduate paper (that the department signed off on) about COVID data. Armchair statisticians and data science hobbyists do surprisingly good work. Their surprisingly good work is also counter-narrative. The best solution to the problem is to release less data to the public, to prevent them from questioning their betters.

I'm not kidding. That was the argument in a nutshell.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 07, 2022 08:57 AM (DU+/6)

292 Link to the ZeroHedge report on the Judge's ruling.

https://tinyurl.com/2p8kmhnp
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at January 07, 2022 08:51 AM (3D/fK)

It bothers me that the judge found it necessary to quote politicians, rather than simply the Actual Law.

Posted by: Miklos, finding this "problematic" at January 07, 2022 08:57 AM (QzkSJ)

293 288 The best "non-citizen" working for the Feds: the little Chinese husband and wife team scooping up terabytes of data off the servers then going back to mainland China for "holidays." They even had twins here in the states, but opted to take them back to China to live with grandparents.

Pointing out this gross security violation... racist.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 07, 2022 08:56 AM (BFigT)

What about the Pakistan dude running the Dems network in the US House?

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 07, 2022 08:57 AM (yrol0)

294 Report: Taliban Threatened To Send 2,000 Suicide Bombers to Washington DC

Ah Hans, Bubby they are already here. I guess ya missed the 100,000 we brought here already?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 07, 2022 08:57 AM (GPwVZ)

295 How will SCROTUS square the no vaxx required Illegal Alien circle?

In theory if SCOTUS approves the clot shot mandates they have to overturn a lot of other things - for example Roe v Wade.

If they approve the mandate - and it comes down to Kavanaugh and Barrett I think - they'll just ignore everything else and pretend it is unrelated.

There are 4 that will vote for it - the leftists and Epstein Island boy, and 3 that will oppose. So Kavanaugh and Barrett understand the fire they are playing with? I guess we will see.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 07, 2022 08:58 AM (ESjRY)

296 "No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory.

I believe that I interpret the will of the...people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost, but will make it very certain that this form of treachery shall never again endanger us.

Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory, and our interests are in grave danger.

With confidence...with the unbounding determination of our people, we will gain the inevitable triumph -- so help us God."--Actual President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dec. 8, 1941

Huh. She's right; the Swamp's Sneak Attack on America IS like Pearl Harbor.

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at January 07, 2022 08:58 AM (Ndje9)

297 My employer says that supervisors may decide how to implement work-from-home policies in their department. In other words, they are still scared of the cold/flu and are trying to get us to spread out and/or stay at home as much as possible. (I'd like to think its because more staffers are kicking back against the clot shots and face diapers. Based on my experience with my own colleagues, probably not.)

Well, hell. If my supervisor suggests it, I'll work from home again. I'll make it as inconvenient as possible for him, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 07, 2022 08:59 AM (txdEq)

298 You just know that a similar scenario for our country produces extreme arousal in the minds of our overlords.
Posted by: kraken at January 07, 2022 08:51 AM (6Je/Q)

the ignorant bastards haven't thought that far ahead. their stores will not have bare shelvew.

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (IJES/) - at January 07, 2022 08:59 AM (IJES/)

299 This will be interesting to see resolved... Nigerian police say three Chinese nationals have been abducted in the country's north-central region.

1970's PLA Soviet kidnapping repeat??

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 07, 2022 08:59 AM (UHVv4)

300 I know this is late for the morning report, but due to having to use Microsoft Edge to have an application working, I was treated to this nasty headline this morning:

"Look at these brave youngsters who turned in their parents for participating in domestic terrorism in the Night of the Insurrection."

WHY DO COMMIE ****SUCKERS PLAY OFF THE EXACT SAME PLAYBOOK EVERY TIME AND THERE'S NO OPPOSITION PARTY TO STOP THIS!?

Posted by: Homer's Donuts at January 07, 2022 08:59 AM (BCSAN)

301 287 How will SCROTUS square the no vaxx required Illegal Alien circle?
_____________

Probably by ignoring it.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at January 07, 2022 09:00 AM (k4dH2)

302 Lauren Southern
@Lauren_Southern

Nurses are being pressured to work while COVID positive (I know a few personally who have been sent to work +) because of a shortage, but unvaccinated nurses who do full PCR tests, have no symptoms and are COVID negative cannot.

This all makes sense.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 07, 2022 09:00 AM (NpAcC)

303 ... They detail the story of one woman who tried to quit something like six or seven times, before the Air Force essentially just gave up on their program and declared her fit for duty. Absolutely bizarre. ...
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2022 08:57 AM (Sbumo)
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It may be an extreme example, but it's decreasingly uncommon. In my industry (high tech), there is a huge push for more "women in technology" and to increase female hiring. A lot of firms have quotas on it. Any remotely-competent woman gets preference in hiring.

Here's the problem: there aren't enough remotely competent female applicants, and the burn-out rate is high. Women resign from tech more often and more frequently than men. At my last company, they had major HR programs in the recruitment group to target women who left tech to get them back and re-enter the industry. They were at least not totally green, and had better odds of being hired as a result. Getting women who were in the industry but resigned back into the industry (and my company) was an objective and there was a lot of money and preferential policy behind it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 07, 2022 09:01 AM (DU+/6)

304 302 Lauren Southern
@Lauren_Southern

Nurses are being pressured to work while COVID positive (I know a few personally who have been sent to work +) because of a shortage, but unvaccinated nurses who do full PCR tests, have no symptoms and are COVID negative cannot.

This all makes sense.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 07, 2022 09:00 AM (NpAcC)
--

I have a neighbor who is an RN, who was just fired for being unvaxxed after her religious exemption was denied.

They berated her, told her that she was putting patients at risk by being unvaxxed.

Posted by: Revenant at January 07, 2022 09:01 AM (+4D1M)

305 @300

"Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son. And children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death."
Mark 13:12

Posted by: grammie winger at January 07, 2022 09:02 AM (45fpk)

306 Of course, the FDA could simply doctor the statistics.

Posted by: creeper -PUREBLOOD at January 07, 2022 09:03 AM (cTCuP)

307 OK Horde, we need some help.

Yesterday, as often happens around here, the idea of an Omicron Award with Hay fever clusters for multiple occurrences sprang to life.

Which led to the natural idea that our very own Jewells45 might be able to make something like this in limited quantity.
So of course she and I exchanged e-mails on this and she is seeking ideas and input before she decides if this is within her abilities.
I sent her a link to a chart of all our military ribbons and medals as a means of perhaps sparking ideas.

BUT, if anybody has any artistic ideas, please share them with her, and we will see if this can happen.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at January 07, 2022 09:03 AM (3D/fK)

308 The New York Times Co. is buying sports news site, The Athletic, for $550-million.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 07, 2022 09:03 AM (UHVv4)

309 This will be interesting to see resolved... Nigerian police say three Chinese nationals have been abducted in the country's north-central region.

1970's PLA Soviet kidnapping repeat??
Posted by: andycanuck

Ok, going in for Rescue.

Li, Wu, wear this, we will fit in among the locals.

Posted by: PLA Operative Hu at January 07, 2022 09:04 AM (QzkSJ)

310 Honestly, that's a good thing. There are plenty of jobs that simply don't require a physical presence any more. And if it takes companies hemorrhaging talent to get the hint, then so be it.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 07, 2022 08:24 AM (s2fTr)

Mandatory presence in the office allows the petty aristocracy to be reminded about how important they are.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at January 07, 2022 09:05 AM (EjmvJ)

311 Doesn't all of this, when stripped of the various methodologies being used, come down to turning us in to subjects, rather than citizens? Really it is turning the clock back to America, circa 1760.

Posted by: kraken at January 07, 2022 09:05 AM (6Je/Q)

312 > What about the Pakistan dude running the Dems network in the US House?

Yea, that was pretty obvious. I was personally involved with the situation I described. It was clear what they were doing. The data they took had national security implications. I'm sure the Paki dude stole some good shit too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 07, 2022 09:05 AM (BFigT)

313 The New York Times Co. is buying sports news site, The Athletic, for $550-million.
Posted by: andycanuck

For $9.95/mo you can be an Athletic Supporter!

Posted by: NYT Marketing Genius at January 07, 2022 09:05 AM (QzkSJ)

314 Posted by: Homer's Donuts at January 07, 2022 08:59 AM (BCSAN)

Yay us! We get to experience fascist economics and maoist governance.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at January 07, 2022 09:05 AM (nC+QA)

315 I have a neighbor who is an RN, who was just fired for being unvaxxed after her religious exemption was denied.

They berated her, told her that she was putting patients at risk by being unvaxxed.
==
Burn the witch hysteria. Its back.

Posted by: People get ready at January 07, 2022 09:05 AM (g2MhE)

316 All valid points, but it's also a broader problem than the vax mandates. It's been about two years since most companies sent the laptop class home. About half of them don't want to go back to the office. If the companies mandate an office return, at least a third of that group will probably jump ship and go to a different company. The vax mandate isn't helping, but they accidentally caused a secular shift in worker preferences and that will be *very* difficult to overcome. The problems you outlined will be here persistently regardless of what SCOTUS says.

No kidding. I live in the greater ATX area and $200k+ jobs are all over the place. Many are now saying 100% REMOTE in order to lure in talent.

I have zero reason to stay in Sodom and Gomorrah here and have the services of a real-estate agent to locate and acquire lake-front property with broadband where I intend to make my permanent office. I have several possibilities with gigabit speeds at the door.

My current day-time gig gave up an entire floor office and moved to a WeWork space to handle the occasional, though rare time we meet F2F.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at January 07, 2022 09:05 AM (+LCoQ)

317 "I routinely make this point in front of other shoppers at the store, "This is just like the old Soviet Union - no bread today, maybe tomorrow comrade!"
Posted by: 18-1"

LIV: What is a Soviet Union and what does that have to do with these Trump shortages?

Posted by: Ripley at January 07, 2022 09:06 AM (MxEKc)

318 Good morning everyone. Thank you J.J. Prayers for OM and family.

Our Daily Verse
"But as for me, I will look to the Lord, I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me."
--Micah 7:7

Posted by: Tonypete at January 07, 2022 09:07 AM (mD/uy)

319 Last thing heard Dennis Prager show yesterday and he is firmly on our side, he talked with a former Trump appointment about Jan 6, and said very disappointed with Cruz.

Posted by: Skip's Phone at January 07, 2022 09:07 AM (etvVb)

320 I doubt those tech spies stole anything. It was sold to them.

Posted by: davidt at January 07, 2022 09:07 AM (g98Pl)

321 the truth is most people don't give a fuck about 1/6

a lot of people I knew in the south didn't give a fuck about 9/11

too far away they said

politics may be local but tradegy is even more localer

I guarantee the people of KY and CO don't give a fuck about either one ATM

Posted by: REDACTED at January 07, 2022 09:07 AM (us2H3)

322 Posted by: grammie winger at January 07, 2022 09:02 AM (45fpk)

I've been thinking of those verses a lot the last year.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at January 07, 2022 09:08 AM (nC+QA)

323 How will SCROTUS square the no vaxx required Illegal Alien circle?
==
Its not a tax for them.

You can tell its an op, when everything is ridiculous.

Posted by: Justice Roberts at January 07, 2022 09:08 AM (dNt77)

324 The New York Times Co. is buying sports news site, The Athletic, for $550-million.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 07, 2022 09:03 AM (UHVv4)

And I read that the NY Times is actually growing in paid readership? WTF is paying to read that rag?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 07, 2022 09:08 AM (GPwVZ)

325 Guys, I'm just waking up. Did...did our democracy survive the night?

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at January 07, 2022 09:08 AM (KbCG3)

326 Yea, that was pretty obvious. I was personally involved with the situation I described. It was clear what they were doing. Th
e data they took had national security implications. I'm sure the Paki dude stole some good shit too.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 07, 2022 09:05 AM (BFigT)

Where did the info land? Paki Muslim HQ? Afghanistan? Iraq?

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 07, 2022 09:08 AM (yrol0)

327 301 287 How will SCROTUS square the no vaxx required Illegal Alien circle?
_____________

Probably by ignoring it.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at January 07, 2022 09:00 AM (k4dH2)
-

Call it a tax.

Posted by: WisRich at January 07, 2022 09:08 AM (G0vdT)

328 "Are you saying that Nurse Practitioners might not get the best education that way?"

It's going to make it harder to work up dance routines.

Posted by: f'd at January 07, 2022 09:08 AM (8jZOp)

329 Julie Kelly
@julie_kelly2

22m
One thing Tucker haters in the media and Democratic Party never understand is we love him more for calling out our side than for calling out the Left. Taking on his friend Ted Cruz wasn't easy I'm sure, but absolutely necessary--

Posted by: redridinghood at January 07, 2022 09:09 AM (NpAcC)

330 and to think Malor actually banned me for calling Cruz a liar

hahahahha

Posted by: REDACTED at January 07, 2022 09:09 AM (us2H3)

331 What beat "what's up doc"fir the Oscar? It was brilliant

Posted by: JEM tami donations strayrescue.org at January 07, 2022 09:09 AM (8erNz)

332 A lot of firms have quotas on it. Any remotely-competent woman gets preference in hiring.

None of those companies are worthy joining forces because it is obvious that performance and making a good product is on their RADAR. Its a social club where status and check-box HR practices define the company.

They exist so that wanna-be aristocrats have a playground for pissing away investor money.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at January 07, 2022 09:09 AM (+LCoQ)

333 Read the Greenfield story on Bobby Rush retiring. Such a POS, that guy (Rush).

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2022 09:10 AM (Sbumo)

334 I have a neighbor who is an RN, who was just fired for being unvaxxed after her religious exemption was denied.

She can become a traveling nurse and make 18 billion dollars a year, plus sign-on bonus.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 07, 2022 09:10 AM (45fpk)

335 It's been about two years since most companies sent the laptop class home. About half of them don't want to go back to the office. If the companies mandate an office return, at least a third of that group will probably jump ship and go to a different company. The vax mandate isn't helping, but they accidentally caused a secular shift in worker preferences and that will be *very* difficult to overcome.
==
4.5 million people quit or changed jobs in December. There you go.

Great reset.

Posted by: its an op, m'kay, ops are bad, m'kay at January 07, 2022 09:10 AM (3VzIv)

336 PLO, not PLA!

No coffee yet; I typed PLO at first but then said to myself "Or was that PLA and PLO is me remembering Please Leave On from grade school classroom chalkboard?? PLA does sound familiar for some strange reason. I guess Yasser's boys were PLA!"

Doh! Getting first coffee right now.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 07, 2022 09:10 AM (UHVv4)

337 I have a neighbor who is an RN, who was just fired for being unvaxxed after her religious exemption was denied.

She can become a traveling nurse and make 18 billion dollars a year, plus sign-on bonus.
==
Hard to do if she's got lil kids at home that want to see Mom every day.

Posted by: its an op, m'kay, ops are bad, m'kay at January 07, 2022 09:11 AM (dNt77)

338 Bobby Rush can go DIAF but theres no reason to celebrate him leaving because he will just be replaced with a younger and probably even dumber version of himself. Maybe the new one wont have a mouth full of marbles.

Posted by: Eli Cash at January 07, 2022 09:11 AM (GNMHP)

339 4.5 million people quit or changed jobs in December. There you go.

Great reset.

Remote work and subsistence farming.

Posted by: Miklos, perusing the seed catalogues at January 07, 2022 09:11 AM (QzkSJ)

340 I find it more than a bit disturbing that people did not give a **** about 9/11.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 07, 2022 09:12 AM (k49Sx)

341 And I read that the NY Times is actually growing in paid readership? WTF is paying to read that rag?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 07, 2022 09:08 AM (GPwVZ)
==============
The Athletic? Me, for one. I am very sorry I will be forced to cancel now that the Times is buying it. I refuse to give money to those shitheels.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2022 09:12 AM (Sbumo)

342 >>She can become a traveling nurse and make 18 billion dollars a year, plus sign-on bonus.

My friends niece is one. She's an oncology nurse and picks a new assignment in a new place every couple years.

Makes good money and gets to see the country.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 07, 2022 09:12 AM (ZLI7S)

343 You can tell its an op, when everything is ridiculous.

"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." - Voltaire

Posted by: Reuben Hick at January 07, 2022 09:12 AM (+LCoQ)

344 Yesterday, as often happens around here, the idea of an Omicron Award with Hay fever clusters for multiple occurrences sprang to life.

That is hilarious.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 07, 2022 09:13 AM (k49Sx)

345 Martha and the Muffins Echo Beach

Slow it down and have Joy Division do a cover.
That fantasy version would be awesome.

Posted by: Erebus- ex-killer whale at January 07, 2022 09:13 AM (vnFtG)

346 I doubt those tech spies stole anything. It was sold to them.
==
That was going to be their defense. Which is prolly why the whole thing went down the memory hole.

Posted by: its an op, m'kay, ops are bad, m'kay at January 07, 2022 09:13 AM (eVLDK)

347 I wonder if Gabe spends hours every week apologizing to his lefty friends for ever being associated with Ace. Haha!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2022 09:14 AM (Sbumo)

348 Today the Supreme Court hears arguments about Biden's vaccine mandate. I won't use words like "hope" because that's foolish with a SCOTUS hearing, but I believe they will decide in our favor, and I have a theory as to why. I won't know if that theory is correct until the ruling comes down, so I'll save going into it until that happens. If the theory is wrong, then there's no reason to ever bring it up.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 07, 2022 09:14 AM (evAgx)

349 Posted by: Reuben Hick at January 07, 2022 09:12 AM (+LCoQ)

That was one of Voltaire's swipes about Christianity and the RCC. He didn't live to see the massive killing power of Atheist regimes.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 07, 2022 09:14 AM (k49Sx)

350 "and to think Malor actually banned me for calling Cruz a liar"

There have been things we let Cruz slide on but he threw that goodwill away.

Malor banned me for proclaiming "I'm still noit gay". Granted I said it about 100 time but still...

Posted by: f'd at January 07, 2022 09:14 AM (8jZOp)

351 I routinely make this point in front of other shoppers at the store, "This is just like the old Soviet Union - no bread today, maybe tomorrow comrade!"
Posted by: 18-1

That must suck.

Posted by: The Party Elite at January 07, 2022 09:15 AM (OMKK+)

352 As JJ pointed out, the huge media-government push for "the narrative" yesterday turned to be just a big, loud, very annoying wet fart.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 07, 2022 09:16 AM (evAgx)

353 Hard to do if she's got lil kids at home that want to see Mom every day.
Posted by: its an op, m'kay, ops are bad, m'kay at January 07, 2022 09:11 AM (dNt77)
--
Yes, she has 3 young kids at home.

Posted by: Revenant at January 07, 2022 09:16 AM (+4D1M)

354 4.5 million people quit or changed jobs in December. There you go.

Self-employed, or people who find that their salary wasn't keeping up with the increasing costs of daycare, car expense, clothing, out-of-home meals; also the increased stress put on by management, cow-workers and the crescendo in bullshit.

The Great Reset also has birthed its unintentional reset of many people readjusting their life priorities, often in a positive way; unfortunately many drop out to kill themselves in temporal nihilism and drug abuse.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at January 07, 2022 09:16 AM (+LCoQ)

355 BTW, the Niagara Health region [across from NYS; SW of Toronto] has paused its C-19 vaxx mandate, and won't fire any workers for not being vaxxed.

I guess threatened quitting, reality, or just running the numbers told them to walk it back.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 07, 2022 09:16 AM (UHVv4)

356 @300 Homer's Donuts-Because it works. As far as an opposition party? Hey, the Republicans have consistently shown their true colors going all the way back to the 1976 Republican Convention. We are the problem, not the Republican Party. Either people forget or do not know the history of the party and its relationship with conservatives/conservatism.Even worse the Repubs co-opted the word and conservatives are blamed for the GOP's bullshit. Many believe Trump has exposed them. If you've paid attention and know their history, this is nothing new. The problem now isn't an opposition party. You've heard the saying, if you want something done right, you'll have to do it yourself. We have to accept that no legitimate political opposition exists except maybe 4-5 people under the Repub banner. This means if you want some sort of opposition and your voice be heard you will have to do it yourself through peaceful protest marching on Washington or capital buildings in states. Of course thats if your ok with being infiltrated by the FBI and painted as a terrorist group then possibly rotting in jail like the J6 people.

Posted by: JROD at January 07, 2022 09:17 AM (0jZnq)

357 Our subjugation is in the Easy Stage right now. We can still publicly bitch about it.

Posted by: kraken at January 07, 2022 09:17 AM (6Je/Q)

358 BTW, the Niagara Health region [across from NYS; SW of Toronto] has paused its C-19 vaxx mandate, and won't fire any workers for not being vaxxed.

I guess threatened quitting, reality, or just running the numbers told them to walk it back.
Posted by: andycanuck

Management didn't like the look of that barrel.

Posted by: Miklos, still afloat at January 07, 2022 09:18 AM (QzkSJ)

359 352 As JJ pointed out, the huge media-government push for "the narrative" yesterday turned to be just a big, loud, very annoying wet fart.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 07, 2022 09:16 AM (evAgx)

It really was a cringy affair. I don't think it did anything other than play to the base. And it just shows how immature and delusional their base really is.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 07, 2022 09:18 AM (Y5qcH)

360 That was one of Voltaire's swipes about Christianity and the RCC. He didn't live to see the massive killing power of Atheist regimes.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 07, 2022 09:14 AM (k49Sx)

Voltaire didn't appear to grasp that since the beginning of time, people have always loved to use God's name to justify doing whatever wicked thing it is that they themselves want to do. Today the atheist crowd has switched their justification to Society, or whatever else grabs their fancy. (very weak move, btw)

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 07, 2022 09:18 AM (evAgx)

361 352 As JJ pointed out, the huge media-government push for "the narrative" yesterday turned to be just a big, loud, very annoying wet fart.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 07, 2022 09:16 AM (evAgx)

=========

Inept political leaders who had to resort to cheating on a massive scale don't understand how to appeal to the masses?

Whodathunk?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 07, 2022 09:19 AM (LvTSG)

362 Doesn't all of this, when stripped of the various methodologies being used, come down to turning us in to subjects, rather than citizens? Really it is turning the clock back to America, circa 1760.
Posted by: kraken at January 07, 2022 09:05 AM (6Je/Q)
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"Citizenship" is essentially an American concept. It's a legal status everywhere, but in terms of what it *means* it is fairly rare in other places. Being a subject is the norm.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 07, 2022 09:19 AM (DU+/6)

363 That was one of Voltaire's swipes about Christianity and the RCC. He didn't live to see the massive killing power of Atheist regimes.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 07, 2022 09:14 AM (k49Sx)

Greatly appreciate the context - makes it even more impactful considering that those who reject God are more likely to amplify that effect. Human nature is a depressing thing, but necessary to even hope to understand divine Grace.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at January 07, 2022 09:19 AM (+LCoQ)

364 Now, the Washington powers-that-be will accuse Tucker of trying to "radicalize" Cruz.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2022 09:19 AM (Sbumo)

365 I routinely make this point in front of other shoppers at the store, "This is just like the old Soviet Union - no bread today, maybe tomorrow comrade!"
Posted by: 18-1

That must suck.
Posted by: The Party Elite at January 07, 2022 09:15 AM (OMKK+)

Our "elite" are too ignorant to realize that they have it way better already than the party elite did. Anyone in the US middle-class dies, and without the intense paranoia that having a position in party power brought.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at January 07, 2022 09:19 AM (nC+QA)

366 How broad or narrow is the specific issue the SCOTUS is hearing on the shot mandate?

Posted by: davidt at January 07, 2022 09:19 AM (g98Pl)

367 appeal to the masses

GLARE GLARE GLARE

Posted by: Whoopi at January 07, 2022 09:20 AM (QzkSJ)

368 Malor banned me for proclaiming "I'm still noit gay". Granted I said it about 100 time but still...
Posted by: f'd

Malor banned me for some stupid shit, then lied in the comments that he did it because it was my first comment. I'd been here two years. I appealed to the boss.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 07, 2022 09:20 AM (uXonU)

369 The Great Reset also has birthed its unintentional reset of many people readjusting their life priorities, often in a positive way; unfortunately many drop out to kill themselves in temporal nihilism and drug abuse.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at January 07, 2022 09:16 AM (+LCoQ)
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It's been a seismic shift with all sorts of consequence the hyper-intelligent and better-than-you planners never considered. They view people as interchangeable parts they can stop and start and move around without friction. The world doesn't work that way.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 07, 2022 09:21 AM (DU+/6)

370 Pelosi brought in the cast of "Hamilton"? Why is that, were the Muppets already booked for a different gig?

Posted by: Muldoon at January 07, 2022 09:21 AM (m45I2)

371 BTW, the Niagara Health region [across from NYS; SW of Toronto] has paused its C-19 vaxx mandate, and won't fire any workers for not being vaxxed.

I guess threatened quitting, reality, or just running the numbers told them to walk it back.
Posted by: andycanuck

Management didn't like the look of that barrel.
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The pack of drooling plaintiff's lawyers circling the building was also a bit off putting.

Slavering Plt lawyer:
I mean really, my client's wife is dead because you were short staffed through your voluntarily decision to fire hundreds of people just so you could participate in a a government reimbursement program. Punitive damages anyone?

Posted by: clown world is no way to run a hospital, trust me at January 07, 2022 09:21 AM (14pT9)

372 Why is that, were the Muppets already booked for a different gig?
Posted by: Muldoon

Busy animating XiDen.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 07, 2022 09:22 AM (mD/uy)

373 348 Today the Supreme Court hears arguments about Biden's vaccine mandate. I won't use words like "hope" because that's foolish with a SCOTUS hearing, but I believe they will decide in our favor, and I have a theory as to why. I won't know if that theory is correct until the ruling comes down, so I'll save going into it until that happens. If the theory is wrong, then there's no reason to ever bring it up.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 07, 2022 09:14 AM (evAgx)
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Oh, come on now, let's hear it. Why wait?

Bloviate and theorize, that's what we do at AOSHQ!

Posted by: WisRich at January 07, 2022 09:22 AM (G0vdT)

374 The Athletic? Me, for one. I am very sorry I will be forced to cancel now that the Times is buying it. I refuse to give money to those shitheels.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2022 09:12 AM (Sbumo)

I meant the Times, but I would not pay for the Athletic either especially since most sports have gone woke, including Jeter

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 07, 2022 09:23 AM (GPwVZ)

375 370 Pelosi brought in the cast of "Hamilton"? Why is that, were the Muppets already booked for a different gig?
Posted by: Muldoon at January 07, 2022 09:21 AM (m45I2)

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The elite fucking love Broadway.

And yet the total audience of the biggest show on Broadway is usually on a couple of hundred thousand people in a country of over 300 million.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 07, 2022 09:23 AM (LvTSG)

376 "In my wildest, darkest and most dystopian nightmare, I could never have envisioned how the left and the legacy media would twist and manipulate what happened on January 6th in order to pursue their partisan political agenda."

He's not been paying attention, or has a very defective imagination. I don't think it was difficult to see this coming. This points to a real problem with our side: very poor and limited imaginations as a whole, both in understanding and predicting the Left, as well as in developing effective ways to fight them.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 07, 2022 09:23 AM (H8QX8)

377 Gabe Malor was big on the "why do you oppose gay marriage it will never affect you h8ter" train...and I believe is now on the "bake that cake h8ter" train.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 07, 2022 09:23 AM (ESjRY)

378 Ace needs to know this: How a bat pees- Very Short video. Maybe he can use use it a video response to various Leftist or people he's annoyed with such as the heavy guy who touts himself as a conservative but isn't:

https://tinyurl.com/2p8hybjt

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 07, 2022 09:24 AM (k49Sx)

379 I love Voltaire's writing and he makes for a good quip, but it is always good to remember he would be on their side today. Imagine Psaki with an intellect.

Posted by: 0 Days Since I Gave Up Posting Here at January 07, 2022 09:24 AM (oWBc3)

380 Now, the Washington powers-that-be will accuse Tucker of trying to "radicalize" Cruz.

These times desperately need some "radicals" if they are redefining the term "radical" as one who is highly motivated to reinvigorate the concepts of human dignity, flourishing and autonomy.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at January 07, 2022 09:24 AM (+LCoQ)

381 "It's been about two years since most companies sent the laptop class home. About half of them don't want to go back to the office."

I get not wanting to commute and having the option to work at home on occasion but doing it all the time sucked when I did some consulting at home. I found it hard to focus, motivate and very isolating. Even worse if you live in a small apartment. Plus, if you are somebody that doesn't even need to be in the office on a regular basis you are easily expendable and replaced.

Posted by: Ripley at January 07, 2022 09:24 AM (MxEKc)

382 Who knew Hamilton hung around with a shit ton of black fags?

Posted by: Puddin Head at January 07, 2022 09:24 AM (uia9V)

383 Way OT - Has Elizabeth Scalia "The Anchoress" quit blogging?

Posted by: grammie winger at January 07, 2022 09:25 AM (45fpk)

384 Thanks, Ted, I appreciate your words last night. You've done well, You're now hated by both the left and the right.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 07, 2022 09:25 AM (5pTK/)

385 So when DC gets around to cancelling all the founding fathers will they make an exception for Hamilton?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 07, 2022 09:25 AM (ESjRY)

386 Libs of Tik Tok
@libsoftiktok
What did I just watch

https://tinyurl.com/5dwavhpu

Posted by: redridinghood at January 07, 2022 09:25 AM (NpAcC)

387 And a much cuter animal picture than a bat peeing:

https://tinyurl.com/rjv27xs6

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 07, 2022 09:25 AM (k49Sx)

388 That's really a pretty common decision by expectant mothers, in my experience. As I said above, it's "Let's give the baby every possible chance."

That said, there ARE some conditions where aa complete understanding of the details of the condition can affect the chances of survival, e.g. having the baby delivered at a tertiary facility where specialized interventions can be initiated immediately.
Posted by: Muldoon at January 07, 2022 08:47 AM (m45I2)

Gattaca is a very good movie with the theme, Testing tells you next to nothing about what a child may achieve.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 07, 2022 09:25 AM (evAgx)

389
Voltaire Perkins. "Divorce Court."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 07, 2022 09:26 AM (s2VJv)

390 VIA!

I owe you a drink. Heck I owe you the whole bottle.

"Thank you" seems woefully inadequate for YouTube without ads.

Posted by: creeper -PUREBLOOD at January 07, 2022 09:26 AM (cTCuP)

391 Way OT - Has Elizabeth Scalia "The Anchoress" quit blogging?
Posted by: grammie winger

I haven't seen anything new from her for a long time.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 07, 2022 09:26 AM (mD/uy)

392 If the theory is wrong, then there's no reason to ever bring it up.
Posted by: Tom Servo

******

Hey! What is this? Some sort of stealth pre-emptive "I-told-you-so" threat?

Posted by: Muldoon at January 07, 2022 09:27 AM (m45I2)

393 Rush would be reminding us of the Wellstone Memorial over reach and that the Dems J6 tacky, tasteless theatrics make Wellstone look classy by comparison

Posted by: DeVan at January 07, 2022 09:27 AM (0Icx/)

394 Our "elite" are too ignorant to realize that they have it way better already than the party elite did. ...
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at January 07, 2022 09:19 AM (nC+QA)
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It's far worse than that. Sadly, it also doesn't matter. The reality is that the US middle class, besieged as it is, has it better than most of the Party elite did in those places. But it's all relative, and that's the key. They want to be *wildly* better off than you, not only marginally better off. They have more toys and bigger houses and don't worry about making the bills this month and that's all great, but they aren't better by right of their positions, and not by enough. You have a television and a car and a house, too. You eat, too. Your kids can play a musical instrument, too. You have clean water and electricity on demand, too.

The gap isn't nearly big enough, and the relative position is more important than the absolute position. They don't want to be rich nearly as much as they want *you* to be desperately poor. The attitude is much more along the lines of "it doesn't matter how shitty the hill is, so long as I am king of it."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 07, 2022 09:27 AM (DU+/6)

395 Posted by: 0 Days Since I Gave Up Posting Here at January 07, 2022 09:24 AM (oWBc3)

I really hard to assign a political party to a man who lived centuries ago in another country. He was a big advocate for freedom, so I don't think he'd be in favor of tyrannical regimes.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 07, 2022 09:27 AM (k49Sx)

396 138 Watched that cringe-worthy Tucker Carlson interview with Ted Cruz this a.m. Cruz looked like an idiot. WTF is that guy doing?

I don't know but kudos to Tucker for basically calling him a liar. Cruz did NOT help himself at all last night. He made it worse.
Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at January 07, 2022 08:15 AM (nxdel)

Cruz appeared to get the message, at least. Everyone I know in the real world had the tv's turned off all day yesterday, so I doubt any of them even heard about this (or will).

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 07, 2022 09:27 AM (evAgx)

397 Today the Supreme Court hears arguments about Biden's vaccine mandate. I won't use words like "hope" because that's foolish with a SCOTUS hearing, but I believe they will decide in our favor, and I have a theory as to why. I won't know if that theory is correct until the ruling comes down, so I'll save going into it until that happens. If the theory is wrong, then there's no reason to ever bring it up.
Posted by: Tom Servo
==
Its an op. Prepare to be disappointed. The cabal wants global, endless vaccinations. Papers required. The health care workers objecting have gone two years without it and worked through it all. Most are likely naturally immune at this point. There is simply no medical reason to compel it now. Zero. 99% plus survival, without shots.

Posted by: clown world is no way to run a hospital, trust me at January 07, 2022 09:28 AM (a4/KT)

398 fascist Australia continues to thrash around the self-created PR disaster surrounding Novak Djokovic.

After agreeing to admit him to play in Melborne they took so much Karen-flack that the embarrassed government arrested him at the border instead of adhering to their agreement to admit him to the country.

Now, he is fighting back and took the bastards to court. He's mad as hell and he's not going to take it any more (one of the greatest movie lines ever!).

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2022 09:28 AM (Sbumo)

399 Libs of Tik Tok
@libsoftiktok
What did I just watch

https://tinyurl.com/5dwavhpu
Posted by: redridinghood

That isn't mean for normal people.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 07, 2022 09:28 AM (mD/uy)

400 She could have brought in the cast of Cats.

Posted by: Chris of Team America: World Police at January 07, 2022 09:28 AM (g98Pl)

401 I haven't seen anything new from her for a long time.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 07, 2022 09:26 AM (mD/uy)

She used to have good stuff that I didn't always agree with. Last seen around Trump's inauguration.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 07, 2022 09:29 AM (45fpk)

402 Oh, come on now, let's hear it. Why wait?

Bloviate and theorize, that's what we do at AOSHQ!
Posted by: WisRich at Jan

Lol! Its our way.

What vacc req is SCOTUS hearing today, the OSHA power grab?

Posted by: LASue at January 07, 2022 09:29 AM (Ed8Zd)

403 385 So when DC gets around to cancelling all the founding fathers will they make an exception for Hamilton?
Posted by: 18-1 at January 07, 2022 09:25 AM (ESjRY)
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"Hamilton" is already not sufficiently woke enough for them, because it "glorifies slaveholders".

Miranda is also catching flack from the woke for his Disney picture "Encanto", which is about a magical Columbian family. The woke criticism is that Miranda isn't from Columbia (he's Puerto Rican), and thus shouldn't be making movies (even fantasy, animated movies) about Columbians.

Posted by: Revenant at January 07, 2022 09:29 AM (+4D1M)

404 I love Voltaire's writing and he makes for a good quip, but it is always good to remember he would be on their side today. Imagine Psaki with an intellect.

Worse, the Left is encouraged by that quip and respond with "OH!! That is how you get them to do that".

As I have observed before, following Francis Schaeffer's "Line of Despair" paradigm, Hollywood often reveals where politics, society and later the church are heading. A very common tell is their deep desire for a Svengali effect on other people. Many movie plot lines involve powerful people using various means to seduce/manipulate people into committing heinous acts.

I believe these cowards deeply desire an evil Jedi mind manipulation ability to stand back and let cardboard cut-outs perform the atrocities that is their will.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at January 07, 2022 09:29 AM (+LCoQ)

405
The gap isn't nearly big enough, and the relative position is more important than the absolute position. They don't want to be rich nearly as much as they want *you* to be desperately poor. The attitude is much more along the lines of "it doesn't matter how shitty the hill is, so long as I am king of it."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 07, 2022 09:27 AM (DU+/6)

Like the words attributed to someone famous, "it's better to Rule in Hell, than Serve in Heaven."

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 07, 2022 09:29 AM (evAgx)

406 Have they reserved space at Arlington for the thousands of cops...and journalists that died defending our nation Jan 6?

Posted by: BignJames at January 07, 2022 09:29 AM (AwYPR)

407 400 She could have brought in the cast of Cats.
Posted by: Chris of Team America: World Police at January 07, 2022 09:28 AM (g98Pl)

Springtime for Hitler and Prisoners of Love. . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 07, 2022 09:29 AM (s2VJv)

408 Anyone else find it amusing Pelosi pulled in the cast of a Broadway show that is little known outside the beltway?

Yep, nothing says, 'We're regular Americans paying homage to the "victims" of Jan 6" quite like bringing in a bunch of spoiled little known actors.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 07, 2022 09:29 AM (5pTK/)

409 Correction - Biden's inauguration

Posted by: grammie winger at January 07, 2022 09:29 AM (45fpk)

410 People who like dogs might like this story:

https://tinyurl.com/57atjh87

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 07, 2022 09:29 AM (k49Sx)

411 I don't know but kudos to Tucker for basically calling him a liar. Cruz did NOT help himself at all last night. He made it worse.

true true Jewells

but I enjoyed watching him squirm, and noting the fear in his beady little eyes

I want to see that from some Dems, now, but it's a start.

Posted by: Black Orchid at January 07, 2022 09:29 AM (j9HX3)

412 ... Plus, if you are somebody that doesn't even need to be in the office on a regular basis you are easily expendable and replaced.
Posted by: Ripley at January 07, 2022 09:24 AM (MxEKc)
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That's what will shift it, but it will take five to seven years (if I had to guess). If you can do your job from home, someone in another part of the country or world probably can, too. Wage compression is going to come roaring back, as will outsourcing and layoffs. Then - but only then - will folks be eager to return to the office.

And then it will be too late. And the "information workers in the new era are safe and will continue to advance" narrative will end for good.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 07, 2022 09:30 AM (DU+/6)

413 Just get out of NYC, JJ, and I realize that is painful and you are leaving. This country is near collapse and about half of the psychopaths believe this fairy tale and the other half goes along with it. The major cities will be death camps as the loons decide to take out everyone with them.

The lesson from yesterday is these people are delusional and dangerous.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at January 07, 2022 09:30 AM (nMx88)

414 Kazakhstan getting entertaining: https://is.gd/OulCVi

Nothing quite like a cavalry charge.

Posted by: Bert G at January 07, 2022 09:30 AM (aCgRi)

415 403 Miranda is also catching flack from the woke for his Disney picture "Encanto", which is about a magical Columbian family. The woke criticism is that Miranda isn't from Columbia (he's Puerto Rican), and thus shouldn't be making movies (even fantasy, animated movies) about Columbians.
Posted by: Revenant at January 07, 2022 09:29 AM (+4D1M)

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Lively but dramatically inert. It's some of the worst kinds of kids entertainment done by committee (the story by credits are like 5 people).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 07, 2022 09:30 AM (LvTSG)

416 TGIF, horde!

>>"To begin the conversation, we're privileged to have a contribution from one of the great creative talents of our time, Lin-Manuel Miranda," Pelosi said.

Shark. Waterskis. Motorboat. Assembly required.

More seriously, Lin Manuel Miranda's da was a bigtime PR activist, who was/still is(?) still cozy with DNC leadership/VIP like the Clintons, so that's probably a reason why Pelosi thought Hamilton was a good idea -- in her world, Miranda and his dad are activist players of influence.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 07, 2022 09:30 AM (URNdm)

417 Like the words attributed to someone famous, "it's better to Rule in Hell, than Serve in Heaven."
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 07, 2022 09:29 AM (evAgx)

You have described about 99.5% of Progressives.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 07, 2022 09:30 AM (yrol0)

418 What vacc req is SCOTUS hearing today, the OSHA power grab?
Posted by: LASue at January 07, 2022 09:29 AM (Ed8Zd)

Yes, I believe they are going to rule that OSHA had not the authority to do it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 07, 2022 09:30 AM (evAgx)

419 ...such as the heavy guy who touts himself as a conservative but isn't...

******

Could you narrow that down for us a little?

Posted by: Muldoon at January 07, 2022 09:30 AM (m45I2)

420 408 Anyone else find it amusing Pelosi pulled in the cast of a Broadway show that is little known outside the beltway?

Yep, nothing says, 'We're regular Americans paying homage to the "victims" of Jan 6" quite like bringing in a bunch of spoiled little known actors.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 07, 2022 09:29 AM (5pTK/)

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Those who love Broadway are 100% convinced that it has a broader reach than anything Hollywood produces.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 07, 2022 09:31 AM (LvTSG)

421 She could have brought in the cast of Cats.
Posted by: Chris of Team America: World Police at January 07, 2022 09:28 AM (g98Pl)
*******
With the singing of "Memory."

Posted by: redridinghood at January 07, 2022 09:31 AM (NpAcC)

422 What vacc req is SCOTUS hearing today, the OSHA power grab?

they're hearing arguments today for BOTH cases - the CMS one and the OSHA one

Posted by: Black Orchid at January 07, 2022 09:31 AM (j9HX3)

423 @joelpollak; 55m
Another Disaster: U.S. Economy Added Just 199,000 Jobs in December

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 07, 2022 09:31 AM (UHVv4)

424 Cruz's only hope now would be to demonstrate a "come-to-Jesus" transformation and take up the cause of the 1/6 prisoners as well as the MAGA cause with a fervor never before seen in a Republican politician. Of course this will not and cannot happen.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 07, 2022 09:31 AM (H8QX8)

425 @378 Fen comes through with Weird Video Of The Morning!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2022 09:32 AM (Sbumo)

426 Lively but dramatically inert. It's some of the worst kinds of kids entertainment done by committee (the story by credits are like 5 people).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 07, 2022 09:30 AM (LvTSG)
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I found it unremarkable, with OK animation, but a boring story and obligatory wokeness. Wife got one of the songs ("We don't talk about Bruno-no-no" whatever) stuck in her head.

Posted by: Revenant at January 07, 2022 09:32 AM (+4D1M)

427 Cruz still wants to be President. GOPe made him an offer.

Posted by: davidt at January 07, 2022 09:33 AM (g98Pl)

428 They want to be *wildly* better off than you, not only marginally better off.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

My ice cream costs more than your car.

Posted by: N. Pelosi at January 07, 2022 09:33 AM (QzkSJ)

429 @libsoftiktok
What did I just watch

https://tinyurl.com/5dwavhpu
Posted by: redridinghood at January 07, 2022 09:25 AM (NpAcC)
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What's more surprising than the act and the expression of the fetish is that it's happening outdoors and apparently in public - and that there is more than one set of them. Unless this is some sort of convention of weirdos in a closed area, that odds alone are pretty astounding.

What happened to keeping your weird fetishism - or sex-related activity in general - in the bedroom?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 07, 2022 09:34 AM (DU+/6)

430 Just experienced the Green Flash of a disappearing comment here.

Posted by: kraken at January 07, 2022 09:34 AM (6Je/Q)

431 Nothing screams "This isn't political theater" like bringing in political theater.

Nancy is well past her sell by date.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 07, 2022 09:34 AM (ZLI7S)

432 426 I found it unremarkable, with OK animation, but a boring story and obligatory wokeness. Wife got one of the songs ("We don't talk about Bruno-no-no" whatever) stuck in her head.
Posted by: Revenant at January 07, 2022 09:32 AM (+4D1M)

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The songs are fine, Bruno being the best probably.

But the dramatic resolution is about...getting a hug from her sister? And then it doesn't actually change anything because the core problem is that her grandmother doesn't love her enough?

Disney's product recently has become "There is no evil in man and everything can be resolved with a hug," and it remarkably uninteresting.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 07, 2022 09:34 AM (LvTSG)

433 The "elites" absolutely hated the Trump Rallies where huge enthusiastic masses of people went out in public and showed support for populism. One of the components of the Jan 6 op was to put the idea in regular people's heads that attending such rallies was "unsafe" as you could never be sure what sort of thing could be engineered to happen and you could possibly be one of the unlucky people targeted to spend a year or more in confinement on apparently a near random basis. It is just as risky to show up as to show up and do something wildly illegal and provocative.

Posted by: Azjaeger at January 07, 2022 09:34 AM (3/XaG)

434

If you aren't from Kansas you can't tell people how to ski in the cornfields...

Posted by: Wokeback Dick Obammy at January 07, 2022 09:35 AM (vzKmu)

435 Cruz still wants to be President. GOPe made him an offer.
Posted by: davidt at January 07, 2022 09:33 AM (g98Pl)
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Cruz was always GOPe. He played the part of the GOPe gadfly extremely well.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 07, 2022 09:35 AM (5pTK/)

436 The national wrestling team of the Islamic Republic of Iran is coming to the United States to play our team in Arlington, Texas on February 12. Sardar Pashaei, the Iranian-American ex-head coach of Irans national Greco-Roman wrestling team, said it was a friendship match. But Alireza Dabir, president of the Islamic Republic of Irans wrestling federation, has other ideas, saying that the match is all about

Death to America.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 07, 2022 09:35 AM (yrol0)

437 Could you narrow that down for us a little?
Posted by: Muldoon at January 07, 2022 09:30 AM (m45I2)

Jonah Goldberg? or whatever his name is.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 07, 2022 09:35 AM (k49Sx)

438 hodlonaut @hodlonaut; 7h
Novak Djokovic's dad:
"This isn't a battle for Serbia and Novak. This is a battle for 7 billion people.
They want to subdue us, they want us all on our knees. It won't fly."

Daily Mail Online @MailOnline; 54m
Novak Djokovic wrongly told he could enter Australia, leaked letter proves

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 07, 2022 09:35 AM (UHVv4)

439 such as the heavy guy who touts himself as a conservative but isn't...

******

Could you narrow that down for us a little?
Posted by: Muldoon

slim pickins

Posted by: lean six sigma at January 07, 2022 09:35 AM (QzkSJ)

440 when I was pregnant with my daughter a prenatal test showed possitive for downs. It was wrong but was a very stressful few days before the next test corrected it.

Posted by: LASue at January 07, 2022 09:35 AM (Ed8Zd)

441 My ice cream costs more than your car.
Posted by: N. Pelosi at January 07, 2022 09:33 AM (QzkSJ)
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Yeah, we saw your twin Freezers that cost more than the cars most Americans drive.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 07, 2022 09:36 AM (5pTK/)

442 414 Kazakhstan getting entertaining: https://is.gd/OulCVi

Nothing quite like a cavalry charge.
Posted by: Bert G at January 07, 2022 09:30 AM (aCgRi)

Cossacks on horses! That's brilliant! Like all such revolutions, it's going to come down to which side the Kazakh military comes down on. Romanian situations, where the Army sides with the people against the regime, are rare.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 07, 2022 09:36 AM (evAgx)

443 431 Nothing screams "This isn't political theater" like bringing in political theater.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 07, 2022 09:34 AM (ZLI7S)
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Heh! Now that's a great line. Can I steal that.

Posted by: WisRich at January 07, 2022 09:36 AM (G0vdT)

444 I am sure there are a few Australians in Serbia. The Serbs ought to round them up and detain them until their man is released and sent home.

Tit-for-tat is crude but often prevents escalation.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 07, 2022 09:36 AM (DU+/6)

445 Testing tells you next to nothing about what a child may achieve.
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Expectations are bitch (generally)
ou think at first your kid will be "normal" without much definition or thought being put into what "normal" is or means. Just sort of vaguely think he or she will be like me. Then they tell you its all gone wrong and you are going to have a kid with downs or whatever the problem is and you then develop an negative expectation. In either case, your expectation is baseless. Its a total crap shoot every time. Even if you kid is totes "normal". Every human person is a work in progress, and nobody knows how its going to turn out for that person. Nobody. I have three kids now with special needs in their teen years. I am the luckiest guy I know. That doesn't mean its not hard. But, in my job, I see absolute mayhem everyday. Life's a crap shoot. Your job is to make the best out of whatever comes your way. Period. You don't compare what you got, to what you think you should have gotten instead, or what someone else got. You got, what you needed. Sure, I felt like and sometimes still feel like I can't handle it. But when I am weak, then I am strong.

Posted by: DO NOT BE AFRAID at January 07, 2022 09:37 AM (WABQf)

446 Cruz still wants to be President. GOPe made him an offer.
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Even Chollie Baker seems to think he might run for President. What is with all these foolish egotists?

In Baker's case he issued a statement standing with Nanzi Pelosi, and solemnly misstook a guy who died in April, after being run down in a BLM riot, for a cop killed on Jan 6 at the Capital. Baker failed the first test of Running For President: Know your month order.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2022 09:37 AM (Sbumo)

447 The expression "he/she destroyed such-or-such" is used way too often in the context of interviews and debates. But I think Tucker came as close to destroying Cruz as it is possible to do. It was really Cruz's doing though.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 07, 2022 09:37 AM (H8QX8)

448 What happened to keeping your weird fetishism - or sex-related activity in general - in the bedroom?
Posted by: Joe Mannix

srsly

Posted by: the ONT at January 07, 2022 09:37 AM (QzkSJ)

449 Pelosi brought in the Hamilton cast because they are POC, not because they are Broadway.

I imagine that Beyonce was probably booked.

Posted by: blaster at January 07, 2022 09:37 AM (mbFEM)

450 >>Heh! Now that's a great line. Can I steal that.

Of course. My brain farts are worth exactly what you pay for them, nothing.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 07, 2022 09:38 AM (ZLI7S)

451 Posted by: JROD at January 07, 2022 09:17 AM (0jZnq)

Who is this "we" you're referring to, JROD? Not to be snarky, but thanks to the wonderful world of blogs, I read through all the Maoist Revolution slogans, the Gulag Archipelago, and immediately went through some hard visualization exercises to imagine what it was like for those little guys to endure the same manufactured consent unceasingly.

Is it just a complete unawareness that a happy, purely unchallenging existence is even fathomable, much less possible? Is it the social media age that has reduced people's attention to the point where words are just nothing other than static noise and people just hum along to it? The complete unwillingness to learn ANYTHING from periods of mass slaughter just boggles my mind.

Posted by: Homer's Donuts at January 07, 2022 09:38 AM (BCSAN)

452 Cruz's only hope now would be to demonstrate a "come-to-Jesus" transformation and take up the cause of the 1/6 prisoners as well as the MAGA cause with a fervor never before seen in a Republican politician. Of course this will not and cannot happen.
Posted by: Ordinary American

Im hopeful it will. Im still willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. I believe hes a solid , good guy but his comment shook me.

Posted by: LASue at January 07, 2022 09:38 AM (Ed8Zd)

453 Posted by: DO NOT BE AFRAID at January 07, 2022 09:37 AM (WABQf)

God bless you and your family.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 07, 2022 09:38 AM (45fpk)

454 The songs are fine, Bruno being the best probably.

But the dramatic resolution is about...getting a hug from her sister? And then it doesn't actually change anything because the core problem is that her grandmother doesn't love her enough?

Disney's product recently has become "There is no evil in man and everything can be resolved with a hug," and it remarkably uninteresting.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 07, 2022 09:34 AM (LvTSG)
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I think the core problem was that Abuela's expectations of perfection were too high. The "hug" wasn't from the sister (they misinterpreted Bruno's prophecy, but from the Abeula (shown younger in the prophecy)), effectively, Abuela's recognition that she was destroying the family by putting pressure on everyone to be perfect.

They never resolved why the main character (I forget her name) never had powers.

It's a common theme of the old need to recognize the concerns of the young.

Posted by: Revenant at January 07, 2022 09:38 AM (+4D1M)

455 in her world, Miranda and his dad are activist players of influence.
___

In my world, they're non-entities that are in desperate need of Jesus, along with so many others in Sodom on the Potomac.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 07, 2022 09:39 AM (Iy8Rs)

456 I just learned that Cruz has been calling 1/06 a terrorist event since it happened.

I believe he did so opportunistically to position himself as a Trump alternative.

But once you get on the Leftie Krazy Bus, you can't get off.

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 07, 2022 09:39 AM (ZHVt1)

457 "Jaanuary Sixth: The Day Congress Hid Under Their Desks" by Seymour Butts

Posted by: Muldoon at January 07, 2022 09:40 AM (m45I2)

458 What vacc req is SCOTUS hearing today, the OSHA power grab?
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The CMS mandate for health care workers and also the OHSA mandate for 100 employee firms.

Posted by: but don't get cocky at January 07, 2022 09:41 AM (WABQf)

459 SO I now see that Secret Service has identified at LEAST 13 different Pantifa and BLM groups that were headed to and involved with J6.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 07, 2022 09:41 AM (yrol0)

460 The complete unwillingness to learn ANYTHING from periods of mass slaughter just boggles my mind.

I don't believe it is a distinctive of a particular generation, the mere fact that mass slaughter happens throughout all of human history, all around the globe, through every nation and culture, is sufficient to recognize that there is Nothing New Under The Sun.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at January 07, 2022 09:41 AM (+LCoQ)

461 In Baker's case he issued a statement standing with Nanzi Pelosi, and solemnly misstook a guy who died in April, after being run down in a BLM riot, for a cop killed on Jan 6 at the Capital. Baker failed the first test of Running For President: Know your month order.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2022 09:37 AM (Sbumo)

Who is that guy? Those were prepared remarks too. Showed a Ridiculous lack of fact checking and care.

Posted by: LASue at January 07, 2022 09:41 AM (Ed8Zd)

462 >>Every human person is a work in progress, and nobody knows how its going to turn out for that person. Nobody. I have three kids now with special needs in their teen years. I am the luckiest guy I know. That doesn't mean its not hard. But, in my job, I see absolute mayhem everyday. Life's a crap shoot. Your job is to make the best out of whatever comes your way. Period. You don't compare what you got, to what you think you should have gotten instead, or what someone else got. You got, what you needed. Sure, I felt like and sometimes still feel like I can't handle it. But when I am weak, then I am strong.

Well said -- all of it!

Our son was diagnosed with complex heart defects during the pregnancy. The idea you can have a "do over", as if that isn't a unique being that is so much more than the defect(s) they may have found, is disgusting.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 07, 2022 09:42 AM (URNdm)

463 I don't believe it is a distinctive of a particular generation, the mere fact that mass slaughter happens throughout all of human history, all around the globe, through every nation and culture, is sufficient to recognize that there is Nothing New Under The Sun.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at January 07, 2022 09:41 AM (+LCoQ)

This.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 07, 2022 09:43 AM (dNqv+)

464 Moderna CEO says fourth vaccine dose could be needed in fall.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 07, 2022 09:43 AM (UHVv4)

465 NOOD ART

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 07, 2022 09:44 AM (DU+/6)

466 464 Moderna CEO says fourth vaccine dose could be needed in fall.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 07, 2022 09:43 AM (UHVv4)

Moderna CEO further mentioned he wanted to complete his Bugati Chiron 'Primary Colors' collection.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 07, 2022 09:45 AM (dNqv+)

467 Moderna CEO says fourth vaccine dose could be needed in fall.
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Its never going to end. If you agreed to 3, how do you say you won't do four? If you agreed to four, why not four next year?

Posted by: the paved the road with false intentions at January 07, 2022 09:45 AM (3VzIv)

468 460 The complete unwillingness to learn ANYTHING from periods of mass slaughter just boggles my mind.

The attraction to being the slaughterer is always irresistible to some.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 07, 2022 09:45 AM (H8QX8)

469 Well, what I think is being lost in all of the Jan 6 theater stupidity, is that Nancy had to do something to remind the far left crazy base who is on their side.

Plus, the media needed the ratings boost.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 07, 2022 09:45 AM (5pTK/)

470 Who is that guy? Those were prepared remarks too. Showed a Ridiculous lack of fact checking and care.
Posted by: LASue at January 07, 2022 09:41 AM (Ed8Zd)

If you carefully parse what Nancy said about the "fallen" of 1/6, she said that they had fought for them on 1/6 and been lost - she didn't say they died that day, but rather that had been protecting our democracy or whatever on 1/6 and had since passed away. Hence the guy killed in April.

That's not a defense of her. She's trying to make it sound the way it was taken

Posted by: blaster at January 07, 2022 09:46 AM (mbFEM)

471 The attraction to being the slaughterer is always irresistible to some.
==
The sociopaths are attracted to power and rule.

Posted by: an enemy came and sowed weeds among the corn at January 07, 2022 09:46 AM (14pT9)

472 Who is that guy? Those were prepared remarks too. Showed a Ridiculous lack of fact checking and care.
Posted by: LASue at January 07, 2022 09:41 AM (Ed8Zd)

No, it's exactly the message they want to send. Pelosi included that officer in her list of "casualties" as well. They realize they have a problem with the numbers - They murdered 2 people that day, and none of their "heroes" died. That makes the day look a lot less like 9/11, and a lot more like Kent State. So they start repeating a lie about 4 officers who died fighting THE INSURRECTION, and then they just repeat the lie over and over.

Posted by: Wally at January 07, 2022 09:46 AM (FJYfm)

473 >>Moderna CEO says fourth vaccine dose could be needed in fall.

*Spoiler alert*

Moderna CEO was interviewed by local Boston news in June and he said back then then he saw boosters for the foreseeable future to deal with variants. No idea why the "experts" are pretending this is a well-reasoned decision for the 3rd and now the 4th when that CEO already knew that it was boosters forever.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 07, 2022 09:46 AM (URNdm)

474 Cossack & Caucasus!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLkjBMPAP2g

Posted by: Archer at January 07, 2022 09:47 AM (gmo/4)

475 I don't believe it is a distinctive of a particular generation, the mere fact that mass slaughter happens throughout all of human history, all around the globe, through every nation and culture, is sufficient to recognize that there is Nothing New Under The Sun.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at January 07, 2022 09:41 AM (+LCoQ)
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It is. There is still the question of "why do we no longer actively learn or teach about it?" That's a question I don't know how to answer. I *suspect* that there are two big factors, but I am not sure. First, it wouldn't surprise me if the big shot-callers want to hold the strategy in reserve and don't want to impede its implementation should they go down that road. Who knows.

Second, it's incredibly uncomfortable and discomforting because of its implications, which are essentially what you laid out. If you're being honest in such a study or lesson, you must ask yourself some questions and among those will be "why did people participate in that" and "would I participate in something like that?" That's a brutal bit of introspection.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 07, 2022 09:47 AM (DU+/6)

476 >>If you carefully parse what Nancy said about the "fallen" of 1/6, she said that they had fought for them on 1/6 and been lost - she didn't say they died that day, but rather that had been protecting our democracy or whatever on 1/6 and had since passed away. Hence the guy killed in April.

IIRC, 4 Capitol Police have committed suicide since 1/6 which is weird and suspect.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 07, 2022 09:48 AM (URNdm)

477 JJ, think of the money you could make squatting in all that unused commercial real estate in NYC. You could be King of the Homeless if you stay there.

Posted by: Puddin Head at January 07, 2022 09:49 AM (uia9V)

478 Source @ Comcast: "Joy Reid will lose her 7p show in the next round of reshuffling at MSNBC." - "She does not have a show come mid Spring" - The "decision has been made, the only thing left is messaging on the move, which will be ratings" - 1/
-- Jon Nicosia (@NewsPolitics) January 6, 2022

Posted by: Judge Crater at January 07, 2022 09:50 AM (X5CsJ)

479 IIRC, 4 Capitol Police have committed suicide since 1/6 which is weird and suspect.
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I thought it was one. Another got got run over by a car driven by antifa. Then a stroke or something. And a heart attack. But I don't really pay attention to the news

Posted by: an enemy came and sowed weeds among the corn at January 07, 2022 09:50 AM (14pT9)

480 Plus, the media needed the ratings boost.
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Did media really get a boost? Cereally.

Posted by: Puddin Head at January 07, 2022 09:53 AM (uia9V)

481 Tonight I start my Bosch 'The Garden of Earthly Delights' jigsaw puzzle. I am all a flutter.

Posted by: Puddin Head at January 07, 2022 09:54 AM (uia9V)

482 477 JJ, think of the money you could make squatting in all that unused commercial real estate in NYC. You could be King of the Homeless if you stay there.
Posted by: Puddin Head at January 07, 2022 09:49 AM (uia9V)

Yeah, no.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 07, 2022 09:58 AM (s2VJv)

483 According to the live-broadcast, host's Tim Pool and Luke Rudkowski abruptly stopped the podcast, looking shocked at what they were witnessing in the room.
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Shouldn't have stopped the broadcast. Put that shit out for all to see.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 07, 2022 10:10 AM (DU+/6)

484 Whoops, wrong thread. Sorry.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 07, 2022 10:10 AM (DU+/6)

485 51 And for the dumb cunts in the democrat party and the enemedia, we are a Constitutional Republic, not a democracy.
Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at January 07, 2022 07:50 AM (y7DUB)

WERE a Constitutional Republic, now a lawless one.

Posted by: Bonnie Blue - says FU at January 07, 2022 10:14 AM (hlxe7)

486 Ted Cruz is toast because virtue-signaling language he meant exclusively for his comrades got shared with the rest of us.

Good.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at January 07, 2022 10:34 AM (9EsIa)

487 459 SO I now see that Secret Service has identified at LEAST 13 different Pantifa and BLM groups that were headed to and involved with J6.
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And the number of their members in jail is approximately... zero?

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at January 07, 2022 10:40 AM (9EsIa)

488 I dumped that turd Cruz after his comments after January 6th of a year ago.

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at January 07, 2022 10:53 AM (ytSiK)

489 Disagree about Cruz. When pressed by Tucker he admitted he made a mistake and regrets using the words. Watch the full tape.

We all make mistakes. Forgiveness for mistakes is something we ought to embrace. Cruz has been a leader in torpedoing Democrat lunacy. He certainly doesn't seem like GOPe.

Posted by: jeff at January 07, 2022 10:54 AM (nf4HY)

490 The entire first act of Hamilton was the celebration of an insurrection over a 3 pct tea tax

Posted by: Josh Brolin's Blistered Taint at January 07, 2022 10:56 AM (PFFE6)

491 The DNC's fundraising message begins similarly: "One year ago today, our democracy was attacked. ..."

Apparently, the DNC has no idea that the USA is a republic. I guess this is what happens when you remove the Pledge of Allegiance recital from schools. ("...and to the REPUBLIC, for which it stands...")

Gotta wonder what the polling results would be if a simple multiple choice question were asked of the American public: "The USA is a 1-Democracy, 2-Republic". Even worse would be a follow-up question to find out if people knew the definitions for "democracy" and "republic".

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 07, 2022 11:14 AM (Do5/p)

492 Y'all ready to start fighting the culture war yet...or is reading blogs enough?

Posted by: Two Weeks at January 07, 2022 11:52 AM (ELnqd)

493 "IIRC, 4 Capitol Police have committed suicide since 1/6 which is weird and suspect."

Yep.

Those cops might have voiced different observations regarding events of that day, not in keeping with the leftist narrative.

So, were any of them suicided by two bullets in the back?

Posted by: Ju at January 07, 2022 12:04 PM (aTmM/)

494 "It certainly looks like the Biden [junta] is trying to disguise a general vaccine mandate as a workplace safety measure. The Supreme Court will ultimately decide how convincing that disguise is."

The Supreme Court and Biden's Legally Dubious Vax Mandate "Workaround"

If that is their argument -- that a "COVID vaccine" is required for workplace safety -- wouldn't that also apply to every other "vaccine"? So it would then apply to mandating everyone receive a flu shot for employment. Not to mention all the other actual vaccines in existence. And that would affect everyone from other countries seeking employment. All those illegals wanting to work will now be subject to mandatory vaccines for every illness, virus and disease on the planet.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 07, 2022 12:12 PM (Do5/p)

495 492 Y'all ready to start fighting the culture war yet...or is reading blogs enough?

Posted by: Two Weeks at January 07, 2022 11:52 AM (ELnqd)

Lead us, mein fuhrer! You go first.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 07, 2022 12:34 PM (s2VJv)

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