The Morning Report - 2/16/22

Good morning, kids. Wednesday and the seemingly unrelated stories of the struggle north of the 49th parallel - and really all over the world - and the bombshell revelations of the Durham investigation are at the top of my list this morning. There is a common denominator to them and really to pretty much every story in every section: That is, the complete abandonment and upending of nearly 900 years of societal development towards freedom and self-determination on the individual level back to the endless night of dark age slavery and oppression of the many by the few. Ironic in the extreme, not to mention disgusting to witness the heirs of Mao, Stalin and Hitler parade around in the skin suit of Jesus, Lincoln and Gandhi, shrieking tone-deaf renditions of "Kumbaya" and "Imagine" as they line us up in front of a ditch and pull the trigger.

We laugh at the truly sick asshole who swiped a 13-year-old girl's Canadian flag at a rally in support of the trucker protest, but then was crying like a little titty-baby when the cops detained him. But I'm not laughing; I don't think it's that much of a stretch to posit that, given the right circumstances, he would have no qualms at all about "just following orders." That is if he didn't volunteer for the firing squad himself. And that applies with equal force down here in the lower 48 as well as all the other formerly free, enlightened, western liberal democracies who have a growing number of people voting for, and stuffing the ballot boxes for, individuals and parties that are moving at light speed to out Chi-Com the Chi-Coms. Thank you, Marx. Thank you, Gramsci. Thank you Marcuse.

So, all that said, the Durham report is dropping bombshells all over the place that in really no uncertain terms not only completely exonerates Donald Trump over the so-called Russiagate scandal but actually implicates Hillary Clinton as well as the highest echelons of our national security and law enforcement agencies in what can only be described as seditious behavior if not worse. None of this is a revelation more than a confirmation of what we at a minimum suspected and mostly knew over 5 years ago. Not that the media is paying attention to it more than deflecting and covering it up. And more importantly, not that it really matters at all.

I would pay-per-view to see Hillary in her orange Armani jumpsuit, drunk and hissing as they lead her to the hoosegow, slowly turning back into a lizard.

It's not going to happen. The leftists didn't empty the jails and prisons to make room for their queen bee.  Liberals won't allow violent and/or repeat offenders to go to the skookum house, knowing full well those criminals will attack more innocent victims. There is no way they'll lock up their Queen of Sleaze.

Domestic terrorist Darrell Brooks ran over 62 white people late last year in Waukesha, Wis. He SHOULD have been in jail after running over his girlfriend. He SHOULD have been kept there when a risk assessment test determined Brooks was likely to commit more crimes. But the local DA, John Chisholm, was happy to let him go, knowing full well that his bail reform nonsense would get people killed. Lefties look out for their own.

While the left is eager to round up meemaws who were let into the Capitol, they fight just as hard to keep their people out.

Jan. 6 buffalo horns guy Jacob Chansley got 41 months in federal prison for his stroll through the Capitol. Mohamed Hussein Abdi, 20, was given probation for trying to burn down a school during a riot for Saintly George Floyd. . .

. . . It steams my clams to say this, but the Clintons are made of a unique mixture of Teflon and kevlar. Most of the media won't even discuss their chicanery, much less call them out. When the news of their transgressions does manage to leak, the press runs interference for the Clintons and will even add suppressing fire to cover them. When that fails, the DOJ takes over to make sure the Clintons remain free.

The Clintons are the herpes of American politics, and the lefty news and DOJ refuse to slather on some Valtrex.

All this is true, but it goes way beyond merely the Clintons. As I posited here and on the soon-to-be-award-winning CJN Speaks! podcast, it's not that there are two justice systems in this country. It's that there is NO justice system. We are becoming a vast prison and the warders are a combination of the junta in power in cahoots with the economically-fascistic corporate world and most alarmingly, far too many of our coworkers, neighbors and even family members as kapos and snitches.

So yes, Hillary Clinton is never going to jail let alone going to be indicted for the same reason that John Roberts threw out the 17-state suit at SCOTUS over the electoral college results and for the same reason that this Quintez Brown scum is not going to face any serious jail time for putting a hole in Craig Greenberg's sports coat. Hell, a Biden minion is already blaming "right-wing rhetoric" for doing that damage, much the same way as it was a somehow self-aware SUV that plowed into the Waukesha Christmas parade. But dare to protest the mind- and body-rape of your children at a school board meeting, or be duped into accepting the Capitol cops' invitation to waltz into the Rotunda and you will be ground into the dust.

Hold that thought as I segue into Dan Gelernter over at American Greatness with a very good take on the police and the Second Amendment:

I believe in law and order. I want to back the blue. But they've let me down. They weren't there when my city was on fire. But if I were to get a handgun to protect my apartment, they'd show up at 4 a.m. with a no-knock warrant and shoot my dog.

I feel safer in Connecticut where I can carry a gun than in New York where I can't. I find I would rather rely on the general protection of an armed community than on a specially empowered group who are immune to criminal liability for their actions. But even here in the suburbs, my local town's police department has a surplus military Humvee. Why? Crowd control? Only a few thousand people live here. When a friend was getting his pistol permit last year, the local police lied to him repeatedly (at least three different ways) to avoid fingerprinting him so he could complete his application. Who the hell do they think they are?

From where I sit, the problem with defunding the police isn't that the police do so much to protect us, it's that we've been so deprived of the means to protect ourselves. And frankly, I'm not convinced that society wouldn't do better simply getting rid of all permitting requirements and allowing anyone who wants to protect himself to enjoy that constitutional right without restriction. An armed society is a polite society. And where guns are outlawed, only outlaws have guns. Only outlaws -- and the police.

Well said, but I will take it a step further by Psaki-psircling back to my original contention. The reason I have antipathy to the police - even my once beloved NYPD - is that they are uniformed representatives of the law, which is supposed to be a just and stable law that ensures the functioning of the civil society while guaranteeing my fundamental rights and liberties.

It is obvious now that the aforementioned no longer exists. The laws exist, when they are enforced, only to oppress and suppress political opposition at the Federal, state and local level to the entity that overthrew the government between November 2020 and January 2021.

Look at those who dare enter a restaurant unmasked, raise their voices in protest at school board meetings or who are imprisoned now for over a year because they were entrapped into walking into the Capitol on January 6th 2021. Now compare and contrast to people from Hillary Clinton and the junta who concocted the Russia collusion hoax all the way down to street thugs who rob, rape and murder at will with no bail, no jail and no consequences as well as the thugs of Antifa and BLM who lay waste to entire communities while being lauded as "mostly peaceful" civil rights protesters.

Unless proven otherwise, the men and women in blue are representatives of that regime and therefore cannot be trusted to uphold their oaths to the citizenry. Same as our elected officials of both parties. And that is a longwinded way of stating why the Second Amendment exists. While I agree with Mr. Gelernter that being able to defend yourself from a direct threat to your life is crucial, it is equally crucial that being armed as a means to defend yourself from a tyrannical government is as, if not more, important -- especially when more and more uniformed law enforcement officers are more concerned with protecting their pensions than the community they ostensibly joined up to defend.

These are the wages of lawlessness. Anarchy is one thing. What we have is tyranny dressed up as order.

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

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• Richard Fernandez: "The paradigm has shifted for everyone but the new ground rules are not yet clear. For now, the pundits are just ranting, making random noise to comfort themselves, the way a group of monkeys gibbers when it senses a dark shadow at the base of their tree. But nobody knows what the shadow is. Perhaps the ruling elites don't know where they are because their own bubble drifted so silently over the decades that they only now notice, looking out the window for the first time in years, that the stars all look different."
  The Crazy Years
  
• "The managerial class wants to replace America's core demographic with one it can more easily control."
  Shaping the Perfect Subjects
  
• "It's guaranteed that you won't find this absurdity in nations where people struggle for food, water, shelter and freedom."
  Why Nearly 40 Percent of Gen Z Identify as LGBTQ
  
• "Who actually benefits? And why?"
  Biden, Crack Pipes and the China Link
  
• "What are these hostile masking policies aiming to accomplish?. . . This has to be taken seriously. Even when the masking in schools begins to let up a bit, this is the moment to keep the pressure on. Authoritarian systems derive the meaning of their existence from never letting go of control and from giving occasional rewards for good behavior, just like a tyrant parent."
  The Child Catchers

CIVIL WAR 2.0: LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, CAPITOL HILL BLACK WEDNESDAY PROTEST AFTERMATH, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
• "Quintez Brown, a 21-year-old civil rights activist, is a former intern and editorial columnist in Louisville for The Courier-Journal. He's also a gun-control activist who wrote, 'Your life has no meaning to the irresponsible politicians in Frankfort who time and time again choose the National Rifle Association over your life.'"
  Black Activist Who Fired a Gun at Louisville Mayoral Candidate Charged With Attempted Murder
  
• "Cliff Schechter, a former ad writer for then-candidate Joe Biden's presidential campaign, blamed 'conspiratorial right-wing rhetoric' for the assassination attempt on Democrat mayoral candidate Craig Greenberg."
  Former Biden Campaign Staffer Tried To Blame Attempted Assassination on "Right Wing Rhetoric," But Suspect is Left-Wing Activist
  
• "It's unclear who the culprit is." (Quintez Ji-Ping - jjs)
  Anti-Asian Signs Posted on Door of Anti-Establishment Harvard Student President
  
• "Radical chic attracts wannabe revolutionaries too cowardly to inhabit the societal hellhole their ideology would birth."
  Anti-White Racism at NYU Law

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

• "The President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, said Canada had lost its credibility on matters of democracy and freedom. 'Are these the people who like to give lessons to other countries about democracy and freedom?" asked Bukele. "This is one of the top ranking countries in the 'democracy index'? Your credibility on these topics is now worth 0.'"
  Canada's Use of Terrorist Laws Against Peaceful Protest Draws International Condemnation
  
• "Ottawa Police Chief Peter Sloly reportedly was pushed aside by Trudeau as his federal troops took over Monday night."
Ottawa Police Chief Quits After Trudeau Essentially Declares Martial Law and Commandeers Police Force
  
• "The premier claims his vaccine about-face has nothing to do with the protests."
  After Vaccine Mandate Victory, Freedom Convoy Faces Off Against Angry Prime Minister
  
• "We will see in a week if the advice Biden gave to Trudeau was sound or senseless."
  Will Trudeau's "Emergencies Act" Stunt Make it Through Parliament or Court?
  
• "When asked if American truckers should stage similar protests in the U.S. to protest remaining [Chinese] coronavirus restrictions at home, 55 percent said they would support it, compared to 38 percent who said they would oppose. Notably, a majority of Republicans (74 percent) and independents (57 percent) said they would support such protests, but 57 percent of Democrats said they would not."
  Survey: Majority of Americans Support Canadian Truckers, Would Support Similar Movement in U.S.
  
• Hackers, my ass. The Canadian security services with help no doubt from the CIA as well as the eager help from Google, et al were escorted right in like the Capitol cops and glowies let the unsuspecting J-6ers in.
  Hackers Crash GiveSendGo, Leak Trucker Donor Names to Help Trudeau "Follow the Money"
  
• "Canadians who are old enough to remember when Justin Trudeau was born will recall that at the time his father, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, explained to the fawning press that he had named his newborn son Justin because -- wait for it -- Justice."
  Canadian Martial Law: Trudeau Redux
  * * * * *

• "States are banning public entities from implementing vaccine mandates, but that doesn't stop employers from requiring the vaccine for their own workforces."
  Ban Employer Vaccine Mandates
  
• "The city's Education Department and Housing Authority were the agencies with the largest termination rate, with 914 and 101 terminations, respectively."
  Over 1,400 NYC Employees Fired Over Vaccine Refusal
  
• "The decree also served to expose the money-mired confluence of politics, power, and American [Chinese] Covid policy."
  DC's Mandates Repeal Shows Who's in Charge of Chinese COVID Rules -- And Who Isn't
  
• Nancy Andersen, M.D.: "Sonia Sotomayor and a troupe of breakdancing pediatricians shine a light on what's wrong with our enlightened rulers and health care heroes."
  The Worst Problems with Our Best Judges and Doctors
  * * * * *

• Lloyd Billingsley: ". . . But not before flagging Dr. Anthony Fauci's 'decades of lies.'" (RIP - jjs)
  Nobel Laureate Luc Montagnier Departs

  SHAMPEACHMENT 1.0, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION

• "While the left is eager to round up meemaws who were let into the Capitol, they fight just as hard to keep their people out."
  Don't Pop the Champagne -- Hillary Isn't Going to Jail
  
• Jeffrey Lord: "Will Jake Sullivan and more Clinton Campaign alum be indicted?"
  HillaryGate Explodes
  
• Margot Cleveland: "The media has finally begun covering the special counsel's investigation and indictment against former Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann, and he is none too happy."
  What We Learned From Michael Sussmann's Response to the Spygate Special Counsel
  
• "John Durham had been investigating the FBI's Trump-Russia investigation as a U.S. Attorney but was appointed by then-Attorney General Bill Barr to serve as the Special Counsel for the United States Department of Justice in Dec. 2020 to ensure his investigation couldn't be thwarted by the incoming Biden [junta]."
  Get Ready for More: The Durham Probe Has "Accelerated"
  
• ". . . methodology issues make the poll's findings less clear."
  Yes, a Poll Found a Majority of Democrats Think Hillary Should Be Investigated for Spying, But There's a Major Catch
  
• "Federal Election Commission records show that the campaign paid Neustar Information Services in 2020 for accounting and compliance work. According to Durham, Neustar's chief technology officer, Rodney Joffe, got a hold of sensitive web traffic data on behalf of the White House executive office in order to collect dirt about Donald Trump. Joffe gave the information to the Clinton Campaign, who passed it on to the CIA."
  Tech Firm in the Middle of Trump Hacking Scandal Also Did Work For Biden
  
• "Increasingly, the intelligence community seems not to care or notice whether the American public trusts it."
  New Durham Filing Clears the Path for More Indictments in Clinton-Financed Russia Hoax
  
• "And a traitor within?"
  Video: Richard Grenell Reacts to Bombshell Report Proving Trump Was Spied On

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• "By most measures, the answer is no."
  Are You Better Off Than You Were a Year Ago?
  
• ". . . But the [so-called quote-unquote "president"] says Americans should have 'peace of mind.'"
  Bidenflation Continues to Surge Out of Control
  
• Unexpectedly . . .
  Empire State Manufacturing Survey Shows Inflation Surging in February
  
• "The Fed gambled that inflation would be transient, but now must slam on the monetary brakes to stop it."
  Fed's Voodoo Monetary Policy
  
• Pat Toomey: "Ms. Raskin's repeated and forceful advocacy for having the Federal Reserve allocate capital and choke off credit to disfavored industries is alone disqualifying and reason enough to vote against her. But whether to proceed with a vote today is a separate question,"
  Senate Republicans Boycott Banking Committee, Block Biden Fed Nominee

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• "[Alvin] Bragg believes his job is to reduce the population in New York's overcrowded jails. This has led to dozens of defendants being released from custody on reduced or no bail even if they're a genuine risk to the community. One such lucky violent criminal is Assamad Nash. He was out and about in New York on Sunday night, free as a bird, despite assaulting a subway strap-hanger in September and being arrested for intentional damage to property, harassment, resisting arrest, both attempted and successful escape from police officers, and selling a fare card -- all in the last year."
  New York DA Under Fire After Violent Criminal Out on Reduced Bail Murdered a Woman
  
• Nicole Gelinas: "Progressive criminal-justice policies are isolating and endangering residents -- especially females."
  New York City's War on Women
  
• "These results suggest that some of the same dissatisfaction that's hurting Democrats nationally is affecting Governor Newsom's popularity in the state." (but Larry Elder was really a Klansman /sarc -jjs)
  Californians Slam Newsom on Handling of Rampant Crime, Homelessness: POLL
  
• "Biden wanted to extend the program for another year but was thwarted by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), who argued the money would 'discourage people from working' and aggravate inflation even further, according to the outlet."
  Titty Caca AOC: Expiration of Child Tax Credit to Blame for Rising Crime in NYC
  
• "Lawyers for the family of Halyna Hutchins announced the lawsuit filed in New Mexico in the name of Hutchins' husband, Matthew Hutchins, and their son, Andros, at a Los Angeles news conference."
  Halyna Hutchins' Family Files Wrongful Death Suit Against Alec Baldwin, Others Over Rust Shooting
  
• "Is it possible that Locke knew what he was getting into when he chose to stay at the home of his cousin, whose brother was wanted for murder?"
  Let's Talk About Mekhi Speed, Amir Locke's "Violent" Cousin Who is Directly Related to Locke's Death

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• "If you don't wear the fucking mask, you get the fuck out of here!"
  "You Can Wear the Mask on Your Fucking Balls!" School Board Member Screams at Maskless Man Giving Public Comment
  
• "Glenbrook North High School senior Peter Christos lit a spark this this past Friday in the ultra-woke north shore suburb of Chicago by showing up to school maskless along with some fellow classmates. The event triggered a physical assault on Christos, and also contributed to the scheduling of a Turning Point USA 'No Forced Masks Rally' this Wednesday evening in St. Charles."
  Glenbrook North Student Lights a Fire with Dissident Action
  
• "Shane Trotter offers an educator's perspective on education reform."
  Optimism Balanced by Realism
  
• "A poisonous environment that reflects a global phenomenon."
  "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion" Staff and Anti-Israel Bias
  
• "The fact is there are so many . . . things, policies, practices, procedures, programmings that we have that have been deep . . . in our system so long that when we really dissect it through a Critical Race Theory lens, is one of the lens that we use, we see how these inequities come up and show up," Jonathan Perez, a former 'Equity Specialist' at Fort Worth Independent School District (FWISD) said. (otherwise known as complete horseshit - jjs)
  Texas School District "Equity Specialist" Admits CRT "Lens" is Used, Calls for Dismantling "Systemic Racism" at the "Student Level"
  
• "Claiming to have received death threats and other forms of harassment appears to be a popular strategy from left-leaning individuals."
  School Boards Try a Victim Defense for Their Overreach
  
• "Law students now required to learn about their duty to 'eliminate racism.'"
  How the American Bar Association Just Radicalized Law School
  
• Molly McCaughey: "Think you live too far from the Mexican border to be hurt by the chaos there?. . . Responding to the surge in teen overdoses, Connecticut's Gov. Ned Lamont is asking, 'How did this happen? How is there more fentanyl on the streets than ever before?' Look south, governor."
  The Border Crisis and Its Deadly Drugs Have Reached Middle Schools Nationwide

  AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY

• "Most of the increase in dissatisfaction comes from respondents who want lower levels of immigration. Thirty-five percent said they want less immigration, up from 19 percent last year. Support for more immigration has plummeted to just 9 percent."
  Poll Shows Just How Unhappy Americans Are With Immigration Under Biden
  
• "The Biden [junta] has refused to provide copies of communications between Catholic-affiliated charities and organizations at the border," said CatholicVote President Brian Burch in a statement. "Their lack of transparency and obstruction forced us to file these federal lawsuits."
  Judicial Watch, CatholicVote Sue DHS, HHS for Communications With Church Groups Over Alleged Role in Illegal Immigration
  
• "'The government knows. But they are being as opaque and 'darkened-windows' as they can be about the entire matter.'"
  Biden Junta Hiding "Ghost Flights" Scattering Illegal Migrants Around the Country
  
• "It's clear she's failing -- and with deadly consequences. Shockingly, Harris doesn't seem jolted by the fact that fentanyl overdoses are the top cause of death for Americans aged 18 to 45 -- more deadly than car accidents, cancer and suicide. Drug overdoses are also more fatal in this prime age group than [Chinese] COVID-19."
  As Fentanyl Deaths Double, Kamala Harris Ignores the Drugs Pouring Over the Southern Border

  THE 2020 ELECTION HEIST AND AFTERMATH

• Margot Cleveland: "The newest recordings provide some of the frankest discussion on how bad the behind-the-scenes situation was in Pennsylvania's 2020 election."
  Systemic Voting Issues In Pennsylvania County Even More Extensive Than Previously Known
  
• "Opportunities for what in normal circumstances would qualify as illegal electioneering multiply considerably with absentee voting."
  How No-Excuse Absentee Voting Allows Special Interests To Manipulate Voters

  OTHER DEMOCRAT, LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY

• "Wisconsin Democratic Senate candidate Mandela Barnes raked in $28,000 from a far-left joint-fundraising committee steered by leaders in the 'defund the police' and 'abolish ICE' movements, even as he works to distance himself from the controversial policies." (umm, if the group in question knows this and is not demanding their money back, then QED - jjs)
  Wisconsin Dem Takes Far-Left Group's Money But Claims He Doesn't Support Their Policies
  
• "Angie Craig's top state staffer endorsed defund movement, promoted group that bails out violent criminals."
  "Defund the Police" Movement Finds an Ally in Swing-District Minnesota Dem's Office
  
• "The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust's (FACT) request to the Inspector General comes after reports that Granholm failed to properly disclose nine stock trades worth up to a quarter of a million dollars, violating the STOCK Act."
  Ethics Watchdog Asks IG to Investigate Biden Energy Secretary Granholm
  
• "Giuffre's attorney, David Boies, has a lengthy professional history of representing establishment causes and personnel, so I suppose we shouldn't be surprised he's guided his client away from a public legal spectacle involving Epstein's associates. Nonetheless, it's still disappointing that yet another opportunity for names to be named has been taken off the table." (Boies represented Al Gore in the 2000 election lawsuit - jjs)
  Of Course: Giuffre Settles With Prince Andrew, Epstein-Related Case Will Not Go to Court

  POLITICS

• "Poll shows voters oppose Democrats' handling of border, drugs, law enforcement, and more."
  7 Issues Dems Are Losing on Ahead of the Midterms
  
• "Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-N.Y.) announced her retirement Tuesday, making her the 30th House Democrat leaving at the end of this term."
  And Then There Were 30: Another House Dem Retires
  
• "The March 1 primary in Texas has lots of things to excite conservatives and supporters of former President Donald Trump, and may offer some key insights on things to look for heading into later primaries coming up in the spring and summer, as well as the general election in November."
  Texas Goes First: A Fortnight from America's First Primary Day, What to Look for in Lone Star State
  
• "A clever loophole could hurt the senator in his tough reelection bid."
  How Mark Kelly Gets Around This Self-Imposed Ban
  
• "Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota early next month will become the latest alum of the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination race to return to New Hampshire, the state that for a century has held the first primary in the country in the race for the White House."
  2020 Democrat Candidates Visit New Hampshire Again Despite Biden's Claim He's Running in 2024
  
• Will Biden and the junta make things so bad that no unforced fuck-up the GOP can do to themselves - intentionally or not - will prevent them from retaking Congress? I'd say the odds are pretty good.
  Republicans Hold a Massive 13 Point Lead on a Generic Ballot -- Don't Underestimate Their Ability to Blow It
  
• "Mitch McConnell refuses to change with the times, and now it's time to change him."
  McConnell: Sluggish and Out of Touch
  
• "Will there be righteous and necessary recriminations for the Democrats' [Chinese] COVID policy disasters? Republicans, don't screw this up again." (oh, they will; it's in the script - jjs)
  Top Priority for the Midterm Elections: Make Them Pay!
  
• "Veteran Manhattan Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney may face her toughest Democrat primary challenge not from the progressive left but from the moderate-right flank of her party -- in the form of anti-mask-mandate mom Maud Maron."
  Mandate Foe Maud Maron Hoping for Titty Caca AOC-like Defeat of NY Rep. Carolyn Maloney
  
• "The Washington Post reported that 'an unknown prankster' hid the gavel Sears was supposed to use, but that Sears, the first black woman to hold the job, "took it in stride.' 'One shoe can change your life," Sears reportedly quipped of her makeshift gavel. 'Just ask Cinderella.'"
  Virginia Lt.-Gov. Gavels Senate to Order With Her Own High-Heel

  FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH

• "Cuomo, 51, had invited the "young" worker to his office for lunch under the pretext of giving her advice on obtaining full-time employment at the network in 2011, according to the report."
  Chris "Fredo" Cuomo Fired After XiNN Learned of Alleged Sex Attack During Office "Lunch": Report
  
• "Zucker resigned from the company weeks before after the investigation revealed that he and Gollust were in an undisclosed relationship. CNN fired Cuomo in December for aiding his brother, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, formulate a media strategy and respond to multiple allegations of sexual misconduct."
  Allison Gollust Out at XiNN After Investigation Reveals "Violations" by Top Execs, Fredo Cuomo
  * * * * *

• The disgusting twisting of words by this pinheaded Communist geek is laughable, and dangerous.
  "Experts" to CBC: "Freedom," Trucker Rallying Cry, a "Slippery Concept"
  
• "There is no shortage of double standards when it comes to corporate media and Democrats' conduct related to 2020's summer of rage."
  Press Calls Trump a Fascist for Opposing Violent Riots, But Casreau's a Hero for Treating Peaceful Protesters Like Terrorists
  
• Michael Goodwin: "Here's a quick quiz: How do we know the new developments in special counsel John Durham's investigation are important? Answer: Because The New York Times and Washington Post claim they aren't important."

  The Lefty Press is Giving Hillary Clinton a Pass for Russiagate
  
• "To the extent anything I said was inaccurate, it was because the media were inaccurate, for which they've never apologized," Levin said. "And I gave the source in each example. 'This is Exhibit 1 and 2 and 3 and 4' and where did I get it from. And the media said I was lying, that I was a conspiracy theorist."
  Mark Levin: "How Could I Be Lying" About Trump Being Spied on, Like Media Said, "When I Regurgitated" Their Reports?
  
• "Completely ignoring Special Counsel John Durham's newest findings is only the latest manifestation of the Drudge Report becoming just a shadow of what it once was."
  Drudge Is Dead
  
• "He was not even subtle about it, for he let loose with a long string of irrelevant racial references."
  New York Mayor Eric Adams Accuses the New York Media of Racism
  
• "The lawsuit alleged that Facebook got consent from their users to track their information while they were using the social media network and promised to stop tracking that data once a user logged off the platform. But Facebook allegedly continued to track their users' browsing data, even after the users logged off."
  Facebook Settles Decade-Old, $90 Million Lawsuit Alleging It Tracked Users' Data Without Consent

  ABORTION

• "The state has an obligation to protect life, and that is what this bill is about," Barto said during debate. "A 15-week-old baby in the womb has a fully formed nose, lips, eyelids, they suck their thumbs. They feel pain. That's what this bill is about."
  Republican-Controlled Arizona Senate Passes 15-Week Abortion Ban

  SECOND AMENDMENT

• "The settlement with Remington marks the first instance in which a gun manufacturer was held legally liable for a mass shooting. . . Additionally, Remington is allowing the families to release documents used in the lawsuit which show how the rifle, a Bushmaster AR-15-style rifle, was marketed, the outlet reported."
  Sandy Hook Families Come To Unprecedented $73 Million Settlement With Gun Manufacturer Remington Arms
  
• "From where I sit, the problem with defunding the police isn't that the police do so much to protect us, it's that we've been so deprived of the means to protect ourselves."
  Defund the Police

  BIDEN-CREATED UKRAINE CRISIS

• "Russian officials taunted the Biden [junta] by claiming the redeployment 'humiliated' Western war hysterics, while Ukrainian and NATO military officials said they did not see any immediate sign of Russian forces actually pulling back from the border."
  Russia Claims Ukraine Standoff Is Over
  
• "The current crisis between Russia and the West is fueled by a fallacious claim by Russian President Vladimir Putin that the U.S.,misled the Soviet Union that NATO would not expand to the east."
  Putin's Hypocrisy on Ukraine
  
• "Putin won't start a major war if he thinks he has a chance to force Ukrainians to surrender. For that, he needs the Western leaders to help." (and he'll get it - jjs)
  Why Putin Won't Wage a Big War in Ukraine

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• ". . . And tells him how to win."
  Trump Backs Zemmour For French President
  
• How'd that one child policy work out for you, Chi-Coms?
  China Takes Steps to Cut Down on Abortions Amid Low Birth Rate
  
• "Honest Reporting: Gaza-based terrorist group 'holds interests in at least 40 international companies.'"
  Report Finds That Hamas' Secret Global "Investment Portfolio" is Worth $500 Million
  
• "Are Palestinian protests against Israel - or against Hamas?"
  Despair in Gaza

  BIDEN AFGHANISTAN BUG-OUT DISASTER

• "The latest Department of Homeland Security (DHS) data reveals the extent of Biden's unlimited Afghan resettlement operation -- the largest in American history -- since his [junta's] withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan."
  Biden's Unlimited Resettlement: 74,000 Afghans Sent to American Communities

  DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS

• Say, what?!
  Pentagon's Latest Strategy: Promote Socialism To Combat China

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE, THE COURTS

• "The governor's office notes that, in fact, 2021 saw the highest level of domestic tourism in the history of Florida."
  Liberals and Conservatives Agree: Florida Leads in Liberty -- and in Tourism

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• "Such a policy shift would be uncharted territory, at least for the United States. With drug overdose deaths pushing 100,000 a year, the experiment might be worth it. But it will more than likely cost more lives than it saves, a risk to which progressive leaders seem plainly blind." (see also: the definition of insanity - jjs)
  The Weird Ideas and Shoddy Science Behind Free Government Crack Pipes

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• "Though the idea of creating a region protected from radio signals so that good radio astronomy can be conducted has merit, no one should have the slightest sympathy for this request by astronomers. Why should anyone give them this vast amount of real estate when astronomers have shown so little interest in building any telescopes in space, anywhere?"
  Astronomers Form Lobbying Group to Block Development on Moon's Far Side
  
• "Capitalism in space: Orbex has now completed the installation of the first launchpad build in Great Britain in more than a half century, and will use it for static fire tests of its Prime rocket."
  Orbex Installs Launchpad at Test Site

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• "The Project on Fair Representation on Tuesday sent a letter to Morgan Stanley and Princeton University warning that identity-based criteria for the bank's 2022 Freshman Enhancement Program violate federal nondiscrimination laws. The internship is open only to 'Black, Hispanic, Native American, and/or LGBTQ+ freshman undergraduate student[s],' according to Morgan Stanley's website. Princeton has allegedly encouraged its students to apply for the program, according to the letter."
  Morgan Stanley Under Fire for Minority-Only Intern Program
  
• "It's getting more bizarre."
  Even Redditors Find Forced TV Diversity Weird
  
• "My woke boss was chomping at the bit to 'do the work,' for racial equity, so HR decided to divide employees into groups based upon their DNA."
  How I Survived My Woke Employer's Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion Struggle Sessions
  
• Robert Spencer: "Featuring a documentary about rehabilitating Jihadis is a no-no."
  Sundance Film Festival Under Fire for "Islamophobia"

  HITHER & YON

• "The antidote to the Great Resignation and a plunging birthrate is the robot revolution -- which will not mean the end of work."
  Bring on the Bots
  
• Christian Toto: "This taut, terrifying shocker will make even genre veterans squirm in their seats."
  You Better Buckle Up for The Cursed

  FINALLY . . .

• "'Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.' So wrote P.J. O'Rourke in his 1991 bestseller, Parliament of Whores. That was the essential O'Rourke: funny, irreverent, libertarian.."
  RIP P.J. O'Rourke, Warrior Against the Woke

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1 WTFO??

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2022 07:42 AM (yrol0)

2 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at February 16, 2022 07:42 AM (nR2nR)

3 Good morning!

Posted by: Rosasharn at February 16, 2022 07:42 AM (yEBFM)

4 Thank you, J.J.!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at February 16, 2022 07:42 AM (3D/fK)

5 Morning all.

Posted by: IanDeal at February 16, 2022 07:42 AM (OKNkY)

6 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog at February 16, 2022 07:43 AM (ccLFM)

7 Good morning again everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 16, 2022 07:43 AM (Msys3)

8 St. Juliana
SAINT OF THE DAY
St. Juliana of Nicomedia (c. 270 A.D.), also known as St. Juliana of Cumae, born in Nicomedia. Although her father was hostile to Christians, Juliana secretly accepted baptism. Her father arranged her marriage to a pagan nobleman and Roman senator. When the time for her wedding came, Juliana refused her consent to be married unless her betrothed converted to the Christian faith. Her father retaliated by mercilessly abusing her, but Juliana would not give in. Her betrothed then denounced her as a Christian under the persecutions of the Roman Emperor Diocletian. St. Juliana was unwavering in her faith, even after the devil himself appeared to tempt her during her sufferings. She was then publicly tortured by being burned, boiled in oil, and finally beheaded. Some accounts say she died together with St. Barbara. Many were converted to the Christian faith upon witnessing her fortitude in the face of her tortures. St. Juliana is the patron saint of sickness and bodily ills. Her feast day is February 16th.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 16, 2022 07:43 AM (Msys3)

9 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at February 16, 2022 07:44 AM (UqK+d)

10 We are in interesting times. Happy now, China? (and Justin)

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at February 16, 2022 07:44 AM (p+LvP)

11 Moronin', Hourde!

Posted by: Hans O'Lo at February 16, 2022 07:45 AM (u7pQw)

12 morning horde.

it wednesday and that means back to the office. the assholes don't know how to keep a coffee pot full and the prima fucking donna has me out of my desk because he's fucking special.

hell of a fucking way to start a hump day...

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at February 16, 2022 07:45 AM (8D42x)

13
~sob-sob~

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at February 16, 2022 07:46 AM (K2SnJ)

14 Thank you TonyPete !

Posted by: JT at February 16, 2022 07:47 AM (arJlL)

15 Happy War with Russia Day everyone.

Posted by: lowandslow at February 16, 2022 07:47 AM (4thlk)

16 hiya

Posted by: JT at February 16, 2022 07:47 AM (arJlL)

17 Gas here went up 15 cents overnight, to $3.49. Up 40 cents over the past three weeks. It was $2.09 six months ago. Let's go, Brandon!

Posted by: Turn two at February 16, 2022 07:47 AM (jPtGI)

18 Excellent job, JJ !

Posted by: JT at February 16, 2022 07:48 AM (arJlL)

19 it wednesday and that means back to the office. the assholes don't know how to keep a coffee pot full and the prima fucking donna has me out of my desk because he's fucking special.
Posted by: SturmToddler

Have you considered adopting the 'grumpy old man' persona whilst in the office? You know, hating everything, muttering you yourself, starting every sentence off with "You know, back in my day. . . ", stuff like that?

It may not help but it is fun to troll them all.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 16, 2022 07:48 AM (Msys3)

20 Good morning. Didn't know that story about St. Julianna.
Thanks, TonyPete.

More coffee.

Posted by: dantesed at February 16, 2022 07:49 AM (88xKn)

21 Happy Hump Day Horde.

Posted by: kraken at February 16, 2022 07:50 AM (Vr12I)

22 Great job again, J.J.

By the way, jails have to be emptied in order to make room for a new class of criminals: Straight white males.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at February 16, 2022 07:50 AM (5pTK/)

23 The $5 meal deal at KFC now costs $7.14 with tax.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 16, 2022 07:51 AM (bVYXr)

24 Free Buffalo Guy!

More coffee.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 16, 2022 07:51 AM (SgKhl)

25 Mornin', all! Be patient if you're grocery shopping in the KC area today. Icepocalypse may be arriving tomorrow . . .

Have a great hump day, everyone, and thanks for the newz, JJ!

Posted by: Catherine at February 16, 2022 07:51 AM (ZSsrh)

26 Based on bidens approval numbers of around 35% I think that is how many crazy ass people there are in the US, with maybe 10-15% that are actual batshit crazy fanatics that you better not turn your back on.

Posted by: SSR at February 16, 2022 07:51 AM (g1gjH)

27
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 16, 2022 07:51 AM (DUIap)

28 Gas here went up 15 cents overnight, to $3.49. Up 40 cents over the past three weeks. It was $2.09 six months ago. Let's go, Brandon!
Posted by: Turn two at February 16, 2022 07:47 AM (jPtGI)
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Here in northern AZ, we went from $3.26 to $3.49 in the last couple of weeks.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at February 16, 2022 07:52 AM (5pTK/)

29 I am a civilian working at a large LEO in Florida. The ONLY thing the cops care about is their golden pension. It is the only topic they ever talk about, money money money. They work 20 then get about 40 paid in retirement.

Posted by: Carmenzoid at February 16, 2022 07:52 AM (9sa5h)

30 Everybody knows fascists are right-wingers.

Posted by: Atheists Who Do Not Accept the Dictionary Definition of Atheist at February 16, 2022 07:52 AM (Qknz4)

31 To JJ's point, what becomes visible is the need to be active at the local and state level. Voters have the ability to shape the police force by electing mayors and city council who aren't idiots. To save America, we need to start locally.

Posted by: IanDeal at February 16, 2022 07:53 AM (OKNkY)

32 Morning again peeps.

There's always "that one person" who uses the community coffee pot and refuses to refill it, clean it, wipe up their mess or contribute to the pot.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 16, 2022 07:54 AM (BFigT)

33 Good morning, all and sundry! It's a beautiful day in the GPROMD and I am going to continue annoying folks by enjoying life.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 16, 2022 07:54 AM (4olE8)

34 Unless proven otherwise, the men and women in blue are representatives of that regime and therefore cannot be trusted to uphold their oaths to the citizenry.

I think that there is your mistake. You assume that there is an oath to the citizenry.

That has NEVER been the case. NEVER in all of human history.

Armed agents pledge loyalty to the one who signs their pay checks whether it is a goon in the Mafia, a soldier in the military or a "law enforcement" officer.

The closest we ever get to that "oath to the citizenry" is maybe the county sheriff, and that is due to the elected nature of the office - but many examples exist where the sheriff is loyal to The Party, particularly where the Party machine is strongest.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 16, 2022 07:55 AM (lD3vL)

35 During the Great Marriage Debates a decade ago, remember how the idea that homosexuality was based on the environment was ridiculed mercilessly by the left whenever it was brought up?

Now here we are, with 40% of GenZ identifying as LGBTQWERTY.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at February 16, 2022 07:55 AM (xxG/v)

36 Good morning, Hordelings. Howdy and thanks, JJ.

Posted by: Doof at February 16, 2022 07:57 AM (mZUr4)

37 I got nuthin'

Posted by: Machines for Sale at February 16, 2022 07:57 AM (flINI)

38 Good morning horde

Posted by: Skip's Phone at February 16, 2022 07:58 AM (ihApQ)

39 How Mark Kelly Gets Around This Self-Imposed Ban

From the article:

The senator, who faces a tough reelection bid in November, introduced a bill with Sen. Jon Ossoff (D., Ga.) last month to ban companies from forming PACs or soliciting money to fund them. "Our legislation would put an end to the corrupt influence of corporate PACs in our political system," Kelly said of the bill.

Given that SCOTUS has already ruled that corporations are people - as concerns the 1st Amendment - this is a waste of time. Failure theater for the left. Pity the author couldn't put that together.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at February 16, 2022 07:58 AM (nR2nR)

40 Good morning, JJ.

Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2022 07:58 AM (DU+/6)

41 Pierre was at image management from time to time the mask would slip as it did in the early 70s when he gave his swinger wife Margaret a black eye after she returned from three days of partying in New York at Club 54.

By the way she later claimed that it showed that he loved her.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2022 07:59 AM (yrol0)

42 Pierre should have named him Fidel, after his father.

Posted by: Nobody of any consequence at February 16, 2022 07:59 AM (lKAqb)

43 23 The $5 meal deal at KFC now costs $7.14 with tax.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 16, 2022 07:51 AM (bVYXr)

I see that one meal at Popeyes had 3 strips. Now just 2.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2022 08:00 AM (yrol0)

44 The City Journal link on the rise of robots is pretty interesting. I know a guy working in a factory using manufacturing robots. These big machines take in feedstock and output finished product, and then other robots transport the finished product to packaging and shipping. His plant cannot find workers at all, so these robots are absolutely necessary.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at February 16, 2022 08:00 AM (p+LvP)

45 We laugh at the truly sick asshole who swiped a 13-year-old girl's Canadianmmm I don't think it's that much of a stretch to posit that, given the right circumstances, he would have no qualms at all about "just following orders."

If you listened to the Viva segment I posted yesterday, that sums it up. But there is more.

Viva Frei@thevivafrei
The fine folks at @CJAD800 promoting absolute fascism through their contributor, Gazette "journalist", @jamesmennie. Listen to this and be prepared to be shocked. This is mainstream "legacy" media on Montreal daytime radio. With @aaronrand and @natashacjad

https://tinyurl.com/52rvfkun
scary how calm he was too

Posted by: artisanal ette at February 16, 2022 08:01 AM (+FfPP)

46 "Totalitarians rule through a combination of Fraud and Force; once the fraud is exposed, they rule through Force alone."

The "election" was one big Fraud, Covid was the second. However, do not let yourself believe that exposing those two frauds will somehow repair things, because through them a true Fascist movement has been allowed to seize all the levers of power; and what you are pointing out in your essay today, JJ, is just how brutally and ruthlessly they will use that force they now control to hold on to that power.

The Truckers and Durham have done a great job at exposing the frauds for any honest person to see; but sadly that alone will not be nearly enough to dislodge the fascists from their seats of power. This is going to require a lot of smart, hard work over an extended period, many years before any of this can be overcome. Do not fool yourselves and think anything less than that will suffice; we cannot use Power to fight them, because the Fascists control too much of it to be beaten that way. We must be much, much more intelligent than that.

They CAN be beaten, but it is going to take a long time, and it is not going to be easy at all.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 16, 2022 08:01 AM (evAgx)

47 His plant cannot find workers at all, so these robots are absolutely necessary.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at February 16, 2022 08:00 AM (p+LvP)

***

Interesting...

Posted by: Machines for Sale at February 16, 2022 08:02 AM (flINI)

48 Carryover from the Tech thread: K2 helps the D3 do its job.

Posted by: Nobody of any consequence at February 16, 2022 08:04 AM (lKAqb)

49 It is obvious now that the aforementioned no longer exists. The laws exist, when they are enforced, only to oppress and suppress political opposition at the Federal, state and local level to the entity that overthrew the government between November 2020 and January 2021.
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Well before that. The former part of your essay - Clinton's sedition machine and Spygate - was the major escalation point. 2020 and beyond has just been the bad actors acting with impunity.

This is why I don't use the word "lawless" to describe our country. It is very much not lawless. It is, however, entirely unlawful. There are laws and if you're not in the ruling class - or if you wander off the reservation in some manner, or become a liability - then those laws are enforced against you with the zeal of the converted. If you are in the ruling class and in good standing, no laws apply at all. It is not even a two-tiered justice system, it's a system of full applicability for one group and utter non-existence for the other.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2022 08:04 AM (DU+/6)

50 Regarding the American Greatness police/2A article. Every state that has gone to constitutional carry was predicted by experts to have blood in the streets, ankle deep. And it never happened. If anything, crime dropped or stabilized as even the dumbest criminal realizes their chance of getting shot during commission of a crime has increased.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 16, 2022 08:04 AM (lz5hY)

51 They are giddy going after and firing and boycotting the people on the donation list for the Truckers.

I have seen David's Tea, and another ice cream parlor somewhere in Ottawa are two I have seen being attacked. And, Solicitor General Sylvia Jones's director of communications is out of a job after donating $100 earlier this month to the the convoy protests that have blockaded border crossings and occupied Ottawa, sources told the Star. They are outing companies (of course they do not like the lockdowns and mandates), athletes and more. This has got to be scaring them because they realize they are outnumbered.

Posted by: artisanal ette at February 16, 2022 08:04 AM (+FfPP)

52 Based on bidens approval numbers of around 35% I think that is how many crazy ass people there are in the US, with maybe 10-15% that are actual batshit crazy fanatics that you better not turn your back on.
Posted by: SSR at February 16, 2022 07:51 AM (g1gjH)
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I've come to basically the same conclusion, except I think the composition of the 35% changes issue by issue. Don't be the guy in the 35%.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at February 16, 2022 08:04 AM (p+LvP)

53 Now here we are, with 40% of GenZ identifying as LGBTQWERTY.

Not surprising considering that the former United States is lacking both religion and culture.

Marriages used to be solemn religious events regardless of the religion. Then the Pagans and atheists decided that despite billions of people over the entire span of human history in every land, culture, tongue and generation understood the transcendent meaning of marriage - that it needed to be redefined.

It is mainly because the Left doesn't have the language to understand what marriage is, therefore since they don't understand it, they don't respect it, and thus it is just another thing they can manipulate and control to exhibit power over others.

Being that they have erased sexual identity and roles because they don't have the language to understand it, this generation will never know what they aren't taught.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 16, 2022 08:05 AM (lD3vL)

54 Pierre was at image management from time to time the mask would slip as it did in the early 70s when he gave his swinger wife Margaret a black eye after she returned from three days of partying in New York at Club 54.

By the way she later claimed that it showed that he loved her.
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2022 07:59 AM (yrol0)
++++
This is true. He didn't just have her killed...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2022 08:05 AM (DU+/6)

55 welfare programs that ballooned broken families.


This. This was the root of our destruction. We no longer needed strong families to work together for basic necessities. If you think it is bad now, wait until government implements UBI.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2022 08:06 AM (KZFWs)

56 The $5 meal deal at KFC now costs $7.14 with tax.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 16, 2022 07:51 AM (bVYXr)

I see that one meal at Popeyes had 3 strips. Now just 2.
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2022 08:00 AM (yrol0)

We need to increase the minimum wage to $25/hr, and then double it every 6 months. -- AOC (probably)

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at February 16, 2022 08:07 AM (nR2nR)

57 54 By the way she later claimed that it showed that he loved her.
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2022 07:59 AM (yrol0)
++++
This is true. He didn't just have her killed...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2022 08:05 AM (DU+/6)


"Only Women Bleed"

- - Vincent Lee Furnier, 1975

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 16, 2022 08:07 AM (s2VJv)

58 15 Happy War with Russia Day everyone.

Posted by: lowandslow at February 16, 2022 07:47 AM (4thlk)

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Predicted headlines: "Biden Single-Handedly Wins WWIII Without Firing Shot -- Makes Putin Cry Like Girly-Man; Obama Wins 2nd Nobel Peace Prize."

Posted by: ShainS -- Keep on HONKING in the Free World! at February 16, 2022 08:07 AM (743lG)

59 "If you think it is bad now, wait until government implements UBI."

This is a pipe dream of the Left but I think the economy is going to crash first.

Posted by: fd at February 16, 2022 08:08 AM (vrz2I)

60 https://tinyurl.com/52rvfkun
scary how calm he was too
Posted by: artisanal ette at February 16, 2022 08:01 AM (+FfPP)

Another hard fact that we must admit to ourselves - most Establishment people in any society, but especially ours, prefer an autocratic fascist government as long as it seems to make their lives easier and doesn't seem to interfere with *them* personally. They don't give one damn about theoretical concepts of "freedom" and "democracy"; that's just lip service to keep the proles in line.

Society itself must be pushed to the breaking point before any of these people can start to think that some changes must be made. The question is, how to do this in a way that that Government is not able to counter with overwhelming force? Because that is not only what the Powers will try to do; it is what they are aching to do, as the speaker in that radio clip makes clear.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 16, 2022 08:08 AM (evAgx)

61 Gas here in NE Florida is $3.50/gal. It was $3.29 a couple weeks ago.

Posted by: dantesed at February 16, 2022 08:09 AM (88xKn)

62 "The latest Department of Homeland Security (DHS) data reveals the extent of Biden's unlimited Afghan resettlement operation -- the largest in American history -- since his [junta's] withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan."
Biden's Unlimited Resettlement: 74,000 Afghans Sent to American Communities

--

It's likely double that number. Do you trust numbers coming out of DHS? I sure as hell don't.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 16, 2022 08:09 AM (sVtYq)

63 it's a system of full applicability for one group and utter non-existence for the other.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2022 08:04 AM (DU+/6)
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What always astounds me is the very same people who like unequal justice are always surprised when the same justice system they encouraged turns on them.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at February 16, 2022 08:09 AM (5pTK/)

64 Thanks, JJ. Morning horde.

Posted by: Inogame at February 16, 2022 08:09 AM (53oGX)

65 >>>The Truckers and Durham have done a great job at exposing the frauds for any honest person to see
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Durham hasn't exposed much at all, but he sure has given tantalizing hints that he might do so. The plodding nature of his investigation drives me crazy, mostly because until (and unless!) he exposes crimes and prosecutes criminals, no one can trust any aspect of our institutions.

Makes me nervous as hell that so much rides on one guy. He might waver in the face of the opposition, or get Arkancided.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at February 16, 2022 08:09 AM (p+LvP)

66 This slope has been slippery for a long time. Ya know, like a long march. Ya gotta get people used to it, just a bit at a time.

Think back to a time when morality and legality became two separate ideas. Now look forward to today and realize that the last hill to die on is in front of you, not behind.

Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at February 16, 2022 08:09 AM (jxmu6)

67 The "election" was one big Fraud, Covid was the second. However, do not let yourself believe that exposing those two frauds will somehow repair things, because through them a true Fascist movement has been allowed to seize all the levers of power; and what you are pointing out in your essay today, JJ, is just how brutally and ruthlessly they will use that force they now control to hold on to that power. ...
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 16, 2022 08:01 AM (evAgx)
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There is another force at play against them. There are two methods for successful dictatorship. One is absolute tyranny at all levels (the DPRK model), but that is exceedingly difficult to pull off and you can only do it in a fairly small place with accommodating neighbors and patrons. The other is to rule absolutely, but with a light touch that keeps resentment tamped down and with competence that allows the average joe to do okay. This is more the Singapore model.

Our ruling class is not smart or competent or honest enough for the SIngapore model and they aren't powerful enough or small enough or externally supported enough for the DPRK model. That is the recipe for revolutionary breakdown. At some point.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2022 08:10 AM (DU+/6)

68 I've come to basically the same conclusion, except I think the composition of the 35% changes issue by issue. Don't be the guy in the 35%.

The average IQ is 100. Consider how stupid the average person is then realize that half the people are less intelligent than that - yet they can answer a poll.

I submit that there is very sizeable proportion of the population that doesn't have the will or the mental firepower to understand the world around them. We affectionately call them LIVs. There will always be at least a third of the population who are naturally Agreeable People who avoid confrontation and don't want to appear negative, particularly to strangers.

So it is a combination of ignorance, apathy and desire to please others that gives us the perennial one-third support.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 16, 2022 08:10 AM (lD3vL)

69 I bet there will be no fawning articles written about Sears' high heel gavel like there were for abortion Barbie's pink running shoes.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2022 08:11 AM (KZFWs)

70 That Canadian radio broadcast sounded pretty self assured that Justine castreau is going to unperson those who disagree with him. Scary evil people..

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 16, 2022 08:11 AM (rjpjQ)

71 "Only Women Bleed"

- - Vincent Lee Furnier, 1975
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 16, 2022 08:07 AM (s2VJv)

Who will celebrate 46 years of marriage this year. Pretty unusual in his line of work.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at February 16, 2022 08:11 AM (nR2nR)

72 Fascism seems to be the Ism our government has settled into. I wonder when they will start sorting out their Maoist and Shining Path nutters.

Posted by: kraken at February 16, 2022 08:11 AM (Vr12I)

73 We are becoming a vast prison and the warders are a combination of the junta in power in cahoots with the economically-fascistic corporate world...

"The Plan" was always to have Korporate Amerikka be a huge part of Policy Enforcement (TM). It started decades ago. If businesses realize the fed is going to subsidize them for bad policies they're more than happy to implement bad policies. Target is a prime example with their early adoption of tranny bathrooms. The government may not have actually paid them to do this, but they got an awful lot of praise from both the government and the social-left that controls a lot of retail marketing.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 16, 2022 08:12 AM (BFigT)

74 This whole Wag The Russia Dog bullshit drives me to boredom. This is the best the Junta can do, in justifying its existence? Jake Sullivan is a slimy worm, and Blinken is a literal idiot.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at February 16, 2022 08:12 AM (p+LvP)

75 Another hard fact that we must admit to ourselves - most Establishment people in any society, but especially ours, prefer an autocratic fascist government as long as it seems to make their lives easier and doesn't seem to interfere with *them* personally. They don't give one damn about theoretical concepts of "freedom" and "democracy"; that's just lip service to keep the proles in line. ...
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 16, 2022 08:08 AM (evAgx)
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The establishment prefers authoritarianism no matter what, since they're the authorities. The man on the street doesn't much care so long as life is okay. But authoritarianism and decent quality-of-life is a combination that requires the authorities to be intelligent, sophisticated and skilled. They have to know when to stop, when to back-track, when to stop looting for a bit, etc. Our authorities are not good enough to pull that off. There are too many of them and they're too expensive, if nothing else. They can't stop and so are eating the seed grain. That is not a recipe for success.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2022 08:13 AM (DU+/6)

76 71 Who will celebrate 46 years of marriage this year. Pretty unusual in his line of work.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at February 16, 2022 08:11 AM (nR2nR)

Very true. 1976 was about the time Alice Cooper's era was on the downslope. That said he didn't snort, shoot and drink his money away. Savvy businessman. IIRC he lives in Phoenix and owns a few eateries.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 16, 2022 08:13 AM (s2VJv)

77 The Washington Post reported that 'an unknown prankster' hid the gavel Sears was supposed to use.
I think they meant Racist steals symbol of authority and leadership from Woman of Color.

Posted by: Downcast at February 16, 2022 08:13 AM (AEMfu)

78 So, all that said, the Durham report is dropping bombshells all over the place

I was listening to Dan Bongino's podcast on Rumble this morning. It's good (as always). But he mentions something Mike Cernovich said which is absolutely true and I had thought the same thing a while ago.

They did this too soon. The fascists played their big card too soon. Truedope will be the fall guy, but he won't care because he will be taken care of. Same for Macron. The video of blackface being loved at WEF is chilling.

They did not have control of ALL media. Of ALL social media. Of ALL electronic communications. So there were ways to circumvent them this time. People can clearly see - because the demonstrations are so large and being recorded - that they are lying. And what they are doing is clearly taking away hard working, freedom-loving people.

I was wondering if they took this risk because one, the covid poison jab scandal was coming out (remember CEO of Moderna recently sold his shares, deleted his twitter account and ran), and two, the "other side" was beefing up their own ways of communicating that would hinder them going forward (e.g. Trump social platform).

Posted by: artisanal ette at February 16, 2022 08:13 AM (+FfPP)

79 There were six precincts in one location and all of the machines were, all of the scanners were, programmed to accept any ballot of those six precincts.

Great way to hide fake votes.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2022 08:13 AM (yrol0)

80 when it comes to high ranking dims, all NYC/DC prosecutors are "reasonable"

Posted by: REDACTED at February 16, 2022 08:13 AM (us2H3)

81 "The antidote to the Great Resignation and a plunging birthrate is the robot revolution -- which will not mean the end of work."

Bring on the Bots

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I assumed this was about the Marxist indoctrination of children.

Posted by: ShainS -- Keep on HONKING in the Free World! at February 16, 2022 08:14 AM (743lG)

82 That has NEVER been the case. NEVER in all of human history.

Armed agents pledge loyalty to the one who signs their pay checks whether it is a goon in the Mafia, a soldier in the military or a "law enforcement" officer."

I've heard it said that police and other security agents are much like junkyard dogs; we applaud what happens when a thief gets into the junkyard and they go after him. BUT those dogs are loyal to those who fill their food bowl up, no one else; and even if you think you own part of that junkyard, never get in between them and the man who feeds them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 16, 2022 08:14 AM (evAgx)

83 but that is exceedingly difficult to pull off and you can only do it in a fairly small place with accommodating neighbors and patrons

Unless you have willing social media companies who make dissenters feel alone by silencing other dissenting voices. And keep the politicians coffers full, so the voters don't matter.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2022 08:15 AM (KZFWs)

84 I bet there will be no fawning articles written about Sears' high heel gavel like there were for abortion Barbie's pink running shoes.

--

If this awesome lady was a Democrat, the "unknown prankster" (gee, such a nice Dennis the Menace terminology) would be a full-blown racist for having done that to a black woman.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 16, 2022 08:15 AM (sVtYq)

85 Call it the "crazy years" or that confusion and unpredictability reign, but there is nothing crazy or confusing or unpredictable about power. It is the irreducible reality of social existence. They have the power, and they are increasingly without compunction about how they use it as they see fit to crush threats to it.

We are paying for decades of inattentiveness and laziness in addressing this rising power.

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 16, 2022 08:15 AM (H8QX8)

86 So do we link arms with BLM and start chanting "fuck the police" and "all cops are bastards?"

Would we get arrested and jailed without bail for that?

Posted by: Mr Gaga at February 16, 2022 08:15 AM (KiBMU)

87 And what they are doing is clearly taking away hard working, freedom-loving people."

To paraphrase an old politician, That's not enough, we need a majority.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 16, 2022 08:16 AM (evAgx)

88 This whole Wag The Russia Dog bullshit drives me to boredom. This is the best the Junta can do, in justifying its existence? Jake Sullivan is a slimy worm, and Blinken is a literal idiot.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at February 16, 2022 08:12 AM (p+LvP)
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But Putin didn't invade yet, just like he said he wouldn't. This isn't a win and anyone paying attention knows that. Biden and Junta escalated absurdly and, bluntly, got lucky because Putin is at least bit smarter than they are.

But none of that matters. They now have a talking point for the SOTU, which may have been the goal. The Great and Powerful Biden - who is totally not an unstable and angry old dotard - prevented war in Eastern Europe and will tackle the major domestic issues like inflation and supply chain problems - especially microchips and fertilizers - just as soon as Congress gets off its duff and passes BBB.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2022 08:16 AM (DU+/6)

89 I'm a card carry member of the "Not a Fucking Thing is Gonna Happen But I Would Love to be Proved Wrong" organization

Posted by: REDACTED at February 16, 2022 08:17 AM (us2H3)

90 Did post yesterday at least CNN mentioned Durham although not in full light so they must feel they need to say it

Posted by: Skip's Phone at February 16, 2022 08:18 AM (ihApQ)

91 But none of that matters. They now have a talking point for the SOTU, which may have been the goal. The Great and Powerful Biden - who is totally not an unstable and angry old dotard - prevented war in Eastern Europe and will tackle the major domestic issues like inflation and supply chain problems - especially microchips and fertilizers - just as soon as Congress gets off its duff and passes BBB.

Saved Eastern Europe by guaranteeing Putin has exclusive rights to provide gas to Europe by killing the Israel/Greek pipeline. That was the quid pro quo.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 16, 2022 08:18 AM (lD3vL)

92 "We will see in a week if the advice Biden gave to Trudeau was sound or senseless."
Will Trudeau's "Emergencies Act" Stunt Make it Through Parliament or Court?

over at the last refuge

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Refuses to Bring Emergency War Measures Act to Parliament for Authorization Vote
February 15, 2022 - Sundance
Earlier today Conservative Party opposition leader Candice Bergen asked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau when he planned to bring his declaration of the Emergency Act before parliament for authorization. The Canadian Prime Minister refused to answer the question.

Posted by: artisanal ette at February 16, 2022 08:18 AM (+FfPP)

93 88 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2022 08:16 AM (DU+/6)

Pelosi is going to fuck it up by insisting no more than 25 people can attend because of the General Tso's Sickness.

The optics of that, if anyone will even be watching, are horrendous. You bet there will be sound effect applause to augment 25 clapping seals and very limited camera angles.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 16, 2022 08:19 AM (s2VJv)

94 88 But none of that matters. They now have a talking point for the SOTU, which may have been the goal. The Great and Powerful Biden - who is totally not an unstable and angry old dotard - prevented war in Eastern Europe and will tackle the major domestic issues like inflation and supply chain problems - especially microchips and fertilizers - just as soon as Congress gets off its duff and passes BBB.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2022 08:16 AM (DU+/6)

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It's a good thing for them that the media is able to form the narrative as well today as it had been able to in decades past. Hey, remember when they made Trump out to be literally Hitler and then he...won the presidency?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, laughing with Mel Brooks at February 16, 2022 08:19 AM (LvTSG)

95 The term in question is freedom, and according to some experts interviewed by the CBC, its a slippery concept and it has thrived among far-right groups.

Now do life, liberty, and the pursuit of property.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2022 08:20 AM (yrol0)

96 86 So do we link arms with BLM and start chanting "fuck the police" and "all cops are bastards?"

Would we get arrested and jailed without bail for that?
Posted by: Mr Gaga at February 16, 2022 08:15 AM (KiBMU)


Context is everything. Recall some BLMers were protesting the mask mandates.

I think I had an editorial about that and my headline was the Enema of my Enema is my Fiend.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 16, 2022 08:20 AM (s2VJv)

97 So do we link arms with BLM and start chanting "fuck the police" and "all cops are bastards?"

Would we get arrested and jailed without bail for that?

Does BLM still exist? I thought it served its purpose. It underwrote the expenses of the State sponsored domestic terrorism to get rid of Trump, and it enriched the personal lives of the top echelon of new mansion owners / administrators of BLM, Inc.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 16, 2022 08:21 AM (lD3vL)

98 BehindTheBlack condemns something I hate as well, when talking about how astronomers wanting to set aside a portion of the moon for radio telescopes.

Their first inclination wasn't to actually build a radio telescope, it was to prevent other people from doing anything in space that might prevent some future pie-in-the-sky dream they have of building one.

DO it, or don't do it. But shut the hell up about what other people might do while you putter about doing nothing.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at February 16, 2022 08:21 AM (p+LvP)

99 The next Republican President should require any reporter that wants to be in the White House to have their organization correct each and every story that contained lies about President Trump before being allowed on the grounds.

Posted by: SMOD at February 16, 2022 08:22 AM (RHGPo)

100 Willowed from the pixy thread:
Prove it. This is couched in lots of weasel words.

Cohen defended the bulletin at the Feb. 15 online event, hosted by George Washington University's Program on Extremism. He said the DHS now has "hard analysis" linking violence to narratives about government's response to COVID-19, the 2020 election, immigration, and race.

"We have tied those narratives specifically to the overwhelming majority of domestic violent extremism incidents," he said.

"These narratives have, in fact, inspired violence."

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2022 08:22 AM (KZFWs)

101 This is huge news too, as this is, I believe, one of the most important obstacles right now. The brainwashing of our kids. Parents have demonstrated it can be done.

Harmeet K. Dhillon@pnjaban
ATTENTION AMERICA: If we can toss the woke school board nihilists out in San Francisco, YOU can do it in YOUR district!!! Save your children!
Richard Madan @RichardMadan
Voters in America's most liberal/progressive city, with the strictest covid protocols, send local school board trustees packing
Lee Fang @lhfang
This volunteer says he collected over 12,000 signatures for the successful recall of San Francisco's school board members. The backlash against woke bullshit in schools is a landslide.
Guy Marzorat i@GuyMarzoratiBREAKING: SF school board recalls headed to victory, per first returns of early ballots.
Collins YES 79% NO 21%
Lopez YES 75% NO 25%
Moliga YES 73% NO 27%

Posted by: artisanal ette at February 16, 2022 08:22 AM (+FfPP)

102 >>>The Truckers and Durham have done a great job at exposing the frauds for any honest person to see
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Durham hasn't exposed much at all, but he sure has given tantalizing hints that he might do so. The plodding nature of his investigation drives me crazy, mostly because until (and unless!) he exposes crimes and prosecutes criminals, no one can trust any aspect of our institutions.

Makes me nervous as hell that so much rides on one guy. He might waver in the face of the opposition, or get Arkancided.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at February 16, 2022 08:09 AM (p+LvP)

Proposed Style Guide additions update: Scaliaed. Sageted.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 16, 2022 08:22 AM (4I/2K)

103 They did not have control of ALL media. Of ALL social media. Of ALL electronic communications. So there were ways to circumvent them this time. People can clearly see - because the demonstrations are so large and being recorded - that they are lying. And what they are doing is clearly taking away hard working, freedom-loving people.

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I fully expect in my lifetime now (hopefully at least another 20 years) to either be completely de-platformed from all electronic/telecommunications platforms as a dissident deplorable, or if that's unworkable worldwide -- to see the grid either completely shut down to prevent communication and organization among the masses ... at least until they can establish a one-way platform with globalist state media broadcasting and the rest of us only capable of passive reception (think Big Brother).

This is one reason why I got a ham radio license; we'll have to be like the French Resistance in WWII.

Posted by: ShainS -- Keep on HONKING in the Free World! at February 16, 2022 08:23 AM (743lG)

104 Hmmm... "bar mace" from the sidebar....

Could one, perchance, change a tire with it?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 16, 2022 08:23 AM (6FeV1)

105 There was a book by Anthony Burgess about a dystopian future where criminal rapists, robbers, and murderers were made uniformed police by the state.

A Clockwork Orange

Posted by: torabora at February 16, 2022 08:24 AM (WQrjF)

106 Does BLM still exist? I thought it served its purpose. It underwrote the expenses of the State sponsored domestic terrorism to get rid of Trump, and it enriched the personal lives of the top echelon of new mansion owners / administrators of BLM, Inc.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 16, 2022 08:21 AM


It served it's purpose and is dead. That's why all of those blue State AG's are investigating the money stream and shutting them down from any further fundraising.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 16, 2022 08:24 AM (bVYXr)

107 "These narratives have, in fact, inspired violence."
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2022 08:22 AM (KZFWs)
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Gee, no "desired outcome" manipulation there, whatsoever!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at February 16, 2022 08:24 AM (5pTK/)

108 101 Guy Marzorat i@GuyMarzoratiBREAKING: SF school board recalls headed to victory, per first returns of early ballots.
Collins YES 79% NO 21%
Lopez YES 75% NO 25%
Moliga YES 73% NO 27%
Posted by: artisanal ette at February 16, 2022 08:22 AM (+FfPP)

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"We just want the moderate Democrats who don't make it too obvious that we hate America. We still hate America, we just don't want our kids feeling bad at the same time."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, laughing with Mel Brooks at February 16, 2022 08:24 AM (LvTSG)

109 they won't stop, even given the evidence

RadioGenova @RadioGenovaIn
Italy today 500 thousand unvaccinated citizens over 50 will be suspended from work and left without salary. Mario Draghi: "The unvaccinated are not part of our society."

and

Michael P Senge r@MichaelPSenger
As of today, the COVID passes of 5 million unboosted French citizens expired; they now join their unvaccinated countrymen as being banned from restaurants, bars, transportation, and other public venues.

Posted by: artisanal ette at February 16, 2022 08:24 AM (+FfPP)

110 The school board meeting that JJ linked in Chicago isn't the first I've read about or watched. The one thing they have in common is that the board members believe they are little gods. WTH you're a school board. You report to the people that elected you. Great SF removed 3 tyrants/bigots from their board. Does anyone think London Breed will replace them with normal humans? Not sure what normal is in SF.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at February 16, 2022 08:24 AM (2NHgQ)

111 That won't happen because it's never happened. Automation -enhancing human productivity and amplifying human creativity - has for more than a century led to both a transformation in and an expansion of available work. Robots are merely, even if profoundly, the next step.
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That's from the City Journal article and I think it misses an important point. Many of the jobs have moved down-market, with some new ones in the upper market, but vast numbers of people who used to be middle class aren't anymore. Yes, you can move from being an assembly line worker to a burger-flipper or call center operator, but moving from assembly line worker to software engineer is harder and rarer. Not all work is equal and the semi-skilled, mid-tier employment base that helps drive the middle class has taken it in the shorts.

But there is another big problem with the robot/AI revolution, namely that it is driven by large enterprise with significant access to synthetically cheap capital. If that changes - as it must to bring inflation and money supply under control - then all assumptions underlying the scheme fall apart.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2022 08:24 AM (DU+/6)

112 Each passing day brings with it the inescapable conclusion in my mind that we are so irreparably divided as a nation that there is no chance at living harmoniously, even barely. We cannot cohabitate with these lunatics. There is zero common ground. Zero. The country is destroyed. Our children are destroyed. Our institutions are destroyed. Our economic stability is destroyed. Everything is destroyed or being destroyed. We slide further into the mouth of leftist hell with each passing day. *sigh*

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 16, 2022 08:24 AM (sVtYq)

113 I guess we could open up an investigation in the house next year to look into this Trump Spying


and subpoena the crew, including Cankles

and I could stop drinking

Posted by: REDACTED at February 16, 2022 08:25 AM (us2H3)

114 "These narratives have, in fact, inspired violence."
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2022 08:22 AM (KZFWs)

I saw Inspired Violence open for Pantera at the Scow in '94

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 16, 2022 08:25 AM (6FeV1)

115 This trucker movement will be crushed because the government has resources of force greater than the resources of resistance. The real story is what becomes revealed in the conflict, and what becomes either degraded or reinforced on both sides in the process. The struggle will not stop.

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 16, 2022 08:25 AM (H8QX8)

116 Pelosi is going to fuck it up by insisting no more than 25 people can attend because of the General Tso's Sickness.

The optics of that, if anyone will even be watching, are horrendous. You bet there will be sound effect applause to augment 25 clapping seals and very limited camera angles.

Alternate Theory:
Remember these paranoid lunatics surrounded the Capitol complex with tens of thousands of armed troops during the coup d'etat.

Would it also be consistent that while provoking war with a nuclear power, that it would not be wise to have the entire Supreme Court, House, Senate and the top Executive all concentrated in one poorly defended building at a known time and location?

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 16, 2022 08:25 AM (lD3vL)

117 From The Republic Brief

Despite not giving a direct reply to the question, Trump made it clear he plans to make a big move soon.

"Well, I think a lot of things are happening and a lot of very positive things are happening, you know, when you look into the future that was your idea. I heard it from you first. I don't know, it certainly has been going around and frankly, I hope we don't need it because what should happen is, what the plan that we're on now and the plan that's going to make people very, very happy we'll be announcing sometime later, and that's really what should happen. But we will, you know we're going to make America great again. So I say Make America Great Again Again," Trump answered.

Posted by: artisanal ette at February 16, 2022 08:25 AM (+FfPP)

118 It may be that we have been a careless people for a long time, down to this moment, and now have encountered some dead serious oppressors. A time of adjustment will now take place to deal with them. Maybe. Not a very flattering look for us.

Posted by: kraken at February 16, 2022 08:26 AM (Vr12I)

119 As of today, the COVID passes of 5 million unboosted French citizens expired; they now join their unvaccinated countrymen as being banned from restaurants, bars, transportation, and other public venues.
Posted by: artisanal ette at February 16, 2022 08:24 AM (+FfPP)

Let them eat cake. But not in a bar, restaurant, or train station.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 16, 2022 08:26 AM (6FeV1)

120 The First@TheFirstonTV
"This is much bigger than the Hillary Clinton campaign," says @LeeSmithDC.

There is NO comparison between Watergate and what John Durham is investigating, he tells @JesseKellyDC.

"This is a national security disaster for the United States."

Posted by: artisanal ette at February 16, 2022 08:26 AM (+FfPP)

121 The optics of that, if anyone will even be watching, are horrendous. You bet there will be sound effect applause to augment 25 clapping seals and very limited camera angles.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 16, 2022 08:19 AM (s2VJv)
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Yeah, it will be surreal. I might even tune in just because of how bizarre it will be. And a lot of people won't buy it - or Biden's great achievements - in the slightest.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2022 08:26 AM (DU+/6)

122 I saw Inspired Violence open for Pantera at the Scow in '94

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 16, 2022 08:25 AM (6FeV1)


It was a Vulgar Display of Power.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 16, 2022 08:26 AM (PklLU)

123 Yea, rezident retard's State of the Union address is going to be a shit show. The media will faun all over it. You can expect a very choreographed and deliberate attempt to hide anything embarrassing to the junta.

The sight of Kamala and Pelosi side by side behind the 'tard will be amusing... assuming they're both there.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 16, 2022 08:27 AM (BFigT)

124 The plan also said it was important to reshape the parenting culture of multichild families.

China is fucked. Look at Japan.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2022 08:27 AM (yrol0)

125 I guess we could open up an investigation in the house next year to look into this Trump Spying


Can anyone here recall any Republican House investigation on any matter that resulted in a conviction or even an apology?

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 16, 2022 08:27 AM (lD3vL)

126 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 16, 2022 08:27 AM (YIVH2)

127 Lee Smith@LeeSmithDC

Yes right -- to talk about media as 'partisan' is to miss the essential point. Media was the platform for the operation -- it's a spy service.

https://tinyurl.com/y5m6jyf9

Posted by: artisanal ette at February 16, 2022 08:27 AM (+FfPP)

128 I'm still waiting how he will claim to have beaten Covid giving a speech to a crowd of 25 people wearing masks. That's spin people.

Posted by: Indignatio Vindicatorem at February 16, 2022 08:27 AM (WfgEW)

129 Does BLM still exist? I thought it served its purpose. It underwrote the expenses of the State sponsored domestic terrorism to get rid of Trump, and it enriched the personal lives of the top echelon of new mansion owners / administrators of BLM, Inc.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 16, 2022 08:21 AM (lD3vL)

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They need to stick around to remind the SCOTUS that hearing any case brought by States (which we now know have no standing) on the matter of election fraud might lead to burning down all U.S. cities starting with D.C.

Posted by: ShainS -- Keep on HONKING in the Free World! at February 16, 2022 08:27 AM (743lG)

130 @RadioGenovaIn
Italy today 500 thousand unvaccinated citizens over 50 will be suspended from work and left without salary. Mario Draghi: "The unvaccinated are not part of our society." ...
Posted by: artisanal ette at February 16, 2022 08:24 AM (+FfPP)
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Mario Draghi is the worst kind of midwit globalist engineer, contributing to the construction and operation of an infernal, mad machine of incompetence and misery.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2022 08:27 AM (DU+/6)

131 I myself identify as LGBTQ:

Let's
Get
Biden
To
Quit

Posted by: Happy Fun Ball at February 16, 2022 08:27 AM (zYgp/)

132 #101 GREAT NEWS
NOW, get that DA Boudin. Then the rest of the City Council. And if the Mayor isn't on board...get her too.

Posted by: torabora at February 16, 2022 08:28 AM (WQrjF)

133 "The governor's office notes that, in fact, 2021 saw the highest level of domestic tourism in the history of Florida."
___________

Contact Merrick Garland about this outbreak of domestic tourism.

Posted by: Eeyore at February 16, 2022 08:28 AM (R0Tis)

134 116 Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 16, 2022 08:25 AM (lD3vL)


That is just so insane that I would dismiss it entirely.

And then I lived through 2020-2021. . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 16, 2022 08:28 AM (s2VJv)

135 121 The optics of that, if anyone will even be watching, are horrendous. You bet there will be sound effect applause to augment 25 clapping seals and very limited camera angles.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 16, 2022 08:19 AM (s2VJv)

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For decades we've heard about how the rebuttal to the SOTU was always a let down because the optics were never able to bear up. This year could be different.

If the GOP is smart enough (hint: it's not), they'd give the rebuttal to Trump at a rally.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, laughing with Mel Brooks at February 16, 2022 08:28 AM (LvTSG)

136 Can anyone here recall any Republican House investigation on any matter that resulted in a conviction or even an apology?
Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 16, 2022 08:27 AM (lD3vL)

Ummmmmmmmm....No.

More coffee.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 16, 2022 08:28 AM (SgKhl)

137 "This is one reason why I got a ham radio license; we'll have to be like the French Resistance in WWII."

Like we don't know where you radio is.

HAH!!

Posted by: The FEDstapo at February 16, 2022 08:28 AM (jxmu6)

138 But with ballots from one precinct scanned into the voting machine of another precinct, as the Delaware County official noted happened, it would "be impossible to reconcile."

So, why is it even an option for the machine to accept ballots from more than one precinct? Rhetorical.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2022 08:28 AM (KZFWs)

139 The term in question is freedom, and according to some experts interviewed by the CBC, its a slippery concept and it has thrived among far-right groups.

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"Experts." ROFL Could that be any more flimsy if it tried? Would that be the Slippery Slope Etymology Experts? Wow, consider me convinced!

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 16, 2022 08:28 AM (sVtYq)

140 >>>They now have a talking point for the SOTU, which may have been the goal. The Great and Powerful Biden - who is totally not an unstable and angry old dotard - prevented war in Eastern Europe
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My point exactly, but also for the midterms this might be his only "accomplishment". He prevented a war that was never going to happen. Putin probably is amazed the Biden Junta Theater is being taken seriously, but he can appreciate the Propaganda effort at least. Ukraine doesn't think its real, and Germany doesn't think so either. Poland is perpetually worried about Russia (for good, solid historical reason), but even Poland doesn't seem especially concerned.

I just hope the silliness doesn't accidentally stumble into a real conflict. That wouldn't be good.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at February 16, 2022 08:28 AM (p+LvP)

141 I'm giving even odds the SOTU is cancelled, due to "security concerns" after which it will be announced Brandon was whisked off to Camp David for his "safety."

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at February 16, 2022 08:29 AM (5pTK/)

142 133 "The governor's office notes that, in fact, 2021 saw the highest level of domestic tourism in the history of Florida."
___________

Contact Merrick Garland about this outbreak of domestic tourism.
Posted by: Eeyore at February 16, 2022 08:28 AM (R0Tis)


That was my Yasser Arafat goof. When he announced to the press in deliberately mangled English that "I renounce TOURISM in all its forms."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 16, 2022 08:29 AM (s2VJv)

143 I think I had an editorial about that and my headline was the Enema of my Enema is my Fiend.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

Interesting twist ......

Posted by: JT at February 16, 2022 08:29 AM (arJlL)

144 The plan also said it was important to reshape the parenting culture of multichild families.

China is fucked. Look at Japan.
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2022 08:27 AM (yrol0)
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More directly, look at China. Formally ending the One Child Policy was recent, but it was decreasingly enforced and back-burnered since the early 90s. It was technically illegal, but almost no one was punished for it. But China got hit by the industrial birth rate phenomenon (birth rate naturally falls to replacement or just below as industrialization takes root) after artificial suppression of the birth rate for the prior generation or so. They quit enforcing the rule, but the birth rate didn't increase much. Now they've formally ended the rule, but it doesn't matter anymore.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2022 08:30 AM (DU+/6)

145 Such a policy shift would be uncharted territory, at least for the United States. With drug overdose deaths pushing 100,000 a year, the experiment might be worth it. But it will more than likely cost more lives than it saves, a risk to which progressive leaders seem plainly blind.

NO GOVERNMENT PURCHASED NARCAN!

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2022 08:30 AM (yrol0)

146 The one thing they have in common is that the board members believe they are little gods.

Imagine what our House, Senate, SCOTUS and White House betters think of themselves...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 16, 2022 08:30 AM (BFigT)

147 146 The one thing they have in common is that the board members believe they are little gods.

Imagine what our House, Senate, SCOTUS and White House betters think of themselves...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 16, 2022 08:30 AM (BFigT)

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"This fuck keeps telling me I'm not a god. Kill him."
-Nero

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, laughing with Mel Brooks at February 16, 2022 08:31 AM (LvTSG)

148 Very true. 1976 was about the time Alice Cooper's era was on the downslope. That said he didn't snort, shoot and drink his money away. Savvy businessman. IIRC he lives in Phoenix and owns a few eateries.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 16, 2022 08:13 AM (s2VJv)

He tried drinking it away. He credits her for getting him sober.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at February 16, 2022 08:31 AM (nR2nR)

149 So, why is it even an option for the machine to accept ballots from more than one precinct? Rhetorical.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2022 08:28 AM (KZFWs)
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Or for that matter, why is double-scanning a ballot - as happened in Arizona at least - possible? Because the system is designed to be exploited. Did Dominion have operators helping to fudge the vote? I dunno. Maybe, but also very possibly not. They did, however, design and build a system that can be easily exploited and cheated through its insecure design and deliberate absence of validation.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2022 08:32 AM (DU+/6)

150 148 Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at February 16, 2022 08:31 AM (nR2nR)

I didn't know, or remember, that. A good woman and a wise man.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 16, 2022 08:32 AM (s2VJv)

151 Not a very flattering look for us.
Posted by: kraken at February 16, 2022 08:26 AM (Vr12I)

Part of the appeal of a liberal republic is that the citizens don't have to think about politics 24/7, they can just go about their lives doing things and making things and being productive while the apparatus benignly chugs along. Just as the appeal of a police department is that you can relax and go about your day without spending 24/7 vigilantly guarding your body, property, and possessions. It's ultimately a species of division of labor, with security and political functions assigned to a specific workforce.

But Recent Events have taught us that the apparatus doesn't just benignly chug along unless the apparatus is scared of what might happen if it stops being benign.

Compare the functions of politics and security with communications ("Big Tech") or healthcare, too.... wherever there is power to be leveraged, some asshole is gonna try to be a Bullshit Archimedes and move the whole world.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 16, 2022 08:32 AM (6FeV1)

152 So, why is it even an option for the machine to accept ballots from more than one precinct? Rhetorical.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2022 08:28 AM (KZFWs)

I am a strong advocate for Open Source software for any and all electronic voting mechanisms. From bow to stern.

Only when the code is made public can we even consider integrity in the election process.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 16, 2022 08:33 AM (lD3vL)

153 Yes right -- to talk about media as 'partisan' is to miss the essential point. Media was the platform for the operation -- it's a spy service.
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Of course. To keep calling them "fake media" or "lamestream media" is pitiful. Terms like "partisan," or even "stenographers of power" are stupidly quaint; they're a hybrid of Pravda and an arm of state security.

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 16, 2022 08:33 AM (H8QX8)

154 In SF, 3 leftist scholl board members got removed last night in a landslide

now London Breed gets to replace them

legit satus- mighty

Posted by: REDACTED at February 16, 2022 08:33 AM (us2H3)

155 Audit the schools.

How many students are actually in class every day?

Do the classes follow the approved ciricculum?

Posted by: Well at February 16, 2022 08:33 AM (7MOeN)

156 Re: Forced diversity on TV, 43 Anti-white commercials. This was posted a couple of years ago, but one could come up with a whole new collection every year, or probably every month. These commercials aren't just demographically wrong, they're literally Anti-white propaganda in ads for regular products.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hvNNtBmA3SQ

Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at February 16, 2022 08:33 AM (OssQ4)

157 An advocacy group is pressing financial giant Morgan Stanley to end an internship program open only to gay students and select minorities.

My resume would read:

I am a black lesbian!

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2022 08:33 AM (yrol0)

158 154 In SF, 3 leftist scholl board members got removed last night in a landslide

now London Breed gets to replace them

legit satus- mighty
Posted by: REDACTED at February 16, 2022 08:33 AM (us2H3)

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Breed will replace them with people just as bad, if not worse. The people who voted to get rid of the school board members will then re-elect the three new members and vote to re-elect Breed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, laughing with Mel Brooks at February 16, 2022 08:34 AM (LvTSG)

159 Why is it a software option to take all of the unreadable ballots, and assign them to candidate X?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2022 08:34 AM (KZFWs)

160 I think I have an addiction. Coffee and chocolate chip cookies. Do I need to check into a clinic or something?

Posted by: dantesed at February 16, 2022 08:34 AM (88xKn)

161 159 Why is it a software option to take all of the unreadable ballots, and assign them to candidate X?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2022 08:34 AM (KZFWs)

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Why do we use software to count stuff like this at all?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, laughing with Mel Brooks at February 16, 2022 08:35 AM (LvTSG)

162 I've heard it said that police and other security agents are much like junkyard dogs; we applaud what happens when a thief gets into the junkyard and they go after him. BUT those dogs are loyal to those who fill their food bowl up, no one else; and even if you think you own part of that junkyard, never get in between them and the man who feeds them.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 16, 2022 08:14 AM (evAgx)

S.M. Stirling wrote an alternative history series about a people called the Draka - South Africa with slavery who took over the world. The other serfs called the ones who worked for the internal security forces "chain dogs."

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at February 16, 2022 08:35 AM (nR2nR)

163 155 Audit the schools.

How many students are actually in class every day?

Do the classes follow the approved ciricculum?
Posted by: Well at February 16, 2022 08:33 AM (7MOeN)

I think it was in San Fran a 6th grader report card showed her failing everything but PE where she got As.

Only issues is that she has been in Catholic School for about 18 months.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2022 08:36 AM (yrol0)

164 Which Moron was it who said, "The problem isn't that the system is corrupt. The problem is that corruption is the system"?

Good morning, all. Thank you, J.J. This will keep me busy for a while.

Posted by: creeper at February 16, 2022 08:36 AM (cTCuP)

165 Guy Marzorat i@GuyMarzoratiBREAKING: SF school board recalls headed to victory, per first returns of early ballots.
Posted by: artisanal ette at February 16, 2022 08:22 AM (+FfPP)
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The GOP is missing a huge opportunity here, nationally. It's staring them in the face too, it's so obvious. If the School Board can be tossed in SF, running against Randi Weingarten in every state and local election is a winner. Break the teachers unions!

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at February 16, 2022 08:37 AM (p+LvP)

166 159 Why is it a software option to take all of the unreadable ballots, and assign them to candidate X?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2022 08:34 AM (KZFWs)

Off with your head!

Posted by: The Red Queen at February 16, 2022 08:37 AM (yrol0)

167 "Whatever the natural percentage of LGBTQwhatever people in the United States is, it's sure as hell not 40%. It's probably closer to low single digits. Whatever it actually is, somehow with the left's championing the of the rainbow, magically 40% of young people identify with it... not tolerate it, not say no problem with it, not even say, good for them, but against the tide of tens of thousands of years of human history, are now, or at least "identify" as, LBGTQwhatever. That tells you a lot about the state of America today."

This is what happens when kids are bombarded by the constant pushing from companies, celebrities, and social media that it's cool to be LGBTQ.

It's up to the parents to have a "sit down" with their kids and show them what indoctrination looks like and how to not get swept into the poison.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 16, 2022 08:37 AM (NpAcC)

168 looks like Fox dumped their morning news girl in favor of Shmpkus

the outgoing girl was a lil weird looking but the body was

well, hireable

Posted by: REDACTED at February 16, 2022 08:38 AM (us2H3)

169 The laws exist, when they are enforced, only to oppress and suppress political opposition at the Federal, state and local level to the entity that overthrew the government between November 2020 and January 2021.

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Truth

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at February 16, 2022 08:38 AM (lCui1)

170 He tried drinking it away. He credits her for getting him sober.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at February 16, 2022 08:31 AM (nR2nR)

The Amazing Randi did the costume/prop stuff for Alice if I remember right.

Loved when he busted Uri Geller's bullshit too.

More coffee.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 16, 2022 08:38 AM (SgKhl)

171 SotU will be a hoot, but will want to read it maybe see a little.

Posted by: Skip's Phone at February 16, 2022 08:38 AM (ihApQ)

172 Each passing day brings with it the inescapable conclusion in my mind that we are so irreparably divided as a nation that there is no chance at living harmoniously, even barely. We cannot cohabitate with these lunatics. There is zero common ground. Zero. The country is destroyed. Our children are destroyed. Our institutions are destroyed. Our economic stability is destroyed. Everything is destroyed or being destroyed. We slide further into the mouth of leftist hell with each passing day. *sigh*
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 16, 2022 08:24 AM (sVtYq)

It does look bad. There are those that say we need to start in our communities, but then while we are working hard to fix our communities, the global elites are finding ways to sweep across ALL communities to destroy them at once. This is the biggest battle for freedom the world has ever seen. That is why the Trucker protest is so important, and that is why the global elites are so afraid of the Truckers, to the point Blackface TrueDope imposes martial law on the peaceful, hardworking, freedom-loving citizens.

Posted by: artisanal ette at February 16, 2022 08:38 AM (+FfPP)

173 Such a policy shift would be uncharted territory, at least for the United States. With drug overdose deaths pushing 100,000 a year, the experiment might be worth it. But it will more than likely cost more lives than it saves, a risk to which progressive leaders seem plainly blind.

There was that experiment in an Ohio town with Narcan.

Apparently word got around that an opiate junkie could continue to push the absolute limits and if the abuser were to vapor lock during a high, that the city would save his life with a Narcan intervention. The problem is, that having this on stock and the personnel continuously available to administer this social service was bankrupting the city and preventing them from maintaining roads and the primary functions expected from government.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 16, 2022 08:38 AM (lD3vL)

174 I saw Bullshit Archimedes open for R.E.M. at Turner Field back in the 80's.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 16, 2022 08:39 AM (dfRN6)

175 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Refuses to Bring Emergency War Measures Act to Parliament for Authorization Vote
Posted by: artisanal ette at February 16, 2022 08:18 AM (+FfPP)

The old "I said I was going to do this so that my partners in business could eagerly get into the act of oppression but I never actually do it so the courts don't get involved" trick.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at February 16, 2022 08:40 AM (nR2nR)

176 It's a weird war where the politicians can call their shots. Remember when they were saying over the weekend that Wednesday was when it would be over?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - did you wonder about the sciinz behind the D about face? at February 16, 2022 08:40 AM (A4cav)

177 173 Apparently word got around that an opiate junkie could continue to push the absolute limits and if the abuser were to vapor lock during a high, that the city would save his life with a Narcan intervention. The problem is, that having this on stock and the personnel continuously available to administer this social service was bankrupting the city and preventing them from maintaining roads and the primary functions expected from government.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 16, 2022 08:38 AM (lD3vL)

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I saw this movie. It was called Trainspotting.

Scotland turned into a utopian paradise by the end, if I remember correctly.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, laughing with Mel Brooks at February 16, 2022 08:40 AM (LvTSG)

178 It would seem that NYC traded a Marxist buffoon for a racist clown for Mayor.

In the immortal words, the people have chosen, now they must suffer.

I'm so glad I got out of that city.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 16, 2022 08:40 AM (OupRL)

179 "If" things get put right, it will likely require a generational sacrifice that has been the case repeatedly in history. After that sacrifice, those coming after proceed to spend the sacrifice. Rinse, wash, repeat.

Posted by: kraken at February 16, 2022 08:40 AM (Vr12I)

180 It may be that we have been a careless people for a long time, down to this moment, and now have encountered some dead serious oppressors. A time of adjustment will now take place to deal with them. Maybe. Not a very flattering look for us.
Posted by: kraken at February 16, 2022 08:26 AM (Vr12I)

We can take blame, but many of us try very hard to pick the right candidates to run our country. We have been let down. It is all a scam and a hoax. We have known that we are living on a ponzi scheme given our debt, and are being blackmailed and strong-armed given our debt, and we know that Social Security has not been viable for a very long time - bankrupt. Is a communist country in charge of our bank accounts and our social security now? Yes.

Posted by: artisanal ette at February 16, 2022 08:41 AM (+FfPP)

181 So do we link arms with BLM and start chanting "fuck the police...Posted by: Mr Gaga

That's been damn near the exclusive domain of the white, Democrat elite (council members, politicians, professors and more) in my region.

And, yes, that would get the rest of us locked up at the minimum.

Posted by: Lola at February 16, 2022 08:41 AM (xjz83)

182 The optics of that, if anyone will even be watching, are horrendous. You bet there will be sound effect applause to augment 25 clapping seals and very limited camera angles.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 16, 2022 08:19 AM (s2VJv)

There won't be clapping. They'll just raise their right arms in agreement. Straight out, about a 30 degree angle from horizontal.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at February 16, 2022 08:42 AM (nR2nR)

183 They are outing companies (of course they do not like the lockdowns and mandates), athletes and more. This has got to be scaring them because they realize they are outnumbered.
Posted by: artisanal ette at February 16, 2022 08:04 AM (+FfPP)

Might as well do it in the open.

Posted by: runner at February 16, 2022 08:42 AM (Axa8z)

184 There was that experiment in an Ohio town with Narcan.

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I've posted it before, but the druggies literally have resurrection parties.

Narcan has caused more problems than it has solved. Without its presence a LOT of problems would have gone away naturally and peacefully. Instead they keep on having the opportunity for additional Narcan-ing every week or two.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - did you wonder about the sciinz behind the D about face? at February 16, 2022 08:42 AM (A4cav)

185 Enter the age of the robots, especially service bots.

The real minimum wages always approaches ZERO as civilizations advance.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2022 08:42 AM (yrol0)

186 This is what happens when kids are bombarded by the constant pushing from companies, celebrities, and social media that it's cool to be LGBTQ.

It is also gaming the Intersectionality Matrix. When you are told that being Normal makes you Privileged and racist and thus you must be continuously punished, then to find immediate relief one wears the costume of LGBTQ.

Its a survival tool for many. Some dude isn't getting the grades he wants, just start wearing his sister's clothes and the academic performance miraculously improves.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 16, 2022 08:42 AM (lD3vL)

187 The optics of that, if anyone will even be watching, are horrendous. You bet there will be sound effect applause to augment 25 clapping seals and very limited camera angles.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 16, 2022 08:19 AM (s2VJv)
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Yeah, it will be surreal. I might even tune in just because of how bizarre it will be. And a lot of people won't buy it - or Biden's great achievements - in the slightest.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2022 08:26 AM (DU+/6)

honestly, the other side should not show up
He's not president. He's a squatter in the WH.
But, cowards.

Posted by: artisanal ette at February 16, 2022 08:43 AM (+FfPP)

188 The police, as a group, are not your friend. They are your adversary.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 16, 2022 08:43 AM (o2MD2)

189 187 honestly, the other side should not show up
He's not president. He's a squatter in the WH.
But, cowards.
Posted by: artisanal ette at February 16, 2022 08:43 AM (+FfPP)

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I believe Nancy is handpicking the 25, so Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger will be the only two Republicans.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, laughing with Mel Brooks at February 16, 2022 08:44 AM (LvTSG)

190 Changing McConnell for a new Senate leader is a fine idea, per the Spectator article, but substituting in his butt-boy, John Thune, is meaningless. It changes nothing. Unfortunately, given the people in the Senate caucus, it is unlikely any real change is possible. Somehow we need to motivate them to do the right thing.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at February 16, 2022 08:44 AM (p+LvP)

191 The old "I said I was going to do this so that my partners in business could eagerly get into the act of oppression but I never actually do it so the courts don't get involved" trick.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic,

Thank God our FJB would never do that.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2022 08:45 AM (KZFWs)

192 It does look bad. There are those that say we need to start in our communities, but then while we are working hard to fix our communities, the global elites are finding ways to sweep across ALL communities to destroy them at once.

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Right, and that's just it. And while I feel a bit, shall we say without hope, at the moment. What I'm seeing with crystal clarity is a structure so immense and so powerful that they hold all the cards to crush whomever they wish. Protest for unapproved reasons? Kiss your job goodbye. Kiss your banking services goodbye. The vice is being ratcheted down hard now, and the problem is...they control everything. Big Tech, Big School, Big Banking, Big Govt, Big Culture, Big Corporation, Big Medicine. How do you fight that?? I guess that's why my spirits are down. Sally Sullen this morning, I am.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 16, 2022 08:45 AM (sVtYq)

193 So if 40% of them are The Gay, and the remaining 60% of Not Gay is split equally between males and females, then straight white males are 30%, which is less than 40%...

Posted by: Moron Robbie - did you wonder about the sciinz behind the D about face? at February 16, 2022 08:45 AM (A4cav)

194 Politicians will need to be severely motivated to change their ways.

Posted by: kraken at February 16, 2022 08:45 AM (Vr12I)

195 Have you seen POTATUS' dead dog story?

I thought to myself, "Another clue that makes it clearer how he so quickly because a U.S. Senator." I'd say it's a true story though I doubt he, himself, was the dead dog placer.

Posted by: Lola at February 16, 2022 08:46 AM (xjz83)

196 Breed will replace them with people just as bad, if not worse. The people who voted to get rid of the school board members will then re-elect the three new members and vote to re-elect Breed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, laughing with Mel Brooks at February 16, 2022 08:34 AM (LvTSG)


That's about it. As the new old saying goes: "we're not voting our way out of this."

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 16, 2022 08:46 AM (H8QX8)

197 ... The one thing they have in common is that the board members believe they are little gods. WTH you're a school board. You report to the people that elected you. ...
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at February 16, 2022 08:24 AM (2NHgQ)

Actual quote from an HOA Trustee when I served on the Board, "Count, the homeowners elected us to make these decisions for them. It's for us to decide and they don't need to be involved."

We had to replace a big section of perimeter wall that had catastrophically failed about 15 years earlier than end of life expectancy. The replacement was going to change the look of the subdivision and consume a majority of our Reserve Fund that had just been started 4 years earlier. But the homeowners didn't need to be involved (buy in). I promptly resigned.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 16, 2022 08:46 AM (4I/2K)

198 148 Very true. 1976 was about the time Alice Cooper's era was on the downslope. That said he didn't snort, shoot and drink his money away. Savvy businessman. IIRC he lives in Phoenix and owns a few eateries.Posted by: J.J. Sefton

He tried drinking it away. He credits her for getting him sober.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Y'all might find this amusing. Alice Cooper relates personal stories to music students about him, his wife, and Keith Moon. Short clip.
https://youtu.be/mRnwzOPPLdQ

Posted by: whig at February 16, 2022 08:46 AM (Iq9dF)

199 I do not believe the claim that "Biden Prevented War" is going to work on anyone outside of the Usual Idiots; because no one ever believed their claims that it was going to happen. It just looks like a crazy old man saying crazy stupid stuff to most people; of course to me it looks like Putin played him like a drum is laughing his ass off right now.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 16, 2022 08:47 AM (evAgx)

200 Why Nearly 40 Percent of Gen Z Identify as LGBTQ
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I didn't read the article, but I am sure it boils down to "because it's incentivized and subsidized and the way to ingratiate yourself with your authority figures."

But there's a pretty serious problem here. What the hell happened to the "born this way" thesis, which is the basis for the *entire* "gay rights" agenda over the past forty years.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2022 08:48 AM (DU+/6)

201 December 30, 2019:

Hunter Biden's attorneys fired back Monday after a private investigation firm again attempted to stage a highly unusual intervention in his ongoing child-custody dispute in Arkansas, this time claiming its investigators have lawfully obtained access to Biden's bank account records and confirmed his involvement in a massive, $156 million "counterfeiting scheme."

In a motion to strike, Biden's legal team unconditionally denied the unverified claims, and called the effort by the Florida-based D&A Investigations another obviously bogus "scheme by a non-party simply to make scandalous allegations in the pending suit to gain media attention without any material or pertinent material."

Posted by: SMOD at February 16, 2022 08:48 AM (RHGPo)

202 The root of the Narcan problem is identical to the root of the Obamacare fiasco: The State owns your body. They have arrogated the duty of keeping every single husk of a body on U.S. soil alive for as long as they deem it necessary. They don't care about you or your health or your quality of life. You're just livestock.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 16, 2022 08:48 AM (6FeV1)

203 Guy Marzorat i@GuyMarzoratiBREAKING: SF school board recalls headed to victory, per first returns of early ballots.
Posted by: artisanal ette at February 16, 2022 08:22 AM (+FfPP)
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The GOP is missing a huge opportunity here, nationally. It's staring them in the face too, it's so obvious. If the School Board can be tossed in SF, running against Randi Weingarten in every state and local election is a winner. Break the teachers unions!
Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at February 16, 2022 08:37 AM (p+LvP)

Yes, as Harmeet said too. This was the most surprising and joyful news I have read in a long time. We all knew that if they come for the kids, most parents will wake up. But let's see where this goes.

Posted by: artisanal ette at February 16, 2022 08:49 AM (+FfPP)

204 Chrystia Freeland (who just empowered banks to freeze personal bank accounts without any court order and with civil immunity from lawsuit) is a member of the Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum.

She's a member....

Posted by: artisanal ette at February 16, 2022 08:49 AM (+FfPP)

205 "McConnell: Sluggish and Out of Touch
Mitch McConnell refuses to change with the times, and now it's time to change him."

You can tell that Mitch doesn't read conservative news or watch it and it shows.
He is completely clueless as to what is going on outside of his DC bubble. It's time for him to step aside.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 16, 2022 08:49 AM (NpAcC)

206 They get to 40% by having something for everyone now, if your a normal guy or girl who like the opposite sex, well there is a letter on the lgbt alphabet train for you now. See, everyone can be cool now even if they are plain old normal boring kids.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at February 16, 2022 08:49 AM (APbwL)

207 202 The root of the Narcan problem is identical to the root of the Obamacare fiasco: The State owns your body. They have arrogated the duty of keeping every single husk of a body on U.S. soil alive for as long as they deem it necessary. They don't care about you or your health or your quality of life. You're just livestock.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 16, 2022 08:48 AM (6FeV1)

Now do the non treatment of COVID.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2022 08:49 AM (yrol0)

208 From 195, became not because. Sorry

Posted by: Lola at February 16, 2022 08:50 AM (xjz83)

209 What the hell happened to the "born this way" thesis, which is the basis for the *entire* "gay rights" agenda over the past forty years.

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"Brainwashed this way" is the phrase du jour now.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 16, 2022 08:50 AM (sVtYq)

210
Andrew Lawton
@AndrewLawton

Here's where the government gives itself the power to conscript tow truck and impound lot operators.

https://tinyurl.com/4amn4jn7

Posted by: artisanal ette at February 16, 2022 08:50 AM (+FfPP)

211 Not a big deal = Spying on the President and the White House

Also not a big deal = claiming the vice president is directly responsible for a random murder in the biggest newspaper in the country.

VERY, VERY BIG DEAL = saying "Let's go Brandon"

Posted by: 18-1 at February 16, 2022 08:50 AM (ESjRY)

212 But there's a pretty serious problem here. What the hell happened to the "born this way" thesis, which is the basis for the *entire* "gay rights" agenda over the past forty years.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

They were "born that way" but the oppressive cis white males forced them to repress their true selves. And those oppressive cis white males are probably closeted lgbtq themselves and are just lashing out in repressed rage.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2022 08:51 AM (KZFWs)

213

Andrew Lawton @AndrewLawton

Under Trudeau's Emergency Act order, it's illegal to bring a minor within 500 metres of a banned "public assembly."
https://tinyurl.com/yc4pmh5w

this guy is a monster
He is setting up taking your kids away. And we know why. Fear, but also, they want to go in full force and imagine them killing an innocent child.

Posted by: artisanal ette at February 16, 2022 08:52 AM (+FfPP)

214 What the hell happened to the "born this way" thesis, which is the basis for the *entire* "gay rights" agenda over the past forty years.

Well in fairness literally no one ever believed that.

As the San Francisco Gay Men's Choir put it, "We're coming for your children" - makes no sense if you believe people are born gay does it?

Posted by: 18-1 at February 16, 2022 08:52 AM (ESjRY)

215 You're just livestock.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 16, 2022 08:48 AM (6FeV1)

Like Animals on a Farm? Who would have guessed?

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 16, 2022 08:52 AM (H8QX8)

216 Pretty soon cis will be the 1%.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2022 08:52 AM (KZFWs)

217 You have got to love Sussman's court filing, which reads more like an Oped for WAPO than a court document.

In it, he readily agrees for the record that he waives his right to claim conflict of interest regarding Latham, and that its okay that Durham asks him to do so 'for the record" but then goes on to try and suggest the Durham had no reason to explain to the court 'why' Sussman needed to waive that right, which is pretty retarded right there. Had Durham not filed his motion and explained why - that Sussman would have later claimed that right, and then suggested there was no reason and he was being coerced to do so...trying to have it both ways is a pure Clintonian move. This guy is a dirt bag for sure.

Posted by: Boswell at February 16, 2022 08:52 AM (5iUNf)

218 212 They were "born that way" but the oppressive cis white males forced them to repress their true selves. And those oppressive cis white males are probably closeted lgbtq themselves and are just lashing out in repressed rage.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2022 08:51 AM (KZFWs)

=========

"We must get to them early to bring out the inherit gayness that society represses within them from birth."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, laughing with Mel Brooks at February 16, 2022 08:53 AM (LvTSG)

219 202 The root of the Narcan problem is identical to the root of the Obamacare fiasco: The State owns your body. They have arrogated the duty of keeping every single husk of a body on U.S. soil alive for as long as they deem it necessary. They don't care about you or your health or your quality of life. You're just livestock.

Posted by: Warai-otoko
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They claims ownership would be more accurate. And the powers that they actually have and the powers that they claim are negotiable. Ultimately their imaginations rest on the idea that people at large will consent to allowing them their desired powers.

Disagreement with King George III's notions about such matters is what drove 1776 and later disposed of the kings of France. Note the difference in subjects versus citizens.

Posted by: whig at February 16, 2022 08:53 AM (Iq9dF)

220 Eventually the birth rate crashes and so does the whole socialist pyramid scheme.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2022 08:53 AM (KZFWs)

221 Right, and that's just it. And while I feel a bit, shall we say without hope, at the moment. What I'm seeing with crystal clarity is a structure so immense and so powerful that they hold all the cards to crush whomever they wish. Protest for unapproved reasons? Kiss your job goodbye. Kiss your banking services goodbye. The vice is being ratcheted down hard now, and the problem is...they control everything.

When Protesting is stomped out, then direct action is what is left. I hope, for their sake, that these tyrants have great physical security around themselves and anyone they love.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 16, 2022 08:54 AM (lD3vL)

222 We must get to them early to bring out the inherit gayness that society represses within them from birth."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

Instead of Mozart, birthing people are encouraged to play the Glee soundtrack to their unborn tissue culture.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2022 08:55 AM (KZFWs)

223 This guy is a dirt bag for sure.

Posted by: Boswell
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Grisham's novel, The Firm was set in the wrong city. It would be better to have been set in DC where the real villains in the practice of law exist.

Posted by: whig at February 16, 2022 08:55 AM (Iq9dF)

224 Does anyone actually think something will come of the Durham report? Seriously? Hell, if he turned over a hand wrirptten note from Cankles herself ordering this mess, nothing would happen.

Posted by: Bama Bubba at February 16, 2022 08:55 AM (mAxkE)

225 A while back, before I turned 29 for the first time I remember it used to be the fashion for women in clubs to be, uh, "all over each other".

They weren't lesbians. They were in fact there to meet men.

But...they got more male attention by setting up such a display and since there was a reward and no real drawback many would do it.

So looking at the fact many kids are declaring as alphabet people...the same thing is in play - there is no drawback to declaring yourself any of these odd sexualities, and you get affirmation from your school and the media...so why wouldn't many of them do it?

Posted by: 18-1 at February 16, 2022 08:55 AM (ESjRY)

226 You are free to choose how you were born. Unless you choose wrong.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 16, 2022 08:56 AM (6FeV1)

227 Sally Sullen this morning, I am.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 16, 2022 08:45 AM (sVtYq)

embrace your loved ones

Posted by: artisanal ette at February 16, 2022 08:56 AM (+FfPP)

228 When Protesting is stomped out, then direct action is what is left. I hope, for their sake, that these tyrants have great physical security around themselves and anyone they love.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 16, 2022 08:54 AM (lD3vL)
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If it gets to the point those in power have to retreat behind security, I suspect working security will become rather hazardous.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at February 16, 2022 08:56 AM (5pTK/)

229 I always kinda thought Chrystia and Tingles were doing the nasty

Posted by: REDACTED at February 16, 2022 08:56 AM (us2H3)

230 @217

Again, all this sturm und drang and noise over a single count of making false statements to investigators.

Durham is literally fucking with us.

But some people are cheap dates I guess.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 16, 2022 08:57 AM (OupRL)

231 Eventually the birth rate crashes and so does the whole socialist pyramid scheme.

I thought that was the whole experiment about building robots, so that we wouldn't need third worlders to empty our bedpans and bring us our food and meds.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 16, 2022 08:57 AM (lD3vL)

232 224 Does anyone actually think something will come of the Durham report? Seriously? Hell, if he turned over a hand wrirptten note from Cankles herself ordering this mess, nothing would happen.
Posted by: Bama Bubba at February 16, 2022 08:55 AM (mAxkE)


George Soros actually admitted on camera to Steve Kroft that he collaborated with the Nazis and profited by turning in his fellow Jews. That alone would have been enough proof to strip him of his citizenship and be deported back to Hungary, or worse, Malaysia (Indonesia?) where I believe he has a death sentence on his head.

Look what happened. Or rather, didn't happen.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 16, 2022 08:57 AM (s2VJv)

233 One idea, if we had an opposition party - specifically extend refugee status to anyone fleeing clot shot mandates.

If we had an opposition party, of course.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 16, 2022 08:57 AM (ESjRY)

234 It does look bad. There are those that say we need to start in our communities, but then while we are working hard to fix our communities, the global elites are finding ways to sweep across ALL communities to destroy them at once."

Being involved in our communities is necessary; but understand that the focus of our efforts must be to bring other people, ordinary people, in on us in the belief that this system is about to collapse, and they will personally be in great danger when that happens.

It may seem counter-intuitive, but we now need to work to *destabilize* everything we can, in our own ways. No individual can do much, but many working together can start the gears grinding to a halt. This is what the Truckers are doing, although I suggest less overt methods than that for most of us.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 16, 2022 08:57 AM (evAgx)

235 Andrew Lawton @AndrewLawton

Under Trudeau's Emergency Act order, it's illegal to bring a minor within 500 metres of a banned "public assembly."
https://tinyurl.com/yc4pmh5w

this guy is a monster
He is setting up taking your kids away. And we know why. Fear, but also, they want to go in full force and imagine them killing an innocent child.

Posted by: artisanal ette
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It might be that Trudeau acted too soon without consolidating power first. The provinces are abandoning him with now Quebec being the sixth province to announce getting rid of vaxx passports.

Posted by: whig at February 16, 2022 08:57 AM (Iq9dF)

236 Did I miss the RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE ?

Posted by: runner at February 16, 2022 08:57 AM (Axa8z)

237 I can't wait to see 25 people in a 500 seat congress house, it will be awesome

Posted by: Skip's Phone at February 16, 2022 08:58 AM (ihApQ)

238 236 Did I miss the RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE ?
Posted by: runner at February 16, 2022 08:57 AM (Axa8z)

It'll be rebroadcast at 11PM on PBS . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 16, 2022 08:59 AM (s2VJv)

239 If it gets to the point those in power have to retreat behind security, I suspect working security will become rather hazardous.

Do we so quickly forget the tens of thousands of troops aiming their guns at We The People from behind the fences surrounding the Capitol complex during the coup d'etat?

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 16, 2022 08:59 AM (lD3vL)

240 People of any age do what they do because there's some manner of payoff for them in doing it. To declare an alphabet sexuality is chic and fashionable, it is a matter of status.

Posted by: kraken at February 16, 2022 08:59 AM (Vr12I)

241 When Protesting is stomped out, then direct action is what is left. I hope, for their sake, that these tyrants have great physical security around themselves and anyone they love.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 16, 2022 08:54 AM (lD3vL)

80% of the people are completely cowed, and the government has the power and reach to spare to round up the other 20% if they offer even a hint at trouble.

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 16, 2022 08:59 AM (H8QX8)

242 I'd like to see Pelosi's hand picked roster for the SotU address. I'd also like to see who was tapped on the GOP side and refused. I'm gonna' take a wild ass guess and say, zero.

But the ones who are selected, assuming there's any at all, will be a big tell. The Olde Guard indeed....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 16, 2022 08:59 AM (BFigT)

243 So if 40% of them are The Gay, and the remaining 60% of Not Gay is split equally between males and females, then straight white males are 30%, which is less than 40%...
Posted by: Moron Robbie - did you wonder about the sciinz behind the D about face? at February 16, 2022 08:45 AM (A4cav)
*********
I know of of few people who's kids came out as bisexual to their parents.
These kids are not bisexual, but are just going through that rebellious faze and want to "shock" their parents and appear cool to their friends.

I have other friends with young kids that are discussing indoctrination and how it works and what to look out for with their kids.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 16, 2022 08:59 AM (NpAcC)

244 The unstated scandal: The CIA collected info on President Trump: The DNC's direct line to the CIA
Techno Fog, 20 hr ago

I'm not up to speed on all of this:

Truckistani Underground Poso @JackPosobiec
The CIA does not want you to read @ZeroHedge
Definitely do NOT read @ZeroHedge
It is very naughty to read @ZeroHedge

Zero Hedge outing them? I haven't had time to really look into this. I realize people say ZH is "Russian!" or some such, but something is going on.

Posted by: artisanal ette at February 16, 2022 08:59 AM (+FfPP)

245 232 224 Does anyone actually think something will come of the Durham report? Seriously? Hell, if he turned over a hand wrirptten note from Cankles herself ordering this mess, nothing would happen.
Posted by: Bama Bubba at February 16, 2022 08:55 AM (mAxkE)

Durham is laying out the moral and legal justification for the political purge that must take place whenever we finally regain power. That may be awhile yet. It is very proper and necessary for him to do this, but don't fool yourself into thinking that any Legal Action will come from it before then. Not possible with the the Fascists in control.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 16, 2022 08:59 AM (evAgx)

246 Do we so quickly forget the tens of thousands of troops aiming their guns at We The People from behind the fences surrounding the Capitol complex during the coup d'etat?
Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 16, 2022 08:59 AM (lD3vL)

They were in precisely zero danger. Which supports the point being made.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 16, 2022 09:00 AM (6FeV1)

247 ZH has very good articles; just don't waste time on the comments.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 16, 2022 09:00 AM (evAgx)

248 Zero Hedge outing them? I haven't had time to really look into this. I realize people say ZH is "Russian!" or some such, but something is going on.

Well, by people here remember that's actually "The Deep State" making the claim.

Just like they claimed Trump was working for Russia.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 16, 2022 09:01 AM (ESjRY)

249 What the hell happened to the "born this way" thesis, which is the basis for the *entire* "gay rights" agenda over the past forty years.

Well in fairness literally no one ever believed that.

As the San Francisco Gay Men's Choir put it, "We're coming for your children" - makes no sense if you believe people are born gay does it?
Posted by: 18-1


So it's a choice.

Then they can choose to be straight. End of story.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2022 09:01 AM (4Xhwa)

250 So if 40% of them are The Gay, and the remaining 60% of Not Gay is split equally between males and females, then straight white males are 30%, which is less than 40%...
Posted by: Moron Robbie - did you wonder about the sciinz behind the D about face? at February 16, 2022 08:45 AM (A4cav)

Remember the "NO Math" rule comrade MR!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at February 16, 2022 09:01 AM (hOUT3)

251 243 Posted by: redridinghood at February 16, 2022 08:59 AM (NpAcC)

They probably proclaimed being bi so as not to be targeted by their lefty peers.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 16, 2022 09:01 AM (s2VJv)

252 For Lady in Black

Benny @bennyjohnson

Canadians react to Castro Jr. throwing a tyrant tantrum -- this is just amazing

https://tinyurl.com/28jsbe3w

Should at least make you smile. Everyone should watch.

Posted by: artisanal ette at February 16, 2022 09:01 AM (+FfPP)

253 New US Foreign Policy: Exporting Inflation Around The Globe As The Fed Keeps Printing (US Export Prices UP 15.1% YoY, Import Prices UP 10.8% YoY)

Posted by: SMOD at February 16, 2022 09:01 AM (RHGPo)

254 If it gets to the point those in power have to retreat behind security, I suspect working security will become rather hazardous.

Posted by: blake
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If you take a look at much of the Third World, the elites there either are locked in their own compounds or spend time abroad in freedom in stable states.

They always have to worry even though that their own security teams have people ready to sell them out to kidnappers or other criminals.

Posted by: whig at February 16, 2022 09:02 AM (Iq9dF)

255 Yikes - that's a sick picture up top, eh?

Posted by: 496 at February 16, 2022 09:02 AM (VJsqe)

256 It'll be rebroadcast at 11PM on PBS . . .
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 16, 2022 08:59 AM (s2VJv)

Masterpiece Theatre of the Absurd

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2022 09:02 AM (yrol0)

257 A while back, before I turned 29 for the first time I remember it used to be the fashion for women in clubs to be, uh, "all over each other".
They weren't lesbians. They were in fact there to meet men. But...they got more male attention by setting up such a display and since there was a reward and no real drawback many would do it.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 16, 2022 08:55 AM (ESjRY)

I don't even know how much it worked even then. Watching porn is one thing, watching two women grind on each other ten feet in front of you is something else. As a red blooded 29 yr. old man myself, I didn't find it hot, I found it uncomfortable and embarrassing.

Posted by: lowandslow at February 16, 2022 09:02 AM (4thlk)

258 Zero Hedge outing them?

As long as you don't take financial advice from ZH, they sometimes have big political stories. They have an email that shows Fauci himself was behind the ZH twitter ban.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2022 09:02 AM (KZFWs)

259 Back in the day, when a military member approached their superior with the claim of being homosexual..

it would not be unheard of for the superior to whip out their manhood and simply say....'Prove it'.

Or so I have been told.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at February 16, 2022 09:03 AM (3D/fK)

260 Then they can choose to be straight. End of story.

Its a little more complex then that.

Human sexuality gets imprinted from your early sexual experiences generally. So, your early hanky panky with a "sexy nerd" girl? You'll probably have a thing for "sexy nerd" women your whole life.

And the dark side holds true...molested by a male pedo? You'll probably feel an urge for men.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 16, 2022 09:03 AM (ESjRY)

261 I know of of few people who's kids came out as bisexual to their parents.
These kids are not bisexual, but are just going through that rebellious faze and want to "shock" their parents and appear cool to their friends.
**

Yeah, I'm fairly convinced that's a big reason so many people are cross-dressing and cutting off their tits and dicks. "Gay" is boring. Errybotty is gay now. To really shock daddy you've got to mutilate your genitals.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - did you wonder about the sciinz behind the D about face? at February 16, 2022 09:03 AM (A4cav)

262 241 When Protesting is stomped out, then direct action is what is left. I hope, for their sake, that these tyrants have great physical security around themselves and anyone they love.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 16, 2022 08:54 AM (lD3vL)

There is a third option - quiet subversion from within, in any way possible. Most importantly, in getting others to join you. The system is unstable, and teetering. It will fall, and it will not be too hard to hurry that fall up.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 16, 2022 09:03 AM (evAgx)

263 Emergencies Act rules include $5,000 fine or up to 5 years in prison for participating in anti-mandate protests.

Taking a child to an unlawful assembly could also result in a $5,000 fine or up to 5 years in prison.

Regulations also list the places blockades are not allowed, including Parliament Hill and the streets around it.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at February 16, 2022 09:04 AM (UHVv4)

264 Wait, does Nanzi have the right to deny Senators and the Robed Overlords?

Posted by: Skip's Phone at February 16, 2022 09:04 AM (ihApQ)

265 Chrystia Freeland (who just empowered banks to freeze personal bank accounts without any court order and with civil immunity from lawsuit) is a member of the Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum.

She's a member....
Posted by: artisanal ette at February 16, 2022 08:49 AM (+FfPP)

So the Canadian government has implemented items based on the Emergency Powers Act without complying with the requirements of the Act? Or am I misunderstanding because it's partly in French?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at February 16, 2022 09:05 AM (nR2nR)

266 I don't even know how much it worked even then. Watching porn is one thing, watching two women grind on each other ten feet in front of you is something else. As a red blooded 29 yr. old man myself, I didn't find it hot, I found it uncomfortable and embarrassing.
Posted by: lowandslow at February 16, 2022 09:02 AM (4thlk)

This.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 16, 2022 09:05 AM (4I/2K)

267 239 If it gets to the point those in power have to retreat behind security, I suspect working security will become rather hazardous.

Do we so quickly forget the tens of thousands of troops aiming their guns at We The People from behind the fences surrounding the Capitol complex during the coup d'etat?

Posted by: Reuben Hick
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And the regime learned nothing and treated those troops like shit. In a preference cascade, those troops turn their guns on the politicians or simply go home. The real truth about today's elites is unlike feudal times, they rely on others to do their bidding. Feudal lords, if for no other reason that keeping their own authority, had to do a lot of the dirty work themselves. Today's elites are feckless by comparison.

Posted by: whig at February 16, 2022 09:05 AM (Iq9dF)

268 Justin Castro is taking Mao to heart - power doesn't come from laws or elections, it comes from the barrel of a gun.

And he believes, likely accurately, he controls the majority of people willing to use guns in the People's Republic of Canada.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 16, 2022 09:06 AM (ESjRY)

269 Did I miss the RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE ?
Posted by: runner at February 16, 2022 08:57 AM (Axa8z)

they thought this would give the spying story cover
The problem was it was short lived in the news cycle.
Again, we have to wait and see where this goes. But if it can get out to the masses, it will hurt the Shrill's chances of running again.

Posted by: artisanal ette at February 16, 2022 09:06 AM (+FfPP)

270 WTF

Young Indoctrinated Leftists Carrying a Solidarity Sign Protest at University of Nevada to Reinstate the Mask Mandates

When will the beatings restart? Our morale sucks!

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2022 09:07 AM (yrol0)

271 >>but don't fool yourself into thinking that any Legal Action will come from it before then. Not possible with the the Fascists in control.

Sussmann's court date is currently scheduled to start in May.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 16, 2022 09:07 AM (ZLI7S)

272 I've mentioned this before. Our granddaughter claims she's bi. Do I believe it, no. I'm not naive, I've known homosexual people, my cousin was a lesbian and I don't believe I'm in denial. However, I believe that her mom has pushed the homosexual lifestyle for years, the schools reinforce it so she thinks she's bi. She thinks she can have the fun life that was portrayed in Modern Family.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at February 16, 2022 09:07 AM (2NHgQ)

273 270 WTF

Young Indoctrinated Leftists Carrying a Solidarity Sign Protest at University of Nevada to Reinstate the Mask Mandates

When will the beatings restart? Our morale sucks!
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2022 09:07 AM (yrol0)

===========

"Wear your mask yourself. It works, doesn't it?"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, laughing with Mel Brooks at February 16, 2022 09:07 AM (LvTSG)

274 There is a third option - quiet subversion from within, in any way possible. Most importantly, in getting others to join you. The system is unstable, and teetering. It will fall, and it will not be too hard to hurry that fall up.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 16, 2022 09:03 AM (evAgx)
++++
They pretend to pay us, we pretend to work. Slow it down. Whether deliberately and consciously or not, there is a reason productivity in many sectors is crashing. Retail and logistics productivity - driven in large part by outfits like Amazon, Wal-Mart and Kroger (who are, after all, very efficient) - might be up, but many many others are not...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2022 09:08 AM (DU+/6)

275 ARE WE WITNESSING WAG THE DOG?!

Posted by: runner at February 16, 2022 09:09 AM (Axa8z)

276 I always kinda thought Chrystia and Tingles were doing the nasty
Posted by: REDACTED at February 16, 2022 08:56 AM (us2H3)
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No way; they're too busy cosplaying as Che and Fidel

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at February 16, 2022 09:09 AM (p+LvP)

277 Given that Durham had alerted Sussmann in the Discovery Update that his conduct remains under investigation by the special counsel's office, it was rather foolhardy for the former Clinton attorney to complain that the indictment "reads as though there was a vast conspiracy, involving the Clinton Campaign and Mr. Sussman" while not charging a conspiracy. Be careful, or you might just get what you ask for, as they say.

Why wasn't that ...
"reads as though there was a vast Right-Wing conspiracy, involving the Clinton Campaign and Mr. Sussman"

Posted by: SMOD at February 16, 2022 09:09 AM (RHGPo)

278 "She thinks she can have the fun life that was portrayed in Modern Family."

Another show that helped to drag down our nation's average IQ.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at February 16, 2022 09:09 AM (3D/fK)

279 Glad to see Julie Kelly is speaking at CPAC (February 24-27)

Posted by: redridinghood at February 16, 2022 09:09 AM (NpAcC)

280 Hillary is back in the game, boys, and she's two steps ahead of the Simple Joe Administration. Welcome to a new phase of the Russiagate / Ukrainegate fiasco.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 16, 2022 09:09 AM (dA9eR)

281 Durham is laying out the moral and legal justification for the political purge that must take place whenever we finally regain power. That may be awhile yet. It is very proper and necessary for him to do this, but don't fool yourself into thinking that any Legal Action will come from it before then. Not possible with the the Fascists in control.

Posted by: Tom Servo
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Agreed, and that was the reason it took roughly ten years for the British Crown to thoroughly alienate enough Americans for 1776. Something the current elites have failed to learn is ultimately you have to have buyin from the masses for any massive changes in society. Covid lockdowns gave them the impression (here as elsewhere) that they could just mandate their preferences by fiat.

Posted by: whig at February 16, 2022 09:09 AM (Iq9dF)

282 Chrystia Freeland (who just empowered banks to freeze personal bank accounts without any court order and with civil immunity from lawsuit)

Maybe they are NOT immune from lawsuit. She took Trudeau's assertion that he was going to invoke the act at face value and gave banks carte blanche prematurely. Now wait for the courts to dismiss cases because the act was "implied".

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2022 09:10 AM (KZFWs)

283 Putin is currently trolling Biden on twitter.

https://tinyurl.com/5y6pk3v5

Posted by: JackStraw at February 16, 2022 09:10 AM (ZLI7S)

284 When you demote a "vast conspiracy",
you get a "half-vast conspiracy"

Posted by: SMOD at February 16, 2022 09:10 AM (RHGPo)

285 So, when is the State of the Union?

Posted by: dantesed at February 16, 2022 09:10 AM (88xKn)

286 this is weird, last post because I have to get to work now


Jon Levine@LevineJonathan

WATCH -- Lawyers for Halyna Hutchins released a video re-enacting the movie-set shooting showing when she was killed by Alec Baldwin
https://tinyurl.com/2p9ye5ca

A 3D reenactment of the Baldwin shooting on set. So creepy really.

Posted by: artisanal ette at February 16, 2022 09:11 AM (+FfPP)

287 281 Agreed, and that was the reason it took roughly ten years for the British Crown to thoroughly alienate enough Americans for 1776. Something the current elites have failed to learn is ultimately you have to have buyin from the masses for any massive changes in society. Covid lockdowns gave them the impression (here as elsewhere) that they could just mandate their preferences by fiat.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2022 09:09 AM (Iq9dF)

==========

They finally instilled the existential fear that they had been trying to do through climate change for decades. Suddenly, the masses were open to any kind of restriction in the name of public health.

They should have truly struck while the iron was hot. Winning one election wasn't enough. They should have gotten Congress to formalize our future pod lifestyle into law Day 1 of Biden's presidency. Instead, they whithered and dithered for more than a year, pissing off the masses without cementing any permanent change.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, laughing with Mel Brooks at February 16, 2022 09:11 AM (LvTSG)

288 Feudal lords, if for no other reason that keeping their own authority, had to do a lot of the dirty work themselves. Today's elites are feckless by comparison.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2022 09:05 AM (Iq9dF)
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That's because ass-kicking (literally) was a prerequisite for being in authority. It was brutal (again, literally) but it worked for a time...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 16, 2022 09:11 AM (YIVH2)

289 George Soros actually admitted on camera to Steve Kroft that he collaborated with the Nazis and profited by turning in his fellow Jews. That alone would have been enough proof to strip him of his citizenship and be deported back to Hungary, or worse, Malaysia (Indonesia?) where I believe he has a death sentence on his head.

Look what happened. Or rather, didn't happen.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 16, 2022 08:57 AM (s2VJv)
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And he was so confident of his political safety that, and this is a mind-blower even today, years later, but he went on to say it was one of the really most enjoyable times of his life.

The evil just crawls out of his pores, and dances with glee.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at February 16, 2022 09:12 AM (p+LvP)

290 275 ARE WE WITNESSING WAG THE DOG?!

Obviously YES. But who is doing the wagging ?

Posted by: SMOD at February 16, 2022 09:12 AM (RHGPo)

291 "This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and truth."

1 John 3:16-18

Posted by: Marcus T, Regenerating at February 16, 2022 09:12 AM (VpIIl)

292 Joe Mannix, your were one of those guys who studiously took down everything professors said in you political science, Econ101 , and intro to Soviet history, weren't you.

Posted by: runner at February 16, 2022 09:12 AM (Axa8z)

293 They pretend to pay us, we pretend to work. Slow it down. Whether deliberately and consciously or not, there is a reason productivity in many sectors is crashing. Retail and logistics productivity - driven in large part by outfits like Amazon, Wal-Mart and Kroger (who are, after all, very efficient) - might be up, but many many others are not...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
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Doesn't seem that way. Internal finances indicate that Amazon lost about a billion aside from its AWS earnings. In addition, its search engine for products has gone to crap just like Google's. Wal-Mart's stores are dirtier, less well stocked, etc. and Kroger is unionized.

Posted by: whig at February 16, 2022 09:13 AM (Iq9dF)

294 271 >>but don't fool yourself into thinking that any Legal Action will come from it before then. Not possible with the the Fascists in control.

Sussmann's court date is currently scheduled to start in May.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 16, 2022 09:07 AM (ZLI7S)

sadly, he will get 6 months house arrest at most. Lucky if it will be that much; but I maintain that punishment is not the point of Durham's actions, the purpose is more long term than that.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 16, 2022 09:13 AM (evAgx)

295 @SMOD , that's obvious isn't it?

Posted by: runner at February 16, 2022 09:13 AM (Axa8z)

296 Huh. Woke up because the dog was restless and decided to check to see if Biden was doing more of his heap big Cuban Missile Crisis act.

See an article drawing parallels between Canadia/Truckers and the Secession of the Plebs. Huh. I feel stupid for not thinking of that one.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2022 09:13 AM (dNqv+)

297 Do we so quickly forget the tens of thousands of troops aiming their guns at We The People from behind the fences surrounding the Capitol complex during the coup d'etat?
Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 16, 2022 08:59 AM (lD3vL)

1. They had a pretty good idea that the people were unarmed.
2. They had a pretty good idea that the people were predominately peaceful.
3. The forces of authority are always sporty at the beginning. It's when they realize that they're families aren't with them and they only have food for a few days that they start to re-think their allegiance to their current employers.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at February 16, 2022 09:13 AM (nR2nR)

298 278 "She thinks she can have the fun life that was portrayed in Modern Family."

Another show that helped to drag down our nation's average IQ.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at February 16, 2022 09:09 AM (3D/fK)

At least the gay guys in that show were flaming. I hate when they make a character gay, but they have no outward signs at all. I've never met a gay man that it wasn't obvious they were gay by their mannerisms. I don't think those stealth gays really exists.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 16, 2022 09:13 AM (UuD2k)

299 Ironic that an old firearms company, Remington, murdered The Second Amendment. The yankee government must have given Remington one hell of an ammo contract. Gotta be sure those 1000 agencies are well-supplied, especially the teacher's union police force, for the coming war on America.

Posted by: Eromero at February 16, 2022 09:13 AM (0OP+5)

300 I always kinda thought Chrystia and Tingles were doing the nasty
Posted by: REDACTED at February 16, 2022 08:56 AM (us2H3)


She used to be a regular on Bill Maher, her fawning over him was embarrassing. I swear she would have done it on the desk with him on air if he asked.

Posted by: lowandslow at February 16, 2022 09:14 AM (4thlk)

301 Anybody watch Anthony Wiener on Hannity ?

Surfed in, saw Wiener and surfed on

Posted by: SMOD at February 16, 2022 09:14 AM (RHGPo)

302 Hopefully Putin will send troops to Canada.

Posted by: Puddin Head at February 16, 2022 09:15 AM (jen+i)

303 They should have truly struck while the iron was hot. Winning one election wasn't enough. They should have gotten Congress to formalize our future pod lifestyle into law Day 1 of Biden's presidency. Instead, they withered and dithered for more than a year, pissing off the masses without cementing any permanent change.

Are you sure about that? They still have us in a Without Rule of Law state. Nothing prevents the junta from continuing on with their mandates and collaborative fascism with the various mega-industries that rule us.

What bank is going to work in opposition to the demands of the junta? Nothing is stopping martial law from happening Right Now.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 16, 2022 09:15 AM (lD3vL)

304 301 Anybody watch Anthony Wiener on Hannity ?

Surfed in, saw Wiener and surfed on
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Was he wanking himself?

Posted by: Puddin Head at February 16, 2022 09:15 AM (jen+i)

305 Doesn't seem that way. Internal finances indicate that Amazon lost about a billion aside from its AWS earnings. In addition, its search engine for products has gone to crap just like Google's. Wal-Mart's stores are dirtier, less well stocked, etc. and Kroger is unionized.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2022 09:13 AM (Iq9dF)
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That is a different problem. Their efficiency is way, way up (that is reflected in productivity). Amazon still has a bad retail business model and is still carried by AWS, but the retail business is much more efficient than it was a few years ago. Wal-Mart is increasingly down-market in a lot of areas, but they are operating more efficiently. Kroger can't get stock, but the stock they can get is moved efficiently.

Efficient doesn't necessarily mean effective, especially when there are tremendous outside pressures and effects.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2022 09:16 AM (DU+/6)

306 Putin on Twitter? Must be a spoof account, kinda like that MOSSAD Twitter account.

Posted by: runner at February 16, 2022 09:16 AM (Axa8z)

307 "It's gone from '15 days to stop the spread' to 'take the jab or lose your job' and 'your bank accounts are frozen if you protest' and yet we're still 'conspiracy theorists'?!"

Posted by: @twitter at February 16, 2022 09:16 AM (DMQdU)

308 Nothing is stopping martial law from happening Right Now.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 16, 2022 09:15 AM (lD3vL)

I agree. They have us by the short hairs in almost every sense.

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 16, 2022 09:16 AM (H8QX8)

309 They finally instilled the existential fear that they had been trying to do through climate change for decades. Suddenly, the masses were open to any kind of restriction in the name of public health.

They should have truly struck while the iron was hot. Winning one election wasn't enough. They should have gotten Congress to formalize our future pod lifestyle into law Day 1 of Biden's presidency. Instead, they whithered and dithered for more than a year, pissing off the masses without cementing any permanent change.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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That is because oligarchies have divided chieftains with their own agendas. That is why top down communism/socialism imposed by such critters ultimately thwarts itself. An oligarchy either gets into a civil war or gets disposed of by a coup.

Posted by: whig at February 16, 2022 09:16 AM (Iq9dF)

310 767 Well, I've got no comments for the news of the day, so what the hell happened to Resident Alien?

I watched the latest episode, and the main plot had nothing to do with the alien. It was all Grrl Power and Taking Down the Patriarchy. The 76 cents on the dollar canard even made an appearance.

Even my son thought it was preachy.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at February 16, 2022 09:16 AM (CAJOC)

311 "I've never met a gay man that it wasn't obvious they were gay by their mannerisms. I don't think those stealth gays really exists."

I have known several.

Gay was their sexual orientation.

But it was not their master status, so to speak.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at February 16, 2022 09:16 AM (3D/fK)

312 Grandfather whose first and last name i bear is on the Fallen Officer Memorial in DC.
Re: JJ's points about police and 2A carry etc -- strongly agree.
Police are good and police are not so good--its that cross section of society thingy. Depends on where you live.
But today, for the most part, Pensions are king and executioner -- grab a cop by his pension and he will go where you tell him to go--including very dark places that psychos like Trudeau et al will direct them.
Be armed. Be aware.

Posted by: Voter theater. at February 16, 2022 09:17 AM (FCPbW)

313 307 "It's gone from '15 days to stop the spread' to 'take the jab or lose your job' and 'your bank accounts are frozen if you protest' and yet we're still 'conspiracy theorists'?!"
Posted by: @twitter at February 16, 2022 09:16 AM (DMQdU)

This.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2022 09:17 AM (dNqv+)

314 Apparently, Anthony Weiner and Curtis Sliwa are co-hosting new radio show in New York City

Posted by: SMOD at February 16, 2022 09:17 AM (RHGPo)

315 "It's gone from '15 days to stop the spread' to 'take the jab or lose your job' and 'your bank accounts are frozen if you protest' and yet we're still 'conspiracy theorists'?!"

And note, this is *after* its been identified that the jab does NOT stop you from getting/spreading COVID.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 16, 2022 09:17 AM (ESjRY)

316 >>sadly, he will get 6 months house arrest at most. Lucky if it will be that much; but I maintain that punishment is not the point of Durham's actions, the purpose is more long term than that.

I don't disagree that exposing the vast web of corruption in our government and ruling elite is the ultimate goal, been saying from day 1 that my biggest goal is to get our country back to at least a reasonable representation of what it was meant to be.

But I think some people will do time. That's why Durham isn't just indicting people in DC. He specifically chose to indict Danchenko in EDVA, Durham's old turf and a much friendlier court, and not DC.

Turns out he knows how the system works just like we do.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 16, 2022 09:17 AM (ZLI7S)

317 He would use one of the home grown, yandex or whatever to communicate wouldn't he?

Posted by: runner at February 16, 2022 09:17 AM (Axa8z)

318 307 "It's gone from '15 days to stop the spread' to 'take the jab or lose your job' and 'your bank accounts are frozen if you protest' and yet we're still 'conspiracy theorists'?!"
Posted by: @twitter at February 16, 2022 09:16 AM (DMQdU)

Hitting the nail.

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 16, 2022 09:17 AM (H8QX8)

319 314 Apparently, Anthony Weiner and Curtis Sliwa are co-hosting new radio show in New York City
Posted by: SMOD at February 16, 2022 09:17 AM (RHGPo)


Poor man's Ron Kuby.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 16, 2022 09:17 AM (s2VJv)

320 Help a wayward Moron out... that stupid phrase "Wag The Dog" (no, i've never watched the damned movie)... Does it mean that a government agitates so hard for a fake war for nefarious political purposes that a real war actually breaks out? "The tail wagging the dog"?

Or is it just meant to refer to a government intentionally starting a real war for nefarious purposes?

I don't actually remember. For me it's just a stupid teevee talking head bullcrap phrase that gets bandied about, which I usually ignore.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 16, 2022 09:18 AM (6FeV1)

321 The Chinese are taking out their rage at the British usig opium dens to weaken them to the point there were multiple "international zones" on us.

I hate it as a classical American, but as a historian I grasp the motive.

Posted by: sven at February 16, 2022 09:18 AM (Lzpvj)

322 "It's gone from '15 days to stop the spread' to 'take the jab or lose your job' and 'your bank accounts are frozen if you protest' and yet we're still 'conspiracy theorists'?!"
Posted by: @twitter at February 16, 2022 09:16 AM (DMQdU)
++++
Concise. Perfect.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2022 09:18 AM (DU+/6)

323 Was Trudeau born that way (a faggy tyrant) or was he groomed?

Posted by: Ripley at February 16, 2022 09:19 AM (MxEKc)

324 Poor man's Ron Kuby.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 16, 2022 09:17 AM (s2VJv)

Is that a compliment?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2022 09:19 AM (dNqv+)

325 Putin is currently trolling Biden on twitter.
https://tinyurl.com/5y6pk3v5
Posted by: JackStraw at February 16, 2022 09:10 AM (ZLI7S)
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popcorn for breakfast!

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at February 16, 2022 09:19 AM (p+LvP)

326 Curtis Sliwa ?

And the Mighty Mighty Impressions ?

Posted by: JT at February 16, 2022 09:19 AM (arJlL)

327 What bank is going to work in opposition to the demands of the junta? Nothing is stopping martial law from happening Right Now.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 16, 2022 09:15 AM (lD3vL)

Imposing it and making it work are two different things. If they were doing this when times were good they might have pulled it off; but we're headed into a hyperinflationary collapse, and systems are already failing everywhere. If you could look at a symbolic control board for the nation, every red light would be flashing and alarms would be going off everywhere.

Attempts to repair a situation like that through force always end the same way.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 16, 2022 09:19 AM (evAgx)

328 Hopefully Putin will send troops to Canada.
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But "Da, da, Sovyet; nyet, nyet, Kanada" doesn't rhyme!

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at February 16, 2022 09:19 AM (UHVv4)

329 Or is it just meant to refer to a government intentionally starting a real war for nefarious purposes?

==

Yes. That was a dig at Clinton back in the day, war in the Balkans and bombing of Serbia to take pressure off the blue dress situation.

Posted by: runner at February 16, 2022 09:20 AM (Axa8z)

330 326 Curtis Sliwa ?

And the Mighty Mighty Impressions ?
Posted by: JT at February 16, 2022 09:19 AM (arJlL)


"Move on uP!"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 16, 2022 09:20 AM (s2VJv)

331 If a the gavel used to start the legislative session was hidden from the first black woman Lt Gov, and that woman was a Democrat, the press wouldn't describe the perpetrator as "an unknown prankster", it would have instead produced a flood of "think pieces" ruminating over the structural racism that must be rooted out, a barrage of angry tweets calling for the imprisonment of the perp, hours of cable talk on how racist Republicans are (even though it would likely have been a self-inflicted "hate" crime) and Sunday morning news segments where every Repub guest is asked to denounce the behavior of the unknown criminal. But you all know this already. /rant off

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 16, 2022 09:20 AM (fs1hN)

332 Suzhou, a Chinese industrial hub located 49 miles west of Shanghai, shut down 15 of its highway entrances on Tuesday as city officials scrambled to contain a local Chinese coronavirus epidemic.

Posted by: SMOD at February 16, 2022 09:20 AM (RHGPo)

333 289 George Soros actually admitted on camera to Steve Kroft that he collaborated with the Nazis and profited by turning in his fellow Jews. That alone would have been enough proof to strip him of his citizenship and be deported back to Hungary, or worse, Malaysia (Indonesia?) where I believe he has a death sentence on his head.

Look what happened. Or rather, didn't happen.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 16, 2022 08:57 AM (s2VJv)
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And he was so confident of his political safety that, and this is a mind-blower even today, years later, but he went on to say it was one of the really most enjoyable times of his life.

The evil just crawls out of his pores, and dances with glee.
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Soros is a CIA asset like Epstein was an FBI asset. The targets that both agency seek insight to are the Captains of Fianance in NYC and London.

Posted by: Puddin Head at February 16, 2022 09:20 AM (jen+i)

334 Speaking of diversity, I'm watching a show set on a small remote New England island and there are: a Muslim sheriff, a mixed race lesbian couple, and a casually intolerant (white, duh) Christian couple.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 16, 2022 09:20 AM (Dc2NZ)

335 3. The forces of authority are always sporty at the beginning. It's when they realize that they're families aren't with them and they only have food for a few days that they start to re-think their allegiance to their current employers.

Their employers had so much respect for them that they were sleeping in freezing parking garages and had to wear that stupid Woke mask to prove their fealty and allegiance to the Crown.

I don't believe for a minute that anyone on the Capitol grounds gave a moment's thought to the safety of anyone. What is the average age of the gun toters there?

There is no allegiance to any concept of duty, honor, freedom or civility among them.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 16, 2022 09:21 AM (lD3vL)

336 314 Apparently, Anthony Weiner and Curtis Sliwa are co-hosting new radio show in New York City
Posted by: SMOD at February 16, 2022 09:17 AM (RHGPo)

Touched a Guardian Angel

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2022 09:21 AM (yrol0)

337 69 I bet there will be no fawning articles written about Sears' high heel gavel like there were for abortion Barbie's pink running shoes.
___________

It was probably a reporter who hid her gavel in the first place, so there wouldn't be a photo of her using it.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at February 16, 2022 09:21 AM (k4dH2)

338 I don't actually remember. For me it's just a stupid teevee talking head bullcrap phrase that gets bandied about, which I usually ignore.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 16, 2022 09:18 AM (6FeV1)

IIRC from the movie, the idea was a fake war, but to try to get real benefit in terms of approval. That is what this has felt like, honestly.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2022 09:21 AM (dNqv+)

339 JM,
'The retail business is much more efficient than it was a few years ago.'

I would have to see the metrics you employ before I would agree with that. Losing money indicates that either their pricing model is deficient and possibly they are trying to buy market share or their costs are too high.

Conglomerates look good from the outside for a time but generally the unrelated divisions marching in different directions wreck them.

See ATT, ITT, GE, etc.

Posted by: whig at February 16, 2022 09:21 AM (Iq9dF)

340 "It's gone from '15 days to stop the spread' to 'take the jab or lose your job' and 'your bank accounts are frozen if you protest' and yet we're still 'conspiracy theorists'?!"
Posted by: @twitter


This post will be banned as MDM under new information guidelines. For your own safety.

Posted by: Ripley at February 16, 2022 09:21 AM (MxEKc)

341 "SHAME! Elon Musk Donates $5.7 Billion To Charity Even Though The Government Could Have Used It To Fill 7 Potholes"

Posted by: @The Bee at February 16, 2022 09:21 AM (fSmfa)

342 Good morning, Horde.

Thank you JJ.

Posted by: Ladyl at February 16, 2022 09:21 AM (TdMsT)

343 332 Suzhou, a Chinese industrial hub located 49 miles west of Shanghai, shut down 15 of its highway entrances on Tuesday as city officials scrambled to contain a local Chinese coronavirus epidemic.
Posted by: SMOD at February 16, 2022 09:20 AM (RHGPo)
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I'm confused. I was told that the PRC has effectively controlled the 'Rona!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 16, 2022 09:21 AM (Dc2NZ)

344 I have known several.
Gay was their sexual orientation.
But it was not their master status, so to speak.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at February 16, 2022 09:16 AM

Concur.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 16, 2022 09:21 AM (a3Q+t)

345 On Tuesday's broadcast of Fox News Radio's "Fox Across America," Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC) argued that the Biden administration doesn't want to deal with the issues of drug overdoses and fentanyl because doing so would require to deal with the problems at the border and the media doesn't care about the issue, "Because it makes their administration look bad. So, that makes them complicit in this entire disaster of this administration and all the people that have suffered across the nation because of it."

Posted by: SMOD at February 16, 2022 09:21 AM (RHGPo)

346 323 Was Trudeau born that way (a faggy tyrant) or was he groomed?
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Normally I'd say groomed but Trudeau is French. QED.

Posted by: Puddin Head at February 16, 2022 09:22 AM (jen+i)

347 The movie was not a dig at Clinton, but a theoretical republican admin, of course. The only people making the 'Wag the Dog' accusation at Clinton were the republicans and the people Clinton was bombing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2022 09:22 AM (dNqv+)

348 I'm confused. I was told that the PRC has effectively controlled the 'Rona!

China's COVID vaccine supposedly doesn't work any better then ours...though it does have fewer side effects.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 16, 2022 09:23 AM (ESjRY)

349 I would have to see the metrics you employ before I would agree with that. Losing money indicates that either their pricing model is deficient and possibly they are trying to buy market share or their costs are too high.

Conglomerates look good from the outside for a time but generally the unrelated divisions marching in different directions wreck them.

See ATT, ITT, GE, etc.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2022 09:21 AM (Iq9dF)
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It's per the BLS productivity statistics broken down by industry. The basis for that is units of revenue per units of cost. If the ratio goes up, you've improved productivity. If it goes down, your productivity declined.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 16, 2022 09:23 AM (DU+/6)

350 The Biden administration is telling Congress it needs an additional $30 billion to press ahead with the fight against COVID-19

even though there are $400 billion unspent from previous appropriations

Posted by: SMOD at February 16, 2022 09:23 AM (RHGPo)

351 "Wag the Dog" became a famous phrase after the 1997 movie of the same name, starring Robert de Niro and Dustin Hoffman, about a government that starts a war overseas in order to kill news coverage of a sex scandal involving the President.

One month after it came out, the news about Monica Lewinsky broke. Shortly after that, the Clinton administration bombed the pharmaceutical factory in Sudan. (which did nothing except give Bin Laden a lot of money and recruits)

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 16, 2022 09:23 AM (evAgx)

352 According to the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, Congress has already approved $5.8 trillion to battle the pandemic in a series of major bills spanning the Trump and Biden administrations. That's not counting actions by the Federal Reserve to help keep the economy going.

Posted by: SMOD at February 16, 2022 09:24 AM (RHGPo)

353 Suzhou, a Chinese industrial hub located 49 miles west of Shanghai, shut down 15 of its highway entrances on Tuesday as city officials scrambled to contain a local Chinese coronavirus epidemic.

Governments can contain citizens, they can't and have never contained a virus.

Posted by: t-bird at February 16, 2022 09:24 AM (lACLv)

354 China's COVID vaccine supposedly doesn't work any better then ours...though it does have fewer side effects.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 16, 2022 09:23 AM (ESjRY)
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Side effects may include being welded shut inside your apartment.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 16, 2022 09:24 AM (Dc2NZ)

355 Attempts to repair a situation like that through force always end the same way.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 16, 2022 09:19 AM (evAgx)

And how do we know that these All Alarms Flashing situations end the same way? Because we keep doing them. Why would this group act otherwise? Is there some sort of mental power and greatness that has eluded all other totalitarian regimes?

These are the same sociopaths that history keeps allowing to rise to the surface and destroy all that is underneath them. Its physics. Its in the stars. Its in the Bible.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 16, 2022 09:24 AM (lD3vL)

356 jumps from handbasket

My daughter, our youngest, is 21 today.

That's right -- she avoided teen pregnancy.

Hopes and prayers for a world in which she finds success.

jumps back in basket

Posted by: Weak Geek at February 16, 2022 09:24 AM (Om/di)

357 Poor man's Ron Kuby.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 16, 2022 09:17 AM (s2VJv)
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Kuby, of the Cleveland Kubys. Ron is part of the great Cleveland diaspora.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at February 16, 2022 09:24 AM (p+LvP)

358 China's COVID vaccine supposedly doesn't work any better then ours...though it does have fewer side effects.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 16, 2022 09:23 AM (ESjRY)

injections of sugar water are usually pretty benign.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 16, 2022 09:24 AM (evAgx)

359 304 301 Anybody watch Anthony Wiener on Hannity ?

Surfed in, saw Wiener and surfed on
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Was he wanking himself?

Posted by: Puddin Head
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I haven't watched anything on Fox News since 2008. Hannity, I find annoying and useless as tits on a boar hog.

Posted by: whig at February 16, 2022 09:25 AM (Iq9dF)

360 348 I'm confused. I was told that the PRC has effectively controlled the 'Rona!

China's COVID vaccine supposedly doesn't work any better then ours...though it does have fewer side effects.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 16, 2022 09:23 AM (ESjRY)

A real vaccine takes a lot of time, usually. Unless you get lucky.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2022 09:25 AM (dNqv+)

361 Humanitarian groups, along with dozens of Democratic lawmakers, have been pressing the Biden White House and key committee leaders in Congress to provide billions of dollars for global vaccination efforts.

apparently the US isn't the World Policemen but they are supposed to be the World Doctor

Posted by: SMOD at February 16, 2022 09:25 AM (RHGPo)

362 "Move on uP!"
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 16, 2022 09:20 AM

You want them to move to the boonies of Michigan?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 16, 2022 09:25 AM (a3Q+t)

363 This post will be banned as MDM under new information guidelines. For your own safety.
Posted by: Ripley a


It's been bouncing around the socials for many months, I think it's probably grandfathered in by now.

Posted by: runner at February 16, 2022 09:25 AM (Axa8z)

364 A real vaccine takes a lot of time, usually. Unless you get lucky.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2022 09:25 AM (dNqv+)

That or you just YOLO-charge in with something you've spent a lot of time on but still doesn't work.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 16, 2022 09:26 AM (6FeV1)

365 Anybody watch Anthony Wiener on Hannity ?

Surfed in, saw Wiener and surfed on
Posted by: SMOD at February 16, 2022 09:14 AM (RHGPo)
**********
Yes. He was there to promote his radio show with Curtis Sliwa. It's suppose to be left vs right viewpoints that also deal with what's happening in NY.
Hannity actually did a good job calling Wiener out because he still refused to say that he was sorry for his sexting or has changed.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 16, 2022 09:26 AM (NpAcC)

366 It's been bouncing around the socials for many months, I think it's probably grandfathered in by now.
Posted by: runner at February 16, 2022 09:25 AM (Axa8z)
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It's adorable that you think "grandfathering" or other dodges around ex-post-facto enforcement apply to anything anymore.

Posted by: The State at February 16, 2022 09:27 AM (DU+/6)

367 According to the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, Congress has already approved $5.8 trillion to battle the pandemic in a series of major bills spanning the Trump and Biden administrations.

Yet another fine example of ironic names. Sort of like the PATRIOT act and CARES is tyrannical and evil.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 16, 2022 09:27 AM (lD3vL)

368 "I got a call one night, a woman said to me, obviously not of the same persuasion as I was politically, called me and said, 'There's a dead dog on my lawn.'"

Biden recalled that he told the woman that the county would deal with it in the morning.

"She said, 'I want it removed now. I pay your salary,'" Biden recalled.

"So I went over. I picked it up. She said, 'I want it out of my front yard,' I put it on her doorstep," Biden said with a grin as the crowd laughed.

Posted by: SMOD at February 16, 2022 09:28 AM (RHGPo)

369 Like the North Korean Committee against Socialism.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2022 09:28 AM (KZFWs)

370 That's what I want. A president who is not afraid to take to the podium and do his absolute worst Garrison Keillor impression.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 16, 2022 09:29 AM (6FeV1)

371 Humanitarian groups, along with dozens of Democratic lawmakers, have been pressing the Biden White House and key committee leaders in Congress to provide billions of dollars for global vaccination efforts.


And the former United States is just flush with cash and near perfect debt/income ratio.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 16, 2022 09:29 AM (lD3vL)

372 353 Suzhou, a Chinese industrial hub located 49 miles west of Shanghai, shut down 15 of its highway entrances on Tuesday as city officials scrambled to contain a local Chinese coronavirus epidemic.

Governments can contain citizens, they can't and have never contained a virus.
Posted by: t-bird at February 16, 2022 09:24 AM (lACLv)

Historically, we (I mean people) have been really bad and ineffective at responding to ANY disease. Best examples I can think of off the top of my head were Polio in the 50s/60s and eradication of malaria in the western hemisphere, destroying the malaria vectors by using DDT. Every other time, it has really come down to letting the damn thing run it's course.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2022 09:29 AM (dNqv+)

373 Politicians in the United States and around the world condemned the Canadian government after it announced it would use anti-terrorism laws to quell a peaceful protest of its own citizens.

Posted by: SMOD at February 16, 2022 09:29 AM (RHGPo)

374 And how do we know that these All Alarms Flashing situations end the same way? Because we keep doing them. Why would this group act otherwise? Is there some sort of mental power and greatness that has eluded all other totalitarian regimes?

These are the same sociopaths that history keeps allowing to rise to the surface and destroy all that is underneath them. Its physics. Its in the stars. Its in the Bible. Posted by: Reuben Hick
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And that same Bible tells us that they fail again and again other than imposing misery on the population for a time. Oligarchies fail because corrupt oligarchies either get cast down by the populace in a civil war which results in new elites or the populace embraces a coup by a tyrant specifically to get rid of the oligarchs.

Posted by: whig at February 16, 2022 09:29 AM (Iq9dF)

375 320 Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 16, 2022 09:18 AM (6FeV1)
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Refers, I think, to an entirely fake war (perhaps including a small actual conflict, but not necessarily) whose sole purpose is to pump up polling numbers for a failing President hoping patriotic Americans will gather round him as an election looms

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at February 16, 2022 09:30 AM (p+LvP)

376 FJB has been an evil pos his entire life. It makes the theory his wife tried to kill herself and kids before they could become him.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 16, 2022 09:30 AM (KZFWs)

377 That or you just YOLO-charge in with something you've spent a lot of time on but still doesn't work.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 16, 2022 09:26 AM (6FeV1)

And change the definition of vaccine and what it does.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2022 09:30 AM (dNqv+)

378 "She said, 'I want it removed now. I pay your salary,'" Biden recalled.

"So I went over. I picked it up. She said, 'I want it out of my front yard,' I put it on her doorstep," Biden said with a grin as the crowd laughed.

Posted by: SMOD
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A senile tyrant reveals his lack of character and the courtiers giggle. Twas ever thus.

Posted by: whig at February 16, 2022 09:31 AM (Iq9dF)

379 One of the better Twiiter sleuths on the whole Russia collusion crap is a guy who calls himself FOOL_NELSON. He identified Rodney Joffe and Igor Danchenko months before their name were public.

He's now claiming the it was Obama who paid Joffe and not Hillary.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 16, 2022 09:31 AM (ZLI7S)

380 ART

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 16, 2022 09:31 AM (yrol0)

381 San Francisco election results: SF school board members voted out in a landslide

The majority of San Franciscans who voted in Tuesday's special election were in support of recalling three San Francisco school board members, with 79% voting to oust Alison Collins, 75% saying yes to recalling Gabriela López and 72% opting to remove Faauuga Moliga, according to tallies by the San Francisco Department of Elections.

Posted by: SMOD at February 16, 2022 09:31 AM (RHGPo)

382 Using a dead dog as a prop actually manages to make me think less of Biden. He keeps surprising me.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2022 09:31 AM (dNqv+)

383 The Prime Minister of Canada is really an easy job.

Canada has a population of 38 million, which is less than California's 40 million.

Canada has a GDP of $1.6 trillion, which is less than New York State's $1.75 trillion.

They really don't have to worry about national defense because they benefit from the defense framework of the United States.

It really is the job of a large state governor, but Justin Trudeau has turned the office of Prime Minister into a train wreck. He actually thinks he is more important than he is.

Honk honk pal.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at February 16, 2022 09:32 AM (v0xyy)

384 It's adorable that you think "grandfathering" or other dodges around ex-post-facto enforcement apply to anything anymore.
Posted by: The State at February 16, 2022 09:27 AM (DU+/6)

No , you are adorable to think that you can delete every post. I mean, it's even been repeated multiple times on the word famous smart military blog!

Posted by: runner at February 16, 2022 09:32 AM (Axa8z)

385 Wag the Dog:

Michael Malice said "Imagine you are a democrat congressman. If you vote against (I forget which issue, but it was one the regime media was fully for, while the dems were lukewarm) then thousands of MSN viewers are going to primary you in a couple years."

The media is the cause, our banana republic politics is the effect.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 16, 2022 09:32 AM (44ww/)

386 356 jumps from handbasket

My daughter, our youngest, is 21 today.

That's right -- she avoided teen pregnancy.

Hopes and prayers for a world in which she finds success.

jumps back in basket
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Congrats Geek. Well done. My son who turned 21 in January is surprising us with his new maturity and work habits. I think it was spurred by his black HS friend who killed his 'friend' Keb over an argument about a pair of Nike's and then failed to carjack a car and shot the driver in the eye. Jordan, the shooter and Keb were parked in our driveway the night before obviously looking to visit Sam, my sone. My wife reported them to the police around 3:00 AM and they were rousted by the cops to leave. I think Sam is wondering whether they were looking for a place to crash or to rob him. A real situational awareness wakeup call.

Posted by: Puddin Head at February 16, 2022 09:33 AM (jen+i)

387 368 Posted by: SMOD at February 16, 2022 09:28 AM (RHGPo)
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A story that will define Biden in history for the small minded, petty man that he is. When combined with Ashley's sex story, the Secret Service tales, and Biden's forcible penetration of an employee, I think history will paint him as sexually bizarre as well.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at February 16, 2022 09:33 AM (p+LvP)

388 Tulsi Gabbard Ruins Clinton in Fiery 60-Second Video, Says What Must Happen Now That Truth Is Out

The Durham investigation makes clear that Hillary Clinton and the power elite spied on the Trump campaign and White House, undermining our democracy, launching us into a new Cold War, endangering America and the world. Clinton and her warmongers must be held accountable.

Posted by: SMOD at February 16, 2022 09:34 AM (RHGPo)

389 I saw Twas Ever Thus open for Avenged Sevenfold at The Sealegs in '04.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 16, 2022 09:35 AM (44ww/)

390 This notion of romantic love between people of the same sex comes from Plato and The Symposium, where homo love is lauded as "spiritual procreation," as opposed to the mere physical procreation that happens between male and female. So...not much has changed in 2500 years. It was normalized then, and it is becoming normalized now.

Posted by: Caliban at February 16, 2022 09:35 AM (HgGBT)

391 I am repeating what I said yesterday. There is no longer a Remington Arms company. It filed bankruptcy in 2020 and was sold off piece by piece to seven other companies. The settlement was with the insurance company. That however does not make as eye popping headline for either pro or anti second amendment proponents. The Daily Caller link in JJs post has an accompanying link to a 2020 article of Remington before their sale. Even OAN posted on chyron this morning that Remington Arms agreed to pay $73 M.

Posted by: Jen the original at February 16, 2022 09:35 AM (TLhVi)

392 I'm here to nail Margaret Trudeau

Posted by: Steven Hyde, Point Place WI at February 16, 2022 09:37 AM (CCmte)

393 But none of that matters. They now have a talking point for the SOTU, which may have been the goal. The Great and Powerful Biden - who is totally not an unstable and angry old dotard - prevented war in Eastern Europe and will tackle the major domestic issues like inflation and supply chain problems - especially microchips and fertilizers - just as soon as Congress gets off its duff and passes BBB.

Completely wrong.

Nobody bought the premise. If for no other reason than Joe's too stupid.

Joe needs the "threat" of war to blame energy and price hike on. Without it, he's toast.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at February 16, 2022 09:37 AM (WtH8C)

394 He's now claiming the it was Obama who paid Joffe and not Hillary.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 16, 2022 09:31 AM (ZLI7S)
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That would be a twist.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at February 16, 2022 09:38 AM (p+LvP)

395 You would do better to watch Primary Colors with Travolta than Wag the Dog. Not on entertainment but truth-i-ness.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 16, 2022 09:39 AM (44ww/)

396 391 I am repeating what I said yesterday. There is no longer a Remington Arms company. It filed bankruptcy in 2020 and was sold off piece by piece to seven other companies. The settlement was with the insurance company. That however does not make as eye popping headline for either pro or anti second amendment proponents. The Daily Caller link in JJs post has an accompanying link to a 2020 article of Remington before their sale. Even OAN posted on chyron this morning that Remington Arms agreed to pay $73 M.

Posted by: Jen the original at February 16, 2022 09:35 AM (TLhVi)

My point was one of the companies still makes, and sells, ammo.

Posted by: Eromero at February 16, 2022 09:39 AM (0OP+5)

397 Durham won't put anyone in jail, but it is worth his time to get brickheads to admit their international gangster candidate was what she was.

Everything that hurts the media helps regular people.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 16, 2022 09:42 AM (44ww/)

398 395 You would do better to watch Primary Colors with Travolta than Wag the Dog. Not on entertainment but truth-i-ness.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 16, 2022 09:39 AM (44ww/)

Nope. Seemed like a slobbering knob shine of a love letter to the Clintons then, so I did not watch it.

Plus, I hate John Travolta. I cannot think of a single movie with him in it that I actually liked. Face/Off is ruined by him. Swordfish (Halle Berry's boobs aside) was unwatchable.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2022 09:42 AM (dNqv+)

399 Did anyone nood for Art?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2022 09:43 AM (dNqv+)

400 Vista Outdoor is the parent company of what was Remington's Ammo company.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 16, 2022 09:43 AM (BFigT)

401 It's per the BLS productivity statistics broken down by industry. The basis for that is units of revenue per units of cost. If the ratio goes up, you've improved productivity. If it goes down, your productivity declined.

Posted by: Joe Mannix
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Aggregate measures do not indicate the productivity increases or decreases of a specific company. It is an ecological fallacy.
Took a look at the aggregate productivity measures for retail in 2018-2020 probably driven by online shopping. However, for online retailers' regarding efficiency, you also have to take into account increased shipping costs and the labor hired to do it. To the extent that Amazon has taken on that infrastructure itself, you have to figure the whole package for the overall retail analysis. On places like Kroger, pairing with instacart gets the packages to the customer but you are essentially trading off labor in retail for labor in delivery.

So an aggregate measure of retailer productivity tells us little about the overall system productivity and even less about specific companies use of labor productively.

Posted by: whig at February 16, 2022 09:45 AM (Iq9dF)

402 Travolta was decent in Pulp Fiction, if you like Pulp Fiction. Basic is kind of a silly Travolta film that's nonetheless entertaining. Before that, maybe Blowout?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 16, 2022 09:46 AM (KFhLj)

403 It rather bothers me that Russia has an intelligent yet ruthless man as their President and we have a drooling imbecile to oppose him.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 16, 2022 09:50 AM (o2MD2)

404 If Primary Colors was a love letter to the Clintons, I'd hate to see what hate mail would look like. Portrayed Bill as a child molester AT BEST and Hillary as exactly what we all knew Hillary was in the 90s. And it blatantly shows an Arkanicide in the final act.

Posted by: AmericanHawkman at February 16, 2022 09:50 AM (VfMhS)

405 The McConnell Problem defined:

Lost in all of McConnell's machinations is a basic point of ethics: yes, it's good to win elections, but shouldn't you be worthy of winning?

The good fortune McConnell expects this fall is nothing of Mitch McConnell's making. He simply expects to hold the bag open and watch the voters pour goodies into it for him.

And that isn't enough. It isn't good leadership. It isn't leadership at all.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at February 16, 2022 09:52 AM (p+LvP)

406 worse, Malaysia (Indonesia?) where I believe he has a death sentence on his head.

All that the death warrant lacks is the actual date of execution.

Posted by: Fox2! at February 16, 2022 09:57 AM (qyH+l)

407 Aggregate measures do not indicate the productivity increases or decreases of a specific company. It is an ecological fallacy.
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I assume you mean "economic fallacy", and if so I disagree. Unit productivity matters a lot in managing business costs, yes, but overall productivity in the economy (a different problem entirely) is a significant fact in understanding monetary inflation or deflation. At least is was when I spent dreary hours in econ classes.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at February 16, 2022 10:01 AM (p+LvP)

408 I've said it before, and I'll say it again:

The police are largely there to protect the criminals from the excesses of vigilante justice, as much, or even more, than they are to protect us from the criminals.

A very large portion of the US population would be perfectly capable, and while not exactly excited about it, perfectly willing to defend their property and themselves from crime.

It's just that the actual way in which they would choose to often go about it might not exactly be the best outcome for civilized society. Look at the Ahmaud Arbery case for an example of what I'm talking about.

Defunding the police is folly, and will result in the unintended consequence of getting MORE criminals and MORE innocents killed than are currently being killed by police.

I'm not suggesting that we couldn't do better than we currently are. All I'm saying is that the proposed "fixes" are not going to make anything better.

Posted by: Goober at February 16, 2022 11:49 AM (Hgvgt)

409 It's not 'Teflon and kevlar', it's slime.

Posted by: aelfheld at February 16, 2022 01:43 PM (Zy9Yy)

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