Trump's Mug Shot Sends the Left -- and John Bolton -- Into a Deranged Spiral

MSNBC and CNN showed that they are Real News, Mr. President by celebrating the Trump mug shot by showing his mug shot and those of his fellow persecutees 188 times in 24 hours.

Over the past 24 hours, CNN and MSNBC have gleefully brandished the mugshots of Donald Trump's co-defendants like grim trophies for their audiences to gawk at.
MRC analysts examined all coverage on CNN and MSNBC from 6:00 p.m. on August 23 to that same time the following day. During that 24-hour span, the two cable networks displayed mugshots of former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani, former Trump administration Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, and the other defendants a whopping 188 times, amounting to a combined 83 minutes of airtime.
MSNBC led the pair in both total on-screen displays and screen time; they showed the mugshots 122 times, for a total of 56 minutes and 23 seconds. CNN showed the images 66 times, which amounted to 27 minutes and 12 seconds of screen time.
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On August 17, CNN host Jake Tapper complained on Twitter about claims that lefty journalists were "reveling" in the details of the Georgia indictment. "CNN journalists & commentators, including conservatives, stating *facts* about Trump's legal issues are falsely described as reveling in them," he huffed. "Wildly, characteristically dishonest."
But Tapper's supposed outrage looks rather overdone, given his own enthusiasm about the freshly-obtained mugshot of Mark Meadows during CNN's August 24 live indictment coverage. More than once during the 3:00 p.m. ET hour, he requested that producers bring the photo back on the screen so he could continue discussing it.
If these journalists want to get offended when they're accused of publicly enjoying this latest Trump indictment, then they should probably stop publicly enjoying it. For a start, they could quit waving around the latest mugshots like excited baseball card collectors.

Update: Biden immediately began fundraising of the Trump booking, just to prove that this absolutely, 100% a coordinated political operation.

The celebrations from Democrats, including President Biden, have begun rolling in following former President Donald Trump's booking in the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta on Thursday.
Some sought to remind others of the phrase often repeated by members of their party that "no one is above the law," while Biden used the opportunity to fundraise for his 2024 re-election campaign.
"Apropos of nothing, I think today's a great day to give to my campaign," Biden posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. Trump's campaign also later posted its own fundraising request on Truth Social, using the mugshot taken at the jail.

For his own part, Trump was unbowed, and showed that by returning to Twitter with the mug shot that CNN and MSNBC had posted so many times:

He also began selling Mug Shot Merch:

I don't mind either of those. The left wants Trump to show shame and contrition about the partisan witch-hunt indictments. They similarly demanded he act like an ashamed, guilty sex offender regarding the lunatic sex-obsessed fame-chaser E. Jean Carroll and her risible claims of being raped, in her advanced years, by a man who plainly prefers younger women. Basically they demanded that he Confess His Guilt despite his actual position of being innocent.

Trump is showing that he's not ashamed of these new phony indictments. I know it makes Jake Tapper very angry, but we on the right no longer respect the authority of your politicized, Stasi-fied rotten, criminal institutions, and we are not awed, not even slightly impressed by their pronouncements.

John Bolton wasted no time reassuring the Jake Tapper Left that he himself definitely does continue offering respect and fealty to their debased institutions.

Former National Security Adviser John Bolton said Thursday on CNN's "The Source" that former President Donald Trump's mug shot was staged so he looked like a "thug."
Anchor Kaitlan Collins said, "I just wonder, as someone who worked inside the West Wing when Donald Trump was president, what is it like for you to see his mug shot tonight?"
Bolton said, "I thought it was carefully staged. They must have thought about what look they wanted. He could have smiled. He could have looked benign. Instead, he looks like a thug. I think it's intended to be a sign of intimidation against the prosecutors and judges. That's what they picked, and we'll see that picture everywhere."

Trump literally never smiles in pictures. He refused, semi-famously, to smile for his Time Magazine photo shoot in 2015, the one with the eagle. The photographer kept telling him to smile; Trump just looked at the camera with his dour glare. "He kept giving me Blue Steel," the photographer cracked.

Like me, he probably does not like the way he looks when he smiles, so he avoids it.

John Bolton's belief that Trump, who literally never smiles for staged photos, is not smiling in order to show a "sign of intimidation against the prosecutors and judges" is a sign that John Bolton is mentally infirm and psychologically broken and must never be permitted to handle any sensitive task again.

It's also a sign that he's a grifter who is not quite sure his retirement savings will hold up so he's singing for his supper on any pissant leftwing outlet that will have him.

Mollie Hemingway: "These are attacks on constitutional freedoms and rights that we have. And that is the point. It does also clarify what the next election is about, and how important it is for everyone who cares about the country to be united on standing up against this. This is how you lose a republic. And so it clarifies all the issues."

BREAKING: Fani Willis Campaign Director locks twitter account after I exposed his anti-Trump posts and affiliation with Biden campaign.

⬇️⬇️⬇️ pic.twitter.com/cpmLlVH6VK
— Natalie Winters (@nataliegwinters) August 25, 2023

Now I'm going to vent.

.@RonDeSantis - if you won't use your power NOW to end the Weaponization against Trump and MAGA, why should we believe you'll use your power in the unlikely event you win? https://t.co/94hio8NcP7
— Stew Peters (@realstewpeters) August 24, 2023

If it doesn't post for you, readers added context that Ron DeSantis is the governor of Florida, not the Governor of Georgia, nor the Governor of America, and does not have any power over federal or Georgia officials.

But this ignorant incontinence got 120,000 views.

If you're thinking that I shouldn't pick on a stupid Twitter rando, well he's not just a stupid Twitter rando. At least by his own claims, he's a "radio host." People, he's suggesting, actually listen to him.

I don't cover Trump's travails all that much, exactly because of crap like this. If Trump's most ardent supporters don't take this shit seriously, and just see it less as an assault on democracy and more just as another opportunity to Meme on the Meatball and get some good Trump Twitter Clicks, then why the fuck should his less enthusiastic supporters give a shit?

As Instapundit likes to say, I'll start taking the Assault on Democracy seriously when those forever warning about the Assault on Democracy start taking it seriously.

And I have to say, I am on my last nerve with the unashamed -- nay, proud -- ignorance of some people, especially the Thug Bunch on Twitter. They want some kind of pass for being stupid and ignorant, because they want to claim they're "just speakin' in the voice of the common man" and they "don't truck with fancy-pants intellectuals" and all this crude, phony populist-adjacent bullshit. They want to be graded on a curve, because they're Special Snowflakes who Have Their Own Folk Ways of Knowing That Are Just as Good as the Ways Used by the Colonizer Class.

You know, like critical race theorists who always posit that there are special ways of knowing which only People of Color can access, giving them special insight into math, and that "minority math" is right even if it's objectively wrong.

I say the same thing to these Fake Populist Ways of Knowing that I say to the Fake Minority Ways of Knowing: How about you just fucking look up the actual facts and attempt to present the actual facts accurately and truthfully instead of making shit up in your own stupid head and then demanding that other people accept your ignorant falsehoods as true because you have a special Identity Privilege entitling you to Your Own Truth?

I can't believe I have to explain federalism and the separate soveriegnties of the federal government and state government to conservatives -- or, let's face it, fake conservative Johnny-Come-Lately grifters.

Betcha got a lot of sweet, sweet retweets for your filthy ignorance, huh, Stewie?

Populist Privilege -- Phony Populist Privilege, I should say, because these people are grifters; claiming that normal requirements of even slightly knowing what the fuck you are talking about are suspended because you're just so filled with Holy Populist Workin' Man Purity that "facts" are just another f-word, man -- is a Real and Growing Concern.

I'll meet you halfway when you meet me halfway and read a fucking book. Any book. Any book at all. At this point I'll even accept one with pictures in it.

"Populist" does not mean pig-ignorant. Almost everyone here is a populist to one extent or another, and most of us are pretty sharp, and feel embarrassment when we are caught saying ignorant Lamont the Big Dummy things, and feel especially ashamed if we are caught lying.

"Populist" is not a license to lie, despite what some Rah-Rah Grifter fake populists seem to believe.

No, you don't have special ways of knowing the truth and you don't have your own Special Identity-Based Truth. No one does.

Wrong is wrong, ignorant is ignorant, and lies are lies. And there is no new Identity Group called "the Common Man" which you can use as a shield to hide from these facts.

Posted by: Ace at 12:14 PM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 25, 2023 12:14 PM (Zz0t1)

2 Damn Italicans.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 25, 2023 12:15 PM (Zz0t1)

3 Stew Peters. Stupider?

Posted by: huerfano at August 25, 2023 12:15 PM (7zEAH)

4 Emergency! Everybody get from street! Italicans are coming!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 25, 2023 12:16 PM (aQy7p)

5 "Like me, he probably does not like the way he looks when he smiles, so he avoids it."

You don't like the look of smiling DJT?

Posted by: She Prescribed For gp To Attempt It Simply at August 25, 2023 12:16 PM (MvF+J)

6 Repost 1:

He's not taking this seriously enough!

WHY DO HIS NUMBERS KEEP RISING?!!!

Posted by: Moron Robbie - To cheat with DeSantis they'll have to face themselves and admit they're soviet at August 25, 2023 12:16 PM (oZ23Y)

7 I feel like Haile Selaisse. I’m overwhelmed by these Italicans.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 25, 2023 12:17 PM (xTRSc)

8 Fucking Italicans...

Anyway...Never Surrender has a good ring to it.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at August 25, 2023 12:17 PM (xcxpd)

9 Dark Donald.

Posted by: She Prescribed For gp To Attempt It Simply at August 25, 2023 12:17 PM (MvF+J)

10 I can't believe I have to explain federalism and the separate soveriegnties of the federal government and state government to conservatives,/i> -- or, let's face it, fake conservative Johnny-Come-Lately grifters.

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I make this argument about why the only recourse now for fixing voting in places like Pennsylvania is popular revolts.

DeSantis being great on elections in FL (which he is), doesn't mean anything when Shapiro and Schmidt actively undermine election integrity in PA.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 12:17 PM (LvTSG)

11 TGIF Ace

Glad this week is over. I can;t stop thinking about the human tragedy in Hawaii when all anyone can talk about is the politics of it.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 25, 2023 12:17 PM (t/2Uw)

12 8 Fucking Italicans...

Anyway...Never Surrender has a good ring to it.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at August 25, 2023 12:17 PM (xcxpd)

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What about giving up? Should I give up?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 12:18 PM (LvTSG)

13 Yeah I know woot he made a defiant mug shot. We are winning everybody!

They are still going to convict him.

Posted by: blaster at August 25, 2023 12:18 PM (dWjpk)

14 I do love that Trump has turned this mug shot from a humiliation to a triumph of exposing injustice.

Posted by: Iris at August 25, 2023 12:18 PM (n3DL0)

15 Dammit. The italics thing got fixed before I could post my snarky comment about italics.

Be better, Ace. Be better.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 25, 2023 12:18 PM (xTRSc)

16 Unless him and Pence go. Scholarly.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 25, 2023 12:18 PM (63Dwl)

17 Trump should have used Blue Steel instead of Magnum

Posted by: It's me donna at August 25, 2023 12:18 PM (bs+z0)

18 I had not seen the mug shot until now. I have seen pictures of Trump smiling, but those were probably unscripted photos out in the wild.

The mugshot does have an "I'm coming for you next, and Hell is right behind me" vibe.

Which I kind of dig...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 25, 2023 12:18 PM (YIVH2)

19 The Left outraged by Trump?

Days ending in "y".

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at August 25, 2023 12:18 PM (f0XAF)

20 DJT has all kinds of photos of him smiling.

He ptob thinks the posed smiling js creepy. Which it is.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 25, 2023 12:18 PM (QRo1G)

21 It isn't that I like Trump all that much, it's that I hate all the people who have been banging the anti-Trump drum for the last 8 years.

Posted by: huerfano at August 25, 2023 12:18 PM (7zEAH)

22 "Why doesn't Ron DeSantis fix all of Trump's problems!?"

Ron has less power than Trump does to fix his problems right now, yet you seem to think he's more competent than Trump is, at least in freeing Trump from his own legal troubles.

So why should I support a powerless guy who needs a different powerless guy to fix his problems?

Posted by: Ghost Pournelle at August 25, 2023 12:18 PM (BnPBo)

23 15 Dammit. The italics thing got fixed before I could post my snarky comment about italics.

Be better, Ace. Be better.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 25, 2023 12:18 PM (xTRSc)

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What foolishness do you refer to?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 12:19 PM (LvTSG)

24 Based rant.

Posted by: A person afraid of the LGBTQ lobby at August 25, 2023 12:19 PM (zODkY)

25 17 Trump should have used Blue Steel instead of Magnum
Posted by: It's me donna at August 25, 2023 12:18 PM (bs+z0)

At least he didn't stoop to Le Tigre

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at August 25, 2023 12:19 PM (xcxpd)

26 "I thought it was carefully staged. They must have thought about what look they wanted. He could have smiled. He could have looked benign. Instead, he looks like a thug. I think it's intended to be a sign of intimidation against the prosecutors and judges. That's what they picked, and we'll see that picture everywhere."

Oh no, are the corrupt and fanatically partisan prosecutors and judges afraid something might happen to them after looking at that mugshot? Oh, how terrible for you guys! I sure hope you don't have to pay for your weaponization of the justice system; that would be awful!

Posted by: Dr. T at August 25, 2023 12:19 PM (bhRsz)

27 Of course if he had smiled, the exact same people would be crying that he obviously wasn't taking the whole thing seriously enough.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 25, 2023 12:19 PM (nfrXX)

28 Be better, Ace. Be better.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 25, 2023 12:18 PM (xTRSc)
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Heh. The joke's on you. He *is* being better!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 25, 2023 12:19 PM (YIVH2)

29 Crap. Ace ruined my "Italicans for Trump!" potential comment.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at August 25, 2023 12:19 PM (krqg6)

30 He also began selling Mug Shot Merch

Simply genius.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 25, 2023 12:19 PM (G8h7g)

31 27 Of course if he had smiled, the exact same people would be crying that he obviously wasn't taking the whole thing seriously enough.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 25, 2023 12:19 PM (nfrXX)

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Hey...at least their not talking about polls.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 12:19 PM (LvTSG)

32 >>>11 TGIF Ace
Glad this week is over. I can;t stop thinking about the human tragedy in Hawaii when all anyone can talk about is the politics of it.

Yup! So appearently over 1000 people were killed in Lahania.

Posted by: ace at August 25, 2023 12:19 PM (KRtlO)

33 At least he didn't stoop to Le Tigre
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at August 25, 2023 12:19 PM (xcxpd)

Good thing... LOL

Posted by: It's me donna at August 25, 2023 12:20 PM (bs+z0)

34 What about giving up? Should I give up?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 12:18 PM

Never, never, never.

Posted by: Zombie Winston Churchill at August 25, 2023 12:20 PM (aQy7p)

35 Ace seems to have not liked the movie after the mug shots. Add more 'splotions and gratituse nudity!

Posted by: Bete at August 25, 2023 12:20 PM (KuG1T)

36 The coffee cups really are great. The best coffee cups. Really the best. Just fantastic.

https://tinyurl.com/22qclvo6

Posted by: Moron Robbie - To cheat with DeSantis they'll have to face themselves and admit they're soviet at August 25, 2023 12:20 PM (oZ23Y)

37 They tell you NOT to smile while taking a mug shot.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 25, 2023 12:20 PM (63Dwl)

38 Anyway...Never Surrender has a good ring to it.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at August 25, 2023 12:17 PM (xcxpd)

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What about giving up? Should I give up?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 12:18 PM (LvTSG)

I would say 'don't'
I'd also add never stop fighting until the fight is done.

Brian DePalma taught me that.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at August 25, 2023 12:20 PM (xcxpd)

39 Whatever dude.

Posted by: DOYLE at August 25, 2023 12:20 PM (Z8Yh2)

40 if you won't use your power NOW to end the Weaponization against Trump and MAGA, why should we believe you'll use your power in the unlikely event you win?

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DeSantis is not going to win because he keeps shooting himself in the dick. That said, some of the arguments against him are also equally stupid.

I swear some of the Pro-Trump attacks on DeSantis are AI bots because they're so incoherent.

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at August 25, 2023 12:20 PM (VTu1l)

41
Yup! So appearently over 1000 people were killed in Lahania.
Posted by: ace at August 25, 2023 12:19 PM (KRtlO)

No comment... Joe

Posted by: It's me donna at August 25, 2023 12:20 PM (bs+z0)

42 DC_Draino @DC_Draino 4h
If Biden got more black votes in Atlanta than Obama, then explain why Georgians were lining the streets to cheer him on as he drove by?

This was Trump’s way of saying “look at my support - GA was rigged”

May his trial expose the truth about our elections
🇺🇸Travis🇺🇸

https://tinyurl.com/57y9p3pk
45 seconds

Citizen Free Press @CitizenFreePres Aug 24
Blacks for Trump are outside the Fulton County Jail.

The people see this charade for what it is.
Brendan Gutenschwager

https://tinyurl.com/4y9pxuvw
14 seconds

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at August 25, 2023 12:20 PM (krqg6)

43 Like me, he probably does not like the way he looks when he smiles, so he avoids it.

It could be the Dwight Schrute explanation too:

https://tinyurl.com/4pupppht

Posted by: spindrift at August 25, 2023 12:20 PM (pyXMr)

44 John Bolton, another worthless Trump appointee.

The list is so long, funny how we all knew he was a neocon grifter, but not super smart Trump.

Posted by: Equate at August 25, 2023 12:21 PM (BI4DZ)

45 Never give up. Never surrender.

By Grabthar's hammer, by the suns of Worvan, you shall be avenged.

Posted by: SMOD at August 25, 2023 12:21 PM (RHGPo)

46 I make this argument about why the only recourse now for fixing voting in places like Pennsylvania is popular revolts.

DeSantis being great on elections in FL (which he is), doesn't mean anything when Shapiro and Schmidt actively undermine election integrity in PA.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 12:17 PM (LvTSG)

No. It's just ending the GOP. That's all. The GOP is complicit in PA.

And that's what DJT is doing.

NB: the Party System is dumb.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 25, 2023 12:21 PM (QRo1G)

47 When I saw that he posted his mug on Twitter, I just had to smile. Use it, baby, own it!

Posted by: Catherine at August 25, 2023 12:21 PM (ZSsrh)

48 SheilaJackson Lee denied PDT won in 2016, maybe a brave DA in TX could cut and paste that indictment to fit her “crimes”?

Posted by: EveR at August 25, 2023 12:21 PM (EZeuH)

49 I make this argument about why the only recourse now for fixing voting in places like Pennsylvania is popular revolts.

DeSantis being great on elections in FL (which he is), doesn't mean anything when Shapiro and Schmidt actively undermine election integrity in PA.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 12:17 PM (LvTSG)

What if red rural precincts and counties in PA simply refused to report their results until Pittsburgh and Philadelphia (et al) are COMPLETELY finished?

Don't have a go at me; it's just a thought, an idea.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at August 25, 2023 12:21 PM (f0XAF)

50 Trump seems to smile in photos with fans and constituents. I think he just knows the game to give your fans what they want, and give your enemies nothing.

Im not sure how much of a "win" for the general election the booking photo is, as many on his side are trying to claim, but seeing that it's making leftist cry because they now claim he's trying to intimidate people with it, is at least a personal win.

Posted by: Rbastid at August 25, 2023 12:21 PM (dr50/)

51 I hope DJT and others trials hammers Fulton County vote fraud

Posted by: Skip at August 25, 2023 12:21 PM (h5FTW)

52 >>>I say the same thing to these Fake Populist Ways of Knowing that I say to the Fake Black Ways of Knowing: How about you just fucking look up the actual facts and attempt to present the actual facts accurately and truthfully instead of making shit up in your own stupid head and then demanding that other people accept your ignorant falsehoods as true because you have a special Identity Privilege entitling you to Your Own Truth?

This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Jack Posobiec at August 25, 2023 12:22 PM (bhRsz)

53 People like Stew Peters are evidence of a major problem with social media. We don't deal with stupid people well . Everybody has the right to free speech but that doesn't mean they are saying anything intelligent or should be paid attention to . This is were discrimination actually is good.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 25, 2023 12:22 PM (BqPUE)

54 I'm guessing at some point a fed judge will slap a stay on this case as it works its way to scotus?

It certainly won't be the Obama judge currently assigned to Meadows suit.

Posted by: Not trying to be mean but... at August 25, 2023 12:22 PM (sUQQM)

55 11 Sharon, I understand that sentiment. But remember, to the leftist demoniacs EVERYTHING is political. They started that crap, not we.

And there is obviously so much hinky stuff about the way that fire was mishandled by the politicians, that discussing and questioning the politics of it is entirely appropriate.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 25, 2023 12:22 PM (xTRSc)

56 10 I can't believe I have to explain federalism and the separate soveriegnties of the federal government and state government to conservatives,/i> -- or, let's face it, fake conservative Johnny-Come-Lately grifters.

It blows me away how many Americans both within and without government firmly believe that this country features a unitary central government.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at August 25, 2023 12:23 PM (f0XAF)

57 The left wants Trump to show shame and contrition about the partisan witch-hunt indictments.

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Those are just low level flunkies, twitter dwellers and noise. The ones masterminding and moving these indictments ( not a supreme court justice Garland) want him off the ballotin key states - Az , GA. The don't care if Trump smiles or does not smile. The have a strategy, see.

Posted by: runner at August 25, 2023 12:23 PM (RA7Yy)

58 Those Never Surrender shirts look great with a MAGA hat accessory.

Posted by: Roy at August 25, 2023 12:23 PM (Mz4ED)

59
It's the Mona Lisa of mugshots. Ace should include it for a little levity.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 25, 2023 12:23 PM (enJYY)

60 Well, DeSantis could call out the National Guard, and attack Georgia ... come on maaan.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 25, 2023 12:23 PM (Cus5s)

61 President Donald Trump's mug shot was staged so he looked like a "thug."
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He's trying to steal the Hindu vote from Vivek!!!

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at August 25, 2023 12:23 PM (krqg6)

62
*pounds closed fist into open palm*

Let Trump be Trump!!

Posted by: Opus from Bloom County at August 25, 2023 12:23 PM (NBVIP)

63 Bolton and the neocons are the left. They just wear sheeps clothing. So isuppose they are furries as well.

Posted by: henry at August 25, 2023 12:23 PM (JMDly)

64 What if red rural precincts and counties in PA simply refused to report their results until Pittsburgh and Philadelphia (et al) are COMPLETELY finished?

Don't have a go at me; it's just a thought, an idea.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at August 25, 2023 12:21 PM (f0XAF)

The GOP won't allow that.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 25, 2023 12:23 PM (QRo1G)

65 49 What if red rural precincts and counties in PA simply refused to report their results until Pittsburgh and Philadelphia (et al) are COMPLETELY finished?

Don't have a go at me; it's just a thought, an idea.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at August 25, 2023 12:21 PM (f0XAF)

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Then Shapiro would order the election officials in those red counties arrested for insurrection while doing nothing to prevent Philly from just counting and counting and counting so that, when the kerfuffle is over, Shapiro can safely say that the red counties were wrong and he was right because Biden won anyway.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 12:23 PM (LvTSG)

66 Until a red state DA or AG gets a Dem in the dock this is more failure theater.

I am reading now that because of this mugshot the Dems might think they have gone too far.

No. They think they haven't gone far enough.

Posted by: blaster at August 25, 2023 12:23 PM (dWjpk)

67 12 No, don't give up. You're my only hope!

Posted by: Promethius at August 25, 2023 12:23 PM (KuG1T)

68 56 It blows me away how many Americans both within and without government firmly believe that this country features a unitary central government.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at August 25, 2023 12:23 PM (f0XAF)

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Well, not de jure.

But de facto?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 12:24 PM (LvTSG)

69 Bolton and the neocons are the left. They just wear sheeps clothing. So isuppose they are furries as well.
Posted by: henry at August 25, 2023 12:23 PM (JMDly)

They're not the Left. They're Liberals.

The Left and Right are both anti-Liberal.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 25, 2023 12:24 PM (QRo1G)

70
It's tough to be a populist when China, Inc pays your rent.

Posted by: Too Many Americans at August 25, 2023 12:24 PM (enJYY)

71 Yup! So appearently over 1000 people were killed in Lahania.
Posted by: ace at August 25, 2023 12:19 PM (KRtlO)

That's what Corn Pop told me! I tell you, it's almost as bad as when I lost Beau. Have I ever told you about that? This ground is hot, man!

Posted by: Joe Biden at August 25, 2023 12:25 PM (bhRsz)

72 49
What if red rural precincts and counties in PA simply refused to report their results until Pittsburgh and Philadelphia (et al) are COMPLETELY finished?

Don't have a go at me; it's just a thought, an idea.

.. I've had the same idea.

Posted by: SMOD at August 25, 2023 12:25 PM (RHGPo)

73 67 12 No, don't give up. You're my only hope!
Posted by: Promethius at August 25, 2023 12:23 PM (KuG1T)

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https://is.gd/RpY9ZJ

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 12:25 PM (LvTSG)

74 As I said yesterday, America has crossed the Rubicon. It will never, in my opinion, ever fully recover.
I no longer see democrats (and GOPers) as opponents and people I disagree with, they are the enemy.
I don't care who runs for the GOP, I do not believe they will win. But I hope the cheat to be so clear, so obvious, and so blatant that no one can deny it.
We are a third word country now.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 25, 2023 12:25 PM (hv9bm)

75 TLDR; "Trump arrested and booked, Desantis and Ace hardest hit."

Posted by: Dr. Titanium Whitey, J.D. at August 25, 2023 12:25 PM (i6shs)

76 Did I read somewhere recently that the emails from the Gore/Bush shitshow were preserved and make anything Trump said look like novena?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at August 25, 2023 12:25 PM (z+89e)

77 Alina Hanna ,Trumps lawyer was being interviewed Wednesday night on Newsmax and one of the hosts stated while giggling that he thought Trump should have a big smile on his face for the mugshot. Alina told him straight out that none of this was funny, this was not a joke this was a terrible injustice, and people should be outraged at the third world country DOJ we have now.

Posted by: Jen the original at August 25, 2023 12:26 PM (+kSCJ)

78 I like that mug shot. It's right up there when a photographer was taking Sir Winston Churchill's pic and snatched away the cigar to get a scowl. Helped win WW2.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 25, 2023 12:26 PM (0EOe9)

79
Anyway...Never Surrender has a good ring to it.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at August 25, 2023 12:17 PM (xcxpd)

=======
What about giving up? Should I give up?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 12:18 PM (LvTSG)

I would say 'don't'
I'd also add never stop fighting until the fight is done.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

"In reality they're not after me. They are after you. I'm just in the way." -- DJT

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 25, 2023 12:26 PM (48u4S)

80 John Bolton knows The Script and is happy to read from it.

Posted by: ... at August 25, 2023 12:26 PM (qS4hA)

81 I swear some of the Pro-Trump attacks on DeSantis are AI bots because they're so incoherent.

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at August 25, 2023 12:20 PM (VTu1l)

I just assume that the most egregious on both sides are either bots or provocateurs.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 25, 2023 12:26 PM (nC+QA)

82 Of all the unmaskings as establisment stooges, I think John Bolton might have hurt the most. The Stache was one of the bright spots of the Bush years and I was excited to see him back in 2016.

Alas.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at August 25, 2023 12:26 PM (fKIdX)

83 *re reads post

Damn! Ace had his Wheaties to-day!

Happy Friday. ace.

Posted by: runner at August 25, 2023 12:26 PM (RA7Yy)

84 "This is where discrimination actually is good."

Curse the 1960s lefties and airheads who turned "discrimination" into a dirty word. Damn them to perdition.

Posted by: She Prescribed For gp To Attempt It Simply at August 25, 2023 12:27 PM (MvF+J)

85 Yup! So appearently over 1000 people were killed in Lahania.

Posted by: ace at August 25, 2023 12:19 PM (KRtlO)

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Here's another one to ponder.

We discussed yesterday that the coroner is the police chief, the same police chief that was the incident commander in Vegas for the big shooting there. The same police chief that organized the blockades to make sure people couldn't escape the flames.

Now look closely.

AP news:

"Small brush fires aren’t unusual for Lahaina, and the fire department declares this one 100% contained by 9:55 a.m. The assurance puts many residents at ease; the high winds have prompted the closure of some public schools for the day, and others have not yet started. That means many of Lahaina’s 3,000 public school students are home alone while their parents work.

https://tinyurl.com/27llwqno

"The high winds"

They knew about the fires at that point. They closed the schools because "high winds" and didn't tell the kids or parents.

They knew.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - To cheat with DeSantis they'll have to face themselves and admit they're soviet at August 25, 2023 12:27 PM (oZ23Y)

86 81 I just assume that the most egregious on both sides are either bots or provocateurs.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 25, 2023 12:26 PM (nC+QA)

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There are stupid people everywhere.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 12:27 PM (LvTSG)

87 >>>75 TLDR; "Trump arrested and booked, Desantis and Ace hardest hit."

The trumpaloos make every Trump arrest about *DeSantis* and then when you point that out, they complain, "Why are you making this about DeSantis?!?!!?"

Posted by: ace at August 25, 2023 12:27 PM (KRtlO)

88 Can a white guy wear this and not get the shit kicked out of him and get fired from his job?

https://tinyurl.com/ycksxf42

Posted by: pawn at August 25, 2023 12:27 PM (wsHtO)

89 Trump won in 2016 because he got "white non-college" to turn out 5% more. It's the largest cohort and it skews to the swing states. These are people who would never turn out for a Romney. Their turnout is still below that of Blacks.

Our best hope is a wave election from people who are pissed off but are afraid to say so publicly. What the Left does to Trump can drive this.

Developing ...

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 25, 2023 12:27 PM (RqMSv)

90 Bolton is a collaborator.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at August 25, 2023 12:27 PM (oWBc3)

91 I swear some of the Pro-Trump attacks on DeSantis are AI bots because they're so incoherent.

Except that you can engage with them here. Many are not bots.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 25, 2023 12:27 PM (I/Qkd)

92 Trump's big Twitter supporters (and elsewhere) need to learn they aren't helping Trump.

When Trump does something boorish, or insulting, I think a lot of Republicans hust laugh it off and go "well it's Trump." But when his supporters try to act like him, and pull shit where they lie, manipulate video, or cry and act like victims, it makes them look pathetic and like how their only meaning for life is Trump. A lot of conservative "pundits" are really turning into exactly what the leftist grifters are, people who will just deny reality and make them look like fools for the cause.

In the end they need to realize they're going to hurry Trump more then they help him, because the average person will have more interaction with them than Trump, and they're rather offputting. They are trying to mimic Trump for clucks or future jobs with him, and ironically they'll be the ones that screw him over.

Posted by: Rbastid at August 25, 2023 12:27 PM (dr50/)

93 The Left want Trump prosecuted for "lying about
his height as 6’3, his weight as 215 pounds and hair as strawberry blonde.”

Posted by: redridinghood at August 25, 2023 12:27 PM (NpAcC)

94 It blows me away how many Americans both within and without government firmly believe that this country features a unitary central government.
Posted by: Catch Thirty

We are heading in that direction.

And we'll be there soon.

Posted by: Not trying to be mean but... at August 25, 2023 12:27 PM (sUQQM)

95 If the Left succeeds in keeping Trump off the ballot, will SC be able to overturn that in time? Probably not.

Posted by: Iris at August 25, 2023 12:27 PM (n3DL0)

96 "I'll start taking the Assault on Democracy seriously when those forever warning about the Assault on Democracy start taking it seriously."

----

I'll start taking the Assault on Democracy seriously when those forever warning about the Assault on Democracy stop constantly assaulting our Democracy.

Posted by: Cave Johnson at August 25, 2023 12:28 PM (BGygK)

97 34 Never, never, never.
Posted by: Zombie Winston Churchill

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
also Winston Churchill

Posted by: old chick at August 25, 2023 12:28 PM (sOete)

98 The glee with which the Marxists among us are ripping off their masks is disturbing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 25, 2023 12:28 PM (RIvkX)

99 Anyone got a link to mug shot t shirt?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff at August 25, 2023 12:28 PM (PgeR7)

100 Until a red state DA or AG gets a Dem in the dock this is more failure theater.

I am reading now that because of this mugshot the Dems might think they have gone too far.

No. They think they haven't gone far enough.
Posted by: blaster at August 25, 2023 12:23 PM (dWjpk)
***

And they won't stop now.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 25, 2023 12:28 PM (hv9bm)

101 The merchandise...

Brilliant move and pisses on the Left.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 25, 2023 12:28 PM (aSsVk)

102 He wore his blue suit, white shirt and red tie. Classy, and not an orange jumpsuit the libtards had hoped for.

Posted by: Roy at August 25, 2023 12:28 PM (Mz4ED)

103 now, why is John Bolton to be listened to ?

purty much just an oozing pustule of propinquity

Posted by: REDACTED at August 25, 2023 12:28 PM (us2H3)

104 @40

>>I swear some of the Pro-Trump attacks on DeSantis are AI bots because they're so incoherent.

There was never a rationale for DeSantis to run in 24, none.

I mean, Trump is polling 20 points ahead of DeSantis in Florida, so, uhmm, yeah.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 25, 2023 12:28 PM (rc3Z7)

105 they are now saying that there are over 2000 children missing from t he school system. Some may have escaped but it seems likely that the worst is not yet known.
How is this not the most important story in the entire country. A school shooting would dominate the press for weeks.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 25, 2023 12:28 PM (t/2Uw)

106 Whether anyone likes it or not, Trump is representing us.

Maybe it's just coincidental but that look is how we feel.

They want to mock and laugh at him, to laugh as he becomes a broken down helpless victim of their tortures, and by extension us.

This mug does not allow them to do that.

Posted by: ... at August 25, 2023 12:29 PM (qS4hA)

107 ace, be sure you see the

N*GGAS 4 TRUMP 2024

guy JJ linked this morning.

https://tinyurl.com/24jsnw79

Posted by: Moron Robbie - To cheat with DeSantis they'll have to face themselves and admit they're soviet at August 25, 2023 12:29 PM (oZ23Y)

108 I just assume that the most egregious on both sides are either bots or provocateurs.

****************

That's why I subscribe to the dead internet theory, the idea that most of internet traffic are actually bots. The rest are stupid people (except morons of course).

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at August 25, 2023 12:29 PM (VTu1l)

109 The glee with which the Marxists among us are ripping off their masks is disturbing.

===

Who is "us" ?

Posted by: runner at August 25, 2023 12:29 PM (RA7Yy)

110 What if red rural precincts and counties in PA simply refused to report their results until Pittsburgh and Philadelphia (et al) are COMPLETELY finished?

Don't have a go at me; it's just a thought, an idea.

That idea has been endorsed around here for a long time. You're safe.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 25, 2023 12:29 PM (I/Qkd)

111 I for one love the Trump mugshot.

Believe me, I understant not wanting to smile in pictures. Somehow I look pretty goofy whenever I do.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 25, 2023 12:29 PM (J2vNu)

112
It blows me away how many Americans both within and without government firmly believe that this country features a unitary central government.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33
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You're welcome.

Posted by: Abe Lincoln at August 25, 2023 12:29 PM (E1eJA)

113 As a resident of Florida, DeSantis does have some measure of influence over events. However he has imho steered very clearly away from any involvement.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 25, 2023 12:29 PM (RIvkX)

114 Then Shapiro would order the election officials in those red counties arrested for insurrection while doing nothing to prevent Philly from just counting and counting and counting so that, when the kerfuffle is over, Shapiro can safely say that the red counties were wrong and he was right because Biden won anyway.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 12:23 PM (LvTSG)

Much as your pessimism drives me up the wall, I reluctantly have to agree on that point, after seeing what happened last year in Arizona. The red counties' best shot would be to release a little at a time, so they couldn't be accused of obstruction, and see if they can outlast the blue tumors.

Posted by: Dr. T at August 25, 2023 12:29 PM (bhRsz)

115 go long on Mug root beer

Posted by: REDACTED at August 25, 2023 12:29 PM (us2H3)

116 105 they are now saying that there are over 2000 children missing from t he school system. Some may have escaped but it seems likely that the worst is not yet known.
How is this not the most important story in the entire country. A school shooting would dominate the press for weeks.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 25, 2023 12:28 PM (t/2Uw)

========

Because the national press is concerned with pushing narratives that interest its benefactors, one of which is gun control.

The Maui fires push nothing they're interested in, so they give a minimum response of "global warming" before moving on.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 12:30 PM (LvTSG)

117 Anyone got a link to mug shot t shirt?
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff

-

#36 should get you there. I think "all" at the top.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - To cheat with DeSantis they'll have to face themselves and admit they're soviet at August 25, 2023 12:30 PM (oZ23Y)

118

He IS smiling

https://is.gd/CuIzpL

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 25, 2023 12:30 PM (63Dwl)

119 Saw a story a couple of months ago about challenging any votes counted after midnight on Election Day.

There is supposedly caselaw to support this idea.

Posted by: SMOD at August 25, 2023 12:30 PM (RHGPo)

120 To be more clear as Governor, DeSantis has some influence over Florida's residents

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 25, 2023 12:30 PM (RIvkX)

121 The left wants Trump to show shame and contrition about the partisan witch-hunt indictments.

No, it's an orgasmic climax for rank and file Lefties. Validation, in their minds, of years of keeping the faith with all the deluded beliefs regarding Trump’s misdeeds. They're gloating, rubbing it in Trump supporters' faces as vindication and delayed, but divine, retribution.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 25, 2023 12:30 PM (puYld)

122 DeSantis being great on elections in FL (which he is), doesn't mean anything when Shapiro and Schmidt actively undermine election integrity in PA.
---------------
This is true. Yankees be Yankees.

Posted by: Rick Dalton at August 25, 2023 12:30 PM (NsE9F)

123 Out of a few news channels I watch it looks like the Maui fire is going away. What's a thousand missing?

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 25, 2023 12:30 PM (0EOe9)

124 DeSantis could call out the National Guard, and attack Georgia ... come on maaan.
Posted by: illiniwek

Reload a couple of those illegals busses with "A Florida Man" and let the fun begin.

Posted by: DaveA at August 25, 2023 12:30 PM (FhXTo)

125 will SC be able to overturn that in time?

STEINER WILL COME

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff at August 25, 2023 12:30 PM (PgeR7)

126 >>>Our best hope is a wave election from people who are pissed off but are afraid to say so publicly. What the Left does to Trump can drive this.

um that was also our hope in 2018, 2020, and 2022

this sea of people who usually don't vote and are disengaged from politics, but who are NOW so angry that they'll finally come out to vote, just does not exist. Well, they exist, they're just not coming out to vote. We keep waiting for them to show up and they keep not showing up.

At some point we have to acknowledge there is no cavalry coming.

Posted by: ace at August 25, 2023 12:30 PM (KRtlO)

127 What if red rural precincts and counties in PA simply refused to report their results until Pittsburgh and Philadelphia (et al) are COMPLETELY finished?

Don't have a go at me; it's just a thought, an idea.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at August 25, 2023 12:21 PM (f0XAF)

Totally agree. I think this was how Scott Walker (back when he was cool) was reelected - but it was an inadvertent late report by a red precinct..

Posted by: Iris at August 25, 2023 12:30 PM (n3DL0)

128 10 I can't believe I have to explain federalism and the separate soveriegnties of the federal government and state government to conservatives,/i> -- or, let's face it, fake conservative Johnny-Come-Lately grifters.

=========

I make this argument about why the only recourse now for fixing voting in places like Pennsylvania is popular revolts.

DeSantis being great on elections in FL (which he is), doesn't mean anything when Shapiro and Schmidt actively undermine election integrity in PA.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 12:17 PM (LvTSG)
_______

If there is any hope, it lies in the states, which may be able to keep federalism alive and resist the feral government.

Posted by: Eeyore at August 25, 2023 12:31 PM (brAQZ)

129 Thanks, Ace. I know you have concerns about Trump's personality and decisions- which is understandable, but I appreciate you arguing against these completely partisan loons in the media.
P

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 25, 2023 12:31 PM (6Y6Kw)

130 posted this before, thought it was worth posting again, from wapo june 16 '20:

During the first week of arrests when the majority of charges were filed, Michael R. Sherwin, acting U.S. attorney for the District, said his office ultimately chose to not pursue rioting charges and instead focused on counts involving assault, property damage or burglary, where prosecutors felt the evidence was clear.

"I did not authorize any of those individuals to be charged with rioting. I think that’s a very gray area, a very dangerous area that bleeds into protesting, and what is First Amendment [protected] and what is not," Sherwin said in a June 5 statement to The Washington Post. "But what we did charge and will continue to charge is any and all acts of violence, physical aggression and property damage - such conduct will never be condoned or accepted in the District."

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 25, 2023 12:31 PM (B1FKF)

131 Anyway...Never Surrender has a good ring to it.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at August 25, 2023 12:17 PM (xcxpd)

You asked for it:

https://youtu.be/-4pg6Jh94Lo

Posted by: spindrift at August 25, 2023 12:31 PM (pyXMr)

132 Alina Habba ,stupid autocorrect.

Posted by: Jen the original at August 25, 2023 12:31 PM (+kSCJ)

133 meatball closing on Trump

was 21 behind , now 39

in FL

Posted by: REDACTED at August 25, 2023 12:31 PM (us2H3)

134 The mugshot does have an "I'm coming for you next, and Hell is right behind me" vibe.

Which I kind of dig...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

I do too.

I don't remember what voting precinct this occurred but when R precinct watchers were ordered to leave and then the ballot shenanigans began. How can they order R precinct watcher to leave while D watchers remain? Who can order this and under what penalty if they don't? Call the cops?

Posted by: Cheri at August 25, 2023 12:31 PM (oiNtH)

135 Why are you making this about DeSantis?!?!!?"
Posted by: ace at August 25, 2023 12:27 PM (KRtlO)

I don't get that either.... I'm not a DeSantis fan or a Trump fan... Unfortunately the other choices we have are worse with the exception of Ramaswamy And the juries still out for me on Him

Posted by: It's me donna at August 25, 2023 12:31 PM (bs+z0)

136 I kinda take the ignorant lashing out at Ron as a proxy for anger at the Republicans in general ....

People are pissed that the GOP is doing jack shit about this:
Holding debates like all is normal.
Calling for investigations like all is normal.
Jockeying for TV soundbites in hearings like all is normal.
Going radio-silent and on the annual August vacay like all is normal.

Trump is the anti-GOP, the not-GOP.
Ron, as the 2nd place primary opponent--like it or not-- is viewed as the GOP. (NB, I did not say "GOPe")
So they're yelling stupid shit at Ron cause they don't know who else to yell at.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 25, 2023 12:31 PM (7ye/I)

137 95 If the Left succeeds in keeping Trump off the ballot, will SC be able to overturn that in time? Probably not.

Posted by: Iris at August 25, 2023 12:27 PM (n3DL0)

No standing.

Posted by: USSC at August 25, 2023 12:31 PM (KuG1T)

138 What about giving up? Should I give up?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 12:18 PM (LvTSG)

Is this about your garage door again?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 25, 2023 12:31 PM (xTRSc)

139 Who is "us" ?
Posted by: runner at August 25, 2023 12:29 PM (RA7Yy)
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Americans?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 25, 2023 12:31 PM (RIvkX)

140 Pro DeSantis People never sound like bots. They are thoughtful. Smarter. They know more. Never cult like.

And they support someone REAL who FIGHTS and makes GOOD HIRES.

Posted by: ... at August 25, 2023 12:32 PM (qS4hA)

141 114 Much as your pessimism drives me up the wall, I reluctantly have to agree on that point, after seeing what happened last year in Arizona. The red counties' best shot would be to release a little at a time, so they couldn't be accused of obstruction, and see if they can outlast the blue tumors.
Posted by: Dr. T at August 25, 2023 12:29 PM (bhRsz)

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I'm not black pilled about every election in the country. I'm black pilled about a certain subset of elections in states that should be winnable but aren't because the mechanisms of the elections have been handed over to people who know they can cheat for the Democrat Party and no one will even try to stop them.

Will Henry McMaster lose re-election in SC? Not even close. Will Fetterman continue to be held up as a quality candidate? You bet.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 12:32 PM (LvTSG)

142 Damn fine post, Ace.

And I love the mugshot. It makes me giggle.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at August 25, 2023 12:32 PM (6xRrr)

143 they are now saying that there are over 2000 children missing from t he school system. Some may have escaped but it seems likely that the worst is not yet known.
How is this not the most important story in the entire country. A school shooting would dominate the press for weeks.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 25, 2023 12:28 PM (t/2Uw)
***

Media will not let this become Biden's katrina moment.
And is absolutely should be.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 25, 2023 12:32 PM (hv9bm)

144 The trumpaloos make every Trump arrest about *DeSantis* and then when you point that out, they complain, "Why are you making this about DeSantis?!?!!?"
-----------
Kinda like NeverTrumpers giving Trump advice here.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at August 25, 2023 12:32 PM (krqg6)

145 87 >>>75 TLDR; "Trump arrested and booked, Desantis and Ace hardest hit."

The trumpaloos make every Trump arrest about *DeSantis* and then when you point that out, they complain, "Why are you making this about DeSantis?!?!!?"
Posted by: ace at August 25, 2023 12:27 PM (KRtlO)

Trumpaloos?

Oh Ace, Ace...

From the bottom of my heart, you're better than this.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at August 25, 2023 12:32 PM (xcxpd)

146 I say the same thing to these Fake Populist Ways of Knowing that I say to the Fake Minority Ways of Knowing: How about you just fucking look up the actual facts and attempt to present the actual facts accurately and truthfully instead of making shit up in your own stupid head and then demanding that other people accept your ignorant falsehoods as true because you have a special Identity Privilege entitling you to Your Own Truth?

I want to embroider this on a pillow.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 25, 2023 12:32 PM (aD39U)

147 How is this not the most important story in the entire country. A school shooting would dominate the press for weeks.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 25, 2023 12:28 PM (t/2Uw)

Because Dem failures cannot be anything but ignored. Another reason the politics of it sadly have to be discussed.

Posted by: Catherine at August 25, 2023 12:32 PM (ZSsrh)

148 "The Stache was one of the bright spots of the Bush years and I was excited to see him back in 2016."

Bolton was always a Deep State war monger. It's an easy schtick to be "the toughest guy in the room" when your actually just a pansy ass bureaucrat.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 25, 2023 12:32 PM (RqMSv)

149 A few short years ago Bolton, Cheney, and Bush were War Criminals.

Now they're perma guests on msm. Beloved.

Posted by: Not trying to be mean but... at August 25, 2023 12:32 PM (sUQQM)

150 Is there a mugshot baseball cap?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 25, 2023 12:32 PM (J2vNu)

151 "As a resident of Florida, DeSantis does have some measure of influence over events. However he has imho steered very clearly away from any involvement."

This makes no sense when you look at what RD has done in FL. His war on Disney and New College are examples of him taking the fight to the enemy.

Posted by: pawn at August 25, 2023 12:32 PM (wsHtO)

152 That's it. I'm voting for Trump. Don't care if he's in prison, or dead. The Republic is dead, there are no more logical arguments to the contrary.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at August 25, 2023 12:32 PM (MeG8a)

153 116 105 they are now saying that there are over 2000 children missing from t he school system. Some may have escaped but it seems likely that the worst is not yet known.
How is this not the most important story in the entire country. A school shooting would dominate the press for weeks.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 25, 2023 12:28 PM (t/2Uw)
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You should expect that 20% of Lahaina's population perished. Most will be children.

Posted by: Rick Dalton at August 25, 2023 12:32 PM (NsE9F)

154 Trump the Carpathian.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 25, 2023 12:32 PM (KbCG3)

155 >>There is supposedly caselaw to support this idea.

They are also required to preserve AND publish the ballots to allow for signature verification auditing.

They failed to do this.

Posted by: garrett at August 25, 2023 12:32 PM (jCyPS)

156 being governor of FL means everything !!

Posted by: JEB! at August 25, 2023 12:33 PM (us2H3)

157

"The high winds"

They knew about the fires at that point. They closed the schools because "high winds" and didn't tell the kids or parents.

They knew.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - To cheat with DeSantis they'll have to face themselves and admit they're soviet at August 25, 2023 12:27 PM

I've read in the corrupt media they were experiencing 'hurricane winds'. Which are not 'hurricane force' winds.

There was a hurricane in the area, is all. But 60 mph winds are not even close to the lowest hurricane force Cat 1.

Those utility poles blew down because of lack of inspection and replacement. Basic maintenance. I think I read the utilities stock took a dump harder then Bud Light.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 25, 2023 12:33 PM (enJYY)

158
Lots of idiots (on our "side") treat politics like stupid typical fans of professional sports. With their "my team" and "my favorite player" bullshit.

Team Cruz. Team Trump. Team Rammyswammy. Team Fuckface. Team Shithead.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 25, 2023 12:33 PM (jDEgK)

159 meatball closing on Trump

was 21 behind , now 39

in FL
Posted by: REDACTED at August 25, 2023 12:31 PM (us2H3)

I'll take things that aren't real for $200, Alex.

Posted by: Dr. T at August 25, 2023 12:33 PM (bhRsz)

160 There was really never a doubt Trump would, how you say... capitalize on his mugshot and the impotent outrage it generated.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 25, 2023 12:33 PM (Q4IgG)

161 Off Sock

Posted by: Pudinhead at August 25, 2023 12:33 PM (NsE9F)

162 138 What about giving up? Should I give up?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 12:18 PM (LvTSG)

Is this about your garage door again?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 25, 2023 12:31 PM (xTRSc)

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Listen, we're not about to flee the state just because the garage door is messed up.

I swear.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 12:33 PM (LvTSG)

163 87 You could, oh, I don't know, ignore them? The "Trumpaloos" I pay attention to aren't saying that, though I'm sure there are some r-tards on the site formally known as Twitter saying that. I just don't take them seriously. Give it a try, you'll live longer.

Honestly, you're just assmad because Desantis is collapsing currently in the polls. I understand, but it's not the end of the world. I like Desantis and would vote for him, but he's a better governor and should focus on that, since strong Governors will mean a whole lot more in the coming years, since the Feds are lost to "us."

It's all academic anyway - 2024 will be "fortified" just as before. The question is, what will the response to the "fortification" be when Biden's corpse gets sworn in?

Posted by: Dr. Titanium Whitey, J.D. at August 25, 2023 12:33 PM (i6shs)

164 I do not think there are any Marxists in the horde if that is what you inferred. Mary C.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 25, 2023 12:33 PM (RIvkX)

165 Being bought and paid for by a bunch of Qataris, I'm going to defer to Bolton on this one. He definitely knows a thug when he sees one.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 25, 2023 12:33 PM (KbCG3)

166 64 - "That's not who we are."

Posted by: Dr. Titanium Whitey, J.D. at August 25, 2023 12:34 PM (i6shs)

167 >>>Trumpaloos?
Oh Ace, Ace...
From the bottom of my heart, you're better than this.

I don't mean all Trump supporters, I mean his Very Special Internet-Based Supporters.

And yeah, they act like stupid thugs. They're guilty of Internet Wilding.

Posted by: ace at August 25, 2023 12:34 PM (KRtlO)

168 A Carpathian and 2 Corinthians walk into a bar...

Posted by: garrett at August 25, 2023 12:34 PM (jCyPS)

169 And they won't stop now.
Posted by: Diogenes at

The car they're driving doesn't even have brake lines in it.

Posted by: Not trying to be mean but... at August 25, 2023 12:34 PM (sUQQM)

170 143 Media will not let this become Biden's katrina moment.
And is absolutely should be.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 25, 2023 12:32 PM (hv9bm)

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The only reason Katrina was W's Katrina moment was because the media wanted to damage W, not because he had done anything wrong.

The media doesn't want to damage Biden, it's just that simple.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 12:34 PM (LvTSG)

171 You're welcome.
Posted by: Abe Lincoln
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Speaking of not smiling for photos or Daguerreotypes etc.

[Not a comment on the comment's validity.]

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at August 25, 2023 12:34 PM (krqg6)

172 They knew.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - To cheat with DeSantis they'll have to face themselves and admit they're soviet at August 25, 2023 12:27 PM (oZ23Y)

Of course they knew.
Was hearing from a buddy who lives in Oahu and they knew there was a huge problem that day. The only question then was how many were able to escape the fire.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 25, 2023 12:35 PM (hv9bm)

173 You know.

I really didn't want PDT to run again. I'm convinced he will not be allowed to win.

But fuck these assholes. I want him to run and I want him to win and I hope he learned a little about firing every fucking bureaucrat within a 500 mile radius of the swamp.

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at August 25, 2023 12:35 PM (A4itf)

174 Bolton the Washington grifter. No soul or conviction just in it for himself. And a very large turd he is.

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at August 25, 2023 12:35 PM (ytSiK)

175 Well the Neo-Coniving anti-Trump crowd do like Yiffing the conservative voter so yeah they're Furries.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 25, 2023 12:35 PM (aSsVk)

176 Trump is displaying what the Left always shows with rancid pride.

Defiance.

They don't know what to do with it. We have no one else like him and he will be sorely missed when he goes.

Posted by: ... at August 25, 2023 12:35 PM (qS4hA)

177 Team Cruz. Team Trump. Team Rammyswammy. Team Fuckface. Team Shithead.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 25, 2023 12:33 PM (jDEgK)

I'm on Team Monkey.

Posted by: spindrift at August 25, 2023 12:35 PM (pyXMr)

178 Yup! So appearently over 1000 people were killed in Lahania.
Posted by: ace at August 25, 2023 12:19 PM (KRtlO)

They are enjoying the blessings of Democrat-cy.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 25, 2023 12:35 PM (cpqqd)

179 I'm so old I remember when the blowback from the Mar-A-Lago raid was going to make Garland resign.

Posted by: blaster at August 25, 2023 12:35 PM (dWjpk)

180 >>> You could, oh, I don't know, ignore them? The "Trumpaloos" I pay attention to aren't saying that, though I'm sure there are some r-tards on the site formally known as Twitter saying that. I just don't take them seriously. Give it a try, you'll live longer.

So what you're suggesting is that I shouldn't take attacks on DeSantis seriously while you continue to fall to the fainting couch about any criticism of Trump or his more florid supporters, right?

How about YOU fucking ignore it and just let one or two bits of criticism of Trump and his passionate cretins pass for a single time?

I'm tired of the One Rule for Thee Another Rule for Me. I didn't like that under Rule by Leftist, and I don't like it any more when it's imposed by Trumpists.

Posted by: ace at August 25, 2023 12:36 PM (KRtlO)

181 Listen, we're not about to flee the state just because the garage door is messed up.

I swear.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 12:33 PM (LvTSG)

I thought you were going to try to stay on the south side of the border. So you're looking at the Old North State now?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at August 25, 2023 12:36 PM (xcxpd)

182 Do I think it is sad and alarming that hundreds of kids probably burned to death in Maui? I do. Apparently the local, state, and national governments do not.

Posted by: blaster at August 25, 2023 12:36 PM (dWjpk)

183 Larry Hogan states

anyone who wont criticize Trump needs to drop out

ex gov of maybe the shitiest shithole in the country

Posted by: REDACTED at August 25, 2023 12:37 PM (us2H3)

184 this sea of people who usually don't vote and are disengaged from politics, but who are NOW so angry that they'll finally come out to vote, just does not exist. Well, they exist, they're just not coming out to vote. We keep waiting for them to show up and they keep not showing up.

At some point we have to acknowledge there is no cavalry coming.

Posted by: ace
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Sorry ace, the is a ridiculous analysis of voting patterns. There has never been an incumbent that increased their vote, let alone by millions and lost.

But,it is a vote for Trump the destructor rather than GOP and is a personal affection. That drives GOP batty. No one gave one thin shit for either of the worthless GOP candidates in GA for Senate and Mitch made them walk the plank over the Covid relief checks. Same issue in 2022, the GOP purposefully shat on its own candidates in state after state and did absolutely nothing to quell illegal voting procedures disclosed in 2020.

The GOP needs to die, be made a skinsuit and dance for the people instead of the rotten Conservative TM elites.

Posted by: whig at August 25, 2023 12:37 PM (cXjiH)

185 >> Yup! So appearently over 1000 people were killed in Lahania.

"The important thing is the Development Opportunities we made along the way."

Posted by: garrett at August 25, 2023 12:37 PM (jCyPS)

186 I am the egg man
I am the egg man
I am the grifter

Posted by: John Skunkstache Bolton at August 25, 2023 12:37 PM (NtVYv)

187 I really didn't want PDT to run again. I'm convinced he will not be allowed to win.

But fuck these assholes. I want him to run and I want him to win and I hope he learned a little about firing every fucking bureaucrat within a 500 mile radius of the swamp.
Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at August 25, 2023 12:35 PM (A4itf)

This is the team I'm on.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at August 25, 2023 12:37 PM (xcxpd)

188 Pro DeSantis People never sound like bots. They are thoughtful. Smarter. They know more. Never cult like.

And they support someone REAL who FIGHTS and makes GOOD HIRES.

Posted by: ... at

Sharon smiles and throws a kiss.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 25, 2023 12:37 PM (t/2Uw)

189 181 I thought you were going to try to stay on the south side of the border. So you're looking at the Old North State now?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at August 25, 2023 12:36 PM (xcxpd)

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The houses we like in Fort Mill are just about $100,000 too expensive in general, while the houses in Waxhaw are much more appropriately priced.

It'll probably be NC, assuming the bank ever gets Dolley the offer letter. Recruiter promised it either last night or this morning, and it's no longer this morning. Dolley is not pleased.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 12:38 PM (LvTSG)

190
Remember when we were "winning" so much we'd get sick of winning?

Meanwhile, Trump is still living out his WWF fantasy reality TV show life and calling cris cristie a "fat pig" because that's helpful and productive. Trump really can't afford to continue making enemies because it amuses him.

But he will.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 25, 2023 12:38 PM (jDEgK)

191 DeSantis could call out the National Guard, and attack Georgia ... come on maaan.
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Texas can help too as the whole idea, I understand, behind having a U.S. Supreme Court was to stop the situation of the new self-governing States starting wars against each other over national policy differences.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at August 25, 2023 12:38 PM (krqg6)

192 >> Yup! So appearently over 1000 people were killed in Lahania.

"The important thing is the Development Opportunities we made along the way."
Posted by: garrett at August 25, 2023 12:37 PM (jCyPS)

The sacred waters were preserved, so we got that.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 25, 2023 12:38 PM (aD39U)

193 This Maui fire thing stinks like week old fish.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at August 25, 2023 12:38 PM (oWBc3)

194 177 Team Cruz. Team Trump. Team Rammyswammy. Team Fuckface. Team Shithead.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 25, 2023 12:33 PM (jDEgK)

I'm on Team Monkey.
Posted by: spindrift at August 25, 2023 12:35 PM (pyXMr)

Reminds me of when I was a young lad. We lived near a bowling alley and my parents signed my sister and me up for a kids league.

Our team was us two and three other boys. Guy running the league asks what we want our team name to be. We all start thinking of names six-year-old boys might find cool.

As we're thinking, my sister blurts out, "The Teddy Bears."

And that was our name for the season.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 25, 2023 12:38 PM (KbCG3)

195 What if red rural precincts and counties in PA simply refused to report their results until Pittsburgh and Philadelphia (et al) are COMPLETELY finished?

Don't have a go at me; it's just a thought, an idea.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at August 25, 2023 12:21 PM (f0XAF)

Because the scumbag DAs in PA will then start prosecuting them for some delay, while acting as if the deep blue countries have a legitimate reason to take days.

Without a just justice system, and a pussy Supreme Court, Democrats are free to do as they please.

Posted by: Rbastid at August 25, 2023 12:38 PM (dr50/)

196 DeSantis is not going to win because he keeps shooting himself in the dick. That said, some of the arguments against him are also equally stupid.

I swear some of the Pro-Trump attacks on DeSantis are AI bots because they're so incoherent.
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at August 25, 2023 12:20 PM (VTu1l)

DeSantis may not have any legal power in this situtation, but he does have a bully pulpit. He could use his prestige as Florida Governor to call out Georgia's Governor and Fani Willis as insane cunts. He could do that.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 25, 2023 12:39 PM (cpqqd)

197 I see your Trumpaloos and I raise you a DeSantshits

Posted by: ... at August 25, 2023 12:39 PM (qS4hA)

198 Apropos of nothing, but I'm sure it's no coincidence whatsoever that Trump's mugshot went viral 24 hours after the first presidential debate (a debate that just about everyone agrees DeSantis won or at least did very well in).

It's almost like both Trump and the Left have something to gain from that timing.

Posted by: Dr. T at August 25, 2023 12:39 PM (bhRsz)

199 Why did Seb Gourka get the boot from Trump?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 25, 2023 12:39 PM (xTRSc)

200 The Corrections Officer accepted a doctor's note certifying his weight. 215 lbs & 6'3" (my ass!) for the orange traitorade!

What? They didn't weigh him in Georgia? as usual, he isn't treated like everyone else. Sounds like a perjury charge could be brought. He’s nearer 300lbs, 6’ even, and balding with grey dyed fringe.

Well, "Strawberry blond" is what his Just For Men box is labeled.

Trump looks incredibly angry in the photo. That's the photo of him the Biden campaign should use for its ads.

That is a double edged sword. His voters and supporters were waiting for this so they could monetize. It can also bite us in the ass if we're not careful.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 25, 2023 12:39 PM (puYld)

201 >>I really didn't want PDT to run again. I'm convinced he will not be allowed to win.

Nobody that isn't on Team Uniparty will be allowed to win.

Ever again.

Posted by: garrett at August 25, 2023 12:39 PM (jCyPS)

202 174 Bolton the Washington grifter. No soul or conviction just in it for himself. And a very large turd he is.

Makes me wonder just _how_ dependent on a Land War in Asia Bolton's investment portfolio is.

Posted by: Rowsdower Believes Ray Epps is a Fed and Ashli Bennett is Crispus Attucks at August 25, 2023 12:39 PM (ws0IQ)

203 The houses we like in Fort Mill are just about $100,000 too expensive in general, while the houses in Waxhaw are much more appropriately priced.
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James, the imports priced up everything in the area. Take a look at Concord. You might like it.

Posted by: Pudinhead at August 25, 2023 12:39 PM (NsE9F)

204 And Ron took really shity, and probably politically fatal, advice when he decided to run.
Because there was no way he wasn't going to be tarred as the GOP choice by running against Trump.
To not be was just way too narrow a needle eye to thread.

Write all the, "but the GOPe hates him too!" you want.

But look at what Republican primary voters see. Mock them, hate them, mansplain to them, etc. all you want: Right or wrong, they see Ron as part of the GOPe.
It's a shame, because he's not. And he was in the catbird's seat to take over once Trump left the scene ...

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 25, 2023 12:39 PM (7ye/I)

205 195 Because the scumbag DAs in PA will then start prosecuting them for some delay, while acting as if the deep blue countries have a legitimate reason to take days.

Without a just justice system, and a pussy Supreme Court, Democrats are free to do as they please.
Posted by: Rbastid at August 25, 2023 12:38 PM (dr50/)

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The only way Pennsylvania fixes it's elections is if it chooses to. Voting harder in broken elections obviously doesn't work.

Showing up 100,000 strong in Philly, armed, might.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 12:39 PM (LvTSG)

206 144 The trumpaloos make every Trump arrest about *DeSantis* and then when you point that out, they complain, "Why are you making this about DeSantis?!?!!?"
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Kinda like NeverTrumpers giving Trump advice here.
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at August 25, 2023 12:32 PM (krqg6)
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Who are the "NeverTrumpers" here? The actual NT left in 2016. You really cannot describe people who supported him for 8 years, and voted for him twice, as "NeverTrump".

Posted by: Eeyore at August 25, 2023 12:39 PM (brAQZ)

207 179 I'm so old I remember when the blowback from the Mar-A-Lago raid was going to make Garland resign.
Posted by: blaster at August 25, 2023 12:35 PM (dWjpk)

Right? Hahahaha.

The National Security State is fully in charge, but I'll just spitball and guess within our (former) borders it is more widely hated than the Soviet Union or Nazi Germany were before it. These people are vicious and stupid, a dangerous combo in a nuclear age, but will be entrenched until the final curtain drops on this shithole.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at August 25, 2023 12:40 PM (KSNKu)

208 Clearly the City of Lahania did not hire enough refugees and illegals.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 25, 2023 12:40 PM (hv9bm)

209 Posted by: Equate at August 25, 2023 12:21 PM (BI4DZ)

There's that damned squeaking again.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 25, 2023 12:40 PM (cpqqd)

210 Out of a few news channels I watch it looks like the Maui fire is going away. What's a thousand missing?

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 25, 2023 12:30 PM (0EOe9)

Well, the Obama administration was willing to sacrifice a couple of hundred of their employees in Benghazi. A couple of guys ignored orders and fought back, sacrificing themselves to save the rest, and we *still* don't know anything about those couple of days over 10 years later. All we got was "What does it matter now?"

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 25, 2023 12:40 PM (nC+QA)

211 Sharon smiles and throws a kiss.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 25, 2023 12:37 PM (t/2Uw)

😘

Posted by: ... at August 25, 2023 12:40 PM (qS4hA)

212 INYMI, the vile Nicole Wallace was giddy as a schoolgirl "reporting" on this travesty of justice:

https://tinyurl.com/h964cua9

Posted by: DJ at August 25, 2023 12:40 PM (uosPt)

213 This overkill of using his mugshot will thrill the people who think Trump is the worst person to ever as President. The people who don't particularly like his personality but are knowledgeable enough to know about the crookedness of The Biden's probably say to themselves " What about the Biden's!!" And some conservatives whom I know-not me- are either putting out Trump flags or buying mechandise with this mug shot. I will have to say Trump is not cowed.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 25, 2023 12:40 PM (skZVy)

214 this sea of people who usually don't vote and are disengaged from politics, but who are NOW so angry that they'll finally come out to vote, just does not exist. Well, they exist, they're just not coming out to vote. We keep waiting for them to show up and they keep not showing up.

At some point we have to acknowledge there is no cavalry coming.

Posted by: ace at August 25, 2023 12:30 PM (KRtlO)

How can you say this?

DJT got 74mil votes. Look at his coalition.

How can you say this?

I just don't understand. It makes no sese. It is senseless. It's bizarre.

If one assumes Joe's 81mil were legit then millions and millions never-voters voted.

10's of millions.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 25, 2023 12:40 PM (QRo1G)

215 DeSantis has caught a bad case of Jeb. I wonder why?

Posted by: Pudinhead at August 25, 2023 12:41 PM (NsE9F)

216 203 The houses we like in Fort Mill are just about $100,000 too expensive in general, while the houses in Waxhaw are much more appropriately priced.
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James, the imports priced up everything in the area. Take a look at Concord. You might like it.
Posted by: Pudinhead at August 25, 2023 12:39 PM (NsE9F)

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We spent a weekend driving all over Charlotte. The combination of small-town feel and quality of the schools cut out a lot of areas while we still need to be at least reasonably drivable into the city.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 12:41 PM (LvTSG)

217 calling cris cristie a "fat pig" because that's helpful and productive.
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The Chris Christie faction is in fact worthless because they are Dems. Remember Chris hug of Obama prior to 2012 for his worthless response to Sandy. And Chris is indeed a fat pig.

Posted by: whig at August 25, 2023 12:41 PM (cXjiH)

218 sex offender regarding the lunatic sex-obsessed fame-chaser E. Jean Carroll and her risible claims of being raped, in her advanced years, by a man who plainly prefers younger women. B

If you don't believe he sexy raped me like a pirate captain from my favorite harlequin romance that you are a lying hater.

Also, does anyone know a good brand for batteries? Mine keep dying before I can get to page 89.

Posted by: E. Jean Carroll at August 25, 2023 12:41 PM (lc5cP)

219 Thanks, Ace. I know you have concerns about Trump's personality and decisions- which is understandable, but I appreciate you arguing against these completely partisan loons in the media.
P
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That might have sounded more sincere, Fen, if you didn't stick your tongue out at Ace at the end of your comment.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at August 25, 2023 12:41 PM (krqg6)

220 There was never a rationale for DeSantis to run in 24, none.

I mean, Trump is polling 20 points ahead of DeSantis in Florida, so, uhmm, yeah.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 25, 2023 12:28 PM (rc3Z7)

Respectfully I disagree.
As a practical matter, there needs to be an alternative in case they imprison Trump, or if he were to die.

And I don't mean either as a joke. There needs to be a plan B.

Another note, and something I've posted before. There is nothing wrong with a real primary. This notion that its bad to have one doesn't feel like it's been tested out, but more from a feelings side of "the science"

Posted by: Inogame at August 25, 2023 12:42 PM (53oGX)

221 "lies are lies"

Yes, I especially don't like being lied to (spun) by 'Our Side.' Don't spread lies. Check extraordinary claims before reposting them. Provide links, not just a jpg of a quote some source supposedly said. Don't spin.

Posted by: She Prescribed For gp To Attempt It Simply at August 25, 2023 12:42 PM (MvF+J)

222 The only way Pennsylvania fixes it's elections is if it chooses to. Voting harder in broken elections obviously doesn't work.

Showing up 100,000 strong in Philly, armed, might.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 12:39 PM (LvTSG)
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Concur.
And begin with a national boycott day.
And in every event...make every media outlet covering the event nervous as hell.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 25, 2023 12:42 PM (hv9bm)

223 >>If one assumes Joe's 81mil were legit then millions and millions never-voters voted.

You are assuming that Ballots Counted = Number of Voters.

We know that is not the case.

Posted by: garrett at August 25, 2023 12:42 PM (jCyPS)

224 What a fucking shame.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 25, 2023 12:42 PM (0FoWg)

225 In the 69 Bolton's mustache will tickle your ballsack.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 25, 2023 12:43 PM (Zz0t1)

226 NBC News @NBCNews

“It is deeply distressing to see that a child of immigrants, himself a person of color, would be lifting talking points from neo-Nazis,” one expert said of Vivek Ramaswamy.

Posted by: SMOD at August 25, 2023 12:43 PM (RHGPo)

227 DeSantis may not have any legal power in this situtation, but he does have a bully pulpit.

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Thankfully RDS is not afflicted with the Stockholm syndrome.

Posted by: runner at August 25, 2023 12:43 PM (RA7Yy)

228 180 - Dude, you are a raw nerve and its easy to trigger you. It's all politics, always has been.

Where, oh where did I say that The Donald is my Lord and Savior? Because Trump's ahead int he polls by 20+ points? I correctly noted that, right now, it's Trump (and his lickspittles) in the crosshairs of real jail time. It's like complaining you'll miss your soaps because NBC is covering Trump all day.

I also explicitly said its all academic anyway, since "fortification" is back on the menus, boys and transboys. That's precisely why I don't get into spats about Trump v. Vivek v. Desantis. It's a waste of C02. But why relitigate 2020 when we need to save our energy to not litigate 2024 when the Left five-finger discounts us again.

Posted by: Dr. Titanium Whitey, J.D. at August 25, 2023 12:43 PM (i6shs)

229 The only way Pennsylvania fixes it's elections is if it chooses to. Voting harder in broken elections obviously doesn't work.

Showing up 100,000 strong in Philly, armed, might.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 12:39 PM (LvTSG)

Stop. You're giving in to pathological sentiment.

This is about the GOP conspiring with the DEMs to stop DJT.

It's not about driving for actual insurrection.

DJT is destroying the GOP.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 25, 2023 12:43 PM (QRo1G)

230 Blow job Bolton.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at August 25, 2023 12:43 PM (UMF0j)

231 Dismal Disney Dispatch.

Florida's IG has been called in to investigate the actions of the former Reedy Creek board after a cursory audit revealed the board spent $2 million in public money on season passes for the board members to go to Disney or go to lavish hotels.

What is even worse Disney invoiced these expenditures.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 25, 2023 12:43 PM (aSsVk)

232 Now what is it you're angry about again?

I don't get it.

Posted by: Brunnhilde at August 25, 2023 12:43 PM (e0lfG)

233 a good caption for PDT's mugshot

“In the end, they're not coming after me. They're coming after you — and I'm just standing in their way.”

Posted by: m at August 25, 2023 12:43 PM (LdYi7)

234 199 Why did Seb Gourka get the boot from Trump?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 25, 2023 12:39 PM (xTRSc)

I heard it was because of 11 dimensional chess.

Posted by: blaster at August 25, 2023 12:44 PM (dWjpk)

235 Trump's mug shot is great, perfect...very Medigon gangsta

MAGA BABY ALL DAY LONG

Posted by: kallisto at August 25, 2023 12:44 PM (dCxaZ)

236 >> In the 69 Bolton's mustache will tickle your ballsack.

I, too, like my oatmeal lumpy.

Posted by: garrett at August 25, 2023 12:44 PM (jCyPS)

237 This is the team I'm on.

Same here. What I've seen transpire in the last dozen years or so makes me sick.
I'm in it for vengeance on a wide scale.

Posted by: Bosk of Port Kar at August 25, 2023 12:44 PM (VMFAF)

238 How disgusting. I knew that photo would be shortly forthcoming, and I still want to puke. Fuck this country. Down with it all.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 25, 2023 12:44 PM (0FoWg)

239 "Well, they exist, they're just not coming out to vote."

Silent Majority is Silent.

Posted by: She Prescribed For gp To Attempt It Simply at August 25, 2023 12:44 PM (MvF+J)

240 How can you say this?
Posted by: Thesokorus
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Advocates reply in rhetoric, never in dialectic. And when someone's own desires are at stake, you cannot call them a disinterested party.

It's all in the game of politics and if you want a friend in politics to alter what Harry Truman said about DC, "get a dog."

Posted by: whig at August 25, 2023 12:44 PM (cXjiH)

241 167 >>>Trumpaloos?
Oh Ace, Ace...
From the bottom of my heart, you're better than this.

I don't mean all Trump supporters, I mean his Very Special Internet-Based Supporters.

And yeah, they act like stupid thugs. They're guilty of Internet Wilding.
Posted by: ace at August 25, 2023 12:34 PM (KRtlO)
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Better for all of us to follow the advice of Elizabeth I and not make windows into men's souls.

I'm sick of how many on all sides are so easily triggered. It's a rotten feature of our age.

Posted by: Eeyore at August 25, 2023 12:45 PM (brAQZ)

242 I remember a Rush caller from Houston back in the 2016 primaries screeching about what a disgraceful poser of a Republican Trump was and the only way to save the country was if Ted Cruz was elected. And a big 'conservative' radio host effectively declared himself a never Trumper, later kinda making a mea culpa about it. But I'd bet dollars to donuts the bulk of these 2016 "Trump's no conservative!!!" zealots are now "Trump is the only way, Desantis is a phony traitor!!" kooks. A great rule of Rush's was to not get emotionally invested in any politician: there's too great a risk they will let you down. Believe in the philosophy, vote for the movement, conservatism. And if someone shows their not trustworthy, dump them. But always vote Republican because the alternative is always worse. Desantis supporters have valid reasons for supporting him and not Trump, but we don't want either of them trashed and will vote for who wins the primary. I suspect the TRUMP supporters now are as wrong about Desantis as the CRUZ supporters in 2016 were wrong about Trump...

Posted by: bearski at August 25, 2023 12:45 PM (Bhsk7)

243 You are assuming that Ballots Counted = Number of Voters.

We know that is not the case.
Posted by: garrett at August 25, 2023 12:42 PM (jCyPS)

That's why I said "assumed". I obv think the elections were rigged.

But on any assumption millions and millions of never-voters voted.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 25, 2023 12:45 PM (QRo1G)

244 229 Stop. You're giving in to pathological sentiment.

This is about the GOP conspiring with the DEMs to stop DJT.

It's not about driving for actual insurrection.

DJT is destroying the GOP.
Posted by: Thesokorus at August 25, 2023 12:43 PM (QRo1G)

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The GOPe has given over complete control of elections to Democrats who know they can now cheat without impunity. It started as a political matter, but the GOP's acquiescence to Democrat control in order to protect their slice of sex trafficking made them irrelevant in several states at levels necessary to win back governmental positions to undo changes.

No, we're post-legal. The only solutions are post-legal.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 12:45 PM (LvTSG)

245 I see your Trumpaloos and I raise you a DeSantshits

Posted by: ... at August 25, 2023 12:39 PM (qS4hA)

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You sound like another Listless Vessel.

;-)

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel at August 25, 2023 12:45 PM (f6UzA)

246 >>“It is deeply distressing to see that a child of immigrants, himself a person of color, would be lifting talking points from neo-Nazis,” one expert said of Vivek Ramaswamy.

Vivek Ramaswamy 2024: White Power

Posted by: garrett at August 25, 2023 12:45 PM (jCyPS)

247 If Trump is destroying the GOP, I say it's about time.
Take all the McCains the McConnells the McCarthys the Bushes and toss them in to a volcano for all I care. No one would miss them.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at August 25, 2023 12:45 PM (MeG8a)

248 I just don't understand. It makes no sese. It is senseless. It's bizarre.

If one assumes Joe's 81mil were legit then millions and millions never-voters voted.

10's of millions.
Posted by: Thesokorus at August 25, 2023 12:40 PM

If you're relying on the 10s of millions that didn't bother to vote in 2020 to save the Republic in 2024, you're going to be very disappointed.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 25, 2023 12:46 PM (puYld)

249 DJT is destroying the GOP
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FASTER HARDER

Posted by: ... at August 25, 2023 12:46 PM (qS4hA)

250 200 - Fat shamers. Tsk tsk.

Posted by: Dr. Titanium Whitey, J.D. at August 25, 2023 12:46 PM (i6shs)

251 Physics, man. Newton's third law. And no, by defending Trump, RDS will not be "protecting the Constitution ", as some might want to argue. There are, and he will find them, other more meaningful ways to do it.

Posted by: runner at August 25, 2023 12:46 PM (RA7Yy)

252 >>This is about the GOP conspiring with the DEMs to stop DJT.

See; Lindsay Graham's 2020 Abortion Bill

Posted by: garrett at August 25, 2023 12:46 PM (jCyPS)

253
I, too, like my oatmeal lumpy.
Posted by: garrett at August 25, 2023 12:44 PM (jCyPS)

I use a word that don't mean nuh'in like loopted.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 25, 2023 12:47 PM (Zz0t1)

254 Stacy Abrams is trending on Twitter.

Trump really should make a campaign video of all the Democrats challenging elections.

Elevator Charles
@coopsimms

Trump starts talking about Fani Willis. She claims that Trump basically has no right to challenge an election. But what about Stacy Abrams? What about Hillary Clinton? All these Democrats that challenged Trumps election?

FYI - here’s proof:

https://tinyurl.com/yswa9d5w

Posted by: redridinghood at August 25, 2023 12:47 PM (NpAcC)

255 You know who else was famous for his mustache…?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 25, 2023 12:47 PM (xTRSc)

256 >>>"Glad this week is over. I can;t stop thinking about the human tragedy in Hawaii when all anyone can talk about is the politics of it."

Well said. It's just absolutely horrific.

Posted by: Max Power at August 25, 2023 12:47 PM (q177U)

257 Trump mug shot > shirtless Putin riding a bear

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 25, 2023 12:47 PM (FVME7)

258
FASTER HARDER
Posted by: ... at August 25, 2023 12:46 PM (qS4hA)

Oh yeah baby.....

Posted by: Chasten Buttigieg at August 25, 2023 12:47 PM (Zz0t1)

259 There was never a rationale for DeSantis to run in 24, none.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 25, 2023 12:28 PM (rc3Z7)

There's a huge rational for DeSantis to run, because the Dems are going to work to make Trump ineligible, then what? President Christie?

DeSantis needs to be on the ballot and get a small amount of delegates in the primary, so he can make a claim to deserving the nomination if Trump can't run.

I think that's why for the most part he was quiet about Trump, he didn't insult him or really make a big deal, he dealt with Florida stuff.

But Trump couldn't see that, and saw DeSantis joining the race as a giant affront, and Trump went on the offensive, forcing a response.

Like it or not we need a solid 2nd candidate, because anything can happen to Trump, politically, legally, personally, but Trump had to try and torpedo that for his ego, but he feels if he isn't the nominee no one should be, since he's Trump First more than anything.

Posted by: Rbastid at August 25, 2023 12:47 PM (dr50/)

260 Bolton should spend his spare time starting rando wars instead of worrying about trump

Posted by: NC Kate at August 25, 2023 12:47 PM (an6os)

261 247 If Trump is destroying the GOP, I say it's about time.
Take all the McCains the McConnells the McCarthys the Bushes and toss them in to a volcano for all I care. No one would miss them.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at August 25, 2023 12:45 PM (MeG8a)

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We're at a point where the only Republican who will be allowed to win in AZ is a Republican that Cindy McCain approves of. Otherwise, the state GOP fights the candidate more than they fight Democrats.

That's a situation that has to be destroyed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 12:47 PM (LvTSG)

262 I'm hearing rumors Lena Hidalgo (Harris County Judge) is resigning. Anybody from Houston know anything about it?

Posted by: DanMan at August 25, 2023 12:47 PM (SPSUr)

263 The only way Pennsylvania fixes it's elections is if it chooses to. Voting harder in broken elections obviously doesn't work.

Showing up 100,000 strong in Philly, armed, might.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 12:39 PM (LvTSG)

How is that going to happen?

It's a great idea, but there are a million things that need to happen before that can happen. 100,000 armed citizens aren't just going to get up one day and descend on Philly. You have to identify sincere and willing patriots on the local level, get organized there, connect those local units to one another, establish secure communications, and form a whole series of contingency plans for what happens when you *do* show up in Philly.

PA and other states have done exactly (*checks notes*) none of that. If they want to do it in time to have an impact while it still matters, they'd better get started.

Posted by: Dr. T at August 25, 2023 12:48 PM (bhRsz)

264 the Stewart Swintons of the GOP are just gonna have to keep their fingers crossed

Posted by: REDACTED at August 25, 2023 12:48 PM (us2H3)

265 So there's an N-word for the rest of us now?

Posted by: Not too sure about the rules at August 25, 2023 12:48 PM (NBVIP)

266 I don't mean all Trump supporters, I mean his Very Special Internet-Based Supporters.

And yeah, they act like stupid thugs. They're guilty of Internet Wilding.

You have to pay a price if you want witticisms like Meatball and Meatwad. Only a select few can be that clever. Usually you have to go to a playground to get humor of that caliber.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 25, 2023 12:48 PM (I/Qkd)

267 Trump will win the primary easily, presuming he is breathing, which is a good thing because you know he would be sure to tank the nominee as best he could if he didn't.

So, I am still planning on voting for DeSantis in March in Alabama, after Trump has this sewn up, to at least position Ron for 2028, and then voting for Trump in the general because Fuck All Y'all is our state motto.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 25, 2023 12:48 PM (aD39U)

268 John Bolton sips penis by choice of the buck that has just plowed his wife. The circle of cuck.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 25, 2023 12:48 PM (17s+e)

269 @220

>>Respectfully I disagree.

Sure, why not.

Again, there are the way we would like things to be and there is the way things are.

I like DeSantis, he as done an adequate job as Governor, he should have stayed being the Governor of Florida, been Trumps biggest booster and supporter and parlayed that into a bigger things down the road.

Instead he listened to the Rove's and the McConelles whispering, THIS IS YOUR MOMENT, SEIZE IT!!!, into his ears.

He's an opportunist who has chosen poorly, his political career is effectively over, he'll finish out his term, head off to K-Street or The MIC or be fighting Scott and Rubio for a Senate Seat.

I'm sad at what could have been but will now never be.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 25, 2023 12:48 PM (rc3Z7)

270 Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at August 25, 2023 12:41 PM (krqg6)

LOL. I would never stick my tongue out at Ace. I'd do the adult thing and trip him as he goes down the stairs.

J/K Ace

It was actually some oddity of the stupid cell phone.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 25, 2023 12:48 PM (UJ4WJ)

271 If you're relying on the 10s of millions that didn't bother to vote in 2020 to save the Republic in 2024, you're going to be very disappointed.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 25, 2023 12:46 PM (puYld)

DJT got +74mil votes by mobilizing never-voters.

How else did he do it?

Seriously. How did ge get +74mil votes then?

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 25, 2023 12:48 PM (QRo1G)

272 But I'd bet dollars to donuts the bulk of these 2016 "Trump's no conservative!!!" zealots are now "Trump is the only way, Desantis is a phony traitor!!" kooks.
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Uh no. Lots of the People Who Knew Everything in 2016 about how Trump was going to lose badly to Hillaryand Trump is a Cult are right back on that train.

Try again.

Posted by: ... at August 25, 2023 12:48 PM (qS4hA)

273 You know who else was famous for his mustache…?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 25, 2023 12:47 PM (xTRSc)

That reverse mortgage guy?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 25, 2023 12:48 PM (Zz0t1)

274 TrUmP nEvEr sMiLeS iN pHoTos

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/
wiki/File

onald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at August 25, 2023 12:48 PM (r50XG)

275 The GOPe has given over complete control of elections to Democrats who know they can now cheat without impunity.

If you believe it, and I believe it ? Then who gives a shit about Trump or DeSantis or all the rest. It's all mental masturbation.

Posted by: Enjoy the Show at August 25, 2023 12:48 PM (CcBpl)

276 Showing up 100,000 strong in Philly, armed, might.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 12:39 PM (LvTSG)

This kind of happened in Virginia. To protest a bill that would restrict gun rights some 20,000 citizens showed up armed at the Capitol.

The bill did not end up passing due to one Democrat not supporting it. However, they did pass a very restrictive bill ensuring no armed mass would ever show up again at the Capitol. And the Democrat who stopped the bill has been defeated by a wacky Democrat. And that restriction law has not been overturned. So winning!

Posted by: blaster at August 25, 2023 12:48 PM (dWjpk)

277 >>We're at a point where the only Republican who will be allowed to win in AZ is a Republican that Cindy McCain approves of.

McCain was a cancer that State will never recover from.

Posted by: garrett at August 25, 2023 12:49 PM (jCyPS)

278 Our best hope is a wave election from people who are pissed off but are afraid to say so publicly. What the Left does to Trump can drive this.

Developing ...
Posted by: Ignoramus at August 25, 2023 12:27 PM (RqMSv)

I predict the dem candidate will get over 100 million ballots in his favor. It'll once again be unprecedented.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 25, 2023 12:49 PM (BdMk6)

279 The reaction of these leftist to Trump's mugshot being shown in TV sums up where we are at.

The left has lost its mind over this and it has blinded them to consequences of the Biden administration using the law to persecute a political opponent; they don't grasp that Biden has gone all dictator and unless this weaponization is stopped cold that it will metastasize into the political culture and eventually will get around to going after them.

This has gone so far off the deep end I am actually worried that some lunatic amped by all this is going to attempt to assassinate Trump. His Secret Service team must be going out of their minds with worry.

https://tinyurl.com/2u2k3dfj

Posted by: Lost In Space at August 25, 2023 12:49 PM (+ap8X)

280 You have to pay a price if you want witticisms like Meatball and Meatwad. Only a select few can be that clever. Usually you have to go to a playground to get humor of that caliber.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 25, 2023 12:48 PM (I/Qkd)

Thanks man.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 25, 2023 12:49 PM (QRo1G)

281 No, we're post-legal. The only solutions are post-legal.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 12:45 PM

How about we just vote harder? That sounds a lot easier and safer.

Posted by: Mainstream Republican voters at August 25, 2023 12:49 PM (puYld)

282 The template is down, now mugshots are "precedented", too.

Posted by: t-bird at August 25, 2023 12:49 PM (ptElO)

283 I think it's totally normal for party apparatchiks in government to arrest the front runner of the opposition party, who happens to also be the former president of the country.

Definitely not banana republic type stuff.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at August 25, 2023 12:49 PM (mj0Qp)

284 TrUmP nEvEr sMiLeS iN pHoTos

https://is.gd/RWj4PL

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at August 25, 2023 12:49 PM (r50XG)

285 263 PA and other states have done exactly (*checks notes*) none of that. If they want to do it in time to have an impact while it still matters, they'd better get started.
Posted by: Dr. T at August 25, 2023 12:48 PM (bhRsz)

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I'm not saying it's going to happen.

I'm saying that it will do more to fix elections that voting.

PA should get on that. Instead, they will either choose to live their lives in a hellhole increasingly made worse because their suffrage has been denied them, or they will flee the state.

What is much more likely to happen is that over the next 2 decades, population migrations will greatly remake the fake of American politics into something...else where PA isn't that important.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 12:49 PM (LvTSG)

286 Buddy in Hawaii just sent me a great photo.
Its on a sign for Hawaiian Rent All.
It says:
SORRY YOU ALMOST LOST YOUR 67 CORVETTE IN A FIRE MR PRESIDENT MAUI STRONG!

Excellent!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 25, 2023 12:50 PM (hv9bm)

287 If you're relying on the 10s of millions that didn't bother to vote in 2020 to save the Republic in 2024, you're going to be very disappointed.
Posted by: Moron Analyst
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You would actually be wrong. One of the indicators of political trouble is actually exceedingly high voter participation rates in countries. Basically, a bad enough situation mobilizes apathetic voters to seek a change, any change.

But, the traditional GOP playbook for decades has been winning low turnout elections with base v. base voting. Neither the Dems, nor the GOP wanted unreliable voters to turn out. Now, the Dems have figured out how to make that turnout illusionary by manufacturing ballots and manipulating voter history to create the paper trail post hoc. The GOP is still stuck on stupid.

Posted by: whig at August 25, 2023 12:50 PM (cXjiH)

288 Because the national press is concerned with pushing narratives that interest its benefactors, one of which is gun control.

The Maui fires push nothing they're interested in, so they give a minimum response of "global warming" before moving on.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 12:30 PM (LvTSG)

Major media sites have actually had more stories about 12 children who went missing in a river in West Africa, than ive seen about Hawaii. It's now a disgraceful and corrupt coverup to protect Democrats.

The media, and the left, have decided that Biden and their own egos are at least more important that 1,000 dead children (or 2,000 if these numbers sadly hold true)

Posted by: Rbastid at August 25, 2023 12:50 PM (dr50/)

289 The GOPe has given over complete control of elections to Democrats who know they can now cheat without impunity.

If you believe it, and I believe it ? Then who gives a shit about Trump or DeSantis or all the rest. It's all mental masturbation.

And why would anything change in '28?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 25, 2023 12:50 PM (I/Qkd)

290 It's strange, isn't it, how Trump has been out of office for 3 years, and yet no one indicted him on any of these bullshit charges until the primary season began.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at August 25, 2023 12:50 PM (mj0Qp)

291 DJT got +74mil votes by mobilizing never-voters.

How else did he do it?

Seriously. How did ge get +74mil votes then?
Posted by: Thesokorus at August 25, 2023 12:48 PM (QRo1G)

Shocks me how many people act like this didn't happen.

I'd be OK moving on from Trump but mobilizing voters is not his weakness.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 25, 2023 12:50 PM (KbCG3)

292 This has gone so far off the deep end I am actually worried that some lunatic amped by all this is going to attempt to assassinate Trump. His Secret Service team must be going out of their minds with worry.

I doubt the secret service team assigned to Kennedy lost much sleep.

Posted by: Enjoy the Show at August 25, 2023 12:50 PM (CcBpl)

293 Speaking of not smiling for photos or Daguerreotypes etc.

[Not a comment on the comment's validity.]
Posted by: andycanuck
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Accused (by Douglas, I think) of being two faced, Lincoln responded, “If I Had Another Face, Do You Think I'd Wear This One?”

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 25, 2023 12:50 PM (VG0cN)

294 Is there anything more condescending you can say to someone than "you're better than this"?

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at August 25, 2023 12:50 PM (9PkiC)

295 Trump needs to make extra sure his plane isn't serviced by the same mechanics that worked on the Wagner Group's plane.

Posted by: brak at August 25, 2023 12:50 PM (25k9m)

296 If you believe it, and I believe it ? Then who gives a shit about Trump or DeSantis or all the rest. It's all mental masturbation.
Posted by: Enjoy the Show at August 25, 2023 12:48 PM (CcBp

Jesus Mary and Joseph because DJT is the anti-GOP candidate?

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 25, 2023 12:50 PM (QRo1G)

297 “In the end, they're not coming after me. They're coming after you — and I'm just standing in their way.”
Posted by: m at August 25, 2023 12:43 PM (LdYi7)

*looks at J6 political prisoners*

*looks at lawyers co-indicted for giving legal advice*

Good job!

Posted by: Dr. T at August 25, 2023 12:50 PM (bhRsz)

298 275 The GOPe has given over complete control of elections to Democrats who know they can now cheat without impunity.

If you believe it, and I believe it ? Then who gives a shit about Trump or DeSantis or all the rest. It's all mental masturbation.
Posted by: Enjoy the Show at August 25, 2023 12:48 PM (CcBpl)

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I don't care. I'll engage on arguments for and against both candidate, but ultimately it's a fight for second place.

There is one candidate who takes vote fraud seriously: Joe Biden.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 12:50 PM (LvTSG)

299 Posted by: ... at August 25, 2023 12:39 PM (qS4hA)

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BTW, was searching recently for an old comment from a couple months back and came across one of your responses to yet another hyperbolic comment from me where you called me an "Overimaginative Scamp."

Dude, nail meet head -- I love it! I've got to add that to my nic, and it would make a fitting epitaph on my grave.

[BTW, since I was young I always said my epitaph would be "Someday ..." because I'm forever saying things like "Someday I'll do this, and someday I'll see that." It's a running jokey with wifey whenever we're watching a movie or TV show scene in a beautiful location, I always say "Someday ... we'll go there!"]

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at August 25, 2023 12:51 PM (f6UzA)

300 Vivek Ramaswamy 2024: White Power

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Misread it as "White Powder" for some reason.

Posted by: runner at August 25, 2023 12:51 PM (RA7Yy)

301 Some of my views align with what is popular, stopping the flow of illegal immigrants is very popular with something like 70%+ of the US citizens for example. This position is slurred by the establishment of both parties as 'Populist' and gets traction among a surprisingly small percentage of our elected representatives for some reason. And the GOP and their sycophants at NR don't understand why the R base is fed up with them.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 25, 2023 12:51 PM (fs1hN)

302
McCain was a cancer that State will never recover from.
Posted by: garrett at August 25, 2023 12:49 PM (jCyPS)

Nor the funeral.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 25, 2023 12:51 PM (Zz0t1)

303 The fight between DeSantis and Trump boils down to who'll be first loser.

If they both run, DeSantis as the GOP candidate and Trump as... whatever... I'm betting Trump comes in at #2 with DeSantis or whoever the GOP offers up to the left a very distant 3rd.

Even with one or the other out of the picture they'll still lose to the Democrat's 100M ballots.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 25, 2023 12:51 PM (Q4IgG)

304 Actually maybe America did get tired of winning

Posted by: ... at August 25, 2023 12:51 PM (qS4hA)

305 244 - "No, we're post-legal. The only solutions are post-legal."

As I've long said, each and every "Legitimate Avenue of Consequence" (TM) is being closed off to us. When that happens, it only leaves only the "Illegitimate" ones.

Posted by: Dr. Titanium Whitey, J.D. at August 25, 2023 12:51 PM (i6shs)

306 Maui County is suing Hawaiian Electric for their shit power lines that were not maintained/replaced. Yes, but...the Maui County's Emergency Manager (who resigned) is also a major contributor to this shit storm as is Governor Climate Change.

I read a story yesterday about how one family survived by swerving their car around police barricades and high-tailing it out of there.

Posted by: Cheri at August 25, 2023 12:51 PM (oiNtH)

307 That's a situation that has to be destroyed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 12:47 PM (LvTSG)

I came to that conclusion with McDaniel/Cochran in 2014. The depths that McConnell and Barbour sank to in that race pulled the scales from my eyes.

They always hated us. They always loved Dems. That's it, and no more to it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 25, 2023 12:51 PM (0FoWg)

308 McCain was a cancer that State will never recover from.
Posted by: garrett at August 25, 2023 12:49 PM

And this is why no one supports you Trumpers! So gauche, badmouthing a Republican hero before his funeral has even concluded!!!

Posted by: NRO at August 25, 2023 12:51 PM (puYld)

309 You would actually be wrong. One of the indicators of political trouble is actually exceedingly high voter participation rates in countries.

Oh yeah, whig. Once the coups start, voting your way out of the coup is a real thing. You betcha'.

Posted by: Enjoy the Show at August 25, 2023 12:51 PM (CcBpl)

310 McCain was a cancer that State will never recover from.
Posted by: garrett
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She is feeling the pain though as a Transheuser Busch distributor spawn. She is in Italy living her best life as ambassador. Meghan has become a celebrity and the McCain machine is rotting in AZ as is his corpse.

Posted by: whig at August 25, 2023 12:52 PM (cXjiH)

311 Fucking brilliant - Babylon Bee

"Fulton County Releases First Official Portrait Of The 47th President Of The United States"

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at August 25, 2023 12:52 PM (8Ta2Y)

312 "Never give up, never surrender" worked in Galaxy Quest

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 25, 2023 12:52 PM (BqPUE)

313 289 And why would anything change in '28?
Posted by: Archimedes at August 25, 2023 12:50 PM (I/Qkd)

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Because, maybe, the people will get tired of having their votes stolen from them and do...something.

I'm not betting on it, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 12:52 PM (LvTSG)

314 Shocks me how many people act like this didn't happen.

I'd be OK moving on from Trump but mobilizing voters is not his weakness.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 25, 2023 12:50 PM (KbCG3)

It's very unsettlung tonme. Ngl.

Like something strange and ominous js in the background I am unaware of.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 25, 2023 12:52 PM (QRo1G)

315 Today is the 3rd Anniversary of The Kenosha Hat Trick.

Posted by: garrett at August 25, 2023 12:52 PM (jCyPS)

316 This kind of happened in Virginia. To protest a bill that would restrict gun rights some 20,000 citizens showed up armed at the Capitol.

The bill did not end up passing due to one Democrat not supporting it. However, they did pass a very restrictive bill ensuring no armed mass would ever show up again at the Capitol. And the Democrat who stopped the bill has been defeated by a wacky Democrat. And that restriction law has not been overturned. So winning!
Posted by: blaster at August 25, 2023 12:48 PM (dWjpk)

So they should have another armed demonstration and this time actually be willing to use their weapons.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 25, 2023 12:52 PM (BdMk6)

317 meatball is a listless vessel for Rove inc to get rid of Trump

as soon as that is accomplished, they can go back to backing dems

Posted by: REDACTED at August 25, 2023 12:53 PM (us2H3)

318 FYI - here’s proof:

https://tinyurl.com/yswa9d5w
Posted by: redridinghood at August 25, 2023 12:47 PM (NpAcC)

Yes! Because calling Dems out in hypocrisy always works!

They do not care. This is not a case about facts it is a case about power. They all are.

Posted by: blaster at August 25, 2023 12:53 PM (dWjpk)

319 It's all mental masturbation.

in many ways, this is the story of all online debates

Posted by: brak at August 25, 2023 12:53 PM (25k9m)

320 I was kinda hoping for a Scooter Libby style shit-eating smirk, but the lean-in threatening face is pretty good.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 25, 2023 12:53 PM (t0OGg)

321 Update: Biden immediately began fundraising of the Trump booking, just to prove that this absolutely, 100% a coordinated political operation.
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And everyone is shocked.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 25, 2023 12:53 PM (t0OGg)

322 Glower/Swarma'24!

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 25, 2023 12:53 PM (aD39U)

323 If Trump wasn't afraid of DeSantis, he wouldn't be boosting every other contender9except for Pence and Christy). He gave kudos to Ramaswamy yesterday.
Apparently accepting a Soros scholarship when he was already a millionaire is okay for Ramaswamy.
Apparently it is okay to prohibit selling military hardware to Israel.
More to come as Ramaswamy moves into second place.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 25, 2023 12:54 PM (t/2Uw)

324 Today is the 3rd Anniversary of The Kenosha Hat Trick.

Posted by: garrett at August 25, 2023 12:52 PM (jCyPS)

Had to look that one up.

Long Live Kyle!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 25, 2023 12:54 PM (Zz0t1)

325 This kind of happened in Virginia. To protest a bill that would restrict gun rights some 20,000 citizens showed up armed at the Capitol.

The bill did not end up passing due to one Democrat not supporting it. However, they did pass a very restrictive bill ensuring no armed mass would ever show up again at the Capitol. And the Democrat who stopped the bill has been defeated by a wacky Democrat. And that restriction law has not been overturned. So winning!
Posted by: blaster at August 25, 2023 12:48 PM (dWjpk)

It wasn't showing up at the capitol that made a difference. It was all the counties and municipalities declaring themselves 2A sanctuaries, to the point that the law couldn't have been enforced outside of the blue hives.

I'll say it again: get organized. First on the local level, then build upwards from there. That's how you do things, not by a one-and-done demonstration.

Posted by: Dr. T at August 25, 2023 12:54 PM (bhRsz)

326 Morning.

The coffee is the life.

New Atlas: Waste coffee grounds make concrete 30% stronger

https://tinyurl.com/ym32jmjx

Posted by: Robert at August 25, 2023 12:54 PM (vB/Z7)

327 Trump is showing that he's not ashamed of these new phony indictments. I know it makes Jake Tapper very angry, but we on the right no longer respect the authority of your politicized, Stasi-fied rotten, criminal institutions, and we are not awed, not even slightly impressed by their pronouncements.
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Nailed it. Fuck 'em.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 25, 2023 12:54 PM (t0OGg)

328 It was actually some oddity of the stupid cell phone.
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Yes, my friend.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at August 25, 2023 12:54 PM (krqg6)

329 Jesus Mary and Joseph because DJT is the anti-GOP candidate?

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 25, 2023 12:50 PM (QRo1G)

If the game is rigged, by both the GOP and DNC ? Like the last one ? Then who cares ? Well, obviously, certain folks care. But that's the same folks that say "you have to play good enough to overcome the rigged officiating".

If the officiating is rigged, then the game is rigged. End of story.

Posted by: Enjoy the Show at August 25, 2023 12:54 PM (CcBpl)

330 Remember that movie "All The Right Moves" with Brian Dennehy, Tom Cruise, and Goldie Hawn? That's Trump: he keeps making all the right moves.

Right?

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 25, 2023 12:54 PM (oeozt)

331 As I've long said, each and every "Legitimate Avenue of Consequence" (TM) is being closed off to us. When that happens, it only leaves only the "Illegitimate" ones.
Posted by: Dr. Titanium Whitey, J.D. at August 25, 2023 12:51 PM

We can always surrender. Surrender works 100% of the time, ans the Dems promise to only decimate us. When Michelle Obama runs for POTUS in 2028, we can embrace the courageous words of C3PO to "let the Wookie win".

Posted by: The Bulwark at August 25, 2023 12:54 PM (puYld)

332 311 Fucking brilliant - Babylon Bee

"Fulton County Releases First Official Portrait Of The 47th President Of The United States"
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at August 25, 2023 12:52 PM (8Ta2Y)

46th.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 25, 2023 12:54 PM (9UlRk)

333 Pita/Shawarma 2024!

Posted by: runner at August 25, 2023 12:55 PM (RA7Yy)

334 this sea of people who usually don't vote and are disengaged from politics, but who are NOW so angry that they'll finally come out to vote, just does not exist. Well, they exist, they're just not coming out to vote. We keep waiting for them to show up and they keep not showing up.

At some point we have to acknowledge there is no cavalry coming.

Posted by: ace at August 25, 2023 12:30 PM (KRtlO)

I think there is, but due to the balkanization we've started, it doesn't matter.

If Conservatives keep fleeing to conservative states, and the government keeps manipulating numbers to protect Congressmen/ Electoral votes in Blue states, it doesn't do shit.

The northern flee to south only works if we spread out enough to make GA, NC, and some out west like AZ and NV, solid Red. if everyone moves to FL and Texas, it doesn't do shit.

Also gotta rember that every year we add how many thousands of kids of illegals, who turn 18, in to voters, and that just adds to the Dem numbers.

Posted by: Rbastid at August 25, 2023 12:55 PM (dr50/)

335 Even with one or the other out of the picture they'll still lose to the Democrat's 100M ballots.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

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Things start getting very tricky as to regime legitimacy when you do that kind of outright fraud. Ultimately, to pull it off, you have to have at least the acquiescence of the majority because other than welfare drones, the rest of the population realizes that the elections are meaningless.

Looking an internal unrest from a comparative perspective, fraudulent elections are right up there at the top of the chain at causing internal unrest.

Posted by: whig at August 25, 2023 12:55 PM (cXjiH)

336 Remember that movie "All The Right Moves" with Brian Dennehy, Tom Cruise, and Goldie Hawn? That's Trump: he keeps making all the right moves.

Right?
Posted by: Soothsayer at August 25, 2023 12:54 PM (oeozt)

You're thinking of Taps.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 25, 2023 12:55 PM (aD39U)

337 "New Atlas: Waste coffee grounds make concrete 30% stronger"

So do I just sprinkle them on my driveway?

Posted by: She Prescribed For gp To Attempt It Simply at August 25, 2023 12:55 PM (MvF+J)

338 meatball may have been the favorite in 2028 but he has pissed that away

good job, Rob

Posted by: REDACTED at August 25, 2023 12:55 PM (us2H3)

339 266 How about "Meatblob?"

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 25, 2023 12:55 PM (xTRSc)

340 204
....
But look at what Republican primary voters see. Mock them, hate them, mansplain to them, etc. all you want: Right or wrong, they see Ron as part of the GOPe.
It's a shame, because he's not. And he was in the catbird's seat to take over once Trump left the scene ...
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 25, 2023 12:39 PM (7ye/I)
_____
I fear you may be right. Like Scott Walker, who was in fact an excellent governor, and who stood up to vicious leftists more than anyone I know of (including Trump). But he'll never be President.

I'd rather it not be Trump, but I expect to vote for him.

BTW, note that Paul Gottfried took the same view earlier this week in his AG column. But I guess now HE's a cuck.

Posted by: Eeyore at August 25, 2023 12:55 PM (brAQZ)

341 There is one candidate who takes vote fraud seriously: Joe Biden.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 12:50 PM (LvTSG

It is the GOP dude. They want the cheating.

A candidate can't stop that.

The only thing is to get the GOP to wrap things up.

That's what DJT is doing.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 25, 2023 12:56 PM (QRo1G)

342 And what the hell kind of background is that for a mug shot anyway? Are they outsourcing to a local school photograph joint down there now? And why the holy piss is a mugshot side-lit? Am i taking crazy pills?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 25, 2023 12:56 PM (9UlRk)

343 At some point we have to acknowledge there is no cavalry coming.

there is, but it's coming over the border from Mexico, and it ain't our cavalry

Posted by: brak at August 25, 2023 12:57 PM (25k9m)

344 osted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at August 25, 2023 12:51 P

LOL omg

Posted by: ... at August 25, 2023 12:57 PM (qS4hA)

345 Bolton said, "I thought it was carefully staged. They must have thought about what look they wanted. He could have smiled. He could have looked benign. Instead, he looks like a thug. I think it's intended to be a sign of intimidation against the prosecutors and judges. That's what they picked, and we'll see that picture everywhere."
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There was a time when I might have been inclined to listen to John Bolton's opinion on something. He and his establishment power 'stache had their time.

That time came to end when, in the wake of the Trump victory, it was revealed that he was not only a whore, but a whore so cheap that it is genuinely and legitimately laughable. You could buy John Bolton for ten grand. When I learned that *I* - just a normal W-2 wage-earning schmuck with a modicum of fiscal discipline could afford to buy John Bolton, I lost any and all tolerance for him.

The dude sells his political cornhole on the regular for the Washington, DC equivalent of a ham sandwich.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 25, 2023 12:57 PM (t0OGg)

346 Trump surrendered to Fulton County officials.

Minutes later he tweets Never Surrender?

Posted by: Not trying to be mean but... at August 25, 2023 12:57 PM (sUQQM)

347 283 - Hey, at least they're not calling anyone "groomers" when they do it, right?

Posted by: Dr. Titanium Whitey, J.D. at August 25, 2023 12:57 PM (i6shs)

348

I hope Trump ends up in my cell! I'll rock his world!

Posted by: Chickenhead Bob at August 25, 2023 12:57 PM (/Rqse)

349 Posted by: Dr. Titanium Whitey, J.D. at August 25, 2023 12:43 PM (i6shs)

All these posters who've never been here before telling Ace how to run his 20 year old blog. They probably don't even know about the Israeli tank in the mud.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 25, 2023 12:57 PM (FD5dr)

350 But I'd bet dollars to donuts the bulk of these 2016 "Trump's no conservative!!!" zealots are now "Trump is the only way, Desantis is a phony traitor!!" kooks.
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Uh no. Lots of the People Who Knew Everything in 2016 about how Trump was going to lose badly to Hillaryand Trump is a Cult are right back on that train.

Try again.
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Not talking about "Lots of the People Who Knew Everything in 2016". I'm talking about the "Cruz is the only way; we are the only pure verified conservatives!" people in 2016. Who eventually acknowledged that Trump was pretty great, while the rest of us were glad for any non-uniparty candidate winning, Cruz or Trump, etc. Maybe the "Trump is the only way; we are the only pure conservatives!" of 2023 can take a breath, support who they like, but not trash someone who's clearly on our side (or as clearly as Trump is) in the meantime.

Posted by: bearski at August 25, 2023 12:57 PM (Bhsk7)

351 167 >>>Trumpaloos?
Oh Ace, Ace...
From the bottom of my heart, you're better than this.

I don't mean all Trump supporters, I mean his Very Special Internet-Based Supporters.

And yeah, they act like stupid thugs. They're guilty of Internet Wilding.
Posted by: ace at August 25, 2023 12:34 PM (KRtlO)

The internet as current constituted is rife with such actions.
Are Trump supporters just supposed to cede that ground to others?
I mean, since 2015 Trump has been relentlessly attacked from every angle. It's been exposed that most if not all have been complete To the degree that I've seen extremely smart and respected bloggers mention that he's possibly brought this on himself.

I don't like it either, the win at all costs mentality is unhealth and unethical.
Whom has been held accountable in the past 7 years?
Oh no one? Why should the ground be ceded?

Posted by: Inogame at August 25, 2023 12:57 PM (53oGX)

352 I read this morning that officials in Maui are trying to enforce a "media blackout".
No different than the Russians did with Chernobyl.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at August 25, 2023 12:57 PM (MeG8a)

353 Trump is showing that he's not ashamed of these new phony indictments. I know it makes Jake Tapper very angry, but we on the right no longer respect the authority of your politicized, Stasi-fied rotten, criminal institutions, and we are not awed, not even slightly impressed by their pronouncements.

Trump can (somewhat) afford not to care. All his supporters being dragged through the court can't, and serve as a warning to any others that challenge established authority in the future. We may see the system is corrupt and not acknowledge it as just, but that won't stop it from imprisoning any of us, at any time, for any reason.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 25, 2023 12:57 PM (puYld)

354 The northern flee to south only works if we spread out enough to make GA, NC, and some out west like AZ and NV, solid Red. if everyone moves to FL and Texas, it doesn't do shit.

Same reply as yesterday, regarding the kid and mom that needed money. Somebody noted "if we don't charge the father, then the rest of us will have to support them".

Never, in thought, is the idea that "no, just let them do without". Same with your thought. If everybody Red just moves to FL and TX ? Then just leave, entirely. They'll make new flags, with two less stars.

Posted by: Enjoy the Show at August 25, 2023 12:58 PM (CcBpl)

355 So do I just sprinkle them on my driveway?
Posted by: She Prescribed For gp To Attempt It Simply at August 25, 2023 12:55 PM (MvF+J)

Yes, during winter.

Posted by: Robert at August 25, 2023 12:58 PM (vB/Z7)

356 >>"New Atlas: Waste coffee grounds make concrete 30% stronger"

I am gonna press X to doubt on this one.

Organic Matter as an additive? Not buying it.

Posted by: garrett at August 25, 2023 12:58 PM (jCyPS)

357 Trump created a wave in 2016 and a bigger one in 2020. It'll be bigger still in 2024. And he will be the candidate so long as he's alive.

The fraud to overcome this will be so obvious that our government will lose all legitimacy. As will Media. With an economy under huge strains and possible wars abroad.

America is a fine place, and worth fighting for. I used to believe the first part; I still believe the second.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 25, 2023 12:58 PM (RqMSv)

358 I'm hearing rumors Lena Hidalgo (Harris County Judge) is resigning. Anybody from Houston know anything about it?

Posted by: DanMan at August 25, 2023 12:47 PM (SPSUr)

Saw that rumor on Twitter yesterday, there was a video clip of Hidalgo but I didn't watch it.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 25, 2023 12:58 PM (nC+QA)

359 This busty brunette is not surprised - but she is falling out of her tight clothing:
https://is.gd/u6fwR1

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 25, 2023 12:58 PM (t0OGg)

360 I like this DeSantis fellow. I believe he's going places.

Posted by: Karl "The Architect" Rove at August 25, 2023 12:58 PM (flINI)

361 the head of Black Voices for Trump is being held without bond for directly confronting Ruby Freeman, the operative who openly bragged on instagram about "fortifying" the election.

Posted by: kallisto at August 25, 2023 12:58 PM (dCxaZ)

362 ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at August 25, 2023 12:51 P

What was your original comment?

Posted by: ... at August 25, 2023 12:59 PM (qS4hA)

363 Both Jeb! and Walker loudly and defiantly staked out a position that was opposed by 70% of the Republican base and probably more of the primary voters. I can not think of anything that DeSantis has done that comes close to that. He will be back in 2028.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 25, 2023 12:59 PM (aD39U)

364 If Trump is abandoned and allowed to go down like this, the same will happen to the next candidate, unless he or she plays ball. This is a warning.
Relatedly, I wish that the other Republican candidates would be more vocal about stating that there was serious fraud, facilitated by the anti-COVID measures, that very likely affected the result of the 2020 elections. This cannot be repeated often enough and all I hear is silence.

Posted by: PG at August 25, 2023 12:59 PM (84jHt)

365 If the game is rigged, by both the GOP and DNC ? Like the last one ? Then who cares ? Well, obviously, certain folks care. But that's the same folks that say "you have to play good enough to overcome the rigged officiating".

If the officiating is rigged, then the game is rigged. End of story.
Posted by: Enjoy the Show at August 25, 2023 12:54 PM (CcBpl)

No. no. No.

DJT is taking out the GOP.

Why can't ppl ser this. It is so blatantly obvious to me.

DJT has been a train aimed at the GOP since early in his first term. When they betrayed him and he saw what had to happen.

We have to take out the GOP and it is happening.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 25, 2023 12:59 PM (QRo1G)

366 359 This busty brunette is not surprised - but she is falling out of her tight clothing:
https://is.gd/u6fwR1
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 25, 2023 12:58 PM (t0OGg)

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Desecrating the flag as liner in her jean shorts.

3/10

Would not bang.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 12:59 PM (LvTSG)

367 Ace, Stew Peters is a total POS.
He IS controlled opposition. Two days ago he was railing against Trump for not admitting Operation Warpspeed, lockdowns, etc., were a total failure (saw him on Bitchute, but I believe his programs air on Rumble).
He rambled on and on, ragging on Trump. Two days later he is bitching about DeSantis, and with no point, his remarks are absurd, he makes himself look like a midwit even saying what he did.
I've commented here many times about the problems I have with Trump, so I'm not a Trump supporter per se.
When I see a so-called conservative railing against both Trump and DeSantis it tells me Peters is a CON-servative POS grifter who is effectively supporting the demonrats.

Posted by: Kwai Chang Mandelblit at August 25, 2023 12:59 PM (F49uM)

368 If Ron doesn't have the FL Guard burn Atlanta, he doesn't care about democracy!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 25, 2023 01:00 PM (wsSEe)

369 So it's a movie thread now?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 25, 2023 01:00 PM (NBVIP)

370 Minutes later he tweets Never Surrender?
Posted by: Not trying to be mean but... at August 25, 2023 12:57 PM (sUQQM)

It's a rather large candle to light had he decided to evade a bench warrant. Has he pled guilty? Has he kissed shitpants's ring?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 25, 2023 01:00 PM (9UlRk)

371 "New Atlas: Waste coffee grounds make concrete 30% stronger"

So do I just sprinkle them on my driveway?

I got this.

Posted by: King Harv at August 25, 2023 01:00 PM (nfrXX)

372 Amazing how many of Trump's detractors think what Trump stirred up is just waiting for someone else and will be there to vote.

Posted by: ... at August 25, 2023 01:00 PM (qS4hA)

373 Accused (by Douglas, I think) of being two faced, Lincoln responded, “If I Had Another Face, Do You Think I'd Wear This One?”
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Cue Bob Newhart's "Lincoln's PR Man updating Lincoln" sketch!

"See, Abe? It's as if the brand he drinks makes him a good general. ... Yeah, that is funny, Abe."

[Also, predates Ben Roethlisberger.]

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at August 25, 2023 01:00 PM (krqg6)

374 That time came to end when, in the wake of the Trump victory, it was revealed that he was not only a whore, but a whore so cheap that it is genuinely and legitimately laughable. You could buy John Bolton for ten grand. When I learned that *I* - just a normal W-2 wage-earning schmuck with a modicum of fiscal discipline could afford to buy John Bolton, I lost any and all tolerance for him.

Yup. If my politicians are gonna be corrupt, I don't want it to be on a scale where I can call my investment guy and have the title for them that afternoon.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 25, 2023 01:00 PM (FD5dr)

375 343 At some point we have to acknowledge there is no cavalry coming.

there is, but it's coming over the border from Mexico, and it ain't our cavalry
Posted by: brak at August 25, 2023 12:57 PM

Let's not be too hasty here. I have to admit...I trust South American invaders more than domestic Democrats....

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 25, 2023 01:00 PM (puYld)

376 This has gone so far off the deep end I am actually worried that some lunatic amped by all this is going to attempt to assassinate Trump. His Secret Service team must be going out of their minds with worry.

I doubt the secret service team assigned to Kennedy lost much sleep.
Posted by: Enjoy the Show at August 25, 2023 12:50 PM (CcBpl)

At the end of the day, they all got home safely. Isn't that what it's all about?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 25, 2023 01:00 PM (BdMk6)

377 349 - Oh my sweet summer child, I've been a reader and lurker since shortly after LGF shit the bicycle.

Posted by: Dr. Titanium Whitey, J.D. at August 25, 2023 01:00 PM (i6shs)

378 https://is.gd/u6fwR1
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 25, 2023 12:58 PM (t0OGg)

I'll be in my bunk.

*Takes two steps back*

Posted by: Robert at August 25, 2023 01:01 PM (vB/Z7)

379 369 So it's a movie thread now?
Posted by: I gotta ask at August 25, 2023 01:00 PM (NBVIP)

========

Watching The Professional right now.

Last time I watched it, I tried with Dolley who forced me to turn it off when they started killing the family.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 01:01 PM (LvTSG)

380 Oh yeah, whig. Once the coups start, voting your way out of the coup is a real thing. You betcha'.
Posted by: Enjoy the Show

You lack reading comprehension Scoggie.--I said unrest because normal people don't want civil wars and they inherently recognize that no one is safe in them. They vote in desperation to promote change from the status quo--it usually ends up with a strongman/tyrant in history. Such votes usually occurs when you have an corrupt self serving oligarchy like the US does with its Uniparty.

That is why they vote for Trump, not the GOP because it is a worthless shitstain of a party at the national level and many times at the state and local level as well.

Posted by: whig at August 25, 2023 01:01 PM (cXjiH)

381 Team Cruz. Team Trump. Team Rammyswammy. Team Fuckface. Team Shithead.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 25, 2023 12:33 PM (jDEgK)

Personally for the Primary im Team DeSantis, but in the general ill be team "Never Dem" Unfortunately i think a good chunk, from all teams, will be "Team take my ball and run home to cry" and we can even hope to beat the Dem steal when we're more worried about showing up the people who are 90% the same as us.

Posted by: Rbastid at August 25, 2023 01:01 PM (dr50/)

382 Heavy concentrations of Americans in American areas is the right outcome. Who gives a fuck about these people and their goddamned faggot Senate?

I care about being in a position of strength when the thing happens.

GTFO, come join us. Strength in numbers.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 25, 2023 01:01 PM (0FoWg)

383 I want to embroider this on a pillow.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 25, 2023 12:32 PM (aD39U)

You'd need a bedspread.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 25, 2023 01:01 PM (Mzdiz)

384 The 14th amendment penumbras and emanations discussion is a signal to secretaries of state to keep Trump off the ballot in their state. Lawsuits challenging these blatently groundless decisions will work their way through the courts but it will be too late. Super popular Biden will get less ballots counted for him than in 2020, but that won't matter.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 25, 2023 01:01 PM (fs1hN)

385 DJT has been a train aimed at the GOP since early in his first term. When they betrayed him and he saw what had to happen. We have to take out the GOP and it is happening.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 25, 2023 12:59 PM (QRo1G)

Maybe I couldn't tell, by all the GOP folks he surrounded himself with, and all the non-action against the GOP he did in Term 1. I must have missed it.

Posted by: Enjoy the Show at August 25, 2023 01:01 PM (CcBpl)

386 Seriously though, maybe Ron could have anticipated a question about the arrest and had a better answer than " I'm sure glad I am at the field of dreams!"

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 25, 2023 01:01 PM (wsSEe)

387 Like these people can't wait to go back and vote for some useless GOP shitstain

Posted by: ... at August 25, 2023 01:01 PM (qS4hA)

388 I have read several pieces about people who were in the Soviet Union and were struck by the fact that people never smiled in public, and not very often in private.

Posted by: tubal at August 25, 2023 01:02 PM (C5Ncp)

389 Yup. If my politicians are gonna be corrupt, I don't want it to be on a scale where I can call my investment guy and have the title for them that afternoon.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 25, 2023 01:00 PM (FD5dr)
++++
Same page, brother.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 25, 2023 01:02 PM (t0OGg)

390 382 Heavy concentrations of Americans in American areas is the right outcome. Who gives a fuck about these people and their goddamned faggot Senate?

I care about being in a position of strength when the thing happens.

GTFO, come join us. Strength in numbers.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 25, 2023 01:01 PM (0FoWg)

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So, we should all move to New Hampshire?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 01:02 PM (LvTSG)

391 So it's a movie thread now?

Something something Prometheus.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 25, 2023 01:02 PM (FD5dr)

392 Meatball /Spaghetti 2024: Pasta In Every Pot!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 25, 2023 01:02 PM (FVME7)

393 310 "... the McCain machine is rotting in AZ as is his corpse."

No, I believe his corpse actually disgraces the US Naval Academy.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at August 25, 2023 01:02 PM (8Ta2Y)

394 So a 1000 people burned to death? Mostly children in their beds? Could have been worse. Could have singed my leg hair on their embers.

Posted by: Regular joe Biteme at August 25, 2023 01:02 PM (nnp+f)

395
Wanna see what power lines look like when they come down? 1:51 video will give you a very good idea:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEo8vptpxHI

By the way - goes without saying - stay far, far away.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 25, 2023 01:02 PM (enJYY)

396 these early debates are really stupid and utterly useless

Posted by: REDACTED at August 25, 2023 01:03 PM (us2H3)

397
You know who else was famous for his mustache…?

Groucho

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 25, 2023 01:03 PM (63Dwl)

398 356 >>"New Atlas: Waste coffee grounds make concrete 30% stronger"
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They do make Hydrangea go blue. Dittos Black Strap Molasses. Pink Hydrangea is gay.

Posted by: Pudinhead at August 25, 2023 01:03 PM (LQjWA)

399 Sweet Summer Child ran just off Broadway for about five years. It was pretty good.

Posted by: Obligatory at August 25, 2023 01:03 PM (NBVIP)

400 Things start getting very tricky as to regime legitimacy when you do that kind of outright fraud. Ultimately, to pull it off, you have to have at least the acquiescence of the majority because other than welfare drones, the rest of the population realizes that the elections are meaningless.

Looking an internal unrest from a comparative perspective, fraudulent elections are right up there at the top of the chain at causing internal unrest.
Posted by: whig at August 25, 2023 12:55 PM (cXjiH)
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And the regime will respond in two ways. The first is to crack down hard on select, hi-viz events. That sends a message. The second is to throw the GOP a sop and demonstrate "bi-partisanship" in passing new legislation that is meaningless, but will have all the media talking about how great it is that we can put the past behind us and move Amerika forward.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 25, 2023 01:03 PM (hv9bm)

401 They vote in desperation to promote change from the status quo--it usually ends up with a strongman/tyrant in history. Such votes usually occurs when you have an corrupt self serving oligarchy like the US does with its Uniparty.

I can count the number of Strongmen that took power on a vote from a corrupt regime on no hands. Literally, no hands. That's the point. You take power from a corrupt regime. You don't vote them out. #VoteHarder.

Posted by: Enjoy the Show at August 25, 2023 01:04 PM (CcBpl)

402 No, I believe his corpse actually disgraces the US Naval Academy.
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Yep.

Posted by: Pudinhead at August 25, 2023 01:04 PM (LQjWA)

403 Posted by: Rbastid

Sorry. The "Vote for the establishment because the dem is worse!" Ship has sailed. My guy or fuck you nobody.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 25, 2023 01:04 PM (wsSEe)

404 >>By the way - goes without saying - stay far, far away.

Don't RUN away, though. Hop.

No joke.

Posted by: garrett at August 25, 2023 01:04 PM (jCyPS)

405 "Apropos of nothing,..."
Perfectly describes the current white house.

"I think..."
Objection! Facts not in evidence.

"... today's a great day to give to my campaign," Biden posted on X,..."

Does anyone really think Biden could've posted that?

Posted by: Will Not Comply bumpersticker at August 25, 2023 01:04 PM (Rbu5d)

406 Watching The Professional right now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 01:01 PM (LvTSG)

Natalie Portman was surprisingly molestable.

Posted by: Totally not Jeffrey Epstein, honest! at August 25, 2023 01:04 PM (vB/Z7)

407 You know who else was famous for his mustache…?

Anthony Perkins

oh wait

Posted by: REDACTED at August 25, 2023 01:04 PM (us2H3)

408 406 Watching The Professional right now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 01:01 PM (LvTSG)

Natalie Portman was surprisingly molestable.
Posted by: Totally not Jeffrey Epstein, honest! at August 25, 2023 01:04 PM (vB/Z7)

=========

"Too old."
-Joe Biden

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 01:05 PM (LvTSG)

409 Mug shot merch. Cool.

Posted by: wth at August 25, 2023 01:05 PM (v0R5T)

410 I have read several pieces about people who were in the Soviet Union and were struck by the fact that people never smiled in public, and not very often in private.
Posted by: tubal at August 25, 2023 01:02 PM (C5Ncp)
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Those were grim times. Anyone who singled themselves out by appearing to be "happy" could be disappeared overnight for any reason whatsoever.

The movie Equilibrium plays around with this notion by forcing everyone to take drugs to suppress emotion. Emotions cause problems, you see.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 25, 2023 01:05 PM (YIVH2)

411 "Surrender," is the ubiquitous term the media is using. Very telling.

Posted by: davidt at August 25, 2023 01:05 PM (SYTee)

412 >>You know who else was famous for his mustache…?

Frida Kahlo

Posted by: garrett at August 25, 2023 01:05 PM (jCyPS)

413 Want 2025 to start the Vengeance Ride of Donald J Trump.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff at August 25, 2023 01:05 PM (PgeR7)

414 No, I believe his corpse actually disgraces the US Naval Academy.

I can't believe you're saying that during his funeral.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 25, 2023 01:06 PM (FD5dr)

415 The state of KY dies not release results until all precints are in. That was my first Decision Desk night and I sat there all night with nothing to do.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 25, 2023 01:06 PM (ouTlx)

416 No, I believe his corpse actually disgraces the US Naval Academy.

I can't believe you're saying that during his funeral.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 25, 2023 01:06 PM (FD5dr)

and Pride Summer.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 25, 2023 01:06 PM (aD39U)

417 398 Pretty much pink anything is gay, except for lemonade and ladyparts.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 25, 2023 01:06 PM (xTRSc)

418 You know who else was famous for his mustache…?

Most older Italian women.

Posted by: Enjoy the Show at August 25, 2023 01:06 PM (CcBpl)

419 Face it, PA isn't gonna fix any of the problems with voting. The Philly fraud thing has been an issue for decades, the spineless PA GOP just takes it. If they raise even the mildest of complaints, the Dems screech about racism and the GOP runs away. Now the Dems control most of the PA government. Good luck!

Posted by: Midnight Rambler at August 25, 2023 01:06 PM (ZlKnD)

420 Sorry. The "Vote for the establishment because the dem is worse!" Ship has sailed. My guy or fuck you nobody.
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I don't understand the words you are saying. Anyway, please donate to our Victory Fund!

Posted by: GOP at August 25, 2023 01:06 PM (fs1hN)

421 How about YOU fucking ignore it and just let one or two bits of criticism of Trump and his passionate cretins pass for a single time?

I'm tired of the One Rule for Thee Another Rule for Me. I didn't like that under Rule by Leftist, and I don't like it any more when it's imposed by Trumpists.

Posted by: ace at August 25, 2023 12:36 PM (KRtlO)

They want to act like Trump. Let's face it most interactions Trump has with fellow conservatives (who agree with him 99% of the time) looks like.

Conservative A: *Silence*

Trump: Conservative A's wife sleeps around, and he f's goats, and he is poor.

Conservative A: Thats not a nice and Presidential thing to say.

Trump: *Cries, Screams, and Faints* How dare you say such awful things about me!

Remember this was the guy who had a conniption because Cruz said he had NY values.

Posted by: Rbastid at August 25, 2023 01:06 PM (dr50/)

422 Maybe I couldn't tell, by all the GOP folks he surrounded himself with, and all the non-action against the GOP he did in Term 1. I must have missed it.
Posted by: Enjoy the Show at August 25, 2023 01:01 PM (CcBpl)

Yeah so this kinda thing enflames my autism and I get agitated.

I don't deal well with ppl just saying obv BS to my face.

Prob because I couldn't do it. But if I did, I'd bust ass to avoid this level of obvious BS.

That's prob what sets me off. The complete lack of caring about spouting obvious BS. That headspace is so alien to me despite all my other numerous faults.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 25, 2023 01:07 PM (QRo1G)

423 I liked the movie The Professional... and then the pervy types started talking about it like it's a pedo movie so I guess I don't like it anymore...

Posted by: tubal at August 25, 2023 01:07 PM (C5Ncp)

424 Frida Kahlo
Posted by: garrett at August 25, 2023 01:05 PM (jCyPS)
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:: considers answer ::

Okay. Go collect your winnings.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 25, 2023 01:07 PM (t0OGg)

425 DeSantis provides that list of things he plans to do.

This one:

"I will clean house at the Justice Department."

To make such a statement is disingenuous. It shows that DeSantis doesn't think the American people are smart enough to know that he would require an Attorney General who shares that sentiment, and was motivated to act in such a way. Guess what. No one capable or motivated to clean house at the Justice Department (a vague statement to start with) will ever get past the nomination proces. Never.

Posted by: Orson at August 25, 2023 01:07 PM (dIske)

426 He's such a boss.
Compare: Go ahead and underestimate me, that'll be fun.

Posted by: m at August 25, 2023 01:07 PM (LdYi7)

427 Wow, that last 16 paragraph rant could be THE single longest strawman argument of all time.

Yes, ultimately that is just one Twitter rando. That you've used it as a launching pad for the USS Strawman changes nothing.

Posted by: deadrody at August 25, 2023 01:07 PM (kYmXc)

428 Update: Biden immediately began fundraising of the Trump booking, just to prove that this absolutely, 100% a coordinated political operation.
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Some will remember that he announced that he and the federal government was going to do everything possible to prevent Trump from running again. Iirc it was in a rose garden press conference a couple of years ago. It's on Whitehouse dot gov.

Posted by: Have you figured out that the gay flag is a p3d0 flag? at August 25, 2023 01:07 PM (4uWoU)

429 I don't understand the words you are saying. Anyway, please donate to our Victory Fund!
Posted by: GOP at August 25, 2023 01:06 PM (fs1hN)
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What? Without at *least* a 3x match?

Pass.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 25, 2023 01:07 PM (t0OGg)

430
Don't RUN away, though. Hop.

No joke. Posted by: garrett at August 25, 2023 01:04 PM

Yeah, at the end of the video he explains that. I've been with 30 feet of downed wires before and after hearing that I don't think I'll ever get within 100 feet of them again. Unless wearing rubber boots like the pros wear.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 25, 2023 01:07 PM (enJYY)

431 Pretty much pink anything is gay, except for lemonade and ladyparts.

Lady parts can also be gay. Hah hah hah hah hah, I'm chillin.

Posted by: H. Rodham Clinton at August 25, 2023 01:07 PM (FD5dr)

432 #359

Well, falling out of her clothing is definitely one way to give her political views some..umm…gravity

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 25, 2023 01:08 PM (W1nKE)

433 Desecrating the flag as liner in her jean shorts.

3/10

Would not bang.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 25, 2023 12:59

It looks to me like she's been crying-probably because of how mean TJM IS.

Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at August 25, 2023 01:08 PM (HfNu5)

434 LOL maybe PDT should post a second photo of his mugshot and use this caption:

Go ahead and underestimate me, that'll be fun.

Posted by: m at August 25, 2023 01:08 PM (LdYi7)

435 "Apropos of nothing, I think today's a great day to give to my campaign," Biden posted
.......

Yeah, like you need it, you rich crook.

Posted by: wth at August 25, 2023 01:08 PM (v0R5T)

436 That time came to end when, in the wake of the Trump victory, it was revealed that he was not only a whore, but a whore so cheap that it is genuinely and legitimately laughable. You could buy John Bolton for ten grand. When I learned that *I* - just a normal W-2 wage-earning schmuck with a modicum of fiscal discipline could afford to buy John Bolton, I lost any and all tolerance for him.

The dude sells his political cornhole on the regular for the Washington, DC equivalent of a ham sandwich.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

Perfect. Actually, I have more respect for actual whores on any street USA.

Posted by: Cheri at August 25, 2023 01:09 PM (oiNtH)

437 Well, falling out of her clothing is definitely one way to give her political views some..umm…gravity
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 25, 2023 01:08 PM (W1nKE)
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LOL

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 25, 2023 01:09 PM (t0OGg)

438 I don't deal well with ppl just saying obv BS to my face.

Like the BS of Trump telling us how much we'd like Bill Barr ? Or the BS of Trump telling us how much we'd like Jeff Sessions ?

Dude, battered wives don't like the obvious BS of their husbands getting put in cuffs either. They love that man, not only faults and all. They like the faults the most. And an eye heals.

Posted by: Enjoy the Show at August 25, 2023 01:09 PM (CcBpl)

439 381 Personally for the Primary im Team DeSantis, but in the general ill be team "Never Dem" Unfortunately i think a good chunk, from all teams, will be "Team take my ball and run home to cry" and we can even hope to beat the Dem steal when we're more worried about showing up the people who are 90% the same as us.
Posted by: Rbastid at August 25, 2023 01:01 PM (dr50/)

Unfortunately, that 10% is that they don't demand Cruelty.

Posted by: XTC at August 25, 2023 01:09 PM (UnA8+)

440 The fraud to overcome this will be so obvious that our government will lose all legitimacy. As will Media. With an economy under huge strains and possible wars abroad.

***

You can't lose something you don't have.

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at August 25, 2023 01:09 PM (flINI)

441 NBC News is now trying to pin every gay person who dies on Libs of TikTok, so the media's having a day.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 25, 2023 01:10 PM (FD5dr)

442 In the 69 Bolton's mustache will tickle your ballsack.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 25, 2023 12:43 PM (Zz0t1)

Did he once get busy in a Burger King bathroom??

Posted by: Doof at August 25, 2023 01:10 PM (2pH9T)

443 "New Atlas: Waste coffee grounds make concrete 30% stronger"

Its working so far!

Posted by: Three Stooges Dam at August 25, 2023 01:10 PM (dNNCD)

444
I'm hearing rumors Lena Hidalgo (Harris County Judge) is resigning. Anybody from Houston know anything about it?

Posted by: DanMan

+++++++++++++

Significance? (she asked, on the verge of willowdom)

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 25, 2023 01:10 PM (lCaJd)

445 Perfect. Actually, I have more respect for actual whores on any street USA.
Posted by: Cheri at August 25, 2023 01:09 PM (oiNtH)
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Oh yes, and by a wide margin.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 25, 2023 01:10 PM (t0OGg)

446 Honestly, I am getting tired of Tom Hanks. I think he's made enough movies.

Posted by: Pudinhead at August 25, 2023 01:10 PM (LQjWA)

447 UPDATE: Unvaxxed Canadian woman denied lifesaving organ transplant has died

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I guess they were right. The vax might have saved her.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 25, 2023 01:10 PM (FVME7)

448 DeSantis provides that list of things he plans to do.

This one:

"I will clean house at the Justice Department."

To make such a statement is disingenuous. It shows that DeSantis doesn't think the American people are smart enough to know that he would require an Attorney General who shares that sentiment, and was motivated to act in such a way. Guess what. No one capable or motivated to clean house at the Justice Department (a vague statement to start with) will ever get past the nomination proces. Never.

Posted by: Orson at August 25, 2023 01:07 PM (dIske)

I don't know what you expect him to say then. Saying that he would follow Trump's example of letting his own underlings indict him won't sell either.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 25, 2023 01:10 PM (aD39U)

449 HISTORIC mug shot.
The only thing missing is the booking number card and a cigarette hanging out the corner of his mouth. Maybe a neck tattoo.
Engage Photoshop!

Posted by: wth at August 25, 2023 01:11 PM (v0R5T)

450 Perfect. Actually, I have more respect for actual whores on any street USA.
Posted by: Cheri at August 25, 2023 01:09 PM (oiNtH)

Actual whores provide an actual service. I'm still not sure what the point of bribing John Bolton is.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 25, 2023 01:11 PM (FD5dr)

451 Imagine what the Dems would do to scotus if they toss Trump's cases.

Posted by: Not trying to be mean but... at August 25, 2023 01:11 PM (O+FEE)

452 Stew Peters is just another grimy grifter. He's not a serious political person.

Posted by: Mike in the Hinterlands at August 25, 2023 01:11 PM (OiNCx)

453 180 I'm tired of the One Rule for Thee Another Rule for Me. I didn't like that under Rule by Leftist, and I don't like it any more when it's imposed by Trumpists.

Posted by: ace at August 25, 2023 12:36 PM (KRtlO)

Or as Raz0rfist so eloquently put it :

"Rules for thee, but not for REEEEEEE".

Posted by: XTC at August 25, 2023 01:12 PM (UnA8+)

454 In other news, Mrs. anchor babe and I are watching some Young and Senseless, and a sort of hot Hispanic chick is on. Mrs. Asks, "Who does she look like?", then replies Catherine Zeta Jones?.
Then says a second layer, "Catherine Zeta Jones' pussy?!?" and goes into her Gilbert Gottfried spiel.

LOL.

She's a keeper.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at August 25, 2023 01:12 PM (ufFY8)

455 445 Now, those 3 AM Wal-Mart whores, however…

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 25, 2023 01:12 PM (xTRSc)

456 You know who else was famous for his mustache…?

***

Barack Obama

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at August 25, 2023 01:12 PM (flINI)

457 To make such a statement is disingenuous. It shows that DeSantis doesn't think the American people are smart enough to know that he would require an Attorney General who shares that sentiment, and was motivated to act in such a way.

I'll be a figurehead, just like last time, but talk much shit doesn't seem to be a winning message either. Lets boil this shit down to what it is.

Posted by: Enjoy the Show at August 25, 2023 01:12 PM (CcBpl)

458 Don't RUN away, though. Hop.

No joke. Posted by: garrett

Serpentine!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 25, 2023 01:12 PM (FVME7)

459 Imagine what the Dems would do to scotus if they toss Trump's cases.

Gavin Newsome has a plan to become Prezzy, pack the court, pass an amendment overturning the Constitution, grab all the guns, and be dick-tator for life. And he admits to most of those points. I'm not sure what other Dems have planned that could be worse.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 25, 2023 01:13 PM (FD5dr)

460 I liked the movie The Professional... and then the pervy types started talking about it like it's a pedo movie so I guess I don't like it anymore...
Posted by: tubal at August 25, 2023 01:07 PM (C5Ncp)

First time I saw it I wasn't much older than Portman was when it was filmed and I thought she was cute. The Electra-esque relationship she had with Jean Reno was kind of weird but even I saw that it was rooted in the abuse she suffered from her family and a warped need for a father figure.

Then I watched it last week and I was like holy shit it's pedobait!

Still, pretty damn good movie.

Posted by: Robert at August 25, 2023 01:13 PM (nqpJg)

461 Trump '24 Because Snitches Get Stitches!

Posted by: Run it up the flagpole at August 25, 2023 01:13 PM (5FPX4)

462 You know who else was famous for his mustache…?

***

Barack Obama
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report

No, no. Mooch was his beard.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 25, 2023 01:13 PM (FVME7)

463 Ah, Trump... I do not like you as a person, at all, but you damn betcha I'll vote for you in 24... fair enough???

Posted by: tubal at August 25, 2023 01:13 PM (C5Ncp)

464 I am convince that we need to bring back patronage in the Civil Service. If these minions are to be our real government, we need to be able to vote them out by supporting whoever is the opposition candidate.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 25, 2023 01:14 PM (aD39U)

465 America as a nation is beyond finished, and anything that delegitimizes the evil regime occupying its positions of power, as this sort of transparent banana republic bullshit so clearly does, is a good thing at this point.

Posted by: BunnyFooFoo at August 25, 2023 01:14 PM (0Uf+z)

466 Anyone who could even conceive of supporting any other candidate for President while Trump is still a viable force should be mocked, pilloried, and laughed out of decent society.

Posted by: Mega Ultra MAGA Man at August 25, 2023 01:14 PM (83IzV)

467 Umm, Fen, You actually go to those links?

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 25, 2023 01:14 PM (t/2Uw)

468 Trump '24 Because Snitches Get Stitches!
Posted by: Run it up the flagpole at August 25, 2023 01:13 PM (5FPX4)

I want that on a t-shirt.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 25, 2023 01:14 PM (aD39U)

469 Dude, battered wives don't like the obvious BS of their husbands getting put in cuffs either. They love that man, not only faults and all. They like the faults the most. And an eye heals.
Posted by: Enjoy the Show at August 25, 2023 01:09 PM (CcBpl)

You Bushies are malignant perverts. A curse on this nation.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 25, 2023 01:14 PM (QRo1G)

470 >>Is there anything more condescending you can say to someone than "you're better than this"?

bless your heart

Posted by: DanMan at August 25, 2023 01:14 PM (SPSUr)

471 No, no. Mooch was his beard.

No, no, Mooch can grow a beard.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 25, 2023 01:15 PM (FD5dr)

472 I am convince that we need to bring back patronage in the Civil Service. If these minions are to be our real government, we need to be able to vote them out by supporting whoever is the opposition candidate.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 25, 2023 01:14 PM (aD39U)

100% agree.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 25, 2023 01:15 PM (QRo1G)

473 466 Anyone who could even conceive of supporting any other candidate for President while Trump is still a viable force should be mocked, pilloried, and laughed out of decent society.
Posted by: Mega Ultra MAGA Man at August 25, 2023 01:14 PM (83IzV)

Not enough broken bones.

Posted by: XTC at August 25, 2023 01:15 PM (UnA8+)

474 This busty brunette is not surprised - but she is falling out of her tight clothing:
https://is.gd/u6fwR1
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
.......

the thong strap hints at a world class wedgie under there.

Posted by: wth at August 25, 2023 01:15 PM (v0R5T)

475 I am convince that we need to bring back patronage in the Civil Service. If these minions are to be our real government, we need to be able to vote them out by supporting whoever is the opposition candidate.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 25, 2023 01:14 PM (aD39U)
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Yes indeed. The idea of the professional civil service was that it would allow competence to surface and introduce better accountability because everyone didn't serve at the whim of the president and there would be less cronyism.

But there is no defense at all against capture, nor is there any accountability to the people. The accountability is to the executives, and they are accountable to the Party and nothing else. It is, if anything, *more* corrupt than the spoils system, and less competent, and less accountable.

The argument was sound on paper, but it doesn't work in practice. I fully support a return to the spoils system.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 25, 2023 01:16 PM (t0OGg)

476 How do we know that FenelonSpoke is actually not one of the Mannix girls?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 25, 2023 01:16 PM (xTRSc)

477 What was your original comment?

Posted by: ... at August 25, 2023 12:59 PM (qS4hA)

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How reparations in this country would likely eventually me too what's going on and happening to whites in South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at August 25, 2023 01:16 PM (hASXU)

478 You Bushies are malignant perverts. A curse on this nation.

Oh yeah. That's me. "W" to the core. GOPe for life. You got me.

Posted by: Enjoy the Show at August 25, 2023 01:16 PM (CcBpl)

479 nood

Posted by: She Prescribed For gp To Attempt It Simply at August 25, 2023 01:16 PM (MvF+J)

480 I'm sure this will do wonders for the ongoing military recruitment crisis.

Are we already at critically low levels of strength and readiness? I'm sure the gubmint is hiding the real numbers.

Posted by: Zek at August 25, 2023 01:16 PM (5FPX4)

481 Nood Gannet.

Note, NOT Nude Garrett.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at August 25, 2023 01:16 PM (xcxpd)

482 Trump '24 Because Snitches Get Stitches!

One of the commenters on this morning's Razorfist video noted that now that Trump's been in jail, he can formally claim to be America's first black President.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 25, 2023 01:16 PM (FD5dr)

483 We are so far through the looking glass into clown world I just don't know what to do.

Posted by: We are so super fucked at August 25, 2023 01:16 PM (fhX0j)

484 I can count the number of Strongmen that took power on a vote from a corrupt regime on no hands. Literally, no hands. That's the point. You take power from a corrupt regime. You don't vote them out. #VoteHarder.
Posted by: Enjoy the Show
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You can't count then Scoggie. Try Venezuela, Chavez got the popular vote because Venezuela had a long history of the two parties collaborating in stealing the oil wealth. I can give more.

Posted by: whig at August 25, 2023 01:16 PM (cXjiH)

485 You Bushies are malignant perverts. A curse on this nation.
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Snort.

Posted by: Pudinhead at August 25, 2023 01:16 PM (LQjWA)

486 *LEAD to what's happening

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at August 25, 2023 01:16 PM (hASXU)

487 What I expect.

Biden won't be POTUS much longer.
Say hello to POTUS Kamala who will scare people more than Biden, incredibly.
So wide open D primaries. Third look at Hillary?
Powell can't control inflation with $1 trillion of IRA spending coming, but he'll try which will hurt the real economy.
Many Blue cities will crash and burn. More illegals won't help. This hurts D constituents. The House Rs will block any bail-out.
Several wild cards abroad can turn out badly.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 25, 2023 01:16 PM (RqMSv)

488 G'rump928(c), I saw that Palmetto state armory had bobcats for $250 after rebate. Not sure if they still do, but worth a look. Iirc they even have threaded barrels.

Posted by: Have you figured out that the gay flag is a p3d0 flag? at August 25, 2023 01:17 PM (4uWoU)

489 Trump is the anti-GOP, the not-GOP.
Ron, as the 2nd place primary opponent--like it or not-- is viewed as the GOP. (NB, I did not say "GOPe")
So they're yelling stupid shit at Ron cause they don't know who else to yell at.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 25, 2023 12:31 PM (7ye/I)

That's it and that's the problem. The bill has come due for Never Trump shenanigans and the person (wrongly) having to pick up the tab would be a fantastic president. The Republican Party ruined its brand long ago but Never Trump sealed its fate. People who don't belong in that camp will be tarred with that brush the final years the abominable GOPe lingers. Under the system we have, donors with deep pockets are needed, persons with political skillsets and so forth. Those types are necessarily associated with the Republican establishment and that's the kiss of death for candidates who have to rely on them.

The Republican Party is dying at the same time this garbage tier empire is being ushered off the world stage. We have to live here, and it will be under an absolute tyranny for some time, but at least we do not have to go through the pretense of liking the Republican Party or even voting.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at August 25, 2023 01:17 PM (KSNKu)

490 New Effy You Whitey Thread UP

Posted by: kallisto at August 25, 2023 01:18 PM (dCxaZ)

491 The power DeSantis does have now is to denounce each and every indictment in strident and uncompromising terms.

Posted by: IveGotASpecialPurpose at August 25, 2023 01:18 PM (M1tLo)

492 >>Significance? (she asked, on the verge of willowdom)

three of her inner circle staff were indicted and she's not in town, rumors have her out of country so she can't be served

Posted by: DanMan at August 25, 2023 01:18 PM (SPSUr)

493 G'rump928(c), I saw that Palmetto state armory had bobcats for $250 after rebate. Not sure if they still do, but worth a look. Iirc they even have threaded barrels.
Posted by: Have you figured out that the gay flag is a p3d0 flag? at August 25, 2023 01:17 PM (4uWoU)

Thanks, I will look.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 25, 2023 01:18 PM (aD39U)

494 470 >>Is there anything more condescending you can say to someone than "you're better than this"?

bless your heart
Posted by: DanMan at August 25, 2023 01:14 PM (SPSUr)

"You're so cute."

Posted by: m at August 25, 2023 01:19 PM (LdYi7)

495 The argument was sound on paper, but it doesn't work in practice. I fully support a return to the spoils system.

It goes against basic Milton Friedman. The idea that certain folks are not only "good", but they'll take the good into public policy. As Milton asked Donahue once, "where are all these angels going to come from ?".

Yet, both sides argue out their asses about an "elite class". Most here still think they drive a cop car. Most of the folks you hate think they work at the EPA. Neither side provides a damn thing I want.

Posted by: Enjoy the Show at August 25, 2023 01:19 PM (CcBpl)

496 Honestly, I am getting tired of Tom Hanks. I think he's made enough movies.
Posted by: Pudinhead at August 25, 2023 01:10 PM (LQjWA)
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Not me. I wanna see Castaway 2 where instead of a volleyball he finds a Fleshlight.

Posted by: wth at August 25, 2023 01:19 PM (v0R5T)

497 447 - Betcha they'll try to harvest her dirty, dirty unvaxed organs for others though. That's why I yoinked my organ donor card. Once they denied organs to the unvaxed, I denied my organs to them. You'll get your organs over my dead body. Well, you know what I mean.

Posted by: Dr. Titanium Whitey, J.D. at August 25, 2023 01:20 PM (i6shs)

498 >>Is there anything more condescending you can say to someone than "you're better than this"?

bless your heart
Posted by: DanMan at August 25, 2023 01:14 PM (SPSUr)

"You're so cute."
Posted by: m at August 25, 2023 01:19 PM (LdYi7)

You don't sweat much for a fat girl.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 25, 2023 01:21 PM (aD39U)

499 LOL omg

Posted by: ... at August 25, 2023 12:57 PM (qS4hA)

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Also considered adding to my nic "... with a really big, beautiful schtick. The best."

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at August 25, 2023 01:21 PM (hASXU)

500 482 - Orange is the new Black.

Posted by: Dr. Titanium Whitey, J.D. at August 25, 2023 01:21 PM (i6shs)

501 No, I believe his corpse actually disgraces the US Naval Academy.
Posted by: Ray Van Dune

Disturbing fact that.

Posted by: whig at August 25, 2023 01:22 PM (cXjiH)

502 483 - Put on a clown nose and honk that horn!

Posted by: Dr. Titanium Whitey, J.D. at August 25, 2023 01:22 PM (i6shs)

503 Posted by: Rbastid

Sorry. The "Vote for the establishment because the dem is worse!" Ship has sailed. My guy or fuck you nobody.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 25, 2023 01:04 PM (wsSEe)

Then you might as well go in the toilet stall with David French, because you're as much of a cry baby as him.

The idea that it must be 100% Trumpism, and 99% isn't good enough, means you honestly doubt give a shit about the country, and only about your ego and the childish idea of "i must always be the winner"

I think Christie, Pence, Haley and almost everyone else up there sucks, but they'll do much more to protect some freedoms than Biden or whoever the dems wheel out.

But then again some purple get off on being the victim, so they'd probably much rather Biden so they have something to cry about.

Posted by: Rbastid at August 25, 2023 01:23 PM (dr50/)

504 11 TGIF Ace

Glad this week is over. I can;t stop thinking about the human tragedy in Hawaii when all anyone can talk about is the politics of it.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 25, 2023 12:17 PM (t/2Uw)
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Not going to happen until they produce a pic of those eleven hundred babies.

Posted by: Braenyard at August 25, 2023 01:24 PM (Xoxgm)

505 The idea that it must be 100% Trumpism, and 99% isn't good enough, means you honestly doubt give a shit about the country, and only about your ego and the childish idea of "i must always be the winner".

Guilty as charged. I don't "give a shit about the country". Most of my problems right now are the country.

Russia isn't trying to tax me. China isn't the cops at the door. Show me once, just once, where any foreign entity provided the cover for BLM to rape, steal, and burn.

Every dude or chic cooling their heels in jail right now, over J6 ? All arrested and kept by good ol' boys and girls raised right here in the USA.

Posted by: Enjoy the Show at August 25, 2023 01:26 PM (CcBpl)

506 >>Is there anything more condescending you can say to someone than "you're better than this"?

bless your heart
Posted by: DanMan at August 25, 2023 01:14 PM (SPSUr)

"You're so cute."
Posted by: m at August 25, 2023 01:19 PM (LdYi7)

You don't sweat much for a fat girl.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 25, 2023 01:21 PM (aD39U)
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"I've had better." [h/t "Liar, Liar"]

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at August 25, 2023 01:27 PM (hASXU)

507 Is there anything more condescending you can say to someone than "you're better than this"?

Actually.

It's the go-to for Millennials and Gen-Z. Getting more so for Boomers and Gen-X. When somebody drops an "actually", you have to go for the throat. Because what's they're really saying is "here is the facts, you shut up".

Posted by: Enjoy the Show at August 25, 2023 01:29 PM (CcBpl)

508 Team Shithead.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 25, 2023 12:33 PM (jDEgK)

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Hey!...

Posted by: Team Shithead at August 25, 2023 01:29 PM (nakGR)

509 I bet a lot of people here feel pretty stupid for falling for Mr. Mustache's grift during the Bush and Obama years.

Posted by: Gunner at August 25, 2023 01:29 PM (CvVND)

510 If there is a clip of RFK Jr from last nights Eric Boling it's worth a watch.

Posted by: Braenyard at August 25, 2023 01:29 PM (Xoxgm)

511 491 The power DeSantis does have now is to denounce each and every indictment in strident and uncompromising terms.
Posted by: IveGotASpecialPurpose at August 25, 2023 01:18 PM (M1tLo)

Too late. He had his chance.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 25, 2023 01:33 PM (uzJ9G)

512 Daily reminder: the whole point of the prosecution of Doanld Trump is to get the GOP to nominate him in protest because he is a sure-fire loser in the general election and will perform worse than he did in 2020.

If you vote for or work to get Trump nominated, you are a tool of the Democrats.

That is all.

Posted by: can of spam at August 25, 2023 01:34 PM (7oNMO)

513 It blows me away how many Americans both within and without government firmly believe that this country features a unitary central government.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at August 25, 2023 12:23 PM (f0XAF)

Their wishful thinking. They believe if they envision it, it will eventually manifest itself. Sort of like how some boys envision becoming girls.

Posted by: kathysaysso at August 25, 2023 01:35 PM (yACxx)

514 494 470 >>Is there anything more condescending you can say to someone than "you're better than this"?
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"What do you want to be when you finally grow up?"

Posted by: with all possible dispatch at August 25, 2023 01:36 PM (nakGR)

515 412 >>You know who else was famous for his mustache…?

Frida Kahlo
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LOL!

Posted by: jeannebodine at August 25, 2023 01:37 PM (lwUPm)

516 https://is.gd/u6fwR1
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 25, 2023

Go go Gadget Neck!

Yeah, I still would. No tattoos either.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at August 25, 2023 01:38 PM (kjOVp)

517 199 Seb Gorka if I remember correctly left on his own. Told Trump he'd be more helpful outside the administration. He certainly has and Trump thinks he's the shit so I guess there wasn't any reason to fire his ass.

Posted by: Jaimo at August 25, 2023 01:41 PM (DBrN4)

518 Trump could have said fuck off Atlanta. And if GA troopers came to arrest him in Florida, DeSantis could have called up the national guard to protect Trump.

Theoretically speaking

Posted by: Montec at August 25, 2023 01:45 PM (YyswZ)

519 Red just moves to FL and TX ? Then just leave, entirely. They'll make new flags, with two less stars.

Posted by: Enjoy the Show at August 25, 2023 12:58 PM (CcBpl)

This thought that Republican states will leave there union, while hopeful, is such a conservative fever dream and will never happen.

What will happen is these states will become 80% Republican, and the federal government will starve the of funds, use the DoJ to prosecute their leaders, and turn then in to the 3rd world.

And unlike Yugoslavia, there will be no country to come and help save the minority from the tyrannical government, as all the European countries, and Canada/Austrailia, are on the side of the tyrants.

Posted by: Rbastid at August 25, 2023 01:46 PM (dr50/)

520 Ron DeSantis went into hiding when they raided MarALago. I fear he's been captured by donors just like Scott Walker. He should have never brought in those outsiders to run his campaign. He started out in a good position, ahead of Trump in a bunch of polls, and now is barely hitting 20%, sometimes getting 10.

Posted by: MikeN at August 25, 2023 01:51 PM (XygMV)

521 " I suspect the TRUMP supporters now are as wrong about Desantis as the CRUZ supporters in 2016 were wrong about Trump...

Posted by: bearski at August 25, 2023 12:45 PM (Bhsk7) "

"180 out of phase"

Posted by: VAR1ABLE at August 25, 2023 01:52 PM (Hd1+B)

522 Have you looked at the Morning Report on this site? There is some gleeful, aggressive, loud-and-proud pig ignorance.

Posted by: Candidus at August 25, 2023 01:53 PM (886E0)

523 Saw some analyst yesterday asking the question "After the debates, what comes next?"

Fundraising, you ignorant dolt. Scads and scads of fundraising. Why do you think they even held a debate?

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at August 25, 2023 01:54 PM (K58O6)

524 “If Trump's most ardent supporters don't take this shit seriously, and just see it less as an assault on democracy and more just as another opportunity to Meme on the Meatball and get some good Trump Twitter Clicks, then why the fuck should his less enthusiastic supporters give a shit?”

Spoken like true establishment.

We would. However, since the republican establishment is doing nothing but aid democrats by doing nothing except looking around to see if they should raise their hands in a ‘debate’, I take it very seriously in that both parties want him gone for a lot of corrupt reasons. Coupled with Gulaged Americans, we take it very seriously.

And no, we don’t watch or listen to Stew Peters.

Posted by: Danimal28 at August 25, 2023 01:55 PM (klw0w)

525 But but but Ace

Little ronnie the traitor, how could you?

Posted by: Gonzotx at August 25, 2023 01:56 PM (MwHgU)

526 Trump tweets "NEVER SURRENDER" immediately after he surrendered to the Fulton Co. Sheriff. What a putz.

Posted by: Strigine at August 25, 2023 01:57 PM (QFp1h)

527 I can't believe Ace wrote this post. I know he stands for Truth, Justice, and the American Way, but this is over the top.

Posted by: Kurtz at August 25, 2023 01:59 PM (wEYGu)

528 21 It isn't that I like Trump all that much, it's that I hate all the people who have been banging the anti-Trump drum for the last 8 years

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President Trump to you, but other than that, all he has done for this Country and the knifes amd legal troubles he’s been in for 8 freaking years

He never took a dime as President and lost billions

Umgateful

Posted by: Gonzotx at August 25, 2023 02:00 PM (MwHgU)

529 Good vent, Ace. You’re absolutely right. Stew Peters, Laura Loomer and the rest of that sort are constantly saying this stupid crap and I’m so darn sick of it.

Posted by: Tassafaronga at August 25, 2023 02:09 PM (ou+Xa)

530 Didn't Trump get like 20 million more votes in 2020 than he did in 2016? Even though he was cheated out of winning by criminals and a corpse, he did do better in 2020.

Posted by: Jaimo at August 25, 2023 02:18 PM (DBrN4)

531 And unlike Yugoslavia, there will be no country to come and help save the minority from the tyrannical government, as all the European countries, and Canada/Austrailia, are on the side of the tyrants.

Posted by: Rbastid at August 25, 2023 01:46 PM (dr50/)

If "we" can't survive on our own, then what are we mentally jacking off about ? Nothing. The answer is nothing.

Rbastid, all you're doing is the same thing other folks have done. We have to keep the country together. That's all you're doing. That's all you're saying. Might as well be "Somebody". Or somebody else. Who cares ?

Posted by: Enjoy the Show at August 25, 2023 02:40 PM (CcBpl)

532 "at my signal, release hell"

Posted by: H8 Marxist Rat Bastards & MSM InfoWhores at August 25, 2023 02:47 PM (5DfsO)

533 "If you're thinking that I shouldn't pick on a stupid Twitter rando, well he's not just a stupid Twitter rando. At least by his own claims, he's a "radio host." People, he's suggesting, actually listen to him."

You DO realize that except for firing the FBI director, DeSantis has ZERO authority to do anything he is proposing. Talk about empty gestures!

This kind of stupidity is why I don't take Ronulans like Ace seriously.

Posted by: Mhandisi at August 25, 2023 03:12 PM (SKxfg)

534 I'm not sure what Peters meant by DeSantis not using his power to fight weaponization against political opponents (would probably have to listen to his radio show for that), but I do know that DeSantis has engaged in one key bit of intra-party political hackery that exceeds anything Trump has done. That is DeSantis is denial that the 2020 election was stolen.

I love DeSantis but he obviously can't lead the fight against election stealing that we're up against.

Sorry to see Ace's brain so badly broken again. We've been here before. Ace was an anti-Trump ranter in 2016. Remember that?

Still loved you then Ace, and I still love you now, but you don't always have the best judgment.

Right now you're staring at some bark and can't see the forest.

Posted by: Alec Rawls at August 25, 2023 03:35 PM (wh9C3)

535 Uh oh. Here we go. Ace is starting down the Allahpundit path. Just kidding, kind of. You’re obviously much more intelligent, interesting and conservative than AP ever was but it seems like you’re falling into the “too online” trap. Who gives a fuck what Stew Peters says? What kind of influence does he really have? Fuck him.

On the other hand I think you’re too invested in DeSantis. I thought he’d make a great president based on what he’s been doing in Florida. I love him for that. I also thought he would stomp through the primaries no problem. He has not. His campaign has sucked. He hasn’t looked great at all. I’m shocked frankly that he’s been as weak a national candidate as he has been.

But he’s polling exactly where he should based on his performance. Maybe he turns it around, maybe he doesn’t. Honestly, I don’t care. If he wins I’m happy. If Trump wins I’m happy. Either way there’s an important fight ahead that’s bigger than all of this and my only interest is in seeing our enemies defeated. People get too butthurt over “their guy.” That’s teenage bullshit.

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Posted by: www.Payathome7.com at August 25, 2023 05:34 PM (314fe)

537 And it makes Liberals feel ill

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at August 25, 2023 06:25 PM (wGqjj)

538 Stew Peters is to Alex Jones as peanut M&Ms are to mixed fucking nuts.

Posted by: Dead Name McGee at August 25, 2023 10:01 PM (Y2NGV)

539 529 Good vent, Ace. You’re absolutely right. Stew Peters, Laura Loomer and the rest of that sort are constantly saying this stupid crap and I’m so darn sick of it.
Posted by: Tassafaronga at August 25, 2023 02:09 PM (ou+Xa)

Loomer and Peters uncover far more value than not considering your beloved 'establishment' assholes hiding everything.

Posted by: Danimal28 at August 25, 2023 10:16 PM (ryUqI)

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