Scandal: Mike Pompeo’s Missing Whiskey Bottle; <BR>Not A Scandal: Wall Street paying Janet Yellen $7 Million For Zoom Speeches

Scandal: Mike Pompeo’s Missing Whiskey Bottle;
Not A Scandal: Wall Street paying Janet Yellen $7 Million For Zoom Speeches

Compare these two stories and guess which one our political/media class finds scandalous.

Janet Yellen made millions in Wall Street, corporate speeches (Politico – Jan 2021)

Yellen, the former chair of the Federal Reserve, brought in nearly $1 million giving nine speeches to Citi alone.

$5,800 Whiskey Bottle, a Gift From Japan to Pompeo, Is Missing, U.S. Says; The State Department is investigating (NY Times – Aug 2021)

Under the Constitution, it is illegal for an American official to accept a gift from a foreign government, and gifts are considered property of the U.S. government. The founders included the measure to stop foreign governments from gaining undue influence over American officials. Any officials caught accepting such gifts can face civil penalties, or impeachment if they are still in office.

Trump’s Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was given an expensive bottle of whiskey by the Japanese government. It is now missing, and the NY Times is all over this constitutional crisis. But when Wall Street shoveled millions of dollars at the person expected to be the next Treasury Secretary? Shrug.

By the way - if we’re talking about “undue influence of American officials” might this be a good time to ask just why Wall Street repeatedly paid Janet Yellen exorbitant amounts of money for speeches after her departure as head of the Federal Reserve but before her appointment as Treasury Secretary?

From the moment Trump did not renew her in 2018, it was almost a foregone conclusion that she would be the Treasury Secretary if Trump were voted out of office. By Summer of 2020,
Yellen was already providing economic briefings to Joe Biden.

Citibank kept pumping money to Yellen all the way into October of 2020. And by the way, do you know the form of those speeches? They were Zoom calls. Ms. Yellen got on Zoom from her home or office, spoke briefly, and cashed a five or six-figure check for her “efforts.” She must really give great Zoom speeches if Wall Street kept coming back time and again for more of her wisdom.

These are some of the fees she received after she started advising the Biden campaign:

CITADEL: Three Zoom speeches in October 2020 totaling $337,500

CITI: $54,000 on 10/14/2020

DELOITTE: $67,500 on 11/20/2020, which was after the election.

DAIWA SECURITIES: $72,000 on 11/05/2020, which was after the election

Just why did Wall Street throw all this money at Yellen? Mark Hemingway is exactly right. These “speaking fees” were pre-payment for favors to be named later.

It is transparently corrupt. But it’s corruption being committed by the approved team, so no one cares.

(buck.throckmorton @ protonmail dot com)

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 04:20 PM

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1 Well, how good was that whiskey????

Posted by: Doof at August 17, 2021 03:20 PM (mZUr4)

2 We're on this whiskey scandal though!
The DOJ

Posted by: steevy at August 17, 2021 03:21 PM (uUDKV)

3 whoa, that sounds like a sweet job !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (YjYuE) at August 17, 2021 03:21 PM (YjYuE)

4 For $5800, I could buy at least 150 bottles of stuff that tastes damn near close to as good as that one bottle.

Posted by: Doof at August 17, 2021 03:21 PM (mZUr4)

5 >>The founders included the measure to stop foreign governments from gaining undue influence over American officials. Any officials caught accepting such gifts can face civil penalties, or impeachment if they are still in office.

Three words:

CLINTON FAMILY FOUNDATION

Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2021 03:22 PM (bDqIh)

6 Any bets on State Department flunkies drinking the bottle of whiskey in celebration at some point after November 3rd 2020.

Posted by: buzzion at August 17, 2021 03:22 PM (vMCab)

7 Remember when Clinton got caught ransacking White House property like dinnerware and lamps?

Good times.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 17, 2021 03:22 PM (phYRn)

8 Someone check the intern's desk. Or visitor logs to see if Hillary was there.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 17, 2021 03:22 PM (3bIOh)

9 Hey everybody. Hey ace and Buck. :-)

Apologies but any advice would be welcome. I don't think it's CV19 but am pretty sure I got the regular old-fashioned flu. Been very runny (I had to change my pants twice last night) and my stomach's been feeling bloated and churning since last night. Also my energy is completely sapped.

Thanks in advance. I'm already taking Pepto and am trying to get my sister to bring me some 7up.

Posted by: qdpsteve (L2ZTs) at August 17, 2021 03:23 PM (L2ZTs)

10 I thought Hillary's preference was for vodka.

Posted by: johnd01 at August 17, 2021 03:23 PM (ukNFU)

11 Rob and loot while there's something left seems to be the key.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at August 17, 2021 03:23 PM (wAnMi)

12 Any officials caught accepting such gifts can face civil penalties, or impeachment if they are still in office.

Three words:

CLINTON FAMILY FOUNDATION
Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2021 03:22 PM (bDqIh)

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Any official investigating the Clinton Family Foundation can face a fate known as "Vince Fostering"

Posted by: 496 at August 17, 2021 03:23 PM (VJsqe)

13 Just why did Wall Street throw all this money at Yellen? Mark Hemingway is exactly right. These "speaking fees" were pre-payment for favors to be named later.

Maybe she threw in some "paintings". You don't know.

Posted by: pep at August 17, 2021 03:24 PM (ZsR3z)

14 Japanese whiskey is supposed to be good and expensive.
All NYT staff are deranged.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at August 17, 2021 03:24 PM (cSyAR)

15 . . . and THIS is why Hillary had the private email server!!

She and Huma were coordinating and sharing information between the State Dept. and the Clinton Foundation.

Bill made speeches, that included info provided by State, scooped up the big checks, and the Hillary cut them sweet deals.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2021 03:25 PM (bDqIh)

16
Boobs

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, The Suicide Squad review at August 17, 2021 03:25 PM (XvPQV)

17 If Pompeo took the bottle, I'll be angry, because it's such a stupid misstep. My guess is that he didn't, because he's not stupid.

Posted by: pep at August 17, 2021 03:25 PM (ZsR3z)

18 The way corruption is done in our system is pretty ridiculous. Transparent on the surface and yet it is pretended there is no corruption. It'd be better to have a transparent and competitive system of bribes so at least we know what's going on.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy (z5Vrg) - The Republic is Already Dead at August 17, 2021 03:25 PM (z5Vrg)

19 Agree with the comment above: some flunky probably swiped it.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at August 17, 2021 03:26 PM (S+UIZ)

20 I have the whiskey bottle.

Posted by: Hillary! at August 17, 2021 03:26 PM (pOHui)

21 As Jack Posobiec might write: Are you paying attention yet?

This is not a story about media bias. This is a story about criminalizing one political party, and using all elements of state power to punish its members.

Posted by: blaster (mbFEM) at August 17, 2021 03:26 PM (mbFEM)

22 Marxism is very lucrative for the Inner Party. This is historically verifiable... but no one pays attention to that nowadays... it is all soundbites, tweets, and celebrity news.

Posted by: kraken at August 17, 2021 03:26 PM (6Je/Q)

23 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at August 17, 2021 03:26 PM (Zz0t1)

24 Citadel had to pay for waiting. They had to load it all up into October and so had to pay more at the end. Foolish. They should have known better.

But this does make me wonder about something. Most of the big banks had big one-time payoffs (like City National - half a million over four days in January of '19) or slow drips (Citi). Citadel is interesting. They did a big payoff complex like City National, but right before the election. No lead time, no burn-in, nothing. This, if I wear my tinfoil, makes me suspect that Citadel learned about the steal later than most, and had to make up for lost time.

Good post, Buck. Thanks.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2021 03:27 PM (3p5uk)

25 I really don't care for the Japanese whiskeys I've tried. That are too perfect. They taste manufactured.

I prefer Irish.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 17, 2021 03:27 PM (A+rex)

26 Coincidence that they pull this out of their ass to try to make the uber competent Mike Pompeo look bad while an actual foreign policy crisis in unfolding due to Biden's incompetence and stupidity?

Posted by: JoeF. at August 17, 2021 03:27 PM (mR6Gs)

27 This is a story about criminalizing one political party, and using all elements of state power to punish its members.

If anyone knows how to "punish a member", it's Kamala.

Posted by: pep at August 17, 2021 03:27 PM (ZsR3z)

28 Gotta love how they cover that bottle of whiskey while also completely ignoring the billions Hunter Biden and his fellow DC offspring business partners raked in selling access to their daddies.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2021 03:27 PM (bDqIh)

29 Back from surgery. Face down for 3-5 days. Other than that it looks like it went well. I'm still alive anyway.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 17, 2021 03:27 PM (kTF2Z)

30 My seahorse tattoo prefers vodka instead of whiskey.

Posted by: Natalee, the Russian Istagram Hottee at August 17, 2021 03:27 PM (VdLsO)

31 Does Mike Pompeo even DRINK?

Posted by: JoeF. at August 17, 2021 03:28 PM (mR6Gs)

32 Might as well go for a soda.

Posted by: Kim Mitchell at August 17, 2021 03:28 PM (h5TKJ)

33 I just read the the sidebar item about Shang-Chi and his magic cock-ring, or something like that. Disney/Marvel is just circling the bowl right now.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 17, 2021 03:28 PM (trdmm)

34 Whiskey bottles, and brand new cars
Oak tree you're in my way
There's too much coke and too much smoke
Look what's going on inside you

Ooooh that smell
Can't you smell that smell
Ooooh that smell
The smell of death surrounds you

Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 17, 2021 03:28 PM (Bmy3R)

35 You just know that some intern snagged that bottle and drank it mixed with a liter bottle of coke one weekend. That's what you get for buggering the staff.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at August 17, 2021 03:28 PM (wAnMi)

36 That's good Duke
Heal well

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 17, 2021 03:28 PM (oEn12)

37 Back from surgery. Face down for 3-5 days. Other than that it looks like it went well. I'm still alive anyway.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 17, 2021 03:27 PM (kTF2Z)

Get well, but how the HELL are you posting ?

Posted by: JoeF. at August 17, 2021 03:28 PM (mR6Gs)

38 Was it a bottle of Military Special? Because it if was, he drank that shit.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy is a great start, but there is so much more to be done! at August 17, 2021 03:29 PM (gpKIi)

39 I bet Billy Bob in Appalachia makes better mountain dew than the Japs.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 17, 2021 03:29 PM (Bmy3R)

40 Does Mike Pompeo even DRINK?
Posted by: JoeF. at August 17, 2021 03:28 PM (mR6Gs)

Well if he didn't before this weekend, he does now

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 17, 2021 03:30 PM (Irn0L)

41 Wait until you see Yellen's book deal advance, if you really want to get angry.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, The Suicide Squad review at August 17, 2021 03:30 PM (XvPQV)

42 Couldn't he just fill it back up with Valu-Rite Special Dark and give it back?

Posted by: f'd at August 17, 2021 03:30 PM (Tnijr)

43
Scandal: Trump said "Pussy!"

Not A Scandal: Biden Crime Family amasses millions of dollars of wealth from special interests, notably foreign government enemies of the United States, over four decades of selling the country out.

Posted by: ShainS at August 17, 2021 03:30 PM (JnCLp)

44 39 I bet Billy Bob in Appalachia makes better mountain dew than the Japs.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 17, 2021 03:29 PM (Bmy3R)

The seaweed ruins it...

Posted by: kraken at August 17, 2021 03:30 PM (6Je/Q)

45 Show me the way to the next whiskey jar.
Oh don't ask why.
Oh don't ask why.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at August 17, 2021 03:31 PM (AiZBA)

46 Well if he didn't before this weekend, he does now
Posted by: Nevergiveup
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lol

Posted by: SMH - Dissidentin' in the USSA at August 17, 2021 03:31 PM (d62+N)

47 Under the Constitution, it is illegal for an American official to accept a gift from a foreign government, and gifts are considered property of the U.S. government.

Look how dumb he is! 10% from your son, on the other hand, is tax-free if you don't report it!

Posted by: Joe Biden at August 17, 2021 03:31 PM (PPQdm)

48 >>You just know that some intern snagged that bottle and drank it mixed with a liter bottle of coke one weekend. That's what you get for buggering the staff.

Probably some leftover Hillary State employee - she brought in 70+ of her own people and a lot of them stayed and worked for Kerry. I would bet one of these staffers took it and tucked this away until it was a good time to smear Mike Pompeo. State has always been a bunch of Lefties.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2021 03:31 PM (bDqIh)

49 Corruption with transparency.

What the Biden Administration can't do.

Posted by: Axeman at August 17, 2021 03:31 PM (XHhHI)

50 When the Clintons vacated the WH, there were reports of lots of things missing. But, a non-story.

Posted by: JM in Florida at August 17, 2021 03:31 PM (HCeRP)

51 And I will buy Pompeo a whiskey, not 5k in whiskey, but I'll stand him a decent top shelf pour.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, The Suicide Squad review at August 17, 2021 03:31 PM (XvPQV)

52 How about all that insider trading that Congress critters get away with?

Nevermind

F*^k this $h!t

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at August 17, 2021 03:31 PM (sJHOI)

53 I bet Billy Bob in Appalachia makes better mountain dew than the Japs.

It's my understanding that Japanese whiskey doesn't have lots of smoke and peat.

Posted by: pep at August 17, 2021 03:31 PM (ZsR3z)

54 He says he would rike Mike to drink it...with more...intensity.

Posted by: ZOD at August 17, 2021 03:31 PM (xK9An)

55 I really don't care for the Japanese whiskeys I've tried. That are too perfect. They taste manufactured.

I prefer Irish.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 17, 2021 03:27 PM (A+rex)

I'm not much of an Irish Whiskey person, but agree on the Japanese stuff. The one I had was exceedingly light, and didn't have that singular flavor I was looking for. Almost seemed like a blended blend and homogenized. No doubt, a lot of the value of that bottle was due to its rarity. Give me a bottle of good Kentucky bourbon any day.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at August 17, 2021 03:31 PM (wAnMi)

56 Janet Yellen is one fugly mofo.

Would Not Hit It.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 17, 2021 03:31 PM (/1l9x)

57 I, also, performed for a few minutes on Zoom and let me tell you I didn't get a million bucks.

Posted by: Jeff Toobin at August 17, 2021 03:32 PM (JPtHE)

58 Whiskey bottles, and brand new cars
Oak tree you're in my way
There's too much coke and too much smoke
Look what's going on inside you

Ooooh that smell
Can't you smell that smell
Ooooh that smell
The smell of death surrounds you
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 17, 2021 03:28 PM (Bmy3R)
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Wait. How'd it suddenly turn into a song about Hillary Clinton?

Posted by: Axeman at August 17, 2021 03:32 PM (XHhHI)

59 I had to wash my mouth out with something!- Kamala, probably

Posted by: Fool Otto at August 17, 2021 03:32 PM (DB16e)

60 >>50 When the Clintons vacated the WH, there were reports of lots of things missing. But, a non-story.
Posted by: JM in Florida at August 17, 2021 03:31 PM (HCeRP)

Several staffers reported that Mrs. Clinton had stolen their souls. For her collection. Weird.

Posted by: ZOD at August 17, 2021 03:32 PM (xK9An)

61 Japs make some good hooch, I think. And a bottle, vs.the histrionic 3rd World graft of Biden Inc.? Right.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 17, 2021 03:33 PM (WbJ4p)

62 Nice club, if you're in it. Getting theirs before this plate spinning all comes crashing down

Posted by: A dude in MI at August 17, 2021 03:33 PM (/6GbT)

63 Pompeo deserves the bottle of whiskey for not getting any of his embassies fukked up on his watch. Apparently it's not as easy as it seems it should be.

Posted by: Dirks Strewn DA 1977 at August 17, 2021 03:33 PM (LBiyC)

64 I, also, performed for a few minutes on Zoom and let me tell you I didn't get a million bucks.
Posted by: Jeff Toobin at August 17, 2021 03:32 PM
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It just felt like it.

Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin at August 17, 2021 03:33 PM (XHhHI)

65 6-digit speeches and 7-digit book advances are bribery right out in the open. Not sure whey they even bother with the pretense, since 10% For The Big Guy is now a precious norm.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at August 17, 2021 03:33 PM (DXFDM)

66 Clintons took the WH silver as a souvenir, right?

Posted by: runner at August 17, 2021 03:33 PM (iS/NP)

67 Donk, so Yellen can get all the laundered money her accounts can hold.

Posted by: CN at August 17, 2021 03:33 PM (ONvIw)

68 I saw Pompeo yesterday for the first time since Trump left office. Looks like he's lost at least 50 pounds.

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 17, 2021 03:33 PM (xPl2J)

69 Unless you live in the Southern Hemisphere, you should not get the flu in August.

Treat is seriously. it might be COVID-19 or a variant.
Get some Ivermectin.

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at August 17, 2021 03:33 PM (xopIz)

70 Back from surgery. Face down for 3-5 days. Other than that it looks like it went well. I'm still alive anyway.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 17, 2021 03:27 PM (kTF2Z)

Get well, but how the HELL are you posting ?
Posted by: JoeF. at August 17, 2021 03:28 PM (mR6Gs)

Oh nevercmind, I misread the comment.

Get well.

Posted by: JoeF. at August 17, 2021 03:34 PM (mR6Gs)

71 agree on the Japanese stuff. The one I had was exceedingly light, and didn't have that singular flavor I was looking for. Almost seemed like a blended blend and homogenized. No doubt, a lot of the value of that bottle was due to its rarity. Give me a bottle of good Kentucky bourbon any day.
Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at August 17, 2021 03:31 PM (wAnMi)

+1

Not a fan of most non-bourbon whiskeys I've tried. Bourbon has some really amazing flavor combinations. Something magic about that charred white oak.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, The Suicide Squad review at August 17, 2021 03:34 PM (XvPQV)

72 Duke Lowell, is this for your eye(s)? I know you were experiencing problems. Plus.. how are you posting? You got a cute sexy secretary there next to you?

Posted by: Jewells45 at August 17, 2021 03:34 PM (nxdel)

73 I bet there are no emails from Pompeo's staff telling the Japanese that if they want the SOS to take favorable action on their behalf they have to pay his wife $500,000 to give a speech.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy is a great start, but there is so much more to be done! at August 17, 2021 03:34 PM (gpKIi)

74 But is there whiskey in the jar? Perhaps the State Department cna look into that.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at August 17, 2021 03:34 PM (TNyrE)

75 I saw Pompeo yesterday for the first time since Trump left office. Looks like he's lost at least 50 pounds.
Posted by: Mark1971 at August 17, 2021 03:33 PM (xPl2J)

He might run

Posted by: JoeF. at August 17, 2021 03:34 PM (mR6Gs)

76 I detect tofu tones, with a hint of tamari and an afterswish soupcon of used ladies' panties.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 17, 2021 03:34 PM (Bmy3R)

77 For $5800, I could buy at least 150 bottles of stuff that tastes damn near close to as good as that one bottle.
Posted by: Doof at August 17, 2021 03:21 PM (mZUr4)

This was from before lockdowns/massive inflation but, IIRC, the guys at Whiskey Tribe said that above ~$150 you don't get any better. It's just about status.

I took my daughter through Neiman Marcus once. She saw a pair of pajama bottoms which were $750. I had to explain conspicuous consumption to her.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 17, 2021 03:34 PM (T7iTv)

78 What did you expect? Yellen can't paint for shit

We gotta get the money to her somehow.

Posted by: Bruce at August 17, 2021 03:34 PM (oNoS3)

79 So, on the subject of Japanese copies.

I have tried many creme cheese copies over the years, and most cooks will tell you that nothing compares to Philadelphia. I don't know why, but all others suck.

Well, I picked up a brand made in hokaido ("luxe") because philly brand is about $400 a 200 gm tub. (in US the normal package is 240gm) and I am sick of paying so much. Holy shit this stuff is good. Luxe. It is great raw, and I just had a piece of cheesecake made from it. Finally, someone rounded the edge on that philly brand market cornering.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at August 17, 2021 03:34 PM (OsAFK)

80 You're as smooth
As Tennessee whiskey
You're as sweet
As strawberry wine
You're as warm
As a glass of brandy
Honey, I stay stoned on your love
All the time

Posted by: Chris Stapleton at August 17, 2021 03:34 PM (bDqIh)

81 If I was given a bottle, back in the day, I would have to share it with my boss.

Too bad for Pompeo that Trump doesn't drink.

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at August 17, 2021 03:35 PM (xopIz)

82 The story is probably made up.

Posted by: runner at August 17, 2021 03:35 PM (iS/NP)

83 I'd bet dollars to donuts that bottle was pilfered as part of The #Resistance.

Posted by: Axeman at August 17, 2021 03:35 PM (XHhHI)

84 54 He says he would rike Mike to drink it...with more...intensity.
Posted by: ZOD at August 17, 2021 03:31 PM (xK9An)

George Lucas reference?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, The Suicide Squad review at August 17, 2021 03:35 PM (XvPQV)

85 Several staffers reported that Mrs. Clinton had stolen their souls. For her collection. Weird.
Posted by: ZOD at August 17, 2021 03:32 PM (xK9An)

"Challenge meh? For ya mor'eel souls?.....Ya on!"

Posted by: Boswell at August 17, 2021 03:35 PM (5iUNf)

86 qdpsteve you really don't know what you have. Maybe take some extra C and some zinc. Hope you feel better but don't hesitate to go to urgent care or ER if you get worse.

Posted by: Jewells45 at August 17, 2021 03:35 PM (nxdel)

87 could anyone even imagine a part of the government going after Clinton or Obama of a bottle of booze? Legal or not, it would never happen and it for sure would not be splashed on the internet. Yes there is a double standard and yes, we know it you crooks.

Posted by: Quint at August 17, 2021 03:35 PM (jZSOU)

88 84 54 He says he would rike Mike to drink it...with more...intensity.
Posted by: ZOD at August 17, 2021 03:31 PM (xK9An)

George Lucas reference?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, The Suicide Squad review at August 17, 2021 03:35 PM (XvPQV)

==========

Faster...more intense.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at August 17, 2021 03:36 PM (LvTSG)

89 Pompeo one of last adults in the Beltway. Like going back 30+ years in terms of quality.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 17, 2021 03:36 PM (WbJ4p)

90 You're as smooth
As Tennessee whiskey
You're as sweet
As strawberry wine
You're as warm
As a glass of brandy
Honey, I stay stoned on your love
All the time

Posted by: Chris Stapleton at August 17, 2021 03:34 PM (bDqIh)

not being a dick here, really just being old, but I sign this off with George Jones.

Posted by: Quint at August 17, 2021 03:36 PM (jZSOU)

91 City National(bottom of the page) $112K 4 times over 3 days, twice on the 30th.Begs the Question, what was on the next page...

Posted by: jeff at August 17, 2021 03:37 PM (uAI4S)

92 Did little Joey find pup-Pup yet ??????????

Posted by: James at August 17, 2021 03:37 PM (24+Vp)

93 Get well, but how the HELL are you posting ?
Posted by: JoeF. at August 17, 2021 03:28 PM (mR6Gs)

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Taught my dog to take dictation.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 17, 2021 03:37 PM (kTF2Z)

94 Any whiskey that goes missing is a scandalous crime.

Period.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 17, 2021 03:37 PM (BFigT)

95 I knew a guy that thought that he could "tough it out." Woke up the next day and couldn't breathe. Called 911. He was dead before they got there.

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at August 17, 2021 03:37 PM (xopIz)

96 $5,800 Whiskey Bottle, a Gift From Japan to Pompeo, Is Missing, U.S. Says

A pretty helpful "U.S.", wouldn't you say? I'm waiting to hear, "oops, it was 5800 Yen". (Still too expensive for me, though)

Posted by: t-bird at August 17, 2021 03:37 PM (oY5A0)

97 He was 76 years old. Probably got exposed while tending bar.

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at August 17, 2021 03:37 PM (xopIz)

98 This slender, busty, sexy brunette in a knit bikini wishes she could find some way into that six-figure at a shot speech game:
https://is.gd/RgdZKm

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2021 03:38 PM (3p5uk)

99 So they just found out about the missing bottle almost 8 months after the drunks of democrat party have been in the state department?

I'll make the call that some better than you donk stole and drank it.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 17, 2021 03:38 PM (w5raC)

100 Snortin' whiskey, drinkin' cocaine.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 17, 2021 03:38 PM (Bmy3R)

101 I'll make the call that some better than you donk stole and drank it.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 17, 2021 03:38 PM (w5raC)
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No way. The Democrats are the great, honest, competent, moral and honorable saviors of all that is good and right in the world!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2021 03:39 PM (3p5uk)

102 Gentlemen- but u already know pastry/confectionery in Japan good as Europe. Best smelling place in the world - Japanese train station.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 17, 2021 03:39 PM (WbJ4p)

103 I'm glad to not see mine or my wife's employers on that list. They are both big players in the world of finance so that is a relief.

Posted by: Mishdog at August 17, 2021 03:40 PM (cqAUI)

104 So they just found out about the missing bottle almost 8 months after the drunks of democrat party have been in the state department?

I'll make the call that some better than you donk stole and drank it.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 17, 2021 03:38 PM (w5raC)

I'm so old I remember that Hillary's state department lost $2 billion. The press? Crickets.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at August 17, 2021 03:40 PM (AiZBA)

105 "Get some Ivermectin"

Posted by: hOYT' at August 17, 2021 03:40 PM (49Exr)

106 102 Gentlemen- but u already know pastry/confectionery in Japan good as Europe. Best smelling place in the world - Japanese train station.
Posted by: rhomboid at August 17, 2021 03:39 PM (WbJ4p)

A good attempt at haiku but too many syllables.

Posted by: blaster (mbFEM) at August 17, 2021 03:40 PM (mbFEM)

107 Pompeo just took a little nippon it.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 17, 2021 03:40 PM (Bmy3R)

108 I don't get how Yellen can charge or be rewarded for speaking. Aren't we already paying her for that?

But, if that's the way the system works, why can't we hire Jen Psaki for a pole dance?

Posted by: t-bird at August 17, 2021 03:40 PM (fSmfa)

109 Did you ever watch something and cringe so hard it hurt?

This is worse.

https://bit.ly/2W2rfRC

Posted by: bonhomme at August 17, 2021 03:41 PM (UW2ZS)

110 Face down for 3-5 days. Other than that it looks like it went well. I'm still alive anyway.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 17, 2021 03:27 PM (kTF2Z)

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$5,800 of whiskey will also leave you face down for a few days.

Posted by: 496 at August 17, 2021 03:41 PM (VJsqe)

111 @Breaking911

JUST IN: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services asking for volunteers to help process Special Immigrant Visas for Afghan nationals and their families - ABC News

Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 03:41 PM (cF8AT)

112 I really don't care for the Japanese whiskeys I've tried. That are too perfect. They taste manufactured.

I prefer Irish.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 17, 2021 03:27 PM (A+rex)

THIS is a good woman!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2021 03:41 PM (axyOa)

113 Did you ever watch something and cringe so hard it hurt?

This is worse.

https://bit.ly/2W2rfRC
Posted by: bonhomme at August 17, 2021 03:41 PM (UW2ZS)
++++
He ain't lying.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2021 03:41 PM (3p5uk)

114 edit #105 , stupid keyboard:

"Get some Ivermectin"

What's the best/easiest way to get it?

Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at August 17, 2021 03:41 PM (49Exr)

115 Thinking ahead to the next hill.

Posted by: It's not who we are at August 17, 2021 03:41 PM (hZVCd)

116 So Australia is now a literal penal colony again. Everyone is supposed to stay inside their homes unless given special permission. Cop goon squad are going around and checking that you're in your assigned cell/home.

https://youtu.be/RWvQljgkr_U

We better not give one inch on any more shit like vax passports or we're going to be right behind them.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at August 17, 2021 03:41 PM (DXFDM)

117 366 I think it would be cosmically hilarious if the end result of this whole mess is that Biden ends up keeping 10,000 troops in Afghanistan through the end of his administration.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at August 17, 2021 02:53 PM (LvTSG)

Sir congratulations you have solved the puzzle.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 17, 2021 03:42 PM (/hXfz)

118 I really don't care for the Japanese whiskeys I've tried. That are too perfect. They taste manufactured.

I prefer Irish.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 17, 2021 03:27 PM (A+rex)

I'm not much of an Irish Whiskey person, but agree on the Japanese stuff. The one I had was exceedingly light, and didn't have that singular flavor I was looking for. Almost seemed like a blended blend and homogenized. No doubt, a lot of the value of that bottle was due to its rarity. Give me a bottle of good Kentucky bourbon any day.
Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at August 17, 2021 03:31 PM (wAnMi)

Irish whiskey is too young and thin tasting for me. And low proof. Good for doing shots, but not for sipping or cocktails.

Bourbon or American rye. 90 proof minimum -- preferably higher. There is nothing else worth buying for this moron!

Posted by: Doof at August 17, 2021 03:42 PM (mZUr4)

119 I would bet a $5800 bottle of whiskey that Pompeo never touchec the bottle (maybe in a photo op receiving it but after that never) and it went into the "system" for official State Department gifts etc.

Posted by: blaster (mbFEM) at August 17, 2021 03:42 PM (mbFEM)

120 Last alcohol that left me face-down was Limoncello.

That shit will fuck you up hard, but at least you'll have lemony-fresh breath when you come to.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 17, 2021 03:42 PM (Bmy3R)

121 qdpsteve you really don't know what you have. Maybe take some extra C and some zinc. Hope you feel better but don't hesitate to go to urgent care or ER if you get worse.

Posted by: Jewells45 at August 17, 2021 03:35 PM (nxdel)

Yes. Of all the people I know and all of the people those people know there was only one person that got the chinese virus. He said it was rough, no shitting water and no throwing up, but lost his sense of smell and taste (they both came back) and that his blood OX got down to 92. The docs delivered him some steroid (I don't know what kind) and two days later he was close to normal. So give a call to a doc.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 17, 2021 03:42 PM (w5raC)

122 Japanese whisky is basically scotch, that is the style they make. They have some indigenous barrels that are obscenely expensive. The Hibiki Harmony gives you are chance to try one.

But also Japanese whiskies are way overpriced, certainly on the high end What are they implying Pompeo drank the thing. Btw, if he did drink it, would that be illegal? At what point are these gifts just stupid things to put in museums or gifts that no one enjoyed? To be honest, it would be pretty cool to check out that museum. Does the Smithsonian cover that?

I know the much hated by one Nixon had to drink tons of Chinese Baiju, a truly awful spirit. If he drinks it is that ok? No way it cost that much but you could see that with the French.

Posted by: Quint at August 17, 2021 03:42 PM (jZSOU)

123 From James bond movies, i learned that supervillains always give a speech clearly outlining their evil intentions, and usually have some visual aids to help drive the point.

Since Yellin made no statement clearly stating the money was payment for future favors, then it wasn't. That's just Science.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at August 17, 2021 03:42 PM (QjaLv)

124 >>When the Clintons vacated the WH, there were reports of lots of things missing. But, a non-story.

I remember when they loaded up a lot of the WH furniture that had been donated by various American craftsmen. NOT gifts to the Clintons -- to the WH. That was a big story, because it happened in the final months of the Clinton presidency, along with the big push to pardon a ton of people, Bill initially leasing a post-presidential office space in the most expensive are of NYC (paid by taxpayers), and also newly-elected Senator Hillary buying herself a huge Kalorama mansion w/her book advance. Worse, she then throwing herself a big house-warming oarty where she registered for all sorts of expensive furniture, etc. so that *other people* could furnish her mansion -- just weeks before she was sworn in and would have had to report these generous gufts.

These were all DC scandals and people did care at the time because DC was sick of the Clinton Grift-and-Scandal show and could not say buh-bye soon enough.

Posted by: Chris Stapleton at August 17, 2021 03:43 PM (bDqIh)

125 Revolutionary leaders and terrorists tend to be from that class. Here in the US too. Most other people don't have the time or resources to worry about regime change unless they're starving.
__________

Yes but Obama insisted after 9/11, and still does to this day, that islamic terrorism has nothing to do with islamic theology. The only reason muslims become terrorists is because they are forced to live in ignorance and poverty -- with the implication that the greedy white people in the west, and especially in Amerikkka, are the cause of muslims' ignorance and poverty, of course.

This is why we need to send more American dollars to those countries, and why we should import millions more muslims here each year, and why we must devote ourselves to promoting muslim self-esteem projects (like NASA) and why the best thing we could do for the middle east is start a jobs program there. Because it's just ignorance and poverty that cause islamic terrorism, not islamic theology.

It's total bullshit. Islamic terrorism is absolutely caused by islamic theology. Directly caused by it. And half of the U.S. has been denying this obvious fact for decades.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at August 17, 2021 03:43 PM (k4dH2)

126
JUST IN: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services asking for volunteers to help process Special Immigrant Visas for Afghan nationals and their families - ABC News

Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 03:41 PM (cF8AT)

What did you expect? The "volunteers" will probably be far left or muslim

Posted by: CN at August 17, 2021 03:43 PM (ONvIw)

127 Did you ever watch Pro Wrestling and think to yourself, "This is pretty gay?"

Well, Japan decided it wasn't gay enough and made this:

https://bit.ly/2W2RoiI

Posted by: bonhomme at August 17, 2021 03:43 PM (UW2ZS)

128 Face down for 3-5 days. Other than that it looks like it went well. I'm still alive anyway.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 17, 2021 03:27 PM (kTF2Z)

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$5,800 of whiskey will also leave you face down for a few days.
Posted by: 496 at August 17, 2021 03:41 PM (VJsqe)
***

If Mrs D saw that charge on the credit card, I'd be face down permanently.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2021 03:43 PM (axyOa)

129 Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 03:41 PM (cF8AT)

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See - they DID think of every contingency!

not.

Posted by: 496 at August 17, 2021 03:43 PM (VJsqe)

130 123 From James bond movies, i learned that supervillains always give a speech clearly outlining their evil intentions, and usually have some visual aids to help drive the point.

Since Yellin made no statement clearly stating the money was payment for future favors, then it wasn't. That's just Science.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at August 17, 2021 03:42 PM (QjaLv)

==========

"She didn't monologue her evil plans! Syndrome in Incredibles told me that bad guys always monologue!"

Megamind > The Incredibles

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at August 17, 2021 03:43 PM (LvTSG)

131 Irish whiskey is too young and thin tasting for me. ...
Posted by: Doof at August 17, 2021 03:42 PM (mZUr4)
++++
No. Such. Thing.

Posted by: Hunter Biden at August 17, 2021 03:43 PM (3p5uk)

132 >JUST IN: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services asking for volunteers to help process Special Immigrant Visas for Afghan nationals and their families - ABC News

Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 03:41 PM (cF8AT)

Wat? "OK LaDennifer, here's your stamp, just process these papers as fast as you can. Your paycheck is based on how many you approve."

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at August 17, 2021 03:43 PM (DXFDM)

133 Also missing, Hunter's coke.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 17, 2021 03:43 PM (/hXfz)

134 What's the best/easiest way to get it?
Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at August 17, 2021 03:41 PM (49Exr)

Chewy

Posted by: CN at August 17, 2021 03:44 PM (ONvIw)

135 So I dated a girl once - a trust fundie. She had a bottle of hooch - i think it was a brandy. It was in a bottle made by an expensive glass company and the bottle was worth thousands empty.

Well, her previous BF was a fundie, and a drunk, and he did not have a corkscrew so he smashed the bottle against a table to open, breaking off the neck. She was heartbroken because the thing was a gift from her dear dead grannie or something, so she had the bottom half made into a glass.

Anyway, I told her that that is what addicts do - they show disdain for the thing they are addicted to. I was taught that lesson by a roomate when his dealer came over one time to party, and he was tossing coke around like it was chex mix. Roomate said that addicts have to show they still have power over the drug which is now controlling their lives. Rang true. Thought I would share that with you all today.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at August 17, 2021 03:44 PM (OsAFK)

136 Irish whiskey is too young and thin tasting for me. ...
Posted by: Doof at August 17, 2021 03:42 PM (mZUr4)
++++
No. Such. Thing.
Posted by: Hunter Biden at August 17, 2021 03:43 PM (3p5uk)

Well played!!

Posted by: Doof at August 17, 2021 03:44 PM (mZUr4)

137 My brother's whole family had the 'ro. Mom, dad and 4 kids.

All had mild symptoms, lost sense of smell, tingling in the nose, lethargy.

They were all back to normal in a week.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 17, 2021 03:44 PM (Bmy3R)

138 Does this mean that if I leave office alive with a few brain cells still operating, that I can't keep the My Little Pony snow globe the Swiss government gave me? I got it from them in Geneva when i was there to talk with Killer Vlad. Damn, it is a nice one. Looking at it helps me get sleepy for my afternoon naps.

Posted by: Joe B. from Scranton, Delaware or some coal mine up that way at August 17, 2021 03:45 PM (AMIL/)

139 The Taliban now have billions of dollars in equipment, including guns, ammunition, helicopters, and more, given to the Afghanistan government in the two decades before its collapse.

Posted by: James at August 17, 2021 03:45 PM (24+Vp)

140 Where, exactly, does the man playing President propose keeping the troops, now that the Talibn have overrun the entire country, and the National army has cut and run/went over to the other side/sold the hardware for a pretty penny?

Posted by: kraken at August 17, 2021 03:45 PM (6Je/Q)

141 My favorite whiskey is the 1792 Kentucky Bourbon, it has a smooth taste to it that makes it the one for me.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 17, 2021 03:45 PM (trdmm)

142 qdpsteve

Keep pounding fluids, 7 Up and OJ are good, maybe some milk to help with acidity.

Take some Immodium AD. If you're still runny, get to a clinic at least.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, The Suicide Squad review at August 17, 2021 03:45 PM (XvPQV)

143 I just read that most Afghani Christians expect to be martyred.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at August 17, 2021 03:45 PM (cSyAR)

144 The light of Liberty is being doused in front of our eyes.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at August 17, 2021 03:45 PM (uOx7K)

145 Last alcohol that left me face-down was Limoncello.

That shit will fuck you up hard, but at least you'll have lemony-fresh breath when you come to.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 17, 2021 03:42 PM (Bmy3R)

he is a legit dick as we all know. But did you see the infamous youtube video of Danny Devito when he showed up on the View drunk on Limoncello?

The clip was so famous he created a Iimoncello brand. I have made it a few times but nothing comes close to the stuff you can get in Southern Italy on the side of the road. The reason is we simply don't have those kinds of lemons. THey have lemons twice the size we have and with a much larger zest. And as we know, Limoncello is all about the zest, the pulp and juice plays no part.

Posted by: Quint at August 17, 2021 03:45 PM (jZSOU)

146 116 So Australia is now a literal penal colony again. Everyone is supposed to stay inside their homes unless given special permission. Cop goon squad are going around and checking that you're in your assigned cell/home.

https://youtu.be/RWvQljgkr_U

We better not give one inch on any more shit like vax passports or we're going to be right behind them.
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at August 17, 2021 03:41 PM (DXFDM)

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I knew they were toast back when they gave up their firearms.

Posted by: ShainS at August 17, 2021 03:45 PM (JnCLp)

147 Chewy
Posted by: CN at August 17, 2021 03:44 PM (ONvIw)

RRRGGGRRRGGGAAAHHHRR

Posted by: Chewbacca at August 17, 2021 03:45 PM (AiZBA)

148 You can order it from Amazon or you can get it at feed stores. Look up Dr Stella Immanuels clinc as they do telemeds.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at August 17, 2021 03:45 PM (YynYJ)

149 111 @Breaking911

JUST IN: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services asking for volunteers to help process Special Immigrant Visas for Afghan nationals and their families - ABC News

Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 03:41 PM (cF8AT)

I'll say it again. I'll take Covid seriously when our leaders do.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 17, 2021 03:46 PM (KbCG3)

150 Chewy
Posted by: CN at August 17, 2021 03:44 PM (ONvIw)

do you have to get a script for Ivermectin? My wife is at risk for blot clots already.

Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at August 17, 2021 03:46 PM (49Exr)

151 143 I just read that most Afghani Christians expect to be martyred.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at August 17, 2021 03:45 PM (cSyAR)

I think most Afghani Muslims feel the same.

Posted by: Roy at August 17, 2021 03:46 PM (Ti+Tv)

152 "I saw Pompeo yesterday for the first time since Trump left office. Looks like he's lost at least 50 pounds. -- He might run"

He seems to be very solid, from what I can tell. He has the DC background ... maybe a better choice than taking DeSantis out of Florida? Or he could be the Trump VP, but given broad responsibility?

He was on with Maria the other day, she asked if he would run, he did not say no. Maria "you didn't say no, I'll take it". He was CIA ... but maybe "reform" has to happen with someone that had been Deep Inside (Trump exposed, he did not reform much because he trusted too many of the wrong guys?)

Posted by: illiniwek at August 17, 2021 03:46 PM (Cus5s)

153 @Breaking911

JUST IN: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services asking for volunteers to help process Special Immigrant Visas for Afghan nationals and their families - ABC New

Poll counters from Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Arizona are headed out to volunteer.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2021 03:46 PM (axyOa)

154 149 I'll say it again. I'll take Covid seriously when our leaders do.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 17, 2021 03:46 PM (KbCG3)

=========

Barack Obama has returned to normal. Why shouldn't I?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at August 17, 2021 03:46 PM (LvTSG)

155 You can order it from Amazon or you can get it at feed stores. Look up Dr Stella Immanuels clinc as they do telemeds.
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at August 17, 2021 03:45 PM (YynYJ)

Cool. Thank you Notsothoreau.

Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at August 17, 2021 03:46 PM (49Exr)

156 So the State Department gave incorrect advice about Afghanistan but have time to investigate this?

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at August 17, 2021 03:46 PM (YynYJ)

157 143 I just read that most Afghani Christians expect to be martyred.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker

Heavenly Father, protect them

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 17, 2021 03:47 PM (oEn12)

158 My husband got the jab last week. The third day after he felt like total shit. Same the next day. Finally feeling better. *shakes head*

Posted by: Jewells45 at August 17, 2021 03:47 PM (nxdel)

159 Has anyone actually heard Yellen speak? She is not being paid for her speeches.

Posted by: President Select Decaf at August 17, 2021 03:47 PM (RMGKK)

160 For the American citizens stranded in Afghanistan: Please be advised that the American government cannot provide for your safety as you try to make your way to Kabul airport.

But we do have these few words of advice: SERPENTINE!!! SERPENTINE!!!
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Posted by: Office of the President of the United States at August 17, 2021 03:47 PM (XHhHI)

161 Vax passports.

Oh, and required booster shots.

Posted by: blaster (mbFEM) at August 17, 2021 03:47 PM (mbFEM)

162 do you have to get a script for Ivermectin? My wife is at risk for blot clots already.
Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur

Not if you buy the horse paste. We have six tubes at the ready. Bought from Amazon.

Posted by: lizabth at August 17, 2021 03:47 PM (L3Rsz)

163 Well played!!

Posted by: Doof at August 17, 2021 03:44 PM (mZUr4)

but you are right. Many like it for the exact reason. It beasts Canadian. And the Horde Canadians know I love them, that has always been the case.

Posted by: Quint at August 17, 2021 03:47 PM (jZSOU)

164 155 You can order it from Amazon or you can get it at feed stores. Look up Dr Stella Immanuels clinc as they do telemeds.
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at August 17, 2021 03:45 PM (YynYJ)

Cool. Thank you Notsothoreau.
Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at August 17, 2021 03:46 PM (49Exr)

And any parasite infection will be cleared up too!

Posted by: kraken at August 17, 2021 03:47 PM (6Je/Q)

165 Wat? "OK LaDennifer, here's your stamp, just process these papers as fast as you can. Your paycheck is based on how many you approve."

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at August 17, 2021 03:43 PM (DXFDM)

"Volunteers"

Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 03:48 PM (cF8AT)

166 @qdpsteve, are you sure it isn't Lupus?

Posted by: davidt at August 17, 2021 03:48 PM (qH4Vk)

167 114 edit #105 , stupid keyboard:

"Get some Ivermectin"

What's the best/easiest way to get it?
Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at August 17, 2021 03:41 PM (49Exr

pushhealth.com Answer some simple questions, and you can get a prescription online for $65.00 no shit.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 17, 2021 03:48 PM (trdmm)

168 Hillary drank that Whiskey.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 17, 2021 03:48 PM (Cus5s)

169 Rang true. Thought I would share that with you all today.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at August 17, 2021 03:44 PM (OsAFK)

He wasn't addicted to crystal, so he smashed it to get to his true love...alcohol. In my experience they show a love hate relationship to their drug of choice, but never disdain. He showed disdain for the girl, not the booze.

Posted by: CN at August 17, 2021 03:48 PM (ONvIw)

170 Well at least she didn't have to bone Hunter for her million$... I think.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 17, 2021 03:48 PM (r+sAi)

171 @Breaking911

JUST IN: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services asking for volunteers to help process Special Immigrant Visas for Afghan nationals and their families - ABC News

Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 03:41 PM (cF8AT)

I didn't see any families on that cargo plane. I guess they'll be along later?

Posted by: Jordan61, I am the 10% at August 17, 2021 03:48 PM (Ez6QX)

172 https://bit.ly/2W2rfRC
Posted by: bonhomme at August 17, 2021 03:41 PM (UW2ZS)
++++
He ain't lying.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

That gave me a groin injury. A g-g-g-g groiiiin injury!

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at August 17, 2021 03:48 PM (OsAFK)

173 I thought I heard Pompeo was out of town then the booze disappeared?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 17, 2021 03:48 PM (63Dwl)

174 @qdpsteve, are you sure it isn't Lupus?
Posted by: davidt at August 17, 2021 03:48 PM (qH4Vk)
++++
:: does drugs ::

It's never lupus.

:: does more drugs ::

Posted by: Dr. House, MD at August 17, 2021 03:48 PM (3p5uk)

175 Posted by: Quint at August 17, 2021 03:45 PM (jZSOU)

LOL, Never seen it, I'll look for the clip.

Growing up in a guinea family, a lot of older relatives made their own. Kept it in jars, like Italian moonshine. Which it kind of is, really. Some of my cousins still make it. Not me, I'll drink mine out of a bottle from the liquor store.

I did make dandelion wine one year like the old folks in my fam used to. It turned out VERY good, I was quite impressed with myself. Lots of work though.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 17, 2021 03:48 PM (Bmy3R)

176
166 @qdpsteve, are you sure it isn't Lupus?
Posted by: davidt at August 17, 2021 03:48 PM (qH4Vk)

May be a Tumah!!!

Posted by: kraken at August 17, 2021 03:49 PM (6Je/Q)

177 @alexplitsas

Held this until they were on the ground

Hearing from sources that the original plan was for elements of the 82nd Airborne's Global Response Force to conduct a mass tactical jump to seize Bagram Airfield to facilitate the evacuation but it was called off & they were sent to Kabul

Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 03:49 PM (cF8AT)

178 Afghanistan refugees are being sent to military bases in Virginia, Wisconsin and Texas.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 17, 2021 03:49 PM (NpAcC)

179 Did you ever watch Pro Wrestling and think to yourself, "This is pretty gay?"
Well, Japan decided it wasn't gay enough and made this:
https://bit.ly/2W2RoiI
Posted by: bonhomme at August 17, 2021 03:43 PM (UW2ZS)

Family entertainment right there. And a great way to get your kids to stop asking to go to McDonalds.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at August 17, 2021 03:49 PM (wAnMi)

180 You can also take quercetin with the zinc. And prednisone is one of the steroids used. Since ivermectin seems to be anti viral, it might help with the flu. Make sure you get pure ivermectin.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at August 17, 2021 03:50 PM (YynYJ)

181 Even then, as whisky goes, 5800 is not that expensive.

Posted by: Y5 at August 17, 2021 03:50 PM (zFoM0)

182 pushhealth.com Answer some simple questions, and you can get a prescription online for $65.00 no shit.
Posted by: Tom Servo

That's interesting. Do you have to pretend to be sneezy or feverish?

IOW: will they give you Ivermectine as a preventative, or only if you think you have the 'rona?

Posted by: lizabth at August 17, 2021 03:50 PM (L3Rsz)

183 We've been catching flak for hiding at Camp David, but it's all about the flow of information. Joe's Highlights for Children gets delivered here every Tuesday. It's what keeps him going, aside from the pharmaceutical cocktails and toddler plasma.

Posted by: Herr Doktor Jill at August 17, 2021 03:50 PM (JPtHE)

184 just read that most Afghani Christians expect to be martyred.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker

Heavenly Father, protect them
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 17, 2021 03:47 PM (oEn12)

Where did you see this? How many are there? Emergency novena being prayed on hallow.

Posted by: LASue at August 17, 2021 03:50 PM (olbr4)

185 are you guys for real? Horse medicine for what exactly? The standards for clotting are Pradaxa, Seroquel, and the really old school and shitty, Coumadin.

Posted by: Quint at August 17, 2021 03:50 PM (jZSOU)

186 How likely are Afghani Christians to be given refugee status?

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at August 17, 2021 03:50 PM (cSyAR)

187 He wasn't addicted to crystal, so he smashed it to get to his true love...alcohol. In my experience they show a love hate relationship to their drug of choice, but never disdain. He showed disdain for the girl, not the booze.
Posted by: CN

obviously it is more complex than a gray box will permit, but at times they have to show that it is worthless. True love would have had the guy find a corkscrew so as not to waste a drop.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at August 17, 2021 03:51 PM (OsAFK)

188 Its a straight bribe for Yellen and she will do their bidding.

Does anyone really believe Mike Pompeo did any special favors for Japan over a bottle of whisky? Guy probably just said thanks and put it in a box somewhere. Some random whiskeys have shot up to crazy values recently.

Posted by: Blago at August 17, 2021 03:51 PM (zh4hP)

189 Posted by: qdpsteve (L2ZTs) at August 17, 2021 03:23 PM (L2ZTs)

Could be norovirus. Fluids, not gatorade or other sugar water. Maalox (loperamide). Wear a butt mask and social distance.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy is a great start, but there is so much more to be done! at August 17, 2021 03:51 PM (gpKIi)

190 I've been sitting on 2 bottles of Pappy's for about 5 years now.

Waiting....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 17, 2021 03:51 PM (BFigT)

191 173 I thought I heard Pompeo was out of town then the booze disappeared?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 17, 2021 03:48 PM (63Dwl)

I read something similar.

Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 03:51 PM (cF8AT)

192 190 I've been sitting on 2 bottles of Pappy's for about 5 years now.

Waiting....
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 17, 2021 03:51 PM (BFigT)

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I'll help you store one bottle.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at August 17, 2021 03:51 PM (LvTSG)

193 Did you ever watch Pro Wrestling and think to yourself, "This is pretty gay?"
Well, Japan decided it wasn't gay enough and made this:
https://bit.ly/2W2RoiI
Posted by: bonhomme at August 17, 2021 03:43 PM (UW2ZS)
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I would like to say that I don't get it because I can't because of a total lack of cultural context, but I don't think that's the real answer.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2021 03:52 PM (3p5uk)

194 Where did you see this? How many are there? Emergency novena being prayed on hallow.
Posted by: LASue at August 17, 2021 03:50 PM (olbr4)

I saw an item from a church with contacts in Afghanistan.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at August 17, 2021 03:52 PM (cSyAR)

195 179 Did you ever watch Pro Wrestling and think to yourself, "This is pretty gay?"
Well, Japan decided it wasn't gay enough and made this:
https://bit.ly/2W2RoiI
Posted by: bonhomme at August 17, 2021 03:43 PM (UW2ZS)

Family entertainment right there. And a great way to get your kids to stop asking to go to McDonalds.
Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at August 17, 2021 03:49 PM (wAnMi)

once more, the old question arises: The Japanese - nuked too much, or not nuked enough?

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 17, 2021 03:52 PM (trdmm)

196 144 The light of Liberty is being doused in front of our eyes.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at August 17, 2021 03:45 PM (uOx7K)

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To paraphrase Sir Edward Grey: The lamps are going out all over the West, we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime.

I would speculate, furthermore, not in the lifetimes of any of our progeny ... perhaps ever.

Posted by: ShainS at August 17, 2021 03:52 PM (96scd)

197 The persecution of former admin officials must be instituted agains Democrats by the next Republican president. It's the only ways to make them stop. As long as they don't pay for their excesses they will continue doing it.

What's more, a future president Trump or DeSantis must fire the entire top layer of the bureaucracy in order to protect the country. Anyone who says that then nothing will be done doesn't know that nothing has been done for the people or country for decades.

Posted by: President Select Decaf at August 17, 2021 03:52 PM (RMGKK)

198 Even then, as whisky goes, 5800 is not that expensive.

230 a glass?

That is not much

Posted by: Y5 at August 17, 2021 03:52 PM (zFoM0)

199 >Hearing from sources that the original plan was for elements of the 82nd Airborne's Global Response Force to conduct a mass tactical jump to seize Bagram Airfield to facilitate the evacuation but it was called off & they were sent to Kabul
Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 03:49 PM (cF8AT)

A few weeks after abandoning it? Fucking brilliant. We do truly have the bestest and brightest elites and generals.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at August 17, 2021 03:52 PM (DXFDM)

200 Hearing from sources that the original plan was for elements of the 82nd Airborne's Global Response Force to conduct a mass tactical jump to seize Bagram Airfield to facilitate the evacuation but it was called off & they were sent to Kabul
Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 03:49 PM (cF8AT)

My son's good friend flies transports in the Air Force. He was on the list to fly to Afghanistan to assist until yesterday then they told him not to go.

Don't know what that means, if anything.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at August 17, 2021 03:52 PM (AiZBA)

201 Always and ever an attempt at diversion these lefty journos are. Biden is in trouble, quick do a hit piece on somebody connected to Trump!

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 17, 2021 03:52 PM (r+sAi)

202 My favorite whiskey is the 1792 Kentucky Bourbon, it has a smooth taste to it that makes it the one for me.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 17, 2021 03:45 PM (trdmm)

Tom, I assume that is the small batch?
Good choice. It has a very aromatic touch to it.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2021 03:52 PM (axyOa)

203 I used to distribute HQC long before it became famous. I had a lot left over and tossed it. Only a few years later it would be the most sought after med in the country. I still would have tossed it but I guess I am lame. But don't blame me for not predicting this mess, it is just an interesting life fact.

Posted by: Quint at August 17, 2021 03:52 PM (jZSOU)

204 I would like to say that I don't get it because I can't because of a total lack of cultural context, but I don't think that's the real answer.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2021 03:52 PM (3p5uk

you don't get it because you're sane.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 17, 2021 03:53 PM (trdmm)

205 Horse paste have a shelf life?

Posted by: A dude in MI at August 17, 2021 03:53 PM (/6GbT)

206 Seattle Mayor Jenny "Jerkin' Muh" Durkin says, "All those empty storefronts in Seattle just means we have lots of opportunities for new, hip businesses to move in for AntiFa to destroy."

I may have paraphrased.

https://bit.ly/3mbmHTN

Posted by: bonhomme at August 17, 2021 03:53 PM (UW2ZS)

207 obviously it is more complex than a gray box will permit, but at times they have to show that it is worthless. True love would have had the guy find a corkscrew so as not to waste a drop.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at August 17, 2021 03:51 PM (OsAF

Craving and and addict's need for the substance is usually immediate, and they do not savor it anymore. It's a bit more primal than "true love" , yes. And the only time they show that it's worthless is when they're conning, friends, family, or the judge.

Posted by: CN at August 17, 2021 03:53 PM (ONvIw)

208 For people who worry a lot over shit, there is a big upsurge of RSV in the country. Yes, adults do catch it, and are catching it. 177,000 hospitalizations per year, 14,000 deaths. The treatment??? Yeah, nada.

Posted by: kraken at August 17, 2021 03:53 PM (6Je/Q)

209 186 How likely are Afghani Christians to be given refugee status?
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at August 17, 2021 03:50 PM (cSyAR)

None. They'll be hunted down like the Yazidi in Iraq during the last ISIS rise under Dog-Eater.

Posted by: Thrawn at August 17, 2021 03:53 PM (wQb4c)

210 Pompeo's successor found and drank that bottle.

Posted by: davidt at August 17, 2021 03:53 PM (qH4Vk)

211 Even then, as whisky goes, 5800 is not that expensive.

230 a glass?

That is not much

Is that you, Mr Poo Poo?

Posted by: bonhomme at August 17, 2021 03:53 PM (UW2ZS)

212 Under the Constitution, it is illegal for an American official to accept a gift from a foreign government, and gifts are considered property of the U.S. government. The founders included the measure to stop foreign governments from gaining undue influence over American officials.
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What if their kids accept the "gift?" Cool, right?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 17, 2021 03:54 PM (c9t1s)

213 154 149 I'll say it again. I'll take Covid seriously when our leaders do.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 17, 2021 03:46 PM (KbCG3)

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Barack Obama has returned to normal. Why shouldn't I?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at August 17, 2021 03:46 PM (LvTSG)

Uh, when you walk on water and turn water into wine, then you can start comparing yourself to Obama. And not a second before.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 17, 2021 03:54 PM (KbCG3)

214 Horse paste have a shelf life?
Posted by: A dude in MI

April 2023 expiration date for my stock.

Posted by: lizabth at August 17, 2021 03:54 PM (L3Rsz)

215 you don't get it because you're sane.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 17, 2021 03:53 PM (trdmm)
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Right, I suspect that's the real answer. "I'm a sane, straight guy" means that I can't grok whatever the fuck that is.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2021 03:54 PM (3p5uk)

216 But..............But............But............. Trump lied to Speaker Pelosi !!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: James at August 17, 2021 03:54 PM (24+Vp)

217 Jewells, Jukin and Mark, thanks!!!

davidt and Kraken, LOL.

Re toomah: Arnie sure burnt up all his fans' good will this past week didn't he?

Posted by: qdpsteve (L2ZTs) at August 17, 2021 03:54 PM (L2ZTs)

218 qdpsteve, if you have someone who can buy stuff for you, have them buy you some slippery elm capsules. it will be in the nutritional supplements aisle

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 17, 2021 03:55 PM (oEn12)

219 My favorite whiskey is the 1792 Kentucky Bourbon, it has a smooth taste to it that makes it the one for me.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 17, 2021 03:45 PM (trdmm)

Tom, I assume that is the small batch?
Good choice. It has a very aromatic touch to it.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2021 03:52 PM (axyOa)

1792 is such a good drink

If you get a chance at Russell Reserve, check it out too. And of course Eagle Rare...had a chance to buy two bottles and screwed up and left them behind. By the time I got back to the store, already gone.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, The Suicide Squad review at August 17, 2021 03:55 PM (XvPQV)

220 117 366 I think it would be cosmically hilarious if the end result of this whole mess is that Biden ends up keeping 10,000 troops in Afghanistan through the end of his administration.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at August 17, 2021 02:53 PM (LvTSG)

Sir congratulations you have solved the puzzle.
Posted by: BourbonChicken

And more important, 20,000 highly paid contractors.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at August 17, 2021 03:55 PM (OsAFK)

221 My husband got the jab last week. The third day after he felt like total shit. Same the next day. Finally feeling better. *shakes head*
Posted by: Jewells45 at August 17, 2021 03:47 PM (nxdel)

That the first or second shot?

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at August 17, 2021 03:55 PM (wAnMi)

222 Even then, as whisky goes, 5800 is not that expensive.

230 a glass?

That is not much

Posted by: Y5 at August 17, 2021 03:52 PM (zFoM0)

Bourbons never reach that level and that is good., REally you are only going to see that with Scotch or some absurdly priced Japanese Whisky. Those Scotches are super old and really they are only sent to Japan or China. Sure you can collect, but they don't send knew whiskies of that price here because people won't pay up for them.

Posted by: Quint at August 17, 2021 03:55 PM (jZSOU)

223 Hillary drank that Whiskey.
Posted by: illiniwek at August 17, 2021 03:48 PM (Cus5s)

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Nah, Jen Psaki's transgender intern gave it to xer boyfriend.

Posted by: President Select Decaf at August 17, 2021 03:55 PM (RMGKK)

224 I just read that most Afghani Christians expect to be martyred.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at August 17, 2021 03:45 PM (cSyAR)

I think they number around 2,000. Lord have mercy.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 17, 2021 03:55 PM (45fpk)

225 Barack Obama has returned to normal.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at August 17, 2021 03:46 PM (LvTSG)
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Correction: Barack Obama has returned to sub-normal, as befits a certified member of Club 85.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 17, 2021 03:55 PM (c9t1s)

226 111 @Breaking911

JUST IN: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services asking for volunteers to help process Special Immigrant Visas for Afghan nationals and their families - ABC News

Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 03:41 PM (cF8AT)

Why in hell is Stupid Joe, State, and DHS futzing around with all this paperwork crap? Put the Afghans on planes to any US airport. When they get to the Immigration checkpoint, they simply request asylum in the US to escape violence in their native country. Bingo - in they come, into DHS custody.

If it works all day every day on the Mexican border for Guatemalans, why can't it work for the Afghanis at the Atlanta airport?

This will also reduce total costs for getting them over to and into the US. We have waterheads running every part of the Executive Branch.

Posted by: Joe B. from Scranton, Delaware or some coal mine up that way at August 17, 2021 03:55 PM (AMIL/)

227 Hearing from sources that the original plan was for elements of the 82nd Airborne's Global Response Force to conduct a mass tactical jump to seize Bagram Airfield to facilitate the evacuation but it was called off & they were sent to Kabul
Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 03:49 PM (cF8AT)

Jumping into Afghanistan would seem unnecessarily dangerous

Posted by: Y5 at August 17, 2021 03:55 PM (zFoM0)

228 Is Horse Paste better on a Ritz, or a Wheat Thin??

Posted by: kraken at August 17, 2021 03:56 PM (6Je/Q)

229 *hic*

Posted by: Hillary! at August 17, 2021 03:56 PM (1R20R)

230 Tom, I assume that is the small batch?
Good choice. It has a very aromatic touch to it.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2021 03:52 PM (axyOa)

My goto bourbon is Evan Williams 1783 Small Batch.

Posted by: blaster (mbFEM) at August 17, 2021 03:56 PM (mbFEM)

231 I've been sitting on 2 bottles of Pappy's for about 5 years now.

Waiting....
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 17, 2021 03:51 PM (BFigT)

Waiting for a bourbon-loving moron from MD to join you to enjoy them????

Posted by: Doof at August 17, 2021 03:56 PM (mZUr4)

232 OT: I was on a plane yesterday and saw on someone else's tablet some new (?) Marvel animated series where Peggy Carter ends up taking the enhancement drug and becomes Captain Britain or something.

Other than that it appeared to be a blow-by-blow remake of the Captain America storyline, at least the five minutes I sort of watched without sound.

Is that a fair assessment? I'm guessing this is their multi-verse thing that came out? Is it all white-washing out the men and replacing with stronk wimmins?

Posted by: TexasDan at August 17, 2021 03:56 PM (Sd2Hw)

233 Posted by: MIRROR UNIVERSE MITCH MCCONNELL at August 17, 2021 03:55 PM (Pzzpr)

Sorry Mitch, good try. That isn't mirror universe at all.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at August 17, 2021 03:56 PM (AiZBA)

234 vmom, thanks!!

I'm also tempted to see if I can get some bananas. They stop me up, but at least end the diarrhea.

Posted by: qdpsteve (L2ZTs) at August 17, 2021 03:57 PM (L2ZTs)

235 Welp, I need to go think about making dinner soon, so here's a pretty girl with an afro in an environment that appears to be colder than one would guess at first glance:
https://is.gd/Ns25Qb

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2021 03:57 PM (3p5uk)

236 117 366 I think it would be cosmically hilarious if the end result of this whole mess is that Biden ends up keeping 10,000 troops in Afghanistan through the end of his administration.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at August 17, 2021 02:53 PM (LvTSG)

Sir congratulations you have solved the puzzle.
Posted by: BourbonChicken
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What? And leave DC unprotected?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 17, 2021 03:57 PM (c9t1s)

237 Posted by: CN

I think we agree.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at August 17, 2021 03:57 PM (OsAFK)

238 I think they number around 2,000. Lord have mercy.
Posted by: grammie winger at August 17, 2021 03:55 PM (45fpk)

Makes my heart ache and.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at August 17, 2021 03:57 PM (cSyAR)

239 And more important, 20,000 highly paid contractors.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at August 17, 2021 03:55 PM (OsAFK)

Needing very expensive equipment

Posted by: A dude in MI at August 17, 2021 03:57 PM (/6GbT)

240 232 Other than that it appeared to be a blow-by-blow remake of the Captain America storyline, at least the five minutes I sort of watched without sound.

Is that a fair assessment? I'm guessing this is their multi-verse thing that came out? Is it all white-washing out the men and replacing with stronk wimmins?
Posted by: TexasDan at August 17, 2021 03:56 PM (Sd2Hw)

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It's called What If? I know next to nothing about it, but I assume it's just a bunch of weird what if scenarios set in the Marvel universe. I guess some of it may come into play if the multiverse thing plays out in Phase 4.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at August 17, 2021 03:57 PM (LvTSG)

241 234 vmom, thanks!!

I'm also tempted to see if I can get some bananas. They stop me up, but at least end the diarrhea.
Posted by: qdpsteve (L2ZTs) at August 17, 2021 03:57 PM (L2ZTs)

Rotoviruses are a thing, steve...

Posted by: kraken at August 17, 2021 03:57 PM (6Je/Q)

242 Uh, when you walk on water and turn water into wine, then you can start comparing yourself to Obama. And not a second before.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 17, 2021 03:54 PM (KbCG3)

Obama sorta had an inexplicable global admiration, right?

Posted by: CN at August 17, 2021 03:58 PM (ONvIw)

243 And when the 9/11 deadline for getting the people out isn't met...

Posted by: davidt at August 17, 2021 03:58 PM (qH4Vk)

244 I've been sitting on 2 bottles of Pappy's for about 5 years now.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 17, 2021 03:51 PM (BFigT)
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Sounds uncomfortable.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 17, 2021 03:58 PM (c9t1s)

245 My go to bathroom is my pants.

Posted by: Joe Biden at August 17, 2021 03:58 PM (w5raC)

246 I propose sending Obama to negotiate with his brothers "The Taliban"..

Posted by: James at August 17, 2021 03:58 PM (24+Vp)

247 Clutch cargo.. His first. And only. He said he never intended to go back for the second one. He's gun shy because he had Covid last October and he said he never wants to be that sick again. Idk.. I didn't say much.. it's his decision.

Posted by: Jewells45 at August 17, 2021 03:58 PM (nxdel)

248 >Is that you, Mr Poo Poo?
Posted by: bonhomme at August 17, 2021 03:53 PM (UW2ZS)

Still not as good as the recent humblebrag of "I sold my backup penthouse for cash 20% over asking price, and they threw in a free Maserati because they liked my rugged good looks."

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at August 17, 2021 03:59 PM (DXFDM)

249 230 a glass?

That is not much

Is that you, Mr Poo Poo?
Posted by: bonhomme

Just saying, it is not hard to find whisky for that much in a nice bar

Posted by: Y5 at August 17, 2021 03:59 PM (zFoM0)

250 I have a bottle of Elmer T. Lee and a bottle of Rock Hill Farms (one of the coolest looking bottles I've ever seen). Both unopened since I found them 4 years ago. Sitting in a cool basement under a bar out of direct light.

Waiting for the right reason to open them. Not sure what that reason is -- I figure I'll just know.

Posted by: Doof at August 17, 2021 03:59 PM (mZUr4)

251 "One man's death-penalty-worthy constitutional crisis is another man's perfectly legal graft."

Satan owns the DemonRat Party. He rewards his followers in this life.

Posted by: Sharkman at August 17, 2021 03:59 PM (ea8Wy)

252 Is Horse Paste better on a Ritz, or a Wheat Thin??

Since it's apple flavored, a slice of sharp cheddar is good.

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at August 17, 2021 03:59 PM (xopIz)

253 As an aside I fully expect horse's ass Justin Trudeau has a source for Ivermectin.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at August 17, 2021 04:00 PM (cSyAR)

254 Still not as good as the recent humblebrag of "I sold my backup penthouse for cash 20% over asking price, and they threw in a free Maserati because they liked my rugged good looks."

*pukes*

Posted by: bonhomme at August 17, 2021 04:00 PM (UW2ZS)

255 I pumped money at Janet Yellen. But it was $20.

Same as in town.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at August 17, 2021 04:00 PM (JTpIQ)

256 I'm drinking Appleton Estate Rum.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at August 17, 2021 04:00 PM (cSyAR)

257 How likely are Afghani Christians to be given refugee status?
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at August 17, 2021 03:50 PM (cSyAR)

0------------------------------X---------------none.

Somewhere around X.

May God bless each one.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2021 04:00 PM (axyOa)

258 Famous Bye-Dumb last words:

"Give me the opportunity to screw up, I will in big colors"

Posted by: James at August 17, 2021 04:00 PM (24+Vp)

259 Breitbart reporting that Captain ShitBloomers hasn't spoken with a single foreign leader yet about the turd in the punch bowl.

The guy is literally awol.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 17, 2021 04:01 PM (4fSQf)

260 Hearing from sources that the original plan was for elements of the 82nd Airborne's Global Response Force to conduct a mass tactical jump to seize Bagram Airfield to facilitate the evacuation but it was called off & they were sent to Kabul
Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 03:49 PM (cF8AT)
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For diversity training.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 17, 2021 04:01 PM (c9t1s)

261 Still not as good as the recent humblebrag of "I sold my backup penthouse for cash 20% over asking price, and they threw in a free Maserati because they liked my rugged good looks."
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at August 17, 2021 03:59 PM (DXFDM)

Lmao.. seriously? Who dropped that one?

Posted by: A dude in MI at August 17, 2021 04:01 PM (/6GbT)

262 186 How likely are Afghani Christians to be given refugee status?
____________

Are you kidding? This administration declared just the other day that the biggest threat faced by the U.S. is home-grown insurgency from domestic terrorists, defined as people who celebrate Christian holidays or mark the anniversary of 9/11.

Why would Biden want to import more of those dangerous Christians? That would just be asking for trouble!

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at August 17, 2021 04:01 PM (k4dH2)

263 Just drinking coffee right now, myself... I drink a LOT of coffee... is two pots per day a lot?

Posted by: kraken at August 17, 2021 04:02 PM (6Je/Q)

264 Is that a fair assessment? I'm guessing this is their multi-verse thing that came out? Is it all white-washing out the men and replacing with stronk wimmins?
Posted by: TexasDan at August 17, 2021 03:56 PM (Sd2Hw)

Yes, part of it is Wokeness.
What you saw was an add for the 'What If' movie...which is an adaptation of the 'What If' one shot comics Marvel has been making forever.

Most are pretty gay.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, The Suicide Squad review at August 17, 2021 04:02 PM (XvPQV)

265 Hey do you have to pay an excise tax on Afghani gerbils?

Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Richard Gere at August 17, 2021 04:02 PM (w5raC)

266 I believe that destroying the media is now a national security issue.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 17, 2021 04:02 PM (U5hKg)

267 In fairness, maseratis are for guys that are not smart enough to buy porsches and that do not have the $ for ferraris

Posted by: Y5 at August 17, 2021 04:02 PM (zFoM0)

268 244 I've been sitting on 2 bottles of Pappy's for about 5 years now.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 17, 2021 03:51 PM (BFigT)
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Sounds uncomfortable.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 17, 2021 03:58 PM (c9t1s)

Just ask Hope Solo.

Posted by: E. A. Blair at August 17, 2021 04:03 PM (Jvty4)

269 228 Is Horse Paste better on a Ritz, or a Wheat Thin??
Posted by: kraken

You kid but what I have heard is that if you want it in your bloodstream, take it with something oily/fatty
If you are targeting intestinal parasites take it on an empty stomach

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 17, 2021 04:03 PM (oEn12)

270 Somewhere around X.

May God bless each one.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2021 04:00 PM (axyOa)

I'm pretty sure they knew that going in. They're all converts from Islam. They knew the deal and signed on anyway. Blessed are the persecuted, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 17, 2021 04:03 PM (45fpk)

271 Doof don't keep them too long and make sure they are stored so the cork gets moisture. We saved a bottle of wine my husband got from a friend. He was certain it was worth money so we saved it. And saved it. And saved it. 20 years later I opened it and it had become vinegar.

Posted by: Jewells45 at August 17, 2021 04:03 PM (nxdel)

272 test

Posted by: Gref at August 17, 2021 04:03 PM (AMIL/)

273 267 In fairness, maseratis are for guys that are not smart enough to buy porsches and that do not have the $ for ferraris
Posted by: Y5 at August 17, 2021 04:02 PM (zFoM0)

The depreciation on a Maserati is steep!

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 17, 2021 04:03 PM (UuD2k)

274 Don't think there is, or ever was, much of a Christian community in what's now called Afghanistan. Kind of moot.

But on the topic of the Joy of Sects, part of the Taliban charm offensive was a visit by some Talib bigs to a mosque in the Hazara (Shi'a) district of Kabul. It's Ashoura now, one of the biggest of the 387 Shi'a holidays, and a Talib sitting down with Hazara is a kinda big deal, at least symbolically.

Taliban making all kinds of specific commitments on non-barbarism these days. Time will tell, but Taliban 1.0 didn't even bother with lip service to civilized norms.

Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at August 17, 2021 04:04 PM (OTzUX)

275 264 Yes, part of it is Wokeness.
What you saw was an add for the 'What If' movie...which is an adaptation of the 'What If' one shot comics Marvel has been making forever.

Most are pretty gay.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, The Suicide Squad review at August 17, 2021 04:02 PM (XvPQV)

==========

Reading some Shang Chi threads other places, the hardcore MCU fans these days seem to be fucking terrified of going out to the theater. "It's just not worth it."

God, I hope it bombs.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at August 17, 2021 04:04 PM (LvTSG)

276 259 Breitbart reporting that Captain ShitBloomers hasn't spoken with a single foreign leader yet about the turd in the punch bowl.

The guy is literally awol.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 17, 2021 04:01 PM (4fSQf)
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Yeppers, he coming close to Downfall "bunker time".

Posted by: WisRich at August 17, 2021 04:04 PM (G0vdT)

277 I'm pretty sure they knew that going in. They're all converts from Islam. They knew the deal and signed on anyway. Blessed are the persecuted, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Posted by: grammie winger at August 17, 2021 04:03 PM (45fpk)

You're right.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at August 17, 2021 04:04 PM (cSyAR)

278 QdpS - if you want to get constipated, opiates.

Posted by: SFGoth (Fuck Nixon) at August 17, 2021 04:04 PM (KAi1n)

279 I saw Intestinal Parasites open for Poison at the Palladium back in 2008.

Posted by: runner at August 17, 2021 04:04 PM (iS/NP)

280 I'm drinking Appleton Estate Rum.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at August 17, 2021 04:00 PM (cSyAR)

Used to go to Jamaica a couple of times a year. I swear that stuff is slightly hallucinogenic.

Posted by: Richard Gere at August 17, 2021 04:04 PM (w5raC)

281 Jaguars are for guys that do not have the $ for maseratis

Posted by: Y5 at August 17, 2021 04:05 PM (zFoM0)

282 More people have seen Hope Solo's starfish than have been evacuated from Afghanistan.

That's the world we live in.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 17, 2021 04:05 PM (4fSQf)

283 I've lost my sense of sockness.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 17, 2021 04:05 PM (w5raC)

284 271 Doof don't keep them too long and make sure they are stored so the cork gets moisture. We saved a bottle of wine my husband got from a friend. He was certain it was worth money so we saved it. And saved it. And saved it. 20 years later I opened it and it had become vinegar.
Posted by: Jewells45 at August 17, 2021 04:03 PM (nxdel)

Wine doesn't last as long as people think.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 17, 2021 04:05 PM (UuD2k)

285 Ivermectin for Wuflu. And if you don't know that it is effective, you need to read up on it. Doctor that invented mRNA vaccines says they are causing ADE and we should stop pushing them.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at August 17, 2021 04:05 PM (YynYJ)

286 211 Even then, as whisky goes, 5800 is not that expensive.
230 a glass?
That is not much
Is that you, Mr Poo Poo?
Posted by: bonhomme at August 17, 2021 03:53 PM (UW2ZS)

No, he's using Joe XiDen as his name currently.

Posted by: buzzion at August 17, 2021 04:05 PM (vMCab)

287
Is Horse Paste better on a Ritz, or a Wheat Thin??
Posted by: kraken

Pit it on the Ritz.

Posted by: Young Frankenstein at August 17, 2021 04:05 PM (63Dwl)

288 I didn't see any families on that cargo plane. I guess they'll be along later?
Posted by: Jordan61, I am the 10% at August 17, 2021 03:48 PM (Ez6QX)

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Each of those men, once safely ensconced in the US, will bring over all their wives and their progeny and the wives' extended families. Half of Afghanistan will be Peoria.

Posted by: President Select Decaf at August 17, 2021 04:05 PM (RMGKK)

289 @stillgray

The Taliban are either mocking or thanking Joe Biden.

https://tinyurl.com/yj7rkwwp

Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 04:05 PM (cF8AT)

290 I never want to hear another fucking Democrat ever complain about Wall Street again.

Posted by: Bicentennialguy at August 17, 2021 04:05 PM (iydjf)

291 Why didn't Biden about a month or two ago plan to transport all personnel to Bagram AB and fly them and equipment out safely. Why in the F**k would you abandon a secure airfield like Bagram for Kabul Airport in the middle of a Cluster-F**k and wait to the last minute.

Posted by: James at August 17, 2021 04:06 PM (24+Vp)

292 Missed the last thread of course. So, so much red meat for ridicule and fisk-ulization (the Euros, I mean, well, plus the idiot Todd).

On the useless European side of it, my favorite was the German dipshit referring to the US "early withdrawal" from A'stan.

"Early withdrawal".

No parody can match today's sickening realities.

Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at August 17, 2021 04:06 PM (OTzUX)

293 291 Why didn't Biden about a month or two ago plan to transport all personnel to Bagram AB and fly them and equipment out safely. Why in the F**k would you abandon a secure airfield like Bagram for Kabul Airport in the middle of a Cluster-F**k and wait to the last minute.
Posted by: James at August 17, 2021 04:06 PM (24+Vp)

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Because he's a bad person.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at August 17, 2021 04:06 PM (LvTSG)

294 I tell you that pooch may never walk again.

Posted by: Axeman at August 17, 2021 04:07 PM (XHhHI)

295 281 Jaguars are for guys that do not have the $ for maseratis
Posted by: Y5 at August 17, 2021 04:05 PM (zFoM0)

How far down the list I must be... sheesh

Posted by: A dude in MI at August 17, 2021 04:07 PM (/6GbT)

296 I'm drinking Appleton Estate Rum.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at August 17, 2021 04:00 PM (cSyAR)

that is good rum. Speaking of Haiti, my dad and his buds many decades ago loved Barbancourt. It is a very nice rum but different because is is made from cane juice and not molasses. in the French Agricole way. Another i like is Plantation. For that price, that is a good one.

Posted by: Quint at August 17, 2021 04:07 PM (jZSOU)

297 236. if there are "journalists" left behind in A-stan I wouldn't shed a tear.

Posted by: vivi at August 17, 2021 04:07 PM (USW1s)

298 Reading some Shang Chi threads other places, the hardcore MCU fans these days seem to be fucking terrified of going out to the theater. "It's just not worth it."

God, I hope it bombs.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at August 17, 2021 04:04 PM (LvTSG)

All indications are that it is going to bomb. Even Marvel comic fans are like "Who's Shang Chi?" And the last desperate grasp I heard is "You need to see this movie for the post credit scene!!"

Posted by: buzzion at August 17, 2021 04:07 PM (vMCab)

299 Why didn't Biden about a month or two ago plan to transport all personnel to Bagram AB and fly them and equipment out safely. Why in the F**k would you abandon a secure airfield like Bagram for Kabul Airport in the middle of a Cluster-F**k and wait to the last minute.
Posted by: James at August 17, 2021 04:06 PM (24+Vp)
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10% for the Big Guy?

Posted by: Axeman at August 17, 2021 04:07 PM (XHhHI)

300 293 291 Why didn't Biden about a month or two ago plan to transport all personnel to Bagram AB and fly them and equipment out safely. Why in the F**k would you abandon a secure airfield like Bagram for Kabul Airport in the middle of a Cluster-F**k and wait to the last minute.
Posted by: James at August 17, 2021 04:06 PM (24+Vp)

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Because he's a bad person.
----------------
He's not bad. He just gets sleepy around 1100 and puts a lid on presendentin.

Posted by: Puddin Head at August 17, 2021 04:07 PM (/MaDp)

301 291 Why didn't Biden about a month or two ago plan to transport all personnel to Bagram AB and fly them and equipment out safely. Why in the F**k would you abandon a secure airfield like Bagram for Kabul Airport in the middle of a Cluster-F**k and wait to the last minute.
Posted by: James at August 17, 2021 04:06 PM (24+Vp

They just wanted to win the Presidency, not actually be President.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 17, 2021 04:08 PM (4fSQf)

302 298 All indications are that it is going to bomb. Even Marvel comic fans are like "Who's Shang Chi?" And the last desperate grasp I heard is "You need to see this movie for the post credit scene!!"
Posted by: buzzion at August 17, 2021 04:07 PM (vMCab)

========

It worked for Captain Marvel. I think it's official, the MCU has lost its mojo. I can't wait until Disney starts quietly cancelling series and movies.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at August 17, 2021 04:08 PM (LvTSG)

303 Don't have any info on the 82d thing but I would guess this - jumping a battalion of soldiers in a known training area in daylight in peacetime is a pretty dangerous event.

I don't know what the sitch at Bagram is now but it is likely "contested." Imma say that landing in a plane in a relatively safe airfield is a good move.

Posted by: blaster (mbFEM) at August 17, 2021 04:08 PM (mbFEM)

304 That Marvel Shang Chi movie in the sidebar smells of failure.

One, I had/have ZERO idea of who that guy is. Is he a Marvel biggie? Or, some 4th tier shmoe who's getting a movie for SJW brownie points?

Two, the trailer itself is bo-o-o-o-r-r-r-ring and that supposed to contain the best stuff to get you excited.

Three, jeepers guys! I hate my Dad. He's an asshole. Yep, looks like another e-e-e-e-evil Dad has messed up junior's life. Is that the sort of movie you'd want to take your kids to...the lame-ass one with the Dad's Suck message.

Four, is Shang Chi's Magic, Magic Covid? Cuz he's Chinese right? I'm pretty sure his magic is COVID. No? Well, okay. Maybe they can change his name to Takafumi Ken. No one knows this character anyway and the Japanese angle gets you those sweet sweet Olympic Games good feelings!!!!

I predict box office nothingness and failure promoted upward.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 17, 2021 04:08 PM (Xo5lP)

305 James, I'm confident that exactly such plans (use Bagram as evacuation staging and exit point) have existed since .... well, since we got Bagram years ago. And I'm specifically confident that plans such as you describe are there, freshly updated, on the shelf. The abandonment of Bagram, except by the last US forces to leave the country, seems incomprehensible and indefensible. Though I'd love to hear considerations that make it less so.

Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at August 17, 2021 04:08 PM (OTzUX)

306 Doctors prescribing Ivermectin...

...remove the space.

https://covid19criticalcare.com/
ivermectin-in-covid-19/how-to-get-ivermectin/

Posted by: golfman at August 17, 2021 04:08 PM (H6twj)

307 I never want to hear another fucking Democrat ever complain about Wall Street again.

Posted by: Bicentennialguy at August 17, 2021 04:05 PM (iydjf)

they are Wall STreet. They were decades ago, but yeah they one all of it now. The need to go occupy themselves.

Posted by: Quint at August 17, 2021 04:08 PM (jZSOU)

308 They just wanted to win the Presidency, not actually be President.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 17, 2021 04:08 PM (4fSQf)
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There's power in the Presidency. But the job of the President is just chores for other people.

Posted by: Axeman at August 17, 2021 04:09 PM (XHhHI)

309 Jumping into Bagram would be a great big ole FUBAR, since the Tallies have already 'liberated' the base and the prison there, holding 5k or so jihadis...

Who I assume would already be armed to the teeth with US weaponry once released. Yeah, that's a great idea. Fuckity.

Posted by: GnuBreed, no circumstance at August 17, 2021 04:09 PM (F0YaR)

310 95 I knew a guy that thought that he could "tough it out." Woke up the next day and couldn't breathe. Called 911. He was dead before they got there.

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at August 17, 2021 03:37 PM (xopIz)

LOL. Good story. Now tell one about AIDS.

Posted by: Justsayin' at August 17, 2021 04:09 PM (Fs5vw)

311 "Taliban fighter holding a group of women and children against a wall with a UN Sustainable Development poster
https://tinyurl.com/upbws3cd
Gee, where are their husbands, brothers and sons -- at the Kabul airport getting outta there?" Posted by: Lizzy

good question.
here are the UN goals that were on that wall. Not terrible ... gender equality, lots of "sustainability", a little "climate change". But as Tucker pointed out, it is the UN telling the little people how they must live to be approved (while the rich ignore those rules).

https://sdgs.un.org/goals

Posted by: illiniwek at August 17, 2021 04:09 PM (Cus5s)

312 I've been sitting on 2 bottles of Pappy's for about 5 years now.
Waiting....
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 17, 2021 03:51 PM (BFigT)
Waiting for a bourbon-loving moron from MD to join you to enjoy them????
Posted by: Doof at August 17, 2021 03:56 PM (mZUr4)

Back in 1995 I was in SF at the stereophile show, and wandered into a crappy little liquor store. I saw a bottle of Wild Turkey - what we used to call lead top. Before the French bought it, and it turned briefly into old number 8 brand, it was just plain old 8 years old. And it makes their Rare Bird taste like paint thinner. For a 101 bourbon, it's pretty complex and not sweet, and I'd love to compare it to some of the better small batch bourbons that have come out since then. Last time I tasted any was 20 years ago. Regular bird has gotten progressively worse over the years, I can't really tolerate it any longer.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at August 17, 2021 04:10 PM (wAnMi)

313 Do we really think Biden had anything to do with this? It REEKS of Obama and Susan Rice.

Posted by: dagny, first of her name at August 17, 2021 04:10 PM (ySQBZ)

314 Currently drinking some Kraken Dark Roast. It's a coffee flavored rum. It is not exactly Kahlua - its 66 proof and not syrupy - its, well, coffee flavored rum. I have found that its best application is in...coffee.

I don't think I would buy again.

Posted by: blaster (mbFEM) at August 17, 2021 04:10 PM (mbFEM)

315 Last alcohol that left me face-down was Limoncello.

That shit will fuck you up hard, but at least you'll have lemony-fresh breath when you come to.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 17, 2021 03:42 PM (Bmy3R)

you know you're only supposed to have 1 or 2 after dinner right?

i never do either, but that's what they recommend...

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at August 17, 2021 04:11 PM (8D42x)

316 They just wanted to win the Presidency, not actually be President.
Posted by: AlaBAMA

I recently saw the puke worthy biden quote about Saigon. He claimed the opposite position once things went sour.

The thing about biden, and being a senator, is that you do not have to decide or do anything. you flash a smile and lie. You are NEVER responsible for decisions or judgments. This is why senators make terrible executives. Same with salesmen and CEOs

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at August 17, 2021 04:11 PM (OsAFK)

317 I have a bottle of chocolate port that I have been saving for at least 5 years now. There is no more to be had anywhere.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 17, 2021 04:11 PM (KIHfI)

318 @NicoleSganga 11m

Texas Governor Greg Abbott tested positive for COVID-19, today.

His office confirms he is receiving Regeneron's monoclonal antibody treatment.

The governor is vaccinated and "in good health," according to a statement.

https://tinyurl.com/yfr3opnd

Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 04:11 PM (cF8AT)

319 29 Back from surgery. Face down for 3-5 days. Other than that it looks like it went well. I'm still alive anyway.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 17, 2021 03:27 PM (kTF2Z)

Back surgery?

Posted by: Javems at August 17, 2021 04:11 PM (lt1yG)

320 Why the hell would we send troops back to the country now? Even Democrats ( I know) have to see that as mindless dumbassery....

Posted by: kraken at August 17, 2021 04:11 PM (6Je/Q)

321 Jumping into Bagram would be a great big ole FUBAR, since the Tallies have already 'liberated' the base and the prison there, holding 5k or so jihadis...

Who I assume would already be armed to the teeth with US weaponry once released. Yeah, that's a great idea. Fuckity.
Posted by: GnuBreed, no circumstance at August 17, 2021 04:09 PM (F0

When was the 82nd employed in a combat drop with enemy in the site

Posted by: Y5 at August 17, 2021 04:11 PM (zFoM0)

322 Regular bird has gotten progressively worse over the years, I can't really tolerate it any longer.
Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at August 17, 2021 04:10 PM (wAnMi)

Well, that's weird. I was sure I typed this is an unopened bottle, but there you go.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at August 17, 2021 04:12 PM (wAnMi)

323 The Taliban have ordered all foreign troops leave the country by 9/11.

Bizzaro world.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 17, 2021 04:12 PM (4fSQf)

324 Doof don't keep them too long and make sure they are stored so the cork gets moisture. We saved a bottle of wine my husband got from a friend. He was certain it was worth money so we saved it. And saved it. And saved it. 20 years later I opened it and it had become vinegar.
Posted by: Jewells45 at August 17, 2021 04:03 PM (nxdel)

Good info -- thanks!!!

Posted by: Doof at August 17, 2021 04:12 PM (mZUr4)

325 Still not as good as the recent humblebrag of "I sold my backup penthouse for cash 20% over asking price, and they threw in a free Maserati because they liked my rugged good looks."
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at August 17, 2021 03:59 PM (DXFDM)

--------------------------

That's not a humblebrag, that's just straight-up bragging!

Posted by: No One of Consequence at August 17, 2021 04:12 PM (CAJOC)

326 vivi there are many "journalists" still there - the Taliban press conference today in Kabul looked like a conventional event, lots of int'l presence and cameras.

Time will tell, but the Talib are making a big effort to avoid chaos and assure many that they are working to restabilize things quickly. Besides, Taliban 1.0 had int'l press around, they were pretty rough-edged but still allowed basic int'l media activity. This crew is doing their imitation of aspiring members of the int'l community.

Some aren't taking chances, but some are, that they mean it, for now, and can deliver.

Sort of related, many districts of Kabul reporting (via individuals on the twatters) that daily life resuming there.

Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at August 17, 2021 04:12 PM (OTzUX)

327 The idiots under the see the taliban fighter holding people at gun point under under sign.....are saying, aren't YOU in favor of gender equality or the other bs bs.

They miss the irony entirely

Posted by: dagny, first of her name at August 17, 2021 04:12 PM (ySQBZ)

328 314 Currently drinking some Kraken Dark Roast. It's a coffee flavored rum. It is not exactly Kahlua - its 66 proof and not syrupy - its, well, coffee flavored rum. I have found that its best application is in...coffee.

I don't think I would buy again.
Posted by: blaster (mbFEM) at August 17, 2021 04:10 PM (mbFEM)

Good choice....

Posted by: kraken at August 17, 2021 04:12 PM (6Je/Q)

329 I never want to hear another fucking Democrat ever complain about Wall Street again.

Posted by: Bicentennialguy at August 17, 2021 04:05 PM (iydjf)
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Don't worry. They will. And it will be your fault.

They might even taunt you on another subject on how the financial elite have shut you out, but when it comes back to financial problems, you're free-market, it's your fault. You're the party of Big Banking, etc.

The first error is expecting consistency because it sounds like you are using words that refer to universal concepts. But they are far into the Foucault World where language is just about distributing power, so there is no value in participating in a common ground of mutual understanding that comes from the oppressive status quo.

Posted by: Axeman at August 17, 2021 04:12 PM (XHhHI)

330 I am proud to announce that Blo Jiden is this year's winner of the "Neville Chamberlain" Award.......

Congrats Blo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: James at August 17, 2021 04:12 PM (24+Vp)

331
Why didn't Biden about a month or two ago plan to transport all personnel to Bagram AB and fly them and equipment out safely. Why in the F**k would you abandon a secure airfield like Bagram for Kabul Airport in the middle of a Cluster-F**k and wait to the last minute.
Posted by: James at August 17, 2021 04:06 PM (24+Vp)

Because the clusterfuck is the point. This whole fiasco was DESIGNED by Bai-Den and his college student government puppet masters to humiliate the US, and get Americans killed.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 17, 2021 04:12 PM (n+4am)

332
It worked for Captain Marvel. I think it's official, the MCU has lost its mojo. I can't wait until Disney starts quietly cancelling series and movies.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at August 17, 2021 04:08 PM (LvTSG)

Captain Marvel they stuck right in the middle of Infinity War and Endgame and said you had to see it because of those two movies, in a bait and switch. There is not any bait for Shang Chi currently to dangle in front of people.

Posted by: buzzion at August 17, 2021 04:12 PM (vMCab)

333 "...am pretty sure I got the regular old-fashioned flu. "
posted by qdpsteve
.......

There is no such think prole. I am going to have to report you for possible terrorist activities.

Posted by: wth at August 17, 2021 04:13 PM (v0R5T)

334 "Jaguars: For men that want blowjobs from women they hardly know." - Arthur

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at August 17, 2021 04:13 PM (xopIz)

335 Nothing going on around here folks... move along.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM - Not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at August 17, 2021 04:13 PM (bjKA9)

336 this is a weird thread. Whiskey...yaaay! Diarrhea....booo!

Posted by: funsize at August 17, 2021 04:14 PM (Jc5GQ)

337 I have a bottle of chocolate port that I have been saving for at least 5 years now.

*perks up*.. chocolate port? Holy hell I'll bet that's some good shit. I love a good port.

Posted by: Jewells45 at August 17, 2021 04:14 PM (nxdel)

338 Nobel warming up that peace prize?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 17, 2021 04:14 PM (4fSQf)

339 Breitbart reporting that Captain ShitBloomers hasn't spoken with a single foreign leader yet about the turd in the punch bowl.

Allies have got to be pissed.
Brits, Germans, Aussies, etc.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 17, 2021 04:14 PM (axyOa)

340 At least this didn't end up like Benghazi. Didn't Googly Eyes Clinton get a bunch people killed there?

Posted by: Dr. Bone at August 17, 2021 04:14 PM (JTpIQ)

341 I'm currently brewing lemoncello

Posted by: dagny, first of her name at August 17, 2021 04:14 PM (ySQBZ)

342 "Taliban fighter holding a group of women and children against a wall with a UN Sustainable Development poster
https://tinyurl.com/upbws3cd
Gee, where are their husbands, brothers and sons -- at the Kabul airport getting outta there?"
Posted by: Lizzy

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I love the visual irony of UN + Sustainable.

Thank the Lord for his graces.

Posted by: Axeman at August 17, 2021 04:15 PM (XHhHI)

343 his is a weird thread. Whiskey...yaaay! Diarrhea....booo!

Seriously.. where else in the entire world can you discuss both? LMAO!! Only this crowd...

Posted by: Jewells45 at August 17, 2021 04:15 PM (nxdel)

344 Jaguars: For men that want blowjobs from women they hardly know." - Arthur
Posted by: JAS,

Jags were beautiful cars that were fast if they ran, now they are just ugly.

Posted by: Y5 at August 17, 2021 04:15 PM (zFoM0)

345 The only way to protect from butt flu is double underpants a d 6 ft distancing between anuses.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy is a great start, but there is so much more to be done! at August 17, 2021 04:15 PM (gpKIi)

346 I once enjoyed a box of "Honey Bunches of Oats with Chocolate Clusters."

It is great. Can find them anymore.

Chocolate Cheerios is good, but not as good.

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at August 17, 2021 04:15 PM (xopIz)

347 What Biden thought about helping Afghans that helped us prior to the current fubar:
https://tinyurl.com/y459jbrh

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 17, 2021 04:15 PM (r+sAi)

348 this is a weird thread. Whiskey...yaaay! Diarrhea....booo!
Posted by: funsize at August 17, 2021 04:14 PM (Jc5GQ)
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Giggles and shits.

Posted by: Axeman at August 17, 2021 04:15 PM (XHhHI)

349 Ben Had, you've got mail.

Posted by: Eromero at August 17, 2021 04:16 PM (0OP+5)

350 343 his is a weird thread. Whiskey...yaaay! Diarrhea....booo!

Seriously.. where else in the entire world can you discuss both? LMAO!! Only this crowd...
Posted by: Jewells45 at August 17, 2021 04:15 PM (nxdel)

Don't forget the Horse De-wormer, Jewells.....

Posted by: kraken at August 17, 2021 04:16 PM (6Je/Q)

351 @TheBabylonBee

Democrats Promise To Make Sure Every American Stuck In Afghanistan Receives A Mail-In Ballot

https://tinyurl.com/yek3efjd

Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 04:16 PM (cF8AT)

352 313 Do we really think Biden had anything to do with this? It REEKS of Obama and Susan Rice.
Posted by: dagny, first of her name at August 17, 2021 04:10 PM (ySQBZ)

THIS! THIS! THIS!

Posted by: Justsayin' at August 17, 2021 04:16 PM (Fs5vw)

353 314 Currently drinking some Kraken Dark Roast. It's a coffee flavored rum. It is not exactly Kahlua - its 66 proof and not syrupy - its, well, coffee flavored rum. I have found that its best application is in...coffee.

My coffee liqueur is Jaegermeister Coldbrew.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at August 17, 2021 04:16 PM (cSyAR)

354 Remember when the same idiots that screwed up Afghanistan told us that farts carry COVID?

They are children. All of them.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 17, 2021 04:16 PM (4fSQf)

355 @TheBabylonBee

Democrats Promise To Make Sure Every American Stuck In Afghanistan Receives A Mail-In Ballot

https://tinyurl.com/yek3efjd
Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 04:16 PM (cF8AT)

Pre-filled out with Biden's name for their convenience!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, The Suicide Squad review at August 17, 2021 04:17 PM (XvPQV)

356 340 At least this didn't end up like Benghazi. Didn't Googly Eyes Clinton get a bunch people killed there?

Posted by: Dr. Bone at August 17, 2021 04:14 PM (JTpIQ)

It ain't over yet.

Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 04:17 PM (cF8AT)

357 And the folks on local online paper are discussing how in order to attend a concert in NJ in a special venue you have to show a vaccine passport .Some of the posters think this is a great idea and wouldn't mind if a supermarket stopped selling food to unvaccinated people because it's a private business and "we have to stop the spread". My favorite comment so far as far as risibility was from a guy who insists that evil Republicans want there to be a theocracy so they can impose all kinds of rules on others. Ummm, last time I checked CDC doesn't stand for "Christian decrees and compliance" and Dr, Fauci is not a priest or a minister,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 17, 2021 04:17 PM (ai5jE)

358 Jewells, it is amazing. Hopefully the winery will one day make some more.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 17, 2021 04:17 PM (KIHfI)

359 "Gentlemen", the unbelievably stupid barf from Todd in the last thread about Biden being seen as competent and accomplished defies belief (well, I guess that's what "unbelievable" means).

Some legislators had previous real lives of accomplishment in some area, many not. But Biden is an archetypical nothing, who's never had a real job or any accomplishments of any sort, before becoming a (also unaccomplished, lazy, incompetent) life-time seat warmer in the Senate. Obama was the same, but of course only had a few months in the Senate before, absurdly, becoming president.

Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at August 17, 2021 04:17 PM (OTzUX)

360 Here's Chuck Shumer rapping about getting the jab. I had to see it, now you do too.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1427663373118984193

Posted by: Gwenn at August 17, 2021 04:17 PM (9Gr7n)

361 ...am pretty sure I got the regular old-fashioned flu....

Posted by: qdpsteve (L2ZTs) at August 17, 2021 03:23 PM (L2ZTs)

Perhaps a strong old fashioned is needed for that type of flu??

I'll make one for myself, just for preventative measures. I'll be using Bulliet 100 proof Blender's Select.

Posted by: Doof at August 17, 2021 04:17 PM (mZUr4)

362 Nood - Quick hits, US is back baby!

Posted by: Thrawn at August 17, 2021 04:17 PM (wQb4c)

363
Jumping into Bagram would be a great big ole FUBAR, since the Tallies have already 'liberated' the base and the prison there, holding 5k or so jihadis...

Who I assume would already be armed to the teeth with US weaponry once released. Yeah, that's a great idea. Fuckity.
Posted by: GnuBreed, no circumstance at August 17, 2021 04:09 PM (F0

When was the 82nd employed in a combat drop with enemy in the site
Posted by: Y5 at August 17, 2021 04:11 PM (zFoM0)

Yeah, it'll make the German airborne drop on Crete look like an intelligent military operation.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 17, 2021 04:18 PM (n+4am)

364 Don't forget the Horse De-wormer, Jewells.....

Of course! We are a diverse crown if nothing else!

Posted by: Jewells45 at August 17, 2021 04:18 PM (nxdel)

365 *looks around to see if I'm in the barrel*

Posted by: Doof at August 17, 2021 04:18 PM (mZUr4)

366 Think it was the James may guy that said "Jaguars are foe middleaged men with tragic fantasies of being lotharios, I know I owned three"

Posted by: Y5 at August 17, 2021 04:18 PM (zFoM0)

367 I think the problem in Afghanistan is not incompetence or lack of intelligence or bad advice - it is hubris. A failure of the imagination by Biden people - they could not imagine that they could fail, and so quickly.

I mean, no one could have thought that the US coming out of Afghanistan after 20 years was going to be a garden of roses. I don't think had Trump's withdrawal gone to plan that everything would be awesome, and surely he would have drawn criticism.

But these Biden people are so impressed with themselves. And they figured they could shrug off any criticism because the media is totally in the tank. There were and are plans, and they just blew them off.

Posted by: blaster (mbFEM) at August 17, 2021 04:18 PM (mbFEM)

368 Axeman, exactly.

funsize, well you know what they say: whiskey and diarrhea go together like... like... somebody help me out here...

Posted by: qdpsteve (L2ZTs) at August 17, 2021 04:18 PM (L2ZTs)

369 Ben Had is that a winery close to you?

Posted by: Jewells45 at August 17, 2021 04:19 PM (nxdel)

370 357 And the folks on local online paper are discussing how in order to attend a concert in NJ in a special venue you have to show a vaccine passport .Some of the posters think this is a great idea and wouldn't mind if a supermarket stopped selling food to unvaccinated people because it's a private business and "we have to stop the spread". My favorite comment so far as far as risibility was from a guy who insists that evil Republicans want there to be a theocracy so they can impose all kinds of rules on others. Ummm, last time I checked CDC doesn't stand for "Christian decrees and compliance" and Dr, Fauci is not a priest or a minister,
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 17, 2021 04:17 PM (ai5jE)

Stalin was big on denying food to the undesirables, too... but the progressive populace either don't know this, or would approve....

Posted by: kraken at August 17, 2021 04:19 PM (6Je/Q)

371 Does anybody seriously listen to these people anymore?

Every single word out of the mouths of these DC-media complex scumbags is a lie, a triangulation, a pose, a grift. Nothing they say means anything, because they don't believe in or stand for anything but themselves and their own advancement.

We're living a in a "country" run by C.S. Lewis's Screwtape demons.

Posted by: BunnyFooFoo at August 17, 2021 04:19 PM (0Uf+z)

372 "Jaguars: For men that want blowjobs from women they hardly know." -

Might be handy if they had hands on experience handling a handful of whatever is at hand.

But skeptical these days

Posted by: Getting the banned back together at August 17, 2021 04:19 PM (8StKb)

373 dagny - where'd you get the lemons? what are you using for the booze?

Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at August 17, 2021 04:19 PM (OTzUX)

374 nood
more clown world

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, The Suicide Squad review at August 17, 2021 04:19 PM (XvPQV)

375 Last alcohol that left me face-down was Limoncello.

Posted by: Guy Smiley

Bourbon for me. At the 'end of summer' neighborhood picnic. Tried to keep up with the O-7 from across the street. Became stupefied and near comatose before the feats of strength and airing of grievances.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 17, 2021 04:19 PM (mD/uy)

376 Knowing the NY Times, and their penchant for innumeracy, I'll wager the true cost of that bottle of whiskey is $850.00, not $8500.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at August 17, 2021 04:20 PM (cx3NL)

377 Is it all white-washing out the men and replacing with stronk wimmins?
Posted by: TexasDan

Yes, pretty much.

Notice as well that Peggy didn't demonstrate being as worthy a person as Steve Rogers, AKA the whole f'ing point to the Capt America movie.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 17, 2021 04:20 PM (1t5dY)

378 "That Marvel Shang Chi movie in the sidebar smells of failure. One, I had/have ZERO idea of who that guy is."

Came out in 1973. I was a comic nerd and somehow I missed him. Iron Fist is the only decent martial artist I remember. And "martial artist" seems to be the default for all non-enhanced superheroes anyway (Widow, Robin, etc) so Big Yawn.

As for the marketing complaints re racism, I've been linking videos here for about the last 2-3 months and I keep coming across his trailer (I skip it, because Big Yawn).

I think this is manufactured outrage to mask a tanking movie. I think they had Brie Larson and Scarlett Johansson say something outrageous to buff up attention for the movie because they already knew it sucked, and I think this is more of the same. From now on, when stars create drama before their movie rolls out, I am going to assume it sucks and take a pass.

Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at August 17, 2021 04:21 PM (49Exr)

379 You should see Yellens Valuerite bill!

Posted by: Unvaxed but Vascected at August 17, 2021 04:21 PM (l5R6/)

380 I propose sending Obama to negotiate with his brothers "The Taliban"..
Posted by: James at August 17, 2021 03:58 PM (24+Vp)

-----------------

And he can do it from the safety of Pockiston like he did his choom tour with the college buddy.

Posted by: President Select Decaf at August 17, 2021 04:25 PM (RMGKK)

381 I've been sitting on a good bottle of bourbon too. Then Dr. Jill found out and took it away.

Posted by: Slow Joe at August 17, 2021 04:25 PM (JPtHE)

382 ..am pretty sure I got the regular old-fashioned flu....
Posted by: qdpsteve (L2ZTs) at August 17, 2021 03:23 PM (L2ZTs)

I hate to be that guy, but -
I have two close relatives who work in the ICUs. And they are seeing more concerning deaths with the Delta variant lately.
More young people are getting it. With death among the unvaccinated or severe damage to the lungs leading to transplants.

Remember they work in the ICUs, so see the worst cases.
Anyway, if you you get something that might be covid and are in the age range or have comorbidities or think you might have the delta variant, you might want to consider heading for the Doc and see what he says. Esp if you're unvaccinated.
YMMV.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 17, 2021 04:29 PM (Xo5lP)

383 " Is it all white-washing out the men and replacing with stronk wimmins?
Posted by: TexasDan

Worse, they have to degrade the men to prop of the women, as they did with Luke Skywalker to promote Rey.

https://tinyurl.com/4nbu5zta

Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at August 17, 2021 04:30 PM (49Exr)

384 In three days, from Jan. 29-31, 2019, Janet Yellen got paid $450,000 in speaking fees by City National Bank.

Exactly what kind of value do the stockholders of City National expect for that money, if not buying influence?

Posted by: Johann Amadeus Metesky at August 17, 2021 04:35 PM (VHk4v)

385 I've been sitting on a good bottle of bourbon too. Then Dr. Jill found out and took it ~~away~~ out.

FIFY

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 17, 2021 04:38 PM (BFigT)

386 When was the 82nd employed in a combat drop with enemy in the site
Posted by: Y5 at August 17, 2021 04:11 PM (zFoM0)

I think their last combat drop was Market Garden.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 17, 2021 04:39 PM (yQpMk)

387 Hmm. Speeches you say.

Like. Just talking?

Hunter Biden

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at August 17, 2021 04:51 PM (wWwKk)

388 One of the big jokes about the Pompeo thing is he didn't even get the bottle. It was given to some staffer as Mike didn't meet with the Japanese official for a few days, and then immediately left the country. The bottle was given to some staffer, probably packed away, a secretary sent a thank you, and somewhere along the line it was misplaced.

They are trying thier hardest to connect this thing to Pompeo because they don't want to report on real stories, and real corruption.

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Scandal: Mike Pompeo’s Missing Whiskey Bottle;
Not A Scandal: Wall Street paying Janet Yellen $7 Million For Zoom Speeches