The Morning Rant

I HAVE SEEN THE FUTURE AND WE'RE SCREWED
The future does not belong to countries that make an issue over pronouns.

The future does not belong to countries that rely on 'green' energy.

The future does not belong to countries with rotating power outages

The future does not belong to countries that are not energy independent.

The future does not belong to countries with falling birthrates.

The future does not belong to countries with a declining manufacturing base.

The future does not belong to countries that slaughter their babies.

The future does not belong to countries with dozens of genders.

The future does not belong to countries that encourage gender dysphoria.

The future does not belong to countries that have normalized graphic pornography.

The future does not belong to countries that purposely destroys the innocence of their children.

The future does not belong to countries that declares war on half of their citizens.

The future does not belong to countries that gives two sh*ts about climate change.

The future does not belong to countries that pay people not to work.

The future does not belong to countries that try to create more wealth by printing more money.

The future does not belong to countries that allow rioting and looting to go unpunished.

The future does not belong to countries that decriminalize crime.

The future does not belong to countries where people poo in the street.

The future does not belong to countries where mental illness is a civil right.

The future does not belong to countries run by elites who think the country needs to be "fundamentally transformed."

The future does not belong to countries run by elites who think they're smart enough to pull off a Great Reset.

The future does not belong to countries without borders.

The future does not belong to countries whose people have forgotten how to govern themselves.

The future does not belong to countries run by elites who hate it.

Who Dis:

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Wednesday Who Dis: I've always been a fan of Teri Garr. She's attractive in a "girl next door" kind of way that I find very appealing. Plus, she can do comedy and serious roles equally well. For a good example of the latter, I recommend Pack of Lies, a Hallmark movie that punches way above its weight class. One of her early movies was 1970's noir crime comedy The Moonshine War with Irish-Amerixan Patrick McGoohan, who I grew more impressed by the more I read of him. He astounded me when I discovered what big/high-profile roles he had turned down over the years yet still continued to find work:

--Simon Templar (The Saint)
--James Bond, twice, due to the sexual content and violence
--Gandalf (LOTR filmes)(he was Peter Jackson's first choice)
--Dumbledore (the "Harry Potter" films - also a first choice)
--Columbo (to replace Peter Falk, but refused because he thought Falk pretty much owned that character)

He also hated guns, so he insisted his John Drake 'Secret Agent' character never use them. McGoohan was married once, and it lasted until he died, nearly 60 years later. He was an old school conservative Roman Catholic, and, looking at his life, it definitely shows.

Today's Edition Of The Morning Rant Is Brought To You By Musical Food Puns:

Posted by: OregonMuse at 11:17 AM

Comments

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1 Whoa

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 10, 2021 11:17 AM (Do5/p)

2 Morning!

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 10, 2021 11:17 AM (ZSK0i)

3 Top ten!

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 10, 2021 11:18 AM (F0YaR)

4 Howdy there, OM

Posted by: Doof at December 10, 2021 11:18 AM (mZUr4)

5 Elbows! Hell man...she is ready for a new Chest Thread!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 10, 2021 11:18 AM (axyOa)

6 He's Dale Robertson, but I don't know her. She prob. played Mexican and Indian women on TV/movie Westerns in Dale's day.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 10, 2021 11:19 AM (txdEq)

7 Who Dis: No idea

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at December 10, 2021 11:19 AM (TNyrE)

8 Betty White and Allen Funt.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 10, 2021 11:19 AM (uXonU)

9 Joan Collins in a blonde wig and Dale Robertson.

Posted by: Gref at December 10, 2021 11:19 AM (AMIL/)

10 Happy Friday - whew! Made it

Posted by: RKinRoanoke at December 10, 2021 11:20 AM (3x3/3)

11 Posted by: Doof at December 10, 2021 11:18 AM (mZUr4)

Howdy.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at December 10, 2021 11:20 AM (ZMqQQ)

12 Yes, we are screwed.

Next!

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at December 10, 2021 11:20 AM (wAnMi)

13 The future does not belong to countries that try to create more wealth by printing more money.

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Biden WH statement says highest inflation rate in 4 decades highlights need to spend a few trillion more dollars

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 10, 2021 11:20 AM (FVME7)

14 That list could be abbreviated greatly.
The future does not belong to the West.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 10, 2021 11:20 AM (DU+/6)

15 Stealing that Cheese shop's bit...

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at December 10, 2021 11:21 AM (wAnMi)

16 luv dat big aip

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 10, 2021 11:21 AM (yrol0)

17 I *almost* like that Family Feud meme. It would be better if it was just one item reading "Everything" with 100 responses.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 10, 2021 11:21 AM (DU+/6)

18 Cheese!
Cougar Gold is now up to $50 a can. Damn...but worth every ounce!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 10, 2021 11:21 AM (axyOa)

19 How can you not sing the tune to the cheese picture?

Posted by: Mainah at December 10, 2021 11:21 AM (B+qrE)

20 SCOTUS rules Texas abortion providers CAN sue over the state's ban on most abortions but the law will main in effect

~

Seems like a compromise to me, but there it is.

Posted by: Shenanigans at December 10, 2021 11:21 AM (aEJX/)

21 Patrick McGoohan also learned to play drums for the updated Othello movie All Night Long. Actually a good movie.Othello set in the 60's among jazz musicians playing a party.

Posted by: steevy at December 10, 2021 11:21 AM (CYnTg)

22 Patrick Mcgoohan would have been great at tossing a dwarf.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 10, 2021 11:22 AM (44ww/)

23 Sharp wit on cheese sign

Posted by: A dude in MI at December 10, 2021 11:22 AM (/6GbT)

24 My future's so bright, I gotta wear a face shield.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at December 10, 2021 11:22 AM (TNyrE)

25 Pretty faces.

Posted by: Count de Monet, Rotund Dad at December 10, 2021 11:22 AM (4I/2K)

26 hiya

Posted by: JT at December 10, 2021 11:22 AM (arJlL)

27 17 I *almost* like that Family Feud meme. It would be better if it was just one item reading "Everything" with 100 responses.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 10, 2021 11:21 AM (DU+/6)

And 'Trump' should've gotten way more than 4 votes.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at December 10, 2021 11:22 AM (ZMqQQ)

28 Peel banana. Place in hot do bun.
Label it "banana bread. Follow me for more food tips!"

Posted by: rickb223 at December 10, 2021 11:22 AM (uXonU)

29 Dale Robertson?...looks Burt Lancasterish.

Posted by: BignJames at December 10, 2021 11:22 AM (AwYPR)

30 Cheese!
Cougar Gold is now up to $50 a can. Damn...but worth every ounce!
Posted by: Diogenes at December 10, 2021 11:21 AM (axyOa)

Dayum. Double dayum. I guess word got out.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at December 10, 2021 11:23 AM (wAnMi)

31 What you thought health advice would look like

Since the era of COVID started around March 2020, health advice has gone out the window. Actually, it was gone well before that. Or it has been completely illogical.

We have a hunger crisis! We also have an obesity crisis!

We have to address childhood obesity crisis! But don't you dare criticize adult women with obesity, because big is beautiful!

And with regards to COVID, even though there are known lifestyle changes people can make and known treatments of vitamins and supplements people can take to improve their immune systems, no one in medical industry is recommending any of that to world population. It's all "the vaccine is the only thing that will save us".

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 10, 2021 11:23 AM (Do5/p)

32 As usual, I have no clue who dises. But she takes purty photographs.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 10, 2021 11:23 AM (F0YaR)

33 Re. the Who Dis gal: "The war's over, baby! Disarm those torpedoes!".

Posted by: That guy who always says... at December 10, 2021 11:23 AM (Xrfse)

34 China does depend on green energy. They are the ones making all the batteries for Euro and American buyers of green energy. Of course they dont actually use any of it themselves.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 10, 2021 11:23 AM (NZcXb)

35 Love the Kansas thing

Posted by: grammie winger at December 10, 2021 11:23 AM (45fpk)

36 How can you not sing the tune to the cheese picture?
Posted by: Mainah

Let's ask Yoko !

Posted by: JT at December 10, 2021 11:24 AM (arJlL)

37 Cougar Gold. Two drink minimum!

Posted by: rickb223 at December 10, 2021 11:24 AM (uXonU)

38 Dale Robertson taught himself to draw and shoot left handed so he could set his character in Tales of Wells Fargo apart a bit from all the other tv westerns

Posted by: steevy at December 10, 2021 11:24 AM (CYnTg)

39 How can you not sing the tune to the cheese picture?
Posted by: Mainah at December 10, 2021 11:21 AM (B+qrE)

Better this than that crappy-assed Beatles song Let It Brie.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 10, 2021 11:24 AM (axyOa)

40 Good job on the puns. Much appreciated.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at December 10, 2021 11:24 AM (N1tpc)

41 Cougar Gold is now up to $50 a can.

Second look at Velveeta?

Posted by: pep at December 10, 2021 11:24 AM (ZsR3z)

42 Mitzi Gaynor

Posted by: grammie winger at December 10, 2021 11:24 AM (45fpk)

43 Whoa. She is pretty special.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 10, 2021 11:25 AM (aWoBQ)

44 Dale Robertson?...looks Burt Lancasterish.
Posted by: BignJames

No grin

Posted by: JT at December 10, 2021 11:25 AM (arJlL)

45 "Everybody's looking for Stilton"

=====

*nods tolerantly*

Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at December 10, 2021 11:25 AM (sGnvY)

46 Cougar Gold. Two drink minimum!
Posted by: rickb223 at December 10, 2021 11:24 AM (uXonU)

Hiya sailor. Long cruise?

Posted by: Morgan Fairchild at December 10, 2021 11:25 AM (4I/2K)

47 Don't know who dis. Too late for my usual stable of actresses.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 10, 2021 11:25 AM (2JVJo)

48 How can you not sing the tune to the cheese picture?
Posted by: Mainah at December 10, 2021 11:21 AM (B+qrE)

Shut that bloody bouzouki up!!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 10, 2021 11:26 AM (dfRN6)

49 I'd do her.

Posted by: Puddin Head at December 10, 2021 11:26 AM (Hudry)

50 The most fascinating thing about this situation is at what point-

Reality overpowers the 4-walled propaganda in blue shitholes and enlightenment strikes oh say 90% of the Democrats progtards libtards commies.

Yeah they'll succeed in burning down the country but they'll catch fire first.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 10, 2021 11:26 AM (djuLm)

51 Muldoon sells cheese?

Posted by: Doof at December 10, 2021 11:26 AM (mZUr4)

52 20 SCOTUS rules Texas abortion providers CAN sue over the state's ban on most abortions but the law will main in effect

~

Seems like a compromise to me, but there it is.
Posted by: Shenanigans at December 10, 2021 11:21 AM (aEJX/)
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And its interesting to watch what news organization emphasizes which side of the compromise in their headline.

Posted by: WisRich at December 10, 2021 11:26 AM (G0vdT)

53 Who dis: Phyliss Diller and Dom DeLuise

Posted by: dantesed at December 10, 2021 11:27 AM (88xKn)

54 42 Mitzi Gaynor

Posted by: grammie winger at December 10, 2021 11:24 AM (45fpk)

Not Mitzi, sorry.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at December 10, 2021 11:27 AM (ZMqQQ)

55 Very cheesy post today

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 10, 2021 11:27 AM (aWoBQ)

56 How can you not sing the tune to the cheese picture?
Posted by: Mainah at December 10, 2021 11:21 AM (B+qrE)

Shut that bloody bouzouki up!!
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 10, 2021 11:26 AM (dfRN6)

LOL

Posted by: Count de Monet, Rotund Dad at December 10, 2021 11:27 AM (4I/2K)

57 Better this than that crappy-assed Beatles song Let It Brie.

Bleu!

Posted by: LeAnn Rimes at December 10, 2021 11:27 AM (ZsR3z)

58 .........and just keep voting for grifters that spout what you like to hear.

Trump is gonna be too old and he's mean and naive! Let's vote in a New Jack Republican in 2024!!!

Posted by: JROD at December 10, 2021 11:27 AM (0jZnq)

59 During his first year of college, Robertson and some friends signed up for military duty after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941. He began his military service in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, before being sent to the horse cavalry at Fort Riley, Kansas, and then to officers' school at Fort Knox, Kentucky where he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Armed Forces. From there he was sent to the Engineer School at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. After stateside training he served as a tank commander in the 777th Tank Battalion in the North African campaign. He was standing in the hatch when his tank was hit by enemy fire. His tank crew were killed, but he was blown out of the hatch and survived with shrapnel wounds to his lower legs, the scars of which he still bears. Fully recovered, he went on to serve with the 322nd Combat Engineer Battalion during the European campaign. He was wounded a second time, this one in the right knee during a mortar attack. Again he made a complete recovery.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 10, 2021 11:27 AM (FVME7)

60 That first sign chilled me. I have not complied.

Posted by: Infidel at December 10, 2021 11:28 AM (qpolg)

61 Don't know either Who Dis.

But now I want cheese.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 10, 2021 11:28 AM (m+jkK)

62 The only "great reset" I see for the future is a "reversion to the mean."

Posted by: Eisenhorn at December 10, 2021 11:28 AM (DNbaX)

63 52 20 SCOTUS rules Texas abortion providers CAN sue over the state's ban on most abortions but the law will main in effect

What a chicken ass thing to do.... Cowards

Posted by: It's me donna at December 10, 2021 11:29 AM (Q1i0Y)

64 I believe she is Virginia Fleming

Posted by: Butch at December 10, 2021 11:29 AM (gY8Ir)

65 I have an old Jewish neighbor couple, late 70s. They were all in on the lockdowns and general totalitarianism of the left. Also thought Trump was a fascist and DANGEROUS. So yeah, even people who should know better are fucking retarded when it comes to the Rona.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 10, 2021 11:29 AM (NZcXb)

66 OT:
Nice use of the flame paint job on the yellow car.
Posted by: Muldoon

No matter how nice the flame paint jog it's just asking for trouble.

Posted by: DaveA at December 10, 2021 11:29 AM (FhXTo)

67 Cut that cheese, Grampa.

Posted by: Arkansas Biden Baby at December 10, 2021 11:29 AM (Xrfse)

68 The future does not belong to countries that forgive students college loans.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 10, 2021 11:29 AM (yrol0)

69 One of her early movies was 1970's noir crime comedy The Moonshine War with Irish-Amerixan Patrick McGoohan,

So, the Irish are getting their own callout like the LatinX?

Hmmppfff.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 10, 2021 11:30 AM (ZSK0i)

70 @55 Huck Follywood-Better than that cheese fart smelling thread yesterday.

Posted by: JROD at December 10, 2021 11:30 AM (0jZnq)

71 Had a ham, egg and smoked cheddar cheese muffin this morning for breakyfast. The cheese was melted to perfection.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 10, 2021 11:30 AM (BFigT)

72 That's a long list of things up there at the top.
Many are related, so some editor could tell you to lop a bunch off. But the length of the list drives the point, so...

This is why blowback, if it does come, will most likely be in the form of a reactionary strongman. The Man on a White Horse.

Or it could be deff skwads. It's happened before.
Sumdood wrote a long time ago that if the right 1000 people were to suddenly die, things could be turned around rather quickly. Sumdood may be a psycho, or a seer.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 10, 2021 11:30 AM (MFphb)

73 The future does not belong to countries that allow 50% of taxpayers to pay ZERO income tax.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 10, 2021 11:30 AM (yrol0)

74 Cut that cheese, Grampa.
Posted by: Arkansas Biden Baby at December 10, 2021 11:29 AM (Xrfse)
++++
I don't recall seeing you in the family register, slut baby. Go back to the trailer park and never darken my door again.

Posted by: Joe Biden, total asshole at December 10, 2021 11:30 AM (DU+/6)

75 I get the Tales of Wells Fargo on the idiot box. It's a good show.

Posted by: Infidel at December 10, 2021 11:31 AM (qpolg)

76 The future does not belong to countries that do not take surprise otter anal seriously.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 10, 2021 11:31 AM (yrol0)

77 I dont get the scotus decision. But it is so typical of the modern scotus. Too afraid to ever give a straight yes no answer. Always a maybe kinda sorta.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 10, 2021 11:31 AM (NZcXb)

78 No clue who dis is but I do know which side she considered her good side.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at December 10, 2021 11:31 AM (KbCG3)

79 The future does not belong to countries that allow 50% of taxpayers to pay ZERO income tax.
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 10, 2021 11:30 AM (yrol0)

This,

We can do feta than this.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 10, 2021 11:31 AM (axyOa)

80 I get the Tales of Wells Fargo on the idiot box. It's a good show.
Posted by: Infidel at December 10, 2021 11:31 AM (qpolg)
++++
Huh. I always go to Wells Fargo to get some tail.

Posted by: Ben Bernanke at December 10, 2021 11:32 AM (DU+/6)

81 GREAT morning rant, OM!

I'm laughing my ass off at the gifs.

"I have seen the future and we're screwed" is pure genius.

Posted by: Ladyl at December 10, 2021 11:32 AM (TdMsT)

82 Virginia Mayo (born Sally Miracle Whip) and Dale Robertson in Devil's Canyon

Posted by: Gref at December 10, 2021 11:32 AM (AMIL/)

83 Dale Robertson. What a dreamboat. And he loved horses and was an excellent horseman.

Posted by: Brunnhilde at December 10, 2021 11:32 AM (aW5/6)

84 Great "future does not belong to" list, OM.

Reminds me of a line from Ronald Reagan's speech to the nation following the Challenger disaster...

"The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted; it
belongs to the brave."

Posted by: Doof at December 10, 2021 11:32 AM (mZUr4)

85 The future does not belong to countries that think rights come from government.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 10, 2021 11:32 AM (45fpk)

86 Love my country. Hate what it's becoming.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 10, 2021 11:32 AM (4olE8)

87 Jorge The Shrub started us on the path of 50% not paying taxes. And took great pride in it.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 10, 2021 11:33 AM (NZcXb)

88 THE FUTURE DOES NOT BELONG TO A NATION THAT PUTS THE KARDASHIANS ON TEEVEE

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 10, 2021 11:33 AM (flINI)

89 The future does not belong to countries that allow elections to be stolen.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 10, 2021 11:33 AM (Bmy3R)

90 The future does not belong to countries that have Big Govt run healthcare.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 10, 2021 11:34 AM (yrol0)

91 Well, shit. Supervisor just e-mailed us from her vacation to tell us she is retiring at the end of the year. Coming back from her vacation to work last 2 weeks and then that's it.

I don't blame anyone for deciding to retire in the face of 'get vaccinated or get terminated'. Still sucks though. She's been great. Now we have to get a new person up to speed on everything that took her probably a year to get up to speed on (after which she was great... this design group is *not* easy to learn and then excel in... lots to learn, fast-pace, very demanding).

Dammit, I hate change...

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 10, 2021 11:34 AM (Do5/p)

92 Dale Robertson was also a boxer in his younger days.

No, not the dog...(I know you people too well)

Posted by: Brunnhilde at December 10, 2021 11:34 AM (aW5/6)

93 The future belongs to those willing to sacrifice for those who come after. Sacrifice everything if that is what it takes.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * we few, we happy few, we band of morons at December 10, 2021 11:34 AM (J99NO)

94 86 Love my country. Hate what it's becoming.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 10, 2021 11:32 AM (4olE

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We're almost at the point where these two sentences could be changed to past tense. Give it another six months.

Posted by: Pennsyltucky at December 10, 2021 11:34 AM (lNHqD)

95 The future does not belong to a country where Don Lemon and any Cuomo brother is on TV on a regular basis.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 10, 2021 11:34 AM (NZcXb)

96 78 No clue who dis is but I do know which side she considered her good side.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at December 10, 2021 11:31 AM (KbCG3)

Yeah, I noticed that, too.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at December 10, 2021 11:34 AM (ZMqQQ)

97 I chose my ryes

Posted by: banana Dream at December 10, 2021 11:35 AM (IN3jG)

98 I could live with purely optional income taxes for people making under $50,000, if the deal was that you can't vote unless you pay.

Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at December 10, 2021 11:35 AM (sGnvY)

99 Sweet Dreams are made of Cheese, that's good.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 10, 2021 11:35 AM (trdmm)

100 I get the Tales of Wells Fargo on the idiot box. It's a good show.
Posted by: Infidel

More wagons !

Hiya Infidel !

Posted by: JT at December 10, 2021 11:35 AM (arJlL)

101 Love the food puns. Need to add them to my dad joke repertoire.

Posted by: Saxinis Kion at December 10, 2021 11:35 AM (dbdgv)

102 I went to the cheese shop and got into an argument.

At least I didn't get hit in the head.

Posted by: klaftern at December 10, 2021 11:36 AM (taPSh)

103 Dale Robertson was also a boxer in his younger days.

Quiz: What was Bob Hope's boxing name?

Posted by: pep at December 10, 2021 11:36 AM (ZsR3z)

104 I adore cheese.

Posted by: Cheesy Carmenzoid at December 10, 2021 11:36 AM (9sa5h)

105 The future does not belong to a country that places safety over liberty.

Posted by: Ben Franklin at December 10, 2021 11:36 AM (DNbaX)

106 85 The future does not belong to countries that think rights come from government.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 10, 2021 11:32 AM (45fpk)

Good one, grammie!

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at December 10, 2021 11:36 AM (ZMqQQ)

107 Quiz: What was Bob Hope's boxing name?
Posted by: pep

Packy East

Posted by: JT at December 10, 2021 11:36 AM (arJlL)

108 It's not just wondering whether I would comply. Prior to CV19, I have long wondered how the Nazis could do what they did in a modern, ostensibly democratic country. And in such a relatively short time. I don't wonder any more.

Posted by: Elric Blade at December 10, 2021 11:37 AM (iFTx/)

109 Cheeeeeeeeese!

Posted by: Wallace at December 10, 2021 11:37 AM (B+qrE)

110
Packy East

Excellent! A bauxite membership for you.

Posted by: pep at December 10, 2021 11:37 AM (ZsR3z)

111 Sweet peas and Ovaltine
If you eat this, you will scream
I've scoured the world just see
Nobody's wantin' to try it

Posted by: I'm Sorry at December 10, 2021 11:37 AM (DU+/6)

112 Where have you gone, Jussie Smollett, our nation turns its lonely eyes to you - woo, woo, woo.

Posted by: Puddin Head at December 10, 2021 11:37 AM (Hudry)

113 68 The future does not belong to countries that forgive students college loans.
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 10, 2021 11:29 AM (yrol0)

The future does not belong to countries which tie 85% of all employment opportunities to requiring a piece of paper credential as opposed to actual training and proof you can do the job expected of you.

I would totally forgive college loans to those who actually worked hard, used internships to bolster themselves, and still got screwed because it wasn't the "right" college or the college just ended up being crap despite their overpromotion.

Posted by: Homer's Donuts at December 10, 2021 11:37 AM (BCSAN)

114 At the end of the 1040 there needs to be a line that says calculate 10% of your gross income. Is that number greater than or less than the number above? If it is greater than, your tax bill is 10%. If it is less than, skip this part.

10% income tax has to be a minimum for everyone. You need some skin in the game by all.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 10, 2021 11:37 AM (NZcXb)

115 The future does not belong to a country that places cheese over liberty.

Posted by: f'd at December 10, 2021 11:37 AM (Tnijr)

116 Hiya, JT. Shitty, gloomy, gray, rainy day. Started off with Irish in the coffee. It's barely above freezing.

How's it hanging?

Posted by: Infidel at December 10, 2021 11:38 AM (qpolg)

117 88 THE FUTURE DOES NOT BELONG TO A NATION THAT PUTS THE KARDASHIANS ON TEEVEE

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 10, 2021 11:33 AM (flINI)

Yes, this is probably the best indicator of our national decline.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at December 10, 2021 11:38 AM (ZMqQQ)

118 The future does not belong to countries that have 1000's of miles of unused lamp posts.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 10, 2021 11:38 AM (VwHCD)

119 The future does not belong to a country without flying cars.

Posted by: George Jetson at December 10, 2021 11:38 AM (BFigT)

120 I dont get the scotus decision. But it is so typical of the modern scotus. Too afraid to ever give a straight yes no answer. Always a maybe kinda sorta.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 10, 2021 11:31 AM (NZcXb

Like a makework decision. Ambiguity will lead to another case which will work its way up to SCOTUS. Then they will do the same thing.
Every answer brings more questions, but never a definitive answer.

Seems to be of a sort for most of government, and it keeps the little people fighting each other, so a big win for the not-little people, who are then free to pursue their own ends.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 10, 2021 11:38 AM (MFphb)

121 Packy East

Excellent! A bauxite membership for you.
Posted by: pep

Why thank you !

Posted by: JT at December 10, 2021 11:38 AM (arJlL)

122 Quiz: What was Bob Hope's boxing name?
Posted by: pep

Packy East
Posted by: JT at December 10, 2021 11:36 AM (arJlL)

Who was "Jersey Bleeder"?

Posted by: BignJames at December 10, 2021 11:38 AM (AwYPR)

123 Who Dis is Queen of the "side eye"...

or was that the photographer's idea?

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 10, 2021 11:38 AM (BgMrQ)

124 The future does not belong to a nation of men without nuts.

Posted by: Puddin Head at December 10, 2021 11:38 AM (Hudry)

125 13
Biden WH statement says highest inflation rate in 4 decades highlights need to spend a few trillion more dollars
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 10, 2021 11:20 AM

You just need to get educated, man, on the true nature of capitalism, and how socialism can solve everything! Professor Richard Wolff has lots of videos explaining how printing more money in a true socialist society helps everyone! Inflation only occurs because greedy capitalist business owners arbitrarily raise prices because they can, instead of just buying and selling more products. DAMN YOU, CAPITALISTS!!!!111!1

https://youtu.be/BBTPOxtImtk

Posted by: Modern Youth at college, watching BreadTube at December 10, 2021 11:38 AM (JCZqz)

126 The future does not belong to a country where all of the RussiaGate conspirators walk free.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 10, 2021 11:39 AM (Bmy3R)

127 Packy East
Posted by: JT at December 10, 2021 11:36 AM (arJlL)
++++
Why'd Bob Hope use Bangladesh as his boxing persona?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 10, 2021 11:39 AM (DU+/6)

128 The "elbows" photo is of Rhonda Fleming - the other
"Who Dis" photos are of Mari Blanchard, I think.

Posted by: Paco at December 10, 2021 11:39 AM (njExo)

129 Hiya, JT. Shitty, gloomy, gray, rainy day. Started off with Irish in the coffee. It's barely above freezing.

How's it hanging?
Posted by: Infidel

Like Big Ben

Posted by: JT at December 10, 2021 11:39 AM (arJlL)

130 The future does not belong to a country that places safety over liberty.

Posted by: Ben Franklin at December 10, 2021 11:36 AM (DNbaX)

This morning's art is a love note to liberty over safety.

How low-brow.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at December 10, 2021 11:39 AM (uhPTO)

131 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Jackson Sparks at December 10, 2021 11:39 AM (Zz0t1)

132 That "Who Dis" dude has quite the impressive hair helmet. I'd bet he uses Brylcreem

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 10, 2021 11:39 AM (flINI)

133 10% income tax has to be a minimum for everyone. You need some skin in the game by all.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 10, 2021 11:37 AM (NZcXb)

I agree; I've been meaning to write about this for some time now, just haven't gotten around to it.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at December 10, 2021 11:39 AM (ZMqQQ)

134
Sweet peas and Ovaltine
If you eat this, you will scream
I've scoured the world just see
Nobody's wantin' to try it
Posted by: I'm Sorry at December 10, 2021 11:37 AM (DU+/6)

LOL

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 10, 2021 11:39 AM (2ABQr)

135 What a friend we have in cheeses.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 10, 2021 11:39 AM (a3Q+t)

136 It's not just wondering whether I would comply. Prior to CV19, I have long wondered how the Nazis could do what they did in a modern, ostensibly democratic country. And in such a relatively short time. I don't wonder any more.
Posted by: Elric Blade

We are living through a time that people in the future will not believe could have been real.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 10, 2021 11:39 AM (FVME7)

137 Would you comply sign. Well yes and no. I have gone along with the paper mask charade at stores with the signs saying masks required like 95%. Refused the clot shot. A) seemed harmless if silly and I didn't, still don't, want to stress out cashiers, it is a stressful entry level job. But in hindsight this probably fed the Karens and power trippers.

Posted by: paleRider at December 10, 2021 11:39 AM (3cGpq)

138 I dont get the scotus decision. But it is so typical of the modern scotus. Too afraid to ever give a straight yes no answer. Always a maybe kinda sorta.

What would you say you do here?

Posted by: pep at December 10, 2021 11:40 AM (ZsR3z)

139 Posted by: Morgan Fairchild at December 10, 2021 11:25 AM (4I/2K)

She is still very well put together. Definite GILF vibe now.

Pity she's a lunatic leftist.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 10, 2021 11:40 AM (2JVJo)

140 Stilton is a good cheese.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 10, 2021 11:40 AM (QU5/8)

141 Who was "Jersey Bleeder"?

Posted by: BignJames at December 10, 2021 11:38 AM (AwYPR)

Chuck Wepner, spelling probably wrong.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 10, 2021 11:40 AM (VwHCD)

142 I always figured that if I was around in Germany during the 30s I'd probably either leave or hole up in some off-the-grid type area and try to wait it out. So I'd say that I've been rather consistent here.

That being said, I can actually understand the Germans' desire for revenge after WWI and some of the Nazi rhetoric does make sense (nationalism and factories, etc.). But the instant they started going for piracy as policy it should have been clear that it wouldn't end well. One of the great travesties of history is that for all the hype around this era nobody makes an attempt to teach *how* it happened.

Posted by: CppThis at December 10, 2021 11:40 AM (UewuT)

143 My first blush reading of the SCOTUS Texas ruling is that the conservative justices, excluding Thomas and Alito are chicken shit and lame.

Another needle threading, tortured dogshit SCOTUS ruling.

These people are clowns.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 10, 2021 11:40 AM (oHeld)

144 That "Who Dis" dude has quite the impressive hair helmet. I'd bet he uses Brylcreem
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 10, 2021 11:39 AM

What am I, chopped liver?

Posted by: Vitalis at December 10, 2021 11:41 AM (a3Q+t)

145 The future does not belong to a country without big long convertibles in fire engine red with bench front seats and buxom willing blondes in ponytails sidled up close next to you.

Posted by: Count de Monet, Rotund Dad at December 10, 2021 11:41 AM (4I/2K)

146 Why'd Bob Hope use Bangladesh as his boxing persona?

Heh. I hadn't thought of that.

Posted by: pep at December 10, 2021 11:41 AM (ZsR3z)

147 on the plus side - WHY the Smollett verdict yesterday (among other things) is making me more and more optimistic by the day:

Not because this trial by itself meant anything; it was a great public farce, nothing more. But the REAL question in play was; can Jury Trials still function in a hard left city like Chicago? Have the leftist race hustlers really taken over for good, can they really do whatever they want and get away with it?

nd the answer was NO! Not even in one of their power bases like Chicago! I take this to mean that all of the hard left radicalism is being pushed by only a small minority of influential radicals who have managed to place themselves in positions of power; but ordinary people, even in their OWN cities, are not on board with them.

The setup for a catastrophic and sudden fall of the Radicals is advancing every day. They've still got at least a year holding the reins of power; but even that isn't as much fun for them as they thought it would be. Everything is falling apart, and they're shocked that *they* are getting the blame.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 10, 2021 11:41 AM (trdmm)

148 Al Unser Sr passed, When Indy Car was great, before the Split and shot themselves in the foot.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at December 10, 2021 11:41 AM (dKiJG)

149 I would say 10% is a maximum, not a minimum. Government is not entitled to more than God.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 10, 2021 11:41 AM (45fpk)

150 Hmm, maybe chuck wepner was the bayonne bleeder.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 10, 2021 11:41 AM (VwHCD)

151 The future does not belong to a country with a hardcore Stalinist serving as Attorney General.

Posted by: Northernlurker at December 10, 2021 11:41 AM (eGTCV)

152 Got any cheeeeese?

Posted by: Steve Urkel at December 10, 2021 11:42 AM (Do5/p)

153
The future does not belong to a country where all of the RussiaGate conspirators walk free.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 10, 2021 11:39 AM (Bmy3R)

---------

^THIS.

After #TwoHundredWeeks of #BlahBlahIsComing, without anyone getting arrested or indicted, I knew it was over. No fixing this.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 10, 2021 11:42 AM (2ABQr)

154 So, the terrorists have one. Most kids are afraid to go to school and have gone home. My daughter actually said "this is so America." That pissed me off......

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Jackson Sparks at December 10, 2021 11:42 AM (Zz0t1)

155 The future does not belong to a country without big long convertibles in fire engine red with bench front seats and buxom willing blondes in ponytails sidled up close next to you.
Posted by: Count de Monet, Rotund Dad at December 10, 2021 11:41 AM (4I/2K)
++++
Attention politicians: if you want my enthusiastic vote, hire His Grace here to be your campaign consultant.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 10, 2021 11:42 AM (DU+/6)

156 143 My first blush reading of the SCOTUS Texas ruling is that the conservative justices, excluding Thomas and Alito are chicken shit and lame.

Another needle threading, tortured dogshit SCOTUS ruling.

These people are clowns.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 10, 2021 11:40 AM (oHeld)

I wrote about this last thread. It looks to me like a "Kick the Can" decision, putting everything important off until after the Mississippi ruling comes down. I think the decision today will have little or no lasting effect or importance.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 10, 2021 11:42 AM (trdmm)

157 Who was "Jersey Bleeder"?

Posted by: BignJames at December 10, 2021 11:38 AM (AwYPR)

Chuck Wepner, spelling probably wrong.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 10, 2021 11:40 AM (VwHCD)

I think it was "Bayonne Bleeder"...my bad.

Posted by: BignJames at December 10, 2021 11:42 AM (AwYPR)

158 The last WD picture is pretty amazing. That woman's bust has achieved horizontality.

Posted by: pep at December 10, 2021 11:42 AM (ZsR3z)

159 128 The "elbows" photo is of Rhonda Fleming - the other
"Who Dis" photos are of Mari Blanchard, I think.
Posted by: Paco at December 10, 2021 11:39 AM (njExo)

Right on both counts.

Dang, the 'elbows' pic was labeled 'Mari Blanchard' on the site I got it from. I thought it didn't look like Mari, but I liked it so much, it was too good to check.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at December 10, 2021 11:42 AM (ZMqQQ)

160 The femme who dis seems familiar.

Was she the brunette singer in Donovan's Reef?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 10, 2021 11:43 AM (csEWM)

161 Terri Garr was pretty great in After Hours.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 10, 2021 11:43 AM (vuisn)

162 lol. JT

Really need to go to the store. Not today. It rained all day yesterday, snowed last night and I don't want to back out dodging track hoes and piles of dirt and gravel for 1/3 mile on mud under ice under snow.

Posted by: Infidel at December 10, 2021 11:43 AM (qpolg)

163 Is photo 7 the same lady?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 10, 2021 11:43 AM (csEWM)

164 158 The last WD picture is pretty amazing. That woman's bust has achieved horizontality.

Posted by: pep at December 10, 2021 11:42 AM (ZsR3z)

Well, as it turns out, it isn't the same lady as the first 6 pics.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at December 10, 2021 11:43 AM (ZMqQQ)

165 The future does not belong to countries that can't run honest elections.

The future does not belong to countries that incapable of even recognizing justice.

The future does not belong to countries that do not have an identity.

The future does not belong to countries that hate God

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 10, 2021 11:43 AM (+LCoQ)

166 "I dont get the scotus decision. But it is so typical of the modern scotus. Too afraid to ever give a straight yes no answer."

They literally have ONE JOB!

Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 10, 2021 11:43 AM (jTmQV)

167 Grammie,

Ideally sure 10% flat tax would be great. But not realistic. I do think it is realistic that the tax code be changed so everyone pays something though. Hell even if it is $100. Just something.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 10, 2021 11:43 AM (NZcXb)

168 152 Got any cheeeeese?
Posted by: Steve Urkel at December 10, 2021 11:42 AM (Do5/p)

Nope, with the cream cheese shortage, their is a shortage of Cheese Cakes

Thanks Joe

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at December 10, 2021 11:44 AM (dKiJG)

169 The setup for a catastrophic and sudden fall of the Radicals is advancing every day.

*whistles, commences greasing the axles of his tumbril*

Posted by: pep at December 10, 2021 11:44 AM (ZsR3z)

170 The future does not belong to a country without big long convertibles in fire engine red with bench front seats and buxom willing blondes in ponytails sidled up close next to you.
Posted by: Count de Monet, Rotund Dad at December 10, 2021 11:41 AM

With a necking knob on the steering wheel.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 10, 2021 11:44 AM (a3Q+t)

171 20 SCOTUS rules Texas abortion providers CAN sue over the state's ban on most abortions but the law will main in effect

~

Seems like a compromise to me, but there it is.
Posted by: Shenanigans at December 10, 2021 11:21 AM (aEJX/)
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I Hope the Scotus abortion ruling clears the decks for states to choose their own paths. Then all the abortion lovers can move to the west coast, and leave us non-Baal worshipers in peace.

Posted by: LASue at December 10, 2021 11:44 AM (Ed8Zd)

172 163 Is photo 7 the same lady?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 10, 2021 11:43 AM (csEWM)

No, as it turns out. But I'm leaving it up there because it's such a good photo.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at December 10, 2021 11:44 AM (ZMqQQ)

173 That "Who Dis" dude has quite the impressive hair helmet. I'd bet he uses Brylcreem
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 10, 2021 11:39 AM

****

That's Pomade you ... you ... dog faced, ummmm , pony soldier... end of message

Posted by: Joey Badfinger at December 10, 2021 11:44 AM (flINI)

174 141 Who was "Jersey Bleeder"?

Posted by: BignJames at December 10, 2021 11:38 AM (AwYPR)

Chuck Wepner, spelling probably wrong.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 10, 2021 11:40 AM (VwHCD)

Bayonne Bleeder is correct...

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at December 10, 2021 11:44 AM (BgMrQ)

175 The future does not belong to blogs without apes, flaming skulls, and pudding cups.

Posted by: 496 at December 10, 2021 11:45 AM (U1eOr)

176 in actual literal fact, the future has always belonged to the people who decide to have a whole lot of kids. And it has never belonged to the people who felt like kids were too much of a burden to bother having.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 10, 2021 11:45 AM (trdmm)

177 Hell even if it is $100. Just something.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 10, 2021 11:43 AM (NZcXb)

Yep, I agree.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 10, 2021 11:45 AM (45fpk)

178 Also: bring back gun racks in pickups and lose the open container laws. Just like Texas used to have before the Feds leaned hard on us.

Posted by: Count de Monet, Rotund Dad at December 10, 2021 11:45 AM (4I/2K)

179 I would totally forgive college loans to those who actually worked hard, used internships to bolster themselves, and still got screwed because it wasn't the "right" college or the college just ended up being crap despite their overpromotion.
Posted by: Homer's Donuts at December 10, 2021 11:37 AM (BCSAN)

I think there are many government jobs (education) that do that.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 10, 2021 11:45 AM (yrol0)

180 I would say 10% is a maximum, not a minimum. Government is not entitled to more than God.
Posted by: grammie winger

BOOM, right on grammie.

Posted by: Infidel at December 10, 2021 11:45 AM (qpolg)

181 Our Kroger's has a nice selection of cheeses. They have Stilton with blueberries that's pretty good.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 10, 2021 11:45 AM (BFigT)

182 The future is troublesome for any country with a deeply stupid, evil and corrupt so-called elite.

Posted by: Northernlurker at December 10, 2021 11:45 AM (eGTCV)

183 Really need to go to the store. Not today. It rained all day yesterday, snowed last night and I don't want to back out dodging track hoes and piles of dirt and gravel for 1/3 mile on mud under ice under snow.
Posted by: Infidel

I gotta finish paying bills and go to the supe myself.

Later

Posted by: JT at December 10, 2021 11:45 AM (arJlL)

184 @156

>>I think the decision today will have little or no lasting effect or importance.

Perhaps, but the silly ruling now green lights suits against Texas health officials and departments.

Which will happen immediately, perhaps as early as Monday, and when these suits get in front of a judge they will issue a TRO on the law, which the SCOTUS had to know would happen.

Just hold this decision until they make up their minds on what to do with the Mississippi case?

It's all bullshit.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 10, 2021 11:46 AM (3t7O9)

185 No, as it turns out. But I'm leaving it up there because it's such a good photo.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at December 10, 2021 11:44 AM (ZMqQQ)

She is prettier than the actual lady, I think. Nice eyes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 10, 2021 11:46 AM (csEWM)

186 the other "Who Dis" photos are of Mari Blanchard, I think.

There's a grinding joke in there somewhere.

Posted by: spindrift at December 10, 2021 11:46 AM (h5TKJ)

187 can Jury Trials still function in a hard left city like Chicago?

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Neither jury trials nor representative democracy is for ignorant, immoral people.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 10, 2021 11:46 AM (FVME7)

188 The SCOTUS decision results in legal people getting more work. FDA medical approval board decisions generally result in medical people getting more work.

The goal of anyone in authority these days is to facilitate their group's feeding on the "other", being anyone outside their group.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 10, 2021 11:46 AM (IN3jG)

189 Nope, with the cream cheese shortage, their is a shortage of Cheese Cakes

Thanks Joe
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at December 10, 2021 11:44 AM (dKiJG)

OMG! How ever will I make jalapeno poppers?

Posted by: Count de Monet, Rotund Dad at December 10, 2021 11:47 AM (4I/2K)

190 The future does not belong to a country that refuses to acknowledge the reality of X versus Y chromosomes.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 10, 2021 11:47 AM (Xrfse)

191 Just hold this decision until they make up their minds on what to do with the Mississippi case?

It's all bullshit.

Governmentin' be hard, yo. Especially when it's not your job.

Posted by: pep at December 10, 2021 11:47 AM (ZsR3z)

192 Who was "Jersey Bleeder"?

Posted by: BignJames

Chuck Wepner, spelling probably wrong.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Even though Jerry Quarry was born in CA, that man left blood in every state he fought in.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 10, 2021 11:47 AM (mD/uy)

193 Well, I see that Twatter kicked Ben Garrison off. Because he was so very mean and drew bad cartoons of our heroes.

They've also changed their site so it's no longer possible to go to a thread. A popup begs you to log on or sign in, if you close the window, it kicks you back to where you started. At best I've been able to get to a person's home page, but that's as far as they'll allow.

They really are imploding, and will not be missed.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at December 10, 2021 11:47 AM (wAnMi)

194 No country that worships Molech has a future.

Posted by: Northernlurker at December 10, 2021 11:47 AM (eGTCV)

195 I love Tales of Wells Fargo. Just yesterday they had one of my favorite episodes: a takeoff on The Tale of Two Cities. Indians have trapped some stage passengers as well as Jim Hardy and a few bandits that robbed the stage, but all the Indians want is a cavalry general who committed a massacre on an Indian village. The general is killed but the Indians do not believe Hardy and says he is trying to escape without turning over the general. One of the bandits is moved by a baby that was on the stage and recalls his own baby and wife who died at the hands of Sherman. When he finds out the Indians plan on killing everyone to be sure the general is killed, the bandit puts on the coat of the dead general and goes out to the Indians.
The episode is done so well I always get a little teary. I love stories of redemption (it's one of the reasons I love Wagner operas so much - most are redemption stories).

Posted by: Brunnhilde at December 10, 2021 11:48 AM (aW5/6)

196 Hubba Hubba

And I mean that sincerely.

(about the lady)

Also the entire The Future does not belong to . . list is endorsed.

Posted by: Happy Friday at December 10, 2021 11:48 AM (RCfxE)

197 133 10% income tax has to be a minimum for everyone. You need some skin in the game by all.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 10, 2021 11:37 AM (NZcXb)

Dems keep talking about wanting a European style of high taxes and high benefits. Aside from the incredible anchor on economic growth this causes in those nations, I don't think they fully appreciate how "regressive" (their term) those nations' taxes are. 15-20% VAT (basically, sales) tax? Everyone pays a high, minimum income tax. Gas taxed to the $8+ range. As usual, the wealthy can avoid and mitigate much of this...it's the middle and working class that get truly hosed.

Posted by: Grimmy at December 10, 2021 11:48 AM (JCZqz)

198 My local ski resorts are still closed. Not much snow. So of course the local msm is all a flutter about climate change. Why usually by mid December everything is at full capacity. See, global warming is real people!!!!

Yet last year, several reports were up and running at full capacity before Thanksgiving. Which was very unusual but so is this winter. Typically things get going right around the end of November or the first weekend in December.

Funny though last year there was nothing in the MSM about how global warming is bullshit because we have all this snow.

One more example of how the media manipulates people.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 10, 2021 11:48 AM (NZcXb)

199 Governmentin' be hard, yo.
Posted by: pep at December 10, 2021 11:47 AM

Which is why we can't leave it to non-right thinking amateurs.

Posted by: Nancy P. at December 10, 2021 11:48 AM (a3Q+t)

200
Al Unser Sr passed, When Indy Car was great, before the Split and shot themselves in the foot.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at December 10, 2021 11:41 AM

another grim milestone for the biden administration

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 10, 2021 11:49 AM (DUIap)

201 148 Al Unser Sr passed, When Indy Car was great, before the Split and shot themselves in the foot.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio

Well, it's not all the way back now but it's better. The last few seasons have been very entertaining. Hopefully another manufacturer will join the fray soon.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 10, 2021 11:49 AM (D8mow)

202 180 I would say 10% is a maximum, not a minimum. Government is not entitled to more than God.
Posted by: grammie winger

BOOM, right on grammie.
Posted by: Infidel at December 10, 2021 11:45 AM (qpolg)

SS is around 45% more than that alone!

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 10, 2021 11:49 AM (yrol0)

203
another grim milestone for the biden administration
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 10, 2021 11:49 AM (DUIap)

Another one for the Covids......

LOCKDOWN!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Jackson Sparks at December 10, 2021 11:50 AM (Zz0t1)

204 Which will happen immediately, perhaps as early as Monday, and when these suits get in front of a judge they will issue a TRO on the law, which the SCOTUS had to know would happen.

Just hold this decision until they make up their minds on what to do with the Mississippi case?

It's all bullshit.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 10, 2021 11:46 AM (3t7O9)

There's already a TRO on enforcement from a Texas Judge, under State Law. so that parts over. I would be surprised if the Texas Law stands, there really a lot of issues that would arise from allowing private parties to enforce the law. Pandora's box, really. I suspect it will end up being too clever by half to stand.

BUT the Texas Law and the Mississippi Law represented two completely different approaches to attacking Roe v Wade. Only one of them had to work; if the Mississippi Law stands, Texas will be glad to drop it's version and pass a copy of the Mississippi Law in its place.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 10, 2021 11:50 AM (trdmm)

205 @198 - I think most resorts are open here in VT - even if only a few trails. We got a little more snow overnight too. I bet the skiing's pretty good.

Posted by: 496 at December 10, 2021 11:50 AM (U1eOr)

206 Oregon Muse: You never have to apologize for posting a photo of Rhonda Fleming - purposely or in error.

Posted by: Paco at December 10, 2021 11:50 AM (njExo)

207 What country doesn't have a good number of the problems on that list?

Posted by: zmdavid at December 10, 2021 11:50 AM (xqRaG)

208 I was only steaming away but now I am blowing ash everywhere again. Gonna pop my top, baby!

Posted by: La Palma at December 10, 2021 11:50 AM (4I/2K)

209 The future does not belong to countries that allow nay, encourage and facilitate a gimmegrant invasion from third world shit holes...

Posted by: PAgirlinNC at December 10, 2021 11:50 AM (tlewR)

210 Cheese puns > cheese on a bun

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 10, 2021 11:51 AM (r5BVk)

211 176 in actual literal fact, the future has always belonged to the people who decide to have a whole lot of kids. And it has never belonged to the people who felt like kids were too much of a burden to bother having.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 10, 2021 11:45 AM (trdmm)

It's okay, it makes it all the sweeter when 4 of your 6 kids turn you into the Garland Archipelago for your various hate crimes, while we pass around your 2 daughters as sexual playthings until they become our front-guard Antifa infantry.

Posted by: Wine Aunts and Maoist Educators at December 10, 2021 11:51 AM (BCSAN)

212 This culture of corruption and its cottage technologies is nacho concern.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 10, 2021 11:51 AM (BPuaD)

213 What country doesn't have a good number of the problems on that list?
Posted by: zmdavid at December 10, 2021 11:50 AM (xqRaG)

***

Poland

Posted by: Joey Badfinger at December 10, 2021 11:51 AM (flINI)

214 Good rant OM

Posted by: Skip's Phone at December 10, 2021 11:51 AM (YbnlO)

215 Great post! Totally shareable.

Posted by: KT at December 10, 2021 11:52 AM (0ghg2)

216 The Smollett verdict is great but those celebrating it as a victory of the people over the political establishment should really temper their enthusiasm a bit. I got into this some yesterday; I used to follow Chicago local politics a bit when I was living in MN (since their bullshit rolls downhill to the rest of the region) and it was very clear that they wanted this guy gone once his inept hustle began to unravel and prominent names were named as being involved. It's also useful to understand that the said machine is at war with itself, because Toni Preckwinkle (who pulls SA Kim Foxx's strings) and Lori Lightfoot hate each other and many of the Daley/Emanuel types are sitting it out because their boi put in such a poor showing in the clown show that was the last city election.

There's a strong argument to be made that the reason this became a federal case in the first place was that the city's inept attempt to go after Smollett fell apart (further beclowning themselves for a national audience) so they pulled some favors to get the feds involved.

Posted by: CppThis at December 10, 2021 11:52 AM (UewuT)

217
The future does not belong to countries that gives two sh*ts about climate change.

Governor DeSantis of Florida does. He is proposing some initiatives to tackle the issue, especially how it relates to low-lying areas - which frankly is the entire state.

See, I believe in Milankovitch cycles and think it's probably a good move to gradually accommodate a sea level which is slowly going to rise. Not at the crazy rate of the alarmists. But the earth is going to be hit with more energy in the southern hemisphere where there's more water then the northern. That water is going to slowly expand. As far as CO2? Very good for crops.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 10, 2021 11:52 AM (dQvv7)

218 159
Dang, the 'elbows' pic was labeled 'Mari Blanchard' on the site I got it from. I thought it didn't look like Mari, but I liked it so much, it was too good to check.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at December 10, 2021 11:42 AM

I feel you, bro.

Posted by: Dan Rather at December 10, 2021 11:52 AM (JCZqz)

219 Dems and many on the right are stuck in the 80s when it comes to taxes in Europe. They are not that much higher than ours anymore. Yes gas is still twice as much. But income taxes are nothing like what they once were. Most Euros, even Sweden and Denmark, the poster children of Euro Socialiam have dramatically cut taxes over the past couple of decades.

So when the left says they want to be like Sweden they really have no idea what they are asking for. And when the right fears being like Sweden they also kinda set their hair on fire a bit quickly.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 10, 2021 11:52 AM (NZcXb)

220 The future does not belong to those who stigmatize the traditional family and all it entails.

The future does not belong to those who teach our children that they are either eternal victims or eternal oppressors.

The future does not belong to those who value influencers far more than producers.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at December 10, 2021 11:52 AM (KbCG3)

221 Cheeses of Nazareth (Pennsylvania)

Posted by: Pete Seria at December 10, 2021 11:53 AM (nrP0A)

222 Dems keep talking about wanting a European style of high taxes and high benefits. Aside from the incredible anchor on economic growth this causes in those nations, I don't think they fully appreciate how "regressive" (their term) those nations' taxes are. 15-20% VAT (basically, sales) tax? Everyone pays a high, minimum income tax. Gas taxed to the $8+ range. As usual, the wealthy can avoid and mitigate much of this...it's the middle and working class that get truly hosed.
Posted by: Grimmy at December 10, 2021 11:48 AM (JCZqz)

Dirty Scandi model uses 20% VAT and 60% income starting at 3rd quintile (>41%).

For US that would be about somewhere between $63k and $79k.

So taxes would be around 36K to 47k.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 10, 2021 11:53 AM (yrol0)

223
At the end of the 1040 there needs to be a line that says calculate 10% of your gross income. Is that number greater than or less than the number above? If it is greater than, your tax bill is 10%. If it is less than, skip this part.

10% income tax has to be a minimum for everyone. You need some skin in the game by all.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 10, 2021 11:37 AM

Negative, GhostRider

taxing income is theft; taxes should be levied on consumption

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 10, 2021 11:53 AM (DUIap)

224 The future does not belong to countries that encourage gender dysphoria.

Well, that's why I should read the post more carefully. Originality is not my specialty.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 10, 2021 11:54 AM (Xrfse)

225 Wow Who Dis is crazy pretty, and those elbows. Mmm...

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at December 10, 2021 11:54 AM (bkUtD)

226 213 What country doesn't have a good number of the problems on that list?
Posted by: zmdavid at December 10, 2021 11:50 AM (xqRaG)
***
Poland
Posted by: Joey Badfinger at December 10, 2021 11:51 AM

Hungary?

Posted by: Viktor Orban at December 10, 2021 11:54 AM (JCZqz)

227 The future does not belong to countries that think rights come from government.
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Sine qua non.

Posted by: mustbequantum at December 10, 2021 11:54 AM (MIKMs)

228 The future does not belong to those who value influencers far more than producers.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at December 10, 2021 11:52 AM (KbCG3)

I think I hate the 'influencer/thought leader' thing more than anything. Pretty much any qualifier to 'leader' means that person is not really a leader. These days especially they are most likely a little tin plated red guard dictator.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 10, 2021 11:55 AM (csEWM)

229 If Brandon gets his wish and raises the corporate rate to 28%, our rate will be higher than France. Let that sink in for a moment.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 10, 2021 11:55 AM (NZcXb)

230 Any truth to the rumor that a Jussie Smollett movie is in the works starring Fab Morvan?

Posted by: Citizen Cake at December 10, 2021 11:56 AM (HmZuC)

231 Yet last year, several reports were up and running at full capacity before Thanksgiving. Which was very unusual but so is this winter. Typically things get going right around the end of November or the first weekend in December.
Joe XiDen

Every year is weird in its own way yet at the end of a few decades you get an average. Then people look at current year weather and set their hair on fire.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 10, 2021 11:56 AM (MFphb)

232 What country doesn't have a good number of the problems on that list?
Posted by: zmdavid at December 10, 2021 11:50 AM (xqRaG)

***

Poland
Posted by: Joey Badfinger at December 10, 2021 11:51 AM (flINI)

Repeat please.

Posted by: Squadron 302 at December 10, 2021 11:56 AM (4I/2K)

233 Also, it's profoundly sad that I believe what the Russian press publishes more than the corrupt, inept American press does. It's something we joke about but it is tragic.

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 10, 2021 11:56 AM (flINI)

234
Well, it's not all the way back now but it's better. The last few seasons have been very entertaining. Hopefully another manufacturer will join the fray soon.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 10, 2021 11:49 AM (D8mow)

With Penske in charge was a BIG step in the right direction. I really enjoyed the Tennessee Race

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at December 10, 2021 11:56 AM (dKiJG)

235 taxing income is theft; taxes should be levied on consumption
Posted by: AltonJackson

So, VAT on food?

Posted by: Infidel at December 10, 2021 11:56 AM (qpolg)

236 224 The future does not belong to countries that encourage gender dysphoria.

Well, that's why I should read the post more carefully. Originality is not my specialty.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 10, 2021 11:54 AM (Xrfse)

The future does not belong to countries that encourage gender dysphoria.

Posted by: Amy Schumer at December 10, 2021 11:56 AM (9alkU)

237 >>>The Smollett verdict is great but those celebrating it as a victory of the people over the political establishment should really temper their enthusiasm a bit.

He'll never see the inside of a jail cell. Probation, and nothing more. It's Chicago. He'll walk.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at December 10, 2021 11:56 AM (bkUtD)

238 So the best economic recovery in History ?

Posted by: It's me donna at December 10, 2021 11:57 AM (Q1i0Y)

239 235 taxing income is theft; taxes should be levied on consumption
Posted by: AltonJackson

So, VAT on food?
Posted by: Infidel at December 10, 2021 11:56 AM (qpolg)

I always liked the idea intellectually of just having a single sales tax at point of sale. No loop holes, no games.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 10, 2021 11:57 AM (csEWM)

240 The future is troublesome for any country in which half the country believes truth to be a iie and a lie to be the truth.

Posted by: Northernlurker at December 10, 2021 11:57 AM (eGTCV)

241 The future does not belong to countries that gives two sh*ts about climate change.

Governor DeSantis of Florida does. He is proposing some initiatives to tackle the issue, especially how it relates to low-lying areas - which frankly is the entire state.

See, I believe in Milankovitch cycles and think it's probably a good move to gradually accommodate a sea level which is slowly going to rise. Not at the crazy rate of the alarmists. But the earth is going to be hit with more energy in the southern hemisphere where there's more water then the northern. That water is going to slowly expand. As far as CO2? Very good for crops.
Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 10, 2021 11:52 AM (dQvv7)

I remember that Charlie Crist insect trying to run against DeSantis spouting off something in the lines of:

"Yeah, so he's doing these things, but he's not doing the things that matter, like banning cars and forcing people to eat bugs instead of meat. I give him a D for effort."

Really deranged insect, that Crist is.

Posted by: Homer's Donuts at December 10, 2021 11:57 AM (BCSAN)

242 238 So the best economic recovery in History ?
Posted by: It's me donna at December 10, 2021 11:57 AM (Q1i0Y)

So sayeth the guys at Drudge.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 10, 2021 11:57 AM (csEWM)

243 There's a strong argument to be made that the reason this became a federal case in the first place was that the city's inept attempt to go after Smollett fell apart (further beclowning themselves for a national audience) so they pulled some favors to get the feds involved.

Posted by: CppThis at December 10, 2021 11:52 AM

Wasn't that done on purpose? Because the local DA had no desire to prosecute Smollett and also had people like Michelle Obama calling in favors to let him walk.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 10, 2021 11:58 AM (Do5/p)

244 The odds of Slow Joe, bought and paid for by corporate interests in the corporate state of Delaware, actually going after corporations via taxes or whatever are effectively zero. It would be funny as hell if he did though.

Posted by: CppThis at December 10, 2021 11:58 AM (UewuT)

245 >>> No country that worships Molech has a future.
Posted by: Northernlurker at December 10, 2021 11:47 AM (eGTCV)

True, but people are being sold on the present. What gives you pleasure and comfort right now? Animals live in the present. Secularism lives in the present.

One of the most important things spirituality does is it breaks you from linear thinking with respect to time and your place in time, your relationship with others. What you have done, where you are, where you are going. They all start to matter.

This is why we're being sold on the present.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 10, 2021 11:58 AM (IN3jG)

246 Re. the Who Dis gal: "The war's over, baby! Disarm those torpedoes!".
Posted by: That guy who always says... at December 10, 2021 11:23 AM (Xrfse)

pic #2 of her looks a LOT like a hockey budy's girlfriend. like, could be a grand daughter type look

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at December 10, 2021 11:58 AM (8D42x)

247 I always liked the idea intellectually of just having a single sales tax at point of sale. No loop holes, no games.
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Now Offer: 35% Cash Discount!

Posted by: Chinese Restaurant at December 10, 2021 11:58 AM (sGnvY)

248 226 213 What country doesn't have a good number of the problems on that list?
Posted by: zmdavid at December 10, 2021 11:50 AM (xqRaG)
***
Poland
Posted by: Joey Badfinger at December 10, 2021 11:51 AM

Hungary?
Posted by: Viktor Orban at December 10, 2021 11:54 AM (JCZqz)
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How are those countries doing with energy independence?

Posted by: zmdavid at December 10, 2021 11:58 AM (xqRaG)

249 I think I hate the 'influencer/thought leader' thing more than anything. Pretty much any qualifier to 'leader' means that person is not really a leader. These days especially they are most likely a little tin plated red guard dictator.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 10, 2021 11:55 AM (csEWM)

"Futurist" is still cool, though, right?

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at December 10, 2021 11:58 AM (KbCG3)

250 He'll never see the inside of a jail cell. Probation, and nothing more. It's Chicago. He'll walk.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at December 10, 2021 11:56 AM (bkUtD)

***

Or, in Juicys case, mince

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 10, 2021 11:58 AM (flINI)

251 238 So the best economic recovery in History ?
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Welcome to endless Pump and Dump. Its the Democrat way. Just review this past week in the market.

Posted by: Puddin Head at December 10, 2021 11:58 AM (Hudry)

252 So sayeth the guys at Drudge.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 10, 2021 11:57 AM (csEWM)

I'll take your word for it but I'm not surprised

Posted by: It's me donna at December 10, 2021 11:58 AM (Q1i0Y)

253 Mostest bestest recovery ever.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 10, 2021 11:58 AM (NZcXb)

254 There's a strong argument to be made that the reason this became a federal case in the first place was that the city's inept attempt to go after Smollett fell apart (further beclowning themselves for a national audience) so they pulled some favors to get the feds involved.
Posted by: CppThis at December 10, 2021 11:52 AM (UewuT)

not a Federal Case; it became a State Case with a state appointed Special Prosecutor, rather than a Cook County case.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 10, 2021 11:58 AM (trdmm)

255 "He'll never see the inside of a jail cell. Probation, and nothing more. It's Chicago. He'll walk."

Disorderly conduct.
Pretty light punishment for attempting to start a race war.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 10, 2021 11:58 AM (jTmQV)

256 229 If Brandon gets his wish and raises the corporate rate to 28%, our rate will be higher than France. Let that sink in for a moment.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 10, 2021 11:55 AM

Well, we'll make sure all the mega-corporations that donate to us, hire our relatives, etc., have plenty of tax exemptions, so the actual rate will still be lower. That's cool, right?

Posted by: Senior Leaders of the Establishment at December 10, 2021 11:59 AM (JCZqz)

257 I looked up Terri Garr now when I got home the other day, she might be wheelchair bound. As said that day can't think anything she was bad in.

Posted by: Skip's Phone at December 10, 2021 11:59 AM (YbnlO)

258 Ideally, My Future belongs to me, and Your Future belongs to you.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 10, 2021 11:59 AM (2ohgA)

259 taxing income is theft; taxes should be levied on consumption
Posted by: AltonJackson

So, VAT on food?
Posted by: Infidel

I think TN taxes food at 4% or 5% depending.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 10, 2021 11:59 AM (mD/uy)

260 "Futurist" is still cool, though, right?
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at December 10, 2021 11:58 AM (KbCG3)

Technocrat jackasses.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 10, 2021 11:59 AM (csEWM)

261 Read the captions in these photos without singing them.

Posted by: LEO giving you a field sobriety test at December 10, 2021 12:00 PM (QYPq3)

262 The future belongs to those who fight for it.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at December 10, 2021 12:00 PM (jvt6t)

263 Governor DeSantis of Florida does. He is proposing some initiatives to tackle the issue, especially how it relates to low-lying areas - which frankly is the entire state.

He is proposing money for flood mitigation, and the impact of storms. I can think of no reason why the governor of FL would do such a thing, but for CC.

/sarc

Posted by: pep at December 10, 2021 12:00 PM (ZsR3z)

264 Interesting article on Soviet "night witches"

https://tinyurl.com/322bsnu8

Posted by: 496 at December 10, 2021 12:00 PM (U1eOr)

265 What country doesn't have a good number of the problems on that list?
Posted by: zmdavid at December 10, 2021 11:50 AM

Let's consider countries struggling to move up and those struggling to move down: China, striving for dominance, is cracking down on non-standard expressions of gender, for example. The USA, striving for "equity" moves in the other direction.

* The future does not belong to countries with dozens of genders.

* The future does not belong to countries that encourage gender dysphoria.

Also, the Paris Climate Agreements allow China and India leeway on CO2, while imposing restrictions on the West. Because the atmosphere can tell where the CO2 came from.

Posted by: KT at December 10, 2021 12:00 PM (0ghg2)

266 The future does not belong to those who stigmatize the traditional family and all it entails.

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The Census Bureau reports 17.8 percent of households in the U.S. are of married parents with children. In 1970, the same stat was at 40 percent.

https://bit.ly/3rQHmPL

They've nuked the nuclear family.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 10, 2021 12:00 PM (FVME7)

267 >>>Or, in Juicys case, mince
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report

SNORT

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at December 10, 2021 12:01 PM (bkUtD)

268 I saw where a store owner in California is charging $951 for everything in the store. Of course, that price gets discounted at the register to the normal price. The reason? $950 is the limit for grand larceny and forces the police to act upon the theft. Life finds a way...

Posted by: Citizen Cake at December 10, 2021 12:01 PM (HmZuC)

269 "Futurist" is still cool, though, right?
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at December 10, 2021 11:58 AM (KbCG3)

Kind of makes me think of Hawkeye's rant from the jail cell in Civil War.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 10, 2021 12:01 PM (csEWM)

270 250 He'll never see the inside of a jail cell. Probation, and nothing more. It's Chicago. He'll walk.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at December 10, 2021 11:56 AM (bkUtD)
***
Or, in Juicys case, mince
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 10, 2021 11:58 AM (flINI)

although I had predicted this earlier, I now think he might actually get some jail time, *just* for being such an arrogant douche at every step along the way. He really has made everyone involved hate him along the way.

If he goes to Jail, he will have been sentenced for
1 count of Criminally Bad Acting
1 count of Criminally Wasting Everyone's Time
1 count of Failing to Shut the Fuck Up when he should have.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 10, 2021 12:01 PM (trdmm)

271 Inflation IS the tax everyone pays.

Posted by: DaveA at December 10, 2021 12:01 PM (FhXTo)

272 Well, we'll make sure all the mega-corporations that donate to us, hire our relatives, etc., have plenty of tax exemptions, so the actual rate will still be lower. That's cool, right?
Posted by: Senior Leaders of the Establishment at December 10, 2021 11:59 AM (JCZqz)

This is the way.

Posted by: Jeff Bezos at December 10, 2021 12:01 PM (B+qrE)

273 248 226 213 What country doesn't have a good number of the problems on that list?
Posted by: zmdavid at December 10, 2021 11:50 AM (xqRaG)

How are those countries doing with energy independence?
Posted by: zmdavid at December 10, 2021 11:58 AM

Hey, the standard wasn't having NOTHING on the list....

Posted by: Viktor Orban at December 10, 2021 12:01 PM (JCZqz)

274 He'll never see the inside of a jail cell. Probation, and nothing more. It's Chicago. He'll walk.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at December 10, 2021 11:56 AM (bkUtD)

To Subway at 2 am?

Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 10, 2021 12:02 PM (MFphb)

275 256 229 If Brandon gets his wish and raises the corporate rate to 28%, our rate will be higher than France. Let that sink in for a moment.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 10, 2021 11:55 AM

Well, we'll make sure all the mega-corporations that donate to us, hire our relatives, etc., have plenty of tax exemptions, so the actual rate will still be lower. That's cool, right?
Posted by: Senior Leaders of the Establishment at December 10, 2021 11:59 AM (JCZqz)

Plus, gives us an issue to run on! Those dad gum corporations just won't pay their fair share!

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at December 10, 2021 12:02 PM (KbCG3)

276
So, VAT on food?
Posted by: Infidel at December 10, 2021 11:56 AM

I always liked the idea intellectually of just having a single sales tax at point of sale. No loop holes, no games.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 10, 2021 11:57 AM

and everyone has "skin in the game" and it's self scaling (for the "tax the rich" crowd)

if you're rich & want to buy a Cadillac you'll pay more taxes than the poor man buying a Kia

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 10, 2021 12:03 PM (DUIap)

277 Hey, the standard wasn't having NOTHING on the list....
Posted by: Viktor Orban at December 10, 2021 12:01 PM (JCZqz)

***

Poland needs to invade Norway and steal their North Sea oil reserves

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 10, 2021 12:03 PM (flINI)

278 To Subway at 2 am?

Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 10, 2021 12:02 PM (MFphb)

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In the midst of a polar vortex.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at December 10, 2021 12:03 PM (TNyrE)

279 >>> So sayeth the guys at Drudge.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 10, 2021 11:57 AM (csEWM)

I'll take your word for it but I'm not surprised
Posted by: It's me donna at December 10, 2021 11:58 AM (Q1i0Y)

The economy is actually pretty great. For a specific type of finance people who happen to spend a lot of time tracking large movements and changes in systems. The same type of people who spill a lot of ink bloviating about financial systems. Many 401K plans are earning like gangbusters. None of this equates to general goodness. It equates to chaos.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 10, 2021 12:03 PM (IN3jG)

280 The Smollett verdict is great but those celebrating it as a victory of the people over the political establishment should really temper their enthusiasm a bit.

He'll never see the inside of a jail cell. Probation, and nothing more. It's Chicago. He'll walk.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at December 10, 2021 11:56 AM

Numerous guilty verdicts, having to pay his lawyers who know$ how much$$ to defend him, being mocked, shown as a liar, and becoming a worldwide
punchline... I'm pretty happy about the punishment regardless of how much time he spends in jail.

Posted by: LASue at December 10, 2021 12:03 PM (Ed8Zd)

281 Who Dis? Lady is wearing The Bird-Dog Bra.

Advert tagline: "Makes pointers outta setters!"

Posted by: Sharkman at December 10, 2021 12:04 PM (v9K3l)

282 Poland needs to invade Norway and steal their North Sea oil reserves

IIRC, the North Sea fields are almost played out. Poland will have to look further afield. I suggest Texas.

Posted by: pep at December 10, 2021 12:04 PM (ZsR3z)

283
Dirty Scandi model uses 20% VAT and 60% income starting at 3rd quintile (>41%).

For US that would be about somewhere between $63k and $79k.

So taxes would be around 36K to 47k.
Posted by: rhennigantx

And the peasants are all made equal by hatchet, ax and saw.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 10, 2021 12:04 PM (63Dwl)

284 The msm is saying Juicy faces up to 20 years in prison. Lol. Thats like how I can save UP TO 70% on my car insurance by switching. And 0 is a number up to 20 or 70 as well.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 10, 2021 12:04 PM (NZcXb)

285 if you're rich & want to buy a Cadillac you'll pay more taxes than the poor man buying a Kia
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 10, 2021 12:03 PM (DUIap)

*blows whistle*

1950's scalar use. Suggest substitution of Bugatti Chiron.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 10, 2021 12:04 PM (csEWM)

286 The Census Bureau reports 17.8 percent of households in the U.S. are of married parents with children. In 1970, the same stat was at 40 percent.

https://bit.ly/3rQHmPL

They've nuked the nuclear family.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 10, 2021 12:00 PM (FVME7)

The obsession with hollywood and their rampant divorce rate set the example and the sheep followed.

Oh, that and the removal of God from absolutely everything, destroying the sanctity of marriage.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Jackson Sparks at December 10, 2021 12:04 PM (Zz0t1)

287 I saw where a store owner in California is charging $951 for everything in the store. Of course, that price gets discounted at the register to the normal price. The reason? $950 is the limit for grand larceny and forces the police to act upon the theft. Life finds a way...
Posted by: Citizen Cake at December 10, 2021 12:01 PM

Yes, we'll be prosecuting him for price gouging.

Posted by: CA Attorney General at December 10, 2021 12:05 PM (m+jkK)

288 IIRC, the North Sea fields are almost played out. Poland will have to look further afield. I suggest Texas.
Posted by: pep at December 10, 2021 12:04 PM (ZsR3z)

Ukraine and Romania are a lot closer...

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 10, 2021 12:05 PM (trdmm)

289 This slender blonde with a cigarette doesn't take too kindly to gun-toting totalitarian "health advisers:"
https://is.gd/7nIRga

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 10, 2021 12:05 PM (DU+/6)

290 Hair on fire is the goal.

Posted by: klaftern at December 10, 2021 12:05 PM (taPSh)

291 >>>Interesting article on Soviet "night witches"

I'm in the middle of the Soviet campaign for the Order of Battle game. You get Night Witches and rewards for using them to damage the enemy. That's the catch, because those babushkas literally can't hit the broad side of a King Tiger.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at December 10, 2021 12:05 PM (HmZuC)

292 These Warlocks know math. No supply chain problems.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at December 10, 2021 12:05 PM (TrkA3)

293 Mostest bestest recovery ever.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant

Drudge Gushes: Biden Is A Juggernaut, Fastest Recovery In American History

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I have to stop several times a day and remove money from my pockets otherwise they'll burst!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 10, 2021 12:05 PM (FVME7)

294 Negative, GhostRider

taxing income is theft; taxes should be levied on consumption
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 10, 2021 11:53 AM (DUIap)

The Fair Tax would kill China and Russia and double our GDP in 7 or 8 years.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 10, 2021 12:05 PM (yrol0)

295 >>>although I had predicted this earlier, I now think he might actually get some jail time, *just* for being such an arrogant douche at every step along the way. He really has made everyone involved hate him along the way.

Posted by: Tom Servo

I heard his testimony was hilarious. A complete clown show. I hope you're right; the douche deserves jail time.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at December 10, 2021 12:06 PM (bkUtD)

296 469 there is a YouTube tv series on the Night Wiches called Night Swallows, it's pretty good

Posted by: Skip's Phone at December 10, 2021 12:06 PM (YbnlO)

297 Poland needs to invade Norway and steal their North Sea oil reserves
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 10, 2021 12:03 PM (flINI)
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They need to leave the EU or else they'll be dragged into open borders and climate change and gender nonsense.

Posted by: zmdavid at December 10, 2021 12:06 PM (xqRaG)

298 243 Wasn't that done on purpose? Because the local DA had no desire to prosecute Smollett and also had people like Michelle Obama calling in favors to let him walk.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 10, 2021 11:58 AM (Do5/p)

Sort of; the city wanted something done but the county prosecutor screwed the pooch, probably intentionally but possibly also because she's so dumb she makes the other Soros DAs look like Rhodes Scholars. The city's powers that be were not happy with how this went down because they lost a lot of face and they're a very prideful bunch.

This is ultimately a product of the ongoing Preckwinke/Lightfoot catfight.

Posted by: CppThis at December 10, 2021 12:06 PM (UewuT)

299 250 He'll never see the inside of a jail cell. Probation, and nothing more. It's Chicago. He'll walk.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at December 10, 2021 11:56 AM (bkUtD)

***

Or, in Juicys case, mince
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 10, 2021 11:58 AM (flINI)

Also prancing and skipping.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at December 10, 2021 12:06 PM (ZMqQQ)

300 Watched a school bus go by awhile ago.
One kid per seat, all in masks.
All just sitting there. No interaction at all. Staring out the window.

Fauchi's kids.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 10, 2021 12:06 PM (axyOa)

301
1950's scalar use. Suggest substitution of Bugatti Chiron.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 10, 2021 12:04 PM

point conceded

I 'spose "Lexus" vs "Kia" would work today

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 10, 2021 12:06 PM (DUIap)

302 Or, in Juicys case, mince
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 10, 2021 11:58 AM (flINI)

Also prancing and skipping.

WTH?

Posted by: Sashaying at December 10, 2021 12:07 PM (ZsR3z)

303 281 Sharkman

Snort.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 10, 2021 12:07 PM (u82oZ)

304
Drudge Gushes: Biden Is A Juggernaut, Fastest Recovery In American History

Where the fuck is anyone seeing any type of recovery whatsoever?

Store shelves are still empty. Container ships are still anchored off the coast. Fuel is back up over $3 a gallon. Food prices, along with everything else, are up significantly.

MILLIONS have completely GIVEN UP on working and employers can't find enough staff to keep their businesses fully functional.

WTF?

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Jackson Sparks at December 10, 2021 12:07 PM (Zz0t1)

305 At least in Europe I would get something for my taxes. Here I pay and pay and pay and get nothing. Drive on a French highway and you at least see where the gas tax money goes. Hard pressed to find a pothole on an Autoroute. And health care is generally, but not 100%, subsidized. And that applies to everyone, rich or poor. So there are tangible benefits to the higher taxes. Meanwhile here the more you pay the less you get. It is a perverse system we have.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 10, 2021 12:07 PM (NZcXb)

306
I saw where a store owner in California is charging $951 for everything in the store. Of course, that price gets discounted at the register to the normal price. The reason? $950 is the limit for grand larceny and forces the police to act upon the theft. Life finds a way...
Posted by: Citizen Cake

I doubt that will deter any thieves.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 10, 2021 12:08 PM (63Dwl)

307 Poor smollett getting all this abuse... just cause he wanted a footlong at 2am...

Posted by: 496 at December 10, 2021 12:08 PM (U1eOr)

308 point conceded

I 'spose "Lexus" vs "Kia" would work today
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 10, 2021 12:06 PM (DUIap)

'Fully loaded F-150' super special edition would do it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 10, 2021 12:08 PM (csEWM)

309
The Fair Tax would kill China and Russia and double our GDP in 7 or 8 years.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 10, 2021 12:05 PM

This Guy. He gets it.

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 10, 2021 12:08 PM (DUIap)

310 Biden Bunghole Banging Bill:

Cancels hundred of leases that have been surveyed and tested.

5X higher min annual lease rates.

Must be producing in 7 years. It take about 5 to fully research and test a lease.

Kills ANWR.

Easily double oil cost in 5 to 7 years.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 10, 2021 12:08 PM (yrol0)

311 Meanwhile here the more you pay the less you get. It is a perverse system we have.

It's working as designed.

Posted by: pep at December 10, 2021 12:08 PM (ZsR3z)

312 Hair on fire is the goal.

If your hair's not on fire by now, you haven't been paying attention.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 10, 2021 12:09 PM (Xrfse)

313 >>>He'll never see the inside of a jail cell. Probation, and nothing more. It's Chicago. He'll walk.

That's a shame, since his tastes seem to run towards being sodomized by muscle-bound degenerates.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at December 10, 2021 12:09 PM (HmZuC)

314 Juicy Smolyay is stupid even by Hollyweird standards... and that's saying something. He'll run out of money in a few more years and will resort to giving hummers in public bathrooms

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 10, 2021 12:09 PM (flINI)

315 They need to leave the EU or else they'll be dragged into open borders and climate change and gender nonsense.
Posted by: zmdavid at December 10, 2021 12:06 PM (xqRaG)

The downfall of the EU will be when countries like Poland continue as members but completely ignore all of the EU's directives and laws - and the EU does nothing about it because they cant.

The EU is fast turning into an even stupider version of the UnHoly, UnRoman Empire.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 10, 2021 12:10 PM (trdmm)

316 Lots of financial systems serve us by extracting energy from disparate relative movements in capital. Chaos will supply this energy well enough for people to make bank. But at some point this disparate dynamic movement coalesces, synchronizes into a downward falling trend and then the same guys who are now celebrating will start pulling out their hair. But all that's in the future, an undiscovered landscape that doesn't matter.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 10, 2021 12:10 PM (IN3jG)

317 We have an industry that racks up $100K debt on 18 year olds who think they are doing the right thing, the respectable thing. Either start putting these predators in jail or live with a generation of cynics.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 10, 2021 12:10 PM (44ww/)

318 Looking at and Anti Fair Tax site:

Unfair to seniors who have already paid income taxes

UNTRUE
It has zero changes to Medicare and SS. It states that on page 1.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 10, 2021 12:11 PM (yrol0)

319 Babylon Bee - "Cruelty! Smollett forced to spend time in the same jail cell as his attacker!!!"

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 10, 2021 12:11 PM (trdmm)

320
Drive on a French highway and you at least see where the gas tax money goes. Hard pressed to find a pothole on an Autoroute.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 10, 2021 12:07 PM/i]

If we just double the gas tax, we could start to fix the roads

Posted by: Obergruppenfuhrer Whitmer at December 10, 2021 12:11 PM (DUIap)

321 Seen on Twitter: "Hey Jussie, don't beat yourself up too much about this verdict."

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 10, 2021 12:12 PM (trdmm)

322 Haha. My Roomba got activated. The dogs are scared shitless of it even though they know it wont hurt them. It knows to avoid dogs and has never touched them. But it makes a scary sound I guess.

Meanwhile the cat just sits in the middle of the room daring it to come fight.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 10, 2021 12:12 PM (NZcXb)

323
I cannot access comments on old posts -- anyone else have this issue?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- "fuck around and find out" at December 10, 2021 12:12 PM (DvYfj)

324 270 although I had predicted this earlier, I now think he might actually get some jail time, *just* for being such an arrogant douche at every step along the way. He really has made everyone involved hate him along the way.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 10, 2021 12:01 PM (trdmm)

The only group still taking his side is the extra-douchy fringe of the national media.

Posted by: CppThis at December 10, 2021 12:12 PM (UewuT)

325 Great list. Would add that the future doesn't belong to a country whose leaders actively seek to divide its people and foment racial hatred.

Posted by: RM at December 10, 2021 12:12 PM (U3LtS)

326 Drive on a French highway and you at least see where the gas tax money goes. Hard pressed to find a pothole on an Autoroute.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 10, 2021 12:07 PM

Denmark has nice roads too. They pay 150% tax on vehicle purchases.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Jackson Sparks at December 10, 2021 12:12 PM (Zz0t1)

327 Looking at and Anti Fair Tax site:

Needs a new agency to enforce it

UNTRUE
There are already 58 agencies (50 states, DC, 7 territories) with Retails sales auditing agencies that could add 1 math calculation and then forward receipts to Dept of Treasury.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 10, 2021 12:13 PM (yrol0)

328

Posted by: Obergruppenfuhrer Whitmer at December 10, 2021 12:13 PM (DUIap)

329 Having shut down the economy but not the virus, Joe Biden teases tonight's appearance on Jimmy Fallon's show

-
Joe and Jimmy, there's a brain summit for you!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 10, 2021 12:13 PM (FVME7)

330 I saw where a store owner in California is charging $951 for everything in the store. Of course, that price gets discounted at the register to the normal price. The reason? $950 is the limit for grand larceny and forces the police to act upon the theft. Life finds a way...

Posted by: Citizen Cake

I think that was from a satire news site.

Interesting idea, though.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at December 10, 2021 12:13 PM (ZMqQQ)

331 Meanwhile the cat just sits in the middle of the room daring it to come fight.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 10, 2021 12:12 PM (NZcXb)
++++
Heh. Nature abhors a vacuum, but not as much as a cat.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 10, 2021 12:13 PM (DU+/6)

332 Juicy Smolyay is stupid even by Hollyweird standards... and that's saying something. He'll run out of money in a few more years and will resort to giving hummers in public bathrooms
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 10, 2021 12:09 PM (flINI)

Uh...don't some gay entertainers do that just for sport?
That dead guy from Wham? Couple others?
It's not "resorting to" if you want to do it.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 10, 2021 12:13 PM (MFphb)

333 322 Haha. My Roomba got activated. The dogs are scared shitless of it even though they know it wont hurt them. It knows to avoid dogs and has never touched them. But it makes a scary sound I guess.

Meanwhile the cat just sits in the middle of the room daring it to come fight.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 10, 2021 12:12 PM (NZcXb)

Ajax is the enemy of all upright vacuum cleaners. However, he completely ignores a roomba.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 10, 2021 12:14 PM (csEWM)

334 >>>I think that was from a satire news site.

It's getting too hard to tell the difference these days.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at December 10, 2021 12:14 PM (HmZuC)

335 Nood.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 10, 2021 12:14 PM (csEWM)

336 [i317 We have an industry that racks up $100K debt on 18 year olds who think they are doing the right thing, the respectable thing. Either start putting these predators in jail or live with a generation of cynics.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 10, 2021 12:10 PM (44ww/)

Dude here gets it. Bernie may be asshoe but there's a reason he exists, and nobody else seems to want to talk about it. People need to be a *lot* more honest about jobs and post K-12 education or a socialist failed state and/or national breakup is all but assured.

Posted by: CppThis at December 10, 2021 12:15 PM (UewuT)

337 If we just double the gas tax, we could begin a exploratory committee to determine the environmental impact of fixing the road while ensuring that Black and non-Binary construction crews are given equity to uncover years of structural racism paved into the roads.
Posted by: Obergruppenfuhrer Whitmer at December 10, 2021 12:11 PM (DUIap)

Fixed it for the obergruppenfuhrer.

Posted by: Homer's Donuts at December 10, 2021 12:15 PM (BCSAN)

338 Meanwhile the cat just sits in the middle of the room daring it to come fight.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 10, 2021 12:12 PM

I'm surprised the cat doesn't hop on and ride it around.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 10, 2021 12:15 PM (m+jkK)

339 >>The Fair Tax would kill China and Russia and double our GDP in 7 or 8 years.

I don't even think it would take that long. Lotta people that are sitting out a game with excessive penalties will hop back in across all markets.

2-3 years and our Economy would be patently insane with growth.

Posted by: garrett at December 10, 2021 12:15 PM (tmNnT)

340 I cannot access comments on old posts -- anyone else have this issue?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- "fuck around and find out" at December 10, 2021 12:12 PM (DvYfj)

DO NOT COMMENT ON OLD POSTS!!!!

Pixy has an automatic ban-hammer set on a hair-trigger as an anti-spam deterrent.

Only problem is, nobody knows how old the posts have to be for the autoban to kick you in the teeth.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at December 10, 2021 12:15 PM (ZMqQQ)

341

*sob-sob*

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at December 10, 2021 12:16 PM (K2SnJ)

342 Ace did a post on in yesterday, but I have been seeing "the economy is awesome" headlines since the WH had their meeting with the media and gave them the orders.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 10, 2021 12:16 PM (r5BVk)

343 NOOD Juicy rant

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at December 10, 2021 12:16 PM (wAnMi)

344 I'd prefer a federal sales tax to income tax. BTW, sales tax != VAT, as a sales tax generally only applies to the end item sold to the consumer. And, as most states already do, the sales tax could exempt certain items, e.g., food and other staples.

Posted by: FriscoYoda at December 10, 2021 12:16 PM (+56GQ)

345 nood Juicy the fruit

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at December 10, 2021 12:16 PM (8D42x)

346 It's getting too hard to tell the difference these days.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at December 10, 2021 12:14 PM (HmZuC)

Yes, it is.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at December 10, 2021 12:16 PM (ZMqQQ)

347 305 At least in Europe I would get something for my taxes. Here I pay and pay and pay and get nothing...Meanwhile here the more you pay the less you get. It is a perverse system we have.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 10, 2021 12:07 PM

What about my cowboy slam poetry subsidies!?!?!?

Posted by: Harry Reid at December 10, 2021 12:17 PM (JCZqz)

348 Looking at and Anti Fair Tax site:

Unfair to seniors who have already paid income taxes

UNTRUE
It has zero changes to Medicare and SS. It states that on page 1.
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 10, 2021 12:11 PM (yrol0)

The Anti Fair Tax amps up the sales tax so that it double-taxes those who are purchasing things using taxed income.

If you hate America and want to guarantee its complete economic destruction advocate the criminally fraudulent name "Fair Tax".

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 10, 2021 12:17 PM (+LCoQ)

349
Fixed it for the obergruppenfuhrer.

Posted by: Homer's Donuts at December 10, 2021 12:15 PM

yes, that's much betterer

Posted by: Obergruppenfuhrer Whitmer at December 10, 2021 12:17 PM (DUIap)

350 There is a need for some regulation.

Playing Christmas Music Before Thanksgiving Now A Federal Crime

-
From the Bee.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 10, 2021 12:17 PM (FVME7)

351 The downfall of the EU will be when countries like Poland continue as members but completely ignore all of the EU's directives and laws - and the EU does nothing about it because they cant.

The EU is fast turning into an even stupider version of the UnHoly, UnRoman Empire.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 10, 2021 12:10 PM (trdmm)

--------

Bingo, the Soviet Union ended the same way and was arguably dead in August 1991 (when most of the member states declared independence). Gorby's resignation was just formalizing the de facto status quo

Posted by: Jackal at December 10, 2021 12:18 PM (2tM+H)

352 We are living in an age devoid of courage, or at least the recognition and glorification of true courage.

I refer back to the Fourth Turning; does anyone see the Millennials as Heroes?

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at December 10, 2021 12:18 PM (SAErm)

353 No Fair Tax, a financial transaction tax instead.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 10, 2021 12:20 PM (cMXNt)

354 OM, maybe you have already included her, but if not I recommend Gloria Grahame for a "Who Dis?".

Great film noir hottie as mobster Lee Marvin's girlfriend with class in The Big Heat, also starring Glenn Ford.

Posted by: RM at December 10, 2021 12:20 PM (U3LtS)

355 The MSM loses me at "Fake Hate Crime" (Smollet). This frame alone misses the point.

It is in fact an actual hate crime. A crime performed specifically to bring hatred to a group of people, viz. white people generally, more particularly conservative white men and most particularly Trump-supporting white people.

I never voted for the whole "hate crime" / "hate speech" intensifier BS but if they're going there, we need to go there. As Alinsky says: make them play by their own rules.

Posted by: Zek at December 10, 2021 12:20 PM (OzNIz)

356 Looking at and Anti Fair Tax site:

Sales tax rate would be prohibitively high to replace lost revenue.

UNTRUE
Today I buy everything a retail post tax. So my $1 earned becomes about 85 cents after SS and About 65 cents after taxes.
So when I buy a $5 beer I buy it with approximately $7.70 worth of my labor (5/.65).
With Fair Tax the beer is priced at $7.50 or so and that is what I pay.
Small business compliance is abut $400 B annually. I would assume Big Biz is about the same.
In 3 or 4 year efferences in the economy (if we just hold regulations the same) will reduce the price of that beer by 10 to 15%.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 10, 2021 12:21 PM (yrol0)

357 The Anti Fair Tax amps up the sales tax so that it double-taxes those who are purchasing things using taxed income.

If you hate America and want to guarantee its complete economic destruction advocate the criminally fraudulent name "Fair Tax".
Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 10, 2021 12:17 PM (+LCoQ)

But Fair Tax first eliminates income tax. There may be state income taxes but you are NOT double taxed.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 10, 2021 12:22 PM (yrol0)

358
The Anti Fair Tax amps up the sales tax so that it double-taxes those who are purchasing things using taxed income.

If you hate America and want to guarantee its complete economic destruction advocate the criminally fraudulent name "Fair Tax".

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 10, 2021 12:17 PM

Reuben Hick, please understand that there would not be any taxation of income, only the consumption tax

there would be no "double-taxing" of things "purchased with taxed income" because income would no longer be taxed. At All

if you earn a hundred dollars, you take home a hundred dollars; the tax is levied on consumption

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 10, 2021 12:23 PM (DUIap)

359 350 There is a need for some regulation.

Playing Christmas Music Before Thanksgiving Now A Federal Crime

-
From the Bee.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 10, 2021 12:17 PM (FVME7)

Playing Christmas Music
Now A Federal Crime

The EU

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 10, 2021 12:23 PM (yrol0)

360 353 No Fair Tax, a financial transaction tax instead.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 10, 2021 12:20 PM (cMXNt)

That would tax savings and investment.

True way to destroy people and the economy!

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 10, 2021 12:24 PM (yrol0)

361 The perp sashayed.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 10, 2021 12:31 PM (44ww/)

362 Juicy Convicted on 83.33333333333% of charges

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at December 10, 2021 12:35 PM (iWIqo)

363 --Columbo (to replace Peter Falk, but refused because he thought Falk pretty much owned that character)

--And he was 100% correct in that. But he had all of the best guest roles (well, him and Robert Culp)

Posted by: trump at December 10, 2021 12:35 PM (GSJcT)

364 I had that SCOTUS decision slated for Sat links. Maybe this will be a little bit clearer.

SCOTUS allows the TX anti-abortion law civil suit to procede.

https://tinyurl.com/bdfhpjb3

Posted by: Vic at December 10, 2021 12:40 PM (mpXpK)

365 Nood

Posted by: Vic at December 10, 2021 12:40 PM (mpXpK)

366 MILLIONS have completely GIVEN UP on working and employers can't find enough staff to keep their businesses fully functional.

WTF?
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Jackson Sparks at December 10, 2021 12:07 PM (Zz0t1)

You know, I think, but cannot prove it, that many of the "supply chain" problems are the result of older, competent workers being let go or quitting due to the vaccine mandates, and the green hands who replace them simply don't know how to do the job.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 10, 2021 12:46 PM (P3gRi)

367 Love the Cheeses pic and the "Carry On, My Wayward Bun" meme!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 10, 2021 12:54 PM (txdEq)

368 Trump is gonna be too old and he's mean and naive! Let's vote in a New Jack Republican in 2024!!!

Trump would go in as a Lame Duck President. So he can slash and burn the entire D.C. Establishment. Eliminate the alphabet Agencies, clean house. No worries about re-election. Then VP Pompeo or De Santis comes in to repair and rebuild after the carnage.

Posted by: Paladin at December 10, 2021 01:03 PM (CE4w9)

369 Then you take the country in question AWAY from those who promulgate the things you listed.

And you make SURE they never get another opportunity to bring them back.

However you do that must be done resolutely with no faltering.

Posted by: irongrampa at December 10, 2021 01:03 PM (KATBx)

370 112 Where have you gone, Jussie Smollett, our nation turns its lonely eyes to you - woo, woo, woo.

Works best with the Dave Chapelle pronunciation: "Jew See Small Eh".

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at December 10, 2021 01:07 PM (9EsIa)

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