The Morning Report - 3/22/22

Good morning, kids. Tuesday and the story that is bubbling through the Ukraine situation is the confirmation hearings of this Kentanji Jackson communist to take the SCOTUS seat to be vacated by retiring Justice Stephen Breyer. If you look at this dame's record both as a jurist and as a law student, it's a litany vile racialism wrapped up inside a warped view of the world centered on a loathing of the very principles of the document she supposedly has sworn to preserve, protect and defend. In other words, typical Leftist.

As the hearings kicked off, there were some fireworks by the likes of Ted Cruz, someone I have become less and less enamored of as the years have gone by, who nonetheless called out the Democrats for their raging hypocrisy, theatrics and outright despicable character assassinations and political theater whenever a Republican nominee faces confirmation.

“It is only one side of the aisle, the Democratic aisle, that went so into the gutter with Judge Robert Bork that they invented a new verb, to ‘Bork’ someone.”

“It is only one side of the aisle that, with Justice Clarence Thomas, was so reprehensible that […] President George Herbert Walker Bush wrote at the time, quote, what’s happening to Clarence Thomas is just plain horrible,” Cruz continued.  “All the groups that tried to beat him up on abortion, affirmative action have now come out of the woodwork, they’re trying to destroy a decent man. As Justice Thomas observed in that hearing, what happened there was, to use his words, ‘a high-tech lynching.’ And I would note the chairman who presided over that disgrace was Joe Biden.”

Fire and brimstone or sturm und drang? Meh. On the other hand, there's Josh Hawley, who I've been more impressed with than Ted Cruz, actually sounding the alarm bell on Jackson's record for being extremely soft on pedophiles, rapists and child porn purveyors.

“As far back as her time in law school, Judge Jackson has questioned making convicts register as sex offenders – saying it leads to ‘stigmatization and ostracism,’” Hawley tweeted. “She’s suggested public policy is driven by a ‘climate of fear, hatred & revenge’ against sex offenders". . .

. . . Hawley said the U.S. Sentencing Commission has refused to provide the committee with all of Jackson’s records from her time spent there. The Missouri Senator called Jackson’s record “disturbing,” and added, “sending child predators to jail shouldn’t be controversial.” He also called out Jackson for wondering if there is a type of “less-serious child pornography offender.”

Charming. I'm sure it'll come as no surprise that this fool is a huge fan of Calypso Louie Farrakhan and not a fan of the First Amendment, which of course makes her an ideal jurist in the eyes of the Marxists. The icing on the cake is this pearl-necklace of wisdom from mass-assassin linked Dick Durbin:

Referencing Senator Josh Hawley’s (R-MO) claims that Judge Jackson had a “soft on crime” approach to dealing with sex offenders, Durbin argued that such accusations were “baseless” and “unfair.”

That's right, folks. Accurately stating a judge's case record, which is actual public knowledge and not merely "claims," is now "unfair." But of course, sliming, smearing and lying about a Republican nominee is not only fair, but doing the Lord's work, right Dickweed?

Hell, what does it matter? Really, at the end of the day, given the state of the nation politically and culturally, what will it really matter if this horrendous person is confirmed to the highest court in the land? For decades now, we have been ruled by a government that is completely antithetical to the one that the Founders intended. We have a justice system that exists to punish the political enemies of those in power as well as distort or outright ignore that tattered piece of parchment so as to preserve, protect and defend that power. That goes double since the greatest crime in American history, the one that ended it: the theft of the 2020 election and final act in the overthrow of America as founded. Need I remind you that along with the trio of avowed Lefties, it was Roberts, Kavanaugh, Gorsuch and Coney-Barrett that sat on their hands and did nothing to at least forestall the inevitable and sound the alarm. In that regard, Kentanji Jackson had nothing to do with it.

So, what does it matter if she's confirmed? And if she isn't, do you really think Ron Klain and Valerie Jarrett are going to do a reverse Dubya and nominate someone that could potentially vote on a case with the conservatives? In Soviet Amerika, the court is not there to uphold the law; it's there as an expediency to assert raw power over the individual, period.

Within the incestuous cesspool that is the nation’s capital, it’s not unusual for a power couple to work on the same side of the political aisle. Matthew Graves is a registered Democrat who served as a domestic policy advisor for Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign.

What is highly unusual—and should raise the eyebrows of congressional Republicans (it won’t) and January 6 defense attorneys (it might)—is that the unprecedented criminal investigation into the four-hour disturbance at the Capitol over a year ago is in the hands of a partisan prosecutor married to a radical left-wing activist who has openly condemned, with racist language, supporters of Donald Trump.

Since taking over the U.S. attorney’s office in October, Graves has ramped up the Justice Department’s witch hunt into the events of January 6. Originally described as the “Capitol breach” probe, Graves recently replaced the word “breach” with “siege,” and is seeking to hire at least 20 new prosecutors to handle the growing January 6 caseload. . .

. . . Fatima Goss Graves herself condemned the events of January 6. Trump should be impeached, Graves wrote in a statement on January 7, 2021, and his “enablers in Congress must be held accountable for their attempt to subvert our democracy and embolden these terrorists.”

Graves once again invoked race. “The disconnect between the treatment of peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters this summer [sic] and violent insurrectionists this week puts our unequal society on full display, making all the more clear the national travesty Black people have lived with for generations,” Graves claimed, contrary to all evidence. She further demanded a “thorough investigation” into what happened on January 6.

To say she’s getting her wish is an understatement. Nearly 800 Americans, nearly all white, have been arrested so far, with new charges filed every week. The abusive prosecution, with help from the media, is destroying lives—and Graves’ office isn’t done yet.

And Fatima Goss Graves is - surprise! - a huge cheerleader for Kentanji Jackson. Just to underscore the estimable Julie Kelly's report, Robert Spencer notes:

On Jan. 6, 2021, a protestor, 40-year-old Brady Knowlton, says that an officer at the Capitol told “You can go in, as long as you don’t break anything.” At 2:35 p.m., Knowlton did, entering through the Upper West Terrace doors. He looked around inside the building, walked through the Rotunda, lobby, and Senate chamber gallery, obeyed the officer’s injunction not to break anything, and left the building at 2:53 p.m. For that, Knowlton now faces twenty years in prison in Old Joe Biden’s vengeful banana republic.

On top of the possibility of being behind bars until 2042, Knowlton, a law student, has suffered numerous other consequences already. According to the Daily Wire, “his law degree has been withheld, his lawyers say, Airbnb has banned him and his wife, and, for reasons that remain undisclosed, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection has stripped his Global Entry access. . . ”

. . . Imagine a country that imprisons peaceful protestors on false charges of participating in an attempt to overthrow the government, as part of efforts to discredit and ultimately criminalize all opposition to the ruling party’s agenda. People who entered a public building when police held the door open for them are being held in solitary confinement and given draconian punishments far out of proportion to what they actually did. This is the sort of thing that happens in Third World countries, right? This is the sort of thing tinpot dictators do in banana republics, where the rulers gained power by underhanded means and have no respect for due process, the rule of law, or the rights of their citizens — right? Maybe so, but the cases of Knowlton and other Jan. 6 protestors show that all this and worse is happening right now in the land of the free and the home of the brave, where up until quite recently, it all would have been unthinkable. . .

. . . In America, we no longer have a single justice system for all people, regardless of race, or of power, or privilege, or the protected victimhood status they may have among the Leftist intelligentsia. We no longer have a justice system that is indifferent to and independent of political pressure. The politically and culturally dominant Left is not content with the massive power and influence it wields now; it is determined to silence all opposition and destroy it utterly.

With a DOJ/FBI, police and judges who allow this to happen or even eagerly participate in it, on top of the destruction of our economy, culture and way of life now moving at breakneck speed, what does it really matter if another affirmative action diversity hire and worse, anti-American crackpot racialist sits on the highest court of the land? A land that no longer really exists?

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

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• Daniel Greenfield: "Biden wants to protect every border except our own."
  Stop the Russian Invasion of America
  
• Julie Kelly: "Fatima and Matthew Graves are just another example of how high-powered interests in Washington collaborate under the radar to seek retribution against their political foes."
  A Trump-Hating Backer of Biden’s Supreme Court Nominee Is Married to the Top J6 Prosecutor
  
• Richard Fernandez: "In a manner of speaking we can answer the question 'when will the war end' not in terms of specific dates but in general conditions: the sooner we rebuild the design margin, the sooner we prepare the defense, the sooner we stop being stupid, the sooner the world will begin to heal."
  When Will the War End?

RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR
• "Even as Russia intensified its attempt to bombard Mariupol into surrender, its offensive in other parts of Ukraine has floundered. Western governments and analysts see the broader conflict grinding into a war of attrition, with Russia continuing to barrage cities."
  PICS: "No Surrender" – Ukraine Forces Refuse Offer of Safe Passage Out of Mariupol
  
• "Putin clearly means to continue the war until Zelensky’s government is toppled and a pro-Russian government is installed in its place."
  No Peace in Sight for Ukraine
  
• Rabbi Dov Fischer: "Putin will have to be seen as the winner, even if Ukraine wins by surviving."
  The Best Negotiated Putin-Ukraine Agreement I Can Come Up With
  
• "Valiant, virtuous defender of democracy Zelensky has banned opposition parties and imposed a martial law takeover of the media. . . Just like Russia!"
  A Strange Form of Democracy
  
• "The [so-called quote-unquote "president"] also warned Putin was also planning possible 'false flag' operations to generate support for his military actions." (like the pandemic and then the FBI-led J6 Reichstag fire? - jjs)
  Joe Biden: Vladimir Putin’s "Back Against the Wall" and Preparing "Consequential" Cyber Attack and Chemical Weapons
  
• ". . . their phone signals gave away the base’s location. Whoops."
  Foreign Volunteers Blamed For Missile Strike That Killed 35 at Ukrainian Training Facility
  
• “What I can say is, American troops will not be on the ground in Ukraine at this moment. The president has been clear on that,” she said. “And other NATO countries may decide that they want to put troops inside of Ukraine. That will be a decision that they have to make.”
  U.S. Ambassador to U.N. Says No U.S. Troops Will Join Proposed Ukraine Peacekeeping Mission
  
• "At the end of March, Russia will bring home American astronaut Mark Vande Hei using its Soyuz capsule. This suggests that once Vande Hei comes home, Rogozin will announce that Russia will no longer fly any western astronauts to ISS on its rockets or capsules. He might also further announce actions that will accelerate the end of the ISS partnership, including laying out Russia’s schedule for adding modules to its half of ISS and then detaching it from the station."
  Rogozin: Lift Sanctions by the End of March, or Else!
  
• "Zelensky steps in it with a Holocaust analogy."
  Israel Owes Ukraine Nothing
  * * * * *

• "The war in Ukraine cannot be dismissed as not being in America’s vital interest.  This nation cannot retreat into self-imposed isolationism, while at the same time deliberately undercutting its economy."
  The War in Ukraine is in America’s Vital Interest
  
• "The fate of the world is in the hands of a man who is literally and demonstrably a weak-willed and mentally disabled dimwit."
  Joe Biden’s War
  
• Robert Spencer: "Ultimately, [the Squad's] self-serving opposition to tough measures against Russia may actually serve a good purpose in forcing the Democrat leadership to tamp down some of the war hysteria that is running so high these days. This could be the most valuable service for Americans that the Squad ever performs, and it’s of course no surprise that it would be unintentional."
  Putin Finds Some Unlikely Allies in the United States Congress
  
• "Liberals loved to attack Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump as warmongers. Whether in Moscow or Tehran, that image made an impression."
  Perception Matters: Why Didn’t Putin Invade Under Trump?
  
• "Toward the end of a speech to the Business Roundtable -- just the sort of people Biden loves to schmooze and (he thinks) impress -- as his voice and demeanor were weakening, he blurted out the real agenda."
  Biden Says the Quiet Part Out Loud

  DEMOCRAT WAR ON OIL, THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• From commenter MTF: "Check out the line chart version of this data, and you'll see the number is lower now than even after [Chinese] Covid started up, and is nearly as low as the lowest point of the Great Recession. This is really extraordinary and completely not being reported."
  Consumer Confidence at Lowest Level Since 2011
  
• Unexpectedly.
  U.S. Economy Slowed in February, Chicago Fed Says
  
• " . . . if we conclude that it is appropriate to move more aggressively by raising the federal funds rate by more than 25 basis points at a meeting or meetings, we will do so."
  Fed Chair: Aggressive Rate Hikes May Be Needed To Tame Inflation
  
• "Inflation, [Chinese] COVID shutdowns and supply chain shortages have made Americans increasingly gloomy about the economy."
  Are You Better Off Than a Year Ago? By 4-to-1, Americans Say "No," I&I/TIPP Poll
  
• "The companies operating the Shell and BP gas stations are suing Woodman’s, a local grocery store chain, for $80,000 in damages each, according to court documents, WISN 12 reported. They are claiming Woodman’s is violating Wisconsin’s Unfair Sales Act by illegally outpricing them and selling goods below cost."
  Two Wisconsin Gas Stations Sue Grocery Store Chain For Having Cheaper Prices

  RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM

• “Today’s action hijacks the democratic process and disrespects the limited scope of authority that Congress gave to the SEC,” Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Pat Toomey said in a statement. “This is a thinly-veiled effort to have unelected financial regulators set climate and energy policy for America.”
  SEC Unveils Sweeping Climate Requirements For Public Companies
  
• "The electric vehicle conversation reveals two things: Biden’s ignorance of Americans’ lives, and Democrats’ fake concern for the planet."
  Dear Elites Chasing 100 Percent ‘Clean Energy’: Your Ignorance Is Showing

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

• Robert Spencer: "On top of the possibility of being behind bars until 2042, Knowlton, a law student, has suffered numerous other consequences already. According to the Daily Wire, 'his law degree has been withheld, his lawyers say, Airbnb has banned him and his wife, and, for reasons that remain undisclosed, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection has stripped his Global Entry access.'"
  Man Told by an Officer That He Could Enter the Capitol on Jan. 6 Now Faces 20 Years in Prison
  
• Wu’s comments about “white” problems came shortly after a joke about her rocky start as mayor and the battle with a Boston firefighter’s union and others pushing back against her decision to require the [Chinese] COVID-19 vaccine for the city.
  Boston Mayor Michelle Wu Says She’s Used To Dealing With "White" Problems

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

• "Meanwhile, during ABC interview, Fauci appears to dismiss plans for retirement."
  CDC Significantly Cuts Pediatric Chinese COVID Death Data Because of "Coding Logic Error"
  
• "Dr. Ashish K. Jha is a vicious enforcer of establishment [Chinese] coronavirus orthodoxy."
  Biden’s Choleric New Chinese COVID Czar
  
• "It’s time we confront our leaders with their incompetence." (define "confront" - jjs)
  Chinese COVID Proves Politicizing Everything Breaks Everything

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

• Margot Cleveland: "What Stefan Halper lacked in pedigree, he compensated for with his arsenal of connections that allowed him to whisper into the right ears just what the listener wanted to hear."
  Stefan Halper Was Just Another Hack Who Helped Peddle the Russia-Collusion Hoax

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• "In a situation that’s just as bad – if not worse – and as indiscriminate as the one involving George Floyd, new video footage shows another man died in police custody after repeatedly shouting 'I can’t breathe' two months earlier." (white guy, so it's not news - jjs)
  "I Can't Breathe":New Video Shows Police Officers’ Deadly Restraint of Man Begging for Help

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• Pre-K through second-grade students were reminded, “What we say in this room stays in this room. And third to fifth graders were asked to participate in ‘community circles’ that are “confidential,” according to documents posted to Twitter. (but I thought they were all out of the closet and "proud" - jjs)
  Texas Elementary Schoolers Told To Keep Pride Week "Community Circles" "Confidential"
  
• "For Barrett, fighting for parents’ rights has been transformative—and nearly a full-time job."
  Laurie Gaddis Barrett – Fighting To Help Rhode Island Parents Take Back Their Children
  
• "The children more likely to be brought up mostly by their own families, by contrast, were happier and learned better."
  High-Quality Study Finds Preschool Enrollment Makes Children Learn Less and Misbehave More
  
• "The notion that a demographically representative college class makes for better education is a pretext for the real proposition: that certain people deserve reparations."
  Diversity Smokescreen
  
• "The judge reviewed this evidence and though he dismissed a number of Hiers’ claims he also ruled that Schmidt and other college administrators do not have qualified immunity for their actions, and that the lawsuit can go forward."
  Pushback: Judge Rules University Officials Can Be Held Personally Responsible for Firing Professor for His Political Views
  
• "California’s traditional public schools aren't doing their job - so can you guess what parents are doing?"
  California School Exit

  AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY

• A new TV ad released Monday hits Sen. Mark Kelly (D., Ariz.) as a "bald-faced liar" for professing support for border security while enabling lax border protection.
  Border Crisis Becomes Campaign Liability for This Senate Dem

  THE 2020 ELECTION HEIST AND AFTERMATH

• "In January, [GA Sec State Brad] Raffensperger announced he would probe a complaint submitted in November by True the Vote, which details digital data of 242 people making visits to drop boxes to dump mail-in ballots."
  Georgia Elections Board Approves Subpoena Power for Probe into Potential 2020 Election Fraud

  OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY

• The grant from the State Department's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor solicits nonprofit groups to apply for grant money up to $987,654 to "strengthen accountability and human rights in Israel and the West Bank and Gaza" and drew outrage from top Republican foreign policy leaders, including Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
  Watchdog Wants Biden To Disclose Origins of $1 Million Grant Program To Demonize Israel

  BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS

• "Another detail omitted by the corporate media."
  Saudis Sign Gas Deal With Hunter Biden-Linked Chinese Energy Firm
  
• "The [so-called quote-unquote "president"] has also been revealed to have connections to Russian oligarchs, raising further questions about [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Biden’s own potential involvement in his son’s overseas business dealings."
  Pressure Mounting on Joe Biden After NYT Acknowledges Hunter Biden Laptop
  
• "Regardless of the veracity of the allegations . . . "
  Democrat Compares Hunter Biden to Barron Trump, Slams GOP for "Harassing" 52-Year-Old Former Crack Head
  
• "Intelligence figures who claimed story was ‘Russian hoax’ refuse to apologise."
  Video: Former CIA Officer Slams "Laptop From Hell" Coverup, Media “Fuckery”
  
• "America’s trust in its media institutions is stuck near historic lows. With people like Clapper providing 'expert' analysis, that’s no wonder." (Clapper et al are traitors who should face the death penalty - jjs)
  James Clapper and Our Other Intel "Experts" Are Full of It

  OTHER DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY

• "Iowa Dem paid Marc Elias thousands in office money just days after watchdog complaint."
  Facing Stock Trade Controversy, Cindy Axne Used Taxpayer Funds To Hire Dem Fixer
  
• "The PAC's founder, Chuck Rocha, pleaded guilty in 2013 to embezzling funds from United Steelworkers, where he served as a political director. He was sentenced to 24 months probation and barred from serving as an officer or agent of a labor union for 13 years."
  Labor Union Gives $100,000 to Bernie Bro Embezzler

  POLITICS

• "While 55 percent disapproved of Biden’s performance, independents are majorly dragging down the [so-called quote-unquote "president's"] polling numbers. Among independents, only 24 percent approved of Biden. Sixty-six percent disapproved."
  Poll: Joe Biden’s Approval Rating Is 36 Percent, Impacting Battleground States
  
• "So in AOC’s world, capitalism means that you’re a billionaire, presumably wearing a top hat and dressed like the Monopoly man, complete with a big cigar, of course. You cackle fiendishly at the prospect of sending poor people to their deaths, unable to afford medication, but even if they had been able to afford life-saving insulin, they would have died in the fires you set by insisting on burning fossil fuels that led to catastrophic global warming. If that sounds like Soviet-level Communist propaganda, that’s only because it is."
  Titty Caca AOC Imitates Biden's Creepy Whisper in Fact-Free Appeal for Socialism
  
• "Leftism is entropy and it portends death."
  This Thing All Things Devours

  SUPREME COURT VACANCY

• The letter names the three cases and says “for every child pornography case in which Judge Jackson has ruled and for which records are available, she deviated from federal sentencing guidelines in favor of the offenders.”
  House Republicans Call on Senate Judiciary Committee to Investigate Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Past Sentences for Sex Offenders
  
• "On Tuesday, Jackson will face questioning from the 22 members of the Senate Judiciary Committee beginning at 9 a.m. Eastern."
  Day One: Biden Nominee Promises to Defend the Constitution as Republicans Take Aim at Her Record
  
• Referencing Senator Josh Hawley’s (R-MO) claims that Judge Jackson had a “soft on crime” approach to dealing with sex offenders, Durbin argued that such accusations were “baseless” and “unfair.”
  Mass Assassin-linked Dick Turdbin Says Questioning Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Judicial Record is an "Unfair" Attack
  
• “They will attack you. They will slander you. They will filibuster you.”
  Cruz Slams Democrats Race Hypocrisy: "If You are Hispanic or African American and You Dare Depart From Their Political Orthodoxy, They Will Crush You"
  
• "GOP lawmakers press Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on Democratic efforts to pack Supreme Court, block Republican judicial appointments."
  The Republican Plan To Draw Blood Over Biden’s SCOTUS Nomination
  
• "Many have noted that even before the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, Demand Justice was readying a short list for Biden, which included Jackson."
  Leftist Dark Money Backing Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court

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

• "Never censor yourself. Insist that 2 and 2 make 4 even if Twitter tries to compel you to say otherwise. Make them ban tens of millions of us."
  The Babylon Bee’s Twitter Resistance is a Lesson in Taking On Tech Tyrants
  
• "I expect you to know the facts."
  "So, You Don’t Know": ABC Propagandist Lays Trap For Josh Hawley, He Snares Her Instead
  
• "The designation means that Facebook and Instagram will continue to be blocked in the country. It may also mean that all commercial activity and display of symbols associated with the brand could be outlawed, The Hill reports."
  Russian Court Labels Meta "Extremist Organization"
  
• "The left-wing backed anti-Trump website had to issue a humiliating update to its fake news story."
  Neocon "Bulwark" Blog Lies About J.D. Vance "Cancellation" After Senate Candidate Dismisses "Ukraine First" Ideology
  
• "There’s a whole lot of rats under this rug. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to help your neighbors see them scurrying."
  The New York Times Doesn’t Care If You Know That Big Tech Helped Rig Joe Biden’s Election
  
• "For much of the corrupt media, the situation in Ukraine is an opportunity to romanticize foreign conflict and signal their virtue."
  3 Corporate Media Gimmicks About Ukraine That You Should Absolutely Ignore

  ABORTION

• "Doxing, an anti-democratic tactic for punishing and silencing people using their freedom of speech, has once again reared its ugly head to muzzle political rights, most recently, in Canada with supporters of the Freedom Convoy. Those contributing to Canadian truckers protesting the [Chinese] Covid-19 vaccine mandates were assailed for their beliefs after the security breach of a fundraising site."
  Pro-Life Should Prepare for More Doxing as Abortion Activists’ Rage Inflames

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• "The three artificial islands were built on Mischief Reef, Subi Reef, and Fiery Cross Reef, territories belonging to the Spratly Islands, an archipelago legally under the territory of the Philippines."
  U.S. Admiral: Beijing Armed South China Sea Islands in "Largest Military Buildup Since WWII"
  
• Thad McCotter: "And, in this latest reboot of 'Peace in Our Time,' once these solipsistic poltroons put the world on the nuclear precipice, the Democrats’ magical thinking won’t be able to wish cast away the abyss."
  The Democrats' Magical Thinking Redux: The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Appeasement
  
• "Biden's shameless negotiations with the Mullahs are nearing completion."
  Our Surreal “Rage of Self-Mutilation”
  
• “In the conditions when the West rudely undermines the pillars on which the global system rests, of course, we need to think how two great powers will continue to be in the world.”
  After Biden-Xi Call, Russia’s Lavrov Predicts Moscow-Beijing "Engagement Will Strengthen"
  
• Plans on asking the family of the lady who died for the secret ice recipe . . .
  Biden to Visit Poland This Week
  
• "How the Biden [junta] cares more about messaging than solving real-life problems."
  The TikTok Commander in Chief
  
• "The 2000s called, and they want their foreign policy back."
  John Bolton Inadvertently Reminds Us Why We Need Trump
  
• "A 'new' conservative foreign policy consensus must be the 'old' prudential melding of power and security on the one hand with prosperity and the preservation of American principles on the other."
  Toward a New Conservative Foreign Policy Consensus
  * * * * *

• "A person who witnessed the plane crash told state media that 'the plane fell vertically from the sky.'"
  Intense Search For Survivors Of Horrifying Boeing Plane Crash Yields Grim Results

  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• Raymond Ibrahim: ". . . Because Islam unequivocally commands it."
  Why Did a German Mom Hate 'Infidels' to the Point of Martyring Her Own Son?
  
• Raymond Ibrahim part deux: "Blatant special treatment for the 'religion of peace.' Will 'blasphemy laws' be next?"
  The UN Foists "Islamophobia Day" on the World

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE, THE COURTS

• "Miami seeks to build a startup haven for tech entrepreneurs and cryptocurrency innovators."
  America’s Tomorrow City

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• "The accreditation body for graduate medical education wants programs to pay more attention to 'equity.'"
  As If Medical Residency Weren’t Hard Enough

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• "There are two big losers in this story. The obvious one is Russia, as it has lost OneWeb as a satellite customer. The second, less obvious, is Arianespace, as it appears it has also lost OneWeb as a customer. It will also have to refund OneWeb any payments the satellite company made for launches that have not occurred, even those that Arianespace had paid Russia for which Russia is refusing to refund."
  OneWeb Signs Deal With SpaceX to Launch Its Remaining Satellites, Replacing Russia

  FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY

• "Rowling is among the growing number of people speaking out against it and standing up for the countless people it has harmed."
  J.K. Rowling Defends Four Types of Transgenderism Victims
  
• Just fucking wow.
  NBC Op-Ed Compares Transgender Fraud Swimmer "Lia" Thomas to Jackie Robinson

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• "Something funny from Ukraine."
  Watching Zelensky’s TV Series, Servant of the People
  
• "The campaign has a commercial that starts with a child’s voice asking, 'Have you ever met a transgender kid?' The ad is 30 seconds long and shows numerous individuals playing sports as a team and individuals commenting on what it means to be a part of a team." (Colin Kaepernick < Colon Klipadick - jjs)
  Nike Partners With ‘Gender Cool Project’ to Promote Transgender Athletes
  
• Christian Toto: "Anonymous artists demand Mouse House stop discriminating against them."
  UnWoke Disney Employees Have Had Enough
  
• “'Remember that they tried to cancel Jesus once before . . . and we know how that turned out,' he concluded. And we know that Jesus’ story is the greatest true story ever told."
  Kickstarter Tried to Cancel Jesus, But They Couldn't Succeed

  HITHER & YON

• "Moreover, the Rock Hall [of Fame] has been too busy inducting rap artists to remember the 70th anniversary of Freed’s revolutionary radio show or Freed’s 100th birthday which passed last year without comment. But it was a rap group, 'Public Enemy,' who best summed up Freed in song, 'Alan Freed the waves as much as Lincoln freed the slaves.'"
  Freed at Last

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1 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at March 22, 2022 07:20 AM (U7wke)

2 Corgis called.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at March 22, 2022 07:21 AM (U7wke)

3 It's morning!

Posted by: Rosasharn at March 22, 2022 07:21 AM (yEBFM)

4 Good morning, everyone!

Posted by: NR Pax at March 22, 2022 07:21 AM (4olE8)

5 WTFO??

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 22, 2022 07:21 AM (yrol0)

6 Thank you, J.J.!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 22, 2022 07:21 AM (3D/fK)

7
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 22, 2022 07:21 AM (DUIap)

8 Never ever run to pee while waiting on JJ. It will cost you 3 to 7 spots!

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 22, 2022 07:21 AM (yrol0)

9 Spring has sprung. Forget the craziness for a minute and smell a flower or 300.

Posted by: IanDeal at March 22, 2022 07:23 AM (MGjjz)

10 Referencing Senator Josh Hawley's (R-MO) claims that Judge Jackson had a "soft on crime" approach to dealing with sex offenders, Durbin argued that such accusations were "baseless" and "unfair."

Yep. Kentanji Jackson's role is to protect the vast army of pedophiles and sex traffickers that make up and supply the Democratic Party.

The upside to this, is that we can sort of better calculate the trajectory to societal oblivion by comparing this to other fallen empires as they once embraced catamites and temple prostitutes a step or two before their destruction.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at March 22, 2022 07:26 AM (lD3vL)

11 Good morning dear morons and thanks JJ

Hawley's point is that she has a pattern of minimizing and denying offenses against children. Like many leftists.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 22, 2022 07:27 AM (EZebt)

12 So it appears that judge Jackson will be the sexual predator judge.

Posted by: Redenzo at March 22, 2022 07:29 AM (E7vND)

13 Mornin' Mo-rons! And HB, JJ.

Posted by: Hawkpilot at March 22, 2022 07:29 AM (R/VdF)

14 hiya

Posted by: JT at March 22, 2022 07:29 AM (arJlL)

15 "The three artificial islands were built on Mischief Reef, Subi Reef, and Fiery Cross Reef, territories belonging to the Spratly Islands, an archipelago legally under the territory of the Philippines."
U.S. Admiral: Beijing Armed South China Sea Islands in "Largest Military Buildup Since WWII"

Where is Veep Throat to educate us on global politics and relative morality in terms of "A big country" invading "a small country" making this "wrong".

Since China has taken Philippine property, and [checking map] China is larger in population, land mass and economy than Philippines, shouldn't the kitted up Reddit Brigade be making travel plans to do selfies on rafts outside of the Spratley Islands?

Posted by: Reuben Hick at March 22, 2022 07:30 AM (lD3vL)

16
~sob-sob~

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 22, 2022 07:30 AM (SWi3y)

17 Morning peeps.

Honestly, I don't really see a use for SCOTUS anymore. They've dodged or ignored the very constitution they're supposed to uphold in order to satisfy leftists or keep the conservatives at bay.

The so-called "Trump judges" that McConnell and his cronies actually picked haven't been all that impressive.

Real justice is being meted out in the streets anyway. We're just on the opposite end of it these days.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 22, 2022 07:31 AM (BFigT)

18 Like state Sen. Scott Weiner. Senator, why have you taken up the cause of child sex abusers?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 22, 2022 07:31 AM (EZebt)

19 Never ever run to pee while waiting on JJ. It will cost you 3 to 7 spots!
Posted by: rhennigantx

But if ya don't, you'll have a bigger spot in yer trousers.

Posted by: JT at March 22, 2022 07:31 AM (arJlL)

20 "In the conditions when the West rudely undermines the pillars on which the global system rests, of course, we need to think how two great powers will continue to be in the world."
After Biden-Xi Call, Russia's Lavrov Predicts Moscow-Beijing "Engagement Will Strengthen"

"Never underestimate Joe's ability to fuck things up" - Obama

Posted by: Reuben Hick at March 22, 2022 07:32 AM (lD3vL)

21 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 22, 2022 07:33 AM (ju2Fy)

22 And nows the time when things are shifting. Were going, theres gonna be a new world order out there and weve got to lead it and weve got to unite the rest of the free world and doing it.

DUDE

We cant even provide for our own energy and food!

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 22, 2022 07:33 AM (yrol0)

23 Never ever run to pee while waiting on JJ. It will cost you 3 to 7 spots!
Posted by: rhennigantx


There is more than one practical use of a ficus tree.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at March 22, 2022 07:33 AM (lD3vL)

24 That laptop of Hunter's has phony stuff on it planted by the Russians so is a non-story.

Posted by: fd at March 22, 2022 07:34 AM (vrz2I)

25 China is free to do whatever to whomever. Buckle up, don't buckle up. Look, don't look.

Posted by: klaftern at March 22, 2022 07:35 AM (taPSh)

26 Two simple questions for this rogue administration.

1. Would Judge Jackson have been nominated by Brandon if she were white?

2. Would Judge Jackson have been nominated by Brandon if she identified as male?

Yeh...didn't f'n think so.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 22, 2022 07:36 AM (3D/fK)

27 The Babylon Bee's Twitter Resistance is a Lesson in Taking On Tech Tyrants

Once, there was a world without Twitter, without Facebook. We survived then. It would do us well to remember that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at March 22, 2022 07:36 AM (U7wke)

28 Honestly, I don't really see a use for SCOTUS anymore. They've dodged or ignored the very constitution they're supposed to uphold in order to satisfy leftists or keep the conservatives at bay.

Its pretty clear that for generations the SCOTUS never even accepted the existence of the US Constitution. They seem to like tweaking precedence. That is how you can have the Constitution read "shall not be infringed" and the SCOTUS is perfectly fine with tens of thousands of infringements.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at March 22, 2022 07:36 AM (lD3vL)

29 Consumer confidence chart (just click the "25 year" option to see the full data) is really something.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at March 22, 2022 07:36 AM (3ihDZ)

30 Morning all.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 22, 2022 07:37 AM (OrkJ9)

31 Jumanji Action Jackson is a perfect example of Critical Theory.

Every decision must be based on marxist, classist ideas.

Poor people of color must have maximum leeway when it comes to sex and children crimes as they are disadvantaged.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 22, 2022 07:37 AM (yrol0)

32 It's so typical motte- and-bailey.... yes, there is a debate to be had over people who clearly aren't dangerous sex offenders being legally categorized as such for the remainder of their lives. A mother who takes a picture of their baby being a goofball at bath time. A 17 year old kid who fools around with a 15 year old. A massive part of the law industry is figuring out how the law operates in borderline cases, appreciating spirit vs. letter, etc.

Using that conversation as a Trojan horse for normalizing perversion and predation is truly, truly sick.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 22, 2022 07:37 AM (6FeV1)

33 Stacey Abrams' nonprofit paid off medical debt for 68,000 Georgians and she is crowing about it in her ads. It's not vote buying though, it's humanitarian.

Posted by: fd at March 22, 2022 07:38 AM (vrz2I)

34 Apparently I need to be much more specific with my "burn it down" comment, because the object of my ire was *NOT* West Texas.

I'm guessing the fires here in Texas haven't been discussed much, but they're bad.

The neighboring town of Carbon, TX has been essentially erased. The general consensus of those who fled the flames is "there's nothing left."

Another fire popped up about 5 or 6 miles south of us on Sunday, so we were evacuated. Lucky for us, my parents live not too far away, so we had a place to stay Sunday night, and the rain yesterday helped some, but it would be really nice if this part of the state would stop trying to burn itself down now.

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at March 22, 2022 07:38 AM (C/VBS)

35 27 The Babylon Bee's Twitter Resistance is a Lesson in Taking On Tech Tyrants

Once, there was a world without Twitter, without Facebook. We survived then. It would do us well to remember that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at March 22, 2022 07:36 AM (U7wke)

Their resistance has them on front page of every news site.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 22, 2022 07:38 AM (yrol0)

36 SCOTUS protects the LEFT! from the Constitution.

Posted by: klaftern at March 22, 2022 07:38 AM (taPSh)

37 Are You Better Off Than a Year Ago? By 4-to-1

NO

Ha! The assfuckings will continue until you like them!

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 22, 2022 07:40 AM (yrol0)

38 Shun twiter. Ignore it.

Posted by: fd at March 22, 2022 07:40 AM (vrz2I)

39 Good morning everyone. Thank you J.J.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 22, 2022 07:40 AM (YmKky)

40 "Something funny from Ukraine."
Watching Zelensky's TV Series, Servant of the People

Remember, for as unserious a people as We The People have become, the Obama administration, in conjunction with the CIA and Ukraine Nazis, installed Zelensky.

The TV series is similar to "The West Wing" and Zelensky in real life is the equivalent of installing Martin Sheen as real-life POTUS.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at March 22, 2022 07:41 AM (lD3vL)

41 Real justice is being meted out in the streets anyway. We're just on the opposite end of it these days.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 22, 2022 07:31 AM (BFigT)

Honestly, i don't see a use for any of the three branches anymore, as currently constituted. But, *type* *delete* *repeat*, as required.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 22, 2022 07:41 AM (6FeV1)

42 Good morning horde
Looks like the Aoshq time machine isn't yet right

Posted by: Skip's Phone at March 22, 2022 07:41 AM (PgOsI)

43 Good morning. Ignore the sh*tty news, and I hope all y'all morons have a beautiful day.

Posted by: Kuiper'oort at March 22, 2022 07:41 AM (yPS6L)

44 Thanks, J.J.!

Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at March 22, 2022 07:42 AM (OssQ4)

45 KJB is a CRT warrior

Posted by: Skip's Phone at March 22, 2022 07:42 AM (PgOsI)

46 mornin' y'all

Posted by: Nearsighted Cyclopes at March 22, 2022 07:42 AM (DFyr7)

47 Boston Mayor Michelle Wu Says Shes Used To Dealing With White Problems

Now I understand why Harvard hates the Chinese!

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 22, 2022 07:43 AM (yrol0)

48 State of emergency in Miami Beach as Hoodnic comes to Florida.

Posted by: fd at March 22, 2022 07:44 AM (vrz2I)

49 Remember, for as unserious a people as We The People have become, the Obama administration, in conjunction with the CIA and Ukraine Nazis, installed Zelensky.

The TV series is similar to "The West Wing" and Zelensky in real life is the equivalent of installing Martin Sheen as real-life POTUS.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at March 22, 2022 07:41 AM (lD3vL)

TO SAVE HUNTER BALLS

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 22, 2022 07:44 AM (yrol0)

50 . It's not vote buying though, it's humanitarian.
Posted by: fd at March 22, 2022 07:38 AM (vrz2I)

They might as well just start wearing togas.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 22, 2022 07:44 AM (6FeV1)

51 17 Honestly, I don't really see a use for SCOTUS anymore. They've dodged or ignored the very constitution they're supposed to uphold in order to satisfy leftists or keep the conservatives at bay.

This. SCOTUS as guardians of liberty is bullshit. They were and are MIA. Just another failed institution.

Posted by: Dusky Piss Flaps at March 22, 2022 07:44 AM (RlHi9)

52 Hell, what does it matter? Really, at the end of the day, given the state of the nation politically and culturally, what will it really matter if this horrendous person is confirmed to the highest court in the land?

--

It doesn't. Why? Because I'm pretty certain she's going to get confirmed and there's nothing you or I can do about it. And if by slim chance she doesn't, you can bet your sweet bippee more than one racist CRT clone is already in the bull pen.

What sickens me is that none of this is legitimate. Because Biden's "presidency" isn't legitimate. We have J6 true political prisoners (in America!) rotting in prison without trial and nobody cares. We are surrounded by loud, violent leftists who have infiltrated everything. Every institution. And the up and coming teachers, lawyers, journalists, doctors are all being trained in CRT, "equity" and all the other leftist garbage that has ruined us. I have to admit I don't see any hope on the horizon. We've been squeezed to death from all sides. With the ultimate culmination a fully-corrupted Fed Govt Leviathan accountable to no one.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 22, 2022 07:45 AM (sVtYq)

53 Honestly, i don't see a use for any of the three branches anymore, as currently constituted. But, *type* *delete* *repeat*, as required.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

What branches are you talking about?

The ones in play Right Now are:

The Kalorama Branch
The Regulatory Branch
The Deep State Branch

Posted by: Reuben Hick at March 22, 2022 07:45 AM (lD3vL)

54 Lol... "KJB" is my sister's initials.

That's gonna take a while to stop being weird.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 22, 2022 07:45 AM (6FeV1)

55 Perception Matters: Why Didn't Putin Invade Under Trump?
__________

It's just a matter of time before some of them start claiming that's what happened. It'll start with one of the really stupid ones, like Don Lemon or Joy Behar. Then The Big Guy will say he inherited it, and cleaned it up.

Posted by: Eeyore at March 22, 2022 07:46 AM (R0Tis)

56 Rootin For Putin!

Free Buffalo Guy!

Y'all come to the Hood-Nic, ya hear!

More coffee.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 22, 2022 07:46 AM (Sdlpf)

57 The people supposedly in charge know they are illegitimate, which is why we have extrajudicial activity.against the citizens who rightly protested the stolen election and barriers around DC. They are afraid of the people they supposedly represent.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 22, 2022 07:46 AM (HIoDf)

58 Austin Independent School District (AISD) in Texas is slated to celebrate Pride Week in all public school buildings from March 21-26. Each day of the week has a specific Pride celebration theme, according to the schools website.

Pride cometh before the buttfucking!

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 22, 2022 07:47 AM (yrol0)

59 In fact, 23.1% of Californians over the age of 15 cannot read this sentence.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 22, 2022 07:49 AM (yrol0)

60 Posted by: Lady in Black at March 22, 2022 07:45 AM (sVtYq)

And to just add to that uplifting thought: the States won't do anything about it. They won't even try. They're too addicted to the sweet, sweet cash that the Feds dole out to ever jeopardize that by actually standing up for their own citizens.

Oh, certainly, you'll get a few who stand up to be counted when *new* spending comes down the pike - the Obama Stimulus, for instance, and some of the "stimulus" spending during COVID are examples - but once you tie existing funding to something, the States have become too dependent upon it, and the populace has become too lazy and complacent.

Good luck finding any politician who will run on "We're cutting your ration of Government Cheese."

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at March 22, 2022 07:50 AM (C/VBS)

61 "Pride cometh before the buttfucking"

And after.

Posted by: Pride Divine at March 22, 2022 07:50 AM (vrz2I)

62 SCOTUS shouldn't be facing outwards towards the people, wisely meting out some platonic ideal of Justice. They're prison wardens, facing inwards and holding the ravenous hosts of politicians within the walls of their asylum.

Unfortunately, the inmates are running the asylum now.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 22, 2022 07:51 AM (6FeV1)

63 They quaked and whined whenever Barron Trump's name was mentioned, but they're fine with a relentless campaign against Biden's son," Glines wrote on Twitter

15 going on 52

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 22, 2022 07:52 AM (yrol0)

64 With Ted and Lindsey on the case I expect we will have a new SCJ by this time next week.

Posted by: fd at March 22, 2022 07:52 AM (vrz2I)

65 Each day of the week has a specific Pride celebration theme, according to the schools website.

Why do I expect that not one of those days will be "Pride" in being part of the quiet majority who built this nation, defended it from previous despots, won two world wars, and more-or-less invented the modern era?

No, we cannot celebrate those who brought us this life so full of luxury that we can whine that someone might not take our picture or bake us a cake. We can only celebrate deviance and debauchery.

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at March 22, 2022 07:53 AM (C/VBS)

66 What sickens me is that none of this is legitimate. Because Biden's "presidency" isn't legitimate. We have J6 true political prisoners (in America!) rotting in prison without trial and nobody cares. We are surrounded by loud, violent leftists who have infiltrated everything. Every institution. And the up and coming teachers, lawyers, journalists, doctors are all being trained in CRT, "equity" and all the other leftist garbage that has ruined us. I have to admit I don't see any hope on the horizon. We've been squeezed to death from all sides. With the ultimate culmination a fully-corrupted Fed Govt Leviathan accountable to no one.
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 22, 2022 07:45 AM (sVtYq)

Yep, exactly how I feel. I wake up every morning feeling defeated, but then I just remind myself, although all of this is really hard to take, in the end none of it matters. I have to just trust that God has a plan.

Posted by: spypeach at March 22, 2022 07:53 AM (wAxm0)

67 Mitch just wants it to be over with so he can get on with the business of the people. Not you people, his people.

Posted by: fd at March 22, 2022 07:53 AM (vrz2I)

68 After TuCa's opener last night about Saint Zelensky, I expect FNC to be cancelled and Tucker January sixed.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at March 22, 2022 07:53 AM (KiBMU)

69 Yep, exactly how I feel. I wake up every morning feeling defeated, but then I just remind myself, although all of this is really hard to take, in the end none of it matters. I have to just trust that God has a plan.
Posted by: spypeach

Yep.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 22, 2022 07:53 AM (YmKky)

70 Wow.

Comparing hunter god damn biden to Barron Trump.

So much mental illness on display there.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 22, 2022 07:54 AM (6FeV1)

71 I get the impression SCOTUS is more concerned with not agitating the left and having to deal with their wrath than actually upholding the constitution. They totally fucked up on the election steal by mumbling about the canvasing vs. the count. Perhaps on a very technical level they have a point, but everyone knew what went down and they still dodged so as to not agitate the left... they were/are afraid.

Most of what SCOTUS deals with these days are the minutia of petty arguments between people or entities who refuse to admit they're wrong.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 22, 2022 07:55 AM (BFigT)

72 IF Trump would exert the control over the RNC he is capable of doing , ANY 'R' that votes for this pedophilia-centric Communist SCOTUS nominee Must be cut-off by the RNC and primaried out .

It wont mean that much but at least fight a fight you Can win.

Posted by: Voter theater. at March 22, 2022 07:55 AM (FCPbW)

73 The people supposedly in charge know they are illegitimate, which is why we have extrajudicial activity.against the citizens who rightly protested the stolen election and barriers around DC. They are afraid of the people they supposedly represent.
Posted by: Thomas Paine

Can we be adults here and drop the "supposedly represent"?

The most recent tell was when the West started to seize wealthy Russian citizen's assets. The Party sees things only one way. They don't have theory of mind, they have horizontal decalage which translates into them being tunnel visioned and not capable of comprehending outside of their own experience. Since they seem to have a decidedly undiverse background, this means that their understanding of the world is pretty small.

So when a head of state ordered the invasion of a smaller country, they looked in the mirror and said "How best can we wound him?" and they decided to go after the oligarchs because oligarchs run the Party apparatus here.

Hurt the oligarchs, kill the Party. Bottom line, if you are not a multibillionaire technocrat, you aren't represented. If you are, the politicians are your servants.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at March 22, 2022 07:55 AM (lD3vL)

74 SCOTUS shouldn't be facing outwards towards the people, wisely meting out some platonic ideal of Justice. They're prison wardens, facing inwards and holding the ravenous hosts of politicians within the walls of their asylum.

Yeah... unfortunately that boat sailed over 200 years ago, IIRC, so...

I see a meme from time to time on FaceSpace about "we're in the middle of the longest, slowest, most excruciating 'I told you so' in history" and I smile because we are - just not the one these people think. Maybe folks should have listened just a tad bit closer to the anti-federalists.

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at March 22, 2022 07:55 AM (C/VBS)

75 "When Will the War End?"


The twitteratti will bravely display their digital Ukrainian flags until the last Russian soldier has left, or until the next big hashtag thing needs space.

Posted by: Ripley at March 22, 2022 07:56 AM (MxEKc)

76 . I have to just trust that God has a plan.
Posted by: spypeach

Yep.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 22, 2022 07:53 AM (YmKky)

Trust the Process. If you wanted to dislodge the perverts and lunatics strangling the free world, can you think of a better way than by making them so disgustingly absurd and odious that they simply implode upon themselves?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 22, 2022 07:57 AM (6FeV1)

77 Why do we have or need a Covid Czar, for bloody sake? Oh well, par for the course. I'm sure they'll drop their edicts onto the public, sans legislative branch participation, and we're all just supposed to go along with more and more and more made-up "laws" by people who don't have the authority to do so.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 22, 2022 07:57 AM (sVtYq)

78 Trust the Process. If you wanted to dislodge the perverts and lunatics strangling the free world, can you think of a better way than by making them so disgustingly absurd and odious that they simply implode upon themselves?

Rounding them all up and feeding them through a woodchipper would be much more satisfying.

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at March 22, 2022 07:58 AM (C/VBS)

79 Could really use Horde prayers, daughter collapsed this morning with chest pain. She's in the ER now.

Posted by: Moki at March 22, 2022 07:59 AM (JrN/x)

80 Ted Cruz is an ass, and always will be - but we all love it when he puts his innate assholery to work for us. It's a joy to watch.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 22, 2022 07:59 AM (8ipN3)

81 Apparently I need to be much more specific with my "burn it down" comment, because the object of my ire was *NOT* West Texas.
Posted by: AllenG #Texit at March 22, 2022 07:38 AM (C/VBS)

I suppose that I should mention that there was a tornado yesterday in my neck of the woods. I was unaffected.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at March 22, 2022 07:59 AM (U7wke)

82 Oh no, Moki! Prayers sent!

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 22, 2022 07:59 AM (sVtYq)

83 How far down the rabbit hole are you when an Asian mayor of Boston of all places, says she is used to dealing with white problems? In related news, in the jury selection process in our small Brazos Valley town, 6 of 9 black potential jurors affirmed they believe the police target certain groups for prosecution and supported BLM. This is not a good sign for the country.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at March 22, 2022 08:00 AM (oWBc3)

84 Yep, exactly how I feel. I wake up every morning feeling defeated, but then I just remind myself, although all of this is really hard to take, in the end none of it matters. I have to just trust that God has a plan.
Posted by: spypeach

Then you are in the right place. A few decades ago, a branch of Operation Rescue was successfully sued by Planned Parenthood for the crime of hurting PP's business.

Through this injustice by the courts, the black robed tyrant ordered each of the defendants to pay a quarter million to PP in settlements. This is the equivalent of denying God and working directly for Satan. So they all said that they would only earn what the court would permit them to keep denying PP any money.

The defendants also said, that his action was liberating because they would never be distracted with thoughts of becoming wealthy. They could focus on the things that mattered in life.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at March 22, 2022 08:00 AM (lD3vL)

85 Rounding them all up and feeding them through a woodchipper would be much more satisfying.
Posted by: AllenG #Texit at March 22, 2022 07:58 AM (C/VBS)

With the trajectory we're on, they might start doing it themselves and calling it a sexual orientation.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 22, 2022 08:01 AM (6FeV1)

86 Warai- otoko ; I agree completely.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 22, 2022 08:01 AM (ksPsw)

87 73>Hurt the oligarchs, kill the Party. Bottom line, if you are not a multibillionaire technocrat, you aren't represented. If you are, the politicians are your servants.

Precisely.

Posted by: sidney at March 22, 2022 08:01 AM (LJJah)

88 Posted by: Lady in Black at March 22, 2022 07:57 AM (sVtYq)

I don't mind these special advisors (calling them Czars is a bit over the top, but whatever) in theory - having someone whose job is to stay up-to-the-minute updated because the President is busy with so many other plates in the air, okay fine.

The problem is that then they're given actual Executive Authority where none exists, and the Legislature is more interested in preserving the Power of the Party than it is in preserving its own power - so they never say "boo" about it.

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at March 22, 2022 08:01 AM (C/VBS)

89 How can they sue Woodmans for having cheaper gas? Woodmans has ALWAYS had cheaper gas.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 22, 2022 08:02 AM (45fpk)

90 Why do we have or need a Covid Czar, for bloody sake?

Another sinecure GS-15 with a staff, office and extravagant and unaccountable budget. Will perform all kinds of mischief and then settle in for a pension.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at March 22, 2022 08:03 AM (lD3vL)

91 Could really use Horde prayers, daughter collapsed this morning with chest pain. She's in the ER now.

Posted by: Moki at March 22, 2022 07:59 AM (JrN/x)


Praying for your dear daughter.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 22, 2022 08:03 AM (45fpk)

92 Good morning, JJ.

Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 22, 2022 08:04 AM (DU+/6)

93 And no GOP lawmaker is saying a damn thing about the Jan 6 protestors because they all agree with the treatment.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 22, 2022 08:04 AM (qnVBz)

94 This is what Bill Barr wanted.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 22, 2022 08:05 AM (qnVBz)

95 The problem is that then the [Czars] are given actual Executive Authority where none exists, and the Legislature is more interested in preserving the Power of the Party than it is in preserving its own power - so they never say "boo" about it.

But most important, Czars don't need Congressional approval.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at March 22, 2022 08:05 AM (lD3vL)

96 Freed at Last:
They had a hi-fi phono, boy, did they let it blast
700 little records, all rock, rhythm and jazz
But when the sun went down, the rapid tempo of the music fell
"C'est la vie," say the old folks, "it goes to show you never can tell"

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 22, 2022 08:05 AM (yrol0)

97 The anti-federalists got thier stick with the 10th Ammendment. They didn't expect an imperial President to crush it and then the states to just throw up their hands on the remaining vestiges of that amendment as well as further yoking themselves to Leviathan with the 16th, 17th, 18th, 23rd and 24th amendments

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at March 22, 2022 08:06 AM (oWBc3)

98 And no GOP lawmaker is saying a damn thing about the Jan 6 protestors because they all agree with the treatment.

Of course they do. If we uppity proles start demanding - and getting - an effective government that focuses on the good of the nation and her people rather than on rent-seeking and graft, they'll have no cushy jobs or prestige anymore.

Do you think the likes of Mitch McConnell could actually hold a job in Corporate America where he has to get actual results that are in line with his employer's goals?

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at March 22, 2022 08:06 AM (C/VBS)

99 I can't wait for Trump to be president again so he can have Eric Holder as AG because someone vouched.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 22, 2022 08:07 AM (qnVBz)

100 Posted by: Moki at March 22, 2022 07:59 AM (JrN/x)

A prayer for complete and immediate healing

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 22, 2022 08:07 AM (EZebt)

101 I get the impression SCOTUS is more concerned with not agitating the left and having to deal with their wrath than actually upholding the constitution. They totally fucked up on the election steal by mumbling about the canvasing vs. the count. Perhaps on a very technical level they have a point, but everyone knew what went down and they still dodged so as to not agitate the left... they were/are afraid.

Most of what SCOTUS deals with these days are the minutia of petty arguments between people or entities who refuse to admit they're wrong.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 22, 2022 07:55 AM (BFigT)

I immediately think of Roberts and his screaming about riots.

Posted by: Mainah at March 22, 2022 08:07 AM (B+qrE)

102 J.J., have you ever heard the phrase "In order for evil to succeed it is only necessary for good men to do nothing"? Because that is exactly what you are counseling with your defeatist attitude of "What difference does it make?"

Evil can't be defeated, but it must be fought, because it can be stopped, and beaten back. Read the Book of Daniel, we all know how this ends.

3:17-18: If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to save us from it, and he will rescue us from your hand, O king. But even if he does not, we want you to know, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at March 22, 2022 08:08 AM (ZEHVO)

103 Thank you so much. Your prayers are a balm.

Posted by: Moki at March 22, 2022 08:08 AM (JrN/x)

104 [i"As far back as her time in law school, Judge Jackson has questioned making convicts register as sex offenders - saying it leads to 'stigmatization and ostracism,'" Hawley tweeted. "She's suggested public policy is driven by a 'climate of fear, hatred & revenge' against sex offenders"
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To a degree, yes. People who prey on children for sexual gratification *should* be ostracized and cast out. Vengeance may be a factor, especially in the worse cases, but ultimately it is about protecting civilization. Those who prey on the innocent and get a sexual thrill from destroying their innocence need to be cast out. Jackson's interpretation of this isn't even entirely wrong, but her conclusion - that this is a bad thing and is unfair - is 180 degrees out of phase.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 22, 2022 08:08 AM (DU+/6)

105 Maybe Trump can have Soros Jr as head of the FBI.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 22, 2022 08:08 AM (qnVBz)

106 Posted by: Moki at March 22, 2022 07:59 AM (JrN/x)

Of course, Moki! Done.

Posted by: Mainah at March 22, 2022 08:09 AM (B+qrE)

107 Evil can't be defeated, but it must be fought, because it can be stopped, and beaten back. Read the Book of Daniel, we all know how this ends.

The thing that is defeating is that the people we thought would fight, turned out to be evil, and the people we hired to fight that evil, were evil too.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 22, 2022 08:10 AM (qnVBz)

108 I still like Ted Cruz though not as a candidate for high office.

Cruz as Attorney General or on the Supreme Court has merit.

That said if he is still running for Senate when I move back to Texas I can't imagine not voting for him. This has more to do with who the Democrats would run then love for Senator Cruz.

Posted by: Nearsighted Cyclopes at March 22, 2022 08:11 AM (DFyr7)

109 We have "Czars" because for decades the government has run the country by committee. The nominal "President" has become something of a figurehead... almost like a king or queen, but without the fancy clothes and crown.

Today, with rezident retard in office you see how poorly this can be run. I contend it's because there are multiple factions trying to control "The Narrative" (TM) each with their own agenda. There is absolutely no coordinated effort to any situation or issue facing this country. That unto itself is a staple of how the left governs.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 22, 2022 08:11 AM (BFigT)

110 I suppose that I should mention that there was a tornado yesterday in my neck of the woods. I was unaffected.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic


Carrollton?

Posted by: rickb223 at March 22, 2022 08:11 AM (OrkJ9)

111 That's right, folks. Accurately stating a judge's case record, which is actual public knowledge and not merely "claims," is now "unfair." But of course, sliming, smearing and lying about a Republican nominee is not only fair, but doing the Lord's work, right Dickweed?
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Yes. This is precisely right. It isn't the claim that's "unfair" but the conclusion. Jackson is good and right and to use a pejorative - that she is "soft on crime" - instead of a compliment - that she is "progressive and brave and fair" - is the problem.

Those in opposition are bad by definition and so any means are justified in stopping them. Those in alignment are good by definition and so any slight against them is evil.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 22, 2022 08:11 AM (DU+/6)

112 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - Trudeau is Asshoe! at March 22, 2022 08:11 AM (Zz0t1)

113 There is absolutely no coordinated effort to any situation or issue facing this country. That unto itself is a staple of how the left governs.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 22, 2022 08:11 AM (BFigT)

I forget who came up with it, but I've always liked the term "adhocracy"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 22, 2022 08:12 AM (6FeV1)

114 I can't wait for Trump to be president again so he can have Eric Holder as AG because someone vouched.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 22, 2022 08:07 AM (qnVBz)

*sad trombone*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 22, 2022 08:12 AM (EZebt)

115 79 Could really use Horde prayers, daughter collapsed this morning with chest pain. She's in the ER now.
Posted by: Moki at March 22, 2022 07:59 AM (JrN/x)

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So sorry to hear that, Moki. Prayers for your dear daughter.

Posted by: Hoplite Housewife at March 22, 2022 08:12 AM (mNMgp)

116
Carrollton?
Posted by: rickb223 at March 22, 2022 08:11 AM (OrkJ9)


Was there one confirmed in Carrollton? I hadn't heard that any my datacenter is there. It appears unscathed this morning.

Posted by: Sponge - Trudeau is Asshoe! at March 22, 2022 08:12 AM (Zz0t1)

117 Read the Disney article just now. Anonymous letters are a start but more people are going to have to come out in the open. Of course, the firings and death threats will immediately follow.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 22, 2022 08:13 AM (4olE8)

118 Hey, the weather lady was right, it's snowing. Maybe it will move east into West Texas and help you out Allen G.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at March 22, 2022 08:13 AM (fvJFK)

119 No fires in this part of Texas- rained a couple inches overnight, and is still raining hard now.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 22, 2022 08:14 AM (ksPsw)

120 Evil can't be defeated, but it must be fought, because it can be stopped, and beaten back. Read the Book of Daniel, we all know how this ends.

The thing that is defeating is that the people we thought would fight, turned out to be evil, and the people we hired to fight that evil, were evil too.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy


Evil can be defeated. We just don't have the stomach for it. Never have.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 22, 2022 08:14 AM (OrkJ9)

121 Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at March 22, 2022 08:06 AM (oWBc3)

Thesis: The Constitution was never worth the paper it was written on. It only "worked" because a majority of the people realized that peaceful cooperation and some sort of centralized coordination was generally advantageous for all.

Proof of thesis: **waves at everything**

Don't get me wrong, the Constitution is a magnificent document and *should* be the best governing document in the history of the (secular) world. But almost before the ink was dry, even some of those who wrote it were attempting to subvert it up to and including using arguments that boiled down to "don't listen to what I said then, listen to what I'm saying now."

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at March 22, 2022 08:14 AM (C/VBS)

122 The article by Dov Fischer isn't worthy of being toilet paper.

He compared the Russian Ukrainian war to Canada. Then made jokes about a new anthem.

I get that no one wants to enter the war, but are these lies neccessary?

Posted by: Blue Hen at March 22, 2022 08:15 AM (VYjdj)

123 SCOTUS protects the LEFT! from the Constitution.
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The Supreme Court has never been anything other than partisan hacks.

All of their rulings for last 60 years have been easy to predict:
If it expands the power of the state, they will by 7, 8 or 9.
If it limits the power of the state, only the narrowest possible limits will get even 5 votes.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 22, 2022 08:15 AM (4M3BO)

124 In related news, in the jury selection process in our small Brazos Valley town, 6 of 9 black potential jurors affirmed they believe the police target certain groups for prosecution and supported BLM. This is not a good sign for the country.

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This is the dark underbelly of race in America that I was naive about until a few years ago. And that dark underbelly is that (most?) black people have deeply seated hatred for this country. While I fully acknowledge we've had our share of a shameful past, I also fully acknowledge we've moved far beyond many of the atrocities that were faced by blacks. They will never see that. They will never move on. They are never given the opportunity to do so because it's steeped into the culture. I watched an old crime show a few days back. A black guy randomly shot and killed a white lady in Atlanta. When cops asked him why, he said America's illegitimate founding was based on a bloody history of conquest. And blacks are constantly mistreated. He was getting back at whites. Sad stuff.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 22, 2022 08:15 AM (sVtYq)

125 rained a couple inches overnight, and is still raining hard now.

Will you share?

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at March 22, 2022 08:15 AM (C/VBS)

126 With a DOJ/FBI, police and judges who allow this to happen or even eagerly participate in it, on top of the destruction of our economy, culture and way of life now moving at breakneck speed, what does it really matter if another affirmative action diversity hire and worse, anti-American crackpot racialist sits on the highest court of the land? A land that no longer really exists?
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It isn't just that this country is now an unlawful tyranny, though that would be enough. Practically, she's replacing Breyer. The balance is unchanged. She's more radical than Breyer and more sinister and evolved in her awfulness, but she changes nothing. I also suspect that's why she's going to be confirmed with 55 or more.

The real fight will be when Jarrett replaces Thomas, and that's a fight that will be lost. Most jurists suck and even the ones who look like they might become good conservative justices - like Roberts, for example, long long ago - usually immediately start maximizing state power and enjoying their roles as black-robed dictators. When we lose Thomas, it will be the end of even the mealy-mouthed lip service to judicial restraint or honesty.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 22, 2022 08:16 AM (DU+/6)

127 Never have.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 22, 2022 08:14 AM (OrkJ9)

Sure. Rub it in, why don't you.

Posted by: A certain Austrian languishing in hell at March 22, 2022 08:16 AM (6FeV1)

128 I guess if the world is as retarded as Biden then the NWO will succeed. Regression to mean for Caucasians and Asians is feudalism. For others its tribalism. Good luck.

Posted by: Puddinhead at March 22, 2022 08:16 AM (sVfvf)

129 Prayers up, Moke!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 22, 2022 08:16 AM (DU+/6)

130 Was there one confirmed in Carrollton? I hadn't heard that any my datacenter is there. It appears unscathed this morning.
Posted by: Sponge


Something was in/around Carrollton. Farmers Branch kept blowing up my phone with warnings.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 22, 2022 08:16 AM (OrkJ9)

131 Could really use Horde prayers, daughter collapsed this morning with chest pain. She's in the ER now.

Posted by: Moki at March 22, 2022 07:59 AM (JrN/x)

Prayers & hugs

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 22, 2022 08:17 AM (lCui1)

132 Moki..


Prayers sent for your daughter!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 22, 2022 08:17 AM (3D/fK)

133
Something was in/around Carrollton. Farmers Branch kept blowing up my phone with warnings.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 22, 2022 08:16 AM (OrkJ9)


I know Texas Storm Chasers said there was some rotation at DFW Airport and it was heading toward Carrollton, but nothing came of it that I've heard of as of yet.

Posted by: Sponge - Trudeau is Asshoe! at March 22, 2022 08:18 AM (Zz0t1)

134
Will you share?
Posted by: AllenG #Texit at March 22, 2022 08:15 AM (C/VBS)


You guys didn't get any rain out of that clusterfuck of a weather event yesterday?

Posted by: Sponge - Trudeau is Asshoe! at March 22, 2022 08:19 AM (Zz0t1)

135 And no GOP lawmaker is saying a damn thing about the Jan 6 protestors because they all agree with the treatment.

--

Even those who do, like MTG or Elise Stefanik are ostracized within their own party. Big Rino runs that miserable party and they are secretly on board with the treatment these poor people are receiving.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 22, 2022 08:21 AM (sVtYq)

136 Oh, goody, a Philosophy vs Practicality debate!

Philosophically, Evil can never be defeated, because it is nigh-eternal (we can get into why it can't philosophically be eternal if we really want to, but I haven't had enough coffee for that).

Practically, Evil can and has been defeated - see also WWII and the War between the States (though I sort of think we threw the baby out with the bath water on that one) among others.

However, we as a people have become lazy, complacent, and far too comfortable and unwilling to suffer discomfort or deprivation of any significant amount. So, until the rubble stops bouncing, we're unlikely to find sufficient men of sufficient virtue to stop the unending tides of evil for our present time.

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at March 22, 2022 08:22 AM (C/VBS)

137 You guys didn't get any rain out of that clusterfuck of a weather event yesterday?

Some. Not nearly enough.
Less than an inch, officially, in Eastland, TX.

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at March 22, 2022 08:24 AM (C/VBS)

138 It's really only in the American context that "Constitution" refers to a piece of paper and only that piece of paper. That word used to refer to the entire edifice of government, and all of the rules and traditions underpinning it. "Make-up" might be a good synonym.

The Founders needed to codify the Constitution of their brand new government, and so out of necessity did it in a document. An entity which has never existed before can't have standing rules and traditions, and the principle of Law Not Men required an explicit stating of the new Law. Which is good and noble and necessary as it goes, but the non-paper Constitution of America that has been in construction since then has diverged from the original as-build drawings so much that the building is barely even recognizable anymore.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 22, 2022 08:25 AM (6FeV1)

139 Meanwhile over at the Pillsbury Dough Factory....

Tepid Err does not have a single story on Han-Tur Biden on its site but sure as hell is all in on the Ukraine.

Posted by: sven at March 22, 2022 08:25 AM (Lzpvj)

140 > The real fight will be when Jarrett replaces Thomas...
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I think there's more to the story surrounding Thomas' sudden illness. The left has an opportunity to put two leftists on the bench if he's unable to resume or dies. That combined with the lackluster performance of "the Trump judges" puts SCOTUS way, way over to the left.

To be honest, SCOTUS probably prefers it that way.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 22, 2022 08:25 AM (BFigT)

141 This is the dark underbelly of race in America that I was naive about until a few years ago. And that dark underbelly is that (most?) black people have deeply seated hatred for this country. While I fully acknowledge we've had our share of a shameful past, I also fully acknowledge we've moved far beyond many of the atrocities that were faced by blacks. They will never see that. They will never move on. They are never given the opportunity to do so because it's steeped into the culture. I watched an old crime show a few days back. A black guy randomly shot and killed a white lady in Atlanta. When cops asked him why, he said America's illegitimate founding was based on a bloody history of conquest. And blacks are constantly mistreated. He was getting back at whits. Sad stuff.
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 22, 2022 08:15 AM (sVtYq)

Now do 30 Million illegals that like government corruption and crime.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 22, 2022 08:26 AM (yrol0)

142  IF Trump would exert the control over the RNC he is capable of doing ,
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Yup.
Trump--a billionaire-- has over $100 million of cash in his PAC.
He is happy to hand out endorsements.
When does he start handing out cash?

If he does, he means to take over the RNC root and stem--good.
If he doesn't, it's just another con grifter bilking the rubes ...

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 22, 2022 08:26 AM (4M3BO)

143
Some. Not nearly enough.
Less than an inch, officially, in Eastland, TX.
Posted by: AllenG #Texit at March 22, 2022 08:24 AM (C/VBS)


Ugh. I thought you were going to get some relieve out of that mess. Sorry to hear that. Got some friends and family of friends out there that have had stuff burn. It's tragic.

Posted by: Sponge - Trudeau is Asshoe! at March 22, 2022 08:26 AM (Zz0t1)

144 Tornado watch down here by NASA

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 22, 2022 08:26 AM (yrol0)

145 To be honest, SCOTUS probably prefers it that way.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 22, 2022 08:25 AM (BFigT)
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To be sure. Nothing makes conservative bona fides vanish like the nearly absolute power associated with becoming a Supreme Court justice. It is a rare man indeed who doesn't become a tyrant as soon as that robe goes on. Thomas is one of those rare men, and perhaps the greatest of them.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 22, 2022 08:27 AM (DU+/6)

146 There is only one person who can defeat Evil, singular, and if you believe a certain story told by a bunch of Levantine lawyers and doctors, He already has.

But every single one of us can, with help, defeat evils, plural, when and where they arise.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 22, 2022 08:28 AM (6FeV1)

147 *Relief.

Damn fingers.

Posted by: Sponge - Trudeau is Asshoe! at March 22, 2022 08:29 AM (Zz0t1)

148 Good morning.

More coffee.

Posted by: dantesed at March 22, 2022 08:31 AM (88xKn)

149 Trump--a billionaire-- has over $100 million of cash in his PAC."

He should pay off a bunch of people's medical bills using other people's money like Stacy Abrams. It's obviously not vote buying.

Posted by: fd at March 22, 2022 08:32 AM (vrz2I)

150 Good morning. I see the world is still a fucked up mess. Black is white, up is down etc.

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at March 22, 2022 08:32 AM (nxdel)

151 >>If he does, he means to take over the RNC root and stem--good.
If he doesn't, it's just another con grifter bilking the rubes ...

Last weekend Trump did a rally in South Carolina for America First Congressional candidates. This weekend he will be doing one in Georgia. The following weekend in Michigan.

Tell me which other top Republican is doing rallies for not just Republican candidates but ones who support America First principles non-stop around the country.

I'll save you the time. Zero.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 22, 2022 08:33 AM (ZLI7S)

152 Boy-oh-boy... Ted Cruz really got 'em.

Now everyone will know they're hypocrites.

*head-smashing-desk*

Posted by: Slapweasel at March 22, 2022 08:34 AM (Ckg4U)

153 Prayers for your daughter, Moki.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 22, 2022 08:34 AM (NpAcC)

154 Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at March 22, 2022 08:32 AM (nxdel)


How you feeling today?

Posted by: Sponge - Trudeau is Asshoe! at March 22, 2022 08:34 AM (Zz0t1)

155 Got some friends and family of friends out there that have had stuff burn. It's tragic.

Tragic is a good word.

Luckily there's been minimal loss of human life - only 1 in the fire that levelled Carbon - but countless livestock, acres of crops (including feed for said livestock), and things folks don't think about burning - a friend of my cousin's was a self-employed tradesman (plumber, I think?) and not only lost his house, but his work truck and all of his tools. And insurance will only be able to replace a fraction, I'm sure, especially with costs rising like they are.

This part of the country is going to have a slow, rough recovery because these disasters hit at exactly the worst possible time: it's late in the season to re-plant (even if you have the equipment to do so), and the spring mating season is basically over. Add to that the cost of material, fuel, energy, and just general life - there are folks out here who simply won't have enough of a foundation to build back on.

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at March 22, 2022 08:35 AM (C/VBS)

156 If you have 8 minutes here is Jesus at the well:

https://tinyurl.com/3bynhkz6

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 22, 2022 08:36 AM (yrol0)

157 This part of the country is going to have a slow, rough recovery because these disasters hit at exactly the worst possible time: it's late in the season to re-plant (even if you have the equipment to do so), and the spring mating season is basically over. Add to that the cost of material, fuel, energy, and just general life - there are folks out here who simply won't have enough of a foundation to build back on.
Posted by: AllenG #Texit at March 22, 2022 08:35 AM (C/VBS)


I'm sure. I saw some pictures of the cattle that were burned alive. That's just awful. It's going to take a lot of work and donations to get those towns back up and running, for sure.

Posted by: Sponge - Trudeau is Asshoe! at March 22, 2022 08:37 AM (Zz0t1)

158 Sad stuff.
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 22, 2022 08:15 AM (sVtYq)

Jefferson pointed out that blacks were unlikely to forgive whites for slavery even after being freed. I think history has generally shown him to be correct. This isn't about individuals, but group dynamics. Honestly, we would have been better off giving them Florida and resettling them there. It would have ended a lot of animus.

Posted by: WiNO - Now Fortified with Fraud at March 22, 2022 08:37 AM (EpDzw)

159 Good morning. I see the world is still a fucked up mess. Black is white, up is down etc.

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It sure is, Jewells. It's got me in a dour mood today. It would certainly behoove my mental state to step away from this garbage for a while, that's for sure.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 22, 2022 08:38 AM (sVtYq)

160
Jefferson pointed out that blacks were unlikely to forgive whites for slavery even after being freed. I think history has generally shown him to be correct. This isn't about individuals, but group dynamics. Honestly, we would have been better off giving them Florida and resettling them there. It would have ended a lot of animus.
Posted by: WiNO - Now Fortified with Fraud at March 22, 2022 08:37 AM (EpDzw)


I'm sure the black community would've forgotten about and largely forgiven America for slavery had the left not beaten them over the head with it and reminded them every day of their lives while claiming it was the Republicans who did it.

Posted by: Sponge - Trudeau is Asshoe! at March 22, 2022 08:38 AM (Zz0t1)

161 If you have 8 minutes here is Jesus at the well:

https://tinyurl.com/3bynhkz6

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 22, 2022 08:36 AM (yrol0)


I love that scene! Such compassion. Such mercy. Such grace extended to the outcast and the weary. One of my favorites from Season 1.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 22, 2022 08:38 AM (45fpk)

162 There was a debate on Cleveland's Fox 8 between the GOP candidates to replace RINO Rob Portman in the Senate. Pretty uninspiring stuff as everyone tried to out MAGA each other. Josh Mandel came off like a yapping chihuahua bent on letting everyone know he served in the Marines and did something or other as state treasurer; at no time did anyone question him on dropping out of the race against Sherrod Brown and taking his campaign war chest with him. No mention of the 1/6 political prisoners. I ended up being sorry I watched it.

Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at March 22, 2022 08:39 AM (y7DUB)

163 Russian court finds jailed Kremlin critic Alexi Navalny guilty of fraud.

And banning private businesses and speech media platforms.
Breaking911 @Breaking911; 6h
BREAKING: A Moscow court has banned Facebook and Instagram for what it deemed 'extremist activity' - AP

That doesn't sound very democratic.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at March 22, 2022 08:39 AM (UHVv4)

164 Jumanji Action Jackson touched me through a wifebeater, a Boston T shirts, a hoodies, and a lite weight rain jacket.

Posted by: Chris Ballsey at March 22, 2022 08:40 AM (yrol0)

165 {{{ Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB }}}

Is your back better? Your yoga and power lifting may have to be less extreme for a while.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 22, 2022 08:40 AM (u82oZ)

166 They were showing the little 7 yr.old Ukrainian girl singing her national anthem in a packed stadium in Poland that was filled with Ukrainians and Poles.... and nobody kneeled.
Imagine that.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 22, 2022 08:41 AM (NpAcC)

167 Sponge you're so sweet. My back still hurts but I think it's the cold rainy weather. I'm going to start doing my old physical therapy excersises I used to do and see if it helps. Other than that I'm okay.

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at March 22, 2022 08:41 AM (nxdel)

168 Gotta say, I love that picture of trelayne up top!

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 22, 2022 08:41 AM (8ipN3)

169 163 Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at March 22, 2022 08:39 AM (UHVv4)

I think we should invade Sweden for unleashing Greta Bork Bork on the world....

or you know we should shrug.

Posted by: sven at March 22, 2022 08:41 AM (Lzpvj)

170 I'm sure the black community would've forgotten about and largely forgiven America for slavery had the left not beaten them over the head with it and reminded them every day of their lives while claiming it was the Republicans who did it.
Posted by: Sponge - Trudeau is Asshoe! at March 22, 2022 08:38 AM (Zz0t1)

I think the first act of contrition would have been to disband the (D)ouchbag party.

Posted by: Chris Ballsey at March 22, 2022 08:41 AM (yrol0)

171 The only way we're going to break the back of the Left is with total, unabashed, alley-fight commitment and courage among a political class that sees the conflict for what it is: zero-sum and with the survival of liberal society at stake. It's a state of mind we are not close to realizing.

As long as our "thought leaders" keep ascribing good if misguided intentions to the Left, talk in terms of taking the "higher road," or call our most incisive bloggers "cruel," we will remain on our doomed course.

Posted by: Ordinary American at March 22, 2022 08:41 AM (H8QX8)

172 Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at March 22, 2022 08:41 AM (nxdel)


Jewells - you do power lifting?

Posted by: grammie winger at March 22, 2022 08:42 AM (45fpk)

173 Your yoga and power lifting may have to be less extreme for a while.

No power lifting here! I think it's the weather but we'll see.

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at March 22, 2022 08:42 AM (nxdel)

174 lol grammie,no. Salty is just being his silly self today.

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at March 22, 2022 08:42 AM (nxdel)

175 158 Sad stuff.
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 22, 2022 08:15 AM (sVtYq)

Jefferson pointed out that blacks were unlikely to forgive whites for slavery even after being freed. I think history has generally shown him to be correct. This isn't about individuals, but group dynamics. Honestly, we would have been better off giving them Florida and resettling them there. It would have ended a lot of animus.
Posted by: WiNO - Now Fortified with Fraud at March 22, 2022 08:37 AM (EpDzw)


I disagree. Were it not for LBJ and the War on Poverty, black Americans were on track for full integration and elevation to the middle class and beyond by the late 60s.

LBJ and the Dems put them all back in chains and worse.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 22, 2022 08:43 AM (s2VJv)

176 lol grammie,no. Salty is just being his silly self today.

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at March 22, 2022 08:42 AM (nxdel)


I was about to be jealous.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 22, 2022 08:43 AM (45fpk)

177 Posted by: Sponge - Trudeau is Asshoe! at March 22, 2022 08:38 AM (Zz0t1)

Anecdotally, I would say that's probably true enough. Certainly, the race baiting of the Left has done more harm to this country than perhaps any of their other schemes.

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at March 22, 2022 08:43 AM (C/VBS)

178 162 Captain, how shocked were you when the Dwarf Governor signed that conceal carry bill? I was fully expecting him to slither out of that one.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 22, 2022 08:43 AM (lz5hY)

179 I read about Trump's war chest exceeding that of the RNC and DNC combined.

He really oughta' take a big swing at rooting out the RNC of all the shitbirds. It'll be an empty shell, but that's what's needed.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 22, 2022 08:43 AM (BFigT)

180 Evil can't be defeated, but it must be fought, because it can be stopped, and beaten back. Read the Book of Daniel, we all know how this ends.

So you subscribe to Dominion Theology?

After many decades of flirting with every form of Biblical eschatology, while in the main sense I'm most comfortable with Reformed Amillenialism, Daniel was told to "close the book". John was told to "open the book" and yet his writings are suitable for all people, of all generations, cultures and time. Clearly the first three chapters describe very real first century assemblies, yet I'm not sure how the apocalyptic language is supposed to be read literally and thus transformed into a future Day Planner for the Reprobate.

The point being, I'm looking at Revelation as the greatest Post Modern writing that leaves the reader, no matter the hermeneutic, with the idea: "Don't overthrow the government - let God sort it out - He wins in the End".

Posted by: Reuben Hick at March 22, 2022 08:43 AM (lD3vL)

181 166 Posted by: redridinghood at March 22, 2022 08:41 AM (NpAcC)

The Ukraine has never done anything objectionable or opprobrious in their history unlike us.

https://tinyurl.com/49trc7ek

State Department Report 2020

*or* here on Planet Earth

Significant human rights issues included: unlawful or arbitrary killing; torture and cases of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment of detainees by law enforcement personnel; harsh and life-threatening conditions in prisons and detention centers; arbitrary arrest or detention; serious problems with the independence of the judiciary; abuses in the Russia-led conflict in the Donbas, including physical abuse of civilians and members of armed groups held in detention facilities; serious restrictions on free expression, the press, and the internet, including violence, threats of violence, or unjustified arrests or prosecutions against journalists, censorship, and blocking of websites; refoulement of refugees; serious acts of corruption; lack of investigation of and accountability for violence against women; violence or threats of violence motivated by anti-Semitism; crimes involving violence or threats of violence"

Posted by: sven at March 22, 2022 08:44 AM (Lzpvj)

182 Last weekend Trump did a rally in South Carolina for America First Congressional candidates. This weekend he will be doing one in Georgia. The following weekend in Michigan.
---
That is true.
That's probably as good as cash.

I will say, it's also laid bare the already gossamer thin arguments of the NeverTrump and GOPe-- They've no plan to win, to govern, to lead. Better to be a moon weakly reflecting, than a sun shining under your own power, they say.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 22, 2022 08:44 AM (4M3BO)

183 Alright... I missed work yesterday due to dealing with post-evacuation crap. I guess I should start trying to earn my actual paycheck. :/

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at March 22, 2022 08:44 AM (C/VBS)

184 179 Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 22, 2022 08:43 AM (BFigT)

Yeah the time for Orange Toupee Weasel to do that is right now....

That way we give the donks more time to wreck things, rather than trying to sort shit out when we ostensibly "have power."

Makes sense.

Posted by: sven at March 22, 2022 08:46 AM (Lzpvj)

185 Jefferson pointed out that blacks were unlikely to forgive whites for slavery even after being freed. I think history has generally shown him to be correct. This isn't about individuals, but group dynamics.

Are the Jews still pissed off at Egypt?

Posted by: Reuben Hick at March 22, 2022 08:47 AM (lD3vL)

186 89 How can they sue Woodmans for having cheaper gas? Woodmans has ALWAYS had cheaper gas

"""

Woodmans has cheaper liquor too. They'd better not screw that up

Posted by: Pete Seria at March 22, 2022 08:47 AM (7ZQe3)

187 He really oughta' take a big swing at rooting out the RNC of all the shitbirds. It'll be an empty shell, but that's what's needed.

--

It needs to be as full a sweep as possible. You can't nibble at the edges and replace one Uniparty Rino here and there with a real patriot. They will never climb in power to the top within the party and wrest control away from these useless scumbags while they remain so outnumbered. The party as it currently stands needs to be nuked from orbit. It's the only way...

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 22, 2022 08:48 AM (sVtYq)

188 Two women teachers killed at a high school in southern Sweden; student arrested.

I wonder who that could involve??

BTW, there was a vehicular attack in Belgium on Sunday; and German prosecutors now admit that November stabbing attack on a Hamburg train that wounded four was Islamic terror.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at March 22, 2022 08:48 AM (UHVv4)

189 LBJ and the Dems put them all back in chains and worse.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 22, 2022 08:43 AM (s2VJv)

Concur. LBJ and the dems treated black Americans like pets they could play with and manipulate and still do today.

Every federal program designed to "help" them has only kept them in chains. Master/slave relationship.

More coffee.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 22, 2022 08:48 AM (Sdlpf)

190 Are the Jews still pissed off at Egypt?
Posted by: Reuben Hick at March 22, 2022 08:47 AM (lD3vL)


Kinda. I want the whole Sinai back as reparations

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 22, 2022 08:48 AM (d0Qel)

191 151 Posted by: JackStraw at March 22, 2022 08:33 AM (ZLI7S)

The American civil service has an attitude of "America Last", they act as though an America that seeks out the economic and political providence of its citizenry above others is some form of near criminal enterprise.

The American taxpayer has a duty to maintain the sanctity of all borders but their own.

Posted by: sven at March 22, 2022 08:49 AM (Lzpvj)

192 Woodmans has cheaper liquor too. They'd better not screw that up

Posted by: Pete Seria at March 22, 2022 08:47 AM (7ZQe3)


I know, right? And such a selection.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 22, 2022 08:49 AM (45fpk)

193 187 Posted by: Lady in Black at March 22, 2022 08:48 AM (sVtYq)

Yup the problem with America is absolutely the feckless GOP and not say Ocasio-Cortez and the Squad.

Posted by: sven at March 22, 2022 08:50 AM (Lzpvj)

194 Lighter news... Rush will mark the 40th anniversary of their "Moving Pictures" album with a new beer called Moving Pitchers. Beaudy, eh?

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at March 22, 2022 08:50 AM (UHVv4)

195 off lyin scrunt sox

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 22, 2022 08:52 AM (yrol0)

196 Captain, how shocked were you when the Dwarf Governor signed that conceal carry bill? I was fully expecting him to slither out of that one.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 22, 2022 08:43 AM (lz5hY)

Probably less surprised than others; his law and order cred is better than a lot. As long as police groups didn't strongly oppose it I figured he'd be on board.

Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at March 22, 2022 08:53 AM (y7DUB)

197 185 Posted by: Reuben Hick at March 22, 2022 08:47 AM (lD3vL)

Well obviously, have you watched their judo matches?

https://youtu.be/sloOv8y8aCo

Oh wait the Israeli was the one disrespected not the Egyptian.

Posted by: sven at March 22, 2022 08:53 AM (Lzpvj)

198 Tornado watch down here by NASA
Posted by: rhennigantx at March 22, 2022 08:26 AM (yrol0)


As fast as those storms were moving yesterday, I was shocked to see the line was still inside the state this morning.

Posted by: Sponge - Trudeau is Asshoe! at March 22, 2022 08:53 AM (Zz0t1)

199 196 Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at March 22, 2022 08:53 AM (y7DUB)

1/2 pint is also pushing to "supercharge" charges involving firearms.

Posted by: sven at March 22, 2022 08:54 AM (Lzpvj)

200 Zero Hedge- Tesla has hiked the price for its large-scale rechargeable lithium-ion battery product, otherwise known as the "Tesla Megapack," following a massive jump in industrial metal prices due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

https://tinyurl.com/2p8ret4j

Posted by: redridinghood at March 22, 2022 08:54 AM (NpAcC)

201 198 Posted by: Sponge - Trudeau is Asshoe! at March 22, 2022 08:53 AM (Zz0t1)

We are getting the edge of the system here in CenLa right now.

Posted by: sven at March 22, 2022 08:54 AM (Lzpvj)

202 More light news. Red State has a picture up of what is probably the Belarus Joint Chiefs. Check out the bling and most of all the hats. Milley and Bearclaw will be jealous of the bling, the NORKS of the hats.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 22, 2022 08:54 AM (lz5hY)

203 Are the Jews still pissed off at Egypt?
Posted by: Reuben Hick at March 22, 2022 08:47 AM (lD3vL)

***

Hell, they're not even pissed off at Germany. The survivors dusted themselves off and built beautiful lives (most of them). They'll always remember but for many they will not allow it to be a millstone around their necks

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at March 22, 2022 08:55 AM (flINI)

204 200 Posted by: redridinghood at March 22, 2022 08:54 AM (NpAcC)

Any old excuse in a storm, just wait until the USGOV artificially spikes demand on those resources and restricts the ability to exploit the lithium reserves here.

The Salton Sea *should* be a gold mine, it will never be allowed to be by the EPA.

Posted by: sven at March 22, 2022 08:56 AM (Lzpvj)

205 Woodmans >>>Total Wine

Posted by: Pete Seria at March 22, 2022 08:56 AM (7ZQe3)

206 >>I will say, it's also laid bare the already gossamer thin arguments of the NeverTrump and GOPe-- They've no plan to win, to govern, to lead. Better to be a moon weakly reflecting, than a sun shining under your own power, they say.

I see a lot of people say there is no point in voting for Republicans because nothing will change and that's probably true if you vote for the same old Republicans.

But it completely ignores that Trump is fundamentally changing the Republican party by bringing a whole new slate of people into the party and increasingly into office. Like him or hate him there is no denying is the leader of the party right now and candidates across the country are battling for his endorsement as hard as for campaign cash because it is gold.

It isn't going to happen overnight but the party is definitely changing. Not all of the new people will be great, some are loose cannons and some will disappoint and there is a lot of dead wood to get rid of but the party is completely different than it was 8 years ago. We now argue about Trump vs DeSantis not McCain vs Romney. Not the same party at all.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 22, 2022 08:56 AM (ZLI7S)

207 203 Posted by: Kurt at March 22, 2022 08:55 AM (hLydi)

Kurt have you given up your mom's basement to her boyfriend's brother yet?

Posted by: sven at March 22, 2022 08:56 AM (Lzpvj)

208 CTH had a nice piece up about Zelenskyy's CNN Interview in which he said that the US privately told Ukraine they would not get into NATO, but asked that publicly they behave as if this was truly being considered. The connection is also drawn between that and the info given to Xi and China that Ukraine would be admtted.

There was also, in another piece, photos of military vehicles being housed in the shopping center that was "cruelly" targeted by Russia (before it opened).

Yeah, I think that Russian oligarchs are as shitty and European and American ones, as Asian ones for that matter, but there are few honest actors in this conflict. That includes "our side" in DC.

Posted by: CN at March 22, 2022 08:57 AM (ONvIw)

209 What is a Woodsman?

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 22, 2022 08:57 AM (yrol0)

210 Posted by: Kurt at March 22, 2022 08:55 AM (hLydi)


You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at March 22, 2022 08:57 AM (Zz0t1)

211 203 Lol
Yeah back before the civil rights and voting acts blacks were soooo much happier. Probably the happiest lived in Mississippi
Posted by: Kurt at March 22, 2022 08:55 AM (hLydi)


All run top to bottom by - wait for it - DEMOCRATS.

PS: there were the 1964 civli rights act was a GOP bill, after two previous ones were blocked by the Democrats a decade earlier.

Get back to the Port Authority toilet Johnny and start sucking dicks.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 22, 2022 08:58 AM (s2VJv)

212 As fast as those storms were moving yesterday, I was shocked to see the line was still inside the state this morning.
Posted by: Sponge - Trudeau is Asshoe! at March 22, 2022 08:53 AM (ZRz0t1)

Its a new line

Runs from Matamoros to Indy

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 22, 2022 08:58 AM (yrol0)

213
The way I figure it, Trump could try to reform the GOP - which has never worked, and will never work. He might, maybe, win the Presidency running as a Republican, but that would end up exactly how it did last time. A placeholder administration that gets completely sidelined by a Uniparty shadow government run out of Kalorama.

Or, he could run third-party and only endorse candidates who jump the GOP ship for his new thing. He'd be unlikely to win the Presidency again that way. It also wouldn't reform the GOP. But it *would* annihilate it. Finally. Doing that would be more valuable by an order of magnitude than sitting behind the Resolute Desk and getting pelted with shit while Valerie Jarrett keeps running the country for another four years.

Removing their co-conspirators from their fake-o governing structure would be a devastating body-blow to the Democrats. Killing the GOP would also allow a new national populist movement to fill the vacuum, a Party that actually represents some voters, somewhere. It's the right thing to do. And the historic thing to do. But I don't think Trump would consider it "winning," and won't go there. I wish he would.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 22, 2022 08:58 AM (7U3R4)

214 It gets me that Barr's outrage isn't directed at the democrats who created conspiracies and crimes out of nothing, and completely disrupted the functioning of government. No. His anger is directed at Trump who made the dems do that

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 22, 2022 08:59 AM (qnVBz)

215 > Yup the problem with America is absolutely the feckless GOP and not say Ocasio-Cortez and the Squad.

Posted by: sven
_______________
You're missing the point. Who do you think will take on Sandy Cortez and said "Squad?"

*spoiler... it's not the feckless GOP, even with someone like Trump as a figurehead. They have no fight in them.

For years we've been bitching and moaning about razing the GOP and establishing a fighting, conservative base to go after the left. If Trump's got cash on him he oughta' spend it on that. It'd be a good start.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 22, 2022 08:59 AM (BFigT)

216 The Salton Sea *should* be a gold mine, it will never be allowed to be by the EPA.
Posted by: sven

We elected them fair and square to rule us so. . .


Wait a minute.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 22, 2022 08:59 AM (YmKky)

217 207 Posted by: JackStraw at March 22, 2022 08:56 AM (ZLI7S)

No no Jack, it is important to punish the democrats by handing them total power including 9 supreme court justice positions.

I totally misunderstood "not cutting off your nose to spite your face" and "don't let perfect be the enemy of good."

If you make a dinner for someone and anything is one millimeter wrong we destroy the entire kitchen.

That way fucktards like Kurt get political representation while we get shit.

Posted by: sven at March 22, 2022 08:59 AM (Lzpvj)

218 206 Woodmans >>>Total Wine
Posted by: Pete Seria at March 22, 2022 08:56 AM (7ZQe3)

What about Specs?

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 22, 2022 08:59 AM (yrol0)

219 We now argue about Trump vs DeSantis not McCain vs Romney. Not the same party at all.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 22, 2022 08:56 AM (ZLI7S)

I hope so, and I hope it will happen before the likes of old shitheads like Barr succeed in destroying us and them. Has he taken any responsibility for covering up the Hunter story? IIRC he was AG and Wray's "boss".

Posted by: CN at March 22, 2022 08:59 AM (ONvIw)

220 What is a Woodsman?

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 22, 2022 08:57 AM (yrol0)


Woodmans is a grocery chain in Wisconsin and upper Illinois. Huge. Cheap.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 22, 2022 09:00 AM (45fpk)

221 210 What is a Woodsman?

"""

A Wisconsin based grocery chain that has a fantastic liquor store attached. Great selections and prices

Posted by: Pete Seria at March 22, 2022 09:00 AM (7ZQe3)

222 216 Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 22, 2022 08:59 AM (BFigT)

I know that the right time to get hard and demand that everyone have vaccine cards is when they are trying to put out the fire on my roof.

Posted by: sven at March 22, 2022 09:00 AM (Lzpvj)

223 Its a new line

Runs from Matamoros to Indy

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 22, 2022 08:58 AM (yrol0)

It's amazingly dark here this morning - it's like the sun never came up yet.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 22, 2022 09:00 AM (evAgx)

224 Kurt should confine his comments to things he has personal knowledge of. Incest would be one...

Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at March 22, 2022 09:01 AM (y7DUB)

225 190 Are the Jews still pissed off at Egypt?
Posted by: Reuben Hick at March 22, 2022 08:47 AM (lD3vL)


Kinda. I want the whole Sinai back as reparations
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 22, 2022 08:48 AM (d0Qel)

Why, does it have nice beaches?

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at March 22, 2022 09:01 AM (z5Vrg)

226 Yaroslav Trofimov @yarotrof
Komsomolskaya Pravda, the pro-Kremlin tabloid, says that according to Russian ministry of defense numbers, 9,861 Russian soldiers died in Ukraine and 16,153 were injured. The last official Russian KIA figure, on March 2, was 498. Fascinating that someone posted the leaked number.

https://twitter.com/yarotrof/status/
1505972650786672648

Also the Pravda article cited includes, separate of that 9k, another bit less than 5k dead of 'PMCs' mercenaries, probably the forces of the separatist republics in the Donbass.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at March 22, 2022 09:01 AM (UHVv4)

227 Woodmans is a grocery chain in Wisconsin and upper Illinois. Huge. Cheap.
Posted by: grammie winger at March 22, 2022 09:00 AM (45fpk)

222 210 What is a Woodsman?

"""

A Wisconsin based grocery chain that has a fantastic liquor store attached. Great selections and prices
Posted by: Pete Seria at March 22, 2022 09:00 AM (7ZQe3)

So less than downtown??

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 22, 2022 09:02 AM (yrol0)

228 Jefferson pointed out that blacks were unlikely to forgive whites for slavery even after being freed. I think history has generally shown him to be correct. This isn't about individuals, but group dynamics.

**

Things post-2000 make a whole lot more sense now that I know that they honestly, truly believe they are 50-60% of the population.

Everything with the bizarre "equality", employment demands, representation, etc. is understandable now. They have no idea that they're 12% of the population, so it makes sense that they think they should be half of everything.

Posted by: Moron Rubie - Enjoy your new DNA at March 22, 2022 09:02 AM (i/z3O)

229 215 Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 22, 2022 08:59 AM (qnVBz)

Barr was never going to be an agent for holding democrats accountable.

He was an HR mistake the left would never make, ever notice no democrat appointee "sees the light" and bites his enabler?

The donks play to win and we play to play.

Posted by: sven at March 22, 2022 09:02 AM (Lzpvj)

230 I remember when the Tea Party revolution changed the GOP to what we wanted.

Oh, wait...

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at March 22, 2022 09:02 AM (fvJFK)

231
Kinda. I want the whole Sinai back as reparations
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 22, 2022 08:48 AM (d0Qel)

I assume you're joking, here.

Posted by: CN at March 22, 2022 09:02 AM (ONvIw)

232 Could really use Horde prayers, daughter collapsed this morning with chest pain. She's in the ER now.
Posted by: Moki

You got 'em !

Posted by: JT at March 22, 2022 09:02 AM (arJlL)

233 "DOJ/FBI, police and judges who allow this to happen or even eagerly participate in it, on top of the destruction of our economy, culture and way of life now moving at breakneck speed"

Add in the importation of the unvetted Afghans by the thousands, while Americans and those we made promises to (interpreters and such) were left behind, even blocked. And now the Southern border is wide open and a high percent (20%?) are from overseas, not South/Central America.

And they have been flying them into the middle of the country, or Florida at night. The DeepState is at war with us, that much should be clear by now, to the average American. But too many are still silent so they can keep their job, or some social status, or just out of fear.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 22, 2022 09:03 AM (Cus5s)

234 Why, does it have nice beaches?
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at March 22, 2022 09:01 AM (z5Vrg)

Yes and great corral reefs and other stuff

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 22, 2022 09:03 AM (d0Qel)

235 229 Posted by: Moron Rubie - Enjoy your new DNA at March 22, 2022 09:02 AM (i/z3O)

There are only two colors black and white.

//"Sane"

Posted by: sven at March 22, 2022 09:03 AM (Lzpvj)

236 I remember when the Tea Party revolution changed the GOP to what we wanted.

Oh, wait...

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at March 22, 2022 09:02 AM (fvJFK)


There are some remnants doing good work. For instance, Ron Johnson came directly out of the Tea Party and is hanging in there.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 22, 2022 09:04 AM (45fpk)

237 Kinda. I want the whole Sinai back as reparations
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 22, 2022 08:48 AM (d0Qel)

I assume you're joking, here.
Posted by: CN at March 22, 2022 09:02 AM (ONvIw)

? that I would like the Sinai back, no I love it therre
That I want reparations? Of course

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 22, 2022 09:04 AM (d0Qel)

238 America is originally, irredeemably sinful. That is the article of faith of the Progressives in my orbit. It is their religion. Nothing can change their minds. It's why the idea of "America First" is so appalling to them. We do not deserve to be "first" in any sense and to suggest it is an offense to reason and humanity.

Posted by: Ordinary American at March 22, 2022 09:04 AM (H8QX8)

239 JJ, I haven't listened to it yet, but this is a podcast a really great SC radio host has just released.

youtube.com/watch?v=IYTlb_Q7AnE

"How a Crackhead Could Start WWIII: This ties it all together: Russia, Ukraine, the FBI, Hunter, the ... p*rn, and the Biolabs, all connected by one man and one laptop. Plus, here's why the New York Times just admitted the laptop is real."

I am comfortable posting it because she has been on top of this since the beginning. She's fantastic and, similar to you, I'm surprised she hasn't been snatched up for a national gig.

Posted by: Moron Rubie - Enjoy your new DNA at March 22, 2022 09:05 AM (i/z3O)

240 231 I remember when the Tea Party revolution changed the GOP to what we wanted.

Oh, wait...
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at March 22, 2022 09:02 AM (fvJFK)

Tea scared the SHIT outta McCain!

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 22, 2022 09:05 AM (yrol0)

241 Moki - prayers up for your dear daughter.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 22, 2022 09:05 AM (YmKky)

242 239 Posted by: Ordinary American at March 22, 2022 09:04 AM (H8QX

and if you offer to break the country up so they can create their paradise they get pissed off, because see they are not angry at history they are angry at YOU and YOU need scourged....

Posted by: sven at March 22, 2022 09:05 AM (Lzpvj)

243 What is a Woodsman?


I thought it was a guy that went around scouting new talent for Hustler Magazine. Or so I was told.

Posted by: lowandslow at March 22, 2022 09:06 AM (qH6FZ)

244 As I mentioned on the Tech Thread, my city, and my employer, have lifted all vax requirements. My question is: When do I get an apology for being threatened with loss of my job last fall? There's been no indication, not even weasel wording, that they regret putting the screws to us; none. If I were a short-timer, within 2 weeks of retiring for example, I'd blast back at them and make sure as many people as possible saw it.

The hell of it is, all my co-workers are brainwashed in the Coof hysteria. they'll all look at me blankly if I mention this. Gah.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 22, 2022 09:06 AM (txdEq)

245 Everything with the bizarre "equality", employment demands, representation, etc. is understandable now. They have no idea that they're 12% of the population, so it makes sense that they think they should be half of everything.
Posted by: Moron Rubie - Enjoy your new DNA at March 22, 2022 09:02 AM (i/z3O)

It's even worse that once a black wins something, it becomes "a black must always win that" situation. Otherwise it is more racism.

Posted by: WiNO - Now Fortified with Fraud at March 22, 2022 09:07 AM (EpDzw)

246 Moki prayers sent, this has been a tough decade.

Posted by: sven at March 22, 2022 09:07 AM (Lzpvj)

247 You don't "take on" the so-called Squad. It's a tar baby of venal stupidity. Arguing with them only makes you dumber.

The only way to win is to stand back point, and laugh.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 22, 2022 09:07 AM (KFZTQ)

248 >>>But it completely ignores that Trump is fundamentally changing the Republican party by bringing a whole new slate of people into the party and increasingly into office. Like him or hate him there is no denying is the leader of the party right now and candidates across the country are battling for his endorsement as hard as for campaign cash because it is gold.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 22, 2022 08:56 AM (ZLI7S)
-------------------

In TX, Trump has turned Rio Grande, Democrat, Hispanic, border counties from the beginning Red.
Trump supporting red.

Trump is bringing Trump supporting candidates all over the nation into the House and Senate.

If you go out and vote for them. A non vote is a vote for the Republican, the Trump opponent.

Posted by: Braenyard at March 22, 2022 09:07 AM (XOzuR)

249 The Salton Sea *should* be a gold mine, it will never be allowed to be by the EPA.
Posted by: sven at March 22, 2022 08:56 AM (Lzpvj)

Wasn't Sonny Bono involved in trying to save the Salton Sea back in the day?

Before he wrestled with that tree and lost.

More coffee.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 22, 2022 09:07 AM (Sdlpf)

250 My question is: When do I get an apology for being threatened with loss of my job last fall? There's been no indication, not even weasel wording, that they regret putting the screws to us; none.

*

You misunderstand, friend. YOU are the reason the pandemic lasted as long as it did, and YOU should be the one apologizing to them.

Posted by: Moron Rubie - Enjoy your new DNA at March 22, 2022 09:07 AM (i/z3O)

251 I remember when the Tea Party revolution changed the GOP to what we wanted.

Oh, wait...
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at March 22, 2022 09:02 AM (fvJFK)

The treatment of the Tea Party was an early heads up for how MAGA would be treated if given a chance. The GOP is not a conservative party nor is it one which embraces populism.

Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at March 22, 2022 09:08 AM (y7DUB)

252 248 Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 22, 2022 09:07 AM (KFZTQ)

They get what they want...a lot.

The democrats are never held accountable for their lunatics so they have a built in political advantage.

Posted by: sven at March 22, 2022 09:08 AM (Lzpvj)

253
The movie "The Salton Sea" I thought was rather a good film noir. Val Kilmer and Vince D'Onofrio.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 22, 2022 09:09 AM (s2VJv)

254 What is a Woodsman?
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Someone Oz never did give nothing to that he didn't, didn't already have??

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at March 22, 2022 09:09 AM (UHVv4)

255 Prayers up, Moki.

Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at March 22, 2022 09:09 AM (y7DUB)

256 We argue Trump vs DeSantis. The GOPe still thinks there is a place for JEB or maybe Pedro Bush in Tx. Or, 3rd look at Marco?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 22, 2022 09:09 AM (qnVBz)

257 250 Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 22, 2022 09:07 AM (Sdlpf)

Yup....

the Salton Sea should be producing 600,000 tons of Lithium a year worth roughly 7.2 billion bucks.

Remember that when a donkey gets preachy at you about EVs.

Posted by: sven at March 22, 2022 09:10 AM (Lzpvj)

258 239 America is originally, irredeemably sinful. That is the article of faith of the Progressives in my orbit. It is their religion. Nothing can change their minds. "

This is a good reminder that all leftism, especially Marxism, is just a corrupted, twisted version of Christianity with all the serial numbers filed off. Christianity teaches that all men are sinful, that you can never earn your salvation, and therefore you must trust God and accept his mercy and forgiveness.

Leftism teaches that all men and all institutions are sinful, but there is no God, so you have to work constantly to display your guilt and provide for your own salvation. (which can never be achieved, of course)

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 22, 2022 09:10 AM (evAgx)

259 The donks play to win and we play to play.
Posted by: sven at March 22, 2022 09:02 AM (Lzpvj)

The older generation has a huge degree of respect for the process. The younger generation has no respect at all ... look where it brought them.

In 2010 I prayed of some kind of death of the media industry. It can't be reformed, just end it. I wanted it to happen in just a few years, but expected it to take 30. The media is hitting my best expectations, most people don't believe it anymore.

The capture of the government in the name of criminal graft might not end swiftly. That might by 30 or 100 years. Ugh.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 22, 2022 09:10 AM (44ww/)

260 You know Ted Cruz' little speech would've been full of win, if if if he'd gone just one step further.

And that would've been if he'd said something along the lines of "We, Republicans will not follow the Democrats in baseless personal accusations. We will look directly at Judge Jackson's record of being soft onand excusing the seriousness of the crimes of known pedophiles, as well as her terrible record of antipathy toward both the Constitution and the Amendments to the Constitution. And I am sure once these are known that she will not be confirmed."

That would've been staking a flag and acting like a leader.

Unfortunately, what Cruz did was more weak-sauce, passive-aggressive whining with no power or thought of action behind it.

Fail.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 22, 2022 09:10 AM (5NkmN)

261 It isn't going to happen overnight but the party is definitely changing. Not all of the new people will be great, some are loose cannons and some will disappoint and there is a lot of dead wood to get rid of but the party is completely different than it was 8 years ago. We now argue about Trump vs DeSantis not McCain vs Romney. Not the same party at all.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 22, 2022 08:56 AM (ZLI7S)
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Look at DeSantis and see what a difference one person can make across the entire nation.

Imagine if people didn't turnout to vote for him and Gillum had won. DeSantis winning is like the good domino effect.

Voting matters.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 22, 2022 09:11 AM (NpAcC)

262 221 What is a Woodsman?

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 22, 2022 08:57 AM (yrol0)
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Remington 742 w/ removable magazine available in several calibers.

Posted by: Braenyard at March 22, 2022 09:11 AM (XOzuR)

263 Good morning Moron Horde!

Posted by: Inogame at March 22, 2022 09:11 AM (53oGX)

264 My question is: When do I get an apology for being threatened with loss of my job last fall? There's been no indication, not even weasel wording, that they regret putting the screws to us; none.
****

Why on earth would you want a lame and insincere "apology" from those who did this maliciously? The call for apologies can't be real. The goal, should one exist, be monetary compensation and the legal and financial destruction of these people. To even publicly adopt a strategy where they "live to fight another day" hurts us in the long run.

Posted by: CN at March 22, 2022 09:11 AM (ONvIw)

265 As I mentioned on the Tech Thread, my city, and my employer, have lifted all vax requirements. My question is: When do I get an apology for being threatened with loss of my job last fall? There's been no indication, not even weasel wording, that they regret putting the screws to us; none. ...
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 22, 2022 09:06 AM (txdEq)
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It will never happen. Not today, not next century, never. They were right and just looking out for you. They weren't tyrants and you weren't correctly skeptical or righteously opposed. They weren't wrong. Ever.

You will get no apology. You will not get an acknowledgement of wrongdoing. You will not even get statement about how things "could have been handled better." No one will ever speak any single word that would even run the risk of identifying what they did or the humiliation they put you through. If you actually got the shots not because you wanted them but because they forced you to, you will get no apology for that, either. You will get no compensation if you were harmed by it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 22, 2022 09:12 AM (DU+/6)

266 The movie "The Salton Sea" I thought was rather a good film noir. Val Kilmer and Vince D'Onofrio.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 22, 2022 09:09 AM (s2VJv)

Yup. One of the best modern noirs.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 22, 2022 09:12 AM (5NkmN)

267 I saw a story about a guy who accidentally fed himself into a wood chipper and died, I don't think he was a woodsman.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at March 22, 2022 09:13 AM (fvJFK)

268 261 Posted by: naturalfake at March 22, 2022 09:10 AM (5NkmN)

We do not have the votes, we can argue about why that is, we can hate the weak GOPers, we can rage at their feckless behavior in the face of the absolute JIHAD posture they look past the left on on nominees, but we cannot really stop her because they do not want her stopped.

Hitting her too hard no matter how justified will give Mule-o a bloody shirt to wave.

The donk is shameless so they will pretend and the media will go along "that any attack on a nominee is unprecedented."

Until the media collusion with the communists is fixed there is no there there.

Posted by: sven at March 22, 2022 09:13 AM (Lzpvj)

269 The Squad are thugs. Bullies. You don't beat a street fighting mob violence Clodius Pulcher with the haughty oration of a Cicero. You drown him out with a Milo of your own.

You can't argue sense against nonsense.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 22, 2022 09:14 AM (KFZTQ)

270 I disagree. Were it not for LBJ and the War on Poverty, black Americans were on track for full integration and elevation to the middle class and beyond by the late 60s.

LBJ and the Dems put them all back in chains and worse.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 22, 2022 08:43 AM (s2VJv)

Ah, so essentially you are saying blacks have no self-determination. Whites still control whether they succeed or fail. Got it.

Posted by: WiNO - Now Fortified with Fraud at March 22, 2022 09:14 AM (EpDzw)

271 Re-watched a flawed but still favorite 70s movie last night, "Who'll Stop the Rain." One of the great lines by Nick Nolte as an ex-Marine: "I'm done taking shit from inferior people."

Posted by: Ordinary American at March 22, 2022 09:14 AM (H8QX8)

272 Things post-2000 make a whole lot more sense now that I know that they honestly, truly believe they are 50-60% of the population.
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I'd be careful with this. I think it's just an outgroup grudge.

People have a really hard time with numbers above 100. Its part of the reason politicians say things like, '40 billion people died yesterday of covid.'

They simply can't comprehend the numbers so anything big sounds ok. Proportions are lost on them completely. If you asked most people what 35 out of a hundred is they'd be totally lost. Dunno...50%?

Posted by: MJ at March 22, 2022 09:14 AM (zwDuR)

273 When do I get an apology for being threatened with loss of my job last fall?"

Judge Smails has an answer for you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuNJq_wI1ns

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 22, 2022 09:15 AM (evAgx)

274 City of Miami Beach declares stae of emergency and curfew after shootings left five wounded during spring break.

That seems like alot for the equivalent of a weekday afternoon in Chicago.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at March 22, 2022 09:16 AM (UHVv4)

275 I am happy that Ukraine admits to placing artillery in residential areas

Posted by: CN at March 22, 2022 09:16 AM (ONvIw)

276 Work hard and earn an honest living, or whine until you are given free shit?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 22, 2022 09:17 AM (qnVBz)

277 270 I disagree. Were it not for LBJ and the War on Poverty, black Americans were on track for full integration and elevation to the middle class and beyond by the late 60s.

LBJ and the Dems put them all back in chains and worse.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 22, 2022 08:43 AM (s2VJv)
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I agree 100%.
I watched it. It is as if it were a planned op designed to stop their progress.

Posted by: Braenyard at March 22, 2022 09:17 AM (XOzuR)

278 So I now finally understand something about the 1870s.

https://youtu.be/0vARd-Vnwbo

The Irish had their capital drowned in whiskey, and the entire political leadership suffered fetal alcohol syndrome.

Posted by: sven at March 22, 2022 09:17 AM (Lzpvj)

279 Ah, so essentially you are saying blacks have no self-determination. Whites still control whether they succeed or fail. Got it.


I see your point here, but want to also point out that the same dynamic is taking place in White populations, for the same reasons.

It's about economic subsidies and govt-induced entropies everywhere but the major urban areas.

Posted by: Black Orchid at March 22, 2022 09:18 AM (j9HX3)

280 Ah, so essentially you are saying blacks have no self-determination. Whites still control whether they succeed or fail. Got it.
Posted by: WiNO - Now Fortified with Fraud at March 22, 2022 09:14 AM (EpDzw)

Don't get precious. You know damn well how the new urban plantation built by the Great Society works. It's a political problem, not a genetic problem. Insinuating that JJ is racist is laughable.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 22, 2022 09:18 AM (KFZTQ)

281 275 Posted by: CN at March 22, 2022 09:16 AM (ONvIw)

Wh? They will suffer no price for it, and it changes nothing.

Posted by: sven at March 22, 2022 09:18 AM (Lzpvj)

282 My dad worked hard but wasn't given as much as this other person who I don't think worked as hard. Therefore the whole system is broken and i need free shit.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 22, 2022 09:18 AM (qnVBz)

283 The movie "The Salton Sea" I thought was rather a good film noir. Val Kilmer and Vince D'Onofrio.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 22, 2022 09:09 AM (s2VJv)

I liked it...that was some tat on Kilmers back.

Posted by: BignJames at March 22, 2022 09:18 AM (AwYPR)

284 An apology suggests an admission of guilt. If there was a course of action available, those affected should just go after the money and property. It's the only language they understand, and why they did it in the first place.

Posted by: CN at March 22, 2022 09:18 AM (ONvIw)

285 I disagree. Were it not for LBJ and the War on Poverty, black Americans were on track for full integration and elevation to the middle class and beyond by the late 60s.

LBJ and the Dems put them all back in chains and worse.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 22, 2022 08:43 AM (s2VJv)

Ah, so essentially you are saying blacks have no self-determination. Whites still control whether they succeed or fail. Got it.
Posted by: WiNO - Now Fortified with Fraud at March 22, 2022 09:14 AM (EpDzw)

No, what I think J.J. is saying and what most conservatives have been saying for 50 years is that the left and democrats deliberately made many people of color depended on Gov handouts, set asides, affirmative action, and quotas to control them

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 22, 2022 09:19 AM (d0Qel)

286 I watched it. It is as if it were a planned op designed to stop their progress.

*

It's like they planned to have them voting Democrat for years or something.

Posted by: Moron Rubie - Enjoy your new DNA at March 22, 2022 09:19 AM (i/z3O)

287 274 Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at March 22, 2022 09:16 AM (UHVv4)

Miami and Chicago have very different perceptions of possible safety.

Posted by: sven at March 22, 2022 09:19 AM (Lzpvj)

288 They simply can't comprehend the numbers so anything big sounds ok. Proportions are lost on them completely. If you asked most people what 35 out of a hundred is they'd be totally lost. Dunno...50%?
Posted by: MJ at March 22, 2022 09:14 AM (zwDuR)
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They'd get that fine. Asking a question like, "approximately how may is 16,160 out of 50,000" is where you'll get a wild guess. The number you're looking for is "32%" but when not dealing with even hundreds (or thousands, or millions, etc.), a lot of people will just pick a number out of the air. Looking at that and just doubling each number and dropping everything to the right of the comma requires that you be used to doing that, because most people haven't done it since grade school.

Like calculating a tip. Calculating 15% or 20% is hard, but calculating 10% is easy and deriving the next number is also easy. But if you're used to whipping out your phone or looking at the handy chart on the bottom of the receipt, it's hard to do. Even if you once knew how to do it (most do, unless they're going through school now), the skill atrophies if you don't use it. Most people don't need to use it, and so forget and then get rooked.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 22, 2022 09:19 AM (DU+/6)

289 245 Everything with the bizarre "equality", employment demands, representation, etc. is understandable now. They have no idea that they're 12% of the population, so it makes sense that they think they should be half of everything.
Posted by: Moron Rubie - Enjoy your new DNA at March 22, 2022 09:02 AM (i/z3O)

It's even worse that once a black wins something, it becomes "a black must always win that" situation. Otherwise it is more racism.
Posted by: WiNO - Now Fortified with Fraud at March 22, 2022 09:07 AM (EpDzw)

The derivative root of the noun, which gained stability in the English language during the 1300s, is Latin aequus, meaning "even," "fair," or "equal"; however, to be fair, it was introduced to English by the French.

You cannot at the starting line move line 10 yards or give another a 10 second head start an be FAIR.

I will never ever accept the new meaning!

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 22, 2022 09:20 AM (yrol0)

290
Wh? They will suffer no price for it, and it changes nothing.
Posted by: sven at March 22, 2022 09:18 AM (Lzpvj)

I'm still glad it's out there as is Zelenskyy's admission that he was asked to pretend that joining NATO was real.

Posted by: CN at March 22, 2022 09:20 AM (ONvIw)

291 274 City of Miami Beach declares stae of emergency and curfew after shootings left five wounded during spring break.

That seems like alot for the equivalent of a weekday afternoon in Chicago.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at March 22, 2022 09:16 AM (UHVv4)
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Shoot out at AR car show, first problem in 16 years.
There is a small cultural group that was once isolated and now moved into areas heretofore denied admittance.

Posted by: Braenyard at March 22, 2022 09:20 AM (XOzuR)

292 If one single GOP Senator votes to confirm, then they need to be primaried, replaced, put on the next cuck cruise and then we fire the torpedo.

Posted by: Roy at March 22, 2022 09:21 AM (48cDc)

293 They'd get that fine. Asking a question like, "approximately how may is 16,160 out of 50,000" is where you'll get a wild guess. The number you're looking for is "32%" but when not dealing with even hundreds (or thousands, or millions, etc.), a lot of people will just pick a number out of the air. Looking at that and just doubling each number and dropping everything to the right of the comma requires that you be used to doing that, because most people haven't done it since grade school.

I was told there would be no math.

Posted by: blaster at March 22, 2022 09:21 AM (9otr5)

294 Ah, so essentially you are saying blacks have no self-determination. Whites still control whether they succeed or fail. Got it.
Posted by: WiNO - Now Fortified with Fraud at March 22, 2022 09:14 AM (EpDzw)

There's an American white welfare ghetto and a Britsh one as well. Welfare used to be constructed more like a trap than it is today, but it still has lots of trap aspects in it. People respond to incentives, that's just economics.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at March 22, 2022 09:22 AM (z5Vrg)

295 >>>You cannot at the starting line move line 10 yards or give another a 10 second head start an be FAIR.

I will never ever accept the new meaning!
Posted by: rhennigantx
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We used to call that a handicap.

It handicap a permitted word today?

Posted by: Braenyard at March 22, 2022 09:22 AM (XOzuR)

296 292 If one single GOP Senator votes to confirm, then they need to be primaried, replaced, put on the next cuck cruise and then we fire the torpedo.
Posted by: Roy at March 22, 2022 09:21 AM (48cDc)

Welp you know that Romney, Collins, Murkoski, and Graham are going to vote yes.

I am betting that McConnell will also, which means maybe another 15 or so Republican votes.

Posted by: blaster at March 22, 2022 09:23 AM (9otr5)

297 People respond to incentives, that's just economics human nature.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy

FIFY

Posted by: Tonypete at March 22, 2022 09:23 AM (YmKky)

298 I was told there would be no math.
Posted by: blaster at March 22, 2022 09:21 AM (9otr5)
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That is true, and I broke a cardinal Blog Rule. I apologize for it. Here is a pretty girl as an act of contrition:
https://is.gd/ZrWU2h

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 22, 2022 09:23 AM (DU+/6)

299 We used to call that a handicap.

It handicap a permitted word today?
Posted by: Braenyard

I believe now it's referred to as "Differently abled".

Word salad all around us.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 22, 2022 09:24 AM (YmKky)

300 https://tinyurl.com/bdenm2e2

I was in Dumas a few weeks ago, I hope the nice lady from the Wal-Mart down the road is not hurt.

Implying that there is a "certain previously excluded demographic" is probably not true given it is 63% African-American.

Posted by: sven at March 22, 2022 09:25 AM (Lzpvj)

301 Swedish stabbings update: And, yes, it was Malmo -- I was going to have guessed that was the multicultural city but being unsure if it was in southern Sweden and out of natural laziness, I decided to let it go.

||Two teachers in their 50s have died after a violent attack at a secondary school in the southern Swedish city of Malmo, police say.

An 18-year-old student at the school has been arrested on suspicion of murder.

Local media report that the victims were stabbed, but no firearms were used in the attack.

The two women, employees of Malmo Latin School, were taken to hospital by ambulance but died of their injuries.||

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at March 22, 2022 09:25 AM (UHVv4)

302 Disagree, Sven.

You win and motivate people by action.

There will be Dims who live in Red and Purple (and maybe even possibly some Blue states) who will get lots of negative feedback and loss of votes if they dare to vote for a pedophile enabler to the Supreme Court.

Her confirmation may fail.

The media will have to answer Hypothetical Cruz and the Reps well-documented accusations. Their defense from the MSM and media can then be turned around with a simple question, "Well then, do you support these pedophile criminals and the lifelong harm they cause these children. Etc, Etc.

It's a win even if she's confirmed. No downside at all.
Cruz has a pretty safe seat. The Dims will just throw another lame-ass loser that no one wants, so fire away Ted. Be a leader if that's what you want.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 22, 2022 09:25 AM (5NkmN)

303 That is true, and I broke a cardinal Blog Rule. I apologize for it. Here is a pretty girl as an act of contrition:
https://is.gd/ZrWU2h
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 22, 2022 09:23 AM (DU+/6)

Considers....

We'll allow it.

Posted by: blaster at March 22, 2022 09:25 AM (9otr5)

304 We used to call that a handicap.

It handicap a permitted word today?

Posted by: Braenyard at March 22, 2022 09:22 AM (XOzuR)

In golf...for the sandbaggers.

Posted by: BignJames at March 22, 2022 09:26 AM (AwYPR)

305 Josh Hawley
@HawleyMO 24m
One piece of misinformation I hope we don't hear from Dems today: the claim Judge Jackson followed "probation" guidelines in sentencing child porn offenders. There are no probation guidelines. Probation advice is private. Not uniform. Not available to public.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 22, 2022 09:26 AM (NpAcC)

306 Referencing Senator Josh Hawley's (R-MO) claims that Judge Jackson had a "soft on crime" approach to dealing with sex offenders, Durbin argued that such accusations were "baseless" and "unfair."


Hawley should be prepared for Durbin the call up another of his nutjobs for a hit on him. Head on a swivel, Josh.

Posted by: G'rump928(c), not an Ace endorsed commenter at March 22, 2022 09:26 AM (yQpMk)

307 It will never happen. Not today, not next century, never. They were right and just looking out for you. They weren't tyrants and you weren't correctly skeptical or righteously opposed. They weren't wrong. Ever.

You will get no apology. You will not get an acknowledgement of wrongdoing. You will not even get statement about how things "could have been handled better.". . .
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 22, 2022

I didn't expect it. This among many other reasons is why I have lost all respect for my long-time employer. The admiration I once felt for it, for its other employees and services? Gone.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 22, 2022 09:27 AM (txdEq)

308 McConnell is an old fat shark with 15 sucker fish riding on his belly.

Posted by: Braenyard at March 22, 2022 09:28 AM (XOzuR)

309 Ketanji Brown Jackson says that before she sentences a child porn criminal, she chastises them to make them understand what harm they did.

I'll bet each and every one of those criminals before her took that to heart and banished all thoughts of pedophilia and making money from pedophilia from every neuron in their brains. Never again will they think of those acts!

Yeah, NOT. These people always believe words and feelings are supreme.

Posted by: Gref at March 22, 2022 09:28 AM (AMIL/)

310 Shoot out at AR car show


I'd like to have an AR car.

Posted by: G'rump928(c), not an Ace endorsed commenter at March 22, 2022 09:29 AM (yQpMk)

311 302 Posted by: naturalfake at March 22, 2022 09:25 AM (5NkmN)

I get what you are saying, I said get your licks in but Mooch MacDonald decided I think to let her get out of committee.

It's done.

Posted by: sven at March 22, 2022 09:30 AM (Lzpvj)

312 . . . Asking a question like, "approximately how many is 16,160 out of 50,000" is where you'll get a wild guess. The number you're looking for is "32%" . . .

***
At a wild guess, I'd have thought 1/3 or 33%, as 16 is one-third of 48. Close enough for government work, right?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 22, 2022 09:30 AM (txdEq)

313 I'd like to have an AR car.

Posted by: G'rump928(c), not an Ace endorsed commenter at March 22, 2022 09:29 AM (yQpMk)

Ar Ar Ar.....that's funny.

Posted by: BignJames at March 22, 2022 09:30 AM (AwYPR)

314 Ketanji Brown Jackson says that before she sentences a child porn criminal, she chastises them to make them understand what harm they did.

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The anti-corporal punishment played out.

Posted by: SH (Overturn Roe) at March 22, 2022 09:31 AM (sX1BW)

315 Apparently the White House just acknowledged that food shortages are coming.

Which, if they admit it, means things are going to be really bad.

Posted by: Moron Rubie - Enjoy your new DNA at March 22, 2022 09:31 AM (i/z3O)

316 "America is originally, irredeemably sinful. That is the article of faith of the Progressives in my orbit. It is their religion."

and the State Religion is enforced by judges and the DC (including DOJ/FBI) Enforcers.

What DeepState has and is doing to destroy the land of Liberty is in many ways, worse than what Putin is doing to Ukraine. DeepState/oligarchs are (have?) forcibly taking over this country, inserting enemy combatants, criminalizing "Whiteness" and Christianity.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 22, 2022 09:31 AM (Cus5s)

317 Biden Says the Quiet Part Out Loud

"Listen, Fat, it's gonna be a new world order!"

Considering George HW Bush started advertising the NWO in 1988 I'm not sure the world order they have in mind is all that new.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 22, 2022 09:31 AM (ZGrMX)

318 Linsey Graham can turn into a fire-breather and sink this nomination. He still needs to go. It was theater from the start.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 22, 2022 09:31 AM (44ww/)

319 My kinda contrition!

Posted by: Squidster at March 22, 2022 09:32 AM (/laOj)

320 NOOD.

Rock art.

Posted by: Sponge - Trudeau is Asshoe! at March 22, 2022 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)

321 Ars gratia artis

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 22, 2022 09:32 AM (txdEq)

322 I'd like to have an AR car.

Posted by: G'rump928(c), not an Ace endorsed commenter at March 22, 2022 09:29 AM (yQpMk)


When you buy or make one, do not install the bayonet lug because then you won't be able to drive it in California.

Posted by: Gref at March 22, 2022 09:32 AM (AMIL/)

323 Which, if they admit it, means things are going to be really bad.

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Or, for them, very good. Keeping the peasants hungry and needing the government is what statists live for.

Posted by: SH (Overturn Roe) at March 22, 2022 09:33 AM (sX1BW)

324 Check out the Tucker Carlson Today interview with Michael Gableman from Wisconsin. The election was indeed stolen and it might be ok to say in mixed company soon.

Posted by: Ethan Saunders at March 22, 2022 09:33 AM (W1E3x)

325 Dealt with what I call "black ass attitude" in the grocery store last night. Did give her a "dis" sound but wanted to actually say something to her but bitch was wearing a mask. Don't need to talk shit to someone who's face I can see. I used to have absolute respect for black Americans that deserved it, however, if they want to think every white is scum then they shall reap what they sow.

Posted by: sidney at March 22, 2022 09:34 AM (LJJah)

326 McConnell thinks it's still 1822 and the Republic has decorum in government. He's more comfortable with "gentleman's rules" than he is with the street fighting, back stabbing and viciousness of the left.

Like many in the GOP, they are afraid of the "new" left.

What they should be is repulsed by it and grab the nearest tire iron.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 22, 2022 09:34 AM (BFigT)

327 Norm MacDonald's book has an episode near the Salton Sea. I felt like I was missing a movie reference.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 22, 2022 09:34 AM (44ww/)

328 One disappointment in last night's Ohio GOP Senate debate was that nobody opposed Turtle being Senate majority leader. Unless I misheard things that doesn't sound MAGA to me.

Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at March 22, 2022 09:35 AM (y7DUB)

329 As I mentioned on the Tech Thread, my city, and my employer, have lifted all vax requirements. My question is: When do I get an apology for being threatened with loss of my job last fall?

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Like a fart in the wind, Covid just vanished.

Posted by: SH (Overturn Roe) at March 22, 2022 09:35 AM (sX1BW)

330 Look at DeSantis and see what a difference one person can make across the entire nation.

Hilariously, a good friend who is a prominent New Jersey Democrat now living in Florida just spent the last fifteen minutes telling me how he loves Florida, loves the freedom, loves the whole enchilada, and so when I said "hey, you should vote for DeSantis for President", he stopped talking, bewildered by his own enthusiasm. His tribal response is to hate DeSantis. What to do.....

I think Republicans could potentially draw a lot of Democrat votes, so long as they act bravely and act MAGA. Going the McConnell route, and saying nothing, is the same old, same old, and only invites the tribal reaction from Democrats.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at March 22, 2022 09:35 AM (F6iF3)

331 "At a wild guess, I'd have thought 1/3 or 33%, as 16 is one-third of 48. Close enough for government work, right?"

"16,160 out of 50,000" ... the convenient thing is the 50, so double both numbers, remove some zeroes. 32.32%.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 22, 2022 09:35 AM (Cus5s)

332 I think Republicans could potentially draw a lot of Democrat votes, so long as they act bravely and act MAGA. Going the McConnell route, and saying nothing, is the same old, same old, and only invites the tribal reaction from Democrats.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at March 22, 2022 09:35 AM (F6iF3)

I agree with this. Leadership is not assumed, it's demonstrated.
Look at who advocates hardest for not giving the enemy ammo against you, and the other canard about not interrupting an enemy making a mistake. It's almost always the cuck crew.

Posted by: Inogame at March 22, 2022 09:37 AM (53oGX)

333 His tribal response is to hate DeSantis. What to do.....

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My response to this friend would be to engage with him. Ask him questions. But only because you say he is a friend and he loves Florida. People need to come to their own conclusions to really convert. Sometimes it can take time.

Posted by: SH (Overturn Roe) at March 22, 2022 09:38 AM (sX1BW)

334 Trump is actively campaigning against McConnell.

I think he wants Scott from FL to take McConnell's place.

Posted by: Braenyard at March 22, 2022 09:40 AM (XOzuR)

335 At a wild guess, I'd have thought 1/3 or 33%, as 16 is one-third of 48. Close enough for government work, right?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 22, 2022 09:30 AM (txdEq)
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Sure, and still gets you close. It's an approach that also works well enough to get you in the ballpark. But that is essentially the same idea of doing a two-step manipulation to arrive at an estimate. And if you're not used to doing that, it's really hard even if you were taught to do it once upon a time.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 22, 2022 09:42 AM (DU+/6)

336 So I just heard on the radio that a lot of the statues that were torn down by the BLM and antifa f*ckers are being carted around the country as "art" exhibits.

Posted by: Moron Rubie - Enjoy your new DNA at March 22, 2022 09:45 AM (i/z3O)

337 336 Posted by: Moron Rubie - Enjoy your new DNA at March 22, 2022 09:45 AM (i/z3O)

conquering armies do that....

Posted by: sven at March 22, 2022 09:46 AM (Lzpvj)

338 Tornado Warnings going up from Shreveport to Lake Charles....

if you are in the ArkLaTex time to hunker down....

or drive to McDonald's and get breakfast....

do not be like Sven kids.

Posted by: sven at March 22, 2022 09:47 AM (Lzpvj)

339 336 So I just heard on the radio that a lot of the statues that were torn down by the BLM and antifa f*ckers are being carted around the country as "art" exhibits.
Posted by: Moron Rubie - Enjoy your new DNA at March 22, 2022 09:45 AM (i/z3O)


Must be their homage to 1936 Nazi Germany's "Entartekunst" exhibit: "Degenerate Art."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 22, 2022 10:02 AM (s2VJv)

340 I often wonder what people like Fatima and Matthew Graves chat about at their cocktail parties, whence amongst friends. Or, after the party when it's just the two of them cleaning up. Oh who an I kidding, they have staff to clean up. Probably paid by our tax dollars some how.

Posted by: Paladin at March 22, 2022 10:58 AM (CE4w9)

341 Sex offender registries might actually violate the rights of the offender and encourage extra-judicial retaliation. I understand (duh!) why people make exceptions for sex offenders, but the punishment is supposed to be the punishment and when it's over its supposed to be over. If the judgement isn't long enough, then it should be longer, not farmed out to angry citizens. If we can justify keeping them in jail, keep them in jail.

Lets not confuse "what I really want because these people are monsters" with what the law or constitution allows.

I could be right about offender registries or wrong about offender registries, but that's the issue isn't it?, it's either I'm right or I'm wrong, objectively, and not that I'm (quite justifiably) angry enough.

Posted by: Synova at March 22, 2022 02:27 PM (BD/yx)

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