The Morning Report - 4/19/22

Good morning, kids. Tuesday and the good news is that a federal judge in Florida, and a Trump appointee to boot, threw out the junta's mask mandate for airline travel. On the other side of the ledger, SCOTUS ruled against an Air Force colonel who objected to getting the injection over religious reasons. While Cheap Justice Roberts naturally ruled with the other Maoist hacks-in-black, Trump appointees Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett joined them. What an infuriating farce this whole thing is. It does illustrate two separate issues, aside from the efficacy of masks and vaccinations, the latter being less and less effective as time goes on (and provably poisonous in more instances than our overlords want us to know) and the former about as effective a prophylaxis as chainlink fences are in shielding one from fleas.

First, even when government is prevented from inflicting its edicts on the citizenry by the courts does it carry over to the private sector? As small business is either wiped out or absorbed into larger and larger corporations, whose c-suites are more and more in line with the globalist agenda, they become de facto enactors and enforcers of policies that either are (or at least were not too long ago) politically toxic or judicially dubious. As a case in point, I noticed a job posting for a freelance gig that was completely remote yet the employer required any hire to be vaccinated. Aside from the obvious lunacy, what gives them that right? If mandates are no longer required in restaurants, theaters and museums in NYC for example, why are they still enforceable in the workplace? These are all rhetorical questions, of course. It's completely illogical and capricious.

The second issue this brings up is the nature of the Judiciary itself. The Founders never intended for a nine-person panel (assuming it remains unpacked) to act as the ultimate Oracle of Delphi to make irreversible decisions that affect every man, woman and child in the nation for all time. And yet, that is exactly what happens every June as their decrees are handed down. 99% of the time, they all go in one direction: Left. The other one percent of the time they go Hard Left. Even with originalists or strict constructionists on the court, somehow the Constitution remains a "living and breathing" document. Ironic since those who regard it as such and those who have put them on the bench have dedicated themselves to that document's death.

You have to wonder about those who look at Roe v. Wade as absolutely inviolable would feel the same way about Plessy v. Ferguson, Korematsu or even Dred Scott. If, God-willing, Roe is struck down, aside from the insane reaction from the Ba'al worshippers, do you think that Leftist attorneys general will prosecute abortionists in their jurisdiction?

In anticipation of a possible U.S. Supreme Court reversal of Roe v. Wade Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer and the state's radical attorney general, Democrat Dana Nessel, have launched a pre-emptive two-pronged attack on the existing state law that criminalizes most abortions.  Last Thursday, Whitmer filed a lawsuit demanding judicial recognition of abortion as a protected right under the Michigan constitution.

The same day, Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit to block enforcement of the 1931 law, naming Nessel, in her capacity as attorney general, as a defendant.  In transparent coordination with Whitmer and Planned Parenthood, Nessel, the same day, announced in an "impromptu" press conference her refusal to defend against Planned Parenthood's lawsuit.  In a move described as "highly unusual," she also said "she will not even set up a conflict wall in her office to defend the case, not unless or until she is ordered by a court."

Highly unusual, but not for Dana Nessel, who navigates the intricacies of the law the way a power mower navigates a field of daisies.  Her long, loud advocacy for unrestricted legal abortion, which includes her campaign promise not to prosecute abortionists under the 1931 law if Roe is overturned, means she's got a glaring conflict of interest . . .

. . . This tag-team approach, an example of collusive litigation, has become a Democrat specialty.  You see it when activists file a "friendly lawsuit" against a state (or the federal government) with a Democrat attorney general, who then either settles in the activists' favor or refuses to defend the lawsuit, handing the activists what they want by default.

We saw this tactic when Democrats changed voting rules in North Carolina in 2020 to tip the election.  The extralegal changes, first imposed on the pretext of a [Chinese] COVID emergency, were made permanent by "a legal settlement agreement entered into by Democrat N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein and the majority-Democrat State Board of Elections with plaintiffs represented by well-known Democrat lawyer Marc Elias" — a virtual "'one-party deal that circumvented the legislature'" . . .

. . . Nessel is claiming that her refusal to defend the Michigan abortion law, or prosecute anyone who violates it, lies within her "prosecutorial discretion as to whether to file charges against someone."  We've seen similar claims from "Trojan horse prosecutors" who won state and local elections thanks to millions poured into their campaigns by [Nazi collaborator and convicted felon] George Soros.

But these claims about prosecutorial discretion are bunk.  Last summer, Senator Tom Cotton wrote that refusing to charge criminals for entire categories of crimes "transform[s] prosecutorial discretion into prosecutorial nullification."  The power "to emphasize or deemphasize the importance and severity of certain criminal prosecutions" doesn't give them the power of "unilateral fiat to abolish laws they don't like.  The legislative branch is solely empowered to repeal laws, not prosecutors" . . .

. . .But power-drunk officeholders like Whitmer and Nessel, if they're allowed to get away with it, will impose their own policy preferences on the entire state, consulting nothing more than their own partisan agenda.

Note the section I emphasized above. This was the same sort of tactic Obama and Holder used to finance their political hit squads. Use the DOJ to go after political enemies like oil companies, pharmaceuticals, banks, what-have-you for alleged discriminatory practices, irrespective of whether these companies engaged in them or not. Of course, they did; it has to be racism! Exxon may be worth billions but Uncle Sugar and his consigliere are worth TRILLIONS. And just like that, Johnny Fontaine's boss signs the deal cutting him loose. But instead of him getting a check, Obama and Holder get it. And they pass it on to BLM, Antifa, Color of Change, the NAACP etc. etc., and at the same time all manner of radicals, deviants, incompetents, freaks and geeks get a seat in the C-suite. It's essentially the same racket that Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton perfected and got filthy rich off of. While that was penny ante stuff in comparison, it was horribly damaging to society.

These days of course, with non-stop Marxist indoctrination from pre-K through post-grad, the racket might actually become a thing of the past. And thus, we come full Psaki-Psircle back to my original point of the so-called private sector becoming not just the enforcers of Leftist policies that heretofore had a snowball's chance in Hell of passing in Congress or even the bureaucracy or by executive order, but the actual government itself.

When you look at the words and deeds of individuals like the aforementioned Nazi collaborator Soros, Klaus Schwab of the WEF and Blackrock's Larry Fink to name the biggest of the big three (and there are many more of course), then much of what I'm talking about comes into sharper focus. Seen in that light, much if not all of what's going on in the world today looks quite different from what we're being led to believe. It does not in any way, shape or form excuse the actions of bad actors, but it does help to explain who's zoomin' who.

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

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• Richard Fernandez: "If anything is to blame for the sad state of the world with its energy shortages, looming famines, public health theater, inflation, and war, it is Bad Luck."
  Prisoners of Our Own Device
  
• Julie Kelly: "In its myopic mission to punish political dissidents, the Justice Department and D.C courts are destroying the basic tenets of American jurisprudence and liberty."
  Mom of J6 Political Prisoner: "We Are Half Alive"

THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
• "Joe Biden’s thoughtless, casual, and inflated rhetoric is taking America to the brink of war." (as intended by his controllers and too many fools allegedly on our side - jjs)
  "Genocide" Is Not a Throwaway Term of Abuse
  
• Eastern Orthodox faithful begin their Holy Week with hope: “God is with Ukraine.”
  Ukraine Updates: Russia Attacks Lviv in Western Ukraine, Killing at Least Seven
  
• "Data points so far on Putin’s war on Ukraine."
  Sinking the Moskva
  
• "They do understand you, but you don’t understand them."
  Li-Mu Emu and Vlad
  
• "It should be equally clear that the [junta's] interest in empowering the ICC has more to do with the Democrat Party’s irresponsible infatuation with multilateralism and world bodies like the United Nations than indignation about Russian misbehavior."
  Biden's Solution to Punishing Russia for War Crimes Would Harm America

  DEMOCRAT WAR ON OIL, THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• "As the feckless Biden [junta] continues to gaslight, spin, and deflect blame for the soaring cost of living in the United States, most Americans are being forced to tighten their belts and cut back on everyday purchases like food and gasoline. And since the current U.S. Misery Index is higher than the previous month’s index of 11.67%, the economic situation is certainly not improving for the average American family’s wallet."
  Biden's Economic Policies Push the U.S. Misery Index Ever Higher
  
• "There is no end in sight to the painfully high energy costs or inflation that Americans are now enduring because of your failed policies."
  16 Republican States Demand Biden Reinstate Keystone XL Pipeline (just 16? - jjs)
  
• "All that’s needed is for Mr. Biden to reverse some disastrous regulatory decisions."
  Here’s How Gas Prices Could Come Down Fast
  
• "Prices were surging long before Russian troops entered Ukraine. Furthermore, Putin did not stop exporting food and gas; it was the Biden [junta] and Congress that imposed sanctions, making U.S. consumers suffer additional price increases. The blame for the economic effects lies with the U.S. government, not Russia."
  Ron Paul Op-Ed: Blame Powell, Not Putin or "Greedy" Corporations, for Price Hikes
  
• "Crenshaw is also widely credited as a leading CRT scholar. CRT holds that America is fundamentally racist, yet it teaches people to view every social interaction and person in terms of race. Its adherents pursue “antiracism” through the end of merit, objective truth and the adoption of race-based policies." (what's with these crackpots and Predator dreadlocks? - jjs)
  White House Economic Report Cites Leading Crackpot Race Theorist
  
• "The latest price surge comes as Europe scrambles to replace Russian natural gas with that from other countries, including the U.S., amid the ongoing invasion of Ukraine."
  U.S. Natural Gas Prices Soar to Highest Since 2008
  
• "The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration created a program to help recruit and train more young truck drivers but is set to ruin its own well-intentioned plan with — you guessed it — bureaucracy."
  The Biden Junta Ignores Trucking Industry Recommendations for a New Driver Training Program

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

• "The Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club, Earthjustice and at least 12 other leading organizations expressed their disappointment, arguing the action suggested the [junta] wasn’t serious about tackling climate change. The groups said the oil and gas leasing program should be permanently ended." (they'll have more flexibility after the midterms - jjs)
  "Unconscionable": Environmental Groups Rip Biden Over Oil, Gas Drilling Restart
  
• "It’s amazing, what a ginned-up 'climate crisis' can justify. The Forces of Light are deconstructing the second-hand clothing market for your own good, you see. And naturally, as with any other 'green' initiative, an already thriving industry will be taken from the hands of those who built it and run it and transferred to the woke corporate counterparts of the bureaucrats who cooked up the rationale for doing so."
  Busybody Do-Gooders Poised to Wreck Yet Another Industry

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

• “Brian has already been an important leader in the Black Lives Matter movement."
  Daniel Greenfield: NY’s BLM Lt. Gov Who Backed Police Defunding Busted for Bribery
  
• "Black men are the unwitting cannon fodder for the left, who pretend to defend them. The left pushes [its] '400 years of slavery' myth to keep black people angry at white people. They also propagate the delusion that cops are 'hunting black men' to make sure that black men will continue to fight the cops and die. If, and when, black men stop resisting, and dying, BLM big-wigs will have to get jobs and Soros will have failed in his lifelong dream of bringing communism to the United States."
  If the Left Wanted to Save Black Lives, They'd Teach Young Black Men to Not Resist Arrest Instead of Making Heroes Out of Dead Thugs
  
• "[China] must surely be laughing heartily as the United States continues to degrade its military forces in the name of politics."
  Biden’s Equity Plan for the Military Amounts to a Catastrophic Purge
  
• Late last month, Kychelle Del Rosario, a fourth-year student at Wake Forest University’s School of Medicine, bragged in a tweet about how she was drawing blood from a patient. But after the patient laughed at her “She/Her” pronoun pin, Del Rosario added, “I missed his vein, so he had to get stuck twice.”
  "Woke" Med Student Suspended After Implying She Deliberately Hurt Patient
  
• "The suspect is a black supremacist. THAT'S awkward."
  Paul Joseph Watson Video: The Brooklyn Subway Attack

  AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY

• 23 stopped, but how many got through unchecked?
  Report: 23 Migrants From Terror List Stopped at Southern Border in 2021
  
• "Democrat Michigan Sen. Gary Peters [whose seat was stolen from John James] said [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Joe Biden should delay Title 42’s expiration date if he doesn’t have a plan when it ends, according to Politico."
  Top Senate Dem Breaks Rank With Biden Junta Over Latest Immigration Decision
  
• The 210,000 people arrested marks "the highest monthly total in two decades," since February 2000, said [Reuters].
  Report: 210,000 Illegal Aliens Arrested at U.S.-Mexico Border in March
  
• "In the span of just nine days, Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke, a Democrat, has taken several different positions on Title 42 — a public health-related immigration provision that allows expedited deportation for illegal immigrants who enter the country."
  Irish Mickey "Beto" O’Rourke Keeps Flip-Flopping On Title 42 Illegal Immigration Policy

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

• Now do vaccine mandates in government and the private sector.
  Florida Judge Voids U.S. Mask Mandate for Planes, Other Travel
  
• Solution for those freaking out: Don't travel on an airplane, bus or train.
  "Such a Massive Mistake": Radical Left Freaks After Judge Strikes Down Mask Mandate on Planes 
  
• Kavanaugh and Barrett with the backstab. Roberts only handed them the knife.
  Supreme Court Sides With Biden Junta Against Air Force Officer Protesting Vaccine Mandate
  
• "The e-mail said that Amtrak will continue to encourage both passengers and employees to wear masks as an 'optional preventative measure.'”
  Amtrak Removes Mask Mandate For Passengers, Employees
  
• “The previously mentioned actions of the Respondents have usurped the role of the Acting Secretary and State Health Advisory Board in the adoption of standards applicable to disease control in Pennsylvania,” an amended petition filed Monday reads.
  Group of Businesses, Residents Sues Philadelphia Over Mask Mandate
  
• "Wearing a mask may still give some people a sense of security, but they could breathe more easily if they’d face the facts."
  Maskaholics
  
• "Unless effective oversight can be ensured for the World Health Organization, the United States, its leading funder, should withhold support."
  Holding WHO Accountable
  
• This has nothing to do with the virus that they themselves co-created with Fauci. It's political repression masked (pun intended) as a health crisis.
  "Strictest, Most Thorough": China Pledges To Make Shanghai Suffer Even More Under Its "Zero-[Chines] COVID" Policy

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• "The first parents say they asked school officials not to speak to their children about gender identity issues or mental health concerns and the school ignored them. The same family discovered that the school officials were not only counseling their daughter in gender theology against their wishes but their son as well, giving him female pronouns and a female name without consulting the parents."
  It's On: Groomer School in Massachusetts Sued for Hiding "Gender Identity" From Parents
  
• "McCall made headlines in 2019 after two members of his homeowners' association accused him of photoshopping their faces onto pornographic images."
  Meet the Alleged Pervert Who Silenced a Concerned Mother’s Protest Against Obscene Books
  
• “Instead of training faculty members to embrace students of all races, Albemarle County school officials are using a curriculum that promotes racial discrimination,” Anderson said.
  Virginia Public School Admin Files Lawsuit Against School For Alleged "Racially Hostile" Work Place
  
• "Gallegos is now the leader of the student government that only six months earlier had been dedicated to censoring and blacklisting conservatives."
  Pushback: Threatened With Blacklisting, a Conservative Student Fought Back So Hard, She is Now in Charge

  THE 2020 ELECTION HEIST AND AFTERMATH

• John Lott: "If large errors can occur in even relatively uncontested parts of the country, we should be broadly concerned. What went wrong?"
  Montana’s 2020 Election Irregularities Are Still Unaddressed Despite Recounts Gone Wrong, Erased Records, and Suddenly Surfacing Ballots
  
• Kit Lam, a father of two and volunteer for the San Francisco school board recall campaign, filed a civil lawsuit on April 13 against a thief who stole recall petitions almost a year ago. As a naturalized American citizen, Lam said, “[I] should be free to express my political views without harassment and threat of violence.”
  Democrat Immigrant From Hong Kong Fights For Election Integrity In San Francisco

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

• Margot Cleveland: "New court filings in a Spygate case solve some long-running mysteries and hint at serious — and shocking — developments."
  3 Blockbuster Revelations From the Latest Special Counsel Court Filings

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

• Dennis Prager: "The column tells you nothing about Judaism or the Bible. But it tells you a great deal about the New York Times and the Left."
  New York Times Chooses Passover and Easter to Mock God and the Bible

  OTHER DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY

• "The scandal-plagued PAC paid $100,000 to Jennifer Horn in the first quarter of 2022, according to campaign finance records. The Lincoln Project has paid Horn a total of $475,000 in mystery legal payments since she resigned from the group amid allegations that cofounder John Weaver made unwanted sexual advances to more than 20 young men. Horn accused leaders of the Lincoln Project of ignoring allegations against Weaver."
  National Man-Boy Lincoln Project Shells Out $100,000 in Mystery Legal Settlement With Cofounder
  
• "McKinsey, which underwrote the event, accused this month of tax evasion."
  ProPublica Finds an Awkward Partner for "Billionaire Playbook" on Taxing the Rich

  POLITICS

• When the book repeatedly asked animals what they saw, Biden replied, “I see Joe looking at me" . .. Biden was repeatedly directed by staff members during the event. At one point, even the Easter Bunny redirected him away from a group of children to focus on his current task.
  Joe Biden: "They’re Not Going to Let Me Read" a Children’s Book
  
• "In the event of a Biden departure, Americans also unsure about Kamala Harris becoming commander in chief."
  Will Biden Even Finish His 1st Term? One In Five Say ‘No’ — I&I/TIPP Poll
  
• "As one unnamed Democrat senator told the outlet: 'It’s bad, and it’s getting worse.'”
  Comedy Gold! Biden Backs Feinstein as Fit for Office Despite Colleagues Saying She May Be Facing Mental Decline
  
• "The data, officially reported by Secretaries of State in these key battleground states, show a swing of nearly half a million votes—more than 480,000—toward the Republicans across just five battleground states in voter registration margins."
  Data Analysis: Republican Swing Voter Registration Half Million Away from Democrats Across 5 Battleground States since 2020
  
• "Vance, the author of Hillbilly Elegy, which was later turned into a movie recalling his troubled childhood growing up in Appalachia, was a vocal Trump critic in 2016, even referring to him as 'America’s Hitler.'”
  Was Trump's Endorsement of J.D. Vance for Senate a Mistake?
  
• "McConnell, along with other establishment Republicans, believes that saying, 'We’re not Democrats' suffices to win."
  Why Mitch McConnell?

  SUPREME COURT VACANCY

• Larry Elder: "The phoniness of the celebration."
  Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson -- "Firsts" Only Matter If They're Liberal

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• "The large-scale shoplifting and the do-nothing-about-it prosecutors are creating yet another opening for organized crime."
  The Greatest Opportunity for Organized Crime in the US Since Prohibition

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

• "It is hard to imagine a fouler scheme to try to silence someone who has done nothing more than expose the Democrats’ base to the world."
  The Washington Post is Trying to Dox Libs of TikTok
  
• "Twitter’s CEO is abusing investors’ positions to maintain his lock on compensation and further his social justice crusade."
  Who Really Owns Twitter?
  
• "The Left’s estrangement from reality and common sense."
  Elon Musk Induces Woke Panic
  
• "If he can acquire Twitter it will be another victory for a movement that began in 2021."
  Elon Musk: Counterrevolutionary?
  
• "The surest way to kill a democracy is to practice political censorship under the guise of protecting society from disinformation."
  The Only Way to Fight Disinformation is to Fight Political Censorship
  
• "Some spitballing around Elon's remaining options. . . "
  What Elon Musk Could Do to Buy Twitter Despite Its "Poison Pill"
  
• Dorsey initially responded to a tweet by CNN chief media correspondent and Reliable Sources host Brian Stelter about Fox News host and Daily Caller co-founder Tucker Carlson. Stelter shared a Washington Post article accusing Carlson of “selling doubt.” “And you are selling hope?” Dorsey tweeted in response to Stelter.
  Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey Says He Saw CNN "Create Conflict" in Ferguson "And Film It"
  
• "An army of idiots tries to undercut video footage damaging to the [so-called quote-unquote "president"]."
  Fact-Checkers to Voters: Don’t Believe Your Lyin’ Eyes

  ABORTION

• “Now that we know [Judge] Elizabeth Gleicher is an annual and long-time donor of pro-abortion group Planned Parenthood, it is clear her own beliefs are in direct conflict with the case she is set to rule on. Judge Gleicher must recuse herself from this case immediately so that the scales of justice remain balanced, fair, and unprejudiced.”
  "Direct Conflict": GOP Demands Michigan Judge Recuse Herself From Major Abortion Case
  
• “That is just fundamentally wrong. That is infanticide, and that has no place”
  Video: DeSantis Blasts Pro “Infanticide” Late-Term Abortionists
  
• "‘If the tissue being used for this research was derived from babies who were born alive . . . would that be a violation of law?’ Jacobs asked."
  HHS Secretary Refuses to Answer Whether the University of Pittsburgh’s Experiments on Babies Violated the Law

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• "Election interference." (she must be doing a lot better than we think - jjs)
  EU Exhumes 18 Year Old Embezzlement Charges to Derail Le Pen Presidential Bid
  
• "This weekend saw a rare overlap of the Jewish Passover, Muslim Ramadan, and Christian Easter holidays, fueling religious tensions. Israel has seen fierce violence since March in the form of terrorist attacks and clashes between security forces and Palestinians. Fourteen Israelis have been killed in terror attacks since March 22."
  Palestinian Riots Erupt in Jerusalem Over Passover
  
• Thad McCotter: "There is a maxim in politics (of which diplomacy is a subset) that “the enemy of my enemy is my friend.”  With the integration of revolutionary, terrorist sponsoring Iran as the third leg of the tyrannical stool with communist China and Putin’s Russia, the extant rift between Sunni and Shia Muslims has widened.  A partial consequence of an Iranian regime empowered and emboldened by their equally autocratic allies is the desire of Sunni governments in the region to seek an unexpected ally – Israel."
  The Abraham Accords & the New Cold War
  
• Yawn.
  Iran Warns It Will Target Israel if It Makes "Slightest Move"
  
• "Diversity not a strength."
  Multicultural Sweden Suffers Massive Riots
  
• Pass the popcorn.
  Taliban Threatens to Attack Pakistan After Airstrikes in Afghanistan
  
• "The choice among America’s ruling class to remain silent over the human rights abuses in Shanghai has nothing to do with ignorance and everything to do with agreement."
  Virtue-Signaling Elites Who Don’t Care About China’s Abuses Don’t Really Care About Human Rights

  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• "Islam is Islam." (like "love is love" - jjs)
  Jihad Murderer Tells Jury He’s a "Moderate Muslim"
  
• Raymond Ibrahim: "And in a nation that was once so utterly terrorized in the name of Islam."
  Pope "Fiction" Abandons Christ’s Cross to Appease Muslims

  DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS

• "China's influence operations have reached the top of the U.S. military, as well as its training organizations."
  Deleted Web Pages Reveal Dean of National Defense University Visit with Chinese Communist-Run Think Tank
  
• "This appears to be an initiative that is compromising on readiness for no commensurate benefit and indeed may risk hurting morale, unit cohesion, and individual performance." (and it's intentional - jjs)
  Biden’s Air Force Crafts New Mission: Create a "Safe Space" for Cadets to Share Feelings

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE, THE COURTS

• "You’d expect California Republicans — I assume, based on the poll, that they haven’t yet been driven to extinction — to think that taxes are too high. But 54% of Democrats agree with those nasty, regressive conservatives? Oh my."
  California Madness: You Won't Believe What They Say They're Sick Of

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• Isn’t it interesting that, for all the left’s incessant bleating about so-called healthcare “inequity” and vaccine “inequity,” it turns out it’s actually (at least according to this study) the life of the left’s favorite punching bag — the evil white male — who has been the most negatively impacted by the effects of their pandemic hysteria? When will the left rage-tweet about this factual inequity?
  Study: U.S. Life Expectancy Declines for This Surprising Group, So Where's the Leftist Outrage?
  
• "A New York measure will help more patients get access to quality medical care."
  Unleashing the Nurse Practitioners

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• "These pieces came from the rocket’s upper stage, which reached orbit in ’21 and only now fell to Earth when its orbit decayed. Usually, most of the upper stage of a rocket burns up upon re-entry. However, certain pieces, such as the inner helium tanks that keep the larger fuel and oxidizer tanks pressurized, are sometimes strong enough to survive re-entry. It is likely that these tanks are the metallic spheres."
  Pieces of Old Long March 3B Rocket Fall on India
  
• "The galaxy is estimated to be about 55 million light years away, and is thought to have a supermassive black hole at its center with a mass somewhere between 9 and 38 million times the mass of the Sun."
  The Spiral Galaxy M-91

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

• "Gender theory reduces women to the status of defective men."
  Women Are Queer

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• "Today, however, the ‘New Left’ of the 60s and 70s, which once advocated for free speech and opposed the establishment, now advocates for censorship and embraces the establishment and authoritarianism they previously rejected."
  The Counterculture Movement is Here to Stay
  
• Christian Toto: "Far-Left Oscar host's comments reveal plenty about her, media corruption."
  What Amy Schumer’s Shocking Confession Left Out
  
• "Far be it from us to forbid people to derive comfort from tacky but innocent art. But far be it also to hold persons and their works above criticism because we like their politics."
  The Habit of Cultivating Mediocre Judgment

  HITHER & YON

• "Remembering Art Rupe of Specialty Records"
  A Good Ear for Business
  
• "Peter Longerich’s illuminating book explains how the Nazis went from haphazardly slaughtering Jews to the 'Final Solution.'”
  Wannsee: The Road to the Final Solution

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Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 19, 2022 07:27 AM (BFigT)

2 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at April 19, 2022 07:28 AM (nR2nR)

3 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at April 19, 2022 07:30 AM (ZNmeU)

4 Mornin' Mo-rons!

Posted by: Hawkpilot at April 19, 2022 07:32 AM (9If7H)

5 Some say my work is done but I'm optimistic and think my worst days are still ahead of me!

Posted by: Joe Biden of the Round Table at April 19, 2022 07:33 AM (CTi02)

6 Happy Tuesday, one and all. Now to read the articles.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 19, 2022 07:34 AM (4olE8)

7 Guten Morgen horde and thank you JJ

It's completely illogical and capricious.

Its part of the kink.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 19, 2022 07:34 AM (EZebt)

8 Burn it down.
Scatter the stones.
Salt the earth where it stood.

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at April 19, 2022 07:35 AM (qYpme)

9 Good morning horde

Posted by: Skip's new phone at April 19, 2022 07:36 AM (YbmC7)

10 When Activists File a Friendly Lawsuit > Public-Private Partnership

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 19, 2022 07:37 AM (EZebt)

11

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at April 19, 2022 07:37 AM (SWi3y)

12 Seems like @jack is getting red pilled. He is criticizing the board at Twitter and sniping at CNN for making up news.

This house sho gone crazy.

Posted by: blaster at April 19, 2022 07:38 AM (9otr5)

13 This tag-team approach, an example of collusive litigation, has become a Democrat specialty. You see it when activists file a "friendly lawsuit" against a state (or the federal government) with a Democrat attorney general, who then either settles in the activists' favor or refuses to defend the lawsuit, handing the activists what they want by default.

This was also a specialty of the Obama maladministration, and used to fund favorite radical organizations. Some marxists would sue the Feds and Eric Holder would "settle", dispensing money and policy changes without any Congressional action. Neat, though entirely corrupt, perversion of the concept of adversarial litigation.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 19, 2022 07:39 AM (CTi02)

14 Why have medical school at all anymore NY? Licensing may be a problem across many disciplines, but Im not sure the answer is to attack real qualifications.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 19, 2022 07:39 AM (QZ/dC)

15 The courts - especially the Supreme Court - are why I really think the current Federal Government is beyond repairing. Too many people have been taught for too long that the courts get to "interpret" the law and the constitution, which they were never supposed to do. They were supposed to judge how the law and constitution - as already understood by basically everybody - applied to a given situation.

Even when those rulings were counterintuitive for some reason, they were supposed to be very narrow and apply to very specific circumstances, not be broad sweeping changes to our Federal Republic.

Instead, we get a panel of 9 unaccountable, sheltered egg heads (even the good ones) who are making these broad philosophical pronouncements that the rest of us all have to live by.

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at April 19, 2022 07:39 AM (qYpme)

16 Democrats do what they want, regardless of any law(s) standing in their way. They do it because they don't get the beat down they so richly deserve. This applies to every situation. They get what they want by deceit, by gaming the system, by cheating, by violence and threats of violence. It works. And they will not stop. Matter of fact, every day that goes by, the tethers of our laws that bound this country for so long are being dissolved, unimpeded. Why formally abolish the Constitution? Just ignore it. That's where we are.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 19, 2022 07:39 AM (sVtYq)

17 hiya

Posted by: JT at April 19, 2022 07:40 AM (arJlL)

18 Thank you, J.J.!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 19, 2022 07:41 AM (3D/fK)

19 "Peter Longerich’s illuminating book explains how the Nazis went from haphazardly slaughtering Jews to the 'Final Solution.'”
Wannsee: The Road to the Final Solution

The HBO movie Conspiracy was about this.

Posted by: JT at April 19, 2022 07:41 AM (arJlL)

20 "Sue and settle" goes back at least to the 90s, and *should* have been grounds for removal from office. If you can't defend it because you disagree, Mr. Attorney General, then appoint someone who will - and who will give it the vigorous defense it deserves.

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at April 19, 2022 07:41 AM (qYpme)

21 Our douche mayor implemented mask mandates in Philly again, and apparently only a handful of them wore a mask at the Sixers game. I think even the dolts in Philadelphia are sick of the mask garbage.

Also, did I read this correctly; MTG is being banned from running again in Georgia?

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 19, 2022 07:42 AM (bkUtD)

22 Pope "Fiction" Abandons Christ’s Cross to Appease Muslims

I said it before and I'll say it again - Christ is my Savior, Benedict is my Pope and Donald Trump is my President.

Wannsee: The Road to the Final Solution

From the linked article, Laurence Rees' book The Holocaust already covered the same ground, IMO.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 19, 2022 07:43 AM (2JVJo)

23 However - I got out of my "daily thankfulness" routine - let's get back to that.

Today I'm thankful that my washing machine wasn't actually broken, one of the lines had just come a little lose. Sure, that caused a huge mess on Sunday, but retightening a fitting is way cheaper than a repair guy or a new washer and dryer (ours is a stackable).

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at April 19, 2022 07:43 AM (qYpme)

24 >>>Seems like @jack is getting red pilled. He is criticizing the board at Twitter and sniping at CNN for making up news.
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I may be too cynical but Jack strikes me only as a guy getting ahead of a trend. Absent stronger evidence, I doubt he actually has had a change of heart on fascist censorship and is only trying to look like a late-blooming centrist, to cover his past actions.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 19, 2022 07:44 AM (CTi02)

25 Posted by: Lady in Black at April 19, 2022 07:39 AM (sVtYq)

I have been meaning for a long time to tell you how much I enjoy your comments, Lady. You always manage to say exactly what I am thinking, without the rage and profanity.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 19, 2022 07:45 AM (2JVJo)

26 >>>Pope "Fiction" Abandons Christ’s Cross to Appease Muslims

I said it before and I'll say it again - Christ is my Savior, Benedict is my Pope and Donald Trump is my President.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

I thought Francis would be a great Pope. Boy was I wrong.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 19, 2022 07:45 AM (bkUtD)

27 Pope "Fiction" Abandons Christ’s Cross to Appease Muslims

Old and busted: "I am not ashamed of the Cross"
New Hotness: "Oh, the Cross might offend some people."

Maranatha.

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at April 19, 2022 07:47 AM (qYpme)

28 Maranatha.

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at April 19, 2022 07:47 AM (qYpme)


Indeed.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 19, 2022 07:48 AM (45fpk)

29 "China's influence operations have reached the top of the U.S. military, as well as its training organizations."


Anyone surprised by this? Buehler? Buehler?

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 19, 2022 07:48 AM (CTi02)

30 Dorsey got bounced at Twitter, anything he says now is the bleeting of an "eat me last" sheep.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 19, 2022 07:49 AM (QZ/dC)

31 Why formally abolish the Constitution? Just ignore it. That's where we are.

Oh, I think they're counting on that. As long as the Constitution is not formally abolished, their Republican, Inc. lapdogs can be made to bark about "civility" and "tone" and "decorum."

The Democrats *know* that once the average Joe accepts - deep in his soul - that all the laws are a sham meant to protect the evil from the good and not the other way around - that's when the beatdowns will begin. They're hoping to postpone that long enough that it won't matter. That they'll be too entrenched and powerful to be ousted by the time the average Joe really accepts that.

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at April 19, 2022 07:51 AM (qYpme)

32 @jack is a douchebro who took the brown acid, not the red pill

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 19, 2022 07:52 AM (EZebt)

33 Morning all.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 19, 2022 07:52 AM (a7hor)

34 Whatever Dorsey. This is why I ignore these uber rich. They live in another reality.

Posted by: Puddleglum at April 19, 2022 07:52 AM (sAmhv)

35 Kit Lam, a father of two and volunteer for the San Francisco school board recall campaign, filed a civil lawsuit on April 13 against a thief who stole recall petitions almost a year ago. As a naturalized American citizen, Lam said, “ should be free to express my political views without harassment and threat of violence.”
Democrat Immigrant From Hong Kong Fights For Election Integrity In San Francisco

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Uh, this guy is familiar with the Democrat Party? It's their playbook. And he decided to be one of them. Amazing disconnect.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 19, 2022 07:52 AM (sVtYq)

36 Good morning, JJ.

Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2022 07:53 AM (7U3R4)

37 I may be too cynical but Jack strikes me only as a guy getting ahead of a trend. Absent stronger evidence, I doubt he actually has had a change of heart on fascist censorship and is only trying to look like a late-blooming centrist, to cover his past actions.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 19, 2022 07:44 AM (CTi02)

To what end? He is perfectly ensconced in the lap of whatever he wants. Why would he feel it necessary to be ahead of a trend, or to cover for his past actions.

Does he think something is changing?

Posted by: blaster at April 19, 2022 07:54 AM (9otr5)

38 I have been meaning for a long time to tell you how much I enjoy your comments, Lady. You always manage to say exactly what I am thinking, without the rage and profanity.

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Aww, thank you, MP3! That made my morning.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 19, 2022 07:55 AM (sVtYq)

39 30 Dorsey got bounced at Twitter, anything he says now is the bleeting of an "eat me last" sheep.
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 19, 2022 07:49 AM (QZ/dC)

Sure. He's years late and billions of dollars short.

Why now?

Posted by: blaster at April 19, 2022 07:55 AM (9otr5)

40 I may be too cynical but Jack strikes me only as a guy getting ahead of a trend. Absent stronger evidence, I doubt he actually has had a change of heart on fascist censorship and is only trying to look like a late-blooming centrist, to cover his past actions.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 19, 2022 07:44 AM (CTi02)

He is riding a tiger. I don't really feel sorry for him, but he has been in reaction mode for such a long time now that any politics was beat out of him.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at April 19, 2022 07:55 AM (ybIRR)

41 Abolish The SCROTUM.

Free Buffalo Guy!

More coffee.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 19, 2022 07:56 AM (jXaPu)

42 I don't think ACB, GoreSuch, Kavenaugh and Roberts have the stones to over-turn ROE, what we will get is some unworkable, constitutionally illiterate half-measure that merely kicks the can down the road and satisfies no group.

Book it.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 19, 2022 07:56 AM (lORQA)

43 Twitter Directors and Officers liability insurance coverage should soon be terminated by whichever company sold the policy to them. Once that happens, Directors personal liability is at risk and you will see them put the company up for sale to the highest bidder.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 19, 2022 07:56 AM (HZB7b)

44 First, even when government is prevented from inflicting its edicts on the citizenry by the courts does it carry over to the private sector? ...
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In general, it will follow and the reason is cowardice. When the COVID control regime started to break down last year in various places (lookin' at you, Florida), the common theme among businesses was that they wanted a firm regulation from the government. They wanted a mask mandate, or they wanted a mask prohibition. They wanted to be able to hide behind someone else's decision. They didn't want mandates lifted with no further regulation, because that would make them choose, for themselves and for their own businesses, whether or not to require a mask or some other control. This means they suddenly own the responsibility of the decision.

The last thing business wants is responsibility. Some will maintain full HR Karen policies and some even smaller number will refuse any of this crap, but most will follow the government because it absolves them of responsibility.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2022 07:57 AM (7U3R4)

45 Mornin' y'all

Posted by: Nearsighted Cyclopes at April 19, 2022 07:58 AM (4TZI4)

46 Does he think something is changing?

Probably. There's a reasonable chance that Musk will either take over Twitter or burn it to the ground. He's a smart guy who knows how to hire smart folks to get stuff done. I'm not even a fan of self-driving cars and I know the guys he has writing his code for Tesla ain't no dummies.

So either he'll get what he wants by buying Twitter and taking it private, in which case Jack gets at least a little cash, or he'll get what he wants by joining with Gab or even starting his own alternative and actually beat Twitter at its own game, in which case Jack does not get cash.

Dorsey is already out at Twitter, so pissing off the board doesn't do much to hurt him. Getting on Elon's good side might be beneficial.

I can see that math.

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at April 19, 2022 07:59 AM (qYpme)

47 Does he think something is changing?
Posted by: blaster at April 19, 2022 07:54 AM (9otr5)
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If a "red wave" election happens I sure as hell hope cultural trends move too, away from the fascist left and back towards liberty (no matter what McCarthy and McConnell want).

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 19, 2022 07:59 AM (HZB7b)

48 The last thing business wants is responsibility.

I'm reminded of The Office: "I want all of the credit and none of the blame."

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at April 19, 2022 08:00 AM (qYpme)

49 If a "red wave" election happens I sure as hell hope cultural trends move too, away from the fascist left and back towards liberty (no matter what McCarthy and McConnell want).
Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 19, 2022 07:59 AM (HZB7b)

SO - suppose this is true. @jack gettting redpilled - as ace might ask, is this something?

If he thinks that there is a big change coming that he needs to get ahead of, that's news, isn't it?

Posted by: blaster at April 19, 2022 08:01 AM (9otr5)

50 These days of course, with non-stop Marxist indoctrination from pre-K through post-grad, the racket might actually become a thing of the past. And thus, we come full Psaki-Psircle back to my original point of the so-called private sector becoming not just the enforcers of Leftist policies that heretofore had a snowball's chance in Hell of passing in Congress or even the bureaucracy or by executive order, but the actual government itself.
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And thus the new system was born. Good old-fashioned national socialism with its pragmatic view of property and private enterprise (you may own property and engage in business as you see fit, so long as you advance the state's agenda and if you fail or refuse, you're nationalized or destroyed), hybridized with Maoism and made supernational or global.

Helluva system they came up with. It won't work, of course, but they will get very rich and kill and enslave and make miserable a lot of people before it blows up.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2022 08:01 AM (7U3R4)

51 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 19, 2022 08:02 AM (Zz0t1)

52 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 19, 2022 08:03 AM (YIVH2)

53
New 5-ton AC unit and evaporator for the downstairs is being installed today. This is added to the new furnace for the upstairs, two water heaters, a water softener and a new 500-gallon propane tank. Likely the furnace for the downstairs and the upstairs AC unit will have to be replaced within a couple of years. All I can say is thank God for my home warranty.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 19, 2022 08:03 AM (/U27+)

54 "Joe Biden’s thoughtless, casual, and inflated rhetoric is taking America to the brink of war."

Absolutely, and it isn't just Biden. Coons, Romney and others (primarily Senators) say the most outrageous things.

No one bothers to explain their vision of "national interest" but only tries to find rhetorical hot buttons, "messaging", that will excite the rubes into approving their dream war.

Any why do they want war with Russia? Take a look at their polls, and you realize they have no other way to regain popularity than the ultimate wag-the-dog war, and nuclear destruction is part of the price they are eager to pay to stay in power.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 19, 2022 08:04 AM (HZB7b)

55 I don't think ACB, GoreSuch, Kavenaugh and Roberts have the stones to over-turn ROE, what we will get is some unworkable, constitutionally illiterate half-measure that merely kicks the can down the road and satisfies no group.

Book it.

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This current batch of SCOTUS justices have proven many times over they are gutless on actually applying the Constitution. They will weasel word their way out of overturning Roe. We wouldn't want Democrat leftist riots now, would we? It supercedes all. Roberts might get protestors at the edge of his driveway. Barrett, Kavanaugh may get shunned in restaurants. It will take a lot of courage to, at the very least, toss this back to individual states. I don't see it happening. Maybe I'm wrong.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 19, 2022 08:04 AM (sVtYq)

56 It's cold enough that I had to turn the heat on in my office this morning.

Gotta love that global warming.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2022 08:05 AM (7U3R4)

57 @216

>>Was Trump's Endorsement of J.D. Vance for Senate a Mistake?

Kayleigh Machanany was a vocal Trump critic and went on to be a very vocal, very loyal representative of Trump.

Hell, half of this blogs commenters and most of the COBs were anti-Trump in 2016.

I can't vote in Ohio but if I could I'd vote for Vance for the simple fact that he is not a typical Ohio Republican and any generic GOP candidate would be better than Rob Portman.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 19, 2022 08:05 AM (lORQA)

58
I'm reminded of The Office: "I want all of the credit and none of the blame."
Posted by: AllenG #Texit at April 19, 2022 08:00 AM (qYpme)

No manager ever got ahead by taking responsibility for any screw-up by a subordinate.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 19, 2022 08:05 AM (/U27+)

59 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2022 08:01 AM (7U3R4)

Turns out all those Cyberpunk Dystopias where the world had been taken over by mega-corporations isn't too far-fetched. The authors just didn't realize it was the Progressive Left who would usher in the problems, not the Conservative Right.

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at April 19, 2022 08:05 AM (qYpme)

60 ROE will never be overturned It's too valuable as political theater, and especially for fund raising, for both sides.

Posted by: davidt at April 19, 2022 08:06 AM (ktgZC)

61
Gotta love that global warming.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2022 08:05 AM (7U3R4)

Cold = Weather
Hot = Climate

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 19, 2022 08:06 AM (/U27+)

62 Jack Dorsey getting red pilled? I won't bet my money on it just because he says one thing that isn't full-on lunatic. YMMV

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 19, 2022 08:06 AM (sVtYq)

63 Trump should make some public statements about how his SCJ appointees are stabbing him in the back and fucking the American people.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 19, 2022 08:06 AM (Zz0t1)

64 Cinco de Mayo will become a national holiday before SCOTUS knocks down Roe v Wade.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 19, 2022 08:07 AM (rKze+)

65 Fuck Jack Dorcey with a rake. It wasn't Twitter's Board that censored any talk about Hunter's laptop and then went in front of congress and lied about it. It wasn't Twitter's Board that banned the sitting President under the guise of inciting an insurrection. That was all Jack Dorcey.

Posted by: lowandslow at April 19, 2022 08:07 AM (qH6FZ)

66 That the schmartz kids from Brussels imagine remaking the 2nd Hand Clothing market worldwide seems a bit Hitleresque. Given how the Belgiun Congo went I do not hold much hope for thrifting.

Posted by: Puddihead at April 19, 2022 08:07 AM (xSnmX)

67 Morning, Horde...How goes it?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 19, 2022 08:03 AM (YIVH2)

**shrugs**

Chilly and rainy outside. I should be writing, but don't have the energy. Depression's at a mild level today.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 19, 2022 08:07 AM (2JVJo)

68 I see the Babylon DC Metro has dropped the stupid mask mandates. Yay. Now if they can just get back to its regular schedule instead of this every 20 min crap. Long dumb story as to why. They are an inefficient, corrupt, agency to the surprise of no one.

Posted by: Puddleglum at April 19, 2022 08:07 AM (sAmhv)

69 Dorsey is already out at Twitter, so pissing off the board doesn't do much to hurt him. Getting on Elon's good side might be beneficial.

I can see that math.
Posted by: AllenG #Texit at April 19, 2022 07:59 AM (qYpme)

He is still on the board though he has announced he is leaving next month.

I don't know how much Twitter stock Dorsey still has and whether the money part sways him that much - I think he has way more money in crypto than Twitter. And if Musk buys Twitter Dorsey is REALLY out.

Posted by: blaster at April 19, 2022 08:08 AM (9otr5)

70 Joe Biden’s thoughtless, casual, and inflated rhetoric is taking America to the brink of war.
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In Europe. It's his administration's incompetence, weakness and indifference that bring us to the brink of war in Asia. North Korea get noisy again, the internal struggles in China that I think are over military control, the open question of Taiwan, the incompetence and loss of professionalism in the US Navy, the little tigers throughout the Pacific starting to blink, etc.

This country can't successfully engage in a war on a single front, and this government - through malice and incompetence across multiple regions - may well get us involved in multiple fronts.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2022 08:08 AM (7U3R4)

71 ...the good news is that a federal judge in Florida, and a Trump appointee to boot, threw out the junta's mask mandate for airline travel.

I may be alone in my opinion on this, but I am not as happy as seemingly everyone else is about claiming this as "a great day for freedom".

This tells me is that the American public, for two years, obediently complied with tyrannical policies... and were relying on their freedom being restored to them on the chance that a federal judge would make a sane decision?

Sad day for America. What *should* have happened for the past 2 years is everyone who claimed to be for freedom should have boycotted every single business mandating masks or "vaccines". And then got out in the streets and protested. And demanded the tyranny end.

Instead, everyone just obediently complied and just hoped freedom might someday be granted to them again. Says a lot about the makeup of the American public now.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at April 19, 2022 08:08 AM (Do5/p)

72 > The last thing business wants is responsibility. Some will maintain full HR Karen policies and some even smaller number will refuse any of this crap, but most will follow the government because it absolves them of responsibility.
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I dunno about that. The responsibility part.

There were/are some businesses that showed great enthusiasm in enforcing the mask wearing policy. Some even took it upon themselves to go farther than the government's own policies. Maybe they were/are getting some sort of special treatment behind the scenes. Maybe they're run by commies. Whatever the case they were very vocal about their "responsibilities to protect their employees and customers."

Then, we have to look at the schools and how they've handled the mask wearing policies. Even as they've been rescinded some districts refuse to drop the policy. That's on them.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 19, 2022 08:09 AM (BFigT)

73 No manager ever got ahead by taking responsibility for any screw-up by a subordinate.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 19, 2022 08:05 AM (/U27+)

My how things have changed. When I started my career in 1980 it was always "responsibility flows uphill" and that is the way I've run my own business since 1992. I suspect a great deal of the problems today can be attributed to this change in attitude.

Posted by: moon_over_vermont at April 19, 2022 08:09 AM (lElTE)

74
Depression's at a mild level today.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 19, 2022 08:07 AM (2JVJo)

I know the feeling well, MP4. We can't take it off you, but I hope our sympathy is a comfort to you.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 19, 2022 08:09 AM (/U27+)

75 ROE will never be overturned It's too valuable as political theater, and especially for fund raising, for both sides.
Posted by: davidt at April 19, 2022 08:06 AM (ktgZC)

I have said many times that, while child murder is a sacrament for the left, the right (especially the CoC types) need it as an emergency exit for when Muffy gets knocked up by Jamal or Chip rides Manuela bareback. That's the real reason the right never fights against abortion.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 19, 2022 08:09 AM (2JVJo)

76 If he thinks that there is a big change coming that he needs to get ahead of, that's news, isn't it?

Posted by: blaster at April 19, 2022 08:01 AM (9otr5)
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I'm not arguing with you on that score (if a cultural shift happens, it's news), I just don't think he has had any sort of personal epiphany. Motivation probably doesn't matter, and all that counts is his willingness to say things (like he is doing in this CNN example), except to say his sincerity always must be questioned, and (if he were to see a blue trend shaping) he can be expected to again turn on a dime and become a true-believer fascist once again.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 19, 2022 08:09 AM (g8KqZ)

77 I'm reminded of The Office: "I want all of the credit and none of the blame."
Posted by: AllenG #Texit at April 19, 2022 08:00 AM (qYpme)
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That does seem to be the working standard for leadership at senior executive levels these days. Why do you think they only stay for a few years? They get to implement a bunch of sweeping changes, spend a lot of money, make a lot of money (often from graft), and then they can leverage those changes for a *better* job somewhere else.

Meanwhile, the people who just go to work to do their job have to clean up the messes left behind.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 19, 2022 08:10 AM (YIVH2)

78 69 Dorsey is already out at Twitter, so pissing off the board doesn't do much to hurt him. Getting on Elon's good side might be beneficial.
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Well Dorsey makes more money with Elon than he does with Larry Fink. Something Larry didn't consider.

Posted by: Puddihead at April 19, 2022 08:10 AM (xSnmX)

79 Hell, half of this blogs commenters and most of the COBs were anti-Trump in 2016.
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Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 19, 2022 08:05 AM (lORQA)

Ace got so mad at us he was going to quit the blog, told us all he was done and was going to vote for Hillary because all us babies wanted what we wanted and we were giving the Democrats the Presidency, the Congress, and SCOTUS for a generation.

Posted by: blaster at April 19, 2022 08:11 AM (9otr5)

80 I watched that Easter bunny and Grandpa Diddlefingers clip yesterday. My immediate reaction when that giant bunny walked in front of him was that his brain couldn't process it and that it frightened him. So he quickly walked away.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 19, 2022 08:11 AM (sVtYq)

81 ... Then, we have to look at the schools and how they've handled the mask wearing policies. Even as they've been rescinded some districts refuse to drop the policy. That's on them.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 19, 2022 08:09 AM (BFigT)
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The school systems are an entirely different animal. They aren't businesses and have loads of protections and are shielded from liability at every level. Most businesses enthusiastically complied with mandates and reluctantly dropped them when the government changed the rules. They would love nothing more than to maintain fully draconian structures, but they're afraid to do so without state backing and so ultimately they revert to their innate cowardice.

Schools, however, are their own story.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2022 08:12 AM (7U3R4)

82 I thought the government didn't have to listen to Trump judges.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 19, 2022 08:12 AM (qnVBz)

83 79 Hell, half of this blogs commenters and most of the COBs were anti-Trump in 2016.
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Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 19, 2022 08:05 AM (lORQA)

I got banned over my Trump support

can you imagine a sweetheart like me being banned ?

Posted by: REDACTED at April 19, 2022 08:12 AM (us2H3)

84 80 Yes, but now he and the bunny are best friends. President Elwood P. Dowd.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 19, 2022 08:13 AM (lz5hY)

85 @79

>>Ace got so mad at us he was going to quit the blog, told us all he was done and was going to vote for Hillary because all us babies wanted what we wanted and we were giving the Democrats the Presidency, the Congress, and SCOTUS for a generation.

And we seem to be heading towards a DeSantis or Trump donnybrook, it's going to be LITAF.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 19, 2022 08:14 AM (lORQA)

86 I thought the government didn't have to listen to Trump judges.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 19, 2022 08:12 AM (qnVBz)
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I am surprised they are, honestly. The administration is "considering its options" given yesterday's ruling. A year ago, all other things being equal, they would have had a new lawsuit in front of judge by this morning at the latest.

It almost makes me think that the dominant "COVID is Over" faction wasn't real happy with this extension, and are declining to oppose the judge's actions. If the dominant faction was dissatisfied by the ruling, the government would be neck-deep in counter-litigation by now.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2022 08:14 AM (7U3R4)

87 This country can't won't successfully engage in a war on a single front

FIFY. Otherwise: correct.

I wonder what our great-grandparents would say about the way we wage war. For me, I think it is horribly amoral and even evil. To prolong a war costing millions more in economic damage and untold civilian losses (both as direct casualties and from other problems arising from living in a war zone) in the name of... what? Fair play? Kindness?

No. Smash the enemy. Destroy their will and/or ability to fight. Leave.

I get that math is a little different with Jihadists, but sudden, overwhelming application of violence along with appropriate ridicule and character assassination will limit their numbers significantly, reducing the threat they are capable of representing.

With rational actors (of which Russia is one, whether the Blue Check Mafia wants to admit it or not), it works just fine.

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at April 19, 2022 08:15 AM (qYpme)

88 any generic GOP candidate would be better than Rob Portman.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 19, 2022 08:05 AM (lORQA)
===============
Yes.

Vance makes the older Republicans nervous because they think he "isn't a Republican". He's a MAGA flavored libertarian (as opposed to a libertarian of the dope smoking lefty variety). Of course, to many voters, his not being a McConnell supporting GOPe guy is his best attribute. If we elect more MAGA guys, the party leadership might actually change!

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 19, 2022 08:15 AM (aACSV)

89 Hell, half of this blogs commenters and most of the COBs were anti-Trump in 2016.

I wanted Cruz until that worthless nickelfucker blamed Trump for the left-sponsored violence at his rallies.

And every day since 2020, he's been consistent in proving that he's a bloviating asshole who is as much of a Deep State fellator as America's Dumbest Bartender.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 19, 2022 08:15 AM (2JVJo)

90 Motivation probably doesn't matter, and all that counts is his willingness to say things (like he is doing in this CNN example), except to say his sincerity always must be questioned, and (if he were to see a blue trend shaping) he can be expected to again turn on a dime and become a true-believer fascist once again.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 19, 2022 08:09 AM (g8KqZ)

Oh I don't think Dorsey will be wearing a MAGA hat any time soon. But I don't think it is random bleatings of a madman, either.

Posted by: blaster at April 19, 2022 08:15 AM (9otr5)

91 85 @79

>>Ace got so mad at us he was going to quit the blog, told us all he was done and was going to vote for Hillary because all us babies wanted what we wanted and we were giving the Democrats the Presidency, the Congress, and SCOTUS for a generation.
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Ace is a jealous god.

Posted by: Puddihead at April 19, 2022 08:15 AM (xSnmX)

92 Which is not to say that we should start a shooting war with Russia - just that if one comes, we're more than *capable* of winning. We just lack the resolve and strength of will.

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at April 19, 2022 08:16 AM (qYpme)

93 Biden told Obama that he plans to run for re-election in 2026

Posted by: REDACTED at April 19, 2022 08:16 AM (us2H3)

94 You only need to know one thing to predict how the Supreme Court will rule:
What ruling will expand the size, power and scope of the federal government?

This is another reason I laugh at those who say we just need some new laws or amendments-- this is the court that declared a state constitutional amendment unconstitutional.
You think your proposal will fare any better?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 19, 2022 08:16 AM (wkC12)

95 Ace got so mad at us he was going to quit the blog, told us all he was done and was going to vote for Hillary because all us babies wanted what we wanted and we were giving the Democrats the Presidency, the Congress, and SCOTUS for a generation.
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And ace stood arm in arm in solidarity with me!

Posted by: michelle fields at April 19, 2022 08:16 AM (UHVv4)

96 Good morning Perfessor!

Wyatt, Tucker had MTG on last night. They are trying to get her off the balllot because she's an "insurrectionist"

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 19, 2022 08:16 AM (nxdel)

97 89 Hell, half of this blogs commenters and most of the COBs were anti-Trump in 2016.
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This is were Puddinhead came in and reorder the AOS universe. Puddinhead was a refugee from National Review.

Posted by: Puddihead at April 19, 2022 08:17 AM (xSnmX)

98 FIFY. Otherwise: correct. ...
Posted by: AllenG #Texit at April 19, 2022 08:15 AM (qYpme)
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Sadly, I'm not sure. Given the military leadership and the increasing incompetence of certain branches - particularly the Navy, which is our primary means of power and force projection - I am not sure we actually could even if the doctrine weren't insane.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2022 08:17 AM (7U3R4)

99 Jack Dorsey getting red pilled? I won't bet my money on it just because he says one thing that isn't full-on lunatic. YMMV
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 19, 2022 08:06 AM (sVtYq)


I don't trust a fucking word that comes out of his mouth.

I don't trust Musk either, but at least he's entertaining.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 19, 2022 08:17 AM (Zz0t1)

100 I've been loving the complaints from the feds about the mask mandate being gone.

"We were going to get rid of it soon." they say.

No you weren't. You were going to find another reason to drag it out for another two weeks. You were probably going to parade Fauci the garden gnome out to say in his "aw shucks" voice about how unsafe everything still was. You were going to get that malignant harpy from CDC giving a crazy eyed stare to the camera about how important masking still is.

You lost. Deal with it.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 19, 2022 08:17 AM (4olE8)

101 I'm so old I remember Jack Dorcey going on Joe Rogan's show and spending two hours responding to Tim Pool's accusations of bias and censorship and feeding everyone some happy horseshit about hearing our valid criticism and changing policy.
He changed policy alright, he cracked down even harder on conservatives out of spite.

Posted by: lowandslow at April 19, 2022 08:18 AM (qH6FZ)

102 And we seem to be heading towards a DeSantis or Trump donnybrook, it's going to be LITAF.

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It would depend on DeSantis actually running and I suppose we won't know that for a while. If he doesn't, I'll crawl over dead bodies to vote for Trump again. If he does, then things will get sporty around here. What I absolutely don't want to see is ugly mug slinging between the two. But politics ain't bean bag, so it would likely happen. I'd also crawl over dead bodies to vote for DeSantis too. If we have a country left in '24. I'm still up in the air on that one.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 19, 2022 08:18 AM (sVtYq)

103 99 I don't trust a fucking word that comes out of his mouth.

I don't trust Musk either, but at least he's entertaining.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 19, 2022 08:17 AM (Zz0t1)


In the immortal words of Ronald Reagan:

"Dovo'yai na provo'yai" - Trust, but verify.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 19, 2022 08:18 AM (s2VJv)

104 The left has more billionaires fucking this country into the ground is because of money laundering. The leftist governments funnel money to left wing causes and individuals, who in turn funnel it right back into left wing politicians.

We're losing this battle bigly. Right wing billionaires are silent because they're afraid of losing their billions to cancel culture and left wing lawfare.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 19, 2022 08:19 AM (Zz0t1)

105 This Whitmer scam smacks of the same non-defense shenanigans run by Schwarzenegger, Lockyer/Brown vis a vis CA Prop 8. All I remember was Anthony Kennedy lamenting the case represented the death knell of citizen initiatives...of course, this was after the stand up guy ruled no standing. What a mensch.

Posted by: Armchair Sinner at April 19, 2022 08:19 AM (Nig2g)

106 Cruz is a lot smarter than AOC. He's not my Senator. My Senators are awful, but I don't expect even Senator I like to get things right all the time.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 19, 2022 08:19 AM (gseNL)

107 ...his brain couldn't process it and that it frightened him. So he quickly walked away.
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This slow-mo version clearly shows that.
https://twitter.com/BrettRSmith76/status/
1516098789832118275

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at April 19, 2022 08:20 AM (UHVv4)

108
"We were going to get rid of it soon." they say.

Two months ago, everyone was going to be gasping through an official Federal N95 mask. What happened to that?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 19, 2022 08:20 AM (/U27+)

109 The local news this morning was doing a live "man on the street" thing at the airport to interview passengers about masks not being required anymore on most airlines that serve the airport, as well as in the airport itself.

To a man, every single person who's interview they aired was thrilled with the change and talked about how they were glad their own choices mattered again.

This is unlikely, and the message was clearly massaged by cherry-picking responses and declining to interview the obvious Karens wearing face shields and masks - and they are still present throughout most places, even though they are a small minority now around here. I don't know if it's my local affiliate or CBS more generally, but they clearly got instructions about what message to push.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2022 08:20 AM (7U3R4)

110 Two months ago, everyone was going to be gasping through an official Federal N95 mask. What happened to that?

Someone showed them the polling and reminded them it was an election year.

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at April 19, 2022 08:21 AM (qYpme)

111 101 I'm so old I remember Jack Dorcey going on Joe Rogan's show and spending two hours responding to Tim Pool's accusations of bias and censorship and feeding everyone some happy horseshit about hearing our valid criticism and changing policy.
He changed policy alright, he cracked down even harder on conservatives out of spite.
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Follow the money. Larry Fink's Blackrock own the largest percentage of shares of Twitter. Dorsey owns around 2M shares. The remaining board members own on average $3,422 worth of stock each. They are a puppet Board of Directors.

Posted by: Puddihead at April 19, 2022 08:21 AM (xSnmX)

112 "Hell, half of this blogs commenters and most of the COBs were anti-Trump in 2016."

Against him in the primary. Voted mostly against Hillary at the polls. Four years later I voted so hard for Trump I almost broke the damned lever.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 19, 2022 08:21 AM (s2VJv)

113 The lead story on almost all of the news channels around here this morning is that the cdc "strongly recommends" everyone still wear a mask on airplanes.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at April 19, 2022 08:22 AM (bVYXr)

114 Man, lot's o friends be pissed about having to pay taxes thanks to sneaky Biden Bucks. LOFUCKINGL

Posted by: rickb223 at April 19, 2022 08:22 AM (a7hor)

115 Biden reportedly told Obama that he's running in 2024.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 19, 2022 08:23 AM (NpAcC)

116 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2022 08:20 AM (7U3R4)

I don't know where "here" is, though if there's an airport it's likely an urban center, and therefore leans liberal. Which means you probably have a point.

I *think* it's because of polling and trying to remove reasons to vote against Democrats, but I can't help feeling like there's another shoe to drop any minute now.

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at April 19, 2022 08:23 AM (qYpme)

117
Against him in the primary. Voted mostly against Hillary at the polls. Four years later I voted so hard for Trump I almost broke the damned lever.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 19, 2022 08:21 AM (s2VJv)

Same here. Wasn't sure if I was going to vote in 2016 until the last minute.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 19, 2022 08:23 AM (/U27+)

118
Two months ago, everyone was going to be gasping through an official Federal N95 mask. What happened to that?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 19, 2022 08:20 AM (/U27+)


The money was laundered to China and other leftwing organizations, as usual.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 19, 2022 08:23 AM (Zz0t1)

119 Against him in the primary. Voted mostly against Hillary at the polls. Four years later I voted so hard for Trump I almost broke the damned lever.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 19, 2022 08:21 AM (s2VJv)
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A common story, and that's not a bad thing. My mom voted against Hillary in 2016, and for Trump in 2020. This isn't unusual and I suspect a ton of people are in that camp. Unless you're NeverTrump, it's hard to deny how well he did until the COVID crowd neutralized him and blew up the world.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2022 08:23 AM (7U3R4)

120 @89

>>I wanted Cruz until that worthless nickelfucker blamed Trump for the left-sponsored violence at his rallies.

If someone was anti-Trump in 2016, ok, I got it, I can understand that, someone who is anti-Trump in 2022 is just not a serious person.

If you don't want to vote for Trump and think DeSantis is dreamy, Muy Macho and more preferable, I can understand that.

I will never understand being Anti-Trump at this point.

What that man put on the line, what he gave up when he didn't have to to advance an America First Agenda can never be repaid.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 19, 2022 08:24 AM (lORQA)

121 I *think* it's because of polling and trying to remove reasons to vote against Democrats, but I can't help feeling like there's another shoe to drop any minute now.
Posted by: AllenG #Texit at April 19, 2022 08:23 AM (qYpme)
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There always is.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2022 08:24 AM (7U3R4)

122 I supported Cruz in the primaries early on. The only time I was anti-Trump was the short period following his slam on Heidi Cruz's looks. It still strikes me as a colossally childish thing to say as a grown man running for the presidency.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 19, 2022 08:24 AM (sVtYq)

123 Man, lot's o friends be pissed about having to pay taxes thanks to sneaky Biden Bucks. LOFUCKINGL

I ended up with a small tax bill. It was annoying (I thought I'd judged better and would have a smaller one), but I'll take that over giving a zero-interest loan to the government.

That said, there are a lot of people who are used to getting refunds who are going to be *pissed* at their tax bill and then they're going to remember that it's because Biden "gave" them money - basically just pre-applying the child tax credit - and that messed with their taxes this year.

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at April 19, 2022 08:25 AM (qYpme)

124 Biden reportedly told Obama that he's running in 2024.

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...away from the Easter bunny.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 19, 2022 08:26 AM (sVtYq)

125 People will change their thinking in their own time.

People who don't switch up their tactics after the primary are not your friend. At all. As bitterly discovered in 2016.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at April 19, 2022 08:26 AM (ybIRR)

126 Biden reportedly told Obama that he's running in 2024.

Oh I'm sure he did. Dementia makes you delusional.

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 19, 2022 08:26 AM (nxdel)

127 >>I wanted Cruz until that worthless nickelfucker blamed Trump for the left-sponsored violence at his rallies.


Gabe liked Cruz

thought he had a purty mouth

Posted by: REDACTED at April 19, 2022 08:26 AM (us2H3)

128 Against him in the primary. Voted mostly against Hillary at the polls. Four years later I voted so hard for Trump I almost broke the damned lever.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 19, 2022 08:21 AM (s2VJv)

I was sold on Trump in 2015 when he hosted families of victims of illegal immigrants at a town hall in Las Vegas. He let all of them speak, never interrupted, did not turn it into a show about him. No politician had ever expressed sympathy or even acknowledged these ordinary Americans whose lives had been shattered by illegal immigration.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 19, 2022 08:27 AM (H8QX8)

129 @102

>>It would depend on DeSantis actually running

If Trump runs DeSantis will not run, but that won't stop the, uhh, more aggressive, amongst us from starting some sh*t.

Happens every single election cycle.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 19, 2022 08:27 AM (lORQA)

130 The best reason to vote Trump is to act as a counterweight to Mitch and the cuck crowd which will be running the Senate and House. Dems have made themselves into supercucks. No one likes them.

Posted by: Puddihead at April 19, 2022 08:27 AM (xSnmX)

131 106 Cruz is a lot smarter than AOC.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke


Bold statement! ;-)

Posted by: Puddleglum at April 19, 2022 08:27 AM (sAmhv)

132 The lead story on almost all of the news channels around here this morning is that the cdc "strongly recommends" everyone still wear a mask on airplanes.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at April 19, 2022 08:22 AM (bVYXr)
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Do whatever, I won't stop anyone from wearing a mask. But the opposite case ("You must wear a mask!") was not only unscientific, it was always a political act to teach the sheep to be compliant. This mandate alone is a good reason to put everyone leading the CDC into the stocks on the Mall, and invite visiting high school kids to toss as much rotting lettuce and tomatoes as their hearts desire.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 19, 2022 08:28 AM (aACSV)

133 Hell, half of this blogs commenters and most of the COBs were anti-Trump in 2016."

Against him in the primary. Voted mostly against Hillary at the polls. Four years later I voted so hard for Trump I almost broke the damned lever.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 19, 2022 08:21 AM (s2VJv)
*******
Came on board before ace did, but yeah this was me.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 19, 2022 08:28 AM (NpAcC)

134 Fuck D.C. District Court Judge Timothy J. Kelly, one of the REAL J6 terrorists.

Posted by: National Review the shiny new Jen Rubin of Conservative Urinalism at April 19, 2022 08:28 AM (jV+aN)

135 Cruz can barely win in TX

if the dims ever get a better candidate, he'll lose

Posted by: REDACTED at April 19, 2022 08:28 AM (us2H3)

136 107This slow-mo version clearly shows that.
https://twitter.com/BrettRSmith76/status/
1516098789832118275

Anyone else and I'd be laughing. Our President though? More tragic than anything.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 19, 2022 08:29 AM (4olE8)

137 Biden reportedly told Obama that he's running in 2024.

Well of course he is. If he goes away, the graft train for his wife and protection for Hunter go away. They'll never let that happen, and so ole Joe will have to run in 2024 - and watch for ALL KINDS of fraud to pull him over the finish line.

But I'm pretty sure Biden has been President In Name Only (PINOTUS?) since day 1.

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at April 19, 2022 08:29 AM (qYpme)

138 121 I *think* it's because of polling and trying to remove reasons to vote against Democrats, but I can't help feeling like there's another shoe to drop any minute now.
Posted by: AllenG #Texit at April 19, 2022 08:23 AM (qYpme)
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There always is.
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Yep. When you rule by fear you have to have a closet full of shoes to drop.

Posted by: Puddihead at April 19, 2022 08:29 AM (xSnmX)

139 Jack Dorsey getting red pilled? I won't bet my money on it just because he says one thing that isn't full-on lunatic. YMMV

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 19, 2022 08:06 AM

Tom Elliott @tomselliott

Don't let @Jack pose as a good guy. His record:

Funding Ibram Kendi, Censoring Hunter reporting, 1st to kick Trump off a social network, Mass purging millions of conservative accounts, Naming a far-left activist as his successor, Voting for the anti-Elon poison pill

https://bit.ly/3vvR9L8

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at April 19, 2022 08:29 AM (Do5/p)

140 A staffer in an Easter Bunny costume had to jump up and down in front of The President of the United States and wave her arms to get his attention in order to stop him from babbling to grade school children about Astan. Then she had to herd him over to where he hopefully would do the least amount of political damage.


She was in an Easter Bunny costume, right in front of him, but still had to jump up and down and wave her arms to get his attention.


We are so fvcked.

Posted by: davidt at April 19, 2022 08:29 AM (ktgZC)

141 I firmly believe there are only three people that could run and win and then actually change policy for the better.
Trump, DeSantis and Tucker Carlson. If we elect anyone else at this point it would be just another 'fuck you' by the GOP to its voters.

Posted by: lowandslow at April 19, 2022 08:29 AM (qH6FZ)

142 This mandate alone is a good reason to put everyone leading the CDC into the stocks on the Mall, and invite visiting high school kids to toss as much rotting lettuce and tomatoes as their hearts desire.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 19, 2022 08:28 AM (aACSV)
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I would prefer tar and feathers, but public shaming in the common square with rotten vegetables, rotten eggs, and offal would also be acceptable.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 19, 2022 08:30 AM (YIVH2)

143 Cruz is a lot smarter than AOC. He's not my Senator. My Senators are awful, but I don't expect even Senator I like to get things right all the time.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 19, 2022 08:19 AM (gseNL)

Nor do I, Fen. But Cruz showed his true colors when he not only called J6 an 'insurrection,' but actually voted to award medals of bravery to the Capitol Police scum who murdered Ashli Babbitt - and has never apologized or given a logical explanation for either act.

Cruz is a snake. To paraphrase LBJ, he's inside the tent pissing.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 19, 2022 08:30 AM (2JVJo)

144 Alright, time for work.

Later, all.

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at April 19, 2022 08:31 AM (qYpme)

145 The lead story on almost all of the news channels around here this morning is that the cdc "strongly recommends" everyone still wear a mask on airplanes.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at April 19, 2022 08:22 AM (bVYXr)
===

I have a strong recommendation for the CDC. LOLGF

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 19, 2022 08:31 AM (EZebt)

146 Biden run in '24?

Hell, he won't even finish this term.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 19, 2022 08:31 AM (aACSV)

147 Victim of CA's "Happy Face Killer" identified after 29 years, using genetic genealogy.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at April 19, 2022 08:32 AM (UHVv4)

148 Man, lot's o friends be pissed about having to pay taxes thanks to sneaky Biden Bucks. LOFUCKINGL
Posted by: rickb223 at April 19, 2022 08:22 AM (a7hor)


I didn't take the Biden Bucks and STILL got fucked. Fuck Joe Biden. Fuck all those that voted for him. Legally or illegally. They can all mulefuck.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 19, 2022 08:33 AM (Zz0t1)

149 Cruz is a lot smarter than AOC.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke


Bold statement! ;-)
Posted by: Puddleglum

Fen's not a one-eyed fat man !

Posted by: JT at April 19, 2022 08:33 AM (arJlL)

150 Joe Biden's Easter message:

Jill and I join fellow Christians around the world in celebrating Easter Sunday -- a day of joy and hope, of renewal and rebirth. Once again, Holy Week has taken us on a journey from sorrow to salvation. As we reflect today on Christ's Resurrection, we are reminded that with faith, hope, and love -- even death can be defeated.

And, as we emerge from this pandemic, we are grateful that so many are able to celebrate this day of joy and renewal with services and family gatherings in person and together again. But we know this Holy Day falls on heavy hearts for those who have lost loved ones and those among us living in the dark shadow of war, persecution, and poverty.

On this day and each day, we pray for them, and for peace, freedom, and the basic dignity and respect for all of God’s children. As we look ahead with His blessing, may we share a common hope for the future, reaffirm love and compassion for one another, and cherish the blessing of the dawn of new possibilities.

From our family to yours, we wish you hope, health, joy, and the peace of God, which passes all understanding. Happy Easter and may God bless and keep you.

Posted by: Nosmo King at April 19, 2022 08:34 AM (kXYt5)

151 Just watched a ten minute interview on CNBC with the ultimate Karen. The head of the flight attendant union. The older host would not let her get away with demanding people wear masks voluntarily then trying to say she did not think people should have to wear masks. She kept insisting that masks work studies show that masks worn by everyone in a family resulted in lower rates of infection. It was a hilarious free for all.

Posted by: Jen the original at April 19, 2022 08:35 AM (L4jIC)

152 Elon Musk has already done a great thing for free speech just by sending his letter. Lefties are being forced to defend censorship on its merits and, of course, they cannot. But Musk will be attacked indirectly, through Federal investigations of Tesla and SpaceX. So buckle up.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 19, 2022 08:36 AM (aACSV)

153 Hell, half of this blogs commenters and most of the COBs were anti-Trump in 2016."

Against him in the primary. Voted mostly against Hillary at the polls. Four years later I voted so hard for Trump I almost broke the damned lever.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 19, 2022 08:21 AM (s2VJv)

Cruz in the primary.
Reluctantly Trump after Cruz faded.
Daily thankful for Trump and all he gave up for and gave to the USA.

Posted by: Voter theater. at April 19, 2022 08:36 AM (FCPbW)

154 Nor do I, Fen. But Cruz showed his true colors when he not only called J6 an 'insurrection,' but actually voted to award medals of bravery to the Capitol Police scum who murdered Ashli Babbitt - and has never apologized or given a logical explanation for either act.

--

ITA. Ok, best case scenario was that he said something very stupid because all the facts weren't in yet. But they were in. He should've known better than to shoot his mouth off like that. It was very disappointing. It left me questioning his motives and judgement in a big way. Do I still like him? For some things, yes. Sad as it is, he's one of the best ones we've got. But not recognizing J6 for what it was, and what it wasn't, was a massive blunder on his part.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 19, 2022 08:36 AM (sVtYq)

155 Posted by: Nosmo King at April 19, 2022 08:34 AM (kXYt5)
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Very self-serving and contradictory (Biden talking about dignity, freedom or compassion) but not too awful all things considered. The speechwriter did an okay job.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2022 08:36 AM (7U3R4)

156 Biden admin bars all anti-satellite missile testing by the U.S.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at April 19, 2022 08:36 AM (UHVv4)

157 Cruz showed his true colors when he not only called J6 an 'insurrection,' but actually voted to award medals of bravery to the Capitol Police scum who murdered Ashli Babbitt - and has never apologized or given a logical explanation for either act.

Cruz is a snake. To paraphrase LBJ, he's inside the tent pissing.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 19, 2022 08:30 AM (2JVJo)

Barnes has been regularly unloading on Cruz. Funny how all these "conservative" sites that claim to be on "our side" keep shilling for him. Liars and sellouts, every fucking one of 'em.

Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at April 19, 2022 08:36 AM (y7DUB)

158 Tom Elliott @tomselliott

Don't let @Jack pose as a good guy. His record:

Funding Ibram Kendi, Censoring Hunter reporting, 1st to kick Trump off a social network, Mass purging millions of conservative accounts, Naming a far-left activist as his successor, Voting for the anti-Elon poison pill.
_____________________

It occurs to me that @jack might not have enough of his faculties left to know what's going on around him. Everything on that list could have been handled by proxy. Not insinuating it was, just saying Dorsy seems a bit out of touch with reality these days.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 19, 2022 08:37 AM (BFigT)

159 Regarding the Easter Bunny incident at the WH lawn, were any of the children or anyone else wearing a mask???

Morning, I woke up with a sore throat.
More coffee.

Posted by: dantesed at April 19, 2022 08:37 AM (88xKn)

160 Elon Musk has already done a great thing for free speech just by sending his letter. Lefties are being forced to defend censorship on its merits and, of course, they cannot. But Musk will be attacked indirectly, through Federal investigations of Tesla and SpaceX. So buckle up.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 19, 2022 08:36 AM (aACSV)
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That pro-censorship press rollout might have been the real point. And yeah, the feds will be targeting him via other means.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2022 08:37 AM (7U3R4)

161 I long for the day the entire Biden family burns in Hell. They've earned it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 19, 2022 08:37 AM (Zz0t1)

162 Biden admin bars all anti-satellite missile testing by the U.S.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at April 19, 2022 08:36 AM (UHVv4)
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He's just doing what his Chinese/Russian masters want at this point. He has no will (or mind) of his own.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 19, 2022 08:38 AM (YIVH2)

163 Biden admin bars all anti-satellite missile testing by the U.S.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at April 19, 2022 08:36 AM (UHVv4)


For America. And the children.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 19, 2022 08:38 AM (Zz0t1)

164 Thanks, J.J.!

Here's a good explanation for why we have no earthly saviors.

www.rooshv.com/bankers-rule-the-world

Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at April 19, 2022 08:39 AM (OssQ4)

165 On tv nooz -Michelle Obama's brother and his (very white)wife are suing some school for kicking out their kids for some reason.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 19, 2022 08:39 AM (kf6Ak)

166 ++++
Very self-serving and contradictory (Biden talking about dignity, freedom or compassion) but not too awful all things considered. The speechwriter did an okay job.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2022 08:36 AM (7U3R4)


True, but the anti-Christ praising Christ is rich, to say the least.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 19, 2022 08:39 AM (Zz0t1)

167 www.rooshv.com/bankers-rule-the-world

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"Whoever controls the cashbox controls the world."

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 19, 2022 08:40 AM (sVtYq)

168 85 @79
>>Ace got so mad at us he was going to quit the blog, told us all he was done and was going to vote for Hillary...

And we seem to be heading towards a DeSantis or Trump donnybrook, it's going to be LITAF.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 19, 2022 08:14 AM

Things were a little nuts during the primary, but to be fair, Trump is a unique animal, so skepticism was justified. More improvement, he showed himself to be much more trustworthy than 90% of the GOPe, and most of us got it by then (hence the change in support for 2020). The RINOs flouncing off in 2016 was probably for the best.

I can't see DeSantis and Trump fighting in 2024. I imagine they'll talk ahead of time, and if Trump runs, DeSantis will sit it out (or run as VP, if he can). Fighting each other would just destroy both, and give the establishment a better shot at consolidating enough votes around a Rubio or Haley to win the primary.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 19, 2022 08:40 AM (HNeZy)

169
Cruz is a lot smarter than AOC.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

A tardigrade is a lot smarter than AOC.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 19, 2022 08:41 AM (/U27+)

170 @151

>>It was a hilarious free for all.

As has been noted, we have just lived through a 2 year plus, real world, planet spanning mask efficacy study.

The results are in on that.

Mask do f**k all to stop the circulation, spread and transmission of respiratory viruses in a population of 7 billion people.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 19, 2022 08:41 AM (lORQA)

171 In soccer-football news it looks like a Bahraini private equity firm is trying to buy AC Milan for more than $1.38-billion. I though Allah didn't approve of soccer-football? Unless that's only the chicks watching it part??

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at April 19, 2022 08:41 AM (UHVv4)

172 Masks are popping up here again. I expected that people would have a hard time letting it go.

Its really pretty funny.

Posted by: MJ at April 19, 2022 08:41 AM (zwDuR)

173 I still like Cruz and realize when it comes to the primaries the gloves are off for all candidates and I always take that into consideration.

Trump will always win because he takes no prisoners, which is why I don't want DeSantis to run against him. Who knows what label Trump would give to DeSantis in order to win. I think DeSantis knows this.

Hopefully, Trump has learned that if he wins, he will have people like McConnell trying to stop him from implementing certain policies.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 19, 2022 08:42 AM (NpAcC)

174
And we seem to be heading towards a DeSantis or Trump donnybrook, it's going to be LITAF.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 19, 2022 08:14 AM


The only donnybrook between those two is media created. DeSantis has stated multiple times, he will wait for Trump out of respect and will NOT run against him. Period. The only 'rift' between the two is made up by the left wing media because THAT'S WHAT THEY DO.

They've been picking your candidate for DECADES, INCLUDING Trump because they figured he had a snowball's chance in Hell.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 19, 2022 08:42 AM (Zz0t1)

175 It occurs to me that @jack might not have enough of his faculties left to know what's going on around him. Everything on that list could have been handled by proxy. Not insinuating it was, just saying Dorsy seems a bit out of touch with reality these days.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 19, 2022 08:37 AM (BFigT)

He was aware enough to go front of congress and lie about it. Did you ever watch that? He wasn't confused, he expressed contempt for those members that even questioned his lies.

Posted by: lowandslow at April 19, 2022 08:42 AM (qH6FZ)

176 One of the physician social media "educators" in my field @ed United how upset he was with the mask mandate being lifted. He, his pregnant wife and unvaccinated 4 year old were now stranded because their return trip will be unmasked! His child and pregnant wife will surely catch the death virus because a passenger won't be wearing a thin piece of cloth over their face.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 19, 2022 08:43 AM (qnVBz)

177 In soccer-football news it looks like a Bahraini private equity firm is trying to buy AC Milan for more than $1.38-billion. I though Allah didn't approve of soccer-football? Unless that's only the chicks watching it part??
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at April 19, 2022 08:41 AM (UHVv4)


Allah likes money more, so......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 19, 2022 08:43 AM (Zz0t1)

178 160 Elon Musk has already done a great thing for free speech just by sending his letter. Lefties are being forced to defend censorship on its merits and, of course, they cannot. But Musk will be attacked indirectly, through Federal investigations of Tesla and SpaceX. So buckle up.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 19, 2022 08:36 AM (aACSV)
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That pro-censorship press rollout might have been the real point. And yeah, the feds will be targeting him via other means.
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I think people are missing the key clue here. Elon launched his campaign to free Twitter on Easter. Think about it.

Posted by: Puddihead at April 19, 2022 08:43 AM (xSnmX)

179 Interesting about Dorsey, he founded twitter as a free speech platform, but it is possible at the end of it all he realized he created a monster that was no longer controllable. Plus ,no platform this influential is free from a visit from one or few of the 17 and given an ultimatum..,,

Posted by: runner at April 19, 2022 08:44 AM (NxtrT)

180 As has been noted, we have just lived through a 2 year plus, real world, planet spanning mask efficacy study. ...
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 19, 2022 08:41 AM (lORQA)
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And also lockdowns, social distancing, etc.

Whatever the laboratory or computer models said is no longer relevant. We ran the experiment at scale. It doesn't work.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2022 08:44 AM (7U3R4)

181 ...so he went on to other projects...

Posted by: runner at April 19, 2022 08:44 AM (NxtrT)

182 One of the physician social media "educators" in my field @ed United how upset he was with the mask mandate being lifted. He, his pregnant wife and unvaccinated 4 year old were now stranded because their return trip will be unmasked! His child and pregnant wife will surely catch the death virus because a passenger won't be wearing a thin piece of cloth over their face.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 19, 2022 08:43 AM (qnVBz)
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Sadly for his kids, I see divorce in his future. No relationship between people that panicky and irrational can survive.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2022 08:45 AM (7U3R4)

183 He was aware enough to go front of congress and lie about it. Did you ever watch that?
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But he was sitting on a stack of Bibles!

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at April 19, 2022 08:45 AM (UHVv4)

184 I can't see DeSantis and Trump fighting in 2024.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 19, 2022 08:40 AM (HNeZy)

Trump is in the catbird seat. No way DeSantis will challenge him or his prerogative to run.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 19, 2022 08:45 AM (H8QX8)

185
He, his pregnant wife and unvaccinated 4 year old were now stranded because their return trip will be unmasked! His child and pregnant wife will surely catch the death virus because a passenger won't be wearing a thin piece of cloth over their face.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 19, 2022 08:43 AM (qnVBz)

If they're that frightened of the world, they shouldn't be traveling anywhere anyway.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 19, 2022 08:46 AM (/U27+)

186 How about a Trump/DeSantis ticket? 12 years of sanity.

Posted by: Puddihead at April 19, 2022 08:46 AM (xSnmX)

187 the idea that Brandon even knows what 2024 is

well, it's quaint

he is a proud man and will finish his term

Posted by: REDACTED at April 19, 2022 08:46 AM (us2H3)

188 It occurs to me that @jack might not have enough of his faculties left to know what's going on around him. Everything on that list could have been handled by proxy. Not insinuating it was, just saying Dorsy seems a bit out of touch with reality these days.
Posted by: Martini Farmer


I haven't seen him lately, but I saw a pic of him a while back and he seemed to be perilously close to late-stage Howard Hughes.

Posted by: Puddleglum at April 19, 2022 08:46 AM (sAmhv)

189 How stupid must you be to be a leftist member of a school district to accuser a Black man acting as a disc jockey of wearing blackface? Article on horrid, stupid "wokeness" discussed by FrontPage magazine:

https://tinyurl.com/2s36ze8p

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 19, 2022 08:47 AM (gseNL)

190 Richard Fernandez: "If anything is to blame for the sad state of the world with its energy shortages, looming famines, public health theater, inflation, and war, it is Bad Luck."

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The Donna ought to pass a law banning bad luck.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I am not a biologist at April 19, 2022 08:48 AM (FVME7)

191 Sadly for his kids, I see divorce in his future. No relationship between people that panicky and irrational can survive.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2022 08:45 AM (7U3R4)
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Maybe. They could also be co-dependent lunatics who reinforce each other's delusional beliefs. In which case they'll stick together, creating a hell of their own making. Unfortunately, their kids will be caught up in it as well. THEY may not have much of a future to look forward to in that household.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 19, 2022 08:48 AM (YIVH2)

192 Great to know that in DC someone can steal your dog at gunpoint and they will not be charged with a crime.

F the Democrats.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 19, 2022 08:48 AM (NpAcC)

193 "We are reminded that with faith, hope and love, even death can be defeated." Who writes this Christian adjacent stuff?

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 19, 2022 08:49 AM (QZ/dC)

194 Need some Horde medical advice (no hot irons)

How long do you give a wonky knee time to fix itself before seeing a doctor?
And will a general practice doc do or is it best to go straight to an orthopedist?
Out of the blue this Sunday my one knee decided that going up or downstairs hurts. It's not swollen and I don't remember injuring it but basically putting weight on it while bent causes an insidish twinge of pain.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 19, 2022 08:49 AM (kf6Ak)

195 192 Great to know that in DC someone can steal your dog at gunpoint and they will not be charged with a crime.
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Well this works only if you're black. Its Selma all over again.

Posted by: Puddihead at April 19, 2022 08:50 AM (xSnmX)

196 "Whoever controls the cashbox controls the world."
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 19, 2022 08:40 AM (sVtYq)

Well, not everybody....

Posted by: Judas at April 19, 2022 08:50 AM (MkuC5)

197 >>>How about a Trump/DeSantis ticket? 12 years of sanity.
Posted by: Puddihead


No love for Mike Pence? /s

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 19, 2022 08:50 AM (bkUtD)

198 196 "Whoever controls the cashbox controls the world."
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 19, 2022 08:40 AM (sVtYq)

Well, not everybody....
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True until those controlling the guns show up.

Posted by: Puddihead at April 19, 2022 08:51 AM (xSnmX)

199
How long do you give a wonky knee time to fix itself before seeing a doctor?
And will a general practice doc do or is it best to go straight to an orthopedist?
Out of the blue this Sunday my one knee decided that going up or downstairs hurts. It's not swollen and I don't remember injuring it but basically putting weight on it while bent causes an insidish twinge of pain.
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 19, 2022 08:49 AM (kf6Ak)


Do some stretching exercises with the knee for a week or so and see if the pain subsides. If it doesn't, start with your general practitioner and have them refer you to the ortho to keep things copacetic with insurance, if needed.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 19, 2022 08:51 AM (Zz0t1)

200 No love for Mike Pence? /s
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No. Gope can suck my balls.

Posted by: Puddihead at April 19, 2022 08:51 AM (xSnmX)

201 Thanks Sponge

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 19, 2022 08:52 AM (kf6Ak)

202 Mornin' all.

Posted by: Mainah at April 19, 2022 08:52 AM (B+qrE)

203 Trump is my President, Benedict is my Pope.

Posted by: dantesed at April 19, 2022 08:52 AM (88xKn)

204 What is the market price on thrity pieces of silver?

Posted by: Puddihead at April 19, 2022 08:52 AM (xSnmX)

205 Thanks Sponge
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 19, 2022 08:52 AM (kf6Ak)


😘

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 19, 2022 08:53 AM (Zz0t1)

206 The only donnybrook between those two is media created. DeSantis has stated multiple times, he will wait for Trump out of respect and will NOT run against him. Period. The only 'rift' between the two is made up by the left wing media because THAT'S WHAT THEY DO.

They've been picking your candidate for DECADES, INCLUDING Trump because they figured he had a snowball's chance in Hell.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 19, 2022 08:42 AM


They only picked Trump after jeb! flamed out. jeb! was the preferred candidate.


They also "knew" that hillary would absolutely destroy Trump in the general.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at April 19, 2022 08:53 AM (bVYXr)

207 I feel like having a cup of tea and then napping, but I want to see what CBD has for art today. A pretty Edwardian-era girl would be nice.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 19, 2022 08:54 AM (2JVJo)

208
They only picked Trump after jeb! flamed out. jeb! was the preferred candidate.


They also "knew" that hillary would absolutely destroy Trump in the general.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at April 19, 2022 08:53 AM (bVYXr)


True. My point still remains valid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 19, 2022 08:54 AM (Zz0t1)

209 If O'Rourke keeps flip-flopping on issues, his next gig will be as a flounder for some fried fish place.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 19, 2022 08:54 AM (3Gj/Q)

210 They only picked Trump after jeb! flamed out. jeb! was the preferred candidate.
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Jeb, with $135M war chest and all the 'right' endorsements shot himself in the foot on day one by saying 'Immigration is Love.' Dead man walking after that. He made Hillary look presidential.

Posted by: Puddihead at April 19, 2022 08:55 AM (xSnmX)

211 If O'Rourke keeps flip-flopping on issues, his next gig will be as a flounder for some fried fish place.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 19, 2022 08:54 AM (3Gj/Q)

It only takes one ad from Abbott:

*insert clip of pedo Beto's "HELL YES" comments*

*insert clip of pedo Beto saying he's a strong 2nd A supporter*

"Was he lying then or is he lying now? Can you trust a liar either way?"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 19, 2022 08:55 AM (Zz0t1)

212 Here's a provocative thought: How many "Muslim terrorists" arrested by the FIB were set up like the Bitchmer "kidnappers?"

Something what's left of the honest left that believes the J6 protesters and Whitmer kidnappers are innocent is asking. Given the FIB's history I think it's a good question.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at April 19, 2022 08:56 AM (HsAzN)

213 The picking of Trump occurred in SC. We had to whittle down the two Cubans and all the Bushies to get there.

Posted by: Puddihead at April 19, 2022 08:56 AM (xSnmX)

214 Radio propaganda reports still pushing the vaccine and boosters, especially for kids, concern about the end of masking on planes and have found some experts to warn that sitting next to somebody on a plane with the virus hiding in their body could still kill you even if you are vaxxed, despite the claims of clean air by the airlines. What would they know? The insanity just goes on and on.

Posted by: Ripley at April 19, 2022 08:58 AM (MxEKc)

215 194
How long do you give a wonky knee time to fix itself before seeing a doctor?
And will a general practice doc do or is it best to go straight to an orthopedist?
Out of the blue this Sunday my one knee decided that going up or downstairs hurts. It's not swollen and I don't remember injuring it but basically putting weight on it while bent causes an insidish twinge of pain.
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 19, 2022 08:49 AM (kf6Ak)


Hey vmom. My experience was similar. Got a strain , or rather a partial tear, of a ligament in my right knee. I put a soft sleeve brace on it, and it was better on its' own in around 8 weeks. No doctor involved.

Posted by: kraken at April 19, 2022 08:58 AM (Vr12I)

216 Today is the third anniversary of the burning of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at April 19, 2022 08:58 AM (UHVv4)

217 Just look at how many times FBI 'informants' supplied dummy bombs

Ruby Ridge started over an FBI informant trying to get the guy to commit a BATF related crime.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 19, 2022 08:58 AM (3Gj/Q)

218 Comedy Gold! Biden Backs Feinstein as Fit for Office Despite Colleagues Saying She May Be Facing Mental Decline

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I keep a close watch on this heart of mine
I keep my eyes wide open all the time
I keep the ends out for the tie that binds
Because you're mine, I hide the decline

Posted by: Joey and the Bunny at April 19, 2022 08:58 AM (FVME7)

219 Radio propaganda reports still pushing the vaccine and boosters, especially for kids, concern about the end of masking on planes and have found some experts to warn that sitting next to somebody on a plane with the virus hiding in their body could still kill you even if you are vaxxed, despite the claims of clean air by the airlines. What would they know? The insanity just goes on and on.
Posted by: Ripley at April 19, 2022 08:58 AM (MxEKc)


MIT did a study over a year ago that stated you had a hysterically low chance of catching Covid on an airplane.

But SCIENCE!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 19, 2022 08:59 AM (Zz0t1)

220 If we want to stop the clot shot mandate insanity some state has to issue an arrest warrant for Fauci in the case of the death of someone from the clot shot.

I expect that the issue would get escalated quickly to the federal courts and thrown out.

Then issue the next arrest warrant for another death and so on.

The intent isn't to get Fauci in jail, at least yet, the intent is to force the FNM to talk about people dead from the clot shot.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 19, 2022 08:59 AM (ESjRY)

221 >>>No. Gope can suck my balls.
Posted by: Puddihead


Agreed.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 19, 2022 08:59 AM (bkUtD)

222 How about a Trump/DeSantis ticket? 12 years of sanity.
Posted by: Puddihead


No love for Mike Pence? /s
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 19, 2022 08:50 AM (bkUtD)

The GOP isn't lacking for gelded eunuchs to stink up the ballot. With God and the Horde as my witnesses, if JD Vance loses in the primary I'll leave the US Senate spot on the ballot unmarked before I vote for Josh Mandel.

Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at April 19, 2022 08:59 AM (y7DUB)

223 vmom if it's not swollen it's probably a strain and should get better on its own. Happens to me from time to time. These injuries out of nowhere do increase as we 29 year olds age!

Posted by: Guy Smiley at April 19, 2022 09:00 AM (HsAzN)

224 ave found some experts to warn that sitting next to somebody on a plane with the virus hiding in their body could still kill you even if you are vaxxed

Remember the logic behind both the approval of the clot shots and the clot shot mandates is that they reduce the chance of transmission by 95%.

Pfizer falsified that data and no one believes that any more...but that is still what the mandates are based on.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 19, 2022 09:00 AM (ESjRY)

225 221 >>>No. Gope can suck my balls.
Posted by: Puddihead


Agreed.
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Wyatt, are you ready for a year of Jaleen Hurts?

Posted by: Puddihead at April 19, 2022 09:00 AM (xSnmX)

226 OT-So I want to tell this story that has nothing to do with politics, but just made me laugh. Perhaps it may make someone else smile too.

The patriarch in our church is a 90 year old Navy veteran of the Korean War. He was complaining that his very sweet daughter who lives about an hour away and is a nutritionist was going to have him over for Easter Dinner, but she's a nutritionist and a vegetarian and is ultra conscious of food choices. He said on Palm Sunday "If she's not serving ham for Easter I am going to tell her I am leaving." The guy has probably had ham for Easter dinner for most of his life. It's tradition. So I texted his daughter who texts me me fairly regularly and said, "Could you just make him a little ham? It would make him happy."
So she had some ham and it made him happy and he didn't have to leave,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 19, 2022 09:00 AM (fF2aM)

227
The intent isn't to get Fauci in jail, at least yet, the intent is to force the FNM to talk about people dead from the clot shot.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 19, 2022 08:59 AM (ESjRY)


Nipsy Cuomo nor Whitmer weren't arrested for the open murder of thousands of elderly people. What makes you honestly think the arrest of Fauci is even on any universe sized radar screen?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 19, 2022 09:01 AM (Zz0t1)

228 So I texted his daughter who texts me me fairly regularly and said, "Could you just make him a little ham? It would make him happy."
So she had some ham and it made him happy and he didn't have to leave,
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 19, 2022 09:00 AM (fF2aM)
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Good for you, and I'm glad the old man got his ham and spent the time with his family

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2022 09:02 AM (7U3R4)

229 Funny tweet against airline masking taken seriously by NYT drone.

https://nitter.net/Cernovich/status/
1516273337038565376#m

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at April 19, 2022 09:02 AM (UHVv4)

230 229 Funny tweet against airline masking taken seriously by NYT drone.

"MAGA Airspace" LOL

Posted by: Guy Smiley at April 19, 2022 09:03 AM (HsAzN)

231 What a lovely story Fen. Thank you for that. I needed it.

Posted by: Infidel at April 19, 2022 09:04 AM (AhBAQ)

232 Funny tweet against airline masking taken seriously by NYT drone.

https://nitter.net/Cernovich/status/
1516273337038565376#m
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at April 19, 2022 09:02 AM (UHVv4)
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Oy vey.

Never forget, on average and at colleges and universities that have both programs, the only people on campus who are dumber than the J-school students are the Ed-school students.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2022 09:04 AM (7U3R4)

233 Has slow motion Durham indicted anyone yet?

Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at April 19, 2022 09:04 AM (y7DUB)

234 Got a strain , or rather a partial tear, of a ligament in my right knee. I put a soft sleeve brace on it, and it was better on its' own in around 8 weeks. No doctor involved.
Posted by: kraken at April 19, 2022 08:58 AM (Vr12I)

Did you just walk weird up and down stairs until it got better? (You know, good leg first, bring up bad, next step repeat)

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 19, 2022 09:04 AM (kf6Ak)

235 The organist, Jessie, is 95, and she likes those minature fluffy Mars chocolate candy bars. Can't recall the name at the moment. Her nice daughter hides the bag and doles out one miniature candy bar a night for her mom. Her mom does not have diabetes. My parents are not elderly or alive, but I think it if they were that old I'd just let them more than one miniature candy bar a night.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 19, 2022 09:04 AM (fF2aM)

236 Unfortunately, from I can discern. we still have covid testing for international flights, 24 hours before boarding on return flights to US, which is a huge pain in the ass. I expect the feds to double down on this out of spite and stupidity. Maybe airline execs should focus on that next. Travelers hate that as much as masks.

Posted by: Ripley at April 19, 2022 09:04 AM (MxEKc)

237 Palestinian Riots Erupt in Jerusalem Over Passover

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All they want to do is smear blood on the door posts.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Still Crazy After All These Years at April 19, 2022 09:04 AM (FVME7)

238 Funny tweet against airline masking taken seriously by NYT drone.

"MAGA Airspace" LOL
Posted by: Guy Smiley at April 19, 2022 09:03 AM (HsAzN)


His response to the NYT NPC was gold.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 19, 2022 09:04 AM (Zz0t1)

239 Regarding the doxxing of the woman behind the Twitter account Libs of Tik Tok:

Sean Davis Retweeted

NevilleTheCat
@FearTheFloof

34m
As someone who had their personal information posted on here and had someone show up to their house I can say that is actually the press's goal here. Journalists aren't publishing anonymous names & personal info for news. It's a hit list to their more violent followers.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 19, 2022 09:04 AM (NpAcC)

240 As for Pixy-Misa's article on public data-scraping and Linkdln...

"There is no such thing as privacy on a computer. The view here is that if you don't want something read, don't put it on the system."
- Thomas Mandel. Time. April 6, 1987.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 19, 2022 09:05 AM (3Gj/Q)

241 Airline passengers getting the news midair that masks are no longer mandatory...

https://nitter.net/libsoftiktok/status/
1516207919452327944#m

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at April 19, 2022 09:06 AM (UHVv4)

242 The organist, Jessie, is 95, and she likes those minature fluffy Mars chocolate candy bars. Can't recall the name at the moment. Her nice daughter hides the bag and doles out one miniature candy bar a night for her mom. Her mom does not have diabetes. My parents are not elderly or alive, but I think it if they were that old I'd just let them more than one miniature candy bar a night.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 19, 2022 09:04 AM (fF2aM)


Likely 3 Musketeers.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 19, 2022 09:07 AM (Zz0t1)

243 Gabe liked Cruz
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Huh? Don't recall that one at all.

Cruz, Paul, Kennedy, Blackburn, Hawley, and occasionally a few others, are pushing hard in the Senate. They don't always prevail, but they are out there trying.

I do want to recommend Gohmert's concise editorial in American Greatness to the Horde. He does not go off into other issues and concentrates carefully on disparate charging and bail by the AG. He is my fantasy team Speaker of the House.

Posted by: mustbequantum at April 19, 2022 09:07 AM (MIKMs)

244 @FearTheFloof
As someone who had their personal information posted on here and had someone show up to their house I can say that is actually the press's goal here. Journalists aren't publishing anonymous names & personal info for news. It's a hit list to their more violent followers.
Posted by: redridinghood at April 19, 2022 09:04 AM (NpAcC)
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Of course. It's why doxxing works for the Left. The press outs you and the malicious, violent bastards go harass you because they know they will never be punished. If they get arrested somehow, an NGO will post their bail and the DA will quietly drop the case. They just need the information, because the operational structure is in place and runs like a well-oiled machine.

If you go picket a journalist's house, though, you'll be thrown into solitary confinement while you await a court date some years from now.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2022 09:07 AM (7U3R4)

245 234

Did you just walk weird up and down stairs until it got better? (You know, good leg first, bring up bad, next step repeat)
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 19, 2022 09:04 AM (kf6Ak)

I " favored" the sore knee. Which is nature's way of protecting it while it heals up, I guess. The soft brace just protected it some more, and allowed me to keep on keepin' on.

Posted by: kraken at April 19, 2022 09:07 AM (Vr12I)

246 Your story made me smile, Fen.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 19, 2022 09:07 AM (NpAcC)

247 As for Pixy-Misa's article on public data-scraping and Linkdln...

"There is no such thing as privacy on a computer. The view here is that if you don't want something read, don't put it on the system."
- Thomas Mandel. Time. April 6, 1987.
Posted by: Anna Puma

In the same vein:
Two can keep a secret. If one of them is dead.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 19, 2022 09:07 AM (a7hor)

248 222
Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at April 19, 2022 08:59 AM (y7DUB)

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The problem the GOPe has is that voting does actually matter still. The GOPe does cheat, but it's more limited than what Democrats can do because of how the GOP electorate is spread out.

This leads to situations where someone like the unserious and unpossible Donald Trump can win 50% of the primary of SC in 2016 even with the military definitely supporting Jeb Bush because of W, or something.

They still need someone to appeal to the masses to some degree, and they don't have anyone. They still want control of the party through the presidential candidate, and they'll end up with at least half a dozen candidates vying for the top spot against Trump in 2024. They will all cancel each other out while raising tens of millions of dollars each, and it will be hilarious. They can manage better at state level races where they have more control, leading to situations like OH, but the electorate just keeps being uppity.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking great in a trenchcoat and fedora with JP Melville at April 19, 2022 09:08 AM (LvTSG)

249 Biden's Air Force Crafts New Mission: Create a "Safe Space" for Cadets to Share Feelings

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I assume they'll call it the Curtis LeMay Feelings Center and Marshmallow Factory.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Still Crazy After All These Years at April 19, 2022 09:08 AM (FVME7)

250 Airline passengers getting the news midair that masks are no longer mandatory...

https://nitter.net/libsoftiktok/status/
1516207919452327944#m
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at April 19, 2022 09:06 AM (UHVv4)


That's great, except for the fact that the Biden admin DIDN'T lift the mandate. The judge in Florida ruled it unconstitutional. I'm quite sure the puppet masters in the Biden admin are quite pissed about it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 19, 2022 09:08 AM (Zz0t1)

251 Why so long for one judge to be brave enough?

‪Best air travel masking story was at DFW last May - constant lecture pre-flight on masking/distancing, scan boarding pass, herded down stairs, packed like sardines onto a bus out to the tarmac, stood in rain, sat on plane with wet, stretched out, more useless cotton mask. ‬

Posted by: jhawk90 at April 19, 2022 09:08 AM (2/EuS)

252 Yep

Doxxing is all about evil little brown shirts showing up at 2am to throw rocks through glass windows and burn your house down.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 19, 2022 09:08 AM (3Gj/Q)

253 If I make it to 90, I'm not just eating ham, I'm adding smoking Camel's again to my diet.

Posted by: lowandslow at April 19, 2022 09:08 AM (qH6FZ)

254 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 19, 2022 09:04 AM (fF2aM)

Cadbury?

Posted by: dantesed at April 19, 2022 09:08 AM (88xKn)

255 Anyone shorting AAPL?

Posted by: Puddihead at April 19, 2022 09:09 AM (xSnmX)

256 "There is no such thing as privacy on a computer. The view here is that if you don't want something read, don't put it on the system."
- Thomas Mandel. Time. April 6, 1987.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 19, 2022 09:05 AM (3Gj/Q)
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The way I put it to my credulous and confused classmates when Facebook became a thing, "Would you put it on a billboard with your picture and name? If not, why are you putting it on Facebook?"

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2022 09:09 AM (7U3R4)

257 Jihad Murderer Tells Jury He’s a "Moderate Muslim"

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Gimme that old time moderation
Gimme that old time moderation
Gimme that old time moderation
It's good enough for me

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Still Crazy After All These Years at April 19, 2022 09:10 AM (FVME7)

258 Thanks kraken and Guy Smiley!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 19, 2022 09:10 AM (kf6Ak)

259 Never bet against Apple.

Posted by: kraken at April 19, 2022 09:10 AM (Vr12I)

260 Clint had a halfway decent singing voice.
Lee Marvin did not.

Lee Marvin got the gold record.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking great in a trenchcoat and fedora with JP Melville at April 19, 2022 09:11 AM (LvTSG)

261 That's great, except for the fact that the Biden admin DIDN'T lift the mandate. The judge in Florida ruled it unconstitutional. I'm quite sure the puppet masters in the Biden admin are quite pissed about it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 19, 2022 09:08 AM (Zz0t1)
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The pilot didn't say the mandate had been lifted, he said that the Biden administration declared that it will not be enforcing it. That is true. The administration - so far, anyway - has decided not to force additional litigation on the issue and has said they will just not enforce the mandate. It is technically still in place.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2022 09:11 AM (7U3R4)

262 257 Jihad Murderer Tells Jury He’s a "Moderate Muslim"

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Gimme that old time moderation
Gimme that old time moderation
Gimme that old time moderation
It's good enough for me
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Still Crazy After All These Years at April 19, 2022 09:10 AM (FVME7)


He uses a sharp hacksaw instead of a rusty one.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 19, 2022 09:11 AM (s2VJv)

263 ++++
The way I put it to my credulous and confused classmates when Facebook became a thing, "Would you put it on a billboard with your picture and name? If not, why are you putting it on Facebook?"
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2022 09:09 AM (7U3R4)


My fav was when people started copying and pasting the mantra that "YOU CAN'T USE MY POSTS" and thought it would actually be effective.

Um.....it's the public forum you posted in. Anyone will use it at their will and be legally fine in doing it, no matter WHAT you say.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 19, 2022 09:11 AM (Zz0t1)

264 Today is the third anniversary of the burning of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at April 19, 2022 08:58 AM (UHVv4)

***

Are they rebuilding it as a mosk? It would be the 28th holiest site in all of pisslam

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at April 19, 2022 09:11 AM (flINI)

265 263 My fav was when people started copying and pasting the mantra that "YOU CAN'T USE MY POSTS" and thought it would actually be effective.

Um.....it's the public forum you posted in. Anyone will use it at their will and be legally fine in doing it, no matter WHAT you say.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 19, 2022 09:11 AM (Zz0t1)

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Don't quote me, bro. I said you couldn't in my post.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking great in a trenchcoat and fedora with JP Melville at April 19, 2022 09:12 AM (LvTSG)

266 259 Never bet against Apple.
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It failed to match its old high of 5 January. Way too extended here. Looks wounded for some reason.

Posted by: Puddihead at April 19, 2022 09:13 AM (xSnmX)

267 ========

Don't quote me, bro. I said you couldn't in my post.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking great in a trenchcoat and fedora with JP Melville at April 19, 2022 09:12 AM (LvTSG)


Neener neener neener.

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Don't quote me, bro. I said you couldn't in my post.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking great in a trenchcoat and fedora with JP Melville at April 19, 2022 09:12 AM (LvTSG)

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 19, 2022 09:13 AM (Zz0t1)

268 Don't quote me, bro. I said you couldn't in my post.
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Deal with it. I also quoted you without attribution, because that's kind of devil-may-care rebel I am.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2022 09:13 AM (7U3R4)

269 I, for one, am looking forward to MAGA Air flights that are even better than Con Air.

Posted by: Ripley at April 19, 2022 09:13 AM (MxEKc)

270 268 Don't quote me, bro. I said you couldn't in my post.
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Deal with it. I also quoted you without attribution, because that's kind of devil-may-care rebel I am.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2022 09:13 AM (7U3R4

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I'm gonna tell Zuck!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking great in a trenchcoat and fedora with JP Melville at April 19, 2022 09:13 AM (LvTSG)

271 Joe Biden's brain in music:

https://youtu.be/dsEnCu4PEzo

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 19, 2022 09:14 AM (Zz0t1)

272 That's great, except for the fact that the Biden admin DIDN'T lift the mandate. The judge in Florida ruled it unconstitutional. I'm quite sure the puppet masters in the Biden admin are quite pissed about it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 19, 2022 09:08 AM (Zz0t1)


I hope they're pissed. They tried to have it both ways - Keeping the Karens happy with the endless mask charade, while simultaneously telling normal people that "Hey, what can we do? The experts say to keep the masks" - and thought they were in a no-lose position. Now they're in a no-win position. They can either support the Karens (the one group that hasn't abandoned them) and appeal this decision, or they can admit defeat.

Posted by: Wally at April 19, 2022 09:14 AM (FJYfm)

273 Posted by: dantesed at April 19, 2022 09:08 AM (88xKn)

It's probably Hersheys but instead of being completely
hard chocolate it has a whipped chocolate center. I hate it when I can't recall things.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 19, 2022 09:15 AM (fF2aM)

274 MAGA Air:

Would you like the well-done steak with ketchup, The Trump Tower Taco Bowl or the Burger King Whopper du jour?

Posted by: Guy Smiley at April 19, 2022 09:15 AM (HsAzN)

275 ========

I'm gonna tell Zuck!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking great in a trenchcoat and fedora with JP Melville at April 19, 2022 09:13 AM (LvTSG)


He's already used your likeness in a meta billboard.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 19, 2022 09:15 AM (Zz0t1)

276 If I make it to 90, I'm not just eating ham, I'm adding smoking Camel's again to my diet.
Posted by: lowandslow at April 19, 2022 09:08 AM (qH6FZ)

***

If I make 90 I not only will start sucking on Marlboros I will also starting doing all the hard drugs I've been avoiding for the last 45 years.

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at April 19, 2022 09:15 AM (flINI)

277 My fav was when people started copying and pasting the mantra that "YOU CAN'T USE MY POSTS" and thought it would actually be effective.

Um.....it's the public forum you posted in. Anyone will use it at their will and be legally fine in doing it, no matter WHAT you say.
Posted by: Sponge

They thought they had copyright protections.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 19, 2022 09:15 AM (a7hor)

278 Russia aims to kill or depopulate as much of Ukraine as it can. That's genocide.

It's still not a reason for nuclear war.
I don't see a way out either. I think poo Tin is down for the struggle.

The West is weak and feckless. Certainly they have firmed up the last few weeks but they still PAY poo Tin a billion a day to invade with no end of that in sight. The West , especially Germany, needs a massive investment in nuclear power, LNG carriers, oil field development, and withdrawal from dependence on Chi nah.

And a shoring up of it's immigration systems, criminal justice institutions, tax systems, and devotion to rule of law rather than rule of malarkey and shenanigans.

Poo Tin is calling us out. It doesn't end with Ukraine
There will be no peace in our time without his defeat.

Posted by: torabora at April 19, 2022 09:15 AM (nyOOx)

279 Joe Biden's brain in music:

https://youtu.be/dsEnCu4PEzo
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 19, 2022 09:14 AM (Zz0t1)
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I was expecting the Keystone Kops theme.

Expectations: subverted.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2022 09:15 AM (7U3R4)

280 I assume that everything I say is fair game for anyone, for good or ill. I am so igsignificant that no one cares what I say or think, that is my protecion. Sort of like being a tiny proto mammal in the age of dinosaurs.

Posted by: kraken at April 19, 2022 09:16 AM (Vr12I)

281 Good morning everyone. Thank you J.J.

Saint of the Day
St. Timon (1st c.) is mentioned by name in the Acts of the Apostles. He belonged to the group of seventy disciples who followed Jesus during his earthly ministry. After Jesus' ascension into heaven, St. Timon was one of the original seven deacons, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, chosen by the Apostles to help with the work of ministering to the growing Christian community. Timon was later ordained a bishop by the Apostles. He baptized many Greeks and Jews into the Christian faith. He also had the supernatural ability to heal the sick and to cast out devils. St. Timon suffered martyrdom for preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ. According to tradition he was thrown into a furnace, but by the power of God he came out of it unharmed, and later died by crucifixion. His feast day is April 19.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 19, 2022 09:16 AM (Msys3)

282 The Bidet misadministration is still trying to figure out the lyrics to "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane.

And now a different type of usagi nyah
https://youtu.be/XEbmGa3_qU4

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 19, 2022 09:17 AM (3Gj/Q)

283 Joe Biden's brain in music

Dazed & Confused?

Posted by: Guy Smiley at April 19, 2022 09:17 AM (HsAzN)

284 ++++
I was expecting the Keystone Kops theme.

Expectations: subverted.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 19, 2022 09:15 AM (7U3R4)

The song happened to come through the rotation and I thought it was fitting, so I shared the wealth.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 19, 2022 09:17 AM (Zz0t1)

285 272 I hope they're pissed. They tried to have it both ways - Keeping the Karens happy with the endless mask charade, while simultaneously telling normal people that "Hey, what can we do? The experts say to keep the masks" - and thought they were in a no-lose position. Now they're in a no-win position. They can either support the Karens (the one group that hasn't abandoned them) and appeal this decision, or they can admit defeat.
Posted by: Wally at April 19, 2022 09:14 AM (FJYfm)

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The Karens will never abandon the Democratic Party because they are cultural Democrats. The DNC could suddenly announce that it is racist to be worried about covid, and they'd fall in line.

The Democrats' problem is that they've lost the middle on this issue. They thought it was the perfect tool for tyranny forever, forcing their will upon the people until utopia, and yet...the nation is simply too big for that kind of control. They've destroyed what's left of their brand in an effort to achieve full power. Have they gotten it? The results in VA last year indicate no.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking great in a trenchcoat and fedora with JP Melville at April 19, 2022 09:17 AM (LvTSG)

286 Put ice on it too, vmom

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at April 19, 2022 09:17 AM (YynYJ)

287 Funny tweet against airline masking taken seriously by NYT drone.

https://nitter.net/Cernovich/status/
1516273337038565376#m

It would've been funnier if he'd specified that his son was a woke 8 year old or whatever age lefties always claim, but "This Is MAGA Airspace" is still gold.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 19, 2022 09:18 AM (ZGrMX)

288 Posted by: Tonypete at April 19, 2022 09:16 AM (Msys3)

Is he the patron saint of ovens?

Posted by: dantesed at April 19, 2022 09:18 AM (88xKn)

289 I take back all positive things I said and my goodwill for Kavanagh and ACB. I wish to trade them out, please. On my terms, with judges Mitch McTurtle hates.

Posted by: Piper at April 19, 2022 09:19 AM (FXYsU)

290
It would've been funnier if he'd specified that his son was a woke 8 year old or whatever age lefties always claim, but "This Is MAGA Airspace" is still gold.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 19, 2022 09:18 AM (ZGrMX)


4 year old transsexual eunuch.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 19, 2022 09:19 AM (Zz0t1)

291 #276
You're not wrong.
But I stopped that nonsense because it was nonsense. Go ahead. Let me know if anything has changed.
Peace Out

Posted by: torabora at April 19, 2022 09:19 AM (nyOOx)

292 Put ice on it too, vmom
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at April 19, 2022 09:17 AM (YynYJ)

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That's good advise

Posted by: Billy Jeff from Chapaqua at April 19, 2022 09:19 AM (flINI)

293
***

That's good advise
Posted by: Billy Jeff from Chapaqua at April 19, 2022 09:19 AM (flINI)

Or submerge yourself in a Lincoln.

- - Ted Kennedy

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 19, 2022 09:21 AM (Zz0t1)

294 So what was it that Amy Schumer said about Kirsten Dunst? The article talked all around it, but never actually said what it was other than a hint that Schumer "pretended Dunst was a seat filler rather than an Oscar contender."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 19, 2022 09:21 AM (txdEq)

295 It tells you something extraordinarily revealing and disturbing about Democrats when their two most important issues are killing babies in the womb, and perverting those who survive. Their goal is to corrupt your family and destroy it. They plan to accomplish most of that by corrupting your children using schools and institutions you pay for, and using the power of government to enforce it.

This is nothing but pure evil, and these people need not only to be defeated, but banished from participation in any decent, moral, right and just society.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 19, 2022 09:21 AM (VpIIl)

296 So what was it that Amy Schumer said about Kirsten Dunst? The article talked all around it, but never actually said what it was other than a hint that Schumer "pretended Dunst was a seat filler rather than an Oscar contender."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 19, 2022 09:21 AM (txdEq)


As if Amy has ANY room to talk about anyone else's acting chops.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 19, 2022 09:21 AM (Zz0t1)

297
That's good advise
Posted by: Billy Jeff from Chapaqua at April 19, 2022
*
Or submerge yourself in a Lincoln.

- - Ted Kennedy
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 19, 2022

***
That is a dirty lie, Senator Kennedy. Your car was an Oldsmobile!

Posted by: Lincoln CEO at April 19, 2022 09:22 AM (txdEq)

298
This is nothing but pure evil, and these people need not only to be defeated, but banished from participation in any decent, moral, right and just society.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 19, 2022 09:21 AM (VpIIl)


You're not wrong here.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 19, 2022 09:22 AM (Zz0t1)

299 293 Or submerge yourself in a Lincoln.

- - Ted Kennedy
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 19, 2022 09:21 AM (Zz0t1)


'69 Cutlass Supreme.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 19, 2022 09:22 AM (s2VJv)

300 An Olds 88 is not a viable submarine to go racing in - Ted 'Swimmer' Kennedy

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 19, 2022 09:22 AM (3Gj/Q)

301 294 So what was it that Amy Schumer said about Kirsten Dunst? The article talked all around it, but never actually said what it was other than a hint that Schumer "pretended Dunst was a seat filler rather than an Oscar contender."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 19, 2022 09:21 AM (txdEq)

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Dunst had no chance of winning the Oscar she was nominated for. Schumer made a joke about it.

Whatever.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking great in a trenchcoat and fedora with JP Melville at April 19, 2022 09:22 AM (LvTSG)

302 I smoked but stopped many years ago. The price of cigarettes seem prohibitive in some areas. Here in Mo you can buy any brand for under $5, some for around $3.50. Over in Il they run $7-9 per pack. Guess what people in Il do?

Posted by: kraken at April 19, 2022 09:23 AM (Vr12I)

303
'69 Cutlass Supreme.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 19, 2022 09:22 AM (s2VJv)


Well, shucks.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 19, 2022 09:23 AM (Zz0t1)

304 199 A lot of knee issues are due to inflexibility or deactivation of the piriformis muscle. The piriformis' major role is to support the knee during movement, walking, turning, etc. As the piriformis runs laterally across the gluteus, it is very difficult to exercise it with normal stretching.

Try this: Stand erect, knees slightly bent. Extend the non-offending leg forward off the ground, and hold it there. 6 or 8 inches off the ground is enough. Support your balance with a hand on a wall or a table.

Now, slowly flex the knee on the standing leg by performing a slight squatting motion (as if to sit down) and then back to a straightened position. Very slowly.

If you feel pain in the knee as you do this, reduce the amount of motion.

Repeat this motion until the gluteus on the standing leg starts to burn. The muscle you feel burning will be the piriformis.

If the knee doesn't improve in pretty short order you'll obviously have something unrelated to the piriformis but at least you will have eliminated the piriformis as the cause of the issue.

I have been managing meniscus issues (golf injury) without surgical intervention for 15 years with this very simple exercise.

Posted by: CZ = FNG To Remain Silent Because, FNG at April 19, 2022 09:23 AM (MkuC5)

305 "and Soros will have failed in his lifelong dream of bringing communism to the United States"

Soros isn't a Communist, he is a Fascist. He can still be a billionaire under fascism.

Posted by: Eric at April 19, 2022 09:23 AM (a2F+C)

306 Since the mask wearing policies were really all about compliancy I can see how some entities and people are still enthralled with them. On the one hand you've got the people and businesses that aggressively went all in and have the most to lose and on the other hand those that approached it with some doubt and are happy to be out from under the boot.

Say a lot about those that can't let it go.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 19, 2022 09:23 AM (BFigT)

307 It tells you something extraordinarily revealing and disturbing about Democrats when their two most important issues are killing babies in the womb, and perverting those who survive.

It's pure Malthusianism. They want to reduce your population by any means necessary (but not theirs). Abortion is the first line of "defense", and if the kid survives they'll convince it to self-Darwinize.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 19, 2022 09:24 AM (ZGrMX)

308 Or submerge yourself in a Lincoln.

- - Ted Kennedy
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It was an Oldsmobile. A Delta if memory serves. Good car to fuck in. Couch like seats.

Posted by: Puddihead at April 19, 2022 09:24 AM (xSnmX)

309 She DIDN'T drown... she suffocated. That could have happened anywhere

Posted by: Edward Kennedy Howling from the Bowels of Hell at April 19, 2022 09:24 AM (flINI)

310 Why you insult Elmer Fudd?

Posted by: Biden's Dog at April 19, 2022 09:24 AM (E+GGl)

311 305 "and Soros will have failed in his lifelong dream of bringing communism to the United States"

Soros isn't a Communist, he is a Fascist. He can still be a billionaire under fascism.
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Both of you are wrong. He is a CIA asset.

Posted by: Puddihead at April 19, 2022 09:25 AM (xSnmX)

312 It almost seems there someone in the Democratic Party trying to humiliate Senile Joe, but who?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at April 19, 2022 09:25 AM (eGTCV)

313 Jeremy Faust MD MS (ER physician)
@jeremyfaust
Thanks @united [Airlines].

The idea of not waiting until "vaccine for all" (including kids under 5) is pretty much you just saying it's cool if a few kids die so that you don't have to enforce this for another month or two.

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Now, that's all sciency. P.S. Abortion is still A OK!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Still Crazy After All These Years at April 19, 2022 09:25 AM (FVME7)

314 Libs of Tik Tok
@libsoftiktok
Hi
@TaylorLorenz
! Which of my relatives did you enjoy harassing the most at their homes yesterday?

https://tinyurl.com/4rvnd22c

Posted by: redridinghood at April 19, 2022 09:25 AM (NpAcC)

315 312 It almost seems there someone in the Democratic Party trying to humiliate Senile Joe, but who?
Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at April 19, 2022 09:25 AM (eGTCV)

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The Obama faction?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking great in a trenchcoat and fedora with JP Melville at April 19, 2022 09:25 AM (LvTSG)

316 Kirsten Dunst?

https://youtu.be/C0X3CLJVMJU

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 19, 2022 09:25 AM (3Gj/Q)

317 It almost seems there someone in the Democratic Party trying to humiliate Senile Joe, but who?

Obama. He hates Biden for the "clean, articulate Negro" crack in 2008, and he's exactly the type to hold a grudge.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 19, 2022 09:26 AM (ZGrMX)

318 They thought they had copyright protections.
Posted by: rickb223

HAHAHAHAHA
*deep breath*
HAHAHAHAHA

I get the same reaction when someone, in a public place, objects to their likeness being captured inadvertently in the background of a family pic or such.

"I'm calling the police!!"

Gourd head Karen. . .

Posted by: Tonypete at April 19, 2022 09:27 AM (Msys3)

319 can you imagine the stewardesses on MAGA Air?

Posted by: goatexchange at April 19, 2022 09:27 AM (APPN8)

320 "You're not wrong here.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 19, 2022 09:22 AM (Zz0t1) "

Imagine what dedication to evil it takes, what pure drive, lack of any morality, absolute subversion of civil rights and complete disregard for democratic government, to coordinate and undermine not only the will of the people, but to do so in pursuit of murdering children in the womb or perverting those who survive. There are really no words for that except, evil. I am astounded, but not surprised.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 19, 2022 09:27 AM (VpIIl)

321 @jeremyfaust
Thanks @united [Airlines].

The idea of not waiting until "vaccine for all" (including kids under 5) is pretty much you just saying it's cool if a few kids die so that you don't have to enforce this for another month or two.

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Now, that's all sciency. P.S. Abortion is still A OK!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Still Crazy After All These Years at April 19, 2022 09:25 AM (FVME7)


More kids under the age of 5 have died from the vax than have from Covid, pissbreath.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 19, 2022 09:28 AM (Zz0t1)

322 Now that Lent is over, the presstitutes will go back to asking what flavor of ice cream Biden is having.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 19, 2022 09:29 AM (NpAcC)

323 Evil has become commonplace in our culture, and this is our undoing.

Posted by: kraken at April 19, 2022 09:29 AM (Vr12I)

324 321 More kids under the age of 5 have died from the vax than have from Covid, pissbreath.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 19, 2022 09:28 AM (Zz0t1)

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7 boys Junior's age have died of covid since the beginning.

7.

I'm gonna bet that at least 5 of them had leukemia. The other 2 were 300 pounds.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, looking great in a trenchcoat and fedora with JP Melville at April 19, 2022 09:29 AM (LvTSG)

325 Evil has become commonplace in our culture, and this is our undoing.
Posted by: kraken

Yep - evil, for it's own sake, seems to be the goal.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 19, 2022 09:30 AM (Msys3)

326 "It's pure Malthusianism. They want to reduce your population by any means necessary (but not theirs). Abortion is the first line of "defense", and if the kid survives they'll convince it to self-Darwinize.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 19, 2022 09:24 AM (ZGrMX) "

If they want to be a death cult and kill off their kind, have at it. But they want us to be their sacrifice to their Malthusian population reduction. Never. They are both evil and genocidal. I won't be their sacrifice to Baal.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 19, 2022 09:31 AM (VpIIl)

327 NOOD.

Centrist art.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 19, 2022 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

328 323 Evil has become commonplace in our culture, and this is our undoing.


And the dragon slayers are extinct.

Posted by: Ziba at April 19, 2022 09:31 AM (S1hrL)

329 Richard Fernandez: "If anything is to blame for the sad state of the world with its energy shortages, looming famines, public health theater, inflation, and war, it is Bad Luck."

An excellent analysis and good read -- thanks for identifying and linking (along with everything else, of course). "JJ the Wonder Blog ..."

Prisoners of Our Own Device

I get this reference!

Posted by: ShainS -- They are Child Predators, not Groomers at April 19, 2022 09:34 AM (mZ3xv)

330 Oh, Happy Patriots' Day!

Posted by: ShainS -- They are Child Predators, not Groomers at April 19, 2022 09:36 AM (mZ3xv)

331 286 Put ice on it too, vmom
Posted by: Notsothoreau

Will do, thanks Notsothoreau

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 19, 2022 09:40 AM (kf6Ak)

332 Soros isn't a Communist, he is a Fascist. He can still be a billionaire under fascism.
Posted by: Eric at April 19, 2022 09:23 AM (a2F+C)
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Amazingly, most people don't realize this simple fact. Even Soros says his best time of life was when collaborating with the Nazis in Hungary.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 19, 2022 09:41 AM (mp2aO)

333 I love the smell of fried rabbit in the morning.

Posted by: Remarkably Unremarkable at April 19, 2022 09:41 AM (Jw2qQ)

334 From the wild and lawless days of the post-impressionists!
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https://youtu.be/PC794azF1U8?t=150

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 19, 2022 09:42 AM (Dc2NZ)

335 "When you look at the words and deeds of individuals like the aforementioned Nazi collaborator Soros, Klaus Schwab of the WEF and Blackrock's Larry Fink to name the biggest of the big three (and there are many more of course), then much of what I'm talking about comes into sharper focus."

And you wonderful Morons think DeSantis will fight these asshats over a lessons-learned Trump?

Posted by: Danimal28 at April 19, 2022 09:44 AM (klw0w)

336 319 can you imagine the stewardesses on MAGA Air?
Posted by: goatexchange at April 19, 2022 09:27 AM (APPN
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https://tinyurl.com/ydc6nf56

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 19, 2022 09:44 AM (mp2aO)

337 Trump is in the catbird seat. No way DeSantis will challenge him or his prerogative to run.
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I'm pretty fascinated that Mitch thinks he still has the juice to challenge Trump.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 19, 2022 09:46 AM (wkC12)

338 I have been managing meniscus issues (golf injury) without surgical intervention for 15 years with this very simple exercise.
Posted by: CZ = FNG To Remain Silent Because, FNG at April 19, 2022 09:23 AM (MkuC5)

I just tried this, thinking my knee would say nope.
But I was able to do it without making my knee hurt. My calf hates me now though
Thanks - I will continue

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 19, 2022 09:57 AM (kf6Ak)

339 Probably commented to death already but their trying to disqualify MT Green from the ballot on the grounds of "Insurrection" (14th Amendment) is the logical continuation of the scorched-earth lawfare/ psyop method of control that has come to characterize the hard left in our time.

Having established that a lawful protest, on the most compelling grounds, is now "Insurrection" anyone and anything connected with it is now to be driven out of politics, if not actively prosecuted.

It's a lot like the old joke about the kid who killed his parents asking the court for mercy as an orphan. Those who caused a Constitutional crisis by subverting an election have convinced half the country that anyone who noticed is an Insurrectionist.

"J6" is a full blown Cancer-Narrative that needs to be nuked by a coordinated, sustained infowar pushback by the GOP. But even if they get "a majority" are they up to it? Or will we get a few shouty Congressional hearings?

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