The Morning Report

The Morning Report - 4/21/22

Good morning, kids. Thursday and the subject of the theft of the 2020 election and subsequent overthrow of the US government, both in my column yesterday as well as Ace's post as it applied to the sandbag interview of Trump by Pierced Organ (aka Piers Morgan) engendered some lively discussion among the commenters, to say the least. Before delving yet again into that subject especially as it relates to a speculative re-re-election campaign of Trump, there seems to be a new twist to his supposed storming off of the set in a huff.

On Wednesday afternoon, British media personality Piers Morgan posted a video clip from an interview that is set to air with former President Donald Trump next week that is generating controversy over whether it was deceptively edited. The clip appears to show Trump storming out of the interview, while subsequent reporting suggests that is not what happened.
“Turn the camera off,” Trump says at the end of the video clip that Morgan posted to his Twitter account. “Very dishonest.”
NBC News reported that audio provided to the network by Trump’s team appears to tell a different story about what happened.
“The two men laughed and thanked each other, the recording shows,” NBC News reported. “There are no signs of Trump’s storming off set.”

If the play-by-play of what happened is important to you, then by all means you can click on the links and have at it. FYI, this new Piers Morgan show is being produced on an outlet called TalkTV which is a wholly owned entity of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. I'm shocked. Meh, is Donald Trump getting sandbagged by the media any more newsworthy or surprising than the discovery that water is wet?

Yet the question remains, should the theft of the 2020 election be a campaign issue, let alone the central issue, of Donald Trump or any potential candidate? I suppose it depends on what your definition of the word "be" be. The magnitude of the crime cannot be allowed to be swept under the rug and forgotten as if nothing happened. On the other hand, the fact that the media is not only the mouthpiece for the perpetrators of the crime but accessories before and after the fact, given its role as an active participant in the previous attempt to sabotage the 2016 elections, means that any attempt to even broach the subject will be effectively painted as sour grapes. Worse, it in theory distracts from the abject destruction that has been wrought on us in just 14 months.

I suppose I have to admit that I'm guilty of not realizing that a very large segment of the population, if not the majority, has the attention span of a flea. Worse, believing that others see things as I see them. It's a sad state of affairs to come to the realization that that just isn't the case. And yet, I just can't let go of it. Maybe there is some sort of a happy medium wherein the suffering that is driving droves of heretofore core Democrat constituents away from them (if not toward the GOP) can be directly tied to the events of November 2020? Or is it just better to shut up, point to the John Wayne Gacy card-carrying NEA member dressed as the Tooth Fairy instructing your children in the glories of glory holes and let the Democrats get wiped out.

And yet, and yet. I don't have a Wayback Machine and even if I did, I don't have the ability to change history. But, it raises the question, had Trump been reelected would any of this pre-apocalyptic nightmare have happened in the first place? Or, would 2024 and the end of his notional eight years have heralded an even worse disaster?

In contrast to the potentially disastrous political situation for the GOP which a narrow 2020 win would have engendered, the prospect for both Trump and the entire Republican party for 2022 and 2024 looks bright.
In fact, looking even further out, 2028 would not be marked by the usual two-term election malaise as the political reality in that respect is that it would appear for Trump’s successor as a follow on from a single term.
Sometimes a loss, no matter how much it hurts, can turn out to be a blessing in disguise, and 2020 is very much that blessing. The Biden administration’s policy plans have been waylaid by Omicron, Manchin and Sinema, inflation, Putin’s war, rising urban crime and internal party divisions. So far Biden’s 2020 win has not inflicted too much damage than can’t quickly be fixed in 2022/24
About forty thousand votes in two presidential elections in a row will have determined the American landscape for a generation after the midterms -- such are the imponderables of fate in a polarized society.

First off, the author of this essay postulates that Trump would have won in a squeaker or that it would've been a tie and that Mike Pence would have cast the deciding vote. Had that been the case, for sure there would've been a hot civil war and given the Stalinization of the DoD, the situation would've been in doubt right there. But I don't think it was going to be a squeaker; he was on his way to a clear victory if not a big win until the toilet overflowed in Atlanta.

Second, he assumes that everything we are experiencing right now would have happened had Trump been re-elected. I would say that that's a complete crock, especially in terms of the economy, with the exception of the continuing madness over the General Tso's Sickness. Hard to game out the might-have-beens on that front but given the anger over mask and vaccine mandates by normal Americans, much of that garbage would have been tossed, along with Fauci. For sure, China would still be in check, Russia would never have invaded Ukraine, Iran might have finally collapsed, oil would be flowing and gas would still be about $2.50 a gallon, among other things.

It should be noted that Trump is responsible for giving the Democrats the tools to rig the election, insofar as being bamboozled with the "two weeks to flatten the curve" and Operation Warp Speed for vaccines, instead of going to the mattresses on therapeutics and not locking the country down. Oh well. In any case, these what-ifs are all imponderable and a waste of time. But the one observation that I am in agreement on is that the destruction being wrought on us by the Democrat Party, the media, and leftists in and out of government is out in the open, repulsive in the extreme and is directly felt by everyone in their wallets and psyches. I think that we are at a cultural/societal inflection point. The problem is, it's only been a little over 14 months. We still have another 33 to go -- with or without Sponge Brain Square Depends in the Oval Office. And that assumes we win it all in '24 along with the expected Dem wipeout this coming November.

Well, what's done is done and what's to come is anyone's guess. All we can do is the best we can in the here and now. I'm scared out of my mind but at the same time there is always reason for hope.

Trump? DeSantis? Bueller? Who knows. I'm looking beyond electoral politics to a sea change in culture and society away from the headlong plunge towards Sodom and Gomorrah and back towards normalcy. The forces arrayed against us for sure are doing everything they can to prevent it. But they're not infallible. We just have to hang tough and hang together.

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

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

"Leaders in tech, industry, and government systematically turn American innovation against America."
OS Mandarin
"Do human rights supersede property rights?"
The 1964 Civil Right Acts: A Moral Eugenical Moment in American History
Victor Davis Hanson: "Nothing seems to be working. And no one seems to care."
How America Became La La Land

THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"

“This operation in the east of Ukraine is aimed, as was announced from the very beginning, to fully liberate the Donetsk and Luhansk republics,” he said. “It is beginning – I mean, another stage of this operation is beginning. And I am sure this will be a very important moment of this entire special operation.”
Lavrov Hints Russia Will Retain Parts of Ukraine After Referendums, "The Manifestation of Democracy"
"Biden about to send another $800 million."
Black Hole: CNN Admits US “Doesn’t Really Know” What Happens to Weapons Sent to Ukraine
Mariupol commander: “We will not lay down our weapons.”
Ukraine Updates: Russia Extends Mariupol Surrender Deadline, Wimbledon Bans Russian and Belarusian Players
"The European Union and others on the continent have taken a vocal stance in support of Ukraine, condemning the eight-year-old Russian war in the country with renewed vigor. European states have largely failed to turn their words into meaningful action, however, as many of their economies are heavily dependent on Russian natural gas, oil, and coal. Their purchases fund the Russian state and, thus, the war they claim to oppose."
Russia Confirms Europe "Significantly Increased Gas Purchases," Funding Ukraine War
"He is surely contemplating how to avenge his humiliation."
What’s Next for Putin?
"A Russian defeat could reshape the security landscape to U.S. advantage in Europe and beyond." (the Global Reset Mafia notwithstanding - jjs)
America’s Interest in Ukrainian Victory
"The atrophy of nuclear strategy is a vestige of the 'era of strategic happy talk' associated with the 'end of history' narrative."
Putin and Nukes: Déjà Vu All Over Again?
DEMOCRAT WAR ON OIL, THE ECONOMY, STUPID
"Americans, however, are now fully aware of the depth of deception to which this administration will go, are keen to remind it that oil and gas aren’t the only things that are expensive. Miscalculations are too."
The "Putin Price Hike" Show Flops in D.C.
John Stossel: "Recently the tabloid freaked out over higher prices imposed by ride-share companies. 'New Yorkers are fed up with forking over excessive amounts for Uber and Lyft rides.' Excessive? Just what is 'excessive?' Who decides?"
Uber Clueless
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
"The EPA is now collecting applications for 2022’s spending from the American Rescue Plan (ARP), [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion [Chinese] COVID-19 relief package passed last year."
EPA Spent Chinese COVID Relief Money On "Environmental Justice," "Tree Walks"
"So, unfortunately, we have these ridiculous population estimates from the U.N. that need to be updated because they just do not make any sense," he said. "You can look and see, what was the birth rate last year, how many kids were born, and then multiply that by life expectancy – okay, so that’s how many people will be alive in the future."
Elon Musk: Overpopulation Is False, "Earth Could Maintain a Population Many Times the Current Level
CIVIL WAR 2.0: LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, CAPITOL HILL BLACK WEDNESDAY PROTEST AFTERMATH, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
"Joe Biden is a symbol of the entire federal government: Its dangerous incompetence, corruption, and utter disrespect for the American people and the rule of law."
It’s Not Just Joe Biden. The United States Has a Potemkin Government
"How a chance encounter with a kind police officer made me begin to question my assumptions."
Prager U Video: How I Stopped Hating the Police
AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
"Illegal immigration is not a victimless crime."
The Neglected Victims of the Border Crisis
"Every state is now a border state."
Maine Overwhelmed by Asylum Seekers
Miranda Devine: "More than 2.5 million illegal migrants have crossed into the US since Joe Biden took office. Among them were 42 people on the terror watchlist, according to CBP. Yet when White House press secretary Jen Psaki was asked about these suspected terrorists, she blew off the question, saying it was a tiny proportion of total illegal crossers.What a relief."
Still More Secret Migrant Flights. Why is Biden Keeping Them Off the Books?
AMERICA, AND THE WORLD, IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
"The [so-called quote-unquote "president"] mask mandate crumbles just as [Chinese] COVID rates climb. What will he do?"
Biden is Caught Between a Mask and a Hard Spot
However, 120 countries still get the “High Risk” designation!
CDC Drops All Countries From "Do Not Travel" Chinese Covid-19 List
"In other words, it is not deferring to United States District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle’s ruling, in which she deemed Biden’s mask mandate illegal."
Port Authority Continues Forced Masking at New York Airports
"Why Biden doesn’t just throw in the towel on mandating masks on planes, buses, and trains is a mystery. The government has lost the argument. Mandating masks at this point — and for only two weeks — is futile and unnecessary."
Biden Says Masking Is a Choice as His DOJ Fights to Hold Onto Mandate
"Remember the maskholes."
Disappearing Chinese COVID Mandates: Maoists in the Mist
"The shady deal has now been confirmed."
REVEALED: Fauci’s Texas Lab Signed a "Confidential" Deal With Wuhan Colleagues Enabling "Destroying Secret Files, Materials"
"Those who forced babies off airplanes, froze kids at school, and refused service to customers who wouldn’t mask are now worried about mask harassment."
Mask Nazis Who Terrorized Americans For Years Are Worried They Might Get Mocked For Mask Obsession
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
“Math is about getting the right answer. It’s not about how you feel about the problem.”
Daniel Greenfield: 2 + 2 = 4 -- Gov DeSantis Puts Math Ahead of Feelings
Molly McCaughey: "Transgender advocates have a right to their views, but they don’t have a right to brainwash our kids with them."
Science Shows Transgender Education Doesn't Belong in Schools
“'Segregation today, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever!' When Emily Mais, assistant principal at Agnor-Hurt Elementary School in Virginia strongly objected to training materials being used by the Albemarle County school district that preached that only whites could be racists, and in fact all were, she found herself endlessly harassed, forced to make numerous public apologies, and eventually was forced to resign in the face of numerous insults and threats against her."
Today's Blacklisted American: Assistant Principal Harassed and Forced to Resign for Rejecting School's Insistence That All Whites Are Racists
". . . making sure your child gets the best education possible is not even remotely what most inspires the NEA’s national leadership and likely the majority of its members. What inspires them now is handing millions of dollars in campaign contributions to the most liberal Democrat candidates every two years, as well as awarding multi-millions more in favorable propaganda and compulsory classroom indoctrination to advocates of curriculums based on Critical Race Theory, woke gender studies, and other far-Left 'progressive' poison."
What if the Democrats Could No Longer Depend on the NEA?
SHAMPEACHMENT 1.0, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION
Margot Cleveland: "Newly released CIA memoranda suggest the tech gurus behind the Alfa Bank hoax also tracked Donald Trump’s movements to devise another collusion conspiracy theory."
New Documents Suggest Democrats Sicced the CIA on Their Domestic Enemy, the President
“'There is no evidence that Mr. Sussmann’s meeting with [FBI general counsel James] Baker had anything to do with the Clinton Campaign’s broader media strategy.' Except it likely does."
Here's the Tweet Clinton's Lawyer Doesn't Want Admitted as Evidence in Durham Case
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
"An officer for the caucus is part of an anti-Israel organization."
Progressive Dems Pull Endorsement After Candidate Receives Money From Pro-Israel Group
"Guv backs chief elections manager Brian Li after he misled students about how votes would be counted."
Princeton Student Government Stands by Anti-Israel Vote It Concedes Was "Unfair and Incorrect"
“The Easter holidays, the entire message of the Gospels of the Easter holidays was ‘Love one another,’” Dowd began. “And I have said this before, and I’ll say it again: If Jesus Christ was alive today, he would be called a groomer. He would be called woke. And he would be called a socialist, if he was alive today.” (with that, and more, he's on the Highway to Hell, literally - jjs)
Former Bush-Cheney Advisor: Jesus Christ "Would Be Called a Groomer" if He "Was Alive" Today
"I don’t think Trump cares one way or the other," State Senator Frank Niceley said in an interview last month in defense of removing Ortagus from the ballot. "I think Jared Kushner—he’s Jewish, she’s Jewish—I think Jared will be upset. Ivanka will be upset. I don’t think Trump cares."
Anti-Semitism Rocks Congressional Race in Tennessee
OTHER DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
“I’m a bonafide Republican by their standards, and frankly, by any metric. I’m further disappointed that the party insiders at the Tennessee Republican Party do not seem to share my commitment to President Trump’s America First policies,” [Morgan] Ortagus said in a statement, the outlet reported. “Our team is evaluating the options before us.”
Tennessee GOP Boots Ex-Trump Official Off Primary Ballot
"When first elected to Congress last January, Hawaii Democrat Rep. Kaialiʻi Kahele joined the transportation and infrastructure committee and its aviation subcommittee. The congressman, 48, still works as a pilot for Hawaiian Airlines, according to his spokesperson. Last year, he co-sponsored four bills related to aviation that his employer lobbied for." Congressman’s Airline Income While Pushing Related Bills, Proxy Voting, Warrants Ethics Probe: Watchdog
"Rep. Kurt Schrader's campaign site, for example, says the Oregon Democrat 'understands that having access to health care should be a basic right for every single American.' He does not offer campaign employees a group health care plan, Federal Election Commission records show."
These Democrats Say Health Care Is a Human Right for All, Except Their Campaign Staff
POLITICS
"Coming in with a net favorability rating of +63, Trump leads Donald Trump Jr. (+57), and Gov. Ron DeSantis (+53), Sen. Ted Cruz (+43), Nikki Haley (+41)." (Haley? Feh. - jjs)
Poll: Donald Trump Commands GOP’s Greatest Favorability Rating, Romney and McConnell Lowest
[Top Sanders adviser and 2020 campaign manager Faiz] Shakir's mention of "an open 2024 Democratic presidential primary" implies that top Democratic brass have doubts that Biden, who will turn 82 in 2024, will run for a second term. While a majority of Americans think Biden is "too old" to do his job, the president told his former boss, Barack Obama, that he's running.
Feel the Bern, Again? Sensing Weak Biden, Dems May Turn to Octogenarian Socialist for 2024
“There’s a trend that … all Latinos when they come here, they need to be Democrats in that … everybody’s so racist and all that,” Victor Jimenez told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
In Their Own Words: Why Hispanics and Latinos Are Shifting Right
"As more and more Asian-Americans engage with the news, and 'their English gets better' they realize 'wow! We are actually conservatives,' Williams said, adding that the Democrats think they can take Asian-Americans for granted."
Asian-Americans Are Bolting From the Democrat Party, and They Might Never Look Back
"I mean, when you’ve lost a Twitter user with a handle like 'Elon Musk pay my student loans,' what kind of Democrat are you? In Biden’s case, one wearing a massive albatross around his neck. How long before his fellow Dems throw him overboard?"
Lefties in Panic Over Biden Support Collapse With Younger Voters

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"Sounds like the dog isn’t the only one who could benefit from reform school."
Joe Biden Has Major Problems
“I believe he thinks he’s the only one who can beat Trump. I don’t think he thinks there’s anyone in the Democrat party who can beat Trump and that’s the biggest factor.”
Putting On a Happy Face: Yet Another News Report Says Biden is Running Again in 2024
"Does Kamala Harris think the Space Force doesn't know what space is..."
Kamala Harris Delivers Preschool Explanation of Space — To Sworn-In, Grown-Adult Members of the U.S. Space Force
"In doing so, she’s taking a page out the leftists’ book of lawfare and, frankly, she’s got a slam dunk case."
Tulsi Gabbard Brings a Sledgehammer to Mitt Romney and Keith Olbermann
"Democrats will likely retain 198 seats, whereas Republicans will likely win 210. Twenty-seven will be tossups."
More Evidence House Democrats Are in for a Shellacking This November
"While Trump has made other endorsements in competitive Senate primaries, the Ohio primary will be one of the first serious tests of his clout."
Trump’s Vance Endorsement Shows He’s in the Game
"A contested 2020 win would have eventuated in a complete disaster for both Trump and the GOP." (I don't necessarily agree with the premise, but some of the conclusions are resonant - jjs)
The 2020 Loss -- A Blessing In Disguise?
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
“We don’t know why this person smashed out several windows, we don’t know why this person had a metal stake, we don’t know why this person approached the officers with that metal stake, but we’re investigating that now,” Contee told the press.
Secret Service Officers Shoot and Kill Alleged Peruvian Embassy Intruder: Police
"Despite the juror making clear that his views were based on statistics and not his personal feelings about black people, Love’s counsel moved to exclude the prospective juror based on 'his stated beliefs that . . . non-whites commit more violent crimes than whites.'”
Wiseass Latina Sotomayor Argues People Familiar With FBI Crime Stats Should be Banned From Capital Case Juries
"The legislation would not necessarily prohibit ticket quotas because it only affects arrests and summons."
New Virginia Law Bans Police Departments from Enacting Arrest Quotas
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
"Morgan’s team deceptively edited the clips together to make it as nasty as possible for Trump—and to drive up the ratings for Morgan’s new show. Morgan’s new show, Piers Morgan Uncensored, launches next week on Talk TV, a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation."
Deceptive Edits: Audio Contradicts Pierced Organ, Shows He Warped Trump Interview Ending in Promo
"You are putting my parents and my autistic sister in danger you sick fucks."
"This Is On You!": Woman With Same Name as Doxxed "Libs of TikTok" Reveals Threats, Blasts WaPo’s Taylor Lorenz
"It is a contest over who controls the public discourse, and with it, who rules."
Elon Musk’s Battle for Twitter is a Proxy War for Americans Against the Ruling Class
ABORTION
“Yesterday’s admission by the FDA regarding the inherent risks of NIPT screenings marks another step towards protecting life by the most pro-abortion administration in American history.”
FDA Admits Prenatal Screening Tests Are Often Wrong, Leading Parents To Make "Inappropriate Health Care Decisions" Like Abortion
"Perennial political failure Wendy Davis on Tuesday filed a legal challenge to the Texas Heartbeat Act, which bans abortion after six weeks."
Wendy Davis Gears Up for Next Failure
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
"She is only two to four points behind President Emmanuel Macron in the lead-up to the second round, a very different scenario from five years ago, when Macron, then an aspiring young leader, defeated Mrs. Le Pen handily."
Will Populism Triumph in France’s Election?
"Mobs of Muslim migrant youths set police vehicles on fire and hurled stones at police officers, with some shouting, 'allahu akbar' during the rampage."
German Media Falsely Claims Muslim Riots in Sweden Were “Right Wing Demos”
"The wartime saga of Guadalcanal may be repeated in the near future." (if the Chi-Coms don't collapse in on themselves first, or before we do the same - jjs)
Guadalcanal 2.0
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
"If Vladimir Putin was hesitant to attack U.S. satellites because of the potentially destructive American counterattack in space, he is now tempted to strike hard and fast against the Yanks in space."
Biden Kills U.S. Space Dominance
"Assange still has legal options of appeal. His lawyers have four weeks to make submissions to Patel, and can seek to appeal to the High Court."
British Judge Approves Julian Assange’s Extradition to U.S. Over Spying Charges
"The aircraft carried the U.S. Army Golden Knights for an event at the Washington National’s baseball stadium, according to the Hill. The House and Senate were not in session at the time of the evacuation. . . Nationals hired a parachutist team that did not communicate properly, two sources told CNN."
US Capitol Evacuated After Aircraft Intrusion Warning
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE, THE COURTS
"Excessive infrastructure costs plague freeway construction in conservative areas, too."
Red State Building Blues
"Worse, the poison of critical race theory is strongly inserted into this survey. One entire section is dedicated to outlining ways to guarantee equal outcomes among races, which thus encourages the government to fund not the best science but to distribute grants based on race, ethnicity, and gender quotas."
Planetary Scientists Propose Next NASA Boondoggle
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
"Legal marijuana makes America dumber and more violent."
The Dope Makes the Poison
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
"These facts, combined with the delays forced on SpaceX by the FAA, provides further circumstantial evidence that the federal bureaucracy under the Biden administration is working to block the success of Elon Musk’s space companies."
Delta Testing Starlink Use on Its Airplanes
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
"When I was a teenager, the cool kids smoked cigarettes. Today they cut off their weiners. . ."
Against All Odds: Mother Tells How Her Daughter and Every One of Her Friends Are Suddenly Trans
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
“Disney is a guest in Florida. Today, we remind them. @GovDeSantis just expanded the Special Session so I could file HB3C which eliminates Reedy Creek Improvement District, a 50 yr-old special statute that makes Disney to exempt from laws faced by regular Floridians.”
Florida Senate Passes Bill to End Disney’s Special Tax Jurisdiction
"Disney sets a trap for children."
The Mouse That Whored
Does this mean that Disney will get rid of those movies and shows. too? Or will they place disclaimers that say, “It’s okay to be fat,” or “Not everybody who has a hook for a hand is a bad guy”? What about Peter Pan’s Flight: will they close it?
Seriously, Disney? The Wokest Place on Earth Finds Beloved Characters "Potentially Problematic"
"Production company claimed its staff received threats and abuse." (if true, and it isn't, they got off easy - jjs)
"Family Sex Show" Aimed at Kids Cancelled After Backlash
"You can’t even get a burger anymore without being read a leftist homily."
Burger King’s Brilliant Idea: Making Fun of Catholics During Easter
"The new iconoclasm has deep roots."
Twilight of the Idols
Christian Toto: "Westword's attempt to silence fan fave Gina Carano reeks of woke insanity"
Denver Pub Offers Embarrassing Crash Course on Cancel Culture
"How can such a brilliantly original writer have such dumb, derivative politics?"
Paul Auster, Man in the Dark
HITHER & YON
"It's hard to believe that it has been nearly twenty-three years since the Columbine massacre."
One Columbine Story
"A bracing essay collection from the author of Wag the Dog."
Mamet’s Wisdom

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Posted by: J.J. Sefton at 08:09 AM

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1 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at April 21, 2022 07:11 AM (b8+NJ)

2 WTFO??

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 21, 2022 07:13 AM (yrol0)

3 Whenever there is a covid question the homunclus that is Fauchi mysteriously appears at a podium.

He is now absent. Wonderful.

Posted by: redenzo at April 21, 2022 07:14 AM (E7vND)

4 Hot Coffee!!!..Cobra Venom...The Water

Posted by: Qmark at April 21, 2022 07:18 AM (VWhVp)

5 I have coffee, a donut and admin rights over the accounts of annoying people. Life is good.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 21, 2022 07:19 AM (4olE8)

6 How do we put the Left out of our misery?

Posted by: Brett at April 21, 2022 07:20 AM (Sm9Ko)

7 In local news, Sotero Colon is dead after shooting himself during a SWAT raid.

I am not making that name up.

Posted by: fd at April 21, 2022 07:20 AM (vrz2I)

8 ace but wonderfully at the anti-Trump bait.

This is a bad habit. He is quick to jump on any MFM piece that smears one of our guys. Not in a this is BS way. But to take it hook line and sinker.

I mean it takes him most of a day or more to get to news. But this? He was on it. Right away.

Well, anyway, Happy Birthday JJ!

Posted by: blaster at April 21, 2022 07:20 AM (9otr5)

9 We have done frame by frame analysis and estimate that Trump's feet were hitting the ground at 1.2g's. That is firmly in stomping territory, and rate the report that he stomped off set as True.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 21, 2022 07:20 AM (bg3iC)

10 We went from "Piers who?" To "That fucking guy again!" No publicity is bad publicity. Especially for Piers.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 21, 2022 07:22 AM (bg3iC)

11 "Nationals hired a parachutist team that did not communicate properly, two sources told CNN"

Sure, blame it on anybody but the dumbass Capitol police that can do no wrong.

Posted by: fd at April 21, 2022 07:24 AM (vrz2I)

12 MSNBCs Dr Patel: Carry extra masks on planes & force your neighbor to wear one
Posted by: rhennigantx

That will end well. And by end well, I mean the person refusing to wear the offered mask getting drug off the plane, arrested, fined, and put on multiple lists.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 21, 2022 07:24 AM (bg3iC)

13 Is for say Jo Reggelt for Meester Sefton.

Posted by: Mornin' Miklos in the mornin' at April 21, 2022 07:24 AM (QzkSJ)

14 I read the essay on illegals or refugees or whatever in Maine with a touch of glee. The elite always think they can just destroy a piece of a place like this that will only effect the middle class, not their toney lake cabins. I am reminded of living near a lovely state park in central CT years ago and after a fashion it became very diverse on weekends, forcing those that could to go further north. You always run out of room.

Posted by: Indignaciom Vindacatorem at April 21, 2022 07:24 AM (QZ/dC)

15 6 How do we put the Left out of our misery?

Make it clear to them that leaving us alone is the best and smartest option.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 21, 2022 07:25 AM (4olE8)

16 "Carry extra masks on planes & force your neighbor to wear one"

Make sure you bring enough for everyone on the plane including the crew.

Posted by: fd at April 21, 2022 07:26 AM (vrz2I)

17 People who want to let up on Disney need to read more Allen G.

Of COURSE you salt the earth.

Posted by: blaster at April 21, 2022 07:26 AM (9otr5)

18 If my Mama named me "Piers" I'd be kinda pissed to.

Posted by: Young Miklos would have had much fun at young Piers' expense at April 21, 2022 07:26 AM (QzkSJ)

19 13 Is for say Jo Reggelt for Meester Sefton.
Posted by: Mornin' Miklos in the mornin' at April 21, 2022 07:24 AM (QzkSJ)

Servoos, dragas.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 21, 2022 07:27 AM (s2VJv)

20 On the radio they were asking about how to respond if someone offers you a mask to wear.

A polite no thank you.

If they insists...then salt the earth.

Posted by: blaster at April 21, 2022 07:28 AM (9otr5)

21 I would find it hard to believe Marine Le Pen
Would pull out an upset. (I think there would be voting fraud in France too) but I don't think rioting Muslims would help Macron.)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 21, 2022 07:28 AM (Q/E9I)

22 “Disney is a guest in Florida. Today, we remind them. @GovDeSantis

This is TOTAL PWN

Posted by: Miklos approves in extensive amounts at April 21, 2022 07:28 AM (QzkSJ)

23 DeathSantis is the way.

That whole come at the king thing.

Make them know it's a mistake and don't do it again.

Posted by: blaster at April 21, 2022 07:29 AM (9otr5)

24
FDA Admits Prenatal Screening Tests Are Often Wrong, Leading Parents To Make "Inappropriate Health Care Decisions" Like Abortion

Happened to me. But I didn't do as I was told. So I have two children instead of one.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 21, 2022 07:30 AM (45fpk)

25 Servoos, dragas.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

I need to buy this man a "kis fekete" one day.

Posted by: Miklos has never visited Wisconsigan or wherever at April 21, 2022 07:30 AM (QzkSJ)

26 " If my Mama named me "Piers" I'd be kinda pissed to."

To say the least...

Posted by: zombie Sotero Colon at April 21, 2022 07:30 AM (vrz2I)

27 Early JJ is the best JJ!

Posted by: blaster at April 21, 2022 07:30 AM (9otr5)

28 @grammie oh so you love your children more than you love science?

Your name is in the book.

Posted by: blaster at April 21, 2022 07:31 AM (9otr5)

29 Carry a filthy crusty mask around with you and if someone asks you to wear one of their masks tell them you will if they will wear one of yours.

Posted by: fd at April 21, 2022 07:32 AM (vrz2I)

30 Daniel Greenfield: 2 + 2 = 4 -- Gov DeSantis Puts Math Ahead of Feelings

Unlike NY or CA, FL is also +1 congressional seat

Posted by: Electoral Kollige Miklos at April 21, 2022 07:32 AM (QzkSJ)

31 Flying through Newark tomorrow, so no mask in Houston, no mask on the plane, but have to mask up when I transit Newark to unmask on another plane. Got it.

Posted by: Indignaciom Vindacatorem at April 21, 2022 07:33 AM (QZ/dC)

32 Your name is in the book.

Posted by: blaster at April 21, 2022 07:31 AM (9otr5)

As long as my name is in the Book of Life, I'm okay with that.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 21, 2022 07:33 AM (45fpk)

33 My solution to Covid madness: Say simply, I respect your choice. Why don't you respect mine? This has shut up a lot of people.

Posted by: IanDeal at April 21, 2022 07:34 AM (MGjjz)

34 grammie oh so you love your children more than you love science?

Your name is in the book.
Posted by: blaster

I hope and trust mine is too

Posted by: Miklos knows records are kept at April 21, 2022 07:35 AM (QzkSJ)

35 The congressman's remarks come after the FDA warned Tuesday of "the risk of false results, inappropriate use and inappropriate interpretation of results with non-invasive prenatal screening (NIPS) tests, also called cell-free DNA tests or non-invasive prenatal tests (NIPT)."

"The subject has a mutation of unknown significance in gene JDY18X"

NP: I am so sorry, but your baby is a mutant. You should get an abortion.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 21, 2022 07:35 AM (bg3iC)

36
"Kamala Harris Delivers Preschool Explanation of Space - To Sworn-In, Grown-Adult Members of the U.S. Space Force"

Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space

Posted by: Veep Throat at April 21, 2022 07:35 AM (vrz2I)

37 Let me take a wild guess that the former Bush-Cheney official who thinks Jesus would be called a "groomer" does not intend church-or if he does it's the church of wokeness because what about "better a millstone" etc, etc did he not understand.?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 21, 2022 07:36 AM (9953X)

38 So one year ago the blog suffered the great blackout and was restored today. Hip hip hurray for Pixy!

Posted by: Iris at April 21, 2022 07:36 AM (6lKe4)

39 Early JJ is the best JJ!
Posted by: blaster

*looks around*

Not a damn worm in sight

Posted by: Miklos, both early and late at April 21, 2022 07:37 AM (QzkSJ)

40 @Fen they are just trying to Alinsky us with stuff like that. Except they don't have the faintest idea what Christianity means or what the Bible actually says.

They wouldn't know a millstone if it were tied around their neck.

Posted by: blaster at April 21, 2022 07:38 AM (9otr5)

41 Morning peeps.

Looks like Florida is going after the Mouse?

Good. Burn, Salt, Spread, etc.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 21, 2022 07:38 AM (BFigT)

42 Oh, yes what moron (and not in the positive sense?) approved the ad campaign for Burger King and when they be doing an ad campaign making fun of Islam?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 21, 2022 07:38 AM (9953X)

43
In local news, Sotero Colon is dead after shooting himself during a SWAT raid.

I am not making that name up.

Posted by: fd at April 21, 2022 07:20 AM

What the heck is 'Rape Party to a Crime'?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 21, 2022 07:39 AM (dQvv7)

44 The scene in Better Off Dead where the sanitation workers note, "someone threw away a perfectly good white boy", seems apt for this trans clique in the high school mentioned above. I guess trans white pseudo males have more rights than real white males, and females elsewise why would a woman in today's world want to trade status?

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 21, 2022 07:39 AM (QZ/dC)

45 DeathSantis: making the rubble bounce!

Posted by: blaster at April 21, 2022 07:39 AM (9otr5)

46 Poll: Donald Trump Commands GOP’s Greatest Favorability Rating, Romney and McConnell Lowest

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I have little doubt this is true. Isn't it funny, ironic, illustrative that it's McConnell and Romney who still sit at the seat of power for the party...and it's Trump who is gone.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 21, 2022 07:40 AM (sVtYq)

47 mornin' y'all

Posted by: Nearsighted Cyclopes at April 21, 2022 07:40 AM (4TZI4)

48 Abolish The Disney Groomers!

Free Buffalo Guy!

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 21, 2022 07:40 AM (R/m4+)

49 2020 was some shady shenanigans but ultimately people are motivated by their interests, not those of someone else. Donald Trump won in 2016 because he made his campaign about voter concerns (jobs and the economy) whereas Clinton just made everything about herself. Trump lost 2020 in part because he too made it about himself; if he does that again he's likely to get the same result.

Posted by: CppThis at April 21, 2022 07:40 AM (UewuT)

50 Took daughter to visit colleges. Including one "women's" college. They were sooo proud of being a womens college. But they also wanted us to know that they also had "a lot" of trans-men.

They made no mention of trans-women.

Apparently no one born male can apply as an undergraduate to this school.

I expect this to end badly for them.

Posted by: blaster at April 21, 2022 07:42 AM (9otr5)

51

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at April 21, 2022 07:42 AM (SWi3y)

52 If and when Donald Trump does another interview, he should know by now that he needs to bring his own film crew to tape along side these dishonest hacks. He will always be faced with deceptive editing putting him in the worst possible light. Trust no one in the journalism field. They are incapable of being truthful.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 21, 2022 07:42 AM (sVtYq)

53 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 21, 2022 07:42 AM (YIVH2)

54 BREAKING

Bitch McConnell resigns seat, will be new Disney CEO

Posted by: MiklosWishes at April 21, 2022 07:43 AM (QzkSJ)

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

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at April 21, 2022 07:44 AM (pkq24)

56 If the biden junta really wanted to make things better, one of the easiest things to do would be to rescind all of his executive orders. There's not a damn one of them that didn't create problems or make existing problems worse.
Of course, that seems to be a feature, not a bug.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at April 21, 2022 07:44 AM (dr4Q1)

57 @Lady in Black he does that is how the real audio got released.

Doesn't help when people on our side join the outrage mob.

Posted by: blaster at April 21, 2022 07:45 AM (9otr5)

58 *hic*

already

fuck

Posted by: Huma anticipating a lousy "breakfast" at April 21, 2022 07:45 AM (QzkSJ)

59 PA s school board voted down Elementary after school Satan club, while another board endorsed one. Woman who plans to lead the Satan Club days some of the values it would teach are "benevolence and empathy." Yep,because Satan is all about benevolence/s

https://tinyurl.com/c45t82up

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 21, 2022 07:46 AM (9953X)

60 "We just have to hang tough and hang together." -- J.J. Sefton
----
Because our enemies would very much like us to hang separately...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 21, 2022 07:46 AM (YIVH2)

61 Burn it down.
Scatter the stones.
Salt the earth where it stood.
Posted by: AllenG

The newsletter is sold out.

Order more, or wait for the next?

Posted by: Miklosian Newsletter Services LLC at April 21, 2022 07:47 AM (QzkSJ)

62 To be fair, Space Force is only a couple years old, and Kamala has known about space for many years. She was AG of the state which houses Vandenberg. So it is not unreasonable that she assumed her audience was too young to understand a more complicated explanation of space.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 21, 2022 07:47 AM (bg3iC)

63 @Fen this Satan club stuff is typical. Good thing is we know it all turns out!

Posted by: blaster at April 21, 2022 07:47 AM (9otr5)

64 Oh, yes what moron (and not in the positive sense?) approved the ad campaign for Burger King and when they be doing an ad campaign making fun of Islam?

--

If you are white and/or Christian, you are America's punching bag. You can be made fun of, belittled, accused, and be a target of derogatory insults by all. This must stop. There has got to be a breaking point here.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 21, 2022 07:47 AM (sVtYq)

65 "Bitch McConnell resigns seat, will be new Disney CEO"

Cricket's the name. Jiminy Cricket, at your service

Posted by: Jiminy Crickit at April 21, 2022 07:48 AM (vrz2I)

66 62 To be fair, Space Force is only a couple years old, and Kamala has known about space for many years. She was AG of the state which houses Vandenberg. So it is not unreasonable that she assumed her audience was too young to understand a more complicated explanation of space.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 21, 2022 07:47 AM (bg3iC)

In space no one can hear her babbling.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 21, 2022 07:48 AM (yrol0)

67 "We just have to hang tough and hang together." -- J.J. Sefton
----
Because our enemies would very much like us to hang separately...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Hang Fire

Posted by: Some old rich English guys at April 21, 2022 07:48 AM (QzkSJ)

68 Thanks as always, JJ & g'mornin' Horde !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez -gaslighted?, more like napalmed at April 21, 2022 07:49 AM (IZ9rT)

69 " PA s school board voted down Elementary after school Satan club, while another board endorsed one. "

What have you got against Stan?

Posted by: The Stan Club at April 21, 2022 07:49 AM (vrz2I)

70 Yet the question remains, should the theft of the 2020 election be a campaign issue, let alone the central issue, of Donald Trump or any potential candidate?

Cui bono?

Propaganda Press organs like to portray PDJT as fixated on the Big Steal, because they like to portray him as unbalanced and obsessed with changing the past. Trump is much more usually looking to the future.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 21, 2022 07:50 AM (1jv0P)

71 Good morning, JJ.

Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 21, 2022 07:51 AM (DU+/6)

72 What have you got against Stan?
Posted by: The Stan Club

Our lawyers will be in touch

Posted by: Kazakhstan et al. at April 21, 2022 07:51 AM (QzkSJ)

73 They'd probably rename it Stan to make it sound like Satan was just a regular guy who believed in personal autonomy and loved kids.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 21, 2022 07:52 AM (Zb9Js)

74 So I listened to the last 7 minutes of Trump's interview. Seems like he did stuff people whine about him supposedly not doing. They recorded the interview themselves. And Trump wasn't all that naive about Morgan. Calling him "not real" and that "very dishonest," line. So he's not being the media simp people accused him of. What will be the talking point shift today, since he didn't storm off, recorded it himself, and was not caught off guard about Morgan not really being his buddy.

Posted by: buzzion at April 21, 2022 07:52 AM (vMCab)

75 Mornin', horde.

Posted by: Mainah at April 21, 2022 07:52 AM (B+qrE)

76 Good morning, Horde.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

Is need AM chix

Posted by: Miklos, mysteriously still awake at April 21, 2022 07:52 AM (QzkSJ)

77 Speculating about what might have been is a waste of time, energy, and imagination.

However, thinking about what could be...

You want a happy medium between The Steal and former Democrats - adopt a tone of "more in sorrow than anger" but the message is "We tried to warn you. Now help us fix it before it's too late."

And every 2 years (don't forget Congressional elections!) remind people of what happens when the Government at any level - from the School Board on up to the Federal Government - gets too much power.

You remind them in two ways
1) Tit-for-tat regulation and "sue and settle." Play by the Democrats rules until they squeal, and then go a little bit further.
Deux) Constant video and audio commercials of things Progressives - especially Progressive Politicians - have actually said.

Of course, that assumes actual Conservatives in both the White House and Congress, which is unlikely, to say the least.

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at April 21, 2022 07:53 AM (pkq24)

78 Oh, and to add to the above: Impeach every Progressive Justice on SCOTUS - especially the plainly unqualified ones nominated by the SCOAMT and Brandon.

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at April 21, 2022 07:53 AM (pkq24)

79 " If my Mama named me "Piers" I'd be kinda pissed to."

You have no idea.

Posted by: Pilings at April 21, 2022 07:53 AM (vrz2I)

80 PA s school board voted down Elementary after school Satan club, while another board endorsed one. Woman who plans to lead the Satan Club days some of the values it would teach are "benevolence and empathy." Yep,because Satan is all about benevolence/s

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This kind of thing is so sick to me, I truly wonder how we arrived here. After school Satan clubs. My mind can't help but wander back a few decades to any other point in American history where I get to tell these people this will be present (and growing) and targeting their kids. They simply would not believe it. It's so sick and ludicrous, I don't believe it. Yet it's real. Same with Big Gay, Big Trans, Big Racist CRT targeting school children. Unfathomable, and here we are.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 21, 2022 07:53 AM (sVtYq)

81 "Joe Biden is a symbol of the entire federal government: Its dangerous incompetence, corruption, and utter disrespect for the American people and the rule of law."
It’s Not Just Joe Biden. The United States Has a Potemkin Government

I have been saying this for quite some time, what recently is called the "Deep State" has been, increasingly over the past generation or so, evolved into a full blown hostile, occupying enemy force against We The People.

Usually, enemy forces attempt an occupation to loot, plunder and rape the conquered. That is easy to understand given fallen human nature. Lower players on the hierarchy enjoy tormenting and killing people because what is power unless it is being used? These are people who would race through active school zones if they knew that there was no controlling legal authority to resist it.

This particular batch of Reprobates exceed even that level of wickedness and plunge into demonic activity through CRT, child grooming and trans-sexualism.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 21, 2022 07:54 AM (AHeqJ)

82 Basically Piers did an Axios.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 21, 2022 07:54 AM (djio5)

83 To cede the Steal is to accept that it can o and will continue in the future. It won't succeed every time but it will,

Ceding the steal means that if you want to, you know, secure elections by, I don't know, requiring identification as a voter, you get called a crackpot conspiracy theorist.

It isn't about the past, it's about every election from here on out.

Posted by: blaster at April 21, 2022 07:56 AM (9otr5)

84 Didn't know Trump did his own filming. My bad.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 21, 2022 07:56 AM (sVtYq)

85 Unfathomable, and here we are.
Posted by: Lady in Black

A tire iron for every twat

Posted by: Huey P. Miklos-Long at April 21, 2022 07:56 AM (QzkSJ)

86 Second, he assumes that everything we are experiencing right now would have happened had Trump been re-elected. I would say that that's a complete crock, especially in terms of the economy, with the exception of the continuing madness over the General Tso's Sickness.
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We'd be in rough shape, even if Trump hadn't had the win stolen from him - but we would not be in anything like as rough a shape as we are now. We'd still be producing great big, delicious gobs of energy. There would probably not be a way in Ukraine. Afghanistan probably would still have been a disaster. The economy would be suffering high inflation, but we'd likely be on the other side of the hill by now and we likely wouldn't be teetering on recession - assuming, of course, that the COVID stand-down could have been effected by Trump and his administration. Supply chains would be still be hurting, but the declines wouldn't have been as bad.

But that's the rub. If Trump were in office, would the COVID stand-down have happened? Even now, they can't agree on this - and if Trump were there they'd all be aligned toward MOAR COVID and that could mean that we'd be worse off. No way to know.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 21, 2022 07:56 AM (DU+/6)

87 It's so sick and ludicrous, I don't believe it. Yet it's real. Same with Big Gay, Big Trans, Big Racist CRT targeting school children. Unfathomable, and here we are.
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 21, 2022 07:53 AM (sVtYq)

We are in sync this morning.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 21, 2022 07:56 AM (AHeqJ)

88 Are the feds in TSA management positions working at Chicago and New York airports in violation of federal law for making their workers wear masks because some local yokels are fussy?

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 21, 2022 07:56 AM (QZ/dC)

89 hiya

Posted by: JT at April 21, 2022 07:56 AM (arJlL)

90 When I was in High School the closest we got to an "after school Satan club" was when we played "Devil In A Blue Dress" in marching band.

Posted by: fd at April 21, 2022 07:56 AM (vrz2I)

91 Hiya Fen !

Posted by: JT at April 21, 2022 07:56 AM (arJlL)

92 46 Poll: Donald Trump Commands GOP’s Greatest Favorability Rating, Romney and McConnell Lowest

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I have little doubt this is true. Isn't it funny, ironic, illustrative that it's McConnell and Romney who still sit at the seat of power for the party...and it's Trump who is gone.
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 21, 2022 07:40 AM (sVtYq)
=======

And it's sickening to know that even if the dems lose both house of congress, the new leaders will be Mitch and MCarthy.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at April 21, 2022 07:57 AM (dr4Q1)

93 Yep,because Satan is all about benevolence/s

Oh, Satanists will tell you "Satanism isn't about Satan at all, it's about doing what you want and being free!"

Because A Very Lot of people really believe those stupid elementary school arguments about "Well I can't worship a God who [insert their thing here]."

I'm not shocked by the Satanists saying they'll teach about "benevolence and empathy." I'm not even shocked that people will buy it. I'm saddened that the Church has stopped bothering to point people to Eternity and doesn't even seem to try to explain how things change if there's really a God in Heaven who really cares about your (really) eternal soul.

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at April 21, 2022 07:58 AM (pkq24)

94 Good morning horde, JJ and Fen

Posted by: Skip's phone at April 21, 2022 07:58 AM (kC+90)

95 JT

Posted by: Szia at April 21, 2022 07:58 AM (QzkSJ)

96 I agree with you, LIB. It's very discombobulating . Im still praying God will relent and change hearts and minds. The good news is that on this case this one PA district the school board did the correct thing and parents elsewhere are fighting back. If it can be said that there was a positive side to Covid lockdowns it's that parents woke up to the teaching going on in the schools.

I

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 21, 2022 07:59 AM (nH2om)

97 The school club's motto will be "Real Satanism Just Hasn't Been Tried Yet."

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 21, 2022 08:00 AM (QZ/dC)

98 Yet the question remains, should the theft of the 2020 election be a campaign issue, let alone the central issue, of Donald Trump or any potential candidate?
++++
Yes, but carefully. A few talking points of obvious things, a call-back to the press that acknowledged it, paint Abrams and Clinton with the same brush. Then move on to a platform that includes as a primary plank elections hygiene and reform and develop a popular mandate to pursue it with the state Secretaries of State.

The steal needs to be acknowledged and made right. The point, in my opinion, isn't to dwell on the steal - but to mention it, make it clear that it's a world-historic disaster, and then lay out the plan to fix and prevent it from ever happening again as a part of the platform.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 21, 2022 08:00 AM (DU+/6)

99 Morning hordelings, J.J.!

Sean Davis tweeted: "Gotta wonder how many offices USCP illegally entered, searched and photographed after forcing Members of Congress to evacuate with no notice over a scheduled Army flyover at a baseball game."

Maybe it wasn't incompetence.

Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at April 21, 2022 08:00 AM (OssQ4)

100 To be fair, Space Force is only a couple years old, and Kamala has known about space for many years.

She has so much empty space between her ears...

Posted by: rickb223 at April 21, 2022 08:00 AM (M51YZ)

101 My after school club was called... my job

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 21, 2022 08:00 AM (rKze+)

102 In re: Tennessee. We were worried that democrats would throw conservatives off of the ballot, but forgot that the GOPe would work even harder for the same goal, and they don't even need the judicial system's help.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 21, 2022 08:00 AM (5kI0z)

103 But that's the rub. If Trump were in office, would the COVID stand-down have happened? Even now, they can't agree on this - and if Trump were there they'd all be aligned toward MOAR COVID and that could mean that we'd be worse off. No way to know.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

The Great Divorce would have happened sooner. The Blue States would solidify and unionize on their absolute hatred and contempt of God, Man and Country forcing out by economics and social deconstruction, decent human beings into the arms of Red States.

The supply chain, particularly because the Left Coast and their master in China are involved would still be a disaster.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 21, 2022 08:00 AM (AHeqJ)

104 "Perhaps Biden was privately happy that cash-short commuters had to burn less gasoline."

VDH, please. "Perhaps"? But the larger blind spot here is over the entire Leftist project to abrogate the social contract and the American premise of "we the people."

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 21, 2022 08:00 AM (H8QX8)

105 Hiya Grammie !

Do you have nightmares about the hairy butt crack guy on the rowing machine ?

Like, you're at sea in a little rowboat and he's rowing toward you, and no matter how fast you row, the hairy buttcrack keeps getting closer and closer and threatens to envelop you in its hairy maw ?

Posted by: JT at April 21, 2022 08:01 AM (arJlL)

106 I
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

cool pronoun

Posted by: Serious Miklos at April 21, 2022 08:02 AM (QzkSJ)

107 Miklos !

Posted by: JT at April 21, 2022 08:02 AM (arJlL)

108 because some local yokels are fussy?
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 21, 2022 07:56 AM (QZ/dC)

Local Yokels would be a great band name

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 21, 2022 08:03 AM (kf6Ak)

109 Like, you're at sea in a little rowboat and he's rowing toward you, and no matter how fast you row, the hairy buttcrack keeps getting closer and closer and threatens to envelop you in its hairy maw ?
Posted by: JT at April 21, 2022 08:01 AM (arJlL)
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I really could have gone the rest of my life without that image in my head...Where did I put that brain bleach?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 21, 2022 08:03 AM (YIVH2)

110 I give my opinion often, forget the historical vote fraud you wi get it agin

Posted by: Skip's phone at April 21, 2022 08:03 AM (kC+90)

111 Fulton County's Advance Voting poll closing tapes are a fraudulent, un-certified, unsigned, and un-checked false representation of over 311,000 ballots that no court could legally accept.

The cards held 10,000 ballots and After a test performed by Dominion staff purportedly confirmed that the ballot storage capacity on the flashcards was actually just 5,000, however, Dominion determined that the flashcards should be replaced at 3,000 ballots.

So that mean cards could be manipulated to add either 2000 fake votes or up to 5000 fake votes.

Over 109 cards were turned in with no paper tape or chain of custody.

109 cards time 2000 votes would be damn close to the 311,000 fake votes in the lawsuit.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 21, 2022 08:03 AM (yrol0)

112 The steal needs to be acknowledged and made right. The point, in my opinion, isn't to dwell on the steal - but to mention it, make it clear that it's a world-historic disaster, and then lay out the plan to fix and prevent it from ever happening again as a part of the platform.

I have adopted a common phrase: "Stolen elections have consequences".

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 21, 2022 08:03 AM (AHeqJ)

113 The way to go forward on election security is to say look Democrats believe that elections were stolen in 2000, 2004, and 2016. We think the same of 2020. There are no do overs there is only the future. We must secure elections to restore trust in the system so both Republicans and Democrats can feel confident in the results.

Posted by: blaster at April 21, 2022 08:03 AM (9otr5)

114 I
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

"Must be an I cold...."

Posted by: JT at April 21, 2022 08:03 AM (arJlL)

115 Good morning! That's a good article by VDH. Not only does no one in the admin seem to care but I would say almost every damn one of my friends don't either. Or they are afraid to say anything.

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 21, 2022 08:04 AM (nxdel)

116 Im still praying God will relent and change hearts and minds.

I'm beginning to think God is giving the Church a Malachi moment. Sure, there are some who are faithful in all things, but way too few.

And I can't help but think we (as a Church and a society) have started withholding food from God's house and giving blind offerings.

At my old congregation back in DFW, someone always seemed to be missing for sports (either for a kid's tournament/meet, or to watch a game) or opening day of [whatever] season, or just 'cause they didn't want to go. The response of too many congregations to COVID didn't help matters.

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at April 21, 2022 08:04 AM (pkq24)

117 My after school club was called... my job
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby

We licked the road clean...and we we liked it!

Posted by: Mikos, neglected Fifth Yorkshireman at April 21, 2022 08:04 AM (QzkSJ)

118 I really could have gone the rest of my life without that image in my head...Where did I put that brain bleach?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

LOL !!!

Posted by: JT at April 21, 2022 08:05 AM (arJlL)

119 If the Democrats figure out that their support the queerest extremes of the LGBTQ people is causing Hispanics and Asians to abandon them, the Alphabet People are in for some severe backlash.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at April 21, 2022 08:05 AM (OeBYn)

120 So if the question 'Was it 'worth' it to lose in 2020?'.
Absolutely fucking not.

However if the R response in 2022-2024 is to play McCarthy-McConnell defense only(aka failure theater) then....2020 was THE END..

Posted by: Voter theater. at April 21, 2022 08:05 AM (FCPbW)

121 Yet the question remains, should the theft of the 2020 election be a campaign issue, let alone the central issue, of Donald Trump or any potential candidate?

If he runs again Trump will make it a central issue in his platform. Will it work? Who knows. Probably not. The media's spin on it will be 100% negative. One would hope Trump is aware of that, but that's in doubt as well. Would another potential GOP candidate use it? I don't see how.

IMO this question really revolves around how much evidence is revealed AND reported on. Which we all know will be zero.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 21, 2022 08:05 AM (BFigT)

122 I am a Witch! I practice witchcraft! Edgy!

Oh, yeah? I am a satanist! I worship Satan! Edgier!

Well, I believe satan is a witch! I practice satanic witchcraft! Edgiest!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 21, 2022 08:06 AM (bg3iC)

123 Anyone see The Hairy Maw open for Local Yokels?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 21, 2022 08:06 AM (kf6Ak)

124 I watched a buzzard pull entrails out of a dead possum Tuesday morning. It was just like watching television news.

Posted by: Eromero at April 21, 2022 08:06 AM (Tf5kW)

125 Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 21, 2022 08:06 AM (bg3iC)

Yep. Most "satanists" (or "witches" or "heathens") really seem to be people who either just want to annoy their parents, or want the warm fuzzy feelings of religion without all those rules and consequences.

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at April 21, 2022 08:07 AM (pkq24)

126 They impeached Trump and released Covid to stop him in 20. They still have 2 years to plan 24.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 21, 2022 08:07 AM (bg3iC)

127 Posted by: blaster at April 21, 2022 08:03 AM (9otr5)

I like that. I'd add only that there is far more evidence of the steal now than during those elections but the media refuses to examine it.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 21, 2022 08:08 AM (H8QX8)

128 I watched a buzzard pull entrails out of a dead possum Tuesday morning. It was just like watching television news.

Except I'm willing to take at face value that the buzzard was, in fact, a buzzard and the possum was, in fact, a dead possum.

I'm not willing to give TV news that benefit of the doubt anymore.

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at April 21, 2022 08:08 AM (pkq24)

129 Man, as lousy as the USPS and other domestic carriers have gotten as compared to two years ago, we're way ahead of the game. I ordered something from the UK and my package tracking just populated. It took 7 days - a full week - to make it from London to Slough - a distance of about 25 miles.

Pinning it to a runaway's sweater (or, because UK, "jumper") and pointing him west would have moved it faster.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 21, 2022 08:08 AM (DU+/6)

130 However if the R response in 2022-2024 is to play McCarthy-McConnell defense only(aka failure theater) then....2020 was THE END..

Posted by: Voter theater

Coach K has retired after record all-time wins.

McConnell?

If he were a McCulloch, I would have the ancestral right and duty to send him to his Maker.

Posted by: Miklos McMiklos, of the Auld and Ancient Clan McMiklos at April 21, 2022 08:08 AM (QzkSJ)

131
My after school club was called... my job

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 21, 2022 08:00 AM

Yup. Weekends were for working the second job. When my wife and I married we had zero debt, outside of a two year car loan. New furnishings in my apartment, and we bought our first home within a year, while still in our low 20's.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 21, 2022 08:08 AM (dQvv7)

132 Dear VDH, why are you pretending that mush brain still has emotions? I do know that you have to be polite, but sheesh. Talk about the commies running the puppet show, where the real action is.

Posted by: klaftern at April 21, 2022 08:08 AM (taPSh)

133 The response of too many congregations to COVID didn't help matters.
Posted by: AllenG #Texit at April 21, 2022 08:04 AM (pkq24)

a whole lot of mainstream protestant churches effectively committed suicide over covid. Now they're trying to figure out why it's so hard to get people come back after they spent two years telling them to stay away because it's unsafe, just do youtube "church" instead.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 21, 2022 08:08 AM (r46W7)

134 A few years back, there was a viral clip going around of some horrendous mom and dad who paid a Drag Queen to give a sick dance at their 3 or 4 year old daughter's birthday party. Thinking nothing of it as they, and the rest of the adults, thought it was great...as the poor little girl sat in a chair looking terrified. These are the kinds of people I see approving of Satan clubs for kids. I don't want to believe they're out there, but they are.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 21, 2022 08:09 AM (sVtYq)

135 I'd have been prepped to knock out a question about the previous election. The left brings up Jan. 6th and the election up more than anything else it seems.

Posted by: Draki at April 21, 2022 08:09 AM (ITz7k)

136 From the VDH article- How America Became La La Land:

"The common denominator? Biden knows that he inherited a stable, prosperous America and has nearly ruined it.

And he knows the American people know that too."

All part of the plan. The Dems play for the long game. They don't mind losing in the midterms because with all the illegals being let in, this will eventually = Dem voters.
The Dems feel that even if it takes a couple of election cycles their new voters will bring them back to power,

Posted by: redridinghood at April 21, 2022 08:10 AM (NpAcC)

137 I had a good laugh about the panic caused by the parachutists at Nats Park. It was some consolation to read about after the Nats got trounced by the D-Backs.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at April 21, 2022 08:10 AM (906pl)

138 Yep. Most "satanists" (or "witches" or "heathens") really seem to be people who either just want to annoy their parents, or want the warm fuzzy feelings of religion without all those rules and consequences.
Posted by: AllenG #Texit at April 21, 2022 08:07 AM (pkq24)
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And they are protected by the majority. A Satanist's life would awfully hard without lots of good Christians and Jews around them to make a world where they can safely life. The lives of the atheists are made better by the structures and scaffolding erected by men of faith. In a wild jungle without rules or conventions, the Satanists would have a very hard time indeed.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 21, 2022 08:10 AM (DU+/6)

139 You wouldn't want to go to Slough either Joe, just sayin.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 21, 2022 08:10 AM (QZ/dC)

140 I am glad the typos through my little keyboard amuse you, JT. If you haven't been saying "There's the Typo Queen again" you obviously haven't been reading me enough.😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 21, 2022 08:10 AM (AYcg3)

141 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 21, 2022 07:56 AM (DU+/6)
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I disagree with much of your Monday-morning quarterbacking. But why even speculate? What is done, is done. The situation as it stands now is worse than the situation Trump left last year, in every area and by any measure.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 21, 2022 08:10 AM (fL81+)

142 I like that. I'd add only that there is far more evidence of the steal now than during those elections but the media refuses to examine it.
Posted by: Ordinary American at April 21, 2022 08:08 AM (H8QX

Sure. You know that and I know that. But the point is to turn the other side back on themselves. To go there gets into disputed territory.

No Dem or media can refute Hillary.

We cannot simply beat Dems on this stuff we must co-opt them. Otherwise the only way to get Dems to go along is for Republicans to get good at cheating.

Posted by: blaster at April 21, 2022 08:11 AM (9otr5)

143 Thinking nothing of it as they, and the rest of the adults, thought it was great...as the poor little girl sat in a chair looking terrified. These are the kinds of people I see approving of Satan clubs for kids. I don't want to believe they're out there, but they are.
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 21, 2022 08:09 AM (sVtYq)
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Kind of makes one wonder about the little girl's home life when others aren't around...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 21, 2022 08:11 AM (YIVH2)

144 Today's 26 year olds refer to microwaving pizza rolls as "adulting", whine about having to get their own health insurance, and have full sleeve back and neck tattoos.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 21, 2022 08:11 AM (bg3iC)

145 "All part of the plan. The Dems play for the long game. They don't mind losing in the midterms because with all the illegals being let in, this will eventually = Dem voters."

They got "blown out" in 2010 too, "historically." A lot of rah-rahs on the Right. Did anything change? Did the Left really care?

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 21, 2022 08:11 AM (H8QX8)

146 I'm not shocked by the Satanists saying they'll teach about "benevolence and empathy."

So why involve Satan? Seriously.

The whole concept of the existence of Satan, a created being, is provided by the prophets of the Almighty God. Why not just adopt Islam or revive Ba'al worship?

They chose "Satan" because, lying is easy and today comes completely without consequence. So they stumble across "Satan" because their stupid lizard brains convince them that magic trigger words like "Satan" will somehow hurt Christian people or throw them into a state of high angst.

There is no benevolence and empathy, it is hatred and contempt with a deep desire to hurt and emotionally wound a broad category of people.

They say that Satan is the father of Lies, then they say they follow Satan and say "benevolence and empathy".

Yeah.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 21, 2022 08:11 AM (AHeqJ)

147 To believe in Satan you have to believe in God too. To favor Satan is just being ornery.

Posted by: fd at April 21, 2022 08:12 AM (vrz2I)

148 Pinning it to a runaway's sweater (or, because UK, "jumper") and pointing him west would have moved it faster.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

FUN FACT

Boeing's Happy and Proud supply chain for the 787 involves more than 700 suppliers from 40+ countries.

GENIUS!

Posted by: Miklos sees possible "issues" at April 21, 2022 08:12 AM (QzkSJ)

149 Now they're trying to figure out why it's so hard to get people come back after they spent two years telling them to stay away because it's unsafe, just do youtube "church" instead.

Based on my personal experience (my own home congregation at the time, visiting a few others trying to find a better one, etc.) I can say with great confidence: churches that closed their doors fell into one of two categories: old, dying churches (> 50% population is over age 55), and "hip, cool" churches that didn't worry so much about all that sin and repentance stuff and focused more on "how to be a good person."

The former are coming back as they re-open, and they had fairly good reasoning (even if it was flawed because of the media) for closing.

The latter? No so much.

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at April 21, 2022 08:12 AM (pkq24)

150 Tulsi Gabbard suing Romney and Olberman lmao! This should be good.

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 21, 2022 08:13 AM (nxdel)

151 This one mule made 53 trips to 20 drop boxes.

In this trip she delivers at least 5 ballots.

Go to 3:00:

https://tinyurl.com/2p84yyvb

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 21, 2022 08:13 AM (yrol0)

152 I disagree with much of your Monday-morning quarterbacking. But why even speculate? What is done, is done. The situation as it stands now is worse than the situation Trump left last year, in every area and by any measure.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 21, 2022 08:10 AM (fL81+)
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On the latter we agree fully. Everything was made worse by the junta. The reason for the Monday-morning quarterbacking is that a lot of the groundwork for the inflation we're suffering from now was laid during the first year of the COVID response, and happened on Trump's watch.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 21, 2022 08:13 AM (DU+/6)

153 Today's 26 year olds refer to microwaving pizza rolls as "adulting", whine about having to get their own health insurance, and have full sleeve back and neck tattoos.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

I do none of that.

Also I am 26.

Posted by: Everything Miklos says is a lie at April 21, 2022 08:14 AM (QzkSJ)

154 They say that Satan is the father of Lies, then they say they follow Satan and say "benevolence and empathy".

Yeah.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 21, 2022 08:11 AM (AHeqJ)
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It's also said that the greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was to convince people that he didn't exist...But signs of his presence abound these days, for anyone paying attention.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 21, 2022 08:14 AM (YIVH2)

155 I think that we are at a cultural/societal inflection point. The problem is, it's only been a little over 14 months. We still have another 33 to go -- with or without Sponge Brain Square Depends in the Oval Office. And that assumes we win it all in '24 along with the expected Dem wipeout this coming November.

I'm going to make a couple of predictions here:

- by the end of summer, all this mishegas over "grooming" and "Ukraine" and "stagflation" will be in the rearview mirror, helped along by the MFM. The talk will concentrate on Orange Man Bad, Poor Luckless Joe and "INSURRECTION!"

- should the GOP, by some miracle (which will not be abetted by me) achieve a Red Wave in November, they will do absolutely nothing to roll back, counterattack or even impede the leftward shift. They will whine and posture and excuse, but people here will be screaming "I voted for these nickelfuckers and they're not doing anything!"

Mark my words.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 21, 2022 08:14 AM (2JVJo)

156 There is no undoing the 2020 election. The key is stopping the same shenanigans in 24. The legislatures need to step up. The voters need to get the right people as state judges, AG, sos, and governor. The left has been putting the pieces in play for years. Now that we know the game, we have to either play it ourselves or flip the table.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 21, 2022 08:15 AM (bg3iC)

157 Fen-

Know that you're in my prayers.....

Posted by: JT at April 21, 2022 08:15 AM (arJlL)

158 Pick up your copy of Golden Book's newest release, "Why Mommy Loves Satan." Teach your children how this much-maligned figure is actually one of benevolence and empathy! Makes a great stocking stuffer.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 21, 2022 08:15 AM (sVtYq)

159 I'll assume you aren't saying Satan doesn't exist with your artful use of the phrase "created being"? I'll take responsibility for my poor command of English at times. He's real and it is the inability of some or the willfulness of others to speak truth to his existence that is deadly.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 21, 2022 08:16 AM (QZ/dC)

160 This one mule made 53 trips to 20 drop boxes.

In this trip she delivers at least 5 ballots.

Go to 3:00:

https://tinyurl.com/2p84yyvb
Posted by: rhennigantx

"Mule" seems an accurate description

Posted by: Sheriff Miklos at April 21, 2022 08:16 AM (QzkSJ)

161 And they are protected by the majority. A Satanist's life would awfully hard without lots of good Christians and Jews around them to make a world where they can safely life. The lives of the atheists are made better by the structures and scaffolding erected by men of faith. In a wild jungle without rules or conventions, the Satanists would have a very hard time indeed.

Oh. You looked around and saw all of the Presbyterian, Catholic, Lutheran, Baptist and Roman Catholic schools, churches, homeless shelters, hospitals, drug and alcohol rehab, battered women shelters and orphanages.

Not a one sponsored by the pagans and heathens unless it is underwritten by taxpayers and other forms of involuntary contribution.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 21, 2022 08:17 AM (AHeqJ)

162 Sure, blame it on anybody but the dumbass Capitol police that can do no wrong.
Posted by: fd at April 21, 2022 07:24 AM (vrz2I)

I'm sure Cruz and Paul are already proposing they get medals for their bravery as we speak.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 21, 2022 08:17 AM (2JVJo)

163 You can't prove the mule isn't bringing Trump ballots so you have no standing and it's a tax.

Posted by: blaster at April 21, 2022 08:17 AM (9otr5)

164 There is no benevolence and empathy, it is hatred and contempt with a deep desire to hurt and emotionally wound a broad category of people.

I think you give them far too much credit for actually thinking about things and having real motives.

Mostly they're just children (even the ones who are in their 40s and later) who see "oh, bad things happen" and decide "then God must be evil!"

I used to try to have conversations with them. Now I mostly just roll my eyes. They have traded the Truth of God for a lie, and he's giving them over to their basest desires. Either they'll figure out that if the world is complicated, then anything about God and the Heavenly Realms must be infinitely more complicated, or they'll continue holding to their childish notion that they know better than God what is right, what is wrong, and what God should do about it.

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at April 21, 2022 08:18 AM (pkq24)

165 Posted by: Sheriff Miklos

"The sheriff's a Miklos !"

"WHAT did he say ?"

Posted by: JT at April 21, 2022 08:18 AM (arJlL)

166 Posted by: Everything Miklos says is a lie at April 21, 2022 08:14 AM (QzkSJ)

Norman! Coordinate!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at April 21, 2022 08:18 AM (906pl)

167 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 21, 2022 08:18 AM (Zz0t1)

168 For the record, I've been calling him Pierced Morgan for a while. JJ ran with it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 21, 2022 08:19 AM (Zz0t1)

169 with respect to the imponderable "what ifs" - it is correct that a lot of the current damage simply would not have happened, for instance if America had kept it's energy sector strong and producing. BUT the author is still correct that it was a huge long term benefit for our side; because whoever was elected was going to be hit by the long term economic consequences of the debt explosion. That has just begun. Against the argument that things would have been a lot better with Trump I'd say yes, up to this point - but you ain't seen nothing yet. This has just been the warmup act, things are about to get a whole lot worse.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 21, 2022 08:19 AM (r46W7)

170 I'll assume you aren't saying Satan doesn't exist with your artful use of the phrase "created being"?

Satan, like all of Creation, has not eternally existed and is a contingent being - contingent on being thought of, formed, constrained/entitled and ordained to exist for the eternal and holy Pleasure and Purpose of the One and Only Triune God.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 21, 2022 08:19 AM (AHeqJ)

171 House Republicans in 2021: Well, we only have a slim 30 seat majority. We better do everything the left wants so they will consider voting for one of our bills when they are in power again!

Oh no! We can't move this bill out of committee because the ranking democrat says he objects!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 21, 2022 08:19 AM (bg3iC)

172 - should the GOP, by some miracle (which will not be abetted by me) achieve a Red Wave in November, they will do absolutely nothing to roll back, counterattack or even impede the leftward shift. They will whine and posture and excuse, but people here will be screaming "I voted for these nickelfuckers and they're not doing anything!"

Mark my words.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 21, 2022 08:14 AM (2JVJo)

I'll take treading water and things not getting worse til 2024, vs the alternative. I won't be happy, but the alternative...

Posted by: Nova local at April 21, 2022 08:20 AM (exHjb)

173 You can't prove the mule isn't bringing Trump ballots so you have no standing and it's a tax.
Posted by: blaster

Distinguished John Roberts Chair of Legal Logic and Head-Pin-Dancing AWARDED

Posted by: University of Miklos at April 21, 2022 08:20 AM (QzkSJ)

174 Everyone knows, at least in the back of their mind, that the 2020 election was stolen. Hell, a majority of people tell that to pollsters to this day. To pretend it wasn't just invites more theft.

Reviewing the steal in 2024 is an obligation, not an affectation.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 21, 2022 08:20 AM (5kI0z)

175 And I said it yesterday, I don't trust the producers of the Pierced Morgan show telling the truth or making Trump look anything other than a bully asshole.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 21, 2022 08:20 AM (Zz0t1)

176 Against the argument that things would have been a lot better with Trump I'd say yes, up to this point - but you ain't seen nothing yet. This has just been the warmup act, things are about to get a whole lot worse.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 21, 2022 08:19 AM (r46W7)
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If The System (the government, the Fed, the corporations, the banks, the NGOs, the international organizations, etc.) are finally losing control of the debt monster they've created - and I think there are a fair number of signals out there that they are - then look out below.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 21, 2022 08:20 AM (DU+/6)

177 164 There is no benevolence and empathy, it is hatred and contempt with a deep desire to hurt and emotionally wound a broad category of people."

I admit I feel that way towards anyone who admits being a Prog these days.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 21, 2022 08:21 AM (r46W7)

178 The rationale for remote learning for schools is the same rationale for online worship. You bow down to the big computer and of course that's exactly the same as in person learning and in person worship. It's flawed. The church which I serve survived because we only stayed closed for about a month and then we had outside worship until we moved back in the building. They preferred meeting in person and we didn't have live streaming anyway so online worship wasn't some big production anyway for the few weeks we had it.
We still have major financial issues but not because people weren't there and not giving. It's because we're so small.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 21, 2022 08:21 AM (fF2aM)

179 Also, when did Conservatives stop defending Capitalism as "the way the world works, you wannabe tyrannical buffoon" and accept the idea that it is just another economic system among other economic systems?

Sorry - that just popped into my head. I rarely see anyone talk to these "anti-capitalist" folks about, "well, if there's nothing in it for you - not even warm fuzzies - why do it?"

Also also: when did we get the fancy upgrade? Minx 0.8 beta now? A whole minor version AND move from alpha to beta.

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at April 21, 2022 08:22 AM (pkq24)

180 >>>And I said it yesterday, I don't trust the producers of the Pierced Morgan show telling the truth or making Trump look anything other than a bully asshole.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden

Once in a rare while he makes a decent point, but for the most part Morgan is no better than Joe Scarborough.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 21, 2022 08:22 AM (VWp7G)

181 178 The rationale for remote learning for schools is the same rationale for online worship. You bow down to the big computer and of course that's exactly the same as in person learning and in person worship. It's flawed. The church which I serve survived because we only stayed closed for about a month and then we had outside worship until we moved back in the building. They preferred meeting in person and we didn't have live streaming anyway so online worship wasn't some big production anyway for the few weeks we had it.
We still have major financial issues but not because people weren't there and not giving. It's because we're so small.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 21, 2022 08:21 AM (fF2aM)

This was my discussion with why my Church was gonna lose families at kindergarten and not college if it didn't open...kids respond to people, not pixels...especially if the pixels are "boring" or "not another hour after 25 in school...again". Heck, adults respond more to people over pixels, at least positively. Thus, why in person interactions tend to not have to harshness that can come from e-interactions.

Posted by: Nova local at April 21, 2022 08:23 AM (exHjb)

182 So Trump DID have the ENTIRE interview recorded.
And Fox fucked him (again) anyway.
So good to see Fox is on our side!

Read our article on how DeSantis should back off the Disney pressure.

Who are you going to believe? Us or your lying eyes?

Posted by: National Review the shiny new Jen Rubin of Conservative Urinalism at April 21, 2022 08:23 AM (jV+aN)

183 >>>should the GOP, by some miracle (which will not be abetted by me) achieve a Red Wave in November, they will do absolutely nothing to roll back, counterattack or even impede the leftward shift.

One hundred percent correct. It will be business as usual, because the GOPe want nothing more than the approval of Democrats.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 21, 2022 08:24 AM (VWp7G)

184 150 Tulsi Gabbard suing Romney and Olberman lmao! This should be good.
Posted by: Jewells45 at April 21, 2022 08:13 AM (nxdel)

Her presentation on Tucker was crisp and compelling. Tucker offered the throwaway line that Romney was a "disgusting coward" and that Olberman "lived alone with his cats."

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 21, 2022 08:25 AM (H8QX8)

185 180 >>>And I said it yesterday, I don't trust the producers of the Pierced Morgan show telling the truth or making Trump look anything other than a bully asshole.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden

Once in a rare while he makes a decent point, but for the most part Morgan is no better than Joe Scarborough.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 21, 2022 08:22 AM (VWp7G)

For a while, he was really quite good on everything EXCEPT the Second Amendment.

On that he is intractable and utterly clueless.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 21, 2022 08:25 AM (s2VJv)

186 The rationale for remote learning for schools is the same rationale for online worship.

And schools are having the exact same problem that churches are. A lot of people just home school now, but there's also concern that a lot of kids just aren't in school in any form. Maybe we shouldn't have closed those schools for a virus that had a transmission rate of about 11% (last projected number I saw) and a survival rate of 98% among adults and nearly 100% among children.

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at April 21, 2022 08:25 AM (pkq24)

187 Also also: when did we get the fancy upgrade? Minx 0.8 beta now? A whole minor version AND move from alpha to beta.
Posted by: AllenG #Texit at April 21, 2022 08:22 AM (pkq24)
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Holy cow! I was just joking about this on the Sunday Morning Book Thread last week (Easter Sunday)! It's an Easter Miracle, I tell ya!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 21, 2022 08:25 AM (YIVH2)

188 - should the GOP, by some miracle (which will not be abetted by me) achieve a Red Wave in November, they will do absolutely nothing to roll back, counterattack or even impede the leftward shift. They will whine and posture and excuse, but people here will be screaming "I voted for these nickelfuckers and they're not doing anything!"

Mark my words.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 21, 2022 08:14 AM (2JVJo)

What a pussy thing to say. Not because you're negative but you're being far too general. Take a stand. I fully expect McCarthy to talk about working with the White House on "Immigration Reform" before we hit December.

Posted by: buzzion at April 21, 2022 08:26 AM (vMCab)

189 Tucker offered the throwaway line that Romney was a "disgusting coward" and that Olberman "lived alone with his cats."
Posted by: Ordinary American at April 21, 2022 08:25 AM (H8QX

We rate this as true.

Posted by: blaster at April 21, 2022 08:26 AM (9otr5)

190 at the BEE:

ConservativesofTikTok Formed To Share Videos Of Conservatives Sharing Sensible Opinions Everyone Agrees With

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 21, 2022 08:26 AM (yrol0)

191 "Against All Odds: Mother Tells How Her Daughter and Every One of Her Friends Are Suddenly Trans"

Good article to share with your preteens, teenagers or friends and family members with kids.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 21, 2022 08:26 AM (NpAcC)

192 Also at the BEE:

Progressive Christians Waiting Until Marriage To Remove Each Others Masks

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 21, 2022 08:27 AM (yrol0)

193 >>>For a while, he was really quite good on everything EXCEPT the Second Amendment.

On that he is intractable and utterly clueless.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

Agreed. That part of his tiny brain never works properly.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 21, 2022 08:28 AM (VWp7G)

194
Once in a rare while he makes a decent point, but for the most part Morgan is no better than Joe Scarborough.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 21, 2022 08:22 AM (VWp7G)

I have him in the same boat as Bill Maher. A broken clock is right twice a day. They both spew something factual occasionally, but I'd still rather them become food for oceanic creatures.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 21, 2022 08:28 AM (Zz0t1)

195 192 Also at the BEE:

Progressive Christians Waiting Until Marriage To Remove Each Others Masks
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 21, 2022 08:27 AM (yrol0)

I laughed hard enough at that one to start the dog barking!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at April 21, 2022 08:28 AM (906pl)

196 Today is San Jacinto Day, the Texican reply to Goliad and The Alamo.

Posted by: Eromero at April 21, 2022 08:28 AM (Tf5kW)

197 On that he is intractable and utterly clueless.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

fines from racism! first punching knife child labor laws so immigrant to vote! They that slob sank. Sighters who failed told they never were for water plastic jugs for the would be post officialist medicare for medicare? the has brought here! the rest of the day.

Posted by: raimondo, applying for Piers' job at April 21, 2022 08:28 AM (QzkSJ)

198 ...a very large segment of the population, if not the majority, have the attention span of a flea.
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Most definitely the majority. Add to that the lack of being able to recall important information (willful amnesia or too much effort required?), and you have described the general public.

Individuals are smart (or can be); people are stupid.

Posted by: Sir Mix-a-lot at April 21, 2022 08:29 AM (dbdgv)

199 Good morning. California assembly passed The Kill Your Infant Act (AB 2223) out of committee

Time to escape this sick as F state asap.

Actual Infantacide.

Sodom wasnt this bad

Posted by: LASue at April 21, 2022 08:29 AM (5y7pR)

200 "Against All Odds: Mother Tells How Her Daughter and Every One of Her Friends Are Suddenly Trans"

Okay... apparently someone needs to tell me what it "feels like" to be male. Because I've been one for 42 of my 42 years now, and I don't think I could tell you how it "feels."

And that seems to be the common vector for the grooming: "if you don't *feel* like a [man/woman], then it must be because you *aren't* one!"

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at April 21, 2022 08:29 AM (pkq24)

201 So the regime is going to court so the CDC will have the authority to re-impose masks in case of emergency. If they win, there will be an emergency with 48 hours or less, you know a slight increase in cases of a not very dangerous variant. And radio propaganda keeps pushing the lie that a majority of Americans want a mask mandate on airplanes. Yet 90% or more travelers are voting against them with their mask-free face.

Gaahh! Monday I had hope but now it seems like this insanity won't end without a civil war.

Posted by: Ripley at April 21, 2022 08:29 AM (MxEKc)

202 I'll take treading water and things not getting worse til 2024, vs the alternative. I won't be happy, but the alternative...
Posted by: Nova local at April 21, 2022 08:20 AM (exHjb)

I agree, and I would point out something we've discussed several times in recent days. Congress has spent the last 60 years abdicating all of it's powers over to the bureacracy and the judiciary. (That's why SCOTUS appointments are so much more critical now). It's going to take a decade or two of work, even under the best circumstances, to turn that around, and til then Congress is just hollywood for ugly people.

Congress has no actual power any more, and that won't change in one election.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 21, 2022 08:29 AM (r46W7)

203 I do agree with Joy Pullman.

The Junta exhibits plainly for all to see the total incompetence, corrupt fascism and disdain of the uniparty elite for American law and institutions.

These people take an oath to preserve, protect and defend and they mean not one word of it.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 21, 2022 08:29 AM (1sAlO)

204
For a while, he was really quite good on everything EXCEPT the Second Amendment.

On that he is intractable and utterly clueless.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 21, 2022 08:25 AM (s2VJv)

Much like my fear for everyone that's moving to Texas currently, he simply catered to the right to increase his ratings and credibility, then started stabbing us in the back because he's a liberal fucktard deep down and a leopard can't change its stripes.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 21, 2022 08:30 AM (Zz0t1)

205 Today is San Jacinto Day, the Texican reply to Goliad and The Alamo.
Posted by: Eromero

Many men from SC were killed at Goliad.

Posted by: Miklos, both up and downriver at April 21, 2022 08:30 AM (QzkSJ)

206 REVEALED: Fauci’s Texas Lab Signed a "Confidential" Deal With Wuhan Colleagues Enabling "Destroying Secret Files, Materials"

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Ahh, the Clinton option.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Proprietor of the Outrage Outlet at April 21, 2022 08:31 AM (FVME7)

207 But I don't think it was going to be a squeaker; he [Trump] was on his way to a clear victory if not a big win until the toilet overflowed in Atlanta.

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I'll never forget following the election results and saying excitedly to a co-worker near the end of the day "Trump is CRUSHING it!"

Then when they stopped counting in the "battleground" state shithole cities later that night, I knew we were good & proper fucked -- because they had done the same thing for recent election cycles in California & then Arizona, the R leading comfortably by election night's end only suddenly to lose over the course of the following week as "new results" came in.

I mean, who's gonna stop them?

Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2022 08:31 AM (HM+TB)

208 Good morning. California assembly passed The Kill Your Infant Act (AB 2223) out of committee
Time to escape this sick as F state asap.
Actual Infantacide.
Sodom wasnt this bad
Posted by: LASue at April 21, 2022 08:29 AM (5y7pR)
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The cult's biggest mistake was trying this first in VA instead of CA. It will likely be passed and survive challenge in CA, and then the Rubicon will be crossed because murder is now legal. Sure, it's only narrowly legal right now, but the scope will expand.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 21, 2022 08:31 AM (DU+/6)

209 Talking to a member of a client's family yesterday who is a "Diversity Equity Inclusion consultant." She is on one level nice, in that she seems to take seriously being a "good person" according to her ethics of being one.

But when you spend any time talking about serious things with a Woke Person you come to understand how much they have an entirely alien system of ethics: divorced from the Judeo-Christian-Biblical tradition, entirely uninformed by Western Civilization secular values such as honor, duty and country, or basic American-Classical Liberal positions such as the primacy and rights of the individual.

So it's not that they don't want to be "good people." It's more that their fundamental sense of right and wrong has almost nothing in common with what you or I think, or feel, to be right and wrong. To go further, one could say that they've been intellectually and spiritually conditioned, and conditioned themselves, to be amoral monsters by any traditional standard, i.e. sociopaths.

So you can talk to them. And they can smile at you. But they are all basically Mansonites waiting for their orders.

Posted by: Zek at April 21, 2022 08:31 AM (OzNIz)

210 And, on those depressing notes, time for me to work at work.

Happy Thursday, y'all.

Posted by: AllenG #Texit at April 21, 2022 08:32 AM (pkq24)

211 Wow, raimondo is in top form today! not one single word in any of his nonsensical phrases made even a modicum of sense.

It's actually a thing of perverse beauty, like one of Kamala's speeches. Perfect in its incompetence.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 21, 2022 08:32 AM (r46W7)

212 Posted by: Nova local at April 21, 2022 08:23 AM (exHjb)

Well said.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 21, 2022 08:32 AM (fF2aM)

213 For sure, China would still be in check, Russia would never have invaded Ukraine, Iran might have finally collapsed, oil would be flowing and gas would still be about $2.50 a gallon, among other things.

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And Americans who've been memory-holed wouldn't have been killed or surrendered in Afghanistan (not to mention $80 billion of military equipment).

Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2022 08:33 AM (HM+TB)

214 So it's not that they don't want to be "good people." It's more that their fundamental sense of right and wrong has almost nothing in common with what you or I think, or feel, to be right and wrong. To go further, one could say that they've been intellectually and spiritually conditioned, and conditioned themselves, to be amoral monsters by any traditional standard, i.e. sociopaths.

So you can talk to them. And they can smile at you. But they are all basically Mansonites waiting for their orders.
Posted by: Zek at April 21, 2022 08:31 AM (OzNIz)

Read contemporaneous accounts of the most dedicated bolsheviks, or nazis, and you will recognize the similarities instantly.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 21, 2022 08:33 AM (r46W7)

215 205 Today is San Jacinto Day, the Texican reply to Goliad and The Alamo.
Posted by: Eromero

Many men from SC were killed at Goliad.
Posted by: Miklos, both up and downriver at April 21, 2022 08:30 AM (QzkSJ)

You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas.

Posted by: Davie C at April 21, 2022 08:34 AM (yrol0)

216 BREAKING

All citizens are to bring approved five (5) gallon containers to the National Petroliuoom Reserve within six (6) hours.

Posted by: MiklosWatch at April 21, 2022 08:34 AM (QzkSJ)

217 I have him in the same boat as Bill Maher. A broken clock is right twice a day. They both spew something factual occasionally, but I'd still rather them become food for oceanic creatures.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 21, 2022 08:28 AM (Zz0t1)
*******
They are both USEFUL IDIOTS who are fighting against cancel culture. Right now that's a good thing.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 21, 2022 08:34 AM (NpAcC)

218 I get the distinct feeling the political posturing in the capitol city is nothing more than a game to these idiots. They'll continue to get a paycheck regardless if there's money in the Treasury or not. Too bad about the rest of us tho'. None of them have to worry about the cost of food, gas or housing. The only thing that matters in the capitol city is who out maneuvered who at the money trough.

That's it. That's the one and only job Congress feels compelled to do. Push each other out of the way of incoming money.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 21, 2022 08:35 AM (BFigT)

219 Wow, raimondo is in top form today! not one single word in any of his nonsensical phrases made even a modicum of sense.

I award you no points

At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it.
I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 21, 2022 08:35 AM (lwLDr)

220 What if the Democrats Could No Longer Depend on the NEA?

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Imagine there's no NEA
It's easy if you try
No pedos in classrooms
Just answering the question why

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Proprietor of the Outrage Outlet at April 21, 2022 08:36 AM (FVME7)

221 They are both USEFUL IDIOTS who are fighting against cancel culture. Right now that's a good thing.
Posted by: redridinghood at April 21, 2022 08:34 AM (NpAcC)
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A useful idiot is still an idiot. Not someone I'd put any faith in doing what's right.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 21, 2022 08:36 AM (YIVH2)

222 Is that babble actually Raimondo, or did a COB go edit his comment? Because even for the troll, that's some top-flight incomprehensible gibberish.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 21, 2022 08:36 AM (DU+/6)

223 *******
They are both USEFUL IDIOTS who are fighting against cancel culture. Right now that's a good thing.
Posted by: redridinghood at April 21, 2022 08:34 AM (NpAcC)

I want them to suffer from the culture they helped created. I don't give a fuck WHAT they do. They're evil, anti-American shitbricks that need to become shark shit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 21, 2022 08:36 AM (Zz0t1)

224 *create

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 21, 2022 08:36 AM (Zz0t1)

225 REVEALED: Fauci’s Texas Lab Signed a "Confidential" Deal With Wuhan Colleagues Enabling "Destroying Secret Files, Materials"

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Ahh, the Clinton option.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

That could get people killed.

From, or with

Capisce?

Posted by: Big Tony Fauci at April 21, 2022 08:37 AM (QzkSJ)

226 >>>Is that babble actually Raimondo, or did a COB go edit his comment? Because even for the troll, that's some top-flight incomprehensible gibberish.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

"Now who can argue with that? I think we're all indebted to Gabby Johnson for clearly stating what needed to be said. I'm particularly glad that these lovely children were here today to hear that speech. Not only was it authentic frontier gibberish, it expressed a courage little seen in this day and age." - Olson Johnson

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 21, 2022 08:37 AM (bkUtD)

227 I get the distinct feeling the political posturing in the capitol city is nothing more than a game to these idiots. They'll continue to get a paycheck regardless if there's money in the Treasury or not. Too bad about the rest of us tho'. None of them have to worry about the cost of food, gas or housing. The only thing that matters in the capitol city is who out maneuvered who at the money trough.

That's it. That's the one and only job Congress feels compelled to do. Push each other out of the way of incoming money.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

And people wonder why I don't contribute to political parties or candidates.
I'm not giving my hard earned money to someone who grifts more per day than I make in a year.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 21, 2022 08:37 AM (lwLDr)

228 Speaker McCarthy: I am pleased to announce that we have gotten the President to agree to renaming the Pahrump, NV post office to "The Spiro Agnew Memorial Post Office" in exchange he has agreed to lower his request for Universal Basic Income to $2500/mo from his totally unreasonable $2600/mo. I believe both measures will pass with strong bipartisan support!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 21, 2022 08:37 AM (bg3iC)

229 201 So the regime is going to court so the CDC will have the authority to re-impose masks in case of emergency. "

I'm fairly confident that they will lose this appeal, and that's because the SCOTUS has been remarkably consistent on what they've allowed and what they haven't. I don't agree with all of their decisions; but when there is some plausible claim that the Feds have legal authority to do something, such as ordering military members to be vaxxed, they've upheld it. When there is *no* clear statutory authority, such as this case where the CDC is pretending it's a regulatory body, not an advisory body, then the SCOTUS has overturned their actions.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 21, 2022 08:37 AM (r46W7)

230 Is that babble actually Raimondo, or did a COB go edit his comment? Because even for the troll, that's some top-flight incomprehensible gibberish.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

"Now who can argue with that? I think we're all indebted to Gabby Johnson for clearly stating what needed to be said. I'm particularly glad that these lovely children were here today to hear that speech. Not only was it authentic frontier gibberish, it expressed a courage little seen in this day and age." - Olson Johnson
Posted by: Wyatt Earp

I agree with Olson Johnson!

Posted by: Howard Johnson at April 21, 2022 08:39 AM (lwLDr)

231 You bow down to the big computer and of course that's exactly the same as in person learning and in person worship. It's flawed.

***
"Matthew 18:20 - For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them."

It's not where two or more are separated but managing to communicate through the aether

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 21, 2022 08:40 AM (kf6Ak)

232 Part of the trans insanity is the large issue of the evisceration of the Self, which is ironic in the age of MeMeMe. They're raised by terrible parents to have no sense of real self worth. Their identity is defined by their body, not their soul or their character. Skin color. Genitals. Sexual impulses. Mental illness and neurochemical imbalances. The true path to happiness and self satisfaction (the good kind) is through cultivation of virtues and seeking harmony with the universe, not physical traits and who you want to rub your crotch against. But that path is closed off to developing minds by a culture that sneers at virtue and celebrates disorder, so people grow up seeking Self Growth through a collection of physical and neurological affects.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 21, 2022 08:40 AM (6FeV1)

233 If The System (the government, the Fed, the corporations, the banks, the NGOs, the international organizations, etc.) are finally losing control of the debt monster they've created - and I think there are a fair number of signals out there that they are - then look out below.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

Too many mortgages. Everyone in on the grift has no other marketable skill, has extravagant tastes and is probably deep in debt to maintain a lifestyle made only available by grift.

YOU need to go a spending diet because the third house and the spawn's ivy league education don't come free.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 21, 2022 08:41 AM (AHeqJ)

234 What a pussy thing to say. Not because you're negative but you're being far too general. Take a stand. I fully expect McCarthy to talk about working with the White House on "Immigration Reform" before we hit December.
Posted by: buzzion at April 21, 2022 08:26 AM (vMCab)

I'm guessing this is sarcasm, but I haven't had my tea yet (have to go for bloodwork in 30). But I'll agree with you to the extent that anything a newly-elected GOP will do will be to benefit the CoC or their Chinese paymasters and immigration 'reform' and corporate tax cuts will be top-level items.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 21, 2022 08:41 AM (2JVJo)

235 >>>should the GOP, by some miracle (which will not be abetted by me) achieve a Red Wave in November, they will do absolutely nothing to roll back, counterattack or even impede the leftward shift.

One hundred percent correct. It will be business as usual, because the GOPe want nothing more than the approval of Democrats.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 21, 2022 08:24 AM (VWp7G)

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And moreso, the NYT & WaPo (but we repeat ourselves).

Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2022 08:41 AM (HM+TB)

236 The administration's appeal of the transit mask mandate decision is baffling to me. They were handed a win. A judge got rid of the unpopular mandate, the administration did nothing, they could blame a Trump Judge for endangering people, keep their base placated with the diversion while reducing the number of people who are constantly mad at them.

They could not have gamed out a better scenario for ending the transit mask mandate, and if they had even an iota of intelligence they would have taken the win. But now, they have jumped into a no-win scenario. Either they win the appeal and make everyone even more furious day-to-day and emphasize to people that the government is now lawless, or they lose the appeal and the finding that the agencies have been acting unconstitutionally is upheld and thus provide more ammunition for going after them in the future - as well as having doubled-down on defeat and humiliated themselves.

The CDC was the last to submit to "COVID is Over" and they never went all-in on it, and the machinators on that side have fucked up the great gift this judge gave to the junta. It's astonishing.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 21, 2022 08:42 AM (DU+/6)

237 Speaker McCarthy: As my first official act as Speaker, I introduce a joint resolution condemning the leadership of govs Abbott and DeSantis. They are the types of dangerous, bigoted, science denying leaders who are holding America back and do not represent the views of the republican party!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 21, 2022 08:42 AM (bg3iC)

238 Posted by: Kurt at April 21, 2022 08:39 AM (pNd5a)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at April 21, 2022 08:42 AM (Zz0t1)

239 he runs again Trump will make it a central issue in his platform. Will it work? Who knows. Probably not. The media's spin on it will be 100% negative. One would hope Trump is aware of that, but that's in doubt as well. Would another potential GOP candidate use it? I don't see how.

IMO this question really revolves around how much evidence is revealed AND reported on. Which we all know will be zero.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at

The media spin will be 99 percent negative on whoever runs from the GOPe. With Trump it might be 99.9. Not worth factoring in IMO.

Posted by: LASue at April 21, 2022 08:42 AM (5y7pR)

240 I agree with Olson Johnson!
Posted by: Howard Johnson at April 21, 2022 08:39 AM (lwLDr)
++++
Howard Johnson is right!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 21, 2022 08:42 AM (DU+/6)

241 I agree with Olson Johnson!
Posted by: Howard Johnson at April 21, 2022 08:39 AM (lwLDr)

Blow it out your ass, Howard!

Posted by: Olson Johnson at April 21, 2022 08:43 AM (2JVJo)

242 I agree with Olson Johnson!
Posted by: Howard Johnson at April 21, 2022 08:39 AM (lwLDr)

Blow it out your ass, Howard!
Posted by: Olson Johnson

See if I let you stay with me!

Posted by: Howard Johnson at April 21, 2022 08:43 AM (lwLDr)

243 >>>See if I let you stay with me!
Posted by: Howard Johnson

No ice cream for you!

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 21, 2022 08:44 AM (bkUtD)

244 No ice cream for you!
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 21, 2022 08:44 AM (bkUtD)
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Meh. He's only got one flavor anyway.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 21, 2022 08:44 AM (DU+/6)

245 raimondo on tap® is another Fine ® Product®

I ® just get to use it when raimondo shows up

Posted by: Miklos® at April 21, 2022 08:44 AM (QzkSJ)

246 I agree with Olson Johnson!
Posted by: Howard Johnson at April 21, 2022 08:39 AM (lwLDr)

Blow it out your ass, Howard!
Posted by: Olson Johnson

See if I let you stay with me!
Posted by: Howard Johnson at April 21, 2022 08:43 AM (lwLDr)

I'll leave the light on for you.

Posted by: Tom Bodette at April 21, 2022 08:44 AM (Zz0t1)

247 if they had even an iota of intelligence....

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 21, 2022 08:42 AM (DU+/6)

I think I see the problem.

Posted by: blaster at April 21, 2022 08:44 AM (9otr5)

248 Any of you houston area folks know of a good place for kitchen vanities with tops and sink. Better the HD or lowes?

I need a 24 in, 2 ea 36 in and a 48 in.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 21, 2022 08:45 AM (yrol0)

249
I think someone was socking Raimondo there. He's usually not around in the mornings.

Kurt on the other hand is like radioactive alien herpes.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 21, 2022 08:46 AM (s2VJv)

250 See if I let you stay with me!
Posted by: Howard Johnson

No ice cream for you!
Posted by: Wyatt Earp

I'll be happy with the Fried Clam Platter

Posted by: Lil' Miklos at April 21, 2022 08:46 AM (QzkSJ)

251 In the name of all that is righteous, we are led by children. Everyone walked out of the G20 meeting when the Russian delegate began to speak.

Posted by: WiNO at April 21, 2022 08:46 AM (FqOU9)

252 Russian Navy spotted last night 200km away form Odessa

Posted by: SMOD at April 21, 2022 08:46 AM (RHGPo)

253 248 Any of you houston area folks know of a good place for kitchen vanities with tops and sink. Better the HD or lowes?

I need a 24 in, 2 ea 36 in and a 48 in.
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 21, 2022 08:45 AM (yrol0)

Have you thought of perhaps going to a salvage yard?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 21, 2022 08:47 AM (s2VJv)

254 Any of you houston area folks know of a good place for kitchen vanities with tops and sink. Better the HD or lowes?

I need a 24 in, 2 ea 36 in and a 48 in.
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 21, 2022 08:45 AM (yrol0)

Is there a Seconds & Surplus in your area?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 21, 2022 08:47 AM (Zz0t1)

255 233 Part of the trans insanity is the large issue of the evisceration of the Self, which is ironic in the age of MeMeMe. They're raised by terrible parents to have no sense of real self worth. Their identity is defined by their body, not their soul or their character. Skin color. Genitals. Sexual impulses. Mental illness and neurochemical imbalances. The true path to happiness and self satisfaction (the good kind) is through cultivation of virtues and seeking harmony with the universe, not physical traits and who you want to rub your crotch against. But that path is closed off to developing minds by a culture that sneers at virtue and celebrates disorder, so people grow up seeking Self Growth through a collection of physical and neurological affects.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 21, 2022 08:40 AM (6FeV1)

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The Left is all about erasing distinctions in the divine order; in this case, which you state eloquently, that between man and animal.

Is "Animalization" a word?

Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2022 08:47 AM (HM+TB)

256 "Mother Tells How Her Daughter and Every One of Her Friends Are Suddenly Trans"

Penis envy. All groupies must bow down.

Posted by: Bwana Dik at April 21, 2022 08:47 AM (vrz2I)

257 250
I'll be happy with the Fried Clam Platter
Posted by: Lil' Miklos at April 21, 2022 08:46 AM (QzkSJ)

You might get the Fartclam platter by mistake.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 21, 2022 08:47 AM (s2VJv)

258 I'd be willing to bet good money the average wealth of congress as a whole rose by double digits since *biden was installed.

Ideology takes a 3rd row back seat to amassing wealth in the capitol city.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 21, 2022 08:47 AM (BFigT)

259 is like radioactive alien herpes.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

Now I know what to say about Soros when I pray.

Posted by: Miklos will ask at April 21, 2022 08:47 AM (QzkSJ)

260 252 Russian Navy spotted last night 200km away form Odessa
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Bottling up Ukraine might be the best move for Russia right now. They've already occupy 80% of Donbas. The idea that Ukraine can control Crimea was always nutz.

Posted by: Puddihead at April 21, 2022 08:48 AM (HTCOy)

261 A group of former intelligence and national security officials on Monday issued a jointly signed letter warning that pending legislative attempts to restrict or break up the power of Big Tech monopolies -- Facebook, Google, and Amazon -- would jeopardize national security because, they argue, their centralized censorship power is crucial to advancing U.S. foreign policy. The majority of this letter is devoted to repeatedly invoking the grave threat allegedly posed to the U.S. by Russia as illustrated by the invasion of Ukraine, and it repeatedly points to the dangers of Putin and the Kremlin to justify the need to preserve Big Tech's power in its maximalist form. Any attempts to restrict Big Tech's monopolistic power would therefore undermine the U.S. fight against Moscow.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 21, 2022 08:48 AM (bg3iC)

262 I'll be happy with the Fried Clam Platter
Posted by: Lil' Miklos at April 21, 2022 08:46 AM (QzkSJ)

You want the fried clam platter
You'll settle for smoked oysters
You'll get a musty fartclam

Posted by: rickb223 at April 21, 2022 08:48 AM (lwLDr)

263 Secret Service Officers Shoot and Kill Alleged Peruvian Embassy Intruder:

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Wow, I didn't think Peruvia still had an embassy in the U.S. after the George Zimmerman kerfluffle.

Posted by: Muldoon at April 21, 2022 08:48 AM (kXYt5)

264 252 Russian Navy spotted last night 200km away form Odessa
Posted by: SMOD at April 21, 2022 08:46 AM (RHGPo)

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Texas?

Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2022 08:48 AM (HM+TB)

265
You might get the Fartclam platter by mistake.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 21, 2022 08:47 AM (s2VJv)

Poo poo platter.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 21, 2022 08:48 AM (Zz0t1)

266 I saw Radioactive Alien Herpes open for Power Station at the Channel in '94.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 21, 2022 08:48 AM (2JVJo)

267 ------

Texas?
Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2022 08:48 AM (HM+TB)

They're towing the ship on a trailer? There's no water in Odessa, TX.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 21, 2022 08:49 AM (Zz0t1)

268 The usual scumbags

While one of their central claims is that Big Tech monopoly power is necessary to combat (i.e., censor) "foreign disinformation," several of these officials are themselves leading disinformation agents: many were the same former intelligence officials who signed the now-infamous-and-debunked pre-election letter fraudulently claiming that the authentic Hunter Biden emails had the "hallmarks" of Russia disinformation (former Obama Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, former Obama CIA Director Michael Morrell, former Obama CIA/Pentagon chief Leon Panetta). Others who signed this new letter have strong financial ties to the Big Tech corporations whose power they are defending in the name of national security (Morrell, Panetta, former Bush National Security Adviser Fran Townsend).

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 21, 2022 08:49 AM (bg3iC)

269 Raimondo is the fun kind of crazy.

Krut is just a boring mirror universe Pinocchio. A puppet whose dick gets smaller every time he lies.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 21, 2022 08:49 AM (6FeV1)

270 You might get the Fartclam platter by mistake.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

Only if waitress, cook stupid Romanian

Posted by: Miklos speak English quite fine is such occasions at April 21, 2022 08:49 AM (QzkSJ)

271 FDA Admits Prenatal Screening Tests Are Often Wrong, Leading Parents To Make "Inappropriate Health Care Decisions" Like Abortion

Happened to me. But I didn't do as I was told. So I have two children instead of one.

#Metoo. They warned us that our third was going to have Downs, and we should get an abortion. She just finished her Master's Degree, as polish on her Naval Academy ring. Pretty good for a water head.

Posted by: Hawkpilot at April 21, 2022 08:50 AM (abhsb)

272 Miklos to pick up or as I assume drop off the oil?

Posted by: Skip's phone at April 21, 2022 08:50 AM (kC+90)

273 I doubt Trump stormed off. But I dont care either way. If he did Im sure he had good reason. At least Trump didnt mumble incoherently about Afghanistan , shake hands with the air and then shuffle away in a fog

Posted by: LASue at April 21, 2022 08:50 AM (5y7pR)

274 Texas?
Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2022 08:48 AM (HM+TB)

They're towing the ship on a trailer? There's no water in Odessa, TX.
Posted by: Sponge

Not even within 200 clicks.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 21, 2022 08:50 AM (lwLDr)

275 Krut is just a boring mirror universe Pinocchio. A puppet whose dick gets smaller every time he lies.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 21, 2022 08:49 AM (6FeV1)
++++
Then he was either hung like a Clydesdale or he now has an innie.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 21, 2022 08:50 AM (DU+/6)

276 If they want Biden's numbers to go up why don't they just sedate him and ignore him?

Posted by: Puddihead at April 21, 2022 08:50 AM (HTCOy)

277 The administration's appeal of the transit mask mandate decision is baffling to me.

Psaki said that one reason for the appeal was to preserve the CDC's authority for *future* scenarios

Posted by: McCool at April 21, 2022 08:51 AM (BqBIh)

278 Poo poo platter.
Posted by: Sponge

How did you know?!

Posted by: Dr. DOCTOR Jill, Edith Wilson Elect at April 21, 2022 08:51 AM (QzkSJ)

279 Every state legislature under republican majority control needs to get a hold of everything being passed in Florida relevant to their state (i.e., the non-Disney stuff) and hammer it. Get the anti-grooming bill and search replace Florida with their state. A republican wave will be as useless as ever by incompetence (or by design), but the gridlock will provide cover for the sane states to go on offense and become increasingly red, communist tear production factories.

Posted by: Mr. Senor Monsieur at April 21, 2022 08:51 AM (Udlax)

280 If they want Biden's numbers to go up why don't they just sedate him and ignore him?
Posted by: Puddihead at April 21, 2022 08:50 AM (HTCOy)
++++
I think they'd love to, but they can't. He's a porridge-brained idiot who's increasingly hard for the puppeteers to keep on course, but he's still the president and the president must make appearances.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 21, 2022 08:51 AM (DU+/6)

281 Any attempts to restrict Big Tech's monopolistic power would therefore undermine the U.S. fight against Moscow.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 21, 2022 08:48 AM (bg3iC)

Its impossible to tell satire any more. No wonder that NYT reporter thought the MAGA airspace was real.

Posted by: blaster at April 21, 2022 08:51 AM (9otr5)

282 Posted by: JT at April 21, 2022 08:15 AM (arJlL)

Thanks, JT. I really appreciate that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 21, 2022 08:52 AM (fF2aM)

283 No wonder that NYT reporter thought the MAGA airspace was real.
Posted by: blaster

Wait! Whut?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 21, 2022 08:52 AM (lwLDr)

284 Miklos to pick up or as I assume drop off the oil?
Posted by: Skip's phone

Need truck

For Darleen also

Posted by: Miklos by the side of the road at April 21, 2022 08:52 AM (QzkSJ)

285 261 A group of former intelligence and national security officials on Monday issued a jointly signed letter warning that pending legislative attempts to restrict or break up the power of Big Tech monopolies -- Facebook, Google, and Amazon -- would jeopardize national security because, they argue, their centralized censorship power is crucial to advancing U.S. foreign policy. The majority of this letter is devoted to repeatedly invoking the grave threat allegedly posed to the U.S. by Russia as illustrated by the invasion of Ukraine, and it repeatedly points to the dangers of Putin and the Kremlin to justify the need to preserve Big Tech's power in its maximalist form. Any attempt to restrict Big Tech's monopolistic power would therefore undermine the U.S. fight against Moscow.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 21, 2022 08:48 AM (bg3iC)

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It's the same reason we must maintain grooming in schools and normalize racism and pedophilia -- so as not to jeopardize national security and undermine the U.S. fight against Moscow.

Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2022 08:52 AM (HM+TB)

286 The CDC was the last to submit to "COVID is Over" and they never went all-in on it, and the machinators on that side have fucked up the great gift this judge gave to the junta. It's astonishing.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 21, 2022 08:42 AM (DU+/6)

The public incoherence on the "Should we appeal, shouldn't we?" question is a rare public view into the war inside the Dem Party, between those who are still slightly rational and who care about the future, and those who are completely blinded by ideology and raw emotion. Currently the Irrational's are winning, which I think is the answer to "why are the Dems doing so many things that are clearly insane?"

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 21, 2022 08:53 AM (r46W7)

287
#Metoo. They warned us that our third was going to have Downs, and we should get an abortion. She just finished her Master's Degree, as polish on her Naval Academy ring. Pretty good for a water head.
Posted by: Hawkpilot at April 21, 2022 08:50 AM (abhsb)

We only have the one child, but chose not to have the test done that would only have a 50/50 shot of being correct on weather the kid would be born healthy or not.

Fucking evil Satanic beasts.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 21, 2022 08:53 AM (Zz0t1)

288 but he's still the president and the president must make appearances.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 21, 2022 08:51 AM (DU+/6)

"That's not a straitjacket, you toothless hick. He's just crossing his arms a lot. "

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 21, 2022 08:53 AM (6FeV1)

289 They could not have gamed out a better scenario for ending the transit mask mandate, and if they had even an iota of intelligence they would have taken the win. But now, they have jumped into a no-win scenario.

well, first off I think to THEM it looks like a win-win now. they appease the Psycho Wing (their base) with this "fighting back" thing. and they will probably lose their appeal anyway it will quietly go away (but with enough wiggle room - as Bidens call it "plausible deniability" to make them still Karen's heroes).

and also, this has become clear - we are in an oligarchy of Bureaus. The tippy top are the intelligence services and State, then possibly HHS-related bureaus and CDC/FDA/EPA ... but basically the top bureaucrats rule us now.

Posted by: Black Orchid at April 21, 2022 08:53 AM (j9HX3)

290 I think they'd love to, but they can't. He's a porridge-brained idiot who's increasingly hard for the puppeteers to keep on course, but he's still the president and the president must make appearances.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

CGI like Max Headroom.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 21, 2022 08:53 AM (lwLDr)

291 OK, folks, off to the doctor's for a blood draw.

Hope you all have a lovely day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 21, 2022 08:53 AM (2JVJo)

292 OT: 17 minute video of an elderly woman speaking of a great sin she witnessed as a child in 1920s rural Maine. Tragic story.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1CVcZ_8HPuY

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Proprietor of the Outrage Outlet at April 21, 2022 08:53 AM (FVME7)

293 At least Trump didnt mumble incoherently about Afghanistan , shake hands with the air and then shuffle away in a fog
Posted by: LASue at April 21, 2022 08:50 AM (5y7pR)

And remember, they wanted to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove him when he slurred a single word in an hour-long extemporaneously eloquent press briefing.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 21, 2022 08:54 AM (H8QX8)

294 In the name of all that is righteous, we are led by children. Everyone walked out of the G20 meeting when the Russian delegate began to speak.
Posted by: WiNO

Apparently none of the retards there took any lesson whatsoever from Twitter.

Twitter goes ahead and alienates an entire segment of the world's demographics, and instead of that excluded community bowing down and turning into Leftists, they go create their alternatives while figuring out how to dismantle Twitter by other means.

So far, Russia has succeeded in tearing down the former US's hegemony on The Dollar as the global reserve currency - oil is traded now in something other than US Dollars. India and China are reconsidering their ties to the former US, and the world is fracturing back into a Cold War stance.

Go ahead an alienate people. Few stand around and let themselves be abused - only Westerners take endless beatings and continual humiliation.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 21, 2022 08:54 AM (AHeqJ)

295 I think they'd love to, but they can't. He's a porridge-brained idiot who's increasingly hard for the puppeteers to keep on course, but he's still the president and the president must make appearances.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 21, 2022 08:51 AM (DU+/6)

Who knew that picking a total incompetent and promoting him to such a critical job would have consequences?

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 21, 2022 08:54 AM (r46W7)

296 The only way to win the msm game is not to play. Republicans will never figure this out.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at April 21, 2022 08:54 AM (CINMl)

297 Psaki said that one reason for the appeal was to preserve the CDC's authority for *future* scenarios

it's incredible to me that they actually said this explicitly.

wow.

Posted by: Black Orchid at April 21, 2022 08:54 AM (j9HX3)

298 The multi-agency IC pants-shitting tells me there is real fear about the Musk/Twitter thing.

Wheels within wheels...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 21, 2022 08:56 AM (BFigT)

299 298 The multi-agency IC pants-shitting tells me there is real fear about the Musk/Twitter thing.

There's fear all right. Musk has performed a public service for simply exposing it.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 21, 2022 08:57 AM (H8QX8)

300 298 The multi-agency IC pants-shitting tells me there is real fear about the Musk/Twitter thing.

Wheels within wheels...
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Yep. This is good entertainment. Not like that fag Disney/Netflix shit.

Posted by: Puddihead at April 21, 2022 08:57 AM (HTCOy)

301 You want the fried clam platter
You'll settle for smoked oysters
You'll get a musty fartclam
Posted by: rickb223

Thank you all for DESTROYING my one (1) good Memory of Youth.

I will now identify as a Goth Chick and cut myself.

Not really, just checking the Goth Chicks, some are cute once power-washed

Posted by: I/we/they identify as a "Miklos" at April 21, 2022 08:57 AM (QzkSJ)

302 I think they'd love to, but they can't. He's a porridge-brained idiot who's increasingly hard for the puppeteers to keep on course, but he's still the president and the president must make appearances.

I thought CGI was at the realistic state by now.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 21, 2022 08:57 AM (AHeqJ)

303 Who knew that picking a total incompetent and promoting him to such a critical job would have consequences?
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 21, 2022 08:54 AM (r46W7)

Pierce voters in 1856.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 21, 2022 08:57 AM (6FeV1)

304 Future scenarios like say around September 2024?

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at April 21, 2022 08:58 AM (CINMl)

305 It's the same reason we must maintain grooming in schools and normalize racism and pedophilia -- so as not to jeopardize national security and undermine the U.S. fight against Moscow.
Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2022 08:52 AM (HM+TB)
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If racism and pedophilia go away, Russia wins! We can't let that happen!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 21, 2022 08:58 AM (YIVH2)

306 I thought CGI was at the realistic state by now.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 21, 2022 08:57 AM (AHeqJ)

Deep State --> FakeState

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 21, 2022 08:58 AM (6FeV1)

307 it's incredible to me that they actually said this explicitly.

wow.
Posted by: Black Orchid

Today-wow

Tomorrow-Ow

Posted by: Sum Ting Wong at April 21, 2022 08:58 AM (QzkSJ)

308 Wonder what the overlap is from the IC letter about not stopping big tech censorship, and the IC letter assuring us that Hunter Biden's laptop was Russian disinformation is? And why would anyone ever listen to those assholes again, about anything?

Posted by: Hawkpilot at April 21, 2022 08:59 AM (abhsb)

309 292 OT: 17 minute video of an elderly woman speaking of a great sin she witnessed as a child in 1920s rural Maine. Tragic story.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1CVcZ_8HPuY
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Proprietor of the Outrage Outlet at April 21, 2022 08:53 AM (FVME7)

I thought it was going to be how she once saw someone putting maple syrup on waffles.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 21, 2022 08:59 AM (r46W7)

310 The multi-agency IC pants-shitting tells me there is real fear about the Musk/Twitter thing.

When you consider that the IC see the West as their mortal enemy that must be subdued for the service of China and the Oligarchs, yes. Taking away a weapon against We The People should cause angst.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 21, 2022 09:00 AM (AHeqJ)

311 Yep. This is good entertainment. Not like that fag Disney/Netflix shit.
Posted by: Puddihead

Why is Goofy and all the rest animated, yet Pluto is still a dog?
Who did Pluto bite to get fucked over?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 21, 2022 09:00 AM (lwLDr)

312 Now I know what to say about Soros when I pray.
Posted by: Miklos

J.J.'s link yesterday to an article about Soros was very interesting.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Proprietor of the Outrage Outlet at April 21, 2022 09:00 AM (FVME7)

313 A group of former intelligence and national security officials on Monday issued a jointly signed letter warning that pending legislative attempts to restrict or break up the power of Big Tech monopolies -- Facebook, Google, and Amazon -- would jeopardize national security because, they argue, their centralized censorship power is crucial to advancing U.S. foreign policy.

They don't understand that we know this, and is why we want them broken up or broken down.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 21, 2022 09:00 AM (5kI0z)

314 Not only did Brandon fk up a huge political gift, but there's no need for hiom to appease the Karen Konstituency. They're never going to lose the Karens. What, the Karens are all going to start voting R because of the mask mandate being dropped? That's absurd.

No, this is about preserving the CDC's power, as Pshithead openly admitted.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at April 21, 2022 09:01 AM (HsAzN)

315 NONE of what is goin on right now would have happened if the UniParty didn't steal the fucking 2020 election! NONE.

Donald Trump repeatably brings it up to highlight how vulnerable our we-are-the-only-country-in-the-world-without-voter-ID elections are and we need to do something about it. A few states with 'republican' legislatures have made improvements, but most have not. Get involved, be a delegate and/or election judge or poll worker. DO IT! Love you Morons!

Posted by: Danimal28 at April 21, 2022 09:01 AM (klw0w)

316 297 Psaki said that one reason for the appeal was to preserve the CDC's authority for *future* scenarios
it's incredible to me that they actually said this explicitly.
wow.
Posted by: Black Orchid at April 21, 2022 08:54 AM (j9HX3)

The funny part is that if they let it stand, it would just be a lower court order that with little power of precedent. By appealing, they are risking a Supreme Court precedent that strips the CDC from any claim to such powers forever.

(which is what I believe will happen)

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 21, 2022 09:02 AM (r46W7)

317 > Wonder what the overlap is from the IC letter about not stopping big tech censorship, and the IC letter assuring us that Hunter Biden's laptop was Russian disinformation is?
__________________

More than likely; complete.

Same template, same authors, same bullshit.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 21, 2022 09:02 AM (BFigT)

318 The msm is using the standard defense of Dems saying it is unproven they are trying to groom children, lol. This is like the LBJ ducking a pig thing, lol. Dems can be really dumb sometimes.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at April 21, 2022 09:02 AM (CINMl)

319 The multi-agency IC pants-shitting tells me there is real fear about the Musk/Twitter thing.

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The truth is insidious. Once it gets its nose under the tent, all lies are endangered.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Proprietor of the Outrage Outlet at April 21, 2022 09:03 AM (FVME7)

320 "How can such a brilliantly original writer have such dumb, derivative politics?"

Because being highly skilled in the arts or science or pipefitting, has nothing to do with being immune from the 24/7 propaganda cable tv media shows, or wanting to "fit in" with the "cool people" of Park Slope. And I loved Auster's New York Trilogy.

Posted by: Marcus Gravey at April 21, 2022 09:03 AM (kNgCR)

321 I thought it was going to be how she once saw someone putting maple syrup on waffles.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Be Healed

*pours maple syrup over head*

Posted by: Apprentice father Miklos, new to these parts and their odd customs at April 21, 2022 09:03 AM (QzkSJ)

322 Not really, just checking the Goth Chicks, some are cute once power-washed
Posted by: I/we/they identify as a "Miklos" at April 21, 2022 08:57 AM (QzkSJ)

***

Sandblasted... Just to be sure

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at April 21, 2022 09:03 AM (flINI)

323 No, this is about preserving the CDC's power, as Pshithead openly admitted.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at April 21, 2022 09:01 AM (HsAzN)

The CDC *never* had the actual power to do this, that's what this case is about. Congress never delegated such powers to them, it's all been a giant public fraud on their part for two years now. There was nothing to "preserve", this is just about trying to keep the scam going and not being able to admit that its over.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 21, 2022 09:04 AM (r46W7)

324 Psaki said that one reason for the appeal was to preserve the CDC's authority for *future* scenarios

Preserve Authority?

When exactly did Congress pass legislation giving the CDC dictatorial and completely unaccountable authority over the individual lives of We The People?

You would think that something like that would require an amendment to the Constitution.

Apparently amendments happen in the cover of darkness, by fiat by a secret cabal, and don't require any formal declaration or documentation.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 21, 2022 09:04 AM (AHeqJ)

325 1) Get rid of the secret ballot, and keep an iron clad record of vote-voter correlation

Problem solved.

They already know who you voted for anyway, so nothing is lost.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 21, 2022 09:04 AM (6FeV1)

326 261 A group of former intelligence and national security officials on Monday issued a jointly signed letter warning that pending legislative attempts to restrict or break up the power of Big Tech monopolies -- Facebook, Google, and Amazon -- would jeopardize national security because, they argue, their centralized censorship power is crucial to advancing U.S. foreign policy. The majority of this letter is devoted to repeatedly invoking the grave threat allegedly posed to the U.S. by Russia as illustrated by the invasion of Ukraine, and it repeatedly points to the dangers of Putin and the Kremlin to justify the need to preserve Big Tech's power in its maximalist form. Any attempt to restrict Big Tech's monopolistic power would therefore undermine the U.S. fight against Moscow.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

Oh. I see. How illuminating. Thank you IC, past and present, that was unintendedly useful.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 21, 2022 09:04 AM (4eKPg)

327 >>>A group of former intelligence and national security officials on Monday issued a jointly signed letter

Former is the key word. No one gives a frak about former intelligence officials, especially most of them are either traitorous and/or useless.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 21, 2022 09:04 AM (bkUtD)

328 These groomers sure get apoplectic about being called groomers. They always let us know when we're over the target.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at April 21, 2022 09:05 AM (HsAzN)

329 Psaki said that one reason for the appeal was to preserve the CDC's authority for *future* scenarios

it's incredible to me that they actually said this explicitly.

wow.
Posted by: Black Orchid

This kind of makes sense. The mandate was overturned because the judge agreed that the CDC lacked legal authority to impose the mandate. If the government needs to appeal or it gives up any pretense of authority in the future. They already gave up on the eviction moratorium. Giving up on this would mean the CDC could not mandate that all penis possessing humans chop off their balls to stop the rape epidemic.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 21, 2022 09:05 AM (bg3iC)

330 The truth is insidious. Once it gets its nose under the tent, all lies are endangered.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Nope

Gotta say a big no-noski on that

*Guys, did you hear that? Moar Virgin blood, my good man*

Posted by: GooFaceTwitZon at April 21, 2022 09:05 AM (QzkSJ)

331 >>>Sandblasted... Just to be sure
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report

So that's what they mean when they say "sandy va-jay-jay?"

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 21, 2022 09:05 AM (bkUtD)

332 The Hill: Trump campaign ordered to pay $1.3 million in legal fees to Omarosa http://hill.cm/ofEWOrx

https://tinyurl.com/ycyxcsw8

Posted by: redridinghood at April 21, 2022 09:06 AM (NpAcC)

333 So without Google and Facebook knowing everything about me, Russia wins? I see.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at April 21, 2022 09:06 AM (CINMl)

334 There's fear all right. Musk has performed a public service for simply exposing it.
Posted by: Ordinary American at April 21, 2022 08:57 AM (H8QX

++++
Yup. Like Trump, who's biggest accomplishment among his vast list of accomplishments was ripping the masks off of so very many people.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 21, 2022 09:06 AM (DU+/6)

335 So that's what they mean when they say "sandy va-jay-jay?"
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 21, 2022 09:05 AM (

I read that in a Swedish Chef voice...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 21, 2022 09:07 AM (6FeV1)

336 Against All Odds: Mother Tells How Her Daughter and Every One of Her Friends Are Suddenly Trans
The trans ideology of today is similar to the skinheads of the 80’s. Insecure, lonely, rebellious kids, frequently bored, and many angry at their parents, are looking for an outlet. This is the perfect breeding ground for recruiters from outlier subculture groups like skinheads and transgenders.

*******

Skinheads? Really? This is not an apt comparison. I would have said hep cats of the '60s, or even maybe zoot suiters of the '40s.

Posted by: Muldoon at April 21, 2022 09:07 AM (kXYt5)

337 Former is the key word. No one gives a frak about former intelligence officials, especially most of them are either traitorous and/or useless.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp

Former girlfriends of Miklos have written a letter....

Posted by: Miklos probably wrote it for them at April 21, 2022 09:07 AM (QzkSJ)

338 Get ready. Democrats know they are going to lose big in the midterms. The question is, what illegal schemes will they be using to try and prevent that loss?

There is no way they will let an honest person election take place.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 21, 2022 09:07 AM (+5YjI)

339 Let's make the CDC a new branch of government, says Psaki.

Posted by: Ziba at April 21, 2022 09:08 AM (S1hrL)

340 Skinheads? Really? This is not an apt comparison. I would have said hep cats of the '60s, or even maybe zoot suiters of the '40s.
Posted by: Muldoon at April 21, 2022 09:07 AM (kXYt5)

Hair grows back.

Just sayin.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 21, 2022 09:08 AM (6FeV1)

341 If the cdc can tell airlines how to operate then the faa can tell doctors how to run their practices right?

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at April 21, 2022 09:08 AM (CINMl)

342 Let's make the CDC a new wing in a federal prison, says Guy Smiley.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at April 21, 2022 09:08 AM (HsAzN)

343 So that's what they mean when they say "sandy va-jay-jay?"
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 21, 2022 09:05 AM (

I read that in a Swedish Chef voice...
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Don't eat it that way...

Posted by: Cautionary Miklos at April 21, 2022 09:08 AM (QzkSJ)

344 "The msm is using the standard defense of Dems saying it is unproven they are trying to groom children, lol.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant"

Just like CRT. Schools do not have grooming classes or any grooming textbooks or grooming requirement for graduation. Thus it is not happening. And in case it is, it is be a good thing

Posted by: Ripley at April 21, 2022 09:08 AM (MxEKc)

345 If the cdc can tell airlines how to operate then the faa can tell doctors how to run their practices right?
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at April 21, 2022 09:08 AM (CINMl)

No. That would interfere with the Post Office's job.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 21, 2022 09:09 AM (Zz0t1)

346 Too many peeps are counting their red wave chickens before they hatch. Six months is an eternity in politics.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at April 21, 2022 09:09 AM (CINMl)

347 Nice of raimondo to stop by after his lobotomy.

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2022 09:10 AM (NxtrT)

348 Hair grows back.

Just sayin.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 21, 2022 09:08 AM (6FeV1)

***

Really funny...

Posted by: Jada Pincushion Smith at April 21, 2022 09:10 AM (flINI)

349 Let's make the CDC a new wing in a federal prison, says Guy Smiley.
Posted by: Guy Smiley

Need one of them perpetually sinking islands....

Posted by: Miklos, prison guard working from Remote at April 21, 2022 09:10 AM (QzkSJ)

350 320 "How can such a brilliantly original writer have such dumb, derivative politics?"

Because being highly skilled in the arts or science or pipefitting, has nothing to do with being immune from the 24/7 propaganda cable tv media shows, or wanting to "fit in" with the "cool people" of Park Slope. And I loved Auster's New York Trilogy.
Posted by: Marcus Gravey at April 21, 2022 09:03 AM (kNgCR)

Paul Auster is a good example of the long term consequences of signing on to noxious personal beliefs; he's now suffered the murder of what must have been his only beloved grandchild, and it happened because of the way he raised his own son and lived his life. He has no one else to blame for the emptiness that will be the rest of his life. The murdered baby surely didn't deserve that, but Paul Auster did.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 21, 2022 09:10 AM (r46W7)

351 Loboto-MAY!

Posted by: Guy Smiley at April 21, 2022 09:10 AM (HsAzN)

352 The CDC fell into its Hollywood role and thought they could do anything in the name of stopping the virus. Lock down, quarrantine until the brave scientist hero develops a vaccine and saves humanity!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 21, 2022 09:10 AM (bg3iC)

353 Too many peeps are counting their red wave chickens before they hatch. Six months is an eternity in politics.

Given the hocky stick projection of how quickly things are going to shit, in six months there may not even be an Earth.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 21, 2022 09:10 AM (AHeqJ)

354 318 The msm is using the standard defense of Dems saying it is unproven they are trying to groom children, lol. This is like the LBJ ducking a pig thing, lol. Dems can be really dumb sometimes.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at April 21, 2022 09:02 AM (CINMl)

Explaining is losing. "I just want to make him deny it" indeed. For us, losing on that issue would be when everyone stops talking about it.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at April 21, 2022 09:11 AM (z5Vrg)

355 346 Too many peeps are counting their red wave chickens before they hatch. Six months is an eternity in politics.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at April 21, 2022 09:09 AM (CINMl)

I actually think the current GOP policy of saying nothing and letting the Dems continue to screw up is the best possible response they are capable of.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 21, 2022 09:11 AM (r46W7)

356 The CDC fell into its Hollywood role and thought they could do anything in the name of stopping the virus. Lock down, quarrantine until the brave scientist hero develops a vaccine and saves humanity!

So who was Ethan Hunt in this movie?

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 21, 2022 09:11 AM (AHeqJ)

357 @338. Democrats know they are going to lose big in the midterms. The question is, what illegal schemes will they be using to try and prevent that loss?

They plan on winning big and are putting schemes, not for public consumption, in place to ensure that happens. It worked once, what's to stop it happening a second time?
Not the GOP, that's for sure.

Posted by: Ziba at April 21, 2022 09:11 AM (S1hrL)

358 Hair grows back.

Just sayin.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 21, 2022 09:08 AM (6FeV1)

***

**Feels top of head**

Sigh. Not any more.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at April 21, 2022 09:12 AM (906pl)

359 The junta thinking I believe is this: scotus allowed vax mandates for health care workers. So they are betting Roberts and Co will allow this as well. Scotus would never allow a 100% mask mandate but being scotus they will allow this one carve out for flights and buses and trains.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at April 21, 2022 09:12 AM (CINMl)

360 Loboto-MAY!
Posted by: Guy Smiley

I read that in a Very Presidential voice

Posted by: Miklos, voice artiste at April 21, 2022 09:13 AM (QzkSJ)

361 ...Skinheads? Really? This is not an apt comparison. I would have said hep cats of the '60s, or even maybe zoot suiters of the '40s.
======

or punk rockers of the 70's. I remember my friend filed his teeth almost to a point amongst other things.

Posted by: Haywood at April 21, 2022 09:13 AM (ISrcT)

362 >>When exactly did Congress pass legislation giving the CDC dictatorial and completely unaccountable authority over the individual lives of We The People?

That was the gist of the ruling by the judge.

Posted by: Roy at April 21, 2022 09:14 AM (eq6Sp)

363 Let's make the CDC a new branch of government, says Psaki.

Where would they fit in w/r/t authority?
We currently have

The Oligarch Branch
The Regulatory Branch
The Lobbyist/Activist Branch

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 21, 2022 09:14 AM (AHeqJ)

364 Loboto-MAY!
Posted by: Guy Smiley

I read that in a Very Presidential voice
Posted by: Miklos, voice artiste

Oh PRETTY LADY

Posted by: Miklos, voice artiste, inspired by Jerry Lewis at April 21, 2022 09:14 AM (QzkSJ)

365 359 The junta thinking..."

I think I see the flaw in your argument.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 21, 2022 09:14 AM (r46W7)

366 I remember my friend filed his teeth almost to a point amongst other things.
----------------
Did he call himself Barnabas Collins?

Posted by: Puddihead at April 21, 2022 09:14 AM (HTCOy)

367 Normally I would say ~200 days is an eternity in politics. But Democrats are not moving at all on the major issue impacting voters choices, in fact they are doubling down. You can smell the panic in some places like Arizona, Nevada, Texas and other key races. Hispanic supports is collapsing in many places. I talked to some staffers and they said you "have no idea what it's like". All good signs.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 21, 2022 09:14 AM (+5YjI)

368 I am just glad the Dept of Agriculture is making sure the gas pumps work.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 21, 2022 09:15 AM (bg3iC)

369 A gracious Good Morning and adieu to all.

Posted by: Miklos Donger need FOOD at April 21, 2022 09:16 AM (QzkSJ)

370 66 62 To be fair, Space Force is only a couple years old, and Kamala has known about space for many years. She was AG of the state which houses Vandenberg. So it is not unreasonable that she assumed her audience was too young to understand a more complicated explanation of space.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 21, 2022 07:47 AM (bg3iC)

In space no one can hear her babbling.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 21, 2022 07:48 AM (yrol0)

Everything every member of the Junta says in public (except Joey's babbling - when he's not supposed even say hello) is written to provide propaganda sound bites for use by the Dem-Media Complex. Meaning the key messages of the verbal diarrhea must be written for a 2nd-grade comprehension level, and to ideally fit in a TV chyron. Joey, Kamala, Buttplug, etc., couldn't care less about what their captive in-person audience thinks about the spew. The generals, CEOs, and local officials are not insulted because they are in on the con.

Posted by: Gref at April 21, 2022 09:16 AM (AMIL/)

371 I am just glad the Dept of Agriculture is making sure the gas pumps work.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 21, 2022 09:15 AM (

That was a corny joke.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 21, 2022 09:16 AM (6FeV1)

372 OT: But I have expounded on the greatest of ham stock in grits on the Sunday thread. Let me add on to greatest of grits with corned beef stock. I ended up boiling my 1st corned beef, although being me, I did it in 1/2 beef broth/ 1/2 water and sauteed onion, celery, and garlic with extra black pepper and none of the corning spices. When the corned beef finished (which was great), the broth had reduced by half and seemed a little salty and way too good to waste. Enter grits. I didn't even measure, but did the chef thing by feel, and damn, these were great. All 7 folks here loved them as we served it like "shrimp and grits", but it was "corned beef and grits"...

Posted by: Nova local at April 21, 2022 09:16 AM (exHjb)

373 Let's make the CDC a new branch of government, says Psaki.

-
Or do you support the Black Death? And Putin?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Proprietor of the Outrage Outlet at April 21, 2022 09:16 AM (FVME7)

374 I am just glad the Dept of Agriculture is making sure the gas pumps work.

Who in hell needs food when its the nation's highest interest to destroy fuel lines and engines.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 21, 2022 09:16 AM (AHeqJ)

375 In space no one can hear her babbling.
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 21, 2022 07:48 AM (yrol0)
++++
I suddenly fully appreciate Musk's ambition to conquer space.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 21, 2022 09:17 AM (DU+/6)

376 357 @338. Democrats know they are going to lose big in the midterms. The question is, what illegal schemes will they be using to try and prevent that loss?

They plan on winning big and are putting schemes, not for public consumption, in place to ensure that happens. It worked once, what's to stop it happening a second time?
Not the GOP, that's for sure.
Posted by: Ziba at April 21, 2022 09:11 AM (S1hrL)

The House will be harder for them to steal than the Senate. As far as the Senate goes, the GOP might pick up 1 in Arizona and 1 in Georgia, and that really looks like it. So the Dems seem to only really need to steal 2 senate seats to maintain control.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at April 21, 2022 09:18 AM (z5Vrg)

377 The destruction of education in the United States continues apace! I just assigned my students Poe's The Black Cat to read. First question? You guessed it. Was Poe a racist for making the cat black?

Posted by: jmel at April 21, 2022 09:18 AM (RWHIh)

378 That sounds good, nova local.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 21, 2022 09:18 AM (5NRaB)

379 Congress has no actual power any more, and that won't change in one election.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 21, 2022 08:29 AM (r46W7)

Youd almost always be correct. However look at Florida.
DeSantis won Florida by a razor thin margin and then....proceeded to lead Like a Boss.
IOW leadership, or the lack thereof , matters.
With a DeSantis type Speaker--hell why not DeSantis himself?!--the House would make an historic impact for America and the Constitution.

Posted by: Voter theater. at April 21, 2022 09:18 AM (FCPbW)

380 For the midterms, we will be using the FB voting system. Whichever candidate gets the most likes by 5 days after the election, wins. FB reserves the right to suspend any candidate for violating iits community guidelines.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 21, 2022 09:20 AM (bg3iC)

381 Good picture at the top. Reminds one of Scott Adams, "two movies, one screen," theory. But, butt, that "American Thinker" quote block was disappointing given that a writer for a supposedly conservative outlet believes the 81 million vote malarkey. The present depraved situation will probably only be fixed by an American dark age. Sad.

Posted by: Marooned at April 21, 2022 09:22 AM (w6hJ9)

382 Pixy is pissing me the F off right now.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at April 21, 2022 09:22 AM (HsAzN)

383 378 That sounds good, nova local.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 21, 2022 09:18 AM (5NRaB)

Thanks - I'm currently in a "waste not, want not" mood with my cooking, and couldn't imagine tossing the broth, but I also didn't think it would make great broth soup b/c of the strong taste and salt level...

Rice was the backup plan, but I told my daughter rice is better with poultry, at least for me!

Posted by: Nova local at April 21, 2022 09:22 AM (exHjb)

384 96 year old Veteran is declared hometown hero for years of serving his community. Good for him! That man doesn't look 96 to me. Maybe his younger looks come from serving others for so long. Keeps his body and mind active:

https://tinyurl.com/yz9nayw8

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 21, 2022 09:23 AM (fF2aM)

385 Better to be pissed off than pissed on.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 21, 2022 09:23 AM (bg3iC)

386 Olbermann and Romney, such deserving and interlocking bedfellows.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at April 21, 2022 09:23 AM (TNyrE)

387 The fed is finally getting serious about inflation. Gird your loins everyone.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at April 21, 2022 09:23 AM (CINMl)

388 @207

>>I mean, who's gonna stop them?

In the months leading up to election, the left wrote explicitly about the "red mirage," that on election night it would seem like Trump won but as the days passed and more and more "votes" rolled in Trump would lose.

The thing about the left is they don't hide what they are doing, they told us how they would steal the election and they stole the election.

How this occurred is not really a mystery.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 21, 2022 09:23 AM (AZ01v)

389 381 Good picture at the top. Reminds one of Scott Adams, "two movies, one screen," theory. But, butt, that "American Thinker" quote block was disappointing given that a writer for a supposedly conservative outlet believes the 81 million vote malarkey. The present depraved situation will probably only be fixed by an American dark age. Sad.
Posted by: Marooned at April 21, 2022 09:22 AM (w6hJ9)

It's why I only quoted the second part of his essay.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 21, 2022 09:23 AM (s2VJv)

390 How is a post with three short sentences "A Very Annoying String of Unbroken Text" Pixy? Huh? Stop turning my living room into a den of lies!

Posted by: Guy Smiley at April 21, 2022 09:24 AM (HsAzN)

391 377 The destruction of education in the United States continues apace! I just assigned my students Poe's The Black Cat to read. First question? You guessed it. Was Poe a racist for making the cat black?

ugh! I mean do you HAVE to use those questions!?!? I would just write my own, decent questions.

Posted by: Black Orchid at April 21, 2022 09:24 AM (j9HX3)

392 **Feels top of head**

Sigh. Not any more.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher

*fist bump
Feeling your pain

Posted by: rickb223 at April 21, 2022 09:24 AM (lwLDr)

393 Rod Mason
@Rod__Mason
My wife's employer has given her a deadline of until the end of April to add pronouns to her email signature!

What should she do?

-
11th commandment, thou shalt be woke.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Proprietor of the Outrage Outlet at April 21, 2022 09:24 AM (FVME7)

394 385 Better to be pissed off than pissed on.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 21, 2022 09:23 AM (bg3iC)

"Hmm . . . "

- - Annie Sprinkle

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 21, 2022 09:24 AM (s2VJv)

395 "The House will be harder for them to steal than the Senate. As far as the Senate goes, the GOP might pick up 1 in Arizona and 1 in Georgia, and that really looks like it. So the Dems seem to only really need to steal 2 senate seats to maintain control."

They are in trouble in other states, especially Nevada sand NH. Don't believe the polls

Posted by: Marcus T at April 21, 2022 09:24 AM (+5YjI)

396 I didn't see this above about the DoJ/CDC appeal: The appeal does not ask for the ruling to be stayed. So it's no masks required in Federal-ruled transportation spaces, unless the appeals court rules CDC does have transport masking authority, followed by CDC saying Everybody Put Those Masks Back On!

Posted by: Gref at April 21, 2022 09:25 AM (AMIL/)

397 Posted by: jmel at April 21, 2022 09:18 AM (RWHIh)

And what was your response?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 21, 2022 09:25 AM (fF2aM)

398 My step brother is a civilian contractor for Space Force. I'll have to inquire as to whether he was at that epic Kumswala speech or not.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 21, 2022 09:25 AM (Zz0t1)

399 My 5 year old boy just said "I have a pink plate, I am a girl now" I couldn't imagine what would happen if he said that in school.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 21, 2022 09:25 AM (bg3iC)

400 My wife's employer has given her a deadline of until the end of April to add pronouns to her email signature!

====

Yikes!

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2022 09:25 AM (NxtrT)

401 How soon before we vote via Twitter? Whichever hashtag #Dems or #Reps has the most retweets, wins.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at April 21, 2022 09:25 AM (CINMl)

402 On the boiling corned beef - no one ever tells you about the sludge you need to skim off. Totally skim that off (or maybe you all don't get sludge b/c you buy nicer corned beef than Safeway's)...

Posted by: Nova local at April 21, 2022 09:26 AM (exHjb)

403 You can smell the panic in some places like Arizona, Nevada, Texas and other key races. Hispanic supports is collapsing in many places. I talked to some staffers and they said you "have no idea what it's like". All good signs.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 21, 2022 09:14 AM (+5YjI)

I suspect that Biden and Co. will relent on the Title 42 immigration debacle; but even that will just be not doing something that makes things even worse, which is not the same as doing something good.

And if they don't - we may be seeing a complete collapse of the Dem party soon, when the effects of that hit.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 21, 2022 09:26 AM (r46W7)

404 @Rod__Mason
My wife's employer has given her a deadline of until the end of April to add pronouns to her email signature!

What should she do? ...
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Proprietor of the Outrage Outlet at April 21, 2022 09:24 AM (FVME7)
++++
Refuse and get fired. Job market's tight right now and she'd probably be able to land something quickly.

If that's not an option, put in contradictory pronouns and then enforce it brutally.
- Jane Doe (she/his)

Anyone who refers to her as "he" or uses "her" gets referred to HR for reeducation.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 21, 2022 09:27 AM (DU+/6)

405 Inflation was always going to happen.

It is exacerbated by Biden's war on fuel. From seed pick up to watering to harvest to processing to store delivery to taking home, fuel is a significant part. Even the plastic container and bag bringing it home is made from oil or a derivative.

And I agree, there'd be a Civil War.

Best thing is: Biden is too stupid to step aside in 2024. If Trump can shut up for a short period of time, Biden will sink himself in any debate, if there are any.

The cup is more than half full.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at April 21, 2022 09:27 AM (ZMYfe)

406 400 My wife's employer has given her a deadline of until the end of April to add pronouns to her email signature!
====
Yikes!
Posted by: runner at April 21, 2022 09:25 AM (NxtrT)

"My pronouns are "Fuck" and "You".

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 21, 2022 09:27 AM (r46W7)

407 My wife's employer has given her a deadline of until the end of April to add pronouns to her email signature!

Companies are still playing the "Lets See How We Can Destroy our Labor Force Through Vanity Dictates" game?

I thought this was a tight labor market.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 21, 2022 09:27 AM (AHeqJ)

408 I bought an read a copy of Mamet's, "Bar Mitzvah." It is a nice little book; but, butt, my copy has a letter penned in it from a grandfather to a little kid about twenty years ago. Now the little kid is "adult" enough to donate the book to the charity from which I bought it. MOAR sadz.

Posted by: Marooned at April 21, 2022 09:28 AM (w6hJ9)

409 My pronouns: fuck/you

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at April 21, 2022 09:28 AM (CINMl)

410 406

Great minds...

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at April 21, 2022 09:28 AM (CINMl)

411 I would put my pronouns in my email signature, but you would need to remove your tongue to pronounce them.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 21, 2022 09:29 AM (bg3iC)

412 it would seem like Trump won but as the days passed and more and more "votes" rolled in Trump would lose.

I think I see where the problem is. Days? Fuck that shit. If it ain't counted within a hour of the polls closing, it doesn't get counted.

They can tell, within minutes, out of hundreds of millions of powerball tickets, if there were winners and where the ticket was sold. They don't need "days".

Posted by: rickb223 at April 21, 2022 09:29 AM (lwLDr)

413 Watching a true crime show and the prosecution is worried because the NY Court of Appeals had recently ruled that one stab does not a murder make. I guess everyone gets one free stab. Per victim.

(They pleaded the case out to manslaughter.)

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Proprietor of the Outrage Outlet at April 21, 2022 09:30 AM (FVME7)

414 "Feel the Bern, Again? Sensing Weak Biden, Dems May Turn to Octogenarian Socialist for 2024"

I'm surprised we're not dunking on this more. It's hilarious. I'm guessing it means Bernie could use another vacation home. Even the true believer leftists view him as a sellout, so he'll never be elected, but he could still make bank off the truly brain-dead socialist, and the DNC paying him off to avoid destroying the Dem primaries too much.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 21, 2022 09:30 AM (JCZqz)

415 My wife's employer has given her a deadline of until the end of April to add pronouns to her email signature!
====
Yikes!
Posted by: runner at April 21, 2022 09:25 AM (NxtrT)

"My pronouns are "Fuck" and "You".

No, we need to play their game and force them to use new rules: I want, not just a pronoun, but a suffix, so My Pronoun is "Your Majesty" and the suffix is "Peace Be Upon Him".

Enforce It !

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 21, 2022 09:30 AM (AHeqJ)

416 How could Edgar Allen Poe be racist? Wasn't he raised a Poe black child?

Posted by: Muldoon at April 21, 2022 09:30 AM (kXYt5)

417 The job market is right but that is mainly for low skilled labor. McDonalds right now is hiring anyone with a pulse and paying $16 an hour. But for white collar jobs the market is ok, but not quite at the fuck you I quit and a new job is available the next day level.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at April 21, 2022 09:30 AM (CINMl)

418 Rod Mason
@Rod__Mason
My wife's employer has given her a deadline of until the end of April to add pronouns to her email signature!

What should she do?

***

Your Highness and Your Eminence

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at April 21, 2022 09:30 AM (flINI)

419 Oh, all companies will require pronouns in email signatures. You will be made to care.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 21, 2022 09:30 AM (bg3iC)

420 >>The cup is more than half full.

Better be careful with that kind of loose talk around here.

Depression is the name of the game.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2022 09:30 AM (ZLI7S)

421 NOOD.

Lum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 21, 2022 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

422 Put your pronouns in Russian.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 21, 2022 09:30 AM (6FeV1)

423 So who was Ethan Hunt in this movie?
Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 21, 2022 09:11 AM (AHeqJ)

I don't know, but someone kept calling and asking for Mike Hunt. I told them, "There's no one in Scranton by that name! Stop calling!"

Posted by: Slow Joe Biden at April 21, 2022 09:31 AM (FJYfm)

424 Scott Gottleib and Rand Paul have both said repeatedly that the CDC needs to be broken up into three separate divisions and reformed to allow for real time recommendations. Gottleib has said in many interviews that the CDC was never designed to be a rule pronouncement entity. It’s original purpose was to review research and data and consolidate it for health care workers to use in deciding treatment and policy. He said it is always two years behind as it waits for research. Its PR for public broadcast is terrible as it was not designed as such. It has also been turned into a legal backstop for businesses as its recommendations are now central to best practices.

Posted by: Jen the original at April 21, 2022 09:31 AM (3KDQ1)

425 Put your pronouns in Russian.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Thread Winner

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 21, 2022 09:32 AM (AHeqJ)

426 Pronouning be hard, yo!

Posted by: Muldoon at April 21, 2022 09:32 AM (kXYt5)

427 Was Poe a racist for making the cat black?

-
Well, The Cracker Cat does sort of roll of the tongue.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Proprietor of the Outrage Outlet at April 21, 2022 09:33 AM (FVME7)

428 My wife's employer has given her a deadline of until the end of April to add pronouns to her email signature!

They will address her as "your highness" or "my liege".

Their game, their rules. Make them live by them.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 21, 2022 09:33 AM (lwLDr)

429 The architect I hired lost most of his employees because of Covid unemployment, and still can't find replacements. Same for Culligan when I hired them to replace my water softener.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 21, 2022 09:34 AM (bg3iC)

430 Spotify declines to renew Obamas podcast contract: report

Posted by: SMOD at April 21, 2022 09:37 AM (RHGPo)

431 Hey, Punchy! If "masking is a choice," how come it wasn't (by your edicts) until now? Huh?

I swear, if any maskhole gives me any trouble in a store, I'm going nuclear. "Take that *damn* thing off your face so I can hear you!" "Tell me, does that thing on your face lower your IQ as much as it seems to?" It was okay for them to harass me for most of 2 years, but now I have to be nice?

NO!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 21, 2022 09:37 AM (txdEq)

432 Cat Ass Trophy -
How bad did your SxS get messed up by your guests?

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 21, 2022 09:43 AM (N39Ws)

433 430 Spotify declines to renew Obamas podcast contract: report
___________

Gee, what a shame. I wonder if the same will happen with Netflix and the Princesses Harry, who are in Europe right now trying to drum up some royal family drama that they can use to sucker dopes into watching their podcast.

Why these execs think people are desperate to hear more of the rambling idiocy of these lefty celebs is a mystery. They're not smart, they're not funny, they're not insightful, and they're not even pleasant people. They're just smug elitist assholes who became famous for reasons that had zero to do with any actual merit, and their stupid podcasts just magnify that fact for everyone to see.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--FJB at April 21, 2022 09:54 AM (k4dH2)

434 Cry, bitch, moan, blame. I don't care. I will not participate in a sham. I will not vote above the state level ever again for any candidate unless and until 2020 is resolved. Fuck anyone who disagrees for any reason. I'm dying on this hill and taking as many assholes with me as I can. The end.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at April 21, 2022 10:17 AM (TrC6v)

435 Trump needs to stop hammering on 2020, and concentrate on how he's going to fix Joey the Vegetable's mess after he wins in 2024. When he wins the 2024, assuming he learned anything from his first term, he can go after the 2020 perpetrators with everything at his command.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- bitterly clinging to the deplorable life '70s style! at April 21, 2022 10:44 AM (HVZDN)

436 2020 Loss was a blessing... The author makes some very good points if you accept the premise of a 40,000 vote difference among three state for an electoral college victory.

In reality, Trump was on the verge of at least a 40 state victory until about 10:30 pm CST. It would have been complete and utter destruction of the media who would've given the world the vision of itself it has launched the past 14 months. There would be no war in Ukraine and our economy would be on fire with little inflation and executive service officers of the federal government would have finally been fired.

Posted by: Danimal28 at April 21, 2022 12:30 PM (klw0w)

437 Don't forgive and don't forget but smarten up and wait until we're back in power before trying to get justice. The way things are going, by then the majority of the people will be ready for some justice. Otherwise, other than minimizing the opportunities for "voting irregularities" on a local level, we're just throwing ourselves against the walls that the swamp has built (with our tax dollars).

Posted by: AMartel at April 21, 2022 01:58 PM (aRX3l)

438 Just as the USSC refused to acknowledge the possibility of voter fraud, the lower courts are refusing to hear Powell’s voluminous proofs of 2020 fraud and are being used to harass Sydney Powell:

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Posted by: Margaret at April 21, 2022 06:57 PM (l8gHZ)

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