End of the month close-out on curiosities

The Ministry of Truth

I love to see the New York Post running this editorial:

Insane as it is that the Department of Homeland Security has created a Disinformation Governance Board, it's utter madness that the woman running it is Nina Jankowicz, who's a veteran disinfo spreader.
She embraced and promoted the bogus Clinton-campaign-created Trump-Russia dossier. And she waged war on The Post's true and accurate reporting of Hunter Biden's laptop.
As our first laptop stories ran, The Associated Press reported: "Disinformation experts say there are multiple red flags that raise doubts about their authenticity, including questions about whether the laptop actually belongs to Hunter Biden, said Nina Jankowicz."
She also told the AP: "We should view it as a Trump campaign product." . .

Look: She's a career left-wing partisan, from her days working at the National Democratic Institute to her Fulbright-Clinton fellowship to her gig at the left-leaning Wilson Center where she routinely did media hits with NPR, CNN, PBS and so on while placing New York Times and Washington Post opeds. Hiring her for this job just shows how detached from reality and broad American society the entire Biden team has become.
Plus, why does the administration even need another disinformation czar when it already has Jen Psaki?

Go get 'em, New York Post! You deserve it.

I liked the reference to the Wilson Center. Wilson was not exactly a model for civil rights or the free flow of information. They quote John Adams, not Wilson, on their home page. Heh.

In their "programs" they have a podcast on conflict resolution and peacebuilding in Ukraine and the Western Hemisphere. I thought that was unusual. I haven't listened to it.

The New York Post also touched on the possibility that the chief attorney for Twitter, the one who probably banned the New York Post, might lose her 17 million dollar a year job. That would be a shame.

Europe

Just a couple of links:

VDH: Is Ukraine our Spanish Civil War? And also, Remembering Orwell's Bad Republicans.

What a mess. Wonder if that Wilson Center podcast in the previous segment has any insights into preventing something similar?

Electric buses are randomly exploding in Paris.

Dramatic. Green Energy!

Elon Musk Buys Twitter

Okay, before we get into Elon Musk, how about that Adam Schiff?

The Federalist Editor-in-Chief Mollie Hemingway let Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA) have it after Elon Musk's Twitter deal prompted him to question whether the billionaire entrepreneur would do enough to stymie the spread of "disinformation."

Others piled on.

"Adam Schiff worrying about disinformation is like Godzilla worrying about Tokyo's skyline," Eddie Zipperer joked.

Ain't THAT the truth!

Sean Davis summarizes.

And this is a bit concerning: "Antiracist" advisor to the United States military:

Dr._No prepared a little reminder for us:

I liked Buck Throckmorton's discussion this week of oligarchs in connection with the Musk buyout of Twitter. Here with some additional sober thoughts, lefty Bret Weinstein wrote a thread on left vs. right and the reaction to the takeover of Twitter. It's interesting:

There is something wildly distorted about our discourse at the moment, but it is almost impossible to be even handed in describing it because the distortion is so one-sided. To be balanced would be to be wildly unfair to one side. And it isn't my native side. I'm a lefty.

Team Blue has an incredible weapon stretching from the Whitehouse to Facebook, running through Homeland Security, the CDC and every single university in the country. But SURPRISE, @elonmusk just took over the trigger of the weapon. Of course the end is neigh! Why wouldn't it be?
The hard part is for team blue to explain why it is freaking out as if the end coming when the only end that is really coming is the end of its monopoly on discourse in a country where no one is supposed to have one.
Pay attention to who's freaking out. They're confessing.

Bret also linked this kinda quirky, too-good-to-miss piece by Mike Solana on Pirate Wires:

Welcome to the Clown World. Boy, do we have ground to cover.
The social internet is always a Dali painting -- surreal and horrifying and beautiful. . .
But even by the gutter standards we've come to accept from media, this has been a month for the books.

In straight reporting, from Axios to The New York Times, the "unfettered" freedom to speak is now characterized as a radical position. In the pages of The Washington Post, there was a call for direct government intervention in our speech platforms. Just a crazy op-ed? I would have thought perhaps, prayed, and called it a night. But then President Obama entered the fray.
Last week, the former president flew to Stanford and delivered an hour-long speech on the dangers of social media. While not entirely horrible, the highlight was this: After referring to himself as something very close to a free speech "absolutist," the term we now use for people who simply believe in regular free speech, Obama openly toyed with the concept of government intervention on our speech platforms. The rules he would consider were left vague, but included anything that "helped democracy," the rule of law, and recognized the rights, freedoms, and dignity of all citizens. Of course, to achieve goals like this, almost any draconian censorship can be justified.

Obama's tactics here are of a kind we've seen from media and government for the last five years. No laws were plainly proposed, because no law concerning the regulation of speech can be easily enacted -- it's that pesky Constitution, you see. Obama's goal was to bully tech workers into doing censorship on our government's behalf, which is why his chosen audience was the next generation of Google engineers rather than Congress. Until recently, the legal loophole for would-be censors in government was simply asking, or threatening, a bunch of billionaires in tech to do it on your behalf. Today, at least one billionaire stands apart.
So, is the world about to end? I think it probably won't.
First and foremost, what we're about to get is drama. I mean all-caps DRAMA. From media to government, there are going to be takes like you have never seen. . .

In terms of strategic particulars, it's unclear what Elon will do. The man is good, but let's be real: He's chaotic good. . .
All of our trend lines have drifted toward authoritarianism, not just domestically or internationally at this moment, but historically. Freedom is an incredible aberration, and while it is a right, it doesn't come without a fight.
So thank you, Elon. If you screw this up we're probably doomed. No pressure.

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Funnies

Steven Hayward's Week in Pictures, Kleptocracy Edition

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Music

Take me away: Ravel: Miroirs III. Une Barque sur L'Ocean

Hope you have something nice planned for this weekend.

This is the Thread before the Gardening Thread.

Serving your mid-day open thread needs

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Last week's Thread: Racist Math and English, except in Florida

Comments are closed so you won't ban yourself by trying to comment on a week-old thread. But don't try it anyway.

Posted by: K.T. at 11:13 AM

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1 Is it safe?

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 30, 2022 11:16 AM (R/m4+)

2 ha

Posted by: doug at April 30, 2022 11:16 AM (8/lc0)

3 Howdy KT

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 30, 2022 11:21 AM (u73oe)

4 Obama is such a wise ass POS midwit -- and yet he is treated like a god.

It's really sickening.

Posted by: JoeF. at April 30, 2022 11:24 AM (mR6Gs)

5 Second LL game for my youngest, and it was a cakewalk. He is batting 1000, and yesterday he even got a new bat (+1", +1 oz.) right before the game. We spent some time in the batting cage. 2 RBIs.

First game for my oldest, first time playing infield. He played first and got one out. 2 RBIs, stole home twice.

Both won their games.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at April 30, 2022 11:24 AM (SH2Zi)

6 Good morning Hordemates.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 30, 2022 11:26 AM (axyOa)

7 Mr Wise...
I'll be your huckleberry.
Bring it.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 30, 2022 11:27 AM (axyOa)

8 4 Obama is such a wise ass POS midwit -- and yet he is treated like a god.

It's really sickening.
Posted by: JoeF. at April 30, 2022 11:24 AM (mR6Gs)

Is a midwit the same as a halfwit? And is there such a thing as a demiwit?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, oops, I commented again. Sorry, eh at April 30, 2022 11:27 AM (eGTCV)

9 Bret Weinstein is just smart enough to be too dumb to realize he's not a lefty.

But there are boogiemen on the other side, so people like him turn their noses up at the very thought of switching "sides."

Posted by: BurtTC at April 30, 2022 11:28 AM (NWBBy)

10 Tim Wise wants to implement his blend of wokeism, communism and fascism by force. It's not going to be as cool as he thinks it will.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at April 30, 2022 11:29 AM (LG5dc)

11 One thing I wanted straight away and wrote on a few different websites was call this The Ministry of Truth everywhere and every time, and it has thankfully

Posted by: Skip's phone at April 30, 2022 11:29 AM (2JoB8)

12 Odd that lefties can't see the connection between clamping down on free speech and fascism?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, oops, I commented again. Sorry, eh at April 30, 2022 11:30 AM (eGTCV)

13 Mr Wise...
I'll be your huckleberry.
Bring it.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 30, 2022 11:27 AM (axyOa)

They don't have the numbers, they are concentrated in urban centers, and they are heavily reliant on infrastructure. In other words, future refugees. His is brainless wishcasting.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at April 30, 2022 11:30 AM (SH2Zi)

14 Obama is such a wise ass POS midwit -- and yet he is treated like a god.

It's really sickening.
Posted by: JoeF. at April 30, 2022 11:24 AM (mR6Gs)

Cult icon, nothing more.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at April 30, 2022 11:31 AM (SH2Zi)

15 Is there an historical example of unfettered free speech in a country leading to fascism?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, oops, I commented again. Sorry, eh at April 30, 2022 11:31 AM (eGTCV)

16 First game for my oldest, first time playing infield. He played first and got one out. 2 RBIs, stole home twice.

Both won their games.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at April 30, 2022 11:24 AM (SH2Zi)

Does MLB still count RBI's? Back in the day it wasn't uncommon for the player with the most RBI to be voted the league MVP. These days I think they mostly base it on who has the highest bat speed.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 30, 2022 11:31 AM (NWBBy)

17 Breitbart censored all my comments to the effect that their articles that seem to focus on the PERSON of Crazy-Eyes Jancowicz are a distraction, at best.

My point, and I think an obvious one, is that focusing on the Director of the new Minitru only helps the left move the Overton window to the idea that a government function to vet "misinformation" is somehow respectable.

The exact same focus on the PERSON from Fox/Brett Baier last night. His guest on the topic was all about how "unsuitable" Jancowicz was for "this position" --with Baier agreeing fatuously.

RUFKM? This "position" has no place in even a vaguely free society. Yet the so-called "conservative" press is all about the person and adopting the Marxist frame of debate.

Posted by: Zek at April 30, 2022 11:32 AM (OzNIz)

18 One thing I wanted straight away and wrote on a few different websites was call this The Ministry of Truth everywhere and every time, and it has thankfully

Posted by: Skip's phone at April 30, 2022 11:29 AM (2JoB

This. Along the same lines, saw some meme advocating calling all leftists pedophiles, not apologists, not enablers, pedophiles, the same way that they refer to the right as racists, white supremacists, nazis. They are pedophiles.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at April 30, 2022 11:32 AM (SH2Zi)

19 Is a midwit the same as a halfwit? And is there such a thing as a demiwit?
Posted by: N.L. Urker, oops, I commented again. Sorry, eh at April 30, 2022 11:27 AM (eGTCV)

I've always thought Obama was reasonably smart --compared to the average college student pothead. The man is capable of no great insight, yet he is smart enough to know how to manipulate other young college student potheads

Posted by: JoeF. at April 30, 2022 11:32 AM (mR6Gs)

20 Obama is only treated like a god by psychopaths and the mentally unstable .

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at April 30, 2022 11:32 AM (LG5dc)

21 Une Barque? Early Pet Thread?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at April 30, 2022 11:33 AM (BplZV)

22 Elon is what you call a disruptor. Spent his professional life on the leading edge. I know other like people and they all get massively off on it. It is the modern day equivalent of a explorer or a pioneer. There is nothing like doing things that have never been done before.

(Definition of a Pioneer; Man, laying in the ditch with three arrows in his back)

Posted by: pawn at April 30, 2022 11:34 AM (Cfk8j)

23 Tim Wise is an old-timey communist front useful idiot, a man whose bills are mysteriously paid by ... in sufficiency to allow his "activism" to go on. Nothing to see here.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 30, 2022 11:34 AM (uUxLK)

24 Northernlurker no.

Oh and not to make anyone think at my request, it is a blatant obvious similarly just happy everyone is using it.

Posted by: Skip at April 30, 2022 11:35 AM (2JoB8)

25 The Emperor Shit Midas was good at reading his teleprompter.

That was the extent of his skill set.

Posted by: Sharkman at April 30, 2022 11:36 AM (8gxrg)

26 Does MLB still count RBI's? Back in the day it wasn't uncommon for the player with the most RBI to be voted the league MVP. These days I think they mostly base it on who has the highest bat speed.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 30, 2022 11:31 AM (NWBBy)

Don't know. Never was a big MLB fan, and my primary interest in the game stems from my kids' interest (primarily my youngest's intensity and focus). The youngest eats, sleeps, and drinks baseball, and it is not uncommon for him to hit 50 balls in a day. He is the reason that I chose to coach this year for the first time ever. It has been a steep learning curve for me to keep up with him to offer him anyway benefit on his development.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at April 30, 2022 11:36 AM (SH2Zi)

27 The people who insist that a man with a penis who is wearing a dress is really, truly a woman are concerned that you might be spreading malinformation.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Billions for Ukraine's war, not a penny for peace talks at April 30, 2022 11:36 AM (EdaAK)

28 Early in Obama's term he nationalized student loan approvals, removing the credit assessment aspect. No longer was anyone denied because their loans would be used to get useless degrees at sub-standard (or for-profit schools operated by Obama donors). Now the government is on the hook for trillions of dollars of these loans.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 30, 2022 11:37 AM (uUxLK)

29 When we are no able to resolve our difference by debate, we will have to resolve our difference by... not debating.

Posted by: Zek at April 30, 2022 11:37 AM (OzNIz)

30 MLB still counts RBI's

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 30, 2022 11:37 AM (uUxLK)

31 Obama is not a smart person. He is your typical Leftist that has no ability to make logical comparisons or determine cause and effect. He doesn't even have that pseudo intelligence of having an expanded knowledge of facts.

He is an example of the Peter Principle x100.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at April 30, 2022 11:38 AM (LG5dc)

32 Serving us
Serving secret trust
Lead with trust and aplomb
Then suppress us; guess I'm wrong
I'm the type to pry
Asking questions
Poking holes

Posted by: runner at April 30, 2022 11:38 AM (V13WU)

33 Actually think Barky isn't some brain, he is all just a student of Marxism so learned their tricks of the trade.
Take note no IQ, papers written by him showing some nuances no one ever made before. And as sure as can be he isn't that energetic to do it now.

Posted by: Skip at April 30, 2022 11:38 AM (2JoB8)

34 They're all just aching to wear the boot stamping on a human face forever.

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 30, 2022 11:38 AM (II3Gr)

35 Posted by: BurtTC at April 30, 2022 11:31 AM (NWBBy)

Don't know. Never was a big MLB fan, and my primary interest in the game stems from my kids' interest (primarily my youngest's intensity and focus). The youngest eats, sleeps, and drinks baseball, and it is not uncommon for him to hit 50 balls in a day. He is the reason that I chose to coach this year for the first time ever. It has been a steep learning curve for me to keep up with him to offer him anyway benefit on his development.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at April 30, 2022 11:36 AM (SH2Zi)

Cool, it's a great game for a kid to play. I hope he (and you) get much enjoyment from it. Meanwhile, people like me, who are former fans of MLB, carry a strong resentment regarding what they've done to the professional game.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 30, 2022 11:38 AM (NWBBy)

36 "Land Shark":

https://youtu.be/J3LfL7WQkrg

Posted by: Sharkman at April 30, 2022 11:38 AM (8gxrg)

37
Jankowicz Is a hyper partisan hack and a child. She has no business whatsoever being appointed to the Czarina of Spreading Misinformation post.

I want to see her torn apart in any committee hearings.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at April 30, 2022 11:39 AM (pNxlR)

38 Ah, but there's the thing. Democrats know Barry would be a very dull and uninteresting white person. Democrats think Barry is a very smart BLACK person, though.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Billions for Ukraine's war, not a penny for peace talks at April 30, 2022 11:39 AM (EdaAK)

39 Sup, y'all? Howdy KT!!

Posted by: Weasel at April 30, 2022 11:39 AM (0IeYL)

40 People are talking about the Ministry of Truth as if this crazy bint will be making public proclamations labeling everything the left doesn't like as "disinformation."

I don't think that will happen. I suspect this will just be more of what the government is already doing--quietly pressuring companies to censor and deplatform people they don't like.

It's certainly a step toward explicit state censorship. I just don't think it will be any more transparent than what's already happening.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at April 30, 2022 11:40 AM (sWM8x)

41 I think the general response to the "truth ministry" has been kink of muted...like ho hum.

Posted by: BignJames at April 30, 2022 11:40 AM (AwYPR)

42
... the end is neigh!

It's a horse?

Give "nigh" a try.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at April 30, 2022 11:40 AM (pNxlR)

43 Tuesday finally brings the Ohio primary, thank goodness. Can't wait to see how it turns out, especially in the Senate contest. My only regret is that Renacci is so far behind Dewine, because Dewine so richly deserves forcible retirement and he isn't going to get it.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 30, 2022 11:40 AM (uUxLK)

44 Brett Baier always seemed a Chris Wallace wannabe. And that was way back when I used to watch Fox - 10 years ago.

Posted by: runner at April 30, 2022 11:40 AM (V13WU)

45 38 Ah, but there's the thing. Democrats know Barry would be a very dull and uninteresting white person. Democrats think Barry is a very smart BLACK person, though.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Billions for Ukraine's war, not a penny for peace talks at April 30, 2022 11:39 AM (EdaAK)

Clean, articulate, only talks with a "black" accent when he wants to. That's storybook, man!

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 30, 2022 11:40 AM (II3Gr)

46 We're definitely in the Crazy Years.

And I need those Hunter Biden gas pump stickers.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at April 30, 2022 11:40 AM (Dc2NZ)

47 Look at Tim Wise, blue check and professional brainwasher, employed by our government.

They always telegraph where they're going. The plan is to eventually murder dissenters. Today the Disinformation Czar is a millennial internet troll. Tomorrow a ruthless plenipotentiary.

Today, the professional Right scoffs at the office, and brushes it off. It's a big joke. Tomorrow, the GOP caucus will vote a MoF for an American Freisler. McCarthy will be caught on tape asking whether it can just arrest conservative legislators. Lindsey Graham will be demanding it be empowered to execute people.

They never hide the end goal. They can't. They're too driven.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 30, 2022 11:40 AM (UGDPW)

48 MLB still counts RBI's
Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 30, 2022 11:37 AM (uUxLK)

Ok... now what about NFL. Back in the day they looked at stuff like pass completion rate, yards per carry, touchdowns... stuff like that when choosing an MVP.

These days I assume it's how many women you haven't beat up/raped.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 30, 2022 11:41 AM (NWBBy)

49 I’m not worried guys. The gop is about to win bigly. And they will have our backs and stop this madness.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at April 30, 2022 11:41 AM (3vQN0)

50 Meanwhile, people like me, who are former fans of MLB, carry a strong resentment regarding what they've done to the professional game.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 30, 2022 11:38 AM (NWBBy)

I fully understand and sympathize. We have watched a few older Little League World Series games, and we will likely start going to local HS and league games - not MLB - out of interest. The LLWS games are surprisingly good, and you can catch one in about 1.5 hours on YT.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at April 30, 2022 11:41 AM (SH2Zi)

51 Ah, but there's the thing. Democrats know Barry would be a very dull and uninteresting white person. Democrats think Barry is a very smart BLACK person, though.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Billions for Ukraine's war, not a penny for peace talks at April 30, 2022 11:39 AM (EdaAK)

this

Posted by: JoeF. at April 30, 2022 11:42 AM (mR6Gs)

52 Has Obama ever had an honest and open debate? Has he ever had his beliefs challenged?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, oops, I commented again. Sorry, eh at April 30, 2022 11:43 AM (eGTCV)

53 Hi, Duke!

Howdy, Weasel!

Posted by: KT at April 30, 2022 11:43 AM (rrtZS)

54 I was at Stanford when Obama was there.
Such a pain in the a**.
I one hour trip for me became 2 hours, so I could get sniffed by dogs. My favorite parking lot was closed so I had to park a 20 minute walk away.
Grr...

Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 30, 2022 11:44 AM (jTmQV)

55 Politics can make you laugh sometimes

https://tinyurl.com/mvrnpf9d

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 30, 2022 11:44 AM (uUxLK)

56 Has Obama ever had an honest and open debate? Has he ever had his beliefs challenged?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, oops, I commented again. Sorry, eh at April 30, 2022 11:43 AM (eGTCV)

Would it matter if they were? He's no great thinker like Sowell or Thomas.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at April 30, 2022 11:44 AM (SH2Zi)

57 Obama is only treated like a god by psychopaths and the mentally unstable .
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at April 30, 2022 11:32 AM (LG5dc)

In other words, most teachers, college professors, media types and in general, anyone with a role in influencing the public.

Posted by: JoeF. at April 30, 2022 11:44 AM (mR6Gs)

58 I want to see her torn apart in any committee hearings.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at April 30, 2022 11:39 AM (pNxlR)

She'll never face anyone in congress. They have the propagandist Alejandro Mayorkas for that. I think he strives on eating shit.

Posted by: lowandslow at April 30, 2022 11:44 AM (qH6FZ)

59 Comrad Jankowicz is one piece of work, lies fly out like she breaths. As asked elsewhere to every new personal from this administration is a Marxist wack job.

Posted by: Skip at April 30, 2022 11:44 AM (2JoB8)

60 Jankowicz Is a hyper partisan hack and a child. She has no business whatsoever being appointed to the Czarina of Spreading Misinformation post.

I want to see her torn apart in any committee hearings.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at April 30, 2022 11:39 AM (pNxlR)

Again, the point being, there shouldn't BE any committee hearings. There shouldn't BE a Ministry of Truth.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 30, 2022 11:45 AM (NWBBy)

61 One of the few facts we do know about Obama academically is that he was not even a National Merit Semi-Finalist.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 30, 2022 11:45 AM (yQpMk)

62 Has Obama ever had an honest and open debate? Has he ever had his beliefs challenged?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, oops, I commented again. Sorry, eh at April 30, 2022 11:43 AM (eGTCV)

Mitt Romney--of all fucking people--had him off balance and looking lost and confused during that first debate.

But that didn't last.

Posted by: JoeF. at April 30, 2022 11:46 AM (mR6Gs)

63 Comrade Jankowicz would be a good nickname for Jeffrey Toobin.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, oops, I commented again. Sorry, eh at April 30, 2022 11:46 AM (eGTCV)

64 Meanwhile, people like me, who are former fans of MLB, carry a strong resentment regarding what they've done to the professional game.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 30, 2022 11:38 AM (NWBBy)

Bud Selig...spit.

Posted by: BignJames at April 30, 2022 11:46 AM (AwYPR)

65 There is reason why the First Amendment is in primary position. Kinda like the 1st Commandment. All leads with that.

Posted by: runner at April 30, 2022 11:46 AM (V13WU)

66 Both won their games.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur

There is nothing better than 6 year olds playing baseball. Beautiful chaos.

Posted by: Sharkman at April 30, 2022 11:47 AM (8gxrg)

67 Ministry of Truth isn't a new cabinet position, it's a subsection of the other abortion Homeland Security.

Thinking all other totalitarian government who had some Homeland bureaucracy was to spy on its own population.

Posted by: Skip at April 30, 2022 11:48 AM (2JoB8)

68 My favorite example of Obama's ignorance is in his primary battle with Hillary where he downplayed his chances in Kentucky by saying Hillary was better known as Arkansas was closer than his state of Illinois.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at April 30, 2022 11:48 AM (LG5dc)

69 Meanwhile, people like me, who are former fans of MLB, carry a strong resentment regarding what they've done to the professional game.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 30, 2022 11:38 AM (NWBBy)

I fully understand and sympathize. We have watched a few older Little League World Series games, and we will likely start going to local HS and league games - not MLB - out of interest. The LLWS games are surprisingly good, and you can catch one in about 1.5 hours on YT.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at April 30, 2022 11:41 AM (SH2Zi)

There are options here for taking in amateur games. I'm a bit spoiled though, I do tend to prefer the seats at Major League parks, over metal benches (or the ground) at local fields.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 30, 2022 11:48 AM (NWBBy)

70 I fear the attention paid to Jankowicz diverts attention from the constitutionally corrupt Disinformation Governance Board.

Of course she's morally & intellectually deficient - what other sort of person would you put in charge of a totalitarian project?

Posted by: aelfheld at April 30, 2022 11:48 AM (Zy9Yy)

71 "Misinformation" is any wrong information. As I understand it, "Disinformation" is a specific category of misinformation, where there is intent to deceive by, for example, pushing a Trump/Russia false narrative.

The MSM is mostly disinformation, like the narrative that early treatments for Covid were all dangerous, vaccines were 100% safe, masks work, etc. The Covid response was a coordinated assault on our country, facilitating election fraud and damaging (conservative leaning) small business while boosting Woke Corp.

The role of The Ministry of Truth is to silence/punish truth tellers, which strengthens the Disinformation campaigns.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 30, 2022 11:49 AM (Cus5s)

72 Meanwhile, people like me, who are former fans of MLB, carry a strong resentment regarding what they've done to the professional game.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 30, 2022 11:38 AM (NWBBy)

Bud Selig...spit.
Posted by: BignJames at April 30, 2022 11:46 AM (AwYPR)

Bud the Chud. Now it's run by a petty bureaucrat, who is basically the Tony Fauci of baseball.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 30, 2022 11:50 AM (NWBBy)

73
You know who else established Ministry of Truth (aka Ministry of Propaganda) ?

--1932

Posted by: runner at April 30, 2022 11:50 AM (V13WU)

74 Yet the so-called "conservative" press is all about the person and adopting the Marxist frame of debate.

Posted by: Zek

You make an excellent point.

Posted by: Sharkman at April 30, 2022 11:50 AM (8gxrg)

75 We have watched a few older Little League World Series games, and we will likely start going to local HS and league games - not MLB - out of interest.
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There are ball fields nearby and I often stop to watch the kids play. Like you, I appreciate their enthusiasm and love of the game.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at April 30, 2022 11:50 AM (sWM8x)

76 There is nothing better than 6 year olds playing baseball. Beautiful chaos.

Posted by: Sharkman at April 30, 2022 11:47 AM (8gxrg)

We have fielding slop, for sure, with our starters. But we have enough stronger players to get the hits and runs to afford moving some lesser talented players some infield to get some time at position and allow the opposing team to rack up some runs and catch up. Then, it is bedlam.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at April 30, 2022 11:51 AM (SH2Zi)

77 In other words, most teachers, college professors, media types and in general, anyone with a role in influencing the public.
Posted by: JoeF. at April 30, 2022 11:44 AM (mR6Gs)

Yes and more unfortunately. That is what makes up most of the Left.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at April 30, 2022 11:51 AM (LG5dc)

78 If you like the ethereal Une Barque sur L'Ocean you'll also enjoy Debussy's Nuages (Clouds)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjjgybhD0pg

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at April 30, 2022 11:51 AM (AiZBA)

79 I fear the attention paid to Jankowicz diverts attention from the constitutionally corrupt Disinformation Governance Board.

Of course she's morally & intellectually deficient - what other sort of person would you put in charge of a totalitarian project?
Posted by: aelfheld at April 30, 2022 11:48 AM (Zy9Yy)

It's almost the same as saying that Goering fellow was not a noble and trustworthy man.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 30, 2022 11:51 AM (NWBBy)

80 I want to see her torn apart in any committee hearings.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at April 30, 2022 11:39 AM (pNxlR)

There will be no more than token "resistance" from the GOP. They want this as bad as the Democrats. Perhaps more. They have since Trump and his voters fucked up their shell-game. Better that the next one be dragged into a sub-basement by a pitiless Communist interrogator and beaten to death, as far as they're concerned.

Expect no quarter from the "party of the Right."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 30, 2022 11:51 AM (UGDPW)

81 31 Obama is not a smart person. He is your typical Leftist that has no ability to make logical comparisons or determine cause and effect. He doesn't even have that pseudo intelligence of having an expanded knowledge of facts.

He is an example of the Peter Principle x100.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at April 30, 2022 11:38 AM (LG5dc

He's glib, which I've observed is a highly-valued trait among the left and regarded as a sign of intelligence.

Posted by: Emmie at April 30, 2022 11:52 AM (6RgRK)

82 There are options here for taking in amateur games. I'm a bit spoiled though, I do tend to prefer the seats at Major League parks, over metal benches (or the ground) at local fields.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 30, 2022 11:48 AM (NWBBy)

I'll probably be looking around for some options to extend the season a bit at least for my youngest, oldest, if interested.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at April 30, 2022 11:52 AM (SH2Zi)

83 He is an example of the Peter Principle x100.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter

It's been renamed the "Cocksucking Dogeater Principle" in his honor.

Posted by: Sharkman at April 30, 2022 11:53 AM (8gxrg)

84 I want to see her torn apart in any committee hearings.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at April 30, 2022 11:39 AM (pNxlR)

You want . . . .

You'd settle for dog and pony shows.

You'll get nothing and like it.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at April 30, 2022 11:53 AM (SH2Zi)

85 There are options here for taking in amateur games. I'm a bit spoiled though, I do tend to prefer the seats at Major League parks, over metal benches (or the ground) at local fields.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 30, 2022 11:48 AM (NWBBy)

I'll probably be looking around for some options to extend the season a bit at least for my youngest, oldest, if interested.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at April 30, 2022 11:52 AM (SH2Zi)

That's awesome. If you're going to be coaching though, may I suggest you consider the Connie Mack option, wearing a suit in the dugout... rather than a uniform like Tommy Lasorda, whose stomach would arrive at home plate about 30 seconds before the rest of him, when he wanted to argue with an umpire.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 30, 2022 11:55 AM (NWBBy)

86 Later morons. Thanks for putting up with me bragging on my littles.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at April 30, 2022 11:55 AM (SH2Zi)

87 He's glib, which I've observed is a highly-valued trait among the left and regarded as a sign of intelligence.
Posted by: Emmie at April 30, 2022 11:52 AM (6RgRK)

Yes combined with the Left's greatest trait which allows them their successes. Boldness. This is a trait than many confuse with courage when it's the opposite.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at April 30, 2022 11:56 AM (LG5dc)

88 I generally like Weinstein, and he's definitely a Lefty because he has the usual Lefty blinders on. He keeps mentioning "progress" in the abstract without defining it. This allows him to commit the standard Lefty mistake of claiming conservatives are resistant to progress, which is what academics refer to as "horseshit".

No, Bret, first you must define progress, then you must demonstrate how your proposal will lead to progress with more than vapid slogans and magical thinking. The Right wants you to explain yourself and defend your position, but the Left now responds to that entirely reasonable outlook with "shut up, bigot, nice job ya got there..."

He then goes on to label a few people who used to be considered center-ish and leaning Left as on the Right, which goes to show how far the Left has moved the center. And he only alludes to the fact that the far right of his description is insignificant and inconsequential, while the far Left of his description are running the show.

Posted by: McLurkerson at April 30, 2022 11:56 AM (wNDOJ)

89 I just got back from getting my weekly stuff at the grocery store. Bread riots by October.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 30, 2022 11:56 AM (lz5hY)

90 Forget which blog ( American Thinker maybe) pointed out in questioning to Comrade Jankowicz and others this little new bureaucracy may have been going for some time and didn't just pop up a few days ago. Musk may have just broke it into the open as they saw how Leftists were freaking out.

Posted by: Skip at April 30, 2022 11:57 AM (2JoB8)

91 61 One of the few facts we do know about Obama academically is that he was not even a National Merit Semi-Finalist.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 30, 2022 11:45 AM (yQpMk)

*snicker* It is not all it is cracked up to be. 'I' was a semi-finalist. All on the strength of my verbal score- my math score sucked, relatively speaking.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 30, 2022 11:58 AM (dNqv+)

92 Obama is a former president who got elected while referring to his fellow Americans as "the enemy".
I never got over that.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 30, 2022 11:58 AM (jTmQV)

93 I was the eternal right fielder in Little League.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 30, 2022 11:58 AM (4I/2K)

94 Yes combined with the Left's greatest trait which allows them their successes. Boldness. This is a trait than many confuse with courage when it's the opposite.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at April 30, 2022 11:56 AM (LG5dc)

Disagree. Substitute Brazen for Bold.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 30, 2022 11:59 AM (dNqv+)

95 He then goes on to label a few people who used to be considered center-ish and leaning Left as on the Right, which goes to show how far the Left has moved the center. And he only alludes to the fact that the far right of his description is insignificant and inconsequential, while the far Left of his description are running the show.
Posted by: McLurkerson at April 30, 2022 11:56 AM (wNDOJ)

He's what we used to call a liberal. I think lots of these "liberals" are so deluded, they think they are lefties, when the REAL lefties are commies and fascists. They can't see it. They won't see it.

The old saying "you can't argue someone out of a position he didn't attain by logic and reason in the first place."

Posted by: BurtTC at April 30, 2022 11:59 AM (NWBBy)

96 "Geoff Morrell, the chief corporate affairs officer for Disney, who helped craft the embattled company's response to Florida's Parental Rights in Education law, has resigned to "pursue other opportunities" after just three months."
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This is just so delicious.

"I cost my company millions--maybe billions. I disgusted 90% of our customers. I burned all the bridges with the political party that'll control FL for the foreseeable future. But I got glowing op-eds in the NYT and WaPo!"

Note well: Disney still hasn't admitted their error. And has doubled-down on "make them gay."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 30, 2022 11:59 AM (wDa+/)

97 Comrade Jankowicz would be a good nickname for Jeffrey Toobin.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, oops, I commented again. Sorry, eh at April 30, 2022 11:46 AM (eGTCV)

Put the zoom back in zoom conferences

Posted by: 7man at April 30, 2022 11:59 AM (qwO6y)

98 I was the eternal right fielder in Little League.
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 30, 2022 11:58 AM (4I/2K)

Heh.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at April 30, 2022 11:59 AM (AiZBA)

99 93 I was the eternal right fielder in Little League.
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Yeah, I sucked. I did love to play, though. And I always got to play. That doesn't always happen these days.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at April 30, 2022 12:01 PM (sWM8x)

100
So thank you, Elon.
If you screw this up we're probably doomed.
No pressure.

Posted by: Braenyard at April 30, 2022 12:01 PM (09siJ)

101 "And as sure as can be he isn't that energetic to do it now." Posted by: Skip

But surely they would not pay him $65M for his book if he wasn't an excellent thinker and writer. (he hasn't even had it written for him yet, has he?)

Posted by: illiniwek at April 30, 2022 12:01 PM (Cus5s)

102 I can see it now. A Disinformation Czar, signing off packages of thousands of summary sentences at a time.

"1,302 defendants - USC Title 58, Section 10, White nationalist disinformation - 10 years hard labor."

"837 defendants - USC Title 58, Section 8, Anti-American disinformation - death."

"2,061 defendants - USC Title 58, Section 11, Russian disinformation - 25 years hard labor."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 30, 2022 12:01 PM (UGDPW)

103 The DHS Board of Disinformation is anti-Constitutional.
It not only violates the Constitution, it terroristically attacks it.
It is an existential threat to our country.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 30, 2022 12:02 PM (8zcJM)

104 ... the end is neigh!

It's a horse?

Give "nigh" a try.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at April 30, 2022 11:40 AM (pNxlR)

And Krebs v Carnot gallops to the rescue!

Posted by: Diogenes at April 30, 2022 12:02 PM (axyOa)

105 103 The DHS Board of Disinformation is anti-Constitutional.
It not only violates the Constitution, it terroristically attacks it.
It is an existential threat to our country.
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 30, 2022 12:02 PM (8zcJM)

This.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 30, 2022 12:02 PM (dNqv+)

106 I was the eternal right fielder in Little League.
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 30, 2022 11:58 AM (4I/2K)

I hated playing outfield when I was younger, but the older I got, the more opponents could actually HIT the ball out there, I loved playing right field in particular. I could track down fly balls, and had a cannon for an arm. Nailed many a runner trying to take an extra base, and would get stares from them when they were called out, as in "how'd he make that throw!"

Posted by: BurtTC at April 30, 2022 12:02 PM (NWBBy)

107 As I get older I find my sense of smell or I should say the memory of smells is the trigger that brings back great memories of team and individual sports. In the past. For baseball I can still imagine the smell the field before a game, the uniform, the equipment bag, the catchers equipment, of course the gloves, the concessions, etc.

It's the same for every other sport I played. All have a distinctive set of smells.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at April 30, 2022 12:03 PM (LG5dc)

108 Obama did what he promised. Fundamental
Transformation. He laid it all out ahead of time and executed.

Posted by: Joe Xiden at April 30, 2022 12:05 PM (3vQN0)

109 Are we to be saddled with horse puns this morning?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 30, 2022 12:05 PM (u73oe)

110 Alex Berenson's lawsuit is going forward, thanks to Judge Alsup denying Tw@tter's motion to dismiss.

Posted by: kallisto at April 30, 2022 12:05 PM (DJFLF)

111 109 Are we to be saddled with horse puns this morning?
Posted by: Duke Lowell

Time to rein them in

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 30, 2022 12:06 PM (6KU1U)

112 109 Are we to be saddled with horse puns this morning?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 30, 2022 12:05 PM (u73oe)

They're the glue holding all this together.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 30, 2022 12:06 PM (dNqv+)

113 RUFKM? This "position" has no place in even a vaguely free society. Yet the so-called "conservative" press is all about the person and adopting the Marxist frame of debate.
^^^^^^THIS. SO much THIS^^^^^^^^^

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at April 30, 2022 12:07 PM (7Fj9P)

114 >>>We have fielding slop, for sure, with our starters. But we have enough stronger players to get the hits and runs to afford moving some lesser talented players some infield to get some time at position and allow the opposing team to rack up some runs and catch up. Then, it is bedlam.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at April 30, 2022 11:51 AM (SH2Zi)

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I was site supervisor for our 12U tournament last weekend. One team was up 13-0 in second inning and was still stealing bases. Had I been the opposing coach I would have been a bit upset. Apparently their coaches did not know one of the cardinal rules.

Posted by: Turn Two at April 30, 2022 12:08 PM (4mO3n)

115 113 RUFKM? This "position" has no place in even a vaguely free society. Yet the so-called "conservative" press is all about the person and adopting the Marxist frame of debate.
^^^^^^THIS. SO much THIS^^^^^^^^^
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at April 30, 2022 12:07 PM (7Fj9P)

Agreed. Having Mark Stein as the head would not make it any better.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 30, 2022 12:08 PM (dNqv+)

116 President desanstis is will imprison anyone who says high taxes are good for the economy. Cuz disinformation right?

Posted by: Joe Xiden at April 30, 2022 12:08 PM (3vQN0)

117 My arm was decidedly not a cannon. As we aged and the hits started coming out my way, my lack of working on fundamental fielding skills showed through.

So I got moved to Batting Practice pitcher. LOL

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 30, 2022 12:09 PM (4I/2K)

118 I was the eternal right fielder in Little League.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 30, 2022 11:58 AM (4I/2K)

I watched many planes fly by while in right field...lived on an AF base.

Posted by: BignJames at April 30, 2022 12:09 PM (AwYPR)

119 One thing to keep in mind with the growing calls for regulating social media, is this gives them justification to monitor (spy on) us. This should be part of the narrative but perhaps I've missed it.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at April 30, 2022 12:09 PM (QYPZK)

120 Disagree. Substitute Brazen for Bold.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 30, 2022 11:59 AM (dNqv+)

I'll concede that not all bold people are intentionally bad and brazen would be a better descriptor because all Leftists are shameless.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at April 30, 2022 12:10 PM (LG5dc)

121 The hardest transition older teenagers that play baseball have to face is the stigmatism of right field. High school ball, Legion ball, etc. You need your one of your best athletes in right field. Speed, hand eye, strong arm, willingness to dive, etc.
It's not even so much the batters are starting to learn hit to the opposite field, the pitching is so much faster most batters are being taught to swing early. Which means, right field.

Posted by: lowandslow at April 30, 2022 12:10 PM (qH6FZ)

122 107 Sense of smell is a trigger for a lot of folks with serious PTSD (not those with Elon Musk PTSD). There's a lot of smells you remember like Mom baking bread or maybe a lilac bush in your backyard. There are some that can take a person back to a dark time. I knew a guy in Erie who was, for real, in that battle depicted in "We Were Soldiers". I mentioned I went by a compost heap and it smelled just like getting off the plane in Vietnam. He nodded his head, agreeing, and said that smell alone gave him "problems".

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 30, 2022 12:10 PM (lz5hY)

123 The leadership of the "left" are not left at all in the historical sense. They are ruthless totalitarians. And corporations and the government have become nothing more than factions operating under total self interest principles. They are the wiseguys in Goodfellas, and they view citizens the same way the wiseguys viewed the public.

Posted by: azjaeger at April 30, 2022 12:11 PM (3/XaG)

124 Just started watching "Joe vs. The Volcano"

Posted by: Sharkman at April 30, 2022 12:11 PM (8gxrg)

125 I'll concede that not all bold people are intentionally bad and brazen would be a better descriptor because all Leftists are shameless.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at April 30, 2022 12:10 PM (LG5dc)

Boldness also has the implication of courage. Brazen fits better for someone who mistakes their playing to the mob is the exact same as courage.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 30, 2022 12:12 PM (dNqv+)

126 I was the eternal right fielder in Little League.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 30, 2022 11:58 AM (4I/2K)

I watched many planes fly by while in right field...lived on an AF base.
Posted by: BignJames

I was the best dang right fielder in the history of Little League.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at April 30, 2022 12:12 PM (QYPZK)

127 I was coaching a girls softball team at an American high school in Germany. Small school. Could barely field a team.
My right fielder won the last game for us with her only second hit of the season. it was special for her, and the whole team.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 30, 2022 12:13 PM (axyOa)

128 "Obama is not a smart person. He is your typical Leftist that has no ability to make logical comparisons ... --
He is an example of the Peter Principle x100."

Peter Principle is when a person succeeds and is promoted till he is put in a position where he does not succeed. The no more promotion ... so stuck in the position he fails at.

But Obama was not promoted for being smart or logical, he never succeeded at much of anything, other than having a nice crease and being somewhat articulate at reading a teleprompter. His image was manufactured.

Barry "succeeded" (for the commies) at every position, even POTUS ... because he kept reading the script, pushing far left policies, and being (half) black. His eight years of destruction were a big win (for the commies/DeepState).

Posted by: illiniwek at April 30, 2022 12:15 PM (Cus5s)

129 Boldness also has the implication of courage. Brazen fits better for someone who mistakes their playing to the mob is the exact same as courage.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 30, 2022 12:12 PM (dNqv+)

I disagree that boldness has anything to do with bravery though as I said I think it is mistaken for courage sort of how women mistake being an asshole for confidence.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at April 30, 2022 12:15 PM (LG5dc)

130 I was the best dang right fielder in the history of Little League.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at April 30, 2022 12:12 PM (QYPZK)

I was a great first base coach.

Posted by: BignJames at April 30, 2022 12:16 PM (AwYPR)

131 Glenn Greenwald posts a TIME article that tries to redefine "free speech"

https://tinyurl.com/ycxrhvap

*goes to the Tw@tt*

Posted by: kallisto at April 30, 2022 12:16 PM (DJFLF)

132 I want to see her torn apart in any committee hearings.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at April 30, 2022 11:39 AM (pNxlR)
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Who says she even needs to be confirmed. That F-head W probably designated DHS as some sooper secret bureau, that they are exempt from Congressional oversight.
'Cause, *secret*.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at April 30, 2022 12:16 PM (7Fj9P)

133 Good news, I found a local, cheap and reliable source for Brioschi.

Things are looking up.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 30, 2022 12:17 PM (dRt96)

134 I hated playing outfield when I was younger, but the older I got, the more opponents could actually HIT the ball out there, I loved playing right field in particular. I could track down fly balls, and had a cannon for an arm. Nailed many a runner trying to take an extra base, and would get stares from them when they were called out, as in "how'd he make that throw!"

______

I didn't really play baseball growing up, beyond some backyard ball. But I was gifted with a natural accuracy and strong arm, so I was put in left field when I played intramural ball in the Marines. I loved nailing the guys trying to take third from first on a base hit to left.

Usually only happened once a game unfortunately, because yeah, those stares are satisfying.

Posted by: McLurkerson at April 30, 2022 12:17 PM (wNDOJ)

135 Jankowix is mocking the whole world and wants the whole world to know it. Or something.

Posted by: klaftern at April 30, 2022 12:17 PM (taPSh)

136 I disagree that boldness has anything to do with bravery though as I said I think it is mistaken for courage sort of how women mistake being an asshole for confidence.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at April 30, 2022 12:15 PM (LG5dc)

That's brazenness too.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 30, 2022 12:17 PM (dNqv+)

137 Book of Romans said something about 'truth made a lie, lie made the truth'. Let's admit zhou bai-din ain't running shit

Posted by: Eromero at April 30, 2022 12:17 PM (gktX6)

138 Bold means daring, fearless.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 30, 2022 12:18 PM (59I55)

139 RUFKM? This "position" has no place in even a vaguely free society. Yet the so-called "conservative" press is all about the person and adopting the Marxist frame of debate.
Posted by: Zek at April 30, 2022 11:32 AM (OzNIz)

Very good point. Another avenue of attack is also going after the people trying to create this crap... and why.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 30, 2022 12:18 PM (oHd/0)

140 The left fits the definition of panache.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 30, 2022 12:19 PM (lz5hY)

141 Elon Musk's hilarious clapback to horsey AOC:

https://tinyurl.com/47t8xxw6

Posted by: kallisto at April 30, 2022 12:20 PM (DJFLF)

142 RUFKM? This "position" has no place in even a vaguely free society. Yet the so-called "conservative" press is all about the person and adopting the Marxist frame of debate.
Posted by: Zek at April 30, 2022 11:32
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+1

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 30, 2022 12:20 PM (ju2Fy)

143 Who's in charge? Start with not bai-din. It probably runs Jill, Jarrett, ubama, soros, assorted muslims, shaitan

Posted by: Eromero at April 30, 2022 12:20 PM (gktX6)

144 89 I just got back from getting my weekly stuff at the grocery store. Bread riots by October.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 30, 2022 11:56 AM (lz5hY)

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Eat cake. Duh.

Posted by: Jen Pskanki at April 30, 2022 12:21 PM (XG2Fi)

145 re : Ministry of Truth. They panicked after the Twitter purchase. Kinda like they panicked on election night 2020, all the cheating became so crude, massive and obvious that it became visible to naked eye. Twitter was their ghost narrative control/propaganda machine. They deplatformed Trump, while he was still president. Twitter was first , then Facebook pressured to do the same. Facebook is their other little pet.

Posted by: runner at April 30, 2022 12:22 PM (V13WU)

146 Who did this?

https://tinyurl.com/5n8caxuh

Posted by: kallisto at April 30, 2022 12:22 PM (DJFLF)

147 140 The left fits the definition of panache.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 30, 2022 12:19 PM (lz5hY)

This is another one. I think of panache as a positive thing.

To me, the better word would be 'dandyish.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 30, 2022 12:23 PM (dNqv+)

148 Reports are that Puddin is about to hit the campaign trail in a big way. I can't believe his handlers are allowing that. It's going to be epic.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at April 30, 2022 12:23 PM (sWM8x)

149 Free speech is : you are free to say what we tell you to say.

--the usual suspects

Posted by: runner at April 30, 2022 12:23 PM (V13WU)

150 Bold means daring, fearless.
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 30, 2022 12:18 PM (59I55)

And courage is doing something even if you have fear.

The Left are fearless in pursuit of their goals. The more success the more fearless they become. They don't think of the consequences. But as Aetius451AD pointed out to me, they are also shameless. Also a bold person usually will immediately retreat when their boldness fails and blame others.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at April 30, 2022 12:23 PM (LG5dc)

151 144 89 I just got back from getting my weekly stuff at the grocery store. Bread riots by October.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 30, 2022 11:56 AM (lz5hY)

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Eat cake. Duh.
Posted by: Jen Pskanki at April 30, 2022 12:21 PM (XG2Fi)
***

Gonna see a lot of flash mob smash and grabs this summer.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 30, 2022 12:23 PM (axyOa)

152 There is a cabal of former Barky minions is my guess running day to day operations

Posted by: Skip at April 30, 2022 12:24 PM (2JoB8)

153 It's so funny to see the leftoids troll at Elon, who has 79 million followers. Add up all the trolls' followers and you *might* get to a couple thousand or so.

Posted by: kallisto at April 30, 2022 12:25 PM (DJFLF)

154 Musk is not John McAfee

Posted by: Kindltot at April 30, 2022 12:25 PM (xhaym)

155 Also a bold person usually will immediately retreat when their boldness fails and blame others.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at April 30, 2022 12:23 PM (LG5dc)

I'd call that brazen, not bold and that being one of the differences between the two.

Semantic arguments are always never as much fun as they seem like they will be.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 30, 2022 12:25 PM (dNqv+)

156 147 Foppish.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 30, 2022 12:25 PM (lz5hY)

157 I was a great first base coach.
Posted by: BignJames at April 30, 2022 12:16 PM (AwYPR)

I was great coaching first too. And totally sucked at coaching third.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 30, 2022 12:25 PM (yQpMk)

158 Whoever suggested the new Prime series Outer Range, thanks!

Just watched the first episode and I'm hooked.

Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at April 30, 2022 12:25 PM (OssQ4)

159 Authoritarians, using privately owned business, acting as Anti-fascists. What a concept.

Posted by: Javems at April 30, 2022 12:26 PM (AmoqO)

160 The Left is reckless

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 30, 2022 12:26 PM (HgmBR)

161 156 147 Foppish.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 30, 2022 12:25 PM (lz5hY)

That's it. Has a better and truer connotation than dandy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 30, 2022 12:26 PM (dNqv+)

162 142 RUFKM? This "position" has no place in even a vaguely free society. Yet the so-called "conservative" press is all about the person and adopting the Marxist frame of debate.
Posted by: Zek at April 30, 2022 11:32

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That's what struck me when I read the NY Post piece. We're carping about WHO THEY PICKED to run the Ministry of Truth???

Why aren't we going all torches and pitchforks over the fact that WE EVEN HAVE A MINISTRY OF TRUTH???

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 30, 2022 12:27 PM (XG2Fi)

163 158 Whoever suggested the new Prime series Outer Range, thanks!

Just watched the first episode and I'm hooked.
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at April 30, 2022 12:25 PM (OssQ4)

Have to give it a try.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 30, 2022 12:27 PM (dNqv+)

164 And the GOPe is craven

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 30, 2022 12:27 PM (HgmBR)

165 I'm not even willing to discuss freedom of speech.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 30, 2022 12:28 PM (EZebt)

166 164 And the GOPe is craven
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 30, 2022 12:27 PM (HgmBR)

Yes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 30, 2022 12:28 PM (dNqv+)

167 151 Flash mob smash and grabs. And the left says they were only taking bread and diapers for the chilluns. And smart TVs, Nikes, and the really good stuff from Vuitton they can sell on EBay.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 30, 2022 12:29 PM (lz5hY)

168 And the GOPe is craven
Posted by: vmom

You are giving slime-molds to much credit when you call them craven.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 30, 2022 12:29 PM (W8/Sm)

169 I constantly read here how this or that leftist is an idiot. And yet these so called idiots are getting their way on everything as all the smart people on the right sit back and watch.

Maaaayyyybbeeee they’re not so stupid after all.

Posted by: Joe Xiden at April 30, 2022 12:29 PM (3vQN0)

170 The feds awarded 10MM bucks in grants to implement Vaccine Confidence:

https://tinyurl.com/2p9b44bj

Posted by: kallisto at April 30, 2022 12:30 PM (DJFLF)

171 Disinformation Bureau - "we determine what is the Truth."

"Let's go Brandon!"

DisBu -"arrest that insurrectionist!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 30, 2022 12:30 PM (YB09P)

172 hiya

Posted by: JT at April 30, 2022 12:30 PM (arJlL)

173 skip @ 152-
A ubama shadow goverment and the deepstate combined with global soros and caliphate seekeres.

Posted by: Eromero at April 30, 2022 12:30 PM (gktX6)

174 Who's in charge? Start with not bai-din. It probably runs Jill, Jarrett, ubama, soros, assorted muslims, shaitan

Not knowing who is in charge can make policy incoherent.

I submit that there are several tranches in play: You have the parties that long ago purchased the Bidens, they are now harvesting their investments (Russia, China, Ukraine, etc.)

Then there are the independent war lords: State, DOJ, DOD, Dept of Ed., EPA, IRS, etc. They operate the same no matter who is heading the Executive Branch and they are largely accountable to no one. It is made up of bureaucrats who are captured and once their pensions are secured will move to contracting a/o board memberships a/o sinecures in the businesses they regulated and made deals with.

There is Kalorama and K Street who influence who are the warlords and judges. I believe that the Ministry of Truth is a Kalorama move.

Then Congress is the bagmen for the grift and will steer projects and cash to their patrons.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 30, 2022 12:30 PM (AHeqJ)

175 Congress may as well not exist anymore, laws mean nothing anymore. All the power is at the executive level and all its agencies.

Posted by: Joe Xiden at April 30, 2022 12:32 PM (3vQN0)

176 I guess we takes our wins where we gets 'em:

https://tinyurl.com/4a52sf6u

New York demorats fail in jerrymander attempt

Posted by: kallisto at April 30, 2022 12:32 PM (DJFLF)

177 Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 30, 2022 12:30 PM (AHeqJ)

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Good analysis.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 30, 2022 12:32 PM (XG2Fi)

178 RUFKM? This "position" has no place in even a vaguely free society. Yet the so-called "conservative" press is all about the person and adopting the Marxist frame of debate.
Posted by: Zek at April 30, 2022 11:32

I brought up the Ministry of Truth to my college class the other day. Except for two, blank stares.
I brought up The Ukraine... A few more tuned in. Then for fun, I brought up the Draft (military, not NFL). That got all the guys' attention.
Sigh

Posted by: Diogenes at April 30, 2022 12:32 PM (axyOa)

179 I constantly read here how this or that leftist is an idiot. And yet these so called idiots are getting their way on everything as all the smart people on the right sit back and watch.

The smart people know that the idiots have SWAT teams that will murder anyone the idiots point to.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 30, 2022 12:32 PM (AHeqJ)

180 175 Congress may as well not exist anymore, laws mean nothing anymore. All the power is at the executive level and all its agencies.
Posted by: Joe Xiden at April 30, 2022 12:32 PM (3vQN0)

Continuing resolutions kill Congresses 'Power of the Purse'.

They have ceded their power due to internal conflicts.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 30, 2022 12:33 PM (oHd/0)

181 93 I was the eternal right fielder in Little League.
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 30, 2022 11:58 AM (4I/2K)

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I played right field ( and later, second base) in little league. Playing right was better than playing left. Left was where they put the worst player on the field.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at April 30, 2022 12:33 PM (CAJOC)

182
Obama is such a wise ass POS midwit -- and yet he is treated like a god.

It's really sickening.
Posted by: JoeF.

A perfect example of The Emperor's New Clothes

Nobody wants to be called a racist.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 30, 2022 12:33 PM (63Dwl)

183 I brought up the Ministry of Truth to my college class the other day. Except for two, blank stares.

--

Diogenes, they might be familiar with Dolores Umbridge from Harry Potter. Similar effect.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 30, 2022 12:34 PM (vKuJJ)

184 One thing to keep in mind with the growing calls for regulating social media, is this gives them justification to monitor (spy on) us. This should be part of the narrative but perhaps I've missed it.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at April 30, 2022 12:09 PM (QYPZK)

It is an attempt to create a cartel of the industry -- similar to the "anti-monopoly" moves on the railroads in the late 1800's and early 1900's.
Cartels are created to exclude outside competition and fix prices within the cartel, to allow greater costs for the consumer and less services and so greater profits.

The problem is that outsiders will undercut them and the members of the cartel cheat on each other unless the government (which the members of the cartel are influencing as experts on the needs of the industry) oversees them with regulations, a central board, and all that bureaucracy.

That the social media will act as another member of the IC is just icing and encourages the feral government to accept the push from "concerned industry insiders" to set up regulatory boards

Posted by: Kindltot at April 30, 2022 12:35 PM (xhaym)

185 Supposedly, TFG came out today or yesterday and said that this MinTru creation is a bad idea.

I think he's mostly upset that they openly went for it, rather than the sneaky way TFG worded his 'suggestions', as KT points out here.

Thanks for your weekly opinion piece, KT. It's clear you put some thoughtwork into this weekly bag of goodies.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 30, 2022 12:35 PM (F0YaR)

186 I constantly read here how this or that leftist is an idiot. And yet these so called idiots are getting their way on everything as all the smart people on the right sit back and watch.
Maaaayyyybbeeee they’re not so stupid after all.
Posted by: Joe Xiden at April 30, 2022 12:29 PM (3vQN0)

You don't have to be an intellectual heavyweight to outsmart the current "conservative" elected political leadership and punditry.

Posted by: lowandslow at April 30, 2022 12:35 PM (qH6FZ)

187 Kallisto @ 170-
I read that as 'awarded 10mm' . Oh how I wish.

Posted by: Eromero at April 30, 2022 12:35 PM (gktX6)

188 169 I constantly read here how this or that leftist is an idiot. And yet these so called idiots are getting their way on everything as all the smart people on the right sit back and watch.

Maaaayyyybbeeee they’re not so stupid after all.
Posted by: Joe Xiden at April 30, 2022 12:29 PM (3vQN0)

They are EVIL and our side is reluctant to fight...for whatever reasons. It is coming down to plain old survival so at some point, our side must begin to fight back. It would be nice if we could emulate Governor DeSantis and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. They fight and do not back down.

Posted by: RondinellaMamma Donald J. Trump is our duly elected president at April 30, 2022 12:36 PM (l0Cy4)

189 Congress may as well not exist anymore, laws mean nothing anymore. All the power is at the executive level and all its agencies.
Posted by: Joe Xiden

Congress gave up writing laws and started writing authorizations a long time ago. They intentionally gave up they power to the executive branch.
Obatears told us he was ignoring all of congress when he created his czars. If Congress wanted control they should have stopped the appointment of those czars.
Now they have trouble putting the djinn back in the bottle... and I think they have already failed.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 30, 2022 12:36 PM (W8/Sm)

190 Then Congress is the bagmen for the grift and will steer projects and cash to their patrons.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 30, 2022 12:30 PM (AHeqJ)

I suspect that Ukraine is a new Iran Contra deal. With all the participating skimming their own take to keep quiet.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 30, 2022 12:37 PM (xhaym)

191 It would be nice if we could emulate Governor DeSantis and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. They fight and do not back down.

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And McConnell and McCarthy will do everything they can to take them both down.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 30, 2022 12:37 PM (XG2Fi)

192 Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 30, 2022 12:30 PM (AHeqJ)

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Good analysis.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 30, 2022 12:32 PM (XG2Fi)
***

Ditto.
I'm stealing it but will give you credit.
Probably.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 30, 2022 12:37 PM (axyOa)

193 Congress may as well not exist anymore, laws mean nothing anymore. All the power is at the executive level and all its agencies.
Posted by: Joe Xiden at April 30, 2022 12:32 PM (3vQN0)

Concur. Congress exists to fleece the average citizen, rape the Bill Of Rights and promote whoring.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 30, 2022 12:37 PM (R/m4+)

194
Why aren't we going all torches and pitchforks over the fact that WE EVEN HAVE A MINISTRY OF TRUTH???
Posted by: Cicero

Juan Williams was on Fox yesterday saying how it great it was.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 30, 2022 12:38 PM (63Dwl)

195 Thought Congress was the whore?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 30, 2022 12:38 PM (YB09P)

196 Stated before where they go from here with this, first there will be one or very obscure group with whacked out views that will get pilloried, then more public person, blogs or talk show will get indicted or fines from some Leftist judge.

Posted by: Skip at April 30, 2022 12:38 PM (2JoB8)

197 72 Meanwhile, people like me, who are former fans of MLB, carry a strong resentment regarding what they've done to the professional game.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 30, 2022 11:38 AM (NWBBy)
Bud Selig...spit.
Posted by: BignJames at April 30, 2022 11:46 AM (AwYPR)
Bud the Chud. Now it's run by a petty bureaucrat, who is basically the Tony Fauci of baseball.
======
My sainted grandad, Mom's stepdad, was a lifelong Reds fan and pitched for industrial league games in his glory days. When the free agent rule was passed he said that big money would ruin baseball. He was proved right again and again.

Posted by: exdem13 at April 30, 2022 12:39 PM (W+kMI)

198 Thought Congress was the whore?
Posted by: Anna Puma

There is an exchange of value in the latter relationship, not in the former.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 30, 2022 12:40 PM (W8/Sm)

199 Stated before where they go from here with this, first there will be one or very obscure group with whacked out views that will get pilloried, then more public person, blogs or talk show will get indicted or fines from some Leftist judge.
Posted by: Skip at April 30, 2022 12:38 PM (2JoB

and then the murders started.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 30, 2022 12:40 PM (yQpMk)

200 It isn't the job of the fucking government to regulate speech. Period.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 30, 2022 12:40 PM (XG2Fi)

201 They are EVIL and our side is reluctant to fight...for whatever reasons. It is coming down to plain old survival so at some point, our side must begin to fight back. It would be nice if we could emulate Governor DeSantis and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. They fight and do not back down.
Posted by: RondinellaMamma Donald J. Trump is our duly elected president at April 30, 2022 12:36 PM (l0Cy4)

Yes, the left has cut off any of the usual means of resisting -- appeals to reason, attempts to persuade, voting, petitioning our elected officials, courts. We are left with ugly, messy, dangerous, violent responses. And we don't what to do that, especially since we know we would prevail in the peaceful avenues if we were allowed to pursue them.

Posted by: Emmie at April 30, 2022 12:40 PM (6RgRK)

202 Got my scoring & time keeping duties finished and recorded for credit.

Smash took 1st place in weapobs and open hand forms for her >50 division and 2nd place for sparring.

Fun times.

Posted by: BifBewalski's Phone at April 30, 2022 12:40 PM (4A2v9)

203 I know K Street refers to lobbyists
What does Kalorama refer to?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 30, 2022 12:40 PM (vKuJJ)

204 You would think they could add more chemicals to those batteries to make the bus fire smoke Green.

Posted by: boynsea at April 30, 2022 12:40 PM (cx155)

205 Diogenes, they might be familiar with Dolores Umbridge from Harry Potter. Similar effect.
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 30, 2022 12:34 PM (vKuJJ)

Good point.
I'll try to bring that up next class although at some point I have to start teaching the real class material. only a few weeks until.finals.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 30, 2022 12:40 PM (axyOa)

206 203 I know K Street refers to lobbyists
What does Kalorama refer to?

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The ShitMidas cabal

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 30, 2022 12:41 PM (XG2Fi)

207 What does Kalorama refer to?
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 30, 2022 12:40 PM (vKuJJ)

It's a snooty, expensive neighborhood in DC.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 30, 2022 12:41 PM (Y5qcH)

208 203 Ritzy DC neighborhood.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 30, 2022 12:41 PM (lz5hY)

209 constantly read here how this or that leftist is an idiot. And yet these so called idiots are getting their way on everything as all the smart people on the right sit back and watch.
Maaaayyyybbeeee they’re not so stupid after all.
Posted by: Joe Xiden at April 30, 2022 12:29 PM (3vQN

Again IMHO that's a result of their boldness rather than any intelligence.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at April 30, 2022 12:42 PM (LG5dc)

210 Congrats to Smash, Bif!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 30, 2022 12:42 PM (vKuJJ)

211 Busy day in the IMG household. Doing Mother's Day for my Mom today. Visit to a winery, a nice dinner, and the Symphony. Beethoven's 9th. 4th row or so.

Mrs IMG declared a cleaning morning of course. No complaints. All set.

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at April 30, 2022 12:43 PM (8C7+r)

212 My dissatisfaction with MLB is not helped by Castanelli having his head firmly seated in his posterior when it comes to running the team. I know Cincinnati has a reputation for wanting good value for the $$ but trading a proven star player for a passel of unknowns wins no division titles. Yay, the Reds are in another "building year" while St Louis makes a bigger display case for their playoff trophies.

Posted by: exdem13 at April 30, 2022 12:43 PM (W+kMI)

213 162
Why aren't we going all torches and pitchforks over the fact that WE EVEN HAVE A MINISTRY OF TRUTH???
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 30, 2022 12:27 PM (XG2Fi)

Hmmm...maybe because THEY STOLE A GENERAL ELECTION and NOBODY gave a crap. I'm still REELING how calmly everyone accepted what went down on November 3rd, 2020.

Posted by: RondinellaMamma Donald J. Trump is our duly elected president at April 30, 2022 12:44 PM (l0Cy4)

214 Diogenes, they might be familiar with Dolores Umbridge from Harry Potter. Similar effect.
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 30, 2022 12:34 PM (vKuJJ)

Student Anti doesn't matter gives professor Diogenes a big blank stare.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at April 30, 2022 12:44 PM (LG5dc)

215 Buses are not good candidates for electrification. It's counter intuitive, but all that starting and stopping draws high starting currents and heats everything up.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 30, 2022 12:45 PM (Y5qcH)

216 "Disinformation experts"
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Uh ... how does one go about becoming a "disinformation expert?" Is there an online course or something? Some certificate?

I love how the Reds worship at the stinky feet of anyone who is deemed an "expert." I was an expert witness in some litigation, and at trial was asked how the opposing expert witness and I could disagree when given the same facts.

My reply: "How many Supreme Court decisions are unanimous?"

A long silence ensued.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 30, 2022 12:46 PM (iDxGz)

217 On the left, it's not so much smarts as it is cunning. It takes far more brainpower and effort to build and maintain than it does to destroy. They can destroy faster than anyone can build with very little mental effort.

Posted by: Emmie at April 30, 2022 12:46 PM (6RgRK)

218 Thought Congress was the whore?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 30, 2022 12:38 PM (YB09P)

Pork (earmarks) is back, baybee. It didn't take 'em very long to reinstitute that horrid practice. And the Rs mostly and oh so meekly went right along with it.

"There's nothing we can do to stop it! Oh, and my state needs a new bridge or 20."

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 30, 2022 12:46 PM (F0YaR)

219 215 Dayton OH had electrified buses, The Traction IIRC, until at least the 80s. They had the overhead wires, thus limiting where and where they can't go. Until battery technology achieves a huge leap, electric vehicles are simply runabouts.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 30, 2022 12:49 PM (lz5hY)

220 I have just folded space from K'entuki. Many new dams in K'entucki.

Posted by: Guild Navigator Mitch McConnell at April 30, 2022 12:49 PM (yQpMk)

221 Found a $1.00 charge to my debit card this morning when I went online to check my account. Googled the business, some sort of religious magazine. Nope. had to cancel my debit card. *sigh*

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 30, 2022 12:49 PM (nxdel)

222 Student Anti doesn't matter gives professor Diogenes a big blank stare.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at April 30, 2022 12:44 PM (LG5dc)

I feel a quiz coming on!

Posted by: Diogenes at April 30, 2022 12:51 PM (axyOa)

223 Mother's Day is next weekend, right?

Please do not tell me it is this weekend.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 30, 2022 12:51 PM (dNqv+)

224 75 Congress may as well not exist anymore, laws mean nothing anymore. All the power is at the executive level and all its agencies.
Posted by: Joe Xiden at April 30, 2022 12:32 PM (3vQN0)

That's why I keep trying to remind everyone that looking toward DC to remove us from tyranny is plying right into the plans of the tyrants.

The individual states are where their concerns should be. It's the individual states that will keep freedom alive.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at April 30, 2022 12:51 PM (Qhnrt)

225 Please do not tell me it is this weekend.

It's My 8th. Early this year for some reason.

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 30, 2022 12:52 PM (nxdel)

226 Juan Williams was on Fox yesterday saying how it great it was.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 30, 2022 12:38 PM (63Dwl)
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He is profoundly stupid.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 30, 2022 12:52 PM (iDxGz)

227 221 Jewells, I've been hammered with "give us a buck" stuff with the CCs and debit card lately. I'm boring, with not much to do, and I check stuff a lot and say no thanks.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 30, 2022 12:52 PM (lz5hY)

228 I suspect that Ukraine is a new Iran Contra deal. With all the participating skimming their own take to keep quiet.

Ukraine has always been profoundly corrupt and unstable. (I have been working for quite some time on gathering ESG data from around the globe for certain clients)

Ukraine is special in that it is in the center of a Venn diagram consisting of the Biden Corruption payoff, the DOD/MIC making up for lost opportunities during the Trump scale down, and the State department's universe of NGOs and other grifters who want to relive their Woodstock (the Iraq Food For Oil Sweepstakes and Cash Giveaway) in another fully unaccountable outpouring of cash and prizes to a fully corrupt and unstable "government" (similar to Iraq).

Similar to the C19 and AIDS "pandemics", fully irrelevant NGOs and other ambulance chasing activists invent reasons why they should be in on the grift, particularly when tens of billions of dollars are being tossed around. That explains why Climate Change, Human and Animal Rights, Environmental Groups and other unaffiliated are muscling in on the action and speaking up for some tangential cause.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 30, 2022 12:52 PM (AHeqJ)

229 223 Mother's Day is next weekend, right?

Please do not tell me it is this weekend.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 30, 2022 12:51 PM (dNqv+)
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LOL - I had EXACTLY the same reaction.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 30, 2022 12:53 PM (iDxGz)

230 The entire Left went into panic their bubble of security where they were protected from wrong think was getting shattered, so that's what brought this new Bureaucracy into the open from the shadows it quite possibly has been forming for some time.

Posted by: Skip at April 30, 2022 12:53 PM (2JoB8)

231 Figured out that Ace of Spades is inflicting an under pop-up ad every time I visit the site.

I googled 4dsply (the url of one of the ads) and was warned I had adware on my computer.

I spent two days using free cleaners to find the virus and came up with nothing.

Two days of worry is not worth this site. I will probably drop back in to see if it's still there, but I'm blocking this site for now.

This sucks. Not only do I have ad blockers, but Firefox is set to block this kind of ad specifically. Good job Ace!

Posted by: Uma Thurmond's Feet at April 30, 2022 12:54 PM (Lak8A)

232 Juan Williams was on Fox yesterday saying how it great it was.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 30, 2022 12:38 PM (63Dwl)
______________

He is profoundly stupid.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 30, 2022 12:52 PM (iDxGz)
***

Sometimes I wonder if he's an actor paid to do the role?

Posted by: Diogenes at April 30, 2022 12:54 PM (axyOa)

233 ound a $1.00 charge to my debit card this morning when I went online to check my account. Googled the business, some sort of religious magazine. Nope. had to cancel my debit card. *sigh*

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 30, 2022 12:49 PM (nxdel)

Good on you for spotting that. It's a common tactic to see if they can get a small charge thru, then go for the gusto... cleaning you out.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 30, 2022 12:55 PM (F0YaR)

234 Found a $1.00 charge to my debit card this morning when I went online to check my account. Googled the business, some sort of religious magazine. Nope. had to cancel my debit card. *sigh*
Posted by: Jewells45 at April 30, 2022 12:49 PM (nxdel)

Seems kinda extreme, can't you call the bank up and look into it?

Posted by: lowandslow at April 30, 2022 12:55 PM (qH6FZ)

235 This sucks. Not only do I have ad blockers, but Firefox is set to block this kind of ad specifically. Good job Ace!

Posted by: Uma Thurmond's Feet at April 30, 2022 12:54 PM (Lak8A)

Ace is only an expert of shelving.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 30, 2022 12:56 PM (yQpMk)

236 My Little League playing time was entirely due to the league rule that every kid had to play some in every game.

So there I was, in my second season, last game of the season for the Championship, Home team. We started the bottom of the ninth behind in runs but the batters ahead of me got some hits and walks to tie it up. Their pitcher is tiring and throwing more balls than strikes.

My turn to bat and the score is tied, 2 outs, bases loaded. Every kid's fantasy, right?, to hit a walk-off grand slam.

1 of 2

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 30, 2022 12:56 PM (4I/2K)

237 2 of 2

Coach comes over to the on-deck circle and with pleading in his eyes, tells me not to swing at any pitch.

So I go to the plate, kids from both teams are yelling their heads off, as are the parents. No pressure at all. I watch the pitches go by, as instructed, and the count gets to 3-2.

My Coach call TIME! and comes over to reinforce the No Swing instruction.

Last pitch for all the marbles, the whole season, is coming. I watch it go by for a called 4th Ball and trot off to first base. The kid from third base scores while pandemonium erupts.

That was the highlight of my athletic career.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 30, 2022 12:57 PM (4I/2K)

238 I use Brave and never get a popup. The only ad I see is King Harv.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 30, 2022 12:57 PM (yQpMk)

239 233 Yep. Got a $.01 charge one time. Gas pump skimmers. They figure, oh what the hell, they'll never notice a penny.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 30, 2022 12:57 PM (lz5hY)

240 "I spent two days using free cleaners to find the virus and came up with nothing"

It's always in the last place you look.

Posted by: fd at April 30, 2022 12:57 PM (vrz2I)

241 I mentioned earlier that today's "NYPost" had a headline today about Commissar Nina with a picture of her looking silly as she apparently sang about "Misinformation" to the tune of "Supercalifragilistic" from "Mary Poppins." NYP titled the picture "Scary Poppins"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 30, 2022 12:58 PM (fF2aM)

242 Hmmm...maybe because THEY STOLE A GENERAL ELECTION and NOBODY gave a crap. I'm still REELING how calmly everyone accepted what went down on November 3rd, 2020.
Posted by: RondinellaMamma Donald J. Trump is our duly elected president at April 30, 2022 12:44 PM (l0Cy4)

I strongly disagree: Tens of millions of us did not calmly accept the stolen election and care deeply; many of us have gotten involved in supporting election integrity laws and investigations and take other actions at home that don't make the news- because we care. Tens of thousands of people traveled to DC to protest because they care; scores are in jail because they care, and one woman was murdered and a few others trampled because they care.

Posted by: LASue, Thought Leader at April 30, 2022 12:59 PM (Ed8Zd)

243 @jayguevara. That was a beautiful response!

Posted by: keena at April 30, 2022 12:59 PM (kGduw)

244 Please do not tell me it is this weekend.

It's My 8th. Early this year for some reason.
Posted by: Jewells45 at April 30, 2022 12:52 PM (nxdel)

Mother's day is always the 2nd Sunday in May. Father's Day is the 3rd Sunday in June, reflecting our lesser status

j/k

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 30, 2022 01:00 PM (4I/2K)

245 "The New York Post also touched on the possibility that the chief attorney for Twitter, the one who probably banned the New York Post, might lose her 17 million dollar a year job."
That's pretty impressive considering
her salary was $1 per ban.

Posted by: sic721 at April 30, 2022 01:00 PM (Vo1x1)

246 Good on you for spotting that. It's a common tactic to see if they can get a small charge thru, then go for the gusto... cleaning you out.

Exactly. I'm very glad I check my account every day. Also get alerts if there is a withdrawel over $100. Of course by the time I get the alert the money is already gone.

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 30, 2022 01:00 PM (nxdel)

247
Why aren't we going all torches and pitchforks over the fact that WE EVEN HAVE A MINISTRY OF TRUTH???
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 30, 2022 12:27 PM (XG2Fi)

Hmmm...maybe because THEY STOLE A GENERAL ELECTION and NOBODY gave a crap. I'm still REELING how calmly everyone accepted what went down on November 3rd, 2020.
Posted by: RondinellaMamma Donald J. Trump is our duly elected president at April 30, 2022 12:44 PM (l0Cy4)

Same here. The last and most important pillar of this union was breached, corrupted, and then accepted. It's why I'm starting to consider myself an Oklahoman rather than American.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at April 30, 2022 01:01 PM (Qhnrt)

248 Sometimes I wonder if he's an actor paid to do the role?
Posted by: Diogenes at April 30, 2022 12:54 PM (axyOa)
____________

If that's an act, he deserves half a dozen Oscars.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 30, 2022 01:01 PM (iDxGz)

249 That was the highlight of my athletic career.
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 30, 2022 12:57 PM (4I/2K)

I'm getting a little verklempt.

Posted by: lowandslow at April 30, 2022 01:01 PM (qH6FZ)

250 Found a $1.00 charge to my debit card this morning when I went online to check my account. Googled the business, some sort of religious magazine. Nope. had to cancel my debit card. *sigh*
Posted by: Jewells45 at April 30, 2022 12:49 PM (nxdel)
Seems kinda extreme, can't you call the bank up and look into it?
Posted by: lowandslow at April 30, 2022 12:55 PM (qH6FZ)

I had someone in Minnesooota once charge $2.50 for a hot dog. The bank said it was a test by the thief and if it wasn't noticed they would charge bigger the next time.

Card cancelled.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 30, 2022 01:02 PM (R/m4+)

251 Mother's day is always the 2nd Sunday in May.

lol.. I never knew that. Never paid much attention I guess.

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 30, 2022 01:02 PM (nxdel)

252 Good on you for spotting that. It's a common tactic to see if they can get a small charge thru, then go for the gusto... cleaning you out.

Exactly. I'm very glad I check my account every day. Also get alerts if there is a withdrawel over $100. Of course by the time I get the alert the money is already gone.
Posted by: Jewells45 at April 30, 2022 01:00 PM (nxdel)
___________

Capital One has a great program: they email whenever there's a charge to the CC. If I buy something online, within seconds the email shows up.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 30, 2022 01:03 PM (iDxGz)

253
lol.. I never knew that. Never paid much attention I guess.
Posted by: Jewells45

Mothers...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 30, 2022 01:03 PM (AGEGB)

254 Another stolen credit card trick is to buy some gas at the pump.

Posted by: Ignoramus at April 30, 2022 01:03 PM (i0slg)

255 I get King Harv up about 1/4 of time on tablet, 1/2 the time on my smaller phone

Posted by: Skip at April 30, 2022 01:04 PM (2JoB8)

256 Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 30, 2022 12:52 PM (AHeqJ)

You will also note that once we left Afghanistan, the West was not directly involved in any conflicts.

Thus, the Military Industrial Complex and Neo Cons HAD to come up with a new war.... or someone here might start asking why, if we are spending all this money, does our military kinda suck compared to past decades.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 30, 2022 01:04 PM (oHd/0)

257 243 @jayguevara. That was a beautiful response!
Posted by: keena at April 30, 2022 12:59 PM (kGduw)
____________

Thanks. The lawyer cross-examining me didn't think so.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 30, 2022 01:04 PM (iDxGz)

258 That was the highlight of my athletic career.
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 30, 2022 12:57 PM (4I/2K)

I'm getting a little verklempt.
Posted by: lowandslow at April 30, 2022 01:01 PM (qH6FZ)

The lesson of it was that sometimes, but rarely, life lets you be a hero for the day for doing absolutely nothing.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 30, 2022 01:05 PM (4I/2K)

259 Fen, dear one, just want you to know that you and your congregation are in my prayers.

Posted by: Emmie at April 30, 2022 01:05 PM (6RgRK)

260 Capital One has a great program: they email whenever there's a charge to the CC. If I buy something online, within seconds the email shows up.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 30, 2022 01:03 PM (iDxGz)

Yeah, my bank monitors purchases... to the point where once I was traveling on the company card... bought something with my card, and my bank texted me asking if it was me or not... because my purchases had suddenly shifted by a couple of states.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 30, 2022 01:06 PM (oHd/0)

261 Another stolen credit card trick is to buy some gas at the pump.
Posted by: Ignoramus

Last time I had a CC compromised I charged a coffee at midnight in the hospital while working... and 400.00 some eating place in another State.
I called and they asked if I sure I wasn't out partying... I told them to look at my history... I *always* bought a coffee at midnight while at work. They finally reversed the charges.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 30, 2022 01:07 PM (AGEGB)

262 Ya know, if people keep getting thieves charging to their credit cards, maybe we'll be glad to adopt a currency that supposedly can't be stolen, like maybe something imbedded in a hand or forehead.

Posted by: Emmie at April 30, 2022 01:08 PM (6RgRK)

263 221 Found a $1.00 charge to my debit card this morning when I went online to check my account. Googled the business, some sort of religious magazine. Nope. had to cancel my debit card. *sigh*

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 30, 2022 12:49 PM (nxdel)

Had a bank person tell me that the thieves will ding your card a couple of times to make sure they are in and then go to town. Good move canceling.

Posted by: Javems at April 30, 2022 01:08 PM (AmoqO)

264 Yeah, my bank monitors purchases... to the point where once I was traveling on the company card... bought something with my card, and my bank texted me asking if it was me or not... because my purchases had suddenly shifted by a couple of states.
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 30, 2022 01:06 PM (oHd/0)
____________

American Express does that also. When I first moved to Europe - with one suitcase - I had to buy a bunch of stuff, including a TV. AE called the vendor, and asked to speak to me to confirm that it was me, and everything was kosher.

I was kinda impressed.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 30, 2022 01:09 PM (iDxGz)

265 Avg college pothead, average college dipsomaniac, little difference.

Posted by: SFGoth at April 30, 2022 01:09 PM (hGtZP)

266 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5HX67WqUSY

HEY!!! I just found a video of BERSERKER!!!!

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 30, 2022 01:10 PM (oHd/0)

267 221 Found a $1.00 charge to my debit card this morning when I went online to check my account. Googled the business, some sort of religious magazine. Nope. had to cancel my debit card. *sigh*

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 30, 2022 12:49 PM (nxdel)
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I don't like or use debit cards. It's like carrying around your entire checking account balance in cash. With a credit card, you've got some recourse, and the issuer has an interest in minimizing losses. With a debit card, I believe you're pretty much on your own.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 30, 2022 01:10 PM (iDxGz)

268 They made a small deposit..<$1.00...then withdrew it to see if they had access to the account. I had that account cancelled.

Posted by: BignJames at April 30, 2022 01:12 PM (AwYPR)

269 Soon all this credit card scamming will not exist. We will be on the Spam/squirrel/pre-64 silver/.22lr currency system.

Posted by: Eromero at April 30, 2022 01:12 PM (gktX6)

270 Isn't Lifelock supposed to catch something weird like that?

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 30, 2022 01:12 PM (nxdel)

271 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5HX67WqUSY

HEY!!! I just found a video of BERSERKER!!!!
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 30, 2022 01:10 PM (oHd/0)

LOL

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 30, 2022 01:13 PM (4I/2K)

272 262 Ya know, if people keep getting thieves charging to their credit cards, maybe we'll be glad to adopt a currency that supposedly can't be stolen, like maybe something imbedded in a hand or forehead.
Posted by: Emmie at April 30, 2022 01:08 PM (6RgRK

Heh. It's coming.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at April 30, 2022 01:13 PM (Qhnrt)

273 Garden Noods!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 30, 2022 01:14 PM (AGEGB)

274 270 Isn't Lifelock supposed to catch something weird like that?
Posted by: Jewells45 at April 30, 2022 01:12 PM (nxdel)

Yes they do. And they do a good job of it too. Very easy to work with.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at April 30, 2022 01:15 PM (Qhnrt)

275 Posted by: Emmie at April 30, 2022 01:05 PM (6RgRK)

I appreciate that, Emmie. Do you know that hymn which has the words,-"Standing in the need of prayer" We sure need and appreciate it, dear one.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 30, 2022 01:15 PM (fF2aM)

276 Soon all this credit card scamming will not exist. We will be on the Spam/squirrel/pre-64 silver/.22lr currency system.

Posted by: Eromero at April 30, 2022 01:12 PM (gktX6)

Don't forget toilet paper, it will be the mark of the elites.

Posted by: The White Whale at April 30, 2022 01:16 PM (/6+o5)

277 I appreciate that, Emmie. Do you know that hymn which has the words,-"Standing in the need of prayer" We sure need and appreciate it, dear one.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 30, 2022 01:15 PM (fF2aM

Yes, I do, Fen. I've got that "old time religion" so there are a lot of traditional hymns in my repertoire.

Posted by: Emmie at April 30, 2022 01:17 PM (6RgRK)

278 Prayers up, Fen.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 30, 2022 01:21 PM (Xrfse)

279 Garden Noods!
Posted by: AZ
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Those gnomes have exhibitionist tendencies.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,, etc. at April 30, 2022 01:22 PM (HDkjT)

280
Those gnomes have exhibitionist tendencies.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

You can just hose them off...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 30, 2022 01:25 PM (AGEGB)

281 Romeo 13 that is hilarious

Posted by: Skip at April 30, 2022 01:30 PM (2JoB8)

282 Posted by: Emmie at April 30, 2022 01:17 PM (6RgRK)

I actually prefer old time "religion" music to most modern praise choruses. There is a lot of solid theology behind the old hymns. I talk about the hymns and their background every Sunda. Tomorrow's aree "Crown Him with Many Crowns"," Ask Ye What Great Thing I know" and I can't recall the other one at the moment..

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 30, 2022 01:30 PM (fF2aM)

283 one of their leaders reputedly blamed the whole trouble on the fact that giving the lower classes plumbing had also given them unseemly notions of democracy

Posted by: Braenyard at April 30, 2022 01:36 PM (09siJ)

284 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5HX67WqUSY

HEY!!! I just found a video of BERSERKER!!!!
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 30, 2022 01:10 PM (oHd/0)

Thats some funny shit, lol. I like how they changed the lyrics. Kinda surprised that some of the guitar parts are so wrong, but yet they seemed to be played by somebody good enough to know better.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 30, 2022 01:36 PM (VwHCD)

285 I don't like or use debit cards. It's like carrying around your entire checking account balance in cash. With a credit card, you've got some recourse, and the issuer has an interest in minimizing losses. With a debit card, I believe you're pretty much on your own.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 30, 2022

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There are some liability limits on debit cards but it's more of a hassle than credit cards. I only use mine to get cash at ATMs, and have it set up to reject all other transaction types. Since ATMs require the PIN code it's pretty secure. I also limited the size of withdrawals allowed, and my banking app alerts me on each use.

Posted by: Bigsmith at April 30, 2022 01:43 PM (8Zj1a)

286 229 223 Mother's Day is next weekend, right?

Please do not tell me it is this weekend.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 30, 2022 12:51 PM (dNqv+)
_________

LOL - I had EXACTLY the same reaction.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 30, 2022 12:53 PM (iDxGz)

Sorry for putting panic in people's voice. We're doing it early as that's when I could get concert tickets.

Next weekend I am rebuilding a dry stacked stone wall for her.

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at April 30, 2022 01:48 PM (8C7+r)

287 Credit cards are accepted anywhere a debit card is. Credit cards offer much more protection. Just use a dedicated credit card as a debit card and pay it off each month.

Posted by: Braenyard at April 30, 2022 01:57 PM (09siJ)

288 And here is today's "brilliant" response by an evangelistic militant Atheist in response to the gay Atheist weirdo in Florida who wants the Bible banned if it's ever used in schools-any schools-and thinks it's terribly amusing to put up a display (Because he runs a church of Called the "Church of Mars") for Easter of Jesus crucified upside down with a butt plug and who seels butt plugs with DeSantis and Trump on them'

"Well, at least he doesn't have imaginary friends." Man, that is some deep, intellectual and well reasoned rebuttal there./s

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 30, 2022 01:57 PM (fF2aM)

289 https://inchhighguy.wordpress.com/2022/04/30/
women-warriors-166/
Cuties of the world's armies

Posted by: Skip at April 30, 2022 02:10 PM (2JoB8)

290 29+ years ago I got a call at work from lady Agent so and so of the DEA. A Nigerian gentleman had been nabbed at the Detroit airport with heroin and a list of stolen CC#s including mine. Had to write a few letters to a fancy Detroit retailer that I'd never been there or bought 600$ (1983 $) worth of clothes.

Posted by: DaveA at April 30, 2022 02:16 PM (FhXTo)

291 Had to write a few letters to a fancy Detroit retailer that I'd never been there or bought 600$ (1983 $) worth of clothes.
Posted by: DaveA at April 30, 2022 02:16 PM (FhXTo)

You know you're 29+ if you remember a Detroit with fancy retailers.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 30, 2022 02:28 PM (UGDPW)

292 Credit cards are accepted anywhere a debit card is. Credit cards offer much more protection. Just use a dedicated credit card as a debit card and pay it off each month.

Posted by: Braenyard at April 30, 2022 01:57 PM

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That works if you use the card only for purchases. Getting cash from an ATM with a credit card is a ripoff with various extra charges

Posted by: Bigsmith at April 30, 2022 02:32 PM (8Zj1a)

293 This sucks. Not only do I have ad blockers, but Firefox is set to block this kind of ad specifically. Good job Ace!

Posted by: Uma Thurmond's Feet

I get the same ad that crushes the speed of any device and I have adblockers and use Brave.
I only post here on shit posting devices tho.
Thanks for the heads of that it was malicious adware.
Hell, there are times late!u when my devices won't connect and warns me this site in is unprotected and people can steal your shit and not to connect.
Appreciate the update that its malicious adware. No telling what else the bad actors may ad to it like ransomware or some shit.

Posted by: The Vooter at April 30, 2022 02:37 PM (NmDb+)

294 Has the Cadaver Joe Biden Administration started a nuclear world war yet?

Posted by: Dr. Bone at April 30, 2022 02:37 PM (LkM8p)

295 I withdraw a month's cash expenditure, put it in a drawer and carry a week's amount in my bill fold.

ATM's are not only a rip off they are dangerous.
ATM's are not for your convenience they are another device for the bank to make money.

Posted by: Braenyard at April 30, 2022 02:39 PM (09siJ)

296 Instrument may be the proper term.

Posted by: Braenyard at April 30, 2022 02:40 PM (09siJ)

297 If the ads are too much for you guys to handle, perhaps you should try HotAir. NBD.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 30, 2022 02:42 PM (UGDPW)

298 No respect! I'll tell ya, I get no respect!

Posted by: Zombie Rodney's Toenail Fungus at April 30, 2022 02:45 PM (Xrfse)

299 And seriously, these ads suck, but they're endemic. Particularly if Google is suppressing ad rates for a site. Generally, you can work/buy your way out of that problem, but not Ace, and not ever for him.

You can guarantee he's so far down Alphabet's shit list that he's looking *up* at Alex Jones.

If you can't live with that, here or elsewhere, there's plenty of bien-pensant midwit Conservative Media Ecosystem™websites serving up Google-vetted & approved right think for you to consume, along with their wholesome, bien-pensant midwit advertising.

If you want content that's a little too real for Eric Schmidt's Stepford Wives, you'll have to just learn to deal.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 30, 2022 02:53 PM (UGDPW)

300 I've never understood belligerent and aggressive atheists. They keep trying to convince me that they are just meat and they will be nothing, sooner or later.

Somehow that doesn't gain my respect.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 30, 2022 02:54 PM (yQpMk)

301 The day the bank chaged a withdrawal fee about 30 years ago was day I dropped the ATM card

Posted by: Skip at April 30, 2022 02:55 PM (2JoB8)

302 I've never understood belligerent and aggressive atheists.

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That one's easy. All atheists have a lack of faith. Some people have thought through the implications of that, and come to their particular conclusion... They are the guys you never/rarely hear from about it.

Some of them came to it through an oppositional stance. They hate G-d and the rest of society and found a negatory philosophy. If the rest of their world was atheist, they'd be perpetual cage-stage Calvinists or radical Islamists. They're the ones you hear from.

Since their motive is hatred of self and others, they have to proselytize, or else be surrounded by perceived enemies.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 30, 2022 03:02 PM (UGDPW)

303 Has the Cadaver Joe Biden Administration started a nuclear world war yet?
Posted by: Dr. Bone at April 30, 2022 02:37 PM (LkM8p)

I'm thinking you probably should have noticed something awry if he had...

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at April 30, 2022 03:05 PM (ZSK0i)

304 Figured out that Ace of Spades is inflicting an under pop-up ad every time I visit the site.

I wouldn't mind it if it wasn't for the fact that it's goofing up the browser on my tablet.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at April 30, 2022 03:09 PM (ZSK0i)

305 PET NOOD

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at April 30, 2022 03:11 PM (ZSK0i)

306 ATM's are not only a rip off they are dangerous.
ATM's are not for your convenience they are another device for the bank to make money.

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My bank makes zero off my ATM use, in fact it refunds the fees.

Posted by: Bigsmith at April 30, 2022 03:21 PM (8Zj1a)

307 I was chatting with my mailman. He did stints as a recruiter when he was in the Army and said midnight game releases were a fertile ground for scouting out potential future dogfaces (not his term).

His Cavalry buddy liked to taunt the gamers through a bullhorn. "NERDS!" They loved it.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at April 30, 2022 03:21 PM (Dc2NZ)

308 As long as I don’t use it at another bank I get no atm fees.

Posted by: Joe Xiden at April 30, 2022 03:24 PM (sLL6N)

309 Weird Gal Jankovic says revolutions are justified by Oligarchy and rigged elections. Second look!

Say--wouldn't she have to censor herself for supporting Insurrections?

She's also a "Global Fellow at the Wilson Center's Kennan Institute." Mr. Kennan, of course, DESPISED the expansion of NATO and the Russia-baiting which is at the root of this Deep State Crime Spree.

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at April 30, 2022 03:56 PM (Ndje9)

310 My bank makes zero off my ATM use, in fact it refunds the fees.
Posted by: Bigsmith at April 30, 2022 03:21 PM (8Zj1a)

Yeah, they no longer need those fees, as they are making all the vendors pay to process both Credit and Debit cards.

Fees add up in a hurry, when rates vary between .5% and 1.7% of the total transaction...

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 30, 2022 04:01 PM (oHd/0)

311 Hanson had an interesting analogy of Spanish Civil Was and Ukraine - hope he's wrong.

Posted by: Braenyard at April 30, 2022 04:01 PM (09siJ)

312 Posted by: The Gipper Lives at April 30, 2022 03:56 PM (Ndje9)

Wait, Revolution is justified in case of a rigged election?

I find those terms.... acceptable.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 30, 2022 04:02 PM (oHd/0)

313 Super-callous lipstick freak sounds like a Free Speech-hoarder
She thinks the Right to Speak Your Mind is just for Joe's supporters
for Communists and Globalists and New York Times reporters
but not for MAGA patriots, whom she calls Big Distorters

more: link in nic

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at April 30, 2022 04:09 PM (Ndje9)

314 oops;

link in THIS nic

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at April 30, 2022 04:12 PM (Ndje9)

315 Not sure it's a wrong or right prediction more history rhymes

Posted by: Skip's phone at April 30, 2022 04:57 PM (2JoB8)

316 ...is this where to put a link about food processing plant fires? Why so many, why now?

https://tinyurl.com/mrxrykxe

Posted by: Ju at April 30, 2022 08:01 PM (aTmM/)

317 First

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