Why don't things turn out like progressives dream?

From Pride to Progressive Pride

Yesterday, we stopped by Victor Davis Hanson's favorite hometown restaurant, Sal's, in Selma, California. Before his face recognition was as high as it is today, VDH used to take international visitors to Sal's to show them what an immigrant to America can accomplish even in a small town. Sal's has other locations now. But this was the original, with a one-of-a-kind mural on the wall. The mural seems a lot more "authentically Mexican" than the food, which shows some American influences. The Woke would probably not approve.

I had been to Sal's before I knew who VDH was, so his stories about Sal's were especially interesting to me. The restaurant seems to get a lot of repeat business. Sal's had some trouble during the pandemic, though, I think. We went once during the take-out only lockdown period, and it just wasn't the same.

The food seems to be mostly back to normal now, except for the chips and salsa that come before the meal. The salsa now comes in little plastic cups instead of bowls. People are less likely to go for seconds or thirds on the chips and salsa. Regular portions of signature dishes are often too big for one person. Especially if you order soup. The half order of Sal's Famous Fancy Burrito (with Chili con Carne or Chile Verde) is also generally enough for most people.

Prices there may be up, but they don't seem to have skyrocketed yet due to the Biden Inflation. I am hearing a lot of reports about places where prices are quickly escalating. Even at fast food places. What have your recent restaurant experiences been like? Did the new administration plan for high restaurant prices?

Restaurant prices may be a little thing to the members of the Ruling Class who plan for us to subsist on mealworms and lab-grown food in the future. They are not a little thing to the people who depend on Sal's for their living. This restaurant was built as part of a community with community pride -- or maybe it would be better to say that it was a community with a fairly high amount of self-confidence and mutual respect between the people living there. There seem to be some difficulties in re-creating that sort of spirit through the current progressive programs to increase "inclusion".

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If you are a fan of VDH, you might want to take a look at his website, VDH's Blade of Perseus which includes not only links to much of his recent written work, but also regular podcasts and "ultra" subscription content (currently featuring a series on his experiences living in the home of his great-grandmother and great-grandfather in Selma).

In the opening to his May 16 Morning Report, J.J. Sefton featured a short piece by honorary horde member and lurker Victor Davis Hanson. It covers a lot of territory in not too many words. I am linking the piece in VDH's own website instead of American Greatness, with just a couple of the comments J.J. noted:

We are witnessing a number of radical military, social, and political revolutions that are changing the United States—and the world—in fundamental ways that we still have not appreciated.
The politicized transformation of the U.S. military from a meritocratic force focused on wartime lethality into an extension of the social welfare state driven by diversity, equity and inclusion has encouraged our enemies to take risks they otherwise might not have taken. . . .

. . . In the West in general, and in the United States particularly, we are seeing a final fruition of decades of woke self-loathing. The sight of a pride flag flying on the Kabul embassy as the most lavishly supplied and funded military force in history scrambled to fly home, abandoning allies and employees, was a bitter metaphor of the arrogance, ignorance, and impotence of woke ideology. . .

That last sentence really gets to me. That pride flag ended up doing great damage to the people in Kabul whom Americans and other westerners were ostensibly trying to help.

Why don't things turn out the way The Woke dream? Do they ever watch what is happening as a result of their actions?

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From the Pride Flag to the Progressive Pride Flag

Thinking about how the Pride Flag backfired in Afghanistan, might it be a good idea to re-consider how the Progressive Pride flag is used? I have some quibbles with Wilfred Reilly (is opposition to gay marriage automatically "homophobia"?) but he brings data and actual arguments to his newest Newsweek piece: Nothing unites different marginalized groups: exposing the intersectional hoax:

If you live in a major American city, you've probably seen the "Progress Pride flag." To the left of the rainbow that has historically represented the fight for gay rights, activists recently added arrow-shaped bars in black, brown, white, pink and blue to represent the "intersectional" movement that brings under one umbrella the cause of gays, African-Americans, Hispanics and the transgender community. Intersectionality was initially a legal concept introduced by Kimberle Crenshaw to represent how people whose identity spans more than one marginalized category -- Black women, say, or a gay Hispanic person -- might face increased levels of oppression. But these days it's used by the activist Left to represent the view that all forms of "oppression" and group conflict are linked -- and are invariably the fault of bespoke suit-wearing straight white men or "white supremacy," in short.
But this view is wholly unsupported by the data. Not only do many "intersectional" Americans out-earn white men, but Black and Hispanic Americans often score as more homophobic than white Americans in polls, and some of the most contested terrain in modern discourse can be found between trans activists and gender critical lesbians.
In other words, the modern intersectional argument is so facially false that it borders on the nonsensical.

"A quick reading-between-lines makes it fairly clear who is supposed to be oppressing all of these peoples, who otherwise would presumably live together in peace. This is the calling card of activist intersectionality. . .
The problem with this idea, as they say, is that it is wrong. The current American ruling class is hardly a monoglot all-white entity: The wealthiest U.S. population group is Indian Americans, and seven of the top 10 income groups are not white. Nor are the majority of whites wealthy conservative oppressors; politically speaking, the white vote at the Presidential level has been divided fairly evenly between the parties for decades. Meanwhile, many minority groups dislike one another more than they dislike the current majority.

Absent the fictional narrative of one oppressor class, it's difficult to imagine what might unify, say, devout Muslims and OnlyFans feminists, lesbian activists and trans women, or illegal immigrants and Black or Appalachian union workers. . .
Taken together, these facts don't constitute a story with a moral to it (I rarely tell those). There is nothing inherently "good" or "bad" about the fact that large groups within society often disagree vigorously, even if they are not "supposed" to. But this plain reality does contradict a false narrative very prevalent among the intelligentsia today, which would have you believe that disparate minority groups somehow have a common struggle against a white supremacist majority that seeks to oppress them.

I had considered intersectionality as a concept which eventually led to individuality, but I had never really considered the "Progressive Pride" flag and the attempts to get people to adore it in quite this way.

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Bill Maher suggests THINKING about gender identity!

The left vs. the crazy left?

Along for the pride: "We are literally experimenting on our own children."

Maybe it would be a good idea to put the flags away for a while.

SPECIAL EDITION: from an actually non-binary person. A friend with one of the intersex conditions continually appropriated by LARPing gender ideologues wrote an essay about his experience of being intersex and seeing the Woke appropriate his reality.

Follow the link

I do not identify as non-binary. I AM non-binary. As in actually, medically, officially, in the material sense a non-binary person. And - frankly - I deeply resent the appropriation of my lived experience by those who have no genetic or physical abnormality yet try to force such language for themselves. My condition is not something that is to be "celebrated" or anyone should want to "experience".
Let me stop for a minute. I reject, absolutely, the idea of gender and physical sex being separate. The material condition of the vast majorities of our species is a sex binary: Male. Female. There are outliers such as myself. But we're just that - abnormal outliers. And that's not a slur, nor should it be seen as a slur. I am abnormal. I am outside the normal distribution of chromosomes. In a random sample of people, 99% of the time you'll get XX/XY as the population of your sample. That's "normal". It is not evil or good in a moral sense. It's just material reality. Claiming that my use of abnormal is "bad" or "evil" is like claiming that finding a four leaf clover in a field of three leaf clovers is bad or evil - it isn't. It's an abnormal rare event that is kind of interesting. There are downsides, I outlined some above but there are others. Those are just part of the material reality. It's like being mad you have to drink water. Or breathe oxygen. It just is.

Music

Where are The Lone Ranger and Tonto now that we need them? What's that you say? We have to BE The Lone Ranger and Tonto?

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, May 14, Confucius say watch your language. Discussions of the importance of maintaining clarity in language.

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 11:19 AM

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1 Because they are dreams. Not attainable.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 21, 2022 11:20 AM (Rz7nO)

2 Darn it! Stopped to read the content again.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at May 21, 2022 11:23 AM (bVYXr)

3 Stopped to read the content again.
Posted by: Mister Scott

Wait - I'm suppose to read the content?

Hmm..... Well, that does explain a few things.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 21, 2022 11:24 AM (Rz7nO)

4 Tonypete at May 21, 2022 11:20 AM

That's part of it.

Posted by: KT at May 21, 2022 11:24 AM (rrtZS)

5 Ruben Hick, the Longview gubshow is lit.

Posted by: Eromero at May 21, 2022 11:24 AM (rq9RF)

6 Very nice post. First one I've read in full before turning to the comments in a long long time.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 21, 2022 11:26 AM (H3z/C)

7 Flying the pride flag in Afghanistan was one of those inexplicably, bizarrely stupid things.
Maybe there are people in power who actually believe the U.S. is the only oppressive country in the world.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at May 21, 2022 11:26 AM (eGTCV)

8 A very cruel thread -- and Glen Campbell was a genius.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 21, 2022 11:28 AM (PiwSw)

9 Flying the pride flag in Afghanistan was one of those inexplicably, bizarrely stupid things.
Maybe there are people in power who actually believe the U.S. is the only oppressive country in the world.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at May 21, 2022 11:26 AM

Makes sense, I mean they have been taught from birth that America is bad and has slaves and everything.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at May 21, 2022 11:28 AM (bVYXr)

10 Willowed for smart military blog denizens:

South Korean Honour Guard pic.:
https://tinyurl.com/5xsc666e

And them honouring a much better leader than China Joe!
https://tinyurl.com/ycyn7psh

Posted by: andycanuck (Jtln5) at May 21, 2022 11:28 AM (yikp0)

11 Did anyone else notice Fauci playing Cello at 0:58 of the Glen Campbell video ?

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 21, 2022 11:29 AM (H3z/C)

12 I am hearing a lot of reports about places where prices are quickly escalating. Even at fast food places. What have your recent restaurant experiences been like?

In a word: Sticker Shock.

OK, 2 words.

there is a brewpub nearby that was our go-to pre-pandemic. The food was great and the prices reasonable. We visited a couple weeks ago and got our normal lunch, w/ coffee and one dessert and it was 25% higher.

Posted by: kallisto at May 21, 2022 11:29 AM (DJFLF)

13 It struck me recently that every single scheme the Left comes up with HAS to be put in place. No matter how insane or impractical. It HAS to be tried, and when it fails, it has to be tried even harder. No one on the Left ever says "Hey, wait a minute, this is stupid and isn't going to work."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 21, 2022 11:29 AM (m0zqP)

14 Thanks KT for the link to the intersex person's writing.

Great article and very thought provoking.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 21, 2022 11:29 AM (Rz7nO)

15 99% of Leftists are stupid. The 1% in charge of the movement are evil.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at May 21, 2022 11:31 AM (yQpMk)

16 I just LOVE the idea of the ever-evolving "pride" flag.

This means we can stitch up our own color combos, riffing off the original and virtue signal a message that doesn't even exist! lol

And then when some citizen of Karen Nation can't take it anymore and breaks down and asks what it represents, we make up some intersectional word salad, and then she just *has* to have one and since you can't get one anywhere, she has to buy it from us!

Posted by: kallisto at May 21, 2022 11:31 AM (DJFLF)

17 Hideous, misshapen satanic dreams.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2022 11:31 AM (URhKg)

18 Willowed
307 Vmom: I agree with you about Netflix. It feels like there was an internal power struggle, the wokesters lost, and now the winning side is gleefully canceling all of the wokesters projects. Neither side will admit this publicly, for obvious reasons.
Posted by: Tom Servo

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If true, we need those Netflix coupsters to give us lessons

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at May 21, 2022 11:32 AM (kf6Ak)

19 The intersex person may have been born abnormal but their brain is perfect.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at May 21, 2022 11:32 AM (hZAZN)

20 If you will believe that you can change someone from male to female, you will believe anything. All you end up with is a tragedy. A Mary Shelley version of male or female, but really a mutilated spayed or castrated person. If you can do that to a child, you deserve execution. What Obama, with his transgender preoccupation did was create evil where it had not existed.
Yeah, I know people rage about "boomers". We never had people struggling with "gender", or people cutting themselves, or cutting their kids. Nope. And you will note, neither Obama child has been mutilated to fit.

If the govt in Sr Lanka started mutilating kids via publlc schools, they'd be burned to the ground. The American public tolerates this shit, and calls everyone else lesser.

Posted by: Sparkling CN at May 21, 2022 11:32 AM (ONvIw)

21 For instance, those progressive pride flags are missing one CRITICALLY IMPORTANT PIECE:

where are the colors of the Ukrainian Flag?
Oh, you may say: why blue and yellow are clearly represented...

NOT IN THE CORRECT PLACEMENT, H8R!

Posted by: kallisto at May 21, 2022 11:33 AM (DJFLF)

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If true, we need those Netflix coupsters to give us lessons
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at May 21, 2022 11:32 AM (kf6Ak)

There is a relatively quiet organization in DC, pushing back hard with the clandestine help of boards and CEOs.

Posted by: Sparkling CN at May 21, 2022 11:34 AM (ONvIw)

23 It's a little surprising there are no lefties who firmly pursue increased centralized government and government control over the economy but who are not pro perversion.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at May 21, 2022 11:34 AM (eGTCV)

24 17 Hideous, misshapen satanic dreams.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2022 11:31 AM (URhKg)

My grandmother was right, the anti-Christ was born in Hawaii

Posted by: Sparkling CN at May 21, 2022 11:34 AM (ONvIw)

25 where are the colors of the Ukrainian Flag?
Oh, you may say: why blue and yellow are clearly represented...

NOT IN THE CORRECT PLACEMENT, H8R!

You forgot, "Putin stooge!"

Posted by: Fox2! at May 21, 2022 11:35 AM (83uMc)

26 >>Why don't things turn out like progressives dream?

because they refuse, or are unable, to accept reality

so they invent one they can live with, and insist that others accept it

Posted by: DB at May 21, 2022 11:35 AM (geLO8)

27 I am hearing a lot of reports about places where prices are quickly escalating. Even at fast food places. What have your recent restaurant experiences been like?

In a word: Sticker Shock.

OK, 2 words.

there is a brewpub nearby that was our go-to pre-pandemic. The food was great and the prices reasonable. We visited a couple weeks ago and got our normal lunch, w/ coffee and one dessert and it was 25% higher.

Posted by: kallisto at May 21, 2022 11:29 AM

We go to a local pizza bar for pizza and wings. Six months ago I could get out of there for ~$26-27 with tip, last week it was $34 with the same $3.00 tip.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at May 21, 2022 11:35 AM (bVYXr)

28 26 >>Why don't things turn out like progressives dream?

because they refuse, or are unable, to accept reality

so they invent one they can live with, and insist that others accept it
Posted by: DB at May 21, 2022 11:35 AM (geLO

Yet they insist they are the smart ones.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at May 21, 2022 11:36 AM (eGTCV)

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You forgot, "Putin stooge!"
Posted by: Fox2! at May 21, 2022 11:35 AM (83uMc

Zelensky is part of the NWO coup. Anyone who still sees him as a hero is stupid.

Posted by: Sparkling CN at May 21, 2022 11:36 AM (ONvIw)

30 KT didn't read yet but I can answer this
Their dreams are ot based on reality

Posted by: Skip's phone at May 21, 2022 11:37 AM (76J/v)

31 Not

Posted by: Skip's phone at May 21, 2022 11:38 AM (76J/v)

32 Hubby just finished VDH's "Second World Wars." He sad it was so good that he was sad when he turned the last page. I think he's going to give copies as a gift to a few very smart and influential conservative people he knows.

Posted by: LASue, Thought Leader at May 21, 2022 11:38 AM (Ed8Zd)

33 What is the actual time limit to comment on a thread? I don't want to offend by accident.

Posted by: jdgalt1 at May 21, 2022 11:38 AM (3SFo/)

34 Their dreams are ot based on reality
Posted by: Skip's phone at May 21, 2022 11:37 AM (76J/v)

As I've often said, fantasy often turns sinister.

Posted by: Sparkling CN at May 21, 2022 11:39 AM (ONvIw)

35 willard:

That is so fantastic!!! I wish there were an FSSP nearby but the downtown Cathedral has plenty of TLM so I'm happy. (And LOTS of families with kids !!)

Posted by: LASue, Thought Leader at May 21, 2022 11:24 AM (Ed8Zd)

Sue, did you convert?

Posted by: kallisto at May 21, 2022 11:39 AM (DJFLF)

36 They're terrified at the hemorrhage of longtime subscribers and they know that its because the woke garbage on the service has finally exceeded critical mass.

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But but but we've been told for years that they're only producing what the public wants.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 21, 2022 11:40 AM (FVME7)

37 I buy the large Milo water flavoring squeeze bottle . It had been 5.99 since I started buying the large one 4 months ago. Yesterday the price went up to 6.99.

It's freaking water flavoring. What would cause it to go up 16% ?

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at May 21, 2022 11:41 AM (hZAZN)

38 I ran across this article and...I think our civilization is just about over; https://tinyurl.com/5n7vdczz

Basically, Activision the video game now has a "tool" to find out how "diverse" characters are.

And the Gay Mafia is mad that they are laughing about Mario and Luigi being straight, white, and not disabled (besides a crushing addiction of carbs for Mario I suppose)

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2022 11:41 AM (ESjRY)

39 But but but we've been told for years that they're only producing what the public wants.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 21, 2022 11:40 AM (FVME7

That all changed when they started paying the Obamas.

Posted by: Sparkling CN at May 21, 2022 11:41 AM (ONvIw)

40 It's freaking water flavoring. What would cause it to go up 16% ?

Because you dollars are worth 16% less. Well, actually likely more

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2022 11:42 AM (ESjRY)

41 The Lone Ranger and Tonto have the monkey pox.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 21, 2022 11:42 AM (FVME7)

42 The core evil is that the modern "progressive " movement is a replacement theology for Christianity. It takes every Christian value, then warps and corrupts it and spits them back out as their own. Men and women will always have some religious belief; if they are not trained to follow a good one, they will choose an evil one.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2022 11:42 AM (URhKg)

43 We visited a couple weeks ago and got our normal lunch, w/ coffee and one dessert and it was 25% higher.

I DID THAT!

Posted by: Joe Biden at May 21, 2022 11:43 AM (ESjRY)

44 >Why don't things turn out like progressives dream?

because they refuse, or are unable, to accept reality

so they invent one they can live with, and insist that others accept it
Posted by: DB at May 21, 2022 11:35 AM (geLO

I talked to someone yesterday about this=his theory is that this now widespread rejection of reality and need for "safe spaces" and tamping down "hate speech" probably started in the 70s and 80s with the self-therapy movement -- people began to avoid experiencing any kind of "bad" feelings and to believe thatl life should always be pleasant and pain free. Eventually many people lost the ability to adapt auto nd thrive in adverse situations.

Posted by: LASue, Thought Leader at May 21, 2022 11:43 AM (Ed8Zd)

45 I appreciate the explanation for the progressive pride flag because I had no idea what all the different stripes meant. It might have been easier to have an American flag, but nooooo. Some of the LBGT folks are so obnoxious that I don't even want to visit a store with that flag outside. I don't want to know what your sexual orientation is in order to get a cup of coffee and a donut. If a flag for straights existed I wouldn't want to know that either. If you're a business just provide good friendly service and I'll either figure out you're gay in getting to know you or it's irrelevant.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2022 11:44 AM (r0SEX)

46 More signs the tide is turning:

Netflix fired a fuckton of wokies this week.

The incoming head of HBO has "uncanceled" J.K. Rowling, and is in talks with her about a new series.

You may recall that Rowling, despite being an extreme leftist on most issues, got canceled for suggesting that women don't have penises.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 21, 2022 11:44 AM (bW8dp)

47 At least the ATP and WTA have announced they are not awarding any ranking points for Wimbledon based on their decision to ban players from Russia. I hope this frees up some top ranked players to boycott the tournament.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at May 21, 2022 11:44 AM (hZAZN)

48 Men and women will always have some religious belief; if they are not trained to follow a good one, they will choose an evil one.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2022 11:42 AM (URhKg)

You mean like sociology=theology? It made Obama a god, and Kendi his prophet, along with all the Jen Rubin types who rail against white Christian nationalists. And here we are

Posted by: Sparkling CN at May 21, 2022 11:44 AM (ONvIw)

49 because they refuse, or are unable, to accept reality

so they invent one they can live with, and insist that others accept it

At some point the left came to believe reality is malleable. So if we just all think the right thoughts men can become women, Biden can give "good" person infinite money, and the gang bangers in the hood will all become free range vegan farmers or something.

You can see this in practice when you look - remember how the problem with the Obama-conomy was that we did think it was good therefore it wasn't?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2022 11:45 AM (ESjRY)

50 "If you are a fan of VDH"

I read him in the original ancient Greek.

Posted by: gp Sets In Motion Various Apparatuses at May 21, 2022 11:45 AM (qpX6U)

51 Activision the video game now has a "tool" to find out how "diverse" characters are.

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Ehh, I've been playing smear the queer since childhood and the first round is spot the fag.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 21, 2022 11:46 AM (FVME7)

52 What would cause it to go up 16% ?

I did that! With a little help from my friends...

Posted by: Joe's Clown Car at May 21, 2022 11:46 AM (Xrfse)

53 The blue chevron is for Andorian Pride.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 21, 2022 11:46 AM (Dc2NZ)

54 Some of the LBGT folks are so obnoxious that I don't even want to visit a store with that flag outside

Every time I see a gay flag outside a church I view it the same way as a German flag over a French village - it means occupied territory.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2022 11:46 AM (ESjRY)

55 > That all changed when they started paying the Obamas.

You know, I can't actually blame them for that too much. It's just bidness.

I mean, there genuinely are Obama cultists who would pay to watch that show. They exist, and not in trivial numbers, either, sad to say.

Now, if Netflix gave Dopey Joe a show, or Commie Lay...

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 21, 2022 11:47 AM (bW8dp)

56 I appreciate the explanation for the progressive pride flag because I had no idea what all the different stripes meant.

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Basically, it's the opposite of e pluribus unum.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 21, 2022 11:48 AM (FVME7)

57 I'd suggest this simple answer any time any of your LIV friends complain about prices...

Remember when Biden printed a ton of money to "help" people? Inflation is the result. And there is no good way to stop it except serious cuts to government spending.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2022 11:48 AM (ESjRY)

58 Very stronk Powerline's Week in Pictures this week.

https://is.gd/OcYBY4

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 21, 2022 11:48 AM (PiwSw)

59 Isn't it amazing is that all it took was for one man - Ron DeSantis - to stand up to Disney, and show everyone they could be beaten - and suddenly all the corporate boards are folding like cheap lawn chairs .

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2022 11:49 AM (URhKg)

60 jdgalt1 at May 21, 2022 11:38 AM

I think that you might want to hold off commenting on a thread once it falls off the front page.

Posted by: KT at May 21, 2022 11:49 AM (rrtZS)

61 The core evil is that the modern "progressive " movement is a replacement theology for Christianity. It takes every Christian value, then warps and corrupts it and spits them back out as their own. Men and women will always have some religious belief; if they are not trained to follow a good one, they will choose an evil one.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2022 11:42 AM (URhKg)

I learned in RCIA that the evil one cannot create anything; he can only distort the good that was created by God.

Posted by: LASue, Thought Leader at May 21, 2022 11:49 AM (Ed8Zd)

62 Eventually many people lost the ability to adapt auto nd thrive in adverse situations.
Posted by: LASue, Thought Leader at May 21, 2022 11:43 AM (Ed8Zd)

It happened later. people in the 70s and 80s had no "safe spaces", and a lot was centered on "reality testing" and "live with it" ideas. Yeah, I'm ok, you're ok was around but it meant accept differences of opinion, not murder them for your mythological safety. Even when my kid went to college pc, and "hate speech" was still in its infancy. There was no sinister trans fantasy, and those surgeries were few and largely performed in South America.

Posted by: Sparkling CN at May 21, 2022 11:50 AM (ONvIw)

63 I saw regular gas for $6.99 per gallon yesterday.

Posted by: gourmand apres midi at May 21, 2022 11:50 AM (jTmQV)

64 I saw regular gas for $6.99 per gallon yesterday. <<< I did that!

Posted by: Joe's Clown Car at May 21, 2022 11:51 AM (Xrfse)

65 Glen Campbell! Such a talented man.

Posted by: LASue, Thought Leader at May 21, 2022 11:52 AM (Ed8Zd)

66 I just got VDH's Carnage and Culture. I'll probably get started on it today.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 21, 2022 11:52 AM (XG2Fi)

67 I hate to say it, but that Maher monologue was the best thing he's ever done, and excellent in its own right. Don't miss it.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2022 11:52 AM (ZsR3z)

68 I was on a local online website and they were talking about Phil Murphy giving tax incentives to a business if it's owners were gay and over 50 of people owning stock in the business -I think were gay. And some people said they thought giving tax incentives simply for being a gay owned business was a bad idea. Then of course they got slammed for being homophobes. One gay man chimed in and said " we just wanted equal rights not special rights" and he was horrified at the whole transgender movement.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2022 11:53 AM (PNagR)

69 Thinking that reality is malleable is nothing new; that's just the eternally old idea behind magic, witchcraft, sorcery that has always existed in every society. When it's allowed to come out of the shadows and try to run things, this is what happens.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2022 11:53 AM (URhKg)

70 Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2022 11:45 AM (ESjRY)

I don't think the Obama clique in Kalorama believes any of the shit they sell. Just like when Biden said "abort a child", they know the reality, they just want you to accept and participate in evil.

Posted by: Sparkling CN at May 21, 2022 11:53 AM (ONvIw)

71 Our local restaurants that we frequent have been reducing portion sizes as opposed to raising prices. Now being at a more advanced age with a slow metabolism, this could be worse.

Agree the prog elites want us on a diet of, shall we say, lower order creatures. Given their tendency to take books like "1984" and "Brave New World" as instruction manuals, I don't want to see what happens when they learn of The Diet of Worms. Their interpretation will have nothing to do with religion.

Posted by: George V at May 21, 2022 11:53 AM (U2Tva)

72 Remember when Biden printed a ton of money to "help" people? Inflation is the result. And there is no good way to stop it except serious cuts to government spending.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2022 11:48 AM (ESjRY)

Unfortunately the smart ones will state the give always started under Trump.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at May 21, 2022 11:55 AM (hZAZN)

73 somebody tell me how to rig a UPS for my home pc

power keeps going out here

Posted by: DB at May 21, 2022 11:56 AM (geLO8)

74 One gay man chimed in and said " we just wanted equal rights not special rights" and he was horrified at the whole transgender movement.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2022 11:53 AM (PNagR)

This is the case with older gays, who see transgenderism as a repudiation of homosexuality. If you are a man who prefers Oscar de la Renta to the NFL, you can be corrected. Older gays, like older people generally, can accept that "interests" are not the province of one sex or one culture. I'm sure you see this is a sickness of the younger people, brought on by the sinister

Posted by: Sparkling CN at May 21, 2022 11:56 AM (ONvIw)

75 Isn't it amazing is that all it took was for one man - Ron DeSantis - to stand up to Disney, and show everyone they could be beaten - and suddenly all the corporate boards are folding like cheap lawn chairs .

I think many, if not most, of them knew what they were doing was insane, and wanted to opt out, but feared a backlash. Now that the worm is turning, I expect lots more CEOs to tell the wokesters to get bent.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2022 11:57 AM (ZsR3z)

76 aways =always

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at May 21, 2022 11:57 AM (hZAZN)

77 I am so fucking sick of conservatives quoting Bill Maher like he's making some kind of divine revelations.

He IS NOT telling them he's not supporting them, or even to stop doing what they're doing.

ALL HE'S DOING IS TELLING THEM TO STOP BEING SO IN YOUR FACE ABOUT IT.

He's not advocating they stop the insanity. He's advocating they be smarter about their insanity.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at May 21, 2022 11:58 AM (setIA)

78 I saw Hideous, Misshapen Satanic Dreams open for Black Sabbath at the Hell Hole in '69.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 21, 2022 11:59 AM (FVME7)

79 In bill Maher's favor, it's impossible for them to be "smarter" about their insanity. If they had the ability, they wouldn't be insane.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2022 12:00 PM (URhKg)

80 The Nuclear Threat Initiative and the Munich Security jointly organized a tabletop pandemic war-game exercise during covid in 2021 involving a localized bioweapons attack with a genetically engineered monkeypox. Just a coincidence, no doubt.

Posted by: Sparkling CN at May 21, 2022 12:01 PM (ONvIw)

81 DudeAbiding

Lighten up, Francis. It's Saturday.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2022 12:01 PM (ZsR3z)

82 Remember when Biden printed a ton of money to "help" people? Inflation is the result. And there is no good way to stop it except serious cuts to government spending.
Posted by: 18-1

I've got the solution to inflation. We just define measures such as pound, gallon etc. down.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 21, 2022 12:02 PM (FVME7)

83 Hiya CN !

Posted by: JT at May 21, 2022 12:03 PM (arJlL)

84 What LASue said at comment 61. Moses offered the choice waaay back when. Look it up.

Posted by: Holy Crap at May 21, 2022 12:03 PM (5geju)

85 Love Sal's. Been going there since the 80's. I used to cut out VDH's articles from the fresno bee. Had him for a history class at fresno state in the 90's. Great guy then, and now.

Posted by: RaiderJoe at May 21, 2022 12:03 PM (Q7NAT)

86 take 'renewable' energy
I'm no scientist, but I'm pretty sure energy can't be renewed. once it's used to perform work, it's gone. but you can replace it- by digging up more coal or taking more oil and gas out of the ground.

this is more about how the Left has bastardized the language than about science, but still..

Posted by: DB at May 21, 2022 12:04 PM (geLO8)

87 Step 1, purchase an uninterruptible power supply.
Step 2, charge it up
Step 3, plug your computer into it

Posted by: gourmand apres midi at May 21, 2022 12:04 PM (jTmQV)

88 > Step 1, purchase an uninterruptible power supply.

what kind of money am I looking at for this

Posted by: DB at May 21, 2022 12:06 PM (geLO8)

89 The core evil is that the modern "progressive " movement is a replacement theology for Christianity. It takes every Christian value, then warps and corrupts it and spits them back out as their own. Men and women will always have some religious belief; if they are not trained to follow a good one, they will choose an evil one.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2022 11:42 AM (URhKg)

The Seven Deadly Sins are not supposed to be a life plan.

Posted by: Shep! is really, really stupid at May 21, 2022 12:07 PM (5NkmN)

90 The monkey pox "game": https://tinyurl.com/22zjexwa

Startlingly prescient, just as the Event 201 "game" (based on a coronavirus) came shortly before covid-19 debuted.
And once again, inexplicably, Bill Gates funded these "games" that have become realities. If they can strip Russian oligarchs of funds, Gates needs to be penniless

Posted by: Sparkling CN at May 21, 2022 12:08 PM (ONvIw)

91 Maher reaches an audience that we don't. So godspeed to him.

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 21, 2022 12:08 PM (i0slg)

92 UPS come in all kinds of features.
Mine was about $100.
It allows me to work for a while, more importantly, to shut down the computer properly.
It also has surge protection, that is fairly standard.

Posted by: gourmand apres midi at May 21, 2022 12:08 PM (jTmQV)

93 The Seven Deadly Sins are not supposed to be a life plan.

Posted by: Shep! is really, really stupid at May 21, 2022 12:07 PM (5NkmN)

They are when you want to create lawlessness in all and destructive guilt in many.

Posted by: Sparkling CN at May 21, 2022 12:09 PM (ONvIw)

94 The "Pride Flag" is a perversion of Genesis 9:13.

Also, the "woke left" isn't a starting point, rather, it is a milepost along the road which started at rejecting of the GOD of the Bible.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at May 21, 2022 12:10 PM (5pTK/)

95 Some good news, at least in a Schadenboner way.

US growth seen outpacing China's for first time since 1976

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 21, 2022 12:10 PM (FVME7)

96 >The core evil is that the modern "progressive " movement is a replacement theology for Christianity.

these people do not accept an externally- imposed code of morality, which is what religion is, among other things-
their narcissism and inflated sense of self will not allow that
this goes to why Leftists can't understand why anyone would disagree with them

Posted by: DB at May 21, 2022 12:12 PM (geLO8)

97 Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2022 11:46 AM (ESjRY)

I was the interim pastor at a church where some people on the Administrative Council wanted a gay pride flag because a number of members of the church were gay. I was so happy to say, "Well you need to make that decision with your incoming regular pastor. "My denomination is quite liberal, but I do my little conservative thing in the little historic town and no church I serve will ever have a gay flag. Nobody at this church has requested it, thankfully,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2022 12:12 PM (Ut+C0)

98 If oil were $80 a barrel, we wouldn't be having this hyperinflation. It is as simple as that.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at May 21, 2022 12:12 PM (yQpMk)

99 these people do not accept an externally- imposed code of morality, which is what religion is, among other things

and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil..

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at May 21, 2022 12:13 PM (yQpMk)

100 >>Posted by: gourmand apres midi

well that's what I need, because all these crashes caused by the power bouncing can't be good for the pc's innards

Posted by: DB at May 21, 2022 12:14 PM (geLO8)

101 10 Commandments > 7 Deadly Sins

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 21, 2022 12:14 PM (FVME7)

102 I just ordered VDH's book, along with The Professionals, the book that the movie was based on.

Posted by: JT at May 21, 2022 12:14 PM (arJlL)

103 these people do not accept an externally- imposed code of morality, which is what religion is, among other things-
their narcissism and inflated sense of self will not allow that
this goes to why Leftists can't understand why anyone would disagree with them
Posted by: DB at May 21, 2022 12:12 PM (geLO

Yet the proglodytes have accepted a religion imposed by the Kalorama demons. Perhaps they will rebel, but right now they're content with bludgeoning their political opponents.

Posted by: Sparkling CN at May 21, 2022 12:14 PM (ONvIw)

104 Rainbow flag churches seem to be confused about that broad road/narrow road thing.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at May 21, 2022 12:15 PM (eGTCV)

105 Dang. Campbell nails it!

You know you've heard a good song when the violinists have wet arm pits after the song.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 21, 2022 12:15 PM (anj39)

106 I was the interim pastor at a church where some people on the Administrative Council wanted a gay pride flag because a number of members of the church were gay.

Just out of curiosity, where did they want to display it? Because I can see no problem with every faction and nutcase wanting their flag prominently displayed.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2022 12:16 PM (ZsR3z)

107 For reading his columns never been to VDH website, will fix that when I get home

Posted by: Skip's phone at May 21, 2022 12:17 PM (76J/v)

108 and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil..
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at May 21, 2022 12:13 PM (yQpMk)

And being "gods", and particularly goddesses, is what drives "the woman's right to choose" the life or death of a child. I am still dumbfounded by the rise of "goddess circles" and the hunt for the equivalent to goddesses in many religions. While I was sort of moved by Naomi Wolf's invocation of "Mother Mary" in her article about miracles, I am disgusted by the rise of goddess seeking and worse still, becoming a goddess.

Posted by: Sparkling CN at May 21, 2022 12:19 PM (ONvIw)

109 The simple truth is that the rainbow flag people have decided that it is OK to cross out commandment number 1.
They are not god fearing.

Posted by: gourmand apres midi at May 21, 2022 12:19 PM (jTmQV)

110 Campbell is underrated, IMO.

Posted by: Sparkling CN at May 21, 2022 12:19 PM (ONvIw)

111 I was the interim pastor at a church where some people on the Administrative Council wanted a gay pride flag because a number of members of the church were gay.

Presumably most of the members are Americans...do they want this flag as well? https://tinyurl.com/28jjhxms

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2022 12:20 PM (ESjRY)

112 Why don't things turn out like progressives dream?

Because they're useful idiots, and it's how you recruit useful idiots- convince them without basis that doing X will bring their dreams to life.

Posted by: t-bird at May 21, 2022 12:20 PM (Go9h8)

113 If your power is just blipping, then a cheap UPS is enough.

Here is a simple UPS we bought for my MiL to keep her router and VOIP phone going when the power blips. It lasts a few hours at the minimal draw of those devices.

https://bityl.co/CJHt

Of course, it was $10 cheaper back in February.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at May 21, 2022 12:20 PM (yQpMk)

114 Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2022 12:16 PM (ZsR3z)

In front of the church, and I agree with you but I think the progressive pride flag was intended to represent every group. At the time, the progressive pride flag was not really a thing, just the rainbow flag.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2022 12:20 PM (Ut+C0)

115 You know you've heard a good song when the violinists have wet arm pits after the song.

Word.

Posted by: Vivaldi's Winter at May 21, 2022 12:21 PM (ZsR3z)

116 The simple truth is that the rainbow flag people have decided that it is OK to cross out commandment number 1.
They are not god fearing.
Posted by: gourmand apres midi

You know, like crossing out amendment number 2.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 21, 2022 12:22 PM (FVME7)

117 Many restaurants in my area went under during Covid stupidity but those that made it by skin of their teeth might not through inflation

Posted by: Skip's phone at May 21, 2022 12:22 PM (76J/v)

118 Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2022 12:20 PM (ESjRY)

They were all American and that flag-which I have never seen before-did not come up as a possibility. I haven't been there in about five years, so I don't know what the final vote was.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2022 12:22 PM (Ut+C0)

119 >If your power is just blipping, then a cheap UPS is enough.

Here is a simple UPS we bought '

yeah I just want a gadget that keeps the pc going when the power goes out, and just stays ready in the background during regular use

Posted by: DB at May 21, 2022 12:22 PM (geLO8)

120 thanks all for the suggestions

Posted by: DB at May 21, 2022 12:23 PM (geLO8)

121 KT. We have been to Sal’s in Selma but it has been more than a decade ago. It was very special treat to make the drive to Selma and eat there.

Now all the Mexican restaurants in the valley taste the same. Not sure why? Same sauce same seasoned meat.

Posted by: Sunny at May 21, 2022 12:23 PM (Q47Lc)

122 just organized my 4 rolling tool chests

I must have 2500 sockets

I am missing a SO 17mm deep thin wall flank drive impact socket

please return it, no questions asked

Posted by: REDACTED at May 21, 2022 12:23 PM (us2H3)

123 Dang. Campbell nails it!

You know you've heard a good song when the violinists have wet arm pits after the song.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 21, 2022 12:15 PM (anj39)

Sure, Campbell can fill in for Brian on this tour. He knows our songs. But he's just a studio musician.

Posted by: Mike Love, 1964 at May 21, 2022 12:24 PM (4I/2K)

124 yeah I just want a gadget that keeps the pc going when the power goes out, and just stays ready in the background during regular use
Posted by: DB at May 21, 2022 12:22 PM (geLO

The 1500watt ones are affordable for a desktop PC and have a USB cord that will talk to your PC and tell it to shutdown normally if the power goes out.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at May 21, 2022 12:24 PM (yQpMk)

125 What's sort of amazing is just how destructive the current administration is.

Usually, there's some area of an administration which somehow stumbles into getting something right.

It's astonishing how the ruling Junta is incompetent to malicious across the board.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at May 21, 2022 12:25 PM (5pTK/)

126 I ran across this weird random fact the other day...

One episode of the old school Married with Children didn't get played on the air because of protests against the show. The person leading the protest was Terry Rakolta who was the sister in law of Ronna Romney who was married to Mittens Romneycare's brother.

What a weird small world.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2022 12:26 PM (ESjRY)

127 The simple truth is that the rainbow flag people have decided that it is OK to cross out commandment number 1.
They are not god fearing.
Posted by: gourmand apres midi

You know, like crossing out amendment number 2.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 21, 2022 12:22 PM (FVME7)

and amendment number 10 (snickers).

Posted by: Federal Leviathan at May 21, 2022 12:26 PM (4I/2K)

128 It's astonishing how the ruling Junta is incompetent to malicious across the board.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at May 21, 2022 12:25 PM (5pTK/

I find it quite competently malicious. They have a doddering figurehead to lay the blame on, if it comes to that. But, I'd say they're doing exactly what I thought they would do.

Posted by: Sparkling CN at May 21, 2022 12:27 PM (ONvIw)

129 Sorry, she IS the sister of Ronna Romney who was the sister in law of Mittens.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2022 12:27 PM (ESjRY)

130 Sure, Campbell can fill in for Brian on this tour. He knows our songs. But he's just a studio musician.
Posted by: Mike Love, 1964 at May 21, 2022 12:24 PM (4I/2K)
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Heh, yeah, a lowly studio musician who was part of the "Wrecking Crew."

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at May 21, 2022 12:27 PM (5pTK/)

131 Heh, yeah, a lowly studio musician who was part of the "Wrecking Crew."

Bingo.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 21, 2022 12:28 PM (Xrfse)

132 They were all American and that flag-which I have never seen before-did not come up as a possibility.

More my point is that the left constantly pushes. And when we "win" we just stop them from getting something they want...for now.

I'm always trying to think of ways to reverse the ratchet.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2022 12:28 PM (ESjRY)

133 For reading his columns never been to VDH website, will fix that when I get home
Posted by: Skip's phone

Are you still working ? Its hottern Blue Blazes out there !

Posted by: JT at May 21, 2022 12:28 PM (arJlL)

134 99% of Leftists are stupid. The 1% in charge of the movement are evil.
Posted by: G'rump928
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That's a source of continual frustration for me. By far, most of my Liberal acquaintances are not stupid, intellectually Just ignorant, and easily manipulated.

Once co-opted, of course, they become psychologically committed. I supposed we should regard them as 'stupefied', as in 'being made stupid' by the Left's socio-political perspectives.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2022 12:29 PM (7uHaa)

135 This is interesting, although I can't say I really understand it. It seems a giant sink hole has opened up in China revealing a primeval forest filled with unknown species.

https://bit.ly/3ltKUmz

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 21, 2022 12:29 PM (FVME7)

136 The commies, leftists, environmental weenies, jesuits, hippies, yippies and democrats I always knew were out there plotting their nefarious plans and evil deeds.

The sodomites, fags, bull dykes, shemales, he-shes, pederasts and government skool groomers ambushed me.

I did not even know they existed as a political force for evil until the past decade. I thought they all just wanted to get married and go do preverted things to each other in cheap motels.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 21, 2022 12:29 PM (R/m4+)

137 The 1500watt ones are affordable for a desktop PC and have a USB cord that will talk to your PC and tell it to shutdown normally if the power goes out.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at May 21, 2022 12:24 PM (yQpMk)

I have now bought 3 Cyberpower 1500 UPS, and I would buy another, after being a longtime APC. Cyberpower seems a bit more refined and reliable.

1500VA is enough to power a full desktop and your internet appliances (modem, router, WiFi AP) for sufficient time to cover most outages or allow you time to power down your desktop for longer outages.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at May 21, 2022 12:30 PM (SH2Zi)

138 SPECIAL EDITION: from an actually non-binary person. A friend with one of the intersex conditions continually appropriated by LARPing gender ideologues wrote an essay about his experience of being intersex and seeing the Woke appropriate his reality.

***

Great essay!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at May 21, 2022 12:31 PM (kf6Ak)

139 The simple truth is that the rainbow flag people have decided that it is OK to cross out commandment number 1.
They are not god fearing.
Posted by: gourmand apres midi

They are proud about ignoring the Thou Shall Not Kill commandment.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at May 21, 2022 12:31 PM (hZAZN)

140 Campbell is underrated, IMO.
Posted by: Sparkling CN

There are vids on YouTube of him talking about what it was like to work with John Wayne.

Posted by: JT at May 21, 2022 12:31 PM (arJlL)

141 They are proud about ignoring the Thou Shall Not Kill commandment.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at May 21, 2022 12:31 PM (hZAZN)

The woke Left that is.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at May 21, 2022 12:31 PM (hZAZN)

142 Why don't things turn out the way The Woke dream? Do they ever watch what is happening as a result of their actions?

i believe it's due to the complete lack of ability to perform self reflection. the woke seem to move through life exhibiting the behavior of a toddler in need of a nap and or a cookie. and just like toddlers throwing a tantrum in the grocery store checkout line over a candybar, the woke just don't understand why they are being deprived of the current shiny thing.

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (UgAdJ) - at May 21, 2022 12:32 PM (UgAdJ)

143
That's a source of continual frustration for me. By far, most of my Liberal acquaintances are not stupid, intellectually Just ignorant, and easily manipulated.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2022 12:29 PM (7uHaa)

I agree with you. Social acceptance will make people say and maybe even believe totally wrong things. With the LGTBQ crap, they have defied biology to gain acceptance. It's astonishing how low people will go to be part of the in crowd.

Posted by: Sparkling CN at May 21, 2022 12:32 PM (ONvIw)

144 the left eats too much of their own cooking

they read their own writings, believe their own polls and test drive their ideas at either NYC tony bar or across a Hampton's coffee table

I have read several lefties that said the first time they heard "basket of deplorables come out of Cankle's mouth was acroos some coffee table

people are not near as queer as the left thinks they are

Posted by: REDACTED at May 21, 2022 12:32 PM (us2H3)

145 'm always trying to think of ways to reverse the ratchet.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2022 12:28 PM (ESjRY)

I really wouldn't want that flag outside the church either. The church I serve has inside an American flag on one side of the
area behind the pulpit and a Christian flag on the other. They've probably been there for about 40 years and that is enough. I'm sure they both offend someone who visits and that's too bad.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2022 12:34 PM (Ut+C0)

146 99% of Leftists are stupid. The 1% in charge of the movement are evil.

Out of the committed leftists I know, yes, they are all evil - they want a lot fewer people NOW, a command and control society with them at the top, and anyone that disagrees with them...silenced in one way or another.

Most of the lefty LIVs though ultimately just want free shit. And they'll put up with almost ANYTHING as long as they are getting it. Which I guess is part of the problem with inflation for the left....you can't really give the LIVs more when inflation just steals it from them anyway.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2022 12:35 PM (ESjRY)

147 After spending 400 dollars in groceries for what would usually cost 200 dollars, I identify as a pissed off American.

My personal pronouns are, Pinochet and Helicopter.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 21, 2022 12:35 PM (pmtLn)

148 For all their wins the progressive/rainbow flag crowd haven't made life better for anyone.
Even the LGBTQ+ people just get angrier, and unhappier by the day.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at May 21, 2022 12:35 PM (eGTCV)

149 There are vids on YouTube of him talking about what it was like to work with John Wayne.
Posted by: JT at May 21, 2022 12:31 PM (arJlL)

I think he was perceived as a bit to clean and establishment in the 60s and 70s.

Posted by: Sparkling CN at May 21, 2022 12:36 PM (ONvIw)

150 Off to a bit of planting and picking up the groceries.

Posted by: Sparkling CN at May 21, 2022 12:37 PM (ONvIw)

151 Why are you saying the woke dreams don’t work out. They worked out perfectly. They’ve transformed us into a shithole country and have destroyed every thing was once good about it. They accomplished 100% of their objectives es.

It’s like when people say Obama was a failure. No we was a great success, if you look at it from their perspective.

Posted by: Joe Xiden at May 21, 2022 12:37 PM (3vQN0)

152 Off to a bit of planting and picking up the groceries.
Posted by: Sparkling CN

Stay cool !

Posted by: JT at May 21, 2022 12:39 PM (arJlL)

153 Many of the German Nazis were well educated, even brilliant. I've forgotten the numbers but half or more of the Einsatzgruppe commanders, the original Jew killers, had Ph.Ds, one even had two Ph.Ds. They were simply blinded by ideology (and blind to basic morality) like out current elite.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 21, 2022 12:41 PM (FVME7)

154 just organized my 4 rolling tool chests
I must have 2500 sockets
I am missing a SO 17mm deep thin wall flank drive impact socket
please return it, no questions asked
Posted by: REDACTED

i found someone's 10mm six point socket when isolating a troublesome rattle in a 1976 datsun 280z.

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (UgAdJ) - at May 21, 2022 12:41 PM (UgAdJ)

155 Campbell's hair pigeon-holed him as a pretty boy. He was, in fact, a real musician. Who got pigeon-holed.

P.S.
A good jam can kill a tuba player. Dueling Tubas, anyone?

Posted by: klaftern at May 21, 2022 12:41 PM (taPSh)

156 It’s like when people say Obama was a failure. No we was a great success, if you look at it from their perspective.
Posted by: Joe Xiden at May 21, 2022 12:37 PM (3vQN0)

Even from their perspective, only a success in the short term. Like Robespierre had great success for 2 or 3 years. It's all about to go horribly wrong for them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2022 12:42 PM (q3gwH)

157 Even the LGBTQ+ people just get angrier, and unhappier by the day

-
But they're gay!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 21, 2022 12:42 PM (FVME7)

158 For all their wins the progressive/rainbow flag crowd haven't made life better for anyone.

One of the more amusing things about our leftwing swing is that all the leftist groups are less happy.

Women aren't happy because they were promised the world and found out you can't actually have everything.

Gays are unhappy because living that way isn't really fulfilling even if the FNM celebrates you constantly.

And trannies are just at odds with reality. And nothing can change that.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2022 12:43 PM (ESjRY)

159 Gays aren't equal they are an aberration, abnormal, an outlier. Whether it is choice or genetic makes no difference.

This has been every functional society's perspective and until we return to rational thought we will be fostering hell.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 21, 2022 12:43 PM (HCRRg)

160 >I think he was perceived as a bit to clean and establishment in the 60s and 70s.

his hair was immovable
Presidential, even

Posted by: DB at May 21, 2022 12:43 PM (geLO8)

161 I don't disagree that a lot of lefties are of the double digit IQ

but I think their main foible is laziness

Posted by: REDACTED at May 21, 2022 12:43 PM (us2H3)

162 Broken record time. Ten mental defects common in all Leftists

Ends Justify the Means, Cognitive Dissonance,Projection,Inability to make logical comparisons ,Inability to determine cause and effect, History only starts yesterday , Presentism, Low self Esteem combined w/ Narcissism , No self awareness , Congenital liars.

You will note that some of these defects contradict each other. SNAFU

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at May 21, 2022 12:44 PM (hZAZN)

163 It's ok if you burn the American flag, but if you burn a Gay Pride/Progressive Pride flag it's a hate crime. That's where we're at now.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 21, 2022 12:44 PM (NpAcC)

164 and men can't get pregnant

no yooterish

Posted by: DB at May 21, 2022 12:44 PM (geLO8)

165 They've probably been there for about 40 years and that is enough. I'm sure they both offend someone who visits and that's too bad.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2022 12:34 PM (Ut+C0)

The kind of person who would be offended is one you don't want hanging around and disrupting your church. Sure, we say "oh everyone come!" but that's not really true, is it? Only those who are open to the message and willing to be respectful should come, the others should stay far, far away.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2022 12:45 PM (q3gwH)

166 >>It's ok if you burn the American flag, but if you burn a Gay Pride/Progressive Pride flag it's a hate crime.

that's true- I remember reading about a prosecution over that

Posted by: DB at May 21, 2022 12:45 PM (geLO8)

167 i found someone's 10mm six point socket when isolating a troublesome rattle in a 1976 datsun 280z.
Posted by: BifBewalski @ (UgAdJ) - at May 21, 2022 12:41 PM (UgAdJ)

their must be at 100 kajillion lost 10mm sockets

speaking of finding things

I found a carriage bolt in a 28 oz can of peaches

when the can rattled, thought it was a pit

Posted by: REDACTED at May 21, 2022 12:47 PM (us2H3)

168 Many of the German Nazis were well educated, even brilliant. I've forgotten the numbers but half or more of the Einsatzgruppe commanders, the original Jew killers, had Ph.Ds, one even had two Ph.Ds. They were simply blinded by ideology (and blind to basic morality) like out current elite.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 21, 2022 12:41 PM (FVME7)

There brownshirts were criminals and thugs

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at May 21, 2022 12:47 PM (hZAZN)

169 Their =There.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at May 21, 2022 12:47 PM (hZAZN)

170 If oil were $80 a barrel, we wouldn't be having this hyperinflation. It is as simple as that.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at May 21, 2022 12:12 PM

It would be if we didn't literally shut down the entire freaking planet for a virus that had less than a 1% mortality rate.

Add in the fact that we also shut down investment and exploration by the oil companies for those two years while we simultaneously destroyed their income stream for 48 months. We are 4 years behind the oil drilling curve and it is going to take a long time to catch up.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at May 21, 2022 12:49 PM (bVYXr)

171 135 This is interesting, although I can't say I really understand it. It seems a giant sink hole has opened up in China revealing a primeval forest filled with unknown species.

https://bit.ly/3ltKUmz
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 21, 2022 12:29 PM (FVME7)

fascinating story - the sinkhole itself is quite old, hence the 130 foot tall trees. Getting people down into it to document it is new.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2022 12:49 PM (q3gwH)

172 Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2022 12:45 PM (q3gwH)

Well, actually if anyone has been offended by either flag they haven't told me, and they might have been offended by something I've said in the sermon anyway or any number of things. If I'm going to worry about offending people I shouldn't be a pastor I should work for "Welcome Wagon instead.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2022 12:50 PM (Ut+C0)

173 Broken record time. Ten mental defects common in all Leftists

Ends Justify the Means, Cognitive Dissonance,Projection,Inability to make logical comparisons ,Inability to determine cause and effect, History only starts yesterday , Presentism, Low self Esteem combined w/ Narcissism , No self awareness , Congenital liars.

You will note that some of these defects contradict each other. SNAFU

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at May 21, 2022 12:44 PM (hZAZN)

Two more. Can't meme. No sense of humor.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 21, 2022 12:50 PM (4I/2K)

174 i found someone's 10mm six point socket when isolating a troublesome rattle in a 1976 datsun 280z.
Posted by: BifBewalski
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After lo, these many years, a question just came to mind. I don't think that I have ever encountered a socket drive that was not English measure. They must exist...elsewhere, but I've never heard of such.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2022 12:50 PM (YsLD1)

175 It would be if we didn't literally shut down the entire freaking planet for a virus that had less than a 1% mortality rate."

I remember annoying people beginning in March of 2020 by writing that our Covid response was going to be an extinction level event for this economy. You cannot shut every small business in the country down and expect anything to keep on working right.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2022 12:52 PM (q3gwH)

176 Onward Gaywad Soldiers!

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 21, 2022 12:52 PM (4I/2K)

177 We've had oil at $100 or more before without hyper inflation. It's more than oil. It's the killer B.
Joey B, that is.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 21, 2022 12:54 PM (HCRRg)

178 Tiger is going to shoot in the 80's today

and yet they continue to focus on him

Posted by: REDACTED at May 21, 2022 12:54 PM (us2H3)

179 >.I remember annoying people beginning in March of 2020 by writing that our Covid response was going to be an extinction level event for this economy.

which led to a phrase I despise:

'an abundance of caution'

Posted by: DB at May 21, 2022 12:55 PM (geLO8)

180 Happy Armed Forces Day to all.

I think Kennedy said it right: To the Nation: Guard zealously your right to serve in the Armed Forces, for without them, there will be no other rights to guard.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 21, 2022 12:55 PM (anj39)

181 It would be if we didn't literally shut down the entire freaking planet for a virus that had less than a 1% mortality rate."

The mortality rate in PA was a third of a percent.

>44,000 sounds like a lot, and it is. Until you realize our state's population of 13 million.

Posted by: kallisto at May 21, 2022 12:55 PM (DJFLF)

182 Why don't things turn out the way The Woke dream? Do they ever watch what is happening as a result of their actions?

It is a typical, and probably necessary component of every religion to believe the faith over the evidence around you. Every religion does this, when you pray for rain and it is sunny, you find a reason your faith is still real despite how it didn't go as you've been taught.

The woke religion is no different. Failure to work out as expected or how they've been taught is only proof of wreckers, pouncing Republicans, insufficient leftist zeal, etc. Its never evidence that they might be wrong.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 21, 2022 12:55 PM (KZzsI)

183 161 I don't disagree that a lot of lefties are of the double digit IQ

but I think their main foible is laziness
Posted by: REDACTED at May 21, 2022 12:43 PM (us2H3)

Their main Foible is Pride. And overconfidence.

okay their Two main Foibles are Pride and Overconfidence. And they believe their own bullshit.

okay their Three...

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2022 12:56 PM (q3gwH)

184 SPECIAL EDITION: from an actually non-binary person.
---
This is an excellent piece, KT. Thanks for linking it.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at May 21, 2022 12:56 PM (sWM8x)

185 I'm kind of surprised that more Americans aren't concerned that the President of the United States has Alzheimer's

Posted by: DB at May 21, 2022 12:56 PM (geLO8)

186 I bought a Singer patcher sewing machine that I needed to mount to it's base and couldn't find bolts with threads to match. Turns out they were UK. Iirc we had trouble with Brit equipment during the war because of it.

Posted by: dartist at May 21, 2022 12:56 PM (+ya+t)

187 Two more. Can't meme. No sense of humor.

Mental and spiritual immaturity, as well. They function at a 7th grade level. And, if the study is to be believed, low-T

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 21, 2022 12:57 PM (KZzsI)

188 which led to a phrase I despise:

'an abundance of caution'
Posted by: DB

We used to use the words;

Coward,
wuss,
Scaredy cat,
Lilly livered , etc. to describe such an outlook.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 21, 2022 12:57 PM (Rz7nO)

189 The woke religion is no different. Failure to work out as expected or how they've been taught is only proof of wreckers, pouncing Republicans, insufficient leftist zeal, etc. Its never evidence that they might be wrong.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 21, 2022 12:55 PM (KZzsI)

Their biggest weakness is that the only "god" they have is themselves. Other peoples have tried this in the past - they have all ended up bitterly disappointed when they finally realize how weak and foolish their supposed "gods" really are.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2022 12:58 PM (q3gwH)

190 Tiger is going to shoot in the 80's today

and yet they continue to focus on him
Posted by: REDACTED at May 21, 2022 12:54 PM (us2H3)

Not a golf fan, but that is damn annoying. Do they even acknowledge who's on the leader board?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at May 21, 2022 12:59 PM (x8Wzq)

191 After lo, these many years, a question just came to mind. I don't think that I have ever encountered a socket drive that was not English measure. They must exist...elsewhere, but I've never heard of such.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

don't the brits have something that is neither metric nor standard? like you need that wierd stuff to sucessfully own an MG?

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (UgAdJ) - at May 21, 2022 01:00 PM (UgAdJ)

192 Their biggest weakness is that the only "god" they have is themselves.

Right, it all ends up in their own laps. At least if you believe in an objective, external, absolute God you have someone unknowable at at least some level, and thus the plan and nature can't be perfectly understood by humans.

If its just you and me, well... how is it NOT going to fail?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 21, 2022 01:00 PM (KZzsI)

193 Why don't things turn out the way The Woke dream?

-------

"BECAUSE WE JUST HAVEN'T FOUND THE RIGHT PSYCHOPATHIC MASS-MURDERING THUG TO IMPLEMENT OUR HEAVEN ON EARTH UTOPIA YET?"

/Very interesting & informative essay K.T. ... thanks!

Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, we got fun & games & Starveflation aims at May 21, 2022 01:02 PM (pagcf)

194 Not a golf fan, but that is damn annoying. Do they even acknowledge who's on the leader board?
Posted by: Pug Mahon

I had a prime viewing booth for The Memorial 3 years ago. When the leaders came by, there was a small, respectful group following them. When Woods came by (much) later, his following was huge, raucous and drunk.

So, to answer you directly, "No".

Posted by: Tonypete at May 21, 2022 01:02 PM (Rz7nO)

195 192 Their biggest weakness is that the only "god" they have is themselves.

Right, it all ends up in their own laps. At least if you believe in an objective, external, absolute God you have someone unknowable at at least some level, and thus the plan and nature can't be perfectly understood by humans.

If its just you and me, well... how is it NOT going to fail?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor a
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Crudely put; They sh*t the bed.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 21, 2022 01:03 PM (HCRRg)

196 Heydrich took the SS as he found it when he got a top spot and specifically recruited highly educated types, to replace/dilute the (unsurprisingly) rather rough and thuggish sorts who were the legacy base. As Anonosaurus notes above, the Einsatzgruppen commanders were almost all highly educated and professional people.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 21, 2022 01:03 PM (OTzUX)

197 Lately I've been seeing some right-wingers on social media claiming that we're starting to turn things around.

Then I see this:

https://tinyurl.com/bdemzyc6

Kindergartners sent home with masturbation assignment

Posted by: kallisto at May 21, 2022 01:05 PM (DJFLF)

198 Once upon I time, we might have checked this insanity. We failed. The window of opportunity has closed.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 21, 2022 01:05 PM (Xrfse)

199 And yes, Glenn Campbell's William Tell is his best virtuoso piece. As a former part of the brilliant "Wrecking Crew" studio musician team he was an astonishingly capable guitarist who did backup work on hundreds of pieces, across a wide variety of musical styles. Its just his skill was often hidden behind very simple songs like Witchita Lineman.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 21, 2022 01:06 PM (KZzsI)

200 Glenn Campbell and Jimmy Webb were a match made in heaven.

Posted by: gourmand apres midi at May 21, 2022 01:07 PM (jTmQV)

201 I wouldn't say things are turning around. They cannot until we as a culture change significantly; there's only one way this ratchet goes until hearts and minds are changed as a large majority.

But I would say that the really crazy, awful, perverted, corrupt, and sick stuff is a small loud minority that is being turned against by the great majority. Its too soon, too fast.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 21, 2022 01:07 PM (KZzsI)

202 I wonder if Karen Nation is going to fight Queer Nation if teh ghey don't want to submit to the monkeypox jab:

https://tinyurl.com/3nxt5vxb

Posted by: kallisto at May 21, 2022 01:08 PM (DJFLF)

203 And yes, Glenn Campbell's William Tell is his best virtuoso piece. As a former part of the brilliant "Wrecking Crew" studio musician team he was an astonishingly capable guitarist who did backup work on hundreds of pieces, across a wide variety of musical styles. Its just his skill was often hidden behind very simple songs like Witchita Lineman.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

And couldn't read music to boot! Although, in his case, it didn't matter one whit.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 21, 2022 01:08 PM (Rz7nO)

204 which led to a phrase I despise:

'an abundance of caution'
Posted by: DB

We used to use the words;
Coward,
wuss,
Scaredy cat,
Lilly livered , etc. to describe such an outlook.
Posted by: Tonypete

Namby pamby.

Posted by: Denny Crane! at May 21, 2022 01:10 PM (4I/2K)

205 don't the brits have something that is neither metric nor standard? like you need that wierd stuff to sucessfully own an MG?
Posted by: BifBewalski
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Whitworth. But even today, Whitworth sockets would have English measure drives.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2022 01:10 PM (Go9h8)

206 Even at fast food places. What have your recent restaurant experiences been like?

My local Panda Express has a sign up saying that they may be out of some entrees, because there are shortages of the ingredients used to make the entrees.

I've never seen a sign like that before.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 21, 2022 01:10 PM (I2/tG)

207 I rarely go out for a meal. Already know it will be out of my price range. But I went out to a local cantina last night with my neighbor and bought us a beer.

Two beers...$10.

Posted by: creeper at May 21, 2022 01:10 PM (cTCuP)

208
Namby pamby.
Posted by: Denny
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Sissy

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2022 01:11 PM (Go9h8)

209 I got dinner to go from Red Lobster last night. I got the all you can eat shrimp, so I had a ton of fried shrimp and some shrimp scampi and French fries. It came with two buiscuits, and I ordered extra because I love their biscuits. It cost me not quite $25 with the extra biscuits, tax and gas to drive to C.B. and back. Now, admittedly, what I did was split one dinner between two people, but I didn't think it was all that unreasonable which is why I got it.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I wasn't particularly fond of the '70s the first time around at May 21, 2022 01:11 PM (sjtZ7)

210 The worst effect of the lockdowns is people getting used to just not working. Stores around here have such employee problems that they cannot stock the shelves adequately. Some of them have boxes in the aisles that the workers they have want to get to some time but never can because they have to run the cash registers, etc.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 21, 2022 01:12 PM (KZzsI)

211 Not sure exactly what VDH was referring to when talked about adversaries taking greater risks, but the two main headline events since Trump was removed, Afghanistan and Ukraine, were really just the unsurprising evolution of situations that were very long in the making.

No extra "risk" was taken on by the Taliban, their strategy and offensive hadn't changed in years, it only was calibrated to the US pulling back (which was inevitable, and probably more than a decade overdue).

With Ukraine, the trainwreck was in process for decades, and Moscow's desperate act (which was what it was) was probably driven by desperation, not calculation of western weakness. The talks in Geneva started in March 2020, which I see as part of Moscow's recognition that the whole thing (ensuring a neutral Ukraine) was irretrievably slipping away from them.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 21, 2022 01:12 PM (OTzUX)

212
I'm kind of surprised that more Americans aren't concerned that the President of the United States has Alzheimer's
Posted by: DB

It's a case of the Emperor's New Brain.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 21, 2022 01:13 PM (63Dwl)

213 >>>https://tinyurl.com/bdemzyc6

Kindergartners sent home with masturbation assignment
Posted by: kallisto
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Dutifully it doesn't name the teacher, school, city or state.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 21, 2022 01:13 PM (HCRRg)

214 I'm going out to lunch today, with a pal.
I'm hoping for some fish tacos.

Posted by: gourmand apres midi at May 21, 2022 01:14 PM (jTmQV)

215 I've given up all fast food options. Everything I eat and drink comes from the grocery. No more Domino's, 7-11, Burger King, whatever.

Posted by: DB at May 21, 2022 01:14 PM (geLO8)

216 (cont'd)

Their build-up of forces for the current operation commenced at exactly the same time, and the earliest phases were fairly ostentatiously carried out, to make sure the "2 track" situation was clear to us. Some parallels to Japan and the US in 1940/41 - though of course Japan deliberately used the final phase of talks as deception, unlike Russia, which was rattling the saber as loudly as it could.

It's quite illogical to think Moscow would have just submitted to its Ukraine red-lines being crossed if Trump were still in office. Which is the necessary implicit premise of any suggestion that the obvious comical unfitness of the Biden clownshow was the factor that changed the calculus.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 21, 2022 01:14 PM (OTzUX)

217 211 Not sure exactly what VDH was referring to when talked about adversaries taking greater risk
----------------

He was talking about actual adversaries such as China.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 21, 2022 01:15 PM (HCRRg)

218 Not sure exactly what VDH was referring to when talked about adversaries taking greater risk
----------------

He was talking about actual adversaries such as China.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 21, 2022 01:15 PM (HCRRg)

Or Russia moving on Ukraine

Posted by: JoeF. at May 21, 2022 01:16 PM (mR6Gs)

219 He was talking about adversaries moving on us not some remote country.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 21, 2022 01:18 PM (HCRRg)

220 The PGA leader is Will Zalatoris from Plano

6' 2" 165

word on the street is he sleeps in his bag between the 3 and 4 iron

Posted by: REDACTED at May 21, 2022 01:19 PM (us2H3)

221 somebody tell me how to rig a UPS for my home pc

They sell those - mostly at serious computer places, or you can give Jeff Bezos some more money.

Simple, plug into the wall, plug PC into the UPS unit

Posted by: Pmrich at May 21, 2022 01:19 PM (mrX66)

222 It's quite illogical to think Moscow would have just submitted to its Ukraine red-lines being crossed if Trump were still in office. Which is the necessary implicit premise of any suggestion that the obvious comical unfitness of the Biden clownshow was the factor that changed the calculus.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 21, 2022 01:14 PM (OTzUX)

I respectfully disagree.

Russia wouldn't have invaded if Trump were in office because Putin knew he wouldn't have tolerated it.
At the same time, it's not hard to imagine that Trump would have offered Putin something in return for NOT invading, something that would have cost us very little.

Posted by: JoeF. at May 21, 2022 01:20 PM (mR6Gs)

223 I did see in article about kindergartners in Canada being given a masturbation assignment but I can't find the link now.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2022 01:21 PM (Ut+C0)

224 He was talking about adversaries moving on us not some remote country.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 21, 2022 01:18 PM (HCRRg)

Ok, but how about "our people" in some remote country?

Posted by: JoeF. at May 21, 2022 01:22 PM (mR6Gs)

225 Russia wouldn't have invaded if Trump were in office because Putin knew he wouldn't have tolerated it.
At the same time, it's not hard to imagine that Trump would have offered Putin something in return for NOT invading, something that would have cost us very little.
Posted by: JoeF. at May 21, 2022 01:20 PM (mR6Gs)
---------------

Spot on.
The deal maker.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 21, 2022 01:22 PM (HCRRg)

226 What risk has China taken on since January 2021? While I don't see any, VDH's risk comment almost certainly *will* come to pass in this case. One of the two biggest turnarounds where American will and action were the key. So far, not much. Let's see if the "administration" stealthily junks the central China trade policies too, via expirations and exemptions.

Iran would be a much better, and the only important, case where VDH's observation might apply.

Ukraine was ending up something like it is now whoever was in office, so long as the inexorable move towards military integration with the west (formal or informal) didn't change.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 21, 2022 01:22 PM (OTzUX)

227 I did see in article about kindergartners in Canada being given a masturbation assignment but I can't find the link now.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2022 01:21 PM (Ut+C0)

If masturbation was "homework", kids wouldn't engage in it.

Posted by: JoeF. at May 21, 2022 01:24 PM (mR6Gs)

228 Ok, but how about "our people" in some remote country?
Posted by: JoeF. at May 21, 2022 01:22 PM (mR6Gs)
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That's a thing but I don't think that's what Hanson was getting at. He's talking about big players making bold moves on this nation. Not nibbling around the edges.
That's the way I read it.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 21, 2022 01:24 PM (HCRRg)

229 > somebody tell me how to rig a UPS for my home pc
_______________

It is as easy as "plugging in." They usually have some sort of color ID to show you what goes where on the back of the UPS. Mine is setup to provide battery power to my WiFi, ISP router, phone and a USB charging hub. I think it will run for about 6 hours or so. Maybe 8... it's been a while since I've had to run it.

*crosses fingers*

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 21, 2022 01:26 PM (BFigT)

230 Spot on.
The deal maker.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 21, 2022 01:22 PM (HCRRg)

And whatever that deal would have been, the MSM would have shit all over it, calling it a "sweetheart" deal from Trump to Putin, further proof that they were in cahoots.

No matter how many lives it would have saved.

Posted by: JoeF. at May 21, 2022 01:27 PM (mR6Gs)

231 The PGA leader is Will Zalatoris from Plano

6' 2" 165

word on the street is he sleeps in his bag between the 3 and 4 iron
Posted by: REDACTED at May 21, 2022 01:19 PM (us2H3)

Has to run around in the clubhouse shower to get wet.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 21, 2022 01:27 PM (4I/2K)

232 The worst effect of the lockdowns is people getting used to just not working. Stores around here have such employee problems...
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Apparently true everywhere. It certainly is true here (w. NC)

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2022 01:28 PM (K25Wn)

233 I think it will run for about 6 hours or so. Maybe 8... it's been a while since I've had to run it.

*crosses fingers*
Posted by: Martini Farmer
------------------

Damn.
Last APC I had gave me about five minutes to shut things down. And it did keep things nice and level.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 21, 2022 01:28 PM (HCRRg)

234 The "Russians" know who and what the Biden regime is. They will do what they will. We will watch.

Posted by: klaftern at May 21, 2022 01:29 PM (taPSh)

235 OT, but with all this coming out about the Russia Hoax and Hillary's role in it, I have to agree with those who say that "nothing will come of it"--in that Hillary won't go to jail or anything. But I would settle for full saturation of the truth coming out and rubbing everyone's nose in it, and whenever they ( the MSM, Democrats, Celebrities, Woke Influencers say anything) telling them to "Go Fuck Yourselves, Liars."

Elon Musk talking about this helps a lot.

Posted by: JoeF. at May 21, 2022 01:31 PM (mR6Gs)

236 Wouldn't surprise me if the Russian politburo and ours are good friends.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 21, 2022 01:31 PM (HCRRg)

237 When transgender people want to date people of the same sex they're pretending to be, that' s just being straight with extra steps.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 21, 2022 01:34 PM (OeBYn)

238 No wonder Elon Musk birthed seven sons.

This man was blessed with weapons grade testosterone:

https://tinyurl.com/2hw5vuhk

Posted by: kallisto at May 21, 2022 01:34 PM (DJFLF)

239 135 Giant sinkhole with new species? Uhh, HELLO??!! Anyone watch Arachnaphobia??!!

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid watching Sinkhole Spider eat face- sized spider at May 21, 2022 01:34 PM (3Or4S)

240 Also, how many people hate Trump with the heat of 1000 suns BECAUSE of the lies that Hillary and her minions and collaborators injected into the mainstream of our body politic and culture?

I'm sure it's A LOT more than we think

That Trump could be called a "Russian Asset" or stooge or traitor put a lot of wind in the sails of the haters.

Posted by: JoeF. at May 21, 2022 01:35 PM (mR6Gs)

241 >.I have to agree with those who say that "nothing will come of it"--in that Hillary won't go to jail or anything.

oh, nobody will
maybe a fine, 'probation', some shit like that- find a low level dupe to dump it on, then back to The Game

Posted by: DB at May 21, 2022 01:35 PM (geLO8)

242 >.When transgender people want to date people of the same sex they're pretending to be, that' s just being straight with extra steps.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo

that's Bruce Jenner's thing- he plays at being a woman, and gets it on with women
I think he still has his dick

Posted by: DB at May 21, 2022 01:36 PM (geLO8)

243 oh
everybody went out to the garden

Posted by: DB at May 21, 2022 01:37 PM (geLO8)

244 that's Bruce Jenner's thing- he plays at being a woman, and gets it on with women
I think he still has his dick
Posted by: DB at May 21, 2022 01:36 PM (geLO

I don't know about that. His girlfriend was also a transgender. He's got issues.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at May 21, 2022 01:39 PM (hZAZN)

245 Elon Musk Tweets a desire to see a scandal involving to be called "Elongate".

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid watching Sinkhole Spider eat face- sized spider at May 21, 2022 01:39 PM (3Or4S)

246 Proglibs are like the tail end of the European ancien regime. They probably started off well intentioned but they're so insulated from reality that they're responding to the growing problems of their misrule by doubling down on increasingly arbitrary and elitist cultural tropes. It will not end well.

For those just tuning in, the main underlying cause of the French Revolution is that the state spent itself into oblivion which led to a food shortage.

Posted by: CppThis at May 21, 2022 01:39 PM (UewuT)

247 Elon Musk @elonmusk 20h
Looking for hardcore streetfighters, not white-shoe lawyers like Perkins or Cooley who thrive on corruption.

There will be blood.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 21, 2022 01:40 PM (HCRRg)

248 There were lots of morons at the gubshow but I was the only one with the teeshirt.

Posted by: Eromero at May 21, 2022 01:42 PM (0OP+5)

249 Posted by: Braenyard at May 21, 2022 01:40 PM (HCRRg)

I posted the link to that at 238

Posted by: kallisto at May 21, 2022 01:42 PM (DJFLF)

250 >> Elon Musk @elonmusk 20h
Looking for hardcore streetfighters, not white-shoe lawyers like Perkins or Cooley who thrive on corruption.

>>There will be blood.

Watching a guy as smart as Musk starting to understand everything his former woke friends told him about Russia collusion was a lie is something. He genuinely had no idea what happened until about 2 days ago.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2022 01:44 PM (ZLI7S)

251 just organized my 4 rolling tool chests

I must have 2500 sockets

I am missing a SO 17mm deep thin wall flank drive impact socket

please return it, no questions asked
Posted by: REDACTED at May 21, 2022 12:23 PM (us2H3)

Check your 11/16 and 21/32 slots.

Posted by: Agitator at May 21, 2022 01:44 PM (8Avx7)

252 Seven Bible verses for strength in hard times:

https://tinyurl.com/ycktjcsd

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2022 01:45 PM (Ut+C0)

253 235 OT, but with all this coming out about the Russia Hoax and Hillary's role in it, I have to agree with those who say that "nothing will come of it"--in that Hillary won't go to jail or anything. But I would settle for full saturation of the truth coming out and rubbing everyone's nose in it, and whenever they ( the MSM, Democrats, Celebrities, Woke Influencers say anything) telling them to "Go Fuck Yourselves, Liars."

Elon Musk talking about this helps a lot.
Posted by: JoeF. at May 21, 2022 01:31 PM (mR6Gs)

I agree--it needs to be shouted from the rooftops lest anyone ever think of trusting our corrupt institutions again. The biggest offense was committed by the MSM, anyway. They should have known better than to promulgate a shady politician's secret-sources accusations as The Undisputed Truth.

Posted by: CppThis at May 21, 2022 01:45 PM (UewuT)

254 Why don't things turn out the way The Woke dream? Do they ever watch what is happening as a result of their actions?
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How many times have I asked myself this exact question? They eschew empiricism, favoring an a priori (i.e., theoretical) approach to an a posteriori one (i.e., one based on empiricial observation). Aristotle was a practitioner of the former (made some great contributions, but also made any number of messes that impeded progress for a millennium), whereas Galileo was a practitioner of the latter - and his contributions have remained to this day.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 21, 2022 01:49 PM (YqDXo)

255 There were lots of morons at the gubshow but I was the only one with the teeshirt.
Posted by: Eromero at May 21, 2022 01:42 PM (0OP+5)

Tee shirt???
We have tee shirts?

Posted by: Diogenes at May 21, 2022 01:49 PM (anj39)

256 To the left of the rainbow that has historically represented the fight for gay rights, activists recently added arrow-shaped bars in black, brown, white, pink and blue to represent the "intersectional" movement that brings under one umbrella the cause of gays, African-Americans, Hispanics and the transgender community.
_________________

Next up they'll add stripes to the flag, to represent convicts.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 21, 2022 01:51 PM (YqDXo)

257
Sorry, she IS the sister of Ronna Romney who was the sister in law of Mittens.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2022 12:27 PM

IIANM, Ronna Romney McDaniel is Pierre Delecto's niece

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 21, 2022 01:52 PM (ENBF0)

258 >>Russia wouldn't have invaded if Trump were in office because Putin knew he wouldn't have tolerated it.
At the same time, it's not hard to imagine that Trump would have offered Putin something in return for NOT invading, something that would have cost us very little.

He wouldn't have invaded because Trump would not have made overtures to bring Ukraine into NATO.

That's what this has been about all along. Not rebuilding the Soviet Union, not world domination, it is what Putin has been demanding for decades , nor further eastward expansion of NATO.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2022 01:55 PM (ZLI7S)

259 > Damn.
Last APC I had gave me about five minutes to shut things down. And it did keep things nice and level.

Posted by: Braenyard
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All those things I have plugged into it are low draw, watt, amp devices. If I plugged my PC and a monitor into it... forget it. Maybe an hour or so. The idea is to keep comms up as long as possible via WiFi (phones, tablets) that can be recharged on the hub.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 21, 2022 01:59 PM (BFigT)

260 IIANM, Ronna Romney McDaniel is Pierre Delecto's niece

Yes it is easy to confuse the names. Ronna Romney is the mother of Ronna Romney McDaniel

Why do people give their kids the same name? Seems like you have to know that is going to cause confusion.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2022 01:59 PM (ESjRY)

261 He wouldn't have invaded because Trump would not have made overtures to bring Ukraine into NATO.

That's what this has been about all along. Not rebuilding the Soviet Union, not world domination, it is what Putin has been demanding for decades , nor further eastward expansion of NATO.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2022 01:55 PM (ZLI7S)

I agree
It was a provocation to "invite" Ukraine into NATO and I don't believe Putin would have kept marching eastward.

Ukraine is culturally and religiously similar to Russia and has in the past been part of The Russian Empire and the Soviet Union.

Putin would never invade Poland. It's in NATO and Catholic, not Orthodox and he'd get his ass handed to him.

Posted by: JoeF. at May 21, 2022 02:01 PM (mR6Gs)

262 >>I agree
It was a provocation to "invite" Ukraine into NATO and I don't believe Putin would have kept marching eastward.

>>Ukraine is culturally and religiously similar to Russia and has in the past been part of The Russian Empire and the Soviet Union.

>>Putin would never invade Poland. It's in NATO and Catholic, not Orthodox and he'd get his ass handed to him.

Earlier today Putin put out a list of nearly 1000 people who are banned from entering Russia. Biden is on the list so is crackhead son and so is Hillary Clinton along with a host of other Republican and Democrat politicians as well as corrupt dirtbags like Zuckerberg and Soros.

Not on the list, Donald Trump.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2022 02:05 PM (ZLI7S)

263 250 Watching a guy as smart as Musk starting to understand everything his former woke friends told him about Russia collusion was a lie is something. He genuinely had no idea what happened until about 2 days ago.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2022 01:44 PM (ZLI7S)

But why would he know about it? He's not a right wing guy, or really all that political in general, and until very recently any and all questions about the established narrative were limited to a few right wing op-ed types. Like many other scandals such as the Hunter Biden laptop that are starting to break through the cover up. This is why I say the media committed the cardinal sin here.

Posted by: CppThis at May 21, 2022 02:07 PM (UewuT)

264 That's what this has been about all along. Not rebuilding the Soviet Union, not world domination, it is what Putin has been demanding for decades , nor further eastward expansion of NATO.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2022 01:55 PM (ZLI7S)

Concur. NATO is a criminal organization paid for by the US taxpayer.

Abolish NATO.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 21, 2022 02:08 PM (R/m4+)

265 Ukraine pre-dates Moscow by hundreds of years.
The Kievan Rus is the origin of Russian culture.

Posted by: gourmand apres midi at May 21, 2022 02:08 PM (jTmQV)

266
Earlier today Putin put out a list of nearly 1000 people who are banned from entering Russia. Biden is on the list so is crackhead son and so is Hillary Clinton along with a host of other Republican and Democrat politicians as well as corrupt dirtbags like Zuckerberg and Soros.

Not on the list, Donald Trump.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2022 02:05 PM (ZLI7S)

See?? See??? Trump is Putin's pet!

Posted by: The MSM at May 21, 2022 02:11 PM (mR6Gs)

267 >>Concur. NATO is a criminal organization paid for by the US taxpayer.

>>Abolish NATO.

I'll take it one step further, abolish our entire foreign policy establishment from the US to the CIA to the State Department to USAID to NATO.

All of these organizations are nothing but corrupt money making scams for our globalist elite and not only do they not solve the problems they were designed to fix they make things worse wherever they go. Globalists have been sucking this country dry for decades and it's time for more nationalism.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2022 02:12 PM (ZLI7S)

268 Having a conversation with most elitist diplomats would be a degrading.

Deep state egos are much larger than Trump's.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at May 21, 2022 02:13 PM (J8LnB)

269 UN not US

Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2022 02:13 PM (ZLI7S)

270 Ukraine pre-dates Moscow by hundreds of years.
The Kievan Rus is the origin of Russian culture.
Posted by: gourmand apres midi at May 21, 2022 02:08 PM (jTmQV)

Not making any specific point other than CliffClavin trivia , the languages are different. People from Poland are able to understand Ukrainian better than Russians can.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at May 21, 2022 02:13 PM (hZAZN)

271 >>>164 and men can't get pregnant ... no yooterish ...
Posted by: DB at May 21, 2022 12:44 PM (geLO

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Sadly, DB, that's no longer the case ... A couple years back, doctors in the UK (I think) successfully transplanted the uterus from a female corpse into a man/tran's body ... Following this, a lot of hormones and pre-fertilized eggs were employed, and baby was delivered by C-section.

Posted by: Kathy at May 21, 2022 02:14 PM (h3RRP)

272 Concur. NATO is a criminal organization paid for by the US taxpayer.

Abolish NATO.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 21, 2022 02:08 PM (R/m4+)
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Now do the UN.

Our message to the world: put on your big boy pants and look out for yourselves.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 21, 2022 02:15 PM (YqDXo)

273 Sadly, DB, that's no longer the case ... A couple years back, doctors in the UK (I think) successfully transplanted the uterus from a female corpse into a man/tran's body ... Following this, a lot of hormones and pre-fertilized eggs were employed, and baby was delivered by C-section.
Posted by: Kathy at May 21, 2022 02:14 PM (h3RRP)
____________

Good God. If we'd caught him, we'd have strung up Josef Mengele for doing stuff like this.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 21, 2022 02:16 PM (YqDXo)

274 Reports are that Finland and Sweden want NATO membership, but they want it understood that they won't allow any bases or nukes on their soil.

If those reports are true, I think NATO should reject their applications. I know that will never happen, of course.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at May 21, 2022 02:16 PM (sWM8x)

275 Like many other scandals such as the Hunter Biden laptop that are starting to break through the cover up. This is why I say the media committed the cardinal sin here.
Posted by: CppThis at May 21, 2022 02:07 PM (UewuT)

Soon to move fro "conspiracy theory" to "truth:"

'We over-reacted to Covid, killed old people in nursing homes and deliberately kept medicine away from people."

"January 6th was an FBI operation"

"The 2020 election was STOLEN"

Posted by: JoeF. at May 21, 2022 02:16 PM (mR6Gs)

276 Earlier today Putin put out a list of nearly 1000 people who are banned from entering Russia. Biden is on the list so is crackhead son and so is Hillary Clinton along with a host of other Republican and Democrat politicians as well as corrupt dirtbags like Zuckerberg and Soros.
____________

It's an anti-crime measure, obviously.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 21, 2022 02:17 PM (YqDXo)

277 Soon to move fro "conspiracy theory" to "truth:"

'We over-reacted to Covid, killed old people in nursing homes and deliberately kept medicine away from people."

"January 6th was an FBI operation"

"The 2020 election was STOLEN"
Posted by: JoeF. at May 21, 2022 02:16 PM (mR6Gs)
______________

"The Democrat Party has been hijacked by communists."

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 21, 2022 02:18 PM (YqDXo)

278 The idea is to keep comms up as long as possible via WiFi (phones, tablets) that can be recharged on the hub.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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I have many Ryobi tools and batteries for them.
Ryobi makes a charging hub with a 1 watt and a 2 watt USB outlet that accepts its 18v batteries.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 21, 2022 02:18 PM (HCRRg)

279 Earlier today Putin put out a list of nearly 1000 people who are banned from entering Russia. Biden is on the list so is crackhead son and so is Hillary Clinton along with a host of other Republican and Democrat politicians as well as corrupt dirtbags like Zuckerberg and Soros.
____________

It's an anti-crime measure, obviously.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 21, 2022 02:17 PM (YqDXo)

That Hillary 'charge' button makes sense now.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at May 21, 2022 02:18 PM (hZAZN)

280 Maybe an hour or so. The idea is to keep comms up as long as possible via WiFi (phones, tablets) that can be recharged on the hub.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Speed costs money. How fast do you want to go?

Posted by: Mike Hammer etc., etc. at May 21, 2022 02:18 PM (wwcKe)

281 You gonna trust some woke young surgeon with his grummy hands all over your spleen?

Posted by: humphreyrobot at May 21, 2022 02:19 PM (J8LnB)

282 276 Earlier today Putin put out a list of nearly 1000 people who are banned from entering Russia. Biden is on the list so is crackhead son and so is Hillary Clinton along with a host of other Republican and Democrat politicians as well as corrupt dirtbags like Zuckerberg and Soros.
____________

It's an anti-crime measure, obviously.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 21, 2022 02:17 PM (YqDXo)

====

and one that would benefit the U.S. if it were implemented here as well. One does not have to be on Russia's side to recognize the damage done by malefactors.

Posted by: jc at May 21, 2022 02:20 PM (N1WXz)

283 "The Democrat Party has been hijacked by communists."
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 21, 2022 02:18 PM (YqDXo)

Breaking News from 1932

Posted by: JoeF. at May 21, 2022 02:20 PM (mR6Gs)

284 oil were $80 a barrel, we wouldn't be having this hyperinflation. It is as simple as that.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at May 21, 2022 12:12 PM

The govt spent $6 trillion in one year for wuflu payoffs. There is no scenario where massive inflation doesn’t follow this kind of spending.

Posted by: Joe Xiden at May 21, 2022 02:22 PM (3vQN0)

285 The US should have pulled out of NATO after the Soviet Union fell apart. If Europe wanted it to continue they could have started carrying the full cost, maybe with a 5 year transition period.

Posted by: Bigsmith at May 21, 2022 02:22 PM (hOy2j)

286 Breaking News from 1932
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Walter Duranty was a great American!

Posted by: Joe Stalin at May 21, 2022 02:22 PM (sWM8x)

287
"The Democrat Party has been hijacked by communists."
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 21, 2022 02:18 PM (YqDXo)
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circa 1927

Posted by: Braenyard at May 21, 2022 02:22 PM (HCRRg)

288 I have many Ryobi tools and batteries for them.
Ryobi makes a charging hub with a 1 watt and a 2 watt USB outlet that accepts its 18v batteries.

Posted by: Braenyard
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For such as accept USB charging, there is always the ~~cigarette lighter~~ accessory outlet in the car. Personally, I have a number of 12V gel cells that I keep charged. Any of which can be plumbed into my 500W UPS.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2022 02:22 PM (wwcKe)

289 "There is no scenario where massive inflation doesn’t follow this kind of spending."

Which is what I call the Law of Things.
The more of a thing there is, the less it is worth.
This law is immutable, and applies to all things.

Posted by: gourmand apres midi at May 21, 2022 02:23 PM (jTmQV)

290 "The Democrat Party has been hijacked by communists."
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 21, 2022 02:18 PM (YqDXo)
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circa 1927

Posted by: Braenyard
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See: Venona files

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2022 02:24 PM (LUJEW)

291 OT, but having immersed myself in books about Hitler and Stalin n the past few months , I wonder what would have happened if Hitler or Stalin emigrated to the US in 1905 or 1910.

Posted by: JoeF. at May 21, 2022 02:24 PM (mR6Gs)

292 Had the govt spent $6t with money it had sitting in a bank account, inflation would not necessarily have happened. But borrowing $6t was 1000% guaranteed to cause massive inflation. And yet all the expert economists were shocked, shocked I tells ya, that it happened.

Posted by: Joe Xiden at May 21, 2022 02:25 PM (3vQN0)

293 I’m down with Ryobi too. I have an electric mower, trimmer, blower, drill and saw. Other than the mower which has a bigger battery, all the other tools have an interchangeable battery. It’s a great set up.

Posted by: Joe Xiden at May 21, 2022 02:27 PM (3vQN0)

294 One way or another Putin will be absorbed into the One Party.

So America China and Europe will do sisicors rock paper for World ownership, wipe memory, rewrite history and copywrite everything including you.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at May 21, 2022 02:30 PM (IpRgd)

295 OT, but having immersed myself in books about Hitler and Stalin n the past few months , I wonder what would have happened if Hitler or Stalin emigrated to the US in 1905 or 1910.
Posted by: JoeF. at May 21, 2022 02:24 PM (mR6Gs)

Hitler would have worked a menial job and eventually died of a drug overdose or committed suicide. Stalin would have been a criminal and ended up in jail as would Mussolini on multiple rape charges.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at May 21, 2022 02:30 PM (hZAZN)

296 "Conspiracy theory" is a slur intended to control other people's speech.

If there were no conspiracies, there would be no need for the FBI, CIA, SEC, aiding and abetting laws, RICO statutes, about 1/3 of the EPA, a noticable portion of the Corps of Engineers, almost all of the national security agencies, and a sizable chunk of the military -- and that list is probably woefully incomplete.

Everyone that maligns others with the 'conspiracy theory' slur should be required to list the bureaucrats they would immediately fire.

Posted by: jc at May 21, 2022 02:31 PM (N1WXz)

297 Posted by: Joe Xiden at May 21, 2022 02:27 PM (3vQN0)
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I wish the Ryobi system had been available when I was acquiring my battery-powered tools. I have Hitachi, Bosch, DeWalt, and Rigid. It's a mess. There's nothing wrong with the tools, but it would be such a convenience if they all used a single battery.

Posted by: Joe Stalin at May 21, 2022 02:32 PM (sWM8x)

298 291 OT, but having immersed myself in books about Hitler and Stalin n the past few months , I wonder what would have happened if Hitler or Stalin emigrated to the US in 1905 or 1910.
Posted by: JoeF. at May 21, 2022 02:24 PM (mR6Gs)

==

Have you seen any of the TIK vids on YouToob?

Posted by: jc at May 21, 2022 02:33 PM (N1WXz)

299 Posted by: Joe Stalin at May 21, 2022 02:32 PM (sWM8x)
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Sock suckage.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at May 21, 2022 02:34 PM (sWM8x)

300 >>>I agree--it needs to be shouted from the rooftops lest anyone ever think of trusting our corrupt institutions again. The biggest offense was committed by the MSM, anyway. They should have known better than to promulgate a shady politician's secret-sources accusations as The Undisputed Truth.
Posted by: CppThis at May 21, 2022 01:45 PM

No coup can succeed without cooperation of the nation's major news outlets.
So much better for the coup when they volunteer.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 21, 2022 02:35 PM (hLmDE)

301 People will be starved for justice.
They get use to the idea of no calvary coming to the rescue.

I am That Batman.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at May 21, 2022 02:41 PM (IpRgd)

302 So America China and Europe will do sisicors rock paper for World ownership, wipe memory, rewrite history and copywrite everything including you.
Posted by: humphreyrobot at May 21, 2022 02:30 PM (IpRgd)

Forget America or Europe. China will be running the show.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 21, 2022 02:46 PM (/AMqQ)

303 265 That means nothing. Do you want to re-establish the pre 1871 Germany, too? England before the the Norman Conquest? The pre- Columbian original Americas?

Posted by: Da GOP at May 21, 2022 02:46 PM (ONvIw)

304 276 Earlier today Putin put out a list of nearly 1000 people who are banned from entering Russia. Biden is on the list so is crackhead son and so is Hillary Clinton along with a host of other Republican and Democrat politicians as well as corrupt dirtbags like Zuckerberg and Soros.
____________

It's an anti-crime measure, obviously.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 21, 2022 02:17 PM (YqDXo)

Why would the Russian gangsters let in the competition if they don't have to? Seems logical.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 21, 2022 02:47 PM (cupoy)

305 285 Yes! They had to goad and create this Russian enemy to justify their budget.

Posted by: Da GOP at May 21, 2022 02:48 PM (ONvIw)

306 304 Our gangsters are at least as bad

Posted by: Zombie Seth Rich at May 21, 2022 02:49 PM (ONvIw)

307 264 Absolutely

Posted by: CN at May 21, 2022 02:50 PM (ONvIw)

308 I wish the Ryobi system had been available when I was acquiring my battery-powered tools. I have Hitachi, Bosch, DeWalt, and Rigid. It's a mess. There's nothing wrong with the tools, but it would be such a convenience if they all used a single battery.

Every tool family has things that they're better at than others.

I'm mostly DeWalt for saws/drills/yard tools, but there were a few things in the Milwaukee 12V line I *had* to have like the 1/4in ratchet.

I'd bought some Black & Decker yard tools that were mostly junk, but still have the little leafblower so need the charger for that.

I've got a Dremel grinder that I bought just before Milwaukee put theirs out *aargh*.

And now a Ryobi mower.

So I have a corner of the pegboard in my shop that I made some wall-mounts for two DeWalt chargers, a Milwaukee, a Dremel, the Black & Decker...the Ryobi charger too small (and battery too big) to wall mount.

Posted by: JEM at May 21, 2022 02:52 PM (59Mjn)

309 292 Had the govt spent $6t with money it had sitting in a bank account, inflation would not necessarily have happened. But borrowing $6t was 1000% guaranteed to cause massive inflation. And yet all the expert economists were shocked, shocked I tells ya, that it happened.
Posted by: Joe Xiden

And of course that was on the heels of energy policies that attacked the prices of EVERYTHING in our economy.

Posted by: JEM at May 21, 2022 02:54 PM (59Mjn)

310 Not on the list, Donald Trump.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2022 02:05 PM (ZLI7S)

Diogenes is also not on the list.
Me and The Donald are tight!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 21, 2022 02:57 PM (anj39)

311 So America China and Europe will do sisicors rock paper for World ownership, wipe memory, rewrite history and copywrite everything including you.
Posted by: humphreyrobot at May 21, 2022 02:30 PM (IpRgd)
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Forget Europe. Europe is a theme park. It'll be between China and us. If you include Europe in that list, you might as well include Disneyland and Six Flags.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 21, 2022 02:58 PM (YqDXo)

312 >>Diogenes is also not on the list.
Me and The Donald are tight!

Excellent point. I am also not on the list.

Ultra MAGA, baby!

Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2022 03:00 PM (ZLI7S)

313

A team led by Kevin Morris, an entertainment lawyer best known for crafting a 9-figure deal for the creators of the animated series "South Park," has been probing the backstory of how another Hunter Biden laptop containing what appear to be years of personal and intimate emails and business records found its way to news reporters and authorities. The effort appears to be aimed at blunting the impact of an ongoing federal investigation into Hunter Biden's tax records and business dealings by sowing doubts about that computer, which made headlines in 2020.

https://tinyurl.com/56u7dhy2

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 21, 2022 03:05 PM (63Dwl)

314 So a film is coming out on the bullshit trans issue https://tinyurl.com/379zy26z

Everything we've been saying, you can't change sex, just not possible. The people propagating that lie need their feet to the fire and if they mutilate kids, their neck to the guillotine.

Posted by: Sparkling CN at May 21, 2022 03:06 PM (ONvIw)

315
Forget Europe. Europe is a theme park. It'll be between China and us. If you include Europe in that list, you might as well include Disneyland and Six Flags.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 21, 2022 02:58 PM (YqDXo)

Crippling Russia helps make Europe a theme park, it makes it a scheming dependent.

Posted by: Sparkling CN at May 21, 2022 03:07 PM (ONvIw)

316 "Woke" is a fictional reality. All the cognitive dissonance in the world can't overcome that.

I haven't the lifespan to embrace that. Consequently note the lack of interest in woke. Life on a sane basis is enough challenge.

Posted by: irongrampa at May 21, 2022 03:17 PM (KATBx)

317 316: When the sleeper awakens, the dream dies. Hopefully enough pressure will be brought to bear on the woke sleepers and their malignant fantasy world

Posted by: Sparkling CN at May 21, 2022 03:18 PM (ONvIw)

318 I was just flipping channels and stopped on Baywatch (well, because maybe some T and A). Some dumb Italian actress is filming, and Hasselhofs kid (or whatever) asks about her part.

"I am in a harem of a sheikh"

"Sounds nice. What's a harem?"

"Every man's dream"

Ok, I LOLed. That was actually funny.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at May 21, 2022 03:31 PM (fJcgQ)

319 Wonder which celebrities get used by persons with delusions of grandeur ?

Use to be hitlers, napoleons , a queen. But they are out of vogue i guess.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at May 21, 2022 03:45 PM (cM3i0)

320 Things didn't turn out the way the rats following the piper thought they would either I'd bet. And once again i need to remind some people that Maher isn't "coming around", he's covering his and his viewer's ass. Some of them realized that they went a little to far with the sexualizing kids thing, so they want to take a step back and slow things down a bit. Oh they are still wanting to sexualize and take your kids, they just realize they need to go a little slower.

Posted by: JoshO at May 21, 2022 04:07 PM (Z9wz+)

321 Since discovering that wheat was causing my GI distress, I have not ordered food from McDonald's or Burger King. But I had a BOGO for french fries, and I thought I would. I ordered the large. $4.09. That was for one large order.

Now I have no reason at all to visit.

Posted by: Gordon Scott at May 21, 2022 04:57 PM (tBMcv)

322 Eas K.T. a big fan of the 2 trillion dollar Trump Tax cuts?

Posted by: Steve at May 21, 2022 05:56 PM (Ig7fT)

323 Steve at May 21, 2022 05:56 PM

Funny how presidents get all the blame/credit for things that happen on their watch, isn't it? Politico's analysis of the Trump tax cuts vs. revenues: 10 year shortfall of 700 billion to 1.1 trillion from 2019 - 2028. Unless there is three percent annual growth to bring in an additional 2.3 trillion.

tinyurl.com/26nmpxsa

Posted by: KT at May 21, 2022 09:17 PM (rrtZS)

324 Steve, compare to the Biden/Pelosi 3.5 trillion spending bill, which they claim would cost zero dollars.

https://tinyurl.com/mwrr4546

I generally do not favor diverting more of the nation's money to the central government.

Posted by: KT at May 21, 2022 09:22 PM (rrtZS)

325 "Why don't things turn out like progressives dream?"

Yeah pretty ironic that this is a VDH-heavy post, considering it's the same mistake that VDH made for decades;

What makes you think that the way things are turning out isn't the way they wanted things to turn out? THIS misunderstanding is at the core of decades of conservative impotence. It's the same sort of gullibility that makes conservatives vulnerable to hucksters.

Posted by: somedood - skull mountain sherpa at May 21, 2022 11:05 PM (BaGvt)

326 somedood - skull mountain sherpa at May 21, 2022 11:05 PM

I think there is a difference between the hard-core civilization-destroyers and many of the dupes running the pride flag up the flag pole. The former are selling a dream to the latter.

Posted by: KT at May 22, 2022 04:26 PM (rrtZS)

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