The Morning Report

The Morning Report — 8/30/22

Good morning kids. So evidently, gunfire, mass protests and the American embassy in Baghdad being evacuated fall-of-Saigon-style is just run of the mill Iraqi politics. Perfect timing in that it comes almost exactly one year after the debacle in Afghanistan. In any case, no one seems to be making a big fuss over it in the real media and certainly not in the State-controlled house organ propaganda mills, but sure as the Sunni rises in the east, eventually the Shiite will hit the fan, so we'll keep an eye on it.

Meanwhile, speaking of the run of the mill, there are a few items that are typical of who and what we are dealing with but are no less infuriating for them being common. First up, while many on both sides of the divide have labeled Texas Governor Greg Abbott's shipping of illegal alien invaders to places like New York and D.C. as merely a stunt, the latter's heads exploding from being caught between the reality of the invasion and their years of declaring themselves "sanctuary" jurisdictions is quite delicious as well as a political win for our side. So, in that regard, I'll take the "W" whatever Abbott's actual intentions may be.

Yet by far, the strongest condemnation came from Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants' mouthpieces like mop-op Jew-hating "bad veal" eater Karine Jean-Pierre who only last month declared Abbott's actions "shameful." Is that so?

The federal government is paying to bus illegal migrants from one border town to New York City, a Texas official told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
The city government of El Paso, Texas, is busing illegal migrants to the Big Apple on the dime of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Deputy City Manager Mario D’Agostino told the DCNF Monday. The federal agency covers the travel costs of illegal migrants through a grant program.
“The travel costs for migrants are covered through FEMA’s emergency food and shelter grant. The City/OEM submits for reimbursement on a quarterly basis as the process dictates,” D’Agostino told the DCNF. . .
. . . Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams and the White House have both criticized Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for busing illegal migrants to his city and Washington, D.C., with Adams accusing Abbott of using the migrants as “political pawns,” in an Aug. 7 tweet.

"Political pawns." You don't say? They may be pawns but actual, legal American citizens aren't even on the friggin' chess board.

Amidst ongoing food supply chain issues and shortages in the U.S., House Democrats introduced a bill that would designate an extra $50,000,000 for food programs for migrants in addition to a baseline of $150,000,000. . .
. . . Under the Biden White House, illegal immigration into the U.S. has skyrocketed, with many migrants attempting to enter the U.S. via the porous southern border. The $50,000,000 would likely go towards these individuals, who’ve already received taxpayer-funded healthcare and cross-country flights.
The decision to allocate an additional $50,000,000 to migrant services also follows shortages of common household items and food products such as baby formula plaguing U.S. citizens, with forecasts suggesting the shortages will intensify.
It also follows the rampant inflation under the Biden White House causing a considerable increase in demand for foodbanks across the U.S.

If I had a suspicious nature, I would postulate that the junta is, er, "grooming" millions of people for their votes (as if voting will even be a thing in the next decade or so) as they replace an obstinate, obdurate native population with one that has little care for trivial things like freedom and self-reliance. But that's conspiracy talk. The fact that the indigenous population of the nation formerly known as the United States of America is on a trajectory to be majority foreign born and immigrant is the former's fault and a completely natural phenomenon, having nothing to do with open borders and the intentional flooding of our land with illiterate, third-world peasantry since 1965. Don't even think that, h8trz!

Moving on to the next little item on this morning's agenda, nothing is more important than having the best and the brightest in charge of our national security. We need folks who are clear-thinking, rational and whose only agenda is keeping us safe from our greatest global threats. Good thing we have a deep bench of top men.

Jeremy Bash served in several roles during the Obama administration, including CIA Chief of Staff, Defense Department Chief of Staff, and House Intelligence Committee Chief Counsel. He currently serves as Managing Director of Beacon Global Strategies and as an advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Bash also contributed to CNN and MSNBC during the Trump administration.
After the New York Post published emails obtained from Hunter Biden’s laptop, Bash signed onto a letter claiming that the release “has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.”
“If we are right, this is Russia trying to influence how Americans vote in this election, and we believe strongly that Americans need to be aware of this,” the officials, including former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and former CIA Director Michael Hayden wrote in the letter. . .
. . . “This looks like Russian intelligence, this walks like Russian intelligence, this talks like Russian intelligence,” Bash told host Nicolle Wallace. “This effort by Rudy Giuliani and the New York Post and Steve Bannon to cook up supposed dirt on Joe Biden looks like a classic Russian playbook disinformation campaign. And let’s recount exactly what happened in July 2019, when President Trump talked to Zelensky, he said, ‘talk to Rudy Giuliani. He’s my guy on trying to dig up false dirt on Joe Biden.'”

Never mind the fact that even the biggest regime house organs like the NY Times and WaPo grudgingly admitted the absolute veracity of the laptop, albeit a year late and buried in the classified ads, ditto none other than election-rigger extraordinaire Mark Zuckerberg himself on Joe Rogan's show. Bash still lands one of the top slots in the national security apparatus of this nation. Meh, what the hell is this nation now, anyway?

But wait! There's more!

Nikole Flax worked under Lois Lerner in the Obama administration IRS while the agency infamously targeted conservative political organizations such as the Tea Party by slow-walking and suppressing their tax-exempt applications. She was also one of seven executives whose hard drives mysteriously self-destructed, preventing House investigators from viewing her emails. Now, the career IRS executive has been tapped to establish a new, centralized office in charge of implementing the Democrats’ latest tax and spending bill, including oversight of the 87,000 new IRS agents the bill authorizes. . .
. . . It turns out that Flax has been with the IRS since way back in the Obama days. Art Moore at WND reminds us that “In May 2014, the Treasury Department’s inspector general for tax administration concluded in a report that the IRS delayed the processing of applications for tax-exempt status by certain conservative groups and sought private information that was later deemed unnecessary.”
The Eric Holder (aka “Obama’s Wingman") Justice Dept. spent two years investigating the head of the Exempt Organizations division, Lois Lerner, before deciding — you’ll never believe it! — not to bring any charges. . .
. . . Then [journalist Jeff] Bergner discussed the latest intolerable Biden [junta] appointee:

Less well known is that apparently six other IRS computer hard drives crashed in exactly the same time frame. Every one of these belonged to an IRS employee in Cincinnati’s tax-exempt office or at headquarters in Washington, D.C. Each of these six other employees played a role in targeting tea party groups.…
One of the missing computer hard drives belonged to Nikole Flax, chief of staff to the then-commissioner of the IRS. Flax, by the way, visited the White House no fewer than 31 times during the period the tea party was targeted between 2010 and 2012.
In a functioning government, someone like Flax would have been canned and prosecuted for her apparent politicization and abuse of authority. In a Democrat-run swamp, she is given even more power to harass and suppress political opposition.

I had almost forgotten about the mass wave of erased hard drives. Just like the ones Hillary wiped, "like with a cloth?" And yet, Donald Trump and the Mar-a-Lago raid. Blood boiling yet? Well after those insults, meet injury:

. . . thanks to Lindsey Graham, the lid is now off. He just legitimized the antithetical idea that Republicans do take to the streets with violence and hatred.
Remember the Tea Party, and especially the Tea Party Express? Hundreds of thousands of conservatives from across the country staged peaceful protests that broke no laws. There were no arrests, and Tea Partiers left no public mess. Literally, they cleaned up after themselves. More important, they took reasonable, logical positions on potentially divisive issues known to the larger public, and do without arrests, violence or property destruction – let alone human injuries or deaths. Even despite the liberal media’s desire to avoid reporting anything positive about the Tea Party, the word got out that Republicans and Conservatives respected the spirit of the laws and the Constitution.
All that can now be consigned to the dustbin of history, thanks to the Senior Senator from South Carolina.
Here’s what he said:“Most Republicans, including me, believe when it comes to Trump, there is no law. It’s all about getting him,” Graham said on Trey Gowdy’s program on Fox News, Sunday Night in America. “There is a double standard when it comes to Trump. What happened with Hunter Biden is that the FBI weighed in to make sure the story didn’t break before the 2020 election. We now have whistleblowers at the FBI telling Senator Chuck Grassley that they were told to slow down and back off Hunter Biden. And I’ll say this, if there is a prosecution of Donald Trump for mishandling classified information after the Clinton debacle … there will be riots in the street.”
Wow, where did that come from? From the FBI and Hunter Biden to … riots in the street?
Who knew?
Graham has offered a blazing inducement for Progressive Liberal state attorneys general to step up to the plate and indict Trump before the mid-terms, confident that this will incite conservative riots in the street … riots that will hand the House and the Senate back to the Democrats.
With Graham’s statement – whether it’s a threat or a promise isn’t clear – no Republican can expect a fair hearing on January 6 when we say “that ain’t us.” Because our own senior Senate leader says, in effect, “hell yeah, that is us!

I don't know that what that fey fraudster belched up is going to move the needle vis a vis the electorate. What it potentially can do is, as the author of that piece notes, give political cover for an already feral junta to ramp up the prosecutions and persecutions of innocent people via a corrupt FBI, a feral IRS or any of the other alphabet soup of bureaucracies that can crush anyone like an insect it deems to be a threat. Not to the civil society, but to "our precious democracy" (*vomits*).

UPDATE: As commenter MP4 reminds us, it was Graham who had implored the Capitol cops to open fire on unarmed, non-violent J-6 protesters, so maybe this is his way of imitating Ray Epps or the Whitman FBI stooges to incite violence so as to provoke a reaction from the Junta that crushes all dissent once and for all. Graham can't go to hell fast enough for my taste.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

"The real 'great replacement' is the replacement of America’s constitutional republic."
What is Our Regime?
"The revolution will not be subsidized."
‘Defund Davos’ Bill Would Deny World Economic Forum Taxpayer Cash
Richard Fernandez: "In the [Chinese] Covid case, Anthony Fauci picked up the phone when the threat was inbound and no one dared question his judgment. 'Fauci now had a virtual carte blanche to not merely approve but design and run the kind of research projects he sought — and could do so with no oversight structure above him,' is the way Rindsberg puts it. And he may have overreacted, events now suggested."
Single Point of Failure
Robert Spencer: "This has been coming for years."
And Now, the Left Moves to Normalize Pedophilia

CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

"Independent journalist Andy Ngo tweeted a report stating the Armed Antifa members are part of the local chapter of the John Brown Gun Club. He identified the group as an Antifa militia linked to domestic terrorism."
Antifa Armed with AR-15s Guard ‘Kid Friendly’ Drag Show in Texas
"Nikole Flax worked under Lois Lerner in the Obama administration IRS while the agency infamously targeted conservative political organizations such as the Tea Party by slow-walking and suppressing their tax-exempt applications. She was also one of seven executives whose hard drives mysteriously self-destructed, preventing House investigators from viewing her emails."
Obama-Era Tea Party Targeter Appointed to Create IRS Office Overseeing 87,000 New Agents
"American unity remains elusive as [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Biden's political rhetoric turns angrily divisive."
The Dis-Unification Of America Continues: I&I/TIPP Poll
"First they slander. Then they use those slanders to justify blacklisting and persecution. Protesters are no longer protesters, but 'insurrectionists' who must be put in prison. Parents upset at seeing the queer agenda in elementary schools are no longer parents, but 'domestic terrorists' whom the FBI must investigate. And now, Republican voters are no longer simply ordinary Americans exercising their freedom to vote, but 'fascists' and 'haters' who deserve to become targets for repression by the government."
Today's Blacklisted American: Democrat Politicians Demand the Blackballing of Anyone Who Votes Republican
"The religion of ethnic caste."
Race-Based Idolatry
Michael Barone: "Numbers don't lie."
In 'Systemically Racist' America, Lots of Whites Vote for Blacks
"Every time Lindsey Graham tries to work his way back to the conservative fold, he blurts out something in a way that hurts not just Graham, but all Republicans."
Senator Lindsey Graham Claims Republicans Are Prone to Riot
RAID ON MAR-A-LAGO
Feds: “identified a limited set of materials that potentially contain attorney-client privileged information, completed its review of those materials, and is in the process of following the procedures set forth in paragraph 84 of the search warrant affidavit to address potential privilege disputes.”
Mar-a-Lago Raid: Feds Seized Privileged Trump Documents, New Court Filing Confirms
“I think the best way to understand this is in the context of a six-year-long operation targeting Donald Trump, Donald Trump’s aides, and Donald Trump’s supporters.”
Lee Smith: People I Trust Say FBI Raid Was Search for Russiagate Documents at Mar-a-Lago
"Our country is far from healthy today, but a collective laugh at the FBI’s joke of an affidavit is a long-needed step in the right direction."
The Short Life (and Amazingly Fast Death) of the FBI’s Mar-A-Lago Play
“They release a heavily redacted overtly political affidavit. And it only proves that the Biden administration is so desperate to cover up their own unprecedented, unnecessary and unAmerican raid against my father. This is a travesty of justice. And if it happened to a Democrat, you’d actually be hearing about it. You’d see actual outrage in the media, they’d actually put an end to this crap."
Donald Trump Jr. SHREDS Biden's DOJ Over Heavily-Redacted Mar-a-Lago Raid Affidavit
Margot Cleveland: "Manipulating the criminal code to find a basis to search the home of a political enemy represents an appalling weaponization of the criminal justice system."
Redacted Mar-A-Lago Affidavit Confirms Biden’s DOJ Fished for a Crime to Pin on Trump
"The FBI would do well to remember it has no constitutional authority except what it borrows from the elected president."
One Giant Problem with the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago Raid
Lloyd Billingsley: "Immoral equivalence in the FBI’s jihad against Trump."
Resurrecting the Rosenbergs
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
"Even as citizens struggle with cost of living crisis."
German Green Party Minister Calls For Tax on Meat
"Moves by Bank Australia set a new tone for Fourth Branch abuses."
Unelected Bureaucrats Unilaterally Impose the Green New Deal
DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS
“It may well be that we will have a number of winters where we have to somehow find solutions,” [Royal Dutch Shell CEO Ben] van Beurden said. “That this is going to be somehow easy, or over, I think is a fantasy that we should put aside.”
Oil CEO Makes Grim Prediction About the Duration of Europe’s Energy Crisis
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
"About 8.5 million people are behind on rent."
3.8 Million Renters Likely To Be Evicted In Next Two Months
"Biden and his congressional cronies are putting so much weight on the economy a collapse is all but inevitable."
The Economic News is All Bad, and the American Public Knows It
“Having the capacity to manage money in real time could help households avoid costly late payment fees or free up working capital for small businesses to finance growth.” (I trust these people — not - jjs)
Federal Reserve To Launch New Instant Payment Service

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“For that amount of money, you could fund free pre-K for every three- and four-year-old for 10 years,” [Paul "the forehead"] Begala explained. “You would do a lot more good for poor people, communities of color, and the underprivileged by doing pre-K. You could forgive all medical debt, which, unlike student debt, is not freely entered into.”
Another Top Dem Comes Out Against Biden’s Student Debt Cancellation
"Rather than extolling an outdated bootstraps conservatism, we should instead explore ways to use government action to reward our core constituencies."
Lessons of Biden’s Debt Jubilee
AMERICA, AND THE WORLD, IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
“Real world evidence from the current mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, which have been administered to millions of individuals, show us that the vaccines are safe. As we know from prior experience, strain changes can be made without affecting safety." (I'd rather drink horse dewormer and fish tank cleaner - jjs)
New Chinese COVID-19 Boosters To Be Authorized Without Human Trials Completed
LOCKDOWN 2: MONKEY POX MONKEY BUSINESS BOOGALOO???
"Survey shows gay men are now cutting back on sexual activity to avoid the virus."
Monkeypox Outbreak Seemingly Slows as Cases Fall in Major Cities
AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
"Democrat New York City Mayor Eric Adams and the White House have both criticized Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for busing illegal migrants to his city and Washington, D.C., with Adams accusing Abbott of using the migrants as 'political pawns,' in an Aug. 7 tweet. Moreover, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre called Abbott’s actions 'shameful' in July."
The Biden Junta Is Paying To Bus Illegal Migrants To New York City
"Rep. Norton’s bill appears to apply specifically to migrants who come into contact with DHS as opposed to including American citizens." (Rep Kramden: "Pow! Right in the kisser!" - jjs)
Democrats Are Demanding An Extra $50,000,000 For Food For Illegal Immigrants
“Population growth is determined by births, deaths, and net immigration,” says the CBO report. “In CBO’s projections, fertility rates remain low and immigration becomes an increasingly important part of overall population growth.”
Congressional Budget Office: U.S. Population Growth Will Be ‘Entirely’ Driven by Immigration by 2043
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
"Crime has been soaring in Baltimore this year."
Filming for Apple TV’s Lady in the Lake Halted After Crews Threatened With Extortion and Shooting in Baltimore
[So-called quote-unquote "vice president"] called for donations to Minnesota Freedom Fund amid George Floyd riots."
Kamala-Backed Bail Fund Puts Murderer on the Street
"Donald Ray Surrett Jr., also of Bend, attacked the 20-year-old shooter near the rear of the store in the produce section after the gunman had fired several rounds from a rifle, police said." 
Oregon Safeway Employee Deemed Heroic After Attempting To Disarm Gunman Who Killed 2, Injured 2: Police
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
Karol Markowicz: "Over the weekend, The New York Times had a splashy story about the overmedication of children. It was only 20 years late."
The New York Times Suddenly Discovered We're Giving Dangerous Drugs to Kids
SECOND AMENDMENT
"Fetterman is currently polling ahead of Republican Senate candidate Mehmet Oz, despite questions about his health after suffering a stroke in May. Fetterman has also refused to commit to any political debates with Oz ahead of the election."
John Fetterman Skipping Joe Biden Gun Control and Crime Event in Pennsylvania
"Two new studies advance the dangerous narrative that white people own guns because they are racist and fear black people."
Gun Owners Are Racist, According To Academics Using Bad Science
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
"Anti-racism mathematics, you guys."
Critical Race Theory, Anti-Racist Math Pollutes Kentucky School District Teacher Training Materials
"It seems that Cornell has thrown in with the race hustlers."
Cancel Culture Infests Cornell's Law School
THE 2020 ELECTION HEIST AND AFTERMATH
"The former president pointed to reports that the FBI worked to bury the story about Hunter Biden’s laptop on social media right before the 2020 election."
Donald Trump: Declare Me Rightful Winner or Redo ‘Fraud’ 2020 Election
Among the proposed changes to Arizona election law were same-day voter registration, a repealing of “Arizona’s ballot harvesting ban,” and “voter registration with minimal identification, such as a pay stub.”
Arizona Supreme Court Smacks Down Democrats’ Election Takeover Ploy
"His legal advice to President Trump after the election was not disingenuous. Rather, it operated within the limits of what was credible and possible."
John Eastman Is John Eastman’s Best Defense
"Democrats on the 51-member New York City Council approved a plan last month that allows more than 800,000 foreign nationals with green cards, visas, and work permits the opportunity to vote in citywide elections so long as they have resided in the city for at least 30 consecutive days."
Black Americans File Federal Lawsuit Against NYC for Law Allowing Foreign Nationals to Vote
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
“…will not invite speakers that have expressed and continued to hold views or host/sponsor/promote events in support of Zionism, the apartheid state of Israel, and the occupation of Palestine.”
Nine U. California-Berkeley Law Student Orgs Adopt Pro-BDS Pledge to Not Host Zionist, Pro-Israel Speakers
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
"Sens. Warren, Markey have not commented on scandal facing candidate they endorsed."
Boston Mayor Stands by DA Candidate Investigated for Sexual Assault
"Kelly was the cofounder of a company called World View Enterprises, that garnered investments from a company that is closely linked to the Chinese Communist Party."
Senator Mark Kelly Has Concerning Business Ties to China
POLITICS
"Marks Democrats' latest effort to interfere with a Republican primary."
Dems Appear to Boost "America First" Republican in New Hampshire Primary
"Despite all their balderdash and bluster, they’re headed for a midterm drubbing."
The Democrat Momentum Mirage
“The media swarms and lies. Tells you it’s over, wants you to give up. Happens every single time.” Don’t fall for it.
Operation Demoralize Is Back
"What the hell is this?"
Video: Jill Biden Physically Pulls Away ‘Stuck’ Joe From Reporters
"National Space Council chairwoman's 'big day' ruined as momentous launch postponed due to engine trouble."
Kamala Harris Fails Again
"This comes as O’Rourke, running against two-term incumbent Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, trails in the polls by 6.8 points, according to RealClearPolitics."
Beto "Irish Mickey" O’Rourke Hospitalized In Texas, Cancels Campaign Events
Thad McCotter: "Lose your base, lose your race."
GOP: Remember the Maxim!
"They are the last, best hope to stop the leftist threat."
Latinos to the Rescue of America
"It goes without saying that the best and brightest, the educated, the evolved cannot make a mistake. We all know that."
Expect More Democrat Hail Marys
"Sadly, we also learned that most Americans fell for the Democrats’ lies and gladly gave up their freedoms to remain 'safe' from a virus that more than 99% of Americans would survive."
Reasons Never to Vote Democrat Again, Vol. I: Chinese COVID Tyranny Must Be Punished
"If you’ve never found yourself thinking, 'I need more Hillary Clinton in my life,' you are not alone."
The Show No One Wanted
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
". . . a scene reminiscent of the last days of South Vietnam." (and Afghanistan a year ago - jjs)
Iraq Presidential Palace Stormed, U.S. Embassy Helicopter Evacuation
"The public statement of opposition marks a shift for Lapid, who along with his immediate predecessor Naftali Bennett has up until now sought to manage differences with Washington over Iran in a less heated fashion than characterized the relationship between the Binyamin Netanyahu and Obama-Biden administrations."
Lapid: ‘This [Iran] Deal Is Not a Good Deal’; More Dangerous Than 2015 Agreement
"Skeptics say it’s a ploy to erode support for Sweden Democrats."
Sweden’s Leftist Leader Vows to Put a Stop to Ethnic Ghettos
"Europeans just can't quit enabling Jihad against the Jewish State."
The European Soft Spot for Palestinian NGOs That Support Terror Against Israel
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
“This looks like Russian intelligence, this walks like Russian intelligence, this talks like Russian intelligence,” Bash told host Nicolle Wallace. “This effort by Rudy Giuliani and the New York Post and Steve Bannon to cook up supposed dirt on Joe Biden looks like a classic Russian playbook disinformation campaign. And let’s recount exactly what happened in July 2019, when President Trump talked to Zelensky, he said, ‘talk to Rudy Giuliani. He’s my guy on trying to dig up false dirt on Joe Biden.'”
Joe Biden’s New Intelligence Board Chief Jeremy Bash Called Hunter’s Laptop Russian Disinformation
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
Astronomers also discover potential “water world” exoplanet that could support life.
James Webb Space Telescope Captures Evidence of Carbon Dioxide on Exoplanet
"The real problem with today’s scrub comes from that NASA management and the way the government operates. Cutting-edge engineering projects traditionally do such tests during early development, though such live tests should continue throughout the entire project."
SLS Launch Scrubbed
"What makes these light rocks significant is that they appear to be the first close examples of the sulfate-bearing layer that the rover has seen in the higher reaches of Mount Sharp since it landed in Gale Crater more than ten years ago."
Curiosity in the Valley of Gediz-Vallis
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
Boston Children’s Hospital came under fire in August when publicly available video circulated in which the hospital advertised “gender-affirming” hysterectomies for underage children.
REPORT: Children’s Hospital CEO Doubles Down on Trans Surgeries for Minors in Letter to Employees
"The bill’s author, Senator Scott Wiener (D) . . . " (say no more - jjs)
California Assembly Passes Bill Making State Transgender "Refuge" for Kids and Parents
"Red states are working to protect little kids."
The Left Suddenly Discovers Free Speech to Force Transgender Indoctrination on Children
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
"The 'Breakthrough Fellowship' prohibits whites and Asians from applying, a restriction that is 'flagrantly illegal.'”
No Whites Allowed: Pfizer Fellowship Flagrantly Violates the Law, Lawyers Say
"Philanthropic foundations will feel the squeeze in a bear market—especially when they have been making ill-advised or politically driven investment decisions." (if all the foundations that are now controlled by the Maoists dry up, that's a net positive - jjs)
A Less Charitable World
"Impediments to coherent thinking and moral clarity."
Moral Equivalence – Or Moral Idiocy?
"Beloved HBO bromance doubled as a love letter to the City of Angels."
Entourage Creator Flees Crime-Infested L.A.
HITHER & YON
"Repurposing office space can ensure that city centers remain vibrant in the remote-work age."
Encouraging Office Conversions

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Posted by: J.J. Sefton at 07:25 AM

Comments

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1 first.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at August 30, 2022 07:26 AM (bVYXr)

2 first!

Posted by: SturmToddler (WhsXQ) at August 30, 2022 07:27 AM (WhsXQ)

3 damn, nailed by the lag...

whelp, you get to deal with the otters.

watch your back side...

coffee is ready, now on to the content.

Posted by: SturmToddler (WhsXQ) at August 30, 2022 07:27 AM (WhsXQ)

4 Thank you, J.J.!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 30, 2022 07:27 AM (1n+EO)

5 WTFO??

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 30, 2022 07:28 AM (BRHaw)

6 Willowed:

If you want $15/hr, make sure you get the customer's order correct. Stopped in at McDonald's, yeah, I know, but beggars can't be choosers. Order a #5 meal. Bacon, egg & cheese McGriddle. Hand me my bag & I drive off. Get down the road, and it's a sausage biscuit. Oh, hell no. Go back. Tell them what happened. Lady gives me a new breakfast. Get down the road & it's a sausage McGriddle.

Posted by: rickb223 Cruel ace is the best ace at August 30, 2022 07:29 AM (piaw5)

7
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 30, 2022 07:30 AM (ENBF0)

8 "sure as the Sunni rises in the east, eventually the Shiite will hit the fan"

*wipes a tear from my eye*

that's beautiful man. just pure poetry...

Posted by: SturmToddler (WhsXQ) at August 30, 2022 07:30 AM (WhsXQ)

9 Thank you, JJ.

Posted by: democrats: Raping The Children We Cannot Kill Since 1973 at August 30, 2022 07:31 AM (jV+aN)

10 One of the missing computer hard drives belonged to Nikole Flax, chief of staff to the then-commissioner of the IRS. Flax, by the way, visited the White House no fewer than 31 times during the period the tea party was targeted between 2010 and 2012.

Bullshit
Email is stored on a server. There is a ID card with CHIP required to log into your computer. So for data to be lost on a local PC: 1. It would have to be downloaded to that driver. 2. I would have to be deleted off the server. and 3. Same for the daily or whatever time frame backups.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 30, 2022 07:34 AM (BRHaw)

11 The average citizen is the rook that's already been taken and is waiting to be put back in the board ass-end-up and called a queen.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 30, 2022 07:35 AM (6FeV1)

12 And I’ll say this, if there is a prosecution of Donald Trump for mishandling classified information after the Clinton debacle … there will be riots in the street.”

Translation: "Shoot them! Shoot them! You have weapons! Use them!"

At this point, I wish there really would be a final spark. I'm tired of these assholes dancing around a pool of gasoline with a lit match. Let's get it over with.

I won't survive, but damn it, I'm sick of this stupid game.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 30, 2022 07:36 AM (AW0uW)

13 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at August 30, 2022 07:36 AM (1Z8zZ)

14 I hope that f'n rocket never gets off the ground. Take the money and build a 50' high wall and start tossing illegals back over it.

Posted by: fd at August 30, 2022 07:37 AM (sn5EN)

15 And he (Fauci) may have overreacted, events now suggested."

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HAHAHAHAHA

Overreacted? We had 100 years of actual science to look to, but Trump said pussy. And I suspect Fauci got a few million dollars in addition to his magazine covers and celebrity status.

"Overreacted"? Bull. Did exactly what was asked of him.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - China is making you buy EVs, read to bottom at August 30, 2022 07:37 AM (Uq/Pq)

16 NYC and D.C. say they are SANCTUARY CITIES. The mayors need to stop bitching and welcome the illegals with open arms. Or is this "sanctuary" crap all talk?

Posted by: Case at August 30, 2022 07:37 AM (tmQgQ)

17 Get down the road, and it's a sausage biscuit. Oh, hell no. Go back. Tell them what happened. Lady gives me a new breakfast. Get down the road & it's a sausage McGriddle.
Posted by: rickb223

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There was a McDonalds we would pass on trips that we would stop at because of this. They never once got an order correct, and it became a fun family game. None of us liked McDonalds all that much, but it was hilarious to see what would be in the bag.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - China is making you buy EVs, read to bottom at August 30, 2022 07:39 AM (Uq/Pq)

18 In regards to the nyt article on over medicating children for the last 20 years and it is causing a rise in under 20 suicides, I wonder why they did not think to take it a logical step further and mention all of these sick kids shooting up schools.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at August 30, 2022 07:39 AM (bVYXr)

19 "Bullshit
Email is stored on a server"

The facts don't matter. The soul of the country is contaminated with lefty commie socialist rat bastards.

Posted by: fd at August 30, 2022 07:39 AM (sn5EN)

20 Kumquat Harris incited violence in the streets two years ago.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 30, 2022 07:40 AM (h4/K3)

21 Robert Spencer: "This has been coming for years."

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Re: "minority attracted personx"

I was speaking to a neighbor the other day whose son participates in online gaming tournaments (and occasionally makes money here and there). He was excited because he had to be 13 to enter. That seemed odd to me and I looked it up. Sure enough.

I wouldn't be surprised if that's the magic number going forward.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - China is making you buy EVs, read to bottom at August 30, 2022 07:41 AM (Uq/Pq)

22 Any good bug recipes out there, peasants?

Posted by: Squid at August 30, 2022 07:41 AM (7a4Us)

23 Traffic circles don't work in the US because too many entering drivers stop and wait for the circle to clear before entering, or drivers in the circle take it as a personal affront if someone attempts to merge in front of them.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 30, 2022 07:41 AM (Wrs74)

24 'Bad Veal?'

Wouldn't that imply that her 'wife' was very young? From the headshot on the linked wiki page, while I'd count her as a 1, she does not look particularly young.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 30, 2022 07:41 AM (HJDAV)

25 IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig sent an agency-wide email on Aug. 19, writing, “This is a historic time for the IRS, and we are working to move quickly to begin work on the Inflation Reduction Act signed into law earlier this week.”

Please also vote on the new uniforms. We love the Hugo Boss submittals but still want your votes.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 30, 2022 07:41 AM (BRHaw)

26 Mornin'
(sips more coffee)
The last thread had a discussion of Roundabouts so I figure 'Yes' would fit. Somehow. Alas, that thread was willowed, so here you go anyway!

https://youtu.be/QOrrNM4md8c

Posted by: Puddleglum at August 30, 2022 07:42 AM (sAmhv)

27 I'm beginning to think we have a tyrant problem. Like ants or mice in the house, it happens every now and again. Fortunately, I know someone wrote something down about getting those pesky buggers out of the house.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 30, 2022 07:42 AM (HXKso)

28 “Sunni and Shiite”…that was good , JJ. Lmao.

Posted by: Sidney at August 30, 2022 07:42 AM (kJLOL)

29 Pedophiles are a "marginalized minority"

Yes they are. For a reason.

I would like to marginalize them further.

And minorize their population to zero.

Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 30, 2022 07:43 AM (g1EEm)

30 thanks JJ. i still don't know how you can parse all that without rage stroking every day. I've come to the conclusion that "it's dead, jim" - we just won't accept it yet. but i'll continue to go through the correct motions and hope that i'm wrong, for my son if nothing else.

but i'm still picking out the correct face colander in case i'm right...

Posted by: SturmToddler (WhsXQ) at August 30, 2022 07:43 AM (WhsXQ)

31 Americans will be airlifted off of the consulate in Taipei in Aug 2023.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 30, 2022 07:43 AM (Wrs74)

32 23 Traffic circles don't work in the US because too many entering drivers stop and wait for the circle to clear before entering, or drivers in the circle take it as a personal affront if someone attempts to merge in front of them.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 30, 2022 07:41 AM (Wrs74)

Not just that, most of these new traffic circles are simply not large enough. Driving is as much about confidence as any other task is. When the circle is too tight, it drives down the ability of the driver to judge how fast everyone is moving and be able to judge that they have enough time to merge into a given spot. Also, people are trying to judge spatial distances on a curve. They may think someone is in one lane of traffic when they are in fact in another.

With traffic circles, you force people to lean more heavily on more complex spatial relationships than a simple four way stop does.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 30, 2022 07:45 AM (HJDAV)

33 Email is stored on a server. There is a ID card with CHIP required to log into your computer. So for data to be lost on a local PC: 1. It would have to be downloaded to that driver. 2. I would have to be deleted off the server. and 3. Same for the daily or whatever time frame backups.
Posted by: rhennigantx

Everything they said was an obvious lie, but no one will call them on it.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 30, 2022 07:45 AM (QzGLY)

34 Saigon Evac 2: Biden's Baghdad Bugout Boogaloo!

Never Give Up Your Guns!

Rootin For Putin!

Free Buffalo Guy!

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 30, 2022 07:46 AM (kweYR)

35 Same for the daily or whatever time frame backups.
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 30, 2022 07:34 AM (BRHaw)
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And backups have a nasty habit of persisting, even after an admin tries to delete them. This sham investigation gave up at the first excuse to quit.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 30, 2022 07:46 AM (HXKso)

36 or drivers in the circle take it as a personal affront if someone attempts to merge in front of them.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

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That's what I always see. People floor it to tailgate instead of opening up to let traffic work like a zipper.

Which makes the traffic circles $14M stop signs in place of the existing stop signs they pulled out and wasted everyone's time tearing up the roads to replace.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - China is making you buy EVs, read to bottom at August 30, 2022 07:47 AM (Uq/Pq)

37 Ugh up top. And it's only Tuesday.

Posted by: Ziba at August 30, 2022 07:47 AM (4h9M3)

38 Email is stored on a server. There is a ID card with CHIP required to log into your computer. So for data to be lost on a local PC: 1. It would have to be downloaded to that driver. 2. I would have to be deleted off the server. and 3. Same for the daily or whatever time frame backups.
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 30, 2022 07:34 AM (BRHaw)

alternatively, they could have just asked the NSA, right Bob?

Posted by: SturmToddler (WhsXQ) at August 30, 2022 07:47 AM (WhsXQ)

39 A billboard saying "traffic works like a zipper" would probably be wasted on 95% of the population, too.

Heck, 50%+ are functionally illiterate, so I guess that's the baseline.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - China is making you buy EVs, read to bottom at August 30, 2022 07:48 AM (Uq/Pq)

40 A privilege review team identified a “limited set” of materials that potentially contain attorney-client privileged information and has now completed its review of those materials, the government said in its filing in federal court in West Palm Beach, Florida. The Justice Department said it would file a more substantive response on Tuesday. US District Judge Aileen Cannon has set a Sept. 1 hearing on the matter.

We don't need an independent reviewer to determine if there are materials we should not see. We looked at everything and removed the things we should not know about.

Msm: Reeeee! Trump stupid. He not need special master! Dummy!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 30, 2022 07:48 AM (Wrs74)

41 I find myself really struggling these days to just read through these links, and it's gotten nearly impossible to even read JJ's always excellent commentary. I'm just about at my breaking point. I wish there was a "Good News" section to give me hope, but I fear it would be empty.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 30, 2022 07:48 AM (sVtYq)

42 I like traffic circles. Traffic moves.

Vail has several in the busiest parts of town. I remember when they were put in and everyone thought they would be a traffic mess. Just the opposite. Now my town has a couple and, even in NJ, they work pretty well.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 30, 2022 07:48 AM (HXKso)

43 New study says Greenland's rapidly melting zombie ice will raise global sea levels by at least 27 centimetres.

Zombie ice eats CAGW Believers' brains because it takes so many to make a meal.

And it's quite the coincidence that the melt will equal an imperial foot and not, say, 9.5 inches or 41.5 cm or any other non-rounded number.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 30, 2022 07:49 AM (yikp0)

44 A billboard saying "traffic works like a zipper" would probably be wasted on 95% of the population, too.

There is no way I am letting that guy in front of me! I am car 1000 in this line, he would put me back at 1001, and I am late as it is!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 30, 2022 07:49 AM (Wrs74)

45 22 Any good bug recipes out there, peasants?
Posted by: Squid

They're best raw and still alive!

Posted by: House Finch at August 30, 2022 07:50 AM (sAmhv)

46 Thanks for the nooz, J.J.

I think the "Russiagate documents" they're looking for don't incriminate Trump. I think they're Trump's insurance policy against the feds' criminality.

Posted by: creeper at August 30, 2022 07:50 AM (cTCuP)

47 Traffic circles don't work in the US because too many entering drivers stop and wait for the circle to clear before entering, or drivers in the circle take it as a personal affront if someone attempts to merge in front of them.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

Traffic circles don't work because the idiots who design them don't account for imbalanced traffic flows. There is one on my way to work that is on the offramp of a freeway. One side of the circle has no traffic whatsoever, and one side is a high speed offramp. The traffic crossing over the freeway has no one to yield to, and thus fill the circle, while the exit ramp backs up onto the main lanes to a stop. In the 3 years it has been there, there have been at least four fatalities.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 30, 2022 07:51 AM (QzGLY)

48 Traffic moves.

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That's always a fascinating phenomenon to experience driving-wise. Not just with the illusion of traffic circles, but with everything. Drivers will go a mile out of the way and take thirty extra seconds just to be moving.

We like the sense of motion. It means something to us even if it doesn't accomplish anything.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - China is making you buy EVs, read to bottom at August 30, 2022 07:51 AM (Uq/Pq)

49 Is this something?

the No. 1 response was “very divided,” with 43% answering this. No. 2 was “somewhat divided,” at 30%. By comparison, just 8% of the entire survey called America “very united,” while 16% described it as “somewhat united.”

Americans overwhelmingly get what the pols of both parties refuse to accept. It’s OVAH. Time to split the silver and go our separate ways.

How could I live without NYC and LA and their miserable denizens? Very happily thanks

Posted by: Mitch the Bitch at August 30, 2022 07:51 AM (eAl25)

50 That ice can't melt fast enough. Can we set Greenland on fire?

Posted by: fd at August 30, 2022 07:51 AM (sn5EN)

51 Get down the road, and it's a sausage biscuit. Oh, hell no. Go back. Tell them what happened. Lady gives me a new breakfast. Get down the road & it's a sausage McGriddle.
Posted by: rickb223
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There was a McDonalds we would pass on trips that we would stop at because of this. They never once got an order correct, and it became a fun family game. None of us liked McDonalds all that much, but it was hilarious to see what would be in the bag.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - China is making you buy EVs, read to bottom at August 30, 2022 07:39 AM (Uq/Pq)

I've got a local that i refuse to go to for even just a pop. last time i was in that one was over 4 years ago and they screwed up the order 3 times. while I'm dining in. so at least i didn't waste gas.

it got so bad i expected it to be on purpose. i wanted to think no one could be THAT stupid and still remember to breathe, then i heard the kitchen people talking...

Posted by: SturmToddler (WhsXQ) at August 30, 2022 07:51 AM (WhsXQ)

52 Traffic circles work when the cars don't lose much momentum. Not so much when people stop before entering.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 30, 2022 07:51 AM (i0slg)

53 "I think the "Russiagate documents" they're looking for don't incriminate Trump. I think they're Trump's insurance policy against the feds' criminality."

That's the direction that my brain goes, as well.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 30, 2022 07:52 AM (1n+EO)

54 They put a circle in where I lived in GA. People treated it as though it was a 1 car at a time deal and would sit until the entire circle cleared. Even throw their hands up in exasperation if someone entered out of turn.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 30, 2022 07:52 AM (Wrs74)

55 Oh look, we took documents and materials that we shouldn't have. We just won't look at those said the DOJ never.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 30, 2022 07:53 AM (h4/K3)

56 "And he (Fauci) may have overreacted, events now suggested."

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Wow, that author better dial it back a bit! May have overreacted...that's a harsh accusation. What a way of speaking truth to power.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 30, 2022 07:53 AM (sVtYq)

57 I think the "Russiagate documents" they're looking for don't incriminate Trump. I think they're Trump's insurance policy against the feds' criminality.
Posted by: creeper

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I agree. It looks more and more like it was the defense raiding the documents of the other legal team to see what they'd face in court, with the added benefit of a temporary librarian at the National Archives re-deeming unclassified papers "classified" again because we're a lawless society now.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - China is making you buy EVs, read to bottom at August 30, 2022 07:53 AM (Uq/Pq)

58 Suddenly, LA entertainment types don't like the government they voted for, again and again. "Something's got to be done!", they whine. So they move, and start voting for it all over again, in a new town.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 30, 2022 07:53 AM (HXKso)

59 It may well be that we will have a number of winters where we have to somehow find solutions,” [Royal Dutch Shell CEO Ben] van Beurden said.

Baby seine Kälte draußen

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 30, 2022 07:54 AM (BRHaw)

60 Nothing latches onto an HQ thread quite like boobs or traffic circles.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 30, 2022 07:54 AM (sVtYq)

61 If I'm in a car, I'll punch it and get thru a traffic circle as fast as I can. I get a kick out of seeing the look on other driver's faces when I come thru there in a 50mph drift.

Posted by: fd at August 30, 2022 07:54 AM (sn5EN)

62

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at August 30, 2022 07:54 AM (SWi3y)

63
New study says Greenland's rapidly melting zombie ice will raise global sea levels by at least 27 centimetres.

Zombie ice eats CAGW Believers' brains because it takes so many to make a meal.

And it's quite the coincidence that the melt will equal an imperial foot and not, say, 9.5 inches or 41.5 cm or any other non-rounded number.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 30, 2022 07:49 AM

Isn't that the ice which is sitting on top of a volcano?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 30, 2022 07:55 AM (jE276)

64 Ottawa invoking decades-old energy treaty [1977] in effort to prevent U.S. Federal Court from shutting down the Line 5 pipeline that serves the Upper Peninsula and Eastern Canada at Whitler's command.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 30, 2022 07:55 AM (yikp0)

65 Morning peeps.

We have a traffic circle on the main two-lane road into town. It's where 3 separate roads meet at odd angles. The original intersection saw a lot of accidents. The accidents now are at a lower speed.

Unless some numbnut blows through the circle and ends up in someone's field or hits a cow.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 30, 2022 07:55 AM (BFigT)

66 I've been promoted to the top of the page!

Posted by: Girl What Has The HUGE Pimple on Her Back at August 30, 2022 07:55 AM (flINI)

67 it got so bad i expected it to be on purpose. i wanted to think no one could be THAT stupid and still remember to breathe, then i heard the kitchen people talking...
Posted by: SturmToddler

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The best one at the one that we would always stop at to see how bad the order would be?

Everything was right. Everything. We all got straws, my wife got a fork for her salad, etc. Napkins, sauce for my daughters chicken nuggets, it all looked right.

We were shocked. Nothing was wrong. Imagine our relief when my youngest opened his happy meal and the apple slices package - from the factory - only had IIRC two small apple slices in it.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - China is making you buy EVs, read to bottom at August 30, 2022 07:57 AM (Uq/Pq)

68 New study says Greenland's rapidly melting zombie ice will raise global sea levels by at least 27 centimetres.

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The only solution is to eat bugs, by G*d. And do without heat in the winter. Unless you're immensely wealthy and power-connected. Then it doesn't apply to you for some reason.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 30, 2022 07:57 AM (sVtYq)

69 The Turtle is doing what he can to assure the Grahams of the US Senate prevail and they--the alleged GOP--do not have to deal with being the majority in the Senate.
However,- -like their puffer Graham--be gasbags on Hannity and other alleged 'conservative' media and extort campaign contributions from the rubes.

Posted by: Voter theater. at August 30, 2022 07:57 AM (DJYaQ)

70 Each state should have a vote on traffic circles. Let the people decide. If your state turns them down just move to a state that votes them in.

Posted by: Case at August 30, 2022 07:57 AM (tmQgQ)

71 It's like a fire hose of content!

Posted by: torabora at August 30, 2022 07:57 AM (Y274z)

72 BQQB license plate request rejected in Texas.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 30, 2022 07:57 AM (h4/K3)

73 I’d like to think about nyc, philly LA and Chicongo the same way I think about Canaduh and Mexico-neighbors l never visit

Posted by: Mitch the Bitch at August 30, 2022 07:58 AM (eAl25)

74 Dallas used to have a big traffic circle; when it was torn up, the local paper noted that 287 people had died on it during the 50 years it was used.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 30, 2022 07:58 AM (oFnro)

75 Tucker with yet another scathing, Through-the-Looking-Glass indictment of our perfidious, deluded and totalitarian wanna-be Ruling Class, this time over the self-inflicted energy crisis destroying Europe.

https://tinyurl.com/4x2kwr23

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 30, 2022 07:58 AM (H8QX8)

76 It may well be that we will have a number of winters where we have to somehow find solutions,” [Royal Dutch Shell CEO Ben] van Beurden said.

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Didn't some European official come right out and say that it was okay for a bunch of people to starve since it was going to help save the earth?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - China is making you buy EVs, read to bottom at August 30, 2022 07:58 AM (Uq/Pq)

77 New study says Greenland's rapidly melting zombie ice will raise global sea levels by at least 27 centimetres.

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At some point shouldn't the sea level actually, you know, start rising?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - China is making you buy EVs, read to bottom at August 30, 2022 07:59 AM (Uq/Pq)

78 Traffic circles work when the cars don't lose much momentum. Not so much when people stop before entering.
Posted by: Ignoramus at August 30, 2022 07:51 AM (i0slg)

people also don't know how, or understand how to signal in a traffic circle.

Posted by: SturmToddler (WhsXQ) at August 30, 2022 07:59 AM (WhsXQ)

79 The worst thing about Whitmer closing down a perfectly safe pipeline is that the immediate impact will be to make people on both sides of the border poorer and colder.

Poorer and colder. Democrat government in action.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 30, 2022 07:59 AM (HXKso)

80 Nothing latches onto an HQ thread quite like boobs or traffic circles.
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Honk! Honk!

[That works for both!]

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 30, 2022 07:59 AM (yikp0)

81 One time, I'm driving south of Erie PA, and a little boro had put in a traffic circle for no real reason. Approaching, traffic slowed down as an Amishman was going through the circle, drawn by a pretty confused horse.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 30, 2022 08:00 AM (lz5hY)

82 The worst thing about Whitmer closing down a perfectly safe pipeline is that the immediate impact will be to make people on both sides of the border poorer and colder.

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Yet she will sail to reelection victory.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 30, 2022 08:00 AM (sVtYq)

83 MAGA MAGA RACIST MAGA WHITE SUPREMACIST MAGA SCIENCE DENIER MAGA DEATH CULT MAGA VOTER SUPPRESSOR MAGA DANGER TO DEMOCRACY MAGA

Posted by: Biden's Soul of a Nation Speech at August 30, 2022 08:00 AM (w4R7x)

84 There are currently about 250k undocumented people in NYC doing our construction work, kitchen hp in restaurants food delivery etc. I don't think another 5k more is going to be noticed.
However, c in vil suits about security on the buses not allowing people to get off (kidnapping) may prove problematical for some.
Texas has estimated q.5 million undocumented can't see how the 5k will alleviate any perceived problems down thefe

Posted by: Forrest gump at August 30, 2022 08:00 AM (SqRTH)

85 So another deep state military-industrial complex smashing success in Iraq at the cost of thousands of lives and hundreds of billions of dollars.

At least we got Uday all those WMD's so it was worth it.

Posted by: Ripley at August 30, 2022 08:01 AM (MxEKc)

86 Disclose TV: NEW - Greenland ice sheet gained 7 Gigatons of mass in just one day yesterday — the largest daily gain ever recorded during the summer.

https://tinyurl.com/2fnne62r

Posted by: McCool at August 30, 2022 08:01 AM (BqBIh)

87 76 It may well be that we will have a number of winters where we have to somehow find solutions,” [Royal Dutch Shell CEO Ben] van Beurden said.

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Didn't some European official come right out and say that it was okay for a bunch of people to starve since it was going to help save the earth?
Posted by: Moron Robbie

The WEF Davosians say that all the time. It's probably on their website, under 'What We Believe' page.

Posted by: Puddleglum at August 30, 2022 08:01 AM (sAmhv)

88 Nothing latches onto an HQ thread quite like boobs or traffic circles.
Posted by: Lady in Black

Thinks about mentioning pissy assed 9mm.
Refrains from mentioning pissy assed 9mm.

Posted by: rickb223 Cruel ace is the best ace at August 30, 2022 08:01 AM (piaw5)

89 hiya

Posted by: JT at August 30, 2022 08:01 AM (T4tVD)

90 Providing free bus tickets for those wishing to start new lives in our country will only help to make their transition easier.

Posted by: Forrest gump at August 30, 2022 08:02 AM (SqRTH)

91 Didn't some European official come right out and say that it was okay for a bunch of people to starve since it was going to help save the earth?
Posted by: Moron Robbie - China is making you buy EVs, read to bottom at August 30, 2022 07:58 AM (Uq/Pq)

german health or food minister iirc.

Posted by: SturmToddler (WhsXQ) at August 30, 2022 08:02 AM (WhsXQ)

92 #63

||Zombie or doomed ice is ice that is still attached to thicker areas of ice but is no longer getting fed by those larger glaciers.

It happens as a result of the parent glaciers getting less replenishing snow.||

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 30, 2022 08:02 AM (yikp0)

93 Semi-fascist? Bwhahahahahaha!

Posted by: Zombie Mussolini at August 30, 2022 08:02 AM (w4R7x)

94 "But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions- it is by grace you have been saved."

Ephesians 2:4-5

Posted by: Marcus T at August 30, 2022 08:02 AM (VpIIl)

95 I don't think Karine's actions have anything to do with "jew hating", JJ. Having illegals flood Texas and be sent to red states is, in fact, under the direction of Mayorkas, who is, sadly, one of us. The open border BS is a wretched, lawless thing, but has zero to do with antisemitism. Neither does the machinations of Tony Blinken that are leading to the Iran deal. As a people, we seem to be our own worst enemies.

Posted by: CN, the deer-hater at August 30, 2022 08:03 AM (Zzbjj)

96 They replaced two stop lights with roundabouts on my daily commute to the shop. I like them, mainly because they save me time.

Posted by: lowandslow at August 30, 2022 08:03 AM (qH6FZ)

97 The Economic News is All Bad, and the American Public Knows It

Went to the grocery store yesterday and bought a box of Kellogg's Corn Flakes (I know, I know, but the store version was out of stock). The box was blazoned at top in bright yellow, LARGE SIZE, and all I could do was shake my head. The box, in capacity, was half the size from one year ago.

I was standing there, holding the box out in amazement, when another shopper came by and asked me if something was wrong. I said, "Look at this! Large size? Do they really think people are that stupid?" And before the other shopper could reply, I just spat out, "Oh, but who cares? No mean tweets and that's all anyone in this shithole state cares about!"

Threw the box in my cart and went off. I don't know what the other shopper thought, and at this point I don't care.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 30, 2022 08:03 AM (AW0uW)

98 The best one at the one that we would always stop at to see how bad the order would be?

Everything was right. Everything. We all got straws, my wife got a fork for her salad, etc. Napkins, sauce for my daughters chicken nuggets, it all looked right.

We were shocked. Nothing was wrong. Imagine our relief when my youngest opened his happy meal and the apple slices package - from the factory - only had IIRC two small apple slices in it.
Posted by: Moron Robbie

If I had wanted a Surprise Me Meal, I would have ordered a Surprise Me Meal.

Posted by: rickb223 Cruel ace is the best ace at August 30, 2022 08:04 AM (piaw5)

99 german health or food minister iirc.

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Thanks

Posted by: Moron Robbie - China is making you buy EVs, read to bottom at August 30, 2022 08:04 AM (Uq/Pq)

100 BQQB
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I love BBQ but I stutter just like Slow Joe!

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 30, 2022 08:04 AM (yikp0)

101 75 Tucker with yet another scathing, Through-the-Looking-Glass indictment of our perfidious, deluded and totalitarian wanna-be Ruling Class, this time over the self-inflicted energy crisis destroying Europe.

Say your prayers for a mild winter here. We are right behind Europe in Climate Cultism. Thanks to our suicidal desire for political union with crazy leftists

Posted by: Mitch the Bitch at August 30, 2022 08:04 AM (eAl25)

102 Why don't Democrats just impose lifetime automatic Democrat voting so voters can just not have to think about it?

Posted by: torabora at August 30, 2022 08:04 AM (Y274z)

103 If I had wanted a Surprise Me Meal, I would have ordered a Surprise Me Meal.

*

Oh, I know, and I expect to get what I pay for and like you will go back until I do. It's just that at that particular McDonalds we noticed it was NEVER exactly right, and then started making a game of it.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - China is making you buy EVs, read to bottom at August 30, 2022 08:05 AM (Uq/Pq)

104 Today is Warren Buffett's birthday. He turns 92.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 30, 2022 08:05 AM (NpAcC)

105 "german health or food minister iirc."

Turkish guy, right?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 30, 2022 08:05 AM (1n+EO)

106 Following up on Tucker last night, a look at French news yielded this: France calling for "collective energy sobriety." IOW, less for thee, more for me.
Terra Nova, a social democrat group will supervise the sobriety movement.

Posted by: Ziba at August 30, 2022 08:06 AM (4h9M3)

107 >>I think the "Russiagate documents" they're looking for don't incriminate Trump. I think they're Trump's insurance policy against the feds' criminality.

I think they not only show who was spying on Trump and his campaign but how they did it which is why the DOJ is using he excuse of exposing classified "sources and methods". They don't want Americans to see that they were using the tools designed to spy on foreign terrorists against Americans including the President of the United States.

That's why they pulled this idiotic, illegal raid on Mar A Lago, they felt exposure was even worse.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 30, 2022 08:06 AM (ZLI7S)

108 63:Isn't that the ice which is sitting on top of a volcano?
Posted by: Divide by Zero

Had that happen in Iceland a few years ago. It sent huge boulders down a river towards the sea. Took out a major highway too.

Posted by: Puddleglum at August 30, 2022 08:07 AM (sAmhv)

109 Karine Jean-Pierre who only last month declared Abbott's actions "shameful." Is that so?

How the hell can she and Joey and the rest call anything shameful? They have never felt shame for anything they ever did.

Posted by: Gref temporarily in FL at August 30, 2022 08:07 AM (S6ZRI)

110 Manipulating the criminal code to find a basis to search the home of a political enemy represents an appalling weaponization of the criminal justice system.

Show me the man and I'll show you the crime. -Beria.

If and when we eventually take the country back, these deep-state bastards deserve a taste of their own commie medicine: show trials and summary executions.

Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 30, 2022 08:07 AM (g1EEm)

111 Disclose TV: NEW - Greenland ice sheet gained 7 Gigatons of mass in just one day yesterday -- the largest daily gain ever recorded during the summer.
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More ice proves Global Warming! Just like too much ice becomes Zombie Ice!

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 30, 2022 08:07 AM (yikp0)

112 I hope that f'n rocket never gets off the ground. Take the money and build a 50' high wall and start tossing illegals back over it.

Maybe if they paint the entire phallic symbol rocket in rainbow colors abort a baby and stage a drag queen show as entertainment prior to launch, Gaia will allow this one offense to Climate Change

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 30, 2022 08:08 AM (3hSHB)

113 I didn't know MP4 was a Corn Flakes person.

More coffee...

Posted by: dantesed at August 30, 2022 08:08 AM (88xKn)

114 n her book, Dr. Birx admits knowing that the “vaccine” wouldn’t keep us from catching or spreading COVID. She testified that authorities likely only “hoped” it would.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 30, 2022 08:08 AM (BRHaw)

115 That's why they pulled this idiotic, illegal raid on Mar A Lago, they felt exposure was even worse.
Posted by: JackStraw
*

And the same people that raided his home were the exact same agents who were shown to have made up Russiagate.

Go ahead and tumble that one around in your brain for a while. Not only were they not fired, but they were allowed to raid his home and take whatever they wanted.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - China is making you buy EVs, read to bottom at August 30, 2022 08:08 AM (Uq/Pq)

116 "german health or food minister iirc."

Turkish guy, right?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 30, 2022 08:05 AM (1n+EO)

yup. drawing a blank on his name though. and couldn't spell it even if i knew.

Posted by: SturmToddler (WhsXQ) at August 30, 2022 08:09 AM (WhsXQ)

117 I'm just about at my breaking point. I wish there was a "Good News" section to give me hope, but I fear it would be empty.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 30, 2022 07:48 AM (sVtYq)

**hugs Lady**

I know exactly how you feel. Even Scripture feels empty to me. I don't know how JJ does it.

To quote Kipling, you're a better man than I am, JJ.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 30, 2022 08:10 AM (AW0uW)

118 If and when we eventually take the country back, these deep-state bastards deserve a taste of their own commie medicine: show trials and summary executions.

Eliminate the show trials. Waste of money and if you have seen any movie or TV show where the guy holding the gun begins to lecture the intended vic, it gives the condemned a chance to make a spectacular escape.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 30, 2022 08:10 AM (3hSHB)

119 And the same people that raided his home were the exact same agents who were shown to have made up Russiagate.
Go ahead and tumble that one around in your brain for a while. Not only were they not fired, but they were allowed to raid his home and take whatever they wanted.

Suckas!
Bwahahaha!

Posted by: Bill Barr and John Durham at August 30, 2022 08:11 AM (eAl25)

120 How the hell can she and Joey and the rest call anything shameful? They have never felt shame for anything they ever did.
Posted by: Gref temporarily in FL at August 30, 2022 08:07 AM (S6ZRI)

they're given the words to speak. they don't have to feel it. they've even given up playing the Costanza angle...

Posted by: SturmToddler (WhsXQ) at August 30, 2022 08:11 AM (WhsXQ)

121 Manipulating the criminal code to find a basis to search the home of a political enemy represents an appalling weaponization of the criminal justice system.

Show me the man and I'll show you the crime. -Beria.

If and when we eventually take the country back, these deep-state bastards deserve a taste of their own commie medicine: show trials and summary executions.
Posted by: quantum mechanic

If & When(tm) Epstein's john list needs to be published. After all, if you did screw an under aged kid, you have nothing to worry about.

Isn't that how it goes?

Posted by: rickb223 Cruel ace is the best ace at August 30, 2022 08:11 AM (piaw5)

122 Whiny liars strike: "Anti-death penalty group says AL corrections officials apparently botched a man's execution last month."

Funny how with the exception of Christian groups, anti-death penalty types are surely pro-abortion, isn't it?

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 30, 2022 08:12 AM (yikp0)

123 ... Graham has offered a blazing inducement for Progressive Liberal state attorneys general to step up to the plate and indict Trump before the mid-terms, confident that this will incite conservative riots in the street … riots that will hand the House and the Senate back to the Democrats.

Dear sweet Lindsey is not my guidestone; more like a millstone. Can no one rid of us of this miserable Thing?

Electorally, of course. Fucking 17th Amendment.

Bad move, boneheaded states. Morning, all y'all.

Posted by: GnuBreed at August 30, 2022 08:13 AM (JOtiF)

124 "Waste of money and if you have seen any movie or TV show where the guy holding the gun begins to lecture the intended vic, it gives the condemned a chance to make a spectacular escape."

I give you, Dr Migalito Loveless.

No better example.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 30, 2022 08:13 AM (1n+EO)

125 >>Go ahead and tumble that one around in your brain for a while. Not only were they not fired, but they were allowed to raid his home and take whatever they wanted.

Some were, 16 or 17, but some were not. Thibault who got axed last Friday was part of the Russia hoax.

The whole place needs to be shutdown and rebuilt in a much different way. Maybe a few much smaller organizations with limited scope and much better oversight. They clearly can't govern themselves.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 30, 2022 08:13 AM (ZLI7S)

126 Following up on Tucker last night, a look at French news yielded this: France calling for "collective energy sobriety." IOW, less for thee, more for me.
Terra Nova, a social democrat group will supervise the sobriety movement.

--

"Collective energy sobriety." That sure is a flowery way to say you must live like a Medieval peasant. (And they mean to make it happen.) What these crazies are doing is absolutely beyond insane. There are a whole lot of people that need to drop from scaffolds.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 30, 2022 08:13 AM (sVtYq)

127 Terra Nova, a social democrat group will supervise the sobriety movement.
Posted by: Ziba at August 30, 2022 08:06 AM (4h9M3)

That is, those drunk on power will enforce our sobriety.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 30, 2022 08:13 AM (H8QX8)

128 Eliminate the show trials. Waste of money and if you have seen any movie or TV show

where the guy holding the gun begins to lecture the intended vic, it gives the condemned a chance to make a spectacular escape.
Posted by: Reuben Hick

Exactly! If it's time to point, it's time yo pull.

Posted by: rickb223 Cruel ace is the best ace at August 30, 2022 08:13 AM (piaw5)

129 it is by grace you have been saved."

Ephesians 2:4-5

Posted by: Marcus T at August 30, 2022 08:02 AM (VpIIl)

Thanks be to God.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 30, 2022 08:13 AM (45fpk)

130 Reuben - as Tuco said, if you're gonna shoot, shoot. Don't talk.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 30, 2022 08:13 AM (oFnro)

131 Please also vote on the new uniforms. We love the Hugo Boss submittals but still want your votes.
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 30, 2022 07:41 AM (BRHaw)

Golf clap.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 30, 2022 08:13 AM (ufFY8)

132 Go ahead and tumble that one around in your brain for a while. Not only were they not fired, but they were allowed to raid his home and take whatever they wanted.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - China is making you buy EVs, read to bottom at August 30, 2022 08:08 AM (Uq/Pq)

worse than that. they promoted the guy who framed and entrapped the MI "kidnappers" to LEAD the effort.

I always wonder why it's the same 5 or 6 names in all these trump investigations. i mean, there's what 150k+ people working for the FIB? what are the odds it's ALWAYS the same 5 or 6?

Posted by: SturmToddler (WhsXQ) at August 30, 2022 08:13 AM (WhsXQ)

133 Two new studies advance the dangerous narrative that white people own guns because they are racist and fear black people.

I fear people who use guns for criminal purposes. I'd be an idiot if I didn't.

Blacks use guns to murder at about 10x the rate of whites.

Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 30, 2022 08:14 AM (g1EEm)

134 12-year-old held on suspicion of shooting and wounding a student at an Oakland school.

Mofo took my juice-box!

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 30, 2022 08:14 AM (yikp0)

135 I hope that f'n rocket never gets off the ground. Take the money and build a 50' high wall and start tossing illegals back over it.
Posted by: fd at August 30, 2022 07:37 AM (sn5EN)
++++
You should be ashamed of yourself h8r. Why can't you understand that we have never had a woman or person of color on the moon.
This is disgraceful. How can little girls or little peoples of color have any ambitions without having seen a woman or a persyn of color on the moon.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 30, 2022 08:14 AM (dr4Q1)

136 That's why they pulled this idiotic, illegal raid on Mar A Lago, they felt exposure was even worse.

Name for me one instance, during the past two decades where exposure has had any real negative consequence.

Exposure usually means lucrative TV and book deals; followed by paid vacations, early and full retirement, keeping their security credentials for future mischief, sinecures on the boards of prestigious companies, future high level roles in the Kalorama cartel...

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 30, 2022 08:14 AM (3hSHB)

137 I didn't know MP4 was a Corn Flakes person.

When I was a child, I would have breakfast with Grandfather Poppins. Corn flakes, soft boiled egg (in an egg cup), toast and tea.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 30, 2022 08:15 AM (AW0uW)

138 >>>Traffic circles don't work in the US because too many entering drivers stop and wait for the circle to clear before entering
~~~~~

Ummm. That's the rule. Drivers entering the circle must yield to those already in the circle and if necessary, must stop.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 30, 2022 08:15 AM (3ImbR)

139 That guy Bash back in the administration. More doubling down by whoever is running the show.

They are playing for keeps.

Posted by: Ziba at August 30, 2022 08:15 AM (4h9M3)

140 The FBI is no longer needed or wanted.

Abolish All They Asses.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 30, 2022 08:15 AM (kweYR)

141 & When(tm) Epstein's john list needs to be published. After all, if you did screw an under aged kid, you have nothing to worry about.

Isn't that how it goes?
Posted by: rickb223 Cruel ace is the best ace at August 30, 2022 08:11 AM (piaw5)

Yep. And I want the fucking beans spilled on Obama and his "sealed records". I want the data on Covid. Etc, etc.

The fucking lies have to stop.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 30, 2022 08:16 AM (ai/gj)

142 They have started with circles/roundabouts here and I prefer them over stop signs. Too many a-holes go thru stop signs.

Posted by: sidney at August 30, 2022 08:16 AM (Uy/WF)

143 You should be ashamed of yourself h8r. Why can't you understand that we have never had a woman or person of color on the moon.
This is disgraceful. How can little girls or little peoples of color have any ambitions without having seen a woman or a persyn of color on the moon.

Please, please, please let Talcum X comes out as a tranny and they put him on the starship - two checkboxes!

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 30, 2022 08:16 AM (3hSHB)

144 JackStraw, Thibualt was given the retirement option. Can't have him miss out on his pension.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 30, 2022 08:16 AM (h4/K3)

145 "Lee Smith: People I Trust Say FBI Raid Was Search for Russiagate Documents at Mar-a-Lago"

As I said in my Morning Rant one week ago.

It has never been a legal issue, it has always been a Deep State desperation move to find something Trump has.

Thinking about it, I bet that when Trump returned those documents, they found docs on a topic that they didn't know Trump had records of. Therefore the desperate attempt to find them using a clearly illegal search warrant.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at August 30, 2022 08:16 AM (5p7BC)

146 I hate roundabouts.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 30, 2022 08:16 AM (atmen)

147 The whole place needs to be shutdown and rebuilt in a much different way. Maybe a few much smaller organizations with limited scope and much better oversight. They clearly can't govern themselves.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 30, 2022 08:13 AM (ZLI7S)

burn
scatter
salt

and if we can, nuke, lather, rinse, repeat...

Posted by: SturmToddler (WhsXQ) at August 30, 2022 08:17 AM (WhsXQ)

148 * punches timeclock *

On board, lurker level.

* sips coffee *

Posted by: mindful webworker - time punches back at August 30, 2022 08:17 AM (SBQsC)

149 I think the "Russiagate documents" they're looking for don't incriminate Trump. I think they're Trump's insurance policy against the feds' criminality.

I think they not only show who was spying on Trump and his campaign but how they did it which is why the DOJ is using he excuse of exposing classified "sources and methods". They don't want Americans to see that they were using the tools designed to spy on foreign terrorists against Americans including the President of the United States.

That's why they pulled this idiotic, illegal raid on Mar A Lago, they felt exposure was even worse.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 30, 2022 08:06 AM

Why wouldn't Trump have just made those documents public while he was President, a sort of October 2020 surprise.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at August 30, 2022 08:17 AM (bVYXr)

150 FBI is Asshoe !

Posted by: Some Chinese guy at August 30, 2022 08:17 AM (BqBIh)

151 I still haven't figured out how on earth I can get through life on the wrong side of Dee Snider. Kept me up all night.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 30, 2022 08:17 AM (sVtYq)

152 Slow Joe to shake invisible hands and push for a full "assault weapons" ban in Wilkes-Barre, Penn today now that Jill is no longer Covid-ridden.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 30, 2022 08:17 AM (yikp0)

153 I hate roundabouts.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 30, 2022 08:16 AM (atmen)

Yes was a great band though.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 30, 2022 08:18 AM (45fpk)

154 Blacks use guns to murder at about 10x the rate of whites.
Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 30, 2022 08:14 AM (g1EEm)

Gun Control is about citizens, NEVER about criminals.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 30, 2022 08:18 AM (BRHaw)

155 You should be ashamed of yourself h8r. Why can't you understand that we have never had a woman or person of color on the moon.
This is disgraceful. How can little girls or little peoples of color have any ambitions without having seen a woman or a persyn of color on the moon.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 30, 2022 08:14 AM (dr4Q1)

i believe we found mary cloggenstein's sister...

Posted by: SturmToddler (WhsXQ) at August 30, 2022 08:19 AM (WhsXQ)

156 I hate roundabouts.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 30, 2022 08:16 AM (atmen)

"Mountains come out of the sky, they stand there . . . "

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 30, 2022 08:20 AM (x0n13)

157 Blacks use guns to murder at about 10x the rate of whites.

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That's "communities of color," quantum!

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 30, 2022 08:20 AM (sVtYq)

158 The whole place needs to be shutdown and rebuilt in a much different way. Maybe a few much smaller organizations with limited scope and much better oversight. They clearly can't govern themselves.

Completely and totally disarmed. If they want to storm someone's house, business or shed they need to convince a local county judge, and if they feel the need to gun up, they must do so under the guidance and authority of the local sheriff. If a fed gets the idea that he can trespass on marked property, the fed can receive the full consequences of citizen enforced trespassing.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 30, 2022 08:20 AM (3hSHB)

159 Yes was a great band though.
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But what was the name of the band??

Posted by: zombie lou costello at August 30, 2022 08:20 AM (yikp0)

160 I hate roundabouts.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 30, 2022 08:16 AM (atmen)
~~~~~

Jersey jughandles for the win!

Posted by: IrishEi at August 30, 2022 08:21 AM (3ImbR)

161 125

Live like peasants, right. That's what what's her name, the head of the EU said: "we (read: you) simply must...live without energy because Ukraine."

Things are going to heat up this winter in the EU.

Posted by: Ziba at August 30, 2022 08:21 AM (4h9M3)

162 "But what was the name of the band??"

Who?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 30, 2022 08:21 AM (1n+EO)

163 "Why can't you understand that we have never had a woman or person of color on the moon."

I'm all for sending Kamala to the moon. There is no need for an orbiter though, just aim for the left eye.

Posted by: fd at August 30, 2022 08:22 AM (PLXMa)

164 Why wouldn't Trump have just made those documents public while he was President, a sort of October 2020 surprise.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS)
_____________________

I wonder about this thing too. If Trump and "his people" had documentation that was declassified they had ample opportunity to release it... yet didn't. I've heard some smarmy "it wasn't the right time" argument from Trump's circle which is just stupid. They have to have known that they would never be permitted to release that info once the state realized what was in the docs.

Trump should have dumped it the day of the election.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 30, 2022 08:22 AM (BFigT)

165 That's "communities of color," quantum!
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Orientals, Sikhs, and Hindus would disagree, I'm sure.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 30, 2022 08:22 AM (yikp0)

166 Why wouldn't Trump have just made those documents public while he was President, a sort of October 2020 surprise.

Because Trump was the run away leader in the Presidential Sweepstakes.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 30, 2022 08:22 AM (3hSHB)

167 Rosie Greer weeps.

Posted by: fd at August 30, 2022 08:22 AM (PLXMa)

168 There was a band named “Roundabouts,” I assume.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 30, 2022 08:22 AM (atmen)

169
Yes was a great band though.
----------------
But what was the name of the band??

Posted by: zombie lou costello at August 30, 2022 08:20 AM

Who?

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 30, 2022 08:22 AM (ENBF0)

170 The suggestion which I would give to people who feel spiritually drained is to take time off from the board and news. yes; I'm here a lot, and when I'm not, I'm not and certain threads I just skip over completely sometimes. Go take a walk when it's cool where you can be in nature-look at the flowers and birds and sunshine on trees. Thank God for the blessings you have in life. And here's some more suggestions by a well known Christian conservative evangelical pastor, and Biblical commentator, Dr. David Jeremiah:

https://tinyurl.com/49kdtwrk

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 30, 2022 08:22 AM (wvo9L)

171 Lindsay just doing as Mitch tells him. None of this matters, even if they let the election turn they way it's voted, things are going to get sporty this winter. Europe is fucked, we are basically on deck. The best thing is, the people who think they are above all this shit, aren't.

Posted by: Indignatio Vindacatorem at August 30, 2022 08:23 AM (ndvV7)

172 "Why can't you understand that we have never had a woman or person of color on the moon."

I'm all for sending Kamala to the moon. There is no need for an orbiter though, just aim for the left eye.
Posted by: fd at August 30, 2022 08:22 AM (PLXMa)

she's used to the left eye shot...

Posted by: SturmToddler (WhsXQ) at August 30, 2022 08:23 AM (WhsXQ)

173 I saw the Jersey Jughandles open for Confederate Railroad at Austin City Limits in '05.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 30, 2022 08:23 AM (AW0uW)

174 >>Name for me one instance, during the past two decades where exposure has had any real negative consequence.

Hasn't really been all that much exposure. Still large swaths of this country that still believe Trump colluded with Russia to rig the 2016 election.

The left controls the bureaucracy. The left largely controls the judiciary. The left controls the media. We are fighting against an entrenched enemy that has spent decades not just digging into all facets of our government and media but designing a system that protects itself.

Wins for us are going to be incremental and largely unsatisfying if you expect real justice until we break the swamp. There will be more cases like Sussmann where guilt is proven overwhelmingly and he is allowed to walk until we can make a breakthrough. Exposing the DOJ/FBI deep seated corruption might be a big step in making that happen.

Or we can give up and let them crush us.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 30, 2022 08:23 AM (ZLI7S)

175 "There was a band named “Roundabouts,” I assume."

Yes.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 30, 2022 08:24 AM (1n+EO)

176 Breaking: Two Plead Guilty in Scheme to Sell Ashley Biden’s Diary Where She Talks About Showering with Her Dad Joe Biden
By Jim Hoft

WTF? Stolen property? I thought it was abandoned?

https://bit.ly/3cC4LPz

Posted by: rickb223 Cruel ace is the best ace at August 30, 2022 08:24 AM (piaw5)

177 Lying liars keep on lying to the masses.
Greg Price
@greg_price11
Doocy: "Somebody unvaccinated comes over on a plane, you say that's not okay. Somebody walks into Texas or Arizona unvaccinated, they're allowed to stay?"

Jean-Pierre: "That's not how it works... It's not like someone walks over."

https://tinyurl.com/mr4dyp8y
Doocy: "That's exactly what is happening!"

Posted by: redridinghood at August 30, 2022 08:24 AM (NpAcC)

178 Now that these demons are starting their PR campaign in earnest on normalizing pedophilia, I wonder how long it will take until it hits America's classrooms under the guise of LGBT inclusion? To be quickly followed by Garland's DOJ labeling any disagreeing parent an insurrectionist terrorist...

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 30, 2022 08:24 AM (sVtYq)

179 Who?
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 30, 2022 08:22 AM (ENBF0)

Pinball Wizard.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 30, 2022 08:24 AM (ai/gj)

180 "But what was the name of the band??"

Who?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice
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No, Yes.

Posted by: zombie bud abbott at August 30, 2022 08:24 AM (yikp0)

181 Traffic circles are good, no one knows how to use them

Posted by: Skip's phone at August 30, 2022 08:24 AM (GTI3j)

182 Yes was a great band though.
----------------
But what was the name of the band??

Posted by: zombie lou costello at August 30, 2022 08:20 AM

Who?
Posted by: AltonJackson

The guy on First !

Posted by: JT at August 30, 2022 08:25 AM (T4tVD)

183 Bill Melugin
@BillFOXLA

Colleague
@pdoocy
is 100% correct. That is exactly what is happening at the border.
Not sure how many more videos we have to show, multiple times a day, to get this point across. And that doesn't even account for the more than half a million gotaways who slipped thru since 10/1.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 30, 2022 08:25 AM (NpAcC)

184 I'm amused by all the pearl clutching over Lindsey Graham.

He factually stated that if you arrest Trump, there is going to be serious blow back. He's right.

All of the usual suspects, namely "republican strategiests" that no one has ever heard of, are going onto MSNBC to tell us that his statement is going to drive Independents right into the arms of Democrats and kill the red wave.

*sips tea*

Whatever. A lot of people don't realize what time it is. Kudos to Graham, at least he does understand what time it is.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at August 30, 2022 08:25 AM (5p7BC)

185 Interesting point about roundabouts. In my state you don't need to use your turn signals to enter the roundabout, but it's the law that you are supposed to use your turn signals when exiting a roundabout.

People have been pulled over for not using their turn signals and then arrested when drugs were found in the vehicle.

Just an FYI....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 30, 2022 08:25 AM (YIVH2)

186 I think it was the moon’s right eye that got the rocket ship in it.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 30, 2022 08:25 AM (atmen)

187 Leslie Nolan is a Hoor

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at August 30, 2022 08:25 AM (flINI)

188 If you want to f' with people, get on a traffic circle and just drive around and around for about 15 minutes.

Posted by: fd at August 30, 2022 08:26 AM (PLXMa)

189 The bloated Federal Government needs to have massive lay-offs. Massive.

Posted by: Case at August 30, 2022 08:26 AM (tmQgQ)

190 Jean-Pierre: "That's not how it works... It's not like someone walks over."

Where does she think "wetback" comes from?

Posted by: rickb223 Cruel ace is the best ace at August 30, 2022 08:26 AM (piaw5)

191 This is sadly hilarious:

https://www.sciencealert.com/synthetic-milk-is-
coming-and-it-could-radically-shake-up-dairy
(remove extra space)

This particular fake milk for your real kids isn't made out of bugs, however -
other companies are working on "bug milk" including one made out of fly larvae...ie. maggots.
I, for one, can't wait for "All Natural Carob-flavored Maggot Milk to hit the shelves!
There is nothing, nothing, zip, zero, nada more natural than the milk squirting out of mama's boobs. Or, squirting out of cow teats later on. And all-natural process by definition -meat too for protein and vitamins.
Bug anything is simply bugs mashed up and subjected to harsh and artificial chemicals to break the insect down into something digestible.
Eating insect chitin without massive artificial modification of the protein would be like eating fingernails for nutrition.
Sad.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 30, 2022 08:26 AM (5NkmN)

192 I saw the Jersey Jughandles open for Confederate Railroad at Austin City Limits in '05.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 30, 2022 08:23 AM (AW0uW)
~~~~~

*fist bump*

Posted by: IrishEi at August 30, 2022 08:27 AM (3ImbR)

193 Beginning in April of this year, NASA conducted four separate “wet dress rehearsal” tests during which the agency aimed to fully fuel the SLS rocket and countdown to T-10 seconds, ending the test before ignition of the main engines. Each of these four tests ultimately ended prematurely, although the fourth attempt in June saw engineers bring the rocket down to T-29 seconds.

They never really tested then, did they? If you cant test countdown to ZERO what makes you think you can do a launch??

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 30, 2022 08:27 AM (BRHaw)

194
50 years ago. Yes' "Roundabout" was topping the charts.

Wow. Sigh.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 30, 2022 08:28 AM (x0n13)

195 Breaking: Two Plead Guilty in Scheme to Sell Ashley Biden’s Diary Where She Talks About Showering with Her Dad Joe Biden
By Jim Hoft

WTF? Stolen property? I thought it was abandoned?

https://bit.ly/3cC4LPz

Posted by: rickb223 Cruel ace is the best ace at August 30, 2022 08:24 AM

It was, but if the fib wants to get you they are gonna get you and these two knuckleheads broke under pressure and plead guilty to a "crime" they didn't commit. It happens quite often.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at August 30, 2022 08:28 AM (bVYXr)

196 And here's a message on "spiritual depression in the pslams" by Pastor John Piper. It's quite a good message, and is actually encouraging but if you don't feel like reading a long piece you can look at it on Youtube:

https://tinyurl.com/5n6nh2ra

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 30, 2022 08:28 AM (wvo9L)

197 Graham is a two-faced sodomite.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 30, 2022 08:28 AM (ai/gj)

198 Graham was not threatening riots in the street if Trump is elected. He was afraid of them.

Posted by: blaster at August 30, 2022 08:28 AM (6TxNR)

199 I give you, Dr Migalito Loveless.

No better example.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

Shoulda named him Miguelito Heightless.....

Posted by: JT at August 30, 2022 08:28 AM (T4tVD)

200 I wonder about this thing too. If Trump and "his people" had documentation that was declassified they had ample opportunity to release it... yet didn't. I've heard some smarmy "it wasn't the right time" argument from Trump's circle which is just stupid. They have to have known that they would never be permitted to release that info once the state realized what was in the docs.

Trump should have dumped it the day of the election.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Trump did declassify and ordered the documents released. The FBI refused to comply.

It's not like all of these records are sitting in file cabinets in the basement of the White House. They are on DOJ servers.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at August 30, 2022 08:28 AM (5p7BC)

201

Using this one weird trick I call 'garage door gloryhole' I make $250 an hour, and you can too! I never thought it was possible but I'm raking in the cash, and my husband loves it!

Posted by: Sandra Fluker at August 30, 2022 08:28 AM (7DYli)

202 He factually stated that if you arrest Trump, there is going to be serious blow back. He's right.
-----------------
And the Left disingenuously pretending it was a threat [from pussy Graham] and not a prediction of results should it happen.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 30, 2022 08:28 AM (yikp0)

203 redridinghood, that exchange was just ..... I can't even find a word for it.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 30, 2022 08:28 AM (h4/K3)

204 "People have been pulled over for not using their turn signals and then arrested when drugs were found in the vehicle.

Just an FYI...."

With the abundance of failed vehicle lights down here, I'm convinced that the Police only pull over folks for equipment failures when they need an excuse to stop a drug suspect.

If there is one gripe about South Carolina, it is the absolute lax enforcement of vehicle safety equipment and lighting laws.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 30, 2022 08:28 AM (1n+EO)

205 50 years ago. Yes' "Roundabout" was topping the charts.

Wow. Sigh.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

The Elvis Movie ?

Posted by: JT at August 30, 2022 08:29 AM (T4tVD)

206 I once handled Jersy jugs.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 30, 2022 08:29 AM (ai/gj)

207 I saw that it was not just one engine that had a problem but the other three had the same issue to a lesser extent. They will need to have some 100 million dollar flanges remade and try again.

Posted by: fd at August 30, 2022 08:30 AM (PLXMa)

208 The bloated Federal Government needs to have massive lay-offs. Massive.
Posted by: Case at August 30, 2022 08:26 AM (tmQgQ)

i'm at the point literal decimation every 2 weeks until the govt reaches levels last seen in approximately 1826 would be acceptable to me...

Posted by: SturmToddler (WhsXQ) at August 30, 2022 08:30 AM (WhsXQ)

209 I think it was the moon’s right eye that got the rocket ship in it.

One of my favorite silents, George Melies' A Trip to the Moon:

https://tinyurl.com/yc2zkvet

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 30, 2022 08:30 AM (AW0uW)

210 Orientals, Sikhs, and Hindus would disagree, I'm sure.
Posted by: andycanuck

As would Hispanics. Murder rate is about 2x whites. Not 10x as with Blacks.

I am not making an intrinsic statement about race. It just pisses me off that rational reactions to crime stats are labeled "racist".

There is nothing more painful to me ... than to walk down the street and hear footsteps, then turn around and see somebody white and feel relieved - Jesse Jackson

Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 30, 2022 08:30 AM (g1EEm)

211 Watching Democrats boost MAGA Republicans in state primaries, because they think general election voters will reject them as too extreme relies on a single basic assumption. If voters decide those MAGA's are better candidates than the tyrant-supporting Democrats, the strategy blows up in Democrat faces.

So, go for it Dems.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 30, 2022 08:30 AM (TD6E3)

212 An afternoon of roundabout entertainment can be had at Logan Circle in DC. The influx of tourists only adds to the fun as they really don't know where they're going.

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at August 30, 2022 08:30 AM (flINI)

213 >>Why wouldn't Trump have just made those documents public while he was President, a sort of October 2020 surprise.

He tried. Had Kash Patel and John Ratcliffe working on it and declassified all the docs in October before the election. The swamp fought back until the was out of office.

I have no idea why he didn't release them after he got out. Maybe he was under threat of prosecution. Even if was bogus he likely would have been indicted in DC because a DC jury will obviously indict Trump or his supporters on anything.

This is a pretty high stakes game. Easy to say what Trump should've done from out here. Nobody has paid a bigger price for fighting the left than Trump. I'm sure he wants revenge more than anyone.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 30, 2022 08:31 AM (ZLI7S)

214 164 Why wouldn't Trump have just made those documents public while he was President, a sort of October 2020 surprise.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS

He didn't have them at the time?

Posted by: creeper at August 30, 2022 08:31 AM (cTCuP)

215 Lol, I love that picture up top jj!

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 30, 2022 08:31 AM (oFnro)

216 50 years ago. Yes' "Roundabout" was topping the charts.

Wow. Sigh.
--------------------
It was the song our high school DJ played during basketball pregame warmups.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 30, 2022 08:31 AM (yikp0)

217 "I'm amused by all the pearl clutching over Lindsey Graham.

He factually stated that if you arrest Trump, there is going to be serious blow back. He's right.

Posted by: Dave in Fla"

He had temerity to say what many millions are thinking but cowed into silence. For that he must be punished.

Posted by: Ripley at August 30, 2022 08:31 AM (MxEKc)

218 They never really tested then, did they? If you cant test countdown to ZERO what makes you think you can do a launch??
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 30, 2022 08:27 AM (BRHaw)

This.

Elon is flying on the reg without fanfare because he tested to failure.

Posted by: blaster at August 30, 2022 08:31 AM (6TxNR)

219 And the Left disingenuously pretending it was a threat [from pussy Graham] and not a prediction of results should it happen.
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 30, 2022 08:28 AM (yikp0)

just need to dress like antifa and have an anarchy symbol every now and again and we should be fine...

Posted by: SturmToddler (WhsXQ) at August 30, 2022 08:32 AM (WhsXQ)

220 The Hill- Biden to deliver prime-time address (Thursday) warning Americans' rights are 'under attack'

https://tinyurl.com/2p9cystw

Posted by: redridinghood at August 30, 2022 08:33 AM (NpAcC)

221 212 An afternoon of roundabout entertainment can be had at Logan Circle in DC. The influx of tourists only adds to the fun as they really don't know where they're going.
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report

The one near Arlington Cemetery, before you get too Memorial Bridge, is also fun for car carnage and watching pedestrians and bikers meandering about on crosswalks.

Posted by: Puddleglum at August 30, 2022 08:33 AM (sAmhv)

222 23 Traffic circles don't work in the US because too many entering drivers stop and wait for the circle to clear before entering, or drivers in the circle take it as a personal affront if someone attempts to merge in front of them.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 30, 2022 07:41 AM (Wrs74)

they just put one in to replace a perfectly good traffic signal in Great Barrington MA

took like a year, all bricks with granite curbs

now they have a quasi demolition derby

what a fucking waste of money

Posted by: REDACTED at August 30, 2022 08:33 AM (us2H3)

223 I am not making an intrinsic statement about race.
---------------------
Yes, I know. [Yes I agree with you; not Yes the famous band.]

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 30, 2022 08:33 AM (yikp0)

224 "The one near Arlington Cemetery, before you get too Memorial Bridge,"

I hate that one!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 30, 2022 08:34 AM (1n+EO)

225 The Elvis Movie ?
Posted by: JT at August 30, 2022 08:29 AM (T4tVD)

it wasn't bad. i didn't care for the jump cut action style editing , but all in all, not bad.

Posted by: SturmToddler (WhsXQ) at August 30, 2022 08:34 AM (WhsXQ)

226

It's the last bit of what Graham said; that if Trump is indicted there will be rioting in the streets.

That was dumb. Not that there shouldn't be or that what is being done to us is any less horrendous. But giving the Left the fodder to preemptively suppress us based on that was less than helpful. And he knew what he was saying.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 30, 2022 08:34 AM (x0n13)

227 This is a pretty high stakes game. Easy to say what Trump should've done from out here. Nobody has paid a bigger price for fighting the left than Trump. I'm sure he wants revenge more than anyone.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 30, 2022 08:31 AM (ZLI7S)

Occam's Razor says that the reason Trump hasn't done a doc dump on the Deep State conspiracy is because he doesn't have the docs.

I don't believe that Comey sent emails or memos that said "we have to get this bastard so lie, cheat, and steal if you have to." They didn't write it down. The stuff that was written down is either fake or has plausible deniability built in. Just like the search warrant and the affidavit.

Posted by: blaster at August 30, 2022 08:35 AM (6TxNR)

228 220 The Hill- Biden to deliver prime-time address (Thursday) warning Americans' rights are 'under attack'

https://tinyurl.com/2p9cystw
Posted by: redridinghood

Oh. :-|

Posted by: Puddleglum at August 30, 2022 08:35 AM (sAmhv)

229 -------
It was the song our high school DJ played during basketball pregame warmups.
Posted by: andycanuck

*steps off lawn*

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 30, 2022 08:35 AM (ai/gj)

230 "but sure as the Sunni rises in the east, eventually the Shiite will hit the fan, so we'll keep an eye on it."

JJ, you are one freaking talented writer. Thanks for the 7am Rants - this place if my first destination every morning.

Posted by: Forheremenaremen at August 30, 2022 08:35 AM (VOHuN)

231 I just wish Linda would pick a lane and stay in it

he's right this time and in a week, he will be sorely wrong

Posted by: REDACTED at August 30, 2022 08:35 AM (us2H3)

232 "not Yes the famous band."

Who?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 30, 2022 08:35 AM (1n+EO)

233 Why wouldn't Trump have just made those documents public while he was President, a sort of October 2020 surprise.
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He tried. Had Kash Patel and John Ratcliffe working on it and declassified all the docs in October before the election. The swamp fought back until the was out of office.
~~~~~

Pretty sure it's illegal, but do you think PDT might have copies?

Posted by: IrishEi at August 30, 2022 08:35 AM (3ImbR)

234 I once handled Jersy jugs.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 30, 2022 08:29 AM (ai/gj)

i miss jersey jugs. they were magnificent last time i got to handle some...

Posted by: SturmToddler (WhsXQ) at August 30, 2022 08:35 AM (WhsXQ)

235 Just cause I was interested: Obama's polling right before the one of the worst midterm performances by a president's party in the past 50 years. Polls had his approval rating in the mid 40s to 50%.

Reuters/Ipsos 10/28 - 10/31 1075 A 45 51 -6
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl 10/28 - 10/30 1000 RV 45 50 -5
CNN/Opinion Research 10/27 - 10/30 1006 A 46 51 -5
FOX News 10/26 - 10/28 1200 RV 41 50 -9
ABC News/Wash Post 10/25 - 10/28 1202 A 50 45 +5
CBS News/NY Times 10/21 - 10/26 1173 A 45 47 -2
McClatchy/Marist 10/22 - 10/25 807 RV 48 43 +5

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 30, 2022 08:35 AM (LvTSG)

236 184 I'm amused by all the pearl clutching over Lindsey Graham.

He factually stated that if you arrest Trump, there is going to be serious blow back. He's right.
Posted by: Dave in Fla

This. The argument that Tea Partiers were law abiding and cleaned up after themselves cuts both ways. Yeah, we tried playing by the rules. Look where it got us.

Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 30, 2022 08:35 AM (g1EEm)

237 Yep, SpaceX went ahead and crashed a couple F9s getting the process for landing on that barge right.

No question that you can recover F9s and reuse them now.

And it pains me to see SpaceX be so successful, because we compete against them so often. But they have some amazing engineers. I used to worry about competing against Lockheed. No longer.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at August 30, 2022 08:36 AM (5p7BC)

238 "not Yes the famous band."

Who?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 30, 2022 08:35 AM (1n+EO)

guess who

Posted by: SturmToddler (WhsXQ) at August 30, 2022 08:36 AM (WhsXQ)

239 >>Occam's Razor says that the reason Trump hasn't done a doc dump on the Deep State conspiracy is because he doesn't have the docs.

I'll take Kash Patel over Occam.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 30, 2022 08:36 AM (ZLI7S)

240 I think that Graham was trying to say to the Deep State - his buddies - that they were going too far.

Deep State doesn't care. YOLO light is on.

Posted by: blaster at August 30, 2022 08:37 AM (6TxNR)

241 A government funding a invasion on its own country might be a never before event.

Posted by: Skip's phone at August 30, 2022 08:37 AM (GTI3j)

242 Today Cuba:
In Nuevo Vedado, a colorful private bakery that until recently offered bags of the so-called “ball bread” in addition to hard-crust French bread, baguettes and rolls, now offers only roasted peanuts and egg-white merengue. “We’re not offering bread because we don’t have any flour,” the employee explains. “Sales have fallen a lot, and if we continue like this we’ll have to close.”

Tomorrow Los Angeles:

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 30, 2022 08:37 AM (BRHaw)

243 "not Yes the famous band."

Who?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice
--------------
Guess Who?

Posted by: zombie lou costello at August 30, 2022 08:37 AM (yikp0)

244 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 30, 2022 08:37 AM (Zz0t1)

245 >>>Occam's Razor says that the reason Trump hasn't done a doc dump on the Deep State conspiracy is because he doesn't have the docs.
~~~~~

That's some seriously dull razor ya got there, Occam.

If he didn't have the docs, why would they raid his place?

Posted by: IrishEi at August 30, 2022 08:37 AM (3ImbR)

246 Posted by: blaster at August 30, 2022 08:35 AM (6TxNR)

there's been examples where they did leave a paper trail

as in Clinesmith

course, nothing happened to him

Posted by: REDACTED at August 30, 2022 08:38 AM (us2H3)

247 This. The argument that Tea Partiers were law abiding and cleaned up after themselves cuts both ways. Yeah, we tried playing by the rules. Look where it got us.
Posted by: quantum mechanic
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Yep. My sense is that a lot of people are holding their fire. But minds are made up and there will be reactions to provocations.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at August 30, 2022 08:38 AM (5p7BC)

248 . . . “This looks like Russian intelligence, this walks like Russian intelligence, this talks like Russian intelligence,” Bash told host Nicolle Wallace. “This effort by Rudy Giuliani and the New York Post and Steve Bannon to cook up supposed dirt on Joe Biden looks like a classic Russian playbook disinformation campaign. And let’s recount exactly what happened in July 2019, when President Trump talked to Zelensky, he said, ‘talk to Rudy Giuliani. He’s my guy on trying to dig up false dirt on Joe Biden.'”

Add this guy to the list of people that need to meet an untimely accident with a bus resulting in their reaching room temperature.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 30, 2022 08:38 AM (Zz0t1)

249 The one near Arlington Cemetery, before you get too Memorial Bridge, is also fun for car carnage and watching pedestrians and bikers meandering about on crosswalks.
Posted by: Puddleglum at August 30, 2022 08:33 AM (sAmhv)

***

True. They don't stop nor do they look to see what is around them as they step onto the GW. Many people look on the GW as an urban racetrack (I might be one of them) and I am surprised that more people don't get rendered into paste down there.

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at August 30, 2022 08:38 AM (flINI)

250 Are we getting close to the edge?

Posted by: dantesed at August 30, 2022 08:38 AM (88xKn)

251 >>Pretty sure it's illegal, but do you think PDT might have copies?

No idea. I hope so.

But it's kind of funny that this whole thing is becoming a fight over documents that the DOJ/FBI, Obama/Biden administration and others want kept secret.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 30, 2022 08:38 AM (ZLI7S)

252 Who?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 30, 2022 08:35 AM (1n+EO)

Knock Knock Guess Who?

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 30, 2022 08:39 AM (BRHaw)

253 Nikole Flax worked under Lois Lerner in the Obama administration IRS while the agency infamously targeted conservative political organizations such as the Tea Party by slow-walking and suppressing their tax-exempt applications. She was also one of seven executives whose hard drives mysteriously self-destructed, preventing House investigators from viewing her emails. Now, the career IRS executive has been tapped to establish a new, centralized office in charge of implementing the Democrats’ latest tax and spending bill, including oversight of the 87,000 new IRS agents the bill authorizes. . .

The IRS is merely a tool used by the left to launder money.

Just like EVERYTHING ELSE in the fucking government today.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 30, 2022 08:39 AM (Zz0t1)

254 Sorry I missed the recent ten year anniversary of Curiosity rover landing on Mars (August 5). Congratulations to JPL. What an incredible achievement, keeping a complex piece of equipment operational 100 million miles away from the repair shop!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 30, 2022 08:39 AM (TD6E3)

255 He tried. Had Kash Patel and John Ratcliffe working on it and declassified all the docs in October before the election. The swamp fought back until the was out of office.

If Trump had them, and they were that damning, I think he would have ignored the usual process and just released them.

I believe it's wishful thinking that Trump has some sort of smoking gun documents that prove the conspiracy against him.

And, even if he did, the media/left/GOPe would all claim the documents were fake.

I truly wish Trump had some smoking gun proof that would convince the low info voters of the left/media/GOPe's perfidy, but I just doubt he does.

Posted by: Mehive at August 30, 2022 08:40 AM (ky+MF)

256 If he didn't have the docs, why would they raid his place?
Posted by: IrishEi at August 30, 2022 08:37 AM (3ImbR)

the raid doesn't mean Trump has the docs

but it does prove they exist

Posted by: REDACTED at August 30, 2022 08:40 AM (us2H3)

257 As I posted yesterday...

PETA types go ape when guy deliberately eats meat in front of them at NYC protest against Nike.

https://twitter.com/RobManess/status/
1564010586266079232

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 30, 2022 08:40 AM (yikp0)

258 other companies are working on "bug milk" including one made out of fly larvae...ie. maggots.

*

You can't say anything that will make me think this isn't driven by demons.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - China is making you buy EVs, read to bottom at August 30, 2022 08:40 AM (Uq/Pq)

259 "Knock Knock Guess Who?"

Was (Not Was)?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 30, 2022 08:40 AM (1n+EO)

260 The last 5 of the 51 alpha:

Greg Tarbell, former CIA deputy executive director
David Terry, former National Intelligence Collection Board chairman
Greg Treverton, former National Intelligence Council chair, now senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
Winston Wiley, former CIA director of analysis

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 30, 2022 08:41 AM (BRHaw)

261 "... hospital advertised 'gender-affirming' hysterectomies for underage children."

They have gone Full Orwell in their NewSpeak on everything. Cut off a boys penis to "gender affirm" his confusion is real, not that his penis is real.

And most likely it was the parents or a teacher (or some other hands on groomer) that induced that "dysphoria".

Posted by: illiniwek at August 30, 2022 08:41 AM (Cus5s)

262 Here is the list of 51 that you can never ever believe again:

https://tinyurl.com/4trjnwys

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 30, 2022 08:41 AM (BRHaw)

263 50 years ago. Yes' "Roundabout" was topping the charts.

Wow. Sigh.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 30, 2022 08:28 AM (x0n13)

YES has been around so long, they morphed into MAYBE.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 30, 2022 08:42 AM (5NkmN)

264 If Trump had them, and they were that damning, I think he would have ignored the usual process and just released them.
~~~~~

Impeachment #3.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 30, 2022 08:42 AM (3ImbR)

265 " What an incredible achievement, keeping a complex piece of equipment operational 100 million miles away from the repair shop!"

I guess they bought the extended warranty.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 30, 2022 08:42 AM (1n+EO)

266 And I’ll say this, if there is a prosecution of Donald Trump for mishandling classified information after the Clinton debacle … there will be riots in the street.”

No there won't. That's not who we are. Most of us don't want to spend the rest of our lives in solitary confinement because as soon as we even ATTEMPT something like this, the feds will be crushing us with tanks. I mean, we're not on the right side, so there's no constitutional rights for us.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 30, 2022 08:42 AM (Zz0t1)

267 >>If Trump had them, and they were that damning, I think he would have ignored the usual process and just released them.

>>I believe it's wishful thinking that Trump has some sort of smoking gun documents that prove the conspiracy against him.

Anything is possible. We are all speculating.

So if the documents about Russia collusion and likely other things aren't the reason why did the DOJ/FBI pull an idiotic and likely illegal raid on the former President of the United States knowing it was always going to make them look bad?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 30, 2022 08:43 AM (ZLI7S)

268 "Knock Knock Guess Who?"

***

Barry Manilow!

Posted by: Barry Manilow at August 30, 2022 08:43 AM (flINI)

269 I'll take Kash Patel over Occam.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 30, 2022 08:36 AM (ZLI7S)

I like Kash, I really do. But he says a lot of stuff that simply has no backup or no weight - his appearance in The Plot Against The President was well-groomed (in the good sense of the word) but didn't establish anything we didn't know.

And he's full of hopium. This morning on WMAL in Washington he was asked about Thibauld, and he said yet another Russia-gater that "we got fired" (I will give him that victory lap) then listed Strzok and Page and Comey and McCabe and then went further. He said senior FBI agents aren't escorted out unless they are accused of a crime and he was looking forward to prosecution and conviction...literally in the same breath as listing that parade of horribles who not only have not been indicted, they have been rewarded.

And Occam aside, money talks, bullshit walks. If you have the docs exposing it all, show me. What, you're worried that the FBI is going to raid his house and then indict him? They are going to do that anyway.

Posted by: blaster at August 30, 2022 08:43 AM (6TxNR)

270 Jean-Pierre: "That's not how it works... It's not like someone walks over."
Where does she think "wetback" comes from?
++++
She also said that we are funding DHS at record levels.
Why in the hell are we funding DHS at record levels when they are doing absolutely nothing to stem the flow of illegals?
If they were defunded tomorrow, the only difference would be that maybe we would no longer have to see Mayorkis' stupid face on tv telling us what a great job they are doing.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 30, 2022 08:43 AM (dr4Q1)

271 261 "... hospital advertised 'gender-affirming' hysterectomies for underage children."

They have gone Full Orwell in their NewSpeak on everything. Cut off a boys penis to "gender affirm" his confusion is real, not that his penis is real.

And most likely it was the parents or a teacher (or some other hands on groomer) that induced that "dysphoria".
Posted by: illiniwek at August 30, 2022 08:41 AM (Cus5s)

Read up on the drugs. They give to to old dying men with prostate cancer. Some of these drugs are not to be touch by women of child bearing age!!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 30, 2022 08:43 AM (BRHaw)

272 Pretty sure it's illegal, but do you think PDT might have copies?
Posted by: IrishEi
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It's not illegal. As President he is the only elected authority over all federal records. SCOTUS has confirmed several times now that the elected authority trumps the bureaucracy.

So completely legal for him to have them. Almost certain that he does have copies as assurance against assassination.

And if you think they wouldn't assassinate him, if they didn't think there was risk ... well, Jeffery Epstein says "Hi".

Posted by: Dave in Fla at August 30, 2022 08:44 AM (5p7BC)

273 I guess they bought the extended warranty.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 30, 2022 08:42 AM (1n+EO)

That's what I've been tellin' ya.

Posted by: Ice-T at August 30, 2022 08:44 AM (906pl)

274 So if the documents about Russia collusion and likely other things aren't the reason why did the DOJ/FBI pull an idiotic and likely illegal raid on the former President of the United States knowing it was always going to make them look bad?
Posted by: JackStraw at August 30, 2022 08:43 AM (ZLI7S)

Because they could? And because no one is going to pay a price?

Posted by: blaster at August 30, 2022 08:44 AM (6TxNR)

275 MATT DAMON!

Posted by: Matt Damon at August 30, 2022 08:44 AM (Zz0t1)

276 EU natural gas hit $74.50 on Friday and is rapidly rising. US price is $9.12. (It was ~$2.50 2 years ago.) US LNG export facilities are running at record capacity as they are printing money.

EU is in bad shape for the start of winter.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 30, 2022 08:44 AM (UuD2k)

277

RAMMING SPEED!!!!!

Posted by: Sen. Blutarski at August 30, 2022 08:44 AM (7DYli)

278 If he didn't have the docs, why would they raid his place?
Posted by: IrishEi at August 30, 2022 08:37 AM (3ImbR)
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One goal is to personalize the opposition,, put a face on it, and declare it illegitimate. That face is Trump, and he is a vehicle to "otherize" and ostracize Republican voters, hoping to force Republicans to weakly not vote, or even vote for fascists (like Adam Kinzinger).

Posted by: Occam Alinsky at August 30, 2022 08:44 AM (TD6E3)

279 the raid doesn't mean Trump has the docs
but it does prove they exist
Posted by: REDACTED at August 30, 2022 08:40 AM (us2H3)
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I'm not following. Are you saying they know they exist but just don't know for sure where they are? Maybe they should have set fire to the National Archives?

Posted by: IrishEi at August 30, 2022 08:44 AM (3ImbR)

280 276 EU natural gas hit $74.50 on Friday and is rapidly rising. US price is $9.12. (It was ~$2.50 2 years ago.) US LNG export facilities are running at record capacity as they are printing money.

EU is in bad shape for the start of winter.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 30, 2022 08:44 AM (UuD2k)

=======

Stay warm this winter:

Burn an EU parliamentarian.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 30, 2022 08:45 AM (LvTSG)

281 Dutch commando dies of gunshot wounds after he and two comrades were wounded in a shooting outside an Indianapolis hotel at 3:30 a.m. Saturday.

They were training at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, about 40 miles southeast of Indianapolis.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 30, 2022 08:45 AM (yikp0)

282
American woman
I said get away
American woman
Got a third le-e-egg.

Posted by: Guess What at August 30, 2022 08:45 AM (sn5EN)

283 220 The Hill- Biden to deliver prime-time address (Thursday) warning Americans' rights are 'under attack'

https://tinyurl.com/2p9cystw

Posted by: redridinghood at August 30, 2022 08:33 AM (NpAcC

No Democrats want Joey in their territory to help personally campaign for them. But they will happily take hekp from Joey on National TV calling MAGA people and candidates racist, insurrectionist, abortion-hating, teacher-hating, union- hating, climate destoying, election-denying, and more slanders.

Posted by: Gref temporarily in FL at August 30, 2022 08:45 AM (S6ZRI)

284 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 30, 2022 08:35 AM (LvTSG)

the difference being is that the dims had 79 seat advantage in the House

that presented a lot of oppoprtunities to the GOP

the landscape is different now

Posted by: REDACTED at August 30, 2022 08:45 AM (us2H3)

285 Impeachment #3.
Posted by: IrishEi at August 30, 2022 08:42 AM (3ImbR)

2039 US congress votes to dig up and behead former PDT.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 30, 2022 08:45 AM (BRHaw)

286 The Hill- Biden to deliver prime-time address (Thursday) warning Americans' rights are 'under attack'

https://tinyurl.com/2p9cystw

Posted by: redridinghood at August 30, 2022 08:33 AM (NpAcC)

The Leftard The Hill can suck my Rebel dick. I think they are more biased than Politico, and you hafta work hard to out-Left them.

May their crotches be perpetually infested with a million syphilis infected fleas. With monkeypox too.

Posted by: GnuBreed at August 30, 2022 08:45 AM (JOtiF)

287 So if the documents about Russia collusion and likely other things aren't the reason why did the DOJ/FBI pull an idiotic and likely illegal raid on the former President of the United States knowing it was always going to make them look bad?
Posted by: JackStraw at August 30, 2022 08:43 AM (ZLI7S)

Because they don't care, can do what they want and won't be held accountable for anything. There are no laws for the left anymore and they control the agencies.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 30, 2022 08:45 AM (Zz0t1)

288 I don't believe that Comey sent emails or memos that said "we have to get this bastard so lie, cheat, and steal if you have to." They didn't write it down. The stuff that was written down is either fake or has plausible deniability built in. Just like the search warrant and the affidavit.

Posted by: blaster at August 30, 2022 08:35 AM

Trump should have fired comey the day he came to the White House and threatened to blackmail him.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at August 30, 2022 08:45 AM (bVYXr)

289 MATT DAMON!
Posted by: Matt Damon at August 30, 2022 08:44 AM (Zz0t1)

***

Bob Dole says that Bob Dole thinks that this will never not be funny

Posted by: Bob Dole at August 30, 2022 08:46 AM (flINI)

290 First reaction to all of these loudmouth DemoNcrats and RINOs: it's the scene out of Coming to America: "fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, and fuck you"

Posted by: Despise Marxist Rat Bastards & Fat Pelosi Daughters at August 30, 2022 08:46 AM (8m/Xb)

291 If we actually have an election in November the fraud will be off the charts. Illegal ballots cast by dead people, fireants, skunks, toasters, garden rakes, breakfast cereals, and yes, crossdressers and bordercrossers.

Posted by: Eromero at August 30, 2022 08:46 AM (0OP+5)

292 > It's not like all of these records are sitting in file cabinets in the basement of the White House. They are on DOJ servers.
Posted by: Dave in Fla
______________

Agreed. So, what was in those boxes trucked out of Mar-a-Lago?

My point is that the documents were declassified by Trump prior to leaving office. Whether they could have been released anytime before the raid is the question. My contention is that they "should" have been released. That they "could" is a moot point now.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 30, 2022 08:46 AM (BFigT)

293 EU is in bad shape for the start of winter.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 30, 2022 08:44 AM (UuD2k)

I want to see dead frozen piles of bodies loaded up like cord wood!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 30, 2022 08:46 AM (BRHaw)

294 Even without a public uprising, I would suspect that the folks who would previously say 'I have enough for me and mine. With enough left over to help you and yours' are gonna say 'Nope, I need it all for me and mine'.

And charity giving will crater.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 30, 2022 08:46 AM (1n+EO)

295
Ever go to high school with a nurd who carried a briefcase? I read yesterday that a former classmate who was just that nerdy went on to become a keyboardist for one of the most famous musicians of the 80's onward for three plus decades. Multiple number one hits.

I won't mention the name because some people (looks around) will start a war over him. I've had my phil of that.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 30, 2022 08:46 AM (jE276)

296 If he didn't have the docs, why would they raid his place?

Posted by: IrishEi at August 30, 2022 08:37 AM (3ImbR)

If he has the docs -why wouldn't he release them? It's the same argument either way.

the most obvious possible reasons they raided were a) hoping to find something they could use to prosecute Trump (i.e., a fishing expedition); or b) Trump really had some classified documents they thought he shouldn't have and they thought this was a good excuse to go after Trump and try and drum up criminal charges. It's not like they haven't done exactly that in the past. They live in an echo chamber where everyone hates Trump so they thought the raid would be better received by the public and turn more people against Trump.

If Trump had truly damning documents and has not released them, then Trump and his team are absolute fools. What is he waiting for?

Posted by: Mehive at August 30, 2022 08:47 AM (ky+MF)

297 The Hill- Biden to deliver prime-time address (Thursday) warning Americans' rights are 'under attack'

https://tinyurl.com/2p9cystw

Posted by: redridinghood at August 30, 2022 08:33 AM (NpAcC

They are. The Biden administration is openly jailing and torturing anyone that doesn't agree with his policies.

We're Cuba.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 30, 2022 08:47 AM (Zz0t1)

298 EU is in bad shape for the start of winter.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 30, 2022 08:44 AM (UuD2k)

I want to see dead frozen piles of bodies loaded up like cord wood!
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 30, 2022 08:46 AM (BRHaw)
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Perhaps a certain minority group will start burning cars to keep warm...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 30, 2022 08:47 AM (YIVH2)

299 Fetterman has nothing to gain from debates. I hope DeSantis/Trump take the same path in 2024. No more moderated debates.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at August 30, 2022 08:47 AM (c/9oF)

300 And I’ll say this, if there is a prosecution of Donald Trump for mishandling classified information after the Clinton debacle … there will be riots in the street.”

No there won't. That's not who we are. Most of us don't want to spend the rest of our lives in solitary confinement because as soon as we even ATTEMPT something like this, the feds will be crushing us with tanks. I mean, we're not on the right side, so there's no constitutional rights for us.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 30, 2022 08:42 AM (Zz0t1)

Absolutely agree. If the Feds put Teh Donald in leg irons, 3/4 of the country will cheer and the other fourth will seethe and do nothing.

And the GOP will flap their mouths, but in private, clap their hands.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 30, 2022 08:47 AM (AW0uW)

301 It's not illegal. As President he is the only elected authority over all federal records.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at August 30, 2022 08:44 AM (5p7BC)
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And this has been a major stumbling block for the criminal fascists in the Junta. They've thrashed around trying to find a way to retroactively make PDJT's declassification moot, even going so far as to have Meat Puppet sign an EO reclassifying some unspecified documents Trump presumably has in his files.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 30, 2022 08:48 AM (TD6E3)

302 If you want to f' with people, get on a traffic circle and just drive around and around for about 15 minutes.
Posted by: fd

The one local one-lane roundabout is really a better answer than the old four-way stop or the stoplight, where one person waiting to take a left caused major backups. And expanding to left turn lanes etc was impractical. As roundabouts go, it's nice.

I had this idea of enlisting some high schoolers to prank the roundabout. It's uphill in all four directions, so we could film from good vantage points. Preferably at rush hour, just enough cars to keep the circle full. Plan to circle around, say, three times, then exit, up the hill, turn around, back to the roundabout. Keep it going as long as possible. Viral vid!

But, as Mr. Nixon famously intoned, that would be wrong.

Posted by: mindful webworker - there it is in the rear-view mirror at August 30, 2022 08:48 AM (SBQsC)

303 "I believe it's wishful thinking that Trump has some sort of smoking gun documents that prove the conspiracy against him."

imo there are a thousand smoking guns laying around ... FBI/DOJ is not interested. The personal destruction of those that ARE interested (in stopping the tyranny) keeps those ham and eggers that "don't like what is going on" from causing trouble for the junta.

Hunter's laptop is full of evidence against BigGuy taking money from China and Ukraine ... Joe should register as a foreign agent ... the Junta is on the march, they throw the smoking guns in the river on behalf of their soldiers.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 30, 2022 08:48 AM (Cus5s)

304 MATT DAMON!!!

Posted by: Amy Schumer at August 30, 2022 08:48 AM (Zz0t1)

305 284 the difference being is that the dims had 79 seat advantage in the House
that presented a lot of oppoprtunities to the GOP
the landscape is different now
Posted by: REDACTED at August 30, 2022 08:45 AM (us2H3)

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True, but it doesn't translate to a was where Democrats can possibly get the House. The GOP ended up with a majority of 33.

Most predictions have been a 40 seat gain or so (with a handful going as high as 50 or 60, which is the kind of overexcited prediction one is to expect in a good year).

That's not, "Democrats won a moral victory" territory. That's, "Democrats got spanked, but we used a belt instead of a switch."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 30, 2022 08:48 AM (LvTSG)

306 Daily Mail headline etc. "US Will Need To Build 478 EV Charging Ports EVERY DAY For The Next Eight Years At A Cost Of $35B To Meet Demand For 1.2M Public Ports By 2030 (And That's Not Counting The 28M Needed In Homes!)"

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 30, 2022 08:48 AM (yikp0)

307 >>I like Kash, I really do. But he says a lot of stuff that simply has no backup or no weight - his appearance in The Plot Against The President was well-groomed (in the good sense of the word) but didn't establish anything we didn't know.

He was literally working for Trump reviewing more documents with the National Archives when the raid was done. He was named in the affidavit. If he has a lot more backup and weight than Occam.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 30, 2022 08:49 AM (ZLI7S)

308 The Hill- Biden to deliver prime-time address (Thursday) warning Americans' rights are 'under attack'

https://tinyurl.com/2p9cystw

Posted by: redridinghood at August 30, 2022 08:33 AM (NpAcC

They are. The Biden administration is openly jailing and torturing anyone that doesn't agree with his policies.

We're Cuba.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 30, 2022 08:47 AM (Zz0t1)
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At least we don't have to worry about FJB droning on and on for three or four hours every day. He can't last more than 15-20 minutes on any given day.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 30, 2022 08:49 AM (YIVH2)

309 Oh, finally caught Rich Baris at a moment when he could let his guard down and not worry about being kicked off social media platforms.

He said there is no question at all that Trump won Pennsylvania.

He is currently polling PA, and the polling results are just confirming what his analysis already showed. Trump won the collar counties.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at August 30, 2022 08:49 AM (5p7BC)

310 Absolutely agree. If the Feds put Teh Donald in leg irons, 3/4 of the country will cheer and the other fourth will seethe and do nothing.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 30, 2022 08:47 AM (AW0uW)
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1/4.

But other than that proportion, I agree.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 30, 2022 08:49 AM (TD6E3)

311 Jean-Pierre. Insufferable stupid bint. That's why they chose her.

Posted by: Ziba at August 30, 2022 08:49 AM (4h9M3)

312 Sponge!! good morning, darlin

Posted by: Ben Had at August 30, 2022 08:49 AM (h4/K3)

313 Even Elon Musk (who of course has a powerful economic incentive otherwise) says that abandoning gas and oil immediately is bat-shit crazy.

I believe he said something like "would mean the end of our civilization".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 30, 2022 08:49 AM (bW8dp)

314 And charity giving will crater.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

*

I've already adjusted my approach to $15/hour employees rolling in the dough at their restaurant jobs.

You make as much as a starting auto tech with a two year degree and knowledge on how to fix things. I expect a lot more out of you. Also have you noticed how groceries cost exactly the same relative to your minimum wage salary now?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - China is making you buy EVs, read to bottom at August 30, 2022 08:50 AM (Uq/Pq)

315
I had this idea of enlisting some high schoolers to prank the roundabout. It's uphill in all four directions, so we could film from good vantage points. Preferably at rush hour, just enough cars to keep the circle full. Plan to circle around, say, three times, then exit, up the hill, turn around, back to the roundabout. Keep it going as long as possible. Viral vid!

But, as Mr. Nixon famously intoned, that would be wrong.
Posted by: mindful webworker - there it is in the rear-view mirror at August 30, 2022 08:48 AM (SBQsC)

Roundabouts are shit in America because NO ONE knows how to use them.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 30, 2022 08:50 AM (Zz0t1)

316 MATT DAMON!!!
Posted by: Amy Schumer at August 30, 2022 08:48 AM (Zz0t1)

***

Bob Dole also thinks that Bob Dole will never not find this funny

Posted by: Bob Dole at August 30, 2022 08:50 AM (flINI)

317 {{{{Ben Had}}}}

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 30, 2022 08:50 AM (Zz0t1)

318 Posted by: IrishEi at August 30, 2022 08:44 AM (3ImbR)

you got it

they know they exist but they don't know where they are

not an unusual situation

you know the fish are out there, you just don't know where, exactly

might be why they call it a 'Fishing expedition"

Posted by: REDACTED at August 30, 2022 08:50 AM (us2H3)

319
*sings*

Now don't you
Give me that Monkeypox!
Uh-huh!
Stay away from ass and-
Don't give me them Monkeypox!
Yeah!

*shakes hips*
*girls scream*

Posted by: Zombie Elvis with an important Public Health Service Message at August 30, 2022 08:51 AM (5NkmN)

320 The new roundabout at 127 and 73 in far southwestern Ohio near Oxford puzzles me greatly. There's barely ever any traffic on either roads.

"That there's a boondoggle," I said to the Missus when we first saw it.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 30, 2022 08:51 AM (906pl)

321 ---
At least we don't have to worry about FJB droning on and on for three or four hours every day. He can't last more than 15-20 minutes on any given day.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 30, 2022 08:49 AM (YIVH2)

But, he stood on stage with CNN for an hour once 2 years ago!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 30, 2022 08:51 AM (Zz0t1)

322 If we actually have an election in November the fraud will be off the charts. Illegal ballots cast by dead people, fireants, skunks, toasters, garden rakes, breakfast cereals, and yes, crossdressers and bordercrossers.

Posted by: Eromero at August 30, 2022 08:46 AM

Well thank goodness we don't let haberdashers vote.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at August 30, 2022 08:52 AM (bVYXr)

323 My appraisal district gave me monkeypox yesterday with that absolute ass reaming I got on my tax value.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 30, 2022 08:52 AM (Zz0t1)

324 > Don't give me them Monkeypox!

We're living in a time when the Dr. Hook song "Freaker's Ball" isn't a funny parody, but rather a way of life for many.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 30, 2022 08:52 AM (bW8dp)

325 He can't last more than 15-20 minutes on any given day.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 30, 2022 08:49 AM (YIVH2)

But he packs more malice, mendacity and destructiveness in those few minutes than any president in history.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 30, 2022 08:53 AM (H8QX8)

326 The Hill- Biden to deliver prime-time address (Thursday) warning Americans' rights are 'under attack'
Posted by: redridinghood at August 30, 2022 08:33 AM (NpAcC
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Dampening GOP voter enthusiasm has reached panic levels. All that is left for the Junta is to directly accuse us of all being Russian spies. So, because Resident Puppet still does what he is programmed to do, haltingly and with sputters, he will.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 30, 2022 08:53 AM (TD6E3)

327 Abbott has the right idea.... he only has the address wrong. The bus should drop them off in Martha's Vinyard.

Posted by: Haywood at August 30, 2022 08:53 AM (6yDaQ)

328 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 30, 2022 08:48 AM (LvTSG)

the GOP will take the house but 50 seats ?

they just don't exist

30 tops is more like it

Posted by: REDACTED at August 30, 2022 08:53 AM (us2H3)

329 I give you, Dr Migalito Loveless.
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Nobody does it better, makes me feel sad for the rest . . .

Michael Dunn chewing up the scenery is the best cartoon villain ever.

Posted by: mustbequantum at August 30, 2022 08:53 AM (MIKMs)

330 322 If we actually have an election in November the fraud will be off the charts. Illegal ballots cast by dead people, fireants, skunks, toasters, garden rakes, breakfast cereals, and yes, crossdressers and bordercrossers.

Posted by: Eromero at August 30, 2022 08:46 AM

========

What of the lambs, and sloths, and carp, and anchovies, and orangutans, and fruit bats, and large chulapas?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 30, 2022 08:53 AM (LvTSG)

331 If we actually have an election in November the fraud will be off the charts. Illegal ballots cast by dead people, fireants, skunks, toasters, garden rakes, breakfast cereals, and yes, crossdressers and bordercrossers.

Posted by: Eromero at August 30, 2022 08:46 AM

He's a righteous dude.

Posted by: Grace at August 30, 2022 08:53 AM (Zz0t1)

332 So how many elderly will die this winter? This new green eel has a voracious appetite for human blood.

Posted by: Puddinhead at August 30, 2022 08:53 AM (4eKPg)

333 At least we don't have to worry about FJB droning on and on for three or four hours every day. He can't last more than 15-20 minutes on any given day.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
*

Saw something yesterday where IIRC he hasn't given a media interview in 200 days.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - China is making you buy EVs, read to bottom at August 30, 2022 08:53 AM (Uq/Pq)

334 i am currently waging a one man war telephone with Aetna

thoughts and prayers pls

Posted by: Miklos calls bullshit at August 30, 2022 08:53 AM (LyVHa)

335 If conservatives did protest over an indictment of Trump, they would be machine gunned down. And half of the country would be unmoved. It's what the country has become.

Posted by: Ziba at August 30, 2022 08:53 AM (4h9M3)

336 "Insufferable stupid bint. That's why they chose her."

No...not it's not.

Otherwise, they could have hired Amy Schumer.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 30, 2022 08:53 AM (1n+EO)

337 So if the documents about Russia collusion and likely other things aren't the reason why did the DOJ/FBI pull an idiotic and likely illegal raid on the former President of the United States knowing it was always going to make them look bad?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 30, 2022 08:43 AM (ZLI7S)

The most obvious answer is that they didn't think it would make them look bad. These people all live in an echo chamber where everyone hates Trump. they believe those of us that support Trump are uneducated idiots that can easily be confused and duped.

But, your question is just as easily asked "if Trump had the documents, why wouldn't he have already released them?" What possible reason can he have for waiting? It's just as absurd to think Trump is sitting on damning proof of the illegal conspiracy against him but will not release such proof.

Quite frankly, I doubt any "damning proof" type documents exist. I doubt any texts, memos, or emails were written that clearly show an illegal conspiracy against the President.

Posted by: Mehive at August 30, 2022 08:54 AM (ky+MF)

338 > Saw something yesterday where IIRC he hasn't given a media interview in 200 days.

That's what the trans-racial Raggedy Ann doll is for.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 30, 2022 08:54 AM (bW8dp)

339
No...not it's not.

Otherwise, they could have hired Amy Schumer.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 30, 2022 08:53 AM (1n+EO)

Stolen.

Posted by: Amy Schumer at August 30, 2022 08:55 AM (Zz0t1)

340 He was literally working for Trump reviewing more documents with the National Archives when the raid was done. He was named in the affidavit. If he has a lot more backup and weight than Occam.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 30, 2022 08:49 AM (ZLI7S)

What? He should have had this all done by Jan. 19, 2021. Good grief the mental gymnastics we go through to excuse Kash Patel from releasing all this stuff when he should have is getting weird.

Posted by: lowandslow at August 30, 2022 08:55 AM (qH6FZ)

341 Daily Mail headline etc. "US Will Need To Build 478 EV Charging Ports EVERY DAY For The Next Eight Years At A Cost Of $35B To Meet Demand For 1.2M Public Ports By 2030 (And That's Not Counting The 28M Needed In Homes!)"

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 30, 2022 08:48 AM

1.2 million charging ports ain't gonna cut it. That might make a dent in the EV charging requirements for Los Angeles, but it is literally a drop in the bucket as far as the entire Country goes.

As an experiment go stand at the gas station at a Costco one day for an hour and count the number of vehicles using the gas pumps. Now try that same math with the same number of "quick" EV chargers that take at least 45 minutes to charge a car. It ain't never gonna work.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at August 30, 2022 08:56 AM (bVYXr)

342 335 If conservatives did protest over an indictment of Trump, they would be machine gunned down.
Posted by: Ziba at August 30, 2022 08:53 AM (4h9M3)

And the media would praise the "law and order" president for "saving our democracy."

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 30, 2022 08:56 AM (H8QX8)

343 Daily Mail headline etc. "US Will Need To Build 478 EV Charging Ports EVERY DAY For The Next Eight Years At A Cost Of $35B To Meet Demand For 1.2M Public Ports By 2030 (And That's Not Counting The 28M Needed In Homes!)"
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 30, 2022 08:48 AM (yikp0)
======================
hahahaha! Bootyjudge will so screw that project up I can't even begin to wonder how many will actually be built. Any? It's government run, so I'm betting none.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 30, 2022 08:56 AM (TD6E3)

344 I've had my phil of that.
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Have a Tom Collins and relax instead!

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 30, 2022 08:57 AM (yikp0)

345 Saw something yesterday where IIRC he hasn't given a media interview in 200 days.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - China is making you buy EVs, read to bottom at August 30, 2022 08:53 AM (Uq/Pq)
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He's not functionally capable of holding an actual conversation with anyone, let along a room full of reporters asking a slew of questions.

His entire day from the time he wakes up to the time he goes to bed is scripted from start to finish.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 30, 2022 08:57 AM (YIVH2)

346 the leftist chyrons are deceptively editing what LInda said

they run "If Trump is indicted , they will be riots"

not what he said "If Trump is indicted after how Cankles was treated, their will be riots"

Posted by: REDACTED at August 30, 2022 08:57 AM (us2H3)

347 He is currently polling PA, and the polling results are just confirming what his analysis already showed. Trump won the collar counties.

please don't remind me. i spent weeks (while they were still "counting") saying there was no legitimate way based on sheer census numbers that they'd make up the deficit

and yet they were able to fake up however many they wanted, and I swear they did SOMETHING to switch people's votes in the collar counties? really, republican GUYS around here all voted for BIDEN suddenly? but not for Dems elsewhere on their ballots?!? BS!!!

argh!

and also Dave, I told this story before but the city of Philadelphia has great swaths of shit neighborhoods there are DEVOID of residents. but I bet the census/DNC has residents there! I was just driving around this past week (lost, looking for bridesburg) and went thru some bad NE philly areas (ugh). they are wastelands. the numbers the city claims are so inflated it's a massive joke.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at August 30, 2022 08:58 AM (w0NJk)

348 I learned to negotiate roundabouts while stationed I'm England. They work well when people know what the fuck they are doing.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 30, 2022 08:59 AM (ai/gj)

349 EPA waives fuel rule in 4 states after Indiana refinery fire

https://tinyurl.com/y8f2n5ba

It was an electrical fire, not a massive fire that would knock the refinery out of production for months. This is unprecedented. In the past the EPA has only waived fuel requirements for major events that hit an entire region, like hurricanes. Never a single refinery. Also, the standard would have changed on Sept 15th anyway, so the waiver only affects about 17 days.

This is totally political. The EPA is specifically trying to keep gas prices low to save democrats.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 30, 2022 08:59 AM (Y5qcH)

350 Posted by: naturalfake at August 30, 2022 08:26 AM (5NkmN)

They way to kill this is to demand proper product labeling. No more calling things milk that aren't milk. At best they are juices. The juice name must match the contents. So no Cadre Health Milk. It has to be Cadre Maggot Juice.

Posted by: WiNO - Amish Vampires in Space at August 30, 2022 08:59 AM (EpDzw)

351 Musk is absolutely right. Civilization has one foot in the grave already.

Posted by: Ziba at August 30, 2022 08:59 AM (4h9M3)

352 imo there are a thousand smoking guns laying around ... FBI/DOJ is not interested. . . .

Hunter's laptop is full of evidence against BigGuy taking money from China and Ukraine ... Joe should register as a foreign agent ... the Junta is on the march, they throw the smoking guns in the river on behalf of their soldiers.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 30, 2022 08:48 AM (Cus5s)

Believing that there is evidence of Biden's corruption that the FBI is ignoring does not equate to the existence of documents clearly demonstrating a conspiracy against Trump. And note - I am talking about some clear evidence, not emails with vague statements that can be argued show such a conspiracy. I'm saying I doubt there exists any documents where some high-level FBI agent writes "let's illegally surveille the president and try to get him tossed out of office". very rarely do such incriminating documents exist.

Posted by: Mehive at August 30, 2022 09:00 AM (ky+MF)

353
Have a Tom Collins and relax instead!

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 30, 2022 08:57 AM

You got it. He also performed with Supertramp, Johnny Hallyday, Gino Vannelli and Melissa Manchester. He did not age gracefully.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 30, 2022 09:00 AM (jE276)

354 Quite frankly, I doubt any "damning proof" type documents exist. I doubt any texts, memos, or emails were written that clearly show an illegal conspiracy against the President.

agree

these asshats are the Kings of Plausible Deniability

Posted by: BlackOrchid at August 30, 2022 09:00 AM (w0NJk)

355 If Trump had truly damning documents and has not released them, then Trump and his team are absolute fools. What is he waiting for?

Posted by: Mehive
----------------------
Currently in a lawsuit against Hillary and some others.

Often a legal strategy and a political strategy point in opposite directions. Trump apparently is going with a legal strategy right now.

Posted by: whig at August 30, 2022 09:01 AM (CXr4y)

356 > It's government run, so I'm betting none.

Usually they build at least part of whatever it is, for plausible deniability.

Like the way they built out the "high speed rail" in California, but only from Bakersfield to Fresno, two locations in which few people outside a Merle Haggard or Buck Owens song have ever wanted to travel, and those few people all have pickup trucks anyway.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 30, 2022 09:01 AM (bW8dp)

357 Roundabouts are shit in America because NO ONE knows how to use them.
=====

Just wait until we peasants get the traffic 'weaves'. You think the hair silliness is extreme, more to come.

Posted by: mustbequantum at August 30, 2022 09:01 AM (MIKMs)

358 I'm = in

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 30, 2022 09:01 AM (ai/gj)

359 325 He can't last more than 15-20 minutes on any given day.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 30, 2022 08:49 AM (YIVH2)

But he packs more malice, mendacity and destructiveness in those few minutes than any president in history.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 30, 2022 08:53 AM (H8QX80

Screaming angrily is one of Joey's lifelong talents. Hating on selected groups of Americans in front of a video camera is in Joey's wheelhouse. I bet they reduce his uppers before one of his angry speeches so he does not get overly spun up and make his eyeballs pop out of the sockets

Posted by: Gref temporarily in FL at August 30, 2022 09:01 AM (S6ZRI)

360 Trump should have fired comey the day he came to the White House and threatened to blackmail him.
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James Comey, the seventh Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), was fired by U.S. President Donald Trump on May 9, 2017.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 30, 2022 09:01 AM (yikp0)

361 50 seats would be bad for us - enough gop-e types would slide through to let Mccarthy do whatever he wants. We need the dem-lite reps to lose.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 30, 2022 09:01 AM (oFnro)

362

GEOTUS is going on a veritable rampage this morning on Truth Social...

Something is coming!

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump

Posted by: Zettai at August 30, 2022 09:01 AM (1GH0S)

363 "Political pawns." You don't say? They may be pawns but actual, legal American citizens aren't even on the friggin' chess board.

As Fauci put it, they couldn't jab the illegals because THEY have rights. And Americans don't.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 30, 2022 09:01 AM (ESjRY)

364 i am currently waging a one man war telephone with Aetna

thoughts and prayers pls
Posted by: Miklos calls bullshit

Okay

Posted by: JT at August 30, 2022 09:01 AM (T4tVD)

365 If conservatives did protest over an indictment of Trump, they would be machine gunned down. And half of the country would be unmoved.

And Ted Cruz would vote to give every one of the shooters a Medal of Honor.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 30, 2022 09:02 AM (AW0uW)

366 He said there is no question at all that Trump won Pennsylvania.

He is currently polling PA, and the polling results are just confirming what his analysis already showed. Trump won the collar counties.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at August 30, 2022 08:49 AM (5p7BC)

But that's criminal to say!

Posted by: blaster at August 30, 2022 09:02 AM (6TxNR)

367 They way to kill this is to demand proper product labeling. No more calling things milk that aren't milk. At best they are juices. The juice name must match the contents. So no Cadre Health Milk. It has to be Cadre Maggot Juice.
Posted by: WiNO

Show me the tits on an almond!

Posted by: rickb223 Cruel ace is the best ace at August 30, 2022 09:02 AM (piaw5)

368 >>The most obvious answer is that they didn't think it would make them look bad. T

>>But, your question is just as easily asked "if Trump had the documents, why wouldn't he have already released them?"

I find that really hard to believe. Nobody is so tone deaf that they believe raiding the former President of the United States, even someone the left hates as much as Trump, wouldn't make them look bad. They may hate Trump but they also know he is wildly popular with a large segment of the population or they wouldn't have had to help rig an election against him.

They've been trying to find something to disqualify him or better to indict him on non-stop for over 6 years. They have been using illegal methods at every step of the way. I have no doubt at all if Trump had released the documents he would have been indicted even if it was on charges they knew wouldn't stick because their ultimate goal is to keep him out of the 2024 race.

Maybe Trump wanted to use the docs in his lawsuit against Hillary and Co. that is about to start. Maybe he was just being cautious until he had his ducks in a row. Know idea. But they clearly want those documents hidden. So what are they docs?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 30, 2022 09:03 AM (ZLI7S)

369 Posted by: Zettai at August 30, 2022 09:01 AM (1GH0S)

#twoweeks

Posted by: WiNO - Amish Vampires in Space at August 30, 2022 09:03 AM (EpDzw)

370
Circular Reasoning - a limerick

Every morning I make my way to work
And my commute has a silly little quirk
There's this certain roundabout
And each day, beyond a doubt
It's clogged up by some traffic circle jerk!

Posted by: Muldoon at August 30, 2022 09:03 AM (kXYt5)

371 Shooting an unarmed protestor in DC = saving muh sacred democracy

Shooting an armed criminal firing at a cop = ACAB

Posted by: 18-1 at August 30, 2022 09:04 AM (ESjRY)

372 Roundabouts are shit in America because NO ONE knows how to use them.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 30, 2022 08:50 AM (Zz0t1)

Now do headlights, wipers, and turn signals!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 30, 2022 09:04 AM (BRHaw)

373 Currently in a lawsuit against Hillary and some others.

Often a legal strategy and a political strategy point in opposite directions. Trump apparently is going with a legal strategy right now.

Posted by: whig at August 30, 2022 09:01 AM (CXr4y)

If the documents are that damning releasing them wouldn't hurt a civil lawsuit. And, in a civil lawsuit he can't use them at trial if he never produces them in discovery - so he can't hide the documents like some kind of "gotcha" scene on Perry Mason - which never really happens in an actual trial.

So, no - it does not make sense that he has damning evidence but is withholding it for a civil lawsuit against Hilary. It just doesn't make any sense.

Posted by: Mehive at August 30, 2022 09:04 AM (ky+MF)

374 Public EV ports aren't feasible. You can't charge a battery car in the 15 minutes it takes to get fuel in an ICE. Who has HOURS to spend at charging stations waiting in line or actually charging your vehicle?

It's an incredibly STUPID concept.

Battery cars are for short commutes or city driving where you leave and return home and charge your car on your OWN time and place of residence.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 30, 2022 09:04 AM (Zz0t1)

375 > They've been trying to find something to disqualify him

Good luck with that.

The only qualifications for being POTUS are a) must be over 35 years old b) must be a natural-born citizen and c) must have been a resident of the United States for 14 years.

There are no other qualifications. None. You could be a convicted serial killer and still be qualified.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 30, 2022 09:05 AM (bW8dp)

376 decades where exposure has had any real negative consequence.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 30, 2022 08:14 AM (3hSHB)

I agree. But I think it's the depth of the exposure. Obama knew. Holder signed off on it. Biden knew.

That exposure is going to cause a lot of pain not so much from us to them, but within the power structure of the entire D establishment.

Add into that the Comey and Mueller's of the world and we're talking much more than exposure. All of these people become radioactive. Fine by me. Perhaps not so much from their point of view.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at August 30, 2022 09:05 AM (NW9xb)

377 It's clogged up by some traffic circle jerk!
Posted by: Muldoon at August 30, 2022 09:03 AM (kXYt5)

I saw the Circle Jerks open for the Butthole Surfers at the Frank Irwin Center in 1984.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 30, 2022 09:05 AM (BRHaw)

378 Daily Mail headline etc. "US Will Need To Build 478 EV Charging Ports EVERY DAY For The Next Eight Years At A Cost Of $35B To Meet Demand For 1.2M Public Ports By 2030 (And That's Not Counting The 28M Needed In Homes!)"

*

We've discussed China and GM here before, and that their market is the driving force behind forcing us to buy these cars.

Note that date.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - China is making you buy EVs, read to bottom at August 30, 2022 09:05 AM (Uq/Pq)

379 my guess is they wont indict Trump before the midterms

if the GOP wins the house, they will cut a deal with Kevin

Posted by: REDACTED at August 30, 2022 09:06 AM (us2H3)

380 "Now do headlights, wipers, and turn signals!"

I look forward to when we all have our own flying cars.

What could possibly go wrong?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 30, 2022 09:06 AM (1n+EO)

381 351 Musk is absolutely right. Civilization has one foot in the grave already.

Posted by: Ziba
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If you read enough history, this is always the case. Even at the local level, natural disasters can often bring out the best and worst in people when civilization stops.

Posted by: whig at August 30, 2022 09:06 AM (CXr4y)

382 375 There are no other qualifications. None. You could be a convicted serial killer and still be qualified.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 30, 2022 09:05 AM (bW8dp)

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They couldn't even get MGT disqualified in a House race.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 30, 2022 09:07 AM (LvTSG)

383
What could possibly go wrong?

Nada mi amigo!

Posted by: Some drunk illegal driving the flying car he just jacked at August 30, 2022 09:07 AM (ESjRY)

384 They've been trying to find something to disqualify him or better to indict him on non-stop for over 6 years. They have been using illegal methods at every step of the way. I have no doubt at all if Trump had released the documents he would have been indicted even if it was on charges they knew wouldn't stick because their ultimate goal is to keep him out of the 2024 race.

=====

This old Elephant's Child STILL wants to know where President Obama's Presidential Papers are archived.

Posted by: mustbequantum at August 30, 2022 09:07 AM (MIKMs)

385 I don’t think JJ is a serious commentator.

Posted by: Just a dummy at August 30, 2022 09:07 AM (U2W4Y)

Nic

Posted by: grammie winger at August 30, 2022 09:08 AM (45fpk)

386 I have no doubt at all if Trump had released the documents he would have been indicted even if it was on charges they knew wouldn't stick because their ultimate goal is to keep him out of the 2024 race.

Maybe Trump wanted to use the docs in his lawsuit against Hillary and Co. that is about to start. Maybe he was just being cautious until he had his ducks in a row. Know idea. But they clearly want those documents hidden. So what are they docs?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 30, 2022 09:03 AM (ZLI7S)

that's a lot of assumptions with no facts. First, see my reply to whig upthread - the idea that he is "holding back" documents for a civil lawsuit is ridiculous. As a trial attorney for 26 years I see no scenario where that makes sense. He HAS to produce the documents in discovery. And, under your theory, they know about the documents. So this idea that he can use them as a surprise at some later date doesn't work.

Also, if the documents are truly "damning" it would exonerate Trump and all attempts to indict/convict him would ultimately fail. So that makes no sense either.

Posted by: Mehive at August 30, 2022 09:09 AM (ky+MF)

387 Sorry for quoting

Posted by: grammie winger at August 30, 2022 09:09 AM (45fpk)

388
Maybe Trump wanted to use the docs in his lawsuit against Hillary and Co. that is about to start. Maybe he was just being cautious until he had his ducks in a row. Know idea. But they clearly want those documents hidden. So what are they docs?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 30, 2022 09:03 AM

Maybe Trump wants to work on a book and wanted the exact verbiage - there are a lot of reasons. The first President ever to be treated with so little respect.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 30, 2022 09:11 AM (jE276)

389 If the documents are that damning releasing them wouldn't hurt a civil lawsuit. And, in a civil lawsuit he can't use them at trial if he never produces them in discovery - so he can't hide the documents like some kind of "gotcha" scene on Perry Mason - which never really happens in an actual trial.

So, no - it does not make sense that he has damning evidence but is withholding it for a civil lawsuit against Hilary. It just doesn't make any sense.

Posted by: Mehive
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IF the documents are compelled by a court to be produced in discovery motions, then any attempt to put Trump on trial for misuse or illegal retention of documents goes out the window. Easy way to also affirm that these documents are real as a court verifies the documents submitted under affidavit (remember the IC is ready to claim hoax on anything negative about them and even invent it in the case of Hunter Biden).

Posted by: whig at August 30, 2022 09:11 AM (CXr4y)

390 Also, if the documents are truly "damning" it would exonerate Trump and all attempts to indict/convict him would ultimately fail. So that makes no sense either.
Posted by: Mehive at August 30, 2022 09:09 AM (ky+MF)

This is where I am. If Trump is worried that if he releases "classified documents" that he will be indicted, well, he is at his strongest point RIGHT NOW on the point of the President can declass anything at any time.

THEY ARE GOING TO INDICT HIM ANYWAY.

Posted by: blaster at August 30, 2022 09:11 AM (6TxNR)

391 Remember 2030?
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MIT, 2020: "Recently, China imposed a mandate on automakers requiring that electric vehicles (EVs) make up 40% of all sales by 2030."
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Here's an article from 2021: "How Buick Became the #1 U.S. Car Brand in China"
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But here's the important one re: 2030
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"June 2022: Duncan Aldred, global vice president of Buick and GMC for GM, announced that Buick will only offer all-electric vehicles by 2030"
tinyurl.com/2m2yzzls
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Gosh, what a coincidence.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - China is making you buy EVs, read to bottom at August 30, 2022 09:11 AM (Uq/Pq)

392 I'm all for sending Kamala to the moon. There is no need for an orbiter though, just aim for the left eye.
Posted by: fd at August 30, 2022 08:22 AM (PLXMa)

**********

We don't want her.

Posted by: The Aliens Who Live On the Moon at August 30, 2022 09:11 AM (xxG/v)

393 Daily Mail headline etc. "US Will Need To Build 478 EV Charging Ports EVERY DAY For The Next Eight Years At A Cost Of $35B To Meet Demand For 1.2M Public Ports By 2030 (And That's Not Counting The 28M Needed In Homes!)"

*

We've discussed China and GM here before, and that their market is the driving force behind forcing us to buy these cars.

Note that date.
Posted by: Moron Robbie

I wonder where all that copper for wiring comes from? Oh, and the oil to make the wire's coating.

Posted by: rickb223 Cruel ace is the best ace at August 30, 2022 09:12 AM (piaw5)

394
Maybe Trump wants to work on a book and wanted the exact verbiage - there are a lot of reasons. The first President ever to be treated with so little respect.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 30, 2022 09:11 AM (jE276)

That's how you get 3 houses!!!

Posted by: Bernie Sanders at August 30, 2022 09:12 AM (Zz0t1)

395 >>The only qualifications for being POTUS are a) must be over 35 years old b) must be a natural-born citizen and c) must have been a resident of the United States for 14 years.

>>There are no other qualifications. None. You could be a convicted serial killer and still be qualified.

I know that and you know that but we are a minority. Check out the big brains on twitter and the media who don't.

We've been watching a shit show for 3 weeks over classified documents when the law is clear that the POTUS can declassify any documents he wants and Trump did. I guarantee if they indict Trump there will be "constitutional scholars" coming out of the woodwork to argue Trump is disqualified even if it's just to dirty him up. And at least half the country will believe it.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 30, 2022 09:12 AM (ZLI7S)

396 Now do headlights, wipers, and turn signals!
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 30, 2022 09:04 AM (BRHaw)
~~~~~

To be fair, not everyone can afford the upgrade to the turn signal package.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 30, 2022 09:12 AM (3ImbR)

397 My wife made the same point as Peter Doocy: If Noval Djokovic walked across the southern border, he would get a phone, money and a free ride to NYC, a "sanctuary city". But he still couldn't play in the US Open, because prominent people must be made to bow in unison to government power. No dissent permitted, because no one may inspire the great unwashed MAGA types.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 30, 2022 09:12 AM (b7RjF)

398 I also dislike Yes.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 30, 2022 09:13 AM (Gb+GV)

399 Also, if the documents are truly "damning" it would exonerate Trump and all attempts to indict/convict him would ultimately fail. So that makes no sense either.

Posted by: Mehive
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BTW, you should know as a trial lawyer that when things do not make sense, that you do not have complete information about what is going on. Pretty much everything is speculation at this point other than a raid occurred and it occurred over some documents that Trump retained. None of us know what was in those documents. We also know that Trump has filed suit against Hillary and co and to that point has to provide evidence at trial as the plaintiff as to their misdeeds. So everything from this point is pure inference from these two data points including your speculation that it does not make sense to you.

Posted by: whig at August 30, 2022 09:14 AM (CXr4y)

400 I also dislike Yes.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

So, its No on Yes ?

Posted by: JT at August 30, 2022 09:14 AM (T4tVD)

401 "We don't want her."

Hey, $20.00, same as on earth!

Posted by: Kamala at August 30, 2022 09:14 AM (1n+EO)

402 Maybe my logic is flawed... I can accept that but if Trump and his "people" were in possession of documentation that Trump declassified prior to leaving office my assumption is that those documents are able to be viewed in the public domain.

It's presumed they were electronic and/or paper. If electronic the declassification is the push of a button type of thing. In this day and age I cannot believe someone(s) sitting in a basement office with a rubber stamp and a pad of red ink stamping "DECLASSIFIED" on paper documents.

Whatever Trump had in his possession will now never see the light of day.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 30, 2022 09:14 AM (BFigT)

403 I also dislike Yes.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

So, its No on Yes ?
Posted by: JT

Yes. No on Yes.

Posted by: rickb223 Cruel ace is the best ace at August 30, 2022 09:14 AM (piaw5)

404 I also dislike Yes.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

So, its No on Yes ?
Posted by: JT

Yes. No on Yes.
Posted by: rickb223 Cruel ace is the best ace at August 30, 2022 09:14 AM (piaw5)

No! Yes on Yes.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 30, 2022 09:15 AM (ai/gj)

405 IF the documents are compelled by a court to be produced in discovery motions, then any attempt to put Trump on trial for misuse or illegal retention of documents goes out the window.

Not true. Please cite a source for this. You can be required to produce documents in a civil lawsuit in your "possession, custody, or control". That doesn't mean your possession off the documents is legal and producing them in discovery doesn't make your possession of the documents legal.

Easy way to also affirm that these documents are real as a court verifies the documents submitted under affidavit (remember the IC is ready to claim hoax on anything negative about them and even invent it in the case of Hunter Biden).

Just because a document is produced and used in court doesn't mean it is authentic. A court can't "verify" a document. The party putting the document forward must authenticate the document, lay a foundation for submission of the document, etc. and if the Court lets the document into evidence (which is not "authenticating" it) the other side can present whatever evidence it wants that the document is a fake.

Posted by: Mehive at August 30, 2022 09:16 AM (ky+MF)

406 "Yes. No on Yes."

So that's one 'No' vote.

Yes?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 30, 2022 09:16 AM (1n+EO)

407 Conservative riots would ensure that politicos would not love conservatives, but damn big riots close to their homes would ensure they feared us, which is much more important.

Posted by: Fred Z at August 30, 2022 09:16 AM (VQIqq)

408 >>that's a lot of assumptions with no facts. First, see my reply to whig upthread - the idea that he is "holding back" documents for a civil lawsuit is ridiculous. As a trial attorney for 26 years I see no scenario where that makes sense. He HAS to produce the documents in discovery. And, under your theory, they know about the documents. So this idea that he can use them as a surprise at some later date doesn't work.

You are making a lot of assumptions with no facts as well. Everyone is. It's called speculating and it's pretty much what happens here.

So if they docs aren't about Russia what are they? They aren't nuclear launch codes. They aren't White House recipes. What are they? Don't just tell me what they aren't, tell me what you think was so urgent to the DOJ that they raided Trump.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 30, 2022 09:17 AM (ZLI7S)

409 Yes. No on Yes."

So that's one 'No' vote.

Yes?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 30, 2022 09:16 AM (1n+EO)

Yes!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 30, 2022 09:17 AM (ai/gj)

410 >>> 348 I learned to negotiate roundabouts while stationed I'm England. They work well when people know what the fuck they are doing.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 30, 2022 08:59 AM (ai/gj)

If most people *don't* intuitively grasp how to do this correctly, then exactly how is it SMAHHHHHHRT to rip up the existing intersections and replace them with the roundabouts?

....oh right, it's all about the GRAFT.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 30, 2022 09:17 AM (llON8)

411 Yes on Yes. No on Oasis. They suck.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 30, 2022 09:18 AM (Zz0t1)

412 397 My wife made the same point as Peter Doocy: If Noval Djokovic walked across the southern border, he would get a phone, money and a free ride to NYC, a "sanctuary city". But he still couldn't play in the US Open, because prominent people must be made to bow in unison to government power. No dissent permitted, because no one may inspire the great unwashed MAGA types.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 30, 2022 09:12 AM (b7RjF)

Just get a fake NYC ID! Juan Valdez or something!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 30, 2022 09:18 AM (BRHaw)

413 >>>Nobody is so tone deaf that they believe raiding the former President of the United States, even someone the left hates as much as Trump, wouldn't make them look bad.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 30, 2022 09:03 AM (ZLI7S)
================
It is interesting Biden's poll ratings bumped up after the raid and have stayed there. Not "nobody", but also not maybe a huge number. Dispirited Democrats liked it, I guess.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 30, 2022 09:19 AM (PJ6NO)

414

There is a Save America Rally on 03 SEP 22 at the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza, 255 Highland Park Blvd, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania at 1900 EDT... (Doors open at 1400)

Though my base is but an hour away, I may end up watching this on teevee, because of prior commitments...

Posted by: Zettai at August 30, 2022 09:19 AM (axE4J)

415 15-year-old boy has arm amputated after trying to subway surf in NYC.

Posted by: michelle fields at August 30, 2022 09:19 AM (yikp0)

416 Just get a fake NYC ID! Juan Valdez or something!
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 30, 2022 09:18 AM (BRHaw)
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Now, that would be funny.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 30, 2022 09:20 AM (PJ6NO)

417 Whatever Trump had in his possession will now never see the light of day.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 30, 2022 09:14 AM (BFigT)

Perhaps The Donald took precautionary action in case what happened happened.

Posted by: Gref temporarily in FL at August 30, 2022 09:20 AM (S6ZRI)

418 I honestly did not know that Buick was a make that was still on the market.

We used to call them "Puicks" (pronounced similar to "pukes") when I was a kid. They were uncool even then.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 30, 2022 09:20 AM (bW8dp)

419
Some Yes, yes. Some Yes, no. Another group where you bought an entire album for one or two songs.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 30, 2022 09:20 AM (jE276)

420 Whatever Trump had in his possession will now never see the light of day.

Posted by: Martini Farmer
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No evidence of that either--the Deep State is filled with idiots that say stupid things because they are stupid people by an large. Go back and read Page's and Strozk's texts--they read like two kids in high school texting. Everyone here should admit that their information is imperfect and incomplete and our crystal balls are cracked. Some people, presumably the DOJ, FBI, and Trump know a bit more than we do, but even there, it is more like stud poker where some cards are face up but others are face down.

Nothing is sure, nothing is definite other than death and taxes and maybe not even taxes for bums.

Posted by: whig at August 30, 2022 09:20 AM (CXr4y)

421 If elections are going to be continued to be "fortified," if oppositional political figures and their associates are going to be investigated and imprisoned, if Democrat paramilitary groups are going to be given carte blanche to riot and intimidate, if an illegal junta is going to continue to operate in a lawless extra constitutional manner, what option is left but to take to the streets?

The masterminds are removing our ability to control our lives and simply live peacefully in this corporeal world.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 30, 2022 09:21 AM (VQbgM)

422 15-year-old boy has arm amputated after trying to subway surf in NYC.
Posted by: michelle fields at August 30, 2022 09:19 AM (yikp0)

Piker.

Posted by: Rachel Corrie at August 30, 2022 09:21 AM (Zz0t1)

423 Yes. No on Yes."

So that's one 'No' vote.

Yes?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 30, 2022 09:16 AM (1n+EO)

Yes!
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 30, 2022 09:17 AM (ai/gj)

I'm confused. Who's on first?

Posted by: dantesed at August 30, 2022 09:21 AM (88xKn)

424 "We don't want her."

Hey, $20.00, same as on earth!
Posted by: Kamala at August 30, 2022 09:14 AM (1n+EO)
+++++

Pretty sure kamala is the $2 variety. No one would pay 20 for that.
And if she does go. We should make sure it's a one way ticket.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 30, 2022 09:21 AM (dr4Q1)

425 What would happen if Yes covered Ringo Starr's "No-no Song"?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 30, 2022 09:22 AM (bW8dp)

426 Nothing is sure, nothing is definite other than death and taxes and maybe not even taxes for bums.
Posted by: whig at August 30, 2022 09:20 AM (CXr4y)

Hey

I'm right here, ya know

Posted by: REDACTED at August 30, 2022 09:22 AM (us2H3)

427 418 I honestly did not know that Buick was a make that was still on the market.

We used to call them "Puicks" (pronounced similar to "pukes") when I was a kid. They were uncool even then.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 30, 2022 09:20 AM (bW8dp)

It survived when Pontiac and Olds were killed!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 30, 2022 09:22 AM (BRHaw)

428 So everything from this point is pure inference from these two data points including your speculation that it does not make sense to you.

Obviously. I'm just arguing what makes logical sense based on the facts we have. I'm pointing out the reasons I believe that your and jackstraw's assumptions and theories make little sense. Of course I could be wrong. In fact, I hope I'm wrong and Trump does have some explosive documents proving without a doubt a criminal conspiracy against him. I just find that scenario wildly unlikely and can't imagine a rational reason for not releasing the documents already if he has them.

Posted by: Mehive at August 30, 2022 09:22 AM (ky+MF)

429 Are we getting close to the edge?
Posted by: dantesed at August 30, 2022 08:38 AM (88xKn)

Down by the river

Posted by: Ian Anderson at August 30, 2022 09:22 AM (ufFY8)

430 "I'm confused. Who's on first?"

Go ahead....

Guess Who

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 30, 2022 09:22 AM (1n+EO)

431 What vile people. Calling millions of decent tax-paying Americans "fascists" and terrorists and racists, commanding them to leave their states. What political party has ever behaved so unjustly and viciously toward its own citizens, the people who support their very existence and lifestyles?

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 30, 2022 09:23 AM (H8QX8)

432 *plays solo piano*
*gazes wistfully at the rising sun*
Imagine that you anus
Is healthy, whistle-clean
No Monkeypox or blisters
Might even say pristine
Imagine that your bunghole
Is healthy all the w-a-a-ay
You-hoo-ooo..
You may say you have Monkeypox
And you're not the only one
Please stay away from my fart clam
I don't want to be another one

Posted by: Zombie John Lennon with an important Public Health Service Message at August 30, 2022 09:23 AM (5NkmN)

433 > It survived when Pontiac and Olds were killed!

If they ever revive Olds, they need to do a model called the "Speedwagon".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 30, 2022 09:23 AM (bW8dp)

434 Roundabouts are shit in America because NO ONE knows how to use them.
Posted by: Sponge

I have been surprised by how well drivers here in Smallville, Okla., have been doing with the roundabout. I do still expect the next idiot to drive into me, though.

Out there off of I-44 in Missouri, there's a series of two or is it three roundabouts one must navigate to get to the Waffle House. You gotta want it…

Posted by: mindful webworker - zero to sixty in any day now at August 30, 2022 09:24 AM (SBQsC)

435 “In my own state they’re going to attempt to pass a constitutional amendment making sure that universal voting ID for every time you vote, not just when you sign up to vote, but every time you vote because they understand that any given time there’s tens of thousands of Pennsylvanians who typically – typically are on the poor side and people of color are less likely to have their ID at any one given time,” Fetterman said.

Now do welfare, AFDC, foodstamps, SS and Medicare!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 30, 2022 09:24 AM (BRHaw)

436 Aussie man convicted of murdering his wife 40 years ago after a new police investigation triggered by a podcast.

"Chris Dawson: Subject of The Teacher's Pet crime podcast found guilty of murdering wife 40 years ago

The 74-year-old former rugby league player was accused of killing Lynette Dawson in January 1982, but her body was never found. Dawson has maintained that he was not involved in her disappearance."

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 30, 2022 09:24 AM (yikp0)

437
It survived when Pontiac and Olds were killed!
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 30, 2022 09:22 AM (BRHaw)

There used to be a method to GM's madness. Now they're just a shit car company that builds the same garbage across all lines.

They remind me of the Eagle Talon / Mitsubishi Eclipse / Plymouth Laser.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 30, 2022 09:24 AM (Zz0t1)

438 348 I learned to negotiate roundabouts while stationed I'm England. They work well when people know what the fuck they are doing.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

How to get there from here?

The US is stuck in a higher-energy metastable vacuum state.

Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 30, 2022 09:24 AM (g1EEm)

439 It is interesting Biden's poll ratings bumped up after the raid and have stayed there. Not "nobody", but also not maybe a huge number. Dispirited Democrats liked it, I guess.

Posted by: Huck Follywood
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More likely the grift in the climate bill and the student loan giveaway. Millenials and Gen Z by are large have been indoctrinated that CO2 will end the world--specifically US CO2 (ignoring that China and India are pumping the shit out and the US has been reducing CO2 emissions since the 00's. These are also the target of the student loan forgiveness and delay in payments.

There is also the question of framing and sampling involved here but it is to be expected that Biden gets a bit of a bump as part of his depressed ratings was from his own base turning on him for not getting them promised goodies.

Posted by: whig at August 30, 2022 09:25 AM (CXr4y)

440 > Guess Who

We're a Canadian band
We're a Canadian band
We're coming to your town
A bunch of communist clowns
We're a Canadian band

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 30, 2022 09:25 AM (bW8dp)

441 Are we getting close to the edge?
Posted by: dantesed at August 30, 2022 08:38 AM (88xKn)

Down by the river
Posted by: Ian Anderson at August 30, 2022 09:22 AM (ufFY

You are a sock-puppet-failing motherfvcker!

Posted by: Jon Anderson at August 30, 2022 09:26 AM (ufFY8)

442 439 It is interesting Biden's poll ratings bumped up after the raid and have stayed there. Not "nobody", but also not maybe a huge number. Dispirited Democrats liked it, I guess.

Posted by: Huck Follywood

=========

"Polling is narrative building."

"I can't believe Biden's polls are going up!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 30, 2022 09:26 AM (LvTSG)

443
Out there off of I-44 in Missouri, there's a series of two or is it three roundabouts one must navigate to get to the Waffle House. You gotta want it…
Posted by: mindful webworker - zero to sixty in any day now at August 30, 2022 09:24 AM (SBQsC)

While driving to Myrtle Beach a couple weeks ago, we renamed Waffle House "Tiger's Deli and Meat Market."

We wanted to stop at each one to see if he autographed the bathroom wall while he was banging the staff.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 30, 2022 09:26 AM (Zz0t1)

444 I honestly did not know that Buick was a make that was still on the market.

*

Buick is GMs hottest brand.

2010:
""They keep Buick because of China," said IHS Global Insight analyst John Wolkonowicz. "If you have one of the top brands in one of the major markets in the world, you keep it."

https://tinyurl.com/2n4kf4ue

Posted by: Moron Robbie - China is making you buy EVs, read to bottom at August 30, 2022 09:27 AM (Uq/Pq)

445 439 There is also the question of framing and sampling involved here but it is to be expected that Biden gets a bit of a bump as part of his depressed ratings was from his own base turning on him for not getting them promised goodies.
Posted by: whig at August 30, 2022 09:25 AM (CXr4y)

=========

For his bump to make this kind of sense, it would indicate that moderates/independents are largely okay with the Biden presidency. It's the only way he could go from high-30s to mid-40s after giving his own base goodies.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 30, 2022 09:27 AM (LvTSG)

446 "that any given time there’s tens of thousands of Pennsylvanians who typically – typically are on the poor side and people of color are less likely to have their ID at any one given time,” Fetterman said. "

Two things.

1. Fetterman does not think highly of blacks, or poor people.

2. We are not talking about 'any one given time'. We are talking about setting out to go to your polling place, and voting.

Sort of like you may not have your wallet with you 24/7. But you might want to grab it when you hea to the store.

Or does Fetterman think blacks are too stupid to understand that?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 30, 2022 09:28 AM (1n+EO)

447 So if they docs aren't about Russia what are they? They aren't nuclear launch codes. They aren't White House recipes. What are they? Don't just tell me what they aren't, tell me what you think was so urgent to the DOJ that they raided Trump.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 30, 2022 09:17 AM (ZLI7S)

I've already answered this several times. the most likely answers are the most obvious. It was either a pure fishing expedition hoping to find evidence of some crime or they truly believed he had documents he shouldn't and thought this would be a good "gotcha". When it comes to Trump, the deep state does not act entirely rationally.

It is even possible they were after documents that would embarrass them, similar to Peter Stroz "insurance policy" email - vague enough that it's embarrassing but doesn't prove anything. but documents that would embarrass them is not the same thing as smoking gun proof of a criminal conspiracy against Trump. Like I said, I doubt such documents exist at all.

Posted by: Mehive at August 30, 2022 09:29 AM (ky+MF)

448 Gibsons Bakery wins!!!! Ohio Supreme Court tells Oberlin to go fetch it's shinebox.

Posted by: pawn at August 30, 2022 09:29 AM (wsHtO)

449 Update your style guides!

Nina Turner@ninaturner
Debt *is* a tax.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 30, 2022 09:29 AM (FVME7)

450 What gets me are those multi-lane roundabouts with about 8 roads that intersect at it.

Madness

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 30, 2022 09:30 AM (BFigT)

451 448 Gibsons Bakery wins!!!! Ohio Supreme Court tells Oberlin to go fetch it's shinebox.
Posted by: pawn at August 30, 2022 09:29 AM (wsHtO)

==========

Prediction:

There will be another appeal (somehow) that delays this by at least weeks.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 30, 2022 09:30 AM (LvTSG)

452 >>> 449 Update your style guides!

Nina Turner@ninaturner
Debt *is* a tax.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 30, 2022 09:29 AM (FVME7)

But inflation isn't!

Posted by: leftists at August 30, 2022 09:30 AM (llON8)

453 449 Update your style guides!

Nina Turner@ninaturner
Debt *is* a tax.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 30, 2022 09:29 AM (FVME7)

========

I thought paying taxes was patriotism.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 30, 2022 09:30 AM (LvTSG)

454 ART NOOD

Posted by: Skip's phone at August 30, 2022 09:30 AM (VDQQP)

455 Gibsons Bakery wins!!!! Ohio Supreme Court tells Oberlin to go fetch it's shinebox.
Posted by: pawn at August 30, 2022 09:29 AM (wsHtO)

It NEEDS to go fetch it's wallet and feel the PAIN of default.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 30, 2022 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

456 Dunno if Graham is right.
The Right seems cowed.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 30, 2022 09:32 AM (gbzeC)

457 How quickly will gas prices begin to go up again after the election? Obviously the junta is trying to bring them down right now.
But as soon as the midterms are over all bets are off.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 30, 2022 09:32 AM (dr4Q1)

458 Obviously. I'm just arguing what makes logical sense based on the facts we have. Posted by: Mehive
-----------------
As I said, there are two Trump strategies going on here--the legal and the political--Trump does not want to be indicted I suspect and does want vindication through a lawsuit. To do that, he has to thread the needle on information that may or may not be classified that he needs to prove that. The other strategy is to play to the peanut gallery by releasing it all and damn the consequences. So, you could get a wet squib as most of the information in government documents is opaque and incomplete--the public does not do complicated--courts do a bit better. Second, it might ensure indictment of some sort and continued legal harassment of Trump.

The Deep State strategy is simple, stall if not prevent any embarrassing disclosures of anything and to get trump.

Posted by: whig at August 30, 2022 09:33 AM (CXr4y)

459 @439
>>There is also the question of framing and sampling involved here but it is to be expected that Biden gets a bit of a bump as part of his depressed ratings was from his own base turning on him for not getting them promised goodies.

In this environment, with what the Democrats program has wrought, even with how badly the GOP has managed and messaged this election, the GOP should be crushing it.

I simply believe that most LIV see the word Democrat, associate it with Democracy and and all of the free sh*t the Donks promise and vote accordingly, they see Republican associate it with Republic which thanks to our education system, have no f**king clue what that means and because of the general disorganization in message and platform, recoil at voting for the GOP.

Democrat Governors literally murdered granny during the Plandemic and yet, they more than likely all going to be re-elected.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 30, 2022 09:33 AM (VQbgM)

460 >>I've already answered this several times. the most likely answers are the most obvious. It was either a pure fishing expedition hoping to find evidence of some crime or they truly believed he had documents he shouldn't and thought this would be a good "gotcha". When it comes to Trump, the deep state does not act entirely rationally.

I don't think that's obvious at all, particularly given all of the background information that has come out. We know that the Biden administration in the form of the WH Counsel was working with the NARA for months to get the specific documents returned. Trump refused. Trump fought to keep those specific documents after returning others.

So no, this wasn't some blind fishing expedition which would have been truly idiotic to do to the former POTUS. This raid was about specific documents.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 30, 2022 09:33 AM (ZLI7S)

461 459
Democrat Governors literally murdered granny during the Plandemic and yet, they more than likely all going to be re-elected.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 30, 2022 09:33 AM (VQbgM)

=========

What if...the polls are...wrong?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 30, 2022 09:34 AM (LvTSG)

462 Gentle rain falling,
no blowing wind to speak of.
I listen and rest.
- a rain haiku

Posted by: Eromero at August 30, 2022 09:37 AM (0OP+5)

463 For his bump to make this kind of sense, it would indicate that moderates/independents are largely okay with the Biden presidency. It's the only way he could go from high-30s to mid-40s after giving his own base goodies.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison
------------------
Moderates and independents go with the news flow cycle plus you get media polls that can be skewed by careful selection of sample framing (more from blue states--using adults instead of citizens or even registered voters, and so on). August in particular is a swamp for polling. Labor Day is the real kick off for voting and remember that Dems are trying to maximize the positive vibes as they depend on early voting nowadays to a very large degree. Some of the states start that at the end of September/first of November.

Posted by: whig at August 30, 2022 09:37 AM (CXr4y)

464 @461

>>What if...the polls are...wrong?

Perhaps they are but do you feel like we are heading towards a massive repudiation of the Democrat party?

I live in NJ, travel extensively through PA, CT and NY, I sure don't see it.

Sure the NJ Governors race was close and more than likely "fortified," and there are data points elsewhere but I just don't see a massive repudiation of what's going on.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 30, 2022 09:38 AM (VQbgM)

465 >>Moderates and independents go with the news flow cycle plus you get media polls that can be skewed by careful selection of sample framing (more from blue states--using adults instead of citizens or even registered voters, and so on). August in particular is a swamp for polling. Labor Day is the real kick off for voting and remember that Dems are trying to maximize the positive vibes as they depend on early voting nowadays to a very large degree. Some of the states start that at the end of September/first of November.

For the latest poll Rasmussen started using LV instead of RV. Their generic ballot jumped back to R +5, same as Trafalgar.

The RCP average is made up of mostly RV or adults. LV polling tells a much different story.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 30, 2022 09:40 AM (ZLI7S)

466 Anyone heard from Gavin McInnes yet?

Posted by: responsiblejerk at August 30, 2022 09:43 AM (gMx9e)

467 Or does Fetterman think blacks are too stupid to understand that?
___

A representative of the Dem party being racist?

No. Really?

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 30, 2022 09:44 AM (jwDzO)

468 I've never participated in a poll.

Funny, that.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 30, 2022 09:45 AM (jwDzO)

469 . . . thanks to Lindsey Graham, the lid is now off. He just legitimized the antithetical idea that Republicans do take to the streets with violence and hatred.

Would that it were so.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 30, 2022 09:59 AM (yQpMk)

470 "“Most Republicans, including me, believe when it comes to Trump, there is no law. It’s all about getting him,” Graham said on Trey Gowdy’s program on Fox News, Sunday Night in America. “There is a double standard when it comes to Trump. What happened with Hunter Biden is that the FBI weighed in to make sure the story didn’t break before the 2020 election. We now have whistleblowers at the FBI telling Senator Chuck Grassley that they were told to slow down and back off Hunter Biden. And I’ll say this, if there is a prosecution of Donald Trump for mishandling classified information after the Clinton debacle … there will be riots in the street.”"

Didn't President Trump write Garland & Wray about offering to do everything he could do to bring down the intense public temperature due to the general warrant raid and got no response from them whatsoever? What in G-s name will happen to our country should the FBI dare march the President out of MaL over a NARA dispute pretext? The Dems are really playing stupid games here poking the bear. Decent men want peace. Graham wasn't saying he wanted riots.

Posted by: Ted Morgan at August 30, 2022 10:01 AM (hvfJj)

471 53 "I think the "Russiagate documents" they're looking for don't incriminate Trump. I think they're Trump's insurance policy against the feds' criminality."

That's the direction that my brain goes, as well.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 30, 2022 07:52 AM (1n+EO)
===

I will forever lose any faith I had in DJT if he did not already have both hard copy and digital copies of everything the feds took. I would assume those hard copies are stored off site at a very secure location and the digital copies are not in the cloud, but on thumb drives. I am also highly suspicious of the FBI and would bet bigly that they have planted evidence.
I would like to believe that Trump is playing them, hoping that they attempt a prosecution so that he can drop the bomb of exculpatory evidence on them. Perhaps even, as a result of the obvious crimes, get some of the FBI turds thrown in prison.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at August 30, 2022 10:12 AM (JNTt1)

472 All this discussion of roundabouts/traffic circles isn't taking into account there are two different kinds: those where the vehicles entering the circle have the right of way, and those where the vehicles in the circle have the right of way. All the most recently constructed in my area are the latter.

Posted by: Brett at August 30, 2022 10:16 AM (2ndRB)

473 Repurposing urban office buildings into residences? Ummmm.. has the author looked at crime rate trends in major cities?

Posted by: George V at August 30, 2022 10:48 AM (ugbqN)

474 Graham wasn't saying he wanted riots.
Posted by: Ted Morgan at August 30, 2022 10:01 AM (hvfJj)

I do NOT trust Graham at all. His saying that there would be riots gives the Enemy political cover to ramp up the persecution of legitimate dissent.

Again, it was Graham that called on the Capitol Cops to fire on unarmed citizens.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 30, 2022 10:50 AM (x0n13)

475 {472} All this discussion of roundabouts/traffic circles isn't taking into account there are two different kinds: those where the vehicles entering the circle have the right of way, and those where the vehicles in the circle have the right of way. All the most recently constructed in my area are the latter.

Posted by: Brett at August 30, 2022 10:16 AM (2ndRB)

What happens when the circle is full, and those entering still have right of way?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 30, 2022 10:59 AM (nRMeC)

476 Hey DeSantis believer’s

desantis pulls out of-lee-zeldin-fundraiser-after-meeting with-billionaire-donorwho-gave-more-than 400000 to-kathy-hochul/

Posted by: Gonzotx at August 30, 2022 11:00 AM (t4poC)

477 NOOD morning rant, everyone.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 30, 2022 11:03 AM (nRMeC)

478 The kind of thing that happened in Baltimore happens in Los Angeles too. When Suge Knight was involved in a fight and killed his friend, the argument arose from "security" meaning the local gang arguing about money with him.

But the gangs are more experienced in L.A. and aren't so brazen. They make some nice cash working with film production.

Posted by: Ultra pj at August 30, 2022 11:14 AM (G1dq6)

479 You can't spell Patriot without RIOT

Posted by: SMOD at August 30, 2022 12:39 PM (RHGPo)

480 "TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Today, Governor Ron DeSantis celebrated another step in the state’s efforts to modernize public transit and reduce air pollutants caused by diesel emissions. Through the Volkswagen settlement, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is awarding more than $68 million that will secure 227 electric transit buses in 13 counties statewide that will replace existing diesel transit buses in Alachua, Broward, Duval, Escambia, Hillsborough, Leon, Marion, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Orange, Palm Beach, Pasco, and Pinellas counties."

Love the guy, but it is stuff like this that makes me wonder. Perhaps I am oversensitive to people going 'green'

Posted by: Danimal28 at August 30, 2022 01:13 PM (klw0w)

481 Danimal28 at August 30, 2022 01:13 PM (klw0w)

Nope see my comment 476, he is bought and sold
Trump is the one
DeSantis will break a lot of hearts and minds..

Posted by: Gonzotx at August 30, 2022 07:07 PM (9+l4S)

482 Ԝhy visitors still use to read news papers
when in this technologicаl gl᧐be the whole thing is avaiⅼable օn net?

Posted by: P at August 30, 2022 08:23 PM (n1mT8)

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