The Morning Report

The Morning Report — 12/16/22

Good morning kids. The weekend is here and honestly, I am loathe to even cover Donald Trump's "big announcement" from yesterday. Whether you believe he jumped the shark or, as Andrea Widburg notes it's a clever way to fundraise in a way that allows donors to remain anonymous and not get doxxed, the optics IMHO are, to be charitable, suboptimal. With all that said, I find it rather amusing that on the one hand, Chuck "Schemer" Schumer is crowing about the fact that the American people are supposedly done with Trump and he'll never be elected in '24 (it's probably because the Democrats have so utterly rigged elections in key swing states and districts that they will undoubtedly come out on top, barring the GOP suddenly waking up, mobilizing and playing the Democrats' game), and yet you still have them trying to pass legislation outlawing him from running.

The bottom line is, as bad a condition as the nation was in in the waning days of the Obama Reign of Error, six years on, we are living in a waking nightmare. And yet again, this playing card thing just sucks the oxygen out of the room. Donald Trump's achievements – the greatest being the exposure of the Deep State and the myth of the American two-party system – will put him in the pantheon of America's greatest heroes and presidents. But this kind of thing, on top of the huge mistake of basing his campaign almost exclusively on redressing the theft of the 2020 election, is a turn-off. If he had made his plan to fight and end Leftist censorship the subject of his big announcement he could've gotten back on track. But he stepped on his own dick with the playing card idiocy. That was an unforced error for which he only has himself to blame. Unless and until he stops bitching about 2020 and starts attacking Biden and his handlers for the wanton destruction of the nation, after at least observing a prolonged period of absolute radio silence until well into the new year, I think he's finished, if he isn't already.

In mentioning the dismantling, destruction and dissolution of our society, arguably the "root cause" of all our troubles is in the classroom. Yes, we are well aware of the brainwashing and sexualization. But it's a lot deeper, darker and more depressing than even that.

In 2017 then-President Donald Trump proposed cutting State Department spending by some $54 billion. In response, Trump’s Secretary of Defense James Mattias told Congress, “If you don’t fund the State Department fully, then I need to buy more ammunition.” General Mattias, a man who had devoted his life to waging all-out war, was warning us that short-changing diplomacy would result in more war. I make my living as a substitute teacher, and in the spirit of Mad Dog’s remarks my recommendations for public education in this country are as follows: Either we need to re-build our public educational system, virtually from scratch, or we need to build a lot more prisons because, from what I can see, aimless lives of misery, poverty, despair, substance abuse, crime, and imprisonment are what American public schools are preparing our kids for today.
When people ask me what I would do to fix education in this country, my answer is as follows: I would burn every school in America to the ground, I would fire every schoolteacher in America, and I would start over from scratch. This might strike some as being a bit extreme, but the problems with our schools are so systemic, to use a word that’s in vogue these days, that I believe my proposal has a lot of merit. . .
. . . I recently sat in while a substitute teacher I’m friendly with supposedly conducted a math class. Meaning, he recited the regular teacher’s lesson plan for the day in a robotic monotone, then half-heartedly suggested that the students get to work, but no biggie. This listless attempt at teaching I saw had the air about it of a final, sparsely-attended pitch session at a trade show in the Dayton, Ohio Holiday Inn. Everyone in that room, myself included, was just waiting for the bell to ring. My heart ached for those students, as difficult as some of them can sometimes be. One thing’s for sure: the taxpayers didn’t get their money’s worth that day. To paraphrase that old joke about working in the Soviet Union, substitute teachers pretend to teach the kids, and the kids pretend to learn. . .
. . . Education worked well in this country when schools were being run by teachers and, by proxy, parents. Today’s public schools are being run by the students. This Bizarro-World arrangement has created a kind of educational mass insanity with an almost unlimited budget. While most children are blessed with a healthy curiosity about themselves and the world, most are also disinclined to do the hard work required to actually master various subjects. Schools used to be places where well-behaved children were guided through the world of knowledge by adults. Expectations were high. Assignments were graded rigorously. Deadlines weren’t simply suggestions, they were honored. Tests were demanding and carefully designed to measure each student’s progress. The smartest, hardest working students went on to become doctors and lawyers and scientists, or at least married well. The rest left school with minimally a working knowledge of the English language, basic arithmetic, a little U.S. history, and having read The Outsiders. . .
. . . Today that system has been turned on its head. Students once behaved because they lived in fear of having a teacher call their parents. Today, teachers live in fear of having a parent call them, demanding to know why their Wyatt didn’t get an ‘A’ just because he failed every test and didn’t turn in any assignments.
And now a word about discipline and classroom order in my school: there isn’t any. About 30% of students at my school will never do any schoolwork, of any kind, no matter what you say or do to them. Some of these non-participants devote their entire days to being disruptive and defiant. Others simply stare silently into space until the day’s last bell rings. Another 30% of students are studious and well-behaved. They are in school to learn. A disproportionate percentage of these students were not born in the U.S. and do not speak English in their homes. The remaining 40% of my students are up for grabs. . .
. . . In terms of academics the curriculum at the middle school where I teach is about 80% (1) social justice (slavery, Jim Crow, and intractable white racism) and (2) climate change. The remaining 20% of classroom time is devoted to a variety of miscellaneous topics. In other words, it’s remarkably similar, both stylistically and in terms of content, to a typical day’s programming on National Public Radio.
Thanks to my generation, the Baby Boomers, public schools have become places whose main purposes are (1) providing a daily dose of progressive indoctrination, and (2) the endless pursuit of a strangely concocted version of self-esteem. Someone forgot to tell us that for it to be genuine self-esteem must be earned, not conferred like that phony diploma the Wizard of Oz gave the Scarecrow.

It's a very long and painful read yet I think it's vital because when you read the author's experience, you then can get a sense of all the other madness that is going on around us and why a pervert drag queen who extolls the virtues of children singing and performing fellatio was an honored guest at the White House.

My parents of blessed memory were teachers who started their careers in the 60's and saw this crap coming even then. No doubt, Mike Pompeo's calling Randi Weingarten the most dangerous person in America was a political move on his part, but at the same time he was dead right. With so many fires to put out, assuming that we ever regain political power again and with politicians and a political party that doesn't hate us, if there was just one area to focus in and declare all out war on, it would be academia.

As the evil bastards of the Left would say, "If it saves just one child . . . "

See you on the hobby thread tomorrow, BOLO for the next podcast later today, and have a good weekend.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

"America’s trans-friendly, anti-racist, low expectation public schools are failing faster than you think - and it has nothing to do with money."
Build More Prisons! Notes of a Middle School Substitute Teacher
“In Fauci’s frame, the human population itself becomes a dangerous problem.”
Dr. Fauci's Amnesia
Robert Spencer: "That’s what Google means to stamp out: 'a commingling of the two races.' It finds the idea of black people patronizing white-owned businesses to be 'terms' that are 'unsatisfactory,' and therefore is doing all it can to help black racists be racist. In doing so, it is also helping white racists be racist. Google, in short, has become an active corrosive agent, working to dissolve the nation’s unity and pit American against American. Where is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act when you need it?"
Google Goes Full-On Racist, Will Start Marking the Race of Business Owners

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

"Twitter suspended the accounts that tweeted public tracking information of Musk’s private jet, violating the platform’s rules, which were updated Wednesday."
Six Establishment Media Journalists Elon Musk Suspended
These plans include revising Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, establishing a cooling-off period requiring former employees of the FBI, CIA, and other government agencies to wait seven years before joining tech companies that have “vast quantities of U.S. user data,” and establishing a “digital bill of rights,” among several other actions.
Donald Trump Unveils Free Speech Policy Plan to "Shatter Left-Wing Censorship Regime"
"Republicans expressed concern about the board’s creation, noting its potential for censorship and partisan comments from its head, Nina Jankowicz. Grassley and Hawley submitted a letter to DHS in June requesting documents about the board’s creation, how it defines misinformation and disinformation, and its interactions with social media companies."
Sens. Grassley And Hawley Call Out DHS For Allegedly Redacting Key Info About Disinformation Board
"Thanks to Amazon’s decision to exclude organizations that the SPLC brands 'hate groups,' those who support religious liberty can’t help ADF with their doll or other purchases."
Amazon Excludes Christians, Conservatives From Charity Program
"Through a constant feedback loop of likes, comments, and reposts, social media is reconstructing our personas."
Social Media is Making You a Worse Person
Lloyd Billingsley: "Elon Musk should expect a multi-front assault from the Biden Junta."
Whistleblower Warning
"Truth is, as great as Musk has been not merely for Twitter but for the health of America's digital town square in general, concerted public policy and legal changes are still needed."
Celebrate Elon Musk, But Don’t Lose Sight of Big Tech’s Structural Problem
CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
"Do we really want to go there?"
Tucker Blasts Reparations Plan That Would Require "Nazi Race Science"
"Seven people have been convicted on charges related to the plan to kidnap Whitmer." (a plot concocted by the FBI wherein dupes were coerced into doing no more than shooting their mouths off - jjs)
Three Men Convicted for Aiding Plot to Kidnap Gov. Whitmer Sentenced to at Least Seven Years
"Madam Chair? My God," interjected ranking member Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), but Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) said nothing, allowing Rep. Bush to plow on." (Comer's response was meh, at best - jjs) Lowlife Racialist Shit-Whore Cori Bush Blasts Republicans as 'White Supremacists,' Hate-Mongers at Committee Hearing

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“Today, we decided to find out. We spoke to someone who had access to these still-hidden CIA documents, a person who is deeply familiar with what they contained. We asked this person directly: did the CIA have a hand in the murder of John F. Kennedy, an American president? Here’s the reply, we received, verbatim. Quote: ‘The answer is yes. I believe they were involved. It’s a whole different country from what we thought it was. It’s all fake.'”
Citing Firsthand Source, Tucker Reports "CIA Was Involved in the Kennedy Assassination"
"While Biden said the document dump was meant as a display of 'transparency,' early signs are not encouraging."
"Half a Loaf": JFK Assassination Document Dump Filled With Redactions
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
"Brigham testified that, during a capital raise with Credit Suisse, with whom he claims to have raised over $1 billion with over 15 years, the bank instructed him put out overtly political statements on ESG. Brigham explained that an unidentified bank almost immediately approved him for a loan, while Credit Suisse failed to respond to his loan application."
Witness Testifies Bank Threatened To Withhold Loan If He Didn’t Tweet ‘Climate Change’ Talking Points
"Podesta’s net worth has skyrocketed since his time in the Obama administration, financial disclosures show."
John Podesta Made a Fortune Consulting for Green Energy Billionaires. He Now Oversees a Federal Fund That Could Make Them Rich.
State-funded DW TV: “As Germany experienced its coldest December in a decade, the government implored residents to exercise restraint on turning up the heat.” (lie back and think of Stalingrad - jjs)
Germany Experiences Coldest Winter in a Decade as Energy Crisis Worsens
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
"The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 764 points, or 2.25 percent, its worst one-day performance in three months. The Nasdaq Composite dropped 3.2 percent. The S&P 500 was down around 2.5 percent."
Dow Falls Sharply in Worst Day in Three Months
"Democrats are beginning to get very nervous that the Federal Reserve’s efforts to bring down inflation will be so successful that it will tip the U.S. economy into a recession. At this point, that’s a foregone conclusion. The only question remaining is how deep the recession will be."
Democrats Are Getting Very Nervous About the Fed's War on Inflation
AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
"The agents were frustrated with the lack of support from the federal government in trying to address the influx of illegal immigrants, but weren’t satisfied with Mayorkas’ response."
Border Patrol Agents Confronted Mayorkas In El Paso. Here’s What Was Said.
"There is an old saying with which you are probably familiar: if you want something done right, you need to do it yourself. Which is largely true, unless you are trying to solve a problem that has in part been created and largely exacerbated by the federal government. In that case, you are more than likely out of luck if you take matters into your own hands."
The Biden Junta Sues Arizona Over Its Border Wall
"Is the GOP really this stupid?" (no, they're complicit - jjs)
Study Finds NGOs Shipping Illegal Immigrants Across the U.S. — Republicans Respond With an Amnesty Bill
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
"The incident occurred at an Oklahoma high school."
Transgender Student Charged for Alleged Violent Assault of Two Girls in School Bathroom
"A daylight robbery highlights danger in urban crime wave."
No Safety in Chicago
"Ideological progressives have no business leading law enforcement agencies."
The Urban Criminal-Justice Disaster
“Some city leaders’ repeated criticisms of the police have compounded understaffing to dampen morale further in the bureau, resulting in unprecedented struggles to hire and retain qualified officers. While the latest budget restored police funding, it will take time and political will to repair mutual bonds of trust.”
A Years-Long Law Enforcement Crisis Is Hindering Homicide-Plagued Portland, Experts Say
"From the very first, it was clear that after the Summer of Love, BLM, Antifa, and their friends in government would make an example of newly elected Sheriff Ed Troyer. A lawman who confronted a black man for acting suspiciously at 2 a.m. fit the narrative so perfectly, and so soon after the Antifa and BLM riots, it was too good to pass up."
The Woke Left's "Kafkaesque" Attempt to Take Out a Washington Sheriff Fails
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
"Not only did intelligence bureaucrats fail to disclose to Congress which “experts” they relied on to reach that conclusion, they also omitted important information from the declassified version of their classified assessment."
Report: U.S. Intelligence Agencies Are Keeping From Congress Key Information About Chinese Covid Origins
Sen Rick Scott: "I will continue to fight so that every service member who was wrongfully discharged has the opportunity to be reinstated with backpay."
Senate Passes Defense Bill that Repeals Military Chinese Coronavirus Vaccine Mandate
Jonathan Lord, senior fellow and director of the Middle East Security Program, said the language of the vaccine mandate repeal “is thoughtful and specifically crafted in such a way that everyone can go back to their corners declaring political victory, while doing no irreparable policy harm.” While the provision repeals the current mandate, “nothing in this language prevents Secretary Austin from issuing a new memo with a new policy,” he said.
Congress Passes Record NDAA, Rescinds Troop Vax Mandate, But . . .
"News of the mask mandate comes as further evidence emerges of [Chinese] COVID restrictions' disastrous impact on education. Only 16.2 percent of third- to eighth-graders in Philadelphia scored proficient or better in math—compared with 21.6 percent before government lockdowns, the Pennsylvania Capital-Star reported. The district’s goal in late 2020 was to hit a 28.7 percent proficiency rate, meaning it missed the mark by 12.5 points." (City of Smothering Glove - jjs)
Lockdowns Forever: Philadelphia To Reimpose Mask Mandate in City’s Public Schools
"[Chinese] COVID is a coronavirus that constantly mutates, like the cold. And like the cold, it’s never going to go away. Therefore, neither are [Chinese] COVID restrictions until we stop complying."
The Public Health™ Empire Strikes Back: Oakland, Other Cities Float Reinstating Forced Masking in Public
SECOND AMENDMENT
"The advocates whined the stats make it too hard to pass gun control laws."
CDC Caved to Gun Control Advocates by Removing Defensive Gun Use Stats
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
"Only 24 percent of poor students and 15 percent of black students met math proficiency, down from 32 percent and 21 percent, respectively. The concentration of learning loss could cause problems for California Democrats, who have prided themselves on advancing racial equity."
California School Closures Harmed Poor and Minority Students, Study Shows
ABORTION
“It’s hard to imagine a more gross abuse of taxpayer dollars,” said Aaron Baer, president of the Center for Christian Virtue, in a press release. “The federal government provided these funds to help cities recover from the devastation of [Chinese] COVID closures. With all the Toledo residents have dealt with over the last two years, it’s a new low for the Council to consider giving these funds to fuel liberal, pro-abortion advocacy organizations.”
Is This an Appropriate Use of Federal Chinese Covid Funds?
THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
"Without the electoral college, you can be sure every election in the future is decided by New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago. The sheer volume of individuals clustered in these cities is astounding. For instance, the population of New York City is 8 million, more than the population of Wyoming, Vermont, Alaska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Delaware combined."
Beltway Power Snatchers Conspire Against Americans With Latest Assault On The Constitution
SHAMPEACHMENT 1.0, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION
Then why are you and your hench-holes trying to pass laws to thwart his candidacy?
SHOT: Schumer: Trump Won’t Be Reelected – "The American People Have Gotten Wise to Him"
I find this interesting. If Trump is alternately worse than Hitler then merely a hapless clown who got wiped out in an alleged Biden landslide, what are they so afraid of? Meh, they have to protect the "insurrection" fiction.
CHASER: 41 House Democrats File Bill to Bar Donald Trump from 2024 Eligibility
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
"Berkeley student groups banned Zionist speakers from campus." (i.e. Jews - jjs)
Feds Open Investigation Into ‘Deep-Seated Anti-Semitic Discrimination’ at Berkeley Law School
"Washington Post reporter has history of targeted harassment against Jews."
Taylor Lorenz Lashes Out at Younger, More Successful Journalist in Cruel Anti-Semitic Tirade
Prager made his remarks in an interview with Dave Rubin, the host of The Rubin Report. Rubin is gay and "married" to a man; Prager is heterosexual and married. On Tuesday, Dec. 13, [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Joe Biden signed into law the Respect for Marriage Act, which essentially codifies "gay marriage" into federal law.
Dennis Prager: Gay Marriage Means ‘Gender Doesn’t Matter,’ Which Makes It a 'War Against Civilization’
"Without any protections for religious liberty, the new interpretation of Michigan’s civil-rights law means faith-based organizations are faced with discrimination charges for everything under the sun."
A Michigan Church Defends its Religious Liberty
BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS
"From Rembrandt's 'Pieter Haaring' to Picasso's 'Nature Morte,' not all masterworks can match Hunter's price point."
Eight Works From Famed Artists That Sold for Less Than a Hunter Biden Painting
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
"State Sen. Joe Morrissey’s entry in the race to succeed Rep. Don McEachin has raised eyebrows in a state where Democrats have battled the perception that they are soft on the sexualization of children, following controversies including the Loudoun County rape and efforts to bring graphic sex education to young school kids."
Virginia Democrat Jailed After Affair With Teen He Then Married Seeks Open House Seat
Robert Spencer: "What took so long?"
Biden’s Nuclear Waste Luggage Thief Sam Brinton Finally Fired
“'Let them eat cake' ought to be the new Republican Party slogan.”
Spending Report Shows Ronna and Company Blew Millions to Live Like Royalty
POLITICS
“My official Donald Trump Digital Trading Card collection is here!” the ex-president wrote. “These limited edition cards feature amazing ART of my Life & Career!”
Trump’s Selling Cringey NFT’s For $99 Of Himself, ‘Great Xmas Gift’
"It’s entirely possible that Trump is trying to circumvent the left’s nasty habit of doxing Trump supporters."
Is There a Brilliant Ulterior Motive Behind Trump's Baseball Card Fundraiser?
“Under Chairwoman McDaniel’s leadership, the GOP lost both houses of Congress and the White House, and seriously underperformed in 2022 by further losing ground in the Senate and only barely winning a majority in the House.”
The Battle for RNC Chair is Getting Tricky for Ronna McDaniel
"That’s the only way to stop her as she has the vote already sewn up."
All State GOPs Should Call for Ronna McDaniel to Withdraw
“Too many career politicians have used the America First movement as a springboard to ‘Me First,’” said a senior Trump World official. “This entire effort isn’t about policy or principle, it’s about a small group of politicians wanting the limelight at the expense of the movement.”
Trump World Hammers The Few Republicans Holding Out On McCarthy: ‘Has Potential To Damage The Entire Party’
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
"We remember the stolen men and women and children were brought to our shores in chains," Biden said Wednesday after promising the continent $55 billion to fight climate change and increase trade. "My nation’s original sin was that period." (by Democrats - jjs)
Biden Apologizes to African Leaders for America’s ‘Original Sin’
"Barring a dramatic shift in U.S. policy toward Saudi Arabia, China’s influence will likely continue to grow while America’s fades."
Biden’s Faulty Foreign Policy is Pushing the Saudis Into the Arms of China
Thad McCotter: "Due to the Democrats’ woke ideology, democracy is not only in retreat across the globe, but also here at home."
The Democrats’ "America First" Policy
"Joe Biden swapped Bout for Brittney because of his commitment to the LGBTQIA+ community."
The Russians Are Laughing at Us
"Diversity proved to be a strength again as mobs of Moroccan men staged violent riots last night in multiple French cities."
Chaos
BIDEN AFGHANISTAN BUG-OUT DISASTER AFTERMATH
"Following the United States Armed Forces’ withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021, Biden opened a refugee pipeline that has resettled more than 86,000 Afghans in American communities — many without having been screened or interviewed in person beforehand."
More Senate Republicans Throw Support Behind Green Cards for Biden’s Afghans Despite Vetting Failures
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
". . . Ahmad Abouammo, 45, who worked as a media partnerships manager for the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region, had assisted in 'accessing, monitoring, and conveying confidential and sensitive information that could be used to identify and locate Twitter users of interest to the Saudi Royal Family.'”
Ex-Twitter Employee Gets Jail Time For Helping Saudis Gain Access To User Data
"Space has become a critical component to war-fighting, including both space-based weapons and space-enabled conflict on the ground, U.S. defense leaders and experts say."
The US Is Preparing For The Possibility Of War With China — In Space
Daniel Greenfield: "Republicans join with Democrats to push wokeness and undermine the Coast Guard."
Coast Guard Senate Bipartisan Bill Mandates Diversity Training
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
Daniel Greenfield Part Deux: "Muslims now make up 10% of the Georgia Senate Democrat delegation."
How the IRS Helped CAIR Islamists Win Georgia Elections
Lloyd Billingsley: "Remembering Anne Widholm, murdered by Habibullah Ahmadi in Windsor, Ontario."
Dark, Deadly December
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
"The United States isn’t running out of land, but urban growth boundaries and other government controls are limiting the amount of developable property."
US Land ‘Shortage’ Is Result of Artificial Growth Limits
"The systems will roll out at airports next month, although those who say their gender was incorrectly assumed by the machines have the option to ask for re-screening instead of receiving a physical pat-down. "
TSA Spends $18.6 Million on 'Non-Binary Screening Systems'
"Richard Nixon’s welfare reform effort contains lessons for today’s policymakers."
Nixon’s Plan to Fight Poverty and Promote Marriage
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
David Harsanyi: "Ideas corrupt language and language corrupts thought."
Why the Redefinition of the Word ‘Woman’ Matters
"A drag show may be illegal under South Dakota’s ‘harmful to minors’ law, yet the governor has not taken any steps to rectify the situation."
South Dakota State University Hosted a ‘Kid-Friendly’ Drag Show and Gov. Kristi Noem is Doing Nothing About It
"The Respect for Marriage Act signing ceremony was a well-deserved humiliation for the GOP establishment."
The Revival Starts When the Stupid Party Smartens Up
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
"We were told to be whomever we wanted. And now we’re suffering the consequences."
Impossible Freedom
"Hint: It's not marriage."
What the 'Respect for Marriage Act' Really Respects
"They assume that opponents act from irrational passion, because that is what, secretly and probably unwittingly, they assume all moral judgments to be."
The Bad Faith Arguments Against Marriage Defenders
"The site’s banner shows a jetliner, painted in a Kente cloth pattern, and a ragged U.S. flag on the tail, being shredded by the wind. And there are references in the show to privileged white people. It is made up of a series of sketches about how various black characters would react to the idea of the U.S. Government offering black people free flights back to Africa for repatriation. Of course, it is getting rave reviews. But the show is slated to close because it is not drawing an audience."
Is Woke Fatigue Finally Setting In?
Christian Toto: "Far-left [so-called] comic ignores fellow (clean) comics punished by woke mob."
Chelsea Handler Denies Cancel Culture Exists. Tell it to Tom Papa
"Revisionist history leads to a wokeified culture in rapid decline — it’s time we turn the tide."
Creative Historical Interpretations Are Not History
"Apple studios propose 'A Ramadan Carol.'"
Scrooge Gets Screwed in Spirited
HITHER & YON
"Remembering Mike Leach (1961-2022), the eccentric coaching maverick always on the offense."
Air Raids On and Off the Field
"Celebrating dignity and freedom."
The Hidden Meanings Behind Hanukkah and Christmas

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1 It's Farzrohr Friday!

Posted by: fd at December 16, 2022 07:52 AM (iayUP)

2 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at December 16, 2022 07:52 AM (yV8U4)

3 Thank you, J.J.!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 16, 2022 07:52 AM (1n+EO)

4 WTFO??

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 16, 2022 07:52 AM (BRHaw)

5 Happy Fricking Friday

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 16, 2022 07:53 AM (BRHaw)

6 Good morning, good people!

Back to essay and links to temper my good mood.

Posted by: mustbequantum at December 16, 2022 07:53 AM (MIKMs)

7 “The 10 Commandments are not a list of rules,” Dennis Prager wrote. “The commandments prove that God wants mankind to be free: ‘I am the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.’ Following the commandments actually frees us from the terrible consequences of sin, making our lives better.”

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 16, 2022 07:54 AM (BRHaw)

8 Trump should come up with a game to go with his cards, like Magic and Pokemon.

Posted by: fd at December 16, 2022 07:54 AM (iayUP)

9
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 16, 2022 07:55 AM (ENBF0)

10 Present

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 16, 2022 07:55 AM (Q4IgG)

11 Happy Friday, everyone.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 16, 2022 07:55 AM (Z7Jj3)

12 I just spent my morning in the youtube rathole and ended up watching Prince at the 2007 Super Bowl halftime show, in a driving rainstorm, singing a whole bunch of great songs and closing with "Purple Rain". Man, what a superstar. So, now I am fully jazzed for the morning ahead. Bring it, Junta!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 16, 2022 07:56 AM (NuSr8)

13 But this kind of thing, on top of the huge mistake of basing his campaign almost exclusively on redressing the theft of the 2020 election, is a turn-off.

I understand that current programming has made many people keep reciting this mantra, but it is the only issue that matters -FIXING THE DAMNED ELECTION SYSTEM

Y'all can have your group onanism about borders, inflation and everything else but NONE OF THAT MATTERS when you can't even get some nominal Republican into office because it will be denied them through an elaborate nation-wide fraud scheme.

I don't care if it is Trump or our Returning LORD Jesus Christ who talks about election fraud - when we hand wave stolen elections away, you might as well slip your hands into the chains when you are done.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 16, 2022 07:57 AM (3hSHB)

14 Good morning dear morons and thanks JJ

California is like the SS

Both will require applicants to have pedigree showing racial purity going back to 1750.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 16, 2022 07:58 AM (EZebt)

15 eff "optics", I thought it was bloody brilliant!

nft's! lol!

G'mornin' Horde!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at December 16, 2022 07:58 AM (fxj5q)

16 New Musk poll up. I cannot believe ‘now’ is winning. These “journalists “ purposely broke the rules because they feel they are above them.

Remove space

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/ 1603609466301059073

Posted by: Ann at December 16, 2022 07:58 AM (339mK)

17 morning horde. it's the last friday of the work year!!!!!!!

and I've only got 1 meeting today. so i can actually get some work done before calling it a year and forgetting life for 2 weeks.

covfefe is ready, on to the content.

Posted by: Tom Brady at December 16, 2022 07:58 AM (Mkvkw)

18 hiya

Posted by: JT at December 16, 2022 07:59 AM (T4tVD)

19 Used to be illegal in SC to wear a mask if you were over 13yo....don't know about now.

Posted by: BignJames at December 16, 2022 07:59 AM (AwYPR)

20 Soooo.... anyone here going to buy these Trump trading cards?

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at December 16, 2022 07:59 AM (nxdel)

21 I'm a retired science teacher, and I can't even bring myself to do an occasional sub job - the atmosphere is that toxic.

I will be heading to Portland, OR (YIKES! Hope it's safe!) in January to deliver a presentation on physics and radio topics. Just a short 1 hour talk, then outa there.

My hope is to work with my radio club to strengthen what is now called "informal education", and provide a way to pass on useful skills and boost literacy and numeracy.

Posted by: Linda S Fox at December 16, 2022 08:00 AM (PS49u)

22 Following the commandments actually frees us from the terrible consequences of sin, making our lives better.”
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 16, 2022 07:54 AM (BRHaw)

Even in a mundane sense, this is true. If you live like a criminal, life isn't easy. If you live within the rules, there are still challenges, but you don't have to be looking over your shoulder every day. The hitch is having someone Good to make the rules so that following them isn't itself oppressive. If those are the rules of the universe, the rules of humanity, then every facet of life is going to be easier, or at least smoother, by following them as best you can and making amends when you can't (or simply don't). Following the rules really can bring you freedom, so long as they are good rules.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 16, 2022 08:00 AM (9UlRk)

23 Good morning.
More coffee...

Posted by: dantesed at December 16, 2022 08:00 AM (88xKn)

24 Waking up to go to Kroger and see how much less I can buy with my measly few bucks.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 16, 2022 08:00 AM (4I/2K)

25 The trading cards are dumb, but the Trump Finished ™ crowing from the Republicans and Democrats birm is dumber

Posted by: Ex-GOP at December 16, 2022 08:01 AM (j6nJf)

26 @libsoftiktok 2h
.@TaylorLorenz just scrubbed her entire Twitter account

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 16, 2022 08:01 AM (Vwz3I)

27 20 Soooo.... anyone here going to buy these Trump trading cards?
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at December 16, 2022 07:59 AM (nxdel)

Does it come with the marble dusted pink stick of alleged gum?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 16, 2022 08:02 AM (x0n13)

28 I'm pretty sure I must have some Irish or English ancestors that ended up as slaves for the Romans. It gives me chill to think of the the horrors and suffering. Shouldn't the Italians be sending me a check?

Posted by: Ripley at December 16, 2022 08:02 AM (MxEKc)

29 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at December 16, 2022 08:02 AM (9uCBG)

30 Elon Musk @elonmusk · 53m
If anyone posted real-time locations & addresses of NYT reporters, FBI would be investigating, there’d be hearings on Capitol Hill & Biden would give speeches about end of democracy!

Ekdahl Press Office @EkdahlPress · 1h
The panicked anger you’re witnessing tonight from journalists is because they realize they spent years on this platform building an audience, and no longer have a back door contact to “make things right” if they happen to catch a suspension.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 16, 2022 08:02 AM (Vwz3I)

31 I don't care if it is Trump or our Returning LORD Jesus Christ who talks about election fraud - when we hand wave stolen elections away, you might as well slip your hands into the chains when you are done.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 16, 2022 07:57 AM (3hSHB)

It's like arguing about the 3/5ths compromise during the height of the battle of Yorktown.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 16, 2022 08:02 AM (9UlRk)

32 A big section of my family are teachers, and I don't count my crazy lefty law professor brother ("What a windbag!" is a Rate Your Professor review famous in our house), and they are all fully committed to "progressive education" of the very young.

Grammar is out. Writing is too hard to learn. Math is terrible, don't bother. History is good, if it is "inclusive". Most of all, it's on the teacher to "motivate and encourage" students.

Blow it up.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 16, 2022 08:02 AM (aWB/W)

33 Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald · 4h
What happened to:
— Private companies have the right to disassociate themselves from anyone they want.
— Have you ever heard of “Terms of Service?”
— If you don’t like how Twitter does content moderation, start your own social media site.

Remember all those arguments?

Anna James Zeigler @ajzeigler · 3h
Not sure what the fuss is over these suspensions. I’ve been told repeatedly Twitter is dead.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 16, 2022 08:02 AM (Vwz3I)

34 “The commandments prove that God wants mankind to be free: ‘I am the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.’

Its Right There in Exodus 20, but the literal language is for the contemporary Hebrews who fled Egypt into the Wilderness. It would take some symbolism and metaphorical reinterpretation to render "who too you out of land of Egypt" to mean everyone head-for-head in all times, ages and cultures.

The Christian church looks to Matthew 5 where a selection of the commandments are explained to be understood not as simple externalities, but internal thoughts and desires.

The point, as in the Law, was to show that none of us could uphold it and thus point to The Cross.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 16, 2022 08:03 AM (3hSHB)

35 ".@TaylorLorenz just scrubbed her entire Twitter account"

Oh no!!!

Anyway......

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 16, 2022 08:03 AM (1n+EO)

36 In regards to recession it's seemingly a consensus view right now in finance that we'll have one next year.

I'd argue that we already experienced the recession this year, driven by the tech sector.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at December 16, 2022 08:04 AM (eYoxG)

37
Thanks to my generation, the Baby Boomers, public schools have become places whose main purposes are (1) providing a daily dose of progressive indoctrination, and (2) the endless pursuit of a strangely concocted version of self-esteem.

Sorry, whoever wrote this but your math doesn't work. As a boomer myself, when my children - now in their 40's - went to public school (after k-9 in Catholic school) none of this bullshit was happening. Once they got out of school I did not give one fvck what went on.

You wanna blame the boomers kids, fine. The baton got passed and they drop kicked it out of the stadium.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 16, 2022 08:04 AM (enJYY)

38 If I see "I'm an Educator" on a dating profile, it's a hard pass.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 16, 2022 08:04 AM (4I/2K)

39 Most of all, it's on the teacher to "motivate and encourage" students.

Blow it up.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 16, 2022 08:02 AM (aWB/W)

... to do *what*? If you've stripped out every academic challenge from education, then what are you motivating and encouraging them to actually *do*? Love Big Brother harder than the kid to their right?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 16, 2022 08:04 AM (9UlRk)

40 Does it come with the marble dusted pink stick of alleged gum?

Is that still a thing?

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at December 16, 2022 08:05 AM (nxdel)

41 I am so happy I no longer have kids in the public education camps. I agree that it should be burned down.

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 16, 2022 08:05 AM (flINI)

42 PDJT made an outstanding video proposal to smash the Leftocracy control of speech. I especially love his plan to take federal dollars away from the universities.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 16, 2022 08:05 AM (aWB/W)

43 The Dems will deny a recession no matter what. Who are you going to believe, the press or your empty bank account?

Posted by: fd at December 16, 2022 08:05 AM (iayUP)

44 I never knew that the hidden message of Christmas is to affirm human dignity.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 16, 2022 08:05 AM (45fpk)

45 Google will start marking the race of business owner...It's like 1800's Louisiana or 1960's South Africa. I need an Octoroon owner of a lawn service, so please help! Hexadecaroons need not apply.

Never Give Up Your Guns!

Rootin For Elon!

Free Sam BankAccount-Fried!

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 16, 2022 08:05 AM (R/m4+)

46 39 ... to do *what*? If you've stripped out every academic challenge from education, then what are you motivating and encouraging them to actually *do*? Love Big Brother harder than the kid to their right?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 16, 2022 08:04 AM (9UlRk)

==========

Don't we first have to hate Big Brother?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 16, 2022 08:05 AM (LvTSG)

47 TaylorLorenz just scrubbed her entire Twitter account"

Well.. my day is ruined.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at December 16, 2022 08:06 AM (nxdel)

48 "I never knew that the hidden message of Christmas is to affirm human dignity."

That's why they call it 'hidden'

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 16, 2022 08:06 AM (1n+EO)

49 Aaron Rupar should start his own Twitter

Posted by: David French at December 16, 2022 08:06 AM (aWB/W)

50 42 PDJT made an outstanding video proposal to smash the Leftocracy control of speech. I especially love his plan to take federal dollars away from the universities.

But trading cards!

Posted by: Ex-GOP at December 16, 2022 08:08 AM (j6nJf)

51 "Soooo.... anyone here going to buy these Trump trading cards?"

They're sold out. Morning.

Posted by: lowandslow at December 16, 2022 08:08 AM (qH6FZ)

52 my recommendations for public education in this country are as follows: Either we need to re-build our public educational system, virtually from scratch, or we need to build a lot more prisons because, from what I can see, aimless lives of misery, poverty, despair, substance abuse, crime, and imprisonment are what American public schools are preparing our kids for today.
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This is a false construction. It is not either/or, it's and.

The education system as a whole needs to be destroyed. The federal Dept. of Ed has to be destroyed. Every school district in the country needs to be liquidated. The existing teacher colleges need to be disaccredited and shuttered. Every curriculum since about 1960 needs to be burned.

But the damage is done. We now have 1.5 generations (the Millennials and about half the Zoomers so far) who were brought up entirely within that system. Burning the system down - righteous and necessary as it is to do so - will not fix that problem.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 16, 2022 08:08 AM (t0OGg)

53 Good morning horde

Today wi end at some point in time

Posted by: Skip's phone at December 16, 2022 08:09 AM (Y1zIR)

54 Burning the system down - righteous and necessary as it is to do so - will not fix that problem.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 16, 2022 08:08 AM (t0OGg)

Now do Social Security.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 16, 2022 08:09 AM (9UlRk)

55 Time to trot out the Kennedy assassination stuff again. I had a friend, now gone, whose hobby was the assassination. Not a conspiracy nut, a true student of everything about it. He was of some means, had a Dealey Plaza diorama, a large model of the Lincoln with the bubble top that was left off because the rain stopped, a Carcano I assembled for him with correct scope, all sorts of stuff. He maintained the entire truth will never be known due to the passage of time, redaction and loss of documents, and eventual apathy.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 16, 2022 08:09 AM (lz5hY)

56 Trump can do as he pleases - that's what bugs people. My reaction to his cards lasted <5 seconds, but I keep reading people complaining about it.

Posted by: Coki at December 16, 2022 08:09 AM (i3fPW)

57 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 16, 2022 08:05 AM (LvTSG)
=================
Welcome back from your long travels through dark police shows and Spaghetti Westerns!

Posted by: Carmel-By-The-Sea Mayor Eastwood at December 16, 2022 08:10 AM (aWB/W)

58 @TheInsiderPaper · 3h
NEW: Japan approves a major defence policy overhaul Friday, including a significant spending hike, as it warns China poses the “greatest strategic challenge ever” to the country’s security

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 16, 2022 08:10 AM (Vwz3I)

59 So a few of you answered my question on the other thread about the cost per household for the African supplemental payment for slaves received.

So around 4K (Ish) per household.

BUT...only about half of all households actually pay federal income taxes.

So for those who pay the bills, wouldn't it be closer to 8k per tax paying household?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 16, 2022 08:10 AM (1n+EO)

60 As the evil bastards of the Left would say, "If it saves just one child . . . "
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As always, it's projection or inversion. If so much as one child survives, they've failed.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 16, 2022 08:10 AM (t0OGg)

61 There were some doubters on the ONT, but I wasn't imagining this-

From a website called Vanguard (Oct 22, 2019)
"A study done by a German scientist, Dr Karen Weatherby, and published in the New England Journal of Medicine, has revealed that staring at women’s breasts is healthy and also elongates the life span of men."

If you want to replicate the study in order to reap the health benefits, please be mindful of the laws in your state.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 16, 2022 08:10 AM (fs1hN)

62
The public schools are a mess but the Catholic Schools plod on with the same lesson plans they've had for decades. Catholic schools once closed are now reopening, waiting lists exist, and it doesn't matter how much money you make, you go on the list.

School choice is the answer, and like fusion, always a decade away.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 16, 2022 08:11 AM (enJYY)

63 57 Welcome back from your long travels through dark police shows and Spaghetti Westerns!
Posted by: Carmel-By-The-Sea Mayor Eastwood at December 16, 2022 08:10 AM (aWB/W)

========

Thanks!

Now, about all those potholes on the road to Monterey...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 16, 2022 08:11 AM (LvTSG)

64 58 @TheInsiderPaper · 3h
NEW: Japan approves a major defence policy overhaul Friday, including a significant spending hike, as it warns China poses the “greatest strategic challenge ever” to the country’s security
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 16, 2022 08:10 AM (Vwz3I)

They must have forgotten the word "still" in that presumably translated quote.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 16, 2022 08:11 AM (9UlRk)

65 @libsoftiktok
@TaylorLorenz just scrubbed her entire Twitter account
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 16, 2022 08:01 AM (Vwz3I)
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Hmmm. Maybe she's a tad worried about unemployment.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 16, 2022 08:12 AM (t0OGg)

66 <21 Good luck. Be safe. I love the idea of your radio club assisting in "informal education" classes. A couple of weeks ago I read an article on other teachers doing the same thing. Hope the idea is infectious.

Posted by: sidney at December 16, 2022 08:12 AM (Uy/WF)

67 Catholic schools once closed are now reopening, waiting lists exist, and it doesn't matter how much money you make, you go on the list.

I've been seeing TV ads for Christian schools in the Milwaukee area.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 16, 2022 08:12 AM (45fpk)

68 65 @libsoftiktok
@TaylorLorenz just scrubbed her entire Twitter account
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 16, 2022 08:01 AM (Vwz3I)
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Hmmm. Maybe she's a tad worried about unemployment.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 16, 2022 08:12 AM (t0OGg)

==========

"It's a good thing that Twitter keeps backup copies of everything that happens on the platform. That way we can find all the racist insurrectionists."
-6 months ago

"Keeping records of my tweets is literal violence. Today is going to be a walker day."
-Today

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 16, 2022 08:13 AM (LvTSG)

69 Hiya James Monroe !

Welcome back !

Posted by: JT at December 16, 2022 08:13 AM (T4tVD)

70 They're sold out.
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I went to the site last evening at 8:36 and couldn't get onto the site due to traffic.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 16, 2022 08:13 AM (Vwz3I)

71 This trading card thing is a not-so-cleverly disguised scam to pocket some grift. Had the "red wave" actually occurred Trump might have been forgiven for this stunt.

I really do have to wonder about his judgement these days. And the quality of the advisors and staff. Like the dinner party with "Ye" and the fallout from that it appears Trump hasn't found good help or better judgement.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 16, 2022 08:13 AM (Q4IgG)

72 "It's a good thing that Twitter keeps backup copies of everything that happens on the platform. That way we can find all the racist insurrectionists."
-6 months ago

"Keeping records of my tweets is literal violence. Today is going to be a walker day."
-Today
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 16, 2022 08:13 AM (LvTSG)
++++
Odd how all the "Muh Private Corporationz" stuff seems to be carrying less water, too...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 16, 2022 08:14 AM (t0OGg)

73 69 Hiya James Monroe !

Welcome back !
Posted by: JT at December 16, 2022 08:13 AM (T4tVD)

=========

Thanks!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 16, 2022 08:14 AM (LvTSG)

74 There were some doubters on the ONT, but I wasn't imagining this-

From a website called Vanguard (Oct 22, 2019)
"A study done by a German scientist, Dr Karen Weatherby, and published in the New England Journal of Medicine, has revealed that staring at women’s breasts is healthy and also elongates the life span of men."

If you want to replicate the study in order to reap the health benefits, please be mindful of the laws in your state.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 16, 2022 08:10 AM (fs1hN)

Now this is the kind of social science I can get behind and fully support!

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 16, 2022 08:14 AM (4I/2K)

75 Trump World Hammers The Few Republicans Holding Out On McCarthy: 'Has Potential To Damage The Entire Party'

Promise?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 16, 2022 08:15 AM (ZZDcC)

76 What's the count on school reforms up to?
I attended an experimental school - "Open School," where on Monday we made our own contracts with ourselves then spent the remainder of the week socializing and copying answers off SRA cards.
Now, all grown up, I write to-do lists that I never look at again and check Ace of Spades too often.
The Open School movement was eventually replaced with some other garbage.
If you think Open School is loopy, go look up Free School.

Posted by: Coki at December 16, 2022 08:15 AM (i3fPW)

77 Taylor Lorenz just scrubbed her entire (insert whatever you feel like for comedy gold).

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 16, 2022 08:15 AM (lz5hY)

78
I've been seeing TV ads for Christian schools in the Milwaukee area.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 16, 2022 08:12 AM

That's a good sign that they have that kind of money to spend.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 16, 2022 08:15 AM (enJYY)

79 72 Odd how all the "Muh Private Corporationz" stuff seems to be carrying less water, too...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 16, 2022 08:14 AM (t0OGg)

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"Sole ownership of a media company by absolutely anyone isn't really a concern for American democracy."
-WaPo, The NTY

"Sole ownership of a media company by an American citizen is literally selling our entire country to foreign investors."
-Twitter

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 16, 2022 08:16 AM (LvTSG)

80 How is "I made and thing and i'm selling it and you voluntarily buy it with your own money" a grift? It may be frivolous, or unwise on the purchaser's part, or politically bad "optics", but grift?

How is selling a thing "grifting"? Where's the third party? Where's the money appropriated under false or misleading pretenses? Where's any part of this that matches any working definition of what "grifting" is?

Don't do what the left does, and just use words because they sound neat.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 16, 2022 08:16 AM (9UlRk)

81 My Medical Examiner father used to laugh at the photos of Kennedys autopsy. There is no way in hell a high powered rifle would leave much of what was left of his head intact.

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 16, 2022 08:16 AM (flINI)

82 I attended an experimental school - "Open School," where on Monday we made our own contracts with ourselves then spent the remainder of the week socializing and copying answers off SRA cards.

I did too! What a load of crap! There are so many subjects I know squat about. I'd like to sue them for my lack of geometry.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 16, 2022 08:17 AM (45fpk)

83 As for Trump being counted out. It's never a good bet that the Orange Man is down for the count ....unless he wants to be. And THAT, as Ace said yesterday, is becoming apparent. Cant/dont blame Trump for wanting to live out his life as pleasantly as possible but he really ought to declare himself , officially, out of the race. This trading card bullshit is not amusing. We and our country are under an -out assault. It's not 2015 .....and from what Bill Mitchell and others are reporting the trading cards have Nothing to do with funding Trump's campaign. ,.

Posted by: Voter theater. at December 16, 2022 08:18 AM (nuNUc)

84 Trump doesn't need any grift. The trading card thing is just another way to stay top of mind.

Posted by: fd at December 16, 2022 08:18 AM (iayUP)

85 I understand that current programming has made many people keep reciting this mantra, but it is the only issue that matters -FIXING THE DAMNED ELECTION SYSTEM

Y'all can have your group onanism about borders, inflation and everything else but NONE OF THAT MATTERS when you can't even get some nominal Republican into office because it will be denied them through an elaborate nation-wide fraud scheme.

I don't care if it is Trump or our Returning LORD Jesus Christ who talks about election fraud - when we hand wave stolen elections away, you might as well slip your hands into the chains when you are done.
Posted by: Reuben Hick

100%.
We went to war with each other over slavery, not the border, not inflation, or taxes.

If we do it again, it'll be over voting.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 16, 2022 08:19 AM (9uCBG)

86 Lefty minds, that is.

Posted by: fd at December 16, 2022 08:19 AM (iayUP)

87 >>>And yet again, this playing card thing just sucks the oxygen out of the room.
~~~~~

The bigger question for me is why there was no similar uproar when DeSantis started selling his baseball cards for $2,600 and offering relics as well (bits of the boots he wore while in the Navy.)

Everything Trump does is outrageous but Saint Ron can auction off actual relics of himself and there's nary a whimper.

https://tinyurl.com/yc2m3u87

Posted by: IrishEi at December 16, 2022 08:19 AM (3ImbR)

88 top of mind.
Posted by: fd at December 16, 2022 08:18 AM (iayUP)

haaaaaaaa you said the thing that was a thing that one time

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 16, 2022 08:19 AM (9UlRk)

89 That [trading cards] was an unforced error for which he only has himself to blame. Unless and until he stops bitching about 2020 and starts attacking Biden and his handlers for the wanton destruction of the nation...I think he's finished, if he isn't already. - JJ Sefton

Over the last 2 years Trump squandered much time on his endless election bitching tour which served his political enemies well. They painted him an unfit, unhinged, insurrectionist and I can only imagine that this entrenched this perspective in the minds of marginal voters he will need if he is to be successful in 2024. These trading cards exacerbated his ongoing perception problems, by adding to the recent lie that his is an antisemite for having a meal with Kanye, that he is an unserious clown. He had a chance to reset his message without sacrificing one iota of those skills that make him an effective national CEO. I am resisting tossing in the towel on him, but time is running out and may have already run out for him to get on message. The need to get the Democrats out of the White House in 2024 is beyond essential and if that means Trump needs to go, so be it.

Posted by: Lost in Space at December 16, 2022 08:19 AM (c1mVn)

90 87 Everything Trump does is outrageous but Saint Ron can auction off actual relics of himself and there's nary a whimper.

https://tinyurl.com/yc2m3u87
Posted by: IrishEi at December 16, 2022 08:19 AM (3ImbR)

==========

Let us not forget DeSantis' greatest sin:

He likes Nickelback.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 16, 2022 08:20 AM (LvTSG)

91 82 I attended an experimental school - "Open School," where on Monday we made our own contracts with ourselves then spent the remainder of the week socializing and copying answers off SRA cards.
===

I did too! What a load of crap! There are so many subjects I know squat about. I'd like to sue them for my lack of geometry.
Posted by: grammie winger at December 16, 2022 08:17 AM (45fpk)

===
Yeah, I'm playing catch-up the rest of my life. Schools (home or otherwise) should teach kids Project Management skills - so many fun ways, too, with kanban, agile, etc.

Posted by: Coki at December 16, 2022 08:20 AM (i3fPW)

92 Hey TJM and all Tarkovsky-adjacent Morons,

Both Solaris and Stalker are free with commercials on Amazon Prime.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 16, 2022 08:20 AM (PiwSw)

93 Let us not forget DeSantis' greatest sin:

He likes Nickelback.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 16, 2022 08:20 AM (LvTSG)

That's not even original.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 16, 2022 08:20 AM (9UlRk)

94 My two sons, currently enrolled in public middle/highs schools have all their assignments on-line. I NEVER see a book or papers or written homework anymore. It is damn near impossible to asses how they are doing (except by grades shown on-line) or what they are being taught with making a huge effort again and again. Worse, classroom written tests are not sent home because, get this,the teachers use the exact same test every year and don't want it to get out.

F**ing robots could do the same job as many of the the teachers. On the bright side the schools new woke discipline policies have resulted in utter chaos but all the thugs get equitable punishment.

Posted by: Ripley at December 16, 2022 08:20 AM (MxEKc)

95 Wifey and I going to see The Hodge Twins tonight. Any Morons in Corpus area want to grab a drink downtown, hit me up at email in nic.

Posted by: citizen khan at December 16, 2022 08:21 AM (ixSJq)

96 "Schools used to be places where well-behaved children were guided through the world of knowledge by adults. Expectations were high. Assignments were graded rigorously. Deadlines weren’t simply suggestions, they were honored. Tests were demanding and carefully designed to measure each student’s progress."

I teach adults in a technical field and have had to turn back the clock on a lot of this nonsense. The odd thing to straight line thinking is that the students hated that type of learning. They would much prefer the challenging stuff and insisting on the students paying attention and participating. It takes effort from the instructor, but it's worlds different between the meandering blabbering on facts and teaching the students. They gripe and complain, but walk out of the class with their head up and energized.

By the way, it wasn't the students that turned the classroom on its head, it was lazy, apathetic unions and their doctrine of don't give an inch without compensation.

Posted by: squid_hunt at December 16, 2022 08:21 AM (S/NWs)

97 We have no chance -not even a smidgen---of doing one thing about 'education' in the USA until we commit to making voting, through Whatever Means Necessary, fair and honest.

Posted by: Voter theater. at December 16, 2022 08:21 AM (nuNUc)

98 I attended an experimental school - "Open School," where on Monday we made our own contracts with ourselves then spent the remainder of the week socializing and copying answers off SRA cards. ...
Posted by: Coki at December 16, 2022 08:15 AM (i3fPW)
++++
I went to a place calling itself an "Open School" for a couple of years. It wasn't like that. It was completely useless. After realizing that my classmates who had been there the longest universally knew the least and were the least competent, combined with what little structured education time we had being replaced with nonsense, I lodged a fairly public protest over their teaching methods (or lack thereof) and was invited to not return for the next academic year.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 16, 2022 08:22 AM (t0OGg)

99 BREAKING *Kevin Luntz-McCarthy today issued a statement condemning the DOJ for its Garland Archipelago and calling for freedom for all J6 political prisoners. In addition, Luntz-McCarthy called for prosecutions of the murderers of the two women executed at the J6 riot.*

Haha, just kidding, not he didn't.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 16, 2022 08:22 AM (ZZDcC)

100 93 That's not even original.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 16, 2022 08:20 AM (9UlRk)

========

True. I've been dropping that beat for months now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 16, 2022 08:22 AM (LvTSG)

101 Trump's superhero card "stunt" didn't take the oxygen out of the room; pundits and bloggers who make mountains out of molehills did.

Posted by: IrishEi at December 16, 2022 08:22 AM (3ImbR)

102 The left can pull the most ridiculous shit ever but if Trump wants to do something goofy, he's off his rocker. Don't you see how this works?

Posted by: fd at December 16, 2022 08:22 AM (iayUP)

103 How about calling them “relic cards”?

alexander nazaryan @alexnazaryan
You can buy Ron DeSantis baseball cards that “feature a piece of the Governor’s military boots that he wore overseas.”

Cost: $2,600.
https://tinyurl.com/2xmxaas6

||The new merch line includes Ron DeSantis baseball cards and Team DeSantis baseballs, as well as Freedom Team hats, jerseys, koozies and foam fingers.

Of the cards, 10 include an exclusive boot relic and autograph. Twenty-five more come with solely an autograph, and the remaining 500 are regular baseball cards.

Is this a fundraising gimmick? Sure. Is it a clever one? Watch their video below and you be the judge: ||
https://tinyurl.com/z6sntue6

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 16, 2022 08:22 AM (Vwz3I)

104 Begun again the Trump criticisms have.

Posted by: Yoda at December 16, 2022 08:22 AM (SYTee)

105 If I had a nickel for every time people declared Trump made a huge mistake and this time he's really done I would have a real big pile of nickels. Yuge even.

Yesterday Trump accomplished a few things.

1. He raised a bunch of money for his self-funding campaign so that once again he will be the candidate not beholden to Big Money.

2. He put out an extremely well received speech on free speech listing steps he will take immediately after taking office.

3. Guess who everyone is talking about again?

Posted by: JackStraw at December 16, 2022 08:23 AM (ZLI7S)

106 I just thought the card thing was silly.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 16, 2022 08:23 AM (45fpk)

107 "Haha, just kidding, not he didn't."

You seriously had me excited for a minute.

"Begun again the Trump criticisms have."

In this case, they were well earned. Yesterday was revolting.

Posted by: squid_hunt at December 16, 2022 08:23 AM (S/NWs)

108 "Schools used to be places where well-behaved children..."

heh

Posted by: davidt at December 16, 2022 08:24 AM (SYTee)

109 John Podesta again? Wasn't he going to jail for FARA violations? And, whatever happened to his Satanist spiritual guru?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 16, 2022 08:24 AM (ZZDcC)

110 We have no chance -not even a smidgen---of doing one thing about 'education' in the USA until we commit to making voting, through Whatever Means Necessary, fair and honest.
Posted by: Voter theater. at December 16, 2022 08:21 AM (nuNUc)
++++
There are many prerequisites. The elections systems need to be repaired but even if they are, nothing will change so long as the GOP remains part of the Uniparty. Elections need to be free and fair, but the opposition party needs to be an actual opposition party, with the stones to start stalking through the budget with a scythe and throwing crooks into the stony lonesome.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 16, 2022 08:25 AM (t0OGg)

111 "I just thought the card thing was silly.
Posted by: grammie winger"

It is, and it points out the silliness of it all, which I suppose was the purpose.

Posted by: fd at December 16, 2022 08:25 AM (iayUP)

112 Wha among us has not told an elaborate joke that fell flat?

Posted by: fd at December 16, 2022 08:26 AM (iayUP)

113 Wha? Who?

Posted by: fd at December 16, 2022 08:26 AM (iayUP)

114 BTW, slow news day judging by the chyrons here.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 16, 2022 08:27 AM (Vwz3I)

115 Eh...substitute teachers have always been a joke, at least since the days when I was a lad.

And I'm a 29-year-old.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 16, 2022 08:27 AM (bW8dp)

116 Posted by: fd at December 16, 2022 08:26 AM (iayUP)

your hash sounds like a new Apple messaging device for Mainers.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 16, 2022 08:27 AM (9UlRk)

117 I attended an experimental school - "Open School," where on Monday we made our own contracts with ourselves then spent the remainder of the week socializing and copying answers off SRA cards. ...
Posted by: Coki at December 16, 2022 08:15 AM (i3fPW)
================
i remember SRA! In my day that was a competitive reading contest in class. You'd read the card for speed and comprehension, and answer a bunch of questions. Suddenly, because it was competitive, all the boys in the room got interested in reading.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 16, 2022 08:27 AM (ZZDcC)

118 Oh by the way, Trump's NFTs sold out in less than 24 hours.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 16, 2022 08:28 AM (ZLI7S)

119 115 Eh...substitute teachers have always been a joke, at least since the days when I was a lad.

And I'm a 29-year-old.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 16, 2022 08:27 AM (bW8dp)

=========

We had one in high school that would get visibly angry when someone would pronounce the s at the end of Illinois.

We ended up trying to say Illinois a lot for some reason.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 16, 2022 08:28 AM (LvTSG)

120 115 Eh...substitute teachers have always been a joke, at least since the days when I was a lad.

And I'm a 29-year-old.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 16, 2022 08:27 AM (bW8dp)

TFW they wheel that rickety TV cart into the room....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 16, 2022 08:28 AM (9UlRk)

121 In other news the Trump cards sold and grossed him $4.45 million. This is a data point that I am a complete idiot.

Posted by: Lost in Space at December 16, 2022 08:28 AM (c1mVn)

122
2. He put out an extremely well received speech on free speech listing steps he will take immediately after taking office.

3. Guess who everyone is talking about again?

Posted by: JackStraw at December 16, 2022 08:23 AM

He needs to do a weekly 'fireside chat' along those lines. Pick a new topic every week and show how he would handle it differently. I consider him like a government-in-exile waiting to return. The weeping and wailing from the left because they know it would be extremely effective contrast to O'Biden, would be good for my soul.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 16, 2022 08:28 AM (enJYY)

123 112 Wha among us has not told an elaborate joke that fell flat?
Posted by: fd at December 16, 2022 08:26 AM (iayUP)

That's not funny!

Posted by: Zombie Rachel Corrie at December 16, 2022 08:28 AM (PiwSw)

124 "i remember SRA! In my day that was a competitive reading contest in class."

Boy, talk about waking long dead memories in my brainpan.

Now I remember them.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 16, 2022 08:29 AM (1n+EO)

125 He needs to do a weekly 'fireside chat' along those lines. Pick a new topic every week and show how he would handle it differently.

That's a good idea.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 16, 2022 08:29 AM (45fpk)

126 "Oh by the way, Trump's NFTs sold out in less than 24 hours.
Posted by: JackStraw"

What do you want to bet the next series does too? Who's laughing now?

Trump is showing that the way to Idiocracy can be a fun ride.

Posted by: fd at December 16, 2022 08:29 AM (iayUP)

127 Dow dropped 760 pts yesterday and now pre-market is down 300pts. Did Yellin or Powell say something stupid again?

Posted by: dantesed at December 16, 2022 08:30 AM (88xKn)

128 Re: the Goog: I'm reminded of BuyBlue, which, though it is still around, lost a lot of steam when they realized that it was being more effectively used as Don'tBuyBlue. (These days, it focuses on deep blue big cities, where its guidance is largely irrelevant.)

Posted by: Chas C-Q at December 16, 2022 08:30 AM (U8S9W)

129 i remember SRA! In my day that was a competitive reading contest in class. You'd read the card for speed and comprehension, and answer a bunch of questions. Suddenly, because it was competitive, all the boys in the room got interested in reading.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 16, 2022 08:27 AM (ZZDcC)
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Competitiveness is a function of the patriarchy and inherited from its deep roots in white supremacy.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 16, 2022 08:30 AM (t0OGg)

130 Can anyone confirm that the NFT cards are a license deal with Trump as posters were saying yesterday. He gets a royalty off of each one sold. U n like the unreported numbers of Trumpy Bears sold from a Dallas company for five years. Or who knows numbers of Bobble head figures. How about Mike Huckabees childrens book about what Trump did for the country, Huckabee is still selling that. Some of these companies are doing it for profit, I believe Huckabees may not be, money goes to charity. Why should Trump not sign a deal where he has some control over what is being sold with his likeness?

Posted by: Jen the original at December 16, 2022 08:30 AM (/1teD)

131 That's a good idea.
Posted by: grammie winger at December 16, 2022 08:29 AM (45fpk)

I agree.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 16, 2022 08:30 AM (9UlRk)

132 Taylor Lorenz scrubbed her Twitter account "like with bleach?", Hillary! Hic, shart

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 16, 2022 08:30 AM (11zNb)

133 >>That's a good idea.

It is a good idea.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 16, 2022 08:31 AM (ZLI7S)

134 I remember the excitement I felt as the substitute teacher rolled the AV equipment into the room. I knew that any expectation of us learning anything was codified

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 16, 2022 08:31 AM (flINI)

135 I went to a place calling itself an "Open School" for a couple of years. It wasn't like that. It was completely useless. After realizing that my classmates who had been there the longest universally knew the least and were the least competent, combined with what little structured education time we had being replaced with nonsense, I lodged a fairly public protest over their teaching methods (or lack thereof) and was invited to not return for the next academic year.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 16, 2022 08:22 AM (t0OGg)

==
Mine was elementary school, so I didn't lodge any protests. I just went with the flow and learned little. I was even in the "advanced math" class. When I started junior high (now called middle school), I was placed in regular math - and struggling. I huddling in a circle with my old elementary school friends - our faces shocked - and my best friend said, while we nodded, "They didn't prepare us for this."

Posted by: Coki at December 16, 2022 08:32 AM (i3fPW)

136 Dow dropped 760 pts yesterday and now pre-market is down 300pts. Did Yellin or Powell say something stupid again?

Posted by: dantesed at December 16, 2022 08:30 AM

powell signaled at least four more rate hikes starting in February and left open the possibility for even more hikes.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 16, 2022 08:32 AM (uNylN)

137 "That's a good idea.
Posted by: grammie winger
I agree.
Posted by: Warai-otoko"

I do too. He's at his best speaking the ugly truth.

Posted by: fd at December 16, 2022 08:32 AM (iayUP)

138 "But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus."

Luke 1:30

Posted by: Marcus T at December 16, 2022 08:32 AM (J47y1)

139 ill-a-noy here.

ill-n-wha in French I'd imagine.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 16, 2022 08:32 AM (Vwz3I)

140 He needs to do a weekly 'fireside chat' along those lines. Pick a new topic every week and show how he would handle it differently.

Posted by: Lost in Space at December 16, 2022 08:32 AM (c1mVn)

141 In re: Kennedy assassination. Once upon a blessed time I thought CIA conspiracy theories were crazy. Now, I assume they are true.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 16, 2022 08:32 AM (mCHbQ)

142 Dick Cavett's dad was a regular substitute teacher at my Jr High, all we ever did when he showed up was talk about his son.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at December 16, 2022 08:33 AM (AXxfu)

143 Trump's superhero card "stunt" didn't take the oxygen out of the room; pundits and bloggers who make mountains out of molehills did.
Posted by: IrishEi at December 16, 2022 08:22 AM (3ImbR)

I agree with this, it was silly, but it's Trump, he does silly things sometimes. I don't get it how is this any different then some of the other things he's done that have been annoying. In my opinion, if Trump doesn't get the nomination, there isn't another GOP that can win (in a fair election). Trump won the first time because he brought a bunch of people who never voted, or voted democrat, to the polls. These people will just sit it out. They have successfully worn people down, they are tired of voting and having it not count. And I don't think he should move on from talking about the fraud, it's important, it's the most important thing because nothing will change if we don't acknowledge the cheating and fix it.

Posted by: spypeach at December 16, 2022 08:33 AM (UuB/1)

144 134 I remember the excitement I felt as the substitute teacher rolled the AV equipment into the room. I knew that any expectation of us learning anything was codified
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 16, 2022 08:31 AM (flINI)

=========

Now, apparently, your, uh, school is still operating on VHS, but, um, I found this gem in the teachers’ lounge. It’s great. It’s called Cujo. It’s about a rabid Saint Bernard that… You know what? I don’t wanna give too much away. But imagine Beethoven if he contracted rabies and just started mauling children.

You’ll get an idea.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 16, 2022 08:33 AM (LvTSG)

145
That's a good idea.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 16, 2022 08:29 AM

Thanks, he should take some of the millions he earned yesterday and hire a terrific speechwriter. Keep each weeks message short and sweet, no deviation from script. He has a little Ronald Reagan DNA in him, I'm sure. RR - the 'great communicator'.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 16, 2022 08:33 AM (enJYY)

146

Well, the new puppy survived the first night as did I.

Got up at 1:00 and we both peed. Read, she pooped at two and back to bed.

No much no fuss no whining from either one of us. Very sweet dog.

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at December 16, 2022 08:33 AM (7/wNx)

147 I am 54(GenX) and it was boomers that started this bullshit in schools back in the early seventies with that pussy ass self esteem shit with I’m Lovable And Capable(ILAC they called it). They had us wear these stupid pins and chanting this bullshit like a bunch of g-damn robots. I remember giving a fck less as kids about this crap we just wanted to play dodgeball and smear the queer. All this whack job BS in schools boomers own it with along with any dipshits they brainwashed in following generations. Blame doesn’t really matter at this point but the origin of this crap came from that generation. Period.

Posted by: JROD at December 16, 2022 08:34 AM (0ET/O)

148 A substitute teacher is a success if he or she manages to keep the little animals from setting fire to the school.

Generally, there aren't many requirements to be a sub... any bachelor's degree used to be good enough here (not sure if it still is). It didn't even have to be in the area supposedly being taught. B.S. in math? You're qualified to sub in Latin class.

The only real requirement is the ability to spend eight hours in a classroom full of junior high kids without going batshit crazy.

That's not a bar I could personally clear.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 16, 2022 08:34 AM (bW8dp)

149 118 Oh by the way, Trump's NFTs sold out in less than 24 hours.
Posted by: JackStraw

I kinda wished I bought one now. For no reason.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at December 16, 2022 08:34 AM (Kd4bG)

150 Mine was elementary school, so I didn't lodge any protests. I just went with the flow and learned little. I was even in the "advanced math" class. When I started junior high (now called middle school), I was placed in regular math - and struggling. I huddling in a circle with my old elementary school friends - our faces shocked - and my best friend said, while we nodded, "They didn't prepare us for this."
Posted by: Coki at December 16, 2022 08:32 AM (i3fPW)
++++
This sounds hauntingly familiar. When I was kicked out, I was in the 5th grade. The next year was middle school. I was sort of keeping up in the regular math class. The next door homeroom teacher sat me down and recruited me to her advanced math class. She played it straight. She said, "if you come to my class, you *will* catch up. It's going to be hard. You'll probably hate it. I think it's the right thing to do, because I think you're smart enough to do it if you put the work in."

That was a *rough* semester and a half. But she was right. It worked. I caught up.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 16, 2022 08:34 AM (t0OGg)

151 Dow dropped 760 pts yesterday and now pre-market is down 300pts. Did Yellin or Powell say something stupid again?

Posted by: dantesed at December 16, 2022 08:30 AM

powell signaled at least four more rate hikes starting in February and left open the possibility for even more hikes.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 16, 2022 08:32 AM (uNylN)
===============
Yellen published a howler of an OpEd today in the WSJ, the theme of which (Biden Economy Best Ever!) is enough to make you wonder about dementia being a communicable disease.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 16, 2022 08:34 AM (mCHbQ)

152 115 Eh...substitute teachers have always been a joke, at least since the days when I was a lad.

And I'm a 29-year-old.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 16, 2022 08:27 AM (bW8dp)

TFW they wheel that rickety TV cart into the room....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 16, 2022 08:28 AM (9UlRk)

TV cart? Luxury. You must have been in an affluent school district. We had film strip projectors with a burnt out light bulb.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 16, 2022 08:35 AM (4I/2K)

153 No much no fuss no whining from either one of us. Very sweet dog.

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at December 16, 2022 08:33 AM (7/wNx)

Nice! What kind of dog?

Posted by: grammie winger at December 16, 2022 08:35 AM (45fpk)

154 JJ Sefton is the new Allah Pundit, Wishy washy squish, Must leave this page.

Posted by: The Land Lady at December 16, 2022 08:35 AM (u+hAv)

155 Jane Fonda diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 16, 2022 08:35 AM (Vwz3I)

156 149 118 Oh by the way, Trump's NFTs sold out in less than 24 hours.
Posted by: JackStraw

I kinda wished I bought one now. For no reason.
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at December 16, 2022 08:34 AM (Kd4bG)

==========

It's amazing what happens when people suddenly decide that something is collectable.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 16, 2022 08:35 AM (LvTSG)

157
Got up at 1:00 and we both peed. Read, she pooped at two and back to bed.

No much no fuss no whining from either one of us. Very sweet dog.
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at December 16, 2022 08:33 AM (7/wNx)

Congrats on your new pup! What kind and how old?
She seems very young to be reading already...

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at December 16, 2022 08:36 AM (Kd4bG)

158 101 Trump's superhero card "stunt" didn't take the oxygen out of the room; pundits and bloggers who make mountains out of molehills did.
Posted by: IrishEi at December 16, 2022 08:22 AM (3ImbR)

Okay, serious question. Why did he have to do that on the exact same day he made his free speech proposals?

I'll relent and state, okay, do the trading card thing. But do it on a later date and don't make such a big freaking deal out of it.

Look, I love the guy and I will crawl over broken glass laced with arsenic to vote for him should he win the nod.

But this is unhelpful given exactly what is going on around us. But I'm an asshole defeatist for taking that tone, I guess.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 16, 2022 08:36 AM (x0n13)

159 Had a substitute teacher whose name was Mrs. Hitler.

Posted by: Crom Laughs at December 16, 2022 08:36 AM (2ZBKr)

160 > TFW they wheel that rickety TV cart into the room....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 16, 2022 08:28 AM (9UlRk)

In my day it was a noisy projector using actual film. The first time I remember seeing a television in a classroom was during the Watergate hearings, and I think that was a set that the teacher brought from home.

Yeah, 29.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 16, 2022 08:37 AM (bW8dp)

161 Dow dropped 760 pts yesterday and now pre-market is down 300pts. Did Yellin or Powell say something stupid again?

Posted by: dantesed

Black Friday was red Friday (sales were abysmal), the government lied about Q3 jobs (11,000 jobs versus 1.1 million), and everyone now realizes that the economy is toast.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 16, 2022 08:37 AM (lTGtQ)

162 The only real requirement is the ability to spend eight hours in a classroom full of junior high kids without going batshit crazy.

That's not a bar I could personally clear.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 16, 2022 08:34 AM (bW8dp)
++++
Junior high school was a terrible idea that should have been thrown on the ash heap of history long ago. "Let's take kids when they're at their most awful, inconsistent and irrational and concentrate them all together into a single building" is a mind-boggling notion. It's amazing that anyone - student or teacher - survives it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 16, 2022 08:37 AM (t0OGg)

163 161 Black Friday was red Friday (sales were abysmal), the government lied about Q3 jobs (11,000 jobs versus 1.1 million), and everyone now realizes that the economy is toast.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 16, 2022 08:37 AM (lTGtQ)

=========

But, hey, Dr. Oz was prevented from becoming a senator, so PA is okay with it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 16, 2022 08:37 AM (LvTSG)

164 Fuck Jane Fonda.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at December 16, 2022 08:37 AM (cxFI2)

165 155 Jane Fonda diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 16, 2022 08:35 AM (Vwz3I)

I feel bad for the cancer.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 16, 2022 08:38 AM (x0n13)

166 >>If I had a nickel for every time people declared Trump made a huge mistake and this time he's really done I would have a real big pile of nickels. Yuge even.

Ehh, these people are NeverTrumpers and didn't like him in the first place.

Their dislike of him is irrational and is Pavlovian at this point.

I pity these people because they presume there is some theoretical alternative to Trump, there is no alternative to Trump at this moment in time.

These people have deluded themselves into believing Harvard/Yale/MIC inculcated and indoctrinated Ron DeSantis is that alternative, he's not.

He's beholden to a donor class and just got a sweetheart book deal to write a book.

About what?

Nobody knows, but I'm sure it will sell well to the NRO, Heritage Foundation, NeverTrumper crowd who will spasm and jism, chapter after chapter.

All of this is to say, Ron DeSantis has proven to be a good and capable governor, but just that, and for very good and obvious reason.

And the idea that a guy who spent 6 inconsequential years as a congressman is going to go back to Washington and tell these humps what's what is comical.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 16, 2022 08:38 AM (up/3i)

167 164 Fuck Jane Fonda.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at December 16, 2022 08:37 AM (cxFI2)

==========

Like...peak Jane Fonda?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 16, 2022 08:38 AM (LvTSG)

168 > We had film strip projectors with a burnt out light bulb.
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 16, 2022 08:35 AM (4I/2K)

Oh, god. I'd forgotten film strips. Worst. Medium. Ever.

They were nice if you'd stayed up late the night before and needed to catch up on your sleep.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 16, 2022 08:38 AM (bW8dp)

169 He needs to do a weekly 'fireside chat' along those lines. Pick a new topic every week and show how he would handle it differently.

Reagan, in the 1960s, would air on the radio editorials and essays he wrote. It was there he work out his political philosophy and began to establish who he would be later. Those essays are excellent. Trump, when he isn't screwing around, can communicate like that and has a fluid understanding of what he believes. When he does that, he connects which the public at a deep level. I am hoping he spends a lot more time being that Trump and a lot less time doing the shake your head stuff.

Posted by: Lost in Space at December 16, 2022 08:38 AM (c1mVn)

170 Happy Birthday, J.J.!

Have you had your initiatory mug of Cream of Lutefisk soup yet?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 16, 2022 08:39 AM (a3Q+t)

171 Fuck Jane Fonda.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at December 16, 2022 08:37 AM (cxFI2)
++++
Peak Jane Fonda or current Jane Fonda?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 16, 2022 08:39 AM (t0OGg)

172 But, hey, Dr. Oz was prevented from becoming a senator, so PA is okay with it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

TV nooz says 40% of PA counties have recount requests and have not yet certified results

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at December 16, 2022 08:39 AM (Kd4bG)

173 Slide projectors were the worst. I remember watching a slide projection lesson about menstruation.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 16, 2022 08:39 AM (45fpk)

174 I'd nail Barbarella Jane.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at December 16, 2022 08:40 AM (cxFI2)

175 > Did Yellin or Powell say something stupid again?

And by "stupid" I mean "anything at all".

Posted by: Saul Goodman at December 16, 2022 08:40 AM (bW8dp)

176 Like...peak Jane Fonda?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 16, 2022 08:38 AM (LvTSG)

***

Mmmmm... Barberella

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 16, 2022 08:40 AM (flINI)

177 Fuck Jane Fonda

Didn't she make a movie about that?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at December 16, 2022 08:40 AM (AXxfu)

178 I think there is a psychological component to the whole NFT deal. Some people are feeling embarrassed that they supported Trump and so every decision that he makes or has made in the past is up for criticism. Sort of like an ex spouse or girlfriend/boyfriend. At the same time, some folks are falling in love again with a new candidate but not doing the hard work necessary to ensure elections are fair and true in their state. Without that, even the best candidate will lose.

But, of more consequence, the GOP are joining with the Dems in the Senate to effectively neuter the new GOP House and as Rand Paul mentions, forty Republicans can effectively stop this in its tracks and reduce spending to boot.

But, due to Bitch Mitch, they won't do that and to some extent, that explains Trump's attitude toward Kevin. He knows Kevin is weak but Kevin can be prodded to do the right thing--Mitch can't and won't do that because it would be the end of Mitch as leader. He is covering for his Dems in GOP clothing and his Chamber of Commerce buddies.

Posted by: whig at December 16, 2022 08:40 AM (bDjBG)

179
Anyone remember the Ayatollah that skedaddled to France and was a thorn in the side to the Shah of Iran? His 'triumphant' return? He kept messaging the whole time in exile.

Of course the people got it wrong, but this could be Trump.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 16, 2022 08:40 AM (enJYY)

180 Mornin’, All. Happy Frijole Friday.

Did the article about staring at boobs specify that they have to be bare, or does staring at sweater puppies work, too?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 16, 2022 08:40 AM (8QSC/)

181 Like...peak Jane Fonda?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 16, 2022 08:38 AM

Moron Rule One, son, Moron Rule One.

Posted by: Coach Duncanthrax at December 16, 2022 08:41 AM (a3Q+t)

182 62
The public schools are a mess but the Catholic Schools plod on with the same lesson plans they've had for decades. Catholic schools once closed are now reopening, waiting lists exist, and it doesn't matter how much money you make, you go on the list.

School choice is the answer, and like fusion, always a decade away.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 16, 2022 08:11 AM (enJYY)

This isn't a universal truth.
Many of the catholic schools near me stopped teaching phonics and jumped on the reading fads that have caused countless failures in the past decade.
It's part of why my wife chose to homeschool.
There is good news, people in the neighborhood that though it odd that we decided to homeschool have started to ask her about curriculum, and now 2 of the catholic elementary schools near us are dumping their reading curriculum this year and will implement a phonics based curriculum next year...
I'm very proud of her, but I also give credit to the other moms in the area who while initially thinking we were odd seem to be coming around. No matter how it happened, it might end up helping kids, which is a noble effort.

Posted by: Inogame, non alius regit at December 16, 2022 08:41 AM (53oGX)

183 Dick Cavett??

We'll be right back.

https://tinyurl.com/nd8px7pf

2:51 minutes

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 16, 2022 08:41 AM (Vwz3I)

184 @158

>>Okay, serious question. Why did he have to do that on the exact same day he made his free speech proposals?

Because otherwise nobody would cover or notice his speech, more broadly.

There is a concerted effort to de-legitimize, ostracize and mute Trump, so he does these things to smash through the barriers.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 16, 2022 08:41 AM (up/3i)

185 Yellen published a howler of an OpEd today in the WSJ, the theme of which (Biden Economy Best Ever!) is enough to make you wonder about dementia being a communicable disease. Posted by: Huck Follywood

So she has late stage syphilis?

Posted by: Lost in Space at December 16, 2022 08:41 AM (c1mVn)

186 "But this is unhelpful given exactly what is going on around us. But I'm an asshole defeatist for taking that tone, I guess.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton"

No. It looks ridiculous and is. That's the state of politics. Trump's going to do what he's going to do, not what I, or you would do. Does it change the fact that there is no other potential candidate that can or will take on the Democrats in an effective way? The game is changing, whoever manages to bend the rules their way wins.

Posted by: fd at December 16, 2022 08:41 AM (iayUP)

187 158. JJ someone posted here a couple of days ago complaining that Trump had announced his candidacy then had retreated out of sight. The announcement caused a huge stir in reporting and turned all the focus back to him including his speech. Maybe the timing was not executed perfectly, but for those not into buying trading cards, he got attention to his policy speech.

Posted by: Jen the original at December 16, 2022 08:42 AM (/1teD)

188 Good morning everyone. Thank you J.J.

Verse for the day:

"Whatever you do, do from the heart, as for the Lord and not for others, knowing that you will receive from the Lord the due payment of the inheritance; be slaves of the Lord Christ. For the wrongdoer will receive recompense for the wrong he committed, and there is no partiality."

–Colossians 3:23-25

Posted by: Tonypete at December 16, 2022 08:42 AM (qoGsy)

189 My Medical Examiner father used to laugh at the photos of Kennedys autopsy. There is no way in hell a high powered rifle would leave much of what was left of his head intact.
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 16, 2022 08:16 AM (flINI)

If I remember right, the Eyeties had an issue with their 6.5 Carcano round. It was a long bullet, like a dildo or cigar, which would poke a nice hole but would go clean threw an enemy and not leave much in the way of horrible damage. JFK's head was soft with a smooth brain so who knows.

They tried to fix it with the 7.5 Carcano round but much confusion reigned in the supply system so it was dropped after awhile.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 16, 2022 08:42 AM (R/m4+)

190 So: you bought a set of Trump NFTs. What do you do with them?

Posted by: DB at December 16, 2022 08:43 AM (geLO8)

191 181 Moron Rule One, son, Moron Rule One.
Posted by: Coach Duncanthrax at December 16, 2022 08:41 AM (a3Q+t)

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I saw a young woman on the cruise that, if single, I would have broken rule 1 for. No idea her crazy levels, but the hot levels were...

I don't often think another woman is more attractive than Dolley (she's genuinely gorgeous), but damn...

Imagine peak Alison Brie (like, season 2 of Community) but a bit prettier with a slightly larger rack.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 16, 2022 08:43 AM (LvTSG)

192 > Slide projectors were the worst. I remember watching a slide projection lesson about menstruation.
Posted by: grammie winger at December 16, 2022 08:39 AM (45fpk)

The ones where all the boys were sent out for an extra recess, and that were coincidentally sponsored by a purveyor of feminine hygiene products?

Yeah, I remember that. The girls were extremely secretive, but I retrieved some of the literature from the wastebasket.

"Oh, that. Yeah, already knew about that."

Posted by: Saul Goodman at December 16, 2022 08:43 AM (bW8dp)

193 Did the article about staring at boobs specify that they have to be bare, or does staring at sweater puppies work, too?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 16, 2022 08:40 AM

There are those for whom staring at boobs is their true artistic métier, and they don't need no stinkin' specifications.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 16, 2022 08:43 AM (a3Q+t)

194 How is selling a thing "grifting"? Where's the third party? Where's the money appropriated under false or misleading pretenses? Where's any part of this that matches any working definition of what "grifting" is?
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I got a hearty laugh over the trading cards. My poor little city is currently subject to maintaining green energy 'certificates'. They aren't even printed out (with engraved flourishes) like stocks or S&H Green Stamps.

Hard for most people to understand how subtle DJT is sometimes. I thought it was a hoot.

Posted by: mustbequantum at December 16, 2022 08:43 AM (MIKMs)

195 –Colossians 3:23-25

Posted by: Tonypete at December 16, 2022 08:42 AM (qoGsy)

Thanks, Tonypete

Posted by: grammie winger at December 16, 2022 08:44 AM (45fpk)

196 190 So: you bought a set of Trump NFTs. What do you do with them?
Posted by: DB at December 16, 2022 08:43 AM (geLO

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NFTs are a giant scam in general, but people will pay for them.

Whatever.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 16, 2022 08:44 AM (LvTSG)

197 Trumps Trading Cards we’re the best thing I’ve seen from him in a while because of who was appalled and revolted by it on the left, the right and here at AoS. The howling and indignation from these ninnies was just the kind of laugh that has been needed for months. Some of you should be thanking God for Trump and his trading cards or else you’d have nothing to piss and moan about for the coming weeks. (LMAO pointing at you!)

Posted by: JROD at December 16, 2022 08:44 AM (0ET/O)

198 So Ronna McDaniel blows at winning elections, and spends millions of donor dollars on herself.

Sounds like the perfect Uniparty functionary! Useless, grifting and expensive.

Sadly, PDJT supports her whole-heartedly. Along with Kevin Luntz-McCarthy. Karl Rove also agrees, so the few remaining Bushies are in support. A unified Republican Party.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 16, 2022 08:44 AM (mCHbQ)

199 Potheads really destroyed Colorado. so sad

Posted by: Corky at December 16, 2022 08:45 AM (Cw0fX)

200 Black Friday was red Friday (sales were abysmal), the government lied about Q3 jobs (11,000 jobs versus 1.1 million), and everyone now realizes that the economy is toast.
Posted by: Thomas Paine

Wal Mart already has all of their Christmas shit marked 25% off.

They know it's not moving.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 16, 2022 08:45 AM (9uCBG)

201 " I think there is a psychological component to the whole NFT deal. Some people are feeling embarrassed that they supported Trump and so every decision that he makes or has made in the past is up for criticism."

I am not embarrassed of Trump. I am fed up with disaster and see how the other side views him and want a serious candidate. Get out of your bubble. Karen is still out there and so is the upper middle class GOP supporter.

Posted by: squid_hunt at December 16, 2022 08:45 AM (S/NWs)

202 So, what was the reason Olbermann and the like were banned? I am assuming it wasn't for being evil or common decency or because they are a bunch of commie fucks.

I heard something about doxxing?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 16, 2022 08:45 AM (ajH6z)

203 Is Trump still supporting McDaniel?

Posted by: Corky at December 16, 2022 08:45 AM (Cw0fX)

204 In typical bully fashion leftists are whining like little girls over a few leftist "journalists" getting a temporary suspension from Twitter for intentionally breaking the rules and doxing Musk after spending years smugly laughing at conservatives for being permanently suspended for doing nothing more than stating their opinion or posting facts on Twitter that went against the leftist narrative.

As Mike said, everyone has a plan till they get punched in the face.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 16, 2022 08:46 AM (ZLI7S)

205
Reagan, in the 1960s, would air on the radio editorials and essays he wrote. It was there he work out his political philosophy and began to establish who he would be later. Those essays are excellent. Trump, when he isn't screwing around, can communicate like that and has a fluid understanding of what he believes. When he does that, he connects which the public at a deep level. I am hoping he spends a lot more time being that Trump and a lot less time doing the shake your head stuff.

Posted by: Lost in Space at December 16, 2022 08:38 AM

Reagan was also hired by GE to visit differing locations and give speeches to their employees. My next door neighbor had the opportunity to listen to him in person and convinced me that Reagan was the 'real deal'. Trump could be that kind of person with the right assistance. A positive uplifting message.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 16, 2022 08:46 AM (enJYY)

206

It's a goldendoodle more or less rescue, 9 weeks.

Young lady, early twenties, decided she wanted a doggie and paid $800 for this one to come live in an apartment... Yeah, not so much. That lasted a week and she begged her mother to take it. Mother did but their two elderly dogs didn't like the puppy. So I got her. Very very pretty dog, very smart. Taught her to walk up and down the stairs last night. Although she's very young to learn how to read she's working on sounding out her letters. Consistently uses puppy pads at the back door if I don't get there fast enough. Has already infuriated the cat.

Also, non-Hodgkinson lymphoma, is that what the cool kids now are calling bunghole cancer? Cuz if anybody on the planet is going to have bunghole cancer it would be Jane Fonda. Because,. Karma.

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at December 16, 2022 08:46 AM (7/wNx)

207 Okay, serious question. Why did he have to do that on the exact same day he made his free speech proposals?"

So that now we can all play MAGA - THE GATHERING! at our next MoMe!

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 16, 2022 08:46 AM (r46W7)

208 So: you bought a set of Trump NFTs. What do you do with them? Posted by: DB

Nothing. At least you can put your Queen Elizabeth teacups and saucers on a shelf.

Posted by: Lost in Space at December 16, 2022 08:46 AM (c1mVn)

209 > I heard something about doxxing?

Musk banned the guy who was reporting all the movements of his private jet after some whackjob attacked the car that his toddler son was in.

The other "journalists" were banned for thinking they'd be cute and link to the first asshole's alternative page on Mastodon.

Posted by: Saul Goodman at December 16, 2022 08:47 AM (bW8dp)

210 Google Goes Full-On Racist, Will Start Marking the Race of Business Owners
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It's so fascinating what is admitted here and in commercials, movies, TV shows, etc.

Apparently only white people aren't bigots. Only white people can see people that don't look like them and still put themselves in their shoes for stories or business decisions.

Posted by: Press Juan For English at December 16, 2022 08:47 AM (wXOk6)

211 191. First few seasons of Community were hysterical. Senor Chang

Posted by: Corky at December 16, 2022 08:47 AM (Cw0fX)

212 "Black Friday was red Friday (sales were abysmal), the government lied about Q3 jobs "

Most people on the market knew this was coming. The number between various surveys did not make sense. People have been going into their savings and credit card debt is at an all time high. It's the only way a lot of people are able to maintain their standard of living. The housing market is also in a very precarious position and will probably crash.

These are the same people who have been lying about a recession and are now telling you inflation is looking "better". They have destroyed what little credibility some of these agencies and surveys had. It's all now a pile of lies people need to sort out away from what used to be the best indicators.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 16, 2022 08:47 AM (J47y1)

213 "I heard something about doxxing?"

Twitter is speculating it's anyone who posted pics from the tracking website for Elon's jet.

Posted by: squid_hunt at December 16, 2022 08:48 AM (S/NWs)

214 So she has late stage syphilis?
Posted by: Lost in Space at December 16, 2022 08:41 AM (c1mVn)
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Yellen looks a bit like a very elderly version Admiral Levine, so anything is possible.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 16, 2022 08:48 AM (mCHbQ)

215 So: you bought a set of Trump NFTs. What do you do with them? Posted by: DB

Nothing. At least you can put your Queen Elizabeth teacups and saucers on a shelf.
Posted by: Lost in Space at December 16, 2022 08:46 AM (c1mVn)

Where do the Obama commemorative plates go?

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 16, 2022 08:48 AM (4I/2K)

216 211 191. First few seasons of Community were hysterical. Senor Chang
Posted by: Corky at December 16, 2022 08:47 AM (Cw0fX)

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El Tigre?

You don't mess with El Tigre.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 16, 2022 08:49 AM (LvTSG)

217 One day nearer Rivers of Blood. Die versity is grand, innit?

Posted by: Puddinhead at December 16, 2022 08:49 AM (8Sqzu)

218 "The education system as a whole needs to be destroyed."

I though charter schools may have been an answer but that is nit the case. My sons went to one for a few years. While they were less chaotic than a public schools they were just as leftist/woke, probably even worse as there is less oversight from the state. Obama photos and quotes everywhere and never ending celebration of every aggrieved group. Black history month was the whole years it seemed.

The whole education establishment has been infected with this insanity and I believe that probably includes most private schools.

Posted by: Ripley at December 16, 2022 08:50 AM (MxEKc)

219 "Does it change the fact that there is no other potential candidate that can or will take on the Democrats in an effective way?"

Desantis has been disassembling Democrat power bases in Florida and I'm curious what he could do with the federal bureaucratic state. If he announces, he has my vote.

Posted by: squid_hunt at December 16, 2022 08:50 AM (S/NWs)

220 >>I am not embarrassed of Trump. I am fed up with disaster and see how the other side views him and want a serious candidate. Get out of your bubble. Karen is still out there and so is the upper middle class GOP supporter.

Are they part of the record 74 million people who voted for Trump in 2020?

I couldn't give a wet fart how the other side, the one supporting a senile, corrupt dunce, feels about Trump. He was the best president in my lifetime bar none. I'll take 4 more years of that in a heartbeat including huge ego and eccentricities.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 16, 2022 08:50 AM (ZLI7S)

221 Rand Paul blocked Cory Booker's insane bill on hair

Posted by: Corky at December 16, 2022 08:51 AM (Cw0fX)

222 I agree with this, it was silly, but it's Trump, he does silly things sometimes. I don't get it how is this any different then some of the other things he's done that have been annoying. In my opinion, if Trump doesn't get the nomination, there isn't another GOP that can win (in a fair election).
Posted by: spypeach at December 16, 2022 08:33 AM (UuB/1)
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There has been an obvious and dramatic turn against Trump in recent months here at the HQ. I'm not talking about Ace or any of the cobs here in particular, but there is a large group of upper tier conservatives on Twitter who have turned virulently against Trump. There is a rumor (that I cannot substantiate) that they are paid members of the DeSantis team now. The only thing I can offer to corroborate this claim is a picture of 10-12 of them taken this past summer when they met with DeSantis in FL. This also is around the same time that DeSantis started coordinating with McConnell and McCarthy who, along with some of their PACs, have been financing and promoting DeSantis.

Posted by: IrishEi at December 16, 2022 08:51 AM (3ImbR)

223 I hear the Army is boosting recruiting by declaring war on Climate Change. Can wait to see the costume they come up for climate warriors.

Posted by: Puddinhead at December 16, 2022 08:51 AM (8Sqzu)

224 But I'm an asshole defeatist for taking that tone, I guess.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
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No, not really. But what you might be doing is extending your take on something to be universal for everyone. There is a tendency among those immersed in politics to see things and implications that the crowds basically ignore and they tend to have a hive mind regarding what is important, what is bad, and what is good. Requiring a quick take on something makes it worse because the reaction cannot be based on anything other than gut feeling instead of facts. The hardest thing for pundits to admit is "I don't know" how something is going to play out but that is always an important caveat to any snap evaluation.

Apparently those that wanted to see his 1A speech can do so and are doing so--media was not going to cover it either way. Those that wanted to buy the NFT (and studies show those little 'gifts' make the donor feel better) did so to the extent of selling out. I'm not a fan of NFT's but it kind of makes sense to use them as an election fund raising mechanism for small donors--especially if you can give anonymity.

Posted by: whig at December 16, 2022 08:51 AM (bDjBG)

225 "Hey! I bought a digital folder full of expensive jpegs!

Party tonight. I'll fire up the laptop so we can ooh and ahh at images on a screen."

Posted by: DB at December 16, 2022 08:52 AM (geLO8)

226 Fuck Jane Fonda.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at December 16, 2022 08:37 AM (cxFI2)

Concur. May she suffer and be filled with regret the whole time she waits for death.

The picture of her with that NVA AAA gun crew still gets me fired up to choke that bitch out.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 16, 2022 08:52 AM (R/m4+)

227 I'm not usually sympathetic to billionaires complaining about publicity, but a masked Antifa-looking guy apparently used the ElonJet account to track Musk's jet into LA and then followed his car from the airport, finally jumping on the front of the car and making threatening gestures. Musk wasn't in the vehicle (or the jet), instead it had his youngest son (a toddler).

So I get why he is upset.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 16, 2022 08:52 AM (mCHbQ)

228 "I couldn't give a wet fart how the other side, the one supporting a senile, corrupt dunce, feels about Trump."

You should. Senile corrupt dunces vote too. Trump's go it alone attitude is part of the problem. He can't and burning anyone who disagrees with you publicly isn't going to win elections or push policy.

Posted by: squid_hunt at December 16, 2022 08:52 AM (S/NWs)

229 I think the point was the NFT's and their cartoon nature play into the caricatures of Trump, were poorly timed and make him look unserious. People are looking for help and a brighter future. Not more stuff from PT Barnum.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 16, 2022 08:53 AM (J47y1)

230 Most people on the market knew this was coming. The number between various surveys did not make sense. People have been going into their savings and credit card debt is at an all time high. It's the only way a lot of people are able to maintain their standard of living. The housing market is also in a very precarious position and will probably crash. ...
Posted by: Marcus T at December 16, 2022 08:47 AM (J47y1)
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Not to mention supply chain and other problems and last year's gangbusters Q4 build that was *all* inventory growth that still has to be drawn down. I heard a couple of employees at my local Wal-Mart bitching about having no place to put the stuff being sent by the distribution hubs, but that they have to do *something* with it because they're all out of space across the region. Retailers have been discounting since before Halloween. Black Friday became Black 45 days. Real sales are down (growth doesn't exceed inflation).

None of this should be a surprise.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 16, 2022 08:53 AM (t0OGg)

231 >>>Where do the Obama commemorative plates go?

Posted by: Count de Monet

"PULL!"
(shotgun blast)

Posted by: DB at December 16, 2022 08:53 AM (geLO8)

232 ... the government lied about Q3 jobs (11,000 jobs versus 1.1 million)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 16, 2022 08:37 AM

The Government wouldn't lie to us, would they? That would seem contrarian to what President Obama said in his 2012 speech to Congress: "The point is, we should all want a smarter, more effective government."

It's hard to comprehend how lying supports a smarter, more effective government.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 16, 2022 08:53 AM (a3Q+t)

233 TGIF!

WashPost announces layoffs coming and the adults they employ decide it's a good idea to bait Elon Musk on twitter, then rage when they get suspended.

There will be no tears when these unserious, childish jerks have free time in which to 'learn to code.'

Posted by: Lizzy at December 16, 2022 08:54 AM (I/doM)

234 Swedish YouTube keeps showing me ads for alcohol-free beer.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 16, 2022 08:54 AM (t0OGg)

235 Whatever your opinion of Trump is, the fact is that he has made some unforced errors, the latest being this card nonsense. But, watch some of the greatest businessmen, politicians, athletes, and game players (chess, video, etc.) and you'll see that the best ones make mistakes because they take risks. Sometimes those risks pay off and sometimes they tank. Sometimes the loss is one that can be overcome and sometimes it knocks you out forever. We have yet to see how this one plays out, eh?

Posted by: windbag at December 16, 2022 08:54 AM (MXnEM)

236 > Real sales are down (growth doesn't exceed inflation).

None of this should be a surprise.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 16, 2022 08:53 AM (t0OGg)

Remember the stories of the Great Depression when crops were rotting in the fields because no one had the money to buy them?

Yeah, we're on the way there.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 16, 2022 08:55 AM (bW8dp)

237 234 Swedish YouTube keeps showing me ads for alcohol-free beer.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 16, 2022 08:54 AM (t0OGg)

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To be fair, Sweden is a godless country.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 16, 2022 08:55 AM (LvTSG)

238 220. Well said Jack. There is a well cordianated effort to blame him for election losses in 2022. Mastriano was the only real bad one he had. Lake was cheated, a was Laxalt. Fetterman race was fixed, and GOP would have lost that. Walker forced a runoff, but Warnock was a fix also

Posted by: Corky at December 16, 2022 08:55 AM (Cw0fX)

239 "Where do the Obama commemorative plates go?
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 16, 2022 08:48 AM (4I/2K)"

There's one tastefully displayed in the urinal at the VFW.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 16, 2022 08:56 AM (J47y1)

240 Desantis has been disassembling Democrat power bases in Florida and I'm curious what he could do with the federal bureaucratic state. If he announces, he has my vote.
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I like DeSantis but his story is he spent 6 years in Congress and nobody remembers him and then became Governor of FL with a majority Republican legislature and he used it. Good so far but he has not been tested like Trump. I think the real story of FL is the Cubans turning Miami into a great place to live. I am sure the Cubans supported DeSantis but the point is the Cuban testosterone and drive for civilization may be the game changer in FL. Cubans know how to handle blacks.

Posted by: Puddinhead at December 16, 2022 08:56 AM (8Sqzu)

241 https://tinyurl.com/mrmtd875

The last restaurant I went to where coats and ties were mandatory.

I'm convinced Gavin empaneled this reparations thing just to make the other 93% of California loathe them.

Trump is an old Bourbon -he has learned nothing and forgotten nothing. He continues to make really fucking stupid mistakes.

Posted by: JEM at December 16, 2022 08:56 AM (8erNz)

242 Reagan was a closet intellectual. He was a big fan of Hayek.

Not the one with the bodacious tatas. The other one.

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 16, 2022 08:56 AM (SJsWC)

243 > 234 Swedish YouTube keeps showing me ads for alcohol-free beer.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 16, 2022 08:54 AM (t0OGg)

Real booze is super expensive in Sweden, to the point that there are "cruises" that basically just cross over the maritime border between Sweden and Denmark, sit there until everyone gets good and tanked, then return to Sweden.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 16, 2022 08:57 AM (bW8dp)

244 Desantis has been disassembling Democrat power bases in Florida and I'm curious what he could do with the federal bureaucratic state. If he announces, he has my vote.
Posted by: squid_hunt at December 16, 2022 08:50 AM (S/NWs)
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Has he? Florida has two open election law "Ballot Harvesting" investigations that the DeSantis administration has quietly allowed to flounder.

https://tinyurl.com/mhfkcy4j

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 16, 2022 08:57 AM (ECcuJ)

245 To be fair, Sweden is a godless country.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 16, 2022 08:55 AM

In fairness, Ann-Margret is Swedish.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 16, 2022 08:57 AM (a3Q+t)

246 In Wisconsin "News You Can Use" - Grace Stanke, a nuclear engineering student from the University of Wisconsin, was crowned Miss America 2023 last night.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 16, 2022 08:57 AM (45fpk)

247 Real booze is super expensive in Sweden, to the point that there are "cruises" that basically just cross over the maritime border between Sweden and Denmark, sit there until everyone gets good and tanked, then return to Sweden.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 16, 2022 08:57 AM (bW8dp)
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Really? Huh. What a weird thing. I am sure that useless booze cruises are great for their "carbon footprints," too...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 16, 2022 08:58 AM (t0OGg)

248 At some point, Credit card bankruptcies will hit. As they did in 2009. 7-10 years of no credit, is what many adults will face

Posted by: Corky at December 16, 2022 08:58 AM (Cw0fX)

249 227 I'm not usually sympathetic to billionaires complaining about publicity, but a masked Antifa-looking guy apparently used the ElonJet account to track Musk's jet into LA and then followed his car from the airport, finally jumping on the front of the car and making threatening gestures. Musk wasn't in the vehicle (or the jet), instead it had his youngest son (a toddler).

So I get why he is upset.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 16, 2022 08:52 AM (mCHbQ)

And all those journo-fools trying to tweak him on Twitter are finding out why you don't mess with a King in his own realm. He can do whatever the fuck he wants to do on Twitter - it's idiotic of them to make him keep proving that.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 16, 2022 08:58 AM (r46W7)

250 Reagan was a closet intellectual. He was a big fan of Hayek.

Not the one with the bodacious tatas. The other one.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 16, 2022 08:56 AM (SJsWC)
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I'm a fan of both Hayeks too

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 16, 2022 08:58 AM (ECcuJ)

251 >>You should. Senile corrupt dunces vote too. Trump's go it alone attitude is part of the problem. He can't and burning anyone who disagrees with you publicly isn't going to win elections or push policy.

No, I really shouldn't. Every serious person knows that Biden did not beat Trump in 2020, the entire election was rigged in a number of ways. Had it not been Trump would have won in a walk.

Anyone who actually thinks Joe is popular now is just being influenced by the media propaganda and garbage push polls. And if you think it's bad now wait until next week when the invasion on the southern border goes into overdrive. Even Democrats are starting to panic.

And now a lot of the dirt that was covered up about the Biden family corruption and the lies the left told about the virus are going to come out while the economy takes another, much bigger dump.

The only thing I'm worried about is cheating. They can't come close in a fair fight. Go Harmeet Dhillion!

Posted by: JackStraw at December 16, 2022 08:59 AM (ZLI7S)

252 >Grace Stanke, a nuclear engineering student from the University of Wisconsin, was crowned Miss America 2023 last night.

Posted by: grammie winger

Is Grace biologically female?

Posted by: DB at December 16, 2022 08:59 AM (geLO8)

253 Remember when Trump was a closet NY liberal with no record, and little ability or skills to change anything?

Good times. Good times.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 16, 2022 08:59 AM (J47y1)

254 So it's bake the cake, cater the wedding, wear the dress, stick out the tush like Dom DeLuis in Blazing Saddles end scene. Thanks, senate gOpes, you sorry traitorous bastards.

Posted by: Eromero at December 16, 2022 08:59 AM (z3WCn)

255 Is Grace biologically female?

Posted by: DB at December 16, 2022 08:59 AM (geLO

She appears to be.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 16, 2022 09:00 AM (45fpk)

256 Trump needs to come out with scented candles. He already has a fragrance/cologne line; Trump(2004),Trump Success(2011),Trump Empire(2015)

Posted by: JROD at December 16, 2022 09:00 AM (0ET/O)

257 Stanke? That's unfortunate if it's pronounced the way it looks.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at December 16, 2022 09:00 AM (AXxfu)

258 I am not embarrassed of Trump. I am fed up with disaster and see how the other side views him and want a serious candidate. Get out of your bubble. Karen is still out there and so is the upper middle class GOP supporter. Posted by: squid_hunt
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And your point is? The curious thing is I am ambivalent over Trump running again and I view his Covid decisions and championing the Vaxx as a downside--not selling an NFT to willing buyers.
I am ambivalent about DeSantis because of the company he keeps. He is smart but so was Nixon and calculating types often come a cropper as do Governors when they go to Washington.
I have been involved in politics since the 70's at the local, state, and federal levels and stepped out of that to study it as a subject professionally so the one thing that I can tell you having observed a lot of politicians close up--evaluate them as an employee--not a Savior and you won't be disappointed. Second, the crash will happen in DC regardless of who is at the helm because endemic fraud has reached the stage to prevent any electoral feedback to the House and Senate to change course. So worry more about your local and state.

Posted by: whig at December 16, 2022 09:01 AM (bDjBG)

259 Musk banned the guy who was reporting all the movements of his private jet after some whackjob attacked the car that his toddler son was in.

The other "journalists" were banned for thinking they'd be cute and link to the first asshole's alternative page on Mastodon.

Posted by: Saul Goodman at December 16, 2022 08:47 AM (bW8dp)

Ahhhh. Good reason.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 16, 2022 09:01 AM (ajH6z)

260 My credit card balance is zero. Mortgage is my only debt. I'm never borrowing again.

Posted by: DB at December 16, 2022 09:01 AM (geLO8)

261 >>So I get why he is upset.

Journalists and activists have been happily doxxing for years -- it's their cute little game of destroying the lives of normies (LOTT) and the 'not connected enough' to save their careers (e.g. Mozilla VP fired for donating to traditional marriage campaign). They KNEW they were putting his life at risk, they KNEW their partners* in Antifa, or at minimum, the Lefty mob, would take action.

They are scumbags who have finally found a line that could not be crossed. Journos, wire wrapped pineapples, some assembly required.

*Many journalists are in Antifa, or work hand in hand with them on stories. Quillette did a story on this years ago and it's more widespread than you could imagine.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 16, 2022 09:01 AM (I/doM)

262 I like DeSantis but his story is he spent 6 years in Congress and nobody remembers him and then became Governor of FL with a majority Republican legislature and he used it. Good so far but he has not been tested like Trump. I think the real story of FL is the Cubans turning Miami into a great place to live. I am sure the Cubans supported DeSantis but the point is the Cuban testosterone and drive for civilization may be the game changer in FL. Cubans know how to handle blacks.
Posted by: Puddinhead at December 16, 2022 08:56 AM (8Sqzu

The reason you didn’t hear about DeSantis in Congress is because he was not GOPe. No different than any other member of the Freedom Caucus. And Cubans have been in Miami for generations, why the sudden flip?

Posted by: tofer732 at December 16, 2022 09:01 AM (fatpD)

263 Dhillon.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 16, 2022 09:02 AM (ZLI7S)

264 Doh!

Posted by: citizen khan at December 16, 2022 09:02 AM (ixSJq)

265 It's the only way a lot of people are able to maintain their standard of living. The housing market is also in a very precarious position and will probably crash. ...
Posted by: Marcus T

We feel very, very lucky to have a good buyer for our old place. We close in a few weeks. Even though the place is in one of the most desirable neighborhoods in that area, the market is at a dead stop, and has been, for a month or two. Nothing else is moving. Certainly, it being Christmastime isn't helping but that isn't the problem. Economic uncertainty - even for folks with money, that's the issue.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 16, 2022 09:02 AM (qoGsy)

266 "The other "journalists" were banned for thinking they'd be cute and link to the first asshole's alternative page on Mastodon."

How can you pretend to be a real journalist when you pull agitprop stunts like this.

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 16, 2022 09:02 AM (SJsWC)

267 Musk wasn't in the vehicle (or the jet), instead it had his youngest son (a toddler).

So I get why he is upset.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 16, 2022 08:52 AM (mCHbQ)

I think they thot it was his son, but it was someone else!

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 16, 2022 09:02 AM (BRHaw)

268 My credit card balance is zero. Mortgage is my only debt. I'm never borrowing again.

Posted by: DB at December 16, 2022 09:01 AM (geLO

I have 6 car payments left, then I'm clear.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 16, 2022 09:02 AM (45fpk)

269 Social media is so fucked up. This world is going to burn.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 16, 2022 09:02 AM (geVLo)

270 I'm never borrowing again.

Posted by: DB at December 16, 2022 09:01 AM (geLO

Only Siths deal in absolutes.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 16, 2022 09:03 AM (XIJ/X)

271 My credit card balance is zero. Mortgage is my only debt. I'm never borrowing again.
Posted by: DB at December 16, 2022 09:01 AM (geLO

++++
2008-2012 made me extremely debt-averse.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 16, 2022 09:03 AM (t0OGg)

272 Fuck Jane Fonda - with a Vietnamese anti- aircraft piece , sideways

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 16, 2022 09:03 AM (11zNb)

273 250 Reagan was a closet intellectual. He was a big fan of Hayek.

Not the one with the bodacious tatas. The other one.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 16, 2022 08:56 AM (SJsWC)
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I'm a fan of both Hayeks too
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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Recommend "In His Own Words" by Ronald Reagan. They are the radio scripts for his broadcasts from 1977 to about 1979 which he wrote himself for his opinion broadcasts (the Fairness doctrine was still in existence).

Posted by: whig at December 16, 2022 09:03 AM (bDjBG)

274 Interesting video popped up on my YouTube recommendations yesterday regarding Elon Musk now in the $15,000 tiny smart home business through Tesla. Use of lots of solar panels "or any other power choice the owner chooses".

http://bit.ly/3uVYIuN

I am completely overwhelmed and stressed out with my simple engineering job and I work 10-12 hours a day, work through weekends and holidays and vacations and still have trouble keeping up. The guy must be a machine to deal with running an EV company, sending rockets into space, working to take back the social media public forum from the radical Left, working to rid the world of the woke mind virus AND now working to offer $15,000 smart homes to the masses.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 16, 2022 09:04 AM (Do5/p)

275 He already has a fragrance/cologne line; Trump(2004),Trump Success(2011),Trump Empire(2015)
Posted by: JROD

I think his last offering was Umpire.

It's for foul balls.

HeyOhhhhhhhh!!!!!

Posted by: Tonypete at December 16, 2022 09:04 AM (qoGsy)

276 @253 MarcusT-I remember because I was the most vocal about it here. Fortunately I was proven wrong about Trump. Even better I still won.

Posted by: JROD at December 16, 2022 09:04 AM (0ET/O)

277 "None of this should be a surprise.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 16, 2022 08:53 AM (t0OGg)"

It isn't to people who don't drink the Kool-Aid. All the indicators are out there for people to see. They don't have to wait for the agency and administration lies.

I have a neighbor who glibly told me a few months ago how "good" things were, and that it was all lies. He now has two post college children back living with him because they could not afford to live on their own anymore. It's worse then people think.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 16, 2022 09:04 AM (J47y1)

278 That google project of segregating businesses is going to backfire in more ways than they anticipated: what if the black-owned businesses don't HAVE the items buyers are looking for? Where do they go then--or do they just have to live without? No Gucci or Apple for you folks, sorry--whitey-owned! This has to be the stupidest idea ever.

Posted by: Here in Italy at December 16, 2022 09:04 AM (O8ea/)

279 Reagan was a closet intellectual. He was a big fan of Hayek.

Not the one with the bodacious tatas. The other one.

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 16, 2022 08:56 AM (SJsWC)

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Absolutely. "The Reagan Diaries" (from his time as POTUS) as edited by Douglas Brinkley is a interesting read, gives one a much deeper appreciation for him, and demonstrates this fact.

Posted by: ShainS -- Ctrl+Galt+Delete to remove the The Great Reset malware virus at December 16, 2022 09:05 AM (S3ur0)

280 Mastriano was the only real bad one he had. Lake was cheated, a was Laxalt. Fetterman race was fixed, and GOP would have lost that. Walker forced a runoff, but Warnock was a fix also
Posted by: Corky at December 16, 2022 08:55 AM (Cw0fX)
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Excuses, excuses.

Lost. All of those races were lost. Democrats sit in those seats. That is all that matters.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 16, 2022 09:05 AM (QWHhD)

281 Musk should put out a cologne. Wonder what he should call it.

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 16, 2022 09:05 AM (SJsWC)

282 My credit card balance is zero. Mortgage is my only debt. I'm never borrowing again.

Posted by: DB at December 16, 2022 09:01 AM

Same here. When we do buy another truck or car it will be with cash unless we have a return of the days where they were throwing free money at us like the one loan we took out from Ford on a truck. Interest rate was 0.09% I think the total interest we paid on that truck was around $40 for a 36 month loan.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 16, 2022 09:05 AM (uNylN)

283 281 Musk should put out a cologne. Wonder what he should call it.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 16, 2022 09:05 AM (SJsWC)

Opium . . . for the Masses

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 16, 2022 09:06 AM (x0n13)

284 @275 Tonypete-🤣

Posted by: JROD at December 16, 2022 09:06 AM (0ET/O)

285 I hear the Army is boosting recruiting by declaring war on Climate Change. Can wait to see the costume they come up for climate warriors.
Posted by: Puddinhead

Thong.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 16, 2022 09:06 AM (9uCBG)

286 281 Musk should put out a cologne. Wonder what he should call it.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 16, 2022 09:05 AM (SJsWC)

Deez Nutts

Posted by: Joe Biden at December 16, 2022 09:06 AM (Y5qcH)

287 Musk should put out a cologne. Wonder what he should call it.
Posted by: Ignoramus

"F*ck around and find out"

Posted by: Tonypete at December 16, 2022 09:06 AM (qoGsy)

288 >>How can you pretend to be a real journalist when you pull agitprop stunts like this.

Because they've been doing it for years, they've always been protected by twitter (such as the Learn to Code).

Posted by: Lizzy at December 16, 2022 09:06 AM (I/doM)

289 >Only Siths deal in absolutes.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

isn't that an absolute?

Posted by: DB at December 16, 2022 09:06 AM (geLO8)

290 The trailer for the Barbie movie?

Surprisingly amusing:

https://youtu.be/8zIf0XvoL9Y

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 16, 2022 09:06 AM (LvTSG)

291 Clocking In 🕗

Here in free NE Oklahoma, it's a sweltering 29˚ "feels like" frozentoes˚ - clear skies at sunrise and a good chance of breaking 40˚. I see they've raised the forecast low for the end of next week from -5˚ to 1˚. What a relief.
🐕
No deer on our walk this morning, but we scared up two different groups yesterday, so it balances out.

So much for reality. Now to read about that strange world of the headlines. Thanks, JJS.

Posted by: mindful webworker - we just want to give you the news boop boop be doop at December 16, 2022 09:06 AM (CaNG3)

292 ""Good so far but he has not been tested like Trump. I think the real story of FL is the Cubans turning Miami into a great place to live."

Trump gets all the credit for every good. None of the credit for any bad. It's always someone else's fault when things go wrong.

Meanwhile, Desantis doesn't get credit for how good things are going in Florida. Florida was purple up until a decade ago. Trump started it, but Desantis has turned Florida flaming red. He does it calmly and professionally without the drama and he works with others and stays in the lanes of the legal system without having to be roped back in. Better yet, he makes use of the law to punish his enemies.

Posted by: squid_hunt at December 16, 2022 09:08 AM (S/NWs)

293 Musk wasn't in the vehicle (or the jet), instead it had his youngest son (a toddler).

So I get why he is upset.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Why didn't the security detail ventilate the guy? Oh, right. California.

Aggravated kidnapping in Texas is a cappable offense.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 16, 2022 09:08 AM (9uCBG)

294 Anyone who actually thinks Joe is popular now is just being influenced by the media propaganda and garbage push polls. And if you think it's bad now wait until next week when the invasion on the southern border goes into overdrive. Even Democrats are starting to panic.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 16, 2022 08:59 AM (ZLI7S)

Except...he was immensely unpopular in October, and yet the referendum on his first two years was a resounding..."yeah, whatever."

Because of the cheat, and because of the feckless Republican party.

Trump has to stop relitigating the 2020 election and start giving us solid policy that will prevent a reoccurrence.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 16, 2022 09:08 AM (XIJ/X)

295 @283 JJ Sefton/Ignoramus- Elon Musk does have a cologne out, it’s called Burnt Hair.

Posted by: JROD at December 16, 2022 09:08 AM (0ET/O)

296 Only Siths deal in absolutes.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

isn't that an absolute?
Posted by: DB

Absolutely.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 16, 2022 09:08 AM (qoGsy)

297 >>Reagan was a closet intellectual. He was a big fan of Hayek.

His learned a lot, refined his thinking in his years giving speeches for GE.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 16, 2022 09:08 AM (I/doM)

298 290 The trailer for the Barbie movie?

Surprisingly amusing:

https://youtu.be/8zIf0XvoL9Y
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 16, 2022 09:06 AM (LvTSG)

First thought when I read "Barbie movie" was "Hotel Terminus."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 16, 2022 09:09 AM (x0n13)

299 256 Trump needs to come out with scented candles. He already has a fragrance/cologne line; Trump(2004),Trump Success(2011),Trump Empire(2015)
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Johnny Depp has Sauvage - frangrance for men. He plays 'Wild Thing' on an electric guitar out in the desert, too. Trump can out Depp Depp.

I find it odd that our ranks are becoming Karens on style. FTW - kick the door in and toss the fagz out.

Posted by: Puddinhead at December 16, 2022 09:09 AM (8Sqzu)

300 I saw a video this morning of a frail, confused, doddering old man wandering through a toy store. Not a single child or parent acknowledged him.
It was somewhere between between funny and sad.

Posted by: That NLurker guy where's my Irene Adler? at December 16, 2022 09:09 AM (eGTCV)

301 Way back when on SNL, Phil Hartman played Reagan as a buffoon in public, but an evil mastermind in private.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5wfPlgKFh8

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 16, 2022 09:09 AM (SJsWC)

302 I have 6 car payments left, then I'm clear.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 16, 2022 09:02 AM (45fpk)

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Nobody needs 6 cars, grammie!

;-)

Posted by: ShainS -- Ctrl+Galt+Delete to remove the The Great Reset malware virus at December 16, 2022 09:09 AM (S3ur0)

303 Mastriano was the only real bad one he had. Lake was cheated, a was Laxalt. Fetterman race was fixed, and GOP would have lost that. Walker forced a runoff, but Warnock was a fix also

And if the Civil War South had tanks, howitzers and helicopter gun ships they would have defeated the North.

The Democrats play a blood sport and their policies are By Any Means Necessary. There are no laws, no ethics, no morality, no impediments no "fair play" nothing other than total political dominance. The McGOP doesn't even care to field a competent opposition strategy.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 16, 2022 09:09 AM (3hSHB)

304 It's worse then people think.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 16, 2022 09:04 AM

It is painfully obvious to anyone who cares to open their eyes. Just walk into a grocery store and buy a dozen eggs. Used to be able to buy a dozen eggs at Kroger for .79 cents on sale 12-18 months ago. Sometimes they would have a digital coupon for .59 cents a dozen. They are $4.69 now.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 16, 2022 09:10 AM (uNylN)

305 Way back when on SNL, Phil Hartman played Reagan as a buffoon in public, but an evil mastermind in private.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5wfPlgKFh8

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 16, 2022 09:09 AM (SJsWC)

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Heh. I'd forgotten that, thanks!

Posted by: ShainS -- Ctrl+Galt+Delete to remove the The Great Reset malware virus at December 16, 2022 09:10 AM (S3ur0)

306 I was just looking at Twitter - it's hilarious to watch all the wokesters who's mantra for years has been "It's a private company, they can ban whoever they want!" now screeching because Musk temp banned a pack of screeching journo's for doxxing him.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 16, 2022 09:10 AM (r46W7)

307 295 @283 JJ Sefton/Ignoramus- Elon Musk does have a cologne out, it’s called Burnt Hair.
Posted by: JROD at December 16, 2022 09:08 AM (0ET/O)

You truly are tedious, irksome and banal.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 16, 2022 09:10 AM (x0n13)

308 No deer on our walk this morning, but we scared up two different groups yesterday, so it balances out.

So much for reality. Now to read about that strange world of the headlines. Thanks, JJS.
Posted by: mindful webworker

Looking out the extra bedroom/office window and another cow 🐄 had a calf. That's two since the moved the others off.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 16, 2022 09:10 AM (9uCBG)

309 229 I think the point was the NFT's and their cartoon nature play into the caricatures of Trump, were poorly timed and make him look unserious. People are looking for help and a brighter future. Not more stuff from PT Barnum.
Posted by: Marcus T

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Again, evaluation without evidence. Simply put, worrying about every little thing and how it is perceived is sort of like doing investments by gut feelings on a day to day read of your fellow investment professionals.

The general public by and large does not care about that day to day news but makes broad evaluations due to conditions that directly affect them.

Trump survived the Trumpy Bear and Trump floormats, I suspect he will survive selling out his NFT's.

Posted by: whig at December 16, 2022 09:10 AM (bDjBG)

310 Except...he was immensely unpopular in October, and yet the referendum on his first two years was a resounding..."yeah, whatever." Because of the cheat, and because of the feckless Republican party. Trump has to stop relitigating the 2020 election and start giving us solid policy that will prevent a reoccurrence.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 16, 2022 09:08 AM

Biden was immensely unpopular during the 2020 campaign. As proven by tens of people showing up to his rallies and tens of thousands to Trump's. Yet, that didn't matter, because the voting system in this country is rigged and the elections are stolen.

Solid policy and better candidates have nothing to do with how elections are determined. Everyone should have learned that from 2020. And if they still don't know that after 2022, I don't know what to say anymore.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 16, 2022 09:11 AM (Do5/p)

311 Posted by: Saul Goodman at December 16, 2022 08:47 AM (bW8dp)
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BTW, how's the defence going for SBF???

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 16, 2022 09:11 AM (Vwz3I)

312 Taylor Lorenz attacking Bari Weiss for committing journalism, being younger, more successful and a nicer human being is fun to watch because of it's high school mean girl aspect. It is hard to believe a 48 year old, like Lorenz (or is she 53? I can't recall) is so petty and superficial.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 16, 2022 09:12 AM (QWHhD)

313 My car is paid in full, but i'm still paying off my gas bill from September.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 16, 2022 09:12 AM (9UlRk)

314 Meanwhile, Desantis doesn't get credit for how good things are going in Florida. Florida was purple up until a decade ago. Trump started it, but Desantis has turned Florida flaming red. He does it calmly and professionally without the drama and he works with others and stays in the lanes of the legal system without having to be roped back in. Better yet, he makes use of the law to punish his enemies.
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Show me where he has been tested. So far, Yale, Military, Congress and Governor of FL. He barely dispatched a 'Don Lemon' candidate for the Governorship.

Posted by: Puddinhead at December 16, 2022 09:12 AM (8Sqzu)

315 2008-2012 made me extremely debt-averse.
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As I am over 29, the 1979-1981 era did it for me. Saw somebody's nic trailer as 'I didn't like the 70s the first time' and had a good laugh.

Posted by: mustbequantum at December 16, 2022 09:12 AM (MIKMs)

316 Johnny Depp and Jeff Beck recently put out an album. It's not terrible.

Posted by: Joe Biden at December 16, 2022 09:12 AM (UuD2k)

317 Musk should put out a cologne. Wonder what he should call it.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 16, 2022 09:05 AM (SJsWC)

"Elon"....when the mood is right and your wimmens be hot, grab some Elon!

I can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan and make you never, ever forget I'm a man because I'm Elon!

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 16, 2022 09:12 AM (R/m4+)

318 But this is unhelpful given exactly what is going on around us. But I'm an asshole defeatist for taking that tone, I guess.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 16, 2022 08:36 AM (x0n13)
~~~~~

I don't think you're an asshole at all. In fact, I think you are one of the best bloggers on the internet. No lie.

I just think that a lot of people here are being influenced by other, erstwhile MAGAs who may no longer be on the same team because they have decided that there's more $ on the other side, but who swear that's not the reason! It's because DeSantis is awesome and Trump is a bumbling dunce! I'm just not buying it.

Posted by: IrishEi at December 16, 2022 09:12 AM (3ImbR)

319 It is painfully obvious to anyone who cares to open their eyes. Just walk into a grocery store and buy a dozen eggs. Used to be able to buy a dozen eggs at Kroger for .79 cents on sale 12-18 months ago. Sometimes they would have a digital coupon for .59 cents a dozen. They are $4.69 now.
Posted by: Mister Scott

18 count blue package extra large - $7.62.
I almost had them remove the eggs from checking out.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 16, 2022 09:12 AM (9uCBG)

320 18 count blue package extra large - $7.62.
I almost had them remove the eggs from checking out.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 16, 2022 09:12 AM (9uCBG)

You can buy an actual damn chicken for eight bucks.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 16, 2022 09:13 AM (9UlRk)

321 Bofa... by Chanel.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 16, 2022 09:14 AM (Vwz3I)

322 Solid policy and better candidates have nothing to do with how elections are determined. Everyone should have learned that from 2020. And if they still don't know that after 2022, I don't know what to say anymore.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 16, 2022 09:11 AM (Do5/p)

I know, right?!

Posted by: Gaius Gracchus, running for Third Term as Tribune of the Plebs at December 16, 2022 09:14 AM (ajH6z)

323 Trump has to stop relitigating the 2020 election and start giving us solid policy that will prevent a reoccurrence.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

You are arguing against yourself.

One can have all of the best policies in the world and have the stupidest and evil opposition that offends the senses of most Americans....

But if you can't have a fair election then none of it matters. Hypothetical "wins" are not wins.

I know that you are tired of "relitigating" 2020 (which has never even been litigated) but unless the cheat is dealt with, everything else is futile.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 16, 2022 09:14 AM (3hSHB)

324 only silver lining is the high profile Dems who did lose. Fraudster Tim Ryan, Tank Abrams, Elaine Lauria, Maloney, sistak, phony Iowa farm girl Cindy Axne etc....

Posted by: Corky at December 16, 2022 09:14 AM (Cw0fX)

325 You can buy an actual damn chicken for eight bucks.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 16, 2022 09:13 AM (9UlRk)

And you should. We get free range organic eggs for $0.00 dollars a dozen.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 16, 2022 09:14 AM (45fpk)

326 Back in October 2020, Politico published an article incorrectly claiming the New York Post story on Hunter Biden was Russian disinformation. Turns out Natasha Bertrand, who wrote the article, gaslighted the public even though she knew the Post story was completely true.

Cliff Sims, then the deputy director of national intelligence (DNI), revealed that Bertrand reached out to him for comment before publishing her propaganda story. He told her the Post story was not disinformation.

He then pointed her to then-Director of National Intelligence (DNI) John Ratcliffe’s comments refuting far-left California Congressman Adam Schiff’s claims of Russian propaganda.

She lied and ran the story!

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 16, 2022 09:15 AM (BRHaw)

327 Jeff Beck and Johnny Depp - This is a Song for Miss Hedy Lamarr

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maa1xTKu7aQ

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 16, 2022 09:15 AM (UuD2k)

328 Trump apparently sold all of those cards and raised $4.5 million.

Who's more foolish, the fool or the fools who follow him?

Posted by: Obi Wan at December 16, 2022 09:15 AM (mbPo7)

329 ||The new merch line includes Ron DeSantis baseball cards and Team DeSantis baseballs, as well as Freedom Team hats, jerseys, koozies and foam fingers.

Of the cards, 10 include an exclusive boot relic and autograph. Twenty-five more come with solely an autograph, and the remaining 500 are regular baseball cards.

Is this a fundraising gimmick? Sure. Is it a clever one? Watch their video below and you be the judge: ||
https://tinyurl.com/z6sntue6

Omg Heavy D is finished 😂

Posted by: Ex-GOP at December 16, 2022 09:15 AM (YTBIQ)

330 If you have teenage boys to feed, and a car commute, you're getting squeezed hard.

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 16, 2022 09:15 AM (SJsWC)

331 And you should. We get free range organic eggs for $0.00 dollars a dozen.
Posted by: grammie winger at December 16, 2022 09:14 AM (45fpk)

... well, i never eat eggs anymore unless i'm using them in baked goods, but my neighbors would sure appreciate it!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 16, 2022 09:16 AM (9UlRk)

332 @307 JJ Sefton-tell me how you truly feel!?!Heres the problem sweetheart it is a fact that Elon Musk is coming out with his own fragrance called Burnt Hair. You can pre-order it now in fact. Go look it up

Posted by: JROD at December 16, 2022 09:16 AM (0ET/O)

333 DU is squeeing over Dark Brandon's epic Twitter response to Trump's announcement yesterday:

MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENTS from our President 😎
I had some MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENTS the last couple of weeks, too…
✔️ Inflation’s easing
✔️ I just signed the Respect for Marriage Act
✔️ We brought Brittney Griner home
✔️ Gas prices are lower than a year ago
✔️ 10,000 new high-paying jobs in Arizona

he should add- I didn't wear my underwear on the outside of my pants

Trump is stealing his look with the aviator glasses and the dark Brandon laser rays from the eyes

It's going to be one hell of a State of the Union Address Don'r miss it!

Posted by: Intrepid Democratic Underground AoS Liaison at December 16, 2022 09:16 AM (rdBkR)

334 Margot was born to play Barbie. Love that trailer.

Who knew Barbie would be the best movie of 2023.

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 16, 2022 09:16 AM (SJsWC)

335 Aldi is even raising their prices. Getting bad out there, but it does not affect the trust funders and the EBT people. so Biden does not care

Posted by: Corky at December 16, 2022 09:16 AM (Cw0fX)

336 Most people on the market knew this was coming. The number between various surveys did not make sense. People have been going into their savings and credit card debt is at an all time high. It's the only way a lot of people are able to maintain their standard of living. The housing market is also in a very precarious position and will probably crash.
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I just heard on the radio that 63% of households are now living paycheck to paycheck.

What a quick and intentional collapse from the best economy in 50 years under Trump.

Posted by: Press Juan For English at December 16, 2022 09:17 AM (wXOk6)

337 That's 'Hedley'...

Posted by: DB at December 16, 2022 09:17 AM (geLO8)

338 ... Trump is stealing his look with the aviator glasses and the dark Brandon laser rays from the eyes ...
Posted by: Intrepid Democratic Underground AoS Liaison at December 16, 2022 09:16 AM (rdBkR)
++++
Ever time I hear about something like the "Dark Brandon" weirdness, I always wonder how such a thing can happen and who it could possibly be for.

Then I remember that DU exists.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 16, 2022 09:17 AM (t0OGg)

339 >>Except...he was immensely unpopular in October, and yet the referendum on his first two years was a resounding..."yeah, whatever."

Do you really believe that? I know it gets tedious talking about the slanted playing table we have been dealing with not just in elections but in actual news and information but I think the overwhelming advantage it gives Democrats skews how we view election results. Certainly leftists believe it does because look at how they are wailing over losing control of Twitter.

SBF gave Democrats 10s of millions in illegal campaign contributions. He gave Biden $40 million in 2020 alone. How do we calculate how that translates into votes? How do calculate the billions in free advertising and promotion the left gets from the media and social media? How do gauge what would have happened had the truth about the Biden family corruption been accurately reported instead of covered up and lied about by even the intel community?

I don't think the left would win anywhere outside coastal enclaves without the enormous advantages they have in media, illegal money and vote rigging. That's where the fight is and Musk is a great first step.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 16, 2022 09:17 AM (ZLI7S)

340 who's the porker in top photo?

Posted by: DB at December 16, 2022 09:17 AM (geLO8)

341 "I can tell you having observed a lot of politicians close up--evaluate them as an employee--not a Savior and you won't be disappointed. "

I don't understand what your point is. That's what I'm doing. I'm giving Trump the critical eye a lot on our side won't do and I think there's a better option. Think of a politician as an employee and not a Savior therefore Trump is a funny take given he just released super hero trading cards.

Posted by: squid_hunt at December 16, 2022 09:17 AM (S/NWs)

342 Trump NFTs sell out in hours, set now valued at over $500,000.

https://tinyurl.com/4c8u4zzb

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 16, 2022 09:17 AM (doaiM)

343 ... It's going to be one hell of a State of the Union Address Don'r miss it!
Posted by: Intrepid Democratic Underground AoS Liaison at December 16, 2022 09:16 AM (rdBkR)
++++
Like the last one, which was a month late, ran for 45 minutes and contained nothing of substance?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 16, 2022 09:17 AM (t0OGg)

344 Former Twitter Employee Receives Jail Time for Accepting Saudi Bribes In Exchange for User Information on Dissidents

Iran China NORK all do this all the time with help from US reporter and even local, state, and fed agencies.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 16, 2022 09:18 AM (BRHaw)

345 343 Like the last one, which was a month late, ran for 45 minutes and contained nothing of substance?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 16, 2022 09:17 AM (t0OGg)

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Biden didn't eye-bleed, so it was the best ever.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 16, 2022 09:18 AM (LvTSG)

346 I just think that a lot of people here are being influenced by other, erstwhile MAGAs who may no longer be on the same team because they have decided that there's more $ on the other side, but who swear that's not the reason! It's because DeSantis is awesome and Trump is a bumbling dunce! I'm just not buying it.

More likely because their careers and lives will be ruined if the only employment opportunity is in the service of a second Trump administration.

Working for DeSantis doesn't yet carry the penalty of endless bogus criminal prosecutions, violence at your door, family threatened, SWAT raids at any time for imagined offenses, bank accounts frozen and ostracization.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 16, 2022 09:18 AM (3hSHB)

347 Gas prices are lower than a year ago
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I love this one. Gas prices are still twice what they were when he took office, but they're lower than a year ago because people are tightening their belts and not driving nearly as much to be able to afford food, meaning there's more gas available and the prices drop a little bit.

Posted by: Press Juan For English at December 16, 2022 09:18 AM (wXOk6)

348 Yeah, well the fucking barbarians put Anthony "I Hate Beagles" Fauci on a motherfucking votive candle done up like Christ Himself pointing to the Sacred Heart.

So I don't think Trump nor DeSantis have transgressed *any* standing boundaries of decency here.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 16, 2022 09:18 AM (9UlRk)

349 "Who's more foolish, the fool or the fools who follow him?"

That's what I'm asking.

Posted by: squid_hunt at December 16, 2022 09:18 AM (S/NWs)

350 sucks the oxygen out of the room…
unforced error for which he only has himself to blame…

Heh. Y'know, I didn't even see anything about the cards, except skimming Ace's post. Don't know what they look like. Don't care.

Strangely this oxygen-sucking unforced error doesn't change my thinking on Trump at all. In the words of Roger Rabbit's hot wife, "He makes me laugh."

I just keep thinking of all he accomplished before the Fauci-Brix infection. Was that record un-repeatable? Has Trump passed his prime? Would he actually beat the cheat in 2024? Would he be ineffectual in round 2 against the Deep State?

I say, let's find out!

Posted by: mindful webworker - we just want to give you the news boop boop be doop at December 16, 2022 09:18 AM (CaNG3)

351 328. They are not fools. A investment. $99 for that , or one share of a corrupt Wall Street stock, manipulated by the lefties at Goldman Sachs?

your choice

Posted by: Corky at December 16, 2022 09:18 AM (Cw0fX)

352 I'm glad I saved all of that bacon grease. It's not just bear bait anymore.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 16, 2022 09:19 AM (geVLo)

353 >>>Trump has to stop relitigating the 2020 election and start giving us solid policy that will prevent a reoccurrence.
~~~~~

Trump gave us four years of the most solid conservative policy that we have had in at least a generation. That's actual proof, not shooting off his mouth. Does anyone think he wouldn't do the same in another term?

Posted by: IrishEi at December 16, 2022 09:19 AM (3ImbR)

354 "The general public by and large does not care about that day to day news but makes broad evaluations due to conditions that directly affect them.

Trump survived the Trumpy Bear and Trump floormats, I suspect he will survive selling out his NFT's.
Posted by: whig at December 16, 2022 09:10 AM (bDjBG)"

Thanks for making my point. Survey of one, indicative of nothing. People contacted me to say Trump had a "big announcement". They contacted me after the NFT to say they felt like fools. A lot of people in my circle are reevaluating Trump as their candidate. Not that they've picked anyone else. Some do lean DeSantis simply because he's moving materially on issues people care about. But Trump is starting to wear on people. They like what he did, but they just feel like it's probably time to move on. At a minimum they want a primary. Trump wins? Great. If not, no harm, no foul.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 16, 2022 09:19 AM (J47y1)

355 328 Trump apparently sold all of those cards and raised $4.5 million.

Who's more foolish, the fool or the fools who follow him?
Posted by: Obi Wan at December 16, 2022 09:15 AM

We see the fields of corpses of those who resisted Trump, and we willingly charge in ourselves. FOR GRIFT!!!!!!

Posted by: The Bulwark, National Review, McMuffin, etc at December 16, 2022 09:19 AM (2YjLH)

356 318 Posted by: IrishEi at December 16, 2022 09:12 AM (3ImbR)

Do you really think I'm writing something to parrot someone else? That I don't have my own perception of something independent of what other's think?

I am one of the staunchest defenders of PDT. Him actually winning again in '24 would be incredible. But I don't think the world has drastically changed in the past 6 years to the point of Trump being Trump I don't think cuts it.

If I'm wrong, I will be the first to admit it while jumping for joy.

But to think that I'm parroting others is kind of insulting, my friend.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 16, 2022 09:19 AM (x0n13)

357 Twice-Failed Gubernatorial Candidate Stacey Abrams Announces She May Run Again

run?

maybe slow walk or waddle

but not RUN

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 16, 2022 09:19 AM (BRHaw)

358 Trump is stealing his look with the aviator glasses and the dark Brandon laser rays from the eyes
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They're both ripping off Sid the Troll!

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 16, 2022 09:19 AM (Vwz3I)

359 >Trump NFTs sell out in hours, set now valued at over $500,000.

I find this to be shake-my-head laughable. What people value these days....

Posted by: DB at December 16, 2022 09:19 AM (geLO8)

360 Natasha Bertrand is tied to ex CIA head Brennan.

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 16, 2022 09:19 AM (SJsWC)

361 342 Trump NFTs sell out in hours, set now valued at over $500,000.

https://tinyurl.com/4c8u4zzb
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 16, 2022 09:17 AM (doaiM)

People are weird. That's what I was trying to say on the trading card thread from yesterday.

Posted by: Gaius Gracchus, running for Third Term as Tribune of the Plebs at December 16, 2022 09:19 AM (ajH6z)

362 and once again our side proves they're the party of stupid.

Trump's playing cards are fun. Our side is so fuckin uptight at this point that we've forgotten how to enjoy life.

OMG TRUMP HAS TEH CARDZ

lighten the fuck up Francis, is there someplace you'd like the flowers sent for the dead bug up your ass?

Posted by: Unclefacts at December 16, 2022 09:20 AM (euG9/)

363 name field test because people have to maintain perspective

Posted by: Press Juan For English - There is no path to 270, not even counting GA and NC at December 16, 2022 09:20 AM (wXOk6)

364 279 Reagan was a closet intellectual. He was a big fan of Hayek.

Not the one with the bodacious tatas. The other one.

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 16, 2022 08:56 AM (SJsWC)

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People of his age had good educations even if they only finished 8th grade.

Everyone read the classics, everyone could write, and everyone could do math through algebra. And most read the bible so wisdom was a given.

My Dad never went to college but was incredibly well-read. One of the smartest guys I've known.

Our education system now is actual shit.

Posted by: Seems Legit at December 16, 2022 09:20 AM (DcKNO)

365 Globalist Pope Francis: Cut Back on Christmas Spending, Send Your Savings to Ukraine

TWO WORDS

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 16, 2022 09:20 AM (BRHaw)

366 >>Twice-Failed Gubernatorial Candidate Stacey Abrams Announces She May Run Again

"Perennial Candidate" pays well.

Posted by: DB at December 16, 2022 09:20 AM (geLO8)

367 340 who's the porker in top photo?
Posted by: DB at December 16, 2022 09:17 AM (geLO

Cori Bush. See the link in Civil War section. What a horrid, loathsome cvnt.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 16, 2022 09:20 AM (x0n13)

368 361 People are weird. That's what I was trying to say on the trading card thread from yesterday.
Posted by: Gaius Gracchus, running for Third Term as Tribune of the Plebs at December 16, 2022 09:19 AM (ajH6z)

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I've managed to get my hands on a couple of limited slipcovers for the Kino 4K of The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

I've sold each of them for an average of about $120. It's just a bit of cardboard that looks the same as the actual cover of the disc case.

Collectors are weird.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 16, 2022 09:20 AM (LvTSG)

369 I know many intelligent finanical types, who believe at some point Crypto will go thru the roof. It is inevitable they say.

Bitcoin up to 250k, because at the some point the world gubmints will not be able to hold it down anymore.

Posted by: Corky at December 16, 2022 09:20 AM (Cw0fX)

370 A SUBSTITUTE teacher recommends burning down the school system... based on substitute plans, the way kids (mis)behave for substitute teachers, and the federally mandated inclusion of kids with special needs.

Substitute plans are written with the assumption that, barring a miracle, the adult who shows up 1) isn't much brighter than the lowest-functioning child in the class and 2) is there to collect a paycheck and/or hang out with kids. (Yes. Some really are that creepy.)

Kids will try to get away with things when the usual adults are away, particularly if the sub or babysitter lacks supervisory skills.

Federal law says that all students have a right to be educated in the least-restrictive environment. That includes kids who "just refuse to their work" (which happens a lot with autistic or emotionally-impaired children - but a substitute wouldn't necessarily know what spurred the child's accommodations). Even if we "burn it all down," but whatever we build is going to have to deal with that law. Good luck!

Posted by: NaughtyPine at December 16, 2022 09:21 AM (fxCK2)

371 Our education system now is actual shit.
Posted by: Seems Legit at December 16, 2022 09:20 AM (DcKNO)

I know many people that have never read a book other than that required for a class.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 16, 2022 09:21 AM (BRHaw)

372 Twice-Failed Gubernatorial Candidate Stacey Abrams Announces She May Run Again

run?

maybe slow walk or waddle

but not RUN
Posted by: rhennigantx

If she falls down she'll roll until she starves.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 16, 2022 09:21 AM (qoGsy)

373 365 Globalist Pope Francis: Cut Back on Christmas Spending, ~~Send Your Savings to Ukraine~~ Go to Church and remember Jesus' birth, that Christmas lasts for twelve days, and that Epiphany is a Holy Day of Obligation

TWO WORDS
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 16, 2022 09:20 AM (BRHaw)

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Suggested edit.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 16, 2022 09:22 AM (LvTSG)

374 Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 16, 2022 09:11 AM (Do5/p)

Solid policy against another cheat. This isn't complicated. Trump has to address the issue going forward, not just the endless relitigation of an election that will never be overturned.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 16, 2022 09:22 AM (XIJ/X)

375 Our education system now is actual shit.
Posted by: Seems Legit at December 16, 2022 09:20 AM (DcKNO)

This.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 16, 2022 09:22 AM (ajH6z)

376 >>She lied and ran the story!

IIRC, ace refers to her as 'Fusion GPS Natasha Bertrand' because she is one of those journos who is used by FGPS and IC to spread their stories.

Of course she lied, it's what she does, it's why such a young reporter has reached such status as a journalist.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 16, 2022 09:22 AM (I/doM)

377 Bitcoin
16969.37

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 16, 2022 09:22 AM (BRHaw)

378 But if you can't have a fair election then none of it matters. Hypothetical "wins" are not wins. I know that you are tired of "relitigating" 2020 (which has never even been litigated) but unless the cheat is dealt with, everything else is futile.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 16, 2022 09:14 AM

Exactly. Anyone who refuses to fix the completely corrupt and broken voting system in this country is not serious about ever again winning an election.

And the only way to do that is to "relitigate" both the 2020 and 2022 elections. Wanting to brush that under the rug means you allow the Deep State (Democrats and GOPe) and WEF to get away with the biggest scandal in American history. The complete takeover of the American voting system leading to the complete rigging and steal of a Presidential election (and numerous down ticket elections). And it means we will never have free and fair elections again.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 16, 2022 09:22 AM (Do5/p)

379 "Federal law says that all students have a right to be educated in the least-restrictive environment. "

My constitution says education is the purview of the states and the federal government can piss off with their woke education.

Posted by: squid_hunt at December 16, 2022 09:22 AM (S/NWs)

380 Collectors are weird.
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Hold my beer.
- Adult Lego enthusiasts

Posted by: Press Juan For English - There is no path to 270, not even counting GA and NC at December 16, 2022 09:22 AM (wXOk6)

381 Collectors are weird.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 16, 2022 09:20 AM (LvTSG)

There are people that collect vintage Kool Aid packages. They may actually be the smart ones because their hobby only costs a few hundred dollars.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 16, 2022 09:22 AM (UuD2k)

382 Cori Bush. See the link in Civil War section. What a horrid, loathsome cvnt.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

How Roman of you.

Yeah, she's a piece of work.

Posted by: JEM at December 16, 2022 09:23 AM (8erNz)

383 332 @307 JJ Sefton-tell me how you truly feel!?!Heres the problem sweetheart it is a fact that Elon Musk is coming out with his own fragrance called Burnt Hair. You can pre-order it now in fact. Go look it up
Posted by: JROD at December 16, 2022 09:16 AM (0ET/O)

1) I did not know this
2) I just wrote a goofy comment/reply to the original question.

But okay. You win.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 16, 2022 09:23 AM (x0n13)

384 No doubt - that Trump NFT card thing is pretty out there. I was definitely rolling my eyes when I saw them.

But it's literally nothing - totally mundane - compared to those autographed "DeSantis relic cards" being sold by his PAC, that IrishEi linked yesterday.

So, as you DeSantis folks are ridiculing the Trump people about their guy's NFT thing - remember... your guy is straight-up pegging out the Weird-O-Meter.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 16, 2022 09:23 AM (oINRc)

385 Nobody claimed DeSantis was embarrassing when he sold DeSantis trading cards as a fundraiser.

His came with a small piece of his army boots attached. Limited edition.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 16, 2022 09:23 AM (doaiM)

386 The sidebar song, "Steal Away": I remember the song from 1980 or so, but had no idea who actually sang it. Since the era of DJs front-selling or back-selling songs had passed by then, the only way to know for sure who sang a song you liked was to listen to "American Top 40" w/ Casey Kasem -- which I rarely managed to catch. Listening to the vintage episodes of AT40 on my local '80s oldies station now, I find out who did what. I always thought that song about ". . . gonna harden my heart, swallow my tears" was done by the Pretenders, but it was a group called Quarterflash.

Posted by: Lisa Douglas at December 16, 2022 09:23 AM (J2vNu)

387 Solid policy and better candidates have nothing to do with how elections are determined. Everyone should have learned that from 2020. And if they still don't know that after 2022, I don't know what to say anymore.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton
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People fear the alternative and naturally seek to deny it. Because simply if elections do not matter at the national level anymore--the last box to open is the ammo box.

The harsh reaction in Jan 6 is designed to prevent massive protests so that is out and the GOP in the Senate is allowing the Dems to build up ramming speed into the iceberg of government debt in front of us while making every single thing worse for citizens in this country who are not on the take.

Use the time left to prepare--food, water, medicine, power, heat, security about the house, and so on. We are in for a bumpy ride.

Posted by: whig at December 16, 2022 09:24 AM (bDjBG)

388 Solid policy against another cheat. This isn't complicated. Trump has to address the issue going forward, not just the endless relitigation of an election that will never be overturned.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 16, 2022 09:22 AM

You can't convince people the solid policy against rigging and cheating is necessary until you give them a reason why. The why is the rigging and steal of the 2020 and 2022 elections.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 16, 2022 09:24 AM (Do5/p)

389 "Nobody claimed DeSantis was embarrassing when he sold DeSantis trading cards as a fundraiser."

Nobody can remember some huge announcement being trumpeted when Desantis started selling his trading cards. But we're pretending this is a distinction without a difference.

Posted by: squid_hunt at December 16, 2022 09:24 AM (S/NWs)

390 Database latency — a geeky term, but that’s how they did it!

A policeman pulls over a speeder. The police computer reports that three hours ago a similar vehicle and person held up a liquor store — so the police are on alert.

No database latency.

County election managers change the zip code of 31,000 voters on September 3. Ballots go out that week. Those 31,000 are undeliverable. Someone collects those valid ballots. On September 15th, those addresses are quietly changed back.

National Change of Address Database (NCOA) will not pick up those address changes. They didn’t happen because there is no history.

The 31,000 citizens were getting their mail just fine — except for ballots. Ballot addresses were driven by the county mail-in ballot database — the one that was changed, then changed back.

Now do that across 10 or 12 counties in swings state and TA DA Uncle Joe!

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 16, 2022 09:24 AM (BRHaw)

391 357 Twice-Failed Gubernatorial Candidate Stacey Abrams Announces She May Run Again

Oprah vs Tank 100 ft race

timed with a calendar

Posted by: REDACTED at December 16, 2022 09:24 AM (us2H3)

392 Rueben Hick @ 303-
This one will be unconventional to begin with, then with the capture of enemy equipment/technology the tide will start to turn.

Posted by: Eromero at December 16, 2022 09:25 AM (z3WCn)

393 I like Josh Groban's "Noel". He looks like a young Cat Stevens.

That cat can sing!

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 16, 2022 09:25 AM (R/m4+)

394 And the only way to do that is to "relitigate" both the 2020 and 2022 elections. Wanting to brush that under the rug means you allow the Deep State (Democrats and GOPe) and WEF to get away with the biggest scandal in American history.
-------------------

We see the same with the vax.

"HOW DARE YOU!!!" when you ask if an 18 year old football player got the clot shot. "IT'S TOO SOON!!! SHOW SOME DECENCY!!! THIS ISN'T THE TIME OR PLACE!!!"

It means shut up. There's not a time or place that it's any better or worse to ask, and if the question isn't asked then it won't be asked.

Posted by: Press Juan For English - There is no path to 270, not even counting GA and NC at December 16, 2022 09:25 AM (wXOk6)

395 >>I find this to be shake-my-head laughable. What people value these days....

Have you seen how much baseball cards go for? Or really, really bad art?

This has been going on forever.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 16, 2022 09:26 AM (ZLI7S)

396
I know many people that have never read a book other than that required for a class.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 16, 2022

***
My successor at my old job is in her 40s and never picks up a book in her spare time. Then she wonders why her teenage daughter doesn't like to read either.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 16, 2022 09:26 AM (J2vNu)

397 Biden is sending Patriot missile batteries to Ukraine.

American troops have to fire them, because of the long training required, so American troops are officially and openly going to be firing live weapons in the Ukraine war with Russia.

That's another feather in the Junta cap; destroying America wasn't enough, now they want to start a nuclear war with Russia.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 16, 2022 09:26 AM (zG/eu)

398 377. I am thinking of buying a fractional bitcoin soon

Posted by: Corky at December 16, 2022 09:26 AM (Cw0fX)

399 386 Posted by: Lisa Douglas at December 16, 2022 09:23 AM (J2vNu)

Steal Away was a singer named Robbie Dupree. And the chord changes and hook sound exactly like the Doobies "What a Fool Believes."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 16, 2022 09:27 AM (x0n13)

400 389 "Nobody claimed DeSantis was embarrassing when he sold DeSantis trading cards as a fundraiser."

Nobody can remember some huge announcement being trumpeted when Desantis started selling his trading cards. But we're pretending this is a distinction without a difference.
Posted by: squid_hunt at December 16, 2022 09:24 AM (S/NWs)

There wasn't an important policy speech attached to DeSantis's weirdness.

Was it a publicity stunt that rickrolled a lot of people? Yes. Is that really worth getting all that fussed about? No.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at December 16, 2022 09:27 AM (eYoxG)

401 You can buy an actual damn chicken for eight bucks.

I've got ducks roosting on my shoreline Right Now.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 16, 2022 09:27 AM (3hSHB)

402 @zerohedge · 2h
Biden Wants $8 Billion In Taxpayer Funds To Shut Down Coal Power In South Africa

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 16, 2022 09:27 AM (Vwz3I)

403 Oprah v Tank 100m?

EMTs are standing by.

Probably scoring overtime.

Posted by: JEM at December 16, 2022 09:27 AM (8erNz)

404 395 >>I find this to be shake-my-head laughable. What people value these days....

Have you seen how much baseball cards go for? Or really, really bad art?

This has been going on forever.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 16, 2022 09:26 AM (ZLI7S)

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My tulip bulbs are going to lead to an easy retirement, friendo.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 16, 2022 09:27 AM (LvTSG)

405 >>Nobody can remember some huge announcement being trumpeted when Desantis started selling his trading cards.

I don't think you are making the point you think you are.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 16, 2022 09:27 AM (ZLI7S)

406
Nobody can remember some huge announcement being trumpeted when Desantis started selling his trading cards. But we're pretending this is a distinction without a difference.
Posted by: squid_hunt at December 16, 2022 09:24 AM (S/NWs)

Dude... they're Ron DeSantis relic cards that include a piece of his old sweaty boots. It's totally bonkers.

I'm not pulling for anyone. I have no skin in this game. I'm just pointing out that our political life is increasingly resembling some kind of Fellini movie, and nobody can really throw any stones, at this point.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 16, 2022 09:27 AM (oINRc)

407 Send themissiles to the Ukraine. Zelensky will sell them black market to Yemen, give the money to his C$$t wife, and watch her shop in Paris and London.

Grifter Trash

Posted by: Corky at December 16, 2022 09:28 AM (Cw0fX)

408
Steal Away was a singer named Robbie Dupree. And the chord changes and hook sound exactly like the Doobies "What a Fool Believes."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 16, 2022

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It's possible that I thought the song *was* by the Doobie Bros. back then.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 16, 2022 09:28 AM (J2vNu)

409 391 357 Twice-Failed Gubernatorial Candidate Stacey Abrams Announces She May Run Again

Oprah vs Tank 100 ft race

timed with a calendar
Posted by: REDACTED at December 16, 2022 09:24 AM (us2H3)

Please let us know when this is scheduled so we don't issue false alerts.

Posted by: National Earthquake Information Center at December 16, 2022 09:28 AM (PiwSw)

410 406 I'm not pulling for anyone. I have no skin in this game. I'm just pointing out that our political life is increasingly resembling some kind of Fellini movie, and nobody can really throw any stones, at this point.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 16, 2022 09:27 AM (oINRc)

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Fellini movies have an underlying sense of guilt, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 16, 2022 09:28 AM (LvTSG)

411 Don’t forget the DeSantis Top Gun commercial!

Posted by: JROD at December 16, 2022 09:29 AM (0ET/O)

412 Jesus H, Ron. Baseball cards? Really. Just stop. All this crap smells of Money Laundering. Are literal children advising Trump and Ron? I don't know anymore.
I do have an idea, how about candidates actually fundraise from the people he serves. Crazy... I know, being held accountable to your constituents and actual citizens.

Posted by: Old South at December 16, 2022 09:29 AM (3NKiY)

413 I saw Tedious, Irksome, & Banal open for Blood, Sweat, & Tears at CBGB in '79.

Posted by: ShainS -- Ctrl+Galt+Delete to remove the The Great Reset malware virus at December 16, 2022 09:29 AM (S3ur0)

414 405 >>Nobody can remember some huge announcement being trumpeted when Desantis started selling his trading cards.

I don't think you are making the point you think you are.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 16, 2022 09:27 AM (ZLI7S)

DeSantis is just weird normally whereas Trump does weird things for publicity?

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at December 16, 2022 09:29 AM (eYoxG)

415 Nobody can remember some huge announcement being trumpeted when Desantis started selling his trading cards. But we're pretending this is a distinction without a difference.

Posted by: squid_hunt at December 16, 2022 09:24 AM (S/NWs)

I'm sure DeSantis people put out some promotion for his fundraiser. Probably even on social media.

It's just that DeSantis isn't as liked and followed as Trump, so no one really cared.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 16, 2022 09:29 AM (doaiM)

416 The 31,000 citizens were getting their mail just fine — except for ballots. Ballot addresses were driven by the county mail-in ballot database — the one that was changed, then changed back.

Now do that across 10 or 12 counties in swings state and TA DA Uncle Joe!
Posted by: rhennigantx

Simple solution. Election day is a national holiday. No mail in ballots. If you can't make in sometime in 24 hours, sucks to be you.

Sign your paper ballot with a thumbprint so it can be tracked back to you. Where you can also track it to make sure it was counted properly.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 16, 2022 09:29 AM (9uCBG)

417 And the chord changes and hook sound exactly like the Doobies "What a Fool Believes."
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There are a alot of songs like that.

Posted by: Puddinhead at December 16, 2022 09:29 AM (2uOKS)

418 >>> But to think that I'm parroting others is kind of insulting, my friend.
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I never said you were parroting others. I merely stated that there are many people who conservatives like myself have followed very closely on places like Twitter, who have suddenly turned against Trump. I have high regard for the opinions of those people who, like you, I trust and respect. If they suddenly do a 180 I'd like to know why. And then I see others all of a sudden falling in line, even I start to wonder if I'm wrong to support Trump. It's human nature.

Michael Walsh is a good example of a respected person who wields a fair amount of influence.

Posted by: IrishEi at December 16, 2022 09:30 AM (3ImbR)

419 Options expiration day, so trading was going to be volatile anyway, but the economic downdrafts are going to make it even more so.

Buckle up.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 16, 2022 09:30 AM (zG/eu)

420 Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 16, 2022 09:14 AM (3hSHB)

You are not reading what I wrote.

The endless whining about the stolen election is useless until Trump provides a plan for the future that will prevent it reoccurrance.

My point is not complex...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 16, 2022 09:30 AM (XIJ/X)

421 416 Simple solution. Election day is a national holiday. No mail in ballots. If you can't make in sometime in 24 hours, sucks to be you.

Sign your paper ballot with a thumbprint so it can be tracked back to you. Where you can also track it to make sure it was counted properly.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 16, 2022 09:29 AM (9uCBG)

=========

Even simpler solution:

Make me God-Emperor.

My reign will be terrible and darkly amusing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 16, 2022 09:30 AM (LvTSG)

422 >>Twice-Failed Gubernatorial Candidate Stacey Abrams Announces She May Run Again

I'm gonna go ahead and speculate that she is racking up quite the war chest from all those Lefty donations, and she's gotten quite used to all of the MSM praise and attention. Hard to walk away from that -- no winning needed, just permanent campaign, with glowing interviews, dinners, private jets and limos, etc..

Not like Al Sharpton didn't do this scam before her. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at December 16, 2022 09:31 AM (I/doM)

423 "Worse, classroom written tests are not sent home because, get this,the teachers use the exact same test every year and don't want it to get out."

I don't know how old you are, but I never got to keep my tests after middle school. High school teachers definitely recycled sections of previous tests, if not the entire test. Why would they keep reinventing the wheel?

If all the work is online, you should be able to create an account and be able to sign up as a parent. That will give you an idea of what the children actually do. Contact the district, not just your child's teacher - I imagine a lot of teachers don't want parents overseeing their online class.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at December 16, 2022 09:31 AM (fxCK2)

424 ART

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 16, 2022 09:31 AM (BRHaw)

425 Lmao. Top Gun? Seriously?
💀

Posted by: Old South at December 16, 2022 09:31 AM (3NKiY)

426 You can't convince people the solid policy against rigging and cheating is necessary until you give them a reason why. The why is the rigging and steal of the 2020 and 2022 elections.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 16, 2022 09:24 AM (Do5/p)

You can't fix anything until you fix elections. And you can't fix elections until a critical mass of the populace internalizes that elections actually are being stolen at all levels.

Before doing literally anything else, you have to "relitigate" the 2020 election. You don't have to prove Biden won because he cheated. You don't have to prove Trump "actually" won. You just have to prove that we have no idea who actually won, and we never will again going forward, because the system is broken to the point where the actual number of votes cast makes no difference to the outcome. What that outcome may be is irrelevant. The process is busted.

A stolen election is stolen from everyone, not just the losers.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 16, 2022 09:32 AM (9UlRk)

427 Biden Wants $8 Billion In Taxpayer Funds To Shut Down Coal Power In South Africa

How many trillions does Biden want to shut down the 1200 coal plants under construction Right Now in China?

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 16, 2022 09:32 AM (3hSHB)

428 >>DeSantis is just weird normally whereas Trump does weird things for publicity?

Trump can scratch his ass and it is a media event. Like him or hate him he is a master marketer and ever since JFK took down Nixon because the camera loved the King of Camelot it matters in politics.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 16, 2022 09:32 AM (ZLI7S)

429 My co-workers were talking about bitcoin all the time in 2021. The bad clubs advertise and recruit, and the good ones you never hear about.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 16, 2022 09:32 AM (44ww/)

430 I just don't get NFTs. It's a digital file on a computer screen. You look at it. You tell your friends you have it. You paid money- often, BIG money- for it. What am I missing here?

Posted by: DB at December 16, 2022 09:32 AM (geLO8)

431 420 Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 16, 2022 09:14 AM (3hSHB)

You are not reading what I wrote.

The endless whining about the stolen election is useless until Trump provides a plan for the future that will prevent it reoccurrance.

My point is not complex...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 16, 2022 09:30 AM (XIJ/X)

Strictly speaking the state legislatures and governors would need to step up to fix the issue.

Yes, drawing attention to an issue doesn't necessarily do that much to fix it, but it is what can be done by people not in a position to do more.

The answer to why Trump doesn't fix problems he has no power to fix is usually that he has no power to fix them.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at December 16, 2022 09:32 AM (eYoxG)

432 BFYTW, fuck off. Sefton's great

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 16, 2022 09:33 AM (SJsWC)

433
Amazing that you are here on this little blog and not in DC dispensing your sage advice for large sums of cash.
Posted by: BFYTW at December 16, 2022 09:31 AM (jHLWt)

LOL. You've paid the man a high compliment.

If JJ was a member of the GOP consultant class, I'd be calling for him to be thrown into a pit full of vicious rape dogs along with the rest of them.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 16, 2022 09:33 AM (oINRc)

434 Even simpler solution:

Make me God-Emperor.

My reign will be terrible and darkly amusing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 16, 2022 09:30 AM (LvTSG)

Not convinced, haven't really seen darkly amusing out of you.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at December 16, 2022 09:33 AM (eYoxG)

435 365 Globalist Pope Francis: Cut Back on Christmas Spending, Send Your Savings to Ukraine

TWO WORDS
Posted by: rhennigantx

Well, in fairness - Mrs. Zelenskyy has another $40k shopping spree in Paris on her Christmas list to find matching accessories from her last $40k spree. She needs to look good for Vogue's next photo shoot.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 16, 2022 09:34 AM (fs1hN)

436 Substitute teaching was no different 50 years ago. Administrators have never wanted subs to do anything more than babysit. Of course the discipline and attitude problems have gotten immeasurably worse.

Posted by: Bigsmith at December 16, 2022 09:34 AM (sSTpS)

437 Does anyone believe that bitcoin was invented by some anonymous Japanese guy?

It's a big black op. Only good for speculation and enabling the finance of illicit activity.

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 16, 2022 09:35 AM (SJsWC)

438 One of the most unbelievable things to me is adults saying things like "kid friendly drag show" with a straight face. Seriously? Lets try "kid friendly pole dancing" or "kid friendly wet t-shirt contest". None of these sexually orientated activities are " kid-friendly"

Posted by: azjaeger at December 16, 2022 09:35 AM (3/XaG)

439 Thanks for making my point. Survey of one, indicative of nothing.
Posted by: Marcus T
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The idea of perpetually moving on prevents knowledge and rectification of mistakes in the future. Until your folks realize nothing matters except fixing elections in their state and others, the 2024 election is literally pointless because the GOP could run Jesus and he would still lose.

What I am trying and failing to do apparently is that people evaluate politics differently and this far out the newer shiny thing always looks better than the old thing. Perceptions are fickle among those with more information but general public evaluates things differently. Trump's biggest achilles heel in my opinion is Covid and his reaction to it. DeSantis is somewhat shielded from it. DeSantis though has the donor issue and his donors like Ken Griffin are going to have to be confronted or DeSantis becomes just like every other GOPe because corporatism and what is good for hedge funds will not play in 2024. And many of those donors don't care if the border is fixed, our mfg is gone, crime and education sux, and our national security is shit.

Posted by: whig at December 16, 2022 09:36 AM (bDjBG)

440 The answer to why Trump doesn't fix problems he has no power to fix is usually that he has no power to fix them.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at December 16, 2022 09:32 AM (eYoxG)

You are being intentionally obtuse. The federal government is involved in all sorts of vote-getting programs that benefit the Democrat party. Simply ending that would go a long way to easing the issue.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 16, 2022 09:38 AM (XIJ/X)

441 Can't win with Trump, can't win without him.

Sums it up, no?

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 16, 2022 09:38 AM (SJsWC)

442 422 >>Twice-Failed Gubernatorial Candidate Stacey Abrams Announces She May Run Again
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Guarantee Bernie Sanders will run again if he is still breathing.

Posted by: Puddinhead at December 16, 2022 09:38 AM (2uOKS)

443 "Federal law says that all students have a right to be educated in the least-restrictive environment. "

My constitution says education is the purview of the states and the federal government can piss off with their woke education.
Posted by: squid_hunt at December 16, 2022 09:22 AM

The same Supreme Court decision that desegregated schools on the basis of race was used by special-ed kids' parents and their advocates to desegregate schools. You can imagine how much fun it was to go to a meeting a few days before the school year started and be told by lawyers that we'd have classes with 15% special ed students whom we were required to "accommodate."

Good luck undoing it.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at December 16, 2022 09:40 AM (fxCK2)

444 Henry Cavill is out as Superman and The Witcher. He will be a producer on a Warhammer show, so will probably play a major character.

(speaking of God-Emperor)

Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 16, 2022 09:41 AM (44ww/)

445 441 Can't win with Trump, can't win without him.

Sums it up, no?
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 16, 2022 09:38 AM (SJsWC)

And therein lies a bigger question: 2028 and beyond. Whither the movement to restore/rescue America?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 16, 2022 09:42 AM (x0n13)

446 My constitution says education is the purview of the states and the federal government can piss off with their woke education.
Posted by: squid_hunt at December 16, 2022 09:22 AM
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The Constitution never forsaw Public School Teachers Unions.

Posted by: Puddinhead at December 16, 2022 09:42 AM (2uOKS)

447 We can solve a hell of a lot, and much more than before, so long as Trump plays his old role of removing masks from our enemies.

It's a ton of stuff to be done, but now it's doable.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 16, 2022 09:43 AM (44ww/)

448 "Guarantee Bernie Sanders will run again ~~if he is still breathing~~ *."

*Suggested edit

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 16, 2022 09:43 AM (1n+EO)

449 431 I just don't get NFTs. It's a digital file on a computer screen. You look at it. You tell your friends you have it. You paid money- often, BIG money- for it. What am I missing here?
Posted by: DB

Pixy covers them in the overnight thread as apparently some of his job requires dealing with them. Essentially, it is a virtual representation that is supposedly verified and limited in production so as to retain value and not be a fake.

No different than a virtual print/etching with a limited production. But, just like selling mugs, tshirts, and so on, or giving them as a perk, it tends to open the wallet again if people can support something and at the same time get a thank you gift.

If the NFT sold out as has been reported, then the Trump kerfluffle over issuing it looks a bit foolish in hindsight. In fact, it may have drawn more attention to his substantive First Amendment speech where he outlined a practical program to ensure online free speech among other things.
Viewings are in the hundreds of thousands now.

Posted by: whig at December 16, 2022 09:43 AM (bDjBG)

450 So the CIA being involved in the JFK assassination. I wonder if they were like the modern FBI who always seems to already know about these mass shooters, and just sat back and let Oswald kill Kennedy because Kennedy stole the election.

Posted by: Iblis at December 16, 2022 09:45 AM (9221z)

451 If all the work is online, you should be able to create an account and be able to sign up as a parent. That will give you an idea of what the children actually do. Contact the district, not just your child's teacher - I imagine a lot of teachers don't want parents overseeing their online class.
Posted by: NaughtyPine
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The part that blows my mind is that we decided to allow Google - the company that makes their money tracking and advertising and selling data on individuals - to establish "Google Classrooms" and (ahem) "donate" Google Chromebooks to schools for children to create very specific and individualized Google accounts on in order to log in and do their schoolwork and browse the internet and...

What can possibly be wrong with that?

Posted by: Press Juan For English - There is no path to 270, not even counting GA and NC at December 16, 2022 09:45 AM (wXOk6)

452 Make me God-Emperor.

My reign will be terrible and darkly amusing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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Mandatory reeducation using movies? Using GroundHog Day as a guide for ruling? Issue NFT's bearing your likeness?

Posted by: whig at December 16, 2022 09:46 AM (bDjBG)

453 If they suddenly do a 180 I'd like to know why.
Posted by: IrishEi at December 16, 2022 09:30 AM (3ImbR)
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My second thoughts about Trump running again start with his age, and his harping on undoing the 2020 election. Then, I am shaken everyday by his lack of support for the political prisoner persecutions going on Washington.

But the real acid test was his GOP leadership failing completely to prepare for the 2022 re-cheats. Moreover, he continues to support the leaders of that election failure. Now all we hear about are "they cheated!" after the fact, and those elections are gone. Lost.

We failed to beat the worst performing president in history in these midterms. Supporting the same crowd in 2024 is a ridiculous idea.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 16, 2022 09:49 AM (0XqDD)

454 441. Yes.
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Thanks, J. J. Good morning, all.

Posted by: Lola at December 16, 2022 09:50 AM (NIYa7)

455 "they cheated!"

Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 16, 2022 09:50 AM (44ww/)

456 With the ever-increasing slicing and dicing of Americans into myriad "disadvantaged" or "at risk" categories, we are coming ridiculously close to actually living Harrison Bergeron in real time.

I'd bet if you framed that story to a bunch of middle schoolers as a prescient essay on equity, probably half would come away thinking it was a decent model to follow.

Posted by: Zek at December 16, 2022 09:50 AM (5FPX4)

457 Then, I am shaken everyday by his lack of support for the political prisoner persecutions going on Washington.
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I misspoke, intending to mean his lack of support for the prisoners themselves.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 16, 2022 09:51 AM (0XqDD)

458 And therein lies a bigger question: 2028 and beyond. Whither the movement to restore/rescue America?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
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The only possible answer is fix your own situation, then your community and state if possible. This is because FedGov is now a malignant cancer on the land and absent a Cromwell, is not capable of restoring itself. Too many interconnecting interests want status quo at the federal level or in making living conditions worse.

Posted by: whig at December 16, 2022 09:53 AM (bDjBG)

459 All I see on tv is a bunch of fat dysgenic retards selling themselves as saviors for a small donation. Pretty sure the New Testament and Dennis Miller gave us plenty of warnings about these types.

Posted by: Old South at December 16, 2022 09:55 AM (3NKiY)

460 Morning knife-fights > 2AM hammer fights

Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 16, 2022 09:59 AM (44ww/)

461 441 Can't win with Trump, can't win without him.

Sums it up, no?
Posted by: Ignoramus

More like, we cannot win if the GOP does not nationally lead a movement to make elections honest. The fact that they have not done so and continue to claim these elections are legitimate leads to the conclusion that they support election fraud. Why is a conjecture but the basic facts are that the GOP does not want elections investigated and the GOP power structures in states like Wisconsin, Arizona, Georgia, and Pennsylvania absolutely refused to go to the mat. In other states, brave people like the County Elections person in Colorado or in other locales provided strong evidence of fraud and are being threatened with jail for it.

So, the Gay Ole Party supports election fraud through the backdoor so to say.

Posted by: whig at December 16, 2022 10:00 AM (bDjBG)

462 You mean like day Trump got North and south Korea together shaking hands and then that night tweeted how a dead soldiers family were losers for criticizing him. You know which one the media spent the next week talking about

Leave it to Twitter activists to do dirty work. President should be bigger than that.

Like George Lucas his own rejection of valid criticism proved his undoing. Over and over. I get it,. You get done much bad faith shit criticism it's hard to pick out the good stuff.

Good news, Elon seems to be learning from his missteps and desantis is a serious person who focus on winning tge fight and not his own ego.

Posted by: Shiggz (defective slave) at December 16, 2022 10:40 AM (0SrVS)

463 Re American thinker article. If so then he could have done it with less circus....ya I heard myself.

Posted by: Shiggz (defective slave) at December 16, 2022 10:41 AM (0SrVS)

464 He needs to do a weekly 'fireside chat' along those lines. Pick a new topic every week and show how he would handle it differently.

Reagan, in the 1960s, would air on the radio editorials and essays he wrote. It was there he work out his political philosophy and began to establish who he would be later. Those essays are excellent. Trump, when he isn't screwing around, can communicate like that and has a fluid understanding of what he believes. When he does that, he connects which the public at a deep level. I am hoping he spends a lot more time being that Trump and a lot less time doing the shake your head stuff.

Posted by: Lost in Space at December 16, 2022 08:38 AM

We had a Presidential candidate who tried something like this recently. Fred Thompson in 2008. He was my candidate of choice until he was torpedoed by both the Left and the Right (including, to my annoyance, Michelle Malkin and everyone at HotAir). They called him old and boring, even though he was putting out great videos explaining his political and policy philosophies.

That was 2008. The attention span of the average American is even worse now.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 16, 2022 10:59 AM (Do5/p)

465 You can't fix anything until you fix elections. And you can't fix elections until a critical mass of the populace internalizes that elections actually are being stolen at all levels.

Before doing literally anything else, you have to "relitigate" the 2020 election. You don't have to prove Biden won because he cheated. You don't have to prove Trump "actually" won. You just have to prove that we have no idea who actually won, and we never will again going forward, because the system is broken to the point where the actual number of votes cast makes no difference to the outcome. What that outcome may be is irrelevant. The process is busted.

A stolen election is stolen from everyone, not just the losers.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 16, 2022 09:32 AM

Exactly. Well said.

If the 2020 (and 2022) election is not relitigated, it will result (has resulted) in at least 2 things: (1) the Left will know there are no consequences for their actions and they can continue without consequence (2) a large portion of the electorate will give up and stop participating in a completely corrupt and broken system.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 16, 2022 11:04 AM (Do5/p)

466 :Tonight’s suspension of the Twitter accounts of a number of prominent journalists, including the New York Times’s Ryan Mac, is questionable and unfortunate,"

Truth of the matter: Doxing is dangerous, and the leftist media are all-in on doxing folks on the right. The article should read,"CNN, NYT, and several other Media Outlets Support Doxxing".

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 16, 2022 11:14 AM (ynpvh)

467 More like, we cannot win if the GOP does not nationally lead a movement to make elections honest. The fact that they have not done so and continue to claim these elections are legitimate leads to the conclusion that they support election fraud. 'Why' is a conjecture, but the basic facts are that the GOP does not want elections investigated, and the GOP power structures in states like Wisconsin, Arizona, Georgia, and Pennsylvania absolutely refused to go to the mat.

Posted by: whig at December 16, 2022 10:00 AM

And the reality is that this has been the case for decades. People have talked about any Republican candidates needing to defeat the margin of fraud at least since I have been following politics starting 09/12/2001. So the system has been broken for decades. And people just brushed it off as no big deal until 2020 it was finally over-the-top.

I go back to the TEA Party in 2009 and the GOP fighting that movement opened my eyes to the fact that the GOP is nothing but part of the Deep State Uniparty. The GOP has been working at least since that time to throw elections or actively help Democrats defeat conservative GOP candidates (i.e. Trump).

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 16, 2022 11:14 AM (Do5/p)

468 More like, we cannot win if the GOP does not nationally lead a movement to make elections honest. The fact that they have not done so and continue to claim these elections are legitimate leads to the conclusion that they support election fraud. 'Why' is a conjecture, but the basic facts are that the GOP does not want elections investigated, and the GOP power structures in states like Wisconsin, Arizona, Georgia, and Pennsylvania absolutely refused to go to the mat.

And I would add that the GOP is not going to lead that movement to make elections honest, because they are part of the establishment which does not want honest elections. 95% of elected representatives care about only power and control.

Anyone who thinks the solution to the nation's systemic corruption lies in the hands of any politician or political party has not been paying attention. No one in government is going to save us. The Deep State and WEF control is systemic and too ingrained for any one person or one political party. We, the People, are going to have to stop complaining that politician A or B is not doing enough and start becoming activists ourselves.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 16, 2022 11:19 AM (Do5/p)

469 450 So the CIA being involved in the JFK assassination. I wonder if they were like the modern FBI who always seems to already know about these mass shooters, and just sat back and let Oswald kill Kennedy because Kennedy stole the election.

Posted by: Iblis at December 16, 2022 09:45 AM (9221z)

I would say, after experiencing the last decade, that ALL government organizations are like this. If they believe they can get away with it, they'll do it. Killing a President? Treason. Making up fake stuff to tar-and-feather a sitting President? Treason. Teddy Kennedy talking to the KGB to find a way to defeat Reagan? Treason.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 16, 2022 11:21 AM (ynpvh)

470 Germany Experiences Coldest Winter in a Decade as Energy Crisis Worsens

It's not yet Winter...Winter is Coming...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 16, 2022 11:22 AM (ynpvh)

471 "Democrats are beginning to get very nervous that the Federal Reserve’s efforts to bring down inflation will be so successful that it will tip the U.S. economy into a recession.

We've been in a recession since at least this summer, if not earlier.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 16, 2022 11:23 AM (ynpvh)

472 "Notable what gets framed as a ‘buzzy media startup,'" Lorenz seethed. "If u start off rich, have a rich spouse, rich friends, don't follow any journalistic ethical rules, and focus your content solely on serving the interests of extremely powerful rich ppl, you can go far!"

But enough about yourself

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 16, 2022 11:30 AM (ynpvh)

473 The problem with that article is the false and misleading claim that "government school used to be..."

Since it's very inception, government schooling has been an exercise in serving the lowest common denominator. School scores have consistently declined since government schooling began. Literacy rates peaked long ago and have declined steadily since. Math proficiency has steadily declined.

Prior to government schooling, those who had a primary education were far more conversant in nearly every subject than anyone who has ever graduated from a government school.

You could burn all the schools to the ground and drop all the teachers and administrators into a shredder, and in 50 years we'd be right where we are today.

Government cannot solve social and economic problems.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at December 16, 2022 01:29 PM (b306O)

474 I get paid more than $85 every hour for working on the web. I found out about this activity 3 months prior and subsequent to joining this I have earned effectively $15k from this without having internet working abilities .

Copy underneath the site to check it... Payath𝐨me7.Com

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