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The Morning Report — 2/23/23

Good morning kids. As the race to see who wins between the outbreak of World War 3 and complete societal collapse continues, this, for lack of a better word, "thing" happened yesterday in the trivial (by comparison) matter of the persecution via prosecution of the junta's bête noire.

“Jury in Georgia Trump Inquiry Recommended Multiple Indictments, Forewoman Says,” The New York Times blared with its midday breaking news headline on Tuesday. But it is what followed that revealed the real story: that the grand jury recommended bogus charges based on the Fulton County district attorney’s misrepresentation of evidence.
“We definitely started with the first phone call, the call to Secretary Raffensperger that was so publicized,” Emily Kohrs, the forewoman of the special purpose grand jury said, noting that prosecutors played the recording for jurors the first day. “I will tell you that if the judge releases the recommendations, it is not going to be some giant plot twist,” Kohrs continued. “You probably have a fair idea of what may be in there.”
Yes. Yes, we do: bunk. . .
. . . as I’ve been forced to detail time and again because the corrupt media continue to lie about the conversation, the transcript of the call established that Trump “did not request that Raffensperger ‘find 11,780 votes.’ Period. It never happened.” Rather, during that “telephone conversation between Trump’s legal team and the Secretary of State’s office, Trump’s lawyer explained to Raffensperger that ‘the court is not acting on our petition. They haven’t even assigned a judge.’”
And it was because the Fulton County judge responsible for assigning a judge to hear Trump’s election lawsuit — ironically, the same Judge Chris Brasher who authorized Willis’ special purpose grand jury — held up his legal challenge that Trump’s legal team reached out to Raffensperger, requesting the secretary of state’s office investigate the evidence of widespread violations of election law.
The transcript of Trump’s call with Raffensberger confirms this fact, with lawyers for the then-president ticking “off the numerous categories of illegal votes of which they had concrete evidence — some 25 categories.” Here, the DA appears to have pushed a second falsehood, with Willis reportedly asserting in a subpoena that during that call, Trump’s lawyer, Cleta Mitchell, “parroted claims of voter fraud.’”
Mitchell did no such thing. She was not pushing claims of voter fraud but instead wanted the secretary of state’s office to investigate violations of Georgia election law.

The estimable Margot Cleveland completely dismantles the whole thing bit by bit in methodical fashion and her reportage is worthy enough for you to spit back word for word at any Lefty true believer. Not that they'd listen.

But the mien of this Emily Kohrs meesekeit, kind of like Margaret Hamilton but orders of magnitude fuglier, and more importantly the attitude that she can just spout off to the propagandists without any fear of backlash is just staggering. Mind you, this is Fulton County, which ain't exactly a bastion of reasonable thinking Americans but the place where the toilet flooded the vote counting centers in six different states on Election Night 2020. Now extrapolate the potential jury pool from there to the one in D.C. where the J-6 political prisoners await trial and I think you get the picture.

Once again, TuCa gets to the crux of the biscuit:

“Democrats are using the legal system to stop a presidential candidate from running for president,” Carlson, a Daily Caller co-founder and honorary member of the Daily Caller News Foundation board, said. “Now, you don’t have to love Trump – it doesn’t matter. If you believe in our system and want it to continue, you should be outraged. But nobody is saying anything so far as I can tell.”
Emily Kohrs, the forewoman of a special grand jury that investigated the former president and his allies for their efforts to contest the 2020 presidential election’s result, gave multiple interviews on cable networks, including CNN and MSNBC, saying she anticipated indictments to result from the probe and expressing excitement at the possibility of confronting former President Trump.
“Grand juries are supposed to be done in secret. She’s obviously blown through all of that,” Charlie Hurt, opinion editor at The Washington Times, told Carlson. “It raises questions, gee, what else is going on in secret if this is the sort of thing that you wind up with?”. . .
. . . Kohrs’ media tour prompted backlash from across the political spectrum, including CNN and ABC’s “The View,” whose co-hosts fretted that Kohrs may “destroy” the case against Trump.
“In a normal country, in a democracy, you let voters decide whether you want him to run the country again,” Carlson said. “But no, partisan prosecutors at all levels, state and federal, are trying to prevent him from running for president again. Everyone knows this, no one every says it, but it’s true, it’s happening.”

I'm getting to the point of wanting to punch a freakin' wall when anyone, especially someone like Carlson, even uses the word "democracy" other than to mock its misuse and abuse. That said, we are not a normal country. Certainly no longer a sane United States of America. The sad news is, per my earlier jury pool reference, coupled with hacks-in-black like Emmett Sullivan and Amy Berman Jackson, can Donald Trump ever get anything even remotely resembling a fair trial outside of perhaps Oklahoma, let alone Fulton County or D.C.?

The "charges" against him here as well as what that J-6 committee and three separate sham-peachments brought were a farce of a joke of two yucks of a guffaw of a chuckle. But, all things considered, none of this is a laughing matter. It is deadly serious. From temporarily stopped Ministries of Truth disinformation boards, to blut und ehre laws from Sheila Jackass Lee (translated from German into Jive) to coercing and/or incentivizing private sector businesses to persecute political wrong-thinkers where the government is still barely prevented from doing so, yes, Tucker, this is hardly a normal country. A normal, totalitarian socialist "Democratic" People's Republic, but no, not normal by any stretch of the imagination insofar as we have known it. Or imagined it to be.

On that note, here's a minor miracle that nonetheless still scares the shit out of me:

When the Consumer Financial Protection Board (CFPB) was formed in 2010 — one of Barack Obama’s efforts to “transform” America — it was thought that the way it was set up, it would have virtual veto power over consumer credit.
Those fears were justified until several tweaks by Congress during the Trump administration, and a critical Supreme Court case diluted the power of CFPB to micro-manage loan approvals and stock trades.
But that didn’t stop the CFPB from trying to meddle in loan applications. One such case involved a radio talk show in Chicago about real estate. It was, as Forbes describes it, a “free-wheeling” discussion of the loan business and whatever else the panel participants wanted to talk about.
The CFPB decided that the radio station and the show’s sponsor, Townstone mortgage, violated CFPB rules against “discrimination". . .
. . . What’s truly chilling is why the agency thought it had the authority to try to punish Townstone.

The CFPB argued it had broad administrative authority going beyond the words of the federal equal credit opportunity law. The court said no. The court said that if Congress had intended to empower the CFPB to guard against “discouragement” of credit applications, Congress would have said that. And it didn’t. It just prohibited discrimination against “applicants.”
“Beyond the words” of the law? The court slapped them down, concluding that the regulation itself exceeded CFPB’s authority. Thus CFPB couldn’t rely on it.
The CFPB is still a nightmare, even if some of its power has been stripped.

Recall that this politburo, the sick brainchild of Elizabeth "Fauxcahontas" Warren, was designed to be unaccountable, its directors above oversight and its funding independent and not subject to Congressional approval. Essentially, it was a way to hand over total control of the economy to the government, making us a de facto communist country. All without the Bolsheviks storming the Duma and firing a single shot to do so. Mercifully, last October the Fifth Circuit found that the funding mechanism was indeed unconstitutional but in digging a bit there is a hot link from just two days ago that a ruling for a petition of certiorari from the CFPB to SCOTUS seeking to overturn the Fifth Circuit ruling has yet to appear.

When you're dealing with trivial bullshit like America itching for World War 3, toxic waste disasters from government incompetence and corporate/government corruption (hello, Norfolk Southern, Larry Fink and . . . . Whitmer?!), the sexualization/mutilation/brainwashing of our children and the erasure of our borders and heritage, something like this just gets lost in the sauce.

It's like the "Take-a-Number" machine at the deli counter. But as I said, what the government can't do (yet) openly, it has a way of getting around.

Immediately after his inauguration on January 20, 2021 Joe Biden, signed an executive order placed in front of him directing the federal government to “…pursue a comprehensive approach to advancing equity for all.” On February 16, 2023, he signed a follow-up executive order mandating that all federal agencies create teams and annual plans to insure equity within all government agencies and to utilize government programs to compel equity within the private sector.
The use of the word “equity” is a deliberate attempt to hoodwink the American public, who are fully are on board with a similar-sounding word “equality.” Equity, unlike equality, isn’t equal access to opportunity or equal protection before the law. Equity, per the American Marxists, is the redistribution of societal status, legal protection, and economic goods (i.e., jobs and material possessions) in accordance with their politized assessment of disadvantages and demographics.
Equity, in the Marxist context, requires a clearly defined villainous group, and not coincidentally a political adversary, in order to manipulate the masses into believing that they have the best interests of the people at heart. But first the population has to be segmented or tribalized and then indoctrinated into believing they as distinct groups have been and continue to be victimized and, thus, deserving of equal outcomes as merit or ability is immaterial.
Race is the most obvious segregator, but as 72% of the population identifies as white other categories have to be added to the oppressed list. Women are an obvious segment to fragment and indoctrinate, as they account for 51% of the population and while only 4.5% of the citizenry, the LGBT community is a natural to be included on the oppressed list.
That leaves America with a defined oppressor class that is the undisputed villain and the Marxist’s primary political adversary: White, heterosexual men. In 2016, 72% of White men without a college degree voted for Donald Trump. Thus, the Marxist-controlled Democrat Party reprised the century-old playbook of exploiting class conflict they instigate in order to ostracize political opposition and seize power in perpetuity. . .
. . . What is the Biden grand strategy, beyond demonizing this group and imposing quotas not only in the federal government but browbeating private industry to do the same? As the goal is to force American society to grant employment, benefits, and status based on demographic statistics, where and who are the replacements to recast, for example, electricians, plumbers, and carpenters from 84% White, heterosexual males to 34% in order to achieve “equity”. . .
. . . It is absolute folly to believe that just because someone may have the correct skin color or sexual orientation or is a member of a state-approved oppressed group, they are qualified to do any of the jobs in the chart above. These are occupations vital to a nation’s well-being and future. Unskilled and untrained replacements in so many critical fields will relegate a people and a country to irrevocable downfall.

We mentioned this on the last podcast, but it's worth repeating. With just this garbage alone, Xi and the Chi-Coms are laughing their asses off. They'll take over the world without even firing a shot.

America is becoming Fetterman's lump with Kruschev's shoe beating the shit out of it.

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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

Victor Davis Hanson: "The longer this preview war goes on, the sooner will follow the nightmarish main attraction."
The Ukraine War’s Prelude to What?
"What is the Biden grand strategy, beyond demonizing White, heterosexual males and imposing quotas not only in the federal government but browbeating private industry to do the same?"
Biden’s Wonderful World of "Equity"
"Reflections on our 39th president."
Jimmy Carter’s Last Hurrah

THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"

"While a town in Ohio is suffering a major environmental disaster, the nation’s leadership flees the country to support their globalist agenda."
America’s Leaders Have Failed the Country
"With U.S. concerns aired this week that China may provide “lethal aid” to Russia’s war on Ukraine, and amid signs of a deepening Russia-China-Iran collaboration in the economic, military, and diplomatic spheres, the remarks by the then-ranking member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee are worth revisiting."
Biden in 1997 Scoffed at Idea That NATO Expansion Could Push Russia Closer to China and Iran
OHIO DERAILMENT, TOXIC CHEMICAL DISASTER
"We're like a third world nation." (this on top of election rigging, Mr. President - jjs)
Trump Hammers Pete Buttigieg Over Handling of Toxic Train Derailment
"We can’t sit back and watch adults and children sicken and die—perhaps years down the road—all because we don’t want to make the EPA, pathetic Pete, and the Biden [junta] look bad."
Are People Suffering Because We Don’t Want to Piss off the Feds?
The video of the interaction prompted outrage among conservatives on social media, with some suspecting Buttigieg’s asked for Tear’s photo to keep her on a “list” of journalists critical of the Biden [junta].
Kitty Has Claws: Peter Puffer Buttigieg Snaps at Reporter Who Presses Him over Ohio Train Derailment
"Joe Biden helped save the auto industry, which helped revitalize the economy of the Midwest," states a February 2020 Biden campaign ad. "Pete Buttigieg revitalized the sidewalks of downtown South Bend by laying out decorative brick."
FLASHBACK: Biden Warned Us That Mayor Peter Puffer Wasn't Ready for a Big Boy Job. Then He Gave Him One.
"After Taer once again pressed Buttigieg to offer a message to Ohioans, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, made it clear he was not interested in addressing crises that fall under his jurisdiction while off the clock."
Buttigieg’s Message To East Palestine Residents in Ohio: "I’m Taking Some Personal Time"
In a statement, DeSana said that the corporate welfare handout from Whitmer would be “particularly egregious” in light of Norfolk Southern’s recent disasters.
Michigan Gov. Wretched Whitmer Trying to Give Norfolk Southern $15 Million in Taxpayer Funds
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
“Affirmation Generation: The Lies of Transgender Medicine, a new film created by self-described “lifelong, West Coast Liberal Democrats,” has been wiped off the video-sharing service less than four days after its online release. The documentary explores the potential dangers of the model of healthcare that “affirms” both children and adults in their transgender identities with powerful hormones and irreversible surgeries rather than noninvasive treatment options."
Vimeo Deplatforms Another Documentary Critical Of ‘Gender-Affirming Care’
Translation: "I'm sorry I didn't try harder to lie with more cunning."
MSNBC’s Mitchell: I Was ‘Imprecise’ to Claim DeSantis Didn’t Want Slavery Taught in Schools
"The CFPB is still a nightmare, even if some of its power has been stripped."
Federal Court Rules CFPB Can't Ban Bad-Mouthing High-Crime Minority Neighborhoods
"James O'Keefe seems to be out at Project Veritas and this doesn't seem to be going well for the organization. . . "
What on Earth is Going On at Project Veritas?
CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
“I was asked in the press about these tapes, and I said they do belong to the American public. I think sunshine lets everybody make their own judgment."
Kevin McCarthy Breaks Silence On Giving January 6 Tapes To Tucker Carlson
"The Electronic Privacy Information Center reports that [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Joe Biden has approved an executive order directing federal organizations to create an annual 'equity action plan' to support underserved communities. The order instructs organizations to use AI in a way that promotes equity and complies with the law. The decision has caused debate, with opponents expressing concern about the development of woke AI that encourages racial animosity and discrimination."
Joe Biden Releases Executive Order Promoting Woke AI
"Today, the city agreed to settle a lawsuit in federal district court that alleged the city violated the civil rights of several business owners after it ordered police to withdraw from a section of its Capitol Hill neighborhood and let protesters set up their own lawless 'autonomous zone.'”
As Seattle Settles Major Lawsuit, Media Still Insist George Floyd Riots Were "Mostly Peaceful"
"The willingness of so-called Republican Larry Hogan to endorse this show-trial tells us much about him. It also tells us that his fantasy of winning the Republican nomination for president in the 2024 election has about as much chance as a snowflake surviving in hell."
The New Normal: Persecuting an Expert Witness Because He Testified for the Defense in a Politically Charged Trial
"Should America disappear from the map, it will be because decades of government corruption and abuse were never addressed until it was simply too late."
A Great Awakening Decades in the Making
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
"It took less than a month for the Biden [junta] to prove us right."
Biden Is Still After Your Gas Stoves
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
"The current rates aren’t just discouraging first-time buyers. At double their 2021 levels, today’s mortgage rates are discouraging some current homeowners from putting their homes on the market, Nationwide Senior Economist Ben Ayers told Fox Business."
Home Sales Fall for 12th Straight Month in Jan. as Median Price Rises for Record 131th [sic] Consecutive Month, Year Over Year
"The memo stems from a fight over the debt ceiling in 1973 that has echoes in the debates over the debt ceiling of 2011 and today."
50-Year-Old ‘Confidential’ Fed Memo Reveals Secret Debt Ceiling Escape Hatch
AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
"Whether it is borne out of self-loathing, political opportunism or something else, foreigner supremacy is very real, and it is contributing to America’s decline."
Biden’s White House Is Infested with Foreigner Supremacists
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
"The teenagers reportedly saw a camera in the first room, prompting Ramirez-Martinez to lead them inside an adjoining classroom . . . The 37-year-old volleyball coach and part-time security monitor then recorded the sex act through a two-way window . . ." (Allan Funt, Derwood Kirby Hardest Hit!!! - jjs)
High School Coach Filmed 16-Year-Olds Engaging In Sex Act In Classroom, Police Say
". . . above all, this comic opera should remind us of a truth that has been forgotten amid the outrage and ridicule over Brinton’s behavior: Sam Brinton is a sick man. He needs help. The help he needs is not likely to come from psychologists, as it is clear that the medical and pharmaceutical establishment is all in on feeding and fostering the delusions and fantasies of such people, rather than on trying to bring them back to reality."
Tanzanian Fashion Designer Accuses Sam Brinton, Biden’s Ex-Nuclear Waste Chief, of Stealing Her Luggage — and She Has Proof
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
The legislation is part of a broader attempt to reform higher education in the state of Florida and to cut out the DEI and Critical Race Theory agenda. Just last month, the presidents of 28 different public universities in the state announced a ban on policies that compel a “belief in Critical Race Theory.”
Florida Bill Would Ban Mandatory Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statements for Hiring, Tenure at Colleges
"The CC home-schooling community was happy to see a major media outlet finally acknowledge what we have been shouting from the rooftops for 50 years."
The MisEducation of America– An Important Discussion About Our Nation's Future
"The closure of more than a dozen New York City Catholic schools is a major blow for students and their communities."
Losing a Lifeline
ABORTION
Dennis Prager: "As usual, the Left destroys everything it touches."
Twelve Hundred Synagogues Desecrated Judaism This Past Shabbat
"In early January, Walgreens became the first pharmacy to announce it would sell the lethal chemical abortion drug mifepristone, in stores and by mail, under new rules by Biden’s Food and Drug Administration, which are intended to kick the door open for dangerous at-home abortions and work around pro-life laws in red states. Mifepristone is part of a two-drug process for killing and expelling a preborn baby from his or her mother’s womb."
Walgreens Says It Won’t Sell Abortion Pills In Kansas After State AG Threatens Legal Action
THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
"Joe Biden did not earn enough verifiable votes to justify the certifications in six key swing states."
Why the 2020 Election was Unverifiable
Under H0179, county election offices would be prohibited from using “ranked choice voting or instant runoff voting to conduct an election or nomination of any candidate in this state for any local government, statewide, or federal elective office.”
Idaho Republican Introduces Bill To Prevent Ranked-Choice Voting From Rigging His State’s Elections
"Here’s the good news: Republican majorities in the Wisconsin legislature defeated Evers’ effort to license noncitizens in 2019. They can stop automatic voter registration cold in 2023 — if they’re serious about election integrity, that is."
To Save Wisconsin Elections, Republicans Must Kill Automatic Voter Registration
SHAMPEACHMENT 1.0, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION
Margot Cleveland: "The grand jury’s conclusions flowed from what the DA presented to the Fulton County jurors — a case built on lies about a telephone call."
Oops! Georgia’s ‘Get-Trump’ Grand Jury Forewoman Accidentally Confirms the Recommended Charges Are Bunk
“Now, you don’t have to love Trump – it doesn’t matter. If you believe in our system and want it to continue, you should be outraged. But nobody is saying anything so far as I can tell.”
‘Partisan Prosecutors’ At Every Level Of Gov’t Are Trying To Stop Trump’s 2024 Bid, Tucker Carlson Says
"Emily Kohrs, 30, appeared on several media outlets to discuss the Fulton County, Georgia, grand jury’s deliberations on former President Donald Trump and his allies allegedly attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election in the state. She indicated in several interviews that the former president commonly came up in conversations and how she personally wanted to subpoena Trump."
‘Nightmare’: Grand Jury Forewoman’s Media Blitz Draws Bipartisan Criticism
"The New York Times reported that special counsel Jack Smith subpoenaed Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner to testify before a federal grand jury about Trump’s efforts to stay in office after losing the 2020 presidential election."
Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner Subpoenaed To Testify In Criminal Investigation Into Trump
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
“[T]he sheriff’s report into Mark Middleton’s mysterious death raises more questions than answers as it rules he died by suicide – despite no sign of the weapon that killed him,” The Daily Mail reported.
Report: Bill Clinton Aide Linked to Jeffrey Epstein Found Hung, Shot Dead
“I’m German and British, and her father was Calabrese Italian.”
‘White as the Driven Snow’: Mom Exposes ‘Muslim Latina’ Activist Daughter as a Race Faker
"Fetterman's medical issues raise questions about what medical advice the stroke survivor actually received." (it was the doctors that got the advice: shut up or else you get Epstein'd - jjs)
On the Campaign Trail, John Fetterman Cited Doctors' Notes Attesting to His Vitality. Now He Says He Was Told to Get More Rest.
POLITICS
Lloyd Billingsley: "White House physician Kevin O’Connor – and his intriguing report on Biden's 'health.'"
Decrepit Biden’s Puppet Presidency
Robert Spencer: "Mike Pence is yesterday’s man. He stands for a bland conservatism that allows the Left to take charge in all fields and never, ever rocks the boat. That supine behavior was never a good look for Republicans, and in the face of the conflicts in American society today, it should be decisively repudiated once and for all." (embroider that and hang it next to "Home Sweet Home" - jjs)
Mike Pence Seems to Think Being a Conservative Means Letting the Left Get Away With Everything
"Politics and principle alike provide reasons to oppose her."
Never Nikki
"Some advice here: Ramaswamy needs to slow down, not just in his speech but also his reach."
Ramaswamy For President? Did We Hear That Right?
"Divisions between more moderate Democrats and progressives have weakened the party’s ability to achieve its goals, with the Democrat-dominated state legislature shooting down Hochul’s nominee to the state’s highest court because progressives found him too conservative, according to the NYT."
‘A Disaster’: New York Democrats are on the Brink of Despair After Midterm Drubbing
"Montana Dem Jon Tester says he'll seek fourth term."
This Crucial Senate Target Just Got Harder for Republicans to Flip in 2024
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
"State-run outlet helping regime censor, distort massive protest movement."
Biden Waives Sanctions on Iran's Chief Propaganda Arm
"Meanwhile Biden continues to finance the Palestinian Authority's Pay-For-Slay terror scheme."
Israel Passes Law to Strip Terrorists of Citizenship
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
"The exposed server was allegedly the result of a misconfiguration. Anyone who knew what the server’s IP address was could access the emails with a web browser."
How Does This Happen? U.S. Military Email Server Was Exposed for Two Weeks
"While military personnel endure a surge of fentanyl overdoses and a whistleblower exposes medical incidents potentially due to the [Chinese] COVID vaccine, DOD dedicates itself to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion."
Priorities: Defense Dept. Holds Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion “Summit” As Military Fentanyl Overdoses Surge
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
"Basketball team allows Islamists to exploit logo, desecrate arena floor."
Miami Heat Partner with Radical Muslims for Family Night
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
"The motivation for the soda industry to prey on children, in particular, is that their taste buds are easier to condition. If they get in the door early, they can manufacture a customer for life."
Big Soda Wins Legislative Fight, Right to Feed Coke to Public Schoolchildren in New Mexico
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
"The highly specialized study published in Nature found that there is a giant metal ball sitting within the Earth’s inner core, known as the innermost inner core (IMIC). The ball is roughly 800 miles, and has been part of geological theory for quite some time, but the results from the study almost conclusively prove its existence (since we can’t get down there and check with our own eyes)."
"Significant Global Event From the Past": Scientists Get Shocking Evidence From Earth’s Inner Core
"According to a statement yesterday by one SpaceX official, the company is now ready to launch its Superheavy #7 booster, stacked with its Starship prototype #24, on an orbital test flight, with the only remaining obstacle to launch the launch license, not yet approved by the FAA."
SpaceX ready to launch Starship prototype #24 into orbit
"This company now joins two American balloon companies as well as a Spanish balloon company, all planning to offer rides to the edge of space."
Japanese startup enters the high altitude balloon space tourism business (they pay you to ride . . . wearing Chi-Com PLA Air Force uniforms while you hold up a big bullseye with Xi's face on it . . . - jjs)
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
"Irene Montero has shown every possible sign of incompetence."
The Left’s New Feminist Icon Is a Fraud
Charlie Kirk: "Even if what Lemon said is wrong, so what? Was it insulting to women? Yes, of course it was. But was it any more insulting than when a man who claims to be a woman exposes his male genitalia in front of actual females in a girls' locker room? Not even close. And yet one is the cause of national moral outrage and the other is defended by feminists. Strange."
The Don Lemon Outrage Exposes the Vile Hypocrisy of Liberal Feminism
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
"The editing of Roald Dahl shows us what comes after civilization."
Better to Burn the Books
“The woke are a relatively privileged minority of a minority.” (the author's insistence on an extremist view on our end of the spectrum spoils an otherwise good essay - jjs)
Wokeness Is Here To Stay
"Christopher Lasch’s cultural criticism anticipated our narcissistic age."
Seer of the Selfie
"We are still in the throes of the same crisis that Sheen fought against, like creeping totalitarianism and rampant godlessness."
80 Years Ago, Archbishop Fulton Sheen Predicted The West’s Current Godless Struggle
"Bad ideas are everywhere – spreading like viruses. The antidote is readily available."
Prager U: The Moral Case for Mockery
HITHER & YON
Christian Toto: "[Kelsey] Grammer, The Chosen's Roumie lead soulful look at forgotten part of our past."
Jesus Revolution Shows Spiritual Side of Flower Power Era
"The rise of business casual has left men confused and adrift."
The Passing of the Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

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1 WTFO??

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 23, 2023 07:44 AM (BRHaw)

2 not first.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 23, 2023 07:44 AM (uNylN)

3 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at February 23, 2023 07:45 AM (pSeDO)

4 Good morning Vietnam

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at February 23, 2023 07:45 AM (CecP5)

5 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 23, 2023 07:45 AM (zhLdt)

6 Jockeying for a top 10 this morning!

Posted by: Republic Theatre brought to you by Pfizer! at February 23, 2023 07:46 AM (6OxnG)

7 Still got the magic!

Posted by: Republic Theatre brought to you by Pfizer! at February 23, 2023 07:46 AM (6OxnG)

8 Good morning horde

Posted by: Skip at February 23, 2023 07:46 AM (WRsWA)

9 hiya

Posted by: JT at February 23, 2023 07:47 AM (T4tVD)

10 The devil went down to Georgia.

Posted by: Eromero at February 23, 2023 07:47 AM (0G42s)

11 Glad the 2020 election article at American Thinker made JJ's list, exceptional explanation

Posted by: Skip at February 23, 2023 07:49 AM (WRsWA)

12 Happy birthday JJ

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at February 23, 2023 07:51 AM (Xlnez)

13 Kors should recall what we used to do with witches.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 23, 2023 07:52 AM (lTGtQ)

14 ‘Jesus Revolution’ Shows Spiritual Side of Flower Power Era
Grammer, 'The Chosen's' Roumie lead soulful look at forgotten part of our past.

Not forgotten by me. Not by those who are part of Calvary Chapel.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 23, 2023 07:52 AM (45fpk)

15 yes, Tucker, this is hardly a normal country. A normal, totalitarian socialist "Democratic" People's Republic, but no, not normal by any stretch of the imagination insofar as we have known it. Or imagined it to be.

As they say, its
… a police state, if you can keep it

Posted by: Republic Theatre brought to you by Pfizer! at February 23, 2023 07:53 AM (6OxnG)

16 First, they let big soda in the government grooming centers. Then the Tranq showed up...

Never Give Up Your Guns!

Rootin For Putin!

Free Buffalo Guy!

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 23, 2023 07:53 AM (z1bdm)

17 Fulton County is the asshole of Atlanta which is the asshole of Georgia.

Posted by: fd at February 23, 2023 07:54 AM (iayUP)

18 Someone is mass producing these bogeywomen:

https://tinyurl.com/2ejwnux6

(Nitter)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 23, 2023 07:56 AM (oQZym)

19 Happy birthday JJ
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion

Where does the time go ?

Posted by: JT at February 23, 2023 07:56 AM (T4tVD)

20 Hey JJ - just hit the tip jar but got a 404 page after I put in my CC # and hit 'enter' ... BTW love the Podcast. Never miss an episode

Posted by: RedDiva at February 23, 2023 07:59 AM (++w+7)

21 GA re elected Kemp and Raffsberger in a landslide.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at February 23, 2023 07:59 AM (DK4U1)

22 I think the Grand Jury Foreperson just blew up anything they were trying to do.

Posted by: BignJames at February 23, 2023 08:00 AM (AwYPR)

23
Good night!

Posted by: John Festterman at February 23, 2023 08:00 AM (enJYY)

24 Good morning. I overslept dammit.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 23, 2023 08:00 AM (wagHN)

25 @21

>>GA re elected Kemp and Raffsberger in a landslide.

As has been noted, elections, in the main, regardless of locale or the parties involved, is largely fortified.

Kemp and Rafsberger winning in landslides with thousands of more votes than down ballot races is both inexplicable and comical.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 23, 2023 08:02 AM (up/3i)

26 Goooooooooooooood morning, Horde!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 23, 2023 08:03 AM (t0OGg)

27 I think the Grand Jury Foreperson just blew up anything they were trying to do.

This is the upside to the social media influence on stupid women - they have this compulsion to reveal things so that they look better, have higher status and more privilege than the mental defectives that participate on the platform.

Oddly, while pursuing higher status and privilege, they also virtue signal DEI as their deepest and sincere value. Its like they are far too stupid to understand the obvious cognitive dissonance.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 23, 2023 08:04 AM (l7lsb)

28 The estimable Margot Cleveland completely dismantles the whole thing bit by bit in methodical fashion and her reportage is worthy enough for you to spit back word for word at any Lefty true believer. Not that they'd listen.
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Yeah, they don't care. Indict the orange man. Compelling evidence. Etc.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 23, 2023 08:05 AM (t0OGg)

29 Good morning. I overslept dammit.
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer

You must have needed it !

Posted by: JT at February 23, 2023 08:06 AM (T4tVD)

30 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 23, 2023 08:06 AM (Zz0t1)

31 Hiya Mannix !

Posted by: JT at February 23, 2023 08:06 AM (T4tVD)

32 hello gray box friends!

thank for the links JJ - lol the usual fresh hell or just the Left having their usual mental breakdowns? which of course affects as all, either a little or a lot (it's way beyond time for me to move, for example)

I posted yesterday a mea culpa on the special agent dog shooter thing - if you missed it - I was following a couple of local crime accounts and watching the initial video and had the entirely wrong dog in my mind (I didn't realize there were two). So Maria (the dog mom) had two largish dogs on short leash walking along the sidewalk, and the smaller one was in fact a pit bull and did grab the agents cocker and wouldn't let go. I still think the agent could have avoided killing the dog but based on the location of her shot (downward into the flank) she might have been trying not to kill. so she did something a bit out there but understandable. whereas Maria was just shocked by Mia (the pittie) going off like that - she's known as a very sweet dog. but, unfortunately that can happen. my take now is two social problems collided - entitled fed vs pit-mom-who-can't-control. we have a lot of the second type out here.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 23, 2023 08:06 AM (w0NJk)

33 "GA re elected Kemp and Raffsberger in a landslide."

Well, the alternative was Abrams.

Posted by: fd at February 23, 2023 08:06 AM (iayUP)

34 Scott Adams goes there.

At 13:40.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K6TnAn7qV1s

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at February 23, 2023 08:06 AM (iKBwy)

35 “Democrats are using the legal system to stop a presidential candidate from running for president,” ...
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It's so funny. Marion Barry was a crackhead and they all endorsed him for mayor of DC, but sure. Stop Trump.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 23, 2023 08:06 AM (t0OGg)

36 Good morning. I overslept dammit.
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer

Only time this happens is when I drink too much and stay up to late during the week. Last time, I was drugged at a bar.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 23, 2023 08:07 AM (Zz0t1)

37 I think the Fulton Co prosecutor will still drag Trump into the courtroom and put on Impeachment 3: This Time We Got Him

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at February 23, 2023 08:07 AM (DK4U1)

38 I should have gotten home at about 9 last night. I got in after 12.

Now, a three hour delay doesn't seem so bad until you realize that my entire trip was only one flight and then there was another flight to Charleston literally across the hall in the terminal scheduled to leave two and a half hours after my flight was supposed to leave, and that other flight boarded before mine. It also landed and deplaned before we got on the ground.

Bleh.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, mired in filth and awfulness with Ralph Bakshi at February 23, 2023 08:07 AM (LvTSG)

39 Skip Gates tells Angela Davis her ancestors came here on the Mayflower....pretty funny.

Posted by: BignJames at February 23, 2023 08:07 AM (AwYPR)

40 The fawning over Carter when he croaks is going to be disgusting.

Posted by: Infidel at February 23, 2023 08:07 AM (tITEI)

41 Happy National Chili Day!

Posted by: redridinghood at February 23, 2023 08:08 AM (NpAcC)

42 That said, we are not a normal country.
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Yeah, we basically *are* a normal country now. That whole "American Exceptionalism" thing? That's over. We're a run-of-the-mill post-republic now, transformed into a tyrannical bureaucracy ruled by warring cabals within the castle.

It's disgustingly normal, actually. And it sucks.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 23, 2023 08:08 AM (t0OGg)

43 Scott Adams: advice to white people -- get the hell away from black people and stop helping them.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at February 23, 2023 08:09 AM (iKBwy)

44 Good news everyone!

Staunch Republican and intern murderer Joe Scarborough says that the First Amendment is out dated!

We're SAVED!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 23, 2023 08:09 AM (Zz0t1)

45 And it's also National Banana Bread Day!

Posted by: redridinghood at February 23, 2023 08:09 AM (NpAcC)

46 Having to defend some of these J6 guys is like getting into a bar fight because your friend started shit with a bunch of drunks.

Yes, the cops were pieces of shit for pushing you off the wall but.... WHY THE FUCK WERE YOU ON THE WALL!!!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at February 23, 2023 08:09 AM (DK4U1)

47 Scott Adams: advice to white people -- get the hell away from black people and stop helping them.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at February 23, 2023 08:09 AM (iKBwy)

Most help is derived from taxpayer theft and redistribution by government, so our hands are kind of tied there......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 23, 2023 08:10 AM (Zz0t1)

48 Morning all.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 23, 2023 08:10 AM (Ktdcc)

49 The fawning over Carter when he croaks is going to be disgusting.
Posted by: Infidel

But at least it will be Biden who buries him.

Carter might have been a shitty president, but at least he didn't openly despise the country.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at February 23, 2023 08:11 AM (DK4U1)

50 I think the Grand Jury Foreperson just blew up anything they were trying to do.

Posted by: BignJames at February 23, 2023 08:00 AM

They had nothing and her TV interviews were a coordinated op to cover that up. Now the prosecutor only has to say that he can't charge Trump because the idiot he sent on multiple TV interviews blew his case.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 23, 2023 08:11 AM (uNylN)

51 Recall that this politburo, the sick brainchild of Elizabeth "Fauxcahontas" Warren, was designed to be unaccountable, its directors above oversight and its funding independent and not subject to Congressional approval.
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It was this that made me hate Warren as much as I do. Unlike many politicians, Warren is neither stupid nor ignorant. If you read her early work and argumentation on the topic of financial regulation, that becomes obvious. She has a pretty good understanding of how things work and where the risks are. She is, actually, the *one* Democrat I had any hope for. All of her proposed solutions to problems and risks were bad, but they were at least predicated properly.

Then she did this, and various other things. She knows. She is smart enough *and* informed/educated enough to know better. She did it anyway. She did it not because she is stupid or ignorant, but because she is evil. Elizabeth Warren is a malignant force, who commits evil on purpose.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 23, 2023 08:12 AM (t0OGg)

52 Morning again, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 23, 2023 08:12 AM (ju2Fy)

53
The fawning over Carter when he croaks is going to be disgusting.

Posted by: Infidel at February 23, 2023 08:07 AM

The only thing I'll give him kudos for is 'Habitat for Humanity'. Which, if anything, is a great conservative idea. Put in thousands of hours of 'sweat equity' into a home, learn some construction, plumbing, and electrical skills, then buy the home at little more then cost.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 23, 2023 08:12 AM (enJYY)

54 Hiya, JT!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 23, 2023 08:12 AM (t0OGg)

55 And it's also National Banana Bread Day!
Posted by: redridinghood at February 23, 2023 08:09 AM (NpAcC)
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And to the republic for which it stands......

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 23, 2023 08:12 AM (oQZym)

56 Morning peeps.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 23, 2023 08:13 AM (Q4IgG)

57 51 She has a pretty good understanding of how things work and where the risks are. She is, actually, the *one* Democrat I had any hope for. All of her proposed solutions to problems and risks were bad, but they were at least predicated properly.

Then she did this, and various other things. She knows. She is smart enough *and* informed/educated enough to know better. She did it anyway. She did it not because she is stupid or ignorant, but because she is evil. Elizabeth Warren is a malignant force, who commits evil on purpose.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 23, 2023 08:12 AM (t0OGg)

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"Well, good for you."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, mired in filth and awfulness with Ralph Bakshi at February 23, 2023 08:13 AM (LvTSG)

58 Amazon under fire from Christians for selling "Christian"-themed "Holy Spirit Ouija Board". WTAF? Lifesite News link.

https://is.gd/k9LR4L

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at February 23, 2023 08:13 AM (iKBwy)

59 Obligatory.

https://youtu.be/ipLC2HSjlLc

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 23, 2023 08:14 AM (Zz0t1)

60 Morning, everyone. It's going to be a warm day in the GPROMD. Now to read the articles.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 23, 2023 08:14 AM (4olE8)

61 MORE good news everybody!

Musk is moving Tesla HQ back to California!

We're SAVED!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 23, 2023 08:15 AM (Zz0t1)

62 Scott Adams: advice to white people -- get the hell away from black people and stop helping them.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at February 23, 2023 08:09 AM (iKBwy)

He has a point. Guilt ridden Y-T democrat liberals have been treating black folks like their pets for years and doing all types of "social" experimenting on them.

Very condescending and profitable, however.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 23, 2023 08:15 AM (z1bdm)

63 58 Amazon under fire from Christians for selling "Christian"-themed "Holy Spirit Ouija Board". WTAF? Lifesite News link.

https://is.gd/k9LR4L
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at February 23, 2023 08:13 AM (iKBwy)

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I don't worry about the people selling the item. I worry about the people buying the item.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, mired in filth and awfulness with Ralph Bakshi at February 23, 2023 08:15 AM (LvTSG)

64 Kyle Seraphin, who is an FBI whistle blower, has a long interview, about an hour and half, with a woman, involving Amazon trying to get out of a legitimate contract by forcing someone to plead guilty to a felony (the only way out of the contract). Amazon pitched a case to the FBI - who launched a nationwide case against people who had done nothing illegal - so Amazon could get out of 100 million dollar contract. FBI had their guns out during the search warrant of her home.

https://rumble.com/v26q6rc-amy-nelson.html

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at February 23, 2023 08:16 AM (CecP5)

65 Morning, everyone. It's going to be a warm day in the GPROMD. Now to read the articles.
Posted by: NR Pax

Whar in da fook is dat ?

Posted by: JT at February 23, 2023 08:17 AM (T4tVD)

66 ... Musk is moving Tesla HQ back to California! ...
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 23, 2023 08:15 AM (Zz0t1)
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Why?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 23, 2023 08:17 AM (t0OGg)

67 50 I think the Grand Jury Foreperson just blew up anything they were trying to do.

Posted by: BignJames at February 23, 2023 08:00 AM

They had nothing and her TV interviews were a coordinated op to cover that up. Now the prosecutor only has to say that he can't charge Trump because the idiot he sent on multiple TV interviews blew his case.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 23, 2023 08:11 AM (uNylN)

And in the court of public opinion the brainwashed find him guilty.

Posted by: davidt at February 23, 2023 08:17 AM (SYTee)

68 Emily Kohrs is supposedly 30 years old. She acts like a 13 year old girl still stuck in 8th grade. And she’s the foreman of a grand jury?? Clown world just keeps getting better….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 23, 2023 08:17 AM (SZVQq)

69 My birdbath isn't frozen (if you're keeping score at home )

Posted by: JT at February 23, 2023 08:17 AM (T4tVD)

70 The J6 committee's mouthpiece, Liz Cheney made public accusations against Trump and his supporters. Various politicos have opened investigations against Trump over his businesses, taxes, hiring practices, sensitive document handling, phone calls, etc. Now we have entered the last gasp phase with low functioning retards running grand juries gushing about "getting Trump."

Stupid doesn't begin to describe it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 23, 2023 08:17 AM (Q4IgG)

71 "The only thing I'll give him kudos for is 'Habitat for Humanity'. "

It was a good program but there is a lot of backbiting in that organization that's slap full of lefty nitwits. They even forced the founder out. Sounds familiar huh?

Posted by: fd at February 23, 2023 08:17 AM (iayUP)

72 66 ... Musk is moving Tesla HQ back to California! ...
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 23, 2023 08:15 AM (Zz0t1)
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Why?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 23, 2023 08:17 AM (t0OGg)

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It's Musk and Newsom, so it probably involves heavy government subsidies that effectively make the HQ free for a decade for Tesla, or something.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, mired in filth and awfulness with Ralph Bakshi at February 23, 2023 08:18 AM (LvTSG)

73 Indicting Trump will unleash so many unforeseen, and foreseen, catastrophic consequences that that America might never recover from. The chinese will be happy

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 23, 2023 08:19 AM (8cMPt)

74 It's Durward Kirby, JJ. I think Durwood was a name Endora used for Darrin Stevens.

Posted by: TV Guide at February 23, 2023 08:19 AM (wrJpE)

75 Elon Tusk > Elon Musk

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, mired in filth and awfulness with Ralph Bakshi at February 23, 2023 08:20 AM (LvTSG)

76 Kors acts like the uneducated common person she is who thinks she has personally defeated the King. The kings death is a foregone conclusion, and I have done it, but I can't really tell you, but I am sure you are all as excited about the news as I am.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at February 23, 2023 08:20 AM (DK4U1)

77 My sister's friend brought over a Ouija board. She was trying to conjure up the spirit of some woman.

It didn't work.

In hindsight, I am very certain that the Holy Spirit was protecting us baptized Catholic children.

Sister's friend was Jewish. I don't know if she was protected.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at February 23, 2023 08:21 AM (TXFi7)

78 Lol Sponge, thankfully that isn't the case with me. As JT said, I must have needed it. Now where are my damn steroids? *wanders off looking for her pills*

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 23, 2023 08:21 AM (wagHN)

79 "For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins."

Matthew 6:14-15

Posted by: Marcus T at February 23, 2023 08:22 AM (OjHyA)

80 MORE good news everybody!

Musk is moving Tesla HQ back to California!

We're SAVED!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 23, 2023 08:15 AM (Zz0t1)
*******
This makes me sad.
Sometimes it feels like we can never have things go our way.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 23, 2023 08:22 AM (NpAcC)

81 wow

"Attorney General Andrew Bailey @AGAndrewBailey 12h
We are giving Kim Gardner until noon tomorrow to resign. If she refuses, she will face immediate removal proceedings in the form of a writ of quo warranto brought by our office."

Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at February 23, 2023 08:22 AM (L9Ewk)

82 Well, the status remains: The people still have not had enough.

That's the bad news.

The worse news is, when they have had enough, it's always too late.
Not only to fix it, but to stave off the destruction their anger unleashes.

Oh well.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 23, 2023 08:23 AM (E2vbs)

83 ++++
Why?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 23, 2023 08:17 AM (t0OGg)

To save the day, I guess.

Tesla will be taking over the lease for the office space of Hewlett Packard’s former headquarters in Palo Alto, Musk said in planned remarks with California Gov. Gavin Newsom after touring the new office with staff.

“This is a poetic transition from the company that founded Silicon Valley to Tesla, and we’re very excited to make this our global engineering headquarters, in California,” Musk told reporters.

Newsom hailed the move as a huge win for California.

“You can’t rest on your laurels. You gotta step up your game, and you gotta invest in your growth engines,” Newsom said. “And I couldn’t be more proud of California’s commitment to support Tesla over the course of the last few decades.”

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 23, 2023 08:23 AM (Zz0t1)

84 How can I contribute to both Ace and JJ Section without using PayPal or a credit card? I'd be happy to send cash or a check but can't find any way to do so. You folks are the best.

Posted by: Zeus at February 23, 2023 08:23 AM (n2bfG)

85 It's Musk and Newsom, so it probably involves heavy government subsidies that effectively make the HQ free for a decade for Tesla, or something.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, mired in filth and awfulness with Ralph Bakshi at February 23, 2023 08:18 AM (LvTSG)
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Musk knows who, what and where he's dealing with. Terms must have been excellent and with gubbernmint keeping their distance.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 23, 2023 08:24 AM (oQZym)

86 How can I contribute to both Ace and JJ Section without using PayPal or a credit card? I'd be happy to send cash or a check but can't find any way to do so. You folks are the best.
Posted by: Zeus

I would like to know that as well.

Posted by: JT at February 23, 2023 08:25 AM (T4tVD)

87 "Attorney General Andrew Bailey @AGAndrewBailey 12h
We are giving Kim Gardner until noon tomorrow to resign. If she refuses, she will face immediate removal proceedings in the form of a writ of quo warranto brought by our office."
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at February 23, 2023 08:22 AM (L9Ewk)
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Excellent piece in the sidebar. More AGs should start employing writs of quo warranto against Soros agents. The sidebar also points out that ANY citizen has standing to bring a petition of one of these...FLOOD THE COURTS!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 23, 2023 08:25 AM (YIVH2)

88 *******
This makes me sad.
Sometimes it feels like we can never have things go our way.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 23, 2023 08:22 AM (NpAcC)

Where I appreciated some of the things Musk was doing, I never trusted him and kept him at a 10 ft. pole length. He is who he is and he's NOT on our side. He plays games. LOTS of them.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 23, 2023 08:25 AM (Zz0t1)

89 Trump demonstrated in his visit to East Palestine yesterday why he is such a formidable politician (in the old America when elections weren’t fortified). By all accounts, his actions there were warm and heartfelt and the people loved him. He loves America….. I want him to be the nominee in 2024 because it will be a spectacle for the ages. The election is fortified already but his campaign may well open many eyes. Maybe that’s why TPTB are so desperately trying to force him out with bogus lawfare

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 23, 2023 08:26 AM (SZVQq)

90 Musk knows who, what and where he's dealing with. Terms must have been excellent and with gubbernmint keeping their distance.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 23, 2023 08:24 AM (oQZym)
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And if not, it's an engineering center and not a production center. It can probably be moved somewhat easily if CA doesn't make good on whatever kickbacks they promised.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 23, 2023 08:26 AM (t0OGg)

91 85 Musk knows who, what and where he's dealing with. Terms must have been excellent and with gubbernmint keeping their distance.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 23, 2023 08:24 AM (oQZym)

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Leftist governance is about giving favorable treatment to the uber wealthy while grinding down the middle class into a reliant underclass.

Because they care about the little people.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, mired in filth and awfulness with Ralph Bakshi at February 23, 2023 08:26 AM (LvTSG)

92 Emily Kohrs is supposedly 30 years old. She acts like a 13 year old girl still stuck in 8th grade. And she’s the foreman of a grand jury?? Clown world just keeps getting better….

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She's quite literally a silly, ignorant buffoon. She looks it, she sounds it, and I hope she has done more damage to their "Get Trump" scheme than anybody.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 23, 2023 08:26 AM (sVtYq)

93 I'm not putting forth any groundbreaking ideas here but Ramaswamy, Haley, Scott, etc... somewhere in the back of their brains these people no doubt think they would make a dandy CiC but this is all jockeying for other political positions or cash. Or both.

Posted by: Fool Otto at February 23, 2023 08:27 AM (DB16e)

94 Gov: Gee Elon, that sure is a nice space company you got there.

E: Thanks! It is awesome

Gov: I bet those FAA hassles really get to you.

E: Yeah, we need to get the Starship program moving

Gov: Anywhoo... Palo Alto really needs som new tech firms.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at February 23, 2023 08:27 AM (DK4U1)

95 Excellent piece in the sidebar. More AGs should start employing writs of quo warranto against Soros agents. The sidebar also points out that ANY citizen has standing to bring a petition of one of these...FLOOD THE COURTS!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 23, 2023 08:25 AM (YIVH2)

missed that this was in the sidebar, thanks

Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at February 23, 2023 08:28 AM (L9Ewk)

96 Emily Kohrs is the same kind of idiot that ties themselves to trees. That lays on the floor of grocery stores in front of the milk products. That throws ketchup on priceless paintings.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 23, 2023 08:28 AM (sVtYq)

97 There's a sidebar?!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, mired in filth and awfulness with Ralph Bakshi at February 23, 2023 08:28 AM (LvTSG)

98 Mornin’, All. Is it Friday yet?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 23, 2023 08:28 AM (XR5XV)

99 In hindsight, I am very certain that the Holy Spirit was protecting us baptized Catholic children.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at February 23, 2023 08:21 AM (TXFi7)
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You're implying that otherwise a Ouija Board can actually work. Perhaps you're the one who needs protection - from superstitions.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 23, 2023 08:29 AM (oQZym)

100 Emily Kohrs is supposedly 30 years old. She acts like a 13 year old girl still stuck in 8th grade. And she’s the foreman of a grand jury?? Clown world just keeps getting better….

--

She's quite literally a silly, ignorant buffoon. She looks it, she sounds it, and I hope she has done more damage to their "Get Trump" scheme than anybody.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 23, 2023 08:26 AM (sVtYq)

You carry yourself WELL, young grasshoppah......

Posted by: Taylor Lorenz at February 23, 2023 08:29 AM (Zz0t1)

101 86 How can I contribute to both Ace and JJ Section without using PayPal or a credit card? I'd be happy to send cash or a check but can't find any way to do so. You folks are the best.
Posted by: Zeus

I would like to know that as well.
Posted by: JT

I have a PO box you can mail cash to.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at February 23, 2023 08:29 AM (DK4U1)

102 .FLOOD THE COURTS!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

"S'cuse me while I whip this out....."

Posted by: JT at February 23, 2023 08:29 AM (T4tVD)

103 I'm not putting forth any groundbreaking ideas here but Ramaswamy, Haley, Scott, etc... somewhere in the back of their brains these people no doubt think they would make a dandy CiC but this is all jockeying for other political positions or cash. Or both.

--

In Haley's case, I'm not convinced it's for the cash angle. I think signs have been there for years that she most definitely has the highest aspirations of political office. She's been strategically planning her earnest run for presidency ever since she left the governor's mansion in Columbia many years ago. Just my opinion...

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 23, 2023 08:30 AM (sVtYq)

104 89 Trump demonstrated in his visit to East Palestine yesterday why he is such a formidable politician (in the old America when elections weren’t fortified). By all accounts, his actions there were warm and heartfelt and the people loved him. He loves America….. I want him to be the nominee in 2024 because it will be a spectacle for the ages. The election is fortified already but his campaign may well open many eyes. Maybe that’s why TPTB are so desperately trying to force him out with bogus lawfare
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 23, 2023 08:26 AM (SZVQq)

I love Trump's worldview and overall posture, but his execution and choice of people to trust and surround himself with is awful. And he gets sidetracked too easily with petty personal grievances.

Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at February 23, 2023 08:31 AM (L9Ewk)

105 There's a sidebar?!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, mired in filth and awfulness with Ralph Bakshi a

I thought you knew everything !

Posted by: JT at February 23, 2023 08:31 AM (T4tVD)

106 Leftist governance is about giving favorable treatment to the uber wealthy while grinding down the middle class into a reliant underclass.

Because they care about the little people.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, mired in filth and awfulness with Ralph Bakshi at February 23, 2023 08:26 AM (LvTSG)
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No arguments from me there. But it's not just leftist governance. It happens plenty in red states.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 23, 2023 08:31 AM (oQZym)

107 Gov: Gee Elon, that sure is a nice space company you got there.

E: Thanks! It is awesome

Gov: I bet those FAA hassles really get to you.

E: Yeah, we need to get the Starship program moving

Gov: Anywhoo... Palo Alto really needs som new tech firms.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at February 23, 2023 08:27 AM (DK4U1)

Were this the case, he should've exposed it instead of caving to it. The people are on his side. Now, he's just part of the problem. Rewarding California for it's jackbooted methods is NOT HELPING.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 23, 2023 08:31 AM (Zz0t1)

108 I have a PO box you can mail cash to.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire

So do I !

Posted by: JT at February 23, 2023 08:31 AM (T4tVD)

109 the crux of the biscuit

Ever wonder why Southern biscuits are so much better than the hockey pucks that Northerners accept as biscuits?

The answer, my fellow Commentariats, is White Lily flour, made from white wheat, and having less gluten.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 23, 2023 08:32 AM (a3Q+t)

110
"S'cuse me while I whip this out....."
Posted by: JT at February 23, 2023 08:29 AM (T4tVD)

DO WHAT HE SAY! DOO WHAT HEE SAYY!!!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 23, 2023 08:32 AM (Zz0t1)

111 106 No arguments from me there. But it's not just leftist governance. It happens plenty in red states.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 23, 2023 08:31 AM (oQZym)

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There's plenty of tax carve outs for the wealthy and such in red states, but there does seem to be a decidedly less preponderance of active efforts to destroy the middle class in South Carolina rather than California.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, mired in filth and awfulness with Ralph Bakshi at February 23, 2023 08:32 AM (LvTSG)

112 Well color me shocked, looks like Buttplug actually visited E. Palistine. Snuck in and out so fast no one noticed I guess.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 23, 2023 08:32 AM (wagHN)

113 I'm so depressed this morning that I'm going to go shovel snow now instead.

Maybe the exercise will cheer me up.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 23, 2023 08:32 AM (Vwz3I)

114
I thought you knew everything !
Posted by: JT at February 23, 2023 08:31 AM (T4tVD)

Only if it was directed on a screen somewhere.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 23, 2023 08:32 AM (Zz0t1)

115 “Now, you don’t have to love Trump – it doesn’t matter. If you believe in our system and want it to continue, you should be outraged. But nobody is saying anything so far as I can tell.”
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More than any other terrible event of this age, the politicization of the legal system and the lack of outrage from Americans of all sides convinces me the American experiment is toast.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 23, 2023 08:33 AM (hkeif)

116 Implying?

Okay. I will state it.

There are demons in the world.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at February 23, 2023 08:34 AM (TXFi7)

117 Biden Is Still After Your Gas Stoves

Citizens! Ze boogs are already crunchy, you don’t need to be able to cook.

Posted by: Klaus Schwab at February 23, 2023 08:34 AM (X4R3E)

118 Well color me shocked, looks like Buttplug actually visited E. Palistine. Snuck in and out so fast no one noticed I guess.

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He did?? It must not have been to too much fanfare by the residents or the lying "media" would've painted him as a beneficent savior selflessly working for The People.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 23, 2023 08:34 AM (sVtYq)

119 >planning her earnest run for presidency ever since she left the governor's mansion in Columbia many years ago.

Good point. I suppose she might be a true believer.

Posted by: Fool Otto at February 23, 2023 08:35 AM (DB16e)

120 Doesn't Musk have Asperger's syndrome? I seem to recall him discussing the "difficulties" he's had with that. I think Asperger's is part of a larger, interpersonal sort of "condition" that affects how one interacts with others.

Maybe that factored into the decision to put the engineering HQ in CA?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 23, 2023 08:35 AM (Q4IgG)

121 E: Yeah, we need to get the Starship program moving

Gov: Anywhoo... Palo Alto really needs som new tech firms.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at February 23, 2023 08:27 AM (DK4U1)
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I don't think so. Musk would have held a live press conference, spilling the beans on the threats being made to force Tesla to remain in CA. And then there would be backlash from all states with SpaceX employees and facilities in them. Musk wouldn't buckle.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 23, 2023 08:35 AM (oQZym)

122 ===================
More than any other terrible event of this age, the politicization of the legal system and the lack of outrage from Americans of all sides convinces me the American experiment is toast.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 23, 2023 08:33 AM (hkeif)

He who controls the books, controls history. He who controls the count, controls the winner. He who controls the money, controls everything.

There are more leftist millionaire and billionaires willing to corrupt the system than there are conservatives.

We're not going to win this battle by conventional means.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 23, 2023 08:35 AM (Zz0t1)

123 You know, it's not that the Democrats lie so viciously about Trump that bothers me.

It's that so many Republicans not just believe those lies but absolutely indignantly refuse to consider they are lies.

Because they can't stand Trump and--without their comforting lies-- they would have no ground to criticize him.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 23, 2023 08:35 AM (E2vbs)

124 The Battle of The Alamo started today, February 23rd, 1836. God Bless Texas.

I wish Americans loved America as much as Texans love Texas.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 23, 2023 08:36 AM (Ktdcc)

125
I don't think so. Musk would have held a live press conference, spilling the beans on the threats being made to force Tesla to remain in CA. And then there would be backlash from all states with SpaceX employees and facilities in them. Musk wouldn't buckle.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 23, 2023 08:35 AM (oQZym)

I do not believe this.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 23, 2023 08:36 AM (Zz0t1)

126 121 I don't think so. Musk would have held a live press conference, spilling the beans on the threats being made to force Tesla to remain in CA. And then there would be backlash from all states with SpaceX employees and facilities in them. Musk wouldn't buckle.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 23, 2023 08:35 AM (oQZym)

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I think you think too much of Elon Musk. He's never really been on our side. The free speech thing was the closest, but he's been a leech on government subsidies for way too long to just suddenly stop. In fact, I don't think I've ever seen anything from him ever that shows that he's opposed to using government subsidies and leverage and favors to advance his own interests.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, mired in filth and awfulness with Ralph Bakshi at February 23, 2023 08:37 AM (LvTSG)

127 When bringing a petition for writ of quo warranto, individual members of the public have standing as citizens and taxpayers.
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By what Constitutional delegation of power did hte people authorize the FBI?

Go get 'em, state AG's!!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 23, 2023 08:37 AM (hkeif)

128 I don't think moving Tesla to CA a bad idea.

Posted by: runner at February 23, 2023 08:37 AM (Xn4AZ)

129 =========

I think you think too much of Elon Musk. He's never really been on our side. The free speech thing was the closest, but he's been a leech on government subsidies for way too long to just suddenly stop. In fact, I don't think I've ever seen anything from him ever that shows that he's opposed to using government subsidies and leverage and favors to advance his own interests.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, mired in filth and awfulness with Ralph Bakshi at February 23, 2023 08:37 AM (LvTSG)

This.

Musk loves him some government teat.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 23, 2023 08:37 AM (Zz0t1)

130 Here's the link about Buttplug's visit. He didn't meet with residents, just "inspected" the crash site.

https://tinyurl.com/mracvb8m

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 23, 2023 08:38 AM (wagHN)

131 There are demons in the world.
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at February 23, 2023 08:34 AM (TXFi7)
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Some of them in your head.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 23, 2023 08:38 AM (oQZym)

132
I wish Americans loved America as much as Texans love Texas.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 23, 2023 08:36 AM (Ktdcc)

This also.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 23, 2023 08:38 AM (Zz0t1)

133 Musk probably got some kind of really crazy deal that we’ll hear about later to take over HP’s Palo Alto space.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 23, 2023 08:39 AM (X4R3E)

134 The Battle of The Alamo started today, February 23rd, 1836. God Bless Texas.

I wish Americans loved America as much as Texans love Texas.
Posted by: rickb223

Amen brutha !

Posted by: JT at February 23, 2023 08:39 AM (T4tVD)

135 128 I don't think moving Tesla to CA a bad idea.

me either! I actually think it's hopeful. CA would rather grab fed cash than kowtow to Musk. the fact that they actually had to (and I have no doubt they gave him a LOT to get him to go back) is actually good news.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 23, 2023 08:39 AM (w0NJk)

136 Here's the link about Buttplug's visit. He didn't meet with residents, just "inspected" the crash site.

https://tinyurl.com/mracvb8m
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 23, 2023 08:38 AM (wagHN)
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He didn't hand out blue "Build Back Better" hats?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 23, 2023 08:39 AM (oQZym)

137 There are demons in the world.
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at February 23, 2023 08:34 AM (TXFi7)
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Some of them in your head.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 23, 2023 08:38 AM (oQZym)

Yes, they often attack your mind. Serious stuff.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 23, 2023 08:39 AM (45fpk)

138 Bootygig took off from his personal time to fly over Ohio? Give that fag a bonus!

Posted by: fd at February 23, 2023 08:39 AM (iayUP)

139 he's been a leech on government subsidies for way too long to just suddenly stop.

How many commenters here take SS or Medicaid or VA? If the Dems are handing out money you’d be stupid not to take it, even if you want it to stop.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 23, 2023 08:41 AM (X4R3E)

140 Here's the link about Buttplug's visit. He didn't meet with residents, just "inspected" the crash site.

https://tinyurl.com/mracvb8m
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 23, 2023 08:38 AM (wagHN)

Disgusting little smarmy fag. "I'm taking some personal time walking down the street. Can't I just eat my waffle?!?"

Piece of shit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 23, 2023 08:41 AM (Zz0t1)

141 Nice meme, JJ.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 23, 2023 08:42 AM (Zz0t1)

142 Bootygig took off from his personal time to fly over Ohio? Give that fag a bonus!
Posted by: fd at February 23, 2023 08:39 AM (iayUP)

Has he actually been to work yet?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 23, 2023 08:42 AM (Zz0t1)

143
How many commenters here take SS or Medicaid or VA? If the Dems are handing out money you’d be stupid not to take it, even if you want it to stop.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 23, 2023 08:41 AM (X4R3E)

This is a reasonably bad comparison.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 23, 2023 08:42 AM (Zz0t1)

144 Trump denied that rail deregulations during his administration were relevant to the crash and said that the US is like a "third world country" and "breaking down" under Buttigieg's leadership, according to a video filmed by the Daily Caller News Foundation.

"He should have been here a long time ago," Trump said. "Now he was supposed to come today but he heard I was coming today and postponed it, but whenever he comes he's got to do his job and if we didn't come, they never would have come."
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Truth.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 23, 2023 08:43 AM (ALmwe)

145 138 Bootygig took off from his personal time to fly over Ohio? Give that fag a bonus!
Posted by: fd at February 23, 2023 08:39 AM (iayUP)

"minus "-us" . . . "

- - Chasten

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 23, 2023 08:43 AM (x0n13)

146 "How many commenters here take SS or Medicaid or VA? "

If you are equating that with subsidies for Tesla, tell me how much money has Tesla has been forced to pay to the Federal Government.

Posted by: fd at February 23, 2023 08:44 AM (iayUP)

147 And here I thought the math proved that the inner core of the earth was comprised of vegan hummus.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 23, 2023 08:44 AM (Jg7EG)

148 How many commenters here take SS or Medicaid or VA? If the Dems are handing out money you’d be stupid not to take it, even if you want it to stop.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 23, 2023 08:41 AM (X4R3E)

Hey! I was forced to pay into SS so I want every dime I can wring out of it even if it bankrupts the future generations of imbeciles.

Gotta go. Need to fuel up my RV and Harleys for my monthly trip to Vegas.

Posted by: Old Fart Driving An RV In The left Lane With Blinker On at February 23, 2023 08:45 AM (z1bdm)

149 How many commenters here take SS or Medicaid or VA? If the Dems are handing out money you’d be stupid not to take it, even if you want it to stop.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 23, 2023 08:41 AM (X4R3E)

I paid for those programs every paycheck I drew for my 45yr work career.

Posted by: BignJames at February 23, 2023 08:46 AM (AwYPR)

150 There's nothing wrong with bilking DC for every penny you can get. It's the politicians' fault that it's even possible. Every penny that goes to Musk to make rockets or whatever is a penny that isn't getting laundered through polyamorous ukrainian cowboy balalaika awareness "foundations" in KEeeeeEEv straight back into a politician's wife's second cousin's law firm's bank account.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 23, 2023 08:48 AM (9UlRk)

151 Is this what's known as 'the calm before the storm?'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 23, 2023 08:48 AM (Zz0t1)

152 I think people taking VA benefits have earned them.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 23, 2023 08:49 AM (45fpk)

153 "The editing of Roald Dahl shows us what comes after civilization."
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Better to Burn the Books
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More honest anyway.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 23, 2023 08:49 AM (ALmwe)

154 Hiya Grammie !

Posted by: JT at February 23, 2023 08:50 AM (T4tVD)

155 Don't hate a player for taking a sip from the firehose of monopoly money flying out of the treasury. Hate the idiots holding the firehose.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 23, 2023 08:50 AM (9UlRk)

156 Nice pic up top, JJ !

Posted by: JT at February 23, 2023 08:51 AM (T4tVD)

157 Don't hate a player for taking a sip from the firehose of monopoly money flying out of the treasury. Hate the idiots holding the firehose.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 23, 2023 08:50 AM (9UlRk)

YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 23, 2023 08:51 AM (Zz0t1)

158 I can start drawing SS next year. My wife later this year. We're going to a SS seminar run by an outfit that gives you info on how to maximize your take for any given situation if you're over 62... single or married. The bottom line is how much you can expect to receive and when you think you'll need or want it.

Chances are your spouse, if they survive you will be the one making bank, such that it is on SS.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 23, 2023 08:52 AM (Q4IgG)

159 This Emily chick is clearly a Waffle House 1. Quite the skank.

Posted by: Puddinhead at February 23, 2023 08:52 AM (KY22T)

160 Shameless cowardice is what you get with a Buttgig.

Posted by: Ziba at February 23, 2023 08:52 AM (4h9M3)

161 "According to a statement yesterday by one SpaceX official, the company is now ready to launch its Superheavy #7 booster, stacked with its Starship prototype #24, on an orbital test flight, with the only remaining obstacle to launch the launch license, not yet approved by the FAA."
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you mean to tell me the government stands in the way, still? After all this time and all the environmental studies they demanded?

this is my shocked face.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 23, 2023 08:52 AM (ALmwe)

162 Thx JJ . New GDP numbers out , setting forth everything is slowing. If the administration couldn't fortify or narrative these numbers beforehand, they must really suck. Watching Bartiromo and all the guests seem to be saying it's bad.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 23, 2023 08:52 AM (3XQTX)

163 Chances are your spouse, if they survive you will be the one making bank, such that it is on SS.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 23, 2023 08:52 AM (Q4IgG)
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We can help with that!

Posted by: Pfizer CEO Auric Goldfinger at February 23, 2023 08:54 AM (ALmwe)

164 This Emily chick is clearly a Waffle House 1. Quite the skank.
Posted by: Puddinhead at February 23, 2023 08:52 AM (KY22T)

The blonde hair takes her to a southside Chicago strip club dumpster 3. Because rules. Everyone loves a blonde, right?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 23, 2023 08:54 AM (Zz0t1)

165
I paid for those programs every paycheck I drew for my 45yr work career.

Posted by: BignJames at February 23, 2023 08:46 AM

Right. Also, for my entire working career I 'brown-bagged' lunch every day while my co-workers sent out for lunch daily. They in no way were ever going to save a penny toward retirement unless someone forced them to. So the govmint whipped up some actuarial numbers and as long as 2.2 workers pay every year, and life expectancy is X number of years after retirement, it can work.

But you gotta have those 2.2 willing to work. France tried 1.7 and they're in big trouble.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 23, 2023 08:54 AM (enJYY)

166 Is it perhaps time for another Skank-A-Thon post?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 23, 2023 08:54 AM (9UlRk)

167 Thank you, JJ.
Appreciate the work you, Ace and the cobs and commenters do here.

Posted by: democrats, Raping and Mutilating the Children They Cannot Kill, Since 1973 at February 23, 2023 08:54 AM (jV+aN)

168 165 Right. Also, for my entire working career I 'brown-bagged' lunch every day while my co-workers sent out for lunch daily. They in no way were ever going to save a penny toward retirement unless someone forced them to. So the govmint whipped up some actuarial numbers and as long as 2.2 workers pay every year, and life expectancy is X number of years after retirement, it can work.

But you gotta have those 2.2 willing to work. France tried 1.7 and they're in big trouble.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 23, 2023 08:54 AM (enJYY)

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I don't think it's the government's job at all to enforce estate planning on individuals.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, mired in filth and awfulness with Ralph Bakshi at February 23, 2023 08:55 AM (LvTSG)

169 I haven't seen SMH around lately.

I hope all is well with her and Ex-Ex.

Posted by: JT at February 23, 2023 08:55 AM (T4tVD)

170 Grateful the lights came on and water is running this morning.

Posted by: Ziba at February 23, 2023 08:56 AM (4h9M3)

171 164 This Emily chick is clearly a Waffle House 1. Quite the skank.
Posted by: Puddinhead at February 23, 2023 08:52 AM (KY22T)

The blonde hair takes her to a southside Chicago strip club dumpster 3. Because rules. Everyone loves a blonde, right?
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She looks too insect like to be a draw at a strip club.

Posted by: Puddinhead at February 23, 2023 08:56 AM (KY22T)

172 Hiya JT!

Posted by: grammie winger at February 23, 2023 08:57 AM (45fpk)

173
America is becoming Fetterman's lump with Kruschev's shoe beating the shit out of it.

Nice, JJ.

I laughed.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 23, 2023 08:57 AM (KLPy8)

174
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I don't think it's the government's job at all to enforce estate planning on individuals.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, mired in filth and awfulness with Ralph Bakshi at February 23, 2023 08:55 AM (LvTSG)

This too.

You're buttah cuz youz on a ROLL today.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 23, 2023 08:57 AM (Zz0t1)

175 YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 23, 2023 08:51 AM (Zz0t1)

HATE THE IDIOTS, SPONGE!!! HATE THEM!!! DOOOOO EEEEEET!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 23, 2023 08:57 AM (9UlRk)

176 ----------------
She looks too insect like to be a draw at a strip club.
Posted by: Puddinhead at February 23, 2023 08:56 AM (KY22T)

The dumpster is out back......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 23, 2023 08:58 AM (Zz0t1)

177 174 This too.

You're buttah cuz youz on a ROLL today.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 23, 2023 08:57 AM (Zz0t1)

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*considers mentioning Prometheus*

*thinks better of mentioning Prometheus and does not mention Prometheus*

*does own part to keep thread Prometheus free*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, mired in filth and awfulness with Ralph Bakshi at February 23, 2023 08:58 AM (LvTSG)

178 JT, birdbath status?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 23, 2023 08:58 AM (sjxgf)

179 It is antithetical to the very concept of liberty to put your faith in any man. I don't care who that is, whether Musk or Trump. They are inherently flawed and subject to the whims of this world. It is why we have a constitutional republic, not a monarchy. Because liberty is a set of ideals that people must revere, agree on and codify into law in order to create an exceptional and enduring society.

Musk taking over Twitter without any restraints steeped in the First amendment or law, only means it is subject to his personal whims or those who may take it over in the future. That's a recipe for tyranny.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 23, 2023 08:58 AM (OjHyA)

180
HATE THE IDIOTS, SPONGE!!! HATE THEM!!! DOOOOO EEEEEET!
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 23, 2023 08:57 AM (9UlRk)

Now, you have me in a conundrum......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 23, 2023 08:58 AM (Zz0t1)

181 176 ----------------
She looks too insect like to be a draw at a strip club.
Posted by: Puddinhead at February 23, 2023 08:56 AM (KY22T)

The dumpster is out back......
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I see her as a Teacher's Assistant. Too stupid to be a teacher but able to fuck with little kids.

Posted by: Puddinhead at February 23, 2023 08:59 AM (KY22T)

182 JT, birdbath status?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Unfrozen.

Posted by: JT at February 23, 2023 08:59 AM (T4tVD)

183 Tip jar tapped.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 23, 2023 09:00 AM (yQpMk)

184 "The exposed server was allegedly the result of a misconfiguration. Anyone who knew what the server’s IP address was could access the emails with a web browser."
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Yet another absolutely amazing incompetence passes unremarked by the Propaganda Press.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 23, 2023 09:00 AM (ALmwe)

185 Now, you have me in a conundrum......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 23, 2023 08:58 AM (Zz0t1)

Govt. gives those out for free...

Posted by: BignJames at February 23, 2023 09:00 AM (AwYPR)

186
I don't think it's the government's job at all to enforce estate planning on individuals.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, mired in filth and awfulness with Ralph Bakshi at February 23, 2023 08:55 AM

What estate? These people (my co-workers) were going to spend their lives renting an apartment and driving 15 year old junk cars around. If the average SS check is now $1400 a month that's hardly going to cover the rent in my area.

The government forced them to pay for others so that some day others will pay for them. *shrugs* It's not perfect, but it's something. People pretend like it's some huge amount. It's barely over poverty level.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 23, 2023 09:00 AM (enJYY)

187 "*does own part to keep thread Prometheus free*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, mired in filth and awfulness with Ralph Bakshi at February 23, 2023 08:58 AM (LvTSG)"

You can redeem yourself by flaming that new Ant Man Piece of shit. Someone dragged me to see it. I told him if it sucked, he had to leave the theater wearing the popcorn bucket like a hat. Welp, it fit perfectly and we left early.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 23, 2023 09:00 AM (OjHyA)

188 186 What estate? These people (my co-workers) were going to spend their lives renting an apartment and driving 15 year old junk cars around. If the average SS check is now $1400 a month that's hardly going to cover the rent in my area.

The government forced them to pay for others so that some day others will pay for them. *shrugs* It's not perfect, but it's something. People pretend like it's some huge amount. It's barely over poverty level.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 23, 2023 09:00 AM (enJYY)

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They can work until they're 90 if they don't want to plan for themselves. That's their choice.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, mired in filth and awfulness with Ralph Bakshi at February 23, 2023 09:01 AM (LvTSG)

189 187 You can redeem yourself by flaming that new Ant Man Piece of shit. Someone dragged me to see it. I told him if it sucked, he had to leave the theater wearing the popcorn bucket like a hat. Welp, it fit perfectly and we left early.
Posted by: Marcus T at February 23, 2023 09:00 AM (OjHyA)

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Why would I go? The MCU is boring.

Better to spend one's time discovering the works of Ernst Lubitsch.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, mired in filth and awfulness with Ralph Bakshi at February 23, 2023 09:01 AM (LvTSG)

190 Once upon a time, we were entertained by interesting, intelligent, funny people such as Durward Kirby, Garry Moore, Allen Funt, and Carol Burnett. Now, we are stuck with Taylor Lorenz, Emily Kohrs, and various internet prevert influencers and child-groomers. Just how bad will this get?

Posted by: Pepperidge Farm Remembers at February 23, 2023 09:02 AM (wrJpE)

191 "Reflections on our 39th president."

History's Greatest Monster

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 23, 2023 09:02 AM (yQpMk)

192 I have to laugh at everyone who says that they paid in to social security so they are owed that money back.

In 1934, the supreme court ruled that SS was just another tax, on top of the income tax, and nobody was owed any money back from it. The money raised was put into the general fund.

The first instance of "Its a tax".

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 23, 2023 09:02 AM (lTGtQ)

193 JT, birdbath status?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Unfrozen.
Posted by: JT

But still as cold as a mother-in-law's love.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 23, 2023 09:02 AM (Ktdcc)

194 "The exposed server was allegedly the result of a misconfiguration. Anyone who knew what the server’s IP address was could access the emails with a web browser."

Don't worry. It was only SOCOM. Im sure it was nothing important even though it was declass info. It's not like they're going to be pissed or anything.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 23, 2023 09:02 AM (OjHyA)

195 I don't think it's the government's job at all to enforce estate planning on individuals.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, mired in filth and awfulness with Ralph Bakshi at February 23, 2023 08:55 AM (LvTSG)

I know right. Next thing the government will do is take money out of people's pay checks to pay for it, then mandate how we get our health care and take money out of our paychecks to pay for that, then what kind of car we can drive, then....oh wait.

Never Mind.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 23, 2023 09:03 AM (z1bdm)

196 asyakhamsin
@asyakhamsin1
Even this jewellery was in my lost bag dah

https://tinyurl.com/4adz65ek

And there's this-

https://tinyurl.com/3tathy5p

Posted by: redridinghood at February 23, 2023 09:03 AM (NpAcC)

197 "Better to spend one's time discovering the works of Ernst Lubitsch.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, mired in filth and awfulness with Ralph Bakshi at February 23, 2023 09:01 AM (LvTSG)"

Who are you and what have you done with TJM?

Posted by: Marcus T at February 23, 2023 09:04 AM (OjHyA)

198 LOL, the picture :-)

Posted by: artisanal ette at February 23, 2023 09:04 AM (9qHsE)

199 Yet another absolutely amazing incompetence passes unremarked by the Propaganda Press.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 23, 2023 09:00 AM (ALmwe)

There are so many organizations that homebrew their shit with open source stuff like hmail or nginx, and have absolutely no idea how to secure it because they have no idea what they're doing in general. But there's also the dunning-krueger aspect of it all... most people doing something like that who don't know what they're doing KNOW they don't know what they're doing, so they go look up tutorials and walkthroughs for basic shit like setting up ssl certificates or whatever. It may not be perfect, but they'll at least have something standing between their intranet and the world at large.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 23, 2023 09:04 AM (9UlRk)

200 A new kind of terrorism originating from overseas:

COLORADO, USA — Several of the swatting calls that prompted law enforcement responses and caused lockdowns at schools across Colorado on Wednesday came in alphabetical order.. . .

Alamosa received a call at 8:24 a.m.
Aspen - 8:25 a.m.
Aurora - 8:30 a.m.
Boulder - 8:33 a.m.
Brighton - 8:41 a.m.
Durango - 9:16 a.m.
Englewood - 9:19 a.m.
Estes Park - 9:23 a.m.
Fort Morgan - 9:38 a.m.
Grand Junction - 10:05 a.m.
Littleton - 1:45 p.m.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 23, 2023 09:04 AM (mqu1M)

201 197 "Better to spend one's time discovering the works of Ernst Lubitsch.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, mired in filth and awfulness with Ralph Bakshi at February 23, 2023 09:01 AM (LvTSG)"

Who are you and what have you done with TJM?
Posted by: Marcus T at February 23, 2023 09:04 AM (OjHyA)

=========

I don't think you know me very well.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, mired in filth and awfulness with Ralph Bakshi at February 23, 2023 09:04 AM (LvTSG)

202
And no one ever for one minute should blame the 'baby boomers' for Social Security. Not a one of them was old enough to vote when SS was enacted. But they certainly had to pay into the system, from their very first paycheck.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 23, 2023 09:04 AM (enJYY)

203 Great reads. 1st of the day. Wanna tip. Ain't gonna tip using PayPal. Advice?

Posted by: Lurker In Chief at February 23, 2023 09:05 AM (rlsWv)

204 That photo is the stuff of nightmares.

Posted by: Flyover at February 23, 2023 09:05 AM (Rbu5d)

205 I have to laugh at everyone who says that they paid in to social security so they are owed that money back.

In 1934, the supreme court ruled that SS was just another tax, on top of the income tax, and nobody was owed any money back from it. The money raised was put into the general fund.

The first instance of "Its a tax".
Posted by: Thomas Paine

The promise to pay back is the ONLY thing keeping DC from looking like Sherman's March to the Sea and it's inhabitants from looking like the French Revolution.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 23, 2023 09:05 AM (Ktdcc)

206 Taking unemployment for 6 months in 2008 was the most demeaning thing I ever did. No choice but I hated every minute of living on OPM.
I'd rather shovel shit than do it again.
Now when I hit 62 1/2 (maybe 65, we'll see) and retire I will feel not a bit of guilt. I payed that money in.
Preparing for retirement for me does not involve giving my money to anyone else. Having the house paid off and no debt is my highest priority. Almost there.

Gotta get to work.
I would also like to hit the tip jar but have no way to do it. A PO box would be nice. I could do a prepaid card or slip a bill into a hallmark card.

Posted by: Reforger at February 23, 2023 09:06 AM (W5brt)

207 "Social security is like a lockbox..."
-in monotone

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, mired in filth and awfulness with Ralph Bakshi at February 23, 2023 09:06 AM (LvTSG)

208 202
And no one ever for one minute should blame the 'baby boomers' for Social Security. Not a one of them was old enough to vote when SS was enacted. But they certainly had to pay into the system, from their very first paycheck.
----------------
Yep. And those of us on the backside of the boom knew we were gonna get fucked.

Posted by: Puddinhead at February 23, 2023 09:06 AM (KY22T)

209 The estimable Margot Cleveland completely dismantles the whole thing bit by bit in methodical fashion and her reportage is worthy enough for you to spit back word for word at any Lefty true believer. Not that they'd listen.

it does not matter
they know the truth
the point is to chip away at Trump's following
the point is, as always, to characterize those that love the Constitution and the country as evil and racist and homophobes

Posted by: artisanal ette at February 23, 2023 09:07 AM (9qHsE)

210 Chances are your spouse, if they survive you will be the one making bank, such that it is on SS. Martini Farmer

Does the spouse receive both SS payments?
I thought just the higher of the two when their partner passes away?
Either way if preparations aren't made, such as insurance for burial expenses, etc, that bank will be spent playing catch up after the fact. (for lower/even middle income people)

Posted by: old chick at February 23, 2023 09:07 AM (sOete)

211 What on Earth is Going On at Project Veritas?

Well, it seems that it has tied itself to a tree with electrical cord, and is now trying to figure out how to shoot itself in the back of the head without leaving a gun on the groung.

Posted by: Flyover at February 23, 2023 09:08 AM (Rbu5d)

212 Military people don't get enough of a benefit from the VA or other veterans services. The VA is sub standard socialized medicine for people who put their lives on the line for our country...

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at February 23, 2023 09:08 AM (flINI)

213 Here's an excellent analysis of the Putin speech. The bottom line is that he's trying to normalize life in Russia to accommodate his stupid war, because he can't think of anything else to do. He is preparing his people to accept a permanent state of war.

There is a very brave man (Navalny) in a Russian prison who is calling him out. I'm surprised that they let him tweet, but that seems to be the case.

https://tinyurl.com/367fz8sh

Posted by: Archimedes at February 23, 2023 09:09 AM (eOEVl)

214 What on Earth is Going On at Project Veritas?

Well, it seems that it has tied itself to a tree with electrical cord, and is now trying to figure out how to shoot itself in the back of the head without leaving a gun on the groung.
Posted by: Flyover at February 23, 2023 09:08 AM (Rbu5d)

Balloons.

*touches nose*

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 23, 2023 09:09 AM (yQpMk)

215 How many commenters here take SS or Medicaid or VA? If the Dems are handing out money you’d be stupid not to take it, even if you want it to stop.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 23, 2023 08:41 AM (X4R3E)

I paid for those programs every paycheck I drew for my 45yr work career.
Posted by: BignJames at February 23, 2023 08:46 AM (AwYPR)

53 years here, including the two years I spent in the army after being drafted in 1967. The money was stolen out of the paycheck with no other choice possible.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at February 23, 2023 09:09 AM (Zvtjl)

216 Byron York
@ByronYork

In city famous for strict gun control, new DC crime law 'scales back penalties for convicted felons illegally carrying firearms, as well as for using them to commit crimes.' Why? For 'equity,' apparently.

https://tinyurl.com/2d35ndym

Posted by: redridinghood at February 23, 2023 09:10 AM (NpAcC)

217 "How many commenters here take SS or Medicaid or VA? "

For the past thirty years and counting, I have been "contributing" the maximum amount into that Ponzi scheme.

Damn straight I'm going to game it however possible to get the most out. The Mills and Zoomers deserve to pay me from their earnings as reparations for the sin they have committed in their activism in Marxist ideologies.

Keep them in poverty until the vaxx finally kills them.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 23, 2023 09:10 AM (l7lsb)

218 "Social security is like a lockbox..."
-in monotone
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, mired in filth and awfulness with Ralph Bakshi at February 23, 2023 09:06 AM (LvTSG)

I do have to give Al Gore credit - In the 2000 race, he convinced us he was just a boring dork, when in fact he's an arrogant, evil, low IQ dictator.

Posted by: Wally at February 23, 2023 09:11 AM (FJYfm)

219 The Mills and Zoomers deserve to pay me from their earnings as reparations for the sin they have committed in their activism in Marxist ideologies.

Keep them in poverty until the vaxx finally kills them.

Posted by: Reuben Hick

I think I spot a problem here. Who pays your benefits when they are dead?

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 23, 2023 09:12 AM (lTGtQ)

220 Things won't be equitable until everyone is allowed to go into anyone's house they choose and take whatever they want.

Posted by: fd at February 23, 2023 09:12 AM (iayUP)

221 203 Great reads. 1st of the day. Wanna tip. Ain't gonna tip using PayPal. Advice?
Posted by: Lurker In Chief at February 23, 2023 09:05 AM (rlsWv)

I thought we moved off PayPal? Ugh.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 23, 2023 09:12 AM (x0n13)

222 I'm occasionally checking the Project Veritas twitter followers numbers drop here in case you are interested

https://tinyurl.com/3jjepcjx

It's a daily count and so far it's been pretty big. While PV is begging for people to stay with them, esp big investors. Burn them to the ground. Let the good follow James

Posted by: artisanal ette at February 23, 2023 09:13 AM (9qHsE)

223 Does the spouse receive both SS payments?
I thought just the higher of the two when their partner passes away?
Either way if preparations aren't made, such as insurance for burial expenses, etc, that bank will be spent playing catch up after the fact. (for lower/even middle income people)

Posted by: old chick at February 23, 2023 09:07 AM

You get to claim whichever is higher you don't get both.

Also no one ever says a word about the money from the millions of people who die before they ever claim a penny of the money they paid in or only get a small portion paid to them before they die.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 23, 2023 09:13 AM (uNylN)

224 I agree with one of the contribute others over at Insty.
I want the Trump that I like back. I want -

Trump Unbound. (period, full stop)

The food and water to East Palatine was a good start, but now we need more. Forget the past for now and get out there and show/tell the difference with you as President.

Your new main concern should be - Inflation. It affects everyone every day.
Get out there and most of all get back on twitter.
And point out how Biden's/the Democrat's wild spending is driving inflation and making it worse- as shown by the latest info and-

the insane spending to support Ukraine pensions and paying their citizens "a little something in their pockets".
People are hurting here and money's being spending on stupid nonsense like that. Make them defend that. Every. Single. Day.

Forget DeSantis and everyone else for now.
Show everyone why you won the Presidency. And why they should support you now.

And President Trump, if you aren't getting this advice ,fire those advisors. Seriously, you need people on the ground.

Stop trying to titrate victory and go straight for the win as Trump Unbound.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 23, 2023 09:13 AM (KLPy8)

225 I thought we moved off PayPal? Ugh.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 23, 2023 09:12 AM (x0n13)

When I followed your link it asked for a CC.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 23, 2023 09:13 AM (yQpMk)

226 218 I do have to give Al Gore credit - In the 2000 race, he convinced us he was just a boring dork, when in fact he's an arrogant, evil, low IQ dictator.
Posted by: Wally at February 23, 2023 09:11 AM (FJYfm)

Stalin spoke with a thick Georgian accent and was deadly dull. And deadly.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 23, 2023 09:14 AM (x0n13)

227 >>Even this jewellery was in my lost bag dah

https://tinyurl.com/4adz65ek

This is both amazing and so NOT surprising.
Once I read he went away for the weekend w/no bag, then stole one on the way there it seemed obvious this was something he did regularly. That he's wearing these stolen items to bug, public events indicates he's getting a thrill from this. SICK freak.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 23, 2023 09:14 AM (mqu1M)

228 I think CJN uses Stripe now.

Posted by: fd at February 23, 2023 09:15 AM (iayUP)

229 Byron York
@ByronYork

In city famous for strict gun control, new DC crime law 'scales back penalties for convicted felons illegally carrying firearms, as well as for using them to commit crimes.' Why? For 'equity,' apparently.

https://tinyurl.com/2d35ndym
Posted by: redridinghood at February 23, 2023 09:10 AM (NpAcC)

And now the mask comes off. Democrats aren't opposed to guns. They're opposed to you and me having guns.

Posted by: Wally at February 23, 2023 09:15 AM (FJYfm)

230 225
When I followed your link it asked for a CC.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 23, 2023 09:13 AM (yQpMk)

I thought we had shifted. Let me check with the webmeister.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 23, 2023 09:15 AM (x0n13)

231 Damn straight I'm going to game it however possible to get the most out.

Exactly, get yours and Cloward-Piven it while you’re at it. That is the way.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 23, 2023 09:15 AM (X4R3E)

232 Also no one ever says a word about the money from the millions of people who die before they ever claim a penny of the money they paid in or only get a small portion paid to them before they die.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 23, 2023 09:13 AM (uNylN)

It's not just a Ponzi scheme, it's a racist Ponzi scheme in that regard.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 23, 2023 09:15 AM (yQpMk)

233 Been paying taxes 58 years, getting some of it back, but certainly not all.

Posted by: Eromero at February 23, 2023 09:16 AM (z3WCn)

234 I think I spot a problem here. Who pays your benefits when they are dead?

I'm sufficiently funded without SSI. I saved, invested and built in financial resiliency.

I just want the play money to go do stupid stuff.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 23, 2023 09:16 AM (l7lsb)

235 Good photo at GP of train wheel on fire allegedly 43 minutes before derailment in E. Palestine. Blows Buttplugs blame Trump gambit out of water. Heard Wall Street Journal has a good editorial about it as well (paywall)

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 23, 2023 09:16 AM (3XQTX)

236 I looked up my last receipt and it was from Stripe. Donate away!

Posted by: fd at February 23, 2023 09:16 AM (iayUP)

237 >>It's a daily count and so far it's been pretty big. While PV is begging for people to stay with them, esp big investors. Burn them to the ground. Let the good follow James

THIS.
James O'Keefe and his PV have done a lot, will not support the hollowing out of this young organization.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 23, 2023 09:17 AM (mqu1M)

238 Beware of mousy looking chics.

Jack Posobiec
@JackPosobiec

They've been biding their time in the shadows, slowly gaining power over us

https://tinyurl.com/2b2rayse

Posted by: redridinghood at February 23, 2023 09:17 AM (NpAcC)

239
PV is instructive. If you're doing something against the regime, keep 100% control of it yourself, even if you have to tighten your belt, crowdsource for funding, etc.

If you have a board of directors or large donors to whom you answer, the regime can reach out to them and squash you. Never let ConInc in the room with you.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 23, 2023 09:17 AM (oINRc)

240 I do have to give Al Gore credit - In the 2000 race, he convinced us he was just a boring dork, when in fact he's an arrogant, evil, low IQ dictator.

He’s like Bill Gates except without a dick.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 23, 2023 09:18 AM (X4R3E)

241 Social Security robs your children of their inheritance. If you were able to invest that money on your own, at least there would be something to leave to your family.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 23, 2023 09:18 AM (45fpk)

242 Chances are your spouse, if they survive you will be the one making bank, such that it is on SS. Martini Farmer

Does the spouse receive both SS payments?
I thought just the higher of the two when their partner passes away?

Yes, provided your spouse qualifies for SS. My wife was a Fed for many years, so didn't have enough quarters to qualify. She's working a small job at the church for a few years (she would have anyway) and then she'll qualify for my SS, which will be much more, because I was under the new retirement system.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 23, 2023 09:18 AM (eOEVl)

243 Now Ace still uses Paypal, but I already have a lifetime membership and I'm not donating anyway until ace apologizes to me.

Posted by: fd at February 23, 2023 09:18 AM (iayUP)

244 I'm sufficiently funded without SSI. I saved, invested and built in financial resiliency.

I just want the play money to go do stupid stuff.

Posted by: Reuben Hick

I'm in the same boat, but I don't want anyone relying on that money, because it is not guaranteed in any way.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 23, 2023 09:18 AM (lTGtQ)

245 Yeah, I used a bank debit card as a MasterCard and the donation shows pending at my bank so the app is working right.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 23, 2023 09:19 AM (yQpMk)

246 Thanks, Mister Scott.

JJ,
your link didn't take me to Paypal, a very short donation form, but, after clicking okay it changed to this page>
Error 404 - Page Not Found
It seems we can’t find what you’re looking for. Perhaps searching, or one of the links below, can help.

I just checked and the amount went thru fine.

Posted by: old chick at February 23, 2023 09:19 AM (sOete)

247 Mayor Pete in his hard hat and safety vest looks like a little kid heading for a sandbox with his Tonka toys.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 23, 2023 09:20 AM (lz5hY)

248 Also no one ever says a word about the money from the millions of people who die before they ever claim a penny of the money they paid in or only get a small portion paid to them before they die.

That's the thing that really steams me. If I'd been allowed to invest my "contribution" myself, not only would I have a higher rate of return, it would be my money to pass on to my kids.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 23, 2023 09:20 AM (eOEVl)

249 Was reading that article from last night about what constitutes a "good income".

As usual we look at it all wrong.

People need to look at what constitutes "good spending". A couple making 80k a year can be a lot better off than a couple making 140k if the former couple is judicious and the latter is not.

Posted by: ... at February 23, 2023 09:21 AM (AGB8K)

250 NYTimes: The Mask Mandates Did Nothing. Will Any Lessons Be Learned?

Posted by: SMOD at February 23, 2023 09:21 AM (RHGPo)

251 Mayor Pete in his hard hat and safety vest looks like a little kid heading for a sandbox with his Tonka toys.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 23, 2023 09:20 AM (lz5hY)

Does Tonka make dildos?

Posted by: Mayor Pete at February 23, 2023 09:21 AM (FJYfm)

252 When you're dealing with trivial bullshit like America itching for World War 3...

People keep stating that we're headed towards WWIII or headed towards CWII. My opinion is that we have been engaged in WWIII for years and engaged in CWII for decades. People think of war only as physical fighting and physical destruction of things. But that is no longer needed to take down Western nations.

The WWIII and CWII that have been ongoing for years or decades has been the Long March through (and complete capture of) the institutions; the open borders policy; the Soros funding of election of radical District Attorneys; the complete takeover of elementary school, high school and university education; the complete takeover of corporations through DIE, CRT/BLM and ESG; the utter corruption of society and culture through wokeism, feminism, abortion-on-demand, anti-male sentiment, sexualization of children, brainwashing of children and young adults through social media, etc.

To paraphrase Captain Barbosa... "Better start believing in civil war, conservatives... you're in one."

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 23, 2023 09:22 AM (Do5/p)

253 A couple making 80k a year can be a lot better off than a couple making 140k if the former couple is judicious and the latter is not.

Posted by: ... at February 23, 2023 09:21 AM (AGB8K)

Making 80k a year is just Dreamland for me.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 23, 2023 09:22 AM (45fpk)

254 Exactly, get yours and Cloward-Piven it while you’re at it. That is the way.

Back in the 1990s I was making seriously large money. I was shipping it out of the country so I could expand my investment opportunities out of the Caymans.

The Clinton IRS called my regular deposits offshore as "structuring" and stole seven figures from me. I hired top drawer attorneys who told me I wasn't worth them going after the IRS. I talked to a high level IRS official who flat out told me that what they were doing was not legal, and he continue that they would bankrupt me before it would get through court.

I absolutely hate the Federal government. I hate the fact that the Mills and Zoomers are expecting me to underwrite their college education, give them stimulus money and eventually guarantee them a minimum basic income. I hate that they keep voting for communism.

They want it? They should get it good and hard.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 23, 2023 09:22 AM (l7lsb)

255 Angry Kermit is right about 1 thing. We need a convention of the states to reestablish federalism for a time, (coming soon), for when the federal leviathan collapses. What can't go on, won't.

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at February 23, 2023 09:22 AM (flINI)

256 Also no one ever says a word about the money from the millions of people who die before they ever claim a penny of the money they paid in or only get a small portion paid to them before they die.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 23, 2023 09:13 AM (uNylN)

Exactly. Over the past 11 years, three close friends of mine died before they even began to collect SS. Two of them were 63 and the other was 60.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at February 23, 2023 09:23 AM (Zvtjl)

257
The Mask Mandates Did Nothing. Will Any Lessons Be Learned?
Posted by: SMOD at February 23, 2023 09:21 AM (RHGPo)

The lesson has been learned. The government and media now know they can do anything they want at any time. That toothpaste is never going back in the tube.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 23, 2023 09:23 AM (oINRc)

258 I thought we moved off PayPal? Ugh.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 23, 2023 09:12 AM (x0n13)
================
I broke my rule and went public, trying to give you money on a credit card, but it just hung. Failed.

Maybe rent a PO Box in the CJN name and we can all send cash.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 23, 2023 09:24 AM (hkeif)

259 West Virginia Treasurer Riley Moore Says State Outperformed BlackRock, Other Blacklisted ESG Firms

Black-eye for Black-rock

Posted by: SMOD at February 23, 2023 09:24 AM (RHGPo)

260 Also no one ever says a word about the money from the millions of people who die before they ever claim a penny of the money they paid in or only get a small portion paid to them before they die.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 23, 2023 09:13 AM (uNylN)

Well, that was really how it was supposed to work.

How were we to know folks later on would live past 65 years of age?

Probably need to make it 85 years of age soon.

Suckers.

Posted by: The Federal Government, Hoping You Die Before Collecting SS at February 23, 2023 09:24 AM (z1bdm)

261 Over at Twitchy there is a very funny mash up by Mary Catherine Ham involving the GA jury forewoman. Lol

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 23, 2023 09:25 AM (3XQTX)

262 >>JackPosobiec
They've been biding their time in the shadows, slowly gaining power over us

Those are some weird-looking chicks

In general, people look weirder and uglier, no?

Posted by: Lizzy at February 23, 2023 09:25 AM (mqu1M)

263 247 Mayor Pete in his hard hat and safety vest looks like a little kid heading for a sandbox with his Tonka toys.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 23, 2023 09:20 AM (lz5hY)

Bob the Builder (children’s cartoon)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 23, 2023 09:25 AM (SZVQq)

264 "Maybe rent a PO Box in the CJN name and we can all send cash.
Posted by: Huck Follywood"

And goodies!

Posted by: fd at February 23, 2023 09:25 AM (iayUP)

265 Is it just me or are we seeing more and more "citizens" (men and women, but it also seems like more women) demonstrate over and over that they should not be allowed the privilege of voting?

Posted by: Archer at February 23, 2023 09:25 AM (gmo/4)

266 All jizz and no snizz makes Mayor Butt a smarmy fag.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 23, 2023 09:26 AM (Zz0t1)

267 Mayor Pete in his hard hat and safety vest looks like a little kid heading for a sandbox with his Tonka toys.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 23, 2023 09:20 AM (lz5hY)

Does Tonka make dildos?
Posted by: Mayor Pete

Tonka Yellow Butt Plug.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 23, 2023 09:26 AM (Ktdcc)

268 258 but it just hung. Failed.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 23, 2023 09:24 AM (hkeif)

Story of my sex life . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 23, 2023 09:26 AM (x0n13)

269 Voting should be limited to property owners and tax payers.

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at February 23, 2023 09:27 AM (flINI)

270
Story of my sex life . . .
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 23, 2023 09:26 AM (x0n13)

They make pills for that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 23, 2023 09:27 AM (Zz0t1)

271 Posted by: Paul at February 23, 2023 09:27 AM (JiTXn)

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So...we can haz investigation of Biden's influence peddling through his crack addicted kid?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, mired in filth and awfulness with Ralph Bakshi at February 23, 2023 09:27 AM (LvTSG)

272 I've got a question. If I were to email someone a picture of a check, would the check be valid?

Posted by: fd at February 23, 2023 09:28 AM (iayUP)

273 but it just hung. Failed.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 23, 2023 09:24 AM (hkeif)

***

The Paolo, how do you say..., does not understand

Posted by: The Paolo at February 23, 2023 09:28 AM (flINI)

274 Thanks, Archimedes.

When I married I became a legal resident, but, only worked as a helper in my husband's shop, so I don't qualify on my own or for his SS.

Posted by: old chick at February 23, 2023 09:28 AM (sOete)

275 259 West Virginia Treasurer Riley Moore Says State Outperformed BlackRock, Other Blacklisted ESG Firms

Black-eye for Black-rock
Posted by: SMOD at February 23, 2023 09:24 AM (RHGPo)

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It's my understanding that ESG holdings have been underperforming the market consistently for years.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, mired in filth and awfulness with Ralph Bakshi at February 23, 2023 09:28 AM (LvTSG)

276 I broke my rule and went public, trying to give you money on a credit card, but it just hung. Failed.

Maybe rent a PO Box in the CJN name and we can all send cash.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Post you cc # and info here. I'm sure one of us can get it to work.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 23, 2023 09:28 AM (Ktdcc)

277 I've heard that Stalin was a good writer.

How unfortunate that college students slog through My Struggle to see the face of evil. But of course you wouldn't find it if the writer had talent, too good at sleight of hand.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 23, 2023 09:28 AM (44ww/)

278 Posted by: Paul at February 23, 2023 09:27 AM (JiTXn)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at February 23, 2023 09:28 AM (Zz0t1)

279 Maybe do a "go fund me" or that other site for some period of time? Monetizing your website is no longer a trivial thing. Most CC won't process on anything below secure/encrypted links anyway.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 23, 2023 09:28 AM (Q4IgG)

280 Was reading that article from last night about what constitutes a "good income".
As usual we look at it all wrong.
People need to look at what constitutes "good spending". A couple making 80k a year can be a lot better off than a couple making 140k if the former couple is judicious and the latter is not.
Posted by: ... at February 23, 2023 09:21 AM (AGB8K)

True. We did demographics for the biz, and found out that almost everyone in our middle-upper middle class area was "house poor". However -

they took the extra that they had and spent it on a snazzy car cuz they deserved a snazzy car. Actually, two snazzy cars. And they deserved a jazzy vacation because they deserved a jazzy vacation. And a "ladies only vacay", and a maid. Or some mix thereof.

Not a problem. Live as you please.

But, then add in college expenses for the kids.

And most of the folks are still riding their mortgages into retirement.

So...problems abound.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 23, 2023 09:28 AM (KLPy8)

281 Just checked, and the barometer rose over 30 for the first time in a few days. Damn joints have been killing me, maybe things will improve.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 23, 2023 09:29 AM (lz5hY)

282 88...He is who he is and he's NOT on our side. He plays games. LOTS of them.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 23, 2023 08:25 AM (Zz0t1)

Right. He is on HIS side. But he does provide some humorous and interesting moments.

Posted by: Flyover at February 23, 2023 09:29 AM (Rbu5d)

283 I've got a question. If I were to email someone a picture of a check, would the check be valid?
Posted by: fd at February 23, 2023 09:28 AM (iayUP)

Ummmmmm....Sure Dude!

Posted by: Sam Bankman Fried, Financial Wizard And Democrat Donor at February 23, 2023 09:29 AM (z1bdm)

284 "What is the Biden grand strategy, beyond demonizing White, heterosexual males and imposing quotas not only in the federal government but browbeating private industry to do the same?"

The Biden grand strategy is to continue to get minorities to vote Democrat by always telling them the Dems are working to help them but there is more work to be done. Raise taxes on corporations so they pare "more'' of their fair share. So vote Democrat until we can finally make corporations pay their fair share (that is never defined). Equity and Tranny rights and immigration reform are the same game: Tell the rubes you are making progress on their behalf but there is still more work to done! Vote for us or you will never get what you have a right to!

Posted by: Gref at February 23, 2023 09:29 AM (AMIL/)

285 I've got a question. If I were to email someone a picture of a check, would the check be valid?
Posted by: fd at February 23, 2023 09:28 AM (iayUP)

Only if their banking app can take an image of that check for deposit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 23, 2023 09:29 AM (Zz0t1)

286 Those are some weird-looking chicks
In general, people look weirder and uglier, no?

Posted by: Lizzy at February 23, 2023 09:25 AM (mqu1M)
********
Especially Lefty chicks.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 23, 2023 09:29 AM (NpAcC)

287
Right. He is on HIS side. But he does provide some humorous and interesting moments.
Posted by: Flyover at February 23, 2023 09:29 AM (Rbu5d)

True.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 23, 2023 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

288 "Only if their banking app can take an image of that check for deposit.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden"

Right. That's what I mean. All the mobile apps do is upload a picture.

Posted by: fd at February 23, 2023 09:30 AM (iayUP)

289 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 23, 2023 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

290 >>Especially Lefty chicks.

Skinny-fat Lefty soyjacks aren't much better.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 23, 2023 09:31 AM (mqu1M)

291
It's my understanding that ESG holdings have been underperforming the market consistently for years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, mired in filth and awfulness with Ralph Bakshi at February 23, 2023 09:28 AM (LvTSG)

Motley Fool used to give an ESG rating for their corp stocks.

They considered it a good thing.

I considered it a good reason to stay away from them.

My stock's extra cash belongs in my pocket not some lame leftist scamming douche's pocket.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 23, 2023 09:32 AM (KLPy8)

292 Noodus gratia artis

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 23, 2023 09:32 AM (sjxgf)

293 CNN anchor Jake Tapper said Tuesday on his show “The Lead” that former Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC) running for president brings out a “very ugly side of the left.”

Tapper said, “The New York Times opinion writer Wajahat Ali made very critical comments yesterday or maybe Sunday about Governor Nikki Haley, who is now running for president. Take a look.”

On MSNBC, Ali said, “She uses her brown skin as a weapon against poor black folks and poor brown folks, and she uses her brown skin to launder white supremacist talking points. The reason I feel sad is because no matter what she does, it will never be enough. They’ll never love her.”

Posted by: SMOD at February 23, 2023 09:32 AM (RHGPo)

294 293 CNN anchor Jake Tapper said Tuesday on his show “The Lead” that former Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC) running for president brings out a “very ugly side of the left.”

Tapper said, “The New York Times opinion writer Wajahat Ali made very critical comments yesterday or maybe Sunday about Governor Nikki Haley, who is now running for president. Take a look.”

On MSNBC, Ali said, “She uses her brown skin as a weapon against poor black folks and poor brown folks, and she uses her brown skin to launder white supremacist talking points. The reason I feel sad is because no matter what she does, it will never be enough. They’ll never love her.”
Posted by: SMOD at February 23, 2023 09:32 AM (RHGPo)

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Nah, Tapper. It just brings the outright racism of the left into a sphere that you can't ignore anymore. It's always out in the open. Just ask them about Clarence Thomas.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, mired in filth and awfulness with Ralph Bakshi at February 23, 2023 09:33 AM (LvTSG)

295 Florida's new bill, called the Reverse Woke Act, flips the gender transition movement on its head by requiring employers that provide coverage for gender transition procedures also to provide coverage for de-transitioning. It even puts employers on the hook for de-transitioning coverage for people who are no longer employed by the company if they worked there when they transitioned.

Posted by: Tyler Durden at February 23, 2023 09:34 AM (RHGPo)

296 . . . What is the Biden grand strategy, beyond demonizing this group and imposing quotas not only in the federal government but browbeating private industry to do the same?

There is no "Biden grand strategy". I really wish people would stop saying this. None of what has been going on in the nation the past 3 years has been a "Biden strategy". This is the WEF, the Deep State Uniparty, Obama radicals who still run D.C., George Soros influence and influence of every radical organization in the Discover the Networks cabal.

The point is that if you get rid of Biden, NONE of this stops. So people need to stop saying this is "Biden's strategy" and start pointing out the masterminds behind all this.

One cannot solve a problem if one first does not identify the root of the problem. Biden is not the root. He is a puppet.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 23, 2023 09:48 AM (Do5/p)

297 Florida's new bill, called the Reverse Woke Act, flips the gender transition movement on its head by requiring employers that provide coverage for gender transition procedures also to provide coverage for de-transitioning. It even puts employers on the hook for de-transitioning coverage for people who are no longer employed by the company if they worked there when they transitioned.
Posted by: Tyler Durden at February 23, 2023 09:34 AM (RHGPo)

Seems fair.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 23, 2023 09:56 AM (yQpMk)

298 Thanks, as always for the commentary, JJS.

Posted by: Long Running Fool at February 23, 2023 10:14 AM (H6Icn)

299 Our voting choices will be as they deem fit. I expect neither PDTn or DeSantis as options.

Certain classes of white folk have always been problematic for the elites. There's castes? Oh yeah, there are & the system allows the elites to contribute little but lip service to any given "cause."

The summary of 2/16/23 E.O. on Further Advancing Racial Equity, etc.: "The Equity Action Plan shall include actions to advance equity, including under E.O. 13985, E.O. 13988 of January 20, 2021 (Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation), E.O. 14008, and E.O. 14020" WUT?

I'll guarantee you, NO ONE in the Exec Branch can follow that other than: Starting with formulation of the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget and for each subsequent year, the Director of OMB shall consider how the President’s Budget can support the Equity Action Plans described...The Government-wide goal for Federal procurement dollars awarded to small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals (SDBs) shall be 15 percent in Fiscal Year 2025.

They'll be a FY budget if he leaves office? Heh.

Posted by: Lola at February 23, 2023 10:28 AM (Wxlzw)

300 Mayor Pete in his hard hat and safety vest looks like a little kid heading for a sandbox with his Tonka toys.

Unfair to Tonka (short for Minnetonka!), which were tough enough to hurt somebody with. He's more Fisher-Price, since they're an Ohio company and made of vinyl chloride mostly. Also, make that ghey chiming sound as you drag them across the carpet.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 23, 2023 10:29 AM (jYCXf)

301 I noticed the reminder about the tip jar, and I went to make a donation. But I will not use PayPal, due to their outrageous left wing politics and policies. I'm sure there are others with the same attitude. If you get a different payment processor, I will contribute.

Posted by: Isheen at February 23, 2023 10:38 AM (C/EQh)

302 If you get a different payment processor, I will contribute.
Posted by: Isheen at February 23, 2023 10:38 AM (C/EQh)

The link appears to be to Square, which was a Jack Dorsey joint at one time.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 23, 2023 10:47 AM (yQpMk)

303
ALL:

We do not use PayPal. We use Stripe.

J.J.S

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 23, 2023 10:49 AM (x0n13)

304 I am going to try to hit the tip jar more regularly. I would pay the sub if the page had one, so thanks for the reminder.

Posted by: CharlestheHammer at February 23, 2023 10:56 AM (66jxp)

305 Weird. At top left, under support, link titled 'Paypal Donate' takes me to a donation page labeled 'powered by Paypal'.

Posted by: Isheen at February 23, 2023 10:59 AM (C/EQh)

306 305 Weird. At top left, under support, link titled 'Paypal Donate' takes me to a donation page labeled 'powered by Paypal'.
Posted by: Isheen at February 23, 2023 10:59 AM (C/EQh)

That is for Ace. Go to my site and look for "Support CJN."

Thanks

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 23, 2023 11:04 AM (x0n13)

307 The ball is roughly 800 miles, and has been part of geological theory for quite some time...

in diameter? Radius? Circumference? Who wrote this?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 23, 2023 11:39 AM (ynpvh)

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