The Morning Report — 2/24/23

Good morning, kids. A couple of links jumped out at me this morning. First, Pfizer has publicly come out with an unequivocal denial that they are engaging in gain-of-function research. The reason for this is because of the exposé of one of their top stooges being caught on camera boasting about it. IIRC, he was claiming that Pfizer created the disease so they can create the cure. Ain't fascistic-cronyism grand? Of course, the hidden camera they were caught on belonged to the investigative reporters of Project Veritas, who mere days ago succeeded in purging its founder, CEO and driving force James O'Keefe. Got to be a coincidence, right?

I do not personally know, nor have I ever met James O'Keefe, so I cannot vouch for his character or his personal conduct. What I do know is that over the course of at least a decade, he and his field staff have done the work that bullshit clown shows like 60 Minutes were supposed to do, or were pimped as doing for over 50 years. They've exposed the corruption of this government and its allies in everything from the Chinese COVID insanity to the brainwashing mills of academia to election fraud and so much more.

Given the times we live in, and who and what we are up against, even if the allegations against O'Keefe by these allegedly disgruntled employees are true (and from what I have read, they flatline on the scandal-ometer compared to Epstein-, Clinton- and Biden-level crime, treason and pederasty), I could care fuck-all. So, to leftists and the anal-bead clutching RINOs, when it comes to O'Keefe, FYNQ.

Now, back to the toxic disaster at East Palestine, OH where Donald Trump came, saw, listened, reacted and comforted the shocked, angry and terrified residents. For a moment, you almost forget that he isn't the president. Which is funny because Malveaux-munching Karine Jean-Pierre had the same sort of reaction in praise of . . . who?

“Today, as you all saw just an hour or so ago, President Obama announced that… I’m sorry, President Biden,” she said.

KJP, known as she is by her three initials in the vein of other feminist icons before her such as RBG, is infamously ditzy and often struggles to read her notecards. So it could be that she just had the kind of airy moment that she has hundreds of times at every press briefing and got it wrong.

Or it could reflect what everyone who pays attention knows, whether they admit it consciously or (in the case of the liberal class) not: President Brandon is not in charge of anything, not even his own schedule. Something or someone is and, absent satisfying answers, the public is left to speculate if it might not be Mr. Barry himself, back for round three.

I blame it on a steady diet of "bad veal." Meanwhile, the gibbering rotten vegetable posing as president has still yet to tumble down the jetway of Air Farce Won and shamble around, yelling alternately at the sky and at random citizens, while sniffing out little girls in the crowd to fondle. That leaves the dirty job of dealing with the knuckle-dragging Bible-thumping untermenschen in Flyover Country to Mayor Peter Puffer, who is about as qualified to manage the nation's transportation system as an amoeba is to running a nuclear reactor. But as he claims, as mayor of South Bend, IN, "I was Mayor of my Hometown for Eight Years. We Dealt With a Lot of Disasters, Natural and Human." More like they dealt with one eight-year-long disaster – his term in office – that turned South Bend into Gary.

Of course, with Trump hogging the spotlight, everyone is blaming him for supposedly nixing safety regulations that would have prevented the train wreck. Sorry, Kurt. Try again.

It is true that the Trump administration scrapped electronic braking regulations for trains carrying large amounts of hazardous liquids. But National Transportation Safety Board chairwoman Jennifer Homendy, who was appointed by Biden and unanimously confirmed by the Senate, said the rule wouldn’t have applied to the Norfolk Southern train that derailed in East Palestine on Feb. 3.

"PLEASE STOP SPREADING MISINFORMATION," Homendy pleaded in a Feb. 16 tweet thread.

"Some are saying the ECP (electronically controlled pneumatic) brake rule, if implemented, would've prevented this derailment. FALSE—here's why," Homendy wrote. "The ECP braking rule would've applied ONLY to HIGH HAZARD FLAMMABLE TRAINS. The train that derailed in East Palestine was a MIXED FREIGHT TRAIN containing only 3 placarded Class 3 flammable liquids cars."

That is Biden's own NTSB chief debunking the claim. Of course, the next target on the list is Norfolk Southern, which is the cutout for corporate greed and evil capitalism. While it is certainly true that the railroad would bear responsibility if it can be absolutely proven that it was guilty of negligence and malfeasance by cutting costs, if I am not mistaken, these bloodsucking enemies of the people and the workers are mostly owned by Larry Fink of Blackrock. (CBD notes: "Blackrock owns about 4.5% of Norfolk Southern. Vanguard owns the biggest chunk...about 8%." Even still, Wall Street is like 90% Democrat these days) And barely a month ago, it was Biden who forced the railroad unions to accept a contract not to their liking, which of course favored the greedy railroads. But why quibble?

On a completely clinical level, the spilling of vinyl chloride, perhaps dioxin and the intentional setting them on fire is an abject catastrophe and seemingly a prime example of the perfect storm of malfeasance and incompetence on every level. In terms of health and the environment, it looks to be a Chernobyl wrapped inside a Love Canal of an Exxon Valdez. Or is it really?

The East Palestine derailment was no disaster. Disasters require multiple bodies, or extensive/expensive property damage, or long-term environmental harm, preferably all three. East Palestine includes none of those elements. The one thing East Palestine had that allows people to label it a disaster is ugly visuals. I get it. Everyday, non-technical people who don’t understand dispersion, or exposure, or risk see that big black cloud and think “that’s what disasters look like!” . . .

. . . There are facts about East Palestine that are true, but don’t actually matter. Toxic materials were present and some had been released into the environment. True, but immaterial. Burning off the contents of a tanker containing vinyl chloride released potentially toxic chemicals into the air. Also true, but also immaterial. Some potentially toxic chemicals could possibly seep into the water table, significantly affecting the quality of well-water that is used by some nearby residents. True again, but ultimately of no concern.

How can I make such claims? What makes me right and the vast majority of politicians and journalists wrong? The flip answer is this: I’m a chemist. They’re not. I’ve got 38 years experience dealing with atmospheric chemistry, dispersion modeling and risk evaluation. They don’t. Releasing potentially toxic chemicals into the environment does not necessarily mean that the environment will suffer, either in the long term or the short term. Generating potentially toxic pollutants and releasing them into the air does not necessarily put anybody in the public at risk. The toxicity of the chemical doesn’t matter. The amount of the chemical released doesn’t matter. The only things that ultimately matter are the following:

1 - What is the maximum dose of a chemical to which a person can be exposed and how does that dose compare to established (and quite conservative) public health guidelines?

2 - Can the chemical release cause actual, long-term damage to eco-systems or to natural resources that we depend on? . . .

. . . Democrats who chant “follow the science” rarely do, especially when environmental issues are in play. How about we on the right use East Palestine as an opportunity to show them what following the science actually looks like, instead of playing their silly games?

I am neither a chemist nor a doctor. I present this opinion in the interest of debate. The author goes into detail about the nature of the spill and subsequent burns. One observation: over the last few days, Erin Brockovich has been all over junta house organs like MSLSD. When I see that, it kind of reminds me of the individuals who are screaming loudest in support of starting World War 3 over Ukraine.

Psaki-psircling back to the political aspects of this, whatever you think about Trump vis a vis his candidacy in 2024, God bless him for showing up. For showing that he gives a damn. I don't necessarily expect Ron DeSantis to go there as he is neither an official candidate nor can he leave his duties as Florida governor. But where is Nikki Haley? Or now this Vivek Ramaswammy chap that some on our end are getting all hot and horny over?

Of greater import now is the fact that the unofficial yet blatant total disregard of the residents of East Palestine by the Junta and its followers is soon to become VERY official.

Notably absent from Buttigieg and Reagan’s response was any of the passion that they had brought to transportation and water issues that they could blame on systemic racism.

“We know that systemic racism, lack of interest in low-income communities, lack of political representation, have contributed to the disproportionate impact of black and brown in low-income communities being exposed to a lack of access to good quality drinking water,” Reagan had falsely claimed before.

The residents of East Palestine are 95% white and so their water must be safe to drink.

White privilege means poisoned water and air, but white people are immune to toxic chemicals.

Had East Palestine been 95% black, we know how the story would have played out. Experts would have been brought on the air to explain that hazardous materials are more likely to travel through black areas. Fake history, like that of Buttigieg’s lie about highways being used to keep black people from visiting New York City beaches, would have been trotted out to claim that this was a systemically racist policy bordering on genocide which had poisoned generations.

East Palestine might have benefited from such attention if its people had not been white.

Now extrapolate East Palestine to the rest of the country – and in every single aspect of your life.

In Joe Biden's first official act as [pseudo-] president, he committed every federal agency to a "whole-of-government equity agenda."

Equity, as Kamala Harris described it, is the principle that people ought to "all end up at the same place." This is distinct from equality, which seeks the equal treatment of citizens before law.

Within two weeks of Joe Biden’s inauguration, equity had become the organizing principle of the federal government. And last week, Biden signed an executive order expanding the equity agenda items for several federal departments.

For the Biden [junta], equity serves two purposes. First, it compensates the descendants of historically marginalized groups. Second, it metes out retributive justice against the white majority.

These purposes were made clear less than two months after Biden signed his first executive order. In March 2021, Biden signed a [Chinese] Covid relief package containing $4 billion in loan forgiveness exclusively for "socially disadvantaged" (that is, non-white) farmers. In the words of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, the minority-only relief package was enacted to "acknowledge that acts of discrimination took place" within the Department of Agriculture. . .

. . . When a group of white farmers excluded from the debt relief package sued the administration, Congress struck down and rewrote the provision to apply to all "distressed" farmers who had been "discriminated" against, regardless of their race. While this served the just purpose of reimbursing people with provable claims of discrimination, it failed to achieve the purpose of equity, which is to symbolically avenge past discrimination against minorities by actively discriminating against the majority in the present. As an NPR reporter put it: "If [the relief program is] expanded beyond race, many Black farmers fear the program won't be effective in atoning for the USDA's racist history". . .

. . . Progressives have argued for decades, but with particular vigor after the death of George Floyd, that legal colorblindness entrenches racial disparities. Where colorblindness is rooted in the principle of equality, equity is color-conscious , seeking not to avoid discrimination but rather to actively discriminate in favor of minority groups. As Ibram Kendi puts it, “The only remedy to past discrimination is present discrimination". . .

. . . It may have been downscale white farmers yesterday, but don’t be surprised if the “equity agenda” hits a little bit closer to home tomorrow.

Bingo. And remember, whatever the junta cannot do via legislation or even via SCOTUS-nixed executive order, they can do via bribery and/or coercion of the private sector to do the job for them.

We are all East Palestinians now. But there's no ululating nor passing out of candy.

On a personal note, I just want to thank everyone for so generously (some of you regularly) hitting the tip jar. We make it a point to send a thank you note to everyone but please note that some of them have bounced back. Also, we use Stripe as a payment platform, not PayPal.

Have a great weekend and see you tomorrow on the hobby thread. Be there. Aloha.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• Julie Kelly: "What we are hearing from the media industrial complex is fear, not concern."
  Media Demands Darkness, Not Sunlight, on January 6 Tapes
  
• "A phrase once used to describe shoddy aspects of African life, now applies to America. Thank you progressives!"
  TIA: This Is Africa? No, This Is America

OHIO DERAILMENT, TOXIC CHEMICAL DISASTER
• "The East Palestine derailment was no disaster. Disasters require multiple bodies, or extensive/expensive property damage, or long-term environmental harm, preferably all three. East Palestine includes none of those elements. The one thing East Palestine had that allows people to label it a disaster is ugly visuals. . . Democrats who chant 'follow the science' rarely do, especially when environmental issues are in play. How about we on the right use East Palestine as an opportunity to show them what following the science actually looks like, instead of playing their silly games?"
  Yet Another 'Disaster' That Actually Wasn't
  
• “But what they did was they took a potential and made it a for sure,” he told residents during the meeting.
  "They Did It to Open Up a Railroad": Former Ohio Fire Chief Rips Controlled Burn Of Toxic Chemicals
  
• East Palestine City Park reverberated with chants of “Trump 24!” and “We love Trump!” while the former president visited a creek, where he spoke with Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH), and East Palestine mayor Trent R. Conaway.
  Behind the Scenes With Trump in East Palestine: "You are Not Forgotten"
  
• Daniel Greenfield: "White privilege means poisoned water and air." ( . . . for white people and other non-Democrats - jjs)
  Systemic Racism in East Palestine
  
• “There’s no question that there have been enormous amounts of both information and misinformation injected into this situation, none of which is to the benefit of the community. When it comes to that misinformation… so, I think… sorry, I lost my train of thought.” He lost his train of thought. Real nice, Pete. Real nice.
  Peter Puffer Buttigieg Bombed in Visit to East Palestine — Big Time
  
• Investigators from the NTSB reviewed the track, the equipment, local surveillance footage, and the data from the monitors. Surveillance video from a nearby residence showed “what appeared to be a wheel bearing in the final stage of overheat failure moments before the derailment.”
  NTSB Releases Preliminary Findings on the East Palestine Disaster
  
• Jean-Pierre repeatedly highlighted that other federal agencies have been on the ground and that it’s been “all hands on deck” because of Biden. (all hands on tweeners - jjs)
  White House Won’t Confirm If Biden Will Visit East Palestine, Says He’s ‘Taking It Very Seriously’
  
• "It is true that the Trump administration scrapped electronic braking regulations for trains carrying large amounts of hazardous liquids. But National Transportation Safety Board chairwoman Jennifer Homendy, who was appointed by Biden and unanimously confirmed by the Senate, said the rule wouldn’t have applied to the Norfolk Southern train that derailed in East Palestine on Feb. 3."
  FACT CHECK: Is the Trump Administration to Blame for the Ohio Train Derailment?
  
• “What I know is that Norfolk Southern is governed every day, not by caring about the communities that they send their trains through, but by corporate greed.” (does this mean they'll arrest Larry Fink at 3:00AM with a CNN crew covering live? - jjs)
  PA Governor Accuses Norfolk Southern of Giving "The Middle Finger" to Residents After Ohio Train Crash, Makes Criminal Referral
  
• The Biden [junta] announced on Thursday that the EPA, through its new Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking program, would be giving away $550 million in grants to “11 entities to serve as grantmakers to community-based projects that reduce pollution."
  EPA Awards $550 Million in "Environmental Justice" Grants as Biden Junta's East Palestine Response Under Fire

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

• "Meet Maria Araujo Kahn, Biden’s nominee for the Second Circuit Court of Appeals."
  Biden Judicial Nom Argued for Outlawing Offensive Speech, Suggested "Microaggressions" Can "Kill You"
  
• "Buttigieg took a photo of Taer on Tuesday after she pressed him on his message to the people of East Palestine, Ohio, following the derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals which prompted evacuations and shelter-in-place orders. During his visit to East Palestine on Thursday, Buttigieg’s press secretary would not say why the photo of Taer was taken and refused to answer what was being done with the photo even after DCNF reporter Alexa Schwerha turned her camera off."
  Buttigieg’s Office Refuses to Say Why He Took Photo of DCNF’s Jennie Taer, Demands Reporter Turn Off Camera
  
• "I feel bad for the employees who are tentatively checking out the job websites or worried about making ends meet. But as for NPR? It is reaping what it has been sowing for years." (I do not feel bad at all - jjs)
  Tone-Deaf NPR to Layoff 100 People in a 'Major Loss'
  
• "Some conservatives want to abolish Section 230, but they won’t like the results."
  Section 230: Be Careful What You Wish For
  
• "DeSantis’ spokesman called out NBC for being ‘maliciously intent on deceiving people’ and threatened to cut off the network."
  Team DeSantis Shows the Only Way to Beat the Lying Media is to Cut Them Off
  
• The "Online News Act," introduced last year by the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, will seek to force platforms like Meta's Facebook and Google to negotiate commercial deals and compensate news publishers for their content.
  Google Tests Censoring Canadian News Articles
  
• "The state has no right to police speech."
  The British Free-Speech Slippery Slope Has Become a Cliff
  
• David Harsanyi: "All his proposal would do is expand state interference in speech."
  Why Vivek Ramaswamy’s Plan To Ban ‘Viewpoint Censorship’ is a Terrible Idea
  
• Raymond Ibrahim: "It's astounding to see how much terror-promoting content goes unchallenged on social media."
  Facebook: Where Jihadist Hate Thrives
  
• "One meme on social media right now asks an interesting question. It goes something like this, So, a room full of undercover journalists who use video to out bad guys didn’t get one video of O’Keefe [allegedly] dressing down employees? We’re not saying it didn’t happen, but it is interesting."
  The Project Veritas Board Is Feeling the Pain After Ousting Founder James O'Keefe

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

• "Biden's $1.2 trillion American Rescue Plan Act gives cities a blank check for billions in federal grants in a data-driven scheme to force racial equity justice outcomes. Check out what's happening in your city."
  Biden Junta's New Equity Atlas: An Unconstitutional Equity Redistribution Scheme
  
• "Several key federal departments will now be required to file public reports on their progress in making sure we 'all end up at the same place.;”
  The ‘Equity Agenda’ Takes Root at the USDA—and Beyond
  
• "Don’t play their game."
  I’ll Pass on Celebrating Diversity
  
• "Kersey’s resignation might have helped force Libby out, but unfortunately, Kersey’s decision to quit now prevents him from suing the police force for wrongful action."
  Today’s Blacklisted American: Policeman Forced to Resign Simply Because He is Christian
  
• “Security was driving the Speaker and Rep. Willis back to Raleigh after a visit to Wilson for a series of events today,” a spokesperson for Moore said in a statement. “On the drive back, the vehicle was rammed from behind several times.” (as the assassinations of two NJ Republicans fades out of the spotlight - jjs)
  NC House Speaker Tim Moore Rammed Several Times by Car on Highway

  RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM

• "Is World War II-style rationing the answer to the planet’s 'climate crisis'? That’s the question posed in a new study by academics from the University of Leeds, England. You won’t be surprised to learn the answer is ‘yes.’"
  Climate Rationing of Meat and Fuel is Now on the Agenda, and In Advanced Planning Stages
• "The campaign by the Western elite in the U.S. and Europe to force everybody else to stop driving cars and trucks powered by fossil-fueled internal combustion engines and adopt EVs instead is a product of the elite’s policy choices, not ours."
  Three Huge Reasons Why Electric Vehicles Will Never Dominate American Roads
  
• Robert Spencer: "Amid all this confusion, however, we can all take comfort in the fact that Nancy Pelosi’s gourmet ice cream freezer, being privately owned, will be unaffected. The Pelosis will still be able to enjoy their tasty treats as nature intended. Only the great unwashed will be awash in melted cones and broken dreams."
  Now Your Ice Cream Is Going to Melt Because of Global Warming, But Not the Way You Might Think

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• "Which is worse: That Harris actually believes what she says, or that she thinks there’s a chance you’ll believe her?"
  VIDEO: Your Heating Bill Is Going Down, Lied Kamala Harris
  
• "This administration is a joke."
  Biden Junta Thinks Diversity is ‘Really Important’ When Picking Next Fed Vice Chair
  
• "Biden should take a lesson from the only recent president who actually controlled runaway inflation."
  Implementing Ronald Reagan’s Recession Survival Kit
  
• "If we spend more than 17.4 percent of GDP on a regular basis the nation will continue hurtling ever-faster toward the dreaded default. But, of course, that will be someone else’s mess to clean up."
  The One-Sided Debt Ceiling Debate
  
• "I'll take 'Senators-for-Life from the State of MBNA' for $15 trillion, Alex . . . "
  Biden Picks Former Mastercard CEO to Lead World Bank While Pitching Himself as Enemy of Credit Card Companies

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• Why even give this thug the option?
  Missouri AG Gives Ultimatum to Soros-Backed St. Louis County Circuit Attorney: Quit or Get Canned
  
• “I think the mayor is on the right track, but Seattle is in a huge crisis. Our city has been destroyed, and we’re not going to get it back anytime soon.”
  Seattle Reconsiders ‘Defunding the Police’ Due to Rising Crime
  
• "The reason? Racism, of course."
  California Lawmakers Introduce Bill To Ban ‘Deeply Racialized and Harmful Practice’ of Police Dogs
  
• "A rash of criminal cops and rising crime point to British policing’s misplaced priorities."
  Not Just “One Bad Apple”

  AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS

• Kind of a co-inky-dink in the very recent wake of James O'Keefe being forced out at Project Veritas
  Pfizer Denies Unethical Gain-of-Function Research for Coronavirus Vaccines in Letter to Rep. Ronny Jackson
  
• "Do you believe all of our ancestors who did the right thing under pressure, and paid heavily in the short term, were fools?"
  Russian Roulette With Poison Shots – to Avoid Losing Your Job
  
• "Many lives were lost to the [Chinese] virus, but freedom was also a pandemic casualty."
  Congress To Probe Chinese COVID Vaccines — And It’s About Time

  SECOND AMENDMENT

• "They neglect that true psychopaths, like the perpetrator of the Michigan State tragedy, cruise through background checks and red flag screenings."
  For Progressives, There Are No Good Guys With Guns
  
• "Law-abiding gun owners aren’t running around shooting people."
  Taxing Rounds to Punish Gun Owners

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• "This is not free speech — it is the exploitation of our students for political purposes and it will not be tolerated in our school district.”
  Florida Teacher On Leave After Making White Students Bow Down to Black Students for TikTok Video
  
• "Mt. Eden High School teacher Henry Bens had been the subject of many complaints over the past several weeks by students and teachers due to alleged antisemitic rhetoric and behavior during class, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. The district and the school allegedly had not reprimanded or followed up on the complaints for months, according to several students and several of Bens’ coworkers during a board meeting, but confirmed on Wednesday that Bens had been placed on leave, according to a prepared statement given to the Daily Caller News Foundation."
  Teacher Who Allegedly Saluted Hitler, Pushed Antisemitic Conspiracy On Students Placed On Leave

  ABORTION

• The DOJ announced on Wednesday that eight people – Calvin Zastrow, Chester Gallagher, Heather Idoni, Caroline Davis, Joel Curry, Justin Phillips, Eva Edl and Eva Zastrow – are accused of “engaging in a civil rights conspiracy” and violating the FACE Act in connection with an August 2020 blockade of an abortion clinic in Sterling Heights, Michigan. Idoni and Edl are facing additional charges for allegedly violating the FACE Act in connection with an April 2021 blockade of an abortion clinic in Saginaw, Michigan.
  DOJ Indicts 8 Pro-Life Activists for Blocking Access to Abortion Clinic

  THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH

• "The Oklahoma Senate scored a major win for election integrity on Wednesday after the upper chamber passed legislation making it more difficult for illegal aliens to vote in state elections." (it should be virtually impossible, but I'll take the win - jjs)
  Oklahoma Senate Moves To Ensure Only U.S. Citizens Are Voting In State Elections

  SHAMPEACHMENT 1.0, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION

• “They cannot discuss their deliberations,” McBurney said, alluding to the instructions he gave members of the grand jury about discussing their work with the media and others. “So the question becomes what deliberations are, and I explained that would be the discussions they had amongst themselves when it was just the grand jurors in the room … when they were discussing what do we do with what we’ve learned,” he continued.
  Judge Speaks Out After Trump Grand Jury Leader Hits Media Circuit

  OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY

• "UNRWA has a long history of employing people connected to terrorist movements like Hamas, promoting anti-Semitic textbooks, and using its schools to store Hamas weapons," Risch said in a statement provided to the Washington Free Beacon. "It is unthinkable that U.S. taxpayer dollars would be used to help fund such an organization.
  Congress Wants to Defund the U.N.’s Anti-Semitic Palestinian Refugee Agency

  DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY

• "Gallego's intimate ties to a top lobbyist for K Street's biggest spender could undercut his campaign to provide a progressive alternative to Sinema."
  Gallego Criticizes Sinema Over Lobbyist Ties. He's Literally in Bed With a Lobbyist.
  
• "‘The largest private pension bailout in American history’ gave each beneficiary of the Central States Pension Fund nearly $100,000."
  Biden Shoveled $36 Billion In Taxpayer Funds To Bail Out Teamsters For Mismanaged Pensions
  
• Good question.
  Why Is Missouri's Republican AG Andrew Bailey Protecting a Judge Who Abused Children?

  POLITICS

• "America is awash in smarmy incompetents."
  In a Country That Would Elect Fetterman, Biden Doesn’t Seem All That Implausible
  
• "The man who once had his finger on America’s pulse seems a bit adrift, but there are ways he can refocus his campaign."
  Some Helpful Advice For Donald Trump To Sharpen His Candidacy
  
• “Today, as you all saw just an hour or so ago, President Obama announced that… I’m sorry, President Biden,” she said.
  Third Term: Karine Jean-Pierre Refers to 'President Obama' Currently Running White House
  
• The 37-year-old entrepreneur started Wednesday meeting and greeting Granite Staters at a packed Potter’s Bakery in Rochester. Ramaswamy, sporting a charcoal gray suit and white shirt, spent about an hour chatting with voters. Just hours earlier, he launched his campaign announcement video, in which he stated that America is suffering from a “national identity crisis” and that the country needs a revival of “American exceptionalism.”
  Anti-Woke Businessman Vivek Ramaswamy Barnstorms New Hampshire Campaign Trail
  
• "Because she believes in America’s founding principles, despite our periodic failure to live up to them."
  Why Does the Left Hate Nikki Haley? (we hate her too, but for different reasons - jjs)
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• "Is it the very unseemliness of the death watch over poor Jimmy Carter that has forced everyone to talk balls?"
  "A Great, Great, Great Man": The Cringey Gushing Over Jimmy Carter

  THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"

• "Until our politicians and pundits understand the Russian approach to war, they will misread the situation in ways terribly damaging for Ukraine."
  A Sober View of the Russo-Ukrainian War
  
• "Only a quarter of Americans believe the U.S. should be playing a major role in the conflict."
  Poll: Only 19% Of Americans Have Confidence In Biden’s Handling Of Ukraine Conflict
  
• “We are Harry Potter and William Wallace, the Na’vi and Han Solo. We’re escaping from Shawshank and blowing up the Death Star.”
  NATO Criticised For Tweet Comparing Ukraine Conflict To Harry Potter
  
• "The desire in Washington to increase government, the government’s response to everything, including a military response to a conflict with a near peer geopolitical adversary with a huge nuclear arsenal, is strong. And so, the American people need to speak up on this and make clear that, while we’re concerned about Putin, Putin’s a bad guy, and I hope sincerely that he’s stuck, this cannot be ours to fight, nor can it be ours to fund alone.”
  Mike Lee: We’ve Got to Stand with Americans Against ‘Military-Industrial Complex’ — NATO Needs to Match our Spending in Ukraine

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• Jerusalem Post: “The IDF struck a Hamas weapons production factory and a military site belonging to Hamas in the Gaza Strip.”
  Israel’s IDF Destroys Gaza Terrorist Sites After Hamas Rocket Fire
  
• "China’s demographic decline and waning fortunes are a result of the Communist Party’s power madness—and they heighten the danger."
  Reversal in the Year of the Rabbit

  DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS

• "When adversarial nations fly unidentified objects over our borders, we’re paralyzed by the threat.  Meanwhile, most of us whitewash the daily micro-intrusions we accept at a much more frequent pace. Check out what's going on with your robovac."
  China's Spying Goes Far Beyond Balloons
  
• "A new book explores how civilians and soldiers work with – and against – each other."
  Command and Control
  
• "Other apps coming to the new Mercedes-Benz infotainment dashboard are Webex by Cisco apps, Zoom, Angry Birds, and Vivaldi web browser, according to TechCrunch. The car manufacturer has a new software architecture and app store. And a new way for the CCP to spy on people."
  CCP-Tied ‘Spyware’ TikTok Cuts Deal With Mercedes-Benz

  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• Robert Spencer: "What could possibly be the reason for the double standard?"
  Sweden Bans Burning the Qur’an, but Burning the Scriptures of Other Religions is OK

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• "If you want to be difficult to control, get up and get after it."
  The Real Pandemic in America Today: Obesity
  
• "To realize the potential of the American health care system, we must strike a better balance between these impulses."
  Jefferson and Hamilton in American Health Care

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• "If confirmed, these galaxies essentially tell us that the Big Bang is wrong, or very very VERY incomplete, and that all the data found that dates its occurrence 13.7 billion years ago, based on the Hubble constant, must be reanalyzed."
  James Webb Telescope Spots Massive Galaxies in Early Universe That Shouldn’t Have Existed at That Time
  
• "The ground is barren, with absolutely no evidence of any life, and it appears that the buttes have been softened and eroded by eons of wind action."
  Soft Martian Buttes (I saw Susan Oliver play a soft Martian beaut in The Cage in '66 - jjs)

  FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY

• “What happened to Chloe at Kaiser should never happen to any child in America, and the Center for American Liberty is committed to protecting children like Chloe,” [Harmeet] Dhillon added.
  Detransitioner Chloe Cole Announces Official Lawsuit Against Kaiser Permanente For ‘Medical Negligence’
  
• The Social Contagion of Transitioning Children is not only undeniable, it's much worse than anyone could have imagined. Freedom Forever's investigative team uncovered the alarming reality inside the largest online group of moms of "trans kids."
  Deranged Parents of 'Trans Kids' Brag about Giving their Minor Children Puberty Blockers, Hormones, and Surgeries
  
• "The message is loud and clear — support the trans-rage narrative or you’re out of the club."
  Transgender Hormones Increase Heart Attacks and Strokes, but the Left Still Pushes Them on Kids

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• "You People is about stereotypes, not people."
  How a New Netflix Rom-Com Advances the Revolution
  
• "There’s a lot she can learn."
  3 Things Anti-America Agitator Angela Davis Can Learn From Her Pilgrim Ancestors 

  HITHER & YON

• “Engelhardt declared himself ‘the first apostle of the coconut palm.’”
  Raw Egg Nationalist’s One Weird Trick
  
• Christian Toto: "Story begins with promise, but too many bland characters water down the fun."
  Cocaine Bear Misses Cult Status by a Country Mile
  
• Lloyd Billingsley: "In our current jihad of junkthought and racist hatred, forces outside of politics provide grounds for hope and change."
  A Great American Music Lesson

  FINALLY . . .

• "Even by the standards of his day, Mr. Rogers was doing something different."
  A Different Kind of Neighbor

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1 Howdy JJ!

Posted by: Doof at February 24, 2023 07:48 AM (65o39)

2 happy fricking friday

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 24, 2023 07:48 AM (BRHaw)

3 first.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 24, 2023 07:48 AM (uNylN)

4 Otters called

Posted by: Doof at February 24, 2023 07:49 AM (65o39)

5 Good morning horde! Happy Friday!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 24, 2023 07:49 AM (zhLdt)

6 Remember..

Everything is an Op.
Everything is Bullsh*t.
Everything is being run and controlled at levels above representational democracy.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 24, 2023 07:51 AM (up/3i)

7 Be careful, James O'Keefe. Steer clear of places of the Fort Marcy Park variety.

Posted by: Eromero at February 24, 2023 07:51 AM (0G42s)

8 Howdy!

Posted by: Marooned at February 24, 2023 07:52 AM (kt8QE)

9 The horror...

@Breaking911 · 10h
JUST IN: Officials Up Estimate Of Aquatic Animals Killed By Ohio Train Derailment To Nearly 44,000

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 24, 2023 07:54 AM (Vwz3I)

10 Yeah, plastic drinking straws are killing turtles but burning off vinyl chloride is just fine.

Posted by: fd at February 24, 2023 07:55 AM (iayUP)

11 "Had East Palestine been 95% black, we know how the story would have played out."

Are we ready to have a discussion about Black Privilege?

Posted by: fd at February 24, 2023 07:56 AM (iayUP)

12 Imbecile admits to the Urban Heat Island Effect...

@Breaking911 · 14h
VP HARRIS: "Think about the climate issue in the context of what we need to do to deal with, for example, extreme heat and what that means in urban communities where there's only asphalt that just actually exacerbates the heat effect, and where there are no trees..."

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 24, 2023 07:56 AM (Vwz3I)

13 The problem with vinyl chloride etc. isn't the hydrochloric acid release. It's the oncogenesis.


Mr "I'm a chemist" is engaging in misdirection. The magnitude of the problem in E. Palest. I can't judge professionally but this going on about HCl is not the issue.

Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at February 24, 2023 07:56 AM (mZOHK)

14 Pete Boot-in-sludge looked like a real dandy in his matching reflective vest outfit. True poser.
While Trump showed up in his normal biz suit and red tie. Total non-poser.

Posted by: Redenzo at February 24, 2023 07:57 AM (E7vND)

15 Looks like Gardner threw down the race card and refuses to leave. I'd pay to see someone drag her worthless as out onto the street and throw her into the gutter where she belongs.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 24, 2023 07:58 AM (wagHN)

16 "Equity" is just another name for redistribution, which is just another name for another Socialism, which is the path to Communism.

Posted by: fd at February 24, 2023 07:58 AM (iayUP)

17 Yonder Horde.

If the Buttplugger wasn't teh ghey would he still have a job?

Bonus question: Does *biden even know who he is and what is job is supposed to be?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 24, 2023 07:58 AM (Q4IgG)

18 Good morning horde
TGIF

Posted by: Skip at February 24, 2023 07:59 AM (ruYm5)

19 -29.4*F, 5mph wind. Send in the Thermo nukes!

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 24, 2023 07:59 AM (Jg7EG)

20 15 Looks like Gardner threw down the race card and refuses to leave. I'd pay to see someone drag her worthless as out onto the street and throw her into the gutter where she belongs.
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 24, 2023 07:58 AM (wagHN)


Remember the photo of the Dixiecrat carried out of building still seated in his chair, arms folded?

Repeat that image!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 24, 2023 07:59 AM (x0n13)

21 I’m not a chemist nor an expert on vinyl chloride, but I do know this: Trump showed up in East Palestine and Brandon went to Ukraine and Buttgig only reluctantly went to OH after DJT showed up. Those actions speak volumes about the priorities of the individuals mentioned

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 24, 2023 08:00 AM (SZVQq)

22 From This is America:

Workarounds to working: Living off of family money, unemployment insurance, disability insurance, government grants, friends, subsidized homelessness, becoming a perpetual student, and/or working off the books all come together to allow an unprecedented number of people to fail to contribute to the continuing success and financing of our country.

There are 71 million on SS.
There are 165 million workers.
This will crash and burn.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 24, 2023 08:00 AM (BRHaw)

23 @TheInsiderPaper · 1h
Trump says the sirens went off in Ukraine during Biden’s visit were staged.

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump · 13h
The sirens that went off in Ukraine during Biden’s speech were STAGED, FAKE, PHONY. He knew it, and so did everyone else. Scam!

@Breaking911 · 11h
KJP: "I mean, the trip that President Biden took to Kyiv, as many of you reported on, was historic. It was brave. [...] You heard the sirens wailing in the background as the president was on the ground."

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 24, 2023 08:01 AM (Vwz3I)

24 While Trump showed up in his normal biz suit and red tie. Total non-poser.
Posted by: Redenzo at February 24, 2023 07:57 AM (E7vND)

And bought a round at MickeyDs!

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 24, 2023 08:01 AM (BRHaw)

25 My nice person story of the day. I was in the supermarket parking lot and there was a young woman carrying out a big bowl of fruit and a birthday balloon. I said, " Happy Birthday to whoever is having a birthday." She smiled and said, "It's for one of the doctors I work with."
I thought that was very nice of her. Everyday if we pay attention we can see nice people doing kindly things.

Have a good day all.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2023 08:01 AM (+u4OZ)

26 Repeat that image!

Even better.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 24, 2023 08:03 AM (wagHN)

27 I'm neither a chemist or a doctor, but Joe Biden did, does and always will, smell like ass.

Never Give Up Your Guns!

Rootin For Putin!

Free Buffalo Guy!

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 24, 2023 08:03 AM (R/m4+)

28 So, Choo Choo Biden went to Ukraine to look at a train wreck, no?

More coffee...

Posted by: dantesed at February 24, 2023 08:05 AM (88xKn)

29 Marianne Williamson has once again thrown her bra into the ring for the Democrat primary against Sleepy Joe.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 24, 2023 08:06 AM (yQpMk)

30 Luxurious Big Mac's.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 24, 2023 08:07 AM (OJQUs)

31 29 Marianne Williamson has once again thrown her bra into the ring for the Democrat primary against Sleepy Joe.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 24, 2023 08:06 AM (yQpMk)


Might be time for another Operation Chaos?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 24, 2023 08:07 AM (x0n13)

32 Things aren't getting better.

Posted by: blaster at February 24, 2023 08:08 AM (pwExq)

33 Given the times we live in, and who and what we are up against, even if the allegations against O'Keefe by these allegedly disgruntled employees are true (and from what I have read, they flatline on the scandal-ometer compared to Epstein-, Clinton- and Biden-level crime, treason and pederasty), I could care fuck-all. So, to leftists and the anal-bead clutching RINOs, when it comes to O'Keefe, FYNQ.
++++
Yup. The allegations, as near as I can tell, are that O'Keefe is a jerk and that his management style is tyrannical. That doesn't even budge the needle.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 08:08 AM (t0OGg)

34 Of course, the hidden camera they were caught on belonged to the investigative reporters of Project Veritas, who mere days ago succeeded in purging its founder, CEO and driving force James O'Keefe. Got to be a coincidence, right?




Yes, it is a total and complete coincidence. Just an amazing coincidence.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 24, 2023 08:08 AM (lTGtQ)

35 So China wants peace between Ukraine and Russia. How sweet.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 24, 2023 08:08 AM (wagHN)

36 Today is Friday Fish Fry Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 24, 2023 08:08 AM (NpAcC)

37 ZUBY: @ZubyMusic · 22h
When will everybody admit the whole Covid-19 'pandemic' response was a scam?

Elon Musk @elonmusk Replying to @ZubyMusic
It’s coming

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 24, 2023 08:09 AM (Vwz3I)

38 Things aren't getting better.
Posted by: blaster at February 24, 2023 08:08 AM (pwExq)

Not at all.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 24, 2023 08:09 AM (OJQUs)

39 I don't get Marianne Williamson's deal. It's a vanity candidacy but she isn't really rich or famous.

What does she think she's doing?

Posted by: blaster at February 24, 2023 08:09 AM (pwExq)

40 It's also-
National Tortilla Chip Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 24, 2023 08:10 AM (NpAcC)

41 Imagine if they had fired Steve Jobs for being bossy.

Posted by: blaster at February 24, 2023 08:10 AM (pwExq)

42 @37

>>When will everybody admit the whole Covid-19 'pandemic' response was a scam?

I'll take things that were known in February of 2020 for, 32 trillion Alex.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 24, 2023 08:10 AM (up/3i)

43 KJP, known as she is by her three initials in the vein of other feminist icons before her such as RBG, is infamously ditzy and often struggles to read her notecards.
++++
Wait, what? She's a "feminist icon" now? Is Sam Bank Fraud - better known as "SBF" - also a "feminist icon?"

The chick has a long, foreign name. It takes a while to type and a lot of people (or maybe most people) will have to think about the spelling, making it take even longer. It's not a "feminist icon" thing, it's a cutesy, laziness thing.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 08:10 AM (t0OGg)

44 Mornin, Mo-rons!

Posted by: Hawkpilot at February 24, 2023 08:10 AM (mq5WB)

45 I am thinking if Marianne Williamson were President could it be any worse?

Posted by: blaster at February 24, 2023 08:11 AM (pwExq)

46 "Today is Friday Fish Fry Day.
Posted by: redridinghood

*looks up*

Posted by: Guy down in the hold having his way with a halibut at February 24, 2023 08:12 AM (iayUP)

47 Happy Friday one and all. At this point, I watch the conflagration and will be handing out marshmallows.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 24, 2023 08:12 AM (4olE8)

48 @41

>>Imagine if they had fired Steve Jobs for being bossy.

And then he mucked about with Unix for a bit, Apple realized the error of their ways and Jobs came back and re-invigorated the company and the rest is history.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 24, 2023 08:12 AM (up/3i)

49 "Air Farce Won".
Superb.

Posted by: Derak at February 24, 2023 08:13 AM (IVCWM)

50 Obama was no more President than Biden is. There is none of the tension between the Party Central Committee and the Chief Executive as there was in the post-Stalin USSR. The President is fully subservient, or he's gone, period.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 24, 2023 08:13 AM (oINRc)

51 > I don't get Marianne Williamson's deal.
______________
It's a con. Like Haley's run... it's to make money.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 24, 2023 08:13 AM (Q4IgG)

52 This FOX news reader needs to tone down the lip injections, seriously girl, not a good look.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 24, 2023 08:14 AM (up/3i)

53 “We know that systemic racism, lack of interest in low-income communities, lack of political representation, have contributed to the disproportionate impact of black and brown in low-income communities being exposed to a lack of access to good quality drinking water,” Reagan had falsely claimed before.

The residents of East Palestine are 95% white and so their water must be safe to drink.
++++
Eventually, wokism comes to resemble cargo cultism.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 08:14 AM (t0OGg)

54 so, the chemist MIGHT be correct, but i'd never trust any govt chemist at this point. He's got a point that it might not be an environmental tragedy, how much expose DID the residents get, how much HAS gotten into the water and land, and WHAT ARE THE MITIGATION ACTIONS IN PLACE.

that last part is what is not being discussed. I get the solution to pollution is dilution, we used to do that tossing 5 gallon buckets of grease in to the pacific, it's not going to matter.

but how much more could have been done PRIOR to the burn that has made th eplace toxic?

Posted by: SturmToddler at February 24, 2023 08:14 AM (Mkvkw)

55 We are all East Palestinians now. But there's no ululating nor passing out of candy.
++++
The Left finally found a bunch of Palestinians they *don't* care about.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 08:15 AM (t0OGg)

56 Windy morning

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at February 24, 2023 08:15 AM (FjtXs)

57 Cultural appropriation!!!

@TheInsiderPaper · 16h
BREAKING: China is said to be negotiating deal with Russia to provide 100 Kamikaze strike drones, which could be delivered as soon as April, DER SPIEGEL reports

Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper
ALERT 🚨 China says nuclear weapons 'must not be used' in Ukraine conflict

China urges Russia, Ukraine to hold talks, warns against using nuclear weapons - Insider Paper
China called on Friday for Russia and Ukraine to hold peace talks as soon as possible, while insisting that nuclear weapons must not be used in their conflict. Beijing’s foreign ministry made the...

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 24, 2023 08:15 AM (Vwz3I)

58 This just in:

Alex Jones says DOJ wants pussy:

https://tinyurl.com/52u93zz8

(Twitter)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 24, 2023 08:16 AM (oQZym)

59 but how much more could have been done PRIOR to the burn that has made th eplace toxic?
Posted by: SturmToddler at February 24, 2023 08:14 AM (Mkvkw)
++++
That's the question in my mind. I don't know. All I know is that we'll probably never find out. It looked to me - admittedly, as an outsider looking in - that the railroad and the state authorities spent the first part of the response running away.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 08:16 AM (t0OGg)

60 Good morning and happy Friday!

Posted by: Ilene Wright at February 24, 2023 08:17 AM (VD8D9)

61 Leave Alec Baldwin alone!!!!

https://tinyurl.com/2u8hu5f4

(Nitter)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 24, 2023 08:17 AM (oQZym)

62 “We are Harry Potter and William Wallace, the Na’vi and Han Solo. We’re escaping from Shawshank and blowing up the Death Star.”

I'm Peter Pan and I've gotta thing for fairys.

Posted by: Pete Bootygig at February 24, 2023 08:17 AM (iayUP)

63 Might be time for another Operation Chaos?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 24, 2023 08:07 AM (x0n13)

Nice reference there, JJ.
*raises coffee mug in El Rushbo's honor*

Posted by: Doof at February 24, 2023 08:18 AM (65o39)

64 Kinda looking like the "equity" standards for job placement might not be the best idea.

Posted by: Fool Otto at February 24, 2023 08:19 AM (DB16e)

65 Today's edition of the Morning Report is brought to you by first world solution providers to President Biden:

https://tinyurl.com/ywjytkej

(Twitter)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 24, 2023 08:19 AM (oQZym)

66 Buttigieg took a photo of Taer on Tuesday after she pressed him on his message to the people of East Palestine, Ohio



The photo was taken so that it can be sent to the IRS for further action. Why do you think they are adding thousands of new agents? It is called personal attention for the non-compliant.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 24, 2023 08:19 AM (lTGtQ)

67 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper · 5h
BREAKING: Putin ally Dmitry Medvedev says Russia will win in Ukraine, is ready to go 'up to Polish borders'

UPDATES - Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev on Friday vowed his country would be victorious in its Ukraine offensive and was ready to fight until the Polish border to counter “threats”.

Russia will win in Ukraine, ready to go up to Polish border: Medvedev - Insider Paper
Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev on Friday vowed his country would be victorious in its Ukraine offensive and was ready to fight until the Polish border to counter “threats”.

“Victory will be achieved,” Medvedev said on Telegram, “This is why it is so important to reach all the goals of the special military operation. To push back the borders of the threats against our country as far as possible, even if this is to the borders of Poland”.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 24, 2023 08:19 AM (Vwz3I)

68 There are 71 million on SS.
There are 165 million workers.
This will crash and burn.
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 24, 2023 08:00 AM (BRHaw)

Listen! Harriet and I were forced to pay into the system all these years and by golly we are going to get out of it all we can. As soon as we get back from our 3rd cruise to Alaska, I will be calling my democrat representative in DC and tell them "Hands Off My Social Security!".

Posted by: Harriet and Blah Blah Nyborg, Lifelong Democrats at February 24, 2023 08:20 AM (R/m4+)

69 I was looking thru the (terrific!) list of links for the thing that kept me up last night, by Naomi Wolf:

https://naomiwolf.substack.com/p/ have-the-ancient-gods-returned

an interesting essay for sure

explains ...all the other links here

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 24, 2023 08:21 AM (w0NJk)

70 @58

>>Alex Jones says DOJ wants pussy:

Alex Jones to DOJ: What? Do you want my Children Next?

FBI Agent Johnson: Well....

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 24, 2023 08:21 AM (up/3i)

71 That's the question in my mind. I don't know. All I know is that we'll probably never find out. It looked to me - admittedly, as an outsider looking in - that the railroad and the state authorities spent the first part of the response running away.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 08:16 AM (t0OGg)

while throwing a lit flare over their shoulder into the flammables pile...

Posted by: SturmToddler at February 24, 2023 08:21 AM (Mkvkw)

72 Taxing ammo has been tried before. It is illegal for all the same reasons a poll tax is illegal; you can't tax a right.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at February 24, 2023 08:22 AM (CecP5)

73
There are 71 million on SS.
There are 165 million workers.
This will crash and burn.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 24, 2023 08:00 AM

Actually, the system was designed and works with 2.2 workers for every SS recipient - so those numbers look fine. Which is why a key metric to watch is the percentage of citizens in their working years who have a job. It fell steadily for 20 years before Trump turned it around.

My leftist sister - on SS - I tried to explain this to and said that if she was voting in her own self interest Trump should get her vote. A vibrant economy with full employment makes the numbers work. What young workers should fear is a declining birth rate. At that point SS is toast for them.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 24, 2023 08:22 AM (enJYY)

74 And then he mucked about with Unix for a bit, Apple realized the error of their ways and Jobs came back and re-invigorated the company and the rest is history.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 24, 2023 08:12 AM (up/3i)

They fired him not because he was bossy but because he couldn't really run a business and refused to hire people who could.

Posted by: blaster at February 24, 2023 08:22 AM (pwExq)

75 See? He does have plenty of money to send you so you should give him your banking information!

Nigerian lawmaker arrested for carrying nearly $500,000 in cash in battleground state before election.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 24, 2023 08:23 AM (Vwz3I)

76 It is true that the Trump administration scrapped electronic braking regulations for trains carrying large amounts of hazardous liquids. But ... the rule wouldn’t have applied to the Norfolk Southern train that derailed in East Palestine on Feb. 3.

The junta treats regulation like weight-loss after a person had the discipline to lose the weight, the overall behavior makes weight return and even more - they replace the regulations and add on for good measure.

Lying, projecting, blaming and avoiding responsibility while maximizing authority is their primal nature. It is no surprise that they would conflate one irrelevant regulation that was dropped, mainly by demands of the railroad lobby, into existing regulations that oddly never did require hotbox alarms. That was something industry did because, in general, it was a good idea. If anything the burdensome regulations that do exist, and the vaxx mandates that expedited the retirement of those who understand the equipment, made regular inspection / servicing a low priority.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 24, 2023 08:24 AM (l7lsb)

77 “We are Harry Potter and William Wallace, the Na’vi and Han Solo. We’re escaping from Shawshank and blowing up the Death Star.”

I'm Peter Pan and I've gotta thing for fairys.
Posted by: Pete Bootygig at February 24, 2023 08:17 AM (iayUP)

well, i mean Julia Roberts was a pretty good looking Tinkerbell.

but i'm not sure that's the one he's interested in...

Posted by: SturmToddler at February 24, 2023 08:24 AM (Mkvkw)

78 72 Taxing ammo has been tried before. It is illegal for all the same reasons a poll tax is illegal; you can't tax a right.
Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at February 24, 2023 08:22 AM (CecP5)

Find the word ammo in the Constitution!

Posted by: Leftist Law Professors at February 24, 2023 08:25 AM (pwExq)

79
I thought at the end of the chemist article JJ would reveal it was written by George Santos.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 24, 2023 08:25 AM (enJYY)

80 Naomi Wolfe
https://tinyurl.com/55bw68h3

Posted by: Ilene Wright at February 24, 2023 08:25 AM (VD8D9)

81 Also, we use Stripe as a payment platform, not PayPal.

*******

The main page left sidebar has only a PayPal link and Paypal will not (for me at least) accept a Gift Card pre-paid VISA card for payments. Can the sidebar be updated please?

I've not previously used Stripe, in fact have never heard of it.

Posted by: Muldoon at February 24, 2023 08:26 AM (ykeLU)

82 Find the word ammo in the Constitution!
Posted by: Leftist Law Professors at February 24, 2023 08:25 AM (pwExq)
-

First sentence:

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form ammo perfect Union..."

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 24, 2023 08:27 AM (oQZym)

83 "LANDON STARBUCK: Moms of 'Trans Kids,' The Modern Day Munchausen By Proxy— Trans parents brag about transitioning their kids"

The Human Events article will infuriate you.
These sick, weirdo moms need to be locked up and lose custody of their kids.

I don't know what the solution is but to sound the alarm to every person you know.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 24, 2023 08:27 AM (NpAcC)

84 @74

>>They fired him not because he was bossy but because he couldn't really run a business and refused to hire people who could.

And then they proceeded to run the company into the ground until they begged the guy who supposedly didn't know how to run a company to come back to run the company.

There was an upside to Apples troubles in the mid to late 90's, it allowed me to purchase a sh*t ton of Apple stock at bargain basement prices, which if the masterminds don't start WWIII, I might be able live a decent life until I shuffle off this mortal coil.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 24, 2023 08:27 AM (up/3i)

85 Daddy's in the driveway! Woof! Woof!
https://tinyurl.com/4khaba7h

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 24, 2023 08:28 AM (Vwz3I)

86 A congressman introduces a bill that would make the AR-15 the "National Gun of America." Of course it will go nowhere, but Queef Olberman tries a sick burn and gets scorched.
Bearing Arms link
https://tinyurl.com/33wj8f8a

Posted by: Fool Otto at February 24, 2023 08:28 AM (DB16e)

87 "We the People of the United States, in Order to form ammo perfect Union..."
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 24, 2023 08:27 AM (oQZym)


Ammo is Yang holy word.

Posted by: Cloud William at February 24, 2023 08:28 AM (yQpMk)

88
I only use debit cards, no credit, so I'm extremely careful and limit it's use to only Amazon. But Ace never redeemed the gift card I sent him through them. There's some issue there I wish he would man'splain.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 24, 2023 08:29 AM (enJYY)

89 >First sentence:

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form ammo perfect Union..."

Posted by: Biden's Dog


excellent
a much needed chuckle was heard

Posted by: DB - Spanning the globe at February 24, 2023 08:29 AM (geLO8)

90 Find the word ammo in the Constitution!
Posted by: Leftist Law Professors at February 24, 2023 08:25 AM (pwExq)
-

First sentence:

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form ammo perfect Union..."
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 24, 2023 08:27 AM (oQZym)

golf clap

Posted by: Doof at February 24, 2023 08:30 AM (65o39)

91 Your morning smile... or vomit.

Rob Reiner @robreiner · 23h
Joe Biden has been a spectacularly successful President. If decides to run, there must be no doubt. He deserves our 100% unequivocal support.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 24, 2023 08:30 AM (Vwz3I)

92 Don't laugh at that Ukrainian Harry Potter propaganda paper... It might be cringey AF, but you're not the audience. The audience is the directionless, intentellectually bankrupt millennial midwits of the media and foreign policy establishments. The message is perfect for them. It will warm the cockles of their retarded little hearts.

"Hurr durr for low price of another $100 billion, we can be Avatar people too duuuuuh"

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 24, 2023 08:30 AM (oINRc)

93 I made up a new word for the Biden crew:

omnincompetence

Posted by: Muldoon at February 24, 2023 08:31 AM (ykeLU)

94 >>>Democrats who chant 'follow the science' rarely do, especially when environmental issues are in play. How about we on the right use East Palestine as an opportunity to show them what following the science actually looks like, instead of playing their silly games?"

>Chemist guy can't decide what the priorities are here.

Politics of Science? Politics of Disaster? Environmental Chemistry not cooked up in a model?

>> Disasters require multiple bodies, or extensive/expensive property damage, or long-term environmental harm, preferably all three. East Palestine includes none of those elements. The one thing East Palestine had that allows people to label it a disaster is ugly visuals. I get it.

This weird chemist guy comes across as extremely tone-deaf.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 24, 2023 08:31 AM (Jg7EG)

95 Don't laugh at that Ukrainian Harry Potter propaganda paper... It might be cringey AF, but you're not the audience. The audience is the directionless, intentellectually bankrupt millennial midwits of the media and foreign policy establishments. The message is perfect for them. It will warm the cockles of their retarded little hearts.

"Hurr durr for low price of another $100 billion, we can be Avatar people too duuuuuh"
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 24, 2023 08:30 AM (oINRc)
++++
Ugh. Sadly, this might be true.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 08:32 AM (t0OGg)

96 I made up a new word for the Biden crew:

omnincompetence
Posted by: Muldoon at February 24, 2023 08:31 AM (ykeLU)

Nice. An homage to Rich Hall's "sniglets" from the 80s.

Posted by: Doof at February 24, 2023 08:33 AM (6uyrZ)

97 93 I made up a new word for the Biden crew:

omnincompetence
Posted by: Muldoon at February 24, 2023 08:31 AM (ykeLU)

Omnincontinence . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 24, 2023 08:33 AM (x0n13)

98 Obama was no more President than Biden is. There is none of the tension between the Party Central Committee and the Chief Executive as there was in the post-Stalin USSR. The President is fully subservient, or he's gone, period.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 24, 2023 08:13 AM (oINRc)

Could not agree more.
Also and In that vein Arkancide is not a theory.
THATS the bottom line motivator for the lesser Deep State swine to goose step to the Party line.
There are jokes here about reeducation camps and trains to camps etc...... the Central Committee is no joke and they are not joking. They WILL run those camps and camp trains Proudly.

Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at February 24, 2023 08:33 AM (VSiDh)

99 This weird chemist guy comes across as extremely tone-deaf.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 24, 2023 08:31 AM (Jg7EG)

Nah -- he gets it!

Posted by: Rahm Emmanuel at February 24, 2023 08:33 AM (6uyrZ)

100


"Ammo kick 'yo butt!"

- - Redd Foxx

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 24, 2023 08:34 AM (x0n13)

101 Naomi Wolfe goes down the rabbit hole on evil.

Yes, people can be evil. We see it every day now, lots of it.

Posted by: Ziba at February 24, 2023 08:34 AM (4h9M3)

102 , in Order to form ammo perfect Union..."

*******

Ha!

Double Ha!!

Posted by: Muldoon at February 24, 2023 08:34 AM (ykeLU)

103 Train brakes....

So, if you have 50, 60, 100 freight cars of various cargos and weights you don't simply hit the brake peddle in the front locomotive, right? It's a timed thing. Starting somewhere towards the rear and moving towards the front all the while the engines are slowing down. It can take miles to slow from 50MPH to 5MPH safely.

Too quick on the brakes and the whole train accordions, likely resulting in a derailment. Too slow and you risk dragging the trailing cars with the brakes locked. It's typically computer controlled from the lead engine. Note that some trains have "pushers"... locomotives at the end to help push, but also brake. Longer trains might have one or two in the middle as well.

Neither air nor electric brakes will resolve the law of physics when stopping a massive freight train.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 24, 2023 08:36 AM (Q4IgG)

104 You know who else was kind of bossy.

Posted by: pawn at February 24, 2023 08:36 AM (wsHtO)

105 Mornin’, All. Happy Fajita Friday.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 24, 2023 08:36 AM (sjxgf)

106
If the average SS recipient receives $1400 a month, that equates to working 40 hours a week for 50 weeks a year at $8.40 an hour. Yeah, break out the yacht Lovey, it's time for our cruise around the world.

SS is the third rail of politics for a reason.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 24, 2023 08:38 AM (enJYY)

107 Naomi Wolfe goes down the rabbit hole on evil.

Yes, people can be evil. We see it every day now, lots of it.

it's interesting I have been left very cold by all media lately - movies, TV - everything is just terrible - so I went back to rewatch Brideshead Revisited. which I've watched many many times and thought of it as a lighthearted Waugh set piece mostly.

but this time it feels very different, the Catholicism aspect stands out to me, the fall of old mores ... Ms Wolf thinks what we're going through is unusual and just happened. but I think it's been 100 years of this fall.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 24, 2023 08:38 AM (w0NJk)

108 Buttigieg’s press secretary would not say why the photo of Taer was taken and refused to answer what was being done with the photo

And we allow this behavior to continue.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 24, 2023 08:38 AM (4olE8)

109 Windy morning
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion

Amen Sistah !

Or, as they say in the Land of Miklos.....Vindy !

Posted by: JT at February 24, 2023 08:39 AM (T4tVD)

110 I was at the grocery store yesterday and got a brief vision of our fall.

Our shelves are stacked. We're spoiled for choice. Except prices have doubled (and more) in the last three years, and people like me pass on items we used to buy.

Those businesses eventually close their doors because middle class people are no longer buying their goods. People like me are shopping for price now, and people who don't care about money still don't care about money so the "luxury" items are still available.

All of the middle of the road items will slowly disappear, though, and we'll wonder if this time ever really existed. Our grandchildren won't believe it did when we tell them about it.

Posted by: $15 is worth the same as the value of the $7.25 minimum wage under Trump at February 24, 2023 08:39 AM (ia0+L)

111 East Palestine citizens get $1,000 to shut up. Illegals get free healthcare, food, lodging, etc.

Posted by: Ziba at February 24, 2023 08:39 AM (4h9M3)

112 103 Braking was the main cause of train wrecks when they had brakemen who actually applied brakes. Very dangerous job, jumping from car to car from the rear of the train and applying brakes to each car as you got to it. It required a lot of skill applying the right pressure and the timing involved.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 24, 2023 08:39 AM (lz5hY)

113 Flash mob and organized group thefts are now gonna be looking at up to 20 years in prison (class 3 felony) in VA, with felonies prosecutable forever, after VA's legislature passed the law change (the gov is certain to sign it).

Yes, Amazon probably pushed hard for this with their warehouses...but I'm okay with that...

Posted by: Nova Local at February 24, 2023 08:39 AM (exHjb)

114 Mornin’, All. Happy Fajita Friday.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 24, 2023 08:36 AM (sjxgf)
*******
For us Catholics it isn't.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 24, 2023 08:39 AM (NpAcC)

115 name field fix

Posted by: $15 is now the same value as the $7.25 minimum wage under Trump at February 24, 2023 08:39 AM (ia0+L)

116 "TIA" is a Bowdlerization of the actual phrase, which is, "Africa wins again."

Posted by: Rowsdower Believes Ray Epps is a Fed and Ashli Bennett is Crispus Attucks at February 24, 2023 08:39 AM (t7011)

117 sorry back to Brideshead - semi-lighthearted obviously the central relationship becomes very tragic - but more a melodrama than something deeper.

I feel like Waugh often cloaks much deeper things in lighthearted wit and surface social commentary

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 24, 2023 08:40 AM (w0NJk)

118 >>>Nah -- he gets it!

Posted by: Rahm Emmanuel

>Yeah. As a chemist he prefers to do nothing. At the same time, he's bitching about the politicians who never want to let a crisis situation go to waste. This isn't about frogs and black clouds, this is about people, policy and politics. Action, Jack!

For those keeping score at home, Trump won this round.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 24, 2023 08:40 AM (Jg7EG)

119 Tesla returns to California: Elon Musk moves carmaker's HQ back home less than two years after leaving for low-tax Texas - as he meets with Governor Gavin Newsom

Posted by: DB - Spanning the globe at February 24, 2023 08:41 AM (geLO8)

120 They fired him not because he was bossy but because he couldn't really run a business and refused to hire people who could.

No, that is not what happened. Jobs was worried that he, himself, was not qualified to run Apple when it reached the billion dollar sales level. He hired the CEO of Pepsi to run Apple, figuring that was a smart experienced person who had already run a billion dollar company. The Pepsi guy, who literally knew nothing about computers, did two major things. 1. Fired Jobs. 2. Almost bankrupted Apple. Eventually Apple got rid of the Pepsi guy and hired Jobs back.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at February 24, 2023 08:41 AM (CecP5)

121 Those businesses eventually close their doors because middle class people are no longer buying their goods. People like me are shopping for price now, and people who don't care about money still don't care about money so the "luxury" items are still available.

All of the middle of the road items will slowly disappear, though, and we'll wonder if this time ever really existed. Our grandchildren won't believe it did when we tell them about it.
Posted by: $15 is worth the same as the value of the $7.25 minimum wage under Trump at February 24, 2023 08:39 AM (ia0+L)
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As it is in the third world. A layer of hyper-rich and masses of poor, with nothing in the middle.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 08:41 AM (t0OGg)

122 "in Order to form ammo perfect Union..."

*******

Ha!

Double Ha!!
Posted by: Muldoon at February 24, 2023 08:34 AM (ykeLU)
-

Should I go for another.... round?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 24, 2023 08:42 AM (oQZym)

123 The EOT monitor eliminated the caboose, brakemen, and the firefighters.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 24, 2023 08:42 AM (CZBWZ)

124 No, that is not what happened. Jobs was worried that he, himself, was not qualified to run Apple when it reached the billion dollar sales level. He hired the CEO of Pepsi to run Apple, figuring that was a smart experienced person who had already run a billion dollar company. The Pepsi guy, who literally knew nothing about computers, did two major things. 1. Fired Jobs. 2. Almost bankrupted Apple. Eventually Apple got rid of the Pepsi guy and hired Jobs back.


yes this is correct. and we bought our nice spread here with profits from apple stock bought at $13/share, many stock splits later

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 24, 2023 08:42 AM (w0NJk)

125 While we already know they recoil and shriek in terror upon hearing prayer in Latin, it has also been discovered that Holy Trump Water will burn demon-infested leftists and servants of the Devil.

THE POWER OF TRUMP COMPELS YOU.
THE POWER OF TRUMP COMPELS YOU.

Posted by: Fr. Merrin at February 24, 2023 08:43 AM (6sIX/)

126 Re the TIA article, another little observation comes to mind.
When you have out-sourced almost ALL critical production and assembly lines to Chy-Nah, you have given away both the ability to make production more efficient as competent people tweak the production line, based on their actual experience, AND also lost the knowledge base required to fix almost anything because the interaction of components is no longer understood!
Computer controlled EVs and iPhones come to mind...

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at February 24, 2023 08:43 AM (hOUT3)

127 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 24, 2023 08:44 AM (Zz0t1)

128 James O'Keefe @JamesOKeefeIII · 8h
Those who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who actually do.

In a war room at midnight with a few happy warriors making moves!

OKeefeTips@protonmail.com

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 24, 2023 08:44 AM (Vwz3I)

129 Black Orchid - Weird - I did the same thing with Brideshead Revisited this week - so disgusted with *everything* on TV that I started up Brideshead again, which I have seen a hundred times, for some visual comfort food. I am a sucker for stories set in early 20thc Britain. The religious part of the story really stands out to me as well - more and more each time I watch it. It really is a religious story...And that Charles Ryder kind of turns into a jerk as he gets older.

Posted by: Goldilocks at February 24, 2023 08:44 AM (p0qJo)

130 As it is in the third world. A layer of hyper-rich and masses of poor, with nothing in the middle.

--

Yep.

And it was all on purpose.

Posted by: $15 is now the same value as the $7.25 minimum wage under Trump at February 24, 2023 08:44 AM (ia0+L)

131 "Jobs was worried that he, himself, was not qualified to run Apple when it reached the billion dollar sales level. He hired the CEO of Pepsi to run Apple, figuring that was a smart experienced person who had already run a billion dollar company. The Pepsi guy, who literally knew nothing about computers, did two major things. 1. Fired Jobs. 2. Almost bankrupted Apple. Eventually Apple got rid of the Pepsi guy and hired Jobs back."

Yep. He brought in Sculley for his consumer-marketing acumen. It didn't work. Apple also ran through Jean-Louis Gassee and I can't remember if there were any others before Jobs came back. The second time around Jobs looked at Apple's fill rates and overall value-chain performance, and said "We have an operations problem." He brought in Cook initially to fix that.

Posted by: Rowsdower Believes Ray Epps is a Fed and Ashli Bennett is Crispus Attucks at February 24, 2023 08:44 AM (t7011)

132 O'Keefe is going to be Breitbart'd. Wait for it......

Our side canNOT be allowed to survive.

Have I mentioned we're f*cked?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 24, 2023 08:44 AM (Zz0t1)

133 Mornin’, All. Happy Fajita Friday.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 24, 2023 08:36 AM (sjxgf)
*******
For us Catholics it isn't.
Posted by: redridinghood

You coulda had a bite of my Spam sammy yesterday !

Posted by: JT at February 24, 2023 08:45 AM (T4tVD)

134 O'Keefe is going to be Breitbart'd. Wait for it......

--

Electric cord hanging and gunshot wound suicide, with no gun found.

Posted by: $15 is now the same value as the $7.25 minimum wage under Trump at February 24, 2023 08:45 AM (ia0+L)

135 I made up a new word for the Biden crew:

omnincompetence
Posted by: Muldoon at February 24, 2023 08:31 AM (ykeLU)
-

Why do you hate Kamala?!

https://tinyurl.com/bdzh9f5u

(Nitter)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 24, 2023 08:45 AM (oQZym)

136 121 Those businesses eventually close their doors because middle class people are no longer buying their goods. People like me are shopping for price now, and people who don't care about money still don't care about money so the "luxury" items are still available.

All of the middle of the road items will slowly disappear, though, and we'll wonder if this time ever really existed. Our grandchildren won't believe it did when we tell them about it.
Posted by: $15 is worth the same as the value of the $7.25 minimum wage under Trump at February 24, 2023 08:39 AM (ia0+L)
++++

Had a discussion last night for a planned International Dinner at our Church about ticket prices. Since the chefs/volunteers are donating all the food samples for their country choice, I asked why we needed to raise prices if we actually wanted to have families come and we don't want to make money (but sponsor community feeling)? I sent the heads back for a rethink, b/c rapidly raising prices on families and fixed incomes puts even more pressure on them not to show...and then, what's the point of the event...

Posted by: Nova Local at February 24, 2023 08:46 AM (exHjb)

137 omnincontinence

Posted by: $15 is now the same value as the $7.25 minimum wage under Trump at February 24, 2023 08:46 AM (ia0+L)

138 Democrats who chant “follow the science” rarely do, especially when environmental issues are in play. How about we on the right use East Palestine as an opportunity to show them what following the science actually looks like, instead of playing their silly games?


So, the people with sudden mysterious rashes, coughing up blood, having headaches and all that are just faking it? Nothing to see here, the science said so?

No....not buying that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 24, 2023 08:46 AM (Zz0t1)

139 Goldilocks! it must be "moron mind" at work!

or God at work

yes I love the visuals - always have - always closely related to Sebastian my whole life. now I see him a bit more deeply as a character. Charles is the Modern Man, it is not his fault.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 24, 2023 08:47 AM (w0NJk)

140 123 A crew would be an engineer, a freight conductor, brakeman and fireman. Brakeman rode in the caboose as an observer, the other three in the locomotive, fireman acting solely as an observer. Fireman and brakeman were eliminated as was the caboose. Caboose replaced with the FREDdy (F'n rear end device), a warning light.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 24, 2023 08:47 AM (lz5hY)

141 133 Mornin’, All. Happy Fajita Friday.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 24, 2023 08:36 AM (sjxgf)
*******
For us Catholics it isn't.
Posted by: redridinghood

Shrimp fajitas...

Posted by: Nova Local at February 24, 2023 08:47 AM (exHjb)

142 107

Civilization ended with WWI and it's been downhill ever since, imho. I also recently rewatched Brideshead Revisited; it didn't cheer me up.

Posted by: Ziba at February 24, 2023 08:47 AM (4h9M3)

143 Within the group you'll find that conversations about fertility are extremely uncomfortable with some parents asserting that doctors encouraged them to bank their child's sperm at age ELEVEN before they go on blockers or hormones in an apparent admission of the fact these often cause infertility.

Often?? One Minnesota Hospital found that 100% of CHILDREN put on blockers were permanently sterile.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 24, 2023 08:47 AM (BRHaw)

144 Vinyl Chloride can be good for you.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 24, 2023 08:48 AM (CZBWZ)

145 I asked why we needed to raise prices

--

Because it's expected. That really is a thing, and you saw it in real life.

Posted by: $15 is now the same value as the $7.25 minimum wage under Trump at February 24, 2023 08:48 AM (ia0+L)

146 Civilization ended with WWI and it's been downhill ever since, imho. I also recently rewatched Brideshead Revisited; it didn't cheer me up.


well I don't think it's meant to

Waugh depicted the end of the West from his perspective

we are living thru the end of the West from the USA's

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 24, 2023 08:48 AM (w0NJk)

147 Today's edition of the Morning Report is brought to you by first world solution providers to President Biden:

https://tinyurl.com/ywjytkej

(Twitter)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 24, 2023 08:19 AM (oQZym)
++++
That's great.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 08:48 AM (t0OGg)

148 You coulda had a bite of my Spam sammy yesterday !
Posted by: JT at February 24, 2023 08:45 AM (T4tVD)
******
I gave it up for Lent.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 24, 2023 08:49 AM (NpAcC)

149 145 I asked why we needed to raise prices

--

Because it's expected. That really is a thing, and you saw it in real life.
Posted by: $15 is now the same value as the $7.25 minimum wage under Trump at February 24, 2023 08:48 AM (ia0+L)

Yeah, but I have a big mouth and can be convincing (I blame my spouse for being my debate coach)...so I'm hoping the rethink goes my way!

Posted by: Nova Local at February 24, 2023 08:49 AM (exHjb)

150 with some parents asserting that doctors encouraged them to bank their child's sperm at age ELEVEN before they go on blockers or hormones

---

If that boy is a girl, why would he be producing sperm? And why would that girl or that girl's parents want that sperm since it's not something girls can produce?

Posted by: $15 is now the same value as the $7.25 minimum wage under Trump at February 24, 2023 08:49 AM (ia0+L)

151 144 I'm no chemist, but I know that you only take an angle grinder to poly vinyl chloride once. You will have learned your lesson.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 24, 2023 08:50 AM (lz5hY)

152 Shrimp fajitas...
Posted by: Nova Local at February 24, 2023 08:47 AM (exHjb)
*******
Yum!

Posted by: redridinghood at February 24, 2023 08:50 AM (NpAcC)

153 "Democrats who chant “follow the science” rarely do"

Preach!

Posted by: JK Rowling at February 24, 2023 08:50 AM (6uyrZ)

154 I miss cabooses on trains.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 24, 2023 08:51 AM (sjxgf)

155 Yeah, but I have a big mouth and can be convincing (I blame my spouse for being my debate coach)...so I'm hoping the rethink goes my way!

Posted by: Nova Local

--

I do, too. I'm guessing there are some (D)s that want to raise prices, though. They understand that high prices keep out undesirables.

Posted by: $15 is now the same value as the $7.25 minimum wage under Trump at February 24, 2023 08:51 AM (ia0+L)

156 Within the group you'll find that conversations about fertility are extremely uncomfortable with some parents asserting that doctors encouraged them to bank their child's sperm at age ELEVEN before they go on blockers or hormones in an apparent admission of the fact these often cause infertility.

Often?? One Minnesota Hospital found that 100% of CHILDREN put on blockers were permanently sterile.
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 24, 2023 08:47 AM (BRHaw)
++++
I don't know what brings a person to make the conscious decision to end his family line. I hope I never find out.

Even setting aside the insanity of torturing children for the purpose of fashion, ending your line is wrong at a very primal level.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 08:51 AM (t0OGg)

157 If that boy is a girl, why would he be producing sperm? And why would that girl or that girl's parents want that sperm since it's not something girls can produce?
Posted by: $15 is now the same value as the $7.25 minimum wage under Trump at February 24, 2023 08:49 AM (ia0+L)

I was told there would be not BIOLOGY on this blog.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 24, 2023 08:51 AM (BRHaw)

158 You coulda had a bite of my Spam sammy yesterday !
Posted by: JT at February 24, 2023 08:45 AM (T4tVD)
******
I gave it up for Lent.
Posted by: redridinghood

LOL !!!

Posted by: JT at February 24, 2023 08:52 AM (T4tVD)

159 Civilization ended with WWI and it's been downhill ever since, imho. I also recently rewatched Brideshead Revisited; it didn't cheer me up.
Posted by: Ziba at February 24, 2023 08:47 AM (4h9M3)

Which version did you watch?

Posted by: dantesed at February 24, 2023 08:52 AM (88xKn)

160 There are 71 million on SS.
There are 165 million workers.
This will crash and burn.

I'm more pissed off at the unions and their pensions. They threaten to strike if the company doesn't provide a generous defined benefit pension, then I'm placed on the hook to backstop it when the union leadership squanders the pension money on personal luxuries, or given that the pension money should be in bonds or in the markets, the unions engage in behavior that harms investment returns.

If I couldn't ban union pensions, at least We The People are entitled to demand that pension benefits are never part of any union negotiation, and any defined benefit is dropped the instant it demands public insurance.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 24, 2023 08:52 AM (l7lsb)

161 If that boy is a girl, why would he be producing sperm? And why would that girl or that girl's parents want that sperm since it's not something girls can produce?
Posted by: $15 is now the same value as the $7.25 minimum wage under Trump at February 24, 2023 08:49 AM (ia0+L)
++++
Because the only thing about the "trans debate" greater than its evil is its inconsistency.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 08:52 AM (t0OGg)

162 CD Chloride > Vinyl Chloride > Cassette Chloride

Posted by: Doof at February 24, 2023 08:52 AM (6uyrZ)

163 I am NOT a chemist, just some guy with a keyboard.

Dispersion modeling = SCIENCE
Really?

Modeling is a tool that can help guide scientific investigation or formulate hypotheses, but ultimately it is a form of sophisticated guessing. It is a technique that attempts to extrapolate small scale data into a complex multivariate and often uncooperative REAL WORLD. The model must be tested in the real world, usually after the fact, or as facts unfold (see: SARS-2 pandemic). So while my instincts tend to agree with his prediction that the long term tangible effects of the spill will not be catastrophic, my instincts are not factual, they are also a guess; one that may or may not be accurate. I take issue with his characterization of modeling equating to science.

Posted by: Muldoon at February 24, 2023 08:52 AM (ykeLU)

164 I was told there would be not BIOLOGY on this blog.
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 24, 2023 08:51 AM (BRHaw)
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What's worse is his forum name. It's full of math!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 24, 2023 08:52 AM (oQZym)

165
Maple syrup or poly vinyl chloride on pancakes? The ladder.

Posted by: John Festterman at February 24, 2023 08:53 AM (enJYY)

166 I can speak multiple vinyl chlorides
- John Fetterman, Senator

Posted by: $15 is now the same value as the $7.25 minimum wage under Trump at February 24, 2023 08:54 AM (ia0+L)

167 Which version did you watch?


there is only one! it was made in 1981!!!

come on now!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 24, 2023 08:54 AM (w0NJk)

168 91. Rob Reiner lost touch with reality quite some time ago. His rantings sound like someone who refuses to take his meds because he will not stay high all day.

Posted by: Jen the original at February 24, 2023 08:54 AM (7pF27)

169 You people making fun of me depresses me.

Momma? Give me my medicine that makes me feel like a tall tree.

Posted by: John Fetterman at February 24, 2023 08:55 AM (Zz0t1)

170 I can speak multiple vinyl chlorides
- John Fetterman, Senator-

Bumped.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 24, 2023 08:55 AM (oQZym)

171 I just received my latest insurance bills and they are up 20% YOY. Sure, inflation is under control.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 24, 2023 08:55 AM (lTGtQ)

172 Back from the Supe.

I remain convinced that there is a secret law in Pa. prohibiting road repair.

Posted by: JT at February 24, 2023 08:55 AM (T4tVD)

173 159 Civilization ended with WWI and it's been downhill ever since, imho. I also recently rewatched Brideshead Revisited; it didn't cheer me up.
Posted by: Ziba at February 24, 2023 08:47 AM (4h9M3)

Which version did you watch?
Posted by: dantesed at February 24, 2023 08:52 AM (88xKn)

I didn't know there was more than one. IIRC, Jeromy Irons was originally to be cast as Sebastian Flyte but Anthony Andrews insisted on having the part himself.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 24, 2023 08:56 AM (BTgKJ)

174 Maple syrup or poly vinyl chloride on pancakes? The ladder.
Posted by: John Festterman at February 24, 2023 08:53 AM (enJYY)

It's in tents.

Posted by: The Lump at February 24, 2023 08:56 AM (4I/2K)

175 Shrimp Creole > Shrimp fajitas

*mostly because I had the Creole last night*

But both are tasty.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 24, 2023 08:56 AM (Q4IgG)

176 Re: Brideshead - I think you're right. So many parallels with today. It's not a happy story at all, though there is some glimmer of hope at the end. It also underscores for me how religion has been taken out of our day to day life, entirely- it isn't even discussed anymore, except negatively, which leads to predictable results. And I say this as a somewhat lapsed "RC".

Posted by: Goldilocks at February 24, 2023 08:56 AM (p0qJo)

177 Rob Reiner lost touch with reality quite some time ago. His rantings sound like someone who refuses to take his meds because he will not stay high all day.
Posted by: Jen the original at February 24, 2023 08:54 AM (7pF27)


He seems fully boosted.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 24, 2023 08:56 AM (Zz0t1)

178 The real victim here is Pete Buttpacker. Republicans are pouncing and seizing on him.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 24, 2023 08:56 AM (Y5qcH)

179 Mornin’, All. Happy Fajita Friday.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 24, 2023 08:36 AM (sjxgf)
*******
For us Catholics it isn't.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 24, 2023 08:39 AM (NpAcC)

second look at blackened tuna fajitas?

Posted by: SturmToddler at February 24, 2023 08:56 AM (Mkvkw)

180 As a man that received a chemistry set for Christmas many, many years ago, I feel comfortable in stating I haven't a clue about vinyl chlorides. Now, okra, grits and country ham I can opine on with great authority. Dittos - Bourbon and Sweet Tea.

Posted by: Puddinhead at February 24, 2023 08:56 AM (NsE9F)

181 Shrimp Creole

Wasn't that an Elvis movie ?

Posted by: JT at February 24, 2023 08:57 AM (T4tVD)

182 Wait, now there’s a No Biology rule on the blog?

Does that mean we can’t talk about boobs anymore?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 24, 2023 08:57 AM (sjxgf)

183 So, the people with sudden mysterious rashes, coughing up blood, having headaches and all that are just faking it? Nothing to see here, the science said so?


The SCIENCE™ says that the FEAR of these things brings about the actuality of these things.

Basically, the evil twin of the wishing well. You imagine these dysfunctions you get the dysfunction.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 24, 2023 08:57 AM (l7lsb)

184 Yeah I can't wait to go on my next cruise. This SS money is really more than I need but hey...I'll take it!

Jesus.. I really hope that was sarcasm.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 24, 2023 08:57 AM (wagHN)

185
They know who you voted for.

Being left alone by Democrats is the best you can hope for.

Posted by: Auspex at February 24, 2023 08:58 AM (j4U/Z)

186 So, the people with sudden mysterious rashes, coughing up blood, having headaches and all that are just faking it? Nothing to see here, the science said so?


The SCIENCE™ says that the FEAR of these things brings about the actuality of these things.

Basically, the evil twin of the wishing well. You imagine these dysfunctions you get the dysfunction.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 24, 2023 08:57 AM (l7lsb)

*has entered the chat*

Posted by: Erectile at February 24, 2023 08:58 AM (4I/2K)

187
I knew of a dude that polluted his own well with pharmaceutical waste and bragged about still drinking the water. My factory, in the same area of about 1,000 feet, some employee noticed the smell and we brought in bottled water. For years and years before hooking up to the municipal water supplier.

The dude who drank the water died of brain cancer.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 24, 2023 08:58 AM (enJYY)

188 177 Rob Reiner lost touch with reality quite some time ago. His rantings sound like someone who refuses to take his meds because he will not stay high all day.
Posted by: Jen the original at February 24, 2023 08:54 AM (7pF27)


He seems fully boosted.
-------------
He looks like a dead carp floating belly up. How can a guy who lives in Malibu not have a tan? WTF?

Posted by: Puddinhead at February 24, 2023 08:58 AM (NsE9F)

189 1776 Project PAC
@1776ProjectPac

Can you believe that it somehow became controversial to say that schools shouldn't teach kids to hate their country or have pornographic books in the libraries??

Posted by: redridinghood at February 24, 2023 08:59 AM (NpAcC)

190 TGIF, horde!

Posted by: Lizzy at February 24, 2023 08:59 AM (mqu1M)

191 They know who you voted for.

Being left alone by Democrats is the best you can hope for.
Posted by: Auspex at February 24, 2023 08:58 AM (j4U/Z)

I thought it was to die in your sleep.

Posted by: The Gambler at February 24, 2023 08:59 AM (4I/2K)

192 I remain convinced that there is a secret law in Pa. prohibiting road repair.

--

I don't think you're too far off. Not prohibiting so much as a "10% for the Big Guy" agreement, though. Perpetual repair that never accomplishes anything.

I washed my hands of all of that when I watched a 7 to 10 mile stretch of road in rural NC be surface stripped, re-paved, re-striped, and fully re-opened in less than one month, all while remaining open in sections. Wham bam thank you ma'am, all in less than 30 days.

Everywhere that keeps perpetual repair and upgrades going is only doing to for the job creation and graft.

Posted by: $15 is now the same value as the $7.25 minimum wage under Trump at February 24, 2023 08:59 AM (ia0+L)

193 I just received my latest insurance bills and they are up 20% YOY. Sure, inflation is under control.

Insurance settlements come out of investments. When the investments don't shed off enough returns, then they have to raise premiums to cover the difference.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 24, 2023 08:59 AM (l7lsb)

194 The AF paid big bucks to have a dispersion model available to predict where a toxic cloud would drift if a rocket full of hypergols exploded.

Posted by: pawn at February 24, 2023 09:00 AM (wsHtO)

195 Our grandchildren won't believe it did when we tell them about it.
Posted by: $15 is worth the same as the value of the $7.25 minimum wage under Trump at February 24, 2023 08:39 AM (ia0+L)

Gee grandpa, you mean there used to be a cereal besides Kaboom when you were a kid?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at February 24, 2023 09:00 AM (hOUT3)

196 Wait, now there’s a No Biology rule on the blog?

Does that mean we can’t talk about boobs anymore?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 24, 2023 08:57 AM (sjxgf)
-

That's not biology! That's "bioglegy".

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 24, 2023 09:00 AM (oQZym)

197
Everywhere that keeps perpetual repair and upgrades going is only doing to for the job creation and graft.
Posted by: $15 is now the same value as the $7.25 minimum wage under Trump at February 24, 2023 08:59 AM (ia0+L)


"Brought to you by Unions. Doing the work that never gets done."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 24, 2023 09:00 AM (Zz0t1)

198 I don't think you're too far off. Not prohibiting so much as a "10% for the Big Guy" agreement, though. Perpetual repair that never accomplishes anything.


best is when PENNDOT rips up a road, then leaves it like that for MONTHS

I assume to extort more funding to "fix" it

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 24, 2023 09:01 AM (w0NJk)

199 There was anther version of Brideshead Revisited in 2008. But, the one in 1981 is the only one worth seeing.

Posted by: dantesed at February 24, 2023 09:01 AM (88xKn)

200 I know it's my ox getting gored and blah blah blah, but maybe that TIA author should stop and think about WHY there's so many veterans on disability. I'll give him a hint in the form of what I have told the government repeatedly: YOU BREAK IT, YOU BUY IT.

Posted by: pookysgirl, dealing with the aftermath of medical malpractice at February 24, 2023 09:01 AM (dtlDP)

201 On the East Palestine OH derailment, the parody interview of an environmental disaster coverup "The Front Fell Off" by the late John Clarke and Bryan Dawe fits almost perfectly. YouTube: The Front Fell Off

This was set as a political satire interview of Australian Senator Bob Collins, the Minister for Shipping in 1991. He's shilling that tankers are safe.... and as to environmental safety, the tanker was towed beyond the
environment.

As background, the team of John Clarke and Bryan Dawe appeared on a weekly TV news program in Australia for better than 20 years.

They did a three-minute satirical interview of someone important discussing a current event.

Bryan Dawe was the straight man interviewer. No hamming it up. Just-the-facts type questions. No obvious softball questions.

John Clarke played the interviewee, not an impersonation, but perhaps including a signature quirk of the real person, perhaps a hat, or sunglasses, or other unique trait.

Posted by: Bill Lever at February 24, 2023 09:01 AM (mBZDL)

202
I remain convinced that there is a secret law in Pa. prohibiting road repair.

Posted by: JT at February 24, 2023 08:55 AM

On the way back from Aldi's yesterday I was swerving to avoid so many potholes to the right and then the left I was afraid I'd get pulled over for suspicion of DWI.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 24, 2023 09:01 AM (enJYY)

203 68 There are 71 million on SS.
There are 165 million workers.
This will crash and burn.
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 24, 2023 08:00 AM (BRHaw)

——-

I was listening to the radio the other day and SS admin had an ad telling listeners to call to get signed up for SS disability.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 24, 2023 09:01 AM (Z1GI4)

204
Gee grandpa, you mean there used to be a cereal besides Kaboom when you were a kid?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at February 24, 2023 09:00 AM (hOUT3)


What was it like to have more than one deodorant choice Grandpa?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 24, 2023 09:02 AM (Zz0t1)

205 "Brought to you by Unions. Doing the work that never gets done."


and yet we pay the second-highest gas tax in the nation supposedly to "fix the roads"

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 24, 2023 09:02 AM (w0NJk)

206 199 There was anther version of Brideshead Revisited in 2008. But, the one in 1981 is the only one worth seeing.
Posted by: dantesed at February 24, 2023 09:01 AM (88xKn)

I'd forgotten John Mortimer did the screenplay. Superb job.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 24, 2023 09:02 AM (BTgKJ)

207 White House Won't Confirm If Biden Will Visit East Palestine, Says He's Taking It 'Very Seriously'

That's one of the BS phrases overused by Brandon and the Junta, that may make me destroy my inner ears with an ice pick if I hear them for another two years:

I want to be clear...
I have no regrets...
I make no apologies...
All options are on the table...
The President takes this very seriously.
I am covered by the Hatch Act on this...
Out of an abundance of caution...
This an unprecedented, history-making...

Posted by: Gref at February 24, 2023 09:02 AM (AMIL/)

208 >>>Shrimp Creole > Shrimp fajitas

*mostly because I had the Creole last night*

>After the shrimp creole, there's no shrimp leftover for the fajitas. Better make an early run to the market before there's nothing left.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 24, 2023 09:03 AM (Jg7EG)

209 192 Some areas have discovered portable lighting and work on the highways at night when traffic is at a minimum. Stupid flyover country rubes. they could be like Pittsburgh and just put up cones and barrels during rush hour.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 24, 2023 09:03 AM (lz5hY)

210 John Clarke played the interviewee, not an impersonation, but perhaps including a signature quirk of the real person, perhaps a hat, or sunglasses, or other unique trait.
Posted by: Bill Lever at February 24, 2023 09:01 AM (mBZDL)
++++
A raucously funny bit:
https://youtu.be/3m5qxZm_JqM

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 09:03 AM (t0OGg)

211 On the way back from Aldi's yesterday I was swerving to avoid so many potholes to the right and then the left I was afraid I'd get pulled over for suspicion of DWI.


lol yes that's how it is to drive on Route 3 as well. there are several parts where the "pothole" is actually a ravine that goes all the way across the road - you cannot avoid it

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 24, 2023 09:03 AM (w0NJk)

212 White House Won't Confirm If Biden Will Visit East Palestine, Says He's Taking It 'Very Seriously'


More or less seriously than he's taking our borders?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 24, 2023 09:04 AM (Zz0t1)

213 I don't know what brings a person to make the conscious decision to end his family line. I hope I never find out.
Even setting aside the insanity of torturing children for the purpose of fashion, ending your line is wrong at a very primal level.
Posted by: Joe Mannix
I think the start of the Obama years created a big change in the Progressive psyche. It is a mass psychoses that supposes that change is always good. They never noticed that the Change as not a fix, or a solution, or a better way of life, it is just a change. Many of the Changes were literally a re-introduction of ideas that are a little over 100 years old. One example is that discrimination can be used properly by government and society to remake the country. It is called anti-discrimination. Another example is (re)naming things with the Hope that the new name actually creates the desire outcome. Affordable Care added $1000 to insurance cost and reduced the number of insured. Inflation Reduction added about 3 to 4% to the money supply that will trickle down as increased prices (inflation). So that brings us to changing children.
Notice the FIRST thing that is the child's name!

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 24, 2023 09:04 AM (BRHaw)

214 At DM: Tesla moving back to Palo Alto from Texas?

Posted by: Can't Spell Ragpicker Without gp at February 24, 2023 09:04 AM (MvF+J)

215 At DM: Tesla moving back to Palo Alto from Texas?
Posted by: Can't Spell Ragpicker Without gp at February 24, 2023 09:04 AM (MvF+J)


There engineering HQ, yes. Because California is so much more business friendly than Texas.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 24, 2023 09:05 AM (Zz0t1)

216 Union road crew at "work"....

- Put up large orange sign "Men At Work"
- Deploy hundreds of orange cones or barrels in random pattern
- Close multiple lanes to traffic
- Park imposing looking machinery nearby
- Lunch
- Profit

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 24, 2023 09:05 AM (Q4IgG)

217 *Their

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 24, 2023 09:05 AM (Zz0t1)

218 lol yes that's how it is to drive on Route 3 as well. there are several parts where the "pothole" is actually a ravine that goes all the way across the road - you cannot avoid it
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 24, 2023 09:03 AM (w0NJk)
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It's always fun when you cross the county line on a rural road and go from a relatively prosperous county that maintains its roads to a poor county that simply can't afford it.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 24, 2023 09:05 AM (YIVH2)

219 214 At DM: Tesla moving back to Palo Alto from Texas?
Posted by: Can't Spell Ragpicker Without gp at February 24, 2023 09:04 AM (MvF+J)

Engineering, not Exec Suite.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 24, 2023 09:06 AM (BRHaw)

220 211 On the way back from Aldi's yesterday I was swerving to avoid so many potholes to the right and then the left I was afraid I'd get pulled over for suspicion of DWI.


I did get pulled over in NYC for swerving sround potholes

on St Patty's day, no less

told the cop "yeah, I always go on boozer at 11:30 am"

Posted by: REDACTED at February 24, 2023 09:06 AM (us2H3)

221 I am not sure I want to live in a nation where someone is openly down in the hold having his way with a halibut. Sure, we always knew there were people like that, but they kept it under wraps. SHAME!

Posted by: Fishery Fred at February 24, 2023 09:06 AM (wrJpE)

222 It's always fun when you cross the county line on a rural road and go from a relatively prosperous county that maintains its roads to a poor county that simply can't afford it.


well yes we have that but usually the absolute worst are the areas by train stations or similar where no county has jurisdiction, then PA will just ignore it fully

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 24, 2023 09:06 AM (w0NJk)

223 Union road crew at "work"....

- Put up large orange sign "Men At Work"
- Deploy hundreds of orange cones or barrels in random pattern
- Close multiple lanes to traffic
- Park imposing looking machinery nearby
- Lunch
- Profit
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 24, 2023 09:05 AM (Q4IgG)


Drove from NTX to the SC Coast last year. Can't tell you how many construction zones we passed through that we never saw ONE WORKER nor any evidence of any work being done whatsoever.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 24, 2023 09:06 AM (Zz0t1)

224 >>Rob Reiner lost touch with reality quite some time ago. His rantings sound like someone who refuses to take his meds because he will not stay high all day.

Yes, he is a nit, but he is a DC-connected nut. He been partnering with insiders on both sides of the aisle of the uniparty/permanent Beltway people for years to help them reach their goals. For example, he was a big funder of several organizations that were committed to toppling Trump. He's no random loudmouth Hollywood idiot, he is part of the coup club.

In addition to Soros. . liberal Hollywood activist Reiner also backs [Dan Jones' Democracy Integrity Project], according to the former [Fusion GPS Glenn] Simpson colleague with direct knowledge of discussions with Reiner. In 2017, Reiner started the Committee to Investigate Russia with James Clapper and several other former Obama officials. Reiner has called for Trump’s impeachment, arguing repeatedly that the president has committed “treason against the United States." -- and also --

Posted by: Lizzy at February 24, 2023 09:07 AM (mqu1M)

225 Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 24, 2023 09:05 AM (Q4IgG)

you left out "dig at your ass a bit"

Posted by: REDACTED at February 24, 2023 09:07 AM (us2H3)

226 Posted by: Bill Lever at February 24, 2023 09:01 AM (mBZDL)

I've seen those and they are quite good.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 24, 2023 09:07 AM (Y5qcH)

227 Drove from NTX to the SC Coast last year. Can't tell you how many construction zones we passed through that we never saw ONE WORKER nor any evidence of any work being done whatsoever.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 24, 2023 09:06 AM (Zz0t1)

But the construction zone speed traps remain in effect and the cameras are ALWAYS on.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 24, 2023 09:08 AM (BTgKJ)

228
President Peanut is heading to that Great Planter's Jar in he Sky.

Sad, for he was a Great Nut. More than that he was a fabulous nut!

A nut for the ages!

We shall not see his like again, smeared across the Sandwich of Life with his soulmate and partner, Grape Jelly.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 24, 2023 09:09 AM (KLPy8)

229 Shrimp etouffee is one of my favorites.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 24, 2023 09:09 AM (CZBWZ)

230 that doctors encouraged them to bank their child's sperm

*******

It would not surprise me one bit to learn that there are transgender advocates who believe that within the expected reproductive years of their eleven-year-old child that MEDICAL SCIENCE™ (a wholly owned subsidiary of SCIENCE&trade will come up with a way for that kid to grow up, impregnate themselves, carry to term and give birth.

Posted by: Muldoon at February 24, 2023 09:10 AM (ykeLU)

231 Trump has tested his path to victory this week.
And it was successful. Very successful.
I'll be ugly and a lot of us are not going to like it.

Pure populism. Not the moderated, conservative populism of 2016 and 2020.
But the pure, naked appeal to the favor of the masses by giving them free stuff.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 24, 2023 09:10 AM (q6fOb)

232 Reiner, continued:

In 2004, Rob Reiner was described by The Atlantic as the only Hollywood financier who has, through his political activism, earned status as a Democratic Party “Player” with whom Presidents and Democratic leaders in Congress would meet or take a call from on short notice.[49]

Reiner is reportedly a founding member of the Democracy Alliance,[50] a secretive club of wealthy liberals[51] that requires members to contribute at least $200,000 a year to recommended left-wing groups.[52] Other Democracy Alliance donors include George Soros, Tom Steyer, the late Peter Lewis, and Herb and Marion Sandler.
https://tinyurl.com/26n4at5b

I wish he were just a Meathead, but his money and efforts have helped ruin this country far more than the average actress bimbo b#tching about the need for more 'reproductive rights' blah blah blah.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 24, 2023 09:10 AM (mqu1M)

233 Oklahoma will repave a highway but they won't touch any bridges during the project. Different funding I think.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 24, 2023 09:10 AM (lz5hY)

234 HOLY CARP!!!

Breaking: US ANNOUNCES ANOTHER 2 BILLION IN UKRAINE FUNDING.


** Sound of Heavy Metal Music **

McConnell Laughing Spreads His Wings.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 24, 2023 09:10 AM (up/3i)

235 the ravings of the left on social media is only an extension of last night coffee clutch in LA or the Hamptons or some nuthouse

many people said the heard the "deplorable" crap out of Cankles at parties in the Hamptons, way before she blurted it out in public

Posted by: REDACTED at February 24, 2023 09:10 AM (us2H3)

236 ...a wholly owned subsidiary of SCIENCE™

fixed

Posted by: Muldoon at February 24, 2023 09:11 AM (ykeLU)

237 I don't know what brings a person to make the conscious decision to end his family line. I hope I never find out.
Even setting aside the insanity of torturing children for the purpose of fashion, ending your line is wrong at a very primal level.
Posted by: Joe Mannix


A dear departed uncle, who ironically got out of Germany at the last second with the aid of a friend who happened to be a full-on brownshirt, swore he'd never bring children into a world that could do what it did vis a vis Germany.

I understood his point of view but did not embrace it, even with my mother's experiences. That said, I did not have kids because of circumstances and not a conscious decision.

But, I am glad that I didn't. Not with the way the world is going. I'd hate to do that to my own flesh and blood.

An even worse nightmare would be to have kids who turned out like Rob Reiner et al. That would be the bitter end.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 24, 2023 09:11 AM (x0n13)

238 Louisiana barbeque shrimp is great. Although it's not cooked on a grill and I have no idea why it's called that.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 24, 2023 09:12 AM (Y5qcH)

239 It would not surprise me one bit to learn that there are transgender advocates who believe that within the expected reproductive years of their eleven-year-old child that MEDICAL SCIENCE™ (a wholly owned subsidiary of SCIENCE&trade will come up with a way for that kid to grow up, impregnate themselves, carry to term and give birth.
Posted by: Muldoon at February 24, 2023 09:10 AM (ykeLU)
---
So there's a group that wants to turn humanity into hermaphrodites?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 24, 2023 09:12 AM (YIVH2)

240 Breaking: US ANNOUNCES ANOTHER 2 BILLION IN UKRAINE FUNDING.

Pffft. Pocket change.

Posted by: US Congress at February 24, 2023 09:13 AM (88xKn)

241 >>will come up with a way for that kid to grow up, impregnate themselves, carry to term and give birth.


IIRC, people who've been reporting on the push for transhumanism have said the transgender craze is the first step. Once you believe you can change your sex, then you're open to all sorts of ghoulish tinkering with the human body. I would imagine lab-grown babies using that sperm is some mad scientist's dream (for the LGBTQ community who don't engage in traditional baby-making activity)

Posted by: Lizzy at February 24, 2023 09:13 AM (mqu1M)

242 Pappas seafood in Houston makes a very good etouffee

about 2500 calories but what the hey

Posted by: REDACTED at February 24, 2023 09:13 AM (us2H3)

243 >>>Gee grandpa, you mean there used to be a cereal besides Kaboom when you were a kid?

>Haven't you ever heard of King Vitaman? You can have breakfast with the King!

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 24, 2023 09:14 AM (Jg7EG)

244 Louisiana barbeque shrimp is great. Although it's not cooked on a grill and I have no idea why it's called that.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 24, 2023 09:12 AM (Y5qcH)

Yep. No grill, but it works.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 24, 2023 09:14 AM (CZBWZ)

245 Gee grandpa, you mean there used to be a cereal besides Kaboom when you were a kid?
---


What was it like to have more than one deodorant choice Grandpa?

--

My vision of our future struck me in the ice cream aisle. An entire grocery store length cooler full of ice cream, popsicles, etc., from cheap-ass $1 cups with wooden spoons to $12 gourmet similar sized cups on the other end nearest the checkout, with all kinds of choices and prices in between.

And I didn't buy a thing because nothing was on sale for normal prices back when Trump was in office.

We're f*cked, folks.

Posted by: $15 is now the same value as the $7.25 minimum wage under Trump at February 24, 2023 09:14 AM (ia0+L)

246 >>Pffft. Pocket change.
Posted by: US Congress


Literally.
How many in DC have filled their pockets with laundered Ukraine aid money?

Posted by: Lizzy at February 24, 2023 09:14 AM (mqu1M)

247 239 So there's a group that wants to turn humanity into hermaphrodites? Nickelback.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 24, 2023 09:15 AM (lz5hY)

248 But, I am glad that I didn't. Not with the way the world is going. I'd hate to do that to my own flesh and blood.



I am worried about my grandchildren's future, but life is beautiful in so many ways. There have always been dark times. It's baked into the cake.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 24, 2023 09:15 AM (45fpk)

249 It would not surprise me one bit to learn that there are transgender advocates who believe that within the expected reproductive years of their eleven-year-old child that MEDICAL SCIENCE™ (a wholly owned subsidiary of SCIENCE&trade will come up with a way for that kid to grow up, impregnate themselves, carry to term and give birth.
Posted by: Muldoon at February 24, 2023 09:10 AM (ykeLU)
++++
The blind faith in engineers to solve the problems they are creating is a commonplace occurrence. We see this phenomenon writ large in the "climate crisis debate." We can prescribe or proscribe anything we want and even though it *looks* like it won't work, it will in fact work because engineers will invent a new solution that will change all of today's assumptions and pull our chestnuts from the fire.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 24, 2023 09:15 AM (t0OGg)

250 ||Transgender people taking hormone drugs are seven times more likely to suffer a stroke, a study has found.

People taking hormonal treatments while transitioning have also been found to be six times more likely to suffer a heart attack and nearly five times likelier to suffer a pulmonary embolism.||

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 24, 2023 09:15 AM (Vwz3I)

251 >I don't know what brings a person to make the conscious decision to end his family line.
_____________
My son is the last of my family's line. My sister had two girls, brother no kids. My son will likely never marry. He's the last of us. Doesn't seem to get it.

*sighs*

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 24, 2023 09:15 AM (Q4IgG)

252 So that brings us to changing children.
Notice the FIRST thing that is the child's name!

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 24, 2023 09:04 AM (BRHaw)


This year the Crazy Ones will work to enact a law that requires every newborn be named Pat. It will allow children to be gender-fluid their entire lives without a re-naming!

Posted by: Gref at February 24, 2023 09:15 AM (AMIL/)

253 Trump has tested his path to victory this week.
And it was successful. Very successful.

--

Hahahahaha
- Electoral college

Posted by: $15 is now the same value as the $7.25 minimum wage under Trump at February 24, 2023 09:15 AM (ia0+L)

254 "My vision of our future struck me in the ice cream aisle. An entire grocery store length cooler full of ice cream, popsicles, etc., from cheap-ass $1 cups with wooden spoons to $12 gourmet similar sized cups on the other end nearest the checkout, with all kinds of choices and prices in between..."

My vision is a lot like yours. Only the refrigerator's broken, the food is spoiling, and looters are walking out the door with the remaining boxes of melting ice cream.

Posted by: Zek at February 24, 2023 09:16 AM (5FPX4)

255 "PLEASE STOP SPREADING MISINFORMATION," Homendy pleaded in a Feb. 16 tweet thread.
________

"But that's our job!"

-- The entire US Corporate Media.

Posted by: Eeyore at February 24, 2023 09:17 AM (TgBWG)

256
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 24, 2023 09:17 AM (tbdpj)

257 People taking hormonal treatments while transitioning have also been found to be six times more likely to suffer a heart attack and nearly five times likelier to suffer a pulmonary embolism.||
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 24, 2023 09:15 AM (Vwz3I)

Remember when the "Science" was pushing hormone replacement for every menopausal women and low-T man?

And then they stopped. Turns out there are risks to mucking about with hormones. People still get it, but its not like it once was.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 24, 2023 09:17 AM (UuD2k)

258 How many in DC have filled their pockets with laundered Ukraine aid money?
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Crypto makes grift so much easier.

Posted by: Puddinhead at February 24, 2023 09:18 AM (NsE9F)

259 Literally.
How many in DC have filled their pockets with laundered Ukraine aid money?
Posted by: Lizzy at February 24, 2023 09:14 AM (mqu1M)

A finite bounded question is

How many in DC have [b[NOT filled their pockets with laundered Ukraine aid money?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at February 24, 2023 09:19 AM (hOUT3)

260 253 Trump has tested his path to victory this week.
And it was successful. Very successful.
--
Hahahahaha
- Electoral college
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Black Lesbian Mayors cackle and count the new installment of Zuckerbucks they will receive.

Posted by: Puddinhead at February 24, 2023 09:20 AM (NsE9F)

261 This year the Crazy Ones will work to enact a law that requires every newborn be named Pat. It will allow children to be gender-fluid their entire lives without a re-naming!

Posted by: Gref at February 24, 2023 09:15 AM (AMIL/)

STOP GIVING THEM IDEAS!

Posted by: pookysgirl will sic a lovable cat on you at February 24, 2023 09:20 AM (dtlDP)

262 But, I am glad that I didn't. Not with the way the world is going. > I'd hate to do that to my own flesh and blood.
JJ

This is why the "trans banking sperm" is nonsense.
If the person truly believed they were born in the wrong body, that it was possible to be born in the wrong body, they would never take the chance of having that tortured life repeated on their own child.

Posted by: old chick at February 24, 2023 09:20 AM (sOete)

263 The Junta/Left: There are too many people on the earth, if we don't get rid of 90% of the population the earth dies!

The Junta/Left after the Palestine disaster: Isn't that a pretty pretty fire? Evacuate people? You mean white people? That voted for Trump? Why would we do that?

Conservatives: Wow look at the government screwing up again!

Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2023 09:21 AM (lc5cP)

264 259
I blame the keyboard

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at February 24, 2023 09:21 AM (hOUT3)

265 PCE comes back worse than expected. Market looking like a repeat of Wed mess after yesterday s small recovery. The underlying numbers are bad . Bad things coming.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 24, 2023 09:22 AM (3XQTX)

266 People taking hormonal treatments while transitioning have also been found to be six times more likely to suffer a heart attack and nearly five times likelier to suffer a pulmonary embolism.||
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 24, 2023 09:15 AM (Vwz3I)

I have a friend on the lupron. He has to go in for bloodwork every month for the next 6 months.

Cardiovascular
Very common (10% or more): ECG changes (19%), ischemia (19%), hot flush

Common (1% to 10%): Edema, hypertension, murmur, phlebitis, thrombosis, arrhythmias, angina, myocardial infarction

Frequency not reported: Cardiovascular collapse, palpitations, tachycardia

Postmarketing reports: Deep vein thrombosis, hypotension, pulmonary embolism[Ref]

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 24, 2023 09:23 AM (BRHaw)

267 Shrimp is the fruit of the Sea.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 24, 2023 09:24 AM (yQpMk)

268 Oh and good morning Horde, thx JJ. Even with the crap storm that we are in at the moment, have faith.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 24, 2023 09:24 AM (3XQTX)

269 Transient inflation is still transienting.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 24, 2023 09:24 AM (UuD2k)

270 I blame the keyboard
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar

********

*firsst bummp*

Posted by: Muldoon at February 24, 2023 09:24 AM (ykeLU)

271 267 Shrimp is the fruit of the Sea.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 24, 2023 09:24 AM (yQpMk)


Sorry, Charlie . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 24, 2023 09:25 AM (x0n13)

272 And then they stopped. Turns out there are risks to mucking about with hormones. People still get it, but its not like it once was.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 24, 2023 09:17 AM (UuD2k)

Ixnay on the ormoneshay and the damage they cause. Wouldn't want the plebes to find out!

Posted by: Pfizer, Teva LTD, and every other manufacturer of the PILL at February 24, 2023 09:26 AM (l0Cy4)

273 Quote Tweet Townhall.com @townhallcom · 21h
PETE BUTTIGIEG: "Sorry, I lost my train of thought."

Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze · 20h
He derailed.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 24, 2023 09:26 AM (Vwz3I)

274 Shrimp is the fruit of the Sea.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 24, 2023 09:24 AM (yQpMk)

The new, delicious, Soylent green. The miracle food of high-energy plankton gathered from the oceans of the world.

Posted by: Bill Gates, Fat and Flaccid at February 24, 2023 09:27 AM (R/m4+)

275 “I think the mayor is on the right track, but Seattle is in a huge crisis. Our city has been destroyed, and we’re not going to get it back anytime soon.”

I didn't follow the link...but this doesn't make sense. Typical.

Posted by: Flyover at February 24, 2023 09:27 AM (Rbu5d)

276
There have always been dark times. It's baked into the cake.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 24, 2023 09:15 AM

Sure seems that's part of the plan.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 24, 2023 09:28 AM (enJYY)

277 The illustration up top is quite humorous, Mr. S.
Thanks for the laugh.

Posted by: Flyover at February 24, 2023 09:28 AM (Rbu5d)

278 Finally! An answer to the age old Biblical question:

"For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?"

Chinese Yuan millions in Chinese yuan, Zuckerbux, and most important of all Graft from the Ukraine billions and billions of taxpayer money for generations in pure, Grade A delicious graft straight into our bank accounts.

Yeeeesh, what did you lame-asses think?

Posted by: Preezy Biden, The Turtle, The Joint Chiefs of Staff, the MSM, All Democrat and Republican't Scumbags at February 24, 2023 09:28 AM (KLPy8)

279 9...@Breaking911 · 10h
JUST IN: Officials Up Estimate Of Aquatic Animals Killed By Ohio Train Derailment To Nearly 44,000
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 24, 2023 07:54 AM (Vwz3I)

I guess that chemist didn't see the dead fish and dead farm animals.

Posted by: Flyover at February 24, 2023 09:30 AM (Rbu5d)

280 Why is it that the grandest ideas seems to come from the people least likely to accomplish them?

I think that's the left in a nutshell. Big plans, total incompetence.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 24, 2023 09:30 AM (Y5qcH)

281 There have always been dark times. It's baked into the cake.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 24, 2023 09:15 AM


I like cake.

Posted by: Archer at February 24, 2023 09:30 AM (gmo/4)

282
A
R
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Posted by: rhennigantx at February 24, 2023 09:30 AM (BRHaw)

283 9...@Breaking911 · 10h
JUST IN: Officials Up Estimate Of Aquatic Animals Killed By Ohio Train Derailment To Nearly 44,000
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 24, 2023 07:54 AM (Vwz3I)

What about the tardigrades?

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 24, 2023 09:31 AM (Y5qcH)

284 Noodus gratia artis

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 24, 2023 09:31 AM (sjxgf)

285 If Biden has been corrupt, he sure hasn't been very successful at it
He still lives in fuckin Delaware
Most of his life he had to commute to work by train
He can only afford to vacation on Nantucket in the off season, I'll n a rented house


[Swiss bank accounts. How do they work, genius? - jjs]

Posted by: Paul [Kurt] at February 24, 2023 09:33 AM (B7caE)

286 People taking hormonal treatments while transitioning have also been found to be six times more likely to suffer a heart attack and nearly five times likelier to suffer a pulmonary embolism.

Remember the government has come down against hormone replacement treatment which is basically the same thing.

Except HRT has real health benefits in addition to health risks. This tranny crap is pure torture.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2023 09:34 AM (lc5cP)

287 Deranged Parents of 'Trans Kids' Brag about Giving their Minor Children Puberty Blockers, Hormones, and Surgeries

This is evil. Those parents are destroying their offspring, as surely as if they had them scraped out of the womb.

Posted by: Flyover at February 24, 2023 09:35 AM (Rbu5d)

288 What caused Buttplug to lose his train of thought? Cock

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 24, 2023 09:38 AM (3XQTX)

289 o keefe is actually an incredibly nice person if you ever get the privilege of meeting him, and with everything that has happened to him and his family, he remains to be so...

Posted by: DeplorableYouth at February 24, 2023 09:42 AM (8NYDO)

290 Good morning, all, and thanks, J.J. Another AM I rise to the bait.

"What is the maximum dose of a chemical to which a person can be exposed and how does that dose compare to established (and quite conservative) public health guidelines?"

IMO: The author acknowledges his work is largely corporate in nature; the EPA's pollution stds. are sometimes too stringent. He has commonly dealt with stacks & emissions, airborne pollution & has extensive experience in same including working as an expert witness.

Again, I - not a chemist - present that there are Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs) for Vinyl Chloride but not for some other chemicals carried upon the train. (In some cases PELs were improperly adopted & had to be withdrawn; for others, no such limits were established.) The most accurate data as to what residents of East Palestine were potentially exposed to at the height of the burn would likely be any personal sampling that was performed on EPA and other responders. There were many donned with PPE around the site. Ergo, should be some personal sampling pumps & some area sampling pumps set by Industrial Hygienists.

1/

Posted by: Lola at February 24, 2023 09:46 AM (Wxlzw)

291 The chemist article reeks of paid for propaganda by the rail road.
Norfolk Southern was just about to buy KC southern railroad and that would have opened up a corridor of rail from basically Canada to Mexico. Some small towns in MO and IA that are dissected by the rail road tracks were going to go from 3 to 4 trains a day to up to 15 effectively cutting the towns in half as there would only be a few times a day that trains wouldn't be traveling through the town.
The railroads were waiting on govt approval to merge. So you know lobbyists for Norfolk have been all over DC and I would guess lots of people stood to make a lot of money off the merger.
I'm not sure how it all fits together but I can about guarantee some fat ass politician is covering for his fat ass investment fund buddy to make this go away so the merger can go through and everyone gets their bonuses for making the deal happen.

Posted by: Country_Breakfast at February 24, 2023 10:04 AM (3xple)

292 I guess that chemist didn't see the dead fish and dead farm animals.

That was all psychosomatic, like people's rashes and vomiting.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at February 24, 2023 10:08 AM (CecP5)

293 Continued: The residents needs to be examined (Note:
There are Occupational Physicians, "Occ Docs" as commonly referred to by feds), and treated. Any & all sampling data available from other sources should be considered for exposure data, and perhaps it some residents would be placed in longterm medical surveillance programs.

In as far as the RRs & its unions, payroll raises & occupational safety weren't reason to strike. Reportedly, workers wanted rule changes that would give them more flexibility in their schedules, in particular for sick days and personal time off. So was age of equipment a contributing factor to the mishap? That's what the NTSB gets paid to establish & that will take some time.

In the meantime, take a look at DOT's RAISE Discretionary Grants. (They're never quite the equity touted.): Biden-Harris Administration Announces $1.5 Billion Available through the 2023 RAISE Grant Program, Thursday, December 15, 2022.
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And as to the USDA and equity, it's not the first time they'll be forced into managing a program & much like before, it'll not turn out well. (See Pigford v. Glickman and/or USDA and Pigfort cases.)

Aloha.

Posted by: Lola at February 24, 2023 10:24 AM (Wxlzw)

294 End quote from article - A Sober View of the Russo-Ukrainian War
"Unfortunately, as of this writing, our only strategy is to bleed the Russians through an unending blood sacrifice of Ukrainians."

That's how I see it also. We have ghouls in military leadership and in both parties.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 24, 2023 10:44 AM (fs1hN)

295 Why Is Missouri's Republican AG Andrew Bailey Protecting a Judge Who Abused Children?

There should be NO judicial immunity for actions that violate our rights. The new AG of Missouri should be tarred and feathered along with most (if not all) the judiciary of St. Louis for their brazen behaviors and obvious conflicts of interest.
Stump v. Sparkman is just another is a chain of bad SCOTUS decisions.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 24, 2023 10:52 AM (ynpvh)

296 "[...] President Obama announced that… I’m sorry, President Biden."

Not as sorry as we are, darling.

The confusion is understandable though - the Biden administration is the Obama administration as played by a amateur summer-stock company.

Posted by: aelfheld at February 24, 2023 11:04 AM (Zy9Yy)

297 '[...] people ought to "all end up at the same place."'

Well, we do. It's called the grave.

Posted by: aelfheld at February 24, 2023 11:13 AM (Zy9Yy)

298 Biden does stumble
But he also rides a bike with low handlebars and toe clips

Posted by: Paul at February 24, 2023 11:22 AM (qnTXd)

299 Clarification: the references to "Reagan" in the excerpt seem to be typos referring to Michael Regan of the EPA, not to Ronaldus Maximus.

Posted by: Half Dozen at February 24, 2023 11:45 AM (eHovo)

300 298 Biden does stumble
But he also rides a bike with low handlebars and toe clips
Posted by: Paul at February 24, 2023 11:22 AM (qnTXd)


AKA Harry Reems' Face.

Nice try, Kurt.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 24, 2023 06:49 PM (x0n13)

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