The Morning Report

The Morning Report — 2/28/23

Good morning, kids. With everything going on from East Palestine to Ukraine, regardless of what the media prefers to promote, here's a little something from way on the other side of the world that no one seems to have noticed but, given who and what is running the show here, may very well be heading our way in the near future:

The US embassy in South Africa has warned citizens traveling to or living in South Africa to stockpile on food and water amidst an "ongoing energy crisis" taking place in the nation.
The warning, issued earlier this month, warns that the South African government has declared a "State of Disaster" in response to ongoing power shortages, caused by "load-shedding" or rolling blackouts, which are expected to last beyond 2023.
"Load-shedding currently results in localized power outages of up to six hours or more per day throughout the country," the US embassy stated.  "These planned electricity outages negatively affect private residences, businesses, municipal lighting, traffic lights, and hotels. Rolling blackouts can also impact water availability and safety, internet connectivity, cell phone network coverage, fuel pumps (and therefore fuel availability), residential security features, and the food supply."
Additionally, these power outages "have the potential to increase crime; for example, traffic jams when lights are out provide opportunities for smash and grab crime, and residences can be targeted when lights are out and security systems are not functioning. Further, ongoing conditions have led to an increase in protests and demonstrations, and in some cases civil unrest, throughout the country."
Additionally, US citizens are urged to maintain a 72-hours worth of food, water, and medical supplies, as well as stockpile flashlights, batteries, and basic tools.
In addition to citizens preparing, businesses in South Africa have been preparing for the potential collapse of the grid.
According to the Sunday Times, the South African Reserve Bank has stressed that a regional or national grid failure is unlikely to occur, but longer stages of load shedding have pushed businesses to prepare for the possibility.

For those wholly unaware, both South Africa and Zimbabwe, the nation formerly known as Rhodesia, were not the third world shit holes of poverty, disease and corruption that were and are the hallmark of probably every other country on the Dark Continent. In fact, Zimbabwe was once known as the breadbasket of Africa. Just about 40 years later and it's a basket case, and since the end of apartheid South Africa has been on the same trajectory and gaining fast.

By the way, with Jimmy Carter about to join the Choir Invisible, it's worth mentioning that his refusal to recognize the legitimately elected Bishop Abel Muzorewa resulted in new elections that saw nightmarish thug Robert Mugabe installed as dictator for the next 30-odd years. But I digress.

Why do I bring up the collapse of South Africa's power grid and the likely collapse of its economy and society? Because that is exactly what the Biden junta has in store for us here in the nation formerly known as the United States of America. Take away cheap – as well as relatively clean and dependable – coal, oil and natural gas and insist on unproven, erratic, wildly expensive and completely insufficient so-called "clean" energy like wind and solar power, and we will go more south than South Africa. And that's before itching to start World War 3 over Ukraine, one of the most corrupt nations on the planet in which we have zero strategic interest. Except for the Biden/Pelosi/Kerry et al "special relationship" – with Burisma.

It's a toxic mix of incompetence and ideology, not to mention just pure hatred. This is what Biden, through his puppet masters and handlers, hath wrought. And we're only two years into this crap.

Despite the media’s best efforts, however, the trainwreck story forced its way into the news and then it did something nobody could ignore: The trainwreck revealed the trainwreck. For the reasons I discuss below and perhaps many others, Norfolk Southern’s East Palestine disaster has spotlighted the dysfunction and cynicism of the Biden Administration.
Biden has held himself up as a savior of the working class. He tells fantastical stories about driving an 18-wheeler and his ancestors working in coal mines. But these lies have not hurt Biden because his lying seemed to come from a sincere affection for working-class Americans. But when the cameras showed Biden handing out billions in Ukraine while the residents of East Palestine cough up blood, people noticed his priorities. . .
. . . The Left’s reaction to the East Palestine disaster has vividly revealed what we’ve already known: climate activism has quietly displaced and silenced real environmental activism. The change has been subtle and incremental. But the Democratic Party has totally shed classical rivers and streams environmentalism. . .
. . . A big part of Biden’s brand is that he, unlike Trump, would follow the advice of “the experts.” The Democratic Party’s brand relies on the perception of it being the party of science and expertise. Yet the credibility of public health and safety officials has taken a major beating in recent years during the gross mismanagement of the COVID pandemic. The lockdowns did more harm than good. Masks don’t work. The vaccines didn’t stop the spread of the virus. Indeed, a lab leak is now increasingly understood to have been the likely cause of the pandemic. . .
. . . For nearly three years, the Left has polluted every corner of our culture with a toxic social justice narrative that white Americans continue to benefit and thus share in the guilt for their unjustly acquired wealth and privilege. Just a few months ago, Biden characterized Trump supporters, which describes many of the residents suffering from the chemicals poisoning East Palestine, as “semi-facists” who “threaten our personal rights and economic security . . . They’re a threat to our very democracy . . .”
. . . By implication, communities like East Palestine don’t deserve more attention because of the racial guilt assigned to them by people claiming to be “antiracist.” Joy Behar scolded residents of East Palestine for voting for Trump, suggesting they may have brought the calamity on themselves. “I don’t know why they would ever vote for him, for somebody who, by the way, he placed someone with deep ties to the chemical industry in charge of the EPA’s chemical safety office,” she said on the view, adding, pointing at the camera, “That’s who you voted for in that district. Donald Trump, who reduces all safety.”
Prior to its train derailing in East Palestine, Northfolk Southern chimed in on the charade realizing that a little lip service might protect them from any real scrutiny. In its recent ESG report, Norfolk-Southern bragged that it’s made race-based hiring a priority, reporting:
– 52% of trainee/intern hires are a racial minority and/or female  
– 60% of executive vice presidents are female  
– More than one-third of new manager hires are women  
– 56% of new manager hires are a racial minority 
All of this looks terrible for the Biden [junta]. The old message management techniques aren’t working. Americans have grown weary of Trump hatred as a deflection from the [junta's] incompetence and bias against flyover country.

I had mentioned the junta's executive order requiring D-I-E to be the basis of all considerations within the federal government, but that sooner or later, it would filter into every corner of the ever-shrinking private sector. Maybe instead of Norfolk Southern's "corporate greed" as a cause or contributor to the derailment, maybe it was C-suite diversity madness that could have played a part. That said, the decision to dump and burn the chemicals despite being still contained in un-compromised tank cars still makes no sense, despite supposed reports of fires and the blast potential if they were to cook off.

This diversity cancer will destroy even the most basic of competencies across our society, with potentially lethal consequences. Not saying that's definitely what happened here, either with Norfolk Southern or the government responders. But it is going to happen if we continue to make war on merit, starting in the schools and then through every sector of our lives. Yet, that is exactly what is happening.

If God forbid one day you have to go see a doctor, given that D-E-I is running rampant through the medical schools right now, if a black guy in a white coat and stethoscope tells you to drop your shorts, bend over and say "ahh," a racist thought might just run across your mind, as you run for the door.

That is the insidiousness of "affirmative action." It's bad enough that the Left seek to eradicate the wrongdoings of the now distant past and worse, the imaginary wrongdoings of the present with this madness. They claim to be anti-racist but in point of fact, all that D-I-E does by promoting people based on minority status over competency is to make racists out of all of us, vis a vis, the hypothetical I just mentioned. Talk about irony. And it's not even racism, per se. It's just common sensical human nature once again kicking in to destroy the potential for "paradise on earth."

Insane.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

Michael Walsh: "Let's do the Time Warp again. . . Art suggests, reality follows. Somewhere in the Twilight Zone, little Anthony is enjoying the hell out of this. Your results may vary."
Monsters From the Id
"When Americans see footage of derailed trains in their communities, they’re reminded of the trainwreck in the White House."
Five Ways the Trainwreck Revealed the Trainwreck
Richard Fernandez: "Soon the past will be just like the present. The future used to be an unknown and the past known. Now through the magic of automatic updates, the future fifty years from now is known to within 1.5 degrees precision while the past is completely indeterminate, depending on what the cultural gatekeepers decide next, and they’re always deciding."
Licence To Rewrite
"The stakes are higher than ever."
WHO Pandemic Treaty: The Back Door to CCP Control Over America

OHIO DERAILMENT, TOXIC CHEMICAL DISASTER

“Doctors say I definitely have the chemicals in me but there’s no one in town who can run the toxicological tests to find out which ones they are,” said 40-year-old Wade Lovett, whose high-pitched voice now sounds as if he’s been inhaling helium.
“We’re Dying Slowly”: East Palestine Residents Report Bizarre Health Issues After Toxic Train Derailment
"Biden, East Palestine, and callous indifference."
The Forgotten Town
When you've lost the Washington Post, Kurt . . .
Washington Post Reviews ‘Every Possible Regulatory Change’ Made Under Trump, Finds None Contributed to East Palestine Train Derailment
"How the Biden [junta] bungled two recent crises."
Toxic Clouds and Spy Balloons
If they're trying to dump him because he's giving the junta bad press, then just dump him for being a fuck-up. This makes it worse.
Inspector General Opens Investigation Into Peter Puffer Buttigieg’s Use of Government Planes
"Large swaths of the area near the Pennsylvania border are contaminated with toxic chemicals after 38 train cars derailed on Feb. 3. Officials, fearing an explosion, released and burned toxic chemicals on Feb. 6, producing a massive plume cloud over the town."
Two Days After Buttigieg Visit, Biden Junta Halts Removal of Toxic Waste From East Palestine
CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
"Publicizing the Capitol surveillance video will finally destroy their 'insurrection' narrative."
Why J6 Transparency Frightens the Democrats
Julie Kelly: "The queen of January 6 jurisprudence, Judge Beryl Howell is a shameless partisan willing to twist the law, and the U.S. Constitution, to advance her own political agenda."
A Partisan Judge’s Parting Rampage
"Politics is not just about taking the fight to the enemy. It is also about rewarding your friends."
Biden Unites the Feds with DEI
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
In a message to Raichik shared by Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon, Slack said that she had violated the platform’s “acceptable use policy,” although the tech company would not cite a specific example.
Online Workplace Slack Blacklists ‘Libs of TikTok’ Creator
"I’m sure it’s frustrating. Maybe the Times staff should stick to what they know."
New York Times Frustrated That Ron DeSantis Isn’t Dumb Enough to be One of Their Staff Writers
"A little bird is whispering that some fatcat Democrats may be paying for tweets to fool the public and maybe even making unauthorized campaign contributions."
Tweets for Sale? Signs Emerge that Political Tweet-Room Viral Tweets Have a Daddy Warbucks in the Wings
". . . Sky News Australia host Rita Panahi found O’Connor’s assessment so absurd she couldn’t contain her laughter as she contrasted O’Connor’s finding with clips of Biden’s verbal stumbles, gaffes, and other embarrassing hits."
WATCH: Aussie Reporter Loses It on Air Covering Biden's Mental Health
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
"The loan will be disbursed through the DOE’s Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) Program, and is part of the Biden [junta's] wider goal of enhancing domestic battery manufacturing and having half of all new vehicles be zero-emission by 2030, according to the DOE Monday. "
Biden Junta to Give $375 Million Loan to Schumer-Supported Firm
"Dem megadonors Bill Gates and Laurene Powell Jobs see green energy investments flooded with taxpayer cash."
How Biden's 'Green Energy Economy' is Benefiting Left-Wing Billionaires
“We MUST protect Americans from Radical Leftist ESG investments—I did it once, and it's time to do it again as I set the example for Republicans across the Country to follow my lead in fighting ESG!,” Trump writes on Truth Social, introducing a video in which he describing the dangers of the ESG movement.
Trump: "The Entire ESG Scheme Is Designed to Funnel Your Retirement Money to the Maniacs on the Radical Left"
"This is a particularly galling brand of Democrat hypocrisy."
Joe Biden's Love-Hate Relationship with Oil
"Just as Bill Gates isn’t going to switch to a diet of grasshoppers and climate alarmists travel the world in polluting private jets, Oregon’s Democrat governor evidently believes natural gas restrictions are only for peon ordinary citizens, not for special politicians like her (though she’s happy for citizens to pay for her mansion improvements)."
After Bashing Natural Gas, Oregon Gov. Tiny Kotex Installs $300,000 Natural Gas Generator at Mansion
Daniel Greenfield: "Snow was supposed to disappear. Instead it’s falling on Hollywood."
Global Warming Gets Snowed Under
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
"So far, so good."
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Says Inflation Is ‘Coming Down’ (mostly on our heads - jjs)
"Can theBiden [junta] convince the Supreme Court that its massive student loan forgiveness program is legal?"
Who are the ‘HEROES’ in the Student Loan Cancellation Case?
AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
Hageman, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, said that because Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has “abdicated his responsibilities,” bringing impeachment articles against him is “very likely.”
Harriet Hageman After Border Trip: Mayorkas Is ‘Violating the Oath of Office’
“The uniqueness of each sector demonstrates a need for the Committee to obtain additional information regarding other sectors on the southern border.”
Oversight Committee Chairman Comer Requests to Interview Seven Southern Border Chief Patrol Agents
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
To Karen Bass, anything to the right of Vyachislav Molotov is a "right wing domestic extremist."
L.A. Mayor Directs LAPD to Diversify, Lower Standards, Weed Out Officers with Ties to ‘Right-Wing Domestic Extremist’ Groups
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
"Slowly but surely, we’re getting to the bottom of the 'pandemic' — and what we’re finding is as corrupt as we thought."
The U.S. Government Created the Vaccine, Did It Also Create the Virus?
During a press conference, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said that “origins-tracing” of the virus should be referred back to a March 2021 report published by China and World Health Organization officials, which concluded with an “extremely unlikely” verdict about the lab leak theory."
China Responds To U.S. Energy Department’s Revised Wuhan Lab Leak Theory
“The problem is that they’ve attacked the Chinese so badly. The Chinese authorities act suspicious, even when they have nothing to hide.”
Fauci Blames Attacks on China – Not China – For Chinese COVID Origins Impasse
SECOND AMENDMENT
David Harsanyi: "The former justice was clueless about guns."
That Warren Burger Quote Gun Grabbers Love Is Ahistorical — Not To Mention Sort Of Fake
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
"Most teachers are there to collect a check and make it home alive. The ones sincerely committed to teaching get weeded out or domesticated or beaten unconscious." (if it were Randi Weingarten, I'd've given the kid a brand new Nintendo - jjs)
WATCH: Public School Student Viciously Beats Teacher for Confiscating Nintendo
"These numbers are impressive, and indicate a shift that is likely permanent."
The Shift Away From Government Schools at All Levels Might be Accelerating
"The school said a talk by Cherise Trump—no relation to Donald—posed a security threat."
Her Name Is Trump. That Makes Her an ‘Elevated Risk,’ According to Trinity University
THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
"Judicial Watch filed the lawsuit in 2017 on behalf of itself and four registered voters in Los Angeles County. Election Integrity Project California, Inc., another public interest group, was also a part of the lawsuit."
Lawsuit Forces Los Angeles County To Remove 1.2 Million Ineligible Voters From Rolls
"Democrat-controlled state governments are working to advance election bills that would dramatically overhaul state election administration." (overhaul, as in rig - jjs)
With a Split Congress, Democrats are Taking Their Election Takeover Scheme to the States
BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS
"[House Oversight Committee James] Comer said in a letter to the Treasury Department revealed on Monday that the department has been suspiciously slow to respond to committee requests for Suspicious Activity Reports filed over deals members of President Joe Biden’s family made with foreign businessmen."
‘Bad Faith’: Treasury Department Obstructing Investigation Into Biden Family Finances, House Republican Says
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
Daniel Greenfield: "Selling ice cream in Israel was inconsistent with its values, child labor wasn’t."
Ben & Jerry’s Boycotted Israel While Using Child Labor
"Despite Rep. [Judy] Chu’s defense, multiple photographs and reports show the congresswoman accepting appointments from leaders from both the All America Chinese Youth Federation (AACYF) as well as the Forums for Peaceful Reunification of China, groups with whom Chu denied affiliation."
Dem Rep Denies Membership in Orgs With Alleged Chinese Intel Ties, But Photos and Documents Suggest Otherwise
POLITICS
Wait, wasn't there a poll yesterday where a majority wanted him to run?!
Poll: Most Democrats Prefer ‘Someone Else’ as Nominee in 2024 Instead of Joe Biden
"Laurene Powell Jobs has a history of using news sites she funds to push her political views."
Magazine Owned By Major Biden Donor Urges Primary Challenge Against POTUS
"Trump maintains a nearly 2-1 edge over nearest competitor Ron DeSantis."
Voters Want a Trump-DeSantis Primary Battle in 2024: I&I/TIPP
"DeSantis isn’t traveling to early presidential primary states like Iowa or New Hamphire, at least not yet. Instead, his most recent tour was through three struggling Deep Blue cities to tout what he’s done differently in Florida."
Is Ron DeSantis Running for President Without Running for President?
“The New Hampshire primary is part of who we are,” Pappas told local ABC affiliate WMUR on Sunday. “It helps define the kind of democracy, the direct democracy, that we have, that still flourishes today in New Hampshire. The engagement that we get from voters. What happened with the DNC [Democratic National Committee] was a total betrayal by Joe Biden.”
Democrat New Hampshire Rep. Chris Pappas Blasts Biden’s ‘Betrayal’ Of His State
". . . there’s a growing movement by more moderate forces in urban areas across the country to push back against the radical left’s policies that have left so many cities unlivable for so many people."
Chicago's Mayoral Election on Tuesday May Be a Harbinger of the Future for Other Big Cities
A Democrat “mischief-maker” should launch a primary to challenge [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Joe Biden’s likely bid for reelection in 2024, the Atlantic’s Mark Leibovich wrote Monday. Leibovich, a staff writer for the far-left magazine and former correspondent for the New York Times Magazine, contended a prominent Democrat should launch a 2024 primary challenge to Biden that “would anger a bunch of Democrats inside the various power terraria of D.C., starting with the biggest one of all, at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.” (Zell Miller or Leon Trotsky are both unavailable - jjs)
Establishment Media Continue Attacking Biden’s 2024 Viability After First Lady Tried to Calm Concerns
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
Does that include Yakutsk and Kamchatka?!
National Security Advisor Describes U.S. 'Mission': Help Ukraine "Retake Territory That Russia Currently Occupies"
"This story doesn’t quite pass the smell test, according to former Secret Service agents Jeff James and Dan Bongino, because a real threat would have prompted action by the Secret Service."
Was the Air Raid Siren During Biden’s Visit to Kyiv Was Staged? Here Are Some Clues.
"Those drawing parallels to the Soviet-Afghan conflict should remember what happened in the sequel."
Ukraine Is Afghanistan All Over Again
"Yermak said Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud signed documents pledging the aid during his visit to Kyiv over the weekend. It was the first visit paid to Ukraine by a Saudi foreign minister since the two countries established formal diplomatic relations in 1993." (suckers - jjs)
Saudi Arabia Pledges $400 Million to Ukraine, Including $300 Million in Oil
"Progressives love flag-waving, just so long as it’s not the U.S. flag they’re waving."
Why the Left Wants Americans Waving Ukrainian Flags
"If Biden's [Chinese] COVID policies have broken the U.S. Constitution, his Russia policies have helped break the world."
Russian Sanctions Have Proved as Useless as Chinese COVID Vaccines
"Democracy today means nothing more than fulfillment of the Left’s agenda and their consolidation of power. Neither Ukraine nor America are democracies."
The Façade of Democracy
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
"In addition to citizens preparing, businesses in South Africa have been preparing for the potential collapse of the grid."
US Citizens in South Africa Warned to Stockpile Food, Water Amid "Ongoing Energy Crisis"
"I think our judgment at least is that President Xi and his military leadership have doubts today about whether they could accomplish that invasion." (famous last words - jjs)
CIA Director Doubts China's Readiness to Invade Taiwan
". . . And how to start reversing course."
Biden’s Self-Defeating Foreign Policy
" 'Palestinians' celebrate the murder of Israeli brothers by handing out sweets, chant 'Allahu Akbar.'”
Israel: IDF Bolsters Troops in West Bank After Palestinian Terrorist Murders Israeli Brothers
"Reigniting the trap."
The Two-State Solution Hoax
"Lessons for America from France, Britain, and Germany."
The State of Europe
"The day after the big march, Mexicans are divided as ever."
Mexicans See a Strongman, AMLO Sees a Mayan Elf
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
"[Keisha] Lance Bottoms will return home to Atlanta to spend time with her family, Biden said in a statement."
Biden Announces Stephen Benjamin as Director of the Office of Public Engagement
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
The sweetener was discovered in Wuhan wet market by Anthony Fauci while on a taxpayer funded NIH junket . . . well, that's fake but accurate.
Study: Common Artificial Sweetener Linked to Cardiovascular Disease
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
"Libs of TikTok founder Chaya Raichik has partnered with Brave Books for the release of her new children's book No More Secrets: The Candy Cavern. The book tells the story of a little lamb who knows better than to keep secrets from her parents, but whose teacher coerces her to do so."
Libs of TikTok's New Book Teaches Parents and Kids How to Fight Back Against Groomers
"While the amendment was eventually defeated, some Senate Democrats are hoping to resurrect the ERA, a move which multiple experts told the Daily Caller would achieve several of the transgender lobby’s biggest policy goals — such as the elimination of single-sex bathrooms, locker rooms and prisons.
‘Radical’: Senate Dems Resurrect Constitutional Amendment Experts Warn Would Gift Massive Wins To The Trans Lobby
Deroy Murdock: "No end in sight to educational opportunities in the Golden State."
New Democrat Battle Cry: Tampons for Boys!
"The legislation extends to K-12 school districts as well as college athletics, prohibiting students from joining sports teams on the basis of gender identity, rather than biological sex."
‘Not Moving Backwards’: More Red States Join Push To Bar Men From Competing In Women’s Sports
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
"Van Fleet went viral two years ago after delivering an impassioned speech to a Virginia school board claiming CRT is rooted in cultural Marxism and warned Americans the communist subversion happening in the United States classroom mirrors the Chinese Cultural Revolution, which divided China’s population by class instead of race."
‘1619 Project’ Author Tries to Out-Grievance Survivor of Mao’s Cultural Revolution
"The cartoonist takes aim at race madness — and gets labeled as racist."
Canceling Scott Adams
"The duo were talking about political correctness and its detriment to society and comedy."
‘Fucking Cowardly’: Bill Maher, Greg Gutfeld Hammer the ‘Mob’ for Constantly ‘Bitching’ on Social Media
Robert Spencer: "Much, much more of this is coming. Save your old books. Get ready to hide them. That’s coming, too." (Pussy Galore is now Front-Hole ConGusto - jjs)
‘The Name Is Bond. James Bond. My Pronouns Are...’ 007 Novels Get Woke Makeover
Christian Toto:"Maverick did more than 'save' theaters. He's telling others how to do the same."
Tom Cruise Gives Master Class in Humility at PGA Awards
"Is it too late for Angela Davis to understand she has much in common with all Americans — even those without Mayflower connections?"
Dear Comrade Angela: History Isn’t Always Black and White
"Woody Harrelson told a relatively tame, 30 second vax joke during his SNL monologue, and the Big Pharma-funded media erupted in hysterics."
My God, He Said What?
"The blow to the woke bosom of the Democrat Party."
The Asbury Revival – and the Left’s Loss
HITHER & YON
"The American spirit flies, on the move, higher, to where there is beauty over the sky-draped land."
Air Heart

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Posted by: J.J. Sefton at 07:39 AM

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1 You'll have to be faster
to be first, Fester.
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P.S. Remember to not forget
to Google:
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reuters barcelona wastewater

Posted by: Marooned at February 28, 2023 07:38 AM (kt8QE)

2 WTFO??

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 28, 2023 07:38 AM (BRHaw)

3 Grayt day in the morning!

Posted by: fd at February 28, 2023 07:38 AM (iayUP)

4 I feel GREY

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 28, 2023 07:38 AM (BRHaw)

5 Uh oh.......

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 28, 2023 07:39 AM (uNylN)

6 Moronin', Hourde! And all other friendly grey-box dwellers!

Posted by: Hans O'Lo at February 28, 2023 07:39 AM (u7pQw)

7 "US citizens are urged to maintain a 72-hours worth of food, water, and medical supplies, as well as stockpile flashlights, batteries, and basic tools."

72 hours? What happens after that?

Posted by: fd at February 28, 2023 07:40 AM (iayUP)

8 J.J. must be really depressed this morning...we're all grey now...Cheer up! It's your birthday!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 28, 2023 07:40 AM (BpYfr)

9 I knew a South African. Pretty good looking. Said she was from Australia because of the times.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 28, 2023 07:40 AM (Angsy)

10 I thought someone stockpiling things in case of emergency was something only Right Wing Christofascist Conspiracy nuts engaged in. At least Our Moral Betters have always said so.

That being said, good morning everyone.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 28, 2023 07:42 AM (4olE8)

11 "Keisha Lance Bottoms will return home to Atlanta to spend time with her family, Biden said in a statement."

Hey! I may be white, but I am going to miss that Bottoms. No joke.

Posted by: Joe Biteum at February 28, 2023 07:44 AM (iayUP)

12 72 hours? What happens after that?
Posted by: fd

Tire necklace time.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 28, 2023 07:44 AM (r1ZRd)

13 The Biden administration on Saturday halted the removal of toxic materials from East Palestine, Ohio, to ensure waste is transported to Environmental Protection Agency-certified facilities.

Without EPA intervention a Texas company had already removed about a million gallons of water and treated it.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 28, 2023 07:45 AM (BRHaw)

14 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 28, 2023 07:45 AM (1Z8zZ)

15 Three men in Indian launch a paper plane an indoor record 88 metres [ca. 96 yards] beating the previous record of 77 metres.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 28, 2023 07:46 AM (Vwz3I)

16

I'm uh-uh much uh, m-m-much bet-uh-ter now

yeah

Posted by: John Fetterman at February 28, 2023 07:46 AM (vwCZJ)

17 Yonder Horde.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 28, 2023 07:46 AM (Q4IgG)

18 Hello. My name is Bear.

Posted by: Rehab Bear at February 28, 2023 07:46 AM (SYTee)

19 15 Three men in Indian launch a paper plane an indoor record 88 metres [ca. 96 yards] beating the previous record of 77 metres.
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 28, 2023 07:46 AM (Vwz3I)

They should apply for a $50 million grant from the DOT and EPA.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 28, 2023 07:46 AM (x0n13)

20 " J.J. must be really depressed this morning...we're all grey now...Cheer up! It's your birthday!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel "

It's got to be depressing to have one every day. He's older than Yoda now.

Posted by: Joe Biteum at February 28, 2023 07:47 AM (iayUP)

21 An old friend I've talked about before was a Brit merchant sailor. He participated in the Kenya evacuation during the Mau Mau uprising and had some pretty grim stories about that. Coming soon to South Africa?

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 28, 2023 07:48 AM (lz5hY)

22 Mornin' Mo-rons!

Posted by: Hawkpilot at February 28, 2023 07:49 AM (YU6ZU)

23 Don't sell yourself short, Joe.

@disclosetv · 14h
NOW - Biden: "I may be a white boy, but I'm not stupid."

https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/
1630337771582681091

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 28, 2023 07:50 AM (Vwz3I)

24 JJS shines a light on lefty capture of large businesses, following on complete domination by the left of academia, medial, and government. Only small business still concerns itself with prosperity, and for that reason the kulaks will be strangled with regulations and stripped of credit access, and eventually executed.

The world has seen this movie before.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 28, 2023 07:50 AM (+HBZi)

25 Saw a wonderful adventure video of a pan African trek traveled in a very large multi axel vehicle. The trip took place near the end of the 1950's. At that time the continent was tame enough for across country travel.

I believe the man's name was Flemming. A Brit he was. Also commenting on how that trip would now be impossible due to the warring unrest of existing governments.

Posted by: Redenzo at February 28, 2023 07:50 AM (E7vND)

26 People here have been saying for a long time to keep physical books. In the future you will not be able to tell what has been edited by the Ministry Of Truth.

Posted by: fd at February 28, 2023 07:51 AM (iayUP)

27 Guess we don't NOOD no mo'.

Posted by: JT at February 28, 2023 07:51 AM (T4tVD)

28 Check out Ghana when you get a chance. Open burn pits on the beach to melt all types of electronic items and tires to get the metal out of the items. The savages even cook their food over the electronic items/tire fires and sell it to other savages to eat. Real earth friendly there...But you keep recycling ya hear!

Never Give Up Your Guns!

Rootin For Putin!

Free Buffalo Guy!

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 28, 2023 07:52 AM (GE8Ol)

29 The last time I was in Joburg I noticed everyone was armed basically all the time. Home security and wall construction were booming businesses.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 28, 2023 07:52 AM (lNKY9)

30 People here have been saying for a long time to keep physical books. In the future you will not be able to tell what has been edited by the Ministry Of Truth.
Posted by: fd at February 28, 2023 07:51 AM (iayUP)

There is of course an easy solution for that.

Posted by: Ray Bradbury at February 28, 2023 07:53 AM (9UlRk)

31 >>The U.S. Government Created the Vaccine, Did It Also Create the Virus?

* Shakes Magic 8 Ball *

Magic 8 Ball: AYFKM!!!

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 28, 2023 07:53 AM (up/3i)

32 IIRC about 2 years ago there was civil unrest in South Africa as the race war got going. Looting in Johannesburg and criminals running amok, gun battles, etc. I'm surprised the country lasted as long as it did.

Bodes poorly for us here. The decline and crash may take significantly longer than presumed.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 28, 2023 07:53 AM (Q4IgG)

33 "Guess we don't NOOD no mo'.
Posted by: JT "

It's right there!

Posted by: fd at February 28, 2023 07:54 AM (iayUP)

34 @7

>>72 hours? What happens after that?

The Cordyceps take over the host and the host becomes a runner.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 28, 2023 07:56 AM (up/3i)

35 The problem is that they’ve attacked the Chinese so badly. The Chinese authorities act suspicious, even when they have nothing to hide.

They are supposedly an advanced, modern civilization not a 4 year old with their hand in the cookie jar!!

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 28, 2023 07:56 AM (BRHaw)

36 Hiya

Posted by: JT at February 28, 2023 07:56 AM (T4tVD)

37 Wisdom from Ted Nugent.

https://tinyurl.com/ymxd9vwm

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Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 28, 2023 07:57 AM (Vwz3I)

38 hmm as far as I know it's called Rhodesia again? at least the hockey team is! maybe not the country?!? I was sort of surprised to see that name on the team during the Indoor World Cup.

SA just hosted this - the Indoor (hockey) World Cup. I know a lot of girls and coaches who attended and asked them about this news, and they didn't notice it collapsing but you're at an event so could be hidden from you? my one friend works here in PA but they have a branch in SA so she stayed on after the tournament for two weeks as well. she says all is pretty much normal?

anyway everyone who went had a great time and thought the South Africans were fantastic - they did travel around but touristy things I guess. so I don't know.

as far as power grid problems, we have them here in southeastern PA anyway!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 28, 2023 07:57 AM (w0NJk)

39 Check out Ghana when you get a chance...
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 28, 2023 07:52 AM (GE8Ol)

Not Ghana Do It.

Wouldn't Be Prudent

Posted by: George H.H.W. Bush at February 28, 2023 07:57 AM (9UlRk)

40 @32

>>IIRC about 2 years ago there was civil unrest in South Africa as the race war got going.

There has been an ongoing race war/purge since the ANC took over the joint in 1994.

Not gonna play in Sun City?

Well, now you will see a country completely retrograde into year one barbarism.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 28, 2023 07:58 AM (up/3i)

41 Fetterman spokesman says Democrat "is on a path to recovery."

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 28, 2023 07:59 AM (Vwz3I)

42 Uh oh.

The Economist has published an article about Ukraine's manpower shortage. This is the first I've seen Western media acknowledge a problem for their preferred dictatorship, instead of covering it up for the glory of the Motherland Ukraine.

I'm guessing they'll start softening us up now. More articles about shortfalls, and atrocities, and the danger of the Russian bear. And then, soon, about our patriotic duty to send our troops in.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 28, 2023 07:59 AM (oINRc)

43 The CCP exported Covid deliberately, of that there can be no doubt, and they are guilty of crimes against humanity.

But to cover ip their own crimes it is a wonder the CCP doesn't expose Fauci, EcoHealth and the culpable US government for paying Wuhan to create the disease.

Because thats what happened.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 28, 2023 07:59 AM (I64Bd)

44 Fetterman spokesman says Democrat "is on a path to recovery."
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 28, 2023 07:59 AM (Vwz3I)

What, is he in rehab or something?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 28, 2023 08:00 AM (9UlRk)

45 Take away cheap – as well as relatively clean and dependable – coal, oil and natural gas and insist on unproven, erratic, wildly expensive and completely insufficient so-called "clean" energy like wind and solar power, and we will go more south than South Africa.
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Or Britain, in a story that has not been loudly covered. Britain is having a fresh food shortage and they're rationing fruits and vegetables.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2023 08:00 AM (t0OGg)

46 Field hockey, I assume.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 28, 2023 08:00 AM (Vwz3I)

47 Because thats what happened.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 28, 2023 07:59 AM (I64Bd)

It's a delightful mess. If they rat on Fauci and the West, they're admitting their own hand in allowing it to happen in their labs. The world is being run by schnooks.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 28, 2023 08:01 AM (9UlRk)

48 @43

>>But to cover ip their own crimes it is a wonder the CCP doesn't expose Fauci, EcoHealth and the culpable US government for paying Wuhan to create the disease.

Because maintaining plausible deniability is a winning strategy so far, and besides, the truth has been out there for years already and nothing, zip, zilch, nada, ungatz, has happened to The Junta that inflicted this on the world and it's pretty much a certainty that nothing will.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 28, 2023 08:02 AM (up/3i)

49 ++++
Or Britain, in a story that has not been loudly covered. Britain is having a fresh food shortage and they're rationing fruits and vegetables.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2023 08:00 AM (t0OGg)

Clearly the fault of brexit.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 28, 2023 08:02 AM (9UlRk)

50 Lawyers for man charged with killing ten people at CO supermarket in 2021 confirm he has schizophrenia.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 28, 2023 08:02 AM (Vwz3I)

51 46 Field hockey, I assume.

outside the US it's just hockey my friend

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 28, 2023 08:03 AM (w0NJk)

52 Re: The Asbury Revival article from "FrontPage" magazine. Interesting article. I'm certainly relieved
that Mr. Nickels, the author concedes that "the Holy Spirit surely doesn’t need my permission to show up and change hearts.”

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 28, 2023 08:03 AM (FUVRY)

53 outside the US it's just hockey my friend
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 28, 2023 08:03 AM (w0NJk)

We have Hockey and Field Hockey. Everyone else has Hockey and Ice Hockey. Heh. It is kinda funny.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 28, 2023 08:04 AM (9UlRk)

54 The Left’s reaction to the East Palestine disaster has vividly revealed what we’ve already known: climate activism has quietly displaced and silenced real environmental activism.
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Bullshit, and a false premise. "Climate activism" *is* "environmental activism" and always has been. They are one and the same, they come from the same place, have the same goals, have the same methods.

Anyone with the label "environmentalist" is a communist of some variety and it has always been this way, ever since the dawn of the movement. That is why the needed a fancy new word to describe themselves. The "environmentalists" are new. Before they came onto the scene, environmental protection was advocated for by conservationists. Conservationists were usually sane and usually not communists. Rationally minimize pollution. Rationally conserve wildland areas. They didn't want the destruction of industry or men, they didn't want huge gobs of unaccountable state power and they didn't want a return to slavery.

The environmentalists did and do.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2023 08:04 AM (t0OGg)

55 outside the US it's just hockey my friend
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CULTURAL APPROPRIATION!!!

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 28, 2023 08:04 AM (Vwz3I)

56 oh and I guess Canada! sorry didn't read your nic!

altho in Canada they play not-ice hockey very very well - much better than the USA can manage

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 28, 2023 08:04 AM (w0NJk)

57 Fetterman spokesman says Democrat "is on a path to recovery."
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 28, 2023 07:59 AM (Vwz3I)

Define "Recovery"

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 28, 2023 08:05 AM (Irn0L)

58 We are on the same path as Zimbabwe, just slightly slower. Not only the inflation, power outages, and shortages, but the random violent crime, at least in the cities, is moving in that direction.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 28, 2023 08:05 AM (lTGtQ)

59 We have Hockey and Field Hockey. Everyone else has Hockey and Ice Hockey. Heh. It is kinda funny.

they are really similar in structure

especially indoor - love watching guys play indoor - looks like ice hockey crossed with squash or something crazy

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 28, 2023 08:05 AM (w0NJk)

60 Happy National Pancake Day!

Posted by: redridinghood at February 28, 2023 08:06 AM (NpAcC)

61 Was the Air Raid Siren During Biden’s Visit to Kyiv Was Staged? Here Are Some Clues.

The Secret Service would have known of a threat moments before the air raid sirens went off - if they are doing their jobs.

There was no threat. There never was a threat. This is all one big scam to launder hundreds of billions of dollars to the Party loyals.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 28, 2023 08:06 AM (l7lsb)

62
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 28, 2023 08:06 AM (ENBF0)

63 @56

>>much better than the USA can manage

The last Canadian Hockey team to win the Stanley Cup was in 93.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 28, 2023 08:07 AM (up/3i)

64 Fetterman spokesman says Democrat "is on a path to recovery."
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 28, 2023 07:59 AM (Vwz3I)

Define "Recovery"
Posted by: Nevergiveup

On good days, he can blink both eyes at the same time.

Posted by: JT at February 28, 2023 08:07 AM (T4tVD)

65 Fetterman spokesman says Democrat "is on a path to recovery."
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 28, 2023 07:59 AM (Vwz3I)
++++
Sure he is.

From what? Am I the only one who doesn't buy the "hospitalized for clinical depression" story?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2023 08:07 AM (t0OGg)

66 It's also National Chocolate Soufflé Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 28, 2023 08:08 AM (NpAcC)

67 This would have more meaning if Jon Stewart said it 3 years ago, when Trump called out the fact that the virus came from China. Has hardly any impact for Stewart to go on this rant now. Where was this righteous indignation 3 years ago? Oh yeah, he would have been cancelled by the woke, WEF-worshipping mob 3 years ago had he dared say this.

Jason Howerton
@jason_howerton

Sometimes, it just takes a comedian to say the thing that is so glaringly obvious to anyone who doesn't worship at the alter of their political gods

https://bit.ly/3xWJIya

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 28, 2023 08:08 AM (Do5/p)

68 anyway the USA girls are in Australia now after being in NZ. the moms said they had more fun in South Africa!!!

but regardless I think our media overstates problems in other countries. tbh if we traveled outside the states more, we'd see how bad off we truly are here (not in the southeast! but here in the mid-atlantic/NE things are not good)

if you even go to Florida or something you come home and it's obvious - we live in a collapsing state here. plus the people. people here are miserable. maybe they don't have a bunch of STUFF in South Africa, but they're nicer right? happier? counts for something

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 28, 2023 08:08 AM (w0NJk)

69 It's also National Chocolate Soufflé Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 28, 2023 08:08 AM (NpAcC)
++++
I read that as "National Cheerful Souffle" day and was wondering what the hell a "cheerful souffle" is.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2023 08:09 AM (t0OGg)

70 Speaking of field hockey, with their glorious short skirts, i wonder if Argentina (a field hockey power) isn't a possible Galts Gulch. Empty. Spectacular (or so I am told) and governed by so incompetent a socialistic enterprise that people out in the sticks are left pretty much alone. Of course, I would have to learn Spanish, which is a problem....

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 28, 2023 08:09 AM (fMKtt)

71 >>much better than the USA can manage

The last Canadian Hockey team to win the Stanley Cup was in 93.

sorry I'm talking about the OTHER hockey sorry

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 28, 2023 08:09 AM (w0NJk)

72 @65

>>From what? Am I the only one who doesn't buy the "hospitalized for clinical depression" story?

The 1, 3 and 5 year prognosis for stroke sufferers is not good.

The Pennsylvania Meat Sack is not long for this mortal coil.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 28, 2023 08:10 AM (up/3i)

73 I read that as "National Cheerful Souffle" day and was wondering what the hell a "cheerful souffle" is.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2023 08:09 AM (t0OGg)

I saw "Chocolate Shuffle".... everybody do the chocolate shuffle!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 28, 2023 08:10 AM (9UlRk)

74 Today is the last day of Black History Month.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 28, 2023 08:10 AM (NpAcC)

75 oh and I guess Canada! sorry didn't read your nic!

altho in Canada they play not-ice hockey very very well - much better than the USA can manage
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Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 28, 2023 08:10 AM (Vwz3I)

76 Fetterman is on the road to re-coverup.

Posted by: davidt at February 28, 2023 08:10 AM (SYTee)

77 @jason_howerton
Sometimes, it just takes a comedian to say the thing that is so glaringly obvious to anyone who doesn't worship at the alter of their political gods
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 28, 2023 08:08 AM (Do5/p)
++++
This is one of the points of a comedian. It always has been. Court jesters were there to entertain but also to cut across the bullshit and speak some truth to power while making people laugh. The most direct comparison to the jester of olden times is the White House Correspondents' Dinner, where a comedian roasts the president.

That ancient and perhaps even primal outlet has been suppressed along with everything else. Comedians can't do that, or they get canceled.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2023 08:11 AM (t0OGg)

78 Speaking of energy shortages, MN Gov Walz has signed into law a bill that requires MN electricity to be 100% wind and solar by 2040.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at February 28, 2023 08:11 AM (uPgE/)

79 70 Speaking of field hockey, with their glorious short skirts, i wonder if Argentina (a field hockey power) isn't a possible Galts Gulch. Empty. Spectacular (or so I am told) and governed by so incompetent a socialistic enterprise that people out in the sticks are left pretty much alone. Of course, I would have to learn Spanish, which is a problem....

ARG does very well in hockey yes. altho the girls just lost to the Aussies

when Argentinian players would come up and visit our club, they were the happiest kids! I hosted one over a summer so she could train here (believe it or not! PA has this one fantastic training club). she was a gem! basically (to me) she was Italian spoke perfect Italian and had an Italian name. very pretty.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 28, 2023 08:11 AM (w0NJk)

80 Define "Recovery"
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And a path and not the path I also note.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 28, 2023 08:11 AM (Vwz3I)

81 We are on the same path as Zimbabwe, just slightly slower.

Zimbabwe's problems had to do with the usual corruption of Party members, but a significant part of that was marginalizing, if not confiscating the assets of European stock citizens who had been active in that country for centuries.

So it was corruption that confiscated the producing assets, and then the removal of the skills to produce wealth. Basically the Venezuela model of chasing off the capital and the talent to produce wealth domestically.

South Africa's energy problems suffer from corruption and lack of capital, but if we remember articles from a few months back, the coal plants in South Africa require a certain quality of coal. That coal was criminally diverted to satisfy Europe's need for high quality coal, and crappy coal was actually delivered to South African power plants. The failure to generate power from that poor quality coal is part of the problem.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 28, 2023 08:11 AM (l7lsb)

82 Today is the last day of Black History Month.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 28, 2023 08:10 AM (NpAcC)
++++
It's also payday, which is pretty cool.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2023 08:11 AM (t0OGg)

83 I bet the dumb mutant actually started trying to "do things" as a senator, so he had to be shut down by the people who installed him.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 28, 2023 08:12 AM (9UlRk)

84 Daughter is headed to Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) this summer. Eswatini is totally surrounded by South Africa. She is re-evaluating.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 28, 2023 08:12 AM (45fpk)

85 @74

>>Today is the last day of Black History Month.

28 Days of Jazz and Peanut Butter.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 28, 2023 08:12 AM (up/3i)

86 Is it possible that some advanced alien society has appropriated Fetterman's Brain to run their infrastructure and are just now discovering their horrible mistake?

Posted by: Guy who relates everything to Star Trek TOS at February 28, 2023 08:12 AM (iayUP)

87 So South Africa followed the Venezuela model of energy production?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 28, 2023 08:13 AM (PcAlC)

88 Daughter is headed to Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) this summer. Eswatini is totally surrounded by South Africa. She is re-evaluating.
Posted by: grammie winger at February 28, 2023 08:12 AM (45fpk)
++++
Wow, I missed that rename. When did it stop being Swaziland?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2023 08:13 AM (t0OGg)

89 "Rolling blackouts can also impact water availability and safety, internet connectivity, cell phone network coverage, fuel pumps (and therefore fuel availability), residential security features, and the food supply."

Losing internet connectivity is the one thing that might bring the tech lords to reconsider their blind support for green energy insanity.

No connectivity = no $. That is where they draw the line in their quest for a just, fair, sustainable world. .

Posted by: Ripley at February 28, 2023 08:13 AM (cUYo/)

90 Speaking of energy shortages, MN Gov Walz has signed into law a bill that requires MN electricity to be 100% wind and solar by 2040.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at February 28, 2023 08:11 AM (uPgE/)

Coal is solar.

Sun feeds plants and algae. They die. They become coal. Done. Nobody specified *when* the solar energy had to be harvested.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 28, 2023 08:13 AM (9UlRk)

91 I am proud to announce the opening of the East Palestine Federal Chemical Waste Dump, which will become home to all used up lithium batteries once fully in operation, as well as all other toxic chemicals.

Thats what you get when you vote for Trump, America. Make no further such mistakes.

Posted by: Mayor Pete Bootyjudge at February 28, 2023 08:13 AM (I64Bd)

92 Classic Environmentalism has been on life support ever since Agenda 21 was proposed. It's just now a zombie.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 28, 2023 08:14 AM (PcAlC)

93 Wow, I missed that rename. When did it stop being Swaziland?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2023 08:13 AM (t0OGg)

Not sure, but some several years ago. I think the King changed it.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 28, 2023 08:14 AM (45fpk)

94 No connectivity = no $. That is where they draw the line in their quest for a just, fair, sustainable world. .
Posted by: Ripley at February 28, 2023 08:13 AM (cUYo/)
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It won't. No connectivity means no money for *anyone.* The number of transactions done in cash are minuscule and most businesses can't operate without power anyway. Big Tech might not be getting the eyeballs during the blackouts, but neither is anyone else. It ends up being a zero-sum game, and their relative position will be the same.

Unless, during the blackouts, people go outside and find that they like it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2023 08:15 AM (t0OGg)

95 90 Speaking of energy shortages, MN Gov Walz has signed into law a bill that requires MN electricity to be 100% wind and solar by 2040.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at February 28, 2023 08:11 AM (uPgE/)

Coal is solar.

Sun feeds plants and algae. They die. They become coal. Done. Nobody specified *when* the solar energy had to be harvested.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 28, 2023 08:13 AM (9UlRk)

Technically all of our energy inputs are solar in origin.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at February 28, 2023 08:15 AM (eYoxG)

96
Apple's new Green Energy Charging ~~feature~~ arm-twist,

is probably a pretty good glimpse of the future.

When on (by default), it will only allow charging of your iPhone during times when solar and wind power is available to charge your phone is a "green' manner.

Which of course means massive inconvenience for the consumer and poor performance built into the iPhone). Note though, it can be turned off.

If this sort of thinking is already considered a-okay in the tightly contested cell phone market., I imagine Our Betters are working on some form of power usage or "sharing" based on DIE or class or voting patterns or social credit is already in the hopper.

Biden/The Democrats/Commies want power shortages so they can control just who gets power for a "price"..

Kind of a like protection racket run by Your Government.

Only two years away from the Trump Presidency, and look where we are. And, at least, two more to go. Venezuela's gonna look like heaven after these clowns get finished.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 28, 2023 08:16 AM (KLPy8)

97 Food shortage in Old Blighty?

Maybe Jeremy Clarkson can sell his stuff (e.g. beef, etc) for a decent price?

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at February 28, 2023 08:16 AM (TXFi7)

98 "New Democrat Battle Cry: Tampons for Boys!"

I suppose they can use them for nose bleeds.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 28, 2023 08:16 AM (NpAcC)

99 Monica Crowley @MonicaCrowley · 19h
A sitting U.S. Senator was admitted to a hospital nearly 2 weeks ago, we have received no updates about his condition, the press refuses to ask questions, and his wife left the country with their kids.

What is going on with John Fetterman?

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 28, 2023 08:17 AM (Vwz3I)

100 Daughter is headed to Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) this summer. Eswatini is totally surrounded by South Africa. She is re-evaluating.
Posted by: grammie winger at February 28, 2023 08:12 AM (45fpk)
++++
Wow, I missed that rename. When did it stop being Swaziland?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

Tell her to go to Vegas instead.

Posted by: JT at February 28, 2023 08:17 AM (T4tVD)

101 Biden will not go to East Palestine unless it is a tightly controlled event with a hand pick audiences (like the border). Otherwise you just know "Lets Go Brandon " would be chanted wherever he goes and the MSM would not be able to hide it. His handlers know this too.

Posted by: Ripley at February 28, 2023 08:17 AM (cUYo/)

102 Technically all of our energy inputs are solar in origin.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at February 28, 2023 08:15 AM (eYoxG)
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Just like how every piece of machinery anywhere in the world is, eventually, air-cooled. There may be water loops and radiators or underground sequestration, but eventually the heat is dumped to the air.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2023 08:17 AM (t0OGg)

103 Wow, I missed that rename. When did it stop being Swaziland?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2023 08:13 AM (t0OGg)

Not sure, but some several years ago. I think the King changed it.
Posted by: grammie winger

Elvis ?

Posted by: JT at February 28, 2023 08:17 AM (T4tVD)

104 "Technically all of our energy inputs are solar in origin.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy"

I think you could make the case that geothermal is gravity powered, if you exclude the fact that the Sun was needed to create the planet to start with.

Posted by: fd at February 28, 2023 08:17 AM (iayUP)

105 @90

>>Speaking of energy shortages, MN Gov Walz has signed into law a bill that requires MN electricity to be 100% wind and solar by 2040.

Well, they better get on building out those massive storage battery facilities that they are going to need to have available power when the sun doesn't shine and the wind doesn't blow.

Or alternatively...

The paradox of "green energy" is that as your intermittent power increases, so must your "dirty" power grow as a backstop for the times you get zero power from your "green energy."

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 28, 2023 08:18 AM (up/3i)

106 Given how much, how often and how easily the left lies, don't we have to question what they said about apartheid?

And that the blacks immediately turned and made all non-blacks third and 4th class citizens without a peep from the left?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 28, 2023 08:18 AM (Z0tnx)

107 Hiya Grammie !

Posted by: JT at February 28, 2023 08:18 AM (T4tVD)

108 A Black History presentation?

Let me know when you want to discuss Thomas Sowell and Clarence Thomas. I would love to attend.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at February 28, 2023 08:18 AM (TXFi7)

109 Hiya JT!

Posted by: grammie winger at February 28, 2023 08:19 AM (45fpk)

110 Speaking of energy shortages, MN Gov Walz has signed into law a bill that requires MN electricity to be 100% wind and solar by 2040.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at February 28, 2023 08:11 AM (uPgE/)

Why would you skip nuclear power if your goal is the common good?

There is no way that solar/wind can provide sufficient power for a modern society. Even if you cover MN from top to bottom in windmills and solar panels.

Welp...they voted for this.. Good luck, esp in the winter months.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 28, 2023 08:19 AM (KLPy8)

111 @MonicaCrowley
A sitting U.S. Senator was admitted to a hospital nearly 2 weeks ago, we have received no updates about his condition, the press refuses to ask questions, and his wife left the country with their kids.

What is going on with John Fetterman?
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 28, 2023 08:17 AM (Vwz3I)
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C'mon, Monica. You know. You don't know the details, but you know the broad strokes. Fetterman is a shambling half-corpse and has been since his stroke. He was propped up and shoved into office in a move of naked political corruption and brinkmanship. Now he's falling apart and nobody wants to talk about it.

It doesn't take a genius to figure this one out, toots.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2023 08:19 AM (t0OGg)

112 Like cell phones take so much energy to charge. Compared to a car, it's miniscule.

Posted by: fd at February 28, 2023 08:19 AM (iayUP)

113 Today is the last day of Black History Month.

So fried chicken and watermellon for everyone?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 28, 2023 08:19 AM (Irn0L)

114 Before they came onto the scene, environmental protection was advocated for by conservationists.

And entities like Ducks Unlimited and other hunting and fishing associations.

They were opposed to policies that would ruin hunting and fishing - but not at the expense of human flourishing.

Environmentalists are against human flourishing and will advocate policies that harm and reduce humanity; their favorite vector of manipulation is via "the environment" - just by saying that "we care" it absolves them from taking responsibility for the collateral damage to the environment (e.g. out of control forest fires, windmill bird strikes, floods, etc.) when actually attacking human beings.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 28, 2023 08:20 AM (l7lsb)

115 > What is going on with John Fetterman?
____________
Like the other Democrats who died, had a stroke or were otherwise incapacitated, he's voting with the party as needed.

Until he's not needed anymore.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 28, 2023 08:20 AM (Q4IgG)

116 And that the blacks immediately turned and made all non-blacks third and 4th class citizens without a peep from the left?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 28, 2023 08:18 AM (Z0tnx)
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There had to be a period of reconciliation and punishment for the sins of the past. In a couple of generations, we can reassess the issue.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2023 08:21 AM (t0OGg)

117 Bend a knee Ohio and beg for our forgiveness.

Posted by: The Biden Junta at February 28, 2023 08:21 AM (jnR7m)

118 Today is the last day of Black History Month.

When is White Christian Old Lady month?

Posted by: grammie winger at February 28, 2023 08:21 AM (45fpk)

119 Energy prices are too high for British agricultural greenhouses to run at peak; I don't know why they're not getting more shipped from abroad.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 28, 2023 08:21 AM (Vwz3I)

120 Anyone here knowledgeable about cameras? I want to buy a new one to take pictures of my jewelry and that will be its sole purpose. My old one is almost 6 years old and frankly has never taken good pics. No, I don't want to use my phone.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 28, 2023 08:21 AM (wagHN)

121 Barrel dodge!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at February 28, 2023 08:21 AM (KLPy8)

122 84 Daughter is headed to Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) this summer. Eswatini is totally surrounded by South Africa. She is re-evaluating.
Posted by: grammie winger at February 28, 2023 08:12 AM (45fpk)

Was there and in SA in '08. Swazi was much safer than SA, at least back then. Can't vouch for the situation 15 years on.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 28, 2023 08:21 AM (x0n13)

123

#16. ^^^

yeah

Posted by: John Fetterman at February 28, 2023 08:22 AM (vwCZJ)

124 Mornin’, All.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 28, 2023 08:22 AM (EZaTx)

125 I think DIE is not only the proper alignment of DEI it is probably the original "idea" the big brains behind the policy had when crafting it. Like AGW, those crafting these brilliant theories and policies don't themselves believe in them. They rely on the low info lower rung soldiers to carry the water.

I'm interested in Hageman because one of her platforms when running was to get Federal land back in the hand of the states.

Posted by: Fool Otto at February 28, 2023 08:22 AM (DB16e)

126 Today is the last day of Black History Month.

Unless another urban Honor Student gets gunned down by police in the middle of the night while bearing a load of drugs and stolen merch, we won't hear about that demographic again until Juneteenth.

Back to the basement with the Excessmass decorations!

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 28, 2023 08:22 AM (l7lsb)

127 117 Bend a knee Ohio and beg for our forgiveness.
Posted by: The Biden Junta at February 28, 2023 08:21 AM (jnR7m)

Aside from Biden, seems like nothing but total radio silence from Sherrod Brown-note.

J.D. Vance has been a champ, and not even a month into his term

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 28, 2023 08:22 AM (x0n13)

128 I'm getting sick of countries and regions insisting that everyone else use their endonym when nobody else even knows, cares, or is physically capable of pronouncing it right anyway.

What's next? "Zzong-GOO-oh?" "Dyootsh-land?" ...

"Han-goo---" "DUDE, NO, STOP!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 28, 2023 08:23 AM (9UlRk)

129 In the 1970s, examples of this new “rapture” form of worship could be spotted in many Catholic churches: parishioners lifting up their hands in the manner of Southern Baptists as they recited the Our Father

This never happened in any SB church I ever attended.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 28, 2023 08:23 AM (BRHaw)

130 Why Is Election Denier Stacey Abrams Overseeing Elections In Nigeria?

Posted by: Crusty The Clown at February 28, 2023 08:23 AM (RHGPo)

131 Good morning horde

Posted by: Skip at February 28, 2023 08:23 AM (BRD//)

132 106 Given how much, how often and how easily the left lies, don't we have to question what they said about apartheid?

And that the blacks immediately turned and made all non-blacks third and 4th class citizens without a peep from the left?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 28, 2023 08:18 AM (Z0tnx)

Well the ANC is communist. There are black ethnicities that aren't aligned with the ruling one such as the Zulu.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at February 28, 2023 08:23 AM (eYoxG)

133 Bird is the word

Posted by: Skip at February 28, 2023 08:23 AM (BRD//)

134 Was there and in SA in '08. Swazi was much safer than SA, at least back then. Can't vouch for the situation 15 years on.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 28, 2023 08:21 AM (x0n13)

She felt pretty safe when she was there 3 years ago. Of course, she didn't stray far from the school where she was staying.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 28, 2023 08:24 AM (45fpk)

135 Anyone here knowledgeable about cameras? I want to buy a new one to take pictures of my jewelry and that will be its sole purpose. My old one is almost 6 years old and frankly has never taken good pics. No, I don't want to use my phone.
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 28, 2023 08:21 AM (wagHN)
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You could go with an SLR, but that might be overkill at this point since fixed-lens cameras have gotten much, much better. I have a Sony Alpha fixed-lens camera and am pretty happy with it, but I don't do a lot of close-up stuff like you're describing. If you want to do a lot of close-ups, look at stuff with a "macro" function, as that is used for the high-detail, very close-in stuff.

Also, since this is the horde, I will advocate that you ignore all that and rub dirt in it

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2023 08:24 AM (t0OGg)

136 Like cell phones take so much energy to charge. Compared to a car, it's miniscule.
Posted by: fd at February 28, 2023 08:19 AM (iayUP)

Exactly.

But, the arm-twist is the point.

Their pathological need to control whatever you do will extend into every teeny-tiny part of your life.

Who knew "1984" really was an instruction manual?

Posted by: naturalfake at February 28, 2023 08:24 AM (KLPy8)

137 @120

>>Anyone here knowledgeable about cameras? I want to buy a new one to take pictures of my jewelry and that will be its sole purpose.

The gold standard is a Canon DSLR with a nice macro lens.

Depending on your budget you could probably get what you need for less that 2500 bucks.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 28, 2023 08:24 AM (up/3i)

138 Sequoia Capital Exec Admits "Even Democrats Like Me Are Fed Up With San Francisco"

Moritz acknowledged the city was indeed “crippled” by “homeless encampments” and “drug addicts” before he blamed conservatives for rubbing Democrat noses in the mess...

Posted by: Crusty The Clown at February 28, 2023 08:25 AM (RHGPo)

139 J.J., your opener is why I used to support nuclear power, and no longer do. Nuclear power is only fit for an intelligent, wise, high-trust nation. It's only a matter of time before D.E.I. produces the first in a series of American Chernobyl disasters.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at February 28, 2023 08:25 AM (iKBwy)

140 Was there and in SA in '08. Swazi was much safer than SA, at least back then. Can't vouch for the situation 15 years on.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 28, 2023 08:21 AM (x0n13)

Not to be a dick, (OK, I'm being one here)

SA is the IBAN country ISO code for Saudi Arabia.
ZA is the two-letter code for South Africa.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 28, 2023 08:25 AM (l7lsb)

141 120 Anyone here knowledgeable about cameras? I want to buy a new one to take pictures of my jewelry and that will be its sole purpose. My old one is almost 6 years old and frankly has never taken good pics. No, I don't want to use my phone.
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 28, 2023 08:21 AM (wagHN)

Go on Amazon and see if someone has the lighting kits or photo box made for this.

like this

https://tinyurl.com/mrw95jmw

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 28, 2023 08:26 AM (BRHaw)

142 Cara Mia, Jay and the Americans playing. Has to be in the top ten from the 60s. Has caused ruptured blood vessels in drunks trying Jay Black's style on karaoke night.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 28, 2023 08:26 AM (lz5hY)

143 Has caused ruptured blood vessels in drunks trying Jay Black's style on karaoke night.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 28, 2023 08:26 AM (lz5hY)

He had some voice.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 28, 2023 08:27 AM (45fpk)

144 Phones have pretty decent cameras. If you got an app like Camera FV-5, you can take complete control of your phone camera and make it act a lot like an SLR. Might be worth trying, at least.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 28, 2023 08:27 AM (9UlRk)

145 I won't say nothing nice ever about Carter.
Even his smile is a lie.

He can plainly see the evils every single one of his decisions has caused. Millions and millions around the world owe their misery directly to him. Pounding a few nails in some houses for some ne'er do wells doesn't erase that.

He has-- and never will in this life--express regret: Because he intend evil, he approves of evil and he conspires to bring more evil.
He is evil rotting through to his bones.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 28, 2023 08:27 AM (Z0tnx)

146 Moritz acknowledged the city was indeed “crippled” by “homeless encampments” and “drug addicts” before he blamed conservatives for rubbing Democrat noses in the mess...
Posted by: Crusty The Clown at February 28, 2023 08:25 AM (RHGPo)
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My old company had its annual trade show in San Francisco. Last year, they quietly announced that it was moving to another city.

Why? Too many attendees told the company in post-event surveys that if it remained in San Francisco, they would not be attending in the future. They said San Francisco was too expensive, too unpleasant and too unsafe.

But yeah. Don't rub the left's noses in their failure. The best way to see things get better is if we never, ever attempt to hold the malefactors accountable or remove them from power.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2023 08:28 AM (t0OGg)

147 Anyone here knowledgeable about cameras? I want to buy a new one to take pictures of my jewelry and that will be its sole purpose. My old one is almost 6 years old and frankly has never taken good pics. No, I don't want to use my phone.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 28, 2023 08:21 AM (wagHN)

A cheap digital Vivitar, maybe Jewells?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 28, 2023 08:28 AM (Angsy)

148 Agreed peoples hippo. I have always loathed carter.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 28, 2023 08:28 AM (LXQ3Y)

149 You should be thanking me because . . . you should just thank me.

Posted by: Obama at February 28, 2023 08:29 AM (LPkjK)

150 Remains of a man who disappeared in Argentina appear to have been found inside a shark captured by local fishermen.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 28, 2023 08:30 AM (Vwz3I)

151 150 Remains of a man who disappeared in Argentina appear to have been found inside a shark captured by local fishermen.
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 28, 2023 08:30 AM (Vwz3I)

It's always the last place you look...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 28, 2023 08:30 AM (9UlRk)

152 Anyone here knowledgeable about cameras? I want to buy a new one to take pictures of my jewelry and that will be its sole purpose. My old one is almost 6 years old and frankly has never taken good pics. No, I don't want to use my phone.
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 28, 2023 08:21 AM (wagHN)

Depending on how snazzy you want to go, an SLR with the proper lens and a ring-flash will give you great close-ups. Also very pricey.

Look up cheap specialty cameras with ring flashes built-in made to take close-up photos

For instance, there's several in the dental world that aren't too expensive. Also, some the police use for evidence. Things like that. Probably easy to find on amazon.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 28, 2023 08:30 AM (KLPy8)

153 128 I agree completely, Warai. See also “Turkiye.”

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 28, 2023 08:30 AM (hTf8I)

154 What is going on with John Fetterman?
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 28, 2023 08:17 AM

I believe the question is, WHO is ~~John Galt~~ John Fetterman.

Posted by: Ayn Rand at February 28, 2023 08:30 AM (NCgXW)

155 We'll be the first and probably the last all electric vehicled army!

Posted by: Milley at February 28, 2023 08:31 AM (LPkjK)

156 Like cell phones take so much energy to charge. Compared to a car, it's miniscule.
Posted by: fd at February 28, 2023 08:19 AM (iayUP)

The aliens in Tommyknckers used batteries to not be detected as they thought the power companies could see the power use. Their technology could be run off a AA battery. All of their technology in the small town they were taking over used less power than a night light.

On average, during an overnight charge, the iPhone consumed an average of 19.2 Wh. A miniscule amount, but over a year that translates into 7 kWh, which will set you back $0.84.

A Tesla at 50 miles/day is 2 bucks.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 28, 2023 08:32 AM (BRHaw)

157 I've had two cheap digital cameras that worked fine for photographing toy soldiers -- just look for anything with a macro feature [although that would be all of them nowadays, I suppose].

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 28, 2023 08:32 AM (Vwz3I)

158 We'll be the first and probably the last all electric vehicled army!
Posted by: Milley at February 28, 2023 08:31 AM (LPkjK)

Ready.... annnd... CHARGE!!!!

... *click click clunk clack*

No, you dopes, i meant ATTACK!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 28, 2023 08:32 AM (9UlRk)

159 99 ...What is going on with John Fetterman?
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It's the RBG strategery ...

Posted by: Haywood at February 28, 2023 08:33 AM (qTKcw)

160 "Chicago's Mayoral Election on Tuesday May Be a Harbinger of the Future for Other Big Cities"

Unfortunately, Democrat vs Democrat.

One of the candidates running is
"progressive U.S. Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García."

Didn't realize ace was on the ballot.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 28, 2023 08:33 AM (NpAcC)

161 159 99 ...What is going on with John Fetterman?
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It's the RBG strategery ...

They couldn't find a body double because of that lumpy thing on his neck. So they will keep his death under wraps as long as possible.

Posted by: Haywood at February 28, 2023 08:36 AM (qTKcw)

162 Thank you, JJ.

FJB and the fraud he rode in on.

Posted by: democrats, Raping and Mutilating The Children They Cannot Kill, Since 1973 at February 28, 2023 08:36 AM (jV+aN)

163 It's the RBG strategery ...
Posted by: Haywood at February 28, 2023 08:33 AM (qTKcw)

And how are you feeling today?

BEEP

Posted by: RBG Star Wars Wheelchair at February 28, 2023 08:36 AM (BRHaw)

164 lol..I guess I should have mentioned I'm not rich. My budget is around $500. My phone takes horrible pictures so that's why I don't use it.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 28, 2023 08:37 AM (wagHN)

165 FJB and the fraud he rode in on.
Posted by: democrats, Raping and Mutilating The Children They Cannot Kill, Since 1973 at February 28, 2023 08:36 AM (jV+aN)

Awww, you remembered I exist.

Posted by: Kamala Harris at February 28, 2023 08:37 AM (9UlRk)

166 Good morning!

Posted by: Lizzy at February 28, 2023 08:38 AM (mqu1M)

167 @Breaking911 · 10h
“She’s been publicly humiliated in a way we haven’t seen since Monica Lewinsky…”

Female Officer In Tennessee Police Department Sex Scandal Files Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit
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Hall and her legal representative have named the City of La Vergne, Tennessee, former Sgt. Lewis Powell, former Sgt. Henry “Ty” McGowan, and former police chief Burrel “Chip” Davis in the federal court lawsuit.

The lawsuit claims that the supervisors “groomed Hall for sexual exploitation,” conspiring to utilize their power to systematically break down her defenses and ensnare her in degrading and abusive sexual relationships, even sharing advice on the most effective methods “to manipulate and exploit her.”

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 28, 2023 08:39 AM (Vwz3I)

168 We're about 5 years, on the current course, where a medical malpractice suit will be dismissed by a judge-- not because the doctor didn't commit malpractice-- but because the defense will accused the dead patient of racism.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 28, 2023 08:39 AM (Z0tnx)

169 161 159 99 ...What is going on with John Fetterman?
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It's the RBG strategery ...

They couldn't find a body double because of that lumpy thing on his neck. So they will keep his death under wraps as long as possible.
Posted by: Haywood at February 28, 2023 08:36 AM (qTKcw)

It takes time for all the bids to come in on Josh Shapiro's auction for the Senate Seat.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 28, 2023 08:40 AM (l7lsb)

170 The Economist has published an article about Ukraine's manpower shortage.

Hint, it is because they are dead.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 28, 2023 08:41 AM (lTGtQ)

171 This would have more meaning if Jon Stewart said it 3 years ago, when Trump called out the fact that the virus came from China. Has hardly any impact for Stewart to go on this rant now. Where was this righteous indignation 3 years ago? Oh yeah, he would have been cancelled by the woke, WEF-worshipping mob 3 years ago had he dared say this.

Jason Howerton
@jason_howerton

Sometimes, it just takes a comedian to say the thing that is so glaringly obvious to anyone who doesn't worship at the alter of their political gods

https://bit.ly/3xWJIya
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 28, 2023 08:08 AM (Do5/p)

If he'd said it while playing the piano with his penis he'd have been fine.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 28, 2023 08:41 AM (1Z8zZ)

172 "I travelled on my own dime to Ukraine to eyeball the needs for myself before undertaking a medical mission to save lives. I learned a few things: I saw zero injured kids, the supposed bombed out hospitals were hadn’t functioned as hospitals in years, medical community was intact, the propaganda on both sides was astounding, and every single person had their hand out."

Posted by: Fool Otto at February 28, 2023 08:41 AM (DB16e)

173 Morning Horde, thx JJ. From what I've read it about South Africa the nation formerly known as Swaziland, and it's residents the Swazis, don't like the communists any more than the Zulus. The Swazis, the Zulus and the east South African whites will likely form an alliance to resist the crazies. Capetown on the SW coast is probably screwed

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 28, 2023 08:42 AM (lReCd)

174 On Tucker last night...

@TheInsiderPaper · 3h
NEW 🚨 Chinese whistleblower, who worked for China’s govt., claims the CCP intentionally released COVID-19 from the lab

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 28, 2023 08:42 AM (Vwz3I)

175 Good morning everyone. Thank you J.J.

Verse for the Day:

"Therefore, gird up the loins of your mind, live soberly, and set your hopes completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. Like obedient children, do not act in compliance with the desires of your former ignorance but, as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct, for it is written, 'Be holy because I [am] holy.'"

–1 Peter 1:13-16

Posted by: Tonypete at February 28, 2023 08:42 AM (qoGsy)

176 Jewells, Amazon has a variety of digital cameras with macro zoom that would suit your purpose.

Try hitting Amazon and search with "digital camera with macro" in the search bar. Many are sub $200.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 28, 2023 08:43 AM (Q4IgG)

177 161 159 99 "Senator, if you hadn't broken the posey straps and destroyed the room, we wouldn't have to be giving you thorazine".

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 28, 2023 08:43 AM (lz5hY)

178 Take away cheap – as well as relatively clean and dependable – coal, oil and natural gas and insist on unproven, erratic, wildly expensive and completely insufficient so-called "clean" energy like wind and solar power, and we will go more south than South Africa.

Without petroleum products, the efficiency of the human race drops by about a factor of five. Shut it off, and the majority of the world's population will die. I suppose that is the plan.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 28, 2023 08:43 AM (lTGtQ)

179 Hey, Tonypete. Thank you.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 28, 2023 08:44 AM (hTf8I)

180 Fetterman Spox Posts Update on Hospitalized Senator: “Doing Well”

Guess Brain Dead would not go over very weel.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 28, 2023 08:44 AM (BRHaw)

181 but regardless I think our media overstates problems in other countries. tbh if we traveled outside the states more, we'd see how bad off we truly are here (not in the southeast! but here in the mid-atlantic/NE things are not good)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 28, 2023 08:08 AM (w0NJk)

Saw a video some expat did about living in central America. She said that all the stuff you read about is way overblown. Sure, there are dangerous areas but you know where they are and they exist here also.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 28, 2023 08:44 AM (1Z8zZ)

182 Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 28, 2023 08:37 AM (wagHN)

Jewells, I sent you an email.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 28, 2023 08:45 AM (Angsy)

183 Lori Lightfoot counting on criminals to pull her over the top-
Chicago inmates claim jail guards are pressuring them to illegally vote in the mayoral election

https://tinyurl.com/yh7f9cuu

Posted by: redridinghood at February 28, 2023 08:46 AM (NpAcC)

184 Interesting argument at the Supreme Court today concerning the CFPB, Lizzie's baby. Previously courts have found it's financing unconstitutional and it's structure outside executive or congressional oversight unconstitutional. How this thing survives is beyond me . We'll see what SC has to say but it may stick a stake in its heart

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 28, 2023 08:46 AM (lReCd)

185 do not act in compliance with the desires of your former ignorance

Thanks Tonypete - needed to hear that today.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 28, 2023 08:46 AM (45fpk)

186 Woo hoo! The last day of Black History Month!

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at February 28, 2023 08:47 AM (lf83v)

187 164 lol..I guess I should have mentioned I'm not rich. My budget is around $500. My phone takes horrible pictures so that's why I don't use it.
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 28, 2023 08:37 AM (wagHN)

get the right lighting and display box

spotify and ebay have entire lessons on this subject

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 28, 2023 08:47 AM (BRHaw)

188 Boy Tampons are important part of any young lad's breakfast. Wouldn't want to get blood everywhere.

Posted by: Pogo The Clown at February 28, 2023 08:47 AM (6sIX/)

189 Capetown on the SW coast is probably screwed

When I was there a couple years ago, the locals were talking about breaking off from ZA and forming their own country.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 28, 2023 08:48 AM (l7lsb)

190 Fetterman Spox Posts Update on Hospitalized Senator: “Doing Well”
_________

"Doing well" = Didn't drown face down in his bowl of broth today.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at February 28, 2023 08:48 AM (lf83v)

191 Jimmy Carter: History's Greatest Monster

Posted by: G'rump928(c) reminds you at February 28, 2023 08:48 AM (yQpMk)

192 The lawsuit claims that the supervisors “groomed Hall for sexual exploitation,” conspiring to utilize their power to systematically break down her defenses and ensnare her in degrading and abusive sexual relationships, even sharing advice on the most effective methods “to manipulate and exploit her.”
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 28, 2023 08:39 AM (Vwz3I)
-

#metoo

#believeallwomen

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 28, 2023 08:49 AM (LAsb3)

193 I honestly don't care of what origin, color, religion, race, creed, gender, etc., etc., anyone is that gets hired anywhere as long as THEY ARE QUALIFIED to do that skill set. And those entities (I'm looking at you DoD, Corporate, and us govvies) that say look at me, look at me and who I've hired are not doing so and as a result are boning us and our safety each and every time they hire that quota. Does anyone of sound mind not listen to the Thomas Sowell's, Ben Carson's, and others who say the same thing over and over?

Who am I kidding... the powers to be are doing it on purpose just because they can.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM - not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at February 28, 2023 08:49 AM (d4Jry)

194 Mychal Massie nails it:

https://tinyurl.com/mr3w3v89

Posted by: Ju at February 28, 2023 08:49 AM (aTmM/)

195 An anniversary...

William Shatner @WilliamShatner · 18h
Remembering Leonard today. 8 years ago. 😔

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 28, 2023 08:49 AM (Vwz3I)

196 The US embassy in South Africa has warned citizens traveling to or living in South Africa to stockpile on food and water amidst an "ongoing energy crisis" taking place in the nation.
________

I wonder how this ongoing energy crisis will adversely affect black terrorist from boiling white farmers alive?

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at February 28, 2023 08:50 AM (lf83v)

197 >>@jason_howerton

Sometimes, it just takes a comedian to say the thing that is so glaringly obvious to anyone who doesn't worship at the alter of their political gods

Why does it take a comedian?

No really, after 3years of people being silenced, publicly and privately, for expressing even a little curiosity and/or skepticism of the Fed-MSM-Science(tm) uniform narrative, please explain why a pampered, privileged celebrity's late admission of the obvious is refreshing.

This is gaslighting, this kabuki theater pretending to now embrace the truth and lecture us to forgive and forget. These latecomers are neither stunning nor brave. GFY, Howerton and Stewart.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 28, 2023 08:50 AM (mqu1M)

198 Silvervale's Twitter Freak show keeps getting freakier and more insane.

Now someone has posted claiming their trans cousin has committed suicide because of all the doxxing and harassment. This got immediately linked to Silvervale just to stick it to her some more.

And then it went off the rails. As if it wasn't already off the tracks and careening for the gully. Well now this train wreck is heading straight for the school of Twitter Freaks. The original account has now been deleted. And others are now saying the poster was lying.

We really do need a few of those South African rolling blackouts just to eradicate some of these insane vermin forever locked in their bedrooms pounding away on Twitch or Twitter or TikTok about their insane fantasies.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 28, 2023 08:50 AM (PcAlC)

199 Jimmy Carter: History's Greatest Monster
Posted by: G'rump928(c) reminds you at February 28, 2023 08:48 AM (yQpMk)

Far from it. However, Jimmuh's momma said it best:

https://www.forbes.com/quotes/10458/

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 28, 2023 08:50 AM (LAsb3)

200 The games being played to keep Fetterman in office till August are a sight to behold. Pennsylvania citizens are being denied a voice in US Senate. Obviously they voted for this drooler but those who didn't still deserve a sentient body in that alleged august body

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 28, 2023 08:51 AM (lReCd)

201 Keisha Lance Bottoms will return home to Atlanta to spend time with her family, Biden said in a statement."

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When I was growing up in Scranton, I was surrounded by bottoms, I even wanted to add "bottom" to my last name!

-JR Biden

Posted by: runner at February 28, 2023 08:51 AM (Nw6sz)

202 Interesting argument at the Supreme Court today concerning the CFPB, Lizzie's baby. Previously courts have found it's financing unconstitutional and it's structure outside executive or congressional oversight unconstitutional. How this thing survives is beyond me . We'll see what SC has to say but it may stick a stake in its heart
________

Now do HISA, the unconstitutional racing regulation board that exists under the bogus auspices of the FTC,

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at February 28, 2023 08:52 AM (lf83v)

203 The Economist has published an article about Ukraine's manpower shortage.

Hint, it is because they are dead.

Or "transitioned", or crossed the FUSA border, or are Party members...

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 28, 2023 08:53 AM (l7lsb)

204 Judicial Watch seems to be one organization we can trust. They are in the trenches every day doing good work.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 28, 2023 08:53 AM (mY9zi)

205 Online Workplace Slack Blacklists ‘Libs of TikTok’ Creator

Salesforce.com, the owner of Slack, is an unreliable partner, to be generous.

Posted by: Crusty The Clown at February 28, 2023 08:53 AM (RHGPo)

206 When I was growing up in Scranton, I was surrounded by bottoms, I even wanted to add "bottom" to my last name!

-JR Biden
Posted by: runner at February 28, 2023 08:51 AM (Nw6sz)
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La Bottom Me?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 28, 2023 08:53 AM (LAsb3)

207 #195 addendum:
🖖

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 28, 2023 08:53 AM (Vwz3I)

208 OrangeEnt ok I will look for it.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 28, 2023 08:54 AM (wagHN)

209 An anniversary...

William Shatner @WilliamShatner · 18h
Remembering Leonard today. 8 years ago.
_______

Please denote all temporal references to the Star Date Calendar, Bill.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at February 28, 2023 08:54 AM (lf83v)

210 Vanguard CEO Abandons ESG Investing Alliance: "Not In The Game Of Politics"

"The decision to withdraw from the coalition has sparked fury among environmental activists, with Al Gore calling Mr. Buckley’s decision “irresponsible and shortsighted.”"

https://tinyurl.com/yse8hshp

This is big. Vanguard is a not a small player. Common sense may be making a comeback.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 28, 2023 08:54 AM (Y5qcH)

211 Speaking of Scranton.

The US Army has a munitions plant there. Churns out 155mm artillery shells. At $800 per. Because of Ukraine they are talking about ramping up production from 30,000 shells a month to 90,000 shells.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 28, 2023 08:55 AM (PcAlC)

212 Wondering how many days it's gonna take to count the ballots in Chicago, LOL.

G'mornin' Horde!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at February 28, 2023 08:55 AM (VohFI)

213 Bill Melugin
@BillFOXLA

Noncitizens will be able to vote in local elections in D.C. as soon as next year. The bill is now law.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 28, 2023 08:55 AM (NpAcC)

214 Gee I guess the white people didn't position South Africa and Zimbabwe for success a la Kamalalala.

I guess we're just old meanies.

Posted by: Archer at February 28, 2023 08:56 AM (gmo/4)

215 "Jimmy Carter: History's Greatest Monster"

Nah.

That would be Barry Soetero, The One(s) We've Been Waiting For, America's Lightbringer of the magical Pants Crease, who's finally proud of the country since acquiring residency in 4 mansions in 4 states.

None of which are anywhere near Ohio.

Posted by: Ju at February 28, 2023 08:56 AM (aTmM/)

216 Algore's name-calling is so delightfully Chinese Communist. So effortless and automatic.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 28, 2023 08:56 AM (9UlRk)

217 @210 shows that the return on ESG crap must suck. Leftists don't give up stuff like this unless they're losing big bucks

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 28, 2023 08:57 AM (lReCd)

218 The Democrats were able to keep the condition of several of their Congressmen secret for months. Many were incapacitated and unable to discharge their duties, but were kept hidden and out of sight. When asked, they were always, "doing well" or some other bullshit.

But they always, every time, voted when needed. Somehow or other. Even if they were dead.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 28, 2023 08:58 AM (Q4IgG)

219 Jewells, FWIW, you could get a cheap macro lens attachment for your phone's camera (like this https://tinyurl.com/43t7nb7d) + a cheap photo lightbox online.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 28, 2023 08:58 AM (mqu1M)

220 Leftists don't give up stuff like this unless they're losing big bucks
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 28, 2023 08:57 AM (lReCd)

They'll gladly throw away someone else's money on a vanity project through subsidies and grants and whatever, but the second they gotta cough up their own cash? Yeah, nah.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 28, 2023 08:58 AM (9UlRk)

221 the oatmeal is good. yeah.

Posted by: John Fetterman at February 28, 2023 08:58 AM (yQpMk)

222 And that the blacks immediately turned and made all non-blacks third and 4th class citizens without a peep from the left?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 28, 2023 08:18 AM (Z0tnx)

When the majority does it to the minority it's okay, unless it isn't. I don't get why this is so hard to understand. Basically, we get whatever we want or we cream and make a scene until we do. -- Leftists

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 28, 2023 08:58 AM (1Z8zZ)

223 Has anyone called East Palestine Joey Bidet's Love Canal yet?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 28, 2023 08:58 AM (PcAlC)

224 "By the way, with Jimmy Carter about to join the Choir Invisible, it's worth mentioning that his refusal to recognize the legitimately elected Bishop Abel Muzorewa resulted in new elections that saw nightmarish thug Robert Mugabe installed as dictator for the next 30-odd years."

Too much fail on too many fronts to have been accidental.
One of the most successful Soviet sleeper agents ever to chip away at the foundations of liberty, burn in hell jimmy.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at February 28, 2023 08:59 AM (VohFI)

225 Carter brought us Ronald Reagan.

Obama brought us Donald Trump.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at February 28, 2023 08:59 AM (lf83v)

226 Carter brought us Ronald Reagan.

Obama brought us Donald Trump.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at February 28, 2023 08:59 AM (lf83v)

Reagan brought us Bushclinton.

Trump brought us Joey Bidet's Love Canal.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 28, 2023 09:00 AM (9UlRk)

227 Carter brought us Ronald Reagan.

Obama brought us Donald Trump.

That's called straining for a silver lining.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 28, 2023 09:00 AM (PcAlC)

228 This is big. Vanguard is a not a small player. Common sense may be making a comeback.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 28, 2023 08:54 AM (Y5qcH)

If true, great. Someone posted here or somewhere else that Vanguard is in everything, everywhere.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 28, 2023 09:01 AM (Angsy)

229 @210 shows that the return on ESG crap must suck. Leftists don't give up stuff like this unless they're losing big bucks
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 28, 2023 08:57 AM (lReCd)
++++
Committed leftists never give it up. They'll steal what is needed to keep themselves alive and happy, but otherwise they'll drive anything and everything into the ground in pursuit of the mission.

If Vanguard is giving it up (remains to be seen) and doing so this early, after very little pain, then they were merely incidental fellow travelers trying to curry favor with the ruling powers. Most people and firms are in that category, and they make the entire damn thing work. If you're going to play that game - and you shouldn't - the key is timing. Know when to get out, before it becomes too late.

I don't know if it's too late or not. Vanguard will find out.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2023 09:01 AM (t0OGg)

230 221 the oatmeal is good. yeah.
Posted by: John Fetterman at February 28, 2023 08:58 AM (yQpMk)

Dude, you are gnawing on your sponge bath sponge!

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 28, 2023 09:02 AM (BRHaw)

231 Reagan brought us Bushclinton.

Trump brought us Joey Bidet's Love Canal.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 28, 2023 09:00 AM (9UlRk)
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Disco musical interlude:

https://youtu.be/aBkVV9xxCHE

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 28, 2023 09:02 AM (LAsb3)

232 LOL@cover pic

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 28, 2023 09:03 AM (LAsb3)

233 Bhussein brought us lower oceans. That is why he bought a place on the beach.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 28, 2023 09:03 AM (BRHaw)

234 If true, great. Someone posted here or somewhere else that Vanguard is in everything, everywhere.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 28, 2023 09:01 AM (Angsy)

At least Korea is run by megacorporations that actually make things.

We're run by schmucks who shuffle imaginary money around in imaginary investment vehicles while paying politicians to outlaw Doing Literally Anything Anywhere Ever.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 28, 2023 09:03 AM (9UlRk)

235 If they can hold Fetterman in stasis until August, will Shapiro be corrupt and ballsy enough to appoint Fetterman's wife to his seat? I kinda hope so.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2023 09:03 AM (t0OGg)

236 @zerohedge · 5h
Muhammad Was The Most Popular Boy's Name In Irish City In 2022 [Galway]

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 28, 2023 09:04 AM (Vwz3I)

237 "Doctors say I definitely have the chemicals in me but there’s no one in town who can run the toxicological tests to find out which ones they are,”

I got the chemicals in me
Every time I touch that track it turns into gold
Everybody knows I got the chemicals in me
When I hit the floor, the girls come snappin' at me
Now everybody wants some presto chemicals, chemicals, chemicals
Ahooooooo, I got the chemicals in me

http://bit.ly/3m3oLiq

Posted by: B.o.B. & Rivers Cuomo at February 28, 2023 09:04 AM (Do5/p)

238 Why Is Election Denier Stacey Abrams Overseeing Elections In Nigeria?
Posted by: Crusty The Clown at February 28, 2023 08:23 AM (RHGPo)

There are concerns that the Nigerian's plumbing may be in good repair.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 28, 2023 09:05 AM (1Z8zZ)

239 With John Fetterman in the hospital after only 1 month in the Senate, and his wife taking off to Canada with the kids, who is representing Pennsylvania in the Senate in his place? I seem to recall Ted Kennedy's staffer voting in his place for Obamacare (despite Scott Brown being elected, not yet sworn in) -- is this what's happening, or are they pretending that he's voting from bed by proxy?

Posted by: Lizzy at February 28, 2023 09:05 AM (mqu1M)

240 Artificial Sweetener Linked to Blood Clots and Heart Attacks, New Study Finds

A new study found that erythritol, a sugar substitute, is linked to blood clotting, stroke, heart attack and death for people who had preexisting risk factors for heart disease

Posted by: Crusty The Clown at February 28, 2023 09:05 AM (RHGPo)

241 South Africa is highlighting the fragility of our modern economic and social systems. 150 years ago it was still possible for a city to be self sufficient in food, energy, etc. With enough local farms, a well run city could survive a national collapse. But now? Who could build their own electrical grid, or find enough energy supplies, or provide any of the things we think essential for a city today?

For this reason, when a society like South Africa collapses today, every single part of it, no matter how small, will collapse along with it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 28, 2023 09:06 AM (r46W7)

242 Alexandra Semenova
@alexandraandnyc
2m
Bank of America says the Federal Reserve may raise interest rates to nearly 6%.

Michael Gapen first floated the possibility of rates hitting 6% during the bank’s 2023 economic outlook call back in November.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 28, 2023 09:06 AM (NpAcC)

243 Carter brought us Ronald Reagan.

Obama brought us Donald Trump.

Considering that FJB is the Antichrist, that only means that his term will result in the return of ....

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 28, 2023 09:06 AM (l7lsb)

244 nic update

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at February 28, 2023 09:06 AM (LvTSG)

245 Stacey Abrams in Nigeria?

Thankfully Nigeria lacks nuclear weapons, however their surfeit of princes more than compensates.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 28, 2023 09:06 AM (PcAlC)

246 A new study found that erythritol, a sugar substitute, is linked to blood clotting, stroke, heart attack and death for people who had preexisting risk factors for heart disease
Posted by: Crusty The Clown at February 28, 2023 09:05 AM (RHGPo)
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Is there any sugar substitute not linked to long-term health risks? I don't touch 'em!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 28, 2023 09:06 AM (LAsb3)

247 Muhammad Was The Most Popular Boy's Name In Irish City In 2022 [Galway]
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 28, 2023 09:04 AM (Vwz3I)

Muhammad O' Malley?

Posted by: dantesed at February 28, 2023 09:06 AM (88xKn)

248 "Doctors say I definitely have the chemicals in me but there’s no one in town who can run the toxicological tests to find out which ones they are,"

The chemicals between us
The walls that lie between us
Lying in this bed
The chemicals displaced
There is no lonelier state
Than lying in this bed

http://bit.ly/3J03GhZ

Posted by: Bush at February 28, 2023 09:06 AM (Do5/p)

249 The argument over Star Trek in the sidebar is kind of ridiculous.

The original Star Trek was entertaining and touched on deeper issues, sometimes well, sometimes poorly. So it was worth watching on occasion.

TNG looking back on it was kind of boring and very, very predictable.

DS9 was more like the TOS.

And then...it was all crap. All of it. Why would you waste your time on it?

Posted by: 18-1 at February 28, 2023 09:07 AM (lc5cP)

250 239 With John Fetterman in the hospital after only 1 month in the Senate, and his wife taking off to Canada with the kids, who is representing Pennsylvania in the Senate in his place? I seem to recall Ted Kennedy's staffer voting in his place for Obamacare (despite Scott Brown being elected, not yet sworn in) -- is this what's happening, or are they pretending that he's voting from bed by proxy?
Posted by: Lizzy at February 28, 2023 09:05 AM (mqu1M)

There is no proxy voting on the floor of the Senate - so it's 50-49 votes with Manchin/Sinema in the swing spots...

Posted by: Nova Local at February 28, 2023 09:07 AM (exHjb)

251 Erythritol Plus the Vaxx, of course.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 28, 2023 09:07 AM (r46W7)

252 235 If they can hold Fetterman in stasis until August, will Shapiro be corrupt and ballsy enough to appoint Fetterman's wife to his seat? I kinda hope so.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2023 09:03 AM (t0OGg)

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I don't understand this idea that it will be Giselle when Shapiro has a host of loyal Democrat cronies to reward with a lifetime seat.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at February 28, 2023 09:07 AM (LvTSG)

253 Sundowner is of the old Marxist he does push class warfare and claims to be the working man protector.

Posted by: Skip at February 28, 2023 09:07 AM (BRD//)

254
"It's their fault I'm a human pincushion because they are MEN and MEN are BAD."

And sadly, that defense will work, and she will win her lawsuit.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 28, 2023 09:07 AM (oINRc)

255 All the hellhole African countries voted for their misery. Fuck them.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 28, 2023 09:07 AM (pohLc)

256 erythritol will be the "Great Scapegoat"

Posted by: Crusty The Clown at February 28, 2023 09:07 AM (RHGPo)

257 I don't think any Nigerian is looking at Stacy Abrams and thinking "She Looks Like Me!" just because her skin is dark.

They're probably thinking she's a weird fat foreign loser buttinsky.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 28, 2023 09:07 AM (9UlRk)

258 Thanks everyone! Some great suggestions.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 28, 2023 09:08 AM (wagHN)

259 Is there any sugar substitute not linked to long-term health risks? I don't touch 'em!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 28, 2023 09:06 AM (LAsb3)

Any fake food in sufficient quantities is probably eventually seen as an invader/danger by the body...

Posted by: Nova Local at February 28, 2023 09:09 AM (exHjb)

260 221 the oatmeal is good. yeah.
Posted by: John Fetterman at February 28, 2023 08:58 AM (yQpMk)

Dude, you are gnawing on your sponge bath sponge!

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 28, 2023 09:02 AM (BRHaw)

You think you hate it now, but try the tapioca.

Posted by: Archer at February 28, 2023 09:09 AM (gmo/4)

261 Erythritol has to have been invented as an industrial grade veterinary laxative. They couldn't possibly have intended that chemical to go into actual food and drink.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 28, 2023 09:09 AM (9UlRk)

262 18-1 : agree. I was one of the hugest old school Trek fans. I quit watching after DS9 and have never, and would never go back and look at anything made since then

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 28, 2023 09:09 AM (r46W7)

263 249 And then...it was all crap. All of it. Why would you waste your time on it?
Posted by: 18-1 at February 28, 2023 09:07 AM (lc5cP)

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I think the idea is that Star Trek was always political, which is sort of true.

I mean, Kirk reading the Constitution to savages is pretty political. It's just that it was balanced with better storytelling while pushing politics that generally didn't want to attack the very people watching it.

The politics of the show has changed not just in character but in presentation as well. It's far more obnoxiously obvious in messaging now because its written by millennials who have never had a real job before.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at February 28, 2023 09:09 AM (LvTSG)

264 Fetterman is hopefully done but more importantly hope the few people who really voted for him realize they were had.
Most vote for Party and care less

Posted by: Skip at February 28, 2023 09:09 AM (BRD//)

265 I don't understand this idea that it will be Giselle when Shapiro has a host of loyal Democrat cronies to reward with a lifetime seat.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at February 28, 2023 09:07 AM (LvTSG)
++++
It would be the ultimate "fuck you" to the people, and that has some appeal. I suspect political payoffs will carry the day and it will be one of his cronies, but as a spoiler option, it is hilarious to think about.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2023 09:10 AM (t0OGg)

266 "They're probably thinking she's a weird fat foreign loser buttinsky.
Posted by: Warai-otoko"

Wait! You mean they aren't thinking healthy-at-any-weight foreign loser?

Posted by: Ripley at February 28, 2023 09:10 AM (cUYo/)

267 It's a bold move.

Screw your way to the top, and then sue them for screwing you.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 28, 2023 09:10 AM (9UlRk)

268 Hate reading articles that force me to watch youtube videos... just say what you mean. I've been successfully avoiding the Rocky Horror Picture Show for nigh on 30 years and I'm not ruining my perfect record now.

Posted by: Marcus Gravey at February 28, 2023 09:10 AM (C1KBk)

269
Erythritol has to have been invented as an industrial grade veterinary laxative.

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Veterinary medicine? Here we go - soon, corner boys across America will be cutting it into their fentanyl. Stanq dope.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 28, 2023 09:10 AM (oINRc)

270 262 18-1 : agree. I was one of the hugest old school Trek fans. I quit watching after DS9 and have never, and would never go back and look at anything made since then
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 28, 2023 09:09 AM (r46W7)

=======

I still maintain that season 5 of Voyager is the best single season of Star Trek. It's just solid, old school style episodic storytelling.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at February 28, 2023 09:10 AM (LvTSG)

271 I am scratching my head over Nerdrotic and others getting giddy over Picard Season Three.

Being better than Kurtzman Trek is a pretty low bar. And after watching the first episode I am not giving it any more of my time because the writer is not that good and uses the Nostalgia Bait Story Blender a lot.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 28, 2023 09:10 AM (PcAlC)

272 All the hellhole African countries voted for their misery. Fuck them.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 28, 2023 09:07 AM (pohLc)

I'm not sure all African countries do the voting thing.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 28, 2023 09:11 AM (45fpk)

273 We're about 5 years, on the current course, where a medical malpractice suit will be dismissed by a judge-- not because the doctor didn't commit malpractice-- but because the defense will accused the dead patient of racism.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 28, 2023 08:39 AM (Z0tnx)

Players and Hos of the Jury, if that dead bastard hadn't been racist he'd never have put my client in this position.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 28, 2023 09:11 AM (1Z8zZ)

274 265 It would be the ultimate "fuck you" to the people, and that has some appeal. I suspect political payoffs will carry the day and it will be one of his cronies, but as a spoiler option, it is hilarious to think about.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2023 09:10 AM (t0OGg)

========

I would be truly entertaining, that's for sure. I'm rooting for it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at February 28, 2023 09:11 AM (LvTSG)

275 >Carter brought us Ronald Reagan.
>Obama brought us Donald Trump.

Defeats do not bring learning. That I have learned, bitterly, since becoming a horde member in good standing in ?2004?.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 28, 2023 09:11 AM (44ww/)

276 264 Fetterman is hopefully done but more importantly hope the few people who really voted for him realize they were had.
Most vote for Party and care less
Posted by: Skip at February 28, 2023 09:09 AM (BRD//)

People actually stupid enough to have voted for Lumpy are incapable of realizing anything.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 28, 2023 09:11 AM (pohLc)

277 Veterinary medicine? Here we go - soon, corner boys across America will be cutting it into their fentanyl. Stanq dope.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 28, 2023 09:10 AM (oINRc)

Rocking fat lines of Stevia

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 28, 2023 09:11 AM (9UlRk)

278 276 People actually stupid enough to have voted for Lumpy are incapable of realizing anything.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 28, 2023 09:11 AM (pohLc)

=========

But Oz said crudite.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at February 28, 2023 09:12 AM (LvTSG)

279 Great graphic above!

Posted by: Ziba at February 28, 2023 09:13 AM (4h9M3)

280 Bank of America says the Federal Reserve may raise interest rates to nearly 6%.

Michael Gapen first floated the possibility of rates hitting 6% during the bank’s 2023 economic outlook call back in November.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 28, 2023 09:06 AM (NpAcC)

The overspending and printing of money added about 40% to M1 and M2. So we will need about 5 to 6 years of 7 to 8% inflation. 6% may be a bit low.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 28, 2023 09:14 AM (BRHaw)

281 280 The overspending and printing of money added about 40% to M1 and M2. So we will need about 5 to 6 years of 7 to 8% inflation. 6% may be a bit low.
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 28, 2023 09:14 AM (BRHaw)

========

But what if we send the entire US GDP to Ukraine?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at February 28, 2023 09:14 AM (LvTSG)

282 Is there any sugar substitute not linked to long-term health risks? I don't touch 'em!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 28, 2023 09:06 AM (LAsb3)

The rare sugars (allulose, tagatose) may be safe. We already encounter them in natural foods in low concentrations (because they are rare). They don't know for sure.

I tried them both and they are also the best tasting. However, they did give me a case of the drizzlies.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 28, 2023 09:14 AM (UuD2k)

283 The gold standard is a Canon DSLR with a nice macro lens.

Depending on your budget you could probably get what you need for less that 2500 bucks.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 28, 2023 08:24 AM (up/3i)

I'm not into photography but I do surf pawn shops and second hand stores. The 35 mm cameras I see nowadays look pretty high end to me. I have a nephew who is pretty bent he doesn't have any "pictures like that" of him growing up. Everything is digital. A lot lost on old phones and such.

He is becoming quite the photographer. Got a $1500 camera and lense set up for like $40.00. Never uses his phone camera. He says the hardest thing is realizing that each picture costs money and there are limited pictures per roll.

Posted by: Reforger at February 28, 2023 09:15 AM (1/k/v)

284 278

They are morons, unaware that they are morons.

Here, of course, it is different.

Posted by: Ziba at February 28, 2023 09:16 AM (4h9M3)

285 But what if we send the entire US GDP to Ukraine?
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That's a lot of hookers and blow. Ukrainian chicks are hawt but they don't age well.

Posted by: Puddinhead at February 28, 2023 09:17 AM (OTXUv)

286 My sister got a bargain bin camera that was a really, really nice camera, but refurbished and not this year's model. So a $5,000 thing was only $1,500 or so. She got it, and did some thing where you can decode the metadata on the picture to see how many pictures that camera has ever taken. It was picture number 0000001.

That was kinda neat.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 28, 2023 09:17 AM (9UlRk)

287 18-1 : agree. I was one of the hugest old school Trek fans. I quit watching after DS9 and have never, and would never go back and look at anything made since then

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 28, 2023 09:09 AM (r46W7)

You weren't the only one.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 28, 2023 09:18 AM (Angsy)

288 Ukrainian chicks are hawt but they don't age well.

Neither did Kamala...

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 28, 2023 09:18 AM (PcAlC)

289 I tried every sugar subsidize I could get my hands on, even some that nobody has heard of. The either tasted like shit or gave me explosive diarrhea.

Some are tolerable in certain foods, but I came to the conclusion that the best way to cut sugar intake was to learn to live with foods and drinks that aren't sweet.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 28, 2023 09:18 AM (UuD2k)

290 Bank of America says the Federal Reserve may raise interest rates to nearly 6%.
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So, BOA is having a fappening.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at February 28, 2023 09:18 AM (lf83v)

291 As part of a new report released Monday, a survey of more than 1,000 low-income Pennsylvanians found that taxes are often a major barrier to economic security—ranking ahead of more commonly discussed problems such as credit card debt and student loans. Among those surveyed, all of whom have incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty level (about $53,000 annually for a family of four), the average respondent reported paying $4,575 per year in taxes.

I think Milton suggested many times to end all welfare and food stamps and just have a negative income tax. The Fair Tax does that in essence as it pre-bates what a family of 4 pay monthly for the internal consumption taxes.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 28, 2023 09:19 AM (BRHaw)

292 People actually stupid enough to have voted for Lumpy are incapable of realizing anything.

Some people are always capable of change. The media covered up for Fetterman but now some people are waking up because they see the Pravda Press coverups as well as some of the disastrous policies of the Democrats. I voted for Democrats for decades. Since 2008 no more. If we're going to say that people can never change we might as well throw in the towel on almost everything.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 28, 2023 09:19 AM (FUVRY)

293 I know that here in Kentucky the governor must choose a replacement Senator from the same party as the one that either resigned or died. He's given a list to choose from by the party he's replacing.

I don't know how PA does it, but apparently there's a period of time that has to pass before he can appoint someone or there's a special election. The Democrats think a Republican would win a special election so they'll do whatever they can to keep Fetterman under wraps, but voting.

I would presume Shapiro will be given "suggestions" on whom to appoint if it goes that far. The Democrats will want a trustworthy, party stooge, not a PA stooge.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 28, 2023 09:19 AM (Q4IgG)

294 IBD article says new car loans will be at 10%. Who can afford/wants to finance a car at those rates?

Posted by: Ziba at February 28, 2023 09:19 AM (4h9M3)

295 Some are tolerable in certain foods, but I came to the conclusion that the best way to cut sugar intake was to learn to live with foods and drinks that aren't sweet.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 28, 2023 09:18 AM (UuD2k)

Concur. Sugar is da deebil.

Learn to live without it.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 28, 2023 09:19 AM (GE8Ol)

296 Ukrainian chicks are hawt but they don't age well.
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Chernobyl will do that to you.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at February 28, 2023 09:20 AM (lf83v)

297 I was quite impressed with the video of teacher being beaten cuz Nintendo of the amount of obese female teachers these days. This is our future. Where every pantsuit makes women's butt look big. The collectivization of wide loads.

Posted by: Puddinhead at February 28, 2023 09:20 AM (OTXUv)

298 294 IBD article says new car loans will be at 10%. Who can afford/wants to finance a car at those rates?

Posted by: Ziba at February 28, 2023 09:19 AM (4h9M3)

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Plus, entry level new cars are essentially low end luxury cars.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at February 28, 2023 09:20 AM (LvTSG)

299

Uh-I, I,

yeah

Posted by: John Fetterman at February 28, 2023 09:20 AM (vwCZJ)

300 DU and The Bulwark are pretty tame this morning. Nothing on South Africa or Fetterlump of note.
The idea that Joe Biden is too old is all over the media these days, and we can’t afford these musings...democrats need to knock this shit off and come together here. There are fascist, racist, authoritarian monsters trying to take over the world, and people are worried that an experienced, extremely effective president might be too old?

The media...going on about the age of the President and how his VP is not viable (here’s a clue, she is extremely qualified and capable should she be called on to take over.)...banging the drum that she is not “likeable” or that she laughs inappropriately, and Joe is so old and feeble. JUST STOP!

An incumbent President does not step aside and give the fascist an advantage in a crucial election. To say that Biden is too old is a narrative that we can ill afford. Rather than trying to convince people to adopt this ageist crap, why not instead encourage democrats and sane indifferent folk to rally around and save democracy. It’s kind of important…it’s the whole ballgame.

Posted by: Intrepid Democratic Underground AoS Liaison at February 28, 2023 09:20 AM (JCZqz)

301 294 IBD article says new car loans will be at 10%. Who can afford/wants to finance a car at those rates?

Posted by: Ziba at February 28, 2023 09:19 AM (4h9M3)

Just another way to kill private car ownership and of course demand for gas.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 28, 2023 09:20 AM (x0n13)

302 300 An incumbent President does not step aside and give the fascist an advantage in a crucial election. To say that Biden is too old is a narrative that we can ill afford. Rather than trying to convince people to adopt this ageist crap, why not instead encourage democrats and sane indifferent folk to rally around and save democracy. It’s kind of important…it’s the whole ballgame.
Posted by: Intrepid Democratic Underground AoS Liaison at February 28, 2023 09:20 AM (JCZqz)

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I can't wait for them to talk about Trump's age.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at February 28, 2023 09:21 AM (LvTSG)

303 So, the While House and Secretary Buttigieg are spreading conspiracy theories in regard to East Palestine OH

Posted by: Crusty The Clown at February 28, 2023 09:21 AM (RHGPo)

304 294 IBD article says new car loans will be at 10%. Who can afford/wants to finance a car at those rates?
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Particularly buying a car that spies on you. Who wants a Karen Kar?

Posted by: Puddinhead at February 28, 2023 09:21 AM (OTXUv)

305 Concur. Sugar is da deebil.

Learn to live without it.

More coffee...
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 28, 2023 09:19 AM (GE8Ol)

*gobbles chocolate croissant*

tomorrow, OK ?

Posted by: REDACTED at February 28, 2023 09:21 AM (us2H3)

306 Posted by: Crusty The Clown at February 28, 2023 09:21 AM (RHGPo)

It was done with a White Supremacist wearing a Maga hat?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 28, 2023 09:22 AM (FUVRY)

307 Artificial Sweetener Linked to Blood Clots and Heart Attacks, New Study Finds

A new study found that erythritol, a sugar substitute, is linked to blood clotting, stroke, heart attack and death for people who had preexisting risk factors for heart disease
Posted by: Crusty The Clown at February 28, 2023 09:05 AM (RHGPo)

Artificial sweetener and totally not any recent "medical" concoction you may have injected.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 28, 2023 09:22 AM (1Z8zZ)

308
To say that Biden is too old is a narrative that we can ill afford.

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Love the mindset on display. It's not that he's old. That's a "narrative." Everything is a narrative to these people.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 28, 2023 09:22 AM (oINRc)

309 294 IBD article says new car loans will be at 10%. Who can afford/wants to finance a car at those rates?

Posted by: Ziba at February 28, 2023 09:19 AM (4h9M3)

the repos will be lit

Posted by: REDACTED the vulture at February 28, 2023 09:23 AM (us2H3)

310 308
To say that Biden is too old is a narrative that we can ill afford.

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Love the mindset on display. It's not that he's old. That's a "narrative." Everything is a narrative to these people.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 28, 2023 09:22 AM (oINRc)

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The reality that he's a doddering old man who trips up stairs, can't speak a clear sentence, and has to be guided to stay on a red carpet while prevented from grabbing any girl under 12 he sees doesn't matter. It's the narrative.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at February 28, 2023 09:23 AM (LvTSG)

311 Narrative replaced Optics

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 28, 2023 09:23 AM (PcAlC)

312 Although, if you're looking for a laxative I heard sugar free Gummy Bears are a life changing experience.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 28, 2023 09:23 AM (UuD2k)

313 Guarantee ya there must be a substantial body of literature out there establishing that sugar alcohols act as blood thinners.

They don't lie because they want to. They lie because they can't comprehend not lying.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 28, 2023 09:24 AM (9UlRk)

314 BD article says new car loans will be at 10%. Who can afford/wants to finance a car at those rates?

The 10 year car loan will make it's appearance

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at February 28, 2023 09:24 AM (WAsJj)

315 Political Magical Realism

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 28, 2023 09:24 AM (9UlRk)

316 Lumpy was the test tun for Joe 2024

all system go

Posted by: REDACTED at February 28, 2023 09:24 AM (us2H3)

317 The reality that he's a doddering old man who trips up stairs, can't speak a clear sentence, and has to be guided to stay on a red carpet while prevented from grabbing any girl under 12 he sees doesn't matter. And his handlers are dressed as Bunnies. It's the narrative.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 28, 2023 09:24 AM (PcAlC)

318
I worked at a company where a dude put a big bowl of those sugar free gummy bears in the break room as a prank. The boss made him apologize to the whole company. I personally thought it was hilarious.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 28, 2023 09:25 AM (oINRc)

319 I personally thought it was hilarious.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 28, 2023 09:25 AM (oINRc)

That's a damn Geneva Convention violation. And by non-uniformed combatants, no less.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 28, 2023 09:27 AM (9UlRk)

320 Artificial Sweetener Linked to Blood Clots and Heart Attacks, New Study Finds

A new study found that erythritol, a sugar substitute, is linked to blood clotting, stroke, heart attack and death for people who had preexisting risk factors for heart disease
Posted by: Crusty The Clown at February 28, 2023 09:05 AM (RHGPo)

Although, this could be a garbage study. Most of the ones they right articles about are. "people who had preexisting risk factors for heart disease" is a red flag. It's what's known as a confounding variable.

It's much more difficult to assess the risk of something in people that are already at risk of the same thing.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 28, 2023 09:27 AM (UuD2k)

321 The 10 year car loan will make it's appearance
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at February 28, 2023 09:24 AM (WAsJj)

So it's paid off 3 years after it goes to the junkyard.

Posted by: Reforger at February 28, 2023 09:27 AM (1/k/v)

322 I was quite impressed with the video of teacher being beaten cuz Nintendo of the amount of obese female teachers these days. This is our future. Where every pantsuit makes women's butt look big. The collectivization of wide loads.

Posted by: Puddinhead at February 28, 2023 09:20 AM

I guess today's generation of teachers are all Queen fans...

Fat-bottomed girls, you make the ~~rocking~~ teaching world go 'round

https://bit.ly/3kuKmjE

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 28, 2023 09:28 AM (Do5/p)

323 319 I personally thought it was hilarious.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 28, 2023 09:25 AM (oINRc)

That's a damn Geneva Convention violation. And by non-uniformed combatants, no less.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 28, 2023 09:27 AM (9UlRk)

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I've seen worse:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qklvh5Cp_Bs

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at February 28, 2023 09:28 AM (LvTSG)

324 Where did Fetterman's wife flee to and why?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 28, 2023 09:29 AM (RIB31)

325 This review of Haribo sugar free gummy bears on Amazon i is one of the best things ever written:

"See you in Hell, Haribo Sugar Free Gummy Bears"

https://www.amazon.com/review/R2JGNJ5ZPJT4YC

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 28, 2023 09:29 AM (r46W7)

326 What are those things on "Runaway Bride" Fetterman's forehead (or maybe fivehead)?

Some kind of endangered species of South American caterpillar?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 28, 2023 09:30 AM (bW8dp)

327 Monsters From the Id and Licence To Rewrite

irony upon ironies
many of the "creatives" behind the movies and books from the past were pushing for exactly what we are witnessing
Now they are being canceled.

Posted by: artisanal ette at February 28, 2023 09:30 AM (9qHsE)

328 Artificial sweetener and totally not any recent "medical" concoction you may have injected.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 28, 2023 09:22 AM (1Z8zZ)

Exactly.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 28, 2023 09:30 AM (pohLc)

329 WHO Pandemic Treaty: The Back Door to CCP Control Over America
The stakes are higher than ever.

Need a "Trump"

Posted by: artisanal ette at February 28, 2023 09:30 AM (9qHsE)

330 Has anyone told Giselle, Bride of the Lump, that using a Magic Marker for eye-liner is not a good look?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 28, 2023 09:30 AM (PcAlC)

331 Stacy Abrams and thinking "She Looks Like Me!" just because her skin is dark.

They're probably thinking she's a weird fat foreign loser buttinsky.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

They're thinking dinner.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at February 28, 2023 09:31 AM (NW9xb)

332 "We're Dying Slowly": East Palestine Residents Report Bizarre Health Issues After Toxic Train Derailment

if you can't change them to dem voters, here is where we are

Posted by: artisanal ette at February 28, 2023 09:31 AM (9qHsE)

333 They're thinking dinner.

We gonna need a bigger roasting pit.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 28, 2023 09:32 AM (PcAlC)

334 Good morning, all, and thank you, J.J.

It was reported South Africa risked backlash for the 10 day naval exercises, though they were not a first, and while a handful of protesters assembled in protest it simply wasn't enough.

Just before the naval exercises was the Yellen visit where she said "the United States’ strategy towards Africa is centered around a simple recognition that Africa will shape the future of the global economy.” And during the exercises was the two trip by Dr Prof J & newly married granddaughter, Naomi, "intended to demonstrate the United States' commitment to keeping African nations at the table for a host of global priorities," and also so the 1st lady could "look at how Russia's invasion of Ukraine has harmed the food supply" in the Horn of Africa. (Nothing about Chinese mining.)

The left's anger, i.e., Dingell's Statement on Transport of Hazardous Waste to Belleville - did more to highlight the plight of E. Palenstine than any other action to that point in time. Someone/some agency was thinking, imo.

Yrs ago, Trump was said to be laying foundation for a "vengeful Biden administration." Who knew he'd be prophetic?

Posted by: Lola at February 28, 2023 09:32 AM (GshMh)

335 The Forgotten Town

They are all forgotten. Life has no value to DC. None.

Posted by: artisanal ette at February 28, 2023 09:33 AM (9qHsE)

336 325 This review of Haribo sugar free gummy bears on Amazon i is one of the best things ever written:

"See you in Hell, Haribo Sugar Free Gummy Bears"

https://www.amazon.com/review/R2JGNJ5ZPJT4YC
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 28, 2023 09:29 AM (r46W7)

That. Is. Hilarious.

Posted by: CZ=FNG, Free Republic of Florida at February 28, 2023 09:34 AM (MkuC5)

337 IBD article says new car loans will be at 10%. Who can afford/wants to finance a car at those rates?

Posted by: Ziba at February 28, 2023 09:19 AM

What IBD (Investor's Business Daily?) article are you referring to?

I hovered over all of JJ's links to see the address and I can't find any IBD article. Would like to read it to see the details.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 28, 2023 09:35 AM (Do5/p)

338 Artificial sweetener and totally not any recent "medical" concoction you may have injected.
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It's the product that's been on the market for decades that's caused the sudden, recent increase in deaths

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 28, 2023 09:35 AM (NOTwB)

339 We know the damage of not having a father in the home. But not the damage of not having male teachers. I spent 12 f*cking years with a group of 90% karens, as did most of us.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 28, 2023 09:37 AM (44ww/)

340 Joey Bidet marks the end of Black History Month in classic Joey Bidet way -

"I know where the power is. I know where the — you think I'm joking? I learned a long time ago about the Divine Nine."

H/T Legal Insurrection

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 28, 2023 09:38 AM (PcAlC)

341 "... if that dead bastard hadn't been racist he'd never have put my client in this position."

If that dead bastard hadn't been (white) he'd never have put my client in this position.

That happened to my relative, forced to beg on his knees for his life, then shot in the face at close range.

The perp, 'We Used Ta Bee Kangs' just finished up another petition for parole, based on his being imprisoned by a nation of bigots and oppressors who have no right taking issue with thugs murdering strangers in cold blood.

My relative was unavailable to appear at his murders hearing, since he's spent the last few decades confined in a casket in the ground.

Posted by: Ju at February 28, 2023 09:39 AM (aTmM/)

342 "I may be a White boy, but I'm not stupid," Biden said, as the crowd laughed.

Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States.

Posted by: DB - Spanning the globe at February 28, 2023 09:41 AM (geLO8)

343 "I may be a White boy, but I'm not stupid," Biden said, as the crowd laughed.

Narrator: He is, in fact, very stupid.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 28, 2023 09:43 AM (Y5qcH)

344 Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States.
Posted by: DB - Spanning the globe at February 28, 2023 09:41 AM (geLO

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/"Hail to the Thief" plays in background

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 28, 2023 09:45 AM (LAsb3)

345 Democrat New Hampshire Rep. Chris Pappas Blasts Biden’s ‘Betrayal’ Of His State
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You aint BLACK, jack!

Posted by: Joe from Scranton at February 28, 2023 09:47 AM (fs1hN)

346 >Narrator: He is, in fact, very stupid.

Morgan Freeman is a treasure.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 28, 2023 09:48 AM (44ww/)

347 IBD article says new car loans will be at 10%. Who can afford/wants to finance a car at those rates?

Posted by: Ziba at February 28, 2023 09:19 AM (4h9M3)

My 1970 Chevelle Malibu loan rate was 11% when I financed it in May 1970. Still have the car, restored it in 1999. I have all the paperwork from the bank that issued the loan. I was nearly 23, discharged from the army the previous September. When I tell people what the interest rate was back then, they can't believe it.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at February 28, 2023 09:52 AM (Zvtjl)

348 My 1970 Chevelle Malibu loan rate was 11% when I financed it in May 1970. Still have the car, restored it in 1999.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy

I paid some unreal rate in 1984 for my Jeep, like 13%. I doubled and tripled the payments so I could pay it off in about a year. Still have the Jeep, and it is worth more now than when I bought it.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 28, 2023 09:55 AM (lTGtQ)

349 Surprising news about Vanguard funds, because I had a meeting scheduled with "the guy" to transfer some trust fund holdings. I can move certain things without upfronts, and wanted as far away from ESG as I can get. I'm lucky this announcement came out, or I'd have been an Emily Litella investor.

BlackRock is even bigger than Vanguard in their own fund action and their mangement status with things like pensions and group 401K's -- so, harder to avoid. Their commitment to ESG appears deeper. Watch for the term "Net Zero" in addition to the poison initials. That's the insider club of fund management WEFfers.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 28, 2023 10:03 AM (jYCXf)

350 The 1970 Malibu has turned out to be a good car to hold. I would not have predicted that, seeing how the new ones were driven at the time. Must be like train sets: if most of them hadn't been thrown around the basement, they wouldn't be collectors' items now.

They don't warp or sag in the middle like most pony cars would, and don't dog-track like a Nova. Of course I feel that they handle a lot better with a small-block, but I have that prejudice, that runs across brands.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 28, 2023 10:16 AM (jYCXf)

351 I paid some unreal rate in 1984 for my Jeep, like 13%. I doubled and tripled the payments so I could pay it off in about a year. Still have the Jeep, and it is worth more now than when I bought it.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 28, 2023 09:55 AM (lTGtQ)

I also doubled up the payments. My future wife also bought her 70 Chevelle about three weeks before I ordered mine. We paid off both cars before we were married in 1972. Drove mine for 36 years before I bought a 2006 Mustang GT in 2006. Still have that car as well with 364,000 miles on the clock. Yeah, I drive 'em like I stole 'em.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at February 28, 2023 10:16 AM (Zvtjl)

352 The 1970 Malibu has turned out to be a good car to hold. I would not have predicted that, seeing how the new ones were driven at the time. Must be like train sets: if most of them hadn't been thrown around the basement, they wouldn't be collectors' items now.

They don't warp or sag in the middle like most pony cars would, and don't dog-track like a Nova. Of course I feel that they handle a lot better with a small-block, but I have that prejudice, that runs across brands.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 28, 2023 10:16 AM (jYCXf)

Nearly ordered mine as an SS with a 396, but, common sense ruled the day and I ordered it with the 350 small block, 350 trans. Those were the days when you could order the car anyway you wanted it. The car itself (including the rear) has 676,000 miles on the clock. I would snap a picture of the odometer every time it would turn over.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at February 28, 2023 10:20 AM (Zvtjl)

353 I agree that the Biden handlers are starving us of energy for a political purpose. As well as ruining our cities with crime. I mean, what other reason than hatred would cause a new mayor to implement the same policies that have failed in so many other cities?

It's the prelude to something big. Some kind of emergency power exercise.

Posted by: PJ at February 28, 2023 10:35 AM (G1dq6)

354 >>much better than the USA can manage

The last Canadian Hockey team to win the Stanley Cup was in 93.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 28, 2023 08:07 AM

NHL teams are not Canadian hockey teams (i.e. teams made up of 100% Canadian players).

NHL teams are just teams made up of some combination of international players which play their home games in either a USA city or a Canadian city.

Would be interesting to check the % of Canadian players on the Stanley Cup champion teams of the last 30 years.

Just checking my hometown team, Chicago Blackhawks:
2009-2010: 19/31 = 61%
2013: 16/32 = 50%
2014-2015: 15/37 = 41%

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 28, 2023 10:41 AM (Do5/p)

355 I have had the good fortune to hike & climb in the USA, Africa, South America, Oceania, and Asia. After some initial travel in non-western countries I developed my top 3 criteria for understanding any nation:

1) Education
2) Energy
3) Equality (Rule of Law v. Rule of Man)

For me those three criteria are not exclusive of other criteria, they just have the best predictive value for trying to understand a nation's Past, Present and Future.

• Energy: It is simply not possible to have a modern economy and society without energy. And that does not mean the country has to have abundant natural energy resources within its borders. However, it does mean that the country must have access to energy, and the ability to distribute energy throughout its borders (see Japan). Plus, the ability of most citizens to afford the energy.

Without a modern economy and society it is not possible to support a sizable "middle class". Keep in mind that in those "under privileged" countries, the 'ruling class' has access to energy, goods, etc.; which creates a de facto "two-tiered society".

Posted by: that guy at February 28, 2023 11:03 AM (BGkyf)

356 • Equality: My definition of Equality is centered on which of these dominate: 'Rule of Law' or 'Rule of Man. And the 'Rule of Law' is both the most beneficial and challenging.

I'll add that the 'Rule of Man' dominates throughout the world (see almost all non-Western nations & most continents). Which should be no surprise since a 'Ruling Class' has been the norm/ natural state throughout history – in any age, culture or society. And a 'Ruling Class' benefits the most from the 'Rule of Man'. As others have noted: Westerners who have enjoyed the blessings of life in a free society should understand that the life we've led since 1945 in the Western World is very rare in human history.

BTW – I have been researching major, post-WWI migrations events, and I have yet to find an event when mass numbers of citizens voluntarily left a country where the 'Rule of Law' dominated, to move to a country where the 'Rule of Man' dominated.

Posted by: that guy at February 28, 2023 11:07 AM (BGkyf)

357 • Education: This is the ability to provide a government funded, educational foundation - reading, math, science - to all children (K-12) throughout the country. While there are many benefits to elementary & secondary education, one of the most important is that it is an "equalizer". And over time it has also become a necessity to not only maintain a modern economy and society; but to create them in the first place.

In just my lifetime I have seen the education foundation in this country deteriorate (see PISA scores). And that is clearly not due to a lack of funding (see World Edu Spending). But it is almost certainly due in part to: 1) a shift in priorities within the “teaching industry”, and 2) an inability to meaningfully “measure” teacher & administrator performance.

Posted by: that guy at February 28, 2023 11:09 AM (BGkyf)

358 Reading the news, I sometimes feel that Vlad the Impailer had the right idea.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 28, 2023 12:31 PM (ynpvh)

359 CIA Director Doubts China's Readiness to Invade Taiwan

At least he wasn't one of the 51 "intelligence" officials to sign on paper that the Hunter Biden laptop had hallmarks of a Russian disinfo op...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 28, 2023 12:51 PM (ynpvh)

360 Mayan elf...
First time I've come across the term Alux. My mom referred to them as Duendes.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 28, 2023 12:53 PM (ynpvh)

361 Competence doesn't matter because votes don't matter. The DNC is going to bank enough mail-in votes in swing states before the presidential election that they can do whatever they want and still win.
Look at the mail-in vs. "day of" breakdown for Fetterman. He already won before he ever had to debate. That's likely the only reason he agreed to the debate.

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