Brace Yourselves For a Disorienting Shock: Silicon Valley Bank Routinely Donated to Gavin Newsom's Bagman Wife Before Gavin Newsome Selflessly Lobbied for Biden to Fill It With More Government Money

After Years of Lobbying and Donations, Gavin Newsom Stepped In To Sell Biden on Silicon Valley Bank Bailout
Failed bank has funneled cash to top Democrats
Susannah Luthi
March 14, 2023
California governor Gavin Newsom (D.) helped persuade President Joe Biden to bail out Silicon Valley Bank and was one of the first politicians to praise the move. His assistance comes years after the failed bank began lobbying California's government and donating to Newsom's wife.
Newsom helped convince Biden during a Saturday meeting that a bailout was necessary. In 2021, Silicon Valley Bank quietly gave $100,000 to Jennifer Siebel Newsom's California Partners Project as it was gearing up to lobby the state's university, pension, and teachers' retirement systems. The gift was the California's bank's largest contribution to any California entity that year.
It seems to have been a wise investment. Newsom issued a statement hours after the White House announced its bailout decision, lauding the Biden administration for acting "swiftly and decisively to protect the American economy" and praising the bailout as having "profoundly positive impacts on California." While what came of the bank's California lobbying campaign is unclear, both the state workers' and teachers' pensions are invested in the Silicon Valley Bank to the tune of $67 million and $11 million respectively, according to spokesmen.
Silicon Valley Bank and the Newsoms were a perfect match. California's first couple has come under fire for their ethically dubious relationships with donors, who have a habit of donating to one of Siebel Newsom's nonprofits whenever they need something from her husband's office. And the bank, which collapsed last week after announcing it did not have enough cash to cover withdrawals, has a history of making large financial donations to potential political allies.

Read the whole thing. As mentioned earlier, Gavin Newsom forgot to mention that he had money in SVB when he lobbied Biden to fill it up with more government money, and then bragged about his lobbying efforts, and praised Biden for backstopping depositors' accounts.

What Newsom failed to include in his praise for the Biden administration's decision to intervene on behalf of SVB's customers, whose money over the FDIC-insured amount of $250,000 was in limbo before the move was made, is that three of his wineries -- CADE, Odette, and PlumpJack -- are clients of the bank.
Originally pointed out by The Intercept, SVB's library of global assets names the three upscale wineries as customers.
"Newsom also maintained personal accounts at SVB for years, according to a longtime former employee of Newsom's who handled his finances, and who requested anonymity to avoid professional reprisal," reported Ken Klippenstein.

Newsom's flack responded that Newsom has his money in a "blind trust." The implication being that he wouldn't know where his companies keep their money.

That's bullsh!t anyway, but even if the blind trust prevented him from knowing this, his sister would know -- she administers his very air-quote " " " blind " " " trust. I'm sure she never mentioned that all of their money just evaporated, not ever, not even once.

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1 guys

Posted by: Ciampino - FJB with Red Adaire at March 15, 2023 05:19 PM (qfLjt)

2 Foist!

Posted by: Ciampino -- FJB with Red Adaire at March 15, 2023 05:19 PM (qfLjt)

3 Seems Legit... move on, what difference does it make...

Posted by: Inogame at March 15, 2023 05:19 PM (53oGX)

4 It's good to be king.

Posted by: Bosk at March 15, 2023 05:20 PM (ZVuYy)

5 I hear a server at SVS bank communicated with a server in a bank in RUSSIA over 2,000 times!!

Collusion!

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 15, 2023 05:22 PM (Watld)

6 Hey, Biden voters. How's your student loans doing?

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 15, 2023 05:22 PM (PyOKD)

7 So, when is Newsom going to jail? Any legally punishable crimes?

Posted by: Floridachick at March 15, 2023 05:22 PM (6w8Ql)

8 from what I hear there are major China connections as well. ... certainly the MAGA Americans must be forced to bailout China gambles, and the various corrupt entities that were being funded.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 15, 2023 05:23 PM (Cus5s)

9 This cements Gavin's cred as Presidential Timber!

Posted by: gourmand du jour at March 15, 2023 05:23 PM (jTmQV)

10 How much did Pelosi have at risk in SVB?

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 15, 2023 05:24 PM (PyOKD)

11 another point, there is insurance that can be bought on deposits over $250k, but why do that when the BigGuy will steal from America to pay off risky debt?

Posted by: illiniwek at March 15, 2023 05:24 PM (Cus5s)

12 Ah, so another BBB?

Biden Bails out Billionaires

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 15, 2023 05:24 PM (Watld)

13 Oh, here's were you all went yo

Posted by: Skip at March 15, 2023 05:25 PM (xhxe8)

14 Presidential material!

Posted by: runner at March 15, 2023 05:25 PM (EeVCB)

15 My sister would NEVER have mentioned all my money was gone.

She's the evil sister though.

Posted by: Glinda at March 15, 2023 05:25 PM (RLLZj)

16 Corrupto-crats gotta be corrupt.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 15, 2023 05:25 PM (ynpvh)

17 "Ethically dubious relationship?"

Translation: Even we can't avoid mentioning the issue, but, we'll use lofty language to obscure what's going on."

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at March 15, 2023 05:26 PM (2YtOq)

18 No-noodin' sonsabitches.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at March 15, 2023 05:26 PM (iKBwy)

19 I alerted downstairs doogies

Posted by: micky at March 15, 2023 05:26 PM (3byMq)

20 grrrr

Posted by: fd at March 15, 2023 05:26 PM (iayUP)

My shocked face

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 15, 2023 05:26 PM (Q4IgG)

22 7 So, when is Newsom going to jail? Any legally punishable crimes?

Posted by: Floridachick at March 15, 2023 05:22 PM (6w8Ql)

DOJ finds he did nothing wrong; all wrongdoing stems from Trump.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 15, 2023 05:26 PM (ynpvh)

23 The point of government is to take as much money from you for them as they can.

Things make a lot more sense once you apply this lens.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 15, 2023 05:26 PM (lc5cP)

24 Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), the ranking member on the House Financial Services Committee, said she plans to give back the campaign donations ($2500) she received from the political action committee for Silicon Valley Bank.

.. well, this ought to make them whole

Posted by: SMOD at March 15, 2023 05:27 PM (RHGPo)

25
$200B for svb

$87k for East Palestine, OH

Not that anyone is noticing

But this stuff is way bad

Posted by: Yo ultra MAGA at March 15, 2023 05:27 PM (eEHEH)

26 Newsom is as slimy as he looks.

Posted by: Javems at March 15, 2023 05:27 PM (AmoqO)

27 See? Too well connected to fail.

Posted by: huerfano at March 15, 2023 05:27 PM (dTFZY)

28 A "blind trust" you say?

Like how all these Congressmen and Senators see 1,000% increases in their personal wealth?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 15, 2023 05:27 PM (Watld)

29 Hairgel has to stay in place to get Joey to do the Cali bailout for the reparations.

Posted by: micky at March 15, 2023 05:28 PM (3byMq)

30 25
$200B for svb

$87k for East Palestine, OH

Not that anyone is noticing

But this stuff is way bad

Posted by: Yo ultra MAGA at March 15, 2023 05:27 PM (eEHEH)

That article in the Morning Report that said the bailout of SVC could be the first step towards bank nationalization...what could POSSIBLY go wrong with that?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 15, 2023 05:28 PM (ynpvh)

31 26 Newsom is as slimy as he looks.

Posted by: Javems at March 15, 2023 05:27 PM (AmoqO)

oleaginous

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 15, 2023 05:28 PM (ynpvh)

32 Siebel sounds like a voting machine.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 15, 2023 05:29 PM (63Dwl)

33 Never would have guessed. Ever!

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at March 15, 2023 05:29 PM (ytSiK)

34 If you ever met Newsome's wife, you'd be wondering WTF anyone would be giving her monies for...other than to spend a long weekend in Dubai, sucking off your camels.

Posted by: garrett at March 15, 2023 05:30 PM (a2jJd)

35 I was told by Biden and the MSM that this was Trump's fault.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 15, 2023 05:30 PM (NpAcC)

36 Breaking from a Credit Suisse employee: “panic, meltdowns, people crying.”

European bank stocks crashed 7% today, down 15% in the last week, erasing all the gains YTD

Posted by: SMOD at March 15, 2023 05:30 PM (RHGPo)

37 Gruesome is my odds on bet to be 2024 Democrat nomination

Posted by: Skip at March 15, 2023 05:30 PM (xhxe8)

38 31 26 Newsom is as slimy as he looks.

Posted by: Javems at March 15, 2023 05:27 PM (AmoqO)

oleaginous

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 15, 2023 05:28 PM (ynpvh)

Ha. I learned a new word. Now if I could just pronounce it.

Posted by: Javems at March 15, 2023 05:31 PM (AmoqO)

39 "blind trust."

Two nuns are ordered to paint a room in the convent, and the last instruction of the Mother Superior is that they must not get even a drop of paint on their habits.

After conferring about this for a while, the two nuns decide to lock the door of the room, strip off their habits, and paint in the nude. In the middle of the project, there comes a knock at the door.

"Who is it?" calls one of the nuns.

"Blind man," replies a voice from the other side of the door.

The two nuns look at each other and shrug, and, deciding that no harm can come from letting a blind man into the room, they open the door.
"Nice tits," says the man, "where do you want these blinds?"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 15, 2023 05:31 PM (ynpvh)

40 Dear people who are burdened with student loans and voted for Biden to cancel the loans....

HAHAHAHAH!! SUCKERS!! You get nothing! Millionaires and billionaires get the money you voted for you to get! HAHAHAHAH! Dumb fucks! How's that Biden ass taste?

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at March 15, 2023 05:32 PM (Wy1BU)

41 Being very slimy is a Democrat strong point

Posted by: Skip at March 15, 2023 05:32 PM (xhxe8)

42 Newsome's first wife was Kimberly Guilfoyle, right?

That's how you know the simulation is winking at us.

Posted by: blaster at March 15, 2023 05:32 PM (pwExq)

43 38 31 26 Newsom is as slimy as he looks.

Posted by: Javems at March 15, 2023 05:27 PM (AmoqO)

oleaginous

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 15, 2023 05:28 PM (ynpvh)

Ha. I learned a new word. Now if I could just pronounce it.

Posted by: Javems at March 15, 2023 05:31 PM (AmoqO)

Is unctuous easier?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 15, 2023 05:32 PM (ynpvh)

44 >>Gruesome is my odds on bet to be 2024 Democrat nomination

Why nominate a Dime Store Matthew McConaughey when you can elect the Real Thing?

Posted by: Mattew McConaughey at March 15, 2023 05:32 PM (a2jJd)

45 I feel so disoriented. And shocked.

Shocked, I tell ya!

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at March 15, 2023 05:32 PM (Mzdiz)

46
That article in the Morning Report that said the bailout of SVC could be the first step towards bank nationalization...what could POSSIBLY go wrong with that?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Bank, ein DigiCoin

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 15, 2023 05:33 PM (63Dwl)

47 I'd be a real pity if somebody stole a cropduster, filled the tanks with Roundup, and buzzed Newsom's vineyards.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 15, 2023 05:33 PM (tkR6S)

48 This entire thing stinks the more that is revealed. A longtime examiner told me today it's highly unusual, including the resolution. Even if you look at the relatively simple accounting in their BHCR, it shows a growing unrealized loss and shrinking balance sheet about which SVB and the regulators did nothing. Almost as if they knew there would be a bailout. That's before you get to the FDIC illegally creating a list of preferred buyers and black listing some institutions. That's the next shoe to drop.

Posted by: Marcus T at March 15, 2023 05:33 PM (IaTa3)

49 Breaking from a Credit Suisse employee: “panic, meltdowns, people crying.”

European bank stocks crashed 7% today, down 15% in the last week, erasing all the gains YTD

Posted by: SMOD at March 15, 2023 05:30 PM (RHGPo)

There's no crying in bank failures. Window sill hurdles or STFU.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 15, 2023 05:33 PM (PyOKD)

50 I think it is O-lig-e-nous.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 15, 2023 05:33 PM (zZu0s)

51 It almost sound like Newsome has some White liberal privilege he is leveraging. But that can't be. Dems are as pure as the driven snow.

Posted by: Ripley at March 15, 2023 05:33 PM (cUYo/)

52 47 I'd be a real pity if somebody stole a cropduster, filled the tanks with Roundup, and buzzed Newsom's vineyards.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 15, 2023 05:33 PM (tkR6S)

Why that would be a violation of CA Prop 65!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 15, 2023 05:34 PM (ynpvh)

53 I thought it was o-lee-A-gin-us

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at March 15, 2023 05:34 PM (Mzdiz)

54 Is it starting? Comerica, one of the biggest banks in Detroit, is being downgraded by Moody's and runs on banks was mentioned today. https://tinyurl.com/yck997sj

Posted by: NaughtyPine at March 15, 2023 05:34 PM (fxCK2)

55 Where was Gavin while Californians were dying from the weather? Is Cabo more acceptable than Cancun?

Posted by: not Ted Cruz at March 15, 2023 05:35 PM (dTFZY)

56 There's no crying in bank failures. Window sill hurdles or STFU.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 15, 2023 05:33 PM (PyOKD)

Anyone see Defenestrus in the past could days?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 15, 2023 05:35 PM (zZu0s)

57 Shocked! I'm shocked to learn that there was gambling going on with the depositor's money.

Posted by: Archer at March 15, 2023 05:35 PM (gmo/4)

58 50 I think it is O-lig-e-nous.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 15, 2023 05:33 PM (zZu0s)

ō″lē-ăj′ə-nəs

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 15, 2023 05:35 PM (ynpvh)

59 Is unctuous easier?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 15, 2023 05:32 PM (ynpvh)

New words are hard.

Posted by: Javems at March 15, 2023 05:35 PM (AmoqO)

60 I'm sorry, Ace, but for learning and sharing this story, we are going to have to confiscate your domain and block your access to computers. You're risking democracy by spreading misinformation.

Posted by: Mark Kelly (D-AZ) at March 15, 2023 05:35 PM (aXxgO)

61 That's before you get to the FDIC illegally creating a list of preferred buyers and black listing some institutions. That's the next shoe to drop.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 15, 2023 05:33 PM (IaTa3)

So someone is going to be held accountable, right?

Right?

Posted by: blaster at March 15, 2023 05:36 PM (pwExq)

62 o·le·ag·i·nous

per the internet. Miley was closer.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 15, 2023 05:36 PM (zZu0s)

63 >> Comerica, one of the biggest banks in Detroit, is being downgraded by Moody's

The Tigers will be playing in DogFart Stadium by 2025,

Posted by: garrett at March 15, 2023 05:36 PM (a2jJd)

64 57 Shocked! I'm shocked to learn that there was gambling going on with the depositor's money.

Posted by: Archer at March 15, 2023 05:35 PM (gmo/4)

Link I posted in earlier threads:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3AM00DH0Zo

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 15, 2023 05:36 PM (ynpvh)

65 Has Credit Suisse gone tits-up, yet?

Posted by: garrett at March 15, 2023 05:37 PM (a2jJd)

66 #58 yeah, I just don't know the symbols. AJ would have been better.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at March 15, 2023 05:37 PM (Mzdiz)

67 I thought it was o-lee-A-gin-us
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at March 15, 2023 05:34 PM (Mzdiz)

My thought, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 15, 2023 05:37 PM (tkR6S)

68
Just got told that if I wanna buy a used car that I have leased I have to bring a certified check for the amount. Never had that experience before. A check was always good enough. Because, you know, jail time for bad checks.

Shit's getting real. When used car salesmen don't trust banks that's a big freakin' 'tell'.

Posted by: Name Withheld Upon Request at March 15, 2023 05:37 PM (enJYY)

69 The Aristocrats.

Posted by: Holy Crap at March 15, 2023 05:38 PM (glGDV)

70 Ole's a genius.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 15, 2023 05:38 PM (63Dwl)

71 ō″lē-ăj′ə-nəs
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 15, 2023 05:35 PM (ynpvh)

That's a mouthful.*

...

*that's what she said.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 15, 2023 05:38 PM (zZu0s)

72 Fill Lake Mead now. Because diesel is so expensive.

Posted by: Holy Crap at March 15, 2023 05:39 PM (glGDV)

73 Nothing will be done about it. Of course. I think it's time for me to take another news fast. Can't stand to be continually outraged.

Posted by: Martin Tell at March 15, 2023 05:39 PM (Lv6/f)

74 The Tigers will be playing in DogFart Stadium by 2025,
Posted by: garrett at March 15, 2023 05:36 PM

Maybe it could just be Tiger Stadium - you know, all retro and Great Depression-y.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at March 15, 2023 05:39 PM (fxCK2)

75 are you saying that grusome and biden are corrupt as the day is long? It sounds like you are saying that grusome and biden are as corrupt as the day is long.

Please say what you mean.

Posted by: corruption here, corruption there...whatta ya know , theres corruption everywhere at March 15, 2023 05:39 PM (89Sog)

76 Good thing I invested in Enron.

Posted by: Cali Hobo Union, District 23 at March 15, 2023 05:39 PM (tNszJ)

77 Remember, Biden assured us inflation was not serious and transitory so everybody should totally calm down and believe it when he said your deposits are safe.

Posted by: Ripley at March 15, 2023 05:40 PM (cUYo/)

78 51 It almost sound like Newsome has some White liberal privilege he is leveraging. But that can't be. Dems are as pure as the driven snow.

Posted by: Ripley at March 15, 2023 05:33 PM (cUYo/)
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Nah, brown snow.

Posted by: Ciampino - do bears shit in the snow? at March 15, 2023 05:40 PM (qfLjt)

79 The difference between right and left wing corruption is that the left is proud of it and makes an art of it

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 15, 2023 05:40 PM (EVR4i)

80 Shit's getting real. When used car salesmen don't trust banks that's a big freakin' 'tell'.
Posted by: Name Withheld Upon Request at March 15, 2023 05:37 PM (enJYY)
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And it's a tell the dealership doesn't understand the certified check is only good as long as the bank issuing the check remains solvent.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at March 15, 2023 05:40 PM (2YtOq)

81
Maybe it could just be Tiger Stadium - you know, all retro and Great Depression-y.
Posted by: NaughtyPine

With actual tigers.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 15, 2023 05:40 PM (63Dwl)

82 I bet she would not bla bla till he bla bla. Which is bla bla.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at March 15, 2023 05:42 PM (gb5tG)

83 Would "Disorienting Shock" be a better name for a drink or a band?

Posted by: fd at March 15, 2023 05:42 PM (iayUP)

84 Maybe it could just be Tiger Stadium - you know, all retro and Great Depression-y.
Posted by: NaughtyPine

With actual tigers.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 15, 2023 05:40 PM

That's the Detroit Zoo. Also could go retro at any time.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at March 15, 2023 05:42 PM (fxCK2)

85 It is a charmed circle. We are excluded, shunned, and spit upon.

Posted by: washrivergal at March 15, 2023 05:43 PM (5MGmV)

86 83 Would "Disorienting Shock" be a better name for a drink or a band?

Posted by: fd at March 15, 2023 05:42 PM (iayUP)

Sounds like a roofie...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 15, 2023 05:43 PM (ynpvh)

87 Just got told that if I wanna buy a used car that I have leased I have to bring a certified check for the amount. Never had that experience before. A check was always good enough. Because, you know, jail time for bad checks.

Shit's getting real. When used car salesmen don't trust banks that's a big freakin' 'tell'.
Posted by: Name Withheld Upon Request at March 15, 2023 05:37 PM (enJYY)

Should have just hired Jaromir Jagr to run down to the dealership with the cash. He's a certified Czech.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 15, 2023 05:43 PM (tkR6S)

88 Posted by: fd at March 15, 2023 05:42 PM (iayUP)

And.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at March 15, 2023 05:43 PM (Wy1BU)

89 The Balls on these ... guys?

Posted by: Paladin at March 15, 2023 05:43 PM (7qvpm)

90 "I'd be a real pity if somebody stole a cropduster, filled the tanks with Roundup, and buzzed Newsom's vineyards."

or a small drone spraying a little 2-4D ... grapes really hate even low levels of 2-4D ... I damage my own every year, the Roundup is not the issue usually, but just a little 2-4D drift leaves a mark.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 15, 2023 05:44 PM (Cus5s)

91 FD, cool hash [ (iayUP) ]

How far up are you?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 15, 2023 05:44 PM (ynpvh)

92
And it's a tell the dealership doesn't understand the certified check is only good as long as the bank issuing the check remains solvent.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at March 15, 2023 05:40 PM

Part of the money they will have to certify is from a transfer from a 'regional bank' whose stock lost 25% of it's value on Monday. So may be a last minute nail-biter. I may have to walk. As in walk home.

♪ And I'm wasted and I can't find my way home ♪

Posted by: Name Withheld Upon Request at March 15, 2023 05:45 PM (enJYY)

93 Well, I succeeded in getting $300 in cash out of the ATM today. So there's that.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 15, 2023 05:45 PM (tkR6S)

94

NOBODY expects the DNC/Big Tech axis of evil!

Posted by: Cardinal Fang Fang at March 15, 2023 05:46 PM (ZeUWC)

95 Good stuff, ace. I mean, your stuff. The "stuff" in question is, of course, horrendous.

Just breathe in the Third World, brazen corruption. It's rich, has depth of flavor. Might even be detecting some cedar or cocoa on the palate.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 15, 2023 05:46 PM (OTzUX)

96 Ok,missed last thread.
Those Nigerian brothers were hilarious.

Now they should give Newsom a noogie.
To leave a mark.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 15, 2023 05:46 PM (ufFY8)

97 Newsom will serve no whine before its time.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at March 15, 2023 05:46 PM (Vwz3I)

98 Newsom/Bankman-Fried 2024 -- More Than Your Money, Trust Us With Your Lives!

Posted by: ShainS -- The Abolition of The West is from Men Without Chests at March 15, 2023 05:46 PM (f3noK)

99 > And it's a tell the dealership doesn't understand the certified check is only good as long as the bank issuing the check remains solvent.
____________

Anyone have a cashiers/bank/certified check from SVB I could.... ummm, scan?

*struts off to car lot with "new check"

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 15, 2023 05:47 PM (Q4IgG)

100 "How far up are you?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)"

Not very. I rank below the cats, but above the goldfish.

Posted by: fd at March 15, 2023 05:47 PM (iayUP)

101 87
Should have just hired Jaromir Jagr to run down to the dealership with the cash. He's a certified Czech.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 15, 2023 05:43 PM (tkR6S)
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And if he got eaten by a bear on the way there, it would be okay to say "The Czech is in the male?"

Posted by: Ciampino -- do bears shit in the snow? at March 15, 2023 05:47 PM (qfLjt)

102 Marcus T., appreciate your factoids and expertise here. They help to further darken an already grim landscape!

Have a relative who was an FDIC guy, involved in some of the biggest failure clean-ups, back in the day. Can't imagine what he'd think about this.

It's just two worlds now. Much of the past, and the depth to which things have sunk now.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 15, 2023 05:48 PM (OTzUX)

103 This matters.

Does not matter.

Posted by: Golfman at March 15, 2023 05:51 PM (mRQ4I)

104 Did my biggest spray of Round-Up, evah, last week. The incredible (for here) rainzzz and a few other factors have led to weeds sprouting like humanitarian aid NGOs for Ukrainian refugees. More rainzzz today, but have to say I was not impressed with results. Typically there are isolated weeds, this case we're talking small, verdant patches of same. Some of them clearly dying, but only about 1/3.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 15, 2023 05:51 PM (OTzUX)

105 104 Did my biggest spray of Round-Up, evah, last week. The incredible (for here) rainzzz and a few other factors have led to weeds sprouting like humanitarian aid NGOs for Ukrainian refugees. More rainzzz today, but have to say I was not impressed with results. Typically there are isolated weeds, this case we're talking small, verdant patches of same. Some of them clearly dying, but only about 1/3.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 15, 2023 05:51 PM (OTzUX)

Where you be, rhomboid? Getting lots of weeds here in San Diego due to the "Atmospheric River".

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 15, 2023 05:53 PM (ynpvh)

106 Marcus T., appreciate your factoids and expertise here. They help to further darken an already grim landscape!

Have a relative who was an FDIC guy, involved in some of the biggest failure clean-ups, back in the day. Can't imagine what he'd think about this.

It's just two worlds now. Much of the past, and the depth to which things have sunk now.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 15, 2023 05:48 PM (OTzUX)
***
Concur.
Appreciate the input as well Marcus T. I have an MBA but I think I'm so out of date...I've no idea where to begin on this stuff.
It is sad, depressing and infuriating.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 15, 2023 05:53 PM (anj39)

107 "rhomboid, he wouldn't recognize what's going on now. They've been diverted into so many things that ultimately have zero to do with safety and soundness, it's frightening. You might say it's not surprising this happened. Especially if SVB would be backstopped by taxpayers. What do you need examiners for in that case?

Posted by: Marcus T at March 15, 2023 05:53 PM (IaTa3)

108 The Tigers will be playing in DogFart Stadium by 2025,
Posted by: garrett at March 15, 2023 05:36 PM

Maybe it could just be Tiger Stadium - you know, all retro and Great Depression-y.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at March 15, 2023 05:39 PM (fxCK2)

And use the AI voice impression software for an Ernie Harwell play-by-play.

Posted by: mrp at March 15, 2023 05:53 PM (rj6Yv)

109 Pramitol. FTW.

Posted by: Golfman at March 15, 2023 05:53 PM (mRQ4I)

110 Typically there are isolated weeds, this case we're talking small, verdant patches of same. Some of them clearly dying, but only about 1/3.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 15, 2023 05:51 PM (OTzUX)

If it rains before the Roundup is fully absorbed, that can happen. Give them another dose; maybe mix it a little hotter.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 15, 2023 05:53 PM (tkR6S)

111
Corruption here is reaching the point that it's an insult to banana republics to compare us to them.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at March 15, 2023 05:57 PM (Mzdiz)

112 Chip Roy proudly supports Ron DeSantis for President in 2024.

The foundation is cracking.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 15, 2023 05:59 PM (DMyTF)

113
So, in one day... A NJ city government got rooked by a dude named Swami into buying some PR stunt with a city that exists only in the grandiose dreams of a South Asian con-man.

The hot new reality show is "To Catch a Peanut-Butter Thief: The Juicy Smollier Story." It's about the time a retarded person was able to rook the city of Chicago and its police force, and get away with it because the DA and he worked on our VP's Senate campaign together.

And now, the governor of the largest state in the union is demanding that I pay for the excesses of a bank that greased up his whore wife.

Today, I learned something: comedians can't make fun of our leadership, because no joke is funnier than this shit.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 15, 2023 05:59 PM (oINRc)

114
Did my biggest spray of Round-Up, evah, last week.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 15, 2023 05:51 PM

Some knuckle-head third world landscapers my neighbors employ drop their hot weedwhackers, leaf blowers, spray containers, and assorted crap on my lawn. Dead grass. So I asked them if they use Roundup. The claim is they use only vinegar.

This is not an official endorsement. Subject to term and conditions and not valid in all states. Redemption value 1/20th of one cent. Do not use vinegar if allergic to vinegar. If erection lasts for more then four hours after application of vinegar count yourself as lucky.

Posted by: Name Withheld Upon Request at March 15, 2023 05:59 PM (enJYY)

115 I think it would be easier if we'd list the DC congress critters who aren't totally corrupt and on the take.

There's Trump. Any others? Can't think of any more.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 15, 2023 06:00 PM (BdMk6)

116
Tucker did a piece last night on how ridiculous SVB and Signature Bank were. There was only one guy on the SVB board who was an actual banker -- who knew anything about running a bank.

The rest were a bunch of woke lunatics, Dem donors, and such. No wonder Kelly wants to censor information about it. If people begin to realize just how incompetent the management of these "banks" are, there would be a run.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at March 15, 2023 06:00 PM (Mzdiz)

117 Typically there are isolated weeds, this case we're talking small, verdant patches of same. Some of them clearly dying, but only about 1/3.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 15, 2023 05:51 PM (OTzUX)

Most weed problems are annuals. Roundup is systemic and takes time. Especially when it's cool.

My cocktail is 2% RoundUp (for systemic action), 1% Diquat (for quick knockdown) and a dash of Specticle (indaziflam) for long term pre-emergent. $$$

Posted by: Golfman at March 15, 2023 06:01 PM (BLVc0)

118 >>Did my biggest spray of Round-Up, evah, last week.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 15, 2023 05:51 PM

Piker. I use Tri-oxin vegetation killer. Nothing grows back for 2 years.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 15, 2023 06:02 PM (DMyTF)

119 DC politicians not just congress

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 15, 2023 06:02 PM (BdMk6)

120 Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), the ranking member on the House Financial Services Committee, said she plans to give back the campaign donations ($2500) she received from the political action committee for Silicon Valley Bank.

.. well, this ought to make them whole
Posted by: SMOD at March 15, 2023 05:27 PM (RHGPo)

She's such a lightweight if she let a big bank like this get off only paying her 2500 dollars, which her staffers likely spent on pizza lunches for a few weeks.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 15, 2023 06:02 PM (eoQWY)

121 Of course SVB donated to Democrats. Giving money to our local franchise managers is just smart business. It is a wise move to curry favor with the heads of the national syndicate, too. After all, we can make your life pretty miserable, or save your ass when you get yourselves in trouble. Your choice.

Posted by: President Camacho Biden Press Release at March 15, 2023 06:02 PM (f0hoU)

122 Typically there are isolated weeds, this case we're talking small, verdant patches of same. Some of them clearly dying, but only about 1/3.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 15, 2023 05:51 PM (OTzUX)

Most weed problems are annuals. Roundup is systemic and takes time. Especially when it's cool.

My cocktail is 2% RoundUp (for systemic action), 1% Diquat (for quick knockdown) and a dash of Specticle (indaziflam) for long term pre-emergent. $$$
Posted by: Golfman at March 15, 2023 06:01 PM (BLVc0)

A blowtorch is more fun.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 15, 2023 06:03 PM (eoQWY)

123 Democrats are more twisted than Billy Clinton's pecker.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at March 15, 2023 06:04 PM (17s+e)

124 122 Typically there are isolated weeds, this case we're talking small, verdant patches of same. Some of them clearly dying, but only about 1/3.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 15, 2023 05:51 PM (OTzUX)

Most weed problems are annuals. Roundup is systemic and takes time. Especially when it's cool.

My cocktail is 2% RoundUp (for systemic action), 1% Diquat (for quick knockdown) and a dash of Specticle (indaziflam) for long term pre-emergent. $$$
Posted by: Golfman at March 15, 2023 06:01 PM (BLVc0)

A blowtorch is more fun.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 15, 2023 06:03 PM (eoQWY)

In Kali I'd need a burn permit...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 15, 2023 06:04 PM (ynpvh)

125 >Did my biggest spray of Round-Up, evah, last week.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 15, 2023 05:51 PM

Piker. I use Tri-oxin vegetation killer. Nothing grows back for 2 years.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 15, 2023 06:02 PM (DMyTF)

Go to a biotech lab and ask for some used xylene. That shit kills plants real good.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 15, 2023 06:04 PM (BdMk6)

126
Of course SVB donated to Democrats.

------

Dude, it's called "Silicon Valley Bank."

It's right in the name. If they'd called it "The DNC Slush Fund, Inc." it would be less obvious.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 15, 2023 06:05 PM (oINRc)

127 My cocktail is 2% RoundUp (for systemic action), 1% Diquat (for quick knockdown) and a dash of Specticle (indaziflam) for long term pre-emergent. $$$
Posted by: Golfman at March 15, 2023 06:01 PM (BLVc0)

Might should add... only non selective. Not a combination for over the top.

Posted by: Golfman at March 15, 2023 06:05 PM (BLVc0)

128 123 Democrats are more twisted than Billy Clinton's pecker.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at March 15, 2023 06:04 PM (17s+e)

You got my pecker beat there

Posted by: daffy Duck at March 15, 2023 06:05 PM (ynpvh)

129 Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), the ranking member on the House Financial Services Committee, said she plans to give back the campaign donations ($2500) she received from the political action committee for Silicon Valley Bank.

.. well, this ought to make them whole
Posted by: SMOD at March 15, 2023 05:27 PM (RHGPo)
===

I'll bet everything I own that Mad Max never does this even though it is only $2500 wink, wink.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at March 15, 2023 06:05 PM (17s+e)

130 The Tigers will be playing in DogFart Stadium by 2025,
Posted by: garrett at March 15, 2023 05:36 PM

Maybe it could just be Tiger Stadium - you know, all retro and Great Depression-y.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at March 15, 2023 05:39 PM (fxCK2)

And use the AI voice impression software for an Ernie Harwell play-by-play.
Posted by: mrp at March 15, 2023 05:53 PM

Sounds of my childhood! Yeah!

Posted by: NaughtyPine at March 15, 2023 06:05 PM (fxCK2)

131 Did Chip Roy provide any details or is he just suffering from not getting his TDS boostah or fanboying?
Ron, Ron, he's our man, if he can't do it, eh, I got nothing.

Posted by: micky at March 15, 2023 06:05 PM (3byMq)

132 Remember, Biden assured us inflation was not serious and transitory so everybody should totally calm down and believe it when he said your deposits are safe.
Posted by: Ripley at March 15, 2023 05:40 PM (cUYo/)

he never said corruption and incompetence weren't serious and omnipresent, though.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 15, 2023 06:06 PM (eoQWY)

133 Did I hear correctly that the Russki's just took out one of our planes?

Posted by: Ben Had at March 15, 2023 06:06 PM (wF9pH)

134 In Kali I'd need a burn permit...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 15, 2023 06:04 PM (ynpvh)

Tell them its for a salad.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 15, 2023 06:06 PM (eoQWY)

135 Russia is fishing the drone from the depths right meow.
How unprofessional.

Posted by: micky at March 15, 2023 06:07 PM (3byMq)

136 Did I hear correctly that the Russki's just took out one of our planes?
Posted by: Ben Had at March 15, 2023 06:06 PM (wF9pH)

A drone

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 15, 2023 06:07 PM (EVR4i)

137 >>Go to a biotech lab and ask for some used xylene. That shit kills plants real good.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

I will check into this. Thanks,

A few years ago I used Crossbow to wipe out some of natures barbwire, blackberry bushes. That stuff is like battery acid mixed with jet fuel. Killed them otright roots and all.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 15, 2023 06:07 PM (DMyTF)

138 I was more than a little surprised when I went to the bank to take out my monthly walking around cash that there were not big lines.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at March 15, 2023 06:07 PM (17s+e)

139
If people begin to realize just how incompetent the management of these "banks" are, there would be a run.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at March 15, 2023 06:00 PM

The 'old days' of people lined up outside a bank waiting to get inside and withdrawal their funds? With today's tech? Think about it for a minute. They're on the 'net madly swiping left and right.

I mean those with a few bucks. The rest are screwed by the guy they got ten bucks a ballot to stuff for. I'd like to think I'm a better person who has some empathy for the ballot stuffers. Sadly, I'm not that better person.

Posted by: Name Withheld Upon Request at March 15, 2023 06:08 PM (enJYY)

140 Did I hear correctly that the Russki's just took out one of our planes?
Posted by: Ben Had at March 15, 2023 06:06 PM (wF9pH)

A drone spy plane of ours running into their exclusion zone with its ID turned off. The pissed some fuel onto its face and 'accidentally' clipped its prop so that it crashed. They also recovered it, which is embarrassing for our spooks.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 15, 2023 06:08 PM (eoQWY)

141 Did my biggest spray of Round-Up, evah, last week.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 15, 2023 05:51 PM

Piker. I use Tri-oxin vegetation killer. Nothing grows back for 2 years.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 15, 2023 06:02 PM (DMyTF)

Go to a biotech lab and ask for some used xylene. That shit kills plants real good.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 15, 2023 06:04 PM (BdMk6)

That vinyl chloride stuff looks pretty effective.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at March 15, 2023 06:09 PM (k23SO)

142 A weed is a plant you don't want to grow where it is growing.

Simply decide you want that plant right where it is, to grow and prosper.

Presto! No more weeds!

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 15, 2023 06:09 PM (U2p+3)

143 134 In Kali I'd need a burn permit...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 15, 2023 06:04 PM (ynpvh)

Tell them its for a salad.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 15, 2023 06:06 PM (eoQWY)

Fire roasted tomatoes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 15, 2023 06:09 PM (zZu0s)

144 NGU, no. They were saying it was a plane,not the drone.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 15, 2023 06:09 PM (wF9pH)

145 Yay!

Stealing from the Middle and Working Classes to give to not just the Rich, but-

The MegaWealthy.

Man, they aren't kidding when they say it's easy for the rich to make money.

Sweet gig, Robber Barons, sweet gig!

Posted by: naturalfake at March 15, 2023 06:10 PM (L1tQx)

146 Nicholas Fondacaro
@NickFondacaro

Sunny Hostin claims she hasn't been to a grocery store in three years for fear of COVID.
"I haven't been in a supermarket [since] COVID - for about three years. That's when I discovered Instacart. I give them a big tip."

https://tinyurl.com/muvz8c54

Posted by: redridinghood at March 15, 2023 06:10 PM (NpAcC)

147 135 Russia is fishing the drone from the depths right meow.
How unprofessional.

Posted by: micky at March 15, 2023 06:07 PM (3byMq)

They are being good environmental stewards.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at March 15, 2023 06:10 PM (k23SO)

148 Did my biggest spray of Round-Up, evah, last week.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 15, 2023 05:51 PM

Piker. I use Tri-oxin vegetation killer. Nothing grows back for 2 years.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 15, 2023 06:02 PM (DMyTF)

Go to a biotech lab and ask for some used xylene. That shit kills plants real good.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 15, 2023 06:04 PM (BdMk6)

That vinyl chloride stuff looks pretty effective.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at March 15, 2023 06:09 PM (k23SO)

hard to get them to run a rail line into your yard

Posted by: Oldcat at March 15, 2023 06:10 PM (eoQWY)

149 A drone spy plane of ours running into their exclusion zone with its ID turned off. The pissed some fuel onto its face and 'accidentally' clipped its prop so that it crashed. They also recovered it, which is embarrassing for our spooks.

Posted by: Oldcat
===

The only thing I believe in that is that the Russians recovered the drone. Everything else will need multiple avenues of independent verification. Gulf of Tonkin anybody?

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at March 15, 2023 06:10 PM (17s+e)

150 Sounds of my childhood! Yeah!
Posted by: NaughtyPine at March 15, 2023 06:05 PM (fxCK2)

Mine, too.

Posted by: mrp at March 15, 2023 06:11 PM (rj6Yv)

151 hard to get them to run a rail line into your yard
Posted by: Oldcat at March 15, 2023 06:10 PM (eoQWY)
----

Derailment might get the job done.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at March 15, 2023 06:11 PM (2YtOq)

152 >>Sunny Hostin claims she hasn't been to a grocery store in three years for fear of COVID.

A quick look at her ass and I think she is lying.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 15, 2023 06:11 PM (DMyTF)

153 NGU, no. They were saying it was a plane,not the drone.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 15, 2023 06:09 PM (wF9pH)

yes, they are trying to pump some rage up, but it was a drone near the Russian base in Crimea.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 15, 2023 06:11 PM (eoQWY)

154 Well, a Republican city councilman from Fresno had an account at SVB so both sides!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 15, 2023 06:11 PM (aX9WI)

155 Sunny Hostin claims she hasn't been to a grocery store in three years for fear of COVID.
"I haven't been in a supermarket [since] COVID - for about three years. That's when I discovered Instacart. I give them a big tip."
===

But only just the tip.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at March 15, 2023 06:12 PM (17s+e)

156 This admin does baby rattling, not sabre rattling.
Unacceptable and unprofessional. Sounds as gay as Trudeau-speak against the Canuck truckers unacceptable views.

Posted by: micky at March 15, 2023 06:12 PM (3byMq)

157 Did I hear correctly that the Russki's just took out one of our planes?
Posted by: Ben Had at March 15, 2023 06:06 PM (wF9pH)

A drone
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 15, 2023 06:07 PM (EVR4i)

My goodness! Is Jake Tapper okay?

Posted by: mrp at March 15, 2023 06:12 PM (rj6Yv)

158 This isn't a scandal because we are not going to call it a scandal.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 15, 2023 06:12 PM (aX9WI)

159 They also recovered it, which is embarrassing for our spooks.

=

Let's talk about the 82nd and 101st airborne deployed by Uke border.

Posted by: runner at March 15, 2023 06:13 PM (V13WU)

160 The only thing I believe in that is that the Russians recovered the drone. Everything else will need multiple avenues of independent verification. Gulf of Tonkin anybody?
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at March 15, 2023 06:10 PM (17s+e)

That description of the ID being off and being in Russian exclusion areas came from the Russian Ministry of Defense. The fuel being squirted on the drone came from the US / Nato description.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 15, 2023 06:13 PM (eoQWY)

161 Quagmire !

Posted by: runner at March 15, 2023 06:13 PM (V13WU)

162 157 Did I hear correctly that the Russki's just took out one of our planes?
Posted by: Ben Had at March 15, 2023 06:06 PM (wF9pH)

A drone
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 15, 2023 06:07 PM (EVR4i)

My goodness! Is Jake Tapper okay?
Posted by: mrp at March 15, 2023 06:12 PM (rj6Yv)

Was Brian Williams flying it?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 15, 2023 06:14 PM (BdMk6)

163 Let's talk about the 82nd and 101st airborne deployed by Uke border.

Posted by: runner at March 15, 2023 06:13 PM (V13WU)

They aren't going to do a lot better downrange of massed Russian guns than the Ukrainians are.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 15, 2023 06:14 PM (eoQWY)

164 Once you start holding politicians accountable for not disclosing financial interest in things they lobby the federal government to bail out, then you also prosecute women for seeking abortions

-Amanda Carpenter probably

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 15, 2023 06:15 PM (aX9WI)

165 And Mike Adams of A3P III has reiterated that blueshirtyellowtie guy is a paper tiger in his tech bad committee, not that we were expecting much from Jimmy anyway.

Posted by: micky at March 15, 2023 06:15 PM (3byMq)

166 International airspace is just that - international. Back in 1988 the Russians objected to the US navy transiting the "their" Black Sea exclusion zone and rammed two of our warships - one being the Yorktown.

Since when do we bend the knee? That's right. Today. Because

Posted by: 13times at March 15, 2023 06:15 PM (YzRj4)

167 I remember the Left was all upset when Walmart made arrangements with certain Mexican officials to fast-track the permitting of their stores.

Also worth noting is that this is yet another stunt that the Left is doing to reinforce why its important to be a Party Member. Membership has its benefits.

Since the Left looks at humanity as livestock; sporting the Circle-D brand and being their devoted chattel has its benefits while those who are not are destined for the slaughter house.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at March 15, 2023 06:15 PM (YXHzG)

168 I've sprayed acres for years, but only discovered the temp and relative humidity chart a few years ago.

https://tinyurl.com/24ahjyuu

now others recommended plenty to kill kill KILL on a small scale with a hot mix. But spraying in the right conditions is also important. Some stuff (can't recall the chemical at the moment) will kill the tops overnight, but leave the roots ...

Posted by: illiniwek at March 15, 2023 06:15 PM (Cus5s)

169 Deep State loves them a war

Posted by: Skip at March 15, 2023 06:16 PM (xhxe8)

170 I don't think they recovered the drone. yet.

Posted by: runner at March 15, 2023 06:16 PM (V13WU)

171 DELTE DELETE DELETE

Posted by: runner at March 15, 2023 06:17 PM (V13WU)

172 169 Deep State loves them a war

Posted by: Skip at March 15, 2023 06:16 PM (xhxe

Couch patriots, too.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at March 15, 2023 06:17 PM (k23SO)

173 Once you start holding politicians accountable for not disclosing financial interest in things they lobby the federal government to bail out, then you also prosecute women for seeking abortions.
==

Look holding politicians accountable for not disclosing financial interest in things they lobby the federal government to bail out IS A THREAT TO OUR SACRED DEMOCRACY.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at March 15, 2023 06:17 PM (17s+e)

174 Is Jimmy dead yet? That'll fix the news for a while

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at March 15, 2023 06:17 PM (Eeb9P)

175 V13WU)

They aren't going to do a lot better downrange of massed Russian guns than the Ukrainians are.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 15, 2023 06:14 PM (eoQWY)

Massed arty tends to clean the battlefield pretty well.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 15, 2023 06:17 PM (BdMk6)

176 I think some are missing the point, Biden is ready and willing to send them in. Is flkd up beyond measure.

Posted by: runner at March 15, 2023 06:19 PM (V13WU)

177 International airspace is just that - international. Back in 1988 the Russians objected to the US navy transiting the "their" Black Sea exclusion zone and rammed two of our warships - one being the Yorktown.

Since when do we bend the knee? That's right. Today. Because
Posted by: 13times at March 15, 2023 06:15 PM (YzRj4)

The US commonly puts no fly zones over places it doesn't want people coming near when a 'special military operation' is going on. the Russians are just doing what we do, and the report says it was within 60km of Sevestapol which if Russia claims 200 miles of water like some countries do is in their airspace.

Of course we pretend Russia doesn't own Crimea despite appearances, so we don't pay attention.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 15, 2023 06:19 PM (eoQWY)

178
Russia is fishing the drone from the depths right meow.

Are they using a catamaran?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 15, 2023 06:19 PM (63Dwl)

179 It was a predator. We probably abandoned a dozen of them in afghanistan. It is not like it was a top secret stealth drone that Obama handed the Iranians.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 15, 2023 06:19 PM (aX9WI)

180 Oldcat, Thank you for the clarification.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 15, 2023 06:19 PM (wF9pH)

181 Deep State loves them a war
Posted by: Skip
-----
Couch patriots, too.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger

I've been shot at with small arms, and been under indirect fire. The deep state can go camel fuck themselves with wanting a hot war with anyone.

Posted by: BifBewalski at March 15, 2023 06:20 PM (3CCua)

182 179 It was a predator. We probably abandoned a dozen of them in afghanistan. It is not like it was a top secret stealth drone that Obama handed the Iranians.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 15, 2023 06:19 PM (aX9WI)

What it was up to may be embarrassing though.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at March 15, 2023 06:21 PM (eYoxG)

183 Unctuous is a great word. Robert Novak called my former congressman Maurice Hinchey that back in 90s. Both of them are gone but Hinchey's daughter is now my state senator. Standard leftist drone

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 15, 2023 06:21 PM (dDBj4)

184 The fuel being squirted on the drone came from the US / Nato description.

Russian pilot's way of pissing on them. No wonder the Pentagram called it "unprofessional". I'm surprised the other pilot didn't draw a smoke dick in the sky before returning to base.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at March 15, 2023 06:21 PM (YXHzG)

185 It was a predator. We probably abandoned a dozen of them in afghanistan. It is not like it was a top secret stealth drone that Obama handed the Iranians.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 15, 2023 06:19 PM (aX9WI)

Russia bought a license from Iran to make those. Also the nifty kamikaze drones they designed.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 15, 2023 06:22 PM (eoQWY)

186 These crooks are brazen here and now, but there will be a reckoning.

Posted by: Eromero at March 15, 2023 06:22 PM (MF3yS)

187 DO you know where your drones are ?

Posted by: runner at March 15, 2023 06:22 PM (V13WU)

188 I've been shot at with small arms, and been under indirect fire. The deep state can go camel fuck themselves with wanting a hot war with anyone.
Posted by: BifBewalski at March 15, 2023 06:20 PM (3CCua)
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The deep state seems to believe they can bleed out Russian manpower without Russia deciding they're desperate.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at March 15, 2023 06:22 PM (2YtOq)

189 They aren't going to do a lot better downrange of massed Russian guns than the Ukrainians are.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 15, 2023 06:14 PM (eoQWY)

Massed arty tends to clean the battlefield pretty well.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 15, 2023 06:17 PM (BdMk6)

It'll be Verdun and Dien Bien Phu combined! Mon Dieu! Au Revoir Mon Derriere!

Posted by: mrp at March 15, 2023 06:22 PM (rj6Yv)

190
They're waiting for when John and Jane Doe can't cash their paychecks to pull the plug on Jimmah. I wouldn't put it past #TwoWeeks at this point.

(Stolen) Elections have (dire) consequences.

Posted by: Name Withheld Upon Request at March 15, 2023 06:23 PM (enJYY)

191 This cements Gavin's cred as Presidential Timber!
Posted by: gourmand du jour

You say that in jest (well, of course), but I think it is reasonably likely he will be our next President.
Joe the Meat Puppet is going to have something bad happen to him, and Gavin Gruesome gets the tap, the rig and the vote to get elected.

Posted by: Barnacle Bill the sailor at March 15, 2023 06:23 PM (vcOmj)

192 Sorry, but if you’re flying a drone in the vicinity of another countries military in active combat operations, it’s a valid target. We’d shoot it down too if it happened to us. That’s the risk you take with spying.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 15, 2023 06:23 PM (b4o9z)

193 NOOD Quick Hits

Posted by: daffy Duck at March 15, 2023 06:24 PM (ynpvh)

194 The whole point of unmanned drones is they are unmanned - so when one is destroyed etc. we need not stand on honor and duty and ego because one of our airmen is dead or captured.

The Rus get nothing - the tech is known.

Posted by: 13times at March 15, 2023 06:24 PM (YzRj4)

195 Can we just admit we live in a full Feudal society now? And we can be allowed to go live as indentured servants to the Feudal Lord of our choice?

Posted by: DaisyB at March 15, 2023 06:24 PM (AbL8c)

196 I'd be a real pity if somebody stole a cropduster, filled the tanks with Roundup, and buzzed Newsom's vineyards.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Or just mounted a machine gun on that crop duster and strafed the hell out of Newsome's house.
That really works for me, too.

Posted by: Barnacle Bill the sailor at March 15, 2023 06:25 PM (vcOmj)

197 The fuel being squirted on the drone came from the US / Nato description.

Russian pilot's way of pissing on them. No wonder the Pentagram called it "unprofessional". I'm surprised the other pilot didn't draw a smoke dick in the sky before returning to base.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at March 15, 2023 06:21 PM (YXHzG)

He might have at that, but of course the US couldn't see that part since their bird was on the way to a watery grave.

The whining in that release is more troubling than the provocation of a nuclear power. What kind of children are running things that think making snide remarks about pollution and 'unprofessionalism' is going to impress anyone.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 15, 2023 06:25 PM (eoQWY)

198 ...or maybe he will dress them up in Uke uniforms. Voila ! New Uke recruits ! "Son, your country needs you. this is top secret mission. Sign this form and keep your mouth shut about where you are going. "

Posted by: runner at March 15, 2023 06:25 PM (V13WU)

199 I would say no one will ever believe Newsom legitimately won a national election, but then, lots of people believe Joe got 81 million votes.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at March 15, 2023 06:25 PM (2YtOq)

200 sorry, that was Centigrade, which is like measuring in camels. here is American, measured in F, alligators.

https://tinyurl.com/y5m4amht

Posted by: illiniwek at March 15, 2023 06:26 PM (Cus5s)

201 Oregon HS students had to write ‘sexual fantasy,’ include sex toys in assignment

https://tinyurl.com/5nmsvy2k

Posted by: redridinghood at March 15, 2023 06:26 PM (NpAcC)

202 Wolf's tone is pretty meh talking about drones and banking failures, but when it comes to talk of Drumpf it's almost like him broadcasting from the hotel in Bagdhad all serious and stuff. Here's what Cohen and Daniels had to say today! Drumpf's criminal liabilities, harumph.

Posted by: micky at March 15, 2023 06:26 PM (3byMq)

203 Wait...are you saying that there are politicians, and political hanky panky involved in this???

That sounds like misinformation.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 15, 2023 06:26 PM (yMEwp)

204 Maybe he's dead just in a cooler

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at March 15, 2023 06:26 PM (Eeb9P)

205 Sorry, but the Russians or Chinese don't get to decide when international air and water regions are no-go zones - else the yellow sea entire becomes a vast no go zone.

Posted by: 13times at March 15, 2023 06:27 PM (YzRj4)

206 Sorry, but if you’re flying a drone in the vicinity of another countries military in active combat operations, it’s a valid target. We’d shoot it down too if it happened to us. That’s the risk you take with spying.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 15, 2023 06:23 PM (b4o9z)

Yeah, well, just like we waited days for that frickin' PRC float boat to cross the continental US and then clear the SC beachfront. How much did we spend on that missile and how much did the Russkies pay for the lighter fluid?

Posted by: mrp at March 15, 2023 06:27 PM (rj6Yv)

207 Russia bought a license from Iran to make those. Also the nifty kamikaze drones they designed.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 15, 2023 06:22 PM (eoQWY)

Kamikaze drone? Don't we just call them cruise muzzles? Or is there a loud speaker on it that wails allah akbar before it explodes?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 15, 2023 06:27 PM (BdMk6)

208 NGU, no. They were saying it was a plane,not the drone.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 15, 2023 06:09 PM (wF9pH)

No it was a drone. Bad enough

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 15, 2023 06:28 PM (EVR4i)

209 Sorry, but the Russians or Chinese don't get to decide when international air and water regions are no-go zones - else the yellow sea entire becomes a vast no go zone.

===

we get to decide, right ?

Posted by: runner at March 15, 2023 06:28 PM (V13WU)

210 The deep state seems to believe they can bleed out Russian manpower without Russia deciding they're desperate.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at March 15, 2023 06:22 PM (2YtOq)

Even Obama though fighting that close to Russia was an unwinnable situation. But we have top men now deciding otherwise.

And I suppose it means they believe their own press releases of what Russian casualties are.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 15, 2023 06:28 PM (eoQWY)

211 I'm sad that Russia is better at mocking this admin than we deplorables are. Let's get those numbers up.

Posted by: micky at March 15, 2023 06:29 PM (3byMq)

212 Also, if it was really flying covertly with its transponder off in international airspace, then that is illegal too.

Fun fact, under maritime law submarines are illegal when submerged.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 15, 2023 06:29 PM (b4o9z)

213 Sorry, but the Russians or Chinese don't get to decide when international air and water regions are no-go zones - else the yellow sea entire becomes a vast no go zone.

Now do the Gulf of Mexico.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at March 15, 2023 06:29 PM (YXHzG)

214 I am so old , I remember when US declared a no fly zone over: Bosnia, Libya, Iraq.

Posted by: runner at March 15, 2023 06:30 PM (V13WU)

215 Or, maybe he's still alive, laying in bed next to a pillow wrapped in Tyvek

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at March 15, 2023 06:30 PM (Eeb9P)

216 Missiles. Fucking cucumber.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 15, 2023 06:30 PM (BdMk6)

217
"Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't."

Official campaign slogan of Committee to Re-Elect John Fetterman.

Posted by: Name Withheld Upon Request at March 15, 2023 06:30 PM (enJYY)

218 You do know that china has built or expanded entir islands so the could claim more waters are territorial for years,,right?

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 15, 2023 06:31 PM (b4o9z)

219 Russia bought a license from Iran to make those. Also the nifty kamikaze drones they designed.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 15, 2023 06:22 PM (eoQWY)

Kamikaze drone? Don't we just call them cruise muzzles? Or is there a loud speaker on it that wails allah akbar before it explodes?
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 15, 2023 06:27 PM (BdMk6)

A lot cheaper and easy to make I suppose. They seemed to be effective when first used in the strikes on the infrastructure earlier in the winter. I just remember them because there was some noise about Iran 'breaking the sanctions' but Russia said that they just got the plans.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 15, 2023 06:32 PM (eoQWY)

220 Nood

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at March 15, 2023 06:32 PM (Eeb9P)

221 I am so old , I remember when US declared a no fly zone over: Bosnia, Libya, Iraq.
Posted by: runner at March 15, 2023 06:30 PM (V13WU)

Parts of Syria too IIRC

Posted by: Oldcat at March 15, 2023 06:32 PM (eoQWY)

222 ..or maybe he will dress them up in Uke uniforms. Voila ! New Uke recruits ! "Son, your country needs you. this is top secret mission. Sign this form and keep your mouth shut about where you are going. "

So they intend to sheep dip the whole 82nd and 101st.

(sigh). Why not?

Posted by: Reuben Hick at March 15, 2023 06:32 PM (YXHzG)

223 Wolf's got that Allysa bitch from the view on right now.
Closing walls in the leaning chair against the door riding on flattened wheels, sparks flying, those rims have seen better days. OOPS, they've got him now.

Posted by: micky at March 15, 2023 06:35 PM (3byMq)

224 The whole point of unmanned drones is they are unmanned - so when one is destroyed etc. we need not stand on honor and duty and ego because one of our airmen is dead or captured.

The Rus get nothing - the tech is known.
Posted by: 13times at March 15, 2023 06:24 PM (YzRj4)

They got to count coup, just like they did when they learned to counter the HIMARS a while back and integrate it into air defense. Since then last I heard of HIMARS hitting was a New Years party in the rear where too many people used a cell phone killing a hundred or so.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 15, 2023 06:36 PM (eoQWY)

225 SF Fed President Mary Daly is gay. That is all that matters. She is a horrible banker, but she is a lesbian. How many times have we seen this with Democrats?

Posted by: william ferrin at March 15, 2023 06:57 PM (yNSZ7)

226 I am sensing some sarcasm in your headline.

Posted by: Mutnodjmet at March 15, 2023 11:14 PM (sPJyv)

227 Geez! In Canada, politicians' blind trust is a 3rd party company. No one in the family (including siblings, etc) have access to investments until the politicians leave politics.

Posted by: Xaver Basora at March 16, 2023 09:58 AM (HZCl6)

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