Democrats Enjoyed Zuckerberg Paying Hundreds of Millions to Set Up Their Own Private Election Forces That They're Looking to Spend One Billion Dollars On Private Vote Collection Efforts in 2024
Did you enjoy the hundreds of millions Mark Zuckerberg spent on pumping money into blue jurisdictions to "help" them collect, "correct," and count votes?
Then you're going to love this. Steve Miller for Real Clear Investigations:Arabella again -- the biggest "dark money" operation in history. Say, remember when Democrats and the media, but I repeat myself as usual, objected to "dark money"? Since Democrats became the masters of dark money, suddenly the media's objections to it completely dried up.
Democrats and their progressive allies are vastly expanding their unprecedented efforts, begun in 2020, to use private money to influence and run public elections. Supported by groups with more than $1 billion at their disposal, according to public records, these partisan groups are working with state and local boards to influence functions that have long been the domain of government or political parties. Registering and turning out voters - once handled primarily by political parties -- and design of election office websites and mail-in ballots are being handed over to those same nonprofits, which are staffed by progressive activists that include former Democratic Party advocates, organized labor adherents and community organizers. Republicans have opposed such efforts, passing legislation in 24 states since 2020 curbing the private financing of elections. But the GOP does not have a comparable, boots-on-the-ground effort to influence election boards and workers, and the private-funding bans haven't proved absolute in some states. "There is a cottage industry of 501c3s in public policy and in the political arena, trying to shape the future of immigration or education or any other topic," said Kimberly Fiorello, a former Republican state representative in Connecticut. "Increasingly they are about elections, election administration, election technology, ballot design, and all with big funding. These groups seem innocuous, but they aren't innocuous because they are funded by one political side." Many of the progressive groups seeking to influence elections are connected to Arabella Advisors, a Washington-based, for-profit consulting company founded by Eric Kessler, a White House appointee during the Clinton administration.
Arabella's projects, which include the New Venture Fund, the Hopewell Fund, the Sixteen Thirty Fund and Secure Democracy USA, had combined revenues of $1.3 billion between 2020 and 2021, tax filings show. Nonprofits supported by Arabella in 2020 gave out $529 million to "defend democracy." That coincided with the rise of private-public election partnerships as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, donated an estimated $350 million to the progressive Center for Tech and Civil Life (CTCL) to support local efforts in the pandemic-challenged 2020 election. The voting was marked by social-distancing rule changes encouraging early and mail balloting, imposing policies that Republicans seek to roll back to pre-pandemic rules. The grants of "Zuckerbucks"or "Zuckbucks," as they are referred to by conservative critics, were supposed to be nonpartisan, but research indicated they were disproportionately allocated to areas to boost Democratic voter turnout.
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(Jump to bottom of page)Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 02:01 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 17, 2023 02:01 PM (zaWyB)
Posted by: Michael the Texan at March 17, 2023 02:03 PM (ubkFK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2023 02:03 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 17, 2023 02:03 PM (lTGtQ)
Posted by: Francis W. Porretto at March 17, 2023 02:04 PM (Nmmyc)
You see, nothing is really free. They roped everyone in, especially the kids. Then the censorship and brainwashing began. A tool for blm and antifa to organize violence and terror. And here we are.
Posted by: artisanal ette at March 17, 2023 02:04 PM (uQPen)
We are so Zucked.
Posted by: Joe Minion Voting Machine at March 17, 2023 02:04 PM (WmGrA)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 02:01 PM (LvTSG)
When I go to the store and the change is supposed to be less than 5 cents?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2023 02:04 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: ... at March 17, 2023 02:04 PM (ZWJOV)
Why would they not??
Posted by: MAC V SOG at March 17, 2023 02:04 PM (P4Pk9)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 17, 2023 02:05 PM (ssESX)
Posted by: Archer at March 17, 2023 02:05 PM (gmo/4)
Posted by: Thomas Paine
$$$$
Posted by: Shirley U. Jest at March 17, 2023 02:05 PM (WmGrA)
Obviously.
And in the empty hulk that is America today (thanks to the nature of the bipeds currently inhabiting it), it is just SOP. Except it's hundreds of $M. Incredible.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 17, 2023 02:05 PM (OTzUX)
We are so Zucked.
Posted by: Joe Minion Voting Machine at March 17, 2023 02:04 PM (WmGrA)
I'm anatomically functional in every way...
Posted by: Zuckerbot at March 17, 2023 02:05 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at March 17, 2023 02:06 PM (ppBhU)
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at March 17, 2023 02:06 PM (mGabY)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 17, 2023 02:06 PM (DMyTF)
Posted by: ... at March 17, 2023 02:07 PM (ZWJOV)
The fact that Democrats are organizing an additional billion freaking dollars ON TOP of whatever the Dem candidate will have, in order to "win" the election, is absolutely nuts.
Posted by: bonhomme at March 17, 2023 02:07 PM (V1QHJ)
Posted by: Francis W. Porretto at March 17, 2023 02:04 PM (Nmmyc)
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I want to but I know it's foolish to think so.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at March 17, 2023 02:07 PM (xxG/v)
Posted by: SMOD at March 17, 2023 02:07 PM (RHGPo)
I don't see anything short of that looking at the future based on past history.
Posted by: Floridachick at March 17, 2023 02:07 PM (VDwbs)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 17, 2023 02:06 PM (DMyTF)
You think someone should go to jail for making "Hillary the Movie" too close to a federal election?
Posted by: Liberty at March 17, 2023 02:07 PM (9Ii+7)
Posted by: Why are you still on it? at March 17, 2023 02:07 PM (DhOHl)
FIFY.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2023 02:08 PM (YqDXo)
The fact that Democrats are organizing an additional billion freaking dollars ON TOP of whatever the Dem candidate will have, in order to "win" the election, is absolutely nuts.
Posted by: bonhomme at March 17, 2023 02:07 PM (V1QHJ)
Cheating is expensive. But don't worry, it'll be all legal and above board.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2023 02:08 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at March 17, 2023 02:08 PM (NtVYv)
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 17, 2023 02:08 PM (4I/2K)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 02:08 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Pat MeGroin, Leprechaun at March 17, 2023 02:08 PM (OTvdu)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch
Heat Forward Jimmy Butler Made Teammates Listen to Nickelback as Punishment After Loss to Orlando Magic
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at March 17, 2023 02:09 PM (mg7yS)
Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 17, 2023 02:09 PM (Jg7EG)
FIFY.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2023 02:08 PM (YqDXo)
Chicoms mostly
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2023 02:09 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Francis W. Porretto at March 17, 2023 02:04 PM (Nmmyc)
Quite a few, unfortunately. They gonna learn.
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at March 17, 2023 02:09 PM (mGabY)
Posted by: brak at March 17, 2023 02:09 PM (j5Tg0)
Posted by: Thomas Paine
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CIA. Globo Corp is protected from those nasty Americans.
Posted by: Pudinhead at March 17, 2023 02:09 PM (sVfvf)
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at March 17, 2023 02:08 PM (NtVYv)
Only part of buffalo we do not use
Posted by: Native Americans at March 17, 2023 02:09 PM (ynpvh)
If you think the steal was bad in 2020 and 2022, wait until you see 2024. 2016 was a one-off. The Dumocraps were caught with their pants down in 2016 because they never believed Trump was a real threat. They will not make that mistake again.
Unlike the GOP, the Dums learn from their mistakes, and since 2020 they have made 100% sure that they can steal every national election and most of the big statewide elections too.
We will never see another GOP president again. We will never see another GOP Senate again. And once they figure out how to steal local districts -- and they will -- we will never have another GOP House again.
We are lost. This country is lost. It's over.
Posted by: Elric Blade at March 17, 2023 02:09 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2023 02:08 PM (ynpvh)
Zuck is expecting something for his mon, so a lot of formerly illegal things will be above board. It's how the game is played
Posted by: CN at March 17, 2023 02:10 PM (Zzbjj)
Posted by: Archer at March 17, 2023 02:05 PM
Fuck, even they don't want that weirdo.
Posted by: Minnfidel at March 17, 2023 02:10 PM (oE0yX)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
You might be able to buy the one that they can't get out of the docks because it's too tall for the bridge it has to get under to get to the sea. Jeff Bezos uber-yacht.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 17, 2023 02:10 PM (zaWyB)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2023 02:09 PM (ynpvh)
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I don't discriminate. We've got plenty of commies here now.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2023 02:10 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Pat MeGroin, Leprechaun at March 17, 2023 02:10 PM (OTvdu)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 17, 2023 02:11 PM (0hOvj)
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The GOP operates only in government, when it chooses to operate at all.
The other side operates at all levels and in all venues, and does so simultaneously. They have to be fought in public and on the street, not from wood-paneled rooms of executive government offices or in the beige-painted halls of some government agency.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 17, 2023 02:11 PM (t0OGg)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 17, 2023 02:11 PM (DMyTF)
Posted by: lowandslow at March 17, 2023 02:11 PM (76Foq)
Well, the Pentagon tells us that it may be in our solar system now. Zuck may have been deemed expendable and is being called home.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 17, 2023 02:11 PM (Xrfse)
40 We are lost. This country is lost. It's over.
Most of us realize this. Why does not Trump and DeSantis? Or is their ego so big?
Posted by: Floridachick at March 17, 2023 02:11 PM (VDwbs)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 17, 2023 02:10 PM (zaWyB)
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Behold our "elites." Who probably start varnishing their floors at the door and work their way back into a corner.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2023 02:11 PM (YqDXo)
Right???
Posted by: Muldoon at March 17, 2023 02:11 PM (ykeLU)
I don't see anything short of that looking at the future based on past history.
Posted by: Floridachick
We all get beat to death with shovels.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 17, 2023 02:11 PM (qivya)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 17, 2023 02:11 PM (qivya)
You don't own a shovel?
Posted by: CN at March 17, 2023 02:13 PM (Zzbjj)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 17, 2023 02:10 PM (zaWyB)
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Behold our "elites." Who probably start varnishing their floors at the door and work their way back into a corner.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2023 02:11 PM (YqDXo)
Old: "Don't know shit for shinola"
New: "Hey, this shit is shinola. Trust me"
Posted by: Native Americans at March 17, 2023 02:13 PM (ynpvh)
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And those NGOs are in symbiosis with the state. Many of them are quangos and receive taxpayer money. All of them get giant chunks of cash from leftist industrialists and the foundations created by better men generations ago.
The entire complex needs to be destroyed. End the nonprofit system entirely. No more 501c3 organizations. No more nonprofits at all. End it. Now. Yes, this will have consequences on things like legitimate charities. That is tomorrow's problem. Today's problem needs to be solved today.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 17, 2023 02:13 PM (t0OGg)
Right???
Posted by: Muldoon at March 17, 2023 02:11 PM (ykeLU)
They still pay salaries, quite handsome ones if you know the right people.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 17, 2023 02:13 PM (Y5qcH)
Posted by: Pat MeGroin, Leprechaun at March 17, 2023 02:13 PM (OTvdu)
'We all get beat to death with shovels.'
Those unwilling to shoot it out will die that way I guess.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 17, 2023 02:13 PM (T/s40)
Posted by: CN at March 17, 2023 02:13 PM (Zzbjj)
Posted by: The editorial board of Pork Rind Quarterly at March 17, 2023 02:14 PM (DhOHl)
Right???
Posted by: Muldoon at March 17, 2023 02:11 PM (ykeLU)
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See also "foundations." Which uniformly support communist causes.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2023 02:14 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: CN at March 17, 2023 02:13 PM (Zzbjj)
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And this is about raising the retirement age by fiat, correct?
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 17, 2023 02:14 PM (ssESX)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe
That's the scam on *all* non-profits. Go find the salary for the pres of Goodwill if you *really* want to be disgusted.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 17, 2023 02:14 PM (zaWyB)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2023 02:14 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 17, 2023 02:11 PM (DMyTF)
I'm sure FOX News will have her on soon to discuss how her ballot harvesting efforts are progressing.
Posted by: lowandslow at March 17, 2023 02:14 PM (76Foq)
Posted by: CN at March 17, 2023 02:13 PM (Zzbjj)
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Because they have to retire 2 years later.
Gonna be honest, my sympathy is limited.
Limited government where you can save for yourself, or you work at the whims of the state. Don't bitch when you give up your freedom to the state and the state makes you work.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 02:15 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Muldoon at March 17, 2023 02:15 PM (ykeLU)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 17, 2023 02:15 PM (JMAcK)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 17, 2023 02:13 PM (t0OGg)
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This.
Legitimate charities? You mean both of them? I assume any and all charities are scams until proven otherwise.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2023 02:15 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Mad Max in VA at March 17, 2023 02:15 PM (YQ4mh)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 17, 2023 02:05 PM
My friendsh, you didn't think I was serious about campaign finance reform, did you?
Posted by: Zombie John McCain at March 17, 2023 02:16 PM (Vl0Ta)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 17, 2023 02:14 PM (ssESX)
Yep. The new aristocracy has it coming, I think
Posted by: CN at March 17, 2023 02:16 PM (Zzbjj)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 17, 2023 02:11 PM (DMyTF)
I'm sure FOX News will have her on soon to discuss how her ballot harvesting efforts are progressing.
Posted by: lowandslow at March 17, 2023 02:14 PM (76Foq)
They just planted confetti in the fields, hoping they'll be ballots in the fall.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2023 02:16 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 02:15 PM (LvTSG)
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Funny how THAT'S the line that cannot be crossed with the people of France.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 17, 2023 02:16 PM (ssESX)
The other side operates at all levels and in all venues, and does so simultaneously. They have to be fought in public and on the street, not from wood-paneled rooms of executive government offices or in the beige-painted halls of some government agency.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 17, 2023 02:11 PM (t0OGg)
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See my post above. We are finished. The GOP will do nothing to fix any of this. The Democrats are like gerbils: dumb as shit, but relentless as fuck. They will never stop. Ever. The GOP never even bothers starting.
Posted by: Elric Blade at March 17, 2023 02:16 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Floridachick at March 17, 2023 02:11 PM (VDwbs)
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The black pill is a bitter one and it is hard to swallow.
Men like DeSantis and Trump - and lots of people here on this forum, and in the general public - will not and even cannot accept that the Republic is lost. There is too much invested in it. Too much money, too much time, too much passion, too much belief in the righteousness of the Republic and its founding ideals.
That the former republic no longer reflects its founding ideals, that it has been completely subverted and destroyed by the agents of evil, is not something that can be considered. To do so would necessarily shatter their worldview. This is true for many on the Left, too, for whatever that's worth.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 17, 2023 02:16 PM (t0OGg)
I don't see anything short of that looking at the future based on past history.
Posted by: Floridachick
We all get beat to death with shovels.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 17, 2023 02:11 PM (qivya)
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Unless ...
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2023 02:16 PM (YqDXo)
No price too high to pay.
Posted by: You are going to lose and you can't stop us at March 17, 2023 02:16 PM (FCbAQ)
Notre pays vaut la peine de se battre pour lui et s'il n'y a pas de place pour des chattes comme vous.
Posted by: Pat MeGroin, Leprechaun at March 17, 2023 02:16 PM (OTvdu)
Posted by: CN
When the elites resort to extra constitutional powers to override the will of the people, it is only logical to respond as the people did last time.
If only the American people reacted the same when the feds faked an insurrection in order to override the US constitution on January 6, 2021.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 17, 2023 02:17 PM (lTGtQ)
Posted by: Elric Blade at March 17, 2023 02:16 PM (iFTx/)
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Yup.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 17, 2023 02:17 PM (t0OGg)
That was my thought, as well.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 17, 2023 02:17 PM (Xrfse)
Why is a freaking leprechaun speaking French?
Posted by: Muldoon at March 17, 2023 02:15 PM (ykeLU)
Maybe he's a farfadet.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2023 02:17 PM (ynpvh)
Limited government where you can save for yourself, or you work at the whims of the state. Don't bitch when you give up your freedom to the state and the state makes you work.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 02:15 PM (LvTSG)
It's largely because of the lack of vote.
Posted by: CN at March 17, 2023 02:18 PM (Zzbjj)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 17, 2023 02:11 PM
They'll need those shovels to get past the massive pile of brass.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 17, 2023 02:18 PM (Vl0Ta)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 02:15 PM (LvTSG)
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Funny how THAT'S the line that cannot be crossed with the people of France.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 17, 2023 02:16 PM (ssESX)
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States learned long ago that you control the people by giving them stuff. Giving them healthcare. Giving them early retirements. Giving them bread and circuses.
It's the opiate of the masses, and when things get tight, the masses get uppity. You don't want to get pissed when government pulls benefits? Becomes reliant without them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 02:18 PM (LvTSG)
Limited government where you can save for yourself, or you work at the whims of the state. Don't bitch when you give up your freedom to the state and the state makes you work.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 02:15 PM (LvTSG)
It's largely because of the lack of vote.
Posted by: CN at March 17, 2023 02:18 PM (Zzbjj)
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It's largely because the franchise has been extended MUCH too far, IMO.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2023 02:19 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: kallisto at March 17, 2023 02:19 PM (dCxaZ)
Because it's all coming from us, the taxpayers. Well, borrowed in our name, technically.
It's all money laundered though this and that agency to a NGO here, a non-profit there, advertising, inflated purchases, Ukraine etc.
All of this is just like we learned about their censorship regime--dirctly funded by the federal government.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 17, 2023 02:19 PM (Watld)
Posted by: The Wicked Witch of Chappaqua at March 17, 2023 02:19 PM (DhOHl)
Posted by: Pat MeGroin, Leprechaun at March 17, 2023 02:16 PM
Oh, Pat....that's French.
Posted by: Gomez Addams at March 17, 2023 02:19 PM (Vl0Ta)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 17, 2023 02:20 PM (ssESX)
Posted by: CN at March 17, 2023 02:18 PM (Zzbjj)
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What other freedoms have the French government taken away from them over the decades, that and the EU government? How long has the pot been boiling?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 02:20 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Muldoon at March 17, 2023 02:11 PM (ykeLU)
It's amazing how many smooth brains have that bit of NPC programming lodged in their brains.
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at March 17, 2023 02:20 PM (mGabY)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 02:18 PM (LvTSG)
I'm with the French on this one. And I hope they strike back very hard and viciously
Posted by: CN at March 17, 2023 02:20 PM (Zzbjj)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 17, 2023 02:20 PM (qivya)
Posted by: John Fetterman at March 17, 2023 02:20 PM (vwCZJ)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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Okay, I'll bite.
What's a farfadet?
*ducks for cover*
Posted by: Muldoon at March 17, 2023 02:20 PM (ykeLU)
Posted by: Gref at March 17, 2023 02:20 PM (AMIL/)
DeSantis it kind of makes sense: he is making changes and getting things done in his state, the only place its possible to do so right now. I can see how he'd read that as "well we can turn this around if we try, I can do it here".
But Trump? Trump really should know better. He's been in the trenches, he's seen how it works.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 17, 2023 02:20 PM (0hOvj)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Retirement income wasn't supposed to be a gift.
Had they not stolen the SS fund there would be enough to fund retirements.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 17, 2023 02:20 PM (zaWyB)
Posted by: Eromero at March 17, 2023 02:20 PM (MF3yS)
Posted by: Spider Rico at March 17, 2023 02:20 PM (+LlVo)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 17, 2023 02:21 PM (zhLdt)
“… What if we imagined “wealth” consisting not of the money we stuff into banks or the fossil fuel-derived goods we pile up, but of joy, beauty, friendship, community, closeness … “
… the government would tax it. They have been talking about a “wealth tax” for a few years now.
Posted by: SMOD at March 17, 2023 02:21 PM (RHGPo)
It's the opiate of the masses, and when things get tight, the masses get uppity. You don't want to get pissed when government pulls benefits? Becomes reliant without them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 02:18 PM (LvTSG)
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You left out the first part: tax the bejesus out of people, then dribble back some of their own money to them, but with conditions. Such as "obedience."
And of course, half of the population doesn't even pay taxes, so the largess is strictly a windfall to them.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2023 02:21 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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Okay, I'll bite.
What's a farfadet?
*ducks for cover*
Posted by: Muldoon at March 17, 2023 02:20 PM (ykeLU)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farfadet
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2023 02:21 PM (ynpvh)
40 We are lost. This country is lost. It's over.
Most of us realize this. Why does not Trump and DeSantis? Or is their ego so big?
Posted by: Floridachick at March 17, 2023 02:11 PM (VDwbs)
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Part of it is that both of them did the impossible, so they think they can do it again. Trump won in 2016 when almost nobody thought it was possible. But see my post above on why that's a one-off. DeathSantis won election, actually kicked ass against all odds, and won a landslide reelection. But FL is one state, a red one at that, and has cleaned up its voting to reduce a lot of the fraud. I see no chance that DeathSantis can win PA or GA or AZ or WI or MI or any other state with an overwhelming steal built in.
Posted by: Elric Blade at March 17, 2023 02:22 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 17, 2023 02:22 PM (BdMk6)
Posted by: Muldoon at March 17, 2023 02:22 PM (ykeLU)
Hopefully, my demise will be attributed to natural causes. I have absolutely NO expectations to exit this mortal coil in that fashion.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 17, 2023 02:22 PM (Xrfse)
“… What if we imagined “wealth” consisting not of the money we stuff into banks or the fossil fuel-derived goods we pile up, but of joy, beauty, friendship, community, closeness … “
… the government would tax it. They have been talking about a “wealth tax” for a few years now.
Posted by: SMOD at March 17, 2023 02:21 PM (RHGPo)
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That an ostensible grown-up wrote that crap is pretty damning as to the state of adulthood.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 17, 2023 02:22 PM (t0OGg)
Posted by: Gref at March 17, 2023 02:20 PM (AMIL/)
No, Señor. Sometimes Español tambien.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2023 02:22 PM (ynpvh)
Break up the country. Before the total collapse. Not after.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 17, 2023 02:22 PM (zdXvF)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 17, 2023 02:20 PM (0hOvj
Maybe he believes the people won't fall for QAnon horseshit "trust the plan" and will help him out a bit instead of kicking back and doing fuck all.
Posted by: CN at March 17, 2023 02:22 PM (Zzbjj)
he called someone a puszy but I'm too lazy to find out who
Posted by: kallisto at March 17, 2023 02:22 PM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 02:18 PM (LvTSG)
I'm with the French on this one. And I hope they strike back very hard and viciously
Posted by: CN at March 17, 2023 02:20 PM (Zzbjj)
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They authorized their government to determine a retirement age at all. It's 62. That's honestly kind of early considering how long people live now.
Also, they've had chance after chance over the past 20 years to change the course of their government, but they found Le Pen icky. This is their choice. Their elections are actually pretty consistently honest. They chose Macron for a second term. They chose global governance over their lives.
And now they don't like it? Where were they when they could have changed course last year?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 02:22 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 17, 2023 02:01 PM (zaWyB)
Maricopa County is a whore which was happy to get screwed for the money. Sadly, they are not alone in this regard.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 17, 2023 02:22 PM (zhLdt)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 17, 2023 02:21 PM (zhLdt)
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There's a slight flaw in your argument...The bureaucracy is 95% dominated by Democrats.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 17, 2023 02:23 PM (BpYfr)
Huh. I wonder why they're scaling back?
Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at March 17, 2023 02:23 PM (MvF+J)
Posted by: Muldoon at March 17, 2023 02:22 PM (ykeLU)
A frenchie one.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2023 02:23 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 17, 2023 02:23 PM (DMyTF)
Apparently, so is your intellect. Have you ever fought for anything worthwhile in your life? Because It doesn't sound like it.
The French people don't want that change, and you can argue about its merits. What is pretty significant and indisputable is the French President just overruled the legislature elected by the people with a fiat to do so. Sound familiar? Any comparisons you can think of? Trends perhaps?
On this, I am cheering for the French people due to the complete subversion of democracy using an emergency as a pretext. I'll argue the proposal merits at another time. YMMV
Posted by: Marcus T at March 17, 2023 02:23 PM (wgAtL)
I'm with the French on this one. And I hope they strike back very hard and viciously
Posted by: CN at March 17, 2023 02:20 PM (Zzbjj)
They're French. They do this all the time. It's their national hobby. They'll break up their own protests after a few more weeks and wander home.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 17, 2023 02:23 PM (oINRc)
How is breaking up the country accomplished?
Posted by: kallisto at March 17, 2023 02:23 PM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: lowandslow at March 17, 2023 02:11 PM (76Foq)
Kelly is going to lose legitimately.
The fraud is just going to run up the score.
Massive money spent here on bullshit ads and Kelly will not respond. They're hard hitting and working.
I know the rule is to never respond to ads in a race, but sometimes you have to and this is one of them.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 17, 2023 02:23 PM (FCbAQ)
Hopefully, my demise will be attributed to natural causes. I have absolutely NO expectations to exit this mortal coil in that fashion.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 17, 2023 02:22 PM (Xrfse)
I sometimes tell my wife that when she buries me, hit me a second time with the shovel to make sure I'm dead.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2023 02:23 PM (ynpvh)
On this, I am cheering for the French people due to the complete subversion of democracy using an emergency as a pretext. I'll argue the proposal merits at another time. YMMV
Posted by: Marcus T at March 17, 2023 02:23 PM (wgAtL)
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Why didn't they vote for Le Pen last year?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 02:24 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 17, 2023 02:24 PM (44ww/)
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A serious political party would have 100s of observers and election lawyers descending on Madison, Milwaukee and other suspect areas to document and learn exactly how the cheating occurs and how to stop it.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 17, 2023 02:24 PM (fs1hN)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 17, 2023 02:24 PM (ssESX)
Why didn't they vote for Le Pen last year?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 02:24 PM (LvTSG)
Maybe they did. I don't think we're the only fake democracy on the planet where vegetable can be king.
Posted by: CN at March 17, 2023 02:25 PM (Zzbjj)
Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at March 17, 2023 02:25 PM (MvF+J)
GOLD +60
I'm going to have a goldasm in a moment.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 17, 2023 02:23 PM (DMyTF)
The gold goes everywhere? Try not to wipe some on the drapes.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2023 02:25 PM (ynpvh)
Whatever.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 02:25 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: kallisto at March 17, 2023 02:25 PM (dCxaZ)
Totally unrelated:
The Richard W. Goldman Family Foundation -- which Goldman founded a decade ago with his two siblings in memory of their father to "promote equality" and eliminate barriers for the disadvantaged -- had investments worth $6.1 million and $26.1 million, respectively, in two private funds based in the Cayman Islands by the U.S. firm BBR Partners LLC., as of December 2020, according to the group's most recent tax filings
https://tinyurl.com/yu63uxc2
This would be the same Dan Goldman who was lead counsel in the Trump impeachment, and who defended letting kids see porn on the internet because it would save our democracy from Putin.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 17, 2023 02:25 PM (0hOvj)
Posted by: Pat MeGroin, Leprechaun at March 17, 2023 02:16 PM
Oh, Pat....that's French.
Posted by: Gomez Addams at March 17, 2023 02:19 PM
'Place your cats at the penii battery per Louie.' That's how I read it but Louie can kiss my ass, He ain't getting nary a one of our cats.
Posted by: Eromero at March 17, 2023 02:25 PM (MF3yS)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 17, 2023 02:24 PM (44ww/)
If you catch a French leprechaun, you get his purse filled with smug sanctimony.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 17, 2023 02:26 PM (Y5qcH)
Kari Lake won AZ governorship by 8 points
https://tinyurl.com/2p93azwc
Posted by: kallisto at March 17, 2023 02:25 PM (dCxaZ)
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That's straight up red state territory.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 02:26 PM (LvTSG)
/sighs as he looks in the distance wishing for a genuine opposition party. . . . .
There is no penalty on the left for the myriad of crimes they routinely commit, so they have ZERO incentive to stop. The Department of Justice simply isn't.
Posted by: Ligma Balzak from Fuggencrass, Vulgaria at March 17, 2023 02:26 PM (JNTt1)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 17, 2023 02:24 PM (44ww/)
You'll know him by the white flag he carries.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2023 02:26 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Funny when you look at the data Lake presented you see the vote was manipulated rather than the people being allowed to elect who they wanted.
Now if you had pointed the finger (middle of both hands) at the people running the election (their current governor) I'd agree with you.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 17, 2023 02:26 PM (zaWyB)
Garment rending and teeth gnashing involved, my bet.
Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at March 17, 2023 02:26 PM (MvF+J)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 17, 2023 02:24 PM (44ww/)
If you catch a French leprechaun, you get his purse filled with smug sanctimony.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 17, 2023 02:26 PM (Y5qcH)
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or a bag of farts.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 17, 2023 02:26 PM (ssESX)
Often said after first stating the Democrats intend to end elections in this country.
Posted by: Gref at March 17, 2023 02:26 PM (AMIL/)
it's something like: this country is worth dying for and there's no place for p-words like you
Posted by: kallisto at March 17, 2023 02:26 PM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: REDACTED at March 17, 2023 02:26 PM (us2H3)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 17, 2023 02:24 PM (ssESX)
Just chop down the trees for firewood. That's green energy, right?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2023 02:26 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: mrp at March 17, 2023 02:27 PM (rj6Yv)
Right???
Posted by: Muldoon at March 17, 2023 02:11 PM
Right, well other than the massive "salarys" of their directors and "employees" etc. 501(c)(3)'s are so abused it's a joke.
Posted by: Minnfidel at March 17, 2023 02:27 PM (oE0yX)
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That particular connection to cause and effect is permanently broken. Besides the media says she is racist, better to be tortured to death than be accused of voting for a racist
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 17, 2023 02:27 PM (fs1hN)
Posted by: Ken Burns at March 17, 2023 02:27 PM (DhOHl)
“… What if we imagined “wealth” consisting not of the money we stuff into banks or the fossil fuel-derived goods we pile up, but of joy, beauty, friendship, community, closeness … “
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"... closeness in the fun camps, that is."
So I guess by this reckoning that the Kennedys, Soros, Zuckerberg, etc. who all have compounds to avoid closeness with the hoi polloi are actually poor. Do I have that right?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2023 02:27 PM (YqDXo)
More people came out to vote for Trump than any presidential candidate in human history. How much more are we supposed to do?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 17, 2023 02:27 PM (0hOvj)
Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at March 17, 2023 02:25 PM (MvF+J)
I'll get my orange and green shirt ready. I'm from both catholic and protestant lineages, although not 100% sure which one was the Irish one...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2023 02:27 PM (ynpvh)
******
I would gladly write you a limerick on Tuesday for a loaf of bread today!
/Seamus' cousin, Wimpy Muldoon
Posted by: Muldoon at March 17, 2023 02:27 PM (ykeLU)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Free Jacob Chansley at March 17, 2023 02:27 PM (HVTM+)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 17, 2023 02:27 PM (44ww/)
Posted by: HUNTER at March 17, 2023 02:28 PM (uZ4Ij)
Kari Lake won AZ governorship by 8 points
https://tinyurl.com/2p93azwc
Posted by: kallisto at March 17, 2023 02:25 PM (dCxaZ)
The only thing that counts is the
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2023 02:28 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: HUNTER at March 17, 2023 02:28 PM (uZ4Ij)
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We are a post-legal nation.
The only solutions are post-legal.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 02:28 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: mrp at March 17, 2023 02:27 PM (rj6Yv)
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What are you saying?
Posted by: Christine "Landslide" Gregoire at March 17, 2023 02:29 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: gourmand du jour, it wuz pencils! at March 17, 2023 02:29 PM (jTmQV)
Posted by: It's true at March 17, 2023 02:29 PM (DhOHl)
Posted by: Its not funny because its true at March 17, 2023 02:29 PM (Nbfz2)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 17, 2023 02:27 PM (44ww/)
The brown cloud marshmallow was not popular and was eventually dropped from Lucky Charms cereal.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 17, 2023 02:29 PM (Y5qcH)
Posted by: Pat MeGroin, French Leprechaun at March 17, 2023 02:30 PM (paWNQ)
It begins in a harbor in South Carolina...
Posted by: Ken Burns at March 17, 2023 02:27 PM (DhOHl)
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Ken, somehow I thought you'd be more of a fan of people storming the Winter Palace.
Posted by: Christine at March 17, 2023 02:30 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Muldoon at March 17, 2023 02:30 PM (ykeLU)
In another generation every corporation, all media, and every branch of federal, state, and local government, will be run by the kind of people that ran that judge out of the Stanford speaking event.
The schools will be indoctrination centers to ensure that the uniparty remains in power forever.
We've offered to pay tuition for private schooling for all our grandkids who sadly live in deep blue cities and attend public schools. Offers refused.
Our revenge is that not one cent of our wealth will pass to them upon our deaths. Zero.
Posted by: Mr Gaga at March 17, 2023 02:30 PM (KiBMU)
Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at March 17, 2023 02:26 PM (MvF+J)
IMO this is how it will happen -
https://tinyurl.com/jf478vht
Posted by: kallisto at March 17, 2023 02:30 PM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 17, 2023 02:27 PM (44ww/)
The brown cloud marshmallow was not popular and was eventually dropped from Lucky Charms cereal.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 17, 2023 02:29 PM (Y5qcH)
Can still be found in Canada and France.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2023 02:31 PM (ynpvh)
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Shut up, squat in your hovels, and thank us for your gruel.
Posted by: Your benevolent masters at March 17, 2023 02:31 PM (ABf85)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2023 02:31 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2023 02:27 PM (ynpvh)
I got the red hair and no Irish blood...so I'm bringing my green pesto pasta (has gluten, but I'm avoiding the other allergies - I just finally want a pasta, and I can't handle the gluten free types) and green grape skewers to the Church soup and pasta dinner tonight - equally Irish-looking with no Irishness about them, either!
Posted by: Nova Local at March 17, 2023 02:32 PM (exHjb)
What's a farfadet?
*ducks for cover*
Posted by: Muldoon at March 17, 2023 02:20 PM
20 Euros, same as downtown.
Posted by: Gomez Addams at March 17, 2023 02:32 PM (Vl0Ta)
Posted by: Mr Gaga at March 17, 2023 02:30 PM (KiBMU)
will u adopt me?
Posted by: kallisto at March 17, 2023 02:32 PM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: Pat MeGroin, French Leprechaun at March 17, 2023 02:33 PM (paWNQ)
Legitimate charities? You mean both of them? I assume any and all charities are scams until proven otherwise.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2023 02:15 PM (YqDXo)
I donate to charitable orgs that help animals. I've given up on people.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 17, 2023 02:33 PM (zdXvF)
Posted by: Abbot Howard Hoffman at March 17, 2023 02:33 PM (M3hSG)
Posted by: Dantes at March 17, 2023 02:33 PM (tpxOj)
DIRECT - Manifestation à Concorde contre le 49-3 et la réforme des retraites
CLPRESS, press news agency
LIVE 3,539 watching now
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at March 17, 2023 02:33 PM (MFZ8i)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2023 02:33 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Nova Local at March 17, 2023 02:32 PM (exHjb)
Not a lot of people know that the Irish were the 1st to invent pasta. Then they got shitfaced and forgot about it.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 17, 2023 02:33 PM (Y5qcH)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 17, 2023 02:29 PM
I think they'd sell like hot cakes!
Posted by: Minnfidel at March 17, 2023 02:34 PM (oE0yX)
Posted by: It's deductible! at March 17, 2023 02:34 PM (DhOHl)
The schools will be indoctrination centers to ensure that the uniparty remains in power forever.
We've offered to pay tuition for private schooling for all our grandkids who sadly live in deep blue cities and attend public schools. Offers refused.
Our revenge is that not one cent of our wealth will pass to them upon our deaths. Zero.
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Their revenge will be Khymer Rouge part two Electric Boogaloo.
https://tinyurl.com/yvjapbkc
Posted by: Your benevolent masters at March 17, 2023 02:34 PM (6mLjc)
Pesto looks like algae.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 17, 2023 02:34 PM (ssESX)
Posted by: gourmand du jour, it wuz pencils! at March 17, 2023 02:29 PM (jTmQV)
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Places providing rims, gold teeth, gold chains, manicures, and bail bonds will cheer.
Book stores, not so much.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2023 02:34 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 17, 2023 02:24 PM (fs1hN)
fify
Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 17, 2023 02:34 PM (FCbAQ)
Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at March 17, 2023 02:34 PM (MvF+J)
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Can I call dibs on your stuff?
Posted by: Pudinhead at March 17, 2023 02:35 PM (sVfvf)
How is breaking up the country accomplished?
Posted by: kallisto
First you isolate Alberta...
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 17, 2023 02:35 PM (zaWyB)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 17, 2023 02:24 PM (fs1hN)
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Remember all the bragging about how many watchers were in Philly last year?
Yeah, the cheating still happened.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 02:35 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Nova Local at March 17, 2023 02:32 PM (exHjb)
Not a lot of people know that the Irish were the 1st to invent pasta. Then they got shitfaced and forgot about it.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 17, 2023 02:33 PM (Y5qcH)
According to a Saturday Evening joke, the Greeks invented sex for pleasure, but the Irish were the first to include women...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2023 02:35 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: It's deductible! at March 17, 2023 02:34 PM
Imprison Tibet!
Posted by: Minnfidel at March 17, 2023 02:35 PM (oE0yX)
*How is breaking up the country accomplished?*
It begins in a harbor in South Carolina...
Posted by: Ken Burns at March 17, 2023 02:27 PM
To be accurate, it goes back a lot farther than that.
Posted by: Eromero at March 17, 2023 02:35 PM (MF3yS)
Posted by: Muldoon at March 17, 2023 02:35 PM (ykeLU)
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at March 17, 2023 02:35 PM (KbCG3)
The only reason the evil leftard/woketard/globalists are even engaging in the Kabuki political theater of elections is because they don't quite yet have normal Americans disarmed enough nor brainwashed enough to submit completely to their neobabylonian tyranny. After all, the scumbags still need their slaves, and they cannot have those who do the actual work leave now, can they?
Posted by: Pete at March 17, 2023 02:35 PM (9uoO8)
Posted by: Eromero at March 17, 2023 02:35 PM (MF3yS)
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Charles I, you bastard.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 02:36 PM (LvTSG)
I'll get my orange and green shirt ready. I'm from both catholic and protestant lineages, although not 100% sure which one was the Irish one...
Posted by: jim
The orange ( protestant) lineage is most likely dominated by Scottish ancestors . Wearing the orange and banging the drum and singing " hello, hello, we are the Billy boys" is not recommended on St Patty's day
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Free Jacob Chansley at March 17, 2023 02:36 PM (HVTM+)
More people came out to vote for Trump than any presidential candidate in human history. How much more are we supposed to do?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 17, 2023 02:27 PM (0hOvj)
You can't really win an election until you get US onboard!
Posted by: Residents of cemeteries and mausoleums across America at March 17, 2023 02:36 PM (l0Cy4)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 17, 2023 02:24 PM (ssESX)
Have you noticed that all of the battery discussion amongst the idiots is about getting enough rare metals for EV batteries? I wonder where that same stuff will come from for the zillions of cubic yards of batteries that will be needed to supply the grid during nights, no-wind days, and cloudy days?
Biden opening-up a FedGov area in Alaska to oil exploration may not be a one-off. I hope.
Posted by: Gref at March 17, 2023 02:36 PM (AMIL/)
Pesto looks like algae.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 17, 2023 02:34 PM (ssESX)
But tastes a hell of a lot better.
Cool hash, BTW...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2023 02:36 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Archer at March 17, 2023 02:36 PM (gmo/4)
Posted by: BurtTC at March 17, 2023 02:33 PM (zdXvF)
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Fair enough, but the nominal purpose of a charity bears no necessary relation to where the money goes, which in all too many cases is to the insiders of the charity.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2023 02:36 PM (YqDXo)
@ClementLanot
🔴 Face à face entre police et manifestants à #Paris : canon à eau et barricades pour le 2eme soir d’affilé sur #Concorde contre la #ReformedesRetraite
twitter.com/i/status/1636791531582660610
11:08 AM · Mar 17, 2023
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at March 17, 2023 02:36 PM (MFZ8i)
I bet you could make pesto from algae. The Whole Foods crowd would go for it bigly. That there might be a money-maker.
Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at March 17, 2023 02:36 PM (MvF+J)
Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2023 02:37 PM (xhxe8)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 17, 2023 02:24 PM (fs1hN)
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Remember all the bragging about how many watchers were in Philly last year?
Yeah, the cheating still happened.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 02:35 PM (LvTSG)
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And if they observe cheating before their very eyes, the state courts will say they have "no standing".
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 17, 2023 02:37 PM (ssESX)
Posted by: mrp at March 17, 2023 02:37 PM (rj6Yv)
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Can I call dibs on your stuff?
Posted by: Pudinhead at March 17, 2023 02:35 PM (sVfvf)
the left doesn't want us to own anything
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2023 02:37 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 17, 2023 02:24 PM (ssESX)
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Good one.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2023 02:37 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 17, 2023 02:37 PM (ssESX)
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"Should have filed earlier. Too late. Election already happened. Now fuck off."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 02:37 PM (LvTSG)
As we beat each other up over Trump vs. DeSantis, the Joe Stalin/Stolen vote counters are what count.
Literally and figuratively . . .
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 17, 2023 02:37 PM (x0n13)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2023 02:35 PM (ynpvh)
Okay, that's funny!
Posted by: Nova Local at March 17, 2023 02:38 PM (exHjb)
Posted by: mrp at March 17, 2023 02:37 PM (rj6Yv)
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Not every state is PA.
But there are enough like PA to make winning a federal election impossible for a conservative Republican.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 02:38 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Minnfidel at March 17, 2023 02:38 PM (oE0yX)
*How is breaking up the country accomplished?*
It begins in a harbor in South Carolina...
Posted by: Ken Burns at March 17, 2023 02:27 PM
To be accurate, it goes back a lot farther than that.
Posted by: Eromero at March 17, 2023 02:35 PM (MF3yS)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MabLtuTpDw8
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2023 02:39 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Just Wondering at March 17, 2023 02:39 PM (DhOHl)
Posted by: BurtTC at March 17, 2023 02:33 PM (zdXvF)
Same here.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 17, 2023 02:39 PM (BdMk6)
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at March 17, 2023 02:35 PM (KbCG3)
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I wonder if SVB's ex-employees standing in unemployment lines have any thoughts re SVB's contributions to BLM, etc.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2023 02:39 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: mrp at March 17, 2023 02:39 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Muldoon at March 17, 2023 02:35 PM (ykeLU)
Commies always end up at the Pol Pot at the end of their rainbow.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2023 02:39 PM (ynpvh)
*How is breaking up the country accomplished?*
It begins in a harbor in South Carolina...
Posted by: Ken Burns at March 17, 2023 02:27 PM
To be accurate, it goes back a lot farther than that.
Posted by: Eromero at March 17, 2023 02:35 PM (MF3yS)
"A small 5,000 watt radio station in Fresno, CA . . . "
- - Ted Baxter
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 17, 2023 02:39 PM (x0n13)
Posted by: Just Wondering
The Unions were told their members will have to work.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 17, 2023 02:40 PM (zaWyB)
Posted by: Just Wondering at March 17, 2023 02:39 PM (DhOHl)
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New law requiring bathing and deodorant.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2023 02:40 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2023 02:39 PM (YqDXo)
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"That's fine because it was charitable. I'm only mad at the C-suite for taking bonuses!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 02:40 PM (LvTSG)
Not every state is PA.
But there are enough like PA to make winning a federal election impossible for a conservative Republican.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 02:38 PM (LvTSG)
Nah, b/c we can cycle into states and break the vote unexpectedly (like in VA) and then fix it (like in VA)...it's good to see NC joining the SE line of VA/FL/GA in fixing its vote...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 17, 2023 02:40 PM (exHjb)
Posted by: PJ at March 17, 2023 02:40 PM (G1dq6)
Posted by: Laid off farcebook worker at March 17, 2023 02:40 PM (5PbMj)
Posted by: kallisto at March 17, 2023 02:23 PM (dCxaZ)
The obvious answer is it starts with Texas, then maybe Florida next, then the areas in the northwest that don't want to be part of Oregon and Washington and Colorado anymore.
Mini countries can form alliances, maybe even with foreign powers that don't want American hegemony anymore.
Would it be peaceful? Depends on what DC does. As it did the last time.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 17, 2023 02:40 PM (zdXvF)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2023 02:35 PM (ynpvh)
Okay, that's funny!
Posted by: Nova Local at March 17, 2023 02:38 PM (exHjb)
Ha! I love it!
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Angry Leprechaun at March 17, 2023 02:40 PM (xPJvm)
I'll get my orange and green shirt ready. I'm from both catholic and protestant lineages, although not 100% sure which one was the Irish one...
Posted by: jim
The orange ( protestant) lineage is most likely dominated by Scottish ancestors . Wearing the orange and banging the drum and singing " hello, hello, we are the Billy boys" is not recommended on St Patty's day
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Free Jacob Chansley at March 17, 2023 02:36 PM (HVTM+)
Got both the Scottish and Irish ancestry. Part of the Heinz 57 mutt that I am.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2023 02:41 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Just Wondering at March 17, 2023 02:39 PM
That they have to work until GASP! 64 instead of 62. Those 2 1/2 work days are a bitch monsieur.
Posted by: Minnfidel at March 17, 2023 02:41 PM (oE0yX)
Posted by: mrp at March 17, 2023 02:39 PM (rj6Yv)
Problem is all the talk has only yielded a couple of permits to built new plants.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 17, 2023 02:41 PM (UuD2k)
Posted by: BurtTC at March 17, 2023 02:33 PM (zdXvF)
Same here.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 17, 2023 02:39 PM (BdMk6)
If it's not your local shelter, most national orgs just kill the animals.
You are better off donating to the people who are in your neighborhoods and Church - your own library, your own park system, etc. Keep your area strong locally.
Posted by: Nova Local at March 17, 2023 02:41 PM (exHjb)
Posted by: mrp at March 17, 2023 02:39 PM (rj6Yv)
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It's a head fake, to quieten down those pesky people asking where the electricity for all the leftist green fantasies is going to come from.
Answer: it won't come at all. We'll just have to do without.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2023 02:41 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Just Wondering at March 17, 2023 02:39 PM
That they have to work until GASP! 64 instead of 62. Those 2 1/2 work days are a bitch monsieur.
Posted by: Minnfidel at March 17, 2023 02:41 PM (oE0yX)
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They take the whole month of August off just to recover.
Seriously, the French can EABOD about their little retirement issue.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 02:42 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Just Wondering at March 17, 2023 02:39 PM (DhOHl)
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youtube.com/watch?v=_5cERmzyysQ
Live: Protest at French National Assembly after Macron forces pension reforms through without vote
Live at the National Assembly in Paris, a day after the French government decided to force through changes to the pension system without a vote. On Thursday, the Senate passed President Macron’s proposals by 193-144, but the vote in the Assembly was withdrawn at the last minute, with the result believed to be too close to call.
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne then announced the triggering of Article 49.3, a special constitutional power, to pass the legislation. Regular demonstrations and strikes against the bill, which increases the pension age from 62 to 64, have taken place in recent months, with rallies expected to intensify following the use of the executive power.
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at March 17, 2023 02:42 PM (MFZ8i)
'I'm with the French on this one. And I hope they strike back very hard and viciously'
Me too. I am pretty sure retirement age isn't the only issue. My co-worker lives in France and the Covid restrictions went over like a lead balloon with him.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 17, 2023 02:42 PM (T/s40)
Avez-vous vu les vidéos? Ils brûlent l'endroit. Il y a plus de balles dans cette foule qu'ici.
Posted by: Pat MeGroin, French Leprechaun at March 17, 2023 02:42 PM (paWNQ)
Our revenge is that not one cent of our wealth will pass to them upon our deaths. Zero.
Good decision. Maybe you should drop that bit of news on them, for the sake of your grandkids, if nothing else.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 17, 2023 02:42 PM (Xrfse)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 17, 2023 02:37 PM (ssESX)
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"Should have filed earlier. Too late. Election already happened. Now fuck off."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 02:37 PM (LvTSG)
With the converse of, "It's too early to file. You haven't suffered any harm yet. Try after the election."
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2023 02:42 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Muldoon at March 17, 2023 02:15 PM (ykeLU)
Someone got into the Guinness a wee bit early.
Posted by: pookysgirl can't partake in the festivities... yet at March 17, 2023 02:43 PM (dtlDP)
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at March 17, 2023 02:08 PM (NtVYv)
Only part of buffalo we do not use
Posted by: Native Americans at March 17, 2023 02:09 PM (ynpvh)
I laughed out loud at this
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at March 17, 2023 02:43 PM (NtVYv)
Posted by: Nova Local at March 17, 2023 02:40 PM (exHjb)
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That's nice and all, except Trump won NC in 2020.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 02:43 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2023 02:39 PM (YqDXo)
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"That's fine because it was charitable. I'm only mad at the C-suite for taking bonuses!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 02:40 PM (LvTSG)
"Also, please hire my diverse former co-workers first. It's OK, I can survive on cat food and virtue."
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at March 17, 2023 02:43 PM (KbCG3)
Posted by: Nova Local at March 17, 2023 02:41 PM (exHjb)
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Yeah, all those LGBTQEIEIO books don't come cheap.
And the vagrants will definitely appreciate donations to the park system.
Sorry, I'm in California, which is how things like this work out.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2023 02:43 PM (YqDXo)
Pension reform.
I can still hear the crack of the baton against the old lady heads during the Gilets Jaunes protests.
Posted by: kallisto at March 17, 2023 02:43 PM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at March 17, 2023 02:44 PM (mg7yS)
Posted by: I still have my financial collapse decorations up at March 17, 2023 02:44 PM (DhOHl)
Posted by: tubal at March 17, 2023 02:44 PM (PCK5/)
Fair enough, but the nominal purpose of a charity bears no necessary relation to where the money goes, which in all too many cases is to the insiders of the charity.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2023 02:36 PM (YqDXo)
Every org I donate to is small, and clearly putting their money toward their operations, which clearly benefit the animals in their care. I've seen it with my own two eyes.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 17, 2023 02:44 PM (zdXvF)
Posted by: JM in Fla/Ill - Behold the Manchurian Candidate at March 17, 2023 02:44 PM (0TAqT)
Posted by: SMOD you tease at March 17, 2023 02:45 PM (La8Fd)
Posted by: tubal at March 17, 2023 02:44 PM (PCK5/)
I don't think we fully resolved the correct way to count levels yesterday.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 17, 2023 02:45 PM (UuD2k)
Posted by: garrett at March 17, 2023 02:45 PM (TWgi2)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 02:37 PM (LvTSG)
With the converse of, "It's too early to file. You haven't suffered any harm yet. Try after the election."
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2023 02:42 PM (ynpvh)
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Yep. There's a magic five minutes when filing is appropriate. Before, or after, no dice.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2023 02:45 PM (YqDXo)
I am wearing my Irish Pug t-shirt, which features a doggie with a bowler and a bowtie smoking a pipe. the tartan on the bowler looks a lot like my clan's pattern, which I find cool.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Angry Leprechaun at March 17, 2023 02:45 PM (xPJvm)
Posted by: tubal at March 17, 2023 02:45 PM (PCK5/)
the NWO cops haven't showed up yet
don't you recall what occurred during the protests of Les Gilets Jaunes? Or what happened in Canada during the Freedom Convoy?
Or what happened here on 1.6.21? The suppression and crackdown is all NWO-driven.
Posted by: kallisto at March 17, 2023 02:46 PM (dCxaZ)
Oh, I see somebody is selling seaweed pesto online. $40 for a quarter ounce, plus $20 shipping. My instincts were right; this is a frickin gastropub goldmine!
Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at March 17, 2023 02:46 PM (MvF+J)
Posted by: BurtTC at March 17, 2023 02:44 PM (zdXvF)
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Good job, then.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2023 02:46 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: JM in Fla/Ill - Behold the Manchurian Candidate at March 17, 2023 02:46 PM (0TAqT)
Posted by: tubal at March 17, 2023 02:44 PM (PCK5/)
Doesn't matter which; you'll be wading in deep...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2023 02:46 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: tubal at March 17, 2023 02:45 PM (PCK5/)
You sure about that?
Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 17, 2023 02:47 PM (FCbAQ)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2023 02:45 PM (YqDXo)
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"Sorry, I was out to lunch. Try again in 4 years."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 02:47 PM (LvTSG)
Def Lepoard - because what you want
Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2023 02:47 PM (xhxe8)
Posted by: JM in Fla/Ill - Behold the Manchurian Candidate at March 17, 2023 02:44 PM (0TAqT)
Does Zuck call foreplay with his wife 4-Chan?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2023 02:47 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at March 17, 2023 02:47 PM (Mzdiz)
Often said after first stating the Democrats intend to end elections in this country.
Posted by: Gref
"Let that sink in."
"You can't make this up."
Rush used to say the do not doubt one I think.
Posted by: micky at March 17, 2023 02:47 PM (3byMq)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 17, 2023 02:24 PM (fs1hN)
The state Assembly already did an autopsy from the 2020 election, the WIGOP know how they do it, they're just not that motivated to counter them.
Posted by: lowandslow at March 17, 2023 02:47 PM (76Foq)
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at March 17, 2023 02:42 PM (MFZ8i)
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So ... an Enabling Act, then?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2023 02:47 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: tubal at March 17, 2023 02:47 PM (PCK5/)
Recall NPR's article, 12/8/20, How Private Money from Facebook's CEO Saved the 2020 Elections.
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@ChuckCallesto
BREAKING REPORT: 400,000 gallons of RADIOACTIVE WATER leaked from Minnesota's Xcel Energy Monticello nuclear power plant in November of 2022, public WAS NOT MADE AWARE until yesterday..
11:43 AM · Mar 17, 2023
Posted by: Lola - Free Jacob Chansley at March 17, 2023 02:48 PM (GshMh)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 17, 2023 02:48 PM (n+4am)
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at March 17, 2023 02:42 PM (MFZ8i)
________________
I wouldn't call it "passing" the legislation. More like "imposing" the legislation.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2023 02:48 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: DFCtomm at March 17, 2023 02:48 PM (vDj4Y)
Non fiction science fiction.
Posted by: humphreyrobot at March 17, 2023 02:49 PM (Th8aX)
Oh, I see somebody is selling seaweed pesto online. $40 for a quarter ounce, plus $20 shipping. My instincts were right; this is a frickin gastropub goldmine!
Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at March 17, 2023 02:46 PM (MvF+J)
Tout the heath benefits...high in iodine. Store it for the nuclear winter!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2023 02:49 PM (ynpvh)
More than likely, we lose again in 2024 as they [Dems and RINOS] will utilize the cheat machine again to thwart real votes, like in 2020. And the Republicans will again do nothing, as they are prone to do or get paid off to not make waves. The country was lost in 2020. It is a fools folly to keep thinking that real votes from real voters will get us a different result when cheating is an accepted norm now. There is no "vote harder" strategy when the liars on our side make no effort to outlaw vote harvesting tactics that any sane democratic republic would outlaw.
And a Desantis run would not win either (not that I would vote for him in 24. Trump is my President) as "count all the votes" instead of "one man, one vote" is the way now
Posted by: Tracy at March 17, 2023 02:49 PM (aWDI7)
Posted by: I miss Rush at March 17, 2023 02:49 PM (DhOHl)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 17, 2023 02:49 PM (0hOvj)
Posted by: Nova Local at March 17, 2023 02:41 PM (exHjb)
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Yeah, all those LGBTQEIEIO books don't come cheap.
And the vagrants will definitely appreciate donations to the park system.
Sorry, I'm in California, which is how things like this work out.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2023 02:43 PM (YqDXo)
Ah, you can't directly buy books off wishlists and thus give only the books you approve of - that sucks...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 17, 2023 02:49 PM (exHjb)
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"Citizens United -- RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWK!!!"
Posted by: ShainS -- The Abolition of The West is from Men Without Chests at March 17, 2023 02:49 PM (W2dl3)
Posted by: tubal at March 17, 2023 02:44 PM (PCK5/)
I've always found that natto is a subject that is worthy of discussion
Posted by: REDACTED at March 17, 2023 02:50 PM (us2H3)
Posted by: tubal at March 17, 2023 02:44 PM (PCK5/)
Doesn't matter which; you'll be wading in deep...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2023 02:46 PM
That made me laugh. At least he/she didn't inquire about the best caliber.
Posted by: Minnfidel at March 17, 2023 02:50 PM (oE0yX)
Example: The NC Senate and General Assembly just passed a sweeping new gun bill that ends (FINALLY!) the requirement that handgun purchasers acquire a permit from their county's Sheriff's department before buying a pistol (exemption for CCW holders). A few Dems voted with the Republicans, probably making the bill veto-proof.
Posted by: mrp at March 17, 2023 02:50 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 17, 2023 02:49 PM (0hOvj)
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And they had a chance to get rid of them *checks notes* 11 months ago.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 02:50 PM (LvTSG)
BREAKING REPORT: 400,000 gallons of RADIOACTIVE WATER leaked from Minnesota's Xcel Energy Monticello nuclear power plant in November of 2022, public WAS NOT MADE AWARE until yesterday..
11:43 AM · Mar 17, 2023
Posted by: Lola - Free Jacob Chansley at March 17, 2023 02:48 PM (GshMh)
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Uh ... what was the level of radioactivity? What were the isotopes involved? Inquiring minds want to know, because that information will determine whether this is a big deal or just agitprop.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2023 02:50 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: BurtTC at March 17, 2023 02:33 PM (zdXvF)
I donate to a Dog rescue along the border, owner was on Tucker. She rescues many of the dogs abandoned by the illegals. I hope to visit the ranch some day
Posted by: JM in Fla/Ill - Behold the Manchurian Candidate at March 17, 2023 02:50 PM (0TAqT)
Posted by: Pat MeGroin, French Leprechaun at March 17, 2023 02:50 PM (paWNQ)
BREAKING REPORT: 400,000 gallons of RADIOACTIVE WATER leaked from Minnesota's Xcel Energy Monticello nuclear power plant in November of 2022, public WAS NOT MADE AWARE until yesterday..
11:43 AM · Mar 17, 2023
Posted by: Lola - Free Jacob Chansley
Holy shit.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 17, 2023 02:51 PM (qivya)
ta-da-dut-da-duh-dut...
Ancillary, would Rush be saying it *IS* time to panic right now?
Posted by: micky at March 17, 2023 02:51 PM (3byMq)
Posted by: Mary and Vincent at March 17, 2023 02:51 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: garrett at March 17, 2023 02:51 PM (TWgi2)
BREAKING REPORT: 400,000 gallons of RADIOACTIVE WATER leaked from Minnesota's Xcel Energy Monticello nuclear power plant in November of 2022, public WAS NOT MADE AWARE until yesterday..
11:43 AM · Mar 17, 2023
Posted by: Lola - Free Jacob Chansley at March 17, 2023 02:48 PM (GshMh)
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Uh ... what was the level of radioactivity? What were the isotopes involved? Inquiring minds want to know, because that information will determine whether this is a big deal or just agitprop.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2023 02:50 PM (YqDXo)
If you can see the glow from space, it's a problem.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2023 02:51 PM (ynpvh)
Good job, then.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2023 02:46 PM (YqDXo)
I knew a gal who was part of a pit bull rescue operation, which really seemed like a great idea. I almost gave them money.. almost. But it had more to do with me wanting to get in her pants, than my love of pit bulls. Then she took up with some drug addict who later died of a fentanyl overdose. Sorry doggies, I wanted to help, but....
Posted by: BurtTC at March 17, 2023 02:51 PM (zdXvF)
Yea, but there's a really firey speech by Jim Jordan I bet!
Posted by: Minnfidel at March 17, 2023 02:52 PM (oE0yX)
https://ytube.io/3c2k
Posted by: Mary and Vincent at March 17, 2023 02:51 PM (yQpMk)
Sorta like the show "Drunk History"?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2023 02:52 PM (ynpvh)
*******
You could name the business "Kelp, Kelp Me Rhonda!"
Posted by: Muldoon at March 17, 2023 02:52 PM (ykeLU)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2023 02:50 PM (YqDXo)
Tritium. Not fission products.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 17, 2023 02:52 PM (UuD2k)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 17, 2023 02:52 PM (n+4am)
Posted by: kallisto at March 17, 2023 02:53 PM (dCxaZ)
This will make the Carp easier to spear.
Posted by: garrett at March 17, 2023 02:53 PM (TWgi2)
Posted by: micky at March 17, 2023 02:53 PM (3byMq)
Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at March 17, 2023 02:53 PM (MvF+J)
Posted by: Rimshot at March 17, 2023 02:53 PM (DhOHl)
Posted by: Axeman at March 17, 2023 02:54 PM (H5ijz)
What is the best topic here to jump into???
Posted by: tubal
Bewbs.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 17,
Definitely pro boobs!!
Posted by: tubal at March 17, 2023 02:54 PM (PCK5/)
C'est bien sûr un commentaire clownesque et montre soit votre ignorance innée, soit votre manque d'intellect. Cela a peut-être commencé comme une question de pension. Mais il s'agit maintenant de l'utilisation abusive du gouvernement contre le peuple.
Posted by: Pat MeGroin, French Leprechaun at March 17, 2023 02:54 PM (paWNQ)
Posted by: mrp at March 17, 2023 02:37 PM (rj6Yv)
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Any number of states are doing right things and may be able to survive the failure of the national government.
But the national government is unfixable, as are several of the states. They've been fully subverted and will *not* be pulled back from the precipice.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 17, 2023 02:54 PM (t0OGg)
*******
You could name the business "Kelp, Kelp Me Rhonda!"
Posted by: Muldoon at March 17, 2023 02:52 PM (ykeLU)
Since I saw seaweed salad, which I also like - seaweed is a flavorless soggy green meant to provide health while taking really strong marinades well...if you eat it plain, it's not very good. But if you eat it coated in wonderful things, it's nice and makes a nice side dish to other things...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 17, 2023 02:54 PM (exHjb)
Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at March 17, 2023 02:54 PM (MvF+J)
' count/collect/manufacture for Janet Protasiewicz without looking to obvious'
I used to live in WI and still get mail from there. One piece had a picture of her.
She's the balrog you would expect.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 17, 2023 02:55 PM (T/s40)
Posted by: micky at March 17, 2023 02:47 PM (3byMq)
I'm not saying they did, but I'm not ruling out the possibility they had him killed.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 17, 2023 02:55 PM (zdXvF)
Kinda like West Virginians, then.
Posted by: Just sayin' at March 17, 2023 02:56 PM (DhOHl)
Posted by: Nova Local at March 17, 2023 02:54 PM (exHjb)
You and crunch it up into soups too. You'll barely notice it's there.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 17, 2023 02:56 PM (UuD2k)
Its been illegal on the books for a while even.
Posted by: I have an idea at March 17, 2023 02:56 PM (dnjPu)
AFP said there was chaos in the parliament and even outside after the government invoked 49.3:
Lawmakers were shouting, their voices shaking with emotion as Macron made the risky move, which is expected to trigger quick motions of no-confidence in his government. Riot police vans zoomed by outside the National Assembly, their sirens wailing.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 17, 2023 02:56 PM (qh8B4)
Posted by: mrp at March 17, 2023 02:50 PM (rj6Yv)
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So? The GOP will be able, once they, finally, become aware of the threat fix the voting problems in states they control, but they'll never be able to fix them even in purple states. Groups of people lose, for every winner there is a loser. We've lost. I would say it was a good fight, but it wasn't. We had control and we're convinced to give it up, and that's about as bad a performance as it gets.
You might hope that at some point in the future the tide would turn, since as long as a people exists their political fortunes can change, but they have imposed defacto open borders and are in the process of demographic replacement. That's game over. The country as we knew it is finished and you better start talking to your kids about what their life strategies are.
Posted by: DFCtomm at March 17, 2023 02:56 PM (vDj4Y)
********
Or you could stay in the boat.
But then we will have debate row versus wade all over again.
Posted by: Muldoon at March 17, 2023 02:57 PM (ykeLU)
Posted by: Nova Local at March 17, 2023 02:54 PM (exHjb)
You and crunch it up into soups too. You'll barely notice it's there.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 17, 2023 02:56 PM (UuD2k)
Miso soup. MMMMmmm.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2023 02:57 PM (ynpvh)
"Law Enforcement Agencies Are Prepping for Possible Trump Indictment as Soon as Next Week: Sources - The agencies involved include the NYPD, New York State Court Officers, the U.S. Secret Service, the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force, and the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, officials say."
https://www.nbcwashington. com/investigations/nyc-security-preps- underway-for-possible-trump-indictment-as-soon -as-next-week-sources/3305510/
Posted by: Nova Local at March 17, 2023 02:57 PM (exHjb)
Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at March 17, 2023 02:57 PM (MvF+J)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2023 02:50 PM (YqDXo)
.....or just wild speculation without evidence.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 17, 2023 02:58 PM (BdMk6)
Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2023 02:58 PM (xhxe8)
Its been illegal on the books for a while even.
Posted by: I have an idea at March 17, 2023 02:56 PM (dnjPu)
the opposite is also true; Gov't gives money to private sector to do things the Gov't is not allowed to do.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2023 02:58 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at March 17, 2023 02:57 PM (MvF+J)
++++
Competition there, too, what with all the "gamer girls" selling their bathwater.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 17, 2023 02:58 PM (t0OGg)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at March 17, 2023 02:44 PM
Oui, oui!
Posted by: N. Buonaparte at March 17, 2023 02:58 PM (Vl0Ta)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2023 02:58 PM (ynpvh)
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Which is also illegal.
Well, it *was* illegal, back when law was a thing.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 17, 2023 02:59 PM (t0OGg)
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at March 17, 2023 02:42 PM (MFZ8i)
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I wouldn't call it "passing" the legislation. More like "imposing" the legislation.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
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France had that system basically to prevent roadblocks that happened under the 3rd Republic. The day that the Germans invaded France, Def Minister Daladier, PM Reynaud, and the rest of the cabinet were meeting in order to discuss Reynaud's motion to fire French Army Chief Gamelin. Daladier threatened to resign if Gamelin was removed, Gamelin felt dishonored and said he would resign and the pressure was on Reynaud to resign and call for new elections. The only thing stopping that was that during the meeting as temperatures rose, the participants were informed that the Germans had crossed the border.
Posted by: whig at March 17, 2023 02:59 PM (r4qoG)
Well, it *was* illegal, back when law was a thing.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 17, 2023 02:59 PM (t0OGg)
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Post-legal problems require post-legal solutions.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 02:59 PM (LvTSG)
Kinda like West Virginians, then.
Posted by: Just sayin' at March 17, 2023 02:56 PM (DhOHl)
They're protesting having to actually WORK in order to fund all the Muslim/African immigrants in their midst.
Ha, freaking, ha.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 17, 2023 02:59 PM (x0n13)
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Or you could stay in the boat.
But then we will have debate row versus wade all over again.
Posted by: Muldoon at March 17, 2023 02:57 PM (ykeLU)
AOC says row is the best way to cross the Rio Grande.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2023 02:59 PM (ynpvh)
Which is also illegal.
Well, it *was* illegal, back when law was a thing.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 17, 2023 02:59 PM (t0OGg)
“ Law”… that’s funny.
Posted by: tubal at March 17, 2023 03:00 PM (PCK5/)
But paying folks to jimmy the elections and destroy "our democracy" along the way? "No prob. Indeed, more!"
Posted by: MarkW at March 17, 2023 03:00 PM (9ld71)
Posted by: Poke A Haunt Us at March 17, 2023 03:00 PM (DhOHl)
Posted by: Piper at March 17, 2023 03:00 PM (ZdaMQ)
Ha, freaking, ha.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 17, 2023 02:59 PM (x0n13)
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So, did they affirmatively vote for the increase in immigration, or was that imposed on them too?
If it was imposed on them, why did they not object back then when it started? How many impositions on their liberty have they simply accepted over the decades?
How long as the water been boiling for these frogs?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 03:00 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2023 03:01 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Piper at March 17, 2023 03:02 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: tubal at March 17, 2023 03:02 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Piper at March 17, 2023 03:00 PM (ZdaMQ)
I just report the news. It does seem like a fed action, but being done by the US DA for NY over the Stormy Daniels payment thing...trying to get a jury area like DC that might convict just on name, probably...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 17, 2023 03:02 PM (exHjb)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 17, 2023 03:02 PM (qh8B4)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 03:00 PM (LvTSG)
Dude. You're a movie expert. Have you not heard of "The Battle of Algiers ?"
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 17, 2023 03:03 PM (x0n13)
Posted by: bonhomme at March 17, 2023 03:03 PM (V1QHJ)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 17, 2023 03:03 PM (Y5qcH)
Some people still seem to be in denial about the complete destruction of legitimate voting the CV19 hysteria wrought. We are never going back.
Where poll watchers can actually help is in places like AZ, where Lake would have clearly won on election day but for the blatant vote sabotage in Maricopa county. But look at how utterly the GOP party -- and Lake's campaign -- fucked a pig on that.
They had to know the steal was in effect, yet they never bothered to check the voting machines beforehand, never bothered to make sure there were plenty of paper ballots that were the right size, etc. They were totally unprepared for what they should have seen coming a mile away. Does the GOP actually want to win elections???
Posted by: Elric Blade at March 17, 2023 03:03 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 17, 2023 03:04 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 03:00 PM (LvTSG)
Dude. You're a movie expert. Have you not heard of "The Battle of Algiers ?"
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 17, 2023 03:03 PM (x0n13)
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I'M NOT ALLOWED TO ASK RHETORICAL QUESITONS ANYMORE?! WHAT IS THIS? CANADA?!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 17, 2023 03:04 PM (LvTSG)
So? The GOP will be able, once they, finally, become aware of the threat fix the voting problems in states they control, but they'll never be able to fix them even in purple states.
Posted by: DFCtomm
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Not true. The Dems rely on a huge bloat to voter registration files that are a) nonexistent voters, b) voters that have moved away or are ineligible for some reason (felonies, not a citizen, etc), and c) voters that once existed but are either dead, did not re register, and so on. Plus, in some states, the state governments allow third party groups live access to voter registration and history files where as in AZ, voters were created on the fly during the election period and deleted along with history, leaving only the ballot behind.
Then you have the usual scanning ballots multiple times, paying for ballots, destruction or obstruction of GOP votes, manipulating electronic voting systems ability to change votes under the adjudication procedures, etc.
Posted by: whig at March 17, 2023 03:05 PM (r4qoG)
He played the Hotelier in John Wick.
Posted by: bonhomme at March 17, 2023 03:03 PM (V1QHJ)
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Aw, crap. Loved him and both Fringe an The Wire -- and the dude had an impressive ripped & cut body.
RIP.
Posted by: ShainS -- The Abolition of The West is from Men Without Chests at March 17, 2023 03:05 PM (W2dl3)
Posted by: mrp at March 17, 2023 03:06 PM (rj6Yv)
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So? Look, I'm referencing a long track record of the GOP being completely ineffective when it comes to policing voter fraud. When I say it's not going to be fixed I have real world evidence. You have a hypothetical GOP that doesn't exist.
Posted by: DFCtomm at March 17, 2023 03:07 PM (vDj4Y)
Posted by: mrp at March 17, 2023 03:07 PM (rj6Yv)
They had to know the steal was in effect, yet they never bothered to check the voting machines beforehand, never bothered to make sure there were plenty of paper ballots that were the right size, etc. They were totally unprepared for what they should have seen coming a mile away. Does the GOP actually want to win elections???
Posted by: Elric Blade
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Guess what, you are asking for a perfection that does not exist. Simply put, the Dems change their procedures and Maricopa is led by GOP Commission with a GOP registrar of votes.
Lake got smashing totals from outside of Maricopa County to counteract fraud and her totals were destroyed in Maricopa intentionally by the GOP party there--not the Dems.
My guess is that cartels are involved in trying to keep the border open for drug and human smuggling and the old silver or lead maxim applies in that case.
Posted by: whig at March 17, 2023 03:08 PM (r4qoG)
Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2023 03:12 PM (xhxe8)
Posted by: DFCtomm
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To be frank, you are rather uninformed on the subject while wailing all is lost.
Specifically, and this takes no action by the GOP, voter organizations can sue the states in both federal and district courts to essentially remove non-existent voters from the rolls which makes it much harder to cheat. An organization did that in Orange County, CA and the result was several US House seats were won back from the 2018 debacle.
The federal Motor Voter bill requires states to periodically purge their voting rolls or they can be sued by voters (standing here is explicitly not an issue) in a jurisdiction to remove those non-existent or fraudulent registrations. Suits can be in federal courts for enforcement.
Posted by: whig at March 17, 2023 03:12 PM (r4qoG)
Posted by: sidney at March 17, 2023 03:13 PM (Uy/WF)
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Okay, good luck with all that, but it just doesn't matter. There are more of them than there are of us. It's just numbers. The only reason we were able to win in the recent past is because they have such shitty voter turnout, most of the time.
With the new mail-in voting laws that isn't an issue. When we get another cycle or two then we can begin to look at voter turn out and I'll bet Democrat voter turn out is going to be virtually flat line with little variation. It will be flat with a constant slight increase that is a result of population increases. You can't beat that in court.
Posted by: DFCtomm at March 17, 2023 03:20 PM (vDj4Y)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 17, 2023 02:52 PM (UuD2k)
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Twelve year half-life. Pfffft. Also tritium (IIRC) is a beta-emitter. No biggie.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2023 03:31 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: whig at March 17, 2023 03:12 PM (r4qoG)
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Before leftist judges.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 17, 2023 03:32 PM (YqDXo)
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Case in California was before a leftist judge.
Posted by: whig at March 17, 2023 03:53 PM (r4qoG)
So what can we do at this point? Elections in this country are a complete sham. What recourses do we have to take back our Republic? Submission is not a choice. I will not be a slave. If this goes on.....
Posted by: Junius at March 17, 2023 06:24 PM (ZAerh)
That $32Million of part of a "Charitable Trust" managed for him by....wait for it....Arrabella.
Posted by: birddog at March 17, 2023 08:50 PM (uAI4S)
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Posted by: jabs at March 17, 2023 09:00 PM (NWBzZ)
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