The Morning Report

The Morning Report — 3/16/23

Good morning, kids. So, Greta Thunberg, aka Scoldilocks, the moderately-retarded troll whom the Left uses as shield and cudgel to make you submit to the climate change myth has reportedly deleted a tweet from five years ago claiming, and I quote:

“A top climate scientist is warning that climate change will wipe out all of humanity unless we stop using fossil fuels over the next five years.”

I'm not going to respond here with snark and derision (who opened for Seals and Crofts on the Midnight Special in '74) because, truth be told, all things considered, I was kind of hoping for that prediction to come true. Mostly in areas of Democrat influence, but I digress. If humanity is actually wiped out this year or very soon thereafter, it won't be because of a hoax perpetrated to scare us into building a mass grave to the 11th century. It will be because of the greed- and arrogance-induced insanity of people wanting armageddon for fun and profit. Mostly the latter. I give you the absolute stupidity of Lindsay Graham:

Reacting to the apparent downing of an unmanned U.S. drone over the Black Sea by two Russian Su-27 aircraft, Graham suggested firing down any Russian aircraft that approaches an American asset over international waters.
“Well, we should hold them accountable and say that, ‘If you ever get near another U.S. asset flying in international waters, your airplane will be shot down,’” Graham proclaimed.
“What would Ronald Reagan do right now? He would start shooting Russian planes down if they were threatening our assets,” he added.

Um, no. He wouldn't. The fact that this figurative and likely literal cocksucker would suggest that is insulting beyond description. While doubtless we always have had surveillance aircraft patrolling in international waters close to our enemies, as well as spy planes and satellites photographing and snooping every square foot of their territories, this was an unwarranted provocation on our part, knowing full well the heightened tensions over the past year, and even before. To his credit, and no doubt as a way to burnish his foreign policy credentials prior to an expected announcement of his candidacy for 2024, Ron DeSantis stated the obvious:

“While the U.S. has many vital national interests — securing our borders, addressing the crisis of readiness within our military, achieving energy security and independence, and checking the economic, cultural, and military power of the Chinese Communist Party — becoming further entangled in a territorial dispute between Ukraine and Russia is not one of them,” DeSantis said in a statement. “The Biden administration’s virtual ‘blank check’ funding of this conflict for ‘as long as it takes,’ without any defined objectives or accountability, distracts from our country’s most pressing challenges. Without question, peace should be the objective.”
He continued, “The U.S. should not provide assistance that could require the deployment of American troops or enable Ukraine to engage in offensive operations beyond its borders. F-16s and long-range missiles should therefore be off the table. These moves would risk explicitly drawing the United States into the conflict and drawing us closer to a hot war between the world’s two largest nuclear powers. That risk is unacceptable.”

Putting aside an abhorrence of war, as well as my personal dislike and distaste for Vladimir Putin, his invasion of Ukraine is none of our damned business. Never was and never will be. The phraseology might understate it but Ron DeSantis is absolutely correct when he states that this is a "border dispute" between Russia and Ukraine. The fact is it's been going on for hundreds of years between two peoples, though closely linked nevertheless regard each other as distinct, and with suspicion as well as enmity. Fools like Lindsay Graham as well as the faculty lounge circle-jerkers of Foggy Bottom who view the world through the navel-gazing lens of self-loathing and hubris as to how the world ought to work are blind to it.

Plain and simple, it IS a border dispute that we have zero national interest in getting involved, not least of which the potential to escalate into a situation with a nation that has a few thousand nuclear warheads on ICBMs that might still be aimed at us. And, in the immortal intonations of Jack Woltz, "Let me be even more frank with you!" Had the assholes in Foggy Bottom as well as both Bill Clinton and Dubya not promised to guarantee Ukraine's security in exchange for dismantling the ex-Soviet Union's nukes on its territory post the collapse of that nation and, more crucially not blatantly reneged on its promise to the Russian Federation not to expand NATO eastward, this war might not have even started in the first place. Ditto and for sure, had the assholes not rigged 2020 and overthrown the government because of "mean Tweets." But that's Monday morning quarterbacking.

Another factor that I think is not a minor one in this whole confrontation with Putin is the fact that Hillary Clinton and the intelligence community manufactured out of whole cloth the hideous smear camp against Trump that Vladimir Putin and he colluded to sabotage her 2016 campaign and that Trump is a Russian agent run directly by Putin. That titanic, hideous bromide has made warmongers out of peaceniks (ironically against a nation they once supported wholeheartedly when it was the Marxist mothership) and allied them with the very same neocons they were shouting "No Blood For Oil!" against Dubya, et al.

Predictably, the commonsense remarks evoked ire from Washington’s biggest neocons, who have emotionally latched themselves onto Ukraine and Zelensky like a magnet to a refrigerator.
“Whelp DeSantis just threw in with the crazies. Talk about a misread,” whined former GOP congressman and Jan. 6 Committee performance artist Adam Kinzinger.
“DeSantis actually called Russia’s grotesque, aggressive invasion of a sovereign country a ‘territorial dispute.’ Now both front-runners for the GOP nomination are weaker on Russian aggression than Joe Biden,” said neocon and renowned pearl-clutcher David French. “Astonishing. Dangerous.”
Other neocons to voice their irrelevant disapproval with DeSantis’ remarks include Bill Kristol, David Frum, and Jonah Goldberg, among others.
In addition to DeSantis, other potential 2024 GOP presidential primary contenders to respond to Carlson’s inquiry include former President Donald Trump, who argued it is “far more important” to “support regime change in the United States” than in Russia and voiced support for a negotiated peace settlement.
Former Vice President Mike Pence, however, took the opposite position from Trump and DeSantis, writing the U.S. is “paying the Ukrainians to fight Russia so we won’t have to fight Russians ourselves.” In his statement, Pence went on to claim the “talk of nuclear war is a bullying tactic” used by Putin to launch the invasion and that there “is no room for Putin apologists in the Republican Party.”

Out of all of these lowlifes, as well as bipedal amoebic dysentry like Joy Behar engaging in hilarious, un-self-aware projection that DeSantis and Trump are . . .

“. . . extremely naive and stupid” for thinking Russian President Vladimir Putin will stop his military advancements with the invasion of Ukraine.

. . . Mike Pence should shut his fork-tongued, backstabbing cakehole. You're an irrelevant, RINO stooge with no shot in hell. I smelled a rat after your RFRA cave and shook my head when Trump picked you as veep. As bad as Reagan choosing Bush Sr. Maybe worse in some regards.

And that brings me to Trump. I realize that politics ain't beanbag but he is making a huge mistake in his attacks on DeSantis, insofar as calling him names. The two of them are right on so many things from trade and the economy to the cultural rot to this rush to get our hair mussed to preserve protect and defend the Deep State grift in Kiev.

I wish Trump would just run on things like his electrifying trade package, as well as opposition to this insane rush to war in Ukraine instead of the name-calling. Worse, making the stolen 2020 election the centerpiece of your entire campaign. It should never be forgotten, nor forgiven. But it is now an historical event that is etched forever in diamond-encrusted iridium. You probably will not or cannot run with DeSantis and vice versa. But the DeSanctimonius thing and name-calling is stale and a turnoff. And now an ethics complaint against the DeSantis campaign? Gevalt.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

Daniel Greenfield: "1 in 4 say they know someone who has suffered at work over their politics."
Workplace Political Discrimination is a Civil Rights Crisis
"Meta has ‘technology that can embed sensors into basically like a watch. And that picks up brain activity’ as it goes your body and tells it what to do."
Nita Farahany: Neurotech Poses an Immediate Threat to Our "Last Bastion of Freedom"
"No more killing fields or Gulags. The left knows that it can achieve its revolution by going 'slow and steady.'" (oh there will be killing fields and gulags regardless of how power is achieved/seized - jjs)
The Communist Tortoise and the Communist Hare
Victor Davis Hanson: "The Byzantines never woke up in time to understand what they had become. Will Americans?"
Are We the Byzantines?
Lloyd Billingsley: "What an actual attack on the U.S. Capitol looked like."
From January 6 to November 7

THE ECONOMY, STUPID

"On Wednesday, Credit Suisse’s shares went down as much as 30 percent as fears from Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank’s failures reached across the Atlantic Ocean."
Credit Suisse to Borrow up to 50 Billion Swiss Francs from Swiss National Bank
"It turns out struggling banks, SVB, Signature Bank and Credit Suisse, donated $1.2M to Democrats since 2017."
Signature Bank Hosted Gender Pride Seminar, Wasted Money on Music Videos 5 Months Before Its Collapse
"We’re well on our way, but Russia could be even worse off."
The Race to Bankruptcy
"It's criminal that Biden wants to paper over this grim reality."
This is Good Inflation News? Not if You Need Food, Heat, or a Place to Live
"The merger [of Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern] comes as the American railroad industry faces increased regulatory scrutiny following the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio."
Regulators Approve Largest Rail Merger In Two Decades
"Is the letter real? Probably not. I’d put good money on it being fake. But, hey, let’s just forget the questions about the letter’s authenticity and address the real issue here: the gender wage gap is a myth."
Joe Biden Claims a Child Wrote to Him About the "Gender Wage Gap"
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
"O’Keefe rose to prominence with the launch of his undercover videos of 'community organizing' group ACORN in 2009. Breitbart.com founder Andrew Breitbart rolled out O’Keefe’s investigation to launch Big Government, the second of the “Big” blogs (after Big Hollywood) that were the predecessors to today’s Breitbart.com website."
OMG: James O’Keefe Launches "O’Keefe Media Group"
"Governor Ron DeSantis corrects the record."
Book Bans? Baloney
Some degenerate named Sam Harris? Never heard of him. YMMV.
Prominent Writer Says Conservative Commentators Shouldn’t Have Opinions On Vaccines, Climate Change
Miranda Devine: Fresh from besmirching two independent journalists, Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger, as “so-called journalists” who endangered people’s lives by exposing Twitter’s censorship regime, Plaskett and her colleague in dirty work, New York Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler, are attacking FBI whistleblowers. In a 316-page unauthorized report full of falsehoods and deceptively edited quotes from his confidential testimony to the committee last month, Plaskett and Nadler derided hero FBI Agent Steve Friend as a “so-called” whistleblower.
House Democrats Anoint "So-called"Member of Congress to Sabotage Hearings, Trash Whistleblowers
CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
"An extraordinary thing happened in a Washington, D.C., courtroom on March 9, 2023. For a minute there last Thursday, it looked as if there might be some justice — an actual defense allowed to be put forward for Jason Nordean, of Washington State, who was affiliated with Proud Boys. By Monday, however, any hope that the jury in the Jan. 6, 2021, case might hear about the FBI destroying evidence, omitting the name of an agent from an email thread, and spying on Nordean’s discussions with his lawyer flickered and died."
J6 Proud Boys Find Out That Federal Court Is Where Civil Rights Go to Die
"Chris Quaglin is still in jail awaiting trial, subject to January 6 jurisprudence. Killer Isaiah Trotman should have been in prison a long time ago."
Two Types of Criminals
“Imagine … the utility of a narrative that frames nearly every citizen as a racist.”
Canada’s Convenient Victims
"San Francisco will never pay these reparations. Just to make the stipend happen, the city would have to raise 50% more revenue or cut services on everything else by the same amount. It’s impossible to raise that much tax revenue, and no lender would look at those terms and loan City Hall a cent. I haven’t even looked at the cash flow hazards, like how taxpayers would flee while beneficiaries would race in."
San Francisco, Reparations, and the Racist Cruelty of Empty Promises
"Nevertheless, I have proposed to become the first DEI theologian."
Lady, Repeat After Me: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are Not God
Lloyd Billingsley: "Progressive" Brown Shirts come out in full force.
Leftist Gestapo Tries to Suffocate Charlie Kirk’s Voice at UC Davis
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
Truth be told, all things considered, I was kind of hoping the psycho little twat's prediction might come true . . .
Greta Thunberg Reportedly Deletes 2018 Tweet Claiming "Climate Change Will Wipe Out All of Humanity" by 2023
“The facts are that Maine lobster fishing practices have actually contributed to the sustainability not only of the lobster fishery, but of North Atlantic right whales.”
Lobster Fisherman File Defamation Suit Against Environmentalists for Lying About Fishing Practices
"Today’s 'experts' exclude and distort information in their attempts to show that all racially disparate outcomes are the result of 'systemic racism.'”
CRT’s Pernicious Effect on Scientific Research
AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
"Whether by litigation or political courage, erosion of election integrity by the likes of D.C.’s alien voting law must be opposed and stopped."
Washington, D.C.’s Sanctuary Agenda Reaches Peak Derangement
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
"Circuit Judge Janet Protasiewicz's record under scrutiny for being too lenient on criminals."
Liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court Nominee a No-Show at Debate
Eric and Jillian Wuestenberg, a white couple who were charged with felonious assault for pulling a gun on a black mother and daughter who allegedly attacked their car in the summer of 2020, had all charges against them dismissed after their alleged “victims” failed to show up in court.
Sanity: Michigan Judge Dismisses Charges Against White Couple Who Pulled Gun On Alleged Black Assailants
"When families go down, one very specific thing goes up."
Philadelphia’s (Fatherless) Black Teen Mob Problem
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
"And not only [Chinese] COVID, but also numerous other subversions of the American left. Who is trying to destroy our country, exactly?"
January 6 Doesn't Shine a Candle to Chinese COVID
SECOND AMENDMENT
"All out war." (on the Constitution and the American people - jjs)
Biden’s Budget Would Balloon ATF Funding To Nearly $2 Billion, Up 50% From Obama Admin
"Menendez and Warren admitted that red state pushback had caused the companies to back away from the idea, saying, 'This effort comes on the heels of recent developments, in which Visa, Mastercard, and American Express have paused the implementation of the new MCC code because some Republican-led states are actively working to block its enactment.'”
Democrat Senators Urge DOJ Action After Credit Cards Refuse to Track Gun Purchases
"He’s just posturing. It doesn’t change policy or laws."
Biden’s Gun Executive Order Literally Doesn’t Change Anything
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
"HISD has been a mess for as long as I can remember." (abolish the damn teachers union - jjs)
Gov. Abbott Taking Over Houston Independent School District "After Years of Academic Failure"
Christopher Rufo: "Lawmakers have every right to defund ideologically captured disciplines in public universities."
Shut Down Activist Academic Departments
"The president of the American Federation of Teachers defends a sclerotic institution that is desperate to stay relevant and in business."
Randi Weingarten Explains it All for You
The “woke” purveyors of “boots are better than Shakespeare” now occupy our universities.
The Murder of the Humanities
"Why the heckler’s veto is wrong – and why universities must prevent its use."
Future Lawyers Who Are Afraid of Debate
ABORTION
"The unabashed cheerleaders for abortion now include the leaders of the Democrat Party, as well as its activist base."
With ‘Abortion Provider Appreciation Day,’ Democrats Openly Celebrate Executioners
THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
"Notably, a majority of Boone County voters supported Joe Biden over Donald Trump in the 2020 election (54.9 to 42.4 percent)." (is that actual voters or merely disembodied ballots? - jjs)
Records: Missouri County Used Taxpayer Money To Join Democrats’ Private Election Takeover Scheme
"Trust is a tricky thing to restore — and the American people don't trust their country's elections."
Elections Have Consequences; Stolen Elections Have Catastrophes
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff told South by Southwest conference-goers on Wednesday that he believes the “hate” that fueled the Holocaust is also found at school board meetings when parents confront leftist administrators. (mostly when the school boards collude with the DOJ to have them called enemies of the state, Dougie - jjs)
Kamala Harris’ Husband: The Holocaust and Going to a School Board Meeting are "Interconnected"
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
"District Judge Victoria Calvert in December 2022 blocked the Georgia attorney general's efforts to charge the New Georgia Project with illegally aiding Democrat Stacey Abrams’s failed 2018 gubernatorial campaign while Warnock was the group's chairman. It was Warnock who urged President Joe Biden to nominate Calvert to the District Court of Northern Georgia in September 2021. The Senate confirmed Calvert to the lifetime post in March 2022."
Judge Protecting Wife-Beater Slumlord Warnock's Old Charity From Legal Trouble Has Warnock Himself To Thank for Her Job
POLITICS
“America needs a leader who will truly defend her and empower the people against the destructive force of unrestrained government and corporate excess, profligate spending, and woke cultural indoctrination,” [Chip] Roy wrote in a press release, calling the governor a “man of conviction.”
Prominent GOP Congressman Endorses Ron DeSantis
"Pence completes the transition from valued conservative to irrelevant loser." ("valued conservative" my ass; the RFRA cave was proof even then- jjs)
Bye, Mike
"A reflection on his character – and his chances in 2024." (slim and none, on both issues - jjs)
Mike Pence – Deep State Patsy
"Biden said that the conservatives who stand up for America, for the nation's working people, for values like protecting children and parental rights, who oppose the radical climate agenda that only focuses on outcomes and not the inequitable means to attain those outcomes, are not individuals who he can work with, and not who he thinks should be leading the opposition party."
Biden Demonizes MAGA While Courting Neocon Allies in the GOP
"McCarthy’s surge corresponds with Fox News Anchor Tucker Carlson’s airing of January 6 footage last week that the speaker provided him in February. McCarthy reportedly gave Carlson some 41,000 hours of footage – far more than the 14,000 hours figure that was previously reported."
Poll: McCarthy’s Approval Surges, Far Superior to Paul Ryan’s at Same Point in Speakership
Oh, for fuck's sake!
Trump Super PAC Files Ethics Complaint Against DeSantis

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Robert Spencer: "This Kailasa incident is embarrassing, but it’s just the sort of thing that is going to happen when an entire political faction decides that reality is optional."
This Is the Left in Power: Newark Becomes Sister City With Fictional Place
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
"Start WWIII then, right?"
SHOT: Video – Lindsey Graham Says U.S. Should “Start Shooting Russian Planes Down”
Tell it to that mincing, fey, praline-sucking fraudster Lindsey.
CHASER: John Kirby – The Last Thing We Want Is Escalation Between the U.S. and Russia
"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called on the U.S. to find a peaceful resolution to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine."
Ron DeSantis Calls for De-escalation in Ukraine: "Peace Should Be the Objective"
What should that tell you about whether or not we should get involved in a shooting war with Russia over this? I realize politics ain't beanbag, but Trump needs to stop the personal attacks on DeSantis and run strictly on his policy positions, as well as not make the 2020 Election a central pillar of his campaign.
Never Trumpers, Neocons, Democrats Melt Down over DeSantis’ Stance on Ukraine
U.S. strategy? Hope the Black Sea is too deep for the Russians to get it. I am totally serious.
Russia Will Retrieve Wreckage of Crashed U.S. Drone, Spy Chief Claims
"The ministry said on Tuesday that the assessment of authorities concluded the object did not pose any immediate threat to security, maritime traffic, or people in the area."
Danish Investigators Find "Suspicious Object" Under Nord Stream 2 Pipeline
Unfortunately, Vladdy ain't wrong.
Putin: Nord Stream Sabotage Was Committed by State Actor; ‘Theoretically,’ US Had Much to Gain
"The Ukraine war is dragging on with no strategy to end it in sight — it’s exactly the kind of conflict American leaders who have fought and won wars would disapprove of." (and kept us the fuck out of - jjs)
What Would America’s Five General-Presidents Say About the Ukraine War?
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Yay. Bipartisanship. Pfft.
Republicans Bail Out Biden Ambassador to India Nominee Eric Garcetti in Critical Confirmation Vote
"Bill Cassidy of LA, Susan Collins of ME, Steve Daines of MT, Lindsey Graham of SC, Bill Hagerty of TN, Roger Marshall of KS and Todd Young of IN voted to confirm Garcetti following a delay of over 20 months arising from allegations that, while in office, he helped cover up sexual assaults committed by his former aide, Rick Jacobs. The confirmation vote, 52-42, also comes just days after the Daily Caller News Foundation revealed that a mayoral fund set up by Garcetti accepted over $1 million in donations from individuals who belong to alleged CCP influence and intelligence fronts."
Meet the Seven GOP Senators Who Voted to Confirm Biden Nominee With Ties to Alleged Chinese Communist Intel Groups
“The loss of knowledge about the present location of nuclear material may present a radiological risk, as well as nuclear security concerns,” the report said.
Thousands of Pounds of Uranium Go Missing in African Nation: U.N. Nuclear Watchdog
"Where the Biden [junta] must direct its focus NOW." (meh, Biden poses the greater threat right now - jjs)
China and Iran – Which Poses the More Imminent Threat?
"Sen. J.D. Vance talks foreign policy in an exclusive interview."
"The World That We Will Live and Die In"
"The attack on what we stand for and what we believe in is well underway, and very little is being done to counteract it." (The most powerful unit in the Chinese PLA is the American Left and its traitorous RINO stooges. Without them, the Chi-Coms would be nothing. - jjs)
The War With China Has Already Begun . . . and We’re Losing
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
"Los Angeles mayor met with the head of Beijing’s top influence outfit." (she's an America-hating Marxist for crying out loud - jjs)
Karen Bass (-tard) Met With a Chinese Influence Group After Intelligence Officials Warned It Was Targeting Local Politicians
A federal tech agency recently caught risking the nation’s cybersecurity by violating rules and lying in the name of “equity” is dominated by a cabal of perpetually triggered leftists obsessed with politics and pronouns, a Daily Wire investigation shows.
Federal Agency Focused on Leftist Politics and Pronouns as "Gross Mismanagement" Put Cybersecurity at Risk
"Perhaps realising that Haines was rambling about something that isn’t a global threat, Rep. Mike Turner cut her off and essentially told her to stop blathering on."
Video: Biden Director of National Intelligence Says Administration Must Focus MORE On “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion”
Robert Spencer: "If Biden wanted to sabotage our military, what would he be doing differently?"
U.S. Military Recruiting Numbers Dip to Record Lows
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
Raymond Ibrahim: "Even though Islam is tremendously discriminatory against other faiths, and even though Islamophobia 'may not be reflected in the official statistics.'"
The UN Declares War on the "Poison of Islamophobia"
"What's the endgame? And will it work?"
Malaysia Sends Sweden 20,000 Qurans in Swedish
Robert Spencer: "In 2004, Yusuf Islam was barred from entering the United States because of suspicions that he had been financing jihad terrorism. He acknowledged that some of his money may have gone to jihadis, but he claimed to have given money to them unwittingly. But today no one cares about all that. Fans will eagerly snap up Cat’s new album and ride the peace train once again, just like in the days when they claimed to constitute a 'free speech movement.' But the lingering questions remain: didn’t their hero, whom they thought was driving the peace train, get off that train many years ago?"
"Salman Rushdie Had It Coming and 11 Other Songs?" Cat Stevens Has a New Album
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
"Vote on Michael Delaney's nomination canceled as Dems struggle with sidelined senators."
Dems Punt Confirmation Vote on Embattled Biden Judicial Nominee
“Congress has sent a clear message to the D.C. Council: it’s time to make our nation’s capital safe again. All Americans should feel safe in their capital city, but radical left-wing policies have led to a crime crisis and rampant homelessness. As the committee with jurisdiction over the District of Columbia, the Oversight Committee has a constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight of the policies that have plagued our capital city.” (hmm, this Comer guy seems real - jjs)
House Oversight Committee Invites DC Officials to Testify on DC Operations, Crime
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
"It has been estimated that humans may now be consuming as much as a credit card’s worth of plastic every week, with negative implications that are now starting to become worryingly clear." (I take this report with a fairly large grain of ABS - jjs)
Raw Egg Nationalist: The World Has a Plastic Problem, as New Study Into "Plasticosis" Disease Reveals
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
"During Ingenuity’s 47th flight on Mars on March 9, 2023, one of Perseverance’s high resolution camera’s took rapid-fire images of the helicopter’s take-off and initial flight, from which the science team created a movie."
Perseverance captures a movie of Ingenuity’s 47th flight on Mars
"As NASA did in announcing its agreement to Axiom’s previous flight, the agency’s press release makes believe it “selected” Axiom for this flight, as if it had the power and right to do so. Hogwash."
NASA agrees to Axiom’s third planned commercial passenger mission to ISS
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
"He campaigned against it as recently as 2008."
Whopper: Biden Lies About Supporting Gay Marriage Since the 1950s
"Wellesley College students approved the non-binding initiative on Tuesday after it was unanimously supported by the Wellesley College Government Seniors in February. Paula A. Johnson, college president, responded to the vote that there are no current plans to update the admission policy which currently excludes biological women who identify as men."
Women’s College Has ‘No Plans’ To Allow ‘Trans Men,’ Nonbinary Applicants Despite Student Pressure
"Deep down, they’re scared that their ideas won’t hold up to even the slightest scrutiny, and that’s the real problem for Valenzuela and her cohorts on the Washington Elementary School District board."
Why Do Wokes Think Christians Make Them Feel "Unsafe?"
"I’m not talking about a coin."
Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
"Flirting with theological and moral bankruptcy."
Gender Ideology and the Catholic Church
"The feminists have a problem. No matter how hard they try to push women into the STEM fields, they appear to just not be interested. In other words, under conditions of full equality and then some, women still don’t embark on careers in math or science at the same rate as men. To biological denialists who insist there is no difference between the male and female disposition, there must be some unseen variable that’s oppressing women."
Feminist Neurobiologist Thinks Women Don't Do Science Because of Social Conditioning
"They got their liquor license pulled for their big Miami hotel just ahead of Spring Break for exposing kids to drag shows in defiance of Florida law. They even got warned, but they paid no attention."
Hyatt Learns the Hard Way That Ron DeSantis Means What He Says
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
"It looks like Kellogg’s corporate executives are more interested in leftist virtue signaling than paying their workers." (remember when Froot Loops was a porn title - jjs)
Kellogg's Pledged $91 Million To Racial Division While Slashing Employee Benefits
"Worshiping the Big Lie."
Jimmy Kimmel: A J6 "Useful Idiot"
“The way the right uses it is an undercover way of saying 'those people,' or 'non-white people.' It’s a polite way of saying the n-word but in this case the n-word includes Blacks, LGBTQ folks, and other marginalized groups.” (when all you have is melanin, everything looks racist - jjs)
Former MSLSD Douchenozzle Tourette Niblick Calls "Woke" the New N-Word
"Did you know that Drew Barrymore had a talk show? Me neither. Am I out of touch? Probably. But, clearly, I’m not missing much, as a viral clip of a recent episode of her show has proven."
Pathetic: Drew Barrymore Kneels Before Trans Activist Dylan Mulvaney
Christian Toto: "Star claims company bullied her over project, Boston native won't back down."
Sue Costello Sues Paramount Global, Demands Jury Trial for Breach of Contract
"Now, the monuments to only one side remain."
The Civil War I Grew Up With
"On the perpetually haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy."
Prigs Might Fly
HITHER & YON
"Meanwhile, Red tide hits Florida’s southwest coast."
5,000-Mile Wide Seaweed Bloom, Visible from Space, Heading Toward Florida’s Gulf Coast

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Posted by: J.J. Sefton at 07:56 AM

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1 Enjoy the ride before the economy crashes.

- Wheee!

P.S. Happy Phi (squareroot of 10) Day.

Posted by: Marooned at March 16, 2023 07:54 AM (kt8QE)

2 WTFO??

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 16, 2023 07:54 AM (BRHaw)

3 Good morning JJ and horde

Posted by: Skip at March 16, 2023 07:54 AM (CwJ6g)

4 Yonder Horde.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 16, 2023 07:55 AM (Q4IgG)

5 hiya

Posted by: JT at March 16, 2023 07:56 AM (T4tVD)

6 And in before JJ posted, and it's said there is no AoSHq Time machine

Posted by: Skip at March 16, 2023 07:56 AM (CwJ6g)

7 Good morning everyone. Thank you J.J.

Verse for the Day:

"The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately corrupt; who can understand it? "I the Lord search the mind and try the heart, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings."

–Jeremiah 17:9-10

Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2023 07:56 AM (qoGsy)

8 First

Posted by: BifBewalski at March 16, 2023 07:56 AM (3CCua)

9 JT!

Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2023 07:57 AM (qoGsy)

10 They are trying to kill us.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 16, 2023 07:57 AM (lTGtQ)

11 8th ain't bad. Off to content, thank you and good morning, J.J.

Posted by: BifBewalski at March 16, 2023 07:57 AM (3CCua)

12 We don't need a military solution to Ukraine.

Simply start producing our own energy and exporting it. Oil, Natural Gas... all of it.

The war ends tomorrow. The real "Russian Agents" are green activist who demand renewable energy, because it's exactly what Russia wants us to do.

Posted by: Reality Man at March 16, 2023 07:58 AM (xOtbC)

13 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 16, 2023 07:59 AM (Rl3IJ)

14 Moronin', Hourde!

Posted by: Hans O'Lo at March 16, 2023 07:59 AM (u7pQw)

15 morning horde, in before the 100 comment rule...

now to the covfefe & content

Posted by: SturmToddler at March 16, 2023 07:59 AM (nXhwP)

16 Lindsey Graham has honorably offered to go to Moscow and personally wrestle Vladimir Putin. His only condition is that he gets to smear olive oil all over himself before the match.

Posted by: President Camacho Biden Press Release at March 16, 2023 07:59 AM (Gs8F6)

17
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 16, 2023 07:59 AM (ENBF0)

18 SHOOT THEM! SHOOT THEM NOW!!

Posted by: Lindsey Graham in panties at March 16, 2023 07:59 AM (iayUP)

19 Thank you, JJ.
And thanks for the podcast.

Posted by: It's Not Votes, It's Not Ballots, It's Ballots Counted at March 16, 2023 07:59 AM (jV+aN)

20 Hiya TonyPete !

Posted by: JT at March 16, 2023 08:00 AM (T4tVD)

21 Thanks JJ !

Posted by: JT at March 16, 2023 08:00 AM (T4tVD)

22

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 16, 2023 08:01 AM (vwCZJ)

23 I wonder how wokeists would react to the realization that White, Christian, and a few other fashionably demonized groups are the new "N word".

Posted by: HOW DARE YOU at March 16, 2023 08:02 AM (s4o5n)

24 Producing more oil and gas not only has the virtue of stopping Russian aggression, it also reduces inflation

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 16, 2023 08:02 AM (Gs8F6)

25 I am the State, Jack!
Ima wrap this chain around your head

Posted by: Joe XIV at March 16, 2023 08:02 AM (41IOV)

26 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 16, 2023 08:02 AM (uvymP)

27 In his statement, Pence went on to claim the “talk of nuclear war is a bullying tactic” used by Putin to launch the invasion and that there “is no room for Putin apologists in the Republican Party.”

Putin apologists: People that want a secure, strong America.

PS Fuck Pence

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 16, 2023 08:02 AM (BRHaw)

28 24 Producing more oil and gas not only has the virtue of stopping Russian aggression, it also reduces inflation
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 16, 2023 08:02 AM (Gs8F6)

It also fucks over russia and the ME as a bonus!

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 16, 2023 08:03 AM (BRHaw)

29 Lindsay Graham is a closeted sodomite who will gladly send other folks to war while he remains behind as a power bottom for other congressional sodomites. No more war for remain behind power bottom sodomites!

Never Give Up Your Guns!

Rootin For Putin!

Abolish The DOJ!

Free Buffalo Guy!

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 16, 2023 08:04 AM (LAno9)

30 Wokeism is causing American males to either choose or be forced into being an Incel.

Posted by: Paul at March 16, 2023 08:05 AM (7oa2h)

31 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 16, 2023 08:05 AM (u82oZ)

32 "a top climate scientist"

In fairness, that was Aaron Aardberg. The sorted alphabetically.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 16, 2023 08:05 AM (uvymP)

33 25 I am the State, Jack!
Ima wrap this chain around your head
Posted by: Joe XIV at March 16, 2023 08:02 AM (41IOV)

Twin brother of Napoleon XIV . . . ???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL4DEoipTFE

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 16, 2023 08:06 AM (x0n13)

34 I always took that tweet to mean not that the world would end at year 5, but we would be damaged past the point of no return.

I actually remember when that tweet came out originally. I took it as an attempt to damage Trumps election prospects with the idea that "you don't want Trump to preside over these crucial 5 years".

I also hoped that if we got past year 5 still using fossil fuels, maybe they'll STFU since the damage will be done and nothing else could be done about it. Kinda like getting a lung cancer diagnosis and thinking Fuck it as you light up another.

Posted by: PoliticalMcGuffin at March 16, 2023 08:06 AM (xgSFr)

35 30 Wokeism is causing American males to either choose or be forced into being an Incel.
Posted by: Paul at March 16, 2023 08:05 AM (7oa2h)

Okay, who's socking Kurt this morning!?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 16, 2023 08:07 AM (x0n13)

36 Happy National Panda Day!

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

37 Producing more oil and gas not only has the virtue of stopping Russian aggression, it also reduces inflation
Posted by: Huck Follywood

But it does nothing to enrich the Ukie grifters. Duh.
-- Our 'leadership' (if they were honest)

Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2023 08:09 AM (qoGsy)

38 And Happy Artichoke Day!

Posted by: redridinghood at March 16, 2023 08:09 AM (NpAcC)

39 Meet the Seven GOP Senators Who Voted to Confirm Biden Nominee With Ties to Alleged Chinese Communist Intel Groups

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Lindsay Graham.

Of course, Lindsay Graham is on the list. A giant, festering boil on the ass of South Carolina.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 16, 2023 08:09 AM (sVtYq)

40 Mornin’, All. Happy Friday Eve.

JJ, what does “gevalt” mean?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 16, 2023 08:09 AM (TehmT)

41
I saw Ukie Grifters open for Yoko and the Drifters at Budokan in '72.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 16, 2023 08:09 AM (x0n13)

42 Tell me if I got this right. For around 200 years (?), in one small corner of the world (USA), people were free to choose their own religion. (well, maybe after leaving the parental home.) Now, we are strongly encouraged to disparage Christianity and we are required to worship Gaia and the cult of gender confusion. Amirite?

Posted by: Fenderbender at March 16, 2023 08:10 AM (r72iY)

43 Lindsey's hormones are out of balance. He's going thru man-o-pause.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 16, 2023 08:10 AM (l8RbF)

44 As Mark Twain would say:
Whores, damned whores, and JoyLess BeWhore

Posted by: H8 Marxist Rat Bastards & Living yeast infections on the Spew at March 16, 2023 08:10 AM (5uy7A)

45 40 Mornin’, All. Happy Friday Eve.

JJ, what does “gevalt” mean?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 16, 2023 08:09 AM (TehmT)

A version of the Yiddish expression, "oy gevalt" which is an expression of exasperation/shock imploring the heavens.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 16, 2023 08:10 AM (x0n13)

46
Greta Thunberg Reportedly Deletes 2018 Tweet Claiming "Climate Change Will Wipe Out All of Humanity" by 2023
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Too bad she deleted it. We still have 9.5 months to go in 2023, it may still happen. She could have looked like a genius in that case. Of course, no one would be around to congratulate her.

Posted by: bluebell at March 16, 2023 08:11 AM (pTb/Z)

47 Former Vice President Mike Pence, however, took the opposite position from Trump and DeSantis, writing the U.S. is "paying the Ukrainians to fight Russia so we won’t have to fight Russians ourselves."

Notice how these piles of shit hurl elephants.

When that tool of Satan says "paying the Ukrainians" he doesn't mean "to fight Russia", he means simply laundering money, gifting the bureaucrats and stamping out billionaire oligarchs under the narrative of "fighting a war".

And what ass did the idea come out of that We The People had an obligation/duty/whatever to "fight Russia"?

Isn't Russia one of FUSA's primary clients for purchasing Uranium? Isn't Russia a critical part of the global supply chain of providing food, energy and industrial materials?

"Fighting Russia" is destroying We The People and impoverishing the globe for Babylon DC's vanity.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at March 16, 2023 08:11 AM (YXHzG)

48 42 Tell me if I got this right. For around 200 years (?), in one small corner of the world (USA), people were free to choose their own religion. (well, maybe after leaving the parental home.) Now, we are strongly encouraged to disparage Christianity and we are required to worship Gaia and the cult of gender confusion. Amirite?
Posted by: Fenderbender at March 16, 2023 08:10 AM (r72iY)

And punching random Chasidim on the streets.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 16, 2023 08:11 AM (x0n13)

49 Lindsey Graham; professional FedGov drama queen.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 16, 2023 08:12 AM (Q4IgG)

50 DeSantis reached out and smacked the Pritzgers right in the wallet. Love that Hyatt lost its liquor license in Miami. Explain that to your customers, Hyatt.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 16, 2023 08:12 AM (RFpWh)

51 P.S. Happy Phi (squareroot of 10) Day.
Posted by: Marooned at March 16, 2023 07:54 AM (kt8QE)
******
Wasn't that on Tuesday?

Posted by: redridinghood at March 16, 2023 08:12 AM (NpAcC)

52 Biden’s Budget Would Balloon ATF Funding To Nearly $2 Billion, Up 50% From Obama Admin

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Why not $10 billion? A $trillion? What's a 50% increase in unconscionable and reckless spending at this point? It's all worthless money anyway and the unstoppable crash is coming.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 16, 2023 08:12 AM (sVtYq)

53 Everyone is "conservative" about the things they know well. I have experience with failing banks.

The Left wants to blame SVB on the Right easing up on some Dodd-Frank rules. Total horseshit. SVB was incredibly badly managed and its regulators were blind.

SVB was no ordinary bank. 97% of its deposits were in accounts too large to be FDIC insured, so a run was always waiting to happen. Starting in 2020 it ballooned its "held to maturity" investment portolio from $16B to $98B, and nearly doubled its total assets in doing so. And it went long. "Duration" went from four years to over six years. If you know banking this was criminally reckless.

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 16, 2023 08:13 AM (RqMSv)

54 I’m tired of the whole DeSantis show. He’s a great governor of Florida and I appreciate what he’s done there. But I’m souring on him quickly for national office. His statement on Ukraine was too pat; read between the lines and he supports more money and military hardware to Ukraine. He only draws the line at offensive weapons. Not good enough for me. All the wrong people support him; everywhere you look on Fox News these days they’re cooing about RDS… I’m only-Trump, flaws and all…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 16, 2023 08:13 AM (iqzch)

55 Greta Thunberg Reportedly Deletes 2018 Tweet Claiming "Climate Change Will Wipe Out All of Humanity" by 2023

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Dots connected by this simpleton between her ridiculous prediction and actual reality? None.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 16, 2023 08:14 AM (sVtYq)

56 Hiya Bluebell !

Posted by: JT at March 16, 2023 08:14 AM (T4tVD)

57 In addition to DeSantis, other potential 2024 GOP presidential primary contenders to respond to Carlson’s inquiry include former President Donald Trump, who argued it is “far more important” to “support regime change in the United States” than in Russia and voiced support for a negotiated peace settlement.

Hey, I agree with the lefties on something. Regime change starts at home!

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at March 16, 2023 08:14 AM (DTX3h)

58 The Biden administration’s virtual ‘blank check’ funding of this conflict for ‘as long as it takes,’ without any defined objectives or accountability, distracts from our country’s most pressing challenges.

Since WW2, every "war" we've fought has been "without any defined objectives or accountability". It's an excuse for politicians to throw money around and get people killed until the get distracted by a new shiny.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 16, 2023 08:14 AM (uvymP)

59 Everything is an op.

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at March 16, 2023 08:14 AM (flINI)

60 In the race between the Tortoise and the Hare, Lenin and Pol Pot were the Hare. What modern Marxists have come to realize, however, is that the Tortoise, the one who took the "slow and steady" approach to the race, ultimately won. That is why the current slow-rolling communist revolution going on in the United States today will not, and does not, involve mass murder, Gulags, and manufactured famines.

DEATH RATES BY YEAR: MALES, AGES 25-34 (EXCLUDING COVID-19) Went from 1.4/100k to 2.4/100k.
We are on track to lose about about 10% of that male age group if the rates continue for another 9 years.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 16, 2023 08:14 AM (BRHaw)

61 Hey, I agree with the lefties on something. Regime change starts at home!
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at March 16, 2023 08:14 AM (DTX3h)

It is a distraction from their COMPLETE FALIURES.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 16, 2023 08:15 AM (BRHaw)

62 The ethics complaint filed by Trump against DeSantis is not only idiotic, it makes Trump look just as bad as all the leftists who filed baseless attacks against him for years. Trump is destroying himself.

Posted by: Erich Von Daniken at March 16, 2023 08:16 AM (r46W7)

63 G'mornin'

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 16, 2023 08:17 AM (t0OGg)

64 Oh and BTW, I loathe Mike Pence. Put him in the list of 100 GOPe pols that had me fooled at one time. I am apparently very naive. Or more accurate to say I WAS naive…no more. Don’t trust any of them

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 16, 2023 08:17 AM (iqzch)

65 Greta Thunberg? LOL. We were just discussing boxes of rocks and bags of hammers.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at March 16, 2023 08:17 AM (TXFi7)

66 I will not vote for anyone other than Trump in '24.

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at March 16, 2023 08:18 AM (flINI)

67 And then the Fed raised rates as everyone expected. SVB filed its 10-K a month ago. Right on the face page of the balance sheet it shows an unrealized loss of $16B on held-to-maturity and total shareholders equity of $16B. It was broke right there. I'm surprised the run didn't start sooner. Auditor should have issued a going concern qualification and FDIC should have taken “prompt corrective action” This was so criminally dumb that my head hurts.

By lying about the root cause, Leftie spin is making this even worse.

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 16, 2023 08:18 AM (RqMSv)

68 66 - TMR: Yep… I’m in that camp

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 16, 2023 08:19 AM (iqzch)

69 "remember when Froot Loops was a porn title - jjs"
***
It was?

Posted by: redridinghood at March 16, 2023 08:19 AM (NpAcC)

70 {{Bluebell}}!!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at March 16, 2023 08:19 AM (wagHN)

71 Lindsay & Co are working feverishly to find (create) another Tonkin Gulf.

Posted by: Lottanerve at March 16, 2023 08:20 AM (JdcHc)

72 From Previous thread: Public data in December showed 50,000 people waited 12 hours to be seen after being admitted to the emergency room. The true figure was 50,000 a week,

And those 50,000 are there because they have a cold and work/ school says they need a doctors note.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 16, 2023 08:20 AM (aylmF)

73 “What would Ronald Reagan do right now? He would start shooting Russian planes down if they were threatening our assets,” he added.
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Yeah. Not like Dwight Eisenhower. That gaping pussy didn't immediately escalate tensions and trigger a nuclear war when they shot down that U2.

Note that I am not comparing Biden to Eisenhower, but Graham's position is sort of ... unlikely.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 16, 2023 08:20 AM (t0OGg)

74 Such wonderfully insightful links!

Thank you, J.J.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 16, 2023 08:20 AM (u82oZ)

75 Former Vice President Mike Pence, however, took the opposite position from Trump and DeSantis, writing the U.S. is "paying the Ukrainians to fight Russia so we won’t have to fight Russians ourselves."

That is Democrat level stupidity. Was Russia planning on invading our soil or any of our vital allies? Not that I recall. There was approximately zero chance a fight with Russia before our involvement Ukraine and now it seem like there is a realistic chance of that happening. If we do get into a shooting war with them it will be idiocy like this that brought us there.

Posted by: Ripley at March 16, 2023 08:20 AM (cUYo/)

76 "What's the endgame? And will it work?"
Malaysia Sends Sweden 20,000 Qurans in Swedish

Dirka dirka

Translation: Borky borky

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 16, 2023 08:22 AM (aylmF)

77 While bashing Graham for being an absolute lunatic last night, Tucker had retired Colonel Douglas MacGregor on his show to discuss the Russia-Ukraine war. MacGregor said quite correctly what anyone who has actually watched the region for years knows, the US helped start this war by idiotically hinting that Ukraine would be invited to join NATO. Couple that with the coup the Obama/Biden administration ran in 2014 that took down a pro-Russia government and here we are.

Putin has been very clear for years that was a red line for him and if we crossed it there would be war. It doesn't make you a Putin apologist to live in the real world where the leaders of other countries can and do act on their own interests whether we like it or not.

The neocons chose this war and they are promoting it and demonizing Putin to hide their own culpability. That's the reality and no amount of Ukraine flag emojis are going to change it.

PS. Much of the Russia collusion hoax crap came from sources in Ukraine.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 16, 2023 08:23 AM (ZLI7S)

78 Remember what we did when the Chinks forced down one of our MANNED recon planes?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 16, 2023 08:23 AM (aylmF)

79 Greta Thunberg Reportedly Deletes 2018 Tweet Claiming "Climate Change Will Wipe Out All of Humanity" by 2023
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Too bad she deleted it. We still have 9.5 months to go in 2023, it may still happen. She could have looked like a genius in that case. Of course, no one would be around to congratulate her.
Posted by: bluebell at March 16, 2023 08:11 AM (pTb/Z)

El Rushbo used to have a doomsday clock on his website, counting down to Algore's prediction of doom. In 2006, Algore said we had 10 years until the world would reach a “point of no return” and a “true planetary emergency.”

Posted by: Doof at March 16, 2023 08:24 AM (4pDQF)

80 Putting aside an abhorrence of war, as well as my personal dislike and distaste for Vladimir Putin, his invasion of Ukraine is none of our damned business. Never was and never will be.
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I disagree, insofar as I think that we largely provoked Putin and created the conditions that precipitated his invasion. That being the case, one could argue that we have an obligation to defend Ukraine since we were instrumental in getting them into this mess.

It *is* our business to some degree. That said - and shitty as this is - I don't agree that we should continue pouring the wealth of nations down Ukraine, nor do I think we should put our men in harm's way over it. It sucks for (and to be) Ukraine, that's for sure. The machinations and activities on our side that helped push things over the edge into war weren't worth it. The political, economic and personal games that helped lead to this are not worth the blood and treasure it has already cost, let alone what more may lie in the future.

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

81 The lies they tell about why we must be in Ukraine are rapidly approaching the level of their Covid lies.

My favorite-- and one they deployed loudly during Covid-- is Kamala's "if you knew all the facts" you'd agree with us.
Can we have all the facts? Specifically the ones you are relying on?
Oh, right: No and f you for daring to ask.

And there's Pence with the biggest lie: That Putin is going to march on to the rest of Europe if we don't stop him in Ukraine. International geopolitics brought to you by a guy who loses at Stratego but still thinks he's a general.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 16, 2023 08:24 AM (Watld)

82 FFS Graham, just shut your fucking pie hole. We're in a proxy war with Russia that you personally have a part in developing, and they just threw down a winning hand. And pretty soon, they're gonna reap the benefits of a well executed mission. Nice work, asshat.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 16, 2023 08:25 AM (+2RzF)

83 Is Greta still 16 yrs old? It seems like she's been 16 for a long time now.

Posted by: dantesed at March 16, 2023 08:26 AM (88xKn)

84 Another factor that I think is not a minor one in this whole confrontation with Putin is the fact that Hillary Clinton and the intelligence community manufactured out of whole cloth the hideous smear camp against Trump that Vladimir Putin and he colluded to sabotage her 2016 campaign and that Trump is a Russian agent run directly by Putin.
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It's the Big Lie that is used to rationalize or justify all things. I also wonder how much the Big Lie was a factor in our provocation of Russia since Biden took over. I sort of doubt it was actually a major factor - what has happened under Biden is just a continuation of what's happened since the fall of the USSR - but I do remain curious.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 16, 2023 08:26 AM (t0OGg)

85 The ethics complaint filed by Trump against DeSantis is not only idiotic, it makes Trump look just as bad as all the leftists who filed baseless attacks against him for years. Trump is destroying himself.

Posted by: Erich Von Daniken

That wasn't Trump, it was some PAC.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 16, 2023 08:26 AM (lTGtQ)

86 l amoebic dysentry like Joy Behar

**********

JJ, I rate this comparison as "apt". Have you ever seen Joy Behar move across the stage?

As a class of organism, amoebae are defined by their unique movement patterns. This movement strategy produces forward movement via the following three steps:

1. “ballooning” the plasma membrane forward. This distinct rearrangement is known as a pseudopodium or “false foot”
2. the pseudopodium attaches to the substrate, and is filled with cytosol;
3. the rear portion of the amoeba releases its attachment to the substrate and is propelled forward.

https://biologydictionary.net/amoeba/

Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2023 08:26 AM (ykeLU)

87 Commies of every stripe love them some 5 and 10 year plans.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 16, 2023 08:27 AM (l8RbF)

88 Is Greta still 16 yrs old? It seems like she's been 16 for a long time now.
Posted by: dantesed at March 16, 2023 08:26 AM (88xKn)

How DARE you?!? She's 16 AND A HALF!

Posted by: Doof at March 16, 2023 08:28 AM (4pDQF)

89 "The machinations and activities on our side that helped push things over the edge into war weren't worth it."

Our unelected government did this, not "us." I don't feel any responsibility to continue supporting this. Ironically, the sooner we stop the better off Ukrainians will be. Else, Zelensky will fight to the last Ukranian and the last American dollar.

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 16, 2023 08:28 AM (RqMSv)

90 We don't need a military solution to Ukraine.

Simply start producing our own energy and exporting it. Oil, Natural Gas... all of it.

The war ends tomorrow. The real "Russian Agents" are green activist who demand renewable energy, because it's exactly what Russia wants us to do.

The first two statement are true and also unrelated. The third is BS and the fourth I have no idea of what you are trying to say.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at March 16, 2023 08:29 AM (YXHzG)

91

My Google watch is controlling my bowel movements! My plastic consumption is responsible for my shitty life syndrome and red and blue threads growing out of my skin! Protect me, Big Government! And, where's my fucking Obama car?

Posted by: Non-critical thinker at March 16, 2023 08:29 AM (BUhuo)

92 PS. Much of the Russia collusion hoax crap came from sources in Ukraine.
Posted by: JackStraw
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It wouldn't surprise me if Nuland was telling these Ukranian sources 'we're paying you, we ned you to do this one thing for us...."

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 16, 2023 08:29 AM (fs1hN)

93 Touré
@Toure

The way the right uses "woke" it is a slur. A sneaky dog whistle way of saying the n-word. But bravo to you for perpetuating white supremacy.

We can always replace it with mentally deranged.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 16, 2023 08:29 AM (NpAcC)

94 Ward Carroll (former USN F-14 RIO) just posted vid of the Russian SU-29/MQ-9 mid-air. Interesting.

https://youtu.be/IUiNxvNWg7w

Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2023 08:30 AM (qoGsy)

95 He continued, “The U.S. should not provide assistance that could require the deployment of American troops or enable Ukraine to engage in offensive operations beyond its borders. F-16s and long-range missiles should therefore be off the table. These moves would risk explicitly drawing the United States into the conflict and drawing us closer to a hot war between the world’s two largest nuclear powers. That risk is unacceptable.”
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In this case. I'd like to see DeSantis flesh this out a little bit. I agree that risking war between major nuclear powers - especially when one of those powers' conventional forces are fairly weak - is extremely dangerous and Ukraine is *not* worth that risk.

But DeSantis think *anything* is worth that risk? Is "War with Russia" a so-called "red line" that must *never* be crossed no matter what, or is it merely that Ukraine ain't worth it? That's something I would be interested to know DeSantis' thoughts on because for me, I don't think it should be a "red line" because there probably *are* conditions where that risk would be worth it even though the conditions right now are not.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 16, 2023 08:30 AM (t0OGg)

96 Back on June 20, 2018 Iran shot down one of two RQ-4A Global Hawk BAMS-D surveillance drones with a surface-to-air missile over the Strait of Hormuz. The drone was specifically modified for the Navy and is about the size of a 737. We didn't "go to war" with Iran over that, mostly because there was no loss of life.

The MQ-9 "Reaper" was also unmanned and is smaller, but can carry weapons that the RQ-4A cannot. There's been no word about whether it was armed or not.

Lindsey Graham can piss and moan all his little girl heart can muster, but we're not going to start shooting down Russian aircraft over this.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 16, 2023 08:31 AM (Q4IgG)

97 Near as I can tell, the lie that Russia has eyes on all of Europe rests on these flimsy assertions:
1) he invaded Ukraine
2) the Poles are arming up
3) he's an old KGB guy who misses the USSR

That nothing in the last year has shown he has any ambition--or anywhere near the capability--beyond a limited, low-intensity border war, seems to have no effect on recalibration of their lies. It's still, "he's gonna take all of Europe!"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 16, 2023 08:31 AM (Watld)

98 I was quite surprised that my 401k's and IRA's remained relatively unchanged after all that happened the past few days.

And Fuck Mike Pence and Fuck Lindsey Graham. Graham especially. He talks a tough game but cowers when it comes to doing anything.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 16, 2023 08:31 AM (Oq/TM)

99 "It turns out struggling banks, SVB, Signature Bank and Credit Suisse, donated $1.2M to Democrats since 2017."

Million or billion?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 16, 2023 08:31 AM (yQpMk)

100 Our unelected government did this, not "us." I don't feel any responsibility to continue supporting this. Ironically, the sooner we stop the better off Ukrainians will be. Else, Zelensky will fight to the last Ukranian and the last American dollar.
Posted by: Ignoramus at March 16, 2023 08:28 AM (RqMSv)
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And that same unelected government can draft you and send you to fight the Russians if it so pleases, or drain your capital and send it to the Ukranians, or throw you into a camp for questioning its decisions to do those things.

I don't feel any personal responsibility for this, either, but the same government that helped trigger this has means to make me - and you - care about it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 16, 2023 08:32 AM (t0OGg)

101 They actually had an investigation (oh boy!) in 1967 about the Gulf of Tonkin incident. McGeorge Bundy or McNamara claimed he had "classified" info that it was totally an attack on US navy ships. I think he might have been lying about that.

Then they said it was the "functional equivalent" of a declaration of war by congress. Well allrighty then!

I still maintain there is some sort of chicanery involved, for example - the stunt that Henry Fonda's alleged daughter pulled would have been a capital offense. And every war since.

If there is indeed a compelling national interest, then it is the duty of congress to vote on it. There's no way around it. I get it, they want to act like spectators on anything and everything, but they wanted that job.

All this open ended shit has just caused successive disasters.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 16, 2023 08:34 AM (ldF7/)

102 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at March 16, 2023 08:34 AM (zZopm)

103 the article about Philly wolf packs part two, covid boogaloo missed the part where these kids didn't have school to go to for like two years

yes on the single parent thing but a bigger YES to covid causing the city to be empty and the kids to have nothing in their lives but gangs (no school and many if not most just never went back)

I remember coming in to town during the lockdown days and seeing flocks of these kids on their bikes, traversing broad street en masse. I thought it was kind of cool then.

then later they all seemingly got ATVs (with covid cash?!?! or money earned..how?) and THAT is when it got crazy, huge parties in the streets, doing donuts and zooming around. still kind of interesting/cool but more intimidating.

and now they've moved on to gang initiations like polar bear hunting. and that is what happened to Dr Corse's daughter. it's not good.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 16, 2023 08:34 AM (w0NJk)

104 Have a great day, everyone.

May the errors launched in the corridors of power never get near to you and yours.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 16, 2023 08:34 AM (u82oZ)

105 My Google watch is controlling my bowel movements! My plastic consumption is responsible for my shitty life syndrome and red and blue threads growing out of my skin! Protect me, Big Government! And, where's my fucking Obama car?
Posted by: Non-critical thinker at March 16, 2023 08:29 AM (BUhuo)

Hahaha...I forgot about all the moochers during Barack Mugabe's reign of terror who wanted err thang phree.

The two feral utes in Detroit wanting all dat money from his stash to the Broodmare in Florida who rejoiced in De Lawd for Barack gonna be payin her gas and house. So much ignorance walking around looking for a hand out.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 16, 2023 08:35 AM (LAno9)

106
Joe Mannix is right, Ukraine is our business to the extent we persuaded them to give up their nukes.

The U.S. has a poor record of supporting countries or regimes and walking away from them.

Putin can not be safely ignored.

Posted by: Auspex at March 16, 2023 08:35 AM (QarLh)

107 May the errors launched in the corridors of power never get near to you and yours.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Amen!

Have a good one Salty.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2023 08:35 AM (qoGsy)

108 >>It wouldn't surprise me if Nuland was telling these Ukranian sources 'we're paying you, we ned you to do this one thing for us...."

Look at the NGOs and other government funded groups we set up in Ukraine along with the help of scum like Soros. All of the same "grass roots" activists and disinformation groups they have been trying to shove down our throats were set up there first and that was what helped fuel the excuse for the coup.

Our own government ran a color revolution against us to give us Biden. They are still running much of it. We did the same thing in Ukraine and tried in Kazakstan but Putin helped shut that one down. People forget largely because the media doesn't report it but days after the 2014 in Ukraine Putin took Crimea. That wasn't a coincidence. And he is not looking to give the rest to NATO.

Two things can be true. Putin is a murderous thug and we helped start this war.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 16, 2023 08:36 AM (ZLI7S)

109 Its pathetic watching the Regime react to having its drone knock down by the Russian fighter pilot. One minute they are talking a big war game, for as long as it takes, the next minute they are crying like school girls about violations of international law. Pathetic.

Posted by: Republic Theater brought to you by Signature Bank at March 16, 2023 08:36 AM (YTBIQ)

110 @Toure
The way the right uses "woke" it is a slur. A sneaky dog whistle way of saying the n-word. But bravo to you for perpetuating white supremacy. ...
Posted by: redridinghood at March 16, 2023 08:29 AM (NpAcC)
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It is a slur. I use it that way because that is the proper use of the word. If you're "woke," you're a worth recipient of derision and ill-will. You are a fool, and an evil one. You subscribe to an anti-human philosophy and are committed to a blood lust that will never be sated. You are a monster. A stupid, vindictive, hateful, evil monster. It is a slur and it is *right* that it is a slur. It isn't an ethnic or racial or national or class slur. It is in essence an *inclusive* slur. It applies to anyone and everyone with your stupid fucking ideas.

In practical terms, though, it is largely an anti-white slur. Most of the public Wokists are honkies. It applies to anyone, but in practice it mostly applies to college-bred white idiots. But yeah, keep going with your "white supremacist dog whistle," you fuckin' idiot.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 16, 2023 08:36 AM (t0OGg)

111 Someone needs to strap a muzzle on Lindsey Graham.
Sad part is, he's not the only one going off about starting WWIII.

Posted by: Ziba at March 16, 2023 08:36 AM (4h9M3)

112 85 That wasn't Trump, it was some PAC.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 16, 2023 08:26 AM (lTGtQ)

He has neither protested nor objected nor told the PAC to drop the suit. Not that I am aware.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 16, 2023 08:37 AM (x0n13)

113 He has neither protested nor objected nor told the PAC to drop the suit. Not that I am aware.

exactly JJ - that PAC is a cut out

Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 16, 2023 08:37 AM (w0NJk)

114 Biden’s Budget Would Balloon ATF Funding To Nearly $2 Billion, Up 50% From Obama Admin

It will double the number of guns the ATF can traffic into Mexico!

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 16, 2023 08:37 AM (BRHaw)

115 Joe Mannix,

Insty posted an older Spectator column about Pol Pot that you might enjoy revisiting, assuming you've read it before:

https://tinyurl.com/2bvzamd6

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 16, 2023 08:39 AM (LvTSG)

116 88 Is Greta still 16 yrs old? It seems like she's been 16 for a long time now.
Posted by: dantesed at March 16, 2023 08:26 AM (88xKn)

How DARE you?!? She's 16 AND A HALF!
Posted by: Doof at March 16, 2023 08:28 AM (4pDQF)

Who's that crackpot Lefty we make fun of for pretending to be young?

Great is the that broad of Madonnas.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 16, 2023 08:39 AM (x0n13)

117 The only reason the Su27 hit the drone was the pilots are so scared they ply them with vodka before every flight. Couldn't use guns or missiles, because they're running low. All that fuel coming out just shows you their maintenance is in the toilet with ground crews deserting. The pilot was trying to follow the drone home to defect because the Ukes got them on the run. We should send more money to the Ukes because this is a turning point.

Bullshit from the Let's Go to War With Russia Crowd

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 16, 2023 08:39 AM (lz5hY)

118 Any chance we'll get the names of all the depostors benefittung from the SVB bailout? This whole thing is super shady.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 16, 2023 08:39 AM (fs1hN)

119 The future of medicine.

https://twitter.com/i/status/
1635980378023264263

Posted by: Gwenn at March 16, 2023 08:39 AM (9Gr7n)

120 Lindsey Graham wants to be Trump's VP pick.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 16, 2023 08:39 AM (NpAcC)

121 113 He has neither protested nor objected nor told the PAC to drop the suit. Not that I am aware.

exactly JJ - that PAC is a cut out
Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 16, 2023 08:37 AM (w0NJk)

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Isn't it also illegal for candidates to have any kind of influence on anything Super PACs do?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 16, 2023 08:39 AM (LvTSG)

122 "Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters".

Luke 11:23

Posted by: Marcus T at March 16, 2023 08:40 AM (IaTa3)

123 106
Joe Mannix is right, Ukraine is our business to the extent we persuaded them to give up their nukes.

The U.S. has a poor record of supporting countries or regimes and walking away from them.

Putin can not be safely ignored.
Posted by: Auspex at March 16, 2023 08:35 AM (QarLh)

You leave out the salient point that, while doing that, we guaranteed Russia no further expansion of NATO to the east.

So we should send troops to Ukraine AND Russia.

Winning.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 16, 2023 08:41 AM (x0n13)

124 Watched FN briefly this a.m. and the morning show crew is going gaga over the drone video -- living in a Fortnite world.

Posted by: Ziba at March 16, 2023 08:41 AM (4h9M3)

125 Putin can not be safely ignored.
Posted by: Auspex at March 16, 2023 08:35 AM (QarLh)
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I think he probably can be. Not ignored entirely, but I don't think he needs to be actively checked. If we look at his extraterritorial engagements, there's always been a precipitating event that came from the West and specifically from us.

His invasion of Georgia was due to continued eastward expansion of NATO. His invasion and seizure of the Crimea was due to a second "color revolution" in Ukraine in a short period of time, and one that installed an overtly Russia-hostile government through illegitimate means. His invasion of Kazakhstan in 2021 was due to an attempted "color revolution" in that country.

His foreign incursions have all been because one of his "red lines" was crossed. There are only two: no more eastward expansion of NATO, no more color revolutions. When we violate those, he invades his neighbors. Are his red lines right? Are they justified? Does he have the right to draw them? Those are all debatable. That he drew them is not, nor is it debatable that he has a history of doing this when they are violated and of not doing this when they're not.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 16, 2023 08:41 AM (t0OGg)

126 Woke’s transformation into a byword of social awareness likely started decades earlier but began to be more broadly known in 2008, with the release of Erykah Badu’s song “Master Teacher”:

Even if yo baby ain't got no money
To support ya baby, you
(I stay woke)
Even when the preacher tell you some lies
And cheatin on ya mama, you stay woke
(I stay woke)

WOKE is a wonderful slur as it takes the word and meanings THEY wanted and turns it into a slam against their culture of victimhood crossed with crybully.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 16, 2023 08:43 AM (BRHaw)

127 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 16, 2023 08:39 AM (LvTSG)
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Nope, that one's new to me. I'll read it. Thanks.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 16, 2023 08:43 AM (t0OGg)

128 123

You leave out the salient point that, while doing that, we guaranteed Russia no further expansion of NATO to the east.

So we should send troops to Ukraine AND Russia.

Winning.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 16, 2023 08:41 AM (x0n13)

Seems obvious who did the provoking.

Posted by: tubal at March 16, 2023 08:44 AM (PCK5/)

129 G'morning, all. (Briefly...I have a houseful of company)

It looks to me like Donald Trump has turned into a politician...and a poor one at that.

Posted by: creeper at March 16, 2023 08:44 AM (cTCuP)

130 Fred had something to say about this

https://youtu.be/YZuMe5RvxPQ

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 16, 2023 08:44 AM (aylmF)

131 Can Trump tel the pac to stop? Then it looks like he has control over the org.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 16, 2023 08:45 AM (aylmF)

132 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 16, 2023 08:41 AM (t0OGg)

100% correct.

People seem to forget we did have a 4 year period when Putin did not invade Georgia (Bush) or Ukraine (Obama and Biden). It was when Trump was president and he didn't do it with magic.

There is an alternative to our bi-partisan neocon madness. Make our enemies aware of consequences through strength of our own country.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 16, 2023 08:45 AM (ZLI7S)

133 132 100% correct.

People seem to forget we did have a 4 year period when Putin did not invade Georgia (Bush) or Ukraine (Obama and Biden). It was when Trump was president and he didn't do it with magic.

There is an alternative to our bi-partisan neocon madness. Make our enemies aware of consequences through strength of our own country.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 16, 2023 08:45 AM (ZLI7S)

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Never Trump actually hates Trump because he said pussy, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 16, 2023 08:46 AM (LvTSG)

134 131 Can Trump tel the pac to stop? Then it looks like he has control over the org.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 16, 2023 08:45 AM (aylmF)

He can ask. He can file a cease and desist if the original suit against DeSantis was in his name.

Just spitballing

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 16, 2023 08:46 AM (x0n13)

135 Its pathetic watching the Regime react to having its drone knock down by the Russian fighter pilot. One minute they are talking a big war game, for as long as it takes, the next minute they are crying like school girls about violations of international law.

None of that matters. It was 'environmentally reckless'. It would have been pretty damn funny is Pooty Poot's spokeshole had pointed that out and asked how it compared to the NordStream pipeline attack.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 16, 2023 08:47 AM (+2RzF)

136 Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s administration snatched HISD “after years of academic failures,”

Abboott did not do shit. This was all orchestrated by a black (D) state senator from Houston, Harold Dutton Jr.

He created the 5 strikes law the REQUIRES TEA to take over. Abbott also gave them 7 strikes as he let them slide a year when they went from F to D and then then next year was worse. He could have done this in 2019 or 2020.
Abbott is a small petty feckless man.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 16, 2023 08:48 AM (BRHaw)

137
And that brings me to Trump. I realize that politics ain't beanbag but he is making a huge mistake in his attacks on DeSantis, insofar as calling him names.

I'd crawl over broken glass to vote for Trump again but every day he attacks someone he should align with that pile of glass gets smaller. I'm not a big fan of egotistical people and Trump needs to stay positive, not suck the air out of the room with negativity.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 16, 2023 08:48 AM (enJYY)

138 I repeat myself, but I really feel that the elites are not so much Pro War as they are Reality Indifferent.

Entirely insulated from real world consequences since birth, ignorant of history, lacking in spiritual foundation and disconnected from nature. They have forgotten that Death and War are not "constructs" and that hard reality can't be made to be made to shut up by calling it "racist."

Posted by: Zek at March 16, 2023 08:51 AM (5FPX4)

139 Putin’s just behaving like Russian leaders have always behaved. There’s nothing substantially different in his behavior from that of Ivan Grozny, Peter the Great, Catherine, or Stalin. Russians gonna Russian.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 16, 2023 08:52 AM (TehmT)

140 I repeat myself, but I really feel that the elites are not so much Pro War as they are Reality Indifferent.

Entirely insulated from real world consequences since birth, ignorant of history, lacking in spiritual foundation and disconnected from nature. They have forgotten that Death and War are not "constructs" and that hard reality can't be made to be made to shut up by calling it "racist."
Posted by: Zek at March 16, 2023 08:51 AM (5FPX4)
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"Reality indifferent" is a good description. I also do think they're pro-war as such, because they see war as a means to increase their own wealth and power. The *reason* for a war is less important than the war itself, though.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 16, 2023 08:52 AM (t0OGg)

141 138>> Good observation.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 16, 2023 08:52 AM (+2RzF)

142 Is Dave in Fla gone? Sorry for the aside, just wondering.

Posted by: tubal at March 16, 2023 08:52 AM (PCK5/)

143 Hoping Trump gets it out of his system pronto and moves on with running a serious campaign. I don't want to have to vote for De Santis.

Posted by: Ziba at March 16, 2023 08:52 AM (4h9M3)

144 I've always figured that the remaining intact NS pipeline was because of a dud.

Look there for you evidence if it's practical.

The whole concept of an unsecured pipeline is now dead.

Posted by: pawn (in/lbs/gal/F) at March 16, 2023 08:53 AM (wsHtO)

145 On the other hand, if Trump is nice to RDS, then he may be seen as a viable alternative to MAGA who want to dump the baggage Trump brings.

Maybe if trump had more than amateur advisers, he could find a middle ground between childish insults and endorsement.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 16, 2023 08:53 AM (aylmF)

146 I don't discuss politics at work. If it comes up, such as people mocking Santos or hushed comments about how scaaaaary DeSantis is, I play the cynic who says they're all corrupt jerks. What's the point of engaging in that forum?

Posted by: Lizzy at March 16, 2023 08:54 AM (mqu1M)

147 t's the Big Lie that is used to rationalize or justify all things. I also wonder how much the Big Lie was a factor in our provocation of Russia since Biden took over.

I believe that all things UA is what Trump was trying to discover. The impeachment over a phone call was about communicating to Trump in unambiguous terms that this is forbidden territory.

I do believe AF is related to UA in that continued pointless involvement in AF couldn't coexist with another pointless MIC operation in UA.

Given that this situation has been under process since the Obama reign, I'm 100% certain that UA is primarily about money laundering, MIC enrichment and to a lesser extend bioweapons - otherwise this is just yet another border war.

In contrast, AF and XK were MIC + narcotics trafficking.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at March 16, 2023 08:54 AM (YXHzG)

148 I repeat myself, but I really feel that the elites are not so much Pro War as they are Reality Indifferent.

Entirely insulated from real world consequences since birth, ignorant of history, lacking in spiritual foundation and disconnected from nature. They have forgotten that Death and War are not "constructs" and that hard reality can't be made to be made to shut up by calling it "racist."

Posted by: Zek at March 16, 2023 08:51 AM (5FPX4)

It's almost as if they've never had to answer for the consequences of their actions their entire life.

Posted by: Archer at March 16, 2023 08:54 AM (gmo/4)

149 142 Is Dave in Fla gone?

Maybe he got picked up by a campaign and is busy

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 16, 2023 08:55 AM (aylmF)

150 FIRST!

Posted by: Ligma Balzak from Fuggencrass, Vulgaria at March 16, 2023 08:55 AM (JNTt1)

151 The acronyms are flying this morning….

Posted by: tubal at March 16, 2023 08:55 AM (PCK5/)

152 Insty posted an older Spectator column about Pol Pot that you might enjoy revisiting, assuming you've read it before:
https://tinyurl.com/2bvzamd6
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 16, 2023 08:39 AM (LvTSG)

Wow! What an article. "Just as we teach our kids about Hitler" is spot on. The genocide in Cambodia did not take place in some faraway time in black and white photos. It was 1975 in full color panavision, but no one talks about it today.

The Khmer Rouge always reminded me of Yoko Ono.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 16, 2023 08:57 AM (LAno9)

153 If Trump doesn't stop with the childish insults he will never get the nomination in 2016.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 16, 2023 08:57 AM (ZLI7S)

154
The acronyms are flying this morning….

Posted by: tubal at March 16, 2023 08:55 AM

Like a BOOH.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 16, 2023 08:57 AM (enJYY)

155 Wasn't Miss Lindsay given some prestigious honor by the Ukrainian government back in the day? I seem to remember seeing a picture of him and McCain celebrating an award with members of the Ukrainian gov.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at March 16, 2023 08:58 AM (KbCG3)

156 "Salman Rushdie Had It Coming and 11 Other Songs?" Cat Stevens Has a New Album

That Throw the Homos off a Tall Building tune is real catchy!

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 16, 2023 08:58 AM (BRHaw)

157 Remember when "Are We the Baddies?" was funny?

Posted by: Zek at March 16, 2023 08:59 AM (5FPX4)

158 Hasn't Credit Suisse been in trouble before this week? I feel like I've seen that bank in the news awhile back having serious financial problems.

Posted by: dantesed at March 16, 2023 08:59 AM (88xKn)

159 Thx JJ , good morning Horde. To all members of the Horde in the San Francisco area. Be careful. A group is being led to think they're going to get a huge payday. If it's suddenly yanked back, expect violence. If it's paid it will cause chaos. Either way watch your six

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 16, 2023 09:00 AM (dDBj4)

160 "David French. “Astonishing. Dangerous.”

Other neocons to voice their irrelevant disapproval with DeSantis’ remarks include Bill Kristol, David Frum, and Jonah Goldberg, among others."

IOW - he has made all the right enemies.

TY Dispatch & Bulwark

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at March 16, 2023 09:00 AM (NW9xb)

161 >>Wasn't Miss Lindsay given some prestigious honor by the Ukrainian government back in the day? I seem to remember seeing a picture of him and McCain celebrating an award with members of the Ukrainian gov.

Yes. And so was McCain. And Biden.

See where this is headed?

Posted by: JackStraw at March 16, 2023 09:00 AM (ZLI7S)

162 "Reality indifferent" is a good description. I also do think they're pro-war as such, because they see war as a means to increase their own wealth and power. The *reason* for a war is less important than the war itself, though.

No kidding. Look at the "sanctions". Has it really impeded the flow of oil and other Russian commodities? Instead it a created and magnified a global blackmarket. We aren't talking about smuggling across a few kilos of cocaine and fentanyl, we are talking world class tankers and cargo ships operating totally outside the costly regulatory state. There is huge money in the arbitrage of contraband of necessary items (oil, minerals, food) and by positioning oneself in industries that just happen to source similar goods as to what is being "sanctioned" there is the huge markup. (ZA coal being shipped to DE)

Posted by: Reuben Hick at March 16, 2023 09:00 AM (YXHzG)

163 153 If Trump doesn't stop with the childish insults he will never get the nomination in 2016.
Posted by: JackStraw

The insults are fine when directed at an establishment tool. RDS can be a strong ally for someone who is desperately short on allies and he is pissing it away.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 16, 2023 09:01 AM (aylmF)

164 159 Thx JJ , good morning Horde. To all members of the Horde in the San Francisco area. Be careful. A group is being led to think they're going to get a huge payday. If it's suddenly yanked back, expect violence. If it's paid it will cause chaos. Either way watch your six
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 16, 2023 09:00 AM (dDBj4)

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I just need to know if the California government will accept a forwarding services' address and fake information.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 16, 2023 09:01 AM (LvTSG)

165 Oh by the way clean up @30. It appears incel Paul has spooged all over the thread

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 16, 2023 09:01 AM (dDBj4)

166 6 I don't discuss politics at work. If it comes up, such as people mocking Santos or hushed comments about how scaaaaary DeSantis is, I play the cynic who says they're all corrupt jerks. What's the point of engaging in that forum?
Posted by: Lizzy at March 16, 2023 08:54 AM (mqu1M)
*******
Lol. I am the complete opposite. If politics are brought up I can't stay silent.
I've gotten some people to see the light, especially with the trans/sexualization CRT indoctrination by the left.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 16, 2023 09:01 AM (NpAcC)

167 I have said before that is not Biden. The real Biden is dead. You are looking at an actor. By the way, when is the last time you took a good look at Putin?

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/
latest-news/vladimir-putin-russia
-body-double-17083215

Posted by: Gwenn at March 16, 2023 09:02 AM (9Gr7n)

168 Hasn't Credit Suisse been in trouble before this week? I feel like I've seen that bank in the news awhile back having serious financial problems.
Posted by: dantesed

They have been in a precarious position and were only hanging on by lots of hand waving. The collapse of SVB made people a little more wary of CS.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 16, 2023 09:03 AM (aylmF)

169 Tomorrow!
Tomorrow!
I love ya
Tomorrow!

You're always a day away

When I'm stuck in a day
That's gray,
And lonely,
I just stick out my chin
And Grin,
And Say,
Oh
GLOBAL WARMING YOU'RE ALWAYS A DAY AWAY!

Posted by: Saint Greta at March 16, 2023 09:04 AM (lc5cP)

170 Is Dave in Fla gone? Sorry for the aside, just wondering.
Posted by: tubal at March 16, 2023 08:52 AM (PCK5/)

No, we had a problem... and uh, we tried to do everything we could.
He's gone, and we couldn't do nothing about it.

Posted by: Vinnie at March 16, 2023 09:05 AM (LAno9)

171 120 Lindsey Graham wants to be Trump's VP pick.
___

If Trump rewards Lindsey's loyalty (sucking up) with a VP slot, I will no longer desire to crawl over broken glass to vote for Trump.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 16, 2023 09:05 AM (fs1hN)

172 I don't discuss politics at work. If it comes up, such as people mocking Santos

Is the left still on a jihad about Santos?

Apparently lying about being gay is the worst thing ever.

Posted by: Saint Greta at March 16, 2023 09:05 AM (lc5cP)

173 Maybe we should just go ahead and put Hunter Biden in in charge of the country's finances. The spending couldn't be any more insane than it is now.
And we might all get free hookers and blow.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at March 16, 2023 09:06 AM (Ty2lT)

174 >>The insults are fine when directed at an establishment tool. RDS can be a strong ally for someone who is desperately short on allies and he is pissing it away.

Nonsense. This is what Trump has always done. He hammered all his opponents in 2016 and then made nice when the time is right. He humiliated Little Marco and then basically accused Ted Cruz' father of killing Kennedy. He's been comparatively gentle with Ron so far.

DeSantis is running an unannounced campaign and he has recruited a team of "media influencers" to do his dirty work while he appears to stay above he fray. Trump does his own dirty work.

It's politics. Only one seat at the table and they all want it. This happens every campaign season.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 16, 2023 09:07 AM (ZLI7S)

175 Is Dave in Fla gone? Sorry for the aside, just wondering.
Posted by: tubal at March 16, 2023 08:52 AM (PCK5/)

No, we had a problem... and uh, we tried to do everything we could.
He's gone, and we couldn't do nothing about it.
Posted by: Vinnie

Dammit! We could have made the payment AND covered the vig if only we had known!

Posted by: rickb223 at March 16, 2023 09:07 AM (zZopm)

176 By lying about the root cause, Leftie spin is making this even worse.
Posted by: Ignoramus

Agreed. But I think we need to start punching back much harder on the coming recession.

All the Left is blaming Powell and interest rates. Warren. Bernie. The usual suspects are calling o. Powell to stop raising rates for fear of recess.

It's NOT the rates. It's the spending. We are already letting the narrative be said that a recess will be Powell's fault when it's Biden's.

McCarthy needs to be front and center on this.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at March 16, 2023 09:07 AM (NW9xb)

177 Virgin Orbit is initiating a company-wide operational pause, effective March 16, 2023, and anticipates providing an update on go-forward operations in the coming weeks," a Virgin Orbit spokesperson told Bloomberg.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 16, 2023 09:07 AM (aylmF)

178 If Trump doesn't stop with the childish insults he will never get the nomination in 2016.
Posted by: JackStraw

The insults are fine when directed at an establishment tool. RDS can be a strong ally for someone who is desperately short on allies and he is pissing it away.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 16, 2023 09:01 AM (aylmF)
*******
In 2016 it was kind of funny, but I think a lot of people that voted for Trump in 2016 (because they hated Hillary) are tired of this and want Trump to be focused on the issues and not get into the childish name calling.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 16, 2023 09:08 AM (NpAcC)

179 The billions/trillions of dollars being laundered through Ukraine are, in my opinion, the uniparty's last hurrah at the grifting trough. Once everything crashes they're going to have to find "other sources of income."

YOLO, and they're going to live large while the world burns.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 16, 2023 09:09 AM (Q4IgG)

180 Monday morning at 10:00am in NYC, the appeals to NY's unconstitutional gun laws created in response to Bruen will be held. Mark your calendars.

Posted by: Marcus T at March 16, 2023 09:09 AM (IaTa3)

181 >>Lol. I am the complete opposite. If politics are brought up I can't stay silent.
I've gotten some people to see the light, especially with the trans/sexualization CRT indoctrination by the left.

Eh, I work in a small environment, and can't afford to alienate the people I am near all day every day. It's not a big deal, it's not like politics comes up that often. But this is how I've always been, before everything got so politicized, so it's more about refusing the "you will be made to care culture" vs. fear.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 16, 2023 09:10 AM (mqu1M)

182 Abboott did not do shit. This was all orchestrated by a black (D) state senator from Houston, Harold Dutton Jr.

He created the 5 strikes law the REQUIRES TEA to take over. Abbott also gave them 7 strikes as he let them slide a year when they went from F to D and then then next year was worse. He could have done this in 2019 or 2020.
Abbott is a small petty feckless man.
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Houston is his old stomping grounds. So it doesn't surprise me that he's caving to the local liberals.
It also hasn't gone without notice that his big bad announcement of investigating election irregularities--also mandated by law-- has been a popcorn fart in a hurricane.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 16, 2023 09:10 AM (Watld)

183 VP Huckabee Sanders.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 16, 2023 09:10 AM (aylmF)

184 The acronyms are flying this morning….
Posted by: tubal at March 16, 2023 08:55 AM
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GFY.

Good For You, tubal! I noticed that too!

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at March 16, 2023 09:10 AM (Vwz3I)

185 There is an alternative to our bi-partisan neocon madness. Make our enemies aware of consequences through strength of our own country.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 16, 2023 08:45 AM (ZLI7S)

How is that going to enrich them each petsonally to the tune of millions of dollars?

Posted by: ... at March 16, 2023 09:11 AM (U7hCZ)

186
It's NOT the rates. It's the spending. We are already letting the narrative be said that a recess will be Powell's fault when it's Biden's.

The Bidenflation will continue until the Bidenspending stops.

You can't make money appear out of nowhere.

If the government spends money it does not have it will cause inflation. EOS.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 16, 2023 09:12 AM (lc5cP)

187 GFY.

Good For You, tubal! I noticed that too!
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at March 16, 2023 09:10 AM

ISWYDT.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 16, 2023 09:12 AM (Wnv9h)

188 I’m tired of the whole DeSantis show. He’s a great governor of Florida and I appreciate what he’s done there. But I’m souring on him quickly for national office. His statement on Ukraine was too pat; read between the lines and he supports more money and military hardware to Ukraine. He only draws the line at offensive weapons. Not good enough for me. All the wrong people support him; everywhere you look on Fox News these days they’re cooing about RDS… I’m only-Trump, flaws and all…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 16, 2023 08:13 AM (iqzch)
RDS is one hell of a governor(full disclosure am seasonal resident of the Free State of Florida). But one could wonder, would RDS take that Ukraine position if Trump were not around?.
Trump is the MAGA center of gravity. Yea, wish Trump would stop doing the inane name calling ---silly, non productive and damages Trump in the case of RDS.
But Trump is OUR battering ram and you can count on Trump to be first in the door against the fucking Commies--hot, loaded, and lethal.
Make that two Trump votes bartender.

Posted by: Voter theater. at March 16, 2023 09:12 AM (xyzFf)

189 Interesting photo up top. Accurate, too.

Posted by: dantesed at March 16, 2023 09:13 AM (88xKn)

190 And now an ethics complaint against the DeSantis campaign?
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When people call him a petulant child, this is specifically what they're talking about.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at March 16, 2023 09:13 AM (695TH)

191 Virgin Orbit is initiating a company-wide operational pause, effective March 16, 2023, and anticipates providing an update on go-forward operations in the coming weeks," a Virgin Orbit spokesperson told Bloomberg.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

"operational pause", "go-forward operations".

Goodness, I loath corporate-speak.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2023 09:13 AM (qoGsy)

192 200 Nebraska Farmers Remain Silent During Auction So A Young Man Can Buy Back His Family Farm

Posted by: SMOD at March 16, 2023 09:13 AM (RHGPo)

193 VP Huckabee Sanders.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 16, 2023 09:10 AM (aylmF)
*****
Arkansas just got rid of Asa Hutchinson.
They need a conservative running their state.
I'd rather her continue to be the governor.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 16, 2023 09:13 AM (NpAcC)

194 Premarket stock trading isn't revealing a trend yet this morning. Maybe a bit down.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 16, 2023 09:13 AM (yQpMk)

195 If a Republican candidate would run on slashing the military budget by 70 to 80 percent, I would bother to vote. As it is, none can go that far because this is a grotesque national security state that grifts off a military that always loses on the battlefield but never in the appropriations process. Even if Putin were to nuke the Acela Corridor, some of those rats would push aside their incinerated loved ones and slither to the Congress to lavishly fund the not-so-beautiful losers in the Pentagon.

The only way I vote is if Trump is indicted or charged and it will be for him and act solely as a no-confidence vote in the United States.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at March 16, 2023 09:14 AM (KSNKu)

196 >>"Whether by litigation or political courage, erosion of election integrity by the likes of D.C.’s alien voting law must be opposed and stopped."

How is it possible that no one in DC seems to notice that allowing foreigners to elect the city leaders of the nation's capital is INSANE.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 16, 2023 09:14 AM (mqu1M)

197 I read that Credit Suisse, although huge and considered strong, was seen as the weak link in the European banking world.

Posted by: Ziba at March 16, 2023 09:14 AM (4h9M3)

198 Heck of a job, Joey.

@TheInsiderPaper

Russia begins naval drills with China, Iran

https://tinyurl.com/2s3tjfpf

Posted by: JackStraw at March 16, 2023 09:15 AM (ZLI7S)

199 Lindsay Graham. Of course, Lindsay Graham is on the list. A giant, festering boil on the ass of South Carolina.
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 16, 2023 08:09 AM (sVtYq)

That's not a boil.

It's a bullseye.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at March 16, 2023 09:15 AM (KSNKu)

200 There is an alternative to our bi-partisan neocon madness. Make our enemies aware of consequences through strength of our own country.

The worst we do is kill a few enemy leaders and then rebuild their country.

That's insane.

The consequences of 9/11, for example, should have been the destruction of every town in AQ allied areas in 'Stan. Not 20 years of paying them to kill Americans.

Same with Iraq - little need to occupy the country if you've killed most of the young men in the Sunni triangle.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 16, 2023 09:15 AM (lc5cP)

201 Interesting photo up top. Accurate, too.
Posted by: dantesed at March 16, 2023 09:13 AM (88xKn)
*****
Yeah, J.J. nailed it.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 16, 2023 09:15 AM (NpAcC)

202 Hasn't Credit Suisse been in trouble before this week? I feel like I've seen that bank in the news awhile back having serious financial problems.
Posted by: dantesed at March 16, 2023 08:59 AM (88xKn)
++++
Credit Suisse has been a risky, fragile structure for years. Same with Deutsche Bank. The French majors are somewhat healthier, but I wouldn't rule out problems at BNP Paribas or Credit Agricole, either. Italy's Unicredit is a perennial risk.

Credit Suisse and Deutsche both managed to hang on through the Euro Crisis, but it took a major toll and both are profoundly damaged institutions that are so huge and important that they manage to lumber along. The European banking system is fraught with peril and has been for some time. Eventually, one or more of those plates is going to stop spinning.

If you want potential financial system contagion, you can find it easily in Europe.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 16, 2023 09:15 AM (t0OGg)

203 192 200 Nebraska Farmers Remain Silent During Auction So A Young Man Can Buy Back His Family Farm
Posted by: SMOD at March 16, 2023 09:13 AM (RHGPo)

I have seen this happen in person. It showed me that there is still a sense of community and decency in some places.

Posted by: tubal at March 16, 2023 09:16 AM (PCK5/)

204 NATIONAL ARTICHOKE HEARTS DAY

NATIONAL FARM RESCUER DAY

NATIONAL EVERYTHING YOU DO IS RIGHT DAY

NATIONAL FREEDOM OF INFORMATION DAY

ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE KIDS DAY

Posted by: SMOD at March 16, 2023 09:16 AM (RHGPo)

205 Plasticosis

*******

"Sperm counts, sperm quality and testosterone levels are all declining precipitously, at the same time as a variety of birth defects, such as genital shrinkage and malformation, are on the rise."

Is there NOTHING plastics can't do? - a limerick

A young man named Mortimer Freeney
Who ate plasticized veggie spaghettini
Said, "Isn't it odd
That my 'swimmers' are flawed
And plastics have disfigured my weenie!!!!?"

Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2023 09:16 AM (ykeLU)

206 202 If you want potential financial system contagion, you can find it easily in Europe.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 16, 2023 09:15 AM (t0OGg)

========

My normalcy bias says that nothing will go wrong and nothing will change.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 16, 2023 09:16 AM (LvTSG)

207 The puffery of Miss Graham, a great photo.

Posted by: Ziba at March 16, 2023 09:17 AM (4h9M3)

208 "operational pause", "go-forward operations".

Goodness, I loath corporate-speak.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2023 09:13 AM (qoGsy)
++++
"We're suspending operations while we figure whether we can save this thing or if we're better off just closing our doors. Stand by for updates."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 16, 2023 09:17 AM (t0OGg)

209 Nebraska Farmers Remain Silent During Auction So A Young Man Can Buy Back His Family Farm
Posted by: SMOD

Somewhat related: the 13th Annual Cumberland County Gun and Knife Show to hold it's first inventory reduction auction in April.

Man I love the South!

Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2023 09:17 AM (qoGsy)

210 WTF? I keep getting random page refreshes on my phone that kick me out of the comments. Anybody else having this problem?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 16, 2023 09:17 AM (EZaTx)

211 193 VP Huckabee Sanders.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 16, 2023 09:10 AM (aylmF)
*****
Arkansas just got rid of Asa Hutchinson.
They need a conservative running their state.
I'd rather her continue to be the governor.
Posted by: redridinghood at March 16, 2023 09:13 AM (NpAcC)

Very much the same situation as in Florida. Good governors are critical for the future of the people.

Posted by: tubal at March 16, 2023 09:18 AM (PCK5/)

212 SPRING BEGINS ON MONDAY

Posted by: SMOD at March 16, 2023 09:18 AM (RHGPo)

213 “The public wants more done to improve health and wellbeing – so why isn’t the government acting?”

Second, “the public wants…” and “why isn’t the government acting . . . ” are two phrases when aligned in a sentence that lead always to show trials, gulags, mass murder, and forcible consumption of falafel and/or cold soup.

“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. CSL

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 16, 2023 09:18 AM (BRHaw)

214 Has anyone told Miss Lindsay that if there is a nuclear exchange between the US and Russia not only will his graft go away but most of the young men he showers, uh, attention on are going to be dead?

Posted by: 18-1 at March 16, 2023 09:18 AM (lc5cP)

215 211 Very much the same situation as in Florida. Good governors are critical for the future of the people.
Posted by: tubal at March 16, 2023 09:18 AM (PCK5/)

=======

Besides, which one will be able to convince Philly to cheat less?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 16, 2023 09:18 AM (LvTSG)

216 Disclose.tv @disclosetv · 3h
JUST IN - U.S. releases a video showing the collision of the Russian fighter jet with the MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Black Sea.
From Amichai Stein

MORE - The Russian fighter appears to dump fuel as it intercepts the U.S. drone on the first attempt and apparently hits it on the second. Then the signal is lost.

https://tinyurl.com/mtnhpzjc
42 seconds

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at March 16, 2023 09:18 AM (Vwz3I)

217 My normalcy bias says that nothing will go wrong and nothing will change.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 16, 2023 09:16 AM (LvTSG)
++++
This might be so. The ECB will pull out all the stops to save Credit Suisse or Deutsche Bank, and the Fed (and possibly the Bank of Japan) will probably assist if needed.

Sure, the damage will spread wider that way, but the bankers will survive it!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 16, 2023 09:19 AM (t0OGg)

218 I'm sorry, BulgarO. I'll stop doing that with my mind.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 16, 2023 09:19 AM (5VXJH)

219 214 Has anyone told Miss Lindsay that if there is a nuclear exchange between the US and Russia not only will his graft go away but most of the young men he showers, uh, attention on are going to be dead?
Posted by: 18-1 at March 16, 2023 09:18 AM (lc5cP)

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The major cities will be the first targets. I do wonder how the left will feel when Broadway gets wiped off the map.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 16, 2023 09:19 AM (LvTSG)

220 How is it possible that no one in DC seems to notice that allowing foreigners to elect the city leaders of the nation's capital is INSANE.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 16, 2023 09:14 AM (mqu1M)

How is it possible that no one in DC seems to notice
it is INSANE.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 16, 2023 09:19 AM (BRHaw)

221 SPRING BEGINS ON MONDAY
Posted by: SMOD at March 16, 2023 09:18 AM (RHGPo)

So, stratosphere piercing fireball and globe girdling rain of ash?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 16, 2023 09:19 AM (yQpMk)

222 "A former Black Lives Matter activist has blasted San Francisco’s “unrealistic” reparations plan, saying it’s a way to “gaslight” black Americans — and accused lawmakers of being “more focused on slavery” than the homelessness plaguing the city."

https://tinyurl.com/4sbw6mzs

Posted by: redridinghood at March 16, 2023 09:19 AM (NpAcC)

223 "Sperm counts, sperm quality and testosterone levels are all declining precipitously, at the same time as a variety of birth defects, such as genital shrinkage and malformation, are on the rise."

Now do the Vax!

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 16, 2023 09:20 AM (BRHaw)

224 Bonk bonk on the head

Posted by: Dr. Varno at March 16, 2023 09:20 AM (X+Ku8)

225 217 Sure, the damage will spread wider that way, but the bankers will survive it!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 16, 2023 09:19 AM (t0OGg)

=========

I'm reminded of the banker in the movie Stagecoach who stole a bunch of money and used the phrase, "What's good for business is good for America," as rhetorical protection against suspicion.

I miss John Wayne...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 16, 2023 09:20 AM (LvTSG)

226 Posted by: JackStraw at March 16, 2023 09:15 AM (ZLI7S)

Only Foggy Bottom and a demented, stupid, and corrupt fuck like Biden--the hos and Help--could achieve:

1. An Iran and Saudi alliance.
2. A China and India alliance.
3. A Pakistan and India alliance.
4. Israel in opposition to the United States over Russia.

That was accomplished in less than 30 months. It is quite a feat.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at March 16, 2023 09:20 AM (KSNKu)

227 >>“The public wants more done to improve health and wellbeing – so why isn’t the government acting?”

Second, “the public wants…” and “why isn’t the government acting . . . ” are two phrases when aligned in a sentence that lead always to show trials, gulags, mass murder, and forcible consumption of falafel and/or cold soup.

Yeah, totally. Stay out of our business!!

(However, when the government was all about health info during the pandemic, wasn't it odd that they never touted anything like losing weight, working out, getting sunlight and vitamin D?)

Posted by: Lizzy at March 16, 2023 09:21 AM (mqu1M)

228 The major cities will be the first targets. I do wonder how the left will feel when Broadway gets wiped off the map.

The last time the left was agitating for a nuclear first strike I noticed most of the people demanding we show Vlad who was boss were generally in NYC or DC. Do you think Vlad would respond by nuking...Tallahassee?

Posted by: 18-1 at March 16, 2023 09:22 AM (lc5cP)

229 I get it, but sadly the Ukrainian war isn't just a vulgar border dispute but one where borders matter or not.
The U.S. And Europe also face a low level war via the illegal aliens arriving in massive numbers, breaking down social peace. So the Ukrainian war is a border war writ large

Posted by: Xaver Basora at March 16, 2023 09:22 AM (HZCl6)

230 I have said before that is not Biden. The real Biden is dead. You are looking at an actor. By the way, when is the last time you took a good look at Putin?

Check Biden's earlobes. They change from picture to picture.

Except they don't change in real life.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 16, 2023 09:22 AM (zZopm)

231 Wokeism is causing American males to either choose or be forced into being an Incel.
Paul

Did you know the original term incel and the accompanying website was created by a woman? She was discussing her situation of feeling invisible to men.

Posted by: old chick at March 16, 2023 09:22 AM (sOete)

232 The major cities will be the first targets. I do wonder how the left will feel when Broadway gets wiped off the map.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 16, 2023 09:19 AM (LvTSG)

They are special, James. A nuclear war will not affect them because they are so very important and enlightened. That's not even as delusion as most things they believe, Exhibit A being the belief gender is a construct.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at March 16, 2023 09:22 AM (KSNKu)

233 Posted by: 18-1 at March 16, 2023 09:15 AM (lc5cP)

The consequences of 9/11 should have included defunding of the FBI and the associated 'intel agencies' that ignored the threat with jail and loss of all pensions for the entire executive leadership structure, and the complete and total destruction of the house of Sa'ud.

But, there had to be a way to codify and set in place the new surveillance state, so we got DHS, the FISA courts and the patriot Act.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 16, 2023 09:22 AM (+2RzF)

234 "All the Left is blaming Powell and interest rates."

It will be hard for Powell to stay the course. So expect inflation to continue. Will it "rage". Developing.

But Powell could never go full Volckler. The Fed's own balance sheet looks like a 1980s savings and loan. There's a limit to how much money the Fed can print, and the Fed has already been testing it.

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 16, 2023 09:23 AM (RqMSv)

235 ZeroHedge hardest hit. [It might be cheering on the BRICs but it's been cheering for the Islamic terrorists to F the Saudis too.]

@disclosetv · 3h
JUST IN - Iran agrees to stop arming Houthis in Yemen as part of the China-brokered deal with Saudi Arabia — WSJ

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at March 16, 2023 09:23 AM (Vwz3I)

236 228 The major cities will be the first targets. I do wonder how the left will feel when Broadway gets wiped off the map.

The last time the left was agitating for a nuclear first strike I noticed most of the people demanding we show Vlad who was boss were generally in NYC or DC. Do you think Vlad would respond by nuking...Tallahassee?
Posted by: 18-1 at March 16, 2023 09:22 AM (lc5cP)

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Finance centers, government centers, and port cities. New York is #1 target, probably. DC is #2.

Charleston is probably target #15 or so, so I should be too haughty about all this.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 16, 2023 09:23 AM (LvTSG)

237 "The research these scientists carried out is based on seabirds, but has clear implications for other animals, including us."

*********

Old: A butterfly in the Amazon flaps its wings and a tsunami swamps the coastline of Europe.

New: A seagull swallows a piece of micro-plastic and humanity is wiped out by the ensuing widespread infertility.

Connect the dots, people!! Open your eyes!! Petroleum is the debbil!!

Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2023 09:23 AM (ykeLU)

238 So the Ukrainian war is a border war writ large
Posted by: Xaver Basora at March 16, 2023 09:22 AM (HZCl6)

But not our borders.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 16, 2023 09:23 AM (yQpMk)

239 "Greta Thunberg reportedly deletes 2018 tweet claiming ‘climate change will wipe out all of humanity’ by 2023"

The Global Temperature did not increase in February 2023. It was the fourth warmest in their hokey data set. NOAA reports the US Feb 2023 temperature was "...in the warmest third of the record." I predict NOAA will soon move its thermometers to warmer heat islands.

https://tinyurl.com/yckjxa8n

The February global land and ocean surface temperature was 1.75 degrees F (0.97 of a degree C) above the 20th-century average of 53.9 degrees F (12.1 degrees C), ranking as the fourth-warmest February in the global climate record.

https://tinyurl.com/8zhtjphd

The contiguous U.S. average temperature during February was 36.5°F, 2.7°F above average, ranking in the warmest third of the record.

Posted by: Gref at March 16, 2023 09:23 AM (AMIL/)

240 Did I need to include a sarc tag?

Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2023 09:24 AM (ykeLU)

241 VP Huckabee Sanders.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

Then, President Elect SHS.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 16, 2023 09:24 AM (zZopm)

242 240 Did I need to include a sarc tag?
Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2023 09:24 AM (ykeLU)

========

No jokes!

Only serious discussion here!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 16, 2023 09:24 AM (LvTSG)

243 237 Connect the dots, people!! Open your eyes!! Petroleum is the debbil!!
Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2023 09:23 AM (ykeLU)

I was shocked to see this in National Pulse of all places and that the authors were not ripping the study apart.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 16, 2023 09:24 AM (x0n13)

244
He humiliated Little Marco and then basically accused Ted Cruz' father of killing Kennedy.

He also made a totally unnecessary and cringe-worthy comment about Ted Cruz's wife. Forget that one?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 16, 2023 09:24 AM (enJYY)

245 Charleston is probably target #15 or so, so I should be too haughty about all this.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 16, 2023 09:23 AM (LvTSG)

Isn't Charleston a SSBN base?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 16, 2023 09:25 AM (yQpMk)

246 (However, when the government was all about health info during the pandemic, wasn't it odd that they never touted anything like losing weight, working out, getting sunlight and vitamin D?)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 16, 2023 09:21 AM (mqu1M)

Vitamin D won’t protect you from Covid or respiratory infections, studies say
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN
Published 6:30 PM EDT, Wed September 7, 2022

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 16, 2023 09:25 AM (BRHaw)

247 (However, when the government was all about health info during the pandemic, wasn't it odd that they never touted anything like losing weight, working out, getting sunlight and vitamin D?)

If Biden had mandated government workers spend 30m a day working out instead of getting the clot shot not only would thousands of lives have been saved from COVID, it would have saved thousands more from heart disease and the like.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 16, 2023 09:25 AM (lc5cP)

248 >>A former Black Lives Matter activist has blasted San Francisco’s “unrealistic” reparations plan, saying it’s a way to “gaslight” black Americans

Ah, the next paragraph: Xaviaer DuRousseau, a one-time BLM supporter who now works for PragerU, an advocacy group that creates videos that promote conservative ideas, said Tuesday that the costly handouts perpetuate “fraudulent narratives surrounding systemic racism.”

God bless Prager U..

Posted by: Lizzy at March 16, 2023 09:26 AM (mqu1M)

249 Isn't Charleston a SSBN base?
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 16, 2023 09:25 AM (yQpMk)
no but Kings Bay is

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 16, 2023 09:26 AM (BRHaw)

250
I saw Red Tide open for Waving Not Drowning at the Cow Palace in '85.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 16, 2023 09:26 AM (L1tQx)

251 >>He also made a totally unnecessary and cringe-worthy comment about Ted Cruz's wife. Forget that one?

Nope. I also haven't forgotten he won.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 16, 2023 09:26 AM (ZLI7S)

252 We're in late Roman Republic days. Everything will be propped up and held together with baling wire and duct tape, until Everything collapses together, all at once.

The key is understanding that this won't be an accident; this is the Plan.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 16, 2023 09:26 AM (5VXJH)

253 the psycho little twat's

I was confused whether this was referring to Greta or David.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 16, 2023 09:26 AM (a3Q+t)

254 245 Charleston is probably target #15 or so, so I should be too haughty about all this.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 16, 2023 09:23 AM (LvTSG)

Isn't Charleston a SSBN base?
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 16, 2023 09:25 AM (yQpMk)

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Yeah. So, we're probably somewhere between #10-15. We're not the top of the list, but we're probably not that far down.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 16, 2023 09:26 AM (LvTSG)

255
I'm reminded of the banker in the movie Stagecoach who stole a bunch of money and used the phrase, "What's good for business is good for America," as rhetorical protection against suspicion.

I miss John Wayne...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated
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I watched Hondo a couple of nights ago. The toxic masculinity was horrifying.
I'm sure they will ban it soon.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at March 16, 2023 09:27 AM (Ty2lT)

256 Vitamin D won’t protect you from Covid or respiratory infections, studies say
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN

This is the usual stupid bullshit the left has done throughout COVID.

Vit D is necessary for a healthy immune system. Most Americans don't get enough, at least during the winter months.

So no it won't directly protect you. But getting a sufficient dose WILL improve your immune response and WILL reduce your changes of getting COVID and other diseases and WILL reduce their severity.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 16, 2023 09:27 AM (lc5cP)

257 188 - Fist bump, VT!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 16, 2023 09:27 AM (iqzch)

258

Art is up. For real this time.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 16, 2023 09:27 AM (x0n13)

259 247 If Biden had mandated government workers spend 30m a day working out instead of getting the clot shot not only would thousands of lives have been saved from COVID, it would have saved thousands more from heart disease and the like.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 16, 2023 09:25 AM (lc5cP)

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But then Pharma doesn't get paid.

Peloton needs better lobbyists.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 16, 2023 09:27 AM (LvTSG)

260 Wait, what?

American males are choosing to become involuntarily celibate?

My brain hurts.

Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2023 09:28 AM (ykeLU)

261 Polish authorities said Thursday that the nation’s security services have detained members of a Russian espionage ring, alleging that they were preparing acts of sabotage in Poland and had been monitoring railroad routes used for the transport of weapons into Ukraine.

Posted by: SMOD at March 16, 2023 09:29 AM (RHGPo)

262
Nope. I also haven't forgotten he won.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 16, 2023 09:26 AM

Thanks to Pennsylvania at 3 am, by a whisker. That whisker is gone and it's not growing back anytime soon.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 16, 2023 09:29 AM (enJYY)

263 Lindsey probably stands to make a ton of money off of global thermonuclear war. Maybe he owns tons of potassium iodide.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 16, 2023 09:29 AM (aylmF)

264 California could BAN Skittles, Sour Patch Kids and Campbell's soup under radical new crackdown on food with cancer-linked additives

Posted by: SMOD at March 16, 2023 09:30 AM (RHGPo)

265 Who needs Putin. We've already nuked ourselves.

Much of America has been propped up by government Covid spending. When this ends many entities will go broke. If it doesn't end, we'll get runaway inflation.

Pick your poison. My crystal balls says runaway inflation.

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 16, 2023 09:31 AM (RqMSv)

266 Sam Bankman-Fried secretly transferred $2.2bn from FTX to his personal account and five members of his inner circle took $1bn more before crypto exchange collapsed, bankruptcy court filings claim He faces federal charges related to FTX's collapse but has pleaded not guilty

.. Oh yeah. He is a crook.

Posted by: SMOD at March 16, 2023 09:31 AM (RHGPo)

267 Tomorrow is the big day! Last opportunity to order your St. Patrick's Day treat-Cookie O'Puss-from your participating Carvel dealer. Delicious, creamy, with chocolately crumbs. Research at Carvel Ice Cream College in Yonkers, NY has shown that green food coloring is part of a healthy diet.

Posted by: Professor Tom Carvel at March 16, 2023 09:31 AM (wrJpE)

268 Lol
Because Trump sold so much property to the Russians NYC will never be bombed
JJ thinks that bullies should be appeased
How did that work out for you in high school?
Are you also willing to give Taiwan to Red China? Or South Korea to Kim? How about Poland?
The USA pledged to defend Ukraine if they gave up their nuclear weapons. Should that be forgotten?

Posted by: Paul at March 16, 2023 09:32 AM (7oa2h)

269 Polish authorities said Thursday that the nation’s security services have detained members of a Russian espionage ring, alleging that they were preparing acts of sabotage in Poland and had been monitoring railroad routes used for the transport of weapons into Ukraine.

Its a nice thing that the FUSA's borders are locked tight - no possible way for Russian espionage or sabotage to take place here!

Posted by: Reuben Hick at March 16, 2023 09:32 AM (YXHzG)

270 This is an interesting read from 2018 about the woman behind the term incel.

https://tinyurl.com/2b3ya87v

Posted by: old chick at March 16, 2023 09:33 AM (sOete)

271 Posted by: Paul at March 16, 2023 09:32 AM (7oa2h)

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Why didn't Putin invade when Trump was president?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 16, 2023 09:33 AM (LvTSG)

272 "Vit D is necessary for a healthy immune system. Most Americans don't get enough, at least during the winter months."

I'm surprised that Vit D isn't pushed more for Blacks. Nothing racist about this. My white privilege is high risk for skin cancer.

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 16, 2023 09:35 AM (RqMSv)

273 Read a lot about Credit Suisse over last couple of years. Horrible work place , bad corporate culture and little controls from above. Might just be good to let it collapse.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 16, 2023 09:35 AM (dDBj4)

274 Even if she knows it's all crap. She'd never stop being a shill. The grift pays to well for that.

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at March 16, 2023 09:36 AM (ytSiK)

275 >>Thanks to Pennsylvania at 3 am, by a whisker. That whisker is gone and it's not growing back anytime soon.

We are talking about the primary. I assume nobody here will object when Trump goes after Joe or whichever suit they put up if he doesn't run.

Trump is going to Trump. It doesn't matter if we like it or not, this is who he is. And it's also what always happens in the primaries. Remember when somebody, not the saintly George Bush, put out that John McCain had an out of wedlock baby during the primary in South Carolina against Bush?

Posted by: JackStraw at March 16, 2023 09:39 AM (ZLI7S)

276 Never Trumpers laughed and ridiculed Trump for his lack of solid legal recourse in 2020, then turn around and bitch and moan about his campaign using solid legal recourse on Desantis running a shadow presidential campaign.

People need to stop this denial like you're a RINO republican thinking there's still good agents in the FBI, Desantis is running a presidential campaign without saying he is, and should get slapped for it.

Posted by: UwU_Power at March 16, 2023 09:40 AM (/qIl2)

277
I'm surprised that Vit D isn't pushed more for Blacks. Nothing racist about this. My white privilege is high risk for skin cancer.

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 16, 2023 09:35 AM

As far as getting Vit D from sunshine many Blacks prefer to stay out of the sun for fear they'll get darker. So they probably are the group who supplementation should be most encouraged.

But the only answer is a jab.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 16, 2023 09:40 AM (enJYY)

278 MORE - The Russian fighter appears to dump fuel as it intercepts the U.S. drone on the first attempt and apparently hits it on the second. Then the signal is lost.

https://tinyurl.com/mtnhpzjc
42 seconds
Posted by: andycanuck

Cool.
RUSSIA got USA to release drone film footage. Maybe of use in assessing US capabilities.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 16, 2023 09:40 AM (cgzxW)

279 Even if she knows it's all crap. She'd never stop being a shill. The grift pays to well for that.
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at March 16, 2023 09:36 AM (ytSiK)
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Greeda looked like she was having a great time at Davos - except for when Rebel News prodded her with question after question during her between events and meals walks outside on the street.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 16, 2023 09:41 AM (Rl3IJ)

280 >>>Is Greta still 16 yrs old? It seems like she's been 16 for a long time now.

>She's 20 now which means she's graduated out of her training bra and is soon to become an honorary sorority co-ed.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 16, 2023 09:46 AM (Jg7EG)

281
Remember when somebody, not the saintly George Bush, put out that John McCain had an out of wedlock baby during the primary in South Carolina against Bush?

Posted by: JackStraw at March 16, 2023 09:39 AM

Can't say I remember. I tuned out once McCain became the front runner. Or maybe it was after he was out of cash and some huge infusion put him back in the race. Then a week before the election he was bragging about being on some ship armed and a with a destination, bragging about being ready to attack Cuba and start WW3 and I knew he was sunk. Women are half the voters and WW3 is not one of their priorities. Which goes back to Trump, and how some of the stuff he says is not going to appeal to them at all.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 16, 2023 09:50 AM (enJYY)

282 Other men's sons.

Posted by: creeper at March 16, 2023 09:51 AM (cTCuP)

283 U.S. DOD Transcript, Secretary of Defense Austin III, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Milley, 11/16/22, in part: "They didn't have to do this, but they did, and they have violated Ukrainian sovereignty and they violated territorial integrity of Ukraine. It is in complete contradiction to the basic rules that underlined the United Nations Charter established at the end of World War II. This is one of the most significant attempts to destroy the rules-based order that World War II was fought all about, and we, the United States are determined to continue to support Ukraine with the means to defend themselves for as long as it takes."

The Truman Doctrine, 3/47. Pres. Eisenhower deploys Military Assistance Advisory Group to train the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, 11/55. Pres. Johnson uses the clash between US Navy ships & N. Vietnamese boats in the Gulf of Tonkin to increase US involvement in the war & the 1st U.S. regular combat units arrive in Vietnam on 3/8/65. (Operation Rolling Thunder). Pres. Nixon's Operation Freedom Deal, 5/70 - 8/73.

By the end of the 'conflict,' 58,220 of the 3 million Americans involved were dead.

Posted by: Lola - free Jacob Chansley at March 16, 2023 09:52 AM (GshMh)

284 Ron is parroting Don

Very simple

Don2024

Posted by: Gonzotx at March 16, 2023 09:54 AM (MwHgU)

285 And, good day, everyone & thank you, J.J.

Posted by: Lola - free Jacob Chansley at March 16, 2023 09:55 AM (GshMh)

286 Paul, and we as a country sold half of it to China and Bill Gates. Again, what's your fucking point?

Posted by: Jaimo at March 16, 2023 09:55 AM (DBrN4)

287 “Which goes back to Trump, and how some of the stuff he says is not going to appeal to them at all.”

Women who are not lefty’s get it. They want a strong alps male, Trump

Posted by: Gonzotx at March 16, 2023 09:56 AM (MwHgU)

288 J.J., agree with you bigly re Trump's namecalling of DeSantis. It makes Trump unlikeable because it is clearly unfair. We love Trump as a leader because of his optimism, honesty, kindness, authenticity. Any time he appears to be mean spirited it works against that.

Posted by: Emily at March 16, 2023 10:29 AM (5yn3N)

289 For every good thing Trump does, he stomps on his dick immediately after. That's how it was during his tenure, and how it would be if he got a second shot at the throne. He's always been an asshole, but he clearly hasn't learned restraint or focus after 2020 which disqualifies him completely IMO.

Look, he is who he is and I've seen that for the past 40 freaking years. He's a bull in a china shop, which is fine. But he served his purpose in waking people up - a bull in a china shop is exactly what was needed to show everyone how bad DC really is. Mission accomplished.

Now STFU and get out of the way so that someone who knows how this all works can get in there & fight the Deep State with their own tools.

Posted by: Mr. Fabulist at March 16, 2023 10:46 AM (fH8lp)

290 Your savibgs belong to Joe: https://tinyurl.com/bddz7f9x

Posted by: Richard Sean McEnroe at March 16, 2023 10:47 AM (kD3Jb)

291 So for people saying not to talk about the stolen 2020 election, is it too early to discuss the stolen 2024 election? Or, are waiting for election night to be "surprised" again?

Posted by: K at March 16, 2023 10:59 AM (37NLk)

292 President Trump should stop harassing Governor DeSantis. President Trump should run for a 2nd term and DeSantis should stay as governor and focus on building his credentials for having 8 years after the domestic terrorists of the demoncratic party and their enablers are perp walked. There IS only 1 thing that can fix America and it IS horrible but necessary.

Posted by: G Hall at March 16, 2023 11:07 AM (ovMLL)

293 Huh, who'd have thought that right around the time that these gutless wonders in Congress want to start playing brinksmanship games with the largest nuclear power on the planet, that military recruiting goes down.

I wonder if those two things are related?

Anyone want to step up to die in a tactical nuclear hellfire so Lindsey Graham can talk tough and impress his boyfriend?

Posted by: Goober at March 16, 2023 11:17 AM (Hgvgt)

294 291 So for people saying not to talk about the stolen 2020 election, is it too early to discuss the stolen 2024 election? Or, are waiting for election night to be "surprised" again?
Posted by: K at March 16, 2023 10:59 AM (37NLk)

If that is aimed at me, I am NOT saying to not talk about 2020. That cannot and must never be forgotten nor forgiven.

What I am saying is, that alone cannot be the central tenet of a presidential election campaign. You can weave the theft into the disaster that followed and what you will do to see it never happens again.

But avenge me and vote for me as your theme is not going to cut it.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 16, 2023 11:28 AM (x0n13)

295 Trump Super PAC Files Ethics Complaint Against DeSantis

If Donald Trump wants to lose my vote in the primaries, this is the way to do it. It's dirty pool.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2023 12:28 PM (ynpvh)

296 CBD, re Trump, you need to then call out FoxNews - DeSantis' globalist donor class - for attacking Trump while shielding RdS. Fox has banned Trump.

Trump is only returning fire like usual; RdS' 1st shot was not decrying the Mar-a-Logo raid last August.

Oh, and another thing... If Trump wins he would welcome RdS in any way; RdS has already left Trump behind.

Posted by: Danimal28 at March 16, 2023 01:15 PM (klw0w)

297 "I wish Trump would just run on things like his electrifying trade package, as well as opposition to this insane rush to war in Ukraine instead of the name-calling."

Trump will be the nominee. Desantis is running a shadow campaign and using tax payers money to fund his run. He should resign and run, but is waiting for them to change the rule. He's not going to beat Trump. Mark it.

Posted by: Cory C at March 16, 2023 01:19 PM (eni3w)

298 Daniel Greenfield: "1 in 4 say they know someone who has suffered at work over their politics."

*raises hand*

Posted by: Dark Force Thirsting For Power at March 16, 2023 04:29 PM (QY+6a)

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