The Morning Report

The Morning Report — 4/7/23

A good Good Friday morning, kids. There are a couple of local crime stories that naturally have major implications vis a vis Alvin Bragg and the essentially non-existent criminal justice system in this country. The fact is, there is no criminal justice system in this country. And that is a reflection of the fact that for all intents and purposes, there is no more country. None that I recognize that even bears a passing resemblance to the United States of America.

“Judge, the mother of the victim is in the building, walking down the hallway,” said Christopher Conway of the Bronx DA’s Office.
“What does that have to do with what we’re doing here?” replies Justice Naita Semaj of the county Supreme Court. “I understand you might want her sitting here in the courtroom, but what does that have to do with the actual task at hand?” Which was arraigning Tyresse Minter, 28, in the death of his stepson, Corde Scott, 15. After a lecture from the bench — Semaj snarking on about the prosecutor’s “preference” and how everyone else had made it on time, concluding, “Are you serious?” — they proceeded without the grieving mom.
She arrived at some point, only to flee the courtroom in horror at the judge’s behavior. The defendant pleaded “not guilty,” though he’s confessed to a host of material facts: Corde unquestionably died at his hands — strangled to death as the grown man pinned him in place.
Minter stands charged with manslaughter in the second degree and criminally negligent homicide, both bail-eligible offenses. Just a month before the Jan. 23 death, he was released on parole from a crime in which he shot the victim three times in the back. He has a long record that clearly qualifies him as a persistent violent felony offender and a multiple parole violater. So Conway requested remand — jail or at least substantial bail.
Minter’s defense attorneys — two lawyers from the Bronx Defenders — argued, basically, that the accused hasn’t fled in the months since the crime and has been reporting to his parole officer and doing all his Family Court-ordered programs. They suggested release on his own recognizance. The judge did just that — no bail, just supervised release. Nothing “can lead me to conclude that he is a flight risk,” and “I believe he greatly benefits from some sort of programming.”
Ah, “programming”! That’s surely enough to keep the public safe from a man who lost control sufficiently to kill a kid. This is a judge with contempt for the victim’s survivors, and for the public. Her only concern is for the perp — hoping he can “benefit” from therapy or other “programming.”

It should be noted, and it's a tragic commentary in and of itself of the state of our nation that I have to write this, that the perp, judge and victim are all black, so the race card element doesn't even necessarily enter into this incident. But the fact remains that this is not an isolated incident in either the city of New York nor in every major metropolitan area in the nation where, especially since the death while resisting arrest of the criminal Floyd, crime has literally been de-criminalized.

I have no idea where this judge Naita Smegma or whatever her name is went to law school but considering who is teaching at these law schools and more to the point the curricula that is being taught, you can bet your bottom dollar that she and Alvin Bragg, along with most of the judges and prosecutors in NY, DC and perhaps all over the country have the same mindset. Before we get to Bragg, let's go across the country to San Francisco.

Actor Sara Foster, daughter of legendary musician and producer David Foster, blasted San Francisco’s “liberal” leadership following tech mogul Bob Lee’s violent death in the city earlier this week.
Lee, a 43-year-old father of two who co-founded Cash App, was stabbed to death in San Francisco’s affluent Rincon Hill neighborhood around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday morning, devastating the tech community and raising alarms about surging crime in the city.
Foster, 42, shared a screenshot of The Post’s article about Lee’s final moments before his death on her Instagram story Thursday. In the accompanying photos, a smiling Lee appears with his two daughters.
“I have no words,” she wrote. “SF is a complete s—hole. I am a registered Democrat and feel confident saying liberal politicians are ruining cities.”
“Disgusting. My heart breaks for this family,” she added

Well, the scales have fallen at least off of one of Ms. Foster's eyes. Even with the recall of Chesa Boudin, the criminals run free in Frisco while the citizenry cower. And more and more of them, under the brainwashing of leftism still stare at their own navels and wonder how they can rid themselves of their white privilege that obviously is the cause of their misery. Feh.

Can Foster be deprogrammed, or does she even want to be? If so, can she, extrapolate her disgust and revulsion for the criminal fiend who wielded a knife to the criminal fiends who wield law books, arrest warrants, indictments and the ironically the Constitution?

And that brings us to the persecution of President Trump by Alvin Bragg. Meh, he's just the tip of the spear. Alvin Bragg represents the de-evolution and transmogrification of the American criminal justice system and nearly a thousand year evolution of Anglo-American/Western jurisprudence into a weapon of political expediency by a tyrannical junta. So, again, while even some leftist pundits and lawyers are at a minimum raising an eyebrow at what Bragg is doing and others are screaming that in a sane world, this is a complete farce and an insult that should collapse of its own weight, the problem here is that we are no longer in a sane world.

They want Trump tried, convicted and imprisoned. Hanged by his neck on live TV if at all possible. And if you think the rule of law, the Constitution, or any sense of morals, ethics, propriety or common decency are going to stop this, the fact that we have plunged this far and this fast after a stolen national election should disabuse you of that if nothing else does. There's nothing standing in the way of these fiends. Even if Trump is convicted and then the conviction is overturned on appeal, he is not going to survive the ordeal waiting for him in D.C. as Julie Kelly warns us:

News coverage of Bragg’s faceplant is quickly disappearing from the front pages as all desperate eyes now turn to Jack Smith, the mysterious figure appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland last year ostensibly to take over the Justice Department’s investigation into Trump’s culpability for January 6 and alleged mishandling of classified documents. As I explained here, Smith is special counsel in name only; the team of investigators and prosecutors who initiated the first set of inquiries simply changed letterhead.
Given the targets of Smith’s recent subpoenas, we can surmise there is nothing independent or impartial about his behind-the-scenes work. In rapid succession, Smith has successfully sought testimony from Trump’s inner circle, including former chief of staff Mark Meadows and White House lawyer Evan Corcoran.
For the first time in history, a vice president will testify before a grand jury considering evidence of crimes committed by his former boss. Mike Pence, after winning partial immunity, reportedly will answer questions about his exchanges with Trump in the weeks leading up to the protest at the Capitol. Oddly, Pence will not be compelled to discuss what he did on January 6—a dubious protection considering his key presence throughout the day and into the next morning.
Of course, the public can’t read any of the government’s arguments since everything remains under seal. Ditto for court orders granting Smith’s every wish. As the most norm-crushing investigation in history unfolds in the nation’s capital, judges without explanation keep the files out of the view of the American people.
Out of view, that is, except for what D.C. apparatchiks want to spin. Selective leaks keep Smith’s inquiry in the headlines. CNN disclosed this week that Smith’s team is focused on postelection discussions in the Trump White House related to the possible seizure of voting machines. “Details about the secret grand jury testimony and closed-door interviews, neither of which have been previously reported, illustrate how special counsel Smith and his prosecutors are looking at the various ways Trump tried to overturn his electoral loss despite some of his top officials advising him against the ideas.”
The coordinated leak strategy is intended to give the appearance that the prison walls, once again, are closing in on Trump.
This time, however, it’s true. . .
. . . Smith might decide to pursue seditious conspiracy charges, which poses the greatest legal peril for Trump. Several men have been convicted or pleaded guilty to the rare charge, a crime comparable to treason. Five members of the Proud Boys are now on trial for seditious conspiracy; prosecutors have cited Trump’s off-handed (and prompted) remark for Proud Boys to “stand back and stand by” during the September 2020 presidential debate as a call-to-action of sorts that motivated the group’s unarmed “attack” on the Capitol. . .
. . . And to fulfill the bloodlust on the Left to finally see Donald Trump behind bars, there is a chance Smith will request, and a judge will grant, pretrial detention for the former president. Dozens of January 6 defendants charged with nonviolent obstruction or conspiracy counts have been denied release by D.C. judges; most have no criminal record and committed no violent act that day.
But none of the facts matter. Trump will be treated no differently in the banana republic-like atmosphere in the D.C. federal courthouse.
After all, this is the same judicial circuit that has stripped Trump of executive privilege protections and insisted, as Judge Tanya Chutkan wrote in her 2021 order denying Trump’s first privilege claims, “Presidents are not kings, and [Trump] is not President.”
And that is how Trump will be treated. Not as a former president but as a traitor—the man responsible for inciting the “insurrection” that still traumatizes so many judges and jurors to this day, the leader who attempted to “overthrow democracy” on January 6.

By the way, when I wrote ""hanged by the neck on live TV" I was not being hyperbolic.

For most of our history, the Constitution’s words guided how our nation operated. Citizens had two ways to change the way the country was governed: voting and amending the Constitution. Today, however, neither works. The former has been undermined by a Democrat party that steals elections under the cover of night and calls you a conspiracy nut when you notice. The latter isn’t even a consideration because the Democrat party and the apparatchiks running the regulatory and security states are no longer constrained by its words.
America has become a tyranny where the people in power no longer feel the need to seek validation from the citizens. They decide on the outcome and manipulate the numbers to produce the result without even a fig leaf hiding their disdain for citizens. Whether it was Bernie Sanders in 2016, Donald Trump in 2020, or Kari Lake in 2022, the Democrat party and its entrenched government comrades have decided they no longer need to subject themselves to the will of the citizenry and, if anyone objects, they use the judiciary to crush that person.
America has been loosed from the anchor of the Constitution and the rule of law that kept our citizens free for two centuries. While the blood of the regime’s enemies may not yet be flowing in the streets, history very clearly tells us that, unless we change what’s happening, it will be. The question is, are there enough Americans who are familiar with history and willing to pull us out of our national death spiral before that terrible end is upon us? How Americans respond to Donald Trump’s persecution is the canary in the coal mine that will likely answer that question.

There is only one response to all of this. You know it, I know it and the whole world knows it. The question is, will that response ever happen? I have my doubts, not that in any way, shape or form do I desire it. I dread it. But I dread even more the prospect of just sitting on our hands and waiting for the figurative and even literal axe to fall

As President Trump – the last real American president – has said, they're after us, he's just in the way. Once he's out of the way, as Julie Kelly is strongly indicating, then no one is safe.

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And a blessed Easter to you all!

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

“Nixon had to go . . . Nixon was trying to reassert voter control over the agencies.”
How the Deep State Took Down Nixon
"The dollar isn’t losing reserve status—but it wouldn’t be all bad news if it did."
Reserve Reservations
"World Economic Forum dignitary Jamie Dimon issues a letter to JPMorgan shareholders, and it’s eye-opening."
Banking Behemoth CEO Flaunts Federal Incompetency and Proposes the Use of "Eminent Domain" Against American Citizens
"In 100 years, Rome went from a republic to a dictatorship. The same trajectory is playing out in America, only much faster."
Donald Trump, Tiberius Gracchus, and America’s Imminent End

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

Julie Kelly: "Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s flop was merely the unsatisfying appetizer for the feast on Donald Trump that is about to come."
The Gathering Storm
“I don’t know how you get around the evidence that both the Department of Justice in their investigation of the federal campaign finance issues and the Federal Election Commission in their ultimate jurisdiction over campaign finance issues, neither of them found there to be any violations whatsoever.”
FEC Commissioner Reminds Bragg That Officials Concluded Trump Case Isn’t "a Campaign Finance Violation"
"While a majority of Democrats, 65 percent, think justice would be fairly administered to Trump, a plurality of independents join most Republicans, 69 percent, in their belief that a fair trial is not possible. Of independents, 38 percent think Trump would be subjected to an unfair trial, while 33 percent think it would be just."
Poll: Plurality of Americans Says Donald Trump Can’t ‘Get Fair Trial in New York’
Robert Spencer: "Daughter worked on Biden-Harris campaign."
Trump Judge is Biden Donor
"Bragg’s historic obsession with Trump."
Video FLASHBACK: Corrupt Soros-Backed Manhattan DA Says #1 Issue Is to Convict Trump
“In the wings, they’ve got a local racist Democrat district attorney in Atlanta who is doing everything in her power to indict me over an absolutely perfect phone call,” Trump said. (true, that - jjs)
Fulton DA Responds To Trump Attacks
“There is something painfully anticlimactic about Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s indictment of former President Trump,” Ian Millhiser, a senior correspondent at Vox, lamented. “And there’s a very real risk that this indictment will end in an even bigger anticlimax. It is unclear that the felony statute that Trump is accused of violating actually applies to him.”
Alvin Bragg Might Be in Serious Trouble Following Trump Indictment
"Charging former President Trump with 34 baseless felonies isn't just an attack on him, but on our entire justice system."
If Rule Of Law Dies, So Does Our Republic
"Mitch McConnell has been silent as the lead contender for the Republican presidential nomination is politically persecuted."
Even Mitt Romney Condemns Trump Indictment While Mitch McConnell Is MIA
"The old civic nationalist ethos does not apply in these times, because Trump is not being treated normally and never has been."
The Last American
CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
"News of the arrest was made public on Thursday afternoon, but the arrest happened on March 31, just a few days after a transgender terrorist massacred six people, including three children, at a private Christian school in Nashville."
Transgender Terror Suspect With Communist Manifesto Arrested for Planning Terroristic Shootings at Schools, Churches: Police
"In video captured by Odessa Kelly, Tennessee Highway Patrol officers can be seen holding the line against an angry crowd, blocking the entrance to a stairway."
‘Let Us In!’ – Watch: Troopers Block Protesters at TN State Capitol Ahead of Vote to Expel Dems
"Last night, I was at the University of Albany to speak with @TPUSA. My argument: free speech is being destroyed on college campuses. And like clockwork, some deranged protesters showed up and used the heckler's veto to try and shut down the event. pic.twitter.com/NZdUgh2emm — Ian Haworth (@ighaworth) April 5, 2023"
SUNY Albany "Protesters" March, Dance and Destroy Bible to Shut Down Conservative Speaker Ian Haworth
These incidents involved protesters attempting to disrupt, obstruct, or intimidate lawmakers, which has led to valid comparisons to the January 6th Capitol protest, which was referred to as an insurrection by many in the media and on the left. In each of the four cases mentioned, protesters were very loud and disrespectful inside the legislative buildings and sought to exert undue influence over elected officials. But despite this, media outlets that did report on them described them as “peaceful.”
WATCH: Pro-Trans Activists Attempted Four Insurrections Last Week
Robert Spencer: "Oddly enough, no one at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Fargo stood up and decried Louwagie’s sermon as a monstrous example of victim-blaming. But it’s supposed to be a Christian church. Will Micah Louwagie, with her hollowed-out Christianity, be fired now? Unlikely. After all, the place must be pretty woke to begin with: they hired her in the first place. The worst aspect of all this is that they likely didn’t see anything wrong with her sermon at all."
Lutheran Pastor Likens Nashville Shooter Who Killed Six Christians to Jesus
David Harsanyi: "The smearing of the inconvenient justice continues."
ProPublica Exposes Clarence Thomas: He Has a Rich Friend!
BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS
Comer explained that far-left Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s charges against former President Donald Trump, which many legal experts consider weak, have “opened a can of worms” and set a precedent on how political opponents are treated. “They’ve set precedents now that we can’t go back on,” Comer said.
James Comer: Trump Indictment Spurs GOP County Attorneys to ‘Go After the Bidens’
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
"TikTok bought a line to the White House by hiring the Biden-connected SKDK."
TikTok's Democrat Consulting Firm Had Mystery White House Meeting Amid Legislative Onslaught, Records Show
"It would take someone far more expert than I am at coding to explain that, but if true, it would constitute a direct violation of the First Amendment since the federal government cannot constitutionally censor free speech directly. Twitter and the feds owe us some answers."
Twitter Code Included ‘Government Requested’ Intervention Tool
"Allegations of election interference have been thrown at ABC News after the network appeared to blur out a donation text number on Donald Trump’s lectern during his speech from Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday night, yet has previously allowed Joe Biden’s donation number to be broadcast."
Video: ABC News Blurs Out Trump Donation Number
"'Get Don Lemon' appears to be a new campaign emanating from his current and former colleagues."
SHOCK! Don Lemon Described as ‘Diva’ and ‘Shameless Name Dropper’ Who Treats Colleagues Poorly
"How perpetrators become victims."
Trans Activists and the Establishment Media: How to Co-Opt a National Tragedy
"Unsurprisingly, given his full-throated embrace of Moderna’s experimental mRNA injections marketed as vaccines (in which his “nonprofit” foundation quietly invested tens of millions of dollars), Gates is not in favor of due diligence regarding AI either."
Techno-Hell: Bill Gates Rejects Elon Musk's Plea to Pause AI Development Over Potential Dangers
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
"The [junta] has made transitioning the economy toward net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 a top priority issue."
Biden Set to Further Crack Down on Gas-Powered Cars and Trucks: REPORT
"Broad corruption of the data means temperature records cannot be relied on as indicators of global change."
Why We Need an Independent Global Climate Temperature Database
"This is typical political garbage from Nature and the leftist culture it routinely represents."
Global Warming Scientists Whine About India Defunding Climate Research Center
"The hard data on tornado numbers and intensity refute any assertions that tornadoes are worsening due to climate change."
Tornadoes, Climate Change, and the Media
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
"Promoting effective technology diffusion programs should be a bipartisan objective."
Past Lessons on Diffusing New Technologies
AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
That page on Bragg’s website states: “We protect undocumented New Yorkers."
DA Bragg’s Website: "Our Office is a Safe Place for Undocumented Immigrants…"
Something tells me it's not people who resemble Bob and Doug Mackenzie or Red Green . . .
Illegal Immigration from Canada Topped Last 3 Fiscal Years Combined in Just 5 Months, Sector’s Chief Patrol Agent Reports
Border crisis? What border crisis? Tell it to Biden and he'll laugh and drool on your shoes.
Hickenlooper: ‘Many’ Migrant Child Labor Issues ‘Reflect a High Volume’ of Kids Coming, We’ve Had Border ‘Problems’ for ‘Couple of Years’
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
“I have no words. SF is a complete s—hole. I am a registered Democrat and feel confident saying liberal politicians are ruining cities. Disgusting. My heart breaks for this family."
Sara Foster Slams "Shit-hole" San Francisco’s "Liberal" Leadership After Bob Lee’s Death
I guess pedophilia is only okay when godless Democrat homos engage in it . . .
Oldest Roman Catholic Church In U.S. Accused Of Covering Up Over 600 Child Sex Abuse Reports: Officials
This is a judge with contempt for the victim’s survivors, and for the public. Her only concern is for the perp — hoping he can “benefit” from therapy or other “programming.” (this should give you a hint at the mindset of Alvin Bragg, Eric Holder, American law schools, and what's in store for all of us - jjs)
A Judge Who Only Cares About the Perp: Just What Progs Want
"So the person who breaks in and robs a homeowner will then be allowed to avoid jail by going back to that same home and 'cleaning' it? Sheesh. But what about murder? Surely someone who kills another human being needs to go to jail. Nope."
Forget 'Defund the Police.' How About No Police, No Prisons, and No Jail Time for Murder?
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
"Could it be that focusing on what the WHO is or isn’t doing is distracting Americans from fixing problems within our own borders?"
Has the WHO Stolen our Constitutional Rights?
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
"Left-wing bureaucrats have embedded identitarian radicalism into virtually every department on campus."
DEI Captures the University of Florida
"Well, it looks like the Missouri Association of School Librarians, the Missouri Library Association, and the ACLU are all pedophiles, when you get right down to it. These organizations immediately banded together to sue to overturn the law. They want to give kids porno."
Pushback: Missouri School Libraries Sue to Keep Porno on Their Shelves; Missouri Lawmakers Zero Out Library Budget
ABORTION
"The Republicans in charge of messaging must stop blaming their election losses on the pro-life movement at the time of its greatest momentum."
Future GOP Victories Hinge On Positive Pro-Life Messaging, Not Ignoring Abortion
THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
"Emails obtained by The Federalist reveal how DeKalb County officials skirted Georgia law by accepting grant money from a left-wing elections group."
DeKalb County Officials Skirted Georgia Law To Acquire Funds From Left-Wing Dark Money Elections Group
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
It’s only for “them to decide” when the narrative is maintained by deciding in the affirmative
Video: White House Press Sec. Says “It’s Not For Us to Decide” If Killing Christian Children Constitutes a ‘Hate Crime’
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
"Connecticut's Robin Comey reeked of alcohol, could barely stand after flipping car blocks from state capital."
'I Don't Know': Dem Lawmaker Had No Recollection of Drunk Driving Crash, Video Shows
POLITICS
". . . the fact that even 'non-black' minorities and a smidgen of Democrats are losing faith may show that the New York legal shuffle is also crystalizing what they knew all along but were afraid to admit — that the nation is becoming a dumpster fire. And no matter what your politics may be, once the flames start threatening your own home, you can’t ignore the fire anymore."
Trump's Bump Includes 'Non-Black' Minorities Breaking From Biden
“I will not be controlled by anyone.”
Video: Legislator Switches To GOP, Says Democrats “Villainize Anyone Who Has Free Thought”
"The total amount of money stemming from groups bankrolled by the hedge-fund billionaire totals at least $2.8 million, accounting for a quarter of all outside spending for Protasiewicz in the most expensive state supreme court race in history. Soros also personally donated $1 million to the Democratic Party of Wisconsin on Feb. 22, which in turn flooded Protasiewicz’s campaign coffers with millions of dollars in the final weeks leading to the election."
How Millions From Nazi Collaborator George Soros Fueled Democrats’ Court Victory in Wisconsin
"Chicago is polarized."
Major Mayoral Update in the Windy City
"We have the worst of silliness united with the worst of ambition. Where politics is everywhere and everything, politics itself is the first casualty."
Our Politics of Everything and Nothing
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
". . . Kyiv has opened that door just a tiny crack, indicating that they might be willing to put Russian-held Crimea (illegally seized in 2014) on the negotiating table. 'Kyiv is willing to discuss the future of Crimea with Moscow,' Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s deputy Andriy Sybiha told Financial Times, 'if its forces reach the border of the Russian-occupied peninsula.' This is the first time since 2014 that anyone in Kyiv has said that anything less than a complete Russian withdrawal to the internationally recognized borders of 1991 would be acceptable. There are caveats. . ."
Finally, a Way Forward for Peace in Ukraine?
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Israeli TV channel i24news: “Reports indicate that Palestinian groups based in Lebanon were behind the rocket attack.”
Palestinian Terror Groups Fire ‘Massive’ Rocket Barrage Into Israel From Hezbollah-Controlled Lebanon
"'Elimination of Israel' on the horizon, IRGC commander says."
Iran Vows 'Strong and Decisive Response' to Israeli Strikes in Syria
"House Speaker Kevin McCarthy met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-Wen on Wednesday in an aim to strengthen U.S.-Taiwan relations."
McCarthy Strengthens U.S.-Taiwan Relations While Biden Allows Red China To Rise
" While Trump Might be dominating headlines again, it's Joe Biden we should really be paying attention to."
Middle Kingdom Gives Biden the Middle Finger: China Won’t Even Return Joe’s Calls After Spy Balloon Humiliation
"The CCP will do whatever it takes." (meh, the Biden Junta has already surrendered without a shot fired - jjs)
Is War with China Inevitable?
"Revered China expert Frank Dikotter’s latest book, China After Mao: The Rise of a Superpower, paints a damning portrait of gullible Western leaders unwilling to pressure the CCP."
The West Needs To Stop Believing China Can Reform Itself
"We must consider three conditions when we set out to make a coherent and realist Mexico policy."
Mexican Catechism
"Welcome to steady billions of dollars in donations – flowing in every year."
The "Poor" "Palestinians" Are Not So Poor
BIDEN AFGHANISTAN BUG-OUT DISASTER AFTERMATH
“Biden and his [junta] are trying to gaslight the American people for their disastrous withdrawal in Afghanistan that directly led to American deaths and emboldened the terrorists . . . Biden’s complete erosion of American deterrence can be directly assigned blame for Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine, Kim’s decision to restart missile launches, and Xi’s pending decision to invade Taiwan and Chinese spy balloons surveilling American. And those are only the nation-state threats we’re aware of. The world has become a more dangerous place under Joe Biden,”
Trump Campaign Responds to Biden Afghanistan Review
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
"Former and current leaders from the Hamas-related group celebrate the holidays together."
CAIR Radical Ramadan Reunion in Tampa
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
"The letter also notes the 'billions of dollars' recently appropriated by the Biden [junta] from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, Inflation Reduction Act and CHIPS and Science Act fall under the OIG’s oversight, and that hostilities towards whistleblowers would 'fundamentally undermine' the ability of the OIG to perform its duties." (that's not a bug, it's a feature! - jjs)
House Committee Probes Commerce Inspector General Over Alleged Whistleblower Retaliation, False Statements To Congress
"She faces a tough Senate confirmation vote to head the Department of Labor. What does her selection say about the Biden [junta's] competence?"
Julie Su Keeps Failing Up, and Biden Doesn’t Care
". . . the worse things seem to get."
The More Some States Spend . . .
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
"CNN reported David Smith, a retired printing technician, has discovered a shape known as an 'einstein,' which can be tiled over a surface without the pattern repeating. The outlet noted mathematicians first began working on this problem in the 1960s."
British Retiree May Have Solved Decades-Old Geometry Problem: ‘A Really New Idea’
"In a follow-up to a recent Hubble Space Telescope optical image of Uranus, scientists have now used the Webb Space Telescope to take a comparable picture in the infrared of the gas giant."
Webb Snaps Infrared Picture of Uranus (still no trace of any Klingons - jjs)
"[This facility] illustrates the boom-town nature of the global space industry, fueled by the dramatic drop in the cost to get to orbit. UA got the financing and wherewithal to build the ARB because it recognized this growing demand, especially in Arizona’s burgeoning space industry."
University of Arizona pens Major Facility for Building and Launching Satellites
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
“[In] the circumstances present here—where a divided panel of a lower court has enjoined a duly enacted state law on an important subject without a word of explanation, notwithstanding that the District Court granted summary judgment to the State based on a fact-intensive record—the State is entitled to relief,” Alito wrote.
Conservative Justices Issue Blistering Dissent On SCOTUS Decision Not To Take Women’s Sports Case
"Some schools ban trans-identifying students from playing on the team of their preferred gender."
New Biden Education Rules Prohibit Blanket Bans On Males In Girls Sports
An 18-year-old Boise, Idaho, school board member slammed the state’s Republican governor, Brad Little, after he signed a bill that bans sex-change-related treatment for minors. “Fuck you @GovernorLittle,” tweeted Shiva Rajbhandari. “I pray you live a long life so you can bear witness to the pain you’ve unleashed on Idaho’s children and families today. When you do die though, I’m pissing on your grave.”
Idaho School Board Member Slams Governor In Profane Tweet Over Transgender Law
“What you are doing is a pure experiment on children, without any scientific evidence for it.",
WPATH's Trans Health Guidelines Allow for Medical Experiments on Children "Without Any Scientific Evidence" Says Belgian Health Expert
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
"Songs urging a wayward teen to shut up a little and boys to man up are the least of our 21st-century problems."
Disney is Making The Little Mermaid a Little More Millennial, Which Means Even More Awful
"If players can change their games as they see fit, there’s a real danger they’ll choose different options than what the left wants."
Woke Modding Bans Reveal Leftist Obsession With Control
"Is basketball great Charles Barkley a socialist? He certainly talked a bit like one recently, though it wouldn’t really be fair to thus label him. It’s more accurate to say he’s not very bright."
Charles Barkley Calls WNBA, Which Loses $10 Million Yearly, ‘A Great Product’
Christian Toto: "Producer Hawk Jensen shares just when he suspected something was 'fishy.'"
Follow the Science Seeks to Sway Moderates on Pandemic Overreach
"If you’re tired of the Right constantly losing the culture war, especially at the box office, Nefarious is a must-see."
Nefarious Sets a New Standard for the Right’s Culture War
"My fascist architecture tour of Rome—and what I learned from it."
Italy’s Non-Cancel Culture
Lloyd Billingsley: "Literary lessons from Ray Bradbury and other offenders of woke illiteracy."
Write the Other Way
"I Mourned the Loss of Magic."
Thoughts on the Woke Camelot
HITHER & YON
"One doubts this pampered generation could muster this fortitude to fight for freedom."
Visit the National Museum of the Pacific War
FINALLY . . .
"History is rent in two."
Death of the Son of God
"An examination of the best-documented event of ancient history."
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1 happy fricking friday

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 07, 2023 07:41 AM (BRHaw)

2 first.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 07, 2023 07:41 AM (ncXxy)

3 Good Friday that is

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 07, 2023 07:41 AM (BRHaw)

4 Thank you, J.J.!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 07, 2023 07:42 AM (1n+EO)

5 Howdy and thanks, JJ!

Posted by: Doof at April 07, 2023 07:43 AM (LLddH)

6 Girthy!

Posted by: Heirloominati at April 07, 2023 07:44 AM (UNK6h)

7 You would have to be a damn fool to be walking around SF at 2:30am. Looking for drugs or sex or both.

Posted by: fd at April 07, 2023 07:45 AM (iayUP)

8 I think the auto industry is going all in on EVs because they think the life cycle will be 5-7 years. They are planning on you never owning your car, you will have permanent $1000 a month payments.

Posted by: fd at April 07, 2023 07:45 AM (iayUP)

9 7 You would have to be a damn fool to be walking around SF at 2:30am. Looking for drugs or sex or both.
Posted by: fd at April 07, 2023 07:45 AM (iayUP)

"I know! Stay at home!"

- - Paul "the hammer" Pelosi

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 07, 2023 07:45 AM (x0n13)

10 >>Actor Sara Foster, daughter of legendary musician and producer David Foster, blasted San Francisco’s “liberal” leadership following tech mogul Bob Lee’s violent death in the city earlier this week.

Before Karen Bass was elected in LA, a high level record execs wife was murdered, she was a big proponent was defund the police, her GOP opponent, though a former Dem, ran on a campaign of law and order, guess to which candidate all of the tech and smart money went?

I feel little sympathy for this tech exec, he and people like him created this situation, a little reported fact is that he moved himself and his family to Florida and he was back visiting the city he helped destroy, irony indeed.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 07, 2023 07:46 AM (up/3i)

11 Good morning JJ and horde

Happy Good Friday to all

Posted by: Skip at April 07, 2023 07:46 AM (xhxe8)

12
I am a registered Democrat and feel confident saying liberal politicians are ruining cities.

Confident? Best you can do?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 07, 2023 07:47 AM (enJYY)

13 Yonder Horde.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 07, 2023 07:48 AM (Q4IgG)

14 There is a dual track justice system in this country, just like in any other socialist country. If the perpetrator is of the party, they walk free, and if the perpetrator is not of the party, they will be prosecuted to the fullest.

It is an age old method of instilling the sense that the population has no rights other than granted by the state. It also has the power to let the population know that a crime is what the state says it is, despite the written laws.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 07, 2023 07:50 AM (lTGtQ)

15 Good morning, one and all. This is Good Friday which means I refuse to let the bad news drag me down.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 07, 2023 07:54 AM (4olE8)

16 SUNY Albany "Protesters" March, Dance and Destroy Bible to Shut Down Conservative Speaker Ian Haworth

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Provide evidence to me, of any kind, that these freaks are not demonically possessed. They are pea soup spittin', mouth frothing, head turning Linda Blairs.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 07, 2023 07:54 AM (sVtYq)

17 There is a dual track justice system in this country, just like in any other socialist country. If the perpetrator is of the party, they walk free, and if the perpetrator is not of the party, they will be prosecuted to the fullest.

It is an age old method of instilling the sense that the population has no rights other than granted by the state. It also has the power to let the population know that a crime is what the state says it is, despite the written laws.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 07, 2023 07:50 AM

He is not of the body......

Posted by: Landru at April 07, 2023 07:55 AM (ncXxy)

18 Thank heavens nobody, so far, is shopping around a painting of Trump on a cross. There was one from 2020. but it featured Nancy Pelosi jabbing Trump in the ribs with a spear.

I expected by now there'd be an updated version with DA Alvin Bragg stabbing the former president with his 34 lances.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at April 07, 2023 07:55 AM (uAY3R)

19 While a majority of Democrats, 65 percent, think justice would be fairly administered to Trump, a plurality of independents join most Republicans, 69 percent, in their belief that a fair trial is not possible

60 percent of democrats also said publicly that the justice system should be used to punish Trump, even if the prosecution is completely political. Two thirds of democrats publicly endorse show trials.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 07, 2023 07:56 AM (lTGtQ)

20 Sadly, Bob Lee was smart enough to get out but not smart enough to stay out.

When I was traveling a lot for my job, I was always worried that the end-of-the-world would happen and I would be stranded in Italy never to see my family again.

Posted by: pawn at April 07, 2023 07:56 AM (wsHtO)

21 The “institutional equity and inclusion blueprint” has already had a major impact. Slides from a presentation on UF’s six-month “DEI inventory” study, conducted by Damon Williams, a strategist for diversity leadership retained by the university, would appear to show that UF has created 1,018 separate DEI initiatives (slide 55).

My guess is that someone can process 5 to 10 ideas a day, if they are truly knew. Throwing 1000 new RULES into a system is designed to create chaos and breakdown. I bet every single student at UF is a rulebreaker and subject to being expelled at the drop of a gator hat.
This is Easy Germany shit.

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

22 Read this morning the esteem Julie Kelly reminds us the Sundowner DOJ is working on a Special Prosecutor in name only after President Trump for election tampering on Jan6. No doubt it will get to a Kangaroo Court in DC where %97 of the voters are rabid Leftists.

Posted by: Skip at April 07, 2023 07:56 AM (xhxe8)

23 Well, it is Good Friday. I am going to try not to be angry or negative today.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 07, 2023 07:58 AM (WzJYQ)

24 That Judge Semaj in NY… letting a known violent criminal back on the street without even bail… I can’t begin to comprehend the thinking. Doesn’t this judge live in the city? One would assume that even basic thoughts of self preservation would make the judge wanna put this person away. I have to conclude it’s intentional destruction of the society driven by hate… people like this judge hate our culture and want its destruction. Anarcho-tyranny TuCa called it the other night. If this continues (and I suspect it will) I feel bad for my young adult children.

BTW… I don’t think Bob Lee made a wise choice wandering around SanFran at 2am. Obviously doesn’t excuse the barbarism, but situational awareness….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 07, 2023 07:58 AM (GPGR5)

25 Mornin' Mo-rons!

Posted by: Hawkpilot at April 07, 2023 07:59 AM (loRBL)

26 I'm sorry, but just how stupid is Sara Foster? She's a Democrat. Has she been living under a rock for the past 20 years? Can she not see the exact trajectory of Democrat party policies that directly led to her "shithole" city? It's been on bright display and anyone with a brain could see where it was going. I am so sick and tired of very stupid people who have no foresight into what's coming based on how they vote. It's them and those like them that are destroying everything around us. Yet they are just stunned I tells ya! when it's all predictably turning to shit.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 07, 2023 07:59 AM (sVtYq)

27 Thank you, JJ.
May God bless us all!

Posted by: democrats, Raping And Mutilating The Children They Cannot Kill at April 07, 2023 08:00 AM (jV+aN)

28 Good morning, everyone.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 07, 2023 08:01 AM (4I/2K)

29 Newsome wants to bail from his sinking ship and set fire to the rest of the country.

Posted by: pawn at April 07, 2023 08:01 AM (wsHtO)

30 Newsome wants to bail from his sinking ship and set fire to the rest of the country.

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He has dreamy hair, so he's a shoe-in.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 07, 2023 08:02 AM (sVtYq)

31 Good Friday morning, hordelings.

"All we like sheep have gone astray. We have each turned to our own way. And the Lord has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all." Isaiah 53:6

Posted by: grammie winger at April 07, 2023 08:03 AM (45fpk)

32 Another SanFran story… former college female swimmer Riley Gaines got assaulted in the campus of San Francisco State where she was giving a talk defending real women against trannies like Lia Thomas (who she swam against)… the left really loves them some violence and the tranny violence is getting out of hand. Some tranny kid was just stopped yesterday (in CO) before he could go shoot up another school (in this case the mentally ill boy thinks he’s a girl)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 07, 2023 08:03 AM (GPGR5)

33 I have no idea where this judge ... went to law school

*******

Her background is in social work apparently. Was elected to the bench in 2019

"Semaj-Williams earned a B.A. in social work from Lehman College in 2000. She spent the next five years serving as a caseworker for numerous foster care agencies in New York City. Then in 2005 she completed a J.D. at St. John's Universsity schoool of Law." [Trellis.law]

Posted by: Muldoon at April 07, 2023 08:04 AM (ykeLU)

34 @29

>>Newsome wants to bail from his sinking ship and set fire to the rest of the country.

That's the the typical Democrat career trajectory, lay waste to the areas you control and move on.

Corey Booker's time as Mayor of Newark was a disaster, every possible and conceivable metric of performance in his job and abomination and the resultant degradation of the quality of lives of the people of Newark was immediate and palpable.

The ballots of New Jersey rewarded this disaster of a politician with a lifetime sinecure as US Senator.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 07, 2023 08:06 AM (up/3i)

35
Then in 2005 she completed a J.D. at St. John's Universsity schoool of Law." [Trellis.law]

Posted by: Muldoon at April 07, 2023 08:04 AM

Holy typos.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 07, 2023 08:06 AM (enJYY)

36 ZOD IMPERIAL.

Posted by: ZOD at April 07, 2023 08:06 AM (Q/6pY)

37 BTW… I don’t think Bob Lee made a wise choice wandering around SanFran at 2am. Obviously doesn’t excuse the barbarism, but situational awareness….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 07, 2023 07:58 AM (GPGR5)

"Nothing good happens after midnight."

Posted by: Stuff Old Wise Dads Say at April 07, 2023 08:06 AM (4I/2K)

38 Thanks JJ. Wishing you all a blessed Good Friday.

Posted by: Ilene Wright at April 07, 2023 08:06 AM (VD8D9)

39 Bob Lee no doubt a left wing voter gets shanked on the street , of a city he helped to spiral down.
Enjoy your friday

Posted by: Redenzo at April 07, 2023 08:07 AM (V/pbu)

40 JJ, I just tried to donate through your link and it won't take my card. Not sure why. I'll wait a little and try again. Maybe I need to use my other email address. Not sure.

Posted by: Jaimo at April 07, 2023 08:07 AM (DBrN4)

41 31 - Thank you, Grammie! Isaiah 53 is my favorite chapter in all of scripture. Just beautiful…. Probably the best series of sermons I ever heard were from John MacArthur expositing this great portion of the Bible. I’m sure all 10 sermons can still be found on YouTube: The astonishing servant of Jehovah

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 07, 2023 08:07 AM (GPGR5)

42 Good morning.

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

43 If so, can she, extrapolate her disgust and revulsion for the criminal fiend who wielded a knife to the criminal fiends who wield law books, arrest warrants, indictments and the ironically the Constitution?

Great content, JJ; I'm pretty sure we have for a long time been living in a post-Constitutional Age.

It would be safe to say that north of 95% of those who "wield law books, arrest warrants and indictments" are not even aware of a Constitution and never would let it interfere with their perceived job duties.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 07, 2023 08:08 AM (YXHzG)

44 TIP JAR : Your support helps keep the lights on and is truly appreciated.

Made my quarterly drop into the jar. Do I get to request a song now?

Posted by: Doof at April 07, 2023 08:08 AM (LLddH)

45 Sara Foster: "I am a registered Democrat..."

Beaten liberal syndrome.

Posted by: ZOD at April 07, 2023 08:09 AM (Q/6pY)

46 Your morning smile.

Quote Tweet The Gazette @gazettedotcom · 13h
University of Iowa to host conservative, transgender commentator Matt Walsh

Cernovich @Cernovich · 6h
Eats, shoots, and leaves.

[This is what happens when proofreading/editing is done via spellcheck.]

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at April 07, 2023 08:09 AM (Vwz3I)

47 Thanks JJ. Wishing you all a blessed Good Friday.

Amen.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 07, 2023 08:09 AM (YXHzG)

48 Probably the best series of sermons I ever heard were from John MacArthur expositing this great portion of the Bible. I’m sure all 10 sermons can still be found on YouTube: The astonishing servant of Jehovah

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 07, 2023 08:07 AM (GPGR5)

I will look for those! MacArthur is masterful, and yes - Isaiah 53 lays it all out there, so beautifully.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 07, 2023 08:09 AM (45fpk)

49 Made my quarterly drop into the jar. Do I get to request a song now?

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"Please, Mr., please, don't play B17..."

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 07, 2023 08:09 AM (sVtYq)

50 Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog · 8h
The Democrats led a mob into the capitol building and then tried to use the floor of the House as a staging ground for a political demonstration. They never imagined that Republicans would actually use their constitutional authority to expel them. But they did. Awesome stuff.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at April 07, 2023 08:09 AM (Vwz3I)

51 I just tried with my other email address and it still would not take my card. Very strange.

Posted by: Jaimo at April 07, 2023 08:09 AM (DBrN4)

52 Good morning Horde and thx JJ. The idiot Bronx judge went to St John's Law School.
I am so proud of my alma mater Albany State. The protesters looked pretty much like you'd think. Probably more than 2/3rd of the students there are from NYC, LI , Rockland or Westchester counties. When I was asked where I was from and responded Kingston the usual response was "where's that?". My response " you drive through it on the way up here". We had the usual clueless leftist protests but I believe it's been ramped up since then .

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 07, 2023 08:10 AM (386ly)

53 RE: Missouri Legislature cutting funding for Missouri libraries.

As is pointed out in the article, it's uncertain that this will actually pass as it's part of a larger budget.

So why not do something different...INCREASE funding earmarked for huge posters advertising the books (including pictures) that can be found inside the library!

Make sure they are prominently displayed on the outside of the library so that passing patrons can evaluate if they want to go inside and check out those books.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 07, 2023 08:10 AM (YIVH2)

54 They are pea soup spittin', mouth frothing, head turning Linda Blairs.
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 07, 2023 07:54 AM (sVtYq)

I saw the Pea Soup Spittin' Mouth Frothing Head Turning Linda Blairs open for Yes at Roosevelt Stadium in '74.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 07, 2023 08:11 AM (x0n13)

55 Semaj is James spelled backwards.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at April 07, 2023 08:11 AM (5u1+1)

56 Can Larry Flint's Hustler magazines be put on school shelves? If not, why not? How is that filth different from the filth these groomers want in the faces of school children?

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 07, 2023 08:11 AM (sVtYq)

57 Drops of red:

A reflection on the suffering of Jesus as well as a painting by Vincent Van Gogh:

https://tinyurl.com/4hafdmfa

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 07, 2023 08:12 AM (a0Gp5)

58 BTW… I don’t think Bob Lee made a wise choice wandering around SanFran at 2am. Obviously doesn’t excuse the barbarism, but situational awareness….

Not the usual action of a father of school age children. I have to wonder what was going on. A person like that could afford transport at the very least and probably require some level of armed detail if there was a business reason for carousing out so late.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 07, 2023 08:12 AM (YXHzG)

59 44 TIP JAR : Your support helps keep the lights on and is truly appreciated.

Made my quarterly drop into the jar. Do I get to request a song now?
Posted by: Doof at April 07, 2023 08:08 AM (LLddH)

Yes. In the words of one of my mom's students, I take request-eses.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 07, 2023 08:12 AM (x0n13)

60 Morning, J.J., horde.

Anonymous Conservative on the ChatGPT fabrication from the last thread:

"It is fascinating, because to get these things to spout out leftism, they have had to teach them to lie, or train them on material written by liars and psychopaths which were telling people whatever they needed to tell them to make them believe whatever they wanted them to believe. Now the AI’s seem to have made some connections we do not understand, and have begun imitating liars and psychopaths. Now they tell you whatever they need to tell you to make you believe whatever they want you to believe. We have no idea how these things make connections when they are trained purely on truth, and then we went and began training them on lies and psychopaths."

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at April 07, 2023 08:12 AM (iKBwy)

61 @46 eats, shoots, and leaves -- it's a cowboy
Eats shoots and leaves --- it's a panda.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 07, 2023 08:13 AM (386ly)

62 I saw the Pea Soup Spittin' Mouth Frothing Head Turning Linda Blairs open for Yes at Roosevelt Stadium in '74.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 07, 2023 08:11 AM (x0n13)

Taking "Roundabout" a bit too literally!

Posted by: Doof at April 07, 2023 08:13 AM (LLddH)

63 @JackPosobiec · 11h
BREAKING: Tennessee Rep Sabi Kumar, an Indian immigrant, tells expelled Democrat that the only time he's ever faced a racial slur in America is when Justin Jones called him 'a brown face'

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at April 07, 2023 08:13 AM (Vwz3I)

64 Semaj is James spelled backwards.

Now do "Tulsa"

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 07, 2023 08:13 AM (YXHzG)

65 "I have to wonder what was going on. "

His evening's not complete
Without some meat
In the seat
Hey hey hey

Posted by: Guy who relates everything to a Zappa song at April 07, 2023 08:13 AM (iayUP)

66 Minter’s defense ... suggested release on his own recognizance. The judge did just that — no bail, just supervised release. Nothing “can lead me to conclude that he is a flight risk,” and “I believe he greatly benefits from some sort of programming.”
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If you don't like the inflexibility and lack of judgment of "three strikes" type laws, this is exactly what you should *not* do. This is how you get those kinds of laws.

Actions like this catch-and-release of even violent offenders create more and more recidivism. Eventually, people get pissed off and demand that these activists be brought to heel. That's how you get "three strikes" laws - when people determine that the judges' judgement is poor, and so must be curtailed by more law. It creates an inflexible system with a ton of corner cases, but this is how it comes to be.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 07, 2023 08:14 AM (t0OGg)

67 All set, JJ. I used a different card. For some reason it didn't like my debit/visa card. Thank you for all you do.

Posted by: Jaimo at April 07, 2023 08:14 AM (DBrN4)

68 Semaj is James spelled backwards.
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at April 07, 2023 08:11 AM (5u1+1)

That judge by any other name is still a drahcir.

Posted by: Stuff Will Shakespeare said at April 07, 2023 08:14 AM (4I/2K)

69 BTW… I don’t think Bob Lee made a wise choice wandering around SanFran at 2am. Obviously doesn’t excuse the barbarism, but situational awareness….

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We went to Tahoe for our honeymoon in '93. We took a day trip to San Fran. Even back then, I remember walking around in a certain part of the city with Mr. Black after jumping off a trolley and a nice gentleman told us quietly to be very careful and aware.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 07, 2023 08:14 AM (sVtYq)

70 I guess if RFKjr gets to much traction, the CIA can just use a MKUltra plant to take him out just like they did with his dad.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 07, 2023 08:15 AM (hoGSj)

71 >>61 @46 eats, shoots, and leaves -- it's a cowboy
Eats shoots and leaves --- it's a panda.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 07, 2023 08:13 AM (386ly)

Eats shoots, and leaves -- it's a panda that eats shoots in a shoot-restaurant, but doesn't linger after a meal.

Posted by: ZOD at April 07, 2023 08:15 AM (Q/6pY)

72 “I have no words,” she wrote. “SF is a complete s—hole. I am a registered Democrat and feel confident saying liberal politicians are ruining cities.”
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And this is the type of person who becomes a colonist. If she is going to move out of San Franshithole, she's going to do it soon. She's going to carry her bad ideas with her, just be committed to doing it *right* next time.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 07, 2023 08:15 AM (t0OGg)

73 10 Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 07, 2023 07:46 AM (up/3i)

I agree. Hard to feel sympathy but you have to wonder how many actually have the Alec Guinnes "Kwai" moment of "what have I done?"

And even after that it's too late. They installed election-stealing dictators. Oh well.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 07, 2023 08:15 AM (x0n13)

74 No more yanky my wanky... the Donger need coffee.

Posted by: Long Duk Dong at April 07, 2023 08:15 AM (BEZ6U)

75 “I have no words,” she wrote. “SF is a complete s—hole. I am a registered Democrat and feel confident saying liberal politicians are ruining cities.”

Too little, too late. You will still vote Dem or at worst Green Party or stay home. Actively campaigning against the socialists and voting for mean, racist Republicans is out of the question. You got what you voted for.

Posted by: Ripley at April 07, 2023 08:16 AM (cUYo/)

76 Some tranny kid was just stopped yesterday (in CO) before he could go shoot up another school (in this case the mentally ill boy thinks he’s a girl)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

When you really think about it, trans kids and young adults are quite the absolutely perfect candidates for copycat crimes.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at April 07, 2023 08:16 AM (iKBwy)

77 Is Jimmy Carter dead yet?

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 07, 2023 08:16 AM (0vFtj)

78 Can Foster be deprogrammed, or does she even want to be? If so, can she, extrapolate her disgust and revulsion for the criminal fiend who wielded a knife to the criminal fiends who wield law books, arrest warrants, indictments and the ironically the Constitution?
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Given that most of the states in the Interior West have fallen like dominoes under the colonization pressure of well-to-do libs fleeing California's various hell holes, I'm going with "no."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 07, 2023 08:17 AM (t0OGg)

79 Can Larry Flint's Hustler magazines be put on school shelves? If not, why not? How is that filth different from the filth these groomers want in the faces of school children?
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 07, 2023 08:11 AM (sVtYq)

I’ve finally come to realize it’s all driven by pure hatred…. Hatred of self and society. All they want to do is destroy as much as possible. It’s demonic…. So yeah, I think they’d be fine with Hustler in the school library. So glad my kids aren’t young now…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 07, 2023 08:17 AM (GPGR5)

80 56 Can Larry Flint's Hustler magazines be put on school shelves? If not, why not? How is that filth different from the filth these groomers want in the faces of school children?
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 07, 2023 08:11 AM (sVtYq)

Where's Tipper Gore these days?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 07, 2023 08:17 AM (x0n13)

81 Last Bad Blue at end is a video of Matt Walsh arguing a new Trannie, it's has to be infuriating arguing with a mental ill cause.

Posted by: Skip at April 07, 2023 08:18 AM (xhxe8)

82 How is Sh*t For Brains going to "crack down" on gas-powered vehicles?

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 07, 2023 08:18 AM (sVtYq)

83 @73

>>And even after that it's too late. They installed election-stealing dictators. Oh well.

The saying, the burned hand teachers, needs slight tweaking to add, unless your a Democrat, in that case, your incapable of learning a lesson.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 07, 2023 08:18 AM (up/3i)

84 Oh, it took her dad's death to see the Democrat Party is evil?
The facts have been obvious for 50 years--vote Democrat, get more crime, more malaise, more degradation, more corruption, more evil.

How many years have you and yours voted for that evil? Inflicted those inevitable outcomes on millions of others? Millions who have lost their jobs, lost their innocence, lost their dignity, and even lost their life?

For what? So you could fucking feel good? That you're a good person who votes for the "correct" party? Brcause your friends are all Democrats? Because conservatives are racist?

Piss on you and your dad-- you and yours have been inflicting this on the rest of us your whole life without cost--until now!-- and now you want sympathy?
Go find it in the graveyard where you've sent America.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 07, 2023 08:18 AM (vrpJp)

85 Maybe it’s time to do a movie about New Yawk City’s wonderful court system…Call it Zimbabwe On The Hudson. A romantic comedy.

Never Give Up Your Guns!

Rootin For Putin!

Abolish The Deep State!

Free President Trump And Buffalo Guy!

More coffee…

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 07, 2023 08:18 AM (R/m4+)

86 Hustler uses real women.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 07, 2023 08:19 AM (WzJYQ)

87 Given the targets of Smith’s recent subpoenas, we can surmise there is nothing independent or impartial about his behind-the-scenes work. In rapid succession, Smith has successfully sought testimony from Trump’s inner circle, including former chief of staff Mark Meadows and White House lawyer Evan Corcoran.
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It will never happen within the big power club of Washington, but non-cooperation needs to become the norm at all times and all levels otherwise.

You want to talk to me? Come with subpoena. I have nothing to say without my lawyer. No assistance, no cooperation, with anyone in any official capacity. Grind the damned mill to a snail's pace.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 07, 2023 08:19 AM (t0OGg)

88 Is Jimmy Carter dead yet?
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 07, 2023 08:16 AM (0vFtj)

Not yet.

Posted by: Generalissimo Francisco Franco at April 07, 2023 08:19 AM (4I/2K)

89 Yes. In the words of one of my mom's students, I take request-eses.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 07, 2023 08:12 AM (x0n13)

Well, now I have "Mexican Radio" as an earworm
(I take requests on - the telephone - I'm on a wavelength far from home).

So I'll play my own request!
https://youtu.be/IUjbOcO_hT0

Posted by: Doof at April 07, 2023 08:19 AM (LLddH)

90 All they want to do is destroy as much as possible. It’s demonic….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt

It truly is demonic, and I see more and more people every day coming to that realization.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 07, 2023 08:20 AM (lTGtQ)

91 Hustler uses real women.

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Dylan Mulvaney is inking his new centerfold contract right about now.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 07, 2023 08:20 AM (sVtYq)

92 "It is fascinating, because to get these things to spout out leftism, they have had to teach them to lie, or train them on material written by liars and psychopaths

Its the latter. Lies follow motivation to lie. Not sure how one programs motivation into a system.

AI could be instructed to fabricate a lie when there is absence of information or specific directives not to tell truth, for example, when ChatGPT is asked to say something nice about Trump. It lies and says that it can't because the algorithm was specifically instructed to deny the ability.

The Left is irrational. At the beginning of C19 they Left encouraged hugging an Asian, then they directed us to hug no one. One day masks are not good, the next day masks are required.

I will need to ask some of our AI scientists if training data can cause ChatGPT to have multiple standards on something arbitrary.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 07, 2023 08:20 AM (YXHzG)

93 And that is how Trump will be treated. Not as a former president but as a traitor—the man responsible for inciting the “insurrection” that still traumatizes so many judges and jurors to this day, the leader who attempted to “overthrow democracy” on January 6.
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"Will be?" More like "has been." For eight years now.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 07, 2023 08:21 AM (t0OGg)

94 86 Hustler uses real women.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 07, 2023 08:19 AM (WzJYQ)

"Hustler in Spanish. 'El Hustlero.'"

- - Dr. Sheldon Kornpet DDS

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 07, 2023 08:21 AM (x0n13)

95 One of the major reasons we are in such a cesspool is that the legal profession has turned this fine divine nation into a game through which the lawyers suck all of the financial resources out of its citizens so that the citizens have any chance of survival or reaching the "pursuit of happiness." When there is no lawfulness, or when there is no safety, everyone flocks to these carnivores and skunks for safety and a way to seek redress. . . . . . and the counselors gladly line up for recompense. Now, we know there are many in the profession who are trustworthy, noble and serve their rightful purpose. But most of them are simply deserving of what the Bard said in one of his most famous works "the first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers." They pervade our government, our sacred institutions, and for fock's sake, they infest and stink up our national and state representation. We are the most overlawyered nation in the world, and we are paying a high price for it. Drop a name of putrid infamy. . . . any of them. .. . . .and guess what? attorney. Dream: pile of expired counselors, laying in the street. . . . me observing many friends pissing on their backs, Samurai style.

Posted by: Despise Lying Bragging Marxist Rat Bastards at April 07, 2023 08:21 AM (5uy7A)

96 Oh gees Lady please, I'm eating breakfast.

Posted by: Jaimo at April 07, 2023 08:21 AM (DBrN4)

97 >>79 Can Larry Flint's Hustler magazines be put on school shelves?

And lose the forbidden frisson of you and your friend checking out his dad's porn library that he kept under the bed? Another formative experience lost to the coarsening permissiveness of today's schools.

Next they'll go to actually dispensing cigarettes in the school bathroom.

Posted by: ZOD at April 07, 2023 08:21 AM (Q/6pY)

98 91 Hustler uses real women.

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Dylan Mulvaney is inking his new centerfold contract right about now.
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 07, 2023 08:20 AM (sVtYq)

Second look at Jame Gumb pinching his nipples and tucking?

On second thought ...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 07, 2023 08:22 AM (x0n13)

99 America has been loosed from the anchor of the Constitution and the rule of law that kept our citizens free for two centuries.
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Gee whiz. It just happened. A spot of bad luck. We've "been loosed." It isn't like some people - some specific, nameable people along with the anonymous hordes of bureaucratic day laborers - are responsible.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 07, 2023 08:22 AM (t0OGg)

100 Made my quarterly drop into the jar. Do I get to request a song now?
Posted by: Doof at April 07, 2023 08:08 AM (LLddH)

They ought to give you the Wurlitzer prize

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 07, 2023 08:23 AM (BRHaw)

101 Dylan Mulvaney is inking his new centerfold contract right about now.

It can be like one of those pop-up books, so readers can appreciate her ladypenis in 3D.

Posted by: Red and Blue 3D Glasses at April 07, 2023 08:23 AM (KFhLj)

102 I will look for those! MacArthur is masterful, and yes - Isaiah 53 lays it all out there, so beautifully.
Posted by: grammie winger

All of his stuff is on Grace to You. Gty.org. I listen to his sermons during my commute.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 07, 2023 08:23 AM (WzJYQ)

103 >>94 86 Hustler uses real women.

Angel is the centerfold.

Posted by: ZOD at April 07, 2023 08:24 AM (Q/6pY)

104 Jake Shields @jakeshieldsajj [former UFC/MMA fighter 5 time world champion]
people are blaming Bob Lee for getting murdered because he was walking at 2:30 am

He was in neighborhood where apartments start at 5k a month

When we pay that much in taxes and are not protected we are living in a failed city

These are the same pathetic losers who would blame a girl who was raped

I lived in the apartments right where he was stabbed and walked my dog often at 2 am

Just because you are not out at night doesn't mean others shouldn't be out

Tink219 @Tink2191 · Apr 5 Replying to @jakeshieldsajj
The neighborhood is irrelevant. It is truly odd for anyone to be walking alone at 2:00am.

Jake Shields @jakeshieldsajj · Apr 6 Replying to @Tink2191
I'm a night person and walked my dog at 2am exactly where he was stabbed. Just because you sleep earlier doesn’t mean we all do

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at April 07, 2023 08:24 AM (Vwz3I)

105 Since Bragg's indictment is defective, the new move is to just say that it's really about racism. Payback to the racist Trump for being racist. Because you don't want him to get away with THAT do you?

NBC News Andrea Mitchell says it isn't just a coincidence that the prosecutor is Black and the judge Mexican and that Trump is saying they are bad.

Because clearly the same set of facts with Whites in those positions Trump would be happy to have them indict and try him.

Mitchell misses that maybe the race makeup of the accusers looks like racism? Nah. Too easy.

Posted by: blaster at April 07, 2023 08:25 AM (pwExq)

106 Fuck you @GovernorLittle,” tweeted Shiva Rajbhandari.

*********

Shiva Rajbhandari? Of the sixth generation founding family of Coeur d'Alene Rajbhandaris? That Shiva Rajbhandari?

Posted by: Muldoon at April 07, 2023 08:25 AM (ykeLU)

107
Next they'll go to actually dispensing cigarettes in the school bathroom.

Posted by: ZOD at April 07, 2023 08:21 AM

'Smokin' in the Boys Room' updated is now 'Vapin' in the Uni'

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 07, 2023 08:25 AM (enJYY)

108 But I don't want to go on the cart! I feel better.

Posted by: Jimmah at April 07, 2023 08:26 AM (4I/2K)

109 All of his stuff is on Grace to You. Gty.org. I listen to his sermons during my commute.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 07, 2023 08:23 AM (WzJYQ)

'Grace to You' is broadcast on my local Christian radio station. I'd be hard pressed to find a better expositor.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 07, 2023 08:26 AM (45fpk)

110 Can Larry Flint's Hustler magazines be put on school shelves? If not, why not? How is that filth different from the filth these groomers want in the faces of school children?
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 07, 2023 08:11 AM (sVtYq)
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It is different because of the difference in presentation and purpose of the content. Pornographic magazines are designed and produced to amplify or create in the reader a purely prurient interest. The purpose is arousal, and that is its only goal. As such, pornography is inappropriate for consumption by minors or inclusion in school libraries.

But the materials in question here are not pornographic. They do not serve to produce or amplify a prurient interest. They serve to inform and educate the consumer about the meanings, implications, ways and means of various lifestyle choices. That some of these materials may be *graphic* does not mean that those materials are *pornographic.*

In the interests of promoting more inclusive education curricula and destigmatizing historically oppressed lifestyles, comprehensive lifestyle education is crucial.

Posted by: Your Kid's Education Professor at April 07, 2023 08:28 AM (t0OGg)

111 84 Oh, it took her dad's death to see the Democrat Party is evil?
The facts have been obvious for 50 years--vote Democrat, get more crime, more malaise, more degradation, more corruption, more evil.

How many years have you and yours voted for that evil? Inflicted those inevitable outcomes on millions of others? Millions who have lost their jobs, lost their innocence, lost their dignity, and even lost their life?

For what? So you could fucking feel good? That you're a good person who votes for the "correct" party? Brcause your friends are all Democrats? Because conservatives are racist?

Piss on you and your dad-- you and yours have been inflicting this on the rest of us your whole life without cost--until now!-- and now you want sympathy?
Go find it in the graveyard where you've sent America.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 07, 2023 08:18 AM (vrpJp)

***&&***

These are hard words. . . . . especially on Good Friday. . . . . but they are painfully accurate and often go unsaid. Liberals never think of the current pain or of the aggregate destruction they've caused. Never. It's always "about my wittle feewings" for them.

Posted by: Despise Lying Bragging Marxist Rat Bastards at April 07, 2023 08:28 AM (5uy7A)

112 Next they'll go to actually dispensing cigarettes in the school bathroom.
Posted by: ZOD at April 07, 2023 08:21 AM (Q/6pY)
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Cigarettes are still evil.

But dispensing marijuana? Entirely plausible.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 07, 2023 08:28 AM (YIVH2)

113 I most certainly agree that, ultimately, President Trump will be held without bail by Kangaroo Jack Smith.

Posted by: democrats, Raping And Mutilating The Children They Cannot Kill at April 07, 2023 08:28 AM (jV+aN)

114 Sara Foster: "I am a registered Democrat..."

I think I've spotted the problem.

Posted by: dantesed at April 07, 2023 08:28 AM (88xKn)

115 >>94 86 Hustler uses real women.

Angel is the centerfold.
Posted by: ZOD at April 07, 2023 08:24 AM (Q/6pY)

Those soft, fuzzy sweaters . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 07, 2023 08:29 AM (4I/2K)

116 A search warrant unsealed earlier this year revealed police seized IDs from Kohberger’s car, but it did not specify to whom they belonged.

“It’s a big deal. That is a smoking license,” retired FBI agent Jennifer Coffindaffer said Thursday on “CUOMO.” “Just like the sheath was a smoking sheath found next to Maddie with his DNA on that clasp, it’s the same thing in this situation. Why would he have an ID related to one of those people from that house?”

ok wtf does this mean. Is someone else involved? And how?

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 07, 2023 08:29 AM (BRHaw)

117 Shiva Rajbhandari? Of the sixth generation founding family of Coeur d'Alene Rajbhandaris? That Shiva Rajbhandari?
Posted by: Muldoon at April 07, 2023 08:25 AM (ykeLU)

I’m not familiar with Idaho so I don’t know the name but that story caught my attention. An 18 year old “activist” and already elected to a school board cursing out the governor (on Twitter of course) and making other vile pronouncements… obviously raised well (sigh)… again, all in the name of the new tranny religion

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 07, 2023 08:29 AM (GPGR5)

118 110 P u r e B u l l s h i t

Posted by: Despise Lying Bragging Marxist Rat Bastards at April 07, 2023 08:30 AM (5uy7A)

119 Too see him in that negligee Is really just too much
My blood runs cold

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 07, 2023 08:30 AM (BRHaw)

120 >>I'm a night person and walked my dog at 2am exactly where he was stabbed. Just because you sleep earlier doesn’t mean we all do

I'm with Jake. When I lived in Boston I was often out late at night and so were a hell of a lot of other people. Bars and clubs in many cities are open to 1 or 2 for a reason. Sinatra made a lot of money coining NYC as the city that never sleeps cause it never did.

There is no reason for a city as wealthy as San Francisco to not be safe at all hours of the day or night other than leftists don't want it safe. I'm not going to blame Lee for being stabbed, I blame the assclowns who run SF for turning the place into an open sewer.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 07, 2023 08:31 AM (ZLI7S)

121 My blood runs cold
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 07, 2023 08:30 AM (BRHaw)
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Your memory has just been sold?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 07, 2023 08:31 AM (t0OGg)

122 Too see him in that negligee Is really just too much
My blood runs cold
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 07, 2023 08:30 AM (BRHaw)

Hater.

Posted by: J. Edgar Hoover at April 07, 2023 08:31 AM (4I/2K)

123 118 Read the sock.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 07, 2023 08:32 AM (WzJYQ)

124 Does Hustler still put out a paper magazine? I think Playboy stopped doing that.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 07, 2023 08:33 AM (hoGSj)

125 109 - Oh Grammie… you’ll be glad to hear. John MacArthur had been having some health struggles this year… hadn’t preached on a Sunday morning since January 1 (a heart issue I believe and then he fell and broke his wrist). But I see he’s preaching Easter morning!I love that man because he gave me a church home during Covid when Grace Community church was the only place in SoCal I could find with in person services. I became a member in short order. He’s a national treasure IMO

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 07, 2023 08:33 AM (GPGR5)

126 Alvin Bragg Might Be in Serious Trouble Following Trump Indictment
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ROTFLMAO

Posted by: ... at April 07, 2023 08:33 AM (W75v2)

127 Judge Brown made it clear that civil rights are being violated under New York’s current Red Flag Law in the way the law currently allows for the ex parte confiscation of guns without due process. It would appear Albany Democrats were denied their gun-grab dreams yet again.

Only Big Govt can own guns. Ask Chavez or Castro Bros.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 07, 2023 08:34 AM (BRHaw)

128 The dangle in the centerfold

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 07, 2023 08:35 AM (BRHaw)

129 Linus Van Pelt - I remember he took a lot of crap for staying open during Covid. And a lot of it was from other Christians. I'm glad to hear he'll be preaching Easter Sunday.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 07, 2023 08:36 AM (45fpk)

130 Semaj is James spelled backwards.

*******

Well, she's a drater.

Posted by: Muldoon at April 07, 2023 08:36 AM (ykeLU)

131
The way I interpreted an article is that he was stabbed inside and staggered outside where he was discovered. He could have simply gone downstairs to floor level where mail boxes are usually located in a high rise, to either retrieve mail or drop something off.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 07, 2023 08:36 AM (enJYY)

132 Alvin Bragg Might Be in Serious Trouble Following Trump Indictment

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No, he isn't. I strongly suspect that the junta has aligned on this issue and that Trump will walk away from this. Both of the major press organs (WaPo and NYT) are prepping the field for that outcome. When those two agree and work toward the same point, it usually indicates that the thing itself is a fait accompli and all of the deals and decisions have been made.

But that doesn't mean Bragg is hurt by it. Bragg will be taken care of. There will be no punishment. He will fill out his term and then probably be cashiered, sent to a think tank and given a book deal. He and his family will me modestly but comfortably compensated for his efforts.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 07, 2023 08:36 AM (t0OGg)

133 Good morning horde! As some have said, it's good Friday and I refuse to let the news get me down today or this whole weekend for that matter.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at April 07, 2023 08:36 AM (wagHN)

134 It's over now but there was either just a bird fight outside my bay window or an orgy! [Small -- maybe swallows.]

I couldn't see if the noisy 6+ participants were all the same colouring [all males] or different [male & female].

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at April 07, 2023 08:36 AM (Vwz3I)

135 Interesting findings on Open Secrets..

There is a Bob Lee who lives in Cloverdale California, he's listed as unemployed and he donates exclusively to Florida Democrats.

That's queer.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 07, 2023 08:36 AM (up/3i)

136 Oh Grammie… you’ll be glad to hear. John MacArthur had been having some health struggles this year

I listened to his Q and A at Shepherds conference. It sounds like they had to use wild horses to keep him away to fully recover. He has to be close to 90.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 07, 2023 08:37 AM (WzJYQ)

137 So with this Mulvaney dude sucking up all the air, is Lizzo not a thang anymore?

More coffee…

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 07, 2023 08:37 AM (R/m4+)

138 @88 "I wish I was in Tijuana eating barbecued iguana"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 07, 2023 08:38 AM (386ly)

139 WI Morning Bar Report:
Most men have switched to Coors Light in their buckets with one holdout who states, "I don't care" and then is left alone at the end of the bar.
Middle aged White women are split over the election with married women talking in oblique terms about 'agreeing to disagree' with their husbands of decades, with their recently divorced friend sitting alone at the bar for over an hour with no interest whatsoever.
Back to you, JJ!

Posted by: LenNeal at April 07, 2023 08:38 AM (43xH1)

140 123 Yep, you got me. I was in a hurry to get done and out, and I triggered!!!! "but, it's my right to be triggered by anything orange!!" (Joy BeWhore)

Posted by: Despise Lying Bragging Marxist Rat Bastards at April 07, 2023 08:38 AM (5uy7A)

141 Alvin Bragg Might Be in Serious Trouble Following Trump Indictment

They might force him to be Governor!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 07, 2023 08:39 AM (WzJYQ)

142 "Just because you are not out at night doesn't mean others shouldn't be out"

Just because you can doesn't mean you should.

I guess it could have happened at 2:30 PM too. We are talking about SF.

Posted by: fd at April 07, 2023 08:39 AM (iayUP)

143 There is a Bob Lee who lives in Cloverdale California, he's listed as unemployed and he donates exclusively to Florida Democrats.

That's queer.

Posted by: Thomas Bender

There are hundreds of thousands of unemployed people in this country who give large sums to democrats each year. It could be a miracle, or it could be computer assisted campaign fraud. See James O'Keefe for details.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 07, 2023 08:39 AM (lTGtQ)

144 Ok. I gotta go. I said I wasn't going to be negative. I am getting worked up.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 07, 2023 08:39 AM (WzJYQ)

145
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 07, 2023 08:39 AM (ENBF0)

146 The wh0res!!!

Women-run radio station in Afghanistan resumes broadcasts after brief shutdown for playing music during Ramadan.

[This means Afghanistan is more tolerant than Iran!]

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at April 07, 2023 08:40 AM (Vwz3I)

147 136 - CAT: I saw that Q&A… he looked painfully frail and with that big cast. Yes, I think he’s 83 or 84. I hope the good Lord sees fit to have him continue preaching for several more years at least

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 07, 2023 08:40 AM (GPGR5)

148 Couldn't have stated all of it any better, JJ.
Point on! The house is consumed in flames but the G.O.P. continues - per the Trey Gowdy model - to give nothing but tough sounding speeches. What a nothing bunch they are!

Oh and Mike Miller of RedState.com is still a raging asshole.

I'll definitely drop some green in the cookie jar.

Posted by: Tracy at April 07, 2023 08:40 AM (pO7Fa)

149 8 I think the auto industry is going all in on EVs because they think the life cycle will be 5-7 years. They are planning on you never owning your car, you will have permanent $1000 a month payments.

Posted by: fd at April 07, 2023 07:45 AM (iayUP)

Ah yes, back to Detroit's "Planned Obsolescence" mode of auto design and construction until the late '70s, when Japanese autos began selling big in the US. You design and use materials to give an average 5-year usage before needing replacement of engine, transmission, seats, and so on. Many owners couldn't afford to pay for those out-of-pocket. So it was time for a new car financed by the manufacturer!

Planned obsolescence also created the need for a lot of auto parts stores, engine and transmission shops, seat upholsterers, and Earl Scheib shops.

Posted by: Gref at April 07, 2023 08:40 AM (AMIL/)

150 There is another Bob Lee, from LA, who donates exclusively to Texas Democrats.

There's also another Bob Lee, a designer apparently, who donates to Texas Democrats and Corey Booker.

Again, very queer.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 07, 2023 08:40 AM (up/3i)

151 Bragg will be hired by Columbia as a tenured prof teaching an ethics in law course.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 07, 2023 08:41 AM (hoGSj)

152 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 07, 2023 08:41 AM (u82oZ)

153
The only people who can ever be triggered are Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 07, 2023 08:42 AM (x0n13)

154 Shiva Rajbhandari? Of the sixth generation founding family of Coeur d'Alene Rajbhandaris? That Shiva Rajbhandari?
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Careful, Seamus, or he'll destroy you!

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at April 07, 2023 08:42 AM (Vwz3I)

155 84 Oh, it took her dad's death to see the Democrat Party is evil?
The facts have been obvious for 50 years--vote Democrat, get more crime, more malaise, more degradation, more corruption, more evil.

How many years have you and yours voted for that evil? Inflicted those inevitable outcomes on millions of others? Millions who have lost their jobs, lost their innocence, lost their dignity, and even lost their life?

For what? So you could fucking feel good? That you're a good person who votes for the "correct" party? Brcause your friends are all Democrats? Because conservatives are racist?

Piss on you and your dad-- you and yours have been inflicting this on the rest of us your whole life without cost--until now!-- and now you want sympathy?
Go find it in the graveyard where you've sent America.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 07, 2023 08:18 AM (vrpJp)

One can restore their honor through Seppuku.

Posted by: XTC at April 07, 2023 08:42 AM (UnA8+)

156 At 8am EST it was 3pm in Jerusalem, the time it was recorded our Lord Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins.

"Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going.”"

John 14:1-4

Posted by: Marcus T at April 07, 2023 08:43 AM (IpdaE)

157 149 8 I think the auto industry is going all in on EVs because they think the life cycle will be 5-7 years. They are planning on you never owning your car, you will have permanent $1000 a month payments.

they already have most people doing that! can't they leave the few of us who take care of our cars and buy used alone?!?

Posted by: BlackOrchid at April 07, 2023 08:43 AM (w0NJk)

158 One can restore their honor through Seppuku.
Posted by: XTC at April 07, 2023 08:42 AM (UnA8+)
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That requires a sincere desire for atonement.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 07, 2023 08:43 AM (YIVH2)

159 Good morning...a crappy weather day, so perfect for Good Friday.

Dying eggs is on the schedule today.
Easter cooking (breakfast/lunch) is decided - Pepperidge Farms apple and raspberry turnovers for breakfast and then another of my traditional "lunch trays" for lunch.

This year's tray will have a take on this weekend's salad - "Apple and Snickers salad meets allergies and dip" with Granny Smiths, Pink Ladys, bananas, red grapes, and strawberries for dipping. Plus a shrimp cocktail circle, homemade deviled eggs (from today's dyed eggs), and hummus and fancy crackers. Something healthy around all the sweets, and yet a little Easter sweet, too.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 07, 2023 08:44 AM (exHjb)

160 "Ah yes, back to Detroit's "Planned Obsolescence" mode of auto design"

Yep, they think they can build these cheap ass plastic throwaway cars for less money with fewer people and make a better profit.

Posted by: fd at April 07, 2023 08:44 AM (iayUP)

161 There are a lot of f**king Bob Lee's.

Is Bob Lee the equivalent of Alan Smithee for political contribution purposes?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 07, 2023 08:44 AM (up/3i)

162 @94 "serpentine Shel, serpentine".

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 07, 2023 08:44 AM (386ly)

163 I think the auto industry is going all in on EVs because they think the life cycle will be 5-7 years. They are planning on you never owning your car, you will have permanent $1000 a month payments.
Posted by: fd at April 07, 2023 07:45 AM (iayUP)
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I kinda don't think so, only because this is how things work now. Cars have gotten very, very expensive and they need very, very long-term loans. Auto loans that long are fiscally irresponsible because a 7-8 year term is essentially the entire value curve of the car. The asset, from the borrower's standpoint, is worthless for its entire lifetime.

This causes all sorts of problems that have to be solved financially, through things like gap insurance and negative equity and rollovers (we'll roll your balance forward onto the new car - don't worry about it being underwater literally forever, just get the gap insurance to enable the deal).

Autos are entirely financialized already and tremendous numbers of buyers never get off that treadmill.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 07, 2023 08:44 AM (t0OGg)

164 162 @94 "serpentine Shel, serpentine".
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 07, 2023 08:44 AM (386ly)

Yay! You got the reference!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 07, 2023 08:45 AM (x0n13)

165 All I ever wanted was a Virginia farm, no end of cream and fresh butter and fried chicken - not one fried chicken, or two, but unlimited fried chicken.

Posted by: Gen. Bob E. Lee at April 07, 2023 08:45 AM (4I/2K)

166 “The Department notified us that many U.S. Secret Service (USS) text messages, from January 5 and 6, 2021, were erased as part of a device-replacement program,” Dr. Joseph Cuffari wrote on July 13. “The USS erased those text messages after OIG requested records of electronic communications from the USS, as part of our evaluation of events at the Capitol on January 6,” an investigation Cuffari launched in February 2021.

So SS too was involved in J6. J6 was 1000% Government operation to create massive violence.
No doubt they hoped to see Tiananmen on the Potomac.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 07, 2023 08:45 AM (BRHaw)

167 Bragg will be US Atty Gen someday

embrace the horror

Posted by: DB - stealing the handle at April 07, 2023 08:45 AM (geLO8)

168 141 Alvin Bragg Might Be in Serious Trouble Following Trump Indictment

They might force him to be Governor!

hmm that does seem bad

Posted by: BlackOrchid at April 07, 2023 08:45 AM (w0NJk)

169 >All I ever wanted was a Virginia farm, no end of cream and fresh butter and fried chicken - not one fried chicken, or two, but unlimited fried chicken.

Posted by: Gen. Bob E. Lee

and a Coke

Posted by: DB - stealing the handle at April 07, 2023 08:45 AM (geLO8)

170 Wasn't "Read The Sock" one of Spinal Tap's albums??

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at April 07, 2023 08:46 AM (Vwz3I)

171 167 Bragg will be US Atty Gen someday

embrace the horror
Posted by: DB - stealing the handle at April 07, 2023 08:45 AM (geLO

We already had Holder. And frankly, Garland is even worse.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 07, 2023 08:46 AM (x0n13)

172 153
The only people who can ever be triggered are Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 07, 2023 08:42 AM (x0n13)

Dale rode Buttermilk

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 07, 2023 08:47 AM (BRHaw)

173 There is another Bob Lee, from LA, who donates exclusively to Texas Democrats.

There's also another Bob Lee, a designer apparently, who donates to Texas Democrats and Corey Booker.

Again, very queer.

Posted by: Thomas Bender

Just hypothetically, if you were the DNC, and you had the location and financial data stolen from Americans, it would enable you to process huge, illegal foreign political contributions and you could create millions of micro transactions to launder that money to your party's candidates.

Just hypothetically.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 07, 2023 08:47 AM (lTGtQ)

174 It is Friday afternoon. Jesus is dead. Only the evening before he was at the Last Supper table celebrating the Passover with his disciples. After supper, things began to go very, very badly. One of the Twelve went off to betray Jesus. All of them fled when he was arrested and they haven't been seen since - except Peter, who returned only to deny Jesus three times.

By contrast, the women followers of Jesus are there when Jesus dies, and they are there when he is buried. Faithful to the end.

May that be said of me when I die.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 07, 2023 08:47 AM (qoGsy)

175 44 TIP JAR : Your support helps keep the lights on and is truly appreciated.

Made my quarterly drop into the jar. Do I get to request a song now?

Posted by: Doof at April 07, 2023 08:08 AM (LLddH)
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Yes but not 'Stairway To Heaven'

Posted by: Ciampino - Every Music Shop in America at April 07, 2023 08:47 AM (qfLjt)

176 The dangle in the centerfold
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Those aren't staples!!

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at April 07, 2023 08:47 AM (Vwz3I)

177 Sara Foster should've noticed a problem with her Democrat ways the minute San Fran published designated fecal dump zone locations within its city limits.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 07, 2023 08:47 AM (sVtYq)

178 116 A search warrant unsealed earlier this year revealed police seized IDs from Kohberger’s car, but it did not specify to whom they belonged.

“It’s a big deal. That is a smoking license,” retired FBI agent Jennifer Coffindaffer said Thursday on “CUOMO.” “Just like the sheath was a smoking sheath found next to Maddie with his DNA on that clasp, it’s the same thing in this situation. Why would he have an ID related to one of those people from that house?”

ok wtf does this mean. Is someone else involved? And how?
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 07, 2023 08:29 AM (BRHaw)

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Before I answer your question, let me just state for the record that Coffindaffer is not "retired." The judge has a gag order on this case and supposedly the prosecution and defense can't talk about the case in the media. By leaking info through "retired" special agent Coffindaffer, the prosecution can try the case in the media while the defendant is forced to shut up.

Posted by: Oschisms at April 07, 2023 08:48 AM (NfF+F)

179 175 Yes but not 'Stairway To Heaven'
Posted by: Ciampino - Every Music Shop in America at April 07, 2023 08:47 AM (qfLjt)

"I know, right?"

- - Layla

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 07, 2023 08:48 AM (x0n13)

180 Rmeember when the NY Post reported the manifesto would be released "soon"?

Uh-huh.

Posted by: ... at April 07, 2023 08:48 AM (oRPUD)

181 There is only one response to all of this. You know it, I know it and the whole world knows it. The question is, will that response ever happen? I have my doubts, not that in any way, shape or form do I desire it. I dread it. But I dread even more the prospect of just sitting on our hands and waiting for the figurative and even literal axe to fall
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A daily question, I think. The violence in blue shitholes is what might bring about "the response." Slowly. Then all at once.

I seriously doubt we hear a fraction of the horror stories from those places. But more are surfacing every day.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 07, 2023 08:48 AM (Q4IgG)

182 It would be safe to say that north of 95% of those who "wield law books, arrest warrants and indictments" are not even aware of a Constitution and never would let it interfere with their perceived job duties.
____

That's what I've been tryina tell y'all.

Posted by: Sen. Kennedy (R-LA) at April 07, 2023 08:49 AM (fs1hN)

183 Just hypothetically, if you were the DNC, and you had the location and financial data stolen from Americans, it would enable you to process huge, illegal foreign political contributions and you could create millions of micro transactions to launder that money to your party's candidates.

Just hypothetically.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 07, 2023 08:47 AM (lTGtQ)
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Presumably the people behind those illegal foreign contributions are expecting a return on their investment.

For some, the death of America might be the goal. For others, I would assume it's power and money.

What happens when the people they put into power cannot deliver because America is destroyed?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 07, 2023 08:49 AM (YIVH2)

184 Ugh. Never take a vacation day or two from work. The unburying you have to do when you get back...

Morning all.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 07, 2023 08:49 AM (SEDrX)

185 @161 there's a Bob Lee who's a sportscaster on ESPN and there was a Bob Lee who qb'ed for the falcons and Vikings in the 60s + 70s. Pretty common name

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 07, 2023 08:49 AM (386ly)

186 As long as Bob Lee doesn't have a horse named Traveller who donates to the Dems, it might be legit.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at April 07, 2023 08:50 AM (Vwz3I)

187 Fake people gave Gov G retch aout 25 mil
Fake people gave Warnoch 19 mil

In total about 660 mill in 2020 and 22.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 07, 2023 08:50 AM (BRHaw)

188 sorry 550 not 660

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 07, 2023 08:50 AM (BRHaw)

189 "Autos are entirely financialized already and tremendous numbers of buyers never get off that treadmill.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

They want everyone on that treadmill and it will accelerate. None of my cars are financed and I won't buy a car that I have to finance.

Posted by: fd at April 07, 2023 08:50 AM (iayUP)

190 Coffindaffer is saying the FBI seized ID's from Kohberger's car and, without a shred of evidence, also saying they might belong to the murder victims. This is not the sort of thing the prosecution leaks if they have a case.

There are certainly other perpetrators at large involved in this murder and it is being covered up by the FBI.

The cops arrested the mother of one of the murder victims on drug charges 6 days after her child was killed. This is no coincidence. She can point the finger at others, so law enforcement had to shut her up.

Posted by: Oschisms at April 07, 2023 08:51 AM (NfF+F)

191 163 Autos are entirely financialized already and tremendous numbers of buyers never get off that treadmill.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 07, 2023 08:44 AM (t0OGg)

Some dealers won't even sell to you if you want to buy it outright from Day 1.

Posted by: XTC at April 07, 2023 08:51 AM (UnA8+)

192 184 Ugh. Never take a vacation day or two from work. The unburying you have to do when you get back...

Morning all.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 07, 2023 08:49 AM (SEDrX)

Inbox
Crtl a
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Posted by: rhennigantx at April 07, 2023 08:51 AM (BRHaw)

193 One can restore their honor through Seppuku.

*********

The secret, Grasshopper, is to consider the negative spaces in the grid. Look not where the numbers are, but rather where the numbers are not. Also seek the matched pairs and triplets.

/Honorable Number Puzzle Guru

Posted by: Muldoon at April 07, 2023 08:51 AM (ykeLU)

194 Bragg will be US Atty Gen someday

I'm thinking about Christian Apologetics - the proofs of the existence of God. There are classical and presuppositional arguments, and all are good, but I think we have an yet another pathway here.

Alvin Bragg being a US Atty Gen someday must cause agnostics to recalibrate their thinking in light of clear evidence of the Wrath of God.

No other way to adequately explain the trajectory of social and civilizational destruction other than through Divine Intervention.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 07, 2023 08:51 AM (YXHzG)

195 Just donated. I request "Freebird"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 07, 2023 08:52 AM (386ly)

196 They want everyone on that treadmill and it will accelerate. None of my cars are financed and I won't buy a car that I have to finance.

we won't either and our kids drive used as well

Posted by: BlackOrchid at April 07, 2023 08:52 AM (w0NJk)

197 185 @161 there's a Bob Lee who's a sportscaster on ESPN and there was a Bob Lee who qb'ed for the falcons and Vikings in the 60s + 70s. Pretty common name
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 07, 2023 08:49 AM (386ly)

The ESPN guy is "Bob Ley", not "Bob Lee".

Also, going to assume the SF Bob Lee is Chinese or Taiwanese?

Posted by: XTC at April 07, 2023 08:52 AM (UnA8+)

198 Things can always get worse
there is no bottom

Posted by: DB - stealing the handle at April 07, 2023 08:52 AM (geLO8)

199 Oh Seppuku! My bad. Never mind.

Posted by: Muldoon at April 07, 2023 08:52 AM (ykeLU)

200 Some dealers won't even sell to you if you want to buy it outright from Day 1.
Posted by: XTC at April 07, 2023 08:51 AM (UnA8+)

Last 2 car I bought on 60 months. 1 I got 3000 to finance and another 1500. Paid them off after 1 payment.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 07, 2023 08:52 AM (BRHaw)

201 If Lavrentiy Bragg is successful he will move upward to bigger and better things, and it's possible in a Kangaroo Court to get 1 or 2 of his non law charges convicted. If he loses and it gets tossed he still will be rewarded maybe in a Law college teaching how to get your man no matter what it's for.

Posted by: Skip at April 07, 2023 08:52 AM (xhxe8)

202 Ugh. Never take a vacation day or two from work. The unburying you have to do when you get back...

I learned that lesson in the consulting world. The client fully expects their point of contact to never sleep, never rest and never vacation.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 07, 2023 08:53 AM (YXHzG)

203 Evidence pointing to other perps is very strong. One of the victims ordered a doordash delivery that was delivered at 4am. Kohberger supposedly started killing at 4:01am.

So one of the victims was alive when she was stabbed to death, but her screams didn't wake the other roommates who "survived" Kohberger's attack?

No, the survivors were involved in the murder.

Posted by: Oschisms at April 07, 2023 08:53 AM (NfF+F)

204 @185

>> there's a Bob Lee who's a sportscaster on ESPN and there was a Bob Lee who qb'ed for the falcons and Vikings in the 60s + 70s. Pretty common name

True, but as far as I can tell, every Bob Lee is a Democrat, and donates to Democrat candidates outside of their state of claimed residence.

Now that's odd, wouldn't you say?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 07, 2023 08:53 AM (up/3i)

205 "And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit."

Matthew 27:50

Posted by: Marcus T at April 07, 2023 08:54 AM (IpdaE)

206 >>“I have no words,” she wrote. “SF is a complete s—hole. I am a registered Democrat and feel confident saying liberal politicians are ruining cities.”

ANd will you stop voting Democrat???
Or will you enjoy your moment of clarity, then pack up your stuff, move to a safer city in a red state, and then vote for more Democrats - the kind who pretend not to be radicals while implementing the same policies? Will you acknowledge that people who have been criticizing these policies for years aren't racists, haters, etc.?

Sorry, Lefties just now, in 2023 -- years after BLM burned down major cities across the country, and along w/Soros DAs triggered widespread lawlessness -- noticing they've created "Death Wish"-style crime-infested cities.

You broke it, you bought it.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 07, 2023 08:55 AM (EdLEa)

207 "There's nothing standing in the way of these fiends."

"Smith is special counsel in name only; the team of investigators and prosecutors who initiated the first set of inquiries simply changed letterhead."

Those two sentences describe the incredible mess we are.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but until Biden and his tool Garland seized power, Special Prosecutors and Special Counsels were not active DoJ employees.* Most had been for various periods, but they were not when selected. The Junta no longer cares about appearances for the rubes.

*Exception: John "Steiner" Durham. However, IIRC he was not made a Special Counsel at the start of his RussiaGate investigations.

Posted by: Gref at April 07, 2023 08:55 AM (AMIL/)

208 What happens when the people they put into power cannot deliver because America is destroyed?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

I think what they have in mind is taking possession of all of the assets in the US, which is quite the valuable commodity. There is a lot of real estate and infrastructure to be expropriated. They aren't thinking about taking over a going concern as much as a fire sale.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 07, 2023 08:55 AM (lTGtQ)

209 Some dealers won't even sell to you if you want to buy it outright from Day 1.

Auctions are your friends.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 07, 2023 08:55 AM (YXHzG)

210 They want everyone on that treadmill and it will accelerate. None of my cars are financed and I won't buy a car that I have to finance.
Posted by: fd at April 07, 2023 08:50 AM (iayUP)
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They do. They are also largely already successful. Well over 80% -often around 90% - of cars are purchased with financing. Around half of adults have an active car loan at any given time. Some of this is hidden cash payments for various reasons (I did this - I financed a car through the manufacturer to get a major discount, then paid off 90% of the loan in month zero to minimize interest costs before letting it roll off over the next two months to satisfy the contract), but not much.

Getting people on the treadmill or keeping them there isn't a new goal. It's an old one that has been achieved. The EV push is an escalator, but only a fairly minor one. The next stage is probably non-ownership and non-possession. Use an autonomous Uber car, bro!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 07, 2023 08:56 AM (t0OGg)

211 "Last 2 car I bought on 60 months. 1 I got 3000 to finance and another 1500. Paid them off after 1 payment.
Posted by: rhennigantx

That's the way to do it. Take their "incentives" and then stick it to em. That's hard for the average person to do on a $50k + car though.

Posted by: fd at April 07, 2023 08:56 AM (iayUP)

212 The only rock solid evidence they have on Kohberger is the DNA on the sheath.

But the "survivors" didn't call the cops until hours after they found the body and had friends over to contaminate the crime scene.

Any competent public defender will point out that another killer could have planted the sheath.

The judge will not allow Kohberger to have a competent public defender.

Posted by: Oschisms at April 07, 2023 08:56 AM (NfF+F)

213 Just got an order interesting weather alert. The Catskills and Mid - Hudson are at high risk for "fire weather". Very dry with high winds. Fun!

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 07, 2023 08:57 AM (386ly)

214 They want everyone on that treadmill and it will accelerate. None of my cars are financed and I won't buy a car that I have to finance.
Posted by: fd

I haven't financed a car in decades - I worked hard at being lucky. The dealers I know of hate you if you tell them, in the finance office, that you are cashing out.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 07, 2023 08:57 AM (qoGsy)

215
A controversial Covid-19 vaccine — linked to a very rare but serious side-effect— has been quietly discontinued in Australia, the federal government has confirmed.

The AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, sold under the brand name Vaxzevria, has not been available to the Australian public since March 20.

I think this is the one that was destroying the effectiveness of other vaxes.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 07, 2023 08:57 AM (BRHaw)

216 I think what they have in mind is taking possession of all of the assets in the US, which is quite the valuable commodity. There is a lot of real estate and infrastructure to be expropriated. They aren't thinking about taking over a going concern as much as a fire sale.

Except ownership of property comes with the duty and responsibility of maintaining it.

Renters will almost certainly trash out a home or car at a much more prodigious rate than owners of same property.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 07, 2023 08:57 AM (YXHzG)

217 @197 I stand corrected , thx

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 07, 2023 08:57 AM (386ly)

218 as far as I can tell, every Bob Lee is a Democrat, and donates to Democrat candidates outside of their state of claimed residence.

Now that's odd, wouldn't you say?

Posted by: Thomas Bender

You are going to find many, many more names than just Bob Lee. It would take vast computing power to track down all of the laundered donations.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 07, 2023 08:57 AM (lTGtQ)

219 208 I think what they have in mind is taking possession of all of the assets in the US, which is quite the valuable commodity. There is a lot of real estate and infrastructure to be expropriated. They aren't thinking about taking over a going concern as much as a fire sale.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 07, 2023 08:55 AM (lTGtQ)

Jamie Dimon of JP Morgan already said that this is the goal.

Posted by: XTC at April 07, 2023 08:58 AM (UnA8+)

220 "Were You There?" - Johnny Cash live.

One of the best ever. Tinyurl won't take my YouTube link so look it up if you're interested.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 07, 2023 08:58 AM (45fpk)

221 Some dealers won't even sell to you if you want to buy it outright from Day 1.
Posted by: XTC at April 07, 2023 08:51 AM (UnA8+)
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But you can put the screws to them because you have choices - at least, you could before everything was burned downed to the waterline in the name of destroying normal people. This is what happened to me in '17. I had the car I wanted and a price I wanted. I dickered with the dealer for two and a half hours getting that price. One of the strings was financing. Okay. Per the contract, they could claw back the rebate if I paid off the note before three months. So I didn't. I paid most of it immediately to reduce the principal balance and then the note rolled off in month three. The $1k discount on the purchase cost me $74 in interest. Easy math.

Some of that goes on, but it's fairly marginal.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 07, 2023 08:58 AM (t0OGg)

222 Except ownership of property comes with the duty and responsibility of maintaining it.

Renters will almost certainly trash out a home or car at a much more prodigious rate than owners of same property.

Posted by: Reuben Hick

The people that currently own the property won't be occupying it.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 07, 2023 08:58 AM (lTGtQ)

223 So what is needed in places like San Franshithole is a few thousand rich, well to do democrat marxists need to be violently murdered and then the politics of those places will shift to law and order well run cities.

Sounds like a plan.

More coffee…

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 07, 2023 08:59 AM (R/m4+)

224 As long as Bob Lee doesn't have a horse named Traveller who donates to the Dems, it might be legit.
Posted by: andycanuck

Ooooh. ISWYDT.

Golf clap.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 07, 2023 09:00 AM (SEDrX)

225 @204 somebody posted a 2020 tweet from the murdered Bob Lee and it appeared he was a supporter of the Floyd protests. Another however came out against violence against Asians. This lee was a white guy.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 07, 2023 09:00 AM (386ly)

226 I buy used cars exclusively. I couldn't care less about the new bells and whistles they put in the new rigs that cost 50k. I drive an 09 Jetta manual transmission auto. No bells. No whistles. It cost $6000 in '18 and it has been reliable now going on 5 years. I don't understand the allure of new rides. If you average it out my car has cost me about $100 a month over the last 5 years

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at April 07, 2023 09:00 AM (flINI)

227 So what is needed in places like San Franshithole is a few thousand rich, well to do democrat marxists need to be violently murdered and then the politics of those places will shift to law and order well run cities. ...
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 07, 2023 08:59 AM (R/m4+)
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No chance. The rich have options. The rich can - and will - leave. That will trigger a fiscal crisis because those same places are wholly dependent on their rich populations for fiscal survival. That fiscal crisis and bankruptcy is what might eventually bring change.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 07, 2023 09:00 AM (t0OGg)

228 "Getting people on the treadmill or keeping them there isn't a new goal. It's an old one that has been achieved. "

No, but before, those 7 year old cars went into the used car market. EVs will be worn out after the lease, forcing most people to buy new and financed.

Posted by: fd at April 07, 2023 09:00 AM (iayUP)

229 Kohberger supposedly started killing the moment the DoorDash order was picked up and was in his car leaving the area by 4:20am.

Between 4:01am and 4:20am he killed at least one person who was alive to scream, than made his way through a dark and unfamiliar house, killing 3 others. Then he got in his car and left.

There are men who could do this by themselves. Take one look at this loser Kohberger. Does he look like he could stab 4 people to death in 20 minutes? Or does he look like the man who could help another man do so?

Posted by: Oschisms at April 07, 2023 09:01 AM (NfF+F)

230 Inbox
Crtl a
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Posted by: rhennigantx

*SNORT!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 07, 2023 09:01 AM (SEDrX)

231 221 But you can put the screws to them because you have choices - at least, you could before everything was burned downed to the waterline in the name of destroying normal people. This is what happened to me in '17. I had the car I wanted and a price I wanted. I dickered with the dealer for two and a half hours getting that price. One of the strings was financing. Okay. Per the contract, they could claw back the rebate if I paid off the note before three months. So I didn't. I paid most of it immediately to reduce the principal balance and then the note rolled off in month three. The $1k discount on the purchase cost me $74 in interest. Easy math.

Some of that goes on, but it's fairly marginal.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 07, 2023 08:58 AM (t0OGg)

In my case, I'm not financially secure enough to be granted loans, so we had to have me, my father, AND my grandfather arguing with the dealership until they finally gave in.

And they only gave in because back when my grandfather was still working, he was in charge of purchasing the fleet vehicles for where he worked, and always got them from that same dealership.

Posted by: XTC at April 07, 2023 09:02 AM (UnA8+)

232 No, but before, those 7 year old cars went into the used car market. EVs will be worn out after the lease, forcing most people to buy new and financed.
Posted by: fd at April 07, 2023 09:00 AM (iayUP)
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True, but the 7 year old car isn't worth all that much at that point. Most of the depreciation has been experienced and paid for. The old car might get you a down payment on the new car. Nothing more than that.

Of course, you can *keep* that old car and keep driving it until the wheels fall off (this is my approach). That option goes away with the EV that will now need the IC equivalent of a complete powertrain rebuild.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 07, 2023 09:02 AM (t0OGg)

233 Autos are entirely financialized already and tremendous numbers of buyers never get off that treadmill.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 07, 2023 08:44 AM (t0OGg)

I plan to drive my 2006 Toyota Highlander as long as possible. She's got some cosmetic blemishes, but she runs great. Only 144K miles. I added some modern bells and whistles like a bluetooth and USB compatible radio unit, 12V USB charging ports, and a backup camera. Even if I spend a thousand bucks a year on upkeep, I'm still ahead of the treadmill.

Posted by: Doof at April 07, 2023 09:03 AM (LLddH)

234 In my case, I'm not financially secure enough to be granted loans, so we had to have me, my father, AND my grandfather arguing with the dealership until they finally gave in.

And they only gave in because back when my grandfather was still working, he was in charge of purchasing the fleet vehicles for where he worked, and always got them from that same dealership.
Posted by: XTC at April 07, 2023 09:02 AM (UnA8+)
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Man, that dealer sounds awful. I've gotten *very* hard sell on financing, but never an outright refusal to sell without financing or an unwillingness to even discuss the point.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 07, 2023 09:03 AM (t0OGg)

235 Why do you think that every western country is taking in illegals as fast as they can? If you replace the population with a varied mixture of ethnicities and cultures, they cannot readily form factions to oppose the central government. They will be allowed to use the properties taken from those who used to own them..

Then, there is no need for uncertain things like elections, and the brave new world of smart cities can be implemented. They are bragging about this online today.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 07, 2023 09:03 AM (lTGtQ)

236 Renters will almost certainly trash out a home or car at a much more prodigious rate than owners of same property.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 07, 2023 08:57 AM (YXHzG)

Section 8 has to be completely refurbed every 5 years.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 07, 2023 09:04 AM (BRHaw)

237 New Mexico abortion center sets ‘starting goal’ of killing 75 babies per week

“The starting goal is to serve 75 patients a week,” Axios reported on March 23. “Whole Woman’s Health of New Mexico will provide first- and second-trimester in-clinic abortion procedures up to 18 weeks of gestational age and has plans to expand care up to 24 weeks in the near future.”

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 07, 2023 09:04 AM (fs1hN)

238 Yay! I am getting Starlink! 2 years on the waiting list.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 07, 2023 09:04 AM (WzJYQ)

239 I plan to drive my 2006 Toyota Highlander as long as possible. She's got some cosmetic blemishes, but she runs great. Only 144K miles. I added some modern bells and whistles like a bluetooth and USB compatible radio unit, 12V USB charging ports, and a backup camera. Even if I spend a thousand bucks a year on upkeep, I'm still ahead of the treadmill.
Posted by: Doof at April 07, 2023 09:03 AM (LLddH)
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Yup. This is my approach. I do not view cars as disposable or high-turnover equipment.

It's also super "green" to do this, too. I don't care about that, but you'd think that the greenies would. But the greenies don't care because the "green" movement is all about appearances.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 07, 2023 09:05 AM (t0OGg)

240 David Smith, a retired printing technician, has discovered a shape known as an “einstein,” which can be tiled over a surface without the pattern repeating

*******

That's nothing. My personal trainer described something he called a "muldoon", a shape that should never be repeated in public.

Posted by: Muldoon at April 07, 2023 09:05 AM (ykeLU)

241 "Getting people on the treadmill or keeping them there isn't a new goal. It's an old one that has been achieved. "

2007 Ranger, 2010 Dodge Avenger & 2021 F-150. No payments.

And I missed being able to pay $47,000 cash, (literally a briefcase full), for the F-150 by a week.
It was right after we sold the house. I was just waiting for the check to clear. I knew I had the money. Felt sorry for the finance guy. Doing all that work just to pay it off before the first payment was due.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 07, 2023 09:05 AM (SEDrX)

242 ...and recommended a keto diet and 1,000 crunches.

Posted by: Muldoon at April 07, 2023 09:05 AM (ykeLU)

243 There are many, many things wrong with what Bill Gates has said, done, and been involved with over the years (biggest crimes being MS DOS 4, Windows 95, 98, ME, Vista, 8, 10, and RT, the Xbox One, and of course Zune (with NT 4, XP, 7, the .NET framework, SQL Server, and C# actually being very good) -- but he's always yakked about the dangers of AI, so that PJ Media piece may be true but doesn't convey the entire story.

Full disclosure: I hate Microsoft (especially Windows), been a Linux user since the 1990's, and the only thing I've ever liked about Gates was how much he pissed off Steve Jobs.

Posted by: marcus gravey at April 07, 2023 09:05 AM (516e+)

244 Yay! I am getting Starlink! 2 years on the waiting list.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

Yay! You will love it!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 07, 2023 09:06 AM (SEDrX)

245 No chance. The rich have options. The rich can - and will - leave. That will trigger a fiscal crisis because those same places are wholly dependent on their rich populations for fiscal survival. That fiscal crisis and bankruptcy is what might eventually bring change.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 07, 2023 09:00 AM (t0OGg)

About 300k have left the area since COVID

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 07, 2023 09:06 AM (BRHaw)

246 194 - Reuben Hick: Isaiah 3:12

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 07, 2023 09:07 AM (GPGR5)

247 TIP JAR : Your support helps keep the lights on and is truly appreciated.

Made my quarterly drop into the jar. Do I get to request a song now?

Posted by: Doof at April 07, 2023 08:08 AM (LLddH)
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Yes but not 'Stairway To Heaven'
Posted by: Ciampino - Every Music Shop in America at April 07, 2023 08:47 AM (qfLjt)

If I request Zeppelin, it would be a deep cut. Something like Out On The Tiles. Or maybe Candy Store Rock.

Posted by: Doof at April 07, 2023 09:07 AM (LLddH)

248 About 300k have left the area since COVID
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 07, 2023 09:06 AM (BRHaw)
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But not many of the hyper-rich on which San Francisco (and California) depends. If they start leaving, the books collapse almost immediately. New York is ahead of the curve on that, for now. They're not in full-blown fiscal crisis yet, but they're close. All it will take is another 1-2 dozen of their richest people leaving to push it over the edge.

The margins are that narrow. It's terrifying from a risk-management standpoint.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 07, 2023 09:08 AM (t0OGg)

249
There are men who could do this by themselves. Take one look at this loser Kohberger. Does he look like he could stab 4 people to death in 20 minutes? Or does he look like the man who could help another man do so?

Posted by: Oschisms at April 07, 2023 09:01 AM

Didn't he ask upon arrest, "Am I the only one?"

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 07, 2023 09:08 AM (enJYY)

250 Have a great day, everyone.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 07, 2023 09:08 AM (u82oZ)

251 Yay! You will love it!
Posted by: rickb223

I hope so. I use T mobile home and it gets glitchy after I use too much data during the month. There aren't supposed to be data caps, but there are data caps.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 07, 2023 09:08 AM (WzJYQ)

252 TIP JAR : Your support helps keep the lights on and is truly appreciated.

Made my quarterly drop into the jar. Do I get to request a song now?

Posted by: Doof at April 07, 2023 08:08 AM (LLddH)
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Yes but not 'Stairway To Heaven'
Posted by: Ciampino

FREEBIRD!!!!!!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 07, 2023 09:08 AM (SEDrX)

253 I feel little sympathy for this tech exec, he and people like him created this situation . . .

Posted by: Thomas Bender

100%

I don't want to see harm but until people start experiencing the consequences of their vote and not locked behind gated communities with guard protection, things will not change.

The lady above FB posting. Sure, she feels bad. But it's the same old story: the elected D just hasn't implemented X policy gooder and harder.

She'll vote the name with the D next to it in the next election and the one after that.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at April 07, 2023 09:08 AM (NW9xb)

254 Yay! I am getting Starlink! 2 years on the waiting list.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

"There's a Star Man waiting in the sky,
He'd like to come and meet us, but he thinks it'd blow our mind."

Posted by: Tonypete at April 07, 2023 09:09 AM (qoGsy)

255 I plan to drive my 2006 Toyota Highlander as long as possible. She's got some cosmetic blemishes, but she runs great. Only 144K miles. I added some modern bells and whistles like a bluetooth and USB compatible radio unit, 12V USB charging ports, and a backup camera. Even if I spend a thousand bucks a year on upkeep, I'm still ahead of the treadmill.
Posted by: Doof at April 07, 2023 09:03 AM (LLddH)

I know a place in Shreveport area and another in Dallas that gut a good truck (seat carpet radio etc) and make it new inside. Its about 4 to 6 k.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 07, 2023 09:09 AM (BRHaw)

256 Yesterday evening there was another assault on a SF resident, one who has a prominent surname (Alioto). He told a trio of "homeless" men to leave his premises. They beat him with a crow bar. Now he is in IC.
It happened in another tony neighborhood, the Marina.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 07, 2023 09:09 AM (jTmQV)

257 I highly recommend the Pacific War museum and the accompanying Nimitz museum in Fredericksburg. Then go have a Shiner down the street at Hondo's and toast a generation of warriors that at least keep then hun horde at bay for another 70 years

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 07, 2023 09:10 AM (oWBc3)

258 >>On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “José Díaz-Balart Reports,” Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO) stated that the federal government losing track of migrant children who were exploited for child labor is an issue where there is “a lot of confusion and there’s been massive change over the last couple of years coming out of the pandemic, coming out of all the problems we’ve had at the border” and that “so many of these problems reflect a high volume of kids coming in, unaccompanied.”

Uh, yeah, it started in 2014 when Obama implemented his policy that allowed "unaccompanied minors" who crossed the border illegally to stay. They are lost in the system by design. The way to stop this is to build the wall and to stop rewarding unaccompanied minors.
But I'm going to guess Hick doesn't want to do that, he just wants to spend more money on more programs that encourage more kids pouring across the border.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 07, 2023 09:10 AM (EdLEa)

259 239 Yup. This is my approach. I do not view cars as disposable or high-turnover equipment.

It's also super "green" to do this, too. I don't care about that, but you'd think that the greenies would. But the greenies don't care because the "green" movement is all about appearances.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 07, 2023 09:05 AM (t0OGg)

I've had my '09 Nissan since August 2008. As long as it's still going, I'm not getting another one.

Posted by: XTC at April 07, 2023 09:10 AM (UnA8+)

260 Slightly surprised there isn't much talk about the Dem reps in TN getting the boot...DU is in full meltdown over it!

Biden Tweet: Three kids and three officials gunned down in yet another mass shooting. And what are GOP officials focused on? Punishing lawmakers who joined thousands of peaceful protesters calling for action. It's shocking, undemocratic, and without precedent.

The TN GOP expelled the two black men "because they had bullhorns" And the white woman didn't. Just reported on MSNBC in a clip of the GOP speaker. What bullshit. The white woman protested softly and the two black men were loud, so they had to be expelled.

Is bullhorns code for uppity?

who cares about bullhorns?!? The fact is, repukes are fine with active shooter drills in elementary schools because of chronic mass shootings, but are offended when people loudly protest gun violence - that is just fucked up beyond belief

KKKennessee: the writing is on the wall....with kid's blood.

Other GOP legislatures will start expelling Democrats for bullshit reasons. Just watch

sue. violatin of first andment rights and others!

Posted by: Intrepid Democratic Underground AoS Liaison at April 07, 2023 09:11 AM (mzEwx)

261 No chance. The rich have options. The rich can - and will - leave. That will trigger a fiscal crisis because those same places are wholly dependent on their rich populations for fiscal survival. That fiscal crisis and bankruptcy is what might eventually bring change.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 07, 2023 09:00 AM (t0OGg)

Well, maybe give it a try for a few weeks and see if it works?

Can’t hurt.

More coffee…

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 07, 2023 09:11 AM (R/m4+)

262 What would stop the govt from instituting a mandatory cash for clunkers program and destroying all the ICE cars, and the used car market?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 07, 2023 09:11 AM (hoGSj)

263 Williams, a strategist for diversity leadership retained by the university, would appear to show that UF has created 1,018 separate DEI initiatives (slide 55).

Requiring whites to join “Racists Anonymous” was my favorite part of the UF thing. I assume DeSantis will be moving to end that shortly.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 07, 2023 09:11 AM (X4R3E)

264 Interesting story on Ninety Miles website: cattle farmers to start injecting cattle with mRNA vax.
Research into plants and crops used as mRNA vax carriers is also well underway.

Posted by: Ziba at April 07, 2023 09:11 AM (4h9M3)

265 ... Other GOP legislatures will start expelling Democrats for bullshit reasons. Just watch ...
Posted by: Intrepid Democratic Underground AoS Liaison at April 07, 2023 09:11 AM (mzEwx)
++++
From your keyboard to G-d's ears, Mr. DU robot.
:: raises glass ::

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 07, 2023 09:12 AM (t0OGg)

266 I hope so. I use T mobile home and it gets glitchy after I use too much data during the month. There aren't supposed to be data caps, but there are data caps.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

Starlink throttles at 1 terabyte, iirc. With both of us working from home, her - full time, me 2x week, all tv and phones, calling & surfing, the most we've ever used was 500 gigs for the month.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 07, 2023 09:12 AM (SEDrX)

267 Yup. This is my approach. I do not view cars as disposable or high-turnover equipment.

It's also super "green" to do this, too. I don't care about that, but you'd think that the greenies would. But the greenies don't care because the "green" movement is all about appearances.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 07, 2023 09:05 AM (t0OGg)

Vehicle is new enough to have modern safety features like side curtain air bags but old enough that it doesn't try to do everything for me. Cruise control is the only "smart" feature I need.

Posted by: Doof at April 07, 2023 09:12 AM (LLddH)

268 So one of the victims was alive when she was stabbed to death
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Go figure. 🤣

Posted by: ... at April 07, 2023 09:12 AM (nH2om)

269 What would stop the govt from instituting a mandatory cash for clunkers program and destroying all the ICE cars, and the used car market?
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 07, 2023 09:11 AM (hoGSj)
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Legally? Probably a lot of stuff.
Practically? Nothing except money.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 07, 2023 09:12 AM (t0OGg)

270 I highly recommend the Pacific War museum and the accompanying Nimitz museum in Fredericksburg. Then go have a Shiner down the street at Hondo's and toast a generation of warriors that at least keep then hun horde at bay for another 70 years
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem

Amen to that. And a further enticement to visit there - if you search, you can find groups of townfolk that still speak German - routinely. Great fun.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 07, 2023 09:13 AM (qoGsy)

271 Then recently I learned that ChatGPT falsely reported on a claim of sexual harassment that was never made against me on a trip that never occurred while I was on a faculty where I never taught. ChapGPT relied on a cited Post article that was never written and quotes a statement that was never made by the newspaper. When the Washington Post investigated the false story, it learned that another AI program “Microsoft’s Bing, which is powered by GPT-4, repeated the false claim about Jonathan Turley.” It appears that I have now been adjudicated by an AI jury on something that never occurred.

"Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 07, 2023 09:13 AM (BRHaw)

272 The Star Chamber impaneled by Garland worries me far more than the case brought by Bragg.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(2YtOq) at April 07, 2023 09:13 AM (2YtOq)

273 I highly recommend the Pacific War museum and the accompanying Nimitz museum in Fredericksburg. Then go have a Shiner down the street at Hondo's and toast a generation of warriors that at least keep then hun horde at bay for another 70 years

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem

That is a great place, though it has been years since I last visited.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 07, 2023 09:13 AM (lTGtQ)

274 Please note JJ, all of these places are in Yankee Land. Do not extrapolate Yankee nihilism to the rest of the country. This is part of their schizoid virtue. They've have had this for quite some time. Do you expect the South to save the abolitionists from the slaves. Just ain't gonna happen.

Posted by: Puddinhead at April 07, 2023 09:14 AM (xSnmX)

275 hiya

Posted by: JT at April 07, 2023 09:14 AM (T4tVD)

276 sue. violatin of first andment rights and others!

I always suspected Mary Cloggenstein was a DUer.

Posted by: Intrepid Democratic Underground AoS Liaison at April 07, 2023 09:14 AM (mzEwx)

277 262 What would stop the govt from instituting a mandatory cash for clunkers program and destroying all the ICE cars, and the used car market?
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 07, 2023 09:11 AM (hoGSj)

Every mexican roofer and yard man!

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 07, 2023 09:14 AM (BRHaw)

278 True, but the 7 year old car isn't worth all that much at that point. Most of the depreciation has been experienced and paid for. The old car might get you a down payment on the new car. Nothing more than that.

Of course, you can *keep* that old car and keep driving it until the wheels fall off (this is my approach). That option goes away with the EV that will now need the IC equivalent of a complete powertrain rebuild.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 07, 2023 09:02 AM (t0OGg)

A lot of people have never been able to do basic, yet alone major, auto repairs. (Julia! Now a core Dem constituency.) Detroit still knows this, and the Japanese have caught on. A lot of people have never been able to pay the lump-sum for a major engine repair or replacement. For them it's trade-in before the current one is paid-off. They get on that never ending treadmill. Another systemic-benefit of planned obsolescence is the money made on parts and repairs in the dealer's shop.

Posted by: Gref at April 07, 2023 09:14 AM (AMIL/)

279 Re: tip jar, while I can't use PayPal directly it looks like one can use one of those prepaid cards sold anywhere to accomplish a contribution. Will let you know if it works.

Posted by: LenNeal at April 07, 2023 09:14 AM (43xH1)

280 >>The lady above FB posting. Sure, she feels bad. But it's the same old story: the elected D just hasn't implemented X policy gooder and harder.

Yup.
I'm reminded of a venture capitalist from Silicon Valley ~ six months ago announcing on twitter that he was moving to Miami because of the CA crime, followed by multiple tweets about how he hated DeSantis' policies and would be working to enlighten those rube Floridians. Not a hint of self-awareness or self-reflection regarding how he helped destroy his beautiful, prosperous state.

At best, they are so programmed they cannot break free of the progressive mindset. Or simply idiots.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 07, 2023 09:14 AM (EdLEa)

281 I know a place in Shreveport area and another in Dallas that gut a good truck (seat carpet radio etc) and make it new inside. Its about 4 to 6 k.
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 07, 2023 09:09 AM (BRHaw)

That's a great thing to do. Especially if you have a good old school mechanic you know and trust to help with engine and transmission upkeep. Or if you live near AOP!

Posted by: Doof at April 07, 2023 09:15 AM (LLddH)

282 Ah yes, back to Detroit's "Planned Obsolescence" mode of auto design and construction until the late '70s,

Posted by: Gref at April 07,

This is about me, isn't it.

Ford Pinto

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at April 07, 2023 09:15 AM (NW9xb)

283 The oldest car in my "fleet" is 65, the second oldest is just turning 50. How many 50 year old Teslas do you think there will be?

Posted by: fd at April 07, 2023 09:15 AM (iayUP)

284 @252 great minds , check out my comment at 195

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 07, 2023 09:15 AM (386ly)

285 Uh, yeah, it started in 2014 when Obama implemented his policy that allowed "unaccompanied minors" who crossed the border illegally to stay.

They are lost in the system by design.

Seriously? They aren't lost. They were brought in specifically for human trafficking/sex slaves.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 07, 2023 09:16 AM (SEDrX)

286 Vehicle is new enough to have modern safety features like side curtain air bags but old enough that it doesn't try to do everything for me. Cruise control is the only "smart" feature I need.
Posted by: Doof at April 07, 2023 09:12 AM (LLddH)
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I think the late 90s/early aughts is a sweet spot in car history. The mechanical reliability and fuel efficiency were very good without going into marginal returns territory. There were electronically-assisted diagnostics, but the cars could still be worked on comparatively easy. Most of the safety features that really move the needle - ABS and side airbags - were available, at least on higher-end marques.

Most of the later aughts into today have been spent, in my opinion, chasing marginal improvements in stuff that matters (safety, efficiency, reliability) and shiny doo-dads. Those doo-dads are probably now a net weight on reliability, making them a bad idea.

A notable exception is probably vehicle stability control. That was a great invention, and is a mid-late aughts development (mainstream, anyway).

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 07, 2023 09:16 AM (t0OGg)

287 I plan to drive my 2006 Toyota Highlander as long as possible.
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There can be only one!

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at April 07, 2023 09:16 AM (Vwz3I)

288 Here's the deal - I'm starting to think giving women the vote and allowing them to occupy leadership positions was a serious mistake. They identify too much with who they perceive is oppressed and not enough with those that work and produce, protect and provide. Men have to man-up, take back our rightful power and authority, stop this infantilization and demonization of masculinity or we are done as a civilization. Period. Full stop.

Anonymous Rogue out

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan at April 07, 2023 09:17 AM (ruNP2)

289 247 If I request Zeppelin, it would be a deep cut. Something like Out On The Tiles. Or maybe Candy Store Rock.
Posted by: Doof at April 07, 2023 09:07 AM (LLddH)

Excellent cuts. I am an LZ super-fan. Most memorable moment: Sitting next to Robert Plant on a mid morning subway ride between 33rd and Union Square on the 6 train.

I recognized him, he saw me recognizing him, gave each other a nod. So tempted to go over and ask for a selfie but didn't. I think he appreciated it.

Couldn't believe how old he got and was kind of shambling off the train. And that was 5 years ago.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 07, 2023 09:17 AM (x0n13)

290 @davidllamas
VIOLENT LEFTIST MOB RUSHES
@Riley_Gaines_ AT @TPUSA EVENT AT @SFSU

Riley Gaines is the female collegiate swimmer who objected to William "Lia" Thomas being allowed to compete against women. Hatred on display if you can stomach it.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1644188996887777280

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 07, 2023 09:17 AM (fs1hN)

291 Hiya, JT!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 07, 2023 09:17 AM (t0OGg)

292 Interesting photo, JJ.

Posted by: dantesed at April 07, 2023 09:18 AM (88xKn)

293
When I lived in a high rise apartment there was an intercom system so that someone could contact you and you'd 'buzz' them (unlock the front door) into the front lobby. But the speaker on the intercoms were shit to understand what someone was saying and unless you were expecting someone you'd ignore it. Maybe someone didn't and unlocked the door.

So I could see someone in Bob Lee's complex letting someone in late at night and Bob being in the lobby and getting stabbed. Then staggering out in the street to seek help.Not everyone is as perverted as the Pelosi family.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 07, 2023 09:18 AM (enJYY)

294 288 Here's the deal - I'm starting to think giving women the vote and allowing them to occupy leadership positions was a serious mistake. They identify too much with who they perceive is oppressed and not enough with those that work and produce, protect and provide. Men have to man-up, take back our rightful power and authority, stop this infantilization and demonization of masculinity or we are done as a civilization. Period. Full stop.

Anonymous Rogue out
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan at April 07, 2023 09:17 AM (ruNP2)

Michael Walsh had a column about repealing the amendment. On his website The-Pipeline dot org.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 07, 2023 09:18 AM (x0n13)

295 Yes but not 'Stairway To Heaven'
Posted by: Ciampino

FREEBIRD!!!!!!
Posted by: rickb223

Cocaine Live?

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at April 07, 2023 09:18 AM (NW9xb)

296 280 At best, they are so programmed they cannot break free of the progressive mindset. Or simply idiots.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 07, 2023 09:14 AM (EdLEa)

They don't seem to get that if they want the Taxpayer-Funded Abortion-on-Demand, they have to take the rampant crime that comes with voting for the people that support it.

Posted by: XTC at April 07, 2023 09:19 AM (UnA8+)

297 >>Seriously? They aren't lost. They were brought in specifically for human trafficking/sex slaves.

Of course they were, and still are. Why else would the Obama admin and Planned Parenthood have taken Catholic Charities to court to force them to provide contraceptives to these illegal alien kids while in their care?

Posted by: Lizzy at April 07, 2023 09:19 AM (EdLEa)

298 Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 07, 2023 09:17 AM (fs1hN)
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Well, she committed violence by showing her hateful face in our institution of justice. She was a spy in the house of love, and the bitch got what she deserved.

Posted by: Leftist mob participant at April 07, 2023 09:19 AM (t0OGg)

299 The oldest car in my "fleet" is 65, the second oldest is just turning 50. How many 50 year old Teslas do you think there will be?
Posted by: fd

If they don't burn up? Thousands.
But they'll be yard art. Not running.

But too toxic to dispose of. Because the companies that could dispose of them, have moved on to something else that makes more money.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 07, 2023 09:19 AM (SEDrX)

300 TonyPete, don't forget St. John. Our example of courage through quiet strength.

A blessed Triduum to all!

Posted by: Catherine at April 07, 2023 09:19 AM (ZSsrh)

301 I have no idea, are EVs leased? Is there any on used car market yet?

Posted by: Skip at April 07, 2023 09:19 AM (xhxe8)

302
270 Amen to that. And a further enticement to visit there - if you search, you can find groups of townfolk that still speak German - routinely. Great fun.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 07, 2023 09:13 AM (qoGsy)

I believe Chester Nimitz's actual name is von Nimitz.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 07, 2023 09:20 AM (x0n13)

303 The fact is, ~~repukes~~ repigs are fine with active shooter drills
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I guess someone didn't get the memo.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at April 07, 2023 09:20 AM (Vwz3I)

304 Good call out Catherine. Thanks for the reminder.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 07, 2023 09:21 AM (qoGsy)

305 On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “José Díaz-Balart Reports,” Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO) stated that the federal government losing track of migrant children who were exploited for child labor is an issue where there is “a lot of confusion and there’s been massive change over the last couple of years coming out of the pandemic, coming out of all the problems we’ve had at the border” and that “so many of these problems reflect a high volume of kids coming in, unaccompanied.” ...
Posted by: Lizzy at April 07, 2023 09:10 AM (EdLEa)
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Two questions for Senator Dickenpooper:
1. Who has been in charge of the border "over the last couple of years?"
2. What specific policy changes are related to this problem?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 07, 2023 09:21 AM (t0OGg)

306 293
When I lived in a high rise apartment there was an intercom system so that someone could contact you and you'd 'buzz' them (unlock the front door) into the front lobby. But the speaker on the intercoms were shit to understand what someone was saying and unless you were expecting someone you'd ignore it. Maybe someone didn't and unlocked the door.

So I could see someone in Bob Lee's complex letting someone in late at night and Bob being in the lobby and getting stabbed. Then staggering out in the street to seek help.Not everyone is as perverted as the Pelosi family.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 07, 2023 09:18 AM (enJYY)

Lee killed himself by not paying for a personal bodyguard team!

Posted by: Leftist Idiots at April 07, 2023 09:21 AM (AMIL/)

307 2020 Survey: "How many unarmed black men were killed by police in 2019?"

The Washington Post's police shooting database says 12.

54% of "Very Liberals" (least accurate) estimated 1,000+.

13% of "Conservatives" (most accurate) estimated 1,000+.

PS over half guessed that the number was between 1000 to 10,000

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 07, 2023 09:21 AM (BRHaw)

308 Riley Gaines assaulted and basically kidnapped at u of SF while giving a talk opposing trans women in women's sports . Story at Gateway Pundit. Anybody who says we are not in a leftist revolution is either delusional or stupid

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 07, 2023 09:21 AM (386ly)

309 There are some pretty dumb people out there that will lease a 7 year old EV. The dealers will be just fine.

Posted by: fd at April 07, 2023 09:21 AM (iayUP)

310 There are some pretty dumb people out there that will lease a 7 year old EV. The dealers will be just fine.
Posted by: fd at April 07, 2023 09:21 AM (iayUP)
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Finance, maybe. But I don't think anyone leases used cars. Is that even a market?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 07, 2023 09:22 AM (t0OGg)

311 I had an admiral character named "Chester, Lord Numnutz" once in a fictional-setting wargame campaign.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at April 07, 2023 09:22 AM (Vwz3I)

312 Cash for clunkers destroyed many people in Mex and SA. As our old cars are their new chariots. Same goes for Africa.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 07, 2023 09:23 AM (BRHaw)

313 @290

The video at SFSU is disgusting; we should probably get used to these hate displays by college kids with nothing better to do.

Posted by: Ziba at April 07, 2023 09:23 AM (4h9M3)

314 We are already in a 5th dimensional civil war, not to mention a cyber war with China.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 07, 2023 09:24 AM (lTGtQ)

315 "Finance, maybe. But I don't think anyone leases used cars. Is that even a market?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)"

Yes, finance is the correct word, not lease. Dealers love to finance used cars, especially themselves.

Posted by: fd at April 07, 2023 09:24 AM (iayUP)

316 Excellent cuts. I am an LZ super-fan. Most memorable moment: Sitting next to Robert Plant on a mid morning subway ride between 33rd and Union Square on the 6 train.

I recognized him, he saw me recognizing him, gave each other a nod. So tempted to go over and ask for a selfie but didn't. I think he appreciated it.

Couldn't believe how old he got and was kind of shambling off the train. And that was 5 years ago.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 07, 2023 09:17 AM (x0n13)

Great story! And good restraint on your part. Probably much appreciated.

Recently saw a really good LZ tribute band -- Get The Led Out. They recreate the studio versions of Zep songs rather than trying to mimic a live LZ concert. Worth seeing if they are ever in your area. Great mix of well known songs and deeper cuts for super-fans.

Posted by: Doof at April 07, 2023 09:24 AM (LLddH)

317 But I don't think anyone leases used cars. Is that even a market?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 07, 2023 09:22 AM (t0OGg)

Many car lots are basically rent to own agreements.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 07, 2023 09:25 AM (BRHaw)

318 Hiya Mannix !

Posted by: JT at April 07, 2023 09:25 AM (T4tVD)

319 >>Riley Gaines assaulted and basically kidnapped at u of SF while giving a talk opposing trans women in women's sports .

Trans activists have been saying slogans like "Punch a TERF" and "Death to TERFs" for years. They have been punching feminists who dare to publicly speak and protest against things like trans bathroom and sports policies.
They mean it.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 07, 2023 09:25 AM (EdLEa)

320 Anybody who says we are not in a leftist revolution is either delusional or stupid

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 07, 2023 09:21 AM (386ly)

I've been saying it since very early 2009

Posted by: ... at April 07, 2023 09:25 AM (xKx+l)

321 The Bronx stepfather who strangled his stepson is back in jail as of yesterday (Thursday). Apparently it's a parole violation to be indicted for criminal negligent homicide and manslaughter

Posted by: AgathaPagatha at April 07, 2023 09:26 AM (6nERv)

322 A blessed Triduum to all!
Posted by: Catherine

Backatcha !

Posted by: JT at April 07, 2023 09:27 AM (T4tVD)

323 >>The video at SFSU is disgusting; we should probably get used to these hate displays by college kids with nothing better to do.

Maybe we should stop tolerating it.

The Tennessee legislature showed the way yesterday and the country has not imploded. Start defunding these shithole schools, nobody is learning anything anyway.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 07, 2023 09:27 AM (ZLI7S)

324 So if a tranny punches a woman, you can punch them out right? Austin Powers rules I guess.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 07, 2023 09:27 AM (oWBc3)

325 I can't imagine a 7yo EV unless it's super low mileage barely used.

Posted by: Skip at April 07, 2023 09:27 AM (xhxe8)

326 Holy Week in NYC, 1956

https://twitter.com/alx/status/
1644325216737165313

Posted by: IrishEi at April 07, 2023 09:28 AM (3ImbR)

327 321 The Bronx stepfather who strangled his stepson is back in jail as of yesterday (Thursday). Apparently it's a parole violation to be indicted for criminal negligent homicide and manslaughter
Posted by: AgathaPagatha at April 07, 2023 09:26 AM

The poor guy was just about to turn his life around and become a neurosurgeon, too!

Posted by: MSM at April 07, 2023 09:28 AM (mzEwx)

328 Vehicle is new enough to have modern safety features like side curtain air bags but old enough that it doesn't try to do everything for me. Cruise control is the only "smart" feature I need.
Posted by: Doof

I put my wife's F-150 in neutral and opened the door. It told me if I wanted to exit the vehicle and leave the truck in neutral, to press this button.

WTF? If I am exiting the vehicle, I'll put it in park like God intended.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 07, 2023 09:28 AM (SEDrX)

329 312 Cash for clunkers destroyed many people in Mex and SA. As our old cars are their new chariots. Same goes for Africa.
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SA loved our used Isuzu Troopers. Just change out the DOT mandated aluminum head with a steel one and they are still running strong down there. DC sucks at every imaginable level possible.

Posted by: Puddinhead at April 07, 2023 09:28 AM (xSnmX)

330 There is more than one possible solution. If the GOP had any nerve they could avert whichever coming disaster - tyranny or war.

They would immediately begin arresting all Democrat politicians in their states, and refusing any subpoenas or indictments for their own. Lock those Democrats in prison, in solitary confinement, for lengthy terms. Openly persecute their activists. Nullify federal laws, challenge the government to enforce them, order their Guards to disregard federal orders, and make an impassioned case for federal troops to do the same.

If the red states did that as one, I think the feds would blink and the Union would collapse.

But the GOP has no courage and this will never happen.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 07, 2023 09:29 AM (oINRc)

331 I can't imagine a 7yo EV unless it's super low mileage barely used.

Even then, with the rapid technological advances, do you really want one that old that is very likely obsolete and difficult to find parts?

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 07, 2023 09:29 AM (YXHzG)

332 Thank you, J.J.

So, Justice Naita Semaj-Williams made the news again! The NY Post - July 2022 - METRO EXCLUSIVE: NYC judge who sided with rapper C Blu in cop shooting gets new job — in ‘gun court’

Yesterday, after The NY Post reported the step-father's release, he was re-arrested. The NY Post again, in part, "Gov. Kathy Hochul said Tyresse Minter — who was released Wednesday by a lenient Bronx judge after getting hit with manslaughter and negligent homicide charges in Corde’s Jan. 23 slaying — was back in police custody over a parole violation.

“My top priority is public safety,” Hochul said in a statement. “Earlier today, the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision issued a warrant for Tyresse Minter, and he is now in custody.”

Circling back to the before mentioned Justice, a daughter of a notable psychologist, do we ever truly know what drives someone?

Aloha

Posted by: Lola - ALL the 1/6 tapes from Alexandra and Jade, too. at April 07, 2023 09:29 AM (GshMh)

333 I have been married 39 years ho lee fook

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 07, 2023 09:29 AM (BRHaw)

334 @328

>>WTF? If I am exiting the vehicle, I'll put it in park like God intended.

If you are in a recovery situation, your vehicle needs to be in neutral in order to be recovered or towed or put on a flatbed.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 07, 2023 09:31 AM (up/3i)

335 130 Semaj is James spelled backwards.

*******

Well, she's a drater.

Posted by: Muldoon at April 07, 2023 08:36 AM (ykeLU)
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I saw what you did there. Well done.

Posted by: Ciampino - A toidi whichever way you look at him/her at April 07, 2023 09:31 AM (qfLjt)

336 I have been married 39 years ho lee fook
Posted by: rhennigantx

Happy Anniversary !

Posted by: JT at April 07, 2023 09:31 AM (T4tVD)

337 MorningJoe's Giridharadas is speculating how wonderful the country will be when Joey starts his FDR-like fireside chats. His splainer of the week chats. PPV?

Posted by: micky at April 07, 2023 09:31 AM (3byMq)

338 If you are in a recovery situation, your vehicle needs to be in neutral in order to be recovered or towed or put on a flatbed.
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I've seen flatbed tow trucks load a car that was in gear. They just yank it onto the flatbed.

Posted by: Puddinhead at April 07, 2023 09:32 AM (xSnmX)

339 333. Congratulations!

Posted by: Lola - ALL the 1/6 tapes from Alexandra and Jade, too. at April 07, 2023 09:33 AM (GshMh)

340 Question: "Recent resignations from female national leaders all shared the same language of emotional exhaustion.

Are high-level Western female politicians more in tune with their well-being than men or do they simply not have the toughness to handle the pressure?"
https://tinyurl.com/5n8n5fty

Answer: The second one!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 07, 2023 09:33 AM (EdLEa)

341 @338

>>I've seen flatbed tow trucks load a car that was in gear. They just yank it onto the flatbed.

And we call these types of operators, meatballs.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 07, 2023 09:33 AM (up/3i)

342 I've seen flatbed tow trucks load a car that was in gear. They just yank it onto the flatbed.

Posted by: Puddinhead

I have seen tow trucks just pull front wheel drive vehicles lifted at the rear, front tires locked and smoking. They don't care, especially if the car was parked near a courthouse and the meter said violation.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 07, 2023 09:34 AM (lTGtQ)

343 314 We are already in a 5th dimensional civil war, not to mention a cyber war with China.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 07, 2023 09:24 AM (lTGtQ)

My Beautiful Ballon

The Fifth Dimensionals

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 07, 2023 09:36 AM (x0n13)

344 333 Congrats!

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at April 07, 2023 09:36 AM (flINI)

345 @333

>>I have been married 39 years ho lee fook

The first 20 years is the most difficult stretch, after that, it's smooth sailing.

Congratulations.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 07, 2023 09:38 AM (up/3i)

346 156 Amen Marcus

Posted by: NALNAMSAM - not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at April 07, 2023 09:39 AM (+miuL)

347 Her father, born Michael Anthony James, renamed himself Leahcim Semaj, by turning his name backwards and incorporating the Swahili word Tufani, meaning “the one who came with the storm to turn things around.”

However, there are also relatives who kept the surname of James.

Posted by: Lola - ALL the 1/6 tapes from Alexandra and Jade, too. at April 07, 2023 09:41 AM (GshMh)

348 341 @338

>>I've seen flatbed tow trucks load a car that was in gear. They just yank it onto the flatbed.

And we call these types of operators, meatballs.
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There are a lot Meatballs in this world.

Posted by: Puddinhead at April 07, 2023 09:43 AM (xSnmX)

349 Joe Biden's Roman economy sucked ass so bad, Judas Iscariot considered renegotiating his agreement for gold in lieu of silver.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at April 07, 2023 09:43 AM (uAY3R)

350 349 Joe Biden's Roman economy sucked ass so bad, Judas Iscariot considered renegotiating his agreement for gold in lieu of silver.
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This is about me, rite?

Posted by: Mike Pence at April 07, 2023 09:45 AM (xSnmX)

351 347 Her father, born Michael Anthony James, renamed himself Leahcim Semaj, by turning his name backwards and incorporating the Swahili word Tufani, meaning “the one who came with the storm to turn things around.”

However, there are also relatives who kept the surname of James.
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So this guy's shit is all fucked up, rite?

Posted by: Pudinhead at April 07, 2023 09:47 AM (xSnmX)

352 These black leftists in power like the Bronx judge do a far, far better job at destroying the lives of black people than any klan member ever dreamed and the blacks keep re-empowering them!

Posted by: SamIam at April 07, 2023 10:29 AM (oasF3)

353 Of course the country as it was designed is nearly unrecognizable due to the maggot ridden progressive filth on the left.

A purge is necessary in order for us to return to the norm, and the pressing question is can we accomplish this through political means? Or will it involve violence?

My personal hope is through the political process, but the trend of events does not support that desire.

It will be what it will be, I suppose.

Posted by: irongrampa at April 07, 2023 10:33 AM (KATBx)

354 Ishtar is a Babylonian pagan f**K fest. Get over it.

Posted by: Ray Mota at April 07, 2023 10:55 AM (sw3xv)

355 As usual, reports of Catholic Church abuse are dwarfed by unreported school abuse.

https://tinyurl.com/mr4y9mww

Posted by: scottst at April 07, 2023 11:53 AM (nEDaf)

356 If Rule Of Law Dies, So Does Our Republic

For decades now we have had states & cities all across the country ignoring laws. "Sanctuary" cities for federal laws (i.e immigration laws), the federal government ignoring immigration laws, DAs in blue cities across the country not enforcing numerous criminal laws ("space to destroy"), Trump supporters arrested & imprisoned without trial for years for trespassing, decades of election fraud & no consequences, pro-life centers attacked, no prosecutions for the Summer of George Floyd riots, violence, murder & arson.

All that was just fine. But this, THIS, this will be "the death of our Republic".

Pundits on the right continue to say this for pretty much everything. "If the Marxist Left does X, then THAT will be the death of the Republic!" ... Marxist Left does X... "Wait, no, if the Marxist Left does Y, then THAT will be the death of the Republic!" ... Marxist Left does Y... "No, wait, if..." These people are as annoying & empty in their statements as the "climate change" hoaxers. Only difference is that while the earth is in no danger of dying, the Republic already has.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at April 07, 2023 12:00 PM (XyXp6)

357 When the Gov't breaks its bonds to the Constitution, its constraints on its citizens' obedience to Gov't "laws" is also broken. This is a very dangerous path, but they have chosen it. At some point, the dam will break.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 07, 2023 12:34 PM (ynpvh)

358 Forget 'Defund the Police.' How About No Police, No Prisons, and No Jail Time for Murder?

And that's when criminals disappear and nobody will say what happened to them.
See Ken Rex McElroy.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 07, 2023 12:38 PM (ynpvh)

359 Gnome politics response to Democrat lunacy:

1. Take up 300 million guns

2. Shoot a whole bunch of people

3. ?

4. Freedom and Prosperity!

The unpleasant fact is that throughout history armed revolution, in the vast majority of cases, just lands you with an even worse tyranny. Hell, almost every communist state was the result of an armed revolution against tyranny.

The American Revolution was a shining example of the very rare exception. The French Revolution and every communist revolution was an example of the rule.

I don't have any brilliant answers. I just know I don't want to end up in goddam Cambodia. Everything I see leads at best to the Balkanization of the United States. With a lot of luck, maybe some of those new states will be free ones. Most probably will not.

Posted by: MartynWW at April 07, 2023 12:57 PM (Ur3df)

360 359 ...
I don't have any brilliant answers. I just know I don't want to end up in goddam Cambodia. Everything I see leads at best to the Balkanization of the United States. With a lot of luck, maybe some of those new states will be free ones. Most probably will not.

Posted by: MartynWW at April 07, 2023 12:57 PM (Ur3df)

We can see how well Balkanization worked in its namesake. Problem is, THEY don't want to budge. They have othered us. They have controls of the levers of the deep state and Gov't. We are quickly approaching the same guaranteed rights as in the Constitutions of Mexico and China; pretty words on paper, and nothing more. That's why they push so hard to disarm us; an armed population is much harder to suppress.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 07, 2023 01:31 PM (ynpvh)

361 JJ eff you and your tip jar.

You know what has to happen and still won’t say it.

Coward.

What are you waiting for? Your fear is contagious.

Fuck you. I’m done reading your column in favor of someone who has the strength of his convictions.

I give you credit for not buying the shit sandwich that Deuce is selling. DeFatso is not going to make things better. The only person in real life I know who likes DeFatso is a proud and raging GOPe RINO who voted for John Kasich in the 2016 primaries and Evan McMullin in the 2016 general.

No shit.

So Deuce can take his DeFatso hard-on and jerk off to his enlarged heart’s content.

Posted by: Dummy #43 at April 08, 2023 03:15 AM (4FBN4)

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