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Biden's Incompetent Deep State Lost Some Documents That Showed Them Up As Liars.
They Have a Solution For That: Inescapable Round-the-Clock Surveillance of Everything Americans Say On the Internet.
Plus: The New One-Party State

NBC News
@NBCNews

EXCLUSIVE: The Biden administration is looking at expanding how it monitors social media sites and chatrooms after U.S. intelligence failed to realize classified Pentagon documents circulated online for weeks, officials briefed on the matter say.

These documents are only "explosive" because they explode the lies the Biden Administration has been telling us. But the public doesn't have the right to the truth; we only have the right to officially-approved propaganda.

Jimmy Dore does an amusing riff about a New York Times CIA stenographer who claims that, unlike the Snowden Wikileaks documents, these documents are really dangerous and really bad. Both he and Glenn Greenwald, whose analysis he cites, emphasize that the CIA is currently trying to downplay what the Snowden leaks revealed. They seem to to think that this effort is only about denigrating the past leaks, which Greenwald is egotistically invested in (having helped Snowden leak the material).

But that's not why the CIA stenographer is downplaying the importance of the new leaks. The CIA is downplaying the importance of the new leaks because they know that the only group in America that feverishly supports the National Security State are "progressive" neoliberals, and they know that these same progressive neoliberals supported Snowden for leaking Defense Department documents. The left loved those leaks, as they reduced support for the War in Iraq and for Previous Trump, by which I mean George W. Bush.

The security state is now claiming that those leaks were not so damaging and were pretty much okay, because they know their progressive shitlib fans -- again, the only bloc in America who still trusts them -- thinks those leaks were "helpful." And they want to provide the shitlibs with an easy mental construct for explaining to themselves why those leaks were good for America, but these new leaks are Right-Wing Terrorism and Literal Genocide.

You know how liberals claim they had a secret respect for pastRepublican presidents, just to establish their credibility in claiming the new Republican president is the Worst Republican President Ever?

They're doing the same thing with leaks. Oh, the Snowden leaks were empathetic and rational; we can see how some people liked the Snowden leaks. But the new Republican leaker, he's the Worst Republican Leaker Ever!

The Biden Administration wants the shitlib population of the country demanding that we execute this new leaker, while easing their sense of hypocrisy and inconsistency about supporting Edward Snowden.

Some riots, insurrections, and leaks The Regime supports or tolerates. Some riots, insurrections, and leaks The Regime despises and wants punished by death.

The Regime wants you to know that it's okay to consider Snowden a hero while frothing at the mouth to get your hands on the new leaker and murder him by ripping his limbs from his body.

And they want to inflame the already maddened shitlibs about this leak, and get them onboard the Biden Administration's plan to put America under permanent 24-hour-per-day surveillance by AI -- he wants to convince them that the Right-Wing Insurrectionary Forces are so menacing that his shitlib supporters will bless his plan to go Full Soviet.

And of course they will.

David French and the rest of the hardcore authoritarians of NeverTrump will be right there to cheerlead for this. They can't wait for Big Brother.

Big Brother will protect them from the Dangerous Right-Wing Meme-Makers and Twitter shit-posters.


A couple of weeks ago, I linked Jacob Seigel's magisterial essay on the "disinformation" pretext to empower the Ruling Class to rule in defiance of the desires of the people.

Given The Regime's newest surveillance-state product roll-out -- the call for 24-hour-a-day surveillance of all Americans to stop any further exposure of its lies through leaks -- this piece is worth re-reading.

XI. The New One-Party State

In February 2021, a long article in Time magazine by journalist Molly Ball celebrated the "Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election." Biden's victory, wrote Ball, was the result of a "conspiracy unfolding behind the scenes" that drew together "a vast, cross-partisan campaign to protect the election" in an "extraordinary shadow effort." Among the many accomplishments of the heroic conspirators, Ball notes, they "successfully pressured social media companies to take a harder line against disinformation and used data-driven strategies to fight viral smears." It is an incredible article, like an entry from the crime blotter that somehow got slipped into the society pages, a paean to the saviors of democracy that describes in detail how they dismembered it.

Not so long ago, talk of a "deep state" was enough to mark a person as a dangerous conspiracy theorist to be summarily flagged for monitoring and censorship. But language and attitudes evolve, and today the term has been cheekily reappropriated by supporters of the deep state. For instance, a new book, American Resistance, by neoliberal national security analyst David Rothkopf, is subtitled The Inside Story of How the Deep State Saved the Nation.

The deep state refers to the power wielded by unelected government functionaries and their paragovernmental adjuncts who have administrative power to override the official, legal procedures of a government. But a ruling class describes a social group whose members are bound together by something deeper than institutional position: their shared values and instincts. While the term is often used loosely and sometimes as a pejorative rather than a descriptive label, in fact the American ruling class can be simply and straightforwardly defined.

Two criteria define membership in the ruling class. First, as Michael Lind has written, it is made up of people who belong to a "homogeneous national oligarchy, with the same accent, manners, values, and educational backgrounds from Boston to Austin and San Francisco to New York and Atlanta." America has always had regional elites; what is unique about the present is the consolidation of a single, national ruling class.

Second, to be a member of the ruling class is to believe that only other members of your class can be allowed to lead the country. That is to say, members of the ruling class refuse to submit to the authority of anyone outside the group, whom they disqualify from eligibility by casting them as in some way illegitimate.


Faced with an external threat in the form of Trumpism, the natural cohesion and self-organizing dynamics of the social class were fortified by new top-down structures of coordination that were the goal and the result of Obama's national mobilization. In the run-up to the 2020 election, according to reporting by Lee Fang and Ken Klippenstein for The Intercept, "tech companies including Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, Discord, Wikipedia, Microsoft, LinkedIn, and Verizon Media met on a monthly basis with the FBI, CISA, and other government representatives ... to discuss how firms would handle misinformation during the election."

Historian Angelo Codevilla, who popularized the concept of an American "ruling class" in a 2010 essay and then became its primary chronicler, saw the new, national aristocracy as an outgrowth of the opaque power acquired by the U.S. security agencies. "The bipartisan ruling class that grew in the Cold War, who imagined themselves and who managed to be regarded as entitled by expertise to conduct America's business of war and peace, protected its status against a public from which it continued to diverge by translating the commonsense business of war and peace into a private, pseudo-technical language impenetrable to the uninitiated," he wrote in his 2014 book, To Make and Keep Peace Among Ourselves and with All Nations.

What do the members of the ruling class believe? They believe, I argue, "in informational and management solutions to existential problems" and in their "own provi­dential destiny and that of people like them to rule, regardless of their failures." As a class, their highest principle is that they alone can wield power. If any other group were to rule, all progress and hope would be lost, and the dark forces of fascism and barbarism would at once sweep back over the earth. While technically an opposition party is still permitted to exist in the United States, the last time it attempted to govern nationally, it was subjected to a yearslong coup. In effect, any challenge to the authority of the ruling party, which represents the interests of the ruling class, is depicted as an existential threat to civilization.

An admirably direct articulation of this outlook was provided recently by famous atheist Sam Harris. Throughout the 2010s, Harris' higher-level rationalism made him a star on YouTube, where thousands of videos showcased him "owning" and "pwning" religious opponents in debates. Then Trump arrived. Harris, like so many others who saw in the former president a threat to all that was good in the world, abandoned his principled commitment to the truth and became a defender of propaganda.

In a podcast appearance last year, Harris acknowledged the politically motivated censorship of reporting related to Hunter Biden's laptops and admitted "a left-wing conspiracy to deny the presidency to Donald Trump." But, echoing Ball, he declared this a good thing.

"I don't care what's in the Hunter Biden laptop. ... Hunter Biden could have had corpses of children in his basement, and I would not have cared," Harris told his interviewers. He could overlook the murdered children because an even greater danger lurked in the possibility of Trump's reelection, which Harris compared to "an asteroid hurtling toward Earth."

With an asteroid hurtling toward Earth, even the most principled rationalists might end up asking for safety over truth. But an asteroid has been falling toward Earth every week for years now. The pattern in these cases is that the ruling class justifies taking liberties with the law to save the planet but ends up violating the Constitution to hide the truth and protect itself.

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1 Howdy!

Posted by: Doof at April 14, 2023 03:11 PM (MwWxz)

2 Otters called

Posted by: Doof at April 14, 2023 03:12 PM (MwWxz)

3 whada ya having ?

Posted by: REDACTED at April 14, 2023 03:12 PM (us2H3)

4 moar like DERP STATE, am I right?

Posted by: try the veal at April 14, 2023 03:13 PM (l8gTz)

5 fuck the bidens, the fbi, the cia, and congress and the rest of the govt.

bunch of damn traitors the lot of them...

Posted by: SturmToddler at April 14, 2023 03:13 PM (nXhwP)

6 Ahhh, so the document scam was really about shutting down opposition on social media.

Of course. We were fools to think otherwise.

Posted by: Seems Legit. at April 14, 2023 03:13 PM (DcKNO)

7 Local news story. Nothing important

Posted by: Doof at April 14, 2023 03:13 PM (MwWxz)

8 Never let a (contrived, psyop) crisis go to waste!

Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at April 14, 2023 03:14 PM (+M04z)

9

AOS is already at the top of the list!

Also, Jordan61, your refrigerator isn't completely shut...

Posted by: Bob at the NSA at April 14, 2023 03:15 PM (kOFPS)

10 The Biden administration is looking at expanding how it monitors social media sites and chatrooms

Does the HQ count as a social media site and/or a chatroom?

Posted by: Jordan61 at April 14, 2023 03:15 PM (DRSnL)

11 Does the HQ count as a social media site and/or a chatroom?
___

If you can comment on it, yes.

Posted by: SMH at April 14, 2023 03:15 PM (S39X0)

12 AOS is already at the top of the list!

Also, Jordan61, your refrigerator isn't completely shut...
Posted by: Bob at the NSA at April 14, 2023 03:15 PM (kOFPS)


Heh, well that answers that...

Posted by: Jordan61 at April 14, 2023 03:15 PM (DRSnL)

13 Why am I reminded of the scene from one of the Airplane! movies where at an airport, terrorists go by with rocket lauchers and AKs, but when someone says to another person, "Hi Jack!", they get tackled by airport security?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 14, 2023 03:16 PM (ynpvh)

14
Does the HQ count as a social media site and/or a chatroom?
Posted by: Jordan61

Why are you asking?
~Bob at the NSA

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 14, 2023 03:16 PM (QNdPI)

15 people need to be really mindful of… everything now. It has come to that.

Posted by: tubal at April 14, 2023 03:16 PM (PCK5/)

16 Does the HQ count as a social media site and/or a chatroom?
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 14, 2023 03:15 PM (DRSnL)


Dial-up bulletin board service

Posted by: Doof at April 14, 2023 03:16 PM (MwWxz)

17 What about Chelsea Manning?

Is HE a hero that was pardoned by Obama because his heart was in the right place?

Posted by: Blago at April 14, 2023 03:16 PM (cOFom)

18 Many intelligence agencies are claiming so called "leaks" are Either BS or heavily doctored. After reading a number of the claims, I kinda agree that some doctoring was going on. The whole affair stinks to high heavens.

Posted by: runner at April 14, 2023 03:16 PM (5a2xV)

19 Whatever.

It was always going to be something. Absent some NatSec excuse, it would have been something else.

"We have to monitor your communications, punish your speech, and infiltrate your churches, or else 18k more cows will explode because of global warming, trans genocide and White Supreme Chalupas. Deal with it."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 14, 2023 03:17 PM (oINRc)

20 Posted by: Bob at the NSA

Hey, Bob! Can you tell me which directory my tax forms are in on this machine? I forgot where I saved them and I'm too lazy to do a search.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 14, 2023 03:17 PM (Bd6X8)

21 So the junta has moved on from "more training is required" to "more surveillance is needed."

Good to know. And predictable.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 14, 2023 03:17 PM (Q4IgG)

22 The leaking that happened during the WoT got Americans killed.

The FNM at the time said reporting the truth was more important then the war effort or even specific, immediate American lives.

So why the f*ck should I care if this hurts the Uke war effort?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 14, 2023 03:17 PM (lc5cP)

23 I added a bunch

Posted by: ace at April 14, 2023 03:18 PM (iHBZj)

24 Omg! LOOK AT THE LEAKS! We gave a great reason to tighten the screws ...

Posted by: runner at April 14, 2023 03:18 PM (5a2xV)

25 Let's stop calling it the biden administration. This senile putz is not in charge. obama and the radical left are running the show

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 14, 2023 03:18 PM (pVWRI)

26 Hey, Bob! Can you tell me which directory my tax forms are in on this machine? I forgot where I saved them and I'm too lazy to do a search.

You accidentally saved them in your cat girl video, uh, research folder.

Posted by: Bob from the NSA at April 14, 2023 03:18 PM (lc5cP)

27 Given (1) overclassification at the outset; (2) unreasonable unwillingness to timely declassify; (3) the frequent mendaciousness of governmental actors; and (4) the government's concerted attack on the liberties of its own citizens, in conjunction with tech companies and the media, I do not care about leaks of classified information anymore. The state is wicked and more sunshine is for the best, even if there are real costs.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at April 14, 2023 03:18 PM (ppBhU)

28 The administration that uses leaks to the press to justify practically anything is now offended by leaks?

Posted by: gourmand du jour, a literal ray of sunshine at April 14, 2023 03:19 PM (jTmQV)

29 Is HE a hero that was pardoned by Obama because his heart was in the right place?
Posted by: Blago at April 14, 2023 03:16 PM (cOFom)

Did the American government lock someone up? Yes?

Release him. Their authority is illegitimate. I don't care if that trannyfag's heart is in any place.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 14, 2023 03:19 PM (oINRc)

30 What chaps my a$$ is they first tried to say it was Russian disinformation, nothing to see here it's all fake and now that we know that is not true they are doubling down on Russia *altered* the documents to hide the fact that Ukraine is getting it's ass kicked contrary to what we are being told by the administration while we funnel BILLIONS of $$$$ into the most corrupt country on earth.


Oh plus we have boots on the ground in Ukraine and the fact that we have engaged in a proxy war with Russia without congress approving it. Shades of 1965 in South East Asia all over again.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 14, 2023 03:19 PM (ncXxy)

31 Let's turn back the clocks a bit. The left liked the original ASSANGE leaks, with the help of Glenn Greenwald and the Guardian, because it reduced support for the Iraq War. The Snowden leaks had to be prosecuted by Obama, and much of the Russia Russia fervor was predicated on Snowden somehow working against Hillary Clinton- or something.

Posted by: trev006 at April 14, 2023 03:19 PM (DTm0P)

32 Of course. We were fools to think otherwise.

Yeah, it's weird that a 21-year-old private working as a "cyber transports systems journeyman" could have access to all this top-secret material about Ukraine and other foreign countries that was apparently being sent to the Massachusetts National Guard for some reason.

Almost as if somebody was being set up...

Oh, and BTW, this means that if the Great Ukrainian Spring Counteroffensive fails, it's all the fault of the 21-year-old private, and not because the Biden Administration came up with a stupid plan.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 14, 2023 03:19 PM (2tUFv)

33 Is HE a hero that was pardoned by Obama because his heart was in the right place?
Posted by: Blago at April 14, 2023 03:16 PM (cOFom)

I don't think Bathhouse Barry found Chelsea Mannings heart in the right place....it might have been something else, but not his little beating heart....

Posted by: Erik In Texas at April 14, 2023 03:19 PM (z0DEK)

34 Damn right I hate leaks.

Why just the other day I had to stop sniffing this really pretty tween because lil Joe had to go. Right then.

Getting old sucks!

Posted by: Joe Biden at April 14, 2023 03:20 PM (lc5cP)

35 Does the HQ count as a social media site and/or a chatroom?

yes. Blog comment sections and various forums are included in that broad category. basically anywhere ordinary Americans get to have their unfiltered say.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 14, 2023 03:20 PM (0hOvj)

36 well, I for one will keep on voting harder.

Posted by: sockamster, gator at April 14, 2023 03:20 PM (MLrvz)

37 Hey, Bob! Can you tell me which directory my tax forms are in on this machine? I forgot where I saved them and I'm too lazy to do a search.
Posted by: Blanco Basura

Porn file. I moved them to make it easier for me to monitor.

Bob from NSA

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 14, 2023 03:20 PM (Wy1BU)

38 I added a bunch
Posted by: ace at April 14, 2023 03:18 PM (iHBZj)


Commenters who showed up beforehand are grandfathered from the requirement to read added content, right??

Posted by: Doof at April 14, 2023 03:20 PM (MwWxz)

39 can we just hurry up and get things started? i want to see these fuck-tards on the left lined up against the wall by the govt they worked so hard to create and force on the rest of us....

Posted by: SturmToddler at April 14, 2023 03:21 PM (nXhwP)

40 You accidentally saved them in your cat girl video, uh, research folder.

Darn it, you're right! Right in there with the Anna Puma fan files.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 14, 2023 03:21 PM (Bd6X8)

41 Let us not forget that Barry O pardoned Bradley Manning just 2 yrs after its conviction

Posted by: jb at April 14, 2023 03:21 PM (MFMP+)

42 I have said right here many times they were going to move the conversation from censorship to surveillance, and that soon surveillance would be the main thing we were talking about, and the main abuses showcased as time moved on.

And here we are. Welcome to the future.

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2023 03:21 PM (tGrk1)

43 I'm more or less ok with some government entities protecting info from being given to the public. I'm also ok with stuff being "leaked." All of it on a case by case basis with one basic question to be asked: would the public be harmed by this info being made public and/would the benefits of the public knowing outweigh the potential harm?

Any other questions would seem to be irrelevant, so on that basis I am in support of BOTH the Snowden leaks and this stuff now.

Government isn't to be trusted with making its own decisions on what is and is not in the public interest.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 14, 2023 03:23 PM (+r+Na)

44 23 I added a bunch

Posted by: ace at April 14, 2023 03:18 PM (iHBZj)

Girthy addendum.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 14, 2023 03:23 PM (ynpvh)

45 Tranny Florida middle school teacher under investigation for saying xir wanted to shoot students. Xir hasn't been suspended though.

https://tinyurl.com/jb7hjf98

Posted by: bed head at April 14, 2023 03:23 PM (Y1sOo)

46 it'd be one thing if the uniparty actually had goals other than "importing the third world to create a worse version of Zimbabwe"

one thing about twitter, is if you avoid self-incrimination via illegal memes, thoughts, words, images, and likes...then when you get past all the goyslop shit pushed on you, is endless videos of people committing crimes in what was once called the first world.

Posted by: sockamster, gator at April 14, 2023 03:23 PM (MLrvz)

47 right, so the uniparty can't even guarantee us a better life.

their only policy outcome is limitless inflation, racial strife, and a police overstate. plus, merging the state and corporate power.

sounds fucking great. sign me up.

Posted by: sockamster, gator at April 14, 2023 03:25 PM (MLrvz)

48 Shorter version here:

The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee · 16h
Pentagon Leaker Kicking Himself For Not Just Leaving Classified Documents Strewn Around His Garage https://buff.ly/3Ksnfz2

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at April 14, 2023 03:25 PM (Vwz3I)

49 I'm more or less ok with some government entities protecting info from being given to the public.

------

I'm more or less ok with all government entities being liquidated in lonely forest clearings, at this rate.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 14, 2023 03:25 PM (oINRc)

50 Nice chat you folks have going here... mind if I sit over here?

Posted by: NSA, Not Bob at April 14, 2023 03:25 PM (flINI)

51 "Shades of 1965 in South East Asia all over again."

I didn't fall for that one either...

Posted by: gourmand du jour, a literal ray of sunshine at April 14, 2023 03:25 PM (jTmQV)

52 In our Brave New World, more acceptable to frequent a porn site than a Christian site… and the HQ??? No Bueno!!!

Posted by: tubal at April 14, 2023 03:25 PM (PCK5/)

53 Let us not forget that Barry O pardoned Bradley Manning just 2 yrs after its conviction
==
Bradley Manning good.

Snowden good.

Assange bad?

I'm confused.

Posted by: HOW DARE YOU AXE THAT QUESTION at April 14, 2023 03:25 PM (rPKO/)

54 Sundowner administration can do all the wrongdoing they want, no one is going to touch them, unless they want him gone themselves.

Posted by: Skip at April 14, 2023 03:25 PM (xhxe8)

55 right, so the uniparty can't even guarantee us a better life.

their only policy outcome is limitless inflation, racial strife, and a police overstate. plus, merging the state and corporate power.


They've said, repeatedly, they want to kill 95% of the world's population. Giving normal people a better life is the opposite of their agenda.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 14, 2023 03:26 PM (lc5cP)

56 NBC News @NBCNews
EXCLUSIVE: The Biden administration is looking at expanding how it monitors social media sites and chatrooms after U.S. intelligence failed to realize classified Pentagon documents circulated online for weeks, officials briefed on the matter say.
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That revealed Ukraine was losing the war spectacularly as opposed to the propaganda of the Feds/Media Handmaidens which says Ukraine is winning. Don't see a crime here. I do see one with our current Kleptocracy and their Gimps in a Box Teh Media and its needs for endless war and endless grift.

Posted by: Pudinhead at April 14, 2023 03:26 PM (fWTJL)

57 "David French and the rest of the hardcore authoritarians of NeverTrump will be right there to cheerlead for this. They can't wait for Big Brother."

Big Brother is already here. And has been for a long time. We just didn't really notice it until now. O'Brien could only dream of the surveillance in place now. Every click you make on a keyboard or touch on a smartphone. Almost every step you take in public in any urban setting -- and increasingly rural, too -- is being recorded by video. Every wonder how 99% of stories about x, y, or z include video footage? That wasn't true even 10 years ago.

Posted by: Elric Blade at April 14, 2023 03:27 PM (iFTx/)

58 more and more each day, I want to see this country destroyed just to feel the joy of watching that elite be destroyed. If I have to die to do it, well nothing good comes without a price.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 14, 2023 03:27 PM (trdmm)

59 AoS, definitely a chat room, as that term goes back to most of our pre 29 internet days. Social media. Not really.

Posted by: JmT at April 14, 2023 03:27 PM (BR6SG)

60 Nice chat you folks have going here... mind if I sit over here?
Posted by: NSA, Not Bob
==
Thanks for joining us Bob. But before you sit, you have to remove your pants, and get yourself a bag of cheetos.

Posted by: moron welcoming committee at April 14, 2023 03:27 PM (x+Uqd)

61 What they didn't tell you is they should already be monitoring anyone who has classified access. They could just actually attempt to improve that process. Nope. It's a pretext to monitor everyone.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 14, 2023 03:27 PM (J47y1)

62 Does the HQ count as a social media site and/or a chatroom?
___

If you can comment on it, yes.
Posted by: SMH at April 14, 2023 03:15 PM (S39X0)

i have to figure the antiquities of minx 0.8 is such that they can't code backwards.

thanks Pixy...

Posted by: SturmToddler at April 14, 2023 03:28 PM (nXhwP)

63 There is no hypocracy here, once you understand that our motivation is simply accumulation of power in order to crush you cockroaches.

Posted by: The Left at April 14, 2023 03:28 PM (fs1hN)

64 Nice chat you folks have going here... mind if I sit over here?
Posted by: NSA, Not Bob
==


This reminds me, I see Chris Hansen's career is over - what member of our elite did he reveal that led to this?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 14, 2023 03:28 PM (lc5cP)

65 The surveillance is already in place. It's ghastly in scope.

Whatever they say they want to do, they've already done.

Posted by: Oldstoke at April 14, 2023 03:28 PM (z7sfH)

66 Believe it or not macro not micro view this is a good thing because it means the state WILL fall invariably.

Chernobyl occurred because the system made itself exempt from outside oversite, and the end result here will be the same.

In immunizing themselves from criticism they immunize themselves from professionalism which means they will eventually fail.

Posted by: sven at April 14, 2023 03:29 PM (Lzpvj)

67 This reminds me, I see Chris Hansen's career is over - what member of our elite did he reveal that led to this?
Posted by: 18-1 at April 14, 2023 03:28 PM (lc5cP)

Let's just say the Hansen business model interferes with the hobbies of the Wall Street elite.

Posted by: trev006 at April 14, 2023 03:29 PM (DTm0P)

68 what was once called the first world.
Posted by: sockamster, gator

They don't want a first world. Or a second or third world. They want one world where everyone is equal. They want every country to be the same. Equally awful, equally poor, equally miserable. No one should expect better than that except for the elites who rule. They deserve better. The rest of the world should be inhabited by the servants, serfs and slaves who keep the rulers rich and comfortable. That is the goal.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 14, 2023 03:29 PM (Wy1BU)

69 David French and the rest of the hardcore authoritarians of NeverTrump will be right there to cheerlead for this. They can't wait for Big Brother

Guys like them never had a problem with big government. They never wanted to cut the defense budget. They just wanted the budget tilted in their direction, and all that power under their control. Too many on the right tend toward this perspective.

You'll hear "we need to cut the government back to bare bones constitutional minimum" but then when they want something done its always "There ought to be a law!" or "we need a new government department!"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 14, 2023 03:30 PM (0hOvj)

70 9 Posted by: Bob at the NSA at April 14, 2023 03:15 PM (kOFPS)

Bob was it a personal sickness or was your cat needing veterinarian time?

It is not like you to let Wa-PO and Al-NYT to scoop the agency.

Posted by: sven at April 14, 2023 03:30 PM (Lzpvj)

71 There is no way possible that an E3 in the Massachusetts Air National Guard had unfettered unsupervised lone access to TS stuff the Intel community prepared let alone had sole access to be able to copy documents that have to be locked up in a SCIF. We are being played people.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 14, 2023 03:30 PM (ncXxy)

72 This guy is not being punished for revealing anything our adversaries don't already know. Putin knows better than we do that we inflate his casualty figures for instance.

He is being punished because now the true enemy of weatern intel agencies know the figures are inflated --- the western public. And that makes it harder for them to gin up support for their war.

He is also being punished for both not being a Biden, and embarrassing a Biden. Had either of those not been true then he would have been golden.

Posted by: Thatch at April 14, 2023 03:30 PM (D9qzU)

73 The Biden administration is looking at expanding how it monitors social media sites and chatrooms
____

Why are you monitoring social media sites and chatrooms at all?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 14, 2023 03:30 PM (fs1hN)

74 Reveal their crimes, do some time.

Posted by: Welcome to the big house at April 14, 2023 03:31 PM (VsUo2)

75 So the government is going to drive the resistance underground? Top. Men.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 14, 2023 03:31 PM (oWBc3)

76 Everyone is burying the most important part of this story.

By their actions, they are saying those documents are valid, and those documents say we have American troops fighting in Ukraine.

So, this President is starting a War with Russia, without a Declaration of war... and LYING to the American people about it.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 14, 2023 03:31 PM (oHd/0)

77 In immunizing themselves from criticism they immunize themselves from professionalism which means they will eventually fail.
=
And immunized from their bad choices by control of the law, media and cushioned by ill gotten money.

They are doomed, because they will never experience the consequences of bad decisions, until it is way too late. Sadly, they are going to cause a lot of pain to people who don't deserve it.

Posted by: But that's life, that's what people say . . . at April 14, 2023 03:32 PM (t/FNI)

78 Trump ushered in a better life for Americans for three years. For that the Uniparty wants to jail and or execute him.

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2023 03:32 PM (tGrk1)

79 lets face it

the AoS is way too fratty

Posted by: REDACTED at April 14, 2023 03:32 PM (us2H3)

80 So, this President is starting a War with Russia, without a Declaration of war... and LYING to the American people about it.

Its ok when we do it!

Posted by: Some liberal that wanted to impeach Nixon at April 14, 2023 03:32 PM (lc5cP)

81 Remember, remember the fifth of November of gunpowder treason and plot.

Kiss my ass Bob

Posted by: Sock Monkey * invictus maneo at April 14, 2023 03:33 PM (mDXyw)

82 56 NBC News @NBCNews
EXCLUSIVE: The Biden administration is looking at expanding how it monitors social media sites and chatrooms after U.S. intelligence failed to realize classified Pentagon documents circulated online for weeks, officials briefed on the matter say.
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That revealed Ukraine was losing the war spectacularly as opposed to the propaganda of the Feds/Media Handmaidens which says Ukraine is winning. Don't see a crime here. I do see one with our current Kleptocracy and their Gimps in a Box Teh Media and its needs for endless war and endless grift.

Posted by: Pudinhead at April 14, 2023 03:26 PM (fWTJL)

the more corrupt a Gov't is, the more it needs to monitor it's people.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 14, 2023 03:33 PM (ynpvh)

83 Does anyone here have even one thought about how anyone can do anything about government surveillance???

Posted by: tubal at April 14, 2023 03:33 PM (PCK5/)

84 So why the f*ck should I care if this hurts the Uke war effort? Posted by: 18-1 at April 14, 2023 03:17 PM (lc5cP)

because solitary confinement awaiting pre-trial hearing is inconvenient, Citizen.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 14, 2023 03:33 PM (xhaym)

85 Why are you monitoring social media sites and chatrooms at all?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 14, 2023 03:30 PM (fs1hN)

***

We'll tell you when we come to your house to do the interview, Citizen

Posted by: NSA, Not Bob at April 14, 2023 03:33 PM (flINI)

86 77 Posted by: But that's life, that's what people say . . . at April 14, 2023 03:32 PM (t/FNI)

"Only the dead know the end of pain" was something I was told as a kid....I forget by whom.

Yeah it sucks, and given this nuthouse of an elite we have I am certain there will be something that will make CHernobyl look like small taters.

I am thinking they will unleash a black hole or something.

Posted by: sven at April 14, 2023 03:33 PM (Lzpvj)

87 So, this President is starting a War with Russia, without a Declaration of war... and LYING to the American people about it.
----------------
Yeah. If you question your betters you are an agent of Putin. Its the Creel Committee all over again. They do love rerunning the Golden Oldies of Woody Wilson and Abe Lincoln, don't they? Time for a second look at these two?

Posted by: Pudinhead at April 14, 2023 03:34 PM (fWTJL)

88 everything about this essay is excellent. Thought provoking, persuasive and just plain balls-to-the-wall clarion calling good stuff.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 14, 2023 03:34 PM (oiPXm)

89 Posted by: Romeo13 at April 14, 2023 03:31 PM (oHd/0)

I've known we have boots on the ground in Ukraine for awhile now. No other reasonable possibility.

And I do worry for them... If no other political solution can be found that necessitates official US involvement, they'll be sacrificed to create one.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 14, 2023 03:34 PM (oINRc)

90 So we have a few troops in Ukraine, what could possibly happen? Advisors in Vietnam in '64 - about 20k. Troops in Vietnam 4 years later - 550k.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 14, 2023 03:34 PM (oWBc3)

91 We are being played people.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 14, 2023 03:30 PM (ncXxy)

The important thing is gives them a slight veneer of justification to conduct open mass surveillance.

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2023 03:34 PM (tGrk1)

92 83 Posted by: tubal at April 14, 2023 03:33 PM (PCK5/)

Yup, unplug from the internet and live in an underground hollow ideally with minimal electricity.

God knows I am pondering it.

Posted by: sven at April 14, 2023 03:34 PM (Lzpvj)

93 76 Everyone is burying the most important part of this story.

By their actions, they are saying those documents are valid, and those documents say we have American troops fighting in Ukraine.

So, this President is starting a War with Russia, without a Declaration of war... and LYING to the American people about it.
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 14, 2023 03:31 PM (oHd/0)

That was Tucker's huge point last night...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 14, 2023 03:34 PM (exHjb)

94 63 There is no hypocracy here, once you understand that our motivation is simply accumulation of power in order to crush you cockroaches.

Posted by: The Left at April 14, 2023 03:28 PM (fs1hN)

I think our form of Gov't is currenty a Hypocracy.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 14, 2023 03:34 PM (ynpvh)

95

Say, what's your favorite way to lock up your guns?

Posted by: boB at the ASN at April 14, 2023 03:34 PM (kOFPS)

96 65. Whatever they say they want to do, they've already done. Posted by: Oldstoke

Indeed.

Posted by: Lola - ALL the videotapes from Alexandra and Jade, too. at April 14, 2023 03:34 PM (GshMh)

97 Sorry 2k in 1964.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 14, 2023 03:34 PM (oWBc3)

98 This mu.nu is about to end.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at April 14, 2023 03:34 PM (KiBMU)

99 I am thinking they will unleash a black hole or something.
==
Heh, we kinda did already.

Posted by: LHC committee to unlock the pit at April 14, 2023 03:35 PM (7wGBG)

100 >Does anyone here have even one thought about how anyone can do anything about government surveillance???

Posted by: tubal


do not use: the phone, the internet, the mail, the TV

communicate only in grunts and hisses
trust no one
avoid human contact

Posted by: DB - facing the thing at April 14, 2023 03:35 PM (geLO8)

101 Trump's gonna get us into a shooting war I can feel it.

That's why I don't like him and support the reasonable and decent choice who is going to bring goodness and light back to America, Joe Biden.

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2023 03:35 PM (tGrk1)

102 So, this President is starting a War with Russia, without a Declaration of war... and LYING to the American people about it.
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And the Uniparty is all-in, and the Propaganda Press is fully supporting all information suppression. It's a small miracle this place still exists.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 14, 2023 03:35 PM (oiPXm)

103 Guys like them never had a problem with big government. They never wanted to cut the defense budget. They just wanted the budget tilted in their direction, and all that power under their control. Too many on the right tend toward this perspective.
[ . . . ]
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 14, 2023 03:30 PM (0hOvj)


That is a very cogent description of "NeoCon" not particularly "right"

Posted by: Kindltot at April 14, 2023 03:36 PM (xhaym)

104 Back in the late 70's a guy who went to my high school went on to work at the FBI.

His job .. stay up all night watching television .. so if a major event happened, he could brief the FBI Director immediately.

He said he had watch every episode of the "Tomorrow Show" with Tom Synder that used to run after the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.

Posted by: SMOD at April 14, 2023 03:36 PM (RHGPo)

105 Does the HQ count as a social media site and/or a chatroom?
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 14, 2023 03:15 PM (DRSnL)

I look at it as a modified email system. So we should be safe.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 14, 2023 03:36 PM (BdMk6)

106 90 So we have a few troops in Ukraine, what could possibly happen? Advisors in Vietnam in '64 - about 20k. Troops in Vietnam 4 years later - 550k.
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Ahh, LBJ. The wanker with a hardon to be the next FDR.

Posted by: Pudinhead at April 14, 2023 03:36 PM (fWTJL)

107 71 There is no way possible that an E3 in the Massachusetts Air National Guard had unfettered unsupervised lone access to TS stuff the Intel community prepared let alone had sole access to be able to copy documents that have to be locked up in a SCIF. We are being played people.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 14, 2023 03:30 PM (ncXxy)

Well, who knows? Maybe a Hillaryesque kinda leader is involved. Confidential and TS markings on stuff? Remove it so I can fax it and email it to my home.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 14, 2023 03:36 PM (ynpvh)

108 102 So, this President is starting a War with Russia, without a Declaration of war... and LYING to the American people about it.
----------------
And the Uniparty is all-in, and the Propaganda Press is fully supporting all information suppression. It's a small miracle this place still exists.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 14, 2023 03:35 PM (oiPXm)

Not sure where it's hosted, but that was one of my big points about the Restrict Act - don't BAN anything on the internet b/c it will just end up with Ace getting banned b/c of the "give an inch, take a billion miles of power" that the left uses.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 14, 2023 03:37 PM (exHjb)

109 In immunizing themselves from criticism they immunize themselves from professionalism which means they will eventually fail.
Posted by: sven at April 14, 2023 03:29 PM (Lzpvj)

Jon Stewart of all people was interviewing a grand poobah of DoD, and he asked her about the failed audits. DoD apparently can't account for somewhere around 60% of its budget.

And she laughed at him, saying he didn't understand how audits work, and oh lookie, we've increased funding in an effort to reduce "food insecurity" among active duty personnel and their families.

Yes, all these people need to be shot, at least metaphorically.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 14, 2023 03:37 PM (+r+Na)

110 They told me if I voted for Trump that we'd end up in a European war...

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at April 14, 2023 03:37 PM (flINI)

111 I've known we have boots on the ground in Ukraine for awhile now. No other reasonable possibility.

And I do worry for them... If no other political solution can be found that necessitates official US involvement, they'll be sacrificed to create one.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 14, 2023 03:34 PM (oINRc)

I was pretty sure... but this is an admission. Which, by the way, breaks US Law, because it breaks the UN Treaty, as we are not defending ourself, or a treaty ally, and there is no Security Council Resolution about it.

Note, the UN treaty was a ratified Treaty, and thus has the weight of US Law.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 14, 2023 03:37 PM (oHd/0)

112 77 In immunizing themselves from criticism they immunize themselves from professionalism which means they will eventually fail.
=
And immunized from their bad choices by control of the law, media and cushioned by ill gotten money.

They are doomed, because they will never experience the consequences of bad decisions, until it is way too late. Sadly, they are going to cause a lot of pain to people who don't deserve it.

Posted by: But that's life, that's what people say . . . at April 14, 2023 03:32 PM (t/FNI)

They need to continue their COVID boosters to increase their immunity...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 14, 2023 03:37 PM (ynpvh)

113 do not use: the phone, the internet, the mail, the TV

communicate only in grunts and hisses
trust no one
avoid human contact
Posted by: DB - facing the thing at April 14, 2023 03:35 PM (geLO8 )


Hmmm. Well I have the last two nailed, anyway.

Posted by: Jordan61 at April 14, 2023 03:37 PM (DRSnL)

114 "Ahh, LBJ. The wanker with a hardon to be the next FDR."

Well, he achieved being known by his initials at least, just like FDR, so he had that going for him.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 14, 2023 03:37 PM (ou9hh)

115 Obama couldn't lead a Girl Scout troop to a Dairy Queen. He's "not in charge" and never was.

Posted by: pawn at April 14, 2023 03:38 PM (wsHtO)

116 They wouldn't have to spy on us if we weren't so disobedient. They really don't want to, it's a collosal hassle and so much work for them.

So, really, we have no one to blame but ourselves. If they could trust us they wouldn't have to follow our every move, financial transaction, thought or deed.

Posted by: Just Lily at April 14, 2023 03:38 PM (FXXR6)

117 the more corrupt a Gov't is, the more it needs to monitor it's people.
==
Ever seen the movie THE LIVES OF OTHERS?

Posted by: Its coming here is not farfetched at all at April 14, 2023 03:38 PM (6RoyK)

118 Assume you're being watched actively. There isn't a lot you can do about it but this will at least make them work slightly harder.

Use a VPN. Vary routes. Cover cameras. Put phones in Faraday boxes. Use a shredder. Pray for the Lord to send St. Michael in Jesus's name.

Be irritating.

Posted by: Oldstoke at April 14, 2023 03:38 PM (z7sfH)

119 83 Does anyone here have even one thought about how anyone can do anything about government surveillance???

Posted by: tubal at April 14, 2023 03:33 PM (PCK5/)

Just have enough people yell into their cell phones certain key phrases and words that trigger further investigation. If a few 10's of millions do it, it will bog things down.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 14, 2023 03:38 PM (ynpvh)

120 And yet McCarthy has not started impeachment hearings. Because he is on their side.

Posted by: Jack at April 14, 2023 03:39 PM (yEUAi)

121 If the FBI had been less focused on the various Catholic Churches and bit more focused on those discussing military strategy on Reddit, perhaps this EMBARRASSMENT could have been avoided.

Posted by: SMOD at April 14, 2023 03:39 PM (RHGPo)

122 Thanks for joining us Bob. But before you sit, you have to remove your pants, and get yourself a bag of cheetos.
Posted by: moron welcoming committee at April 14, 2023 03:27 PM (x+Uqd)

WUT? You guys have Cheetos?? Damn! **kicks dirt**

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at April 14, 2023 03:40 PM (Zvtjl)

123 89 Posted by: Romeo13 at April 14, 2023 03:31 PM (oHd/0)

I've known we have boots on the ground in Ukraine for awhile now. No other reasonable possibility.

And I do worry for them... If no other political solution can be found that necessitates official US involvement, they'll be sacrificed to create one.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 14, 2023 03:34 PM (oINRc)

If some of the chatter regarding the DOD and Jan 6th is to be believed, they've had boots on the ground here in the US for a bit too.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 14, 2023 03:40 PM (ynpvh)

124 There is no way possible that an E3 in the Massachusetts Air National Guard had unfettered unsupervised lone access to TS stuff the Intel community prepared let alone had sole access to be able to copy documents that have to be locked up in a SCIF. We are being played people.

Posted by: Mister Scott


WE aren't being played. Because no one here is buying their shit.

The rest of America IS being played.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 14, 2023 03:40 PM (Y2tls)

125 communicate only in grunts and hisses
trust no one
avoid human contact
Posted by: DB - facing the thing at April 14, 2023 03:35 PM (geLO

You forgot to mention drink your own urine.

Use marmot teeth and sloth urine as currency.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 14, 2023 03:40 PM (+r+Na)

126 >Just have enough people yell into their cell phones certain key phrases and words that trigger further investigation. If a few 10's of millions do it, it will bog things down.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)


BLACKBRIAR (from The Bourne Ultimatum)

Posted by: DB - facing the thing at April 14, 2023 03:40 PM (geLO8)

127 Obama couldn't lead a Girl Scout troop to a Dairy Queen. He's "not in charge" and never was.
Posted by: pawn at April 14, 2023 03:38 PM (wsHtO)

***

He's also lazy as a welfare queen. No WAY he is doing ANY work on anything

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at April 14, 2023 03:40 PM (flINI)

128 91 We are being played people.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 14, 2023 03:30 PM (ncXxy)

The important thing is gives them a slight veneer of justification to conduct open mass surveillance.

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2023 03:34 PM (tGrk1)

Just like with the Patriot Act!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 14, 2023 03:40 PM (ynpvh)

129 111 I've known we have boots on the ground in Ukraine for awhile now. No other reasonable possibility.
---------------
The CIA runs everything in Ukraine. Its been that way since the Maidan.

Posted by: Pudinhead at April 14, 2023 03:40 PM (fWTJL)

130 Does anyone here have even one thought about how anyone can do anything

Posted by: tubal at April 14, 2023 03:33 PM (PCK5/)

Yes! I think it would be a great idea to discuss those sorts of things openly and without filter. The more creative the ideas, the better. Needs a good brainstorm session and as much input as possible, and an open public forum is the ideal place to explore and discover.

Posted by: Totally Not Bob At All at April 14, 2023 03:40 PM (tGrk1)

131 119 83 Does anyone here have even one thought about how anyone can do anything about government surveillance???

Posted by: tubal at April 14, 2023 03:33 PM (PCK5/)

Just have enough people yell into their cell phones certain key phrases and words that trigger further investigation. If a few 10's of millions do it, it will bog things down.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 14, 2023 03:38 PM (ynpvh)

It's the exact same strategy I said the DoD should use for TikTok - put SO MUCH garbage and noise on the product that there's no way to actually find the actionable intel.

My family does this in our monthly Zoom calls. We joke if China wants to listen in, they can hear all about middle age health issues, kid college apps, little kids coming online and screaming about playing Roblox together, etc...junk, junk, junk...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 14, 2023 03:40 PM (exHjb)

132 107 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 14, 2023 03:36 PM (ynpvh)

His stepdad was an E-7 in the unit the kid wound up in. Active in real estate with a pilot's license, kid was arrested at their house. No way the guy was a full time ANG figure without political connection which in MA means "democrat allied." Mom was active in state veteran's organizations and charity.

I get the feeling you had a kid with TS Access that was granted access under the auspices of being a tech to data flows he should not have had eyes on access to with lax oversight.

It *could* be an op to justify RESTICT but it could also be a simple case of bad tradecraft and security in a SCIF.

Posted by: sven at April 14, 2023 03:41 PM (Lzpvj)

133 Joe Biden lies, cheats, steals, rapes, molests, and lies some more.

The perfect democrat.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 14, 2023 03:41 PM (R/m4+)

134 95 Say, what's your favorite way to lock up your guns?

Posted by: boB at the ASN at April 14, 2023 03:34 PM (kOFPS)

Canoe acccident. Sorry.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 14, 2023 03:41 PM (ynpvh)

135 Anyone who doesn't know we're heading for a urine based economy is just deluding themselves at this point.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 14, 2023 03:41 PM (+r+Na)

136 Don't worry, we're busy monitoring McConnell's ventilator EEG and EKG stats for the time being.

Posted by: Bob from NSA at April 14, 2023 03:42 PM (DMyTF)

137 Outside of troop movements and undercover agents, what does anyone think would be discovered in "secret" documents? That our elites are incompetent, self dealing , lying , thieving sanctimonious assholes. Well no shit

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 14, 2023 03:42 PM (386ly)

138 124 There is no way possible that an E3 in the Massachusetts Air National Guard had unfettered unsupervised lone access to TS stuff the Intel community prepared let alone had sole access to be able to copy documents that have to be locked up in a SCIF. We are being played people.

Posted by: Mister Scott
WE aren't being played. Because no one here is buying their shit.

The rest of America IS being played.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 14, 2023 03:40 PM (Y2tls)

True, so true. If the kid did it, it's b/c he was the patsy they set up to "hold the bag" - he had no way to do it on his own.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 14, 2023 03:42 PM (exHjb)

139 I had a friend who used to put various keywords like "AK-47", "Rocket Propelled Grenade" in the signature of his emails.

The best defense is making them read each and every one of your internet transmissions. So, make them often and make them long.

Posted by: SMOD at April 14, 2023 03:42 PM (RHGPo)

140 Pray for the Lord to send St. Michael in Jesus's name.
Posted by: Oldstoke


I'm praying God cuts out the middleman and just sends Jesus.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 14, 2023 03:42 PM (Y2tls)

141 63 There is no hypocracy here, once you understand that our motivation is simply accumulation of power in order to crush you cockroaches.

Posted by: The Left at April 14, 2023 03:28 PM (fs1hN)
=======================
Ha! The joke is on them! We acquire power just for the purpose of having it.

No ideology is safe from us, and the left will eventually be the biggest victims. Those people are heretics! The one true narrative requires us to stick an ice-pic into the folks who were our closest friends yesterday but are counter-revolutionaries today.

Posted by: Mao at April 14, 2023 03:42 PM (3WoAU)

142 Wonder if Hildabeast's Russian Collusion bullshit is related to Sundowner and Deep State war against Russia.

Posted by: Skip at April 14, 2023 03:42 PM (xhxe8)

143 trust no one
avoid human contact
Posted by: DB - facing the thing at April 14, 2023 03:35 PM (geLO8 )

Hmmm. Well I have the last two nailed, anyway.
Posted by: Jordan61

* cancels thoughts about inviting Jordan and her awesome husband on a paddle outing *

Posted by: Sock Monkey * invictus maneo at April 14, 2023 03:43 PM (mDXyw)

144 And the Uniparty is all-in

Senator Manchin, doing the traditional Celebrity Visit to Kiev:

WATCH: In my lifetime, I have never seen the United States of America in a more just war. Our purpose is to defend freedom and fight for democracy, and that's why we’re supporting Ukraine every step of the way as they defend their country & their way of life.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 14, 2023 03:43 PM (2tUFv)

145 124 We are being played people.

.. so this is yet another "false flag" operation

Posted by: SMOD at April 14, 2023 03:43 PM (RHGPo)

146 So I'm not the only one who thinks this whole thing is an op to spy on the citizens even harder.

Posted by: InZona at April 14, 2023 03:43 PM (Rd9D9)

147 I'm praying God cuts out the middleman and just sends Jesus.
Posted by: rickb223
___

He will.

Maranatha.

Posted by: SMH at April 14, 2023 03:43 PM (S39X0)

148 If you're not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about.

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2023 03:43 PM (nvPT6)

149 >I'm praying God cuts out the middleman and just sends Jesus.

Posted by: rickb223

no no
We want Old Testament God. Real hardcore wrath and vengeance

Posted by: DB - facing the thing at April 14, 2023 03:43 PM (geLO8)

150 Some of the scans posted online yesterday at the Daily Mail website only had documents labled Secret with no foreign dissemination. (Update, went to Daily Mail to insert links of scans--now they have apparently blurred the images upon Uncle Sam's request most likely. The one sole image left unblurred where you see Secret at the top is a screenshot of a Korean TV show with the document in it. My guess is that of the product there you could have read in the Economist or Time of London, heck even Zerohedge.

This is on par with a lot of the Pentagon papers that were released. A lot of it simply repeated what the media and open source commentators said and a few of the others were simply histories of programs like the Phoenix program that didn't work and the CIA was ashamed or of military manipulations of statistics.

Posted by: whig at April 14, 2023 03:43 PM (EKz4W)

151 Don't worry, we're busy monitoring McConnell's ventilator EEG and EKG stats for the time being.
Posted by: Bob from NSA


Shit! Does this mean I need to plug the ventilator back in?

I unplugged it to charge my phone.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 14, 2023 03:44 PM (Y2tls)

152 Anyone who doesn't know we're heading for a urine based economy is just deluding themselves at this point.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 14, 2023 03:41 PM (+r+Na)

Go on....

Posted by: Annie Sprinkle at April 14, 2023 03:44 PM (Zvtjl)

153 Yeah, I'm with the other poster wondering how this kid got the info.
This smells like another bull$hit op.

Posted by: Inogame at April 14, 2023 03:44 PM (53oGX)

154 I think we had boots on the ground in Uke even before the Russian invasion. Probably at least since Crimea if not during the entire post-Soviet era.

Posted by: Elric Blade at April 14, 2023 03:44 PM (iFTx/)

155 The important thing is gives them a slight veneer of justification to conduct open mass surveillance

Mass surveillance is already in place and has been for a very long time.

If they were truly open about it, it'd be over for them. So we get increments with justifications. Eventually the lid will blow off and they'll have prepared and debased the population so much it won't matter.

But we're not quite there yet. So we get fed the "we need more surveillance" fiction when the truth is much more horrifying.

Posted by: Oldstoke at April 14, 2023 03:44 PM (z7sfH)

156 Jesus isn't gonna show up all meekness and light next time. He's not going to be in a glowing robe with a gentle smile. He's coming for judgment and legions of angels are coming with him. When that bell sounds, its too late to repent.

https://youtu.be/eJlN9jdQFSc

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 14, 2023 03:44 PM (0hOvj)

157 Minority Report just called to say...

IT WAS FICTION YOU BASTARDS!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 14, 2023 03:44 PM (Wy1BU)

158 With all the streaming ........
My question for TCP/IP experts, since I'm streaming cats, is a Twitch Studio stream something that can be hacked? If yes is it something I can block at the router level via a firewall rule?

Posted by: Ciampino --- do not pass GO at April 14, 2023 03:45 PM (qfLjt)

159 And the Uniparty is all-in

Senator Manchin, doing the traditional Celebrity Visit to Kiev:

WATCH: In my lifetime, I have never seen the United States of America in a more just war. Our purpose is to defend freedom and fight for democracy, and that's why we’re supporting Ukraine every step of the way as they defend their country & their way of life.
==
Here it comes. Fcuk me. WWIII. They know the economy is fcuked.

Posted by: Josh Painter quote at April 14, 2023 03:45 PM (6RoyK)

160 Speaking of Angelo Codevilla…. He died under what I consider to be mysterious circumstances. This government is so bad and so full of liars I’ve become a full-on Alex Jones conspiracy theorist. The 2019 version of myself would call 2023 me a nut case…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 14, 2023 03:45 PM (xT8gx)

161 >>WATCH: In my lifetime, I have never seen the United States of America in a more just war. Our purpose is to defend freedom and fight for democracy, and that's why we’re supporting Ukraine every step of the way as they defend their country & their way of life.


Everything that guy just said is BULLSHIT. Thank you.

Posted by: DB - facing the thing at April 14, 2023 03:45 PM (geLO8)

162 139 I had a friend who used to put various keywords like "AK-47", "Rocket Propelled Grenade" in the signature of his emails.

The best defense is making them read each and every one of your internet transmissions. So, make them often and make them long.
Posted by: SMOD
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That is why they are working so hard on AI--easier to let a computer dispatch and control the killer drones aimed at badthink with no humans in the loop.

Posted by: whig at April 14, 2023 03:45 PM (EKz4W)

163 117 the more corrupt a Gov't is, the more it needs to monitor it's people.
==
Ever seen the movie THE LIVES OF OTHERS?

Posted by: Its coming here is not farfetched at all at April 14, 2023 03:38 PM (6RoyK)

Can't say that I have. Recommended?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 14, 2023 03:45 PM (ynpvh)

164 We want Old Testament God. Real hardcore wrath and vengeance
Posted by: DB
___

Read the Revelation of Jesus Christ.

When He returns, that is exactly what is in store for the world.

Posted by: SMH at April 14, 2023 03:45 PM (S39X0)

165 To be perfectly honest I don't give a rat's ass about the leak

In fact, good - getting sick of Ukraine.


Posted by: Big Star at April 14, 2023 03:46 PM (Modkf)

166 Be irritating.
Posted by: Oldstoke at April 14, 2023 03:38 PM (z7sfH)

Okay! Now THAT I can do.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 14, 2023 03:46 PM (BdMk6)

167 Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 14, 2023 03:43 PM (2tUFv)

Ukraine, lets see. Outlawing Language... Arresting Priests... arresting Political opponents... no free speech... putting people in jail for long periods without trials... in a war with Russia..

Now, how do any of those things differ, with America?

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 14, 2023 03:46 PM (oHd/0)

168 * cancels thoughts about inviting Jordan and her awesome husband on a paddle outing *
Posted by: Sock Monkey * invictus maneo at April 14, 2023 03:43 PM (mDXyw)


Heh. It's snowing in the valley, by the way.

Posted by: Jordan61 at April 14, 2023 03:46 PM (DRSnL)

169 Go on....
Posted by: Annie Sprinkle at April 14, 2023 03:44 PM (Zvtjl)

Yes please

Posted by: Zombie Dick Trickle at April 14, 2023 03:47 PM (+r+Na)

170 Glenn Greenwald
@ggreenwald
Holy shit: this NYT news article by @michaelcrowley
has 2 gigantic, glaring factual errors in the first 3 paragraphs:

1) Snowden didn't give the archive to WikiLeaks for publication, but rather to me and Laura Poitras.

2) The Merkel story didn't come from the Snowden archive

Posted by: SMOD at April 14, 2023 03:47 PM (RHGPo)

171 Thanks for reposting the link to "A Guide to Understanding the Hoax of the Century." I missed it the first time around. I am off to read this.

I view the current regime as the equivalent of a hostile foreign entity that has taken over the federal government whose single minded goal is to crush the current Federal model of government and consolidate the remains at the Federal level with a single party permanently running the show. As an example, I view the BLM/Defund the Police moves as tactics to destabilize the cultural, social, and economic life of our major urban centers and through the resulting chaos create the conditions where the Left can make a case, a strong armed one mostly, that all policing needs to be nationalized to solve it as that will provide uniform and equitable law enforcement. With law enforcement nationalized other things become much easier to accomplish.

Posted by: Lost In Space at April 14, 2023 03:47 PM (iGfKR)

172 Straight away I suspected Angelo was whacked murder.

Posted by: Skip at April 14, 2023 03:47 PM (xhxe8)

173 163 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 14, 2023 03:45 PM (ynpvh)

It is a good film, subtitled the spoken word is German.

The movie is something that you should watch with family and friends.

Normal human beings see a horrific system whereby the state destroys people on a whim to get carnal satisfaction illicitly.

Democrats see an uplifting story about a selfless civil servant who works hard at his government job.

Posted by: sven at April 14, 2023 03:47 PM (Lzpvj)

174 In my lifetime, I have never seen the United States of America in a more just war.

We're not at war. I cannot figure out why they keep saying this, why do they keep claiming we are at war. We aren't even in a "kinetic action". We don't even have a resolution for the use of arms. We have secret boots on the ground like Vietnam, but we are not remotely at war.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 14, 2023 03:48 PM (0hOvj)

175 WATCH: In my lifetime, I have never seen the United States of America in a more just war. Our purpose is to defend freedom and fight for democracy, and that's why we’re supporting Ukraine every step of the way as they defend their country & their way of life.

I remember during the Iraq war a common argument on the left was that even if Hussein had murdered a million or so of is own people, started a bunch of wars, tried to assassinate Americans, and had his son's rape their way through the Baghdad phone book it wasn't grounds for war.

But yeah, sure, we have to go to war with Vlad because he won't allow gay adoptions.

Posted by: Some liberal that wanted to impeach Nixon at April 14, 2023 03:48 PM (lc5cP)

176 the more corrupt a Gov't is, the more it needs to monitor it's people.
==
Ever seen the movie THE LIVES OF OTHERS?

Posted by: Its coming here is not farfetched at all at April 14, 2023 03:38 PM (6RoyK)

Can't say that I have. Recommended?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 14, 2023 03:45 PM (ynpvh)

Absolutely recommended. And you'll cringe at the parallels.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 14, 2023 03:48 PM (BdMk6)

177 I’m sick and tired of Biden’s shit…

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at April 14, 2023 03:48 PM (QnIJ2)

178 Mass surveillance is already in place and has been for a very long time.
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Duh. I said it gives them a veneer to make it known. I didn't say its gonna make them start doing it.

They want it known. Can't have a police state if the people don't know they are in one.

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2023 03:48 PM (nvPT6)

179 Incredibly insightful article by Jacob Siegel, as you stated. I would differ only on one point:
"America has always had regional elites; what is unique about the present is the consolidation of a single, national ruling class."

It's not a national ruling class, it's an international ruling class. There is no longer any nationalistic or patriotic feeling with these people. They have more in common with their fellow elites in other countries than with the working middle class in their own countries. They don't give a damn about their country's interests, just their own interests and those of others in their class, wherever they live.

Posted by: Rusty Trawler at April 14, 2023 03:48 PM (1gif2)

180 Ever seen the movie THE LIVES OF OTHERS?

Posted by: Its coming here is not farfetched at all at April 14, 2023 03:38 PM (6RoyK)

Can't say that I have. Recommended?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 14, 2023 03:45 PM (ynpvh)

It's about East Germany. It was highly praised at the time, I couldn't bring myself to watch it.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 14, 2023 03:49 PM (+r+Na)

181 Yes please
Posted by: Zombie Dick Trickle at April 14, 2023 03:47 PM (+r+Na)

Hey, I know your cousin, Claude Balls!

Posted by: That's MISTER Dick Trickle at April 14, 2023 03:49 PM (Zvtjl)

182 Posted by: Its coming here is not farfetched at all at April 14, 2023 03:38 PM (6RoyK)

Can't say that I have. Recommended?
==
Highly. Very highly. But be in the right mental space. Its not the feel good movie of the year.

Posted by: Josh Painter quote at April 14, 2023 03:49 PM (+AAwT)

183 A Just War.

Damn the Deep State is hilarious.

Remember when "violence was never the answer"? I guess it's sometimes the answer. Huh.

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2023 03:50 PM (nvPT6)

184 They don't give a damn about their country's interests, just their own interests and those of others in their class, wherever they live.

Remember the response from the FNM/government to American jobs being offshored is to mock the Americans and tell them to "learn to code"

Posted by: 18-1 at April 14, 2023 03:50 PM (lc5cP)

185 But yeah, sure, we have to go to war with Vlad because he won't allow gay adoptions.

Blinken made it clear that when he goes to talk with the Saudis, his number one issue is LBGTQ+ rights.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 14, 2023 03:50 PM (2tUFv)

186
Heh. It's snowing in the valley, by the way.
Posted by: Jordan61

Just finished hailing here . My deck is white. Grandson and I are eating lunch and watching Thomas the train
Horseshoe lake, near me, isxa wonderful paddle in early May. Quiet, the falls are running at full strength and the eagles and Ospreys are out demonstrating their aerial prowess.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * invictus maneo at April 14, 2023 03:50 PM (mDXyw)

187 There was a story the other day about a group of progressives who wanted to give WikiLeaks head Julian Assange a pass.

On Tuesday, a group of House members led by Michigan’s democratic socialist representative, Rashida Tlaib, put out a letter calling on Attorney General Merrick Garland to drop the Justice Department’s indictment of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange. Tlaib and her colleagues point out that the US effort to extradite a foreign journalist for publishing classified documents represents a serious threat to freedom of the press.

Posted by: SMOD at April 14, 2023 03:50 PM (RHGPo)

188 "It is an incredible article, like an entry from the crime blotter that somehow got slipped into the society pages, a paean to the saviors of democracy that describes in detail how they dismembered it."

It is an absolute necessity for this particular tribe to boast incessantly about their crimes even as they criminalize all discussion of them.

As for the enthusiasm for this most just war EVER, it only makes sense if you believe in some sort of Khazarian hypothesis.

Posted by: trev006 at April 14, 2023 03:51 PM (DTm0P)

189 Do you know who else had a lot of justification for "boots on the ground"?

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2023 03:51 PM (nvPT6)

190 But yeah, sure, we have to go to war with Vlad because he won't allow gay adoptions.
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The Left doesn't give a fuck about gays.

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2023 03:52 PM (nvPT6)

191 whoo boy, things are getting sporty with new "law enforcement" agencies sprouting everywhere, and infiltrating churches and going to school board meetings hoping to arrest old people.


Mark Houck is just the beginning.

Posted by: Enemy Of The State at April 14, 2023 03:52 PM (3WoAU)

192 Say, how's that manifesto release coming?

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2023 03:52 PM (nvPT6)

193 The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sided with conservative investors this week in their request to investigate what they say is PayPal’s systematic political and religious discrimination against customers. Over the objections of PayPal’s management, the SEC allowed a proposal by the National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) to go to a shareholder vote at the company’s next annual meeting. This decision follows a similar decision on March 29, in which the SEC green-lighted a proposal regarding alleged political and religious discrimination at JPMorgan Chase, America’s largest bank.

Posted by: SMOD at April 14, 2023 03:52 PM (RHGPo)

194 @155: "... when the truth is much more horrifying."

Does anyone believe the old patchboard operator girls weren't subtly coopted from the beginning? It's quaint to believe the internet just sprung into existence without efficient surveillance being built into the system.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at April 14, 2023 03:52 PM (08AgO)

195 What have the Khazars ever done for us?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 14, 2023 03:52 PM (2hlEI)

196 Wonder if Hildabeast's Russian Collusion bullshit is related to Sundowner and Deep State war against Russia.

Posted by: Skip at April 14, 2023 03:42 PM (xhxe

It is. The CGI corruption in on a scale that makes the Bidens look like penny ante.

Posted by: JmT at April 14, 2023 03:52 PM (BR6SG)

197 In my lifetime, I have never seen the United States of America in a more just war.

We're not at war. I cannot figure out why they keep saying this, why do they keep claiming we are at war.
==
Isn't that the Kinsely slip thing?

The truth is we are. Its our money, our bombs, and probably some of our blood. Hell our ammo stores are almost depleted. They won't admit to that part yet. But the special forces were def in there are there and probably a lot of intel type people.

Posted by: Josh Painter quote at April 14, 2023 03:52 PM (gqdSF)

198 What have the Khazars ever done for us?

YEAH!

Posted by: The Western Turkic Khaganate at April 14, 2023 03:53 PM (lc5cP)

199 149 We want Old Testament God. Real hardcore wrath and vengeance
Posted by: DB - facing the thing at April 14, 2023 03:43 PM (geLO

The Return of the Cruel Father, beating the fear back into his misbehaving children.

Posted by: XTC at April 14, 2023 03:53 PM (UnA8+)

200 187 There was a story the other day about a group of progressives who wanted to give WikiLeaks head Julian Assange a pass.

On Tuesday, a group of House members led by Michigan’s democratic socialist representative... ...documents represents a serious threat to freedom of the press.
Posted by: SMOD at April 14, 2023 03:50 PM (RHGPo)

Weirdly, the hardcore Socialists may be the least corrupt, because, why bother to buy off someone who is already a fanatic for your side?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 14, 2023 03:53 PM (cupoy)

201 Where are the courts on all of this crap?

Posted by: vic at April 14, 2023 03:53 PM (mMi2k)

202 HUNTER JOINED BURISMA BOARD HOURS AFTER APPEARING ON MSNBC’S “MORNING JOE”
JOE AND MIKA: THE BIDEN CRIME FAMILY’S USEFUL IDIOTS

Hours before he signed up for his Burisma board of directors cash grab, joining his father in one of many Obama White House criminal conspiracies, Hunter Biden was chatting amiably with pseudo-intellectuals Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski on the set of their MSNBC show “Morning Joe.”

Posted by: SMOD at April 14, 2023 03:53 PM (RHGPo)

203 The Post described Teixeira as patriotic, a devout Catholic and a libertarian with an interest in guns and doubts about America’s future.

this explains exactly how irrational americans are: Libertarians pretend they don't need society or rule of law, yet he imagines himself patriotic and catholic. He's clearly just operating on emotional delusions if he thinks he can be all 3 things simultaneously.

He betrayed our country and it doesn't matter why. He stole from every single American by converting that info, and disseminating it to his chump buddies on yet another chump FB group (Or whatever.) He literally endangered 330 million Americans who paid his salary. AND OUR WAR ALLIES WHO ARE DECIMATING russian invaders in Ukraine and other Allies.

Isn't it similar to Snowden? Patriotic until Democratic president, libertarian, huge ego.

No

Posted by: Intrepid Democratic Underground AoS Liaison at April 14, 2023 03:53 PM (NCgXW)

204 201 Where are the courts on all of this crap?

... claiming you don't have "standing"

Posted by: SMOD at April 14, 2023 03:54 PM (RHGPo)

205 Right-Wing Insurrectionary Forces are so menacing that his shitlib supporters will bless his plan to go Full Soviet.

Not bad for a bunch of Morons.

Posted by: DaveA at April 14, 2023 03:54 PM (FhXTo)

206 Meanwhile the Suburban Karens are swooning over Biden's reading of poetry in Ireland.

Posted by: Anti-Faucist at April 14, 2023 03:54 PM (ik/65)

207 Blinken made it clear that when he goes to talk with the Saudis, his number one issue is LBGTQ+ rights.
Posted by: The ARC of History!


Bwahahahahahahaha!!
No. Wait!
Bwahahahahahahaha!!!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 14, 2023 03:55 PM (Y2tls)

208
uh-w-w-who's, w-who's uh,,, uh biden?

yeah

Posted by: John Fetterman at April 14, 2023 03:55 PM (vwCZJ)

209 Seems there's two emerging political classes in America--Americans and the progressive left.

I'm very proud to be an American, having been raised in accord with all those values and mores so ridiculed by the left, as has been done through generations of our clan.

Posted by: irongrampa at April 14, 2023 03:55 PM (KATBx)

210 >Where are the courts on all of this crap?

Posted by: vic


cooperating

Posted by: DB - facing the thing at April 14, 2023 03:55 PM (geLO8)

211 201 Where are the courts on all of this crap?
Posted by: vic at April 14, 2023 03:53 PM (mMi2k)

Why? Is it a tax?

-Dread Justice Roberts

Posted by: Just Lily at April 14, 2023 03:55 PM (FXXR6)

212 YEAH!
Posted by: The Western Turkic Khaganate at April 14, 2023 03:53 PM (lc5cP)

I laughed. The Tengrists tend to more respectably overt with their justifications for conquest.

Posted by: trev006 at April 14, 2023 03:55 PM (DTm0P)

213 I know its Democrat Underground but how are Americans threatened by a memo stating that Ukraine is losing and even huge amounts of more cash won't help.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 14, 2023 03:55 PM (0hOvj)

214 201 Where are the courts on all of this crap?
Posted by: vic at April 14, 2023 03:53 PM (mMi2k)

they're part of it, of course.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 14, 2023 03:55 PM (trdmm)

215 At least we have bread and circuses. For now, anyway.

Canada has outlawed circuses.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 14, 2023 03:55 PM (3WoAU)

216 We need to just declassify everything. There are some things that are legitimate security concerns, but documents pertaining to those real concerns have already been sold off by politicians, so it really doesn't matter.

Posted by: DFCtomm at April 14, 2023 03:55 PM (vDj4Y)

217 171 I view the current regime as the equivalent of a hostile foreign entity that has taken over the federal government whose single minded goal is to crush the current Federal model of government and consolidate the remains at the Federal level with a single party permanently running the show. As an example, I view the BLM/Defund the Police moves as tactics to destabilize the cultural, social, and economic life of our major urban centers and through the resulting chaos create the conditions where the Left can make a case, a strong armed one mostly, that all policing needs to be nationalized to solve it as that will provide uniform and equitable law enforcement. With law enforcement nationalized other things become much easier to accomplish.
Posted by: Lost In Space at April 14, 2023 03:47 PM (iGfKR)

What does the left call it when a group of hostile elites seizes control of a country and strips away its native culture and religion, destroys its sense of national pride, pits different native groups against each other, and tries to replace centuries-old folkways with their own? Colonialism.

Posted by: Rusty Trawler at April 14, 2023 03:56 PM (1gif2)

218 your refrigerator isn't completely shut...
Posted by: Bob at the NSA


Where'd the pesto go?

Posted by: DaveA at April 14, 2023 03:56 PM (FhXTo)

219 It's lies all the way down up.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Abolition of The West is from Men Without Chests at April 14, 2023 03:56 PM (sQ6GQ)

220 As the CEO of a company founded in America’s heartland more than 165 years ago, I am responsible for ensuring every consumer feels proud of the beer we brew.

We’re honored to be part of the fabric of this country. Anheuser-Busch employs more than 18,000 people and our independent distributors employ an additional 47,000 valued colleagues. We have thousands of partners, millions of fans and a proud history supporting our communities, military, first responders, sports fans and hard-working Americans everywhere.

We never intended to be part of a discussion that divides people. We are in the business of bringing people together over a beer.

My time serving this country taught me the importance of accountability and the values upon which America was founded: freedom, hard work and respect for one another. As CEO of Anheuser-Busch, I am focused on building and protecting our remarkable history and heritage.

I care deeply about this country, this company, our brands and our partners. I spend much of my time traveling across America, listening to and learning from our customers, distributors and others.

Posted by: SMOD at April 14, 2023 03:56 PM (RHGPo)

221 LOL

Disney cast a white girl for Lilo & Stitch live action.

I mean... you can't find an Islander girl that can act?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 14, 2023 03:56 PM (0hOvj)

222 Moving forward, I will continue to work tirelessly to bring great beers to consumers across our nation.

Brendan Whitworth

CEO, Anheuser-Busch

Posted by: SMOD at April 14, 2023 03:56 PM (RHGPo)

223 Yes we have no bananas. Today.

Posted by: Eromero at April 14, 2023 03:56 PM (4svuj)

224 203 The Post described Teixeira as patriotic, a devout Catholic and a libertarian with an interest in guns and doubts about America’s future.

Had to throw the Catholic thing in to justify the Catholic Church op...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 14, 2023 03:56 PM (exHjb)

225 120. Impeachment hearings? He's even silent about Alexandra Pelosi's and Jade Sacker's 1/6 Capitol videos. Where are they? Who's analyzing them? Did they go to TuCa, too? Kevin has long been a Nan minion.

121. They grind through the Catholic Church because of the teachers' unions, another union in thick with B Inc. Look up the disciplinary actions in your state regarding pubic school administrators and teachers. They're shocking and not all inclusive.

The gov takes Church grounds and buildings, often through imminent domain, and throws it a bone when it aids the entry of non-citizens into the country.

Posted by: Lola - ALL the videotapes from Alexandra and Jade, too. at April 14, 2023 03:56 PM (GshMh)

226 He betrayed our country and it doesn't matter why. He stole from every single American by converting that info, and disseminating it to his chump buddies on yet another chump FB group (Or whatever.) He literally endangered 330 million Americans who paid his salary. AND OUR WAR ALLIES WHO ARE DECIMATING russian invaders in Ukraine and other Allies.

Posted by: Intrepid Democratic Underground AoS Liaison at April 14, 2023 03:53 PM (NCgXW)

Spoiler alert: nowhere near 330 million Americans pay taxes.

Posted by: Jordan61 at April 14, 2023 03:56 PM (DRSnL)

227 I believe it's not just tech, but actual human coverage on the neighborhood level. The Stasi had nothing on this surveillance state.

Posted by: Oldstoke at April 14, 2023 03:57 PM (z7sfH)

228 Whoops.

Posted by: Jordan61 at April 14, 2023 03:57 PM (DRSnL)

229 >Where are the courts on all of this crap?
Posted by: vic
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cooperating
Posted by: DB - facing the thing at April 14, 2023 03:55 PM (geLO
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and charging anyone who objects for the "legal fees" the state incurs.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 14, 2023 03:57 PM (3WoAU)

230 192 Say, how's that manifesto release coming?

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2023 03:52 PM (nvPT6)

Jolly good, I should say. Will probably be out by the time the FIB also says they know why the Vegas shooter did what he did.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 14, 2023 03:57 PM (ynpvh)

231 DOJ has gone to the Marxists even the last decade.
And they are still going after new Jan6 Ralliers they haven't caught yet.

Posted by: Skip at April 14, 2023 03:57 PM (xhxe8)

232 When Joey Biden shuffles off to deep-state perdition, I will do the Irish jig of his dreams. And Dr. Jill will be my sassy moll.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at April 14, 2023 03:57 PM (uAY3R)

233 Spoiler alert: nowhere near 330 million Americans pay taxes.

I just filed my taxes. I got money instead of paying taxes.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 14, 2023 03:58 PM (0hOvj)

234 Whitworth can eat shit.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 14, 2023 03:58 PM (+Wcyp)

235 222 Moving forward, I will continue to work tirelessly to bring great beers to consumers across our nation.

Brendan Whitworth

CEO, Anheuser-Busch
Posted by: SMOD at April 14, 2023 03:56 PM (RHGPo)

what's that mean, he's going to start selling something other than Bud?

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 14, 2023 03:58 PM (trdmm)

236 Moving forward, I will continue to work tirelessly to bring great beers to consumers across our nation.

Brendan Whitworth

CEO, Anheuser-Busch
==
GFY - I wouldn't pour one of your shitty beers on your head if your hair was on fire.

Posted by: In all sincerity at April 14, 2023 03:58 PM (bVK1X)

237 But [insert Generic Republican to be named later] is well-respected and better tempered than Trump!

[Generic Republican to be named later] will be able to get things done without all the distractions and scandals of Trump!

We must support [Generic Republican to be named later] over Trump if we want any chance to win the Presidency!

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 14, 2023 03:58 PM (Jicyp)

238 203 The Post described Teixeira as patriotic, a devout Catholic and a libertarian with an interest in guns and doubts about America’s future.
==================
clearly a terrorist

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 14, 2023 03:58 PM (3WoAU)

239 220 Posted by: SMOD at April 14, 2023 03:56 PM (RHGPo)

Fuck you A-B, you are not an American company you work for EUrotrash.

You tried to get the ESG bucks and had to have your marketing department wave their dicks about it with the "We squat to pee with HER/Him" on Mulvaney.

Do not piss in America's eyes and call it Light Light Beer.

Posted by: sven at April 14, 2023 03:58 PM (Lzpvj)

240 Anheuser-Busch CEO Brendan Whitworth made the statement on Friday in response to the backlash.


"We never intended to be part of a discussion that divides people. We are in the business of bringing people together over a beer."

full statement https://tinyurl.com/34ctm6vf

Posted by: DB - facing the thing at April 14, 2023 03:58 PM (geLO8)

241 vic good to see ya. Been awhile.

Posted by: JmT at April 14, 2023 03:59 PM (BR6SG)

242 221 LOL

Disney cast a white girl for Lilo & Stitch live action.

I mean... you can't find an Islander girl that can act?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 14, 2023 03:56 PM (0hOvj)

They did - they cast Maia Kealoha - she's not white...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 14, 2023 03:59 PM (exHjb)

243 Don’t get too angry about this. Tim Scott will not like that.

Posted by: Montec at April 14, 2023 03:59 PM (OalnH)

244 238 Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 14, 2023 03:58 PM (3WoAU)

I have explained to a Federal agent that I think the nation as founded has at most 25-75 years left in a formal setting.

I am also a patriot.

Posted by: sven at April 14, 2023 03:59 PM (Lzpvj)

245 Brendan Whitworth

CEO, Anheuser-Busch
Posted by: SMOD at April 14, 2023 03:56 PM (RHGPo)


Seems like Brendon left something out there... anyone else notice?

Posted by: Inogame at April 14, 2023 03:59 PM (53oGX)

246 GFY - I wouldn't pour one of your shitty beers on your head if your hair was on fire.
Posted by: In all sincerity at April 14, 2023 03:58 PM (bVK1X)

+++++++
The alcohol content is so low that you COULD pour one of his shitty bears on his head, if it were on fire, and if you wanted to.

Posted by: DFCtomm at April 14, 2023 03:59 PM (vDj4Y)

247 So . . . when do we move to the No-Party State?

Posted by: Elric Blade at April 14, 2023 03:59 PM (iFTx/)

248 He betrayed our country and it doesn't matter why. He stole from every single American by converting that info, and disseminating it to his chump buddies on yet another chump FB group (Or whatever.) He literally endangered 330 million Americans who paid his salary. AND OUR WAR ALLIES WHO ARE DECIMATING russian invaders in Ukraine and other Allies.

Isn't it similar to Snowden? Patriotic until Democratic president, libertarian, huge ego.

No
Posted by: Intrepid Democratic Underground AoS Liaison


It's better than Hunter Biden selling out America.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 14, 2023 04:00 PM (Y2tls)

249 oh y'all beat me to it
nemmine

Posted by: DB - facing the thing at April 14, 2023 04:00 PM (geLO8)

250 207 Blinken made it clear that when he goes to talk with the Saudis, his number one issue is LBGTQ+ rights.
Posted by: The ARC of History!


Bwahahahahahahaha!!
No. Wait!
Bwahahahahahahaha!!!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 14, 2023 03:55 PM (Y2tls)

They have a right to fly...off a tall building

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 14, 2023 04:00 PM (ynpvh)

251 I’m sick and tired of Biden’s shit…
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at April 14, 2023 03:48 PM (QnIJ2)

So are we!!

Posted by: Depends at April 14, 2023 04:00 PM (mR6Gs)

252 I just filed my taxes. I got money instead of paying taxes.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 14, 2023 03:58 PM (0hOvj)


I got a rock.

Posted by: Internal Charliebrown Service at April 14, 2023 04:00 PM (ivvNA)

253 233 Spoiler alert: nowhere near 330 million Americans pay taxes.

I just filed my taxes. I got money instead of paying taxes.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 14, 2023 03:58 PM (0hOvj)

In total, you had zero paid for the year, and instead got money back...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 14, 2023 04:00 PM (exHjb)

254 Thanks for reposting the link to "A Guide to Understanding the Hoax of the Century." I missed it the first time around. I am off to read this.

*******

Take a lunch and some extra water, it's a long article.

Posted by: Muldoon at April 14, 2023 04:00 PM (ykeLU)

255 'Arcturus' is a spin-off of the Omicron variant and is believed to be the most contagious variant yetA new Covid variant which has ripped through India and seen the country bring back face masks has been detected in the UK with 50 cases now reported. MailOnline has revealed that a new Covid variant called 'Arcturus', which has been wreaking havoc in India, has already been detected in Britain. Hospitals in India are on red alert, with some states reintroducing compulsory face masks to curb the rocketing infection rates, which have increased 13-fold in the past month.

Posted by: SMOD at April 14, 2023 04:00 PM (RHGPo)

256 So what is Bud Light's penance?

Because to me they just sound like any Republican at election time.

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2023 04:00 PM (nvPT6)

257 So the Red Chinese are arming the Russians.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at April 14, 2023 04:00 PM (Vwz3I)

258 Seems like Brendon left something out there... anyone else notice?
Posted by: Inogame at April 14, 2023 03:59 PM (53oGX)


Oh yes.

Posted by: Jordan61 at April 14, 2023 04:00 PM (DRSnL)

259 215 At least we have bread and circuses. For now, anyway.

Canada has outlawed circuses.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 14, 2023 03:55 PM (3WoAU)

and the bread will be made from ground up crickets.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 14, 2023 04:01 PM (ynpvh)

260 "We never intended to be part of a discussion that divides people. We are in the business of bringing people together over a beer."

full statement https://tinyurl.com/34ctm6vf
Posted by: DB - facing the thing at April 14, 2023 03:58 PM (geLO

Then he needs to fire the people involved, and publicly state they are ending any business dealings with the tranny.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 14, 2023 04:01 PM (oHd/0)

261 And now you see why there's no other reason to support any other candidate but Trump.

Because only if he wins do we take back the right to choose our leaders.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 14, 2023 04:01 PM (Jicyp)

262 NOAA Study: Atmosphere Warming At Half The Rate Predicted By Climate Models

.. is there a YESAA ?

Posted by: SMOD at April 14, 2023 04:01 PM (RHGPo)

263 Spoiler alert: nowhere near 330 million Americans pay taxes.

I just filed my taxes. I got money instead of paying taxes.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor


You overpaid and got money back. But you paid.
Every paycheck.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 14, 2023 04:02 PM (Y2tls)

264 In total, you had zero paid for the year, and instead got money back...

Yeah. I get paid by the state and federal for being poor. Its unjust and crazy but I mean, what am I supposed to do with the check?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 14, 2023 04:02 PM (0hOvj)

265 'Arcturus' is a spin-off of the Omicron variant and is believed to be the most contagious variant yetA new Covid variant which has ripped through India and seen the country bring back face masks has been detected in the UK with 50 cases now reported. MailOnline has revealed that a new Covid variant called 'Arcturus', which has been wreaking havoc in India, has already been detected in Britain. Hospitals in India are on red alert, with some states reintroducing compulsory face masks to curb the rocketing infection rates, which have increased 13-fold in the past month.
Posted by: SMOD at April 14, 2023 04:00 PM (RHGPo)


50 cases?! Better mask up and get another booster!

Posted by: Jordan61 at April 14, 2023 04:02 PM (DRSnL)

266 Remember when asked by the other delegates why he signed his name so large, John Hancock, reported replied, "So King George wouldn't need his spectacles to read it."


Joe, you can find me if you want, butt wipe..

Posted by: Archer at April 14, 2023 04:02 PM (gmo/4)

267 The Biden administration is looking at expanding how it monitors social media sites and chatrooms after U.S. intelligence failed to realize classified Pentagon documents circulated online for weeks, officials briefed on the matter say.

probably a set up
to go after us even harder

I don't believe anything anymore. Everything that happens is on purpose and a way to take away our freedoms.

Posted by: artisanal ette at April 14, 2023 04:02 PM (uQPen)

268 Is this the “All at once” part of tyranny’s conquest yet? Let me know so we can have our congressmen form a committee about it.

Posted by: Crazy to be sane at April 14, 2023 04:02 PM (VmGnq)

269 At this point, the worst contempt I can muster for Pol Pot was that he was maybe a little impetuous.

Maybe.

A little.

Posted by: garrett at April 14, 2023 04:03 PM (qltEd)

270 "We never intended to be part of a discussion that divides people. We are in the business of bringing people together over a beer."

———

Go to hell and I’m going to make sure I’ll never buy and InBev product again.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at April 14, 2023 04:03 PM (QnIJ2)

271 I know its Democrat Underground but how are Americans threatened by a memo stating that Ukraine is losing and even huge amounts of more cash won't help.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 14, 2023 03:55 PM (0hOvj)

Because the truth is dangerous.

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2023 04:03 PM (nvPT6)

272 246 GFY - I wouldn't pour one of your shitty beers on your head if your hair was on fire.
Posted by: In all sincerity at April 14, 2023 03:58 PM (bVK1X)

+++++++
The alcohol content is so low that you COULD pour one of his shitty bears on his head, if it were on fire, and if you wanted to.
Posted by: DFCtomm at April 14, 2023 03:59 PM (vDj4Y)
___________________

Bud Light is actually over 4% ABV. That's about average for light beer. Corona Light is a little less. But if your point is that Bud Light tastes like ass, then I agree with that. It has the foul taste -- and smell -- of musty pond water that someone sharted in and topped off with bug spray.

Posted by: Elric Blade at April 14, 2023 04:03 PM (iFTx/)

273 After they can rewrite the manifestos it will come out blaming the Christians trying to wreck her life

Posted by: Skip at April 14, 2023 04:03 PM (xhxe8)

274 You overpaid and got money back. But you paid.
Every paycheck.


Nah. I didn't pay a dime. I am freelance, I get paid royalties and pay for work from companies I write for. Not a LOT of money, but you know, money. I just earned so little I get EITC money; I get paid for being poor.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 14, 2023 04:03 PM (0hOvj)

275 233 Spoiler alert: nowhere near 330 million Americans pay taxes.

I just filed my taxes. I got money instead of paying taxes.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 14, 2023 03:58 PM (0hOvj)

Apparently my county is in a FEMA disaster zone, so I don't have to file until October. yeah Kali?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 14, 2023 04:03 PM (ynpvh)

276 Two criteria define membership in the ruling class. First, as Michael Lind has written, it is made up of people who belong to a "homogeneous national oligarchy, with the same accent, manners, values, and educational backgrounds from Boston to Austin and San Francisco to New York and Atlanta." America has always had regional elites; what is unique about the present is the consolidation of a single, national ruling class.

Second, to be a member of the ruling class is to believe that only other members of your class can be allowed to lead the country. That is to say, members of the ruling class refuse to submit to the authority of anyone outside the group, whom they disqualify from eligibility by casting them as in some way illegitimate.
===

No problemo.

Posted by: Gen. Augusto Pinochet at April 14, 2023 04:03 PM (Wl6Ns)

277 I just filed my taxes. I got money instead of paying taxes.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 14, 2023 03:58 PM (0hOvj)

I got a rock.
Posted by: Internal Charliebrown Service at April 14, 2023 04:00 PM (ivvNA)
==============
I'm hoping for an Admiral Levine Chia Pet

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 14, 2023 04:04 PM (3WoAU)

278 communicate only in grunts and hisses
trust no one
avoid human contact
Posted by: DB - facing the thing at April 14, 2023 03:35 PM (geLO

so.....

marriage...

Posted by: SturmToddler at April 14, 2023 04:04 PM (nXhwP)

279 Yeah. I get paid by the state and federal for being poor. Its unjust and crazy but I mean, what am I supposed to do with the check?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 14, 2023 04:02 PM (0hOvj)

Hookers and blow.

Posted by: JmT at April 14, 2023 04:04 PM (BR6SG)

280 236 Moving forward, I will continue to work tirelessly to bring great beers to consumers across our nation.

Brendan Whitworth

CEO, Anheuser-Busch
==
GFY - I wouldn't pour one of your shitty beers on your head if your hair was on fire.

Posted by: In all sincerity at April 14, 2023 03:58 PM (bVK1X)

Human piss is pretty close to Clydesdales piss, no?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 14, 2023 04:04 PM (ynpvh)

281 263 Spoiler alert: nowhere near 330 million Americans pay taxes.

I just filed my taxes. I got money instead of paying taxes.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor


You overpaid and got money back. But you paid.
Every paycheck.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 14, 2023 04:02 PM (Y2tls)

I think CRT was being humorous. I can use the laugh because I just got my returns back from my accountant and holy-moly!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at April 14, 2023 04:04 PM (N3zMI)

282 My time serving this country taught me the importance of accountability and the values upon which America was founded: freedom, hard work and respect for one another. As CEO of Anheuser-Busch, I am focused on building and protecting our remarkable history and heritage. AB CEO Bullshit.

Respect for one another like basically calling your loyal customers fratty asshoes that need to go? Dude you might as well start wearing hot pink panties and fish net stockings instead of pants with a statement like that. TLDR: F' off.

Posted by: Lost In Space at April 14, 2023 04:04 PM (iGfKR)

283 Spoiler alert: nowhere near 330 million Americans pay taxes.



Only about 130m adults work. Of those, 1/2 pay federal income taxe. 80% is paid by 1/2 of that 1/2. So ballpark, about 10% of Americans pay 80% of taxes.

Posted by: Montec at April 14, 2023 04:04 PM (OalnH)

284 They don't give a damn about their country's interests, just their own interests and those of others in their class, wherever they live.

—————

Globohomo

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at April 14, 2023 04:05 PM (QnIJ2)

285 We are the sheep who will board the buses that take us to the camps.

'Cause really, what will you do if one of those swat arrests happens down the street, 15 black SUVs and an armored vehicle, a crew of 35 all with MP5s, they take some guy for you don't know what, but it happens in about 40 other places across the country. And the news DOES NOT cover it.

What exactly will YOU do? Forget your arsenal for a second. You think you can actually really really organize something?

Could something like Madam DuFarge and the Red Hats actually do something in today's surveillance state?

No. We are going to the camps. And you won't believe how things can change so much and so fast.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at April 14, 2023 04:05 PM (KiBMU)

286 I'm pretty sure the memos leaked "Ukraine is losing and all the cash in the world won't help", is how they are going to justify bringing in US/Nato troops.

Its a textbook narrative shift. They can't just come out and say - he we've been gaslighting you the whole time. They needed a fallguy.

Posted by: In all sincerity at April 14, 2023 04:05 PM (t/FNI)

287 The thing most infuriating about the progressive left has been their success in suborning the most unique political system in history to near invisibility.

I wish no interaction with any of them beyond exerting the maximum effort to purge then from our society and country.

Posted by: irongrampa at April 14, 2023 04:06 PM (KATBx)

288 We never intended to be part of a discussion that divides people
--------

Never mentioned anything about the side they took in that discussion.

Funny that.

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2023 04:06 PM (nvPT6)

289 I think CRT was being humorous. I can use the laugh because I just got my returns back from my accountant and holy-moly!
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher


I paid $1k on top of what i paid all year long.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 14, 2023 04:06 PM (Y2tls)

290 AND OUR WAR ALLIES WHO ARE DECIMATING russian invaders in Ukraine and other Allies.
---
Wow.
Leaked highly classified intelligence-- that is the subject of that very post!--proves without a doubt that Ukraine isn't decimating anything but the US Treasury.

Daily Kos Dullard refuses that and chooses the lies and propaganda.

But yeah, there's a peaceful solution to our current politics ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 14, 2023 04:06 PM (Jicyp)

291 vic good to see ya. Been awhile.
Posted by: JmT

Seconded !

Posted by: JT at April 14, 2023 04:06 PM (T4tVD)

292 >> The thing most infuriating about the progressive left has been their success in suborning the most unique political system in history to near invisibility.


They have had a TON of help from the Progressive Right.

Posted by: garrett at April 14, 2023 04:06 PM (qltEd)

293 The Bud Light boycott must have REALLY done some damage for AB to be in such public damage-control mode. And so fast too. In addition to the short-term stock-price decline (which really isn't the best measure to apply), I think the big Bud Light distributors and customers called up screaming bloody blue murder. It's all so very very sad for AB.

Posted by: Elric Blade at April 14, 2023 04:06 PM (iFTx/)

294 No. We are going to the camps. And you won't believe how things can change so much and so fast.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at April 14, 2023 04:05 PM (KiBMU)


Well, aren't you just a little ray of sunshine.

Posted by: Archer at April 14, 2023 04:07 PM (gmo/4)

295 Hospitals in India are on red alert, with some states reintroducing compulsory face masks to curb the rocketing infection rates, which have increased 13-fold in the past month.

Here we go again? Eh, as with the last one, I'm not gonna participate.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 14, 2023 04:07 PM (Xrfse)

296 Gentlemen, I despise each and every one of you - Japanese master politician

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 14, 2023 04:07 PM (xT8gx)

297 264 In total, you had zero paid for the year, and instead got money back...

Yeah. I get paid by the state and federal for being poor. Its unjust and crazy but I mean, what am I supposed to do with the check?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 14, 2023 04:02 PM (0hOvj)

If you don't need it, donate it to a small moral business who does...in purchases, of course...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 14, 2023 04:07 PM (exHjb)

298 We are going to the camps. And you won't believe how things can change so much and so fast.
==
I'm pretty sure the techno surveillance state is so they don't have to send us all to the camps. They are just going to keep tabs on us. And send the most noncompliant. House arrest basically. THe covid was a compliance test. They used the phone data to see how compliant people were. They were pretty compliant.

Posted by: In all sincerity at April 14, 2023 04:08 PM (7+deR)

299 Dale Stark @DaleStarkA10 · 23h
Yes, I am indoctrinating my children with my values, just as every human society has done up until about 5 minutes ago.

Elon Musk @elonmusk
Far better than being indoctrinated by the state!

[Mr Stark is a former Warthog pilot]

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at April 14, 2023 04:08 PM (Vwz3I)

300 >>Hospitals in India are on red alert


Call me when they chase the Cows out.

Posted by: garrett at April 14, 2023 04:08 PM (qltEd)

301 I paid $1k on top of what i paid all year long.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 14, 2023 04:06 PM (Y2tls)


Me too.

Posted by: Archer at April 14, 2023 04:08 PM (gmo/4)

302 277 I just filed my taxes. I got money instead of paying taxes.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 14, 2023 03:58 PM (0hOvj)

I got a rock.
Posted by: Internal Charliebrown Service at April 14, 2023 04:00 PM (ivvNA)
==============
I'm hoping for an Admiral Levine Chia Pet

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 14, 2023 04:04 PM (3WoAU)

What balls.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 14, 2023 04:08 PM (ynpvh)

303 I just filed my taxes. I got money instead of paying taxes.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 14, 2023 03:58 PM (0hOvj)

Are you kidding?

You paid taxes bro. You just gave them more to hang on to for a while than you owed.

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2023 04:08 PM (nvPT6)

304 24-hour-per-day surveillance by AI

They'll keep paying for The Machine, getting TIA and then shutting it down when it pukes up Hillary's name again.

Posted by: DaveA at April 14, 2023 04:08 PM (FhXTo)

305 Nah. I didn't pay a dime. I am freelance, I get paid royalties and pay for work from companies I write for. Not a LOT of money, but you know, money. I just earned so little I get EITC money; I get paid for being poor.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 14, 2023 04:03 PM (0hOvj)

———-

Tell me more about this “freelance”

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at April 14, 2023 04:08 PM (QnIJ2)

306 When does AB roll out the Gay/Trans Clydesdales? Brokeback Ponies...

Posted by: Lost In Space at April 14, 2023 04:08 PM (iGfKR)

307 295 Hospitals in India are on red alert, with some states reintroducing compulsory face masks to curb the rocketing infection rates, which have increased 13-fold in the past month.

Here we go again? Eh, as with the last one, I'm not gonna participate.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 14, 2023 04:07 PM (Xrfse)
_____________________

Yes. But you might not have an interest in it. But it has an interest in you.

Posted by: Elric Blade at April 14, 2023 04:09 PM (iFTx/)

308 I paid $1k on top of what i paid all year long.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 14, 2023 04:06 PM (Y2tls)


Me too.
Posted by: Archer at April 14, 2023 04:08 PM (gmo/4)


Me three.

Posted by: Jordan61 at April 14, 2023 04:09 PM (DRSnL)

309 AB owns so many beer brands that they boycott may not really be that impactful. You hoycot Bud but then drink one of the other 100+ brands they own, AB doesn’t lose anything.

They key is to boycott all AB beer. And the list sis very long.

Posted by: Montec at April 14, 2023 04:09 PM (OalnH)

310 The Bud Light boycott must have REALLY done some damage for AB to be in such public damage-control mode.
==
A bud light truck was stopping traffic to deliver beer into a bar this morning. People where honking and pointing. I sensed it wasn't just because the driver was blocking traffic.

Posted by: In all sincerity at April 14, 2023 04:10 PM (6RoyK)

311 It's about East Germany. It was highly praised at the time, I couldn't bring myself to watch it.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 14, 2023 03:49 PM (+r+Na)

Neither can I.

Posted by: mrp at April 14, 2023 04:10 PM (rj6Yv)

312 They key is to boycott all AB beer. And the list sis very long.
==
Local micro brew. Super easy, barely an inconvenience.

Posted by: In all sincerity at April 14, 2023 04:10 PM (6RoyK)

313 Old and busted: panopticon surveillance

New hotness: TRANSOPTICON

Posted by: wooga at April 14, 2023 04:11 PM (MgvYZ)

314 No. We are going to the camps. And you won't believe how things can change so much and so fast.
Posted by: Mr Gaga at April 14, 2023 04:05 PM (KiBMU)

Who's we? Do you have a mouse in your pocket? If you wait for them to come to you in your suburban home, of course you're going to lose. The Founders were more proactive- hell, Christopher Dorner and Tim McVeigh had more going on. The nice thing about being the enemy because you're an American Christian is that you can do whatever you like.

Posted by: trev006 at April 14, 2023 04:11 PM (DTm0P)

315 If you don't need it, donate it to a small moral business who does...in purchases, of course

There is this amazing little store in town that sells 1920s clothes mostly for women, like Great Gatsby era. The young lady that runs it seems like she has a lot of spirit but I don't know how well she's doing in sales. I'd love to throw some cash at her, but I have nobody to buy something like that for. She doesn't have much men's stuff.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 14, 2023 04:11 PM (0hOvj)

316 NOOD Sanderson.

Posted by: Catherine at April 14, 2023 04:11 PM (ZSsrh)

317
I just filed my taxes. I got money instead of paying taxes.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

You probably paid. You just received a portion of the interest free loan called withholding back

Posted by: Sock Monkey * invictus maneo at April 14, 2023 04:11 PM (mDXyw)

318 The Bud Light boycott must have REALLY done some damage for AB to be in such public damage-control mode.

Their stock dropped 5% over the week, and that represents billions in loss. No idea what it really has done but yeah. They are not acting like this is a social media kerfluffle, they are in full scale damage control mode.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 14, 2023 04:12 PM (0hOvj)

319 117 Ever seen the movie THE LIVES OF OTHERS?


When the Stasi archives were opened after reunification, they found warehouses full of reports from East Germans informing on other East Germans. The reports were never pursued by the Stasi - there were just too many coming in every day. The Stasi just collected them and sent them to the warehouse.

Make society distrustful and it will turn on itself. Good thing that would never happen here!

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at April 14, 2023 04:12 PM (t4BDZ)

320 It's the same plan they have for dealing with violence: They don't prosecute violent criminals and release them to prey on the law-abiding so that they can cite the ensuing violence as the reason they need to disarm everybody except the government. (And criminals - they have little to no interest in disarming them. Google for "gun diversion")

Posted by: Socratease at April 14, 2023 04:12 PM (oqnjT)

321 And income tax isn't the only tax

Posted by: ... at April 14, 2023 04:12 PM (nvPT6)

322 You’d be surprised how many “craft” beers are owned by the behemoths.

Posted by: Montec at April 14, 2023 04:13 PM (OalnH)

323 Working WASP, of course I pay the Federal government, and owe Emperor Shapiro money as well.

Posted by: Skip at April 14, 2023 04:13 PM (xhxe8)

324 You order a Bud at any normal bar and the regulars will act like you ordered a Zima.

Posted by: Regular joe at April 14, 2023 04:13 PM (nnp+f)

325 The Babylon Bee-

Pentagon Leaker Kicking Himself For Not Just Leaving Classified Documents Strewn Around His Garage

https://tinyurl.com/3rfj5ah3

Posted by: redridinghood at April 14, 2023 04:13 PM (NpAcC)

326 Yes. But you might not have an interest in it. But it has an interest in you.

Well, I'll pass and let you have my dose.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 14, 2023 04:13 PM (Xrfse)

327 AB owns so many beer brands that they boycott may not really be that impactful. You hoycot Bud but then drink one of the other 100+ brands they own, AB doesn’t lose anything.

They key is to boycott all AB beer. And the list sis very long.
Posted by: Montec


Shiner Bock. Spoetzel Brewery, Shiner, Texas.

Shiner Bock – Spoetzl's flagship beer, it has been brewed since 1913, almost as long as the Spoetzl Brewery has been in business.

Shiner Bock was considered a Lenten beer, so was only made around that season, until a few decades ago.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 14, 2023 04:14 PM (Y2tls)

328 Those who said this is an op to get out in front of even worse are right.

We are roughly 15 to 30 days to the end of the winter and mud in Ukraine.

All these billions were so Ukraine could hold off the 500,000 Russia is about to dump into the war.

Gosh, who could have predicted that the world's second largest crooks (after the Biden's) would have embezzled and wasted all that money?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 14, 2023 04:14 PM (Jicyp)

329 Let's face it. I was inevitable.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 14, 2023 04:15 PM (qltEd)

330 Meanwhile fake president Joe and hunter are crying about Beau in Ireland

Posted by: Summer at April 14, 2023 04:16 PM (t+BtE)

331 You’d be surprised how many “craft” beers are owned by the behemoths.
==
I didn't say craft brew. Local microbrew. They are all over. Use the google. Look them up, they'll tell you their story. There are tons of them. Well I'm in Ohio and cincy has a long hx of local breweries and local micro breweries (GERMANS). And in Cleveland Great Lakes once one of the very early micro brews. But there are a half dozen now in Cleveland. Easy. Its worth the effort to find and support a local small brewer.

Posted by: In all sincerity at April 14, 2023 04:17 PM (wJAuu)

332 Only beers I get are craft local ones

Posted by: Skip at April 14, 2023 04:17 PM (xhxe8)

333 Willowed again

Posted by: Skip at April 14, 2023 04:17 PM (xhxe8)

334 Miller was always the better watery "light beer" than Bud. Tastes great, less filling. Iconic commercial.

Posted by: JmT at April 14, 2023 04:17 PM (BR6SG)

335 I paid $1k on top of what i paid all year long.

Posted by: rickb223


I'm jealous.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 14, 2023 04:22 PM (lTGtQ)

336
Shiner Bock. Spoetzel Brewery, Shiner, Texas.

Shiner Bock – Spoetzl's flagship beer, it has been brewed since 1913, almost as long as the Spoetzl Brewery has been in business.


Posted by: rickb223



All one really needs. Well, and one of their wheat beers on occasion.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 14, 2023 04:23 PM (lTGtQ)

337 Only beers I get are craft local ones
Posted by: Skip at April 14, 2023 04:17 PM (xhxe

Me too. My AO has a shite-ton of small breweries. Odell's is the largest independent brewery here. Quality product, and very little woke-ism.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Southpaw at April 14, 2023 04:24 PM (xPJvm)

338 You’ll read a lot in the coming days about the dangers of apps like Discord, or of online gaming groups, which counterintelligence officials told the Washington Post today are a “magnet for spies.” The Leaker tale will also surely be framed as reason to pass the RESTRICT Act, the wet dream of creepazoid Virginia Senator Mark Warner, which would give government wide latitude to crack down on “communication technology” creating “undue or unacceptable risk” to national security.

Posted by: SMOD at April 14, 2023 04:41 PM (RHGPo)

339 Was there anything really top secret in there
Stuff that Russia and china didn't already know

Posted by: Paul at April 14, 2023 04:48 PM (ivUp4)

340 The spy guy was described as a Christian gun lover

Posted by: Paul at April 14, 2023 04:53 PM (j37ze)

341 That sound is what's made by Biden's EV stuck in traffic and running out of power

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo bird at April 14, 2023 05:27 PM (wGqjj)

342 Also, Jordan61, your refrigerator isn't completely shut...
Posted by: Bob at the NSA at April 14, 2023 03:15 PM (kOFPS)

Heh, well that answers that...
Posted by: Jordan61

Jordan - is your refrigerator running? Better go and catch it! Ha! I’ll be here all week!

Posted by: Justin Castreau at April 14, 2023 07:07 PM (V8yYW)

343 Bradley Manning was celebrated into running for public office.

Posted by: wodun at April 14, 2023 07:13 PM (YRips)

344 Can we secede from Washington DC?

Posted by: Eric at April 15, 2023 02:48 AM (/7VaD)

345 So when does Brandon assume the title of Der Fuhrer?

Posted by: Jake at April 15, 2023 08:58 PM (EcD5Y)

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Posted by: talent at May 12, 2023 11:14 PM (Bc2Rj)

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