Biden Flinches on Debt Limit<br> (Though Doctors Say It Might Have Just Been a Transient Neurological Event)

Biden Flinches on Debt Limit
(Though Doctors Say It Might Have Just Been a Transient Neurological Event)

Via Katie Pavlich, Biden seemed to back down from his prior statements that he would rather plunge the country into an unprecedented default rather than accept any budget cuts.

Speaking to reporters after an event in New York Wednesday afternoon, President Joe Biden indicated he's willing to push aside his demands for a "clean" debt ceiling increase and negotiate spending cuts with lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
"Do you feel more optimistic about a deal today that you did yesterday?" a reporter asked.
"Sure," Biden responded, adding that he wants to look at specific spending cuts Democrats and Republicans can agree on.

But he also threatened to become a tyrant and rule without consulting Congress:

But Tuesday night, Biden also refused to rule out taking unilateral action to raise the debt limit.
In April Republicans passed legislation lifting the debt limit by $1.5 trillion while also capping federal spending at 2022 levels. In addition, the bill claws back billions in unused pandemic relief funding. The White House says they want to avoid a debt default. Republicans have passed a bill doing exactly that.
Until yesterday, the White House indicated they were willing to default with hopes Republicans would take the political blame and again demanded the debt limit be lifted without spending cuts attached.

Biden is claiming that he can raise the debt limit on his own authority, despite the Constitution making Congress the branch with the power to appropriate moneys and direct how they will be spent.

Joe Biden had a meeting with Republican and Democratic leaders about the debt ceiling on Tuesday, but they did not come to any agreements and there was no new movement in the negotiations, apart from Biden finally getting off his duff, out of the basement, and meeting with them.
As my colleague Bob Hoge explained:

McCarthy has offered a budget proposal that would trade spending cuts for an increased borrowing limit, but Biden has shown little interest in negotiating. The president has his own budget proposal: a $6.9 trillion behemoth that would spend $1.8 trillion more than the government would take in. He claims that massive new taxes would make up the difference and even lower the deficit.
In other words, Biden wants to keep on spending like it's going out of style, despite how that spending has already led to record inflation and crushing the pocketbooks of Americans. The claim that somehow massive new taxes will enable him to continue to spend is madness. Once again, if he was trying to drive us off a cliff, what would he be doing differently? Not a heck of a whole lot.
After the meeting, Biden took a few questions from reporters and revealed just how delusional he truly is on the subject. A reporter asked about Biden making any budget cuts in what he was proposing, saying House Speaker Kevin McCarthy had not gotten any answers from him about any cuts. Biden got mad that the reporter had the temerity to ask such a question and snapped at her.

Biden lashes out at a reporter for asking him about budget cuts: "You didn't listen either, so why should I even answer the question? We cut the deficit by $160 billion! Billion! B-I-L-L-I-O-N." pic.twitter.com/BIRKt6DSET
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 9, 2023

Biden claimed that he'd given McCarthy a specific answer, but said to the reporter, "You didn't listen either, so why should I even answer the question?" Translation: he didn't have an answer, he wasn't proposing any cuts. It's his budget, it's up to him to propose cuts, not McCarthy. All Biden did was insist that he had cut the deficit, "We cut the deficit by $160 billion! Billion! B-I-L-L-I-O-N."
Biden's already been hit with a "bottomless Pinocchio" for his constant lying about cutting the deficit from the Washington Post.

See Nick Arama at RedState for even the Propaganda Outlet the Washington Post repeatedly calling Biden a liar on this point. His budgets were fake. Most budgets are, but his were faker than usual. Rather than shrinking the deficit, they increased it.

Even the Washington Post feels compelled to call him out on these serial lies.

And yet this demented rapist and traitor keeps telling them.

Biden is claiming that he has the power to issue government debt on his own authority, making himself a tyrant unanswerable to Congress, stealing from Congress its most foundational power of appropriating money.

The leftwing lunatic Lawrence Tribe, who is also demented and senile and deranged like Biden, keeps arguing that it's time to just pull off the mask and go full tyrant.

The amendment, ratified in the aftermath of the Civil War, is better known for its provisions addressing citizenship and equal protection under the law. It has been used by the Supreme Court to mandate racial integration in schools in Brown v. Board of Education and same-sex marriage recognition in Obergefell v. Hodges.
It also includes this clause, which some legal scholars see as relevant to today's showdown: "The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned."
Default, they argue, is therefore unconstitutional and Biden would have a duty to effectively nullify the debt limit if Congress won't raise it, so that the validity of the country's debt isn't questioned.

The man putting the debt into question is Joe Biden himself. He should invoke the 14th Amendment to overrule his insistence that he can continue spending us into a full-on depression.

Biden won't rule out taking unliteral action on the debt limit if Congress doesn't acquiesce to his demands pic.twitter.com/6co8Aswr0e
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 9, 2023

.@JacquiHeinrich: "You have Mitt Romney saying that there has to be a conversation here. Is HE a MAGA Republican extremist?!" pic.twitter.com/o5l9kyeRx8
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) May 9, 2023

Posted by: Ace at 03:10 PM

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1 His senility will prevent him from dealing. Senile people are prone to unreasoned rage, Biden is senile and will not deal.

Posted by: Greg61 at May 11, 2023 03:12 PM (99YkD)

2 We shall see

Posted by: It's me donna at May 11, 2023 03:12 PM (bs+z0)

3 Biden is fucking liar.
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Ramaswamy: “I Will Use the Military to Secure the Border Without Apology” If Elected President

He's got my vote.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 11, 2023 03:13 PM (N5C4b)

4 hiya

Posted by: JT at May 11, 2023 03:13 PM (T4tVD)

5 first.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 11, 2023 03:13 PM (ncXxy)

6 This is spasm shaming!

Ace should be canceled!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at May 11, 2023 03:15 PM (LvTSG)

7 Laurence!!

Posted by: NCKate at May 11, 2023 03:15 PM (d5Qya)

8 Howdy!

Posted by: Moonbeam at May 11, 2023 03:15 PM (rbKZ6)

9 .@JacquiHeinrich: "You have Mitt Romney saying that there has to be a conversation here. Is HE a MAGA Republican extremist?!"

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Yes, he is.

The FBI should destroy him.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at May 11, 2023 03:16 PM (LvTSG)

10 We are definitely being punked.

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at May 11, 2023 03:16 PM (ytSiK)

11 Impeachment is off the table! - Team McFailure

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 11, 2023 03:17 PM (N5C4b)

12 Tribe is such a pompous prick.

Posted by: NCKate at May 11, 2023 03:18 PM (d5Qya)

13 Cut the deficit $160 billion and give that and more to Ukraine. Wow, good job, full-diaper.

*slow clap*

Posted by: bonhomme at May 11, 2023 03:18 PM (R38qh)

14 Would Senile Joe even acknowledge impeachment?

Posted by: NL at May 11, 2023 03:18 PM (eGTCV)

15 Pierre is Severely Conservative, not MAGA Extremist.

Moose out front should have told you.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 11, 2023 03:19 PM (fWYB6)

16 The military is already at the border, assisting the migrants.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 11, 2023 03:19 PM (jTmQV)

17 Even with the cut in the deficit, deficit spending was still nearly a trillion dollars a year.

So, okay.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at May 11, 2023 03:19 PM (LvTSG)

18 What would happen is exactly like the last several times; the government 'shuts down'. Big deal. We would be better off if the government shut down. Keep it shut down long enough so that members of congress have to get a real job in order to buy groceries, and we can elect a different set.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 11, 2023 03:20 PM (lTGtQ)

19 Dumb Bitch: You once said that using the debt ceiling as a negotiating wedge just could not happen.

T-Boogie: Sure, that's when I was president.

Dumb Bitch: So why is it different now that you're out of office?

T-Boogie: Because now I'm not president.

Best line of the night, even better than "you're a nasty person."

Posted by: UwU_Power at May 11, 2023 03:20 PM (MXW3K)

20 Heh. Looks like we could use some light-hearted humor these days. So, without further ado and taken from Ian Miles Cheong's twitter feed (@stillgray), crowd control as it should be done:

https://tinyurl.com/casualcrowdcontrol

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 11, 2023 03:20 PM (ZSK0i)

21 $160 billion seems like pocket change these days.

Posted by: NL at May 11, 2023 03:20 PM (eGTCV)

22 We're all going to be destitute before this dolt is out of office. Thankfully, his family will be billionaires.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 11, 2023 03:20 PM (Wo037)

23 3 Biden is fucking liar.
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Ramaswamy: “I Will Use the Military to Secure the Border Without Apology” If Elected President

He's got my vote.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 11, 2023 03:13 PM (N5C4b)

What is he going to do? Shoot to kill, and take responsibility for the consequences, just to make sure our border is secure? Short of a fully-constructed wall, that is what he'll need to do - either that, or be prepared to do that.

If he's not prepared to do that - not saying that he should - ultimately, that's just rhetoric.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 11, 2023 03:21 PM (/iWhV)

24 Abbott and his border czar are claiming the razor wire is working. It's a block the illegals will not cross. So we have that.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 11, 2023 03:22 PM (N5C4b)

25 If I wanted to go on vacation

i sure the fuck wouldn't visit the USA

Posted by: REDACTED at May 11, 2023 03:22 PM (us2H3)

26 Ramaswamy: “I Will Use the Military to Secure the Border Without Apology” If Elected President

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 11, 2023 03:13 PM (N5C4b)

Not the tranny weirdos, though, please.

Posted by: Jordan61 at May 11, 2023 03:22 PM (DRSnL)

27 This might be the only time in history where I think Republicans do have the advantage over a debt ceiling showdown and a Democrat President.

Much of it is, Biden has no bully pulpit. The worse thing you can do is have Biden explain a default.

McCarthy really holds all the cards here.

Posted by: Blago at May 11, 2023 03:22 PM (Xxg04)

28 This is a great spectacle. Bravura performance by everyone! Awards for all!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 11, 2023 03:22 PM (Wy1BU)

29 "Have you been instructed to appear to feel more optimistic about a deal today that you did yesterday?" a reporter asked.

Posted by: At No Time Was John Weaver In The Physical Presence Of gp at May 11, 2023 03:22 PM (MvF+J)

30 What is the most baldly, transparently political things in my lifetime was the Washington Post having a wildly inaccurate and bigoted "presidential lies" feature for the entire Trump administration and then shutting it down when Biden takes office.

I liked that feature, just not how they were using it. They called things lies that were just a difference of opinion, they called things lies that were true but they didn't like. But having a feature calling out politicians on their lies is a good thing, its what newspapers are supposed to do.

But they stopped when the biggest liar to ever walk the earth, even worse than Bill Clinton because he is just terrible at it... yeah.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2023 03:22 PM (0hOvj)

31 >>Biden is claiming that he can raise the debt limit on his own authority, despite the Constitution making Congress the branch with the power to appropriate moneys and direct how they will be spent.

Again, this is simply Obama's Trillion Dollar Coin redux to get the GOP to blink.

This has simply become a multi-annual circle jerk psyop where the GOP makes farting noises and gesticulations but ultimately caves to avoid a bad news cycle or two.

It's governmental masturbation, nothing more.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 11, 2023 03:23 PM (up/3i)

32 7 Laurence!!
Posted by: NCKate at May 11, 2023 03:15 PM (d5Qya)

'Orrenz!!!

Posted by: The Bedouin Horde at May 11, 2023 03:23 PM (N3zMI)

33 "If you act like you feel more optimistic about a deal today than you did yesterday, will you get more ice cream?" a reporter asked.

Posted by: At No Time Was John Weaver In The Physical Presence Of gp at May 11, 2023 03:23 PM (MvF+J)

34 Its good to have an adult like Karin Jean Pierre in the room when topics of heavy import are being discussed.

Posted by: Puddinhead at May 11, 2023 03:23 PM (xSnmX)

35 31 Again, this is simply Obama's Trillion Dollar Coin redux to get the GOP to blink.

This has simply become a multi-annual circle jerk psyop where the GOP makes farting noises and gesticulations but ultimately caves to avoid a bad news cycle or two.

It's governmental masturbation, nothing more.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 11, 2023 03:23 PM (up/3i)

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"We promise, we'll let you know when it's time to move out of the way."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at May 11, 2023 03:23 PM (LvTSG)

36 "You have Mitt Romney saying that there has to be a conversation here. Is HE a MAGA Republican extremist?!"

Hey, Mitt. Jam your "conversation" up your privileged, pampered, very-tight squeak hole.

The House has no need to compromise; they have the constitutional mandate, and anyone who says otherwise is an idiot or a liar, although they aren't mutually exclusive.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 11, 2023 03:24 PM (eOEVl)

37 $160 billion seems like pocket change these days.

It is. Just ask the Ukraine.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 11, 2023 03:24 PM (Xrfse)

38 Jordan61

Besides the 2nd ID on the border of North Korea, the Mexican border is the best place for them.

According to Village Idiot's Apprentice's serving son, the lower ranks are solid, it is the officers that are worthless.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 11, 2023 03:24 PM (u82oZ)

39 I saw some financial news article this am that went on and on about the enormous job losses in various states that will occur if the government defaults on loan payments. Citing all kinds of crazy percentages , such as doubling the individual states unemployment rate. Shutting down the auto industry. Can anyone explain how the US government not paying out to all its programs will cause this?

Posted by: Jen the original at May 11, 2023 03:25 PM (V2nO9)

40 "The leftwing lunatic Lawrence Tribe, who is also demented and senile and deranged like Biden, keeps arguing that it's time to just pull off the mask and go full tyrant."

I'm sure he does. That would be a wonderful reason to completely repudiate any obligation to the Christ-hating foreign occupiers in global finance and America'z government.

Posted by: trev006 at May 11, 2023 03:25 PM (78UcJ)

41 According to Village Idiot's Apprentice's serving son, the lower ranks are solid, it is the officers that are worthless.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 11, 2023 03:24 PM (u82oZ)

Some things never change!

Posted by: Jordan61 at May 11, 2023 03:25 PM (DRSnL)

42 Ramaswamy: “I Will Use the Military to Secure the Border Without Apology” If Elected President

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 11, 2023 03:13 PM (N5C4b)

Not the tranny weirdos, though, please.

What about the Irish?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 11, 2023 03:25 PM (eOEVl)

43 Off, Arabian sock!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 11, 2023 03:25 PM (N3zMI)

44 "Does your notecard indicate that you feel more optimistic about a deal today than you did yesterday?" a reporter asked.

Posted by: At No Time Was John Weaver In The Physical Presence Of gp at May 11, 2023 03:26 PM (MvF+J)

45 >>According to Village Idiot's Apprentice's serving son, the lower ranks are solid, it is the officers that are worthless.

Make Fragging Popular Again

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 11, 2023 03:26 PM (N5C4b)

46 according to wikipedia, for the fiscal year that ran from oct 1 2017 to sept 30 2018:

"Total expenditures: $4.094 trillion (requested); $4.109 trillion (actual); 20.3% of GDP"

and the dems want to make the next year's budget $6.9 trillion, an increase over the 2018 budget of about 67 percent.

because this is what responsibility smells like.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 11, 2023 03:26 PM (B1FKF)

47 45 >>According to Village Idiot's Apprentice's serving son, the lower ranks are solid, it is the officers that are worthless.

Make Fragging Popular Again
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 11, 2023 03:26 PM (N5C4b)

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"I was going to warn Niedermeyer, but then I got high."
-Niedermeyer's Dead Horse

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at May 11, 2023 03:27 PM (LvTSG)

48 What about the Irish?
Posted by: Archimedes at May 11, 2023 03:25 PM (eOEVl)

Nobody wants them.

Posted by: Jordan61 at May 11, 2023 03:27 PM (DRSnL)

49 and the dems want to make the next year's budget $6.9 trillion, an increase over the 2018 budget of about 67 percent.

because this is what responsibility smells like.
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Fake ballots don't come cheap.

Posted by: Puddinhead at May 11, 2023 03:27 PM (xSnmX)

50 What about the Irish?
Posted by: Archimedes at May 11, 2023 03:25 PM (eOEVl)

we should probably make them immigrate in a legal manner too.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 11, 2023 03:27 PM (xhaym)

51 Start by eliminating the DoJ (including the FBI), the Department of Energy (whose job was to make us energy independent), and the Dept. of Education, which is superfluous given that States have that role (subsidiarity).

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at May 11, 2023 03:28 PM (5u1+1)

52 The average Zimbabwean could find 160 billion of their currency under their sofa cushions...if the could afford sofas.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at May 11, 2023 03:28 PM (MfhqY)

53
Out: All money belongs to the US government

In: All money belongs to Joe Biden

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 11, 2023 03:28 PM (pWM19)

54 "If the Invisible Rabbit taps you on the shoulder, which way will you turn to shake his paw?" a reporter asked. "Will you have to bend down this time, or do they still have the tall Rabbit?"

Posted by: At No Time Was John Weaver In The Physical Presence Of gp at May 11, 2023 03:28 PM (MvF+J)

55 What about the Irish?

They're okay, but no Methodists

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2023 03:28 PM (0hOvj)

56 18 What would happen is exactly like the last several times; the government 'shuts down'. Big deal. We would be better off if the government shut down. Keep it shut down long enough so that members of congress have to get a real job in order to buy groceries, and we can elect a different set.
Posted by: Thomas Paine
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The difference between the debt limit law and regular budgeting is literally Treasury would have no authority to borrow money. When it is something like 25 percent of federal spending (fed revenue is about 1.3 trillion short of what it spends of about 6 trillion bucks , it would have to prioritize how to administer cuts to spending.

You can try it yourself.
https://us.abalancingact.com/2022-federal-budget

Posted by: whig at May 11, 2023 03:28 PM (L6NDr)

57 We all know where to go to get our money back. Which is nice.

I see a collapse as almost inevitable. But we may dodge the tsunami. As likely as Barbara Feldon calling me up for a date.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 11, 2023 03:28 PM (u82oZ)

58 LOL, I am getting into the weeds, listening to a stream of Valiant Renegade listening to Disney's earnings call from yesterday. Apparently Iger is pissed at DeSantis, Disney+ lost domestic subscribers, they will merge Hulu into D+, and who knows what else.
I am waiting to hear the questions from the listeners.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 11, 2023 03:28 PM (ufFY8)

59 What is he going to do? Shoot to kill, and take responsibility for the consequences, just to make sure our border is secure? Short of a fully-constructed wall, that is what he'll need to do - either that, or be prepared to do that.

If he's not prepared to do that - not saying that he should - ultimately, that's just rhetoric.

We could drop the pretense of sending the military to the border, but having them work in the background in support of the Border Patrol.

We could establish large, uncomfortable camps for the illegals, staffed by the military, with the option that they can leave the country and go home at any time they choose.

Finally, and I'm not recommending this, we could invade the first 3 miles of Mexico, and set up the camps there. That way, we avoid the problems with having the military operating on US soil.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 11, 2023 03:28 PM (eOEVl)

60 Make Fragging Popular Again
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 11, 2023 03:26 PM (N5C4b)

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"Warning shot!"
~Gunner Jensen

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at May 11, 2023 03:29 PM (OgrpQ)

61 Howdy!
Posted by: Moonbeam

Doody !

Posted by: JT at May 11, 2023 03:29 PM (T4tVD)

62 So Lutherans are OK?

Posted by: Prairie Home Companion at May 11, 2023 03:29 PM (QqM4f)

63 The lower ranks are not solid. They are full of pronouns, queers, trannies and the worthless. Officers the same. According to my son. I've said before, I like our chances against the US military. The worthy are getting the hell out.

Posted by: NCKate at May 11, 2023 03:30 PM (d5Qya)

64 Heh. Looks like we could use some light-hearted humor these days. So, without further ado and taken from Ian Miles Cheong's twitter feed (@stillgray), crowd control as it should be done:

https://tinyurl.com/casualcrowdcontrol
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 11, 2023 03:20 PM (ZSK0i)

That was pretty funny.

Posted by: Jordan61 at May 11, 2023 03:30 PM (DRSnL)

65 If he's not prepared to do that - not saying that he should - ultimately, that's just rhetoric.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 11, 2023 03:21 PM (/iWhV)

Non-lethal crowd control is very possible, and safe for the crowd (but horribly unpleasant) and the guys doing it.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 11, 2023 03:30 PM (ZCCyW)

66 "Will you graciously accept the 2023 Press Award For Least Malarkey at our ceremony tomorrow?" a reporter asked.

Posted by: At No Time Was John Weaver In The Physical Presence Of gp at May 11, 2023 03:30 PM (MvF+J)

67 The largest single employer (FedGub) in the world is $32 trillion in debt?
What could possibly go wrong?

Posted by: wth at May 11, 2023 03:30 PM (v0R5T)

68 58 LOL, I am getting into the weeds, listening to a stream of Valiant Renegade listening to Disney's earnings call from yesterday. Apparently Iger is pissed at DeSantis, Disney+ lost domestic subscribers, they will merge Hulu into D+, and who knows what else.
I am waiting to hear the questions from the listeners.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 11, 2023 03:28 PM (ufFY

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Fuck an illegal immigrant minor on camera to own the cons, Iger.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at May 11, 2023 03:30 PM (LvTSG)

69 Yes, Mitt Romney is a MAGA extremist.
/shocked too

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 11, 2023 03:30 PM (EZebt)

70 the dems want to make the next year's budget $6.9 trillion, an increase over the 2018 budget of about 67 percent.

because this is what responsibility smells like.

Posted by: gnats local 678

They have to fund the cities that their policies have killed. All of the people that funded the cities through taxes have left; only the subsidized are left.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 11, 2023 03:31 PM (lTGtQ)

71 >>> 48 What about the Irish?
Posted by: Archimedes at May 11, 2023 03:25 PM (eOEVl)

Nobody wants them.
Posted by: Jordan61 at May 11, 2023 03:27 PM (DRSnL)

*shakes mcfist at Jordan61*

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 11, 2023 03:31 PM (llON8)

72 >>>What about the Irish?

"The Irish are the blacks of Europe. The Dubliners are the blacks of Ireland. And the north-siders are the blacks of Dublin. So say it now, and say it loud...."

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 11, 2023 03:31 PM (N3zMI)

73 If he's not prepared to do that - not saying that he should - ultimately, that's just rhetoric.

In the end, though, this problem only gets solved with a wall, stiff penalties for those who hire illegals, and mass deportations. And that means the Dems and GOPe types are kicked out of office, so we can actually address the problem, which really isn't that hard to solve if you want to. Trump had made an excellent start.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 11, 2023 03:31 PM (eOEVl)

74 Howdy!
Posted by: Moonbeam

Doody !
Posted by: JT at May 11, 2023 03:29 PM (T4tVD)

Time!

Posted by: wth at May 11, 2023 03:31 PM (v0R5T)

75 . As likely as Barbara Feldon calling me up for a date.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 11, 2023 03:28 PM (u82oZ)

So you are saying I now have a chance?

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at May 11, 2023 03:31 PM (ufFY8)

76 "What about the Irish?

"Okay we'll take the n@@@@rs and the C@@@@s, but not the Irish."

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at May 11, 2023 03:32 PM (5u1+1)

77 Joe wants the top 10 percent among girl invaders.

Posted by: NL at May 11, 2023 03:32 PM (eGTCV)

78 51 Start by eliminating the DoJ (including the FBI), the Department of Energy (whose job was to make us energy independent), and the Dept. of Education, which is superfluous given that States have that role (subsidiarity).
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Add HUD, HHS, IRS (make the State's collect the Fed Grift) and Commerce. There should be no direct enforcement of Fed Laws on State Citizens.

Posted by: Puddinhead at May 11, 2023 03:32 PM (xSnmX)

79 by the way,, what's with karine jean pierre? did she go into the beauty salon with a picture of moe and say 'make me look like that'?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 11, 2023 03:32 PM (B1FKF)

80 NCKate

Gulp!

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 11, 2023 03:32 PM (u82oZ)

81 So the Lutherans are OK?

Only if they bring tuna casseroles.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 11, 2023 03:32 PM (Y4DQf)

82 ""The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned.""

This does not make the debt limit unconstitutional at all (as though this has to be explained to anyone with two functioning brain cells, but in case anyone wants to argue with you. The Executive Branch could easily pay all the debt service out of incoming funds, they'd just have to prioritize that over any other spending. So shut down all unnecessary programs for the duration and pay the debt. The problems resulting are twofold: one, the actual response is 100% political (barriers in front of the war memorials in DC and National Parks), and spending actually continues during the shutdown, with everyone getting all the money post facto that they would have gotten if there hadn't been a shutdown, so the debt limit then has to be raised. Gah!

Posted by: Heresolong at May 11, 2023 03:32 PM (FSbq+)

83 Biden Admin is going to re-value Physical Gold. Increasing the stores held by the US to at least fair mkt price.

Uncertain if US actually has any physical gold. Or, if they do, how much.

Not really relevant though as they will just claim they have X amnt.

It makes me angry that "Biden" will benefit but on the other hand it is inevitable as other nations have said they intend to do it.

Posted by: Thesokorus at May 11, 2023 03:32 PM (C191H)

84 Jen,

We are spending about 6.27 trillion and revenue is about 4.9 trillion or so. That makes about 1.3-1.4 trillion gap between spending and revenue. If the borrowing authority stops, then Treasury has to allocate who gets paid and who gets cut. To avoid default on bonds, interest would be paid and that means everyone from federal employees to social security people might not get a check until it is worked out.

https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/

Posted by: whig at May 11, 2023 03:32 PM (L6NDr)

85 What is the point of a debt ceiling if we always raise it every time we hit it? It's nothing more than a political football, and we're not actually paying anything down or off since we borrow more money just to meet our obligation to pay the interest on the debt.

Posted by: Lieutenant Duh at May 11, 2023 03:32 PM (oxSjI)

86 *shakes mcfist at Jordan61*
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 11, 2023 03:31 PM (llON8 )

LOL. I should've said, nobody wants *us*.

Posted by: Jordan61 at May 11, 2023 03:33 PM (DRSnL)

87
https://tinyurl.com/casualcrowdcontrol
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy

=========

They ought to deploy drones and keep spraying until the mob is fully dispersed.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 11, 2023 03:33 PM (lCaJd)

88 I see a collapse as almost inevitable. But we may dodge the tsunami. As likely as Barbara Feldon calling me up for a date.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 11, 2023 03:28 PM (u82oZ)
.........

You never know. Stay close to your shoe phone.

Posted by: wth at May 11, 2023 03:33 PM (v0R5T)

89 >>> 86

LOL. I should've said, nobody wants *us*.
Posted by: Jordan61 at May 11, 2023 03:33 PM (DRSnL)

Hehe, I'll come visit and drink with you!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 11, 2023 03:33 PM (llON8)

90 According to Village Idiot's Apprentice's serving son, the lower ranks are solid, it is the officers that are worthless.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 11, 2023 03:24 PM (u82oZ)

The military could be run very well with just NCOs in charge.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 11, 2023 03:34 PM (BdMk6)

91 "Is the Debt Limit debate a giant scam that the Uniparty uses every time they want to pretend to be Seriously Arguing over spending?" a precocious six-year-old asked.

Posted by: At No Time Was John Weaver In The Physical Presence Of gp at May 11, 2023 03:34 PM (MvF+J)

92 "crowd control as it should be done:"

Even more effective than throwing a bucket of water on them!

Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 11, 2023 03:34 PM (ou9hh)

93 didn't mitt romney push paul ryan's grandma off a cliff?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 11, 2023 03:34 PM (B1FKF)

94 It's a trap!

The old dementia two-step.

Posted by: Archer at May 11, 2023 03:35 PM (gmo/4)

95 They ought to deploy drones and keep spraying until the mob is fully dispersed.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 11, 2023 03:33 PM (lCaJd)

Fire retardant planes.

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at May 11, 2023 03:35 PM (OgrpQ)

96 There is no "budget". Take last years expenditures add 10%.
Import a million people who will be paid less than minimum wage. Give them some money-subsidize them. End of the day, "overwhelm" the "system". Commie 101, kids.

Posted by: pahound at May 11, 2023 03:35 PM (YEjJg)

97 Barbara Feldon’s kinda long in the tooth now, no?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 11, 2023 03:35 PM (Y4DQf)

98 Biden's already been hit with a "bottomless Pinocchio" for his constant lying about cutting the deficit
.......

Don't worry. CNN believes him.

Posted by: wth at May 11, 2023 03:35 PM (v0R5T)

99 https://tinyurl.com/casualcrowdcontrol
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 11, 2023 03:20 PM (ZSK0i)

That was pretty funny.
Posted by: Jordan61 at May 11, 2023 03:30 PM (DRSnL)

LOL, bitches be slappin'

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at May 11, 2023 03:35 PM (ufFY8)

100 If the borrowing authority stops, then Treasury has to allocate who gets paid and who gets cut. To avoid default on bonds, interest would be paid and that means everyone from federal employees to social security people might not get a check until it is worked out.

Posted by: whig

Sounds like a good plan.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 11, 2023 03:35 PM (lTGtQ)

101 Hehe, I'll come visit and drink with you!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 11, 2023 03:33 PM (llON8 )

Deal!

Posted by: Jordan61 at May 11, 2023 03:35 PM (DRSnL)

102 Next 100 years, biden's likeness will be used in Zombie movies.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at May 11, 2023 03:35 PM (e/+2e)

103 This is all so sick and heartbreaking.
I have never seen such evil unleashed in my time.

Posted by: artisanal ette at May 11, 2023 03:36 PM (uQPen)

104 "Abbott and his border czar are claiming the razor wire is working. It's a block the illegals will not cross. So we have that.
Posted by: Maj. Healey"

Biden/Mayorkas will order piles of wire cutters and heavy work gloves wherever there is razor wire. Need to make sure they enter safely and legally. Mostly safely.

Posted by: Ripley at May 11, 2023 03:36 PM (cUYo/)

105 83 Biden Admin is going to re-value Physical Gold. Increasing the stores held by the US to at least fair mkt price.

Uncertain if US actually has any physical gold. Or, if they do, how much.

Not really relevant though as they will just claim they have X amnt.

It makes me angry that "Biden" will benefit but on the other hand it is inevitable as other nations have said they intend to do it.
Posted by: Thesokorus
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It is not enough unless you go to some unrealistic amount of 6,000 per ounce or somewhat. From the analysis I saw, it was something like 400-500 billion from raising it from 42 bucks to current market price. We are borrowing about 1.3 trillion per year now (that includes raiding the Social Security fantasy lockbox) and borrowing about 900 billion or so via market operations.

Posted by: whig at May 11, 2023 03:36 PM (L6NDr)

106 Heh. Looks like we could use some light-hearted humor these days. So, without further ado and taken from Ian Miles Cheong's twitter feed (@stillgray), crowd control as it should be done:

https://tinyurl.com/casualcrowdcontrol
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 11, 2023 03:20 PM (ZSK0i)

That was pretty funny.
Posted by: Jordan61 at May 11, 2023 03:30 PM (DRSnL)

Love the guy at around the 17 second mark. "Dayum!"

Posted by: Doof at May 11, 2023 03:36 PM (LLddH)

107 >>didn't mitt romney push paul ryan's grandma off a cliff?

No.

He shaved her head and called her Gay.

Posted by: garrett at May 11, 2023 03:36 PM (7oh2Z)

108 Don't worry, we'll snatch defeat when victory is in our grasp! It's what we do.

Posted by: GOPe performing in Failure Theatre at May 11, 2023 03:37 PM (NJ4Re)

109 "The Irish are the blacks of Europe. The Dubliners are the blacks of Ireland. And the north-siders are the blacks of Dublin. So say it now, and say it loud...."

So, favored status?

Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 11, 2023 03:37 PM (Xrfse)

110 It is not enough unless you go to some unrealistic amount of 6,000 per ounce or somewhat. From the analysis I saw, it was something like 400-500 billion from raising it from 42 bucks to current market price. We are borrowing about 1.3 trillion per year now (that includes raiding the Social Security fantasy lockbox) and borrowing about 900 billion or so via market operations.
Posted by: whig at May 11, 2023 03:36 PM (L6NDr)

Try $20k at least. At least.

Posted by: Thesokorus at May 11, 2023 03:37 PM (C191H)

111 *81 So the Lutherans are OK?
Only if they bring tuna casseroles.*

But we've got fried chicken.

Posted by: Southern Baptists at May 11, 2023 03:37 PM (QqM4f)

112 Big win in VA

18- to 20-year-olds can’t be barred from buying handguns, judge rules

Trump frowns.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 11, 2023 03:37 PM (N5C4b)

113 Heh. Looks like we could use some light-hearted humor these days. So, without further ado and taken from Ian Miles Cheong's twitter feed

LOL so perfect. Hose em down and keep going, problem solved.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2023 03:37 PM (0hOvj)

114 Debt ceiling is a classist phrase deeply insensitive to the houseless and other who fancy open-air lifestyles, like gypsies.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at May 11, 2023 03:37 PM (ppBhU)

115 97 Barbara Feldon’s kinda long in the tooth now, no?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 11, 2023 03:35 PM (Y4DQf)

With the platinum membership package, you get to use the AoSHQ time machine that Ace totally doesn't have to go back to the era when your favorite hottie was in her prime.

So I'm told. I can only afford cardboard myself.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 11, 2023 03:37 PM (N3zMI)

116 Where's the purple-lipped messiah these days?

Posted by: NL at May 11, 2023 03:38 PM (eGTCV)

117 $20k, same as in town.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 11, 2023 03:38 PM (Y4DQf)

118 Mushbran Shitpants doesn't have a fucking clue what's going on, at all.

He mumbles empty nothingburger answers to every question he takes and then shuffles away aimlessly.

Posted by: ballistic at May 11, 2023 03:38 PM (oXNqT)

119 I really hope Gaetz & Co are holding McCarthy's contract up to his face every time they meet.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 11, 2023 03:38 PM (N5C4b)

120 Missed it by THAT much!!

Posted by: Maxwell Smart at May 11, 2023 03:39 PM (QqM4f)

121 100 If the borrowing authority stops, then Treasury has to allocate who gets paid and who gets cut. To avoid default on bonds, interest would be paid and that means everyone from federal employees to social security people might not get a check until it is worked out.

Posted by: whig

Sounds like a good plan.
Posted by: Thomas Paine
---------
It gets complicated really fast and then there are second and third order effects such as an immediate severe recession that cuts revenues at the same time triggering government spending (aka stabilizers). Given the incompetence and corruption of our Fedgov, it is likely to lead to considerable unrest at best in the population and outright collapse could not be ruled out.

Posted by: whig at May 11, 2023 03:39 PM (L6NDr)

122 Barbara Feldon’s kinda long in the tooth now, no?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 11, 2023 03:35 PM (Y4DQf)
........

She's 99?

Posted by: wth at May 11, 2023 03:39 PM (v0R5T)

123

So you are saying I now have a chance?
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at May 11, 2023 03:31 PM (ufFY

LOL That made it sound like you want a date with Salty. Salty is a wonderful man, but since you're both guys please don't date each 😉 other. Mrs Salty and Mrs Fashion Cop might object

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 11, 2023 03:40 PM (QxiMo)

124 Ha, Disney is moving more bad news into the next quarter.
They are lowering expectations for the next report.
LMAO.
The panel on the stream were laughing.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 11, 2023 03:40 PM (ufFY8)

125 Barbara Parkins > Barbara Feldon

Posted by: spindrift at May 11, 2023 03:40 PM (ivvNA)

126 another solution is for jerome powell to cut interest rates back to like .05 percent.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 11, 2023 03:40 PM (B1FKF)

127 112 Big win in VA

18- to 20-year-olds can’t be barred from buying handguns, judge rules

Trump frowns.
------------------
Nice. Now how about booze and cigarettes? Or does every 18 year old have to buy a fake drivers license?

Posted by: Puddinhead at May 11, 2023 03:40 PM (xSnmX)

128 "Can you please just give me your notecards so I can get back to Mahogany Ridge?" a thirsty reporter asked.

Posted by: At No Time Was John Weaver In The Physical Presence Of gp at May 11, 2023 03:40 PM (MvF+J)

129 Try $20k at least. At least.
Posted by: Thesokorus

Dunno. Depends on how much you believe we have in reserves.

Posted by: whig at May 11, 2023 03:40 PM (L6NDr)

130 Barbara Feldon’s kinda long in the tooth now, no?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 11, 2023 03:35 PM (Y4DQf)
........

She's 99?
Posted by: wth at May 11, 2023 03:39 PM (v0R5T)

Well, 90...

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 11, 2023 03:41 PM (ZSK0i)

131 I really hope Gaetz & Co are holding McCarthy's contract up to his face every time they meet.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 11, 2023 03:38 PM (N5C4b)

Is that contract legally binding? Hahahahaha, suckers.

Posted by: GOPe performing in Failure Theatre at May 11, 2023 03:41 PM (NJ4Re)

132 Given the incompetence and corruption of our Fedgov, it is likely to lead to considerable unrest at best in the population and outright collapse could not be ruled out.

Posted by: whig

Yes, I know. Let's get it over with.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 11, 2023 03:41 PM (lTGtQ)

133 124 Ha, Disney is moving more bad news into the next quarter.
They are lowering expectations for the next report.
LMAO.
The panel on the stream were laughing.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 11, 2023 03:40 PM (ufFY

==========

"We will punish America for their impertinence! Send out the drag queens to Magic Kingdom!"

"Sir, we cannot send the drag queens to Magic Kingdom. The MAGA brigade has taken it."

"Send Steiner! Steiner will come!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at May 11, 2023 03:41 PM (LvTSG)

134 Biden can:
Choose ice cream or pudding flavor
Soil himself
Convert oxygen to greenhouse gas

He is not functionally capable of anything else, claiming otherwise helps obscure whoever is pulling the levers behind the curtain.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at May 11, 2023 03:41 PM (tA1/w)

135 So what pattern are we putting the deck chairs in today?

Posted by: Just Lily at May 11, 2023 03:41 PM (QKNkt)

136 What is the point of a debt ceiling if we always raise it every time we hit it? It's nothing more than a political football, and we're not actually paying anything down or off since we borrow more money just to meet our obligation to pay the interest on the debt.

Posted by: Lieutenant Duh at May 11, 2023 03:32 PM

It about politics and nothing more. That's why the democrats and the gop(e) passed an omnibus bill that funds the government through September of this year so the incoming republican house could not touch anything but they did not not touch the debt ceiling even though they knew it was going to be an issue.

They could have upped the debt limit by couple of billion dollars but they chose not to knowing this would become a problem but both parties need this to be a disaster so they can fund raise off of it.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 11, 2023 03:42 PM (ncXxy)

137 End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
2m

Experts share a list of “red flag phrases”:

-Let that sink in
-The media won't report this
-Make this go viral
-Do your own research

https://tinyurl.com/ybxuybx5
-There are no coincidence

Posted by: redridinghood at May 11, 2023 03:42 PM (NpAcC)

138 LOL That made it sound like you want a date with Salty. Salty is a wonderful man, but since you're both guys please don't date each 😉 other. Mrs Salty and Mrs Fashion Cop might object
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 11, 2023 03:40 PM (QxiMo)

Yeah, I was specific in my response about Kate Upton a couple threads ago.
Was lazy this time and you got me.
My English teacher always warned me about 'unckear antecedents'.
Kudos.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at May 11, 2023 03:42 PM (ufFY8)

139 125 Barbara Parkins > Barbara Feldon
Posted by: spindrift at May 11, 2023 03:40 PM (ivvNA)

Barbara Babcock > Barbara Parkins > Barbara Feldon

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 11, 2023 03:42 PM (N3zMI)

140 Apply for a cheaper credit card and transfer the balance (as the government raises rates). Brilliant!

Posted by: pahound at May 11, 2023 03:43 PM (YEjJg)

141 So what pattern are we putting the deck chairs in today?

Since you asked, it's your call.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 11, 2023 03:43 PM (Xrfse)

142 another solution is for jerome powell to cut interest rates back to like .05 percent.

Posted by: gnats local 678

That wouldn't shock me. We never recovered from 2003 or 2008. The only thing keeping us up in the air after we ran off the cliff like Wile Coyote was ZIRP.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 11, 2023 03:43 PM (lTGtQ)

143 Barbara Feldon’s kinda long in the tooth now, no?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 11, 2023 03:35 PM (Y4DQf)
........

She's 99?
Posted by: wth at May 11, 2023 03:39 PM (v0R5T)

Well, 90...
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 11, 2023 03:41 PM (ZSK0i)
........

How old is 86?

Posted by: wth at May 11, 2023 03:43 PM (v0R5T)

144 Ace - will you have a post about Trump on CNN? Just saw a great clip of him kinda sorta doing a " 'scuse me while I whip this out" thing on Kaitlan Collins to refute her claim that it took him "3 hours to tell them to go home"...

From @CollinRugg:
https://tinyurl.com/2p9emb7n

Posted by: Doof at May 11, 2023 03:44 PM (LLddH)

145 "Biden can convert oxygen to greenhouse gas"

Not just oxygen! He produces CH4 as well as CO2. Don't underestimate him.

Posted by: At No Time Was John Weaver In The Physical Presence Of gp at May 11, 2023 03:44 PM (MvF+J)

146 Where's the purple-lipped messiah these days?
Posted by: NL at May 11, 2023 03:38 PM (eGTCV)

Getting dorked up the squeakhole by some twink, probably.

Posted by: Jordan61 at May 11, 2023 03:44 PM (DRSnL)

147 "Sir, we cannot send the drag queens to Magic Kingdom. The MAGA brigade has taken it."

"Send Steiner! Steiner will come!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at May 11, 2023 03:41 PM (LvTSG)

Lots of boilerplate, and corporate speak.
Going to questions now.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 11, 2023 03:44 PM (ufFY8)

148 Past performance says Joe Biden is lying.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at May 11, 2023 03:44 PM (17s+e)

149 Dunno. Depends on how much you believe we have in reserves.
Posted by: whig at May 11, 2023 03:40 PM (L6NDr)

I think they will just say we have X amnt and yolo.

US phys gold is hugely and intentionally under-valued.

Nations are moving to it as a global reserve asset.

$20kUSD/oz prob leaves room for more re-valuing. Serious room.

Posted by: Thesokorus at May 11, 2023 03:44 PM (C191H)

150 Barbara WaWa > Barbara Babcock > Barbara Parkins > Barbara Feldon

Posted by: Puddinhead at May 11, 2023 03:45 PM (xSnmX)

151 So what pattern are we putting the deck chairs in today?

Posted by: Just Lily at

I VOTE PLAID!!!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 11, 2023 03:45 PM (Wy1BU)

152 This link to The Telegraph analyzes the Russian military, and compares it to the WWII British army, in terms of the moral / morale, physical, and conceptual. I think it's well done.

https://tinyurl.com/ym6mbvfb

Posted by: Archimedes at May 11, 2023 03:45 PM (eOEVl)

153 will you have a post about Trump on CNN? Just saw a great clip of him kinda sorta doing a " 'scuse me while I whip this out" thing on Kaitlan Collins to refute her claim that it took him "3 hours to tell them to go home"...

I am really baffled that people in the news, whose job it is to get details right, to be factual, keep being so idiotically, completely, and stupidly wrong about this.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2023 03:45 PM (0hOvj)

154 Let that sink in

Who is offended by that?. Appliances? Showers and bath tubs?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 11, 2023 03:45 PM (QxiMo)

155 What about me?

Posted by: Baba WaWa at May 11, 2023 03:45 PM (QqM4f)

156 147 Lots of boilerplate, and corporate speak.
Going to questions now.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 11, 2023 03:44 PM (ufFY

=========

"At what point do you consider your leadership to be a joke? Now or when D+ loses another few million subcribers?"

"What does Kathleen Kennedy's ass taste like?"

"Can you quantify how much good will your company lost simply based on the casting of Lizzo in The Mandalorian?"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at May 11, 2023 03:46 PM (LvTSG)

157 Experts share a list of “red flag phrases”:

Good Lord.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 11, 2023 03:46 PM (Xrfse)

158 But he also threatened to become a tyrant and rule without consulting Congress:

---------

He's got a Crayon and PlaySkool Phone-on-Wheels.

Posted by: ShainS at May 11, 2023 03:46 PM (I4Vsj)

159 70's Barbara Bain > Barbara WaWa > Barbara Babcock > Barbara Parkins > Barbara Feldon

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 11, 2023 03:46 PM (N5C4b)

160 How old is 86?
Posted by: wth at May 11, 2023 03:43 PM (v0R5T)

Would you believe...90?

Posted by: Maxwell Smart at May 11, 2023 03:46 PM (ufFY8)

161 >> Experts share a list of “red diaper fag phrases”:

Akshully

Posted by: garrett at May 11, 2023 03:47 PM (7oh2Z)

162 Barbara Bain > Barbara WaWa > Barbara Babcock > Barbara Parkins > Barbara Feldon

Where does Barbara Eden fit into this?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2023 03:47 PM (0hOvj)

163 I'm right here...

Posted by: Barbara Streisand at May 11, 2023 03:47 PM (QqM4f)

164
How old is 86?
Posted by: wth

==========

He's moot years old now.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 11, 2023 03:47 PM (lCaJd)

165 Did Biden just say that he cut the deficit $160 billion? Then why, or great pedo, has the deficit not gone down. Last I looked it was up $1 trillion on April 15th.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at May 11, 2023 03:47 PM (17s+e)

166 God in Heaven we still have to deal with RUS on verge of collapse memes.

And mercs doing frontal assaults on fortified positions.

Incredible.

Posted by: Thesokorus at May 11, 2023 03:47 PM (C191H)

167 Barbara Eden FTW!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 11, 2023 03:47 PM (Y4DQf)

168 "Just saw a great clip of him kinda sorta doing a " 'scuse me while I whip this out" thing on Kaitlan Collins to refute her claim"

If only MTG was that agile with Leslie Stahl. Could've whipped out the Joe-Groping-Kids vids when LS asked her to, but didn't. I guess she forgot to bring them, or was paid to forget to bring them.

Posted by: At No Time Was John Weaver In The Physical Presence Of gp at May 11, 2023 03:48 PM (MvF+J)

169 I thought he died. "Cone of Silence"?

Posted by: pahound at May 11, 2023 03:48 PM (YEjJg)

170 Where does Barbara Eden fit into this?

I fit into Barbara regularly off the set.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 11, 2023 03:49 PM (N5C4b)

171 137 End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
2m

Experts share a list of “red flag phrases”:

-Let that sink in
-The media won't report this
-Make this go viral
-Do your own research

https://tinyurl.com/ybxuybx5
-There are no coincidence
Posted by: redridinghood

Update your Newspeak Dictionary's accordingly.

Posted by: Puddleglum at May 11, 2023 03:49 PM (sAmhv)

172 Barbara Bach was no slouch, either.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2023 03:49 PM (0hOvj)

173 167 Barbara Eden FTW!
-----------------
What about Zombie Barbara Bush?

Posted by: Puddinhead at May 11, 2023 03:49 PM (xSnmX)

174
Where does Barbara Eden fit into this?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2023 03:47 PM (0hOvj)

Barbara Eden > Barbie Benton > Barbara Bain > Barbara WaWa > Barbara Babcock > Barbara Parkins > Barbara Feldon

Posted by: wth at May 11, 2023 03:49 PM (v0R5T)

175 "Let that sink in" Is someone offended by that who doesn't have a sink?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 11, 2023 03:49 PM (QxiMo)

176 *people in the news, whose job it is to get details right, to be factual*

Heh, that's cute.

Posted by: Low Information Voters at May 11, 2023 03:49 PM (QqM4f)

177 Biden lashes out at a reporter for asking him about budget cuts: "You didn't listen either, so why should I even answer the question? We cut the deficit by $160 billion! Billion! B-I-L-L-I-O-N."

---------

He also keeps claiming that he's cut the national debt by $1.7 trillion since coming "into office."

Trillion! T-R-I-L-L-I-O-N, fat!

Posted by: ShainS at May 11, 2023 03:49 PM (Owkv7)

178 I am really baffled that people in the news, whose job it is to get details right, to be factual, keep being so idiotically, completely, and stupidly wrong about this.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2023 03:45 PM (0hOvj)
----
The television "news" industry is populated almost exclusively by the completely unimpressive, unintelligent scions of wealthy east-coast liberals, and they all went to the same 3-4 schools. They are dumb people that didn't learn anything other than where their bread gets buttered, which is licking the sweaty taint of the left for eternity. As long as someone signs their checks and they keep getting invited to the best cocktail parties so they can keep having sex with one anothers' spouses, they don't give a single solitary fuck about anything that resembles accurate reporting.

Posted by: ballistic at May 11, 2023 03:50 PM (oXNqT)

179 "Can you quantify how much good will your company lost simply based on the casting of Lizzo in The Mandalorian?"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at May 11, 2023 03:46 PM (LvTSG)

The panel mentioned before the call that Disney+ lost 300k north American subscribers in the quarter when season 3 of Baby fucking Yoda (Mandalorian) started. That cannot be a good sign. Ha ha.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 11, 2023 03:50 PM (ufFY8)

180 I didn't include Barbie Benton because I'm not 100% sure she's a Barbara but she'd be at the top of the list for me.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2023 03:50 PM (0hOvj)

181 How old is 86?
Posted by: wth at May 11, 2023 03:43 PM (v0R5T)

Steve Carell's 60.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 11, 2023 03:50 PM (ZSK0i)

182 "Where does Barbara Eden fit into this?"

I fit into Barbara regularly off the set.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 11, 2023 03:49 PM (N5C4b)

Awesome meme...
https://tinyurl.com/2p8ryvra

Posted by: Doof at May 11, 2023 03:50 PM (LLddH)

183 Raggity Karine can go shove a carrot down her throat to shut her up

Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2023 03:50 PM (xhxe8)

184 So, without further ado and taken from Ian Miles Cheong's twitter feed (@stillgray), crowd control as it should be done:

Damn, it looked like tribbles had been killed during the fighting. There were hairballs everywhere.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 11, 2023 03:50 PM (eOEVl)

185 OT: Is Birmingham, Alabama really the Dinner Table of the South? Watching a golf tournament and they keep saying that on those Visit Birmingham commercials.

Posted by: Puddleglum at May 11, 2023 03:50 PM (sAmhv)

186 "Experts share a list of “red flag phrases”:

Posted by: redridinghood"

My red flag is any phrase containing the word 'experts'

Posted by: Ripley at May 11, 2023 03:50 PM (cUYo/)

187 Biden is claiming that he has the power to issue government debt on his own authority, making himself a tyrant unanswerable to Congress, stealing from Congress its most foundational power of appropriating money.
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He probably can. There is nothing to stop the Treasury from issuing bonds whenever and however it pleases.

There is a but, though and it's a big one: it would not be debts issued legally. That *has* to come from the House. They have to authorize it. The debt ceiling is the way they authorize it. If the Treasury issues new debt anyway in excess of the debt ceiling, it is doing so without authorization - and the 14th Amendment won't apply and it can be repudiated if desired. That is a high risk, and the market will make Treasury pay for that risk if it chooses to do so.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 11, 2023 03:51 PM (DU+/6)

188 179 The panel mentioned before the call that Disney+ lost 300k north American subscribers in the quarter when season 3 of Baby fucking Yoda (Mandalorian) started. That cannot be a good sign. Ha ha.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 11, 2023 03:50 PM (ufFY

==========

"If She-Hulk was an animal, how horribly did you murder it while you were trying to own DeSantis?"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at May 11, 2023 03:51 PM (LvTSG)

189 Barbara Eden > Barbie Benton > Barbara Bain > Barbara WaWa > Barbara Babcock > Barbara Parkins > Barbara Feldon
Posted by: wth at May 11, 2023 03:49 PM (v0R5T)

Hanna Barbera?

Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, LTD. at May 11, 2023 03:51 PM (NJ4Re)

190
*blink-blink*

*blink*

yeah

Posted by: John Fetterman at May 11, 2023 03:51 PM (vwCZJ)

191 "Can you quantify how much good will your company lost simply based on the casting of Lizzo in The Mandalorian?"

There is no number that large. They can be proud of having actually murdered Star Wars. Disney was given three of the most lucrative, amazing franchises in human history and slaughtering all three.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2023 03:52 PM (0hOvj)

192 185 OT: Is Birmingham, Alabama really the Dinner Table of the South? Watching a golf tournament and they keep saying that on those Visit Birmingham commercials.
Posted by: Puddleglum at May 11, 2023 03:50 PM (sAmhv)

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I lived there for a couple of years. I don't like it. There are some good restaurants here and there, though.

They want to be Nashville, but they are the Memphis of Mobiles.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at May 11, 2023 03:52 PM (LvTSG)

193 The first Playboy I ever bought had Barbie Benton as the centerfold. Yowza.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 11, 2023 03:52 PM (Y4DQf)

194 Let that sink in

Who is offended by that?. Appliances? Showers and bath tubs?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 11, 2023 03:45 PM (QxiMo)
******
The Left wants to control us like mindless crash dummies.
You are not allowed to use your critical thinking skills or suggest that someone use their critical thinking skills.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 11, 2023 03:53 PM (NpAcC)

195 186 "Experts share a list of “red flag phrases”:

What qualifies them as experts?

Posted by: NL at May 11, 2023 03:53 PM (eGTCV)

196 All this talk of budgets and debt is just white supremacy patriarchy.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 11, 2023 03:53 PM (cMXNt)

197 Old Man Yelling Joe Is Best Joe!

"Hey Youse Kids, Cut Out That Racket, I'm Trying To Sleep For Crying Out Loud!"

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 11, 2023 03:53 PM (MZjWj)

198 Ha, third question is about Florida.
LMAO.
Now Iger is getting animated.
1:03:50 into the video.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 11, 2023 03:53 PM (ufFY8)

199 Speaking to reporters after an event in New York Wednesday afternoon, President Joe Biden indicated he's willing to push aside his demands for a "clean" debt ceiling increase and negotiate spending cuts with lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
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"He" isn't willing or able to do shit, but this is still news. The ruling factions have been whipped into shape and identified their sacred calves that must not be touched. The factions that actually run the executive government have figured out what they'll negotiate on what is worth a high-risk exercise to defend (that is, where the faction leaders have the most preliminary work done to extract maximum personal benefit and empire growth). They got that done in time, so *now* they can sit down and jawbone about it.

My guess is some symbolic cuts, a lot of "reduced growth," the entire Administration wish-list, and both sides declaring victory to their respective bases and hurling pejoratives at the "opposition."

Y'know. Failure theater.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 11, 2023 03:54 PM (DU+/6)

200 >>Deplorable Ian Galt

Thanks for the updates. Keep them coming.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 11, 2023 03:55 PM (N5C4b)

201 Every thread is a Barbara thread!

Posted by: That guy who always says... at May 11, 2023 03:55 PM (Xrfse)

202 Old Man Yelling Joe Is Best Joe!

I kind of like his creepy whisper better. Reminds me of Bad Lip Reading.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at May 11, 2023 03:55 PM (ppBhU)

203 That is a high risk, and the market will make Treasury pay for that risk if it chooses to do so.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 11, 2023 03:51 PM (DU+/6)

I'll take six-month bonds at 10%!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 11, 2023 03:55 PM (ZCCyW)

204 TJM,

I drove passed it on the Interstate and nothing really stood out. I've entertained a spring or fall trip to Alabama to check out the Robert Trent Jones Golf trail.

Posted by: Puddleglum at May 11, 2023 03:55 PM (sAmhv)

205 My guess is some symbolic cuts, a lot of "reduced growth," the entire Administration wish-list, and both sides declaring victory to their respective bases and hurling pejoratives at the "opposition."

Y'know. Failure theater.

Yes, but you'll have Gaetz, MTG, Boebert, etc. in the audience blowing raspberries and throwing tomatoes. I don't think it will be as easy as it has been in the past. We could conceivably get a partial win.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 11, 2023 03:56 PM (eOEVl)

206 https://www.youtube.com/live/7mUbRv4zI74?feature=share

Valiant Renegade Disney earnings link.
For the super nerds.
Iger ranting at 1:03:50.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 11, 2023 03:56 PM (ufFY8)

207 Barbara Stanwyck has entered the chat.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at May 11, 2023 03:56 PM (MfhqY)

208 Any girl that can give me a chubby just by blinking is alright by me.

Posted by: wth at May 11, 2023 03:56 PM (v0R5T)

209 204 TJM,

I drove passed it on the Interstate and nothing really stood out. I've entertained a spring or fall trip to Alabama to check out the Robert Trent Jones Golf trail.
Posted by: Puddleglum at May 11, 2023 03:55 PM (sAmhv)

========

It's a former industrial town that has little reason to exist anymore other than the fact that it's there and has infrastructure.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at May 11, 2023 03:56 PM (LvTSG)

210 185 OT: Is Birmingham, Alabama really the Dinner Table of the South? Watching a golf tournament and they keep saying that on those Visit Birmingham commercials.
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Message for everyone who isn't insane: Don't visit Birmingham.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at May 11, 2023 03:56 PM (sWM8x)

211 ... they will merge Hulu into D+, and who knows what else. ...
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 11, 2023 03:28 PM (ufFY

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That strikes me as a desperation play to pretend that subscriber numbers are better than they are. If they do it by making it more expensive, they will lose customers. If they do it and the price stays the same, then D+ is even more unprofitable because it has to ride on Hulu's revenue (or vice-versa).

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 11, 2023 03:57 PM (DU+/6)

212 Every thread is a Barbara thread!

Posted by: That guy who always says... at May 11, 2023 03:55 PM (Xrfse)

https://is.gd/ZP5Fwl

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 11, 2023 03:57 PM (ZCCyW)

213 hat is a high risk, and the market will make Treasury pay for that risk if it chooses to do so.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 11, 2023 03:51 PM (DU+/6)

Bro just re-value our gold bro.

JPM is now 2nd largest global custodian for a reason.

Mercantilist Wars ftw

Posted by: Thesokorus at May 11, 2023 03:57 PM (C191H)

214 How old is 86?
Posted by: wth at May 11, 2023 03:43 PM (v0R5T)

Were he alive, he'd be a hunnert.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trailer Trash Adjacent at May 11, 2023 03:57 PM (xPJvm)

215 Derailing a thread has become an art form here at the HQ. Heh.

Posted by: That guy who always says... at May 11, 2023 03:57 PM (Xrfse)

216 Lizzo was such a poor actress, she made Jack Black look like a good actor by comparison.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at May 11, 2023 03:58 PM (2Rnj7)

217 Yes, but you'll have Gaetz, MTG, Boebert, etc. in the audience blowing raspberries and throwing tomatoes. I don't think it will be as easy as it has been in the past. We could conceivably get a partial win.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 11, 2023 03:56 PM (eOEVl)
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It would be cool if you're right, I just don't think you are. I'll happily - enthusiastically, even - admit I was wrong if it turns out better than it always has in the past.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 11, 2023 03:58 PM (DU+/6)

218 OT: Is Birmingham, Alabama really the Dinner Table of the South?

Posted by: Puddleglum at May 11, 2023 03:50 PM (sAmhv)

What does that even mean?

Posted by: Jordan61 at May 11, 2023 03:58 PM (DRSnL)

219 Jeannie or Samantha?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 11, 2023 03:58 PM (Y4DQf)

220 https://is.gd/ZP5Fwl
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 11, 2023 03:57 PM (ZCCyW)

LOL

Posted by: Jordan61 at May 11, 2023 03:58 PM (DRSnL)

221 140 Apply for a cheaper credit card and transfer the balance (as the government raises rates). Brilliant!
Posted by: pahound

In govt. finance speak, that is called a sinking fund--bonds that have no expiration date, and it was used by Britain to get out of the debt from fighting Napoleon.

Posted by: whig at May 11, 2023 03:59 PM (L6NDr)

222 >>> 219 Jeannie or Samantha?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 11, 2023 03:58 PM (Y4DQf)

Isn't the correct answer for something like this "yes"?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 11, 2023 03:59 PM (llON8)

223 Ha, it was a four minute rant.
Valiant Renegade said "This is all bullshit. I will explain later".

Another question now.
(I am listening to yesterday's call, so it is 'live' to me).

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 11, 2023 03:59 PM (ufFY8)

224 ok that helps, I'll get rid of Hulu now too

Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 11, 2023 03:59 PM (w0NJk)

225 I've entertained a spring or fall trip to Alabama to check out the Robert Trent Jones Golf trail.
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Now you're onto something, Puddleglum. I'm not a golfer, but golfing friends tell me the Robert Trent Jones trail is world class.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at May 11, 2023 03:59 PM (sWM8x)

226 Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 11, 2023 03:20 PM (ZSK0i)

Could we get the cop to go and pepper spray every governmental agency in DC?. Of course, that would require overtime.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 11, 2023 03:59 PM (Keyt1)

227 This bikini blonde in the surf is expecting failure theater:
https://is.gd/P8KMmW

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 11, 2023 04:00 PM (DU+/6)

228 It would be cool if you're right, I just don't think you are. I'll happily - enthusiastically, even - admit I was wrong if it turns out better than it always has in the past.

We're all trying to read tea leaves here. If I'm right, I'll be obnoxious in victory, and if I'm wrong, I'll be surly in defeat.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 11, 2023 04:00 PM (eOEVl)

229 Bo Jackson Tried to Cure Year-Long Hiccups by Sniffing a Porcupine’s Butt

.. I wonder if Dementia Joe has tried this

Posted by: SMOD at May 11, 2023 04:00 PM (RHGPo)

230 >>> 213 hat is a high risk, and the market will make Treasury pay for that risk if it chooses to do so.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 11, 2023 03:51 PM (DU+/6)

Bro just re-value our gold bro.

JPM is now 2nd largest global custodian for a reason.

Mercantilist Wars ftw
Posted by: Thesokorus at May 11, 2023 03:57 PM (C191H)

I thought JPM was the 2nd largest global custodian of rocks and sand and shit.

Whoops! Whoopsie!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 11, 2023 04:00 PM (llON8)

231 I lived there for a couple of years. I don't like it. There are some good restaurants here and there, though.

They want to be Nashville, but they are the Memphis of Mobiles.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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That is Ace level cruelty there.

Posted by: whig at May 11, 2023 04:01 PM (L6NDr)

232 >>> 228
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We're all trying to read tea leaves here. If I'm right, I'll be obnoxious in victory, and if I'm wrong, I'll be surly in defeat.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 11, 2023 04:00 PM (eOEVl)

*nods*

This is the Moron Way.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 11, 2023 04:01 PM (llON8)

233 Derailing a thread has become an art form here at the HQ. Heh.
Posted by: That guy who always says... at May 11, 2023 03:57 PM (Xrfse)
.........

I blame Bulgaroctonus.

Posted by: wth at May 11, 2023 04:01 PM (v0R5T)

234 Elon Musk
@elonmusk
12m
Excited to announce that I’ve hired a new CEO for X/Twitter. She will be starting in ~6 weeks!

My role will transition to being exec chair & CTO, overseeing product, software & sysops.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 11, 2023 04:01 PM (NpAcC)

235 I’m not saying Major Nelson was gay, but he was Air Force and it took him 4 years to get into Jeannie’s hoohaa and that was with her throwing herself at him every waking minute.

Maybe he was just hyper focused on getting to the Moon?

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 11, 2023 04:01 PM (cMXNt)

236 227 This bikini blonde in the surf is expecting failure theater:
https://is.gd/P8KMmW
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 11, 2023 04:00 PM (DU+/6)

She looks fun.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 11, 2023 04:01 PM (BdMk6)

237 LMAO.
Now Iger is getting animated.
1:03:50 into the video.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 11, 2023 03:53 PM (ufFY

++++
He's furious, but sounds impotent and is saying things he shouldn't - like how Reedy Creek *is* Disney - that might hurt badly when this goes to court.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 11, 2023 04:01 PM (DU+/6)

238 But we're the Conecuh Mecca.

Posted by: Evergreen, Alabama at May 11, 2023 04:02 PM (QqM4f)

239 It's not just that he's lying.
It's that he's never partaken of objective reality.

Posted by: DaveA at May 11, 2023 04:02 PM (FhXTo)

240 ... If I'm right, I'll be obnoxious in victory, and if I'm wrong, I'll be surly in defeat.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 11, 2023 04:00 PM (eOEVl)
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This is the way!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 11, 2023 04:02 PM (DU+/6)

241 The newest trend in grooming is the “everything shower,” which entails taking an extremely warm, steamy shower for two to four hours, soaping up every nook and cranny while they blast their favorite music. On TikTok, the indulgent practice has gone viral, with #EverythingShower racking up over 168.9 million views. “An everything shower with hot water and Taylor Swift is better than sex.

Posted by: SMOD at May 11, 2023 04:02 PM (RHGPo)

242 OT: Is Birmingham, Alabama really the Dinner Table of the South? Watching a golf tournament and they keep saying that on those Visit Birmingham commercials.
Posted by: Puddleglum

NO. Birmingham, Alabama is the Detroit, East St. Louis, Jackson,MS, blue shit hole of the South. Second only to Atlanta for population and feral utes out to kill anyone that even remotely appears to not have a head on a swivel with clear intentions to defend self and property.

Posted by: BifBewalski at May 11, 2023 04:03 PM (3CCua)

243 The newest trend in grooming is the “everything shower,” which entails taking an extremely warm, steamy shower for two to four hours, soaping up every nook and cranny while they blast their favorite music. On TikTok, the indulgent practice has gone viral, with #EverythingShower racking up over 168.9 million views. “An everything shower with hot water and Taylor Swift is better than sex.
Posted by: SMOD at May 11, 2023 04:02 PM (RHGPo)
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Who has a water heater that big?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 11, 2023 04:03 PM (DU+/6)

244 He's furious, but sounds impotent and is saying things he shouldn't - like how Reedy Creek *is* Disney - that might hurt badly when this goes to court.
------------------
DeSantis invaded Florida's Poland.

Posted by: Puddinhead at May 11, 2023 04:03 PM (xSnmX)

245 If they do it and the price stays the same, then D+ is even more unprofitable because it has to ride on Hulu's revenue (or vice-versa).
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 11, 2023 03:57 PM (DU+/6)

Apparently the merge is something investors were talking about. Plus, they are trying to drive subscribers to channels that have ads, v those that don't, so they can generate more revenue.
I am not certain, but it sounded like Disney may not own all of Hulu? But may just buy the rest?
They made pricing changes also.
"Bullish about leaning into digital advertising"
I just heard him say that

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 11, 2023 04:04 PM (ufFY8)

246 Beer analyst says Anheuser Busch went off rails when last family member - August Anheuser Busch III - retired and focus went from humor and sport to Miami art fair and Dylan Mulvaney

.. at last some real analysis

Posted by: SMOD at May 11, 2023 04:04 PM (RHGPo)

247 The Dow finished down 220 today. It should be very interesting to see the reaction of the markets tomorrow if there is serious border chaos.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 11, 2023 04:04 PM (eFaiq)

248 https://is.gd/ZP5Fwl
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 11, 2023 03:57 PM (ZCCyW)

LOL
Posted by: Jordan61 at May 11, 2023 03:58 PM (DRSnL)
........

She looks almost as good as Feinstein.

Posted by: wth at May 11, 2023 04:04 PM (v0R5T)

249 I blame Bulgaroctonus.

*laughs maniacally from his lair under the volcano*

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 11, 2023 04:04 PM (Y4DQf)

250 "He" isn't willing or able to do shit, but this is still news. The ruling factions have been whipped into shape and identified their sacred calves that must not be touched. The factions that actually run the executive government have figured out what they'll negotiate on what is worth a high-risk exercise to defend (that is, where the faction leaders have the most preliminary work done to extract maximum personal benefit and empire growth). They got that done in time, so *now* they can sit down and jawbone about it.

My guess is some symbolic cuts, a lot of "reduced growth," the entire Administration wish-list, and both sides declaring victory to their respective bases and hurling pejoratives at the "opposition."

Y'know. Failure theater.
Posted by: Joe Mannix
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The incompetence of our current politicians have to be figured into it. Failure theatre is the most likely outcome but I think the chances of a black swan event are rising despite the PTB attempts to prevent it.

Posted by: whig at May 11, 2023 04:04 PM (L6NDr)

251 Birmingham is a total shithole.

Posted by: NCKate at May 11, 2023 04:04 PM (d5Qya)

252
"Experts share a list of “red flag phrases”:

What qualifies them as experts?
Posted by: NL

They declare themselved to be so.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 11, 2023 04:04 PM (63Dwl)

253 "Bullish about leaning into digital advertising"
I just heard him say that
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 11, 2023 04:04 PM (ufFY

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That would be on the Hulu side, yeah. D+ doesn't have ads, I don't think.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 11, 2023 04:04 PM (DU+/6)

254 >>> 243 The newest trend in grooming is the "everything shower," which entails taking an extremely warm, steamy shower for two to four hours, soaping up every nook and cranny while they blast their favorite music. On TikTok, the indulgent practice has gone viral, with #EverythingShower racking up over 168.9 million views. "An everything shower with hot water and Taylor Swift is better than sex.
Posted by: SMOD at May 11, 2023 04:02 PM (RHGPo)
++++
Who has a water heater that big?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 11, 2023 04:03 PM (DU+/6)

Tankless heater maybe? Seems like that might lead to a larger electric bill, especially in CA.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 11, 2023 04:05 PM (llON8)

255 I am really baffled that people in the news, whose job it is to get details right, to be factual, keep being so idiotically, completely, and stupidly wrong about this.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

All their research materials are acquired from Twitter

Posted by: Sock Monkey * studying the ways of the Apache at May 11, 2023 04:05 PM (m9pvP)

256 The incompetence of our current politicians have to be figured into it. Failure theatre is the most likely outcome but I think the chances of a black swan event are rising despite the PTB attempts to prevent it.
Posted by: whig at May 11, 2023 04:04 PM (L6NDr)
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Definitely. They could catastrophically fuck up and invite all those black swans that orbiting this country to land hard.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 11, 2023 04:05 PM (DU+/6)

257 Trillions aren't enough?
Trillion$$$!!!???
Piss off DC. Every single one of you.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 11, 2023 04:05 PM (anj39)

258 Message for everyone who isn't insane: Don't visit Birmingham.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist

Confirmed. Lived there '06-'08. It was shit. Hasn't gotten better, haven't been there since, never intend to ever again do more than pass through on I-65 (if that).

Posted by: Brother Tim sez Max Headroom for President! at May 11, 2023 04:06 PM (OUMaO)

259 251 Birmingham is a total shithole.
Posted by: NCKate

The southside of Birmingham around the expressway is ok but most cities in the South are becoming more like St. Louis than functional.

Posted by: whig at May 11, 2023 04:06 PM (L6NDr)

260 Aah, Comcast owns a piece of Hulu, and Disney has the option to buy it in 2024.

Ok.

This answer came from a question from Barclays.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 11, 2023 04:06 PM (ufFY8)

261 >>The newest trend in grooming is the “everything shower,” which entails taking an extremely warm, steamy shower for two to four hours

Man. The Septic Companies are gonna LOVE this.

Posted by: garrett at May 11, 2023 04:06 PM (7oh2Z)

262 238 But we're the Conecuh Mecca.
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Conecuh sausage is the best. And for the uninitiated, it's pronounced con-NECK-uh.

https://conecuhsausage.com/

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at May 11, 2023 04:06 PM (sWM8x)

263 The incompetence of our current politicians have to be figured into it. Failure theatre is the most likely outcome but I think the chances of a black swan event are rising despite the PTB attempts to prevent it.

Posted by: whig

Honestly, if everyone and their brother can see it coming, is it really a black swan?

Posted by: Brother Tim sez Max Headroom for President! at May 11, 2023 04:07 PM (OUMaO)

264 I65 between birmingham and Montgomery I think was so bad I felt like I was sea sick. Just fly over if you have to.

Posted by: NCKate at May 11, 2023 04:07 PM (d5Qya)

265 Trillions aren't enough?
Trillion$$$!!!???
Piss off DC. Every single one of you.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 11, 2023 04:05 PM (anj39)
++++
Last year's total spending only amounted to like $10,300 per person in the country. Not nearly enough!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 11, 2023 04:07 PM (DU+/6)

266 151 So what pattern are we putting the deck chairs in today?

Posted by: Just Lily at

I VOTE PLAID!!!
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 11, 2023 03:45 PM (Wy1BU)

Hearing no dissent, plaid it is.

Posted by: Just Lily at May 11, 2023 04:07 PM (QKNkt)

267
most cities in the South are becoming more like St. Louis than functional.
Posted by: whig

==========

What's going on down there? Is it just the South being the South except getting moreso?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 11, 2023 04:08 PM (lCaJd)

268 There really isn’t much reason to visit Birmingham other than to see Vulcan’s butt, that is, if your into that sort of thing.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 11, 2023 04:08 PM (cMXNt)

269 That would be on the Hulu side, yeah. D+ doesn't have ads, I don't think.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 11, 2023 04:04 PM (DU+/6)

Exactly. They need more revenue (because capitalist, which is fine), and they want to do it by maybe rolling it in.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 11, 2023 04:08 PM (ufFY8)

270 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 11, 2023 04:00 PM (DU+/6)

Thank goodness she kept her questionable political posturing to a minimum and just focused on looking good in a bikini.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 11, 2023 04:08 PM (Keyt1)

271 Confirmed. Lived there '06-'08. It was shit. Hasn't gotten better, haven't been there since, never intend to ever again do more than pass through on I-65 (if that).
Posted by: Brother Tim
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UAB has a world class cancer center so it does have that going for it. Legacy of Geo. Wallace and 65 through downtown has been totally rebuilt and much less a clusterf..ck

Posted by: whig at May 11, 2023 04:08 PM (L6NDr)

272 Man, Deplorable Ian Galt, this call is *rough.* Iger sounds like he needs a stiff drink.

MOAR PLEASE.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 11, 2023 04:08 PM (DU+/6)

273 Conecuh Mecca, what the hecka?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 11, 2023 04:08 PM (Y4DQf)

274
According to Village Idiot's Apprentice's serving son, the lower ranks are solid, it is the officers that are worthless.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 11, 2023 03:24 PM (u82oZ)

The military could be run very well with just NCOs in charge.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

*looks at class ring*

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK

Posted by: Every West Pointer in the US at May 11, 2023 04:09 PM (n+4am)

275 "soaping up every nook and cranny"

Do they not wash those during a normal daily shower? Why does that take 2-4 hours?

These people are stinky retards.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 11, 2023 04:09 PM (Wy1BU)

276 I thought JPM was the 2nd largest global custodian of rocks and sand and shit.

Whoops! Whoopsie!!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 11, 2023 04:00 PM (llON

I do wonder what sort of assay they did before accepting a warehouse full of crushed rock suitable for graveling a driveway.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 11, 2023 04:09 PM (xhaym)

277 MoMe one month from today!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 11, 2023 04:09 PM (QqM4f)

278 There hasn't been a real budget since W's last one.

Lazy bung-felching tool Obama certainly never presented one to congress that wasn't DOA.

Hey! Fuck the Constitution, let's run the country on continuing resolutions for 20 years and see how that works!!

Posted by: Sharkman at May 11, 2023 04:10 PM (K9Eal)

279 Do they not wash those during a normal daily shower? Why does that take 2-4 hours?

These people are stinky retards.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 11, 2023 04:09 PM (Wy1BU)
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No, it's about *luxury* and fun. They can - and routinely do - get clean in a few minutes like everyone else.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 11, 2023 04:10 PM (DU+/6)

280 151 So what pattern are we putting the deck chairs in today?

Posted by: Just Lily at

I VOTE PLAID!!!
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 11, 2023 03:45 PM (Wy1BU)

Hearing no dissent, plaid it is.
Posted by: Just Lily at May 11, 2023 04:07 PM (QKNkt)

Shit.

Posted by: Paisley at May 11, 2023 04:10 PM (v0R5T)

281 My almost fiance was murdered in Birmingham.
Never going back.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at May 11, 2023 04:10 PM (ReL47)

282 Experts share a list of “red flag phrases”:

What qualifies them as experts?
Posted by: NL

They declare themselved to be so.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 11, 2023 04:04 PM (63Dwl)

I did see that "fuck off" and "eat shit" was not on the list.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 11, 2023 04:10 PM (BdMk6)

283
I’m not saying Major Nelson was gay, but he was Air Force and it took him 4 years to get into Jeannie’s hoohaa and that was with her throwing herself at him every waking minute.

You don't know what happened during the commercial breaks.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 11, 2023 04:10 PM (63Dwl)

284 LOL, a question on AI.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 11, 2023 04:10 PM (ufFY8)

285 What's going on down there? Is it just the South being the South except getting moreso?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Industrial jobs came and went. Steel mills and coal were big for Birmingham. Atlanta also had steel mills, Memphis was a center for agri trade and processing. All of that is dispersed away from the cities because of crime, bad schools, and poor governance. Even Charlotte NC is getting bad and many of the more minor cities are getting big city problems like Asheville, NC or Little Rock, Ar.

Posted by: whig at May 11, 2023 04:11 PM (L6NDr)

286 Uh-Oh!

See EndWokeness on Twitter:

Chicago residents are told that 250 illegals are coming to their neighborhood. See how they reacted.

Posted by: Lola - ALL the videotapes from Alexandra and Jade, too. at May 11, 2023 04:11 PM (GshMh)

287 Iger just said he hopes AI can do earnings calls.

Ok, that was funny.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 11, 2023 04:11 PM (ufFY8)

288
No, it's about *luxury* and fun. They can - and routinely do - get clean in a few minutes like everyone else.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

They are bragging about wasting energy and hurting Mother Gaia!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 11, 2023 04:12 PM (63Dwl)

289 >>> 287 Iger just said he hopes AI can do earnings calls.

Ok, that was funny.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 11, 2023 04:11 PM (ufFY

You mean, the AIs that make shit up when they can't find answers? Those AIs?

Disney might be better represented...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 11, 2023 04:12 PM (llON8)

290 I'm waiting for Biden to have a colossal dementia melt down on air with lots of swear words and possibly involving throwing punches ,and have KJP explain this as his being righteously angry about something Republicans did.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 11, 2023 04:12 PM (Keyt1)

291 231 They want to be Nashville, but they are the Memphis of Mobiles.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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That is Ace level cruelty there.
Posted by: whig at May 11, 2023 04:01 PM (L6NDr)

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*bows*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at May 11, 2023 04:13 PM (LvTSG)

292 They are bragging about wasting energy and hurting Mother Gaia!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 11, 2023 04:12 PM (63Dwl)
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Yup. Just like all conspicuous consumption.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 11, 2023 04:13 PM (DU+/6)

293 We build a lot of cars in Alabama.

Posted by: Hyundai at May 11, 2023 04:13 PM (QqM4f)

294 You mean, the AIs that make shit up when they can't find answers? Those AIs?

Disney might be better represented...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 11, 2023 04:12 PM (llON

The panel said something to the effect of "yeah, since you are messing it up so bad"

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 11, 2023 04:13 PM (ufFY8)

295 286 Uh-Oh!

See EndWokeness on Twitter:

Chicago residents are told that 250 illegals are coming to their neighborhood. See how they reacted.

Posted by: Lola - ALL the videotapes from Alexandra and Jade, too. at May 11, 2023 04:11 PM (GshMh)

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Maybe letting your vote be stolen for decades is a bad thing?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at May 11, 2023 04:13 PM (LvTSG)

296
All of that is dispersed away from the cities because of crime, bad schools, and poor governance.

Posted by: whig at May 11, 2023 04:11 PM (L6NDr)

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Sheesh. Sounds like bad culture.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 11, 2023 04:13 PM (lCaJd)

297 Charlotte nc is a shithole. The east side is Mexico and little Asia. North and west is the Congo. South out a little is people hanging on wanting to get the hell out of the county. School system 150,000 plus kids. 25% white.

Posted by: NCKate at May 11, 2023 04:13 PM (d5Qya)

298 Blonde Morticia,

It is a particular demographic that commits most of the violent crime and due to the collapse of the family, lack of jobs, crappy schools, and replacement in menial jobs by migrants that resulted in turning to gangs, drugs, and crime as a primary occupation in the hoods.

Posted by: whig at May 11, 2023 04:13 PM (L6NDr)

299 Last question now from Credit Suisse.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 11, 2023 04:14 PM (ufFY8)

300 The president has his own budget proposal: a $6.9 trillion behemoth that would spend $1.8 trillion more than the government would take in.

Somebody shoot me.

Posted by: the U.S. Dollar at May 11, 2023 04:14 PM (v0R5T)

301 299 Last question now from Credit Suisse.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 11, 2023 04:14 PM (ufFY

=========

"How will you punish these peasants for their lack of respect for their betters?"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at May 11, 2023 04:15 PM (LvTSG)

302 287 Iger just said he hopes AI can do earnings calls.

Ok, that was funny.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 11, 2023 04:11 PM (ufFY

Lots of boilerplate so could do parts of it. Q&A might be a bit iffy though.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at May 11, 2023 04:15 PM (eYoxG)

303 Is Q3 the peak for earnings losses?
Iger is bloating now.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 11, 2023 04:15 PM (ufFY8)

304 >>> 299 Last question now from Credit Suisse.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 11, 2023 04:14 PM (ufFY

This is almost as much fun as reading a drunk-blog of a presidentin' speech.

The Credit Suisse which was just bailed out, illegally (per Swiss law), by some other mega corp?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 11, 2023 04:15 PM (llON8)

305 Is Q3 the peak for earnings losses?
Iger is bloating now.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 11, 2023 04:15 PM (ufFY

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I doubt it. Disney is in serious trouble.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 11, 2023 04:16 PM (DU+/6)

306 Streaming earnings losses, rather.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 11, 2023 04:16 PM (ufFY8)

307 Sheesh. Sounds like bad culture.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Happened in the North a bit earlier and the North traditionally spent more on policing. The South lacked the tax base and did not spend nearly as much on policing. LA had a similar problem.

Simply put, whole neighborhoods and now the inner suburbs are under siege from violent criminals.

Posted by: whig at May 11, 2023 04:16 PM (L6NDr)

308
I’m not saying Major Nelson was gay, but he was Air Force

You can stop there, you've convinced me.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 11, 2023 04:16 PM (n+4am)

309 most cities in the South are becoming more like St. Louis than functional.
Posted by: whig

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What's going on down there? Is it just the South being the South except getting moreso?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 11, 2023 04:08 PM (lCaJd)

The south has always appeared to be on the verge of dereliction.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 11, 2023 04:16 PM (BdMk6)

310 "The Memphis of Mobiles."

LoL perfect description of Birmingham

Posted by: Bigsmith at May 11, 2023 04:16 PM (woEnU)

311 Chicago residents are told that 250 illegals are coming to their neighborhood.
.......

The gang wars are going to be epic.

Posted by: wth at May 11, 2023 04:16 PM (v0R5T)

312 >>> 301

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"How will you punish these peasants for their lack of respect for their betters?"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at May 11, 2023 04:15 PM (LvTSG)

They're already charging what, $500 for admission tickets, plus the inflated hotel rates, plus parking, plus the stinky overheated "people movers"; what else is there?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 11, 2023 04:16 PM (llON8)

313
The president has his own budget proposal: a $6.9 trillion behemoth that would spend $1.8 trillion more than the government would take in.

Somebody shoot me.
Posted by: the U.S. Dollar

Weekend At Dollar's

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 11, 2023 04:16 PM (63Dwl)

314 293 We build a lot of cars in Alabama.
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So do we.

Posted by: Mercedes, Honda, Toyota, and Mazda at May 11, 2023 04:17 PM (sWM8x)

315 Somebody shoot me.
Posted by: the U.S. Dollar at May 11, 2023 04:14 PM (v0R5T)
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Okay.

Posted by: Non-Dollar International Settlements at May 11, 2023 04:17 PM (DU+/6)

316
Chicago residents are told that 250 illegals are coming to their neighborhood.
.......
The gang wars are going to be epic.
Posted by: wth [/o]

South Side Story

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 11, 2023 04:18 PM (63Dwl)

317 I can't wait for Valiant Renegade to go on a rant.
I just found this guy on another stream about Disney (WDW Pro), and went to this stream from yesterday.

Starting the analysis at 1:29:00.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 11, 2023 04:19 PM (ufFY8)

318 Nood libtards see the light

Posted by: Iris at May 11, 2023 04:19 PM (NaH5I)

319 NOOD CULTURE WARS STUFF

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 11, 2023 04:19 PM (DU+/6)

320 The south has always appeared to be on the verge of dereliction.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons
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You been to California or Portland recently?

Simply put, when you lack jobs and employment, people will get by by flocking to the cities. UK cities, after the Enclosures Act were not pretty places either with all sorts of crime, abuse of gin, and widespread misery.

Posted by: whig at May 11, 2023 04:20 PM (L6NDr)

321 *on the verge of dereliction*

Amateurs.

Posted by: Detroit at May 11, 2023 04:21 PM (QqM4f)

322 I kind of figured that was the case about Birmingham being a shithole. I drove passed it once, no intentions of visiting it.

Posted by: Puddleglum at May 11, 2023 04:22 PM (sAmhv)

323 Disney hammered today on stock market down 8.73%
92.31 down 8.83

Posted by: SMOD at May 11, 2023 04:24 PM (RHGPo)

324 Jerry Lee's Greatest Live Show on Earth was recorded in Birmingham. Well half of it.

Posted by: Thesokorus at May 11, 2023 04:29 PM (C191H)

325 You been to California or Portland recently?

Simply put, when you lack jobs and employment, people will get by by flocking to the cities. UK cities, after the Enclosures Act were not pretty places either with all sorts of crime, abuse of gin, and widespread misery.
Posted by: whig at May 11, 2023 04:20 PM (L6NDr)

When I was in Ft Gordon, GA back in the 60's, and driving around the countryside and small towns between Augusta and Savannah, it always looked like everything and everyone was tired and worn out. The countryside itself was beautiful though.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 11, 2023 04:30 PM (BdMk6)

326 Musk Says New CEO Found For Twitter, Sends Tesla Shares Surging

Excited to announce that I’ve a new CEO for X/Twitter. She will be starting in ~6 weeks!

Posted by: SMOD at May 11, 2023 04:32 PM (RHGPo)

327 BREAKING: Marine Vet To Be Charged In Death of Jordan Neely

Posted by: SMOD at May 11, 2023 04:33 PM (RHGPo)

328 @311 I pointed that out in a prior thread. Chicago has somewhere around 150 -200000 gang members. The Bloods and Crips v Latin Kings and Disciples. Ms -13 circling around the carnage. The cities care going to be ugly

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 11, 2023 04:38 PM (eFaiq)

329

Section 4: Validity of public debt

Section 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.

I don’t see where the “honey you can go buy a car, but don’t over spend out budget” doesn’t work.

Posted by: SMOD at May 11, 2023 04:54 PM (RHGPo)

330 Test

Posted by: ShainS at May 11, 2023 04:56 PM (+HFDN)

331 Capping spending at 2022 levels is a spending "cut". And that is how the media portray it.

Huge cuts to spending, but not spending any more than we already are spending.

Posted by: Comrade Roboto at May 11, 2023 05:12 PM (+DS2f)

332 Also - Biden does this he gets impeached the next day. Don't fuck around with this.

Posted by: Comrade Roboto at May 11, 2023 05:12 PM (+DS2f)

333 They really need to stop this idiotic charade that failure to constrain TOTAL spending to match incoming revenue going forward therefore requires the US to default on their debt.

Bullshit. There are FAR more than enough revenues coming into the federal government to cover debt service. That prevents default on the debt. FULL STOP.

The executive is then tasked with determining what OTHER government spending to stop so that outgoing expenditures and incoming revenues match. That is all.

So, in other words, keep paying on the debt and "sHuTdOwN" the government as has been done NUMEROUS times before.

Posted by: deadrody at May 11, 2023 05:18 PM (qf6NU)

334 There is ZERO chance of default. None. Even if they never raise the debt limit again, ever.

The govt can still spend during the partial govt shutdown - up to the amount of revenue that they actually take in. Federal law dictates the priority of spending and interest payments on the national debt is #1 on the list - has to be paid first, because it is the only spending the Constitution specifically requires must be paid.

Interest on the debt is currently about 10% of federal revenue.

Anyone that uses the word "default" when discusses the debt ceiling is flat out LYING to you.

Posted by: Arradin at May 12, 2023 02:45 AM (5kvQv)

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Biden Flinches on Debt Limit
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