The Morning Report

The Morning Report — 6/20/23

Good morning kids. So, Anthony Blinken had a highly-anticipated and from most accounts desperately sought after summit with international winner the Pooh, Xi Jinping. Before enlightening you on the aftermath of that meeting, as if you couldn't guess, a bit of background on our current Secretary of State, courtesy of the indispensable Discover The Networks. These are just my bullet points but you can click here for the gory details.

- Supported the 2003 invasion of Iraq and as national security advisor to then-Senator Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants, told him he should support it.
- Supported the so-called Arab Spring which set the entire Middle East alight and destabilized the region.
- Defended the exchange of five Taliban big-wig terrorists for American traitor Bowe Bergdahl.
- Strident supporter of the Iran nuke sellout and opposed to designating the IRGC as a foreign terrorist organization.
- Had advance knowledge of the pending collapse of Afghanistan beforehand yet did nothing, and in the wake of the disaster, both claimed it was a success while blaming Trump.
- Hates Israel, has a hard-on for the so-called "Palestinians."
- Opposed the attempted coup against Turkish dictator and radical Islamist Erdogan.
- At one time he worked at the now notorious Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy, which has become a locus for the Biden Family mass influence-peddling operation.
- Suspended the Trump Administrations asylum policies and helped fling our borders wide open.
- Big-time "climate change" pimp.
- Ordered our embassies to fly the fag flag and the BLM flag.
- Constantly apologizing for and running down America wherever he goes.

And on and on and on. That said, only last March, Blinken had a face to face in Alaska with a counterpart from Beijing, in which he got pimp-slapped. And that's being charitable:

During a public meeting in Alaska that would normally have been a photo-op, Chinese officials savaged Secretary of State Tony Blinken for calling out Chinese human rights abuses in Xinjiang, Hong Kong, and elsewhere, and urging China to obey the "rules-based international order."
“Each of these actions threaten the rules-based order that maintains global stability. That’s why they’re not merely internal matters and why we feel an obligation to raise these issues,” Blinken said. “The United States relationship with China will be competitive where it should be, collaborative where it can be, adversarial where it must be.”
Chinese Communist Party foreign affairs chief Yang Jiechi delivered a nearly 20-minute lecture in response, where he denounced the "international community" and "so-called rules-based international order" as the "United Nations-centered international system" and a tool of the U.S. . .
. . . “The fact is that there are many problems within the United States regarding human rights, which is admitted by the U.S. itself as well. ...The challenges facing the United States in human rights are deep-seated. They did not just emerge over the past four years, such as Black Lives Matter.”
“We believe that it is important for the United States to change its own image and to stop advancing its own democracy in the rest of the world,” he said. “Many people within the United States actually have little confidence in the democracy of the United States.”

And this is the guy we send to meet Xi Jinping. When you read his rap sheet, it's obvious that everything Blinken has done, believes or supports throughout his entire career has proven to be completely wrong and in many cases disastrously so. To be fair, since the end of World War 2 and perhaps even before, Foggy Bottom's priorities had American interests take a back seat to the so-called international order.

But this is especially the case when Leftist Democrats control things. Normally, that execrable Mongoloid's remarks should have caused an American ambassador to stand, turn on him, and exit while blowing a loud wet flatus in the Asian's face. The problem here is every blood libel he hurled at Blinken about America's inherent human rights failings is only him repeating what Blinken and his boss and their party feel about their own country to begin with!

And so, Blinken is off to meet with Xi, hoping to ease tensions between us and them.

It was uncertain whether China’s President Xi Jinping would agree to give an audience to Secretary Blinken until, with about 45 minutes notice, Xi and Blinken ended up meeting for about a half hour.
Secretary Blinken conveyed the same message in person to China’s leadership that the Biden administration has been uttering for months. Keep the channels of communication open “to ensure competition does not veer into conflict,” Blinken told Wang Yi.
China’s message during Secretary Blinken’s visit was also the same as its leaders have uttered many times before. According to China’s view of why tensions between China and the United States have risen so sharply, the U.S. has failed to show due respect for China’s vital national interests, particularly regarding China’s territorial claim to Taiwan. “State-to-state interactions should always be based on mutual respect and sincerity,” President Xi remarked.
A few days before Secretary Blinken’s visit, China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang spoke more bluntly during his phone call with Secretary Blinken. He demanded that the United States “show respect” for China’s core concerns and “stop undermining China’s sovereignty, security and development interests in the name of competition.” That is a bit rich coming from the country which sent a spy balloon over U.S. sovereign airspace earlier this year to surveil sensitive U.S. military sites, and which set up a secret Chinese police station on U.S. soil.
There was not a single reported acknowledgement of responsibility by China’s leaders, much less an apology, for China’s invasions of U.S. sovereignty and security. Then again, they see no reason to do so with [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Biden in the White House. President Biden showed how weak and out of touch with reality he is when he said, shortly before Secretary Blinken’s arrival in China, that the spy balloon incursion was more “embarrassing” for China’s leadership “than it was intentional.”
Secretary Blinken’s face-to-face meetings with China’s leaders were not only a waste of time. As Republican Representative Elise Stefanik of New York warned, Secretary Blinken’s trip would only serve to “legitimize” the Chinese Communist Party’s “continued subversion of our sovereignty.”
President Xi is not content with ousting America’s military and economic presence in China’s own neck of the woods and ensuring China’s dominance in Asia. President Xi’s ultimate goal is to build up a combination of military, technological, and economic powers sufficient to prove to many nations of the world the superiority of the Chinese authoritarian model of governance. Coupling these powers with China’s Belt and Road Initiative and other global soft power initiatives, President Xi is aiming to establish the primacy of his regime’s own version of a multilateral world order with China at its center.
Despite President Xi’s talk of “mutual respect” at his meeting with Secretary Blinken, Xi has no respect for the United States and especially no respect for [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Biden.

Speaking of Biden, shouldn't he be the one to meet with Xi? Considering his latest impression of Sid Vicious at a gun control rally . . . Yeah. Of late, Xi has stuck his nose in the Middle East with deals with the Saudis, sucking up to the "Palestinians" and becoming the mediator of the "peace process" and is now making deals with our alleged European allies. And while a desperately sought after deal regarding bilateral military communications to avoid conflict was, er, shot down, Blinken opened his cake hole about Taiwan and a flood of Biden spilled out.

BLINKEN: “On Taiwan, I reiterated the long standing U.S. One China Policy. That policy has not changed. It’s guided by the Taiwan Relations Act, Three Joint Communiqués, the Six Assurances. We do not support Taiwan independence. We remain opposed to any unilateral changes to the status quo by either side.”
We continue to expect the peaceful resolution of cross strait differences. We remain committed to continuing our responsibilities under the Taiwan Relations Act including making sure Taiwan has the ability to defend itself.”
“At the same time, we and many others have deep concerns about some of the provocative actions that China has taken in recent years going back to 2016,” Blinken added. “And the reason that this is a concern for so many countries, not just the United States, is that were there to be a crisis over Taiwan, the likelihood is that could produce an economic crisis that could affect quite literally the entire world.”
. . . Geez, what a slap in the face to American politicians who have traveled to Taiwan. In 2022, Nancy Pelosi said in Taiwan: “America’s determination to preserve democracy here in Taiwan and around the world remains ironclad.”

The initial clusterfuck was Biden's tipping his hand a while back and openly stating that a minor incursion by the Chi-Coms into Taiwan would be acceptable, and then later declaring the US would defend Taiwanese territorial integrity, and it went from there vis a vis Pelosi and then McCarthy. Now Blinken is essentially telegraphing to Xi that, since we do not support Taiwan's independence, coupled with our own lack of preparedness and competence both strategically and on the front lines, is just an open invitation for Taiwan to be subsumed.

The only hope is that the PLA underestimates the resolve of Taiwan to defend itself, and that any invasion winds up with the same outcome as the Russians now face in Ukraine. And a seaborne invasion is not an easy thing, regardless of who the combatants are. Also, the ChiCom military industrial complex and government are quite possibly even more corrupt than you can imagine. That said, their abilities at asymmetric warfare and psyops to accomplish a victory via subversion cannot be discounted. Hell, they've basically subverted much of this country and government already, so what the hell is a little island off its coast?

And Anthony Blinken is not a one-off nor an outlier. He is representative of the mindset and competence of virtually everyone of our self-styled "elites" and a large swathe of the mid to upper echelons of our government.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

Michael Anton: (from last July) “Our rulers’ wealth and power rise with open borders, trade giveaways, and endless war.”
They Can't Let Him Back In
Michael Walsh: "If you don't want a goddamn self-driving electric car, if you don't fancy a protein diet of bugs, if you don't want to live as a prisoner in a '15-minute city,' or dwell in a soulless high-rise apartment like a denizen of the Peoples Republic of China, then familiarize yourself with the facts . . . "
Heisenberg's Revenge
Robert Spencer: " . . . the fact remains that the Muslims are absolutely right in Hamtramck: the city shouldn’t be pushing the Left’s obsession with sexual deviance and perversion any more than it should be pushing any other religion. But the lesson here is also that Muslim leaders in the U.S. understandably want to uphold Islamic values, and the dissonance between those values and Western values is going to become increasingly apparent. For years, Leftists have been shutting down open discussion of that fact by claiming that it’s 'Islamophobic.' Now they’re the ones cast as the “Islamophobes.” Grab some popcorn and pull up a chair."
Leftists Feeling Betrayed After Muslim-Governed Michigan City Bans Pride Flag

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

As Renzi said, Smith and his prosecutors have a history of using a “two-tiered system” of justice. With the newly revealed allegations tying Jack Smith and David Harbach directly to the misconduct, especially Smith, whose current target is Donald Trump, this seems more dangerous. If Jack Smith really did approve a payoff to alter witness testimony, as Renzi claims, and if he oversaw politically fueled jury influencing and illegal wiretaps, the same prosecutorial misconduct could occur against President Donald Trump.
Previous Target of DOJ’s Trump Legal Hit Squad Alleges Witness Payoff Scheme
"It follows months of leaking from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to the press. CNN, for example, had recordings of Trump used in the indictment described to them by “multiple sources,” and was later sent a full transcript – all before the charges were made public."
Judge Rules Only DOJ – Not Trump – May Leak to Media
"Trump, who was charged earlier this month with 37 felonies in the federal investigation into his handling of classified national defense information, is accused of showing classified material to a writer who was interviewing the former president."
Trump On Allegedly Stating That He Showed Classified Doc To Others: ‘There Was No Document’
"In an analysis of Department of Justice misconduct, the trial and conviction of Republican Sen. Ted Stevens casts a long shadow."
Let’s Brush Up on the DOJ’s Long History of Abetting Prosecutorial Misconduct
"What the latest 'indictment' really proves."
Deep State Declares War on Trump Voters
"A regime that treats good people like criminals and criminals like 'public servants' exposes its own iniquity."
Decadent Elites Plunge America Into Political Crisis
The artist insisted he doesn’t “editorialize” in his work, however: “I just draw what I see.” (ergo why the Left are freaking out - jjs)
Leftists are Mad Trump "Looks Too Good" in Courthouse Sketch
BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS
Maltese authorities discovered “gross deficiencies” in the bank’s efforts to follow money laundering and terrorism laws, the Times of Malta reported. The bank’s license was withdrawn by the European Central Bank at the recommendation of Maltese authorities. After Satabank closed, 300 suspicious transaction reports worth over $130 million were discovered by experts reviewing the bank’s practices, according to the Times of Malta.
Hunter Biden Worked With Burisma Executives To Open Account With Shady Maltese Bank, Emails Show
"Devon Archer is headed for prison after losing an appeal earlier this month."
"We'll Get The Last Laugh": Hunter Biden Rallied to Buddy’s Side in Massive Indian Tribal Bond Fraud Scheme
CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
"Recipients of the letters containing the powder include Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach (R), Kansas House Speaker Carrie Rahfaldt (R), and various Republican lawmakers."
Around 100 Letters Containing Suspicious White Powder Sent to Kansas Republicans
"The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said that Townstone Financial violated civil rights law."
A Small Business Complained About Crime in Chicago. Then the Feds Came After It.
"The ‘front page of the internet’ isn’t as welcoming as it seems."
How Reddit Radicalizes the Left and Encourages Political Violence
"For our liberal friends the friend /enemy distinction is extended into the moral, of good vs. evil, where fighting systemic racism is what All Good People Do."
Soros and Garland: Because They Really Believe
"That Democrats are using something positive and noncontroversial — the celebration of emancipation and an end to slavery — to push its anti-American agenda is unsurprising. The Left always takes that which is proper and twists it for their own end. What is alarming is how many Republicans are oblivious to this tactic."
Don’t Fall For It, Republicans: Juneteenth Is Now Just Another Tool To Advance Equity (AKA Race-Based Discrimination)
"Americans should celebrate what connects Juneteenth and the Fourth of July."
The Freedom Season
The very name of the legislation is incredibly revealing. Referring to it as a “National Independence Day” — as opposed to the Fourth of July, America’s original Independence Day, that doesn’t enjoy the “national” language — is semantic manipulation intended to convey that this is the real independence day.
Juneteenth Threatens America’s Civic Traditions
"Daniel Penny’s real crime was that he was acting as a Good Samaritan, trying to do the right thing, protecting his fellow subway riders from harassment and potential injury. His other crime was his skin color."
Wanna Be a Good Samaritan? Fuhgeddaboudit . . .
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
The 95-minute and wide-ranging interview, called “Rekindling the Spirit of the Classic Democrat,” was published on June 5 but is no longer available on YouTube. Peterson and Kennedy discussed topics such as [Chinese] COVID-19 vaccines, and YouTube cited vaccine misinformation as the justification for censoring the interview in its response to the DCNF.
YouTube Censors Presidential Candidate RFK Jr Interview With Jordan Peterson
"Willful apathy – and blindness."
CNN Can’t Find a Biden Scandal
"Olbermann’s histrionic calls for cancelation aren’t confined to RFK Jr. He lost his mind a few weeks back over CNN’s town hall with Donald Trump. . . How enlightened. How liberal and loving."
Irrelevant Dunce Keith Olbermann Throws Tantrum Over The Hill's RFK Jr. Interview
"WaPo journalist did not fear for her life while posing with dozens of unmasked influencers at Cannes Film Festival."
Sloppy Old Slag Taylor Lorenz Holds Breath to Survive "Dangerous: Encounter with Unmasked Passengers at JFK Airport in 2023
"You guys, it’s okay that Bill and Barack used their wives as important assets. But Casey being around? That’s too much! God forbid."
Washington Post Slimes Casey DeSantis But Media had No Problem With Hillary, Michelle, and Jill
" . . . what are facts to the Democrat Party leadership and their colleagues in the corporate state media? It’s much easier to blame anything but the poor quality of their own candidates for poor performances. What if — and I know this is a wild-eyed, pie-in-the-sky suggestion — the Democrat Party actually offered attractive candidates running on attractive policy platforms that normal people without purple hair might like to vote for?"
MSNBC Brings the Knives Out for Third-Party Democrat 'Spoiler' Candidates
"I wonder what board members like Paul Ryan think of the decision to take Carlson off the air and to further antagonize his viewers by attempting to silence his Twitter show?"
Tucker Carlson Reportedly Hiring Nine Staffers Leaving Fox News
Christian Toto: "Far-left star pushes censorship over channel's 'dictator' jab at [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Biden." (he's both sick and has lousy timing; Fox is rapidly transforming into another MSNBC/CNN - jjs)
John "Q. Sack" Cusack: Strip Fox News of Its Broadcast License
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
A digital dollar could “support faster and cheaper payments,” according to the Federal Reserve. It could also give the government unprecedented control over Americans’ financial decisions.
House Bill Would Ban the Federal Reserve from Exploring “Digital Dollar” Creation
"We only have true control over our domestic affairs."
The Dollar at the End of History
"Thanks, Joe!"
If Joe Biden's Economy is as Great as He says it Is, Why Have 401(k)s Plunged 20%?
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
“I think it’s important for religious leaders to be engaged on this issue because it goes to the heart of morality, of individual responsibility for others and for mother earth,” Kerry, a Catholic, asserted. “It has a lot to do with the scriptures of one religion or another.” (burn in Hell, scumbag - jjs)
John Kerry Meets with Pope "Fiction" Francis: Fighting Climate Change at ‘Heart of Morality’
"Meanwhile, globalists of the World Economic Forum want the number of cars around the world to be reduced by 75% by 2050."
UN Chief Goes on Delusional Tirade Against Fossil Fuels, Saying They are “Incompatible with Human Survival”
"While the bureau put more days on the public comment calendar, the administration still has announced no plans to hold additional meetings."
BLM Gives Americans 15 More Days to Comment on New Land Grab Rule, But Won’t Show Up to Hear Their Concerns
"Why regulations to eliminate gas stoves are a step backward."
Still Cooking With Gas
AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
"Suarez previously attended protests of some of Trump’s immigration policies and 'said he does not plan to direct the Miami police department to enforce a law signed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis that makes it a felony to willingly transport an undocumented person,' according to local media." (so, he's a phony; color me not surprised - jjs)
Francis Suarez Repeatedly Dodges Questions on Building the Border Wall
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
"Several firefighters injured in 'ginormous' blaze; suspect also donated to the Lincoln Project."
Democrat Donor Arrested for Starting Massive Fire Democrats Blamed on Climate Change
"The flurry of interest around the alleged Gibson documentary comes as an enormous pedophile network operating largely unhindered on Mark Zuckerberg’s Instagram has been exposed."
Mel Gibson Helped Dismantle an International Pedophile Ring
"Consumer shopping habits continue to change." (the equivalent of Tojo telling the Japanese people after Saipan fell that they were "advancing backwards" - jjs)
AT&T Closing Flagship Store In Downtown San Francisco
"New York’s governor should veto the Clean Slate Act."
Be Vocal, Hochul
"The agency claims that on May 24 it inspected the White Oak Convenience Store, which is located just 250 yards away from the FDA's headquarters in Silver Spring, Md., and observed no violations, including but not limited to selling outlawed Chinese vapes."
The Biden Junta Says It's Cracking Down on Illegal Chinese Vapes. You Can Still Buy Them Next Door to the FDA.
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
"New open records prove the U.S. taxpayers funded research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology for [Chinese] ‘Covid Patients Zero.’"
Report: U.S. Taxpayers Bankrolled Dangerous Research By ‘Covid Patients Zero’ In Wuhan
"It’s time for regulators to embrace a more expedited approach that allows innovators to test new treatments with minimal cost and uncertainty."
To Fight Next Pandemic, Revamp FDA Rules (I was going to say abolish the FDA - jjs)
“I saw the comedians that should have been questioning everything were sort of canceling people who asked questions, including all the ones — you know, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. I thought they stopped being funny because comedians are funny when they’re ridiculing authority and they all had to stop doing that.”
RFK Jr. Calls Out Late Night Comedians Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart for Pushing Chinese Coronavirus Vaccine, Shaming Dissenters
SECOND AMENDMENT
"The Department of Justice’s National Institute of Justice (NIJ) issued a report, noting that any impact the ban had on crime was negligible."
Fact Check: White House Press Secretary Falsely Claims ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban Lowered Gun Violence
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
If I were an optimist, I'd advise going long on rope and lampposts.
Midwestern Teachers Trade Tips on "Subversively & Quietly" Transitioning Kids
"It is surprising how little attention has been paid to the larger social impact of a nationwide educational marketplace, especially on the economy."
School Choice Will Supercharge the American Economy
ABORTION
"Our hyper-politicized IRS . . . [is] too busy raiding gun shops and seizing purchaser records so it knows who to torment to do things like enforce the statute against its allies."
How Is Planned Parenthood Still a 501(c)(3)?
THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
Robert Spencer: "Thus as we head into the 2024 election, the integrity of the entire process is in serious jeopardy. And who is working to fix that?"
Now They Tell Us: New Report Reveals ‘Critical Vulnerabilities’ in Dominion Voting Machines
"The base knows it: fifty-four percent of likely voters believe cheating will determine the 2024 election."
The GOP is Losing the Vote Fraud War
"Unveiling corruption in the Arizona Legislature can be dangerous."
The Swamp Strikes Back
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
"Two recent court cases show how overlooked state laws have an outsized impact on religious liberty."
The Law Can Help Religious Organizations Flourish
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
Too much pride? Or June six-and-a-halfth?
REPORT: D.C. Mayor Bowser’s Deputy ‘Exposed Sex Organs’ to Staff
The Pennsylvania Democrat was criticized by some for his post about the “long shadow of systemic racism” in light of an incident from 10 years ago in which Fetterman chased an unarmed black man and pointed a gun at him.
Fetterman Mocked On Twitter For Juneteenth Post After 2013 Incident With Jogger
Criminals of the blue-collar, street-level variety are often notable for their poor track-covering skills. Anyone who watches The First 48 understands well how lacking their criminal prowess actually is. But we might expect more from [racialist mutt Stacey] Plaskett, who is a bona fide lawyer."
Dem Rep. Caught Soliciting Donations From Jeffrey Epstein in 2018
POLITICS
Joey, we've been doing that every friggin' day for the past two and half years already!
So-Called Quote-Unquote "president" Biden Predicts: “In 10 Years, America Is Going to Look Around and Say, ‘My God, Look What We Did’”
“It’s too painful for the family, my family has been through hell,” Trump added, discussing how many subpoeanas his son Eric has received. (maybe he finally realizes how horrible they really were and undermined him - jjs)
Trump Says ‘No’ to Jared, Ivanka In Second Administration
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
I smell one big-ass grift . . .
BlackRock, JP Morgan Set Up "Reconstruction Bank" for Ukraine
"These ideas are stunning heresy from gurus of a foreign policy establishment that refuses to consider any outcome for the Ukraine war short of a complete Russian withdrawal."
Foreign Policy Blob Starts To Admit A Ukraine Ceasefire Is Inevitable
The U.S.-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW) says the Ukrainians “may” be halting their attacks “temporarily” to rethink their approach, but also claims “Ukraine has not yet committed the majority of its available forces [or] launched its main effort” – despite reports that a large portion of U.S.- and Western-supplied vehicles have already been destroyed.
Ukraine "Pauses" Offensive
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Maybe stop relying on China: “…were there to be a crisis over Taiwan, the likelihood is that could produce an economic crisis that could affect quite literally the entire world.” (did this clod just give Xi a green light to invade? - jjs)
Blinken in China: America Does "Not Support Taiwan Independence"
"Blinken left for China on Friday and will make his return Wednesday, but has already met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Director of the CCP Central Foreign Affairs Office Wang Yi and Foreign Minister Qin Gang. Blinken made the trip with the goal of 'stabilizing' U.S.-China relations and repeatedly emphasized the Biden [junta] was not seeking conflict with Beijing."
Blinken Bends the Knee to Xi In Beijing Visit, Fails to Secure Key Military Communication Deal
"The optics of Li working to peel away vital U.S. allies as American influence fades under the Biden [junta] were unmistakable."
China Sends Premier to Germany, Seeking Tighter Stranglehold on Europe’s Economy
"Not a single reported Chinese apology – let alone acknowledgment – of China's invasions of U.S. sovereignty."
Secretary of State Blinken’s Peculiar Visit to China
"The Treasury Secretary sees only short-term economic drawbacks, while overcoming the political threat from the communist ideology of the CCP is of far greater importance."
Why Yellen Is Wrong in Opposing Decoupling From China
"It is more than ironic that Blinken chose Juneteenth — the day of reverence our leaders insisted be set aside to reflect on the horrors of slavery — to meet with the leader of one of the most prolific slave-holding states in the world today." (and during Pride Month to boot! - jjs)
Blinken Sucks Up To Slave Labor Nation On Juneteenth

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Hitchens, 71, has long criticized the imprisonment of Assange, the founder of the non-profit Wikileaks, who has now been in Belmarsh prison since 2019, having previously lived in a room in London’s Ecuadorian embassy for years. Assange is perhaps best known for the release of hundreds of thousands of classified documents pertaining to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Peter Hitchens: Britain Must REFUSE Assange Extradition to U.S.
French politicians expressed outrage on Twitter, with former French presidential candidate Eric Zemmour writing, "How awful. Bordeaux today. This is what they have done to our country. French, wake up." (Where are tout les hommes Français?! N'existe pas?! - jjs)
Shocking Footage of African Man Brutally Attacking Young Woman and Little Girl in Bordeaux, France
"A mother and daughter booked to stay in a hotel that was also housing illegal boat migrants. They described their experience as 'the hotel from hell.'"
The Hotel From Hell
"A statue of a slovenly clad black woman looks down on the city of Rotterdam with damning eyes."
The Netherlands’ Big Brother Statue
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
Rafael’s Sky Sonic missile interceptor can “neutralize threats traveling ten times the speed of sound with unmatched precision and stealth.”
Israel Unveils First-Ever Anti-Hypersonic Missile Defense System
The U.S. Army previously conducted the tape test, which is used to measure a soldier’s body fat, by measuring men around the neck and abdomen and women around the neck, waist and hips, but will now measure around the naval for all soldiers, according to CNN. Approximately 34% of soldiers who passed the test should not have, according to data provided to CNN, and more are expected to fail under the new standards.
Military’s New Body Fat Standards Could Fail Many More Soldiers As Obesity Rates Climb
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
Robert Spencer: "It could be that a distracted world could someday soon find to its horror that ISIS, a group that most people thought had been stamped out years ago, has established a new caliphate comprising much of Africa. This would give a whole new piquancy to the mass migration of young African men into Europe, and have far-reaching geopolitical implications. But hey, let’s not forget the really important stuff about these jihadis: what are their pronouns?"
Americans Assume the Jihad Is Over. In Africa, it's Bloodier and More Aggressive Than Ever.
"While attacks in the Congolese provinces of Ituri and North Kivu have been more common over the past couple years, such attacks carried out in Uganda have been limited, largely due to a group of Ugandan troops in the region, per Associated Press."
38 Children Massacred in Uganda School by ISIS-Linked Extremist Group
Robert Spencer Part Deux: "Guess what happened next?"
U.S. Army Private Converts to Islam
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
"This isn't as good a bit of news as it appears at first glance . . . even if they changed the wording of this website to comply with the judge’s order, don’t expect the discrimination to end. All MBDA’s officers have to do is add a “White” category to its applications, and then routinely deny any grants to any white who applies. Without access to the ethnic breakdown of their grants, there will be no way to find out that they are continuing to discriminate."
Pushback: Judge blocks race-based program of Biden Junta
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
"The attacks on the most popular artificial sweetener sucralose, like attacks on other artificial sweeteners dating back over a century, are based on flimsy scientific evidence."
How Sweet! Sucralose Is Safe!
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
"Rocket Lab with this launch demonstrated again the smart flexibility of the company. It only announced this suborbital concept for Electron in April. Only two months later it has test flown it."
Rocket Lab completes first suborbital test launch of its Electron rocket
"All in all, it seems to me that the renaissance we have seen in the American space effort in the past ten years — produced entirely by private enterprise — is now at serious risk. The forces in the government that don’t like freedom and independence outside of government control are now coalescing together to fight back. And as long as a Democrat controls the White House there will be nothing to stop this trend."
NASA official in charge of its manned program denigrates the idea of fixed-price contracts
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
"Videos show the activist lifted off his feet and carried out unceremoniously as the crowd erupts into patriotic chants."
Screaming Trans Activist Removed From TPUSA Blexit Event, Audience Responds with USA Chant
Daniel Greenfield: "Even the majority of Democrats oppose men playing on female teams."
Why the Left is Losing the Transgender Debate
“That conversation was so scary and so frightening that we were afraid to even speak amongst ourselves. And at that point, you couldn’t really raise any concerns because you didn’t know who you could trust.”
Ex-Teammate of Lia "John-" Thomas Says UPenn Told Swim Team "Don’t Talk to the Media"
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Does he think the millions in completely undeserved lucre will come his way under communism? Delusional stooge.
Colin Kaepernick Says He Partnered with Marxist Editors Because "Black Liberation Simply Isn’t Possible Under Capitalism"
"A strong plurality of voters reject corporations and others trying to impose radical social views on their customers and investors."
Americans Say ‘No Thanks’ To ‘Woke’ Corporations: I&I/TIPP Poll
"The beverage conglomerate’s prize was announced on March 16, weeks before Bud Light’s advertising partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney sparked the ongoing boycott against the brand. Mulvaney posted videos promoting the brand and showed off a customized beer can Bud Light sent the influencer, drawing the ire of conservatives who accused Bud Light of supporting transgender ideology."
Anheuser-Busch Accepts Creative Marketing Award Announced Shortly Before Bud Light Boycott Began
"Although I will no longer attend Dodger games until they reject wokeness in favor of reclaiming being a sports franchise without a political agenda, I am grateful to have been at Dodger Stadium last week. I saw people speak, pray, and act…and I again have hope."
Finding Hope in Dodger Stadium: May We All Have the Courage to Stand for What We Believe
One complained that the Rangers played an away game at the Tampa Bay Rays during the Floridians’ “Pride Night” game. The unnamed insider carped, “the whole message was ‘Baseball is for Everyone.’ But not if you’re a Texas Rangers fan.”
Anonymous Employees Inside Texas Rangers Organization Blast Team for Refusing to Hold ‘Pride Night’ Game
"The Duchess of Attention-Seeking tried to convince the world her brand was 'feminist' but ended up trying to sell dresses most women can’t afford, which is a strange outcome."
Spotify Drops Meghan Markle Podcast, Exec Opens Both Barrels on Ex Royals: "Fucking Grifters"
"One of the lowest box office debuts for a Pixar movie ever."
Disney Pixar Movie with Non-Binary Character and Woke Themes Bombs
"It is not good for man to be alone."
Bed, Bath, & Beyond Bankruptcy More About the Retreat From Marriage Than Retail
HITHER & YON
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Billionaire Explorer Believed To Be Aboard Missing Titanic Tourist Sub
"A great actress, phenomenal at times, with a certain blind spot."
Remembering Glenda Jackson — and Margaret Thatcher

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1 WTFO??

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 20, 2023 07:46 AM (BRHaw)

2
Screw the content, let's start commenting!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 20, 2023 07:47 AM (MoZTd)

3 Happy Tuesday, everyone. I finally have my first cup of coffee.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 20, 2023 07:47 AM (4olE8)

4 Morning peeps.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 20, 2023 07:48 AM (Q4IgG)

5 Thank you, J.J.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 20, 2023 07:48 AM (1n+EO)

6 "Screw the content, let's start commenting! "

It's what we do...

It's who we are.

The way of the Moron.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 20, 2023 07:49 AM (1n+EO)

7 Good morning JJ and horde
From the city of brotherly love again

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2023 07:50 AM (QSBma)

8 Is it too late for Joe to hop a ride on that there submarine thing?

He's rich and dumb enough so welcome aboard!

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 20, 2023 07:52 AM (HiuPw)

9
Billionaire Explorer Believed To Be Aboard Missing Titanic Tourist Sub

Semi-willowed

The rich seem to think Nature is just another thing that can be bought off and then go off on these little jaunts unaware that Nature may not stay bought.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 20, 2023 07:52 AM (MoZTd)

10 Lol. So poetic. The junta gaslights the world into believing America is evil, then tries to Moral High Ground the world into doing what they say.

It's as if the junta truly sees itself and America as two distinct entities. Which makes sense. Because they are.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 20, 2023 07:53 AM (9UlRk)

11 😉 Blinking and Nod

Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2023 07:53 AM (QSBma)

12 2
Screw the content, let's start commenting!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 20, 2023 07:47 AM (MoZTd)

Nice to know the several hours of work I do on this every day are truly appreciated . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 20, 2023 07:53 AM (x0n13)

13 10 Lol. So poetic. The junta gaslights the world into believing America is evil, then tries to Moral High Ground the world into doing what they say.

It's as if the junta truly sees itself and America as two distinct entities. Which makes sense. Because they are.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 20, 2023 07:53 AM (9UlRk)

They can easily believe two contradictory things which is one of the reasons they look down on us. We refuse to do that.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 20, 2023 07:54 AM (4olE8)

14 Mornin' Horde! HB:JJ

Posted by: Hawkpilot at June 20, 2023 07:55 AM (8rBEz)

15
Nice to know the several hours of work I do on this every day are truly appreciated . . .
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 20, 2023 07:53 AM (x0n13)

Oh, they are, but priorities, man, priorities.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 20, 2023 07:55 AM (MoZTd)

16 Reminder: Iraq invasion was very bipartisan:

https://youtu.be/iSwSDvgw5Uc

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 20, 2023 07:55 AM (k5hXU)

17 I took a quick look at Hunter Biden's dealing with a Maltese bank. By coincidence, the person appointed to be Secretary of Transportation with no qualifications is of Maltese ancestry. Small country, maybe a few cousins left there, maybe in the banking business. You never know with these goniffs.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 20, 2023 07:55 AM (rLD7a)

18
“Many people within the United States actually have little confidence in the democracy of the United States.”

Even the communists get something right once in a while.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 20, 2023 07:55 AM (enJYY)

19 Anthony Blinken had a highly-anticipated and from most accounts desperately sought after summit with international winner the Pooh, Xi Jinping.
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As you say, he didn't score the meeting with Xi until right at the end. Whatever he gave up to get that photo op (where XI didn't even bother containing his scorn) was terrible. Blinken is terrible. Biden is a disaster for the entire world.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 20, 2023 07:56 AM (900v3)

20 J.J.

First a comment or two.

Then I go and read the content.

Thank you for what you do every day.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 20, 2023 07:56 AM (1n+EO)

21 "We continue to expect the peaceful resolution of cross strait differences. We remain committed to continuing our responsibilities under the Taiwan Relations Act including making sure Taiwan has the ability to defend itself.”

This man is so bereft of a clue that even a GPS can't help.

There is no peaceful resolution in this other than the peace of the grave. China will never except Taiwan's existence. I really hope there are other countries who are willing to help out.

And I stand by something I said a while back: I think Taiwan should aim every missile capable of covering the distance at the Three Gorges Damn the minute China gets uppity.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 20, 2023 07:57 AM (4olE8)

22 I gave Bill Clinton double his lands in Scotland, matching estates in England. Joe Biden turned for... for much less.

"Longshanks" Xi

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 20, 2023 07:57 AM (RqMSv)

23 It's as if the junta truly sees itself and America as two distinct entities. Which makes sense. Because they are.

Wish some allegedly on our side understood this. It’s them and us, not we. Unum is done

Posted by: Ex GOP at June 20, 2023 07:59 AM (9xUq6)

24 "Wanna Be a Good Samaritan? Fuhgeddaboudit . . ."

If the situation arises, I will jump into action and make a video.

Posted by: The Best Samaritan at June 20, 2023 07:59 AM (iayUP)

25 A lot of those SF extravaganza movies that inspired our childhood would have been pretty dull without the "billionaire adventurer" character. I sure don't hold it against the guy for risking his own life. So far, I have not heard of him blaming anybody else for his plight.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at June 20, 2023 07:59 AM (dpxPz)

26 Looks like rain

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 20, 2023 08:00 AM (1n+EO)

27 11 - Blinken and Nod. That’s good, Skip :-)

Regarding Blinken’s statement, maybe I’m missing something but it seems like the same boilerplate “one-China” contradictory claptrap that all our pols have been using since Nixon went to China. Maybe it’s not the statement itself that’s the problem, but rather all the context laid out by JJ. If China decides its go-time due to the weakness of this junta, it will be catastrophic.

Thanks again, JJ. You’re a must-read every morning even when I don’t have time to comment.

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 20, 2023 08:01 AM (xT8gx)

28 21 Taiwan should do a quick dive into the works of Barnes Wallis.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 20, 2023 08:01 AM (rLD7a)

29 Leftists are Mad Trump "Looks Too Good" in Courthouse Sketch

Wait until none of the charges stick. That's when real anger will come out.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 20, 2023 08:01 AM (4olE8)

30 Blinkin is simply a bag man for the Dem organized crime syndicate.

Posted by: davidt at June 20, 2023 08:02 AM (SYTee)

31 Defended the exchange of five Taliban big-wig terrorists for American traitor Bowe Bergdahl.
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That is a particularly dark footnote in American history.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 20, 2023 08:02 AM (DU+/6)

32 "A lot of those SF extravaganza movies that inspired our childhood would have been pretty dull without the "billionaire adventurer" character. I sure don't hold it against the guy for risking his own life."

Yeah, well, that's easy for you to say.

Posted by: Gertrude the duck at June 20, 2023 08:02 AM (iayUP)

33 I really don’t care about American global hegemony anymore. It’s primarily a policy to centralize power to DC.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at June 20, 2023 08:03 AM (ifdZa)

34 The link about AT&T leaving San Francisco is another nail in the coffin for that city.

Hilton Hotels is pulling out and a flagship mall is closing too. Add in all the CVS and Walgreens that already closed. Around 350 companies have left Northern California due to the deteriorating conditions (crime being #1.)

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 20, 2023 08:03 AM (Q4IgG)

35 To be fair, since the end of World War 2 and perhaps even before, Foggy Bottom's priorities had American interests take a back seat to the so-called international order.

I think that's a lot of it, honestly. The State Department sees itself as the entity in charge of bringing elected Presidents in line with the global agenda.

And our government has been putting global interests above American interests for a long, long time. We read, a lot, in our own history books about how great the Marshall Plan was. Well, how great was it, really, to be taxed for decades - to rebuild two countries that brought about their own demise ? Was it really all that great, for John Q Citizen ?

I'd say no, it was not. The eventual reward for John Q Citizen was watching as the country exported away his grand-kids jobs. Yay for globalism. Yet, still, its never challenged in the history books.

Posted by: Shame On Me at June 20, 2023 08:03 AM (vBjG4)

36 Posted by: Gertrude the duck at June 20, 2023 08:02 AM (iayUP)

LOL.

Great movie!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for public office at June 20, 2023 08:03 AM (Keyt1)

37 I can see taking a mini-sub down to view Titanic from the outside. There is no effing way I would agree to go into it.

"Oh shit. We are snagged on some electrical conduit."

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at June 20, 2023 08:04 AM (vg8N1)

38 Could we send Bill Gates and Klaus Schwab down in a submarine?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for public office at June 20, 2023 08:05 AM (Keyt1)

39 Leftists are Mad Trump "Looks Too Good" in Courthouse Sketch

Wait until none of the charges stick. That's when real anger will come out.
Posted by: NR Pax at June 20, 2023 08:01 AM (4olE

North Korea called to say "that's ridiculous dude".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 20, 2023 08:05 AM (9UlRk)

40 You know Dad, Mom's sure gonna be pissed off at you.

Posted by: Pakistani son Hudson, getting the full Titanic experience at June 20, 2023 08:05 AM (4I/2K)

41 Could we send Bill Gates and Klaus Schwab down in a submarine?

You have to make them think that it is their idea.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at June 20, 2023 08:05 AM (vg8N1)

42 If you thought that the US was in full support of Taiwan's independence right up until Blinken betrayed us, you studied history on the back of cereal boxes and in the ads on the filler pages of comic books.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at June 20, 2023 08:05 AM (dpxPz)

43 Mornin’, All. Happy Tuesday. Yay.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 20, 2023 08:06 AM (znF4D)

44
Guess 'Paul' is gonna once again spend his day continually filling envelopes with talcum powder and mailing them to Clarence Thomas and the GOP.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 20, 2023 08:06 AM (enJYY)

45 “We believe that it is important for the United States to change its own image and to stop advancing its own democracy in the rest of the world,” he said. “Many people within the United States actually have little confidence in the democracy of the United States.”
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He's actually not wrong about the latter, sadly.

But what's particularly interesting about this is that it comes hot on the heels of Blinken's bootlicking of the Red Chinese. Just before this meeting, he broke "Strategic Ambiguity" Doctrine and bluntly stated that the US does not support Taiwanese independence. This has happened before (and so has breaking the Doctrine in the other direction), but it bought him nothing. He preemptively kowtowed to the Red Chinese on a topic of paramount importance to them, and they dragged his face through the mud anyway.

There is a lesson in that.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 20, 2023 08:06 AM (DU+/6)

46 I have hope that the charges are summarily dismissed as a violation of the 2nd Amendment.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at June 20, 2023 08:06 AM (vg8N1)

47 "The attacks on the most popular artificial sweetener sucralose, like attacks on other artificial sweeteners dating back over a century, are based on flimsy scientific evidence."
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Big Sugar don't like no competition!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 20, 2023 08:07 AM (YIVH2)

48 Michael Anton is always worth reading. The linked article from a year ago is almost prophetic. The more our “elites” don’t want Trump and the more extreme lengths they go to keep him out (like sham indictments), the more I want him back in the WH

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 20, 2023 08:07 AM (xT8gx)

49 @28 Ogodogod. Next up, a swing-wing dirigible.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at June 20, 2023 08:08 AM (dpxPz)

50
The minisub has something like 90 some hours of air left, so sometime Thursday. If it's not already squashed, that is.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 20, 2023 08:08 AM (enJYY)

51 Glenda Jackson has a tremendous screen presence. What a great career!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 20, 2023 08:08 AM (Z9R/r)

52 On the plus side, it's not just San Fran that's losing stores.

https://tinyurl.com/58pjkmt8

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 20, 2023 08:08 AM (1n+EO)

53 Whom do I send? Not my gentle son. The mere sight of him would only encourage an enemy to take over the whole country.

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 20, 2023 08:08 AM (RqMSv)

54 If you thought that the US was in full support of Taiwan's independence right up until Blinken betrayed us, you studied history on the back of cereal boxes and in the ads on the filler pages of comic books.

We're in support of those chips being made - and we don't give a damn if they're made by free Taiwanese are Taiwanese living in slave labor camps. As long as we get those chips, the powers that be don't give a damn about the details.

Posted by: Shame On Me at June 20, 2023 08:08 AM (vBjG4)

55 Of late, Xi has stuck his nose in the Middle East with deals with the Saudis, sucking up to the "Palestinians" and becoming the mediator of the "peace process" and is now making deals with our alleged European allies.
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Xi is both evil and fairly stupid, but he isn't a total stumbling fool. He understands the importance of the Middle East to a country without any oil, and understands the value in neutralizing (at least - if they can't be brought around) a potential adversary. The CCP has been *very* active in the Middle East, focused on both Iran and the Kingdom. Unlike the US, I don't think the CCP much cares which country ends up being the regional hegemon and so it is keeping its options open.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 20, 2023 08:08 AM (DU+/6)

56 Howdy. Uh... How are you guys doin'?

Posted by: Ed Harris, The Abyss at June 20, 2023 08:09 AM (4I/2K)

57 And I stand by something I said a while back: I think Taiwan should aim every missile capable of covering the distance at the Three Gorges Damn the minute China gets uppity.
Posted by: NR Pax at June 20, 2023 07:57 AM (4olE

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Considering how much of an Achilles Heel the Three Gorges Dam is to China, I wonder how well it's defended against attacks...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 20, 2023 08:09 AM (YIVH2)

58 If a rescue sub gets there, what exactly can it do?

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 20, 2023 08:10 AM (RqMSv)

59 The only hope is that the PLA underestimates the resolve of Taiwan to defend itself, and that any invasion winds up with the same outcome as the Russians now face in Ukraine.
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If things keep proceeding as they have been, we'll probably get the answer to this within three years.

But Taiwan will not defend itself alone. Even if we don't engage (a real possibility), the Japanese will and possibly the Koreans. It could turn into quite the conflagration.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 20, 2023 08:10 AM (DU+/6)

60 the U.S. has failed to show due respect for China’s vital national interests, particularly regarding China’s territorial claim to Taiwan. “State-to-state interactions should always be based on mutual respect and sincerity,” President Xi remarked.

Sounds a lot like Germany and the Nazi whinging about the "lack of respect" for their "legitimate national need" for more...uh...elbow-room.

Enjoy WWIII - The Funhouse Version of WWII!

Posted by: naturalfake at June 20, 2023 08:11 AM (fb7jX)

61 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 20, 2023 08:11 AM (Zz0t1)

62 58 If a rescue sub gets there, what exactly can it do?
Posted by: Ignoramus at June 20, 2023 08:10 AM (RqMSv)

Use its cute little robot arm to snap a selfie with the soon to be departed.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 20, 2023 08:11 AM (9UlRk)

63 Nice to know the several hours of work I do on this every day are truly appreciated . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 20, 2023 07:53 AM (x0n13)

Are you new around here?

The point that most Americans think that Islam is done with jihad is important. They will NEVER be done with it.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 20, 2023 08:11 AM (lIySD)

64 But the lesson here is also that Muslim leaders in the U.S. understandably want to uphold Islamic values, and the dissonance between those values and Western values is going to become increasingly apparent.

I categorically reject that statement. "Western values" has classically been coupled with the cultural, ethical and intellectual superiority of Christianity, the Renaissance, Magna Carta and individual human rights.

What has happened is that "Western values" as being the predominant culture is increasingly being replaced by the non-Western cultures of paganism, superstition, barbarism, authoritarianism and brutality.

Islam is an organized version of non-Western values that slaps on the patina of transcendence in the form of adherence to Mohammed's words posing as directives from Allah.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at June 20, 2023 08:12 AM (3hSHB)

65 And this is the guy we send to meet Xi Jinping. When you read his rap sheet, it's obvious that everything Blinken has done, believes or supports throughout his entire career has proven to be completely wrong and in many cases disastrously so.

Well then. NO one BETTER to have in the Biden clusterf*ck regime, ruining things for America on the world stage.

We're so totally f*cked.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 20, 2023 08:12 AM (Zz0t1)

66
He understands the importance of the Middle East to a country without any oil, and understands the value in neutralizing (at least - if they can't be brought around) a potential adversary.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 20, 2023 08:08 AM

Really no oil? I've read that coal is under every continent on the globe. Surprising if true. Maybe they need to send Jed Clampett over there.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 20, 2023 08:12 AM (enJYY)

67 @40 You're writing the whole screenplay for them!
Scriptwriters are supposed to be on strike (you can tell by the answers on Jep this week). One more believable character and you're going to get leg-breakers at the door.

This may be the first deep-sea adventure of the post-Raquel Welch era, and I'm not looking forward to that. The world doesn't realize yet how much she will be missed.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at June 20, 2023 08:13 AM (dpxPz)

68 I'm confused because I thought the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic somewhere between Ireland and Iceland. So, why is the US Coast Guard doing the search?

Posted by: dantesed at June 20, 2023 08:13 AM (88xKn)

69
Missing Titanic Tourist Sub

Fuckers messed up my garden again and must pay!!!

Posted by: Blinky, The Angriest of the Depp Seven at June 20, 2023 08:13 AM (fb7jX)

70 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 20, 2023 08:10 AM (DU+/6)

I wonder whether the CCP is proceeding in Taiwan the way they have in America? Buying influence for a few hundred million dollars is far easier than invading.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 20, 2023 08:14 AM (lIySD)

71 Today is National American Eagle Day. 🦅

Posted by: redridinghood at June 20, 2023 08:14 AM (NpAcC)

72 BLINKEN: “On Taiwan, I reiterated the long standing U.S. One China Policy. That policy has not changed. It’s guided by the Taiwan Relations Act, Three Joint Communiqués, the Six Assurances. We do not support Taiwan independence. We remain opposed to any unilateral changes to the status quo by either side.”

Sorry, Taiwan. We didn't do it. They stole the election. They're the ones signing your death warrant, not Americans.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 20, 2023 08:14 AM (Zz0t1)

73 Blinken, Barr, et al.

Look, these pimps' goal is to supersede the president. Period.

The president is the commander in chief. Period. He is 1/3 of our Constitutional branches and has supreme command of all defense. The Deep State was created by congress and NONE of them supersede the President according to Article 2.

All of this document bullshit is simply the Deep State trying to subvert the Constitution and DeSantis is the republican being paid to out Trump.

Posted by: Danimal28 at June 20, 2023 08:15 AM (klw0w)

74 Speaking of Biden, shouldn't he be the one to meet with Xi?
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Yes. Heads of state meet with heads of state. Those are the normal rules (barring emergencies or things like special projects and circumstances - like a head of state working directly with an attache during wartime). We are in unprecedented times as far as this goes. "Biden" delegates these duties a *lot* and counter to diplomatic standards. He sends Harris or Blinken or others to meet with heads of state.

He can't, and they all know it. Our foreign policy has been pretty awful for around 30 years now (barring the momentary renaissance during the Trump years), but it's now become an abject disaster.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 20, 2023 08:15 AM (DU+/6)

75 "Missing Titanic Tourist Sub"

Get off my lawn!

Posted by: Godzilla at June 20, 2023 08:15 AM (SYTee)

76
The point that most Americans think that Islam is done with jihad is important. They will NEVER be done with it.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 20, 2023 08:11 AM

I do however have a suspicion that a back room deal was made with the 55 Islamic countries that attended the meeting with Trump to tone down the 'kill all the misbelievers' rhetoric.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 20, 2023 08:15 AM (enJYY)

77 I'm confused because I thought the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic somewhere between Ireland and Iceland. So, why is the US Coast Guard doing the search?
Posted by: dantesed at June 20, 2023 08:13 AM (88xKn)

Same reason the FBI runs around Africa whenever there is a terrorist bombing while raiding President Trump's dirty undie bin.

Out of control federales gotta federale.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 20, 2023 08:16 AM (HiuPw)

78 Wouldn't the ChiComs best play be a naval blockade of Taiwan. Force us to take the first shots.

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 20, 2023 08:16 AM (RqMSv)

79 Big Business is fully on board with the Biden Kowtow Policy. I saw the CEO of defense company Raytheon interviewed earlier this morning saying "America will not economically decouple from China". This from a guy whose products are supposedly the sharp end of the spear.

When defense CEO's like this clown, worried about their personal incomes, are so evidently ready to sacrifice freedom, that scares the ever-loving crap out of me.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 20, 2023 08:16 AM (Z9R/r)

80 I wonder whether the CCP is proceeding in Taiwan the way they have in America? Buying influence for a few hundred million dollars is far easier than invading.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 20, 2023 08:14 AM (lIySD)
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Red China is deeply active in Taiwan, yeah. Their influence operations are enormous. Taiwan is a tougher nut to crack than the US. Unlike here, Taiwan has no inborn love of the Chinese and the civil war is not ancient history.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 20, 2023 08:16 AM (DU+/6)

81 Xi is both evil and fairly stupid, but he isn't a total stumbling fool.

He dopes pretty well along the line of the Dark Tetrad. His rise is what is so remarkable. His family was heavily persecuted and yet he managed to fight, claw and kill his way to the top.

Xi is an example of why in times past, the conqueror purged all of the family, near-family, friends to the family, and those who assisted the family of the deposed king. Pissed off and highly motivated sons tend to wreak a lot of havoc in their revenge.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at June 20, 2023 08:16 AM (3hSHB)

82 Really no oil? I've read that coal is under every continent on the globe. Surprising if true. Maybe they need to send Jed Clampett over there.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 20, 2023 08:12 AM (enJYY)
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China has a lot of coal, it's just not particularly good. Very little oil.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 20, 2023 08:17 AM (DU+/6)

83 Paying big bucks for a mini-sub viewing of the titanic seems on the same level of stupidity as tourist “climbers” shelling out big bucks to be carried to the Everest summit by sherpas. It often doesn’t end well intentionally putting yourself into the most hazardous places on planet earth. What’s next? $200K for an authentic Shackleton expedition experience?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 20, 2023 08:17 AM (xT8gx)

84 ""Missing Titanic Tourist Sub"

A three hour tour..

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 20, 2023 08:18 AM (1n+EO)

85 When defense CEO's like this clown, worried about their personal incomes, are so evidently ready to sacrifice freedom, that scares the ever-loving crap out of me.

Consider whom the US is mostly likely to use those weapons against next - the Chinese, or American civilians. If the answer is what I suspect, I hope Raytheon runs out of whatever Chinese parts go into those systems.

Posted by: Shame On Me at June 20, 2023 08:18 AM (vBjG4)

86 He dopes pretty well along the line of the Dark Tetrad. His rise is what is so remarkable. His family was heavily persecuted and yet he managed to fight, claw and kill his way to the top.

Xi is an example of why in times past, the conqueror purged all of the family, near-family, friends to the family, and those who assisted the family of the deposed king. Pissed off and highly motivated sons tend to wreak a lot of havoc in their revenge.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at June 20, 2023 08:16 AM (3hSHB)
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Yes indeed. Xi is very much a story of ruthless ascent and brutal enforcement of will over all - and against historical enemies. He's a classic conquering king in this regard.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 20, 2023 08:18 AM (DU+/6)

87 The Titan submersible is still missing.

I am not getting a good feeling about this.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 20, 2023 08:19 AM (aD39U)

88 7:19
thru da links

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 20, 2023 08:19 AM (BRHaw)

89 "Around 100 Letters Containing Suspicious White Powder Sent to Kansas Republicans"

This should be the lead on every news channel, but it's not even being mentioned.

Oh, wait it's Republicans... never mind.

Posted by: redridinghood at June 20, 2023 08:19 AM (NpAcC)

90 I'm confused because I thought the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic somewhere between Ireland and Iceland. So, why is the US Coast Guard doing the search?

Same reason why the US Coast Guard is patrolling the waters around the Philippines and Japan.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at June 20, 2023 08:20 AM (3hSHB)

91 On the plus side, it's not just San Fran that's losing stores.

https://tinyurl.com/58pjkmt8
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 20, 2023 08:08 AM (1n+EO)

*waves*

HI THERE!!!

Oh, you said on the plus SIDE......My bad.

Posted by: Stacy Abrams at June 20, 2023 08:20 AM (Zz0t1)

92 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 20, 2023 08:21 AM (we8o1)

93 79 - The Raytheon CEO Greg Hayes is both fully stupid and fully woke and of course narcissistic and greedy. Not a good combo

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 20, 2023 08:21 AM (xT8gx)

94 Today is National American Eagle Day. 🦅
Posted by: redridinghood at June 20, 2023 08:14 AM (NpAcC)

That's not possible. That might cause some to feel some American Patriotism and we JUST CAN'T HAVE THAT.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 20, 2023 08:21 AM (Zz0t1)

95
This should be the lead on every news channel, but it's not even being mentioned.

Oh, wait it's Republicans... never mind.

Posted by: redridinghood at June 20, 2023 08:19 AM

NewsMax mentioned it about half an hour ago. Also sent to Republicans in other states and SC Justice Thomas.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 20, 2023 08:22 AM (enJYY)

96 What’s next? $200K for an authentic Shackleton expedition experience?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 20, 2023 08:17 AM (xT8gx)

Or maybe $200K to wrestle Lizzo's little man in the boat?

The horror, the horror.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 20, 2023 08:22 AM (HiuPw)

97 Shut up, Dunce.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 20, 2023 08:22 AM (aD39U)

98
If Life were a sci-fi movie/book-

the next part would be the passengers of the tourist sub lost for oh, say a year-

Would suddenly appear on a beach in Iceland...

Posted by: naturalfake at June 20, 2023 08:23 AM (fb7jX)

99 Prolapse Paul!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 20, 2023 08:23 AM (Lu0ZI)

100
So how much is the hunt for the billionaire-containing sub going to cost and who's going to pay?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 20, 2023 08:23 AM (MoZTd)

101 China has invested quite a bit in subverting the Taiwanese government... much like they've done here. They've also infiltrated Taiwan's banking and telecom sectors, again, like here. Add in a robust cyber attack capability and they have Taiwan close to capitulation without firing a shot.

But, yea, I think the CCP will be forced to deal with the Taiwanese on Taiwan at some point.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 20, 2023 08:24 AM (Q4IgG)

102 "Recovery Operation"

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 20, 2023 08:24 AM (aD39U)

103 Defended the exchange of five Taliban big-wig terrorists for American traitor Bowe Bergdahl.
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That is a particularly dark footnote in American history.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 20, 2023 08:02 AM (DU+/6)

I'll never forget the face my buddy put on at his retirement party after 24 years in the Marine Corps when that was announced. 'WHAT?!?!? WE don't negotiate with terrorists!!!'

Was a sad day......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 20, 2023 08:24 AM (Zz0t1)

104 If the answer is what I suspect, I hope Raytheon runs out of whatever Chinese parts go into those systems.
Posted by: Shame On Me at June 20, 2023 08:18 AM (vBjG4)

I hope it keeps going.

Imagine the defskwadz pulling out their death rays on a mass of rebels, pulling the trigger, and.... *click*. Nothing.

*Consult the manual....*

--Please to be uppering control diode (Figure 6b) into. Auspicious the flashlight. Caution denuding the focus wheel and to be not fingering the optical.--

... "Fuck."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 20, 2023 08:24 AM (9UlRk)

105 Paying big bucks for a mini-sub viewing of the titanic seems on the same level of stupidity as tourist “climbers” shelling out big bucks to be carried to the Everest summit by sherpas. It often doesn’t end well intentionally putting yourself into the most hazardous places on planet earth. What’s next? $200K for an authentic Shackleton expedition experience?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 20, 2023 08:17 AM (xT8gx)

I just can't feel all that bad for billionaires dying doing billionaire things.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 20, 2023 08:25 AM (Zz0t1)

106 If Life were a sci-fi movie/book-

the next part would be the passengers of the tourist sub lost for oh, say a year-

Would suddenly appear on a beach in Iceland...
Posted by: naturalfake at June 20, 2023 08:23 AM (fb7jX)
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If it were a sitcom, they'd appear on a tropical island and the passengers would create coconut radios while getting into zany adventures with the locals...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 20, 2023 08:25 AM (YIVH2)

107 That's not possible. That might cause some to feel some American Patriotism and we JUST CAN'T HAVE THAT.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 20, 2023 08:21 AM (Zz0t1)
******
Yeah, especially during Pride month.

Posted by: redridinghood at June 20, 2023 08:25 AM (NpAcC)

108
What’s next? $200K for an authentic Shackleton expedition experience?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 20, 2023 08:17 AM (xT8gx)

_______________

"I paid $200,000 for this and Elephant Island doesn't even have phone reception! I want to see the manager!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 20, 2023 08:25 AM (MoZTd)

109 Posted by: Paul at June 20, 2023 08:21 AM (q+X8S)
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Looking forward to the day you get something correct for a change.

16 Reminder: Iraq invasion was very bipartisan:

https://youtu.be/iSwSDvgw5Uc

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 20, 2023 08:26 AM (k5hXU)

110 Paying big bucks for a mini-sub viewing of the titanic seems on the same level of stupidity as tourist “climbers” shelling out big bucks to be carried to the Everest summit by sherpas.

I'm waiting for a mini series treating the area around the Titanic like disappearances in The Bermuda Triangle.

Complete with people wearing lab coats, or smoking jackets to opine about black holes, space aliens, polar vortexes and possibly even Big Foot as mysterious reasons why that area is cursed and cherry picked incidents of disappearances of air and sea craft are dramatized.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at June 20, 2023 08:26 AM (3hSHB)

111 I saw Prolapse Paul playing on the side stage in the concourse during intermissions at a St. Louis Blues game in 2020.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 20, 2023 08:26 AM (Zz0t1)

112 So I have F15s coming out of Ellington that are probably running 400 or so knots.

I know how long it takes to fly by and out of sight hearing. Lets say 30 seconds.

Something flew over yesterday so fast I could not see it and lasted (sound wise) about 2 seconds.

weird

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 20, 2023 08:26 AM (BRHaw)

113 Sports website The Athletic recently gave space to some Rangers insiders so they could publicly complain that the team won't hold a "Pride Night" like all the other teams.
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The Athletic is now owned by NYT, and is losing money hand over fist. They just published a defense of the Dodgers honoring the foul fake Nuns organization whose name I can't remember, and simultaneously announced first-ever layoffs. Coincidence? I think not.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 20, 2023 08:27 AM (5Akzh)

114 Complete with people wearing lab coats, or smoking jackets to opine about black holes, space aliens, polar vortexes and possibly even Big Foot as mysterious reasons why that area is cursed and cherry picked incidents of disappearances of air and sea craft are dramatized.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at June 20, 2023 08:26 AM (3hSHB)
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Honestly, that could be interesting...I know Doctor Who has played around with the story of the Titanic more than once.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 20, 2023 08:27 AM (YIVH2)

115 Posted by: Paul at June 20, 2023 08:21 AM (q+X8S)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at June 20, 2023 08:27 AM (Zz0t1)

116

My response to Paul/Kurt:

"Hey, dick-breath. The State Dept. and IC, what's the word, LIED to us. Many did not know better. And now that we do, cocksuckers like you defend the Deep State since they are now openly targeting American citizens who oppose them. Go back to the glory hole. Those diseased cocks don't suck themselves."

And a reminder not to quote trolls.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 20, 2023 08:27 AM (x0n13)

117 If Life were a sci-fi movie/book-

the next part would be the passengers of the tourist sub lost for oh, say a year-

Would suddenly appear on a beach in Iceland...
Posted by: naturalfake at June 20, 2023 08:23 AM (fb7jX)
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If it were a sitcom, they'd appear on a tropical island and the passengers would create coconut radios while getting into zany adventures with the locals...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 20, 2023 08:25 AM (YIVH2)

If it were a drama, there'd be a shot of a shower curtain and sounds of running water and then the curtain is pulled back to reveal it all had been just a dream.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 20, 2023 08:27 AM (4I/2K)

118 Something flew over yesterday so fast I could not see it and lasted (sound wise) about 2 seconds.

weird
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 20, 2023 08:26 AM (BRHaw)
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Testing our new alien spacecraft rebuilds?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 20, 2023 08:28 AM (5Akzh)

119 *Consult the manual....*

--Please to be uppering control diode (Figure 6b) into. Auspicious the flashlight. Caution denuding the focus wheel and to be not fingering the optical.--

I'm dying here (LOL)

Posted by: Reuben Hick at June 20, 2023 08:28 AM (3hSHB)

120 It's also,
National Ice Cream Soda Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at June 20, 2023 08:28 AM (NpAcC)

121 That attack on the mother and little girl in France has my blood boiling. Damn that SOB to Hell.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at June 20, 2023 08:28 AM (Zvtjl)

122 I'm confused because I thought the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic

Except for the ice thing, Titanic damn near made it.
She's just off Newfoundland, as if that helps. If you imagine a US DSRV always ready to go at Groton, like in the movies, it's a straight shot, a day cruise.

Now, the submersible does not have a docking collar, and the movies are fiction, and Charlton Heston is dead, but other than that...

Lots of people still feel guilty about the skipper of the California. dididiDAWTDAWTDAWTdididit...Coca, Cola, God save the Queen.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at June 20, 2023 08:28 AM (dpxPz)

123

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 20, 2023 08:29 AM (aD39U)

124
National Ice Cream Soda Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at June 20, 2023 08:28 AM (NpAcC)

____________

*checks freezer*

No ice cream

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 20, 2023 08:30 AM (MoZTd)

125 The Raytheon CEO Greg Hayes is both fully stupid and fully woke and of course narcissistic and greedy. Not a good combo

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 20, 2023 08:21 AM

Having had to deal with Raytheon professionally for the last eight years I can confirm that they are staffed with shitty engineers.

Posted by: Bert G at June 20, 2023 08:30 AM (VARTN)

126 Save and a beauty.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 20, 2023 08:32 AM (Lu0ZI)

127 44
Guess 'Paul' is gonna once again spend his day continually filling envelopes with talcum powder and mailing them to Clarence Thomas and the GOP.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 20, 2023 08:06 AM (enJYY)
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Well the lawyers, using very bad science, have convinced juries that talcum powder is carcinogenic so this could be construed as bad as ricin.
1. Blue asbestos is bad. Can cause lung cancer.
2. Asbestos is bad for you.
3. Talc is found with asbestos and is vaguely similar so must be bad for you if you powder your cooch, you know, it's got legs and can walk its way all the way up to the ovaries. Amazing in a system that's designed to go the other way.

Posted by: Ciampino - There's a bathroom on the right - but is it Unisex? at June 20, 2023 08:33 AM (qfLjt)

128 Where'd everybody go?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 20, 2023 08:33 AM (Zz0t1)

129 Ooh! I think I just found the submersible!

Pointy!

Posted by: Mr. Slave at June 20, 2023 08:33 AM (gB3J1)

130 If Life were a sci-fi movie/book-

the next part would be the passengers of the tourist sub lost for oh, say a year-

Would suddenly appear on a beach in Iceland...
Posted by: naturalfake at June 20, 2023 08:23 AM (fb7jX)
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If it were a sitcom, they'd appear on a tropical island and the passengers would create coconut radios while getting into zany adventures with the locals...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 20, 2023 08:25 AM (YIVH2)

If it were a drama, there'd be a shot of a shower curtain and sounds of running water and then the curtain is pulled back to reveal it all had been just a dream.
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 20, 2023 08:27 AM (4I/2K)

If it were a Disney movie, they would appear in San Francisco next Pride Month having transitioned and beaming with with transcendental transexual joy, while trying to live their best Groomer's Life!

Posted by: naturalfake at June 20, 2023 08:33 AM (fb7jX)

131 Okeefe dropping bombs at 12 EDT today

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 20, 2023 08:34 AM (BRHaw)

132 She's just off Newfoundland, as if that helps.

An article in the Tech Thread said she was 435 miles south-ish of St. John's. But with all the strong North Atlantic currents, that tin can could end up anywhere.

Posted by: t-bird at June 20, 2023 08:34 AM (CaJIi)

133 Nah, I carry Italixoff TM in my signature.
Do not take Italixoff if you are allergic to Italixoff.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at June 20, 2023 08:34 AM (dpxPz)

134 Having had to deal with Raytheon professionally for the last eight years I can confirm that they are staffed with shitty engineers.
Posted by: Bert G at June 20, 2023 08:30 AM (VARTN)
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Israel announced a missile defense advance yesterday, claiming they can now shoot down hypersonic missiles. Those are the "not shitty" engineers.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 20, 2023 08:34 AM (5Akzh)

135 Okeefe dropping bombs at 12 EDT today
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 20, 2023 08:34 AM (BRHaw)

Why do I care when he uses the bathroom? That's mighty egocentric of him......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 20, 2023 08:35 AM (Zz0t1)

136 Testing our new alien spacecraft rebuilds?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 20, 2023 08:28 AM (5Akzh)

it did make a whoosh sound

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 20, 2023 08:35 AM (BRHaw)

137 Okeefe dropping bombs at 12 EDT today
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 20, 2023 08:34 AM (BRHaw)
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Look, I really don't need to know about his latest experiences with Taco Bell...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 20, 2023 08:35 AM (YIVH2)

138 > Something flew over yesterday so fast I could not see it and lasted (sound wise) about 2 seconds.

weird
Posted by: rhennigantx
____________

I've seen a Navy P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol/anti-submarine plane around my area here in Kentucky several times. In fact one is approaching now - call sign PELCN47.

Not much "maritime" to patrol here. But the plane has a shit ton of interesting sensors on it.

Might be going into Louisville. Maintenance perhaps.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 20, 2023 08:35 AM (Q4IgG)

139 47 "The attacks on the most popular artificial sweetener sucralose, like attacks on other artificial sweeteners dating back over a century, are based on flimsy scientific evidence."
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Big Sugar don't like no competition!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 20, 2023 08:07 AM (YIVH2)
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It would be useful to find out who funded that 'research' by that woman. It was all test tube work.

Posted by: Ciampino - There's a bathroom on the right -- but is it Unisex? at June 20, 2023 08:37 AM (qfLjt)

140 Joe Biden: “I’ve Committed that by 2020, We Will Have Conserved 30% of All the Lands and Waters”

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 20, 2023 08:38 AM (BRHaw)

141 Actual reptiles are more honorable than democrats.

Posted by: Eromero at June 20, 2023 08:38 AM (Uv0D2)

142 Joe Biden: “I’ve Committed that by 2020, We Will Have Conserved 30% of All the Lands and Waters”
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 20, 2023 08:38 AM (BRHaw)

81 Million votes.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 20, 2023 08:39 AM (Zz0t1)

143 Authentic Shackleton experience: He navigated 800 miles of ocean in an open boat, and put in on the lee side of the South Shetlands. A mountain range cut the island in half, so he climbed it, the first man ever to do so. When he walked into the whaling station settlement, the guy at the counter had gone to high school with him. "Why hello Ernie," he said, "What are you doing here?" Write that in your script, and you won't make it past the pitch meeting. True though.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at June 20, 2023 08:39 AM (dpxPz)

144 FJB moonlights as an instruction manual writer for Raytheon, apparently.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 20, 2023 08:39 AM (9UlRk)

145 "Why hello Ernie," he said, "What are you doing here?" Write that in your script, and you won't make it past the pitch meeting. True though.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at June 20, 2023 08:39 AM (dpxPz)
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Though the Pitch Meeting video for this scenario would probably be hilarious...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 20, 2023 08:40 AM (YIVH2)

146 Mrs928 reports to me that the sub had 96 hours of air, presuming that the pilot didn't immediately slit the throats of the passengers. Then he might have a week of air.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 20, 2023 08:41 AM (aD39U)

147 I'm confused because I thought the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic somewhere between Ireland and Iceland. So, why is the US Coast Guard doing the search?
Posted by: dantesed at June 20, 2023 08:13 AM (88xKn)
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My guess (it is only that) is that the USCG is extremely good at search and rescue, and since they know that they're doing, they're the ones engaging. If they find it and actually have to do sub recovery, deep diving, etc., then I suspect they'll call in the Navy since the Navy is generally quite good at that and the USCG has little experience in those areas.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 20, 2023 08:41 AM (DU+/6)

148 hiya

Posted by: JT at June 20, 2023 08:41 AM (T4tVD)

149 On this 57 genders rubbish: ask proponents:
why there are only two bathrooms: men and women;
why there are clothes only for men and women;
why we test new drugs on only men and women.

(children included by appropriate sex).

Posted by: Ciampino -- There's a bathroom on the right -- but is it Unisex? at June 20, 2023 08:41 AM (qfLjt)

150 Israel announced a missile defense advance yesterday, claiming they can now shoot down hypersonic missiles. Those are the "not shitty" engineers.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 20, 2023 08:34 AM (5Akzh)

I’ve worked in aerospace for ~29 years. I’ve seen a noticeable decline in engineering quality and rigor over that time period.

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 20, 2023 08:41 AM (xT8gx)

151 Boy, a lotta content today. Hope there’s not gonna be a quiz.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 20, 2023 08:41 AM (znF4D)

152 Love him or hate him, during Trump's presidency, the economy was strong, markets were up, inflation was under control, gas prices were low, illegal border crossings were down, crime was lower, trade deals were renegotiated, ISIS was defeated, NATO allies were stepping up, and China was stepping back (a little). Deny all that if you want to. The point here is that something like 100 million Americans believe it, strongly, and are bewildered and angered by elite hatred for the man they think delivered it.
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American government has declared independence from the citizenry. Remember Thoroughly Modern Millie calling the Chinese military to reassure them he would not obey an orders from PDJT he deemed overly hostile to Chyna?

That event made it absolutely clear, if it wasn't already, that treason was their preferred path.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 20, 2023 08:42 AM (8FcWt)

153 Though the Pitch Meeting video for this scenario would probably be hilarious...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 20, 2023 08:40 AM (YIVH2)

"Let me guess, it's so that The Movie Can Happen?"

"No, Sir, we just thought it would be fun."

"OK I'm gonna need you to get alllll the way the fuck out of my office now. "

"Oh, OK."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 20, 2023 08:42 AM (9UlRk)

154 Though the Pitch Meeting video for this scenario would probably be hilarious...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 20, 2023 08:40 AM (YIVH2)
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I'd love to see a "Pitch Meeting" episode for The Blues Brothers. He could make hay with that one, and it would be extremely funny.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 20, 2023 08:42 AM (DU+/6)

155 Prayer to Saint Michael the Archangel

Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the Devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do Thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the Divine Power of God, cast into hell, satan and all the evil spirits who roam throughout the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 20, 2023 08:42 AM (qoGsy)

156 Amen !

Posted by: JT at June 20, 2023 08:44 AM (T4tVD)

157 Thank you JJ !

AGAIN !

Posted by: JT at June 20, 2023 08:44 AM (T4tVD)

158 I'm confused because I thought the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic somewhere between Ireland and Iceland. So, why is the US Coast Guard doing the search?
Posted by: dantesed

Haven't followed the story but does England even have any blue water rescue assets?

Posted by: Tonypete at June 20, 2023 08:44 AM (qoGsy)

159 The problem here is every blood libel he hurled at Blinken about America's inherent human rights failings is only him repeating what Blinken and his boss and their party feel about their own country to begin with!

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They're not blood libels. The United States is a human rights violator. Ask it's political prisoners or the people in the sections of the globe we've destabilized with our incessant, pointless wars. The corruption of its regime's rigged elections has created a crisis of confidence where many of its citizens no longer believe the American political system is remotely democratic.

The Chinese dude wasn't wrong. Blinken and Brandon are partially responsible for these developments, and pretending we have moral authority over the Chinese is a silly position to take for a regime diplomat. He was begging to have that thrown back in his face, from one corrupt, indecent Party apparatchik to another.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 20, 2023 08:45 AM (oINRc)

160 Imma vote in a Democratic primary today.

Posted by: blaster at June 20, 2023 08:45 AM (pwExq)

161 A bombshell study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has confirmed that the risk of autoimmune heart disease is 13,200% higher in people who are vaccinated for Covid.

The study found that the risk of myocarditis following mRNA Covid vaccination is around 133x greater than the background risk in the population.

The study was conducted by the CDC, FDA, and researchers from several top U.S. universities and hospitals.

Researchers examined the effects of vaccination with products manufactured by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna.

They found that Covid shots increase the risk of suffering myocarditis by 13,200%.

Posted by: SMOD at June 20, 2023 08:45 AM (FvYGR)

162
16 Reminder: Iraq invasion was very bipartisan:

The number one proponent of the invasion was...John Edwards, a Dem VP. He called Shrub out for being a wuss a few times because the invasion was being discussed for a long time.

Hillary was on board

Kerry went back and forth repeatedly. As he put it he was for it because he was against it.

Barry Obama was against it, but he didn't show up on the national scene until 2006 at which point the Democrats had decided they opposed the war solely to weaken Shrub

Posted by: 18-1 at June 20, 2023 08:46 AM (lc5cP)

163 Imma vote in a Democratic primary today.
Posted by: blaster at June 20, 2023 08:45 AM (pwExq)

Burn your clothes and scrub thoroughly when you get home.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 20, 2023 08:46 AM (9UlRk)

164 Imma vote in a Democratic primary today.
Posted by: blaster at June 20, 2023 08:45 AM (pwExq)

Operation: Chaos

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 20, 2023 08:46 AM (Zz0t1)

165 141 Actual reptiles are more honorable than democrats.
Posted by: Eromero at June 20, 2023 08:38 AM (Uv0D2)

diff in a dead snake and dead (D) in the road

skid marks before the dead snake

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 20, 2023 08:46 AM (BRHaw)

166
They found that Covid shots increase the risk of suffering myocarditis by 13,200%.

2021: Safe, effective, stops the spread

2022: Safe, effective

2023: Effective

2024: THE TRUMP VACCINE!

Posted by: 18-1 at June 20, 2023 08:47 AM (lc5cP)

167 Democrats had decided they opposed the war solely to weaken Shrub
Posted by: 18-1 at June 20, 2023 08:46 AM (lc5cP)

"You're not supposed to actually try to WIN, you fucking yokel! Come on, man!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 20, 2023 08:47 AM (9UlRk)

168 The Chinese dude wasn't wrong. Blinken and Brandon are partially responsible for these developments, and pretending we have moral authority over the Chinese is a silly position to take for a regime diplomat.

Certain folks, raised their entire life believing they were born on the Good Guys Team will never let that go. And it sucks. Because a nation can't change until it, at the very least, admits what its doing wrong.

Posted by: Shame On Me at June 20, 2023 08:47 AM (vBjG4)

169
Researchers examined the effects of vaccination with products manufactured by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna.

They found that Covid shots increase the risk of suffering myocarditis by 13,200%.
Posted by: SMOD at June 20, 2023 08:45 AM (FvYGR)

I'm so glad I wasn't guilted into or forced to take that f*cking thing......nor my family.

I'm not sure I'm one that needs to be around for the end times, however.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 20, 2023 08:47 AM (Zz0t1)

170 Make JJ’s birthday a Federal Holiday.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 20, 2023 08:48 AM (znF4D)

171 The Chinese dude wasn't wrong. Blinken and Brandon are partially responsible for these developments, and pretending we have moral authority over the Chinese is a silly position to take for a regime diplomat. He was begging to have that thrown back in his face, from one corrupt, indecent Party apparatchik to another.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 20, 2023 08:45 AM (oINRc)
===================
fully agree, and his insane hypocrisy is exactly how the woke fascisti who run the junta foreign policy fucked up our middle eastern alliances, probably beyond all repair.

The worst part is the Junta actually doesn't mean this as criticism, they mean it as virtue signaling for US domestic consumption, and they are so incredibly stupid that Blinken/Biden get confused when foreigners take their words seriously.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 20, 2023 08:49 AM (8FcWt)

172 Make JJ’s birthday a Federal Holiday.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 20, 2023 08:48 AM (znF4D)

That's called retirement.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 20, 2023 08:49 AM (Zz0t1)

173 149 On this 57 genders rubbish: ask proponents:
why there are only two bathrooms: men and women;
why there are clothes only for men and women;
why we test new drugs on only men and women.

(children included by appropriate sex).
Posted by: Ciampino -- There's a bathroom on the right -- but is it Unisex? at June 20, 2023 08:41 AM (qfLjt)

You know there is a very big gap in testing of drugs and how men vs women react.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 20, 2023 08:49 AM (BRHaw)

174 Make JJ’s birthday a Federal Holiday.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 20, 2023 08:48 AM (znF4D)

We'd never get any mail.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 20, 2023 08:49 AM (aD39U)

175
You know there is a very big gap in testing of drugs and how men vs women react.
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 20, 2023 08:49 AM (BRHaw)

How dare you gender assign.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 20, 2023 08:50 AM (Zz0t1)

176 Certain folks, raised their entire life believing they were born on the Good Guys Team will never let that go. And it sucks. Because a nation can't change until it, at the very least, admits what its doing wrong.

Morally the US is a bit worse then Russia - we also imprison political opponents, fix elections, the government controls the media, and the point of elective office is to loot the treasury. But unlike Russia we push Globohomo on kids.

We are still better then China - we haven't killed tens of millions of people in a "Great Leap Forward" but...give the Junta time.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 20, 2023 08:50 AM (lc5cP)

177 130
If it were a Disney movie, they would appear in San Francisco next Pride Month having transitioned and beaming with with transcendental transexual joy, while trying to live their best Groomer's Life!

Posted by: naturalfake at June 20, 2023 08:33 AM (fb7jX)
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They would reappear, having discovered the Lost City of Atlantis .... plot thickens. We have a sitcom theme. Involve Aliens and UFOs but it could resemble a very damp Seinfeld. Remember Kramer and his showerhead.

Posted by: Ciampino - There's a shower on the right - but is it Unisex? at June 20, 2023 08:50 AM (qfLjt)

178 Imma vote in a Democratic primary today.
Posted by: blaster

Only ONCE ?

Posted by: JT at June 20, 2023 08:51 AM (T4tVD)

179 We'd never get any mail.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 20, 2023 08:49 AM (aD39U)
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The only mail I get is either bills or junk mail, so I'm not seeing the problem here.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 20, 2023 08:51 AM (YIVH2)

180 More federal holidays means more days the bureaucrats are idle.

Doesn't really change anything, but it's a thought.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 20, 2023 08:51 AM (Q4IgG)

181 Morally the US is a bit worse then Russia - we also imprison political opponents, fix elections, the government controls the media, and the point of elective office is to loot the treasury. But unlike Russia we push Globohomo on kids.

If we could ever know all the facts, I'd like to be able to go back and study just how much shit the United States has stirred. We'll never know. I was always convinced we were on the wrong side in Syria - or at least, the most worst side.

Posted by: Shame On Me at June 20, 2023 08:51 AM (vBjG4)

182 Ahoy there Mr. Slave! If you help me find the keys, we can drive my ship out of here. Mind, don't trip over the s'nuke.

Posted by: Captain John Smith at June 20, 2023 08:52 AM (gB3J1)

183 I'm so glad I wasn't guilted into or forced to take that f*cking thing......nor my family.
. . .
Posted by: Sponge

The lovely wife and I also. Our families though. . . .

I credit AoS more than anything else to nudge us into the questioning mode regarding any pronouncements from our betters. I honestly can't ID what was the specific item or event that gave us the final decision to not get it - but, I know it came from the God fearing, patriotic, loving folks here.

Saying 'Thank you' will never be strong enough - we love you guys and gals.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 20, 2023 08:53 AM (qoGsy)

184 The study was conducted by the CDC, FDA, and researchers from several top U.S. universities and hospitals.

Researchers examined the effects of vaccination with products manufactured by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna.

They found that Covid shots increase the risk of suffering myocarditis by 13,200%.
Posted by: SMOD
++++
I'm sure all major media networks will be reporting on this study immediately.

Immediately after hell freezes over I mean.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at June 20, 2023 08:53 AM (dr4Q1)

185 Where the hell has Muldoon gotten off to??

Posted by: tubal at June 20, 2023 08:53 AM (PCK5/)

186 "Billionaire Explorer Believed To Be Aboard Missing Titanic Tourist Sub"

When they find the sunken tourist sub, then they can add a new tour for people to go down and gawk at the sunken tourist sub! Win-win.

Posted by: Preparing gp For Lazy Loading at June 20, 2023 08:53 AM (MvF+J)

187 How dare you gender assign.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 20, 2023 08:50 AM (Zz0t1)

Now do Pete Buttplugs Female Crash Test Dummies

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 20, 2023 08:53 AM (BRHaw)

188 >>“The fact is that there are many problems within the United States regarding human rights, which is admitted by the U.S. itself as well. ...The challenges facing the United States in human rights are deep-seated. They did not just emerge over the past four years, such as Black Lives Matter.”

The man who said this is currently committing a slow, brutal genocide of the Uygurs, and, oh yeah, unleashed a lab-made pandemic on the world 4 years ago.

WTF can't anyone mention this when talking about China in other contexts such as this bizarro-world lecture to the US?! I hate Blinken and Biden as much as everyone else here, but they are *owned* by these monsters who publicly lecture them on human rights.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 20, 2023 08:54 AM (nTi7J)

189 Big Sugar and Big Penguin need to be defunded and broken up. They both have untold billions in shady Maltese banks.

Posted by: Fruit Bat Liberation Front at June 20, 2023 08:55 AM (Nn3xT)

190 George Carlin hits the nail on the head. Michael Walsh includes one of my favorite Carlin videos, "I am tired of all these white bourgeois liberals trying to save the planet"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 20, 2023 08:55 AM (oozpz)

191 Me, wife, sister all said no thankee to the vaxx. The kids all got it, although to their credit they did not vaxx the grandkids.

Posted by: tubal at June 20, 2023 08:55 AM (PCK5/)

192 185 Where the hell has Muldoon gotten off to??
Posted by: tubal at June 20, 2023 08:53 AM (PCK5/)

I was thinking same thingy.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 20, 2023 08:55 AM (BRHaw)

193 Maybe the international assoc of Limerickister is having their annual meet up!

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 20, 2023 08:56 AM (BRHaw)

194 I was always convinced we were on the wrong side in Syria - or at least, the most worst side.

During the WoT Assad supported the Jihadis in Iraq with military aid. The Dems warned Shrub if he responded they would impeach him. So Shrub did nothing.

But this left Assad with a bunch of jihadis in his country. At the same time he was pissing off broad swaths of the population. And they rose up in a movement not (yet) controlled by the jihadis. And Obama sat back and did nothing.

This led Assad mostly destroy this uprising but his weakness left an opening for the Jihadis and THEY rose up. And now Obama started helping the Jihadis and the non-Jihadis.

Meanwhile Russia now intervened to help Assad. And the place is a major clusterfuck.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 20, 2023 08:56 AM (lc5cP)

195 ZOD IMPERIAL.

Posted by: ZOD at June 20, 2023 08:56 AM (TaMeL)

196 Good morning, J.J. Good morning, Horde. Good morning, ZOD.

Posted by: Inogame at June 20, 2023 08:57 AM (53oGX)

197 *kneels*

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 20, 2023 08:57 AM (aD39U)

198 "Billionaire Explorer Believed To Be Aboard Missing Titanic Tourist Sub"

Did he have evidence that could lead to the conviction of Hillary Clinton?

Posted by: davidt at June 20, 2023 08:57 AM (SYTee)

199 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes.

Read the content. Read the comments.

I got nothing.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 20, 2023 08:58 AM (AW0uW)

200
Zod, how are you doing?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 20, 2023 08:59 AM (MoZTd)

201 Billionaire Explorer Believed To Be Aboard Missing Titanic Tourist Sub

Courage, man. Courage!

Posted by: Thurston Howell, III at June 20, 2023 08:59 AM (4I/2K)

202 >>But the lesson here is also that Muslim leaders in the U.S. understandably want to uphold Islamic values, and the dissonance between those values and Western values is going to become increasingly apparent. For years, Leftists have been shutting down open discussion of that fact by claiming that it’s 'Islamophobic.' Now they’re the ones cast as the “Islamophobes.” Grab some popcorn and pull up a chair."

I am happy to see Hamtrack shut this down, but to say that they have values that oppose the Left is a bit naive. They just prefer to do it in a different manner.
See:
-- UK "grooming" gangs where muslim men systematically drug and rape underage locals girls
-- "Bacha bazi" https://tinyurl.com/4t2x6vhs

Posted by: Lizzy at June 20, 2023 08:59 AM (nTi7J)

203
I got nothing.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 20, 2023 08:58 AM (AW0uW)

____________

Don't let that stop you.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 20, 2023 08:59 AM (MoZTd)

204 "Billionaire Explorer Believed To Be Aboard Missing Titanic Tourist Sub"

Did he have evidence that could lead to the conviction of Hillary Clinton?

No...but now he does know who lives in a pineapple under the sea.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 20, 2023 09:00 AM (lc5cP)

205 I didn’t even know that Maltese had banks. Very resourceful of them. Increases my respect for the breed.

Now if those damn King Charles spaniels would only get off their lazy asses…

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 20, 2023 09:00 AM (znF4D)

206 146 Mrs928 reports to me that the sub had 96 hours of air, presuming that the pilot didn't immediately slit the throats of the passengers. Then he might have a week of air.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 20, 2023 08:41 AM (aD39U)
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Very, very smelly air, what with shitty corpses, rotting blood and flesh, and other gaseous emanations.

Posted by: Ciampino - There's a shower on the right -- but is it Unisex? at June 20, 2023 09:00 AM (qfLjt)

207 Hey, Zod!!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 20, 2023 09:00 AM (nTi7J)

208 I-uh, uh-I-uh,, I-uh have a-uh,, a-uh, m-m-my legs are-uh, are-uh, l-l-legs are-uh-have, a-uh-are numb...

yeah

Posted by: John Fetterman at June 20, 2023 09:01 AM (5hfjS)

209 Blinken is pathetic but he's just an extension of the pathetic party in Washington.

China must be belly laughing at just how bent over the barrel we are.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 20, 2023 09:01 AM (5xURv)

210 Hey, MP4.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 20, 2023 09:02 AM (znF4D)

211 "But when Jesus turned and looked at his disciples, he rebuked Peter. “Get behind me, Satan!” he said. “You do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”

Mark 8:33

Posted by: Marcus T at June 20, 2023 09:02 AM (SAX5G)

212 I trust the federal gov't with nothing.

No reason to trust them with the vaxx.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 20, 2023 09:03 AM (Lu0ZI)

213 The grocery store had those little fruit pies on sale. I bought a few apple ones. I wonder if I could deep fat fry them in tallow and reproduce, at least in part, the old McDonalds danger-filling-is-hot fried pie experience.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 20, 2023 09:03 AM (aD39U)

214 "Bacha bazi" https://tinyurl.com/4t2x6vhs

Reading the wiki entry on this they mention that in America a couple of people made an off broadway musical about the dancing boys (child sex slavery) in 'Stan and...made it partially a love story.

Because of course they did.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 20, 2023 09:03 AM (lc5cP)

215 All in all, it seems to me that the renaissance we have seen in the American space effort in the past ten years -- produced entirely by private enterprise -- is now at serious risk. The forces in the government that don't like freedom and independence outside of government control are now coalescing together to fight back. And as long as a Democrat controls the White House there will be nothing to stop this trend.
=======================
With all the money in the world, the Biden junta cannot even buy without screwing up completely and totally.

How they get elected is a testament to the power of propaganda, illogic, and the apparent desire of many for Platonic aristocracy.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 20, 2023 09:04 AM (bYtp3)

216 I didn’t even know that Maltese had banks. Very resourceful of them. Increases my respect for the breed.

No bones about it

Posted by: Some Maltese Banker (Barker?) at June 20, 2023 09:04 AM (lc5cP)

217 @74

>>He can't, and they all know it. Our foreign policy has been pretty awful for around 30 years now (barring the momentary renaissance during the Trump years), but it's now become an abject disaster.

I would say our foreign policy has always been largely misguided and it became abysmal after WWII and over the last 30 years, has become a steaming pile of dogshit, excluding Trumps term, whose foreign policy was, at least, sober and realistic, to the degree US foreign policy can be sober and realistic.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 20, 2023 09:04 AM (rc3Z7)

218 >>200 Zod, how are you doing? Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 20, 2023 08:59 AM (MoZTd)

Magnificently, thanks--hope you're well, too.

Festung Zod set to relocate from NoVA to rural Maryland in early August (clanging of bells, trumpets, growl of panzer engines warming up, howling of gorilla cavalry).

There Will Be Celebration.

Posted by: ZOD at June 20, 2023 09:04 AM (TaMeL)

219 Accurate photo up top. Thanks, JJ.

Posted by: dantesed at June 20, 2023 09:05 AM (88xKn)

220 >>On this 57 genders rubbish: ask proponents:
why there are only two bathrooms: men and women;
why there are clothes only for men and women;
why we test new drugs on only men and women.

Ask them "what is a woman?" Heh.
My kid, back in HS, used to always ask "how many genders are there?" just to watch them sputter.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 20, 2023 09:05 AM (nTi7J)

221 Morning Horse , thx JJ. The video from France of the child and her mother being attacked is horrifying. Evidence however that Pax Americana which has protected Western Europe since WWII has made their nations soft and stupid. They nations haven't fought each other but they've followed and allowed every stupid political idea including mass immigration from people who don't share the Western ways. Unfortunately we aren't far behind

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 20, 2023 09:05 AM (W1/AW)

222 >>207 Hey, Zod!! Posted by: Lizzy at June 20, 2023 09:00 AM (nTi7J)

Yes.

Posted by: ZOD at June 20, 2023 09:06 AM (TaMeL)

223 I keep expecting to wake up some morning to find out that Musk has offshed hs space program to som other country because he has tired of DCs bullshit…

Posted by: tubal at June 20, 2023 09:06 AM (PCK5/)

224 No one except Trump was willing to give China the finger. Every other administration is beholden to the corporations that line their pockets in donations. Those corporations want access to the sweet, sweet cheap labor camps in China so they can fire Americans who cost too much.

That situation never gets fixed with spineless politicians in office.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 20, 2023 09:06 AM (5xURv)

225 Ask them "what is a woman?" Heh.
My kid, back in HS, used to always ask "how many genders are there?" just to watch them sputter.

IMO the more honest question is "How many kinks are there?" and the answer is a lot of course. People are weird.

But they won't talk about this in terms of sex because the obvious answer then becomes "do your thing at home and leave me AND MY KIDS out of it"

Oh and there are only 2 sexes, and gender is for words in European languages not people.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 20, 2023 09:07 AM (lc5cP)

226 The entire 20th century was a disaster, from June 1914 on.

And the 21st isn’t looking much better so far.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 20, 2023 09:07 AM (znF4D)

227 I wonder if I could deep fat fry them in tallow and reproduce, at least in part, the old McDonalds danger-filling-is-hot fried pie experience.
Posted by: G'rump928(c)

The were designed perfectly to have the molten lava-like filling drop out of the bottom directly onto your crotch area after taking a bite.

Genius!

Posted by: Tonypete at June 20, 2023 09:08 AM (qoGsy)

228 >>a couple of people made an off broadway musical about the dancing boys (child sex slavery) in 'Stan and...made it partially a love story.
Because of course they did.

Ugh, forgot about that. Creeps all around.

There's an Afghan-made movie that is one of the most depressing ones I've seen, called "Osama." Should've also mentioned child brides re: why Hamtrack rejecting "pride" garbage doesn't making them anti-pedo.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 20, 2023 09:08 AM (nTi7J)

229 The 19th Century was no bed of roses either.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 20, 2023 09:08 AM (aD39U)

230 "Billionaire Explorer Believed To Be Aboard Missing Titanic Tourist Sub"

Did he have evidence that could lead to the conviction of Hillary Clinton?
Posted by: davidt
+++
It doesn't matter how much evidence is found or even if there is slam dunk proof of hillary commiting a crime, NOTHING will ever lead to the conviction of hillary clinton.

No reasonable prosecutor blah blah blah.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at June 20, 2023 09:09 AM (dr4Q1)

231 I would say our foreign policy has always been largely misguided and it became abysmal after WWII and over the last 30 years, has become a steaming pile of dogshit, excluding Trumps term, whose foreign policy was, at least, sober and realistic, to the degree US foreign policy can be sober and realistic.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 20, 2023 09:04 AM (rc3Z7)
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Yeah.

The most important thing Trump did, in my opinion, is reject multilateral doctrine. American foreign policy is dominated by giant multi-party deals where we usually end up paying the price to make them happen. Trump threw that out. He didn't pursue or even mention a "comprehensive Middle East Peace Plan," for example. He just put together a deal with interested parties and got it done. Same in the Pacific.

He rejected a lot of Postwar foreign policy processes and got back to basics. It went very well, and I was in favor of it and still am. Forget multilateral boondoggles and sacrificing American interests to pursue mega-deals. Just make deals one-on-one and if others want to join, cool. If not, then not. If the deal worked, you'll get more takers. If it didn't, you've reduced the cross-section of damage.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 20, 2023 09:10 AM (DU+/6)

232 >>Britain must refuse extradition of Assange to US

Britain doesn't have sovereignty, Peter. Britain is a client state of the US Department of Defense.

Posted by: ZOD at June 20, 2023 09:10 AM (TaMeL)

233 Festung Zod set to relocate from NoVA to rural Maryland in early August (clanging of bells, trumpets, growl of panzer engines warming up, howling of gorilla cavalry).

There Will Be Celebration.
Posted by: ZOD

I'm assuming the Sacrificing of Virgins has been cancelled due to lack of same.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 20, 2023 09:10 AM (qoGsy)

234 Equity

https://tinyurl.com/ywxmz97x

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 20, 2023 09:10 AM (BRHaw)

235 it used to be that when some doofus got elected to congress, the first thing they thought was

"I might be president one day"

now it's

"how can I get a nice cushy spot to bail out to and how to pile a lot cash in said cushy spot"

they all know it's gonna go boom one day, in the not too distant future

like 10 years

Posted by: REDACTED at June 20, 2023 09:11 AM (us2H3)

236 - Constantly apologizing for and running down America wherever he goes.

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Anthony Blinken is the white face of Barack Obama.

Posted by: ShainS -- Opression Scientist and Your AI Interpreter at June 20, 2023 09:11 AM (+z+6a)

237 When you look at how cheaply our rulers have sold us out, the fading, dying, hopelessly corrupt nations they've sold out to, you can only come to one conclusion:
It's not greed that motivated them, it was betrayal-- they wanted to betray us and it didn't matter to who.

Enslaving your fellow countrymen, hating them so much you would have done it for free? It's the pampered child stabbing their parents while they slept.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 20, 2023 09:12 AM (ISi6R)

238 There are three genders in German. Masculine, feminine, and neuter.

Mutated.

Posted by: ZOD at June 20, 2023 09:12 AM (TaMeL)

239 Meanwhile..Veterinary Secrets has a video about studies that use ivermectin to treat cancer in humans and animals. Seems to be effective in combination with some chemo drugs in humans. He does give dosage for using it on dogs but there are some breeds that should not use it.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 20, 2023 09:12 AM (ouTlx)

240 226

Civilization ended with WWI. If that's going too far then at least it was the first nail in the coffin.

Posted by: Ziba at June 20, 2023 09:12 AM (4h9M3)

241 take me to your HEALTH master

https://tinyurl.com/muy72rsr

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 20, 2023 09:13 AM (BRHaw)

242 238 Same In Russian.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 20, 2023 09:13 AM (znF4D)

243 No one except Trump was willing to give China the finger. Every other administration is beholden to the corporations that line their pockets in donations. Those corporations want access to the sweet, sweet cheap labor camps in China so they can fire Americans who cost too much.

That situation never gets fixed with spineless politicians in office.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 20, 2023 09:06 AM (5xURv)
++++
The current junta is downright schizophrenic on the topic of China. In some ways, the Biden administration is harder on China than Trump's was. In other ways, it's a CCP lickspittle. It's China Policy is inconsistent to the point of almost being unhinged.

I think this is because nobody is in charge. We have a one-party state and like all one-party states, there are competing (or even warring) cabals vying for position and running amok with their own power and influence networks. There is no leader to keep everything in check (Biden is nothing but a wandering idiot with a hole-filled brain), so the factions do what they want.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 20, 2023 09:13 AM (DU+/6)

244 Blinken is the personification of the word Backpfeifengesicht.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 20, 2023 09:13 AM (aD39U)

245 When you read his rap sheet, it's obvious that everything Blinken has done, believes or supports throughout his entire career has proven to be completely wrong and in many cases disastrously so.

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Anthony Blinken is the non-demented face of Joseph Biden.

Posted by: ShainS -- Opression Scientist and Your AI Interpreter at June 20, 2023 09:13 AM (+z+6a)

246 Veterinary Secrets video link

https://youtu.be/V_-rNmB5hc0

He also has links to the studies.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 20, 2023 09:14 AM (ouTlx)

247 The entire 20th century was a disaster, from June 1914 on.

And the 21st isn’t looking much better so far.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 20, 2023 09:07 AM (znF4D)

I'm of the opinion that 1900 - 1913 were probably the best years of the century in fashion, art, music and literature.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 20, 2023 09:14 AM (AW0uW)

248 He rejected a lot of Postwar foreign policy processes and got back to basics. It went very well, and I was in favor of it and still am. Forget multilateral boondoggles and sacrificing American interests to pursue mega-deals. Just make deals one-on-one and if others want to join, cool. If not, then not. If the deal worked, you'll get more takers. If it didn't, you've reduced the cross-section of damage.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

I imagine DJT could have ~~terminated~~ fired 80% of State Dept leeches with the result of no reduction in true service - similar to Musk doing the same at Twitter.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 20, 2023 09:14 AM (qoGsy)

249 The were designed perfectly to have the molten lava-like filling drop out of the bottom directly onto your crotch area after taking a bite.

Genius!
Posted by: Tonypete at June 20, 2023 09:08 AM (qoGsy)
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In a way, I suppose it was genius. Those who were smart enough to figure out how to eat them without burning their crotch lived on to have children who were also intelligent. Those who failed this science experiment didn't get to reproduce...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 20, 2023 09:15 AM (YIVH2)

250 239 Meanwhile..Veterinary Secrets has a video about studies that use ivermectin to treat cancer in humans and animals. Seems to be effective in combination with some chemo drugs in humans. He does give dosage for using it on dogs but there are some breeds that should not use it.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 20, 2023 09:12 AM (ouTlx)

There was a period when some researchers thought cancer was a parasitic type of infection. Iver does destroy a cell membrane that allow the body or an antibiotic to attack the foreigner.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 20, 2023 09:15 AM (BRHaw)

251 240 Ziba, I’d go with the “first nail” formulation.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 20, 2023 09:15 AM (znF4D)

252 >>I'm assuming the Sacrificing of Virgins has been cancelled due to lack of same.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 20, 2023 09:10 AM (qoGsy)

Before we move, I'll be raiding the Poor Clares of Alexandria monastery up the street and grabbing a few novices.

Then, ziggurat, obsidian knife, feathered priest, The Harvest.

Posted by: ZOD at June 20, 2023 09:15 AM (TaMeL)

253 The 15th century wasn't a barrel of laughs either.

Posted by: Joan, The Maid of Orleans at June 20, 2023 09:15 AM (gmo/4)

254
Now do Pete Buttplugs Female Crash Test Dummies
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 20, 2023 08:53 AM (BRHaw)

Well, he swallows man juice, so......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 20, 2023 09:15 AM (Zz0t1)

255 A ZOD SIGHTING!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 20, 2023 09:16 AM (Zz0t1)

256 I'm of the opinion that 1900 - 1913 were probably the best years of the century in fashion, art, music and literature.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 20, 2023 09:14 AM (AW0uW)
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And yet you remain silent on the state of movies at that time...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 20, 2023 09:16 AM (YIVH2)

257 We laugh and yet. As the American squadron sank the Spanish breaking out of Santiago, the admiral ordered "No cheering, boys. Those poor devils are dying."

Eternal Father, strong to save,
Whose arm hath bound the restless wave,
Who bidd'st the mighty ocean deep
Its own appointed limits keep;
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,
For those in peril on the sea

Tourists and billionaires need prayer too.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at June 20, 2023 09:16 AM (dpxPz)

258 McCain was a dirt bag but he nailed Blinken in a speech on the Senate floor back when Obama was appointing Blinken to some apparatchik post. Even with McCain's speech Blinken was confirmed.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 20, 2023 09:16 AM (W1/AW)

259 It's China Policy is inconsistent to the point of almost being unhinged.

This is how cargo cultists do "Strategic Ambiguity"

Posted by: Reuben Hick at June 20, 2023 09:16 AM (3hSHB)

260 Blinken's role at Penn Center was to mishandle funds IIRC.

Posted by: Ziba at June 20, 2023 09:16 AM (4h9M3)

261 I'm hoping they make Blinken Noodle Soup out of him.

Posted by: torabora at June 20, 2023 09:17 AM (FJk1H)

262 The number one proponent of the invasion was...John Edwards, a Dem VP.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 20, 2023 08:46 AM (lc5cP)
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If you look at the dates listed in the video I linked to, you'll see that the WMD accusations go years back before the actual invasion itself. These were established beliefs from the Clinton admin through Bush's, apparently with no arguments from the US's various spook agencies throughout all that time.

Ain't the right, George Tenet?!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 20, 2023 09:17 AM (k5hXU)

263 205 I didn’t even know that Maltese had banks. Very resourceful of them. Increases my respect for the breed.

Now if those damn King Charles spaniels would only get off their lazy asses…

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 20, 2023 09:00 AM (znF4D)
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The KC spaniels have boneyards.

Posted by: Ciampino - There's a shower on the right --- but is it Unisex? at June 20, 2023 09:17 AM (qfLjt)

264 And yet you remain silent on the state of movies at that time...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

HeyOhhhhhh!!!

(iswydt)

Posted by: Tonypete at June 20, 2023 09:17 AM (qoGsy)

265 >>Oh and there are only 2 sexes, and gender is for words in European languages not people.

Ah yes, the malleable terminology trick they play with every issue (health care vs. health insurance, immigrant vs migrant, etc..).

Recall a decade or so ago it was all about the Genderbread Man, where they explicitly lectured that 'sex' and 'gender' are two completely different things! Fast forward to a few years ago and they now use these terms interchangeably (as always, in order to slip out of arguments), thus insisting your body (sex) must be surgically/pharmaceutically altered to match your gender.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 20, 2023 09:17 AM (nTi7J)

266 253 The 15th century wasn't a barrel of laughs either.
Posted by: Joan, The Maid of Orleans at June 20, 2023 09:15 AM (gmo/4)

"A few corrupt popes, nothing memorable . . ."

- - Rollerball

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 20, 2023 09:18 AM (x0n13)

267 I imagine DJT could have terminated fired 80% of State Dept leeches with the result of no reduction in true service - similar to Musk doing the same at Twitter.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 20, 2023 09:14 AM (qoGsy)
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State is a disaster and has been since at least the 20s. The State Department cannot be fixed with a mere 80% reduction in force. State needs to be shut down and completely rebuilt from scratch. I go back and forth on whether the worst federal bureau is State or Justice. Both are disasters that need to be destroyed so we can try again.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 20, 2023 09:18 AM (DU+/6)

268 The 14th century wasn't happy happy joy joy either given the wars and the black death

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 20, 2023 09:18 AM (W1/AW)

269 They are admitting what many conservative experts have been contending: The Ukraine war is not a vital U.S. national security interest and is interfering with other vital U.S. national security interests. They also believe Ukraine cannot win a long-term war of attrition and, as unjust and immoral as Russia's occupation of Ukraine is, thousands more Ukrainian deaths in an endless stalemate also would be unjustifiable and immoral.

For these and other reasons, Haass and Kupchan are urging the West to adopt a new strategy to end the Ukraine war with a ceasefire and peace talks.
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That this is written by Fred Fleitz is the most newsworthy thing about it, since what he actually says is not going to be news to the horde. Fleitz is a GOP foreign polcy insider of the highest level. The obvious is starting to sink in, apparently.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 20, 2023 09:18 AM (O08NK)

270 So what was the most peaceful prosperous century , in the Western world??

Posted by: tubal at June 20, 2023 09:19 AM (PCK5/)

271 Just checked in at WZ, and it says the account has been suspended.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 20, 2023 09:19 AM (rLD7a)

272 There was not a single reported acknowledgement of responsibility by China’s leaders, much less an apology, for China’s invasions of U.S. sovereignty and security. Then again, they see no reason to do so with [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Biden in the White House.

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"We gave the Clintons double the bribe money in Yuan, matching the bribes in '92. The Biidens turned for... for much less."

Posted by: ShainS -- Opression Scientist and Your AI Interpreter at June 20, 2023 09:19 AM (+z+6a)

273 This is how cargo cultists do "Strategic Ambiguity"
Posted by: Reuben Hick at June 20, 2023 09:16 AM (3hSHB)
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I don't think so. I don't think this is a Nixon-style "MADMAN" approach. I think this is warring factions doing whatever the hell they want. It's not "strategic ambiguity," it's "ambiguous strategy" - in that there is actual strategy, it's just that there are several competing strategies playing out simultaneously.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 20, 2023 09:20 AM (DU+/6)

274 161 A bombshell study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has confirmed that the risk of autoimmune heart disease is 13,200% higher in people who are vaccinated for Covid.
______

The only question I have is whether this story will be Epsteined, Arkancided or possibly Janet Reno'd by the press.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 20, 2023 09:20 AM (fs1hN)

275 Winken or Nod wouldn’t have been much better.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 20, 2023 09:20 AM (znF4D)

276 In some ways, the Biden administration is harder on China than Trump's was.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 20, 2023 09:13 AM (DU+/6)

How so?

Posted by: 7man at June 20, 2023 09:20 AM (qwO6y)

277 @267 the fact that Pompeo did nothing to change the State Department culture shows what a useless lump he was

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 20, 2023 09:20 AM (W1/AW)

278 And yet you remain silent on the state of movies at that time...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 20, 2023 09:16 AM (YIVH2)

Oh, well, Traffic in Souls, The Adventures of Kathlyn, Chaplin joining Keystone, DW Griffith at Biograph, The Bangville Police. . .

And that's just 1913. There were some wonderful movies during that period.

And women dressed so beautifully.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 20, 2023 09:20 AM (AW0uW)

279 271 Just checked in at WZ, and it says the account has been suspended.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 20, 2023 09:19 AM (rLD7a)

See how easy it is done… it all hangs by a thread..

Posted by: tubal at June 20, 2023 09:21 AM (PCK5/)

280 So what was the most peaceful prosperous century , in the Western world??
Posted by: tubal at June 20, 2023 09:19 AM (PCK5/)

I don't think anyone ever makes it a whole century. Wasn't the period right after Waterloo fairly good?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 20, 2023 09:21 AM (aD39U)

281 So what was the most peaceful prosperous century , in the Western world??

The end of the 1800s. Slavery was over. The Civil War was over. The major European wars were over (Franco-Prussian, Napoleonic, Crimean).

So, not a full century of course but perhaps 1871-1913.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 20, 2023 09:22 AM (lc5cP)

282 250
There was a period when some researchers thought cancer was a parasitic type of infection. Iver does destroy a cell membrane that allow the body or an antibiotic to attack the foreigner.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 20, 2023 09:15 AM (BRHaw)
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From my poor memory: if the cell membrane is destroyed then that cell is kaput right there and then. Everything leaks out.

Posted by: Ciampino - Nom, Nom, Nom at June 20, 2023 09:22 AM (qfLjt)

283 Zod, your impact is deeply felt. Just yesterday, Fen was calling for more discussion of boobs as a way to raise funds in support of Ace. I attribute her change of heart to your patient but malign influence, and cannot wait for the Fen Fundraiser to het underway.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 20, 2023 09:23 AM (O08NK)

284 There is no leader to keep everything in check (Biden is nothing but a wandering idiot with a hole-filled brain), so the factions do what they want.

Even the "stable genius" Trump couldn't corral the independent war lords who permeate the Deep State.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at June 20, 2023 09:23 AM (3hSHB)

285 It’s interesting how many great musicals are set in that era, MP4 — Gigi, My Fair Lady, The Music Man. Probably others.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 20, 2023 09:23 AM (znF4D)

286 >>established beliefs...no arguments from the US's various spook agencies throughout all that time.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 20, 2023 09:17 AM (k5hXU)

Not entirely correct. CIA couldn't get an interview with Curveball through the Bundesnachrichtendienst to allay their suspicions about his claims, though they wanted to. The Germans (spit) wouldn't allow access to him.

Posted by: ZOD at June 20, 2023 09:23 AM (TaMeL)

287 Peace doesn't pay well.

- Industrial Military Complex

Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 20, 2023 09:23 AM (5xURv)

288 That this is written by Fred Fleitz is the most newsworthy thing about it, since what he actually says is not going to be news to the horde. Fleitz is a GOP foreign polcy insider of the highest level. The obvious is starting to sink in, apparently.
____

Maybe because the fact that our politicians and the other well connected US 'elites' are making bank on the backs of dead slavs and people are starting to notice?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 20, 2023 09:23 AM (fs1hN)

289 From my poor memory: if the cell membrane is destroyed then that cell is kaput right there and then. Everything leaks out.
Posted by: Ciampino - Nom, Nom, Nom at June 20, 2023 09:22 AM (qfLjt)

It also does something with cell wall being able to be permeated.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 20, 2023 09:24 AM (BRHaw)

290
Nice pun up top, JJ!!!

I just noticed.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 20, 2023 09:24 AM (fb7jX)

291 The paper that established what IVM did to stop COVID was that it impairs viral replication - this is why it is not as effective if you wait to give it until someone is already seriously ill.

I would guess that this might be the same for some virus based cancers.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 20, 2023 09:24 AM (lc5cP)

292 How so?
Posted by: 7man at June 20, 2023 09:20 AM (qwO6y)
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It has maintained all of Trump's tariffs and refused to negotiate about them
It has expanded - dramatically - Trump's high-tech embargo on China, including dragging the Dutch along to ensure ASML technology stays out of Chinese hands. This is starting to become severely damaging to China and far from relaxing it, the Biden administration is accelerating it
It has shored up various Pacific and European relationships to reduce end-running US sanctions

The Biden administration has actually made some good progress on China - when it isn't releasing Chinese spies back to CCP custody and kowtowing in other areas.

Like I said, our China Policy these days is borderline schizo.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 20, 2023 09:25 AM (DU+/6)

293 Suspect in hit-and-run crash that killed five young women is son of disgraced ex-Dem lawmaker

https://tinyurl.com/2ycjwsbm

Posted by: redridinghood at June 20, 2023 09:25 AM (NpAcC)

294 >>283 Zod, your impact is deeply felt. Just yesterday, Fen was calling for more discussion of boobs as a way to raise funds in support of Ace.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 20, 2023 09:23 AM (O08NK)

See? Good things come to those who wait. And life's just not the same without a regular dose of Fenglish.

Posted by: ZOD at June 20, 2023 09:25 AM (TaMeL)

295 Heisenberg's Revenge

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Eager to see if this piece by Michael Walsh is a Breaking Bad / Walter White alter ego reference.

/

Posted by: ShainS -- Opression Scientist and Your AI Interpreter at June 20, 2023 09:26 AM (+z+6a)

296 >>Just checked in at WZ, and it says the account has been suspended.

>>See how easy it is done… it all hangs by a thread..

A reminder of how the government-social media censors likely have been doing it for years:
https://tinyurl.com/bdzpyx4y

Posted by: Lizzy at June 20, 2023 09:26 AM (nTi7J)

297 161 A bombshell study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has confirmed that the risk of autoimmune heart disease is 13,200% higher in people who are vaccinated for Covid.
______

The only question I have is whether this story will be Epsteined, Arkancided or possibly Janet Reno'd by the press.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 20, 2023 09:20 AM (fs1hN)
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Since the quoted study is from January 2022, I think you have your answer.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 20, 2023 09:26 AM (O08NK)

298 Even the "stable genius" Trump couldn't corral the independent war lords who permeate the Deep State.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at June 20, 2023 09:23 AM (3hSHB)
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True, but he was also an outsider and a hated outsider at that. I strongly suspect that a strong, smart executive who was also an insider and a Party Man could have done the job. For example, I'll bet that Clinton could have - and would have - cracked the whip to bring the warlords into line on the important affairs and issues.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 20, 2023 09:26 AM (DU+/6)

299 Peace doesn't pay well.

Wars should be fought to minimize the cost to America in lives and treasure. But we haven't had that philosophy since 1945.

I guess Trump's "Bomb ISIS into the stone age" policy counts though it was pretty small scale.

But you can see how if we followed this across the board we would have cheaper conflicts, decided quickly, and with few American loses.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 20, 2023 09:26 AM (lc5cP)

300 When did Fen say the boob thing?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 20, 2023 09:26 AM (znF4D)

301 So the HQ is going to embark on a Breast-a-Palooza???

Posted by: tubal at June 20, 2023 09:27 AM (PCK5/)

302 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 20, 2023 09:25 AM (DU+/6)

I had forgotten about the tariffs. Thx

Posted by: 7man at June 20, 2023 09:27 AM (qwO6y)

303 When did Fen say the boob thing?

Yesterday. I coined it "OnlyEwoks" so you can search for that thread.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 20, 2023 09:28 AM (lc5cP)

304 "What the latest 'indictment' really proves."

Deep State Declares War on Trump Voters

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Lois Lerner hardest hit.

Posted by: ShainS -- Opression Scientist and Your AI Interpreter at June 20, 2023 09:28 AM (+z+6a)

305 Well..in good news Harry and Meagan seem to be circling the drain. Breakfast at that table must be a blast right now.

Good morning!

Posted by: Piper at June 20, 2023 09:29 AM (ZdaMQ)

306 >>So the HQ is going to embark on a Breast-a-Palooza???

"elbows"

Posted by: Lizzy at June 20, 2023 09:29 AM (nTi7J)

307 During an interview with CBS News on Monday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that we need greater cooperation from China on fentanyl, which has halted cooperation that has worked in the past, but “It’s not about pointing fingers.” And in some cases, Chinese firms ship fentanyl precursors to the wrong people by mistake.

Posted by: SMOD at June 20, 2023 09:29 AM (RHGPo)

308
Wars should be fought to minimize the cost to America in lives and treasure. But we haven't had that philosophy since 1945.

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Wars are nearly never profitable, at least in the short-to-medium term, unless you simply strip all the resources of the vanquished.

Not profitable for the country, anyway. But they are *very* profitable for the ruling class. And as long as our Big Guys are getting a piece of that action, we'll have these bewildering forays around the world.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 20, 2023 09:30 AM (oINRc)

309 Will Meagan dump Harry, or just hang around and torment him??? All the tabloids WANT TO KNOW!!!!!!!

Posted by: tubal at June 20, 2023 09:30 AM (PCK5/)

310 Noodus gratia artis

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 20, 2023 09:30 AM (znF4D)

311 289 From my poor memory: if the cell membrane is destroyed then that cell is kaput right there and then. Everything leaks out.
Posted by: Ciampino - Nom, Nom, Nom at June 20, 2023 09:22 AM (qfLjt)

It also does something with cell wall being able to be permeated.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 20, 2023 09:24 AM (BRHaw)
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I seem to remember that's how the macrocyclic antibiotics work, by making the bacterial cell wall permeable but not affecting mammalian cells.

Posted by: Ciampino - Nom, Nom, Nom, Nom at June 20, 2023 09:31 AM (qfLjt)

312 Hunter reaches plea deal in tax, gun case to keep him out of jail.

Posted by: redridinghood at June 20, 2023 09:31 AM (NpAcC)

313 The crime and shady dealing of Maltese banks is only a recent phenomenon. Baron Mikel Scicluna kept things on the up-and-up there until his death in 2010. Two-time Tag Team Champion, The Big Baron was a fearsome force for ethical behaviour. The Isle of Malta and Pittsburgh, PA both have not gotten over his loss.

Posted by: All Hail Baron Scicluna! at June 20, 2023 09:31 AM (Nn3xT)

314 290
Nice pun up top, JJ!!!

I just noticed.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 20, 2023 09:24 AM (fb7jX)

Was trying for something like "Blinken and Xi Taiwan On."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 20, 2023 09:31 AM (x0n13)

315 BREAKING - Hunter reportedly makes plea deal on tax and gun crimes to avoid jail time

Posted by: Gref at June 20, 2023 09:32 AM (AMIL/)

316 309 I am going with dump. 3 years, tops. And then the great Harry resurgence without her which will make her even more bitter. Popcorn?

Posted by: Piper at June 20, 2023 09:32 AM (ZdaMQ)

317 Will Meagan dump Harry, or just hang around and torment him??? All the tabloids WANT TO KNOW!!!!!!!
Posted by: tubal at June 20, 2023 09:30 AM (PCK5/)
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Might be the reverse. Consider for a minute how tough it would be for Meagan to talk to that airhead every day over the breakfast table.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 20, 2023 09:32 AM (O08NK)

318 309 Will Meagan dump Harry, or just hang around and torment him??? All the tabloids WANT TO KNOW!!!!!!!
Posted by: tubal at June 20, 2023 09:30 AM (PCK5/)

Pippa Middleton must thank her lucky stars she avoided that red-headed bastard step child.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 20, 2023 09:32 AM (x0n13)

319 Not profitable for the country, anyway. But they are *very* profitable for the ruling class. And as long as our Big Guys are getting a piece of that action, we'll have these bewildering forays around the world.

I was reading about a loss in west Africa from early in 2017. We had boots on the ground in some shithole. The local African leaders were working with a group of Jihadis and led our troops into an ambush which got a number of them killed.

Why are we there? Who knows.
How did we respond to the treachery? NOTHING

Its insane.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 20, 2023 09:32 AM (lc5cP)

320 Where the hell has Muldoon gotten off to??

Whenever the thread is not Gub
The Doctor is In -- that's the rub
Why fret, flinch and moon
over "Where is Muldoon?"
Just pray that he's not on the sub.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at June 20, 2023 09:32 AM (dpxPz)

321 >>During an interview with CBS News on Monday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that we need greater cooperation from China on fentanyl, which has halted cooperation that has worked in the past, but “It’s not about pointing fingers.” And in some cases, Chinese firms ship fentanyl precursors to the wrong people by mistake.

Shorter Blinken: We maybe, kinda, sorta want you to ease back on the ~~opium war~~ fentanyl 'cause people are starting to notice, you guys..

Posted by: Lizzy at June 20, 2023 09:32 AM (nTi7J)

322 BREAKING - Hunter reportedly makes plea deal on tax and gun crimes to avoid jail time
Posted by: Gref at June 20, 2023 09:32 AM (AMIL/)
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cover up, obviously.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 20, 2023 09:32 AM (O08NK)

323 Of course. We can't have nice chat about knitting kitten sweaters and Jesus without someone posting a link to women's bobs.

Posted by: FeneZOD at June 20, 2023 09:33 AM (TaMeL)

324 312 Hunter reaches plea deal in tax, gun case to keep him out of jail.
Posted by: redridinghood

This is much more interesting than Meaghan and Harry! Wow! Now how to hide it in the media….

Posted by: Piper at June 20, 2023 09:33 AM (ZdaMQ)

325 Was trying for something like "Blinken and Xi Taiwan On."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 20, 2023 09:31 AM (x0n13)

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Heh. Thumbs up to both!

Posted by: ShainS -- Opression Scientist and Your AI Interpreter at June 20, 2023 09:34 AM (+z+6a)

326 I'm of the opinion that 1900 - 1913 were probably the best years of the century in fashion, art, music and literature.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 20, 2023 09:14 AM (AW0uW)

The 1920's through the 60's were amazing as far as technical advances. As someone who worked in the tech fields for over 53 years, I would love to visit the Bell Labs/Western Electric, RCA and others back in the 30's. Most people are totally unaware of the contributions of these tech giants to our daily lives. By the 70's, everything began to fall apart. And, here we are.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at June 20, 2023 09:34 AM (Zvtjl)

327 todays photoshop s Grade A, especially the hit job on Blinky

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 20, 2023 09:34 AM (O08NK)

328 I think the current Bud Light marketing program of putting lipstick on Spuds Mackensie is unlikely to work.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at June 20, 2023 09:34 AM (CecP5)

329 Of course. We can't have nice chat about knitting kitten sweaters and Jesus without someone posting a link to women's bobs.
Posted by: FeneZOD at June 20, 2023 09:33 AM (TaMeL)

Bobs? Huh. (note to self....must remember that new term for future use at parties)

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at June 20, 2023 09:37 AM (Zvtjl)

330 307 During an interview with CBS News on Monday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that we need greater cooperation from China on fentanyl, which has halted cooperation that has worked in the past, but “It’s not about pointing fingers.” And in some cases, Chinese firms ship fentanyl precursors to the wrong people by mistake.
____

Take it easy on Blinken, he doesn't want the Chinese to force the anal swab covid test on him like last time.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 20, 2023 09:37 AM (fs1hN)

331 Was trying for something like "Blinken and Xi Taiwan On."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 20, 2023 09:31 AM (x0n13)

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Heh. Thumbs up to both!
Posted by: ShainS -- Opression Scientist and Your AI Interpreter at June 20, 2023 09:34 AM (+z+6a)

Yep.

Nice!

Posted by: naturalfake at June 20, 2023 09:38 AM (fb7jX)

332 Wars are nearly never profitable, at least in the short-to-medium term, unless you simply strip all the resources of the vanquished.

Not profitable for the country, anyway. But they are *very* profitable for the ruling class.

I tried to tell you.

Posted by: Smedley Butler at June 20, 2023 09:39 AM (vBjG4)

333 Of course. We can't have nice chat about knitting kitten sweaters and Jesus without someone posting a link to women's bobs.

A very famous pair of bobs for your viewing pleasure. https://tinyurl.com/32zhknya

Posted by: 18-1 at June 20, 2023 09:39 AM (lc5cP)

334 Of course. We can't have nice chat about knitting kitten sweaters and Jesus without someone posting a link to women's bobs.

A very famous pair of bobs for your viewing pleasure. https://tinyurl.com/32zhknya
Posted by: 18-1 at June 20, 2023 09:39 AM (lc5cP)
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what would you say you do here?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 20, 2023 09:41 AM (O08NK)

335 BREAKING:

Hunter Biden has reached a tentative agreement to plead guilty to two minor tax crimes and admit to the facts of a gun charge under terms which would likely keep him out of jail, according to the Washington Post, citing court papers filed on Tuesday.

Posted by: SMOD at June 20, 2023 09:42 AM (RHGPo)

336 BREAKING:

Hunter Biden has reached a tentative agreement to plead guilty to two minor tax crimes and admit to the facts of a gun charge under terms which would likely keep him out of jail, according to the Washington Post, citing court papers filed on Tuesday.
Posted by: SMOD at June 20, 2023 09:42 AM (RHGPo)
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"I demand a retrial!" - Al Capone

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 20, 2023 09:44 AM (k5hXU)

337 Hunter, 53, is now expected to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges of failure to pay in 2017 and 2018, for a combined tax liability of roughly $1.2 million. He'll also admit to illegally possessing a weapon after his 2018 purchase of a handgun - which will likely result in a 'diversion program' which would result in the removal of the gun charge if all of the program's conditions are met.

In total, Hunter will likely receive two years of probation and diversion conditions.

Posted by: SMOD at June 20, 2023 09:47 AM (RHGPo)

338 Reading about the ~30 teachers and administrators who are trying to disrupt families and put the focus on kids' genitalia and not their education, I was struck by the group's name. Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center (MAP) has the same acronym as Minor-Attracted Person. Are these sick fucks even trying to hide anymore?

Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 20, 2023 09:49 AM (yKPAy)

339 Good morning, all, and thank you, J.J.

Not surprised. Under the O & Joe's Administrations -

Republican Party of PA, 10/16/2018: Madeleine Dean needs to answer for her family's tie to corrupt Chinese businesses.

Philadelphia Inquirer, Nov. 19, 2018: Taiwan investigates $20M transfer to Philly firm run by Congresswoman-elect's husband.

The Inquirer, Mar. 5, 2019, U.S. Rep Dean's husband leaves Advanced Sports; its Chinese creditors help save Philly jobs.

American Institute in Taiwan, April 6, 2023, U.S. Congressional Delegation* Visit Taiwan (*includes Representative Madeleine Dean)

Sycophant Blinken, and most of Congress, too smart by half.

God save the Queen.

Posted by: L - very tired at June 20, 2023 09:54 AM (GshMh)

340 When 'Progressives' of any alleged cultural background say 'Islam', they mean specifically Sufi Islam, which isn't the Islam of Mohammed, it's a far older strain of energy-worship/mystical union/One With The Universe stuff that Islam couldn't get rid of and was forced to co-opt. The same strain is present in Christianity, Judaism, etc. Adherents can seemingly effortlessly switch religion-names because they simply find that commonality between them. These people usually end up quasi-Buddhists or Pop Hindus. Also see: Progressive Jews; the Methodist Split; Unitarians; etc. They also relentlessly gravitate to varying intensities of so-called Leftism.
So, due to this utterly preposterous view of Islam, Yeah, they're genuinely shocked by, you know, Real Islam that throws queers off tall buildings.

Posted by: LenNeal at June 20, 2023 10:07 AM (/BBNv)

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Posted by: Larry Russell at June 20, 2023 10:39 AM (pngcb)

342 @335

>>BREAKING:
Hunter Biden has reached a tentative agreement to plead guilty to two minor tax crimes and admit to the facts of a gun charge under terms which would likely keep him out of jail, according to the Washington Post, citing court papers filed on Tuesday.

And this is how the Deep State/Administrative state washes away all of The Junta's sins.

I eagerly await Christopher Wray's news conference saying how justice has been served and we can all just MOVEON.ORG.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 20, 2023 11:18 AM (rc3Z7)

343 This guy bent over the world lubricant its ass. What a horrid weak pansie peice of vomit.

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at June 20, 2023 11:54 AM (ytSiK)

344 "Democrat Donor Arrested for Starting Massive Fire Democrats Blamed on Climate Change"

When aren't democrat donors behind crimes?!

Posted by: Danimal28 at June 20, 2023 12:16 PM (klw0w)

345 Wishing for a war between Taiwan and China is a death wish. We don't have the weapons stockpiles to keep Taiwan supplied, the Chinese have reached the capability to deny our Navy access to the Taiwan strait and will be able to blockade the island, and that war would likely escalate into a war between us and them, a fool's errand considering the uniparty outsourced all our manufacturing to them over the past thirty years including most of our medicines.

I mean, we could take on a two front war with the nation with the most natural resources and the nation with the highest population, highest manufacturing capacity, and world's largest economy, not to mention the good relations of most of the world, but, hey, it could work out, right?

Posted by: Eric at June 20, 2023 12:31 PM (mU8zH)

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