The Morning Report

The Morning Report — 7/26/23

Good morning, kids. It's bad enough that I am more and more resigned to the idea that, barring some sort of miracle, the 2024 election is likely in the bag for whoever the ham sandwich/rotting vegetable or semi-sentient fiend-du-jour the Democrats will field, and that the instrumentalities of government are so corrupted that they are used at will to crush any and all legitimate avenues of dissent. But to not even have a unified political party and movement that will go to the mattresses with even more zeal and tenacity to fight for freedom than the Democrat-Left does minute by minute, day by day, year in year out to take it away from us, is the bitter end.

A, if not the, poster child for that preamble is one Willard Mitt Romney:

Good news, everyone! Mitt Romney (D, but R when necessary-Utah) has a plan for victory in the 2024 presidential race. That plan involves forcing Trump out of the field of candidates. Romney outlined his pathway to victory in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal. While bemoaning the fact that Trump will likely be the nominee, Romney holds out hope that The Donald can be defeated, provided the race is narrowed down to two contenders before Trump “sews up” the nomination. For that to happen, the mega-donors and influencers in the GOP must convince those candidates who do not have a realistic chance of winning to drop out of the race. He concedes that this may be easier said than done, but the risk of having expendable candidates in the race is just too high:

There are incentives for no-hope candidates to overstay their prospects. Coming in behind first place may grease another run in four years or have market value of its own: Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum got paying gigs. And as former New Hampshire Gov. John H. Sununu has observed, “It is fun running for president if you know you cannot win.”
Left to their own inclinations, expect several of the contenders to stay in the race for a long time. They will split the non-Trump vote, giving him the prize. A plurality is all that is needed for winner-take-all primaries.
Romney suggests a drop-dead date of Monday, Feb. 26. That is the first business day after the contests in New Hampshire, Iowa, South Carolina, and Nevada. He goes so far as to suggest that donors to lower-tier candidates extract a pledge from them that they will drop out if their prospects are dim after the fateful Monday.
Keep in mind that this is the same guy who was singing the praises of hot dogs just last week. And a man who has not shown his face at a single state or county GOP convention since he ran for Senate. I should know. I’ve been to more of them than he has. . .
. . . Mitt is confident that his plan could be the key to a resounding victory for whatever party he happens to favor at the moment. . . I don’t think Romney believes that Trump is going to win the general election. That being said, I also don’t think that Romney believes that there is a second term in his future. So the questions are, what is angling for, and whom is he trying to impress?

For those wholly unaware, Romney is the son of one George Romney who, along with Nelson Rockefeller, Bill Scranton and others sabotaged the 1964 campaign of Barry Goldwater. Sure, JFK's assassination was going to be a tough hill to climb to beat LBJ, but the 10-ton GOP-e albatross around Goldwater's neck, plus their knife in his back, did him no favors. And it's the same GOP-e we have 60 years on.

PS: Isn't some Romney spawn involved with Burisma?

Let me just say this: everything that has been done, and being done to Donald Trump and indeed a broad swathe of the American public who oppose the policies of the regime in power – who attained power by stealing the 2020 election – is certainly bad enough. But being stabbed in the back by the party that is supposed to have our back is the bitter end. If I want to put a positive spin on it, I can say it is clarifying and revealing of who and what we are up against.

Digressing for a moment into pedestrian politics, one can ignore the polls this early out, but with mega-donors evidently jumping ship and mass firing/reorganization of staff are not indicators that all is well with the DeSantis campaign. I like the man and appreciate what he has done for Florida on a host of issues. That said, he does have some troubling people singing his praises. That could be merely NeverTrumper donors shelling out bucks because of Trump derangement and nothing more ominous than that. We shall see.

My admiration for Donald Trump and what he has done as well as his perhaps inescapable martyrdom goes without saying. Yet his dumb moves like supporting Ronna ROMNEY McDaniel for RNC chair and having the stolen 2020 election as a central pillar and theme of his campaign, among other things, are maddening. Aside from Red Meat Ramaswmay's occasional flinging of red meat, every other person in that field is a Mitt replicant. That is a fraud, poseur and Deep State-approved stooge.

But as I said, that's pedestrian politics. We're going through the motions right now merely out of reflex. While I don't necessarily support him, and as I alluded to, it's kind of idiotic to engage in politics as usual since this nation and its systems are now dead and gone, I think as of right now the nomination is Trump's to lose, either by a self-inflicted gaffe or more likely by being indicted and then incarcerated by the Garland Gestapo.

What happens after that is anyone's guess. It could get ugly. And that's not necessarily a bad thing provided that the ugliness is not aimed at us, but rather emanates from us. For all your definitions of the word "ugly."

There is another X factor in this (no pun vis a vis the Twitter rebranding) and that is people like RFK Jr. and Cornel West, especially the former. Of course, the Democrats will rig their own primary like they did the last two go-rounds. But will the base acquiesce as it did when a seemingly surging Bernie Sanders suddenly flamed out and took a fall (along with another multi-million dollar Vermont summer house/dacha) without a single cry of protest? I think the mood is decidedly different even from four years ago.

RFK Jr. for sure is a big-time Lefty, but he's not in with the in crowd at Kalorama and Chappaqua. If he is denied, does he go third party? Does Cornel West then go fourth party? As I have said, it's a turd in the punchbowl that is day by day growing from Tootsie Roll size to one of Nadler colostomy bag proportions.

I guess the bottom line is that we as a nation and society are in a very fluid, dynamic transitional phase. So far, we are transitioning towards some sort of socialist government becoming more and more totalitarian in its functioning in order to maintain control. But, what if we are transitioning to a protracted phase of internal conflict where this junta cannot attain that level of control?

We can observe this 2024 presidential campaign as we have done in the past, or get our heads out of our collective alimentary canal and see things the way they really are. For the vast majority of you, that is the order of the day. And thank God for that.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

Raymond Ibrahim: "Despite their many outward differences, Islamic authoritarianism and leftist liberalism are, in fact, very similar, especially in that they brook no dissent."
‘Shut Up or Else!’ The True Link between Islam and the Left
"Matthew B. Crawford offers a vision of technology for free men."
The Soul of the Machine
Daniel Greenfield: "Biden turned over $1 trillion worth of lithium to Islamic terrorists."
Every Electric Car You Buy Will Fund Al Qaeda

BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS

"Mackler’s history with Joe Biden includes being the campaign manager for Beau Biden in his successful 2010 run for Delaware Attorney General. Joe Biden then appointed Mackler as deputy counsel to the vice president from September 2014 to August 2016, according to his LinkedIn profile."
Former Biden Lawyer Served with Assistant Delaware Prosecutor Who Allegedly Froze ‘Big Guy’ Probe
"Dozens of people from all political parties, industries, and walks of life, not just Republicans, have corroborated Biden family corruption."
Here Are All the People Who Have Corroborated Biden Family Corruption
"Elizabeth Hirsh Naftali sent big checks to Biden, Obama, DNC."
Money Honey: Hunter Biden's Art Patron Has Funneled Millions to Democrats
"The DOJ added in its letter that it was concerned that there were misunderstandings about its work and wanted Weiss to speak to those concerns."
Hunter Biden Prosecutor Will Be Allowed To Testify Before Congress After Republicans Slam Plea Deal
Michael Goodwin: ". . . if there is any true justice remaining, federal District Judge Maryellen Noreika will seize it."
Judge Must Nix Hunter Biden’s Plea Deal to Shoer Her Court Won't Approve a Blatant Miscarriage of Justice
"The Department of Justice (DOJ) began to offer dates for Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss to explain on Capitol Hill why federal prosecutors struck a weak plea agreement with the president’s son."
DOJ Prepares to Throw David Weiss Under the Bus
McCarthy’s remarks come after Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) released an FBI-generated FD-1023 form last week in which a human confidential source told the FBI that Burisma co-founder and CEO Mykola Zlochevsky claimed that he was “coerced” by the then-Vice President Biden and his son into paying millions of dollars in bribes in exchange for their help in pressuring Ukraine to fire a prosecutor who was investigating Burisma.
Speaker McCarthy Indicates Republicans Are Moving Toward Impeachment Inquiry of Biden
David Harsanyi: "Is Joe in business with Hunter? It depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is."
The Best-Case Scenario in the Biden Inc. Scandal is Bad Enough
SHAMPEACHMENT 1.0, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION
The bitter irony of this is enraging. - jjs
Scumbag Piece-of-Shit Traitor, and Now MSNBC Goebbels Impersonator, Andrew Weissmann Predicts Racketeering Charge for Trump in Georgia
CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
"The survey also found another 17.3 percent were willing to use force to 'ensure members of Congress and other government officials do the right thing,' with another one-in-eight – 11.6 percent – Democrats seeing violence as justifiable to 'prevent Donald Trump from becoming President' for a second time."
DATA: Leftists Increasingly Willing To Resort to Violence for Political Ends
RFK Jr. alleged that he was the “first person censored by the Biden White House.” He claims the Biden [junta] requested that Twitter censor him.
RFK Jr Vows To End 'Weaponization' Of Government Agencies For 'Political Purposes'
“In one of the most chilling developments in our history, the left has come to embrace the authoritarian language and logic of segregationists in calling for defiance and radical measures against the Supreme Court.”
What Happens When Democrats Start Ignoring U.S. Supreme Court Rulings They Don’t Like?
". . . what should law-abiding, patriotic citizens do when it’s clear that the system has stopped working?" (I believe Jefferson had a suggestion - jjs)
Whistleblowers and the Rule of Law
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
"The corporate press is demonstrating once again that its primary task is to carry water for the Biden [junta]."
Mounting Evidence Doesn’t Matter, Corporate Media Will Never Cover The Biden Corruption Scandal
"The U.S. meddling in the affairs of friendly countries has a checkered past." (as if this junta needs urging to interfere - jjs)
Thomas Friedman Urges Biden to Intervene in Israel’s Domestic Politics
"To protect free speech, Congress must prohibit the government’s collusion with Big Tech and other media organizations."
Rand Paul Op-Ed: Congress Must Stop the Executive Branch’s Heinous Attempts To Censor Americans
"Biden corruption screams for a media investigation. Yet what do our leftist press organs do?"
How Investigative Journalists Have Become Cover-Up Promoters
"In czarist Russia, a Russian governor named Potemkin built a fake village to deceive Catherine the Great about the condition of the peasants she ruled. In today’s Washington, the media are partnering with Team Biden to concoct a Potemkin village to deceive Americans about Biden’s faltering fitness for office.
Aides and the Press Have Created a Potemkin Presidency, Hiding if Joe Biden is Up to It
"Isn't it interesting how we humans are constantly trying to control the speech of others."
The Two Kinds of Censorship. Well, Actually Six
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
"I’d advise the last taxpayer in California to turn off the lights when they leave, but I suspect the power will already be off before then."
The Five States Sending the Most High Earners to Florida All Have This One Thing in Common
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
Ultimately, leftists in media and government are doing their usual climate doom-prophesying for political reasons, not because they want to save the planet or because we’re really in danger of an eco-apocalypse. As Milloy put it, “The Biden regime is simply trying to terrorize the public about the weather for its bogus climate agenda.”
‘A Hoax’: Steve Milloy Exposes Climate Fearmongering About Hot Weather
"Americans seem to be less trusting of 'The Science™” and are now climate-crisis-questioning."
Electric Vehicle Sales Beginning to Run Out of Fuel
The piece also insists that “fossil-funded lies,” apparently spread by Republicans – such as the overall uselessness of solar farms and wind turbines – should not be considered within the discussion on how to address climate change. Instead, the conversation must be orientated towards adding “solar panels, wind turbines and all kinds of energy storage to the grid as fast as possible.”
Accept Deadly Blackouts to Fight ‘Climate Change’, Says Paper
"Save the planet by slaughtering 200,000 cows."
Ireland: Obedient Colony of the European Union
"It is far easier to squat in a tree or burn a store or police car and to engage in acts of disruption and destruction than it is to build something."
Seattle ~~Activist~~ Asshole Occupies Tree, Prevents Construction for Affordable Housing
AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
When asked if this anti-children agenda is connected to what is being pushed in schools, Ballard said it “absolutely” is, adding that it is a slippery slope.
Tim Ballard: Thousands of Unaccompanied Children ‘Disappearing’ into U.S. Interior
"The policy, implemented in May following the expiration of Title 42, denies asylum to migrants who pass through a safe country on the way to the United States and do not seek protection there. The ACLU, along with the National Immigrant Justice Center and the UC Hastings for Gender and Refugee Studies, filed a lawsuit May 11 shortly after the policy took effect."
Obama-Appointed Judge Blocks Biden's Rule Limiting Asylum For Migrants
"Three quarters are 'sympathetic' to illegal immigrants."
Poll: 83% of Democrats Deny There’s Any Border Crisis
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
“We ask for your prayers for Carlee as she addresses her issues and attempts to move forward understanding that she made a mistake in this matter,” Anthony penned in a letter read by the chief of the Hoover Police Department at a news conference on Monday, adding, “Carlee again asks for your forgiveness.” Well that’s nice. And the taxpayers should ask for their money back - seeing as falsely telling the police you were kidnapped is a bit more that just a "mistake."
Alabama Woman Whose Bizarre 'Abduction' Caught National Attention Now Admits She Made It All Up
"A new study on mass shootings is a prime example of public health’s growing penchant for policy-based evidence-making."
Birth of a Woke Myth
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
"Mere weeks after seeing The Federalist’s reporting, Fauci published a paper that made no mention of masks’ shortcomings."
Emails Show Fauci Knew From A 2020 Federalist Article That Masking Was Ineffective But Demanded It Anyway
SECOND AMENDMENT
"This ruling allows Defense Distributed, Blackhawk Manufacturing Group (incorporated, doing business as 80 Percent Arms), Second Amendment Foundation (incorporated; Not An LLC, doing business as JSD Supply), and Polymer80 the ability to continue selling unfinished gun parts or 80% receivers legally — a significant blow to [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Biden’s war on ghost guns. "
Biden’s Gun Control Backfires After Fifth Circuit Ruling: Ghost Guns Legal Once More
"The court held universities are ‘sensitive places’ where firearms restrictions were historically permissible and outside the scope of the Second Amendment." ("shall not be infringed," assholes! - jjs)
Michigan Court: University Firearms Ban ‘Consistent With the Second Amendment’
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
"Florida teachers unions of both public schools and universities filed a revised lawsuit and injunction against the state’s dues-deduction ban that went into effect July 1, arguing that the law has caused the organizations to suffer major revenue loss, according to the Tampa Bay Times."
Florida Teachers Unions Suffer Financial Blow Thanks To New Paycheck Laws
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
"Certain mind-boggling misconceptions about the Jewish state that deserve to be noted."
Ilhan "Bro-Fo" Omar Reveals Her Ignorance of Israel
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
"For 50 years, he has been a malign force in American politics and foreign policy."
The Republican House Needs to Cancel John Kerry
POLITICS
"His longest interview yet on FNC points to his potential appeal across the political spectrum."
RFK Jr Scores Some Hits with Conservatives on FOX News’ Tow Hall Tuesday
"As if all that horror wasn’t sufficiently unimaginable, leaders of the Jewish community are now attacking Bobby Kennedy Jr. as an antisemite. . . By unmasking their waning support for Jews and Israel, Kennedy threatens Democrats Wassermann Schultz and Gottheimer as much as he does Joe Biden."
Rabbi Shmuley: Why Democrats Want to Destroy Kennedy on Jews and Israel
"RFK, Jr. learns that anyone who in any way poses a real or supposed threat to the Democrats’ and establishment’s grip on power is in the crosshairs."
Welcome to the Persecution, RFK Jr.
Jeffrey Lord: "Ignorance of history is no excuse."
Democrats Smear RFK Jr. as Anti-Semitic
"Finding someone to replace Biden is perhaps the least of their problems."
The Democrats’ Dilemma: How to Convince Joe Biden to Drop out of the Race
"The mainstream media has aggressively pushed the narrative that his campaign is petering out, but DeSantis insists that he’s not concerned about the polls right now, and is playing the long game and that he can win the election."
Ron DeSantis Involved in Car Accident in Tennessee

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"Anti-woke businessman Vivek Ramaswamy remained in third place, maintaining eight percent support — the same as last week. Former Vice President Mike Pence came in fourth place but fell from seven percent support to six percent."
Poll: Ron DeSantis Sinks to ‘Weekly Tracking Low’
"The facts don’t matter to these people."
Ron DeSantis: Next Victim of the Democrats’ Digital Reign of Terror
"I don’t think Romney believes that Trump is going to win the general election. That being said, I also don’t think that Romney believes that there is a second term in his future. So the questions are, what is angling for, and whom is he trying to impress?"
Mitt Romney's Plan to Oust Trump
"Sen. Romney's stratagem to block the former president from being our next president may well suit the ambitions of the Despotic Clique but makes no sense."
A Puzzling Suggestion from Mitt Romney
"Without knowing more about him, once I saw the video, I wanted to rush out and vote for Hung Cao."
Senate Candidate Hung Cao’s Campaign Shows How You Make a Good Political Ad
Robert Zimmerman: ". . . unlike the traditionally boring and establishment Republican candidates we’ve seen for decades, always careful to offend no one while doing nothing to change the status quo, these new candidates will be expressly focused on overturning that status quo, not caring if someone is offended in the process. In this sense, Moms for Liberty will become the Republican Party. Or as many a Jewish mother has said, 'From your lips to God’s ears!'"
The Grassroots Revolt Led by Mothers
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
"Kharkiv, which lies in the province of the same name, sits on Russia’s border. The area has seen destruction during the war, with the city experiencing rocket attacks on July 16. One person was killed and at least four were injured, according to The Guardian."
Ukrainian city of Kharkiv to host ‘Pride week' to raise funds for war effort
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
"The incident occurred at a school gymnasium in Heilongjiang province Sunday, CNN reported. Nineteen people were in the gym for practice, including 17 girls and two coaches, according to the outlet. While officials have not released the victims’ ages, local media spoke to parents who indicated their daughters were 15- and 16- years old, respectively, according to the outlet."
Chi-Com Gym Roof Collapses During Girls' Volleyball Practice, Killing at Least 11

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"Joe Biden's controversial Iran envoy had his security clearance revoked. Here’s what that means."
The Malley Investigation, Explained
The Times of Israel: “The White House laments the decision by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to pass the first piece of legislation from its judicial overhaul package.”
Israel: Protests Continue as Parliament Passes Key Part of Judicial Reform That Biden White House Calls ‘Unfortunate’
"Ugly prejudice."
Biden Snubs Bibi
"Half of Spain is furious at the sociologists and pollsters for having been so wrong."
Spain Has Fallen Before
"It’s time to recognize that America is weaker than ever — before it’s too late."
Republicans Need a New Approach to Foreign Policy
"Meloni, who campaigned on a platform of robust border controls – she said she would go so far as to impose a naval blockade to stop ships from ferrying migrants to Italy from North Africa – had disappointed many supporters by allowing illegal immigration to get worse."
‘Populist’ Meloni Sells Out — ‘Europe & Italy Need Migrants’
"Because it can." (Meh, they got the idea from Biden - jjs)
"Palestinian Authority" Starts to Arrest its Rivals in Judea and Samaria
"The Engagement school produces this unseemly and truly bizarre behavior, it would be Pythonesque if it were not so deadly serious because it does not place America’s interests above all else. . . They will receive personal praise from a legion of likeminded Engagers, but in the end American national security interests will pay the price."
Why America’s Elites are Dedicated to Engagement with Communist China
"Is Russia to blame?"
No Peace Between Armenia and Azerbaijan
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
"The Air Force asked the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to get involved, but in the nearly a year it has been investigating, it hasn’t been successful in learning who the investors are."
Who's Buying Up All That Land Around California's Travis Air Force Base?
"Nominated by Biden to serve as the next head of U.S. Space Force Command earlier this month, Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting played a role in the firing of Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier. While promoting his book, Irresistible Revolution: Marxism’s Goal of Conquest & the Unmaking of the American Military, during a May 2021 podcast interview, Lohmeier spoke about the increasing presence of Marxist thought permeating the U.S. military, specifically pointing to the embrace of DEI and critical race theory."
Biden’s Space Force Nominee Previously Canned Service Member for Speaking Out Against Marxism in the Military
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
"Anjem Choudary, a Pakistani-British dual citizen born in southeast London, was arrested by the police at his home in Ilford during an early morning raid. The officers then searched three other addresses in east London, according to The Times."
British Islamist preacher charged with directing, encouraging support for a terrorist organization
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
"Democrat Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and GOP Florida Sen. Rick Scott have asked Mark Bialek, the Fed’s internal Inspector General, to turn over specific information about his salary, according to a letter obtained by Reuters. The request comes amidst a bipartisan effort to increase oversight of the banking sector, and concerns that the Fed IG role is not independent enough from the organization to make unbiased decisions, Reuters reported Tuesday."
GOP Senator Teams Up With Elizabeth Warren To Sound The Alarm On 'Compromised' Fed Official
"The 1921 Greenwood massacre remains horrific, but America’s historic black neighborhoods were more often destroyed by urban-renewal policies."
Not Just Tulsa
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
"I suffer from osteoarthritis and chronic bone pain, most likely caused by Lupron, the drug used to stop puberty in ‘transgender’ children."
I Was Prescribed a Puberty Blocker for Cancer Treatment. I Can’t Fathom Giving It to Healthy Kids
"The AGs come from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah and West Virginia."
AGs Defend Child Sex Change Bans, Blasts 'Radical' WPATH Guidelines
"The truth is the greatest enemy of the state."
The Dark, Untold Truth of Transgenderism
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
The beer conglomerate offered its private bar to the Elect Democratic Women PAC for a “Chiefs of Staff Happy Hour” with tickets ranging from $500 to $5,000, according to Fang. Congressional staffers for Democratic Reps. McBath of Georgia, Crockett of Texas, Torres of California, Moore of Wisconsin and DeLauro of Connecticut were on the event’s sign-in list, [independent journalist Lee] Fang reported.
REPORT: Anheuser-Busch Lobbyists Hosted Secret Fundraiser With Democrat Staffers
Christian Toto: "Rapper/producer opens up to Tucker Carlson about Obama, Hollywood and more."
Ice Cube on Refusing Chinese COVID Jab: "It Wasn’t Ready"
HITHER & YON
"Christopher Nolan’s new masterpiece may be his best yet."
Oppenheimer: An Ode to American Ambition
"Asteroid City and Barbie seem like Hollywood rehearsals for AI moviemaking."
Synthetic Cinema
"My father avoided deployment to the Pacific theater because Japan surrendered."
The Anniversary of the Hiroshima Bombing is Approaching — I Have Several Personal Connections to It

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1 It hump day baby

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 26, 2023 07:35 AM (BRHaw)

2 Hello JJ!

Posted by: Doof at July 26, 2023 07:37 AM (StUJj)

3 Anyone seen my baggie?

Posted by: Hunter Biden, entrepreneur and tax expert at July 26, 2023 07:38 AM (X9kXJ)

4 Happy Birthday JJ.

Hope you have an awesome day.

I am wondering if the UFO activists have been setting themselves up for a huge disappointment today.

Posted by: blaster at July 26, 2023 07:38 AM (Jk9SN)

5 Bonjour horde; may your day be cheerful and prosperous.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 26, 2023 07:39 AM (X9kXJ)

6
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 26, 2023 07:39 AM (ENBF0)

7 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 26, 2023 07:40 AM (Q4IgG)

8 I have to Take a Willard, Wipe my Mitt and Flush the Romney.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 26, 2023 07:40 AM (b+YaX)

9
Anyone hear if Trump has a nickname for Vivek Ramaswamy yet? The possibilities are pretty endless.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 26, 2023 07:41 AM (enJYY)

10 "The disclosures led House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to up the ante Monday by saying the Biden family business dealings are “rising to level of impeachment inquiry.” "

RISING??? FU you inarticulate fukwit.

Posted by: fd at July 26, 2023 07:41 AM (iayUP)

11 Ice Cube interview is pretty darn good "They're all full of shit when the rubber meets the road" is his attitude towards most big sportsball and government functionaries. I share that.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 26, 2023 07:42 AM (X9kXJ)

12 It's us or them, folks.

Posted by: fd at July 26, 2023 07:42 AM (iayUP)

13
::
It's hump day baby.
::

My favorite.

Posted by: BJ Clinton at July 26, 2023 07:43 AM (NBVIP)

14 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at July 26, 2023 07:44 AM (FAOo/)

15 Good morning everyone. Thank you J.J.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 26, 2023 07:44 AM (63An5)

16 Subtext: Donate to Mitt's 2024 campaign for President.

Posted by: davidt at July 26, 2023 07:44 AM (SYTee)

17 Will the judge accet Hunter's plea, as his his lawyers lied to get evidence hidden? Developing ....

Posted by: Ignoramus at July 26, 2023 07:44 AM (RqMSv)

18 Good morning JJ and horde

Posted by: Skip at July 26, 2023 07:44 AM (4nv6s)

19 Romney outlined his pathway to victory in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal.

Yeah, you have no pathway to victory.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 26, 2023 07:44 AM (Angsy)

20 The survey also found another 17.3 percent were willing to use force to “ensure members of Congress and other government officials do the right thing,” with another one-in-eight – 11.6 percent – Democrats seeing violence as justifiable to “prevent Donald Trump from becoming President” for a second time.

Progressivism is Totalitarianism with bad hair and glasses.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 26, 2023 07:45 AM (BRHaw)

21 That guy didn't say good morning

Posted by: DB - shadowy internet figure at July 26, 2023 07:46 AM (geLO8)

22 Here's an idea. Let's obsess over Mittens.

Posted by: Yawn at July 26, 2023 07:46 AM (NBVIP)

23 What Happens When Democrats Start Ignoring U.S. Supreme Court Rulings They Don’t Like?

Nothing
Look at all the laws they routinely ignore and brag about it.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 26, 2023 07:47 AM (BRHaw)

24 I am wondering if the UFO activists have been setting themselves up for a huge disappointment today.

Posted by: blaster at July 26, 2023 07:38 AM (Jk9SN)

Of course, because there are no other beings out there. It's a fake to get us to give up liberty, or it's demons. The only two choices.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 26, 2023 07:47 AM (Angsy)

25 "Alabama Woman Whose Bizarre 'Abduction' Caught National Attention Now Admits She Made It All Up"

I blame TikTok.

Posted by: fd at July 26, 2023 07:47 AM (iayUP)

26 Anyone hear if Trump has a nickname for Vivek Ramaswamy yet? The possibilities are pretty endless.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 26, 2023 07:41 AM (enJYY)

"That kid from Ohio" would be kind of fun.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 26, 2023 07:47 AM (9UlRk)

27 "Florida teachers unions of both public schools and universities filed a revised lawsuit and injunction against the state’s dues-deduction ban that went into effect July 1, arguing that the law has caused the organizations to suffer major revenue loss, according to the Tampa Bay Times."
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In other words, "All that money siphoned from taxpayers by force to pay teachers rightfully belongs to US, the teachers' unions!"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 26, 2023 07:47 AM (YIVH2)

28 >>". . . what should law-abiding, patriotic citizens do when it’s clear that the system has stopped working?"

'The course of action I'd suggest is a course of action I can't suggest.'

Heard that in a movie.

Posted by: DB - shadowy internet figure at July 26, 2023 07:48 AM (geLO8)

29 Remember when Trump was newly elected and Willard rushed out to Bedminster, NJ to kiss Trump’s tush because he wanted to be Secretary of State? Then more tush-kissing when he wanted Trump’s endorsement for his Utah senate run? Romney is a two-faced dog-faced pony soldier and it is to my everlasting shame that I voted for him in 2012 (BO was the other option but I so wish I’d voted 3rd party that year). He is everything that is wrong with the GOP.

Whether we like it or not (and I do), Trump is all we have for 2024 (Vivek seems great but needs more time). BTW…. Willard’s stupid strategy won’t work anyway… Trump tops 50% in many polls, as well as the RCP average…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 26, 2023 07:48 AM (EtPNQ)

30 As the *biden corruption and bribery scandals simmer where are the likes of the turtle and mittens? Up until now neither has been very vocal about the actual issue at hand.

No, I don't wonder why.

And as for this latest missive from mittens... I'll fetch my bag of dicks for him.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 26, 2023 07:48 AM (Q4IgG)

31 "President Joe Biden’s dog, Commander, reportedly bit or attacked Secret Service agents as many as 10 times between the months of October 2022 and January 2023."

If Commander had opposable thumbs, he'd be picking up the pipe, yo.

(Who names a dog Commander? Who names a son Hunter?)

Posted by: Ignoramus at July 26, 2023 07:49 AM (RqMSv)

32 morning horde.

it's humpday. and that means 5 hours of meetings today... -_-

thank god i have all this so i can't do my ACTUAL work...

and great write up JJ, happy birfday

Posted by: SturmToddler at July 26, 2023 07:50 AM (nXhwP)

33 >>". . . what should law-abiding, patriotic citizens do when it’s clear that the system has stopped working?"

Start shoplifting.

Posted by: Welcome to Costco. I love you. at July 26, 2023 07:50 AM (NBVIP)

34 What is the difference between California and the Titanic?

The Titanic still had its lights on when it went down.

Posted by: Ciampino - California Gurgling on such a stinky day at July 26, 2023 07:51 AM (qfLjt)

35 "For 50 years, he has been a malign force in American politics and foreign policy."
---
Hmmm. If this were a Jeopardy answer, it would be a tough one, since there are so many possible choices...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 26, 2023 07:51 AM (YIVH2)

36 Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 26, 2023 07:47 AM (YIVH2)

Perf, I mentioned the book thread on Lileks Bleat yesterday. Can you check on Sunday to see if new people show up? Got eight up votes, so maybe some may check it out.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 26, 2023 07:51 AM (Angsy)

37 Good one on how and why bitter adult babies are ruining childhood for children:

https://tinyurl.com/3jxctp6k

Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at July 26, 2023 07:51 AM (jRqes)

38 Robert Malley has been a bad apple for a long time, mostly because of his greater apparent willingness to represent Iran's interests instead of America's interests.

Biden knew this stuff when he hired Malley. Hired him anyway. Now, there are accusations of treason. So he is being quietly shoved aside, because "two standards of justice".

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 26, 2023 07:51 AM (X9kXJ)

39 Digressing for a moment into pedestrian politics, one can ignore the polls this early out, but with mega-donors evidently jumping ship and mass firing/reorganization of staff are not indicators that all is well with the DeSantis campaign.

———

NeverTrumpers mega-donors need to have a “how I stopped worrying and learned to love The Donald” moment.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 26, 2023 07:52 AM (3nSG+)

40 I don't like Romney, but I do like the idea of DeSantis winning the nomination, and I don't think DeSantis can beat Trump in a field with 10 or 20 other candidates.

Maybe Romney's idea has merit if all of the candidates would also pledge to defend Trump against legal attacks, to fully investigate abuses of power by people trying to prosecute Trump, and to pardon Trump if there are any convictions.

Posted by: Dave at July 26, 2023 07:53 AM (nLwaa)

41 NeverTrumpers mega-donors need to have a “how I stopped worrying and learned to love The Donald” moment.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 26, 2023 07:52 AM (3nSG+)

Won't ever happen. "Big money donors" aren't donors, they're investors. Giving their money to Trump is a Zero ROI proposition for them.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 26, 2023 07:54 AM (9UlRk)

42 Is someone going to ask "decent man" Romney about vouching for Biden and his family?

Posted by: KJP is a race and gender swapped Side Show Bob at July 26, 2023 07:54 AM (QpUKb)

43 Perf, I mentioned the book thread on Lileks Bleat yesterday. Can you check on Sunday to see if new people show up? Got eight up votes, so maybe some may check it out.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 26, 2023 07:51 AM (Angsy)
----
If new people show up, and I hope they do, it's impossible to tell where they came from.

Some folks will suddenly de-lurk out of the blue to talk about their favorite book. I love it when that happens!

Maybe your comment will inspire a few folks to check out the Sunday Morning Book Thread...fingers crossed!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 26, 2023 07:54 AM (YIVH2)

44 In the 14 days before illness onset, 71% of case-patients and 74% of control participants reported always using cloth face coverings or other mask types when in public.

So they knew even the control participants, those is hospitals or nursing home WITH STRICT MASK ENFORCEMENT, we getting sick at the same rate.

July 2020

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 26, 2023 07:54 AM (BRHaw)

45 I voted for Mitt too. In hindsight it would have been better for all of us to stay home. We will know what to do if that kind of thing happens again. The GOP needs to be destroyed.

Posted by: fd at July 26, 2023 07:55 AM (iayUP)

46 But I've got great hair.

Posted by: Mittens at July 26, 2023 07:55 AM (NBVIP)

47 Also, there's a problem with the Oppenheimer movie. Apparently there's a scene that includes an American flag with 50 stars, instead of the period-correct 48.

Other than that, people say the movie is pretty good.

Posted by: DB - shadowy internet figure at July 26, 2023 07:55 AM (geLO8)

48 34 What is the difference between California and the Titanic?

The Titanic still had its lights on when it went down.
Posted by: Ciampino - California Gurgling on such a stinky day at July 26, 2023 07:51 AM (qfLjt)

ha

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 26, 2023 07:56 AM (BRHaw)

49
I know in my neck of the woods, if a dog bites a person it gets put down. Some dog bites me I would insist on it. I like good dogs. Nasty mean dogs are a threat to everyone, especially children.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 26, 2023 07:56 AM (enJYY)

50 What is the difference between California and the Titanic?

The Titanic still had its lights on when it went down.
Posted by: Ciampino

Cow orkers at work: We had Five Guys for lunch.
Crabs around Titanic: So did we.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 26, 2023 07:56 AM (FAOo/)

51 Am I the asshole for wishing Oppenheimer got made by Michael Bay instead of Christopher Nolan?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 26, 2023 07:57 AM (9UlRk)

52
Won't ever happen. "Big money donors" aren't donors, they're investors. Giving their money to Trump is a Zero ROI proposition for them.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 26, 2023 07:54 AM (9UlRk)

————
Trump did deliver a ton of deregulation and a massive tax cut.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 26, 2023 07:57 AM (3nSG+)

53 There is no one else who can beat Biden. If Trump loses it won't be because he didn't try. It will be because his own party helped defeat him.

Posted by: fd at July 26, 2023 07:57 AM (iayUP)

54 hiya

Posted by: JT at July 26, 2023 07:57 AM (T4tVD)

55
If Commander had opposable thumbs, he'd be picking up the pipe, yo.

(Who names a dog Commander? Who names a son Hunter?)
Posted by: Ignoramus

Who names an innumerate and illiterate Ed.D. "Doctor"?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 26, 2023 07:58 AM (xG4kz)

56 Also, there's a problem with the Oppenheimer movie. Apparently there's a scene that includes an American flag with 50 stars, instead of the period-correct 48.

Other than that, people say the movie is pretty good.
Posted by: DB - shadowy internet figure at July 26, 2023 07:55 AM (geLO

---
Interesting. Nolan has always struck me as a very detail-oriented director, trying to get things just right.

It seems a bit odd that a detail like that would slip through...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 26, 2023 07:58 AM (YIVH2)

57 I know in my neck of the woods, if a dog bites a person it gets put down. Some dog bites me I would insist on it. I like good dogs. Nasty mean dogs are a threat to everyone, especially children.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

First thing I want to know is, is why did the dog bite someone?

I trust dogs more than I trust people.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 26, 2023 07:58 AM (FAOo/)

58 Who names the villain of a story Corn Pop?

Posted by: Now that you mention it at July 26, 2023 07:59 AM (NBVIP)

59
In hindsight it would have been better for all of us to stay home. We will know what to do if that kind of thing happens again. The GOP needs to be destroyed.

Posted by: fd at July 26, 2023 07:55 AM

I stayed home. I hated what Staples did to every Main Street, USA print shop and stationary store. Plus the health insurance fiasco when he was Governor of whatever NE state was hardly a resume enhancer.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 26, 2023 07:59 AM (enJYY)

60 Critical Drinker is proving to be the best film critic around, and he's hilarious. He's been slamming flicks like Indy5 and Barbie.

His review of Oppenheimer is spot on. He calls it the most Nolan of all Nolan flicks ... great in many ways with excesses.

I think Nolan is trying to out Kubrick Kubrick. His favorite flick is 2001.

Posted by: Ignoramus at July 26, 2023 08:00 AM (RqMSv)

61 It seems a bit odd that a detail like that would slip through...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 26, 2023 07:58 AM (YIVH2)

Could have been intentional. "This is really a story for The World We Live In Now" (retch)

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 26, 2023 08:00 AM (9UlRk)

62 Interesting. Nolan has always struck me as a very detail-oriented director, trying to get things just right.

It seems a bit odd that a detail like that would slip through...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 26, 2023 07:58 AM (YIVH2)

It would never have gotten past me. I once fired a guy for not getting the correct number of beans on a plate!

Posted by: Sam Peck and Paw at July 26, 2023 08:00 AM (Angsy)

63 There is no one else who can beat Biden. If Trump loses it won't be because he didn't try. It will be because his own party helped defeat him.
Posted by: fd at July 26, 2023 07:57 AM (iayUP

….again!

Posted by: Rufus T Firefly at July 26, 2023 08:00 AM (HcwhT)

64 Who names the villain of a story Corn Pop?
Posted by: Now that you mention it

Who shit my pants?

Posted by: Joe Biden at July 26, 2023 08:00 AM (FAOo/)

65 "I stayed home. I hated what Staples did to every Main Street, USA print shop and stationary store. Plus the health insurance fiasco when he was Governor of whatever NE state was hardly a resume enhancer.
Posted by: Divide by Zero "

I knew all that but was voting against Barky. Never again. Trump was the first time I voted FOR a presidential candidate vs AGAINST one.

Posted by: fd at July 26, 2023 08:01 AM (iayUP)

66 You know who else liked to spend time in the basement and had a German Shepherd?

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 26, 2023 08:02 AM (0EOe9)

67 Not directed at you brother JJ.. Great work mentioning Goldwater.

The only reason Trump is 'unelectable' - according to the multinational republican donor class including the military industrial complex needing constant war - is because he doesn't answer to them. That is their problem. Reagan faced the same problem; Thatcher was his only true friend outside of his cabinet("In the Face of Evil"). Same with Goldwater.

With Trump we get unleashed American Energy leading to deflation and economic leverage on our enemies, one missile killing the worlds leading terrorist coddled by multinationalists instead of 20 yr wars, secure border, et al.

On top is that he is the consummate professional with serious people. Most in Acela corridor are NOT serious people. This is the real guy. I work with executives who make Trump look humble. This is who they are:

https://tinyurl.com/fr4c4t8f

Posted by: Danimal28 at July 26, 2023 08:02 AM (klw0w)

68 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 26, 2023 08:02 AM (z99Zw)

69 Who calls the English teacher "Daddio?"

Posted by: The Coasters at July 26, 2023 08:02 AM (NBVIP)

70 69 Some clown.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 26, 2023 08:03 AM (0EOe9)

71 Robert Malley is so bad that even career State Department staffers, as close to anti-American WEF staff as you can get without actually being paid in Swiss Francs, objected to his negotiations and leaked their panic over his Iran interactions to Congressional GOPe.

https://tinyurl.com/bdvsbfy6

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 26, 2023 08:03 AM (X9kXJ)

72 "Who calls the English teacher "Daddio?"
Posted by: The Coasters"

CBD?

Posted by: fd at July 26, 2023 08:04 AM (iayUP)

73 Saw a commercial for Oppenheimer. Prolly won't see the movie. One thing about the commercial is it shows lots of women's faces with long holds on them. Even the story of Oppenheimer seems go be a Herstory.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at July 26, 2023 08:04 AM (eggM4)

74 The fact that there has been a seven year war against Trump unleashed by the unelected 4th branch of government - 17 Intel agencies - should be the lone reason we unequivocally support Trump. Just be done, support him, and work with Jay Valentine to get control of the voter rolls before ballots are printed.

Life will get way gooder! :-D

Posted by: Danimal28 at July 26, 2023 08:05 AM (klw0w)

75 How about we have Hunter Biden go all “deliverance” on Mitt Romney

Posted by: SMOD at July 26, 2023 08:06 AM (2jeVm)

76 the Murdochs probably had a fit when RFK jr did his best Tucker impersonation on the Ukraine war

the reason they got rid of Tucker

he did a nice job of summing up on how we got to where we are

however, he did leave out the fact that Putin wont let fags adopt little boys for their sick games

and DC really hates that, esp Linda Graham

Posted by: REDACTED at July 26, 2023 08:06 AM (us2H3)

77 Grrrrrlll power!

Posted by: The Hollywood Diktat at July 26, 2023 08:06 AM (NBVIP)

78
First thing I want to know is, is why did the dog bite someone?

I trust dogs more than I trust people.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 26, 2023 07:58 AM

My neighbors when they first moved in had a calm pleasant female dog. I let her pee and crap in my yard because it wasn't a big deal in my rather large property. Then that dog died and they got the nastiest dog ever. It smelled where their former dog went and assumed my property was his. Snarled, hissed, barked continuously whenever I checked the mail. I just stood there, never turning my back on the bastid, till the owners came and got it. This went on for more then a year, till they finally installed invisible fence. There are some breeds that are just plain nasty. People buy them because they want a nasty dog for protection, I guess. But that dog wanted a piece of me.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 26, 2023 08:06 AM (enJYY)

79 Jay Valentine's work: https://tinyurl.com/y2psxtfs

Posted by: Danimal28 at July 26, 2023 08:06 AM (klw0w)

80 These medical boffins are really trying to toss their reputations into Hunter Biden’s laptop

Posted by: SMOD at July 26, 2023 08:07 AM (2jeVm)

81 75 How about we have Hunter Biden go all “deliverance” on Mitt Romney
Posted by: SMOD at July 26, 2023 08:06 AM (2jeVm)

the problem is that Mutt's mouf is da purtiest when it's shut

preferably glued, stapled and taped

Posted by: REDACTED at July 26, 2023 08:09 AM (us2H3)

82 Ilhan "Bro-Fo" Omar Reveals Her Ignorance of Israel

Corrected Statement

Ilhan "Bro-Fo" Omar Reveals Her Ignorance

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 26, 2023 08:09 AM (BRHaw)

83 *But that dog wanted a piece of me.*

https://youtu.be/H5tmB8KrAlA

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at July 26, 2023 08:09 AM (NBVIP)

84 Anyone hear if Trump has a nickname for Vivek Ramaswamy yet? The possibilities are pretty endless.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 26, 2023 07:41 AM (enJYY)

Vivek is best my friend! Best of Best! When we were in school together in Mumbai, we called him "Pappu" which means small village boy who is loveable but not so smart! Pappu V make best president my friend! Remain blessed with Vishnu and Karni Mata my friend!

Posted by: Ravadem Patel, Money In A Mattress at July 26, 2023 08:10 AM (b+YaX)

85 WSJ gave Mitt the op-ed space. So it's Murdoch handiwork. It also distracts from Biden sh*t

Posted by: Ignoramus at July 26, 2023 08:10 AM (RqMSv)

86 Seattle Activist Asshole Occupies Tree, Prevents Construction for Affordable Housing

**"
I love these Left v Left altercations
*popcorn*

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 26, 2023 08:11 AM (+D4EU)

87 Nolan has always struck me as a very detail-oriented director, trying to get things just right.

You discussing the 50-star flags?

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at July 26, 2023 08:12 AM (jgJfd)

88 85 WSJ gave Mitt the op-ed space. So it's Murdoch handiwork. It also distracts from Biden sh*t
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 26, 2023 08:10 AM (RqMSv)

mormons like twofers

at a bare minimum

Posted by: REDACTED at July 26, 2023 08:12 AM (us2H3)

89 Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 26, 2023 08:06 AM (enJYY)

That the owners would let their dog pee and crap on your property says a lot about them and probably how they raise their dogs.

Posted by: Rufus T Firefly at July 26, 2023 08:12 AM (HcwhT)

90 It's National Bagelfest Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 26, 2023 08:12 AM (NpAcC)

91 Seattle Activist Asshole Occupies Tree, Prevents Construction for Affordable Housing

**"
I love these Left v Left altercations
*popcorn*
Posted by: vmom

Chop it down with him in it.

Don't want none? Don't start none.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 26, 2023 08:13 AM (FAOo/)

92 Just to clarify: what Seattle activist is NOT an asshole?

Posted by: So confused at July 26, 2023 08:13 AM (NBVIP)

93 RFK Jr. for sure is a big-time Lefty, but he's not in with the in crowd at Kalorama and Chappaqua. If he is denied, does he go third party? Does Cornel West then go fourth party? As I have said, it's a turd in the punchbowl that is day by day growing from Tootsie Roll size to one of Nadler colostomy bag proportions.

Tell us about the Twinkie.

Posted by: Winston Zeddemore at July 26, 2023 08:13 AM (4I/2K)

94 84 Anyone hear if Trump has a nickname for Vivek Ramaswamy yet? The possibilities are pretty endless.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 26, 2023 07:41 AM (enJYY)

Nayru

Posted by: REDACTED at July 26, 2023 08:14 AM (us2H3)

95 It's National Bagelfest Day.
Posted by: redridinghood

Mmmmmmm. Onion bagel with lox, cream cheese and capers.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 26, 2023 08:14 AM (FAOo/)

96 Mornin’, All. Happy Wednesday. Another day of discussion of pickleball and boobs.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 26, 2023 08:14 AM (xTRSc)

97 As a fan of both RD and PDJT, I was sorry to see RD take the bait and the $$ from NeverTrumpers and run in 24. He would be better served to return to FL and finish strong there. Help keep FL red.

And when Rove Ryan and the Murdocks call in 2028, show them his MAGA ass and tell them to fuck off

Posted by: Ex GOP at July 26, 2023 08:15 AM (1q60j)

98 That means last night was Bagelfest Eve and I forgot to celebrate.

Posted by: Darn it at July 26, 2023 08:15 AM (NBVIP)

99 The scene in Oppenheimer with the 50 star flags is a crowd shot with hundreds waiving little flags. There are many shots of single flags and they're all 48.

Posted by: Ignoramus at July 26, 2023 08:16 AM (RqMSv)

100 Elon

X solve for why

Posted by: REDACTED at July 26, 2023 08:16 AM (us2H3)

101 Gas has shot-up around 40 cents , 20 cents in just the last two days. Radio propaganda assures me this is due to some problem at a refinery and has nothing to do with the regimes energy policy. (Or that that the SPR has already been raided and doing it again to drive down prices again would be beyond insane) And if you disagree you are probably racist.

Posted by: Ripley at July 26, 2023 08:16 AM (KrJTL)

102 Happy Wednesday one and all. Saw a car on fire on the side of the freeway and realized that my day ain't so bad.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 26, 2023 08:16 AM (4olE8)

103 I think the mood is decidedly different even from four years ago.
--------

You saw the reports about what MSNBC and CNN viewers know about Biden, right?

The Democrat sheep graze where they are told to graze. They will go with the commie flow, wherever it leads. And make no mistake RFK that phony will endorse the Dem nominee with personal vim, verve and vigor.

Posted by: ... at July 26, 2023 08:16 AM (AWCUa)

104 Mittens reappearance just goes to show that there isn't a political solution to 'the troubles' anymore. Everyone dances around the fact the so-called elections are rigged and 'voting' isn't remotely fair and honest anymore.

If that's the case why would you use the obviously broken and corrupt political system to affect change?

Because the alternative is rather messy I'd guess. But it's looking more and more attractive as the alternative becomes bleaker.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 26, 2023 08:16 AM (Q4IgG)

105 Your day could be starting much worse.

https://tinyurl.com/yckcswvm

Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2023 08:17 AM (ZLI7S)

106 I have a meme which depicts Barack Insane Odildo mounted on Shitt Rumney doggie style while that Michigander carpetbagger screams with delight. I haven't used it or sent it out in a long time. I think it's going back out to my influence circle. It's a perfect depiction of the current situation. What is probably really going on is that the butt-hurt (ah. . . . see what i did there?) lying loser azzwipe Pierre Dilletto is doing is desperately trying to deflect from the examination one might do of the doings of Romney's brat spawn in their business dealings in Ukraine and in other locales. . . .

Posted by: Despise Marxist and GOPe Rat Bastards at July 26, 2023 08:17 AM (Yl+zY)

107 Bobby served as a pallbearer at his father’s funeral, and later read portions of father’s speeches at a mass commemorating his father’s death. The man who murdered his father was a Palestinian domestic terrorist named Sirhan Sirhan.

Noguchi’s trial testimony reveal that (1) all three bullets striking RFK were fired from behind him, and (2) the three bullets had been fired at point-blank range—“[the] muzzle distance… was very, very close.” The fatal bullet was fired from a firearm “one inch from the edge of [RFK’s] right ear and three inches behind the head.”

Thane Cesar

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 26, 2023 08:17 AM (BRHaw)

108 * Gas has shot-up around 40 cents , 20 cents in just the last two days.*

Climate change.

Posted by: Ministry of Truth at July 26, 2023 08:17 AM (NBVIP)

109 Seattle Activist Asshole Occupies Tree, Prevents Construction for Affordable Housing

**"
I love these Left v Left altercations
*popcorn*
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion

For breakfast ?

Posted by: JT at July 26, 2023 08:18 AM (T4tVD)

110 I lol’d at Ravadem troll
Is that wrong?

Posted by: Ex GOP at July 26, 2023 08:18 AM (1q60j)

111 In Biden's America, they ban "Try That in a Small Town" while demanding drag queens read "Try That in my Butt" to kindergartens.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 26, 2023 08:18 AM (GxzZh)

112 > That means last night was Bagelfest Eve and I forgot to celebrate.

Posted by: Darn

I still have my National Donut Day lights up
random thought: there are no holidays in August

Posted by: DB - shadowy internet figure at July 26, 2023 08:18 AM (geLO8)

113 Mmmmmmm. Onion bagel with lox, cream cheese and capers.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 26, 2023 08:14 AM (FAOo/)
******
Yum!
I pretty much love all bagels

Posted by: redridinghood at July 26, 2023 08:19 AM (NpAcC)

114 Progressivism is Totalitarianism with bad hair and glasses.
Posted by: rhennigantx

There is not a single leftist movement in the history of the world that has allowed freedom of speech.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 26, 2023 08:19 AM (IJiSj)

115 * Gas has shot-up around 40 cents , 20 cents in just the last two days.*

Climate change.
Posted by: Ministry of Truth

$2.89 to $3.49 in a week.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 26, 2023 08:19 AM (FAOo/)

116 91
Chop it down with him in it.

Don't want none? Don't start none.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 26, 2023 08:13 AM (FAOo/)

Why do we make problems so hard? Simple solutions like the one rickb223 offers is all that is needed. Woodchipper would be optional.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 26, 2023 08:19 AM (N39Ws)

117 To paraphrase Tom Sowell, there is nothing Trump can say or do that will make me vote for Trump. Only the Democrats can make me vote for Trump.

Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2023 08:20 AM (ywVDE)

118
That the owners would let their dog pee and crap on your property says a lot about them and probably how they raise their dogs.

Posted by: Rufus T Firefly at July 26, 2023 08:12 AM

Their kids, too. Barefoot, on gravel driveway and in the street. Riding bike barefoot in street, no helmet. Some other stuff too that my wife wanted to report (as former schoolteacher) but I talked her out of. I pretty much ignore them and look the other way. Not my problem.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 26, 2023 08:20 AM (enJYY)

119 @84 And yet again, he's from Cincinnati. You're shooting blanks.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 26, 2023 08:20 AM (4PZHB)

120 In Biden's America, they ban "Try That in a Small Town" while demanding drag queens read "Try That in my Butt" to kindergartens.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 26, 2023 08:18 AM (GxzZh)
----
The drag queens tried it in a small town (mine). It did not go over well with the community at large. It will NOT be happening again next year. I can pretty much guarantee it.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 26, 2023 08:21 AM (YIVH2)

121 It's also,
World Tofu Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 26, 2023 08:21 AM (NpAcC)

122 Leaking Classified Material to Foreign Adversary

The most serious possibility is that Malley intentionally passed classified materials to Iran or another foreign nation.

Just give the Mullahs the H Bomb and get this shit over.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 26, 2023 08:21 AM (BRHaw)

123 107 Some claim to hear nine or more shots in the audio of RFK's assassination. The Iver Johnson Cadet revolver used by Sirhan holds eight rounds, and the design is not conducive to a quick reload. Probably an echoor poor quility recoeding.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 26, 2023 08:22 AM (0EOe9)

124 20 The survey also found another 17.3 percent were willing to use force to “ensure members of Congress and other government officials do the right thing,” with another one-in-eight – 11.6 percent – Democrats seeing violence as justifiable to “prevent Donald Trump from becoming President” for a second time.

Progressivism is Totalitarianism with bad hair and glasses.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 26, 2023 07:45 AM (BRHaw)
>>

For 5 years and earlier, I've believed that nothing will change until the actual cold steel and hot lead conflict begins

Posted by: Despise Marxist and GOPe Rat Bastards at July 26, 2023 08:22 AM (Yl+zY)

125 It's also,
World Tofu Day.
Posted by: redridinghood

Tippicanoe and Tofu too ?

Posted by: JT at July 26, 2023 08:22 AM (T4tVD)

126 Good Morning Vietnam.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at July 26, 2023 08:23 AM (CecP5)

127 Just give the Mullahs the H Bomb and get this shit over.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 26, 2023 08:21 AM (BRHaw)

On it.

Posted by: Maj Kong at July 26, 2023 08:23 AM (Angsy)

128 "A portion of the crane collapsed onto 10th Avenue."

Trump's fault.

Posted by: Every NYC local news outlet at July 26, 2023 08:23 AM (NBVIP)

129 Their kids, too. Barefoot, on gravel driveway and in the street. Riding bike barefoot in street, no helmet.

In other words, kids being kids?

Posted by: rickb223 at July 26, 2023 08:23 AM (FAOo/)

130 123 Damn, typed that last sentence while sneezing.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 26, 2023 08:23 AM (0EOe9)

131 Tofu is from the Devil.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 26, 2023 08:24 AM (xTRSc)

132 "Palestinian Authority" Starts to Arrest its Rivals in Judea and Samaria

Now do New York and Georgia.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 26, 2023 08:24 AM (BRHaw)

133 Mornin’, All. Happy Wednesday. Another day of discussion of pickleball and boobs.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 26, 2023 08:14 AM (xTRSc)

Combine the two and you get topless pickleball.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 26, 2023 08:24 AM (4I/2K)

134 Okay, here's my grim tinfoil hat conspiracy:

The leftoids keep ginning up division like they always do. Ukraine has failed to move the needle on the Give-a-Shit-o-Meter.

It's gonna take a major "incident" on American soil (or *maybe* a Gulf of Tonkin overseas, although that's looking to be more remote) to "rally" America to "unite and come together" [yes, that's redundant on purpose because lefty drones are stoopid] against the Big Bad.

9/11 worked, after all.

Nothing is below these people.

Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2023 08:25 AM (ywVDE)

135 Wow, on Eve of Hunter Biden Case Before Judge, Biden Defense Lawyers Accused of Impersonating Congressional Staff to Remove Derogatory Evidence Against Hunter

Posted by: SMOD at July 26, 2023 08:25 AM (2jeVm)

136 Trump v Biden is unfinished business. Unless that issue is settled the country cannot move on.

Posted by: creeper at July 26, 2023 08:26 AM (cTCuP)

137 Pickleball is a form of badminton from what I've seen

Posted by: DB - shadowy internet figure at July 26, 2023 08:26 AM (geLO8)

138 G'morning

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 26, 2023 08:26 AM (B2vkr)

139 9/11 worked, after all.

Nothing is below these people.

Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2023 08:25 AM (ywVDE)

I don't know if it would be as effective now.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 26, 2023 08:27 AM (Angsy)

140 So, we are still hosed.

Posted by: Infidel at July 26, 2023 08:27 AM (0zJ6Q)

141 Wow, on Eve of Hunter Biden Case Before Judge, Biden Defense Lawyers Accused of Impersonating Congressional Staff to Remove Derogatory Evidence Against Hunter
Posted by: SMOD

In a just world, that would be grounds for disbarment.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 26, 2023 08:27 AM (FAOo/)

142 Masks are for fags, moose out front shoulda told ya.

Posted by: Russ Lasky at July 26, 2023 08:27 AM (9Sd64)

143 137 I went by the pickleball courts on Fort Chaffee, and there were a couple wheelchair guys playing. They were moving pretty quick.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 26, 2023 08:27 AM (0EOe9)

144 There are incentives for no-hope candidates to overstay their prospects. Coming in behind first place may grease another run in four years or have market value of its own: Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum got paying gigs. And as former New Hampshire Gov. John H. Sununu has observed, “It is ~~fun~~ remunerative running for president if you know you cannot win.”
++++
Fixed it for him.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 26, 2023 08:27 AM (B2vkr)

145 >9/11 worked, after all.

Posted by: logprof

I believe that was the day this country began to unravel

Posted by: DB - shadowy internet figure at July 26, 2023 08:28 AM (geLO8)

146 Usually our POTUS elections are about who can sell the most optimistic future. Not this time.

Posted by: Ignoramus at July 26, 2023 08:28 AM (RqMSv)

147 Gas is at $3.47/gal here.

Posted by: dantesed at July 26, 2023 08:28 AM (88xKn)

148 During WWII, we learned how to fight ruthlessness with ruthlessness.

It was hard, it was ugly, but it was necessary and we won.

Until 'Republicans' learn how to do that, we will continue to see the decline of our Country.

dimocraps are not the opposition, they are a disease.

If the 'Republicans' we elect don't want to get their hands dirty fighting the scum of the Earth (the DNC), then they need to be shown the door.

I just do not understand why 'Republicans' are afraid of the DISGUSTING FILTH in the LSM. Do they think they might get some bad press?

Posted by: Uncle Rick at July 26, 2023 08:28 AM (tQ0Tc)

149 9/11 worked, after all.

Nothing is below these people.

Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2023 08:25 AM (ywVDE)

I don't know if it would be as effective now.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 26, 2023 08:27 AM (Angsy)
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For maximum damage, it would have to take place in a big city. Unfortunately, the Americans who don't live in a big city will probably just shrug their shoulders: "They brought it on themselves."

We're already doing that re: Dem policies that have destroyed the cities...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 26, 2023 08:28 AM (YIVH2)

150 But as I said, that's pedestrian politics. We're going through the motions right now merely out of reflex.
++++
Yup. Old habits die hard.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 26, 2023 08:28 AM (B2vkr)

151 Vivek is best my friend! Best of Best! When we were in school together in Mumbai, we called him "Pappu" which means small village boy who is loveable but not so smart! Pappu V make best president my friend! Remain blessed with Vishnu and Karni Mata my friend!
Posted by: Ravadem Patel, Money In A Mattress at July 26, 2023 08:10 AM (b+YaX)
==============
This shitty comment wasn't funny yesterday when you posted it either.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 26, 2023 08:29 AM (wnpoX)

152 It appears that the Special Counsel is trying to prove that Trump knew the election fraud claims were bogus to show that Jan-6 was not about correcting an error but rather outright insurrection

Posted by: SMOD at July 26, 2023 08:29 AM (2jeVm)

153 Mornin’, All. Happy Wednesday. Another day of discussion of pickleball and boobs.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 26, 2023 08:14 AM (xTRSc)

Add bourbon to that list and I'm all in!!

Posted by: Doof at July 26, 2023 08:29 AM (StUJj)

154
In other words, kids being kids?

Posted by: rickb223 at July 26, 2023 08:23 AM

When's the last time you walked barefoot on gravel because you wanted to? No, this child was too young to tie his own shoes. Could hardly ride his tiny little two wheeled bicycle. I never see either parent outside with them. They have a lot of kids and an angry dog.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 26, 2023 08:29 AM (enJYY)

155 Topless pickleball is like a nude beach: sounds good until you get there.

Posted by: Dennis Miller at July 26, 2023 08:30 AM (NBVIP)

156 I don't know if it would be as effective now.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 26, 2023 08:27 AM (Angsy)

--I agree, but wat's worrisome is that things will keep happening so that we're made to care. Maybe a 9/11 type event in a much more conservative locale than NYC or DC Metro.

Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2023 08:30 AM (ywVDE)

157 But will the base acquiesce as it did when a seemingly surging Bernie Sanders suddenly flamed out and took a fall (along with another multi-million dollar Vermont summer house/dacha) without a single cry of protest? I think the mood is decidedly different even from four years ago.
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It ain't that different. The base will go along with it and the machinery will get it over the line. No one will say a word. Sure, the disaffected Bernie Bros may have voted third-party, or for Trump, or stayed home - but there weren't many of them and their ranks won't be swelling in '24.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 26, 2023 08:30 AM (B2vkr)

158 I just do not understand why 'Republicans' are afraid of the DISGUSTING FILTH in the LSM. Do they think they might get some bad press?
Posted by: Uncle Rick

Because they are JUST as guilty as the dems.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 26, 2023 08:30 AM (FAOo/)

159 >>In a just world, that would be grounds for disbarment.

That's what the judge is considering at the moment.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2023 08:30 AM (ZLI7S)

160 Tippicanoe and Tofu too ?
Posted by: JT at July 26, 2023 08:22 AM (T4tVD)
******
Given the choice, I'd probably choose Spam over Tofu, but it would be tough.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 26, 2023 08:30 AM (NpAcC)

161 Pickleball is a form of badminton from what I've seen
Posted by: DB - shadowy internet figure at July 26, 2023 08:26 AM (geLO

No shuttlecocks involved. Or any other cocks, for that matter.

Posted by: Doof at July 26, 2023 08:30 AM (StUJj)

162 Morning Horde, thx JJ. I read Friedman's From Beirut to Jerusalem and I'm pretty sure that's the last rational thing he wrote. Does he actually think the Biden administration sticking its nose into Israeli domestic politics will end well? Everywhere Biden has been involved internationally has ended in a clusterf**k.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 26, 2023 08:31 AM (S75Fo)

163 Really disappointed in the DeSantis.
As several of us said, there was no rational for him to run this year.
But, it's no surprise that the man who hired Chris Christie's campaign manager would cite to Christie losing his moment (that he never realistically had) as justification to jump in now.
Now, I'm sure the 1/3 of his staff he just fired doesn't include any of the GOPe loser retreads that have successfully floundered his campaign.

Anyway, the other reasons given for him to run ( that the left won't attack him as much, that disaffected Republicans will return) also are bizarre nonsense.
It was not and is not Trump they hate: It's his policies and the people who voted for him.
So there never was any good reason for him to run. And he still hasn't found one.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 26, 2023 08:31 AM (GxzZh)

164 This shitty comment wasn't funny yesterday when you posted it either.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 26, 2023 08:29 AM (wnpoX)

--But they love Brown People!!

Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2023 08:32 AM (ywVDE)

165 For 5 years and earlier, I've believed that nothing will change until the actual cold steel and hot lead conflict begins
Posted by: Despise Marxist and GOPe Rat Bastards at July 26, 2023 08:22 AM (Yl+zY)

You’re probably right but I just do not see a CW2 kicking off in America in my lifetime. CW1 had north vs south with clearly defined geographical boundaries. Our left and right populations are interspersed (a lot of rural vs urban). On top of that, I think covid demonstrated a timidity running throughout our entire population. And BTW I don’t want CW2…. War is nasty and horrible and would bring unthinkable devastation. We need to keep working on the other boxes (and I know ballot box cheating is now rampant).

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 26, 2023 08:32 AM (EtPNQ)

166 Pickleball is a form of badminton from what I've seen
Posted by: DB - shadowy internet figure

Goodminton ?

Posted by: JT at July 26, 2023 08:32 AM (T4tVD)

167 Topless pickleball while drinking bourbon it is, then!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 26, 2023 08:32 AM (xTRSc)

168 NBC News
@NBCNews
“There is trauma related to being outdoors,” the founder of an organization working to provide safe spaces for Black people to enjoy outdoor activities says.

“There's a lot of healing that we as a Black community must do.”

Posted by: Mister Ghost at July 26, 2023 08:33 AM (TGPs7)

169 Spam cooked in honey butter.

Posted by: Don't knock it till you've fried it at July 26, 2023 08:33 AM (NBVIP)

170 "In a just world, that would be grounds for disbarment."

Hunter's lawyers are with Latham & Watkins, a large corporate law firm. They're supposed to be above these kinds of things. It shows that BigLaw is firmly part of the Borg.

Posted by: Ignoramus at July 26, 2023 08:33 AM (RqMSv)

171 I just hope the '24 campaign provides high entertainment. A real comedy of horrors.

Posted by: DB - shadowy internet figure at July 26, 2023 08:34 AM (geLO8)

172 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 26, 2023 08:34 AM (Zz0t1)

173 Interesting morning in NYC . A crane collapsed and is on fire on top of a building.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 26, 2023 08:34 AM (S75Fo)

174 168 NBC News
@NBCNews
“There is trauma related to being outdoors,” the founder of an organization working to provide safe spaces for Black people to enjoy outdoor activities says.

“There's a lot of healing that we as a Black community must do.”
Posted by: Mister Ghost at July 26, 2023 08:33 AM (TGPs7)

=========

Oh, good, the black community is going to do this itself. Get back to me when you get over it. Until then, I don't want to hear anything else about it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 26, 2023 08:34 AM (LvTSG)

175 This just in, but known for years:

Mitt Romney is a piece of shit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 26, 2023 08:34 AM (Zz0t1)

176 "And it's the same GOP-e we have 60 years on. "

Yes, this.

Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at July 26, 2023 08:35 AM (tA1/w)

177 This is the part of the thread where 'the photoshop up top' appears.

I think I'm gonna hurl.

Posted by: DB - shadowy internet figure at July 26, 2023 08:35 AM (geLO8)

178 We're already doing that re: Dem policies that have destroyed the cities...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 26, 2023 08:28 AM (YIVH2)

I walk about 5 mile every day and something think.

So what is the difference in Slavery of the 1850s and the Black Family on welfare of today?
Father sold off or in jail. Both
Master supplied minimal housing. Both
Ration of food and clothing. Both
No reading or writing taught. Both
Taught minimal skills needed for job. Both
Children owned by master, in this case Child Welfare Services or Government Schools. Both

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 26, 2023 08:35 AM (BRHaw)

179 Sponge, how’s your dad?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 26, 2023 08:35 AM (xTRSc)

180
I foresee a 9/11 style coordinated attack from some border jumping terrorists. Think of the most critical fluid vital to our economy and how few locations you would have to attack.

I just hope we're prepared for that, but I doubt it.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 26, 2023 08:36 AM (enJYY)

181 Mittens looking quite sexy today.

I wonder if he has his majic panties on under there?

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 26, 2023 08:36 AM (BRHaw)

182 173 Interesting morning in NYC . A crane collapsed and is on fire on top of a building.

And Kruschev's due at Idlewild.

Posted by: Car 54? at July 26, 2023 08:36 AM (NBVIP)

183 >>Hunter's lawyers are with Latham & Watkins, a large corporate law firm. They're supposed to be above these kinds of things. It shows that BigLaw is firmly part of the Borg.

It should be above the actions of the lowest ambulance chasing attorney. Kind of makes you wonder why Hunter's lawyers would take such an insane risk.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2023 08:36 AM (ZLI7S)

184 Reember, that muzzie was about to go full jihadi in Fargo, at wholesome events with families.

The Left is trying to use managed chaos with the carpet-kissers, being blase' about it and letting more of that toxin into the country (emphasizing white ZIP codes).

They're dying to take advantage one way or another of what these loose cannons are up to.

Muzzie aliens from shitstain countries are the Khwaresmians of the Left.

Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2023 08:37 AM (ywVDE)

185 183 >>Hunter's lawyers are with Latham & Watkins, a large corporate law firm. They're supposed to be above these kinds of things. It shows that BigLaw is firmly part of the Borg.

It should be above the actions of the lowest ambulance chasing attorney. Kind of makes you wonder why Hunter's lawyers would take such an insane risk.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2023 08:36 AM (ZLI7S)

=======

Because Big Law is a monoculture firmly aligned with the left?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 26, 2023 08:37 AM (LvTSG)

186 >@NBCNews
“There is trauma related to being outdoors,” the founder of an organization working to provide safe spaces for Black people to enjoy outdoor activities says.

do they mean stuff like bee stings?

Posted by: DB - shadowy internet figure at July 26, 2023 08:37 AM (geLO8)

187 We need to keep working on the other boxes (and I know ballot box cheating is now rampant).
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July

There's only four boxes. And we've exhausted 3.

Soap Box. Ignored.
Ballot Box. Cheating.
Jury Box. No Standing.
Cartridge Box. *We are almost here.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 26, 2023 08:37 AM (FAOo/)

188 Given the choice, I'd probably choose Spam over Tofu, but it would be tough.
Posted by: redridinghood

(I KNEW it !)

Posted by: JT at July 26, 2023 08:37 AM (T4tVD)

189 180
I foresee a 9/11 style coordinated attack from some border jumping terrorists. Think of the most critical fluid vital to our economy and how few locations you would have to attack.

I just hope we're prepared for that, but I doubt it.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 26, 2023 08:36 AM (enJYY)

>>

It will be the Chinese nationals who are coming across our southern border. Power grid will be first.

Posted by: Despise Marxist and GOPe Rat Bastards at July 26, 2023 08:37 AM (Yl+zY)

190 K-9 police dog, Bingo, fatally shot about 15 minutes walk from my house last night. Asshole wounded during arrest.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 26, 2023 08:38 AM (krqg6)

191 A bunch of Democratic lawyers are getting rich after settling a class action lawsuit against Google.

• The plaintiffs in the case, Illinois residents who can prove Google violated their privacy rights between 2015 and 2022, will receive about $95 each.

• Their lawyers will receive $35 million in fees.

GRIFT

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 26, 2023 08:38 AM (BRHaw)

192 I'm mostly of Irish ancestry and the article about Ireland being about to bow to the EU and kill 200k cows is depressing. The EU is basically saying "eat your potatoes you drunken louts" and the Irish are saying "aye, yes me lord"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 26, 2023 08:39 AM (S75Fo)

193 180 Those crossing the border and making it to the interior pose significant problems. Even a cell of 10, spread out and communicating could significantly shut things down, concentrating on bridges. The recent mess in Memphis showed how things can get tangled up real quick.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 26, 2023 08:39 AM (0EOe9)

194 187 gleaming yellow and green Winchester packaging

Posted by: Despise Marxist and GOPe Rat Bastards at July 26, 2023 08:39 AM (Yl+zY)

195 I can't wait to see JoeF make hay out of this.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 26, 2023 08:39 AM (B2vkr)

196 There are already large segments of the black community engaged in "outdoor activities."

Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2023 08:39 AM (ywVDE)

197 Latham & Watkins, starring in the remake of Disorder In The Court

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 26, 2023 08:39 AM (4I/2K)

198 Good morning, J.J. Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at July 26, 2023 08:40 AM (53oGX)

199 I walk about 5 mile every day and something think.

So what is the difference in Slavery of the 1850s and the Black Family on welfare of today?

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 26, 2023 08:35 AM (BRHaw)
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In some ways it's even worse. They are taught that they are "free" but in reality they are enslaved by the Democratic Party that only needs their warm bodies to provide a fig leaf for their voting shenanigans. They don't even need their vote--their ballot has already been filled out for them. Just a body that they can point to as the person who "voted."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 26, 2023 08:40 AM (YIVH2)

200
“There is trauma related to being outdoors,” the founder of an organization working to provide safe spaces for Black people to enjoy outdoor activities says. [2i]

JFC, grow up! All of you! Now!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 26, 2023 08:40 AM (xG4kz)

201
It will be the Chinese nationals who are coming across our southern border. Power grid will be first.

Posted by: Despise Marxist and GOPe Rat Bastards at July 26, 2023 08:37 AM

I'm thinking refineries. Enough shit got left behind in 'stan to do some major damage once it arrives.

In the end they'll blame it on Trump while the country comes to a full stop.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 26, 2023 08:40 AM (enJYY)

202 It's Mick Jagger's 80th birthday.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 26, 2023 08:40 AM (krqg6)

203 @NBCNews
“There is trauma related to being outdoors,” the founder of an organization working to provide safe spaces for Black people to enjoy outdoor activities says.

Just wear a Hazmat suit and you're good to go.

Posted by: dantesed at July 26, 2023 08:40 AM (88xKn)

204 I'm mostly of Irish ancestry and the article about Ireland being about to bow to the EU and kill 200k cows is depressing. The EU is basically saying "eat your potatoes you drunken louts" and the Irish are saying "aye, yes me lord"
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 26, 2023 08:39 AM (S75Fo)
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Yup. From a people that still haven't forgiven the British for the famine and routinely bring it up in everyday conversation. There is a blood hatred for the British over it, one that will probably never die. Yet they're complying with equivalent demands from another empire.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 26, 2023 08:41 AM (B2vkr)

205 >>Because Big Law is a monoculture firmly aligned with the left?

That's true but not really the point. Why would a lawyer at a top law firm risk her career just to try and squash an amicus brief when the plea deal had already been struck?

Most legal scholars I've read, even those on our side, said that while the deal Hunter got was obviously ridiculous the chance the judge would set it aside were low. Seems like a very high risk low reward move.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2023 08:41 AM (ZLI7S)

206 The only thing that picture of Romney is missing is Miss Lindsay bent over a desk yelling "more Mittens, more!"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 26, 2023 08:41 AM (S75Fo)

207 It should be above the actions of the lowest ambulance chasing attorney. Kind of makes you wonder why Hunter's lawyers would take such an insane risk.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2023 08:36 AM (ZLI7S)

Because no one may deny the exquisiteness of the Emperor's New Clothes.

It's not fear it's nose rubbing.

Posted by: blaster at July 26, 2023 08:42 AM (Jk9SN)

208 @192 My cousin has the family farm in rural Ireland. Culling his herd of cattle will end his livelihood. To make way for vacation homes for Germans, I suppose.

Rural Irish are like Tolkien's hobbits. Slow to anger, but when you piss them off, who knows.

Posted by: Ignoramus at July 26, 2023 08:42 AM (RqMSv)

209
So what is the difference in Slavery of the 1850s and the Black Family on welfare of today?

Are they allowed to learn to read?
No difference (thanks public schools!)

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 26, 2023 08:42 AM (xG4kz)

210 Did Sefty use a shot of Grossie O'Donnell from Exit to Eden or whatever that was for the photoshop?

Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2023 08:43 AM (ywVDE)

211 U.S. federal judge has vacated the conviction of former Army soldier and Taliban captive Bowe Bergdahl.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 26, 2023 08:44 AM (krqg6)

212 RE - the top pic (in Sinatra's voice....)

Hates California
the days are too long
when asked to give advice
its always wrong
no longer gets invites - bogarts the bong
and now the lady has a schlong

Posted by: JT at July 26, 2023 08:44 AM (T4tVD)

213 Seems like a very high risk low reward move.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2023 08:41 AM (ZLI7S)

No real risk. Plea deal will be accepted.

Layers get stern talking too. Or maybe a fine that they can afford.

Posted by: blaster at July 26, 2023 08:44 AM (Jk9SN)

214 I think the akbars will do something and the Left will try to make it look like Russia did it.

Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2023 08:44 AM (ywVDE)

215 Most legal scholars I've read, even those on our side, said that while the deal Hunter got was obviously ridiculous the chance the judge would set it aside were low. Seems like a very high risk low reward move.

these people are all coke heads (or really adderall heads). it made sense TO THEM at the time!

we overthink this. just - they're total spaz attacks

Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 26, 2023 08:44 AM (AcWfM)

216 I sincerely believe Willard will be reelected because he's a Mormon, and that's enough for most people in Utah.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at July 26, 2023 08:45 AM (VWp7G)

217 U.S. federal judge has vacated the conviction of former Army soldier and Taliban captive Bowe Bergdahl.
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 26, 2023 08:44 AM (krqg6)
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But Trump is prosecuted under the Espionage Act.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 26, 2023 08:45 AM (wdTKz)

218 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 26, 2023 08:46 AM (RIvkX)

219 "IMMIGRATIONPoll: 83% Of Democrats Deny There’s Any Border Crisis"

Houston, we have a serious MSM hiding the truth from the viewers problem.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 26, 2023 08:46 AM (NpAcC)

220 “There is trauma related to being outdoors,” the founder of an organization working to provide safe spaces for Black people to enjoy outdoor activities says."

Especially in urban black neighborhoods. I'd rather take my chances with a grizzly bear in Alaska.

Posted by: Ripley at July 26, 2023 08:46 AM (KrJTL)

221 - 221, whatever it takes

Posted by: Doof at July 26, 2023 08:46 AM (StUJj)

222 Pierre Delecto needs to shut his fucking whore mouth.

Posted by: garrett at July 26, 2023 08:46 AM (CG/r6)

223 Dammit

Posted by: Doof at July 26, 2023 08:46 AM (StUJj)

224 221 - 221, whatever it takes
Posted by: Doof at July 26, 2023 08:46 AM (StUJj)
++++
And what it takes is 221.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 26, 2023 08:47 AM (B2vkr)

225 222 Pierre Delecto needs to shut his fucking whore mouth.
Posted by: garrett at July 26, 2023 08:46 AM (CG/r6)

=======

Meh.

Maybe he'll piss off enough Utahans to not get re-elected.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 26, 2023 08:47 AM (LvTSG)

226 Huh. There's apparently a "Robert Kennedy College" in Switzerland.

Those guys really get around.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 26, 2023 08:48 AM (B2vkr)

227 U.S. federal judge has vacated the conviction of former Army soldier and Taliban captive Bowe Bergdahl.
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 26, 2023 08:44 AM (krqg6)

I'm a little fuzzy on how a federal judge vacates a UCMJ verdict thing.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 26, 2023 08:48 AM (4I/2K)

228 > It will be the Chinese nationals who are coming across our southern border. Power grid will be first.
_____________

Thousands of them too. Picked up by Chinese nationals already here. Interned at one of those 'secret Chinese police stations' that are dotted across the country.

Then, given supplies and a target.

The rash of supply chain/industrial/food processing centers that went up in smoke?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 26, 2023 08:48 AM (Q4IgG)

229 "IMMIGRATIONPoll: 83% Of Democrats Deny There’s Any Border Crisis"

Not true. They all agree that floating barrier in the Rio Grande is a humanitarian crisis that must be removed at all costs.

Posted by: Ripley at July 26, 2023 08:48 AM (KrJTL)

230 221 - 221, whatever it takes
Posted by: Doof at July 26, 2023 08:46 AM (StUJj)
++++
And what it takes is 221.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 26, 2023 08:47 AM (B2vkr)

Seconds matter around here!

Posted by: Doof at July 26, 2023 08:48 AM (StUJj)

231 The amicus brief was from House Rs raising how the DOJ investigation leading to the plea was a sham. The Latham lawyers didn't want that in the record.

But their lying to suppress it has put it in a spotlight. The judge is in a difficult spot over her reputation. Or not?

Posted by: Ignoramus at July 26, 2023 08:48 AM (RqMSv)

232 Heck, I remember when the twin towers were hit the first time. 1993?

Posted by: Infidel at July 26, 2023 08:49 AM (0zJ6Q)

233
I sincerely believe Willard will be reelected because he's a Mormon, and that's enough for most people in Utah.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at July 26, 2023 08:45 AM

By the same token, there's a lot of Mormons in Utah that could primary him. I hope. Liz Cheney is a perfect example of someone who was out of touch with her (now former) constituents.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 26, 2023 08:49 AM (enJYY)

234 >>>I'm a little fuzzy on how a federal judge vacates a UCMJ verdict thing.
Posted by: Count de Monet

Who's going to stop them with the Biden Crime Family afoot?

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at July 26, 2023 08:50 AM (VWp7G)

235 Pierre Delecto needs to shut his fucking whore mouth.
Posted by: garrett

Tell us how ya really feel....

Posted by: JT at July 26, 2023 08:50 AM (T4tVD)

236 Soap Box. Ignored.
Ballot Box. Cheating.
Jury Box. No Standing.
Cartridge Box. *We are almost here.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 26, 2023 08:37 AM (FAOo/)

I don’t disagree with you. But… I’m starting to see another way where the population self-sifts (I’m a refugee from CA myself and escaped to TX) and then red states just start nullifying the insanity of the feds…. Perhaps federalism will slowly evolve out of these many little non-violent struggles and those of us in sane states can live our lives while the blue hellholes destroy themselves…. Abbott’s face off with the feds now happening over his modest border barrier is one trivial example of a little step forward toward federalism. If the fed judge ruled the wrong way, ignore the ruling…that’ll take strong red state governors (which is why RDS should stay put in FL).

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 26, 2023 08:50 AM (EtPNQ)

237 I'd rather take my chances with a grizzly bear in Alaska.
Posted by: Ripley at July 26, 2023 08:46 AM (KrJTL)

Not recommended.

Posted by: Zombie Girlfriend of Timothy Treadwell at July 26, 2023 08:50 AM (4I/2K)

238
It will be the Chinese nationals who are coming across our southern border. Power grid will be first.

Posted by: Despise Marxist and GOPe Rat Bastards at July 26, 2023 08:37 AM

concur

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 26, 2023 08:51 AM (ENBF0)

239 >>>By the same token, there's a lot of Mormons in Utah that could primary him. I hope. Liz Cheney is a perfect example of someone who was out of touch with her (now former) constituents.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

That's fair, and I think he has a challenger. I just worry that they'll stay with Romney and we'll have to deal with this jerkoff for another six years.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at July 26, 2023 08:51 AM (VWp7G)

240 I’m starting to see another way where the population self-sifts (I’m a refugee from CA myself and escaped to TX) and then red states just start nullifying the insanity of the feds

this is The Way

plus the blue states might "have all the power" but they really and truly are basket cases and getting worse by the day.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 26, 2023 08:51 AM (AcWfM)

241 233
I sincerely believe Willard will be reelected because he's a Mormon, and that's enough for most people in Utah.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at July 26, 2023 08:45 AM

By the same token, there's a lot of Mormons in Utah that could primary him. I hope. Liz Cheney is a perfect example of someone who was out of touch with her (now former) constituents.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 26, 2023 08:49 AM (enJYY)

=======

Romney only won the primary through shenanigans in 2018, and he's done plenty to rile up the Republican base since. He already has a primary challenger (the mayor of Salt Lake City). So, we'll see.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 26, 2023 08:51 AM (LvTSG)

242 It will be the Chinese nationals who are coming across our southern border. Power grid will be first.

Posted by: Despise Marxist and GOPe Rat Bastards at July 26, 2023 08:37 AM

concur
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 26, 2023 08:51 AM (ENBF0)

Put a couple of them on ERCOT's Board and Bob's your uncle.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 26, 2023 08:53 AM (4I/2K)

243 But their lying to suppress it has put it in a spotlight. The judge is in a difficult spot over her reputation. Or not?
Posted by: Ignoramus

Look at the FISA warrant judge. He was lied to hundreds of times. Nada. Nothing. Bupkis.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 26, 2023 08:53 AM (FAOo/)

244 ... I’m starting to see another way where the population self-sifts (I’m a refugee from CA myself and escaped to TX) and then red states just start nullifying the insanity of the feds. ...
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 26, 2023 08:50 AM (EtPNQ)
++++
I favor nullification. A nullification crisis has three possible outcomes:
1. The nullifiers win (the feds capitulate)
2. The feds win (the nullifiers capitulate)
3. War

War, of course, also has three possible outcomes (win/lose/draw). But war is only one of three outcomes. It's worth trying and might avoid some megadeath.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 26, 2023 08:54 AM (B2vkr)

245 The link to the article about the Fox News town hall with RFK makes for excruciatingly painful reading.

Sean Vanity was the host, and the article has several excerpts of his "questions."

"So, enough about me, Mr. Kennedy. Let's talk about you. What is your favorite part of my show?"

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at July 26, 2023 08:54 AM (gf7Ez)

246 221 - missed it by that much.

Posted by: Maxwell Smaht at July 26, 2023 08:54 AM (NBVIP)

247 But their lying to suppress it has put it in a spotlight. The judge is in a difficult spot over her reputation. Or not?
Posted by: Ignoramus

Look at the FISA warrant judge. He was lied to hundreds of times. Nada. Nothing. Bupkis.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 26, 2023 08:53 AM (FAOo/)

This is fine.

Posted by: John Roberts, Chief Justice SCOTUS and FISA at July 26, 2023 08:55 AM (4I/2K)

248 Good morning!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 26, 2023 08:55 AM (avru5)

249 244 I favor nullification. A nullification crisis has three possible outcomes:
1. The nullifiers win (the feds capitulate)
2. The feds win (the nullifiers capitulate)
3. War

War, of course, also has three possible outcomes (win/lose/draw). But war is only one of three outcomes. It's worth trying and might avoid some megadeath.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 26, 2023 08:54 AM (B2vkr)

======

The nullifiers won against Andrew Jackson because Jackson didn't want to go to war with South Carolina over tariffs.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 26, 2023 08:55 AM (LvTSG)

250 I favor nullification. A nullification crisis has three possible outcomes:
1. The nullifiers win (the feds capitulate)
2. The feds win (the nullifiers capitulate)
3. War

War, of course, also has three possible outcomes (win/lose/draw). But war is only one of three outcomes. It's worth trying and might avoid some megadeath.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

Nullification requires spine.
Governors & legislatures.
Do we have enough states willing?

Posted by: rickb223 at July 26, 2023 08:55 AM (FAOo/)

251 Biden claims ‘we ended cancer as we know it’ and says there’s ‘no difference’ between a broken arm and a mental breakdown.

Posted by: SMOD at July 26, 2023 08:56 AM (RHGPo)

252 Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at July 26, 2023 08:54 AM (gf7Ez)

Sean Vanity. Nice. I call him Sean Inanity.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 26, 2023 08:56 AM (x0n13)

253 From Insty's last night re. the Hunter lawyer's telephone call:

rbj13 Steve R; 11 hours ago
No, I am a lawyer (inactive.) She lied to the court. Six months minimum suspension, only reinstated after an ethics court and a non mealy mouthed apology to the clerk and court. The firm may want to fire her to protect themselves, but if she can only do paralegal work, she gets that salary.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 26, 2023 08:56 AM (krqg6)

254 250 Nullification requires spine.
Governors & legislatures.
Do we have enough states willing?
Posted by: rickb223 at July 26, 2023 08:55 AM (FAOo/)

========

The first nullification crisis was because one state decided to not follow along.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 26, 2023 08:56 AM (LvTSG)

255 >>"Is Joe in business with Hunter? It depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is."

Thought it was pretty obvious that Hunter is in business with his dad -- dad is the boss, Hunter works out the deals on his behalf. All this discussion about 'did Joe know?' is a joke.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 26, 2023 08:57 AM (avru5)

256 240 I’m starting to see another way where the population self-sifts (I’m a refugee from CA myself and escaped to TX) and then red states just start nullifying the insanity of the feds

this is The Way

plus the blue states might "have all the power" but they really and truly are basket cases and getting worse by the day.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 26, 2023 08:51 AM (AcWfM)

Long term, red states should ultimately earn more electoral votes, rebalancing power away from states like Cali and NY. But! That's assuming the census is on the up and up, which, I mean, c'mon.

NY will have more electoral votes than actual voters 80 years from now.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 26, 2023 08:57 AM (KbCG3)

257 Nullification requires spine.
Governors & legislatures.
Do we have enough states willing?
Posted by: rickb223 at July 26, 2023 08:55 AM (FAOo/)
++++
Right now? Maybe.
In 2-4 more years? Probably.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 26, 2023 08:57 AM (B2vkr)

258 253 From Insty's last night re. the Hunter lawyer's telephone call:

rbj13 Steve R; 11 hours ago
No, I am a lawyer (inactive.) She lied to the court. Six months minimum suspension, only reinstated after an ethics court and a non mealy mouthed apology to the clerk and court. The firm may want to fire her to protect themselves, but if she can only do paralegal work, she gets that salary.
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 26, 2023 08:56 AM (krqg6)

=========

Except we've got ample proof that the lawyers who break the law for leftist causes get less than minimum punishments.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 26, 2023 08:57 AM (LvTSG)

259 Yet trying to get employees of the Post to do their jobs is like trying to get dogs to play baseball. Dogs just aren’t interested in baseball, and the breed of journalist now at the Post is just not interested in journalism. Always a liberal paper, the Post is now pure propaganda.

Posted by: SMOD at July 26, 2023 08:57 AM (RHGPo)

260 The Post Millennial
@TPostMillennial

Eric Swalwell campaigned with New Hampshire's first trans state rep who faces child porn charges

https://tinyurl.com/2v2uvwkz

Posted by: redridinghood at July 26, 2023 08:57 AM (NpAcC)

261 Your day could be starting much worse.

https://tinyurl.com/yckcswvm
Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2023 08:17 AM (ZLI7S)
-

Climate change + closer to the sun will do that in an instant.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 26, 2023 08:58 AM (adINt)

262 256 Long term, red states should ultimately earn more electoral votes, rebalancing power away from states like Cali and NY. But! That's assuming the census is on the up and up, which, I mean, c'mon.

NY will have more electoral votes than actual voters 80 years from now.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 26, 2023 08:57 AM (KbCG3)

=======

The Census Bureau admitted that NY, IL, and CA frauded their way to more electoral representation in the 2020 census.

It's already happening, and they still lost seats.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 26, 2023 08:58 AM (LvTSG)

263 ood morning!
Posted by: Lizzy

Indeed it is.

Went out for a walk, noticed a neighbor hand loading a truck and trailer with loose bricks to haul to his deer lease so stopped and helped him out for the past thirty minutes.

Don't need to do kettlebells this morning, got things done and had some guy fellowship.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 26, 2023 08:58 AM (p8A+W)

264 Your day could be starting much worse.

https://tinyurl.com/yckcswvm
Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2023 08:17 AM (ZLI7S)
++++
Yowza. I hope nobody was seriously injured or killed.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 26, 2023 08:59 AM (B2vkr)

265 All the Jewish bakers who faithfully made delicious bagels 1960-2000 are deceased or in Del Boca Vista. Their children went to college and are lefty lawyers. Bagels these days are made by various third-world mutts and are mere shadows of their former selves. Another sign of our worlds impending doom. Carry on.

Posted by: Poppy is Sloppy at July 26, 2023 08:59 AM (tO+U3)

266 >>Eric Swalwell campaigned with New Hampshire's first trans state rep who faces child porn charges

Maybe he just wants a younger Yum Yum?

Posted by: garrett at July 26, 2023 08:59 AM (CG/r6)

267 >>>Romney only won the primary through shenanigans in 2018, and he's done plenty to rile up the Republican base since. He already has a primary challenger (the mayor of Salt Lake City). So, we'll see.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures

Here's hoping.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at July 26, 2023 08:59 AM (VWp7G)

268 Generally, all of the media today is propaganda. There might be a few outlets that work at the margins, and a few individuals, but that's about it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 26, 2023 09:00 AM (Q4IgG)

269 This guy is good.

It's a little over 15' (shorter for me since I speed up the video) but you'll probably get sucked into watching it all.

https://youtu.be/YDDCnGqL3cc

Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2023 09:00 AM (ywVDE)

270 268 Generally, all of the media today is propaganda. There might be a few outlets that work at the margins, and a few individuals, but that's about it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 26, 2023 09:00 AM (Q4IgG)

========

So, everything is normal, like it has been since the printing press was invented.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 26, 2023 09:00 AM (LvTSG)

271 The Republican message is clear when you look at that gaggle of losers, grifters, and shills they present to us as their presidential candidates. Including Romney and McCain.

Vote for us! We lose!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 26, 2023 09:01 AM (RIvkX)

272 >>Eric Swalwell campaigned with New Hampshire's first trans state rep who faces child porn charges

Maybe he just wants a younger Yum Yum?
Posted by: garrett at July 26, 2023 08:59 AM (CG/r6)

Now I'm forevermore going to snicker when I see a reference to Yum Yum sauce.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 26, 2023 09:01 AM (4I/2K)

273 Luna is a very nice tree and the builders can certainly find room on the property to build around her. Droplet 2 is doing the community a solid using the buckets otherwise there would be sewage smeared on Luna on its way down.

Posted by: torabora at July 26, 2023 09:01 AM (OUiUM)

274 >>Your day could be starting much worse.

https://tinyurl.com/yckcswvm

Poor Frasier.

Posted by: garrett at July 26, 2023 09:01 AM (CG/r6)

275 The Republican message is clear when you look at that gaggle of losers, grifters, and shills they present to us as their presidential candidates. Including Romney and McCain.

Vote for us! We lose!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 26, 2023 09:01 AM (RIvkX)

With style!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 26, 2023 09:01 AM (4I/2K)

276 "Will the judge accept Hunter's plea, as his his lawyers lied to get evidence hidden? Developing..."

Seems like a big fucking deal...

Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the Children They Don't Kill at July 26, 2023 09:02 AM (0q+t6)

277 Why people take Greta Gobbler preaching doom and gloom while wearing pajamas seriously, I don't know.

Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2023 09:03 AM (ywVDE)

278 Bagels these days are made by various third-world mutts and are mere shadows of their former selves. Another sign of our worlds impending doom. Carry on.
Posted by: Poppy is Sloppy at July 26, 2023 08:59 AM (tO+U3)
-

H&H in NY was not run by Jews. Paradise lost!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 26, 2023 09:03 AM (adINt)

279 >>Why people take Greta Gobbler preaching doom and gloom while wearing pajamas seriously, I don't know.

Leftists are retards.

Posted by: garrett at July 26, 2023 09:04 AM (CG/r6)

280 So, everything is normal, like it has been since the printing press was invented.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 26, 2023 09:00 AM (LvTSG)
++++
Ehhhh, sort of. The difference (in this country, anyway) is that before broadcasting, we had a variety of partisan outlets that were (or bordered on) propaganda. There was competition in propaganda.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 26, 2023 09:04 AM (B2vkr)

281 All the Jewish bakers who faithfully made delicious bagels 1960-2000 are deceased or in Del Boca Vista. Their children went to college and are lefty lawyers. Bagels these days are made by various third-world mutts and are mere shadows of their former selves. Another sign of our worlds impending doom. Carry on.
Posted by: Poppy is Sloppy at July 26, 2023 08:59 AM (tO+U3)
====
This is happening with dim sum places in SF, they are closing because the next generation is moving on...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 26, 2023 09:05 AM (RIvkX)

282 Why people take Greta Gobbler preaching doom and gloom while wearing pajamas seriously, I don't know.
Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2023 09:03 AM (ywVDE)

Worked for me.

Posted by: Ethan Krupp, PajamaCare Boy at July 26, 2023 09:05 AM (4I/2K)

283 [I'm a little fuzzy on how a federal judge vacates a UCMJ verdict thing.

Its the same Calvin Ball Legal Theory that had a Hawaiian judge dictate immigration and border policy.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 26, 2023 09:05 AM (p8A+W)

284 Why people take Greta Gobbler preaching doom and gloom while wearing pajamas seriously, I don't know.

Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2023 09:03 AM (ywVDE)

And she smells like cabbage. That is my guess.

Posted by: Archer at July 26, 2023 09:06 AM (gmo/4)

285 Allen, a Michigan State University emeritus professor who is black, told ABC that the standards "never said that slavery was beneficial to Africans," as Harris claimed. "What was said, and anyone who reads this will see this with clarity, [is that] Africans ... were able to develop skills and aptitudes which served to their benefit, both while enslaved and after enslavement."

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 26, 2023 09:06 AM (BRHaw)

286 Every Electric Car You Buy Will Fund Al Qaeda

---------

China hardest hit.

Posted by: ShainS at July 26, 2023 09:07 AM (Pk+pJ)

287 Mister, we could use a man like Thomas Paine again. Those were the days.

Posted by: Archie Bunker at July 26, 2023 09:08 AM (4I/2K)

288 >>Allen, a Michigan State University emeritus professor who is black, told ABC that the standards "never said that slavery was beneficial to Africans," as Harris claimed. "What was said, and anyone who reads this will see this with clarity, [is that] Africans ... were able to develop skills and aptitudes which served to their benefit, both while enslaved and after enslavement."

I have never met an honest African American who would have preferred their ancestors had stayed in Africa.

Not one.

Posted by: garrett at July 26, 2023 09:08 AM (CG/r6)

289 Agree with you KJ re: Trump endorsement of Ro.ney McDani. WTF Don?

I think in his own way, it was an attempt by Trump to try and get any squishy GOPe buy in. An error nonetheless.

If anything, should Trump lose it will be fun watching g him light up McDaniel.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at July 26, 2023 09:08 AM (FxH7T)

290 285 Allen, a Michigan State University emeritus professor who is black, told ABC that the standards "never said that slavery was beneficial to Africans," as Harris claimed. "What was said, and anyone who reads this will see this with clarity, [is that] Africans ... were able to develop skills and aptitudes which served to their benefit, both while enslaved and after enslavement."
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 26, 2023 09:06 AM (BRHaw)

--I was waiting to get more clarification on this.

I knew it was never the cartoonish black and white issue Kamalamadingdong (finger) painted.

Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2023 09:08 AM (ywVDE)

291 Maybe he just wants a younger Yum Yum?
Posted by: garrett at July 26, 2023 08:59 AM (CG/r6)

Tiene Poon

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 26, 2023 09:08 AM (BRHaw)

292 And she smells like cabbage.

Well, she’s got to keep Biden away somehow.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 26, 2023 09:09 AM (xTRSc)

293 Thank God my ancestors were put on that boat!!!

Posted by: Zombie Muhammad Ali at July 26, 2023 09:09 AM (ywVDE)

294 Hunter Biden has arrived at court for plea deal hearing.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 26, 2023 09:10 AM (NpAcC)

295 The difference (in this country, anyway) is that before broadcasting, we had a variety of partisan outlets that were (or bordered on) propaganda. There was competition in propaganda.

But it was a different kind of propaganda.

I used to read the Dallas Morning News, Times Herald and the WSJ each morning. There was far more news than editorial in the articles, the articles themselves were of broader interest and we didn't have nonsense articles which took one piece of skewed data, a faulty interpretation and a ton of eyewash.

it was like that it cost real money to write articles and publish them on ink and paper, rather than blasting out bits in the hope someone clicks the link for ad revenue.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 26, 2023 09:10 AM (p8A+W)

296 “Hi Ted, Following up on our recent telephone conversation, the woman who called was a Jessica Bengels,” confirmed court official Samantha Grimes. “… She said she worked with Theodore Kittila and it was important the document was removed immediately or they could file a motion to seal. I do deeply apologize for all the confusion on our part.”

Bengels is the director of litigation services at the New York-based law firm of Latham & Watkins, where Hunter Biden attorney Chris Clark was formerly a partner.

Posted by: SMOD at July 26, 2023 09:11 AM (RHGPo)

297 garrett, I'd been mostly away from the HQ for months.

What's with these rumours and innuendo I read about you?

Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2023 09:11 AM (ywVDE)

298 Popular Al Qaeda EVs

KaBoom
AnFo 2000
C4 Truckster

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 26, 2023 09:11 AM (BRHaw)

299 All true Americans should get down on their knees and thank God that their ancestors, voluntarily, or involuntarily got on the boat.

Posted by: Archer at July 26, 2023 09:11 AM (gmo/4)

300 >>Thank God my ancestors were put on that boat!!!

I am sure he's prefer being Croc Bait or a Hippo Speed Bump...

and, even if he escaped that fate, likely dead by 35-40.

Posted by: garrett at July 26, 2023 09:11 AM (CG/r6)

301 Well, she’s got to keep Biden away somehow.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 26, 2023 09:09 AM (xTRSc)

She is 7 years too old for Uncle Joe.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 26, 2023 09:12 AM (BRHaw)

302 >>What's with these rumours and innuendo I read about you?

Ace let some of his fantasies slip. The Horde ran with it.

Posted by: garrett at July 26, 2023 09:12 AM (CG/r6)

303 153 Mornin’, All. Happy Wednesday. Another day of discussion of pickleball and boobs.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 26, 2023 08:14 AM (xTRSc)

Add bourbon to that list and I'm all in!!
Posted by: Doof at July 26, 2023 08:29 AM (StUJj)

For a daily sip - try Evan Williams 1783 small batch.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 26, 2023 09:12 AM (N39Ws)

304 When ABC asked Allen if the board should amend the standards following the criticism from Harris and other left-wingers, Allen gave a firm no.

Changing the standards "would be effectively to erase people's history," the professor said. "My great-grandfather is someone who … was enslaved here and whose own resourcefulness, resilience, and adaptiveness was certainly instrumental in producing for his family, his descendants, the ability to prosper here in this country.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 26, 2023 09:13 AM (BRHaw)

305 Popular Al Qaeda EVs

KaBoom
AnFo 2000
C4 Truckster

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 26, 2023 09:11 AM (BRHaw)

Goatfucker2500

Posted by: Archer at July 26, 2023 09:13 AM (gmo/4)

306 >>Add bourbon to that list and I'm all in!!

...or, Rye.

Posted by: garrett at July 26, 2023 09:13 AM (CG/r6)

307 >>Don't need to do kettlebells this morning, got things done and had some guy fellowship.

Nice

Posted by: Lizzy at July 26, 2023 09:14 AM (avru5)

308 China Fires Foreign Minister Weeks After Disappearing Him

Dead people in China Regime are often cited for missing work and then fired.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 26, 2023 09:15 AM (BRHaw)

309 Goatfucker2500

Posted by: Archer at July 26, 2023 09:13 AM (gmo/4)

Sure ya fuck 1 goat and ...

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 26, 2023 09:15 AM (BRHaw)

310
Old and busted Sweden: IKEA
New hotness Sweden: I-KEEEEEL-you!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 26, 2023 09:16 AM (x0n13)

311 >> Goatfucker2500

Do they make an HD model?

Posted by: garrett at July 26, 2023 09:16 AM (CG/r6)

312
Pouring rain and thunder in southern WI. And we're supposed to get a major heat wave these next few days.

Oh, the humidity . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 26, 2023 09:17 AM (x0n13)

313 Morn' all.. In before the art thread

Posted by: it's me donna at July 26, 2023 09:17 AM (bs+z0)

314 >>Oh, the humidity . . .

On the bright side, you will get a fresh crop of mosquitoes.

Posted by: garrett at July 26, 2023 09:17 AM (CG/r6)

315 Already mentioned?

Former U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was court-martialed for desertion during his tour of Afghanistan, had his conviction vacated on Tuesday by a federal judge, who said a military judge had failed to disclose a potential conflict of interest. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at July 26, 2023 09:18 AM (avru5)

316 People who discuss bourbon at 9 AM just might need an intervention. First step is admitting you have a problem.

Posted by: Friend of Bill at July 26, 2023 09:18 AM (tO+U3)

317 China Fires Foreign Minister
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 26, 2023 09:15 AM (BRHaw)
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Hu?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 26, 2023 09:19 AM (adINt)

318 On the bright side, you will get a fresh crop of mosquitoes.
Posted by: garrett at July 26, 2023 09:17 AM (CG/r6)

Been to Wisconsin in the Spring/Summer..... Swarms of those suckers

Posted by: it's me donna at July 26, 2023 09:19 AM (bs+z0)

319 >>Oh, the humidity . . .

On the bright side, you will get a fresh crop of mosquitoes.
Posted by: garrett at July 26, 2023 09:17 AM (CG/r6)
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If the Morning Report suddenly goes dark, we'll know J.J. has been carried off by said mosquitoes....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 26, 2023 09:19 AM (YIVH2)

320 Do we know what the ChiCom Foreign Minister allegedly did to get disappeared/canned?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 26, 2023 09:19 AM (xTRSc)

321 I had favorite Italian restaurants here in NYC that died when the owner got too old and the kids didn't step up. Fantastic places like Andy's on 116th and First (run by the best chef at Rao's who left) and Valentino's in a strip mall on the Bronx/Yonkers border. Now just a memory, like tears in the rain

Posted by: Ignoramus at July 26, 2023 09:19 AM (RqMSv)

322 Good morning, all; thank you, J.J.

Well said.

Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know their enemy at July 26, 2023 09:19 AM (GshMh)

323 304 When ABC asked Allen if the board should amend the standards following the criticism from Harris and other left-wingers, Allen gave a firm no.

Changing the standards "would be effectively to erase people's history," the professor said. "My great-grandfather is someone who … was enslaved here and whose own resourcefulness, resilience, and adaptiveness was certainly instrumental in producing for his family, his descendants, the ability to prosper here in this country.
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 26, 2023 09:13 AM (BRHaw)
******
But, we've been told that "pulling oneself up by their bootstraps" is now considered racist.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 26, 2023 09:20 AM (NpAcC)

324 Romney holds out hope that The Donald can be defeated, provided the race is narrowed down to two contenders before Trump “sews up” the nomination. For that to happen, the mega-donors and influencers in the GOP must convince those candidates who do not have a realistic chance of winning to drop out of the race. He concedes that this may be easier said than done, but the risk of having expendable candidates in the race is just too high:

So...basically the Dem plan of 2020 to force all the other competitors out to give Biden the nomination? Who could the GOPe darling be? DeSantis if his detractors are correct that he's a chameleon. Otherwise, maybe a Nikki Haley for diversity points?

Posted by: Moron Analyst at July 26, 2023 09:20 AM (JCZqz)

325 Please just let Bergdahl out. Real justice awaits him outside of prison.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 26, 2023 09:20 AM (lf83v)

326 Hunter just arrived outside the courthouse.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 26, 2023 09:21 AM (krqg6)

327 sincerely believe Willard will be reelected because he's a Mormon, and that's enough for most people in Utah.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp

Odds of someone running against him being LDS is high. I don't think that's a good metric.

Many may not like the Donald but I think they're fed up with Mitt. See infrastructure bill after big stimulus bill jacking up inflation. Then followed by Inflation Reduction Act. He voted for the middle of e only, but that could have been stopped.

And what has he said regarding student debt cancelation? Crickets

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at July 26, 2023 09:21 AM (FxH7T)

328 Been to Wisconsin in the Spring/Summer..... Swarms of those suckers
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Fill in the lakes.

Posted by: Puddinhead at July 26, 2023 09:21 AM (ppL7t)

329 326 Hunter just arrived outside the courthouse.
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 26, 2023 09:21 AM (krqg6)

I'm assuming the fix is in

Posted by: it's me donna at July 26, 2023 09:22 AM (bs+z0)

330 > On the bright side, you will get a fresh crop of mosquitoes.
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Yesterday it was 'sweat bees' here. The mosquitoes had to fight through them to get to us.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 26, 2023 09:22 AM (Q4IgG)

331 Former U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was court-martialed for desertion during his tour of Afghanistan, had his conviction vacated on Tuesday by a federal judge, who said a military judge had failed to disclose a potential conflict of interest. . .
_________

I'm sure the Biden Administration fought REALLY REALLY hard to defend his prosecution.

REALLY REALLY.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 26, 2023 09:22 AM (lf83v)

332 324 So...basically the Dem plan of 2020 to force all the other competitors out to give Biden the nomination? Who could the GOPe darling be? DeSantis if his detractors are correct that he's a chameleon. Otherwise, maybe a Nikki Haley for diversity points?
Posted by: Moron Analyst at July 26, 2023 09:20 AM (JCZqz)

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Except the 2020 Dem primary is a terrible model for the 2024 Republican primary.

The frontrunner was Bernie, consistently in the mid-30s and low-40s for support. His competition took up the rest in a rotating series of also rans...except for Biden who was pretty consistently at 25% or so.

It wasn't a huge thing assume that the other 40% of the support dropping out would largely go to Biden. He was establishment. He was known. Bernie was getting just about all the support he was going to get.

That's not at all how the 2024 Republican primary is playing out. It's what 2020 Dems would have been without Biden in the race.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 26, 2023 09:23 AM (LvTSG)

333 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 37m
JUST IN - Fire on board a carrier ship suspected of being started by an electric car and killing one sailor, “could still burn for days,” the Dutch Coast Guard said.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 26, 2023 09:23 AM (krqg6)

334 Here Are All the People Who Have Corroborated Biden Family Corruption

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I suspect that the list of Swamp Creatures who haven't collaborated with Biden Crime Family Scum corruption would be shorter.

/Had initially read corroborated as collaborated; forget it, I'm rolling ...

Posted by: ShainS at July 26, 2023 09:23 AM (Pk+pJ)

335 Headline:
Tesla Cars Banned From World University Games Prior To Visit From Chinese President Xi Jinping

Turns out, Tesla cars, for their autopilot feature, have 360° cameras (8+1 inside).

I remember when TopGear did a show on China, and China tightly controlled what was filmed by the crew and edited out anything that didn't reflect the best of China.

China knows more than anybody on spying so when China says "No" to Tesla, we are hearing from experts.

Pro Tip: Don't use a Tesla for your get-away car or to otherwise assist in some non-State Approved adventures.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 26, 2023 09:23 AM (p8A+W)

336 Mosquitos? Bats gotta eat, same as spiders.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 26, 2023 09:23 AM (4I/2K)

337 So...basically the Dem plan of 2020 to force all the other competitors out to give Biden the nomination? Who could the GOPe darling be? DeSantis if his detractors are correct that he's a chameleon. Otherwise, maybe a Nikki Haley for diversity points?
Posted by: Moron Analyst
+++
If Nikki! Is the nominee, the Dems won't even have to cheat.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at July 26, 2023 09:24 AM (/Ay0Y)

338 327 sincerely believe Willard will be reelected because he's a Mormon, and that's enough for most people in Utah.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp

Zion's Savings Bank & Trust Company was established by the LDS Church to take over the savings department of the Deseret National Bank. This is who Mitt's boss is.

Posted by: Puddinhead at July 26, 2023 09:24 AM (ppL7t)

339 But, we've been told that "pulling oneself up by their bootstraps" is now considered racist.
________

How about "pulling oneself up by their Air Jordans"?

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 26, 2023 09:24 AM (lf83v)

340 337 So...basically the Dem plan of 2020 to force all the other competitors out to give Biden the nomination? Who could the GOPe darling be? DeSantis if his detractors are correct that he's a chameleon. Otherwise, maybe a Nikki Haley for diversity points?
Posted by: Moron Analyst
+++
If Nikki! Is the nominee, the Dems won't even have to cheat.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at July 26, 2023 09:24 AM (/Ay0Y)

========

No 5%-er is going to suddenly get 51% against Donald with the rest dropping out.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 26, 2023 09:24 AM (LvTSG)

341 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 37m
JUST IN - Fire on board a carrier ship suspected of being started by an electric car and killing one sailor, “could still burn for days,” the Dutch Coast Guard said.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 26, 2023 09:23 AM (krqg6)

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Over/under on when EV auto insurance premiums eventually exceed the cost of the vehicles?

Posted by: ShainS at July 26, 2023 09:24 AM (Pk+pJ)

342 #333 Update: chyron here just now...

At least one crewman is dead after a fire broke out on a freight ship carrying nearly 3,000 cars in the North Sea.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 26, 2023 09:25 AM (krqg6)

343 There is one almost-certain path to a Trump victory, though it's not easy, as it would depend on a Republican party that had both balls and brains, of which it lacks both.

Bankroll third-party candidates. The best would be Joe Manchin, whom I believe would peel off votes almost exclusively from Biden or the Democrat candidate. Manchin has demonstrated repeatedly that he is for sale, so this would require outbidding the liberals who can offer him book deals, sinecures, etc. I'm sure Manchin is fully aware of this so will keep open the possibility precisely so he can cash in.

In addition (or instead of, if necessary), prop up a popular hard-leftist to appeal to the Progressive True Believers. Democrats are already expressing concern over a Cornell West run. But imagine if you could get AOC or a Van Jones.

Posted by: I Work for Dick Jones at July 26, 2023 09:25 AM (26v+j)

344 333 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 37m
JUST IN - Fire on board a carrier ship suspected of being started by an electric car and killing one sailor, “could still burn for days,” the Dutch Coast Guard said.
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Those ROROs are some big fucking ships. If full of lithium ion time bombs it could easily sink beneath the waves.

Posted by: Puddinhead at July 26, 2023 09:26 AM (ppL7t)

345 For a daily sip - try Evan Williams 1783 small batch.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 26, 2023 09:12 AM (N39Ws)

Have not been a fan of any EW variety - and I've tried most of them. Heaven Hill makes some good bourbons and ryes. But the EW line doesn't do it for me.

Posted by: Doof at July 26, 2023 09:26 AM (StUJj)

346 I’m no fan of skeeters, but deerflies are worse. True asshoes.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 26, 2023 09:26 AM (xTRSc)

347 In the Adirondacks, it was black flies. But that's racist now.

Posted by: Archer at July 26, 2023 09:26 AM (gmo/4)

348 ... Tesla Cars Banned From World University Games Prior To Visit From Chinese President Xi Jinping

Turns out, Tesla cars, for their autopilot feature, have 360° cameras (8+1 inside).
... China knows more than anybody on spying so when China says "No" to Tesla, we are hearing from experts. ...
Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 26, 2023 09:23 AM (p8A+W)
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Red China also has a desire to go after Tesla. Tesla does well in that country, and the government there has its preferred (captive) EV manufacturers that compete against Tesla. Tesla is giving them a hard time by having lower or equivalent prices (there is a reason for that big Tesla price cut a while back) and better quality with a more fashionable nameplate. Tesla does a lot of manufacturing and assembly in Red China, but it is still not a state-owned (or even affiliated) enterprise and Xi wants it playing second-fiddle to domestic firms.

Banning Tesla is at least much - probably even more - of a political move as it is a secrecy move. The exterior cameras are more than likely an excuse, not the real reason.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 26, 2023 09:27 AM (B2vkr)

349 >>At least one crewman is dead after a fire broke out on a freight ship carrying nearly 3,000 cars in the North Sea.

I have a hard time imagining anything worse for the environment than the EV.

Posted by: garrett at July 26, 2023 09:27 AM (CG/r6)

350 But, we've been told that "pulling oneself up by their bootstraps" is now considered racist.
________

How about "pulling oneself up by their Air Jordans"?

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 26, 2023 09:24 AM (lf83v)

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Do inner-city kids still murder each other for their shoes?

Posted by: ShainS at July 26, 2023 09:27 AM (Pk+pJ)

351 There's a skeeter on my peter . . .

Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin at July 26, 2023 09:27 AM (4I/2K)

352 "the Dutch Coast Guard said."
___________

Old joke:

Radio Call: We are sinking.

Dutch Coast Guard: Ja. Vat are you sinking about?

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 26, 2023 09:27 AM (lf83v)

353 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 12h
BREAKING: All traffic halted on the Bay Bridge going eastbound after a [naked] woman got out of her car and began shooting a gun, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 26, 2023 09:27 AM (krqg6)

354 So...basically the Dem plan of 2020 to force all the other competitors out to give Biden the nomination? Who could the GOPe darling be? DeSantis if his detractors are correct that he's a chameleon. Otherwise, maybe a Nikki Haley for diversity points?

Screw that, Trump/Ramaswamy is the only current possibility to Beat The Cheat and find a way past 270.

Checkbox Bonanza composed of "outsiders" - more aggregate IQ points in these two than the last three regimes combined.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 26, 2023 09:28 AM (p8A+W)

355 Have not been a fan of any EW variety - and I've tried most of them. Heaven Hill makes some good bourbons and ryes. But the EW line doesn't do it for me.
Posted by: Doof at July 26, 2023 09:26 AM (StUJj)
++++
I like the original Knob Creek rather a lot.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 26, 2023 09:28 AM (B2vkr)

356 Ben's 100% DEET. Keeps away skeeters, deerflies, black flies and ticks.

Posted by: Archer at July 26, 2023 09:28 AM (gmo/4)

357 BREAKING: All traffic halted on the Bay Bridge going eastbound after a [naked] woman got out of her car and began shooting a gun, according to the California Highway Patrol.

More details in this Sunday's Gun thread ?

Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 26, 2023 09:28 AM (p8A+W)

358 Denver's new mayor's top priority is "housing" the homeless. On his first day he declared a 'state of emergency' related to homelessness. His announced solution to meet his goal of housing 1000 people by the end of the year? The city is buying up low income rental housing (in downtown, which people are fleeing thanks to - wait for it! - homeless and crime) to house them. Talk about a literal solution that ignores **why** people are homeless - addiction, mental illness, choice, etc.

Gee, what do you think the impact of removing hundreds, possibly thousands of low income rental properties from the free market will be? Anybody - Bueller, Bueller?! These idiots have now concept of cause and effect.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 26, 2023 09:29 AM (avru5)

359 I’m no fan of skeeters, but deerflies are worse. True asshoes.
__________

They will bite you through a cotton t-shirt.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 26, 2023 09:29 AM (lf83v)

360 Manifest report was that of 2500+ cars on board, only 25 were EV's. This makes electrics the 1%-er Bad Boys of the automotive world. Some explosive street cred.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 26, 2023 09:29 AM (4PZHB)

361 People keep telling me that EVs are the Bomb!

Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2023 09:29 AM (ywVDE)

362 I have a hard time imagining anything worse for the environment than the EV.
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Hillary skinny dipping might top it.

Posted by: Puddinhead at July 26, 2023 09:29 AM (ppL7t)

363 Ben's 100% DEET. Keeps away skeeters, deerflies, black flies and ticks.

There is no known chemical agent other than NAPALM that will effect deerflies.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 26, 2023 09:29 AM (p8A+W)

364 354 Screw that, Trump/Ramaswamy is the only current possibility to Beat The Cheat and find a way past 270.

Checkbox Bonanza composed of "outsiders" - more aggregate IQ points in these two than the last three regimes combined.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 26, 2023 09:28 AM (p8A+W)

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How does any candidate combination keep the Secretaries of States of AZ, WI, MI, PA, and GA from "accidentally" sending out hundreds of thousands of mail in ballots or "accidentally" screwing up machines in red districts or "accidentally" not allowing any outsiders into count rooms?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 26, 2023 09:29 AM (LvTSG)

365 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 12h
BREAKING: All traffic halted on the Bay Bridge going eastbound after a [naked] woman got out of her car and began shooting a gun, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 26, 2023 09:27 AM (krqg6)

She have a pair of 38's?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 26, 2023 09:29 AM (4I/2K)

366 359 I’m no fan of skeeters, but deerflies are worse. True asshoes.
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Western Australia has flies worse than deerflies.

Posted by: Puddinhead at July 26, 2023 09:30 AM (ppL7t)

367 BREAKING: All traffic halted on the Bay Bridge going eastbound after a [naked] woman got out of her car and began shooting a gun, according to the California Highway Patrol.
_________

New Olympic sport that combines race car driving, streaking and skeet shooting.

Like an urban biathlon.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 26, 2023 09:30 AM (lf83v)

368 There may be a coup d'état happening in Niger.

Oh, well. Anyway...

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 26, 2023 09:31 AM (krqg6)

369 Cuban leader Miguel Díaz-Canel strongly condemned the entry into NATO of new members bordering Russia. "In light of hostile actions by the (NATO) alliance, Cuba is ready to place Russian missiles on its territory, again."

Posted by: SMOD at July 26, 2023 09:31 AM (RHGPo)

370 365 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 12h
BREAKING: All traffic halted on the Bay Bridge going eastbound after a [naked] woman got out of her car and began shooting a gun, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 26, 2023 09:27 AM (krqg6)

She have a pair of 38's?
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I guess she really doesn't want to go to the beach.

Posted by: Puddinhead at July 26, 2023 09:31 AM (ppL7t)

371 New Olympic sport that combines race car driving, streaking and skeet shooting.

Like an urban biathlon.

Needs fentanyl a/o meth to make it complete triathalon

Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 26, 2023 09:32 AM (p8A+W)

372 368 There may be a coup d'état happening in Niger.

Oh, well. Anyway...
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 26, 2023 09:31 AM (krqg6)

--Should I buy yellow sheet cake to celebrate?

Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2023 09:32 AM (ywVDE)

373 Ace let some of his fantasies slip. The Horde ran with it.
Posted by: garrett at July 26, 2023 09:12 AM (CG/r6)
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So soon after Pride Month??

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 26, 2023 09:32 AM (RIvkX)

374 369 Cuban leader Miguel Díaz-Canel strongly condemned the entry into NATO of new members bordering Russia. "In light of hostile actions by the (NATO) alliance, Cuba is ready to place Russian missiles on its territory, again."
Posted by: SMOD at July 26, 2023 09:31 AM (RHGPo)

Who? Did both the Castros die when I wasn't looking? I knew Fidel had died.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 26, 2023 09:32 AM (eYoxG)

375 [snip of another good idea]

In addition (or instead of, if necessary), prop up a popular hard-leftist to appeal to the Progressive True Believers. Democrats are already expressing concern over a Cornell West run. But imagine if you could get AOC or a Van Jones.

Posted by: I Work for Dick Jones at July 26, 2023 09:25 AM (26v+j)

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DonkeyChompers/Angela Davis 2024 -- There's a New Hit Squad in Town!

Posted by: ShainS at July 26, 2023 09:33 AM (Pk+pJ)

376 368 There may be a coup d'état happening in Niger.

Oh, well. Anyway...
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 26, 2023 09:31 AM (krqg6)

--Should I buy yellow sheet cake to celebrate?
Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2023 09:32 AM (ywVDE)

*glares*

Posted by: Valerie Plame at July 26, 2023 09:33 AM (4I/2K)

377 There is no known chemical agent other than NAPALM that will effect deerflies.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 26, 2023 09:29 AM (p8A+W)

Portable flamethrower FTW!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 26, 2023 09:33 AM (EtPNQ)

378 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 12h
BREAKING: All traffic halted on the Bay Bridge going eastbound after a [naked] woman got out of her car and began shooting a gun, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 26, 2023 09:27 AM (krqg6)
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I left my Glock in San Francisco. Is Tony Bennet still dead?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 26, 2023 09:33 AM (adINt)

379 >>Over/under on when EV auto insurance premiums eventually exceed the cost of the vehicles?

Add to it the electric bicycle batteries are spontaneously combusting, burning down the stores and homes in which they are stored.

The future: a "15 Minute City" where we all live in micro apartment-dense super high rises - and your neighbor's electric bike catches fire and kills thousands. . . . we'll be meeting the WEF's 2035 depopulation goals in no time!!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 26, 2023 09:33 AM (avru5)

380 Western Australia has flies worse than deerflies.

The Australian flies have guns? Otherwise, unless each is individually inhabited by vindictive demons, I fail to see how.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 26, 2023 09:33 AM (p8A+W)

381 We have soldiers in Niger and they should be brought home.

Shouldn't France be taking care of Niger, anyway?

Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2023 09:34 AM (ywVDE)

382 Thank you, JJ

Posted by: Gref at July 26, 2023 09:34 AM (AMIL/)

383 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 12h
BREAKING: All traffic halted on the Bay Bridge going eastbound after a [naked] woman got out of her car and began shooting a gun, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 26, 2023 09:27 AM (krqg6)
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And, and! a rolling gunfight in downtown Oakland between victim and perpetrator during an interrupted car theft. Wild, wild west.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 26, 2023 09:34 AM (RIvkX)

384 >>New Olympic sport that combines race car driving, streaking and skeet shooting.

Like an urban biathlon.

Maybe add in some looting while you're at it?

Posted by: Lizzy at July 26, 2023 09:35 AM (avru5)

385 >>Maybe add in some looting while you're at it?

100M Big Screen TV Run.

Posted by: garrett at July 26, 2023 09:36 AM (CG/r6)

386 nood

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 26, 2023 09:36 AM (krqg6)

387 Speaking of Niger, the Frogs have their own clutches on the throats of many of there former formal colonies:

https://youtu.be/36vYRkVYeVw

Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2023 09:38 AM (ywVDE)

388 That Hung Cao pitch was fucking awesome. It could not have been any better.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at July 26, 2023 09:39 AM (pohLc)

389 68 There may be a coup d'état happening in Niger.

Oh, well. Anyway...
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 26, 2023 09:31 AM (krqg6)

Perhaps BLM should intervene.

Posted by: Oh but I crack myself up sometimes at July 26, 2023 09:39 AM (e8n94)

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Posted by: Ciampino - California Gurgling on such a stinky day at July 26, 2023 09:45 AM (qfLjt)

391 @364

>>How does any candidate combination keep the Secretaries of States of AZ, WI, MI, PA, and GA from "accidentally" sending out hundreds of thousands of mail in ballots or "accidentally" screwing up machines in red districts or "accidentally" not allowing any outsiders into count rooms?

Coincidentally, the GOP state apparatuses in those states appears to be collapsing financially and is devolving into scenes reminiscent of the beginning of 2001 A Space Odessy.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 26, 2023 09:46 AM (up/3i)

392 Yesterday, Congressman Scott Perry of the Freedom Caucus was a local (Philadelphia region) radio program discussing, among other things, the FedNow Program and digital currency.

Press Release, June 29, 2023, Federal Reserve names organizations certified as ready for FedNow® Service. In part, "In addition to working with early adopters, the Federal Reserve continues to work with and onboard financial institutions planning to join later in 2023 and beyond, as the initial step to growing a robust network aiming to reach all 10,000 U.S. financial institutions."

What power does the president have over the Federal Reserve? A president does appoint the majority of voting officials.

As a point of information, as recently as May 12, '23, the WH Briefing Room reported, "Today, President Biden announced his nomination of Dr. Philip Jefferson for Vice Chair and Dr. Adriana Kugler to serve as a Member on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. President Biden also announced that he will renominate Dr. Lisa Cook for an additional full term as a Member."

Some controllable conflict - political & otherwise - helps obscure the level of control the junta will exercise.

Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know their enemy at July 26, 2023 10:04 AM (GshMh)

393 After the stolen 2020 election and the Republican back stabbing at that time, I vowed to not cast a vote again above state level, and I haven't. I will not participate in a rigged election, and I will not support a national party who hates me.

If this means that Democrats enact more of their agenda, that's great. The more they get their way, the closer we get to an open civil war. That would be a very good thing for freedom.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at July 26, 2023 10:52 AM (A1cJt)

394 We urge President Biden to restrain MAGA justices immediately by announcing that if and when they issue rulings that are based on gravely mistaken interpretations of the Constitution that undermine our most fundamental commitments, the Administration will be guided by its own constitutional interpretations.

And, pray-tell, who makes the decision when decisions are "gravely mistaken interpretations"?
That's what it always comes down to.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 26, 2023 11:45 AM (ynpvh)

395 394

Also, how would they feel if Donald Trump had that power as President? During the 2020 Elections? Where he could have ignored the rulings of the courts and said his interpretation of the Constitution was such that those elections in states that violated state law should have their electors excluded...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 26, 2023 11:47 AM (ynpvh)

396 The knife in his back had "Twist to remove" written on the handle. ;P

Posted by: Noah Bawdy at July 26, 2023 12:07 PM (zp72Z)

397 You are on point today, JJ (as you usually are) with but one exception.
2020 IS THE ISSUE. IT'S WHY WE ARE WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. SAYING THE "ISSUES" IS WHAT MATTERS, WHILE NOT NAMING THE SOURCE OF THOSE ISSUES IS NOT GOING TO CUT IT. THE CRIME OF 2020 AND THE RESULTING DESTRUCTION OF THE NATION AS THE CONSEQUENCE OF THAT CRIME, IS WHAT WE ARE LIVING.

To give a good analogy, you don't let people who robbed a bank then run the bank and think you can replace them for looting what's left by merely calling on the bank board to vote them out, all while acting like the fact they are criminals doesn't mean anything.

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