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The Morning Report — 7/27/23

Good morning, kids. Whatever happens going forward with the exposure of the Biden Crime Family's massive, generational corruption, to the extent the propaganda mills can spin the narrative now that it's out in the open, you have to give pretty big props to Judge Maryellen Noreika for tossing the nakedly corrupt plea deal given to the bastard-making bastard of Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants. Of course, the usual gang of hack Lefties will shriek that she was a Trump appointee, ignoring the fact that she was confirmed with a bipartisan vote in the Senate, including the two Democrat tits from Delaware. You know, the same state where the Bidens have their bunker.

The nixing of the plea deal not only opens Hunter up for prosecution (to the extent that the result will not be the same as said plea deal) but combined with the damning IRS whistleblower testimony implicates beyond any reasonable doubt that "the Big Guy" who is referenced hundreds of times in text messages, e-mails and eyewitness testimony is none other than the gibbering sundowning vegetable of a fraud "president" currently taking a wrecking ball to what's left of the nation.

With the gravity and sheer volume of the charges including influence peddling and even extortion to the tune of millions, including to some of the worst international regimes and actors – and worst of all, even confirmation of heavy smoke if not the raging inferno that Joey is indeed in the pocket of the Chi-Coms – impeachment is certainly on the table. At least it should be.

As we all know, the Democrats slam and slime Republicans and conservatives with false charges on a regular basis. And with a throughly corrupt DOJ and criminal justice system acting as a de facto Stasi/Gestapo and '33-'45 era Volksgericht, it amounts to political persecution. Here, as in the past, the GOPe is in the position to do its duty by leveling legitimate charges at an abject amoral perverted criminal whose high crimes and misdemeanors are a red-pubic hair's breadth away from being considered traitorous. But what has the GOPe done in these kind of situations? Backed down with a harrumph and a complaint that to do their duty would violate comity, or some such rot. If past is prologue, expect them to give the moral equivalent of a "no reasonable prosecutor" excuse.

And yet, Frank Luntz's cabana boy seems to be making the right noises. We shall see. In any case, even if it goes forward, and even if he is impeached, the odds of Biden being convicted and removed are non-existent given the makeup of the Senate, the Machiavellian maneuverings of the Kalorama and Chappaqua factions of the Party notwithstanding.

But Ben Weingarten at Real Clear Investigations says it must go forward all the same.

Little could be more dangerous than for our commander-in-chief to be corrupted and compromised by foreign powers, including our worst enemies. There is growing evidence [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Joe Biden just may be such a corrupted and compromised figure. So if House Republicans launch an impeachment inquiry into the uniquely grave offenses in which Biden has been implicated, they will be doing so on uniquely justified grounds. Certainly, Congresses impeached Presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump for far less.
It is now well established that the Biden family, led by apparent bagman Hunter, has collected millions of dollars through business dealings with parties ranging from Chinese Communist Party-linked individuals and entities to corrupt Ukrainian concerns. Much of the money rolled in while Joe Biden was vice president and overseeing policy in these locales. None of the Bidens had any real experience or expertise in international business dealings — certainly not the spouses, girlfriends and even the grandchild to whom funds flowed. The money funneled through a complex web of shell companies, often in smaller dollar increments, seemingly aimed at concealing its source and skirting scrutiny.
There is a credible allegation that Joe and Hunter Biden each received $5 million bribes from the Ukrainian energy company Burisma. The Justice Department is alleged to have concealed the document memorializing these claims from IRS investigators pursuing the president’s son. The Biden FBI kept the document from congressional investigators up until the point Director Christopher Wray faced a contempt proceeding. The Hunter Biden “tax probe” that whistleblowers say the Justice Department obstructed — including by refusing to pursue leads pointing to Joe — produced charges that US attorneys the president appointed would not allow Delaware US Attorney David Weiss to bring.
Either Weiss or Biden-appointed Attorney General Merrick Garland seems to be dissembling about what authority Weiss — who Garland neglected to replace with a special counsel — had. The IRS whistleblowers were thrown off the case in apparent reprisal for having come forward to expose wrongdoing. Prosecutors agreed to a sweetheart plea deal with Hunter Biden only for it to be scuttled Wednesday by federal Judge Maryellen Noreika. The [so-called quote-unquote "president's"] subordinates, in shielding his son from facing additional, more serious charges, have in effect protected the Biden family business from scrutiny. An international influence-peddling operation only existed because of Joe Biden.
Without his power, there would have been nothing for his family to sell. That we know almost nothing about the services its members rendered is only further evidence of it. Biden has repeatedly denied knowledge about the family business, despite mounting evidence, likely to be augmented should Hunter Biden’s former business partner Devon Archer testify before Congress, that he participated in related meetings.
An impeachment inquiry, which would arm House Republicans with the most awesome investigative powers possible, would reveal what the Bidens earned, from whom, for what, what the president knew, when he knew it, what he did about it, if and how he benefited and whether he has lied about it all.
It would also allow Congress to assess whether and to what extent his family’s dealings have influenced his policies — that is, whether he is acting in America’s self-interest or his own. At its most extreme, the president’s conduct could include bribery and/or rise to the level of treason, the only two specific impeachable offenses laid out in the Constitution.
Contrast this with the last three impeachments, brought on various offenses Congress deemed “high crimes and misdemeanors.” President Clinton faced articles of impeachment for perjury and obstruction of justice charges in connection with the Paula Jones sexual-harassment lawsuit and his affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. President Trump was impeached first for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress connected to his withholding of foreign aid to Ukraine — an impeachment in effect covering up the Biden family’s business dealings there brought because of a dispute subordinates had with Trump over his foreign policy. In Trump’s second impeachment, he faced one article for inciting an insurrection in connection with the Capitol riot. Democrats would likely try to put Jan. 6 on par with Biden’s worst possible acts. But could a president “incite” by telling rallygoers to march “peacefully and patriotically”? And how serious was this impeachment when Trump was already out the door before it finished?
Impeachment is a political remedy for which House Republicans will have to weigh all costs and benefits.
But on its own merits and based on historical precedent, the gravity of Joe Biden’s alleged misconduct more than justifies it.

It's a shame that we have reached a point where things like impeachment have become more or less meaningless kabuki theater, devolving from the solemn act it was envisioned as. Worse is that shameless criminal hucksters, liars, thugs and perverts like the Bidens were able to rise to the positions they did, because of the incuriosity of those who voted for him time and time again for over 50 years (election rigging notwithstanding). But, here it is and here we are.

We as a people have been brought to the point of no longer being "the moral and religious people" John Adams declared our Constitution was suited to. At least, not those in power and those who have put them in power lo these many years and even decades.

What comes next is indeed the $100 trillion dollar-plus question.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

"In the early 2000s, Sibel Edmonds tried to expose what was going on, only to learn the hard way that covering up federal crimes was a 'national security' issue."
Our Government Has Been Covering Up Its Crimes for a Very Long Time
Daniel Greenfield: "Brother, won’t you spare a job for a diversity consultant?"
The DEI Dieback

BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS

"The original plea deal fell apart after the judge questioned if it covered future potential charges of the Justice Department’s ongoing investigation. The prosecution reportedly said the deal did not include any alleged Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) violations."
Hunter Biden Pleads Not Guilty After Plea Deal Falls Apart
Margot Cleveland: "The scandal was never about Hunter’s sordid sex life and drug abuse. It was about Joe Biden’s abuse of power — and all those covering it up."
Biden Family Scandals Are So Much Bigger Than Hunter’s Hookers And Burisma Bribery
Robert Spencer: "Surprise, surprise, old Joe named a big buyer of Hunter’s artwork to a prestigious federal commission."
Hunter Biden’s Artistic Career = Influence Peddling
Miranda Devine: ". . . here is a handy reckoner for Americans to decipher the [so-called quote-unquote "president's"] new catchphrase."
The Real Scoop on Bidenomics: Corruption, Tax Evasion and Hunter
Real Clear Investigations Weingarten: "Little could be more dangerous than for our [spurious, illegitimate] commander-in-chief to be corrupted and compromised by foreign powers, including our worst enemies."
Start an Impeachment inquiry on Joe Biden Now — Other [and legitimate] Presidents Were Impeached for Less
Kash Patel: “The law just says you have to register, you have to put the government on notice, and it doesn’t cost you anything. It just says file a piece of paper. It’s literally like one page. And it just says, ‘Here, I’m registered. You DOJ are aware of it. Track it all you want.’ That’s it.”
Hunter Biden Team Rejected Plea Deal After Prosecutors Said It Didn’t Include FARA Immunity
"The drama, which unfolded Wednesday during a discussion about the terms of Biden’s plea deal on misdemeanor tax crimes and a felony gun charge, suggests that foreign agent charges are a source of concern for the embattled first son. Here are the cases that could keep Biden up at night. . . "
Foreign Agent Cases Loom Over Hunter Biden’s Plea Deal
“In less than five minutes Goldman demolished Biden’s defense and showed that the [so-called quote-unquote "president"] has been lying for years to the American people.”
'Disaster': Jonathan Turley Points To One Democrat Who 'Demolished' Joe Biden's Defense
"House Republicans are moving closer to an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden, according to Speaker Kevin McCarthy as party leaders continue to investigate allegations that the president accepted millions of dollars in bribes from foreign entities, including individuals linked to the Chinese Communist Party."
Will Republicans Impeach Biden? Here’s The Full Corruption Timeline.
"American voters who struggle to enjoy the benefits of 'Bidenomics' understand that Joe Biden and his family likely never earned an honest living while Joe was senator, vice president or president."
Biden: Hiding in Plain Sight
CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
Lloyd Billingsley: "Victims of Audrey Hale’s Nashville attack provide evidence of what is to come."
“Transifa” Terror on the Rise
Yes, the party of peace and love launched a series of death threats against School Board President Sonja Shaw, some of which included dismembering her, according to Fox News. Nothing screams “We’re the good guys” like a bunch of wackadoos threatening to chop heads off, right? That’ll surely win hearts and minds to the transgender cause.
Transgender Policy Allegedly Leads Activists to Make Disturbing Threats Against School Board President
“A lot of Americans are up for grabs.”
Video: MSNBC Leftist Calls For Post 9/11 Style Crackdown To Prevent Americans Becoming Too Patriotic
"The Washington Post is shocked at Leonard Leo’s support."
In Praise of Clarence Thomas
"How sad is it that we live in a country where pro-life activists who are brave enough to break the horrible cycle of abortion in our country through peaceful means have to fear for their safety as they stand up for America’s most vulnerable? "
Pro-Choice or No Choice? Pro-Aborts Attack Pro-Life Counselors Outside D.C. Planned Parenthood
"If the FBI won’t submit to the legislative branch’s oversight, Congress can take away its guns and its jurisdiction."
It’s Time to Disarm All FBI Agents and Return Authority to Local Law Enforcement
"Did Jesse really 'define' it?"
Kamala Harris Was So Wrong About the Rainbow
"Companies have asked top law firms to review their diversity policies. Some firms are telling them to violate civil rights law."
Starbucks Hired Eric Holder To Conduct a ‘Civil Rights Audit.’ The Policies He Blessed Got the Coffee Maker Sued.
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
"If that doesn’t make your day, try this on for size: the far-left Washington Post has lost around 500,000 subscribers since 2020."
Far-Left Washington Post Set to Lose $100 Million This Year
Dennis Prager: "Read the following statistics and conclusions and weep for our country."
Pew Research: Democrats Value Free Speech Far Less than Republicans
Robert Zimmerman: "I am not noting this harsh fact so bluntly in order to inspire hatred of Democrats, but to educate Americans of the real threat these people and their party now represent. They are dangerous. Be careful what you say to them. Be prepared for battle, but don’t run from it. Do what country singer Jason Aldean has done when these censorship kings tried to cancel him...: Stand tall and refuse to back down."
Democrats Now Favor Oppression and Censorship by Almost 3 to 1
"What drives the media gatekeepers to intentionally overlook this horror?"
Can We All Agree that Child Trafficking is Wrong and Evil?
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Powell does not see the inflation rate returning to the normal level of 2% until 2025, far sooner than when he believes the Fed will start lowering rates again, he said in a press conference concluding the July Federal Open Market Committee meeting. The remarks follow the Wednesday announcement prior to the press conference by the Fed that it would raise its benchmark federal funds rate by 25 basis points to a range of 5.25% and 5.50%, reaching the highest level since 2001, according to the Fed press release.
Fed Chair Predicts Inflation Will Be With Us For Years
"Despite the [so-called quote-unquote "president"] talking up the success of Bidenomics, Americans aren't convinced the economy's improving."
Majority Agree ‘Bidenomics’ Isn’t Working In Latest I&I/TIPP Poll
"Vermont senator's proposal would align the nation with D.C. and other liberal cities."
Bernie's Minimum Wage Bill Would Kill 1.7 Million Jobs and Decimate Restaurant Industry, Report Finds
"Is Bidenomics working? Depends on what you mean by 'working.'"
Bidenomics: Controlling Inflation by Making Us Poorer
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
"The most important element to consider here is that this anti-agriculture, anti-human project to shut down food production in the name of climate change is global in nature."
Irish Farmers Protest Government Cow Sacrifice to Climate Gods
"“You might want to try to get used to the heat.”
“Where You’re Going It’s Much Hotter”: Hillary Clinton Blasted After Blaming Weather On Trump Supporters
"The Biden [junta] claims to seek an 'energy transition' while impeding acquisition of the minerals that will fuel it."
Self-Defeating Environmentalism
"Suppression of discussion and omissions of scientific matters are taking place from within the world of science."
The Suppression of Discussion Continues to Degrade Science
AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
"Mayorkas defended the administration’s policies during the hearing as he was grilled by Republicans about the state of the border. Since [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Joe Biden took office, illegal immigrants have crossed into the U.S. in record numbers, and crossings are estimated to exceed at least 5 million."
Mayorkas Says Border ‘Is Not’ Open After Record Number Of Illegal Crossings Under Biden
“These are wristbands the cartels force people to wear when they cross the border. If you’re not wearing one when you cross, the cartels will take a limb.”
Rep. Cammack Exposes Harsh Reality of Border Crisis to Sec. Becerra
“Birthright citizenship has been grossly misapplied for decades, recently becoming a loophole for illegal aliens to fraudulently abuse our immigration system. This is an important step in preserving the sanctity of American citizenship and ensures that citizenship is not treated as a loophole to be exploited but rather a privilege to be earned when legally migrating to our country.”
Matt Gaetz: End Anchor Babies & ‘Unqualified’ Birthright Citizenship.
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
"If the establishment planned to hide or suppress a spike in crime, that was the right time to engineer a bureaucratic reset in information collection. When the FBI released its 2021 national crime data last fall, it couldn’t say if crime went up, went down, or stayed the same. The FBI concluded that all three scenarios could be possible because of the gaps in the data."
Democrats Run The Most Crime Ridden Cities In The US – But Is The Situation Even Worse Than We’re Told?
"The charges — all from four men — stemmed from when Spacey worked as the artistic director at London’s Old Vic Theater. The Oscar winner teared up as the not-guilty verdicts were read aloud. Spacey’s legal counsel suggested three of the four men lied and one was intoxicated."
Kevin Spacey Walks! Acquitted on All Counts of Sexual Assault
"On an enduring but wrongheaded temptation."
No, Legalization Won’t Solve the Drug Crisis
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
“There has probably never been a cover-up in this history of all politics that has been so completed [sic] documented that they were lying to us.”
Sen. Rand Paul Says He’s Referred Dr. Anthony Fauci to the DOJ for Prosecution
"We’ve been warning about the elevated risk of myocarditis for some time now — will the government ever admit its mistake?"
Study Suggests U.S. Government Lied About Myocarditis Risk From Chinese COVID Vax
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
William Jacobson: If you check “White” or “Asian/Pacific Islander” you need to show you were “economically disadvantaged,” but if you are “Black/African-American” or “American Indian/Alaska Native” or “Hispanic/Latino” you are presumed eligible. The Jacobs School of Medicine and the rest of the SUNY system need to stop discriminating on the basis of race and color: “EqualProtect.org is willing to assist SUNY in an Equality Audit without charge”
SUNY Buffalo Medical School Youth Program Racial Preferences Challenged By Equal Protection Project
"It’s scary enough sending a 5- to 18-year-olds to a traditional public school these days. But do you want to risk your 4-year-old child getting an education about gender identity?"
The Educational Establishment’s Radical New Ploys
"[Literal cocksucker Kamala] Harris responded to the standards on July 20, stating that Republicans are trying to 'gaslight' American students with a 'revisionist history.'”
Florida To Move Forward With African American History Standards Despite Backlash
With Republicans like these, who needs Democrats. This fraud needs a flaming hand grenade enema.
Asa Hutchinson Denounces Florida Curriculum As 'Taking Us Back To The 50s Or The Jim Crow Days'
"Harris promotes 1619 Project–style history in bid for reelection."
Kamala Harris Wants Florida to Teach Racist History
"People who took a test to become a teacher and failed that test have now blamed racist oppression for their inability to pass the test."
Failed teachers awarded $1.8 BILLION by NYC after judge deems teacher testing to be racist
"In "higher education," no one is allowed to question [Chinese] COVID-19 vaccines, child genital mutilation, or anything related to 'diversity.'"
President of Thomas Jefferson University Resigns After "Liking" Unapproved Tweets
THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
Good.
Ohio Republican Introduces Bill To Ban Ranked-Choice Voting In Statewide Elections
“[I]t’s up to the states and Congress to work together to stop this unprecedented scheme before time runs out.”
Conservatives Fight Secretive Biden Voting Order as ‘Bidenbucks’ – Federal ‘Zuckbucks’ on Steroids
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
"Under Cruz’s amendment, the FTC 'may not discriminate against any community or entity in Israeli territory,' including Jewish communities in contested areas."
Cruz Moves to Block FTC From Penalizing Israeli Companies
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
"If you want to be progressive, do something totally normal–and then disguise it as completely radical. You’ll go viral."
Dem Congressman Ends His Heroic 'Thirst Strike' – After 8 Hours
POLITICS
"As his tight-lipped, unblinking pause grew longer, Republican colleagues Steve Daines (MT), Joni Ernst (IA), Shelly Moore Capito (WV), Jon Thune (SD), and John Barrasso (WY) showed visible concern." (whistle a happy Thune . . . - jjs)
WATCH: Mitch McConnell Freezes at Podium, Escorted Away by Colleagues
"That is the DeSantis situation right now. You’ve overplayed this, you’ve overstayed this. You’re a running dog for the donors class who’s trying to destroy Trump, and destroying Trump, trying to thwart his audience. You see it every day on Fox."
Bannon calls for a 'Carthaginian Peace' with DeSantis: Burn it down and salt the Earth
"The [so-called quote-unquote "president"] consistently presents the family story that flatters over the true one."
The Seventh Granddaughter and Other Realities Dodged by Joe Biden
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
"The White House has an obligation to explain, explicitly and officially, what we are trying to achieve in Ukraine."
Define the Mission
"Some things should not be done again."
Bombs Away
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Rabbi Fischer: "Joe has been lecturing the country not to reform its extreme-leftist, unrestrained court."
The Insanity of Biden’s Opposition to Israel’s Judicial Reform
"The targets: members of 'Palestinian' Islamic Jihad." (pass the falafel-flavored popcorn - jjs)
Hamas Mob Storms Mosque in Gaza
"Germany naturalizes foreign nationals quickly compared to many other countries with a high migrant population. They are immediately recognized in law as “Germans” by nationality after obtaining citizenship."
Media Hides Migrant Origins of 5 ‘Germans’ Suspected of Gang-Rape.
"The protests witnessed people carrying placards and shouting slogans about racial discrimination and abortion restrictions in the US and were subsequently uploaded to social media. Both protests were “intended to sow discord in US society,” states senior Mandiant analyst Ryan Serabian."
CCP-Linked PR Firm Promoted D.C. Protests
"When a [so-called quote-unquote "president"] proves he's a toothless paper tiger."
Biden Junta Senior Officials Visit China and Return Empty-Handed
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
Bergdahl received a dishonorable discharge, reduction in rank, and forfeiture of $10,000 in pay in 2017 after becoming the sole U.S. service member to be captured in Afghanistan shortly after he left his post in June 2009. President Barack Obama exchanged Bergdahl for five noted Taliban terrorists, calling the deserter a “hero” in a Rose Garden ceremony. (he should have been executed for desertion and treason - jjs)
Federal Judge Overturns Conviction of Army Deserter Bowe Bergdahl
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
Three dozen lawmakers, led by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., filed another brief on Monday in support of a challenge to the Chevron ruling. The brief includes 18 total signatories from the upper chamber, including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and 18 from the House. (dumping Chevron would be yuuuuge - jjs)
Republican Lawmakers Call On SCOTUS To ‘Rein In’ The Administrative State
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
Deane Waldman, M.D.: "Since healthcare fraud occurs almost exclusively through a third-party billing system where some entity other than the patient-consumer pays for what the patient-consumer receives, the solution is obvious."
Eliminate Fraud with Patient-Controlled Healthcare
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
"Six years ago, the United States witnessed an incredible solar eclipse. Now we’re due for an encore — actually, two of them."
Get Ready For America’s Next Great Solar Eclipses
"The only concern with such an outage would be the many systems on the American half of ISS that are closely controlled and maintained by the ground. On the Russian half the goal has always been to build its station modules so they could run independent of ground operations."
Houston mission control loses contact with ISS for about 90 minutes
"The most striking details are the two-sided lobes that fan out from the actively forming central stars, represented in fiery orange. Much of this material was shot out from those stars as they repeatedly ingest and eject the gas and dust that immediately surround them over thousands of years."
Infrared Webb image of a binary baby star system and its surrounding jets and nebula
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
"Detransitioner Soren Aldaco is seeking upwards of $1 million in damages."
‘No One Has A Right To Sterilize A Child’: Two Detransitioners Sue Doctors Over Medical Interventions
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
"And that’s actually a good thing."
The Hollywood Strike Might Blow Down the Whole House of Cards
“'Try That in a Small Town' reminds us just how outraged we should be. It is a primal scream, uttered from the depths of a culture edging closer to the ultimate choice: fight or die. Expect more of them, and it’s about time."
Jason Aldean’s Primal Scream
The NBA, comprised of mostly black players, has long prevented NBA owners from investing in “competing leagues” like BIG3. And while Ice Cube’s black-owned business insists it is not a direct competitor to the NBA due to its differing season and three-on-three format, the rapper, actor, and film producer is accusing Silver of trying to crush his competition while denying opportunities to players and coaches.
NBA Freezes Out Ice Cube & His ‘BIG3’ League While Courting Qatar.
That is the real tragedy here. Sadly, the C-suite assholes who did this have golden parachutes and will hardly suffer.
Anheuser-Busch Lays Off Hundreds of Workers amid Bud Light Boycott
Christian Toto: "Oscar-winner Hilary Swank stars in fact-based tale of one woman's heroism."
Is Ordinary Angels the Next Faith-Based Smash?
"Those of us who think before following a Stalin-like Pied Piper are . . . viewed not only as morally corrupt but as enemies."
Why Are Leftists Easy to Control? I Have an Answer
HITHER & YON
"O’Connor, who infamously tore a photo of Pope John Paul II in half in 1992, found worldwide fame in 1990 with her cover of Prince’s song, 'Nothing Compares 2 U,' which was named the number one world single that year by the Billboard Music Awards."
Irish Music Legend Sinéad O’Connor Dead at 56
"Nolan’s excellent handling of all this isn’t just in the visuals as the director, but also in the script as both writer and adapter."
Christopher Nolan Flexes His Filmmaking Brilliance In Oppenheimer
"Was the father of the A-bomb a patriot or a traitor?"
Oppenheimer: A Dishonest Masterpiece
"Fierce struggle for democracy is one of the effective methods of its undermining and even destruction, i.e. establishment of dictatorship."
The Contradictory Nature of Democracy

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1 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2023 07:07 AM (yjSq/)

2 Corgis called.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2023 07:08 AM (yjSq/)

3 Hat trick?

Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2023 07:08 AM (yjSq/)

4 Did it.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2023 07:08 AM (yjSq/)

5 Thank you JJ

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 27, 2023 07:08 AM (1n+EO)

6 It's lonely in here.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2023 07:08 AM (yjSq/)

7
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 27, 2023 07:09 AM (ENBF0)

8 Happy birthday JJ!

Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2023 07:09 AM (yjSq/)

9 WTFO??

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 27, 2023 07:10 AM (BRHaw)

10 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 27, 2023 07:10 AM (Q4IgG)

11 Morning, all.

Going to make some tea, then read JJs opening monologue.

See you all in a bit.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 27, 2023 07:15 AM (AW0uW)

12 Sibel Edmonds learned the hard way. The Deep State don't play.

She would have been better off making $14.00 the hard way.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 27, 2023 07:17 AM (b+YaX)

13 G'mornin' Horde!

Thanks as always, JJ! Awesome work, literally!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying liars have been lying for decades at July 27, 2023 07:18 AM (JJZMp)

14 President Kamala Harris.

Posted by: davidt at July 27, 2023 07:18 AM (SYTee)

15 But one year later, Starbucks was fending off a civil rights lawsuit over precisely the programs Holder had blessed. The lawsuit, which is still ongoing and was filed last August by the National Center for Public Policy Research, a conservative nonprofit that is also a Starbucks shareholder, argued that the programs violate non-discrimination laws as well as the company’s fiduciary duties. Such claims may have come as a surprise to Starbucks executives: At no point did Holder’s report address the legality of the policies at issue.

At no point did Holder’s report address the legality of the policies at issue. Typical Progressive Behavior.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 27, 2023 07:18 AM (BRHaw)

16 Worth noting also, maybe, is that Noreika threw out a lawsuit filed against noted liar Adam Schiffheel.

Posted by: Mike Hendrix at July 27, 2023 07:19 AM (aWfEr)

17 So if House Republicans launch an impeachment inquiry into the uniquely grave offenses in which Biden has been implicated, they will be doing so on uniquely justified grounds. Certainly, Congresses impeached Presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump for far less.

Lets not forget that we are talking the McGOP here. They couldn't indict the Devil himself let alone impeach and remove.

Furthermore, its debatable if it would make any difference since there is no honest person on this planet who could tell you who is calling the shots. Obama? Kalarama? Oligarchs? Legion?

Removing Biden would be doing him and Demonic Part a favor.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 27, 2023 07:19 AM (p8A+W)

18 These headlines. Sheesh.

"The judge who blew up Hunter Biden's plea deal on Wednesday told the noted artist and former Ukrainian energy executive that he must look for a job as part of the conditions of his release."

Posted by: fd at July 27, 2023 07:20 AM (iayUP)

19 Good morning dear horde and happy birthday JJ

Someone wake me when Hunter is arrested and perp-walked.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 27, 2023 07:20 AM (RIvkX)

20 Seems like Hunter's Not Guilty plea suddenly makes this a whole new ball game.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 27, 2023 07:21 AM (1n+EO)

21 >>Impeachment is a political remedy for which House Republicans will have to weigh all costs and benefits.

It would die in the Senate, were it even to get that far

Posted by: DB - shadowy figure from a past episode at July 27, 2023 07:21 AM (geLO8)

22 “We would really want to be sure that inflation is coming down in a sustainable way. I’m not gonna try to make a numerical assessment of when and where that would be, but that’s a way I would think about, is you’d stop raising long before you get to 2% inflation and you’d start cutting before you get two percent inflation too, because we don’t see ourselves getting all the way back to two until 2025 or so,” he said.

Sorry for the maths.
So they printed 40% too much money.
In 2021 we had around 8% inflation.
About the same in 2022.
And 6% in 2023.
40-8=32 32-8=24 24-6= 18%
So at least 4 more years of over 6%.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 27, 2023 07:23 AM (BRHaw)

23 SCHIFF: “The Republican desire to impeach someone — anyone, no matter if there’s any evidence — just shows how they have descended into chaos.”

It begins... the muckraking does.

Love the 'no matter if there's any evidence' quip. Dude's a walking billboard for denial.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 27, 2023 07:23 AM (Q4IgG)

24 I see no mention of the weirdest story from yesterday

Congressional testimony that not only has the USGovt recovered crashed UFOs, but that 'non-human biologic remains' were recovered

Posted by: DB - shadowy figure from a past episode at July 27, 2023 07:25 AM (geLO8)

25 "Six years ago, the United States witnessed an incredible solar eclipse. Now we’re due for an encore — actually, two of them."

God is sending a reminder a week in advance to attend the TxMoMe.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 27, 2023 07:25 AM (p8A+W)

26 Congressional testimony that not only has the USGovt recovered crashed UFOs, but that 'non-human biologic remains' were recovered
Posted by: DB - shadowy figure from a past episode at July 27, 2023 07:25 AM (geLO

ET did not phone home

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 27, 2023 07:25 AM (BRHaw)

27 >SCHIFF: “The Republican desire to impeach someone — anyone, no matter if there’s any evidence — just shows how they have descended into chaos.”

you guys started it

Posted by: DB - shadowy figure from a past episode at July 27, 2023 07:25 AM (geLO8)

28 "Congressional testimony that not only has the USGovt recovered crashed UFOs, but that 'non-human biologic remains' were recovered
Posted by: DB "

Probably a Russian dog.

Posted by: fd at July 27, 2023 07:26 AM (iayUP)

29 Socialist MILLIONAIRE Vermont senator Bernie Sanders's proposal to raise the minimum wage to $17 an hour and eliminate the federal tip credit would kill about 1.7 million jobs and ruin restaurants, according to a new report.

fixed it

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 27, 2023 07:26 AM (BRHaw)

30 I wonder if Hunter got a job yet.

Posted by: fd at July 27, 2023 07:27 AM (iayUP)

31 Hmm. Begdahl's conviction overturned. Maybe he'll get careless and run into some old platoon members.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 27, 2023 07:27 AM (0EOe9)

32 If confirmed, Martin O'Malley will bring the same level of leadership to the Social Security Administration that he did to Maryland while serving as Governor.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 27, 2023 07:27 AM (1n+EO)

33 shoulda known better

Posted by: DB - shadowy figure from a past episode at July 27, 2023 07:28 AM (geLO8)

34 26 Congressional testimony that not only has the USGovt recovered crashed UFOs, but that 'non-human biologic remains' were recovered
Posted by: DB - shadowy figure from a past episode at July 27, 2023 07:25 AM (geLO

ET did not phone home
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 27, 2023 07:25 AM (BRHaw)

Are you positing Alien Drunk Drivers?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 27, 2023 07:28 AM (zZu0s)

35 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at July 27, 2023 07:28 AM (NBVIP)

36 Whatever bipartisan panel that the Republicans put together..

I want Jamie Raskin to be on it.

With a camera and a microphone on him 24 hours per day.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 27, 2023 07:29 AM (1n+EO)

37 Congressional testimony that not only has the USGovt recovered crashed UFOs, but that 'non-human biologic remains' were recovered

Its a yawner. UFO means "Unidentified" as in, no transponder or visual identification was possible.

One argument: the local radio-controlled aircraft club's experimental drone crashed after a bird (non-human) strike and some game warden recovered it.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 27, 2023 07:29 AM (p8A+W)

38 Asa Hutchinson Denounces Florida Curriculum As 'Taking Us Back To The 50s Or The Jim Crow Days'

Shut the fuck up
Sit the fuck down
And do not speak again foreva

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 27, 2023 07:30 AM (BRHaw)

39 Does anyone know if they managed to reset Mitch the biich yet?

Posted by: Florida Peasant at July 27, 2023 07:30 AM (tycc/)

40 Socialist MILLIONAIRE Vermont senator Bernie Sanders's proposal to raise the minimum wage to $17 an hour and eliminate the federal tip credit would kill about 1.7 million jobs and ruin restaurants, according to a new report.

Ought to drive home and nursing home healthcare costs up too.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 27, 2023 07:31 AM (p8A+W)

41 38 Asa, just say "Good morning, welcome to Walmart. Good morning, welcome to Walmart".

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 27, 2023 07:31 AM (0EOe9)

42 Impeachment is worthless, which is why they might do it. If they were serious, they would be using their spending power. That they don't shows you how serious they are.

Posted by: Keep Movin On at July 27, 2023 07:32 AM (Ix9FU)

43 We need to not be afraid to move boldly.

And raise the minimum wage to $35.00 per hour, thereby eliminating poverty in our lifetime.

C'mon Lefties, you need to run with this!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 27, 2023 07:33 AM (1n+EO)

44 "The judge who blew up Hunter Biden's plea deal on Wednesday told the noted artist and former Ukrainian energy executive that he must look for a job as part of the conditions of his release."

Which is essentially the court ordering some politically connected company to give Hunter a sinecure for more political access.

Joe is going nowhere, the McGOP will see to it.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 27, 2023 07:33 AM (p8A+W)

45 40 It might get tough getting a taxi in some towns. Bernie's bill will probably fuck things up for drivers who are on a daily share of the fares. I don't know if it would hit drivers who lease from the company.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 27, 2023 07:34 AM (0EOe9)

46 42 Impeachment is worthless, which is why they might do it. If they were serious, they would be using their spending power. That they don't shows you how serious they are.
Posted by: Keep Movin On at July 27, 2023 07:32 AM (Ix9FU)

True. Yet even still, the money will flow DESPITE the House cutting the purse strings legislatively.

The system is not corrupted because now corruption IS the system.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 27, 2023 07:34 AM (x0n13)

47 "Noted artist" known as a Prince.

Posted by: fd at July 27, 2023 07:35 AM (iayUP)

48 A majority of Americans no longer support the First Amendment.

https://tinyurl.com/2cu79beu

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 27, 2023 07:35 AM (DRCwm)

49 "A majority of Americans no longer support the First Amendment.

https://tinyurl.com/2cu79beu"

I was listening to a discussion of that yesterday.

Some small saving grace is Generation Z, which seems to be trending more toward the conservative side of life.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 27, 2023 07:36 AM (1n+EO)

50 The only way FJB will ever be convicted of his crimes in the Senate is if enough Democrat Senators are bullied, blackmailed, or bribed into voting to convict.

As it is, they will continue to vote against conviction as a bloc because that's who they are.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 27, 2023 07:38 AM (YIVH2)

51 "Companies have asked top law firms to review their diversity policies. Some firms are telling them to violate civil rights law."
Starbucks Hired Eric Holder To Conduct a ‘Civil Rights Audit.’ The Policies He Blessed Got the Coffee Maker Sued.

The story is not about "top law firms", it is about Affirmative Action hire Eric Holder and his incompetence. Holder doesn't know anything about the law, he never needed to know anything about the law, particularly when the FUSA is running Without Rule of Law.

If Starbucks wanted to know about buying its way out of a bind, they should have enlisted Bill Clinton who got Jon Corzine of MF Global out of trouble.

Holder is a grifter who didn't have enough juice to prevent Starbucks from being sued by a no-name gaggle of lawyers on an easily avoidable process crime.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 27, 2023 07:39 AM (p8A+W)

52 44 "The judge who blew up Hunter Biden's plea deal on Wednesday told the noted artist and former Ukrainian energy executive that he must look for a job as part of the conditions of his release."

Probably the scariest thing Hunter Biden has ever heard.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 27, 2023 07:40 AM (DRCwm)

53 49 A friend's son got married a few weeks ago and she emailed me pictures. A few of the groomsmen, guys in their early 20s, had Trump flags on their pick ups for the drive to the reception. Of course, Arkansas and Oklahoma.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 27, 2023 07:41 AM (0EOe9)

54 "As his tight-lipped, unblinking pause grew longer, Republican colleagues Steve Daines (MT), Joni Ernst (IA), Shelly Moore Capito (WV), Jon Thune (SD), and John Barrasso (WY) showed visible concern." (whistle a happy Thune . . . - jjs)
WATCH: Mitch McConnell Freezes at Podium, Escorted Away by Colleagues

I had to step away during the Horde's critical assessment of McConnell tripping his circuit breaker.

Was it decided to be a Biden or a Nadler?

Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 27, 2023 07:41 AM (p8A+W)

55 Boker Tov Patriots

65 days

I do think biden has some real serious problems. He might be impeached, of course not convicted, but he may be forced to pardon his son which of course would stir up a real shit show.

We live in interesting but depressing times. And fuck the US women's soccer team. ALL the women of "Color" disrespected the Anthem and Flag again.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 27, 2023 07:42 AM (pVWRI)

56 I feel like someone should post themselves outside the Wilmington court house and play "Cocaine" whenever Hunter appears. It'll be his theme music, like walk-up music at a baseball game.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 27, 2023 07:43 AM (wnpoX)

57 "The judge who blew up Hunter Biden's plea deal on Wednesday told the noted artist and former Ukrainian energy executive that he must look for a job as part of the conditions of his release."

How would you like to be the résumé writing service that gets a call from Hunter this morning?

Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 27, 2023 07:43 AM (p8A+W)

58
Yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip
Mum mum mum mum mum mum
Get a job, sha na na na, sha na na na

Posted by: da Judge at July 27, 2023 07:43 AM (iayUP)

59 If GenZ is trending conservative which I don't see, we are still screwed, they're dumber than a box of rocks.

Posted by: Jaimo at July 27, 2023 07:44 AM (DBrN4)

60 Regarding McConnell...

The GOP would be best served by keeping him on ice, out of view until his term expires, or he does.

See also; Fetterman, DiFi and so on. *

* and play the 'dead Senator voting' game

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 27, 2023 07:44 AM (Q4IgG)

61 55 Tin foil hat stuff, but I believe a pardon of Hunter would stir up so much shit that they would try something wild like Hunter's faked death, allowing him to vanish. Crazy idea, but these people have no boundaries.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 27, 2023 07:45 AM (0EOe9)

62 Woof!

Posted by: Commander at July 27, 2023 07:45 AM (fY84s)

63 Little could be more dangerous than for our commander-in-chief to be corrupted and compromised by foreign powers, including our worst enemies.
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Imagine explaining your reason for writing an essay to Demofascist partisans, and having to break the news to them like this. They're all ignorant twits, so you start off with the obvious and give them a minute to think about it.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 27, 2023 07:46 AM (wnpoX)

64
If GenZ is trending conservative which I don't see, we are still screwed, they're dumber than a box of rocks.

Posted by: Jaimo at July 27, 2023 07:44 AM

Have you thanked a teacher today?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 27, 2023 07:46 AM (enJYY)

65 North Carolina woman Prisha Mosley, who was just 16 years old when she was first put on a path to medically transition to male, says in a lawsuit that healthcare professionals lied to her, both by telling her she could become a boy and “grow a penis,” and by withholding critical information about permanent damage from such treatments.

Mosley, now 25, was given testosterone injections and underwent a double mastectomy as part of her transition when she was a teenager. She now has a deep voice, facial hair, a damaged vagina and chest, and doesn’t know if she’ll ever be able to have children.

This is all done on purpose. It is not to help or transition. It is done to get back at society, to overturn norms, or to change science.

It is no different than the cults of Aztecs killing to make the crops grow or the Jones Killings in Jonestown.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 27, 2023 07:46 AM (BRHaw)

66 "Everybody must try this job now by just using this website..."

I'm on it!

Posted by: Hunter at July 27, 2023 07:47 AM (iayUP)

67 Good morning!
Ugh, the links. . . great collection as always, JJ, just a lot to take in. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2023 07:48 AM (avru5)

68 She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie... cocaine!

Posted by: Clapton at July 27, 2023 07:48 AM (NBVIP)

69 They're all ignorant twits, so you start off with the obvious and give them a minute to think about it.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 27, 2023 07:46 AM (wnpoX)

HF
They are ok with this as they mostly agree with the dictator style rule.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 27, 2023 07:48 AM (BRHaw)

70 Sadly, there are probably people lining up to give Hunter a no show job that Paulie Walnuts and da boys would be proud of.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 27, 2023 07:49 AM (0EOe9)

71 53 49 A friend's son got married a few weeks ago and she emailed me pictures. A few of the groomsmen, guys in their early 20s, had Trump flags on their pick ups for the drive to the reception. Of course, Arkansas and Oklahoma.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 27, 2023 07:41 AM (0EOe9)
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Not just Arkansas/Okla. I was at a wedding on Cape Cod this summer and the kids there (Boston/NYC) are big Trump fans.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 27, 2023 07:49 AM (wnpoX)

72 Show of hands...

How many of y'all think that your own personal dog could bite people at least ten documented times, with at least one time requiring medical treatment,

And your dog still be alive?

C'mon, raise them hands high!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 27, 2023 07:49 AM (1n+EO)

73 55 Tin foil hat stuff, but I believe a pardon of Hunter would stir up so much shit that they would try something wild like Hunter's faked death, allowing him to vanish. Crazy idea, but these people have no boundaries.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 27, 2023 07:45 AM (0EOe9)
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Hmmm. Under those circumstances the FBI might decide to hide Hunter via "witness protection."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 27, 2023 07:49 AM (YIVH2)

74 The summary statement of JJ this morning is critical… John Adams was right then, is right now. Collectively we are Not a moral or religious people, and every year we, collectively, are becoming less so.

Posted by: tubal at July 27, 2023 07:50 AM (PCK5/)

75 I do think biden has some real serious problems. He might be impeached, of course not convicted, but he may be forced to pardon his son which of course would stir up a real shit show.

Someone walks up to the lead prosecutor and tells him of this great, once-in-a-life-time deal that will happen if the case goes a certain way.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 27, 2023 07:50 AM (p8A+W)

76 Hunter gets to experience Biden-omics up close and personal.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 27, 2023 07:51 AM (wnpoX)

77 The summary statement of JJ this morning is critical… John Adams was right then, is right now. Collectively we are Not a moral or religious people, and every year we, collectively, are becoming less so.

That is why so many people recommend a National Divorce. The Scriptures caution those who partner with the unrighteous.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 27, 2023 07:52 AM (p8A+W)

78 Does anyone know if they managed to reset Mitch the biich yet?
Posted by: Florida Peasant at July 27, 2023 07:30 AM (tycc/)

I watched video of his freeze yesterday. I hadn’t realized how feeble the guy is…. He’s like Diane Feinstein’s twin at this point. The geriatric set on both sides of the aisle needs to step down. It’s truly pathetic that these are our “leaders”… to say nothing of mush brains himself

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2023 07:52 AM (xT8gx)

79 Time for Speaker Luntz to order up more Hearing Theater ™ starring Jimmy Jordan

Posted by: Ex GOP at July 27, 2023 07:52 AM (7QYqp)

80 72 These young people were all uneducated yokels, working for the same company. Welders. Friend's son cracked $100K last year. The other guys probably the same.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 27, 2023 07:52 AM (0EOe9)

81 Sadly, there are probably people lining up to give Hunter a no show job that Paulie Walnuts and da boys would be proud of.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 27, 2023 07:49 AM (0EOe9)
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I'll bet there's an Iranian energy company that could use a man with Hunter's experience on its board of directors...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 27, 2023 07:52 AM (YIVH2)

82 Hunter gets to experience Biden-omics up close and personal.

Learn To Code is no longer good advice.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 27, 2023 07:52 AM (p8A+W)

83 Good morning JJ and horde
And again from the historical City of Brotherly Love

Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2023 07:52 AM (ttE1U)

84 Is the judge trying to say that "noted starving artist" is not a job?

Posted by: Hunter at July 27, 2023 07:52 AM (iayUP)

85 "The Internet Ain't All That":

The operating engineer of the crane whose boom plunged 40 stories in Hell's Kitchen had temporarily lost his license 15 years ago over a fatal accident. This time, he stayed on the scene fighting the fire to keep the machine from exploding in the sky above New York. Hydraulics are dangerous; just remember, we used to run these bloody outfits on steam.

One hundred years ago, Vernon Dalhart and Carson J. Robison maintained a hotel suite in New York with a cable address, and would pay a bounty for disaster stories sent in that could be turned into a country song. This is how "The Death of Floyd Collins" and many other disaster ballads were written.

If American's country music composers were at work, this operator's name would be being sung on the rad-di-o this morning. He'd be being tried in a small town.

Come all you rounders, if you want to hear.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 27, 2023 07:53 AM (4PZHB)

86 McConnell and Pelosi are Exhibits A and B for a simple term limit Amendment to the Constitution. Yet at least 50% of conservatives you talk to oppose even this modest revision to the current order. Conserving what is failing them

Posted by: Ex GOP at July 27, 2023 07:53 AM (7QYqp)

87 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 27, 2023 07:49 AM (1n+EO)
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I wouldn't tolerate a dog of mine biting people three times, much less ten.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 27, 2023 07:53 AM (wnpoX)

88 80 meant 71

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 27, 2023 07:53 AM (0EOe9)

89 Was it decided to be a Biden or a Nadler?
Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 27, 2023 07:41 AM (p8A+W)

A Nadler accompanied by Biden confusion and blank stares…although the video doesn’t show anyone diving for the exits or a gas mask…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2023 07:54 AM (xT8gx)

90 I'll bet there's an Iranian energy company that could use a man with Hunter's experience on its board of directors...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 27, 2023 07:52 AM (YIVH2)
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I LOL'd, but yeah, that's probably on the possibles list for Hunter.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 27, 2023 07:55 AM (wnpoX)

91 Hunter should get a job as the artist doing portraits of all the members of Congress in the nude which can be sold to reduce the national debt.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 27, 2023 07:55 AM (b+YaX)

92
I think that Obamacare opened up the door to 'gender-affirming care' and some unscrupulous people saw the possibility of separating insurance companies from a ton of money - all legally.

The answer is getting that shit excised from Obamacare. Some states are going their own route to end it but it shouldn't be permitted anywhere.

In the end, it will be another 'states rights' issue and further divide the country.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 27, 2023 07:55 AM (enJYY)

93 Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 27, 2023 07:52 AM (0EOe9)
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A young guy could save some good money at that wage, in that part of the world. Or, drink more beer. One or the other.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 27, 2023 07:57 AM (wnpoX)

94 Collectively we are Not a moral or religious people, and every year we, collectively, are becoming less so.
Posted by: tubal at July 27, 2023 07:50 AM (PCK5/)

But we are bringing in a replacement citizenry that respect the rule of law and are a very moral peoples.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 27, 2023 07:58 AM (BRHaw)

95 Steve Bannon’s Carthage analogy was weak and confusing. I think DeSantis should probably drop out to preserve his strength for 2028… he’s not gonna beat Trump (no one will in 2024). But no one on our side should want DeSantis destroyed…. I think he just wanted to talk about Patton

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2023 07:59 AM (xT8gx)

96

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Posted by: Mitch The Murder Turtle at July 27, 2023 07:59 AM (flINI)

97 Heh. You forgot the truck payment. Guy has to have a $70K truck to drive from work site to work site. And get beer.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 27, 2023 07:59 AM (0EOe9)

98 94 Collectively we are Not a moral or religious people, and every year we, collectively, are becoming less so.
Posted by: tubal at July 27, 2023 07:50 AM (PCK5/)

But we are bringing in a replacement citizenry that respect the rule of law and are a very moral peoples.
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 27, 2023 07:58 AM (BRHaw)

Or alternatively, replacements that are reliable supporters of the Fascist, godless overlords that have taken over the country….

Posted by: tubal at July 27, 2023 08:00 AM (PCK5/)

99 96 - Heh

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2023 08:00 AM (xT8gx)

100 "Mayorkas Says Border ‘Is Not’ Open After Record Number Of Illegal Crossings Under Biden"

It's not open. Do you see any "Open" signs?

Posted by: fd at July 27, 2023 08:01 AM (iayUP)

101 This is kind of a strange request, but bear with me.

Mrs VIA and I were up in Ridgeville and came across a small out of the way cemetery. Small, very well maintained but way...I mean WAY out off the main drag, and in a very poor stretch of the County.

Anyhow there was a well maintained tombstone there, and we wrote down the name on it nd did some research.
And we came across this link to an interview that Ms Victoria Delee did many years ago.

Read it, or listen to it if you wish. I suggest that you not form an opinion until you read or listen to every word that she says, as there is just so many lessons that can be taken from it.

It is a story of a different time, in a very different place than where we are now.

https://tinyurl.com/3vky7up9

And we still visit her gravesite occasionally.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 27, 2023 08:02 AM (1n+EO)

102 If confirmed, Martin O'Malley will bring the same level of leadership to the Social Security Administration that he did to Maryland while serving as Governor.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 27, 2023 07:27 AM (1n+EO)
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As a victim of the Rain Tax, my mind boggles a little at what could happen.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 27, 2023 08:02 AM (wnpoX)

103 Steve Bannon’s Carthage analogy was weak and confusing. I think DeSantis should probably drop out to preserve his strength for 2028… he’s not gonna beat Trump (no one will in 2024). But no one on our side should want DeSantis destroyed…. I think he just wanted to talk about Patton
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2023 07:59 AM (xT8gx)

Was that a verbatim transcript? I read it and he sounds like a stammering fool.

As far as DeSantis, my tinfoil-hat take is that he secretly hoped the feds and / or lawfare would take out Trump (hence his silence on the Mar-A-Lage raid and his worse than anodyne response to Teh Donald's indictment) so that he could just cruise to the nomination without getting blood on his hands and pissing off the MAGA base.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 27, 2023 08:02 AM (AW0uW)

104 100 I've never seen an "Open" sign on the border. There's that huge neon "Abierto" sign flashing near Eagle Pass TX.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 27, 2023 08:03 AM (0EOe9)

105 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

CROWDED !

Posted by: JT at July 27, 2023 08:03 AM (T4tVD)

106 If hunter biden gets a high paying job then he goes back to court for increased child support. He can't afford to get a good job because the Judge in Arkansas will order his wages garnished.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 27, 2023 08:04 AM (ncXxy)

107 Hunter will be lined up with board seats making $250G and a no work

Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2023 08:04 AM (ttE1U)

108 Good morning, one and all. Pardon the dark humor but is Judge Noreika on suicide watch yet?

Posted by: NR Pax at July 27, 2023 08:04 AM (4olE8)

109 You gotta love Hunter Bidens lawyer essentially admitting that he was the one that dictated the terms of his clients plea deal in open court.

That sort of candor, is if nothing, refreshing.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 27, 2023 08:05 AM (CTeiS)

110 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

CROWDED !
Posted by: JT at July 27, 2023 08:03 AM (T4tVD)

***

No one goes there anymore... it's too crowded

Posted by: Yogi Berra at July 27, 2023 08:05 AM (flINI)

111 Good morning JJ and horde
And again from the historical City of Brotherly Love
Posted by: Skip a

Any leftovers from The FAT Festival ?

Posted by: JT at July 27, 2023 08:05 AM (T4tVD)

112 If hunter biden gets a high paying job then he goes back to court for increased child support. He can't afford to get a good job because the Judge in Arkansas will order his wages garnished.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 27, 2023 08:04 AM (ncXxy)
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So, a no-show job as assistant manager at Taco Bell?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 27, 2023 08:05 AM (YIVH2)

113 When Hunter swung his deal with former-stripper he gave her three paintings along with money. Obviously, she has no use for three paintings, so I always assumed those were quicky sold to buyers Hunter had already lined up. I also assume those buyers are Chinese intelligence agencies.

Oh, how I wish we had a free and curious press.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 27, 2023 08:06 AM (wnpoX)

114 The nixing of the plea deal not only opens Hunter up for prosecution ...
+++++
Welcome to "We Can't Discuss an Ongoing Investigation" II: This Time, It Lasts Forever.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 27, 2023 08:06 AM (t0OGg)

115 Pray for the safety and continued integrity of Judge Noreika.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office at July 27, 2023 08:06 AM (EbGdg)

116 And yet, Frank Luntz's cabana boy seems to be making the right noises.
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LOL. There is precisely one thing Mrs. Luntz can do, which is hit the DoJ's budget. He hasn't. He won't.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 27, 2023 08:07 AM (t0OGg)

117 64, no I haven't but I'd like to punch one.

Posted by: Jaimo at July 27, 2023 08:08 AM (DBrN4)

118 An impeachment inquiry, which would arm House Republicans with the most awesome investigative powers possible, would reveal what the Bidens earned, from whom, for what, what the president knew, when he knew it, what he did about it, if and how he benefited and whether he has lied about it all.[/i[
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Or it wouldn't.

Even if it did, the Senate would do nothing but keep Slow Joe right where he is. Impeachment is justified and proper. it is also failure theater. Just zero their budgets and go fishing.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 27, 2023 08:09 AM (t0OGg)

119 116 And yet, Frank Luntz's cabana boy seems to be making the right noises.
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LOL. There is precisely one thing Mrs. Luntz can do, which is hit the DoJ's budget. He hasn't. He won't.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 27, 2023 08:07 AM (t0OGg)

That is called sticking one’s neck out… a not at all DC politicians’ behavior..

Posted by: tubal at July 27, 2023 08:09 AM (PCK5/)

120 Is it just me or are the margins awfully un-blown this morning?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 27, 2023 08:10 AM (9UlRk)

121

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 27, 2023 08:10 AM (t0OGg)

122 Kevin Spacey’s accusers:

1. Dead, suicide (Ari Behn)
2. Dead, hit by a car (Linda Culkin)
3. Dead, cause unknown (John Doe)
4. Case suddenly dropped (07/2019)

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 27, 2023 08:10 AM (BRHaw)

123 Morning all.

Posted by: Darth Randall at July 27, 2023 08:11 AM (xT7BI)

124 I think Trump ought to offer Hunter a job.

Watch many heads explode.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 27, 2023 08:11 AM (Q4IgG)

125 "Was the father of the A-bomb a patriot or a traitor?"
====================
How about both?

Patriot, to beat the Nazis; traitor, when he allowed the science to be leaked to the commies.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 27, 2023 08:11 AM (X9kXJ)

126 Hey, super genius. If "we" were really "a moral and religious people," the Articles of Confederation would also have worked.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 27, 2023 08:11 AM (4PZHB)

127 I watched Mitch The Bitch execute his brain freeze. Sooooo close. >

He is an evil old man, only outpaced by Biden and needs to leave his mortal coil.

Posted by: BifBewalski at July 27, 2023 08:11 AM (3CCua)

128 "If past is prologue...."
I certainly remember the Clinton impeachment. Had him dead to rights and then Lindsey Graham. 1999 was a dark year for conservatives. Any actual conservatives from the Class Of 94' were removed by the GOPe in the years leading up and in June of 99 it was clear George W was going to be foisted on us.
Even after conservatism died on Feb 17 2021 we still have the GOPe grifters that call themselves conservative hung around our neck and CONSERVATISM(a philosophy, not a group of grifter Repubs) blamed and called a failure. Republican grifters learned from Reagan and you can damn well bet Republican grifter career politicians learned a thing or two from Trump/MAGA. Always traitors in our midst.
They say and sometimes do right up until it comes to the zero hour then it's "oh shit, how could he/she do that to us!" With the potential of a few political twists and turns leading up to Nov.24', here in the now, it has a smell much like 98'-99'.
I believe by this time next year the political landscape will look nothing like it is now.

Posted by: JROD at July 27, 2023 08:12 AM (IlL6s)

129 If GenZ is trending conservative which I don't see, we are still screwed, they're dumber than a box of rocks.
Posted by: Jaimo at July 27, 2023 07:44 AM (DBrN4)
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GenZ is not conservative. There is a big chunk of it that is anti-woke and anti-communist, but that does not make that big chunk "conservative." They are in a way, but it doesn't look what most people are familiar with. They're still radicals, in that they see the rise of wokism and all the commies in their midst as evidence of systemic failure. The system with all its power couldn't stop it, and so failed.

If there was some GenZ civil war and the anticommunists won, don't expect some restoration of Constitutional government. Expect a king.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 27, 2023 08:12 AM (t0OGg)

130 I think that Obamacare opened up the door to 'gender-affirming care' and some unscrupulous people saw the possibility of separating insurance companies from a ton of money - all legally.

The answer is getting that shit excised from Obamacare. Some states are going their own route to end it but it shouldn't be permitted anywhere.

In the end, it will be another 'states rights' issue and further divide the country.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

That's fine. But when you go to one of those states to get that care, you can never return back to the state you left.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2023 08:13 AM (yjSq/)

131 It's National Chili Dog Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 27, 2023 08:13 AM (NpAcC)

132 I think Trump ought to offer Hunter a job.

Watch many heads explode.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 27, 2023 08:11 AM (Q4IgG)
====================
When you compare the Biden record on raising terrible, drug-addled, useless grifter kids to the Trump record of productive, healthy children, this idea might save Hunters life.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 27, 2023 08:13 AM (X9kXJ)

133 Nice line about enjoying the benefits of bidenomics JJ. Trying to enjoy the benefits of bidenomics is like trying to enjoy the benefits of hemorrhoids.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at July 27, 2023 08:15 AM (tycc/)

134 And yet, Frank Luntz's cabana boy seems to be making the right noises.
++++
LOL. There is precisely one thing Mrs. Luntz can do, which is hit the DoJ's budget. He hasn't. He won't.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 27, 2023 08:07 AM (t0OGg)

Ace linked a Luntz tweet yesterday; his heart was a aflutter over a meme MAGA add about the deep state that BTW was totally accurate and Luntz thought it signaled the end of democracy or something

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2023 08:16 AM (xT8gx)

135 Hunter always has the capability of taking 1/2 hr out of his play time and for more $100G paintings

Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2023 08:16 AM (ttE1U)

136 It's also,
National Scotch Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 27, 2023 08:16 AM (NpAcC)

137 "It's National Chili Dog Day.
Posted by: redridinghood"

*breaks out ketchup*

Posted by: fd at July 27, 2023 08:16 AM (iayUP)

138 Hey, super genius. If "we" were really "a moral and religious people," the Articles of Confederation would also have worked.

Apropos of that, I just picked up a book from the library (sorry, don't remember the title just now) whose thesis is about the first decade of the Republic and how most of the Founders (except for Madison) thought that it was a doomed enterprise that wouldn't survive beyond their lifetimes.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 27, 2023 08:17 AM (AW0uW)

139 103 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 27, 2023 08:02 AM (AW0uW)
==================
A good take, and a reasonable bet. Politics ain't bean-bag.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 27, 2023 08:17 AM (X9kXJ)

140 When you compare the Biden record on raising terrible, drug-addled, useless grifter kids to the Trump record of productive, healthy children, this idea might save Hunters life.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 27, 2023 08:13 AM (X9kXJ)
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That would be insane if Hunter was "adopted" into the Trump family, cleaned up his life, and stayed sober.

That right there would probably cause FJB to stroke out.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 27, 2023 08:18 AM (YIVH2)

141 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 27, 2023 08:18 AM (GYIa4)

142 "A good take, and a reasonable bet. Politics ain't bean-bag.
Posted by: Huck Follywood"

It's more like cornhole.

Posted by: fd at July 27, 2023 08:18 AM (iayUP)

143 138

Apropos of that, I just picked up a book from the library (sorry, don't remember the title just now) whose thesis is about the first decade of the Republic and how most of the Founders (except for Madison) thought that it was a doomed enterprise that wouldn't survive beyond their lifetimes.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 27, 2023 08:17 AM (AW0uW)

Pretty much the point of Adams’ observation.

Posted by: tubal at July 27, 2023 08:19 AM (PCK5/)

144 Yale professor: Biden's economy most successful since FDR's New Deal

MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell is joined by Yale Professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld to discuss the latest evidence of the successes of Biden's economic policies. Sonnenfeld says Biden is having the strongest positive effect on the economy of any president since FDR.

I will buy a beer or 7 for anyone that dick punches Sonnenfeld.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 27, 2023 08:20 AM (BRHaw)

145 126 Hey, super genius. If "we" were really "a moral and religious people," the Articles of Confederation would also have worked.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 27, 2023 08:11 AM (4PZHB)

No, the conflicts between neighboring states have little to do with the moral character of the denizens. Moral and religious people applies to internal governance, not causes for foreign conflict. A society of thieves needs a police state, two societies of largely honest men can easily go to war over something.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 27, 2023 08:21 AM (eYoxG)

146 The GOP should go all the way with the impeachment theater. Lay everything known, and unknown about the *biden's corruption, treason and all the other tawdry details about his weird fetishes out in the open. Besmirch the demented old fart.

Make it a goddamn spectacle. Sling mud. Make so bad that Schiff has a coronary trying to refute things on live TV.

Do it. Do it now. *channels ZOD*

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 27, 2023 08:21 AM (Q4IgG)

147 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2023 08:21 AM (u82oZ)

148 It's also,
National Scotch Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 27, 2023 08:16 AM (NpAcC)

*considers mentioning how inferior Scotch is to bourbon*

*does not mention bourbon on National Scotch Day*

*thanks the Lord for NOT having to drink Scotch today*

Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2023 08:21 AM (StUJj)

149 That means last night was National Chili Dog Eve and I forgot to celebrate.

Posted by: Not again at July 27, 2023 08:22 AM (NBVIP)

150 That clip of Mitch is infuriating. Holy shite man, fucking retire already. That's just embarrassing. We are the laughing stock of the entire planet.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at July 27, 2023 08:23 AM (5iFFd)

151 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 27, 2023 08:02 AM (1n+EO)

Thanks. I haven't read it all yet, but what I did read was very interesting. These oral history things are quite interesting. One thing I did take awayso fat aside from her perseverance was that civil rights issues were so connected with the church.

I was visiting a university campus this morning. They had a plaque for a black woman who was a slave but was released after four years and then went on to be a missionary in Hawaii and then came back to serve as a teacher for 30 years in the only school in town for free blacks. She also helped to found a local AA church which is now off the charts woke. I think that she would not be on board with all the wine nonsense. People can change their gender?! Yeah, right /s

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office at July 27, 2023 08:23 AM (gJ/3H)

152 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2023 08:23 AM (u82oZ)

153 @146 Martini Farmer-we've been there done that and have the t-shirt. See my comment @128. You can't shame or besmirch these people.

Posted by: JROD at July 27, 2023 08:24 AM (IlL6s)

154 151 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 27, 2023 08:02 AM (1n+EO)

But I will read the rest of it later.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office at July 27, 2023 08:24 AM (gJ/3H)

155 "That clip of Mitch is infuriating. Holy shite man, fucking retire already. That's just embarrassing. We are the laughing stock of the entire planet.
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer"

He was fine an hour later. Now move on.

Posted by: The Media at July 27, 2023 08:25 AM (iayUP)

156 151 "woke" not "wine" nonsense.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office at July 27, 2023 08:26 AM (gJ/3H)

157 Chase is closing all accounts of Dr. Joseph Mercola, giving him until August 11 to find a new bank. No reason given, and they won't t respond to his inquiries. Mercola is, of course, one of the fiercest scientific critics of the vax and government Covid policies.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 27, 2023 08:26 AM (DRCwm)

158 150 That clip of Mitch is infuriating. Holy shite man, fucking retire already. That's just embarrassing. We are the laughing stock of the entire planet.
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at July 27, 2023 08:23 AM (5iFFd)

Mini-stroke, recorded. Morning jewells!

Posted by: tubal at July 27, 2023 08:26 AM (PCK5/)

159 Wait, has the thread been over for twenty minutes already?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at July 27, 2023 08:27 AM (SpC+Q)

160 If GenZ is trending conservative which I don't see, we are still screwed, they're dumber than a box of rocks.

I don't think they're any dumber than any other group of youngsters. They're smarter than Millennials. If anything, Gen Z is brutally honest, more like Gen X. They don't puke up the same typical falsehoods.

And Mannix has it right. If anything, Gen Z completely rejects Classical Liberalism. By the time Gen Z is in charge, we won't have checks and balances. We'll have a dictatorship. Possibly benevolent, but a dictatorship all the same.

Posted by: Ramlin' Man at July 27, 2023 08:27 AM (DRBIt)

161 148 It's also,
National Scotch Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 27, 2023 08:16 AM (NpAcC)

*considers mentioning how inferior Scotch is to bourbon*

*does not mention bourbon on National Scotch Day*

*thanks the Lord for NOT having to drink Scotch today*
Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2023 08:21 AM (StUJj)

1) Your loss

2) More scotch for the rest of us.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at July 27, 2023 08:27 AM (YwyqV)

162 FenelonSpoke

If you are campaigning hard, then your target position is not a thankless job. It sounds like you can make a real difference. And it introduces you to a new group of people.

I was able to assess the worth of most office holders pretty quickly in my political position.

Keep it up!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2023 08:28 AM (u82oZ)

163 Oh yes, there is much construction at the prestigious institution of higher learning and one of the fences they have a mural touting their diversity. The only group missing? White men.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office at July 27, 2023 08:28 AM (gJ/3H)

164 *thanks the Lord for NOT having to drink Scotch today*
Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2023 08:21 AM (StUJj)
*****
You can always have a chili dog.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 27, 2023 08:29 AM (NpAcC)

165 Salty!

Fen, thanks.

Don't ask me why, but seeing the cemetery, and the roads that we traveled down that brought us to it just really stirred something with both of us.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 27, 2023 08:29 AM (1n+EO)

166 A lot of folks are latching onto the ostensible "proof" offered in the headlines at Hot Air and PJ re: the Swiss study. The two articles being compared are a clearly "apples /oranges". The CDC report doesn't even give a case definition of myocarditis, other than "cases reported to the Moderna global safety database." No diagnostic criteria at all. Any rational assessment of this dataset would expect it to under report the true incidence of post-vax myocarditis. The Swiss study. on the other hand defined myocarditis as a minor bump in troponin level at three days post vax, a very narrow window looking at a very minor degree of inflammation, aka sub-clinical myocarditis. A body fever or a vigorous workout could give you such a bump in troponin.

Myocarditis is definitely a known side effect of the vax, but this particular comparison is pointless. The claim that incidence is 3000X more than previously reported is spurious. There is no doubt myocarditis was downplayed by Moderna et al, but this is not your smoking gun.

We shouldn't whine about a lack of consistent COVID case definitions in 2020 and now trumpet data with no case definition as supporting our argument.

Posted by: Muldoon at July 27, 2023 08:29 AM (zLLgI)

167 FenelonSpoke

A possible listing for your white board.

Bacon makes life fun.
For that and more, there is God.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2023 08:30 AM (u82oZ)

168 Scotch and soda
Jigger of gin
Oh what a spell you've got me in...

Posted by: Kingston Trio at July 27, 2023 08:30 AM (NBVIP)

169 Morning all , thx JJ. Greenfield's take on DEI is excellent showing what parasites they in fact are but he did miss one reason DEI exists. The free money from 2008-2022 allowed companies to do really stupid things including indulging in DEI which does nothing vto improve production, efficiency or development of new goods or services. Now that interest rates are back useless crap is being jettisoned

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2023 08:30 AM (S75Fo)

170 Thanks JJ !

AGAIN !

Posted by: JT at July 27, 2023 08:30 AM (T4tVD)

171 Morning tubal

Also, WTH that story of the three marines found dead in a car near Camp Lejeune? Carbon monoxide poisoning?

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at July 27, 2023 08:30 AM (5iFFd)

172 Muldoon

Good point. Too bad the "elites" left science in the dust for their new religion of Do what I say, not as I do.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2023 08:31 AM (u82oZ)

173 How come all the trannies that claim they are real women never post X-rays of their hips?

Is the science not in their side? What are they hiding?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 27, 2023 08:31 AM (2LaVu)

174 Bacon is proof God loves us and wants us to be happy.

Posted by: It's apparent at July 27, 2023 08:31 AM (NBVIP)

175 Also, WTH that story of the three marines found dead in a car near Camp Lejeune? Carbon monoxide poisoning?
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at July 27, 2023 08:30 AM (5iFFd)

Yes, strange. Intentional?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 27, 2023 08:32 AM (pVWRI)

176 171 Morning tubal

Also, WTH that story of the three marines found dead in a car near Camp Lejeune? Carbon monoxide poisoning?
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at July 27, 2023 08:30 AM (5iFFd)

Odds that the story is forgotten, post haste??

Posted by: tubal at July 27, 2023 08:32 AM (PCK5/)

177 It's also, National Scotch Day.
Posted by: redridinghood

I'll 🥃 drink to that!

Posted by: Dean Martin at July 27, 2023 08:32 AM (yjSq/)

178 Keep it up!
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2023 08:28 AM (u82oZ

Thanks. The "Mikey candidate" is only because like Mikey in the Life cereal commercials nobody wanted to "eat it" ie be a candidate. I will be glad to do it if elected and I have met very nice Republicans including the pastor of the local large evangelical church who wants to help our campaign.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office at July 27, 2023 08:32 AM (vZZIr)

179 "No reason given, and they won't t respond to his inquiries. "

DoJ should be investigating the bank for any potential civil rights violations.

If they won't explain the reasons, we get to make up our own potential reasons, and force them to defend themselves from the accusations.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 27, 2023 08:32 AM (1n+EO)

180 Also, WTH that story of the three marines found dead in a car near Camp Lejeune? Carbon monoxide poisoning?
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer

They drank the water.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2023 08:33 AM (yjSq/)

181 ...you can never return back to the state you left.
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That can be read two ways -- never return to e.g. Idaho or never get your severed dick back?? [Or both!]

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 27, 2023 08:33 AM (krqg6)

182 *Also, WTH that story of the three marines found dead in a car near Camp Lejeune?*

Blame it on the water.

Posted by: Ambulance chasing lawyers at July 27, 2023 08:33 AM (NBVIP)

183 The marines were probably doing drugs and passed out with the car running that had a muffler leak that went inside the car? I'm just spitballing here.

Posted by: Jaimo at July 27, 2023 08:33 AM (DBrN4)

184 The Swiss study. on the other hand defined myocarditis as a minor bump in troponin level at three days post vax, a very narrow window looking at a very minor degree of inflammation, aka sub-clinical myocarditis. A body fever or a vigorous workout could give you such a bump in troponin.

This modern drive toward zero risk is going to be the death of us all. I can't find any other time in recorded history with such a focus on the elimination of all risk.

Posted by: Ramblin' Man at July 27, 2023 08:34 AM (DRBIt)

185 178 Keep it up!
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2023 08:28 AM (u82oZ

Thanks. The "Mikey candidate" is only because like Mikey in the Life cereal commercials nobody wanted to "eat it" ie be a candidate. I will be glad to do it if elected and I have met very nice Republicans including the pastor of the local large evangelical church who wants to help our campaign.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office at July 27, 2023 08:32 AM (vZZIr)

Fenelon, apologies if I missed it in the earlier comments, but what office are you running for?

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at July 27, 2023 08:34 AM (YwyqV)

186 Yale professor: Biden's economy most successful since FDR's New Deal

Further proof that an Ivy "education" has absolutely nothing to do with competency, integrity, skill - anything that is marketable, except the ability to lie without conscience.

I'm having a difficult time finding anyone in public with an Ivy degree from this last generation or two that has any value greater than a homeless drug addict.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 27, 2023 08:34 AM (p8A+W)

187 I keep getting the feeling something big is coming in August

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 27, 2023 08:35 AM (2LaVu)

188 {{{jewells45}}}

Around the world, we are feared, hated, and yes, laughed at. We are an entire nation run by the detached from reality crowd, whose actions never work as designed, but enrich themselves.
Not a grounded pragmatist in the bunch.

I am praying you are feeling better.

Smite cancer!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2023 08:35 AM (u82oZ)

189 We shouldn't whine about a lack of consistent COVID case definitions in 2020 and now trumpet data with no case definition as supporting our argument.

--

I always figured folks were adhering to Science. Because if one side establishes "everything is X" is upper-case grant-eligible media-promoted Science and people who understand science adhere to "nothing is X" as lower-case no-money malinformation requiring censorship science, then Science is the only way to discuss issues.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at July 27, 2023 08:35 AM (SpC+Q)

190 *thanks the Lord for NOT having to drink Scotch today*
Posted by: Doof

You could always drink a Bud Light.

(j/k)

Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2023 08:35 AM (yjSq/)

191 Yale professor: Biden's economy most successful since FDR's New Deal

Has that guy never read a book about life during the FDR era ? It sucked. Flat out sucked.

Posted by: Ramblin' Man at July 27, 2023 08:36 AM (DRBIt)

192 Fenelon, apologies if I missed it in the earlier comments, but what office are you running for?
Posted by: DoublySymmetric

ALL of them !

Posted by: JT at July 27, 2023 08:36 AM (T4tVD)

193 We shouldn't whine about a lack of consistent COVID case definitions in 2020 and now trumpet data with no case definition as supporting our argument.

--

I always figured folks were adhering to Science. Because if one side establishes "everything is X" is upper-case grant-eligible media-promoted Science and people who understand science adhere to "nothing is X" as lower-case no-money malinformation requiring censorship science, then Science is the only way to discuss issues.
Posted by: Moron Robbie

When they get to claim Covid is responsible for a motorcycle crash death, we get to use whatever metric we want.

Clean up the shit and play by the rules and then we just might.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2023 08:37 AM (yjSq/)

194 you have to give pretty big props to Judge Maryellen Noreika

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I need do no such thing. She still works for the DC regime. The only thing I'd applaud from any of them is if they hang themselves.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 27, 2023 08:37 AM (o5Ht6)

195 Mornin’, All.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 27, 2023 08:37 AM (xTRSc)

196 Yale professor: Biden's economy most successful since FDR's New Deal

--

Screw you and your desire to buy groceries for your family or figure out how to afford a $30K base model car from any manufacturer if one is available on a lot within 500 miles.

This economy is awesome!

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at July 27, 2023 08:37 AM (SpC+Q)

197 Thank you, JJ.

Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the Children They Don't Kill at July 27, 2023 08:37 AM (0q+t6)

198 This modern drive toward zero risk is going to be the death of us all. I can't find any other time in recorded history with such a focus on the elimination of all risk.
Posted by: Ramblin' Man at July 27, 2023 08:34 AM (DRBIt)
++++
In CO, they had a thing where the state DOT made "zero traffic deaths" their goal. Plastered it all over signs and whatnot. Made me furious.

"0%" is as unachievable as "100%" If you have a goal of 0 or 100, then you're an idiot or a conman.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 27, 2023 08:38 AM (t0OGg)

199 When they get to claim Covid is responsible for a motorcycle crash death, we get to use whatever metric we want.

Clean up the shit and play by the rules and then we just might.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2023 08:37 AM (yjSq/)

Burn the medical field to the ground.

Scatter the ashes.

Salt the Earth where it stood.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at July 27, 2023 08:38 AM (YwyqV)

200 Good morning JJ and a fine commentary on the state of things as they are.

If their track record proves anything, expect the Republicans to fallback on their "go to" play of doing nothing and telling their voters to wait and see. God forbid they're forced to do some real work that takes them away from grifting.

Sighhh....

Does anyone else hate this political party as much as I do? And don't give me that bullshit that the GOPe is the lesser of two evils. What kind of fool votes for such a thing and how bad is it that too many on our side so willing jump at that offer, time and again. Again, only a fool does so.

2020: NEVER FORGET, NEVER FORGIVE

Posted by: Tracy at July 27, 2023 08:38 AM (qMZsD)

201 In CO, they had a thing where the state DOT made "zero traffic deaths" their goal. Plastered it all over signs and whatnot. Made me furious.

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Man, those signs sure would be useful if they said stuff like "Far right lane closed in three miles" or something similar. But hey, the total number of DUIs is a lot more useful for drivers.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at July 27, 2023 08:39 AM (SpC+Q)

202 Screw you and your desire to buy groceries for your family or figure out how to afford a $30K base model car from any manufacturer if one is available on a lot within 500 miles.

I guess the Yale guy won't be satisfied until we're burning crops in the fields, slaughtering livestock in their pens, and seizing privately owned gold and silver to prop up the dollar while standing in soup lines.

Posted by: Ramblin' Man at July 27, 2023 08:39 AM (DRBIt)

203 Thanks, Muldoon.
Looked spurious on its face, but I didn't know why

Posted by: MkY at July 27, 2023 08:39 AM (dWSJu)

204 This modern drive toward zero risk is going to be the death of us all. I can't find any other time in recorded history with such a focus on the elimination of all risk.

Only wealthy, godless societies can pursue such endeavors.

I'm guessing that due to chronic laziness people farm out more and more of their personal responsibilities to a third party. The industry that pretends to reduce risk is comprised of people who can sit on their ass all day in airconditioned comfort and draw a comfortable salary and pension.

That is why Leviathan needs to be crushed, because only confiscated tax dollars and unlimited overdraft abilities permits such flagrant waste of resources.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 27, 2023 08:39 AM (p8A+W)

205 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 1h
JUST IN - Sinead O'Connor was found 'unresponsive' and pronounced dead at a London home just weeks after moving to British capital.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 27, 2023 08:39 AM (krqg6)

206 The late great Stormy during year 16 of her life, when she started getting dog senility,

Had moments where she'd just freeze that looked like exactly like Mitch doing his best frozen turtle imitation.

If we were out on a walk I'd just have to carry her home, because she literally couldn't figure out what to do next.

Fortunately for Mitch, the Chinese want value for their money and will tell him what to do next.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 27, 2023 08:40 AM (hlsSs)

207 Prayer request:
Hubby works from home. Unexpectedly told to come into the office today. *worried*

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 27, 2023 08:40 AM (ZhxNU)

208 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 1h
JUST IN - Sinead O'Connor was found 'unresponsive' and pronounced dead at a London home just weeks after moving to British capital.
Posted by: andycanuck

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(lays $20 on table)

Covid.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at July 27, 2023 08:41 AM (SpC+Q)

209 DoublySymmetric

Gonna disagree with you on getting rid of the medical field.

We need good doctors, sound science, and transparent billing.

Without the medical field, a lot of people will die a lot quicker than is now the case. Life will be much more Darwinian. Which has some good features, until it is your own life.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2023 08:41 AM (u82oZ)

210 In CO, they had a thing where the state DOT made "zero traffic deaths" their goal. Plastered it all over signs and whatnot. Made me furious.

"0%" is as unachievable as "100%" If you have a goal of 0 or 100, then you're an idiot or a conman.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 27, 2023 08:38 AM

Back in the late 80s the Navy implemented a "Zero" reportable mishap goal. We just quit reporting mishaps if we had an non injury accident that we could cover up locally.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 27, 2023 08:41 AM (ncXxy)

211
*Sinead O'Connor was found 'unresponsive'*

Police suspect fair play.

Posted by: Old Dennis Miller line at July 27, 2023 08:41 AM (NBVIP)

212 Sounds like a job for the Wagner Team!

Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 2h
JUST IN - Military coup: Russia calls for ‘rapid release’ of detained Niger president.

I pity the fools that arrested the Niger president!

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 27, 2023 08:42 AM (krqg6)

213 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 2h
NEW 🚨 Mitch McConnell fell recently at a DC airport, prior to press conference freeze-up Wednesday - NBC News

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 27, 2023 08:42 AM (krqg6)

214 I'll believe Joe is in trouble when the insane hags of The View stop making ridiculous excuses for him.

Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at July 27, 2023 08:42 AM (rpSPG)

215 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 27, 2023 08:42 AM (Zz0t1)

216 Moron Robbie

I'll take that bet. She was despondent at the death of her beloved son. Suicide by misadventure is my guess.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2023 08:42 AM (u82oZ)

217 An interesting addendum to Sinead O'Connor tearing a picture of the Pope during her SNL appearance.

Joe Pesci hosted SNL the week after. During his monologue, he said O'Connor as lucky he wasn't there last week or else he'd have smacked her.

He got a huge ovation.

I imagine this scenario would play out a bit differently today.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 27, 2023 08:42 AM (KbCG3)

218 "0%" is as unachievable as "100%" If you have a goal of 0 or 100, then you're an idiot or a conman.

Well stated. Ranks right up there with "safety is priority one". No, it's not. If safety was the first priority, you'd chain the doors shut to the factory.

Posted by: Ramblin' Man at July 27, 2023 08:43 AM (DRBIt)

219 In CO, they had a thing where the state DOT made "zero traffic deaths" their goal. Plastered it all over signs and whatnot. Made me furious.

I would like to see a realistic plan to reduce the incidents of distracted drivers and malfunctioning equipment that are so much of today's traffic death tolls.

Laws apparently aren't stopping reckless driving and DUI.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 27, 2023 08:43 AM (p8A+W)

220 Have the Obamas been charged for murder, or manslaughter, or human trafficking, or abusing their Octoroon or Quadroon employees, or for rape, or for unpaid taxes on wages for their abused employees, or sodomy, or rape in the death of their sex slave/cook Tafari Campbell?

If not, why not.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 27, 2023 08:43 AM (b+YaX)

221 Democrats lie with impugnity.

Until that changes, this world is f*cked. Period.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 27, 2023 08:43 AM (Zz0t1)

222 216 Moron Robbie

I'll take that bet. She was despondent at the death of her beloved son. Suicide by misadventure is my guess.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2023 08:42 AM (u82oZ)

OD is my bet… whether accidental or not…??

Posted by: tubal at July 27, 2023 08:44 AM (PCK5/)

223 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 2h
NEW 🚨 Mitch McConnell fell recently at a DC airport, prior to press conference freeze-up Wednesday - NBC News
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 27, 2023 08:42 AM (krqg6)

Where's a flight of stairs when you need one.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 27, 2023 08:44 AM (Zz0t1)

224 andycanuck

If Mitch McConnell was a work horse, he would be in hospital. The hospital where doctors use shotguns as treatment.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2023 08:44 AM (u82oZ)

225 Posted by: NaCly Dog

Thanks, Salty.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office at July 27, 2023 08:44 AM (Keyt1)

226
Ha! My wife says that my leftist sister had something patriotic on her FB page. So 'trust but verify' as President Reagan said. Using my anonymous FB account I took a peek. Oh, there's a flag there alright. With a 'NEVER FORGET'. Beneath that, in smaller type, "January 6, 2021".

A snake never changes their stripes.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 27, 2023 08:44 AM (enJYY)

227 You could always drink a Bud Light.

They certainly do in MA, I can tell you that.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 27, 2023 08:44 AM (AW0uW)

228 Laws apparently aren't stopping reckless driving and DUI.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 27, 2023 08:43 AM (p8A+W)

Phones are worse than all the above, with this sub-group of drivers emulating Fast and Furious a close second.

Posted by: Ramblin' Man at July 27, 2023 08:44 AM (DRBIt)

229 209 DoublySymmetric

Gonna disagree with you on getting rid of the medical field.

We need good doctors, sound science, and transparent billing.

Without the medical field, a lot of people will die a lot quicker than is now the case. Life will be much more Darwinian. Which has some good features, until it is your own life.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2023 08:41 AM (u82oZ)

Would you settle for the medical establishment? Medical professional orgainizations?

The big problem is, most of the medical professionals just went along with the covid nonsense. They torched their credibility and, at least to my knowledge, they aren't admitting that they were wrong. Not sure how you come back from that.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at July 27, 2023 08:44 AM (YwyqV)

230 I went to Oregon for that last solar eclipse. It was totality worth it.

Posted by: InZona at July 27, 2023 08:44 AM (bfyic)

231 Has Hunter been pardoned yet?

Posted by: Just woke up at July 27, 2023 08:45 AM (NBVIP)

232 I'll believe Joe is in trouble when the insane hags of The View stop making ridiculous excuses for him.

Sort of like how FEMA uses Waffle House as a proxy for disaster severity ratings.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 27, 2023 08:45 AM (p8A+W)

233 McConnell, Feinstein, Carter....

Hello, Vegas... I needs some odds please.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 27, 2023 08:45 AM (Q4IgG)

234 Moron Robbie

I'll take that bet. She was despondent at the death of her beloved son. Suicide by misadventure is my guess.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

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Mine was mostly a joke about the motorcycle crashes and murder suicides.

I wouldn't put a heart attack out of the realm of possibility, but she doesn't look fit enough for the shot to have damaged her heart like it did Labron James and Kirk Herbstreit's sons. And now at Notre Dame's Sam Hartmann. And Clemson's CJ Fuller (RIP).

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at July 27, 2023 08:45 AM (SpC+Q)

235 Fortunately for Mitch, the Chinese want value for their money and will tell him what to do next.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 27, 2023 08:40 AM

Problem is that is going to work for much longer. He had what I believe was a TIA. No long term effective treatments are available and they usually get more frequent and are generally followed by a severe stroke.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 27, 2023 08:45 AM (ncXxy)

236 Laws apparently aren't stopping reckless driving and DUI.
Posted by: Reuben Hick

Que?

Posted by: Nine Juan Juan at July 27, 2023 08:46 AM (yjSq/)

237 Schiff is trending on Twitter-

RNC Research
@RNCResearch

ADAM SCHIFF: “The Republican desire to impeach someone - anyone, no matter if there’s any evidence - just shows how they have descended into chaos.”

https://tinyurl.com/5n6v4v82

Posted by: redridinghood at July 27, 2023 08:46 AM (NpAcC)

238 Death comes for us all.

Our "betters" (i.e., the so-called "Elite) seem to have forgotten this.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 27, 2023 08:46 AM (YIVH2)

239 DoublySymmetric
Would you settle for the medical establishment? Medical professional organizations?

I agree that those need smiting. We are a long way from having a sane society.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2023 08:46 AM (u82oZ)

240
Problem is that is going to work for much longer. He had what I believe was a TIA. No long term effective treatments are available and they usually get more frequent and are generally followed by a severe stroke.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 27, 2023 08:45 AM (ncXxy)

He fell and was treated at a hospital a few weeks ago. Now it's reported he fell again, then he has a complete Bidenesque brain freeze and has to be escorted away to be 'addressed.'

There's more than they're telling us. I think he's on the same cocktails Biden is on. They're starting to fail.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 27, 2023 08:47 AM (Zz0t1)

241 In CO, they had a thing where the state DOT made "zero traffic deaths" their goal. Plastered it all over signs and whatnot. Made me furious.
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Maybe they should concentrate on fixing the roads out there. They have some of the worst roads in the country.
Just spitballing here, but I'm guessing they spend all their money on social stuff since California took them over.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at July 27, 2023 08:47 AM (tycc/)

242 I would like to see a realistic plan to reduce the incidents of distracted drivers and malfunctioning equipment that are so much of today's traffic death tolls.

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It's a LOT harder to patrol for folks weaving through traffic and tailgating than it is to sit on the side of the road beyond a hill with a radar gun pinging people going to church on Sunday morning.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at July 27, 2023 08:47 AM (SpC+Q)

243
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McConnell, Feinstein, Carter...
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Strom Thurmond has entered the chat.

Posted by: Pikers at July 27, 2023 08:47 AM (NBVIP)

244 166 Posted by: Muldoon at July 27, 2023 08:29 AM (zLLgI)
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Thanks Muldoon, for keeping us on the reasonable path.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 27, 2023 08:47 AM (oK2x9)

245 Sounds like a job for the Wagner Team!

Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 2h
JUST IN - Military coup: Russia calls for ‘rapid release’ of detained Niger president.

I pity the fools that arrested the Niger president!
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 27, 2023 08:42 AM (krqg6)

***

Wait... they got a Niger president?

Posted by: Jimmy the Greek at July 27, 2023 08:48 AM (flINI)

246 ADAM SCHIFF: “The Republican desire to impeach someone - anyone, no matter if there’s any evidence - just shows how they have descended into chaos.”

Posted by: redridinghood at July 27, 2023 08:46 AM (NpAcC)

Lord, All Mighty, PLEASE strike this man down. Send him to Hell from whence he came.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 27, 2023 08:48 AM (Zz0t1)

247 Breaking911 @Breaking911 14h
3 Marines Who Were Found Dead In A Car In North Carolina Died From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Police Say

https://tinyurl.com/y35pvue7

Includes photos and link to a fuller report and TV news report.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 27, 2023 08:48 AM (krqg6)

248 Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 27, 2023 08:40 AM (ZhxNU
*****
Prayers sent.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 27, 2023 08:48 AM (NpAcC)

249 We as a people have been brought to the point of no longer being "the moral and religious people" John Adams declared our Constitution was suited to.

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“If Men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and the next place, oblige it to control itself.”

― James Madison

Posted by: Muldoon at July 27, 2023 08:49 AM (zLLgI)

250 Death comes for us all. Our "betters" (i.e., the so-called "Elite) seem to have forgotten this.

I don't think it's simply the elites. Truly, I've seen a shift. My grand-parents were at peace with the idea of death, but we're talking thirty years ago. The majority of people now simply are not resigned to mortality.

Maybe it's because of the fall of religion. I don't know. But it's a real change. I've seen it.

Posted by: Ramblin' Man at July 27, 2023 08:49 AM (DRBIt)

251 "Perfessor" Squirrel

Agree. If no one died, where would we park?

But the elites seem to be coopting research in life extension. I want a rumor to start that they extend their own life with the replacement of their blood supply with that of trafficked minors. The "elites" live, the minors die.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2023 08:49 AM (u82oZ)

252 The new president is a...

Posted by: Blazing Saddles at July 27, 2023 08:49 AM (NBVIP)

253 Breaking911 @Breaking911 12h
REP. SCHIFF: “The Republican desire to impeach someone, anyone, no matter if there’s any evidence, just shows how they have descended into chaos.”

Beaten by redridinghood.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 27, 2023 08:50 AM (krqg6)

254 She was famous for her covers of other people's original works, but Sinead had a song called Jackie about a mourning wife who would linger at the beach waiting for her shipwrecked and drowned husband that was very good.

For all I know it was a cover or a ripoff of a poem, too, but it was a good song in its own way.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at July 27, 2023 08:50 AM (SpC+Q)

255 Just spitballing here, but I'm guessing they spend all their money on social stuff since California took them over.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at July 27, 2023 08:47 AM (tycc/)
++++
Yup. When I was a kid, the state-level roads and roads in well-to-do counties were in good shape as a rule. Snow clearance during wintertime was top-notch everywhere I lived in the state.

As the colonization took hold, that started to change. First, snow clearance got less effective (fewer trucks, fewer drivers - snow clearance is very expensive and that money was needed for nonsense instead). Over time, deferred or abandoned road maintenance started to show up.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 27, 2023 08:50 AM (t0OGg)

256 > Problem is that is going to work for much longer. He had what I believe was a TIA. No long term effective treatments are available and they usually get more frequent and are generally followed by a severe stroke.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS)
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Speculation here in Kentucky is that his fall earlier, at a dinner party IIRC caused some serious brain damage. It was rumored he really wacked his head, but the emphasis was on his busted ribs. He was in 'rehab' for something like 6 weeks. He's not likely to see his term through, but the GOP ought to put him on ice and keep him out of public view for as long as possible. He will not get the compassionate treatment Carter and Feinstein are getting.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 27, 2023 08:50 AM (Q4IgG)

257 “If Men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and the next place, oblige it to control itself.”

― James Madison
Posted by: Muldoon at July 27, 2023 08:49 AM (zLLgI)

TJM said that??!!??

Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2023 08:50 AM (StUJj)

258 She was despondent at the death of her beloved son. Suicide by misadventure is my guess.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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Didn't she also contend with depression? Plus,, she converted to Islam at some point, iirc. That seemed a little nutty too.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 27, 2023 08:50 AM (oK2x9)

259 We live in the Age of YOLO… for reasons.

Posted by: tubal at July 27, 2023 08:50 AM (PCK5/)

260 @138 most of the Founders (except for Madison) thought that it was a doomed enterprise

Exactly. Jefferson and Adams corresponded on just this point extensively in their old age. It's the foundational basis of the Daily Doom Podcast. They absolutely lamented the failure of the revolution -- in the 18-teens, "The era of good feeling."

"We are very slightly changed..."

While we're over there on the rock outcropping, "Next generation dumber than box of rocks" was first set down in script by Plato, although it was being said a lot before him too.
And it has been said, unremittingly and continuously, by every dried-up old fart ever since. It's just a way of announcing that nature is ready for you to die.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 27, 2023 08:51 AM (4PZHB)

261 That book I was referring to concerning the Founders' fears that the American Republic was a doomed affair is Fears of a Setting Sun: The Disillusionment of America's Founders:

https://tinyurl.com/48r3ar2n

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 27, 2023 08:51 AM (AW0uW)

262 Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 27, 2023 08:40 AM (ZhxNU

Will pray.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office at July 27, 2023 08:51 AM (jfgxs)

263

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Posted by: Mitch The Murder Turtle at July 27, 2023 07:59 AM (flINI

Nailed it!😂

Posted by: Ex GOP at July 27, 2023 08:51 AM (ExFoQ)

264 Joe Pesci hosted SNL the week after. During his monologue, he said O'Connor as lucky he wasn't there last week or else he'd have smacked her.

He got a huge ovation.
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I recall something about lucky she didn't do that in his old, Italian neighbourhood too.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 27, 2023 08:51 AM (krqg6)

265 “If Men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and the next place, oblige it to control itself.”

― James Madison
Posted by: Muldoon at July 27, 2023 08:49 AM (zLLgI)

Hence the balance of powers. The particular implementation I think failed but it would still appear to be the only way to have governance by a constrained government.

The unification of the ruling class is where the breakdown in our system occurred. Trying to structure them in a more feudal manner where they have natural and enduring conflicts with one another might avoid that.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 27, 2023 08:52 AM (eYoxG)

266 So far, my plan of seeing 0% naked pics of Stacey Abrams is 100% effective.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 27, 2023 08:52 AM (xTRSc)

267 Prayer request:
Hubby works from home. Unexpectedly told to come into the office today. *worried*
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion

Okay !

Posted by: JT at July 27, 2023 08:52 AM (T4tVD)

268 "People who took a test to become a teacher and failed that test have now blamed racist oppression for their inability to pass the test.
Failed teachers awarded $1.8 BILLION by NYC after judge deems teacher testing to be racist"

I took the offending test back in 2004. It was, by far, the EASIEST standardized test I have ever taken. Easier than any SAT, ACT, etc. Anyone who could not pass this test (especially on multiple tries) simply did not deserve to be a teacher. That's disparate impact for you, eh?

Posted by: SC Math Teacher at July 27, 2023 08:52 AM (dBpR0)

269 Nixon's VP was forced out for a minor version of what the Bidens have been doing - he got kickbacks from an American company for government contracts - not foreign countries/nations for implementing their desired policies.

He wasn't impeached but he was forced to resign.

So...this isn't new. What is new is that a man like Nixon had more integrity then any national level Democrat does now.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2023 08:52 AM (lc5cP)

270 vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion

Prayers ascending for a good outcome, like a promotion to a better position.

But if it is bad, go ahead and shiv some MBAs or the HR staff.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2023 08:52 AM (u82oZ)

271 Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 27, 2023 08:50 AM (krqg6)
*****
It's all good.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 27, 2023 08:53 AM (NpAcC)

272 She was famous for her covers of other people's original works, but Sinead had a song called Jackie about a mourning wife who would linger at the beach waiting for her shipwrecked and drowned husband that was very good.

For all I know it was a cover or a ripoff of a poem, too, but it was a good song in its own way.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at July 27, 2023 08:50 AM (SpC+Q)

Outstanding song!! She had a great voice. Too bad she couldn't keep her politics to herself.

Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2023 08:53 AM (StUJj)

273 "...about a mourning wife who would linger at the beach waiting for her shipwrecked and drowned husband..."

The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee...

Posted by: Gordon Lightfoot at July 27, 2023 08:53 AM (NBVIP)

274 That book I was referring to concerning the Founders' fears that the American Republic was a doomed affair is Fears of a Setting Sun: The Disillusionment of America's Founders:

I've always been surprised, and dismayed, that the first thing a people did upon defeating a tyrannical king was to ratify another government much, much closer to home. I would have been a staunch anti-federalist.

Posted by: Ramblin' Man at July 27, 2023 08:53 AM (DRBIt)

275 Didn't she also contend with depression? Plus,, she converted to Islam at some point, iirc. That seemed a little nutty too.

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She was clearly massively mentally ill.

A woman doesn't shave her head for no reason. And then her mental illness became her trademark, and it was off to the races. There was no way she could get help or get better and still "be her true self" or whatever the silliness is that promotes enabling suicide.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at July 27, 2023 08:53 AM (SpC+Q)

276 Bulgaroctonus

**Shudder**

Thanks, buddy.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2023 08:53 AM (u82oZ)

277 Sending prayers, vmom

Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2023 08:53 AM (avru5)

278 Preceding that quote(and before this more of the theorizing on balance of powers):

" But the great security against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department, consists in giving to those who administer each department the necessary constitutional means and personal motives to resist encroachments of the others. The provision for defense must in this, as in all other cases, be made commensurate to the danger of attack. Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may be a reflection on human nature, that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government. But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?"

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 27, 2023 08:54 AM (eYoxG)

279 WAIT...WHAT?

Posted by: Taggart at July 27, 2023 08:54 AM (flINI)

280 Source currently unknown...

Federal health officials report that a salmonella contamination in ground beef has affected a minimum of 16 people, with six of them requiring hospitalization. The affected states in the Northeast include New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the common food linked to the outbreak is ground beef. [...]

Salmonella infection symptoms include fever, diarrhea, bloody diarrhea, vomiting, and dehydration.

[So, a regular Taco Tuesday?]

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 27, 2023 08:54 AM (krqg6)

281 >>She was clearly massively mentally ill.

Yes, this. Sad.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2023 08:54 AM (avru5)

282 Absolutely, vmom.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 27, 2023 08:55 AM (t0OGg)

283 Based solely on the Tucker interview, Ice Cube seems like one smart cookie.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 27, 2023 08:55 AM (oK2x9)

284 prayers up vmom!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 27, 2023 08:55 AM (oK2x9)

285 After we imprison Hunter, impeach Biden and prove beyond a reasonable doubt to the general public that Biden Inc is the most corrupt political family in US history, then Biden drops out of the race in the summer of 2024, I'm not sure where that gets us exactly.

Not saying we shouldn't go after the Bidens, who are obviously loathsome criminal scum, and who have sold out the country to China and any number of highest bidding scumbag countries. But my schadenboner would be more expansive if it were a large swath of the actual Deep State power structure on the chopping block, e.g. Comey, Brennan, Garland, Rice, Wray etc

Posted by: Zek at July 27, 2023 08:55 AM (5FPX4)

286 reaking911 @Breaking911 12h
REP. SCHIFF: “The Republican desire to impeach someone, anyone, no matter if there’s any evidence, just shows how they have descended into chaos.”

Beaten by redridinghood.
Posted by: andycanuck
_____________

See me @23

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 27, 2023 08:55 AM (Q4IgG)

287 Death comes for us all. Our "betters" (i.e., the so-called "Elite) seem to have forgotten this.

I don't think it's simply the elites. Truly, I've seen a shift. My grand-parents were at peace with the idea of death, but we're talking thirty years ago. The majority of people now simply are not resigned to mortality.

Maybe it's because of the fall of religion. I don't know. But it's a real change. I've seen it.
Posted by: Ramblin' Man

It's because we, as a society, are soft. We, as a society, have not seen real adversity.

And I mean real adversity. Soup lines, infant mortality where people lose six out of ten infants, war, death from diseases, lack of antibiotics, etc.

Yeah. We ARE soft. Our ancestors saw death quite frequently.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2023 08:56 AM (yjSq/)

288 Prayer request:
Hubby works from home. Unexpectedly told to come into the office today. *worried*
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion

Ugh. Hope it's nothing.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 27, 2023 08:56 AM (AW0uW)

289 Sinead was a walking mess. She was despondent over her youngest childs suicide but she had lost custody of him years ago. Her entire adult life was a cry for help , but unfortunately I don't think anything would have helped. She had tried suicide a couple of times, so it would not be a surprise if this time it was successful. RIP

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2023 08:56 AM (S75Fo)

290 Based solely on the Tucker interview, Ice Cube seems like one smart cookie.

Tucker is doing the kind of outreach and discussion with people that might be willing to leave the lefty plantation that we've been demanding rightwing leaders do for a long time.

And...it makes for good video.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2023 08:57 AM (lc5cP)

291 She had tried suicide a couple of times, so it would not be a surprise if this time it was successful. RIP

--

So long as she tests positive for COVID and the hospital can get its $14K.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at July 27, 2023 08:57 AM (SpC+Q)

292 Fenelon, apologies if I missed it in the earlier comments, but what office are you running for?
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at July 27, 2023 08:34 AM (YwyqV)

You have nothing to apologize for 😊and thanks for asking. I am running for township committee. Only Democrats on it now.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office at July 27, 2023 08:57 AM (jfgxs)

293 rickb223

Good point. I was an adult in the Service before I saw my first dead body. A shipmate. Very sad night.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2023 08:57 AM (u82oZ)

294 Joe Pesci hosted SNL the week after. During his monologue, he said O'Connor as lucky he wasn't there last week or else he'd have smacked her.

He got a huge ovation.
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I recall something about lucky she didn't do that in his old, Italian neighbourhood too.
Posted by: andycanuck

Who knew pissing on the Pope would have that reaction???

Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2023 08:57 AM (yjSq/)

295
*Hubby works from home. Unexpectedly told to come into the office today.*

There's a new cover sheet for the TPS Report.

Posted by: Isn't it obvious? at July 27, 2023 08:58 AM (NBVIP)

296 Good morning everyone. Thank you J.J.

Verse for the Day:

"And whatever you ask in my name, I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything of me in my name, I will do it."

–John 14:13-14

Posted by: Tonypete at July 27, 2023 08:58 AM (u/66v)

297 For a guy who was censured, Schiff sure likes to run his mouth.

Censured on the floor of Congress, loudmouth fool outside of the Chambers.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 27, 2023 08:58 AM (lf83v)

298 273 "about a mourning wife". A couple of us were talking about an apartment complex going up. Somebody mentioned a really nice house, one that stands out, down the road from it. I commented that I really liked the widow's walk on the house. Guys had never heard that term before.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 27, 2023 08:58 AM (0EOe9)

299 Impeachment Inquiry. A lot of power to roll this gs out just slow enough that Joe won't resign but fast enough to where it is in the news.

There's no way in hell the Senate will convict. Play the political game with the legal game in arrears.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at July 27, 2023 08:58 AM (FxH7T)

300 27 >SCHIFF: “The Republican desire to impeach someone — anyone, no matter if there’s any evidence — just shows how they have descended into chaos.”

you guys started it
Posted by: DB - shadowy figure from a past episode at July 27, 2023 07:25 AM (geLO

WOW!

Just wow!

It's amazing how they just say things.

It's hard to even fathom those words coming out his pie hole without his software blowing up like the computer on star wars when Kirk taught it to play tic tac toe.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at July 27, 2023 08:58 AM (Z5jpo)

301 I've always been surprised, and dismayed, that the first thing a people did upon defeating a tyrannical king was to ratify another government much, much closer to home. I would have been a staunch anti-federalist.
Posted by: Ramblin' Man at July 27, 2023 08:53 AM (DRBIt)

"Better to be ruled by one tyrant a thousand miles away than by a thousand tyrants not one mile away."

- Shit the Anti-Federalists Said, Vol. 3

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 27, 2023 08:58 AM (AW0uW)

302
I don't know if it was the Covid but the past two years if I eat ground beef it's a nightmare trip through my stomach and points further south. Meat balls? Roast beef? No problem.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 27, 2023 08:58 AM (enJYY)

303 Out of actual curiosity popped into some MSM sites re: Hunter Biden.
When MSNBC says his legal problems 'aren't political' you KNOW he's being tossed under the short bus. It's truly astonishing just how much obvious, public malfeasance and criminality it takes for Dems and Progs to finally stop protecting one of their own.

Posted by: LenNeal at July 27, 2023 08:58 AM (/BBNv)

304 It's because we, as a society, are soft. We, as a society, have not seen real adversity.

And I mean real adversity. Soup lines, infant mortality where people lose six out of ten infants, war, death from diseases, lack of antibiotics, etc.

Yeah. We ARE soft. Our ancestors saw death quite frequently.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2023 08:56 AM (yjSq/)

"Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times."

Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2023 08:58 AM (StUJj)

305 She was clearly massively mentally ill.

Yes, this. Sad.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2023 08:54 AM (avru5)

She's yet another example of the evils of hollywood and the fame industry.

She's been known to have issues, yet no one seemed to be helping her. She had handlers. She had agents. They don't seem to have done much.

Her son committed suicide last year at the age of 17. I'm sure that sent her into a spiral, but again, no one was helping.

Same, sad story of fame and fortune.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 27, 2023 08:59 AM (Zz0t1)

306 Prayer request:
Hubby works from home. Unexpectedly told to come into the office today. *worried*
Posted by: vmom

Prayers on their way!

Posted by: Tonypete at July 27, 2023 08:59 AM (u/66v)

307 It's because we, as a society, are soft. We, as a society, have not seen real adversity.

It's a topic I constantly find myself coming back to. Apparently most people need adversity. And if they don't have it, they'll create it.

I guess it's hard-coded into what we are somehow. I don't have it, but most people around me do. I truly believe we are in the age of making up adversity. I've seen more stupid shit in the last five years than I would have thought possible. And it's all self inflicted. Maybe the stupidest time to be alive since some of the dumb Great Depression stuff.

Posted by: Ramblin' Man at July 27, 2023 08:59 AM (DRBIt)

308 Meta’s Reality Labs has lost more than $21B since the start of 2022

https://tinyurl.com/3rapasjf

Posted by: redridinghood at July 27, 2023 09:00 AM (NpAcC)

309 Joe Pesci?

Does his last name mean "pussy" or "fish" in Italian.

I'm never quite sure with that pampered wannabe tough-guy.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 27, 2023 09:00 AM (lf83v)

310 If Biden is so corrupt why is it that both Russia and China would prefer Trump to be president ?
Shouldn't they instead be pushing against Trump and for their boy Biden?

Posted by: Paul at July 27, 2023 09:00 AM (iom6U)

311 Posted by: Ramblin' Man at July 27, 2023 08:59 AM (DRBIt)

Nick asked for it.......

https://youtu.be/kKwXHDs1R6Y

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 27, 2023 09:00 AM (Zz0t1)

312 See me @23

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Bitch!
.
.
.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 27, 2023 09:01 AM (krqg6)

313 307 It's because we, as a society, are soft. We, as a society, have not seen real adversity.

It's a topic I constantly find myself coming back to. Apparently most people need adversity. And if they don't have it, they'll create it.

I guess it's hard-coded into what we are somehow. I don't have it, but most people around me do. I truly believe we are in the age of making up adversity. I've seen more stupid shit in the last five years than I would have thought possible. And it's all self inflicted. Maybe the stupidest time to be alive since some of the dumb Great Depression stuff.

Posted by: Ramblin' Man at July 27, 2023 08:59 AM (DRBIt)

Victimhood is tremendous currency. If not actual currency, social currency.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 27, 2023 09:01 AM (KbCG3)

314 "Joe Pesci?
Does his last name mean "pussy" or "fish" in Italian.
I'm never quite sure with that pampered wannabe tough-guy."

Maybe so but how he played the "funny like a clown" scene in Goodfellas scared the sh*t out me.

Posted by: Zek at July 27, 2023 09:01 AM (5FPX4)

315 You have nothing to apologize for 😊and thanks for asking. I am running for township committee. Only Democrats on it now.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office at July 27, 2023 08:57 AM (jfgxs)

That's awesome - good job stepping up!

Related aside - my grandfather was on the township board where he lived. He got deal with fun things like Farmer Joe tried to plant 3 rows of corn in the new asphalt cover on the old road.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at July 27, 2023 09:02 AM (YwyqV)

316 Paul

Trump is anti-war and anti-war mongering. He limits the funding going to the military, and his policies led to happiness.

Others, not so much.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2023 09:02 AM (u82oZ)

317 Maybe so but how he played the "funny like a clown" scene in Goodfellas scared the sh*t out me.
_________

And the Cornfield Scene in casino made my day.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 27, 2023 09:03 AM (lf83v)

318 316 Paul

Trump is anti-war and anti-war mongering. He limits the funding going to the military, and his policies led to happiness.

Others, not so much.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2023 09:02 AM (u82oZ)

=======

If Trump is so antiwar, why didn't he nuke Putin, huh?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 27, 2023 09:03 AM (LvTSG)

319 It's a topic I constantly find myself coming back to. Apparently most people need adversity. And if they don't have it, they'll create it.

I guess it's hard-coded into what we are somehow. I don't have it, but most people around me do. I truly believe we are in the age of making up adversity. I've seen more stupid shit in the last five years than I would have thought possible. And it's all self inflicted. Maybe the stupidest time to be alive since some of the dumb Great Depression stuff.
Posted by: Ramblin' Man

It's definitely hard coded. Or was.
Real adversity kept one from being eaten by a saber toothed tiger. It kept one on one's toes.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2023 09:03 AM (yjSq/)

320 Posted by: Paul at July 27, 2023 09:00 AM (iom6U)

We really don't need Spicoli to tell you to f*ck off and take your lying bullshit to DU where it belongs, you f*cking retard.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 27, 2023 09:03 AM (Zz0t1)

321 Have a great day, everyone.

May your personal desires be fulfilled, and sunshine light your path.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2023 09:03 AM (u82oZ)

322 Paul = Ignore.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 27, 2023 09:04 AM (lf83v)

323 Paul = Ignore.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 27, 2023 09:04 AM (lf83v)

You misspelled stupid asshole.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 27, 2023 09:04 AM (Zz0t1)

324 Hunter

don't drink

don't do drugs

and get a job

in other words

be like Trump

Posted by: REDACTED at July 27, 2023 09:04 AM (us2H3)

325 Problem is that is going to work for much longer. He had what I believe was a TIA. No long term effective treatments are available and they usually get more frequent and are generally followed by a severe stroke.

Because this is exactly what a First World, super power nation needs is leadership riddled with dementia, prone to strokes and dependent on a broad spectrum of psychotropics in order to minimally function.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 27, 2023 09:05 AM (p8A+W)

326 The little bowl brush that is the White House press secretary got her job not because of color or sexual orientation but by being the most shameless liar to ever hold the post.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 27, 2023 09:05 AM (0EOe9)

327 Posted by: DoublySymmetric at July 27, 2023 09:02 AM (YwyqV)

Sounds a bit more entertaining than what I may have to deal with.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office at July 27, 2023 09:05 AM (jfgxs)

328 TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures

Because under Trump, Putin seized no new territory. Unlike with Bush II, Obama, and Biden.

Now GTG. Chores.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2023 09:05 AM (u82oZ)

329
don't drink

don't do drugs

and get a job

in other words

be like Trump
Posted by: REDACTED at July 27, 2023 09:04 AM (us2H3)

These are lyrics to an Antrax song.....I'm sure of it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 27, 2023 09:05 AM (Zz0t1)

330 *Anthrax

Damn fingers.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 27, 2023 09:05 AM (Zz0t1)

331 TJM said that??!!??
Posted by: Doof

********

Not THE James Madison

The OTHER James Madison

Posted by: Muldoon at July 27, 2023 09:05 AM (zLLgI)

332 Too much good stuff here that is cutting into my preparation for the "Muffins with Mary" women's group later this morning.

Yes, really. That is what it's called. No idea why my wife says I act like a 14 yr old boy.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 27, 2023 09:06 AM (u/66v)

333
I'n beginnning too suspect thet Paul is not two brite.

Posted by: Paul for Dummies at July 27, 2023 09:06 AM (enJYY)

334 I don't know, man. If we fight we might lose. It is better to pretend we are going to fight in the future and fundraise, than to lose a battle and lose a donor.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 27, 2023 09:06 AM (slgIg)

335 Good morning and may God bless the United States of America.

Posted by: Archer at July 27, 2023 09:06 AM (gmo/4)

336 The donors! Won't anybody think of the donors?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 27, 2023 09:07 AM (slgIg)

337 331 Not THE James Madison

The OTHER James Madison
Posted by: Muldoon at July 27, 2023 09:05 AM (zLLgI)

=========

It's what little Jimmy's friends called him, for sure. Wickedly puerile sense of humor on that one.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 27, 2023 09:07 AM (LvTSG)

338 It's definitely hard coded. Or was. Real adversity kept one from being eaten by a saber toothed tiger. It kept one on one's toes.

I get it. I guess I've had enough adversity that I don't feel the need to make any up. Honestly, I'm perfectly content to just enjoy what I've got and stay the Hell out of everyone else's business.

Probably buying a fifth-wheel today. Did you know that Curt makes an extension for the pin-box to connect it to my existing goose-neck ball ? I did not know that. Has an air-ride and everything.

With so much good shit like that out there, I honestly see no reason to bitch. People need to just take a breath. Maybe day drink. Relax.

Posted by: Ramblin' Man at July 27, 2023 09:07 AM (DRBIt)

339 Those that want to reduce the world population by billions to save the earf (and appease the gods of socialism/communism and Gaia) are WORSE than the Aztecs who sacrificed tens of thousands to appease their gods.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 27, 2023 09:07 AM (ynpvh)

340 334 I don't know, man. If we fight we might lose. It is better to pretend we are going to fight in the future and fundraise, than to lose a battle and lose a donor.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 27, 2023 09:06 AM (slgIg)

My friends! This is not the hill to die on!

~ GOPe

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at July 27, 2023 09:07 AM (YwyqV)

341 This Paul guy sips penis, rite?

Posted by: Pudinhead at July 27, 2023 09:07 AM (ppL7t)

342 You have nothing to apologize for 😊and thanks for asking. I am running for township committee. Only Democrats on it now.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office

And, if not successful, she's goin' to Vegas to become a Stand-Up !

Posted by: JT at July 27, 2023 09:08 AM (T4tVD)

343 "The little bowl brush that is the White House press secretary got her job not because of color or sexual orientation but by being the most shameless liar to ever hold the post."

If the Washington press corps had an ounce of self respect they would just stop showing up to that Potemkin Village of Stupid that is the WH Press Conference.

Posted by: Zek at July 27, 2023 09:08 AM (5FPX4)

344 The 1780s were a period of crisis so pessimism as to the enduring nature of the new country is understandable. Currency collapse, economic depression, the states engaging in trade wars against each other.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 27, 2023 09:08 AM (eYoxG)

345 So I decided to go back to my original handle, as I don't want people to think- that like Mikey/- I hate everything and am being dragged kicking and screaming into this😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2023 09:08 AM (jfgxs)

346 TJM said that??!!??
Posted by: Doof

********

Not THE James Madison

The OTHER James Madison
Posted by: Muldoon at July 27, 2023 09:05 AM (zLLgI)

Oh, you mean James MONROE??

Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2023 09:08 AM (StUJj)

347 "Sips" might be a bit of an understatement.

Posted by: Ramblin' Man at July 27, 2023 09:09 AM (DRBIt)

348 347 "Sips" might be a bit of an understatement.
Posted by: Ramblin' Man at July 27, 2023 09:09 AM (DRBIt)

========

Theory:

Paul is Gabe.

Discuss.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 27, 2023 09:09 AM (LvTSG)

349 I am a lifelong republican. And I am just sick and tired of the GOP attacking the presidents family and making everything a life or death issue. Joe Biden is a fine man and is making so many sacrifices for the country he loves. That is why I, and thousands of other republicans stand behind OUR president!

Posted by: Severe Conservative at July 27, 2023 09:10 AM (slgIg)

350 The guy Pesci played in Goodfellas was in real life a complete lunatic . Pretty much everyone was glad when he was gone.Name was Tommy DeSimone

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2023 09:10 AM (S75Fo)

351 Grassley speaking and he has a bit of a cough. No problem, a young guy like him. Chuck goes back to the office and has a snort of that pure Iowa corn subsidized ethanol and all is well.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 27, 2023 09:10 AM (0EOe9)

352 Theory:

Paul is Gabe.

Discuss.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 27, 2023 09:09 AM (LvTSG)

Whatever happened to the Mirror Universe troll??

Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2023 09:11 AM (StUJj)

353 "but if you are “Black/African-American” or “American Indian/Alaska Native” or “Hispanic/Latino” you are presumed eligible. "

problem is, bringing in the underqualified means they either "flunk out" or many are allowed to pass on when they should not, and we get diversity hire doctors. (and many might do well, but not those that were not up to the standards needed)

Posted by: illiniwek at July 27, 2023 09:11 AM (Cus5s)

354 This Paul guy sips penis, rite?

More like knob gobbler.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 27, 2023 09:11 AM (slgIg)

355 310 If Biden is so corrupt why is it that both Russia and China would prefer Trump to be president ?
Shouldn't they instead be pushing against Trump and for their boy Biden?

Is that the grape or the cherry Kool aide talking

Keep it real man!

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at July 27, 2023 09:11 AM (Z5jpo)

356 349 I am a lifelong republican. And I am just sick and tired of the GOP attacking the presidents family and making everything a life or death issue. Joe Biden is a fine man and is making so many sacrifices for the country he loves. That is why I, and thousands of other republicans stand behind OUR president!
Posted by: Severe Conservative at July 27, 2023 09:10 AM (slgIg)

He really just loves his son SO MUCH.

Gosh, I just tear up thinking about it. Maybe, one day, I will be able to love my sons 1/2 as much as Joe loves Hunter.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at July 27, 2023 09:11 AM (YwyqV)

357 Posted by: JT at July 27, 2023 09:08 AM (T4tVD)

I think I'd have to refine my act a bit in order to do that. Corny jokes probably couldn't carry and entire act.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2023 09:12 AM (jfgxs)

358 GOPe is in the position to do its duty by leveling legitimate charges at an abject amoral perverted criminal whose high crimes and misdemeanors are a red-pubic hair's breadth away from being considered traitorous.

—

That’s not who we are dear sir.
- GOP

Posted by: Montec at July 27, 2023 09:12 AM (Rudgo)

359 Gabe adjacent.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 27, 2023 09:12 AM (krqg6)

360 These are lyrics to an Antrax song.....I'm sure of it.

I'm reminded of "Why Don't You Get A Job?" by The Offspring.

https://tinyurl.com/mr3wwewh

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 27, 2023 09:12 AM (AW0uW)

361 I think I'd have to refine my act a bit in order to do that. Corny jokes probably couldn't carry and entire act.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

--

(Norm McDonald has entered the chat)

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at July 27, 2023 09:12 AM (SpC+Q)

362 This Paul guy sips penis, rite?
Posted by: Pudinhead at July 27, 2023 09:07 AM (ppL7t)

He's further proof that males shouldn't swallow man juice.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 27, 2023 09:13 AM (Zz0t1)

363 355 310 If Biden is so corrupt why is it that both Russia and China would prefer Trump to be president ?
Shouldn't they instead be pushing against Trump and for their boy Biden?

Is that the grape or the cherry Kool aide talking

Keep it real man!
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at July 27, 2023 09:11 AM (Z5jpo)

========

The only thing "proving" Putin wanted Trump was that pee pee dossier. It didn't even make sense. Why would Putin want a US president with the explicit object of making America "energy dominant", which would decrease the sale price of gasoline on the world market, and negatively affect Russia's ability to fund its own government since about 70% of it is funded through oil sales?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 27, 2023 09:13 AM (LvTSG)

364 49 I am a lifelong republican. And I am just sick and tired of the GOP attacking the presidents family and making everything a life or death issue. Joe Biden is a fine man and is making so many sacrifices for the country he loves. That is why I, and thousands of other republicans stand behind OUR president!
Posted by: Severe Conservative at July 27, 2023 09:10 AM (slgIg)

Hear hear!!
-GOP

Posted by: Montec at July 27, 2023 09:13 AM (Rudgo)

365 351 Grassley speaking and he has a bit of a cough. No problem, a young guy like him. Chuck goes back to the office and has a snort of that pure Iowa corn subsidized ethanol and all is well.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 27, 2023 09:10 AM (0EOe9)

From Iowa - you're not wrong. *sigh*

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at July 27, 2023 09:14 AM (YwyqV)

366 I would pay real money to take a "victory Samurai" piss on David Brock's and James Carville's backs right now

Posted by: H8 Marxist Rat Bastards & Clinton sycophants at July 27, 2023 09:14 AM (5uy7A)

367
I'm reminded of "Why Don't You Get A Job?" by The Offspring.

https://tinyurl.com/mr3wwewh
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 27, 2023 09:12 AM (AW0uW)

I'll see your Offspring and raise you Lonesome George......

https://youtu.be/-FYfNoPfkew

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 27, 2023 09:14 AM (Zz0t1)

368 Florida Girl, 11, arrested for falsely reporting friend was kidnapped in YouTube challenge

https://tinyurl.com/5n7utmca

Posted by: redridinghood at July 27, 2023 09:14 AM (NpAcC)

369 If Biden is so corrupt why is it that both Russia and China would prefer Trump to be president ?
Shouldn't they instead be pushing against Trump and for their boy Biden?

--

I'm guessing the same news agencies who told us that three year olds need to get the COVID shot are the ones telling us this, right?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at July 27, 2023 09:14 AM (SpC+Q)

370 Seeing how much the left hates McConnell - and I mean hates with the intensity of 10000 suns - I kinda have new respect for the old turtle.

Posted by: Montec at July 27, 2023 09:15 AM (Rudgo)

371 370 Seeing how much the left hates McConnell - and I mean hates with the intensity of 10000 suns - I kinda have new respect for the old turtle.
Posted by: Montec at July 27, 2023 09:15 AM (Rudgo)

Unfortunately, McConnell hates his base with the same intensity.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at July 27, 2023 09:15 AM (YwyqV)

372 Paul and Adam Schiff could have an epic stupid statement competition like that Monty python skit like "we were so poor that....."

Jeebus are they stupid tools.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at July 27, 2023 09:16 AM (Z5jpo)

373 I'm genuinely curious what a 'town committee' does. We have town council in the nearby town. There's a mayor and several other members. They stream their monthly meetings on Facebook. Mostly administrative stuff according to my wife who watches those videos. Street repairs, downed tree removal, loose dogs, etc. Sometimes there are residents there to pitch a fit about this or that.

Does the committee or council have 'teeth' to make policy? Or is that something done at the county level. Or state.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 27, 2023 09:16 AM (Q4IgG)

374 12 Sibel Edmonds learned the hard way. The Deep State don't play.
She would have been better off making $14.00 the hard way.
More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 27, 2023 07:17 AM (b+YaX)

She also learned that certain things were " 'deep' and 'dark,' will never be fully explored because it was a bipartisan scandal that involved 'people from both sides of the aisle.' "
Uniparty for the win!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 27, 2023 09:16 AM (ynpvh)

375 I'm guessing the same news agencies who told us that three year olds need to get the COVID shot are the ones telling us this, right?
Posted by: Moron Robbie

Two year olds are silent spreaders!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 27, 2023 09:16 AM (slgIg)

376 Florida Girl, 11, arrested for falsely reporting friend was kidnapped in YouTube challenge

https://tinyurl.com/5n7utmca
Posted by: redridinghood at July 27, 2023 09:14 AM (NpAcC)

Parents......raising em' right, I tell ya.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 27, 2023 09:16 AM (Zz0t1)

377 371 370 Seeing how much the left hates McConnell - and I mean hates with the intensity of 10000 suns - I kinda have new respect for the old turtle.
Posted by: Montec at July 27, 2023 09:15 AM (Rudgo)

Unfortunately, McConnell hates his base with the same intensity.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at July 27, 2023 09:15 AM (YwyqV)

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If the whole, "I like those my enemy hates," let it be known that Chuck Schumer probably really likes McConnell.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 27, 2023 09:16 AM (LvTSG)

378 We've already futed Paul. We shouldn't have to fute him again...

Posted by: Muldoon at July 27, 2023 09:16 AM (zLLgI)

379 372 Paul and Adam Schiff could have an epic stupid statement competition like that Monty python skit like "we were so poor that....."

Jeebus are they stupid tools.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at July 27, 2023 09:16 AM (Z5jpo)

If they could keep their dicks out or each other's mouths.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 27, 2023 09:16 AM (ynpvh)

380 Some of our Senators are so old their PSA exceeds their IQ.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 27, 2023 09:16 AM (0EOe9)

381 377 371 370 Seeing how much the left hates McConnell - and I mean hates with the intensity of 10000 suns - I kinda have new respect for the old turtle.
Posted by: Montec at July 27, 2023 09:15 AM (Rudgo)

Unfortunately, McConnell hates his base with the same intensity.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at July 27, 2023 09:15 AM (YwyqV)

=======

If the whole, "I like those my enemy hates," let it be known that Chuck Schumer probably really likes McConnell.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 27, 2023 09:16 AM (LvTSG)

They probably have a fairly cordial relationship tbh.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 27, 2023 09:17 AM (eYoxG)

382 I'll see your Offspring and raise you Lonesome George......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 27, 2023 09:14 AM (Zz0t1)

Son, you are on fire today. How much to have you take an hour and fill up my Spotify playlist ?

Posted by: Ramblin' Man at July 27, 2023 09:17 AM (DRBIt)

383
If they could keep their dicks out or each other's mouths.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 27, 2023 09:16 AM (ynpvh)

I think it's pure speculation on your part that Paul still has his cock in tact.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 27, 2023 09:17 AM (Zz0t1)

384
(Norm McDonald has entered the chat)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at July 27, 2023 09:12 AM (SpC+Q)

Did he only do corny jokes?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2023 09:17 AM (Keyt1)

385 I'll see your Offspring and raise you Lonesome George......

Art by the great "Buddy Bradley" artist Peter Bagge! Ha!

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 27, 2023 09:17 AM (AW0uW)

386 Paul will get to the bottom of this

Posted by: REDACTED at July 27, 2023 09:17 AM (us2H3)

387 *intact

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 27, 2023 09:17 AM (Zz0t1)

388 Two year olds are silent spreaders!
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 27, 2023 09:16 AM (slgIg)

I wish 2 year olds were silent.

Try the veal!

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at July 27, 2023 09:18 AM (YwyqV)

389 Seeing how much the left hates McConnell - and I mean hates with the intensity of 10000 suns - I kinda have new respect for the old turtle.

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Not me. He's everything that's wrong with modern politicians, even moreso than any Democrat.

At least Democrats are generally upfront in what they intend to do to people. Mitch is 100% in it for himself and doesn't care what happens to you, your family, or the country so long as he and his cheap-chinese-crap shipping magnate wife get everything they can out of it.

Remember when he pulled support from Arizona in the mid terms when it looked like an (R) could win? And supported Murkowski in Alaska when it looked like an (R) could win?

He's modern politics distilled into a walking stroke.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at July 27, 2023 09:18 AM (SpC+Q)

390 375 I'm guessing the same news agencies who told us that three year olds need to get the COVID shot are the ones telling us this, right?
Posted by: Moron Robbie

Two year olds are silent spreaders!
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 27, 2023 09:16 AM (slgIg)

False. Two-year-olds are never silent in any capacity.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 27, 2023 09:18 AM (KbCG3)

391 Ok, I'm a little confused on federal gun charges being attached to filing incorrect tax returns. Shouldn't that be separated federal charges or something?

Posted by: dantesed at July 27, 2023 09:18 AM (88xKn)

392 370 Seeing how much the left hates McConnell

It is all theater. After the press conference they all meet up for drinks and blow.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 27, 2023 09:19 AM (slgIg)

393 Paul is fed

Posted by: Tater at July 27, 2023 09:19 AM (us2H3)

394 Indonesian President Widodo arrives in China with plans to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
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Boy, do I ever want to hear Biden say Widodo's name at a presser!!

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 27, 2023 09:19 AM (krqg6)

395
Son, you are on fire today. How much to have you take an hour and fill up my Spotify playlist ?
Posted by: Ramblin' Man at July 27, 2023 09:17 AM (DRBIt)

Woof.....I'm sure I wouldn't charge for such a service. Between Doof and myself, we could provide you with weeks of Spotify listening pleasures.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 27, 2023 09:19 AM (Zz0t1)

396 (Norm McDonald has entered the chat)
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Did he only do corny jokes?

--

He would often have a really, REALLY bad dad-joke level punch line at the end of a seven to ten minute rambling monologue.

Filthy mouth but uniquely funny comedian. I don't really know of anyone else like him.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at July 27, 2023 09:20 AM (SpC+Q)

397 They probably have a fairly cordial relationship tbh.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 27, 2023 09:17 AM (eYoxG)

"Chuckie S, I'm going to have to say some strong words against your bill today. Still on for the bridge game at 3?"

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at July 27, 2023 09:20 AM (YwyqV)

398 393 Paul is fed

Posted by: Tater at July 27, 2023 09:19 AM (us2H3)

Cocksuckers often are.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 27, 2023 09:20 AM (ynpvh)

399 False. Two-year-olds are never silent in any capacity.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 27, 2023 09:18 AM

They have been known to sleep. Briefly.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 27, 2023 09:20 AM (Wnv9h)

400 He's modern politics distilled into a walking stroke.

Yeah. People here constantly bash Kentuckians about continuing to vote for The Turtle. I urge them to take five minutes and look up who the Dems have run against him. You won't find a better example of two party collusion than that murderers row of incompetents.

Posted by: Ramblin' Man at July 27, 2023 09:20 AM (DRBIt)

401 Some of our Senators are so old their PSA exceeds their IQ.

*********

Mitch McConnell's Social Security Number is 3

Posted by: Muldoon at July 27, 2023 09:20 AM (zLLgI)

402 McConnell (with McCarthy's help) tanked a number of potential R wins last 'election.' His 'quality candidate' quip still aggravates me.

He's done more to damage the R brand than the left has ever accomplished.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 27, 2023 09:21 AM (Q4IgG)

403 400 He's modern politics distilled into a walking stroke.

Yeah. People here constantly bash Kentuckians about continuing to vote for The Turtle. I urge them to take five minutes and look up who the Dems have run against him. You won't find a better example of two party collusion than that murderers row of incompetents.
Posted by: Ramblin' Man at July 27, 2023 09:20 AM (DRBIt)

*nods in Chuck Grassley*

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at July 27, 2023 09:21 AM (YwyqV)

404 Lest you forget that at one time I has 2 two year olds and 2 three year olds. Who are now 5 and 6.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 27, 2023 09:21 AM (slgIg)

405 Filthy mouth but uniquely funny comedian. I don't really know of anyone else like him.
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Maybe like Gary Shandling?

Posted by: Pudinhead at July 27, 2023 09:21 AM (ppL7t)

406 400 Yeah. People here constantly bash Kentuckians about continuing to vote for The Turtle. I urge them to take five minutes and look up who the Dems have run against him. You won't find a better example of two party collusion than that murderers row of incompetents.
Posted by: Ramblin' Man at July 27, 2023 09:20 AM (DRBIt)

========

I look at the primary numbers, see that McConnell wins by 50 points regularly, and judge Kentuckians with that information.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 27, 2023 09:21 AM (LvTSG)

407 394 Biden at a state dinner, giving a shout out to President Widodo and guests Alex Daddario and Vivek Ramaswamy. And the meds have given him cotton mouth.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 27, 2023 09:21 AM (0EOe9)

408 I saw Murderers Row Of Incompetents open for The Monkees at Shea Stadium in '67.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 27, 2023 09:22 AM (AW0uW)

409 Paul will get to the bottom of this
Posted by: REDACTED at July 27, 2023 09:17 AM

Paul is the bottom.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 27, 2023 09:22 AM (Wnv9h)

410 Impeaching Biden would only be a failure if you think he would be removed by the Senate. There is virtually no chance of that happening. But there are other benefits to impeachment.

Impeachment would give the House much broader investigative powers to subpoena witnesses and documents than they currently have. And it would finally force the left to at least acknowledge that there is a mountain of corruption on their side and in the bureaucracy. Even if they deny it which they will in the face of overwhelming evidence they will be on defense for a change and we will be on offense. Nothing excites the base like offense, even Alinsky knew that.

The big prize is winning in 2024. Exposing the corrupt left and putting them on their heels helps.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2023 09:22 AM (ZLI7S)

411 Son, you are on fire today. How much to have you take an hour and fill up my Spotify playlist ?
Posted by: Ramblin' Man at July 27, 2023 09:17 AM (DRBIt)

Woof.....I'm sure I wouldn't charge for such a service. Between Doof and myself, we could provide you with weeks of Spotify listening pleasures.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 27, 2023 09:19 AM (Zz0t1)

I share my Spotify playlists all the time. Also have several that are collaborations (multiple users can add/delete songs). Spotify premium is the best money I spend each month!!

Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2023 09:22 AM (StUJj)

412 Mitch is a large part of the loss of arguably THE most winnable mid-term I've ever seen in my lifetime. Maybe in the last 100 years.

They never even wrote down a plan for inflation. The dang Republican head of the Senate, and they never created a plan for voters to see.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at July 27, 2023 09:22 AM (SpC+Q)

413 Mitch had a plan for 22:

Fuck MAGA.

It worked.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 27, 2023 09:23 AM (slgIg)

414 401 Some of our Senators are so old their PSA exceeds their IQ.

*********

Mitch McConnell's Social Security Number is 3
Posted by: Muldoon at July 27, 2023 09:20

Some may ask why I cling to the senate...well let's face it power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.

Amirite ladies.

23 skidoo

Hubba hubba.

(Grabs crotch)

Posted by: Mitch McC at July 27, 2023 09:23 AM (Z5jpo)

415 I share my Spotify playlists all the time. Also have several that are collaborations (multiple users can add/delete songs). Spotify premium is the best money I spend each month!!

I probably should upgrade. Especially since I just shit-canned Sirius.

Posted by: Ramblin' Man at July 27, 2023 09:23 AM (DRBIt)

416 Parents......raising em' right, I tell ya.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 27, 2023 09:16 AM (Zz0t1)
******
Hopefully this little girl learns a big lesson as she had to spend the night in jail.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 27, 2023 09:23 AM (NpAcC)

417 I look at the primary numbers, see that McConnell wins by 50 points regularly, and judge Kentuckians with that information.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at July 27, 2023 09:21 AM (LvTSG)

*still nodding in Chuck Grassley*

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at July 27, 2023 09:23 AM (YwyqV)

418 Jack Keane is lying sack of shit and war humper

he just happens to be the CEO of the company that makes Hummers

Posted by: REDACTED at July 27, 2023 09:23 AM (us2H3)

419 408 I saw Murderers Row Of Incompetents open for The Monkees at Shea Stadium in '67.
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Did the Monkees actually play Shea Stadium? Cereally.

Posted by: Pudinhead at July 27, 2023 09:23 AM (ppL7t)

420 395
Son, you are on fire today. How much to have you take an hour and fill up my Spotify playlist ?
Posted by: Ramblin' Man at July 27, 2023 09:17 AM (DRBIt)

Woof.....I'm sure I wouldn't charge for such a service. Between Doof and myself, we could provide you with weeks of Spotify listening pleasures.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 27, 2023 09:19 AM (Zz0t1)

Sponge, feel like you and I have similar musical tastes. Couple of songs I heard recently that I forgot about but really dig:

Soul Asylum - Shove
Social Distortion - Ball and Chain
Meat Puppets - Backwater

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 27, 2023 09:23 AM (KbCG3)

421 Probably buying a fifth-wheel today. Did you know that Curt makes an extension for the pin-box to connect it to my existing goose-neck ball ? I did not know that. Has an air-ride and everything.

With so much good shit like that out there, I honestly see no reason to bitch. People need to just take a breath. Maybe day drink. Relax.
Posted by: Ramblin' Man

I hear you. After selling the house and moving onto family land, I have so much to do to keep me busy, I don't have time to deal with people, much less get in their business.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2023 09:23 AM (yjSq/)

422 I truly believe we are in the age of making up adversity.
Posted by: Ramblin' Man at July 27, 2023 08:59 AM (DRBIt)

We're manufacturing and exporting it at a prodigious clip.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 27, 2023 09:23 AM (DRCwm)

423 Mitch had a plan for 22:

Fuck MAGA.

It worked.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

--

Hard to argue against that.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at July 27, 2023 09:23 AM (SpC+Q)

424 I look at the primary numbers, see that McConnell wins by 50 points regularly, and judge Kentuckians with that information.

The dirty little secret is, Mitch is not that popular in the rural areas. He pulls massive primary support from Louisville and Lexington.

Posted by: Ramblin' Man at July 27, 2023 09:24 AM (DRBIt)

425 Mayorkas Says Border ‘Is Not’ Open After Record Number Of Illegal Crossings Under Biden

He's right; there's no border under Joey.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 27, 2023 09:24 AM (ynpvh)

426 I probably should upgrade. Especially since I just shit-canned Sirius.
Posted by: Ramblin' Man at July 27, 2023 09:23 AM (DRBIt)

Lemme know when you do! Not sure if you can add other users' playlists to your library on the non-premium plan??

Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2023 09:25 AM (StUJj)

427 The guy Pesci played in Goodfellas was in real life a complete lunatic . Pretty much everyone was glad when he was gone. Name was Tommy DeSimone
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Vinnie, what happened? Ah, we had a problem. We tried to do everything we could. Whadda mean? You know what I mean - he's gone. And we couldn't do nothing about it. Wadda mean? He's gone.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 27, 2023 09:25 AM (u/66v)

428 Parents......raising em' right, I tell ya.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 27, 2023 09:16 AM (Zz0t1)

There was a meltdown this morning as I held my ground that my 10-year-old was only taking 4 stuffed animals on the trip, not 5. Physics helped me out, as she did not have room for 5 in her luggage, but Pookette thinks all natural sciences should bend to her will.

Posted by: pookysgirl, master of packing at July 27, 2023 09:25 AM (dtlDP)

429 Reading quotes from liberals of the 50s and 60s extolling freedom pf speech. Adlai Stevenson, Hubert Humphrey, etc. Other than RFK Jr., has a modern democrat ever said a word of support for it?

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 27, 2023 09:25 AM (DRCwm)

430
Soul Asylum - Shove
Social Distortion - Ball and Chain
Meat Puppets - Backwater
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 27, 2023 09:23 AM (KbCG3)

I've got my phone chock full of music. Between myself, my brother and Doof, you never know what's gonna come out of that thing.

This includes commercials and radio drops from way back when my dad worked for WNOR in Norfolk in his Navy years.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 27, 2023 09:26 AM (Zz0t1)

431 Some 4th tier GOP candidate has a plan to fix what ails us:

Trim 2% from federal spending.

Or trim 2% from the projected increase. Not sure.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 27, 2023 09:26 AM (slgIg)

432 "Is Bidenomics working? Depends on what you mean by 'working.'"

Bidenomics is cherry-picked statistics, twisted statistics, and lies about inflation, increasing wages, jobs 'created,' private investment to re-shore manufacturing, and good-paying union jobs for renewable energy fantasies.

Middle Class Americans who are not crazed Leftists know Bidenomics is making them poorer, not richer nor better off in any way.

Posted by: Gref at July 27, 2023 09:26 AM (AMIL/)

433 427 "Even shot him in the face so his mother couldn't have an open casket".

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 27, 2023 09:26 AM (0EOe9)

434
There was a meltdown this morning as I held my ground that my 10-year-old was only taking 4 stuffed animals on the trip, not 5. Physics helped me out, as she did not have room for 5 in her luggage, but Pookette thinks all natural sciences should bend to her will.
Posted by: pookysgirl, master of packing at July 27, 2023 09:25 AM (dtlDP)

Ah.....I remember those days.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 27, 2023 09:26 AM (Zz0t1)

435 >>It's amazing how they just say things.

It's hard to even fathom those words coming out his pie hole without his software blowing up like the computer on star wars when Kirk taught it to play tic tac toe.

Eh, it's all a game to them - they will say anything at any time. Consistency and values are for chumps, Schiff and his ilk are about getting and using power. so of course he will accuse the GOP of being impeachment-happy.

And really, don't you think people like him and Hillary get a little thrill standing there an accusing their enemies of doing exactly what they do daily without shame! Heck, Hillary sells and wears a baseball hah with "But Her Emails" embroidered on it -- what's more fun than rubbing our noses in what they can and do get away with?

Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2023 09:27 AM (avru5)

436 Reading quotes from liberals of the 50s and 60s extolling freedom pf speech. Adlai Stevenson, Hubert Humphrey, etc. Other than RFK Jr., has a modern democrat ever said a word of support for it?

Kucinich used to. Don't know if he still does.

Posted by: Ramblin' Man at July 27, 2023 09:27 AM (DRBIt)

437 Did the Monkees actually play Shea Stadium? Cereally.

No, I looked it up. In 1967 they played three nights at Forest Hills Stadium (with the Jimi Hendrix Experience opening) and one night at the Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 27, 2023 09:27 AM (AW0uW)

438 There was a meltdown this morning as I held my ground that my 10-year-old was only taking 4 stuffed animals on the trip, not 5. Physics helped me out, as she did not have room for 5 in her luggage, but Pookette thinks all natural sciences should bend to her will.
Posted by: pookysgirl, master of packing

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We do that, too. You have your own piece of luggage (a largish backpack in our case) for toys, books, etc. Whatever you can fit in it can go with you.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at July 27, 2023 09:27 AM (SpC+Q)

439 imo, part of the DeepState thinkers' plan for impeaching Trump (knowing senate would not convict) was to politicize the act of impeaching, for when it was time to impeach their own truly guilty criminals.

Posted by: illiniwek at July 27, 2023 09:27 AM (Cus5s)

440 Trim 2% from federal spending.

Or trim 2% from the projected increase. Not sure.
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Do both and kill the vampire.

Posted by: Pudinhead at July 27, 2023 09:27 AM (ppL7t)

441 Ok.

Out for a while. Gotta go meet the exterminator at my dad's to see if we can get a handle on the f*cking bed bugs.....IF they can come back home, they'll need it clear for home health to return.

L8rs Horde.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 27, 2023 09:27 AM (Zz0t1)

442 373

HI, Martini Farmer. This is what the Township Committee does:

"Broadly speaking, the role of our municipal government is to collect property taxes, maintain township owned roads, provide for a municipal court of law, as well as secure police, fire, and emergency medical services for township residents. The municipal government is also responsible for administrating health and safety codes, and planning for and adjudicating land development." (That's from the internet) They are responsible for the township budget. The members also serve on other committees such as planning. They also vote on resolutions, ie. "Let's recognize Diwali" (That is fine, but hey never have any resolutions recognizing Judeo Christian holidays.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2023 09:28 AM (Keyt1)

443 "Between myself, my brother and Doof, you never know what's gonna come out of that thing."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 27, 2023 09:26 AM (Zz0t1)

Phrasing???

Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2023 09:28 AM (StUJj)

444 437 Did the Monkees actually play Shea Stadium? Cereally.

No, I looked it up. In 1967 they played three nights at Forest Hills Stadium (with the Jimi Hendrix Experience opening) and one night at the Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo
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Imagine Jimi opening for the Monkees. Fuck.

Posted by: Pudinhead at July 27, 2023 09:28 AM (ppL7t)

445 437 Saw Forest Hills and read Forest Lawn Stadium. Mick Jagger planning a tour.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 27, 2023 09:29 AM (0EOe9)

446 Middle Class Americans who are not crazed Leftists know Bidenomics is making them poorer, not richer nor better off in any way.

--

Went to order coffee from Sams Club this morning because they're no longer carrying it in-store.

$8 regular price under Trump, sometimes as low as $6
$13.50 regular price today, haven't seen a sale in two years.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at July 27, 2023 09:29 AM (SpC+Q)

447 Our Mayor-head of the Twp commitee also got the police to remove a man who spoke against her leadership.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2023 09:29 AM (Keyt1)

448 "Broadly speaking, the role of our municipal government is to collect property taxes, maintain township owned roads, provide for a municipal court of law, as well as secure police, fire, and emergency medical services for township residents. The municipal government is also responsible for administrating health and safety codes, and planning for and adjudicating land development." (That's from the internet) They are responsible for the township budget. The members also serve on other committees such as planning. They also vote on resolutions, ie. "Let's recognize Diwali" (That is fine, but hey never have any resolutions recognizing Judeo Christian holidays.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2023 09:28 AM (Keyt1)

That zoning committee... it wields lots of power. Just sayin'.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at July 27, 2023 09:30 AM (YwyqV)

449 The Democrats here in Kentucky have managed to run some of the most God awful candidates. Really far left loons. McConnell rarely has had competition. By design. Matt Bevin, the one term governor gave it a go, but got squashed by the 'machine.'

If KY elects a D it will be by the same corrupt machine that kept McConnell in office. And congress will get another leftist loon. Far worse than the turtle.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 27, 2023 09:30 AM (Q4IgG)

450 NOOD art

Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2023 09:31 AM (StUJj)

451 Even a spending freeze for 5 years would be a significant cut when adjusted for inflation. But even that is too much to ask for.

In my state the ultra super duper fiscal conservative governor and legislature approved a massive spending increase for eDuCaTioN. Because of course they did.

Posted by: Montec at July 27, 2023 09:31 AM (Rudgo)

452 Imagine Jimi opening for the Monkees. Fuck.

I laugh at that story every time I see it. One article at the time read "American children were not ready for the Jimi Hendrix Experience". No, I sure as shit bet they were not.

The thing is, he really wasn't some phenom guitar player. Hell, I can play quite a bit of his stuff. What he was was an exceptional song writer. That cat could do more with less than most.

And he wasn't scared of open chords and simple riffs. You still see, today, some kind of prejudice by most players against playing simple open chords and shapes. Not Jimi. Slash is like that as well. Part of that big blues sound of Hendrix ? Open chords.

Posted by: Ramblin' Man at July 27, 2023 09:32 AM (DRBIt)

453 451 Even a spending freeze for 5 years would be a significant cut when adjusted for inflation. But even that is too much to ask for.

In my state the ultra super duper fiscal conservative governor and legislature approved a massive spending increase for eDuCaTioN. Because of course they did.
Posted by: Montec at July 27, 2023 09:31 AM (Rudgo)

I can't believe that you hate children so much. ;-)

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at July 27, 2023 09:32 AM (YwyqV)

454 $8 regular price under Trump, sometimes as low as $6
$13.50 regular price today, haven't seen a sale in two years.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at July 27, 2023 09:29 AM (SpC+Q)

if you go on EBAY, you can buy the big 5 pound bags of whole beans the stores use

works out like 4 bucks for a reg 12 oz bag

Posted by: REDACTED at July 27, 2023 09:32 AM (us2H3)

455 Posted by: DoublySymmetric at July 27, 2023 09:30 AM (YwyqV)

Yes; It does.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2023 09:32 AM (Keyt1)

456 works out like 4 bucks for a reg 12 oz bag

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Not bad. This is $13.50 for 48 ounces, and the coffee is pretty good.

It's crazy to think you used to get it for $6.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at July 27, 2023 09:35 AM (SpC+Q)

457
And he wasn't scared of open chords and simple riffs. You still see, today, some kind of prejudice by most players against playing simple open chords and shapes. Not Jimi. Slash is like that as well. Part of that big blues sound of Hendrix ? Open chords.

--

Old Delta blues is wildly popular among everyone for a reason.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at July 27, 2023 09:36 AM (SpC+Q)

458 Here's to hope. If half the country despised Trump for saying Pu**y, Tara Reade's sexual misconduct accusations should have wounded cellar Joe. But on May 7, 2020, youtube, bedbug Senator Chris Coons, D - DE, called Joe a "model" for handling of the Reade allegation & discussed government 'records' that, if they existed, would either be with the National Archives or Secretary of Senate. Only Joe's personal records would have gone to the University of DE.

Of late, the bedbug has Tweeted about ARPA funding for low-income families & veterans in Delaware so they have a safety and decent place to call home. (What's taken so long?) And also need to pass the Afghan Adjustment Act as an amendment to the NDAA.

But most telling is chances of a government shutdown could be growing: The Hill, 7/21/23, Coons warns of government shutdown: We will "scare the hell out of you," by J. Shapiro. (Incidentally, said at the Aspen Security Forum, reportedly "alongside" Sens. Cornyn and Risch.)

US Sen. Tom Carpter, D- DE is not seeking reelection 2024. The brilliant Ted Kaufman who joined Joe's Senate campaign in 1972 & kept both O & Joe afloat is, at 84, still a political force. We shall see.

Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know their enemy at July 27, 2023 09:50 AM (GshMh)

459 The founding fathers would have been stacking buddies by now. What's the holdup with the impeachment? The Big Guy is clearly in up to his eyeballs.

Posted by: Crusty Curmudgeon at July 27, 2023 09:57 AM (+m6dH)

460 Communicating with anything in space is extremely difficult. (Except for things in Geo Stationary orbits)The Doppler shift of anything in space is constantly changing, as is the position of the object relative to the Earth. In addition because the Earth itself rotates, each ground station has only a limited time period during which it can even be in communication with something in orbit. Then there is the problem of the ground stations communicating with Mission Control. All of this is co-ordinated by the Lab I used to work in, the ESTL (Electronic System Test Laboratory) in Houston.

Go watch the Movie Apollo 13 and imagine how that would have turned out if they had communications failures too. The ESTL has gotten rid of all the "Old White Men" (some of whom were not even "white") who made all of that work. Remember how that worked out for that Titanic submarine? Now you understand the problems with Communications you're hearing about.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at July 27, 2023 10:03 AM (CecP5)

461 This immunity deal dustup is legal theater to fool the masses. The objective is to protect Joe Biden by keeping his bribery and Hunter’s scandals hidden behind a wall of “ongoing investigation”. Offering blanket immunity works against the objective: all the activity covered under immunity would then be subject to public release and review.

Hunter doesn’t *need* the immunity; he already has a corrupt DOJ protecting him. So it follows that the immunity offer is a limited hangout for the public: it’s designed to show that the legal system isn’t rigged this time unlike all the other times, and designed to be publicly rejected by the judge to “force” the DOJ back into the briar patch of the status quo ante.

Posted by: craig at July 27, 2023 10:33 AM (iblX1)

462 The details of the proposed plea are even worse. Evidently the Judge Noreika wasn’t too happy with a lot of the terms, including one in particular that could be unconstitutional. That provision related to the gun charge and what would happen if Hunter violated the terms of the 2 year diversion program, in particular if he used drugs. Hunter’s lawyers were afraid that if a Republican wins the presidency in 2024 their administration might, you know, enforce the fucking law and bring charges if/when Hunter falls off the wagon.

Instead, Hunter’s lawyers and lawyers working for Hunter’s dad (a/k/a the DOJ) worked out a deal that gave the power to take action on a violation to Judge Noreika alone, and cut out the DOJ completely. The judge was worried it would give her prosecutorial powers, which are vested exclusively in the executive branch.

The fact that the DOJ would agree to such a provision shows how corrupt it is.

Posted by: Rachel Jeantel at July 27, 2023 10:40 AM (AfV7r)

463 101 This is kind of a strange request, but bear with me...

It is a story of a different time, in a very different place than where we are now.

https://tinyurl.com/3vky7up9

And we still visit her gravesite occasionally.
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Mr. Apprentice, much thanks for the link. Victoria DeLee is a name out of the past. I was in 8th grade in Charleston when the election happened. I have so many memories about that, too numerous tell.

One was the stupidity of Mendel Davis's campaign slogan- "Vote for Mendel Davis so he can start building up valuable congressional seniority." All candidates had the same starting point. It really came down to Mendel Rivers' widow going on TV just before the election with the appeal, "If you care anything about the memory of my late husband Mendel Rivers, vote for his nephew Mendel Davis." Voters were just as stupid then as they are now.

Posted by: Evil Incarnate at July 27, 2023 10:45 AM (Jos0+)

464 It's because we, as a society, are soft.
--more Shit Plato Said, taught in a class you'd have bitched about had you actually taken it instead of bitching about its inclusion in the curriculum.

Let me tell you something. If you've seen a "soup line," you've witnessed actual human charity at work. You have not seen a society wallowing in real adversity. They don't have that.

You know who doesn't go on and on about what makes hard men? Actual hard men. You won't meet a lot of those lounging in Aeros in a cubicle, complaining of the good fortune of others while stealing time from their titular employers. Somebody is trying, poorly, to do a stand-up imitation of his tough-as-nails grandpa, and making a poopie instead.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 27, 2023 10:45 AM (4PZHB)

465 'Disaster': Jonathan Turley Points To One Democrat Who 'Demolished' Joe Biden's Defense

… either this is just too nuanced for my brain or there is something in this story I just don’t see

Posted by: SMOD at July 27, 2023 10:57 AM (RovqD)

466 I agree with Julie Kelly on impeachment. The Senate is going to convict NOBODY so that leaves discovery and who better to 'discover' and make pubic other than Chris Wray? Maybe Garland as well.

This way it leaves low information voters who watch NBC every night out of the emotional side of politics while people who reasonably pay attention can learn and act.

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