The Partisan Special Counsel Jack Smith Delivers an Unserious, Highly Political "Indictment" Accusing Trump of the Non-Crime of "Lies" and Praising Capitol Police as "Heroes"

This is not an indictment, this is a Jake Tapper "news" script.

He is claiming that Trump's "lies" about the election "fueled" the January 6th riots, and therefore.... Trump is criminally culpable?

That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works. It has been established and reaffirmed over a century that the only speech that can be criminalized is direct, unambiguous incitement telling people to commit a crime. And further, even if you do tell people to commit a crime (as communist and anarchist revolutionaries often do), the speech can only be criminal if there is a clear and present danger of the crimes being committed.

You cannot be charged for "incitement" for expressing your political beliefs about the outcome of an election, or else every fucking Democrat, including the cheerleaders and jock-sniffers on CNN and MSNBC, would be in prison since 2000.

But here go. Jack Smith, who got unanimously reversed on his partisan and faulty prosecution of another Republican, former Virginia governor Bob McDonald, is filing indictments he knows will not survive even the first level of review but he doesn't care, this is about the election, period.

Special Counsel Jack Smith said Tuesday that the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot was "fueled by lies" from former President Donald Trump, who he charged today with "conspiring to defraud the United States, conspiring to disenfranchise voters and conspiring and attempting to obstruct an official proceeding."
Smith made a public statement shortly after the federal indictment against Trump was unsealed Tuesday afternoon and encouraged "everyone to read it in full."
"The attack on our nation's Capitol on January 6th, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy," Smith said Tuesday. "Described in the indictment, it was fueled by lies -- lies by the defendant -- targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the U.S. government: the nation's process of collecting, counting and certifying the results of the presidential election."

The Democrats challenged the electoral count three times in the past 20 years. These attempts to derail a "bedrock part of the democrat process" were also fueled by lies.

Are we prosecuting them too?

Or nah?

Nah, right?

Smith added, though, that the indictment "is only an allegation and that the defendant must be presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law."
The indictment names only the former president but lists six unnamed co-conspirators. Smith said the investigation into "other individuals continues in this case."
Smith said the "men and women of law enforcement who defended the U.S. Capitol on January 6th are heroes."

This kind of political posturing and moral grandstanding is unbecoming and unprofessional for a "prosecutor." This is not an indictment, it's political rhetoric. I think there's a strong chance that this attempt to poison the voter pool with rhetoric designed to "incite" people to convict not based on the law but on passion will be mentioned in the order to quash these indictments.

"They are patriots, and they are the very best of us. They did not just defend a building or the people sheltering in it," Smith said. "They put their lives on the line to defend who we are as a country and as a people. They defended the very institutions and principles that defined the United States."
Smith said that "since the attack on our Capitol, the Department of Justice has remained committed to ensuring accountability for those criminally responsible for what happened that day."

Oh, just to really please Jake Tapper, Smith's brazenly political "indictment" includes charges potentially punishable... by the death penalty.

Special Counsel Jack Smith's indictment Tuesday against former President Donald Trump for his role in attempting to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential election includes several weighty felonies, including one for which death may be a penalty.
18 U.S.C § 241, "Conspiracy Against Rights," includes a penalty of up to 10 years in federal prison. But it adds that if death results from the actions covered under this provision, the offender may be executed:

If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or because of his having so exercised the same; or
If two or more persons go in disguise on the highway, or on the premises of another, with intent to prevent or hinder his free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege so secured--
They shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, they shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.
One person -- Ashli Babbitt, a rioter shot by a law enforcement officer -- died as a result of the Capitol riot on January 6, which Smith said Tuesday was the result of Trump's claims about the election. But Democrats have blamed Trump for the unrelated deaths of several protesters and Capitol Police officers.

Americans cannot and should not obey, respect, or abide a corrupt Regime that criminalizes any attempt to bring to light the corruption of The Regime.

That is tyranny, and Americans do not abide tyrants.

Posted by: Ace at 12:00 PM

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1 FIRST?

Posted by: Iris at August 02, 2023 11:59 AM (n3DL0)

2 Hi Ace!

Posted by: Iris at August 02, 2023 11:59 AM (n3DL0)

3 turd.

I mean third

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at August 02, 2023 11:59 AM (jgJfd)

4 Early?

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 02, 2023 12:00 PM (t/2Uw)

5 Ahumunah humanah - Kevin McCarthy

Posted by: Maj. Healey at August 02, 2023 12:01 PM (/MvYl)

6 Yay! Top 10!

Posted by: NR Pax at August 02, 2023 12:01 PM (4olE8)

7 Four count indictment on the Fitch Ratings downgrade in the mail to Mar a Lago as we speak....

You laugh (maybe), but there's not much I'm putting past Kremlin on the Potomac these days.

Posted by: William F. 'Buck' Dharma at August 02, 2023 12:02 PM (a9CYf)

8 Not sure if they are running up DJT, or trying to sway voters away.
And still Georgia wants to be the one to lock DJT up first

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2023 12:02 PM (XDDSj)

9 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 02, 2023 12:02 PM (Zz0t1)

10 1 FIRST?
Posted by: Iris at August 02, 2023 11:59 AM (n3DL0)

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Yay, Iris!

Posted by: Jordan61 at August 02, 2023 12:02 PM (DRSnL)

11 This country is hopelessly corrupted.

We ain't fixing this without LOTS of bloodshed, I fear.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 02, 2023 12:02 PM (Zz0t1)

12 It kinda seems like Americans do abide tyrants if they give out plenty of loot.

Posted by: Just Lily at August 02, 2023 12:02 PM (RLLZj)

13 Flinging poo seems to be a Dem strong point.

Posted by: Puddinhead at August 02, 2023 12:02 PM (sVfvf)

14 "The attack on our nation's Capitol on January 6th, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy,"

The Brits burned down the goddamn White House in 1814.
For starters.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at August 02, 2023 12:02 PM (wzAuc)

15 Just more Biden chaff.

Posted by: BignJames at August 02, 2023 12:03 PM (AwYPR)

16 Smith added, though, that the indictment "is only an allegation and that the defendant must be presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law."

According to the media and Congress, being Trump revokes that protection and he must be jailed for it.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 02, 2023 12:03 PM (4olE8)

17 11 This country is hopelessly corrupted.

We ain't fixing this without LOTS of bloodshed, I fear.
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Rivers of Blood are necessary.

Posted by: Puddinhead at August 02, 2023 12:03 PM (sVfvf)

18 Everything that Jack-ass Smith said is bullshit.

Posted by: Vinny at August 02, 2023 12:03 PM (ufFY8)

19 Tee hee!

Posted by: Hunter Biden at August 02, 2023 12:03 PM (r0uDl)

20 This kind of political posturing and moral grandstanding is unbecoming and unprofessional for a "prosecutor." This is not an indictment, it's political rhetoric. I think there's a strong chance that this attempt to poison the voter pool with rhetoric designed to "incite" people to convict not based on the law but on passion will be mentioned in the order to quash these indictments.
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Maybe so.

But this is why the DoJ's refusal to appoint a special prosecutor to Biden doesn't bother me. Appoint one or don't and the outcome will be the same.

Just like with Trump, albeit in the opposite direction.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 02, 2023 12:04 PM (t0OGg)

21 **High fives Jordan61** :-)

Posted by: Iris at August 02, 2023 12:04 PM (n3DL0)

22 The Brits burned down the goddamn White House in 1814.
For starters.
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The Dutch tried to raid Jamestown, too.

Posted by: Puddinhead at August 02, 2023 12:04 PM (sVfvf)

23 The primary election for our city was last night. The results were disappointing to say the least.

Posted by: Jordan61 at August 02, 2023 12:04 PM (DRSnL)

24 This was all that was on the radio this morning. They are deflecting from the crappy economy, the testimony that joe biden is accepting bribes and the countries credit rating being downgraded.

It is no accident that joe biden decided to take 10 days vacation and is unavailable to the press.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 02, 2023 12:04 PM (QNSds)

25 Oh, just to really please Jake Tapper, Smith's brazenly political "indictment" includes charges potentially punishable... by the death penalty.
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Some red meat to the CNN audience, but irrelevant. They won't execute Trump. They want him hollowed out, destroyed and abandoned. Killing him might galvanize the opposition.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 02, 2023 12:04 PM (t0OGg)

26 "The attack on our nation's Capitol on January 6th, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy,"

We are a constitutional republic, you stupid fucker.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 02, 2023 12:05 PM (ufFY8)

27 That is tyranny, and Americans do not abide tyrants.
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This seems contrary to past four or five years.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 02, 2023 12:05 PM (t0OGg)

28 Everything the Junta does is about distracting the public from their obvious corruption and perversion.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at August 02, 2023 12:05 PM (2YtOq)

29 hiya

Posted by: JT at August 02, 2023 12:05 PM (T4tVD)

30 "That is tyranny, and Americans do not abide tyrants."

Really, Ace? Where have you been since at least March 2020? The "new" Americans not only abide tyrants, they beg to be tyrant-ed and squeal with glee when held under the boot. They like being on their knees. They rage against religion, but their gods are bureaucrats pushing paper and creeps in a white lab coats, and they obey their gods without question.

Posted by: Elric Blade at August 02, 2023 12:05 PM (iFTx/)

31 One person -- Ashli Babbitt, a rioter shot by a law enforcement officer -- died as a result of the Capitol riot on January 6, which Smith said Tuesday was the result of Trump's claims about the election. But Democrats have blamed Trump for the unrelated deaths of several protesters and Capitol Police officers.
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They wanted a lot more death, but the protesters didn't accommodate them.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 02, 2023 12:06 PM (t0OGg)

32 "That is tyranny, and Americans do not abide tyrants."

Yeah, except it's looking like 30% - 50% of Americans DO abide tyranny.

It's time for people to accept that this is no longer the same country. We're in end of Roman Republic times. All conservatives are at this point are Brutus and Cassius trying to hold onto things the way they want them to be rather then the way they are.

The small r republican solution at this point is probably secession, and reforming a new union of people who want to follow original American principles.

Posted by: EtcEtcEtc at August 02, 2023 12:06 PM (bunM0)

33 I'm still stuck with a heart that believes in the rule of law and thinks there must be some clever and legal loophole to get this blatently political persecution thrown out without setting precedent for Dems to get out of legitimate prosecutions.

Posted by: Iris at August 02, 2023 12:06 PM (n3DL0)

34 I am well past the point where obeying the law is a matter of ethics. It is now just a matter of consequences.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 02, 2023 12:06 PM (aD39U)

35 This "republic" is an insult to bananas everywhere.

Posted by: ShainS -- We're Happy Ace's Geriatric Club ... at August 02, 2023 12:06 PM (vQ+cR)

36 25 Some red meat to the CNN audience, but irrelevant. They won't execute Trump. They want him hollowed out, destroyed and abandoned. Killing him might galvanize the opposition.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 02, 2023 12:04 PM (t0OGg)

They'd be fine with driving him to end himself, though (but I don't think they could get away with Epsteining him).

Posted by: XTC at August 02, 2023 12:06 PM (UnA8+)

37 The attack on our nation's Capitol on January 6th, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy," Smith said Tuesday. "Described in the indictment, it was fueled by lies -- lies by the defendant -- targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the U.S. government: the nation's process of collecting, counting and certifying the results of the presidential election.

It moved.

Posted by: Adam Schiff at August 02, 2023 12:06 PM (Vu7A1)

38 Look, a black squirrel!

Posted by: MSM at August 02, 2023 12:06 PM (ufFY8)

39 At what point is Jack Smith going to be hauled into court for "conspiring and attempting to obstruct an official proceeding?"

Because that's exactly what he's trying to do to the 2024 election.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 02, 2023 12:07 PM (YIVH2)

40 It's time for people to accept that this is no longer the same country. We're in end of Roman Republic times. All conservatives are at this point are Brutus and Cassius trying to hold onto things the way they want them to be rather then the way they are.
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OTOH, Brutus and Cassius were oligarchs who were afraid their rice bowls would be broken.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at August 02, 2023 12:07 PM (ScR16)

41 What happened to my country?
Starting to feel like all is lost. How do we change the trajectory? Does a conviction have to take place before it can be appealed as a blatant violation of the 1st amendment?

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 02, 2023 12:07 PM (t/2Uw)

42 I'll allow it.

Posted by: Chief Justice John Roberts Hurriedly Building a Gallows at August 02, 2023 12:08 PM (7cpMY)

43 That is tyranny, and Americans do not abide tyrants.
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We absolutely do and will continue to do so.

Posted by: Xander Crews at August 02, 2023 12:08 PM (MpOGS)

44 "The attack on our nation's Capitol on January 6th, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy,"

You know what was unprecedented? Bombing the seat of American democracy. But a little parading was totes worse, right? Right?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 02, 2023 12:08 PM (FVJNG)

45 That is tyranny, and Americans do not abide tyrants."

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Unless it's for The Children.

Or to save Grandma.

Posted by: Just Lily at August 02, 2023 12:08 PM (RLLZj)

46 I'm going to repeat my list to stimulate other's contributions

There is a lot you can do against Leviathan without even sticking your neck out. Some thoughts in no particular order:

1. Stop buying stuff
2. Do only what the government directly compels you to do. Do not voluntarily cooperate Do not volunteer information.
3. Pay in cash with a winkwink
4. Cheat the government whenever possible
5. Steal all your entertainment
6. If you know of tax cheating, keep your mouth shut
7. If called to jury, refuse to convict if you think the law unjust Remember that if the FBI is testifying, it's most likely a frame-up.
8. Discriminate in all your private dealings, without openly saying so. Never miss an opportunity to quietly do a Commie dirty.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 02, 2023 12:08 PM (aD39U)

47
9. If you see a CoC sticker on a business, go elsewhere
10. Vote against all tax levies, particularly school levies
11. Always ask your contractors if they use Latin American labor. If they say yes say sorry, if they say no, check out the workers yourself and if Latin, send them away.
12. Buy firearms and ammo. It's not simply a just-in-case, it's a good financial investment of small sums when savings are yielding poor returns.

Good Citizens are chumps.

They need us more than we need them.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 02, 2023 12:08 PM (aD39U)

48 41 What happened to my country?
Starting to feel like all is lost. How do we change the trajectory? Does a conviction have to take place before it can be appealed as a blatant violation of the 1st amendment?
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 02, 2023 12:07 PM (t/2Uw)

By doing shit we can't talk about if we want this place to stick around.

Posted by: XTC at August 02, 2023 12:08 PM (UnA8+)

49 Trump simply needs to show up with video of him calling for a peaceful march to the capital, which he did several times, followed up by all the democrats calling for violence against conservatives over the years of his campaign and presidency.

CASE F*CKING CLOSED.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 02, 2023 12:08 PM (Zz0t1)

50 I am convinced Ashlii was shot in hope of a real riot starting.

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2023 12:08 PM (XDDSj)

51 That is tyranny, and Americans do not abide tyrants.

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Make the National Razor Great Again!

Posted by: ShainS -- We're Happy Ace's Geriatric Club ... at August 02, 2023 12:08 PM (vQ+cR)

52 39 At what point is Jack Smith going to be hauled into court for "conspiring and attempting to obstruct an official proceeding?"

oh, let's include the co-conspirators in this fantasy, please!

Posted by: Iris at August 02, 2023 12:08 PM (n3DL0)

53 Just more Biden chaff.

Aka stray voltage.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 02, 2023 12:08 PM (eOEVl)

54 12 It kinda seems like Americans do abide tyrants if they give out plenty of loot.
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This is why the credit downgrade got such a furious reaction from Yellen. Much like Hollywood depending on investors not knowing how bad their streaming viewership is, the entire economic system is dependent on everyone thinking that everything is hunkydory when everything is actually about debt and money printing that is effectively hidden from the average person (including suckers playing the stock market).

If the United States ever had to pay interest on its debt anywhere commensurate with its actual credit risk (think Argentina or Greece), the whole house of cards would fall very quickly. Suddenly money would dry up for everything from Blackrock ESG to non-stop aid to Ukraine. The regime would fall almost immediately. How would it survive without the ability of its allies in "non-profits" to pay "peaceful protestors" and to funnel money to badly run universities and solar panel companies?

Posted by: the lower depths at August 02, 2023 12:08 PM (+b4rY)

55 Willowed: I've never understood the difference between "whining" and "whinging" (a word I've never typed before).
Posted by: ShainS -- We're Happy Ace's Geriatric Club ... at August 02, 2023

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I have the impression "whinging" is a British expression; "whining" is American. As far as I know they refer to the same unattractive action.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2023 12:09 PM (J2vNu)

56 I'll repeat what I posted of the top of the last thread, since it is more relevant here:
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We now have the Tweet of the Year from Michael McFaul: Stanford professor, former Ambassador to Russia, and cheerleader for the Deep State:

Strong leaders defeat their opponents in free and fair elections. Weak leaders arrest their opponents.

He is talking about Niger.

https://tinyurl.com/cy7dafx4

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 02, 2023 12:09 PM (2tUFv)

57 "Americans cannot and should not obey, respect, or abide a corrupt Regime that criminalizes any attempt to bring to light the corruption of The Regime.

That is tyranny, and Americans do not abide tyrants.
Posted by Ace"
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But Americans do abide tyrants in every way, shape, & form everyday.
Americans response to tyranny today is youtube.com/watch?v=d8K16dt174g
The founders gave us a solution for tyranny but none of us is brave enough to use it.

Posted by: BeautifulHillaryClinton at August 02, 2023 12:09 PM (MFZ8i)

58 Surely whatever thought comes to my brain at the moment is ban material.

Posted by: Brando at August 02, 2023 12:09 PM (1eMLO)

59 As a new study published in the journal BMC Evolutionary Biology explains, squirrels sporting black coats owe their distinctive appearance to interbreeding between gray and fox squirrels, which carry a faulty pigment gene known to give some members of the predominantly reddish-brown species darker fur.

They originated in the Upper Midwest so they are Yankee Black Squirrels.

Posted by: Puddinhead at August 02, 2023 12:09 PM (sVfvf)

60 I indicted Donald Trump, and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.

Posted by: eleven at August 02, 2023 12:09 PM (iziT8)

61 I am well past the point where obeying the law is a matter of ethics. It is now just a matter of consequences.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 02, 2023 12:06 PM (aD39U)
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For at least a decade now, for me. There is no honor in law, and no honor or righteousness in observing it. Merely consequences for not doing so. It's also impossible to do so. Everyone is guilty of numerous things at any given time. The law was made that way on purpose.

It's one of many reasons I do not refer to myself as "a law-abiding citizen." For one thing, *nobody* is and for another, being "law-abiding" is not some indicator that you're good or doing the right thing.

I go with "peaceable citizen" now.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 02, 2023 12:09 PM (t0OGg)

62 Smith is an asshole, in a sea of Democrat assholes, who care nothing for law or Constitution. All they care about is maintaining power at any cost. They have weaponized the justice system and corrupted the electoral process in order to keep their junta in place.

But what I will say is I hold some special contempt for corrupt juries of Democrat voters who are neither impartial, nor possess an ounce of integrity. They are meant to be a barrier against corruption, not part of it.

I'll be standing by sipping a nice macchiato when those people are found and treated accordingly. History never treats collaborators well. Never.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 02, 2023 12:09 PM (SAX5G)

63 quietly do a Commie dirty.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 02, 2023 12:08 PM (aD39U)

I like the cut of your jib.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 02, 2023 12:10 PM (ufFY8)

64 it's Clownworld all the way down

Posted by: Zeera , becoming ungovernable by choice at August 02, 2023 12:10 PM (u/nTb)

65 The Judge is a Marxist Ringer, has the most jail time charged to Jan6 Ralliers

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2023 12:10 PM (XDDSj)

66 When Andy McCarthy can't even get behind a "walls are closing in on Trump" action, it's a sure sign that you've got a problem.

Posted by: Little Larry Sellers at August 02, 2023 12:10 PM (xaNfJ)

67 Perhaps during Discovery, Trump's Lawyers might demand any and all official communications between Nancy Pelosi and either the Capitol Police, or national Guard.

Or any other type of communications that might shed light on if Trump were attempting to overthrow, or perhaps instead, prevent a violent protest.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 02, 2023 12:11 PM (1n+EO)

68 "The attack on our nation's Capitol on January 6th, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy,"

What were we, chopped liver?

Posted by: 1954 Puerto Rican Terrorists (Sentence Commuted By Carter) at August 02, 2023 12:11 PM (a9CYf)

69 Liar! Death or Bunga Bunga?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 02, 2023 12:11 PM (8GBH4)

70 Interesting how he brings up 18 USC 241. Guess what? Section 242 is about depriving a citizen of their right under color of law. That also carries a potential death sentence.

How many of Trump's rights have been trampled by the government? How many of those people who have trampled those rights deserve the punishments (up to death) outlined in Section 242?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 02, 2023 12:11 PM (YIVH2)

71 "Honor" and "lawyer don't even belong in the same sentence. They are mostly corrupt, partisan buffoons.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 02, 2023 12:11 PM (SAX5G)

72 "As a new study published in the journal BMC Evolutionary Biology explains, squirrels sporting black coats owe their distinctive appearance to interbreeding between gray and fox squirrels "

That's hot.

Posted by: eleven at August 02, 2023 12:11 PM (iziT8)

73 That is tyranny, and Americans do not abide tyrants.
Posted by: Ace

This sounds like it might have been said around 1774-5.
It *should* still be true as well.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 02, 2023 12:12 PM (zbpqG)

74 Good Citizens are chumps.

They need us more than we need them.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 02, 2023 12:08 PM (aD39U)

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Great list.

13. Actively sabotage whatever you can if you can get away with it (make sure you won't get caught).

Make Irish Democracy Great Again!

Posted by: ShainS -- We're Happy Ace's Geriatric Club ... at August 02, 2023 12:12 PM (vQ+cR)

75 I am well past the point where obeying the law is a matter of ethics. It is now just a matter of consequences.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 02, 2023 12:06 PM (aD39U)

Concur. And the older I get, the threat of imprisonment for life, becomes less and less of a deterrent.

Posted by: Archer at August 02, 2023 12:12 PM (gmo/4)

76 If the United States ever had to pay interest on its debt anywhere commensurate with its actual credit risk (think Argentina or Greece), the whole house of cards would fall very quickly. Suddenly money would dry up for everything from Blackrock ESG to non-stop aid to Ukraine. The regime would fall almost immediately. How would it survive without the ability of its allies in "non-profits" to pay "peaceful protestors" and to funnel money to badly run universities and solar panel companies?
Posted by: the lower depths at August 02, 2023 12:08 PM (+b4rY)
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That last bit is the least of it. Without the checks going out - welfare checks, EBT checks, Social Security checks, Medicare checks, FHA checks, etc., etc., etc. - there will be no end to the rioting, looting and urban destruction. Any prior controls become irrelevant immediately. Hurl money at them or not, they will not be in control.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 02, 2023 12:12 PM (t0OGg)

77 66 When Andy McCarthy can't even get behind a "walls are closing in on Trump" action, it's a sure sign that you've got a problem.

yeah I was shocked by that one

welp hopefully Trump's team can in fact do some damage in discovery

they are just going to keep dripping out charges each time new evidence of Biden criminality comes out.

so a lot of random loose shit still to come from our vaunted DOJ

Posted by: BlackOrchid at August 02, 2023 12:12 PM (AcWfM)

78 It kinda seems like Americans do abide tyrants if they give out plenty of loot.
Posted by: Just Lily at August 02, 2023 12:02 PM (RLLZj)

Plenty o' folks living here and even born here that ain't particularly 'Merican.

Posted by: Catherine at August 02, 2023 12:13 PM (ZSsrh)

79 "That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works. "

This is exactly how it works now.

"That is tyranny, and Americans do not abide tyrants."

Most are warm and well-fed and apathetic. If bellies aren't full or the AC doesn't work, maybe--maybe--then they will do what everyone knows will have to be done before things change.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at August 02, 2023 12:13 PM (KSNKu)

80 It's too late. The damage is done and the only way to fix it is to tear it down.

I've said this again, and again and again and again and again and ad nauseam.....

As bad as Poopy Pants and his fellow criminals are, and they are incredibly bad, what's worse is the people that vote for and support him.

And what's worse than them is the people on our side (supposedly) that will sit down to dinner with those scum-sucking slime and discuss the weather or sports like they're normal human beings.

I won't tolerate them in my home, I won't go to their homes, I do not interact with them, I won't have a drink with them. I won't even talk to them. They can say 'Hello' and I am likely to tell to tell them to go to hell.

If my child was one of them, I would shun him or her. It all starts at home. And if your Wife/Husbands doesn't like it, they can hit the road.

Don't blame Poopy Pants and his gang scum, blame yourselves.

And, people, that just ain't gonna happen

Posted by: Uncle Rick at August 02, 2023 12:13 PM (tQ0Tc)

81 By their own definitions, would it not be treason for a president to commute or pardon terrorists that bombed federal buildings?

Posted by: Brando at August 02, 2023 12:13 PM (1eMLO)

82 I'll be happy when all these subversives are wired and nail-gunned to the telephone poles around the Beltway. That's one tour I'll take.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 02, 2023 12:13 PM (SAX5G)

83 67 Perhaps during Discovery, Trump's Lawyers might demand any and all official communications between Nancy Pelosi and either the Capitol Police, or national Guard.

Or any other type of communications that might shed light on if Trump were attempting to overthrow, or perhaps instead, prevent a violent protest.
______

Motion denied.

Posted by: Judge playing her assigned role at August 02, 2023 12:13 PM (fs1hN)

84 G'rump928(c), everything on your lists is what good AMERICAN citizens, as envisioned by the Founders, do.

I just completed the Civics Seal of Excellence Endorsement available to Florida teachers, instituted two years ago Under Governor DeSantis. It was one of the best courses I've ever taken.

Posted by: goddessoftheclassroom at August 02, 2023 12:13 PM (goJt/)

85 That last bit is the least of it. Without the checks going out - welfare checks, EBT checks, Social Security checks, Medicare checks, FHA checks, etc., etc., etc. - there will be no end to the rioting

Sending out checks is easy.

Avoiding hyperinflation is the hard part.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 02, 2023 12:13 PM (2tUFv)

86 33 I'm still stuck with a heart that believes in the rule of law and thinks there must be some clever and legal loophole to get this blatently political persecution thrown out without setting precedent for Dems to get out of legitimate prosecutions.

Posted by: Iris
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I hate to say it as someone passionately in favor of the rule of law--that we are beyond it at this moment. It is possible that it will come back sometime but that can only happen if almost all of our current business, media, non profit, and political leaders of society are put out to pasture.

That can only happen if 'small is beautiful' takes hold with perhaps radical federalism decentralization. That means killing the big corporations including big finance, killing the entertainment complex conglomerates, taxing the non profits using corporate tax rates, and firing almost all our national political figures and their co conspirators in the bureaucracy and courts.

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2023 12:13 PM (bk5GW)

87 71 "Honor" and "lawyer don't even belong in the same sentence. They are mostly corrupt, partisan buffoons.

if it wasn't for those buffoons we would have never gotten out of the COVID tyranny

doctors sure as shit didn't help normal people out any

Posted by: BlackOrchid at August 02, 2023 12:13 PM (AcWfM)

88 Some red meat to the CNN audience, but irrelevant. They won't execute Trump. They want him hollowed out, destroyed and abandoned. Killing him might galvanize the opposition.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 02, 2023 12:04 PM (t0OGg)

It is to our everlasting shame that we’re not already galvanized! To be fair, I’m as disgusted as it would be possible to be… but I feel powerless. I don’t know what I can do about this nonsense…. I’m stuck on voting for Trump in primary and general. But if voting’s all I’ve got that’s pathetic

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 02, 2023 12:13 PM (3WhGI)

89 This is why the credit downgrade got such a furious reaction from Yellen. Much like Hollywood depending on investors not knowing how bad their streaming viewership is, the entire economic system is dependent on everyone thinking that everything is hunkydory when everything is actually about debt and money printing that is effectively hidden from the average person (including suckers playing the stock market).

If the United States ever had to pay interest on its debt anywhere commensurate with its actual credit risk (think Argentina or Greece), the whole house of cards would fall very quickly. Suddenly money would dry up for everything from Blackrock ESG to non-stop aid to Ukraine. The regime would fall almost immediately. How would it survive without the ability of its allies in "non-profits" to pay "peaceful protestors" and to funnel money to badly run universities and solar panel companies?
Posted by: the lower dept.

----

Deserves repeating.

And I will add, this cannot go on forever. It remains to be seen who has a chair when the music stops.

Posted by: Just Lily at August 02, 2023 12:13 PM (RLLZj)

90 "The attack on our nation's Capitol on January 6th, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy,"

We are a constitutional republic, you stupid fucker.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 02, 2023

***
Yeah, but see, they *have* to use "democracy" because it sounds like "Democrat." If they called it a "republic," voters might think of "Republicans."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2023 12:13 PM (J2vNu)

91 I miss my country. I hate the fact that things are so bad that I would tell any young person thinking of joining the military to stay away.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 02, 2023 12:14 PM (4olE8)

92 76 That last bit is the least of it. Without the checks going out - welfare checks, EBT checks, Social Security checks, Medicare checks, FHA checks, etc., etc., etc. - there will be no end to the rioting, looting and urban destruction. Any prior controls become irrelevant immediately. Hurl money at them or not, they will not be in control.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 02, 2023 12:12 PM (t0OGg)

========

"Don't worry, mayors of blue shitholes that have secured out power, we have the army to back you up."

*waves seductively*
-fat Colonel in a dress

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 02, 2023 12:14 PM (LvTSG)

93 Although, I am much too pretty for prison.

LOL.

Posted by: Archer at August 02, 2023 12:14 PM (gmo/4)

94 Sending out checks is easy.

Avoiding hyperinflation is the hard part.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 02, 2023 12:13 PM (2tUFv)
++++
And they will amount to the same thing, and the outcomes will be similar.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 02, 2023 12:14 PM (t0OGg)

95 Trump Impeachment 3.0. Now fortified with a DC Judge and jury! With bonus jail time! Democracy is saved!

We are now living in a Biden police state.

Posted by: Lost In Space at August 02, 2023 12:14 PM (Gm0G9)

96 "Will no one rid me of this turbulent prick?" -- Joe Biden, the Deep State, the DJN, the rank and file (mostly rank) members of the Democratic Party.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 02, 2023 12:14 PM (7fVdQ)

97 includes several weighty felonies, including one for which death may be a penalty.

Ultimately, I still see this scenario. Whomever wins the shootout between the FBI and the SS detail.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 02, 2023 12:14 PM (+33yq)

98 Trump has one chance with a DC jury.

Ask Lil Wayne and Kodak Black to sit behind him during the trial.

They owe him.

Posted by: Not trying to be mean but... at August 02, 2023 12:14 PM (r0uDl)

99 Americans do not abide tyrants.

Well, that used to be the case. Now…?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 02, 2023 12:14 PM (xTRSc)

100 WTF with the local noon news?

Happened to be on, and the local Hispanic anchor has big tits, so of course I am watching.
First story (I think) was about a Detroit Lions trade.

Second story about some dumbass boat on fire up in Traverse City

Third story was a headline about some dumbass throwing a brick at an ambulance in Seattle.

What a dumb selection for a West Michigan market.

Now, a story about drug cartels.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at August 02, 2023 12:14 PM (ufFY8)

101 Why yes, Jake 18 USC 241 does include a death penalty. I'm glad you brought that up. Tell me does that also include "conspiring to oppress second amendment rights"? Why yes, yes it does. So when that woman in NJ couldn't get a gun to protect herself because of NJ's 10 day waiting period, and she got murdered because she was unarmed, wouldn't that mean every Democrat cocksucker in the state who had anything to do with that waiting period, is death penalty eligible? Why YES, YES IT DOES.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at August 02, 2023 12:15 PM (CecP5)

102
That can only happen if 'small is beautiful' takes hold with perhaps radical federalism decentralization. That means killing the big corporations including big finance, killing the entertainment complex conglomerates, taxing the non profits using corporate tax rates, and firing almost all our national political figures and their co conspirators in the bureaucracy and courts.
Posted by: whig at August 02, 2023

***
Calvin Coolidge, our nation turns its lonely eyes to you

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2023 12:15 PM (J2vNu)

103 And Jack Smith's wife produced the Michelle Obama biopic, which is clearly a political piece. Regurgitated the Michael Brown lies, etc., which leads me to believe she is in the running.

Posted by: PJ at August 02, 2023 12:15 PM (G1dq6)

104 "Motion denied.
Posted by: Judge playing her assigned role"

Would kinda prove the point....yes?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 02, 2023 12:15 PM (1n+EO)

105

Former Vice President of the United States and Indiana Governor Mike Pence will speak at the Indiana State Fair on Wednesday.

As of Tuesday Pence had the polling numbers, but has not raised enough money to qualify for August’s Republican Presidential debate.

Pence was already scheduled to speak at the fair Wednesday. His preplanned topic is the impact that inflation has had on American families and how he would fix that as President.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 02, 2023 12:16 PM (63Dwl)

106 I still find it hilarious that 2024 will be dominated by the deep state furiously trying to prosecute one candidate, while simultaneously trying to prevent the prosecution of the other.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 02, 2023 12:16 PM (mevQn)

107 "That is tyranny, and Americans do not abide tyrants."

I WANT TO SPEAK TO YOUR MANAGER!

Posted by: Karen "Karen" McKarenen at August 02, 2023 12:16 PM (a9CYf)

108 101 Why yes, Jake 18 USC 241 does include a death penalty. I'm glad you brought that up. Tell me does that also include "conspiring to oppress second amendment rights"? Why yes, yes it does. So when that woman in NJ couldn't get a gun to protect herself because of NJ's 10 day waiting period, and she got murdered because she was unarmed, wouldn't that mean every Democrat cocksucker in the state who had anything to do with that waiting period, is death penalty eligible? Why YES, YES IT DOES.
Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at August 02, 2023 12:15 PM (CecP5)

========

Eric Holder was the mastermind between Fast and Furious which arranged straw purchases to Mexican cartels to encourage violence along the border and frame the American people to take away our right to bear arms.

But, don't worry, the House punished him. They held him in contempt. Now he can't hold himself in polite society anywhere except for all the places that polite society congregates.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 02, 2023 12:16 PM (LvTSG)

109 They want a war and they want us to shoot first.

That's what this is.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 02, 2023 12:16 PM (JMAcK)

110 98 Trump has one chance with a DC jury.

Ask Lil Wayne and Kodak Black to sit behind him during the trial.

They owe him.
Posted by: Not trying to be mean but... at August 02, 2023 12:14 PM (r0uDl)

Article over at Hoft Gateway about how some BLM bigwig is rallying to the defense of the J6 political prisoners.

He's saying all the right things but I do not trust the dude considering their track record and their allies' Antifa in being DOJ confederates on J6.

Still. It's interesting to say the least.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 02, 2023 12:16 PM (x0n13)

111 This was all that was on the radio this morning. They are deflecting from the crappy economy, the testimony that joe biden is accepting bribes and the countries credit rating being downgraded.

And Ashley confirming that if Joe heard her in the shower he'd rush in and pull his dick out.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 02, 2023 12:16 PM (ZGrMX)

112
Special prosecutor Robert K. Hur is working diligently on the Joe Biden missing files case and will present his "Nothing to see here" press conference in about 18 months.

Posted by: Auspex at August 02, 2023 12:16 PM (j4U/Z)

113 And I will add, this cannot go on forever. It remains to be seen who has a chair when the music stops.
Posted by: Just Lily at August 02, 2023 12:13 PM (RLLZj)
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Fairly few people. As it stands now, if you have any money and want a low-risk return on it, you have two choices: bank products (savings accounts, CDs, etc.) and US treasury securities. The Treasury pays better.

But ultimately, they're the same thing. If the government defaults on Treasuries, they will default on FDIC obligations when the banks go pear-shaped. It's all over at that point.

Physical assets help. Physical cash will also be useful. Damn few will be left with anything at all.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 02, 2023 12:17 PM (t0OGg)

114 75 Concur. And the older I get, the threat of imprisonment for life, becomes less and less of a deterrent.
Posted by: Archer at August 02, 2023 12:12 PM (gmo/4)

Once you're too old for Big Bubba to want to rape you anymore, Prison becomes much less of a threat.

Posted by: XTC at August 02, 2023 12:17 PM (UnA8+)

115 Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at August 02, 2023 12:14 PM (ufFY

No traffic accidents?

Posted by: BignJames at August 02, 2023 12:17 PM (AwYPR)

116 That is tyranny, and Americans do not abide tyrants.

———-

I’m not sure if I should gaffaw or LOL

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 02, 2023 12:17 PM (cMXNt)

117 Former Vice President of the United States and Indiana Governor Mike Pence will speak at the Indiana State Fair on Wednesday.

should be plenty of poop around

convenient for his welcome

Posted by: BlackOrchid at August 02, 2023 12:17 PM (AcWfM)

118 76 If the United States ever had to pay interest on its debt anywhere commensurate with its actual credit risk (think Argentina or Greece), the whole house of cards would fall very quickly. Suddenly money would dry up for everything from Blackrock ESG to non-stop aid to Ukraine. The regime would fall almost immediately. How would it survive without the ability of its allies in "non-profits" to pay "peaceful protestors" and to funnel money to badly run universities and solar panel companies?
Posted by: the lower depths at August 02, 2023 12:08 PM (+b4rY)
++++
That last bit is the least of it. Without the checks going out - welfare checks, EBT checks, Social Security checks, Medicare checks, FHA checks, etc., etc., etc. - there will be no end to the rioting, looting and urban destruction. Any prior controls become irrelevant immediately. Hurl money at them or not, they will not be in control.
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Right, but it would be disorganized rioting. Organization is really key. We have been badly misled by our education system to see the Founding Fathers as staid philosophers rather than ruthless pragmatists. https://tinyurl.com/483svupf

Posted by: the lower depths at August 02, 2023 12:17 PM (+b4rY)

119
Trump should just lay a copy of the First Amendment on the judge's desk and rest his case.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2023 12:17 PM (lCaJd)

120 Posted by: whig at August 02, 2023 12:13 PM (bk5GW)

Whig - intellectually I understand and agree. The whole multi-layered intertwined industrial complexes need to be destroyed for any possible reboot.

Posted by: Iris at August 02, 2023 12:17 PM (n3DL0)

121 I just wonder how far they're going to take it and how soon it'll all happen. We still crow how Trump will be on the ballot win the nom etc. How is that supposed to happen? Laws, rules do not matter. They do not matter to the GOP and they do not matter to the Deep State, Democrat politicians in charge of this country. We still quote and look to the law, the constitution and past traditions of this country as if we can rely on that. We are in a fight and we are not going at it the right way.

How long are we going to delude ourselves with this shit and accept reality?

Posted by: JROD at August 02, 2023 12:17 PM (IlL6s)

122
"What do I want?" "A national strike!"

"When did I want it?" "After The Steal, but I'll settle for #Soon."

Where is John Galt?

Posted by: ShainS -- We're Happy Ace's Geriatric Club ... at August 02, 2023 12:17 PM (vQ+cR)

123 105

Former Vice President of the United States and Indiana Governor Mike Pence will speak at the Indiana State Fair on Wednesday.

As of Tuesday Pence had the polling numbers, but has not raised enough money to qualify for August’s Republican Presidential debate.

Pence was already scheduled to speak at the fair Wednesday. His preplanned topic is the impact that inflation has had on American families and how he would fix that as President.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 02, 2023 12:16 PM (63Dwl)

He should be mercilessly pelted with horseshit and hissed at until he is forced to flee the state.

Fuck him.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 02, 2023 12:18 PM (x0n13)

124 squirrels sporting black coats

https://youtu.be/vKcruJ36BfM

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff at August 02, 2023 12:18 PM (Bqsd4)

125 The judge in this "case" is exactly like the incoming chairman of the JCOS--an Al Sharpton, Jr. This clown show cannot burn to the ground fast enough.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at August 02, 2023 12:18 PM (KSNKu)

126 "Honor" and "lawyer don't even belong in the same sentence. They are mostly corrupt, partisan buffoons.
Posted by: Marcus T at August 02, 2023 12:11 PM

*notes "mostly"*

*removes Marcus T from "The List"*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 02, 2023 12:18 PM (FVJNG)

127 Can we leave this shithole, go back to Europe and maybe make a difference in a country or two? Maybe we could turn Belgium into a decent country, although that would mean Bruges would be overrun with dumbass democrat tourists.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 02, 2023 12:18 PM (7fVdQ)

128 Great post by the boss , but the jury is out on the closer: Americans do not abide tyrants.

So far Americans have done nothing but abide the tyrants.

Posted by: Ex GOP at August 02, 2023 12:18 PM (ExFoQ)

129 100 Anchorbabe, what’s the Hispanic anchor chick’s name?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 02, 2023 12:18 PM (xTRSc)

130 "conservative" has a thoughts:

@AGHamilton29 13h
Summary of my opinion:

Trump's behavior is disqualifying from political office.

The Bragg case is purely political. The documents case is very strong. 3/4 counts in the latest indictment are a reach, conspiracy to defraud seems viable.

Georgia's case remains an open question.

( Ben Dumbbitch deleted a tweet agreeing with this actual DC fascist scum. )

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 02, 2023 12:19 PM (IG4Id)

131 >>> It is no accident that joe biden decided to take 10 days vacation and is unavailable to the press.

Hide yo grandkids, hide yo wife...

Posted by: LizLem at August 02, 2023 12:19 PM (kuSTV)

132 If they put Trump to d***h, nothing would happen.

Posted by: ... at August 02, 2023 12:19 PM (tySVG)

133 Their strategy isn't a winning strategy in the long run, with the majority of people in this country. Should they be defeated for doing it, we won't do the same thing in return, so we will lose shortly after taking over, should we ever take over again.

Therefore, the last best hope on Earth is doomed, never to be seen again.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 02, 2023 12:19 PM (Zz0t1)

134 In a real banana republic at this state of political turmoil, there'd be millions in the streets of the capitol city. And fires. Lots of fires. Maybe even some bodies hanging from lampposts. Tanks too. It'd be chaos. Politicos running for their lives. Crying on TikTok.

*heavy sigh* I'm disappoint. This banana republic sucks.

We need someone with a cool beret, mustache and a sidearm.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 02, 2023 12:19 PM (Q4IgG)

135
What was it they called after Hillary lost? The Resistance? Sounds like criminal conspiracy to me.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2023 12:19 PM (lCaJd)

136 What's weird is Smith has these ten or so indictments after only eight months on the job and I heard that Special Counsels have to be very very careful and that takes a long long time.

Posted by: blaster at August 02, 2023 12:19 PM (8SAJV)

137 when (ok, if) trump is re-elected next year i fully expect that the d o j will promptly indict him on more stuff. maybe stealing an election again.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 02, 2023 12:20 PM (B1FKF)

138
Oh boy what a day I'm having. Just got invited to go rock climbing this afternoon. I CAN'T WAIT!!11!1!!!

Posted by: Jimmy Carter at August 02, 2023 12:20 PM (5hfjS)

139 What a dumb selection for a West Michigan market.

Now, a story about drug cartels.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop

Beats the gay stuff.

Posted by: Auspex at August 02, 2023 12:20 PM (j4U/Z)

140 The next time I salute this country or honor it in any way there will be snow bunnies in hell.

Posted by: ... at August 02, 2023 12:20 PM (tySVG)

141 oct '24 political ad:

hillary: trump already stole one election. don't let him do it again!

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 02, 2023 12:21 PM (B1FKF)

142 So just supposin', what happens if enough American citizens look at our current government, and suddenly decide..

You're not the boss of us!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 02, 2023 12:21 PM (1n+EO)

143 In related news, here's a big FUCK YOU going on to Joe Cunningham of RedState.com.
Hey Cunningham, take Mike Miller and you two become official cabin boys of the GOPe, since that's what you already are. You no doubt have wet dreams of a bloody knife being planted at a crime scene with Trump's DNA on it, as long as it gets your guy primary momentum against Trump.
You're quite the piece, Cunningham! A big piece of something for sure.

Posted by: Tracy at August 02, 2023 12:21 PM (67wky)

144 Sending out checks is easy.

Avoiding hyperinflation is the hard part.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

Bidenomics update! 'Credit agency sees U.S. economy likely to slip into recession'

https://tinyurl.com/2dvwr8br

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 02, 2023 12:21 PM (FVME7)

145 109 They want a war and they want us to shoot first.

That's what this is.
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You don't need to shoot to have a revolution. Our forefathers organized intimidation of local Tories/Loyalists https://tinyurl.com/483svupf

And in the Irish War of Independence in 1920, the IRA simply made life hard enough for police officers and their families that no Irish person was willing to collaborate with the British anymore. It's just a matter of getting organized and acting on a local level. Take the suggestions at posts 46 and 47 and scale them up as much as possible.

Posted by: the lower depths at August 02, 2023 12:21 PM (+b4rY)

146 I just wonder how far they're going to take it and how soon it'll all happen. We still crow how Trump will be on the ballot win the nom etc. How is that supposed to happen? Laws, rules do not matter. They do not matter to the GOP and they do not matter to the Deep State, Democrat politicians in charge of this country. We still quote and look to the law, the constitution and past traditions of this country as if we can rely on that. We are in a fight and we are not going at it the right way.

How long are we going to delude ourselves with this shit and accept reality?

Posted by: JROD at August 02, 2023 12:17 PM (IlL6s)

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If Trump wins the nomination, especially if he's imprisoned, I fully expect the Dem-controlled state legislatures who help steal the 2020 election in the "battleground states" to actively have his name removed from the general election ballot.

Posted by: ShainS -- We're Happy Ace's Geriatric Club ... at August 02, 2023 12:21 PM (vQ+cR)

147 Don't blame Poopy Pants and his gang scum, blame yourselves.

And, people, that just ain't gonna happen
Posted by: Uncle Rick at August 02, 2023 12:13 PM (tQ0Tc)

I value the vivacious V for Vandetta vibes.

Posted by: Crazy to be sane at August 02, 2023 12:22 PM (RuwBo)

148
*heavy sigh* I'm disappoint. This banana republic sucks.

we all plan to vote really hard next time. seriously, we'll get them next time.

Posted by: brak at August 02, 2023 12:22 PM (25k9m)

149 113 Physical assets help.

Paige Spiranac has entered the chat.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 02, 2023 12:22 PM (xTRSc)

150 'OTOH, Brutus and Cassius were oligarchs who were afraid their rice bowls would be broken.'

They were all oligarchs, it's not like the Roman Republic was very populist. The point is they couldn't see that time was up.

There was never going to be a Roman Republic as founded again. There is not going to be an American Republic soon, and it's too late to turn back. We're in the death throes.

You can't fight social change - half the country is on board with this.

Posted by: EtcEtcEtc at August 02, 2023 12:22 PM (bunM0)

151 ... That can only happen if 'small is beautiful' takes hold with perhaps radical federalism decentralization. That means killing the big corporations including big finance, killing the entertainment complex conglomerates, taxing the non profits using corporate tax rates, and firing almost all our national political figures and their co conspirators in the bureaucracy and courts.
Posted by: whig at August 02, 2023 12:13 PM (bk5GW)
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Yup.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 02, 2023 12:22 PM (t0OGg)

152 Americans cannot and should not obey, respect, or abide a corrupt Regime that criminalizes any attempt to bring to light the corruption of The Regime.

That is tyranny, and Americans do not abide tyrants.

Doesn't seem we have as many Americans as we'd like. I hope I'm wrong. But so many of us were raised from birth to make obeisance to authority, just because it was authority, that I don't know if that can be shaken off. I just don't know. Makes me ill thinking about it.

Posted by: I think we've been abiding tyrants for quite some time at August 02, 2023 12:22 PM (e8n94)

153 113 And I will add, this cannot go on forever. It remains to be seen who has a chair when the music stops.
Posted by: Just Lily at August 02, 2023 12:13 PM (RLLZj)
++++
Fairly few people. As it stands now, if you have any money and want a low-risk return on it, you have two choices: bank products (savings accounts, CDs, etc.) and US treasury securities. The Treasury pays better.

But ultimately, they're the same thing. If the government defaults on Treasuries, they will default on FDIC obligations when the banks go pear-shaped. It's all over at that point.

Physical assets help. Physical cash will also be useful. Damn few will be left with anything at all.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 02, 2023 12:17 PM (t0OGg)

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Also, people need to consider how they will live if there is no social security, if their pensions default and their 401Ks have been looted.

Have a plan people. Maybe we won't see it, but it lt seems possible at this point.

Posted by: Just Lily at August 02, 2023 12:22 PM (RLLZj)

154 One of the charges in this new crock of shit against Trump is the same statute that they arrested, tried, convicted the dude for a MEME telling Hillary voters to text their votes and in person voting wasn't necessary and sentencing him to 5 years in prison.

And yes, there was a woman that posted the EXACT SAME THING to Trump voters but nothing was done to her.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 02, 2023 12:23 PM (Zz0t1)

155 No one learned a thing from the German Demonstrating Republic, 1989.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at August 02, 2023 12:23 PM (f0XAF)

156 With nods to our German friends, this indictment is Pferdescheiss--and Herr Smith ist ein schafshacker.

Posted by: Comanche Voter at August 02, 2023 12:23 PM (cB7nX)

157 You no doubt have wet dreams of a bloody knife being planted at a crime scene with Trump's DNA on it

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The head of a major New York plan to stop shootings called "Bronx Rises Against Gun Violence" just got busted on drug and gun charges 🤦

https://tinyurl.com/bddtf3jd

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Trump must've framed him.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 02, 2023 12:23 PM (FVME7)

158 Someone who loses 0-9 in front of the Supreme Court can do whatever he wants, there is no pride or shame involved.

His handlers are hoping that 170 fake indictments will induce 'drama fatigue' before the election.

Posted by: t-bird at August 02, 2023 12:23 PM (CaJIi)

159 re 130: i think turley said kind of the same thing.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 02, 2023 12:23 PM (B1FKF)

160 Can we leave this shithole, go back to Europe and maybe make a difference in a country or two? Maybe we could turn Belgium into a decent country,

Europe is lost to the Mooslims, either Caribbean or South America. Be nobody left in Guatemala in a few weeks, we could just walk in and take over.

Posted by: Hawkpilot at August 02, 2023 12:23 PM (J1sWR)

161 127 Can we leave this shithole, go back to Europe and maybe make a difference in a country or two? Maybe we could turn Belgium into a decent country, although that would mean Bruges would be overrun with dumbass democrat tourists.

Posted by: Oglebay
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The ruling class here is on the same page in Europe. When in the Netherlands, for example, the supposedly conservative coalition is shutting down farming which is the biggest export earner on behalf of the Green God idol, Ireland is trying to kill 500k of cattle, and every leader is embracing openly or quietly for the masses of the world to head there, there is no place to hide.

Want to hide, go to a shithole third world country and deal with being the outsider ripe for plunder, mistreatment, and suspicion.

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2023 12:24 PM (bk5GW)

162 If Trump wins the nomination, especially if he's imprisoned, I fully expect the Dem-controlled state legislatures who help steal the 2020 election in the "battleground states" to actively have his name removed from the general election ballot.

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Should have added: Dem governors and judges without legislative acts as well, and SCOTUS will refuse to hear any suits because U.S. States apparently have "no standing" before them.

Posted by: ShainS -- We're Happy Ace's Geriatric Club ... at August 02, 2023 12:24 PM (vQ+cR)

163 If Trump wins the nomination, especially if he's imprisoned, I fully expect the Dem-controlled state legislatures who help steal the 2020 election in the "battleground states" to actively have his name removed from the general election ballot.
Posted by: ShainS

Sounds familiar.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 02, 2023 12:24 PM (IG4Id)

164 He is claiming that Trump's "lies" about the election "fueled" the January 6th riots, and therefore.... Trump is criminally culpable?

That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works.
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Obsolete Oldthink. That is EXACTLY how it works now, under the New Order. Statements meriting Our Leader's disapproval are, per se, illegal.

Posted by: Eeyore at August 02, 2023 12:24 PM (brAQZ)

165 "You're quite the piece, Cunningham! A big piece of something for sure. "

Is he the same Joe Cunningham that lost to Nancy Mace in South Carolina?

Cause that clown is more than just a piece of shit.

He's stupid too.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 02, 2023 12:25 PM (1n+EO)

166 @146 ShainS-Right. If he does get the nom(still dubious of that happening), I believe removing his name is what they'll do. Wonder how many "red states" will throw in on that to?

Posted by: JROD at August 02, 2023 12:25 PM (IlL6s)

167 "That is tyranny, and Americans do not abide tyrants."

Really? What happened the last 3 years? Sorry, if one cannot standup to medical tyranny of "mandated" vaccinations, then you failed the first test of standing up for yourself. Good luck with this second test of political tyranny.

Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, LTD. at August 02, 2023 12:25 PM (C1n5c)

168 Prosecutorial Immunity would have a place, if not for the fact that so many prosecutors get away with gross acts of prosecutorial misconduct and are never punished for it. I say,
Fuck it! Strip them ALL of immunity.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 02, 2023 12:25 PM (ynpvh)

169 Jack Smith is guilty of criminal interference with a public proceeding; the primary and generalelection. His press conference yesterday was the confession.

He is involved in a criminal conspiracy to deny the American public a free, fair and honest election.

He is intentionally and criminally tampering with the primary process by committing the courts to illegally charge Trump for speech protected under the 1st Amendment.

He is criminally conspiring to deny Americans their civil rights under sec. 1983 by denying them their choice of candidates and their vote.

Every grand juror who voted for these charges is a criminal co-conspirator.
The judge, when she accepts these charges, is also a criminal co-conspirator.
Any juror who votes to convict is a criminal co-conspirator.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 02, 2023 12:25 PM (kqRg2)

170 "The attack on our nation's Capitol on January 6th, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy, Described in the indictment, it was fueled by lies -- lies by the defendant -- targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the U.S. government: the nation's process of collecting, counting and certifying the results of the presidential election."

This statement looks a lot like an incitement to lynch.

Clearly Smith is lying in every statement, deceiving, perjuring, piling up disinformation AND misinformation in a monument of lies and obstruction to deliberately sabotage our precious and sacred Democracy™ by trying to foment the mob to lynch and murder the Uniparty's chief rival for the Presidential Sweepstakes.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 02, 2023 12:25 PM (p8A+W)

171 >>"The Democrats challenged the electoral count three times in the past 20 years. These attempts to derail a "bedrock part of the democrat process" were also fueled by lies."

Ace, a better, more truthful word would be "actually" in place of "also" here. DJT told zero lies. "Also" implies he did too.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at August 02, 2023 12:26 PM (kjOVp)

172 Want to hide, go to a shithole third world country and deal with being the outsider ripe for plunder, mistreatment, and suspicion.
Posted by: whig

Point taken but the Netherlands is not the entirety of Europe. You've heard of Poland and Hungary, yes?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 02, 2023 12:26 PM (IG4Id)

173 167 "That is tyranny, and Americans do not abide tyrants."

Really? What happened the last 3 years? Sorry, if one cannot standup to medical tyranny of "mandated" vaccinations, then you failed the first test of standing up for yourself. Good luck with this second test of political tyranny.
Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, LTD. at August 02, 2023 12:25 PM (C1n5c)

A very good, recent, glaring example.

Posted by: Young man it's tyranny all the way down at August 02, 2023 12:27 PM (e8n94)

174 145 You don't need to shoot to have a revolution. Our forefathers organized intimidation of local Tories/Loyalists https://tinyurl.com/483svupf

And in the Irish War of Independence in 1920, the IRA simply made life hard enough for police officers and their families that no Irish person was willing to collaborate with the British anymore. It's just a matter of getting organized and acting on a local level. Take the suggestions at posts 46 and 47 and scale them up as much as possible.
Posted by: the lower depths at August 02, 2023 12:21 PM (+b4rY)

How are you going to intimidate them, when they have round-the-clock armed guards?

Posted by: XTC at August 02, 2023 12:27 PM (UnA8+)

175 Also, people need to consider how they will live if there is no social security, if their pensions default and their 401Ks have been looted.

Have a plan people. Maybe we won't see it, but it lt seems possible at this point.

Posted by: Just Lily at August 02, 2023 12:22 PM

At that point the entire worlds economy will have crashed.

China, Europe et. al. are economically tied to the US because we are the largest consumer country in the world and without all of that US $$$$ pouring into every large Countries economy they too will be collapsing.

If we get to that point it will be worse than the 30s and we will be wishing we could get soup lines up and running. Let's face it the big Cities are fvcked the micro second the EBT and welfare cards go dead.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 02, 2023 12:27 PM (QNSds)

176 And in the Irish War of Independence in 1920, the IRA simply made life hard enough for police officers and their families that no Irish person was willing to collaborate with the British anymore.

Yeah, people like Biden who think that the dissidents can simply be bombed with F-16s need to read up to what happened to the members of the Royal Irish Constabulary and their families.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 02, 2023 12:27 PM (2tUFv)

177 re 150: like i've said before, we are now in the future. sure hope i can move before civilization's collapse come to some parts of the country

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 02, 2023 12:27 PM (B1FKF)

178 No step can be illegal if it is taken by Democrats to defend Their Democracy. Ours, however, is negotiable.

Posted by: Eeyore at August 02, 2023 12:28 PM (brAQZ)

179 177 re 150: like i've said before, we are now in the future. sure hope i can move before civilization's collapse come to some parts of the country

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 02, 2023 12:27 PM (B1FKF)

This takes planning. You should start planning NOW.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 02, 2023 12:28 PM (Mzdiz)

180 Is he the same Joe Cunningham that lost to Nancy Mace in South Carolina?

Cause that clown is more than just a piece of shit.

He's stupid too.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 02, 2023 12:25 PM (1n+EO)

I don't understand SC. They have a very odd idea of conservatism.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 02, 2023 12:28 PM (MGB5H)

181 Clearly Smith is lying in every statement, deceiving, perjuring, piling up disinformation AND misinformation in a monument of lies

This is like the NY Times retraction game. Indict loudly and it gets quietly dismissed six months later.

Posted by: t-bird at August 02, 2023 12:29 PM (CaJIi)

182 121 I just wonder how far they're going to take it and how soon it'll all happen. We still crow how Trump will be on the ballot win the nom etc. How is that supposed to happen? Laws, rules do not matter. They do not matter to the GOP and they do not matter to the Deep State, Democrat politicians in charge of this country. We still quote and look to the law, the constitution and past traditions of this country as if we can rely on that. We are in a fight and we are not going at it the right way.

How long are we going to delude ourselves with this shit and accept reality?

Posted by: JROD
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I pretty much am resigned to the oncoming car wreck--right now, local leaders and state governance matter the most and if you are in a shitty blue state, at least get thee to one of the red rural counties in that state. Cities are likely to become jungles where if you got something--criminals will try to take it and the police will come and sweep up afterwards.

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2023 12:29 PM (bk5GW)

183 Donald Trump shit my pants

Posted by: Joe "Choo Choo" Biden at August 02, 2023 12:29 PM (Vu7A1)

184 Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 02, 2023 12:28 PM (Mzdiz)

Hi Miley hon, hope you are well this fine day.

Posted by: ... at August 02, 2023 12:30 PM (tySVG)

185 I don't understand SC. They have a very odd idea of conservatism.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 02, 2023 12:28 PM (MGB5H)

Compared to whom?

Posted by: BignJames at August 02, 2023 12:30 PM (AwYPR)

186 46 and 47 are spot on. Add show government no respect in any situation - this may be modified for local governments who may actually show you some respect, though with police, unlikely.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at August 02, 2023 12:30 PM (oWBc3)

187 How are you going to intimidate them, when they have round-the-clock armed guards?

Kurt Schlichter has gone through some of the scenarios of what happens if the military and the cops start mass killings of Americans.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 02, 2023 12:30 PM (2tUFv)

188 At that point the entire worlds economy will have crashed.

China, Europe et. al. are economically tied to the US because we are the largest consumer country in the world and without all of that US $$$$ pouring into every large Countries economy they too will be collapsing.

If we get to that point it will be worse than the 30s and we will be wishing we could get soup lines up and running. Let's face it the big Cities are fvcked the micro second the EBT and welfare cards go dead.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 02, 2023 12:27 PM (QNSds)

Exactly. If this happens, gold, silver, or platinum will do no good at all.

They will later after some rebuilding starts but you'll starve before then.

Posted by: Just Lily at August 02, 2023 12:30 PM (RLLZj)

189 Much of what this administration does pisses me off, but this act by smith is so clearly blatant, so obviously corrupt that my blood boils. Time for a day of protest, a national strike, time for pushback.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 02, 2023 12:30 PM (Axizx)

190 I pretty much am resigned to the oncoming car wreck--right now, local leaders and state governance matter the most and if you are in a shitty blue state, at least get thee to one of the red rural counties in that state.

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2023 12:29 PM (bk5GW)

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Unfortunately, my red county looks like it's shifting towards blue.

Posted by: Jordan61 at August 02, 2023 12:30 PM (DRSnL)

191 Recall that this junta has enabled literally every single federal agency to have a role in the next 'election.' To combat misinformation and fraud. To perform voter registration drives. And so on.

I would bet a lot of ballots will be nullified if the 'wrong' name is on them. Suspicious ballots. Probably forged. A lot of unsuspecting voters may find themselves getting the J6 treatment for 'voter fraud.'

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 02, 2023 12:30 PM (Q4IgG)

192 Every Red State AG must now file criminal indictments against Jack Smith and the grand jurors.

Copying word for word the basis and the statutes they charged Trump under.

Their illegal conduct has and will effect the voters in their state. Interfering with their right to choose their candidate and President.

The courts and the DOJ are not sacred and above justice-- they are now fully corrupt tools of a tyrannical usurper regime.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 02, 2023 12:31 PM (kqRg2)

193 I don't understand SC. They have a very odd idea of conservatism.

Posted by: BruceWayne
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Open primaries where the Dems vote in the GOP primaries and then vote Dem in the general. Also regional--the SC coast has long been the region of the Establishment in the state that deplores the hicks in the uphill region.

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2023 12:31 PM (bk5GW)

194 Let's demand a Republican platform that eliminates the expatriation tax.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 02, 2023 12:31 PM (7fVdQ)

195 150 You can't fight social change - half the country is on board with this.

Patriots made up 25-30% of people in the 13 Colonies. Yet (in a way Lenin would admire) they enforced their views on other colonists. The average person is a Normie slug. They move in the path of least resistance. If your political activism consists only of whining online, they will continue to virtue-signal about "protecting trans kids" or whatever the current left-wing thing is. If you turn such behavior into the ideological equivalent of having leprosy, they will post other things on their social media.

Honestly, the Tolkienesque love of decay and decline that infects anglophone "Conservatism" is a plague on the right-wing. It's too pleasurable for some people to see themselves as "the last true Roman" or "the last riders of Rohan" rather than doing something productive.

Posted by: the lower depths at August 02, 2023 12:31 PM (+b4rY)

196
Great post by the boss , but the jury is out on the closer: Americans do not abide tyrants.

So far Americans have done nothing but abide the tyrants.
Posted by: Ex GOP

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We didn't in 1776, but that was like a hundred years ago.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2023 12:32 PM (lCaJd)

197 I'm sure that Special Counsel Jack "ass" Smith didn't think about "double jeopardy" as Trump has already been acquitted by the US Senate of Jan-6 "crimes".

Posted by: SMOD at August 02, 2023 12:32 PM (RHGPo)

198 this may be modified for local governments who may actually show you some respect, though with police, unlikely.

One of the great supports of American democracy is that we have thousands of independent police agencies, particularly elected sheriffs.

I'm surprised the Left hasn't pushed harder for nationalizing the police.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 02, 2023 12:32 PM (2tUFv)

199 The Progressives to America - leave our puppet alone or we will destroy you.

Posted by: Liz at August 02, 2023 12:32 PM (n4WZ1)

200 Just got back from 4 days with daughter and grandkids.
Guess I missed a couple of slow news days, huh?

Posted by: wth at August 02, 2023 12:32 PM (v0R5T)

201 We are living in territory occupied by a hostile foreign power. This is pretty much 1930's Germany. Heil Biden.

Posted by: Sam Adams at August 02, 2023 12:33 PM (KEWDx)

202 Make Tar and Feathers Great Again

Posted by: garrett at August 02, 2023 12:33 PM (kSm5w)

203 When last week buying a brand-new chest freezer for $130 down from $190, I pointed out to The Kid that in a 40% inflation economy and wildly rising food costs, that *should* be impossible. I made an effort to explain how such a thing can happen, mostly pointing out the economy is fuck-ed, and there is no 'good' way out of it.
So far, I think, except for food prices, most people have not really , truly 'felt-it'; it's still tolerable for the many poorly- or mal-informed. When this thing goes the way it has to, there are going to be a lot of very angry people, but also easily manipulated people, so I genuinely have no idea how this thing is going to go down.

Posted by: LenNeal at August 02, 2023 12:33 PM (/BBNv)

204 I'm surprised the Left hasn't pushed harder for nationalizing the police.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 02, 2023 12:32 PM (2tUFv)

Didn't Obama mention this?

Posted by: BignJames at August 02, 2023 12:33 PM (AwYPR)

205 World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) confirmed Wednesday that U.S. federal law enforcement agents last month executed a search warrant and served a subpoena to executive chairman Vince McMahon.

.. I knew those "staged" fights would eventually catchup with the WWE

Posted by: SMOD at August 02, 2023 12:33 PM (RHGPo)

206 I don't see how Trump is not convicted by a DC court.
They want him in an orange jumpsuit.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 02, 2023 12:33 PM (NpAcC)

207 That is tyranny, and Americans do not abide tyrants.
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We absolutely do and will continue to do so.
Posted by: Xander Crews

Well if the progs get to have one, I guess I want one too. That's what it's going to take. A tyrant to return America to sanity.

I hate to admit it, but many public executions will be required.

Too many for most people to contemplate.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at August 02, 2023 12:34 PM (kjOVp)

208 Unfortunately, my red county looks like it's shifting towards blue.

Posted by: Jordan61
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Fight it if you can. One way is form or join an organization to sue to get all the non existent voters in your county off the rolls under Motor Voter act. That is where the fraud comes from.

My guess is that you will find people registered at vacant lots, bunches registered in abandoned buildings or business/industrial sites, and people who have left the county.

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2023 12:34 PM (bk5GW)

209 196
Great post by the boss , but the jury is out on the closer: Americans do not abide tyrants.

So far Americans have done nothing but abide the tyrants.
Posted by: Ex GOP

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We didn't in 1776, but that was like a hundred years ago.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2023 12:32 PM (lCaJd)

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Yeah before government pensions, social security, medicare, and EBT were invented.

Posted by: Just Lily at August 02, 2023 12:34 PM (RLLZj)

210 198 this may be modified for local governments who may actually show you some respect, though with police, unlikely.

One of the great supports of American democracy is that we have thousands of independent police agencies, particularly elected sheriffs.

I wouldn't count too much on that. Power can go to their heads just like anyone else's.

Posted by: Power tends to corrupt, don't forget at August 02, 2023 12:34 PM (e8n94)

211 Real Americans are outnumbered in our own nation now. Those who wish to live a life of individual liberty without interference from a far away national government interfering in even the most basic decisions are the vast minority in this nation now.

Even if he triumphs, Trump will be unable to dole out any retribution to these creeps, as the machine of state wont let him.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at August 02, 2023 12:34 PM (UpYpD)

212 We didn't in 1776, but that was like a hundred years ago.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

That was before I was born. It didn't happen.
-every millennial and zoomer

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 02, 2023 12:34 PM (MGB5H)

213 The lamppost of Liberty is thirsty, my frenz.

Posted by: garrett at August 02, 2023 12:35 PM (kSm5w)

214 100: all local news is like this, I think. I always called KVII news (abc7amarillo.com) “Repackaged ABC News, as they will show about three minutes of news from the area and 50 minutes of national news stories from ABC.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at August 02, 2023 12:35 PM (f0XAF)

215 I pretty much am resigned to the oncoming car wreck--right now, local leaders and state governance matter the most and if you are in a shitty blue state, at least get thee to one of the red rural counties in that state. Cities are likely to become jungles where if you got something--criminals will try to take it and the police will come and sweep up afterwards.
Posted by: whig at August 02, 2023 12:29 PM (bk5GW)

This actually is good advice. If a governor decides to develop a world-class WMD system and has the balls to use them--likely never to happen--that state might be safe.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at August 02, 2023 12:35 PM (KSNKu)

216 187 In my time, which is running out, we will see both strikes against, and reprisals by the junta, and not of the economic type.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 02, 2023 12:35 PM (0EOe9)

217 "... Americans cannot and should not obey, respect, or abide a corrupt Regime that criminalizes any attempt to bring to light the corruption of The Regime.

That is tyranny, and Americans do not abide tyrants."

Amen.

Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the Children They Don't Kill at August 02, 2023 12:35 PM (0q+t6)

218 @198 a good point. In our little part of Texas the sheriff and his deputies are generally good people, the cops from the country seat (pop 18k) are assholes.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at August 02, 2023 12:35 PM (oWBc3)

219 OT rant: I was recently invited, for some reason, to a lecture on how to break down the barriers which are preventing women from achieving success in tech.

Women make up something like 70% of college graduates now. Companies have dozens of women only scholarships, internships, etc. Companies set aside a large portion of management and senior technical positions specifically for women. Etc, etc, etc.

What, the fuck, more do they expect? If women aren't succeeding in tech it's not because of fucking barriers.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 02, 2023 12:36 PM (GYIa4)

220 211 Real Americans are outnumbered in our own nation now. Those who wish to live a life of individual liberty without interference from a far away national government interfering in even the most basic decisions are the vast minority in this nation now.

Even if he triumphs, Trump will be unable to dole out any retribution to these creeps, as the machine of state wont let him.
Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at August 02, 2023 12:34 PM (UpYpD)

If he respects the system, despite that system being utterly corrupt.

Yeah, it's time for something radically different.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 02, 2023 12:36 PM (x0n13)

221 Didn't Obama mention this?

He wanted to set up an armed militia for internal security purposes that would be as big as the military.

To fight the True Enemy - us.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 02, 2023 12:36 PM (2tUFv)

222 World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) confirmed Wednesday that U.S. federal law enforcement agents last month executed a search warrant and served a subpoena to executive chairman Vince McMahon.

It's because he put Trump in the WWE Hall of Fame.

Posted by: brak at August 02, 2023 12:36 PM (25k9m)

223 The lamppost of Liberty is thirsty, my frenz.

Posted by: garrett at August 02, 2023 12:35 PM (kSm5w)

It was unfortunately taken down due to the ban on incandescent bulbs.

Posted by: ... at August 02, 2023 12:36 PM (tySVG)

224 198 this may be modified for local governments who may actually show you some respect, though with police, unlikely.

One of the great supports of American democracy is that we have thousands of independent police agencies, particularly elected sheriffs.

I'm surprised the Left hasn't pushed harder for nationalizing the police.

Posted by: The ARC of History!
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Fiscal collapse is coming and the oligarchs have not yet consolidated their hold on the fed gov. For the most part, CIA color revolutions never really produce stable governments because color revolutions put their thumb on the scales rather than letting a government develop organically that fit the population.

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2023 12:36 PM (bk5GW)

225 >> I was recently invited, for some reason, to a lecture on how to break down the barriers which are preventing women from achieving success in tech.

We are on it.

Posted by: Dudes in Dresses at August 02, 2023 12:37 PM (kSm5w)

226 205 World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) confirmed Wednesday that U.S. federal law enforcement agents last month executed a search warrant and served a subpoena to executive chairman Vince McMahon.

.. I knew those "staged" fights would eventually catchup with the WWE
Posted by: SMOD at August 02, 2023 12:33 PM (RHGPo)

They're hoping they can get him to roll on Trump.

Posted by: XTC at August 02, 2023 12:37 PM (UnA8+)

227 I am quite frankly surprised that Trump has not been assassinated. Yet. Not that there hasn't been any discussions of this or any planning done from various factions. Marxists have shown throughout history that murder of any opposition to them will be dealt. They are using the rigged court system for now but I believe if not successful in fully stopping Trump, they will enact ending him for good.

Posted by: Cheri at August 02, 2023 12:37 PM (oiNtH)

228 Death penalty, huh? I guess Jack Smith thinks that will protect all his buddies from the "retribution Presidency" they keep fretting about.

Wrong.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 02, 2023 12:37 PM (3QEmR)

229 213 The lamppost of Liberty is thirsty, my frenz.
Posted by: garrett at August 02, 2023 12:35 PM (kSm5w)

"Fun ghouls for you!"

- - Upside down Mussolini and Claretta

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 02, 2023 12:37 PM (x0n13)

230 “That was before I was born. It didn’t happen.”
- EVERY American that has no understanding of history or is not a historian, REGARDLESS of generation (and that sadly is a lot of people)

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at August 02, 2023 12:37 PM (f0XAF)

231 Wall Street down after Fitch US Downgrade

Thanks Joe Biden

Posted by: SMOD at August 02, 2023 12:38 PM (RHGPo)

232 Even if he triumphs, Trump will be unable to dole out any retribution to these creeps, as the machine of state wont let him
.
Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at August 02, 2023 12:34 PM (UpYpD)

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If by some miracle he manages to win the presidency next year, they will assassinate him before the inauguration (could be as simple as an inside-job Secret Service Op -- which is why he and his family should already have & maintain the private security).

Posted by: ShainS -- We're Happy Ace's Geriatric Club ... at August 02, 2023 12:38 PM (fyCTq)

233 219 OT rant: I was recently invited, for some reason, to a lecture on how to break down the barriers which are preventing women from achieving success in tech.

Women make up something like 70% of college graduates now. Companies have dozens of women only scholarships, internships, etc. Companies set aside a large portion of management and senior technical positions specifically for women. Etc, etc, etc.

What, the fuck, more do they expect? If women aren't succeeding in tech it's not because of fucking barriers.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 02, 2023 12:36 PM (GYIa4)

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"It's because the women aren't in enough leadership positions."
-Woman who wants to be in a leadership position

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 02, 2023 12:38 PM (LvTSG)

234 222 It's because he put Trump in the WWE Hall of Fame.
Posted by: brak at August 02, 2023 12:36 PM (25k9m)

Also because his wife was part of Trump's administration.

Posted by: XTC at August 02, 2023 12:38 PM (UnA8+)

235
Silly me, I thought the Brandenburg doctrine still held.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 02, 2023 12:38 PM (MoZTd)

236 227 I am quite frankly surprised that Trump has not been assassinated. Yet.

Posted by: Cheri at August 02, 2023 12:37 PM (oiNtH)

"We have this Kenndy dude to deal with first."

- - Parallax Corporation, LLC

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 02, 2023 12:38 PM (x0n13)

237 @182 whig-I've been planning my escape route for a while now. I'm 30 minutes as the crow flies from Oakland/San Francisco and the area I'm in Brentwood/Oakley has been target for home invasions for the last 20 years. Antifa was going to target a neighborhood (few million$$$ for house and property) right behind the ten acres I live on(gated) when the St. Floyd riots first started. Crazy to think I am in a "good" part of the Bay Area.

Posted by: JROD at August 02, 2023 12:38 PM (IlL6s)

238 Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at August 02, 2023 12:14 PM (ufFY

No traffic accidents?
Posted by: BignJames at August 02, 2023 12:17 PM (AwYPR)

No. I missed the last part of the news doing some nonsense in our basement ( minor water damage). Young and the Senseless on now.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at August 02, 2023 12:39 PM (ufFY8)

239 Fiscal collapse is coming and the oligarchs have not yet consolidated their hold on the fed gov. For the most part, CIA color revolutions never really produce stable governments because color revolutions put their thumb on the scales rather than letting a government develop organically that fit the population.
Posted by: whig at August 02, 2023 12:36 PM (bk5GW)

I suspect the accelerated repression is in anticipation of a fiscal collapse, possibly a deliberately heavy devaluation of the dollar via a digital currency or some other mechanism.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at August 02, 2023 12:39 PM (KSNKu)

240
"It's because the women aren't in enough leadership positions."
-Woman who wants to be in a leadership position
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 02, 2023 12:38 PM (LvTSG)

We need to establish a Girlboss Program immediately!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 02, 2023 12:39 PM (MoZTd)

241 PredictIt has Vivek and DeathSantis tied at 16 with orangeManBad at 58.

And some people who really hate money, are buying Krispy at 5, lol.

Posted by: Montec at August 02, 2023 12:39 PM (Gfo96)

242 It's because the women aren't in enough leadership positions."
-Woman who wants to be in a leadership position
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Does she have a nice rack?

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 02, 2023 12:39 PM (MGB5H)

243 About that guns and ammo thing: be careful where you shop. We've a local gun shop which is far nicer and has more employees than their foot traffic would seem to justify. And, in talking to the owner, he seems a bit more cozy with ATF than I'm comfortable with.

Just tossing it out there.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at August 02, 2023 12:39 PM (2YtOq)

244 Women make up something like 70% of college graduates now.

But they are still significantly outnumbered in the useful majors, as opposed to the bullish*t majors.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 02, 2023 12:39 PM (2tUFv)

245 Whereas banks had, "Too big to fail," our government has, "Too big to confront."

Trump danced at the edges of confronting it and you see where it's getting him. His supporters joined him and you see where it got them.

And now, they're just sitting there poking our chests asking, "What're you going to do about it?"

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 02, 2023 12:39 PM (KbCG3)

246 their 401Ks have been looted.
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People are volunteering their 401k to be looted.

Who do you think is now buying all the Treasury debt now?
Boomer Retirees, converting their risky stock funds to safe T-bills.

"It says here you may have voted for Trump. You are now charged as a criminal co-conspirator for assisting him in attempting to commit fraud. Your Treasury Bonds are forfeit as evidence of a crime under the civil asset forfeiture law."

That will never happen, right?
No one every belived they would bring criminal charges against Trump ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 02, 2023 12:39 PM (kqRg2)

247 Justin Trudeau announces split from wife Sophie after 18 years

https://tinyurl.com/mus8964u

Posted by: redridinghood at August 02, 2023 12:39 PM (NpAcC)

248 244 Women make up something like 70% of college graduates now.

But they are still significantly outnumbered in the useful majors, as opposed to the bullish*t majors.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 02, 2023 12:39 PM (2tUFv)

=========

"Who cares? We got paid."
-Colleges

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 02, 2023 12:40 PM (LvTSG)

249 235
Silly me, I thought the Brandenburg doctrine still held.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 02, 2023 12:38 PM (MoZTd)

I guess when, on January 6th, Trump told people to go home, that was a secret dog whistle to violence, at least according to the left.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 02, 2023 12:40 PM (ynpvh)

250 229 A little hemp, a gas station and you're in business.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 02, 2023 12:40 PM (0EOe9)

251 >>Posted by: JROD at August 02, 2023 12:38 PM (IlL6s)

Get. Out.

Seriously. Move to America.

Posted by: garrett at August 02, 2023 12:40 PM (kSm5w)

252 How many Rubicons will have to be crossed before the Rubicon is crossed?

Posted by: blaster at August 02, 2023 12:40 PM (8SAJV)

253 This actually is good advice. If a governor decides to develop a world-class WMD system and has the balls to use them--likely never to happen--that state might be safe.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat
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Look up what happened shortly before the US Civil War and what happened in the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Assuming that breakaway states will not obtain at least some of Uncle Sam's infernal arsenals and ways to deliver same probably rules out a sectional civil war. That is probably why Russia had to reluctantly downsize and give up their Near abroad empire.

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2023 12:41 PM (bk5GW)

254 "It's because the women aren't in enough leadership positions."
-Woman who wants to be in a leadership position
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 02, 2023 12:38 PM (LvTSG)

They aren't being positioned for success.

Posted by: You get on your hand and knees like this... at August 02, 2023 12:41 PM (e8n94)

255
Welcome to the AoS Daily Types-Deletes Thread.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 02, 2023 12:41 PM (n+4am)

256 The trials won't start until the primaries are well underway or finished. Resolution 1 at the RNC will be: No person under indictment for any crime shall be the party nominee.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 02, 2023 12:41 PM (slgIg)

257 100 Anchorbabe, what’s the Hispanic anchor chick’s name?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 02, 2023 12:18 PM (xTRSc)

Kristen Aguirre. WWMT(?) WMMT(?)

Built for comfort, not speed.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at August 02, 2023 12:41 PM (ufFY8)

258 Americans cannot and should not obey, respect, or abide a corrupt Regime that criminalizes any attempt to bring to light the corruption of The Regime.

That is tyranny, and Americans do not abide tyrants.
Posted by: Ace at 12:00 PM

Thank you.
You've caught up.
Now what?

Hint: You can't say it out loud

Posted by: OneEyedJack at August 02, 2023 12:41 PM (FCbAQ)

259 They are patriots, and they are the very best of us. They did not just defend a building or the people sheltering in it," Smith said. "They put their lives on the line to defend who we are as a country and as a people. They defended the very institutions and principles that defined the United States

This was his 911 speech repurposed. Smith is standing upon the smoldering ruin of Democracy Towers exhorting allies while rainbow flags flutter and flounce.

Posted by: 13times at August 02, 2023 12:41 PM (8vSFv)

260 247 Justin Trudeau announces split from wife Sophie after 18 years

https://tinyurl.com/mus8964u

Posted by: redridinghood at August 02, 2023 12:39 PM (NpAcC)

Maybe he's more interested in her brother?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 02, 2023 12:41 PM (ynpvh)

261 Justin Trudeau announces split from wife Sophie after 18 years

https://tinyurl.com/mus8964u
Posted by: redridinghood at August 02, 2023 12:39 PM (NpAcC)

So he's coming out as gay or trans? Fidel is smiling from his hot place...

Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, LTD. at August 02, 2023 12:42 PM (C1n5c)

262 256 The trials won't start until the primaries are well underway or finished. Resolution 1 at the RNC will be: No person under indictment for any crime shall be the party nominee.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 02, 2023 12:41 PM (slgIg)

========

That's certainly one way to burn the GOP to the ground.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 02, 2023 12:42 PM (LvTSG)

263 The state should keep their pockmarked noses out of our investments in other sovereign nations.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 02, 2023 12:42 PM (7fVdQ)

264 How are you going to intimidate them, when they have round-the-clock armed guards?

Do armed guards and their families have armed guards?

No one says that you must start at the top.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 02, 2023 12:42 PM (p8A+W)

265
Someone mentioned Red Meat Ramaswamy was pro-TPP, and that is rather disappointing.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 02, 2023 12:42 PM (x0n13)

266 247 Justin Trudeau announces split from wife Sophie after 18 years

https://tinyurl.com/mus8964u
Posted by: redridinghood at August 02, 2023 12:39 PM (NpAcC)

Sophie?

The single most common name for Trannies?

Checks out.

Posted by: XTC at August 02, 2023 12:42 PM (UnA8+)

267 If he respects the system, despite that system being utterly corrupt.

Yeah, it's time for something radically different.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 02, 2023 12:36 PM (x0n13)

We ain't ready for that JJ.

The moment Trump says he's going to do something that isn't I the textbook, we get thousands of people on our side whining that he can't do that because of THE RULES (!!!).

It's a joke. What we say we want is apparently very different from what we actually want.

Trump may not be ready to follow through on breaking the rules, which is another issue entirely, but trust me the moment he starts jailing commies merely for what they say, our side will melt down into a "that's not who we are, we're no better than them, muh liberty norms" slime puddle. As a whole, we just aren't there.

Posted by: ... at August 02, 2023 12:42 PM (tySVG)

268 Imagine being one of the 30% men in college right now? Your duck would need to take a week off every now and then to recuperate.

Posted by: Montec at August 02, 2023 12:42 PM (Gfo96)

269
They aren't being positioned for success.
Posted by: You get on your hand and knees like this... at August 02, 2023 12:41 PM (e8n94)

They want to start at third base without coming to bat.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 02, 2023 12:42 PM (MoZTd)

270 Americans do not abide tyrants.
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The vast majority have no idea what has/is happening. Their perception is molded by the MSM.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 02, 2023 12:42 PM (oLF0J)

271 252 How many Rubicons will have to be crossed before the Rubicon is crossed?

Posted by: blaster at August 02, 2023 12:40 PM (8SAJV)

lines drawn in the sand are susceptible to being redrawn repeatedly.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 02, 2023 12:43 PM (ynpvh)

272 The plan is to have only one candidate on the ballot in 2024. Just like the USSR.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 02, 2023 12:43 PM (mI323)

273 Posted by: whig at August 02, 2023 12:41 PM (bk5GW)

Smart point. I do think the American Regime is far more vicious and likely to massacre its population than the late-stage USSR was, though.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at August 02, 2023 12:43 PM (KSNKu)

274 Who do you think is now buying all the Treasury debt now?
Boomer Retirees, converting their risky stock funds to safe T-bills.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 02, 2023 12:39 PM (kqRg2)

I don't believe that...I know I'm not.

Posted by: BignJames at August 02, 2023 12:43 PM (AwYPR)

275 The trials won't start until the primaries are well underway or finished. Resolution 1 at the RNC will be: No person under indictment for any crime shall be the party nominee.

Do It. Do It Now.

Torch that fucked up apparition of "opposition" to the ground.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 02, 2023 12:43 PM (p8A+W)

276 WASHINGTON, July 21 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday said he had asked CIA Director William Burns to become a member of his cabinet, elevating one of his closest advisers on national security and foreign policy.

Posted by: SMOD at August 02, 2023 12:43 PM (RHGPo)

277 252 How many Rubicons will have to be crossed before the Rubicon is crossed?

Posted by: blaster
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Predicting these sort of things is tricky like an avalanche. We will be having a fiscal collapse and reset but that does not always trigger regime collapse. We most likely will lose a war to a major power either China or Russia in the future, but some regimes stagger on if the loss was not that costly (see Russo Japanese war in 1900's). It could be triggered by an assassination, an arrest, a cheated election, or some stupid crackdown law on the plebes to show muh power of the central government.

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2023 12:44 PM (bk5GW)

278 268 Imagine being one of the 30% men in college right now? Your duck would need to take a week off every now and then to recuperate.
Posted by: Montec at August 02, 2023 12:42 PM (Gfo96)

Maybe not. Those guys are MOSTLY over in STEM. Not many Chads in STEM.

Posted by: They ain't getting any either at August 02, 2023 12:44 PM (e8n94)

279 BIDSTSSTEWIS

Posted by: ... at August 02, 2023 12:44 PM (tySVG)

280 Justin Trudeau announces split from wife Sophie after 18 years

https://tinyurl.com/mus8964u

Posted by: redridinghood at August 02, 2023 12:39 PM (NpAcC)

Justin Trudeau announces engagement to Barack Obama.

Posted by: tomorrow's news today at August 02, 2023 12:44 PM (iG1Nf)

281 Trump may not be ready to follow through on breaking the rules, which is another issue entirely, but trust me the moment he starts jailing commies merely for what they say, our side will melt down into a "that's not who we are, we're no better than them, muh liberty norms" slime puddle. As a whole, we just aren't there.
Posted by: ... at August

I am VERY against the jailing of commies simply for being commies. The ditch and a 20cent bullet will more than suffice.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 02, 2023 12:44 PM (MGB5H)

282 This is lawfare, betting that Trump's fortune will run out at some point. At the same time, they are probably putting pressure on good lawyers not to represent Trump.
The principle matters: even if you are a billionaire, you cannot mess with the system. You have to play ball.

Posted by: PG at August 02, 2023 12:45 PM (84jHt)

283
Americans do not abide tyrants.

Sure we do. We just had two or three years of submitting to it. Mask, stay at home, socially distance, get every shot imaginable.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 02, 2023 12:45 PM (MoZTd)

284 We ain't ready for that JJ.

The moment Trump says he's going to do something that isn't I the textbook, we get thousands of people on our side whining that he can't do that because of THE RULES (!!!).

It's a joke. What we say we want is apparently very different from what we actually want.

Trump may not be ready to follow through on breaking the rules, which is another issue entirely, but trust me the moment he starts jailing commies merely for what they say, our side will melt down into a "that's not who we are, we're no better than them, muh liberty norms" slime puddle. As a whole, we just aren't there.
Posted by: ... at August 02, 2023 12:42 PM (tySVG)

Too many are still in the bread and circus phase. Once the bread ends, the circuses won't matter.

Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, LTD. at August 02, 2023 12:45 PM (C1n5c)

285
Crossing the rubicon means you have to con the rubes first.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 02, 2023 12:45 PM (x0n13)

286 When will the Demoncrats run out of pieces of shit trash human beings to use in their pursuit of whatever it is they're pursuing?

Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at August 02, 2023 12:45 PM (g6Ha5)

287
They aren't being positioned for success.
Posted by: You get on your hand and knees like this... at August 02, 2023 12:41 PM (e8n94)

Give her a wall-hat or set of glove-shoes.

From an old radio interview with classic era Van Halen. DLR was talking about his two new inventions. The wall-hat was a motorcycle helmet that had the head of a plunger glued to the top. You bend her over and push the plunger against the wall to keep her in place. Glove-shoes had glove fingertips sewn to the top of the shoes. Pretty self-explanatory.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 02, 2023 12:45 PM (n+4am)

288 Another step down the road toward civil war. Idiocy

Maybe the guillotines are inevitable at this point

Posted by: Milquetoast Mortgage-Paying Neighbor in Flyover Country at August 02, 2023 12:45 PM (5C4od)

289 Who do you think is now buying all the Treasury debt now?
Boomer Retirees, converting their risky stock funds to safe T-bills.

I would not think buying Treasury debt is really safe.
At least with equities, the hyperinflation to come will also hyperinflate the equity price. With debt, your dollar shrinks to nothing.

I tend to agree with the Bob Brinker philosophy of having a 50-50 asset allocation split of equity/ fixed income. Generally agree.

Although, I personally am probably 70-30, heavy on the equity.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 02, 2023 12:45 PM (ufFY8)

290 Imagine being one of the 30% men in college right now? Your duck would need to take a week off every now and then to recuperate.
Posted by: Montec at August 02, 2023 12:42 PM (Gfo96)

Maybe not. Those guys are MOSTLY over in STEM. Not many Chads in STEM.
Posted by: They ain't getting any either

Also most of them wymyns have danger hair and the bull nose piercing. Steer clear.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 02, 2023 12:46 PM (MGB5H)

291 the Non-Crime of "Lies"

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The Dems have been trying to carve out a "lies" exception to free speech since Limbaugh hit it big in the early 90s, if not earlier.

Posted by: Cave Johnson at August 02, 2023 12:46 PM (zB0B9)

292 the same time, they are probably putting pressure on good lawyers not to represent Trump.

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Not probably. Absolutely and out in the open. This has been happening since 2020.

Posted by: Montec at August 02, 2023 12:46 PM (Gfo96)

293 Smart point. I do think the American Regime is far more vicious and likely to massacre its population than the late-stage USSR was, though.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat
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Asymmetric advantage of red states--dispersal of population. Blue America, is concentrated in a relatively small geographic area which makes them much more vulnerable to WMD.

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2023 12:46 PM (bk5GW)

294 "It's because the women aren't in enough leadership positions."
-Woman who wants to be in a leadership position
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 02, 2023 12:38 PM (LvTSG)

We had a recent announcement that 50% of our worldwide management roles would go to women. Amazingly, someone asked if it might not be better for them to go to the most qualified.

You can imagine how that conversation went.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 02, 2023 12:46 PM (GYIa4)

295 We ain't ready for that JJ.

The moment Trump says he's going to do something that isn't I the textbook, we get thousands of people on our side whining that he can't do that because of THE RULES (!!!).

The Rethuglican party hasn't been on our side since??? Ike?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 02, 2023 12:46 PM (WBgaM)

296 Justin Trudeau announces split from wife Sophie after 18 years

https://tinyurl.com/mus8964u
Posted by: redridinghood at August 02, 2023 12:39 PM (NpAcC)

***

Was it Sophies Choice?

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at August 02, 2023 12:47 PM (flINI)

297 294 We had a recent announcement that 50% of our worldwide management roles would go to women. Amazingly, someone asked if it might not be better for them to go to the most qualified.

You can imagine how that conversation went.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 02, 2023 12:46 PM (GYIa4)

=======

"Being a woman IS a classification!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 02, 2023 12:47 PM (LvTSG)

298
I do think the American Regime is far more vicious and likely to massacre its population than the late-stage USSR was, though.
Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at August 02, 2023 12:43 PM (KSNKu)

Late-stage USSR was a tired, worn-out husk without an appetite for mass repression. American Regime has tons of frisky "activists" and "community voices" willing and eager to mow you down.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 02, 2023 12:47 PM (MoZTd)

299 Sure we do. We just had two or three years of submitting to it. Mask, stay at home, socially distance, get every shot imaginable.

Huh, half our Presbyterian church didn't do any of that, the other half obeyed the government perfectly.

It was fun to get out in the part of the country where cable broadband was not available and see how many people were living as if it was 2019.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 02, 2023 12:47 PM (p8A+W)

300 Fuck treasuries. If you want safe, buy a CD. They’re 5%+ right now. And FDIC guaranteed.

Posted by: Montec at August 02, 2023 12:47 PM (Gfo96)

301 Who's the father of Sophie Trudeau's children?

Posted by: Too soon? at August 02, 2023 12:48 PM (/3Jsr)

302 280 Justin Trudeau announces split from wife Sophie...
Posted by: redridinghood at August 02, 2023 12:39 PM (NpAcC)

Justin Trudeau announces engagement to Barack Obama.
Posted by: tomorrow's news today at August 02, 2023 12:44 PM

A Justin/Barack/Michelle polycule! How scandalous and amazing! Squeee!!!!

Posted by: AO3 fan fiction shippers at August 02, 2023 12:48 PM (O3klv)

303 Maybe he's more interested in her brother?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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Nah, my guess is Dylan Mulroney.

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2023 12:48 PM (bk5GW)

304
Imagine being one of the 30% men in college right now? Your duck would need to take a week off every now and then to recuperate.
Posted by: Montec at August 02, 2023 12:42 PM (Gfo96)

Except that 90% of the women in college are LUGs.

Lesbian Until Graduation

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 02, 2023 12:48 PM (n+4am)

305 Death penalty, eh?

Then the only person who could potentially be liable for that would be Nancy Pelosi. She's the one who denied Trump's request for additional security at the Capitol that day.

Resulting in the death of Ashli Babbitt.

Well, the shithole cop who shot her is mostly responsible for that, but she never would have gotten into the building if there had been more security. I dare say, had Capitol Police not encouraged and cooperated with people entering the building that day, Ashli would be alive.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 02, 2023 12:48 PM (dGCAG)

306 But they are still significantly outnumbered in the useful majors, as opposed to the bullish*t majors.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 02, 2023 12:39 PM (2tUFv)

The only step left to take is to tell them to just be whores for four years and the university will hand them an engineering degree at the end of it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 02, 2023 12:48 PM (GYIa4)

307 "That is tyranny, and Americans do not abide tyrants."

At least half this county is tyranny ally or at tyranny curious.

Posted by: Ripley at August 02, 2023 12:48 PM (KrJTL)

308 300 Fuck treasuries. If you want safe, buy a CD. They’re 5%+ right now. And FDIC guaranteed.
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Umm, short term, maybe. Long term own real things.

Posted by: Puddinhead at August 02, 2023 12:49 PM (sVfvf)

309 "...and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

Even a president has his 1st amendment rights.

Posted by: Danimal28 at August 02, 2023 12:49 PM (klw0w)

310 @251 garrett-I will eventually whether its at my own convenience or with bullets whizzing over my head......we'll see.

Posted by: JROD at August 02, 2023 12:49 PM (IlL6s)

311 The trials won't start until the primaries are well underway or finished. Resolution 1 at the RNC will be: No person under indictment for any crime shall be the party nominee.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

Oh, and write-in campaigns are now unconstitutional we just decided.

Posted by: RNC at August 02, 2023 12:49 PM (7cpMY)

312 just wonder how far they're going to take it and how soon it'll all happen. We still crow how Trump will be on the ballot win the nom etc. How is that supposed to happen? Laws, rules do not matter. They do not matter to the GOP and they do not matter to the Deep State, Democrat politicians in charge of this country. We still quote and look to the law, the constitution and past traditions of this country as if we can rely on that. We are in a fight and we are not going at it the right way.

How long are we going to delude ourselves with this shit and accept reality?
Posted by: JROD at August 02, 2023 12:17 PM (IlL6s)

This is my view of the situation also. Leftists understand only two things: Blunt or high velocity force.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 02, 2023 12:49 PM (BdMk6)

313 Even a president has his 1st amendment rights.
Posted by: Danimal28

Maybe he was just "jawboning".

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 02, 2023 12:50 PM (MGB5H)

314 Fuck treasuries. If you want safe, buy a CD. They’re 5%+ right now. And FDIC guaranteed.
Posted by: Montec at August 02, 2023 12:47 PM (Gfo96)

Guaranteed by the same government that had it's credit rating downgraded? Same government that is $35 Trillion in debt not counting unfunded mandates? Not so sure I'd be loading up on this financial product? Your money, your choice.

Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, LTD. at August 02, 2023 12:50 PM (C1n5c)

315 Maybe he was just "jawboning".
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 02, 2023 12:50 PM (MGB5H)

Bully pulpit, yo!

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 02, 2023 12:51 PM (ufFY8)

316 300 Fuck treasuries. If you want safe, buy a CD. They’re 5%+ right now. And FDIC guaranteed.

Posted by: Montec
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You do know that the FDIC ultimately has to get the money from the Treasury to make good to cd guarantees? There is no separate 'pot' o' gold in Fedworld.

If the Swiss had not debased their currency, I would have advised buying Swiss francs. Swiss or Austrian bonds might also be worth a look.

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2023 12:51 PM (bk5GW)

317
Oh, and write-in campaigns are now unconstitutional we just decided.
Posted by: RNC at August 02, 2023 12:49 PM (7cpMY)

Unless a nepot member of the GOPe gets trounced in the primary.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 02, 2023 12:51 PM (n+4am)

318 When will the Demoncrats run out of pieces of shit trash human beings to use in their pursuit of whatever it is they're pursuing?
Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at August 02, 2023 12:45 PM (g6Ha5)

Have you met people? Never.

The answer is never.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 02, 2023 12:51 PM (dGCAG)

319 Imagine being one of the 30% men in college right now? Your duck would need to take a week off every now and then to recuperate.
Posted by: Montec at August 02, 2023 12:42 PM (Gfo96)

Most of those guys don't get noticed. Most of the women seem to be chasing the same 10-15 guys who none of them will ever land.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 02, 2023 12:51 PM (GYIa4)

320 290 Also most of them wymyns have danger hair and the bull nose piercing. Steer clear.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 02, 2023 12:46 PM (MGB5H)

And a good deal of the boys taking Computer Science are gay or on their way to trannydom.

Posted by: XTC at August 02, 2023 12:51 PM (UnA8+)

321 Now that Chuck Norris is 83, does Walker, Texas Ranger have a different meaning?

Posted by: Acorn Stairlift at August 02, 2023 12:51 PM (83IzV)

322 In my area there are 3 colleges. Plenty of hotties all around. Sure there are the blue haired triggly puffs. They’re a small minority. If the ratio is truly 70/30, any dude in college - yes even stem majors - is getting more pussy than should be legally allowed.

Posted by: Montec at August 02, 2023 12:51 PM (Gfo96)

323 Buy Land. Arable Land.

Posted by: garrett at August 02, 2023 12:51 PM (kSm5w)

324 FYI Gibraltar does not tax capital gains

Posted by: Oglebay at August 02, 2023 12:51 PM (7fVdQ)

325 Late-stage USSR was a tired, worn-out husk without an appetite for mass repression. American Regime has tons of frisky "activists" and "community voices" willing and eager to mow you down.

I was thinking of that on today's walk. In particular, it seems that each generation of apparatchiks in any of a vast variety of government departments or agencies eventually is promoted into a position and they want their battle colors and merit plaques on the wall.

They "want to make a difference" which means that they have to amp it up more than their predecessors. "It" being the power and authority that is assumed to come with the office.

I don't know anyone who has a supercar that doesn't occasionally test its potential. Likewise there isn't a bureaucrat on earth who doesn't push the limits of their office to see what power they can [ab]use.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 02, 2023 12:52 PM (p8A+W)

326 "One person -- Ashli Babbitt, a rioter shot by a law enforcement officer -- died as a result of the Capitol riot on January 6"

and the woman clubbed to death by a crazed (female?) cop, who kept beating the unconscious woman. Barely gets mentioned. And didn't a couple cops commit suicide? or something. I think maybe they saw the cops instigating violence, and worse ... but who knows.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 02, 2023 12:52 PM (Cus5s)

327 Unfortunately almost half of Americans are mentally ill, drugged out and or too stupid to connect the dots that this is the Tyranny they should actually be worried about, not OrangeManBad.

Posted by: Czech Chick at August 02, 2023 12:52 PM (0rsFX)

328 302 280 Justin Trudeau announces split from wife Sophie...
Posted by: redridinghood at August 02, 2023 12:39 PM (NpAcC)

Justin Trudeau announces engagement to Barack Obama.
Posted by: tomorrow's news today at August 02, 2023 12:44 PM

A Justin/Barack/Michelle polycule! How scandalous and amazing! Squeee!!!!
Posted by: AO3 fan fiction shippers at August 02, 2023 12:48 PM (O3klv)

Obama's personal "chef" dies and a week later Justin announces his divorce?

There was a polycule all right, but Michelle wasn't anywhere near it.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 02, 2023 12:52 PM (KbCG3)

329
Very satisfying video of a shoplifter getting what he richly deserves:
https://tinyurl.com/54rehxzw

Posted by: weew at August 02, 2023 12:52 PM (EaEMG)

330 324 FYI Gibraltar does not tax capital gains
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Its a fucking rock.

Posted by: Puddinhead at August 02, 2023 12:52 PM (DmtxH)

331 The Dems have been trying to carve out a "lies" exception to free speech since Limbaugh hit it big in the early 90s, if not earlier.

Posted by: Cave Johnson at August 02, 2023 12:46 PM (zB0B9)

Which in itself is incredible. The Democrats want to make it illegal to lie. The DEMOCRATS. That would be like an alligator trying to get bony armored scales banned.

Posted by: ... at August 02, 2023 12:52 PM (tySVG)

332 The indictment reads like a manifesto: The Biden Manifesto.

Posted by: 13times at August 02, 2023 12:53 PM (8vSFv)

333 I am amazed FJS did not indict Trump for inciting an insurrection on January 6th. (So far.) He didn't believe he could easily get a DC judge and jury to railroad Trump for that? Election year politics must be a factor in the calculations of the Junta and the DNC. The DNC-run focus groups must not have been in favor for some reason(s).

Posted by: Gref at August 02, 2023 12:53 PM (AMIL/)

334 That is tyranny, and Americans do not abide tyrants."

At least half this county is tyranny ally or at tyranny curious.
Posted by: Ripley at August 02, 2023 12:48 PM (KrJTL)

I would say more than 50% want a mommy or daddy telling them what to do their whole lives.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 02, 2023 12:53 PM (BdMk6)

335 And now, they're just sitting there poking our chests asking, "What're you going to do about it?"
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer

Yes. The government has become the "youths" who calmly looted the Gucci store in broad daylight yesterday in L.A.

Writ large, it's really the same story.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at August 02, 2023 12:53 PM (kjOVp)

336 Buy Land. Arable Land.
Posted by: garrett at August 02, 2023 12:51 PM (kSm5w)

Heh. Too late. -- Bill Gates

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at August 02, 2023 12:54 PM (AiZBA)

337 If you want safe, buy a CD.

I have a Richard Marx "Repeat Offender" CD from 1989 that is worth nothing now. Nothing!

Posted by: spindrift at August 02, 2023 12:54 PM (iG1Nf)

338 Maybe he was just "jawboning".
____

I like jawboning.

Posted by: Kamala at August 02, 2023 12:54 PM (fs1hN)

339 308 300 Fuck treasuries. If you want safe, buy a CD. They’re 5%+ right now. And FDIC guaranteed.
------------------
Umm, short term, maybe. Long term own real things.
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 02, 2023 12:49 PM (sVfvf)

Short or long get the best product for your risk/reward matrix. “Real” things can crash and burn bigly in the short term and take a long time to recover. See real estate in the 90s or oil in the 80s.

Posted by: Montec at August 02, 2023 12:54 PM (Gfo96)

340 That is tyranny, and Americans do not abide tyrants.

I earnestly hope you are correct about this.

Posted by: Emmie at August 02, 2023 12:54 PM (Emce2)

341 Which in itself is incredible. The Democrats want to make it illegal to lie. The DEMOCRATS. That would be like an alligator trying to get bony armored scales banned.
Posted by: ... at

You misunderstand. They want to make it illegal for YOU to lie.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 02, 2023 12:54 PM (MGB5H)

342 That is tyranny, and Americans do not abide tyrants.

This country during Covid says otherwise.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at August 02, 2023 12:54 PM (ppBhU)

343 330 324 FYI Gibraltar does not tax capital gains
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Its a fucking rock.

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It would be so cool to hide cash in Gibraltar, just like Lisbeth Salander.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 02, 2023 12:54 PM (7fVdQ)

344
OT rant: I was recently invited, for some reason, to a lecture on how to break down the barriers which are preventing women from achieving success in tech.

Women make up something like 70% of college graduates now. Companies have dozens of women only scholarships, internships, etc. Companies set aside a large portion of management and senior technical positions specifically for women. Etc, etc, etc.

What, the fuck, more do they expect? If women aren't succeeding in tech it's not because of fucking barriers.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

==============

I'd accept the gig and then make a complete mockery of the subject.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2023 12:54 PM (lCaJd)

345 Just for grins, graduates from UNCA (UNC at Asheville) 2021-22

Major Number Percent

Psychology 108 13
Environmental Studies 59 7
Mass Communication 53 7
Management 50 6
New Media 47 6

As an aside, I have no idea what 'Management' is.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 02, 2023 12:54 PM (/pD2r)

346 In other news, Summer in Young and the Restless is wearing sexy, brownish silky thing, and the extra running the coffee shop counter has a nice rack in her white and red striped shirt.

I have no clue as to the story line.

Plus, it was time for the daily Ox Care commercial spokeschick in blue, who channels a young, hot, Robin Meade vibe.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at August 02, 2023 12:55 PM (ufFY8)

347 335 And now, they're just sitting there poking our chests asking, "What're you going to do about it?"
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer

Yes. The government has become the "youths" who calmly looted the Gucci store in broad daylight yesterday in L.A.

Writ large, it's really the same story.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at August 02, 2023 12:53 PM (kjOVp)

"We learned it from watching you, Uncle Sam!" - Urban Utes

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 02, 2023 12:55 PM (KbCG3)

348 174 How are you going to intimidate them, when they have round-the-clock armed guards?
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Average libtards do not have round-the-clock security. Average people are who were targeted by the tactics of the Sons of Liberty in the 1770s and the IRA in the 1920s.

You do not even need to use violence or to violate any laws. I take every opportunity to treat the one declared Biden voter on my street like crap, and I encourage other people to do the same. It's just a matter of being ruthless and using the power you actually have. Oh, and not spending too much time online.

Posted by: the lower depths at August 02, 2023 12:55 PM (+b4rY)

349 Justin Trudeau announces split from wife Sophie after 18 years
........

She just discovered he's a fag? That took a while.

Posted by: wth at August 02, 2023 12:55 PM (v0R5T)

350 and the woman clubbed to death by a crazed (female?) cop, who kept beating the unconscious woman. Barely gets mentioned. And didn't a couple cops commit suicide? or something. I think maybe they saw the cops instigating violence, and worse ... but who knows.
Posted by: illiniwek at August 02, 2023 12:52 PM (Cus5s)

I guess I don't follow the narrative, probably on purpose. I wasn't aware any of the other deaths (wasn't there more than one?) were attributable to violent actions on either side. Just Ashli's.

Anyhoo, as for cops suiciding... at this point I'm not willing to accept any narrative on any suicide unless there's clear indications the person caused it themselves.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 02, 2023 12:55 PM (dGCAG)

351 326 "One person -- Ashli Babbitt, a rioter shot by a law enforcement officer -- died as a result of the Capitol riot on January 6"

and the woman clubbed to death by a crazed (female?) cop, who kept beating the unconscious woman. Barely gets mentioned. And didn't a couple cops commit suicide? or something. I think maybe they saw the cops instigating violence, and worse ... but who knows.
Posted by: illiniwek at August 02, 2023 12:52 PM (Cus5s)

Roseanne Boyland RIP.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 02, 2023 12:55 PM (x0n13)

352 Someone mentioned Red Meat Ramaswamy was pro-TPP, and that is rather disappointing.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton

We got lucky on Trump because the alternative was so bad. But electing someone with no track record when you have people with track records like DeSantis or Trump is not wise. Like it or not Trump is forced to be deplorable whether he personally wants to be or not by the Dems and DeSantis never was with the Dems on much of anything and he should be smart enough to dump his rino baggage like Roe and Upshaw now regardless of what the donors think.

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2023 12:55 PM (bk5GW)

353 334 I would say more than 50% want a mommy or daddy telling them what to do their whole lives.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 02, 2023 12:53 PM (BdMk6)

It's less they want Daddy telling THEM want to do.

They want him telling EVERYONE ELSE what to do.

They want a High School Principal.

Posted by: XTC at August 02, 2023 12:56 PM (UnA8+)

354 You misunderstand. They want to make it illegal for YOU to lie.

They also want to make it illegal for YOU to tell the truth.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at August 02, 2023 12:56 PM (ppBhU)

355 How long are we going to delude ourselves with this shit and accept reality?

And this is where any public talk on this ends.

Real men of action don't sit in their commando armchairs and talk about being superheroes. They just do it and go home.

Its the retard posers who take pictures, post them on social media and brag to anyone who will listen

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 02, 2023 12:56 PM (p8A+W)

356 Posted by: BruceWayne

Sometimes I allow that depending on the subject, people must creatively read between the lines of my posts.

Posted by: ... at August 02, 2023 12:56 PM (tySVG)

357 As an aside, I have no idea what 'Management' is.

Posted by: Mike Hammer

Teaching sociology under the guise of running a business. Pretty useless nowadays--do better with an econ or finance degree because at least you would understand basic logic, math, and facts.

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2023 12:57 PM (bk5GW)

358 You misunderstand. They want to make it illegal for YOU to lie.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 02, 2023 12:54 PM (MGB5H)

I'm well aware my friend.

Posted by: ... at August 02, 2023 12:57 PM (tySVG)

359 I don't know anyone who has a supercar that doesn't occasionally test its potential. Likewise there isn't a bureaucrat on earth who doesn't push the limits of their office to see what power they can [ab]use.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 02, 2023 12:52 PM (p8A+W)

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* Lois Lerner has entered the chat *

/Indeed. I mean, who's gonna stop them. We literally have hundreds, if not thousands, of Deep State Stooges committing serial treason for decades now -- and not only not being punished, but being rewarded for it.

Posted by: ShainS -- We're Happy Ace's Geriatric Club ... at August 02, 2023 12:58 PM (fyCTq)

360 Which in itself is incredible. The Democrats want to make it illegal to lie. The DEMOCRATS. That would be like an alligator trying to get bony armored scales banned.
Posted by: ... at August 02, 2023 12:52 PM (tySVG)

Ah, but they get to decide what constitutes a lie. How many fingers do you see, Winston?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 02, 2023 12:58 PM (GYIa4)

361 What, the fuck, more do they expect? If women aren't succeeding in tech it's not because of fucking barriers.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Transitioning men into women will make the numbers better.

Posted by: Ripley at August 02, 2023 12:58 PM (KrJTL)

362 @312 Pork Chops & Bacons-something you want to avoid but yeah the only thing that is going to change a leftists mind is 240 grains.

Posted by: JROD at August 02, 2023 12:58 PM (IlL6s)

363 Maybe the guillotines are inevitable at this point
Posted by: Milquetoast Mortgage-Paying Neighbor in Flyover Country

I suggest replacing the blade with an anvil...in honor of Gallagher.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at August 02, 2023 12:58 PM (7cpMY)

364 WASHINGTON, July 21 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday said he had asked CIA Director William Burns to become a member of his cabinet, elevating one of his closest advisers on national security and foreign policy.
____________

He's already the head of his campaign.

F*** all Democrats.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 02, 2023 12:58 PM (lf83v)

365 But Trump was held liable by a court for rape!

Or so we've been told.

Posted by: tsj017 at August 02, 2023 12:58 PM (nO4H1)

366 Justin Trudeau announces split from wife Sophie after 18 years
........

She just discovered he's a fag? That took a while.
Posted by: wth at August 02, 2023 12:55 PM (v0R5T)

***

She was sipping Justins penis and said to herself... "Man does this taste like shit"

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at August 02, 2023 12:58 PM (flINI)

367 I have a Richard Marx "Repeat Offender" CD from 1989 that is worth nothing now. Nothing!
Posted by: spindrift at August 02, 2023 12:54 PM (iG1Nf)

I still buy cd's. If I want to listen to music, I'm not renting it from some entity that can take it away on a whim.

Most recent purchases, some Mark Kozelek solo albums. The guy puts out albums about as often as I change underwear.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 02, 2023 12:58 PM (dGCAG)

368 Normal people: "This is insane! It's Stalinesque! Surely, this won't be acceptable to the general public."

General Public: "When's 'Ow, My Balls' on tonight? I have to get my thirteenth booster."

Posted by: red speck at August 02, 2023 12:59 PM (0Id0S)

369 361 Transitioning men into women will make the numbers better.
Posted by: Ripley at August 02, 2023 12:58 PM (KrJTL)

That's how it's worked the past 15 years.

Posted by: XTC at August 02, 2023 12:59 PM (UnA8+)

370 That Aguirre chick seems rather…sturdy.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 02, 2023 12:59 PM (xTRSc)

371 Very satisfying video of a shoplifter getting what he richly deserves:
https://tinyurl.com/54rehxzw
Posted by: weew at August 02, 2023 12:52 PM (EaEMG)
........

Thanks for the smile.

Posted by: wth at August 02, 2023 01:00 PM (v0R5T)

372 362 @312 Pork Chops & Bacons-something you want to avoid but yeah the only thing that is going to change a leftists mind is 240 grains.
Posted by: JROD at August 02, 2023 12:58 PM (IlL6s)

They've already got their bags and their pensions.

The only way to hurt them is... yeah, what you said.

Posted by: XTC at August 02, 2023 01:00 PM (UnA8+)

373 Buy Land. Arable Land.
Posted by: garrett

How are you going to farm it in crocs?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 02, 2023 01:01 PM (IG4Id)

374 Or so we've been told.

Posted by: tsj017 at August 02, 2023 12:58 PM (nO4H1)

By people closer than you would think

Posted by: ... at August 02, 2023 01:01 PM (tySVG)

375
Very satisfying video of a shoplifter getting what he richly deserves:
https://tinyurl.com/54rehxzw
Posted by: weew

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Sikh with Stick.

I think we have our new Rooftop Koreans.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2023 01:01 PM (lCaJd)

376 Nood. Democrats.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 02, 2023 01:01 PM (GYIa4)

377 337 I have a Richard Marx "Repeat Offender" CD from 1989 that is worth nothing now. Nothing!

should have bought something with *real* value

Posted by: franklin mint at August 02, 2023 01:01 PM (sGtp+)

378 So Smith is saying Trump "knew" the election wasn't stolen and pretended he was robbed of the presidency.. Trump ? The Guy with the biggest ego believes he lost the election?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 02, 2023 01:01 PM (bs+z0)

379 >>I still buy cd's.

They are dirt cheap. If you are a fan of music, 2nd hand CDs are an F'n bargain.

That said, my Turntable simply refuses to play them.

Posted by: garrett at August 02, 2023 01:01 PM (kSm5w)

380 323 Buy Land. Arable Land.
Posted by: garrett at August 02, 2023 12:51 PM

Absolutely. No way the government, or roving bands of thugs with government blessing, could take that land (and/or your life) away from you.

Posted by: South Africa at August 02, 2023 01:02 PM (JCZqz)

381 She was sipping Justins penis and

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at August 02, 2023 12:58 PM (flINI)

Objection! Assumes facts not in evidence!

Posted by: ... at August 02, 2023 01:02 PM (tySVG)

382 Every single person in the federal government should be hanged under 18 USC 241. Every last one.

I've been saying this for at least 5 years.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 02, 2023 01:02 PM (0FoWg)

383 333 I am amazed FJS did not indict Trump for inciting an insurrection on January 6th. (So far.) He didn't believe he could easily get a DC judge and jury to railroad Trump for that? Election year politics must be a factor in the calculations of the Junta and the DNC. The DNC-run focus groups must not have been in favor for some reason(s).

Posted by: Gref
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You have to demonstrate intent and that is pretty hard to construe Trump's public statements for that along with other protected political speech. There is a reason that the state likes process crimes and possession crimes--no need to prove intent.

That being said, the indictments are essentially bullshit like everything that the state prosecutors and Jack Smith issue or that horrendous NY libel/slander decision that denying an unproven crime happened is the same as defaming the person who made the totally unsubstantiated claim under a special law passed to allow such bullshit.

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2023 01:02 PM (bk5GW)

384 WASHINGTON, July 21 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday said he had asked CIA Director William Burns to become a member of his cabinet, elevating one of his closest advisers on national security and foreign policy.
____________

He's already the head of his campaign.

F*** all Democrats.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 02, 2023 12:58 PM (lf83v)

Joe Biden... asked. That's funny. That's like when Hindenburg asked Hilter to become Chancellor. And Addie was all "who me? Does this mean you like me?? You REALLY like me?"

No, you don't ASK the head of the CIA to do anything. The head of the CIA tells you what he's going to do, and you can go through whatever pomp and ceremony you want to make it look like you're in charge. But you're not.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 02, 2023 01:03 PM (dGCAG)

385 the haters on the left see the leader of the GOP as a fungible item

Trump just happens to in that spot atm

but it could be anyone who threatens them

Posted by: REDACTED at August 02, 2023 01:03 PM (us2H3)

386 She was sipping Justins penis and said to herself... "Man does this taste like shit"

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report
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I laughed, I should not have done so but hilarious dude.

Posted by: whig at August 02, 2023 01:03 PM (bk5GW)

387 NOOD Democrats

Posted by: Iris at August 02, 2023 01:04 PM (n3DL0)

388 Very satisfying video of a shoplifter getting what he richly deserves:
https://tinyurl.com/54rehxzw

Dude got off easy. You'd think word would have gotten around by now -- don't f*ck with Sikhs.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 02, 2023 01:04 PM (nfrXX)

389 You have to demonstrate intent and that is pretty hard to construe Trump's public statements for that along with other protected political speech. There is a reason that the state likes process crimes and possession crimes--no need to prove intent.

Huh, and here I thought that the drug laws mainly exist because criminals and drugs are most often found together. Cop sees a back seat filled with stolen car radios and a bag meth. Persecutors are absolutely worthless in proving that the radios are stolen rather than inventory of a radio repair business, but simple possession of the drugs is clear and unambiguous.

Dittos with stopping people for expired plates/inspections rather than speeding. Don't have to argue about calibrations, proper use, training. Sticker is a no-show for the cop at the court.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 02, 2023 01:08 PM (p8A+W)

390 333 I am amazed FJS did not indict Trump for inciting an insurrection on January 6th. (So far.) He didn't believe he could easily get a DC judge and jury to railroad Trump for that? Election year politics must be a factor in the calculations of the Junta and the DNC. The DNC-run focus groups must not have been in favor for some reason(s).
Posted by: Gref at August 02, 2023 12:53 PM (AMIL/)

They want Trump on the ballot?

Posted by: Brian at August 02, 2023 01:10 PM (iK8a4)

391 This is all perfect for them. They want Trump on the front page day after day.
Notice we don;t hear anything about Trannies or Drag shows?
Notice there is nothing about religious freedom?
Notice there is nothing about the border?
Notice there is nothing about Covid or Wuhan?
Yep, let;sjust keep talking abut how unfair it is that Trump has been indicted multiple times. New York is again getting ready to not only indict Trump but his organization and his kids.
This will keep anyone else who might be able to save the country off the ballot.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 02, 2023 01:10 PM (t/2Uw)

392 I'm a 32-year, career prosecutor. Jack Smith is not a prosecutor. He's a cock-sucking clown.

Posted by: dlsada at August 02, 2023 01:11 PM (hUvRE)

393 Justin Trudeau announces split from wife Sophie after 18 years

https://tinyurl.com/mus8964u
Posted by: redridinghood at August 02, 2023 12:39 PM (NpAcC)

He will announce he's homo in 6 weeks.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 02, 2023 01:11 PM (Zz0t1)

394 349 Justin Trudeau announces split from wife Sophie after 18 years
........

She just discovered he's a fag? That took a while.
Posted by: wth at August 02, 2023 12:55 PM (v0R5T

She finally had enough of him wearing her clothes.

Posted by: Beartooth at August 02, 2023 01:25 PM (JqMqI)

395 I thought you NeverTrumpers didn't care how many laws were broken or how the country was destroyed just so long as the Bad Orange Man didn't get elected again and send more Mean Tweets?

Posted by: Botched_Lobotomy at August 02, 2023 01:43 PM (WiAW9)

396 Canadians are disappointing me, if your all going to Marxism why not go Free Love?

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2023 02:15 PM (XDDSj)

397 The Worms are so vile other worms want nothing to do with them

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at August 02, 2023 04:58 PM (wGqjj)

398 That's not how this works.
Unfortunately, while that's not how it's supposed to work, it most certainly is how it works, now.

Posted by: GWB at August 02, 2023 06:28 PM (E8qwH)

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