Biden's Fake Prosecutor David Weiss Planned to Let Hunter Biden Off Without Any Charges Whatsoever -- Until Whisteblowers Informed Congress About His Corrupt Cover-Up

And then he manufactured a "plea deal" which was a fraud on the court.

David Weiss, the US Attorney who has led the criminal investigation into Hunter Biden, reportedly did not plan to charge the president's son until IRS whistleblowers came forward about his alleged tax fraud, according to a report.
Weiss was willing to conclude the investigation without even as much as a plea deal before the agents accused the Justice Department of interfering, according to private correspondence between Weiss and Biden's legal team obtained by the New York Times.
After the whistleblowers spoke out, Weiss suddenly demanded Mr. Biden plead guilty to committing tax offenses
"It appears that if it weren't for the courageous actions of these whistle-blowers, who had nothing to gain and everything to lose, Hunter Biden would never have been charged at all," a team of lawyers for one of the I.R.S. agents told the newspaper in a statement.
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Four years later, Weiss found evidence of wrongdoing but determined he did not have enough evidence to indict the younger Biden, sources familiar with the case told The Times.
Mr. Weiss told an associate that he did not want to bring any charges, even misdemeanors, against Hunter Biden because the average American would not be prosecuted for them, the paper reported.
Negotiations between Weiss and Biden's legal team began in January. By May, Biden's team proposed a deal by which Biden would not have to plead guilty -- but would agree to what is known as a deferred prosecution agreement, which typically entails conditions such as enrolling in drug treatment or anti-violence programs or giving up firearms.
Meanwhile, IRS investigator Gary Shapley, who had been blocked from pursuing leads into Biden, told the DOJ's watchdog that Weiss had told him that federal prosecutors in Washington and California had refused to bring tax charges against Mr. Biden, despite evidence of crimes.
Lawyers for a second tax investigator sent a letter to the I.R.S. commissioner alleging the team of investigators on the case had been removed after expressing concerns about political interference from the Justice Department, further stoking outrage from Republican lawmakers.
Days later, Weiss informed Biden's lawyer Chris Clark that he was demanding Hunter plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges
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Weiss was elevated to special counsel in the federal probe by Attorney General Merrick Garland, which allows him to widen the scope of his investigation into other districts around the country.

And I'm sure he'll pursue Hunter Biden with the same Javert-like ruthlessness he has shown up until now.

I wonder what Hunter Biden's lawyers and Joe Biden's donors are paying this guy. Whatever it is, he's worth it. He's the MVP of the defense team.

Posted by: Ace at 01:30 PM

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Posted by: Skip at August 21, 2023 12:31 PM (g9UCQ)

2 What a bum...

Posted by: Mad Max in VA at August 21, 2023 12:31 PM (YQ4mh)

3 Seems like DC needs a Maui-like fire to cleanse its earth.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 21, 2023 12:31 PM (ynpvh)

4 Seems like DC needs a Maui-like fire to cleanse its earth.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 21, 2023 12:31 PM (ynpvh)

And an earthquake.

And SMOD

And...zombies. Yeah...zombies.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 21, 2023 12:33 PM (hv9bm)

5 Ace! We thought maybe a whale had bit ya

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at August 21, 2023 12:33 PM (xcxpd)

6 Seems like DC needs a Maui-like fire to cleanse its earth.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 21, 2023 12:31 PM

SMOD.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 21, 2023 12:33 PM (FVJNG)

7 I still think Hunter's Super Sweet Get of of Jail Deal will become Hunter's Very Nice Deal

Posted by: Skip at August 21, 2023 12:33 PM (g9UCQ)

8 hello, ace. i thought i saw somewhere this morning that weiss wanted to be promoted to special counsel. but trump told people to watch one america news as part of his conspiracy to overthrow the govt that he was the head of.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 21, 2023 12:33 PM (B1FKF)

9 A post from THE FUTURE™!

Posted by: Ace does in fact have a time machine at August 21, 2023 12:33 PM (fhX0j)

10 4 Seems like DC needs a Maui-like fire to cleanse its earth.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 21, 2023 12:31 PM (ynpvh)

And an earthquake.

And SMOD

And...zombies. Yeah...zombies.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 21, 2023 12:33 PM (hv9bm)

Fetterman, Feinstein, and McConnel walk into a bar...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 21, 2023 12:33 PM (ynpvh)

11 And whistle blowers will be exposed and fired in 3...2...1...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at August 21, 2023 12:34 PM (xcxpd)

12 Republicans and their impotent, moral outrage.

*makes wanking motion*

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 21, 2023 12:34 PM (Q4IgG)

13 and this amazing story barely caused a ripple in the Propaganda Press. News "curators" have decided Americans do not need to know these facts.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 21, 2023 12:34 PM (+B+bS)

14 Mr. Weiss told an associate that he did not want to bring any charges, even misdemeanors, against Hunter Biden

because the average American would not be prosecuted for them, the paper reported.

The average American would have already been in prison on the gun charge.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 21, 2023 12:34 PM (G8h7g)

15
David Weiss, the US Attorney who has led the criminal investigation into Hunter Biden, reportedly did not plan to charge the president's son until IRS whistleblowers came forward about his alleged tax fraud, according to a report.

"Appointed by Trump! Appointed by Trump! Braaaaawk! Appointed by Trump!"

-- statist deep thinkers

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 21, 2023 12:35 PM (xG4kz)

16 13 and this amazing story barely caused a ripple in the Propaganda Press. News "curators" have decided Americans do not need to know these facts.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 21, 2023 12:34 PM (+B+bS)

Trump and right-wing propaganda, right?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 21, 2023 12:35 PM (ynpvh)

17 And I'm sure he'll pursue Hunter Biden with the same Javert-like ruthlessness he has shown up until now.

Poetry.

Enough beauty to excuse any perceived lateness by the boss.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 21, 2023 12:35 PM (ufFY8)

18 DC needs to be hit by satellite-mounted lasers.

Posted by: XTC at August 21, 2023 12:35 PM (UnA8+)

19
Yeah. Investigating a mountain of evidence isn't supposed to be Blind Man's Bluff.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 21, 2023 12:36 PM (lCaJd)

20 Time to play the Beau card.

Posted by: Standard protocol at August 21, 2023 12:36 PM (NBVIP)

21 Duuurrrr da fix is in and dat's da way we like it! durrrrr/ typical Democrat balloter.

Posted by: William F. 'Buck' Dharma at August 21, 2023 12:36 PM (a9CYf)

22 15
David Weiss, the US Attorney who has led the criminal investigation into Hunter Biden, reportedly did not plan to charge the president's son until IRS whistleblowers came forward about his alleged tax fraud, according to a report.

"Appointed by Trump! Appointed by Trump! Braaaaawk! Appointed by Trump!"

-- statist deep thinkers

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 21, 2023 12:35 PM (xG4kz)

which only proves how bad Trump was at picking people.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 21, 2023 12:36 PM (ynpvh)

23 Appointing Weiss as special counsel allows him to run the clock out on these charges so the statute of limitations prevents an indictment.

Posted by: Jen the original at August 21, 2023 12:36 PM (YAAnj)

24 I didn't realize that Weiss was the Attorney for Delaware before he became a USA.

So...dirty.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 21, 2023 12:36 PM (LvTSG)

25 4 Mr. Weiss told an associate that he did not want to bring any charges, even misdemeanors, against Hunter Biden

because the average American would not be prosecuted for them, the paper reported.

The average American would have already been in prison on the gun charge.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 21, 2023 12:34 PM (G8h7g)

Soon we'll start getting imprisoned for voting "wrong." It'll be prosecuted as sedition.

Posted by: You voted Republican? You're under arrest. at August 21, 2023 12:36 PM (fhX0j)

26 And...zombies. Yeah...zombies.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 21, 2023 12:33 PM (hv9bm)

Fast Zombies. I don't want to see any slow-ass zombies when it happens.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 21, 2023 12:36 PM (ufFY8)

27 They don't even care how obvious it is.

Posted by: steevy at August 21, 2023 12:37 PM (FQmDC)

28 No charges and some money fro Hunter's trouble with being accused of 50 crimes.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 21, 2023 12:37 PM (17s+e)

29 Even our bananas are embarrassed ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Misinflation, Disinflation, & Malinflation Researcher at August 21, 2023 12:37 PM (ef9IU)

30 14 Mr. Weiss told an associate that he did not want to bring any charges, even misdemeanors, against Hunter Biden

because the average American would not be prosecuted for them, the paper reported.

The average American would have already been in prison on the gun charge.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 21, 2023 12:34 PM (G8h7g)

I'm still waiting for Eric Holder to be held to account for the murders in Mexico his gun-running caused...and his lies to Congress under oath...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 21, 2023 12:37 PM (ynpvh)

31 David Weiss, the US Attorney who has led the criminal investigation into Hunter Biden, reportedly did not plan to charge the president's son until IRS whistleblowers came forward about his alleged tax fraud, according to a report.

"Appointed by Trump! Appointed by Trump! Braaaaawk! Appointed by Trump!"

-- statist deep thinkers

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 21, 2023 12:35 PM (xG4kz)

which only proves how bad Trump was at picking people.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 21, 2023 12:36 PM (ynpvh)

I hear his breath stinks too

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at August 21, 2023 12:37 PM (xcxpd)

32 Democracy dies in Delaware.

Posted by: Well established fact at August 21, 2023 12:38 PM (NBVIP)

33 If Joe is guilty of anything, it's of loving his son too much

Posted by: brak at August 21, 2023 12:38 PM (25k9m)

34 Unexpectedly.

Posted by: ShainS -- Misinflation, Disinflation, & Malinflation Researcher at August 21, 2023 12:38 PM (ef9IU)

35
and this amazing story barely caused a ripple in the Propaganda Press. News "curators" have decided Americans do not need to know these facts.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

+++++++++++++

Well, it was in the NY Times and Politico -- but I don't read either of them so I don't know what the angle was.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 21, 2023 12:38 PM (lCaJd)

36 27 They don't even care how obvious it is.
Posted by: steevy at August 21, 2023 12:37 PM (FQmDC)

For them, the more obvious, the better.

They're rubbing your faces in it for being unable to stop them.

Posted by: XTC at August 21, 2023 12:38 PM (UnA8+)

37 The DC power structure is just one big incestuous ouroboros daisy chain of cocksucking.

Posted by: I could think of something grosser but am pressed for time at August 21, 2023 12:38 PM (fhX0j)

38 Can't get rid of Hunter, he's a good earner.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 21, 2023 12:38 PM (ufFY8)

39 something j j posted thIs morning:

"The threat worked. Weiss and his team offered Hunter Biden the pretrial diversion. This appears to be proof that the Department of Justice gave Hunter the sweetheart plea deal after the threat of getting Joe Biden involved. Did this situation impact Weiss’ choice? This revelation adds yet another layer to the question of why Attorney General Merrick Garland violated DOJ regulations to appoint Weiss as special counsel."

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 21, 2023 12:38 PM (B1FKF)

40 33 If Joe is guilty of anything, it's of loving his son too much
Posted by: brak at August 21, 2023 12:38 PM (25k9m)

Ashley too

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at August 21, 2023 12:38 PM (xcxpd)

41 "Joe Biden is a genuinely good man"

Posted by: Boneless Pork Rectum (Uniparty-Utah) at August 21, 2023 12:38 PM (+B+bS)

42 still hasnt been charged...

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 21, 2023 12:39 PM (CIS44)

43 22. Federal Judges and prosecutors are chosen by Senators. Weiss was submitted to Trump by the two Democrat Senators from Delaware as is customary.

Posted by: Jen the original at August 21, 2023 12:39 PM (YAAnj)

44 No reasonable prosecutor, bruh. It's duh law, Shapley.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 21, 2023 12:39 PM (0FoWg)

45 Mr. Weiss told an associate that he did not want to bring any charges, even misdemeanors, against Hunter Biden because the average American would not be prosecuted for them, the paper reported.

Yeah, right. The IRS are known to be sweethearts to people who use dozens of shell companies to hide millions of dollars in "income" from enemy state affiliated companies.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 21, 2023 12:39 PM (0N1h0)

46 The entirety of our political institution is shit. All of it, especially the people need to be launched into the sun.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 21, 2023 12:39 PM (Q4IgG)

47 The judge promptly dropped even the tax charges.

Posted by: steevy at August 21, 2023 12:39 PM (FQmDC)

48 44 22. Federal Judges and prosecutors are chosen by Senators. Weiss was submitted to Trump by the two Democrat Senators from Delaware as is customary.
Posted by: Jen the original at August 21, 2023 12:39 PM (YAAnj)

==========

The blue chip system.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 21, 2023 12:39 PM (LvTSG)

49
I'm still waiting for Eric Holder to be held to account for the murders in Mexico his gun-running caused...and his lies to Congress under oath...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

+++++++++++

Heheheheh.

Posted by: Paul Ryan, somewhere at August 21, 2023 12:39 PM (lCaJd)

50 >>which only proves how bad Trump was at picking people.

TBF - He picked the person that picked the person.

Trump did not reach down and select Weiss. He likely batched nominated him along with a list of others to fill the role.

Posted by: garrett at August 21, 2023 12:40 PM (FMGPM)

51 On topic repost from last thread:
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Heard someone discussing this on the radio this morning. Tara Servatius, a very sharp lady out of Greenville, SC if any of you are looking for something to listen to while you drive or work.

The hypothesis is that Hunter is not only the bagman for Joe and the Biden family, but for Obama and most, maybe all, of the Democrats. Possibly all of D.C.

If Hunter goes down he's taking a lot of people with him. It's why he's treated like a prince.

Posted by: Moron Robbie found the recovered remains of Hitler's cocaine filled flying submarine at August 21, 2023 12:40 PM (Oto6+)

52 48 The judge promptly dropped even the tax charges.
Posted by: steevy at August 21, 2023 12:39 PM (FQmDC)

======

Because Hunter said he was sorry. Not in public. There's no record of it. But he said he was sorry.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 21, 2023 12:40 PM (LvTSG)

53 36 The latest rumor in Washington is that Biden will not run for re-election. He has not yet put anything in place to indicate he will, and the clock is running.

Let that sink in.
Posted by: Marcus T at August 21, 2023 12:38 PM (MW/bJ)

I thought he'd already declared?
I know a faction or two of the Dems have been trying retire him for a while.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at August 21, 2023 12:40 PM (xcxpd)

54 38 The DC power structure is just one big incestuous ouroboros daisy chain of cocksucking.

Posted by: I could think of something grosser but am pressed for time at August 21, 2023 12:38 PM (fhX0j)

Out: Human Centipede
In: Human Cocksucking Ouroborus

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 21, 2023 12:40 PM (ynpvh)

55 which only proves how bad Trump was at picking people.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Um. And you may know this.

These attorneys are submitted by the senators from said state and is typically just a formality of appointing them.

Technically Trump appointed but Trump did not pick him.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at August 21, 2023 12:40 PM (FxH7T)

56 And I'm sure he'll pursue Hunter Biden with the same ~~Javert-like~~ Inspector Clouseau-like ruthlessness he has shown up until now.

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FTFY

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 21, 2023 12:40 PM (FVME7)

57 Charge Weiss...dereliction of duty or some other bs.

Posted by: BignJames at August 21, 2023 12:40 PM (AwYPR)

58 39 Can't get rid of Hunter, he's a good earner.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 21, 2023 12:38 PM (ufFY

Joke Punchline: He'll do things even rats [lawyers] won't do.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 21, 2023 12:41 PM (ynpvh)

59 "Appointing Weiss as special counsel allows him to run the clock out on these charges so the statute of limitations prevents an indictment." Posted by: Jen

also it allegedly allows Weiss to avoid testifying to congress. It is all "under investigation, cannot comment" blatant coverup.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 21, 2023 12:41 PM (Cus5s)

60
I-uh, uh-I-uh,, j-just found out t-that-uh, that-uh, just found out that-uh,, j-just found out...

yeah

Posted by: John Fetterman at August 21, 2023 12:41 PM (X4yCj)

61 24. Weiss worked with Beau Biden in 2010.

Posted by: Jen the original at August 21, 2023 12:41 PM (YAAnj)

62 41 33 If Joe is guilty of anything, it's of loving his son too much
Posted by: brak at August 21, 2023 12:38 PM (25k9m)

Ashley too

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at August 21, 2023 12:38 PM (xcxpd)

Don't forget his dog

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 21, 2023 12:41 PM (ynpvh)

63 He's on the case now & will make sure that justice is done here. Of that, I'm certain... No joke(tm)

Posted by: ed gibbon at August 21, 2023 12:41 PM (9i/Bz)

64 But if you mention any of this to a progressive, the immediate response is about the criminal Trump.

100%.

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan! at August 21, 2023 12:41 PM (U2p+3)

65 >>Ashley too

He loves her too deeply.

Posted by: garrett at August 21, 2023 12:42 PM (FMGPM)

66 The DC power structure is just one big incestuous ouroboros daisy chain of cocksucking.
Posted by: I could think of something grosser but am pressed for time at August 21, 2023 12:38 PM (fhX0j)

Look at the big brain on Brad!

Thanks for teaching me a new word in a visually gross way. (ouroboros)

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 21, 2023 12:42 PM (ufFY8)

67

And people said pizzagate wasnt a thing.

Posted by: Rev Dr Happy Hands at August 21, 2023 12:42 PM (OkNWS)

68 The judge promptly dropped even the tax charges.
Posted by: steevy

Because the deal fell thru. So IIRC, the tax charges are still a go regarding a trial

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at August 21, 2023 12:42 PM (FxH7T)

69 Say what you will about Inspector Clouseu but he always upheld the leaw!

Posted by: steevy at August 21, 2023 12:42 PM (FQmDC)

70 >>The DC power structure is just one big incestuous ouroboros daisy chain of cocksucking.

Explaining why Obama never left DC.

Posted by: garrett at August 21, 2023 12:43 PM (FMGPM)

71 Say what you will about Inspector Clouseu but he always upheld the leaw!
Posted by: steevy at August 21, 2023

***
And never let the minkey get away with it!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 21, 2023 12:43 PM (J2vNu)

72 Because the deal fell thru. So IIRC, the tax charges are still a go regarding a trial
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal a

no there has been no indictment.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 21, 2023 12:43 PM (CIS44)

73
something j j posted thIs morning:

"The threat worked. Weiss and his team offered Hunter Biden the pretrial diversion. This appears to be proof that the Department of Justice gave Hunter the sweetheart plea deal after the threat of getting Joe Biden involved. Did this situation impact Weiss’ choice? This revelation adds yet another layer to the question of why Attorney General Merrick Garland violated DOJ regulations to appoint Weiss as special counsel."
Posted by: gnats local 678

++++++++++++++++

I'm kinda confused. Was there any point at which the DOJ demonstrated any serious interest in prosecuting Hunter?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 21, 2023 12:43 PM (lCaJd)

74 Apparently almost zero of the re-election things an incumbent does have not been started by Biden. He's behind on all fronts.
Posted by: Marcus T at August 21, 2023 12:43 PM (MW/bJ)

Interesting, thanks man.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at August 21, 2023 12:43 PM (xcxpd)

75
And...zombies. Yeah...zombies.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 21, 2023 12:33 PM (hv9bm)

Fast Zombies. I don't want to see any slow-ass zombies when it happens.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 21, 2023 12:36 PM (ufFY

Send... More... Bureaucrats...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 21, 2023 12:43 PM (n+4am)

76 Kabuki.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 21, 2023 12:43 PM (oHd/0)

77 56 which only proves how bad Trump was at picking people.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Um. And you may know this.

These attorneys are submitted by the senators from said state and is typically just a formality of appointing them.

Technically Trump appointed but Trump did not pick him.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at August 21, 2023 12:40 PM (FxH7T)

Okay. Plenty of other guys that turned out to be snakes he picked to surround himself with. Bad advice to take them.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 21, 2023 12:44 PM (ynpvh)

78 You have a loisance for that minkey?

Posted by: steevy at August 21, 2023 12:44 PM (FQmDC)

79 Nothing will come of this. Just going to a lot worse from here.

Posted by: The Guy Who Always Says It's Gonna Get Worse at August 21, 2023 12:44 PM (PWI4f)

80 > The hypothesis is that Hunter is not only the bagman for Joe and the Biden family, but for Obama and most, maybe all, of the Democrats. Possibly all of D.C.

If Hunter goes down he's taking a lot of people with him. It's why he's treated like a prince.
Posted by: Moron Robbie found the recovered remains of Hitler's cocaine filled flying submarine
____________

If remotely true, and I don't think it is, Hunter's shelf life is about expired. However the pity party that would follow an "unfourtnant and deadly engagement" between Hunter and a MAGA type would suit the left's agenda to a "T."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 21, 2023 12:44 PM (Q4IgG)

81 63 41 33 If Joe is guilty of anything, it's of loving his son too much
Posted by: brak at August 21, 2023 12:38 PM (25k9m)

Ashley too

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at August 21, 2023 12:38 PM (xcxpd)

Don't forget his dog
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 21, 2023 12:41 PM (ynpvh)

Joe fucked his dog, too?!?!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at August 21, 2023 12:44 PM (xcxpd)

82 81 Nothing will come of this. Just going to a lot worse from here.
Posted by: The Guy Who Always Says It's Gonna Get Worse at August 21, 2023 12:44 PM (PWI4f)

=========

Things said before rural priests are arrested for $100, Alex.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 21, 2023 12:44 PM (LvTSG)

83 After a brief post USMC career in law enforcement ( the Sheriff took over and I wasn't a nephew) I had a friend who was working his way up as a businessman. To put it bluntly, he was going to buy a judge. Encouraged me to take a job as a bailiff. Told him no way, making the big bucks in the steel mill. Still wonder what would have happened.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 21, 2023 12:45 PM (0EOe9)

84 >>no there has been no indictment.

Yeah, you got this wrong. The 'dropping' of the charge was process since the plea deal was nixed.

It was dropped w/out prejudice, preserving it to be re-applied in the future.
But, that would require Weiss to re-charge.

Posted by: garrett at August 21, 2023 12:45 PM (FMGPM)

85 66 >>Ashley too

He loves her too deeply.

Posted by: garrett at August 21, 2023 12:42 PM (FMGPM)

Joey Biden: "What did your sister say when she lost her virginity?"
Hunter: "Dad, Please, no!"
Joey Biden: "That's right"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 21, 2023 12:45 PM (ynpvh)

86 And...zombies. Yeah...zombies.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 21, 2023 12:33 PM (hv9bm)

Fast Zombies. I don't want to see any slow-ass zombies when it happens.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 21, 2023 12:36 PM (ufFY

Send... More... Bureaucrats...
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 21, 2023 12:43 PM (n+4am)

lol

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at August 21, 2023 12:45 PM (xcxpd)

87 >>Ashley too

He loves her too deeply.
Posted by: garrett at August 21, 2023 12:42 PM (FMGPM)

How deep is his love?

Posted by: One of those Gibbs at August 21, 2023 12:45 PM (ufFY8)

88 64 He's on the case now & will make sure that justice is done here. Of that, I'm certain... No joke(tm)
Posted by: ed gibbon at August 21, 2023 12:41 PM (9i/Bz)

And meanwhile, on cable TV, Bill Barr is still stabbing Trump in the back.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 21, 2023 12:45 PM (oHd/0)

89 82 If remotely true, and I don't think it is, Hunter's shelf life is about expired. However the pity party that would follow an "unfourtnant and deadly engagement" between Hunter and a MAGA type would suit the left's agenda to a "T."
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 21, 2023 12:44 PM (Q4IgG)

=======

The idea that Hunter is some kind of bottleneck for all of the corruption in DC is silly nonsense.

Everyone has their own little fiefdoms and bagmen.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 21, 2023 12:45 PM (LvTSG)

90
also it allegedly allows Weiss to avoid testifying to congress. It is all "under investigation, cannot comment" blatant coverup.
Posted by: illiniwek

+++++++++++

Another convention that needs to be busted. So what if it's under investigation? Testify or else, you scum.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 21, 2023 12:45 PM (lCaJd)

91 88 And...zombies. Yeah...zombies.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 21, 2023 12:33 PM (hv9bm)

Fast Zombies. I don't want to see any slow-ass zombies when it happens.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 21, 2023 12:36 PM (ufFY

Send... More... Bureaucrats...
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 21, 2023 12:43 PM (n+4am)

lol
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at August 21, 2023 12:45 PM (xcxpd)

To Serve Man.... written by, the US Government.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 21, 2023 12:46 PM (oHd/0)

92 Showering with your teenage daughter is the highest form of fatherly love
Joe Biden

Posted by: steevy at August 21, 2023 12:46 PM (FQmDC)

93 Every single day the statute of limitations is running out on all charges. This was the plan all along.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 21, 2023 12:47 PM (NpAcC)

94 >>Everyone has their own little fiefdoms and bagmen.

Yep.

If you have ever rented property or done business w/ the Feds, you would know this.

Everyone in DC has a bag man.

Posted by: garrett at August 21, 2023 12:47 PM (FMGPM)

95 Weiss worked with Beau Biden in 2010.

Posted by: Jen the original at August 21, 2023 12:41 PM (YAAnj)

---------

"He single-handedly pulled Beau and his four severed limbs out of an Afghani minefield before sewing him back together and saving Beau's life. My word as a Biden ... hand to, you know, The Thing!"

Posted by: ShainS -- Misinflation, Disinflation, & Malinflation Researcher at August 21, 2023 12:47 PM (wgR7U)

96 Joe fucked his dog, too?!?!
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at August 21, 2023 12:44 PM (xcxpd)

And Obama ate it.

Posted by: This is how fun rumors start at August 21, 2023 12:47 PM (ufFY8)

97
It was dropped w/out prejudice, preserving it to be re-applied in the future.
But, that would require Weiss to re-charge.
Posted by: garrett

++++++++++++++

But he pled Not Guilty before leaving court that day. Not Guilty of what?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 21, 2023 12:47 PM (lCaJd)

98 They want to charge the IRS whistleblowers for making their lives more difficult.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at August 21, 2023 12:47 PM (5GAMi)

99 I think it's entirely possible Hunter (and to a lesser extent Kerry's boy) is the Ukraine and China connection.

Posted by: Moron Robbie found the recovered remains of Hitler's cocaine filled flying submarine at August 21, 2023 12:48 PM (Oto6+)

100 Joe Biden is a genuinely good man"
Posted by: Boneless Pork Rectum (Uniparty-Utah) at August 21, 2023 12:38 PM (+B+bS)

This was one of those things that really sums up our sham republic. A controlled opposition Senator comes out to extol the virtue of the naked Emperor... a decrepit, racist, corrupt fossil who's been sucking the public tit dry since the invention of the drip coffeemaker, peddling influence, abusing his office, smearing his betters, cheating on his wives, molesting his daughters, covering up the crimes of his crack-addled boy-whelp, and lying constantly about the other one.

It's difficult to imagine someone with a lower moral standing than Brandon. There's the serial killer Hillary, but that's a low bar.

Saying shit like that in public, about a member of your putative opposition, no less, is a real indicator of the contempt with which our ruling class views us.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 21, 2023 12:48 PM (0FoWg)

101 96 Joe fucked his dog, too?!?!
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at August 21, 2023 12:44 PM (xcxpd)

And Obama ate it.

Posted by: This is how fun rumors start at August 21, 2023 12:47 PM (ufFY

He enjoyed the special stuffing.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 21, 2023 12:48 PM (ynpvh)

102 Ordinary person wouldn't be charged?

No controlling legal authority and no intent either.

Amazing how our law enforcement can find reasons not to charge the politically favored.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at August 21, 2023 12:48 PM (2YtOq)

103 In what alternative universe could Hunter pass a piss test to stay out on probation?

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at August 21, 2023 12:48 PM (KSNKu)

104 Mowed the lawn at dawn, before the heat wave. The big Chlorophyllum mushrooms are coming up. Or were, before I sliced em.

Posted by: Veni, Vidi, gp at August 21, 2023 12:48 PM (MvF+J)

105 Apparently almost zero of the re-election things an incumbent does have not been started by Biden. He's behind on all fronts.
Posted by: Marcus T

I think Biden is being overconfident and the MSM will carry his water (which they will).

But he's approaching it as basement campaign 2024. And he won't be able to do that. He's running g the reelection as he did as a senator. A shoo in.

Plus, the infrastructure is being handled by others. And that will be a problem if he's not the nominee.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at August 21, 2023 12:48 PM (FxH7T)

106 >>But he pled Not Guilty before leaving court that day. Not Guilty of what?

He had to re-enter the plea as the Deal would have required him to plea guilty on the discounted charges.

Posted by: garrett at August 21, 2023 12:48 PM (FMGPM)

107 52 If Hunter goes down he's taking a lot of people with him. It's why he's treated like a prince.
Posted by: Moron Robbie found the recovered remains of Hitler's cocaine filled flying submarine at August 21, 2023 12:40 PM (Oto6+)

Make a little trouble, they own you.

Make GIGANTIC HEAPS of trouble, you own them.

Posted by: XTC at August 21, 2023 12:49 PM (UnA8+)

108 Why doesn't Joe just pardon him?

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 21, 2023 12:49 PM (Zqeqr)

109 82 > The hypothesis is that Hunter is not only the bagman for Joe and the Biden family, but for Obama and most, maybe all, of the Democrats. Possibly all of D.C.

Posted by: Moron Robbie found the recovered remains of Hitler's cocaine filled flying submarine
____________

If remotely true, and I don't think it is, Hunter's shelf life is about expired. However the pity party that would follow an "unfourtnant and deadly engagement" between Hunter and a MAGA type would suit the left's agenda to a "T."
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 21, 2023 12:44 PM (Q4IgG)

Kerry's son and one of Romney's sons have come up in these discussions.

Hunter was just too much of a degenerate to do things quietly.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 21, 2023 12:49 PM (KbCG3)

110 104 Mowed the lawn at dawn, before the heat wave. The big Chlorophyllum mushrooms are coming up. Or were, before I sliced em.

Posted by: Veni, Vidi, gp at August 21, 2023 12:48 PM (MvF+J)

Probably not what you want as a pizza topping.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 21, 2023 12:49 PM (ynpvh)

111 I have a crazy theory that Hunter will never be charged with anything and Joe will never be impeached.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 21, 2023 12:49 PM (O1z4v)

112 In what alternative universe could Hunter pass a piss test to stay out on probation?
Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat

he wont take one, theyd fake the results of the first and then he wouldnt technically have to take another.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 21, 2023 12:49 PM (CIS44)

113 YD, you do have a way with words.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at August 21, 2023 12:49 PM (2YtOq)

114 David Weiss needs to be investigated by the press. No wait.

David Weiss needs to be put under oath by Congress. No wait.

David Weiss needs to be investigated by the Inspector General. No wait.

Meh. He's going to get a federal judgeship, isn't he?

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 21, 2023 12:50 PM (lf83v)

115 111 I have a crazy theory that Hunter will never be charged with anything and Joe will never be impeached.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 21, 2023 12:49 PM (O1z4v)

==========

What makes you think that?

History?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 21, 2023 12:50 PM (LvTSG)

116 "It appears that if it weren't for the courageous actions of these whistle-blowers, who had nothing to gain and everything to lose, Hunter Biden would never have been charged at all," a team of lawyers for one of the I.R.S. agents told the newspaper in a statement.
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And in payment for the risks they took, Hunter got a sweetheart plea deal with no punishment and their careers are over.

If you want a "chilling effect" for whistle-blowers, this is probably a pretty effective approach.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 21, 2023 12:50 PM (kBSKe)

117 US Marshals Survivors Benefit Fund tweeted this memorial with a picture:

#OTD 31 years ago, Deputy U.S. Marshal William Degan, Jr. was shot and killed near Naples, Idaho, while conducting surveillance of a rural cabin owned by a man wanted on a federal warrant.

https://is.gd/EMlajO

Most here know this man as one of the Feds at Ruby Ridge. His "surveillance team" got too close to the Weaver property and were discovered by a dog. They killed the dog in front of a kid, and the kid shot at them, killing Degan.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 21, 2023 12:50 PM (0N1h0)

118 114 Meh. He's going to get a federal judgeship, isn't he?
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 21, 2023 12:50 PM (lf83v)

========

DC Circuit for Appeals! The minor leagues to the SCOTUS!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 21, 2023 12:50 PM (LvTSG)

119 In other news.

That Trooniefesto should drop any day now...

Posted by: garrett at August 21, 2023 12:50 PM (FMGPM)

120 And I'm sure he'll pursue Hunter Biden with the same Javert-like ruthlessness he has shown up until now.
++++
Surely.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 21, 2023 12:51 PM (kBSKe)

121 112 In what alternative universe could Hunter pass a piss test to stay out on probation?
Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat

he wont take one, theyd fake the results of the first and then he wouldnt technically have to take another.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 21, 2023 12:49 PM (CIS44)

OR the gambit used on my by a Chinese supplier:
me: "Did it pass the test?"
supplier: "It didn't fail."
:::because test was not performed:::
So Hunter won't fail the test.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 21, 2023 12:51 PM (ynpvh)

122 In what alternative universe could Hunter pass a piss test to stay out on probation?
Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at August 21, 2023

***
The alternative universe where Joe was a good husband to his mother, didn't cheat on her, and so she never got into that accident that gave him the brain damage that has led to this.

In other words, a one-in-a-million chance.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 21, 2023 12:51 PM (J2vNu)

123 The AQI here is 187, the sky is literally orange.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 21, 2023 12:51 PM (0N1h0)

124
which only proves how bad Trump was at picking people.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)[

No, it only proves that the process of extending "Senatorial courtesy" to a state's delegation of U. S. Senators and allowing them to recommend persons to U. S. District Attorney positions -- completely in a "nonpartisan way", of course -- is badly in need of being ejected from our political DNA.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 21, 2023 12:51 PM (xG4kz)

125 Time to play the Beau card.
Posted by: Standard protocol
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The 'Flag-Draped Coffin' gambit?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2023 12:51 PM (48u4S)

126 https://is.gd/EMlajO

Most here know this man as one of the Feds at Ruby Ridge. His "surveillance team" got too close to the Weaver property and were discovered by a dog. They killed the dog in front of a kid, and the kid shot at them, killing Degan.
Posted by: bonhomme at August 21, 2023 12:50 PM (0N1h0)

That kid's the hero

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at August 21, 2023 12:51 PM (xcxpd)

127 The idea that Hunter is some kind of bottleneck for all of the corruption in DC is silly nonsense.

Everyone has their own little fiefdoms and bagmen.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 21, 2023 12:45 PM (LvTSG)
++++
Concur. He's the operations officer for the Biden crime syndicate. There may be some intersection with other syndicates, but I doubt very much that they're operating as a cartel with him at the center.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 21, 2023 12:51 PM (kBSKe)

128
He had to re-enter the plea as the Deal would have required him to plea guilty on the discounted charges.
Posted by: garrett

++++++++++++

So... charges still lurk somewhere? These are the two just-for-show misdemeanor tax charges, right?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 21, 2023 12:51 PM (lCaJd)

129 In what alternative universe could Hunter pass a piss test to stay out on probation?
_______

Where the piss is scientifically traced back to a race horse in Maryland.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 21, 2023 12:52 PM (lf83v)

130 So, we need to work in an angle about how this is all obviously Trump's fault. 'Appointed by Trump' is good but we really need to juice this a bit more.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 21, 2023 12:52 PM (zZu0s)

131 117 US Marshals Survivors Benefit Fund tweeted this memorial with a picture:

#OTD 31 years ago, Deputy U.S. Marshal William Degan, Jr. was shot and killed near Naples, Idaho, while conducting surveillance of a rural cabin owned by a man wanted on a federal warrant.

https://is.gd/EMlajO

Most here know this man as one of the Feds at Ruby Ridge. His "surveillance team" got too close to the Weaver property and were discovered by a dog. They killed the dog in front of a kid, and the kid shot at them, killing Degan.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 21, 2023 12:50 PM (0N1h0)

And, of course, the FIB sniper shouted "FIB!" before shooting Weaver's wife while she was holding the baby. Totes legal.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 21, 2023 12:52 PM (ynpvh)

132 I have a crazy theory that Hunter will never be charged with anything and Joe will never be impeached.

we're in full clown world. he'll likely be reelected

Posted by: brak at August 21, 2023 12:52 PM (25k9m)

133 Meanwhile, at the running of the bulls . . .

https://tinyurl.com/mwdvdnr

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 21, 2023 12:53 PM (FVME7)

134 127 Concur. He's the operations officer for the Biden crime syndicate. There may be some intersection with other syndicates, but I doubt very much that they're operating as a cartel with him at the center.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 21, 2023 12:51 PM (kBSKe)

=========

Yeah, they're protecting him because he's Biden's bagman, not because he's everyone's.

Conspiratorial thinking has this tendency to really infect people. The system can be wildly corrupt and not entirely connected in every detail at the same time.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 21, 2023 12:53 PM (LvTSG)

135 The appointment of Weiss as Special Counsel was made to cover-up Weiss' and Garland's lies to Congress.

Once the plea deal fell apart, Weiss could not charge in Delaware (venue was part of the deal). With DC & CA US Attorneys refusing to cooperate, Weiss could not charge anywhere. He had to be named Special Counsel to retcon the DOJ testimony to Congress.

Posted by: Candidus at August 21, 2023 12:53 PM (+B0EC)

136 "Probably not what you want as a pizza topping."

Yes, they're agarics. No good for anything, except smoking the spores.

Posted by: Veni, Vidi, gp at August 21, 2023 12:53 PM (MvF+J)

137 87 >>Ashley too

He loves her too deeply.
Posted by: garrett at August 21, 2023 12:42 PM (FMGPM)

How deep is his love?
Posted by: One of those Gibbs at August 21, 2023 12:45 PM (ufFY

You asked for it
https://youtu.be/XpqqjU7u5Yc

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at August 21, 2023 12:53 PM (xcxpd)

138 "In what alternative universe could Hunter pass a piss test to stay out on probation?

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat "

The same one in which Hunter drops a bag of coke and the worlds best security agency can't determine it's his and then nukes it just to be sure.

Posted by: Ripley at August 21, 2023 12:53 PM (KrJTL)

139 In what alternative universe could Hunter pass a piss test to stay out on probation?
Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat
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Have never looked into it, but I would bet that Hunter received an Honorable Discharge from the Navy.

[lays down a $100 bill]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2023 12:53 PM (48u4S)

140 Yea, Kerry's kids, Romney's kids... hell, all the kids are probably tied into the corruption. Like I've been saying; the entire political establishment, the institution, the people and the processes running it are all shit. All of it. It cannot be reformed in any manner, shape or form.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 21, 2023 12:53 PM (Q4IgG)

141 Apparently almost zero of the re-election things an incumbent does have not been started by Biden. He's behind on all fronts.
---
The more cynical among us might say that's only because he knows the fix is already in.

Posted by: screaming in digital at August 21, 2023 12:53 PM (aBJcM)

142 Wake me up when at least ONE of these Biden-junta people is tried for treason.

Posted by: acethepug at August 21, 2023 12:53 PM (5Pw/K)

143 132 I have a crazy theory that Hunter will never be charged with anything and Joe will never be impeached.

we're in full clown world. he'll likely be reelected

Posted by: brak at August 21, 2023 12:52 PM (25k9m)

=========

Without even running because nothing has been done to fix voting problems in AZ, MI, WI, PA, and GA.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 21, 2023 12:53 PM (LvTSG)

144 123 The AQI here is 187, the sky is literally orange.
Posted by: bonhomme at August 21, 2023 12:51 PM (0N1h0)

Would you prefer to live here or in one of the Chinese smelting cities?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 21, 2023 12:53 PM (zZu0s)

145 "Mr. Weiss told an associate that he did not want to bring any charges, even misdemeanors, against Hunter Biden because the average American would not be prosecuted for them, the paper reported."

Is this guy insane? Any average American who did even half what Hunter did would be rotting in jail for tax crimes. Indeed, ANYONE other than Hunter. Wesley Snipes served over two years (!) in jail for failing to file taxes. The IRS (and the DOJ when prosecuting tax crimes) are the most ruthless, soulless, vengeful cocksuckers on the planet.

Posted by: Elric Blade at August 21, 2023 12:53 PM (iFTx/)

146 How's everyone holding up during week 6 of the Hollywood actor's strike?

Posted by: spindrift at August 21, 2023 12:54 PM (pyXMr)

147 >>So... charges still lurk somewhere?

The Potential for Charging is preserved, but in the hands of Weiss.

Everything would still be on the table, including the FARA Act Violations, which were the reason Weiss was given Special Counsel Status.
THOSE charges are what they are afraid of, imo. As Joe Biden wasn't registered with FARA and couldn't be when he was acting VP.

Posted by: garrett at August 21, 2023 12:54 PM (FMGPM)

148 It's difficult to imagine someone with a lower moral standing than Brandon. There's the serial killer Hillary, but that's a low bar.

Anyone else enjoying all of these Hurricane Hillary headlines?

Currently we have "Hillary's Flood Threat, Gusty Winds Persist Today".

I don't think she's been a flood threat for 30 years.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 21, 2023 12:54 PM (2ocoG)

149 "...with the same Javert-like ruthlessness he has shown up until now."

Yes, the PBS beg-a-thons are upon us.

Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know their enemy at August 21, 2023 12:54 PM (GshMh)

150 125 Time to play the Beau card.
__________

Joe will rename the federal Courthouse in Wilmington, Delaware "The Beau Biden Federal Courthouse."

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 21, 2023 12:54 PM (lf83v)

151 143 132 I have a crazy theory that Hunter will never be charged with anything and Joe will never be impeached.

we're in full clown world. he'll likely be reelected

Posted by: brak at August 21, 2023 12:52 PM (25k9m)

=========

Without even running because nothing has been done to fix voting problems in AZ, MI, WI, PA, and GA.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 21, 2023 12:53 PM (LvTSG)

Oh, the fix is in. No need to change it.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 21, 2023 12:54 PM (ynpvh)

152 141 The more cynical among us might say that's only because he knows the fix is already in.
Posted by: screaming in digital at August 21, 2023 12:53 PM (aBJcM)

=========

No. The Democrats that got into power through cheating with the implicit support of the oppositional party are totally sure that the old rules of elections still apply because reasons.

Surely.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 21, 2023 12:54 PM (LvTSG)

153 142 Wake me up when at least ONE of these Biden-junta people is tried for treason.
Posted by: acethepug at August 21, 2023 12:53 PM (5Pw/K)

I was set up

Posted by: Biden's dog Commander at August 21, 2023 12:54 PM (bs+z0)

154 They've announced one of Biden's aliases was "Robin Ware".

Ware, a common noun meaning manufactured or other goods.

This motherfucker actually had the brass gall to have an alias that bragged about his crimes. Unfuckingreal.

What was his other alias, R*pin' Kids?

Posted by: ... at August 21, 2023 12:54 PM (896Tz)

155 >They don't even care how obvious it is.
Posted by: steevy at August 21, 2023 12:37 PM (FQmDC)

I disagree. They care a lot. They want to demoralize those of us paying attention. They're teabagging the corpse of America and daring us to say or do anything about it.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at August 21, 2023 12:55 PM (imgNy)

156 US Marshals Survivors Benefit Fund tweeted this memorial with a picture:

#OTD 31 years ago, Deputy U.S. Marshal William Degan, Jr. was shot and killed near Naples, Idaho, while conducting surveillance of a rural cabin owned by a man wanted on a federal warrant.

https://is.gd/EMlajO

Most here know this man as one of the Feds at Ruby Ridge. His "surveillance team" got too close to the Weaver property and were discovered by a dog. They killed the dog in front of a kid, and the kid shot at them, killing Degan.

Posted by: bonhomme
-

If any of you like bluegrass:

Peter Rowan
Ruby Ridge

https://youtu.be/266YzszdYUQ

Posted by: Moron Robbie found the recovered remains of Hitler's cocaine filled flying submarine at August 21, 2023 12:55 PM (Oto6+)

157 145 "Mr. Weiss told an associate that he did not want to bring any charges, even misdemeanors, against Hunter Biden because the average American would not be prosecuted for them, the paper reported."

Is this guy insane? Any average American who did even half what Hunter did would be rotting in jail for tax crimes. Indeed, ANYONE other than Hunter. Wesley Snipes served over two years (!) in jail for failing to file taxes. The IRS (and the DOJ when prosecuting tax crimes) are the most ruthless, soulless, vengeful cocksuckers on the planet.

Posted by: Elric Blade at August 21, 2023 12:53 PM (iFTx/)

It's a voluntary tax system.
Enforced at the end of a gun.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 21, 2023 12:55 PM (ynpvh)

158 Later tonight, on all cable channels, The President of the United States will, with Doc, his wife will sing the Hawaiian War Chant and Tiny Bubbles by Don Ho. She's a Doctor.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 21, 2023 12:55 PM (0EOe9)

159 I mean I appreciate the in depth look at the crookedness of Washington D.C., but does anyone really believe Joe won't just pardon his son?

This is just a look inside the sausage making facility, which is ugly for sure, but we know that there is gonna be sausage made when all is said and done, and we will eat it whether we like it or not.

I guess perhaps it's useful to get the conservative base all riled up and maybe go vote, but since the vote is rigged, it doesn't really matter.

In the end, all it will do is make the base more disenchanted and depressed.

"We had actual documents and computer files and eyewitness testimony that our President engaged in what was likely treasonous behavior, but nothing happened and they all have hundreds of millions of dollars and I'm here washing dishes at my shitty job and getting audited on the few scraps of tips I make to try to afford gas so that I can come to my shitty job again tomorrow."

That's what I'll be thinking

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 21, 2023 12:56 PM (Zqeqr)

160 Trump is the Great Orange Whale while the Democrats are Captain Ahab.

Anything else like Hunter Biden's many crimes is irrelevant.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 21, 2023 12:56 PM (3VTLq)

161 Is this guy insane? Any average American who did even half what Hunter did would be rotting in jail...
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Now do Hillary.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2023 12:56 PM (tf17a)

162 Conspiratorial thinking has this tendency to really infect people. The system can be wildly corrupt and not entirely connected in every detail at the same time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 21, 2023 12:53 PM (LvTSG)
++++
There are many conspiracies, but there is not a unifying meta-conspiracy. When everyone is more or less aligned and moving approximately the same direction (and in government in various other institutions, they are - the long march is finished), there is no need for a meta-conspiracy and it would in fact be counterproductive if you tried to implement it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 21, 2023 12:56 PM (kBSKe)

163 It is truly good, very good to be the dictator's son in our democrat banana republic.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 21, 2023 12:56 PM (17s+e)

164 148 It's difficult to imagine someone with a lower moral standing than Brandon. There's the serial killer Hillary, but that's a low bar.

Anyone else enjoying all of these Hurricane Hillary headlines?
Currently we have "Hillary's Flood Threat, Gusty Winds Persist Today".
I don't think she's been a flood threat for 30 years.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 21, 2023 12:54 PM (2ocoG)

2 1/3" of rain. Highest gust of 16mph. And I was near the center here in San Diego as it passed by. But some schools are closed today because of it!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 21, 2023 12:56 PM (ynpvh)

165 Barry Gibb had a good voice

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at August 21, 2023 12:56 PM (xcxpd)

166 I’m thinking ahead here, but Hunter’s tell all book i5-10 years from now is going to be entertaining.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 21, 2023 12:56 PM (JTwsP)

167 >>Now do Hillary.

No reasonable Prosecutor would.

Posted by: James Comey at August 21, 2023 12:56 PM (FMGPM)

168 They've announced one of Biden's aliases was "Robin Ware".

Ware, a common noun meaning manufactured or other goods.

This motherfucker actually had the brass gall to have an alias that bragged about his crimes. Unfuckingreal.

You're overthinking things. Bring yourself down to Biden's mental level, where he picked "Ware" for "Delaware".

Posted by: Ian S. at August 21, 2023 12:57 PM (2ocoG)

169 So, Ace, why were you late today?

Posted by: Nancy Mace at August 21, 2023 12:57 PM (xTRSc)

170 155 >They don't even care how obvious it is.
Posted by: steevy at August 21, 2023 12:37 PM (FQmDC)

I disagree. They care a lot. They want to demoralize those of us paying attention. They're teabagging the corpse of America and daring us to say or do anything about it.
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at August 21, 2023 12:55 PM (___Ny)

Nah. They'd be happy to do everything under cover of darkness. The raw shows of power are just necessary because a few pricks keep flicking the lights on every now and again.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 21, 2023 12:57 PM (KbCG3)

171 They're making a note of complainers names and locations

Posted by: International Brotherhood of Hobos and Associated Hermits at August 21, 2023 12:57 PM (dzZCL)

172 154 They've announced one of Biden's aliases was "Robin Ware".

Ware, a common noun meaning manufactured or other goods.

This motherfucker actually had the brass gall to have an alias that bragged about his crimes. Unfuckingreal.

What was his other alias, R*pin' Kids?

Posted by: ... at August 21, 2023 12:54 PM (896Tz)

Sumptin' 'bout his Peter.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 21, 2023 12:57 PM (ynpvh)

173 If HB is pardoned, does that mean his testimony can be compelled, with no 5A dodges allowed?

Posted by: Veni, Vidi, gp at August 21, 2023 12:57 PM (MvF+J)

174 Posted by: Candidus at August 21, 2023 12:53 PM (+B0EC)

OK, so no comment on active cases is a Policy.

Order of precedence in our Goverment.
1. Constitution, highest law of the land.
2. Laws, passed by Congress, signed by President.
3. Regulations, guidelines that Congress gave administration power to make, with legal consequences.
4. Policy, self defined guideline, with no legal consequence.

Since when does a guideline (no comment on ongoing cases) supersede the Congress oversite authority, given to it by the Constitution?

Congress needs to point this out, and tell them to answer the damn questions.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 21, 2023 12:57 PM (oHd/0)

175 over the last 30 years, the left has place 100's of these moderate moles in the government

member how Mr Moderate Merrick was paraded around DC for his SCOTUS seat

bet Glitch McConnell wishes he had that play back now

he only stopped Merrick for his own cred, he always thought Cankles would win and make it moot

a fly flew in in the Turtle's soup

Posted by: REDACTED at August 21, 2023 12:58 PM (us2H3)

176 The same NeverTrump willing to opine that Trump is guilty are stone-silent when it comes to the well-documented, clear and obvious crimes of the Bidens.

The law is an ass run by assholes to protect their asses while your ass better watch out.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 21, 2023 12:58 PM (EQrXM)

177 Weiss is Comey's "no reasonable prosecutor would bring charges" prosecutor.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 21, 2023 12:58 PM (17s+e)

178 173 If HB is pardoned, does that mean his testimony can be compelled, with no 5A dodges allowed?
Posted by: Veni, Vidi, gp at August 21, 2023 12:57 PM (MvF+J)

========

"I don't recall." x 5,000

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 21, 2023 12:58 PM (LvTSG)

179 How's everyone holding up during week 6 of the Hollywood actor's strike?
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I'm incredibly depressed... that they haven't gone on a hunger strike.

Posted by: screaming in digital at August 21, 2023 12:58 PM (aBJcM)

180 > Would you prefer to live here or in one of the Chinese smelting cities?

Definitely here. But I'm still gonna complain about the orange air.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 21, 2023 12:58 PM (0N1h0)

181
Most here know this man as one of the Feds at Ruby Ridge. His "surveillance team" got too close to the Weaver property and were discovered by a dog. They killed the dog in front of a kid, and the kid shot at them, killing Degan.

Posted by: bonhomme
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It's as if they purposely left out the details. Wait...they probably don't even know the details.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2023 12:59 PM (tf17a)

182 167 >>Now do Hillary.

No reasonable Prosecutor would.

Posted by: James Comey at August 21, 2023 12:56 PM (FMGPM)

Even Bill doesn't do Hillary.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 21, 2023 12:59 PM (ynpvh)

183 >>Now do Hillary.

No reasonable ~~Prosecutor~~ man would.
Posted by: James Comey at August 21, 2023 12:56 PM (FMGPM)
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But I ain't reasonable, I'm the ultimate team player and the best friend anyone has *ever* had.

Posted by: Webb Hubbell at August 21, 2023 12:59 PM (kBSKe)

184 To be sure there is an element of provocation in this

Posted by: steevy at August 21, 2023 12:59 PM (FQmDC)

185 178 173 If HB is pardoned, does that mean his testimony can be compelled, with no 5A dodges allowed?
Posted by: Veni, Vidi, gp at August 21, 2023 12:57 PM (MvF+J)

========

"I don't recall." x 5,000
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 21, 2023 12:58 PM (LvTSG)

Ironically, each of them would be believable.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 21, 2023 12:59 PM (KbCG3)

186 "Okay. Plenty of other guys that turned out to be snakes he picked to surround himself with. Bad advice to take them."
____

The idea that any President elect has a Rolodex of people for every Federal appointment at the ready on day one is ludicrous.

Usually, these people are vetted and suggested by the victorious political party. In the case of Trump, his own party largely sought to hem him in from the outset. The opposing political party sought to remove him from office before his inauguration.

I'm not a Trump dead-ender but this criticism is stupid and proposes a standard that no one would meet.

Posted by: Alec Leamas at August 21, 2023 12:59 PM (eJeMj)

187 You're overthinking things. Bring yourself down to Biden's mental level, where he picked "Ware" for "Delaware".
Posted by: Ian S. at August 21, 2023 12:57 PM (2ocoG)

I'd be searchin the Fed Mail database for the name Dela Ware... sounds like something the First Strumpet would use.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 21, 2023 01:00 PM (oHd/0)

188 Tiny bubbles?

Oh the President is foaming at the mouth again

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 21, 2023 01:00 PM (3VTLq)

189 179 How's everyone holding up during week 6 of the Hollywood actor's strike?
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I'm incredibly depressed... that they haven't gone on a hunger strike.
Posted by: screaming in digital at August 21, 2023 12:58 PM (aBJcM)

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I LOVE the theory that the studios stoked this so they could cancel hosts of projects that they didn't want to follow through on. One of those is, apparently, Snow White. If they filmed less than 1/3 of it before the strike, they have an internal metric that allows them to cancel it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 21, 2023 01:00 PM (LvTSG)

190 I was named after Robin Hood cuz I'm such a brave fucker

Posted by: Brandon at August 21, 2023 01:00 PM (us2H3)

191 The AQI here is 187, the sky is literally orange.
Posted by: bonhomme

Death Valley is closed due to flooding. That's like Stacy Abrams being disqualified due to anorexia.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 21, 2023 01:00 PM (FVME7)

192 No. The Democrats that got into power through cheating with the implicit support of the oppositional party are totally sure that the old rules of elections still apply because reasons.

Surely.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Of course. But don't call me Shirley.

Posted by: screaming in digital at August 21, 2023 01:00 PM (aBJcM)

193 This formerly-patriotic bikini blonde has broken out the old outfit to reminder herself of the Before Times, back when the corruption wasn't so blatant at all times:
https://is.gd/YDjbY4

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 21, 2023 01:00 PM (kBSKe)

194 192 Of course. But don't call me Shirley.
Posted by: screaming in digital at August 21, 2023 01:00 PM (aBJcM)

========

I just want to say good luck, and we're all counting on you.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 21, 2023 01:01 PM (LvTSG)

195 Meh. He's going to get a federal judgeship, isn't he?

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 21, 2023 12:50 PM (lf83v)

-----------

He'll replace Garland as AG.

Out: Garland Archipelago.
In: OberWeissenFührer

Posted by: ShainS -- Misinflation, Disinflation, & Malinflation Researcher at August 21, 2023 01:01 PM (ef9IU)

196 145 Is this guy insane? Any average American who did even half what Hunter did would be rotting in jail...

Posted by: Elric Blade at August 21, 2023 12:53 PM (iFTx/)

Not just jail, but PMITA Prison.

Posted by: XTC at August 21, 2023 01:01 PM (UnA8+)

197 They're making a note of complainers names and locations
Posted by: International Brotherhood of Hobos
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Oh, we've had your names for years now.

Posted by: Bob, at the NSA at August 21, 2023 01:01 PM (KeW0B)

198 193 This formerly-patriotic bikini blonde has broken out the old outfit to reminder herself of the Before Times, back when the corruption wasn't so blatant at all times:
https://is.gd/YDjbY4
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 21, 2023 01:00 PM (kBSKe)

========

Veiny hands AND overly long fingernails.

1/10

Would not bang.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 21, 2023 01:01 PM (LvTSG)

199 191 The AQI here is 187, the sky is literally orange.
Posted by: bonhomme

Death Valley is closed due to flooding. That's like Stacy Abrams being disqualified due to anorexia.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 21, 2023 01:00 PM (FVME7)

Well, it is a valley, so the flood waters will tend to collect there. I recall people dying due to flood waters there, but mostly from heat and thirst.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 21, 2023 01:01 PM (ynpvh)

200 Now do Hillary.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2023 12:56 PM (tf17a)

Welp there goes lunch

Posted by: blaster at August 21, 2023 01:01 PM (dWjpk)

201 IIRC, Weiss was originally appointed by Preezy Shit Midas. Trump just kept him on.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 21, 2023 01:02 PM (17s+e)

202 Is this guy insane? Any average American who did even half what Hunter did would be rotting in jail...

Posted by: Elric Blade
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We should Fact Check this with the AP.

Posted by: Bob, at the NSA at August 21, 2023 01:02 PM (KeW0B)

203 Is Hurricane Hillary fifty points ahead?

So NOAA has failed to position the storm for success?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 21, 2023 01:02 PM (3VTLq)

204 201 IIRC, Weiss was originally appointed by Preezy Shit Midas. Trump just kept him on.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 21, 2023 01:02 PM (17s+e)

=======

No. Trump appointed him in 2018.

Blue chip system and all.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 21, 2023 01:02 PM (LvTSG)

205 You don't say...

Matt Wallace
@MattWallace888
Rumors are circulating that Barack Obama is currently dating a man.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 21, 2023 01:02 PM (TGPs7)

206 I wonder what Hunter Biden's lawyers and Joe Biden's donors are paying this guy. Whatever it is, he's worth it. He's the MVP of the defense team.

That's the real beauty of it...does not cost them one thin dime. He is a "True Believer". They step up to any challenge.

Posted by: Paladin at August 21, 2023 01:02 PM (IiR2y)

207 193 This formerly-patriotic bikini blonde has broken out the old outfit to reminder herself of the Before Times, back when the corruption wasn't so blatant at all times:
https://is.gd/YDjbY4

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 21, 2023 01:00 PM (kBSKe)

It is not proper to wear the flag like that. She should take it off and handle it with respect.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 21, 2023 01:02 PM (ynpvh)

208 This formerly-patriotic bikini blonde has broken out the old outfit to reminder herself of the Before Times, back when the corruption wasn't so blatant at all times:
https://is.gd/YDjbY4

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 21, 2023 01:00 PM (kBSKe)

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* Cues theme to "Wonder Woman" *

Posted by: ShainS -- Misinflation, Disinflation, & Malinflation Researcher at August 21, 2023 01:03 PM (ef9IU)

209 never a guillotine around when you need one

Posted by: REDACTED at August 21, 2023 01:03 PM (us2H3)

210 This formerly-patriotic bikini blonde has broken out the old outfit to reminder herself of the Before Times, back when the corruption wasn't so blatant at all times:
https://is.gd/YDjbY4
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 21, 2023 01:00 PM (kBSKe)

Face, body, hair, boobs...total package.
Killer waist to hip ratio too.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at August 21, 2023 01:03 PM (xcxpd)

211 >>Well, it is a valley, so the flood waters will tend to collect there.

Flash Flooding is the concern. And it is no joke. used to happen in Tucson every monsoon season.

You don't want to get caught out in one, I can tell you that.

Posted by: garrett at August 21, 2023 01:03 PM (FMGPM)

212 Well, it is a valley, so the flood waters will tend to collect there. I recall people dying due to flood waters there, but mostly from heat and thirst.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 21, 2023 01:01 PM (ynpvh)
++++
It used to be (dunno if it's still true) that there were always fatalities during those routine but unusual heavy rainfalls in Las Vegas. Las Vegas has a good storm drain system that is almost never needed but when it is, it fills up fast and moves water away to avoid flooding. Bums like those usually-empty tunnels and sometimes they get trapped when the skies suddenly open.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 21, 2023 01:03 PM (kBSKe)

213 No. The Democrats that got into power through cheating with the implicit support of the oppositional party are totally sure that the old rules of elections still apply because reasons.

Surely.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 21, 2023 12:54 PM (LvTSG)

Unless it is that the clown committee decides to kick of Color Revolution 2.0 this coming Summer.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 21, 2023 01:04 PM (xhaym)

214 Yeah Disney needs to cancel Snow White... wait isn't the word 'white' problematic also?

And then turn around and blame Rachel for the cancellation because she has made the movie Bud Light toxic.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 21, 2023 01:04 PM (3VTLq)

215 >>Matt Wallace
@MattWallace888
Rumors are circulating that Barack Obama is currently dating a man.

What gave it away?

Posted by: Michele Obama's Veiny Cock at August 21, 2023 01:04 PM (FMGPM)

216 In Santa Barbara at our house Hillary brought a total of .2 inches of rain. A week prior we had a rain storm that brought .5 inches. And that earthquake less than 25 miles away in Ojai, didn't feel a thing.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 21, 2023 01:04 PM (17s+e)

217 211 >>Well, it is a valley, so the flood waters will tend to collect there.

Flash Flooding is the concern. And it is no joke. used to happen in Tucson every monsoon season.

You don't want to get caught out in one, I can tell you that.

Posted by: garrett at August 21, 2023 01:03 PM (FMGPM)

The mixture of water, sand, dirt, gravel, and boulders is like a quick moving flow of cement sometimes. Once you're in it, you can't get out.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 21, 2023 01:04 PM (ynpvh)

218 You don't say...

Matt Wallace
@MattWallace888
Rumors are circulating that Barack Obama is currently dating a man.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 21, 2023 01:02 PM (TGPs7)

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Love triangle with the Sous Chef?

Posted by: ShainS -- Misinflation, Disinflation, & Malinflation Researcher at August 21, 2023 01:04 PM (ef9IU)

219
THOSE charges are what they are afraid of, imo. As Joe Biden wasn't registered with FARA and couldn't be when he was acting VP.
Posted by: garrett

++++++++++++

Definitely those -- and God knows what else.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 21, 2023 01:04 PM (lCaJd)

220 The Law. Works for thee, but not for me?

Posted by: Eromero at August 21, 2023 01:05 PM (z3WCn)

221 Yeah Disney needs to cancel Snow White... wait isn't the word 'white' problematic also? ...
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 21, 2023 01:04 PM (3VTLq)
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Not since they made her a Latina.

It's "Faux White" now.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 21, 2023 01:05 PM (kBSKe)

222 It's a voluntary tax system.
Enforced at the end of a gun.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

You know, like Cosby consent.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 21, 2023 01:05 PM (FVME7)

223 Matt Wallace
@MattWallace888
Rumors are circulating that Barack Obama is currently dating a man.
Posted by: Mister Ghost
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Well, the chef is out of the way.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2023 01:05 PM (KeW0B)

224 If they filmed less than 1/3 of it before the strike, they have an internal metric that allows them to cancel it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 21, 2023 01:00 PM (LvTSG)

Well, they have managed to set the film on fire during the strike, so why not. Although isn't this the same excuse that supposedly made netflix renew Velma?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 21, 2023 01:05 PM (zZu0s)

225 So, the moviegique guy who did the Saturday night movie thread — is that a pseudonym that TJM uses?

Posted by: Nancy Mace at August 21, 2023 01:05 PM (xTRSc)

226 The Delawares were an Indian tribe.
I bet they're pissed now. Not so much as a single casino...

Posted by: gourmand du jour at August 21, 2023 01:05 PM (MeG8a)

227 205 You don't say...

Matt Wallace
@MattWallace888
Rumors are circulating that Barack Obama is currently dating a man.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 21, 2023 01:02 PM (TGPs7)
____________

Nah, fake news. He just fantasizes about it every day.

Posted by: Elric Blade at August 21, 2023 01:05 PM (iFTx/)

228 Matt Wallace
@MattWallace888
Rumors are circulating that Barack Obama is currently dating a man.

What gave it away?
===

Michaelle's penis.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at August 21, 2023 01:06 PM (17s+e)

229 222 It's a voluntary tax system.
Enforced at the end of a gun.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

You know, like Cosby consent.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 21, 2023 01:05 PM (FVME7)

She didn't say no.

Posted by: Bill Cosby at August 21, 2023 01:06 PM (ynpvh)

230 219
THOSE charges are what they are afraid of, imo. As Joe Biden wasn't registered with FARA and couldn't be when he was acting VP.
Posted by: garrett

++++++++++++

Definitely those -- and God knows what else.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 21, 2023 01:04 PM (lCaJd)

Yup, FARA was never prosecuted, until they used it to go after Trump supporters and staff...

Alinsky says, make them live up to their own rules.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 21, 2023 01:06 PM (oHd/0)

231 206 Concur.

Posted by: Veni, Vidi, gp at August 21, 2023 01:06 PM (MvF+J)

232 Degan was a hero. The dog and everyone else were from the subject classes. Your lack of patriotism is appalling.

Posted by: Special Agent Hammond Egger at August 21, 2023 01:06 PM (0FoWg)

233 At this point, our best hope is that we are invaded by a foreign power with a dictator that is more merciful than our current government.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 21, 2023 01:06 PM (Zqeqr)

234 Rumors are circulating that Barack Obama is currently dating a man.

Currently and has been since at least college.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 21, 2023 01:06 PM (2ocoG)

235 193 This formerly-patriotic bikini blonde has broken out the old outfit to reminder herself of the Before Times, back when the corruption wasn't so blatant at all times:
https://is.gd/YDjbY4
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 21, 2023 01:00 PM (kBSKe)

For those about to Bikini, we salute you...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 21, 2023 01:06 PM (TGPs7)

236 Well, it is a valley, so the flood waters will tend to collect there.

Flash Flooding is the concern. And it is no joke. used to happen in Tucson every monsoon season.

You don't want to get caught out in one, I can tell you that.

Posted by: garrett at August 21, 2023 01:03 PM (FMGPM)

The mixture of water, sand, dirt, gravel, and boulders is like a quick moving flow of cement sometimes. Once you're in it, you can't get out.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 21, 2023 01:04 PM (ynpvh)
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In Northern AZ, you do not want to get caught in a Slot Canyon during monsoon season.

Posted by: ShainS -- Misinflation, Disinflation, & Malinflation Researcher at August 21, 2023 01:06 PM (ef9IU)

237 The name says it all.

Posted by: Just Us Department at August 21, 2023 01:07 PM (lZVy/)

238 224 Well, they have managed to set the film on fire during the strike, so why not. Although isn't this the same excuse that supposedly made netflix renew Velma?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 21, 2023 01:05 PM (zZu0s)

========

The guess is that HBO bought two seasons of Velma ahead of time, and only announced the greenlighting of season 2 after season 1. Also, the hate watch metrics were probably pretty good.

I dunno. Scooby Doo has always been stupid nonsense I've never cared about.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 21, 2023 01:07 PM (LvTSG)

239 225 So, the moviegique guy who did the Saturday night movie thread — is that a pseudonym that TJM uses?
Posted by: Nancy Mace at August 21, 2023 01:05 PM (xTRSc)

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Different guy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 21, 2023 01:07 PM (LvTSG)

240 Even Bill doesn't do Hillary.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 21, 2023 12:59 PM (ynpvh)

Lucky bastard.

Posted by: Huma at August 21, 2023 01:07 PM (Angsy)

241 Travis Tritt says Kemp was $7 million in debt when he was elected GA governor in 2018. In 2019 he helped bring in Dominion Voting Systems and magically became debt free.

https://is.gd/AraWEP

Posted by: bonhomme at August 21, 2023 01:07 PM (0N1h0)

242 OT: You guys know more about the military than me. A couple miles or so north of my apartment complex, the government is busy building something. Looks like like going to be pretty damn big. The sign says: Coming Soon: The xx Parachute infantry.

What the bloody hell is a "parachute infantry"? Isn't that a contradiction in terms?

It's adjacent to Offutt AFB/StratCom in whose back yard I now have the pleasure of living.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- Persian cats are nothing more than 24/7 shedding machines. at August 21, 2023 01:07 PM (B7rlW)

243
Another point that honestly confuses me: how did the IRS whistleblowers affect Hunter Biden's deal? Was there a lurking threat of Congressional action once they came forward? I don't see these dealmakers as being afraid of appearances or consequences.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 21, 2023 01:07 PM (lCaJd)

244 I dunno. Scooby Doo has always been stupid nonsense I've never cared about.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 21, 2023 01:07 PM (LvTSG)

I like Velma cosplay.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 21, 2023 01:08 PM (zZu0s)

245 243
Another point that honestly confuses me: how did the IRS whistleblowers affect Hunter Biden's deal? Was there a lurking threat of Congressional action once they came forward? I don't see these dealmakers as being afraid of appearances or consequences.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 21, 2023 01:07 PM (lCaJd)

==========

I think it's obvious that they are afraid of appearances. Why is another matter.

Clinesmith was only nominally punished.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 21, 2023 01:08 PM (LvTSG)

246 They either all went after Trump with such fervor because he's a criminal and they're all clean. Or they all went after Trump with such fervor because he's clean and they're all criminals.

{Final Jeopardy theme plays}

Posted by: ... at August 21, 2023 01:08 PM (896Tz)

247 Paratroopers?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 21, 2023 01:08 PM (zZu0s)

248 Charlie Spiering
@charliespiering
Biden again alludes to the death of his son to try and empathize with wildfire victims - I wonder if he'll repeat his fake story about when he "had a house burn down with my wife in it."

-
Silver tongued devil.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 21, 2023 01:08 PM (FVME7)

249 @MattWallace888
Rumors are circulating that Barack Obama is currently dating a man.

euphemistically "dating"

Posted by: REDACTED at August 21, 2023 01:09 PM (us2H3)

250 >>I like Velma cosplay.

This is the primary reason Scooby Doo is still a thing.

Posted by: garrett at August 21, 2023 01:09 PM (FMGPM)

251 ~~Silver tongued~~ devil.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 21, 2023 01:08 PM (FVME7)
++++
FIFY

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 21, 2023 01:09 PM (kBSKe)

252 Gray DeLisle, the current voice actress for Daphne, set herself on fire recently.

This young dude created for his portfolio a short animated movie of the Mystery Machine Gang in the Rankin-Bass art style by himself. But since he had no money, used AI voices.

Gray has since threatened to blacklist him from ever working in the industry.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 21, 2023 01:09 PM (3VTLq)

253 247 Paratroopers?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 21, 2023 01:08 PM (zZu0s)

I think you generally need more than two.

Posted by: Bill Cosby at August 21, 2023 01:09 PM (ynpvh)

254 . If they filmed less than 1/3 of it before the strike, they have an internal metric that allows them to cancel it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 21, 2023 01:00 PM (LvTSG)

Although, they would lose the 25% tax credit, since it is filmed in the UK.
But, might be worth taking the hit.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 21, 2023 01:10 PM (ufFY8)

255 I like Velma cosplay.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 21, 2023 01:08 PM (zZu0s)
++++
Huh.

Of course that's a thing.

https://is.gd/NLro3f

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 21, 2023 01:10 PM (kBSKe)

256 251 Silver tongued devil.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 21, 2023 01:08 PM (FVME7)
++++
FIFY
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 21, 2023 01:09 PM (kBSKe)

I just had an image of hell:

A used car lot like in True Lies. Where every salesman is Joe Biden. He keeps feeding you a gigantic line of bullshit. And has to keep checking with his manager.

For eternity.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 21, 2023 01:10 PM (zZu0s)

257 They killed the dog in front of a kid, and the kid shot at them, killing Degan.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 21, 2023 12:50 PM (0N1h0)

John Wick has entered the chat

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 21, 2023 01:11 PM (/BHnd)

258 Hunter has always been running Joe

Joe is really stupid to have ever trusted Hunter

and now his lawyers are openly threaten Joe

Posted by: REDACTED at August 21, 2023 01:11 PM (us2H3)

259 Possible movie idea - Nazi Zombie Para-strippers from the Moon.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 21, 2023 01:11 PM (3VTLq)

260 Libs of TikTok gets results.

Satan worshipping "teacher" who confessed they have been violent and hurtful while experiencing a psychotic episode fired by school board after an emergency meeting.

https://is.gd/Js3PtW

Posted by: bonhomme at August 21, 2023 01:11 PM (0N1h0)

261 Daphne >>>>>>> Velma

Posted by: Nancy Mace at August 21, 2023 01:11 PM (xTRSc)

262 Rumors are circulating that Barack Obama is currently dating a man.

Justin Trudeau *did* become single not long ago...

Posted by: Ian S. at August 21, 2023 01:11 PM (2ocoG)

263 246 They either all went after Trump with such fervor because he's a criminal and they're all clean. Or they all went after Trump with such fervor because he's clean and they're all criminals.

{Final Jeopardy theme plays}
Posted by: ... at August 21, 2023 01:08 PM (896Tz)

What is 'he rip'd all their masks off, when he removed his own?'

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 21, 2023 01:11 PM (oHd/0)

264 Travis Tritt says Kemp was $7 million in debt when he was elected GA governor in 2018. In 2019 he helped bring in Dominion Voting Systems and magically became debt free.

https://is.gd/AraWEP
Posted by: bonhomme

--

BOOM

Wait, sorry. That probably was inappropriate.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Some comments were lost, so if you said something interesting, repeat it here. at August 21, 2023 01:12 PM (QsOFZ)

265 Come to think of it, Palin went after corruption too.

My only question that I can't find a great "fit" for is why that fuck McCain chose her in the first place.

I can buy a sabotage operation. As in he knew he was a sinking ship and the fix was in, and may as well hitch her to the underside.

I think they knew she was green. I saw one local interview with her in 2008 before she was picked and although I liked her, that was my takeaway. I don't think they expected the Palinmania they got though. Didnt bargain for it one bit.

Posted by: ... at August 21, 2023 01:12 PM (896Tz)

266 So, the moviegique guy who did the Saturday night movie thread — is that a pseudonym that TJM uses?

Posted by: Nancy Mace at August 21, 2023 01:05 PM (xTRSc)

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Like CBD, TJM was let go ... and without any severance pay.

Posted by: ShainS -- Misinflation, Disinflation, & Malinflation Researcher at August 21, 2023 01:12 PM (ef9IU)

267 259 Possible movie idea - Nazi Zombie Para-strippers from the Moon.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 21, 2023 01:11 PM (3VTLq)

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Kino just announced 4K restorations and releases of 4 Isla She-Wolf of the SS movies.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 21, 2023 01:12 PM (LvTSG)

268 Flag bikinis are the best.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at August 21, 2023 01:12 PM (ufFY8)

269 so promoting this DOJ cover-up guy to "special counsel" has the added benefit of shielding Weiss from his past bad actions in not pursuing charges against his ward.

Nice move by Garland, if true, and more proof that "justice" in America is a joke.

Posted by: MC Whatshisname at August 21, 2023 01:12 PM (FCbAQ)

270 "MattWallace888
Rumors are circulating that Barack Obama is currently dating a man. "

Two timing biotch.

Posted by: Reggie at August 21, 2023 01:12 PM (bBdPQ)

271 John Solomon
@jsolomonReports
26m
Company behind Michigan electric vehicle battery plant registered as Chinese foreign organization | Just The News

https://tinyurl.com/mtph9jve

Posted by: redridinghood at August 21, 2023 01:12 PM (NpAcC)

272 So, the moviegique guy who did the Saturday night movie thread — is that a pseudonym that TJM uses?
Posted by: Nancy Mace at August 21, 2023 01:05 PM (xTRSc)

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Different guy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 21, 2023 01:07 PM (LvTSG)

That's exactly what a sock would say!
(yeah, I know you're not MG)

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 21, 2023 01:12 PM (Angsy)

273 > Rumors are circulating that Barack Obama is currently dating a man.
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IIRC an interesting tidbit from the now dead personal chef was that the Obama's seldom ate meals together. To me that's a sign that they really do live separate lives... for whatever reasons.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 21, 2023 01:12 PM (Q4IgG)

274 A used car lot like in True Lies. Where every salesman is Joe Biden. He keeps feeding you a gigantic line of bullshit. And has to keep checking with his manager.

For eternity.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 21, 2023 01:10 PM (zZu0s)
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:: shudders ::

Ugh. The last car I bought, I drove a *very* hard bargain. The back-and-forth negotiation, "I need to go talk to my manager," etc. lasted a total of around four hours. I walked out twice.

When you don't *need* a car, it's a great time to buy one.

But yeah. An eternity of that bullshit would be amazingly awful.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 21, 2023 01:12 PM (kBSKe)

275 Hmm. A troop of troopers.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2023 01:13 PM (SbsCg)

276 It's not as if the dog belonged to a member of the ruling class. You people need to lighten up.

And don't forget to salute that flag.

Posted by: Special Agent Hammond Egger at August 21, 2023 01:13 PM (0FoWg)

277 "Flag bikinis are the best."

They raise my staff.

Posted by: Uncle Sam at August 21, 2023 01:13 PM (bBdPQ)

278 Huh.

Of course that's a thing.

https://is.gd/NLro3f
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 21, 2023 01:10 PM (kBSKe)

Joe, I have maybe questioned your gal choice before, but never your sexuality. How could you NOT know that Velma cosplay was a thing?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 21, 2023 01:13 PM (zZu0s)

279 You do mean Ilsa She Wolf of the SS?

Isla was her dyslexic sexond cousin

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 21, 2023 01:13 PM (3VTLq)

280 Travis Tritt says Kemp was $7 million in debt when he was elected GA governor in 2018. In 2019 he helped bring in Dominion Voting Systems and magically became debt free.

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Also isn't this the sort of thing that someone would be risking defamation (slander?) if it wasn't true?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Some comments were lost, so if you said something interesting, repeat it here. at August 21, 2023 01:13 PM (QsOFZ)

281 189 179 How's everyone holding up during week 6 of the Hollywood actor's strike?
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I'm incredibly depressed... that they haven't gone on a hunger strike.
Posted by: screaming in digital at August 21, 2023 12:58 PM (aBJcM)

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I LOVE the theory that the studios stoked this so they could cancel hosts of projects that they didn't want to follow through on. One of those is, apparently, Snow White. If they filmed less than 1/3 of it before the strike, they have an internal metric that allows them to cancel it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 21, 2023 01:00 PM (LvTSG)
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It's less than 1/3 completed? Seems odd that a movie in the early stages of filming would already have so many leaks and bad buzz and the lead actress needlessly setting herself on fire. Unless that was all part of the plan.

Posted by: Elric Blade at August 21, 2023 01:13 PM (iFTx/)

282 I'm still convinced that one of these days Hunter is going to OD. They'll find him dead in his White House bed with a snoot full of blow. Joey and the propaganda ministries will blame right wingers and MAGA for driving Hunter to his death with constant harassment.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 21, 2023 01:13 PM (BqPUE)

283 Id say even nuking the plea deal is all bs.

They knew if they went ahead with it that Trump can run ads in 2024 about how Biden and the DoJ worked together to keep Hunter out of jail.

Now they'll prolong this case so that it's not taken to court before Nov 2024, and if Trump wins they'll immediately either toss the case, or they'll let Hunter plead out,, with immunity for other crimes, and Joe will pardon him.

This allows the Dems to have plausible deniability if Trump brings up the unfair justice system, as they'll say "but we're prosecuting the President's son!" And the media/debate moderators will provide cover by lying for them (as they did with Obama's "I said terrorist" lie"

Posted by: Rbastid at August 21, 2023 01:13 PM (0pYyT)

284 Okay, Japanese Velma is maybe the best thing I've seen all month.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Some comments were lost, so if you said something interesting, repeat it here. at August 21, 2023 01:13 PM (QsOFZ)

285 You'd think if they meant paratroopers, the sign would say paratroopers.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- Persian cats are nothing more than 24/7 shedding machines. at August 21, 2023 01:14 PM (B7rlW)

286 But Ivanka sells perfume!

Posted by: wth at August 21, 2023 01:14 PM (v0R5T)

287 Jinkies that is a pretty nice sweater

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 21, 2023 01:14 PM (3VTLq)

288 Well that explains the HIV

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Some comments were lost, so if you said something interesting, repeat it here. at August 21, 2023 01:15 PM (QsOFZ)

289 Actually... thinking on it, Trump's greatest sin began in the Debate, when he said "I have joined the Political system, so the system can no longer beat up, on those who cannot defend themselves.'.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 21, 2023 01:15 PM (oHd/0)

290 @jsolomonReports
Company behind Michigan electric vehicle battery plant registered as Chinese foreign organization | Just The News ...
Posted by: redridinghood at August 21, 2023 01:12 PM (NpAcC)
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How much subsidy money did they get from the fed and state governments?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 21, 2023 01:15 PM (kBSKe)

291
Yeah Disney needs to cancel Snow White... wait isn't the word 'white' problematic also?

And then turn around and blame Rachel for the cancellation because she has made the movie Bud Light toxic.
Posted by: Anna Puma

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Well, she has... But DAMN would I laugh if they found that she was Unexpectedly hostile to the Disney legacy and threw her under the bus!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 21, 2023 01:15 PM (lCaJd)

292 I think they knew she was green. I saw one local interview with her in 2008 before she was picked and although I liked her, that was my takeaway. I don't think they expected the Palinmania they got though. Didnt bargain for it one bit.

Posted by: ... at August 21, 2023 01:12 PM (896Tz)

McCain had a crap campaign that no one cared about. Palin was a Hail Mary. If she bombed, they could blame it on her.

She didn't bomb. And they've hated her ever since.

Only reason I voted that year was because of her.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 21, 2023 01:15 PM (KbCG3)

293 Joe, I have maybe questioned your gal choice before, but never your sexuality. How could you NOT know that Velma cosplay was a thing?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 21, 2023 01:13 PM (zZu0s)
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I'm not in that scene at all. Like at all at all. It surprises me not in the least that it exists, though.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 21, 2023 01:15 PM (kBSKe)

294 285 You'd think if they meant paratroopers, the sign would say paratroopers.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- Persian cats are nothing more than 24/7 shedding machines. at August 21, 2023 01:14 PM (B7rlW)

Trooper is usually thought of as a male, I'm sure someone finds that Sexist.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 21, 2023 01:16 PM (oHd/0)

295 291 Well, she has... But DAMN would I laugh if they found that she was Unexpectedly hostile to the Disney legacy and threw her under the bus!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 21, 2023 01:15 PM (lCaJd)

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Doomcock shared a rumor that she was brought into the office, told to shut up, and given talking points.

So, 20% chance it happened.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 21, 2023 01:16 PM (LvTSG)

296 261 Daphne >>>>>>> Velma
Posted by: Nancy Mace at August 21, 2023 01:11 PM (xTRSc)

It's the scarf. I realize it was a thing, but I don't like them. The tight sweater and glasses? Yeah, that does it for me.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 21, 2023 01:16 PM (zZu0s)

297 278 Huh.

Of course that's a thing.

https://is.gd/NLro3f
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 21, 2023 01:10 PM (kBSKe)

Joe, I have maybe questioned your gal choice before, but never your sexuality. How could you NOT know that Velma cosplay was a thing?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 21, 2023 01:13 PM (zZu0s)

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Rule 34, my friends. Rule 34. If there's a pervert subculture paying to watch girls step on cockroaches, then there's Velma cosplay.

Posted by: Elric Blade at August 21, 2023 01:16 PM (iFTx/)

298 And then turn around and blame Rachel for the cancellation because she has made the movie Bud Light toxic.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 21, 2023 01:04 PM (3VTLq)
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What's funny is that it probably wouldn't have happened if not for the strike - at least, not so early.

But reporters are bored and so older stuff became suddenly coverage-worthy.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 21, 2023 01:17 PM (kBSKe)

299 Velma is the prototype for the Rule 34 naughty librarian look

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 21, 2023 01:17 PM (3VTLq)

300 why Barry took Joe for VP

heard Joe was a real cocksucker

Posted by: REDACTED at August 21, 2023 01:17 PM (us2H3)

301 279 You do mean Ilsa She Wolf of the SS?

Isla was her dyslexic sexond cousin
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 21, 2023 01:13 PM (3VTLq)

Probably thinking of Isla Fisher which... he may be forgiven for.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 21, 2023 01:18 PM (zZu0s)

302 > IIRC an interesting tidbit from the now dead personal chef was that the Obama's seldom ate meals together. To me that's a sign that they really do live separate lives... for whatever reasons.

Even without the gay thing, they are both hateful narcissists.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 21, 2023 01:18 PM (0N1h0)

303 >euphemistically "dating"
Posted by: REDACTED at August 21, 2023 01:09 PM (us2H3)

The term "rawdogging" is so declasse.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at August 21, 2023 01:18 PM (imgNy)

304
It's less than 1/3 completed? Seems odd that a movie in the early stages of filming would already have so many leaks and bad buzz and the lead actress needlessly setting herself on fire. Unless that was all part of the plan.
Posted by: Elric Blade

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No, that was a non-happening IF that tjm offered. It wrapped in 2022.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 21, 2023 01:18 PM (lCaJd)

305 why Barry took Joe for VP

heard Joe was a real cocksucker
Posted by: REDACTED at August 21, 2023 01:17 PM (us2H3)
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LOL

I always put it as they needed a foil for Obama's radicalism. Biden was a useful "tired old white guy for change." But confusion over cocksucking is more reasonable.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 21, 2023 01:18 PM (kBSKe)

306 I don't think they expected the Palinmania they got though. Didnt bargain for it one bit.
Posted by: ...
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We were hoping for Kamalamania. Hasn't worked out. What we got was Kamalamanic.

Posted by: The DNC at August 21, 2023 01:18 PM (Sjyvq)

307 "meanwhile, on cable TV, Bill Barr is still stabbing Trump in the back."

and Barr is no doubt covering for his own criminal activities, failure to fulfill his duties under Trump.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 21, 2023 01:18 PM (Cus5s)

308 Nothing will come of this. Just going to a lot worse from here.
Posted by: The Guy Who Always Says It's Gonna Get Worse at August 21, 2023 12:44 PM (PWI4f)

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Things said before rural priests are arrested for $100, Alex.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 21, 2023 12:44 PM (LvTSG)

TJM, you misspelled public school teacher.

Posted by: MC Whatshisname at August 21, 2023 01:19 PM (FCbAQ)

309 Rule 34, my friends. Rule 34. If there's a pervert subculture paying to watch girls step on cockroaches, then there's Velma cosplay.
Posted by: Elric Blade at August 21, 2023 01:16 PM (iFTx/)

If busty gals in tight sweaters is my kink hill to die on, then so be it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 21, 2023 01:19 PM (zZu0s)

310 New poll shows Vivek Ramaswamy move past DeSantis into second place, still 40 points behind Trump

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It's a horse race!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 21, 2023 01:19 PM (FVME7)

311 304 No, that was a non-happening IF that tjm offered. It wrapped in 2022.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 21, 2023 01:18 PM (lCaJd)

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Eh. I thought it hadn't, but looking it up, it finished right before the strike (mid-July).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 21, 2023 01:19 PM (LvTSG)

312 Kowai

Elric and I were on similar wavelengths.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 21, 2023 01:19 PM (3VTLq)

313 Seems like DC needs a Maui-like fire to cleanse its earth.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 21, 2023 12:31 PM (ynpvh)

And an earthquake.

And SMOD

And...zombies. Yeah...zombies.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 21, 2023 12:33 PM (hv9bm)

Salt
Scatter
Burn
Nuke
Lather
Rinse
Repeat for effect

Posted by: SturmToddler at August 21, 2023 01:20 PM (KZaqS)

314 I only asked about moviegique because I never see him or her posting on other threads like our other movie nerds TJM and MP4 do.

Posted by: Nancy Mace at August 21, 2023 01:20 PM (xTRSc)

315 Rule 34, my friends. Rule 34. If there's a pervert subculture paying to watch girls step on cockroaches, then there's Velma cosplay.
Posted by: Elric Blade at August 21, 2023 01:16 PM (iFTx/)

If busty gals in tight sweaters is my kink hill to die on, then so be it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 21, 2023 01:19 PM (zZu0s)

Those soft, fuzzy sweaters
So magical to touch

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 21, 2023 01:20 PM (4I/2K)

316 242. What the bloody hell is a "parachute infantry"? Isn't that a contradiction in terms?

"It's adjacent to Offutt AFB/StratCom in whose back yard I now have the pleasure of living."
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin

Wikipedia, in part: What us an Army parachute infantry? Airborne forces are ground combat units carried by aircraft and airdropped into battle zones, typically by parachute drop or air assault. Parachute-qualified infantry and support personnel servicing in airborne units are also known as paratroopers.

Paratroopers.

Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know their enemy at August 21, 2023 01:20 PM (GshMh)

317 314 I only asked about moviegique because I never see him or her posting on other threads like our other movie nerds TJM and MP4 do.
Posted by: Nancy Mace at August 21, 2023 01:20 PM (xTRSc)

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He's an evening guy, mostly, I think.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 21, 2023 01:20 PM (LvTSG)

318 I'm not into chicks stepping on roaches, but it's not fair to call that a pervert subculture. The broader culture approves of grooming children for sex, and mutilating their genitals.

There is no pervert subculture. It's just the culture. Roach stomping ladies and the men who love them are the 21st June and Ward Cleaver, compared to your local doctor, judge, or schoolteacher.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 21, 2023 01:20 PM (0FoWg)

319 304
It's less than 1/3 completed? Seems odd that a movie in the early stages of filming would already have so many leaks and bad buzz and the lead actress needlessly setting herself on fire. Unless that was all part of the plan.
Posted by: Elric Blade

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No, that was a non-happening IF that tjm offered. It wrapped in 2022.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 21, 2023 01:18 PM (lCaJd)
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Then what were the pics leaked of them shooting a few scenes with the dwarves looking like tranq junkies? That was reportedly a recent pic, no?

Posted by: Elric Blade at August 21, 2023 01:20 PM (iFTx/)

320
Doomcock shared a rumor that she was brought into the office, told to shut up, and given talking points.

So, 20% chance it happened.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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Heh, I saw the YouTube thumbnail and didn't bother clicking. But it's entirely possible given how much her idiocy is occupying social media right now.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 21, 2023 01:21 PM (lCaJd)

321 21st century, I meant.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 21, 2023 01:21 PM (0FoWg)

322 There is no pervert subculture. It's just the culture. Roach stomping ladies and the men who love them are the 21st June and Ward Cleaver, compared to your local doctor, judge, or schoolteacher.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 21, 2023 01:20 PM (0FoWg)
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Damn. Brutal assessment.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 21, 2023 01:21 PM (kBSKe)

323 It's less than 1/3 completed? Seems odd that a movie in the early stages of filming would already have so many leaks and bad buzz and the lead actress needlessly setting herself on fire. Unless that was all part of the plan.
Posted by: Elric Blade

+++++++++++++

No, that was a non-happening IF that tjm offered. It wrapped in 2022.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 21, 2023 01:18 PM (lCaJd)

Project was started by old management... and someone in new management said 'we need to cancel this crap, but need to make it look good'.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 21, 2023 01:21 PM (oHd/0)

324 282 I'm still convinced that one of these days Hunter is going to OD. They'll find him dead in his White House bed with a snoot full of blow. Joey and the propaganda ministries will blame right wingers and MAGA for driving Hunter to his death with constant harassment.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 21, 2023 01:13 PM (BqPUE)

"My greatest regret in life is that I didn't live long enough to fully exploit the deaths of BOTH my sons. Threhjkjkdjfdk." - Joey

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 21, 2023 01:21 PM (KbCG3)

325 New poll shows Vivek Ramaswamy move past DeSantis into second place, still 40 points behind Trump

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It's a horse race!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 21, 2023 01:19 PM (FVME7)

And Beetlebaum into the back stretch!

Posted by: Spike Jones at August 21, 2023 01:21 PM (4I/2K)

326 320 Heh, I saw the YouTube thumbnail and didn't bother clicking. But it's entirely possible given how much her idiocy is occupying social media right now.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 21, 2023 01:21 PM (lCaJd)

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I still watch his videos every once in a while, but I have a system.

I wait a few days. Decide, fuck it, click on it, and then fast forward until I see the "Anonymous" thumbnail.

His videos are roughly 30 seconds of content spread over 10 minutes.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 21, 2023 01:22 PM (LvTSG)

327 That was reportedly a recent pic, no?
Posted by: Elric Blade at August 21, 2023 01:20 PM (iFTx/)

Recently leaked.
Not necessary recent pics.

But I really don't know.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 21, 2023 01:22 PM (ufFY8)

328 I only asked about moviegique because I never see him or her posting on other threads like our other movie nerds TJM and MP4 do.
Posted by: Nancy Mace at August 21, 2023 01:20 PM (xTRSc)
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He made a few posts on the Sunday Morning Book Thread this past weekend...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 21, 2023 01:22 PM (YIVH2)

329 Paratroopers.
Posted by: L
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Now, tell us about the other thing that comes out of the sky.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2023 01:22 PM (Sjyvq)

330 310 New poll shows Vivek Ramaswamy move past DeSantis into second place, still 40 points behind Trump

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It's a horse race!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 21, 2023 01:19 PM (FVME7)

John Kerry is running again?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at August 21, 2023 01:23 PM (xcxpd)

331 329 Paratroopers.
Posted by: L

Well.. Once they "hit" the ground they do have to troop
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Posted by: Biden's dog Commander at August 21, 2023 01:23 PM (bs+z0)

332 Can you even call Velma cosplay an application of Rule 34? Hot girls have been dressing up as Velma or any other female cartoon character since way before the internet was a thing. Velma is also a highly-obvious subject for cosplay, whereas Rule 34 usually has to be invoked on some super-niche subculture or weirdly overlapping venn diagram of subcultures or characters.

Posted by: ballistic at August 21, 2023 01:23 PM (oXNqT)

333 Flash Flooding is the concern. And it is no joke. used to happen in Tucson every monsoon season.

You don't want to get caught out in one, I can tell you that.

Posted by: garrett at August 21, 2023 01:03 PM (FMGPM)

The mixture of water, sand, dirt, gravel, and boulders is like a quick moving flow of cement sometimes. Once you're in it, you can't get out.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 21, 2023 01:04 PM (ynpvh)
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In Northern AZ, you do not want to get caught in a Slot Canyon during monsoon season.

Posted by: ShainS -- Misinflation, Disinflation, & Malinflation Researcher at August 21, 2023 01:06 PM (ef9IU)

Nor do you want to be caught in a deep arroyo in New Mexico during monsoon season.

Posted by: Gref at August 21, 2023 01:23 PM (AMIL/)

334 Paratroopers.
Posted by: L
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Now, tell us about the other thing that comes out of the sky.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2023 01:22 PM (Sjyvq)

Mountains? That stand there?

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 21, 2023 01:23 PM (4I/2K)

335 Has there ever been a more public example of a druggie, foreign influence peddling, illegal gun toting, prostitute procuring, tax cheat?

I assume he’s murdered someone too because he seems intent on violating every law on the book.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 21, 2023 01:23 PM (l312u)

336
Then what were the pics leaked of them shooting a few scenes with the dwarves looking like tranq junkies? That was reportedly a recent pic, no?
Posted by: Elric Blade

++++++++++++++

A recent leak of an old pic. It wrapped in 2022. She's finished a starring role in a whole other major movie since then, which is now also in post-production.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 21, 2023 01:23 PM (lCaJd)

337 293 Joe, I have maybe questioned your gal choice before, but never your sexuality. How could you NOT know that Velma cosplay was a thing?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 21, 2023 01:13 PM (zZu0s)
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I'm not in that scene at all. Like at all at all. It surprises me not in the least that it exists, though.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 21, 2023 01:15 PM (kBSKe)

That kind of scene and "Smart Military Blog" just do not go together.

AT ALL.

Posted by: XTC at August 21, 2023 01:23 PM (UnA8+)

338 "Four years later, Weiss found evidence of wrongdoing but determined he did not have enough evidence to indict the younger Biden, sources familiar with the case told The Times."

Yeah, and Weiss et al. not looking for any evidence didn't help the indictments either.

Crooked DoJ is crooked. News at 11:00.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at August 21, 2023 01:24 PM (hwce1)

339 Oh, another bit of news about Disney's money issues.

They announced earlier today that they're releasing some of their exclusive Disney+ shows (Mandolorian, WandaVision, and Loki) on physical media.

They aren't making anything else on them now, so they're squeezing a few extra pennies out of them by releasing them physically to the world.

If Disney+ was the cashcow they had envisioned, this wouldn't even have been a thought to have.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 21, 2023 01:24 PM (LvTSG)

340 Doesn't the wealthy adult Planet of the Apes lady live with Barry and Michelle but mostly Michelle in their D.C. home?

Posted by: Moron Robbie found the recovered remains of Hitler's cocaine filled flying submarine at August 21, 2023 01:24 PM (Oto6+)

341 Roach stomping ladies and the men who love them are the 21st June and Ward Cleaver

June: Ward, you were hard on the beaver last night.

Ward: Well, June, you were hard on the cock(roach).

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at August 21, 2023 01:24 PM (ufFY8)

342 Yeah, by my own rules (glasses, sweater, boobs) I should prefer Velma.

But Daphne’s red hair trumps all that.

Plus, the purple hose and the sexy way she puts her hand on her hip.

I may have to watched too much of that show when I was a kid.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 21, 2023 01:24 PM (xTRSc)

343 282 I'm still convinced that one of these days Hunter is going to OD. They'll find him dead in his White House bed with a snoot full of blow. Joey and the propaganda ministries will blame right wingers and MAGA for driving Hunter to his death with constant harassment.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 21, 2023 01:13 PM (BqPUE)

Makes for a good reason for Biden to drop out mid Oct 2024, where they'll Torricelli in Newsom or Hillary, and garner sympathy for the party.

Posted by: Rbastid at August 21, 2023 01:25 PM (0pYyT)

344 I'm not in that scene at all. Like at all at all. It surprises me not in the least that it exists, though.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 21, 2023 01:15 PM (kBSKe)

That kind of scene and "Smart Military Blog" just do not go together.

AT ALL.
Posted by: XTC at August 21, 2023 01:23 PM (UnA8+)

/strips mask off

Kids: Col Vinkmun!

Vinky: and I would have gotten away with it, except for those meddling kids!

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 21, 2023 01:26 PM (oHd/0)

345 Soon we'll start getting imprisoned for voting "wrong." It'll be prosecuted as sedition.

Prison will be for not voting. They won’t care how we vote.

Saw a recent meme: When you can be indicted for saying there’s election fraud… there’s election fraud.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 21, 2023 01:26 PM (EXyHK)

346 If Disney+ was the cashcow they had envisioned, this wouldn't even have been a thought to have.
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Maybe they save themselves and do a new Babe movie? Pretty sure Universal will sell them the rights to Babe.

Posted by: Puddinhead at August 21, 2023 01:26 PM (DmtxH)

347 The Marvel area at San Diego Comic Con was really a bunch of cardboard props. And wasn't they selling Empty Boxes as special edition Wanda Vision releases?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 21, 2023 01:26 PM (3VTLq)

348 Chain-mail bikinis >>> all other forms of CosPlay.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 21, 2023 01:27 PM (a3Q+t)

349 "Yellowstone" latest season was supposed to be in 2 installments with remaining episodes to drop about Aug. 1.
Haven't seen the rest, no news. I figure it's the strike.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at August 21, 2023 01:27 PM (MeG8a)

350 They announced earlier today that they're releasing some of their exclusive Disney+ shows (Mandolorian, WandaVision, and Loki) on physical media.

They aren't making anything else on them now, so they're squeezing a few extra pennies out of them by releasing them physically to the world.

If Disney+ was the cashcow they had envisioned, this wouldn't even have been a thought to have.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 21, 2023 01:24 PM (LvTSG)
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I can see how this is painful to them.

Why give the viewers a choice of a one-time payment for physical media when you can milk them forever with subscription fees?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 21, 2023 01:28 PM (YIVH2)

351 And Beetlebaum into the back stretch!

Posted by: Spike Jones at August 21, 2023 01:21 PM (4I/2K)

You're not 29, are you?

I didn't know this was Spike Jones. My dad used to say that all the time. I thought it was beetlebomb.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 21, 2023 01:28 PM (Angsy)

352 whereas Rule 34 usually has to be invoked on some super-niche

My limited understanding is that Rule 34 is basically, "there is pr0n of it".

My more limited understand is that Tiger Blood Charlie Sheen's girlfriend Bree was involved in some Scooby Rule 34.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at August 21, 2023 01:28 PM (ufFY8)

353 Saw a recent meme: When you can be indicted for saying there’s election fraud… there’s election fraud.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 21, 2023 01:26 PM (EXyHK)

When insurrection is defined as asking the Congress to do their Constitutionally mandated Job? ie, decide on which Electoral College slate is valid?

Yeah.... problems.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 21, 2023 01:28 PM (oHd/0)

354 Chain-mail bikinis >>> all other forms of CosPlay.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 21, 2023 01:27 PM (a3Q+t)
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Looks ... uncomfortable:
https://tinyurl.com/47eapfyf

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 21, 2023 01:28 PM (kBSKe)

355 Chain mail bikinis chafe and if the monster is a wizard who can cast lightning well....

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 21, 2023 01:28 PM (3VTLq)

356 Posted by: ballistic at August 21, 2023 01:23 PM (oXNqT)

I'd agree nominally. Cosplay involving some form of already attractive character (Velma, Faye Valentine, Wonder Woman, etc) would not be what I would call Rule34. They are already attractive ladies that people like to look at in the context of the show.

Rule 34 would be more for sexualizing things that are no inherently already so, in my opinion. One example would be the numerous shit I avoid like the plague on my internet wanderings like... My Little Pony. Do not look that up, I implore you. I did not even realize it was a thing (like Joe) until a couple years ago and it baffles and disgusts the fuck out of me. Care Bear rule34? Where does the madness end?!

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 21, 2023 01:28 PM (zZu0s)

357 Vinky: and I would have gotten away with it, except for those meddling kids!
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 21, 2023 01:26 PM

Narrator: Well, that, and the missing bear claws from the pastry table.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 21, 2023 01:29 PM (a3Q+t)

358
I still watch his videos every once in a while, but I have a system.

I wait a few days. Decide, fuck it, click on it, and then fast forward until I see the "Anonymous" thumbnail.

His videos are roughly 30 seconds of content spread over 10 minutes.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

+++++++++++++++

The Confucian wisdom applies to all the raging YouTubers at this point (Mike Zeroh, Nerdrotic, Ryan Kinel, Critical Drinker, on and on):
He who knows does not speak.
He who speaks does not know.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 21, 2023 01:29 PM (lCaJd)

359 Say what you want about the Bush family but do you think any other highly connected family would let their son get a driving , no accident DWI in their hometown?

How many times do you think Hunter Biden was stopped by law enforcement for driving under the influence and let go ?

Posted by: polynikes at August 21, 2023 01:29 PM (MNhXM)

360 My more limited understand is that Tiger Blood Charlie Sheen's girlfriend Bree was involved in some Scooby Rule 34.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at August 21, 2023 01:28 PM (ufFY

A friend told me this was true. As Daphne.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 21, 2023 01:29 PM (zZu0s)

361 "Yellowstone" latest season was supposed to be in 2 installments with remaining episodes to drop about Aug. 1.
Haven't seen the rest, no news. I figure it's the strike.

Posted by: gourmand du jour

--

There was some pre-strike article about it. IIRC Costner only wanted to work five weeks out of the year. It might have something to do with that.

Poor thing.

Posted by: Moron Robbie found the recovered remains of Hitler's cocaine filled flying submarine at August 21, 2023 01:29 PM (Oto6+)

362 350 I can see how this is painful to them.

Why give the viewers a choice of a one-time payment for physical media when you can milk them forever with subscription fees?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 21, 2023 01:28 PM (YIVH2)

==========

I had a film professor in college who told me something I'll never forget.

The ideal method of delivery for studios is to have people pay them for every view. Selling us a VHS and never needing to pay Disney again to watch The Little Mermaid hurt them, especially because they knew those tapes would get played over and over again.

Hence, the embrace of new formats, and finally streaming. Pay them $8 per month forever for access to the library, except access to the library wasn't enough to generate interest at the right levels. The library had to have new stuff. Expensive stuff. Constantly.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 21, 2023 01:30 PM (LvTSG)

363 355 Chain mail bikinis chafe and if the monster is a wizard who can cast lightning well....
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I would imagine they pinch, too.

Posted by: Puddinhead at August 21, 2023 01:30 PM (J7wri)

364 Rule 34 would be more for sexualizing things that are no inherently already so, in my opinion. One example would be the numerous shit I avoid like the plague on my internet wanderings like... My Little Pony. Do not look that up, I implore you. I did not even realize it was a thing (like Joe) until a couple years ago and it baffles and disgusts the fuck out of me. Care Bear rule34? Where does the madness end?!
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 21, 2023 01:28 PM (zZu0s)
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It doesn't. J.J. linked to an article the other day about a new movie coming out by the guy that made "Human Centipede." His new movie is about AWFLs who enjoy masturbating while watching torture porn. Seriously.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 21, 2023 01:30 PM (YIVH2)

365 329. Now, tell us about the other thing that comes out of the sky. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

You lead. You're so good at it.
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Administrative discharge.

Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know their enemy at August 21, 2023 01:30 PM (GshMh)

366 Aetius

You really went down the rabbit hole of FIM:MLP BDSM? Geez...

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 21, 2023 01:31 PM (3VTLq)

367 357 Vinky: and I would have gotten away with it, except for those meddling kids!
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 21, 2023 01:26 PM

Narrator: Well, that, and the missing bear claws from the pastry table.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 21, 2023 01:29 PM (a3Q+t)

Jinkys... shouldn't have taken the Scooby Snacks!

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 21, 2023 01:31 PM (oHd/0)

368 Every single day the statute of limitations is running out on all charges. This was the plan all along.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 21, 2023 12:47 PM (NpAcC)

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Funny how the statute of limitations was not available to Trump.

Posted by: ShainS -- Misinflation, Disinflation, & Malinflation Researcher at August 21, 2023 01:31 PM (ef9IU)

369 The weirdest thing about Hunter besides the incest, hookers, drug use, dick pics, fucking his brother's wife then naming his kid after him, using racial epithets in normal conversation, smoking crack with his niece, having dozens of pictures of his underage nieces ass on his computer, is the squeaky voice.

I never expected him to have a whiny bitch voice.

Posted by: MJ at August 21, 2023 01:31 PM (zwDuR)

370 Voicing logical observations and conclusions about chain mail bikinis only proves there's some Wesley Crusher in many Hordlings.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 21, 2023 01:33 PM (a3Q+t)

371 Chain-mail bikinis >>> all other forms of CosPlay.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 21, 2023 01:27 PM (a3Q+t)

Obigatory: for comfort and safety while wearing a chain mail bikini, it is important to wear a gambethong beneath it.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 21, 2023 01:33 PM (xhaym)

372
I'm still convinced that one of these days Hunter is going to OD.

Posted by: Smell the Glove

++++++++++++

I don't know where they'll find him -- I think of it as more like a hotel room or a trysting place -- but an OD for Hunter would be on my death pool every year until it happens.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 21, 2023 01:33 PM (lCaJd)

373 Impressive video of forest falls mud/boulder slide with first responders ankling out of the way as car size boulders block the road.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff at August 21, 2023 01:34 PM (KePtS)

374 I watched 'Get Shorty' this weekend. What a fun movie. I'd have to say Travolta was at his peak as an actor and did a remarkable job. That said, I really don't like Travolta but this role seemed to fit him like a glove. Elmore Leonard is a very good story teller. Used to read his books regularly.

Posted by: Puddinhead at August 21, 2023 01:34 PM (J7wri)

375 Hence, the embrace of new formats, and finally streaming. Pay them $8 per month forever for access to the library, except access to the library wasn't enough to generate interest at the right levels. The library had to have new stuff. Expensive stuff. Constantly.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 21, 2023 01:30 PM (LvTSG)

Plus the changes in tech in the medium of delivery.

Betamax, to VHS, Laserdisks, to CD, to BlueRay, to Online... to online High Def, to Online Super High Def...

I've got one or two movies I bought at least 5 times over the decades.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 21, 2023 01:34 PM (oHd/0)

376 316 -- Thanks. I was too lazy to look it up myself. Why didn't they just say "paratrooper" in the first place.

(Yes, this is how exciting my life is these days: I waste time wondering about strange signs. But at least it was in English. Up in my old neighborhood, it would have been in large letter Spanish with a tiny English translation under it.)

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- Persian cats are nothing more than 24/7 shedding machines. at August 21, 2023 01:34 PM (B7rlW)

377 His new movie is about AWFLs who enjoy masturbating while watching torture porn. Seriously.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 21, 2023 01:30 PM (YIVH2)

Yes. I read an article about it.
He cannot get a distributor.

My guess is Angel Studios might take a pass.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 21, 2023 01:34 PM (ufFY8)

378 "Mr. Weiss ... did not want to bring any charges, even misdemeanors, against Hunter Biden because the average American would not be prosecuted for them."

BWAHAHAHAHA!

Posted by: butch at August 21, 2023 01:35 PM (DM8xR)

379 369 The weirdest thing about Hunter… is the squeaky voice.

I’m right here, you know.

Posted by: Walter Brennan at August 21, 2023 01:35 PM (xTRSc)

380 282 I'm still convinced that one of these days Hunter is going to OD. They'll find him dead in his White House bed with a snoot full of blow. Joey and the propaganda ministries will blame right wingers and MAGA for driving Hunter to his death with constant harassment.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 21, 2023 01:13 PM

He probably has an agent that carries his version of a "football". Which would be a suitcase full of narcan. I wonder if narcan would work on a crack overdose?

Posted by: CaliGirl at August 21, 2023 01:35 PM (kbYje)

381 Vinky: and I would have gotten away with it, except for those meddling kids!

Just watched the second Scooby Doo movie last night. That’s a movie that probably couldn’t be made now. The press was the enemy, attempting to take a successful business down by misquoting them.

(Both movies were fun, even if they did rely on the supernatural.)

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 21, 2023 01:35 PM (EXyHK)

382 23 Appointing Weiss as special counsel allows him to run the clock out on these charges so the statute of limitations prevents an indictment.
Posted by: Jen the original at August 21, 2023 12:36 PM (YAAnj)

This is the entire objective. The only way to short circuit this plan is to prosecute Weiss and all the rest for fraud on the court(s). It is illegal for Weiss to be special counsel, as he is part of the government. This is a known fact and grounds for the fraud case.

Posted by: Ligma Balzak from Fuggencrass, Vulgaria at August 21, 2023 01:35 PM (JNTt1)

383 374 I watched 'Get Shorty' this weekend. What a fun movie. I'd have to say Travolta was at his peak as an actor and did a remarkable job. That said, I really don't like Travolta but this role seemed to fit him like a glove. Elmore Leonard is a very good story teller. Used to read his books regularly.
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 21, 2023 01:34 PM (J7wri)

Good choice. Solid movie.
Elmore Leonard is old school quality. He used to do a lot of research for his books, talking to crooks and cops, gives his work a nice air of authenticity...especially around crooks who are kinda losers. He also understands how to cut out the 'boring' parts if you are into self-editing your own fiction.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at August 21, 2023 01:36 PM (xcxpd)

384 So did Hurricane hILLRY wash all the poop off the L.A. streets?

Posted by: wth at August 21, 2023 01:36 PM (v0R5T)

385 366 You really went down the rabbit hole of FIM:MLP BDSM? Geez...
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 21, 2023 01:31 PM (3VTLq)

What the hell is Morally Conservative about that?

Posted by: XTC at August 21, 2023 01:36 PM (UnA8+)

386 Tom Waits was in "Get Shorty", and also "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs". I've been a Waits fan for a long time. The guy is a kick. His songs crack me up.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at August 21, 2023 01:37 PM (MeG8a)

387 I have Disney+ but only because its my brother’s account and I’m scamming Disney.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 21, 2023 01:37 PM (l312u)

388 I watched 'Get Shorty' this weekend. What a fun movie.

Was that the "(I forget the model) is the 'Cadillac of minivans'" movie?

Silhouette.
The Silhouette.

That was a funny movie.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 21, 2023 01:37 PM (ufFY8)

389 Why doesn't Disney release media on a degradable plastic.

Posted by: torabora at August 21, 2023 01:38 PM (OUiUM)

390 And we probably wouldn't even know half of the train wreck that is the new Snow White movie if a UK tabloid had not leaked those photos of the Benetton Kids Gang...

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 21, 2023 01:39 PM (3VTLq)

391 Banana republicing is hard.

Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at August 21, 2023 01:39 PM (G+CnO)

392 The weirdest thing about Hunter… is the squeaky voice.

I’m right here, you know.

Posted by: Walter Brennan at August 21, 2023 01:35 PM (xTRSc)

He earned his in the war. Hunter, who knows.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 21, 2023 01:39 PM (Angsy)

393 >>Tom Waits was in "Get Shorty", and also "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs". I've been a Waits fan for a long time. The guy is a kick. His songs crack me up.

He was also excellent in Seven Psychopaths.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at August 21, 2023 01:39 PM (bNf8H)

394 375 Hence, the embrace of new formats, and finally streaming. Pay them $8 per month forever for access to the library, except access to the library wasn't enough to generate interest at the right levels. The library had to have new stuff. Expensive stuff. Constantly.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at August 21, 2023 01:30 PM (LvTSG)

Plus the changes in tech in the medium of delivery.

Betamax, to VHS, Laserdisks, to CD, to BlueRay, to Online... to online High Def, to Online Super High Def...

I've got one or two movies I bought at least 5 times over the decades.
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 21, 2023 01:34 PM (oHd/0)
______

True, but the move to newer formats gave the customer something for their money: significantly improved picture and sound quality. I think one of the reasons 4K discs have stalled is that the improvement over 2K discs isn't as noticeable as 2K over the old movie CDs. In fact, unless you have a really high-end TV, you probably won't see any improvement. There were plans for 8K but they not gonna go anywhere.

Posted by: Elric Blade at August 21, 2023 01:39 PM (iFTx/)

395 Why doesn't Disney release media on a degradable plastic.
Posted by: torabora at August 21, 2023 01:38 PM (OUiUM)
++++
Ah, the old DIVX model.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 21, 2023 01:39 PM (kBSKe)

396 I watched A Man Called Otto.
Blatant Gay ripoff of Gran Torino.

Posted by: wth at August 21, 2023 01:40 PM (v0R5T)

397 Why doesn't Disney release media on a degradable plastic.

Posted by: torabora at August 21, 2023 01:38 PM (OUiUM)

———

I believe they tried the DIVX format which basically required you to have a subscription to pay to watch the disk you paid for.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 21, 2023 01:40 PM (l312u)

398 And we probably wouldn't even know half of the train wreck that is the new Snow White movie if a UK tabloid had not leaked those photos of the Benetton Kids Gang...
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 21, 2023 01:39 PM (3VTLq)

People are calling it Snow Brown and the Seven Dirty Hippies.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 21, 2023 01:41 PM (ufFY8)

399 386 Tom Waits was in "Get Shorty", and also "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs". I've been a Waits fan for a long time. The guy is a kick. His songs crack me up.
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The big surprise, to me, was James Gandolfini as the family guy Mob Muscle. From Get Shorty to Tony Soprano. Big step up for him career wise.

Posted by: Puddinhead at August 21, 2023 01:41 PM (J7wri)

400 Tom Elliott
@tomselliott

@michaelemann
: “[Tropical storm Hillary] is climate change. We’re seeing it now in all of its forms, in, you know, the wildfires in Canada, what happened in Maui, the flooding rains that we’re now seeing in California.”

https://tinyurl.com/34zbj4nk

Posted by: redridinghood at August 21, 2023 01:41 PM (NpAcC)

401 And I'm sure he'll pursue Hunter Biden with the same Javert-like ruthlessness he has shown up until now.

Classic

Posted by: LASue at August 21, 2023 01:41 PM (lK3kz)

402 I'm practically alone on this, but I watched maybe twenty minutes of that Scruggs, and checked out. Too clever by half, even by Coen Bros standards.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 21, 2023 01:41 PM (Zg6W9)

403 393 >>Tom Waits was in "Get Shorty", and also "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs". I've been a Waits fan for a long time. The guy is a kick. His songs crack me up.

He was also excellent in Seven Psychopaths.
Posted by: Frasier Crane at August 21, 2023 01:39 PM

I loved seven psychopaths. What a great movie.

Posted by: CaliGirl at August 21, 2023 01:41 PM (kbYje)

404 My Little Pony is collectivist as all sh!t.

You see each pony gets a 'cutie mark' that will tell them what their destiny is. They are literally born that way. Which means exterminate Pinkie Pie before she breeds.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 21, 2023 01:41 PM (3VTLq)

405 People are calling it Snow Brown and the Seven Dirty Hippies.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt

Off White and the Seven Pronouns

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 21, 2023 01:42 PM (/BHnd)

406 So it's a movie thread now?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 21, 2023 01:42 PM (NBVIP)

407 Tom Waits was in "Get Shorty", and also "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs". I've been a Waits fan for a long time. The guy is a kick. His songs crack me up.

--

Down By Law is on youtube if you've never seen it.

Posted by: Moron Robbie found the recovered remains of Hitler's cocaine filled flying submarine at August 21, 2023 01:42 PM (Oto6+)

408 You really went down the rabbit hole of FIM:MLP BDSM? Geez...
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 21, 2023 01:31 PM (3VTLq)

anna, I DID NOT. I noticed it, then was like 'wtf'. It is not often that something will make me recoil in horror (although more things do these days) but that is one. I wanted to burn the computer and join a monastery.

I thought My Little Pony had died out like... 30 years ago.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 21, 2023 01:42 PM (zZu0s)

409 @michaelemann
: “[Tropical storm Hillary] is climate change. We’re seeing it now in all of its forms, in, you know, the wildfires in Canada, what happened in Maui, the flooding rains that we’re now seeing in California.”

https://tinyurl.com/34zbj4nk
Posted by: redridinghood at August 21, 2023 01:41 PM (NpAcC)

Climate change... Is there nothing it can't do ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 21, 2023 01:42 PM (bs+z0)

410 I used to wince at the yearly Boris Vallejo calendars. The ladies wearing those chainmaille anything had to have had at least an inch of padding between the bikini and their skin. I weave chainmaille and I know damn well and good that try as I might, I can't get every ring to close seamlessly.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- Persian cats are nothing more than 24/7 shedding machines. at August 21, 2023 01:42 PM (B7rlW)

411 The big surprise, to me, was James Gandolfini as the family guy Mob Muscle. From Get Shorty to Tony Soprano. Big step up for him career wise.
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 21, 2023 01:41 PM (J7wri)

He had a type cast. True Romance, 8mm.

Posted by: polynikes at August 21, 2023 01:42 PM (MNhXM)

412 409 @michaelemann
: “[Tropical storm Hillary] is climate change. We’re seeing it now in all of its forms, in, you know, the wildfires in Canada, what happened in Maui, the flooding rains that we’re now seeing in California.”

https://tinyurl.com/34zbj4nk
Posted by: redridinghood at August 21, 2023 01:41 PM (NpAcC)

Climate change... Is there nothing it can't do ?
Posted by: It's me donna at August 21, 2023 01:42 PM (bs+z0)
___________________

But is CC as powerful as A Father's Love??

Posted by: Elric Blade at August 21, 2023 01:43 PM (iFTx/)

413 watched 'Get Shorty' this weekend. What a fun movie.

Was that the "(I forget the model) is the 'Cadillac of minivans'" movie?

Silhouette.
The Silhouette.

That was a funny movie.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at

Surprisingly the series is just as good IMO. Different but equally funny and dark.

Posted by: LASue at August 21, 2023 01:43 PM (lK3kz)

414 405 People are calling it Snow Brown and the Seven Dirty Hippies.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt

Off White and the Seven Pronouns
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Wait till you guys get a load of the new Willie Wonka movie. You're gonna love it.

Posted by: Puddinhead at August 21, 2023 01:43 PM (DmtxH)

415 a new movie coming out by the guy that made "Human Centipede." His new movie is about AWFLs who enjoy masturbating while watching torture porn. Seriously.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 21, 2023 01:30 PM (YIVH2)
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Unsung hero of cinema

Posted by: Axeman at August 21, 2023 01:43 PM (krQz2)

416 Obigatory: for comfort and safety while wearing a chain mail bikini, it is important to wear a "gambethong" beneath it.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 21, 2023 01:33 PM (xhaym)

*golfclap*

And a new term is born and stolen.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 21, 2023 01:43 PM (zZu0s)

417 393 >>Tom Waits was in "Get Shorty", and also "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs". I've been a Waits fan for a long time. The guy is a kick. His songs crack me up.

He was also excellent in Seven Psychopaths.
Posted by: Frasier Crane at August 21, 2023 01:39 PM (bNf8H)

Go listen to his song Hell Broke Luce.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 21, 2023 01:43 PM (KbCG3)

418 Aetius

So you missed that Zombie photo of a Pony-Girl with a FIM:MLP theme.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 21, 2023 01:44 PM (3VTLq)

419
we probably wouldn't even know half of the train wreck that is the new Snow White movie if a UK tabloid had not leaked those photos of the Benetton Kids Gang...
Posted by: Anna Puma

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Well, the star seems to be doing her best.

I have to laugh, though, there's so much negative press about this movie, the hate-watchers will probably give it a 10% boost on opening weekend!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 21, 2023 01:44 PM (lCaJd)

420 Yep, it's a movie thread.

Posted by: U can't fool me at August 21, 2023 01:44 PM (NBVIP)

421 408 I thought My Little Pony had died out like... 30 years ago.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 21, 2023 01:42 PM (zZu0s)

It's actually one of the biggest influences on why disturbingly many boys became troons.

Posted by: XTC at August 21, 2023 01:45 PM (UnA8+)

422 Actually, I was thinking that Hillary was performing a public service -- washing all the fecal matter and used needles off the sidewalks.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- Persian cats are nothing more than 24/7 shedding machines. at August 21, 2023 01:45 PM (B7rlW)

423 NOOD Clintons.

Posted by: ShainS -- Misinflation, Disinflation, & Malinflation Researcher at August 21, 2023 01:45 PM (nw9IX)

424 I think there was even a Brony-Con

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 21, 2023 01:45 PM (3VTLq)

425 Waits is a good actor! he was in some Dracula film as Renfield - was fun

and yes Down by Law

and I think the one about suicides - black comedy - darn I forget the name

Posted by: BlackOrchid at August 21, 2023 01:46 PM (AcWfM)

426 Obigatory: for comfort and safety while wearing a chain mail bikini, it is important to wear a gambethong beneath it.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 21, 2023 01:33 PM

Killer idea for a RenFair business!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 21, 2023 01:47 PM (a3Q+t)

427 NOOD Clintons.

Posted by: ShainS -- Misinflation, Disinflation, & Malinflation Researcher at August 21, 2023 01:45 PM (nw9IX)

Ain't clikin' on that one!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 21, 2023 01:47 PM (Angsy)

428 No matter how much I hate Hollywood movies, and I do, there's no amount of hate sufficient to make me buy a ticket for their shit.

If it's free on streaming, I probably still wouldn't bother. I only pay for a movie if a bunch of non-retards say it's really, really, really good... And even then - not more than $10. There is nothing they produce that's worth more than a decent deli sandwich.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 21, 2023 01:48 PM (0FoWg)

429 I'm making $90 an hour working from home. I never imagined that it was honest to goodness yet my closest companion is earning 16,000 US dollars a month by working on the connection, that was truly astounding for me, she prescribed for me to attempt it simply. Everybody must try this job now by just using this website... www.Payathome7.com

Posted by: www.Payathome7.com at August 21, 2023 01:52 PM (o/F3C)

430 "No matter how much I hate Hollywood movies, and I do, there's no amount of hate sufficient to make me buy a ticket for their shit."

Well, that's just like...your opinion, man...

Posted by: the dude at August 21, 2023 01:55 PM (MeG8a)

431 419
'Well, the star seems to be doing her best.'

I felt sorry for the star until I saw a Daily Wire story about her that showed a window into her Twitter history.
She's quite the 'cancel everyone I don't like' leftist.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 21, 2023 02:15 PM (UnwOD)

432 I think the people Ace is arguing with in his update to this post are confusing the different wings of the globalist party with one another. This "party" (which is now almost but not entirely the same as the Democratic Party) consists of the following three wings:

1. Actual activists - This is everyone from Klaus Schwab to Krazy Karen down the street who loves lecturing everyone about their carbon footprint and their white privilege. These people actually want to get [horrible] stuff done.

2. The Deep State - These people are career useless people (to paraphrase Ben Shapiro's line). Some of them make horrible regulations that make people's lives worse. All of them want easy jobs with great pay and benefits and zero accountability.

3. The career politicians - These people take money from group 1 and give political cover to group 2, but (at least at the federal level) do almost nothing themselves. Even the screwups they do put into law like ObamaCare are more because of incompetence than EPA level malevolence trying to ban things. The goal of these people is to make lots of money for even less work than group 2. And if you can make money without running, even better!

Posted by: The Lower Depths at August 21, 2023 02:16 PM (Dg7ng)

433 The tax charges have been dismissed. Watch the DOJ dither as the statute of limitations (which had been on hold while the case was active) runs out.
Hey, it worked before.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 21, 2023 02:44 PM (M09u2)

434 Waiting for Rs in house and senate to overrule this farce

Posted by: Joe kidtoucher at August 21, 2023 03:13 PM (W+TLY)

435 The Biden's digging their hole deeper

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at August 21, 2023 04:32 PM (wGqjj)

436 You cannot aspire to more evil than to attain the rank of Demorat voter.

Posted by: Jane at August 21, 2023 08:51 PM (EcD5Y)

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