Thread before the Gardening Thread, Sept. 23

Avila Beach

It's the weekend, and we probably don't need a lot of new stories. But how about we follow up on what happened after an event or two in the news we have already learned about?

Pizza exposes the Washington Post's destructiveness

Ordinarily, this would not be a big national story, but a WaPo reporter got caught in a pernicious lie, and it was caught on video.

Outkick (quoted above):

The Washington Post admitted it slandered Dave Portnoy just to get a response from a sponsor.

NOW, WaPo has published its article (many details above). It appears that the paper was not successful in getting any participants or sponsors to cancel.

This story has also given some of us hope that we could become the conscience of an industry with no prior relevant background of note:

Of course everyone is jumping on the obvious but this is legitimately one of the funniest things I've read https://t.co/15NC4K1Qbs pic.twitter.com/z7gQRRfHD8
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) September 22, 2023

As a side note, in his conversation with the WaPo reporter, Portnoy seemed to repeatedly mispronounce the word "misogynistic". But maybe he was using another real word that I didn't know:

misogynic
You can use the adjective misogynic when you're talking about a man who dislikes or distrusts all women.
A state governor who is doubtful about appointing any women to his Cabinet can be described as misogynic, or deeply distrustful of women. This word's meaning is very close to the meaning of misogynistic, or "hating women," but it's tempered a bit. A misogynic person is dubious of women, but he may not feel a full-out hatred toward them. The word, however, is rooted in the Greek miso, or "hatred," and gyne, or "woman."

misogynic in British English . . . or misogynistical
ADJECTIVE
variants of misogynistic

I'm waiting for WaPo to start writing about misandry. Also waiting to see if this word ever pops up in new hate crime enforcement in Scotland.

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Newsom vetoes a transgender bill????

This may the biggest surprise follow-up from last week's post on crazy California, but it may be an indication that Newsom has national ambitions:

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday vetoed Assembly Bill 957, which lawmakers passed earlier in September. The Assembly approved the measure and sent it to the governor's desk on a party-line vote of 57-16.
In a veto message, Newsom urged caution that the bill's approach could be used "to diminish the civil rights of vulnerable communities."
"Moreover, a court, under existing law, is required to consider a child's health, safety, and welfare when determining the best interests of a child in these proceedings, including the parent's affirmation of the child's gender identity," Newsom's message read. "For these reasons, I cannot sign this bill."

I wonder which "vulnerable communities" he is referring to?

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Weekend Musings

Assistant Village Idiot posted a link in the comments on the EMT to this piece on Why Our Generals Can't Think.

Having read Franklin Foer's account in the October issue of The Atlantic describing the disastrous evacuation of Afghanistan, I was struck by what it did not contain. Nowhere in the months leading up to the withdrawal did a senior military leader question the choice of Kabul's Karzai International Airport over the more defensible Bagram military air base.
A misguided attempt to reform professional military education (JPME) in the 1980s led by the late Ike Skelton and other military reformers in Congress mandated that masters-level degrees be granted at all command and staff colleges, as well as a required study in "jointness." This forced all the military midlevel colleges to make room in their courses of study to accommodate the requirements of civilian academia to grant an advanced degree. What got lost in the mix was the serious study of the military profession that was formerly required.

This piece reminds me of the experiences, observations and frustrations of Victor Davis Hanson when he was the visiting Shifrin Chair of Military History at the U.S. Naval Academy (2002 - 2003).

It's not just that they are trying to recruit personnel using drag queens.

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What do you think?

Do you recognize climate Maoism when you see it? https://t.co/xPNJEk475l
— James Lindsay, does whatever he wants (@ConceptualJames) September 22, 2023

Obama probably doesn't mean that they should stay angry at climate activists with huge beachfront properties, private planes, etc.

Now that's what a carbon footprint looks like... pic.twitter.com/AV6i3auaHe
— 👁️BigBroKnows👁️ (@panos941) September 22, 2023

James Lindsay suggests that advanced preparation to meet the coming attack is necessary:

The way to deal with this is to call out the move ahead of time so it can't gain reflexive energy at the crucial moment . . . They gain ground in reflexive environments ("Current Thing" space) that are primed and then explode after a key moment.
It's fair to expect an event of some kind, probably next spring, that is a "climate crisis" with emergency powers, the absolute need to get activated, etc., etc. Making sure that's widely suspected and even mocked at the moment it occurs is key.
All the fires they set this year are just priming the narrative environment. It's called OPE: Operational Preparation of the Environment.

Thoughts?

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We shall never return to social sanity till we begin at the beginning. We must start where all history starts, with a man and a woman, and a child, and with the province of liberty and property which these need for their full humanity.
G.K. Chesterton

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Story Time with Music

Today's music comes with a story that starts:

In 1989, Papaw bought a brand new Ford pickup, white with a blue stripe. This was a gift to himself for surviving life for eighty years I suppose. That truck was the first new vehicle he had ever owned, his first ride being a two-horsepower convertible wagon with a split-rail oak seat. After leaving Murphy's Ford dealership, his first stop was at Walmart to buy a cassette tape. He'd never had a tape deck before, or at least not one that worked. His second stop was the school to pick me up.

I'm so lonesome I could cry

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Hope you have something nice planned for this weekend.

This is the Thread before the Gardening Thread.

Serving your mid-day open thread needs

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Last week's thread, September 16, California Is Confused

Comments are closed so you won't ban yourself by trying to comment on a week-old thread. But don't try it anyway.

Posted by: K.T. at 11:15 AM

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1 Good morning KT

Posted by: Skip at September 23, 2023 11:17 AM (fwDg9)

2 And dutifully called em

Posted by: Skip at September 23, 2023 11:18 AM (fwDg9)

3 This may the biggest surprise follow-up from last week's post on crazy California, but it may be an indication that Newsom has national ambitions

He's running. Given the rapid rate at which Biden is deteriorating, it's a pretty good bet.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 23, 2023 11:18 AM (2tUFv)

4 WaPo engaging in a little Cancel Culture?

Posted by: BignJames at September 23, 2023 11:20 AM (AwYPR)

5 How can a bank possibly make a loan without the federal government giving them rules?

As a brief filed by the banking industry explains to the justices, if the Supreme Court agrees with Francisco’s claim that the CFPB is unconstitutional, the entire US mortgage market could seize up, as banks will have no idea what rules they need to comply with in order to issue loans.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 23, 2023 11:20 AM (slgIg)

6 We shall never return to social sanity till we begin at the beginning. We must start where all history starts, with a man and a woman, and a child, and with the province of liberty and property which these need for their full humanity.
G.K. Chesterton

Considering he wrote this before... WWI? I am sure we did not listen to him.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 23, 2023 11:21 AM (zZu0s)

7 He's running.

Which would require booting Kamala off of the ticket.

Can't have a Presidential and VP candidate from the same state.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 23, 2023 11:21 AM (2tUFv)

8 As a brief filed by the banking industry explains to the justices, if the Supreme Court agrees with Francisco’s claim that the CFPB is unconstitutional, the entire US mortgage market could seize up, as banks will have no idea what rules they need to comply with in order to issue loans.

What is "regulatory capture"?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 23, 2023 11:22 AM (2tUFv)

9 I was 6 months old when Yellow Submarine hit the charts. Mom says my first words were, "Ringo sucks."
Posted by: Darth Chipmunk

https://tinyurl.com/5frwkx7x

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 23, 2023 11:25 AM (FVME7)

10 Which would require booting Kamala off of the ticket.

Oh. A two-fer.

Posted by: Saint Pope Pius V at September 23, 2023 11:25 AM (JkeTM)

11 Party line vote 57 -16
California I think I see your problem.

Posted by: Skip at September 23, 2023 11:25 AM (fwDg9)

12 Off sock.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at September 23, 2023 11:25 AM (JkeTM)

13 Sundowner or Harris won't make 2024, count on it.

Posted by: Skip at September 23, 2023 11:26 AM (fwDg9)

14
We shall dub this thread, "Quit 'Cher Bitchin', Continued"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 23, 2023 11:27 AM (xG4kz)

15 "Sundowner or Harris won't make 2024, count on it."

Embrace the power of "and."

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at September 23, 2023 11:28 AM (JkeTM)

16 It's fair to expect an event of some kind, probably next spring, that is a "climate crisis" with emergency powers, the absolute need to get activated, etc., etc. Making sure that's widely suspected and even mocked at the moment it occurs is key.

After the Covid shutdown disaster, any attempt by the government to claim "emergency powers" to deal with a "crisis" will be met with deserved ridicule.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 23, 2023 11:28 AM (2tUFv)

17 Howdy, KT!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 23, 2023 11:28 AM (u73oe)

18 11 Party line vote 57 -16
California I think I see your problem.
Posted by: Skip at September 23, 2023 11:25 AM (fwDg9)

That's a Veto proof majority. They just have to vote on it again and it's law. Newsome walks away with no blame and their law still gets passed.

Posted by: Reforger at September 23, 2023 11:28 AM (B705c)

19 Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare your country’s pizza!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 23, 2023 11:28 AM (FVME7)

20 You don't actually read Chesterton. You just quote him.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 23, 2023 11:29 AM (NBVIP)

21 Hi, everybody!

Posted by: KT at September 23, 2023 11:30 AM (rrtZS)

22 Why Our Generals Can't Think.

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So we're back to being a smart military blog?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 23, 2023 11:31 AM (FVME7)

23 The strangest story this morning is that the Russians claim that they destroyed a Leopard tank in Ukraine crewed by Bundeswehr servicemen - one captured, and the rest killed.

They really are getting the band together again.

Hopefully this is not true.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 23, 2023 11:31 AM (2tUFv)

24 After the Covid shutdown disaster, any attempt by the government to claim "emergency powers" to deal with a "crisis" will be met with deserved ridicule.
Posted by: The ARC

That is cute. And I suppose you also believe that the 2024 election will be free of fraud so long as we don't speak about fraud in the 2020 election and nominate someone other than Trump.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 23, 2023 11:32 AM (slgIg)

25 The MSM is still calling the dropping of Dud Light a boycott. They really think the people who were betrayed are coming back. Poor job of woke prop MSM.

PS: PETA is now on their case for cutting the tails off of their Clydesdales. LOL Get fucked AB.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at September 23, 2023 11:32 AM (9/y3s)

26 Barky is always a community organizer

Posted by: Skip at September 23, 2023 11:33 AM (fwDg9)

27 We shall never return to social sanity till we begin at the beginning. We must start where all history starts, with a man and a woman, and a child, and with the province of liberty and property which these need for their full humanity.
G.K. Chesterton

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MAGA extremist!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 23, 2023 11:34 AM (FVME7)

28
It's kind of funny how the picture of all those esteemed Big Brains of the Climate Catastrophe Cabal could be seamlessly morphed into the scene of the final banquet by the pigs from "Animal House" with no jarring upset of context.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 23, 2023 11:34 AM (xG4kz)

29 Sundowner or Harris won't make 2024, count on it.
Posted by: Skip at September 23, 2023 11:26 AM (fwDg9)

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Not sure we will either.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 23, 2023 11:35 AM (u73oe)

30 It's going to be Gruesome or Mooch

Posted by: Skip at September 23, 2023 11:35 AM (fwDg9)

31 I do not mind at all when other people enjoy sumptuous feasts. Good for them! The earth is full of good things for us to enjoy!

I mind very much when these other people attempt to prevent anyone else's enjoyment of bounty. They try to either diminish the bounty or restrict access to it. This is evil.

Posted by: Emmie at September 23, 2023 11:36 AM (Sf2cq)

32 >>30 It's going to be Gruesome or Mooch
Posted by: Skip

Wine moms everywhere will feel so satisfied.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at September 23, 2023 11:36 AM (9/y3s)

33 Hopefully this is not true.

Ah, the Russians say that the Bundeswehr serviceman that they captured conveniently died shortly thereafter.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 23, 2023 11:37 AM (2tUFv)

34 Covid put Joe in office. Climate will keep him there.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 23, 2023 11:37 AM (63Dwl)

35
Sundowner or Harris won't make 2024, count on it.

He wasn't going to make 2020 either.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 23, 2023 11:39 AM (63Dwl)

36 The strangest story this morning is that the Russians claim that they destroyed a Leopard tank in Ukraine crewed by Bundeswehr servicemen - one captured, and the rest killed.

They really are getting the band together again.

Hopefully this is not true.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

I rode a Tiger tank, held a general's rank
When the Blitzkrieg raged and the bodies stank
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name

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The Z Man?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 23, 2023 11:40 AM (FVME7)

37
We are between bands of rain from TS Othello here on the Delmarva peninsula.

(Yes, the misnaming was deliberate.)

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 23, 2023 11:40 AM (xG4kz)

38 The climate changed last night. A little nippy today. Better fire up my SUV.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 23, 2023 11:40 AM (NBVIP)

39 They are absolutely planning an emergency soon. The buildup has been choreographed beautifully. My guess is some kind of rationing like gas or electricity. It will be “temporary” and if you disagree, you hate baby seals and polar bears and science.

Posted by: Montec at September 23, 2023 11:42 AM (bWsRe)

40 Ophelia the crazy storm.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 23, 2023 11:42 AM (63Dwl)

41 I rode a Tiger tank, held a general's rank

All summer they drove us back through the Ukraine
Smolensk and Viasma soon fell
By autumn we stood with our backs to the town of Orel
Closer and closer to Moscow they come
Riding the wind like a bell
General Guderian stands at the crest of the hill

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 23, 2023 11:43 AM (2tUFv)

42
All the fires they set this year are just priming the narrative environment. It's called OPE: Operational Preparation of the Environment.

Thoughts?

If you live in a forested area make sure your homeowners insurance is up to date as to home value. I spent a good part of the past week juggling numbers, providers, and deductibles. I'll probably move to a $5,000 deductible soon to save about 25% off the premium, and pray a lot.

My area of SE PA historically receives four inches of rain per month year round. We went without a drop of rain for five weeks this past spring and things got dangerously dry. Did a lot of prep work then of making sure proper papers were all together ready to head out the door.

Arson causing damage of greater then half a million dollars should carry a life in prison with no parole penalty.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 23, 2023 11:43 AM (enJYY)

43 Perhaps my memory is failing but I seem to recall that Dave Portnoy denounced Trump for one thing or another maybe six months ago proclaiming “it’s time to move on”…. If that is so and my memory is accurate Portnoy can go EABOD…

Mind you, I love what he did to the dishonest scummy WaPo reporter but nevertheless he can still go EABOD

If I’m wrong and my memory deceives me I denounce myself

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 23, 2023 11:43 AM (xT8gx)

44 "...I was struck by what it did not contain. Nowhere in the months leading up to the withdrawal did a senior military leader question the choice of Kabul's Karzai International Airport over the more defensible Bagram military air base..."

Theirs is not to reason why. Theirs is just to do and let other people die.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at September 23, 2023 11:43 AM (AiZBA)

45 Nuke the unborn baby seals for Jesus!

Posted by: One of my favorite bumper stickers at September 23, 2023 11:44 AM (NBVIP)

46 They are absolutely planning an emergency soon. The buildup has been choreographed beautifully.

But I'm not sure what "climate event" would justify emergency shutdowns.

They need something to hang this on.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 23, 2023 11:45 AM (2tUFv)

47 I notice there is absolutely no indication of what Portnoy did that was racist or misogynistic. Almost like it would lose all impact if described.

Posted by: Emmie at September 23, 2023 11:45 AM (Sf2cq)

48 Perhaps my memory is failing but I seem to recall that Dave Portnoy denounced Trump for one thing or another maybe six months ago proclaiming “it’s time to move on”…. If that is so and my memory is accurate Portnoy can go EABOD…

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So anyone who doesn’t support Trump - no matter what other positive things they do - is on your enemies list.

Cool.

Posted by: Montec at September 23, 2023 11:45 AM (bWsRe)

49 But I'm not sure what "climate event" would justify emergency shutdowns.

They need something to hang this on.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 23, 2023 11:45 AM (2tUFv)

There is always a natural disaster they can turn into the “worst X in 10000 years”. I mean who can say otherwise if this hurricane is worse than hurricanes from 2670 BC? And even if someone does say it they will be cancelled due to misinformation.

Posted by: Montec at September 23, 2023 11:47 AM (bWsRe)

50 Actress Leslie Jones Still Lashing Out at “Ghostbusters” Critics: “Sad Keyboard Warriors Living in Their Mothers’ Basements”

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Ghostbusterettes might not be the worst movie ever made but, on the other hand, it might be.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 23, 2023 11:47 AM (FVME7)

51 I would love to hear the rest of James Lindsay's thoughts. I need more context, for instance, to see exactly what he's talking about.

Posted by: Emmie at September 23, 2023 11:47 AM (Sf2cq)

52 That's a great story on Hank's music, it got a little dusty in here. I couldn't help but notice the title on the piece is a nice reference to a tribute: https://youtu.be/S2hJLa0T-Sw

Posted by: Bert G at September 23, 2023 11:47 AM (VARTN)

53 Avila beach area is nice. The Garden of Avila restaurant at the hot springs resort. San Luis Obispo. Ahh, 29 years ago.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff, In Solidarity with The Struggle to maintain Moron standards a at September 23, 2023 11:49 AM (60GtU)

54 Tim Burton Accuses Warner Bros. Of Cultural Appropriation for Depiction of Michael Keaton’s Batman in “The Flash”

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I don't think the word "culture" should be used in the same sentence as "Michael Keaton’s Batman."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 23, 2023 11:49 AM (FVME7)

55 But I'm not sure what "climate event" would justify emergency shutdowns.

They need something to hang this on.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 23, 2023 11:45 AM (2tUFv)

It's very easy to produce climate change wildfires on demand. Ramping up the volume would be simple.

Posted by: Emmie at September 23, 2023 11:50 AM (Sf2cq)

56 Somebody's unhappy...

Senator Scott Wiener
@Scott_Wiener
12h
This veto is a tragedy for trans kids here & around the country. These kids are living in fear, with right wing politicians working to out them, deny them health care, ban them from sports & restrooms & erase their humanity.

CA needs to unequivocally stand with these kids. twitter.com/lara_korte/sta…

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 23, 2023 11:50 AM (2tUFv)

57 Avila beach area is nice. The Garden of Avila restaurant at the hot springs resort. San Luis Obispo. Ahh, 29 years ago.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff, In Solidarity with The Struggle to maintain Moron standards a at September 23, 2023 11:49 AM (60GtU)

SLO county is my favorite place in the world.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at September 23, 2023 11:51 AM (AiZBA)

58 But I'm not sure what "climate event" would justify emergency shutdowns.

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Burn down the Reichstag!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 23, 2023 11:51 AM (FVME7)

59 It's very easy to produce climate change wildfires on demand. Ramping up the volume would be simple.

Not until next summer. Fire season on the West Coast is about to be over with the atmospheric river hitting in a day or so.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 23, 2023 11:51 AM (2tUFv)

60 Good morning KT.

Avila Beach part of my old stomping grounds. Well, from SLO to Ventura at least... with the Sierras thrown in for fun.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 23, 2023 11:52 AM (4sOGU)

61 20 You don't actually read Chesterton. You just quote him.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 23, 2023 11:29 AM (NBVIP)

This cracks me up because I quote him in my course syllabi.

Posted by: Emmie at September 23, 2023 11:53 AM (Sf2cq)

62 So anyone who doesn’t support Trump - no matter what other positive things they do - is on your enemies list.

Cool.
Posted by: Montec at September 23, 2023 11:45 AM (bWsRe)

No…. I applaud his action WRT the post and yet believe his Trump statement was stupid… beyond stupid… very stupid. But kudos to him for flanking the post. We Trump supporters are kinda thick but believe it or not, sometimes we’re capable of nuance

And I’m still not sure if my memory on that score is accurate and I’m too lazy to look it up on a Saturday morning

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 23, 2023 11:53 AM (xT8gx)

63 with right wing politicians working to out them

Wiener is referring to making schools tell parents that the schools are "transitioning" them.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 23, 2023 11:53 AM (2tUFv)

64 CA needs to unequivocally stand with these kids. twitter.com/lara_korte/sta…
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 23, 2023 11:50 AM (2tUFv)

That's the guy whose pet cause was getting knowingly exposing someone to HIV reduced to a misdemeanor, right?

Posted by: Vanya at September 23, 2023 11:53 AM (v27SO)

65 Somebody's unhappy...

Senator Scott Wiener
@Scott_Wiener
12h
This veto is a tragedy for trans kids here & around the country. These kids are living in fear, with right wing politicians working to out them, deny them health care, ban them from sports & restrooms & erase their humanity.

CA needs to unequivocally stand with these kids. twitter.com/lara_korte/sta…
Posted by: The ARC of History!

Yet some people still insist that demons are not real.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 23, 2023 11:53 AM (FVME7)

66 Promoting mental illness they are.
Keep your unbalanced kid as they are.

Posted by: Skip at September 23, 2023 11:54 AM (fwDg9)

67 51 I would love to hear the rest of James Lindsay's thoughts. I need more context, for instance, to see exactly what he's talking about.
Posted by: Emmie

He has a podcast, New Discourses. Some really good episodes.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at September 23, 2023 11:54 AM (vHIgi)

68 That's the guy whose pet cause was getting knowingly exposing someone to HIV reduced to a misdemeanor, right?

Yep. He also thinks that parents should lose their kids if the parents refuse to "transition" them on demand.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 23, 2023 11:55 AM (2tUFv)

69 Read Long ago, hit pieces on restaurants especially but any other businesses as well happens all the time. Bad reviews or claims of impropriety travel fast

Posted by: Skip at September 23, 2023 11:56 AM (fwDg9)

70 Yet some people still insist that demons are not real.

Remember when all the good liberals were insisting that gays just wanted to be left alone?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 23, 2023 11:56 AM (2tUFv)

71 DC Courts Say They're Too Busy To Explain Why They Release Violent Criminals Before Trial

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Of course they're too busy! THERE'S A CRIME WAVE GOING ON!!!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 23, 2023 11:57 AM (FVME7)

72 The strangest story this morning is that the Russians claim that they destroyed a Leopard tank in Ukraine crewed by Bundeswehr servicemen - one captured, and the rest killed.

They really are getting the band together again.

Hopefully this is not true.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

Probably a lot more truth there than meets the eye.
Very likely American "servicemen", or others like that (think of Blackwater) were operating the HIMATS and Patriot missile batteries for Ukraine.
It would not surprise me if Bundeswehr soldiers were manning both the Leopard II's and the advanced self propelled 155 howitzers that Germany gave to Ukraine. Those are both sophisticated pieces of hardware, and it takes a lot of time to learn how to operate and maintain them.
Early on, there was rumor that an American General was captured and disappeared by the Russians who was involved in Ukraine training.

Posted by: Another precinct heard from..... at September 23, 2023 11:57 AM (tjZg/)

73 47 I notice there is absolutely no indication of what Portnoy did that was racist or misogynistic. Almost like it would lose all impact if described.
Posted by: Emmie at September 23, 2023 11:45 AM (Sf2cq)

I think he said something outrageous like it's ridiculous to let men compete in women's sports.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 23, 2023 11:57 AM (q3gwH)

74 In spite of all I’ve seen recently with Brandon’s obvious deterioration, I stubbornly cling to my conviction that Biden will be the Dem nominee next year. He will not drop out… the old turd is too stubborn and he has no viable opposition in the dem primary. Do Newsom… Whitmer…. Whoever…. Do they even have enough time to get on primary ballots? If so, they’re on the clock….. Inertia is in Brandon’s favor

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 23, 2023 11:58 AM (xT8gx)

75 It's called OPE: Operational Preparation of the Environment.

In the Army we call it IPB, which is Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield. An absolutely critical step in any potential confrontation if you want to win. It helps you identify key weaknesses and strengths of your opponent, find key locations, and select the right tools to engage. It allows you to focus your force in working together.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 23, 2023 11:59 AM (uSHSS)

76 After the Covid shutdown disaster, any attempt by the government to claim "emergency powers" to deal with a "crisis" will be met with deserved ridicule.
Posted by: The ARC of History!
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I hope you are right, but I don't think so. I'm afraid that the MSM exercise complete control over the way that the majority think and 'reason'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 23, 2023 12:00 PM (y+Ith)

77 Ah, the Russians say that the Bundeswehr serviceman that they captured conveniently died shortly thereafter.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 23, 2023 11:37 AM (2tUFv)

and they were all wearing WW2 uniforms and they were all zombie skeleton soldiers.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 23, 2023 12:00 PM (q3gwH)

78 Nevertrump would have more credibility if they didn't act like battered wives.

The democrats wouldn't beat us so much if only we didn't make them so angry.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 23, 2023 12:00 PM (JZips)

79 It would not surprise me if Bundeswehr soldiers were manning both the Leopard II's and the advanced self propelled 155 howitzers that Germany gave to Ukraine.

I could see Ukraine employing German mercenaries that knew how to operate German military equipment, but the Russians are claiming that these were serving Bundeswehr soldiers.

You'd think that the German government would want to maintain a shred of deniability.

In the unlikely event that this is true, Alternative For Germany is about to become the largest German political party, at least until it is banned.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 23, 2023 12:02 PM (2tUFv)

80 It's very easy to produce climate change wildfires on demand. Ramping up the volume would be simple.
Posted by: Emmie at September 23, 2023 11:50

So for every action, there should be an equal and opposite reaction. Just be creative.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 23, 2023 12:02 PM (uSHSS)

81 I've said before that the absolute proof that we live in a computer simulation run by a malevolent 12 year old will be if the 2024 election ends up being Trump vs Biden 2: Atomic Boogaloo.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 23, 2023 12:02 PM (q3gwH)

82 In the unlikely event that this is true, Alternative For Germany is about to become the largest German political party, at least until it is banned.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 23, 2023 12:02 PM (2tUFv)

Suppressing political parties has historically worked out well for them

Posted by: Vanya at September 23, 2023 12:03 PM (v27SO)

83
Environmentalists: Save the forests! Spotted owl habitats!

New Environmentalists: Torch the forests to *prove* climate change.

These people are mental defectives.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 23, 2023 12:04 PM (enJYY)

84
These people are mental defectives.
Posted by: Divide by Zero
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Psychotics, I would say.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 23, 2023 12:06 PM (miw4b)

85 Enviro terrorists have always been that way.

We have to burn the development to stop development.

We have to blow up the pipeline to stop new pipelines.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 23, 2023 12:07 PM (JZips)

86 I think he said something outrageous like it's ridiculous to let men compete in women's sports.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 23, 2023 11:57 AM (q3gwH)

See? Completely lost impact.

Posted by: Emmie at September 23, 2023 12:07 PM (Sf2cq)

87 vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion

Yes, James Lindsay's New Discourses stuff is often more coherent than what he puts on Twitter. But you can often access it through Twitter posts on related subjects.

Posted by: KT at September 23, 2023 12:07 PM (rrtZS)

88 I guess my brain is still somewhat intact… a simple internet search shows that Portnoy said in April of last year (not this year) that he’d vote for Biden over Trump if they had a rematch in 2024. So yeah…. His statement was incredibly stupid. The same people who were trying to destroy his pizza fest and his reputation…. He’s gonna vote for the junta that’s in bed with those people because Trump is divisive…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 23, 2023 12:08 PM (xT8gx)

89 I've called them mental defectives for years. Self-centered, retarded assholes.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 23, 2023 12:08 PM (q4g6M)

90 I'm so old I remember when people called you a Putin lover if you said this insane war of Biden's choice was insane.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 23, 2023 12:09 PM (ZLI7S)

91 Do they even have enough time to get on primary ballots? If so, they’re on the clock

David Ignatius said that they had a month to get rid of Biden - the primary electoral schedule starts getting set in stone after that.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 23, 2023 12:12 PM (2tUFv)

92 It's called OPE: Operational Preparation of the Environment

You down with OPE?

*Yeah, you know me*

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 23, 2023 12:12 PM (OWwBm)

93 You only ever hear waltz time in bluegrass music these days. It's nice.

Posted by: huerfano at September 23, 2023 12:13 PM (7zEAH)

94
All of the computer projections had "Oh, feel ya" moving offshore right away. All the computer projections are now wrong.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 23, 2023 12:16 PM (enJYY)

95 Pizzagate?

Posted by: Tom Perry at September 23, 2023 12:17 PM (MX0bI)

96 I'm so old I remember when people called you a Putin lover if you said this insane war of Biden's choice was insane.
Posted by: JackStraw

Putin is kind of a gangster, but this is the way Russian politics works (and how ours is now starting to work).

Zelenskyy is worse.

Posted by: Another precinct heard from..... at September 23, 2023 12:17 PM (tjZg/)

97
You only ever hear waltz time in bluegrass music these days. It's nice.
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Well, for whatever reason, I now have Patti Page in my head.

Posted by: Tennessee at September 23, 2023 12:17 PM (8e9gw)

98 Dem primaries don't matter. The superdelegates decide at the convention.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 23, 2023 12:18 PM (JZips)

99 Dem primaries don't matter. The superdelegates decide at the convention.

Yeah, there is a possibility that Newsom will be parachuted in at the convention.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 23, 2023 12:19 PM (2tUFv)

100 I'm so old I remember when people called you a Putin lover if you said this insane war of Biden's choice was insane.
Posted by: JackStraw

Insane is throwing USD at this *war* and expecting it'll be over soon.
Vietnam comes to mind.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 23, 2023 12:19 PM (4sOGU)

101 Yeah, there is a possibility that Newsom will be parachuted in at the convention.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 23, 2023 12:19 PM (2tUFv)

I know that voting is only performance art anymore and it’s really the number of ballots and ballot counters that matter…. But I can’t believe they’d do that because it’d be so blatant even normally braindead LIVs would notice

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 23, 2023 12:21 PM (xT8gx)

102 Pizzagate?

>>Zelensky asks Marina Abramovic to be ambassador for Ukraine

>>‌“I have been invited by Zelensky to be an ambassador of Ukraine, to help the children affected by rebuilding schools and such.”

https://tinyurl.com/4cp8bfs3

Try to think of a "conspiracy theory" that hasn't come true.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 23, 2023 12:23 PM (ZLI7S)

103 >>Insane is throwing USD at this *war* and expecting it'll be over soon.
Vietnam comes to mind.

They don't want it to end. Afghanistan comes to mind as well.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 23, 2023 12:24 PM (ZLI7S)

104 even normally braindead LIVs would notice
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

You mean like them substituting a guy on the east coast (Don't remember who) just before the election without the guy being approved to be on the ballot.
That never happens! /s

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 23, 2023 12:24 PM (4sOGU)

105
They don't want it to end. Afghanistan comes to mind as well.
Posted by: JackStraw

Exactly.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 23, 2023 12:25 PM (4sOGU)

106 But I can’t believe they’d do that because it’d be so blatant even normally braindead LIVs would notice.

Huh?
- braindead LIVs.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff, In Solidarity with The Struggle to maintain Moron standards a at September 23, 2023 12:25 PM (60GtU)

107 But you can often access it through Twitter posts on related subjects.
Posted by: KT at September 23, 2023 12:07 PM (rrtZS)

After the Twitter changes, I can only see the linked post. If I click any links it goes to a sign in page.

Posted by: Emmie at September 23, 2023 12:26 PM (Sf2cq)

108 Never under estimate the abject stupidity of LIV's.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 23, 2023 12:27 PM (q4g6M)

109 Enviro terrorists have always been that way.

We have to burn the development to stop development.

We have to blow up the pipeline to stop new pipelines.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

It can be said again, that one of the primary tenets of Nazism was a return to the primal, sylvan nature of Germany. The Green Party in Germany are the rightful inheritors of this idea.
Leni Reifenstahl lived for many years after WWII, and was a committed "environmentalist" until her death.

Posted by: Another precinct heard from..... at September 23, 2023 12:28 PM (tjZg/)

110 Roads to Moscow by Al Stewart is one of the most beautiful songs ever written. How many songs mention General Guderian?

Bagram has four runways and can land/take-off C-5s. C-17s are the largest cargo aircraft able to use Kabul, and I think only has one runway. All part of the mayhem caused by State Dept./incompetent Biden/Woke Brass. All heads that should roll.

Posted by: Die Scheisse at September 23, 2023 12:29 PM (83IzV)

111 Try to think of a "conspiracy theory" that hasn't come true.

I'm withholding judgement on Lizard People in our gub'mint but otherwise, good point.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 23, 2023 12:32 PM (V8he0)

112 Putin is kind of a gangster, but this is the way Russian politics works (and how ours is now starting to work).

Zelenskyy is worse.

Posted by: Another precinct heard from
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If Putin is a gangster what were his predecessors who kept their people in poverty and fear?

Posted by: Braenyard at September 23, 2023 12:32 PM (pZTPV)

113 102 Pizzagate?

>>Zelensky asks Marina Abramovic to be ambassador for Ukraine

>>‌“I have been invited by Zelensky to be an ambassador of Ukraine, to help the children affected by rebuilding schools and such.”

https://tinyurl.com/4cp8bfs3

Try to think of a "conspiracy theory" that hasn't come true.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 23, 2023 12:23 PM (ZLI7S)

Was Abramovic involved with that? I don't know anything about her.

Posted by: Emmie at September 23, 2023 12:33 PM (Sf2cq)

114 Hmmmm, let me check. Nope, still don’t give a damn about Ukraine. Europe can kiss my ass too.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 23, 2023 12:35 PM (u73oe)

115 hiya

Posted by: JT at September 23, 2023 12:35 PM (T4tVD)

116 Hiya, JT.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 23, 2023 12:35 PM (u73oe)

117 Still wet out thar, if you're keeping score at home.

Posted by: JT at September 23, 2023 12:36 PM (T4tVD)

118 You mean like them substituting a guy on the east coast (Don't remember who) just before the election without the guy being approved to be on the ballot.
That never happens! /s
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 23, 2023 12:24 PM (4sOGU)

The Dems did that in a US senate election in NJ IIRC. I think that’s how Frank Lautenberg ended up back in the senate for a short time at an advanced age….. but pulling those kind of hijinx in NJ is a whole different ballgame than at the presidential level when everyone in the country is paying attention. I don’t think it’ll happen…. Any dem who wants to get the nomination will have to run in the primaries. Now if Brandon expires then all bets are off…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 23, 2023 12:36 PM (xJnZb)

119 I guess we can assume that birdbath status is "overflowing"?

Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 23, 2023 12:37 PM (V8he0)

120 >>Bagram has four runways and can land/take-off C-5s. C-17s are the largest cargo aircraft able to use Kabul, and I think only has one runway. All part of the mayhem caused by State Dept./incompetent Biden/Woke Brass. All heads that should roll.

It wasn't incompetence. It was the plan. China now has access to Bagram and has been landing planes there almost from the moment we left.

Aside from terrorism and opium do you know what Afghanistan has in abundance, almost more than anywhere on earth? Lithium. The stuff they use to make expensive golf cart batteries.

https://tinyurl.com/2p9bfxkr

No matter how much you hate this corrupt uniparty government you don't hate them enough.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 23, 2023 12:38 PM (ZLI7S)

121 My opinion of Putin in the beginning of this Ukraine war was he was acting like a Czar would. Don't think I would change my opinion years later.

Posted by: Skip at September 23, 2023 12:38 PM (fwDg9)

122 At a Labor Day picnic I heard a neighborhood AWFL talk on for an hour about Trumpers. She must have used the word "divisive" 27 times.

I finally asked her if it wasn't sort of divisive for her to be roundly criticizing them. She said "that's (D)ifferent".

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at September 23, 2023 12:40 PM (8Ta2Y)

123 Trump is going to Detroit on Wednesday so Brandon announced he’s going on Tuesday. Should be interesting.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 23, 2023 12:41 PM (u73oe)

124 >>Was Abramovic involved with that? I don't know anything about her.

She is the guru of leftist insanity. A satanist and also a great friend of Tony Podesta and Hillary Clinton.

And Ukraine just happens to be ground zero for human and child sex trafficking.

Lots of coincidences these days.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 23, 2023 12:44 PM (ZLI7S)

125 Saying something feminists don't like but most people agree with: CANCEL THE WITCH

Sexually assaulting one of your staffers and threatening her until she has to leave the country: Biden had brought decency back to the white house!

Posted by: 18-1 at September 23, 2023 12:44 PM (XqcwY)

126 Okay Abramovic was the "spirit cooking" lady with ties to the Podestas.

Posted by: Emmie at September 23, 2023 12:44 PM (Sf2cq)

127 I finally asked her if it wasn't sort of divisive for her to be roundly criticizing them. She said "that's (D)ifferent".
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at September 23, 2023 12:40 PM (8Ta2Y)

They're special and exemplify virtue. Narcissistic dumbfucks.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 23, 2023 12:45 PM (q4g6M)

128 Hiya Duke !

Posted by: JT at September 23, 2023 12:45 PM (T4tVD)

129 Readers added context
A phone call between Emily Heil and Dave Portney was shared prior to publication, in which the WaPo journalist admits to intentionally misleading advertisers into speaking negatively of the One Bite Pizza Festival.

Musk buying twitter is once of the most consequential actions by a non-leftist in a long time.

Now imagine someone took NRO/Bulwark/etc's budget and used it in similar effective ways?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 23, 2023 12:46 PM (XqcwY)

130 The MSM is still calling the dropping of Dud Light a boycott. They really think the people who were betrayed are coming back.

It's hilarious that some press outlets think that there's a large cohort of former customers who just can't wait until they can go back to drinking Bud Light.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 23, 2023 12:46 PM (guGkK)

131 I guess we can assume that birdbath status is "overflowing"?
Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 23, 2023 12:37 PM (V8he0)

CORRECT !

Posted by: JT at September 23, 2023 12:46 PM (T4tVD)

132 Okay Abramovic was the "spirit cooking" lady with ties to the Podestas.

She also threw a party with a dessert made of gelatin that looked like a young girl. It was even filled with a red fluid that bleed out when you cut into it.

And...our elites LOVE this shit.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 23, 2023 12:47 PM (XqcwY)

133 Like clockwork.

>>Clinton Global Initiative will launch network to provide new humanitarian aid to Ukrainians

https://tinyurl.com/2xyre7w5

Posted by: JackStraw at September 23, 2023 12:48 PM (ZLI7S)

134 It's hilarious that some press outlets think that there's a large cohort of former customers who just can't wait until they can go back to drinking Bud Light.

If you want the taste and experience of a bud light I'm sure there are plenty of hobos in your town that will piss in a cup for you.

Likely has more alcohol too.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 23, 2023 12:48 PM (XqcwY)

135 Zelensky is now picking Ambassadors?

Posted by: Ben Had at September 23, 2023 12:48 PM (I6hse)

136 The menu for the King Charles soiree at the Palace of Versailles DID include bugs ... big blue bottom-feeding bugs with pincers, blue lobster.

Posted by: Marooned at September 23, 2023 12:50 PM (kt8QE)

137 >>Zelensky is now picking Ambassadors?

Not so much. Zelensky is merely repeating orders.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 23, 2023 12:50 PM (ZLI7S)

138 Speaking of Pizzagate there is still no answer as to how a "our elites are engaged in pedophilia" hoax came out right because the Epstein "our elites are engaged in pedophilia" story came out.

Unless you believe in absurd coincidences its either:

1) Some white hat had the basic parts of the Epstein story but not the specific details right

2) Some black hat was trying to confuse the issue ahead of the Epstein drop.

Based on the fact leftists constantly do the latter pretending Epstein was also a hoax I assume it was the latter.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 23, 2023 12:51 PM (XqcwY)

139
>>Clinton Global Initiative will launch network to provide new humanitarian aid to Ukrainians

Queue up artists eager and willing to portray Hildebeest as a caring and healing madonna to the war-torn and oppressed masses of Eastern Europe (with her costumed organ grinder monkey, Chelsea, by her side).

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 23, 2023 12:51 PM (xG4kz)

140 123 Trump is going to Detroit on Wednesday so Brandon announced he’s going on Tuesday. Should be interesting.

Posted by: Duke Lowel
-------------------------

You heard Brandon yesterday, you know he's a liar.
They're going to send your jobs to China.
When I'm president I'll put a tariff on China and Mexico
and you'll build every car in America.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 23, 2023 12:51 PM (pZTPV)

141 Zelensky is now picking Ambassadors?

Has he selected any of his yacht girls yet?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 23, 2023 12:51 PM (XqcwY)

142 At least Poland told Zelensky to pound sand so there’s that.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 23, 2023 12:52 PM (u73oe)

143 Trump is going to Detroit on Wednesday so Brandon announced he’s going on Tuesday. Should be interesting.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 23, 2023 12:41 PM (u73oe)

To be fair Biden did participate in the great coal workers strike of 1902.

Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at September 23, 2023 12:52 PM (HfNu5)

144 Zelensky is now picking Ambassadors?
Posted by: Ben Had at September 23, 2023 12:48 PM (I6hse)

Out of his bum !

Posted by: JT at September 23, 2023 12:53 PM (T4tVD)

145 Tsunami developed in my bird bath overnight from the wind-driven waves. Took out a nearby ant village.

Posted by: Climate KAOS News at September 23, 2023 12:54 PM (83IzV)

146 A misguided attempt to reform professional military education (JPME) in the 1980s led by the late Ike Skelton and other military reformers in Congress

Eehhh...I contend this was not a misguided attempt at reform but a very much needed transition of the officer corps from the Post Vietnam malaise into the professional group it became, culminating in the incredible victory of Desert Storm. In those years we did indeed read history. We did indeed study war. We did indeed mentor our junior officers. And it was excellent.
But Desert Storm (and the fall of the Soviet Union as I think of it) was over 30 years ago and since then our betters in Congress (spits) had to go spend the peace dividend and get embroiled in a war on terror. Every general we have now was either a cadet 30 years ago or a lieutenant. In that time, the military changed...as it always does. So did the schooling. Some for better. Sme for worse. And now we have the senior leadership in all the Services, who owe their rank to congressional mentors (so they'd better toe the Party line), who have forgotten how to fight with a modern Army, and who have never experienced victory on the battlefield.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 23, 2023 12:55 PM (uSHSS)

147 102 Pizzagate?

>>Zelensky asks Marina Abramovic to be ambassador for Ukraine

I was just tryin to be funny. Now it feels all weird.

Posted by: Tom Perry at September 23, 2023 12:56 PM (MX0bI)

148 Just finished up mowing the last acre or so. On my diesel tractor. Climate unfriendly, I'm sure.

Climate Emergency. That's what's coming. *biden gave himself the authority to declare one via an EO. Much like the "COVID Emergency" or health emergency. Whatever it was officially called. When it drops it'll make the COVID lockdowns look like a walk in the park by comparison.

The left and global authoritarians have been telegraphing what they intend to do for years. Massive restrictions on energy, movement and goods.

I believe them. Whether they'll succeed is debatable.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 23, 2023 12:58 PM (Q4IgG)

149
And Ukraine just happens to be ground zero for human and child sex trafficking.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 23, 2023 12:44 PM

Yup, once the Russian people in a fit of justifiable outrage voted to cut off the flow of Russian infants to the USA, they became the worst country in the world. To leftists. To me, who had read some of the horror stories, I applauded the Russian decision.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 23, 2023 01:01 PM (enJYY)

150 >>I was just tryin to be funny. Now it feels all weird.

Matt Taibbi exposes the left with the Twitter files and the day he testifies to Congress about it the IRS shows up at his house.

Russell Brand calls out the left for their tyrannical attempts to shut down free speech and magically 6 women come out of the woodwork to claim he sexually assaulted them.

Tim Ballard helps make a block buster movie exposing the one thing the left does not want talked about and that is child sex trafficking and, wait for it, 7 women appear to accuse him of sexual misconduct.

The only conspiracy theories are those made up by the left.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 23, 2023 01:02 PM (ZLI7S)

151 But I'm not sure what "climate event" would justify emergency shutdowns.

They need something to hang this on.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 23, 2023 11:45 AM (2tUFv)

DEWs blamed on asteroid or aliens. Look to Denver, suggests Clif High.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at September 23, 2023 01:04 PM (Mzdiz)

152 Oh, and April is the possible time.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at September 23, 2023 01:04 PM (Mzdiz)

153 It's very easy to produce climate change wildfires on demand. Ramping up the volume would be simple.
Posted by: Emmie at September 23, 2023 11:50

So for every action, there should be an equal and opposite reaction. Just be creative.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 23, 2023 12:02 PM (uSHSS)

For every arson-started fire in flyover country, a federal building in DC gets torched.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 23, 2023 01:05 PM (BdMk6)

154 On the topixc of Hank Williams, here's the lonesome cowboy singing bars from "Straight Outta Compton."
https://youtu.be/2Jh7Jk3aSlo

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at September 23, 2023 01:08 PM (pIx7m)

155 The strangest story this morning is that the Russians claim that they destroyed a Leopard tank in Ukraine crewed by Bundeswehr servicemen - one captured, and the rest killed.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 23, 2023 11:31 AM (2tUFv)

Sounds like a story, alright. Why, it's almost as if "journalists" will lie to move an agenda that has nothing to do with telling the truth.

Almost.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 23, 2023 01:09 PM (hSi6i)

156 So for every action, there should be an equal and opposite reaction. Just be creative.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 23, 2023 12:02 PM (uSHSS)

For every arson-started fire in flyover country, a federal building in DC gets torched.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 23, 2023 01:05 PM (BdMk6)
***

In the interest of opsec, i for one would never, ever advocate violence. But one cannot exclude the possibility of accidents.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 23, 2023 01:10 PM (uSHSS)

157 Russell Brand calls out the left for their tyrannical attempts to shut down free speech and magically 6 women come out of the woodwork....

Posted by: JackStraw at September 23, 2023 01:02 PM (ZLI7S)

6? When did it become 6?

Last I heard it was 4. Three of which don't claim he did anything that is considered illegal.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 23, 2023 01:11 PM (hSi6i)

158 > But I'm not sure what "climate event" would justify emergency shutdowns.
___________

I don't think it will be an "event." The climatistas have been bitching and moaning about temperatures, rising sea levels, storms, etc. for decades. All the junta has to do is declare that action must be taken to prevent future generations from suffering some great disaster.

Or, conversely, right after a particularly nasty heat wave or winter storm that results in deaths on a fairly significant scale declare some sort of "emergency."

COVID was a minor illness and in short order was the worst pandemic to hit the erf in forever. The globalists will figure something out. It's not like they're not planning it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 23, 2023 01:11 PM (Q4IgG)

159 Afternoon everyone. How exactly does one "position themselves as the conscience of food and restaurant industries"?. Hang out a sign and call yourself that. Finagle a few wealthy people to give you grants or get paid by competitors to give bad reviews. It's like being an expert in bioethics or some other made up "discipline". Good grift if you can get it

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 23, 2023 01:12 PM (xsQYD)

160 For every arson-started fire in flyover country, a federal building in DC gets torched.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 23, 2023 01:05 PM (BdMk6)
***

Chain the doors and board up the windows first.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 23, 2023 01:13 PM (q4g6M)

161 The strangest story this morning is that the Russians claim that they destroyed a Leopard tank in Ukraine crewed by Bundeswehr servicemen - one captured, and the rest killed.

They really are getting the band together again.

Hopefully this is not true.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 23, 2023 11:31 AM (2tUFv)
***

The old Katyn Forest gambit?

Posted by: Diogenes at September 23, 2023 01:14 PM (uSHSS)

162 @158 I believe it was hoped that it would be worthy of the fear and worldwide attempts at establishing "a new normal," but it turned out to be a dud. They won't give up though.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at September 23, 2023 01:15 PM (pIx7m)

163 The strangest story this morning is that the Russians claim that they destroyed a Leopard tank in Ukraine crewed by Bundeswehr servicemen - one captured, and the rest killed.

They really are getting the band together again.

Hopefully this is not true.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 23, 2023 11:31 AM (2tUFv)

Not going to believe anything coming out of that mafia war. All we get is rumors and rumors of rumors. There are no good guys involved.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 23, 2023 01:18 PM (BdMk6)

164 How exactly does one "position themselves as the conscience of food and restaurant industries"?. Hang out a sign and call yourself that. Finagle a few wealthy people to give you grants or get paid by competitors to give bad reviews. It's like being an expert in bioethics or some other made up "discipline". Good grift if you can get it
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 23, 2023 01:12 PM (xsQYD)

I declare myself to be the conscience of the layabout industry or nonindustry

Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at September 23, 2023 01:18 PM (HfNu5)

165 So the Biden junta is giving Venezuelans some new type if ID card. Look for them next to offer them citizenship in exchange for military service.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 23, 2023 01:19 PM (u73oe)

166 Friends (really acquaintances) on FB in California are post pictures on the gas prices.
Every time someone posts about gas prices I comment some variation of: "and no one will change how they vote".
Some actually 'like' my comments.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 23, 2023 01:20 PM (4sOGU)

167
For every arson-started fire in flyover country...

Solar panels all over the country under-perform because of the crap in the air. I bought an RV setup of folding solar panel and storage battery. The readout on the battery gets updated every few seconds. If a cloud passes overhead the output plummets. If a contrail from a passenger jet moves in front of the sun the output plummets. The maximum output this portable panel can generate is 350 watts. In a month of testing I've only hit close to that number once, a reading of 325 - which was right after a torrential rain washed all the Canadian wildfire dust out of the air. Within an hour it was back to the 250 watt range again.

So, nice work 'environmental arsonists'. Your stupidity is astounding.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 23, 2023 01:25 PM (enJYY)

168 >>6? When did it become 6?

You're correct, it was "only" 4.

The point is anyone who goes against the left will be cancelled and destroyed just like Trump. If they aren't attempting to crush someone then they are really fighting.

Ask Ken Paxton. Even in Texas.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 23, 2023 01:25 PM (ZLI7S)

169 Friends (really acquaintances) on FB in California are post pictures on the gas prices.
Every time someone posts about gas prices I comment some variation of: "and no one will change how they vote".
Some actually 'like' my comments.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 23, 2023 01:20 PM (4sOGU)

I'm still of the belief Californica and New Yaks mastered voter fraud long before anyone else, and that if there was some way to get actual voters to verify their actual votes (there is, but I think it's more cover for the cheat than a preventative), none of these elections would be anywhere near as lopsided as they are.

Dems might actual lose some of them, as they did not so long ago.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 23, 2023 01:26 PM (+AO2R)

170 I declare myself to be the conscience of the layabout industry or nonindustry
Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at September 23, 2023 01:18 PM (HfNu5)

Hey!!! I want in on this!
I hereby declare myself as the conscience of whiskey industry!

Posted by: Diogenes at September 23, 2023 01:26 PM (uSHSS)

171 NOOD Gardening.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 23, 2023 01:27 PM (4sOGU)

172 Ask Ken Paxton. Even in Texas.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 23, 2023 01:25 PM (ZLI7S)

Yes, I know.

Paxton apparently thinks the hit on him was mostly to try to prevent him from enforcing the state's laws on voting.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 23, 2023 01:29 PM (+AO2R)

173 I usually don't surf a bunch of social media, but I've noticed several Xweets that lament the lack of high speed rail between city X and city Y. It might be because Florida just started rail service between Orlando and Miami.

Whatever the case, it's interesting how "high speed rail" or rail travel in general is popping up in some of the feeds I see. And it's not something I follow on any social media either.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 23, 2023 01:29 PM (Q4IgG)

174 NOOD Gardening.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 23, 2023 01:27 PM (4sOGU)

Watch out for poison ivy!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at September 23, 2023 01:31 PM (uSHSS)

175 >>> I don't think it will be an "event." The climatistas have been bitching and moaning about temperatures, rising sea levels, storms, etc. for decades. All the junta has to do is declare that action must be taken to prevent future generations from suffering some great disaster.

The obvious solution is to kill 10s or 100s of millions today to avoid death in the future!

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 23, 2023 01:32 PM (ga8qR)

176 >>Paxton apparently thinks the hit on him was mostly to try to prevent him from enforcing the state's laws on voting.

And illegal immigration.

He didn't hire one of Obama's lawyers as an advisor for yucks.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 23, 2023 01:33 PM (ZLI7S)

177 Whatever the case, it's interesting how "high speed rail" or rail travel in general is popping up in some of the feeds I see. And it's not something I follow on any social media either.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 23, 2023 01:29 PM (Q4IgG)

I check farcebook at least once a day, because it's the main way I stay in contact with some people (not my choice). It's amazing the stories they push into "my" feed. Usually sportsball, celebrities, food.

Bread and circuses. Bread and circuses.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 23, 2023 01:33 PM (+AO2R)

178 A venerable San Francisco institution, Trad'r Sam's is no more. Final call was last night. Family-owned and squabbled. Landlord also terminated the lease. It had been in operation since the 1930's.

Posted by: SFGoth at September 23, 2023 01:34 PM (KAi1n)

179 He being Phelan.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 23, 2023 01:35 PM (ZLI7S)

180 Paxton apparently thinks the hit on him was mostly to try to prevent him from enforcing the state's laws on voting.

Posted by: BurtTC
----------------------

Take over the vote take over the state.
Take over the state take over the country.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 23, 2023 01:41 PM (pZTPV)

181 Prosecution had two Biden lawyers, DOJ I think.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 23, 2023 01:47 PM (pZTPV)

182 KT have you met or do you know Sami Winc?

Posted by: Sunny at September 23, 2023 01:48 PM (Q47Lc)

183 28% of California’s state senators are republicans? Is CA really that lopsided?

Posted by: Griff at September 23, 2023 01:50 PM (IDUFD)

184 28% of California’s state senators are republicans? Is CA really that lopsided?
Posted by: Griff at September 23, 2023 01:50 PM (IDUFD)
______________

My reaction: I am surprised to hear that it is that high.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 23, 2023 02:03 PM (fSRlj)

185 @PatrickSvitek

.
@TexasGOP
State Republican Executive Committee passes resolution calling for
@DadePhelan
’s resignation, 58-2 #txlege

Posted by: JackStraw at September 23, 2023 02:04 PM (ZLI7S)

186 I don't think it will be an "event." The climatistas have been bitching and moaning about temperatures, rising sea levels, storms, etc. for decades. All the junta has to do is declare that action must be taken to prevent future generations from suffering some great disaster.
_________________

It's a public health emergency!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 23, 2023 02:05 PM (fSRlj)

187 Tim Scott Won’t Join Calls For A TikTok Ban — Major TikTok Stakeholders Are Boosting His Campaign

Just another bought-off fake and corrupt Republican.
Personally, I never liked or trusted this asshoe.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at September 23, 2023 02:07 PM (9/y3s)

188 >>Clinton Global Initiative will launch network to provide new humanitarian aid to Ukrainians

Queue up artists eager and willing to portray Hildebeest as a caring and healing madonna to the war-torn and oppressed masses of Eastern Europe (with her costumed organ grinder monkey, Chelsea, by her side).
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 23, 2023 12:51 PM (xG4kz)
______________

Nah, she doesn't see an opportunity to get the Big Prize. Nosir. She's just doing humanitarian shit. Just like in Haiti.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 23, 2023 02:12 PM (fSRlj)

189 I wouldn't believe anything much from Ukraine or Russia.
Quite possible, could be a old tank, could be as said. No tank can be destroyed.

Posted by: Skip at September 23, 2023 02:18 PM (fwDg9)

190 @TexasGOP
State Republican Executive Committee passes resolution calling for
@DadePhelan
’s resignation, 58-2 #txlege
Posted by: JackStraw
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Can't they at least strip him of his Speakership?

Posted by: olddog in mo at September 23, 2023 02:18 PM (ju2Fy)

191 >>Can't they at least strip him of his Speakership?

I don't know the rules of the Texas legislature but it's remarkable how badly this has backfired on the left.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 23, 2023 02:22 PM (ZLI7S)

192 It's remarkable how clean Paxton is. Not comparing him to Trump but he's had a career as a lawyer, a career in the legislature, a bulldog on Biden, a beautiful wife and a life.
They had to make up every last item against him.

How many of us could survive professional sleuths?

Posted by: Braenyard at September 23, 2023 02:42 PM (pZTPV)

193 _________________

It's a public health emergency!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
-----------------------------------------

Whatever it is they are working on it. With minds like the Ayers, Valerie Jarrett, and associated terrorists it will be something.
We've got dunderheads and many who have played their lives by the book who will not see the ploy.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 23, 2023 02:47 PM (pZTPV)

194 A venerable San Francisco institution, Trad'r Sam's is no more. Final call was last night. Family-owned and squabbled. Landlord also terminated the lease. It had been in operation since the 1930's.
Posted by: SFGoth at September 23, 2023 01:34 PM (KAi1n)
===
Should have been gone years ago.

Barbacco is closing too.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 23, 2023 02:56 PM (RIvkX)

195 JackStraw, a sea change in local politics. The mayor of Dallas changed his party affiliation from D to R

Posted by: Ben Had at September 23, 2023 02:56 PM (I6hse)

196 Pigs eat. Elite pigs eat better.

Judging by the picture, Obama has been eating dicks.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at September 23, 2023 03:00 PM (MZ+PY)

197 Travis County joins Ellis, Dallas, Williamson, and El Paso counties in calling on Gov. Abbott to add the Texas COVID-19 Vaccine Freedom Act to a special session call.

This is a biggy, Dallas county is liberal but not a hair on Travis (Austin) county *El Paso county too. Travis (Berkeley on the Colorado) county voting for the Vaccine Freedom Act could be an indicator of the nation's response to our next contrived emergency.

*El Paso county suffering a brunt of illegal Bidenisms may be in an against all things federal mood.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 23, 2023 03:01 PM (pZTPV)

198 Regarding the mispronunciation:

It would be useful if the emails from the WaPo (itself pronounced "Whopper") were presented to the public. Did Portnoy mispronounce the word? Or was it written wrong, and he did a verbal [SIC] as a sign that he knows the WaPo hack sent the emails, and that he had said emails?

Remember, the media smeared Dan Quayle as an idiot for eternity, simply for reading a school teacher's own misspelling.

Posted by: Another Anon at September 23, 2023 03:02 PM (hwP7U)

199 Good God Almighty! I want to take that Obama Whistle and ram it up a woodchuck's ass!

Or a rockchuck, as demographics will allow.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at September 23, 2023 03:08 PM (KVGVf)

200 Newsom's veto was not a moment of sanity, but cold cynical strategy: if grand juries can indict a ham sandwich, the CA constitutional referendum process can amend one. Had he passed this, it would have given the voters explicit language to negate on the next public proposition vote. Much more diabolical to use the opportunity to backdoor a precedent that it's "already covered" under the amorphous "health and welfare"... meaning litigants have to prove it's not before his hacks-in-black rather than the ballot box. He's trying to metastasize this cancer in a manner to prevent any surgical removal by minority voters who outnumber and don't share SF AWFL values, while pretending to do this on their behalf. "It's rain, honest! Aren't you glad I'm making it rain on you in this global warming caused drought? I'm so thoughtful!"

Posted by: CaptObvious at September 23, 2023 03:08 PM (KVS8o)

201 KT have you met or do you know Sami Winc?

No.

Posted by: KT at September 23, 2023 03:29 PM (rrtZS)

202 To work for the corporate the news media its a requirement to live in the sewers. As the article demonstrates the denizens of the sewers love to dress up and pontificate to the rest of us about the benefits of a diet of bugs.

Posted by: Jane at September 23, 2023 03:32 PM (EcD5Y)

203 KT

The Fresno County Rep Women's luncheon next week features Lisa Smittcamp as the speaker. You might know she is the Fresno County DA and she is a staunch Newsom critic. Can't wait to hear her speak

If you are ever in the Fresno area, would love to meet for coffee.

Posted by: Sunny at September 23, 2023 03:38 PM (Q47Lc)

204
Senator Scott Wiener
@Scott_Wiener
12h
This veto is a tragedy for trans kids here & around the country. These kids are living in fear, with right wing politicians working to out them, deny them health care, ban them from sports & restrooms & erase their humanity.

I can think of no crueler way to "erase their humanity" than by facilitating a process which guarantees their eternal sterility via "transition surgery".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 23, 2023 04:03 PM (xG4kz)

205 Sunny at September 23, 2023 03:38 PM

Thanks. I've heard Smittcamp on radio. Things are sort of crazy right now, but we should keep a future meeting in mind.

Posted by: KT at September 23, 2023 04:13 PM (rrtZS)

206 Looks like the eye of the storm is over Richmond.
Plenty of rain north to Lebanon NH.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 23, 2023 04:44 PM (pZTPV)

207 oi!

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at September 23, 2023 05:13 PM (7Fj9P)

208 KT

Can you collect my email from my post? If not, I can send an email to the proton email from the pet thread.

km (sunny)

Posted by: Sunny at September 23, 2023 07:06 PM (Q47Lc)

209 Sunny at September 23, 2023 07:06 PM

Got it!

Posted by: KT at September 23, 2023 08:00 PM (rrtZS)

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