The Morning Report

The Morning Report — 9/21/23

Good morning, kids. So, Merrick Garland got grilled in hearings yesterday over both his aiding and abetting in the coverup of the investigation of Hunter Biden, which ultimately leads to his father as well as the prosecution and persecution of political enemies ranging from ordinary citizens all the way up to the former President of the former United States.

For whatever definition of the term "grilling" applies, since in real terms, he knows that he will suffer no real consequences just as the scum illegitimate, in political and familial terms, "first family" that he has aided and abetted won't either. A few weeks (if that) at Club Fed for Hunter ending in an early release and Biden being forced to resign for medical reasons notwithstanding. The estimable Miranda Devine weighs in on the proceedings:

You would think that an attorney general who has presided over the embarrassing debacle of the Hunter Biden investigation would express contrition, or maybe a little anger at the underlings who have shamed him, when he is hauled before a congressional committee to explain his failures.
But alas, Merrick Garland is just another Mr. Magoo. His department is ablaze but he knows nothing. The nation’s chief law enforcement officer has no special insight into the malfeasance unfolding under his nose. He is just an oblivious bystander, unperturbed by the tyrannical turn the DOJ has taken under his leadership, persecuting his boss’ political enemies and coddling the crooked president’s crooked relatives.
Even though Garland used to be a judge, he makes no judgments at all. He professes to have no view about US Attorney David Weiss’ farcical five-year “investigation” of the president’s 53-year-old son, Hunter.
“I promised the Senate that I would not interfere,” he told the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday.
“I have not intruded or attempted to evaluate that, because that was the promise I made to the Senate.” What an honorable man, keeping his promises.
But he’s the ship’s captain. There is a fire in the hold, the vessel is going down, and he doesn’t even trouble himself to find out what happened.
“Have you had personal contact with anyone at FBI Headquarters about the Hunter Biden investigation?” asked Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La).
For what seemed like an eternity but was really about seven seconds, Garland looked down at his tightly clasped hands, slowly turned his head left and right as if the answer might materialize somewhere on the empty table below him, then popped his tongue, said “ahhhh,” pursed his lips, exhaled and arranged the edges of his mouth in a downward shrug, before finally looking up at Johnson with a sheepish expression and stammering: “I don’t real . . . I don’t . . . ah . . . I don’t recollect the answer to that question but the FBI works for the Justice Department?” a non sequitur delivered in a cascade of upward inflections as if he was the one asking questions, or maybe channeling a Valley Girl.
Speaking of which, his favorite line was to point out that Weiss, whom he has elevated to special counsel despite manifest failures, was a “Trump appointee.” He said so nine times. He seems to think that bias can be ascribed to prosecutors depending on which party appoints them. Presumably he applies that logic to himself, as a Biden appointee.
Usually smart people find it tedious to say the same thing nine times in a row, but Garland seemed to enjoy it, until the wonderful Liz Cheney-slayer Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) wiped the smirk off his face.
“Mr. Garland, one of the things you have done and repeated over and over and over again is to point out that Mr. Weiss was appointed as US attorney by President Trump, as though that somehow inoculates him from criticism by us. Is that really how this game is played, that if someone is appointed by a Republican, then they’re supposed to be on the Republican team, or if they’re appointed by a Democrat, they’re on the Democrat team? You were appointed by Mr. Biden, weren’t you? Are you on the Democrat team?”
Touché. He never said it again. . .

The highlight of the hearings came from Rep. Victoria Spartz, herself a victim of totalitarian Leftism, who lit into this smug bastard, which Ace had last night and I'm linking here, and also in Devine's essay:

. . . “You had a very moving statement about your grandparents coming here from Belarus to live in the
country without fear of persecution,” she said. “I grew up in a very similar country, Ukraine now, and when I came here as a young person, I believed in the value as an American not to be afraid of my government . . . Are you aware that a lot of Americans are now afraid of being prosecuted by your department? Are you aware of that?“
Garland started whining about “constant attacks on the department,” but she interrupted.
“Not attacks . . . a lot of good Americans from my district came here [on Jan. 6] because they are sick and tired of this government not serving them. They came with strollers and the kids, and there was a chaotic situation because the proper security wasn’t provided. [And then] FBI agents showed up to people’s houses. You have in my district in my town, FBI phone numbers all over [saying] please call [and inform on people].
“People are truly afraid. This is a big problem when people are afraid of their own government . . .
“It’s like KGB.”
Does Garland understand that rogue prosecutors and disproportionately harsh J6 prosecutions are destroying trust in the justice system, as murderers and shoplifters get off easy, and a spirit of lawlessness and corruption infects the land?
No. There was not a sign that his conscience was troubled.

Bravo, Rep Spartz. She totally gets it. Yet, I can't understand how the usually spot-on Devine just doesn't. Or doesn't seem to, to cut her some slack. The nub of her essay is that Merrick Garland is some sort of clueless, incompetent boob, myopically stumbling around like Mr. Magoo (a descriptor that she herself uses here) unaware of what his underlings at the DOJ are up to.

These are not rogue prosecutors. The entire Department of Justice from the janitor and toilet attendants all the way on up are operating either enthusiastically or begrudgingly so as to protect their jobs and pensions (if not their own personal safety; and that is not a stretch to consider), on the basis that what they are doing to enemies of this Junta is standard operating procedure. They are operating with the full knowledge, consent and under the orders of the Attorney General of the United States, Merrick Garland, who operates with the full knowledge, approval and directives of the Vegetable-in-Chief in the Oval Office, and ultimately his minders somewhere in Kalorama, Davos/Brussels and Beijing.

Rep. Troy Nehls has outright said to Garland's face he should be impeached. He also told galactic-sized mass of rancid corned beef and lipids Jerry Nadler to STFD and STFU. In any case, so, Garland's impeached. We get who to replace him? Kristen Clarke, the head of the Civil Rights Division who is about as strident and virulent a racist and anti-constitutionalist as you can find? Or keep going back in the other direction to the aforementioned toilet attendant and you get for all intents and purposes a Garland clone to one degree or another. Same deal with any and every other agency, bureau and department in that town.

At the end of the day, none of this matters, at least in the short term. Even if these revelations, filtered as they no doubt will be by the propaganda house organs, do get between the ears of the uninformed low-info crowd and it does manage to affect the elections – assuming their votes can combine with ours to overcome the expected repeat of the cheat of 2020 – another term of Trump, DeSantis, Ramaswamy or even zombie Augusto Pinochet will not be able to effectively overcome the system that is now firmly cemented in place: The Leviathan.

For that, a revolution will be required. Hopefully, it's as peaceful with as little if any bloodshed as possible. Likely it will not be, just as the outcome is very much in doubt. Still, even these hearings are crucial if for no other reason than to get things out in the open and on the record.

They say that collapse happens gradually, then all at once. Perhaps it can apply politically as well.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

"Policymakers believe the state, not parents, holds authority over children when it comes to sex and gender issues—but families are pushing back."
California’s War On Parents
"Every aspect of our lives is monitored, and everything we do or consume is rationed."
The Hidden Agenda Behind Lockdowns

BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS

"You, sir, also need to be impeached."
GOP Rep Hammers Garland Over Biden Push To Get Ukrainian Prosecutor Fired
Miranda Devine missed the boat on this, in that her entire piece centers on the premise that Garland is a clueless incompetent boob, unaware of his underlings' persecution of the Left's political enemies when in point of fact he is a, if not the central figure in it - jjs
Ignorant, Pathetic Merrick Garland Wilts on the Hot Seat seat Before Congress
"Though he revealed little about the investigation, Garland aggressively defended his handling of the probe."
Garland Invokes 'Internal Deliberations' To Avoid Discussing Hunter Biden Probe
“I don’t recollect the answer to that question but the FBI works for the Justice Department — ,” Garland said in reply. “I’m sorry,” Johnson interjected. “You don’t recollect whether you talked to anyone at FBI headquarters about an investigation into the [spurious] president’s son?” Garland responded, “I don’t believe that I did.”
Garland Testifies He Can’t ‘Recollect’ Contact With FBI HQ About Hunter Biden Probe
"As Congress readies impeachment hearings, will questions of dishonesty push Biden from the 2024 presidential race?"
As Impeachment Inquiry Looms, Half Say Biden’s Been Dishonest About Foreign Deals: I&I/TIPP Poll
Margot Cleveland: "Elvis Chan is first in line to untangling how the government interfered in the 2020 election by lying that Hunter Biden’s laptop was Russian disinformation."
What Congress Should Ask The FBI Agent Involved In Censoring Hunter Biden Laptop Story
SHAMPEACHMENT 1.0, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION
"Notably, Hutchinson did not make these claims during her testimony to the January 6 Committee. She mentioned Giuliani only once during her two closed-door depositions to the committee in Sep. 2022, recalling that he had been in a meeting with the president in the Oval Office."
Discredited January 6 Witness Cassidy Hutchinson Claims Giuliani Groped Her
"Now that one of the 2 million Democrat prosecutors chasing Donald Trump has filed a court motion to make it illegal for him to talk about the election, is it okay to laugh anytime Joe Biden frames 2024 as a referendum on 'democracy?'”
Joe Biden Claims ‘Democracy Is At Stake’ As His Party Does Everything To Prevent Democracy From Happening
CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
"You may have just perjured yourself."
Massie Goes After Garland Over Jan. 6 Statements
"Those in Washington D.C. — whether they’re politicians or higher ups in government agencies — really know how to spin a line of bullshit, don’t they?"
Pull the Other One! AG Garland Denies There's a Two-Tiered Justice System
"The delay in his charging, and the lone misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct, fuels theories." (Dude, the FBI admitted there were so many of their plants at the Capitol they lost count! - jjs)
Was Ray Epps a Jan. 6 Fed Conspirator?
“It became very clear after I started that this was exploitative and other faculty experienced the same and worse.”
Staffers at Ibram X. "Krement" Kendi’s Crumbling ‘Anti-Racist’ Think Tank Accuse Him of Being Exploitative
Johnson, referencing Garland’s time on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, asked if he ever had the opportunity to travel on a billionaire-funded private jet to an “exotic location” — a not-so-veiled reference to expense-paid trips Thomas took with longtime friend and billionaire real estate developer Harlan Crow. When Johnson continued pressing beyond Garland’s initial “no,” Garland said he wasn’t interested in answering these kinds of questions. (The contrast in the life, achievement and character of Clarence Thomas and Hank Johnson is about as stark as can be - jjs)
Dem Rep’s Attempted ‘Gotcha’ Questions On Clarence Thomas Backfire Spectacularly After Merrick Garland Fails To Answer
. . . last year, DHS set up a Ministry of Truth, er “Disinformation Governance Board,” to ID “harmful info” to be acted on by government. It picked disinfo “expert” Nina Jankowicz, who’d herself pushed whoppers about Russia-Trump collusion and labeled The Post’s Hunter Biden reports “disinformation.” Brennan, Clapper and Kolbe will fit right in at DHS; as for the department’s claim they’ll help on real issues, like terrorism and fentanyl, don’t be surprised if that turns out to be disinfo, too.
Spies Who Lie Will Fit in Great with Team Biden’s DHS’s Serial Liars
"I only point out that the animal scum and his accomplice are minorities, because if these were white kids hitting and killing a black man, every race hustler and establishment media outlet would’ve made this top priority for their agendas."
Kill-and-Run! Minority Teens "Allegedly" Intentionally Hit White Retired Police Chief, "Yeah, Hit His Ass"
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
"Sorry, media machine. Your credibility is long gone."
Don’t Bother Me About Russell Brand Until You Start Believing Tara Reade
"No questions asked."
The Corporate Media Gets its Orders on Impeachment
The employees argue they wore BLM attire to protest workplace racism, such as when the grocery store offered ‘free food to police during the time of a protest against police brutality,’ which left black employees ‘concerned for their safety.’
Amazon’s Whole Foods Argues SCOTUS Website Designer Ruling Allows Company to Fire Employees for Wearing BLM Attire at Work
The hackers followed up the post with several others, including one saying “Fuck @JoeBiden Stupid Ass N*gga” – possibly in an attempt to get the account banned.
Don Jr’s X Account Hacked, Falsely Announces Death of Former President
David Harsanyi: "The real problem with the DOJ’s corrupt behavior is that even if Musk had engaged in wrongdoing, we would have absolutely no reason to trust that the criminal-justice system is acting as an independent or good-faith arbiter of the law. Those are the consequences of the DOJ spending years targeting political opponents and protecting friends and family. Musk, the world’s richest man, can afford to hire lawyers and defend himself against the DOJ persecution. But these kinds of investigations aren’t only meant to intimidate him — they’re meant to intimidate anyone who gets out of line."
Biden DOJ Targeting of Elon Musk is Intimidation, Pure and Simple
"Yes, CNN is so broken, its new chief, Mark Thompson, is the guy who oversaw the BBC while the BBC’s top star, Jimmy Savile, was on a child-raping spree. Thompson claims he knew nothing about the rumors about Savile that had been churning for years. Yeah, right. No word yet if Jake 'Virtuous' Tapper will quit in outrage over the very idea of working for a man credibly accused of shielding a serial child rapist."
Disgraced CNN Hits All-Time Weekend Ratings Low
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
"While an electric vehicle may bear the logo of Ford, Chevy, or Chrysler, its core components were probably made in China with Chinese labor and Chinese materials. Two of the Big Three automakers are losing massive amounts of money on electric vehicles. Ford, for example, loses $32,000 on every EV they sell. These losses lead to lower wages for workers, fewer auto jobs being available, and higher prices for consumers."
J.D. Vance to Striking Auto Workers: Biden Agenda ‘Explicitly Designed’ to Offshore Your Jobs
"It’s been bad enough for him, with his lousy poll numbers and many begging him to drop out or else cut Kamala Harris loose in the hopes of saving his 2024 presidential campaign. But Biden thinks that he can convince the public he’s the greatest president for the economy in history."
Huge New Bidenomics Fail Threatens Joe Biden’s 2024 Campaign
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
"The [so-called quote-unquote "president"] is furthering the Green New Deal agenda by copying FDR."
Biden’s Wannabe Roosevelt Move
"I suspect their appeal will fail as well, especially as the hearing is being held in the state courts, which are generally very sympathetic to SpaceX and the economic rebirth it has brought to south Texas."
Environmentalists appeal dismissal of their lawsuit against the FAA and SpaceX
"Concerns arise over solar panel safety due to fires. EV battery incidents continue as well."
Green Energy Is on Fire – Literally
"The 20mph blanket speed limit in Wales is a mindless nod to ‘climate crisis’ nonsense and safetyism hysteria that won’t even save lives and is just another giant feeding frenzy on the poor." (I think it's kilometers, and that's actually even worse at 12.5mph! - jjs)
Utter Lunacy
AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
“A vote for President Trump means Joe Biden’s horror show at the southern border ends at high noon on Inauguration Day, 2025,” the remarks read, as Trump touts how he did more to secure the border in his first term than “any president in history.” (I say tart with the entire federal workforce and then you can round up the wetbacks - jjs)
Donald Trump Promises the ‘Largest Domestic Deportation Operation in American History’
"The program will allow 242,700 an existing temporary protection designation in addition to roughly 472,000 Venezuelans expected to qualify for the new designation to receive work permits and stay in the U.S. without fear of removal, DHS said. Venezuelans qualifying for the program must have arrived before July 31." (Want to bet the overwhelming majority are military-age males who are hardened Chavez-istas? - jjs)
Biden DHS Clears Path For Thousands Of Migrants To Find Work In US Amid Wave Of Border Crossings
"Cities that urged immigrants to 'join us' during Trump presidency have become 'literally full' on Biden's watch."
WATCH: 'Sanctuary' Dems Decide They Don’t Love Migrants So Much After All
"The overwhelming majority of migrants who ended up in New York have been sent by the federal government directly from the border to Manhattan. Abbott’s Operation Lone Star is not to blame for the crisis in New York. Joe Biden and his border policies are responsible." (Though Staten Island is probably the most solidly or consistently red borough of all five, this is still something - jjs)
10 Arrested as Staten Island Protesters Block Bus Full of Migrants
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
"Lopez is being held at the Dallas County Jail on a $1 million bail and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency has lodged a detainer against him, requesting custody." (What will he do after he gets released the tenth time? - jjs)
Nine-Time Deported Illegal Alien Accused of Murdering Roommate, Shooting Police Officer
"Good for her."
Police Find Designer’s Clothes at Home of Psycho Pervert Ex-Energy Official Sam Brinton
"Likely, when the culprit or culprits are caught, we will learn that there should already have been arrests and imprisonment. When law and order are ignored, it is the innocent who will suffer. Whoever committed those atrocities would not give a second thought to laws or even a new federal agency. And they have even less regard for human life."
Police: A Quadruple Murder in an Illinois Suburb 'Not Random'
"Chemirmir, 50, was serving life in prison without parole after he was twice found guilty of capital murder by Dallas County juries. He was accused of killing 20 other women in Dallas and Collin counties and still faced charges in those cases."
Good News: Serial Killer Billy Chemirmir ‘Killed by Cellmate’ in Texas Prison
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
"Whistleblower testimony before Congress asserts that the CIA offered 'significant monetary incentives' (translation: generous bribes) to the six out of its seven [Chinese] COVID-19 analysts supporting the lab-leak hypothesis to switch to the zoonotic hypothesis."
Did the CIA Offer Bribes to its own Analysts Regarding Chinese COVID?
"Lying to people won’t help them." 
Is the World Finally Realizing ‘Long [Chinese] COVID’ Is a Harmful Fraud?
"Joseph Ladapo has not protected the lives of the population he serves." (Quite the opposite, in fact. Apologies for this dreck - jjs)
Florida’s Deranged Surgeon General is a Menace to Public Health
SECOND AMENDMENT
The modern American formula of the old English expression is, “Once you take the Danegeld, you’ll never be rid of the Dane.” Folks in Wyoming seem to understand this, and they’re learning in this one small way to do without. If more states would follow, we might even see a return to the federalism envisioned by the Founders.
Wyoming Schools to Biden: MOLON LABE!
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
"The unions and their leaders are more agenda-driven, anti-parent, and hypocritical than ever."
The Year in Teacher Union Double Dealing
“WKU should know better than to run educational and career programs that exclude students based on race.”
Western Kentucky U Race-Based Scholarships Challenged by Equal Protection Project
ABORTION
"Donald Trump has, nonetheless, been deft in turning the tables on bloodthirsty Democrats."
How Lindsey Graham Sabotaged the Pro-Life Movement Post Dobbs
"Abortion is exposing a split between traditional conservatives and the populist voters who form Trump's base."
Trump is an Abortion Realist
THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
"Gov. Josh Shapiro announced on Tuesday that Pennsylvania will be implementing automatic voter registration through its Department of Transportation."
Pennsylvania’s Switch To Automatic Voter Registration Is ‘Inconsistent’ With State Law, Election Experts Say
"23 states plus D.C. has [sic] this system. Does it shock you that most of the states on the list are blue? I’m not."
Kamala Harris Gushes Over Pennsylvania Implementing Automatic Voter Registration
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
"Constituencies Democrats count on to turn out on Election Day may go in the opposite direction on this issue, poll finds."
POLL: Majority Say Virginia Porn Candidate Should Drop Out, Including Democrats and Women
"[Democrat] Brandon Presley suggested politicians who use private planes to campaign are not on 'the side of the people.'" (And "Brandon" proves it! - jjs)
Mississippi Gubernatorial Hopeful Quietly Deletes Photo From Private Plane After Decrying Private Plane Travel
"While their wives rage against capitalism, they're getting rich."
Meet the Real Househusbands of the "Squad"
"Leftist hypocrisy on full display."
Lauren Boebert and Double Standards
POLITICS
He wrote: "HANDS OFF, BIDEN!" - just kidding - jjs
Trump Autographs Woman’s Shirt in Iowa Bar
Charlie Kirk: "Even if you trade the world for your soul, how incompetent must you be if you can’t even keep the world? Because the way it looks, that’s exactly what the Biden [junta] is doing."
Here's Everything Biden Has Lost Since Being Installed in Office
"Lake’s intention to run has had an effect on the Republican field for the seat currently held by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.), with Blake Masters, the state’s 2022 Senate nominee, appearing to postpone his entry into the race after initially preparing to do so in September."
Kari Lake to Launch AZ Senate Bid
“[Biden’s] completely turned his back on the state. Everybody realizes it,” says Sununu. “I think a lot of folks realize we’re an independent-minded state, tend to be a little more Republican, and that’s why there could be a very strong possibility this state goes Republican in November.” (Going red is meaningless if it goes RINO, like Sununu - jjs)
‘Very Strong Possibility’ New Hampshire Goes Red in 2024
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
"Simply put: We have no extra money to send to Ukraine."
Sen. Rand Paul Op-Ed: The Federal Government Should Not Be Held Hostage for Ukraine Funding
"A recent CNN poll showed a majority of Americans oppose more U.S. aid for Ukraine."
"Vanilli" Milley: Ukraine Fight Can Be Sustained Since ‘The United States, Allied Countries Are Rich’
"Until the Biden [junta] answers Sen. J.D. Vance’s questions, Republicans should prevent sending a single dollar to Ukraine."
The ‘Peacemaker’ Hit List
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Caroline Glick: "This is what the haters from the Israeli left and their progressive friends in the US have prepared to humiliate @IsraeliPM in San Francisco. This isn't about judicial reform. It is about criminalizing the people of Israel for electing a government these fanatics don't control."
Democrat-linked PR Firm Does Not Deny Role in Anti-Netanyahu Protests in U.S.
". . .the logic of the Abraham Accords — which the Saudis tacitly backed during the Trump administration — had been that 'Palestinians' do not have a veto over progress. And MBS appeared to agree. MBS denied reports that he had broken off talks with Israel, and said that negotiations were making progress. 'Every day we get closer,' he said."
MBS Does Not Mention "'Palestinian' State" as Condition for Peace with Israel
In an effort to remind the attendees opting to hear the “Butcher of Tehran’s” speech of his mass murders of Iranian journalists and women, Erdan held up a sign of the slain Mahsa Amini that read “IRANIAN WOMEN DESERVE FREEDOM NOW,” before abruptly exiting the hall.
UN Security Detains Israeli Ambassador After He Protests Iranian President's Speech at General Assembly
David Harsanyi: "Democrats keep appeasing the world’s leading terror state."
Paying Iranian Terrorists Billions In Ransom Is Nothing To Brag About, Mr. [spurious] President
"May we soon see the United Nations become a true organization committed to world peace, or when we see the United States withdraw completely from it. In either event, may the time come soon when the world is committed to peace and to the support of the two great democracies in the world: the United States and Israel."
What Will It Take for the World to Admit That the UN Hates Israel – and America?
“Appeals to national security and traditional values aren’t enough.” (Another fool claiming we have to become socialist to preserve conservatism. Shove it - jjs)
Israel’s Lessons for Right Populists
"India kicked out a Canadian diplomat in retaliation for Canada’s murder allegation and expulsion of an Indian diplomat." (I think India should invade and liberate Canada - jjs)
Tensions Continue to Flare Between Canada and India
"The Chinese of today no doubt view the opioid crisis in America as poetic (and convenient) justice for past sins."
The New Opium Wars
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
Tuberville, a former college football coach, took a victory lap after Schumer announced the votes on Wednesday. “One of us was bluffing. It wasn’t me,” Tuberville said on his personal account. “Democrats are taking the same action they could’ve taken months ago. As long as the Pentagon keeps the unlawful elective abortion policy in place, my holds will remain.”
Schemer Schumer Moves To Confirm Top Military Nominees After Tuberville Calls Audible
Silence blanketed the room for several seconds before Cheeseman volunteered his perspective. “I don’t think we’re ignoring any specific executive order,” Cheeseman said. “In the Navy we do recognize that diversity can be a force for good as we’re mining talent throughout the country to make sure we have the best and most qualified available. That must be the standard.” (Cheesy double-talk - jjs)
Military Leaders Left Speechless After GOP Rep Asks if the Military is Ignoring Biden’s Diversity Order
"Much like the missing F-35, our nation’s military is lost with no sense of direction or purpose." (And zero morale and combat readiness - jjs)
America’s ‘Rainbow’ Military Is On Track To Lose Another Major War
"Students for Fair Admissions strikes again! This time challenging affirmative action at the service academies."
Student Group that Won Affirmative Action Case Against Harvard and UNC Sues West Point for its Race-Based Admissions Policy
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
Raymond Ibrahim: "Armenia — the first nation in the world to adopt Christianity — is a holdout, a thorn in Islam’s side, and, as such, will never know lasting peace from the Muslims surrounding it — not least as the West has thrown it under the bus."
One Thousand Years of Jihad on the Oldest Christian Nation
"Izhar Khan, linked to Taliban funding ring and anti-Semitic mosque, replaced by other radical." (I-KEEEEEEEL-YOU!!!! > I-Keel-You! - jjs)
Controversial Imam Out as Head of Muslim Federation Imams Council
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
"No government checks without real checks on government branches gone rogue. Or as one prominent publication puts it: 'Civics 101.'”
Civics 101: Legislators with "The Power of the Purse" Want to Use It
"If they finish High Speed Rail in the Central Valley it will be an economic disaster, if they don’t it will be an environmental disaster."
California's HSR Scar
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
"What makes this project interesting is its use of an aerospike engine, a rocket-engine concept that has been around for decades but never successfully implemented. If successful here, it will make the engines of Polaris’ spaceplane very efficient."
German space plane company completes test program of prototype
...when Swift and his students studied Dimorphos one month after the impact, the asteroid seemed to have slowed by an additional minute — suggesting it had been slowing continuously since the collision. “The number we got was slightly larger, a change of 34 minutes,” Swift told New Scientist. “That was inconsistent at an uncomfortable level.”
High School students discover new orbital changes from asteroid impacted by DART
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Meh, John Q. Sack " . . . also blasted Trump’s supporters for voting for, in his words, a “mentally ill, virus-spreading, child-abducting Nazi rapist.” He makes Joy Behar sound like Victor Davis Hanson by comparison.
John Cusack Says Democrat Elite "Sold Out the Working Class for Decades": "They're Full of Shit
"Only those identities defined by 'oppression' are useful enough to be celebrated."
Another Month Set Aside for Politicized History
Daniel Greenfield: "And a Pakistani Muslim 009."
Woke James Bond Novels Replace Him With Disabled Black Gay Superspy
"The female model appears to have undergone a double mastectomy, a procedure frequently done when women who identify as men have their breasts removed to look less feminine."
Another Razor Company Slammed After Showcasing Trans Model With Chest Scars
Christian Toto: "Comedian notes difference between comic exaggerations and playing Victim Card."
Andrew Schulz Mocks Hasan Minhaj’s ‘Emotional’ True Lies
"The political class is working hard to undermine itself."
Senators Dressed as Rappers: The Left Is Up to Its Old Tricks
"Yes, growing up with a married mother and father gives kids a leg up in life—even more than it used to."
SHOT: The Two-Parent Advantage
"Broken down by political affiliation, Republicans are more likely than Democrats to say marriage and parenthood are crucial for a fulfilling life; however, voters from both sides are more likely to prioritize careers and friends."
CHASER: Only 1 in 4 Say Parenthood, Marriage Are Crucial for Fulfilling Life
HITHER & YON
"One of America’s 'smelly orthodoxies' just edged closer to history’s dustbin."
A ‘Magic Bullet’ Loses Luster—Again
"Is humanity starting off with incentive frameworks for extraterrestrial development (the Outer Space Treaty,) that are likely to take our future space colonies down the path of evil, dehumanizing social forms?" (A review of the latest book by friend of the blog Bob Zimmerman - jjs)
Moral Choices and the Colonization of Space

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1 WTFO??

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 21, 2023 07:39 AM (BRHaw)

2 I called the dogs

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 21, 2023 07:39 AM (BRHaw)

3 morning, deplorables. Tip of the hat to everyone. Now, to JJS.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 21, 2023 07:40 AM (ahZpG)

4 Good morning, all. Thank you, J.J. You must have been up all night preparing this Morning Report.

Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know they're enemies at September 21, 2023 07:41 AM (GshMh)

5 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 21, 2023 07:41 AM (zhLdt)

6 4 Good morning, all. Thank you, J.J. You must have been up all night preparing this Morning Report.
Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know they're enemies at September 21, 2023 07:41 AM (GshMh)

As we say during Passover, "Ma-nish-ta-nah . . . "

;-)

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 21, 2023 07:42 AM (x0n13)

7 Date?

Posted by: Infidel at September 21, 2023 07:42 AM (CEX6j)

8 Yonder Horde

Garland wasn't "grilled" so much as he was lightly toasted.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 21, 2023 07:44 AM (Q4IgG)

9 Thank you, JJ

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 21, 2023 07:44 AM (1n+EO)

10 I thought Rep. Spartz's comments (inasmuch as I admire her) were rambling, overly charitable and somewhat guileless. She gave way too much benefit of the doubt to Garland. We still do not seem to have internalized how awful and malicious these people are.

Posted by: Ordinary American at September 21, 2023 07:45 AM (wdeHG)

11 Does Garland understand that rogue prosecutors and disproportionately harsh J6 prosecutions are destroying trust in the justice system, as murderers and shoplifters get off easy, and a spirit of lawlessness and corruption infects the land?

No. There was not a sign that his conscience was troubled.
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That's charitable. My own impression is he glories in it, and n his personal power to destroy peoples lives.

He's Beria.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 21, 2023 07:45 AM (ciDfw)

12

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at September 21, 2023 07:46 AM (X4yCj)

13 Good morning JJ and horde

Posted by: Skip at September 21, 2023 07:47 AM (bEFRg)

14 "gradually, then all at once" is universally applicable.

Bravo! and thanks as always JJ!

G'mornin' Horde!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at September 21, 2023 07:48 AM (YNbPJ)

15 "The Hidden Agenda Behind Lockdowns"

I view most everything the government does as an intrusion on my freedom. The agenda is not hidden to those who see what is going on though. Too many are blind to it because they want that protection and fairness the State falsely offers. Freedom is way down their list of things they really want.

Posted by: fd at September 21, 2023 07:50 AM (vFG9F)

16 Good morning again dear morons and thank you JJ

These are not rogue prosecutors. The entire Department of Justice from the janitor and toilet attendants all the way on up are operating either enthusiastically or begrudgingly so as to protect their jobs and pensions (if not their own personal safety; and that is not a stretch to consider), on the basis that what they are doing to enemies of this Junta is standard operating procedure.
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The Nazi ideology had this concept and called it "working toward the Fuehrer" in that good party members always advance the mission even in the absence of direct orders.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 21, 2023 07:52 AM (RIvkX)

17
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 21, 2023 07:52 AM (0eUIs)

18 "I thought Rep. Spartz's comments (inasmuch as I admire her) were rambling, overly charitable and somewhat guileless."

I didn't hear an answer from Garland to her simple question "Are you aware that Americans are afraid of their government?" He wouldn't admit it, because of course he is. That's the plan.

Posted by: fd at September 21, 2023 07:53 AM (vFG9F)

19 Some people do evil things, not so much because they want specific evil ends, but because they love the evil joy of power tripping and getting away with it.

Merrick is one. I loved how he played the Holocaust card when asked about his FBI targeting Catholics as terrorists.

Posted by: Ignoramus at September 21, 2023 07:53 AM (K6vwr)

20 I just want to mention that the F-35 fighter that crashed...

They still have not named or gendered the pilot.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 21, 2023 07:54 AM (1n+EO)

21 I view most everything the government does as an intrusion on my freedom.

This.

Posted by: Infidel at September 21, 2023 07:54 AM (CEX6j)

22 10 I thought Rep. Spartz's comments (inasmuch as I admire her) were rambling, overly charitable and somewhat guileless. She gave way too much benefit of the doubt to Garland. We still do not seem to have internalized how awful and malicious these people are.
Posted by: Ordinary American at September 21, 2023 07:45 AM (wdeHG)

Probably in part a rhetorical ploy. Let the attack itself do the wounding, rather than bluster and bombast. Establish that he is not the good guy, and then let momentum and preference cascade establish that he is the bad guy.

Does it work? Maybe. It's a century long war of memes and perceptions. One soundbite isn't going to vanquish any monsters. But every little pebble adds to the weight of the pile, and it'll stay on the pile easier if you gently place it there, rather than throwing it a hard as you can.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 21, 2023 07:54 AM (9UlRk)

23 That article from I&I about Florida's Surgeon General is one of the most far-left pieces I've ever read, and lets me know that the guy they're attacking is one of the best officials in the State of Florida right now.

A quote from the article, as to why they say he is "deranged" and must be immediately replaced: "Ladapo has long questioned the safety of COVID vaccines, and early in the pandemic joined a petition opposing the Food and Drug Administration’s rapid Emergency Use Authorizations of the Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines."

It then goes on to promote the idea of the Great New Wave of Covid that will mandate vaccines for everyone. They're worried that Ladapo might try to stand in their way.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 21, 2023 07:54 AM (S6gqv)

24 "The program will allow 242,700 an existing temporary protection designation in addition to roughly 472,000 Venezuelans expected to qualify for the new designation to receive work permits and stay in the U.S. without fear of removal,"

They will work for $8 an hour. The elite can have their houses cleaned and yard manicured for 1/3 what it would cost to pay lazy Amerikans.

Posted by: fd at September 21, 2023 07:56 AM (vFG9F)

25 Merrick is one. I loved how he played the Holocaust card when asked about his FBI targeting Catholics as terrorists.
Posted by: Ignoramus at September 21, 2023 07:53 AM (K6vwr)
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That was truly revolting and sickening.

He didn't believe a word he was uttering.

Yesterday I described him as an illustration of the banality of evil.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 21, 2023 07:57 AM (RIvkX)

26 Rep. Troy Nehls has outright said to Garland's face he should be impeached.

And yet...

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 21, 2023 07:57 AM (zhLdt)

27 JJ above: His department is ablaze but he knows nothing.

I was hoping for a New York Post cover this morning with Merrick made into Sgt. Schultz from Hogans Heroes. Lots of irony if they had.

Posted by: Ignoramus at September 21, 2023 07:58 AM (K6vwr)

28 If Garland was to get impeached I doubt it matters who replaces him. As was illustrated with the FBI on J6 the entire Justice Department is rouge and doesn't need direction from the top to go off and do stupid shit. (This is true elsewhere in FedGov too.)

The people at the DoJ are the problem not just the leadership. If the FBI can't keep track of the number of agents and CI's it's got running amok at the Capitol, some apparently of their on volition, replacing Garland isn't going to make a bit of difference.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 21, 2023 07:58 AM (Q4IgG)

29 "Policymakers believe the state, not parents, holds authority over children when it comes to sex and gender issues—but families are pushing back."
NO. They believe the State holds ultimate authority over children, PERIOD.

If you're just fighting the gender and sex stuff, then you're leaving in place the progressive religion that will still think this stuff is worth doing. They'll just resent you while they try to hide it for a while. Until they get enough power back.

Throw out the entire progressive worldview. At least, if you want a free constitutional republic. It's the only way to get it.

Posted by: GWB at September 21, 2023 07:58 AM (M+Nrs)

30 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at September 21, 2023 07:58 AM (53oGX)

31 The more I hear about this Garland guy the less I like about him.

Posted by: Zombie Norm MacDonald at September 21, 2023 08:00 AM (LaNzR)

32 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 21, 2023 08:01 AM (Zz0t1)

33 hiya

Posted by: JT at September 21, 2023 08:02 AM (T4tVD)

34 27 JJ above: His department is ablaze but he knows nothing.

I was hoping for a New York Post cover this morning with Merrick made into Sgt. Schultz from Hogans Heroes. Lots of irony if they had.

Posted by: Ignoramus at September 21, 2023 07:58 AM (K6vwr)

Good idea. Stay tuned . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 21, 2023 08:02 AM (x0n13)

35 Throw out the entire progressive worldview. At least, if you want a free constitutional republic. It's the only way to get it.
Posted by: GWB at September 21, 2023 07:58 AM (M+Nrs)

The progressive worldview, to the extent it exists as a thing anymore, is simply pride, greed, and laziness. It's just a loud, smelly crystallization of raw human nature masquerading as an ideology.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 21, 2023 08:02 AM (9UlRk)

36 I spent my birthday at an Applebee's complaining to The Kid about Tech crap, then accidentally into a long and involved conversation about the situation in Israel touched off by my unthinking casual comment that Israel doesn't have a written Constitution.

Me: "Yeah, Israel doesn't have a formal written Constitution."
The Kid: "....WHAT?"
(Reaches for phone)
The Kid: "Holy s***! You're right!"
Me: "I only said it because I thought that was, you know, common knowledge..."

Posted by: That was a can of worms... at September 21, 2023 08:02 AM (43xH1)

37 Donald Trump Promises the ‘Largest Domestic Deportation Operation in American History’

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Even if...eeeeven if...the 2024 election for president were legitimate and Trump won, I can only imagine how many Hawaiian judges stampede at the chance to slam the door shut and weld it closed for any methods Trump might employ to send these illegals home (where they belong).

Posted by: Lady in Black at September 21, 2023 08:03 AM (mupln)

38 "Policymakers believe the state, not parents, holds authority over children when it comes to sex and gender issues—but families are pushing back."
NO. They believe the State holds ultimate authority over ~~children~~ EVERYONE, PERIOD.

Throw out the entire progressive worldview. At least, if you want a free constitutional republic. It's the only way to get it.
Posted by: GWB at September 21, 2023 07:58 AM (M+Nrs)
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FIFY

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 21, 2023 08:03 AM (YIVH2)

39 37 Donald Trump Promises the ‘Largest Domestic Deportation Operation in American History’

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Even if...eeeeven if...the 2024 election for president were legitimate and Trump won, I can only imagine how many Hawaiian judges stampede at the chance to slam the door shut and weld it closed for any methods Trump might employ to send these illegals home (where they belong).
Posted by: Lady in Black at September 21, 2023 08:03 AM (mupln)

Just pull a Lujan-Grisham and send the wetbacks packing.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 21, 2023 08:04 AM (x0n13)

40 But alas, Merrick Garland is just another Mr. Magoo.

No, he's not.
It's more like a Reverso-world Casablanca, where Congress is buffoonish, inept, supposedly-controlling entity and the policing force is run by Merrick, an evil Captain Louis Renault, rounding up and jailing twice the "usual suspects" he knows did nothing wrong.
"Well aw-shucks, I don't know nuthin' bout these things your talkin' 'bout".

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 21, 2023 08:04 AM (ynpvh)

41 weld it closed for any methods Trump might employ to send these illegals home (where they belong).
Posted by: Lady in Black at September 21, 2023 08:03 AM (mupln)

I got an idea.

Wall off that city in Texas run by a cartel everyone's been talking about. Grant it independence. Surround it with the third infantry division. Deport them there.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 21, 2023 08:04 AM (9UlRk)

42 Biden administration granting temporary legal status to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans already in the U.S.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 21, 2023 08:04 AM (krqg6)

43 Key term AG Garlic said was he’s defending “Our Democracy”. The “Our” does not include us.

Posted by: Crazy to be sane at September 21, 2023 08:04 AM (aaFFZ)

44 Morning, all.

Wish I could have been at that pub to shake Teh Donald's hand.

Back later. Much work.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at September 21, 2023 08:05 AM (AW0uW)

45 There's another agenda behind the lockdowns.

Compliance. Specifically, yours, with what the State is telling you to do. Even if it obviously goes against your better judgement and obviously is detrimental to your freedom.

If you're out of compliance, there's something wrong with you.

That's the deal. It was used to great effect during covid.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 21, 2023 08:05 AM (Q4IgG)

46 Of the many thoroughly repugnant characters associated with the Regime , AG Garland is at the top (or the bottom) of the list. His invocation of his Jewish heritage as proof that he could not possibly be the totalitarian thug that we all recognize, is truly nauseating. If there was an effect of opposition party, he would have been impeached and run out of office a year ago.

Posted by: Ex GOP at September 21, 2023 08:06 AM (qS8WV)

47 Repeat, I'm from the government and I'm here to make your life a living hell.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 21, 2023 08:06 AM (Fw7SF)

48 For whatever definition of the term "grilling" applies, since in real terms, he knows that he will suffer no real consequences just as the scum illegitimate, in political and familial terms, "first family" that he has aided and abetted won't either.
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All the world is a stage.

It - like everything in the public part of American government - was a farce. It's overwrought drama. None of it means anything at all.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 08:06 AM (t0OGg)

49 God, I wish Victoria Spartz had primary challenged Todd Young last year.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at September 21, 2023 08:07 AM (roH4R)

50 47 Repeat, I'm from the government and I'm here to make your life a living hell.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 21, 2023 08:06 AM (Fw7SF)

No you're not. If you were, you'd tell us a lie.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 21, 2023 08:07 AM (x0n13)

51 I got an idea.

Wall off that city in Texas run by a cartel everyone's been talking about. Grant it independence. Surround it with the third infantry division. Deport them there.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 21, 2023 08:04 AM (9UlRk)
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Hmmm. Perhaps a better idea is to send the third infantry division into Mexico, build a walled city THERE and then send the illegals back to THAT city.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 21, 2023 08:07 AM (YIVH2)

52 Col. Klink and Sgt. Schultz were played by Jews, and they were funny. Merrick Garland, not so funny.

Is there anyone less funny than Merrick Garland? I want to think that Hitler made an occasional joke that made Goebbels and even Heydrich laugh.

So there you have it. Worse than Hitler.

Posted by: Ignoramus at September 21, 2023 08:08 AM (K6vwr)

53 Is there anyone less funny than Merrick Garland? I want to think that Hitler made an occasional joke that made Goebbels and even Heydrich laugh.

So there you have it. Worse than Hitler.
Posted by: Ignoramus at September 21, 2023 08:08 AM (K6vwr)
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I doubt even Mel Brooks could make Merrick Garland funny...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 21, 2023 08:09 AM (YIVH2)

54 Does Garland understand that rogue prosecutors and disproportionately harsh J6 prosecutions are destroying trust in the justice system, as murderers and shoplifters get off easy, and a spirit of lawlessness and corruption infects the land?
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Yes, I think he does. Failing trust is either a goal (which I doubt) or an acceptable price to be paid. You can't finish the transition into totalitarianism while maintaining trust. The two are mutually exclusive. Eventually, all that groundwork that the Long Marchers have spent a couple of generations laying must result in either transition to total control or failure of the March.

We entered that transition period with the 2016 election, and we're now past the knee of the curve on it. Trust cannot be maintained, and so its sacrifice is just the cost of doing business. They all know it and the smarter of them - Garland among them - also know that it will make things more difficult. That is what it is. The costs must be borne. If achieving their dictatorship means people don't trust them anymore, then so be it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 08:10 AM (t0OGg)

55 What am I? Chopped liver?

Posted by: Bill Clinton's Rape Victim at September 21, 2023 08:10 AM (AKIVl)

56 Hmmm. Perhaps a better idea is to send the third infantry division into Mexico, build a walled city THERE and then send the illegals back to THAT city.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 21, 2023 08:07 AM (YIVH2)

Today's 3rd Infantry Division is more likely to occupy the statehouse in Austin, abolish the State Government, and invite all the former illegals across the border to help them run the New Regime.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 21, 2023 08:10 AM (S6gqv)

57 "I bet my left nut that Steiner is coming."

"... mein Fuhrer?"

"Get it? Huh? Huh?"

"....HA!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 21, 2023 08:10 AM (9UlRk)

58 The Dems go-to is a sex scandal. When nothing else is working they will come up with some whore to beat on their opponent with.

Posted by: fd at September 21, 2023 08:11 AM (vFG9F)

59 Good morrow Morons & Moronettes !

Posted by: Noah Bawdy at September 21, 2023 08:11 AM (dHDFz)

60 Garland spent the entire time telling the world that he's an incompetent fool and shouldn't be in charge of rolling newspapers for early morning delivery.

Impeach him then arrest him for treason. His incompetence has lead to the incarceration of 100's of Americans, violating their CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.

But alas, nothing will happen. We're f*cked.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 21, 2023 08:11 AM (Zz0t1)

61 The idea that Merrick Garland is Mr Magoo is...well...stupid.

He clearly was enjoying himself during the questioning. Most of the time he wore a weaselly, little smirk on his face.

The rogue DOJ and FBI persecution of American citizens, the Hunter and Joe Bribery foofaraw are his revenge for being denied a Supreme Court seat.

He's laughing his ass off behind that smirk and why not? He's won, after all. He's in a position of power, abusing it, and pissing all over the Republicans, and will never ever be held to account for it. I'm surprised he didn't moon the investigative committee while he was at it.

The only thing this shows is:
1) that Merrick Garland would've made the wise Latina look like a genius of Constitutional law. So, denial of the SC seat was a great choice.

2) the Republicans are ineffectual, limp dickweeds because they gave someone who was clearly unfit for any substantiative gov't position control of the DOJ. They should be ashamed.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 21, 2023 08:12 AM (QzZeQ)

62 These are not rogue prosecutors. The entire Department of Justice from the janitor and toilet attendants all the way on up are operating either enthusiastically or begrudgingly so as to protect their jobs and pensions (if not their own personal safety; and that is not a stretch to consider), on the basis that what they are doing to enemies of this Junta is standard operating procedure. They are operating with the full knowledge, consent and under the orders of the Attorney General of the United States, Merrick Garland, who operates with the full knowledge, approval and directives of the Vegetable-in-Chief in the Oval Office, and ultimately his minders somewhere in Kalorama, Davos/Brussels and Beijing.
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Indeed. Just like how if you support immigration controls, reduced government scope, individual rights and liberties, economic sanity, etc., you are not a Republican. The GOP does not support any of those things. The big state Uniparty denizens of that corrupt party are not the RINOs - *you* are the RINO if you believe those things but still call yourself a Republican.

These are not "rogues" or imposters.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 08:12 AM (t0OGg)

63 Mornin’, All. Happy Birthday, JJ.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 21, 2023 08:13 AM (xTRSc)

64 Huh. Looking up Sept. 21, a lot of crap was done or is celebrated today.

Also the Day of Military Honour in Russia for the Rus defeat of the Golden Horde at the Battle of Kulikovo (which evidently happened on the 8th.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 21, 2023 08:14 AM (zZu0s)

65 >Impeach him then arrest him for treason. His incompetence has lead to the incarceration of 100's of Americans, violating their CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.

not incompetence
it's deliberate

Posted by: DB - at September 21, 2023 08:14 AM (geLO8)

66 I want to think that Hitler made an occasional joke that made Goebbels and even Heydrich laugh.
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His dog has no nose.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 21, 2023 08:15 AM (krqg6)

67 But alas, nothing will happen. We're f*cked.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 21, 2023 08:11 AM (Zz0t1)

Indeed. So Garland got grilled. Now what?

Posted by: Ordinary American at September 21, 2023 08:15 AM (wdeHG)

68 not incompetence
it's deliberate
Posted by: DB - at September 21, 2023 08:14 AM (geLO

Stradivarius really sucked at not making good violins.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 21, 2023 08:15 AM (9UlRk)

69 It's World Miniature Golf Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 21, 2023 08:15 AM (NpAcC)

70 ... another term of Trump, DeSantis, Ramaswamy or even zombie Augusto Pinochet will not be able to effectively overcome the system that is now firmly cemented in place: The Leviathan.
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Which is why I don't care about the presidential election, and don't really care about Congress. The federal government is beyond reform and so the presidency is a false prize. A strong president opposed to Leviathan can achieve some things - Trump showed that - but he will nonetheless, on balance, fail. Trump showed that, too.

States are where the action is. Laying the groundwork for nullification and having them force the issue. War is an alternative, too, of course - but that's a bad choice if it can be avoided while achieving an acceptable outcome. That is why I prefer strong state-driven nullification. That can lead to war (and sometimes does) but it is the only option I see that has war only as a *possible* (even likely) outcome as opposed to the only outcome.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 08:16 AM (t0OGg)

71
Indeed. So Garland got grilled. Now what?
Posted by: Ordinary American at September 21, 2023 08:15 AM (wdeHG)

Satan, laughing, spreads his wings.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 21, 2023 08:16 AM (Zz0t1)

72 Garland is very smart but has a teeny dick, and this has warped his personality. He's never gotten over losing the presidency of the Harvard Law Review to the First Woman, nor to losing his rightful place on SCOTUS.

He's dangerous.

Posted by: Ignoramus at September 21, 2023 08:17 AM (K6vwr)

73 People are truly afraid. This is a big problem when people are afraid of their own government

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It is; but, for whom?

Ms. Spartz is speaking to a regime proponent. In context, it's obviously a rhetorical flourish - because she, of all people, knows it's only a big problem for the people. For guys like Merrick Garland, it's a huge, luxurious, turgid benefit. That fear keeps the demons inside them satiated each day.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 21, 2023 08:17 AM (0FoWg)

74
not incompetence
it's deliberate
Posted by: DB - at September 21, 2023 08:14 AM

We all know, but his statements of knowing nothing about anything within his own department tells us that he's an incompetent fool and shouldn't be in charge of anything, by his own admission.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 21, 2023 08:17 AM (Zz0t1)

75 "So Garland got grilled. Now what?"

I'm going to Disney World!

Posted by: Merrick (who names their kid Merrick) Garland at September 21, 2023 08:18 AM (vFG9F)

76 35 Throw out the entire progressive worldview. At least, if you want a free constitutional republic. It's the only way to get it.
Posted by: GWB at September 21, 2023 07:58 AM (M+Nrs)

The progressive worldview, to the extent it exists as a thing anymore, is simply pride, greed, and laziness. It's just a loud, smelly crystallization of raw human nature masquerading as an ideology.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 21, 2023 08:02 AM (9UlRk)

It's why John Q. Sack, formerly known as John Cusack, rings hollow with his blasting of the Democrats. Oh, he's absolutely on target. But his knee-jerk need to rip Trump and his supporters as braindead psycho Nazis is sheer cognitive dissonance.

By ripping the Dems as he did, he would have to ergo retract all his previous criticisms of conservatives and Trump. That would have been way too psychologically jarring. It would be tacit admission that his worldview was completely wrong.

And that is just a bridge too far for way too many Lefties. It's why I admire folks like Davids Horowitz and Mamet.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 21, 2023 08:18 AM (x0n13)

77 It's my Friday! woot woot.

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 21, 2023 08:18 AM (CIS44)

78 Ms. Spartz is speaking to a regime proponent. In context, it's obviously a rhetorical flourish - because she, of all people, knows it's only a big problem for the people. For guys like Merrick Garland, it's a huge, luxurious, turgid benefit. That fear keeps the demons inside them satiated each day.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 21, 2023 08:17 AM (0FoWg)
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Yes indeed. It's not really about money for most of them, it's about the ability to force their will. It's about power, and they mean it. It's the only thing that slakes their thirst and like any drug, the gap between more and enough never closes.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 08:19 AM (t0OGg)

79 His invocation of his Jewish heritage as proof that he could not possibly be the totalitarian thug that we all recognize, is truly nauseating.

**Chaim Rumkowski has entered the chat**

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at September 21, 2023 08:19 AM (AW0uW)

80 Ms. Spartz is speaking to a regime proponent. In context, it's obviously a rhetorical flourish - because she, of all people, knows it's only a big problem for the people. For guys like Merrick Garland, it's a huge, luxurious, turgid benefit. That fear keeps the demons inside them satiated each day.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 21, 2023 08:17 AM (0FoWg)

The populations of China, Venezuela, and North Korea all live in constant fear of their own governments. Those government know this and smile at a Job Well Done.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 21, 2023 08:19 AM (S6gqv)

81 75 "So Garland got grilled. Now what?"

I'm going to Disney World!
Posted by: Merrick (who names their kid Merrick) Garland at September 21, 2023 08:18 AM (vFG9F)

Five Families >>> Five Towns.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 21, 2023 08:19 AM (x0n13)

82 >Indeed. So Garland got grilled. Now what?
Posted by: Ordinary American

Now, it's Thursday.

Posted by: DB - at September 21, 2023 08:19 AM (geLO8)

83 Note to JJ re the 20 speed limit in Wales: it is in miles per hour, not km. We use a mix of imperial and metric over here.

It's still a load of bollocks, of course.

Posted by: Limey at September 21, 2023 08:20 AM (v3LPa)

84 Ms. Spartz is speaking to a regime proponent. In context, it's obviously a rhetorical flourish - because she, of all people, knows it's only a big problem for the people. For guys like Merrick Garland, it's a huge, luxurious, turgid benefit. That fear keeps the demons inside them satiated each day.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 21, 2023 08:17 AM (0FoWg)

As a born and bred Hoosier, tho I no longer live there, it makes me sad that she is not seeking re-election.

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 21, 2023 08:20 AM (CIS44)

85 I didn't see Merrick Garland's testimony. Why was he bringing up his Jewish background and in reference to what?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 21, 2023 08:20 AM (RSbhh)

86 Garland is what he has always been. My wrath lies with the Republicans that voted to confirm him

Posted by: Ben Had at September 21, 2023 08:21 AM (Fw7SF)

87 Stories that have gone away (incomplete list, to be sure):

Hawaii fires
0bama's dead cook

Posted by: DB - at September 21, 2023 08:21 AM (geLO8)

88 Record number of Australians enroll to vote in referendum that would create Indigenous advocacy body.

Odd you have to enroll when regular voting is mandatory??

[BTW, even with mandatory voting and fines for refusing to vote, turnout is still only about 97%.]

||Australians will be asked to vote in a referendum on Oct 14 to constitutionally recognise its Indigenous people through the establishment of a representative body that can provide non-binding advice to the parliament.

Here's what you need to know about Australia's 'Voice to Parliament' campaign

|
https://tinyurl.com/39h5pbwm

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 21, 2023 08:22 AM (krqg6)

89 Stories that have gone away (incomplete list, to be sure):

Hawaii fires
0bama's dead cook
Posted by: DB - at September 21, 2023 08:21 AM

Damn.....I read that as "0bama's dead cock."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 21, 2023 08:22 AM (Zz0t1)

90 "The Fulda What-now?"
- Eisenhower

"Yeah, i know they're making some nerdy thing or another. What's it called. Doors? Walls? No one tells me anything around here."
- Bill Gates

"They're doing *what* to the Jews?!?!"
- Hitler

Posted by: Great Moments Of Leadership In History at September 21, 2023 08:22 AM (9UlRk)

91 closed for any methods Trump might employ to send these illegals home (where they belong).
Posted by: Lady in Black at September 21, 2023 08:03 AM (mupln)

I got an idea.

Wall off that city in Texas run by a cartel everyone's been talking about. Grant it independence. Surround it with the third infantry division. Deport them there.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 21, 2023 08:

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I have several questions about that " city"

Do they have their own police? I'm in Michigan where we have a large Muslim population, ( think Rashid Talieb) so they have taken over at least 2 large cities. People like Rashid Talieb are cagey enough NOT to run in the Muslim districts. The Muslim population here is basically conservative and she is not.

Posted by: Chillin the most at September 21, 2023 08:22 AM (0uQp2)

92 79 His invocation of his Jewish heritage as proof that he could not possibly be the totalitarian thug that we all recognize, is truly nauseating.

**Chaim Rumkowski has entered the chat**
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at September 21, 2023 08:19 AM (AW0uW)

There's a name to make you vomit. Supposedly he was beaten to death by the Lodz Ghetto residents he abused right before the SS men shut the doors on them in the gas chamber and dropped the Zyklon B.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 21, 2023 08:22 AM (x0n13)

93 >didn't see Merrick Garland's testimony. Why was he bringing up his Jewish background and in reference to what?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

as a defense about his supposed anti-Catholic bias

Posted by: DB - at September 21, 2023 08:22 AM (geLO8)

94 "Stories that have gone away (incomplete list, to be sure):

Hawaii fires
0bama's dead cook
Posted by: DB"

Both are easily explained.

Posted by: Climate Change at September 21, 2023 08:22 AM (vFG9F)

95 Now, it's Thursday.
Posted by: DB - at September 21, 2023 08:19 AM (geLO

++++
Yup. Raul Julia nailed it perfectly in that execrable "Street Fighter" movie.
https://youtu.be/iVzAMmpMra8

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 08:23 AM (t0OGg)

96 Stories that have gone away (incomplete list, to be sure):

Hawaii fires
0bama's dead cook
Posted by: DB - at September 21, 2023 08:21 AM

Damn.....I read that as "0bama's dead cock."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 21, 2023 08:22 AM (Zz0t1)

*nods in agreement*

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 21, 2023 08:23 AM (CIS44)

97 One of the things that made Hitler such an effective communicator was his sense of humor. It was a bitter, cynical kind of humor, but he could and did make audiences laugh.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 21, 2023 08:23 AM (0FoWg)

98 @70. Don't disagree about states, but strongly disagree about the Federal government. Even if Trump 2.0 is limited there's all the things that won't happen if a Governor Brylcreem is POTUS. Especially so if we have a big economic downturn, as I expect. And I expect a Trump 2.0 will be effective after a wave election keeps the House and flips the Senate.

Posted by: Ignoramus at September 21, 2023 08:24 AM (K6vwr)

99 The Democrats latest insane talking point-

The open border is the Republicans fault because they won't stop talking about.

If the Republicans wouldn't talk about it so much, people wouldn't come.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 21, 2023 08:24 AM (NpAcC)

100 Claiming ignorance is an age old tactic employed by bureaucrats.

It would have been better if the GOP had put their egos in check and brought in some actual lawyers who were familiar with the various issues the idiots wanted to "discuss" with Garland. A fairly competent lawyer would have had Garland on the ropes inside of 5 minutes.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 21, 2023 08:24 AM (Q4IgG)

101 " Stories that have gone away (incomplete list, to be sure):

Hawaii fires
0bama's dead cook"

Name and sex of the Marine pilot that ejected from the now found F-35 fighter over North Charleston

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 21, 2023 08:25 AM (1n+EO)

102 The federal government is beyond reform and so the presidency is a false prize. A strong president opposed to Leviathan can achieve some things - Trump showed that - but he will nonetheless, on balance, fail. Trump showed that, too.
=================
This is why I have (for years now) called for the Philip Hamburger approach to the Administrative State, which is to recognize it is unconstitutional and illegal. Only SCOTUS can save us, more specifically Gorsuch, and it won't happen as dramatically as I would like, if it happens even a little.

But it must happen. This fourth branch of government, never authorized in our Constitution, is leviathan. Biden, Garland, Mayorkas, Romney, McConnell et al are its advocates.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 21, 2023 08:25 AM (5v131)

103 States are where the action is. Laying the groundwork for nullification and having them force the issue. War is an alternative, too, of course - but that's a bad choice if it can be avoided while achieving an acceptable outcome. That is why I prefer strong state-driven nullification. That can lead to war (and sometimes does) but it is the only option I see that has war only as a *possible* (even likely) outcome as opposed to the only outcome.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 08:16 AM (t0OGg)

There is going to have go be a complete economic collapse of the dollar, along with Argentina style 150% per year inflation before there will be enough anger, even in a resistant state like Texas, for this to be a viable option. As the recent contretemps with Ken Paxton shows, even Texas is still far too divided politically for the kind of unified action it would take to directly take on the Fed Gov. (our side won that fight, but just barely - even in Texas, conservatives only really control 1/2 of one of the 2 legislative bodies)

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 21, 2023 08:25 AM (S6gqv)

104 Three South African navy personnel dead, one in critical condition after being swept off a submarine deck by big waves.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 21, 2023 08:26 AM (krqg6)

105 My theory?

That plane never had a pilot on-board.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 21, 2023 08:26 AM (9UlRk)

106 Why was he bringing up his Jewish background and in reference to what?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

It's essentially the race card. A deflector shield that let's you claim absolute moral authority because you have 100% victimhood in your background. Or something like that.

Horrid. And all it does is give more ammo to the real Jew-haters out there. With Yids like this, who needs the Aryan Brotherhood?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 21, 2023 08:26 AM (x0n13)

107 We just tax you to torture you. We don't need your money because we print whatever we need. In fact we would save money if we didn't maintain the apparatus we use to get your money.
And that refund?
We're passive-aggressive.

Posted by: IRS at September 21, 2023 08:26 AM (AKIVl)

108 If the Republicans wouldn't talk about it so much, people wouldn't come.
Posted by: redridinghood at September 21, 2023 08:24 AM (NpAcC)

and if people didn't talk about carjackings in Chicago, no one would jack cars anymore. Riiiggghhhhttttt.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 21, 2023 08:27 AM (S6gqv)

109 And I expect a Trump 2.0 will be effective after a wave election keeps the House and flips the Senate.
Posted by: Ignoramus at September 21, 2023 08:24 AM (K6vwr)
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A wave election is the *LAST* thing GOPe wants, especially if Trump looks likely to win.

They'll gladly take a dive in both the House and Senate.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 21, 2023 08:27 AM (YIVH2)

110 For that, a revolution will be required. Hopefully, it's as peaceful with as little if any bloodshed as possible. Likely it will not be, just as the outcome is very much in doubt.

Revolution/civil war is the least likely of the three outcomes. If people aren't shooting already, I don't know what could provoke them to start. At the end of the day, the "Don't Tread on Me" side is full of sound and fury but signifies nothing.

The second least likely outcome is national divorce; which would resolve everything very peacefully. I doubt the Oligarch class would allow it to happen, though.

The most likely outcome is Leviathan collapses in a black hole of debt; perhaps pushed by the BRICS replacing the dollar with a new trading currency. The dollar goes from being worth a dollar to being worth nothing. The Rick Sanchez scenario.

The burning times will be rough; less so for those who put aside some food and ammo, and learned a practical skill.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 21, 2023 08:27 AM (9yUzE)

111 Don't disagree about states, but strongly disagree about the Federal government. Even if Trump 2.0 is limited there's all the things that won't happen if a Governor Brylcreem is POTUS. Especially so if we have a big economic downturn, as I expect. And I expect a Trump 2.0 will be effective after a wave election keeps the House and flips the Senate.
Posted by: Ignoramus at September 21, 2023 08:24 AM (K6vwr)
++++
The president, at absolute best, acts as a retarder on the Leviathan. He can introduce a little bit of resistance so it picks up speed a tad more slowly. He cannot slow it down, he cannot stop it, he cannot change its direction.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 08:27 AM (t0OGg)

112 and if people didn't talk about carjackings in Chicago, no one would jack cars anymore. Riiiggghhhhttttt.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 21, 2023 08:27 AM (S6gqv)

If Kia and Hyundai wouldn't build cars so easy to steal, people would stop stealing cars.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 21, 2023 08:27 AM (Zz0t1)

113 "Stories that have gone away (incomplete list, to be sure):

Hawaii fires
0bama's dead cook
Posted by: DB"

East Palestine, Transexual terrorist, Afghanistan . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 21, 2023 08:28 AM (x0n13)

114 you know the day is going to suck when you need 2 Tylenol with your morning coffee

Posted by: DB - at September 21, 2023 08:29 AM (geLO8)

115 They'll gladly take a dive in both the House and Senate.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 21, 2023 08:27 AM (YIVH2)

House for sure, I'm not sure even the GOPe can fuck all these senate races even taking WVa and MT would move it to 50/50 with a R-VP (in a Trump win of course)

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 21, 2023 08:29 AM (CIS44)

116 107 We just tax you to torture you. We don't need your money because we print whatever we need. In fact we would save money if we didn't maintain the apparatus we use to get your money.
And that refund?
We're passive-aggressive.
Posted by: IRS at September 21, 2023 08:26 AM (AKIVl)

This is literally true now - look at the "Klimate Korps" that Biden announced yesterday. Congress had turned down funding it, so Biden is going to create it anyways and just print money to pay for it. Congress has given up all its power over appropriations, and Taxes now ONLY exist to punish political enemies and signal policy preferences (through managed "tax breaks") Same as was done in all the communist countries.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 21, 2023 08:29 AM (S6gqv)

117 and if people didn't talk about carjackings in Chicago, no one would jack cars anymore. Riiiggghhhhttttt.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 21, 2023 08:27 AM (S6gqv)
******
Yes, the Republicans created that mess too because they won't stop talking about it.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 21, 2023 08:29 AM (NpAcC)

118 >Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 21, 2023 08:28 AM (x0n13)

the MSM has a very short attention span- 1, 2 weeks tops
again, this is deliberate

Posted by: DB - at September 21, 2023 08:30 AM (geLO8)

119 I read about how Gen Z college students are hiring 'concierge services' as stand-in parents to take care of them and all I can think of is "Those people are going to get eaten when the burning times come."

https://is.gd/LEgR9n

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 21, 2023 08:30 AM (9yUzE)

120 If you accept and assert who Garland really is and the reality of the evil in and behind him, the challenge to do something about it becomes morally ineluctable and, for Republicans, unbearable. The condemnation falls equally on them for their inaction. This is why they always fall short, and why you hear things like Garland is "Mr. Magoo" -- incompetence is more easily written off than evil, the moral and civic burden to actually do something about it lightens.

The worst the Left gets, the more Republicans engage in a kind of weird theater of sound, fury and dither.

And the Left seems to know this very well.

Posted by: Ordinary American at September 21, 2023 08:32 AM (wdeHG)

121 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 21, 2023 08:26 AM (x0n13)

Thanks. That was just part of his initial testimony or in reference to particular questioning by Congresspeople?.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 21, 2023 08:32 AM (RSbhh)

122 Thanks JJ !

AGAIN !!!

Posted by: JT at September 21, 2023 08:32 AM (T4tVD)

123 It's also,
National Pecan Cookie Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 21, 2023 08:32 AM (NpAcC)

124 The national debt looks very much like an exponential curve.

Someone misquoted the debt as $330 trillion, not $33 trillion.

If the trend continues, we'll hit that third of a quadrillion mark in a couple years.

And the Republicans will inevitably be talking about how $329 trillion is the sane baseline we need to Fiercely Conserve our way back to.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 21, 2023 08:33 AM (9UlRk)

125 And I expect a Trump 2.0 will be effective after a wave election keeps the House and flips the Senate.

A Trump candidate just got his clock cleaned in a New Hampshire district that's +22 Republican, flipping the New Hampshire statehouse to the Democrats. The belief that Trump can win in a general is Pure. Fckg. Delusional.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 21, 2023 08:33 AM (9yUzE)

126 Great selection of news today as always, but the link about the quadruple murder goes to a ballot-stuffing scandal story.

Posted by: Mega Ultra MAGA Man at September 21, 2023 08:34 AM (83IzV)

127 "Kill-and-Run! Minority Teens "Allegedly" Intentionally Hit White Retired Police Chief, "Yeah, Hit His Ass"
=======================
That was as depraved an act as I can imagine.

The Death Penalty should be their fate, and I say that as someone who thinks the death penalty should be used only very rarely and in the clearest cases.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 21, 2023 08:34 AM (5v131)

128 Kenya commits to leading a multinational force in Haiti to combat gang warfare.

Justin Trudeau meeting with Haitian officials today to discuss rampant gang violence.
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I think my wallet just got alot lighter.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 21, 2023 08:34 AM (krqg6)

129 I read about how Gen Z college students are hiring 'concierge services' as stand-in parents to take care of them and all I can think of is "Those people are going to get eaten when the burning times come."

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Eh, the mollycoddled whelps of the kind of power players who can afford digital butlers for their matriculations will be eating caviar in their hilltop mansions while they set fire to the world below, one day.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 21, 2023 08:34 AM (0FoWg)

130 ... The most likely outcome is Leviathan collapses in a black hole of debt; perhaps pushed by the BRICS replacing the dollar with a new trading currency. The dollar goes from being worth a dollar to being worth nothing. The Rick Sanchez scenario. ...
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 21, 2023 08:27 AM (9yUzE)
++++
I agree open rebellion/civil war is extremely unlikely. Nothing is impossible, but I don't think it will happen.

Post-consolidation collapse after overextension and loss of international positions is a more likely possibility, I think, but more in the middle of the pack. Nullification resulting in breakup or reform is also a possibility, but I put it even lower (though it is my preferred outcome). I think coup d'etat is more likely than either (though I have no clue as to who - but the conditions are increasingly appropriate for a coup), or post-consolidation degradation that avoids collapse for a goodly while, which is what I think is most likely.

30 or so more years. Then, when the post-Zoomers reach adulthood and have no respect for anything or anyone and have little to lose but a future to gain, they revolt. Until then, grinding decline.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 08:35 AM (t0OGg)

131 The hackers followed up the post with several others, including one saying “Fuck @JoeBiden Stupid Ass N*gga” – possibly in an attempt to get the account banned.

LMMFAO

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 21, 2023 08:35 AM (Zz0t1)

132 Devine: He is just an oblivious bystander...

[ blinks]

OBLIVIOUS!?? (Pardon my shouting)
She's not that clueless, is she?

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at September 21, 2023 08:35 AM (Rbu5d)

133 Revolution/civil war is the least likely of the three outcomes. If people aren't shooting already, I don't know what could provoke them to start. At the end of the day, the "Don't Tread on Me" side is full of sound and fury but signifies nothing.

We are too old as a people for a revolution; tell people you're cutting off social security, medicare, and welfare, and more than 50% of the population immediately folds and promises to obey, no matter what.

But I agree that a black hole of economic collapse looms more closely every day, and it is not that improbable. I was looking at the Venezuelan situation a couple days ago, even though that's another thing it's now Verboten to talk or think about, and Venezuela's economy has shrunk by 75% since the current dictatorship took over. *everyone* there (except regime members) is in abject poverty, those who complain are beaten or killed. They achieved that in just about 8 years, and that's the path we look to be headed down.

and no, there's no revolution brewing in Venezuela - just endless dictatorship.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 21, 2023 08:35 AM (S6gqv)

134 Lots of people are stretched to the limit financially, and gas prices are about to go up significantly. Lots of people are 65+, and SS is about to get cut significantly. Many cities are about to go broke and their minority residents are waking up to how the Left has been using them.

So lots of people, especially white non-college, will get off their asses to vote, while many D voters will stay home.

That's the recipe for a wave election and Trump is exactly the guy to lead it.

Posted by: Ignoramus at September 21, 2023 08:36 AM (K6vwr)

135 A Trump candidate just got his clock cleaned in a New Hampshire district that's +22 Republican, flipping the New Hampshire statehouse to the Democrats. The belief that Trump can win in a general is Pure. Fckg. Delusional.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 21, 2023 08:33 AM (9yUzE)

New Hampshire Republican doesn't really scream "MAGA", though. I don't know if you're right or wrong, but i don't think we're actually polarizing as a country. I think we're pulverizing.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 21, 2023 08:36 AM (9UlRk)

136 They'll gladly take a dive in both the House and Senate.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 21, 2023 08:27 AM (YIVH2)

Expect Miss Lindsey to pipe up about federally outlawing abortion and perhaps instituting slavery.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 21, 2023 08:36 AM (zZu0s)

137 Doom cycle this morning it appears.

One thing to keep reminding oneself is that the regime's core is only about a quarter of the population not the 41-43 percent being reported. The remainder of the percentage are the ones depending on Uncle Sam to give them a check.

Once Uncle Sam's money goes and it is, bought loyalties will be worth the paper the dollar is printed on.

One preparation useful for Burning Time is to develop a skill, learn to farm in small acres, and build bridges with your neighbors to support each other. Barter economics are often the way that people survive when the currency is worthless.

Posted by: whig at September 21, 2023 08:36 AM (Q9+wR)

138 A Trump candidate just got his clock cleaned in a New Hampshire district that's +22 Republican, flipping the New Hampshire statehouse to the Democrats. The belief that Trump can win in a general is Pure. Fckg. Delusional.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo

While I nominally agree that Trump can't win in the general, Special Elections are in no way an indicator of what will happen in a general election in a presidential year.

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 21, 2023 08:36 AM (CIS44)

139 ... The worst the Left gets, the more Republicans engage in a kind of weird theater of sound, fury and dither.

And the Left seems to know this very well.
Posted by: Ordinary American at September 21, 2023 08:32 AM (wdeHG)
++++
Republicans are on the Left, too. They're part of the same system. They play a different role in the grand theater, but they're on the same side.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 08:37 AM (t0OGg)

140 Eh, the mollycoddled whelps of the kind of power players who can afford digital butlers for their matriculations will be eating caviar in their hilltop mansions while they set fire to the world below, one day.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 21, 2023 08:34 AM (0FoWg)
++++
Yup, exactly.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 08:37 AM (t0OGg)

141 we were promised a wave last year, if I remember right

Posted by: DB - at September 21, 2023 08:38 AM (geLO8)

142 while they set fire to the world below, one day.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 21, 2023 08:34 AM (0FoWg)
++++
Yup, exactly.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 08:37 AM (t0OGg)

Flames rise.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 21, 2023 08:38 AM (9UlRk)

143 135 A Trump candidate just got his clock cleaned in a New Hampshire district that's +22 Republican, flipping the New Hampshire statehouse to the Democrats. The belief that Trump can win in a general is Pure. Fckg. Delusional.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo
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My guess is that the RINOs in NH wanted the guy to lose and voted for the Dem. I also believe that fraud was in the mix. Always consider that the Mitt Romney Republicans would rather lose the seat to a Dem because they hate their own side worse.

Posted by: whig at September 21, 2023 08:39 AM (Q9+wR)

144 we were promised a wave last year, if I remember right
Posted by: DB - at September 21, 2023 08:38 AM

We were also promised free and fair elections.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 21, 2023 08:39 AM (Zz0t1)

145 If Congress had any spine, they'd have him arrested for contempt of Congress and hold him until such time as the J6 prisoners are released. But that would require a willingness to push back harder than anybody in the FedGov has since LINCOLN, which I doubt ANYBODY has the backbone for in this era.

Posted by: American Hawkman at September 21, 2023 08:39 AM (skAOD)

146 I see that the Tucker/Ken Paxton interview dropped last night.
Haven't watched, but will do so later

Twitchy-Tucker on X, Episode 25: Ken Paxton breaks his silence

https://tinyurl.com/k8b85ysa

Posted by: redridinghood at September 21, 2023 08:39 AM (NpAcC)

147 We were also promised free and fair elections.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at Se

Were you though?
-Tammany Hall

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 21, 2023 08:39 AM (CIS44)

148 We were also promised free and fair elections.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 21, 2023 08:39 AM (Zz0t1)

I was promised not getting a blowjob from Madonna.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 21, 2023 08:40 AM (9UlRk)

149 Flames rise.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 21, 2023 08:38 AM (9UlRk)
++++
I set fires, I am not consumed by them. The fires will never, ever touch me. The fires I set are, in part, for my own protection. The other part is that I like burning people alive. It serves a dual purpose and will never, ever backfire. I am immune. I am invincible. I have power and I use it.

Posted by: Ruling Class member in good standing at September 21, 2023 08:40 AM (t0OGg)

150 Along with being able to make audiences laugh, the Fuhrer was a terrific dancer.

Posted by: Austria's Got Talent at September 21, 2023 08:40 AM (83IzV)

151 Morning Horde, thx JJ. Garland bringing up the Holocaust as a shield brings me to one question regarding anti- semitism. Why the hell did Biden cross himself when sitting with Netanyahu? I'm a Roman Catholic but I've never heard of crossing yourself when talking to a person for the Jewish faith . We cross ourselves when praying or in tough situations to ask for the Lord's protection, but this was just weird

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 21, 2023 08:41 AM (mCz8T)

152 >>. ... The worst the Left gets, the more Republicans engage in a kind of weird theater of sound, fury and dither.

well that's what happened yesterday with Garland on the Hill-

Republicans had some time to speak to him in harsh tones and generate angry quotes for fundraising purposes

and that was Wednesday
today, Biden is still 'president' and the J6 People languish in prison

Posted by: DB - at September 21, 2023 08:41 AM (geLO8)

153 Always pay for the high-end car wash instead...

A murdered Ecuadorian cartel boss known as “El Fatal” was buried with hundreds of pistols, shotguns and rifles in his coffin so he could be “armed to the teeth in the afterlife.”

Julian Sevillano, the 39-year-old reputed leader of “Los Fatales,” was with his 20-year-old daughter getting a regular car wash in Moroche last Wednesday when they were suddenly ambushed by gunmen, according to La Nacion.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 21, 2023 08:41 AM (krqg6)

154 …’New Hampshire going red in 2024’…
Total joke. That state is a total joke.
Filled with blue haired AWFL’s and week wristed fancy boys.
‘Live Free or Die’, total farce.

Posted by: Redenzo at September 21, 2023 08:41 AM (V/pbu)

155 I think coup d'etat is more likely than either (though I have no clue as to who - but the conditions are increasingly appropriate for a coup)"

I suppose it's our good fortune that there is now *no* *one* with the combination of military authority and public backing who could lead a coup. Any coup we had would end up looking like the recent one in Niger, where the head of the President's Security Detail declared himself to be the new Supreme Ruler because he was holding the old President prisoner and was going to shoot him if his backers didn't acquiesce.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 21, 2023 08:42 AM (S6gqv)

156 Morning Horde, thx JJ. Garland bringing up the Holocaust as a shield brings me to one question regarding anti- semitism. Why the hell did Biden cross himself when sitting with Netanyahu? I'm a Roman Catholic but I've never heard of crossing yourself when talking to a person for the Jewish faith . We cross ourselves when praying or in tough situations to ask for the Lord's protection, but this was just weird
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Obviously he was asking for protection from the evil Jew he was being forced to speak with.

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 21, 2023 08:42 AM (CIS44)

157 This is a rather restrained and diplomatic way of saying that, not only are Azerbaijani claims absolutely false but they are also -- as most falsehoods nowadays tend to be -- the exact inverse of the truth.
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The Turks and Azerbaijanis are explicitly headed towards another Armenian genocide. Biden, Sullivan, Blinken et al say literally nothing, fearful of offending these putative "allies".

"Kill the Christians!" is an ok philosophy, in America's eyes.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 21, 2023 08:42 AM (leqXh)

158 "But Biden thinks .. "

Fact not in evidence.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at September 21, 2023 08:42 AM (Rbu5d)

159 ... A murdered Ecuadorian cartel boss known as “El Fatal” was buried with hundreds of pistols, shotguns and rifles in his coffin so he could be “armed to the teeth in the afterlife.” ...
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 21, 2023 08:41 AM (krqg6)
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Well, his men are looking out for him, I guess.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 08:42 AM (t0OGg)

160 Good morning! What fresh he. . . aw, I don't want to know.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 21, 2023 08:43 AM (izj35)

161
I was promised not getting a blowjob from Madonna.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 21, 2023 08:40 AM (9UlRk)

Did you vote for Hillary? Did Madonna not come through on her promise?

IMPEACH!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 21, 2023 08:43 AM (Zz0t1)

162 NYC's turnaround shows what can happen when things get bad enough. And all the smart people said it was impossible.

Now NYC is pissing it away, but that's a later story.

Posted by: Ignoramus at September 21, 2023 08:43 AM (K6vwr)

163
A Trump candidate just got his clock cleaned in a New Hampshire district that's +22 Republican, flipping the New Hampshire statehouse to the Democrats. The belief that Trump can win in a general is Pure. Fckg. Delusional.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo

I suspect the answer as to 'why' might be in this paragraph

Neither victory, by itself, can indicate much about the political environment. Only about 10,000 voters cast ballots in Pennsylvania, and just 2,800 did in New Hampshire. But both continue a trend of Democrats overperforming both President Joe Biden’s 2020 results and the results of the 2022 midterms in special elections so far this year. The trend began after the Dobbs decision striking down abortion rights, and has only accelerated since the midterms.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 21, 2023 08:44 AM (enJYY)

164 I suppose it's our good fortune that there is now *no* *one* with the combination of military authority and public backing who could lead a coup. Any coup we had would end up looking like the recent one in Niger, where the head of the President's Security Detail declared himself to be the new Supreme Ruler because he was holding the old President prisoner and was going to shoot him if his backers didn't acquiesce.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 21, 2023 08:42 AM (S6gqv)
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Yup. Not the president, but the actual power players but yeah, same concept could play out here at some point.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 08:44 AM (t0OGg)

165 I would love to see a Rep give AG Garlic showering praise for not knowing anything occurring in his department, and that his parents would be proud of him for locking up non-violent grandmas.

He won’t admit to anything, but at least that might reach his ego and wretched black soul.

Posted by: Crazy to be sane at September 21, 2023 08:44 AM (aaFFZ)

166 Obviously he was asking for protection from the evil Jew he was being forced to speak with.
Posted by: BruceWayne at September 21, 2023 08:42 AM (CIS44)

Honestly, i think he's just a retard running on pure muscle memory.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 21, 2023 08:44 AM (9UlRk)

167
Honestly, i think he's just a retard running on pure muscle memory.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 21, 2023 08:44 AM (9UlRk)

Retard strength trumps smart power.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 21, 2023 08:45 AM (Zz0t1)

168 Obviously he was asking for protection from the evil Jew he was being forced to speak with.
Posted by: BruceWayne at September 21, 2023 08:42 AM (CIS44)

Honestly, i think he's just a retard running on pure muscle memory.
Posted by: Warai-otoko a

Well yes. Two things can be true at once.

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 21, 2023 08:45 AM (CIS44)

169 My guess is that the RINOs in NH wanted the guy to lose and voted for the Dem. I also believe that fraud was in the mix. Always consider that the Mitt Romney Republicans would rather lose the seat to a Dem because they hate their own side worse.
Posted by: whig at September 21, 2023 08:39 AM (Q9+wR)
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That's exactly why there will be no wave election in the House or Senate next year. The GOPe is quite happy with the status quo and will do whatever it takes--including losing seats in Congress--to maintain it.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 21, 2023 08:45 AM (YIVH2)

170 I would love to see a Rep give AG Garlic showering praise for not knowing anything occurring in his department, and that his parents would be proud of him for locking up non-violent grandmas.

He won’t admit to anything, but at least that might reach his ego and wretched black soul.
Posted by: Crazy to be sane a

SURVEY SAYS:

Nah

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 21, 2023 08:45 AM (CIS44)

171 Garland's just getting even for being denied a SCOTUS seat. He is petty, vindictive and clearly corrupt.

Posted by: creeper at September 21, 2023 08:46 AM (cTCuP)

172 The trend began after the Dobbs decision striking down abortion rights, and has only accelerated since the midterms.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 21, 2023 08:44 AM (enJYY)

I mean i was really just going for dead babies, but the collapse of civil society is always a welcome bonus!

Posted by: Bel-Moloch at September 21, 2023 08:46 AM (9UlRk)

173 A Trump candidate just got his clock cleaned in a New Hampshire district that's +22 Republican, flipping the New Hampshire statehouse to the Democrats. The belief that Trump can win in a general is Pure. Fckg. Delusional.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo

Most politics is local and personal. We need to know more about who this person was. A "Trump candidate" doesn't say much.

Posted by: Ordinary American at September 21, 2023 08:46 AM (wdeHG)

174 I was dead tired so came to work (and AoS) one hour later than usual. It’s amazing how roads completely empty at 6am are kinda full by 7!

Love Miranda Devine but I think she was a bit off in her Garland assessment. He’s not confused… he simply has no shame and zero respect for congress and knows he can do whatever he wants without consequence. He shows up and goes on autopilot and couldn’t care less about being “owned” by congress critters in their theatrical performances. Then he goes back to work to try putting regime critics and the guy who’ll be the GOP nominee in jail….. I’m sick of congress. Shut up and defund or just shut up

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 21, 2023 08:47 AM (xJnZb)

175 Most politics is local and personal. We need to know more about who this person was. A "Trump candidate" doesn't say much.
Posted by: Ordinary American at Sep

I think he was the one that the local media was reporting that he said god had spoken to him and told him the 2020 election was stolen.

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 21, 2023 08:47 AM (CIS44)

176 Garland realizes that he's never going to be on SCOTUS.

This is his last gig to materially have an effect on public policy. He sign up with some big firm, make a few phone calls for friends, and drift into the twilight whether Biden wins or not.

His BS is in response to his denial on the bench in large part and to protect friends. Nothing more. Nothing less. IMHO

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at September 21, 2023 08:48 AM (FxH7T)

177 ++++
The president, at absolute best, acts as a retarder on the Leviathan. He can introduce a little bit of resistance so it picks up speed a tad more slowly. He cannot slow it down, he cannot stop it, he cannot change its direction.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 08:27 AM (t0OGg)

I disagree with this. The President has a pretty large amount of discretionary action at his hands IIRC.

He can (severely) downsize departments.
And make staying in that dept unpleasant:

If I were Prez, I'd relocate a quarter of the DOJ and FBI instantly to Del Rio Texas, even if they had to live and operate out of tents and tin shacks.

And then i'd displace other quarters to Moose Ass, Alaska, same dealio, tents and tin shacks. Nowheresville Nebraska. Etc.

Then I'd sit back and watch the quitting start.

There are things that can be done.

It's silly to give up Federal power to the Dims as we've seen with Pelosi and Biden, Schumer, etc.
It can always be worse.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 21, 2023 08:49 AM (QzZeQ)

178 My guess is that the RINOs in NH wanted the guy to lose and voted for the Dem. I also believe that fraud was in the mix. Always consider that the Mitt Romney Republicans would rather lose the seat to a Dem because they hate their own side worse.

And that same set of factors will be in play in 2024. Bush-Republicans won't vote for Trump. Democrat turn out will be embiggened by a Trump candidacy. And there will be massive fraud.

It's a triple whammy and there is no way Trump can beat it. Frankly, Trump is delusional. He thinks he can overcome those factors by sheer force of personality, so he's not doing any kind of strategy or ground-work to counter them. (You know, besides telling Democrats he's pro-choice.)

Ken Paxton said he warned Trump about voter fraud and ballot harvesting in 2020 but Trump wouldn't listen.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 21, 2023 08:49 AM (9yUzE)

179 That's exactly why there will be no wave election in the House or Senate next year. The GOPe is quite happy with the status quo and will do whatever it takes--including losing seats in Congress--to maintain it.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 21, 2023 08:45 AM (YIVH2)

Even in Texas, the GOP-e did it's best to get rid of Ken Paxton. They almost did. (it's still comical to me that all of the "Experts" were saying "oh yeah he's gonna be impeached, no doubt about that.")

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 21, 2023 08:49 AM (S6gqv)

180 Re: Russell Brand - Saw a great twitter thread (but can't link, nitter not working) that compared the "consent" issue with #metoo-ish expectations vs. the current invasion of third-worlders into the US and Europe (particularly that poor Italian island w/3k residents vs. something like 20k arrivals in the past week).

So yes, please don't demand I care about consent of some groupees 10+ years ago while good people all over are having invaders dumped into their communities, schools, and then committing all sorts of crimes upon them (theft, rape, murder, etc.) without their consent.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 21, 2023 08:49 AM (izj35)

181 Hitler, there was a painter. He could paint an entire apartment in one afternoon! Two coats!

Posted by: Ignoramus at September 21, 2023 08:50 AM (K6vwr)

182
I would bet my bottom dollar that the election in New Hampshire had 100% turnout of single women.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 21, 2023 08:50 AM (enJYY)

183 125, 135 Didn't New Hampshire have primaries, so a Maga guy got his clock cleaned by another republican. Ok, so how does that flip the NH Legislature, it's only the primaries. That doesn't mean the republican won't win MAGA or not in November. I guess I don't understand your point.

Posted by: Jaimo at September 21, 2023 08:50 AM (DBrN4)

184 Love Miranda Devine but I think she was a bit off in her Garland assessment. He’s not confused… he simply has no shame and zero respect for congress and knows he can do whatever he wants without consequence. He shows up and goes on autopilot and couldn’t care less about being “owned” by congress critters in their theatrical performances. Then he goes back to work to try putting regime critics and the guy who’ll be the GOP nominee in jail….. I’m sick of congress. Shut up and defund or just shut up
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 21, 2023 08:47 AM (xJnZb)
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Essentially my take.

"Respect" Congress? Why? It's laughable. Fearing Congress is even more laughable.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 08:51 AM (t0OGg)

185 Most politics is local and personal. We need to know more about who this person was. A "Trump candidate" doesn't say much.

It's not a unique case or an outlier. Trump candidates lost solidly across the country in 2022. Kari Lake, Dan Bolduc, John Gibbs, Herschel Walker, Dr. Oz ... Like it or not, Trump is toxic to a large swath of voters. It's not fair. It's not right. But it is what it is.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 21, 2023 08:51 AM (9yUzE)

186 Didn't New Hampshire also have a dem primary? How in a primary are republicans allowed to vote for dems in a republican primary? Is it some kind of open state or something?

Posted by: Jaimo at September 21, 2023 08:52 AM (DBrN4)

187 "Respect" Congress? Why? It's laughable. Fearing Congress is even more laughable.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at

Maybe he would have more respect for them if they were wearing wife beaters and super short cut-off jean shorts.

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 21, 2023 08:52 AM (CIS44)

188 Posted by: naturalfake at September 21, 2023 08:49 AM (QzZeQ)
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It can always be worse. And it will be.

If the president actually tried to do something like you've described, he'd be disobeyed. Then the lawsuits fly along with the injunctions, more or less immediately. Then he'd be impeached. Removed or not, the disobedience will continue. Nobody moves. Nobody is fired. They just refuse to do as they're told - including those who are told to go enforce the directives by arresting people or closing offices.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 08:53 AM (t0OGg)

189 The Food Professor (Dr. Sylvain Charlebois) @FoodProfessor · Sep 12
Number of confirmed cases in E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares has grown to 231, including 26 people in hospital

The Food Professor (Dr. Sylvain Charlebois) @FoodProfessor
The kitchen at the epicenter of the major E. Coli outbreak in Calgary, Fueling Minds, is a full-service catering company with a "strong commitment to sourcing organic and locally grown seasonal ingredients."

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 21, 2023 08:53 AM (krqg6)

190 12 MPH is about what a track and field athlete does in the 100 meter dash no? So your car can be caught by a running mob?

*How the Welsh lost in the zombie outbreak of 2025*

Posted by: Nearsighted Cyclopes at September 21, 2023 08:53 AM (am630)

191 The NH election was between a relatively moderate dem whi was pretty known and a Republican who was a Trump supporter and a preacher who allegedly said God told him the 2020 election was stolen . I believe the election was stolen, but bringing God into it is chumming the waters for the leftist crazies

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 21, 2023 08:53 AM (mCz8T)

192 Armenia -- the first nation in the world to adopt Christianity -- is a holdout, a thorn in Islam's side, and, as such, will never know lasting peace from the Muslims surrounding it -- not least as the West has thrown it under the bus.
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The bus is coming.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 21, 2023 08:54 AM (leqXh)

193 To all you nattering nabobs of negativism.

The USA is a fine place and worth fighting for. I still believe in the second part, but only by peaceful means.

Posted by: Ignoramus at September 21, 2023 08:54 AM (K6vwr)

194 Maybe he would have more respect for them if they were wearing wife beaters and super short cut-off jean shorts.
Posted by: BruceWayne at September 21, 2023 08:52 AM (CIS44)

"Awww, dammit, Fetterman, not YOU!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 21, 2023 08:54 AM (9UlRk)

195 Maybe he would have more respect for them if they were wearing wife beaters and super short cut-off jean shorts.
Posted by: BruceWayne at September 21, 2023 08:52 AM (CIS44)
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Fair point. I have greater respect for the average beer-soaked dude in a wife-beater as seen on an old episode of "Cops" than I have for the Congress.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 08:54 AM (t0OGg)

196
The Food Professor (Dr. Sylvain Charlebois) @FoodProfessor
The kitchen at the epicenter of the major E. Coli outbreak in Calgary, Fueling Minds, is a full-service catering company with a "strong commitment to sourcing organic and locally grown seasonal ingredients."
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 21, 2023 08:53 AM (krqg6)

Mexican labor shitting in the fields again?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 21, 2023 08:54 AM (Zz0t1)

197 12 MPH is about what a track and field athlete does in the 100 meter dash no? So your car can be caught by a running mob?

Some football players top 22-23mph in pads and a helmet.

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 21, 2023 08:55 AM (CIS44)

198 Another Texas shitheel, loudmouth Chip Roy is mad at the conservatives fight to nix a CR with no teeth. Do better Texas.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at September 21, 2023 08:55 AM (9/y3s)

199 Mexican labor shitting in the fields again?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 21, 2023 08:54 AM (Zz0t1)
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That's usually how such things translate.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 08:55 AM (t0OGg)

200 Former Biden administration officials are entangled in a Michael Bloomberg campaign to block petrochemical projects nationwide while some organizations in the effort have collected millions of dollars in taxpayer-backed federal grants,-

https://tinyurl.com/38yxvkcz

Posted by: redridinghood at September 21, 2023 08:56 AM (NpAcC)

201
Some football players top 22-23mph in pads and a helmet.
Posted by: BruceWayne at September 21, 2023 08:55 AM (CIS44)

Usain Bolt was clocked at 44.72km/h, which is 27.8mph.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 21, 2023 08:56 AM (Zz0t1)

202 198 I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks Chip Roy is a big mouth dipshit.

Posted by: Jaimo at September 21, 2023 08:56 AM (DBrN4)

203 198 Another Texas shitheel, loudmouth Chip Roy is mad at the conservatives fight to nix a CR with no teeth. Do better Texas.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at September 21, 2023 08:55 AM (9/y3s)

somehow I got on his teams email list. He always talks a conservative game and always votes straight GOP-e. (which is uniparty)

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 21, 2023 08:57 AM (S6gqv)

204 Was Ray Epps a Jan. 6 Fed Conspirator?

Why have his picture on the FBI most wanted for Jan 6th, then mysteriously have it disappear? I mean, he was at a number of events trying to stir up folks to breach barriers (and being called a Glowie), and during Jan 6th talking to folks who immediately after breached barriers. None of this adds up unless he WAS involved with a Gov't organization (or military one) in his presence.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 21, 2023 08:57 AM (ynpvh)

205 You would think that an attorney general who has presided over the embarrassing debacle of the Hunter Biden investigation would express contrition, or maybe a little anger
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Who would think that? Why would someone ever think that?

That's like expecting a dinosaur to come out of a chicken egg.

Posted by: ... at September 21, 2023 08:57 AM (eC76g)

206 >> It's a triple whammy and there is no way Trump can beat it. Frankly, Trump is delusional. He thinks he can overcome those factors by sheer force of personality, so he's not doing any kind of strategy or ground-work to counter them. (You know, besides telling Democrats he's pro-choice.)

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 21, 2023 08:49 AM (9yUzE)

Whether you like him or not, Trump is by far the GOP’s best vote getter; 74M+ in 2020… millions MORE than his first run. In your opinion he can’t win, but you underestimate the power of righteous indignation. Everyone knows he was cheated in 2020… none of the other candidates can say that. Sure it’s an uphill struggle because they will cheat again but he has a far better chance than anyone else of beating the cheat. It is ironic at best that you call the guy who was most responsible for Roe being overturned pro-choice; a strange way of looking at things….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 21, 2023 08:57 AM (xJnZb)

207 I just want to mention that the F-35 fighter that crashed...

They still have not named or gendered the pilot.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 21, 2023 07:54 AM (1n+EO)

While I share your disdain, and distrust, for all things federal these days... IF the planes software was hacked, or faulty, neither of those facts are relevant and putting them out into the public would, possible, be shaming where shame is not warranted.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 21, 2023 08:58 AM (zhLdt)

208 Usain Bolt was clocked at 44.72km/h, which is 27.8mph.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 21, 2023 08:56 AM (Zz0t1)
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Which is approximately 74,726.4 furlongs/fortnight.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 21, 2023 08:59 AM (YIVH2)

209
Whether you like him or not, Trump is by far the GOP’s best vote getter; 74M+ in 2020… millions MORE than his first run. In your opinion he can’t win, but you underestimate the power of righteous indignation. Everyone knows he was cheated in 2020… none of the other candidates can say that. Sure it’s an uphill struggle because they will cheat again but he has a far better chance than anyone else of beating the cheat. It is ironic at best that you call the guy who was most responsible for Roe being overturned pro-choice; a strange way of looking at things….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 21, 2023 08:57 AM (xJnZb)

And it had been reported multiple times that Biden likely received 68 million ACTUAL votes, not the 81 million ballots counted.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 21, 2023 08:59 AM (Zz0t1)

210 Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 21, 2023 08:51 AM (9yUzE)

Kari Lake didn't lose. How true this was in the other cases, not sure but I would wager very possibly true.

Posted by: Ordinary American at September 21, 2023 08:59 AM (wdeHG)

211 John Cusack chiming in again

https://www.outkick.com/john-cusack-x-rant-wealth-tax/

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 21, 2023 09:00 AM (CIS44)

212 Posted by: Tom Servo at September 21, 2023 08:49 AM (S6gqv)

I watched the TuCah interview with Paxton and the mail in ballot thing and the resulting TX criminal appeals court reaction was absolutely infuriating.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 21, 2023 09:00 AM (YRsIm)

213 >> I mean, he was at a number of events trying to stir up folks to breach barriers (and being called a Glowie), and during Jan 6th talking to folks who immediately after breached barriers.

There's video of him from a rally the *night before* shouting about how they need to break into the Capitol the next day blah blah blah. Even that night people were pointing out that he was a fed plant.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 21, 2023 09:01 AM (izj35)

214 67Indeed. So Garland got grilled. Now what?
Posted by: Ordinary American at September 21, 2023 08:15 AM (wdeH

Baste with the special sauce and put it on a bun.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at September 21, 2023 09:01 AM (Rbu5d)

215
Kenya commits to leading a multinational force in Haiti to combat gang warfare.

Justin Trudeau meeting with Haitian officials today to discuss rampant gang violence.
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I think my wallet just got alot lighter.
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 21, 2023 08:34 AM (krqg6)

Don't you WANT peace in Haiti? No?

You monstrous brute!

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 21, 2023 09:01 AM (xFY1u)

216 210 Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 21, 2023 08:51 AM (9yUzE)

And by the way, Trump didn't lose in 2020 either.

Posted by: Ordinary American at September 21, 2023 09:01 AM (wdeHG)

217 Indeed. So Garland got grilled. Now what?
Posted by: Ordinary American at September 21, 2023 08:15 AM (wdeH
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A catered luncheon and some more arrests.

Obviously.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 09:02 AM (t0OGg)

218 Tuberville has done a great job, thwarting Schumer. Forcing the Senate to vote individually on each nomination will mean only those that can achieve GOP support will move forward.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 21, 2023 09:02 AM (U0PO9)

219
And by the way, Trump didn't lose in 2020 either.
Posted by: Ordinary American at September 21, 2023 09:01 AM (wdeHG)

YES HE DID! He's not in the White House, therefore LOSER and he must be shunned.

- - - Ace of Spades Blogger Guy

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 21, 2023 09:02 AM (Zz0t1)

220 The Armenian president is a Zelensky type who cozied up to the west (Nuland,Blinken etc al) and away from the traditional ally Russia. The Azeris attacked part of Nagorno and the Armenian president basically sold out the Armenians in the Nagorno region. Being friends with this administration is fatal and not enough bad things can happen to the Armenian president who sold his soul for power

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 21, 2023 09:03 AM (mCz8T)

221 It is ironic at best that you call the guy who was most responsible for Roe being overturned pro-choice; a strange way of looking at things….

You're saying I shouldn't take Trump at his word:

"The former president slammed Republicans for backing abortion bans without exceptions and called the six-week ban signed into law by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis - Trump's chief rival for the GOP nomination - 'a terrible thing and a terrible mistake.'"

https://is.gd/z65Ifx

I'll stand by for the "Well, actually..." rationalization.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 21, 2023 09:03 AM (9yUzE)

222 Tuberville has done a great job, thwarting Schumer. Forcing the Senate to vote individually on each nomination will mean only those that can achieve GOP support will move forward.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Im actually a tad surprised Schemer buckled on this.

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 21, 2023 09:03 AM (CIS44)

223 Indeed. So Garland got grilled. Now what?
Posted by: Ordinary American at September 21, 2023 08:15 AM (wdeH
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A catered luncheon and some more arrests.

Obviously.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 09:02 AM (t0OGg)
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Yup. He's gonna double and triple down, arresting anyone he feels like who was within a thousand miles of DC on Jan 6. Just because he can.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 21, 2023 09:03 AM (YIVH2)

224 Thanks, J.J. as always for your thorough and thoughtful commentary. I have to say that "Good morning, kids" always makes me smile. It makes me think of Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland, and Micky Rooney saying something, "let's Put on a show, kids". I wish our circumstances were more like a Rooney/Garland movie.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 21, 2023 09:03 AM (RSbhh)

225 And by the way, Trump didn't lose in 2020 either.

And I am sure he won't lose in 2024 the exact way he didn't lose in 2020.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 21, 2023 09:04 AM (9yUzE)

226 @221 on the abortion issue, politically Trump is right.

Posted by: Ignoramus at September 21, 2023 09:05 AM (K6vwr)

227 CO woman in hospital after being headbutted, stomped by a moose while walking her dog on Rocky Mountain trail.

[I assume a male.]

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 21, 2023 09:05 AM (krqg6)

228 All that is Garland, is payback for Trump not seating him on SCOTUS. Playing the Jewish card is disgusting for someone is presiding over Beria tribunals. Who the fk does he think he is?

Posted by: runner at September 21, 2023 09:05 AM (t459v)

229 Yup. He's gonna double and triple down, arresting anyone he feels like who was within a thousand miles of DC on Jan 6. Just because he can.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 21, 2023 09:03 AM (YIVH2)

More empty over-heated hearings to look forward to. If we're lucky.

Posted by: Ordinary American at September 21, 2023 09:06 AM (wdeHG)

230 I love the Garland / Schultz picture at the top of the thread.

Posted by: Ignoramus at September 21, 2023 09:06 AM (K6vwr)

231 So yes, please don't demand I care about consent of some groupees 10+ years ago while good people all over are having invaders dumped into their communities, schools, and then committing all sorts of crimes upon them (theft, rape, murder, etc.) without their consent.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 21, 2023 08:49 AM (izj35)

It's all a hitjob anyway because he challenged The Establishment (and showed repentance for his previous lifestyle). But thanks for pointing out that the Left doesn't really believe what they say.

Posted by: pookysgirl actually does mean what she says at September 21, 2023 09:06 AM (dtlDP)

232 159 ... A murdered Ecuadorian cartel boss known as “El Fatal” was buried with hundreds of pistols, shotguns and rifles in his coffin so he could be “armed to the teeth in the afterlife.” ...
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 21, 2023 08:41 AM (krqg6)
++++
Well, his men are looking out for him, I guess.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 08:42 AM (t0OGg)

I am reminded of Sarah Conner's coffin in Terminator 3.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 21, 2023 09:06 AM (zZu0s)

233 More empty over-heated hearings to look forward to. If we're lucky.
Posted by: Ordinary American at September 21, 2023 09:06 AM (wdeHG)
++++
The show will go on. It must.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 09:06 AM (t0OGg)

234 129 I saw Mollycoddled Whelps open for…

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 21, 2023 09:07 AM (xTRSc)

235 Col Hogan was likeable.

Bob Crane came to a bad end.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 21, 2023 09:07 AM (zZu0s)

236 Meanwhile, the Biden administration prepares to issue ID cards to illegal immigrants. (But they pinky swear these will not be official forms of ID).

https://is.gd/bp5eO0

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 21, 2023 09:07 AM (9yUzE)

237 More empty over-heated hearings to look forward to. If we're lucky.
Posted by: Ordinary American at September 21, 2023 09:06 AM (wdeHG)
++++
The show will go on. It must.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21,

Do you think Jim Jordan orders his shirts "pre-rolled"?

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 21, 2023 09:07 AM (CIS44)

238 Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 21, 2023 09:03 AM (mCz8T)
===============
That's certainly what Russia has said over the lest couple of days, and (knowing Nuland's capacity for fucking around) there might be some truth to it.

But the basic fact remains: Russia guaranteed Armenian safety, and cannot any longer deliver. The Muslims are taking advantage. A thousand year old war is starting again.

If America, allied also to both Turkey and Azerbaijan, wont stop this, the price is another genocide.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 21, 2023 09:07 AM (U0PO9)

239 Col Hogan was likeable.

Bob Crane came to a bad end.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 21, 2023 09:07 AM (zZu0s)

Making pornos with other people's wives can do that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 21, 2023 09:08 AM (Zz0t1)

240 234 129 I saw Mollycoddled Whelps open for…
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 21, 2023 09:07 AM (xTRSc)

. . . Molly Hatchet at the Nassau Coliseum in '82.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 21, 2023 09:08 AM (x0n13)

241 Meanwhile, the Biden administration prepares to issue ID cards to illegal immigrants. (But they pinky swear these will not be official forms of ID).

https://is.gd/bp5eO0
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo

Official IDs are racist. I have been told this many times.

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 21, 2023 09:08 AM (CIS44)

242 Making pornos with other people's wives can do that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 21, 2023 09:08 AM (Zz0t1)

I was more making a hypothetical about Garland, but that is neither here nor there.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 21, 2023 09:08 AM (zZu0s)

243 Bring them some extra bones...

KanekoaTheGreat
@KanekoaTheGreat
·
7h
Hundreds of humans who identify as dogs gather at a Berlin train station to advocate for the rights of people who identify as dogs.

The event was organized by a group called "Canine Beings."

🐕🐕🐕

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 21, 2023 09:09 AM (TGPs7)

244 I'll stand by for the "Well, actually..." rationalization.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 21, 2023 09:03 AM (9yUzE)

The prolife movement worked for nearly 50 years to get Roe overturned. That was the primary goal of the prolife movement. Trump achieved that through his SCOTUS nominees. Now states can legislate restrictions when previously they couldn’t. Trump is now being smart politically… take the win! That’s what he’s saying to candidates for FEDERAL office (which he is, BTW). State level candidates, feel free to enact all manner of restrictions and bans… they’ll be popular some places and not so much elsewhere. The prolife movement wanted it to be a local issue. It now is. Win

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 21, 2023 09:09 AM (xJnZb)

245 Bob Crane came to a bad end.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 21, 2023 09:07 AM (zZu0s)
-

Bob Crane came from a bad end!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 21, 2023 09:09 AM (5cNfZ)

246 Hundreds of humans who identify as dogs gather at a Berlin train station to advocate for the rights of people who identify as dogs.

The event was organized by a group called "Canine Beings."

🐕🐕🐕
Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 21, 2023 09:09 AM (TGPs7)

Well. Germany.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 21, 2023 09:10 AM (zZu0s)

247
I was more making a hypothetical about Garland, but that is neither here nor there.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 21, 2023 09:08 AM (zZu0s)

Well, I have been full of fail lately......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 21, 2023 09:10 AM (Zz0t1)

248 227 CO woman in hospital after being headbutted, stomped by a moose while walking her dog on Rocky Mountain trail.

[I assume a male.]
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 21, 2023 09:05 AM (krqg6)

Hope the dog is okay….

Posted by: tubal at September 21, 2023 09:10 AM (PCK5/)

249 243 Bring them some extra bones...

KanekoaTheGreat
@KanekoaTheGreat
·
7h
Hundreds of humans who identify as dogs gather at a Berlin train station to advocate for the rights of people who identify as dogs.

The event was organized by a group called "Canine Beings."

🐕🐕🐕
Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 21, 2023 09:09 AM (TGPs7)

This from a nation that once had signs which read "No Dogs or Jews Allowed."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 21, 2023 09:10 AM (x0n13)

250 Just sent Pookette off to school and should've scrolled down to see the radar when I checked the temp for her. 1% chance of precipitation and mostly sunny is way off when a giant storm is barreling toward us. They're supposed to have the school theme retreat today with lots of outdoor games.

Posted by: pookysgirl hopes there was a backup plan at September 21, 2023 09:11 AM (dtlDP)

251 Sundance had an interesting article the other day about Obama running the show and his minions who actually ARE the Biden admin. are slowly leaving and that Obama doesn't care much now what happens because Biden will be taking the blame for the completion of the fundamental transformation. It's so far gone now and the government is so filled with people who don't need to be told what to do to destroy us. They aren't going anywhere. Chaos was achieved. Cloward & Piven

Posted by: Jaimo at September 21, 2023 09:11 AM (DBrN4)

252
The former USSR was the first nation to legalize abortion over 100 years ago. But then they looked at the population growth (or lack of) and and outlawed it. But once again, years later they looked at the population growth (or lack of) and and legalized it again. Women decide family size, by hook or by crook. The last time I checked they had settled on a 12 week deadline.

I don't wanna lose every election because of single women with a single issue. It's on their conscience, not mine. Sure, I'm morally opposed, but like the vaccine - my body my choice. It's a bad choice and in this day and age I find it hard to believe anyone can not find effective birth control. But it is what it is.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 21, 2023 09:11 AM (enJYY)

253 David Brooks spends 78$ to buy lunch at an airport; decides this is why the peasant class thinks the economy is turrible.

https://is.gd/XiZxYa

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 21, 2023 09:12 AM (9yUzE)

254 Turkey and Islamism is the main driving force behind the Armenian - Azeri conflict. The two of them want to establish a mini caliphate from the Middle East to the Caspian Sea.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 21, 2023 09:12 AM (TGPs7)

255 Actually, I thought Hogan was the most unlikeable character on that show. Even the Germans were more likeable than that smug a**hole.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 21, 2023 09:12 AM (xTRSc)

256 This from a nation that once had signs which read "No Dogs or Jews Allowed."
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 21, 2023 09:10 AM (x0n13)

I am pretty sure I do not want to know what they are getting up to with dogs now, JJ. So maybe it is good they left the Jews out of it...

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 21, 2023 09:13 AM (zZu0s)

257 >Turkey and Islamism is the main driving force behind the Armenian - Azeri conflict.

and makes for a lousy sandwich
sorry

Posted by: DB - at September 21, 2023 09:13 AM (geLO8)

258 David Brooks spends 78$ to buy lunch at an airport; decides this is why the peasant class thinks the economy is turrible.

https://is.gd/XiZxYa
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 21, 2023 09:12 AM (9yUzE)

It appears David Brooks is an asshole.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 21, 2023 09:13 AM (Zz0t1)

259 What decade was Hogan’s Heroes from??

Posted by: tubal at September 21, 2023 09:14 AM (PCK5/)

260 255 Actually, I thought Hogan was the most unlikeable character on that show. Even the Germans were more likeable than that smug a**hole.
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He was smarmy but he was banging some top flight pussy.

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 21, 2023 09:14 AM (AMd6i)

261 255 but he was hot. As a kid watching those reruns my sister and I thought he was so handsome. Kind of like Richard Basehart was on Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.

Posted by: Jaimo at September 21, 2023 09:14 AM (DBrN4)

262 Bill Melugin reporting that yesterday there was over 10,000 illegals that crossed the border at El Paso.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 21, 2023 09:14 AM (NpAcC)

263 Actually, I thought Hogan was the most unlikeable character on that show. Even the Germans were more likeable than that smug a**hole.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 21, 2023 09:12 AM (xTRSc)

Agreed. That big dumb chowderhead Schultz was the most likeable. I know nothing!!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 21, 2023 09:14 AM (xJnZb)

264 255 Actually, I thought Hogan was the most unlikeable character on that show. Even the Germans were more likeable than that smug a**hole.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 21, 2023 09:12 AM (xTRSc)

I always just wondered how they did not all get shot more than anything.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 21, 2023 09:15 AM (zZu0s)

265 That’s what he’s saying to candidates for FEDERAL office (which he is, BTW). State level candidates, feel free to enact all manner of restrictions and bans…

Read the article, it says nothing of the sort. He is advocating that Congress set some number of weeks with unrestricted abortion, and restrictions with exceptions after that. It sounds reasonable, but only an idiot would think Democrats would agree to anything other than abortion up until birth, no exceptions, and paid for by taxpayers.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 21, 2023 09:15 AM (9yUzE)

266 259 What decade was Hogan’s Heroes from??
Posted by: tubal at September 21, 2023 09:14 AM (PCK5/)

'65 to '71(!) per the Internet.

Damn, I thought it was earlier.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 21, 2023 09:15 AM (zZu0s)

267 >>Wait are they saying he DIDN’T accidentally spill anthrax powder on his baby while opening a terror envelope as he claimed and we ALL believed?!

Yiiiikes, hadn't read the details on Hasan Minaj's claim to the many hate crimes committed against him.
Douchebag extraordinaire!

Posted by: Lizzy at September 21, 2023 09:16 AM (izj35)

268 I wonder if the Germans would have let this “ Hogan” fellow prance around with his little leather cap on, in a prison camp??

Posted by: tubal at September 21, 2023 09:16 AM (PCK5/)

269 266, ok maybe it wasn't reruns I was watching. Yikes I'm old. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea was 1964-1968.

Posted by: Jaimo at September 21, 2023 09:17 AM (DBrN4)

270 268 I wonder if the Germans would have let this “ Hogan” fellow prance around with his little leather cap on, in a prison camp??
Posted by: tubal at September 21, 2023 09:16 AM (PCK5/)

Maybe there was a reason they did. *arches eyebrows*

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 21, 2023 09:17 AM (zZu0s)

271 Eagle Pass.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 21, 2023 09:17 AM (NpAcC)

272 266 259 What decade was Hogan’s Heroes from??
Posted by: tubal at September 21, 2023 09:14 AM (PCK5/)

'65 to '71(!) per the Internet.

Damn, I thought it was earlier.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 21, 2023 09:15 AM (zZu0s)

Huh.. okay, thanks Aetius!!

Posted by: tubal at September 21, 2023 09:17 AM (PCK5/)

273 The prolife movement wanted it to be a local issue. It now is. Win
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Economies of scale lose and actual representation wins is what happened. Yes, this is how its supposed to be. The fiat law from the Supremes were always the problem. Same with Fag Marriage.

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 21, 2023 09:17 AM (AMd6i)

274 Hasan Minaj creeps me out. Those eyebrows alone would have be running screaming from the room. Yea, he's a lying piece of shit.

Posted by: Jaimo at September 21, 2023 09:18 AM (DBrN4)

275 271 Eagle Pass.
Posted by: redridinghood at September 21, 2023 09:17 AM (NpAcC)

I have been there… it is Mexico, functionally..

Posted by: tubal at September 21, 2023 09:18 AM (PCK5/)

276
I love the Garland / Schultz picture at the top of the thread.
Posted by: Ignoramus

Garland always wins and Schultz always loses.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 21, 2023 09:18 AM (63Dwl)

277 EPA dumping waste in the Colorado River.
The Ohio Chemical Fire
NUMEROUS meat plant and recycling facility fires.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 21, 2023 09:18 AM (Zz0t1)

278 "Garland Testifies He Can’t ‘Recollect’ Contact With FBI HQ About Hunter Biden Probe"

Meritless would not recollect the color of his house while under oath, if it would help reveal something he and Joe want hidden.

Posted by: GL at September 21, 2023 09:18 AM (5fDan)

279 I always just wondered how they did not all get shot more than anything.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 21, 2023 09:15 AM (zZu0s)

the movie with Sgt. J. J. Sefton in it was a much better portrayal.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 21, 2023 09:19 AM (i9ffA)

280 >>Hundreds of humans who identify as dogs gather at a Berlin train station to advocate for the rights of people who identify as dogs.

Show of hands -- who had "Hunger Games" as their pick for novel that depicts the most likely version of our future?

Posted by: Lizzy at September 21, 2023 09:19 AM (izj35)

281 Sorry JJ but I'm not all that enamored by Spartz's statement.

She blames J6 on a lack of security? Really? C'mon. If her point is that the people are scared of their government, why not point out that we still don't know who unlocked the doors and entrapped people within the Capitol?

Or why isn't Epps one of America's most wanted?

The government actively targeted these people and then persecuted them to an unholy degree.

Security? Damn, she missed a huge opportunity.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at September 21, 2023 09:19 AM (KbCG3)

282 Lauren Boebert sounds like a fun date.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 21, 2023 09:20 AM (xTRSc)

283 Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 21, 2023 09:20 AM (xTRSc)

Not to me she doesn't, and neither does her male date.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 21, 2023 09:21 AM (RSbhh)

284 282 Lauren Boebert sounds like a fun date.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 21, 2023 09:20 AM (xTRSc)

Or the crazy-ass girl who mouths off in the bar and gets you involved in a bar fight… maybe her..

Posted by: tubal at September 21, 2023 09:21 AM (PCK5/)

285 Show of hands -- who had "Hunger Games" as their pick for novel that depicts the most likely version of our future?

Posted by: Lizzy at September 21, 2023 09:19 AM (izj35)

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My favorite meme from a few years ago was the Venn Diagram of several dystopian novels & movies all intersecting in the middle ... labeled "You Are Here."

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at September 21, 2023 09:22 AM (2O5Io)

286 282 Lauren Boebert sounds like a fun date.
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She likely will give you a handsie if you put your cock in the popcorn box.

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 21, 2023 09:22 AM (AMd6i)

287 Boker Tov Patriots

One more round trip to the Swamp and I am done.
I am getting out alive

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 21, 2023 09:22 AM (pVWRI)

288 A Trump candidate just got his clock cleaned in a New Hampshire district that's +22 Republican, flipping the New Hampshire statehouse to the Democrats. The belief that Trump can win in a general is Pure. Fckg. Delusional.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo

Permit me to suggest that, while you may be correct that Trump cannot win in the general, whichever candidate you prefer will either do worse or is secretly on Team Uniparty.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 21, 2023 09:22 AM (zhLdt)

289 >>CO woman in hospital after being headbutted, stomped by a moose while walking her dog on Rocky Mountain trail.

Sign out front told her the trail was closed.

(OK, not closed, but there was a warning about the moose).

Posted by: Lizzy at September 21, 2023 09:22 AM (izj35)

290 Congressmen Nehls laid out exactly the Biden bribery crime in his 5 minutes. But, he was limited by the 5 mins. If only the R's coordinated the questioning on the bribery and had maybe 15 mins or so to get Garland tangled up in his testimony, it could have been much worse for him. This is what I don't like about these hearings, 20 or so congressmen all with different agendas getting good soundbites, but nothing more.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 21, 2023 09:22 AM (fs1hN)

291
the movie with Sgt. J. J. Sefton in it was a much better portrayal.
Posted by: Tom Servo

A camp full of Sergeants.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 21, 2023 09:22 AM (63Dwl)

292 Congrats to JPL. "Ingenuity" was built to fly five times over 30 days. But Ingenuity has done far better than spec: It's now nearly two years old, has completed 50 flights, and is still going strong.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 21, 2023 09:22 AM (ciDfw)

293
Some physicians calculate the age of the fetus based on the end of the last day of a woman's period (Dr Oz is one iirc). A ban after six weeks could mean a woman was 'late' by two weeks and the door was closed.

I think Trump is correct on calling DeSantis out.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 21, 2023 09:23 AM (enJYY)

294 Actually, I thought Hogan was the most unlikeable character on that show. Even the Germans were more likeable than that smug a**hole.

The character was written as a daring, insouciant type who commanded respect from his men just by his presence and unflappability. Crane added a touch of his own personality to Hogan, and that tipped the balance into smarminess.

I always liked Kinchloe. It was too bad that because of the setting they couldn't do more with his character.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at September 21, 2023 09:23 AM (AW0uW)

295 More Fetterman fan-girlingnat DU:

Fetterman on X: “If those jagoffs in the House stop trying to shut our government down, and fully support Ukraine, then I will save democracy by wearing a suit on the Senate floor next week.”

We need about 50 more Fetterman's. This is the only way to fight the filthy magats

Turning the other cheek does not work against bully cowards. You hit them where it hurts, facts and clever clapbacks.

Pittsburgh all the way! Thanks for doing my home state proud, Sen. Fetterman!

If not casual wear, they'll complain about a tan suit, If not a tan suit, they'll complain about a first lady's bare arms.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 21, 2023 09:23 AM (JCZqz)

296 The "Equal Protection Project" which I think was started by Professor William Jacobsen of "Legal Insurrection" and some of his colleagues, I think, is a great thing.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 21, 2023 09:23 AM (RSbhh)

297 F Troop came out at the exact same time as Hogan's Heroes. I liked it better. Hekawis for the win!

Posted by: Ignoramus at September 21, 2023 09:24 AM (K6vwr)

298 Making pornos with other people's wives can do that.
Posted by: Sponge
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Apparently he was killed by his cameraman/buddy when Crane told him he was reforming and ending the partnership. Buddy boy was charged after several decades with murder and the jury acquitted in part because all the evidence was circumstantial in the case and the original investigation wasn't that good in the first place.

Posted by: whig at September 21, 2023 09:24 AM (Q9+wR)

299 287 Boker Tov Patriots

One more round trip to the Swamp and I am done.
I am getting out alive
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 21, 2023 09:22 AM (pVWRI)

Howdy, stranger. Ziessen Yuntif to you.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 21, 2023 09:25 AM (x0n13)

300 Read the article, it says nothing of the sort. He is advocating that Congress set some number of weeks with unrestricted abortion, and restrictions with exceptions after that. It sounds reasonable, but only an idiot would think Democrats would agree to anything other than abortion up until birth, no exceptions, and paid for by taxpayers.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 21, 2023 09:15 AM (9yUzE)

If that’s what he’s saying, he’s wrong to back federal legislation. But it doesn’t change the fact that he got rid of Roe. I believe also he was the only prez to ever speak in person to the prolife rally in DC held each year on the anniversary of Roe. Not even Reagan appeared in person. Yep… DJT was a more prolife prez than Ronaldus Magnus…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 21, 2023 09:25 AM (xJnZb)

301 The MSM is in full spin mode-

Tom Elliott
@tomselliott
1h
CNN's
@brikeilarcnn
: Republicans used AG Garland hearing to spread "debunked ... misinformation.

MSNBC's
@NicolleDWallace
: "Republicans [used the Garland hearing to] peddle all sorts of conspiracy theories, [including] the Justice Department of going easy on President Joe Biden’s son Hunter, who currently faces a rarely used & constitutionally questionable gun charge"

https://tinyurl.com/2s3dhbms

Posted by: redridinghood at September 21, 2023 09:25 AM (NpAcC)

302 Stalag 17?

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at September 21, 2023 09:26 AM (JkeTM)

303
We need about 50 more Fetterman's. This is the only way to fight the filthy magats

A flock of Fettermans

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 21, 2023 09:26 AM (63Dwl)

304 The media is the enemy of the people.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 21, 2023 09:26 AM (Zz0t1)

305 Garland certainly did not hurt the conspiracy theory markets.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 21, 2023 09:26 AM (zZu0s)

306 Why isn't the Person Who Planted the Bomb the Night Before J6 on the FBI's Most Wanted List?

Posted by: Ignoramus at September 21, 2023 09:26 AM (K6vwr)

307 The whole thing is bullshit. Leave it to the states and leave the federal govt. out of it.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at September 21, 2023 09:27 AM (JkeTM)

308 I recently watched a 1962 British movie, "The password is Courage" about the real life exploits of Sgt. Charles Coward (what a name) in WW2 POW camps, and after seeing it I believe Hogan's Hero's was directly based on that.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 21, 2023 09:27 AM (i9ffA)

309 Do these people seriously think Fetterman is sending out his own tweets, voting on things under his own power and that sloppiness while in Congress is a virtue?!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 21, 2023 09:27 AM (RSbhh)

310 A mental hospital of Fettermans.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at September 21, 2023 09:27 AM (JkeTM)

311 MSNBC's
@NicolleDWallace
: "Republicans [used the Garland hearing to] peddle all sorts of conspiracy theories, [including] the Justice Department of going easy on President Joe Biden’s son Hunter, who currently faces a rarely used & constitutionally questionable gun charge"

https://tinyurl.com/2s3dhbms
Posted by: redridinghood

*Many black people incarcerated for this exact crime have entered the chat*

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 21, 2023 09:27 AM (CIS44)

312 306 Why isn't the Person Who Planted the Bomb the Night Before J6 on the FBI's Most Wanted List?
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Cuz he carried a cell-phone.

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 21, 2023 09:27 AM (AMd6i)

313 Trump is inevitable… we know it, he knows it.. “ they” know it… he does not need to go after any of his supposed rivals for the nomination. What is going on seems to be just Media driven entertainment. Probably too cynical on my part.

Posted by: tubal at September 21, 2023 09:27 AM (PCK5/)

314 FBI, DOJ, MSM.
All enemies of the people.

Posted by: Montec at September 21, 2023 09:27 AM (bWsRe)

315 306 Why isn't the Person Who Planted the Bomb the Night Before J6 on the FBI's Most Wanted List?
Posted by: Ignoramus at September 21, 2023 09:26 AM (K6vwr)

Because ATF agents get a free pass.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 21, 2023 09:28 AM (i9ffA)

316 Put in 99 more Fettermonsters. Outcomes are still identical.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 21, 2023 09:28 AM (0FoWg)

317 >>If not casual wear, they'll complain about a tan suit, If not a tan suit, they'll complain about a first lady's bare arms.

Posted by: BEN at September 21, 2023 09:28 AM (izj35)

318 It's not a unique case or an outlier. Trump candidates lost solidly across the country in 2022. Kari Lake, Dan Bolduc, John Gibbs, Herschel Walker, Dr. Oz ... Like it or not, Trump is toxic to a large swath of voters. It's not fair. It's not right. But it is what it is.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 21, 2023 08:51 AM (9yUzE)

Do you, perchance, have an example where the fraud wasn't massive? Do you, perchance, believe that if we just nominate Christie that the fraud will magically disappear?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 21, 2023 09:28 AM (zhLdt)

319 The character was written as a daring, insouciant type who commanded respect from his men just by his presence and unflappability. Crane added a touch of his own personality to Hogan, and that tipped the balance into smarminess.

I always liked Kinchloe. It was too bad that because of the setting they couldn't do more with his character.
Posted by: Mary Poppins
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The truth is that some of the best fighters/spies/etc are unlikable assholes including a fair number of Medal of Honor winners. Sgt York, for example, admitted he was a hellraiser growing up and then he found religion. That was why he was originally leaning toward objector status when drafted.

Caring and compassionate has its place but in foxholes, leadership regardless of personal flaws is what counts.

Posted by: whig at September 21, 2023 09:29 AM (Q9+wR)

320 *Many black people incarcerated for this exact crime have entered the chat*
Posted by: BruceWayne at September 21, 2023 09:27 AM (CIS44)
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It's rarely used against the ruling class. Same thing.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 09:29 AM (t0OGg)

321 He's never gotten over losing the presidency of the Harvard Law Review to the First Woman

Barack Obama?

Posted by: Ian S. at September 21, 2023 09:29 AM (XFGF7)

322 Permit me to suggest that, while you may be correct that Trump cannot win in the general, whichever candidate you prefer will either do worse or is secretly on Team Uniparty.

I was black-pilled a long time ago. You're not going to hurt my feelers by repeating stuff that's probably true.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 21, 2023 09:29 AM (9yUzE)

323 309 Do these people seriously think Fetterman is sending out his own tweets, voting on things under his own power and that sloppiness while in Congress is a virtue?!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 21, 2023 09:27 AM (RSbhh)

They do Fen. They are idiots who believe and do as they are told. Blissfully ignorant (without much bliss since most appear miserable.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 21, 2023 09:29 AM (zZu0s)

324 >>If not casual wear, they'll complain about a tan suit, If not a tan suit, they'll complain about a first lady's bare arms.

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THESE ARE ALL MSM-CREATED STORIES TO HYPE UP DEMOCRAT CELEBRITY POLITICIANS. NO ONE GAVE A F$#@ ABOUT THAT TAN SUIT.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at September 21, 2023 09:30 AM (izj35)

325
308 I recently watched a 1962 British movie, "The password is Courage" about the real life exploits of Sgt. Charles Coward (what a name) in WW2 POW camps, and after seeing it I believe Hogan's Hero's was directly based on that.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Thx for the tip.

Posted by: whig at September 21, 2023 09:30 AM (Q9+wR)

326 313 Trump is inevitable… we know it, he knows it.. “ they” know it… he does not need to go after any of his supposed rivals for the nomination. What is going on seems to be just Media driven entertainment. Probably too cynical on my part.
Posted by: tubal at September 21, 2023 09:27 AM (PCK5/)

Media always treats elections like horse races. It’s what gets eyeballs. Reporting “Trump has a 40 point lead and is basically guaranteed to win” doesn’t get a lot of klicks. Reporting “holy shit, Vivek is making a massive move” on the other hand does.

See also RFK Jr and Biden.

Posted by: Montec at September 21, 2023 09:30 AM (bWsRe)

327 Back in the day, it was rumored that the Sheriff killed Crane because Crane used the Sheriff's daughter in making some porn.

I enjoyed the story.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at September 21, 2023 09:30 AM (JkeTM)

328 Why isn't the Person Who Planted the Bomb the Night Before J6 on the FBI's Most Wanted List?
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"I cannot comment on an ongoing investigation."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 21, 2023 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

329 Noodus gratia artis

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 21, 2023 09:30 AM (xTRSc)

330 Trump isn't inevitable. The collapse and breakup of this country, now that's inevitable.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 21, 2023 09:30 AM (i9ffA)

331 If a tan suit was so awesome, why did Barry never wear one again?

Posted by: Montec at September 21, 2023 09:31 AM (bWsRe)

332 Media always treats elections like horse races. It’s what gets eyeballs.

Also, the media very much want Trump as the nominee because he's a sure loser.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 21, 2023 09:31 AM (9yUzE)

333 Do you, perchance, have an example where the fraud wasn't massive? Do you, perchance, believe that if we just nominate Christie that the fraud will magically disappear?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 21, 2023 09:28 AM (zhLdt)

If they were smart, they would allow a suborned GOPe candidate to win to maintain the illusion and most of all, maintain doubt in the minds of millions of people. Make them hesitate and question themselves.

I doubt they will do that thought. They want to win in their own right.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 21, 2023 09:31 AM (zZu0s)

334 Huh. Odd YouTube preroll ad just now.

A pretty lady - late 20s, I'd say - from Eastern Europe explaining why I should consider a young Slavic woman for my mate, and some tips for how to land one (using her company's matchmaking services, of course).

No nationalities mentioned. Just "Slavic."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 09:31 AM (t0OGg)

335 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 21, 2023 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

336 Trump isn't inevitable. The collapse and breakup of this country, now that's inevitable.

You are correct, sir.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 21, 2023 09:32 AM (9yUzE)

337 Fetterman's handlers have a TwitterX account

there is also a Fetterman parody account, clearly marked as parody

Posted by: DB - at September 21, 2023 09:32 AM (geLO8)

338 You hit them where it hurts, facts and clever clapbacks.

The female nature of the Left on full display in that sentence. That’s why insulting them works.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 21, 2023 09:33 AM (XFGF7)

339 shouldn't Garland be the Sgt Schultz in that pic up top? he's the one claiming to know nothing

Posted by: DB - at September 21, 2023 09:33 AM (geLO8)

340 Making pornos with other people's wives can do that.
Posted by: Sponge
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Apparently he was killed by his cameraman/buddy when Crane told him he was reforming and ending the partnership. Buddy boy was charged after several decades with murder and the jury acquitted in part because all the evidence was circumstantial in the case and the original investigation wasn't that good in the first place.
Posted by: whig at September 21, 2023 09:24 AM (Q9+wR)

Robert Graysmith wrote a book on the case, The Murder of Bob Crane, which title was changed to Auto Focus when the movie based on the book was released.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at September 21, 2023 09:33 AM (AW0uW)

341 Woke James Bond Novels Replace Him With Disabled Black Gay Superspy

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I mentioned that I was reading Anthony Horowitz' authorized James Bond novel Trigger Mortis. I liked it so well I've begun.to read another of his, Forever and a Day, about Bond's first double 0 license to kill case. They're not woke.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 21, 2023 09:33 AM (FVME7)

342 327 Back in the day, it was rumored that the Sheriff killed Crane because Crane used the Sheriff's daughter in making some porn.

I enjoyed the story.
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse
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To my knowledge, Crane never sold his films nor disseminated them. He was just in advance of all the people that started making amateur pron at home when VHS and Betamax cameras came out.

Sad really and saw a documentary with his son that discussed some really painful memories. Crane was basically a poonhound and it became an obsession that he could not break out of. Son, at least, said though that Crane had some talks immediately before his death about seeking help and redemption for what he felt had destroyed his life. Supposedly, among the other evidence at the crime scene, it was an act of hatred that his buddy did when Crane told him he was through with his depravity.

Posted by: whig at September 21, 2023 09:38 AM (Q9+wR)

343 325
308 I recently watched a 1962 British movie, "The password is Courage" about the real life exploits of Sgt. Charles Coward (what a name) in WW2 POW camps, and after seeing it I believe Hogan's Hero's was directly based on that.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Thx for the tip.
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I worked for a family named Coward. I always wondered why they didn't change their name. Nice people.

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 21, 2023 09:39 AM (AMd6i)

344 Robert Graysmith wrote a book on the case, The Murder of Bob Crane, which title was changed to Auto Focus when the movie based on the book was released.
Posted by: Mary Poppins
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Thanks for the rest of the story. Saw a contemporaneous documentary on A&E with the book as a source and followed the trial of Carpenter for the murder.

Posted by: whig at September 21, 2023 09:40 AM (Q9+wR)

345 I worked for a family named Coward. I always wondered why they didn't change their name. Nice people.
Posted by: Puddinhead
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Noel Coward used to be a big celebrity back in the 40's.

Posted by: whig at September 21, 2023 09:41 AM (Q9+wR)

346 330 Trump isn't inevitable. The collapse and breakup of this country, now that's inevitable.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Nothing in human affairs is really inevitable except perhaps physical death of the body. What it does is reflect the sum total of millions if not billions of individuals making choices.

Posted by: whig at September 21, 2023 09:43 AM (Q9+wR)

347 The entire hearing was bluster and blow just for show. The republicants will do absolutely nothing and everyone knows it. The public pays no attention to any of this.

Posted by: The Guy Who Always Says It's Gonna Get Worse at September 21, 2023 09:48 AM (PWI4f)

348 The takeaway in much of the MSM: DM, 'Tearful Merrick Garland discusses his family fleeing the Holocaust as he furiously denies interfering with the Hunter Biden probe'

"...treats his position with respect as a way of 'repaying this country for the debt my family owes' for accepting them when fleeing the Holocaust."

What a sorry, manipulative, super powered desk jockey sob - all a constant - imho. (Think Richard Jewell, for one.) Following the untimely death of Justice Antonin Scalia in 2016, O nominated Judge Garland to fill the vacancy. He'll never forgive; they'll never forgive, that he was unable to take the position. (BTW, a daughter accepted a clerkship with Justice Elena Kagan but, reportedly, has been unable to fulfill it until he vacates his present position.)

2015, a psychology professor joined the White House's Social & Behavioral Sciences team. On 9/15/2015, President Obama issued an executive order directing Federal Government agencies to apply behavioral science insights to their programs to better serve the American people. On January 20, 2017, the website About SBST was "frozen in time," no longer to be updated.

Peace

Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know their enemies at September 21, 2023 09:56 AM (GshMh)

349 Mea Culpa...I was frozen, shutdown & needed to reboot again.

Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know their enemies at September 21, 2023 09:58 AM (GshMh)

350 Does anyone know how long Twitter takes to review an appeal of a suspension?

Posted by: whatever at September 21, 2023 10:11 AM (wyMRg)

351 Thanks for a great 7 years.

I read your book!

Posted by: Scottst at September 21, 2023 10:25 AM (qcvs8)

352 Listening to Merrick Garland made my blood boil. That piece of fucking shit scumbag. He needs to be lined up.

Posted by: Andy_in_Colorado at September 21, 2023 10:31 AM (tBHkr)

353 The character was written as a daring, insouciant type who commanded respect from his men just by his presence and unflappability. Crane added a touch of his own personality to Hogan, and that tipped the balance into smarminess.

I always liked Kinchloe. It was too bad that because of the setting they couldn't do more with his character.
Posted by: Mary Poppins
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I also thought "Kinch" (played by Ivan Dixon) was under-utilized on HH. He was also a hell of a director. A ton of TV shows in the 70's and 80's under his name (including The Rockford Files and Magnum P.I.).

Posted by: nIVqII at September 21, 2023 10:48 AM (FoYlI)

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I am pro-life, but also told medical staff during our three childbirths to save Mom if they had to make a choice.

Republicans need to put democrats on record by offering what 80% of the world agrees on(literally): No 3rd term baby killing unless moms life is in danger. Work from there.

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