The Morning Report

The Morning Report — 9/26/23

Good morning, kids. To butcher the immortal words of Elvis Presley, Canada is now "a hunka-hunka burnin' . . . " something or other. Emphasis on "Hunka."

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has been heralded as this century’s Winston Churchill: the brave leader of a nation fighting for freedom against a tyrannical, fascist foe. This makes it all the more embarrassing that he, along with the 338 members of Canada’s House of Commons, were made to stand up and applaud one Yaroslav Hunka, a 98-year-old veteran of the “First Ukrainian Division,” also known as the “SS Galichina,” or the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division, a military unit of Ukrainian volunteers for the Waffen SS—the paramilitary arm of the Nazi Party. The unit has been accused of war crimes in Poland, though news reports are as yet unclear on what the nature and extent of Hunka’s involvement was or the circumstances of his arrival in Canada.
Whatever we find out, one thing is certain: Vladimir Putin was handed a massive propaganda victory. He can now point to footage of a NATO member’s parliament honoring a Waffen SS veteran as proof of his narrative that Russia is fighting a sacred war against Western-backed Nazis in Ukraine. How could such a sorry spectacle have taken place? The answer points to contradictions within Canada’s multicultural settlement.

That paragraph kind of clues you in to the author's attitude. For sure, Vladimir Putin is no choir boy. But the proposition that this is a propaganda victory for him misses the actual point, rising to the level of straw-man argument. Contrary to the real propaganda pumped out by western media, the Holodomar notwithstanding, Ukraine is not and has never been pure as the wind driven snow. A tragic, bloody history of pogroms, massacres and ethnic cleansing against Jews, Russians, Poles and others has been whitewashed in service to pushing an anti-Putin meme, the goal of which is to push the west into war with him.

Continuing with the more cromulent aspects of what otherwise is a good essay:

Canada is home to the largest Ukrainian population after Ukraine and Russia, and the high-profile presence of Ukrainian-Canadians in Canadian politics has led to a “special relationship” of sorts between Kiev and Ottawa. Canada was the first Western nation to recognize Ukrainian independence in 1991, and as soon as that independence was imperiled by Russia’s invasion in February 2022, Canada became a pillar of support for Ukraine’s cause.
At the center of this connection is Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, the most powerful figure in Justin Trudeau’s cabinet after the prime minister himself. A Rhodes Scholar and fluent Ukrainian speaker, Freeland was surveilled by the KGB on a student visit to the Soviet Union in the 1980s and marked as a nationalist agitator. She has followed in the footsteps of other prominent Ukrainian-Canadians, and may achieve even greater fame on the world stage as a possible future secretary-general of NATO. . .
. . . It is fair to say that Ukrainians have contributed mightily and positively to the making of modern Canada. Yet the celebration of diversity can also be a double-edged sword, particularly when constituent ethno-national identities are indulged to the point of overlooking—or even valorizing—aspects of them that may be radically at odds with the promise of harmonious multicultural coexistence.
Last week, an international incident drew attention to the presence of militant separatist movements within Canada’s Sikh community; such movements keep alive the ancient hatreds and political loyalties that immigrants are ostensibly supposed to leave at the door when they accept citizenship in a new country.
A militant nationalist undercurrent also runs through Ukrainian-Canadian political identity. For instance, journalists in recent years have pointed to monuments honoring Ukrainian Nazi collaborators scattered across Canada, put up by Ukrainian nationalist groups. Freeland’s maternal grandfather became the subject of controversy in 2017, when Russian-affiliated media amplified reports that he had been the editor of a Nazi collaborationist newspaper in occupied Krakow. While this had nothing to do with Freeland herself, it highlighted the unsavory historical baggage that many postwar Ukrainian immigrants brought with them from Europe. . .
. . . Multiculturalism can mean many things and may indeed contribute to the shaping of a larger national story. Yet the fashionable idea of Canada as a post-national amalgam has often caused its leaders to celebrate (with unexamined enthusiasm) various sub-national or extra-national identities, treating these as stand-ins for the solid, unifying symbols and standards of previous ages, and blinding them to the serious moral and historical complexities that come with the promotion of diversity as an end in itself. The unfortunate tale of Yaroslav Hunka’s standing ovation is only a particularly egregious illustration of how thoroughly the Canadian political class has been captured by this attitude. It won’t be the last.

Sorry, Michael Cuenco. Multiculturalism only means one thing: civil war and death. Yes, in the vast majority of cases, it's healthy to be part of a community and with a diversity of people and cultures from different lands. I grew up in Brooklyn in the 60s and 70s and I consider myself lucky to have had a youth where I experienced exactly that. The difference is all those kids and their parents all lived or tried to live as Americans. Does E pluribus unum ring a bell? Contrary to leftist dogma, assimilation does not mean abandoning one's heritage. In fact, their mission in decrying assimilation and doing everything in their power to prevent it is to destroy the American heritage, culture, history and traditions. Ditto what their Komrades up in Kanuckistan are doing.

The name Chrystia Freeland should ring a bell. Flashback to February 2022:

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said Thursday that Canadian federal law enforcement has already begun cracking down on the financial accounts of individuals suspected of aiding “Freedom Convoy” protesters.
Freeland said in a press conference that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has referred a number of accounts that have subsequently been frozen by financial institutions. Freeland deflected a question on whether the frozen accounts belonged to any of the donors to fundraising campaigns on the platforms GoFundMe and GiveSendGo.
One reporter at the press conference questioned Frreeland: “I’m just wondering if the bank accounts will be targeted of individuals who donated to the GiveSendGo and GoFundMe campaigns? Are they considered designated people under the Emergencies Act, meaning that their credit cards could be cut and financial services are targeting them as well?”
Freeland responded: “The names of both individuals and entities as well as crypto wallets have been shared by the RCMP with financial institutions and accounts have been frozen and more accounts will be frozen. Crowdfunding platforms and payment service providers have started the registration process with [the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada].”
The deputy prime minister, who also serves as Canada’s minister of finance, skirted the question on if the frozen accounts belonged to those donors who gave through GoFundMe and GiveSendGo. The latter was hacked earlier this week and the data of tens of thousands of Freedom Convoy donors leaked online.
“In terms of the specifics on whose accounts are being frozen, you now have the regulations. The financial service providers have those regulations now, as well, and they, working with law enforcement, will be making the operational decisions,” Freeland said.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Act Monday as a “last resort” to break the protest that has continued in downtown Ottawa for roughly three weeks. The act, in addition to empowering law enforcement, authorized banks and other financial institutions to unilaterally freeze the accounts of any individual or entity suspected of aiding the protesters.
Days after the announcement and amid fears of a run on the banks, some of Canada’s largest financial institutions experienced an outage. The cause of the blackout has not yet been determined. The disruption blocked Canadians from accessing their bank accounts online for about an hour Wednesday afternoon.

Freeland does it like a boss. Hugo Boss, that is. Political persecution and retribution against enemies of the regime. And here she is, along with Fidel Castro's bastard, giving a standing ovation to a commander from the Waffen SS responsible for butchering innocent people during World War 2.

Funny how we don't hear any more that all this talk about the Azov Battalion being manned by anti-Semites is pro-Putin propaganda because Zelensky is Jewish. Turns out that that is exactly the case since it is historical fact that that unit was created as a part of the Waffen SS as an indigenous Ukrainian anti-Soviet formation. And this decrepit 98-year old Hunka shit was part of it or otherwise associated with or worked alongside it.

Heil, hoser.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

Michael Walsh: "Why we don't speak Hunnish today."
Invasion of the Nation-Snatchers
"Unless the Supreme Court agrees to review a lower-court ruling, the rights of businesses and property owners to restrict trespassing will be dramatically curtailed."
Property Rights in the Balance
"Sanctimony can't make up for bad reporting."
Media Malpractice and the Murder of Andreas Probst
"Is the historical concordance between Rome and America set in stone? Are we on the brink of losing our home? The question, like the Overton Window, remains only partially open."
The Decline and Fall of Home: Part One
"America should be a bulwark against it, but it wasn't during the pandemic." (Meet the new boss, samizdat old boss - jjs)
Censorship is Death of Science and Leads to Death of People

BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS

"Pro-impeachment wing headed for the ‘boring’ and ‘complicated’ traps."
How Republicans Will Botch the Biden Impeachment
“Everything changed when he put himself in DOJ’s crosshairs on October 7, 2022 and he was subsequently retaliated against for making protected whistleblower disclosures about the handling of the Hunter Biden case,” Tristan Leavitt, an attorney for Shapley, previously told the Daily Caller.
IRS Whistleblower Was Removed From Hunter Biden Case After Rift With Top Prosecutor, IRS Officials Testify
SHAMPEACHMENT 1.0, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION
"This motion to silence the leading Republican presidential candidate launches us into uncharted waters."
Gagging Trump
Margot Cleveland: "Fulton County D.A. Fani Willis is the last person who should be deciding whether federal officials can question shoddy elections."
Judge In Fulton County Trump Case Reveals How Dangerous This Prosecution Is To Our Country
CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
"'To me, equality is not electing Joni Ernst.'" (Bei mir bist du schwein. Besides, I thought you fools didn't know the definition of a woman - jjs)
Democrat Katie Porker Says Republican Women Don't Count as Women
"Lawsuit: defendants lost a bid for a city contract after another business received a 10-point bonus because of its minority ownership."
White-Owned Landscaping Companies Challenge Houston’s Racial Minority Preference in City Contracts
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
"The Supreme Court extended the injunction’s stay to Sept. 27 on Friday after Justice Samuel Alito temporarily froze it. The Fifth Circuit of Appeals partially affirmed Sept. 8 a lower court’s sweeping injunction that the Biden administration [junta] the First Amendment by coercing social media platforms into censoring speech."
The FBI Has ’50-Percent Rate’ of Getting Speech Censored From the Internet, Court Filing Says
So, Yaroslav Hunka, a full-fledged member of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician), is only “Nazi-linked.” Why? Because Politico doesn’t believe in truth. Politico only believes in the Cause of the Fascist Left, and if that means justifying, excusing, and watering down full-fledged Nazis, so be it. (Just a reminder: the "full-fledged Nazis" are of the left. Always have been, always will be - jjs)
Far-Left Politico Waters Down Zelensky’s Nazi to ‘Nazi-Linked’
"The reason for her absence is unknown."
Bob Menendez’s Daughter Took the Weekend Off From Hosting Her MSNBC Show
"The Menendez distraction merely underscores the perversion of the free press."
Corrupt Media Worse Than Crooked Senators
"The American Library Association ‘celebrates’ free speech as it cancels Christian books and parents."
Banned Books Week in the Age of Biden
"Recent court rulings show the government’s deep involvement in platform management."
Yes, Social Media Censorship Is a First Amendment Issue
"Soon, there will be no officially unapproved speech in England."
UK Criminalizing Speech Through Culture, Media, and Sport
"The media report said four women, whose names have not been disclosed, have accused Brand of sexual misconduct from 2006 to 2013, which was the height of Brand’s mainstream fame — when Brand worked for Channel 4 and the BBC. One woman claims Brand raped her, while another alleged victim, who is now 31, says Brand sexually assaulted her when she was 16 years old (the age of consent in the U.K.)."
Major Brands Pull Ads From Rumble After Platform Refuses To Censor Russell Brand Over Sex Assault Allegations
"In other words, the HHS LOST THE CHILDREN. One-third of the children it had handled under that system are now MISSING and may never be found by any government apparatchik. Why not just report on it as a story? Why frame it in the skeptical lens and never actually, openly, state that, well, yeah, this is happening, right now, under this command-and-control insult to states in the south? And why not acknowledge the fact that the Biden [junta] also has been FLYING migrants around the country to resettle them while keeping the resettlements off the official books?"
Even 'Fact-Checkers' Can’t Cover Biden Losing 85,000 Kids & Flying In Migrants
Here is Morning Joe and his Botox-laden wax statue of a lady friend, Morning Mika, welcoming Errin Haines, the editor of a “nonprofit” with a self-styled mission to “ to empower women, women of color and the LGBTQ+ community with the information, community and tools they need to be equal participants in our democracy,” to explain that the issue American voters care most about is something called “democracy.”
MSNBC Propagandists: ‘Democracy Emerges as the New Kitchen Table Issue’
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
"Biden to visit striking UAW workers, a day ahead of Trump."
United Auto Workers Union Now Striking at 38 Locations in 20 States
"Several food banks told the Daily Caller News Foundation that the volume of requests for food has risen to levels even higher than during the [Chinese] COVID-19 pandemic, as more people struggle to afford their daily expenses. Many food banks credited the increase in demand for food to inflation, which has cut into real wages and made purchasing everyday goods, including groceries, much more expensive."
‘Quiet Crisis’: Food Banks Are Inundated With Requests For Aid As Inflation Bites
"Since more workers are leaving the workforce than entering due to changing demographics, employers are struggling to fill positions, leaving unfilled jobs that would normally contribute to economic growth and productivity, according to the WSJ. The lack of workers may create a bottleneck that economic growth will be hindered by, driving wages and costs up as workers demand more from the greater bargaining power afforded in a tight labor market."
Biden’s Much-Touted Employment Numbers Could Actually be a Harbinger of Economic Disaster
"Biden and his supporters described the 2022 groundbreaking of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) facility near Phoenix, Arizona, as a solid indicator that his economic agenda is delivering strong results, boosting American manufacturing and minimizing the exposure of key supply chains to Chinese aggression, according to the South China Morning Post. However, about nine months later, the facility is marred by a dispute between TSMC and local labor unions, complicating that narrative while pitting key aspects of the Biden agenda against each other."
Factory Hailed as a Biden Success Story Now Hampered by Key Democrat Voting Bloc
"It would pervert the true purpose of our judicial system — to deliver justice."
This Sneaky Bipartisan Bankruptcy Reform Will Sting Tech Consumers
"A monument to the Left's inability to understand economics."
The Call for a Four-day Work Week
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
"Energy Department effort to push green building codes will cost families big, experts say."
How the Biden Junta Is Using the 'Climate Crisis' To Make Housing Even More Expensive
These groups “purportedly manage the funds of affluent elitists like Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio. And as these groups showered Sher Edling with millions of dollars, your law firm advanced numerous climate change lawsuits.”
GOP Lawmakers Probing Big Oil Lawsuits That Allegedly Received Funding from Leonardo DiCaprio
"'We are perfectly happy to work with them,' Biden [junta] economic official says of China."
Biden Spent Billions To Cut China Out of Green Energy Supply Chain. Now His Junta Says That Can’t Happen.
"The billionaire hypocrite."
He’s Furious
"Before you can say man-caused temperature rise is destroying the planet, you have to prove that the temperature has risen."
A Look at the Fundamental Hypothesis of Global Warming
Glenn H. Reynolds: ". . . it’s interesting to see Gates softening his tone; it feels as if climate outrage has passed its sell-by date." (He's still a dangerous megalomaniac. This is likely a strategic withdrawal for the time being until the crazier rhetoric cools down so he and his cohorts can regroup - jjs)
Even Bill Gates is Backtracking — The Air's Gone Out of the "Climate Crisis" Balloon
AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
"Party Chairman says illegal immigrant development highlighted by The Daily Wire should be a 'grave concern for all Texans.'"
Texas GOP Passes Unanimous Resolution Calling for Special Legislative Session on Colony Ridge
Victor Davis Hanson: "No nation in history has survived once its borders were destroyed."
Our Self-Induced Catastrophe at the Border
"Alejandro Mayorkas, Biden’s Secretary of Homeland Security, has repeatedly insisted 'the border is secure' when confronted by Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has avoided questions about the record breaking number of illegal aliens cross the U.S. southern border."
11,000 Illegals Crossed U.S. Border In Last 24 Hours Alone
"The city is at a 'breaking point,' the mayor said."
Democrat El Paso Mayor Charters Five Buses To Take Migrants To New York, Chicago, Denver
"The damage Biden and his merry band of open-border Marxists are doing every second of every day to this country may never be able to be undone and may very well be its undoing. At some point, one wonders where the line lies between policy difference and treason."
The Big Immigration Lie
"Biden's web of border lies starts to fray."
"How Many People Coming Into This Country Illegally Is Enough For [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Biden?"
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
“While the number is pretty staggering, I wish I could say that I was truly surprised or am truly surprised for that matter because of the lack of leadership in Oakland city government and the lack of accountability,” Eugene Kopman, a resident of Oakland, told CBS. “My car was parked at the Coliseum BART. I took my son to a baseball game last Sunday and I came back — the car was gone.”
‘The Mayor’s Fault’: Blue City Reports an Average of 40 Vehicle Thefts a Day
Ironic, n'est pas?
Biden EEOC Makes It Easier to Hire Individuals With Criminal Records for Government Positions
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
Lloyd Billingsley: "Did the government quash discussion about the ineffectiveness – and danger – of vaccines?" (Spoiler alert: you bet your ass it did - jjs)
CDC Confessions
"The CDC hasn’t updated the data on myocarditis and pericarditis in almost a year."
CDC Won’t Release Latest Information on Post [Chinese] COVID Vaccine Heart Conditions
"Bay Area counties issue seasonal mask mandates for health care workers citing increased risk for respiratory viruses."
‘Unprecedented’: California Health Workers Face Fine or Imprisonment for Going Maskless
SECOND AMENDMENT
John R. Lott Jr.: "Gun control advocates keep telling us that there is 90-plus percent support in polls for expanded background checks, but the support is much less solid than the media and gun control advocates would have you believe."
California Democrats Admit It’s Unconstitutional To Ban Gun Ownership
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
According to the grant summary, this mentoring program is different from other programs as this one doesn’t require parental consent for minors to participate, as opposed to other programs that “often require guardian permission,” the College Fix noted. Edwards' program will also be via eHealth as opposed to in-person.
Tax-Funded Program Pairs Kids With Gay & Trans Adult 'Mentors' Online
"Sage’s story shows the devastating harm to children when ideologically captured institutions wrest control from parents of a child’s life."
Lawsuit Over Sex-Trafficked Teen Could Stop Schools From Hiding Kids’ Dysphoria
ABORTION
Peachy Keenan: "Is our political litmus test literally going to be the candidate who will outlaw all abortion, everywhere, anytime?"
Don’t Argue with Donald Trump On Pro-Life Limits, Argue With Voters
THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
It's not a disaster; it's legalized permanent Democrat election thievery - jjs
A ‘Disaster’: Donald Trump Warns Against Automatic Voter Registration in Pennsylvania
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
"Rep. Jamaal Bowman meets with those tied to 'Palestinian' terror and hatred of Jews."
Anti-Israel Congressman Poses for Photo with Anti-Semitic CAIR Official
"BULLION BOB" MENENDEZ UNDER THE GUN
"Embattled New Jersey senator's PAC gave money to Tim Kaine and Bob Casey, among others."
Menendez Donations Could Cause Problems for Dems in Tough Reelection Fights
"Democrats are ruthless about dispatching allies who outlive their use." (Pro-Israel, and a useful distraction from the Biden crimes and insanity and the truth of the two-tier justice system. QED - jjs)
The Biden Regime Throws Menendez Under the Bus
Menendez’s claim came during a press conference that New Jersey.com noted was at the Hudson Community College Union City, New Jersey, campus. Notably, the community college is situated in New Jersey’s Eighth Congressional District, which his son, Rep. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), represents.
Sen. Bob Menendez Claims He Withdrew ‘Thousands of Dollars in Cash’ over Last 30 Years After $480,000 Found at Home in Bribery Investigation
“These news outlets from the right, conservatives, are not going to say that they found gold bars,” Lopez Obrador said. “The Republican Senator Bob Menendez from Texas, he has always been against us. They are not going to say that. That is not a story.” (Socialism and llello is a hell of a combo - jjs)
VIDEO: Mexican President Claims Conservative Media Won’t Talk About "Republican Bob Menendez"
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
"The discovery of Schiff’s questionable use of earmarks came after the Congressman attacked his Senate primary opponent Katie Porker (D-CA) for opposing pork-barrel spending, while bragging he had secured critical funding for drug recovery and homeless programs through earmark spending.
Schiff-for-Brains Secured Funds for Defense Giants While They Funded His Campaigns
POLITICS
Mollie Hemingway: "The Democrat proposal is to vote for open borders, inflation increases, energy dependence, rampant crime, and actual imprisonment of political opponents."
Polls Show Democrat Campaign Strategy of Indicting Political Opponents Has Backfired Horrifically
“We call it the P, PI — anyways, doesn’t matter what we call it but that’s what it is.”
Biden Fumbles Acronym During Pacific Islands Forum Speech: "Doesn't Matter What We Call It," He Jokes
"A look at current presidential preferences among voters of both parties, with an emphasis on their least-desired candidates."
Who’s Your Last Choice?
Trump referenced the presence of multiple elected officials at the Monday rally in Summerville, South Carolina, including Republican Gov. Henry McMaster of South Carolina and Republican Reps. Joe Wilson and Russell Fry of South Carolina. Trump spoke at a motorboat factory in Summerville for about four minutes then went on a tour of the facility, the Charleston Post and Courier reported.
‘He Helps Me’: Rally Crowd Boos Lindsey Graham After Trump Shout-Out
"November 30 on [Yawn Inanity] Hannity’s TV show."
DeSantis, Newsom to Debate on November 30
"The only way the Republicans can win the presidency and down-ballot elections in 2024 is to stop the internecine vitriol and vindictiveness. Ron DeSantis is not the enemy nor is Donald Trump."
A Reality Check for Republican Voters
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
Sen Josh Hawley: “If there is some path to victory in Ukraine, I didn’t hear it today. I also heard that there’s going to be no end to the funding requests…”
Senator Shocked By Classified Briefing On Ukraine: Warhawks Want Blank Check With No Victory In Sight
"Reporters discovered U.S. taxpayers are paying the salaries of all 57,000 first responders in Ukraine, and not only subsidizing businesses, but even helping them to secure new customers overseas via USAID. Perhaps the most controversial discovery is the financial support for Ukrainian farmers, considering Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky is currently lodging proceedings against several European Union neighbors who have banned imports of Ukrainian grain – without the EU’s permission."
U.S. Aid is Subsidizing Ukraine Corporates, Paying State Salaries, and Buying Fertilizer for Farmers
"The more focused and realistic approach advocated by a new generation of conservative leaders is a welcome break with the past."
The Rise of Republican National Security Prioritizers
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
"The Soviet Union fell of its own accord, presumably, and so will China." (Very different mindset. Bad as the Soviets were, they were at least minimally western in their heritage. Orientals have zero western values and compunction to kill millions - jjs)
Claim: Cold War History Shows Containing China Won’t Work
“Vladimir Putin was handed a massive propaganda victory.” (That's a straw-man distraction. It's more like what Canada did exposed itself as the neo-Leftist tyranny that it has devolved into - jjs)
Multicultural Canada’s Dirty Nazi Secret
"Trudeau's incessant preening before the camera, as well his futile and hilarious attempts to imitate traditional Indian dance, made the hapless world leader an international laughingstock. Just how shallow and useless is this man? Well, he is up to show the world just how shallow and useless that can be. In his latest trip to India this month to attend the G-20, Trudeau did everything possible to alienate Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi."
"Castreau-cescu" Trudeau Blaming India for Murder of Canadian Sikh Separatist Reveals His Hypocrisy, Ego and a Personal Vendetta
"Raisi’s triumphalism at the U.N. is a result of the West’s surrender." (Hat tip to CBD - jjs)
The Moral Bankruptcy of the World
"Three decades later – the dark reality of failure and deceit."
The Oslo Accords: A Retrospective
"The Biden [junta] hasn't deterred the CCP but is in fact empowering it."
The Great Restoration: The Return to Engagement with Communist China
"Masters and slaves."
The Real China
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
According to Military.com, the extensive analysis contains numerous examples of “substandard conditions,” including reports of “bedbugs and roaches,” which the outlet noted “were a common issue at six of the bases that the GAO visited.” Water quality was also a notable issue, with one group of service members telling GAO investigators that their water “is often brown and does not appear safe for drinking.”
Washington Funds Ukraine Forever War While Our Own Soldiers’ Barracks Rot
"Trump was right: Our NATO allies have allowed their defenses to deteriorate badly."
The Few Get Fewer
"Lemma, a naturalized U.S. citizen and resident of Silver Spring, Maryland, communicated with a foreign official who tasked him with supplying information on specific subjects of interest, including military issues such as command centers and rebel activities."
Diversity Is Our Strength: [in]Justice Dept. Confirms Arrest of Migrant Defense Contractor for Espionage
"A disunited country will not tolerate it."
Is the Draft Coming Back?
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
Robert Spencer: "And does it justify Qur’anic violence?"
Does the God of the Bible Command to Kill Innocent People?
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
Among voters who “strongly support” including border security in the spending bill, 70% would prefer a government shutdown to higher spending. Voters are much more negative than positive about the impact of illegal immigration, results of a separate Rasmussen survey, conducted September 11-13, reveal. 
Nearly Two-Thirds of Voters – Including Half of Democrats – Want Border Security in Budget Deal
“We have people that have been in some of these agencies for 25, 30 years. You bring in a legislator, and it’s pretty difficult to compete with that, especially if you term limit us,” she contended. She called to limit the number of times that a particular bureaucrat could work at a specific agency and then limit the overall time that a bureaucrat could work in the federal government. “If you want to change what goes on in Washington, DC, limit the power of the bureaucracy. That’s the key,” Hageman said. (As discussed on the latest podcast, but alas, the odds of this are slim to none - jjs)
Rep. Harriet Hageman Calls for Term Limits for Federal Bureaucrats
"An Arizona judge rules that Phoenix must clean up an unauthorized homeless encampment by November."
Taking a Stand Against “the Zone”
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
"The company now has two boosters that have flown that many times, plus at least one that has flown fifteen times."
SpaceX launches 22 Starlink satellites, flying its second booster for a 17th time
"Two different research papers, using infrared data from the Webb Space Telescope, have independently concluded that the carbon dioxide previously detected on the surface of Europa is found concentrated in the same region, and has the earmarks of coming from beneath the surface."
Webb infrared data suggests Europa’s C02 comes from within
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
"The WGA has reached a tentative deal, but it’s just a temporary fix."
Hollywood Shut Down for Five Months. Here’s What We’ve Learned.
"What’s the point of the sports entertainment industry, other than keeping you distracted and poor?"
Pigskins et Circenses
But when Vanessa Williams won Miss America all those years ago, that wasn't problematic in a nation that at the time was close to if not more than 70% white. Fuck these people to hell - jjs
White Woman Wins Miss Zimbabwe in Miss Universe Pageant—Americans Claim That's Racist
Christian Toto: "Comedy Is Murder series calls out Apple's alleged reliance on child labor."
Free the People Pummels Apple Over Woke Eco Video
"The sycophantic entertainment media will blame this lousy box office year on everything but the actual quality of the product. Putting the blame where it belongs would require moral courage, which is in short supply. When the box office hits, we’re told movies are awesome. When the box office bombs, we’re told it’s the weather, or forest fires, or global warming (which is a hoax), or the strikes, or Trump, or the Proud Boys, or how Saturn is aligned with Jupiter. It’s never the lousy product. Never, ever, ever…"
Weekend Box Office Crashes to 2023 Low
The Cathedral argues the new windows, entitled “Now and Forever,” depict protestors holding placards that read “no foul play” and “fairness” and were introduced to signify a “new chapter” in the monument’s artistic and architectural legacy. The previous stained glass windows of generals Lee and Jackson were described by the Cathedral as “offensive” and “a barrier to the ministry of this cathedral,” according to the Very Rev. Randolph Marshall Hollerith, explained during Saturday’s unveiling.
Washington National Cathedral Replaces Robert E Lee With Racial Justice Stained-Glass
"We need a ruling class with a lot less power, and especially a lot less power to direct top-down everything."
Hanania on How to Drive a Stake into Woke
"Countering the radical assault on Western history."
No, the New World is Not Stolen Land
HITHER & YON
In 2007, when he was working on “NCIS,” McCallum told a reporter: “I’ve always felt the harder I work, the luckier I get. I believe in serendipitous things happening, but at the same time, dedicating yourself to what you do is the best way to get along in this life.” (RIP - jjs)
David McCallum, NCIS and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Star Dies Aged 90

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1
ESPONJA!!!!

g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 26, 2023 07:39 AM (ENBF0)

2 G'morning J.J. (And thank you again for the morning report.)

I can't wait to see what crazy nonsense the Canadian Parliament has for us today.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 26, 2023 07:39 AM (qPw5n)

3 WTFO??

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 26, 2023 07:39 AM (BRHaw)

4 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at September 26, 2023 07:40 AM (sNtYB)

5 Thank you, JJ

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 26, 2023 07:41 AM (1n+EO)

6
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and NCIS star David McCallum dies aged 90

another grim milestone for the biden administration

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 26, 2023 07:41 AM (ENBF0)

7 Also, it's downright weird to see Canada featured so prominently in the news services across the globe right now. India's news articles are fun to read right now.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 26, 2023 07:41 AM (qPw5n)

8
Hunka-hunka burning hate.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 26, 2023 07:42 AM (MoZTd)

9 Good morning again dear morons and happy New Year JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 26, 2023 07:42 AM (RIvkX)

10 Yo

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 26, 2023 07:42 AM (Q4IgG)

11 Morning again, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at September 26, 2023 07:44 AM (ju2Fy)

12
It's distressing to see more people at the grocery wearing masks. Not that I care if anyone wants to put on a face rag, but I'm concerned that normal, sensible people will be pressured by whoever to do the same. "Do you want people to die?"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 26, 2023 07:45 AM (MoZTd)

13 Tuesday!!! Again!!!!

Posted by: Ciampino -- Singh & Patel call me almost every day at September 26, 2023 07:46 AM (qfLjt)

14 A militant nationalist undercurrent also runs through Ukrainian-Canadian political identity.
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Duuuuh, I wonder where they got that idea?

Posted by: Rene Levesque at September 26, 2023 07:47 AM (RIvkX)

15 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 26, 2023 07:47 AM (z99Zw)

16 Graham ain't real popular round these parts.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 26, 2023 07:50 AM (1n+EO)

17 Well now. What disaster is Biden foisting on us today?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 26, 2023 07:50 AM (zzRkQ)

18
Duuuuh, I wonder where they got that idea?
Posted by: Rene Levesque at September 26, 2023 07:47 AM (RIvkX)

My guess is Quebec is like Scotland. They'll tiptoe up to the line of independence but won't dare to cross it because they'll cut themselves off from the welfare they suck out of the rest of the country.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 26, 2023 07:50 AM (MoZTd)

19 Good morning JJ and horde

Posted by: Skip at September 26, 2023 07:51 AM (BYQ1n)

20 ... the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division, a military unit of Ukrainian volunteers for the Waffen SS—the paramilitary arm of the Nazi Party. ...
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Not to be picayune but it would be more accurate to describe the Waffen SS as the military arm of the SS. These were SS units that were under German military command and there were separate units designated for nations-at-arms such as the Ukrainians, Lithuanians, and others.

Of course all of them the SS, Waffen SS, and German military were all criminal organizations engaged in war crimes.

Posted by: Rene Levesque at September 26, 2023 07:51 AM (RIvkX)

21 /silly Fwench sock off

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 26, 2023 07:52 AM (RIvkX)

22 A tragic, bloody history of pogroms, massacres and ethnic cleansing against Jews, Russians, Poles and others has been whitewashed in service to pushing an anti-Putin meme, the goal of which is to push the west into war with him.

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I am 100% convinced that, after having overthrown Trump in a successful soft coup beginning with the "Russia, Russia, Russia hoax" (likely after Hillary was humiliated with her red "Reset" Button PR Disaster -- the Russian version was misspelled, and instead of “reset” (perezagruzka) it said “overload” (peregruzka), the Deep State then projected their Trump Derangement Syndrome onto Putin -- the new #OrangeManBad.

Out: Munchausen-by-Proxy.
In: #BadOrangeMan-by-Proxy.

[Good morning, and as always thank you for your efforts, J.J. -- especially for us insomniacs!]

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at September 26, 2023 07:53 AM (2O5Io)

23 {12} It's distressing to see more people at the grocery wearing masks. Not that I care if anyone wants to put on a face rag, but I'm concerned that normal, sensible people will be pressured by whoever to do the same. "Do you want people to die?"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 26, 2023 07:45 AM (MoZTd)

I'm seeing more of the same here. I'm hoping a lot more people reject the hysterics-driven theatrics.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 26, 2023 07:53 AM (qPw5n)

24 He's nota Nazi Nazi.

Posted by: fd at September 26, 2023 07:53 AM (vFG9F)

25 Canada is home to the largest Ukrainian population after Ukraine and Russia, and the high-profile presence of Ukrainian-Canadians in Canadian politics has led to a “special relationship” of sorts between Kiev and Ottawa.
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That's a convenient excuse, but even if Canada were majority ethnic Russian, Canada's anti-Russia policy would be the same. Canada is a vassal. DC wants this war. Turgidly. Canada's populace, like ours, has no influence there.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 26, 2023 07:53 AM (0FoWg)

26 Well expect our IRS to do the same thing going after anyone not in the Cultural Marxists group

Posted by: Skip at September 26, 2023 07:54 AM (BYQ1n)

27 Chrystia Freeland is a classic totalitarian POS. Not surprising she is at the center of Ukrainian-Canadian politics.

This "salute to the Nazi" moment in Canada is hilarious.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 26, 2023 07:55 AM (kvTlp)

28 I would not have known that the “First Ukrainian Division” in WW2 was in actuality a Waffen-SS Nazi division…. But then again I’m not a government leader with massive resources which can be used to minimize the chances of me making an ass of myself.

The irony on this occasion is so thick you could cut it with a knife. I doubt any of these dunderheads, even Trudea himself, would’ve applauded if they’d have known this guy was a despicable Nazi….. yet they’re governing style seems more and more fascistic as time goes by…. They’re unconsciously emulating some aspects of Nazi governance and unconsciously applauding a Nazi all at the same time. They’re despicable and quite incompetent…. Clownworld 🤡

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 26, 2023 07:56 AM (xJnZb)

29 "Freeland’s maternal grandfather became the subject of controversy in 2017, when Russian-affiliated media amplified reports that he had been the editor of a Nazi collaborationist newspaper in occupied Krakow. While this had nothing to do with Freeland herself..."
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Nope. If I gotta pay slavery reparations, she's a Nazi. Them's the rules.

Posted by: screaming in digital at September 26, 2023 07:56 AM (aBJcM)

30
The MSM seemed mystified when Putin mentioned Nazi's after venturing into Ukraine. This dustup shines a little light on it.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 26, 2023 07:56 AM (enJYY)

31 I remember reading the Man From Uncle comic books, which I inherited from my much older brother...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 26, 2023 07:57 AM (TGPs7)

32 Archie Bunker said the American Indian (feather not dot) didn't own any land as they couldn't read or write so Sitting Bull couldn't sign the lease.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 26, 2023 07:57 AM (0lY6Y)

33 So Putin is fighting against countries putting bioweapons factories on his border AND Nazis.

Wow.

Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 26, 2023 07:59 AM (de2/z)

34 The difference is all those kids and their parents all lived or tried to live as Americans. Does E pluribus unum ring a bell?

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Indeed. As Prager has observed, the "American Trinity" has been simply stated and can be found on our currency:

. "E Pluribus Unum;"
. "In God We Trust;" and
. "Liberty."

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at September 26, 2023 07:59 AM (2O5Io)

35 President Biden: Hicks, meet me at the south strike picket line. We're coming in.
UAW Corporal Hicks: Roger.
UAW Private Hudson: [to Vasquez] He's comin' in. I feel safer already.
UAW Private Vasquez: Pendejo jerk off...

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 26, 2023 08:00 AM (4I/2K)

36 It's weird to see Canada's creeping fascism. I always saw Canada as a big snowy harmless place where nothing much happened.

America's creeping fascism is just beyond depressing.

Posted by: DB - former participant at September 26, 2023 08:00 AM (geLO8)

37 Emily Drabinski. A proud and mouthy member of the Democratic Socialists of America, Drabinski caught people’s attention with her much too honest post-election tweet, “collective power is possible to build and can be wielded for a better world.”

The House- and Senate-approved final FY 2020 spending bills included $252 million for IMLS, a $10 million increase for an agency originally marked for elimination by the president.

Hows a come the Marxist always need MY money?

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 26, 2023 08:00 AM (BRHaw)

38 Thank you, JJ.
Much appreciate all you do here.

Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the Children They Do Not Kill at September 26, 2023 08:00 AM (gxokI)

39 I doubt any of these dunderheads, even Trudea himself, would’ve applauded if they’d have known this guy was a despicable Nazi….

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The secret was out right from the get-go. PBS, NPR, or some other news agency was interviewing some hero mayor and they blurred out the portrait of the historic hero hanging in the mayor's office behind him during the interview.

Because Ukraine lurvs them some Nazis.

And we heart Ukraine.

Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 26, 2023 08:02 AM (de2/z)

40 And then those Gatherers and Sharers showed up...

Posted by: Barliman Butterbur at September 26, 2023 08:03 AM (SYTee)

41 ... to those donors who gave through GoFundMe and GiveSendGo. The latter was hacked earlier this week and the data of tens of thousands of Freedom Convoy donors leaked online.

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That would include me, who contributed to both. I've fully expected since to have my bank accounts frozen and liquidated for and by the "all-powerful" Junta & Leviathan.

God pity the fools when they leave me no other survival choice given that "Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose ..."

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at September 26, 2023 08:03 AM (2O5Io)

42 Found it. It was PBS Newshour. Here's the official, uneditied, un-tampered with by anyone else except PBS video interview. Because they knew, but were hoping you didn't:

https://tinyurl.com/ybum88js

Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 26, 2023 08:04 AM (de2/z)

43 Hows a come the Marxist always need MY money?
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 26, 2023 08:00 AM (BRHaw)
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Because Marxism is incapable of creating wealth.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 26, 2023 08:04 AM (YIVH2)

44 A militant nationalist undercurrent also runs through Ukrainian-Canadian political identity. For instance, journalists in recent years have pointed to monuments honoring Ukrainian Nazi collaborators scattered across Canada, put up by Ukrainian nationalist groups.
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Canada was also a major source of money and foreign influence for the Tamil Tigers while they were leading terror war in Sri Lanka. I dunno what it is about Canada, but it has a history of tolerating war-adjacent activities from significant foreign populations that it would never tolerate from its native citizens.

Good morning.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 26, 2023 08:05 AM (t0OGg)

45 Hows a come the Marxist always need MY money?
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 26, 2023 08:00 AM (BRHaw)
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Because Marxism is incapable of creating wealth.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 26, 2023 08:04 AM (YIVH2)

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'Tis an age-old story of parasites and hosts.

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at September 26, 2023 08:05 AM (2O5Io)

46 > It's distressing to see more people at the grocery wearing masks. Not that I care if anyone wants to put on a face rag, but I'm concerned that normal, sensible people will be pressured by whoever to do the same. "Do you want people to die?"
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These are the very same people who will abide a FedGov demand to turn over their guns, relinquish their homes to illegals and gladly move to a 15 minute city.

Some are the type who claim they'd never do any of those things either. But they lie.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 26, 2023 08:06 AM (Q4IgG)

47 Canada was also a major source of money and foreign influence for the Tamil Tigers while they were leading terror war in Sri Lanka. I dunno what it is about Canada, but it has a history of tolerating war-adjacent activities from significant foreign populations that it would never tolerate from its native citizens.

Good morning.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 26, 2023 08:05 AM (t0OGg)

Easy. Canada is an evil country.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 26, 2023 08:06 AM (8sMut)

48
Hows a come the Marxist always need MY money?
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 26, 2023 08:00 AM (BRHaw)
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Because Marxism is incapable of creating wealth.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 26, 2023 08:04 AM

When you rob Peter to pay Paul, you can always count on Paul's vote. Ballot, too. Lot's of them.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 26, 2023 08:06 AM (enJYY)

49 Think about it this way: Ukrainians are a miniscule portion of the US populace, which is not at all in favor of US intervention. But if (when) DC decides to send Oklahomans to Crimea, that won't count for a thing. What influence would Canadians, Ukrainian or otherwise have on that policy.

Sweet Baby Z could hoist up a blue and yellow swastika on the Uke parliament, and all that would happen is you would see every government mouthpiece in North America writing articles saying things like "amid wartime developments in Kiev, 40,000 prominent historians have signed a letter urging their colleagues to reassess their viewpoints on the achievements of the glorious Third Reich, which warm the hearts of all those who cherish freedom."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 26, 2023 08:06 AM (0FoWg)

50 Freeland does it like a boss. Hugo Boss, that is. Political persecution and retribution against enemies of the regime. And here she is, along with Fidel Castro's bastard, giving a standing ovation to a commander from the Waffen SS responsible for butchering innocent people during World War 2.
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For all the progs bleat on about their contemporary version of original sin - slavery, misbehavior of the past, Nazis, etc. - they don't give one lick about history. If it suits the needs of the present split-second, then anything goes.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 26, 2023 08:07 AM (t0OGg)

51 Shelly Dubinski >>>> Emily Drabinski.

Posted by: Frank Lyman, Amherst College at September 26, 2023 08:07 AM (4I/2K)

52 The act, in addition to empowering law enforcement, authorized banks and other financial institutions to unilaterally freeze the accounts of any individual or entity suspected of aiding the protesters.
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And that's the key point. It *allowed* the banks to do things without state order. With just the implication, the banks are now allowed to steal your money. A wink and a nod from Ottawa and poof, it's gone.

Doesn't really instill you with confidence, does it?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 26, 2023 08:08 AM (t0OGg)

53 @18/Hadrian the Seventh:

Quebec pushed an independence agenda for decades. I think we're up to three close-but-failed referendums on the subject now. Turns out the people in Quebec want to remain in Canada and consider themselves Canadians, but the politicians? Not so much.

The politicians figured out they could continue to grift from the feds while still passing unconstitutional laws via the Charter's "Notwithstanding clause". Here's an example:
https://is.gd/2iBPqv

While English and French are Canada's two official languages, and while every other province in the country makes sure service in French is easily available, Quebec has been going hard in the other direction trying to turn anglophones into second class citizens. The way to stop that nonsense is to pass reciprocal law and regulation in every other province that does the same to French and then have all the premiers tell the Quebec premier, "We'll stop when you do, but we're happy to continue pushing your nose into your own crap. Your call."

They will, of course, NEVER do this.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 26, 2023 08:08 AM (qPw5n)

54 J.J.: Love the banner picture. *guffaw*

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 26, 2023 08:08 AM (qPw5n)

55 Hows a come the Marxist always need MY money?
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 26, 2023 08:00 AM (BRHaw)

Because Marxism is incapable of creating wealth.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 26, 2023 08:04 AM (YIVH2)

'Tis an age-old story of parasites and hosts.
Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at September 26, 2023 08:05 AM (2O5Io)

Got a ten-spot you can loan me?

Posted by: Karl Marx at September 26, 2023 08:09 AM (4I/2K)

56 Easy. Canada is an evil country.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 26, 2023 08:06 AM (8sMut)
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There's a lot of that going around.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 26, 2023 08:09 AM (t0OGg)

57 I'm not a Marxist, and everyone looks after their own health.

Can someone explain to me what a "health worker" is?

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 26, 2023 08:09 AM (8sMut)

58
David McCallum, NCIS and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Star Dies Aged 90

I had a slight crush on him when he was in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. I can't remember what those letters stood for.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at September 26, 2023 08:10 AM (45fpk)

59 Sweet Baby Z could hoist up a blue and yellow swastika on the Uke parliament, and all that would happen is you would see every government mouthpiece in North America writing articles saying things like "amid wartime developments in Kiev, 40,000 prominent historians have signed a letter urging their colleagues to reassess their viewpoints on the achievements of the glorious Third Reich, which warm the hearts of all those who cherish freedom."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 26, 2023 08:06 AM (0FoWg)
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Nah. They'd spin it differently. It would be all about how the swastika is an ancient symbol of Hindu culture and that it is long since overdue that "we take it back" from the Nazis.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 26, 2023 08:10 AM (t0OGg)

60 NFL Films does a Super Bowl summary every year after the big game. In the good old days, they’d be narrated by John Facenda “The Voice of God”… I well remember the summary of SB XX when the Super Bowl shuffling Bears wiped out the Patriots. It was a blowout of epoch proportions. At one point in the film, it describes the Bears eruption of points and shows a shocked fan (probably a Pats fan) gaping at a scoreboard which read 44-3.

This reminds me of the GOP primary “contest”… Trump is the Bears running up the score; the rest are the Pats. Every time I see a new poll he has a bigger lead. And a recent “respected” poll has him ahead of Biden 52-42 in the general causing panic in the press. He just might win ladies and gentlemen…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 26, 2023 08:11 AM (xJnZb)

61 Remember, that episode of Fawlty Towers has an important Canadian component. The moose.

Posted by: Eeyore at September 26, 2023 08:11 AM (brAQZ)

62 Trump also went to Palmetto State Armory while in SC. What a boss.

Posted by: fd at September 26, 2023 08:12 AM (vFG9F)

63 .I had a slight crush on him when he was in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. I can't remember what those letters stood for.

Posted by: grammie winger

United Network Command for Law and Enforcement

Posted by: DB - former participant at September 26, 2023 08:12 AM (geLO8)

64
Quebec: all the faults of France without any of the accomplishments.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 26, 2023 08:12 AM (MoZTd)

65 Heh JJ. Don't mention the war.

Posted by: fd at September 26, 2023 08:12 AM (vFG9F)

66 United Network Command for Law and Enforcement

Posted by: DB - former participant at September 26, 2023 08:12 AM (geLO

Thank you!

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at September 26, 2023 08:13 AM (45fpk)

67 Quebec: all the faults of France without any of the accomplishments.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 26, 2023 08:12 AM (MoZTd)
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Not true! Montreal has world-famous strip clubs and French Canadian chicks are usually pretty good lookin'.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 26, 2023 08:13 AM (t0OGg)

68
Got a ten-spot you can loan me?
Posted by: Karl Marx at September 26, 2023 08:09 AM (4I/2K)

More like, "Give me that ten-spot, kulak!" Then he pulls out a Nagant and fires.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 26, 2023 08:14 AM (MoZTd)

69 >Thank you!

Posted by: grammie winger

have a nice day

Posted by: DB - former participant at September 26, 2023 08:14 AM (geLO8)

70 French Canadian chicks are usually pretty good lookin'.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 26, 2023 08:13 AM (t0OGg)

I thought they had hairy armpits.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at September 26, 2023 08:14 AM (45fpk)

71 While English and French are Canada's two official languages, and while every other province in the country makes sure service in French is easily available, Quebec has been going hard in the other direction trying to turn anglophones into second class citizens. ...
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 26, 2023 08:08 AM (qPw5n)
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This is a very charitable description of language fascism as practiced in Quebec.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 26, 2023 08:14 AM (RIvkX)

72 hiya

Posted by: JT at September 26, 2023 08:14 AM (T4tVD)

73 NFL Films does a Super Bowl summary every year after the big game. In the good old days, they’d be narrated by John Facenda “The Voice of God”… I well remember the summary of SB XX when the Super Bowl shuffling Bears wiped out the Patriots. It was a blowout of epoch proportions. At one point in the film, it describes the Bears eruption of points and shows a shocked fan (probably a Pats fan) gaping at a scoreboard which read 44-3.

This reminds me of the GOP primary “contest”… Trump is the Bears running up the score; the rest are the Pats. Every time I see a new poll he has a bigger lead. And a recent “respected” poll has him ahead of Biden 52-42 in the general causing panic in the press. He just might win ladies and gentlemen…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 26, 2023 08:11 AM (xJnZb)

He could go all the way! Whoa, Nellie!!

Posted by: Keith Jackson at September 26, 2023 08:14 AM (4I/2K)

74 Though none of the elected officials were named, there are several with financial links to Colony Ridge and its developer, William “Trey” Harris. Gov. Abbott, for example, has received a combined $1.5 million from Harris and his wife for his political campaigns.

Abbott would sell all of Texas to Mexico if he had the chance.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 26, 2023 08:15 AM (BRHaw)

75 Happy National Pancake Day! 🥞

Posted by: redridinghood at September 26, 2023 08:15 AM (NpAcC)

76 Anybody want to buy some gold bars at a discount? I take crypto. I might also be able to hook you up with some young girls in the DR. Call me!!

Posted by: NOT Bob Menendez at September 26, 2023 08:16 AM (ij5RJ)

77 I had a slight crush on him when he was in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. I can't remember what those letters stood for.
Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at September 26, 2023 08:10 AM (45fpk)

United Network Command for Law and Enforcement

Stasi in other words

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 26, 2023 08:17 AM (BRHaw)

78 If you want to change what goes on in Washington, DC, limit the power of the bureaucracy.

If only there were something, anything, that Congress could do to rein in the bureaucracy.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 26, 2023 08:17 AM (z99Zw)

79 @70/Grammie Winger: That's France French. Then again, these days, who knows? *mutters something about the world going absolutely barking-mad*

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 26, 2023 08:17 AM (qPw5n)

80 "Honk, honk" was code for "heil Hitler " but a standing ovation for a real-life, actual Nazi is Russian propaganda. Pay attention to what they do, not say.

The left has always admired Hitler.
They gave him their Man of the Year.
They held their Olympics in his country.
They praised his solutions--including FDR refusing to help fleeing Jews.

They only turned on Hitler when he started a family fued with Stalin.
They were anti-war until then. And they would have kept us out of WWII if that never happened.

Ike had to document the concentration camps because he knew the American left would refuse to believe--just as FDR refused to allow Jewish refugees.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 26, 2023 08:18 AM (OzHA0)

81 Remember, that episode of Fawlty Towers has an important Canadian component. The moose.
Posted by: Eeyore at September 26, 2023 08:11 AM (brAQZ)
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DON'T MENTION THE WAR!

Posted by: Basil Fawlty at September 26, 2023 08:18 AM (YIVH2)

82 That episode of 'Fawlty Towers' is really funny. But I think the one where they try to get the dead body out is my favorite episode.

Posted by: dantesed at September 26, 2023 08:18 AM (88xKn)

83 Yes, in the vast majority of cases, it's healthy to be part of a community and with a diversity of people and cultures from different lands. I grew up in Brooklyn in the 60s and 70s and I consider myself lucky to have had a youth where I experienced exactly that.
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That is very questionable. It is entirely arguable that your upbringing was in a very unusual time and place, historically. And it's also arguable whether "...assimilation does not mean abandoning one's heritage."

That MAY be true; I'm not saying you are wrong. But there is a good case for the opposite view. We may be paying the price for those happy times. Certainly we are paying for many of the things that made us Boomers happy when young.

I don't know.

Posted by: Eeyore at September 26, 2023 08:19 AM (brAQZ)

84 "Trump was right: Our NATO allies have allowed their defenses to deteriorate badly."
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How'd those words taste coming out of your mouth?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 26, 2023 08:19 AM (2u02e)

85 I've had a number of bleary-eyed mornings in Montreal and no the girls don't shave.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 26, 2023 08:19 AM (RIvkX)

86 Oh, great! Biden is protecting whales from the offshore energy industry. Oh...

Yet as soon as scientists identified Rice’s whale, also known as the Gulf of Mexico whale, two years ago, there was a problem. There were hardly any left. With only about 50 remaining, the whale is one of the most endangered marine mammals on Earth.
Now efforts to protect the whale are running headfirst into that other behemoth off the Gulf Coast: the offshore oil and gas industry.
The Biden administration has proposed protecting a massive swath of ocean from Texas to Florida, potentially restricting fossil fuel activity in one of the nation’s top oil-producing spots. Already Biden’s deputies sought to remove millions of acres within its habitat from an offshore oil lease sale originally scheduled for Wednesday.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 26, 2023 08:19 AM (O+BhX)

87 Masterful photoshop today!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 26, 2023 08:19 AM (2u02e)

88 >If only there were something, anything, that Congress could do to rein in the bureaucracy.

why would they do that
they're part of it, and it pays handsomely

Posted by: DB - former participant at September 26, 2023 08:19 AM (geLO8)

89 May you live in interesting times. No, how about not. Supposedly a Chinese curse, however never substantiated. I've always thought that the world was screwed up by English colonialism, a close second being French colonialism and than the heathen chinese and their brand of communism. I now believe that the Germans wear the first place title. 2 world wars wiped out so much, including millions of young men which greatly diminished the world. The world kept Germany down after WWII, but not long enough. Thanks to Germans, like Angela Merkel they continued to destroy. Watch Germany struggle after their failed policies, it's a preview for the rest of the world.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at September 26, 2023 08:19 AM (2NHgQ)

90 25 That's a convenient excuse, but even if Canada were majority ethnic Russian, Canada's anti-Russia policy would be the same. Canada is a vassal. DC wants this war. Turgidly. Canada's populace, like ours, has no influence there.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 26, 2023 07:53 AM (0FoWg)

If Canada were majority ethnic Russian, Vlad would have come and conquered it.

Posted by: XTC at September 26, 2023 08:20 AM (UnA8+)

91 We just discovered this whale we never identified before! But yeah, we have a perfectly accurate count of how many there are. And no, we are not creating a crisis to push our broader agenda.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 26, 2023 08:20 AM (O+BhX)

92 Remember, that episode of Fawlty Towers has an important Canadian component. The moose.
Posted by: Eeyore at September 26, 2023 08:11 AM (brAQZ)

Eet spoke good Eeeenglish! Eet leearned eet from a booook!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at September 26, 2023 08:21 AM (N3zMI)

93 He could go all the way! Whoa, Nellie!!
Posted by: Keith Jackson at September 26, 2023 08:14 AM (4I/2K)

Chris Berman is now miffed that Keith stole his “could go all the way” line! Keith does own “Whoa, Nellie!” though….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 26, 2023 08:21 AM (xJnZb)

94 Happy National Pancake Day! 🥞

Posted by: redridinghood at September 26, 2023 08:15 AM (NpAcC)

A day to honor me! Thank you!

Posted by: Rachel Corrie at September 26, 2023 08:21 AM (Angsy)

95 > Though none of the elected officials were named, there are several with financial links to Colony Ridge and its developer, William “Trey” Harris. Gov. Abbott, for example, has received a combined $1.5 million from Harris and his wife for his political campaigns.

Abbott would sell all of Texas to Mexico if he had the chance.
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Colony Ridge has been under development for quite a while. Abbott and his administration have had ample time to either investigate it or shut it down, but did neither.

Maybe the donations are worth it?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 26, 2023 08:22 AM (Q4IgG)

96 The requirements also vary. San Mateo's states that masks should be worn anywhere a patient may go, such as elevators and lobbies, but not in cafeterias or gift shops.

1. Food kills the virus.
2. Same for magazines, stale candy bars, and overpriced flowers.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 26, 2023 08:23 AM (BRHaw)

97 the HHS LOST THE CHILDREN. One-third of the children it had handled under that system are now MISSING and may never be found by any government apparatchik.
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Tax-Funded Program Pairs Kids With Gay & Trans Adult 'Mentors' Online
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Hmmmm.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 26, 2023 08:23 AM (fs1hN)

98 Chris Berman is now miffed that Keith stole his “could go all the way” line! Keith does own “Whoa, Nellie!” though….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 26, 2023 08:21 AM (xJnZb)

Actually, I stole "Whoa, Nellie!" from television announcer Dick Lane.

Posted by: Keith Jackson at September 26, 2023 08:24 AM (4I/2K)

99 All of Slavland history is kind of a bloody mess.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 26, 2023 08:24 AM (RMS9n)

100 Though none of the elected officials were named, there are several with financial links to Colony Ridge and its developer, William “Trey” Harris. Gov. Abbott, for example, has received a combined $1.5 million from Harris and his wife for his political campaigns.
Abbott would sell all of Texas to Mexico if he had the chance.
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 26, 2023 08:15 AM (BRHaw)

Hello, Governor Abbott? Yes, you requested some information about Rio Rancho Properties...

Posted by: George Aaronow, Mitch And Muurray Real Estate Sales, Inc. at September 26, 2023 08:24 AM (0lY6Y)

101 Watch Germany struggle after their failed policies, it's a preview for the rest of the world.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at September 26, 2023 08:19 AM (2NHgQ)

Dennis Prager has long said that Germany has had a way of being on the wrong side of every international question over the last 150 years… understatement to say the least…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 26, 2023 08:24 AM (xJnZb)

102 Actually, I stole "Whoa, Nellie!" from television announcer Dick Lane.

Posted by: Keith Jackson at September 26, 2023 08:24 AM (4I/2K)

Keith Jackson had the best sports voice.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at September 26, 2023 08:24 AM (45fpk)

103 I've always thought that the world was screwed up by English colonialism, a close second being French colonialism and than the heathen chinese and their brand of communism. I now believe that the Germans wear the first place title. 2 world wars wiped out so much, including millions of young men which greatly diminished the world. The world kept Germany down after WWII, but not long enough. Thanks to Germans, like Angela Merkel they continued to destroy. Watch Germany struggle after their failed policies, it's a preview for the rest of the world.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine

Almost every country that the British colonized, that didn't reject the customs the British implemented, is doing well. Those that rejected the customs are hell holes.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 26, 2023 08:25 AM (Rccoi)

104 Professor Katie Edwards from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln created a program for students who are struggling with gender confusion or homosexual inclinations to be matched with adults who suffer from the same delusions as part of a "mentorship" program.

The College Fix reported on Edwards' indoctrination attempt in a piece Monday, citing a pilot program she created to pair up gay teens with gay adults for online mentoring sessions using $203,050 from the taxpayer-funded National Institutes of Health.

Hey they cant fuck with our kids.
Thats our job.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 26, 2023 08:25 AM (BRHaw)

105 VIDEO: Mexican President Claims Conservative Media Won’t Talk About "Republican Bob Menendez"
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Brilliant! Let's go with this.

Posted by: US Media at September 26, 2023 08:25 AM (fs1hN)

106 Morning everyone, thx JJ. The Ukrainians in Canada who followed the Nazis and their hero Stefan Bandera also exist in US. SW of me down around Ellenville NY there is a large community of Ukrainians . I used to drive through there and there were newspapers announcing this rally or that festival. A lot of traditional costumes, but a lot of Banderist propaganda. They are the local version of the Above battalion

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 26, 2023 08:25 AM (cot+J)

107 Hows a come the Marxist always need MY money?

Well, for the same reason that the "better world" they talk about building always involves somebody like Che Guevara gunning down unarmed teenage girls.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at September 26, 2023 08:26 AM (CecP5)

108 I was required to take annual training in infection prevention and control, including
Contact precautions
Droplet precautions
Airborne precautions

And they tossed all of it out the window for Covid. Why?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 26, 2023 08:26 AM (RIvkX)

109 For further reading I bought 'Nine Lives' by Waldemar Lotnik, about the internecine killing in Galicia etc. in 1943-44. Just to have some idea of what I was looking at and what might have thawed out, like a frozen virus or something emerging from suspended animation.
I skipped around in it like usual before starting from the beginning (a practice with non-fiction); I hit a sequence that was so sadistic, so obscene, so disgusting, I put the book back in the envelope and haven't broken it back out yet.
The potential for 'ethnic violence' in that area is genuinely limitless and there is no lowest level. Anybody fomenting conflict there is sick. Anybody making efforts to continue a conflict there is sicker.

Posted by: LenNeal at September 26, 2023 08:26 AM (/BBNv)

110 Biden EEOC Makes It Easier to Hire Individuals With Criminal Records for Government Positions

So now we're prioritizing criminals over non-criminals.

They'll fit right in working for the current administration.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 26, 2023 08:27 AM (NpAcC)

111 Keith Jackson had the best sports voice.
Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at September 26, 2023 08:24 AM (45fpk)

He was perfect for college football.

Posted by: dantesed at September 26, 2023 08:27 AM (88xKn)

112 Professor Katie Edwards from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln created a program for students who are struggling with gender confusion or homosexual inclinations to be matched with adults who suffer from the same delusions as part of a "mentorship" program.

The College Fix reported on Edwards' indoctrination attempt in a piece Monday, citing a pilot program she created to pair up gay teens with gay adults for online mentoring sessions using $203,050 from the taxpayer-funded National Institutes of Health. ...
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 26, 2023 08:25 AM (BRHaw)
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So a dating site for "curious" young adults and queer adult "mentors."

Is it grooming.com?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 26, 2023 08:27 AM (t0OGg)

113 105 VIDEO: Mexican President Claims Conservative Media Won’t Talk About "Republican Bob Menendez"
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Brilliant! Let's go with this.
Posted by: US Media at September 26, 2023 08:25 AM (fs1hN)

As soon as you do something heinous, you automatically become Conservative, Republican, Right-Wing.

Unless you have enough power that they still need you.

Posted by: XTC at September 26, 2023 08:27 AM (UnA8+)

114 Dennis Prager has long said that Germany has had a way of being on the wrong side of every international question over the last 150 years… understatement to say the least…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 26, 2023 08:24 AM (xJnZb)

I am not necessarily sure they were completely wrong in WWI (evil), just that they chose the wrong pretext- and allies.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 26, 2023 08:27 AM (RMS9n)

115 "Errin Haines, the editor of a “nonprofit” with a self-styled mission to “ to empower women, women of color and the LGBTQ+ community"

Went and checked out the website and, like all leftist NGO's, is filled with the same empty phrases , goals, mission and a profile of their utterly worthless staff full of useless knowledge and degrees. How do these things exist and survive and what do they do all day?

Oh yeah, beg for money (they have a long list of large donors.) But for only $19 dollar you can get an ally membership and get your name on their wall and a swag sticker! My mind just can't comprehend such a worthless existence and there are hundreds or even thousands of these same NGO.

Posted by: Ripley at September 26, 2023 08:27 AM (JojsZ)

116 Thank you J.J. for your omnidirectional news broadcast! With television and print a disgrace, it's the best morning coffee dump around!

Rainy day here; good reading weather.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at September 26, 2023 08:27 AM (xBY7X)

117 "Is the historical concordance between Rome and America set in stone? Are we on the brink of losing our home? The question, like the Overton Window, remains only partially open."
The Decline and Fall of Home: Part One
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Why do people always try to draw this glib parallels? Of course, anyone can do it, for any subject. But history is the record of unique events. The only constant is human nature, so the only possible way to learn is to study the decisions actual people made, and why.

But people always prefer this sort of "grand sweep" bullshit.

Posted by: Eeyore at September 26, 2023 08:28 AM (brAQZ)

118 “These news outlets from the right, conservatives, are not going to say that they found gold bars,” Lopez Obrador said. “The Republican Senator Bob Menendez from Texas, he has always been against us. They are not going to say that. That is not a story.”
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LOL. This guy must watch CNN.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 26, 2023 08:28 AM (t0OGg)

119 Colony Ridge has been under development for quite a while. Abbott and his administration have had ample time to either investigate it or shut it down, but did neither.

Maybe the donations are worth it?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 26, 2023 08:22 AM (Q4IgG)

Uhh, let me moisten my finger first and stick it in the air to see which way the wind is blowing...

Posted by: Gov Abbott at September 26, 2023 08:28 AM (8sMut)

120 exerpt from link - Who’s Your Last Choice?
(Interestingly, the less money independents made, the more likely they were to hope that Biden wouldn’t be nominated—42 percent of independents making under $75,000 listed him as the person they hoped wouldn’t win, while only 23 percent of those making over $125,000 said the same.)
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lower middle-class and working poor are waking up to how bad the Dem policies are crushing them?

Posted by: US Media at September 26, 2023 08:29 AM (fs1hN)

121 Yeah, so much for the invasion proclamation.

Gov Abbott prefers getting on Fox News for interviews to LOOK like he is DOING SOMETHING.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 26, 2023 08:29 AM (8sMut)

122 Sen. Bob Menendez Claims He Withdrew ‘Thousands of Dollars in Cash’ over Last 30 Years After $480,000 Found at Home in Bribery Investigation

A Marxist rep from a Marxist state using Marxist tactics claims his experience with Marxism make him do Marxist things.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 26, 2023 08:29 AM (BRHaw)

123 Mornin, All. Happy Tuesday.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 26, 2023 08:29 AM (xTRSc)

124 "Unless the Supreme Court agrees to review a lower-court ruling, the rights of businesses and property owners to restrict trespassing will be dramatically curtailed."

Have Backhoe, will travel.

Posted by: Ciampino - Backhoe R Us at September 26, 2023 08:30 AM (qfLjt)

125 All of Slavland history is kind of a bloody mess.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 26, 2023 08:24 AM (RMS9n)
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*Ustase have entered the chat*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 26, 2023 08:30 AM (RIvkX)

126 Great news! After weeks of meetings, republicans have finally decided on Congressional Office Building, conference room 2B5 as the location to hold the planning meeting for future discussions on who will sit on the committee to decide the catering service for the impeachment hearings.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 26, 2023 08:30 AM (O+BhX)

127 Anybody fomenting conflict there is sick. Anybody making efforts to continue a conflict there is sicker.

Posted by: LenNeal at September 26, 2023 08:26 AM (/BBNv)

Don't look at us. It's the Russians!

Posted by: WEF, Deep State, NATO at September 26, 2023 08:30 AM (Angsy)

128 I recall the Romans prized Galician cavalry. Is that this Galicia? For some reason I had Galicia pictured in my mind as a province in what is now modern Turkey, where Gallic migrants had settled.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 26, 2023 08:31 AM (K8TIL)

129
The potential for 'ethnic violence' in that area is genuinely limitless and there is no lowest level. Anybody fomenting conflict there is sick. Anybody making efforts to continue a conflict there is sicker.
Posted by: LenNeal at September 26, 2023 08:26 AM (/BBNv)

Anyone who doesn't think we can have a Dirlewanger Brigade or three in this country is delusional.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 26, 2023 08:31 AM (MoZTd)

130 The left has always admired Hitler.
They gave him their Man of the Year.
They held their Olympics in his country.
They praised his solutions--including FDR refusing to help fleeing Jews.

They only turned on Hitler when he started a family fued with Stalin.
They were anti-war until then. And they would have kept us out of WWII if that never happened.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 26, 2023 08:18 AM (OzHA0)

That's because, contrary to claims by modern leftists, the Nazis were socialists.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 26, 2023 08:31 AM (z99Zw)

131 At my last trial the jury was stocked with mouth breathers and Democrat lackeys. But I repeat myself. One juror actually asked "what's a senator?". lol. I'm good. Let's go to trial.

Posted by: NOT Bob Menendez at September 26, 2023 08:31 AM (ij5RJ)

132
Will the media talk about "Republican Joe Biden?"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 26, 2023 08:31 AM (x0n13)

133 Almost every country that the British colonized, that didn't reject the customs the British implemented, is doing well. Those that rejected the customs are hell holes.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 26, 2023 08:25 AM (Rccoi)

Concur. Places like Zimbabwe, Detroit and Baltimore are what happens when British customs are removed and the savage jungle creeps back in.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 26, 2023 08:32 AM (0lY6Y)

134 Personally, I couldn't care any less about who are or aren't Nazis. I don't give a damn about the political leanings of Ukrainians. I don't give a damn about them, period. Or Russians. This is none of our business. If they all want to goose-step around, competing to see whose salutes are more Hitlery, then fine. Just leave us out of it.

But that's not possible, of course. The war party on the Potomac is all that counts.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 26, 2023 08:32 AM (LDha+)

135 Of course Abbott is hip-deep in bribes from the Colony Ridge-- he was a Houston politician.

It's why he's made sure to stymie any and all investigation into Houston fraud.
What do you think the impeachment of Paxton was about? Why he appointed his chief of staff as interim AG?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 26, 2023 08:32 AM (OzHA0)

136 Nope. If I gotta pay slavery reparations, she's a Nazi. Them's the rules.
Posted by: screaming in digital

Their rules, after all

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at September 26, 2023 08:32 AM (vHIgi)

137 Rupa Subramanya @rupasubramanya
On Indian TV, former Indian diplomat Deepak Vohra claims there are "credible rumours" that sniffer dogs in India found cocaine on Trudeau’s plane and that Trudeau didn't attend the G20 dinner because he was high on cocaine. 😳

https://tinyurl.com/bdduznur
21 seconds in Hindi but about a quarter of the words are in English like "sniffer-dogs"!

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 26, 2023 08:33 AM (krqg6)

138 But people always prefer this sort of "grand sweep" bullshit.
Posted by: Eeyore at September 26, 2023 08:28 AM (brAQZ)

Historical parallels are valuable simply because: people are people and keep doing the same stupid shit- and for almost exactly the same reasons. Rome is hard to get away from because it runs the gamut of governmental styles, successful military achievement and even religions. It went on for so long that it is hard NOT to draw a parallel with anything ELSE in history.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 26, 2023 08:33 AM (RMS9n)

139 "Errin Haines, the editor of a “nonprofit” with a self-styled mission to “ to empower women, women of color and the LGBTQ+ community"

Went and checked out the website and, like all leftist NGO's, is filled with the same empty phrases , goals, mission and a profile of their utterly worthless staff full of useless knowledge and degrees. How do these things exist and survive and what do they do all day?

Oh yeah, beg for money (they have a long list of large donors.) But for only $19 dollar you can get an ally membership and get your name on their wall and a swag sticker! My mind just can't comprehend such a worthless existence and there are hundreds or even thousands of these same NGO.

Posted by: Ripley at September 26, 2023 08:27 AM (JojsZ)

This NGO has a long tradition of existence to it's members.

Posted by: Errin "Hoov" Haines at September 26, 2023 08:33 AM (4I/2K)

140 "Pro-impeachment wing headed for the ‘boring’ and ‘complicated’ traps."
How Republicans Will Botch the Biden Impeachment
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He's got a point, but misses one too. One reason the Dems get to use simple narratives is that they have the press so completely on their side. The complication of our task is largely created by their talking points put out against everything we say.

The real point about impeachment is the hearings, and what can be brought to light. Of course any actual impeachment will go nowhere. The hearings should absolutely be drawn out beyond the next election.

I don't like it, but that's the game we have to play.

Posted by: Eeyore at September 26, 2023 08:33 AM (brAQZ)

141 Best sports announcers:
NFL - Pat Summeral and John Madden
College Football - Keith Jackson
MLB - Vin Scully
NBA - Marv Albert
Tennis - John McEnroe (yeah I know)
Golf - David Feherty

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 26, 2023 08:33 AM (xJnZb)

142 It's also,
National Key Lime Pie Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 26, 2023 08:34 AM (NpAcC)

143 Changing demographics following the aging of the baby boomer generation are pushing the labor force participation rate down as an increasingly large portion of the population is retiring, leading to a labor force shortage that could boil into a crisis as fewer workers support a greater number of people, according to the WSJ.
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Bidenomics is going to fix this problem, as older workers realize they can no longer stay retired and have to return to work. The real issue for the labor participation rate, IMO (ie, opinion and no real facts here) is that younger demographics would rather take the dole than work.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 26, 2023 08:34 AM (K8TIL)

144 126 Great news! After weeks of meetings, republicans have finally decided on Congressional Office Building, conference room 2B5 as the location to hold the planning meeting for future discussions on who will sit on the committee to decide the catering service for the impeachment hearings.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

Like Ents, but evil

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at September 26, 2023 08:35 AM (vHIgi)

145 Democrat Katie Porker Says Republican Women Don't Count as Women
________

When I first encountered that attitude it wasn't a Republican, but a Tory, Margaret Thatcher.

Posted by: Eeyore at September 26, 2023 08:35 AM (brAQZ)

146 All of Slavland history is kind of a bloody mess.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 26, 2023 08:24 AM (RMS9n)

So, shockingly similar to all of not-Slavland history.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 26, 2023 08:35 AM (z99Zw)

147 142 It's also,
National Key Lime Pie Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at September 26, 2023 08:34 AM (NpAcC)

Mmmmm. Key Lime Pie...

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 26, 2023 08:35 AM (RMS9n)

148
Concur. Places like Zimbabwe, Detroit and Baltimore are what happens when British customs are removed and the savage jungle creeps back in.

More coffee...
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 26, 2023 08:32 AM (0lY6Y)

There was a post at a classical music blog that a conductor was wounded in a knife attack in Mt. Vernon, NY (12% white).

A frequent left-wing commenter compared the number of homicides in New York to that in Italy and the UK. I replied that the homicide rate in Europe is low. And that the homicide rate among European-Americans is also low.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 26, 2023 08:35 AM (MoZTd)

149 It's also,
National Key Lime Pie Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at September 26, 2023 08:34 AM (NpAcC)
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Oh man, thank you! I would not want this to slip by, uncelebrated.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 26, 2023 08:35 AM (K8TIL)

150 {130} ... That's because, contrary to claims by modern leftists, the Nazis were socialists.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 26, 2023 08:31 AM (z99Zw)

Yup, it's kinda right there in the name, too. NSDAP. "Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei" - "National Socialist German Workers' Party"

Modern leftists: Don't believe your lyin' eyes!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 26, 2023 08:36 AM (qPw5n)

151 PETA's ability to drive subversion of basic property rights in North Carolina is being mirrored here in SC by other "animal rights" activists pressuring legislature to pass outrageous bill that subverts property and due process rights of citizens. To their credit, the AKC is opposing this hard. Problem is really universal -- the susceptibility of politicians to humane-sounding, emotionally coercive BS of the Left, and the funds and manpower behind these activists. Be clear about the issue -- they are after all private ownership of animals.

Posted by: Ordinary American at September 26, 2023 08:36 AM (U7Mqa)

152 Who's Your Last Choice?

That tub of lard from New Jersey.

Morning, y'all. And thx for the roundup, jjs -- The guy that shows the mainstream media how the cow eats the cabbage.

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 26, 2023 08:36 AM (zHuJr)

153 128 I recall the Romans prized Galician cavalry. Is that this Galicia? For some reason I had Galicia pictured in my mind as a province in what is now modern Turkey, where Gallic migrants had settled.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 26, 2023 08:31 AM (K8TIL)

Galicia is northern Spain, and yet there's a Galicia associated with Eastern Europe.

In fact East European Jews referred to the more refined of their people as "Galitzianer."

I have to research this.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 26, 2023 08:36 AM (x0n13)

154
Best sports announcers:

NHL: Doc Emrick

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 26, 2023 08:37 AM (MoZTd)

155 Katie Porker? PORKER??? Really???

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 26, 2023 08:37 AM (xTRSc)

156 Good morning, all, and thank you, J.J.

Philadelphia Inquirer NEWS, Sep. 12, 2023

Ukrainian Catholic Church to cover up monument to Nazi SS unit in Elkins Park
“The Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia values its relationship with the Jewish community," Archbishop Borys Gudziak said in a statement announcing the plan.

In part, "The leader of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in the Philadelphia region said on Tuesday that the church would temporarily cover up a 30-year-old cemetery monument in Montgomery County that is dedicated to a unit of Ukrainian soldiers who fought for Nazi Germany during World War II.

The decision comes about a week after an Inquirer article described the history of the monument at St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery in Elkins Park. The large stone cross honors the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the Schutzstaffel — the Nazi military branch often referred to simply as “the SS.”

It was erected in the mid-1990s, but apparently had received little attention until recently. Jewish groups over the last week have condemned the monument and called for its removal.'

See article for more.
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Decent investigative teams at the Inquirer.

Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know their enemies at September 26, 2023 08:37 AM (GshMh)

157 Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 26, 2023 08:31 AM (K8TIL)

Two different Galicias. Galicia in Spain is still called as such, as well.

I think you're thinking of Cilicia - annexed by Rome's Asia Province at the outset of the Mithridatic Wars.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 26, 2023 08:37 AM (0FoWg)

158 Idiot Republicans are buckling up for shut-down theater.

This will convince voters House Republicans can't govern, and accomplish nothing else.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 26, 2023 08:37 AM (K8TIL)

159 Major Brands Pull Ads From Rumble After Platform Refuses To Censor Russell Brand Over Sex Assault Allegations

Oh, and f*ck Booger King in their squeakhole(s).

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 26, 2023 08:38 AM (zHuJr)

160
I think you're thinking of Cilicia - annexed by Rome's Asia Province at the outset of the Mithridatic Wars.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 26, 2023 08:37 AM (0FoWg)
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That must be right. Thanks.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 26, 2023 08:38 AM (K8TIL)

161 Golf - David Feherty

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 26, 2023 08:33 AM (xJnZb)

Wrong answer. Jim Nantz.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at September 26, 2023 08:38 AM (45fpk)

162 143 . . .younger demographics would rather take the dole . . .
Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 26, 2023 08:34 AM (K8TIL)

Let's leave Elizabeth Dole's sex life out of this, please.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 26, 2023 08:38 AM (x0n13)

163 So, shockingly similar to all of not-Slavland history.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 26, 2023 08:35 AM (z99Zw)

I remember I was taking an ancient greece class. The prof was big on archeological record. She talked about this one group who showed no evidence of weapons anywhere in their culture or archeological record. She actually said 'And we don't know what happened to them. The record just cuts off...'

Right.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 26, 2023 08:38 AM (RMS9n)

164 "Galatia" is the area in Asia Minor where the Gauls settled.

One "Galicia" is in Poland, the other in Spain.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 26, 2023 08:38 AM (xTRSc)

165 Oh man, thank you! I would not want this to slip by, uncelebrated.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 26, 2023 08:35 AM (K8TIL)
*****
Definitely one of my favorites.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 26, 2023 08:39 AM (NpAcC)

166 I have to research this.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 26, 2023 08:36 AM (x0n13)

I initially read this as 'I have to report this.' and thought, damn, JJ is getting strict.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 26, 2023 08:39 AM (RMS9n)

167 > The real point about impeachment is the hearings, and what can be brought to light. Of course any actual impeachment will go nowhere. The hearings should absolutely be drawn out beyond the next election.
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Pelosi would have been on the third round of impeachments. Every cabinet member first. Then the Prez.

McCarthy's trying to run out the clock by slow walking the process. He should be removed.

And yea, the whole idea behind impeachment is muck raking. With this clown in the White House that alone would be good for a month or more of nonstop mud slinging.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 26, 2023 08:39 AM (Q4IgG)

168 155 Katie Porker? PORKER??? Really???
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 26, 2023 08:37 AM (xTRSc)

Yes, really! That's my edit, BTW, in case you thought otherwise or a typo.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 26, 2023 08:39 AM (x0n13)

169 @141/LinusVanPelt: I'd argue that Mitch Holthus (radio voice of the Kansas City Chiefs) is in that group.

And if I could still manage to get past all the stupid geo-locking and blackouts the radio stations do at game time, and if the NFL hadn't gone all woke-stupid, I might try to still listen to an occasional game mostly because Mitch's play calling and enthusiasm are absolutely superb.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 26, 2023 08:39 AM (qPw5n)

170 @153, 128 Galicia is a region of SE Poland along the Ukrainian border. It's gone back and forth between various countries and empires over the years. The Galician cavalry I believe is from the are known as Galicia in Spain

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 26, 2023 08:40 AM (cot+J)

171 the new windows, entitled “Now and Forever,” depict protestors holding placards that read “no foul play” and “fairness”

No one really want to be treated fair. No one really wants justice. They really want their own set of rules. They want the scales of blind justice tipped in their favor.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 26, 2023 08:40 AM (BRHaw)

172 Baseball Honorable Mention: Bob Uecker

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 26, 2023 08:40 AM (4I/2K)

173 Dick Enberg (NBC) called Super Bowl 17 when the [b[REDSKINS beat the Dolphins 27-17, so he had the call for Riggins' TD run

'He's going to go all the way! Unless Blackwood can catch him, and he can't!'

So I always liked Dick Enberg's calls.

Oh my

Posted by: DB - former participant at September 26, 2023 08:40 AM (geLO8)

174 format error
those responsible have been sacked

Posted by: DB - former participant at September 26, 2023 08:41 AM (geLO8)

175 MORRISTOWN, Tennessee (LifeSiteNews) — A homeschooling family from Germany may be deported under the Biden administration despite moving to the United States nearly 15 years ago.

As reported by LifeSite in 2010, the nine-member Romeike family sought refuge in America due to their native country’s strict rules against parents educating their children within the confines of their own home. They were granted asylum in the U.S. by a Memphis judge at the time.

In Germany, the Romeikes had been subjected to criminal prosecution for simply raising their children outside the state-approved school system. In Bissingen, district of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, they faced exorbitant fines, forcible removal of their children, and possible imprisonment.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 26, 2023 08:41 AM (fs1hN)

176 Yup, it's kinda right there in the name, too. NSDAP. "Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei" - "National Socialist German Workers' Party"

Modern leftists: Don't believe your lyin' eyes!
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 26, 2023 08:36 AM (qPw5n)
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They weren't *real* socialists because they still allowed private enterprise and shit. Also, they were nationalists. True socialists repudiate the notion of property at all levels, and are internationalist.

This went for the time, too. The Nazis and the Italian Fascists were okay and tolerable until the committed the unforgivable sin of going against the True Socialists of the USSR.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 26, 2023 08:42 AM (t0OGg)

177 Galatia" is the area in Asia Minor where the Gauls settled.

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That's gotta be it. I was getting hung up on the suffix "licia." Cilicia is also in the neighborhood geographically, but HF is def thinking Galatia.

Disregard prior comment.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 26, 2023 08:42 AM (0FoWg)

178 NFL - Pat Summeral and John Madden
College Football - Keith Jackson

Gotta put Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen right up there.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 26, 2023 08:42 AM (q4g6M)

179
I always had a soft spot for Ray Scott, the 1960s Voice of the Packers. Someone with the good sense to shut up and let the action speak for itself.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 26, 2023 08:43 AM (MoZTd)

180 Hunter Biden has sued Rudy Giuliani over his infamous laptop scandal, claiming that the former New York City mayor hacked and manipulated data on an external hard drive in a “total annihilation” of the troubled first son’s “digital privacy.”

https://tinyurl.com/2abu75b2

Posted by: redridinghood at September 26, 2023 08:43 AM (NpAcC)

181 159 Major Brands Pull Ads From Rumble After Platform Refuses To Censor Russell Brand Over Sex Assault Allegations
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Corporations once felt indebted and loyal to America and its framework of liberty and premises of justice. A core belief and defense of presumption of innocence was presumptive itself. Now at best they're nothing less than Quislings, at worst outright traitors.

Posted by: Ordinary American at September 26, 2023 08:43 AM (U7Mqa)

182 @179/Hadrian: That's rare and commendable.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 26, 2023 08:44 AM (qPw5n)

183 "Whoa Nellie" was stolen from Pat Brady (1914-1972), Roy Rogers' sidekick, who said it to his Jeep, Nellybelle.

You people.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at September 26, 2023 08:45 AM (4PZHB)

184 Even though I don't like the Dodgers, Vin Scully is best announcer for baseball.

Posted by: dantesed at September 26, 2023 08:45 AM (88xKn)

185 Just saw some hilarious junta propaganda on Twitter: Putin is having his men not retreat when attacked, so as to give the false impression that the Uke offensive failed.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 26, 2023 08:45 AM (FD5dr)

186 I grew up in Brooklyn in the 60s and 70s and I consider myself lucky to have had a youth where I experienced exactly that. The difference is all those kids and their parents all lived or tried to live as Americans.

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It's weird to remember a world where even the black community as a whole had a desire to be Americans and live as Americans and not hyphenated Americans in a separate culture.

I am just old enough to have caught the tail end of it. It was awesome.

Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 26, 2023 08:45 AM (de2/z)

187 I am not necessarily sure they were completely wrong in WWI (evil), just that they chose the wrong pretext- and allies.

Kaiser Wilhelm's Germans were not the genocidal maniacs that the Nazis were, but they were still no bueno (nein gud?). Had they been victorious in WWI, they would have dealt ruthlessly with their vanquished enemies.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 26, 2023 08:45 AM (xTRSc)

188 "Galatia" is the area in Asia Minor where the Gauls settled.

One "Galicia" is in Poland, the other in Spain.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 26, 2023 08:38 AM (xTRSc)
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This is definitely what I was thinking of, now that I looked it up. Thanks.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 26, 2023 08:45 AM (xKNfA)

189 It's Cotton McKnight and Pepper Brooks for sport of ADAA Dodgeball. On the Ocho!

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 26, 2023 08:45 AM (4I/2K)

190 179
I always had a soft spot for Ray Scott, the 1960s Voice of the Packers. Someone with the good sense to shut up and let the action speak for itself.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 26, 2023 08:43 AM (MoZTd)

He was the master of punchy brevity. I remember him calling SF 49ers for CBS -- "This is Willard" would be all he'd say on a slashing Ken Willard run.

Posted by: Ordinary American at September 26, 2023 08:46 AM (U7Mqa)

191 Best sports announcer? Bob Ufer, the voice of Michigan football.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 26, 2023 08:47 AM (xTRSc)

192 They weren't *real* socialists because they still allowed private enterprise and shit. Also, they were nationalists. True socialists repudiate the notion of property at all levels, and are internationalist.

This went for the time, too. The Nazis and the Italian Fascists were okay and tolerable until the committed the unforgivable sin of going against the True Socialists of the USSR.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 26, 2023 08:42 AM (t0OGg)

Like the Bernie Bros Dem Socks that need our money to bail out their protected systems.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 26, 2023 08:47 AM (BRHaw)

193 What about Curt Gowdy?

Posted by: dantesed at September 26, 2023 08:47 AM (88xKn)

194 Just saw some hilarious junta propaganda on Twitter: Putin is having his men not retreat when attacked, so as to give the false impression that the Uke offensive failed.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 26, 2023 08:45 AM (FD5dr)
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Uh, that's not how warfare works...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 26, 2023 08:48 AM (YIVH2)

195 Hunter Biden has sued Rudy Giuliani over his infamous laptop scandal, claiming that the former New York City mayor hacked and manipulated data on an external hard drive in a “total annihilation” of the troubled first son’s “digital privacy.”

https://tinyurl.com/2abu75b2
Posted by: redridinghood at September 26, 2023 08:43 AM (NpAcC)
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One of their many billionaires must be funding all these Hunter lawsuits. Battlefield prep for 2024. Once Joe decides not to run, all these lawsuits will stop. Until then, lawfare is the rule of the day.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 26, 2023 08:48 AM (xKNfA)

196
Kaiser Wilhelm's Germans were not the genocidal maniacs that the Nazis were, but they were still no bueno (nein gud?).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herero_and_Namaqua_genocide

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 26, 2023 08:48 AM (MoZTd)

197 MORRISTOWN, Tennessee (LifeSiteNews) — A homeschooling family from Germany may be deported under the Biden administration despite moving to the United States nearly 15 years ago.

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it sums up post-2020 America really well, too. A well-educated, moral, family-centered, independent family wanting to raise their (large) family morally and as they see fit, and they're hounded at every turn by two nations, and the SCOTUS refuses to hear their case.

Meanwhile 100K+ illiterate criminals pour over the border every week.

Don't worry, though. That whole displacement hypothesis is just a ConSPIraCY ThEoRY

Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 26, 2023 08:48 AM (de2/z)

198 128 I recall the Romans prized Galician cavalry. Is that this Galicia? For some reason I had Galicia pictured in my mind as a province in what is now modern Turkey, where Gallic migrants had settled.
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It was the Austro-Hungarian section of pre-September 1939 Poland.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 26, 2023 08:49 AM (krqg6)

199 Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
Ain't got time to take a fast train
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
My baby, just a wrote me a letter

I don't care how much money I gotta spend
Got to get back to my baby again
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
My baby, just-a wrote me a letter...

The Box Tops - The Letter

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 26, 2023 08:49 AM (TGPs7)

200 Modern football commentary is filled with cryptic jargon

the old ways were better

Posted by: DB - former participant at September 26, 2023 08:49 AM (geLO8)

201 VA avoids a Church shooting Sunday morning. Non-white male (Asian) planned shooter with a manifesto found at this house afterwards. This has probably not been national news.

Posted by: Nova Local at September 26, 2023 08:49 AM (exHjb)

202 What about Curt Gowdy?
Posted by: dantesed at September 26, 2023 08:47 AM (88xKn)

It's okay for Curt Gowdy to say "Roberto Clemente has 2 balls on him," but he can't say, "I think he hurt his balls on that play, Tony. Don't you? He's holding them. He must've hurt them, by God."

Posted by: George Carlin at September 26, 2023 08:49 AM (4I/2K)

203 Just saw some hilarious junta propaganda on Twitter: Putin is having his men not retreat when attacked, so as to give the false impression that the Uke offensive failed.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 26, 2023 08:45 AM (FD5dr)
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Do they really buy this crap?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 26, 2023 08:50 AM (xKNfA)

204 From what I've read, Hitler wasn't really into socialism all that much. It was others in the Party who wanted to insert that into the Nazi platform, and he acquiesced in it. But he was more interested in military conquest and, of course, the problem of the Weather-Machine People.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 26, 2023 08:50 AM (xTRSc)

205 My grandfather is from Krakow, Poland, which is in Galicia. Galicia includes parts of modern Poland and Ukraine.

Galatia is part of Asia Minor, now modern Turkey.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 26, 2023 08:50 AM (O+BhX)

206 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 26, 2023 08:50 AM (Zz0t1)

207 VA avoids a Church shooting Sunday morning. Non-white male (Asian) planned shooter with a manifesto found at this house afterwards.

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So what's the count up to now? Tranny, tranny, tranny, Oriental, Oriental? Something like that?

(this leaves out the thousands of black mass shootings that occur each month, of course)

Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 26, 2023 08:50 AM (de2/z)

208 Quality meme, JJ.

Well done, sir.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 26, 2023 08:51 AM (Zz0t1)

209 Just saw some hilarious junta propaganda on Twitter: Putin is having his men not retreat when attacked, so as to give the false impression that the Uke offensive failed.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 26, 2023 08:45 AM (FD5dr)
++++
Tell me you've never been in a fight or even read a book about a fight without telling me those things explicitly...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 26, 2023 08:51 AM (t0OGg)

210 201 VA avoids a Church shooting Sunday morning. Non-white male (Asian) planned shooter with a manifesto found at this house afterwards. This has probably not been national news.
Posted by: Nova Local at September 26, 2023 08:49 AM (exHjb)

Whereabouts?

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at September 26, 2023 08:52 AM (N3zMI)

211 Gotta put Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen right up there.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 26, 2023 08:42 AM (q4g6M)

I loved Enberg and Olsen!

And grammie…. I like Jim Nantz but Feherty makes me laugh

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 26, 2023 08:52 AM (xJnZb)

212 185 Just saw some hilarious junta propaganda on Twitter: Putin is having his men not retreat when attacked, so as to give the false impression that the Uke offensive failed.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 26, 2023 08:45 AM (FD5dr)

Maybe if they act like they are standing firm, it'll happen by accident.

These people are fucking idiots.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 26, 2023 08:52 AM (RMS9n)

213 Trudeau won reelection, so rampant election fraud up there or are Canadian voters as stupid as American voters?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 26, 2023 08:53 AM (Zz0t1)

214 @POTUS
·
Follow
Concert tickets are hard enough to get, you shouldn’t have to pay surprise service fees on top of that.

My Administration is working to crack down on those junk fees, so you know what you are paying for up front.

shows you what is really important

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 26, 2023 08:53 AM (BRHaw)

215 That Suzyn Waldman is great to listen too.

Like the joyous sound of metal on metal when the brake pads are all gone.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 26, 2023 08:53 AM (0lY6Y)

216 210 201 VA avoids a Church shooting Sunday morning. Non-white male (Asian) planned shooter with a manifesto found at this house afterwards. This has probably not been national news.
Posted by: Nova Local at September 26, 2023 08:49 AM (exHjb)

Whereabouts?
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at September 26, 2023 08:52 AM (N3zMI)

Haymarket - MD cops worked with Fairfax cops (who searched the home and found he'd left) who then worked with Prince William cops (who had a cop off duty at the Church) and they arrested the planned perp while the Church was just moving into their service in the vestibule.

Posted by: Nova Local at September 26, 2023 08:54 AM (exHjb)

217 Victor Davis Hanson: "No nation in history has survived once its borders were destroyed."
Our Self-Induced Catastrophe at the Border
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Bad link. Probably should be to Front Page, as there's another linked story right beside it there.

Posted by: Eeyore at September 26, 2023 08:54 AM (brAQZ)

218 Kaiser Wilhelm's Germans were not the genocidal maniacs that the Nazis were, but they were still no bueno (nein gud?).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herero_and_Namaqua_genocide

Oops. Yes, I forgot about that when making my statement. But I was thinking solely of their behavior in Europe.

The Brits had a couple of genocides, or near-genocides, to their credit in the colonial sphere as well.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 26, 2023 08:54 AM (xTRSc)

219 sad about McCallum, I liked watching U.N.C.L.E. on reruns when I was little and enjoyed him as Ducky on NCIS whenever it was on in the background and I was napping.

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 26, 2023 08:54 AM (CIS44)

220 185 Just saw some hilarious junta propaganda on Twitter: Putin is having his men not retreat when attacked, so as to give the false impression that the Uke offensive failed.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 26, 2023 08:45 AM (FD5dr)

Maybe if they act like they are standing firm, it'll happen by accident.

These people are fucking idiots.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 26, 2023 08:52 AM (RMS9n)

Putin is Stonewall Jackson?

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 26, 2023 08:54 AM (4I/2K)

221 Trudeau won reelection, so rampant election fraud up there or are Canadian voters as stupid as American voters?

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Combination, probably, but there's no reason to believe Soros and the WEF folks aren't operating worldwide.

Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 26, 2023 08:55 AM (de2/z)

222 It was a tip from a MD citizen that morning who saw the perp's social media posts that put everything from the cops in motion, and they did not wait...thankfully.

Posted by: Nova Local at September 26, 2023 08:55 AM (exHjb)

223
That Suzyn Waldman is great to listen too.

But grllll. so you must praise her to the stars.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 26, 2023 08:55 AM (MoZTd)

224 "Just saw some hilarious junta propaganda on Twitter: Putin is having his men not retreat when attacked, so as to give the false impression that the Uke offensive failed.
Posted by: Ian S"

Why won't Putin play nice and play by the rules? If he isn't careful the regime will declare him a bully and recommend him for SEL classes.

Posted by: Ripley at September 26, 2023 08:55 AM (JojsZ)

225 Gotta put Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen right up there.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 26, 2023 08:42 AM (q4g6M)

I loved Enberg and Olsen!

And grammie…. I like Jim Nantz but Feherty makes me laugh
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 26, 2023 08:52 AM (xJnZb)

I'll give you Olsen and Feherty, but Nantz and Enberg are beatings of the highest order. Right up there with what's his name.....the little runt that ruined the halftime broadcast on NBC with his anti gun speeches every week......Costas.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 26, 2023 08:55 AM (Zz0t1)

226 On the flip side, there are some awful football commentators

I will not watch any CBS game that features Gary Danielson in the booth. He just. Won't. Shut. Up.

Posted by: DB - former participant at September 26, 2023 08:56 AM (geLO8)

227 Biden EEOC Makes It Easier to Hire Individuals With Criminal Records for Government Positions
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Makes sense to me. Less time is wasted with on-the-job training when you hire experienced people.

Posted by: Eeyore at September 26, 2023 08:57 AM (brAQZ)

228 Tom Elliott
@tomselliott

@SteveSchmidtSES
on Trump saying he needs “six months to a year” to reform the federal govt: “This is a racist code whistle to every white supremacist in the country because it’s how long it took Adolf Hitler to take Weimar Germany to a complete and total dictatorship.”

https://tinyurl.com/3hcf2stx

Posted by: redridinghood at September 26, 2023 08:57 AM (NpAcC)

229 226 On the flip side, there are some awful football commentators

I will not watch any CBS game that features Gary Danielson in the booth. He just. Won't. Shut. Up.
Posted by: DB - former participant at September 26, 2023 08:56 AM (geLO

Joe Buck has entered the chat.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at September 26, 2023 08:57 AM (N3zMI)

230 Trudeau won reelection, so rampant election fraud up there or are Canadian voters as stupid as American voters?
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Combination, probably, but there's no reason to believe Soros and the WEF folks aren't operating worldwide.
Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 26, 2023 08:55 AM (de2/z)
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Do Canadians directly elect the PM? Or do they simply elect Members of Parliament, which then choose/elect a PM from among them? If the latter, then it's probably very easy to bribe/bully/blackmail MPs into picking the "right" PM.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 26, 2023 08:58 AM (YIVH2)

231 On the flip side, there are some awful football commentators

I will not watch any CBS game that features Gary Danielson in the booth. He just. Won't. Shut. Up.
Posted by: DB - former participant at September 26, 2023 08:56 AM (geLO

Joe Buck has entered the chat.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at September 26, 2023 08:57 AM (N3zMI)

Mark Jones and RG3....

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 26, 2023 08:58 AM (CIS44)

232 @tomselliott
@SteveSchmidtSES on Trump saying he needs “six months to a year” to reform the federal govt: “This is a racist code whistle to every white supremacist in the country because it’s how long it took Adolf Hitler to take Weimar Germany to a complete and total dictatorship.”
Posted by: redridinghood at September 26, 2023 08:57 AM (NpAcC)
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LOLWUT?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 26, 2023 08:58 AM (t0OGg)

233 "'Tombstone' is about a hierarchical, authoritarian system of concentrated power in which every official is, as Yang puts it, a slave facing upward and a dictator facing downward. At the bottom of the system were the Chinese people, mostly farm households, who suffered under the murderous brutality of the lower-level officials, proving an iron law of bureaucracy: the pettier the bureaucrat, the harsher his rule."
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Very interesting article from Front Page about the Maoist "Great Famine".

A good way to see the future, if the Administrative State is not defeated in America.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 26, 2023 08:58 AM (Gs8F6)

234 Merlin Olsen's career peaked with his performance in Mitchell. Nothing else that he did even came close to that.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 26, 2023 08:58 AM (xTRSc)

235 Brian Anderson is an up-and-coming announcer. They're bouncing him around everywhere. I've heard his voice described as 'happy midwestern'.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at September 26, 2023 08:59 AM (45fpk)

236
I will not watch any CBS game that features Gary Danielson in the booth. He just. Won't. Shut. Up.
Posted by: DB - former participant at September 26, 2023 08:56 AM (geLO

Unfortunately, the Won't Shut Up school of broadcasting is the rule nowadays. Any ESPN broadcast is a model, with it's talking-talking-talking, booth guests, live mic, dugout interview, Buster Olney, Michael Kay and A-Rod gassing, StatCast and analytics. Unwatchable.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 26, 2023 08:59 AM (MoZTd)

237 Decrepit Joe is scheduled to be on a UAW picket line in Detroit today, at Noon, Eastern.

I wonder, which union he will claim to have joined in his youth?

Will he be able to say "U-A-W"?

After he takes selfies with some union troops, Joe will head to the San Francisco area to get more money for his retirement, doing Campaign Receptions. He will stay in Frisco overnight.

Posted by: GL at September 26, 2023 08:59 AM (5fDan)

238 Tom Elliott
@tomselliott

@SteveSchmidtSES
on Trump saying he needs “six months to a year” to reform the federal govt: “This is a racist code whistle to every white supremacist in the country because it’s how long it took Adolf Hitler to take Weimar Germany to a complete and total dictatorship.”

https://tinyurl.com/3hcf2stx
Posted by: redridinghood at September 26, 2023 08:57 AM (NpAcC)

Living rent-free in their heads 80+ years on.

Posted by: Herr Schicklgruber and his 1,000 year Reich at September 26, 2023 09:00 AM (4I/2K)

239 I will not watch any CBS game that features Gary Danielson in the booth. He just. Won't. Shut. Up.
Posted by: DB - former participant at September 26, 2023 08:56 AM (geLO

Worst for me was that big headed Joe Buck.

Really, couldn't he have done something different except follow the old man. Putz.

Annoying as hell and his old man is spinning in his grave listening to his idiot son.

Don't watch anymore which is a relief.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 26, 2023 09:00 AM (0lY6Y)

240
Do Canadians directly elect the PM? Or do they simply elect Members of Parliament, which then choose/elect a PM from among them? If the latter, then it's probably very easy to bribe/bully/blackmail MPs into picking the "right" PM.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 26, 2023 08:58 AM (YIVH2)

That's the way parliamentary systems run. You vote for an MP. The MPs choose the PM.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 26, 2023 09:01 AM (MoZTd)

241 After he takes selfies with some union troops

Lincoln did that a lot.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 26, 2023 09:01 AM (xTRSc)

242 Is it wrong that when something is described as "kid friendly" I now think of gay trannie pron?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 26, 2023 09:01 AM (O+BhX)

243 But overall, I'd say Summerall and Madden was the gold standard. Minimalist commentary.

Posted by: DB - former participant at September 26, 2023 09:02 AM (geLO8)

244 Unfortunately, the Won't Shut Up school of broadcasting is the rule nowadays. Any ESPN broadcast is a model, with it's talking-talking-talking, booth guests, live mic, dugout interview, Buster Olney, Michael Kay and A-Rod gassing, StatCast and analytics. Unwatchable.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 26, 2023 08:59 AM (MoZTd)

Do you understand the power of the mute button?

Posted by: dantesed at September 26, 2023 09:02 AM (88xKn)

245 There's a regional guy that does Alabama football games. His name is Eli Gold. He's been broadcasting games ever since I can remember paying attention, so probably the early 80s or so. He's really great, with the timing and description to put you there in your mind, and I always figure he's about as close to the old-time sports announcers of radio world that I'll ever get to experience. There are often times when I'd rather listen to him call a game on the radio rather than sit through a bunch of three minute TV commercials every five minutes.

He'll be missed when he's gone.

Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 26, 2023 09:02 AM (de2/z)

246 Hunter Biden has sued Rudy Giuliani over his infamous laptop scandal, claiming that the former New York City mayor hacked and manipulated data on an external hard drive in a “total annihilation” of the troubled first son’s “digital privacy.”

I think this is right.

Giuliani prevented Hunter from having that Data Abortion he wanted. Hunter and many in the DC Data Abortion movement want Data Abortion legal right up to the moment right before data is presented in court.

Word is that Hunter will appear in court wearing a pink Data hat to protest.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 26, 2023 09:03 AM (QzZeQ)

247 After he takes selfies with some union troops

Lincoln did that a lot.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 26, 2023 09:01 AM (xTRSc)

A. Lincoln, Master Photobomber (and Vampire Killer)

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 26, 2023 09:03 AM (4I/2K)

248 Props to Joy Pullman, and her excellent article at Federalist is a must read, "Biden Takes Free Speech Assassination Attempt to Supreme Court"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 26, 2023 09:03 AM (Gs8F6)

249 So, all is forgiven in the football realm, finally?
I remember several saying this would happen, on a schedule.
Another awesome Conservative boycott wreaks havoc.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at September 26, 2023 09:03 AM (4PZHB)

250 Morning, all,

I suppose someone up above will have mentioned it, but the news is that David McCallum has passed away. What a great life he had!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 26, 2023 09:03 AM (J2vNu)

251 Kirk Herbstreit is just barely okay for college football but his Amazon prime pairing with Al Michaels for Thursday night football just doesn’t work. Al Michaels is an all-time great (Do you believe in miracles? Yes!) and he seems almost resentful he has to share the booth with a rookie. Herbstreit mechanically analyzes each play… it’s bland and boring

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 26, 2023 09:04 AM (xJnZb)

252
Do you understand the power of the mute button?
Posted by: dantesed at September 26, 2023 09:02 AM (88xKn)

When they shove the action into a little box on the side so they can highlight whoever is babbling, just muting doesn't work.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 26, 2023 09:04 AM (MoZTd)

253 “cromulent”?! I am a voracious reader of 54 years and have never seen that word. It was apparently invented by the Simpson’s… Chuckles.

“Multiculturalism only means one thing: civil war and death.” Yes. Correct.

Great monologue, brother and fellow Midwesterner JJ.

Posted by: Danimal28 at September 26, 2023 09:04 AM (klw0w)

254 Ernie Harwell did a good job broadcasting for the Tigers.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 26, 2023 09:04 AM (xTRSc)

255 Is there some kind of AI that analyzes everything Trump does and finds a tie to Nazis? Or are there juts stat wonks like baseball analysts who can pull things like "This hit to left center field is Jones's 43rd of the season, tying Ty Young's 1932 record for left center field fly balls!"

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 26, 2023 09:05 AM (O+BhX)

256 Kirk Herbstreit is just barely okay for college football but his Amazon prime pairing with Al Michaels for Thursday night football just doesn’t work. Al Michaels is an all-time great (Do you believe in miracles? Yes!) and he seems almost resentful he has to share the booth with a rookie. Herbstreit mechanically analyzes each play… it’s bland and boring
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Michaels is just phoning it in and cashing those big ass amazon paychecks at thit point. Plus the Thursday games are generally terrible. It is hilarious when he interjects his little gambbling comments tho.

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 26, 2023 09:05 AM (CIS44)

257 So, all is forgiven in the football realm, finally?

I think I saw an article the other day that one of the teams let go two of their players who took a knee during the anthem. Said they were more trouble than they were worth.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at September 26, 2023 09:05 AM (45fpk)

258 I commented on it last night that I'd probably watch Tua and Jalen and some other players in the NFL, but I couldn't care less once they turn pro.* It's hard to watch the NFL less than never.

* Which is beginning to show itself in college, unfortunately.

Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 26, 2023 09:05 AM (de2/z)

259 So Trump is both a Russian stooge and a Nazi... Is there nothing he can't do ?

Posted by: It's me donna at September 26, 2023 09:06 AM (bs+z0)

260
Is there some kind of AI that analyzes everything Trump does and finds a tie to Nazis?

It's like the Wikipedia challenge. You always get to Hitler in five clicks.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 26, 2023 09:06 AM (MoZTd)

261 The NFL still hates us and wants us dead.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 26, 2023 09:06 AM (O+BhX)

262 But overall, I'd say Summerall and Madden was the gold standard. Minimalist commentary.
Posted by: DB - former participant at September 26, 2023 09:02 AM (geLO

They were great in their day, but -

I think Tony Romo may be even better than Madden in quick insightful comments on what happened in a play.

It's always amusing to hear him say something like "Oh...", as the offense or defense lines up, then predict exactly what the Off/def is doing and why it's wrong. And then exactly what he said happens.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 26, 2023 09:06 AM (QzZeQ)

263 Highlight adolescent memory: Sonny "No. 9" Jurgensen and Billy "Wounded Duck" Kilmer in WMAL's radio broadcast booth calling Redskin games.

Drunker than snot but having a ball.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 26, 2023 09:07 AM (4I/2K)

264 I think I saw an article the other day that one of the teams let go two of their players who took a knee during the anthem. Said they were more trouble than they were worth.

--

Gosh, who could've seen that coming?

Cogs in a wheel, though. Their purpose was served. Trump said pussy, after all, and events had to be set in motion to rectify our bad decision in electing him.

Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 26, 2023 09:07 AM (de2/z)

265 Ben R. should try his hand at broadcasting. He would be good at explaining things.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 26, 2023 09:07 AM (xTRSc)

266 So Trump is both a Russian stooge and a Nazi... Is there nothing he can't do ?

Don't forget, he is also stupid and has dementia. He is all things to all people.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 26, 2023 09:07 AM (O+BhX)

267 Having multiple Galicias is confusing and counterproductive. There's only one Sheboygan and for this we should be thankful.

Posted by: Rand McNally at September 26, 2023 09:07 AM (83IzV)

268 Sen Josh Hawley: “If there is some path to victory in Ukraine, I didn’t hear it today. I also heard that there’s going to be no end to the funding requests…”
===========================
Well, duh.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 26, 2023 09:07 AM (Gs8F6)

269 138 But people always prefer this sort of "grand sweep" bullshit.
Posted by: Eeyore at September 26, 2023 08:28 AM (brAQZ)

Historical parallels are valuable simply because: people are people and keep doing the same stupid shit- and for almost exactly the same reasons. Rome is hard to get away from because it runs the gamut of governmental styles, successful military achievement and even religions. It went on for so long that it is hard NOT to draw a parallel with anything ELSE in history.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 26, 2023 08:33 AM (RMS9n)
_______
Not really. That approach overlooks the real key point: it was never Rome that did something, but Scipio, or Julius, or Augustus, or Diocletian. That is, it is not actions, but decisions that matter. And the historicist approach obscures that.

Posted by: Eeyore at September 26, 2023 09:08 AM (brAQZ)

270 Having multiple Galicias is confusing and counterproductive. There's only one Sheboygan and for this we should be thankful.
Posted by: Rand McNally

*Springfield has entered the chat*

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 26, 2023 09:08 AM (CIS44)

271 Elon Musk is coming to the border at Eagle Pass.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 26, 2023 09:08 AM (NpAcC)

272 So, all is forgiven in the football realm, finally?
I remember several saying this would happen, on a schedule.
Another awesome Conservative boycott wreaks havoc.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at September 26, 2023 09:03 AM (4PZHB)

Each person, of course, handles these things differently. In my case, I left when they started taking the knee and found other ways to spend my free time. I shan't be back. I do not, however, begrudge others their choices. That was once the American way.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 26, 2023 09:09 AM (z99Zw)

273
Do you remember a time when Democrats said we shouldn't prop up corrupt, inept, repressive regimes? Pepperidge Farms remembers.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 26, 2023 09:09 AM (MoZTd)

274 I suppose someone up above will have mentioned it, but the news is that David McCallum has passed away. What a great life he had!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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It was mentioned in the Geek Thread while you were out running.

Posted by: olddog in mo at September 26, 2023 09:09 AM (ViCCR)

275 Who knew that under that veneer of affability and hockey hullabaloo, Canada was full of totalitarian fanatics goose-stepping to the old party songs.

Posted by: Archer at September 26, 2023 09:09 AM (gmo/4)

276 There's only one Sheboygan and for this we should be thankful.

Cheboygan, Michigan says "Hey!"

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 26, 2023 09:09 AM (xTRSc)

277 Wait!! I’ve committed a travesty by not listing Chick Hearn, longtime Laker play-by-play guy, as the best NBA guy ever… he did “multicasts” meaning his description would go out for both radio and TV simultaneously… and it worked in both formats! The games in the refrigerator, the doors closed, the lights out, the eggs are cooling, the butters getting hard and the jello’s jiggling…. He’d say that when he figured the game had been decided

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 26, 2023 09:10 AM (xJnZb)

278 255 Is there some kind of AI that analyzes everything Trump does and finds a tie to Nazis? Or are there juts stat wonks like baseball analysts who can pull things like "This hit to left center field is Jones's 43rd of the season, tying Ty Young's 1932 record for left center field fly balls!"
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 26, 2023 09:05 AM (O+BhX)

His son-in-law is an Orthodox Jew, so obviously he's a Nazi!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 26, 2023 09:10 AM (x0n13)

279 The NFL still hates us and wants us dead.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 26, 2023 09:06 AM (O+BhX)
++++
Football is gay. By their own marketing, I mean.

I will consider watching sports again after a minimum of five years of nose-to-the-grindstone, no bullshit good behavior from the leagues and the teams.

They don't have it in 'em. Even if they're (finally - more than half a decade on) gently pushing back on the kneeling crap, that comes after they went in on the gay stuff. The NFL can't keep its dick out from under its own feet.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 26, 2023 09:10 AM (t0OGg)

280 y. I also heard that there’s going to be no end to the funding requests…”

Shocked! Shocked I tell you! Ok, just a few more billion.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 26, 2023 09:10 AM (O+BhX)

281 Lifelong Yankee fan here. I like Suzyn Waldman. She's knowledgeable and a true fan of the game.

Posted by: Ignoramus at September 26, 2023 09:10 AM (K6vwr)

282
Another awesome Conservative boycott wreaks havoc.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at September 26, 2023 09:03 AM (4PZHB)

The comical thing is we have entire weekly threads dedicated to pedo-riddled industries that hate us and want us dead.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 26, 2023 09:11 AM (MoZTd)

283 Russia's response to Canada honoring the SS was to point out that the western educational system has failed so thoroughly Americans and Canadians have no idea what happened in WWII and could assume a Ukrainian "resistance" fighter was on their side.

I'm kind of thinking that's actually not the case here. I'm sure most of the Canadians pols lauding this SS member had no idea of the history of the region and what this guy and his military unit were doing sure.

But do I believe that the guy that invited him didn't no? Hell no. This was intentional at a bunch of level;

1) Let the Ukes know the west wants them to let their NAZI freak flag fly
2) Let the Russians know the west does want to destroy their country
3) Let the historically literate members of the west know that the Western elites have made peace with fascism and have adopted the attitude of "not everything the NAZIs did was bad"

Posted by: 18-1 at September 26, 2023 09:11 AM (XqcwY)

284 Is there some kind of AI that analyzes everything Trump does and finds a tie to Nazis?
-

I assume it's an op. Dilute the pool with that sort of silliness when actual 100% "wait, we're supporting Nazis?" information comes out about Ukraine, Canada, etc. and it lessens the impact and they can pooh-pooh the real information and yell about conspiracy theories.

Similar to how the same people can poll on if it's a concern that Trump is under investigation and being indicted on four charges. It's set up by them for their purposes.

Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 26, 2023 09:11 AM (de2/z)

285 Lifelong Yankee fan here. I like Suzyn Waldman. She's knowledgeable and a true fan of the game.
Posted by: Ignoramus at September 26, 2023 09:10 AM (K6vwr)

but hows her sammich making skills?

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 26, 2023 09:11 AM (CIS44)

286 Having multiple Galicias is confusing and counterproductive.

There is only one of me.

Posted by: Galicia Silverstone at September 26, 2023 09:12 AM (xTRSc)

287 Not really. That approach overlooks the real key point: it was never Rome that did something, but Scipio, or Julius, or Augustus, or Diocletian. That is, it is not actions, but decisions that matter. And the historicist approach obscures that.
Posted by: Eeyore at September 26, 2023 09:08 AM (brAQZ)

There is a mix of circumstances and environment in addition to the individuals. There is no Scipio without Rome's strong agricultural and population base as they'd have lost before he ever got his shot.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at September 26, 2023 09:12 AM (eYoxG)

288 Even though I don't like the Dodgers, Vin Scully is best announcer for baseball.
Posted by: dantesed at September 26, 2023 08:45 AM (88xKn)

Vin Scully was the best announcer for everything! And he was just a great person. Absolute legend!

Posted by: Doof at September 26, 2023 09:12 AM (cRUf9)

289 Years ago I was doing yardwork and had a Yankees -Indians game on radio with Suzyn Waldnan and John Sterling broadcasting. I heard that crack of the bat and Sterling yells "it is far , it is deep it is gone, an Xbomb from Xavier Nady , X it out , X marks the spot." Suzyn "John , that was Cody Ransom"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 26, 2023 09:13 AM (cot+J)

290 Canada just does everything better than the USA. Just got back from a trip to Sudbury, Ontario. All schools proudly fly the Pride flag, and all the young kids out front sport green hair and androgynous appearances. That is the future, and Canada leads the way!

Posted by: Sid at September 26, 2023 09:13 AM (ZF/TS)

291 The NFL still hates us and wants us dead.

That's not true!

We want you to sit back, crack a cold bud light, watch men in tight pants touch each other and let us molest your kids.

Is that really so bad?

Posted by: The NFL at September 26, 2023 09:13 AM (XqcwY)

292 According to Peter Navarro, the Mayo Clinic has quietly approved the use of hydroxychloroquine for treating Covid and took a screenshot of the page.

https://is.gd/xOcDxp

That page is no longer on the website. Scrubbed in two days.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at September 26, 2023 09:13 AM (PiwSw)

293 From the NY Post:Students at 40% of Baltimore high schools failed math proficiency exam

None of the students at 40% of Baltimore’s public high schools tested proficient on the state math exam given this past spring — with a staggering three-quarters earning the lowest possible score, an alarming report revealed this week.

At 13 of the school district’s 32 public high schools, 1,295 students of the 1,736 who took the exams scored a 1 out of 4, meaning they were nowhere close to proficiency, Fox 45 reported.

“This is educational homicide,” Jason Rodriguez, deputy director of the Baltimore-based nonprofit People Empowered by the Struggle, told the outlet.

The results were shockingly low even at the city’s top high schools, where just 92 students, or 11.4% of the 809 students who took the exam, tested proficient, the outlet later found.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at September 26, 2023 09:13 AM (wtvvX)

294 The Roman analogy wars, begun they have.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 26, 2023 09:14 AM (xTRSc)

295 Keep an eye out for the true motivations of TGP. When I pointed out that spectacle in the Canadian Parliament was put on by a penis piano playing Jewish Nazi I got flagged on the play. Aside from TGP there's something weird about Zelensky too. He has that same gnome like aura about him as Fauci and even Putin. Perhaps they're like Leprechauns who are always devilishly messing with us. Otherworldly....

Posted by: torabora at September 26, 2023 09:14 AM (Krc4o)

296 Posted by: Sid at September 26, 2023 09:13 AM (ZF/TS)

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Too much. You've got to dial it back to get people to bite.

Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 26, 2023 09:14 AM (de2/z)

297 Did I just read that Gov. Abbott got 1.5 mil for his campaigns from the developer of that illegal immigrant community, that he now is investigating after it became national news? What the ever lovin actual fuck? Ugh. I can't even. No alarm bells went off about this place Governor?

Posted by: Paulie bag a' donuts at September 26, 2023 09:14 AM (FjYaO)

298 It has been raining non stop since Fri night. Stop already.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 26, 2023 09:14 AM (O+BhX)

299 such movements keep alive the ancient hatreds and political loyalties that immigrants are ostensibly supposed to leave at the door when they accept citizenship in a new country.

—-

Immigrants USED to do this. Because once upon a time immigrants came here (and Canada) and became Americans/Canadians. Now they are actively discouraged from doing that cuz racism and encouraged to keep all the old shit brewing.

Posted by: Montec at September 26, 2023 09:14 AM (bWsRe)

300 From the NY Post:Students at 40% of Baltimore high schools failed math proficiency exam

They just need more funding.

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 26, 2023 09:14 AM (CIS44)

301
Students at 40% of Baltimore high schools failed math proficiency exam

Well, duh. They're starved for money.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 26, 2023 09:14 AM (MoZTd)

302 Happy Tuesday
I think?

Posted by: Lizzy at September 26, 2023 09:15 AM (izj35)

303
300/301

Horde mind.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 26, 2023 09:15 AM (MoZTd)

304 I assume it's an op. Dilute the pool with that sort of silliness when actual 100% "wait, we're supporting Nazis?" information comes out about Ukraine, Canada, etc. and it lessens the impact and they can pooh-pooh the real information and yell about conspiracy theories.

I have always been darkly amused by the left's obsession with calling American style conservatives NAZIs

Yeah sure totes we all know the NAZIs were onboard with

1) The RKBA for NAZI subjects
2) Low taxes, regulation, and overall control of the economy
3) "Isolationism"

I mean really can you get more NAZI then that?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 26, 2023 09:15 AM (XqcwY)

305 #1 Ireland just played #2 South Africa in pool play in the Rugby World Cup. South Africa won it in 2019.

It was a proper heavyweight match, and went down to the wire. Yhese days, I'd take this over any NFL game.

Highlights
https://tinyurl.com/2p8hmrjp

Posted by: Ignoramus at September 26, 2023 09:15 AM (K6vwr)

306 From the NY Post:Students at 40% of Baltimore high schools failed math proficiency exam

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We were joking about this last week.

0% math proficiency, 75% illiteracy rate, 50% attendance, and 100% turnout to perform their civic duty come election day.

Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 26, 2023 09:15 AM (de2/z)

307 >>From the NY Post:Students at 40% of Baltimore high schools failed math proficiency exam

Clearly they need more sex ed and BLM protest field trips!

Posted by: Lizzy at September 26, 2023 09:16 AM (izj35)

308 The old SS excuse was that they were fighting Bolshevism and it just so happened that Jews were Bolsheviks. Therefore they were killing Bolsheviks not Jews, not really.

That argument never held water.

Posted by: Archer at September 26, 2023 09:16 AM (gmo/4)

309 scored a 1 out of 4

—
And 1 is automatic for taking the test. Which means they really got zero.

Posted by: Montec at September 26, 2023 09:16 AM (bWsRe)

310 Having multiple Galicias is confusing and counterproductive.

Country and region names are divisive and violent. The people should identify their place of residence by Lat/long grid number.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 26, 2023 09:16 AM (O+BhX)

311 The NFL still hates us and wants us dead.

That's not true!

We want you to sit back, crack a cold bud light, watch men in tight pants touch each other and let us molest your kids.

Is that really so bad?
Posted by: The NFL at September 26, 2023 09:13 AM (XqcwY)

Sweaty mens in tight pants? Two snaps and a twirl!

Posted by: Antoine Merriweather, Men On Film at September 26, 2023 09:16 AM (4I/2K)

312 The results were shockingly low even at the city’s top high schools, where just 92 students, or 11.4% of the 809 students who took the exam, tested proficient, the outlet later found.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at September 26, 2023 09:13 AM (wtvvX)
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"Top high school" is a relative term. They might be "top" for Baltimore, but failing compared to anywhere else.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 26, 2023 09:17 AM (YIVH2)

313 These polls yesterday continue to reverberate. A friend of mine who is a prominent NJ Democrat told me yesterday that Biden is in a negative feedback loop that is killing him, with young voters especially. Those young voter and minority voter numbers in the polls are shocking Democrats.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 26, 2023 09:17 AM (Gs8F6)

314 Students at 40% of Baltimore high schools failed math proficiency exam

But..but...but that's passing, right?
- Teachers Union

Posted by: dantesed at September 26, 2023 09:17 AM (88xKn)

315
Therefore they were killing Bolsheviks not Jews, not really.

That argument never held water.
Posted by: Archer at September 26, 2023 09:16 AM (gmo/4)

Except Blood Libels and pogroms were around long before the Bolsheviks showed up.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 26, 2023 09:17 AM (MoZTd)

316 My parents were both legal immigrants who needed sponsors to come here. We were once good at making such people and their descendants into true Americans.

Posted by: Ignoramus at September 26, 2023 09:17 AM (K6vwr)

317 Low taxes, regulation, and overall control of the economy

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Desiring smaller government and control at the lowest possible levels is fascism.

Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 26, 2023 09:18 AM (de2/z)

318 These polls yesterday continue to reverberate. A friend of mine who is a prominent NJ Democrat told me yesterday that Biden is in a negative feedback loop that is killing him, with young voters especially. Those young voter and minority voter numbers in the polls are shocking Democrats.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

*shrugs*
*Marks box of 100 ballots as 10000 instead of 1000*
-Philly, Detroit, Atlanta poll worker

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 26, 2023 09:18 AM (CIS44)

319 313 These polls yesterday continue to reverberate. A friend of mine who is a prominent NJ Democrat told me yesterday that Biden is in a negative feedback loop that is killing him, with young voters especially. Those young voter and minority voter numbers in the polls are shocking Democrats.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 26, 2023 09:17 AM (Gs8F6)

Prediction. Young voters will vote 80-20
Biden.

Posted by: Montec at September 26, 2023 09:18 AM (bWsRe)

320 @288

>>Vin Scully was the best announcer for everything! And he was just a great person. Absolute legend!

Best announcers are, Vin Scully, Bob Murphy and Doc Emerick.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 26, 2023 09:19 AM (t7Cko)

321 >>From the NY Post:Students at 40% of Baltimore high schools failed math proficiency exam

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THE SAME PEOPLE WHO LOVED HBO'S "THE WIRE" WILL BE INSISTING THAT THIS COULD BE EASILY FIXED WITH MORE FUNDING.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at September 26, 2023 09:19 AM (izj35)

322 Students at 40% of Baltimore high schools failed math proficiency exam

But..but...but that's passing, right?
- Teachers Union
Posted by: dantesed

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It is. I don't have the link up any longer, but IIRC 72% of students graduate high school.

And, from the same link, the vast majority of parents were pleased with the academic programs of the schools.

Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 26, 2023 09:19 AM (de2/z)

323 Students at 40% of Baltimore high schools failed math proficiency exam

They are minorities, they are too stupid to pass.
- Teachers Union

Bigotry of low expectations.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 26, 2023 09:19 AM (O+BhX)

324 308 The old SS excuse was that they were fighting Bolshevism and it just so happened that Jews were Bolsheviks. Therefore they were killing Bolsheviks not Jews, not really.

That argument never held water.
Posted by: Archer at September 26, 2023 09:16 AM (gmo/4)

The Jewish communists(and basically all the non-Russian nationalities in the Russian empire) were Mensheviks for one.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at September 26, 2023 09:19 AM (eYoxG)

325 Out: Reagan was a NAZI-lover for speaking at a military cemetery that had some Waffen SS members buried there

In: You know those Waffen SS guys were really kind of the heroes of WWII when you think about it weren't they?

Posted by: Canada at September 26, 2023 09:19 AM (XqcwY)

326 @"Perfessor Squirrel": Hadrian has already given you the correct answer on how picking a Prime Minister works in a Westminster Parliamentary system.

I'll add this: In our system, we don't elect MPs to represent our views to Parliament (though many erroneously believe we do.) We elect MPs to represent Parliament's views and opinions back to us. MPs do care about getting re-elected though so sometimes they listen when their entire riding gets their back up. They tend to only really listen at election time though, and even then, they're probably just lying. No, we don't have a "recall" mechanism. MPs can only be replaced in a by-election if they die, step down voluntarily, or are convicted of a crime and then the House can oust them.

Yeah, it's messed up. This explains much, though.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 26, 2023 09:19 AM (qPw5n)

327 It has been raining non stop since Fri night. Stop already.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 26, 2023 09:14 AM (O+BhX)

Are you growing moss on your north side?

Posted by: Archer at September 26, 2023 09:19 AM (gmo/4)

328 It has been raining non stop since Fri night. Stop already.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 26, 2023 09:14 AM (O+BhX)

How's your ark coming along?

Posted by: spindrift at September 26, 2023 09:19 AM (EGPRf)

329 316 My parents were both legal immigrants who needed sponsors to come here. We were once good at making such people and their descendants into true Americans.
Posted by: Ignoramus at September 26, 2023 09:17 AM (K6vwr)

My Mother was too.. There was no one more American than her..

Posted by: It's me donna at September 26, 2023 09:20 AM (bs+z0)

330 Did I just read that Gov. Abbott got 1.5 mil for his campaigns from the developer of that illegal immigrant community, that he now is investigating after it became national news? What the ever lovin actual fuck? Ugh. I can't even. No alarm bells went off about this place Governor?
Posted by: Paulie bag a' donuts at September 26, 2023 09:14 AM (FjYaO)

I suppose I don't care(if this is true) where pols get their campaign money from as long as they turn around and fuck the donor over in favor of their voters.

It happens. Just not often enough.

Anyway, it almost doesn't matter as the Dims will run some trannie, radical abortion fanatic, who hates oil and wants the border open even more. But, who wears dishy, dishy bright pink running shoes-Eeeeeee!

Posted by: naturalfake at September 26, 2023 09:20 AM (QzZeQ)

331
316 My parents were both legal immigrants who needed sponsors to come here. We were once good at making such people and their descendants into true Americans.
Posted by: Ignoramus at September 26, 2023 09:17 AM (K6vwr)

Up until 2000-ish that’s how all immigration worked.

Posted by: Montec at September 26, 2023 09:20 AM (bWsRe)

332 Students at 40% of Baltimore high schools failed math proficiency exam

But..but...but that's passing, right?
- Teachers Union

Posted by: dantesed at September 26, 2023 09:17 AM (88xKn)

I just heard in a report about those dismal results that 35% is actually 'passing'.

Posted by: Paulie bag a' donuts at September 26, 2023 09:20 AM (FjYaO)

333 Students at 40% of Baltimore high schools failed math proficiency exam

But..but...but that's passing, right?
- Teachers Union
Posted by: dantesed at September 26, 2023 09:17 AM (88xKn)

40%. Not great. Not terrible.

Posted by: Randi Weingarten at September 26, 2023 09:21 AM (4I/2K)

334
Her Majesty is not a citizen but you won't find a bigger patriot. Her views on illegals are, shall we say, spirited.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 26, 2023 09:21 AM (MoZTd)

335 Out: The dark night of fascism is always descending on the US.

In: The bright happy morning of fascism is coming to Canada and its going to be FABULOUS!

Posted by: Canada at September 26, 2023 09:21 AM (XqcwY)

336 The Jewish communists(and basically all the non-Russian nationalities in the Russian empire) were Mensheviks for one.

Menshevism was big in the Caucasus.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 26, 2023 09:21 AM (xTRSc)

337 Not really. That approach overlooks the real key point: it was never Rome that did something, but Scipio, or Julius, or Augustus, or Diocletian. That is, it is not actions, but decisions that matter. And the historicist approach obscures that.
Posted by: Eeyore at September 26, 2023 09:08 AM (brAQZ)

But you missed what I said: people do not change. The years may change. Even their ideology might change, but it still often comes down to the same things: freedom, control, love, lust, piety, greed, sobriety, laziness, honor, decadence.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 26, 2023 09:21 AM (RMS9n)

338 National Cathedral unveils racial justice-themed windows, replacing Confederate ones. How long before some white supremacist shoots them out? They can't STAND knowing America's changing demographics can't be stopped. I applaud them for doing this. I hope they have good security.

"Yer erasin' mah culcher!!"

I don't like them, tbh. No faces, odd sign messages, little symbolism, and I'm not a fan of the artistry. the artistry of the previous windows seems far better.

I'm unsure what I'm looking at with the new ones. "Not"? It is interesting that the faceless bodies are kinda... shlubby..? Our focus is on signs with clunky slogans over people..?

Old windows: https://tinyurl.com/2dhxbpct
New windows: https://tinyurl.com/bdyadcrx

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 26, 2023 09:22 AM (JCZqz)

339 I’ll admit I’m guilty of going back to the NFL. Big difference now though is I don’t care anymore who wins and the NFL gets none of my money…. I won’t buy merch or go to a game. I’m not a Neilsen household so my watching doesn’t even improve their ratings…. It gives me some mild entertainment. Honestly though, politics aside, their product now is lousy compared to their 70s through 90s heyday. Officiating is awful, too many rules… the game isn’t really fun anymore.

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 26, 2023 09:23 AM (xJnZb)

340 328 It has been raining non stop since Fri night. Stop already.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 26, 2023 09:14 AM (O+BhX)

How's your ark coming along?
Posted by: spindrift at September 26, 2023 09:19 AM (EGPRf)

What's a cubit?

Posted by: Noah at September 26, 2023 09:23 AM (RMS9n)

341 The funny thing about the current historical moment is that apparently if Rohm had ended up being the German leader that brought fascism to Germany instead of Hitler all the western governments now would be openly celebrating the NAZIs...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 26, 2023 09:23 AM (XqcwY)

342 Old windows: https://tinyurl.com/2dhxbpct
New windows: https://tinyurl.com/bdyadcrx
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 26, 2023 09:22 AM (JCZqz)

Those new windows are really crappy and have no place in a Cathedral... What happened to saints and Angels ?

Posted by: It's me donna at September 26, 2023 09:24 AM (bs+z0)

343 If you watch on cable or satellite, they know you ware watching.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 26, 2023 09:24 AM (O+BhX)

344 Remember when Canadians were fun?
Now, they're just socialist twats like so many others...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 26, 2023 09:24 AM (TGPs7)

345 {249} So, all is forgiven in the football realm, finally? ...

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at September 26, 2023 09:03 AM (4PZHB)

Not by a longshot. I may occasionally long for the days when I could listen to a Chiefs' game on radio and actually enjoy it, but the NFL is still such a virtue-signalling woke mess that they can go pound salt.

Also: I got out of the habit of attending, watching, or listening. I don't see me being suckered back into that. It really was a tale of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 26, 2023 09:24 AM (qPw5n)

346 National Cathedral unveils racial justice-themed windows, replacing Confederate ones

-

It's interesting to consider which ones are more relevant to America.

Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 26, 2023 09:24 AM (de2/z)

347 Prediction. Young voters will vote 80-20
Biden.

Posted by: Montec at September 26, 2023 09:18 AM (bWsRe)

This. With the hope that next time around their college loans, car payments, and rent payments will all be paid by the government.

Posted by: Paulie bag a' donuts at September 26, 2023 09:24 AM (FjYaO)

348 How's your ark coming along?

He's still waiting on Ace to finish installing the shelving.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 26, 2023 09:24 AM (xTRSc)

349 I got my ark built. Sorry about the rest of you.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 26, 2023 09:24 AM (O+BhX)

350
Those new windows are really crappy and have no place in a Cathedral... What happened to saints and Angels ?
Posted by: It's me donna at September 26, 2023 09:24 AM (bs+z0)

Place jumped the shark a while back. There's a Darth Vader gargoyle somewhere on it.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at September 26, 2023 09:25 AM (N3zMI)

351 Speaking of American Fascism, I need to find a copy of "The Iron Heel".

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 26, 2023 09:25 AM (0lY6Y)

352 Best announcers are, Vin Scully, Bob Murphy and Doc Emerick.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 26, 2023 09:19 AM (t7Cko)

Not familiar with Bob Murphy, but I agree with you 100% on Vin and Doc!

We had an absolute gem in Baltimore back in the day -- Chuck Thompson. Did Orioles games and the old Baltimore Colts games. Old school like Vin, Jack Buck, Mel Allen, etc. We also had Jon Miller until horrible Orioles ownership sent him packing for San Fran.

Posted by: Doof at September 26, 2023 09:25 AM (cRUf9)

353 I am sure Biden and the American Elites will speak out about it too...

Jack Poso 🇺🇸
@JackPosobiec

Massive stream of Armenian Christians forced out of their homes in the Caucuses in Azerbaijani ethnic cleansing operations

They are clogging the roads over the mountains as they flee

EU silent as Azerbaijan now supplies them with LNG after Russian contracts were cancelled

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 26, 2023 09:25 AM (TGPs7)

354 I’ll admit I’m guilty of going back to the NFL.

I was a big follower of the NFL before it went BLM and gay and then I dropped it cold turkey.

I did see a game in a bar last year though and...what the hell? The quality of play overall was terrible, playing defense gets you flagged, and even the broadcast of the game itself was boring and pathetic.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 26, 2023 09:25 AM (XqcwY)

355 I wonder if Ace was able to penetrate more than 3/4"?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 26, 2023 09:25 AM (O+BhX)

356 328 It has been raining non stop since Fri night. Stop already.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 26, 2023 09:14 AM (O+BhX)

How's your ark coming along?
Posted by: spindrift at September 26, 2023 09:19 AM (EGPRf)

What's a cubit?
Posted by: Noah at September 26, 2023 09:23 AM (RMS9n)

How long can you tread water?

Posted by: God at September 26, 2023 09:25 AM (4I/2K)

357
How's your ark coming along?
Posted by: spindrift at September 26, 2023 09:19 AM (EGPRf)

What's a cubit?
Posted by: Noah at September 26, 2023 09:23 AM (RMS9n)

Where do you find Gopher wood these days ?

Posted by: It's me donna at September 26, 2023 09:26 AM (bs+z0)

358 I wonder if Ace was able to penetrate more than 3/4"?

Is it getting hot in here?

Posted by: Mayor Pete Bootyjizz at September 26, 2023 09:26 AM (XqcwY)

359 Those new windows are really crappy and have no place in a Cathedral... What happened to saints and Angels?
Posted by: It's me donna at September 26, 2023 09:24 AM (bs+z0)

I don't think the Confederate ones do, either. Or any that depict non-Biblical personages or events. Stick to the Bible for church art.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 26, 2023 09:26 AM (xTRSc)

360 How long can you tread water?
Posted by: God at September 26, 2023 09:25 AM (4I/2K)

*golfclap*

Someday, these jokes too will be lost... like tears in the rain.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 26, 2023 09:26 AM (RMS9n)

361
It's worth remembering that Mussolini had a big fan club among the elites of his day. If he had had the good sense to stay neutral in 1940, who knows what his reputation might be today?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 26, 2023 09:26 AM (MoZTd)

362 Isn't the National Cathedral Episcopal? All you need to know.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 26, 2023 09:26 AM (O+BhX)

363 In high school I had a friend who was from
Yugoslavia. He came here when he was really young so he was as American as apple pie, had no accent or anything. His parents too always drove American cars. Their reasoning was America gave us a new life and we are going to say thank you any way we can. Which was like ok you’re gonna drive pieces of shit, but I get it lol.

Anyway compare that to todays typical immigrant kid who complains that he has to see a US flag in school while speaking in Spanish 24/7.

Posted by: Montec at September 26, 2023 09:27 AM (bWsRe)

364
I don't think the Confederate ones do, either. Or any that depict non-Biblical personages or events. Stick to the Bible for church art.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 26, 2023 09:26 AM (xTRSc)

Agreed

Posted by: It's me donna at September 26, 2023 09:27 AM (bs+z0)

365 Massive stream of Armenian Christians forced out of their homes in the Caucuses in Azerbaijani ethnic cleansing operations

Why...its almost like the Junta is anti-Christian isn't it?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 26, 2023 09:27 AM (XqcwY)

366 Imma having a hard time believing that Canada is going full NAZI. That said, being a NAZI takes a shit ton moar effort than being a Canadian.

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 26, 2023 09:28 AM (AMd6i)

367
It's worth remembering that Mussolini had a big fan club among the elites of his day. If he had had the good sense to stay neutral in 1940, who knows what his reputation might be today?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilE4lr9Qb3A

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 26, 2023 09:28 AM (CIS44)

368 So, all is forgiven in the football realm, finally? ...

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at September 26, 2023 09:03 AM (4PZHB)

Not by a longshot. I may occasionally long for the days when I could listen to a Chiefs' game on radio and actually enjoy it, but the NFL is still such a virtue-signalling woke mess that they can go pound salt.

Also: I got out of the habit of attending, watching, or listening. I don't see me being suckered back into that. It really was a tale of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 26, 2023 09:24 AM (qPw5n)

Agreed! Plus, it recently came to my awareness that in an average NFL game, there is approximately 11 minutes of actual game action (snap to whistle). 3 - 3.5 hours to watch. 60 minute game clock. 11 minutes of actual action. There are MUCH better uses of our time!!

Posted by: Doof at September 26, 2023 09:28 AM (cRUf9)

369 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 26, 2023 09:24 AM (qPw5n)

Yep. I've found more enjoyable things to do at game time. Usually outside. But also, new hobbies I've developed in that time period. Woodworking for one. Music. Football is dead to me.

Posted by: Paulie bag a' donuts at September 26, 2023 09:28 AM (FjYaO)

370 The Roman analogy wars, begun they have.
-----------
The gladius rules; the spatha drools!

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 26, 2023 09:28 AM (krqg6)

371 Football was becoming unwatchable even before all of the kneeling and virtue signaling. Bad officiating and instant replay reviews that last 15 minutes. The no contact the qb rule and other "roughing" penalties/ They completely lost me when they changed the REDSKINS name to some ghey nickname. I can't believe that worthless team sold for $6 billion dollars.

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at September 26, 2023 09:28 AM (ZV+pB)

372
Isn't the National Cathedral Episcopal? All you need to know.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 26, 2023 09:26 AM (O+BhX)

Yes, it's a Prod shop. Not that we papists aren't far behind.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 26, 2023 09:28 AM (MoZTd)

373 I don't think the Confederate ones do, either. Or any that depict non-Biblical personages or events. Stick to the Bible for church art.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 26, 2023 09:26 AM

I could see the civil war windows in one were Union and one Confederate. Maybe a third in the middle showing peace/reconciliation. For a National Cathedral, that would make sense.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 26, 2023 09:28 AM (JCZqz)

374 >>How long before some white supremacist shoots them out?

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THEY ACCUSE THE MAGA "WHITE SUPREMECISTS" OF BEING SO OVERLY RELIGIOUS THEY WANT A CHRISTIAN THEOCRACY, BUT ALSO OF DESTROYING CHURCH PROPERTY.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at September 26, 2023 09:28 AM (izj35)

375 It's worth remembering that Mussolini had a big fan club among the elites of his day. If he had had the good sense to stay neutral in 1940, who knows what his reputation might be today?

You're the top!
You're a Coolidge dollar.
You're the nimble tread
Of the feet of Fred Astaire,
You're Mussolini,
You're Mrs. Sweeney.

Posted by: Cole Porter at September 26, 2023 09:29 AM (XqcwY)

376 The gladius rules; the spatha drools!
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 26, 2023 09:28 AM (krqg6)

But 'Spanish Spatha' is fun to say!

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 26, 2023 09:29 AM (RMS9n)

377 Old windows: https://tinyurl.com/2dhxbpct
New windows: https://tinyurl.com/bdyadcrx
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 26, 2023 09:22 AM (JCZqz)

That's sadly hilarious.

jThis must be "The First Church of the Golden Retards of Marx" that I hear so much about.

BONUS!!! Accidental honesty in portraying all of the protesters as fat or soft-bodied muffin tops who never did an honest days work in their lives.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 26, 2023 09:29 AM (QzZeQ)

378 @341 if Rohm had won the present west would love him because of his love for teenage boys

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 26, 2023 09:29 AM (cot+J)

379 I've said this before, but my family had various relatives who fought in the U.S. military, the German Military and the Soviet Military during WW2. It was horrific what that conflict did to our family. Still nothing like what happened to the Jews, Slavs, Poles, Gypsys, etc. in the conquered territories.

Posted by: Archer at September 26, 2023 09:29 AM (gmo/4)

380 Where do you find Gopher wood these days ?
------------------
Try Home Depot.

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 26, 2023 09:29 AM (AMd6i)

381 It's worth remembering that Mussolini had a big fan club among the elites of his day. If he had had the good sense to stay neutral in 1940, who knows what his reputation might be today?

Yes. Churchill, and even Gandhi, had good things to say about Mussolini when he first came to power. But Benito blew it by invading Ethiopia and alienating Britain and France.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 26, 2023 09:30 AM (xTRSc)

382 >>They can't STAND knowing America's changing demographics can't be stopped.

But remember: the 'great replacement' is a krazy konspiracy theory!

Posted by: Lizzy at September 26, 2023 09:30 AM (izj35)

383 Nood port art.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at September 26, 2023 09:31 AM (eYoxG)

384 Nood. Art.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 26, 2023 09:31 AM (RMS9n)

385 hahaha, I don't think the new "social fairness justiceness" windows are even stained glass:

https://tinyurl.com/2yckkndy

Congratulations, black people. You merit some dollar store watercolors in the little plastic clamshells.

(raises fist in fairness and justiceness solidarity)

Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 26, 2023 09:31 AM (de2/z)

386 At one point Mussolini sought French/British support to stop the German Anschluss with Austria.

He reasoned that Austria was in his sphere of influence and that allowing Germany to add it would encourage Germany to become more aggressive.

France and Britain feared war and backed down of course. Mussolini took from this that Germany was the strong horse but even so he didn't enter WWII on the Axis side until he was pretty sure Germany would defeat France as he was trying to play both sides...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 26, 2023 09:32 AM (XqcwY)

387

But remember: the 'great replacement' is a krazy konspiracy theory!
Posted by: Lizzy at September 26, 2023 09:30 AM (izj35)

X isn’t happening it’s just conspiracy theories

It’s great that X is happening.

Posted by: Montec at September 26, 2023 09:33 AM (bWsRe)

388 >>Isn't the National Cathedral Episcopal? All you need to know.

*ahem*

Washington National Cathedral and five Muslim groups announced today the first celebration of Muslim Friday prayers (Jumaa) at the Cathedral on Friday, November 14.

Leaders believe offering Muslim prayers at the Christian cathedral shows more than hospitality. It demonstrates an appreciation of one another’s prayer traditions and is a powerful symbolic gesture toward a deeper relationship between the two Abrahamic traditions. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at September 26, 2023 09:33 AM (izj35)

389 I suppose someone up above will have mentioned it, but the news is that David McCallum has passed away. What a great life he had!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 26, 2023 09:03 AM (J2vNu)

Uh, oh. Someone didn't read the content.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at September 26, 2023 09:33 AM (Zvtjl)

390 323 Students at 40% of Baltimore high schools failed math proficiency exam

They are minorities, they are too stupid to pass.
- Teachers Union

Bigotry of low expectations.
------------------
If you want to fix this you're gonna have to fire and replace a shit ton of Black Women Teachers. This will never happen cuz Public Schools are a welfare operation with feeding stations.

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 26, 2023 09:34 AM (AMd6i)

391 Spanish spathas spear Spartans by the seashore!

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 26, 2023 09:34 AM (krqg6)

392 Leaders believe offering Muslim prayers at the Christian cathedral shows more than hospitality. It demonstrates an appreciation of one another’s prayer traditions and is a powerful symbolic gesture toward a deeper relationship between the two Abrahamic traditions. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at September 26, 2023 09:33 AM (izj35)

And heresy. Don't forget the heresy!

Mmmmmm...yummy yummy heresy....

Posted by: naturalfake at September 26, 2023 09:35 AM (QzZeQ)

393 Gopher wood is out of fashion. Capybara wood is all the rage.

Posted by: Trendy Tom at September 26, 2023 09:35 AM (83IzV)

394
Noah used wood from an endangered species? Sic the EPA on him ala Gibson guitars.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 26, 2023 09:40 AM (enJYY)

395 98 years old.
I don’t care if he’s 198, any member of the SS should be arrested, tried, if found guilty should be jailed until death.
Some things are forgivable, SS is not.

Posted by: Chuck Moss at September 26, 2023 09:45 AM (zmawo)

396 Cont'd: Watch Item

www.delcopa dot gov>public relations>releases>2023

Delaware County Council unanimously voted to adopt a resolution denouncing hate crime in Delaware County during their public meeting on 9/20/23.

"Whereas, Americans of Polish descent have contributed much to the heritage of Delaware Co.." (Oh! Someone accidently used that template.)

In part, "Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved, that We, the County Council of Delaware County, urge all residents to speak up against hateful behavior so that we may create a more just, peaceful, and inclusive society which will benefit everyone. Be it further resolved that the County Council urges our state lawmakers to promptly pass the package of anti-hate crime bills (including HB 1024, HB 1025, HB 1026, & HB 1027) currently being considered in the Pennsylvania Legislature."

Meeting Agenda, Minutes, & Video show two women, one specifically Re: Agenda Item 7A, & another at +/- 24:00, attempting to make meaningful comments regarding defining hate crime laws. +/- 57:00, there's a snide (not unusual) 'culture wars' comment from a Council member.

So no more Fetterperson jokes, PA!

No Peace either.

Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know their enemies at September 26, 2023 09:47 AM (GshMh)

397 Leaders believe offering Muslim prayers at the Christian cathedral shows more than hospitality. It demonstrates an appreciation of one another’s prayer traditions and is a powerful symbolic gesture toward a deeper relationship between the two Abrahamic traditions. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at September 26, 2023 09:33 AM (izj35)
=====================
Ignorance of history and well-intentioned stupidity is no way to go through life, Episcopalians.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 26, 2023 09:49 AM (EAuAz)

398 There's only one Sheboygan
Yep. One in Michigan and one in Wisconsin. Nothin' to it.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at September 26, 2023 10:22 AM (4PZHB)

399 It's a subtle but important difference, but the prog plan isn't to drive the west into war against Russia. It's to drive Russia to war against the west. That's because non-leftist domestic opposition to all of this is one of their goals - the progs don't actually give a shit what happens to Ukraine, but care intensely about how this is used to their own political advantage, and in some cases about the demands of their Chinese backers. (China fucking loves this, for obvious reasons)

The choice of Azov as a symbol is deliberate. It's perfect for splitting the domestic electorate on the issue because while one side runs around with their pants on fire screaming about Nazis, the progs get to point out to the other side that a decent chunk of the battalion's current leadership is Jewish.

As usual, people are getting played.

Posted by: somedood at September 26, 2023 11:20 AM (rdEIA)

400 With all the disasters turning this nation into a banana republic we still get is he a Nazi? Now I understand why we are going full bananas.

Posted by: Jane at September 26, 2023 10:54 PM (EcD5Y)

401 If you would actually like a job function within the legislation trade,
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