The Morning Report

The Morning Report — 9/29/23

Good morning, kids. Representative Ken Buck is an asshole. Check that; Representative Ken Buck is a hemorrhoid on the giant asshole that is the Republican Party. Exhibit 1:

Rep. Buck, who is set to leave Congress, has been a staunch supporter of the same legacy media industry that regularly smears Republicans and Republican voters as bigots, domestic extremists, and conspiracy theorists. Backed by donations from the legacy media’s top lobbyists in DC, Rep. Buck was the lead Republican sponsor of the JCPA in the House of Representatives.
The Congressman, who presented himself to Republican primary voters as a staunch “Tea Party” conservative back in 2010, is now on his way out of Congress, and is reportedly seeking a job at leftist, Republican-hating channel CNN.
In the meantime, he’s still looking to bail out the same media industry he hopes to join, by a last-ditch effort to push the JCPA. Earlier today, the Congressman appeared on a Washington Post podcast with Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), the bill’s lead Senate sponsor, defending his decision to back a piece of corporate welfare for the media industry. . .
. . . One of the first bills introduced by Democrats during their time holding the majority in the House, the JCPA allows some of the nation’s largest legacy media companies to form a legal cartel, immune from antitrust law, to pressure tech companies for special favors.

Now all Ken Buck has to do is become a prime suspect in the death of his intern, marry the ditzy daughter of a Foggy Bottom bottom dwelling Johns Hopkins School of International Relations egghead and CNN can totally pants MSLSD in the ratings! But wait there's more!

Nearly 20 House Republicans joined their Democrat colleagues on Wednesday in killing a bill amendment that sought to prevent U.S. taxpayer dollars from funding Pentagon-sponsored “pride month” events.
Introduced by Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, the measure aimed to “prohibit funds appropriated” by the House’s defense bill for fiscal year 2024 “from being used to carry out the observance of Pride Month authorized by the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness for the Cultural Observances and Awareness Events List.” Despite the GOP possessing a majority in the lower chamber, 18 Republicans, including House Freedom Caucus member Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., sided with Democrats in voting against the amendment (231-202).

Wow! Way to burnish those "severe Tea Party conservative" credentials. And how comforting is it knowing that 17 other stellar public servants stand with you. It is to laugh, hopefully as you avoid simultaneously doing a Jimi Hendrix and aspirating on your own vomit. Anyone want to wager that most if not all of these pieces of shit will vote "No" to impeach Joey Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants? That is if this process, despite the headlines, seriously gets rolling?

The only thing getting rolled these days is We The People. Just to underscore the complete forcible sodomy and knife in the back, there's this little item:

In a letter to Gov. Brian Kemp (R), [GA State Sen. Colton] Moore announced an initiative in August to begin an emergency session to conduct a thorough investigation into the actions undertaken by Willis. An emergency legislative special session can come about two ways in Georgia: The governor can call an emergency session, or one can be called if 3/5 of both legislative chambers sign a letter demanding it.
Kemp and State Senate Republicans apparently oppose working to investigate, defund, and impeach Willis, and instead ousted Moore. “Today’s removal is a direct result of me calling on my Republican colleagues in the Senate to do their job and sign onto an emergency session to investigate Fani Willis,” Colton said in a statement exclusively obtained by Breitbart News:

The Georgia Constitution clearly outlines the legislature’s power to call an emergency session to investigate a judicial officer. After urging my Republican Senate colleagues to join me — they responded by acting like children and throwing me out of the caucus.
I stand by my Republican principles. I stand by the Republican platform. I will continue to serve as a Republican Senator from the great state of Georgia. Unfortunately, now I will be forced to refer to my colleagues, who ran on being “Trump conservatives,” as the RINO caucus.
The people of Georgia are 100 percent with me. This is the fight of our lifetime, and I will continue to double down to defend the rule of law and do what is right.
Recent Rasmussen polling shows that 82 percent of Georgia Republicans say Trump is unfairly prosecuted by Willis. Seventy-seven percent of Republicans also say they are not satisfied with tax dollars being used to prosecute Trump. Another 74 percent of Republicans support the Georgia legislature convening a special session to stop Willis from prosecuting Trump.
Despite the feasible mechanisms and polling popularity, Kemp and many state Republicans dismissed Moore’s initiative out of hand.

Because, reasons! And here we all are pounding each other on the head with souvenir Three Stooges/Pelosi-sized prop gavels over Trump! DeSantis! Electability! and Polling! and all the rest of it while another election is going to be fortified with essential vitamins, minerals and fake ballots to help build strong dictatorships 85 million ways.

In his latest book, Mark "Old Yeller" Levin lays it out with the utmost frightening clarity and concision:

The Democrat Party has developed in the political home of the various American Marxist movements, with which they agree and identify. Hence, they are not so repulsed by America’s past—or more accurately, the Democrat Party’s past—as to forever condemn the Democrat Party and refuse any association with it. They ignore or downplay its links to the Ku Klux Klan, white-supremacist neo-Nazis, lynchings, etc. Instead, they target and blame the entire society, culture, and country for the Demorat Party’s contemptible past. To underscore the point, the American Marxists are supportive of the Democat Party’s modern-day promotion of economic socialism, cultural Marxism, and anti-Americanism. In truth, their contempt for the Constitution, and its routine condemnation, is not so much because of some of the Framers’ biographies, but because the Constitution’s firewalls remain an impediment to, or at least slow their revolutionary aims and the speed with which they seek to make them. . .
. . . Of course the Democrat Party wants the big cities and most populous states to rule over the entire country, since these are Democrat strongholds. And, if they could, they would abolish the states. Presidential candidates would not have to campaign in vast parts of the country, only in the dense areas mostly along the two coasts and certain Midwest metropolitan areas. Thus, representation would effectively be denied to tens of millions of people who live in the exurbs and beyond, including rural areas. The states that produce most of the food we eat and energy we consume would have little or no say in the nation’s governance or in the federal government’s rule over them, which would be disastrous civilly, politically, and economically. . .
. . . Unlike the Republican Party, the Democrat Party is more than a political party. It is the state party. It seeks to monopolize the political system, the culture, government, and society. And while the Republican party exists to try to win elections, the Democrat Party plays for keeps—that is, election defeats can never be allowed to interfere with the ideological trajectory the party imposes on the nation. And when the Democrat Party wins elections, it continues building upon the permanent centers of power, including the vast federal bureaucracy, subsidized nongovernment organizations, lifetime activist judges, tenured professors and teachers, party members in the media, etc. The Democrat Party uses the culture and politics to empower itself and its agenda. And Democrats have no intention of surrendering control of either. Consequently, when the Democrat Party wins elections, it claims broad mandates; when it loses elections, it ignores the popular will of the people and turns to the permanent government and its cultural surrogates to sabotage the Republicans and push forward their American Marxist agenda.

The author of the piece, who goes by the nom de plume Carpe Diem, states:

While Levin does not necessarily offer a solution to combating this pervasive Leftist onslaught that we face, he does a commendable job of identifying and outlining the very real dangers that we face, which is a good start.

Look, I dig Levin. But to be honest, he's been writing the same damn book now for the past 20 years. Only the names and outrages have changed and multiplied by orders of magnitude. Yet the most important constant is the nagging question of "the solution." 20 years ago, bad as things were, we still perhaps had a chance to stop this via what I will assume was a relatively untainted or only moderately tainted electoral system.

Well, that's been shot to hell as 2020 and to a lesser extent 2022 have shown us. Assuming that the polling showing Biden cratering is accurate, the only reason to switch him out for the Wookie, Newsom, Whitmer or whoever is to boost their poll numbers to the degree that it makes the inevitable 2024 steal look legitimate. If Biden refuses to go quietly, or if RFK Jr, Cornel West, Marianne Williamson or someone else runs third party regardless of who the Dem stooge candidate will be, the steal would cause a pretty big stink. At least I assume that that is the calculus in the Kalorama-Davos-Beijing Axis.

Moving back to the high level, the problem remains: An irreconcilably divided country, a Junta that controls the instrumentalities and enforcement mechanisms of power, powder kegs both domestically and internationally that can go off at any moment and no means of extricating ourselves from disaster in a quick, orderly and peaceful fashion.

Have a good weekend. See you on the hobby thread tomorrow. Be there. Aloha.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

"Missouri v. Biden uncovered a ‘vast censorship enterprise’ throttling Americans’ ideas online at the behest of government officials."
Doctor Whose Censorship Case is at the Supreme Court: ‘We Had to Speak Up’
"Are new draft recommendations on breast-cancer screening the result of DEI-based political pressure?"
Equity vs. Evidence
"Democrats rely on activist groups like Issue One to make the case for conquering local election offices – here’s the real story. . . 'Progressives' only gained so much ground by catching conservatives off-guard in 2020. Now they’re pushing that advantage in an all-or-nothing gambit for permanent control of America. Whether you like it or not, there’s no going back to the sunny days of pre-pandemic America. You’re at war.
"High Election Worker Turnover" is the Left’s Newest Ploy to Federalize Elections
". . . a final opinion could be issued before the end of the calendar year, and if the court throws out the funding mechanism as unconstitutional, it could also choose to delay imposition of their ruling and give the Congress the whole of 2024 to craft an alternative. Something must be done: The CFPB has more power than any agency in US history, and its potential to abuse this authority is enormous."
The Supreme Court is About to Rule on America's Most Powerful Unaccountable Federal Agency

BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS

"Recent polling shows 50 percent of independent voters believe House Republicans should impeach Joe Biden, a YouGov/CBS News poll found. Additional polling shows a majority of voters consistently believe Joe Biden was involved in his family’s business, contradicting his long-held position that he never spoke to Hunter Biden about business."
Finally! James Comer Subpoenas Hunter, James Biden 315 Days After Launching Probe into Family
"The trove contains email exchanges between prosecutors working on the Biden probe and FBI interview transcripts with witnesses who have insight into the Biden family’s business ventures. The evidence is certain to factor into House Republicans’ impeachment inquiry into the president, which launched Wednesday."
The Latest Hunter Biden Document Dump Is Littered With Bombshells. Here Are the Biggest.
"CEFC, closely linked to the CCP and Chinese President Xi Jinping, was chaired by Ye Jianming, an associate of Hunter Biden. James Biden told the FBI he personally met once with Jianming about CEFC’s interest in acquiring the liquid natural gas facility."
James Biden Confirmed to FBI Family Tried to Help CEFC China Energy Co. Buy U.S. Energy Assets
“I think this is gonna be an informative hearing for you, Mr. Raskin, because we want to present evidence,” the chairman replied. “What evidence? There’s no evidence witness, there’s no fact witnesses,” Raskin said. “Just sit back and let the American people see the hearing, and let the American people decide,” Comer said.
‘Listen!’: All Hell Breaks Loose as Dem Motions to Bring Rudy Giuliani Into Impeachment Hearings
[Kweisi "Modo"] Mfume claimed Biden did nothing wrong and that the impeachment inquiry into a possible influence-peddling scheme is a distraction from focusing on the real issues facing Americans."
Dem Rep Holds Up ‘Where Is Rudy’ Sign And Starts Yelling In Middle Of Impeachment Hearing
Jonathan Turley: "The record currently contains witness and written evidence that the President (1) has lied about key facts in these foreign dealings, (2) was the focus of a multimillion-dollar influence peddling scheme, and (3) may have benefitted from this corruption through millions of dollars sent to his family as well as more direct possible benefits. The [so-called quote-unquote "president"] may be able to disprove or rebut these points, but they raise legitimate concerns over his role based on the accounts of key figures in the matter." (Turley's liberal feet are tiptoeing through the tulips/landmines. - jjs)
10 Reasons Why It's Worth Investigating Joe Biden
SHAMPEACHMENT 1.0, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION
Kemp and State Senate Republicans apparently oppose working to investigate, defund, and impeach Willis, and instead ousted Moore. “Today’s removal is a direct result of me calling on my Republican colleagues in the Senate to do their job and sign onto an emergency session to investigate Fani Willis,” Colton said in a statement exclusively obtained by Breitbart News.
Scum! Georgia Senate GOP Caucus Ousts Senator for Trying to Remove Fani Willis from Office
CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
Xahra Saleem, formerly Yvonne Maina, co-founded the All Black Lives (ABL) Bristol group in the United Kingdom, and raised money ostensibly to provide masks for BLM protesters and fund a trip to Africa for poor youths via a GoFundMe page called BristBLM. A court heard this week, however, that she “dishonestly abused [her] position intending to make a gain, namely used the funds raised for [herself].
BLM Activist Convicted of Fraud After $37,000 in Donations Disappear
"Why is the left inventing a new recusal standard for Justice Thomas that didn’t apply to other justices, particularly to Ruth Bader [Meinhoff] Ginsburg?" (You have to ask? - jjs)
ProPublica Smear of Justice Thomas Reveals a Partisan Double Standard for SCOTUS
"Biden is trying to create a consequence-free society. Decisions have consequences in the real world, but not in Biden-world."
Dealing with Consequences
"Hate him back."
Joe Biden Hates You
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
Rep. Buck, who is set to leave Congress, has been a staunch supporter of the same legacy media industry that regularly smears Republicans and Republican voters as bigots, domestic extremists, and conspiracy theorists. Backed by donations from the legacy media’s top lobbyists in DC, Rep. Buck was the lead Republican sponsor of the JCPA in the House of Representatives.
Establishment Fraud/Stooge Republican Ken Buck, Seeking CNN Gig, Joins Amy Klobuchar to Push JCPA Media Bailout Bill – Again!
“The Biden [junta] has dangerously weaponized this agency to collude with Big Tech and other intermediaries to censor Americans’ online speech and interfere in our elections — brazenly violating the First Amendment for nefarious political purposes. The country gave us the majority to save our nation from the Left’s destructive policies that continue to erode our constitutional rights, not continue the status quo and subsidize government abuse.”
GOP Rep. Andrew Clyde Rips Republicans for Voting to Fund "Censorship" Agency
"The DoJ is unhappy with Google because they say Google is using its power to control and limit competition in searching and advertising."
The DoJ Sidelines Consumes in its Antitrust Case Against Google
"Says they were 'undermining election integrity.'”
Elon Musk Has Fired Most of Twitter’s "Election Integrity" Team
"Book-banning is a serious problem — but it's the left doing it, not the right."
The Death of the Library

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The segment confirmed news Fox was attempting to “shift candidates to the left” on immigration first broken by The National Pulse editor-in-chief, who warned conservatives the network intended to try and use old footage of Ronald Reagan to bolster its pro-amnesty agenda.
Fox/Univision Promoted Illegal Migrant Amnesty at GOP Debate
"The Univision co-host of the Fox News Republican presidential debate helped push a Kamala Harris-led conspiracy theory."
Univision Hack Amplifies Florida Curriculum Hoax In Fox News GOP Debate
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
"Joe Biden’s radical climate agenda is killing American jobs and making us dependent on Chinese slave labor - but they just keep doubling down."
Hawley Unloads on Biden Apparatchik for "Shutting Down Critical Mineral Production" in the US
"Crisis by design, pain on purpose."
Biden's Continuing War on Energy Independence
"Unelected bureaucrats impose far-reaching decisions without legislative scrutiny or accountability and Alaskan Natives suffer."
Arbitrary Decision of Federal Bureaucrats Impoverishes Alaskan Natives
"Basically, the U.N. should be embarrassed." (He misspelled "nuked" - jjs)
What Our Oceans Say About Global Warming
AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
I understand Tehran and Beijing are wonderful all year long . . . - jjs
PHOTO: NYC to Distribute Flyers at Southern Border Warning Migrants ‘You Are Better off’ in Another City
Daniel Greenfield: "The city’s migrant crisis was really created by homelessness activists."
Does New York Have to "House the World?"
"Unless every city and state in the U.S. agrees to fend off the forced entry of illegal border crossers, the crisis will continue."
From Staten Island to Eagle Pass, Americans Revolt Over the Border Invasion Biden Invited Into Their Homes
"New York City citizens and taxpayers do not want illegal immigrants working here. We don’t want them voting here. We want them gone, on the next bus, right back over the border. Full stop. The majority of the people that advocate for the “new Americans” are in government and they happen to be Democrats. . . f they could, and if they thought they could count on their votes, they'd probably try to import all 7.5 billion people on earth into the country just so they wouldn't have to face what Americans actually want.
New York City shows the Democrats are trying to import their way out of unpopularity
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
"Facing sexual assault 30-40 times a day, administrators told teacher to put a piece of cardboard in front of her groin — and fired her after she spoke to government investigators."
In His Criminal Trial, Former Loudoun County Superintendent Blames Sex Assault Victims
"Nothing kills a police department faster than destruction of officer morale—and in the BPD, morale is dead."
Baltimore’s Thin Blue Line Is Broken
“The excuse for all this? A Philly judge dropped the manslaughter charges against a cop who shot a driver. Bodycam footage showed that the driver was hiding a knife.”
WATCH: Democrat-Run Philadelphia Endures Second Night of Mass Looting
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
“I just would urge those in public life and both political parties or no political party to be cautious”
Video: Biden Tells People To Stop Questioning [Chinese] COVID Shots
"We are Americans, it’s time we acted like it!" (Sadly, a large percentage are anything but, politically and otherwise - jjs)
Never Again: Stand Up to Left’s Use of [Chinese] Covid to Shut Down America
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
"New district policy will bring difficult commutes for low-income charter school families, officials argue."
As California Charter Schools Excel, Los Angeles's Top Public District Makes It Harder To Attend Them
“When you have this much of a ringing failure in your school, it should cost somebody their jobs.”
Study Finds Shocking Lack of Proficiency in Math at Baltimore Public Schools (Probably been subpar for decades - jjs)
". . . this portion of the survey was allegedly 'optional.' But one student claimed that they received bad marks for not completing it."
A School in a Remote Colorado Town Presented Students With Extremely Personal Questions
Robert Zimmerman: "The Bible is now viewed by these leftists to be as bad for kids to read as pornography — except that these same leftists now consider it a good thing for kids to see pornography but not the Bible.In the modern leftist world that now rules us, good and evil have been flipped, with evil on top."
California School District Blacklists Christian Club from Elementary School
THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
Judges supporting the denial called the dissenters’ claims “meritless” and “histrionic.” The dissenters fired back, arguing the denial “hamper[ed] the ability of voters to seek the protections promised them by our Constitution.”
Appellate Judges Scoff at Each Other After Court Declines New Challenge to Florida Voting Integrity Law
Never fear. Hawaiian Judges Buch M. Danno and Tyne E. Bubbles will declare them kosher - jjs
Lawsuit: Democrats’ Election-Takeover Ballot Amendments Violate the Michigan and U.S. Constitutions
"If a cashier came up 26 times with less money in their till than expected, what would happen to them?"
What If We Excused Other Crimes the Way We Do Election Fraud?
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
"The Republican state treasurer is acting governor until mid-day Thursday. Is Hobbs gone because the Senate won’t confirm her agency director nominees?" (Start passing anti-Leftist laws when she's AWOL - jjs)
Where is Arizona Democrat Gov. Katie Hobbs?
"Arizona-based firm run by foreign national has been paid nearly $1 million for political work in recent years."
Watchdog Says Democrats Illegally Paid Foreign National For Campaign Work
"Call it bribery, or extortion, or abuse of power, or whatever you want. This is how Democrats get rich these days. They expand the size and power of the federal government, then sell access and favors to the highest bidders."
Biden, Menendez, and Michelle: Birds of a Bribery Feather
"Other than NORPAC, most of Menendez’s major donors have remained silent as to whether they’ll continue to contribute to his political campaign. Jon Kaiden, founder of Baleon Capital, appears to be the only major donor to publicly announce that he will no longer contribute to Menendez’s re-election bid."
Pro-Israel PAC Says It’ll Keep Funding Bob Menendez’s Re-Election Campaign
POLITICS
"Another round of tedious GOP ritual combat shouldn’t distract from where the real action is happening."
Will We Never Be Free?
"With more nights – and bulls-eyes – like this, Ron DeSantis may just remain in the fight for a long time too."
GOP Debate II: Déjà Vu All Under Again
"A big part of the problem was on the moderator and host venue side." (and the majority of the debaters - jjs)
The Missed GOP Debate Opportunity
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
Victor Davis Hanson: "America should help Ukraine resist Russian aggression. But we should be mindful in doing so that the entire region is an historical Gordian Knot of poorly understood but ancient intertwined and competing threads—one that may risk being cut by a Russian nuclear sword." (Wow. VDH writes an entire essay in double-talk. Trying to put out a fire that we helped start by running into it naked with a water pistol is not a good idea, sir. - jjs)
The Ukrainian Gordian Knot
"Under Ramaswamy’s proposal, America would cease its military support to Kyiv, keep Ukraine out of NATO and recognize Russia’s control over the territory it now occupies; in return, Russia would end its 'military alliance' with China." (Fuck you, NY Post. This is probably the most sane, reasonable proposition I've yet to hear, even if the last bit is not enforceable. At least it prevents a regional nuclear confrontation that would likely spill over - jjs)
Shutdown-ready Republicans shouldn’t buy into Vivek Ramaswamy’s insane Ukraine plan
He posted on X: “Establishment journal Foreign Affairs signals the next step of Ukraine War escalation: stationing U.S. military advisors on the ground. Have they forgotten how we got embroiled in Vietnam?”
RFK Jr. Warns ‘Next Step’ Is Military Advisers in Ukraine: ‘Have They Forgotten’ Vietnam?
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
"Whose interests are served by paying off the Middle Eastern rogues’ gallery to play nice?"
In Fight for Democracy, Biden Junta Sides with Autocracy
Fred Fleitz: "Weak leadership creates high likelihood many more Americans will be taken."
The High Price of Biden’s Ransom Payment to Iran
'Three people have been confirmed dead and one injured after shootings and an explosion took place across Sweden late Wednesday and early Thursday morning. The shootings are likely linked to escalating feuding gang violence around Stockholm. The blast is still being investigated although it is the third explosion this week across central Sweden under investigation."
Sweden sees deadliest month for shootings since 2016 in gang-related incidents
Notably, France is the sixth largest contributor to the UN, paying $128 million, or just under five percent of the organization’s annual budget. The French government has made an increased effort to integrate Muslim women and girls into society, such as ruling last month that girls cannot wear the Islamic “abaya” in schools.
UN Lashes Out at France For Banning Islamic Headscarves At 2024 Paris Olympics
Lloyd Billingsley: "Why exactly did the Trudeau-NDP axis do it?"
Praising a Nazi
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
"Hackers also managed to infiltrate the account of Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, though the extent of the breach is still unclear."
Chinese Hackers Steal 60,000 Emails From US State Department
"Despite the GOP possessing a majority in the lower chamber, 18 Republicans, including House Freedom Caucus member Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., sided with Democrats in voting against the amendment (231-202)."
18 House Republicans Help Democrats Kill Amendment Defunding Pentagon ‘Pride Month’ Parties
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
"It has come to this." (And what happens if in self-defense a Muslim is injured or killed? Guess who the Krauts will go after - jjs)
Germany: Students Arm Themselves Against Muslim Migrants
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
"It appears that Dias used his position of authority to prevent an honest appraisal of his work, actions that are in utter violation of ethics and the scientific method."
Another retraction looms of research claiming the discovery of superconductivity at room temperature
Robert Zimmerman: "...this new strict regulation likely means we should expect a serious slowdown in the rebirth of commercial space. The renaissance of achievement by private enterprise in the past decade in space could be ending."
More than a year after the New Shepard accident, the FAA finally closes its investigation
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
“Talk s**t again, b**ch!” the trans girl said in her manliest voice before walking away.
Trans-Action: Ore. Boy Pretending to Girl Beats the Crap Out of Real Girl
"American and Canadian anthropological associations assert that using terms male & female will 'imperil the safety of the LGBTQI community.'”
Science Canceled: Anthropologists Prevented from Giving ‘Importance of Biological Sex’ Talk at Conference
Raymond Ibrahim: ". . . , if today’s men were simply to reclaim their manhood and start behaving like men — and, most importantly, believe in a Cause greater than themselves — all of the insane ills plaguing Western society would dissipate like vapor."
The ‘Left’s’ Worst Nightmare: A Return to the 'Crusader Mindset'
"The HHS plans to make it so that even if a family is loving, welcoming, and would treat children with the compassion they give their own biological children, they’d not be good candidates to help needy orphans."
HHS Will Remove LGBTQ Foster Kids from Homes that Don’t Affirm Their Delusions
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Robert Spencer: "It’s likely that he needs both the money and the new infusion of relevance. But his letter [to the NY Jets begging for a job] is unlikely to get him anywhere, as for all his long-windedness, Kaepernick never mentions the elephant in the room, his far-left political activism and race-hustling agitation that would relegate football to a sideshow for any team that signed him."
Kaepernick BEGS for Job on NFL Slave Plantation, Ignores the Elephant in the Room
The collapse of civility is never sudden." (This is merely the latest manifestation, not the first - jjs)
What the Senate's New Dress Code Is Really About
"Christian Cooper's superhero name is Captain Cry Bully."
That Infamous Central Park Birdwatcher Writes a Memoir
HITHER & YON
"The Big Chill, 40 years on, reveals a generation in all its (vain) glory."
All Is (Boomer) Vanity
Christian Toto: "John Carney's latest ode to music's transformative power is a winner."
Eve Hewson Radiates Star Power in Flora and Son

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1 Happy Fricking Friday

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2023 07:44 AM (BRHaw)

2 1st?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 29, 2023 07:44 AM (xTRSc)

3 Ah, no. Oh well. Off to the content.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 29, 2023 07:45 AM (xTRSc)

4 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 29, 2023 07:46 AM (Q4IgG)

5 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at September 29, 2023 07:46 AM (sNtYB)

6 astoundingly, the Junta doesn't understand why Americans are suddenly covid vaccine hesitant. How stupid are these people?

https://shorturl.at/bcglH

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 29, 2023 07:46 AM (NzSnR)

7 Jeff Dalmer was only guilty of loving exotic meat snacks

Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at September 29, 2023 07:47 AM (EcHpA)

8 "The HHS plans to make it so that even if a family is loving, welcoming, and would treat children with the compassion they give their own biological children, they’d not be good candidates to help needy orphans."
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The power to invade homes and steal peoples children was granted to the Federal government in which Constitutional provision? Just asking....

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 29, 2023 07:48 AM (NzSnR)

9 Happy Friday. Mrs. Aspirin Factory turned 50 today.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 29, 2023 07:48 AM (dKuyx)

10 Good morning all!!

Our daughter gets married tomorrow!!!

Posted by: jmel at September 29, 2023 07:49 AM (bVhJi)

11 Happy National Coffee Day! ☕️

Posted by: redridinghood at September 29, 2023 07:51 AM (NpAcC)

12 Katie Hobbs is an evil looking bitch. What a piece of work.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 29, 2023 07:51 AM (NzSnR)

13 Seeds were planted sixty some years ago. Now their plans are coming to fruition.

Posted by: davidt at September 29, 2023 07:52 AM (SYTee)

14 Good morning all!!

Our daughter gets married tomorrow!!!
Posted by: jmel at September 29, 2023 07:49 AM (bVhJi)
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Happy news! Have fun in your dance with your daughter. Very special moment!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 29, 2023 07:53 AM (NzSnR)

15
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 29, 2023 07:53 AM (ENBF0)

16 Does anyone know what's going on in burned-out Maui, now that the embers are out? Friends speak of miles of fence and barricades, with all kinds of foreigners and weird police/guards around the area. What?. . . .did Gurgle Twins send in their private armies in their quest to help their Leftist enterTAINTment biz friends seize all of that land?

Posted by: H8 Marxist Rat Bastards & Lying Traitorous NeverTs at September 29, 2023 07:54 AM (5uy7A)

17 Old definition of a "child" that required constant parental care used to be about 12. Nanny state (and illegal immigration raised that to 18.) Obamacare raised it 26. Now the MSM has declared it to be at least 53.

Posted by: Ripley at September 29, 2023 07:54 AM (JojsZ)

18 Good morning horde! TGIF!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 29, 2023 07:55 AM (GYIa4)

19 Thanks as always, JJ.

>> Ken Buck is a hemorrhoid on the giant asshole that is the Republican Party…

So true. Speaking of the worthless GOP, the news headline on the radio on the way to work this morning was “House passes $300M aid package for Ukraine as government shutdown looms”

Look I’d prefer the govt shut down, but doing things to garner that kind of headline is political malpractice at the highest level. There were 117 no votes on Ukraine aid, all republican…. But that means basically a full half of the GOP house caucus voted yes… and ‘ol Kev allowed it to come to a vote. The GOP is worse than worthless (say that 5 times fast)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 29, 2023 07:56 AM (m6dV4)

20 1) Bed...Check.
2) SCROTUM To Decide On Liberty Or CFPB...Check
3) Shit

Guess Number Four!

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 29, 2023 07:57 AM (0lY6Y)

21 14

Thank you! We are very excited because the young man she is marrying is a hard worker, church-going, and devoted to her. He even came to the house and asked for our blessing before he proposed. Oh, and they both saved themselves for marriage. We are over the moon.

Posted by: jmel at September 29, 2023 07:58 AM (bVhJi)

22 I would like to get excited about the JCPA, but I have no idea what it is, and I know that by going through any search engine, I'll get Communist talking points, and pretty much every so-called Conservative site or source will make sensational lies and exaggerate too for clicks.

I'm officially black pilled and I'm hoping that we are close to a Times Of Noah moment where God repents that He made man and follows through on his promise to burn the whole thing down and begin anew.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at September 29, 2023 07:58 AM (p8A+W)

23 Good morning again dear morons and happy birthday.

Wait. So the Georgia Senate Republican caucus is also beholden to the junta? Amazing, quite an accomplishment.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2023 07:59 AM (RIvkX)

24 > >> Ken Buck is a hemorrhoid on the giant asshole that is the Republican Party
______________

It's almost as if these people are leftists posing as Republicans in order to get elected. We see this sort of thing time after time. The drift always seems to be left, very seldom to the right.

It's all theater anyway. The House and Senate are empty shells populated by idiots following a script written by non-elected, faceless bureaucrats and money-men.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 29, 2023 07:59 AM (Q4IgG)

25 *happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2023 07:59 AM (RIvkX)

26
Another night of looting in Philadelphia. There seems to be some commonality to the looters that I can't quite place.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 29, 2023 08:00 AM (enJYY)

27 JCPA is giving money and nuclear bomb to Iran

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2023 08:00 AM (RIvkX)

28 26 I noticed that. They should just hop into their buggies and go home to Lancaster.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 29, 2023 08:02 AM (0EOe9)

29 Mazel tov jmel and Mrs. Aspirin factory

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2023 08:02 AM (RIvkX)

30 In August 2020, FBI agents drafted a search warrant for the lobbying firm Blue Star Strategies that referenced the elder Biden as "Political Figure 1." But assistant U.S. attorney Lesley Wolf intervened to remove the reference to Biden on the grounds that it was outside the scope of the warrant.

"There should be nothing about Political Figure 1 in here," Wolf wrote in an email to FBI and IRS investigators.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2023 08:03 AM (BRHaw)

31 The power to invade homes and steal peoples children was granted to the Federal government in which Constitutional provision? Just asking....

Its in the Good & Plenty Clause with that Amendment which transferred all law and rule making to lobbyists and the Regulatory Branch completely bypassing both chambers of Congress and the Executive branch.

Also provided the post hoc veto, where the President, through Executive Orders, can unilaterally remove, modify or expand any law previously written.

Its all in there, you just need enough drugs and mental damage to properly see it.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at September 29, 2023 08:04 AM (p8A+W)

32 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at September 29, 2023 08:05 AM (Y2tls)

33 Yet the most important constant is the nagging question of "the solution." 20 years ago, bad as things were, we still perhaps had a chance to stop this via what I will assume was a relatively untainted or only moderately tainted electoral system.

———

Solution?

At this point maybe prayer is all we have and considering the USA is probably under the just judgement of God, even prayer may not be useful for the country.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at September 29, 2023 08:05 AM (xLon1)

34 Congratulations, jmel!

Posted by: redridinghood at September 29, 2023 08:05 AM (rl3Pd)

35 Georgia's Republican voters only have one Senator representing them in their state's upper chamber. This is the reality, now made explicit in GA, Republican voters across the country actually belong to a low tier third party.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 29, 2023 08:06 AM (fs1hN)

36 Local TV news complains traffic citations have dropped 97% over the last 8 years as pedestrian deaths continue to rise.

The police says they don't have enough people and there's more paperwork required now to issue a citation.

Shorter police: meh, we're busy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2023 08:06 AM (RIvkX)

37 I'm convinced that Sundowner Joey Bidet could murder a 9 year old girl on live TV and the Left, the MSM and the enterTAINTment crowd would still defend him. The degree to which the DNC, the MSM, the SJW crowd, and all of the other assorted lower 2% scum element types of our society Lefties (along with assorted rectal-fondling GOPe) will support and defend the most vile, the most lying, the most corrupt, the most deceptive individuals--even if those peeps are proven beyond a shadow of doubt that they are indeed deserving of those descriptions--just as long as those individuals will promulgate and promote the Left's ideologies and objectives. . . . . . .is simply stunning. Death becomes all of them.

Posted by: H8 Marxist Rat Bastards & Lying Traitorous NeverTs at September 29, 2023 08:06 AM (5uy7A)

38 I'm officially black pilled and I'm hoping that we are close to a Times Of Noah moment where God repents that He made man and follows through on his promise to burn the whole thing down and begin anew.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at September 29, 2023 07:58 AM (p8A+W)

It will happen at some point… “As it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be in the days of the coming of the Son of man.”

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 29, 2023 08:06 AM (m6dV4)

39 Hey, remember the name Robert Hur? Does that ring a bell?

He's the totally silent Special Counsel assigned to investigate Biden possessing top secret documents in his office, with a secretary who might be a member of Chinese intelligence for all we know, and his garage. These illegally held documents are rumored to be far more serious than anything Trump had, but Hur is basically sitting on a beach someplace.

https://shorturl.at/tU289

Sources who were present for some of the interviews, including witnesses, told ABC News that authorities had apparently uncovered instances of carelessness from Biden's vice presidency, but that -- based on what was said in the interviews -- it seemed to them that the improper removal of classified documents from Biden's office when he left the White House in 2017 was more likely a mistake than a criminal act.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 29, 2023 08:06 AM (qxPnd)

40 The Republican party is hopeless, literally. Perot knew this and tried an alternative. It was a respectable effort, but doomed. I'll never forget the ferocity and unanimity with which the establishment went after him. Trump was in a better position than anybody in modern history to deconstruct and reform the party, but really didn't try. His grand delusion was, is perhaps still, that he can restore it through the might of his persona and achievements, and that it will ultimately embrace his version of American revivalism.

Posted by: Ordinary American at September 29, 2023 08:07 AM (d3mKp)

41 However, as John Adams said, "Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."

That means somewhere around 40 million people have no rights to be represented or represent via the vote.

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

42 Happy news jmel!!

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at September 29, 2023 08:08 AM (45fpk)

43 it seemed to them that the improper removal of classified documents from Biden's office when he left the White House in 2017 was more likely a mistake than a criminal act.

--

Ah yes. The law.

Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 29, 2023 08:08 AM (+MSSo)

44 Aloha Morons & Moronettes

Posted by: Noah Bawdy at September 29, 2023 08:09 AM (0OYoN)

45 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 08:10 AM (Zz0t1)

46 GET OFF THE PHONE YA BIG DOPE!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 08:10 AM (Zz0t1)

47 At this point maybe prayer is all we have and considering the USA is probably under the just judgement of God, even prayer may not be useful for the country.

Explain to me why so many other countries are worse in every metric but somehow are exempt from God's Judgment?

Leviathan is not American. They are Globalists whose most hated enemy is the Former United States and We The People. Babylon DC is where Leviathan has planted its flag and has made it clear this is where they intend to implement their tyrannical rule.

Leviathan follows no law except what they agree upon among themselves; they have no Constitution, no formal branches and functions, and operate purely from a brutal, sadistic force of power to subjugate and destroy.

Please tell me how Leviathan is exempt, but the conquered people of the FUSA are under judgement.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at September 29, 2023 08:10 AM (p8A+W)

48 It’s also,
National Biscotti Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 29, 2023 08:10 AM (rl3Pd)

49 Ah yes. The law.
Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 29, 2023 08:08 AM (+MSSo)
==============
Well, no reasonable prosecutor.....

Posted by: James Comey, moral arbiter of laws applied to Democrats at September 29, 2023 08:12 AM (qxPnd)

50 g'mornin' again, 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at September 29, 2023 07:53 AM (ENBF0)

How's the job search going?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 08:12 AM (Zz0t1)

51 Washington City is known for cruelty, promiscuity, incest, devilry, theft, murder, ad lies.

Posted by: Eromero at September 29, 2023 08:12 AM (z3WCn)

52 Good morning all!!

Our daughter gets married tomorrow!!!
Posted by: jmel at September 29, 2023 07:49 AM (bVhJi)

I get to watch 2 lesbians get married tomorrow.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 08:13 AM (Zz0t1)

53 [The Republican party is hopeless, literally. Perot knew this and tried an alternative.

That is a lie. Perot was a stalking horse to get Bill Clinton into office for eight years.

Clinton never got a majority, only a plurality of votes. What Clinton did do, is win the electoral (the only vote that used to matter)

Posted by: Reuben Hick at September 29, 2023 08:13 AM (p8A+W)

54 "that the improper removal of classified documents from Biden's office when he left the White House in 2017 was more likely a mistake than a criminal act."

The Holy State grants its predictable dispensation.

Posted by: Ordinary American at September 29, 2023 08:13 AM (d3mKp)

55 "astoundingly, the Junta doesn't understand why Americans are suddenly covid vaccine hesitant. How stupid are these people?
https://shorturl.at/bcglH

Posted by: Huck Follywood"

Having a "historic first" spokesman for HHS named Ilse Zuniga that emigrated from Mexico age 11 months doesn't exactly increase my trust in HHS. Not to mention the other endless lie about the covid.

Nothing about this regime is "American" American.

Posted by: Ripley at September 29, 2023 08:13 AM (JojsZ)

56 Good morning JJ and horde
TGIF

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2023 08:13 AM (x0WPq)

57 Washington City is known for cruelty, promiscuity, incest, devilry, theft, murder, ad lies.
Posted by: Eromero at September 29, 2023 08:12 AM (z3WCn)

***

You didn't say rape...

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at September 29, 2023 08:14 AM (ZV+pB)

58 Washington City is known for cruelty, promiscuity, incest, devilry, theft, murder, ad lies.
Posted by: Eromero at September 29, 2023 08:12 AM (z3WCn)

A guy could have a pretty good weekend in Las Vegas with those things.

Posted by: Major Kong at September 29, 2023 08:14 AM (4I/2K)

59
Please tell me how Leviathan is exempt, but the conquered people of the FUSA are under judgement.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at September 29, 2023 08:10 AM (p8A+W)

——-

You are attempting to separate one thing into two to make a point.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at September 29, 2023 08:14 AM (xLon1)

60 I get to watch 2 lesbians get married tomorrow.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 08:13 AM (Zz0t1)

I don't use the word marriage. I use 'ceremony with a party'.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at September 29, 2023 08:15 AM (45fpk)

61 51 Washington City is known for cruelty, promiscuity, incest, devilry, theft, murder, and lies.
+++
But other than that...

Posted by: And an AWESOME football team at September 29, 2023 08:15 AM (NBVIP)

62 It's wild that Hunger Games is allowed to be a pop culture thing as it's basically what our urban elites are trying to do.

Posted by: Uncle Dufus at September 29, 2023 08:15 AM (Udlax)

63 It will happen at some point… “As it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be in the days of the coming of the Son of man.”

In the meantime, I am glad that I have more years behind me than ahead of me. Many of those were very good years and I enjoyed them and believe have used them well.

Now, I'm patterning from Martin Luther: "If I knew the LORD would return tomorrow, I would still plant a tree today."

Occupy until He comes.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at September 29, 2023 08:16 AM (p8A+W)

64 Unable to spin the laughable impeachment hearings
JJ just leaves crickets

Posted by: Paul at September 29, 2023 08:16 AM (jC0a1)

65 Hey, y'all! Good morning!

Did you know that it's Friday? That's usually a good thing. Good Shabbos (at sundown, anyway) to the Jewish hordelings, and happy weekend to the rest!

Yay! Weekend!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 29, 2023 08:17 AM (t0OGg)

66
I don't use the word marriage. I use 'ceremony with a party'.
Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at September 29, 2023 08:15 AM (45fpk)

I like it.

I honestly didn't know Texas recognized same sex ceremonies with a party.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 08:17 AM (Zz0t1)

67 I don't use the word marriage. I use 'ceremony with a party'.

** fist bump **

God defined Marriage. It has been observed by every tribe, nation, tongue and Age since the beginning of human history. It transcends time and cultures.

These pukes have zero authority to take that which is not theirs and redefine it to suit their demonic ends.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at September 29, 2023 08:19 AM (p8A+W)

68 Lesbian wedding?

https://youtu.be/8x8bGeYN2Jw?si=ylgsF1rO9I9mOep9

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at September 29, 2023 08:19 AM (NBVIP)

69 The Congressman, who presented himself to Republican primary voters as a staunch “Tea Party” conservative back in 2010, is now on his way out of Congress, and is reportedly seeking a job at leftist, Republican-hating channel CNN.
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Ah, yes. The "Tea Party." For me, it was the first big, inescapable, unquestionable indicator of the "con the rubes" basis of the entire Washington system. Many who are more sophisticated than me understood it earlier, but it really became too obvious to ignore after the people swept into office by that wave election achieved more of the same, only bigger.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 29, 2023 08:19 AM (t0OGg)

70 Study Finds Shocking Lack of Proficiency in Math at Baltimore Public Schools

I was told there would be no maths in this City.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2023 08:19 AM (BRHaw)

71 Occupy until He comes.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at September 29, 2023 08:16 AM (p8A+W)

Amen, brother

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 29, 2023 08:20 AM (m6dV4)

72 Good morning! New refrigerator getting delivered today. Old one lasted 15 years.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at September 29, 2023 08:20 AM (iF0sF)

73 20 1) Bed...Check.
2) SCROTUM To Decide On Liberty Or CFPB...Check
3) Shit

Guess Number Four!

More coffee...
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 29, 2023 07:57 AM (0lY6Y)

won't more coffee cause step 3 part deux?

aand morning horde.

Posted by: SturmToddler at September 29, 2023 08:20 AM (KZaqS)

74 You are attempting to separate one thing into two to make a point.

So "Consent of the Governed" means absolutely nothing to you?

They are wildly separate things.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at September 29, 2023 08:20 AM (p8A+W)

75 10 Good morning all!!

Our daughter gets married tomorrow!!!

Posted by: jmel at September 29, 2023 07:49 AM (bVhJi)
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Congratulations and hope you have good weather and no surprises of any kind except good ones.

Posted by: Ciampino - Black holes really suck... at September 29, 2023 08:21 AM (qfLjt)

76 Nearly 20 House Republicans joined their Democrat colleagues on Wednesday in killing a bill amendment that sought to prevent U.S. taxpayer dollars from funding Pentagon-sponsored “pride month” events.
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Typical. So typical, that it is barely newsworthy. We don't see daily headlines like, "Sun Rises in East for 1,460,000,000th Time." At some point, you can just take it for granted.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 29, 2023 08:21 AM (t0OGg)

77 I get to watch 2 lesbians get married tomorrow.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 08:13 AM (Zz0t1)

Bulldog or lipstick?

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 29, 2023 08:22 AM (dKuyx)

78
If one does not approve of gay marriage why attend the ceremony?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 29, 2023 08:23 AM (enJYY)

79 Republican voters across the country actually belong to a low tier third party.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 29, 2023 08:06 AM (fs1hN)

good. the sooner this becomes reality across the country the better. maybe then we can finally get rid of the shit weasels pretending to be "loyal opposition"

Posted by: SturmToddler at September 29, 2023 08:23 AM (KZaqS)

80 The renaissance of achievement by private enterprise in the past decade in space could be ending.

Everything in the State, nothing outside the State, nothing against the State. -- Benito Biden

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 29, 2023 08:23 AM (GYIa4)

81 Today is the 15th anniversary of my Father in Laws passing. One of the most interesting and inspiring life stories I have ever known. Holocaust survivor, nation builder (Israel), started a new life in the US in '56 and worked his way into leadership role in the company he worked for for 32 years. He had vast knowledge and I miss his council daily. May his memory be a blessing.

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at September 29, 2023 08:24 AM (ZV+pB)

82 I suspect there are a lot of pretenders who are plants in the conservation side.

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2023 08:24 AM (x0WPq)

83 Kemp and State Senate Republicans apparently oppose working to investigate, defund, and impeach Willis, and instead ousted Moore. “Today’s removal is a direct result of me calling on my Republican colleagues in the Senate to do their job and sign onto an emergency session to investigate Fani Willis,” Colton said in a statement exclusively obtained by Breitbart News:
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:: eye twitch ::
rant
Who the hell writes like this, and do these people not have editors? The person's name is Colton Moore, and the writer of this articles mixes them both as single names referring to the same subject. According to every standard for reporting, that should have gone:
... investigate Fani Willis," Moore said in a statement ...
This removes ambiguity and confusion and means that the reader does *not* have to go refer to a higher point in the article to find out that "Colton" and "Moore" both refer to one "Colton Moore."

Get your shit together, Breitbart.
/rant

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 29, 2023 08:24 AM (t0OGg)

84 72 Good morning! New refrigerator getting delivered today. Old one lasted 15 years.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at September 29, 2023 08:20 AM (iF0sF)
----
Morning J, hope you are doing well and we keep you in our prayers.
My fridge was old when we bought this house 25 years ago. The body is now starting to rust but it still works. I'm guessing it is at least 30-40 years old.

Posted by: Ciampino - Black holes really suck.. at September 29, 2023 08:25 AM (qfLjt)

85 One of the Joys of avoiding sodomites is I do not have to attend, hear about or be forced into making nice with sodomites and attend their make believe bullshit "weddings" or whatever other nonsense the sodomites do.

Be happy, Avoid sodomites.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 29, 2023 08:26 AM (0lY6Y)

86 *Republican voters across the country actually belong to a low tier third party.*

Perhaps they should wear yellow stars.

Posted by: And maybe tattoos at September 29, 2023 08:26 AM (NBVIP)

87 Unlike the Republican Party, the Democrat Party is more than a political party. It is the state ~~party~~. It ~~seeks to~~ monopolizes the political system, the culture, government, and society.
++++
Fixed it for him.

These are not plans or ambitions, these are simply the facts of the matter on the ground today.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 29, 2023 08:26 AM (t0OGg)

88 Bulldog or lipstick?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 29, 2023 08:22 AM (dKuyx)

Former softball players and current coaches, so I'm going with bulldog.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 08:27 AM (Zz0t1)

89 Good morning! The weather boffins are saying that at long last a change in the weather is coming Thursday next with a storm and then followed by a temp drop from mid-90's to mid-80's. Glory be!

Time to break out all the stylish fall clothes!

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 29, 2023 08:28 AM (4I/2K)

90 ""Are new draft recommendations on breast-cancer screening the result of DEI-based political pressure?"
Equity vs. Evidence"

New draft recommendations are the old draft recommendations that were in place before Obama. Doctors around here spend a considerable amount of time studying the coding in order to code workarounds allowing them to do what they think is necessary.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 29, 2023 08:28 AM (MIkft)

91 Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at September 29, 2023 08:24 AM (ZV+pB
===
What a lovely memoriam. z"l

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2023 08:28 AM (RIvkX)

92
There are a couple of ghey guys on my street 'married' who decided to give a party to which my wife and I were invited. RSVP.

Nope. Not going to give any semblance of approval.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 29, 2023 08:28 AM (enJYY)

93 my newly 3 year old grandson loves his bicycle, a gft from us, and rides it everywhere he is allowed. Very happily, I get phone videos!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 29, 2023 08:29 AM (vHt+s)

94 Look, I dig Levin. But to be honest, he's been writing the same damn book now for the past 20 years. Only the names and outrages have changed and multiplied by orders of magnitude. Yet the most important constant is the nagging question of "the solution." 20 years ago, bad as things were, we still perhaps had a chance to stop this via what I will assume was a relatively untainted or only moderately tainted electoral system.
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Levin is not unique in this. Other even more reputable "conservative voices" are in the same rut. So are the Republican front-runners for the presidency, along with the entire Party leadership (well, any in that group who are perhaps honest - an unlikely bet).

To acknowledge that the game is over and so a new game needs to be played is to acknowledge that the thing to which these people have dedicated their lives - the system of government, the American ideal, etc. - is gone. That gigantic - and likely essential - part of their identities have vanished. In a very real way, a person like that acknowledging and accepting this premise is an act of suicide.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 29, 2023 08:29 AM (t0OGg)

95 Old definition of a "child" that required constant parental care used to be about 12. Nanny state (and illegal immigration raised that to 18.) Obamacare raised it 26. Now the MSM has declared it to be at least 53.
Posted by: Ripley at September 29, 2023 07:54 AM (JojsZ)

Depends on WHY you're defining child. Voting? 16. Guns/smokes? 21. Sex? 6 months.

These people recoil from constancy, from truth. There's probably a warning there for anyone willing to see it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 29, 2023 08:29 AM (GYIa4)

96 Runbeck lost a chain of custody records on tens of thousands of ballots, and 22,000 ballots that showed up at Runbeck cannot be accounted for.

1,287,891
VS
1,270,774

And this does not count the 400k misreads at the polls by printing the wrong sized ballot image on the right sized paper.

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

97 +++
Get your shit together, Breitbart.
/rant
+++

Not sure how much stuff is written by real human beings anymore. Seems that more and more you read things that certainly weren't proofread by a human.

Posted by: Is this real life? at September 29, 2023 08:30 AM (NBVIP)

98 Aloha Morons & Moronettes
Posted by: Noah Bawdy at September 29, 2023 08:09 AM (0OYoN)

i was about to be impressed that Alanis was reading the blog, then i had more coffee...

and congrats jmel

Posted by: SturmToddler at September 29, 2023 08:30 AM (KZaqS)

99 >>The Republican party is hopeless, literally. Perot knew this and tried an alternative. It was a respectable effort, but doomed. I'll never forget the ferocity and unanimity with which the establishment went after him. Trump was in a better position than anybody in modern history to deconstruct and reform the party, but really didn't try.

Trump not only tries but is actually doing it. That's the entire point of Trump. The way Republicans went after Perot who was more interested in a spoiler campaign than actually winning pales in comparison to the way they are going after Trump. And unlike Perot Trump is actually winning the fight.

This weekend rich Republican donors are meeting to try and draft Glenn Youngkin because DeSantis is going nowhere. That is the Republican Party. They despise Trump.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 29, 2023 08:30 AM (ZLI7S)

100 my newly 3 year old grandson loves his bicycle, a gft from us, and rides it everywhere he is allowed. Very happily, I get phone videos!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 29, 2023 08:29 AM (vHt+s)

That's so sweet.....

A bit of beauty in a Gotham world.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 08:30 AM (Zz0t1)

101 I suspect there are a lot of pretenders who are plants in the conservation side.
Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2023 08:24 AM (x0WPq)

I think it was Bongino who said there are a lot of republicans that are actually democrats, but no democrats that are actually republicans

Posted by: Rufus T Firefly at September 29, 2023 08:30 AM (7tXiL)

102 *Republican voters across the country actually belong to a low tier third party.*

I think that Republican votes are effective for local races, but anything national, neither Republican, Democrat or Third Party has any representation. At the federal level representation only comes to China, Ukraine, Iran, Russia a handful of top donors and very well funded lobbyists.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at September 29, 2023 08:30 AM (p8A+W)

103 Get your shit together, Breitbart.
/rant
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 29, 2023 08:24 AM (t0OGg)

Rant endorsed. I noticed the same thing Joe because when I saw the name below I got confused and had to re-read to finally figure out it was the same person. Sheesh

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 29, 2023 08:31 AM (m6dV4)

104 Today marks the 37th anniversary of my Dads passing. My Mum passed 6 weeks before Aug 16., same year, in Durban. It seems like yesterday.

Posted by: Ciampino - broken heart I think at September 29, 2023 08:31 AM (qfLjt)

105 94
To acknowledge that the game is over and so a new game needs to be played is to acknowledge that the thing to which these people have dedicated their lives - the system of government, the American ideal, etc. - is gone. That gigantic - and likely essential - part of their identities have vanished. In a very real way, a person like that acknowledging and accepting this premise is an act of suicide.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 29, 2023 08:29 AM (t0OGg)

Well put. We are now in territory that we have not been in since the 1850’s… harly anyone even wants to contemplate what comes next.

Posted by: tubal at September 29, 2023 08:32 AM (PCK5/)

106 Wait. So the Georgia Senate Republican caucus is also beholden to the junta? Amazing, quite an accomplishment.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2023 07:59 AM (RIvkX)

There is a reason Georgia was central to the Steal.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 29, 2023 08:32 AM (GYIa4)

107 good. the sooner this becomes reality across the country the better. maybe then we can finally get rid of the shit weasels pretending to be "loyal opposition"
Posted by: SturmToddler at September 29, 2023 08:23 AM (KZaqS)

Yeah, the GOP needs to go. Completely. The Democrats do not have a stronger bulwark or a more powerful weapon than the Republicans. Literally none of the Great American Shell Game would be possible to carry on without them. If we want to fix, or even just salvage *anything* in this fiasco of a political system, the first step has to be the end of the GOP.

As long as we, as JJ puts it, hammer each other over Trump and DeSantis and electability and blah blah, we are playing the Uniparty's game, according to their plan, empowering the capos who keep us in our place.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 29, 2023 08:32 AM (0FoWg)

108 my newly 3 year old grandson loves his bicycle, a gft from us, and rides it everywhere he is allowed. Very happily, I get phone videos!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 29, 2023 08:29 AM (vHt+s)
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Nice! I loved life after learning how to ride a bike. Suddenly more than just my block was open to me. My dad taught me how to ride it on the small farm we also had at the time. Great place to learn. Spills don't really hurt on pastures!

The only downside was that my brother and I had to share a bike, so I always had second priority. It led to some fun wheeling and dealing to negotiate to borrow bikes from others, though - and some lessons learned about checking things out before jumping in and discovering a mechanical fault that results in a face-sized dent in the side of sedan!

"I can ride a bike now" is a big deal. Awesome that you can see it!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 29, 2023 08:32 AM (t0OGg)

109 90 ""Are new draft recommendations on breast-cancer screening the result of DEI-based political pressure?"
Equity vs. Evidence"

New draft recommendations are the old draft recommendations that were in place before Obama. Doctors around here spend a considerable amount of time studying the coding in order to code workarounds allowing them to do what they think is necessary.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 29, 2023 08:28 AM (MIkft)

So instead of good evidence based work and increasing screening in black women (about 3x more likely to have very deadly cancers) they issue a blanket recommendation that will add 1000s of false positives each years.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2023 08:33 AM (BRHaw)

110
There is a reason Georgia was central to the Steal.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 29, 2023 08:32 AM (GYIa4)

They have a high concentration of water leaks at 2 am.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 08:33 AM (Zz0t1)

111 Thank you Ciampino. I'm feeling much better finally. I mentioned the age of the refrigerator because it really is ridiculous it only lasted 15 years and has been repaired twice in those 15. We decided this time just buy a new one.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at September 29, 2023 08:33 AM (iF0sF)

112 JJ, suffering Sukkah-tash!

חג שמח ושבת שלום ומבורך

Someone needs to tell ya. Might as well be me.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 29, 2023 08:33 AM (adINt)

113 I get to watch 2 lesbians get married tomorrow.......
Posted by: Sponge
----------------------------

That's hot

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at September 29, 2023 08:34 AM (X4yCj)

114 Science! Analyzing current mRNA covid vaccines, scientists are shocked at what they are finding.

https://shorturl.at/isNQR

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 29, 2023 08:34 AM (vHt+s)

115 52 I get to watch 2 lesbians get married tomorrow.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 08:13 AM (Zz0t1)

Can't wait to see where they place the rings . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 29, 2023 08:34 AM (x0n13)

116
Can't wait to see where they place the rings . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 29, 2023 08:34 AM (x0n13)

Waiting....with bated breath.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 08:35 AM (Zz0t1)

117 These people recoil from constancy, from truth. There's probably a warning there for anyone willing to see it.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 29, 2023 08:29 AM (GYIa4)
++++
Our multi-point age of majority is a nightmare and if I were made dictator tomorrow, it would be one of the first things I did away with.

One age, for everything. You're a grownup or you're not. If you're grown up enough to buy cigarettes and porno and get married and buy property in your own name and borrow money, you're old enough to drink and own a handgun.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 29, 2023 08:35 AM (t0OGg)

118
This weekend rich Republican donors are meeting to try and draft Glenn Youngkin because DeSantis is going nowhere. That is the Republican Party. They despise Trump.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 29, 2023 08:30 AM

Remember when John McCain's campaign was out of cash and about finished? Suddenly some white knights rescued him. My temporary elation at being done with him evaporated.

The Youngkin thing is worrisome.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 29, 2023 08:35 AM (enJYY)

119 I'll just leave this here if anyone is interested. Pew Poll, one week ago:

"75% of Gay People Find Open Marriages “Acceptable”

https://tinyurl.com/2axmx7jw

Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 29, 2023 08:36 AM (+MSSo)

120 I may be overly tired, but I find this darkly hilarious. Reposted from Tech Thread:

Rep. Jasmine Crockett defending Joe Biden during impeachment inquiry proceeding

"[Joe Biden] has unfortunately been guilty of loving his child unconditionally, and that is the only evidence that they have brought forward."
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2023 07:42 AM (BRHaw)

If all they fathers here loved their sons unconditionally your kids could be multi millionaires for selling out their country repeatedly too.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2023 08:36 AM (QwBA2)

121 I don't read Breitbart for that reason. If they can't write a descent paragraph or have an editor to catch it I don't trust it.
I don't want to waste my time. I'm sure the Dems find it humorous.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 29, 2023 08:36 AM (MIkft)

122 > I get to watch 2 lesbians get married tomorrow.......
Posted by: Sponge

get to, or have to

Posted by: DB - at September 29, 2023 08:36 AM (geLO8)

123 I’m beginning to wonder if even local level republicans are interested in representing me…. I moved from CA to TX and now I’m here and my local rep (GOP) voted to impeach Ken Paxton. I wrote an email of disapproval (I know… wasting my time). Zero response… nothing. Not even an automated “thank you for your concern dear constituent”

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 29, 2023 08:37 AM (m6dV4)

124 This weekend rich Republican donors are meeting to try and draft Glenn Youngkin because DeSantis is going nowhere

The "rich Republican donors" would find they get a far better return on their investment by putting Hunter on their corporate boards.

The GOP can't deliver anything as well as a connected Democrat

Posted by: Reuben Hick at September 29, 2023 08:37 AM (p8A+W)

125 Funny how those medical "recommendations" coming outta some gubmint or pseudo-gubmint agency became "requirements" from my employer a few years ago.

Meh.

Posted by: Fool me once at September 29, 2023 08:37 AM (NBVIP)

126 Oh, but here's the real news from that poll. Because everyone always knew gays thought that.

But here's what they've been working on, and it's related to the "everyone always knew gays thought that." It's kids watching their parents tolerate and accept it. Watch what happened:

"Meanwhile, 51% of Americans aged 18-29 say open marriages are acceptable, with only 31% saying such arrangements are unacceptable."

Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 29, 2023 08:37 AM (+MSSo)

127 'll just leave this here if anyone is interested. Pew Poll, one week ago:

"75% of Gay People Find Open Marriages “Acceptable”

https://tinyurl.com/2axmx7jw
Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 29, 2023 08:36 AM (+MSSo)

Of course they do. When you're not "of God," His rules don't apply to you.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 08:37 AM (Zz0t1)

128 Bulldog or lipstick?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 29, 2023 08:22 AM (dKuyx)

Former softball players and current coaches, so I'm going with bulldog.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 08:27 AM (Zz0t1)

well, hope they look like Jennie Finch and not a linebacker...

Posted by: SturmToddler at September 29, 2023 08:38 AM (KZaqS)

129 “Talk s**t again, b**ch!” the trans girl said in her manliest voice before walking away.
Trans-Action: Ore. Boy Pretending to Girl Beats the Crap Out of Real Girl

Mentally ill person acts mental, violent, and ill.

Imagine that.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 29, 2023 08:38 AM (QzZeQ)

130
get to, or have to
Posted by: DB - at September 29, 2023 08:36 AM

I've known the girl her entire life and her dad was one of the first people I met when moving to Texas as a kid.

Have to......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 08:38 AM (Zz0t1)

131 “Establishment journal Foreign Affairs signals the next step of Ukraine War escalation: stationing U.S. military advisors on the ground. Have they forgotten how we got embroiled in Vietnam?”
RFK Jr. Warns ‘Next Step’ Is Military Advisers in Ukraine: ‘Have They Forgotten’ Vietnam?

Not only is it not forgotten, it is celebrated by Dem Media Industrial Military Complex.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2023 08:39 AM (BRHaw)

132 94 To acknowledge that the game is over and so a new game needs to be played is to acknowledge that the thing to which these people have dedicated their lives - the system of government, the American ideal, etc. - is gone. That gigantic - and likely essential - part of their identities have vanished. In a very real way, a person like that acknowledging and accepting this premise is an act of suicide.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 29, 2023 08:29 AM (t0OGg)

It's what I say about Libs and Lefties now suffering from the abuses that they have voted for for generations.

Until they recognize who is beating the shit out of them, they will lather rinse and repeat forever.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 29, 2023 08:39 AM (x0n13)

133
Mentally ill person acts mental, violent, and ill.

Imagine that.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 29, 2023 08:38 AM (QzZeQ)

And not one in the crowded hallway came to the girl's defense.

We're f*cked.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 08:39 AM (Zz0t1)

134 Posted by: Ciampino - broken heart I think at September 29, 2023 08:31 AM (qfLjt)

===
May their memories be a blessing

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2023 08:40 AM (RIvkX)

135 123 I’m beginning to wonder if even local level republicans are interested in representing me…. I moved from CA to TX and now I’m here and my local rep (GOP) voted to impeach Ken Paxton. I wrote an email of disapproval (I know… wasting my time). Zero response… nothing. Not even an automated “thank you for your concern dear constituent”

Posted by: LinusVanPelt
___________________

The thing to do is help make sure he's primaried.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 29, 2023 08:40 AM (MIkft)

136 ... "Meanwhile, 51% of Americans aged 18-29 say open marriages are acceptable, with only 31% saying such arrangements are unacceptable."
Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 29, 2023 08:37 AM (+MSSo)
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I wonder what the actual poll question was. I suspect it was generalized - like, "Do you think that 'open marriages' are an acceptable idea?"

Had it been specific - like, "Would you participate in an open marriage" or "If your spouse requested an open marriage, would you be willing to grant it," then I suspect that the answers would be quite different

This strikes me as the kind of thing where people don't want to seem to be intolerant, and so will answer in the affirmative so long as it doesn't involve them directly.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 29, 2023 08:40 AM (t0OGg)

137 Open marriages have a proven reliable record of spreading STD’s and family dysfunctions… of course they are being promoted.

Posted by: tubal at September 29, 2023 08:40 AM (PCK5/)

138
well, hope they look like Jennie Finch and not a linebacker...
Posted by: SturmToddler at September 29, 2023 08:38 AM (KZaqS)

Um.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 08:40 AM (Zz0t1)

139 “Talk s**t again, b**ch!” the trans girl said in her manliest voice before walking away.
Trans-Action: Ore. Boy Pretending to Girl Beats the Crap Out of Real Girl
=======================
Was it arrested?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 29, 2023 08:40 AM (vHt+s)

140 Open marriages have a proven reliable record of spreading STD’s and family dysfunctions… of course they are being promoted.
Posted by: tubal at September 29, 2023 08:40 AM (PCK5/)

WINNING!!!!

Posted by: Anthony Fauci at September 29, 2023 08:40 AM (Zz0t1)

141 Bomb explodes near Pakistan mosque during celebration of Islam's Prophet Muhammad, killing 52.
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A bit better than AP/CP style of saying "the Prophet Mohammad" although I've never seen any newspaper use e.g. "the Mormon's Prophet Joseph Smith" let alone "the Prophet Joseph Smith".

I cut them slack over Christ-related feasts etc. because even non-Christians and atheists in the West know the belief in His divinity by the majority [for now].

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 29, 2023 08:41 AM (krqg6)

142 I honestly didn't know Texas recognized same sex ceremonies with a party.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 08:17 AM (Zz0t1)

I believe SCOTUS said, and I quote, "Fuck you, bigot."

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 29, 2023 08:41 AM (GYIa4)

143 The GOP can't deliver anything as well as a connected Democrat
Posted by: Reuben Hick at September 29, 2023 08:37 AM (p8A+W)

Depends on what you're looking for. If you're looking to capture your entire opposition and isolate them in a political holding cell where they can't do anything meaningful to stop your multigenerational international crime spree, then the GOP has been delivering LIKE A BOSS for decades.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 29, 2023 08:41 AM (0FoWg)

144 If all they fathers here loved their sons unconditionally your kids could be multi millionaires for selling out their country repeatedly too.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2023 08:36 AM (QwBA2)

You forget treasonous, child molester, drug addict, and sex trafficking horn dog.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2023 08:42 AM (BRHaw)

145 This strikes me as the kind of thing where people don't want to seem to be intolerant, and so will answer in the affirmative so long as it doesn't involve them directly.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 29, 2023 08:40 AM (t0OGg)
---
This seems to be pretty common among Leftists.

"Do you support open, unchecked immigration?"

Leftist: "Absolutely!"

Later Leftist: "Hey! Stop sending them to my city!"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 29, 2023 08:42 AM (YIVH2)

146 >>Remember when John McCain's campaign was out of cash and about finished? Suddenly some white knights rescued him. My temporary elation at being done with him evaporated.

>>The Youngkin thing is worrisome.

I'm not that worried. We were bombarded with media for months that DeSantis was going to crush Trump once he got in the race. Since then he has spent millions losing support. Trump is now consistently polling over 50% and getting stronger. His voters aren't going anywhere.

Democrats didn't just magically turn into Marxists overnight. Marxists took over the party by beating traditional Democrats and now wear the skin of the Democrat Party. That party bears no resemblance to the party of JFK and it is now trying to destroy his nephew. That has always been the path for us. Creating a 3rd party is never going to work. Taking over the GOP and making it our party is the way. The left has already given us the blueprint.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 29, 2023 08:42 AM (ZLI7S)

147 Ken Buck has extremely close ties to the Dick Cheney family (he was an aide to then Rep. Cheney)

Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at September 29, 2023 08:42 AM (L9Ewk)

148 >Have to......

Posted by: Sponge -

I understand. I was in a similar situation many years ago. It was easier to just endure the thing and go home afterward, than create a rift with other people close to me.

Posted by: DB - at September 29, 2023 08:42 AM (geLO8)

149 " If Biden refuses to go quietly, or if RFK Jr, Cornel West, Marianne Williamson or someone else runs third party regardless of who the Dem stooge candidate will be, the steal would cause a pretty big stink. At least I assume that that is the calculus in the Kalorama-Davos-Beijing Axis."

Who would stop an even more in your face steal? D.C. Republicans?

Trump's greatest mistake was not blowing the GOP into a million pieces on his way out the door and starting a new political party. He has paid a great price for that. Some things are too inherently corrupt to salvage. The Republican Party is at the front of that line.

The United States itself will implode soon enough. Maybe if there had been an actual opposition to its destruction that could have been prevented.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at September 29, 2023 08:42 AM (KSNKu)

150 June 26, 2015 marks a major milestone for civil rights in the United States, as the Supreme Court announces its decision in Obergefell v. Hodges. By one vote, the court rules that same-sex marriage cannot be banned in the United States and that all same-sex marriages must be recognized nationwide, finally granting same-sex couples equal rights to heterosexual couples under the law.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2023 08:43 AM (BRHaw)

151 If you feel you have to go to the gay women's wedding be sure to wear a mask. Hell, wear two masks.

Posted by: Living in someone else's delusion at September 29, 2023 08:43 AM (NBVIP)

152 Libs and Lefties will never acknowledge their failures. It will always be the fault of "them."

Posted by: Erik In Texas at September 29, 2023 08:44 AM (Cr6XZ)

153 Is being reported that Diane Feinstein has passed on.

Posted by: Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 08:44 AM (M+gBW)

154 Was at a VA Admin Office yesterday with my dad. We are still trying to get him all set up with VA care and such to hopefully gain assistance with home health care after all of his recent trials and tribulations. The lady assisting us was former Air Force. She said something along the lines of "things sure have changed in the military." I told the story of my retired Marine buddy and why he retired earlier than planned.

She said she has a friend that's active duty reserves and it's incredible how little control she has over recruits. You can't tell them what to do, discipline them, yell at them. Nothing. They just sit on their phones and sometimes do what they're ordered to do.

We're f*cked.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 08:44 AM (Zz0t1)

155 Ken Buck has extremely close ties to the Dick Cheney family (he was an aide to then Rep. Cheney)
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at September 29, 2023 08:42 AM (L9Ewk)

Soon I will have everyone working at Arby's for a shift meal and minimum wage, including Ken!
(greedily rubbing hands and other things together)

Posted by: Dick Cheney, Mastermind On Viagra at September 29, 2023 08:44 AM (0lY6Y)

156 Democrats didn't just magically turn into Marxists overnight. Marxists took over the party by beating traditional Democrats and now wear the skin of the Democrat Party. That party bears no resemblance to the party of JFK and it is now trying to destroy his nephew. That has always been the path for us. Creating a 3rd party is never going to work. Taking over the GOP and making it our party is the way. The left has already given us the blueprint.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 29, 2023 08:42 AM (ZLI7S)

They have been moving towards a one world government since Wilson.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2023 08:44 AM (BRHaw)

157 Is being reported that Diane Feinstein has passed on.
Posted by: Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 08:44 AM (M+gBW)

Links or you're lying. Don't get me going this early in the morning. I haven't finished my coffee yet.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 08:44 AM (Zz0t1)

158 DiFi died?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 29, 2023 08:45 AM (slgIg)

159 Links or you're lying. Don't get me going this early in the morning. I haven't finished my coffee yet.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 08:44 AM (Zz0t1)
++++
I woke up early and went to a diner, so I am three cups in and raring to go.

I still want links

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 29, 2023 08:45 AM (t0OGg)

160
The new massive budget sci-fi flick, "The Creator',

from looking at the reviews appears to be exactly what the trailers made it look like:

A massively budgeted anti-human, humans should die as a species movie ala Avatar and Planet of the Apes.

Incredible CGI though, so probably a hit.

Though with the anti-life, anti-human Left in control of most of the AI programming, "The creator" maybe be less a depressing "die humans die men, women, children, babies" wish casting by hollywood than a glimpse of the future.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 29, 2023 08:46 AM (QzZeQ)

161
I understand. I was in a similar situation many years ago. It was easier to just endure the thing and go home afterward, than create a rift with other people close to me.
Posted by: DB - at September 29, 2023 08:42 AM

This.

I'm nervously waiting to see what my brother does during this thing.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 08:46 AM (Zz0t1)

162 well, hope they look like Jennie Finch and not a linebacker...
Posted by: SturmToddler at September 29, 2023 08:38 AM (KZaqS)

Um.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 08:40 AM (Zz0t1)

and i JUST saw the bit where you say you've know her, her entire life. so i'll go ahead and strike this from the record.

appologies.

Posted by: SturmToddler at September 29, 2023 08:46 AM (KZaqS)

163 Sweden sees deadliest month for shootings since 2016 in gang-related incidents

Bestest and Brighterist!

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2023 08:46 AM (BRHaw)

164 I've known the girl her entire life and her dad was one of the first people I met when moving to Texas as a kid.
____

It hasn't happened to me yet, but I'm pretty sure even in a situation like this, I would avoid the "wedding" ceremony but may attend the celebration party. The ceremony is a mockery of marriage and that's a line I won't cross. The celebration though it would depend on the relationships. A litte bit of a gray area for me.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 29, 2023 08:46 AM (fs1hN)

165 Diane Feinstein is dead .

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 29, 2023 08:47 AM (cot+J)

166 sen feinstein died

Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 29, 2023 08:47 AM (B1FKF)

167 One age, for everything. You're a grownup or you're not. If you're grown up enough to buy cigarettes and porno and get married and buy property in your own name and borrow money, you're old enough to drink and own a handgun.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 29, 2023 08:35 AM (t0OGg)
===
There is already an age in the Constitution.

Then Ronald Reagan decided some voters couldn't be trusted with liquor.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2023 08:47 AM (RIvkX)

168 Died September 29, 2023 (aged 90) = Wiki

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 29, 2023 08:47 AM (enJYY)

169 so does kamal quit and go back to the senate or does she need to fight it out with bug eye adam for the role?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 29, 2023 08:47 AM (B1FKF)

170 DiFi passed on what? Retiring?

Posted by: Hunh? at September 29, 2023 08:48 AM (NBVIP)

171 Is being reported that Diane Feinstein has passed on.

-

Passed on a bribe, or dead?

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 29, 2023 08:48 AM (lTGtQ)

172 Son is taking a mandatory DEI class at work. They ask this question: I bought a house for $600K and sold for $650K. I bought another house for $700K and sold for $750K. Did I make a profit?

According to the instructor, there is no right answer because math is subjective.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 29, 2023 08:48 AM (9yUzE)

173 166 sen feinstein died
Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 29, 2023 08:47 AM (B1FKF)

Her corpse will complete her term.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at September 29, 2023 08:48 AM (KSNKu)

174 Net says nothing about Feinstein's passing. Just that she was born in 1933 and has over 50 years in "public office."

Voters are dumb.

We're f*cked.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 08:48 AM (Zz0t1)

175
Wiki is pretty dependably fast when someone dies. Strange that.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 29, 2023 08:48 AM (enJYY)

176 To acknowledge that the game is over and so a new game needs to be played is to acknowledge that the thing to which these people have dedicated their lives - the system of government, the American ideal, etc. - is gone.

If anyone needed to smashed in the face with a 2x4 with this reality, just observe the so-called GOP Presidential Sweepstakes "Debates".

Looking at these jack-offs act like stupid bullies on the playground there is exactly nothing Presidential on display. I can't for the life of me imagine a corporation of any significance throwing such a carnival of foolishness to candidate their next CEO.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at September 29, 2023 08:48 AM (p8A+W)

177 I am sitting on gold!

-Gavin Hair gel.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 29, 2023 08:49 AM (slgIg)

178 Chinese Hackers Steal 60,000 Emails From US State Department

PDT was right when he said Russia had Hilldogs missing 30k.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2023 08:49 AM (BRHaw)

179 Nothing on local TV about Feinstein

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2023 08:49 AM (RIvkX)

180 or does it depend on who can do the most for gov hair gel?

and will her memorial service last as long as mccain's?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 29, 2023 08:49 AM (B1FKF)

181 the blame for Feinstein dying of old age in office lies entirely with the voters of California

Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at September 29, 2023 08:49 AM (L9Ewk)

182 hiya

Posted by: JT at September 29, 2023 08:49 AM (T4tVD)

183 Died September 29, 2023 (aged 90) = Wiki
Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 29, 2023 08:47 AM (enJYY)

Because Wiki is so trustworthy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 08:49 AM (Zz0t1)

184 We need an “ Oh No!!!” .. anyway.. about now.

Posted by: tubal at September 29, 2023 08:49 AM (PCK5/)

185 One age, for everything. You're a grownup or you're not. If you're grown up enough to buy cigarettes and porno and get married and buy property in your own name and borrow money, you're old enough to drink and own a handgun.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 29, 2023 08:35 AM (t0OGg)

I would say if you're old enough to vote, you're old enough to do anything legal and old enough to receive the full consequences thereof.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 29, 2023 08:50 AM (GYIa4)

186 re 179: bartiromo on fox biz reported it

Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 29, 2023 08:50 AM (B1FKF)

187 Thx JJ, morning everyone. The CFPB should have been killed in the ,2019 decision but Dread Judge Roberts kept it alive after he found the appointment mechanism of its leader unconstitutional. Roberts sucks and he could have killed it, but he'll probably give the Congress a chance to cure it. Asshole

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 29, 2023 08:50 AM (cot+J)

188 "Meanwhile, 51% of Americans aged 18-29 say open marriages are acceptable, with only 31% saying such arrangements are unacceptable."

-

Are you watching? Here's where everything makes sense.

"Overall, the survey found that 80% of church attendees grew up in a home where their mother and father stayed married, a trend that remained true regardless of age. In addition, 87% of all 25- to 29-year-old never-married men in church had parents who remained married. "

https://tinyurl.com/244y5byw

No or very limited male leadership, no or limited father figures. 80-100% female parenting, and the kids attend schools with 70%+ female teachers.

It's neat when you see it.

Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 29, 2023 08:50 AM (+MSSo)

189 Local TV reporting she is passed. z"l

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2023 08:50 AM (RIvkX)

190 According to the instructor, there is no right answer because math is subjective.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 29, 2023 08:48 AM (9yUzE)
++++
:: headdesk ::

No, you did not make a profit, because you had to pay for both transactions and ended up in the red, assuming no financing. If you financed, you're even worse off.

Go ahead and tell your banker that math is subjective when a check bounces. See how that goes for you.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 29, 2023 08:50 AM (t0OGg)

191 It's grotesque how people like McCain, RBG, and Feinstein clutch to power until their dying breath.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 29, 2023 08:50 AM (9yUzE)

192 Ken Buck was a popular and apparently reasonably competent sheriff. in 2008 the last worthwhile member of Congress (Marilyn Musgrave) got ousted due to enormous amounts of out-of-state money spent on slandering her. The commie that replaced Musgrave turned out to be unpopular in the district and Buck saw an easy opportunity. Once he got to DC, he became a typical grifter. He occasionally makes some noise about being conservative to placate the constituents.

Posted by: DenverGregg at September 29, 2023 08:50 AM (GFzKy)

193 > To acknowledge that the game is over and so a new game needs to be played is to acknowledge that the thing to which these people have dedicated their lives - the system of government, the American ideal, etc. - is gone.
______________

It's nice to see some are finally figuring out there's really only one party in US politics anymore. This shift away from "R" and "D" is needed to clarify things for those that still cling to "voting" and "elections" as instruments of change.

One party. One State. You either participate in it, or you don't.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 29, 2023 08:51 AM (Q4IgG)

194 Faux News
DiFi Dead

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2023 08:51 AM (BRHaw)

195 Happy Friday. Mrs. Aspirin Factory turned 50 today.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 29, 2023 07:48 AM (dKuyx)

Happy Birthday Young Lady !

Posted by: JT at September 29, 2023 08:51 AM (T4tVD)

196 166 sen feinstein died
Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 29, 2023 08:47 AM (B1FKF)

Things are about to get REAL spicy in California. Feinstein was keeping the seat semi-warm for Schiff, and Newsome can do a real power play here and appoint some diversity hire (Kamala has nothing to do) and earn some bonus points for a presidential run.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at September 29, 2023 08:51 AM (KSNKu)

197 191 It's grotesque how people like McCain, RBG, and Feinstein clutch to power until their dying breath.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 29, 2023 08:50 AM (9yUzE)

that's who they are though

this is the voters' fault

Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at September 29, 2023 08:51 AM (L9Ewk)

198 Feinstein est mort, says Daily Mail

https://shorturl.at/eoJM1

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 29, 2023 08:52 AM (8gf8P)

199 TGIF!

So. . . anyone know wtf is going on w/AZ governor?
What did she do for that 24hrs or so that she needed to not be "governor" while she did it?

Posted by: Lizzy at September 29, 2023 08:52 AM (izj35)

200 NYPost has dead DiFi

Posted by: DB - at September 29, 2023 08:52 AM (geLO8)

201 Teachers fail to teach minority students math

Are the teachers failures? No. Math is subjective, and the kids are actually brilliant and you are the failure for not acknowledging how successful the students and their teachers are. Awards for everyone!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 29, 2023 08:52 AM (slgIg)

202 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 08:46 AM (Zz0t1)

You're there to support her dad, yes.?That is a kind thing to do. As far as the couple you can sit quietly and pray for them and let God determine how His work manifests itself.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2023 08:52 AM (aYlNB)

203 Bartoromo I. Fox biz reported DiFi dead, MSNBC has it, it flipped to CNN and they're talking about Kelcie ,- Swift. Perfect.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 29, 2023 08:52 AM (cot+J)

204 Son is taking a mandatory DEI class at work. They ask this question: I bought a house for $600K and sold for $650K. I bought another house for $700K and sold for $750K. Did I make a profit?

-

Answer: What was inflation increase between the time of purchase and the time of the sale?

Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 29, 2023 08:52 AM (+MSSo)

205 I fail to see how any manner of prose, poetry, or profanity will produce results in times of strife and turmoil. Times as those are best confronted with fixed bayonets, cannon fire, and horse mounted pistol charges.

Posted by: Clear-Eyed Killer at September 29, 2023 08:52 AM (ln5wD)

206 the blame for Feinstein dying of old age in office lies entirely with the voters of California
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at September 29, 2023 08:49 AM (L9Ewk)
--
"It's Trump's fault."

--- The Media

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 29, 2023 08:52 AM (YIVH2)

207 Confirmed. Zombie DiFi has moved on to dead.

Posted by: Ripley at September 29, 2023 08:52 AM (JojsZ)

208 This weekend rich Republican donors are meeting to try and draft Glenn Youngkin because DeSantis is going nowhere. That is the Republican Party. They despise Trump.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 29, 2023 08:30 AM

Remember when John McCain's campaign was out of cash and about finished? Suddenly some white knights rescued him. My temporary elation at being done with him evaporated.

The Youngkin thing is worrisome.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 29, 2023 08:35 AM (enJYY)

One of two things is true. Either DeSantis is a true American hero and they supported him entering the race to try and taint his future chances, or he is yet another chameleon and they supported him to hurt Trump.

Those two options are the same for Youngkin.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 29, 2023 08:52 AM (GYIa4)

209 and will her memorial service last as long as mccain's?
Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 29, 2023 08:49 AM (B1FKF)

1858 Days between 28 Aug 2018 - 29 Sep 2023

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2023 08:53 AM (BRHaw)

210 sen feinstein died
Posted by: gnats local 678

China is going to have to get the bribe mechanisms in place for her successor.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 29, 2023 08:53 AM (lTGtQ)

211 Id say it's even money he appoints himself to the Senate.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2023 08:53 AM (RIvkX)

212 Feinstein es mort

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at September 29, 2023 08:53 AM (roPuI)

213 DiFi is no more.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 29, 2023 08:53 AM (izj35)

214 She has been dead for months, but her face fell off and they couldn't pretend anymore.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 29, 2023 08:53 AM (slgIg)

215 Feinstein est mort, says Daily Mail

https://shorturl.at/eoJM1
Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 29, 2023 08:52 AM (8gf8P)

Holy crap, that photo. Looks like she's been dead a while. They're just now getting around to reporting it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 08:53 AM (Zz0t1)

216 To acknowledge that the game is over and so a new game needs to be played is to acknowledge that the thing to which these people have dedicated their lives - the system of government, the American ideal, etc. - is gone. That gigantic - and likely essential - part of their identities have vanished. In a very real way, a person like that acknowledging and accepting this premise is an act of suicide.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 29, 2023 08:29 AM (t0OGg)

This, x1000. Part of the problem is that the people who could be part of the solution don't want to be, because then they would have to sacrifice their power, position and likely their grift, small or large.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at September 29, 2023 08:54 AM (JrYM1)

217 So is she running for re-election? Yes? No?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 29, 2023 08:54 AM (slgIg)

218 Though notable, her death changes nothing, politically. I assume the governor gets to name another far left Dem to hold the seat down until the next 'election'.

Posted by: DB - at September 29, 2023 08:54 AM (geLO8)

219 Regarding the GOP "debates"...

Rush is dead, so it obviously can't be him, though he'd be perfect.

But, the next "debate" should be a moderator(s) with impeccable conservative credo who will ask pointed conservative-oriented questions that conservatives and norms actually care about.

And stream it, if none of the networks want a rating bonanza.

Otherwise, fuck off.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 29, 2023 08:54 AM (QzZeQ)

220 The wicked witch of the west finally died, let the games begin!

Posted by: Jeffrey Epstein - Just hanging around at September 29, 2023 08:54 AM (qZdIZ)

221 Faux News
DiFi Dead
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2023 08:51 AM (BRHaw)
i might have to add schnapps to my coffee in celebration...

Posted by: SturmToddler at September 29, 2023 08:55 AM (KZaqS)

222 >>The Youngkin thing is worrisome.

How about they let him finish his term as governor?
He only gets on term, so why not let him accomplish something before destroying his career with a national campaign against Trump and the rabid MSM?!

Posted by: Lizzy at September 29, 2023 08:55 AM (izj35)

223 "Things are about to get REAL spicy in California. Feinstein was keeping the seat semi-warm for Schiff, and Newsome can do a real power play here and appoint some diversity hire (Kamala has nothing to do) and earn some bonus points for a presidential run.
Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat"

That seat is destined for a latinx. Schiff better get on board an celebrate the diversity.

Posted by: Ripley at September 29, 2023 08:55 AM (JojsZ)

224 DiFi is pining for the fjords. Lovely plumage.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 29, 2023 08:55 AM (4I/2K)

225 204 Son is taking a mandatory DEI class at work. They ask this question: I bought a house for $600K and sold for $650K. I bought another house for $700K and sold for $750K. Did I make a profit?

-

Answer: What was inflation increase between the time of purchase and the time of the sale?
Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 29, 2023 08:52 AM (+MSSo)

Who really own the equity is the real question?

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2023 08:55 AM (BRHaw)

226 Wiki sez she died yesterday the 28th.

Posted by: The net never lies at September 29, 2023 08:55 AM (NBVIP)

227 WiFi DiFi zero bars... in both senses of the word 'bar'!

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 29, 2023 08:55 AM (krqg6)

228 Newsom has already state he'll appoint a black woman to the seat interim.

Nothing like throwing qualifications out the window and focusing solely on skin color.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 08:55 AM (Zz0t1)

229 If you wanna believe Fox News, yes they report DiFi has passed

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 29, 2023 08:56 AM (m6dV4)

230 That seat is destined for a latinx. Schiff better get on board an celebrate the diversity.
Posted by: Ripley at September 29, 2023 08:55 AM (JojsZ)

He is changing his name to Adan Schiffio.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2023 08:56 AM (BRHaw)

231 Here's something fun. September 27, 2023.

Same as 2020 and 2022, except now MASSIVE support for American positions because people are suffering terribly. But somehow Biden will win.
-

"Americans Favor GOP To Democrats On Economy By Widest Margin Ever In Poll

...49% of Americans favor Republican economic policy as opposed to 28% who favor Democrats’. The margin of error is 3.1%.

It also showed Republicans with leads beyond the margin of error on the issues of border security (50% for Republicans-20% for Democrats), crime (46%-20%), immigration (45%-27%), and protecting constitutional rights (43%-35%). Democrats held sizable leads on the issues of education (30%-40%), coronavirus (26%-37%), abortion (28%-46%), and healthcare (22%-45%)."

https://tinyurl.com/278g5o4q

Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 29, 2023 08:56 AM (+MSSo)

232 sen feinstein died
Posted by: gnats local 678

In an completely unrelated story, Adam Schiff has publicly declared that he is a black woman.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 29, 2023 08:56 AM (lTGtQ)

233
Because Wiki is so trustworthy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 08:49 AM

For certain things, yes. When it comes to politicians I assume someone in the very inner circle maintains the information. That same person(s) would be getting the call before anyone else and updating the page immediately.

Now as to Feinstein's other information on the page I would not trust a word.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 29, 2023 08:56 AM (enJYY)

234 Off failed sock!

Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at September 29, 2023 08:56 AM (qZdIZ)

235 If you feel you have to go to the gay women's wedding be sure to wear a mask. Hell, wear two masks.

Going to a lesbian partnership ceremony is a sin against God celebrating blasphemy. I would rather obey God then have the empty praise of men. Same reason why I would not attend a "marriage" of previously divorced people.

If you can't even show the least bit of character... this is an easy temptation to resist.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at September 29, 2023 08:56 AM (p8A+W)

236 Diane Feinstein is dead .
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 29, 2023 08:47 AM (cot+J)

Break out the grape Flavor-Aid.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 29, 2023 08:56 AM (dKuyx)

237 Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 29, 2023 07:48 AM (dKuyx)

May God bless her! I appreciate when the men here acknowledge nice things about their wives.

FenSpouse is having a big birthday in a few days. The plan to go out and have a drink legally. 😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2023 08:56 AM (aYlNB)

238 Breaking911 @Breaking911 1m
BREAKING: Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein dead at 90

Breaking911 @Breaking911 1m
BREAKING: Democrat Senator Dianne Feinstein, who served in the Senate for 30 years, died on Thursday night. She was 90.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 29, 2023 08:57 AM (krqg6)

239 The Ukraine War is a core American domestic political issue. Mitch McConnell has been a steadfast supporter of Ukraine. Too bad it's a controversial position in his party, because the war in Ukraine is an issue of utmost domestic importance to the United States.

Ukraine the center of Donald Trump’s first impeachment, and featured heavily in internal Republican machinations. The one change that the Trump camp made to the 2016 Republican Party platform was watering down support for Ukraine.

Russia is a big part of the reason that the United States’ defense budget is north of $800 billion … and fast approaching $900 billion. Not only does Russia’s defeat have budgetary implications, but it will inform whether we have to fight a hot war against either China or North Korea that would cost trillions of dollars, claim untold lives, and destroy the world economy.

This is all quite clear to Democrats and old-guard Republicans. But Trump’s MAGA cult has lined up behind their authoritarian pro-Putin leader, rupturing the Republican Party and leading to a seemingly inevitable government shutdown at midnight on Sept. 30.

Posted by: Intercepted Daily Kos Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 29, 2023 08:57 AM (NCgXW)

240 To acknowledge that the game is over and so a new game needs to be played is to acknowledge that the thing to which these people have dedicated their lives - the system of government, the American ideal, etc. - is gone. That gigantic - and likely essential - part of their identities have vanished. In a very real way, a person like that acknowledging and accepting this premise is an act of suicide.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 29, 2023 08:29 AM (t0OGg)

Beautifully written, Joe.

It also can be act of liberation once the grief passes.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at September 29, 2023 08:57 AM (KSNKu)

241 Bring out yer dead...

Posted by: Monty Python at September 29, 2023 08:57 AM (NBVIP)

242 Just heard lifelong government employee Feinstein had a net worth of $200,000,000

Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 29, 2023 08:57 AM (+MSSo)

243 >>But, the next "debate" should be a moderator(s) with impeccable conservative credo who will ask pointed conservative-oriented questions that conservatives and norms actually care about.

Tucker.
Not that he's an impeccable conservative, but because he understands what the important issues are -- and he's really interested in how they respond, not just scoring points and impressing MSM colleagues (and not working with DNC -- we know for a fact the DNC has worked w/moderators, thanks to the wikileaks of DNC server).

Posted by: Lizzy at September 29, 2023 08:57 AM (izj35)

244 Feinstein's office released a statement saying she will proudly cast her vote for the Democrat candidate to replace her, whomever that turns out to be.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 29, 2023 08:57 AM (8gf8P)

245 Prop me up beside the ballot box when I die

Posted by: DiFi at September 29, 2023 08:57 AM (4I/2K)

246 The Cali political machinations will be a thing of horror to watch. Newsom promised to appoint an African American woman, and Barbara Lee is the only AA woman who has announced candidate. Porter and Schiff are also running and it should be fun to watch. Newsom could say he ID's as an African American woman and appoint himself . Fun

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 29, 2023 08:57 AM (cot+J)

247 Newsom has already state he'll appoint a black woman to the seat interim.

Nothing like throwing qualifications out the window and focusing solely on skin color.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 08:55 AM (Zz0t1)
===
Why on earth would you credit anything he says?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2023 08:58 AM (RIvkX)

248 DiFi is no more.

Somewhere, a Chinese spy is propping his feet up, removing a paper umbrella form his drink and relishing the sweet, sweet tax dollar pension he's getting for the rest of his life.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 08:58 AM (Zz0t1)

249 NYPost has dead DiFi
Posted by: DB - at September 29, 2023 08:52 AM (geLO

Good.

Good Riddance.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 29, 2023 08:58 AM (0lY6Y)

250 Newsom has already state he'll appoint a black woman to the seat interim.

Nothing like throwing qualifications out the window and focusing solely on skin color.

Might as well appoint Incitatus, probably will do less damage.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at September 29, 2023 08:58 AM (p8A+W)

251
Wiki sez she died yesterday the 28th.

Posted by: The net never lies at September 29, 2023 08:55 AM (NBVIP)

I still had it opened in a tab which said the 29th - hit 'refresh' and it's the 28th.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 29, 2023 08:58 AM (enJYY)

252 Thank God for Diane Feinstein's death. This is something to celebrate. May the other 99 swiftly follow.

Posted by: Erik In Texas at September 29, 2023 08:58 AM (Cr6XZ)

253 Is being reported that Diane Feinstein has passed on.
Posted by: Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 08:44 AM (M+gBW)

She's just resting. Pining for the fjords.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 29, 2023 08:58 AM (GYIa4)

254 Jimmy Carter turns 99 on Sunday.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 29, 2023 08:59 AM (rl3Pd)

255 >> Just heard lifelong government employee Feinstein had a net worth of $200,000,000

It helps when you head the committee that oversees (influences?) your husband's business government contracts, eh?

(that was her scam, right?)

Posted by: Lizzy at September 29, 2023 08:59 AM (izj35)

256 ===
Why on earth would you credit anything he says?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2023 08:58 AM (RIvkX)

When the enemy says something, you should listen. Most times they'll tell you exactly what they're going to do.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 08:59 AM (Zz0t1)

257 Is being reported that Diane Feinstein has passed on.
Posted by: Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 08:44 AM (M+gBW)

She's just resting. Pining for the fjords.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 29, 2023 08:58 AM (GYIa4)
---
Yep. She'll be tanned, rested, and ready for her next campaign!

A few stretching exercises should help her work out the kinks from rigor mortis...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 29, 2023 09:00 AM (YIVH2)

258 Dianne, you went so young!

Posted by: Mitch McConnell, your gay friend at September 29, 2023 09:00 AM (8gf8P)

259 >>Ukraine the center of Donald Trump’s first impeachment, and featured heavily in internal Republican machinations. The one change that the Trump camp made to the 2016 Republican Party platform was watering down support for Ukraine.

For once the window lickers at DU are right but they have no idea why.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 29, 2023 09:00 AM (ZLI7S)

260 DiFi died?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy
---------------------------

Sounds like Hospice fail...

Posted by: Jimmy Carter at September 29, 2023 09:00 AM (X4yCj)

261 Here is a 'political mood' change re Feinstein: until yesterday, the state of her health and mental condition were a liability to leftist causes. We could use her as a whaddabout. As of this morning, her "long service" becomes heroic and praiseworthy. So there is that. Now they can be stupid without the wheelchair.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at September 29, 2023 09:01 AM (4PZHB)

262 Senator DiFi died with her boots on.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 29, 2023 09:01 AM (4I/2K)

263 Just heard lifelong government employee Feinstein had a net worth of $200,000,000

Well, if you clip coupons, fully inflate your tires and keep your hovel's thermostat set to minimize A/C, you too can amass great wealth.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at September 29, 2023 09:01 AM (p8A+W)

264 Faux News
DiFi Dead
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2023 08:51 AM (BRHaw)

Maybe Taylor Swift could get DiFi seat since she's such a thing.

BONUS!!! New songs about her disappointment with politics instead of the guys' she dates.

She's prettier than Fetterman, who apparently set the bar for congress-critters.

So, this could be a win-win for everyone!!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at September 29, 2023 09:01 AM (QzZeQ)

265 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 29, 2023 09:01 AM (u82oZ)

266 Such a same.

We were just having a wild sex romp last week. I can't believe the chandelier is still hanging.

Crazy little minx.

Posted by: Jimmy Carter at September 29, 2023 09:01 AM (Zz0t1)

267 Who held the pillow over Feinstein's face?

Posted by: Jaimo at September 29, 2023 09:02 AM (DBrN4)

268 Amateur.

Posted by: Strom Thurmond at September 29, 2023 09:02 AM (NBVIP)

269 Mitch McConnell. Harbinger on line 1

Posted by: Ben Had at September 29, 2023 09:02 AM (F7LgJ)

270

So, Newsom appoints Schiff-for-Brains and pisses off blacks and Latinos? And dames, homos, trannies?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 29, 2023 09:02 AM (x0n13)

271 Breaking911 @Breaking911 9h
WATCH: Husband’s Hidden Camera Recorded His Wife Poisoning His Coffee Numerous Times

Hidden camera footage allegedly shows an Arizona woman pouring bleach into her husband’s coffee maker in March. Melody Felicano Johnson’s airman spouse became suspicious when he started noticing his coffee tasted terrible over a period of weeks and set up a camera disguised as a smoke detector. Multiple videos show the husband testing the coffee pot water after Johnson poured something into the machine.
https://tinyurl.com/3tfp5nen

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 29, 2023 09:02 AM (krqg6)

272 No school today, for teacher comp day after the rigors and efforts of Parent Teacher conferences.

So I slept for 11 hours. Felt good.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 29, 2023 09:02 AM (u82oZ)

273 I do want to see the jockeying that will ensue for DiFi's slot. There seems to be at least two or three candidates that have been mentioned as her successor, but...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 29, 2023 09:02 AM (Q4IgG)

274 ... But, the next "debate" should be a moderator(s) with impeccable conservative credo who will ask pointed conservative-oriented questions that conservatives and norms actually care about. ...
Posted by: naturalfake at September 29, 2023 08:54 AM (QzZeQ)
++++
Moderators aside, the next debate needs to be a debate. These farces are not debates in any recognizable form.

- Ask the question
- *All* candidates answer the same question.
- Answers are time-limited. If you hit the deadline, your mic is cut off.
- There are punishments for interrupting
- There is structured rebuttal time, and everyone can offer a time-limited rebuttal if desired.

Until the "debates" are actually debates, there is less than no point.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 29, 2023 09:03 AM (t0OGg)

275 > Is being reported that Diane Feinstein has passed on.

But she can still vote on Senate business, right? I mean, at some point she'll start to smell, but still..

If a dead person can be elected to the Senate (Mel Carnahan) then a dead person can serve in the Senate

precedent

Posted by: DB - at September 29, 2023 09:03 AM (geLO8)

276 Despite the feasible mechanisms and polling popularity, Kemp and many state Republicans dismissed Moore’s initiative out of hand.

Isn't in interesting how right after Kemp's staffer died in a fiery car explosion that he suddenly got on board with everything the left wanted.

On a "unrelated" note - car experts consistently tell me Hollywood car explosions aren't real...that can NOT happen in real life.

I guess...except in Georgia right before a stolen election to the staffer of a pol who could be...inconvenient.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 29, 2023 09:03 AM (XqcwY)

277 When the enemy says something, you should listen. Most times they'll tell you exactly what they're going to do.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 08:59 AM (Zz0t1)
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Good point.

Except even he doesn't believe his own b.s.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2023 09:03 AM (RIvkX)

278 266 Such a same.

We were just having a wild sex romp last week. I can't believe the chandelier is still hanging.

Crazy little minx.
Posted by: Jimmy Carter at September 29, 2023 09:01 AM (Zz0t1)

"Dang, there goes the weekend!"

- - Rosa De Lauro scissoring Helen Thomas' corpse.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 29, 2023 09:03 AM (x0n13)

279 "Posted by: Intercepted Daily Kos Transmissions"

That whole thread is insane, Russia is no longer our primary enemy or threat. They can't even successfully invade a mid-sized neighboring country, something that you would think would be over in a month. And our trillion dollar defense budget is because of this looming threat?

Posted by: Ripley at September 29, 2023 09:03 AM (JojsZ)

280 There's already a Swift/Kelce breakup song.......

https://youtu.be/2KJZ3TP32Do

Posted by: Jimmy Carter at September 29, 2023 09:04 AM (Zz0t1)

281 R A W S A L E R T S @rawsalerts 8h
🚨#BREAKING: There are 48 hours until a US government shutdown if a deal is not reached

Oh, no!

Anyway...

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 29, 2023 09:04 AM (krqg6)

282 I do want to see the jockeying that will ensue for DiFi's slot. There seems to be at least two or three candidates that have been mentioned as her successor, but...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 29, 2023 09:02 AM (Q4IgG)

Phrasing??? And, eewww!

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 29, 2023 09:04 AM (4I/2K)

283 Sorry, but I don't think DiFi is going anywhere she will get eternal rest, lil Marco.

I am not going to pretend to be respectful to dead democrats who would gleefully put us under the thumb of their satanic authoritarianism while alive to add a little to their own personal wealth and power.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 29, 2023 09:04 AM (slgIg)

284 >>Teachers fail to teach minority students math

No: Teachers fail to teach ~~minority~~ all students math.

They're too busy teaching them how to be activists, anti-racist, and perform deviant sex.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 29, 2023 09:04 AM (izj35)

285
Is being reported that Diane Feinstein has passed on.

another grim milestone for the biden administration

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 29, 2023 09:04 AM (ENBF0)

286 So who does Newsom pick to replace her for now?

Posted by: Jaimo at September 29, 2023 09:04 AM (DBrN4)

287 Crap. Strike one.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 09:04 AM (Zz0t1)

288 How long was DiFi really dead, before the public announcement?

Also, fear your pillow, Bitme, Dr Jill, and Kneepads.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 29, 2023 09:04 AM (u82oZ)

289 >>#BREAKING: There are 48 hours until a US government shutdown if a deal is not reached

And the government of Ukraine?

Posted by: Lizzy at September 29, 2023 09:05 AM (izj35)

290 R A W S A L E R T S @rawsalerts 8h
🚨#BREAKING: There are 48 hours until a US government shutdown if a deal is not reached

Oh, no!

Anyway...
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 29, 2023 09:04 AM (krqg6)

My step-sister is in training at the War College and is scrambling to get all her assignments turned in before she's furloughed next week.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 09:05 AM (Zz0t1)

291 She's prettier than Fetterman, who apparently set the bar for congress-critters.

She can read Lena Dunham's talking points, much much better then Fetterman's monster reads his as well.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 29, 2023 09:05 AM (XqcwY)

292 Not the Bee has a post here with video of the tranny assaulting other girls as well.

https://tinyurl.com/2u9wxw7p

I've just come to the sad conclusion that Americans would just rather let their kids take a beating or raping or whatever because they are worried about their jobs, Twitter followings or whatever.

The most important job you have as a parent is to first protect your kids. Many other tasks come after that, but those may not be accomplished without the first.

And to be honest, when your kids see you do nothing while they take a pummeling, they rightly recognize you don't love them and aren't in their corner.

From that point they begin to formulate survival plans. It could be joining groups that will defend them. It could be finding ways to dull the pain they experience. It could be finding ways to deliver the vengeance they seek.

People love to criticize Gen Z, but let's be honest, they were raised with the values their parents instilled in them, or rather have been forced to find whatever coping mechanism you left them to figure out on their own.

Posted by: Cooper the Great Pyrenees at September 29, 2023 09:05 AM (yrJ3n)

293 Washington City is known for cruelty, promiscuity, incest, devilry, theft, murder, ad lies.
Posted by: Eromero at September 29, 2023 08:12 AM (z3WCn)

Whoohoo! My kind of town!!

Posted by: Typical Career Politician at September 29, 2023 09:05 AM (Zvtjl)

294 But she was so full of vim and vigor!

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 29, 2023 09:05 AM (H7DKa)

295 So is she the one whose husband hangs out with gay guys with hammers in the wee hours of the morning?

Posted by: Not really paying attention at September 29, 2023 09:05 AM (NBVIP)

296 Son is taking a mandatory DEI class at work. They ask this question: I bought a house for $600K and sold for $650K. I bought another house for $700K and sold for $750K. Did I make a profit?

-

Answer: What was inflation increase between the time of purchase and the time of the sale?

How much updating was poured into the property? Did the roof, air-con, appliances, plumbing, windows, flooring get replaced, and at what costs?

What was the carrying costs in terms of taxation, ongoing maintenance and insurance over the span of buying and selling?

What was the real-estate commissions in the transactions?

Posted by: Reuben Hick at September 29, 2023 09:06 AM (p8A+W)

297 I can't believe DiFi died so close to the start of Tranny Pride Month.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 29, 2023 09:06 AM (slgIg)

298 270

So, Newsom appoints Schiff-for-Brains and pisses off blacks and Latinos? And dames, homos, trannies?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 29, 2023 09:02 AM (x0n13)

Pelosi wants Schiff-for-Brains in that seat. She's backing him to win the Cali Dem Senate nomination next year. Try to have fun today, Gavin.

Posted by: GL at September 29, 2023 09:06 AM (5fDan)

299 We have a full monarchial succession crisis going on.

*makes popcorn cooked from grapeseed oil*

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 29, 2023 09:06 AM (u82oZ)

300 OT: I guess someone read my posts about needing to have an R win VA next year. Lead story on local news is conservative money actively now trying to get Youngkin to enter the race late. Youngkin is still out, but no longer "100%" out...he says he's focused on winning the VA elections this year. That probably will be a big sign of whether he ends up in or out (if he pulls the House and Senate to R majorities, it becomes more likely...if he loses the majorities of both, he's out...if it stays the same, who knows)...

Posted by: Nova Local at September 29, 2023 09:06 AM (exHjb)

301 - - Rosa De Lauro scissoring Helen Thomas' corpse.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 29, 2023 09:03 AM (x0n13)
===
That escalated quickly.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2023 09:06 AM (RIvkX)

302 Oh no, Schiff? Lord no please.

Posted by: Jaimo at September 29, 2023 09:06 AM (DBrN4)

303 "This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed."

John 3:19-20

Posted by: Marcus T at September 29, 2023 09:07 AM (paWNQ)

304 Off bad-ass coyote slaying Pyrenees sock

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at September 29, 2023 09:07 AM (yrJ3n)

305 I do want to see the jockeying that will ensue for DiFi's slot.

***

That sounds kinda secksie

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at September 29, 2023 09:07 AM (ZV+pB)

306 Pelosi wants Schiff-for-Brains in that seat. She's backing him to win the Cali Dem Senate nomination next year. Try to have fun today, Gavin.
Posted by: GL at September 29, 2023 09:06 AM (5fDan)

So, why wouldn't Gavin give himself the seat, so he could get the heck out of CA and the mess he made? Especially if he's not the Biden back up option?

Posted by: Nova Local at September 29, 2023 09:07 AM (exHjb)

307 Russia is a big part of the reason that the United States’ defense budget is north of $800 billion
-----------
China is the workers' friend!!!

And using "CCP" or "Chinese Communist Party" will see you banned from the DU!!

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 29, 2023 09:07 AM (krqg6)

308 From that point they begin to formulate survival plans. It could be joining groups that will defend them. It could be finding ways to dull the pain they experience. It could be finding ways to deliver the vengeance they seek.

This is what happens when people reject God and want to live according to their own rules.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at September 29, 2023 09:08 AM (p8A+W)

309 Our Lord associated with tax collectors and sinners and prostitutes (and was mightily criticized by pharisees for doing so). So I think it’s possible to associate without condoning the sin

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 29, 2023 09:08 AM (m6dV4)

310 @278 Rose Dilauro can always substitute Katie Porter 🤮

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 29, 2023 09:08 AM (cot+J)

311 FEINSTEIN DEAD AT 90

Posted by: Richard Sean McEnroe at September 29, 2023 09:08 AM (8fxF+)

312 Newsom must select some diversity hire clownshow. The senate has so far to go before it hits rock bottom.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 29, 2023 09:08 AM (slgIg)

313 But she was so full of vim and vigor!
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 29, 2023 09:05 AM (H7DKa)

And Vitalicky !

Posted by: JT at September 29, 2023 09:08 AM (T4tVD)

314 @rawsalerts
🚨#BREAKING: There are 48 hours until a US government shutdown if a deal is not reached ...
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 29, 2023 09:04 AM (krqg6)
++++
:: takes out crystal ball ::
:: polishes crystal ball ::
:: gazes into its depths ::
There is much public back-and-forth between "both sides" about the funding deadline. The Democrats want to ensure that grandma is taken care of, the Republicans want to kill grandma. The Republicans want to contain spending on behalf of the people, the Democrats are wasteful with out-of-control outlays. Many soundbites are generated. Behind the scenes, the real work is being done in private sessions while the public posturing acts as a distraction. At the 11th hour, "both sides" announces "the best deal we could get under the circumstances." Everything is fully funded.
:: puts crystal ball away ::

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 29, 2023 09:08 AM (t0OGg)

315 That whole thread is insane, Russia is no longer our primary enemy or threat. They can't even successfully invade a mid-sized neighboring country, something that you would think would be over in a month. And our trillion dollar defense budget is because of this looming threat?
Posted by: Ripley at September 29, 2023 09:03 AM

The ballooning defense budget angle confused me as well. We have to help Ukraine win their war because it's costing us too much to support them...but just stopping the support to save the money isn't an option.

I still don't understand how helping Ukraine stop Russia prevents war with Chine or North Korea in the near future, but Kos said so, so it must be true 11th dimensional chess beyond my ken.

Posted by: Intercepted Daily Kos Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 29, 2023 09:09 AM (NCgXW)

316 So. . . anyone know wtf is going on w/AZ governor?
What did she do for that 24hrs or so that she needed to not be "governor" while she did it?
Posted by: Lizzy at September 29, 2023 08:52 AM (izj35)

Katie Hobbs disappears for 24 hours and, suddenly, Feinstein is dead.

Coincidence?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 29, 2023 09:09 AM (GYIa4)

317 Richard Sean McEnroe

Thanks. None of us knew that yet.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 29, 2023 09:09 AM (slgIg)

318 Good morning all!!

Our daughter gets married tomorrow!!!
Posted by: jmel at September 29, 2023 07:49 AM (bVhJi)

Congrats !

Posted by: JT at September 29, 2023 09:10 AM (T4tVD)

319 The governmental aides who allowed this to go on-voting in place of someone who physically and mentally unable to do their job are conscienceless, and cruel
people. She, Biden and numerous others have funds to afford extremely good care Instead they're shunted around like the commander in the Old Star Trek episode minus the blinking lights and machines and are made mock of such as in that ludicrous Fetterman sign/ costume stunt.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2023 09:10 AM (zshnC)

320 284 Nope. Students refuse to LEARN math. Because it requires effort and attention. And in the Age of Neo-Shamanism, effort and attention can lead to hurt feelings and some knowledge of our limitations.

Unacceptable! Teachers are only there to support and reinforce failure.

Posted by: Erik In Texas at September 29, 2023 09:10 AM (Cr6XZ)

321 Our daughter gets married tomorrow!!!
Posted by: jmel at September 29, 2023 07:49 AM (bVhJi)

God bless she and her husband.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2023 09:11 AM (zshnC)

322 I've just come to the sad conclusion that Americans would just rather let their kids take a beating or raping or whatever because they are worried about their jobs, Twitter followings or whatever.

Over a decade ago, talk show host Neal Boortz claimed that sending your kids to government school is prima facie evidence of child abuse.

If you love your children, they will be home schooled. Pretending anything else, or making excuses for not doing so, is still abandoning your kids to become wards of the State.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at September 29, 2023 09:11 AM (p8A+W)

323 >>So, Newsom appoints Schiff-for-Brains and pisses off blacks and Latinos? And dames, homos, trannies?

Think he's A-OK with the last two - he was pals with Ed Buck. And the man looks like a pedo, just sayin'. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at September 29, 2023 09:11 AM (izj35)

324 DiFi has died.
----
That bitch!!

Where am I going to get investment advice from now?!

Back to the Nancy Pelosi Stock Tracker site then, I guess.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 29, 2023 09:11 AM (krqg6)

325 Our Lord associated with tax collectors and sinners and prostitutes (and was mightily criticized by pharisees for doing so). So I think it’s possible to associate without condoning the sin
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 29, 2023 09:08 AM (m6dV4)

Makes me feel better about the whole thing. I'm not condoning anything, just being there as a long time acquaintance that cares, regardless of the poor decision making.

I will be drinking the free booze and toasting society's end as it was a long and crazy run. We had some good times.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 09:11 AM (Zz0t1)

326 #BREAKING: There are 48 hours until a US government shutdown if a deal is not reached ...

--

And the difference between that and a paid vacation for the employees is that the paycheck arrives after the vacation instead of in the middle.

Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 29, 2023 09:11 AM (+MSSo)

327 306 Pelosi wants Schiff-for-Brains in that seat. She's backing him to win the Cali Dem Senate nomination next year. Try to have fun today, Gavin.
Posted by: GL at September 29, 2023 09:06 AM (5fDan)

So, why wouldn't Gavin give himself the seat, so he could get the heck out of CA and the mess he made? Especially if he's not the Biden back up option?

Posted by: Nova Local at September 29, 2023 09:07 AM (exHjb)

Being a no-seniority Senator would cramp his style. Plus he'd need to be in DC for votes for more time than he wants.

Posted by: GL at September 29, 2023 09:12 AM (5fDan)

328 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 29, 2023 09:08 AM (m6dV4)

Well said. Appearance does not indicate approval.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2023 09:12 AM (zshnC)

329 311 FEINSTEIN DEAD AT 90
Posted by: Richard Sean McEnroe at September 29, 2023 09:08 AM

Ding Dong! The Witch is dead. Which old Witch? The Wicked Witch! Ding Dong! The Wicked Witch is dead.

Posted by: Good Americans living covertly in California at September 29, 2023 09:12 AM (NCgXW)

330 Moderators aside, the next debate needs to be a debate. These farces are not debates in any recognizable form.

- Ask the question
- *All* candidates answer the same question.
- Answers are time-limited. If you hit the deadline, your mic is cut off.
- There are punishments for interrupting
- There is structured rebuttal time, and everyone can offer a time-limited rebuttal if desired.

Until the "debates" are actually debates, there is less than no point.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 29, 2023 09:03 AM (t0OGg)

i saw on the rerun of the 5 last night that perino was saying "if we asked each candidate the same question, with that many candidates, we'd only be able to ask 4 questions, and no one wants that"

and my first thought was, well, maybe don't have so many people, and structure your questions better.

idk

Posted by: SturmToddler at September 29, 2023 09:12 AM (KZaqS)

331 Our daughter gets married tomorrow!!!
Posted by: jmel at September 29, 2023 07:49 AM

Congratulations! May God bless them both.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 29, 2023 09:12 AM (aQy7p)

332 Thanks JJ !

AGAIN !!!

Posted by: JT at September 29, 2023 09:13 AM (T4tVD)

333 Isn’t Schiff lined up to take her seat?

Posted by: Ian S. at September 29, 2023 09:13 AM (FD5dr)

334 Let's build the perfect CA Senator

gay
POC
wiccan or other New Age nonsense
not US-born
amputee or other physical disablity

anything else?

Posted by: DB - at September 29, 2023 09:13 AM (geLO8)

335 Rest in Peace Dianne Feinstein.

Be interesting to see who gruesome appoints to replace her? Could be a way to ease Kamala out of the White House.

Could have interesting ramifications for balance of power on Committees Dianne was on.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan at September 29, 2023 09:13 AM (PH3hk)

336 >>>Multiple videos show the husband testing the coffee pot water after Johnson poured something into the machine.
https://tinyurl.com/3tfp5nen

Posted by: andycanuck (k
------------------------

Short story. Did he survive or did the police find the video?

Posted by: Braenyard at September 29, 2023 09:14 AM (MIkft)

337 "“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."

Matthew 6:19-22

Posted by: Marcus T at September 29, 2023 09:14 AM (paWNQ)

338 Newsom can really pick anyone. Even if his voters are mad with the choice it won’t matter they will continue to vote Democrat.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 29, 2023 09:14 AM (rl3Pd)

339 i saw on the rerun of the 5 last night that perino was saying "if we asked each candidate the same question, with that many candidates, we'd only be able to ask 4 questions, and no one wants that"

and my first thought was, well, maybe don't have so many people, and structure your questions better.

idk
Posted by: SturmToddler at September 29, 2023 09:12 AM (KZaqS)
++++
Well, the count is what it is. Them's the breaks.

If you have time for only 3-4 questions, consider making them good ones.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 29, 2023 09:14 AM (t0OGg)

340 20 years ago, bad as things were, we still perhaps had a chance to stop this via what I will assume was a relatively untainted or only moderately tainted electoral system. - JJ

Every day, I get warmer to the idea that time-travelers need to aim for SCOMF and not the guy with a funny mustache. Yes, one of them perpetrated genocide, but that whole situation might have been inevitable. You get rid of him, and someone would quickly take his place. Whereas I think with SCOMF, he (or more accurately, his skin color) represented a unique opportunity for the Left to beat us over the head with our past sins and "fundamentally transform" the country.

Posted by: pookysgirl, tiredly speculating at September 29, 2023 09:14 AM (dtlDP)

341 10 Good morning all!!

Our daughter gets married tomorrow!!!
Posted by: jmel at September 29, 2023 07:49 AM

Best wishes, now and in the future.

Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know their enemies at September 29, 2023 09:14 AM (GshMh)

342
gay
POC
wiccan or other New Age nonsense
not US-born
amputee or other physical disablity

anything else?
Posted by: DB - at September 29, 2023 09:13 AM

Trans alien from Comvex-9.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 09:14 AM (Zz0t1)

343 Muslims in France, though only 10% of the population, make up 50-60% of the prisoners. In the UK., Muslims are 4% of the population, but 25% of prisoners. In Germany, Muslims are 5% of the population, and 23% of prisoners.

Maybe they are sending the best and brightest criminals!

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2023 09:14 AM (BRHaw)

344 Going to a lesbian partnership ceremony is a sin against God celebrating blasphemy. I would rather obey God then have the empty praise of men. Same reason why I would not attend a "marriage" of previously divorced people.

If you can't even show the least bit of character... this is an easy temptation to resist.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at September 29, 2023 08:56 AM (p8A+W)

Kind of harsh.

Is it a "religious" ceremony, or civil? You don't know. Further, I question how being a witness - not an officiant - to an event of which you don't approve is blasphemous.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 29, 2023 09:14 AM (GYIa4)

345 I do want to see the jockeying that will ensue for DiFi's slot. There seems to be at least two or three candidates that have been mentioned as her successor, but...
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Phrasing??? And, eewww!
Posted by: Count de Monet
=========
Thread winner.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 29, 2023 09:14 AM (krqg6)

346 #BREAKING: There are 48 hours until a US government shutdown if a deal is not reached

And the government of Ukraine?

--

It might've been here that I saw it, but apparently systems are being put in place so that the Ukraine money laundering funds will flow unabated.

"shutdown"

Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 29, 2023 09:15 AM (+MSSo)

347 Muslims in France, though only 10% of the population, make up 50-60% of the prisoners. In the UK., Muslims are 4% of the population, but 25% of prisoners. In Germany, Muslims are 5% of the population, and 23% of prisoners.

I bet they get off for half the real crime committed. I bet the shear number of crimes they commit is another 35% to 30% higher.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2023 09:15 AM (BRHaw)

348 Over a decade ago, talk show host Neal Boortz claimed that sending your kids to government school is prima facie evidence of child abuse.

Two decades ago actually. I heard him say that in the 90s. He also made the excellent point that Catholic schools teach the Catholic religion and government schools teach the government religion.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 29, 2023 09:16 AM (FD5dr)

349
Our Lord associated with tax collectors and sinners and prostitutes (and was mightily criticized by pharisees for doing so). So I think it’s possible to associate without condoning the sin
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 29, 2023 09:08 AM

There are levels of association. Jesus attending a same sex weeding is nowhere in my King James Bible.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 29, 2023 09:16 AM (enJYY)

350 She have quit perambulating, but you can't die twice.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 29, 2023 09:16 AM (0FoWg)

351 New list is out.

The #2 party school in the nation is TCU.

A Christian school is the #2 party school.

Seems they've forgotten their mission there in Ft. Worth.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 09:17 AM (Zz0t1)

352 "But I now have written unto you not to keep company with any man who is called a brother if he is a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner. With such a one you are not even to eat."

Corinthians 5:11

Posted by: Marcus T at September 29, 2023 09:17 AM (paWNQ)

353 and my first thought was, well, maybe don't have so many people, and structure your questions better.

idk
Posted by: SturmToddler at September 29, 2023 09:12 AM (KZaqS)
++++
Well, the count is what it is. Them's the breaks.

If you have time for only 3-4 questions, consider making them good ones.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 29, 2023 09:14 AM (t0OGg)

yeah, that's honestly where i was really settling my thoughts. the KEY is to have good substantive questions, not the gotcha bullshit they tend to do.

also, i wish they would institiute the SCOTUS style mics off until light is green, 15 seconds it goes yellow and at time light goes red and mic goes OFF and you're done speaking.

Posted by: SturmToddler at September 29, 2023 09:17 AM (KZaqS)

354 There it is. Politico:

"Pentagon exempts Ukraine operations from potential government shutdown

The decision means that training on American tactics and equipment can move forward uninterrupted if lawmakers don’t reach a funding deal by the end of the month."

https://tinyurl.com/2yxqbyh2

"representative republic"

Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 29, 2023 09:17 AM (+MSSo)

355 The three year morning period for DiFi commences tomorrow. Masks will be worn, you must in your hones immediately after work or school, law enforcement officers will come to temporarily take your weapons so you don't harm yourself in your grief and on the weekend you will confess your sins to the Red Guard

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 29, 2023 09:17 AM (cot+J)

356 I don't really understand these generational divisions except for "Boomers". What age is Gen Z?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2023 09:17 AM (zshnC)

357 Yeah!
The Democrat Party is saved. Kneepad for Senate, Newsome for VP, campaigning for President, and Big Mike can spend mega-dollars without going to the White House.

The drugs they use will make this seem like a good idea.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 29, 2023 09:17 AM (u82oZ)

358 334 anything else?
Posted by: DB - at September 29, 2023 09:13 AM (geLO

- Can only speak Spanish (or Arabic)

Posted by: XTC at September 29, 2023 09:18 AM (UnA8+)

359 You want Jesus to attend your wedding. I hear he always makes some mighty fine wine. Joy to the World!

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 29, 2023 09:18 AM (4I/2K)

360 Moderators aside, the next debate needs to be a debate. These farces are not debates in any recognizable form.

- Ask the question
- *All* candidates answer the same question.
- Answers are time-limited. If you hit the deadline, your mic is cut off.
- There are punishments for interrupting
- There is structured rebuttal time, and everyone can offer a time-limited rebuttal if desired.

Until the "debates" are actually debates, there is less than no point.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 29, 2023 09:03 AM (t0OGg)

Well, yeah.

Debates make no sense unless everyone is forced to answer the same question.

Again I think -narrow down the candidate list or hell, don't, ask questions important to conservatives, Republicans, normies even if it's only 4-5 and you've got yourself a ratings monster.

BONUS! In the circumstances of that style debate, I'll bet at least 3 of the current clowns bail out.

ANTI-BONUS! It's a format that Fatty Lumpkin would probably shine in.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 29, 2023 09:18 AM (QzZeQ)

361 >>and my first thought was, well, maybe don't have so many people, and structure your questions better.

idk

Best "debate" I've seen was the Rick Warren ones with Obama and McCain. Same questions that were short, to the point, and open-ended -- and then he sat back and let them respond, go beyond the canned talking points.
We need something closer to that. Journalist/MSM-hosted debates have been a circus and a farce for years. You can't fix them, they have to be completely reimagined, and without journalists/news outlet who are more interested in creating a scandal/news story than getting answers.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 29, 2023 09:18 AM (izj35)

362 If they're still taking money out of your paycheck they're not shut down.

Posted by: Simple test at September 29, 2023 09:18 AM (NBVIP)

363 "But I now have written unto you not to keep company with any man who is called a brother if he is a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner. With such a one you are not even to eat."

Corinthians 5:11
Posted by: Marcus T at September 29, 2023 09:17 AM (paWNQ)

Huh.

That explains why I have no friends.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 09:18 AM (Zz0t1)

364 The #2 party school in the nation is TCU.

A Christian school is the #2 party school.

Seems they've forgotten their mission there in Ft. Worth.
Posted by: Sponge
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I'd be shocked if half the students couldn't tell you what TCU stood for.

Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 29, 2023 09:18 AM (+MSSo)

365 356 I don't really understand these generational divisions except for "Boomers". What age is Gen Z?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2023 09:17 AM (zshnC)

The oldest ones are in their early 20s.

Posted by: XTC at September 29, 2023 09:19 AM (UnA8+)

366 That whole thread is insane, Russia is no longer our primary enemy or threat. They can't even successfully invade a mid-sized neighboring country, something that you would think would be over in a month.

They have invaded and captured all the lands they stated they would in their initial statement of the SMO, save perhaps Kharkiv.

This is exactly what I said would happen over a year and a half ago.

Americans would claim that Russia's "real plan" was to conquer all of Europe, and then will declare victory when they freeze the conflict with Russia having seized the areas that they clearly stated they sought to protect.

And they will have destroyed the largest standing army in Europe and most of the existing resources of the rest of the NATO members in the process, all while taking nominal losses themselves, increasing their industrial capacity, enlarging their standing army, breaking free from the US dollar, increasing national patriotism and forming powerful new allies.

And what does the west have left? Flying suicide drones in for what are essentially terrorist strikes and shutting down Orthodox churches. Victory never tasted so bad.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at September 29, 2023 09:19 AM (yrJ3n)

367 She so wanted to make it through an election for her seat and not an appointment. She was a stalwart Democrat and a role model for women in politics. Rest in power Diane.

Time to appoint Adam Schiff asap to fill the seat.

This news ruined my morning. Why not Porter to fill the seat?

Republicans will make damn sure the judiciary committee will not have a replacement. And now, a pretty brutal political fight between Newsome and Nancy is about to start.

There are three candidates currently campaigning for the nomination for next fall’s election. Newsom should not “put his finger on the scale” to benefit any of the three over whatever the democratic process will give us. Additionally, Newsom committed to selecting a woman of color who if the need arose.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 29, 2023 09:19 AM (NCgXW)

368 FenelonSpoke

Less than two months before the election. Hope all is well, and you hide those gold bars better than one of your senators. ;-)

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 29, 2023 09:19 AM (u82oZ)

369 @10 jmel, congratulations may they have a long and happy life together

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 29, 2023 09:19 AM (cot+J)

370 >>"Pentagon exempts Ukraine operations from potential government shutdown

>>The decision means that training on American tactics and equipment can move forward uninterrupted if lawmakers don’t reach a funding deal by the end of the month."

But there's no evidence that Biden changed US policy in any way rot the bribes he and his garbage family took from places like Ukraine.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 29, 2023 09:19 AM (ZLI7S)

371
In Soviet America
System Buck You!

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You misspelled "Fuck," JJ.

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at September 29, 2023 09:19 AM (2O5Io)

372 Posted by: Marcus T at September 29, 2023 09:17 AM (paWNQ)

Marcus, I think you're probably not convincing Sponge whose friend is probably not any of those things.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2023 09:20 AM (zshnC)

373 >>>Kind of harsh. [it's not harsh it's truth]

Is it a "religious" ceremony, or civil? You don't know. Further, I question how being a witness - not an officiant - to an event of which you don't approve is blasphemous.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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Sins of commission and sins of omission.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 29, 2023 09:20 AM (MIkft)

374 ... She so wanted to make it through an election for her seat and not an appointment. She was a stalwart Democrat and a role model for women in politics. Rest in power Diane. ...
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 29, 2023 09:19 AM (NCgXW)
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"Rest in power" really says it all. I have nothing to add.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 29, 2023 09:20 AM (t0OGg)

375 >>"Pentagon exempts Ukraine operations from potential government shutdown

'operations' ?
I thought we were just giving them arms and a firehose of money

what are these operations?

Posted by: DB - at September 29, 2023 09:20 AM (geLO8)

376 352 "But I now have written unto you not to keep company with any man who is called a brother if he is a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner. With such a one you are not even to eat."

Corinthians 5:11
Posted by: Marcus T at September 29, 2023 09:17 AM (paWNQ)

Welp, good to know most the Horde is going to Hell, then...

Posted by: XTC at September 29, 2023 09:20 AM (UnA8+)

377 How long will DiFi lie in state in the Rotunda? Flags lowered? National Day of Mourning, etc...

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 29, 2023 09:20 AM (4I/2K)

378 She so wanted to make it through an election for her seat and not an appointment. She was a stalwart Democrat and a role model for women in politics. Rest in power Diane.

--

Truer words never spoken.

That's HER seat, dangit.

Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 29, 2023 09:20 AM (+MSSo)

379 356 I don't really understand these generational divisions except for "Boomers". What age is Gen Z?
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I think it is my son's age cohort. He's 21. Not sure though.

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 29, 2023 09:20 AM (+nRli)

380 >>There it is. Politico:

"Pentagon exempts Ukraine operations from potential government shutdown

Alrighty! Let the shutdown happen -- and direct all the anger of the government employees at the Pentagon, make them ask: Why is my job/pay optional while Zelensky's cronies stay employed???!?

Really underlines their priorities, yet again.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 29, 2023 09:20 AM (izj35)

381 Multiple videos show the husband testing the coffee pot water after Johnson poured something into the machine.
https://tinyurl.com/3tfp5nen

Posted by: andycanuck

Heh, of course an Airman outfits his kitchen with multiple hidden cameras. Trust me, they don't mind being Big Brother.

Posted by: pookysgirl would know at September 29, 2023 09:21 AM (dtlDP)

382 This weekend rich Republican donors are meeting to try and draft Glenn Youngkin because DeSantis is going nowhere. That is the Republican Party. They despise Trump.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 29, 2023 08:30 AM (ZLI7S)
~~~~~

I'm guessing Youngkin is smart enough to see what's happening and will wait until 2028--something DeSantis should have done.

Posted by: IrishEi at September 29, 2023 09:21 AM (3ImbR)

383 Short story. Did he survive or did the police find the video?
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Detective Sergeant Nick Yemana said the coffee tasted fine to him and she was released from custody.

[R.I.P. Jack Soo.]

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 29, 2023 09:21 AM (krqg6)

384 The ‘Left’s’ Worst Nightmare: A Return to the 'Crusader Mindset'

Rather, if today’s men were simply to reclaim their manhood and start behaving like men — and, most importantly, believe in a Cause greater than themselves — all of the insane ills plaguing Western society would dissipate like vapor.

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2023 09:21 AM (BRHaw)

385 Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 29, 2023 09:19 AM (u82oZ)

Sadly, I do not get the gold bars unless I become a a senator and change my party registration back to D.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2023 09:21 AM (zshnC)

386 377 How long will DiFi lie in state in the Rotunda? Flags lowered? National Day of Mourning, etc...
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Is she dead? Will Jimmy Carter attend the funeral? Is Keith Richards laughing?

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 29, 2023 09:21 AM (+nRli)

387 "Moreover if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother. But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, that ‘by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.’ And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church. But if he refuses even to hear the church, let him be to you like a heathen and a tax collector."

Matthew 18:15-20

Posted by: Marcus T at September 29, 2023 09:21 AM (paWNQ)

388 This is nothing, I'm sure

Biden asked for personal meeting with Hunter's Chinese business partner (Hunter, I believe, called him "The head of Chinese intelligence).

https://shorturl.at/ahqGY

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 29, 2023 09:22 AM (CVODj)

389 Raise your hand if you think there are US military personnel with loaded guns in Ukraine right now

Posted by: DB - at September 29, 2023 09:22 AM (geLO8)

390 I don't really understand these generational divisions except for "Boomers". What age is Gen Z?

Gen X = born 1965-1980
Millennials = 1981 - 1998ish
Gen Z = 1998 - 2016ish

Approximately.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 29, 2023 09:22 AM (FD5dr)

391 That whole thread is insane, Russia is no longer our primary enemy or threat. They can't even successfully invade a mid-sized neighboring country, something that you would think would be over in a month.

Russia could've ended it in a month, if that were actually the goal.

Look at the state of the western countries, pouring billions of grift into Ukraine with ZERO result. Russia is getting exactly what they want out of this 'conflict.'

Billions of $$$ are flowing into communist coffers and we're going broke from it.

Madagascar could take the US easily in a few years.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 09:22 AM (Zz0t1)

392 I always thought it was comical that the passage about deacons and (iirc) elders says something the elders not drinking wine, and the deacons not drinking much wine.

Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 29, 2023 09:22 AM (+MSSo)

393 Trump not only tries but is actually doing it.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 29, 2023 08:30 AM (ZLI7S)

He's said and done many laudable things but a dedicated reform of the party is not one of them. His equivocation over the RNC leadership was the latest example. His well-intentioned conceit has been that his magnificent leadership would bend the party to his will, that he could schmooze and charm the GOP to the nationalistic cause. Never going to happen. A wrecking ball is required. That's not Trump's style, for better or for worse.

I absolutely support him for 2024.

Posted by: Ordinary American at September 29, 2023 09:22 AM (d3mKp)

394 Detective Sergeant Nick Yemana said the coffee tasted fine to him and she was released from custody.

[R.I.P. Jack Soo.]
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 29, 2023 09:21 AM (krqg6)

I generally make a fresh pot every week even is there is some left over.

https://tinyurl.com/2udfbhec

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2023 09:23 AM (BRHaw)

395 I'm guessing Youngkin is smart enough to see what's happening and will wait until 2028--something DeSantis should have done.
Posted by: IrishEi at September 29, 2023 09:21 AM (3ImbR)

Youngkin knows how to win...he's waiting to see if that's possible. A wait for another few weeks only helps him b/c a lot can happen while he stays out of the fray...the man has great political instincts for a non-politician.

Posted by: Nova Local at September 29, 2023 09:23 AM (exHjb)

396 Youngkin is still out, but no longer "100%" out...he says he's focused on winning the VA elections this year.
Posted by: Nova Local at September 29, 2023 09:06 AM (exHjb)

Regardless of the outcome of these races, he'd have to be seven kids of stupid to enter the race shortly before voting starts AND the frontrunner has a commanding lead.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 29, 2023 09:23 AM (GYIa4)

397 How long will DiFi lie in state in the Rotunda? Flags lowered? National Day of Mourning, etc...
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Is she dead? Will Jimmy Carter attend the funeral? Is Keith Richards laughing?
Posted by: Puddinhead

Keith Richards is at the parimutuel window collecting his winnings.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 29, 2023 09:23 AM (Y2tls)

398 Jesus, if that little girl who got assaulted in the hallway was my daughter, I'm not sure how I would react. That's just unbelievable.

Posted by: Indiana Lurker at September 29, 2023 09:24 AM (3ZVqj)

399 389 Raise your hand if you think there are US military personnel with loaded guns in Ukraine right now
Posted by: DB - at September 29, 2023 09:22 AM (geLO

*raises both hands*

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2023 09:24 AM (BRHaw)

400 Dianne Feinstein croaked

Posted by: JROD at September 29, 2023 09:24 AM (IlL6s)

401 I don't seven see how you can have a real debate (which is normally between 2 people/sides) with 6 or 8 people vying for attention but in agreement on most points. I will be chaos by definition. Which is why I never watch the primary debates. They really needs to be more of a question/answer session or some completely other format.

Posted by: Ripley at September 29, 2023 09:24 AM (JojsZ)

402 "Rest in power"

One of the stupidest things they love to say

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2023 09:24 AM (RIvkX)

403 Pentagon exempts Ukraine operations from potential government shutdown

So Ukrainians of all types get paid, but American soldiers are made into Democrat political examples, and do not.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 29, 2023 09:24 AM (CVODj)

404 > Raise your hand if you think there are US military personnel with loaded guns in Ukraine right now
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The first of something like 31 M1A1 Abrams tanks rolled into Ukraine a couple days ago. I'd assume there are US military personnel (with loaded guns) there to provide some sort of transitional assistance with them.

IIRC... training was/will be done elsewhere. Not at the front lines. So probably not what you're suggesting.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 29, 2023 09:25 AM (Q4IgG)

405 Madagascar could take the US easily in a few years.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 09:22 AM (Zz0t1)

Get in line, pal.

Posted by: Duchy of Grand Fenwick at September 29, 2023 09:25 AM (4I/2K)

406 I don't really understand these generational divisions except for "Boomers". What age is Gen Z?
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I think it is my son's age cohort. He's 21. Not sure though.
Posted by: Puddinhead at September 29, 2023 09:20 AM (+nRli)
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It's basically irrelevant now, and the next one is totally irrelevant. It's an unnatural structure that resulted from the first easily-defined generation (the Boomers) that came up because of the massive disruption that was the War. This is unnatural, and the effect is now petering out because real life is fairly messy. The breakdown usually goes like this:
1946-1965: Boomers
1966-1980 (or 1985): Gen X
1981 (or 1986) - 2000: Millennials
2001-2015 or so: Gen Z
2015 or so - present: Unnamed

The Boomers birthed most of Gen X *and* most of the Millennials. Gen X and the Millennials birthed the Zoomers. The named generational cohort concept makes less sense the further away we get from 1946, since the amount of variance inevitably increases. Without a massive and near-universal reproductive and demographic disruption like we had during WWII, generational cohorts do not have bright dividing lines. The whole thing is a bizarre artifact.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 29, 2023 09:25 AM (t0OGg)

407 Madagascar could take the US easily in a few years.
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Well, they have lemurs. Basically ground combat otters. No one has an answer to that.

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 29, 2023 09:25 AM (+nRli)

408 How long will DiFi lie in state in the Rotunda? Flags lowered? National Day of Mourning, etc...

Ding dong the witch is dead.
Piss on her.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 29, 2023 09:26 AM (Y2tls)

409 Have a great day, everyone.

May the beauty all around you enfold you to happiness.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 29, 2023 09:26 AM (u82oZ)

410 On the Tech Thread, I mentioned a writing contest, and Anna Puma asked what contest it is.

https://thelawdogfiles.com/raconteur-press

I submitted to the one that closed in mid-September. There's a second one with the same theme (protecting one's children, or rescuing them from danger) that opens on 10/1. They want 5K-8K words; pays in royalties.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 29, 2023 09:26 AM (J2vNu)

411 "Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2023 09:20 AM (zshnC)"

I don't sit in judgment of any man. I only repeat the Gospel that I live by. God is the one who sits in judgement and has given us his laws, statutes and ways as a guide towards the truth. In that, He has also told us what is sin, and it's pretty easy to understand. There are no grey areas. But in the end he has also urged us to abandon sin so that we might be saved. We all have that ability and in the end we are all sinners, but God and God alone will judge what's in our hearts.

Posted by: Marcus T at September 29, 2023 09:26 AM (paWNQ)

412 "Rest in power"

One of the stupidest things they love to say
Posted by: San Franpsycho

--

It's disturbing to know people think like that, too. Normal, well-adjusted folks don't think about having power over other folks. That's all they think about.

Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 29, 2023 09:26 AM (+MSSo)

413 2015 or so - present: Unnamed
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Dickless?

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 29, 2023 09:26 AM (+nRli)

414 396 Youngkin is still out, but no longer "100%" out...he says he's focused on winning the VA elections this year.
Posted by: Nova Local at September 29, 2023 09:06 AM (exHjb)

Regardless of the outcome of these races, he'd have to be seven kids of stupid to enter the race shortly before voting starts AND the frontrunner has a commanding lead.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 29, 2023 09:23 AM (GYIa4)

As we saw today with Diane Fi, old people can have health collapse rather rapidly and unexpectedly (and publicly, in the case of Biden). Being ready is useful for a lot of reasons when the front runner is 77 years old. Hilary couldn't make it through 2016 healthy (and she was younger), and that likely cost her the race.

Posted by: Nova Local at September 29, 2023 09:26 AM (exHjb)

415 The fact that Feinstein lasted this long is a testament to Ensure and stimulants. I thought she was a goner months ago.

Posted by: huerfano at September 29, 2023 09:26 AM (cs21Z)

416 ... and all the rest of it while another election is going to be fortified with essential vitamins, minerals and fake ballots to help build strong dictatorships 85 million ways.

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Defending the Ukranian border with hundreds of billions while ours has been erased. It's almost as if rubbing our faces in feces is part of the kink ... or something.

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at September 29, 2023 09:27 AM (2O5Io)

417 Damn. I had Pelosi in the Dead Pool.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 29, 2023 09:28 AM (Y6AXb)

418 >IIRC... training was/will be done elsewhere. Not at the front lines. So probably not what you're suggesting.

Posted by: Martini Farmer

I am not inclined to trust statements from the Pentagon or the USGov't

we'll see, maybe, one day

Posted by: DB - at September 29, 2023 09:28 AM (geLO8)

419 >>Well, they have lemurs. Basically ground combat otters. No one has an answer to that.

And pretty much a corner on the vanilla bean market, right? You think AWFLs could survive long without their vanilla lattees?! The humanity!

Posted by: Lizzy at September 29, 2023 09:28 AM (izj35)

420 It's basically irrelevant now, and the next one is totally irrelevant. It's an unnatural structure that resulted from the first easily-defined generation (the Boomers) that came up because of the massive disruption that was the War. This is unnatural, and the effect is now petering out because real life is fairly messy

This is why I hate classifying people by when they were born.

This need to do so points to our society's revulsion at individuality. Everything and everyone must be pigeonholed and have everything ascribed to them based on that.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 29, 2023 09:28 AM (8sMut)

421 390 - I never go by the Boomer dates. 1965 is smack in the middle of what I consider the boomer decade. I was born in 1962 and do not consider myself a boomer. I was not old enough to be at woodstock, I do not remember any of the Kennedys getting shot. I do not remember shit from the 60's and did not have a political ideology. To me boomer is leftwing, fight the man, become the man later and life, get rich, screw the rest of us and then register as a republican when they're 80.

Posted by: Jaimo at September 29, 2023 09:28 AM (DBrN4)

422 Damn. I had Pelosi in the Dead Pool.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 29, 2023 09:28 AM (Y6AXb)

She's still a spry young chippie.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 09:28 AM (Zz0t1)

423 Will Jimmy Carter attend the funeral?
Posted by: Puddinhead
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Might as well,, I'm shoveling out the grave right now

Posted by: Jimmy Carter at September 29, 2023 09:28 AM (X4yCj)

424 2015 or so - present: Unnamed

“Generation Alpha” is the going term.

The real X/Millennial cutoff is “was your first system Atari 2600 or NES”.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 29, 2023 09:28 AM (FD5dr)

425
BREAKING

Diane Feinstein Still Dead

Posted by: DB - at September 29, 2023 09:29 AM (geLO8)

426 @389, 399 raises hands. A report the other day said the Russians destroyed a Leopard tank and went they got there the one survivor spoke German and said he was German army. A hotel was destroyed by a missile and there were USA "mercenaries" killed. We're there

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 29, 2023 09:29 AM (cot+J)

427
Defending the Ukranian border with hundreds of billions while ours has been erased. It's almost as if rubbing our faces in feces is part of the kink ... or something.
Posted by: ShainS

--

We paid more for the return of five U.S. spies who were captured spying in Iran than Americans - via Trump - requested for a wall to protect America from an invasion of illegals.

Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 29, 2023 09:29 AM (+MSSo)

428 The first of something like 31 M1A1 Abrams tanks rolled into Ukraine a couple days ago. I'd assume there are US military personnel (with loaded guns) there to provide some sort of transitional assistance with them.
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Those are the Marines M1s. They decided to do without tanks. They had to be remodified to remove all the plus up stuff that we don't want falling into the wrong hands. Basically, Monkey Models.

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 29, 2023 09:29 AM (+nRli)

429 399 389 Raise your hand if you think there are US military personnel with loaded guns in Ukraine right now
Posted by: DB - at September 29, 2023 09:22 AM (geLO

*raises both hands*

Posted by: rhennigantx
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They are treating Americans wounded in battle in Ukraine, at an AFB hospital in Germany.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 29, 2023 09:29 AM (MIkft)

430 The states that produce most of the food we eat and energy we consume would have little or no say in the nation’s governance or in the federal government’s rule over them, which would be disastrous civilly, politically, and economically. . .

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"Not to worry, Mr Levin. By 2030, you will be producing zero food and energy -- and you will be happy!"

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at September 29, 2023 09:29 AM (2O5Io)

431 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, horde

Posted by: Inogame at September 29, 2023 09:29 AM (D/9Qo)

432 Posted by: Puddinhead at September 29, 2023 09:20 AM (+nRli)

Thanks. My son is 23. My son attended governmental schools. He had some very good teachers. He came out as a conservative and rolls his eyes so much they look like they're going to come out of his head if , for instance, a person mentions transgenders. He's also tutoring other college students ( He's in his final year) so he's doing quite well academically, thanks be to God.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2023 09:30 AM (Bktf/)

433 This is why I hate classifying people by when they were born.

This need to do so points to our society's revulsion at individuality. Everything and everyone must be pigeonholed and have everything ascribed to them based on that.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 29, 2023 09:28 AM (8sMut)

It's the Marxist way EMIRITE?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

434 Transhuman/cyborg Pelosi will outlive us all.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 29, 2023 09:30 AM (izj35)

435 BREAKING

Diane Feinstein Still Dead
Posted by: DB - at September 29, 2023 09:29 AM (geLO

her and Generalissimo Franco hanging out...

Posted by: SturmToddler at September 29, 2023 09:30 AM (KZaqS)

436 > It's disturbing to know people think like that, too. Normal, well-adjusted folks don't think about having power over other folks. That's all they think about.
Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 29, 2023 09:26 AM (+MSSo)

"He is in great fear, not knowing what mighty one may suddenly appear, wielding the Ring, and assailing him with war, seeking to cast him down and take his place. That we should wish to cast him down and have no one in his place is not a thought that occurs to his mind. That we should try to destroy the Ring itself has not yet entered into his darkest dream."

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 29, 2023 09:31 AM (Y6AXb)

437 Transhuman/cyborg Pelosi will outlive us all.
Posted by: Lizzy at September 29, 2023 09:30 AM (izj35)

Her tits are proton accelerators.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

438 349
Our Lord associated with tax collectors and sinners and prostitutes (and was mightily criticized by pharisees for doing so). So I think it’s possible to associate without condoning the sin
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Because it was the sinners he was trying to save. He wasn't there to party.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 29, 2023 09:31 AM (slgIg)

439 Dickless?
Posted by: Puddinhead at September 29, 2023 09:26 AM (+nRli)
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Oh, don't bet on that. The post-Zoomers may well end up totally based, whether lefty or non-lefty. They're coming up in a dead America and are going to be fucked in every way. If you're looking for a civil catastrophe, an unmoored generation experiencing near universal anomie that is loyal to nothing but holds everything in contempt because of the destruction with which the grew up is a great way to achieve it.

It's why I think the really seismic stuff - stuff at "the country breaks up and disappears" scale - will get started in earnest in about 20 years' time. The Millennials are a huge generation that is reflexively conformist and deeply conservative (in the real sense - they are very invested in the power structure) and will hang on for as long as possible, crowding out the Zoomers like the last mega generation (the Boomers) held on and croweded out the smaller intermediate generation (Gen X).

But the post-Zoomers will, I suspect, tear down the rotten edifice. They will be loyal to no one and will have one hell of an axe to grind.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 29, 2023 09:31 AM (t0OGg)

440 Russia could've ended it in a month, if that were actually the goal.

Look at the state of the western countries, pouring billions of grift into Ukraine with ZERO result. Russia is getting exactly what they want out of this 'conflict.'

Billions of $$$ are flowing into communist coffers and we're going broke from it.

Madagascar could take the US easily in a few years.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 09:22 AM (Zz0t1)

We're coming for you, bitchez!

We still haven't forgot those lame-ass movies!!!!

Posted by: Madagascar at September 29, 2023 09:31 AM (QzZeQ)

441
>>He's said and done many laudable things but a dedicated reform of the party is not one of them. His equivocation over the RNC leadership was the latest example. His well-intentioned conceit has been that his magnificent leadership would bend the party to his will, that he could schmooze and charm the GOP to the nationalistic cause. Never going to happen. A wrecking ball is required. That's not Trump's style, for better or for worse.

I think some expect too much out of a single person or a single election. The uniparty in DC has been organizing and consolidating power for decades. They unleashed it on Trump before he was even sworn in and handcuffed his administration for almost 2 years and he still got an amazing amount of stuff done.

He's been facing legal challenges that would break most people for 7 years on made up bullshit and some of his detractors, even here, blame him for that. How is he supposed to completely reform the party by himself? He wasn't just fighting Dems in DC, he was fighting many in his own party.

It's going to take time and effort from a lot of people to turn this ship. A guy like Trump can lead but he needs an army of us.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 29, 2023 09:31 AM (ZLI7S)

442 So she is dead. Ding, Dong Diane is dead....

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 29, 2023 09:32 AM (+nRli)

443 Raise your hand if you think there are US military personnel with loaded guns in Ukraine right now

There was a news blip a while ago when Russia was considering executing US/UK mercs they captured in Ukraine

They decided not to but that does mean they HAVE US/UK mercs they've captured

Posted by: 18-1 at September 29, 2023 09:33 AM (XqcwY)

444 Senator Feinstein, how do you vote: "Ayeeeeeeeeeee"

To soon?

Posted by: WisRich at September 29, 2023 09:33 AM (G0vdT)

445 We worry about an audit for our puny IRS returns.

It's hard to even imagine the full force of the entire federal government, with multiple coordinating agencies and alphabet spy groups, acting simultaneously to lean on one person.

Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 29, 2023 09:33 AM (+MSSo)

446 So which one of her kids put the pillow over Diane?

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 29, 2023 09:33 AM (+nRli)

447 Someone slipped her an injection. Now we'll see if Kamala will be pushed into her spot.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 29, 2023 09:33 AM (iPIN9)

448 Time to put on my best mourning sweats.

Posted by: Sen Fetterman at September 29, 2023 09:34 AM (4I/2K)

449 Too bad the vultures in the Democrat party couldn’t let Diane Feinstein die with dignity. They had to let her know she was no longer useful to the party. The Democratic Borg!

Posted by: Unkaren at September 29, 2023 09:34 AM (faeYG)

450 Art B up YO !

Posted by: JT at September 29, 2023 09:34 AM (T4tVD)

451 We're coming for you, bitchez!.
We still haven't forgot those lame-ass movies!!!!
Posted by: Madagascar at September 29, 2023 09:31 AM (QzZeQ)
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This is how you thank us after we gave you a place on the Risk board?

Ungrateful ba$tards.

Posted by: IrishEi at September 29, 2023 09:35 AM (3ImbR)

452 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 09:35 AM (Zz0t1)

453 As we saw today with Diane Fi, old people can have health collapse rather rapidly and unexpectedly

I can't see how either of those adjectives apply to Feinstein. She's been a barely functional semi-corpse for months if not years.

Posted by: spindrift at September 29, 2023 09:35 AM (EGPRf)

454 Someone slipped her an injection. Now we'll see if Kamala will be pushed into her spot.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 29, 2023 09:33 AM (iPIN9)
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What are the rules for that? If Newsom were to appoint Harris to fill the seat vacated by Feinstein's corpse, what would happen? Is he permitted to do so? Can one refuse an appointment?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 29, 2023 09:35 AM (t0OGg)

455 Interestingly, for the gov shutdown, the Senate is now 50Ds, 49Rs, and for the next week or 2, Manchin goes back to all the power...

Posted by: Nova Local at September 29, 2023 09:35 AM (exHjb)

456 When is the Dem rally/ wake like when the Minn senator died?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 29, 2023 09:35 AM (cot+J)

457 May the beauty all around you enfold you to happiness.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 29, 2023 09:26 AM (u82oZ)

Got my daughter to admit that the sunrise was gorgeous, even if she was tired. I think she's going through another growth spurt and at this rate will be taller than me by 8th grade.

Posted by: pookysgirl thinks Dutch genes are ridiculous at September 29, 2023 09:35 AM (dtlDP)

458 444

No, not too soon.

Now Feinstein can fund raise with Jim Jones again in person.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at September 29, 2023 09:36 AM (bVfY0)

459 >>>This need to do so points to our society's revulsion at individuality. Everything and everyone must be pigeonholed and have everything ascribed to them based on that.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33
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My PT is female, black, has two daughters and a professional husband. They are buying a home and will have it paid off sooner than the mortgage time. She is bright, a college graduate and is prepping to open her own business.

There are producers, layabouts and crooks. Those are the divisions in our society. Anything else is someone's weak excuse for their own frailties.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 29, 2023 09:36 AM (MIkft)

460 But the post-Zoomers will, I suspect, tear down the rotten edifice. They will be loyal to no one and will have one hell of an axe to grind.
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So Lord Humongous rises? I hate that I will miss this.

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 29, 2023 09:36 AM (+nRli)

461 > This is why I hate classifying people by when they were born.

Not to mention the fundamental ridiculosity of claiming that everyone born in the year N is a member of the "Fuckface" generation, while everyone born in the year N+1 is a member of the "Shithead" generation, who have nothing whatsoever in common with the Fuckfaces who were born a year (or even much less... consider December 31 and January 1) before.

Bah. It's no different from astrology.

Do people's attitudes and such change over time? Of course they do, but it's a continuous function, not a step function, and the calendar year has nothing to do with it.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 29, 2023 09:36 AM (Y6AXb)

462 Is being reported that Diane Feinstein has passed on.
Posted by: Joe Biden at September 29, 2023 08:44 AM (M+gBW)

Huh.

So, anyway....

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at September 29, 2023 09:37 AM (Zvtjl)

463 455 Interestingly, for the gov shutdown, the Senate is now 50Ds, 49Rs, and for the next week or 2, Manchin goes back to all the power...
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Can someone light a fire in Fetterman's office?

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 29, 2023 09:38 AM (+nRli)

464 456 When is the Dem rally/ wake like when the Minn senator died?

Send McConnell. Maybe they will abuse and harass him again.
Then maybe he'll kack too.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at September 29, 2023 09:38 AM (bVfY0)

465 Do people's attitudes and such change over time? Of course they do, but it's a continuous function, not a step function, and the calendar year has nothing to do with it.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 29, 2023 09:36 AM (Y6AXb)
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It was a convenient way to draw a dividing line because the Boomers were real. It's less meaningful as time goes on, and disregards too many factors in the real world.

For example, I am a Dread Millennial. I am a younger child of older Boomers, and my oldest sibling is Gen X. As a result, I was exposed to a lot of Gen X culture, etc. when I was growing up, and my parents were older. I am much closer to later Gen X than I am to Millennials my own age who were the oldest children of younger Boomers or who were only children.

It's messy. The Boomers were a clean break, and Gen X was fairly consistent for the same reason, but it started getting muddy after that and is now extremely muddy. The Millennials are probably the last "real" generation in this respect, possibly the Zoomers. After them, though, it's back to the way it was pre-Boomers: the "generational" distinction isn't relevant anymore. The cohorts are all mixed up now, as they always were

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 29, 2023 09:40 AM (t0OGg)

466 Posted by: Jaimo at September 29, 2023

I became a Republican significantly before that. I have no plans to "become the man". If I do, please recommend that I go see a competent Christian counselor. 😉

I just think of Boomers as sometime after WW 2
And into sometime in the 60s. I don't really categorize them as having the same political, social mindset.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2023 09:44 AM (RODEp)

467 Back 15 years ago when my wife was first diagnosed with cancer, it was her first mamogram (age 40) that caught it. At the time she had a cousin working as a doctor in Canada where they had already transitioned to 50 for their first cancer screenings and she said to my wife that she would most likely have died before the cancer was found, leaving me with little-uns to raise all by myself. There was NO family history of breast cancer either.
This smells like saying the COVID vax is good for you and is 100% effective against COVID, until it wasn't.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 29, 2023 09:45 AM (ynpvh)

468 The Millennials are probably the last "real" generation in this respect, possibly the Zoomers. After them, though, it's back to the way it was pre-Boomers: the "generational" distinction isn't relevant anymore. The cohorts are all mixed up now, as they always were

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It's interesting that you'd make this point. I'd lately been wondering if the internet/social media was going to muddy this sort of thing up so much that it couldn't exist any longer.

Posted by: Moron Robbie found the recovered remains of Hitler's cocaine filled flying submarine at September 29, 2023 09:45 AM (QWNfT)

469 It's interesting that you'd make this point. I'd lately been wondering if the internet/social media was going to muddy this sort of thing up so much that it couldn't exist any longer.
Posted by: Moron Robbie found the recovered remains of Hitler's cocaine filled flying submarine at September 29, 2023 09:45 AM (QWNfT)
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If anything, I think social media is the last gasp of reinforcing it because similarly-aged people can coordinate in near isolation better than ever before. TikTok is for Zoomers, YouTube is for Millennials, etc. Time makes fools of us all, and it's primarily time that has undone the clean-break "generation" concept.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 29, 2023 09:47 AM (t0OGg)

470 Madagascar could take the US easily in a few years.
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Well, they have lemurs. Basically ground combat otters. No one has an answer to that.
Posted by: Puddinhead at September 29, 2023 09:25 AM

*giggles*

Posted by: Fossa at September 29, 2023 09:48 AM (aQy7p)

471 466 FenelonSpoke. I hear you. I was always republican, my Dad spoke of politics at the dinner table every night. The 60's hippies did become the man, look at all the fossils that are running the show now, they were all in college during the later 60's and that's what I call true boomers. You can't deny that a large percentage of the high school and college age kids of the 60's were liberal just because their WW2 parents were not.

Posted by: Jaimo at September 29, 2023 09:48 AM (DBrN4)

472
she said to my wife that she would most likely have died before the cancer was found

There are noticeable but subtle changes to the appearance of the breast when cancer is present. Women should be aware of them. Self examination on a regular basis is important too.

If the medical industry has decided that five years between mammograms is safe... well that's a long time to assume everything is fine.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 29, 2023 09:52 AM (enJYY)

473 Millennials = 1981 - 1998ish

That should be Gen Y

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 29, 2023 09:54 AM (H7DKa)

474 If anything, I think social media is the last gasp of reinforcing it because similarly-aged people can coordinate in near isolation better than ever before

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Also a good observation and will be taken into my ponderings.

Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 29, 2023 09:58 AM (+MSSo)

475 Good morning, all, and thanks, J.J.

"But to be honest, he's been writing the same damn book now for the past 20 years. Only the names and outrages have changed and multiplied by orders of magnitude. Yet the most important constant is the nagging question of "the solution."

Yeah, don't know how he does it but he's but one person whistling in the wind. Easy to ignore, mock, and with odds he'll burn out soon enough.

When I really want to be amused I look up Most Diverse Public Schools in _____. Here's one, in part, from another state: It has 922 students in grades 9-12 with a student-teacher ratio of 11 to 1. According to state test scores, 5% of students are at least proficient in math and 17% in reading. But, damn, A+ in diversity. My county: One school district w/12,000 + students and, according to state test scores, 18% are at least proficient in math and 36% in reading and A+ for Diversity.

The kids aren't dumb. Many will be keeping the community colleges, certain state schools, unlicensed training programs, etc. going, as their families hope for a better future for them. What's the odds if they can't get into 'government.' USA Caste system.

Aloha.

Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know their enemies at September 29, 2023 10:06 AM (GshMh)

476 You can't deny that a large percentage of the high school and college age kids of the 60's were liberal just because their WW2 parents were not.
Posted by: Jaimo at September 29, 2023 09:48 AM (DBrN4)

A large percentage of us died in a little dustup in Southeast Asia as well. I was drafted in 1967, received orders for 'Nam in mid '68. Thankfully, a few days later they were rescinded. My MOS was going to be involved in rebuilding a communication center in Saigon. Plans were dropped to send us over there. Lost two close friends and 5 classmates there. So, yeah, many of us, especially those of us who came from working class parents, were NOT part of the "hippie" crowd. I knew of no one in my age group who gravitated to that philosophy. Didn't even enter my mind. First president I voted for was Nixon, in 1968. I turned 21 in June of that year, while in the army.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at September 29, 2023 10:06 AM (Zvtjl)

477 "Representative Ken Buck is an asshole. Check that; Representative Ken Buck is a hemorrhoid on the giant asshole that is the Republican Party."

Another Ashloe is Mike Roberts running for Senate in MI. The guy wrote the Patriot Act, etc. Total joke and a dangerous one at that.

Posted by: Danimal28 at September 29, 2023 10:08 AM (klw0w)

478 Posted by: Jaimo at September 29, 2023 09:48 AM

I agree with you about many people becoming liberal because their parents were more conservative.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 29, 2023 10:12 AM (UJ9E3)

479 Ah, but Fienstein is dead. Warm yer coffee back up, because it's also at room temperature by now!

Posted by: Don Draper at September 29, 2023 10:47 AM (SpDH3)

480 476 "a large percentage of the high school and college age kids of the 60's were liberal just because their WW2 parents were..." very well-heeled and, often, academics and progressives.

See Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), in Britannica, and more.

I was younger but remember being near very well educated people who regaled about destruction, mayhem they truly seemed to believe certain persons were entitled to engage in 'against the man.' It was f***ing ridiculous; they were f***ing ridiculous. Money brought them time & time was something a lot of 'revolutionaries' had too much of on their hands.

Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know their enemies at September 29, 2023 11:09 AM (GshMh)

481 Grumpy and Recalcitrant had me banned on the Tuesday ONT. This was uncalled for and a travesty. I expect an apology.

Posted by: This Will Not Stand! at September 29, 2023 11:22 AM (83IzV)

482 Snagajob caters to the service sector and focuses on element-time positions.

Posted by: Homepage at October 01, 2023 06:13 AM (l0aq6)

483 Link exchange is nothing else except it is simply placing the other person's web site link on your page at suitable place and other
person will also do same in favor of you.

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