Before you squeal with orgasmic glee while scanning the Trump, DeSantis or Ramaswamy websites, the answer is, believe it or not, Cornel West.

Of course, his platform also includes forgiving of all student debt and Medicare for All. And lest we forget, beyond the policy positions, his attitude towards America as founded politically and culturally is not going to entice Hillsdale College to recruit him for a professorship any time soon.

Ditto the candidacy of RFK Jr.. While absolutely right about several key issues, his doctrinaire leftism and contradictions on things like free speech (he's being muzzled by the media yet advocated muzzling opinions that challenged the climate change myth) tend to sour one's enthusiasm. Oh for sure, I'd never vote for him in a billion years. But at a minimum, his and West's candidacies, and more importantly their positions on issues that run contra the junta, present opportunities that go beyond the two of them being mere turds in the Democrat punchbowl.

There is disaffection morphing into outright anger from the more reasonable (for lack of a better word) quarters of the Democrat base with the party they have blindly supported for generations. Try as that party and its propagandists and cheerleaders to place the blame on conservatives, Trump, white people, capitalism and the usual panoply of straw men and bromides, ordinary people aren't buying those excuses for the in-your-face and in-your-wallet disasters that they are experiencing. See this story about the UAW, still striking and placing the blame on the push for EV's and green energy that will wipe them out entirely.

I'm not going to be Pollyanna and pretend that being mugged by reality, even to the extent where families, friends and associates of social justice fools either knifed on a Bed-Stuy street or shot to death in their Center City Philly home are suddenly going to en masse, take off the Darth Vader helmet and realize the error of their ways. But it does present an opportunity if not for the hardcore lost cadres and Marxist true believers, but for perhaps a good third of the country that is hopefully still reachable.

Considering all of the above, as well as West and Kennedy, it puts the Matt Gaetz-led ouster of Kevin McCarthy in a perspective that I think many are not seeing. In the words of the late great Milton Friedman:

I can't think of a more appropriate person than Matt Gaetz that that quote applies to in this instance. There's been much hand-wringing over what he did and frankly the argument falls short. Yes, he's got a huge ego and yes, Matt Gaetz is looking to advance his own career. The fact that he put that career and his ass on the line should not be overlooked either, but that's for another time. The point is, people are looking for saints in a den of iniquity that is Washington D.C. Forget it, friends, because you're not going to find them. That said, is everyone an abject scumbag criminal and phony? No. But beyond the vast majority that are, those few who don't fall into that category are, as dictated by human nature, looking out for themselves even as they at least try to do the right things.

Matt Gaetz is no saint. But in this instance, he did the right thing. It's up to you to decide if, pace Milton Friedman, it is politically profitable for him personally. In my view, it was morally and politically profitable for those of us who are tired of the fecklessness and nod-and-a-wink bullshit from the GOP.

So the whole thing was a disaster, no? Gaetz should have left well enough alone, right? Wrong. In fact, Gaetz has won a rare victory for the American people, and should be congratulated and thanked accordingly.

The removal of McCarthy from the speaker’s chair was historic not only because it has never happened before. For the first time ever, the American people struck back against the ruling oligarchy, and made it clear that they would no longer stand for the politics-as-usual that has brought the nation to this period of deep crisis.

For years now, indeed, for decades now, and with very few exceptions, the far Left has set political policy in the United States. On occasion, patriots have refused to go along, but almost every time their opposition collapsed into capitulation, with a few minor details adjusted but the larger principles of the Left’s initiative left intact.

This capitulationism has been the hallmark of the Republican Party since at very least 1952, when Dwight D. Eisenhower, the first Republican to be elected to the presidency in twenty years, made it clear that he would not make any effort to roll back Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, which set the nation on the road to socialism and the ever-expanding federal government that grows more intrusive and authoritarian by the day. Instead, Republicans would stand for the march toward socialism to be pursued a bit more slowly, a bit more responsibly, a bit more carefully, and that was all. . .

. . . McCarthy’s ouster is a signal to whichever Republican may follow him as speaker: patriotic Americans are fed up. The time for conciliation, compromise, and appeasement are over. The enemies of America have captured the Democrat Party and made the Republicans into controlled opposition. It’s time for some genuine opposition to the sinister agenda of these corruptocrats. Matt Gaetz has made a mighty effort to restore the voice of the American people in their own government. For that, every American owes him a debt of gratitude.

Friend and friend of the blog Robert Spencer absolutely nails it. Whatever Gaetz's motivations, whatever his foibles and flaws, he did what needed to be done.

And isn't it interesting, as in disgusting, that some of the most vaunted putative leaders in the conservative movement are ripping Gaetz apart when you'd think they'd be standing shoulder to shoulder with him:

Mark Levin:

"Gaetz is a POS demagogue who repeatedly lied during the House floor debate yesterday, and then, of course, simultaneously was fundraising and collecting email lists on behalf of the people," Levin wrote on social media. "He insisted that the House failed to bring up 12 separate appropriations bills. The fact is they could not get them out of committee because Democrats wanted to spend a great deal more, which would have blown up the budget further, and conservatives opposed the bills. It had nothing to do with a refusal by McCarthy to oppose regular order."

Newt Gingrich:

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., floated the idea of removing GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida from the House Republican Conference.

"The effort to expel Matt Gaetz for being a destructive, irresponsible anti-Republican may be a step too far," Gingrich wrote on X, formerly Twitter. "Expulsion from the House requires a two thirds vote."

"However expelling him from the House Republican Conference and eliminating all his committee assignments and all resources other than those an individual member is entitled to would be a rational response to his suicidal efforts to cripple the House GOP."

Anti-Republican? Hmm. I like that, Newt. In fact because of dried-up frauds like you and Levin, as well as the decades-long bullshit of Republicans who worked to fuck over Goldwater, Reagan, Trump and the American people, I declare here and now that. . .

When people like Cornel West and RFK Jr. start not only making more sense but do so in a non-disingenuous way than the GOP, then maybe it's time for the GOP to un-fuck itself and people like Gingrich and Levin to do the opposite.

Just saying.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• Richard Fernandez: "The game is up, but it goes on because politicians can simultaneously be winning the political game even while discrediting the game itself, like a sports team leading the league even while attendance is dropping precipitously. The revolt against Speaker McCarthy suggests the league itself may finally be in crisis. The system is breaking where you would expect it to — on the Republican side. But maybe the whole system is collapsing under the weight of an open border, unsustainable budget, and lawfare that will finally force a change in flight plans. It’s stalling like an airplane with ice on its wings. The establishment is still trying to maintain altitude and even climb by pulling back on the stick. But will it work this time?"
  Life as a Rubber Stamp
  
• Lloyd Billingsley: "Dr. Fauci’s quest to spread the coverup."
  The NIAID-CIA Axis
  
• Daniel Greenfield: "Was there a quid pro quo in the McCain family backing Biden?"
  McCain Library Built With $83 Million in [Chinese] COVID "Public Health Emergency" Money

BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS
• "James Biden’s participation shows just how much of a family affair the scandal is, with Joe Biden, the family’s ‘only asset,’ at the top."
  James Biden’s Role in the Biden Access-for-Hire Operation Shows it Was a Family Affair
  
• Burlison continued, “In fact, what's really striking is that this interaction occurred on the same day. So the other thing that's really interesting to note is not only do they have an interaction, but in the email it says the VP signed off on this. The VP signed off on the, on the shared communication.”
  WATCH: Biden Bribery Emails Exposed – "It Says The VP Signed Off on This"
  
• "If confirmed, [Hampton] Dellinger could create a conflict of interest given his links to Hunter Biden. Dellinger and the younger Biden worked together at the white shoe law firm Boies Schiller Flexner, the Washington Free Beacon reported. In 2014, Hunter Biden tapped Boies Schiller Flexner to represent Burisma Holdings, the Ukrainian energy firm where he served as a board member."
  Biden Taps Former Hunter Biden Colleague To Lead Office of the Special Counsel
  
• "If he’s smart (a big if, to be sure), he could become a true hero of the anti-gun movement."
  Will the Guns of Hunter Biden Prop Up the Right or Left?

  SHAMPEACHMENT 1.0, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION

• "Over the course of testimony Wednesday — the third day of trial in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit — Engoron checked Trump’s legal team twice more, at one point suggesting they were pandering to the press and carrying out their defense as if a jury were present."
  Extra Large Order of Freislers — Hack-in-Black Judge Enorgon/Gorgon at Trump’s NY Civil Fraud Trial Slams Hand on Bench, Loses His Cool During Testimony "This is Ridiculous!"
  
• "Trump criticized Allison Greenfield, Principal Law Clerk to New York State Judge Arthur Engoron, on Truth Social on Tuesday for a picture she took with Democratic New York Sen. Chuck Schumer. Engoron issued a gag order Tuesday preventing Trump from criticizing his staff after the now-deleted Truth Social post."
  Law Clerk Who Trump Can’t Criticize Ran as Democrat Candidate, Donated Thousands to Local Dems
  
• “He called me a Russian operative… That is a lie, that is false,” Giuliani stated, “Joe Biden has spent his life telling lies” and referred to the [so-called quote-unquote "president"] as a “pathological liar.” . . . The former New York Mayor is currently facing a lawsuit from Joe Biden’s son Hunter, who alleges in proceedings initiated last month that Giuliani totally annihilated his digital privacy after he published information from Hunter’s laptop.
  Rudy Giuliani is Suing Joe Biden

  CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

• “Liberals are now telling us they plan to protect American democracy and that’s the clearest possible sign that they intend to end it.”
  “We’re in the Middle of a Revolution” – Victor Davis Hanson Warns Tucker: “The Next 12 Months Will be the Most Explosive in History”
  
• “Police are the frontliners to reinforce these social injustices that rich and powerful private interests reify by expenditure in government and law enforcement,” Johnson wrote in the letter. “The reason why people have such hostile feelings toward the police is an understanding that they are not being mobilized to keep people safe but more so to protect ill-gotten private property and enforce a legal system that devours the poor, setting them up for continued exploitation.” (Sounds like Huey Newton channeling Vlad Lenin- jjs)
  Anti-‘Cop City’ Activist Arrested After Allegedly Stealing Car, Plowing It Into Two Other Vehicles
  
• The nation’s federal law enforcement agency criminalizing opposition to the regime is not new, but it has drastically increased under [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Joe Biden. FBI data reviewed by Newsweek indicates “nearly two-thirds of the FBI’s current investigations” center on Trump supporters accused of disregarding “anti-riot” laws.
  FBI Targets Trump Voters as Domestic Terrorists Ahead of 2024 Election
  
• "The political nature of the Jan. 6 prosecutions is illustrated by the partisan history of Matthew Graves and his wife, Fatima Goss Graves."
  This Activist Wife Schmoozes the Get-Trump White House While Her Prosecutor Husband Jails J6ers
  
• "Congressional hopeful Liz Whitmer Gereghty 'thrilled' with left-wing org that wants to pull cops from schools."
  Wretched Whitmer’s Sister Wants This Defund Police Group To Take Over Local School Boards
  
• "As a former military professional, one of the worst aspects of this plan is the crushing bureaucracy that the Plan creates."
  Army Corps of Engineers to Solve “Nation’s Toughest Engineering Challenges” – Through “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion”
  
• "The whole story is horrifying, but the silent endorsement by North Face makes it worse. . . 'North Face’s favoritism to minorities, essentially putting whites to the back of the bus, can also be clearly seen on its 'Explore Fund' website, where it details the many programs it runs exclusively for minorities."
  Today’s Blacklisted American: Man’s Life Ruined Because a Black Man Slandered Him for Profit

  FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH

• "Imagine a competitive world with 100 online superstores, each with 1% of the market. If one store decided to both raise its fees for sellers and prohibit sellers from offering lower prices elsewhere, sellers in a free market would tell that store to take a hike. The real world, however, is more like a Soviet Russia joke where Amazon tells sellers to take a hike."
  Amazon acts more like a Soviet commissar than a company
  
• Miranda Devine: "Where does Trevor Bauer go to get his reputation back? His MLB career?Two years of his life down the toilet, the lost opportunities, the stress of being falsely accused as a violent rapist: How does he rewind the clock? He can’t. Nobody ever can.You’re supposed to be innocent until proven guilty in this country, but the former Dodgers pitcher never had a chance." (In America, Miranda, but not this country - jjs)
  Media Lynch Mob Was Way Off in ex-MLB Star Trevor Bauer’s Rape Case
  
• "The case of Trevor Bauer represents a dangerous trend in which America’s corrupt press is given the power of judge and jury."
  Corrupt Media Declared Trevor Bauer Guilty Until Proven Innocent — And Ruined His Life
  
• ". . . if ChatGPT was accurately recounting its policies in this case, this means that it is forbidden from using forbidden sources. Large Language Models (LLM) like ChatGPT deliver responses, and arguably even develop a worldview, based on the combination of data they are fed and rules put in place by developers. If the list discovered by Elephant Civics exists, it means ChatGPT is forbidden from using a number of conservative sources to shape its worldview and deliver responses."
  Report: OpenAI’s ChatGPT Maintains Blacklist of Websites, Including Breitbart News
  
• "Canada's PM is actually already there – after years of insidious crackdowns."
  Elon Musk: Justin Trudeau is Trying to "Crush Free Speech in Canada"
  
• "The left never likes to address the fact that the most crime-ridden areas of our countries are Democrat strongholds. It doesn’t matter what crime legislation they pass or what gun control measures they put in place, they are the violent crime hotspots in our nation."
  KJP Blames GOP for Rep. Cuellar Getting Carjacked, and It Gets Dumber
  * * * * *

• The writer, Alain Soral, raged at journalist Catharine Macherel in a Facebook video two years ago, in which he called her a “fat lesbian” and said her “queer work” is “unhinged,” according to NBC News. The Lausanne court sentenced him for the crimes of defamation, discrimination and incitement to hatred. (His only crime was beating an oxymoron to death - jjs)
  Man Sentenced To Two Months Behind Bars For Calling Journalist a "Fat Lesbian"

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• "The lower-than-expected job numbers come as bad news for [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Joe Biden as he ramps up his 2024 re-election campaign. With weakening in the labor market likely to continue as a result of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes, the Biden campaign’s decision to lean into ‘Bidenomics‘ may backfire."
  U.S. Adds Just 89,000 Jobs In September, Missing 150,000 Target
  
• "Interest rates aren’t falling, and with the U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio projected to reach 115 percent over the next decade, the situation becomes ever more dire."
  Unsustainable
  
• "Nothing focuses the minds of American voters more than an economy gone sour."
  2024: The Trump Boom vs. the Biden Bust
  
• "The congresswoman and her fellow far-lefties are now demanding new tax hikes on not just the top 1%, but the top 5% of New York earners — meaning tax filers making as little as $250,000 a year, as the Empire Center’s Tim Hoefer notes in the Wall Street Journal. . . The top rate would be an off-the-charts 24%, nearly double California’s 13.3% figure, the next-highest." (LOLGF New Yorkers! - jjs)
  Better Watch Out: Titty-Caca AOC and Fellow Socialists Are Coming for YOUR Earnings

  RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM

• "About 25,000 auto workers across the United States are striking against General Motors (GM), Ford, and Stellantis after the United Auto Workers (UAW) announced the strike nearly a month ago in the hopes of scoring higher wages to keep up with inflation and commitments that their members’ jobs will not be quashed by Biden’s EV mandates." (It's this simple, UAW and everyone for that matter: Stop. Voting. Democrat. - jjs)
  Striking Auto Workers Warn: Biden’s Green Agenda "Going to Wipe Us Out"
  
• "Getting you coming and going."
  High E.V. Costs Don't End Once You've Bought One
  
• In addition to tackling emissions reductions goals, the research center must also be equity-driven: aiming to have “proportional,” not equal, impact on the community in which the research center will be located. The research center must also eliminate any disparities in transportation access.
  Biden Junta to Waste $12.5 Million on Cockamamie "Equity-Driven" Emissions Reduction Research
  
• "Net-Zero: an inexorable progression to disaster."
  Anterooms to the Suicide Club
  
• "The book portrays coal in an ominous light."
  Need We Fear Another Ice Age? A Review of Following Jesus in a Warming World

  AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY

• "Governor Abbott is fighting back, but he's up against long odds."
  The Democrats' Plot to Turn Texas Blue
  
• Matthey Mueller, the executive director for the Office of Emergency Management for the City and County of Denver, sent an email to officials in Texas communities of Brownsville, El Paso, Houston, and Dallas advising that they “can no longer provide the same level of sheltering resources to newly arriving persons in Denver.” Mueller said his office is reducing the maximum length of stay for migrants arriving as of October 4, according to documents provided to Breitbart Texas by Texas officials.
  Sanctuary City Asks Texas Border Towns to Divert Migrants Away from Denver
  
• It's got to be a head-fake - jjs
  ‘Immediate Need’: Biden Junta Clears Path to Construct More Border Wall on Federally Protected Land

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• Kruger told him of the incident when his house was vandalized a couple of months ago and police took care in looking into the incident, which seemingly “helped him look at things a little differently.” (Why didn't he use his bully pulpit, such as it was, to repudiate his propaganda when he had the chance? - jjs)
  Former Police Sergeant Reveals Slain Far-Left "Journalist" Reached Out to Him to Acknowledge "Things are Getting Out of Hand Philly"

  AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS

• The law “would have subjected physicians to discipline for sharing information that departs from the ‘contemporary scientific consensus’ on [Chinese] Covid-19 with their patients.”
  California Gov. Newsom Quietly Kills Law Punishing Docs for [Chinese] COVID ‘Medical Misinformation’

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• "The left-wing faux book banning allegations are relentless."
  The Book Ban Clan
  
• "Proposal comes as Fresno's public school teachers barrel toward a strike that could close classrooms."
  Top California Teachers' Union Wants Homeless People To Sleep in Its Public School Parking Lots

  THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH

• "PILF’s lawsuit against Griswold will now be permitted to move forward as a result of Friday’s ruling. . . In addition to Colorado, PILF is seeking ERIC data reports from Louisiana, Alaska, and Washington, D.C. In Alaska, a federal judge issued a stipulated court order last month that Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom must forfeit such records to PILF."
  Colorado Tried To Throw Out An Election Watchdog’s Lawsuit Seeking ERIC Data. A Judge Said No.

  OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY

• Daily Mail: “Kippa-wearing Jewish man, 29, (… kicked and pummeled by mob of pro-Palestinian men who shouted ‘go back to Israel, Hamas is going to kill you.’"
  Three Pro- """Palestinian""" Attackers Plead Guilty in NYC Anti-Semitic Assault
  
• Oh please, they don't object to the anti-Semitism. They object that he was open about it - jjs
  Former New York Democrat Rep. Mondaire Jones Deletes "Anti-Semitic" Post After Intraparty Blowback
  
• Perfect. A glittering jewel of gas-baggery becomes a kapo in one of the worst centers of Jewish self-gassers around - jjs
  Randi Weingarten Joins J Street Board

  DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY

• Adams’ participation in the events on October 1, the anniversary of the founding of the “People’s Republic of China,” is notable given mounting reports of Adams maintaining close ties with, including reportedly receiving financial donations from, individuals believed to be affiliated with China’s United Front Work Department (UFWD). “United Front Work” is a catchall term the Communist Party uses for foreign interference operations masquerading as cultural outreach, charity, or educational programs.
  Eric Adams Joins Chinese Officials in NYC for CCP Flag Raising on Anniversary of Mao’s Communist Rule
  
• "Menendez’s wife allegedly killed a 49-year-old man named Richard Koop while driving her black Mercedes at night, according to the NYT. Officials ruled her not to be culpable in the incident and promptly let her free; there is speculation about whether Menendez tried to interfere on his wife’s behalf." (But Trump said "pussy" which is the equivalent of genocide - jjs)
  Bob Menendez’s Wife Killed a Man in a 2018 Car Accident: REPORT

  POLITICS

• Robert Spencer: "At last, a politician stands up to the establishment uniparty."
  Bravo, Gaetz
  
• "The loss of Kevin McCarthy is only the beginning of a public looking to take revenge against its reactionary intellectual culture that shows them such contempt."
  Kevin McCarthy and the Political Culture
  
• Trump added the Republican Party has “great people” who can “do a great job as speaker.”
  Donald Trump on Potential Speakership Bid: ‘Total Focus Is Being President’
  
• "Jordan: 'Now is the time for our Republican conference to come together to keep our promises to Americans.'"
  Jim Jordan Enters Race for House Speaker
  
• “It is with a strong sense of responsibility and purpose that I seek the House Republican Conference’s nomination for Speaker of the House.” (What have you done to bring Durbin and Sanders to account for your near assassination? - jjs)
  House Majority Leader Steve Scalise Announces Bid for Speaker
  
• "He did with seven other votes what McCarthy could not do with more than half of the House chamber." (Kind of proves the point as to why McLuntz had to go - jjs)
  The Matt Gaetz Eight
  
• "John Cornyn is a snake in the grass."
  ‘Republican’ Sen. John Cornyn Joins The Deep State In Calling Conservatives Terrorists 
  
• "Kevin McCarthy’s fall reveals the incentives for chaos in contemporary American politics."
  The Widening Gyre
  * * * * *

• "Trump holds a huge lead over DeSantis in the RealClearPolitics average, drawing 56.5% of Republican primary voters to 13.5% for DeSantis, with former Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley in third place with 7.4% and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy in fourth place with 5.6%."
  Trump Campaign Announces $45 Million Fundraising Haul For Third Quarter
  
• "There is a huge, Reagan-sized opportunity here if Republicans can seize the moment."
  Will The GOP Blow Its Huge Lead on the Issues?
  
• "The campaign is likely to kick off on September 10 in Scottsdale." (I think they mean October 10 - jjs)
  Kari Lake Files Paperwork to Run for Sinema’s Arizona Senate Seat
  
• "They support him in the hood."
  Rapper Sexxy Red Says Black People "Love Trump"
  [Cornel] West, a prominent left-wing academic and philosophical writer, announced his run for president June 5. The Green Party candidate is running on a policy platform that includes forgiving “all student debt,” conducting all elections through the use of “hand-counted paper ballots,” imposing term limits for members of Congress, implementing “Medicare for All,” breaking “up Big Tech” and disbanding NATO, according to his campaign website. (Okay, he's a psycho. But he scores a big 4 out of 6 significant winners for me - jjs)
  Forget Independent RFK — There’s a Bigger Threat to Joe Biden Already on the Campaign Trail, Strategists Say
  
• "Officials fear that the lack of diversity reflects the collapse in support among minority groups for Joe Biden, with many getting behind former President Donald Trump."
  Dems in Panic as Party Fails to Hit Its Own Diversity Targets
  
• "A haunting narrative of fantasies and lies."
  The """President""" Who Wasn’t There
  
• "If Trump gets his second term, he'll need a radically different plan to get things done in the federal government."
  You Can't Drain a Swamp from a Raft in the Middle

  THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"

• "The Biden [junta] and other proponents of current U.S. policy have so far failed to offer a valid strategic argument on behalf of the costs and risks that current U.S. policy incurs in the Russia-Ukraine War."
  Is Supporting the War in Ukraine in America’s Best Interest?
  
• "Will faltering support for the Ukrainian cause at home and failures on the battlefield make the uniparty warmongers reconsider?" (It's a grift, so the answer is "no" - jjs)
  Washington on the Knife Edge

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• "The [so-called quote-unquote "president's"] refusal to recognize danger might lead to war."
  Biden Makes a U-Turn on China’s Taiwan Invasion Risk
  
• In September 2023, Republican representatives led by Florida’s Byron Donalds introduced a bill that would prohibit federal agencies from referring to Taiwan as “Chinese Taipei,” claiming that the term is “a symbol of oppression from the People’s Republic of China,” the DCNF reported.
  GOP Reps Propose Resolution Encouraging "Full Participation" of Taiwan in Key Asia Forum
  
• "The American people must be shown that foreign policy crises don’t arrive out of the blue."
  An American Lack of Introspection on Failed U.S. Foreign Policy
  
• "What this means for the chance of "Palestinian" statehood."
  Saudis Make Clear They’re Ignoring "Palestinian" Demands
  
• "Her neighbors watch – and worry."
  Sweden Dying
  
• "An arson attack kills a young Parisian firefighter."
  In France, a Muslim Strikes Back at "The Most Vile of Created Beings"

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• “We are currently engaged in a massive social experiment of expanding access to cannabis.”
  The Harms of "Harm Reduction"

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• "Because Japan has no more H2A rockets left, and its smaller Epsilon rocket is also grounded due to launch and test problems, JAXA right now has no capability to launch anything."
  Japan’s space agency JAXA studying new reusuable rocket concepts
  
• "Prada will assist Axiom in working on the outer layer of its spacesuit, which has to protect the suit’s inner layers from the space environment, including lunar dust, without hindering its mobility."
  Axiom partners with clothing fashion company Prada on its spacesuit design

  FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY

• Parents’ Lawyers: “This is the first case where a court has ruled on the merits in favor of parents over a school district.”
  Groundbreaking Win For Parents: WI State Court Rules Against School’s Secret Gender Transitioning Policy
  
• "The EEOC aims to weaponize a federal law prohibiting harassment on the basis of sex in the workplace by forbidding employers to believe that biological sex can not be altered due to one’s self-identification, according to a report by the Daily Signal. The federal agency published a proposed rule for workplace harassment Monday, citing the Supreme Court’s decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, which states, “sex-based discrimination includes discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.”
  Biden Junta Forces Transgender Orthodoxy in Workplaces
  
• "The abortion provider is wading into transgender care, doling out prescriptions for estrogen and testosterone, including to special needs kids."
  Planned Parenthood is Helping Teenagers Transition After a 30 Minute Consult. Parents and Doctors are Sounding the Alarm.
  
• "A father said his daughter was distressed over believing a boy was with her in the bathroom."
  Philadelphia Area School District Bans Biological Boys In Girls’ Bathrooms After 400 Students Walk Out In Protest
  
• "The new policy allows students who claim to have a different gender to use the majority of single-sex bathrooms in schools. Originally, those restrooms were only available for use by teachers. It is a compromise, and it just might work. Another proposal, which the board rejected, would have allowed students to use the bathroom that matched their gender identity; in that case, the catch was that it had to be the gender with which a student consistently identified."
  Pennsylvania School District Takes Common Sense Approach to Bathrooms
  
• "This is what happens when every kid gets a trophy. They grow up and quickly realize they aren’t all champions. When reality kicks in, Mommy’s little tequila mistake isn’t special after all. But that’s now easily remedied with a dress and some eyeliner. Mothers will suddenly fawn over their previously ignored booger factories. For attention-deprived kids and their virtue-signaling mommies, a well-timed penectomy isn’t child mutilation, it’s a miracle."
  The LGBTHAHA Movement Jumped the Shark a Long Time Ago

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• Dennis Prager: "Ask any leftist in your life what he or she thinks of these Douglass quotes."
  How Would Frederick Douglass Regard Today’s Left?
  
• "Young women have become useful idiots in a charade they’ve cooperatively turned on themselves."
  What "Sologomy" Says About the Mental Health of Young Women
  
• Christian Toto: "Apolitical video features liberal comic Judy Gold, Comedy Cellar's Noam Dworman."
  Free to Choose Mini-Doc Captures Chilling Attacks on Comedy

  HITHER & YON

• "Thirteen powerful families allegedly determine our collective destiny."
  Who Rules the World?

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1 WTFO??

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 05, 2023 07:51 AM (BRHaw)

2 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at October 05, 2023 07:52 AM (sNtYB)

3 Of course, his platform also includes forgiving of all student debt and Medicare for All.

Why not Tricare
Or VA
Or CHIP
Or Medicaid?

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 05, 2023 07:53 AM (BRHaw)

4 Mooornin'

Posted by: Hawkpilot at October 05, 2023 07:54 AM (k6uu5)

5 "He insisted that the House failed to bring up 12 separate appropriations bills. The fact is they could not get them out of committee because Democrats wanted to spend a great deal more, which would have blown up the budget further, and conservatives opposed the bills. It had nothing to do with a refusal by McCarthy to oppose regular order.""


Levin completely misses the point. The fact is, McCarthy did not do what he promised to do and was called on it.

Posted by: fd at October 05, 2023 07:55 AM (vFG9F)

6 Cornel West is still an idiot.

2) Term limits: a lazy solution for lazy voters that will make people MORE lazy. Besides, CA has had them since 1990. CA government is nothing I want to emulate.
4) I guess disbanding NATO is great…if you are an isolationist who wants America to be as whiny as possible on the world stage. Bad idea. (But I would kick countries out of NATO: Canada, and Turkey.)

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at October 05, 2023 07:55 AM (lE1L7)

7 Good morning again dear morons and thank you JJ

Cornel is whack.

Also, I nooded.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2023 07:56 AM (RIvkX)

8 "J.J. SEFTON IS AN ANTI-REPUBLICAN"

Solidarity!

Posted by: fd at October 05, 2023 07:56 AM (vFG9F)

9 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2023 07:57 AM (z99Zw)

10 Yonder Horde

All politicians are, at their core, "the wrong people."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2023 07:58 AM (Q4IgG)

11 Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at October 05, 2023 07:55 AM (lE1L7)

Seriously, what is the mission of NATO today in 2023?
What is the friggin' POINT of NATO in 2023?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2023 07:59 AM (x0n13)

12 "How Would Frederick Douglass Regard Today’s Left?"

Depends on how he feels about dog fighting.

Posted by: fd at October 05, 2023 07:59 AM (vFG9F)

13 Good morning, one and all. It's almost the end of the week and I almost have enough coffee in my system. I approve.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 05, 2023 08:00 AM (4olE8)

14 Good morning JJ and horde

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2023 08:00 AM (xhskM)

15 Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at October 05, 2023 07:55 AM (lE1L7)

So, you're in favor of a gerontocracy as well as political dynasticism?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2023 08:00 AM (x0n13)

16 hello

Posted by: Ciampino - This is Rajapindah Naidoo from Mumbai at October 05, 2023 08:00 AM (qfLjt)

17 Seriously, what is the mission of NATO today in 2023?
What is the friggin' POINT of NATO in 2023?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2023 07:59 AM

Good jobs for otherwise useless Euroweenies. Beyond that? Beats me.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 05, 2023 08:01 AM (aQy7p)

18 Some of our formerly esteemed commentators showed us their colors yesterday, didn't they?
Gingrich
Levin
And the blowhard bully MMA want-to-be Brian Kilmeade tried to pick a fight with congressman Tim Burchett.

I am not impressed by the intellect or showmanship.

Posted by: Clear-Eyed Killer at October 05, 2023 08:01 AM (ln5wD)

19 I think there is a strong element of "Rock The Casbah" to GOP House politics right now.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2023 08:01 AM (R/B3e)

20 Newt, honey, come sit by me.
*pats couch next to her*
-Nancy P.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2023 08:01 AM (RIvkX)

21 eriously, what is the mission of NATO today in 2023?
What is the friggin' POINT of NATO in 2023?"

To spend as much money as possible. Doesn't matter what lind of value received, just spend, spend, spend!

Posted by: Outside of Life at October 05, 2023 08:01 AM (89Sog)

22 Pennsylvania is out, bet it will go to universal mail votingike other Blue States are

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2023 08:01 AM (xhskM)

23 "Getting you coming and going."
High E.V. Costs Don't End Once You've Bought One"

I was in a Discount Tire store a couple of days ago and they had a poster that said "We Love EVs". One of the bullet points on the poster was "EVs are heavy and their tires wear out sooner".

Of course tire stores love EVs.

Posted by: fd at October 05, 2023 08:03 AM (vFG9F)

24 I give you Youngstown, Ohio for the evidence that people can not hold their beliefs accountable for their misery.

Posted by: pawn at October 05, 2023 08:03 AM (5g9YU)

25 eriously, what is the mission of NATO today in 2023?
What is the friggin' POINT of NATO in 2023?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2023 07:59 AM (x0n13)

1) To Fleece The American Taxpayers
2) Rape
3) Support Continuous And Never Ending Wars Overseas
4) Ensure Fat,Layabout Euros Remain Fat,Layabout Euros
5) Rape

Abolish NATO Like We Abolished SEATO.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at October 05, 2023 08:05 AM (0lY6Y)

26 24 I give you Youngstown, Ohio for the evidence that people can not hold their beliefs accountable for their misery.
Posted by: pawn at October 05, 2023 08:03 AM (5g9YU)


"Pfft!!!!"

- - E. St. Louis, Illinois, Gary, Indiana LLC

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2023 08:05 AM (x0n13)

27 The FBI denies targeting Americans based on ideology, but “days” after the events on Jan. 6, 2021, the agency broadened its “anti-government or anti-authority violent extremists-other” (AGAAVE) classification so that it could jumpstart investigations into Americans based on their political affiliations.

If you ask if you are on the AGAAVE list, you get put on the LIST.

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 05, 2023 08:05 AM (BRHaw)

28
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at October 05, 2023 08:05 AM (ENBF0)

29 Levin completely misses the point. The fact is, McCarthy did not do what he promised to do and was called on it.
Posted by: fd

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It's amazing that so many paid millionaire pundits miss the point (or are purposely manipulating their readers/listeners).

This was McCarthy's 2nd betrayal. Worse, second in six months. In May he met with Biden and negotiated the Fiscal Responsibility Act that Joe signed into law in June.

"A majority of Democrats and a majority of Republicans voted "yes" on the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 on Wednesday night"

https://tinyurl.com/ync3alpt

Then he turned right around and did the same crap again. The people who insist that "it was only a CR" are either disinformed, malinformed, lying, or ignorant.

He had to go.

Posted by: Moron Robbie ponders the mystery of monthly mass shootings at HBCUs at October 05, 2023 08:05 AM (ZLyax)

30 22 Pennsylvania is out, bet it will go to universal mail votingike other Blue States are
Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2023 08:01 AM (xhskM)


I believe it now has automatic voter registration. Had a link in the last week or so.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2023 08:06 AM (x0n13)

31 24 Youngstown was far better off when organized crime was organized. Idiots just had to start blowing each other up and letting the politicians have a crack at running things.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 05, 2023 08:06 AM (0EOe9)

32 5) Rape

Abolish NATO Like We Abolished SEATO.

More coffee...
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at October 05, 2023 08:05 AM (0lY6Y)

I dont want to live in a country that does not support NATO Pease Keeper soldiers raping the local children!

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 05, 2023 08:07 AM (BRHaw)

33 Posted by: Hairyback Guy at October 05, 2023 08:05 AM

You said 'rape' twice. We like rape.

Posted by: UN Peacekeepers at October 05, 2023 08:07 AM (aQy7p)

34 I'm ambivalent on term limits. I get your point about lazy voters but if people get the government they vote for good and hard, it's OK.

Personally, I think states need to assert their sovereignty under the 10th amendment and tell DC to piss up a rope. Start arresting federales for breaking laws.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 05, 2023 08:07 AM (lUF1z)

35 I've got two late model gas powered cars. One is worth a little more than I paid for it used. One is a little less than I paid for it new. I will have these vehicles the next 10 years at least.

F*ck your EV. Also autonomous cars, f*ck them too.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2023 08:08 AM (RIvkX)

36 So perhaps none of the details can be known, but that doesn't mean it isn't exactly how things are.
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Vague important-sounding phrasing like this has been the lynchpin to weird shit from time immemorial. Pogroms have been launched with mottos that sound like those words.

Hopefully, our world isn't headed that way.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2023 08:08 AM (r5Z/Q)

37 NATO served its purpose. I believe it was obsolete shortly after the Berlin Wall came down. The European countries that make up the bulk of NATO are useless now. Whether they fall under Russian influence or get overrun by jihadis is irrelevant (and to the latter... likely) and impossible to curtail without their own support. The thing is, they don't honestly seem to give a shit.

I certainly don't.

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

38 Philadelphia Area School District Bans Biological Boys In Girls’ Bathrooms After 400 Students Walk Out In Protest

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This is how it's done.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 05, 2023 08:08 AM (mupln)

39 let's see if this routine shootings at HBCU link works...

Posted by: Moron Robbie ponders the mystery of monthly mass shootings at HBCUs at October 05, 2023 08:08 AM (ZLyax)

40 Term limits will only increase the power of the incumbent Deep State.

Posted by: pawn at October 05, 2023 08:09 AM (5g9YU)

41 33 Posted by: Hairyback Guy at October 05, 2023 08:05 AM

You said 'rape' twice. We like rape.
Posted by: UN Peacekeepers at October 05, 2023 08:07 AM (aQy7p)


"You talkin' to me?"

- - Fat Albert Speer Whoopi Rape-Rape

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2023 08:09 AM (x0n13)

42 Morning all.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2023 08:09 AM (EzXHB)

43 34 I'm ambivalent on term limits. I get your point about lazy voters but if people get the government they vote for good and hard, it's OK.

Personally, I think states need to assert their sovereignty under the 10th amendment and tell DC to piss up a rope. Start arresting federales for breaking laws.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 05, 2023 08:07 AM (lUF1z)

It will prevent much of the cronyism and graft of the lobbyists. Then again, outlaw lobbyists.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2023 08:10 AM (x0n13)

44 >Conducting all elections through the use of hand-counted paper ballots
>Imposing term limits for members of Congress
>Breaking up Big Tech
>Disbanding NATO

Here, here. I second that motion.

Posted by: sidney at October 05, 2023 08:11 AM (Uy/WF)

45 Philadelphia Area School District Bans Biological Boys In Girls’ Bathrooms After 400 Students Walk Out In Protest

This is how it's done.
Posted by: Lady in Black


Philadelphia Area School District Bans Biological Boys In Girls’ Bathrooms After 400 Students Walk Out In Protest After They Beat His Ass


No. THAT is how it's done.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2023 08:11 AM (EzXHB)

46
I believe it now has automatic voter registration. Had a link in the last week or so.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2023 08:06 AM

Yes, Pennsylvania does. But you need ID and a SS number to get a permit. You have to pass the drivers test. Seems alright so far, right? Well if you came here from India for example you have ID. You can also secure a SS number if you have a job.

I don't see how you can stop a registered citizen from India from voting in Pennsylvania.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 05, 2023 08:12 AM (enJYY)

47 Today is National Bring Your Bible To School Day ✝️

Posted by: redridinghood at October 05, 2023 08:12 AM (NpAcC)

48 Just pull out of NATO. If it's so important to the Europeans, they can support it on their own.

Posted by: pawn at October 05, 2023 08:13 AM (5g9YU)

49 Robert Spencer’s piece is fantastic. Thank you, JJ. I’ve already shared it with a conservative friend of mine who has his panties all in a bunch about Gaetz… calling him a RINO and fretting about losing the house majority. I told him (politely): Wake up, man! Just trying to randomly elect as many republicans as possible is not the answer; that’s how we got John McCain and Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell and Mitt Romney and Bob Michel and….. if that horror list of names doesn’t shake your faith in the GOP, I don’t know what to tell you…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 05, 2023 08:13 AM (m6dV4)

50 "They support him in the hood."
Rapper Sexxy Red Says Black People "Love Trump"

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It says they like him because of the "free money" and "stimulus checks." Yeah, that's not a ringing endorsement from my perspective, but she does also bring up his helping to get blacks out of prison.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 05, 2023 08:14 AM (mupln)

51 40 Term limits will only increase the power of the incumbent Deep State.
Posted by: pawn at October 05, 2023 08:09 AM (5g9YU)

Make all federal employment akin to military service where you get mustered out after 10 years. And abolish government employee unions.

Winning.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2023 08:14 AM (x0n13)

52 Gaetz only did what should have happened 20 years ago. When Big Cuck made it clear that they took the base for granted under Bush 43, this should have been the response then and going forward.

The Republican Party could never have won an election without the base, and they never should have dared to try governing without it. The right wing of the Party should have been ruthlessly schlonging the cucks a long time ago.

It's too late now to actually fix the Party, now it has to be annihilated, but better late than never.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 05, 2023 08:15 AM (0FoWg)

53 Seems like now would be the time to call for replacement of McConnell as minority leader.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 05, 2023 08:16 AM (lUF1z)

54 "Gaetz is a POS demagogue who repeatedly lied during the House floor debate yesterday, and then, of course, simultaneously was fundraising and collecting email lists on behalf of the people," Levin wrote on social media. "He insisted that the House failed to bring up 12 separate appropriations bills. The fact is they could not get them out of committee because Democrats wanted to spend a great deal more, which would have blown up the budget further, and conservatives opposed the bills. It had nothing to do with a refusal by McCarthy to oppose regular order."
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So what is it precisely that the committee chairs and Speaker actually *do* in Congress, then? It is their damned jobs to get things out of committee (or to crush them in committee - it depends on the thing).

Sorry, but this is weak and I don't buy it. Override the Dems and get it out of committee anyway. Whip your caucus into shape and get it done.

Unless, of course, you don't really want to...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2023 08:16 AM (t0OGg)

55 For years now, indeed, for decades now, and with very few exceptions, the far Left has set political policy in the United States. On occasion, patriots have refused to go along, but almost every time their opposition collapsed into capitulation, with a few minor details adjusted but the larger principles of the Left’s initiative left intact.

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Another moron summed it up perfectly:

When Democrats have slim control of the House the Democrats get 100% of what they want.

When Republican have slim control of the House the Democrats get 80% of what they want.

Posted by: Moron Robbie ponders the mystery of monthly mass shootings at HBCUs at October 05, 2023 08:16 AM (ZLyax)

56 Why have I never heard of the carmaker Stellantis? Am I the only one?

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 05, 2023 08:16 AM (mupln)

57 What I hate about NATO is twofold: The War Party uses it to provoke battles that we want no part of (with Russia and, maybe, the Balkans); and, NATO expands it membership without a bilateral Treaty between the US and whomever, extending American military obligations without a debate in the Senate and consideration by the public.

Suddenly, American families might be told to sacrifice sons to defend some random community in some long-forgotten European territory, for example, which is nuts, since 98% of America can't find these territories on a map.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2023 08:16 AM (37bw8)

58 I had an idea for a new green fuel for automobiles. I call it "Soyboy Green".

Posted by: fd at October 05, 2023 08:16 AM (vFG9F)

59 Anti-Republican? Hmm. I like that, Newt. In fact because of dried-up frauds like you and Levin, as well as the decades-long bullshit of Republicans who worked to fuck over Goldwater, Reagan, Trump and the American people, I declare here and now that, I . . .
J.J. SEFTON IS AN ANTI-REPUBLICAN
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Welcome aboard.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2023 08:17 AM (t0OGg)

60 Another moron summed it up perfectly:

When Democrats have slim control of the House the Democrats get 100% of what they want.

When Republican have slim control of the House the Democrats get 80% of what they want.
Posted by: Moron Robbie ponders the mystery of monthly mass shootings at HBCUs at October 05, 2023 08:16 AM (ZLyax)
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80%? Seems a tad low, but I haven't counted it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2023 08:17 AM (t0OGg)

61 53 Seems like now would be the time to call for replacement of McConnell as minority leader.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 05, 2023 08:16 AM (lUF1z)

On deck is Thune, who is a stealth-Cornyn. I want J.D. Vance as leader.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2023 08:17 AM (x0n13)

62 "Seems like now would be the time to call for replacement of McConnell as minority leader.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead "

While he's not looking.

Posted by: fd at October 05, 2023 08:17 AM (vFG9F)

63 59 Welcome aboard.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2023 08:17 AM (t0OGg)

Well, Joe. I always was. Newt just gave me an opportunity for a good rhetorical flourish.

;-)

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2023 08:19 AM (x0n13)

64 Matthey Mueller, the executive director for the Office of Emergency Management for the City and County of Denver, sent an email to officials in Texas communities of Brownsville, El Paso, Houston, and Dallas advising that they “can no longer provide the same level of sheltering resources to newly arriving persons in Denver.”

Bus from El Paso to Denver from $53 | Greyhound

Shit I pay cash for 10 each if I knew who to send it to!

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 05, 2023 08:19 AM (BRHaw)

65 "They support him in the hood."
Rapper Sexxy Red Says Black People "Love Trump"

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It says they like him because of the "free money" and "stimulus checks." Yeah, that's not a ringing endorsement from my perspective, but she does also bring up his helping to get blacks out of prison.
Posted by: Lady in Black

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Not entirely. Trump has been associated with wealth since the 80s. He's gaudy, loved showing that wealth off with gold whatevers, and is known worldwide by one name. This was all long before 2016. That was his brand. It's almost identical to what every rapper (and probably most black males) aspire to.

Then it comes out that he's not only married to a supermodel, but banging pornstars on the side. And then makes the ho pay HIM.

I don't think the persecution by law enforcement is going to hurt, either.

Posted by: Moron Robbie ponders the mystery of monthly mass shootings at HBCUs at October 05, 2023 08:19 AM (ZLyax)

66 45>Just as long as enough biological (can't believe I have to say that) girls protest and fight for themselves maybe this shit will one day fall by the wayside. However, another way to end this crap is to sue the BOE, NCAA, and the Olympic Commission for 100 million dollars each.

Posted by: sidney at October 05, 2023 08:19 AM (Uy/WF)

67 When Republican have slim control of the House the Democrats get 80% 95% of what they want.
Posted by: Moron Robbie ponders the mystery of monthly mass shootings at HBCUs at October 05, 2023 08:16 AM (ZLyax)
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FIFY...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 05, 2023 08:19 AM (YIVH2)

68 The most effective way to control the feds is for states to reduce the power of the feds and their reliance on the feds.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 05, 2023 08:20 AM (lUF1z)

69 Seems like now would be the time to call for replacement of McConnell as minority leader.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 05, 2023 08:16 AM (lUF1z)
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What are the rules for that?

I don't think it matters. There is a zero percent chance that McConnell would be ousted in an intra-Party exercise. McCarthy wouldn't have been, either. McConnell is all in on absolute and unaccountable Party power (why do you think he just called for the House changing the rules back to the Imperial Pelosi's system) and you can be sure he set the rules to favor it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2023 08:21 AM (t0OGg)

70 Addendum:

I forgot the non-social part about the booming economy and jobs and things not doubling in price every two years.

Also the reduced crime and not watching what few resources their communities have be sucked up by illegals moving into their poverty-ridden sh*tholes.

Posted by: Moron Robbie ponders the mystery of monthly mass shootings at HBCUs at October 05, 2023 08:21 AM (ZLyax)

71 I read the article on the man who was slandered by a black man who is a professional climber. Once again, the demand for racism is so low that is has to be fabricated in order to keep the money flowing.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 05, 2023 08:22 AM (4olE8)

72 Seeing if this will fit in the name field

Posted by: Moron Robbie ponders the mystery of monthly mass shootings at Historically Black Colleges at October 05, 2023 08:23 AM (ZLyax)

73
So a citizen from India comes to PA, secures a job, gets a drivers license and is automatically registered to vote. He maybe votes, maybe not, eventually returns to India. That's a potential ballot every election for a good long time for a non-citizen.

I think this shit has to go before the SC and get tossed.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 05, 2023 08:24 AM (enJYY)

74 Mornin’, All. Happy Friday Eve.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 05, 2023 08:25 AM (xTRSc)

75 If you want states to reassert their rights step 1 is getting rid of the amendment that made senators popularly elected. That threw the whole system out of balance. The House was supposed to represent the people and the Senate was supposed to represent the state as a corporate body--the state government.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos (meh, it's a living) at October 05, 2023 08:25 AM (3DZIZ)

76 Hiya

Posted by: JT at October 05, 2023 08:26 AM (T4tVD)

77 So a citizen from India comes to PA, secures a job, gets a drivers license and is automatically registered to vote. He maybe votes, maybe not, eventually returns to India. That's a potential ballot every election for a good long time for a non-citizen.

I think this shit has to go before the SC and get tossed.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 05, 2023 08:24 AM (enJYY)
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PA ignores the courts when it comes to election rules. PA is utterly lawless when it comes to elections, and the Party does what it wants there.

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

78 It had nothing to do with a refusal by McCarthy to oppose regular order.
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Except the Speaker of the House can unilaterally bring any bill to the floor for a vote at any time.
Not one of the spending bills had to pass committee first.
But McCarthy deliberately let them languish--especially the heartstrings ones that the Democrats could exploit in a shutdown.

So, with no respect given: Get bent Levine.
We are sick and fucking tired of this perverted, rigged game where the Democrats always win and Republicans demand we accept it as fair.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 05, 2023 08:26 AM (/mEjB)

79 It's also,
National Be Nice Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 05, 2023 08:26 AM (NpAcC)

80 I think the only way to remove McConnel is to publicly declare you'll do what you damn well think is best for your state and not what the turtle thinks is best. If that means breaking with the GOP, then so be it.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 05, 2023 08:27 AM (lUF1z)

81 Why should Texans care about what ails Denver? Why should any red state?

Letters like that are something you'd write to people who presumably have some reason to help you when you're troubled.

I'm getting very tired of hearing Denverites and New Yorkers and Chicagoans and Californians talking like they believe we have some duty toward them other than subjugating them. We're not each other's countrymen anymore, and that state of affairs is 110% their own damned fault.

The nerve of these Communists. Amazing.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 05, 2023 08:27 AM (0FoWg)

82 Tv headlines tell me FJB just cancelled 9B student loan debt

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 05, 2023 08:28 AM (vHIgi)

83 For Levin to accuse Gaetz of being a demagogue seems somewhat ironic, if not hypocritical.

Posted by: tubal at October 05, 2023 08:28 AM (PCK5/)

84 Zip it, hippie.

Posted by: Ronald Reagan at October 05, 2023 08:28 AM (7srDV)

85 Excellent, thoughtful essay this morning, Mr Sefton.

The voters in this house have been anti-republicans fir a while. Anti-democrat, as well.

This made me mad: McCain Library Built With $83 Million in [Chinese] COVID "Public Health Emergency" Money

Did Widow McCain drink through her inheritance already? Putzes.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at October 05, 2023 08:28 AM (Rbu5d)

86 It's also,
National Be Nice Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 05, 2023 08:26 AM (NpAcC)


Aw crap.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at October 05, 2023 08:29 AM (45fpk)

87 "As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. "

Ephesians 4:1-3

Posted by: Marcus T at October 05, 2023 08:30 AM (QlFnJ)

88 If you want states to reassert their rights step 1 is getting rid of the amendment that made senators popularly elected. That threw the whole system out of balance. The House was supposed to represent the people and the Senate was supposed to represent the state as a corporate body--the state government.
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos (meh, it's a living) at October 05, 2023 08:25 AM (3DZIZ)
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Yup. Direct election of Senators destroyed the federal system. Too many people misunderstand the American system of government when it comes to devolution of power. Power devolves *from* the states *to* the federal, not the other way around. All federal power is derived from state power. To manage such a system where the states are subordinate to the federal but the federal is also downstream from the states, the states' interests *must* be represented at the federal level.

Direct election of senators destroyed that system. We had the "People's House" and the "States' House" and they checked each-other. Now we just have two People's Houses and the states have no ability to defend their interests outside of the courts. Direct election of senators broke the federal system.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2023 08:30 AM (t0OGg)

89 be patient, bearing with one another in love.


I've got to do a hard thing today with a difficult person. Thanks for this one, Marcus T.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at October 05, 2023 08:31 AM (45fpk)

90 Why should Texans care about what ails Denver? Why should any red state?

Letters like that are something you'd write to people who presumably have some reason to help you when you're troubled.

I'm getting very tired of hearing Denverites and New Yorkers and Chicagoans and Californians talking like they believe we have some duty toward them other than subjugating them. We're not each other's countrymen anymore, and that state of affairs is 110% their own damned fault.

The nerve of these Communists. Amazing.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 05, 2023 08:27 AM (0FoWg)
++++
Blue cities are the center of the universe, YD. Of *course* Texas and Oklahoma and Alabama and Florida and Indiana and whatnot should "do their bit" to help the blue cities that hate them.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2023 08:32 AM (t0OGg)

91 38 Philadelphia Area School District Bans Biological Boys In Girls’ Bathrooms After 400 Students Walk Out In Protest

***
Collegeville, a suburb. I attended a mass there recently - they pray to St Michael at the end of mass. Clearly it works.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 05, 2023 08:33 AM (vHIgi)

92 "I've got to do a hard thing today with a difficult person. Thanks for this one, Marcus T.
Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at October 05, 2023 08:31 AM (45fpk)"

Amen and may the Holy Spirit be with you.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 05, 2023 08:33 AM (QlFnJ)

93

Posted by: Mama always said if you can't say anything nice don't say anything at all at October 05, 2023 08:33 AM (vFG9F)

94 Why should Texans care about what ails Denver? Why should any red state?

Letters like that are something you'd write to people who presumably have some reason to help you when you're troubled.

-

Hey, remember when the states tried to interact with the other states because they knew there was fraud in the blue states?

And the SCOTUS told them to get f*cked?

Posted by: Moron Robbie ponders the mystery of monthly mass shootings at Historically Black Colleges at October 05, 2023 08:33 AM (ZLyax)

95 It’s also,
National Be Nice Day.



I’m sure the Horde will observe this day in the spirit intended.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 05, 2023 08:33 AM (xTRSc)

96 The real thing I love about this whole thing is the POS McCarthy was relying on the Democrats to "Do The Right Thing" as promised by Pelosi. She assured McCarthy that it was more important to preserve "the Order" than it was to go along with the Republican traitors to vote him out. She the proceeds to be gone for the vote and the Democrats bend him over a chair and treat him like a "rent a boy" Gaetz was absolutely correct. Not only do you not get to boldly screw the Rebublicans by using Democratic votes, but the relying on them to be "Friends and Allies" when you need them just boldly illustrates to ALL OF THE GOPe MFer's (McConnell that's you) that when you fellate the Devil your lips will burn...

Posted by: catman at October 05, 2023 08:33 AM (4HMlb)

97 Hiya Grammie !

Posted by: JT at October 05, 2023 08:34 AM (T4tVD)

98 Aw crap.
Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at October 05, 2023 08:29 AM (45fpk)
*****
Lol.
💐

Posted by: redridinghood at October 05, 2023 08:34 AM (NpAcC)

99 "...Victor Davis Hanson Warns Tucker: “The Next 12 Months Will be the Most Explosive in History”

Top off your pantry, people.
What you do with your supply of heavy metals is up to you...

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at October 05, 2023 08:34 AM (Rbu5d)

100 89 be patient, bearing with one another in love.


I've got to do a hard thing today with a difficult person. Thanks for this one, Marcus T.
Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at October 05, 2023 08:31 AM (45fpk)

Do you think, grammie, that Paul was talking about our relations with believers here, or just any random person you encounter? Do you think his exhortation included those who are destructive, evil people who actively try to destroy God’s work?

Posted by: tubal at October 05, 2023 08:34 AM (PCK5/)

101 It's also,
National Be Nice Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 05, 2023 08:26 AM (NpAcC)


Bah!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 05, 2023 08:35 AM (BJEtz)

102 So what is it precisely that the committee chairs and Speaker actually *do* in Congress, then? It is their damned jobs to get things out of committee (or to crush them in committee - it depends on the thing).

Sorry, but this is weak and I don't buy it. Override the Dems and get it out of committee anyway. Whip your caucus into shape and get it done.

Unless, of course, you don't really want to...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2023 08:16 AM (t0OGg)

The GOP is the majority on all of those committees. I guess Levin forgot how to count.

Posted by: WOPR at October 05, 2023 08:36 AM (WFJRS)

103 The 'Sweden Dying" article raises the question of "what to do?".

Ultimately, Sweden will need to deport many of the criminal clans creating these problems. The howls of "racism!!" from Brussels will astound.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2023 08:36 AM (NC63R)

104 It's also,
National Be Nice Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 05, 2023 08:26 AM (NpAcC)

Aw crap.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at October 05, 2023 08:29 AM (45fpk)

What a stupid day. Morning all. That's all I got.

Posted by: Paulie bag a' donuts at October 05, 2023 08:36 AM (hTMd7)

105 When's "Be Naughty Day"?

Posted by: fd at October 05, 2023 08:37 AM (vFG9F)

106 The GOP is the majority on all of those committees. I guess Levin forgot how to count.
Posted by: WOPR at October 05, 2023 08:36 AM (WFJRS)
++++
No, he didn't. He just thinks that *I* never knew how to count. His starting point - like most pundits - is to assume that I am a rube and that it is his duty to rook me.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2023 08:37 AM (t0OGg)

107 Do you think, grammie, that Paul was talking about our relations with believers here, or just any random person you encounter? Do you think his exhortation included those who are destructive, evil people who actively try to destroy God’s work?

Posted by: tubal at October 05, 2023 08:34 AM (PCK5/)


You make an interesting point that I have never really considered. Shame on me. I guess I would err on the side of being patient with all. Win some by being winsome.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at October 05, 2023 08:37 AM (45fpk)

108 It's foolish to think McConnell can be replaced: he literally owns more than half of the Senate Republicans, meaning his organization does all their fundraising, bundles all their cash, manages all the contributors, and also gives them cash rewards when they are good little boys and girls. No one can break his iron claws save The Reaper.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 05, 2023 08:37 AM (S6gqv)

109 When's "Be Naughty Day"?
Posted by: fd at October 05, 2023 08:37 AM (vFG9F)
++++
Every day after sundown, my good man!

Posted by: Philanderer at October 05, 2023 08:38 AM (t0OGg)

110 The real thing I love about this whole thing is the POS McCarthy was relying on the Democrats to "Do The Right Thing" as promised by Pelosi...

--

That's maybe my favorite part.

The Democrats were still in control. That's what everyone is angry about.

Posted by: Moron Robbie ponders the mystery of monthly mass shootings at Historically Black Colleges at October 05, 2023 08:38 AM (ZLyax)

111 Anytime an election is coming, things get explosive. Literally. For long time now, the Party has funded and coordinated widespread political terrorism on a biannual basis. It's just part of campaign season, now.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 05, 2023 08:39 AM (0FoWg)

112 Can I be Marseille instead?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 05, 2023 08:39 AM (xTRSc)

113 You know what a real leader of the House would have done?

Call a big budget press conference.

Announce that you are going to introduce a budget approved by Democrat Presidents. That fully funds Social Security, Medicare and the military.

Then ram through the 1997 inflation-adjusted budget that Biden voted for and Clinton signed.

Let them argue that what Bill and Joe both approved is far too little today.

It's time the public be told just how much federal spending has exploded-- that the Democrats are willing to starve seniors to keep.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 05, 2023 08:39 AM (/mEjB)

114 It's foolish to think McConnell can be replaced: he literally owns more than half of the Senate Republicans, meaning his organization does all their fundraising, bundles all their cash, manages all the contributors, and also gives them cash rewards when they are good little boys and girls. No one can break his iron claws save The Reaper.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 05, 2023 08:37 AM (S6gqv)
---
The Reaper can be delayed but never denied.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 05, 2023 08:39 AM (YIVH2)

115 Hiya JT!

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at October 05, 2023 08:40 AM (45fpk)

116 Mayorkas now pretending they are going to build the wall.
This is a lie and will never happen.
Democrats just counting on the MSM to carry the Dems water and cover for them.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 05, 2023 08:40 AM (NpAcC)

117 107 Do you think, grammie, that Paul was talking about our relations with believers here, or just any random person you encounter? Do you think his exhortation included those who are destructive, evil people who actively try to destroy God’s work?

Posted by: tubal at October 05, 2023 08:34 AM (PCK5/)


You make an interesting point that I have never really considered. Shame on me. I guess I would err on the side of being patient with all. Win some by being winsome.
Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at October 05, 2023 08:37 AM (45fpk)

I confess that I do not do that. For brothes and sisters in Christ I make strenuous efforts to follow Paulian conducts of behavior towards them… for the Lost World… let’smjust say my trust level of them is very low, and I behave towards them accordingly…

Posted by: tubal at October 05, 2023 08:41 AM (PCK5/)

118 Sweden is going to find that no place will take those criminals back. They don't want to face the hard truth that they're either going to have to put them in heavily militarized camps for life, or kill them. Those are the only choices with an invading army.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 05, 2023 08:41 AM (S6gqv)

119 "Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone. If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,”[d] says the Lord."

Romans 12:17-19

Also Paul.

Also Paul. Read the words carefully.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 05, 2023 08:41 AM (QlFnJ)

120 >>It's also,
National Be Nice Day.


Why, and no.

Posted by: DB - at October 05, 2023 08:43 AM (geLO8)

121 You know what I worry about in the he Burning Times? Feeding my cats. I've got food for me, but what about them. I'll be the one looting pet smart when the fecal matter intersects the air circulator.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at October 05, 2023 08:44 AM (9yUzE)

122 President Joe Biden has nominated Hunter Biden’s former law firm colleague, Hampton Dellinger, to lead the Office of the Special Counsel.

Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2023 08:45 AM (RHGPo)

123 Being nice is nice… but it is also a way that can get you curb stomped if not done judiciously…

Posted by: tubal at October 05, 2023 08:45 AM (PCK5/)

124 When's "Be Naughty Day"?
Posted by: fd at October 05, 2023 08:37 AM (vFG9F
********
Well, March 8th is Be Nasty Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 05, 2023 08:45 AM (NpAcC)

125 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 05, 2023 08:45 AM (Zz0t1)

126 Dayum.....

JJ Brinin' tha NOYZ this morning.


Well done, sir. Things have been BROUGHT!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 05, 2023 08:45 AM (Zz0t1)

127 Re: Be patient, bearing with one another in love, love one another as yourself, etc.

I think it's the same whether it's a fellow Christian or those who are purposely evil and destructive.

We are to help people get to Heaven. "Go ye therefore" and what-not. If someone is evil and destructive, our opposition of them and attempting to remedy their destruction is the solution.

If it's a fellow church-goer in a discussion in Sunday school, that same love is meant to help them understand (or help us understand) scripture better.

If it's a fellow church-goer in an affair, that same love is meant to see us speak to them and say "Hey, that's going to destroy you and everything you love."

I think that's what "love your neighbor" is all about. I'm profoundly stupid, though, so take that with a grain of salt.

Posted by: Moron Robbie ponders the mystery of monthly mass shootings at Historically Black Colleges at October 05, 2023 08:46 AM (ZLyax)

128 We need a “ Watch Your Ass Out There” Day…

Posted by: tubal at October 05, 2023 08:46 AM (PCK5/)

129 Well, March 8th is Be Nasty Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 05, 2023 08:45 AM (NpAcC)


*looks for pencil*

*marks calendar*

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at October 05, 2023 08:46 AM (45fpk)

130 Before you oust McConnell you have to take over his money laundering operation. If you can leverage that, he's toast the second you want him gone.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2023 08:46 AM (Q4IgG)

131 Hiya JT!
Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at October 05, 2023 08:40 AM (45fpk)

Posted by: JT at October 05, 2023 08:47 AM (T4tVD)

132 My memory is a bit fuzzy on this. Is Pelosi the Minority Leader? Didn't that position go to someone else when the GOP won The House? Why was McCarthy making a vacate deal with Pelosi instead of the Minority Leader?

Posted by: davidt at October 05, 2023 08:47 AM (SYTee)

133 Who gets to decide on these National Whatsit Daze anyway? I'm pretty sure it's just people on social media saying "it's some stupid National Day, e'rrybody."

I'm declaring it National Hang 'Em By Their Toes And Leave 'Em For The Crows Day, just to balance out the Be Nice treacle.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 05, 2023 08:47 AM (0FoWg)

134 Biden's U-turn assessment on the possibility of China invading Taiwan not only demonstrates that the U.S. still harbors illusions about the Chinese Communist Party but also sends an inaccurate message to China, Taiwan, and the American public. The U.S. President plays a central role in U.S. foreign relations and shapes public opinion on foreign policy through speeches, press conferences, and other public statements.
============================
The bizarre foreign policy statements made in Washington have one obvious impact: CCP and our Allies both will conclude we are a paper tiger. China will ask themselves, "Could conditions possibly get any better for invasion?" and off we go.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2023 08:48 AM (+WUQ+)

135 "Because Japan has no more H2A rockets left, and its smaller Epsilon rocket is also grounded due to launch and test problems, JAXA right now has no capability to launch anything."

I'd say that they should consider talking to SpaceX but they seem to consider launch capability a national priority so they want to keep it in their own country.

What a concept.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2023 08:49 AM (z99Zw)

136 133 Who gets to decide on these National Whatsit Daze anyway? I'm pretty sure it's just people on social media saying "it's some stupid National Day, e'rrybody."

I'm declaring it National Hang 'Em By Their Toes And Leave 'Em For The Crows Day, just to balance out the Be Nice treacle.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 05, 2023 08:47 AM (0FoWg)

Eh, it is all just made up stuff on the net… maybe SkyNet does it..

Posted by: tubal at October 05, 2023 08:49 AM (PCK5/)

137 My memory is a bit fuzzy on this. Is Pelosi the Minority Leader? Didn't that position go to someone else when the GOP won The House? Why was McCarthy making a vacate deal with Pelosi instead of the Minority Leader?
Posted by: davidt at October 05, 2023 08:47 AM (SYTee)
******
Hakeem Jeffries

Posted by: redridinghood at October 05, 2023 08:49 AM (NpAcC)

138 We need a “ Watch Your Ass Out There” Day…
Posted by: tubal at October 05, 2023 08:46 AM (PCK5/)



Sheeeiit......We need a "Wash Yo ASS Day", stanky muthaf*ckas......

Posted by: Redd Foxx at October 05, 2023 08:50 AM (Zz0t1)

139 "If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone."

This is the tough part. Paul essentially tells us the outcome may not always be up to us. But we should endeavor to do our best. That is in many aspects something we read throughout the Old Testament. However it is also sometimes hard to reconcile that with what the Lord taught us.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 05, 2023 08:50 AM (QlFnJ)

140 ******
Hakeem Jeffries
Posted by: redridinghood at October 05, 2023 08:49 AM (NpAcC)


A less conniving, but as big a piece of shit, that one.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 05, 2023 08:51 AM (Zz0t1)

141 My memory is a bit fuzzy on this. Is Pelosi the Minority Leader? Didn't that position go to someone else when the GOP won The House? Why was McCarthy making a vacate deal with Pelosi instead of the Minority Leader?
Posted by: davidt at October 05, 2023 08:47 AM (SYTee)
++++
Jefferies is the minority leader. Pelosi is the former speaker. She goes by "Speaker Emerita" now. I'm not kidding. I get Dem fundraiser crap in the mail, and hers come from "Nancy Pelosi, Speaker Emerita."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2023 08:51 AM (t0OGg)

142 It's fairly well known that Japan is full of MAGA nationalist isolationists.

Posted by: Moron Robbie ponders the mystery of monthly mass shootings at Historically Black Colleges at October 05, 2023 08:51 AM (ZLyax)

143 I'm not kidding. I get Dem fundraiser crap in the mail, and hers come from "Nancy Pelosi, Speaker Emerita."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2023 08:51 AM (t0OGg)

Oh maaaan, that's lame.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 05, 2023 08:52 AM (0FoWg)

144 It's nice to be nice, to the nice.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 05, 2023 08:52 AM (xTRSc)

145 hahaha, I forgot about the Office of the President-Elect

Posted by: Moron Robbie ponders the mystery of monthly mass shootings at Historically Black Colleges at October 05, 2023 08:52 AM (ZLyax)

146 "Nancy Pelosi, Speaker Emerita."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2023 08:51 AM (t0OGg)


Well defined as:

Emerita is a small genus of decapod crustaceans, known as sand crabs, or mole crabs.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 05, 2023 08:53 AM (Zz0t1)

147 Good morning all. I got nothin.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at October 05, 2023 08:53 AM (iF0sF)

148 What is the friggin' POINT of NATO in 2023?

They should have begun the process of disbanding NATO when the Warsaw Pact ceased to be a thing. That process should have been completed within three years. That means that we should be approaching 30 years post-NATO.

NATO exists to poke at Russia. Poke, poke, poke, until they get a reaction. Because there's a lot of money involved.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2023 08:54 AM (z99Zw)

149 > My memory is a bit fuzzy on this. Is Pelosi the Minority Leader? Didn't that position go to someone else when the GOP won The House? Why was McCarthy making a vacate deal with Pelosi instead of the Minority Leader?
_____________

Pelosi runs the House. Regardless which political party is the "majority."

This is known.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2023 08:54 AM (Q4IgG)

150 "Nobody knows in America,
Old Nacy P.'s an Emerita."

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 05, 2023 08:54 AM (xTRSc)

151 What is the friggin' POINT of NATO in 2023?
--

It's safe to assume money laundering is the biggie.

Posted by: Moron Robbie ponders the mystery of monthly mass shootings at Historically Black Colleges at October 05, 2023 08:54 AM (ZLyax)

152 "It's got to be a head-fake - jjs
‘Immediate Need’: Biden Junta Clears Path to Construct More Border Wall on Federally Protected Land"


It's Political Theater for 2024. Construct a few miles of wall. Campaign on Joe's commitment to a secure border! The Dem Base will get the word it's election year BS aimed at Repukes and Independents.

Joe will never triangulate for real. Only for show prior to next year's election.

Posted by: GL at October 05, 2023 08:55 AM (5fDan)

153

It's safe to assume money laundering is the biggie.
Posted by: Moron Robbie ponders the mystery of monthly mass shootings at Historically Black Colleges at October 05, 2023 08:54 AM (ZLyax)


EVERYTHING is a global money launder at this point.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 05, 2023 08:55 AM (Zz0t1)

154 >Pelosi runs the House. Regardless which political party is the "majority."

The Shadow Queen.

Posted by: davidt at October 05, 2023 08:55 AM (SYTee)

155 BabylonBee: Crew Moving Pelosi Out Of Office Crushed To Death By Empty Wine Bottles

Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2023 08:55 AM (RHGPo)

156 NATO and the UN both need to be disbanded.

But there's probably too much graft involved in either case for that to ever happen.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 05, 2023 08:55 AM (xTRSc)

157 BabylonBee: Crew Moving Pelosi Out Of Office Crushed To Death By Empty Wine Bottles
Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2023 08:55 AM (RHGPo)


I think it would've been more realistic had they said "Scotch Bottles."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 05, 2023 08:56 AM (Zz0t1)

158 Oh maaaan, that's lame.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 05, 2023 08:52 AM (0FoWg)
++++
It sure is. I literally laughed out loud - a chuckle with an eye roll, but audible) as I immediately tossed it into the dustbin.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2023 08:56 AM (t0OGg)

159 According to FBI data obtained by Newsweek, "nearly two-thirds of the FBI's current investigations are focused on Trump supporters."
==============
They are labeled "voters" everywhere except the FBI.

I know I asked this before, but can someone remind me where in the Constitution did the people or the states cede a national policing power to the Federal government?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2023 08:56 AM (37bw8)

160 Big storm last night, just looked out my front door after picking up a lot of small branches etc in back. BIG tree limb on top of my neighbors car, she's gonna be pissed when she gets up.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 05, 2023 08:57 AM (S6gqv)

161 I think it would've been more realistic had they said "Scotch Bottles."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 05, 2023 08:56 AM (Zz0t1)
++++
She strikes me as a "large quantities of cheap vodka" type.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2023 08:57 AM (t0OGg)

162 149 > My memory is a bit fuzzy on this. Is Pelosi the Minority Leader? Didn't that position go to someone else when the GOP won The House? Why was McCarthy making a vacate deal with Pelosi instead of the Minority Leader?
_____________

Pelosi runs the House. Regardless which political party is the "majority."

This is known.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2023 08:54 AM (Q4IgG)


Hakeem Jeffries is the notional minority leader. Minority in every sense of the word.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2023 08:57 AM (x0n13)

163 Weingarten now with J street? Figures.
I'm watching with interest Israelis who believe in 'sovereign countries', finally realize that a great many of 'their people' do not. And that those players, not outsiders but 'their own', are genuinely working not just to undermine the state of Israel, but to annihilate it in its entirety.
I'm seeing people start to panic.

Which is also interesting, as in my not very humble opinion, the time to panic about this was, oh, 150 years ago, not right now when it's very likely too late.

Posted by: LenNeal at October 05, 2023 08:57 AM (/BBNv)

164 Remember Nancy's bar tab when flying across country?

Maker’s Mark whiskey, Courvoisier cognac, Johnny Walker Red scotch, Grey Goose vodka, E&J brandy, Bailey’s Irish Crème, Bacardi Light rum, Jim Beam whiskey, Beefeater gin, Dewars scotch, Bombay Sapphire gin, Jack Daniels whiskey

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 05, 2023 08:58 AM (Zz0t1)

165 161 I think it would've been more realistic had they said "Scotch Bottles."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 05, 2023 08:56 AM (Zz0t1)
++++
She strikes me as a "large quantities of cheap vodka" type.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2023 08:57 AM (t0OGg)

Fortified wines…

Posted by: tubal at October 05, 2023 08:58 AM (PCK5/)

166 Thanks JJ !

AGAIN !!!

Posted by: JT at October 05, 2023 08:58 AM (T4tVD)

167 ++++
She strikes me as a "large quantities of cheap vodka" type.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2023 08:57 AM (t0OGg)


Type, yes. But when the taxpayer is footing the the bill, why settle?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 05, 2023 08:58 AM (Zz0t1)

168 It's fairly well known that Japan is full of MAGA nationalist isolationists.


"Maga" sounds like something you'd find on the sushi menu.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 05, 2023 08:58 AM (xTRSc)

169 Speaker Emerita is about as pretentious as you can get….. reminds me of my very brief brush with higher academia when I was finishing my PhD years ago. I got a PhD but that does not put you entirely “in the club”… you need many publications. A postdoc followed by associate professor followed by full professor and eventually emeritus…. A title that seems to come with arrogance and pretension

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 05, 2023 08:59 AM (m6dV4)

170 EVERYTHING is a global money launder at this point.
Posted by: Sponge

-

I agree. I'm at the point where I've accepted that it's 85% or so of why government exists.

It might be elaborate money laundering like the dairy farmers receiving billions to provide a mandatory and endless stream of waste to the water treatment plants. Sorry "milk to the schoolkids", but it's still money laundering.

Posted by: Moron Robbie ponders the mystery of monthly mass shootings at Historically Black Colleges at October 05, 2023 08:59 AM (ZLyax)

171 The FBI has been unconstitutional since the day it was created, and all that has ever been done has been to make some cutesie movies and TV shows saying how wonderful are very own Gestapo is, and how we must all Praise and Adore them, on pain of death.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 05, 2023 08:59 AM (S6gqv)

172 And yes I realize that by bringing up my own PhD I’m being pretentious myself….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 05, 2023 09:00 AM (m6dV4)

173 NATO’s mission statement is to keep America in, to keep the Russians out and most importantly to keep the Germans down. That’s it.

Posted by: Puddinhead at October 05, 2023 09:01 AM (5pzWI)

174
I was reading the notice of passing of an opera fag who ran a well-known opera blog.

The notice's author described the proprietor as "passionate". I've noted that this is usually a polite euphemism for "deeply disturbed". And the comments on this posting, not wasting any sentiment about saying only good about the dead, described the proprietor as a bitchy, vicious, nasty person who violently attacked anyone challenging his LGBTQ and far-left take on the genre.

But I also don't think he was the only one with such mental problems. Back in the day I used to read a variety of Usenet/Deja discussion groups. All I can say is that there was more sober, civil discussion in a single thread of rec.sports.baseball than there was in the whole of rec.music.opera.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2023 09:01 AM (MoZTd)

175 Pelosi runs the House. Regardless which political party is the "majority."
The Shadow Queen.
Posted by: davidt at October 05, 2023 08:55 AM (SYTee)

Saggy Boobs Rule!

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at October 05, 2023 09:01 AM (0lY6Y)

176 172 And yes I realize that by bringing up my own PhD I’m being pretentious myself….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 05, 2023 09:00 AM (m6dV4)

“That’s DOCTOR Linus Van Pelt”!!!!!

Posted by: tubal at October 05, 2023 09:01 AM (PCK5/)

177 When ZERO SUGAR must mean something else

I've had a few occasions where I order or buy ZERO SUGAR drinks, either at a fast food establishment or from a grocery store and find out that it isn't ZERO SUGAR.

For diabetics, this is a major screwup. The average HFCS sweetened drink has about 130% of the carbs of your meal.

Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2023 09:02 AM (RHGPo)

178 No sovereign countries - tho old marxist-leninist nightmare crawling back out of the grave like Dracula, thirsting for the blood of the living.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 05, 2023 09:02 AM (S6gqv)

179 Today, we (America First) are all anti-Republican!

Posted by: Voter theater. at October 05, 2023 09:02 AM (/5Who)

180
Speaker Emerita is about as pretentious as you can get

Hey!

Posted by: Office of the President-Elect at October 05, 2023 09:02 AM (MoZTd)

181 >I know I asked this before, but can someone remind me where in the Constitution did the people or the states cede a national policing power to the Federal government?


the DOJ and the FBI were both created by statute

Congress did it

Posted by: DB - at October 05, 2023 09:02 AM (geLO8)

182 176 - LoL

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 05, 2023 09:03 AM (m6dV4)

183 When ZERO SUGAR must mean something else

I've had a few occasions where I order or buy ZERO SUGAR drinks, either at a fast food establishment or from a grocery store and find out that it isn't ZERO SUGAR.

For diabetics, this is a major screwup. The average HFCS sweetened drink has about 130% of the carbs of your meal.
Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2023 09:02 AM (RHGPo)


Zero Gatoraid is sweetened with Potassium. If you AREN'T working out and sweating your ass off while drinking G Zero, your kidneys will pay for your decision.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 05, 2023 09:03 AM (Zz0t1)

184 I posted this yesterday regarding the eff bee eye's surging interest in Trump supporters;

The challenge for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the primary federal agency charged with law enforcement, is to pursue and prevent what it calls domestic terrorism without direct reference to political parties or affiliations even though the vast majority of its current "anti-government" investigations are of Trump supporters, according to classified data obtained by Newsweek.
===
There's an entire division within the Bureau that's dedicated to this effort.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2023 09:03 AM (Q4IgG)

185 I've had a few occasions where I order or buy ZERO SUGAR drinks, either at a fast food establishment or from a grocery store and find out that it isn't ZERO SUGAR.


SMOD, how did you find this out?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 05, 2023 09:04 AM (xTRSc)

186 Morning Horde, thx JJ. When talking about disbanding NATO remember Lord Ismay's statement " the purpose of NATO is to keep the Russians out, the Americans in and the Germans down" . The Russians were providing Europe with lots of gas and oil, the Germans run the EU and are still political idiots , and the average European elite hates the USA . Bye bye

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 05, 2023 09:04 AM (gZYFY)

187 >I know I asked this before, but can someone remind me where in the Constitution did the people or the states cede a national policing power to the Federal government?

.. I believe it's derived from the "Making Up Stuff Clause" of the Constitution

Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2023 09:04 AM (RHGPo)

188 Speaker Emerita is about as pretentious as you can get….. reminds me of my very brief brush with higher academia when I was finishing my PhD years ago. I got a PhD but that does not put you entirely “in the club”… you need many publications. A postdoc followed by associate professor followed by full professor and eventually emeritus…. A title that seems to come with arrogance and pretension
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 05, 2023 08:59 AM (m6dV4)
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Where I work, it's not granted automatically, either. You have to apply to receive Emeritus status and then it has to be approved at various levels.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 05, 2023 09:05 AM (YIVH2)

189 WaPo's Philip Bump gets a lot of attention from Ace because he says the weirdest shit in Washington, which is saying a lot.

The latest is his hit piece on DeSantis where he says any reference to "Chinese Communists" or "the CCP" is axiomatically racist. DeSantis is a racist when he criticizes the CCP.

Who pays for Propaganda is getting pretty blatant.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2023 09:05 AM (AAH4h)

190 Levin has been pretty cozy with Trump lately. I'd wager he's filling a "position" that Rush once occupied. My guess is that Trump seems to think he has McCarthy in his pocket(for whatever that reason may be) and Levin is privy to it. Maybe McCarthy is part of Trumps plan should he by some miracle win the presidency again(I don't think he will). Trump and McCarthy have remained cozy since Trump left office.

Levin disgusts me at the moment but by no means do I believe him to be "establishment" all of the sudden. If it weren't for three radio talk show hosts Howie Carr, Lee Rodgers(KSFO/San Francisco) and Mark Levin NOBODY and I mean nobody here in right-wing media or conservative blogosphere would be talking about what turn coats the GOP is or talk of a Deep State. These guys were railing against the GOPe while this blog had GOP shills COB'ing for it.
We'd still be beating our heads against a wall(as some still do here)if it weren't for these guys, about when and why won't the GOP do this or that, still being invested in a party that hates us.

Posted by: JROD at October 05, 2023 09:05 AM (IlL6s)

191 185 I've had a few occasions where I order or buy ZERO SUGAR drinks, either at a fast food establishment or from a grocery store and find out that it isn't ZERO SUGAR.

SMOD, how did you find this out?

I wokeup at 2AM and did a glucose measurement ... 283

Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2023 09:05 AM (RHGPo)

192 “That’s DOCTOR Linus Van Pelt”!!!!!


My brother has a PhD. The only time he ever uses "Dr." before his name is when he has to go to the hospital, because he figures everyone will assume that he's an MD, and he'll get better care.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 05, 2023 09:06 AM (xTRSc)

193 >Speaker Emerita is about as pretentious as you can get

Speaker of the Most High
The Speaker of All Speakers

Posted by: DB - at October 05, 2023 09:06 AM (geLO8)

194
Conveniently, it's raining with a front passing through. And in an hour I have to get Diana loaded in the car to go to the vet.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2023 09:06 AM (MoZTd)

195 I was reading the notice of passing of an opera fag who ran a well-known opera blog.

The notice's author described the proprietor as "passionate". I've noted that this is usually a polite euphemism for


Gay.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2023 09:07 AM (EzXHB)

196 There's an entire division within the Bureau that's dedicated to this effort.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 05, 2023 09:03 AM (Q4IgG)

I read that article and was amazed at how open and brazen they were about it; they even mention their awareness of the constitutional violations (potential for) but that’s not shutting down the program. Translation: they don’t care

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 05, 2023 09:07 AM (m6dV4)

197 I know McCarthy is a snake yet a handful of loons Qloons have hijacked congress and I’m really bothered over it. We should not have to suffer imbeciles or morons with personal vendettas in congress yet we do. I fear for our republic from these talibangelist I fear for our freedoms.

this is the effect of years of digitized gerrymandering started by GOP. We need standard voting practices and voting rights in America. The only way MAGA has relevance is they're allowed to subvert democracy at damn near every turn from dark money to outright denying voter access. Red states have the lowest voter access in the union and one of the reason the US is not at the top of democracy indexes worldwide.

This is just an extension of attacks on Democracy most prominently illustrated by Jan 6 insurrection. It puts ALL of us at risk for the future. So, yeah, we are all harmed/at risk by this fascist take-over of the R party.

It's up to the stable and sensible members of the Republican Party to bring those loons to heel. If they can't, or don't want to, the future of the R party is doomed. Which may be a good thing.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 05, 2023 09:07 AM (JCZqz)

198 I wokeup at 2AM and did a glucose measurement ... 283


Yeesh.

Diabetes sucks.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 05, 2023 09:09 AM (xTRSc)

199 There's actually an argument to be made regarding the constitutionality of both the FBI and DOJ. They are indeed Executive Branch level agencies meant to carry out the wishes of the federal government. I dont believe per se, they are outright unconstitutional as that would challenge the power of the federal government which has constitutional jurisdiction over certain matters across the states. But I do believe, and recent SCOTUS cases may reinforce that some of their powers are beyond the scope of our constitution. Congress can indeed by statute provide certain privileges, but they cannot legislate constitutional power not use the edifice of law to subvert those powers. Those powers don't belong to them, they belong to the people. There's probably a good argument to be made, especially after the next SCOTUS session.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 05, 2023 09:09 AM (QlFnJ)

200
If QAnon didn't exist, the Left would have to invent him.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2023 09:09 AM (MoZTd)

201 I've had a few occasions where I order or buy ZERO SUGAR drinks, either at a fast food establishment or from a grocery store and find out that it isn't ZERO SUGAR.

SMOD, how did you find this out?

I wokeup at 2AM and did a glucose measurement ... 283
Posted by: SMOD


Ordering food is hard. Because of lying fucks that lie.
At least, when buying pre-packaged, there's a label to read.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2023 09:10 AM (EzXHB)

202 199 Posted by: Marcus T at October 05, 2023 09:09 AM (QlFnJ)

You're thinking about the upcoming Chevron case too?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2023 09:11 AM (x0n13)

203 It is their damned jobs to get things out of committee...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2023 08:16 AM (t0OGg)

HHS committee chairman Diffnic: We've been trying to get the HHS budget out of committee now for two days but my esteemed colleagues across the aisle seem determined to thwart that goal. Therefore, since we have other matters to attend to, we shall table the budget and HHS will go unfunded for the upcoming fiscal year. Should my colleagues wish to revisit their obstructionist behavior, we can re-open the budget process with a ceiling of 90% of the current proposed ceiling.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2023 09:11 AM (z99Zw)

204 ... this is the effect of years of digitized gerrymandering started by GOP. We need standard voting practices and voting rights in America. The only way MAGA has relevance is they're allowed to subvert democracy at damn near every turn from dark money to outright denying voter access. Red states have the lowest voter access in the union and one of the reason the US is not at the top of democracy indexes worldwide. ...
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 05, 2023 09:07 AM (JCZqz)
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This is the kind of guy who reads a news article, gets a boner over his own insightful mindthoughts and then retreats to his study to beat off over his PoliSci diploma.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2023 09:11 AM (t0OGg)

205 Newt was on Hannity on Tuesday spewing the same BS.

Write another book Newt and please leave.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at October 05, 2023 09:11 AM (FxH7T)

206 this is the effect of years of digitized gerrymandering started by GOP. We need standard voting practices and voting rights in America.

-

I agree. Gerrymandering must end.

All states should be sectioned out in 15 mile hexagons or partial hexgons, from the capital as the center o of the starting hexagon and moving outwards, with each hexagon representing a voting district.

Posted by: Moron Robbie ponders the mystery of monthly mass shootings at Historically Black Colleges at October 05, 2023 09:12 AM (ZLyax)

207 HHS committee chairman Diffnic: We've been trying to get the HHS budget out of committee now for two days but my esteemed colleagues across the aisle seem determined to thwart that goal. Therefore, since we have other matters to attend to, we shall table the budget and HHS will go unfunded for the upcoming fiscal year. Should my colleagues wish to revisit their obstructionist behavior, we can re-open the budget process with a ceiling of 90% of the current proposed ceiling.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2023 09:11 AM (z99Zw)
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Sure. Except that it will never happen and you know why.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2023 09:12 AM (t0OGg)

208 I agree. Gerrymandering must end.

All states should be sectioned out in 15 mile hexagons or partial hexgons, from the capital as the center o of the starting hexagon and moving outwards, with each hexagon representing a voting district.
Posted by: Moron Robbie ponders the mystery of monthly mass shootings at Historically Black Colleges at October 05, 2023 09:12 AM (ZLyax)
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Heh. What would happen out west where you will have some hexagons that literally have nobody living in them because they're part of gigantic farms?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2023 09:13 AM (t0OGg)

209 I worry that we still haven't hit peak Biden.

Posted by: Lost In Space at October 05, 2023 09:13 AM (CtmUH)

210 188 - Perfessor: Emeritus was a title my advisor coveted and finally obtained. He richly deserved it; made real contributions in his field. It’s hard to get. A genuine accomplishment. But, that doesn’t change the reality that many with that title it’s hard to abide their arrogance. Human beings….[shakes head]

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 05, 2023 09:13 AM (m6dV4)

211 I dont believe per se, they are outright unconstitutional as that would challenge the power of the federal government which has constitutional jurisdiction over certain matters across the states.



SCOTUS pissed that away when they said Texas had no standing to challenge Pennsylvania's election results.

SCOTUS's main objective is to settle lawsuits between states to keep them from going yo war with each other.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2023 09:14 AM (EzXHB)

212 Heh. What would happen out west where you will have some hexagons that literally have nobody living in them because they're part of gigantic farms?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

-

People would either move there or there would be no votes.

Posted by: Moron Robbie ponders the mystery of monthly mass shootings at Historically Black Colleges at October 05, 2023 09:14 AM (ZLyax)

213 > I declare here and now that, I . . .

J.J. SEFTON IS AN ANTI-REPUBLICAN


Am an anti-Republican
sorry can't help it

also, welcome aboard
I've been here since Bush's 2nd term or thereabouts

Posted by: DB - at October 05, 2023 09:15 AM (geLO8)

214 Heh. What would happen out west where you will have some hexagons that literally have nobody living in them because they're part of gigantic farms?
Posted by: Joe Mannix


They call those "Train Stations".

Thank you Yellowstone.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2023 09:15 AM (EzXHB)

215 208 I agree. Gerrymandering must end.

All states should be sectioned out in 15 mile hexagons or partial hexgons, from the capital as the center o of the starting hexagon and moving outwards, with each hexagon representing a voting district.
Posted by: Moron Robbie ponders the mystery of monthly mass shootings at Historically Black Colleges at October 05, 2023 09:12 AM (ZLyax)
++++
Heh. What would happen out west where you will have some hexagons that literally have nobody living in them because they're part of gigantic farms?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2023 09:13 AM (t0OGg)

Soros districts for cheap?

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at October 05, 2023 09:15 AM (eYoxG)

216 PA ignores the courts when it comes to election rules. PA is utterly lawless when it comes to elections, and the Party does what it wants there.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2023 08:26 AM (t0OGg)

I started to type that other states should take them to SCOTUS but I ended up alternating between laughing and crying so I left it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2023 09:15 AM (z99Zw)

217 If QAnon didn't exist, the Left would have to invent him.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2023 09:09 AM

Do we know for a fact that it didn't?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 05, 2023 09:16 AM (aQy7p)

218 I was reading the notice of passing of an opera fag who ran a well-known opera blog.
The notice's author described the proprietor as "passionate". I've noted that this is usually a polite euphemism for
Gay.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2023 09:07 AM (EzXHB)

I liked the "Frasier" episodes when his dad had to gay it up to appease the opera queen.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at October 05, 2023 09:16 AM (0lY6Y)

219 Good morning!
>>"The case of Trevor Bauer represents a dangerous trend in which America’s corrupt press is given the power of judge and jury."

How long ago was "Gone Girl" a bestseller?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 05, 2023 09:16 AM (izj35)

220 Heh. What would happen out west where you will have some hexagons that literally have nobody living in them because they're part of gigantic farms?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

And what about equitable hexagons , the ones that are bigger and designed to cover the populations the Democrats want exclude the ones they don't?

Posted by: Lost In Space at October 05, 2023 09:16 AM (CtmUH)

221 187 >I know I asked this before, but can someone remind me where in the Constitution did the people or the states cede a national policing power to the Federal government?

.. I believe it's derived from the "Making Up Stuff Clause" of the Constitution

Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2023 09:04 AM (RHGPo)


The Demoncrats intend to enact laws making every action they don't like a Federal crime. Enforced by FBI and DoJ. "Hate Crimes" is one of their favorite ways to do this.

Posted by: GL at October 05, 2023 09:16 AM (5fDan)

222 Heh. What would happen out west where you will have some hexagons that literally have nobody living in them because they're part of gigantic farms?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

-

People would either move there or there would be no votes.
Posted by: Moron Robbie


Honestly? If no one is living there, then there's no need for representation.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2023 09:16 AM (EzXHB)

223 >SCOTUS's main objective is to settle lawsuits between states to keep them from going yo war with each other.

Under Roberts, it seems SCOTUS' mission is to 'stay out of it' wherever and whenever possible

IMO FWIW

Posted by: DB - at October 05, 2023 09:16 AM (geLO8)

224 And if you put armies in each of three adjoining hexagons you get an attack bonus of +2.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 05, 2023 09:16 AM (S6gqv)

225 189 WaPo's Philip Bump gets a lot of attention from Ace because he says the weirdest shit in Washington, which is saying a lot.

The latest is his hit piece on DeSantis where he says any reference to "Chinese Communists" or "the CCP" is axiomatically racist. DeSantis is a racist when he criticizes the CCP.

Who pays for Propaganda is getting pretty blatant.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2023 09:05 AM (AAH4h)


Against which race, the Chinese or the communists? I bet the latter in Bump-on-a-log's case.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2023 09:16 AM (x0n13)

226 Just make each county an electoral district. Problem solved.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 05, 2023 09:17 AM (xTRSc)

227 SCOTUS pissed that away when they said Texas had no standing to challenge Pennsylvania's election results.

SCOTUS's main objective is to settle lawsuits between states to keep them from going yo war with each other.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2023 09:14 AM (EzXHB)
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It'll be interesting to see the reaction from SCOTUS when Texas declares war on Pennsylvania next time...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 05, 2023 09:17 AM (YIVH2)

228 Noticed that J.J.’s Morning Report from yesterday was quoted in Don Surber’s substack titled McCarthy gets Liz Cheneyed


https://tinyurl.com/4td82bus

Posted by: Mental Block at October 05, 2023 09:17 AM (2LgD3)

229 Told you guys a while back about an assault that occurred in my local HS. Two gang bangers attacked another and while he was laying on cafeteria floor out cold one jumped off a table onto his head fractured his skull. Yesterday the local Soros DA offered a deal to the jumper who was 17 three years in prison. The judge a common sense conservative dem rejected it saying he was going to give 7 yrs or the kid could risk a trial. Public defender burped out all kinds of gibberish, but judge adjourned case to give jr a chance to think about it

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 05, 2023 09:17 AM (gZYFY)

230 SCOTUS pissed that away when they said Texas had no standing to challenge Pennsylvania's election results.

SCOTUS's main objective is to settle lawsuits between states to keep them from going yo war with each other.
Posted by: rickb223

--

Of all the incredible things I watched happened during 2021 into 2021, that was probably the most significant.

Posted by: Moron Robbie ponders the mystery of monthly mass shootings at Historically Black Colleges at October 05, 2023 09:18 AM (ZLyax)

231 J.J. SEFTON IS AN ANTI-REPUBLICAN

Am an anti-Republican
sorry can't help it

also, welcome aboard
I've been here since Bush's 2nd term or thereabouts
Posted by: DB - at October 05, 2023 09:15 AM (geLO

[In Jerry Seinfeld’s voice when he declared “I choose not to run!”] I choose not to vote GOP!

(Note: The Trump exception applies as does the local office exception)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 05, 2023 09:18 AM (m6dV4)

232 Just make each county an electoral district. Problem solved.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus


You don't want 5200 house reps. Unless congressional sessions are MS Teams only.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 05, 2023 09:18 AM (EzXHB)

233 Pretty sure I have diabetes because I can no longer consume the shit I used to eat without feeling sick as hell. Guess I should go to the Doctor

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at October 05, 2023 09:18 AM (h2iPA)

234 Senate Dems say they'll shut govt down if Ukraine funding stops.

Posted by: It's Happening at October 05, 2023 09:19 AM (G5u+7)

235 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2023 09:16 AM (x0n13)
=====================
Probably a "yellow peril" complaint. I don't know, the guy has the IQ of a dog turd.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2023 09:19 AM (sar8m)

236 Told you guys a while back about an assault that occurred in my local HS. Two gang bangers attacked another and while he was laying on cafeteria floor out cold one jumped off a table onto his head fractured his skull.

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I bet there's a lifetime of similar violence leading up to that moment, but they couldn't be removed from school because everyone is college material.

Posted by: Moron Robbie ponders the mystery of monthly mass shootings at Historically Black Colleges at October 05, 2023 09:19 AM (ZLyax)

237 Pretty sure I have diabetes because I can no longer consume the shit I used to eat without feeling sick as hell. Guess I should go to the Doctor



I was diagnosed with diabetes eleven years ago. I've never had any symptoms.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 05, 2023 09:19 AM (xTRSc)

238 Senate Dems say they'll shut govt down if Ukraine funding stops.

--

Deal.

Posted by: Moron Robbie ponders the mystery of monthly mass shootings at Historically Black Colleges at October 05, 2023 09:19 AM (ZLyax)

239 I really don't think these folks understand where Americans stand any longer.

Posted by: Moron Robbie ponders the mystery of monthly mass shootings at Historically Black Colleges at October 05, 2023 09:20 AM (ZLyax)

240 my political motto these days is "Sharif don't like it!"

Posted by: Sharif at October 05, 2023 09:20 AM (sar8m)

241 Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 05, 2023 09:07 AM (JCZqz)

Did you find any DU zombies lamenting that every single last one of "their team" voted with the evil fascist talibangelist democracy-suppressing gerrymandered insurrectionists?

Posted by: spindrift at October 05, 2023 09:20 AM (G2KPu)

242

I bet there's a lifetime of similar violence leading up to that moment, but they couldn't be removed from school because everyone is college material.
Posted by: Moron Robbie ponders the mystery of monthly mass shootings at Historically Black Colleges at October 05, 2023 09:19 AM (ZLyax)


They're just fighting to get their lives back together.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 05, 2023 09:21 AM (Zz0t1)

243 Bump is the clown who got bitch slapped by a very liberal podcaster about not being the least bit interested about potential Biden corruption. A complete soy boy

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 05, 2023 09:21 AM (gZYFY)

244 You don't want 5200 house reps. Unless congressional sessions are MS Teams only.


Good point. I didn't really think that through. I guess I was thinking on the state house of reps level.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 05, 2023 09:21 AM (xTRSc)

245 ... The latest is his hit piece on DeSantis where he says any reference to "Chinese Communists" or "the CCP" is axiomatically racist. DeSantis is a racist when he criticizes the CCP. ...
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2023 09:05 AM (AAH4h)
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Which is funny, actually, because it's the opposite.

Whether you go with "CCP" or "Communist China" or "Mainland China" or my preferred old-school way "Red China," the purpose is to differentiate the communists and their China from the other Chinese and the other China (that is, Taiwan and previously also Hong Kong). The modifier makes it clear that you're talking politics, not race/ethnicity.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2023 09:21 AM (t0OGg)

246 The Biden administration restarting border wall construction? Their internal polling must be disastrous in the blueholes.

Posted by: Lost In Space at October 05, 2023 09:22 AM (CtmUH)

247 Benny Johnson

@bennyjohnson
·
11h
🚨 BREAKING: Joe Biden's dog ‘Commander’ has been removed from the White House after multiple biting incidents, including one caught on camera

Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 05, 2023 09:22 AM (TGPs7)

248 Disney hit a ten year low yesterday, and the market as a whole s heading deep south. Sell.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2023 09:22 AM (sar8m)

249 @236Moron Robbie, that's pretty much what the public defender said. "He has great potential"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 05, 2023 09:22 AM (gZYFY)

250 I'm not completely convince the Texas lawsuit was the right vehicle or presented the constitutional question in the right way. It could have been dangerous in terms of its implications. That said, I believe they should have at least allowed it to move forward and be litigated. I don't believe SCOTUS will get involved unless the question presented is more narrow in scope. Say, if they present mail in ballots and a specific process as demonstrably and unquestionably being wrought with fraud and therefore damaging to another states interests. Overall it's going to be a fine line to walk.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 05, 2023 09:23 AM (QlFnJ)

251 SCOTUS's main objective is to settle lawsuits between states to keep them from going yo war with each other.
Under Roberts, it seems SCOTUS' mission is to 'stay out of it' wherever and whenever possible
IMO FWIW
Posted by: DB - at October 05, 2023 09:16 AM (geLO

That's not fair! The SCROTUM is here for all Americans to make sure their rights are violated...You take that back or I'm gonna tell my mommy! Waaa Waaa Waaa!

Mom! Mommy!

Posted by: Bret Kavanaugh, Momma's Boy at October 05, 2023 09:23 AM (0lY6Y)

252 The Biden administration restarting border wall construction? Their internal polling must be disastrous in the blueholes.
Posted by: Lost In Space at October 05, 2023 09:22 AM (CtmUH)


Blacks are being replaced by browns and they're starting to notice. Biden is losing the minority dominant vote and they're starting to turn Trump.

If that happens, and they can't overcome with the cheat, he's FUBAR.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 05, 2023 09:23 AM (Zz0t1)

253 >The Biden administration restarting border wall construction? Their internal polling must be disastrous in the blueholes.

Posted by: Lost In Space


The appearance of restarting border wall construction

expect to see news footage of guys in hard hats, and cranes lifting things

Posted by: DB - at October 05, 2023 09:24 AM (geLO8)

254 NATO’s mission statement is to keep America in, to keep the Russians out and most importantly to keep the Germans down. That’s it.
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 05, 2023 09:01 AM (5pzWI)

So the EU's mission statement is: Get the muslims in, make the Europeans ghey, and blame the US while sponging off their tax dollars?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2023 09:24 AM (z99Zw)

255 @bennyjohnson
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11h
🚨 BREAKING: Joe Biden's dog ‘Commander’ has been removed from the White House after multiple biting incidents, including one caught on camera
Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 05, 2023 09:22 AM (TGPs7)


This has been going on for months. Only because one was caught on camera, they're willing to address it.

It makes Biden look bad.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 05, 2023 09:25 AM (Zz0t1)

256 248 Disney hit a ten year low yesterday, and the market as a whole s heading deep south. Sell.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2023 09:22 AM (sar8m)

You can get CD’s for 6% now if you look around a bit…

Posted by: tubal at October 05, 2023 09:25 AM (PCK5/)

257
It'll be interesting to see the reaction from SCOTUS when Texas declares war on Pennsylvania next time...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 05, 2023 09:17 AM

I'd like to be the first Pennsylvania resident to hereby surrender to Texas. They couldn't possibly screw up elections worse then they are here.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 05, 2023 09:25 AM (enJYY)

258 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 05, 2023 09:21 AM (t0OGg)
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Philip Bump may be a complete ass but I think it goes to tell you how the left isn't forgetting about DeSantis even though the race is effectively decided. He can't help himself.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2023 09:26 AM (sar8m)

259 I'm not a believer in polls. But most of them are showing over 70% of respondents want the wall to be built and believe illegal immigration is a top issue that needs to be stopped.

That's why you now have Biden being insidious and saying they'll build the wall. It is simply a fig leaf they can hide behind.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 05, 2023 09:27 AM (QlFnJ)

260 257
It'll be interesting to see the reaction from SCOTUS when Texas declares war on Pennsylvania next time...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 05, 2023 09:17 AM

I'd like to be the first Pennsylvania resident to hereby surrender to Texas. They couldn't possibly screw up elections worse then they are here.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 05, 2023 09:25 AM (enJYY)


Tanks!!! Crossing the Mississippi!!

Posted by: tubal at October 05, 2023 09:27 AM (PCK5/)

261


Maybe Commander should be renamed "Redskin" . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2023 09:27 AM (x0n13)

262 Tanks!!! Crossing the Mississippi!!



War elephants.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 05, 2023 09:28 AM (xTRSc)

263 254 NATO’s mission statement is to keep America in, to keep the Russians out and most importantly to keep the Germans down. That’s it.
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 05, 2023 09:01 AM (5pzWI)

So the EU's mission statement is: Get the muslims in, make the Europeans ghey, and blame the US while sponging off their tax dollars?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 05, 2023 09:24 AM (z99Zw)

It was supposed to be to unite Europe as one country, but in practice...

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at October 05, 2023 09:28 AM (eYoxG)

264 261


Maybe Commander should be renamed "Redskin" . . .
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2023 09:27 AM (x0n13)

Or Comanche, more like..

Posted by: tubal at October 05, 2023 09:28 AM (PCK5/)

265 My own guess is a recession hits hard in Q2 next spring. Biden Junta couldn't possibly fuck up more than they already have, except they are endlessly inventive.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 05, 2023 09:28 AM (sar8m)

266 *places $200 on Texas*

Posted by: Marcus T at October 05, 2023 09:29 AM (QlFnJ)

267
Art is up. Not nice boys.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2023 09:29 AM (x0n13)

268 >Maybe Commander should be renamed "Redskin" . . .


Bitin'

Posted by: DB - at October 05, 2023 09:29 AM (geLO8)

269 A near-victim in one of Michael Connolly's books (one of the Ballards) always secretly taped his sexual escapades to prevent a Bauer-like accusation and it saved his ass from a conniving evil would-be extortionist.

Posted by: Oglebay at October 05, 2023 09:29 AM (ogTiX)

270 You don't want 5200 house reps.

.. I thought that was a plus

Posted by: SMOD at October 05, 2023 09:29 AM (RHGPo)

271 Maybe Commander should be renamed "Redskin" . . .
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2023 09:27 AM (x0n13)

***

Albert Haynesworth. He bit the skins pretty hard. Maybe Jeff George...

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at October 05, 2023 09:29 AM (h2iPA)

272 It was supposed to be to unite Europe as one country, but in practice...
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at October 05, 2023 09:28 AM (eYoxG)


The EU was to make Europe like the US, but only so they could combine all the GDP's and rob them blind.

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

273
I'd like to be the first Pennsylvania resident to hereby surrender to Texas. They couldn't possibly screw up elections worse then they are here.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 05, 2023 09:25 AM (enJYY)

Well the manual says to appoint local rulers to administrate the newly conquered territories. How would you like to be Duke of Western Pennsylvania?

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at October 05, 2023 09:29 AM (eYoxG)

274 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 05, 2023 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

275 Senate Dems say they'll shut govt down if Ukraine funding stops.


Because the US will soon be the only supplier of munitions to Ukraine. We might be able to send enough to enable Ukraine to defend the current front lines, but not enough to support major offensive ops.

"Western ammunition supplies 'are at the bottom of the barrel' with the war in Ukraine showing no sign of ending, NATO warns"

https://tinyurl.com/28af6fbw

Posted by: GL at October 05, 2023 09:30 AM (5fDan)

276 It'll be interesting to see the reaction from SCOTUS when Texas declares war on Pennsylvania next time...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 05, 2023 09:17 AM

I'd like to be the first Pennsylvania resident to hereby surrender to Texas. They couldn't possibly screw up elections worse then they are here.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 05, 2023 09:25 AM (enJYY)

Hey, us bluehole hostages here in New Mexico have first dibs on getting invaded by Texas.

Posted by: Lost In Space at October 05, 2023 09:30 AM (CtmUH)

277 The appearance of restarting border wall construction

expect to see news footage of guys in hard hats, and cranes lifting things

Posted by: DB - at October 05, 2023 09:24 AM (geLO


Yep appearance only. The Biden admin. already sold most of the pre-bought wall materials for pennies on the dollar months ago.

Posted by: Archer at October 05, 2023 09:31 AM (gmo/4)

278 Biden's dog, Commander, bit another person and has been removed from the WH.

Recall that Biden's dog Major regularly bit Secret Service members at the WH earlier in his presidency and had to be removed, too. WTF is going on in there - why are these dogs basketcases (untrained - but also mistreated?), is Joe's instability triggering their protective instincts, any other ideas?!?

From 9/26/23 - President Biden’s dog Commander attacked yet another Secret Service agent Monday — marking the 11th known time the 2-year-old canine chomped down on the Executive Mansion’s staff.

“Yesterday around 8 p.m., a Secret Service Uniformed Division police officer came in contact with a first family pet and was bitten. The officer was treated by medical personnel on complex,” USSS chief of communications Anthony Guglielmi told CNN in a statement.
https://tinyurl.com/3dhjrfpw
https://tinyurl.com/5f7j5de2

Posted by: Lizzy at October 05, 2023 09:33 AM (izj35)

279 "For Levin to accuse Gaetz of being a demagogue seems somewhat ironic, if not hypocritical.
Posted by: tubal"


Three decade of conservatives bitching griping and thing have only gotten worse, (although we now have plenty of books filled with bitching and griping.) I don't know if the McCarthy thing was a good move or not strategically but it sure as hell stirred things up and got peoples attention. That alone will make it worth it.

Posted by: Ripley at October 05, 2023 09:36 AM (JojsZ)

280 A wall does no good if they leave the gates open, which the Desm would do if one was ever built. We could stop 90% of the illegals now without one. All BS to pacify the LIV's and nervous wine mom's

Posted by: Ripley at October 05, 2023 09:39 AM (JojsZ)

281 The only way I would get behind removing student debt is:
A) Make the colleges/university pay for it
B) Make the colleges/university pay for it
and
C) Make the colleges/university pay for it

Colleges have gotten this sweet deal that students are now indentured - the debts they incurred cannot be shaken by bankruptcy. So there's a good number of students who are sold a bill of goods, trained in how to be Woke (specifically, conscious of "Crititcal *X* Studies"), and left in a state where they're not productive nor useful as citizens. Others are left in a deep hole, owing tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars without the jobs to pay for it.

Remember - "Higher" education and degrees became a necessary item for many jobs. Part of that was pushing out actual productive trade schools, promising high-paying jobs as a return on investment.

Instead, there's a good # of schools serving tripe and charging wagyu beef prices for it.

And how much of that $$$ is siphoned back to the coffers of Democrats? THAT is the scam, right there. Guaranteed money, students shoulder the risk, and the Democrats get a large warchest for their campaigns and/or lifestyle.

Posted by: Another Anon at October 05, 2023 09:44 AM (hwP7U)

282 Remember - "Higher" education and degrees became a necessary item for many jobs. Part of that was pushing out actual productive trade schools, promising high-paying jobs as a return on investment.

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And it was all based on the government banning competency tests.

Duke vs somebody, I don't remember who. Essentially expensive college (and job creation for the teacher voting bloc) was entirely a reaction to / creation of the feds.

Posted by: Moron Robbie ponders the mystery of monthly mass shootings at Historically Black Colleges at October 05, 2023 09:46 AM (ZLyax)

283 281 Posted by: Another Anon at October 05, 2023 09:44 AM (hwP7U)

You read my mind. Agreed. Some of these universities have endowments in the billions of dollars.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2023 09:50 AM (x0n13)

284 Griggs v Duke Power. Only the military can give and assign positions based on aptitude.

Posted by: Puddinhead at October 05, 2023 09:53 AM (Wg6v7)

285 Gaetz, when asked if he was grandstanding to gain profile in order to run for Senate, "God no. If I wanted to join a retirement community I'd move to The Villages."

Posted by: Paul in Texas at October 05, 2023 09:56 AM (EG5bh)

286 JJ, to you and Robert Spencer I hereby state BRAVO GENTLEMEN AND BRAVO AGAIN!!!

And to all those attacking Matt Gaetz as an egotist, need I remind you that we had another, recent figure who was excused of having a big ego. His name is Donald J Trump and just like Gaetz HE DID WHAT HE PROMISED AND GOT THING DONE!
Any person here or in the GOPe, please point out just one damn significant thing that McCarthy accomplished in all his time in the U.S. House. I won't bother to set the timer, because you won't be able to come up with an answer. Oh and him making the Chamber of Commerce and big donors happy is NOT in the criterion!

I too am (and have been) an Anti-Republican since the sellout of 2020. People like me, who've voted Republican our whole lives, we HATE the Republicans and will never forgive them. Ever.
So again, standing ovations here for Gaetz. And Mark and Newt can go fuck themselves!!

2020: NEVER FORGET, NEVER FORGIVE

Posted by: Tracy at October 05, 2023 10:00 AM (Ful+R)

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

Solidarity!!!

Seth Joyer, Newt, even Levin, with all of their inane political commentaries. Don't care. It's time for change and speaking of change, it's well past time for term limits.

I'm even relishing the fact that as FORMER Speaker of the House, Representative Kevin McCarthy is out as an Ex Officio Member Designated by Act of Congress to The Kennedy Center Board of Trustees. (No more seeing Kev pathetically chase behind Nan like a puppy at televised award ceremonies.)

Petty on my part. Yes, it is. Oh, well.

What's on tap today?

Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know their enemies at October 05, 2023 10:04 AM (GshMh)

288 Late to the party, but I suggest that instead of term limits, or maybe in addition to term limits, that Federal pay to Congressmen be eliminated. Let the states pay their Congressmen. People answer to who pays them. I would also restrict politicians from receiving any donations from people that cannot vote for them. The out of district and out of state donations completely screws up the point of representative democracy.

However I would insist on term limits for Federal employees.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at October 05, 2023 10:12 AM (T5lnw)

289 "Conducting all elections through the use of hand-counted paper ballots
Imposing term limits for members of Congress."

This would NEVER happen.
I mean, being they already have a formula to rig elections at will.
You just have to deal with it............998 more years of darkness. There is no escape.

Posted by: Drider at October 05, 2023 10:13 AM (R/UH9)

290 289 Posted by: Drider at October 05, 2023 10:13 AM (R/UH9)

I think you miss the point. It's not that it will never happen (which 99% you are correct). It's that the issue is being raised, and from a hardcore lefty at that.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2023 10:24 AM (x0n13)

291
I think you miss the point. It's not that it will never happen (which 99% you are correct). It's that the issue is being raised, and from a hardcore lefty at that.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 05, 2023 10:24 AM

Living right near Philadelphia which miraculously achieves 100% voter turnout some years, I've often wondered - what if the will of the AA community changes and their automatic vote for the (D) party starts to change? Will they notice... or have they begun to notice? Because I'm seeing some polling data that indicates an AA shift, even during the 2020 election that was not reflected in the results in Philadelphia. Same consistent 80% number.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 05, 2023 10:38 AM (enJYY)

292 291. All is not well either in the "D" party. The Philadelphia City Council, the legislative body, consists of ten members elected by district and seven members elected at-large. Districts wield power. So do block captains & those who gets the non-profit $ for their associations &/or good deeds.

Keep an eye on this: Sen. John Fetterman has endorsed two progressive third-party candidates seeking seats on Philadelphia City Council, becoming the second statewide Democrat to buck local leaders and align with the Working Families Party.

Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know their enemies at October 05, 2023 11:23 AM (GshMh)

293 Thanks Mark and Sponge.

Posted by: Muad'dib at October 05, 2023 11:28 AM (sjdRT)

294 22. Skip, at least there's a chance we could see if our individual votes actually count. Voting by mail allows voters to check on line if their votes have counted (or, at least, went somewhere in the state system.)

The new county voting machines means we trust that our onsite, in person votes have been counted once an American Flag flashes across a laptop screen.

Also, mentally, physically challenged citizens get state ID through the DMVs, too. Have watched advocates, 'house parents' register their wards D for voting for decades. Ergo, they know how they can boost voting in certain areas and it'll simply blend &/or won't or can't be challenged.

We need a decent vote recording system that can be fully audited.

Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know their enemies at October 05, 2023 11:51 AM (GshMh)

295 Thanks to both Newt and Levin for telling me who they really are. I stand with Gaetz.

Posted by: NAB at October 05, 2023 12:00 PM (3sHsl)

296 Cornel West also owes over half a million dollars in taxes and back child support.

So we can assume he opposes paying his legal debts as well.

Posted by: Gosport at October 05, 2023 02:12 PM (oNbxv)

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