The Morning Report — 10/20/23

Good morning, kids. So, they changed Joey Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants from out of his Ensure-stained track suit he sported on AF-1 – which eerily reminded me of the outfits the terrorists wore who slaughtered the Israeli Olympic team in Munich 51 years ago – and into a suit and tie so he can hector the nation and demand that we all come together in our righteous might to stand shoulder to shoulder with . . . UKRAINE:

Joe Biden gave a rare Oval Office address Thursday night that began with a clear condemnation of Hamas terror, but quickly shifted focus to cynical politicking and narrative setting, even while Americans are still being held hostage.

. . . he tries to shift the political focus to something more favorable for him when his back is against the wall. That’s what he tried to do tonight.

The dominant news cycle right now – radical Islamic terror directed at Israel – is a terrible one for Joe. As I noted in an article earlier this week, Joe Biden has harmed Israel in numerous ways over his presidency and vice presidency while simultaneously enabling terrorists and their funders. He is also clearly perceived as a weak target by our adversaries around the world; so, the longer the media is focused on Israel, Jews, Hamas rockets, decapitated babies, and American hostages, the worse Joe is going to look. His political instincts told him to try to switch gears.He did that in his speech tonight. It was not only clumsy, it was offensive.

Actually, it was an attempted hoodwinking. The world thought the speech would be about Israel. And he did talk about Israel. But the speech was really about Ukraine.

He tried to connected Israel and Ukraine in order to suggest to Americans that if you support Israel’s war for its own survival, you must also support limitless taxpayer resources being sent to Ukraine – after those funds make a pit stop in the bank accounts of U.S. defense contractors, of course.

He ended up saying nothing newsworthy about Israel or Hamas, yet he revived the Ukraine funding discussion.

Yes, duplicitous Joe used dead Jews as an excuse to give a speech about Ukraine funding — from the Oval Office, no less. . .

. . . Using the death of Israelis and Americans, especially children, to shake the can for the defense industry was not merely a little too on the nose, it was grotesque. . .

. . . In what was another low point for the night, Joe scolded Americans for Islamophobia from two decades ago, despite the fact that radical Muslims targeted Jews for torture, rape, and murder just this month. “I know many of you in the Muslim American community are outraged saying to yourself ‘here we go again’ with Islamophobia and distress we saw after 9/11,” Joe said.

The timing would seem a bit off, unless you see it as a dog whistle to extremists in his political base.

The analysis comes from Alex Marlow who quite literally wrote the book on Biden and how his criminal mind, or at this stage criminal rotting rutabaga of a brain, works. When it works. Which means doing whatever it can to preserve, protect and defend the 50-plus year criminal enterprise and corruption that is the worthless existence that passes for a life.

As an aside, and not totally unrelated to the propaganda mill's throwing gasoline on the fire by regurgitating the Hamas lie that Israel vaporized a Gaza hospital and killed 500 people, instead of Palestinian Islamic Jihad launching a homemade Big Bertha that took out maybe a dozen people and a few cars in the parking lot, we have journalism's current grand old man Brit Hume who had this to say about Biden's spiel:

“One of the best - if not the best - speeches of his presidency.”

Wherein Brit Hume firmly claims the undisputed title of being the Walter Duranty of Jim Acostas. Or vice versa.

If there is a positive takeaway from this latest in the ongoing string of debasements from the de-Basement Dweller-in-Chief it's that, besides the shameless attempt to bait and switch from the war on Israel which he and his former boss had a major hand in setting the table (as Daniel Greenfield describes with his usual wit and detail here), it's perhaps this.

The Democrat Party and anti-American Left set into motion as far back as Aaron Burr, which Obama kicked into overdrive, that is the destruction and then subsuming of the nation, its political system and culture into a nightmare totalitarian state. In order to achieve this, especially in the past 60 years has relied on the uniting of disparate and many times antagonistic grievance groups and minorities with the common theme of hating the very nation and system that allows them to not only exist but thrive like no time in history and no place else.

That coalition of the unwilling and ungrateful cannot last. Ultimately it has to come apart at the seams. The fractures are already evident with such issues as the crime wave, open borders, homo- and transexual perversion and even to an extent censorship and cancel culture. And now, we have the absolutely repulsive reaction in celebration to the worst slaughter of Jews since 1933-1945 from Muslims, Maoists and sadly apostate self-gassing Jews-by-birth-only, is causing so-called independents and more crucially what's left of for lack of a better word "normal" Democrats to recoil in horror.

So, Joey now has to pull his fingers out of the panties of the closest little girl or daughter within reach and use them to plug the dyke. Dike? Regardless, that is all that this speech is, along with fleecing an already empty Treasury to wag the dog in Ukraine against a nuclear armed Putin.

TOP. Men.

Playing devil's advocate for a moment, I ask myself are the rivalries and arguments within these disparate groups big enough to cleave them from the Junta or is America- and Jew-hatred too powerful a magnetic force? Reading this account, the situation is very much in doubt:

Americans are shocked and horrified as university and law-school students nationwide show support for the terrorist group Hamas after its heinous attacks against the Jewish people.

“Israel bears full responsibility for this tremendous loss of life,” declared the NYU Student Bar Association president. Israel is “entirely responsible for all unfolding violence,” more than 30 Harvard student groups stated. “The apartheid regime is the only one to blame.” These statements do not feature geopolitical commentary, just brazen support for terrorism.

As law students who have witnessed firsthand the ideological takeover of American universities, we aren’t surprised — not by the statements or administrations’ slow response to them. . .

. . . Those outside academia should know these students are likely shocked that wider society is not applauding their actions. They don’t see these statements as particularly heterodox — in fact, the opposite. Why? Schools have, by their own design, become devoid of free inquiry and exchange, adopting instead a homogenous set of viewpoints, many of them extremely radical.

For years, admissions offices across the country have deliberately prioritized passion for social justice and activism in potential applicants — to their detriment. While community engagement is a worthwhile pursuit, at 17 years old, zealous activism for any complex cause is too often accompanied by a lack of intellectual curiosity and misplaced confidence in one’s point of view. Have you changed your mind on fundamental issues since the age of 17? We sure have. Yet increasingly, these young “activists” have neither the opportunity nor the incentive to allow their thinking to evolve. Their views are rewarded by admissions offices around the country, then encouraged and intensified by like-minded students and faculty members.

The cycle repeats in law schools. At elite institutions particularly, good jobs are nearly guaranteed, irrespective of students’ ability to display intellectual curiosity and exercise good judgment. Curious students without such convictions who secure spots at top universities are generally in the minority. They must be careful articulating their views lest they commit a “microaggression” against their peers.

All the while, students proudly support terrorists, ostracize their Jewish peers and espouse views nothing short of moral degradation under the guise of the “activism” institutions have so loudly praised.

Why are such gifted students so willing to go along, especially when the end result is antisemitism? While the wider population wonders in horror, the explanation is simple, albeit anticlimactic: They are doing precisely what the educational system rewards — applying the logic they have learned, even if it leads them to immoral ends.

The authors of this piece are two young law students at Boston College and Georgetown. If you don't think that they have targets on their backs, and quite likely in the most literal sense, then you've been asleep for a few years. As for what I emphasized at the end, if that doesn't scare the shit out of you, nothing will. I hope, as they assume, that the wider population is horrified by the support for the Dark Age butchers and the calling for the blood of the Jews that with a few tweaks are word for word echoing from 90 years ago in Germany.

That is not hyperbole. The observation encapsulates perfectly what historian Christopher Browning writes about in his harrowing account of the actions and motivations of one particular unit of the Einsatzgruppen who shot tens of thousands of Jews, one by one, into mass graves all over Russia.

It's bad enough that it's coming as it does from the classrooms and campuses of academia. But the same poisonous rot has been going on now for more than half a century. If you include scum like Horace Mann, John Dewey and Herbert Marcuse – and yes, dear reader, Bill Ayers – to name but a few, make it the full century. This is how you get raging idiots from the c-suites to government and little by little more of Main Street, or what's left of it now that our jobs have been outsourced.

And on top of that, we have full-on freak Taqqiya-sunrise practitioners at the highest levels of government who don't even have to lie about their allegiance to Islamic world conquest.

So, devil's advocate Joe Biden reverse-Joo chin horns off. They've been exposed. The question is, is it too late to do anything about it? And I don't necessarily mean via national elections because those are more and more meaningless. The world wonders.

But the world does go on, and even in the darkest moments, there are sparks of humanity that shine quite brightly.

An NYPD cop broke down in tears after helping talk a suicidal man down from a Manhattan overpass in a rarely seen raw moment captured on police bodycam.

The harrowing clip, posted by the department on X Wednesday, shows officers Carl Fayette and Eleodoro Mata calmly reassuring the man as he stands on the edge of the raised Riverside Drive highway in Manhattanville on Oct. 5.

“I’ve been in your shoes, man. It’s not worth it,” Fayette tells the man as he stands outside a fence on the edge of the overpass. “I’ve been in your shoes, brother, and there are solutions. There is a way to ensure you get out of this situation. . . ”

. . . “I love you, brother. I care for you, brother. You have my shoulder, brother. Lean on my shoulder, brother,” he reassures the man. “I promise you you’re my friend. I promise you that we will be fighting together. I promise you that we will give you the services that you need. I love you, brother. Just listen to my voice. You got this brother.”

The man folds over, bending forward while still grabbing onto the fence behind him, the footage shows.

“Life is beautiful. The sun is beautiful. You are beautiful, man,” Fayette tells him. “Please don’t give up on me brother.”

Compare and contrast to what happened at that music festival and the kibbutzim.

This little light of mine. . .

Have a good weekend.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• "Future historians may well look back and mark 2020 as the year America’s greatest threat began, for what happened that year and continued over the two and half years radically changed the country."
  Beyond Orwell: The High-tech Lynching of America
  
• Victor Davis Hanson: "A Middle East policy in ruins."
  Our Post-Hamas Wreckage
• Daniel Greenfield: "But at least she has a degree in Islamic Studies."
  Pentagon CFO’s Chief of Staff Has Family Ties to Islamic Terrorism
  
• “California’s answer to the criminal misuse of a few is to disarm its many good residents. That knee-jerk reaction is constitutionally untenable, just as it was 250 years ago.”
  Judge Rules California Assault Weapons Ban is Unconstitutional, Violates  Second Amendment
  
• Lang has not allowed the Orwellian ordeal to crush him, though. “Friday, October 13th marked my 1,000th day in prison. But God’s grace has supplied me and the rest of the January 6 prisoners with strength, endurance, perseverance, and hope, knowing that we will have vindication from this political persecution,” he insisted. “One day, from all over the country, more than 200 of us will emerge from these prisons and gulags. We will be redeemed and restored and all of the things they’ve done to us will all be washed away.” I pray he is right.
  January 6 Prisoner Passes 1,000 Days Jailed Without Trial, Shares Horror Stories of DC ‘Gulag’

ISRAEL AT WAR
• “While now, start using that imagination,” he continued. “Who was tortured before [the others]? Who saw if this was, this was on purpose? If this was the children looking at the parents being tortured? The parents seeing? And when I say tortured, I would say missing body pieces. An eye. Just taken out, an eye. One eye. Fingers being, fingers being,” he made a chopping motion with his hand to indicate fingers being cut off.
  Israeli First Responder Tells Horrifying Story of Parents, Young Children, Tortured In Front of Each Other Before Being Killed by Hamas
  
• "A military operation to rescue the hostages held by Hamas terrorists appears all but impossible, with experts warning that diplomacy should now be the main focus — as Israel’s military revealed the number of kidnapped has risen to more than 200."
  Why Rescuing the Hamas Hostages is So Hard: "We've Not Seen a Case Quite Like This in the Modern Era"
  * * * * *

• "The address was about Ukraine, not Israel."
  Breaking Biden Author: Five Takeaways from Joe’s Duplicitous Oval Office Address About Ukraine
  
• And he would just like you to know, America, that “they tell me I’m the first American president to travel there during a war.” What a complete ass.
  So-Called Quote-Unquote "president" Biden Gaslights Americans in Oval Office Address on Ukraine, Israel
  
• "Biden is preparing to run for reelection and needs to minimize disagreements within his increasingly diverse coalition."
  Biden Warns Allies Against "Islamophobia" and "Anti-Semitism"
  
• Brit Hume is now the Jim Acosta of Walter Durantys - jjs
  Fox News Brit Hume Gushes over Biden’s Address: "One of the Best, If Not the Best, Speeches of His [illegitimate] Presidency"
  * * * * *

• "FACT: The corporate media did not believe Hamas — let me assure you of that. The truth is much, much more troubling than gullible, and the truth is this… The corporate media are in the business of violence against Western Civilization, and right now, business is good. Violence equals ratings, which equals profits. Better still, violence furthers the far-left Cause. The Gaza Hospital Hoax was what the media call a two-fer."
  Ferguson II – Media Spread Hamas Hospital Hoax to Create More Violence
  
• "Do your goddam job!" (Umm, lying is exactly their job - jjs)
  Former Israeli PM Goes Off on Anderson Cooper Over Gaza Hospital Rocket Strike
  
• Margot Cleveland: "In reporting that Israel bombed the Gaza hospital and killed hundreds, media proved they have no real interest in fighting disinformation."
  Gaza Hospital Misinformation is One More Reason to Destroy the Censorship Complex
  
• Rabbi Dov Fischer: "The media conspires with the terrorists."
  The Hamas, Arab, and BBC Big Lie About Israel and the Bombed Gaza Hospital
  
• "We know corporate media are biased, but the reporting on Gaza shows they’re willing to be propagandists — even if their false reports are likely to get people killed."
  Press Must Be Held Accountable for Fake Gaza Story That Instigated Violence Worldwide
  
• Robert Spencer: "U.S. embassies under threat in the Middle East and South America." (“At THAT point, what difference WILL it make???!!!” - jjs)
  Another Benghazi in the Offing?
  
• ". . . at the very least, he doesn’t look or sound well, and it’s amazing he was allowed to continue speaking for so long without his handlers whisking him away."
  Biden Word Salad Casts Doubt About Whether He Even Knows What’s Going On
  
• Additionally, the IDF has released drone footage showing that the blast hit the parking lot next to the hospital and that there is “very limited damage to the parking lot itself,” The Times of Israel reports. It is also apparent that the blast did not create a crater in the lot, strongly indicating it could not have been an IDF strike.
  Number of Dead in Gaza Hospital Blast Revised from 500 to 10-50: European Intelligence Source
  
• "The sanctions relief is the largest concession of its kind to Maduro under leftist American President Joe Biden since he took office in 2021. It occurred on the same day that United Nations sanctions on Iran’s missile program expired and hours before Iran — a critical ally to Maduro and partner in rehabilitating Venezuela’s oil industry — once again threatened to destroy key American ally Israel."
  Joe Biden Eases Oil and Gas Sanctions on Top Iran Ally Venezuela, Likely Funding Hamas
  
• "After observers pointed out that identifying features of the personnel were not blurred, the White House deleted the photo without explanation."
  White House Appears to Reveal Identities of Special Operators in Israel in Social Media Post
  * * * * *

• "Agency-funded schools have glorified terrorism and encouraged martyrdom, according to a report."
  FLASHBACK: Congressional Dems Defend UN’s Anti-Semitic Palestinian Relief Agency
  
• “'Pro-Palestine' rallies have infested the West."
  State Department Issues Rare Worldwide Caution Travel Alert
  
• There are so many of these people who want to be free from this terrorist rule; they want to be free from all of that, and America has always been sympathetic to the fact that you can separate civilians from terrorists, and that’s what we have to do.” (Use a crowbar, or a MOAB, and leave them the fuck in the 7th century shit-hole they created for themselves - jjs)
  Nikki Haley Goes on Defense over Issue of Resettling Palestinians in U.S.
  
• "Movement of Rank and File Educators will join the Democratic Socialists of America for a 'Ceasefire Now Rally for Gaza.'"
  United Federation of Teachers Subsidiary Will Rally With Pro-Hamas Socialist Groups
  
• The kids chanting the anti-Semitic slogan, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” should send a shiver down your spine.
  Hundreds of San Francisco High School Students Leave Class to Protest Israel
  
• "The Ivy League school failed in its response to Hamas’ invasion of Israeli towns, donors say."
  Billionaire Donors Revolt Against Harvard
  
• Christopher Rufo: "Left-wing radicals have long supported the violent 'decolonization' of Israel."
  Intersectionality Devolves
  
• "Why are such gifted students so willing to go along, especially when the end result is antisemitism? While the wider population wonders in horror, the explanation is simple, albeit anticlimactic: They are doing precisely what the educational system rewards — applying the logic they have learned, even if it leads them to immoral ends." (If that doesn't frighten the living shit out of you, nothing will - jjs)
  We Law Students Aren't Surprised Campuses are So pro-Hamas
  
• "Daniel Goldman family foundation gave to group dropped by Paypal and Stripe for terror ties."
  Pro-Israel Dem’s Foundation Gave $1 Million to Group With "Palestinian" Terror Links
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• Daniel Greenfield: "We’re still living out the consequences of Obama’s worldview."
  Obama, Iran and the Road to Gaza
  
• Victor Davis Hanson: "Iranians have little clue they are one stupid missile volley, or one reckless intervention away from a devastating Western response." (Sorry, Dr. Hanson but I don't see it, given the divisions in this country, and as you stated, the Junta's desire to elevate Iran to dominate the Middle East - jjs)
  Does Iran Realize Its Own Growing Danger?
  
• "Of course, the fact that there aren’t good options doesn’t mean that Israel and America don’t have to make some important decisions."
  There Are No Good Options For Israel and America
  
• "'Si vis pacem, para bellum' ('If you want peace, prepare for war') is ancient advice, but it's still good advice – if done right."
  Thinking Seriously About Deterring Iran and Hezb'allah

  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• "The young woman sustained minor injuries, but is expected to be okay - physically, at least. Whether she feels safe enough to walk around her own neighborhood without fear of being randomly clobbered by a hateful bigot is probably another story." (Swarthy piece of shit looks like a head chopper - jjs)
  NYC Police Searching for Man Who Randomly Punched a Jewish Woman on the Subway
  
• Robert Spencer: "This is . . . an extremely weak foundation for interfaith harmony and an appeal to those true Muslims who detest all this jihad terrorism, about whom we hear so very much from non-Muslims and so very little from directly. Nagen’s earnest irenicism is understandable but nevertheless naïve and ill-informed. It is better to have a full and accurate understanding of who and what we’re dealing with."
  Rabbi Claims That Hamas Has ‘Perverted Islam.’ Alas, No.
  
• "Why would anyone expect anything different?"
  Hamas Chief: Israel is Only the First Target

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

• "They should fear us."
  UC Davis Professor Threatens Jewish Journalists and Their Children

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

• "Six years probation, $6,000 fine, and $2,700 restitution."
  Trump Georgia Case: Sidney Powell Takes Plea Deal, Must Testify Against Codefendants

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

• "Reparations talk was at the forefront of 2020 Democrat platforms, and states and localities have adopted their own versions of the policy." (Make the rubble Obama created bounce - jjs)
  Report: Democrats’ Reparations Crusade Could Cost Your Household Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars
  
• "Promoting a diverse range of voices within the Black community is essential to a thriving democracy."
  Challenging Black Conservative Criticism (More like near blood-libeling - jjs)
  
• Part 1 is in yesterday's Morning Report - jjs
  Part 2: Q&A with Dinesh D’Souza About His New Film, Police State

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

• “What prison sentences were given out to those who suppressed the Hunter Biden laptop information?”
  Elon Musk Comments on Man IMPRISONED for Posting Hillary Clinton Memes On Twitter
  
• "A stronger regulatory regime harmed access during the [Chinese] COVID-19 pandemic."
  American Broadband Regulators Should Learn Lessons From Europe
  
• "The media absolutely adore violence when they can link it to someone or something that they hate. That anyone might die because of it is neither here nor there."
  Video Call Masturbator Jeffrey Toobin Loves the Idea of Trump Inspiring a Shooting or Bombing

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• ". . . as Tesla shares surge on the excitement around Dojo, one venture capitalist and tech visionary’s attention is riveted on one of Elon Musk’s lesser-known exploits. He’s calling it 'Project Omega.' And it’s already forecast to be orders of magnitude larger than the $500 billion wealth explosion that Dojo could unlock."
  Tesla Shares Are Surging as Analysts Say Musk’s New Dojo Supercomputer Could Add $500 Billion in Value
  
• ". . . he’s nothing more than a partisan pugilist who is tarnishing the Nobel name."
  The Nobel Foundation Should Ask Paul Krugman for Its Award Back
  
• "Homeownership has been in precipitous decline across the country, with Virginia witnessing the largest drop at 8.8 percent since 2000. Worse still, renting affordability is at an all-time low as the average American is forced to pay over $2,600 per month."
  Bidenomics: Mortgage Demand Falls to Lowest Level Since 1995

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

• "One thing is certain, the WEF miscreants are planning on cutting meat out of our diets."
  Eat Ze Bugs! Meat Giant Tyson Invests in Insect 'Food' for People
  
• "London police also arrest Just Stop Oil co-founders in dawn raids after these eco-zealots threatened three more weeks of slow marches across the city."
  Climate Cult Icon Greta Thunberg Arrested at Eco-Activist Protest in London
  
• "Just say no way."
  E.V.s Are Out of Control

  AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY

• "The policies that have led to our nation’s failure on multiple fronts are not being fixed. They are the problem, not their figureheads."
  Biden’s Policies Endanger the U.S. Far More Than One Hamas-Supporting Immigration Official
  
• "Border Patrol recorded 218,777 encounters across the southern border in September, the highest on record for the month going back to at least the year 2000, according to the data. September marks the end of fiscal year 2023, meaning Border Patrol apprehensions surpassed 2 million."
  Illegal Immigration at Southern Border Hits New September Record
  
• "We can no longer guarantee shelter placement." (Maura, Healy thyself - jjs)
  Massachusetts Governor Says State Can No Longer Guarantee Shelter For Migrant Families

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• "The man, identified as 53-year-old Leonard Allen Cure, spent 16 years in jail after being wrongfully convicted of armed robbery in 2003. He was exonerated in Dec. 2020 after a reinvestigation."
  Man Wrongly Jailed for 16 Years Shot and Killed After Assaulting Deputy, Dashcam Video Shows
  
• "For Ben Crump to assert that Aldridge was not in fear for his life and that Cure was triggered, that Cure being a large, physically fit man would not pose a threat to a man of equal size (likely smaller, under the uniform’s bulk) is not only insulting to the situation, but it’s also a slap in the face to black Americans who are wrongfully targeted by law enforcement, which does happen in this country, by the way."
  Dashcam Footage Analysis: Why 'Justice for Leonard' Will Fail

  AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS

• "Determined to defend face coverings, a Scientific American article dismisses scientific 'rigor.'”
  The Mask Comes Off

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• "It turns out university lectures on self-care and transgender literacies don’t prepare teachers for real classrooms."
  Where Should Teachers Turn When Marxist Training Leaves Them Unprepared for Real Classrooms?

  DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY

• Backstabbing backbench scumbag illustrates perfectly the fact that we have zero representation - jjs
  Vern Buchanan Bowls at Biden White House After Opposing Jim Jordan Speaker Bid

  POLITICS

• "Granting McHenry temporary powers to essentially serve as Speaker will require some Democrat votes. At this time it remains unclear what concessions have been made to Democrats by Republicans – if any at all."
  Jim Jordan WON’T Pursue Third Vote for Speaker
  
• "While the speaker’s gavel remains up for grabs, some moderate Republicans are reportedly floating the idea of colluding with Democrats to pass a resolution expanding the powers of the chamber’s interim speaker."
  If Only Republicans Fought Democrats as Much as They Did Their Own Voters
  
• "Gaetz, who forced the motion to vacate the chair vote in early October that successfully removed Former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy from office, has continued to face criticism from many House Republicans for going against the status quo and holding McCarthy’s feet to the fire."
  Republicans Voting Against Jordan are Doing It to ‘Spite Matt Gaetz,’ Members Say
  
• "The House cannot pass bills without selecting a successor to McCarthy."
  No Speaker Isn’t So Bad, After All — How About Nobody Holds the Gavel?
  
• "Trump lost 10 points in the latest Marist poll."
  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Taking Votes Away From Trump After Switching to Independent
  
• "They’re stuck with a [so-called quote-unquote "president"] stuck in reverse."
  Democrats Begin Scapegoating Biden
  
• “Kari calls it how she sees it. In fact, if you consider constructive suggestions to be microaggressions, then you may find her candid observations sound like booming thunder. And she sees a swampy quagmire in Washington DC that needs to be plowed up and aired out. She’s just the one to do it too."
  Congressman Louie Gohmert Endorses Kari Lake
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• "The New Deal was not a 'conservative' program; it was an assault on law, liberty, and the American way of life."
  The New Deal Was a Great Reset

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• A U.S. Navy destroyer has been involved in a security incident in the Red Sea, a U.S. official said Thursday. The USS Carney encountered multiple missiles launched by Houthis in Yemen and fired missiles in response, the official said…The Houthi missiles were not thought to have been fired at the ship.
  Report: U.S.S. Carney Intercepts Missiles Fired by Iran-backed Houthis Near Yemen
  
• "One of the drones was shot down before it could cause damage, while the other one caused minor injuries to personnel at the al-Tanf coalition garrison, one U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the Associated Press. The Conoco site in Syria’s Deir al-Zor region was also targeted, Politico reported, citing a U.S. official and a person familiar with the attacks." (Wait, we're in Syria? - jjs)
  US Bases in Syria Attacked by Drones in Latest Act of Violence Over US Support for Israel
  
• Jack Lew = Lack Jew - jjs
  Biden’s Israel Ambassador Nominee Played Key Role In Crafting Iran Nuclear Deal Fiercely Opposed By Netanyahu
  
• Doug Bandow: "The war party has fallen into the 'credibility' trap."
  Tossing Good Lives After Bad Interventions
  
• Jack Posobiec: ". . . the Republican foreign policy elite is stuck in their mindset from 1980, and the liberal foreign policy elite is stuck in their mindset from their college postcolonial studies classes. Which has led to a foreign policy approach that, except for the brief interregnum of sanity under President Trump, essentially amounts to dropping bombs on anyone who dissents from globalist neoliberal social norms, snapping selfies with the locals, heightening regional tensions (and prolonging conflict), and then running off to DC to pat ourselves on the back for showing “global leadership.”
  Globalist Foreign Policy Has Brought Us to the Brink of WWIII
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• "The unbroken Jewish connection to the land argues for the Jewish State, but so does the fact that Jews have been the most persecuted people around the world." (The persecution – horrible as it always was and is – is not justification for the Jewish State. The unbroken Jewish presence and intermittent nationhood is the only reason - jjs)
  A History of Pogroms: The Case for a Jewish State

  DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS

• “The man I raised, the man I dropped off at boot camp, the man who spent the holidays with me before deploying did not drink,” Gates said. “A mother knows her son, and I believe something happened to mine while he was deployed. The Army promised to investigate what happened at Camp Humphreys, and I await the results.” (Considering what the military brass have turned that institution into, maybe she has a point - jjs)
  Army Slaps Travis King With Charges Including Desertion, Soliciting Child Porn

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

• And yet the world falls apart if God-forbid the government shuts down?! Also, how can I scam my way into some of that lucre? - jjs
  Research Program At Department Of Agriculture Went Years Without Hiring A Single Employee, Emails Show

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• "The FDA's upcoming ban of menthol cigarettes is aimed at Blacks and gays."
  Biden Declares War on Menthol Cigarettes
  
• Considering the FDA's horrendous recent (and perhaps not so recent) history, why should we trust them? - jjs
  CVS Pulls Popular Cold Medicines From Store Shelves

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• Robert Zimmerman: "As always, the focus is on giving the government agency 'more resources.' No one ever suggests that maybe its inability to meet the demand is because of mission creep, in which the government continually grabs more regulatory power than it is supposed to have, which then requires it to have additional resources, which then allows it to grab even more power, which then requires more resources, and on and on the merry-go-round goes."
  At Senate hearings numerous launch companies complain of regulatory bottleneck
  
• "Getting to 12 launches per month will be a challenge, but not an unreasonable one."
  SpaceX to push for more than 140 launches in 2024

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• "Not mentioned in the lengthy letter are the innocent civilians murdered in Israel by Hamas."
  More Than 3,000 UK Artists Blame Israel for Being Attacked by Terror Group Hamas
  
• "C.J. Pearson unveils the history and philosophy of this ancient promise."
  Prager U Video: Zionism – Why All the Controversy?
  
• "Athletes like Trevor Bauer and Matt Araiza are rejecting financial settlements for the chance to speak freely and clear their names."
  How Pro Athletes and #MeToo Witch-Hunt Victims are Rewriting the Anti-Cancellation Playbook
  
• "Creator of Webtective series brings Biblical spirit to children's programming."
  Dot Conner Fires Shot Across Disney’s Bow
  
• "Bill O'Reilly's new book is a near-perfect read about hysteria, cancel culture, and the history of religious freedom."
  Killing the Witches (Substitute a "B" for the "W" and I'd be down for the struggle - jjs)

  HITHER & YON

• "Van der Sloot’s confession was anticlimactic. But may have given Natalee’s family comfort or closure"
  The 18-Year Saga of Natalee Holloway's Disappearance Is Over

  FINALLY . . .

• “Life is beautiful. The sun is beautiful. You are beautiful, man,” Fayette tells him. “Please don’t give up on me brother.”
  NYPD Cop Breaks Down in Tears After Talking Suicidal Man Down From Manhattan Overpass

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1 I called 'em.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 20, 2023 08:00 AM (qPw5n)

2 Happy Fricking Friday

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 20, 2023 08:00 AM (lwOKI)

3 That’sa first

Posted by: Pete Seria at October 20, 2023 08:00 AM (mIAKX)

4 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at October 20, 2023 08:01 AM (sNtYB)

5 Good morning JJ, thanks for bringing the early news.

Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at October 20, 2023 08:01 AM (qZdIZ)

6 Or not

Posted by: Pete Seria at October 20, 2023 08:01 AM (mIAKX)

7 !

Posted by: Hawkpilot at October 20, 2023 08:01 AM (k6uu5)

8 Wow, you guys are quick. Good morning, Horde! I'll take a top ten and run with it. Off to the content.

Posted by: Hawkpilot at October 20, 2023 08:02 AM (k6uu5)

9 In California, a convicted child molester sets up camp across from grade school offering “free fentanyl for new users.”

Police... politely ask him to leave.

https://is.gd/kmKQ2K

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at October 20, 2023 08:02 AM (9yUzE)

10 First in nooding, first in post. The rest of my Friday is downhill from here. :-)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 20, 2023 08:02 AM (qPw5n)

11 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2023 08:03 AM (Q4IgG)

12 Good morning. It's Friday.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 20, 2023 08:05 AM (d04cU)

13 Some fun about Balls-Chin:
Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays
The conversation I imagine:

Puppetmaster 1: "We can make the public believe anything now."

Puppetmaster 2: "Anything? Surely, that is an exaggeration."

Puppetmaster 1: "I'll bet I can make the president sew his balls to his chin while making the public pretend they can't see it."

Puppetmaster 2: "You're on."
https://tinyurl.com/2knwuj69

And:
https://tinyurl.com/4p8xmtv2

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 20, 2023 08:05 AM (krqg6)

14 Good morning again dear morons and the horde in TX

JJ this is poetry as prose

And on top of that, we have full-on freak Taqqiya-sunrise practitioners at the highest levels of government who don't even have to lie about their allegiance to Islamic world conquest.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2023 08:05 AM (RIvkX)

15 All it needs is bongos

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2023 08:06 AM (RIvkX)

16 Et ti, Brit?

Hume sporting a fedora these days?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone, apropos of nothing at October 20, 2023 08:06 AM (OJLqX)

17 Putin Putin Putin!

Russia Russia Russia!


For the next 12+ months. Ugh.

Posted by: GL at October 20, 2023 08:07 AM (cHCW7)

18 Et tu. Damn, I cannot even blame the phone or autocucumber.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone, apropos of nothing at October 20, 2023 08:08 AM (OJLqX)

19 "Create in me a pure heart, O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Do not cast me from your presence
or take your Holy Spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation
and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me."

Psalm 51:10-12

Posted by: Marcus T at October 20, 2023 08:09 AM (IJqrQ)

20 Thank you, JJ.

F*ck Joe Biden and every satanic thing he stands for.
And f*ck the multitude of felons who put him where he is today.

Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the Children They Do Not Kill at October 20, 2023 08:09 AM (gxokI)

21 In what was another low point for the night, Joe scolded Americans for Islamophobia from two decades ago, despite the fact that radical Muslims targeted Jews for torture, rape, and murder just this month. “I know many of you in the Muslim American community are outraged saying to yourself ‘here we go again’ with Islamophobia and distress we saw after 9/11,” Joe said.
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So in the address about a new war launched against an ally by a horde of barbarians, he:
1. Mentioned that war, but glossed over our direct support of the barbarians
2. Harangued us about the other important war going on
3. Tried to use emotional tensions to clear the way for more defense spending to pour into that other theater
4. Proactively guilt-tripped us for seeing the connection between Islam and terrorism

Sounds like an efficient speech, actually.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 20, 2023 08:09 AM (d04cU)

22
“Israel bears full responsibility for this tremendous loss of life,” declared the NYU Student Bar Association president. Israel is “entirely responsible for all unfolding violence,” more than 30 Harvard student groups stated. “The apartheid regime is the only one to blame.” These statements do not feature geopolitical commentary, just brazen support for terrorism.

You are warned. These people aren't interested in correcting the flaws in America that stand between it and the ideals on which it was founded, they look at those ideas as fraudulent and America as a fundamentally and irredeemably evil country with a dark and bloody history.

To let them into your business or firm is to admit the agent of your destruction. They are deranged. They should be shunned and denounced at every turn.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2023 08:10 AM (MoZTd)

23 Starbucks sues workers' union following Hamas support
American coffeehouse chain takes legal action against Starbucks Workers United claiming they harmed the company's reputation after outcry for boycott; 'Drinking a cup of Starbucks is drinking a cup of Jewish blood'

Good, but Starbucks you bought into BLM and the other equity diversity bullshit. What did you expect to happen?

Kinda comes around and bites you in the ass doesn't it?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 20, 2023 08:10 AM (pVWRI)

24 Who/what got hammered? My #13 was #14 when I posted it.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 20, 2023 08:10 AM (krqg6)

25 "One thing is certain, the WEF miscreants are planning on cutting meat out of our diets."
Eat Ze Bugs! Meat Giant Tyson Invests in Insect 'Food' for People


If it's good enough for John the Baptist....

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at October 20, 2023 08:11 AM (45fpk)

26 The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee
4D Chess: Biden Offers The Palestinians $100 Million In Exchange For None Of The Hostages
buff.ly/3tzYfAZ

Joel Berry @JoelWBerry
Say what you will about The Babylon Bee -- our fake news stories never incited antisemitic riots and terrorist acts around the world
[Managing Editor of @TheBabylonBee, bestselling author of Postmodern Pilgrim’s Progress, USMC vet, grumpy dad]

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 20, 2023 08:11 AM (krqg6)

27 “One of the best - if not the best - speeches of his presidency.”
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If this came from the mouth of an intelligent or honest man, I'd say that this was a case of "damning with faint praise."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 20, 2023 08:11 AM (d04cU)

28 That coalition of the unwilling and ungrateful cannot last. Ultimately it has to come apart at the seams.
++++
Sure. The sure will have a grand old time riding the tiger, though.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 20, 2023 08:11 AM (d04cU)

29 The persecution – horrible as it always was and is – is not justification for the Jewish State. The unbroken Jewish presence and intermittent nationhood is the only reason


Well, that and God's promise.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at October 20, 2023 08:12 AM (45fpk)

30 Morning horde

happy birfday JJ.

i'm going to disagree with one thing from the esteemed Alex
"He ended up saying nothing newsworthy about Israel or Hamas, yet he revived the Ukraine funding discussion."

Personally, i found it very noteworthy that biden actually stated out loud that hamas' charter calls for the destruction of israle and the killing of Jews.

I found that to be interesting, as I don't know if the american left has ever openly admitted that bit.

Posted by: SturmToddler at October 20, 2023 08:12 AM (KZaqS)

31 “One of the best - if not the best - speeches of his presidency.”
Talk about a low bar!

And f*ck Brit Hume.

Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the Children They Do Not Kill at October 20, 2023 08:12 AM (gxokI)

32
In what was another low point for the night, Joe scolded Americans for Islamophobia

Who does he represent? Americans or Hamas? Well, Joe, by their fruits ye shall know them.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2023 08:13 AM (MoZTd)

33 If it's good enough for John the Baptist....
Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here
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Funny joke, honey.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 20, 2023 08:13 AM (krqg6)

34 One way to counter the pro-terrorist law students is for large clients of law firms to insist that the law firm they hire has a full accounting of their lawyers education and activities during college.
Pressure law firms to clear the rot from their employees.

Posted by: Redenzo at October 20, 2023 08:13 AM (V/pbu)

35 So, are the US hostages dead? Because the Biden cabal don't seem to be trying very hard in getting them back alive.

Posted by: dantesed at October 20, 2023 08:14 AM (88xKn)

36 It's worth recalling that Brit Hume is fond of repeating the oft-disproven lie that "Joe Biden is the kind of guy who'll give you the shirt off his back." So anything that fool says about, ahem, that other fool is to be discarded immediately.

Posted by: Mr. Fabulist at October 20, 2023 08:14 AM (7VCus)

37 Those outside academia should know these students are likely shocked that wider society is not applauding their actions. They don’t see these statements as particularly heterodox — in fact, the opposite. Why? Schools have, by their own design, become devoid of free inquiry and exchange, adopting instead a homogenous set of viewpoints, many of them extremely radical.
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Yes. The colleges are rotten little cloisters with entirely different rules and conditions than the world outside them. Every time one of the carefully-cultivated monsters leaves the confines of the ivory towers and neatly-trimmed quads and enters the outside world, he works tirelessly to bring the outside (the real world) closer to the inside (the college).

They are monasteries of wickedness, wherein they train monks to go out into the world and engage in forced - albeit usually subtle and subversive - conversions to their sinister church.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 20, 2023 08:15 AM (d04cU)

38
Because the Biden cabal don't seem to be trying very hard in getting them back alive.
Posted by: dantesed

He just gave $6 billion to Iran. Do you think he's made of money?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2023 08:15 AM (MoZTd)

39 Islamaphobia:

They didn't do it. And you shouldn't be scared that they'll do it again.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at October 20, 2023 08:15 AM (45fpk)

40 “One of the best - if not the best - speeches of his presidency.”

Technically true, as it would be for each of Kamala's and Fetterman's.

When your job is deception in aid of treason, it helps to have "technically true" in your legal defense.

Posted by: t-bird at October 20, 2023 08:16 AM (CaJIi)

41 14 Good morning again dear morons and the horde in TX

JJ this is poetry as prose

And on top of that, we have full-on freak Taqqiya-sunrise practitioners at the highest levels of government who don't even have to lie about their allegiance to Islamic world conquest.

Posted by: San Franpsycho
---

Ace's bit yesterday about Obama loading up with BLM

"under Obama, agents of the Muslim Brotherhood -- known agents, open agents -- were part of every security briefing to make sure Allah wasn't being disrespected by the infidel.

They did not sneak their way into the briefing. Obama specifically sought out Muslim Brotherhood agents as special advisors on the United States policies in fighting... well, the Muslim Brotherhood, among others.

He would tell me funny stories like someone in the briefing saying "This next part is top secret classified, so do not discuss this with anyone outside this room," and he'd say, "The Muslim Brotherhood is literally in the room right now. There are four of them in the second row. Who the fuck do you think you're keeping this secret from?"

So that was Obama. And now that's Biden."

Posted by: Braenyard at October 20, 2023 08:16 AM (u44Cz)

42 Why are such gifted students so willing to go along, especially when the end result is antisemitism? While the wider population wonders in horror, the explanation is simple, albeit anticlimactic: They are doing precisely what the educational system rewards — applying the logic they have learned, even if it leads them to immoral ends.
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Incentives. All people respond to incentives. The incentives at the monasteries of wickedness are wicked, and encourage the good to become wicked and the wicked to become ambitious.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 20, 2023 08:16 AM (d04cU)

43 Brit Hume, of FOX says, what?

Just cash the check dude and move on.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2023 08:16 AM (Q4IgG)

44 In what was another low point for the night, Joe scolded Americans for Islamophobia

Who does he represent? Americans or Hamas? Well, Joe, by their fruits ye shall know them.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2023 08:13 AM (MoZTd)

yeah i found it "interesting" in that way you know the answer but want to highlight something, that he talked about how jews are afraid to show their faith as they walk around. but curiously NO mention of why that could be...

but he didn't have a problem bringing up the little boy killed by the psycho and pinning THAT on all of us.

maybe i'm just paranoid, but while he didn't SAY maga people, it was bubbling under the surface of that entire speech.

Posted by: SturmToddler at October 20, 2023 08:17 AM (KZaqS)

45 After President Trump iced Qasem Soleimani, they took all the jihadis and put them in a terror museum...

OSINTdefender @sentdefender
Sadly this was not the “Monument” to Qasem Soleimani that was Destroyed by Israel tonight in Southern Lebanon, though I do want to know where this is and what the Monument in Lebanon looked like if anyone does know.

https://tinyurl.com/yc8cp6w5

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 20, 2023 08:18 AM (krqg6)

46
Islamaphobia:

They didn't do it. And you shouldn't be scared that they'll do it again.
Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here

"We can absorb a terrorist attack." - B. Obama

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2023 08:18 AM (MoZTd)

47 The man folds over, bending forward while still grabbing onto the fence behind him, the footage shows.

“Life is beautiful. The sun is beautiful. You are beautiful, man,” Fayette tells him. “Please don’t give up on me brother.”
++++
A little story of humanity is a nice way to end it, JJ.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 20, 2023 08:18 AM (d04cU)

48 Thanks so much JJ.

The stupidity of Brit Hume’s comment takes my breath away. He can’t really believe that… it was either a brain fart or he’s working for the junta.

Speaking of stupid, I can’t understand this “logic”: Hamas attacks Israel with inhuman savagery, therefore we have to…. Give more billions to Ukraine?? When you think about it, kinda like W after 9/11 (attacked by terrorists harboring in AFG) saying we gotta take out Saddam. Missing a few steps in that logic chain (sheesh)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 20, 2023 08:18 AM (3WbjW)

49 J.D. Vance
@JDVance1
“What the president did is completely disgraceful. If he wants to sell the American people on $60B more to Ukraine, he shouldn’t use dead Israeli children to do it. It was disgusting.”

Spot On.

I think last night's speech was a new low

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 20, 2023 08:19 AM (pVWRI)

50 Unfortunately, I'm praying for the hostages because a fair degree of them are probably already dead or actively being tortured. Does anyone really believe the people who just savagely and inhumanely murdered 1,400 innocent people can be- trusted? They will keep a small amount for negotiations, but as supplies run low they will become expendable. Hamas is already using air strikes as their excuse for some being killed. They've hidden those bodies to keep the truth from being told. Folks, always make a stand where you are to avoid being taken somewhere else.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 20, 2023 08:19 AM (IJqrQ)

51 Thanks JJ. Another tough read, but thanks for assembling. Good morning horde.

Posted by: TRex at October 20, 2023 08:20 AM (bApRP)

52 "And he did talk about Israel. But the speech was really about Ukraine."

So it was "if we don't support Ukraine , Hamas wins"'

Posted by: Ripley at October 20, 2023 08:20 AM (JojsZ)

53 "Judea" never existed!!!

ਗੌਰਵ ਦੱਤ @MrGrvDutt [a pro-Israeli Indian]
Was listening you last day podcast and @Ranting4Canada claim was right. Here is a antique 16th century map of ottoman empire where palenstine is not there but can see judea and gaza

https://tinyurl.com/4umxwvax

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 20, 2023 08:21 AM (krqg6)

54
So, killing 1200 Jews in a terror attack is no reflection on the Palestinian people as a whole. But one guy stabbing a boy to death is an indictment of the American people. Do I have that right?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2023 08:21 AM (MoZTd)

55 I can’t understand this “logic”: Hamas attacks Israel with inhuman savagery, therefore we have to…. Give more billions to Ukraine??

The US-backed Hamas and the US-back Israel must be demanding too big of a cut.

Posted by: t-bird at October 20, 2023 08:21 AM (CaJIi)

56 So, killing 1200 Jews in a terror attack is no reflection on the Palestinian people as a whole. But one guy stabbing a boy to death is an indictment of the American people. Do I have that right?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2023 08:21 AM (MoZTd)

Very Very well said. I might steal that. Thank You

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 20, 2023 08:22 AM (pVWRI)

57 Speaking of stupid, I can’t understand this “logic”: Hamas attacks Israel with inhuman savagery, therefore we have to…. Give more billions to Ukraine?? When you think about it, kinda like W after 9/11 (attacked by terrorists harboring in AFG) saying we gotta take out Saddam. Missing a few steps in that logic chain (sheesh)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 20, 2023 08:18 AM (3WbjW)
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It isn't a logic chain, it's a false equivalence used to try to make people feel like hypocrites. It's far simpler than you think. You're looking for a chain of logic, but there isn't one - just a simple if/then statement with a bad predicate.

1. If you don't support the continuous American support of Ukraine for whatever reason (cost, risk of spill-over, rights to interfere, etc. - it doesn't matter), then you logically must not support *any* US entanglement with nations at war.
2. If you support American support of Israel for whatever reason (supporting an ally, Zionism, regional security, etc. - it doesn't matter), then logically you must support *any* US entanglement with nations at war.
3. If you support involvement with Israel but not with Ukraine, you are a hypocrite and a bad person.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 20, 2023 08:22 AM (d04cU)

58 Today is Information Overload Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 20, 2023 08:24 AM (NpAcC)

59 >>>Here is a antique 16th century map of ottoman empire where palenstine is not there but can see judea and gaza

https://tinyurl.com/4umxwvax

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6)
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And Gaza is not a separate entity it's a town.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 20, 2023 08:24 AM (u44Cz)

60
Would you like a lesson on how to get shot by a cop on a traffic stop?

Here you go:

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-

politics/ashleymccully/2023/10/19/dashcam-footage-

analysis-why-justice-for-leonard-will-fail-n1736248

It's incredible how stupid some people are.

Sad.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 20, 2023 08:25 AM (QzZeQ)

61 50 Posted by: Marcus T at October 20, 2023 08:19 AM (IJqrQ)


They're all dead already or soon will be. If Israel delays, that's for sure.

The USAAF claimed (falsely) that either they didn't have the range to bomb the death camps or that if they did, they'd kill too many innocent inmates. Many Auschwitz survivors didn't give a damn if the USAAF accidentally killed them in an air raid considering what they were going through at the time.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 20, 2023 08:25 AM (x0n13)

62 “One of the best - if not the best- speeches of his presidency.”

I watched Faux Nooz only selectively starting during the 2020 Pres campaign, when they were openly shilling for Balls-Chin, and not at all since they canned Tucker. Looks like FNC absorption by the Regime is now complete. Does anyone here still watch them?

Posted by: Ex GOP at October 20, 2023 08:25 AM (qS8WV)

63 Thx for a great morning report JJ. Good morning and happy weekend to all. Greenfield's article about Obama and the road to Gaza is spot on. He missed one point. On 10/30/08, a day that should live in infamy, Obama said we are only days away from fundamentally changing the USA. The left had been on a long march taking over education and government and Obama's election was the signal for the leftist revolution to go hot. Everything since has been a continuation of the hot revolution

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2023 08:25 AM (4PUvr)

64 Not once did Joe mention vile antisemitism that permeates the campuses. That is what LEADS to apathy , equivocation and to evil.

Posted by: runner at October 20, 2023 08:25 AM (hht4k)

65 So, killing 1200 Jews in a terror attack is no reflection on the Palestinian people as a whole. But one guy stabbing a boy to death is an indictment of the American people. Do I have that right?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2023 08:21 AM (MoZTd)

just you maga-tards...

/s <- do i REALLY need that?

Posted by: SturmToddler at October 20, 2023 08:26 AM (KZaqS)

66 I mentioned The Bulwark's embarrassing, fawning coverage of Biden last night, but figured I'd repost as it fits The Morning Report. I'll post some DU cringe in a bit lol

Let’s Just Say It: Biden Has Done a Great Job with Israel. We’re watching one of the best foreign policy responses by a U.S. president in a generation. We ought to recognize it. By Johnathan Last.

We should just say it out loud: President Biden’s reaction to the 10/7 attack has been one of the best pieces of foreign policy crisis management by an American president in a generation.

In one week Biden has:
-Given Israel moral, rhetorical, and concrete support.
-Rallied Europe to Israel’s cause.
-Pulled the main body of the Democratic party even further away from its radical, anti-Israel fringe.
-And pushed Israel to be more attentive to humanitarian concerns in its campaign against Hamas.

Here’s how he did it:

Unfortunately, the rest of the nonsense is behind their pay wall...I can't imagine what kind of pitiful, twisted creatures have THAT subscription.

Posted by: Intercepted Bulwark Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 20, 2023 08:27 AM (NCgXW)

67 VDH: "It's That Old Thing: Gotta Learn How to Shoot Straight."

Again, the Biden message is that if Islamic Jihad had just hit its intended target and only killed more Jewish civilians, then there would have been no problem (cf. confirmed from the mouth of Biden himself: "It's that old thing: gotta learn how to shoot straight."): just shoot straight, terrorists, and then no riots, no snubs, and for now no need for more American Danegeld.

At some point, will someone state the obvious: the more a bankrupt America appeases the Middle East, sends aid and money, takes in its refugees, and lectures democratic Israel, all the more the Arab world shows contempt, and all the closer we get to a theater-wide war predicated on the idea that a loud but contemptibly weak America is at the mercy of unstable governments and unhinged throngs? And thus it can neither protect its friends nor advance its interests.

https://is.gd/T7nUEo

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at October 20, 2023 08:27 AM (9yUzE)

68 But muh Islamophobia.

Posted by: runner at October 20, 2023 08:27 AM (hht4k)

69 Unfortunately, I'm praying for the hostages because a fair degree of them are probably already dead or actively being tortured. Does anyone really believe the people who just savagely and inhumanely murdered 1,400 innocent people can be- trusted? They will keep a small amount for negotiations, but as supplies run low they will become expendable. ...
Posted by: Marcus T at October 20, 2023 08:19 AM (IJqrQ)
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And we're ensuring that supplies do *not* run low. We're going to be feeding the Hamas machinery - literally. And we got absolutely nothing in exchange for it.

A smart president/cabal trying to thread the needle to continue supporting the real ally (Hamas) while placating the nominal ally (Israel) and allowing all sides to save a bit of face would have put conditions on the support offered to the true ally. An intelligent operator would have made the "aid" contingent on the return of hostages. This is zero-cost to the recipient (the hostages aren't a good bargaining chip this time around), publicly placate the other party that is no position to argue, makes the supporting country look good and gives room to maneuver.

But these people are *not* smart.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 20, 2023 08:27 AM (d04cU)

70 Naomi Oreskes, a Harvard professor of the history of science, argued that by “prioritizing scientific rigor” in its mask studies, the Cochrane Library may have “misled the public,” such that “the average person could be confused” about the efficacy of masks. Oreskes criticized Cochrane for its “standard . . . methodological procedures,” as Cochrane bases its “findings on randomized controlled trials, often called the ‘gold standard’ of scientific evidence.”

Het stop doing science on our black magic!

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 20, 2023 08:28 AM (lwOKI)

71 64 Not once did Joe mention vile antisemitism that permeates the campuses. That is what LEADS to apathy , equivocation and to evil.

Posted by: runner
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Joey's whole administration is anti-Semite he's not going to speak ill of his acolytes.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 20, 2023 08:29 AM (u44Cz)

72 Joe Biden needs to switch places with all the January 6th prisoners of war.

Abolish the federales.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at October 20, 2023 08:29 AM (R/m4+)

73 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, horde.

Posted by: Inogame at October 20, 2023 08:29 AM (53oGX)

74 All hail Potatohead Magnus.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 20, 2023 08:29 AM (hiMh5)

75 62 “One of the best - if not the best- speeches of his presidency.”

I watched Faux Nooz only selectively starting during the 2020 Pres campaign, when they were openly shilling for Balls-Chin, and not at all since they canned Tucker. Looks like FNC absorption by the Regime is now complete. Does anyone here still watch them?
Posted by: Ex GOP at October 20, 2023 08:25 AM (qS8WV)
******
I watched last night and after Brit Hume said that Dana Perino, asked him if they watched the same speech. She embarrassed him. John Roberts and Hannity also agreed with Dana and made Brit look like a fool.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 20, 2023 08:30 AM (NpAcC)

76 שבת שלום, J.J.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2023 08:30 AM (OiikL)

77
Unfortunately, I'm praying for the hostages because a fair degree of them are probably already dead or actively being tortured. Does anyone really believe the people who just savagely and inhumanely murdered 1,400 innocent people can be- trusted? They will keep a small amount for negotiations, but as supplies run low they will become expendable. ...
Posted by: Marcus T

Just so's you know what "From the River to the Sea, Palestine Will be Free" would look like.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2023 08:31 AM (MoZTd)

78 Joe kissing Islam's ass is all you need to know on if this is King Barry's 3rd term.

Posted by: XTC at October 20, 2023 08:31 AM (UnA8+)

79 Joe Biden has become a Ballchinian ( MiB II). Heh

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2023 08:31 AM (4PUvr)

80 Sad to see what's happened to Brit Hume.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 20, 2023 08:32 AM (hiMh5)

81 3000 "artists" from Brittain... I've never heard of even one of them.
So I'm already boycotting them all.

Posted by: Reforger at October 20, 2023 08:32 AM (2RRkF)

82 69 But these people are *not* smart.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 20, 2023 08:27 AM (d04cU)

You don't have to be smart to be vicious.

Posted by: XTC at October 20, 2023 08:32 AM (UnA8+)

83 H7 en fuego today

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2023 08:33 AM (RIvkX)

84 Bitch.

Disclose.tv @disclosetv 3h
NEW - Greta Thunberg calls to "stand with Gaza" on Instagram.

BTW...
The bodies of Erick Peretz and his daughter Ruth who has cerebral palsy, were found today.

They have been missing since the Nova music festival on October 7th.

They were brutally murdered by Hamas terrorists.

May their memory be a blessing.

Noya, the 12-year-old autistic girl and her grandmother were found/confirmed murdered too.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 20, 2023 08:33 AM (krqg6)

85 57 - Thanks Joe. I was not seeing that but yeah… false equivalence. One of the common logical fallacies. They’re everywhere and constant

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 20, 2023 08:33 AM (3WbjW)

86 >>>Just so's you know what "From the River to the Sea, Palestine Will be Free" would look like.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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I accept that. Only I have a different interpretation of how that should come about.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 20, 2023 08:33 AM (u44Cz)

87 "But these people are *not* smart.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 20, 2023 08:27 AM (d04cU)"

I'm at the point where the battle plan is unclear. Israel massed forces and resupply on the border. Why they haven't moved us beyond me. I don't think it has anything to do with the hostages. This smells political. I've seen this movie before and it doesn't end well. At a minimum you already have SFOD D in theater because that's SOP for hostage situations. You have naval and air assets mostly positioned. The Israelis have clearly been preparing the battle space. They are prepared for why will likely come from the North once they go into Gaza. While they have been quietly taking our Hamas leadership, they look weak at the moment. There is no deterrence factor here at the moment. I can't even formulate what the military strategy is.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 20, 2023 08:33 AM (IJqrQ)

88 In case any of y'all would like to pass along birthday wishes...
Today is Kamala Harris' birthday and
Sunny Hostin's birthday.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 20, 2023 08:34 AM (NpAcC)

89 Italian PM Giorgia Meloni is now single

https://tinyurl.com/yko97fuz

Posted by: McCool at October 20, 2023 08:34 AM (Vm5ir)

90 > Sad to see what's happened to Brit Hume.
___________

He got paid to spit that out. Also, claiming that speech above all others was "*biden's best" sets an awfully low bar.

The media lies all. the. time. About everything.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2023 08:34 AM (Q4IgG)

91 ... The USAAF claimed (falsely) that either they didn't have the range to bomb the death camps or that if they did, they'd kill too many innocent inmates. Many Auschwitz survivors didn't give a damn if the USAAF accidentally killed them in an air raid considering what they were going through at the time.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 20, 2023 08:25 AM (x0n13)
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One of the more important ethical questions that came out of the War was the whether, all things being equal and assuming knowledge, the allies should have bombed the camps. It would doubtlessly result in the death of many thousands innocent people. It would also have destroyed the infrastructure of genocide, albeit at the cost of the lives any who might have survived the camps - some lives that would have continued would instead have been snuffed out as the price of stopping the industrial slaughter.

It's a hell of a question and that is why we have grappled with it for so long. Most people - and I am one of them - have concluded that it would be better to bomb the camps. I imagine - because I can imagine it for me - that even if those in charge think it's the right choice, it might be very hard to give that order.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 20, 2023 08:35 AM (d04cU)

92 Today is Information Overload Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at October 20, 2023 08:24 AM (NpAcC)

Want a Spam sammy ?

Posted by: JT at October 20, 2023 08:35 AM (T4tVD)

93 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at October 20, 2023 08:35 AM (uiWTm)

94 Commander's on the ground are gritting their teeth.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 20, 2023 08:36 AM (u44Cz)

95 "Just so's you know what "From the River to the Sea, Palestine Will be Free" would look like.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2023 08:31 AM (MoZTd)"

I prefer;

"From the river to the sea, Palestine will be procumbent".

Posted by: Marcus T at October 20, 2023 08:36 AM (IJqrQ)

96
It's sadly hilarious that Senile Joe whines about muh islamophobia, when

muslims in the US are actively supporting and publicly praising fellow muslims who are beheading babies, committing wholesale rape and torture and indiscriminate murder and destruction via missile attack.

I mean, why would any of that give even the most disinterested onlooker a negative opinion of islam?

Yeeesh!

Posted by: naturalfake at October 20, 2023 08:36 AM (QzZeQ)

97 Way back when the Natalie Holloway story broke I remember how it ushered in the Missing White Woman Of The Week phenomenon for cable "news." It was formulaic for a period of time:
1) find a photogenic female victim
2) take ordinary circumstances and add speculation to make it seem sinister
3) interview anybody and everybody even remotely related to the story
4) run and rerun the story incessantly
5) bonus points if you can create or even insinuate a possible love triangle.
Gold, Jerry. Gold!

Reason number 4356 not to pay for cable.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 20, 2023 08:37 AM (NBVIP)

98 Naomi Oreskes, a Harvard professor of the history of science, argued that by “prioritizing scientific rigor” in its mask studies, the Cochrane Library may have “misled the public,” such that “the average person could be confused” about the efficacy of masks. Oreskes criticized Cochrane for its “standard . . . methodological procedures,” as Cochrane bases its “findings on randomized controlled trials, often called the ‘gold standard’ of scientific evidence.”

Het stop doing science on our black magic!
Posted by: rhennigantx at October 20, 2023 08:28 AM (lwOKI)
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Heh. "You used actual sound scientific process and came up with a heterodox conclusion. If your results aren't faith-promoting, you are engaging in false and heretical science!"

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 20, 2023 08:37 AM (d04cU)

99 As George Selgin shows in False Dawn, New Deal monetary policy was a mess. Reflating the money supply—along with a program of not confiscating Americans’ gold, not raising taxes, and not over-regulating business owners—would have allowed that natural economic recovery to continue.

They shrank the money supply by around 30%. Then was product and services but no cash. So they then used Regulations to control the amount of product and services to match the dollars.

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 20, 2023 08:37 AM (lwOKI)

100 Let’s Just Say It: Biden Has Done a Great Job with Israel. We’re watching one of the best foreign policy responses by a U.S. president in a generation. We ought to recognize it. By Johnathan Last.

Biden is doing exactly what his voters want. Talk nice about Israel, send money to the poor Palis.
Predicting a nice bump in the polls for Ball-chin

Posted by: Ex GOP at October 20, 2023 08:38 AM (qS8WV)

101 >>> 92 Today is Information Overload Day.
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Yesterday was tough enough.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 20, 2023 08:38 AM (u44Cz)

102 ... The Israelis have clearly been preparing the battle space. They are prepared for why will likely come from the North once they go into Gaza. While they have been quietly taking our Hamas leadership, they look weak at the moment. There is no deterrence factor here at the moment. I can't even formulate what the military strategy is.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 20, 2023 08:33 AM (IJqrQ)
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I think you put your finger on it. My best guess - and it is, of course, only that - is that the fear is that the moment they commit to Gaza, the hordes and rockets will pour out of Lebanon and possibly also out of Syria and/or Jordan. A massive new front. The reserve call-up (which apparently also includes foreign reserves) is probably to try to deal with this, but preparing for a new front is difficult and involves a dice throw.

Just my guess.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 20, 2023 08:39 AM (d04cU)

103 Trey Yingst on Bartiromo reported significant fighting on Israel's norther border. Also a raid on a West Bank city killed 13 Palis and one Israeli.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2023 08:39 AM (4PUvr)

104 What if hamas accumulated bioweapons?

Posted by: runner at October 20, 2023 08:39 AM (hht4k)

105 Want a Spam sammy ?
Posted by: JT at October 20, 2023 08:35 AM (T4tVD)
*******
Can't decide which Spam is worse.
One hurts my head the other hurts my stomach.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 20, 2023 08:39 AM (NpAcC)

106 “One of the best - if not the best - speeches of his presidency.” -- Brit Hume

.. he was being sarcastic I suppose

or just take it as saying every other speech was "pretty bad"

Posted by: SMOD at October 20, 2023 08:39 AM (RHGPo)

107 It's a fat paycheck. I read the words they put in front of me.

Posted by: Brit Hume at October 20, 2023 08:40 AM (4I/2K)

108 Spam and honey butter.

Posted by: Don't knock it till you've fried it at October 20, 2023 08:40 AM (NBVIP)

109 The political echelon has already given the green light from what I've read.

Posted by: runner at October 20, 2023 08:40 AM (hht4k)

110 I have a solution to the Chaos ™ in the House.
Go home until January 2025.

Posted by: Ex GOP at October 20, 2023 08:40 AM (qS8WV)

111 smart president/cabal trying to thread the needle to continue supporting the real ally (Hamas) while placating the nominal ally (Israel) and allowing all sides to save a bit of face would have put conditions on the support offered to the true ally. An intelligent operator would have made the "aid" contingent on the return of hostages. This is zero-cost to the recipient (the hostages aren't a good bargaining chip this time around), publicly placate the other party that is no position to argue, makes the supporting country look good and gives room to maneuver.

But these people are *not* smart.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 20, 2023 08:27 AM (d04cU)


I was amazed that after 9-11, the amount of mosques in the United States doubled!

Posted by: Chillin the most at October 20, 2023 08:40 AM (0uQp2)

112 Little secret about the student groups...many of them are led by snackbars. Political involvement, organizing, all of that shit is like sports to the younger snackbars.

And they're rabidly antisemitic. Asking why, is like asking why a fish swims.

Posted by: MJ at October 20, 2023 08:41 AM (zwDuR)

113 Didn't bomb the camps because didn't want to be seen helping Jews.

Posted by: SFGoth at October 20, 2023 08:42 AM (KAi1n)

114 Good morning JJ and horde
TGIF

Posted by: Skip at October 20, 2023 08:42 AM (SjkHR)

115 Homeland Security Immigration Officer On Leave After "F**k Israel" Post

...she was tasked with “applying immigration laws and regulations to asylum applications.”

.. I would have to wonder how this person got her security clearance

Posted by: SMOD at October 20, 2023 08:42 AM (RHGPo)

116 "Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 20, 2023 08:25 AM (x0n13)"

I think we'll have to disagree. The intel mostly didn't anticipate the absolute inhumanity that was going on. With 1940's bomb technology they would have killed everyone in those camps. That's hardly a desirable outcome. So they mostly sought to disrupt (where they had enough intel) the operations (e.g. rail lines) where there was also a dual military purpose. As we degraded their capabilities and moves closer to Germany where we could win battles, hold ground and resupply we were in a better position to capture the camps. Even then we didn't realize how bad things were until we saw it. We were also totally unprepared to handle all the casualties and properly take care of people. It's war and people were dying by the dozens ever day. That's just war and many times you don't get it right FWIW.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 20, 2023 08:43 AM (IJqrQ)

117 3,700 Detroit Casino Workers Walk Off The Job, Strike For Higher Wages Due To Rising Cost Of Living

"It doesn’t help when UAW in Detroit is asking for 40%. I mean, that’s a top line that’s hard to ignore."

Posted by: SMOD at October 20, 2023 08:43 AM (RHGPo)

118 Italian PM Giorgia Meloni is now single

https://tinyurl.com/yko97fuz
Posted by: McCool at October 20, 2023 08:34 AM (Vm5ir)

I don’t know why (because Meloni is hot?) but I read the article. Her husband (partner) got in hot water about some “sexist” comments he made (he’s a news reader)…. They really are quite innocuous comments. “Me too” really is a farce.

I did another double take when the Guardian wrote (apparently with a straight face) that one of his on-air “gaffes” was to deny climate change. Now it’s a gaffe to notice that summer is usually hot…. Clown world exhibit number 6,324….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 20, 2023 08:44 AM (3WbjW)

119 Having a rational discussion with a snackbar is impossible. They are 100% devoted to their position and simply can't hear a different point of view. They are loud, absolutely certain, and run over anyone who doesn't agree with them. They use fear to silence people, knowing that regular folks would rather be polite.

Posted by: MJ at October 20, 2023 08:44 AM (zwDuR)

120 What if hamas accumulated bioweapons?
Posted by: runner at October 20, 2023 08:39 AM (hht4k)

What if Hamas refuses the Covid-19 vaccine for Palestinians??

Posted by: dantesed at October 20, 2023 08:44 AM (88xKn)

121 Why are such gifted students so willing to go along, especially when the end result is antisemitism?

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Talking past the sale. They are not "gifted students."

They are bien pensant midwits from favored classes in a decadent empire. They parrot the sounds of power mindlessly. That's the opposite of gifted. That's bog standard mediocrity.

The end result could be anything. They'd pursue it with laser focus and zero compunction when ordered to, because they have narrow, unquestioning little minds.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2023 08:44 AM (0FoWg)

122 I did another double take when the Guardian wrote (apparently with a straight face) that one of his on-air “gaffes” was to deny climate change. Now it’s a gaffe to notice that summer is usually hot…. Clown world exhibit number 6,324….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 20, 2023 08:44 AM (3WbjW)
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Climate change is the means they have chosen for power - for now, anyway. There is some evidence that this might change or morph, but for now that's it.

If you question it, you're an open and unquestionable enemy of the state.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 20, 2023 08:45 AM (d04cU)

123
The USAAF claimed (falsely) that either they didn't have the range to bomb the death camps or that if they did, they'd kill too many innocent inmates. Many Auschwitz survivors didn't give a damn if the USAAF accidentally killed them in an air raid considering what they were going through at the time.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 20, 2023 08:25 AM (x0n13)

Unfortunately, in war you often have a lot of hard decisions to make. Do you bomb Monte Cassino? Do you invade the famine-ravaged Netherlands? Do you bomb the death camps?

And, sad to say, the decisions made were based on military and not humanitarian necessity. Bomb an aircraft factory and not only is it hard to rebuild, but planes that shoot down your bombers don't get built. Bomb Auschwitz and the rail lines and not only do both get rebuilt quickly but also your strategic objectives aren't advanced one bit.

I also notice no one asks why the Soviets didn't bomb the death camps. They were much closer to them.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2023 08:45 AM (MoZTd)

124 It's not the accumulating bioweapons. It's the using bioweapons.

Posted by: Maybe I'm being pedantic, but at October 20, 2023 08:46 AM (NBVIP)

125 I know people are going to think I'm an idiot, but I can't help but think that the global movers and shakers have decided that Islam and Shari'ah Law are an integral component towards getting us to global governance.

Posted by: XTC at October 20, 2023 08:46 AM (UnA8+)

126 Good morning JJ and horde
TGIF
Posted by: Skip at October 20, 2023 08:42 AM (SjkHR)

Have a good one and stay safe Skip !

Posted by: JT at October 20, 2023 08:46 AM (T4tVD)

127 Dr. Eli David @DrEliDavid
🚨 Breaking: @elonmusk removed New York Times' verification badge, following a flood of false information it published on the Israel-Gaza war 👇
https://tinyurl.com/2uaubuac

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 20, 2023 08:47 AM (krqg6)

128 I saw the Bog-Standard Mediocrities open for the All-American Rejects at the Ogden in '03.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 20, 2023 08:47 AM (d04cU)

129 The COVID Gravy Train Is Over: Pfizer & Moderna Shares Down 35% & 49% This Year

It took what felt like forever, but at least some reality is making its way back into healthcare. We guess this means no more dancing nurse Tik Tok videos, though.

Reports are that 2% of US got new vaccine

Posted by: SMOD at October 20, 2023 08:47 AM (RHGPo)

130 The Colorado pediatrician and former colleague of mine who traveled to Gaza two days before the Oct 7 Hamas attacks on Israel remains stranded in Gaza. She has relocated to the south, near the border crossing with Egypt, which remains closed. Though staying at a UN compound, she sleeps at night in a car, shared with two other people. Her husband reports they have had no information from US State Department regarding progress on evacuating US citizens who remain stuck in Gaza.

The notion that you (as an American citizen) can travel to a war-torn, unstable region and expect to be protected or rescued by the U.S. govt or the UN when things go pear-shaped seems pretty tenuous.

Posted by: Muldoon at October 20, 2023 08:47 AM (l4B/J)

131 Incentives. All people respond to incentives. The incentives at the monasteries of wickedness are wicked, and encourage the good to become wicked and the wicked to become ambitious.

Yep...go along with the anti semites or the global warmists or whatever the evil of the week is and you'll get approval from teachers and classmates.

Think for yourself and you'll be in the principles office and have to deal with insults if not assaults from your classmates.

Bad incentives lead to bad outcomes.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2023 08:47 AM (XqcwY)

132 Ballchinian….. that’s funny. Comedy gold, Jerry. Gold!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 20, 2023 08:47 AM (3WbjW)

133 @DrEliDavid
🚨 Breaking: @elonmusk removed New York Times' verification badge, following a flood of false information it published on the Israel-Gaza war 👇
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 20, 2023 08:47 AM (krqg6)
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Heh. That is really going to piss off the Times. It won't actually matter much, but it's going to fill them with a tiny fury. People there are probably hurling coffee mugs at their subordinates in rage.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 20, 2023 08:48 AM (d04cU)

134 "Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 20, 2023 08:25 AM (x0n13)"

The U.S. initially said that an incursion from the North would draw them in. Now POTATOUS has walked that back. So I'm sure it's on the Israelis minds. It could be some of the hesitation, and perhaps getting more assets and supply into the battle space plays into it. But the level of military activity is curios at this point. We should at least have SF raids going on, and perhaps they are an we don't know about it. But the longer that armor is parked at the border, the more the enemy gets a chance to prep. It's going to be ugly, and that's unfortunate because it is avoidable.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 20, 2023 08:48 AM (IJqrQ)

135 Can't decide which Spam is worse.
One hurts my head the other hurts my stomach.
Posted by: redridinghood at October 20, 2023 08:39 AM (NpAcC)

Does it really hurt your stomach ?

Are ya taking it out of the can before ya eat it ?

Posted by: JT at October 20, 2023 08:48 AM (T4tVD)

136 In lukewarm defense of Britt Hume can anyone point to a better speech by dying brain Joe?

Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at October 20, 2023 08:50 AM (BfrNU)

137 It's not the accumulating bioweapons. It's the using bioweapons.
Posted by: Maybe I'm being pedantic, but at October 20, 2023 08:46 AM (NBVIP)

You misunderstood my comment. Some don't understand the 2 week prep.

Posted by: runner at October 20, 2023 08:51 AM (hht4k)

138 134 Posted by: Marcus T at October 20, 2023 08:48 AM (IJqrQ)

When you have them on their heels you go go go. Israel for whatever reasons within or beyond their control has hesitated. And it is going to get very ugly.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 20, 2023 08:52 AM (x0n13)

139 127 Dr. Eli David @DrEliDavid
🚨 Breaking: @elonmusk removed New York Times' verification badge, following a flood of false information it published on the Israel-Gaza war 👇

.. JUSTICE

Posted by: SMOD at October 20, 2023 08:52 AM (RHGPo)

140 The West Bank is also needing to be secured because the northern front will get activated once the assault begins in the south. The other Iranian militia is not there for nothing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2023 08:52 AM (RIvkX)

141 Election season is starting, I will make every attempt to disrupt reporters doing their jobs in the field including shouting profanities while they try to record, and just heckle and mock them whenever possible. As for at voting sites, I will seek out those handing out democrat literature, accept it from them and rip it up in front of them. Then tell them they represent the new NAZI party.

Posted by: F' em all at October 20, 2023 08:52 AM (FjlUt)

142 How many people are actually "gifted?" It's a miniscule percentage of humanity. The fact that people bluntly state that there are thousands of such people running around a given Ivy League campus speaks to the arrogance of credentialist elites.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2023 08:53 AM (0FoWg)

143 "Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 20, 2023 08:25 AM (x0n13)"

I think we'll have to disagree. The intel mostly didn't anticipate the absolute inhumanity that was going on. With 1940's bomb technology they would have killed everyone in those camps. That's hardly a desirable outcome...
Posted by: Marcus T at October 20, 2023 08:43 AM (IJqrQ)

Eh, playing "what if" is fun, but there really was no good/perfect solution.

I can guarantee you that the same people complaining about not bombing the death camps would be complaining about the bombing of the death camps had it occurred.

"America helped kill the Jews" would be the line today had we actually bombed the death camps.

War is tough always, but it's not a bad thing to concentrate your resources on your nation's own own needs and goals and fighting men.

The Ukraine is the perfect example of putting everything ahead of your nation's needs for "humanitarian" goals. It's the anti-reason to fight a war.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 20, 2023 08:54 AM (QzZeQ)

144 "When you have them on their heels you go go go. Israel for whatever reasons within or beyond their control has hesitated. And it is going to get very ugly.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 20, 2023 08:52 AM (x0n13)"

One is not like the other;

"We will always have your back, Israel".

"We never said an incursion from the North or from Syria by axis combatants would cause us to assist Israel".

Posted by: Marcus T at October 20, 2023 08:54 AM (IJqrQ)

145 Joe Biden gave a rare Oval Office address..

the real one, or the set across the street. You know, the one he got his "covid shots" at.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at October 20, 2023 08:54 AM (Rbu5d)

146 ‘Horrific’: 189 Bodies Found And Removed From Colorado ‘Green’ Funeral Home

The remains of at least 189 decaying bodies were found and removed from a Colorado funeral home, up from about 115 reported when the bodies were discovered two weeks ago, officials said Tuesday.

The remains were found by authorities responding to a report of a foul odor at the Return to Nature funeral home inside a decrepit building in the small town of Penrose, Colorado.
===
No shit??

"Colorado funeral home where 189 decaying bodies were discovered may have given families fake ashes."

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 20, 2023 08:55 AM (krqg6)

147 125 I know people are going to think I'm an idiot, but I can't help but think that the global movers and shakers have decided that Islam and Shari'ah Law are an integral component towards getting us to global governance.
Posted by: XTC at October 20, 2023 08:46 AM (UnA8+)

This is the same calculus that Franz von Papen had when he urged Hindenburg to select Hitler to be chancellor. He thought he was using Hitler as a puppet for his, von Papen's ascent to power. How did that work out for him?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 20, 2023 08:55 AM (x0n13)

148 Lt. General Flynn took to X recently and shared his take on “Q”.

In a lengthy post, Flynn shared, “Here’s my take on Q…I believe it is a major psyop and from what I can tell, it or they or whatever or whoever is “running this op” has done a major disservice.”

Flynn continued, “What I see are a bunch of people sitting and waiting for something to happen instead of doing what I have been calling for now for quite some time (LOCAL ACTION).”

Posted by: SMOD at October 20, 2023 08:55 AM (RHGPo)

149 Good morning, Mr. and Mrs. Horde, from border to border and coast to coast and all the shooters at Corsicana. May your aim be true, the bacon plentiful, and the evening's festivities be well-lubricated.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 20, 2023 08:56 AM (4I/2K)

150
Are ya taking it out of the can before ya eat it ?
Posted by: JT at October 20, 2023 08:48 AM (T4tVD)
******
I've eaten it and to me it tastes as nasty as it looks.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 20, 2023 08:56 AM (NpAcC)

151 Don't be so hard on Brit. He was just doing as he was told, like all good little newsreaders do.

Posted by: This is CNN at October 20, 2023 08:56 AM (sNlqW)

152
How many people are actually "gifted?" It's a miniscule percentage of humanity.

Take it from me, it's more a burden than a gift.

/s

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2023 08:57 AM (MoZTd)

153 The worst part of this horrible speech, and it will get little to no attention, is that the national security of AMERICANS also was held hostage to Ukraine "packages." You see, unless that Kiev graft continues, you peasants will continue to be invaded. If, and only if, money goes to the Ukrainian blackhole, the southern border will remain wide open. If the theft is funded, though, you will get a tiny, tiny bit of border control. The kicker is this is perfectly fine with most congressional Republicans, who also are open border whores and line their pockets as well.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at October 20, 2023 08:57 AM (KSNKu)

154 In February of 2002, nearly 350 decomposing bodies were found on the property of a crematorium in Noble, Georgia that had never actually been cremated.

.. this must be a fetish

Posted by: SMOD at October 20, 2023 08:58 AM (RHGPo)

155 Posted by: SMOD at October 20, 2023 08:55 AM (RHGPo)
*****
Trust The Plan!!!

Posted by: redridinghood at October 20, 2023 08:58 AM (NpAcC)

156 To be clear, I was also against the British and eventually the allied decision to bomb, and fire bomb German cities- Just like many in the American Air Command. It was a deliberate attempt to kill civilians. If there is a moral high ground in war, which is debatable, they lost it once that decision was made. I believe in the end analysis it did zero to win the war.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 20, 2023 08:58 AM (IJqrQ)

157 How many people are actually "gifted?" It's a miniscule percentage of humanity. The fact that people bluntly state that there are thousands of such people running around a given Ivy League campus speaks to the arrogance of credentialist elites.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2023 08:53 AM (0FoWg)
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My mom is here and wants a word.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2023 08:58 AM (RIvkX)

158 Hey, man. I just work here.

Posted by: Brit Hume at October 20, 2023 08:58 AM (NBVIP)

159 Thank you JJS for that wonderful closing story! In these dark days, where we are subjected to Hamas and Biden, both, that was a blessing!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2023 08:59 AM (KdvZA)

160 143 Posted by: naturalfake at October 20, 2023 08:54 AM (QzZeQ)


Monday morning quarterbacking 79 years later. The fact is, the USAAF claimed Birkenau, aka Auschwitz II was out of range when in fact they flew a raid on Monowitz aka Auschwitz III which was about 6 miles further east than the Birkenau.

In fact, there is an infamous photo of bombs falling short where you can see the barracks and the crematoria chimneys in the upper left of the shot.

Survivors remember the raid and said they were praying the bombs would fall on them to put them out of their misery.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 20, 2023 09:00 AM (x0n13)

161 Meloni and boyfriend's story sounds like - this is the story, these are the answers to your questions, it's easy for you to understand and to print - {the reason we are really breaking up is none of your business}.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 20, 2023 09:00 AM (u44Cz)

162 The worst part of this horrible speech, and it will get little to no attention, is that the national security of AMERICANS also was held hostage to Ukraine "packages." You see, unless that Kiev graft continues, you peasants will continue to be invaded. If, and only if, money goes to the Ukrainian blackhole, the southern border will remain wide open. If the theft is funded, though, you will get a tiny, tiny bit of border control. The kicker is this is perfectly fine with most congressional Republicans, who also are open border whores and line their pockets as well.
Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at October 20, 2023 08:57 AM (KSNKu)
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Quid pro quo imposed at gunpoint is the ideal state of the US government.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 20, 2023 09:00 AM (d04cU)

163 I wonder if Dana Perino has started to see the light. I always thought of her as the RINO on the Five but she has of recent years made comments that lead me to believe that she is far more conservative now than she was when she was first on TV. To put Brit on the spot like that last night was interesting and she does that to Jessica too.

Posted by: Jaimo at October 20, 2023 09:00 AM (DBrN4)

164 159 Thank you JJS for that wonderful closing story! In these dark days, where we are subjected to Hamas and Biden, both, that was a blessing!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2023 08:59 AM (KdvZA)


I got choked up.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 20, 2023 09:00 AM (x0n13)

165 The Paolo has had many women, how you say, gasp and call him gifted.

Posted by: The Paolo at October 20, 2023 09:00 AM (4I/2K)

166 I never like to use the word "gifted" to refer to myself, I prefer "well-endowed".

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 20, 2023 09:01 AM (S6gqv)

167 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 14h
NEW: Thousands of information technology workers contracting with U.S. companies have for years secretly sent millions of dollars of their wages to North Korea for use in its ballistic missile program, FBI and Department of Justice officials said. - AP

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 20, 2023 09:01 AM (krqg6)

168 I've been thinking "bioweapons" ever since ayatollahs been yammering and threatening. The world needs to take those mofos very, very seriously.

Posted by: runner at October 20, 2023 09:01 AM (V13WU)

169 Weapons of war have no place on California’s streets,” Bonta said in a statement. “This has been state law in California for decades

So was Jim Crow, you asshole.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2023 09:01 AM (ynpvh)

170 "You have my shoulder, brother. Lean on my shoulder, brother,” he reassures the man. “I promise you you’re my friend. I promise you that we will be fighting together. I promise you that we will give you the services that you need.


Yeah, good luck with that.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at October 20, 2023 09:01 AM (45fpk)

171 I didn't watch Joey's TV talk. Senility in the White House terrifies me because the Chinese are watching so closely, and besides, I could care less about Ukraine.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2023 09:02 AM (KdvZA)

172 170 Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at October 20, 2023 09:01 AM (45fpk)

Why so cynical about a beautiful story?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 20, 2023 09:03 AM (x0n13)

173 Yeah, good luck with that.
Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at October 20, 2023 09:01 AM (45fpk)
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Maybe we're cynical grammie because all I heard was "I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2023 09:03 AM (RIvkX)

174 They use fear to silence people, knowing that regular folks would rather be polite.

Posted by: MJ at October 20, 2023 08:44 AM (zwDuR)

That is true of all extremists.

Punching them in the face works very well.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 20, 2023 09:04 AM (3Gtis)

175 I miss Tony Snow.

Posted by: dantesed at October 20, 2023 09:04 AM (88xKn)

176
People: A man saved another man's life. WTF?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 20, 2023 09:04 AM (x0n13)

177 Why so cynical about a beautiful story?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 20, 2023 09:03 AM (x0n13)


Because I've spent 11 days sitting in the ICU trying to get services. It should not be this hard to find help, but it is.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at October 20, 2023 09:05 AM (45fpk)

178 Did Joe break wind during the speech?

Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at October 20, 2023 09:05 AM (BfrNU)

179 Hiya Grammie !

Posted by: JT at October 20, 2023 09:05 AM (T4tVD)

180 January 6 Prisoner Passes 1,000 Days Jailed Without Trial, Shares Horror Stories of DC ‘Gulag’

So much for the 6th Amendment and the right to "a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury...[and] to have [a] compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor..."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2023 09:05 AM (ynpvh)

181 Hiya JT!

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at October 20, 2023 09:06 AM (45fpk)

182 Because I've spent 11 days sitting in the ICU trying to get services. It should not be this hard to find help, but it is.
Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at October 20, 2023 09:05 AM (45fpk)


Okay, I now have context and I feel for you. But that story in just that moment is about humanity and the human condition on a personal level, which I found a comforting juxtaposition to the fiends who cut off babies' heads and the idiots here who cheer it on.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 20, 2023 09:06 AM (x0n13)

183 @TheInsiderPaper 14h
NEW: Thousands of information technology workers contracting with U.S. companies have for years secretly sent millions of dollars of their wages to North Korea for use in its ballistic missile program, FBI and Department of Justice officials said. - AP
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 20, 2023 09:01 AM (krqg6)
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This could mean anything. What did the "thousands of information technology workers" have in common? Were they at the same companies? Did they work for the same contracting firms? Were they foreign nationals? Do they have a common educational background? If they were foreign were they green card holders? H1Bs?

If this is true, there's probably a fairly important - and likely embarrassing - point of commonality.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 20, 2023 09:06 AM (d04cU)

184 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 15h
NEW - Poland arrests thief posing as store mannequin
Polish police said Thursday they had arrested a 22-year-old man who posed as a store mannequin in order to later steal jewellery at a Warsaw shopping centre.

After entering a clothing store, the man “put on a new outfit, then stood still in the window like a mannequin in order to fool security guards and surveillance cameras,” said Robert Szumiata, a spokesman for Warsaw police.

After closing time, the man slipped out and managed to swipe jewellery from a stand at the shopping centre before being apprehended.

“We’d never seen anything like it,” Szumiata told AFP.

Charged with theft and burglary, the man faces 10 years in prison.
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No Soros D.A.s in Poland.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 20, 2023 09:06 AM (krqg6)

185 Punching them in the face works very well.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 20, 2023 09:04 AM (3Gtis)

Rickles to Sinatra seated in the audience....

"Make yourself at home Frank ; hit somebody !"

Posted by: JT at October 20, 2023 09:07 AM (T4tVD)

186 How many people are actually "gifted?" It's a miniscule percentage of humanity. The fact that people bluntly state that there are thousands of such people running around a given Ivy League campus speaks to the arrogance of credentialist elites.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2023 08:53 AM (0FoWg)

In high school and even my first few years of college I thought I was smart…. Because grades (all A’s). Then I got into graduate school (engineering where academics, at least back then, were actually rigorous)…. Suddenly pretty much everyone around me was smarter than me. I went on to earn a PhD and one of my main takeaways was: I’m not smart enough to be a prof…. Not even close. To buttress your main point: In all that time with all those really smart people I think I only ran into a truly gifted person maybe once or twice at most….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 20, 2023 09:07 AM (3WbjW)

187 The persecution – horrible as it always was and is – is not justification for the Jewish State. The unbroken Jewish presence and intermittent nationhood is the only reason - jjs

No. Countries do not need justification. Countries need armies. The only justification for the existence of Israel is the might of the Jews who decided that they wanted it. That has been true for 3,000 years.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 20, 2023 09:07 AM (3Gtis)

188 {170} ... Yeah, good luck with that.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at October 20, 2023 09:01 AM (45fpk)

At least he's not in Canada where the cry for help of "I want to kill myself" is met with "Great, we have a program called MAID for that! Sign here..."

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 20, 2023 09:07 AM (qPw5n)

189 Benny Johnson
@bennyjohnson
3m

🚨 Palestinian man to CNN in the West Bank LIVE on air: “You are not welcome here, genocide supporters! F*** CNN!”

https://tinyurl.com/4324e8t9

Posted by: redridinghood at October 20, 2023 09:07 AM (NpAcC)

190 A military operation to rescue the hostages held by Hamas terrorists appears all but impossible, with experts warning that diplomacy should now be the main focus

Don't they know that threat and use of military force IS a form of diplomacy? Not a very nice one, but when you're dealing with murderous assholes that don't understand anything but violence, violence becomes the only tool you can use.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2023 09:07 AM (ynpvh)

191 Did Joe break wind during the speech?
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No, AOC wasn't there.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 20, 2023 09:08 AM (krqg6)

192 It is a lovely story, JJ, and I pray it has a positive outcome and the man gets the help he needs.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at October 20, 2023 09:08 AM (45fpk)

193 Not cynical about life-saving, cynical about empty promises. If you've dealt with "systems" you know.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2023 09:08 AM (RIvkX)

194 You all have a great weekend!

Israel is not holding American hostages, the Muslim Brotherhood is and the U.S. government is helping them walk Israel into the erasure of Israel.

I stand with the free People of Israel and have contempt for those against it.

Posted by: Danimal28 at October 20, 2023 09:08 AM (klw0w)

195 So we are asked to fund Jews that play a piano with their dick but not so much Jews that don't. American Foreign Policy in a nutsack. Somehow I smell a very Gay Hawaiian Oreo Cookie in all of this.

Posted by: Pudinhead at October 20, 2023 09:08 AM (naiw2)

196 142 How many people are actually "gifted?" It's a miniscule percentage of humanity. The fact that people bluntly state that there are thousands of such people running around a given Ivy League campus speaks to the arrogance of credentialist elites.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2023 08:53 AM (0FoWg)

Most of the administration, however, is quite special.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2023 09:08 AM (ynpvh)

197 @TheInsiderPaper 15h
NEW - Poland arrests thief posing as store mannequin
Polish police said Thursday they had arrested a 22-year-old man who posed as a store mannequin in order to later steal jewellery at a Warsaw shopping centre.

After entering a clothing store, the man “put on a new outfit, then stood still in the window like a mannequin in order to fool security guards and surveillance cameras,” said Robert Szumiata, a spokesman for Warsaw police. ...
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 20, 2023 09:06 AM (krqg6)
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Like something from a silly crime comedy, except in real life.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 20, 2023 09:08 AM (d04cU)

198 SpaceX getting to 12 launches a month is a regulatory problem. They have the equipment. What they lack is FAA approvals for Starship launches from Boca Chica. The foul "environmentalists" lobby is trying to prevent it from happening. NASA should buy the facility from SpaceX and tell the FAA to GFY

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2023 09:09 AM (0d3Rg)

199 The American left has more in common with Hamas than conservative citizens.

The NeverTrump Republicans would rather make a deal with Hamas than conservatives.

Hamas and Ukraine will receive new shipments of our money before Israel sees a dime, because of the alliance between our Hamas-Left and Hezballah-NeverTrump.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 20, 2023 09:09 AM (TzW+Y)

200 SpaceX getting to 12 launches a month is a regulatory problem. They have the equipment. What they lack is FAA approvals for Starship launches from Boca Chica. The foul "environmentalists" lobby is trying to prevent it from happening. NASA should buy the facility from SpaceX and tell the FAA to GFY
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2023 09:09 AM (0d3Rg)
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NASA doesn't want it any more than the FAA does.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 20, 2023 09:10 AM (d04cU)

201 I went on to earn a PhD and one of my main takeaways was: I’m not smart enough to be a prof…. Not even close.

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 20, 2023 09:07 AM (3WbjW)

A professorship means that someone has done enough study to become an expert in a field, and has done (hopefully) original research to improve that field. It does not speak to their intelligence as much as their effort and diligence.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 20, 2023 09:10 AM (3Gtis)

202 Once again, I say, Fuck Joe Biden. Fuck him all to hell.

Posted by: Archer at October 20, 2023 09:10 AM (gmo/4)

203 Here’s my take on Q…I believe it is a major psyop and from what I can tell, it or they or whatever or whoever is “running this op” has done a major disservice. What I see are a bunch of people sitting and waiting for something to happen instead of doing what I have been calling for now for quite some time (LOCAL ACTION). The nonsense about trump is still the president and the military is coming to the rescue is just that…nonsense. I wasn’t belittling Dave (he’s a big boy), I was being brutally honest (like it or not or believe it or not). Rome is burning Nero and the bucket brigade is getting low on water. And like it or not (I don’t), we have a person in the WH that is there following a constitutional process…note I didn’t say fair election (which I don’t believe occurred). Lastly, I so respect your smart statement and most definitely appreciate your support as well as Dave’s (I’m a big fan of X22). I also appreciate the support by many of the digital soldiers who did and do support me. Thank you will never be enough. However, I want us to face reality for what it is and it is staring us in the face currently and it is ugly.
https://twitter.com/GenFlynn/status/1714872285482405924

Posted by: SMOD at October 20, 2023 09:11 AM (RHGPo)

204 160 143 Posted by: naturalfake at October 20, 2023 08:54 AM (QzZeQ)


Monday morning quarterbacking 79 years later. The fact is, the USAAF claimed Birkenau, aka Auschwitz II was out of range when in fact they flew a raid on Monowitz aka Auschwitz III which was about 6 miles further east than the Birkenau.

In fact, there is an infamous photo of bombs falling short where you can see the barracks and the crematoria chimneys in the upper left of the shot.

Survivors remember the raid and said they were praying the bombs would fall on them to put them out of their misery.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 20, 2023 09:00 AM (x0n13)

JJ, I know you've got relatives who were in that horrible situation, so, of course, you feel strongly about it.

But, war is filled with horrifying calculus, "how many men is it acceptable to lose to take that hill?" "If we sail into that harbor, we expect to lose 30% of our ships, is it worth it?"

If my sons were fighting in a war, I damn sure hope every single resource of the US military was being used to defeat the Germans and help bring my boys home safely. I would be outraged that resources were being used that had no benefit for the US.(con't)

Posted by: naturalfake at October 20, 2023 09:11 AM (QzZeQ)

205 198 SpaceX getting to 12 launches a month is a regulatory problem. They have the equipment. What they lack is FAA approvals for Starship launches from Boca Chica. The foul "environmentalists" lobby is trying to prevent it from happening. NASA should buy the facility from SpaceX and tell the FAA to GFY
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All Dem politics is Hostage Taking. We obviously spent too much time in the MidEast. It is now our calling card.

Posted by: Pudinhead at October 20, 2023 09:11 AM (naiw2)

206 Number of Dead in Gaza Hospital Blast Revised from 500 to 10-50: European Intelligence Source

Stop calling it that.
1) It hit the Hospital parking lot.
2) It was done by the terrorists themselves

Call it what it is: HAMAS-CAUSED Gaza Hospital Parking Lot Blast

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2023 09:12 AM (ynpvh)

207 (con't)

A nation at war's first obligation is to it's fighting men and women.

Everything else, even humanitarian efforts, that doesn't not bring about a quick end to the war and victory, is secondary. IMHO.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 20, 2023 09:13 AM (QzZeQ)

208 .. and now for something completely different ...

Utah Indicts Four on ‘Conspiracy Against the United States’ After They Allegedly Stole Over $1 Million in Dinosaur Bones, Tried to Sell Them to China

Posted by: SMOD at October 20, 2023 09:13 AM (RHGPo)

209 Good morning, HQ.

Good morning, Corsicana.

Posted by: creeper at October 20, 2023 09:13 AM (cTCuP)

210 *FBI and Department of Justice officials said*

What credibility do they have?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 20, 2023 09:13 AM (NBVIP)

211 NASA doesn't want it any more than the FAA does.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 20, 2023 09:10 AM (d04cU)
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Want what? Launch capability? Starship? Sure they do. Boca Chica, maybe not, since with Vandenberg they already have a back up site, but having another would be luxurious!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2023 09:14 AM (OjYM7)

212 201
...

A professorship means that someone has done enough study to become an expert in a field, and has done (hopefully) original research to improve that field. It does not speak to their intelligence as much as their effort and diligence.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 20, 2023 09:10 AM (3Gtis)

At least in rigorous fields of study, no, say, Transgender Hate Studies.
As the old saying goes:
It's not how smart you are, but how dogged you are.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2023 09:14 AM (ynpvh)

213 206 Number of Dead in Gaza Hospital Blast Revised from 500 to 10-50: European Intelligence Source
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Remember, all who died in 2021 died of COVID. All who died in the early 60s died of tobacco. Are you beginning to see a pattern in this?

Posted by: Pudinhead at October 20, 2023 09:14 AM (naiw2)

214 Good morning everyone. Thank you J.J.

Happy Birthday!

Posted by: Tonypete at October 20, 2023 09:14 AM (J47y1)

215 Dinosaur bone? Make good soup!!

Posted by: Your neighborhood Chinese restaurant at October 20, 2023 09:15 AM (NBVIP)

216 208 .. and now for something completely different ...

Utah Indicts Four on ‘Conspiracy Against the United States’ After They Allegedly Stole Over $1 Million in Dinosaur Bones, Tried to Sell Them to China
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Dem Bones, Dem Bones, Dem Dry Bones...

Posted by: Pudinhead at October 20, 2023 09:15 AM (naiw2)

217 Actually, the missile that hit the hospital parking lot was launched by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad


Brian: Excuse me. Are you the Judean People's Front?
Reg: Fuck off! 'Judean People's Front'. We're the People's Front of Judea! 'Judean People's Front'.
Francis: Wankers.

Posted by: SMOD at October 20, 2023 09:16 AM (RHGPo)

218 Dr. Jill Biden!

Posted by: runner at October 20, 2023 09:16 AM (V13WU)

219 Pontius Pilate: Wait till Biggus Dickus hears of this!

Posted by: SMOD at October 20, 2023 09:17 AM (RHGPo)

220 Between Monty Python and Mel Brooks, all history has been explained.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2023 09:17 AM (OjYM7)

221 Splitters!

Posted by: People's Front of Palestine at October 20, 2023 09:18 AM (NBVIP)

222 Experts say Covid isolation protocols that kept people from gathering led to rise in drug overdose deaths in B.C.
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Again, no shit??

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 20, 2023 09:18 AM (krqg6)

223 Thanks . J.j for the story about the policeman helping the suicidal man. I know we have debates on here about the police simply being simply an oppressive tool of the government, but the policemen I have known signed up to serve and protect, and I'm grateful for that policeman and the ones who grabbed him . I hope the suicidal man gets help and I think the policeman probably could use some affirmation as well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 20, 2023 09:18 AM (6T9uo)

224 Want what? Launch capability? Starship? Sure they do. Boca Chica, maybe not, since with Vandenberg they already have a back up site, but having another would be luxurious!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2023 09:14 AM (OjYM7)
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They want launch capability, but they do not want Starship. They want SLS to actually deliver. Starship - like Falcon - is an embarrassment for NASA. Mission commanders, technical people, etc. at NASA would definitely love to Starship up and running and to do rapid launches of Falcon, but NASA brass does not. Getting to space is secondary to getting to space courtesy of their own programs.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 20, 2023 09:19 AM (d04cU)

225 204
...
But, war is filled with horrifying calculus, "how many men is it acceptable to lose to take that hill?" "If we sail into that harbor, we expect to lose 30% of our ships, is it worth it?"

If my sons were fighting in a war, I damn sure hope every single resource of the US military was being used to defeat the Germans and help bring my boys home safely. I would be outraged that resources were being used that had no benefit for the US.(con't)

Posted by: naturalfake at October 20, 2023 09:11 AM (QzZeQ)

Indeed. Sometimes squads and companies are sacrificed so that the rest of the army can succeed. The more imporant, timely and desperate the fight the more risks are taken.
I'm certainly glad the A-bomb was dropped on Japan, and would have been supportive of even more cities being leveled and turned radioactive to preserve American lives if it was necessary.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2023 09:19 AM (ynpvh)

226 Stan: It's every man's right to have babies if he wants them.
Reg: But you can't have babies.
Stan: Don't you oppress me.
Reg: Where's the fetus going to gestate? You going to keep it in a box?

Posted by: SMOD at October 20, 2023 09:19 AM (RHGPo)

227 Between Monty Python and Mel Brooks, all history has been explained.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2023 09:17 AM (OjYM7)


"Oh, Depends Boy!!!" - Joe Biden.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 20, 2023 09:20 AM (QzZeQ)

228 210 *FBI and Department of Justice officials said*

What credibility do they have?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 20, 2023 09:13 AM (NBVIP)


♪FIB, Huh!
What are they good for?
Absolutely Nothin'! ♫

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2023 09:20 AM (ynpvh)

229 The 3-3 Washington Naval Officers are playing the 1-5 NY Giants this weekend. How can the Naval Officers fuck this up?

Posted by: Pudinhead at October 20, 2023 09:20 AM (naiw2)

230 How do you know she's a witch?

Posted by: Obligatory at October 20, 2023 09:20 AM (NBVIP)

231 All hell is breaking loose in Mexico right now after a college football player intentionally broke his opponent’s leg with an absolutely disgusting dirty hit, and then in response, the player was banned for life.

Posted by: SMOD at October 20, 2023 09:20 AM (RHGPo)

232 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2023 09:12 AM (ynpvh)

It's funny how all the news organizations said a Israeli warhead struck a Gaza hospital right after it happened.

Posted by: dantesed at October 20, 2023 09:20 AM (88xKn)

233 A professorship means that someone has done enough study to become an expert in a field, and has done (hopefully) original research to improve that field. It does not speak to their intelligence as much as their effort and diligence.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 20, 2023 09:10 AM (3Gtis)

You’re right, of course. But there is some higher-level mathematics I dealt with (differential geometry and Lie brackets just one example) that I don’t think are attainable to the average intelligence regardless of the level of effort invested. I perceived just barely enough to get by…. and kinda know I couldn’t play ball in that world. Don’t even get me started on Gödel’s incompleteness theorems! I just violated the no maths rule….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 20, 2023 09:21 AM (3WbjW)

234 ... Don’t even get me started on Gödel’s incompleteness theorems! I just violated the no maths rule….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 20, 2023 09:21 AM (3WbjW)
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And you used an umlaut!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 20, 2023 09:21 AM (d04cU)

235 Happily, I already have a couple of bottles of Musinex and I'm ready for cold season, so CVS pulling it from shelves won't hurt me.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2023 09:22 AM (OjYM7)

236 Israel ישראל @Israel 3h
Watch: Kevin Chen opens his concert at @carnegiehall with Hatikva, Israel’s anthem, paying tribute to the Israeli victims murdered and those who are being held hostage by Hamas.

Thank you.
https://tinyurl.com/395jnucx
1:42 minutes

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 20, 2023 09:22 AM (krqg6)

237 Illinois comptroller’s office attorney fired for ‘gas chamber’ comments

https://tinyurl.com/5n7zv8fa

Posted by: redridinghood at October 20, 2023 09:22 AM (NpAcC)

238 So I see RFK Jr is in favor of reparations. That is going to change his voter make up.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 20, 2023 09:22 AM (AGkki)

239 Putin calls blast at Gaza hospital a catastrophe, calls for negotiations

negotiate for what ? dead bodies ?

Posted by: SMOD at October 20, 2023 09:23 AM (RHGPo)

240 I perceived just barely enough to get by…. and kinda know I couldn’t play ball in that world. Don’t even get me started on Gödel’s incompleteness theorems! I just violated the no maths rule….
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This means you're not autistic.

Posted by: Pudinhead at October 20, 2023 09:23 AM (naiw2)

241 RE: Gifted.

My older brother advised me as I was getting ready to start med school that I would be among people who were incredibly smart, smarter than anyone I had ever been around previously.

When I started, one of my classmates was the future Admiral R. Levine, a man so smart that it took him until he was in his 50s to realize that he was a woman. Make of this what you will.

Posted by: Muldoon at October 20, 2023 09:23 AM (l4B/J)

242 232 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2023 09:12 AM (ynpvh)

It's funny how all the news organizations said a Israeli warhead struck a Gaza hospital right after it happened.

Posted by: dantesed at October 20, 2023 09:20 AM (88xKn)

When (was it AP or Reuters) had an office right in the heart of Gaza that was also an HQ for one of the terrorist groups, you expect propaganda.
The MSM are propagandists, plain and simple. It fits their narrative, they publish it unquestioningly.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2023 09:23 AM (ynpvh)

243 Ask your doctor if umlauts are right for you. Don't use umlauts if you're allergic to umlauts.

Posted by: Legal Beagle at October 20, 2023 09:24 AM (NBVIP)

244 234 ... Don’t even get me started on Gödel’s incompleteness theorems! I just violated the no maths rule….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 20, 2023 09:21 AM (3WbjW)
++++
And you used an umlaut!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 20, 2023 09:21 AM (d04cU)

Is that the camel with one hump or two humps?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2023 09:24 AM (ynpvh)

245 243 Ask your doctor if umlauts are right for you. Don't use umlauts if you're allergic to umlauts.
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I thought umlauts were those dwarfs in the Willie Wonka movie.

Posted by: Pudinhead at October 20, 2023 09:25 AM (naiw2)

246 >>>That has been true for 3,000 years.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
---

Summon their inner Levite and get to work.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 20, 2023 09:26 AM (u44Cz)

247 #127 Excuse the NeverTrump link but...

Steven Greenhouse @greenhousenyt 16h
When will Elon Musk stop acting like an infant having a tantrum? >> Elon Musk’s X removes the New York Times’ verification badge

Elon seems to grow more and more arbitrary, capricious and pathetic.

David Burge @iowahawkblog 30m
When will the NYT stop hiring literal Adolf Hitler fans as their lead reporters in Gaza?

Gabe Hoffman @GabeHoff 2h
New York Times REHIRES Disgraced, Previously Fired, Adolf Hitler praising Hamas propagandist

Soliman Hijjy (also spelled Sulaiman Hejji) was the LEAD on a @nytimes article promoting the Hamas lie about Israel bombing the hospital
https://tinyurl.com/2wnvektt

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 20, 2023 09:26 AM (krqg6)

248 Brian: I am NOT the Messiah!
Arthur: I say you are Lord, and I should know. I've followed a few.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 20, 2023 09:26 AM (4I/2K)

249 237 Illinois comptroller’s office attorney fired for ‘gas chamber’ comments

https://tinyurl.com/5n7zv8fa

Posted by: redridinghood at October 20, 2023 09:22 AM (NpAcC)

They believe they can get away with such comments and have for many years, as they've waged a war against speech they find offensive (e.g. our speech).
They won't learn anything from this episode once it passes.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2023 09:26 AM (ynpvh)

250 One of my cousins drove an Umlaut. Goofy little three wheel thing used for mail delivery. But it got great gas mileage.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 20, 2023 09:27 AM (NBVIP)

251 Just read Jussie Smollett entered rehab. No indication as to cause . Drug addiction? Alcohol addiction? Attention addiction? Cock addiction? All of the above?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2023 09:27 AM (4PUvr)

252 238 So I see RFK Jr is in favor of reparations. That is going to change his voter make up.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 20, 2023 09:22 AM (AGkki)

I believe in reparations; I believe the Dems and their party should pay the rest of us for the misery they've caused. I'm not dead and still suffering.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2023 09:27 AM (ynpvh)

253
Tom Elliott
@tomselliott

@RonaldKlain
: “Thank God Joe Biden’s president, not Donald Trump. I thought that what yo saw tonight was a savvy & experienced president navigating some very difficult territory, doing so in a way that was persuasive & effective.”

https://tinyurl.com/5n7raev5

Posted by: redridinghood at October 20, 2023 09:27 AM (NpAcC)

254 @greenhousenyt 16h
When will Elon Musk stop acting like an infant having a tantrum? >> Elon Musk’s X removes the New York Times’ verification badge

Elon seems to grow more and more arbitrary, capricious and pathetic. ...
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 20, 2023 09:26 AM (krqg6)
++++
The replies have a specific complaint. Mine is general.

When will the NYT stop being open propagandists who spread lies as a matter of course?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 20, 2023 09:27 AM (d04cU)

255 239 Putin calls blast at Gaza hospital a catastrophe, calls for negotiations

negotiate for what ? dead bodies ?

Posted by: SMOD at October 20, 2023 09:23 AM (RHGPo)

Maybe some Russian cars went up in smoke there...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2023 09:28 AM (ynpvh)

256 241 - The gifted Admiral Levine!! How did you handle this brush with greatness, Muldoon?!

/sarcasm off

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 20, 2023 09:28 AM (3WbjW)

257 It's funny how all the news organizations said a Israeli warhead struck a Gaza hospital right after it happened.
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And knew 500 dead within 15 or 20 minutes of the "strike".

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 20, 2023 09:29 AM (krqg6)

258 251 Just read Jussie Smollett entered rehab. No indication as to cause . Drug addiction? Alcohol addiction? Attention addiction? Cock addiction? All of the above?
------------------
Maybe Trump can visit him and give him a MAGA hat?

Posted by: Pudinhead at October 20, 2023 09:29 AM (naiw2)

259 243 Ask your doctor if umlauts are right for you. Don't use umlauts if you're allergic to umlauts.

Posted by: Legal Beagle at October 20, 2023 09:24 AM (NBVIP)

May cause Diaeresis...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2023 09:29 AM (ynpvh)

260 "If Only Republicans Fought Democrats as Much as They Did Their Own Voters"

No $hit. I didn't vote for Trump in the 2016 primary and now I literally do not trust a majority of republicans other than him because of one reason:

[globalist] K Street and individual graft. These fvckers care about themselves only; it is embarrassing to have gotten shot at in support of these fools.

Posted by: Danimal28 at October 20, 2023 09:30 AM (klw0w)

261 253
Tom Elliott
@tomselliott

@RonaldKlain
: “Thank God Joe Biden’s president, not Donald Trump. I thought that what yo saw tonight was a savvy & experienced president navigating some very difficult territory, doing so in a way that was persuasive & effective.”

https://tinyurl.com/5n7raev5
Posted by: redridinghood at October 20, 2023 09:27 AM (NpAcC)

It isn't the fact Klain can state this with a straight face, what is scary is these people irrationally believe this to their core.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 20, 2023 09:30 AM (N39Ws)

262 BTW…. Until 10 minutes ago I wasn’t sure what an umlaut was…. Autocucumber thoughtfully added that mark to Kurt’s surname. The first time ever that autocucumber didn’t frustrate me….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 20, 2023 09:31 AM (3WbjW)

263 All hell is breaking loose in Mexico right now after a college football player intentionally broke his opponent’s leg with an absolutely disgusting dirty hit, and then in response, the player was banned for life.
Posted by: SMOD at October 20, 2023 09:20 AM (RHGPo)

Concur....but can anyone tell the difference.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at October 20, 2023 09:31 AM (R/m4+)

264 Thanks JJ !

AGAIN !!!

Posted by: JT at October 20, 2023 09:32 AM (T4tVD)

265 256 241 - The gifted Admiral Levine!! How did you handle this brush with greatness, Muldoon?!

/sarcasm off

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 20, 2023 09:28 AM (3WbjW)

Eh, I consider myself a not-so-smart (but smarter than average) Messycan kid, but still was top of my classes at the University where I got a BS degree.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2023 09:32 AM (ynpvh)

266 252 238 So I see RFK Jr is in favor of reparations. That is going to change his voter make up.

Posted by: Thomas Paine
---

Article lede, RFK Jr reparations position will draw votes from Trump. - Right.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 20, 2023 09:32 AM (u44Cz)

267 It's terrible what the J6 prisoners have to go through. I am glad that Mr. Lang is keeping his faith up and spirits up. I hope some are allowed to have bibles in the prison-I know some haven't been, and if he is I hope he will read the story of the patriarch Joseph.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 20, 2023 09:32 AM (RSbhh)

268 262 BTW…. Until 10 minutes ago I wasn’t sure what an umlaut was…. Autocucumber thoughtfully added that mark to Kurt’s surname. The first time ever that autocucumber didn’t frustrate me….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 20, 2023 09:31 AM (3WbjW)

That was a failure on it's part. It will try better the next time.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2023 09:33 AM (ynpvh)

269 So I see RFK Jr is in favor of reparations. That is going to change his voter make up.
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Yes! He'll get Justin's vote!

Oh.

Not literal makeup.

Never mind.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 20, 2023 09:35 AM (krqg6)

270 State Department Issues Rare Worldwide Caution Travel Alert

"The US is a dangerous place. Avoid large cities, especially at night. Cities like Chicago, St. Louis, Baltimore and Philadelphia should be avoided at all costs"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2023 09:35 AM (ynpvh)

271 125 I know people are going to think I'm an idiot, but I can't help but think that the global movers and shakers have decided that Islam and Shari'ah Law are an integral component towards getting us to global governance.
Posted by: XTC at October 20, 2023 08:46 AM (UnA8+)

No, I don't think you're an idiot. You are committing the crime of "noticing."

However, WEF, lying down with dogs, will get back up with fleas. And it won't be pleasant for them.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at October 20, 2023 09:35 AM (Rbu5d)

272 I thought Umlaut was the drummer in that new heavy metal band out of Frankfurt.

Posted by: Roy at October 20, 2023 09:35 AM (z+ik4)

273 266 252 238 So I see RFK Jr is in favor of reparations. That is going to change his voter make up.

Posted by: Thomas Paine
---

Article lede, RFK Jr reparations position will draw votes from Trump. - Right.
--------

Now thats funny ... I read the same, they said with RFK in the race Brandon easily beats Trump. They would first have to remove that mans ball sack from FJBs face.

Posted by: meal team 6 at October 20, 2023 09:37 AM (kvjA2)

274 Rabbi Claims That Hamas Has ‘Perverted Islam.’

No, Islam is the perverse agent; Hamas is merely following its tenents.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2023 09:37 AM (ynpvh)

275 Anybody seen an Art Thread?

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 20, 2023 09:38 AM (4I/2K)

276 >>Rabbi Claims That Hamas Has ‘Perverted Islam'.

They have a shot that will clear that right up.

Posted by: Roy at October 20, 2023 09:38 AM (z+ik4)

277 138 134 Posted by: Marcus T at October 20, 2023 08:48 AM (IJqrQ)

When you have them on their heels you go go go. Israel for whatever reasons within or beyond their control has hesitated. And it is going to get very ugly.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 20, 2023 08:52 AM (x0n13)

I think that's the reason for Joe's visit. So the "go" would be delayed for the duration of his stay.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at October 20, 2023 09:39 AM (Rbu5d)

278 If Teddy Kennedy drove an Umlaut, he'd have been president.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 20, 2023 09:40 AM (krqg6)

279 NOOD

Art thread is up.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 20, 2023 09:40 AM (qPw5n)

280 J.J. I attempted to give a donation to Cut Jib Newsletter, but computer told me i needed to "sync across devices". I don't want to do that, so I'm not sure what to do at this point.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 20, 2023 09:40 AM (RSbhh)

281
Putin calls blast at Gaza hospital a catastrophe, calls for negotiations

__________

This from a guy who blew up an apartment building so he could blame the Chechens.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2023 09:40 AM (MoZTd)

282 The Nobel Foundation Should Ask Paul Krugman for Its Award Back

Why? When it comes to economics and "peace" prizes, it's all been bullshit for a long time now.
e.g.: Yassar Arafat and Barky O'blama

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2023 09:40 AM (ynpvh)

283 I saw Perverted Islam warm up for Jesus Christ Superstar at the Odeon.

Posted by: pawn at October 20, 2023 09:40 AM (5g9YU)

284 Thar B art.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 20, 2023 09:41 AM (NBVIP)

285 276 >>Rabbi Claims That Hamas Has ‘Perverted Islam'.

They have a shot that will clear that right up.

Posted by: Roy at October 20, 2023 09:38 AM (z+ik4)

May result in lead poisoning.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2023 09:41 AM (ynpvh)

286 283 I saw Perverted Islam warm up for Jesus Christ Superstar at the Odeon.

Posted by: pawn at October 20, 2023 09:40 AM (5g9YU)

I heard it was a blast.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2023 09:42 AM (ynpvh)

287 Eh, I consider myself a not-so-smart (but smarter than average) Messycan kid, but still was top of my classes at the University where I got a BS degree.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2023 09:32 AM (ynpvh)

That’s when a BS meant you actually learned useful stuff!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 20, 2023 09:42 AM (3WbjW)

288 I see Biden is throwing in border security to the Israel-Ukrainian package. What BS. The problem is not money,it is policy and enforcement. That money will just go to more shelters and faster processing and NGO's. Any Republican that supports that is Charlie Brown trying to kick the football.

Posted by: Ripley at October 20, 2023 09:43 AM (JojsZ)

289 287 Eh, I consider myself a not-so-smart (but smarter than average) Messycan kid, but still was top of my classes at the University where I got a BS degree.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2023 09:32 AM (ynpvh)

That’s when a BS meant you actually learned useful stuff!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 20, 2023 09:42 AM (3WbjW)

Indeed. Maths and Sciences.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2023 09:44 AM (ynpvh)

290 I think that's the reason for Joe's visit. So the "go" would be delayed for the duration of his stay.
Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at October 20, 2023 09:39 AM (Rbu5d)

Israel should have banned him from landing. Divert the idiot to Egypt. Or Ukraine.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at October 20, 2023 09:48 AM (h4nev)

291 I see Biden is throwing in border security to the Israel-Ukrainian package. What BS. The problem is not money,it is policy and enforcement. That money will just go to more shelters and faster processing and NGO's. Any Republican that supports that is Charlie Brown trying to kick the football.

Posted by: Ripley at October 20, 2023 09:43 AM (JojsZ)


I thought it was to help with the Israel/Gaza border, not the U.S./Mexico border. If it is for our border, you're right - the money will just go to expanding the bureaucracy, not to secure the physical border.

Posted by: Archer at October 20, 2023 09:52 AM (gmo/4)

292 CVS Pulls Popular Cold Medicines From Store Shelves


Rite Aid lost more than $1 billion in months before bankruptcy filing

"Big Pharma" may have to go into "direct marketing" before long

Posted by: SMOD at October 20, 2023 09:52 AM (RHGPo)

293 Rabbi Claims That Hamas Has ‘Perverted Islam.’
-

Robert Spencer (met him, got his autograph on a book) is wasting his valuable time. He already wrote this article in 2009:

A recurring source of false hope

https://tinyurl.com/3dzjznd9

(Jihad Watch)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2023 09:52 AM (OiikL)

294 It sure seems that phenylephrine (PE) and masks have about an equal utility, yet they pull the former and push the latter

Posted by: SMOD at October 20, 2023 09:54 AM (RHGPo)

295 'Morning, all, and thanks, J.J.

Imho, having sold his soul to the devil decades ago, along with several of his dear, old Congressional pals (both male & female) he's trapped & dependent on playing his UN good Quaker persona. As they've bedded the "real" progressives, they can't dissuade them from stirring pots in the halls of Congress & certainly not in the streets. They're backed against the wall to preserve what they can, largely for themselves, and their escape routes became redirection to Evangelistic Christians, Catholics, MAGA & so on.

Friends Committee on National Legislation, Oct 8, 2023: Quaker Lobby Calls for Urgent De-escalation of Violence in Israel and Gaza. NPR, Oct 19, 2023, This is how the Republican Party became so strongly pro-Israel. Politico, today: Former staffers rip Warren over Israel response. The letter was signed by more than 260 staffers from (her) 2020 presidential campaign. (Her daughter, a trustee emeritus of progressive think tank Demos.) CNN, Oct. 18, 2023: Biden's pick for ambassador to Israel defends record on Iran.

It's only the beginning. TSP for more African nations; the Afghani Pakistan issue, Armenia...

Solidarity w/Israel

Posted by: L - Can never make 'em love you more or hate you less at October 20, 2023 09:54 AM (GshMh)

296 280 J.J. I attempted to give a donation to Cut Jib Newsletter, but computer told me i needed to "sync across devices". I don't want to do that, so I'm not sure what to do at this point.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 20, 2023 09:40 AM (RSbhh)


I think it went through.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 20, 2023 10:00 AM (x0n13)

297 Boo to the jab on Aaron Burr, I say. I will stan Aaron Burr all day long. Hamilton was a globalist a-hole and he got what was coming to him (there is reason to believe he attempted to cheat in that duel, by way of supplying modified dueling pistols for the event, but Burr got the better of him anyway). And the idea that Burr was involved in some conspiracy to overthrow the government is pure politically motivated propaganda, which is why it never stood up in court despite the multiple times he was brought to trial over it.

Burr, a patriot who served as an officer in the revolutionary war, had formed a private militia to seize Florida from Spain on behalf of the United States. That sounds wacky now, but in those days the idea of a private citizen conducting foreign policy on behalf of their government was not unheard of. Burr even had reason to believe that Jefferson had tacitly approved of the measure, albeit in a plausible-deniability wink wink nudge nudge sort of way in the case that the expedition went South.

I recommend Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr if you want to read more about the real story of Burr.

Posted by: Number One Burr Fan at October 20, 2023 10:02 AM (dX2K6)

298
General Eisenhower and the Documentation of the Holocaust

Professor Harry Reicher talked about an episode which occurred in the immediate aftermath of the Holocaust. While liberating concentration camps and witnessing sights that “beggar description,” General Eisenhower ensured the horrific scenes were captured for posterity in graphic photographs and film. Professor Reicher asserted that he grasped the impact which visual evidence was to have in the Nuremberg Trials, and foresaw the era of Holocaust denial. Video clips of concentration camps were shown.

I watched every minute of this hour long video. He makes an interesting point about the origination of Holocaust denial. France. Fvcking surrender monkeys started that shit.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 20, 2023 10:10 AM (enJYY)

299
The cop-killer in Philly - Wesley Cook irc - later Mumia... the French named a street after. Assholes. A blot on humanity that let Hitler roll them in a matter of days.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 20, 2023 10:16 AM (enJYY)

300 Headlines we'd like to see:
"Queers for Palestine Show Support for Hamas by Flinging Themselves Off Roofs"

"Planned Parenthood Praises Hamas for Innovative Eighth Trimester Abortion Technique"

"Western Feminists Offer to Serve as Human Shields in Gaza Are Instead Slaughtered and Sold by the Pound in Open Air Markets"

Posted by: Milesdei at October 20, 2023 10:30 AM (tKatl)

301 Local News - Some Jewish Americans held a rally in Old City demanding a ceasefire in Israel-Hamas conflict
Philadelphia, by Dan Snyder, Casey Kuhn, October 19, 2023/CBS Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- As war continues between Israel and Hamas, some Jewish Americans from the Philadelphia area are now demanding a ceasefire. The group rallied in Old City Thursday and criticized Israel's tactics in the ongoing fight.

More than a hundred Jewish Americans are taking a hard stance against Israel's tactics in its war against Hamas.
... (More)
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Fox News:
October 19: Fetterman (Senator, PA-D) shreds fellow Democrats blaming Israel in Hamas war: 'Truly disturbing'
Sen John Fetterman unequivocally says, 'Innocent Israelis were the victims'

Posted by: L - Can never make 'em love you more or hate you less at October 20, 2023 10:43 AM (GshMh)

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