Feds Seize NYC Mayor's Phones, Suspect That Adams Fast-Tracked a Turkish Diplomatic Mission In Exchange for Cash

The FBI is Seizing on texts that indicate that Adams did favors for foreign cash.

There's less to this story than the headline, to be honest. The texts don't establish much. There's a suspicion that Turks contributed to Eric Adams illegally but we don't know for certain he did favors in exchange for that money.

Federal investigators probing Mayor Adams' 2021 campaign are now zeroing in on a series of texts suggesting he helped fast-track the opening of the Turkish government's new diplomatic headquarters in Manhattan, sources close to the case told The Post.
The September 2021 texts between Adams -- who was then the Brooklyn borough president and Democratic mayoral nominee -- and Turkish Consul General Reyhan Özgür and then-FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro were uncovered by FBI agents Monday after they seized Adams' electronic devices.
The texts were described by sources to The Post.
Since Monday, the feds' questions about the content on the devices -- which included three cellphones and two iPads -- have centered on these texts, sources said.
However, the messages don't appear to show any criminal activity beyond typical outreach that elected officials do on behalf of constituents, according to several sources briefed on the matter.

In a Sept. 5, 2021, text, Özgür informed Adams that construction was recently completed on the new Turkevi Center diplomatic headquarters, located on 46th Street and First Avenue across the street from the United Nations building, sources said.
However, Özgür noted that while the new HQ received needed approvals from the city Buildings Department to operate, it still had to secure a "temporary certificate of occupancy" from the Fire Department. He then asked Adams if he knew Nigro and could help.
Adams, according to sources, reached out to Nigro and asked him to look into the matter, but didn't order him to do anything.
The Turkevi Center -- the new home of the Consulate General of Turkey in New York City -- is now a focus of a federal investigation into Mayor Eric Adam's fundraising in 2021 based on new texts that have surfaced, sources said. Facebook Turkish Consulate General in New York
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Federal authorities are investigating whether the Turkish government or Turkish citizens illegally funneled donations to Adams' campaign by using "straw donors," a scheme where contributors listed in official records aren't the actual source of funding and whether Adams did quid-pro-quo favors.
The investigators were specifically looking for proof that the campaign kicked back benefits to leaders and staffers at Brooklyn-based KSK Construction Group and Turkish officials.

Maybe this is just Merrick Garland's weaponized DOJ warning another political rival -- Adams has been loud about Biden's border crisis -- to get in line.

Say, FBI, you've had an entire computer in your possession since 2019 containing messages that indicate that the current US president took foreign cash for favors. Maybe look into that slightly more than not at all?

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:33 PM

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1 Yeah maybe nah, we're good

Posted by: FBI at November 13, 2023 12:34 PM (UJAlD)

2 First?

Posted by: Thrawn at November 13, 2023 12:34 PM (uGhsv)

3 I thought all democrat politicians got illegal contributions from foreign countries. Clinton and Obama did, got caught, and faced no consequences.

Posted by: huerfano at November 13, 2023 12:34 PM (Q4KYm)

4 Retaliation for criticizing Biden's immigration policies.

Criticize Biden, and expect a visit from Biden's Gestapo.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 13, 2023 12:34 PM (YAtuc)

5 Damn fibbies

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at November 13, 2023 12:34 PM (UJAlD)

6 Damn.

But.. "Maybe this is just Merrick Garland's weaponized DOJ warning another political rival -- Adams has been loud about Biden's border crisis -- to get in line."

Maybe? Wouldn't put it past the DOJ either. I dunno, *shrugs*. But the timing is *very* suspect.

Posted by: Thrawn at November 13, 2023 12:35 PM (uGhsv)

7 Criticize Biden, and expect a visit from Biden's Gestapo.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 13, 2023 12:34 PM (YAtuc)

That means almost everybody on here will be getting a visit from them.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 13, 2023 12:36 PM (RSbhh)

8 How does one decide if he will be tried under the Clinton Rules or the Trump rules? Is there a special hearing to decide that? Or is it all the 10% to the Big Guy Protocol?

Posted by: JB1000 at November 13, 2023 12:37 PM (aOMLp)

9 So who did Adams piss off? Is this because he has been griping about Biden's open boarders policy?

Posted by: Darth Randall at November 13, 2023 12:38 PM (f1kZG)

10 This is just a false flag op put out by Big Turkey to divert the public's attention from next Thursday.

Posted by: Muldoon at November 13, 2023 12:38 PM (991eG)

11 First

Posted by: Reforger at November 13, 2023 12:38 PM (KrRfP)

12 Maybe this is just Merrick Garland's weaponized DOJ warning another political rival -- Adams has been loud about Biden's border crisis -- to get in line.

Magic 8-ball sez: FVCK YEH

Posted by: kallisto at November 13, 2023 12:38 PM (dCxaZ)

13 What? No.
Not the baron of the sanctuary city.

Posted by: Redenzo at November 13, 2023 12:39 PM (V/pbu)

14 Good. Let Biden burn more of his erstwhile allies.

May they turn on him and tear him down.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 13, 2023 12:39 PM (ou9hh)

15 7 Criticize Biden, and expect a visit from Biden's Gestapo.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 13, 2023 12:34 PM (YAtuc)

The message here is no one is safe from reprisals for going against Biden and against the goals of the deep state and WEFfers.

There will be uncontrolled mass migration to all developed countries from former colonies.

This is what de olonization looks like.

Posted by: Brie larsen at November 13, 2023 12:41 PM (uzrUk)

16 Mayor Adams didn't give the Big Guy his 10% obviously.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 13, 2023 12:41 PM (du94W)

17 Maybe this is just Merrick Garland's weaponized DOJ warning another political rival -- Adams has been loud about Biden's border crisis -- to get in line.

Say, FBI, you've had an entire computer in your possession since 2019 containing messages that indicate that the current US president took foreign cash for favors. Maybe look into that slightly more than not at all?

As usual, Ace cuts to the heart of it in a few words.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 13, 2023 12:41 PM (I/Qkd)

18 Years of trust shot to shit.

Its all been in front of me the whole time too. My regret is I ever trusted them.

Posted by: DOYLE at November 13, 2023 12:41 PM (Z8Yh2)

19 Dear Mayor Adams,

Please use your Executive powers to issue a pardon for me and my entire family.

Signed,

Big Turkey

Posted by: Muldoon at November 13, 2023 12:41 PM (991eG)

20 Maybe this is just Merrick Garland's weaponized DOJ warning another political rival -- Adams has been loud about Biden's border crisis -- to get in line

—

No maybe about it.

Posted by: Montec at November 13, 2023 12:42 PM (P5BwU)

21 Adams did something or the feds wouldn't even be looking at him.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 13, 2023 12:42 PM (X98Jy)

22 Every level of US govt open for foreign graft, from each and every nation on Earth. I wonder how much the Antarcticans bribe us, net net.

Posted by: gp Extends His Arms, Retracts His Nipples at November 13, 2023 12:42 PM (MvF+J)

23 Dear Mayor Adams,

Please use your Executive powers to issue a pardon for me and my entire family.

Signed,

Big Turkey

Get stuffed.

Posted by: Mayor Adams at November 13, 2023 12:42 PM (I/Qkd)

24 DJT's sister, Maryanne passed away. Leftists replying to the news are saying what you'd expect.

https://is.gd/XYJ0ez

Posted by: bonhomme at November 13, 2023 12:42 PM (0N1h0)

25 Unpossible. NY Mayors have NEVER gotten in bed with criminals, or accepted money as bribes...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 13, 2023 12:43 PM (ynpvh)

26 Politico: Voting group founded by Abrams, once led by Warnock, faces financial scrutiny

The move comes as the group’s tax filings indicate that its former executive director — who was hand-picked by Abrams in 2014 but fired last year without notice — owes the organization thousands of dollars in “non-work-related” reimbursements. The former director, Nsé Ufot, who left the group last year after heading it for eight years, denies owing money and calls the allegation “a fucking lie.”

Posted by: SMOD at November 13, 2023 12:43 PM (RHGPo)

27 There's less to this story than the headline, to be honest. The texts don't establish much. There's a suspicion that Turks contributed to Eric Adams illegally but we don't know for certain he did favors in exchange for that money.
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He probably did. This is the normal way of American politics. 100% of major politicians are deeply corrupt and most of them don't shy away from foreigners or their cash.

It's just amusing that it only becomes a problem when a politician makes things less than perfectly pleasant for the Party.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 13, 2023 12:43 PM (d04cU)

28 Is this the sister that constantly trash talked Donald Trump ?

Posted by: Montec at November 13, 2023 12:43 PM (P5BwU)

29 10 LOL

Posted by: gp Extends His Arms, Retracts His Nipples at November 13, 2023 12:43 PM (MvF+J)

30 ace, if you're here I want to be sure you saw this:

"FBI accused of targeting Trump types; agents who served in military deemed ‘disloyal'

A Marine and other military veterans at the FBI have been accused of disloyalty to the U.S. because they fit the profile of a supporter of former President Donald Trump, according to two disclosures sent to lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee... The Washington Times obtained copies of the disclosures...

Other signs that an employee was a “right-wing radical and disloyal to the United States,” according to Ms. Perkins and Mr. Veltri, were failure to wear a face mask, refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccination and participating in religious activities."

https://tinyurl.com/yqrxlsde

Posted by: Moron Robbie -The Clear Minded Nashville Tranny Shooter was not Deranged at November 13, 2023 12:43 PM (DxFDO)

31 FBI - cockroaches in human skin suits.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at November 13, 2023 12:43 PM (h5Eh3)

32 Waiting on Adams to shout RACISM in 3...2...1

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 13, 2023 12:44 PM (l10hq)

33 31 FBI - cockroaches in human skin suits.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at November 13, 2023 12:43 PM (h5Eh3)

"Is that you, Edgar?"--MIB

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 13, 2023 12:44 PM (ynpvh)

34 What kind of political favors would Turkey want? Granted, there are about 70,000 Turks in NYC (yeah, that surprised me too).

But, what benefit does Turkey get from doing a quid pro quo with a NYC mayor? Weird....or I'm dumb. The verdict is out on that.

Posted by: Orson at November 13, 2023 12:44 PM (dIske)

35 Get stuffed.
Posted by: Mayor Adams

******

Well, can you at the very least keep me abreast of the situation?

Posted by: Muldoon at November 13, 2023 12:44 PM (991eG)

36 Someone should have clued Adams in on:

1) we work for China

2) Iran or actual terror states are an acceptable substitute so long as

3) you kick up juice from the outside deals to FJB

Adams failed at 1, misunderstood Edrigan as actually meeting #2

and ignored 3.

Get back on the res and shut up abouyt Amigo Grande! Baby Burro mayors.

Posted by: sven at November 13, 2023 12:44 PM (X0I7i)

37 Maybe Adams thought he was going to get a happy ending at a Turkish bath.

Posted by: Archer at November 13, 2023 12:44 PM (gmo/4)

38 The former director, Nsé Ufot, who left the group last year after heading it for eight years, denies owing money and calls the allegation “a fucking lie.”
Posted by: SMOD at November 13, 2023

***
What sort of name is that, and how would you even pronounce it?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 13, 2023 12:45 PM (J2vNu)

39 Turkey is in both sides pockets. That why I could not feel sorry for Flynn though I was against the political based prosecution.

Posted by: Drive by at November 13, 2023 12:45 PM (MNhXM)

40 Say, FBI, you've had an entire computer in your possession since 2019 containing messages that indicate that the current US president took foreign cash for favors. Maybe look into that slightly more than not at all?

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:33 PM

------------

"Sorry, h8r, but we've had at least 500 reports of nooses spotted in every NASCAR city since 2019. Stay in your lane ..."

-- Top. Men.

Posted by: ShainS -- Too Male, Too Pale, Too Stale at November 13, 2023 12:45 PM (x+Lnz)

41 Well, can you at the very least keep me abreast of the situation?

It's quite gravy.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 13, 2023 12:45 PM (JrojV)

42 Nisse U fart?

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 13, 2023 12:45 PM (du94W)

43 If Adams DID NOT accept money to act on behalf of a foreign power, he wouldn't be a Democrat.

Duh.

Posted by: Jay in PA at November 13, 2023 12:45 PM (i7Q7S)

44 34 What kind of political favors would Turkey want? Granted, there are about 70,000 Turks in NYC (yeah, that surprised me too).

But, what benefit does Turkey get from doing a quid pro quo with a NYC mayor? Weird....or I'm dumb. The verdict is out on that.
Posted by: Orson at November 13, 2023 12:44 PM (dIske)

Establishment of a Shari'ah Court in NYC, maybe?

Posted by: XTC at November 13, 2023 12:45 PM (UnA8+)

45 Adams, according to sources, reached out to Nigro and asked him to look into the matter, but didn't order him to do anything.

Does the mayor really need to "order" though? If he is asking, isn't it implied?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy MAGA Extremist at November 13, 2023 12:45 PM (R8uWY)

46
Maybe this is just Merrick Garland's weaponized DOJ warning another political rival -- Adams has been loud about Biden's border crisis -- to get in line.

Yup, this. If they can do it to him they'll do it to any Mayor.

I don't like this country very much anymore.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 13, 2023 12:46 PM (enJYY)

47 DJT's sister, Maryanne passed away. Leftists replying to the news are saying what you'd expect.

https://is.gd/XYJ0ez

Posted by: bonhomme at November 13, 2023 12:42 PM

Never mind that she was a democrat judge appointed by Clinton.

Posted by: huerfano at November 13, 2023 12:46 PM (Q4KYm)

48 Waiting on Adams to shout RACISM in 3...2...1

I hope he does. It will be delicious.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 13, 2023 12:46 PM (I/Qkd)

49 38 The former director, Nsé Ufot, who left the group last year after heading it for eight years, denies owing money and calls the allegation “a fucking lie.”
Posted by: SMOD at November 13, 2023

***
What sort of name is that, and how would you even pronounce it?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 13, 2023 12:45 PM (J2vNu)

----

"Throat-warbler Mangrove"

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at November 13, 2023 12:46 PM (N3zMI)

50 Maybe this is just Merrick Garland's weaponized DOJ warning another political rival -- Adams has been loud about Biden's border crisis -- to get in line.
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Maybe? "Maybe?"

C'mon. That's exactly what this is. Adams is in the Party, but he's not perfectly aligned *and* he's making trouble for the Party over their pro-invasion policies. The Party's security apparatus will now make life harder for him and, if they cannot get him to back down, will take him out.

What Adams did - let's assume he's guilty - is just business as usual. Nothing weird or unexpected or abnormal about it in the slightest, and it's not something that's ever punished except for if the Party wants to put some pressure on you for some reason.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 13, 2023 12:46 PM (d04cU)

51 34 Posted by: Orson at November 13, 2023 12:44 PM (dIske)

Turkey has business interests in getting things fixed for their UN legation, and may have been betting on Derp Adams getting in to the big chair one day.

Look at the peddling as being a futures market and this as a "retainer" and you are getting it.

Posted by: sven at November 13, 2023 12:46 PM (X0I7i)

52 28 Is this the sister that constantly trash talked Donald Trump ?
Posted by: Montec
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No. It was DT's niece that felt her share of the estate pie should have been larger. Her father was the alcoholic older brother of Trump.

Posted by: whig at November 13, 2023 12:46 PM (P1Zkh)

53 there are about 70,000 Turks in NYC (yeah, that surprised me too).

—

Throw a dart at a world map and wherever you hit will have tens of thousands of them in NYC.

Posted by: Montec at November 13, 2023 12:46 PM (P5BwU)

54 No one's above law!

Posted by: Hunter Biden at November 13, 2023 12:46 PM (qUkBO)

55 Adams is learning the lesson - never get in between money and Biden wetting his beak.

Posted by: Archer at November 13, 2023 12:47 PM (gmo/4)

56 ""Sorry, h8r, but we've had at least 500 reports of nooses spotted in every NASCAR city since 2019. Stay in your lane ..."

-- Top. Men."

=======================

Never forget:
The FBI sent 100 agents to the St. Louis area to help deal with any problems that could arise from the grand jury decision in the police shooting of Ferguson teenager Michael Brown.

Posted by: Jay in PA at November 13, 2023 12:47 PM (i7Q7S)

57 Look at the peddling as being a futures market and this as a "retainer" and you are getting it.

So Political Venture Capitalist.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 13, 2023 12:47 PM (du94W)

58 Humm. Menendez now Adams. Both have criticized Biden.

Posted by: Redenzo at November 13, 2023 12:47 PM (V/pbu)

59 The former director, Nsé Ufot, who left the group last year after heading it for eight years, denies owing money and calls the allegation “a fucking lie.”
Posted by: SMOD

He seems nice. Oops - she.

I must be some sort of bigot - just based on her name alone, I'd do a very deep dive into her CV. (After, I removed her resume' from the pile of 'possibles'.)

Posted by: Tonypete at November 13, 2023 12:47 PM (YmKky)

60 54 No one's above law!

Posted by: Hunter Biden at November 13, 2023 12:46 PM (qUkBO)

But many innocents have been buried in it's supposed application by this Administration.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 13, 2023 12:48 PM (ynpvh)

61 The FIB just got gifted $300M for their new HQ. 80 Republican's voted for this. Its obvious to me that Speaker Johnson has no clout in the house. He's weak.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 13, 2023 12:48 PM (l10hq)

62 That means almost everybody on here will be getting a visit from them.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 13, 2023 12:36 PM (RSbhh)
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Eventually perhaps. More likely that there'll be a general pogrom, though.

But none of us are in the Party and, more important even than that, none of us are both in the Party and in a position of meaningful power, or used that power to question or object to the Party's policies. Adams is, is and did.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 13, 2023 12:48 PM (d04cU)

63 Posted by: Moron Robbie -The Clear Minded Nashville Tranny Shooter was not Deranged at November 13, 2023 12:43 PM (DxFDO)

I’m surprised the Dems haven’t set up a House Pro American Activities Committee .

Posted by: Drive by at November 13, 2023 12:48 PM (MNhXM)

64 he FIB just got gifted $300M for their new HQ. 80 Republican's voted for this. Its obvious to me that Speaker Johnson has no clout in the house. He's weak.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 13, 2023 12:48 PM (l10hq)
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:: shrugs ::

So as it always is, then.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 13, 2023 12:49 PM (d04cU)

65 Maybe this is just Merrick Garland's weaponized DOJ warning another political rival -- Adams has been loud about Biden's border crisis -- to get in line.

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Lol, ya think?

He's a powerful Democrat. If legal action is taken against one of those it can *only* be because he angered the Party. There is a 0.00% chance that it's anything else - our entire judicial system is set up to protect them, except against the Party.

And Adams publicly embarrassed the crew in Kalorama. So it doesn't take a genius to see what this shakedown is about.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 13, 2023 12:49 PM (0FoWg)

66 The FBI sent 100 agents to the St. Louis area to help deal with any problems that could arise from the grand jury decision in the police shooting of Ferguson teenager Michael Brown.
Posted by: Jay in PA at November 13, 2023 12:47 PM (i7Q7S)
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We stay out of the county unless we have to fly. There was never anything to fear. The barbarians can have that hole.

Now, if they come West across the river, there will be consequences.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at November 13, 2023 12:49 PM (h5Eh3)

67 The former director, Nsé Ufot, who left the group last year after heading it for eight years, denies owing money and calls the allegation “a f***ing lie.”

Sweet mother of God:

https://tinyurl.com/5dhh6tpb

Posted by: Archimedes at November 13, 2023 12:49 PM (I/Qkd)

68 I see that Brie Larsen's flat ass failed to bring anyone into the theaters. The Marvels only made $47 million, Marvels worst opening ever. That's a long way from the report $200 million budget.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 13, 2023 12:49 PM (tQvWB)

69 Merrick Garland's weaponized DOJ

I shudder to think that this vindictive POS almost made it to the SC.

Posted by: Halfhand at November 13, 2023 12:49 PM (E+3bw)

70 Do not cross the Regime.

Not even Black Democratium is enough armor to keep you safe.

Posted by: rd at November 13, 2023 12:49 PM (6D1wW)

71 Cold, hooky, rainy November day. I have zero motivation to do any work.

Posted by: Montec at November 13, 2023 12:50 PM (P5BwU)

72 This looks like a purge of pesky African-Americans from the Democrat Party.

Posted by: SMOD at November 13, 2023 12:50 PM (RHGPo)

73 Moose-limbs and Leftists h@te apostates.

Posted by: Gref at November 13, 2023 12:50 PM (5fDan)

74 Remember that chick who got her boyfriend Kevin's name tattooed on her forehead?

It was fake. She did it to call attention to the idea that you really REALLY should think hard about whether you'll regret getting a tattoo.

https://is.gd/BgH3hP

Posted by: bonhomme at November 13, 2023 12:50 PM (0N1h0)

75 The damage done to this country by the corrupt DOJ/FBI is such that even though Eric Adams may be guilty as hell, my first thought is that DOJ targeted him, and maybe even set him up, because he's making the wrong noise about Biden's immigration strategy and so F the FBI.

Posted by: Little Larry Sellers at November 13, 2023 12:50 PM (zdYK9)

76 participating in religious activities."

Abortion is a religious activity. It's enshrined!!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff in solidarity with the struggle to maintain Moron standards at November 13, 2023 12:50 PM (jKGjc)

77 Disney - "The M She U is dead. Long live the M She U."

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 13, 2023 12:50 PM (du94W)

78 Tim Scott and Eric Adams on the same day? Can a brother catch a break?

Posted by: Wally at November 13, 2023 12:50 PM (hqVaF)

79 Gloomy not kooky. Lol. Ahh autocorrect, god love ya.

Posted by: Montec at November 13, 2023 12:50 PM (P5BwU)

80 Maybe this is just Merrick Garland's weaponized DOJ warning another political rival -- Adams has been loud about Biden's border crisis -- to get in line.

Yup, this. If they can do it to him they'll do it to any Mayor.

I don't like this country very much anymore.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 13, 2023 12:46 PM (enJYY)

Yup, a divide in the Dem party just before the election... would remove ALL the possible cover they have for the upcoming steal. Not even Dems would believe it then.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 13, 2023 12:50 PM (xaFKb)

81 The former director, Nsé Ufot, who left the group last year after heading it for eight years, denies owing money and calls the allegation “a fucking lie.”
Posted by: SMOD at November 13, 2023

***
What sort of name is that, and how would you even pronounce it?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 13, 2023 12:45 PM (J2vNu)

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It's an anagram of both "sent UFOs" and "fun toes."

/I think I've cracked the code ..

Posted by: ShainS -- Too Male, Too Pale, Too Stale at November 13, 2023 12:51 PM (x+Lnz)

82 A warning from Psuki Psaki.

Inside with Jen Psaki
@InsideWithPsaki
.@jrpsaki: "Donald Trump would prosecute anyone he deems an enemy, unleash troops on protestors, and essentially unravel the rule of law as we know it... But sure, Joe Biden is three years older and occasionally trips."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at November 13, 2023 12:51 PM (FVME7)

83 What Adams did was complain effectively about Joey B.s immigration policy.

This is how the Dems (D-) control their people.

Posted by: Braenyard at November 13, 2023 12:51 PM (Wj/z9)

84 The FIB just got gifted $300M for their new HQ. 80 Republican's voted for this. Its obvious to me that Speaker Johnson has no clout in the house. He's weak.
Posted by: Maj. Healey

Right? We should throw him out a window. I mean, he's been there for all of 3 weeks now, and he STILL hasn't established iron control?

Posted by: Archimedes at November 13, 2023 12:51 PM (I/Qkd)

85 Annually, Turkey exports $6.5B refined petroleum, and imports $11B refined petroleum, for some reason. IDNKT.

Posted by: gp Extends His Arms, Retracts His Nipples at November 13, 2023 12:51 PM (MvF+J)

86 I see that Brie Larsen's flat ass failed to bring anyone into the theaters. The Marvels only made $47 million, Marvels worst opening ever. That's a long way from the report $200 million budget.
Posted by: Marcus T at November 13, 2023 12:49 PM (tQvWB)
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Yup. I was hoping for sub-$40 million, but I don't always get what I want.

But the expenditure is closer to $300 million, plus the incredibly huge marketing campaign. Probably getting uncomfortably close to $400 million all-in. This turkey is going to cost Disney probably at *least* $200 million. Brutal losses.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 13, 2023 12:51 PM (d04cU)

87 see that Brie Larsen's flat ass failed to bring anyone into the theaters. The Marvels only made $47 million, Marvels worst opening ever. That's a long way from the report $200 million budget.
Posted by: Marcus T at November 13, 2023 12:49 PM (tQvWB)

In all the trailers the only guy I saw was Samuel Jackson. Was this an all girls super power film?

Posted by: Drive by at November 13, 2023 12:52 PM (MNhXM)

88 This is all about making a stink on the illegal alien problem nyc is having.

Truth be told, Adam’s probably hurt Biden politically more than any Republican did.

It will be funny if he’s willing to call this out.

Posted by: Equate at November 13, 2023 12:52 PM (PDIUS)

89 "fun toes."

*pricks up ears*

Posted by: Dick Morris at November 13, 2023 12:52 PM (JrojV)

90 I am pretty sure I will never ever serve on a jury. My honest answers will get me the boot. Or three hots and a cot.

Posted by: DOYLE at November 13, 2023 12:52 PM (Z8Yh2)

91 Johnson or not, it’s sad that 80 republicans voted for the fbi.

Posted by: Montec at November 13, 2023 12:52 PM (P5BwU)

92 So FBI investigation of Biden is surely coming next, right?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at November 13, 2023 12:52 PM (xcxpd)

93 In all the trailers the only guy I saw was Samuel Jackson. Was this an all girls super power film?
Posted by: Drive by a

With a hint of "black girl magic"

Posted by: BruceWayne at November 13, 2023 12:53 PM (CIS44)

94 Sweet mother of God:
https://tinyurl.com/5dhh6tpb
Posted by: Archimedes at November 13, 2023 12:49 PM (I/Qkd)
++++
It is impossible to determine this person's sex from that picture.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 13, 2023 12:53 PM (d04cU)

95 Psaki Hack

What did a commentator say the other day, "she projects more than a bevy of bulimic models at an all you can eat buffet."

Hey Jen you ignorant slut,

Joey is doing exactly that.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 13, 2023 12:53 PM (du94W)

96 In all the trailers the only guy I saw was Samuel Jackson. Was this an all girls super power film?
Posted by: Drive by at November 13, 2023 12:52 PM (MNhXM)
++++
Yup.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 13, 2023 12:53 PM (d04cU)

97 10 Of New York's 72 Billionaires Have Left Due To Taxation Since 2019

Posted by: SMOD at November 13, 2023 12:53 PM (RHGPo)

98 Johnson or not, it’s sad that 80 republicans voted for the fbi.

It is.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 13, 2023 12:53 PM (I/Qkd)

99 Adams, according to sources, reached out to Nigro and asked him to look into the matter, but didn't order him to do anything.

Did he say please, "Nigro, please. Look into this matter."

I self-denounce.

Posted by: Rhubarb Ranch at November 13, 2023 12:53 PM (kc0fx)

100 Annually, Turkey exports $6.5B refined petroleum, and imports $11B refined petroleum, for some reason. IDNKT.
Posted by: gp Extends His Arms, Retracts His Nipples

Yeah, yeah, yeah - but we are missing the mostest salient point - What about all the Bonomo Turkish Taffy?

Geese people!

Posted by: Tonypete at November 13, 2023 12:54 PM (YmKky)

101 The FIB just got gifted $300M for their new HQ. 80 Republican's voted for this. Its obvious to me that Speaker Johnson has no clout in the house. He's weak.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 13, 2023

***
I read that as "got grifted." Same difference.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 13, 2023 12:54 PM (J2vNu)

102
He's a powerful Democrat. If legal action is taken against one of those it can *only* be because he angered the Party. There is a 0.00% chance that it's anything else - our entire judicial system is set up to protect them, except against the Party.

And Adams publicly embarrassed the crew in Kalorama. So it doesn't take a genius to see what this shakedown is about.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 13, 2023 12:49 PM (0FoWg)

======

Wasn't Senator Bobby Menendez getting a little uppity too?

Posted by: rd at November 13, 2023 12:54 PM (6D1wW)

103 >>>.@jrpsaki: "Donald Trump would prosecute anyone he deems an enemy, unleash troops on protestors, and essentially unravel the rule of law as we know it...
===

What Joey B's done, and more, to us the last three years.
Donald turnabout, I'm OK with that. And more.

Posted by: Braenyard at November 13, 2023 12:54 PM (Wj/z9)

104 94 It is impossible to determine this person's sex from that picture.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 13, 2023 12:53 PM (d04cU)

When in doubt : It probably has a penis.

Posted by: XTC at November 13, 2023 12:54 PM (UnA8+)

105 Feds Seize NYC Mayor's Phones, Suspect That Adams Fast-Tracked a Turkish Diplomatic Mission In Exchange for Cash
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Yes, but what did Adams do to deserve the wrath of the Party?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 13, 2023 12:54 PM (bAJ1Y)

106 Inside with Jen Psaki
@InsideWithPsaki
.@jrpsaki: "Donald Trump would prosecute anyone he deems an enemy, unleash troops on protestors, and essentially unravel the rule of law as we know it... But sure, Joe Biden is three years older and occasionally trips."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at November 13, 2023 12:51 PM (FVME7)

Wait, you mean Trump would continue to do, what Biden is already doing?

/facepalm

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 13, 2023 12:54 PM (xaFKb)

107 My first though was that they were investigating the Democrat who was critical of Biden's border crisis.

Posted by: Don at November 13, 2023 12:54 PM (yy2s0)

108 Damn, now I want doner kabob.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 13, 2023 12:54 PM (JrojV)

109 What's even worse in the Marvels trailer we see the cat that clawed out Nick Fury's eye hop on Capt. Marvel's shoulder.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 13, 2023 12:54 PM (du94W)

110 In all the trailers the only guy I saw was Samuel Jackson. Was this an all girls super power film?

Correct. This was supposed to be Captain Marvel 2, but even Disney understands that nobody wants to see Brie Larson so they buried the lede (and her flat ass).

For what it's worth, Critical Drinker said the movie isn't particularly woke, it's just really bad in all the conventional ways.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 13, 2023 12:54 PM (2ocoG)

111 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 13, 2023 12:48 PM (d04cU)

I was being somewhat facetious. The important people will be investigated first. The FBI currently doesn't have the manpower to investigate everybody who makes snide comments about Joe Biden on the internet.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 13, 2023 12:55 PM (RSbhh)

112 "Say, FBI, you've had an entire computer in your possession since 2019 containing messages that indicate that the current US president took foreign cash for favors. Maybe look into that slightly more than not at all?"

"No, we are looking into it ... to see how to cover it up, and to fabricate evidence against Trump for something similar to the crimes Biden has actually committed openly." your fully corrupted FBI/Stasi

Posted by: illiniwek at November 13, 2023 12:55 PM (Cus5s)

113 What pisses me off is this **** about a new headquarters building. Sure, we should move them to new quarters. In a tent city.

Posted by: Eeyore at November 13, 2023 12:55 PM (brAQZ)

114 ======

Wasn't Senator Bobby Menendez getting a little uppity too?

Posted by: rd
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He supports Israel.
Kneecap City

Posted by: Braenyard at November 13, 2023 12:55 PM (Wj/z9)

115 Wait, Samuel Jackson isn't a girl? Huh.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 13, 2023 12:55 PM (tQvWB)

116 California Governor Newsom Admits He Only Cleaned Up the Streets of San Francisco to Please Xi Jinping: “That’s True Because it’s True”

Posted by: SMOD at November 13, 2023 12:55 PM (RHGPo)

117 71 May I suggest the chemistry involved in making a really good bloody mary? A little horseradish instead of the hot sauce, and topping the glass with a couple olives will make your day.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 13, 2023 12:55 PM (0EOe9)

118 This is how the Dems (D-) control their people.
Posted by: Braenyard at November 13, 2023 12:51 PM (Wj/

It's how they control *everyone.* The Party owns the federal judiciary and LE apparatus, lock, stock, and barrel. If you fuck with them, the long dong of the law is headed straight for your keister, and everybody in the country damned well knows it.

All of that corny HS Civics bullshit aside, DoJ/LE/IC corruption *is* the government of the US.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 13, 2023 12:55 PM (0FoWg)

119 Wait, you mean Trump would continue to do, what Biden is already doing?

Biden endorsed Ronna McDaniel?

Posted by: Archimedes at November 13, 2023 12:56 PM (I/Qkd)

120 jrpsaki: "Donald Trump would prosecute anyone he deems an enemy, unleash troops on protestors, and essentially unravel the rule of law as we know it...

The left. Constantly projecting.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 13, 2023 12:56 PM (X98Jy)

121 Turkey has business interests in getting things fixed for their UN legation, and may have been betting on Derp Adams getting in to the big chair one day.

Look at the peddling as being a futures market and this as a "retainer" and you are getting it.
Posted by: sven at November 13, 2023 12:46 PM (X0I7i)

(shrugs)...that seems a bit optimistic. I've heard this guy speak. He strikes me as someone without much of a future politically. Whether he is or not, he gives off the uneducated, growing up in the hood type persona. That not the type the UN would historically go for.

Posted by: Orson at November 13, 2023 12:56 PM (dIske)

122 There's a suspicion that Turks contributed to Eric Adams illegally...

Are you suggesting that foreigner cannot contribute to US political campaigns? Is that true? Well, knock me over with a feather. -- Barry O.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 13, 2023 12:56 PM (1Z8zZ)

123 Wasn't Senator Bobby Menendez getting a little uppity too?
Posted by: rd at November 13, 2023 12:54 PM (6D1wW)
+++
A bit. I think there is a different dynamic at play with him. I think it's possible that in his case, the Party picked a good insider - albeit one from a rotten borough who was safe to remove - and took him out to give the DoJ air cover for its "we're not political police" claims.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 13, 2023 12:56 PM (d04cU)

124 Federal authorities are investigating whether the Turkish government or Turkish citizens illegally funneled donations to Adams' campaign by using "straw donors"...
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If these were plastic straw donors, I say throw the book at him!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 13, 2023 12:56 PM (bAJ1Y)

125 FBI- better or worse than the Stasi?
Discuss:

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 13, 2023 12:56 PM (vHIgi)

126 It is impossible to determine this person's sex from that picture.Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 13, 2023 12:53 PM (d04cU)

But it is quite possible to conclude that whatever they identify as, they are not the sweet mother of God.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 13, 2023 12:56 PM (RSbhh)

127 warning from Psuki Psaki.

Inside with Jen Psaki
@InsideWithPsaki
.@jrpsaki: "Donald Trump would prosecute anyone he deems an enemy, unleash troops on protestors, and essentially unravel the rule of law as we know it... But sure, Joe Biden is three years older and occasionally trips."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at November 13, 2023 12:51 PM (FVME7)

This is super projection on the clueless level of a five year old.

How many Trump supporters and staff have been prosecuted on bogus charges? How many of the Left’s attempted coup members have been prosecuted?

And to claim this when Trump is currently being unjustly prosecuted is indescribable.

Posted by: Drive by at November 13, 2023 12:57 PM (MNhXM)

128 DC isn't even trying to cover up their tyrannical intentions anymore. Why should they? They know we'll all fall in line without a fight.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 13, 2023 12:57 PM (BdMk6)

129 Huh, I don't know why the fed. leviathan turned on Adams. Is it because he whined about the flood of illegal immigrants? We all know full well that leviathan cares less about a little pay to play; and only investigates and prosecutes for that as a tool against opponents or to punish uppity members who strayed from the party line.

Posted by: PaleRider at November 13, 2023 12:57 PM (3cGpq)

130 Today's WaPo Whopper!

The Washington Post
@washingtonpost
There’s an economic mystery confounding the White House: Most Americans are financially better off than they were before the coronavirus pandemic, but they feel worse about their economic prospects.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at November 13, 2023 12:57 PM (FVME7)

131 Except Ruby Ridge and Waco, who else has the FBI murdered?

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 13, 2023 12:57 PM (du94W)

132 100 I was expecting their biggest export to be figs or some shit.

Posted by: gp Extends His Arms, Retracts His Nipples at November 13, 2023 12:57 PM (MvF+J)

133 I was being somewhat facetious. The important people will be investigated first. The FBI currently doesn't have the manpower to investigate everybody who makes snide comments about Joe Biden on the internet.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 13, 2023 12:55 PM (RSbhh)
++++
Fun mnemonic device for anyone who has trouble with that word:

"Facetious" is the shortest word in the English language that uses all of the vowels in the traditional A-E-I-O-U order. "Facetiously" is the shortest word that also includes the semivowel "Y."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 13, 2023 12:57 PM (d04cU)

134 The straw man political contributions sound a lot like how the Democrats jailed Dinesh Desouza?

Posted by: rd at November 13, 2023 12:57 PM (6D1wW)

135 They should have called it The Unremarkable's, and not embarrassed themselves with The Marvels.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 13, 2023 12:57 PM (tQvWB)

136 There’s an economic mystery confounding the White House: Most Americans are financially better off than they were before the coronavirus pandemic, but they feel worse about their economic prospects.

Does WaPo show its work?

Posted by: Archimedes at November 13, 2023 12:58 PM (I/Qkd)

137 119 Wait, you mean Trump would continue to do, what Biden is already doing?

Biden endorsed Ronna McDaniel?
Posted by: Archimedes at November 13, 2023 12:56 PM (I/Qkd)

Based on her track record? Probably. Don't YOU want the opposing team to have a Manager who is incompetent?

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 13, 2023 12:58 PM (xaFKb)

138 105: I see I was late to the party.

Posted by: PaleRider at November 13, 2023 12:58 PM (3cGpq)

139 Well figs tend to be a big sh1t...

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 13, 2023 12:58 PM (du94W)

140 @washingtonpost
There’s an economic mystery confounding the White House: Most Americans are financially better off than they were before the coronavirus pandemic, but they feel worse about their economic prospects.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at November 13, 2023 12:57 PM (FVME7)
++++
"Financially better off?" By what standard? I'm genuinely curious.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 13, 2023 12:58 PM (d04cU)

141 The FBI currently doesn't have the manpower to investigate everybody who makes snide comments about Joe Biden on the internet.

That's what Bob at NSA wants us to think.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 13, 2023 12:58 PM (JrojV)

142 I see that Brie Larsen's flat ass failed to bring anyone into the theaters.

It sounds to me that her flat a$$ wasn't the issue. It was the flat script and her flat performance.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 13, 2023 12:58 PM (RSbhh)

143 Biden endorsed Ronna McDaniel?
Posted by: Archimedes at November 13, 2023 12:56 PM (I/Qkd)

Based on her track record? Probably. Don't YOU want the opposing team to have a Manager who is incompetent?

Fair.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 13, 2023 12:59 PM (I/Qkd)

144 The Washington Post
@washingtonpost
There’s an economic mystery confounding the White House: Most Americans are financially better off than they were before the coronavirus pandemic, but they feel worse about their economic prospects.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at November 13, 2023 12:57 PM (FVME7)

So after a 20% drop in my investments... and food prices essentially doubling... I'm better off? wow...

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 13, 2023 12:59 PM (xaFKb)

145 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 13, 2023 12:56 PM (d04cU)

It's because Menendez doesn't support Persia. That's all that keeps getting him in trouble, IMO.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 13, 2023 12:59 PM (0FoWg)

146 But, what benefit does Turkey get from doing a quid pro quo with a NYC mayor?
Posted by: Orson at November 13, 2023 12:44 PM (dIske)

They want him to ban helicopter flights in November.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 13, 2023 12:59 PM (1Z8zZ)

147 So the Turkish Diplomatic Mission is a constituent?

Am I reading that right?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 13, 2023 12:59 PM (hH3Px)

148 " Adams did something or the feds wouldn't even be looking at him.
Posted by: rickb223 "

He made the Big Guy look bad.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 13, 2023 12:59 PM (ou9hh)

149 "Financially better off?" By what standard? I'm genuinely curious.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

I am.guessing they ignored inflation

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 13, 2023 12:59 PM (vHIgi)

150 It sounds to me that her flat a$$ wasn't the issue. It was the flat script and her flat performance.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 13, 2023 12:58 PM (RSbhh)
++++
That's been most of the reviews I've seen or read. Essentially, it boils down to, "this movie isn't even particularly 'woke' by Marvel standards, it's just bad - really, really bad - and it's clear that most of the actors didn't want to be there."

That's about the worst review possible for a movie like this.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 13, 2023 01:00 PM (d04cU)

151 Well the still employed staff at the Washington Compost are better off ....

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 13, 2023 01:00 PM (du94W)

152 Wait, Samuel Jackson isn't a girl? Huh.
Posted by: Marcus T

Well, I'm not a biologist . . .

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at November 13, 2023 01:00 PM (FVME7)

153 The FBI is Seizing on texts that indicate that Adams did favors for foreign cash.
___

Maybe they are seizing on texts for possible blackmail material. That part won't make the news.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 13, 2023 01:00 PM (fs1hN)

154 Look at the statistics. Biased mouthpieces like the WaPo keep using COVID statistics to state that people are "better off". They don't look at the pre COVID baselines and project out. It's fun with numbers. People aren't stupid. They know they're worse off under Shitmypants

Posted by: Marcus T at November 13, 2023 01:01 PM (tQvWB)

155 > Except Ruby Ridge and Waco, who else has the FBI murdered?

FBI agent Connolly, one of Whitey Bulger's handlers, was convicted of helping plan the murder of one of Bulger's rivals.

Robert Hanssen's espionage probably resulted in the deaths of dozens.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 13, 2023 01:01 PM (0N1h0)

156 A Leftist getting handouts?
Does today end in a Y?

Posted by: Skip at November 13, 2023 01:01 PM (fwDg9)

157 I'm inspecting Brie Larsen's flat ass at The Fappening, and I'd offer that it is not so much flat as lacking tone.

Posted by: gp Extends His Arms, Retracts His Nipples at November 13, 2023 01:01 PM (MvF+J)

158 Wait, Samuel Jackson isn't a girl? Huh.
Posted by: Marcus T

Well, I'm not a biologist . . .

So he runs Bartertown?

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 13, 2023 01:01 PM (du94W)

159 Hey, Anna Puma. Watched most of "The Battle of Britain'" this AM. Good days when Spits were available and you could rent the Spanish AF.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 13, 2023 01:01 PM (0EOe9)

160 When they start looking into Newsom's cozying up to Xi in California then we will know for sure whoever is controlling the Biden regime is taking out potential rivals. Starting with the less obvious people and moving up the ranks as they consolidate their position.

Posted by: Just Lily at November 13, 2023 01:01 PM (Aufua)

161 1
Yeah maybe nah, we're good
Posted by: FBI at November 13, 2023 12:34 PM (UJAlD)
.......

Wow. The FBI is reading the content. Must be new here.

Posted by: wth at November 13, 2023 01:02 PM (v0R5T)

162 I was being somewhat facetious. The important people will be investigated first. The FBI currently doesn't have the manpower to investigate everybody who makes snide comments about Joe Biden on the internet.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 13, 2023 12:55 PM (RSbhh)

...yet.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 13, 2023 01:02 PM (BdMk6)

163 That's been most of the reviews I've seen or read. Essentially, it boils down to, "this movie isn't even particularly 'woke' by Marvel standards, it's just bad - really, really bad - and it's clear that most of the actors didn't want to be there."

Brie Larson is 34. She'd be well advised to be less picky, since she's starting to run out of Hollywood road. It isn't like she's getting roles for her acting chops.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 13, 2023 01:02 PM (I/Qkd)

164 Saw at Legalinsurrection.com Tank is in some money grabbing trouble

Posted by: Skip at November 13, 2023 01:02 PM (fwDg9)

165 Except Ruby Ridge and Waco, who else has the FBI murdered?
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 13, 2023 12:57 PM

+++++++

Remember the friend of the Boston Bombers that the FBI was interviewing in his own apartment? He was unarmed, but somehow attacked the entire FBI Team that was interviewing him.

Posted by: rd at November 13, 2023 01:02 PM (6D1wW)

166 Chick with the abs is grabbing her boob up top.

Posted by: wth at November 13, 2023 01:03 PM (v0R5T)

167 Since it’s always a movie thread, I had no idea they rebooted Suicide Squad in 2021. I came across it on the boob tube yesterday. I could only make it through the first 25 minutes.

Posted by: Drive by at November 13, 2023 01:03 PM (MNhXM)

168 In other news relating to the tech takeover of meat space, the AI pin is on the verge of being released. This is touted as The Next Step Beyond the smartphone and you are supposed to wear it at all times like a lapel pin.

Posted by: Beverly at November 13, 2023 01:03 PM (Epeb0)

169 What the hell is a 'geese people'?

*pushes back the brown acid*

Posted by: Tonypete at November 13, 2023 01:03 PM (YmKky)

170 161 1
Yeah maybe nah, we're good
Posted by: FBI at November 13, 2023 12:34 PM (UJAlD)
.......

Wow. The FBI is reading the content. Must be new here.
Posted by: wth at November 13, 2023 01:02 PM (v0R5T)

Nah, been going on for awhile... kinda pisses me off, ya know?

Posted by: Bob, NSA.............. at November 13, 2023 01:03 PM (xaFKb)

171 May I suggest the chemistry involved in making a really good bloody mary? A little horseradish instead of the hot sauce, and topping the glass with a couple olives will make your day.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 13, 2023 12:55 PM (0EOe9)
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Does the "no math on the blog" rule also cover chemistry?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at November 13, 2023 01:03 PM (ScR16)

172 "Except Ruby Ridge and Waco, who else has the FBI murdered?"

Epstein?

Posted by: gp Extends His Arms, Retracts His Nipples at November 13, 2023 01:03 PM (MvF+J)

173 Blender up a can of RoTel tomatoes for that Bloody Mary.

Posted by: Braenyard at November 13, 2023 01:03 PM (Wj/z9)

174 It was truly good fortune that the Spanish Air Force was finally retiring its Ha.1112s and He 111s just in time for some to be used in The Battle of Britain.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 13, 2023 01:04 PM (du94W)

175 Garland just can't deal with a clean, plant-based diet.

Posted by: Axeman at November 13, 2023 01:04 PM (krQz2)

176 159 Hey, Anna Puma. Watched most of "The Battle of Britain'" this AM. Good days when Spits were available and you could rent the Spanish AF.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 13, 2023 01:01 PM (0EOe9)

The Spanish AF? Nobody Expected the Spanish AF!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 13, 2023 01:04 PM (ynpvh)

177 172 "Except Ruby Ridge and Waco, who else has the FBI murdered?"
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How many in Waco?

Posted by: Braenyard at November 13, 2023 01:04 PM (Wj/z9)

178 Except Ruby Ridge and Waco, who else has the FBI murdered?

FBI agent Connolly, one of Whitey Bulger's handlers, was convicted of helping plan the murder of one of Bulger's rivals.

Robert Hanssen's espionage probably resulted in the deaths of dozens.
Posted by: bonhomme at November 13, 2023 01:01 PM (0N1h0)

I wouldn't rule out their participation on the grassy knoll.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 13, 2023 01:05 PM (BdMk6)

179 162 I was being somewhat facetious. The important people will be investigated first. The FBI currently doesn't have the manpower to investigate everybody who makes snide comments about Joe Biden on the internet.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 13, 2023 12:55 PM (RSbhh)

...yet.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 13, 2023 01:02 PM (BdMk6)

Could those extra IRS agents be tapped as extra FIB agents?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 13, 2023 01:05 PM (ynpvh)

180 Saw at Legalinsurrection.com Tank is in some money grabbing trouble

Posted by: Skip at November 13, 2023 01:02 PM (fwDg9)

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As the current Governor of Georgia, can she pardon herself?

Posted by: ShainS -- Too Male, Too Pale, Too Stale at November 13, 2023 01:05 PM (mlhUa)

181 Posted by: Braenyard at November 13, 2023 12:51 PM (Wj/z9)

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Braenyard, there was a conversation at the end of a link recently about Biden flying Palestinians in using the new pretend "border wall" phone app (seriously, they really call it a tech wall):

It already happens per the MSM
https://tinyurl.com/ysfass8c

And here's part of the magic:

"Among those the government chose to parole in on CBP One app appointments were a smattering of “special Interest aliens” from Iran, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Yemen, Indonesia, and even 154 Afghans.

Others the government approved to come in surprisingly high numbers despite their being from special interest nations were 3,852 Kyrgyzstanis, 1,843 Uzbekistanis, 780 Tajikistanis, and 339 Kazakhstanis, and 29 from Turkmenistan, not to mention many more from terror-plagued Africa countries such as Egypt, Senegal, and Mauritania."

https://tinyurl.com/ypqnm8fa

As I understand it the clever part comes because the UN is responsible for shipping people from Palestine, and there's not a U.S. code for them in receiving. So they're counted as Israelis.

Posted by: Moron Robbie -The Clear Minded Nashville Tranny Shooter was not Deranged at November 13, 2023 01:05 PM (DxFDO)

182 167 Since it’s always a movie thread, I had no idea they rebooted Suicide Squad in 2021. I came across it on the boob tube yesterday. I could only make it through the first 25 minutes.
Posted by: Drive by at November 13, 2023 01:03 PM (MNhXM)

Just saw a trailer for a movie called 'The Oath'... comes out soon... Kinda looks like Alternate History European Warriors somehow in America fighting Indians (Feather, not dot).

Fight scenes looked good though...

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 13, 2023 01:05 PM (xaFKb)

183 Okay, I went and looked. No, please, I'm no hero. I put my pants on one leg a time, just like you.

Yet Americans are still angry that prices rose as much as they did, showing up in consumer sentiment that has fallen for three straight months. Just 30 percent of voters approve of President Biden’s handling of the economy, the lowest reading since he took office, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.

That disconnect between a booming economy and how Americans feel about it appears to be widening at a critical time ahead of next year’s presidential election. It is also shaping up to be a key liability for the White House, even as its policies are bolstering job creation and business investments.

This is a particularly bad article, but it boils down to, "things are awesome if you disregard inflation and the daily reality of normal people - like how they're running out of money and going broke."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 13, 2023 01:05 PM (d04cU)

184 In all the trailers the only guy I saw was Samuel Jackson. Was this an all girls super power film?
Posted by: Drive by at November 13, 2023 12:52 PM (MNhXM)

Bunch of women in superhero costumes reciting the Vagina Monologues in unison.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 13, 2023 01:05 PM (1Z8zZ)

185 What the hell is a 'geese people'?

*pushes back the brown acid*
Posted by: Tonypete

I'll have to take a gander at that.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 13, 2023 01:05 PM (R4t5M)

186 "Except Ruby Ridge and Waco, who else has the FBI murdered?"
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Could have been moonlighting FIB-bers who "mugged" Seth Rich.

Posted by: Axeman at November 13, 2023 01:06 PM (krQz2)

187 Lapel pin communicator?

"Make it so Number One."

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 13, 2023 01:06 PM (du94W)

188 116 California Governor Newsom Admits He Only Cleaned Up the Streets of San Francisco to Please Xi Jinping: “That’s True Because it’s True”
____

Hey how about impressing your voters instead of a foreign potentate?

"Well, I'm banning my constituents from owning and driving gas powered cars begining in 2030 in order to save the planet. You're welcome!"
- Gov. Gruesome

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 13, 2023 01:06 PM (fs1hN)

189 The FBI shootout in Florida did result in the 40 caliber . Or was it the 10mm ?

Posted by: Drive by at November 13, 2023 01:06 PM (MNhXM)

190 "FBI agent Connolly, one of Whitey Bulger's handlers, was convicted of helping plan the murder of one of Bulger's rivals."

"Black Mass" (2015). Love that movie.

Posted by: gp Extends His Arms, Retracts His Nipples at November 13, 2023 01:06 PM (MvF+J)

191 167 Since it’s always a movie thread, I had no idea they rebooted Suicide Squad in 2021. I came across it on the boob tube yesterday. I could only make it through the first 25 minutes.

Posted by: Drive by at November 13, 2023 01:03 PM (MNhXM)

There's a much older "Suicide Squad".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_Squad_(1935_film)

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 13, 2023 01:06 PM (ynpvh)

192 Saw at Legalinsurrection.com Tank is in some money grabbing trouble
Posted by: Skip at November 13, 2023 01:02 PM (fwDg9)

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The Democrats have immigrated enough replacement minority voters so hey don't need the Professional Black Politicians anymore?

Posted by: rd at November 13, 2023 01:06 PM (6D1wW)

193 174 Were the BF 109s Spanish?

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 13, 2023 01:07 PM (0EOe9)

194
In other news relating to the tech takeover of meat space, the AI pin is on the verge of being released. This is touted as The Next Step Beyond the smartphone and you are supposed to wear it at all times like a lapel pin.
Posted by: Beverly

Star Trek communicator TNG style.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 13, 2023 01:07 PM (63Dwl)

195 "I am pretty sure I will never ever serve on a jury."

Just say you agree with jury nullification, since the people are the font of all government power, including judicial power.

Posted by: Anti-Faucist at November 13, 2023 01:07 PM (qUkBO)

196 Yet Americans are still angry that prices rose as much as they did, showing up in consumer sentiment that has fallen for three straight months. Just 30 percent of voters approve of President Biden’s handling of the economy, the lowest reading since he took office, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 13, 2023 01:05 PM (d04cU)
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Bet this wouldn't happen if Generic Democrat were in office!

Posted by: Axeman at November 13, 2023 01:07 PM (krQz2)

197 That's been most of the reviews I've seen or read. Essentially, it boils down to, "this movie isn't even particularly 'woke' by Marvel standards, it's just bad - really, really bad - and it's clear that most of the actors didn't want to be there."

-

Ace linked a great review by a cute little oriental girl named Alechia Queen recently.

It's a Disney princess movie.

https://tinyurl.com/yqy4v5o6

Posted by: Moron Robbie -The Clear Minded Nashville Tranny Shooter was not Deranged at November 13, 2023 01:07 PM (DxFDO)

198 Some phuckwit needs to develope a Mission Impossible burn ap for da phones seeing how the FBI interest in mostly peaceful phone users.

Posted by: What's on Obammas phone at November 13, 2023 01:08 PM (LcRVs)

199 I would never post FUCK THE FBI.

Wouldn't be prudent.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at November 13, 2023 01:08 PM (sWM8x)

200 addendum:

A Disney princess movie written for children. The audience is children.

Posted by: Moron Robbie -The Clear Minded Nashville Tranny Shooter was not Deranged at November 13, 2023 01:08 PM (DxFDO)

201 146 But, what benefit does Turkey get from doing a quid pro quo with a NYC mayor?
Posted by: Orson at November 13, 2023 12:44 PM (dIske)

They want him to ban helicopter flights in November.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 13, 2023 12:59 PM (1Z8zZ)

____________________

Well, that makes more sense than anything I could come up with...But, how about supporting a mayor financially to gain his support on bogus indictments by the NYC DA against a certain former president who basically took a dump on Turkey's NATO involvement?

The indictment(s) are weak...beyond weak. And, Adams was out there three times in one week discussion the potential for indictments before they were served.

Posted by: Orson at November 13, 2023 01:08 PM (dIske)

202 "I am pretty sure I will never ever serve on a jury."

I'm pretty sure I will get called in several more times, and sent home after 3-5 hours of waiting. Happens every time.

Posted by: gp Extends His Arms, Retracts His Nipples at November 13, 2023 01:08 PM (MvF+J)

203 This redhead in a stupid chair wonders only if Adams is surprised that he's being targeted for stepping off the reservation:
https://is.gd/BXBHCV

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 13, 2023 01:08 PM (d04cU)

204 Yes they were Spanish built Bf 109s. Instead of the DB-605 engine they had a Rolls Royce Merlin installed.

Hence their designation Ha.1112.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 13, 2023 01:08 PM (du94W)

205 22 Every level of US govt open for foreign graft, from each and every nation on Earth. I wonder how much the Antarcticans bribe us, net net.

Posted by: gp Extends His Arms, Retracts His Nipples at November 13, 2023 12:42 PM (MvF+J)
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The penguins?

Posted by: Ciampino - Cedilla, Chair of Diacritic Marks Soc. at November 13, 2023 01:09 PM (qfLjt)

206 195 "I am pretty sure I will never ever serve on a jury."

Just say you agree with jury nullification, since the people are the font of all government power, including judicial power.

Posted by: Anti-Faucist at November 13, 2023 01:07 PM (qUkBO)

And after the fine and jail time imposed by the Judge you'll be good.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 13, 2023 01:09 PM (ynpvh)

207 pretty sure I will never ever serve on a jury."

Not after the excuse my doctor wrote.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff in solidarity with the struggle to maintain Moron standards at November 13, 2023 01:09 PM (jKGjc)

208 Challenge the Biden Junta...face the DOJ.

Now...remember in the long long ago when saying you needed to investigate Hillary Clinton was the sign of a banana republic?

Posted by: 18-1 at November 13, 2023 01:09 PM (XqcwY)

209 Nothing *biden hates more than mouthy, off the reservation black man.

I bet that's all there is to it.

And lastly, it's probably the only thing *biden's actually ordered done in months, if not years.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 13, 2023 01:09 PM (Q4IgG)

210 If it’s all women , then by definition it’s implied woke.

Posted by: Drive by at November 13, 2023 01:09 PM (MNhXM)

211 Pskanki blaming Sundowner administration crimes on Trump
Fkin bitch

Posted by: Skip at November 13, 2023 01:09 PM (fwDg9)

212 As noted a couple of times above, had Adams slipped Joe Biden the necessary protection money, he would not be in this position.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 13, 2023 01:10 PM (XeU6L)

213 203 That's what they used to call a bird.

Posted by: gp Extends His Arms, Retracts His Nipples at November 13, 2023 01:10 PM (MvF+J)

214 164 Saw at Legalinsurrection.com Tank is in some money grabbing trouble
Posted by: Skip

What did she do to piss of the junta?

Posted by: Montec at November 13, 2023 01:10 PM (P5BwU)

215 203 This redhead in a stupid chair wonders only if Adams is surprised that he's being targeted for stepping off the reservation:
https://is.gd/BXBHCV
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 13, 2023 01:08 PM (d04cU)

Why when I look at that pic, do I suddenly think of blonde jokes? Weird.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 13, 2023 01:11 PM (xaFKb)

216 This redhead in a stupid chair wonders only if Adams is surprised that he's being targeted for stepping off the reservation:
https://is.gd/BXBHCV
Posted by: Joe Mannix
________

Britney Spears-ish.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at November 13, 2023 01:11 PM (Dm8we)

217 "Financially better off?" By what standard? I'm genuinely curious.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

++++

If you ignore the price hikes of rent, gas, food, insurance, paper products, soaps, toiletries, cosmetics, and clothes, I suppose you could feel financially better off. Somehow.

Posted by: washrivergal at November 13, 2023 01:11 PM (FL9yc)

218 pretty sure I will never ever serve on a jury."

Not after the excuse my doctor wrote.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko

Pffft!
-- Signed, Epstein's Mother

Posted by: Tonypete at November 13, 2023 01:11 PM (YmKky)

219 Report: Germany passes "Children's Rights" amendment promoting "sexual self-determination" that was written by serial pedophile

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"Children's rights", huh? That's some mighty fine spin right there.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at November 13, 2023 01:11 PM (FVME7)

220 203 This redhead in a stupid chair wonders only if Adams is surprised that he's being targeted for stepping off the reservation:
https://is.gd/BXBHCV

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 13, 2023 01:08 PM (d04cU)

I'm not stupid; I was just made that way.

Posted by: Red Head's chair at November 13, 2023 01:11 PM (ynpvh)

221 I want to serve on a federal jury.
Unless it’s something obvious and violent, it’s Not guilty all around for me.

Posted by: Montec at November 13, 2023 01:11 PM (P5BwU)

222 189 The FBI shootout in Florida did result in the 40 caliber . Or was it the 10mm ?

Posted by: Drive by
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The 10 mm because a Silvertip 9mm round did not end the fight with Platt even though he was mortally wounded. Then the 10 mm came to the FBI about the time that it got sued by females alleging that the FBI did not make adequate provisions for their firearm training. So the FBI took the 10 mm and made it weaker and weaker until enough of the case was empty so that the 40 S&W appeared as an answer. The 10mm made by S&W also was a large heavy firearm and much more difficult to conceal well. By going to the 40 S&W, it fit the niche in between the 45 and 9mm--more ammo, lighter firearm, more concealable, and harder hitting than the 9mm self defense cartridges of the time.

Posted by: whig at November 13, 2023 01:12 PM (P1Zkh)

223 207 pretty sure I will never ever serve on a jury."

Not after the excuse my doctor wrote.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff in solidarity with the struggle to maintain Moron standards at November 13, 2023 01:09 PM (jKGjc)

Yeah, just don't try an excuse note from 'Epstein's Mom'... the younger generation has a WAY different take on that meme.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 13, 2023 01:12 PM (xaFKb)

224 166 Chick with the abs is grabbing her boob up top.

as opposed to her boob down bottom?

Posted by: anachronda at November 13, 2023 01:12 PM (oY6Yp)

225 207 pretty sure I will never ever serve on a jury."

Not after the excuse my doctor wrote.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff in solidarity with the struggle to maintain Moron standards at November 13, 2023 01:09 PM (jKGjc)

And then we bitch about juries being composed of leftist dimwits...

Posted by: Red Head's chair at November 13, 2023 01:12 PM (ynpvh)

226 I was being somewhat facetious. The important people will be investigated first. The FBI currently doesn't have the manpower to investigate everybody who makes snide comments about Joe Biden on the internet.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 13, 2023 12:55 PM (RSbhh)

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Who needs FBI Agents when ChatGPT can be deputized to identify, track, issue arrest warrants for, & indict/convict/imprison sans trial "Ultra MAGA" "Wrongthink" "Insurrectionist" "White Supremacist" "Domestic Terrorist" AGAAVEs ("Anti-Government" "Anti-Authority" "Violent Extremists")?

Posted by: ShainS -- Too Male, Too Pale, Too Stale at November 13, 2023 01:13 PM (F63it)

227

They really shouldn't ever be doing this to a black man.

Posted by: Dr.Rev. Senator Your Highness E Buzz Miller, Esq PhD MA MS at November 13, 2023 01:13 PM (UCNv1)

228 off sock

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 13, 2023 01:13 PM (ynpvh)

229 would never post FUCK THE FBI.

Wouldn't be prudent.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at November 13, 2023 01:08 PM (sWM8x)
****
At least do it on Minecraft.

Posted by: torabora at November 13, 2023 01:13 PM (T7CeC)

230 "Children's rights", huh? That's some mighty fine spin right there.
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Translation is a little off. It's actually "Rights to Children" in the original German.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 13, 2023 01:13 PM (fs1hN)

231 ShainS

You forgot illegal HVAC repairs in the list of crimes.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 13, 2023 01:13 PM (du94W)

232 More from WaPo:
But the bigger struggle, political analysts say, has been making it clear to Americans that the local improvements they’re seeing, in roads, high-speed internet connections and airports, are being powered by Biden’s policies. Many federal funds are being doled out through state and local governments, and are often going to businesses and contractors instead of directly to families.
++++
Ah, yes. The classic, "sure you're broke, but we built some shiny shit you can never afford to use and dumped cash into our cronies' pockets and that's awesome for you" argument.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 13, 2023 01:13 PM (d04cU)

233 As noted a couple of times above, had Adams slipped Joe Biden the necessary protection money, he would not be in this position.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

10% for the Big Guy. It's not only the right thing to do; it's the smart thing to do.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at November 13, 2023 01:14 PM (FVME7)

234 That Psaki tweet is classic 1984.

It’s really scary how close Orwell was in his predictions. Only off by 40 years though may be another 10 before total fruition.

Posted by: Drive by at November 13, 2023 01:14 PM (MNhXM)

235 Turkey:

Pre-revolutionary Islamo-fascist state
or
Maker of nice shooty things

You make the call~! * DUN-DUN-DAAAH *

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 13, 2023 01:14 PM (IG4Id)

236 I expect that what Adams is getting busted for is something that is common practice in the Democrat party, but illegal. They get you if you step out of line.

Posted by: Axeman at November 13, 2023 01:14 PM (krQz2)

237 214 164 Saw at Legalinsurrection.com Tank is in some money grabbing trouble
Posted by: Skip

What did she do to piss of the junta?
Posted by: Montec
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She was demanding the VP position in 2020 from Biden and made it to the final round for selection. The Dems then let her sink in 2022 while they boosted Warnock.

Posted by: whig at November 13, 2023 01:14 PM (P1Zkh)

238 He's a terrible mayor--says this New Yorker--even before this revelation. LOTS of tweets on twitter about how #NYC could have had Maya Wiley. It is spilled milk now but: @mayawiley, We should never have let the “Culture Wars” label stick to attacks on freedom. From abortion to book bans to “don’t say gay” we have seen a well funded war on our national values and what makes us great.

Another time that people should have voted for the more qualified female candidate. They could have had Maya Wiley.

It’s hard for some to believe, but NYC is not really that progressive. He always put me off. If he turns out to be a bad dude, at least he's been nabbed.

that's a good thing. Otherwise, we never would have had our two best Mayors: Ed Koch and Michael Bloomberg.

Mr. Stop and Frisk Bloomberg, a deplorable mayor.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at November 13, 2023 01:14 PM (wCNEK)

239 Were the Germans voting "Yes" on this singing "The Future Belongs to Us" perhaps?

Fritz Lang's movie M becomes even more relevant.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 13, 2023 01:15 PM (du94W)

240 Dems are truly getting into a panic about Biden and a Trump win. I think their campaign is going to boil down to

Yeah, Biden is a senile old fool and his policies sucks and the nation is headed off the cliff and inflation is destroying you but what, are you to vote for a Nazi?

Posted by: Ripley at November 13, 2023 01:15 PM (JojsZ)

241 >low-IQ functionary makes noises about things that are embarrassing to the Party
>gets visit from NKVD

Story checks out

Posted by: BunnyFooFoo at November 13, 2023 01:15 PM (0Uf+z)

242 This redhead in a stupid chair wonders only if Adams is surprised that he's being targeted for stepping off the reservation:
https://is.gd/BXBHCV
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 13, 2023 01:08 PM (d04cU)

Botoxed lips. Kind of sad. She'd be prettier without the plastic intervention.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 13, 2023 01:15 PM (BdMk6)

243 Posted by: whig at November 13, 2023 01:12 PM (P1Zkh)

So basically both. I was correct only by accident.

Posted by: Drive by at November 13, 2023 01:16 PM (MNhXM)

244 >>>This is a particularly bad article, but it boils down to, "things are awesome if you disregard inflation and the daily reality of normal people - like how they're running out of money and going broke."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
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Now run that on fixed income.
Every Pubbie running should make it clear to his constituents.

Posted by: Braenyard at November 13, 2023 01:16 PM (Wj/z9)

245 Saw at Legalinsurrection.com Tank is in some money grabbing trouble

Posted by: Skip
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As always, mention of her triggers the Patrick O'Brian quotation:

"the most unromantic beast that ever urged its squat thick bulk across the face of the earth."

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 13, 2023 01:16 PM (XeU6L)

246 This redhead in a stupid chair wonders only if Adams is surprised that he's being targeted for stepping off the reservation:
https://is.gd/BXBHCV
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 13, 2023 01:08 PM (d04cU)
......

Knees are too close together. Sad.

Posted by: wth at November 13, 2023 01:17 PM (v0R5T)

247 "The FBI is Seizing on texts that indicate that Adams did favors for foreign cash."

Somebody didn't get their cut.

Posted by: davidt at November 13, 2023 01:17 PM (SYTee)

248 Stupid rube voters dont realize how great their lives are.
- MSM

Posted by: Montec at November 13, 2023 01:17 PM (P5BwU)

249 Would the Biden administration characterize Adams as "uppity"?

Posted by: Axeman at November 13, 2023 01:17 PM (krQz2)

250 219 "Children's rights", huh? That's some mighty fine spin right there.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at November 13, 2023 01:11 PM (FVME7)

The right of the Government to separate them from their parents.

Posted by: XTC at November 13, 2023 01:17 PM (UnA8+)

251 As always, mention of her triggers the Patrick O'Brian quotation:

"the most unromantic beast that ever urged its squat thick bulk across the face of the earth."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 13, 2023 01:16 PM (XeU6L)
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Stephen was always good for elaborate snark.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at November 13, 2023 01:17 PM (ScR16)

252 Joey Bidet thought Adams was Corn Pop obviously.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 13, 2023 01:17 PM (du94W)

253 the local improvements they’re seeing, in roads, high-speed internet connections and airports, are being powered by Biden’s policies.

Sooo.....I can go to the airport, but I can't afford to eat? Sounds great!

Posted by: Archimedes at November 13, 2023 01:17 PM (I/Qkd)

254 "The FBI is Seizing on texts that indicate that Adams did favors for foreign cash."

Somebody didn't get their cut.
Posted by: davidt at November 13, 2023 01:17 PM (SYTee)
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But they won't go into specifics about which acts they were.

Posted by: Axeman at November 13, 2023 01:17 PM (krQz2)

255 250 219 "Children's rights", huh? That's some mighty fine spin right there.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at November 13, 2023 01:11 PM (FVME7)

The right of the Government to separate them from their parents.

Posted by: XTC at November 13, 2023 01:17 PM (UnA8+)

And cut off their junk.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 13, 2023 01:18 PM (ynpvh)

256 More WaPo:
Those low marks come even as the U.S. economy has, by many measures, notched quarter after quarter of strong growth. Employers have added 14 million jobs under Biden’s watch, and household wealth surged during the pandemic. The median net worth of U.S. families grew by an unprecedented 37 percent between 2019 and 2022, to $192,900, according to the Federal Reserve’s Survey of Consumer Finances.
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These people lie for a living, and this is a great example of how. No actual lies here, but the *framing* and context are lies.

When the government - under duress, and not by its own preference - was forced to take its boot off the neck of the economy post-COVID, there was a surge in hiring. This isn't something "Bidenomics" did, it's a natural consequence of the state finally being forced to stop murdering the private sector at such an aggressive pace.

And that vaunted "net worth" gain? That's not money. That's not cash in the bank. That "net worth" gain is, for most people, in two places: real estate and retirement investments. It's ... inflation. Nothing more. And it is irrelevant to daily life.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 13, 2023 01:18 PM (d04cU)

257 I was called for jury duty in the city of Worcester, MA a couple of years ago. Not a single non-white in the (large) jury pool. Non-whites apparently are allowed to throw their jury summons away and not show up without consequence.

Posted by: Validate This at November 13, 2023 01:18 PM (qUkBO)

258 Nicer airports might matter to me if I could afford to fly anymore and flying didn't suck so much I avoid it whenever possible.

Posted by: Ripley at November 13, 2023 01:18 PM (JojsZ)

259 Sooo.....I can go to the airport, but I can't afford to eat? Sounds great!
Posted by: Archimedes at November 13, 2023 01:17 PM (I/Qkd)
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I paid $25 for a burger, fries and shake at Smashburger in DFW. So, that's probably correct.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at November 13, 2023 01:19 PM (ScR16)

260 Who needs FBI Agents when ChatGPT can be deputized to identify, track, issue arrest warrants for, & indict/convict/imprison sans trial "Ultra MAGA" "Wrongthink" "Insurrectionist" "White Supremacist" "Domestic Terrorist" AGAAVEs ("Anti-Government" "Anti-Authority" "Violent Extremists")?
Posted by: ShainS
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AI results actually go to crap once let loose in the real world instead of processing the training data it is fed. So most of the hype so far on AI being generally applicable is crap meant to separate investors from their money.

Remember crypto and blockchain used to be the hot thing in tech until it wasn't.

Pixy goes off on the next greatest thing quite often in the overnight post.

Posted by: whig at November 13, 2023 01:19 PM (P1Zkh)

261 Now run that on fixed income.

-

This phrase drives me nuts. It’s meant to say people on pensions. But everyone who is a salaried employee has a fixed income. And it’s not like someone working as an employee isn’t as affected by inflation. At least SS automatically increases every year, something not everyone can say who is an employee.

Posted by: Montec at November 13, 2023 01:19 PM (P5BwU)

262 I don't know what the people are talking about. The economy is great!

Posted by: Biglaw First Year Associate Making $180,000 at November 13, 2023 01:20 PM (qUkBO)

263 See here, pal.
You either takes the migrants and smile...

Or it's curtains for you.

Curtains.

Posted by: Mugsy at November 13, 2023 01:20 PM (DZrNt)

264 One view holds that a considerable number of reporters and editors stateside are simply anti-Israel, if not outright antisemitic. But a more complicated, less sinister explanation might be that the skewed coverage is simply a product of that paternalistic belief held by so many American newsmen that says it’s their duty to “protect” readers and special-interest groups from news coverage that may feed various -isms and phobias. It’s a savior complex wherein they pull their punches, leaning heavily into ludicrous euphemisms and obscuring facts and reality, because they believe that, in their capacity as information gatekeepers, it’s their responsibility to manage the public’s perceptions and emotions.

Posted by: SMOD at November 13, 2023 01:20 PM (RHGPo)

265 ----------
Stephen was always good for elaborate snark.
Posted by: Captain Obvious
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A master. I've been re-reading O'Brian, and am continuously struck by his insight into human nature/psychology.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 13, 2023 01:20 PM (XeU6L)

266 236 I expect that what Adams is getting busted for is something that is common practice in the Democrat party, but illegal. They get you if you step out of line.
Posted by: Axeman at November 13, 2023 01:14 PM (krQz2)

Simpler, Big Guy didn't get his 10%.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 13, 2023 01:21 PM (xaFKb)

267 >>>189 The FBI shootout in Florida did result in the 40 caliber . Or was it the 10mm ?

Posted by: Drive
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Not to change the subject but at the movies on the Gun Thread,
Hickock 45 exhibited a S&W .50 cal revolver. Cartridge is huge.

Posted by: Braenyard at November 13, 2023 01:21 PM (Wj/z9)

268 I don't know what the people are talking about. The economy is great!
Posted by: Biglaw First Year Associate Making $180,000 at November 13, 2023 01:20 PM (qUkBO)

Right?

Posted by: Google millionaire at November 13, 2023 01:21 PM (P5BwU)

269 The poor are getting richer (government largesse) and the upper middle class are getting poorer.

Exactly the Left’s intention .

Posted by: Drive by at November 13, 2023 01:21 PM (MNhXM)

270 Red head in chair. Niiiiiice.

Posted by: Montec at November 13, 2023 01:22 PM (P5BwU)

271 It’s a savior complex wherein they pull their punches, leaning heavily into ludicrous euphemisms and obscuring facts and reality, because they believe that, in their capacity as information gatekeepers, it’s their responsibility to manage the public’s perceptions and emotions.
Posted by: SMOD at November 13, 2023 01:20 PM (RHGPo)
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Mika said it best: controlling what people think isn't the President's job, it's their job.

Posted by: Axeman at November 13, 2023 01:22 PM (krQz2)

272 More from WaPo:
But the bigger struggle, political analysts say, has been making it clear to Americans that the local improvements they’re seeing, in roads, high-speed internet connections and airports, are being powered by Biden’s policies.

That's stupid. Nobody is going to give credit for roads. For every pot hole filled 3 arise.

Hey, they filled that pot hole. Saud no one ever.

As for high speed internet, vast majority use their phone most of the time.

Airports? Yeah. Unless you're a major traveler, you're not going to remember.

NONE of those three things get people excited, but if they want to use those. Sure. Go ahead.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at November 13, 2023 01:22 PM (FxH7T)

273 And then we bitch about juries being composed of leftist dimwits...

Uh, scuse me judge, I gotta pee again (1/2 hour limping each way to toilet).

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff in solidarity with the struggle to maintain Moron standards at November 13, 2023 01:22 PM (jKGjc)

274 "Botoxed lips. Kind of sad. She'd be prettier without the plastic intervention."

Really? I assumed it was 1960's vintage photo.

Posted by: gp Extends His Arms, Retracts His Nipples at November 13, 2023 01:22 PM (MvF+J)

275 More WaPo:
“We are still recovering from the pandemic and its devastating effects on the economy,” said Su. “Workers are, like everybody else, reassessing their role in the economy. They’ve had four decades of increased productivity but stagnating wages. It’s going to take some time for us to build an economy in which those concerns are addressed.”
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Let that bolded line - emphasis mine - sink in. Think about it. What does that simple sentence say, and what does it imply? How angry does it make you? It should make you angry - it is true, after all. If your productivity increases but your wages don't, what's happening is that you're being stolen from. At a vast scale. For decades. You've been robbed blind, and this analyst just put it far more plainly than they usually do. Most who read it will miss the significance.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 13, 2023 01:23 PM (d04cU)

276 So basically both. I was correct only by accident.
Posted by: Drive by
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You were correct more than most people would be. Fedworld and consequently state and local law enforcement is now dumping the 40 S&W for the 9mm again albeit with better performing bullets.

Lot of good 40 S&W firearms being sold cheap nowadays but my advice is to get the full service size 40 rather than the compacts or subcompacts. Heavier is also better as most people perceive the 40 as having a sharpish recoil impulse that is tamed by more weight just like the 45 ACP is.

Posted by: whig at November 13, 2023 01:23 PM (P1Zkh)

277 Don't fuck with Biden's slave trade seems to be the message with this hit on the NYC mayor.

Posted by: Puddinhead at November 13, 2023 01:24 PM (ntk8v)

278 214 What did she do to piss of the junta?

sounds like some sort of party punch. perhaps she spiked it.

Posted by: anachronda at November 13, 2023 01:24 PM (oY6Yp)

279 They want him to ban helicopter flights in November.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 13, 2023 12:59 PM (1Z8zZ)
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Well, that makes more sense than anything I could come up with...But, how about supporting a mayor financially to gain his support on bogus indictments by the NYC DA against a certain former president who basically took a dump on Turkey's NATO involvement?
Posted by: Orson at November 13, 2023 01:08 PM (dIske)

My comment was in reference to WKRP and not to be taken seriously.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 13, 2023 01:24 PM (1Z8zZ)

280
Mystery lyrics:

"I told you dirty jokes until you smiled"

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 13, 2023 01:24 PM (MsCOV)

281 How does Biden have anything to do with high speed internet? Hate to break it to wapo but HSI was a thing long before 2021, lol.

Posted by: Montec at November 13, 2023 01:25 PM (P5BwU)

282 The media doesn't see their role as informing people of the facts so people can form informed opinions.

The media wants to form people's opinions.

Posted by: davidt at November 13, 2023 01:25 PM (SYTee)

283 It's New York City, Jake.

Posted by: Eromero at November 13, 2023 01:25 PM (NxC5+)

284 Mystery lyrics:

"I told you dirty jokes until you smiled"

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 13, 2023 01:24 PM (MsCOV)

Billy Joel - You maybe Right

Posted by: Archer at November 13, 2023 01:25 PM (gmo/4)

285 At least SS automatically increases every year, something not everyone can say who is an employee.
Posted by: Montec
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Just as an observation, an without engaging in a discussion about the social/economic value of SS, objectively it does not increase automatically. For instance, there was no change in 2016.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 13, 2023 01:25 PM (XeU6L)

286 Can we send Adams to a Turkish prison?

Posted by: Capt. Oveur at November 13, 2023 01:25 PM (HBnmy)

287 "I told you dirty jokes until you smiled"
Posted by: Soothsayer
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Well, You May Be Right...

Posted by: whig at November 13, 2023 01:25 PM (P1Zkh)

288 'and'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 13, 2023 01:25 PM (XeU6L)

289 >>There's a suspicion that Turks contributed to Eric Adams illegally but we don't know for certain he did favors in exchange for that money.

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he did favors in exchange for that money.

Posted by: DB - as if at November 13, 2023 01:26 PM (geLO8)

290 Still recovering from the pandemic that DEMOCRATS IMPOSED ON US.

Posted by: Montec at November 13, 2023 01:26 PM (P5BwU)

291 275 Let that bolded line - emphasis mine - sink in. Think about it. What does that simple sentence say, and what does it imply? How angry does it make you? It should make you angry - it is true, after all. If your productivity increases but your wages don't, what's happening is that you're being stolen from. At a vast scale. For decades. You've been robbed blind, and this analyst just put it far more plainly than they usually do. Most who read it will miss the significance.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 13, 2023 01:23 PM (d04cU)

My father would say "So what if you're being cheated? The fact remains, you're not out-competing everyone else in your workplace. If you were, they'd have no choice but to pay you more. Otherwise it's time to get a second job and outcompete everyone there, too."

Posted by: XTC at November 13, 2023 01:26 PM (UnA8+)

292 Get that audience back in here! Turn those projectors back on!!!

>

Posted by: The Marvels at November 13, 2023 01:26 PM (guGkK)

293 Mystery lyrics:

"I told you dirty jokes until you smiled"

Ace just might be the lunatic you're looking for.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 13, 2023 01:27 PM (2ocoG)

294 There's a suspicion that Turks contributed to Eric Adams illegally but we don't know for certain he did favors in exchange for that money.
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That's nobody's business...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at November 13, 2023 01:27 PM (ScR16)

295 Except Ruby Ridge and Waco, who else has the FBI murdered?
Posted by: Anna Puma

Actively or passively?
Passively - every raghead they've ran that's went off the Rez.
The two in Garland, Tx after the cartoonist, that the cops killed the San Bernardino pair, the gay nightclub shooter.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 13, 2023 01:27 PM (X98Jy)

296 The poor are getting richer (government largesse) and the upper middle class are getting poorer.

Exactly the Left’s intention .
Posted by: Drive
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The middle class is being destroyed...and it is not an accident..

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 13, 2023 01:27 PM (XeU6L)

297 I bet Eric Adams overstated the value of his house, too. He should be lynched.

Posted by: Puddinhead at November 13, 2023 01:27 PM (ntk8v)

298 local improvements they’re seeing, in roads,

10 Fwy in DTLA closed "indefinitely" after bum arson fire in pallet and storage yard destroyed it. But fire can't melt steel!!

In '94 GOP mayor rearden fixed similar earthquake damage in 3 months and under budget. Smug smirking fix is in grin bass is feckless.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff in solidarity with the struggle to maintain Moron standards at November 13, 2023 01:27 PM (jKGjc)

299 Im no fan of Adams, but pretty much 100% of these investigations are political payback, here because he started to speak out against immigration.

Obama was caught multiple times removing safeguards so he can take foreign donations, including ones originating in gaza and the west bank, and as usual Democrats, the media, and authorities shrugged and did nothing.

Posted by: Rbastid at November 13, 2023 01:27 PM (HA9Nr)

300 and Trump's sister got whacked?

man you get away from the screen for a while and shit goes sideways

Posted by: DB - as if at November 13, 2023 01:27 PM (geLO8)

301 >>There's a suspicion that Turks contributed to Eric Adams illegally but we don't know for certain he did favors in exchange for that money.

Is it common for Turks to give away money for nothing in return?

Posted by: davidt at November 13, 2023 01:27 PM (SYTee)

302 Ace just might be the lunatic you're looking for.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 13, 2023 01:27 PM (2ocoG)
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Is he on the grass?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at November 13, 2023 01:28 PM (ScR16)

303 Except Ruby Ridge and Waco, who else has the FBI murdered?
Posted by: Anna Puma

Woof, woof.

Posted by: Montec at November 13, 2023 01:28 PM (P5BwU)

304
Sooo.....I can go to the airport, but I can't afford to eat? Sounds great!
Posted by: Archimedes

TV sets are cheap. Eat a TV tonight!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 13, 2023 01:28 PM (63Dwl)

305 They conveniently forgot that real wages went up under Trump, according to every examining authority.

Posted by: Axeman at November 13, 2023 01:28 PM (krQz2)

306 Get that audience back in here! Turn those projectors back on!!!

>
Posted by: The Marvels at November 13, 2023 01:26 PM (guGkK)

I saw a Twitter post from a non-political person that hated the movie because it felt like a final exam on a bunch of Disney+ shows nobody watched. Look out for a record second week drop when people hear things like that.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 13, 2023 01:28 PM (2ocoG)

307 >>>And that vaunted "net worth" gain? That's not money. That's not cash in the bank. That "net worth" gain is, for most people, in two places: real estate and retirement investments. It's ... inflation. Nothing more. And it is irrelevant to daily life.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
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Worked for a company that did this for a living.
It would go into a failing company and show them, on paper, how to increase profit by doing no more or less.
Needles to say it left a trail of bankrupt companies.

Posted by: Braenyard at November 13, 2023 01:29 PM (Wj/z9)

308 LA had a Republican mayor in 1994? Dayum.

Posted by: Montec at November 13, 2023 01:29 PM (P5BwU)

309 Ace just might be the lunatic you're looking for.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 13, 2023 01:27 PM (2ocoG)
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Is he on the grass?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at November 13, 2023 01:28 PM (ScR16)
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Got to keep the loonies on the path.

Posted by: Axeman at November 13, 2023 01:29 PM (krQz2)

310 See here, pal.
You either takes the migrants and smile...

Or it's curtains for you.

Curtains.
Posted by: Mugsy at November 13, 2023 01:20 PM (DZrNt)

Oh yeah? Come and get me copper!

Posted by: Baby Face Adams at November 13, 2023 01:29 PM (v0R5T)

311 People in DC and the elite's coastal enclaves are living big. And Tapper has an exciting new book! What more do Americans want?

Posted by: Ripley at November 13, 2023 01:29 PM (JojsZ)

312 My father would say "So what if you're being cheated? The fact remains, you're not out-competing everyone else in your workplace. If you were, they'd have no choice but to pay you more. Otherwise it's time to get a second job and outcompete everyone there, too."
Posted by: XTC at November 13, 2023 01:26 PM (UnA8+)
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Both can be true simultaneously. But on average, the production of American workers is being stolen in real time. If you can stay ahead of that and get ahead, good for you - but you're still being stolen from just like everyone else.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 13, 2023 01:29 PM (d04cU)

313
Steak is still $14.99/lb at the supermarkets.

No one ever mentions the steaks.

Supermarkets aren't even putting out half the steaks they used to.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 13, 2023 01:30 PM (MsCOV)

314 I had a chick come up to me in the grocery store parking lot asking for some money because she needed it for some bogus reason about a job or something. She tried to show me on her smart phone . Just to pay for the privilege of being a dick I gave her a dollar and told her ‘ wasn’t America great that even in her position she was able to have an I-phone’ . She responded, ‘ No this is just a cheap smart phone not an I-phone’

Posted by: Drive by at November 13, 2023 01:30 PM (MNhXM)

315 Except Ruby Ridge and Waco, who else has the FBI murdered?

Dillinger.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff in solidarity with the struggle to maintain Moron standards at November 13, 2023 01:31 PM (jKGjc)

316 302 Ace just might be the lunatic you're looking for.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 13, 2023 01:27 PM (2ocoG)
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Is he on the grass?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at November 13, 2023 01:28 PM (ScR16)

Well, he did take over the asylum...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at November 13, 2023 01:31 PM (wtvvX)

317 I just learned this quote, seems appropriate-

“To the friend, everything. To the enemy, not even justice!"
-Juan Perón

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 13, 2023 01:31 PM (fs1hN)

318 Sometimes (according to Bill Binney) the FBI (or other intel) gets evidence from their massive surveillance tools, evidence that can't be used in court (because obtained illegally).

So they then run a parallel investigation while knowing exactly what they are looking for, and what they need to find evidence for. (or they just fabricate evidence to entrap political enemies, knowing they are innocent)

Posted by: illiniwek at November 13, 2023 01:31 PM (Cus5s)

319 I was there to welcome the "migrants" as they arrived at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn yesterday. Once the first bus saw their tent city, the marched back onto the buses and demanded to be taken back to Times Square hotels.

The FBF migrant camp "negotiations" with the feds is definitely the reason Adams is getting slapped around by the FBI.

Posted by: Marcus Gravey at November 13, 2023 01:31 PM (+Wap0)

320 Speaking of steaks..

I might try my hand at Sous Viddin' a cheap cut to see if it comes out good.

But I need a sous viddin' machine.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 13, 2023 01:31 PM (MsCOV)

321 I had a chick come up to me in the grocery store parking lot asking for some money because she needed it for some bogus reason about a job or something. She tried to show me on her smart phone . Just to pay for the privilege of being a dick I gave her a dollar and told her ‘ wasn’t America great that even in her position she was able to have an I-phone’ . She responded, ‘ No this is just a cheap smart phone not an I-phone’

Posted by: Drive by

There's no such thing as a cheap smartphone.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 13, 2023 01:32 PM (X98Jy)

322 Ace just might be the lunatic you're looking for.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 13, 2023 01:27 PM (2ocoG)
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Is he on the grass?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at November 13, 2023 01:28 PM (ScR16)

Well, he did take over the asylum...
Posted by: Tex Lovera at November 13, 2023 01:31 PM (wtvvX)
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The System of Dr. Lamont and Professor Chuy

Posted by: Axeman at November 13, 2023 01:32 PM (krQz2)

323 But on average, the production of American workers is being stolen in real time.

That's been a long, long term project. Enabling mass amounts of women in the workforce post-WW2 was intended to halve the value of labor (and did so quite well). Bringing in illegals is a more aggressive version of that.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 13, 2023 01:32 PM (2ocoG)

324 Speaking of steaks..

I might try my hand at Sous Viddin' a cheap cut to see if it comes out good.

But I need a sous viddin' machine.
Posted by: Soothsayer

Daisy Seal A Meal boil in bag.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 13, 2023 01:32 PM (X98Jy)

325 "sources said"

I'm so old, I remember yesterday when the FBI, AG etc etc could not comment on ongoing investigations.

Posted by: Miklos vaguely recalls at November 13, 2023 01:33 PM (LzdTs)

326 301 Is it common for Turks to give away money for nothing in return?

or chicks for free?

Posted by: anachronda at November 13, 2023 01:33 PM (oY6Yp)

327 Richard Joseph Riordan (May 1, 1930 – April 19, 2023) was an American businessman, investor, military commander, philanthropist, and politician. A decorated Korean War veteran and a member of the Republican Party, Riordan served as the 39th mayor of Los Angeles from 1993 to 2001; as of 2023, he remains the last Republican to hold that office.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff in solidarity with the struggle to maintain Moron standards at November 13, 2023 01:33 PM (jKGjc)

328 The media wants to form people's opinions.
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That's our job!
-Mika Bzrzenski

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 13, 2023 01:34 PM (fs1hN)

329
If I start boiling my meals, tho...

That's so....Irish.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 13, 2023 01:34 PM (MsCOV)

330 "sources said"

I'm so old, I remember yesterday when the FBI, AG etc etc could not comment on ongoing investigations.
Posted by: Miklos vaguely recalls at November 13, 2023 01:33 PM (LzdTs)
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They *never* comment on an ongoing investigation.

They just *leak* when they want the information out there.

Posted by: Axeman at November 13, 2023 01:34 PM (krQz2)

331 Went for Federal Jury once, didn't get picked. It does screw your weekly schedule up badly if picked.

Posted by: Skip at November 13, 2023 01:34 PM (fwDg9)

332 324 Daisy Seal A Meal boil in bag.

shake-n-bake rattlesnake > boiled daisies

Posted by: anachronda at November 13, 2023 01:34 PM (oY6Yp)

333 My father would say "So what if you're being cheated? The fact remains, you're not out-competing everyone else in your workplace. If you were, they'd have no choice but to pay you more. Otherwise it's time to get a second job and outcompete everyone there, too."
Posted by: XTC
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Labor markets are not perfect competition, instead it more resembles monopolistic competition. Instead, they are sticky which is why globalists and global corporations basically want endless open borders so you are competing with someone wage wise from the developing world who is cheaper to them cost wise. Employees from the US or even an expensive state have fixed costs that make it more difficult to move. Then add in family etc. effects on mobility and you often have imperfect local labor markets.

Corporations (other than the executive suite) will always try to get more out of the employee via productivity than it costs to keep them.

But even there, corporations are working with imperfect information just as workers do because it is extremely difficult to measure the productivity of most workers and whether retain/firing them is the best strategy profit wise.

Posted by: whig at November 13, 2023 01:34 PM (P1Zkh)

334 Heads up - Deep brand frozen Butter Chicken is good eating. Just for those that want an inexpensive quick meal of Butter Chicken.

Posted by: Puddinhead at November 13, 2023 01:35 PM (ntk8v)

335 312 My father would say "So what if you're being cheated? The fact remains, you're not out-competing everyone else in your workplace. If you were, they'd have no choice but to pay you more. Otherwise it's time to get a second job and outcompete everyone there, too."
Posted by: XTC at November 13, 2023 01:26 PM (UnA8+)
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Both can be true simultaneously. But on average, the production of American workers is being stolen in real time. If you can stay ahead of that and get ahead, good for you - but you're still being stolen from just like everyone else.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 13, 2023 01:29 PM (d04cU)

Quite. But XTC's dad's hypothetical commentary might be more accurate and/or relevant if workplace advancement (including compensation) was truly based on competition and performance in the traditional sense. I do not believe this to be the case. In point of fact, the hardest workers who burn the midnight oil, keep their heads down and noses to the grindstone frequently have the least upward mobility within an organization. There are some fundamental assumptions within XTC's dad's hypothetical assessment that I think aren't borne out by reality.

Posted by: No offense to anyone at November 13, 2023 01:35 PM (HBnmy)

336 I'm guessing lots of good stuff happened during that brief moment Riordan, (R) held office in L.A., so the only logical conclusion is the parties switched sides.

Posted by: Moron Robbie -The Clear Minded Nashville Tranny Shooter was not Deranged at November 13, 2023 01:35 PM (DxFDO)

337 Every MF surveillance, investigation and arrest the FBI makes looks as corrupt as hell. And they don't care that it looks that way. They must really think the democrat party's ability to shield them will never go away.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at November 13, 2023 01:35 PM (64Xd5)

338 Fire cook steak good.

Posted by: Ogg at November 13, 2023 01:35 PM (SYTee)

339 41 Well, can you at the very least keep me abreast of the situation?

It's quite gravy.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 13, 2023 12:45 PM (JrojV)
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Try not to spill any Greece.

Posted by: Ciampino - Cedilla, Umlaut & Diacritic Mark at November 13, 2023 01:35 PM (qfLjt)

340 If I start boiling my meals, tho...

That's so....Irish.
Posted by: Soothsayer at November 13, 2023 01:34 PM (MsCOV)

Indeed it is. I can close my eyes and still smell the potatoes being boiled in my grandmother's kitchen.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 13, 2023 01:35 PM (N39Ws)

341 LA elected a Republican as late as 1996. That is surprising. Amazing how a few million illegals can change things huh?

Posted by: Montec at November 13, 2023 01:35 PM (P5BwU)

342 That's been a long, long term project. Enabling mass amounts of women in the workforce post-WW2 was intended to halve the value of labor (and did so quite well). Bringing in illegals is a more aggressive version of that.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 13, 2023 01:32 PM (2ocoG)
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I don't think so on the women. I think that was a consequence, not the intent. Women had to enter the workforce because inflation was destroying family finances. The fiscal game-playing - and subsequent monetary game-playing - had run out of steam. Families needed more money, so the women went to work and doubled the labor supply in ten years, resulting in a permanent realignment. If not for the fiscal destruction of the 1960s (and, to a lesser but still meaningful degree, the New Deal and the various welfare experiments of the 1950s), it probably wouldn't have happened or would have happened differently. The vast surge of women entering the workforce was a reaction to collapsing family finances, not an engineered scheme.

Yes, some women entered the workforce in a serious way because the feminists convinced them that this was the only good and righteous way to live, but they were the minority.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 13, 2023 01:35 PM (d04cU)

343 Heads up - Deep brand frozen Butter Chicken is good eating. Just for those that want an inexpensive quick meal of Butter Chicken.

I love butter chicken.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 13, 2023 01:36 PM (JrojV)

344 331 Went for Federal Jury once, didn't get picked. It does screw your weekly schedule up badly if picked.
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Yep. I was called for Jury Duty in DC. The good news is they really don't want any white guys who had served in the military so I got to go home. The Government workers and elderly were eager to get a free vacation.

Posted by: Puddinhead at November 13, 2023 01:37 PM (ntk8v)

345 333 Corporations (other than the executive suite) will always try to get more out of the employee via productivity than it costs to keep them.

But even there, corporations are working with imperfect information just as workers do because it is extremely difficult to measure the productivity of most workers and whether retain/firing them is the best strategy profit wise.
Posted by: whig at November 13, 2023 01:34 PM (P1Zkh)

Oh, I know.

But he still calls me and tells me that everything is my fault because I didn't put my head down and work 4 times as hard as everyone else.

Posted by: XTC at November 13, 2023 01:37 PM (UnA8+)

346 Unfortunately it's impossible to out-compete inflation.

The $500K you've worked your entire life for and diligently saved for retirement is not impressed when food prices and prices for goods and services double in two years.

Posted by: Moron Robbie -The Clear Minded Nashville Tranny Shooter was not Deranged at November 13, 2023 01:37 PM (DxFDO)

347 So when does Trump get charged?

Posted by: International Brotherhood of Hobos and Associated Hermits at November 13, 2023 01:38 PM (dzZCL)

348 343 Heads up - Deep brand frozen Butter Chicken is good eating. Just for those that want an inexpensive quick meal of Butter Chicken.

I love butter chicken.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 13, 2023 01:36 PM (JrojV)

I prefer the Chicken Tikka Masala from them.

Posted by: XTC at November 13, 2023 01:38 PM (UnA8+)

349 I was watching Public Enemy for the first time last week and I laughed at the scene in the first part of the movie where the cop was chasing the gang that was attempting a break in a warehouse.

There was no ‘stop or I’ll shoot’ . It was you’re running away from me so I’ll just shoot you in the back if I have to.

I bet at the time not an eyebrow was raised.

Posted by: Drive by at November 13, 2023 01:38 PM (MNhXM)

350 I served on a Grand Jury once. In California. Political corruption, bribes, misuse of funds, etc.

I think it's likely that's the extent of what most politicians do. Take bribes, launder money and spend what they're allocated to spend on other stuff not related to their job.

YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 13, 2023 01:38 PM (Q4IgG)

351 IIRC racist Georgia didn't elect a (R) governor until after Y2K.

Posted by: Moron Robbie -The Clear Minded Nashville Tranny Shooter was not Deranged at November 13, 2023 01:38 PM (DxFDO)

352 Still not seeing a rise in booze prices here in NoVa.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 13, 2023 01:39 PM (JrojV)

353 343 Heads up - Deep brand frozen Butter Chicken is good eating. Just for those that want an inexpensive quick meal of Butter Chicken.
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I love butter chicken.
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Bulgaroctonus, I do too. They sell them in Safeway. The downside is they sell so well you need to be there early to grab some. Wife is using them as her lunch. The sauce is perfect.

Posted by: Puddinhead at November 13, 2023 01:39 PM (ntk8v)

354 @318

>>Sometimes (according to Bill Binney) the FBI (or other intel) gets evidence from their massive surveillance tools, evidence that can't be used in court (because obtained illegally).

In the case of Flynn, the FBI had all of the recordings, texts and communications between Kislyak, they knew there was nothing criminal contained anywhere in them, and yet they finagled an adhoc interview and framed the questioning to get his interview to deviate from the recordings, in his responses he never lied, he merely said, he had no recollection of certain events, from that they inferred he lied.

And the rest is history.

Hey, but at least the GOP is funding a spiffy new complex for them.

So, there's that.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 13, 2023 01:39 PM (XV/Pl)

355 Say, FBI, you've had an entire computer in your possession since 2019 containing messages that indicate that the current US president took foreign cash for favors. Maybe look into that slightly more than not at all?

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:33 PM

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Your name, Comrade?

Posted by: F.B.I. at November 13, 2023 01:39 PM (zjgNU)

356 326 301 Is it common for Turks to give away money for nothing in return?

or chicks for free?

Posted by: anachronda at November 13, 2023 01:33 PM (oY6Yp)
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Well the Turkish Sultans .....

Posted by: Ciampino - Brother how's your arm? at November 13, 2023 01:39 PM (qfLjt)

357 Totally on the ball...

@RNCResearch 2h
Biden tells the Las Vegas Golden Knights: "Don't get the Philadelphia Eagles to leave and go 'cause I'll get divorced if that happens"

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 13, 2023 01:39 PM (IG4Id)

358 305 They conveniently forgot that real wages went up under Trump, according to every examining authority.
Posted by: Axeman
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For the first time since 1973 no less.

Posted by: whig at November 13, 2023 01:39 PM (P1Zkh)

359 Every level of US govt open for foreign graft, from each and every nation on Earth. I wonder how much the Antarcticans bribe us, net net.

Posted by: gp Extends His Arms, Retracts His Nipples at November 13, 2023 12:42 PM (MvF+J)
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The penguins?
Posted by: Ciampino - Cedilla, Chair of Diacritic Marks Soc. at November 13, 2023 01:09 PM (qfLjt)

crosby is still a little bitch...

Posted by: SturmToddler at November 13, 2023 01:39 PM (KZaqS)

360 Now that's something I've never considered.

Is booze rent-controlled?

Posted by: Moron Robbie -The Clear Minded Nashville Tranny Shooter was not Deranged at November 13, 2023 01:40 PM (DxFDO)

361 346 Unfortunately it's impossible to out-compete inflation.
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Find gold and don't tell anyone.

Posted by: Puddinhead at November 13, 2023 01:40 PM (ntk8v)

362 338 Fire cook steak good.
Posted by: Ogg at November 13, 2023 01:35 PM

No! Fire bad! Hot!!!!

Posted by: Senator Fetterman at November 13, 2023 01:40 PM (JCZqz)

363 @RNCResearch 2h
Biden tells the Las Vegas Golden Knights: "Don't get the Philadelphia Eagles to leave and go 'cause I'll get divorced if that happens"

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It will lead my wife to suicide!

Posted by: Moron Robbie -The Clear Minded Nashville Tranny Shooter was not Deranged at November 13, 2023 01:41 PM (DxFDO)

364 That's been most of the reviews I've seen or read. Essentially, it boils down to, "this movie isn't even particularly 'woke' by Marvel standards, it's just bad - really, really bad - and it's clear that most of the actors didn't want to be there."

Woke women ganging together for a good purpose won't sell tickets. Any women ganging together to commit crimes and mayhem, however...

Posted by: Gref at November 13, 2023 01:41 PM (5fDan)

365 Penguins are cute, but I wouldn't put anything past them.

Posted by: gp Extends His Arms, Retracts His Nipples at November 13, 2023 01:41 PM (MvF+J)

366 361 346 Unfortunately it's impossible to out-compete inflation.
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Find gold and don't tell anyone.
Posted by: Puddinhead

We'll take your gold...and your little dog, too!

Posted by: Zombie FDR at November 13, 2023 01:41 PM (JCZqz)

367 >>Biden tells the Las Vegas Golden Knights: "Don't get the Philadelphia Eagles to leave and go 'cause I'll get divorced if that happens"

wtf does that even mean

Posted by: DB - get hip to my jive at November 13, 2023 01:41 PM (geLO8)

368 >>>There's no such thing as a cheap smartphone.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 13,
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I paid $14.00 for an Alcatel smart phone.
It was worth every penny.

Posted by: Braenyard at November 13, 2023 01:41 PM (Wj/z9)

369 @337 - and there is (unfortunately) little or no evidence (to date) that they are wrong.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at November 13, 2023 01:41 PM (hXr4C)

370 Butter chicken > butterface.

Posted by: spindrift at November 13, 2023 01:41 PM (RRBiz)

371 The Eagles are considering leaving Philly?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 13, 2023 01:42 PM (JrojV)

372 Nood

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at November 13, 2023 01:42 PM (zjgNU)

373 I prefer the Chicken Tikka Masala from them.
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That is good but not as good as the Butter Chicken.

Posted by: Puddinhead at November 13, 2023 01:42 PM (ntk8v)

374 Find gold and don't tell anyone.
Posted by: Puddinhead at November 13, 2023 01:40 PM (ntk8v)
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Except for all the times that's not true. Gold is much, much more closely tied to volatility than it is to inflation. We had constant low-level inflation from the end of the Reagan Recession until the Financial Crisis of 2008, and gold fell the entire time.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 13, 2023 01:42 PM (d04cU)

375 Based on just what's in the grey box, nothing sounds out of line to me at all.

Posted by: m at November 13, 2023 01:42 PM (aWeTk)

376 Puddenhead that was my experience in Philadelphia

Posted by: Skip at November 13, 2023 01:42 PM (fwDg9)

377 Oh, I know.

But he still calls me and tells me that everything is my fault because I didn't put my head down and work 4 times as hard as everyone else.
Posted by: XTC
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You can always tell him that Medicare is imploding and even Social Security is looking shaky because he wasn't taxed enough back in the day for his benefits.

Posted by: whig at November 13, 2023 01:43 PM (P1Zkh)

378 the messages don't appear to show any criminal activity beyond typical outreach that elected officials do on behalf of constituents

...

Uh.

Isn't this just enshrining the pay to play that goes unchecked every day as fine since "everyone does it"?

Why would it ever be okay for elected officals to urge special treatment for one constituent (and presumably against the interest of another?) At a minimum they are bumping someone ahead in line for a permit, but that's actual $$$ for a venture that is paying on a construction loan until doors are open and leases start, or manufacturing starts, or whatever.

Posted by: TexasDan at November 13, 2023 01:43 PM (z/ifB)

379 But he still calls me and tells me that everything is my fault because I didn't put my head down and work 4 times as hard as everyone else.
Posted by: XTC at November 13, 2023 01:37 PM (UnA8+)

Oof. I think there's a bit of a disconnect between your dad and modern workplace reality. You can work 10 times as hard as everyone else and Shaneequa from down the hall who can barely read or make coffee gets the VP position because she checks diversity boxes, or Chad who doesn't do anything gets a corner office and a 20% raise because his dad is friends with the Board Chairman.

Posted by: Doesn't quite work the way one might expect at November 13, 2023 01:43 PM (HBnmy)

380 Say, FBI, you've had an entire computer in your possession since 2019 containing messages that indicate that the current US president took foreign cash for favors. Maybe look into that slightly more than not at all?

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:33

Ace, you sweet naive darling. The FBI doesn't investigate corrupt democrats. It assists them. I know that you know this. Accept it, embrace it, be at peace with it.

Posted by: Vinnie Gambini at November 13, 2023 01:43 PM (cRrcX)

381 the messages don't appear to show any criminal activity beyond typical outreach that elected officials do on behalf of constituents

...

Hey Fred, the mayor would really love it if you can make sure XXX gets expedited reviews and let's not make them revise anything mkay?

That absolutely has a cash value for entity XXX.

Posted by: TexasDan at November 13, 2023 01:45 PM (z/ifB)

382 LA elected a Republican as late as 1996. That is surprising. Amazing how a few million illegals can change things huh?
Posted by: Montec

The "wave" of illegal immigration/invasion is intended to erase the United States, as we have known it.

It is working, and we all know it. What will YOU do about it?

Posted by: A face in the crowd...... at November 13, 2023 01:47 PM (vcOmj)

383 Say, FBI, you've had an entire computer in your possession since 2019 containing messages that indicate that the current US president took foreign cash for favors. Maybe look into that slightly more than not at all?

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:33

It would be great if Mayor Adams would say this!

Posted by: m at November 13, 2023 01:47 PM (aWeTk)

384 Both can be true simultaneously. But on average, the production of American workers is being stolen in real time. If you can stay ahead of that and get ahead, good for you - but you're still being stolen from just like everyone else.

Oh, please. If you stay there voluntarily, and last I checked, slavery is illegal, then nobody is "stealing" from you. You work for an agreed upon price. Don't like it? Become one of the $180k first year big law associates, or internet millionaires.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 13, 2023 01:49 PM (I/Qkd)

385 380 The FBI doesn't investigate corrupt democrats. It assists them.
Posted by: Vinnie Gambini at November 13, 2023 01:43 PM (cRrcX)

Eric Adams (D).

Posted by: m at November 13, 2023 01:49 PM (aWeTk)

386 "It is working, and we all know it. What will YOU do about it?
Posted by: A glowie face in the crowd...... at November 13, 2023 01:47 PM (vcOmj)

Posted by: Diesel Jones, Biologist at November 13, 2023 01:50 PM (Vu7A1)

387 oops

Posted by: Diesel Jones, Biologist at November 13, 2023 01:51 PM (Vu7A1)

388 In point of fact, the hardest workers who burn the midnight oil, keep their heads down and noses to the grindstone frequently have the least upward mobility within an organization. There are some fundamental assumptions within XTC's dad's hypothetical assessment that I think aren't borne out by reality.
Posted by: No offense to anyone at November 13, 2023 01:35 PM (HBnmy)

You're forgetting one facet of labor my uncle summed up quite well: A little brown on the nose turns to gold in your hand.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 13, 2023 01:51 PM (BdMk6)

389 The FBI doesn't investigate corrupt democrats. It assists them.
Posted by: Vinnie Gambini at November 13, 2023 01:43 PM (cRrcX)

Eric Adams (D).
Posted by: m at November 13, 2023 01:49 PM (aWeTk)
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Who "told the truth" on immigration.

Posted by: Axeman at November 13, 2023 01:57 PM (krQz2)

390 nood Islamaphobia

Posted by: m at November 13, 2023 02:03 PM (aWeTk)

391 How about doing the same with Soros, Gates and Swabe

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at November 13, 2023 04:16 PM (wGqjj)

392 Targeted Democrat Rep. Cuellar, too:

You might remember last year, when Texas Democrat CTH: "Congressman Henry Cuellar was highly and publicly critical of the Biden border crisis and the immigration policy of the administration, within 2 weeks the FBI raided his home.

Fast forward to today, and for the past several weeks, New York City Democrat Mayor Eric Adams has been highly and publicly critical of the Biden border crisis and the influx of illegal aliens into New York City. Suddenly, the FBI raids the home of his top aide."

The recent Chinese Blackmail Brothel-bust was a message to Dirty Congress: DO NOT VOTE AGAINST THE NEW FBI PALACE.

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