The Morning Report

The Morning Report — 12/15/23

Good morning, kids. Sad news, everyone. Hasan Bitmez, the Turkish MP who shrieked at his false god in attacking Israel, “you will not escape the wrath of Allah!” did not escape the wrath of actual, real God. Seems he did not survive the massive heart attack after uttering those famous last words and is now roasting somewhere in the Infernal Reaches. Here's hoping those who think like he did will soon be joining him. Have a nice eternity.

Unfortunately, everyone with the mindset of that late, unlamented, overstuffed bourek constitutes a target rich environment all over the world and right in our own backyards.

A menorah set up for Hanukkah at Oakland’s Lake Merritt, in the heart of the city, was vandalized early Wednesday, leading to condemnation by local officials — and a motor rally around the lake Wednesday night by Jews with menorahs on their cars.
Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, who had participated in a menorah-lighting ceremony at the site just days before, issued a statement blasting the “desecration and act of vandalism,” which appeared to be a blatant act of antisemitism.
Graffiti at the site read: “Your org is dying … We’re going to find you, you’re on F—ing alert a–hole.” Parts of the menorah were thrown into the lake. By Wednesday evening, the local Jewish community was out in force at Lake Merritt in a show of defiance, with a parade of cars circling the lake — many with illuminated menorahs on the roofs of their cars. . . An interfaith gathering Wednesday night dedicated a new menorah in a statement of defiance against hate, according to The Messenger.

While the reaction from the community is heartening, lest we forget this is Oakland, CA, an historic hotbed of racialist, Marxist-inspired violence stretching from the Black Panthers in the 60s all the way up to the present day. And most recently we had that repulsive performance from the Oakland city council that demanded a ceasefire in Gaza (i.e. the Jews must allow themselves to be slaughtered) and a rejection of a bill condemning Hamas.

We can, as I just did, blow it off and dismiss it as another blue Leftist shit-hole doing what comes natural to them, but it's living in the past. It's ignoring a pretty alarming indicator of just how far our society has utterly collapsed. America being as large and diverse (naturally) as it is, we've always been divided along geographic and cultural lines as well as separated by issues. But there was always a sense of unity that held us together, even during some of the most trying times.

No more. That went out the window, especially with the coming of Obama if not earlier (maybe the 10-year period starting with the high-tech lynching of Clarence Thomas bookended by planes slamming into the World Trade Center and the immediate aftermath). Here is just one alarming example of the probably irreparable divide that separates us:

A new poll by The Heartland Institute and Rasmussen Reports found that nearly half of likely voters (47%) believe former President Donald Trump to be guilty of “crimes associated with an alleged attempt to overturn the 2020 election.” If Trump is found guilty, Democrats in particular favor harsh punishments for Trump, as well as any members of the media “who also alleged that fraud tainted the election results.”
When prompted with, “Former president Donald Trump has been formally charged with crimes associated with an alleged attempt to overturn the 2020 election. Do you think Donald Trump is guilty, not guilty, or are you unsure if he’s guilty or not guilty?”, 47% of likely voters answered “yes,” including 72% of Democrats and 20% of Republicans.
When asked what Trump’s punishment should be if he is found guilty of these crimes, 34% of likely voters said he should receive a fine, 5% said he should go to prison for less than one year, 16% said he should go to prison for one to five years, 16% said he should go to prison for more than five years, 7% said he should go to prison for life, 3% said he should be permanently exiled, and 2% said “death” should be his punishment. Eighteen percent (18%) selected “not sure."
A combined 18% of Democrats believe Trump should be imprisoned for life, permanently exiled, or put to death, compared to a combined 3% of Republicans.
. . . In addition, when prompted with, “If President Trump is found guilty of crimes associated with attempting to overturn the 2020 election, do you think members of the media who also alleged that fraud tainted the election results should be criminally punished as well?”, 48% of likely voters responded “yes,” 33% responded “no,” and 19% responded “not sure.” Fifty-seven percent (57%) of Democrats responded “yes,” compared to 43% of Republicans. . .
. . . When asked “what the punishment should be for those in the media who alleged that the 2020 election outcome was fraudulent,” 33% of likely voters said media members should receive a fine, 18% said they should be banned from public speaking, 4% said they should go to prison for less than one year, 7% said they should go to prison for more than one year, and 10% said they should receive “both [a] speech ban and prison.” Twenty-eight percent (28%) said they were “not sure.”
[Heartland's Jim Lakely, VP and Director of Communications states] “Freedom of the press and freedom of speech are integral to an open society. Unfortunately, a growing number of Americans do not believe that these fundamental freedoms should apply to controversial topics, such as questioning the integrity of the 2020 election. Incredibly, almost one in two self-identified Democrats believe that anyone in the media who raised concerns about the veracity of the previous presidential election should be punished through a ban on public speaking, prison time, or a combination of both.
“This is quite distressing and reflective of the increasing aversion to freedom of speech that is becoming all too common throughout our education system and society at large. If America is to remain the beacon of liberty, we must ensure that freedom of the press and freedom of speech remain robust and well outside the realm of partisan politics.”

CBD and I will have Jim Lakely on as our guest for the weekend edition of the podcast to discuss these alarming numbers, so BOLO in the sidebar for that on Saturday.

So, Donald Trump should be imprisoned or put to death for not only the false charges that he attempted to overturn the 2020 election, but in reality merely questioning the 2020 results, and real journalists silenced? Regardless of the fact that 2020 was indeed stolen, what this shows, as if we needed further proof, is that the First Amendment is now null and void if what one says does not comport with the memes, shibboleths and official story of the Junta and/or approved ethnic/electoral blocs.

How in God's name can anyone, regardless of their politics, not recoil in horror at the sheer gravity of what this poll indicates? Oops, here I am living inside my head and in the past. I was brought up and educated at a time when the schools were not yet complete brainwashing mills (though looking back, I realize that a number of inconvenient truths about Democrats and Leftists were left out of my social studies and history classes). For sure, they are now. That's how dimwitted, affirmative action cases like Claudine Gay, completely bereft of the brains, skills and aptitude to even wipe down a blackboard end up as president of Harvard.

It's also how students can cheer on babies being roasted alive as justified and righteous. Or this:

One in five young people eligible to vote in the 2024 presidential election told pollsters they agreed with the statement “the Holocaust is a myth.” Nearly one-quarter agreed with the statement “the Holocaust has been exaggerated.”
Notably, another 30 percent said to pollsters they “did not know” whether the Holocaust was a myth. Only eight percent of people 30 to 44 years old similarly called the Holocaust a myth. Almost one-third of young Americans at 28 percent believe that Jews “wield too much power” in the United States – five times more than those aged 65 and older. This includes 27 percent of black respondents, 19 percent of Hispanics, and 13 percent of white respondents.
Rabbi Abraham Cooper attributed the resurfacing of Antisemitism to “[a] generation brought up on social media—including and especially Tik Tok which leads to Shoah (Holocaust) denial and misappropriation of the Shoah, including by politicians—seems everyone is compared to Hitler. A generation with information glut but little perspective; no online librarian, no filters, little collective memory back to the 20th Century.”

Now, look at everything since the time of Christ up to the present day – 2,000 years of western, European civilization that brought us (albeit in fits and starts) out of the dark ages being systematically torn down and eradicated right in front of our eyes, by those who claim that they are the true bringers of enlightenment and "progress" to the world. And seemingly there isn't a damn thing we can do about it.

In the midst of the recent and nationwide demonstrators featuring students (and many others) denouncing Israel for its alleged crimes, Algemeiner reported that “students who care strongly about the ‘Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories’ do not have knowledge of basic facts surrounding the subject, and do not share similar concerns about other geopolitical conflicts.”
This wholly unstartling bit of information was gleaned from a survey of 230 undergraduates at University of California, Berkeley. Ron Hassner, who has the unenviable position of being Berkeley’s Helen Diller Family Chair in Israel Studies, conducted the survey, which began by presenting students with 18 issues and asking them to rate how interested they were in them.
These issues, according to Hassner, included “US-Iran relations, the civil war in Yemen, drone warfare, etc., on a five point scale, ranging from ‘I’m not that interested’ (1 point out of 5) to ‘I care deeply’ (5 points out of 5).” The survey went on from there to ask the respondents a “series of open-ended questions ‘on history, geography, and current affairs.’”
Forty-three percent of the students were most interested in Israel’s alleged “control of Palestinian territories,” while expressing much less interest in “other Middle East occupations, such as the Kurdish struggle for independence, the occupation of Western Sahara, or the occupation of Northern Cyprus.”
That’s understandable. These indoctrinated bots aren’t inundated daily with self-righteous leftist rubbish about the massive, outrageous, world-historical injustice of the occupation of Western Sahara or Northern Cyprus. In all likelihood, they haven’t even heard of either one.
Why is that likely? Because they know virtually nothing regarding the conflict about which they claim to care very deeply: “Eighty-four percent of those in the most passionate cohort could not name the decade when Israel captured the West Bank, while 75 percent could not locate the Palestinian territories in question on a map.” Moreover, a full twenty-five percent of these programmed and propagandized student “placed the Palestinian Territories west of Lebanon, in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea.” Nor did just a few of them drive the Palestinians into the sea that they chant about wanting to fill with Israelis: “The class average for this blunder was 14%.”
The anger of the students toward Israel correlated with their ignorance of it: “the most passionate students were also the least likely to leave questions unanswered and ‘the most likely to offer a wild guess,’ marking them as the most overconfident respondents.” This pattern continually recurred “in all answers related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. . . ”
. . . Yes. The students who are most passionate about hating Israel know the least about the conflict because they are suffering from a social contagion, not acting upon a reasoned conclusion. Those who actually study the issue, if they do so thoroughly and honestly, will come out supporting Israel. Our nation’s colleges and universities are doing their level best to prevent that outcome.
The Left’s Long March Through the Institutions has been a resounding success. Most of our nation’s colleges and universities, including — indeed, especially — those who enjoy an outsize influence on American politics and culture, have long ago ceased to be centers of higher learning and have become centers of far-Left indoctrination. Marxist sloganeering and agitprop masquerades as genuine intellectual inquiry, and so it’s no wonder that once American youth graduate from their once-renowned institutions, they happily take jobs in government or social media that involve stripping free speech and self-defense rights from Americans. They have been trained to be cogs in the machine. Their hatred of Israel is just one aspect of that indoctrination.

The more ignorant the respondent, the louder and more strident they are in their absolutism. Look at virtually any Democrat politician and certainly any mid to high-level bureaucrat especially in Foggy Bottom, the CIA and DOJ. Then look to a certain house in the Kalorama section of D.C.

That last paragraph from Robert Spencer puts everything into frightening perspective. The piece-of-shit who resides in that Kalorama home once said "We are the ones we've been waiting for." Year Zero, here we come. Or here we are?

Have a good weekend.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

"That is the state – the exact opposite of the original American intent – that society finds itself in today."
Ex Uno Plures — The Destruction of the Common Frame of Reference
"More than 150 left-wing nonprofits spent $1.35 billion on political activities in 2021 and 2022, revealed data from Restoration of America."
How Tax-Exempt Nonprofits Skirt U.S. Law To Turn Out Democrats For Elections
Robert Spencer: "The Left’s Long March Through the Institutions has been a resounding success. Most of our nation’s colleges and universities, including — indeed, especially — those who enjoy an outsize influence on American politics and culture, have long ago ceased to be centers of higher learning and have become centers of far-Left indoctrination. Marxist sloganeering and agitprop masquerades as genuine intellectual inquiry, and so it’s no wonder that once American youth graduate from their once-renowned institutions, they happily take jobs in government or social media that involve stripping free speech and self-defense rights from Americans. They have been trained to be cogs in the machine. Their hatred of Israel is just one aspect of that indoctrination."
Here's the Real Reason Why So Many American University Students Hate Israel
Daniel Greenfield: "It’s the kind of 'attack on democracy' that Democrats love."
Oregon Dems Ban Republicans From Running for Office

ISRAEL AT WAR

"Media in Germany and Mossad treat the arrests as linked and as part of a plot to attack Jewish communities in Europe, while the Danish government is more circumspect, refusing to confirm or deny whether their arrests are definitely linked to those in Germany. Minister of Justice Peter Hummelgaard refused to confirm or deny those arrested by Danish police were definitely linked to Hamas, speaking instead of a criminal gang and a conspiracy to attack Jewish people, reports Berlingske."
‘Hamas Members’ Arrested in Germany, Denmark, Netherlands Over Suspected Plot to Attack Jewish Community in Europe
"Biden is known to be suffering politically because of the war, which has split the Democratic Party. Republicans also contend that the war would never have broken out if not for Biden’s weak foreign policy; there were no such wars by Hamas against Israel during Donald Trump’s four-year tenure."
Jake Sullivan Tells Israel to End "Intense" War in Time for Presidential Election
"She watched TV. She opened the fridge and heated up food. She drank Coke, and she talked to [her terrorist companions]: ‘Do you want Coke? Do you want coffee? They spent like five hours in my house, sitting on the sofa and just relaxing." Terrorists also occasionally shot at and banged on the safe room door, and they killed the family's dog. When the woman left, she took Yohanan's jewelry, makeup, underwear, shoes, sunglasses, and passports, as well as her children's clothing and toys.
Netflix and Kill: How a "Palestinian" Woman Took Over an Israeli Family's Home on Oct. 7
"Elia Toledano, who had dual French-Israeli citizenship, attended the Nova music festival in the southern Israeli desert when he was taken, according to the Times of Israel. Israeli Forces said Toledano’s body was found while conducting operations inside Gaza and will be returned to Israel, where an 'identification procedure' was carried out by medical officials, military rabbis, and forensic experts."
Body of Hostage Elia Toledano, Who Was Taken from Music Festival Recovered in Gaza: IDF
"Biden funding 'both sides of the Israel-Hamas war' by pumping cash into UNRWA, Sen. Hagerty says."
Senators Move To Cut US Taxpayer Funding for Anti-Semitic, Hamas-Tied UN Agency
"For those expressing excitement about this as a positive development, be more cynical, please."
Hamas, Running Scared, Briefly Floated the Idea of Recognizing Israel
"Canadian UN Ambassador says 'there are limits to how far people can be pushed.'”
Canada Votes in Favor of UN Resolution Demanding "Immediate Humanitarian Ceasefire" in Gaza
"The claims made in the article on Al Jazeera are deceitful, biased, and lack any truth or foundation. After allowing the evacuation of the Gazan population, the IDF forces operated within the area of the school, where they found a significant amount of ammunition and weapons – and even encountered armed terrorists who were using civilian infrastructure and the population as human shields. Any allegation of deliberate harm to civilians is devoid of any basis."
IDF Rejects Al Jazeera Claim of Massacre in Gaza School
"Identifying the real enemy of Gaza."
No, There Has Been No Sixteen-Year Israeli Siege of Gaza
"How much did Haniyeh’s son spend on jewelry?"
Gaza Woman Denounces Hamas for Stealing All the Aid

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"Bitmez, 54, collapsed at the climax of a 22-minute speech on Tuesday in which he criticized the government of Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his AKP Party for not taking a strong enough stance against Israel in the Gaza war."
Turkish MP Dies After Having Heart Attack During "Wrath of Allah" Tirade
"26 years I've given my life to this community. I've never felt so alone."
"Harvard Does Not Have Our Back": Rabbi Slams University at Hanukkah Event Attended By Claudine Gay
"It’s time for a donor revolt—of regular alumni, not just billionaires."
Do Not Give Even $1 to Corrupt Universities (Dollar? Not even one cent!!! - jjs)
“I condemn the testimony, but one sentence within the resolution called for basically their firing by the universities. I think that’s within the province of the universities and not something that Congress should be doing. I think that what they said was abhorrent and I totally disagree with the way they approached the line of questioning.”
Dem Rep. Krishnamoorthi: Congress Shouldn’t Call for Harvard, MIT Presidents to Be Fired over ‘Abhorrent’ Testimony
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
The man, called Rainer B. by German authorities, was approached by the gang on his way to perform in the city center on St. Nicholas Day on December 6. The group, whom he described as comprising six members between 14 and 16 years old and of a “migrant background,” called him a “son of a bitch” and a “fat man” before telling him to remove the costume. He refused to do so. The group then said to him they were Muslim and that Germany belonged to them before hitting him and tearing at his costume while multiple bystanders looked on and even laughed and applauded the attackers. He sustained minor neck injuries as a result.
Muslim Youths Attack German Santa Claus, Declare, "This Is Our Country"
"Last week’s White House embarrassment at partnering with genocide sympathizers is hardly the first time CAIR has made chumps of federal officials."
Feds to CAIR: "We Just Can’t Quit You"
"A tale of two cities I lived in."
Multiculturalism: A Form of Colonization and Occupation
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
"A menorah set up for Hanukkah at Oakland’s Lake Merritt, in the heart of the city, was vandalized early Wednesday, leading to condemnation by local officials — and a motor rally around the lake Wednesday night by Jews with menorahs on their cars."
Oakland Menorah Vandalized; Jews Rally in Response
"Local teachers union calls out umbrella organization for passing organization that will provoke anti-semitism."
"Anti-Semitic Dog Whistling": Massachusetts Teachers Union Slammed For Saying U.S. Complicit In Genocide in Gaza
Rabbi Abraham Cooper attributed the resurfacing of Antisemitism to “[a] generation brought up on social media—including and especially Tik Tok which leads to Shoah (Holocaust) denial and misappropriation of the Shoah, including by politicians—seems everyone is compared to Hitler. A generation with information glut but little perspective; no online librarian, no filters, little collective memory back to the 20th Century.” “It is a perfect storm out there,” he added.
DATA: Nearly 50% of Young Americans Deny or Doubt the Extent of the Holocaust
BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS
Yep, Hunter the Deadbeat Dad is a loose speedball on Joe’s sinking reelection ship. It gets better… The White House is concerned that if “voters believe Hunter’s corrupt, they’ll see Joe Biden’s integrity as suspect, too.” Ya, think.
Report Says Hunter is Loose Speedball on Joe’s Sinking USS: Reelection
"IRS whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler have accused Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware Lesley Wolf of preventing a search of Joe Biden’s guest residence and stonewalling a planned search of Hunter Biden’s storage locker. Wolf is no longer with the DOJ and left her post weeks ago, Fox News first reported."
DOJ Prosecutor Accused of Protecting Joe and Hunter Biden Departs Her Post
“I don’t believe we ever obtained records that would have shown us any light on those transactions,” Shapley replied. “Do you believe that those records would exist?” Van Duyne followed up. “Oh, yeah, absolutely” Shapley answered.
IRS Whistleblowers Unable To ‘Verify’ Loans White House Claims Joe Biden Sent To Family Members, Testimony Shows
On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN This Morning,” White House Spokesman for Oversight and Investigations Ian Sams responded to a question on Hunter Biden stating that President Joe Biden had no financial involvement in Hunter’s businesses and how that’s different from prior claims that the President didn’t talk about the business and wasn’t involved by stating that it’s one of the GOP’s “favorite little shiny objects is to try to take a semantic thing” and “nothing has changed. The President was not in business with his son, period.”
White House: Evolving Rhetoric on Joe’s Involvement with Hunter Is Just "Semantic" Game, But "Nothing Has Changed"
"More trouble for the Big Guy."
Hunter’s Defiance
Swalwell’s decision to reserve the space for Hunter Biden may have unintended legal consequences for the Congressmen, however. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) – a member of House Judiciary along with Swalwell – suggested the California Democrat may have aided and abetted a crime by assisting Hunter Biden defy a Congressional subpoena. “He’s a member of this committee, he’s aware of it,” Issa said. Adding Swalwell’s action was “at minimum an ethics violation.”
Hunter Biden’s Newest Ally is Congressman Who Slept With Chinese Spy
"Albert Hunt is urging the [so-called quote-unquote "president"] not to run for reelection."
If Biden Loves His Son, He Should Resign
When asked about Hunter’s refusal to testify in the Republicans’ sought-after deposition, Jean-Pierre admitted that Joe was “familiar” with what his son would say during the latter’s Wednesday press conference.
Did Joe Biden Know Hunter Would Violate Republicans’ Congressional Subpoena? The White House Says Yes
SHAMPEACHMENT 1.0, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION
“Here, the gravity of potential harm is small, given that the Gag Order is narrow, limited to prohibiting solely statements regarding the court’s staff.”
New York Appeals Court Denies Trump’s Request to Overturn Gag Order in Civil Trial
CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
"Why won’t the Supreme Court hear cases challenging surveillance under Section 702?"
"Congress Approves Extension of Warrantless Surveillance as Part of the Defense Policy Bill"
"Her racially segregated party was not the first time she has been overtly dismissive of white people."
Michelle Wu, Blasted for No-Whites-Allowed Holiday Party, Has Long History of Radical Racial Activism
"The scandal blew up when James O’Keefe posted the 2021 video of Krishna apparently telling his executives that their bonuses would be raised if they hired Americans in proportion to their race’s and sex’s representation in the U.S. population."
IBM’s CEO Denies Offering Bonuses for Racial and Sexual Hiring Bias
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
"Biden’s unbelievable invitation foul-up was given ho-hum treatment."
The Media’s Deafening Silence About American Hostages
“What is fueling Israel, this is not tit for tat, this is not you did to us, and now might will make right. They are fueled by the deepest fears of genocide, because those fears are real.”
Chris Cuomo After Seeing Film of What Hamas Did on October 7: "Israel is Doing Far Less Than it Could" (Another sane Chris Cuomo editorial. Is he gradually being red-pilled? - jjs)
Photographs posted by TCN show a truck consisting of the advertisements for the new network parked out in front of several corporate media headquarters, including CNN, The Washington Post and The New York Times. The advertisements show a photograph of Carlson with the words “Corporate Media Is Dead.”
Tucker Carlson’s New Media Company Trolls Corporate Media Outlets Right Outside Of Their Headquarters
"‘We do have a government . . . that has lied to us systematically over the last several years,’ Ramaswamy explained."
Here’s The Evidence XiNN’s Abby Phillip Says Doesn’t Exist
"Darcy said the interview could have been pre-recorded, questioning why a major news network would 'help to validate such a preposterous figure' and allow him to further his own agenda. This criticism follows Darcy’s whining about CNN partnering with certain organizations, and his censure of their controversial town hall with former President Donald Trump."
XiNN’s Oliver Darcy Blasts His Own Network Over Vivek Ramaswamy Town Hall
"Bolstering its presence on Capitol Hill, ByteDance expanded its government affairs staff – adding four former Members of Congress and 31 former Congressional staffers. Lobbyists for ByteDance include former Sens. Trent Lott (R-MS) and John Breaux Sr. (D-LA) as well as Michael Bloom, former policy advisor to Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), and Freddy Barnes who served as an advisor to Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)."
TikTok’s Massive Lobbying and Influence Operation Has Derailed Efforts to Ban the Chinese Spy App
"Tourettes Syndrome affects up to 1.4 million children and adults in the U.S. alone, per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Tourette’s is known to worsen under high-stress or anxiety-inducing situations, such as public appearances." (Meh, having Tourette's is akin to being born and growing up in Brooklyn in the 60s - jjs)
WATCH: Chris Cuomo Bursts Out Laughing During Tourettes Interview
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
" Do you want a nation or do you just want the numbers to go up?"
Free Trade Dogmatism is for Losers
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
"However, OPEC, the Saudi Arabia-led oil producer, and its allies protested the proposal and argued emissions could be cut without eliminating certain fuels altogether. Nevertheless, the proposal was passed with the largest support coming from small island states."
200 Countries Agree to Drop Fossil Fuel Use at Dubai Climate Summit
"Taxpayer-funded EV stations show how 'Bidenomics is delivering for Americans,' White House says."
Biden Finally Built an Electric Vehicle Charging Station. People Aren't Using It.
"Much of this problem is tied to our bankrupt academic system, which judges scientists by the number of papers the publish rather than how they teach in the classroom. Thus, research scientists at universities have no motive to teach well. Instead they focus on getting papers in print, even if they have to fake it."
In 2023 Scientists Set a New Record for the Most Papers Retracted
AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
"The rally called on [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Joe Biden to deny any significant concessions to GOP negotiators in the debate over his demand for $14 billion in emergency funds to accelerate and hide his migration flood, and funds for wartime aid for Israel and Ukraine."
Latino Democrats Tout Migrants as Their Constituents
"Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has criticized local legislators, writing that two lawmakers were responsible for legislation that he says allowed Colony Ridge to 'act virtually as its own city.' Paxton also said he was 'beyond disappointed' in the two elected officials for 'apparently working to enrich specific developers at enormous expense to the rest of the public and reducing the quality of life for their own constituents.'”
Colony Ridge Board Awarded at Least $16 Million in Taxpayer Funds to Company With Ties to Developer, Leadership
“It’s not going to stop. And Mexico is allowing all of it.”
Video Shows Tens of Thousands of Migrants in Mexico Trying to Catch a Train to Border
"Johnson has made some quiet deals to hand off many of the new arrivals to suburbs. Some of the suburbs have resisted, while others have reluctantly taken in a few of the new arrivals. While there won't be a tent city to house the illegals, the city will find space for them whether the citizens of Chicago want them or not."
Mayor Johnson Explains Why He Wanted to Camp Illegals on a Toxic Waste Dump
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
"Critics of Illinois’ criminal justice system say it puts criminals above law enforcement and public safety."
Illinois Cooks Up Cashless Bail and Discovers It’s a "Perfect Recipe for Lawlessness"
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
"Tuberville was all but forced to abandon most of his holds earlier this month after his GOP colleagues threatened to side with Senate Democrats in changing Senate rules to skirt the protest."
Congress Moves To Compensate Troops Affected By Tuberville Protest But Not Those Punished For Refusing [Chinese] Covid Jab
SECOND AMENDMENT
"Now, Hunter’s case may further strengthen the Second Amendment protections his father disparaged."
Awkward: Hunter Biden’s Defense Invokes Gun Rights Ruling 19 Times After Joe Called it Unconstitutional
"They don't wanna touch my case."
Kyle Rittenhouse Tells Tucker NRA Didn’t ‘Help’ Him After Kenosha Incident
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
"The [Wisconsin] Board of Regents originally voted 9-8 against a deal that would give the university system $800 million for new infrastructure and employee pay raises in exchange for freezing the total number of DEI positions in the system. The board later reversed the decision and voted 11-6 in favor of the deal, which also orders the system to stop requiring diversity statements on student applications and will require UW Madison to end a race-based hiring program, according to the AP."
University System Accepts $800 Million Deal In Exchange For Slashing Diversity Efforts
"Following his swearing-in, Frisch said he was grateful for the trust that Fairfax County parents have put in him. To do things like, you know, push graphic porn on kids."
Virginia School Board Member Sworn In On a Stack of Porn
"Chimneyrock Elementary School in Cordova, part of the Memphis-Shelby County Schools (MSCS), will play host to the After School Satan Club. The Satanic Temple announced the club on Tuesday. The organization claimed that it offers a “non-theistic religion” with Satan present as a metaphorical literary figure, and that its after-school clubs don’t attempt to convert children to any religious ideology."
First Satanic Temple Kids Club Comes To Memphis Elementary School
"Rogue and extreme leftist teachers face no ramifications and even get support from administrators and the district’s school board members."
You Won’t Believethe Leftist Nonsense Public School Teachers Inject Into Your Kid’s Brain
Robert Zimmerman: "...it now appears that for almost two decades MIT has instead focused on becoming a variation of the Jim Crow South, focused not on developing thoughtful, clear-minded individuals but in establishing an apartheid system hostile to whites."
The long term deep-rooted bigotry at MIT, sadly typical of modern academia
THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
"The evidence of illegal voting in the United States is shocking."
A State-by-State Look at Noncitizen Voting
How about abolishing all goddam mail-in voting?! - jjs
Republicans Introduce Plan to Verify U.S. Citizenship for Mail-In Voters
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
"How long, Republican voters, will you continue to abide this flagrant, continual, in-your-face-so-what-are-you-going-to-do-about-it betrayal of principles and campaign promises?"
GOP Betrays Voters – Again
"The Daily Caller talked to the RNC, the DeSantis campaign, the Ramaswamy campaign and CNN, and reached out to the Haley campaign. No one can explain how RNC Temporary Committee on Presidential Debates David Bossie’s 2022 promise to center debates around independent and conservative media ended up with the RNC in full retreat and candidates flocking to CNN and Disney-owned ABC on the eve of the first primary states."
"Continually Fail": GOP to End Debate Season in the Arms of XiNN, Disney Media
POLITICS
"The poll, released on Thursday, shows Trump leading Biden in head-to-head races and in deeper fields in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. However, some of the advantages are within the margin of error."
Poll: Donald Trump Trounces Joe Biden in 7 Swing States Heading into Election Year
The incumbent [so-called quote-unquote "president"] has hemorrhaged a staggering 28 points among black voters since 2020, in which he received 91 percent of the vote. As of this month, just 63 percent said they would support Biden. The results of the survey have already terrified Democrats, with one long-term Democratic pollster, Cornell Belcher, forced to dismiss the results by declaring, “Polling numbers at this point are not predictive of the future.”
Almost 1 In 5 Black Americans Say They’ll Vote Trump
"Don't put anything past these people," he warned. "If they can't incarcerate him, if they can't remove him in some way, shape, or form, then I'm really concerned about the direction that they will take."
People's Pundit Richard Baris Warns if Nikki Haley Becomes Trump's Running Mate, it All But Guarantees He Will be Assassinated, with Her as His Successor
". . . how many American voters can really see her as president? Once people start imagining Kamala Harris in the White House, they will run screaming in terror into Trump's arms."
Some Democrats Think Kamala Harris Deserves a "Second Look"
“Lincoln didn’t rush into the conflict he foresaw.”
Learning From Lincoln
"If Donald Trump can turn Hispanic Americans into a 50/50 demographic, then he will have turned the Democrats’ demographic victories into their new political headaches."
Trump’s Southern Path to Victory—Arizona Unlocks the Electoral Map (Likely rigged out the wahzoo - jjs)
"Lefties are practically wetting themselves because Pilip is an Orthodox Jewish Woman of Color Onetime Synagogue Vice President Former Machine-Gun Toting Paratrooper Mom of Seven. Any two of those items together is enough to make their heads explode, and she has four of five of them going on.
Meet the Totally Badass Republican Mom of Seven Running for that Santos Seat
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
"Instead of shoveling money to a foreign government to buy American weapons, taxpayers could use that money to buy American consumer goods."
The "Ukraine War is Good for American Business" Argument Isn’t Just Vile, It’s Also a Lie
Doug Bandow: "When your friends threaten you, they aren’t your friends."
America’s Ukraine Problem
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
"California governor's China trip criticized for focus on climate change instead of human rights."
Newsom Refused To Meet With Chinese Dissidents Before and After China Trip, Activist Says
"Analysts outside of China have been using the B-word since November, noting that some sort of massive cash infusion will be necessary to keep developers with empty pockets running so they can complete their construction projects and rebuild their revenue stream. Chinese consumers have grown very weary of making high-interest mortgage payments for homes and offices they cannot use." (The Chi-Com economy must be in really bad shape if this is coming out - jjs)
China Starts to Openly Discuss Bailing Out Real Estate Developers
Sanchez is accused by Vox and establishment conservatives of retaining power via a “coup d’état”. He placed second in the Spanish elections this year, but cut deals with smaller leftist parties and Catalan separatists. This meant offering pardons to Carles Puigdemont, Catalonia’s former regional president, and other separatist leaders. They were previously wanted for staging an insurrection in 2017, and lived in exile.
Spanish Populist Leader Referred to Prosecutors for Saying Socialist Prime Minister May Be ‘Strung Up’
"America’s surrogacy industry is the byproduct of advanced reproductive technology, California granting easy access to ‘rent-a-womb’ parenthood, and the lure of automatic citizenship."
America’s Rent-a-Womb Industry Lures an Alarming Number of Chinese Nationals
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
"Big day for the commonwealth."
Virginia Governor Youngkin Scoops Wizards and Capitals From DC
"Only a fool would have high expectations."
Newsom’s California: Out of Money and Out of Ideas
"U.S. cities burn while social justice warriors fiddle."
Titty-Caca AOC’s Leftist Sabotage Is Coming Home to Roost
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
"This announcement comes a couple weeks after a San Diego resident died of the disease."
CDC Issues Warning After 3 People in California Die From Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
University of Minnesota professor Gunda Georg, who led the research, referred to the introduction of the pill as an “historic moment.” “The world is ready for a male contraceptive agent and delivering one that’s hormone-free is simply the right thing to do given what we know about the side-effects women have endured for decades from the pill,” she continued.
UK Men to Be the First To Use ‘Male Contraceptive’ Pill
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
Robert Zimmerman: "While there is absolutely no justification to give any company this money — SpaceX is proving private companies don’t need it to provide this service to rural areas — this decision is clearly political, driven by the hate of Elon Musk among Democrats and the Biden [junta]."
FCC denies Starlink $886 million grant
"Last month, researchers at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, discovered that two of the 35 screws that fasten the lid of the sample-return canister couldn’t be opened — blocking access to the remainder of the space rock."
Stripped screws preventing access to Bennu samples
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
"The Senate passed the bill 24-8, with all but one Republican voting for the measure. The bill would ban surgeries such as double mastectomies on girls who identify as boys and other genital procedures for children with gender dysphoria. It also bans the prescription of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for children, though the bill contains an exception for kids already on the medication. Cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers have been associated with numerous health risks, including loss of bone development, fertility issues, and heart problems."
Ohio Bill Banning Trans Surgeries On Kids Heads To Governor’s Desk
"Hannah Barnes' new book demolishes trans extremism."
The Inside Story of the Tavistock Gender Identity Clinic
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
"Because I’m an overpaid professional, I had to watch the whole thing. Trust me, you don’t have to, and I promise the video does not improve as it goes along. I would sum it up this way: It’s like someone slipped LSD into David Lynch’s Christmas punch, locked him in the Overlook Hotel, and removed his talent."
Jill Biden Releases Widely Ridiculed White House Holiday Video
"The Biden Christmas video symbolizes our descent from a great nation to one marred by tyranny and lacking an identity."
Jill Biden’s ‘Hunger Games’ Themed Christmas Video Is An Abomination
"It’s beginning to look a lot like a culture win."
Snow White Changes Her Tune Under Pressure from Conservatives
"Be afraid. Be very afraid."
Meathead Reiner Film Fear-Mongers About "Christian Nationalism"
Rabbi Dov Fischer: "SNL went after Stefanik for exposing anti-Semitism in the Poison Ivy league."
I Miss Comedy in America. Just Look at Saturday Night Live.
Christian Toto: "Netflix original serves up constant dread, garbled statements about modern life."
Leave the World Behind Hates America, Not White People
"Is this some kind of abortion argument where yet another feminist blames men for all their problems without taking an ounce of responsibility for their own actions? It takes two to tango. Do women not have control over the opening and closing of their own legs? Of course, Milano has never been accused of being a Rhodes Scholar. And to think she was one of the dream girls of the 1990s and 2000s for many males across the country. Who would’ve thought that she’d be the least well-adjusted woman from the old show “Charmed,” and that cast included Shannen Doherty, so you tell me."
What's Your Point? Alyssa "Cookie" Milano Sings 'Women Don't Inseminate Themselves' in Strange TikTok Video
HITHER & YON
"‘Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper’ allows visitors to take a fresh look at an artist they thought they knew."
National Gallery Exhibit Shows a Different Side of Painter Mark Rothko
"We the People of the United States. . ."
This Bill of Rights Day, Let’s Celebrate the Preamble

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1 Happy Fricking Friday

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 15, 2023 07:32 AM (lwOKI)

2 Good morning JJ and horde
TGIF

Posted by: Skip at December 15, 2023 07:35 AM (pvKxo)

3 And RIH Bitmez

Posted by: Skip at December 15, 2023 07:36 AM (pvKxo)

4 Thank You,JJ

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 15, 2023 07:37 AM (hH3Px)

5 "Tesla Recalls Nearly All Vehicles Sold in U.S. to Fix System that Monitors Drivers Using Autopilot."

Can they just drive themselves to the dealer for the recall?

Posted by: fd at December 15, 2023 07:37 AM (vFG9F)

6 Being Oakland, it's a safe bet that the Jew-hating vandals were black... But the note they left has real frisson of "white trust fund college boy bitch made pussy" about it.

Maybe somebody from across the bridge went on a little urban safari?

Posted by: Yudhishthira Florian Maria Hohenzollern von Schloengishugen, Liechtensteinian Usurper at December 15, 2023 07:38 AM (0FoWg)

7 Good morning!

Posted by: Lotta nerve at December 15, 2023 07:38 AM (JdcHc)

8 GOD paybacks are an eternal bitch.
-Dennis Miller

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 07:38 AM (zZu0s)

9 good morning horde!!

happy last working day of the year!!!!

and happy birfday JJ.

covfefe is ready, off to the content.

Posted by: SturmToddler at December 15, 2023 07:39 AM (bving)

10
If you have leftists in your life, like a bandaid rip it off - be done with them. It only hurts for a few seconds but it hurts the leftists little feelings a long time. Maybe a little lonely introspection is what they need.

Like the 'time out' corner of the elementary school classroom.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 15, 2023 07:39 AM (enJYY)

11 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 15, 2023 07:39 AM (GYIa4)

12 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Happy Friday, folks.

Posted by: Inogame at December 15, 2023 07:40 AM (53oGX)

13
I'm sorry, but we have 'irreconcilable differences' with the left.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 15, 2023 07:41 AM (enJYY)

14 "Muslim Youths Attack German Santa Claus, Declare, "This Is Our Country"

Santa Claus vs The Muslims.

Posted by: fd at December 15, 2023 07:41 AM (vFG9F)

15 7% said he should go to prison for life, 3% said he should be permanently exiled, and 2% said “death” should be his punishment.

It's all right, Taggart. Just a man and a horse being hung out there.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 15, 2023 07:43 AM (lwOKI)

16 Happy Friday, one and all. It's a beautiful day in the GPROMD despite feeling the approach of a cold. Now for the articles...

Posted by: NR Pax at December 15, 2023 07:43 AM (4olE8)

17 Do you think Donald Trump is guilty, not guilty, or are you unsure if he’s guilty or not guilty?”, 47% of likely voters answered “yes,” including 72% of Democrats and 20% of Republicans.
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Now we know which voters the Uniparty most appeals to, the Romney/Sununu/Haley voter.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 15, 2023 07:43 AM (StL+G)

18 And we know who those 3% of republicans are.

Go long on fedora stock.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 07:44 AM (zZu0s)

19
Rasmussen has Trump over Biden by ten points. Major shift in the past month. Consolidation of POV if you may.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 15, 2023 07:46 AM (enJYY)

20 "Tesla Recalls Nearly All Vehicles Sold in U.S. to Fix System that Monitors Drivers Using Autopilot."

Can they just drive themselves to the dealer for the recall?
Posted by: fd at December 15, 2023 07:37 AM (vFG9F)
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Joking aside, think I read they will get a software update and won't have to leave their home garage. I'm sure the update will go splendidly for all 2 million cars, no files will be corrupted, and no houses will burn to the ground.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 15, 2023 07:47 AM (StL+G)

21 You don't have to have any kind of confrontation with the Leftists in my family.

All they have to do is know that you don't vote Democrat. They'll flip shit on you, shriek at you, call you a bunch of names, storm away, and spend the rest of their lives nursing their hatred of you.

I always tried avoiding politics with them, and never got mean about my disagreements with them. I just wouldn't declare my undying love for the Obamas.

It was self-correcting for me.

Posted by: Yudhishthira Florian Maria Hohenzollern von Schloengishugen, Liechtensteinian Usurper at December 15, 2023 07:47 AM (0FoWg)

22 "Canadian UN Ambassador says 'there are limits to how far people can be pushed.'"

And that's why Israel is attacking Gaza, you maple-sucking puck slapper.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 15, 2023 07:47 AM (4olE8)

23 Good morning! Looking forward to having the grandkids over for ice cream this afternoon! The youngest girl will likely spend the night and help Gigi cook cookies and treats for Christmas.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 15, 2023 07:47 AM (YRsIm)

24 Hasan Bitmez... *spit*

Roast in Hell

Posted by: JQ at December 15, 2023 07:48 AM (njWTi)

25 One thing I look for in a car is constant updates, like Windows does. That way I know I am driving with the latest improvements in technology.

Posted by: fd at December 15, 2023 07:50 AM (vFG9F)

26
Stan is taking care of Bizmez and workin' overtime.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 15, 2023 07:50 AM (enJYY)

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Posted by: rollie at December 15, 2023 07:45 AM (8u1Af)

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Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 07:50 AM (zZu0s)

28 Thanks for the daily newz round up, J.J.!

Posted by: JQ at December 15, 2023 07:51 AM (njWTi)

29 I always tried avoiding politics with them, and never got mean about my disagreements with them. I just wouldn't declare my undying love for the Obamas.

It was self-correcting for me.
Posted by: Yudhishthira Florian Maria Hohenzollern von Schloengishugen, Liechtensteinian Usurper at December 15, 2023 07:47 AM (0FoWg)

I spend about 30 years looking for my birth parents. Finally found my mom back in 2005. we talked a lot and I even went a visited a couple of times. We talked regularly pretty much up until 2016...

yeah, her and her husband were liberal, but until PDJT they weren't crazy about it.

since then, we barely talk any more, even tho i reach out...

Posted by: SturmToddler at December 15, 2023 07:51 AM (bving)

30 The White House is concerned that if “voters believe Hunter’s corrupt, they’ll see Joe Biden’s integrity as suspect, too.
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No way!

Posted by: Karine Jean Pierre's Brain at December 15, 2023 07:51 AM (StL+G)

31 Rasmussen has Trump over Biden by ten points. Major shift in the past month. Consolidation of POV if you may.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 15, 2023 07:46 AM (enJYY)

1) Still early days.
2) Polls
3) Coup

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 07:51 AM (zZu0s)

32 We need a good old de-nazification right here at home. I do fear that the camels nose has gone beyond poking under the tent though.

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 15, 2023 07:51 AM (ZV+pB)

33 since then, we barely talk any more, even tho i reach out...
Posted by: SturmToddler at December 15, 2023 07:51 AM (bving)
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Sad to hear this.

The times we live in.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 15, 2023 07:52 AM (StL+G)

34
I love these guys (bots.)

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Did you notice the letter 'b' in problem?
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You have to watch for that stuff in urls anymore. The russkies are getting more and more devious.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 15, 2023 07:54 AM (enJYY)

35 SMOD will come.

Posted by: davidt at December 15, 2023 07:54 AM (SYTee)

36 Sis and I, are barely on speaking terms due to her leftardedness and my ultraMAGAness.

Sad. (not really)

Posted by: JQ at December 15, 2023 07:54 AM (njWTi)

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Someone needs to give the spam-bot generator a swift kick or two. This is less coherent than usual...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 15, 2023 07:55 AM (7fElN)

38 Shapley also accused Wolf of tipping off Hunter Biden’s attorney that investigators were planning to search his storage unit, testifying, “we heard AUSA Wolf had simply reached out to Hunter Biden’s defense counsel and told him about the storage unit, once again ruining our chance to get to evidence before being destroyed, manipulated, or concealed.”

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 15, 2023 07:56 AM (lwOKI)

39 33 We need a good old de-nazification right here at home. I do fear that the camels nose has gone beyond poking under the tent though.
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 15, 2023 07:51 AM (ZV+pB)

The camel is building himself a summer home in the rumpus room.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 07:56 AM (zZu0s)

40 America's right to self defense gets more protection from the Texas State Rifle Association and the Second Amendment Foundation than the NRA.

Posted by: Eromero at December 15, 2023 07:56 AM (xpBzi)

41 Child #2 flew home yesterday for Christmas break and their flight started its descent into the wrong city. Pilot announced it and everything. Then they went back up, turned, and continued on to their actual destination.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 15, 2023 07:56 AM (GYIa4)

42 "‘Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper’ allows visitors to take a fresh look at an artist they thought they knew."
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It's a trap!

Posted by: Admiral Akbar at December 15, 2023 07:58 AM (pt+Xr)

43 I cut out all sodomites, lefties, democrats, weirdos, Obongo supporters, layabouts, moochers and looters from my circle of associates back when Barry won a second term in 2012. Relatives, non-relatives, hobo on the corner, didn't matter. Out and stay out. And if I find out any asshole I know is one of the above, out they go. Gotta work at it everyday. Fine tuning.

Never been happier.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 15, 2023 07:58 AM (mQ8ar)

44 "The camel is building himself a summer home in the rumpus room.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 07:56 AM (zZu0s) "

and is working on an eviction with extreme prejudice for all of us.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at December 15, 2023 07:58 AM (kc18b)

45 I don't talk to the asswipe liberals in my family anymore. Didn't see them much anyway. Could care less.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 15, 2023 07:59 AM (R4t5M)

46 “I am honored to be a part of this group,” she told the media outside Parkman House, the city-owned building where the party was held. “It is a long-standing affinity group that has grown in recent years here in Boston, Massachusetts.”

Im dreaming of a colored Christmas

Posted by: M Wu at December 15, 2023 07:59 AM (lwOKI)

47
1) Still early days.
2) Polls
3) Coup

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 07:51 AM

Some or all can't be discounted. But the point spread is beyond the margin of cheat. I believe the poll was a head to head matchup. If all the 3rd parties were thrown in it would still be an Electoral Landslide for the Don.

The electorate has walked around with a stone in their shoes for as long as they can stand it.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 15, 2023 07:59 AM (enJYY)

48 British boy who disappeared after going to Spain with his mother and grandfather in 2017 found alive in France. Boy, now 17, tells police he had been kidnapped and has been living in a spiritual community in Spain.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 15, 2023 07:59 AM (krqg6)

49 14 "Muslim Youths Attack German Santa Claus, Declare, "This Is Our Country"

Santa Claus vs The Muslims.
Posted by: fd at December 15, 2023 07:41 AM (vFG9F)

The movie was "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians."

That ain't happening on this planet.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 15, 2023 08:00 AM (x0n13)

50 I cut out all sodomites, lefties, democrats, weirdos, Obongo supporters, layabouts, moochers and looters from my circle of associates back when Barry won a second term in 2012.
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I live in a college town. You just described about half my town.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 15, 2023 08:00 AM (pt+Xr)

51 Could not care less.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 15, 2023 08:01 AM (R4t5M)

52 None of my immediate relatives are stupid fucks, thank G-d. Or even extended family, in my generation. I have an assortment of angry old Communist women who've been angry since they were angry young Communist women shrieking at people about Communism on campuses in the 60s and 70s. The only thing that changed was that their free-floating aggression about politics intensified to full on bigotry and hatred during the Obama years.

A lot of my disdain for the Left can probably be explained by my knowledge of these nasty old bats.

Posted by: Yudhishthira Florian Maria Hohenzollern von Schloengishugen, Liechtensteinian Usurper at December 15, 2023 08:01 AM (0FoWg)

53 Boker Tov Patriots

It appears some Judenrats on X do not appreciate me calling them Judenrats???

I'll live

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 15, 2023 08:01 AM (pVWRI)

54 What's that, Lassie?

Timmy fell in the well, and a Baltimore synagog suffered vandalism the other day!!

http://tinyurl.com/vf36pk6z

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 15, 2023 08:02 AM (hH3Px)

55
A lot of my disdain for the Left can probably be explained by my knowledge of these nasty old bats.

Care to make a donation for our research?

Posted by: Wuhan Institute of Virology at December 15, 2023 08:03 AM (enJYY)

56 54 Boker Tov Patriots

It appears some Judenrats on X do not appreciate me calling them Judenrats???

I'll live
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 15, 2023 08:01 AM (pVWRI)

Not knowing you, NGU, that would be an odd message to read.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 08:03 AM (zZu0s)

57
"Is this some kind of abortion argument where yet another feminist blames men for all their problems without taking an ounce of responsibility for their own actions?"

__________

There's some weird thinking going on with some types of women. When the cool guy hits on them, it's a tribute to their attractiveness. When the schlub does the same thing it's creepy harassment. A fetus they want is a baby. One they don't is a random clump of cells.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 15, 2023 08:05 AM (MoZTd)

58 "How long, Republican voters, will you continue to abide this flagrant, continual, in-your-face-so-what-are-you-going-to-do-about-it betrayal of principles and campaign promises?"
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We have no party.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 15, 2023 08:05 AM (pt+Xr)

59 41 Child #2 flew home yesterday for Christmas break and their flight started its descent into the wrong city. Pilot announced it and everything. Then they went back up, turned, and continued on to their actual destination.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 15, 2023 07:56 AM (GYIa4)

Let me guess: the pilot is a diversity hire?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 15, 2023 08:05 AM (x0n13)

60 Sis and I, are barely on speaking terms due to her leftardedness and my ultraMAGAness.

Sad. (not really)
Posted by: JQ at December 15, 2023 07:54 AM (njWTi)

Same situation here. Not a damn thing sis believes politically is objectively true--- which only makes her 'believe' harder and stupider.

Posted by: Voter theater. at December 15, 2023 08:05 AM (T6L0l)

61 off sox

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 15, 2023 08:06 AM (lwOKI)

62 We are no longer capable of being a single , united country. No one wants to admit it, everyone knows it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 15, 2023 08:06 AM (S6gqv)

63 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:07 AM (Zz0t1)

64 The election numbers that matter are those in specific precincts in cities in swing states, where fraud rules.

Posted by: davidt at December 15, 2023 08:07 AM (SYTee)

65 Rasmussen has Trump over Biden by ten points. Major shift in the past month. Consolidation of POV if you may.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

It doesn't matter. If the election is even held, the CIA, FBI and heads of the military branches are already putting together plans to ensure that a certain person does not take over the office.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 15, 2023 08:07 AM (lTGtQ)

66 1. Polls are for strippers.

2. Pollsters can make polls say whatever they want them to say.

3. Polls are for strippers.

There are lies, damned lies and poll results.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:07 AM (Zz0t1)

67 So my only question is why didn't the Israeli family hiding in the safe room take their dog in with them so he wouldn't be shot by the savages.

Posted by: Jaimo at December 15, 2023 08:08 AM (DBrN4)

68 can, as I just did, blow it off and dismiss it as another blue Leftist shit-hole doing what comes natural to them, but it's living in the past. It's ignoring a pretty alarming indicator of just how far our society has utterly collapsed. America being as large and diverse (naturally) as it is, we've always been divided along geographic and cultural lines as well as separated by issues. But there was always a sense of unity that held us together, even during some of the most trying times.

No more. That went out the window ...
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It has. Now, it may be possible to put Humpty Dumpty - or a facsimile thereof - back together again. It's happened before. But it needn't.

This is why while collapse may come (and appears to be in the process of occurring), it may not leave only rubble. Fracture and dissolution is no less a collapse than the kind that leaves only rubble, but it does leave less rubble.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 08:08 AM (zxP/x)

69 Kyle Rittenhouse Tells Tucker NRA Didn’t ‘Help’ Him After Kenosha Incident

I am a life member but I haven't given them a penny since.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 15, 2023 08:09 AM (GYIa4)

70 “Freedom of the press and freedom of speech are integral to an open society. Unfortunately, a growing number of Americans do not believe that these fundamental freedoms should apply to controversial topics, such as questioning the integrity of the 2020 election. Incredibly, almost one in two self-identified Democrats believe that anyone in the media who raised concerns about the veracity of the previous presidential election should be punished through a ban on public speaking, prison time, or a combination of both.
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Nobody wonders when the alligator might eat him if he thinks that *he* is the alligator.

Such people are called "useful idiots" and their education is usually fairly brief and ends in a gulag or a grave.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 08:09 AM (zxP/x)

71 60 Sis and I, are barely on speaking terms due to her leftardedness and my ultraMAGAness.

Sad. (not really)
Posted by: JQ at December 15, 2023 07:54 AM (njWTi)

Same situation here. Not a damn thing sis believes politically is objectively true--- which only makes her 'believe' harder and stupider.
Posted by: Voter theater. at December 15, 2023 08:05 AM (T6L0l)

As I tried to write, it's not even that we're a little bit off on issues. They are brainwashed into true-believer status. Worse, there is no common ground since they believe the ground, i.e. our nation and history, are an evil to be eradicated.

We got problems.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 15, 2023 08:10 AM (x0n13)

72 It is 1859, sadly

Posted by: Jonah at December 15, 2023 08:10 AM (33nmr)

73 It doesn't matter. If the election is even held, the CIA, FBI and heads of the military branches are already putting together plans to ensure that a certain person does not take over the office.

That's what I keep saying. Trump isn't going to save us because he will never see the inside of the WH again.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at December 15, 2023 08:10 AM (iF0sF)

74 To the left, speech is free, as long as you say the right things.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:11 AM (Zz0t1)

75 One in five young people eligible to vote in the 2024 presidential election told pollsters they agreed with the statement “the Holocaust is a myth.” Nearly one-quarter agreed with the statement “the Holocaust has been exaggerated.”
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How old are "young people?" The latter part of the excerpt seems to imply that this means "people under 30" but I don't know if that's the actual breakdown.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 08:11 AM (zxP/x)

76 While there is absolutely no justification to give any company this money -- SpaceX is proving private companies don't need it to provide this service to rural areas -- this decision is clearly political, driven by the hate of Elon Musk among Democrats and the Biden administration.
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The attacks are multiplying, and his various businesses now face investigations and lawsuits across every conceivable front.

Lefties have been incredibly effective at knocking down FNC, Tucker Carlson, PDJT, Elon Musk, and various members of Congress (if you include the attacks on Bobert and others).

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 15, 2023 08:11 AM (rOVFP)

77 Good morning again dear morons and happy birthday JJ

The bias is implicit in the question. There is no occupation. Certainly not of Gaza. These are disputed territories, and they have been since 1917.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 15, 2023 08:11 AM (RIvkX)

78 And that's why Israel is attacking Gaza, you maple-sucking puck slapper.
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He's married to a Jew too.

Was the leader of Ontario's leftist NDP [New Democrats], squeaking into a majority government becoming the province's Premier. Wiped out the economy completely so it took the Conservatives 10 years to repair it.

He then switched to federal politics, switching to the Liberals, and ended up in Cabinet. Still paid with tax money ever since leaving government a long time ago.
1 of 2

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 15, 2023 08:11 AM (krqg6)

79 We are no longer capable of being a single , united country. No one wants to admit it, everyone knows it.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Yep.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 15, 2023 08:12 AM (R4t5M)

80 How long, Republican voters, will you continue to abide this flagrant, continual, in-your-face-so-what-are-you-going-to-do-about-it betrayal of principles and campaign promises?"
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We have no party.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 15, 2023 08:05 AM (pt+Xr)

Perfectly true--we are on our own.

'They' have a party....an alleged 'R' party committed to defeating Trump using Paul Ryan 'conservatism' as their cover.

.

Posted by: Voter theater. at December 15, 2023 08:12 AM (T6L0l)

81 I got this bit of bullshit in my email this morning.......

Productivity gains help US banks weather higher rates

Strong productivity may explain the US economy's resilience and banks' balance sheets even as the Federal Reserve aggressively raised interest rates.
Despite ongoing fears of an imminent recession since early 2022, when the Fed began its work to tame inflation with swift tightening of monetary policy, the US economy has so far managed to avoid a downturn and banks' credit quality metrics have held up. Rising productivity, stemming from a wave of corporate investment in artificial intelligence, infrastructure and renewable energy may be the reason, fixed income specialists said in interviews with S&P Global Market Intelligence.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:12 AM (Zz0t1)

82 Now, look at everything since the time of Christ up to the present day – 2,000 years of western, European civilization that brought us (albeit in fits and starts) out of the dark ages being systematically torn down and eradicated right in front of our eyes, by those who claim that they are the true bringers of enlightenment and "progress" to the world.
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Well they *are,* JJ. Just ask them. Resentment and lust for power are powerful drugs.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 08:12 AM (zxP/x)

83 "If America is to remain the beacon of liberty..."

If the polls are to be believed, we're not the beacon of liberty anymore. That's the point. We need to reclaim the title. The foremost challenge of Trump (as I see no other candidate who might accept the challenge) is to make free speech his bully-pulpit and policy priority.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 15, 2023 08:12 AM (U7Mqa)

84 Someone needs to give the spam-bot generator a swift kick or two. This is less coherent than usual...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 15, 2023 07:55 AM (7fElN)

the quality has certainly gone downhill since the lace wig days...

Posted by: SturmToddler at December 15, 2023 08:12 AM (bving)

85 2 of 2

Jakeet Singh @jakeetsingh Dec 12
After his speech explaining Canada’s vote in favor of the ceasefire resolution, Bob Rae’s mic appears to have still been on before the next speaker began, and he can be heard saying with a hearty chuckle to a neighbor, “We’ll see how that flies!”

Michael Taube @michaeltaube Dec 13
Missed this yesterday. Rae clearly knew what he was doing was wrong and would have no effect. The fact that he went along with this charade is as shameful as Trudeau's decision to support an immediate ceasefire with a bloodthirsty terrorist organization. [h/t - @Doretta_Wilson]

Dean Skoreyko @bcbluecon Dec 13
Bob Rae sold out his Jewish wife and kids. Gross.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 15, 2023 08:12 AM (krqg6)

86 When asked what Trump’s punishment should be if he is found guilty of these crimes, 34% of likely voters said he should receive a fine, 5% said he should go to prison for less than one year, 16% said he should go to prison for one to five years, 16% said he should go to prison for more than five years, 7% said he should go to prison for life, 3% said he should be permanently exiled, and 2% said “death” should be his punishment. Eighteen percent (18%) selected “not sure."

Start building those gallows, Haman...I mean, Democrats.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 15, 2023 08:12 AM (Angsy)

87 Child #2 flew home yesterday for Christmas break and their flight started its descent into the wrong city. Pilot announced it and everything. Then they went back up, turned, and continued on to their actual destination.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Just a minor annoyance. Like when a diversity ATC directs two planes into the same airspace. You will be hearing of many more of these - or maybe not.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 15, 2023 08:13 AM (lTGtQ)

88
@26 One thing I look for in a car is constant updates

I wonder how many remember the tech gag from 30 years ago, called "If Microsoft Made Cars." It's still around on daRedditz.
"Every time they repainted the lines on the road you would have to buy a new car. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason, and you would just accept this, restart and drive on. (various systems failing that work when you restart) Occasionally, executing a maneuver would cause your car to stop and fail and you would have to re-install the engine. For some strange reason, you would accept this too."

And so on, too long to cite in full. Not only have almost all the punchlines come to pass under federal regulation, but actual carmakers (posed as the respondents in the joke) have spent roughly a quadrillion dollars [of money they don't have] to make it happen. But you have to admit, those batteries are getting better all the time. We can't wait for the next breakthrough.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 15, 2023 08:13 AM (FCs/J)

89 ++++
How old are "young people?" The latter part of the excerpt seems to imply that this means "people under 30" but I don't know if that's the actual breakdown.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 08:11 AM (zxP/x)

When you perform your 'poll' outside of a 'palestinian' rally.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:13 AM (Zz0t1)

90 BTW, Justin has changed Canada's standing pro-Israel policy on this because he's being wiped out in the polls and is desperately trying to save the Moslem vote.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 15, 2023 08:14 AM (krqg6)

91 Well in a decade or so those Muslim thugs will be right sadly.

Posted by: Skip at December 15, 2023 08:14 AM (pvKxo)

92 The Left’s Long March Through the Institutions has been a resounding success. Most of our nation’s colleges and universities, including — indeed, especially — those who enjoy an outsize influence on American politics and culture, have long ago ceased to be centers of higher learning and have become centers of far-Left indoctrination.
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Technically true, but understated. It is "most" only in that "all except possibly a rounding error" is also merely "most."

You can count the number of colleges and universities that are *not* fully subverted on one hand with fingers to spare. I can only come up with two (Hillsdale and Oral Roberts). In the whole country.

That is not "most," that is "totality."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 08:14 AM (zxP/x)

93 62. Agree Tom. And unlike the Civil War, WW2, and the French Revoultion, no war will spill the bad blood and then unite the country again.

Technology and corporate media will never allow America to be unified. Bad for Business

Posted by: Jonah at December 15, 2023 08:14 AM (33nmr)

94 You can count the number of colleges and universities that are *not* fully subverted on one hand with fingers to spare. I can only come up with two (Hillsdale and Oral Roberts). In the whole country.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 08:14 AM (zxP/x)

Has Liberty gone woke?

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

95 They have been trained to be cogs in the machine.
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Exactly as the father of modern American education intended. Granted, his pseudo-commie vision envisioned the transformation of men into cogs in the industrial machine rather than into cogs in the sociopolitical machine, but the overall method and goal was essentially the same in spirit.

Well, it worked. John Dewey's system delivered the goods.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 08:16 AM (zxP/x)

96 In early 2019, the Texas secretary of state compiled a list of about 95,000 people who appeared to be noncitizens yet had also registered to vote in one or more elections. In addition, the secretary found 58,000 noncitizens who might have actually voted.

So maybe 3 to 5 million in the USA total??

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 15, 2023 08:16 AM (lwOKI)

97
Technology and corporate media will never allow America to be unified. Bad for Business
Posted by: Jonah at December 15, 2023 08:14 AM (33nmr)

i.e. Democrats.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:16 AM (Zz0t1)

98 85. Canada does not matter on the world stage, except for Trade. Similar to Ireland. The stupid little brother

Posted by: Jonah at December 15, 2023 08:17 AM (33nmr)

99 Planes going to the wrong city. Wow.

Welcome to ClownWorld Airlines.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 15, 2023 08:17 AM (R4t5M)

100 Today is Bill of Rights Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 15, 2023 08:18 AM (NpAcC)

101
Lefties have been incredibly effective at knocking down FNC, Tucker Carlson, PDJT, Elon Musk, and various members of Congress (if you include the attacks on Bobert and others).
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 15, 2023 08:11 AM (rOVFP)

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Knocking down statues -- obviously a permanent loss -- was a key, symbolic step in America's decline

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at December 15, 2023 08:18 AM (IBDwy)

102 Planes going to the wrong city. Wow.

Welcome to ClownWorld Airlines.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 15, 2023 08:17 AM (R4t5M)

That would make a funny SNL skit, if they still made funny SNL skits.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at December 15, 2023 08:18 AM (45fpk)

103 Now, look at everything since the time of Christ up to the present day – 2,000 years of western, European civilization that brought us (albeit in fits and starts) out of the dark ages being systematically torn down and eradicated right in front of our eyes, by those who claim that they are the true bringers of enlightenment and "progress" to the world.
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Well they *are,* JJ. Just ask them. Resentment and lust for power are powerful drugs.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 08:12 AM (zxP/x)
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The are in service to he who is known as the "Lightbringer" after all....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 15, 2023 08:18 AM (7fElN)

104 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at December 15, 2023 08:19 AM (NBVIP)

105 I should have taken that left at Albuquerque.

Posted by: Bugs Bunny, Airline Pilot at December 15, 2023 08:19 AM (vFG9F)

106 If it were not for us, and people similar to us, America would be a Western European Country, with blue Helmets in Boise and Cheyenne.

We are the last line of defense

Posted by: Jonah at December 15, 2023 08:19 AM (33nmr)

107 Planes going to the wrong city. Wow.

Welcome to ClownWorld Airlines.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 15, 2023 08:17 AM (R4t5M)

My bud flew in from a business trip earlier this week into DFW Airport. On approach, the pilot announced they'd begin their descent into the airport when he suddenly dropped 10000 ft in 5 seconds, then put it on the runway.

I'd mentioned the mishap of the 2 planes attempting final at the same time......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:19 AM (Zz0t1)

108 ... @bcbluecon
Bob Rae sold out his Jewish wife and kids. Gross.
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 15, 2023 08:12 AM (krqg6)
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He's a functionary. Like all functionaries, he's a Vogon.

They are one of the most unpleasant races in the Galaxy. Not actually evil, but bad-tempered, bureaucratic, officious and callous. They wouldn't even lift a finger to save their own grandmothers from the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal without orders – signed in triplicate, sent in, sent back, queried, lost, found, subjected to public inquiry, lost again, and finally buried in soft peat for three months and recycled as firelighters

Douglas Adams was correct except for the part about them not being evil. They are that, along with the rest.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 08:19 AM (zxP/x)

109 “Funds that lawmakers approve to arm Ukraine are not going directly to Ukraine but are being used stateside to build new weapons or to replace weapons sent to Kyiv from U.S. stockpiles,” Thiessen points out.

Borrowing money to kill people does not seem very conservative.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 15, 2023 08:19 AM (lwOKI)

110 Rasmussen has Trump over Biden by ten points. Major shift in the past month. Consolidation of POV if you may.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

It doesn't matter. If the election is even held, the CIA, FBI and heads of the military branches are already putting together plans to ensure that a certain person does not take over the office.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 15, 2023 08:07 AM (lTGtQ)

Agree with the end point but --and it just a wild ass guess--that having successfully stolen the last POTUS election with NO consequences don't be surprised to see the three letters and UniParty simply steal 2024 in your face--most likely with NO finesse or deception. They stole it last time with impunity and to make sure that we understand who and what we are under the New Boss---Russian serfs--don't be thinking they will do anything but steal it and brag about it endlessly on State Media.

Posted by: Voter theater. at December 15, 2023 08:19 AM (T6L0l)

111 Today is Bill of Rights Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at December 15, 2023 08:18 AM (NpAcC)

No standing.....

Posted by: Hawaiian Judge at December 15, 2023 08:20 AM (Zz0t1)

112 To the left, speech is free, as long as you say the right things.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:11 AM (Zz0t1)

I've been watching a fascinating discussion of leftists on reddit talking about free speech. one the one hand, some of them are intelligent enough to note that lots of people use "first amendment" as cover to spew crap and refuse to understand any consequences of said spew.

on the other hand, there's a number of idiots stating that free speech only lasts until "someone get's hurt by the words" or "your free speech only lasts to my ears", meaning if they don't LIKE it, it should be banned...

i don't think they grok the concepts...

Posted by: SturmToddler at December 15, 2023 08:20 AM (bving)

113 What comes after techno Fascism is not techno freedom. Chaos and sharia, imo, are most likely. What culture in their right mind would let women and gays participate ever again?

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at December 15, 2023 08:20 AM (aIqdI)

114 FNC was taken down by the Dominion Law suit. Firing Tucker was part of the plea deal

Posted by: Jonah at December 15, 2023 08:21 AM (33nmr)

115 BTW, Justin has changed Canada's standing pro-Israel policy on this because he's being wiped out in the polls and is desperately trying to save the Moslem vote.
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 15, 2023 08:14 AM (krqg6)
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The fact that there are enough Muslims in Canada to sway the vote to that degree is a problem.

This holds true for *any* country--including the USA--that needs to pander to a Muslim contingent to gain or hold power. That right there gives the game away about who really rules in that country. HINT: It ain't the politicians.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 15, 2023 08:21 AM (7fElN)

116 It doesn't matter. If the election is even held, the CIA, FBI and heads of the military branches are already putting together plans to ensure that a certain person does not take over the office.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 15, 2023 08:07 AM (lTGtQ)

I think Trump will be allowed to win (Brandon is untenable even for their side now) and the bureaucracy will just hunker down and resist and ignore direct orders for 4 years. They’ve done it before. I’m sure it’s galling to them but they’ve painted themselves into this corner….

Their only other option would be to act in such obvious ways (huge cheat or throwing Trump in jail or both) as to make it apparent to everyone our voting and participatory democracy is a sham

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 15, 2023 08:21 AM (9Tih0)

117 What comes after techno Fascism is not techno freedom. Chaos and sharia, imo, are most likely. ...
Posted by: Jamaica NYC at December 15, 2023 08:20 AM (aIqdI)
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Whatever the specifics - be in anarchy or a caliphate or anything in between - the final outcome is the same: slavery.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 08:21 AM (zxP/x)

118 People overseas are surprised at the anti-Semitism on display in Oakland, and I ask them how they could not have seen that this was *always* going to be the endgame of DEI and Wokism. In the grievance olympics, there can only be one gold medal winner, and Jews were never going to be it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 15, 2023 08:22 AM (S6gqv)

119 your free speech only lasts to my ears", meaning if they don't LIKE it, it should be banned...

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Fine. Cut your ears off. All will be well.

Posted by: Yudhishthira Florian Maria Hohenzollern von Schloengishugen, Liechtensteinian Usurper at December 15, 2023 08:22 AM (0FoWg)

120 All these latest polls prove, if there is any accuracy to them at all, is that the media STILL controls the message to a significant slice of America and this country is mostly f*cked.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:22 AM (Zz0t1)

121 And that's why Israel is attacking Gaza, you maple-sucking puck slapper.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 15, 2023 07:47 AM (4olE

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Worthy of AoS

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 15, 2023 08:22 AM (RIvkX)

122 It doesn't matter. If the election is even held, the CIA, FBI and heads of the military branches are already putting together plans to ensure that a certain person does not take over the office.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 15, 2023 08:07 AM (lTGtQ)

I wonder how many Americans really understand the extent these maniacs will go not to lose power. The next year will be a sight to behold.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 15, 2023 08:23 AM (U7Mqa)

123 John Dewey's system delivered the goods.
You're short-dicking Horace Man so hard...

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 15, 2023 08:23 AM (FCs/J)

124 > Their only other option would be to act in such obvious ways (huge cheat or throwing Trump in jail or both) as to make it apparent to everyone our voting and participatory democracy is a sham
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
_________________

I'm not sure they care what we think. The push-back to things thus far has been.... weak.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 15, 2023 08:24 AM (Q4IgG)

125 I wonder how many Americans really understand the extent these maniacs will go not to lose power. The next year will be a sight to behold.
Posted by: Ordinary American

20% don't know what bathroom to use.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 15, 2023 08:24 AM (R4t5M)

126 The difference I see with 2020 and 2024, is that Trump was never up in any poll, even this far out. Deep State has lost the ability to work in the shadows anymore.

If Trump is harmed, a patsy like Oswald will not be blamed to the masses this time. All will know it is the Deep State

Posted by: Jonah at December 15, 2023 08:25 AM (33nmr)

127 I remind people that a democrat judge in Texas ordered in Tom DeLay's district that he be removed from the ballot, so voters there only had the option of voting democrat or a write in. No republican on the ballot. That is democracy in action.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 15, 2023 08:25 AM (lTGtQ)

128 Be careful. Apostrophe cop is here.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:25 AM (Zz0t1)

129 71 60 Sis and I, are barely on speaking terms due to her leftardedness and my ultraMAGAness.

Sad. (not really)
Posted by: JQ at December 15, 2023 07:54 AM (njWTi)

It's hard -- especially when they think YOU are the idiot.

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at December 15, 2023 08:25 AM (IBDwy)

130 "Oregon Dems Ban Republicans From Running for Office
It’s the kind of “attack on democracy” that Democrats love."

All we've got are prayers and voting and we barely have voting anymore.
Our founding fathers are definitely turning in their graves.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 15, 2023 08:25 AM (NpAcC)

131 Their only other option would be to act in such obvious ways (huge cheat or throwing Trump in jail or both) as to make it apparent to everyone our voting and participatory democracy is a sham
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 15, 2023 08:21 AM (9Tih0)
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You're describing 2020. 2020 was already that. It's a sham, and obviously so.

It all comes down to dependency on the sham. Apparently, roundabout 60% of people - per polling, anyway - are dependent on the sham. They are dependent either materially or psychologically and the distinction doesn't matter.

It comes down to outsiders, I think, rather than insiders. 2020 was just non-shammy enough to allow foreigners to pretend. Is there a risk to going further? I dunno. Domestically, though, they do what they want. If they go further it might trigger unrest in a big way, but I am not sure they care because they also appear to be confident that they can contain that if it happens.

If they think they can contain Trump - and I think they *can* because they did it before and have figured out how - then they might let him in if it suits their larger purposes at larger scales. If not, then not.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 08:26 AM (zxP/x)

132 Deep state i am worried about is their financial division. Treas, Fed, Commerce etc... They will prop up the markets with rate cuts etc... They did this shit for Obama in the Fall of 2012, and crashed the markets for him in 2008

Posted by: Jonah at December 15, 2023 08:27 AM (33nmr)

133 My bud flew in from a business trip earlier this week into DFW Airport. On approach, the pilot announced they'd begin their descent into the airport when he suddenly dropped 10000 ft in 5 seconds, then put it on the runway.

I'd mentioned the mishap of the 2 planes attempting final at the same time......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:19 AM (Zz0t1)

good lord, that seems like an excessive amount of stress on the airframe. I wonder how long that plane spends in inspection...

one job i had, was traveling with a former RIO for the Tomcats. we hit turbulence and it's was a ride but i didn't think much about it, until he turned and said, "well, that was over 2 G's and i don't think this airframe is rated for that..."

it was a long 3 hours to the west coast...

Posted by: SturmToddler at December 15, 2023 08:27 AM (bving)

134 It's also,
Cat Herders Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 15, 2023 08:28 AM (NpAcC)

135 Michelle Wu seems so unassuming, she smiles a lot and talks in a friendly way to all comers, but- wow - what a crazy woman she really is. Why Boston elected a carpetbagger anyway is another question, but why this one, a hate-filled segregationist?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 15, 2023 08:28 AM (nZ0gk)

136 The fact that there are enough Muslims in Canada to sway the vote to that degree is a problem.
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3.7% in 2019 but they're concentrated in a relative handful of voting districts [called 'ridings'] so losing 12 seats in the House of Commons would hurt alot.

BTW, [practicing] Jews 1% and Sikhs, Hindus and Buddhists about 1.5% each.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 15, 2023 08:28 AM (krqg6)

137 Their only other option would be to act in such obvious ways (huge cheat or throwing Trump in jail or both) as to make it apparent to everyone our voting and participatory democracy is a sham
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 15, 2023 08:21 AM (9Tih0)

The key unanswered questions are: what has Trump learned and will he do anything differently? Or, does it matter?

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 15, 2023 08:28 AM (U7Mqa)

138
Be careful. Apostrophe cop is here.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:25 AM

:: Laughs' out loud ::

Posted by: Wuhan Institute of Virology at December 15, 2023 08:28 AM (enJYY)

139 Oregon Dems Ban Republicans From Running for Office
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If it's okay for the holy and righteous bastion of democracy that is Ukraine, it's okay for us!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 08:28 AM (zxP/x)

140 Deep state i am worried about is their financial division. Treas, Fed, Commerce etc... They will prop up the markets with rate cuts etc... They did this shit for Obama in the Fall of 2012, and crashed the markets for him in 2008

Posted by: Jonah

Yes, the fed bowed to pressure from the white house. What does it mean? That instead of having to pretend there is no recession, they have to pretend that inflation is not roaring back.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 15, 2023 08:29 AM (lTGtQ)

141
good lord, that seems like an excessive amount of stress on the airframe. I wonder how long that plane spends in inspection...

one job i had, was traveling with a former RIO for the Tomcats. we hit turbulence and it's was a ride but i didn't think much about it, until he turned and said, "well, that was over 2 G's and i don't think this airframe is rated for that..."

it was a long 3 hours to the west coast...
Posted by: SturmToddler at December 15, 2023 08:27 AM (bving)

I'm not exactly sure on the actual decent, but causing a woman's drink come off the tray table a good 3 inches seemed excessive into an airport with no surrounding obstructions.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:29 AM (Zz0t1)

142 I'm not exactly sure on the actual decent, but causing a woman's drink come off the tray table a good 3 inches seemed excessive into an airport with no surrounding obstructions.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:29 AM (Zz0t1)
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Why was her tray table down with a drink on it during final approach? Stewardesses don't permit that, because it's dangerous. That raises an eyebrow.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 08:30 AM (zxP/x)

143 ++++
Why was her tray table down with a drink on it during final approach? Stewardesses don't permit that, because it's dangerous. That raises an eyebrow.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 08:30 AM (zxP/x)

He had apparently just announced the decent and the attendants hadn't even made that announcement yet.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:31 AM (Zz0t1)

144
Same situation here. Not a damn thing sis believes politically is objectively true--- which only makes her 'believe' harder and stupider.
Posted by: Voter theater. at December 15, 2023 08:05 AM (T6L0l)

"True Believers" like her demonstrate how Leftist beliefs have become the new Religion for those that think they're beyond all religion. (those Christians and Jews who go for adulation by denying their faith and becoming leftists are the saddest, most pathetic people of all.) As has been attributed to Chesterton, "A man who believes in nothing will believe in anything."

The True Believers have decided to saddle themselves with all the forms of religion - strict behavioral rules, taboo magic words, Prophets, dietary restrictions - and yet they do this all without having even a pretense of having any god but themselves. Well they are far from the first men and women to make gods of themselves, and we know that this story always ends up the same way.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 15, 2023 08:31 AM (S6gqv)

145 One in five young people eligible to vote in the 2024 presidential election told pollsters they agreed with the statement “the Holocaust is a myth.” Nearly one-quarter agreed with the statement “the Holocaust has been exaggerated.”

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After which, 90% of the respondents then asked "By the way, what is this 'Holocaust' you speak of?"

Posted by: ShainS -- CISA Cognitive Security Agent at December 15, 2023 08:31 AM (0ogfQ)

146 Bob Rae's wife is probably a self hater, who supports her husband's decision

Posted by: Jonah at December 15, 2023 08:32 AM (33nmr)

147 I'm not exactly sure on the actual decent, but causing a woman's drink come off the tray table a good 3 inches seemed excessive into an airport with no surrounding obstructions.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:29 AM (Zz0t1)

yeah, you're in that territory i think. idk, i was in the engine rooms when i was in the navy. but yeah, THAT sounds like a scary situation as well. almost like they forgot to initiate glide or something. or a "get your ass down here right now, young man..."

Posted by: SturmToddler at December 15, 2023 08:32 AM (bving)

148 "Why won’t the Supreme Court hear cases challenging surveillance under Section 702?"

"Congress Approves Extension of Warrantless Surveillance as Part of the Defense Policy Bill"

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Don't miss this or gloss over it.

1M+ felonies related to 4th Amendment violations on Americans. It's only supposed to be used for terrorists, but it's used to monitor ex girlfriends, politicians, etc. IIRC they said "we got it down to 200K felonies this year" and that's supposed to be better.

Ted Cruz, Lindsay Graham, etc. all said "SOUNDS GREAT, I VOTE FOR IT!!!"

Posted by: Nikki Haley's confirmed internet persona at December 15, 2023 08:32 AM (VXTO0)

149 A combined 18% of Democrats believe Trump should be imprisoned for life, permanently exiled, or put to death, compared to a combined 3% of Republicans.

Remember that every time some GOPer responds to a political tactic with "That's not who we are"

Posted by: 18-1 at December 15, 2023 08:33 AM (XqcwY)

150 Why was her tray table down with a drink on it during final approach? Stewardesses don't permit that, because it's dangerous. That raises an eyebrow.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 08:30 AM (zxP/x)

He had apparently just announced the decent and the attendants hadn't even made that announcement yet.

Posted by: Sponge

Perhaps the pilot had just awakened from his nap and the flight computer already had the plane on final.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 15, 2023 08:33 AM (lTGtQ)

151 Right Tom. Marxism has replaced Religion is this country for the young who have grown up with Social media

Posted by: Jonah at December 15, 2023 08:33 AM (33nmr)

152 yeah, you're in that territory i think. idk, i was in the engine rooms when i was in the navy. but yeah, THAT sounds like a scary situation as well. almost like they forgot to initiate glide or something. or a "get your ass down here right now, young man..."
Posted by: SturmToddler at December 15, 2023 08:32 AM (bving)

With the craziness that's occurred in air travel since covid, I'm thankful for not having had to be involved in it since BEFORE covid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:33 AM (Zz0t1)

153 It comes down to outsiders, I think, rather than insiders. 2020 was just non-shammy enough to allow foreigners to pretend. Is there a risk to going further? I dunno. Domestically, though, they do what they want. If they go further it might trigger unrest in a big way, but I am not sure they care because they also appear to be confident that they can contain that if it happens.
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Me too. It's one thing to ignore domestically or internationally "105% voter turnout" in a handful of cities but if it's the 275% [WAG] needed to overcome RFK Jr's and maybe the Greens' votes, that's going to be too high to ignore.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 15, 2023 08:33 AM (krqg6)

154 Happy Friday everyone!

Posted by: Mick at December 15, 2023 08:33 AM (sVc11)

155 If you're going to cubby-hole history only as a series of Dark Ages (and we're not exactly Renaissance and Enlightenment types here, so I'd watch my step on that) at least start with the Greeks.

The west European dark age wasn't that bad as dark ages go, especially compared to factors like death rates and forced migrations just before and just after, and you can't deny the authority of The Church was undisputed. It's a word we made up, and with a couple of bottles of Zeller Schwarze Katz you can gin up an all-night sophomoric argument over its start and end dates that will vary by hundreds of years.

You hoo Polliwog: not drunk yet.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 15, 2023 08:34 AM (FCs/J)

156 "Johnson has made some quiet deals to hand off many of the new arrivals to suburbs. Some of the suburbs have resisted, while others have reluctantly taken in a few of the new arrivals. While there won't be a tent city to house the illegals, the city will find space for them whether the citizens of Chicago want them or not."
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Winter in Grant Park Tent City will wake you right up.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 15, 2023 08:34 AM (e+bdz)

157 #153 And Dems staying at home, not switching parties.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 15, 2023 08:35 AM (krqg6)

158 --
Me too. It's one thing to ignore domestically or internationally "105% voter turnout" in a handful of cities but if it's the 275% [WAG] needed to overcome RFK Jr's and maybe the Greens' votes, that's going to be too high to ignore.
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 15, 2023 08:33 AM (krqg6)

The courts had no problem ignoring in 2020.

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at December 15, 2023 08:35 AM (IBDwy)

159 San Francisco put a billboard up in El Paso, TX advising the illegals they're welcome to come to SFO.

Abbott should accommodate them IMMEDIATELY.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:36 AM (Zz0t1)

160 Marxist sloganeering and agitprop masquerades as genuine intellectual inquiry, and so it’s no wonder that once American youth graduate from their once-renowned institutions, they happily take jobs in government or social media that involve stripping free speech and self-defense rights from Americans.

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But You Repeat Yourself, Mr. Spencer.

Posted by: ShainS -- CISA Cognitive Security Agent at December 15, 2023 08:36 AM (0ogfQ)

161 133 My bud flew in from a business trip earlier this week into DFW Airport. On approach, the pilot announced they'd begin their descent into the airport when he suddenly dropped 10000 ft in 5 seconds, then put it on the runway."

Something wrong with the numbers here - maybe it was 1,000 feet in 5 seconds? Because that would still be a lot.

10,000 feet in 5 seconds would be a power dive at 1363 MPH.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 15, 2023 08:36 AM (S6gqv)

162 There's been some discussions in the flight tracking groups about these "rapid descents" into airports. Part of it is to save fuel (stay at altitude longer) and some of it is poor ATC directions.

I read that one pilot, and his commentary is pretty typical these days said he throttles the engines back to idle and pushes the collective in, pushing the nose of the plane down while cutting power. The result is a rapid, but controlled descent to whatever approach altitude has been issued.

Purely a fuel saving measure most of the time. Pulling a couple G's however isn't 'normal.'

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 15, 2023 08:36 AM (Q4IgG)

163 "Johnson has made some quiet deals to hand off many of the new arrivals to suburbs. Some of the suburbs have resisted, while others have reluctantly taken in a few of the new arrivals. While there won't be a tent city to house the illegals, the city will find space for them whether the citizens of Chicago want them or not."
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Winter in Grant Park Tent City will wake you right up.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 15, 2023 08:34 AM (e+bdz)
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Is *should* be tent cities - also called "refugee camps."

Take a strip of land, erect big army-type tents on it, and use them as shitty barracks. Surround the mess with concertina wire and armed guards. Illegals go there and receive a couple of meals per day and little else. If they want out, they can be repatriated at their convenience and at our expense.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 08:36 AM (zxP/x)

164 135. Boston mayor is loyal to Mao? Until white conservative men and Women , stop flocking into the cities for sporting events and concerts, nothing will change.

$16 for a beer, $600 dinners etc... all goes to the commie coffers

Posted by: Jonah at December 15, 2023 08:37 AM (33nmr)

165 >Democrats believe Trump should be imprisoned for life, permanently exiled, or put to death

a bit more accurate

Posted by: Don Black at December 15, 2023 08:37 AM (geLO8)

166
Something wrong with the numbers here - maybe it was 1,000 feet in 5 seconds? Because that would still be a lot.

10,000 feet in 5 seconds would be a power dive at 1363 MPH.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 15, 2023 08:36 AM (S6gqv)

I did make a follow up statement, as I'm sure exaggerations were a plenty. However, the ladies drink levitating off the tray table was a tell.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:37 AM (Zz0t1)

167 Ted Cruz, Lindsay Graham, etc. all said "SOUNDS GREAT, I VOTE FOR IT!!!"
Posted by: Nikki Haley's confirmed internet persona at December 15, 2023 08:32 AM (VXTO0)

Republicans will never stand up to the DoJ or IC about any violation, no matter how flagrant. Chris Wray could show up to a House hearing with blood around his mouth, and say "I just consumed the beating heart of Donald Trump, and I'm going to eat Taylor Swift next," and they'd recommend anti-cannibalism training modules.

Can you imagine the sick shit they have in their dossiers on all these freaks?

Especially Graham.

*shivers*

Posted by: Yudhishthira Florian Maria Hohenzollern von Schloengishugen, Liechtensteinian Usurper at December 15, 2023 08:38 AM (0FoWg)

168 107 Sponge - One of my plain rides in a C-130 was like that, up and down. I assumed he thought he was a F-15 pilot

Posted by: Skip at December 15, 2023 08:38 AM (pvKxo)

169 14 "Muslim Youths Attack German Santa Claus, Declare, "This Is Our Country"

Santa Claus vs The Muslims.
Posted by: fd at December 15, 2023 07:41 AM (vFG9F)

If they won't assimilate when they're only 1% of the population, this is what you get at 6%.

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at December 15, 2023 08:38 AM (IBDwy)

170 Boston mayor is loyal to Mao? Until white conservative men and Women , stop flocking into the cities for sporting events and concerts, nothing will change.

$16 for a beer, $600 dinners etc... all goes to the commie coffers
Posted by: Jonah at December 15, 2023 08:37 AM (33nmr)

We'll see how the city fares when Kraft fires Belichick, as is rumored.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:39 AM (Zz0t1)

171 Nothing like being in a pressurized soup can with deranged lunatics.

On a good note. Was flying for work during COVID and the lifted the mask mandate while in the air going to DC. Everybody took their mask off and cheered. Walk through the gate at Reagan and the looks of horror on liberals was priceless.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 15, 2023 08:39 AM (R4t5M)

172 ... Can you imagine the sick shit they have in their dossiers on all these freaks? ...
Posted by: Yudhishthira Florian Maria Hohenzollern von Schloengishugen, Liechtensteinian Usurper at December 15, 2023 08:38 AM (0FoWg)
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This is, I think, one of the reasons (if not the primary reason) we're in this mess. Those people know what they've done, so they have a good inkling of what's in their own dossiers. So the IC gets what it wants, and is in charge.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 08:39 AM (zxP/x)

173 "Last month, researchers at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, discovered that two of the 35 screws that fasten the lid of the sample-return canister couldn’t be opened — blocking access to the remainder of the space rock."

How dumb is NASA?

This dumb.

Go to Home Depot. Get a pack of EZouts and a few carbide drill bits.
Follow instructions on the package.
I have never encountered a "screw" I couldn't eventually get out.
Bolts can be more challenging sometimes but a screw...

Maybe I'll read the story.

Posted by: Reforger at December 15, 2023 08:40 AM (gu/L7)

174 On a good note. Was flying for work during COVID and the lifted the mask mandate while in the air going to DC. Everybody took their mask off and cheered. Walk through the gate at Reagan and the looks of horror on liberals was priceless.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 15, 2023 08:39 AM (R4t5M)
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I assume, then, that the pilot jumped on the PA to deliver the good news?

That pilot's a wrongthinker. I wonder if he's still employed.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 08:40 AM (zxP/x)

175 Well said Huck. I am in the Northern Burbs, and the illegals are driven up by minvans from the city, to all the grocery stores up here to panhandle. Somebody makes signs for them in English. They sit all day with their kids in the parking lots.

The blacks who work there, and the Salvation army Kettles, are getting pissed off

Posted by: Jonah at December 15, 2023 08:40 AM (33nmr)

176 One in five young people eligible to vote in the 2024 presidential election told pollsters they agreed with the statement “the Holocaust is a myth.”

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A combined 18% of Democrats believe Trump should be imprisoned for life, permanently exiled, or put to death

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1 in 5 mail in ballots in the 2020 election were fraudulent

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I won't lie. I sort of enjoy seeing the Pareto principle keep popping up.

Posted by: Nikki Haley's confirmed internet persona at December 15, 2023 08:40 AM (Jo9Ci)

177 Their only other option would be to act in such obvious ways (huge cheat or throwing Trump in jail or both) as to make it apparent to everyone our voting and participatory democracy is a sham
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 15, 2023 08:21 AM (9Tih0)

The key unanswered questions are: what has Trump learned and will he do anything differently? Or, does it matter?
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 15, 2023 08:28 AM (U7Mqa)

One of my key (untested) assumptions is that there is a level of crazy beyond which even LIVs notice and the regime loses legitimacy and mass protests or strikes force real change/accountability. 2020 didn’t quite reach that threshold… but it came close which is why (I hypothesize) TPTB freaked out about J6 (and continue to do so). Right now their level of cheat would have to be so huge it’d blow right through that threshold and they know it…. So they’re stuck with their 2017-2021 playbook.

I think Trump is fundamentally the same guy. He’s learned some and will be smarter with appointments…. But he’s not and never will be a Pinochet… or even a Milieu

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 15, 2023 08:41 AM (9Tih0)

178 The west European dark age wasn't that bad as dark ages go, especially compared to factors like death rates and forced migrations just before and just after, and you can't deny the authority of The Church was undisputed. It's a word we made up, and with a couple of bottles of Zeller Schwarze Katz you can gin up an all-night sophomoric argument over its start and end dates that will vary by hundreds of years.

You hoo Polliwog: not drunk yet.

LOL! I think the best argument is that it really should only apply to the years from 600 - 800, beginning with the Gothic Wars in Italy and ending with Charlemagne beginning to restore some order. Those 2 centuries were truly dark. After that, as the peasant in Holy Grail said, It Got Better.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 15, 2023 08:41 AM (S6gqv)

179 Be careful. Apostrophe cop is here. --Posted by: Sponge

Just lurking over your 10000 foot plunge in five seconds, to see if your "decent" morphs into "dissent." It's like a sitcom and you can't change the channel.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 15, 2023 08:41 AM (FCs/J)

180 33 since then, we barely talk any more, even tho i reach out...
Posted by: SturmToddler at December 15, 2023 07:51 AM (bving)
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Sad to hear this.

The times we live in.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 15, 2023 07:52 AM (StL+G)

This is sad.
People need to get over themselves.
Especially sad because they are passing family for a bunch of grifters... I mean there are levels of fail here that makes me both sad and angry.

Posted by: Inogame at December 15, 2023 08:41 AM (53oGX)

181
Go to Home Depot. Get a pack of EZouts and a few carbide drill bits.
Follow instructions on the package.
I have never encountered a "screw" I couldn't eventually get out.
Bolts can be more challenging sometimes but a screw...

Maybe I'll read the story.
Posted by: Reforger at December 15, 2023 08:40 AM (gu/L7)

It depends on the metal used to make the screw.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:41 AM (Zz0t1)

182 the quality has certainly gone downhill since the lace wig days...
Posted by: SturmToddler at December 15, 2023 08:12 AM (bving)

Machines for sale. Or was it Machines 4 sale?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 08:41 AM (zZu0s)

183 6 days til winter solstice

Posted by: Don Black at December 15, 2023 08:41 AM (geLO8)

184 Is one brick on top of another in Gaza?

Yes?

Not finished.

Keep going.

Posted by: Minuteman at December 15, 2023 08:42 AM (LaNzR)

185 "Last month, researchers at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, discovered that two of the 35 screws that fasten the lid of the sample-return canister couldn’t be opened — blocking access to the remainder of the space rock."
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Just like the British ammo boxes at Isandlwana! [Allegedly.]

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 15, 2023 08:42 AM (krqg6)

186 170. Right Sponge. Wins 6 super Bowls, but what have you done for me lately.

Any conservative going to a NBA game is a fool

Posted by: Jonah at December 15, 2023 08:42 AM (33nmr)

187 Turkish lawmaker's fate is a warning. A very public one. See, people complain that in our sophisticated age , there are no signs and portents. There it is. And Israel doing to palis what palis wanted to be done to Israel...another one.

Posted by: runner at December 15, 2023 08:42 AM (V13WU)

188
Any conservative going to a NBA game is a fool
Posted by: Jonah at December 15, 2023 08:42 AM (33nmr)

No worries there. Mark Cuban owns the Mavericks and I'm in the DFW area. I won't give that f*ck a DIME of my hard earned money. EVER. He can EABOIDD.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:43 AM (Zz0t1)

189 Ted Cruz is a POS

Posted by: Jonah at December 15, 2023 08:44 AM (33nmr)

190 The Trump survey is interesting. Makes one think that all the rosy polls with Trump so far ahead of Biden are fake.

Posted by: runner at December 15, 2023 08:44 AM (V13WU)

191 6 days til winter solstice
Posted by: Don Black at December 15, 2023 08:41 AM

YAY!

Then the daylight time gets longer again.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:44 AM (Zz0t1)

192 My tummy hurts now. It used to be that the only place on this site one could run into a "Rothko" was the Art Thread. Now, JJ has brought this malevolence to the Morning Report. Good thing I have some Promethazine on hand. Otherwise, a fine MR.

Posted by: Art Cretin at December 15, 2023 08:44 AM (83IzV)

193
You don't have too far downriver to find someone hitting the sauce early in the day.

:: Laughs' ::

Posted by: Wuhan Institute of Virology at December 15, 2023 08:45 AM (enJYY)

194 Any conservative going to a NBA game is a fool

Or NFL, or MLB, etc etc

Though in the case of the NBA the game is so fixed how can people enjoy it anyway?

Posted by: 18-1 at December 15, 2023 08:45 AM (XqcwY)

195 EABOIDD?

Eat
A
Bag
of
Infected/infested?
Donkey?
Dicks

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 08:45 AM (zZu0s)

196 Any further word on the White House Intern Foreign Policy Plan?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 15, 2023 08:45 AM (Ygpo7)

197 Every American owes it to their country to sacrifice their civil liberties on the altar of the State.

Opponents of our unaccountable electric panopticon are quislings who don't even think they should be enslaved by faceless, heartless bureaucrats to pay for my campaigns, or for Hunter Biden's outré lifestyle, or Mitt Romney's cloth-of-gold ritual undergarments, or DC's bottomless sluice of foreign childmeat. Those are the Blessings of Liberty that define Our Sacred Democracy.

All of them should be shot. Right in front of me, of course, but not before they pay for my oil drums of execution-grade jackoff lotion as restitution for their crimes against eagles, apple pie, and football.

Somebody fetch me a catamite. In American flag body paint. I'm feeling super patriotic right now.

Posted by: Lindsey Graham at December 15, 2023 08:45 AM (0FoWg)

198 If 47-48 of people think that Trump is a criminal, then it is not possible that these same people will vote for him.

Posted by: runner at December 15, 2023 08:46 AM (V13WU)

199 EABOIDD?

Eat
A
Bag
of
Infected/infested?
Donkey?
Dicks
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 08:45 AM (zZu0s)

DING DING DING!!!!!!

Someone get that man a CEEEgarr....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:46 AM (Zz0t1)

200 I go to Wrigley Field about once every two years. It is a mecca of the past, and Childhood memories.

But i still feel like a hypocrite going there

Posted by: Jonah at December 15, 2023 08:46 AM (33nmr)

201 Then the daylight time gets longer again.

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more time to plant crops ?

Posted by: runner at December 15, 2023 08:46 AM (V13WU)

202 “If President Trump is found guilty of crimes associated with attempting to overturn the 2020 election, do you think members of the media who also alleged that fraud tainted the election results should be criminally punished as well?”, ......” Fifty-seven percent (57%) of Democrats responded “yes,” compared to 43% of Republicans. . .
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43% of Republicans? WTF?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 15, 2023 08:47 AM (fs1hN)

203 I go to Wrigley Field about once every two years. It is a mecca of the past, and Childhood memories.

But i still feel like a hypocrite going there
Posted by: Jonah at December 15, 2023 08:46 AM (33nmr)

I can go to the STILL beautiful Ballpark in Arlington since they don't play baseball there anymore.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:47 AM (Zz0t1)

204 YAY!

Then the daylight time gets longer again.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:44 AM (Zz0t1)

Yeah, but the lengthening of the days goes so slowly, one does not even notice until mid-February.

Posted by: Darkness O'ershadows Me at December 15, 2023 08:47 AM (83IzV)

205 Boston mayor is loyal to Mao? Until white conservative men and Women , stop flocking into the cities for sporting events and concerts, nothing will change.
$16 for a beer, $600 dinners etc... all goes to the commie coffers
Posted by: Jonah at December 15, 2023 08:37 AM (33nmr)

Concur. Entertainment events (feetsball, baseKetball, music) in all large blue cities are like mini-Nuremberg rallies for the faithful smooth brained. Makes them feel loved and wanted and in the "In" crowd. Their lives are empty without them.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 15, 2023 08:47 AM (mQ8ar)

206
As the days' begin to lengthen the cold begins' to strengthen.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 15, 2023 08:47 AM (enJYY)

207 As an alternative to the NFL I saw clips from Lingerie League. While I suspect they are NOT giving their money to Woke Inc it is one of those things much better in theory then in practice.

Yes the women are in good shape, but football is a masculine thing so it just doesn't work. And no the quality of the football itself is not good.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 15, 2023 08:48 AM (XqcwY)

208 198. Runner, these are the people who voted against Trump in 2016 and 2020 anyways. 5% are too high to find the polling places

Posted by: Jonah at December 15, 2023 08:48 AM (33nmr)

209 Mark Zuckerberg building $100M Hawaii compound with massive underground bunker:

Zuckerberg has built a 6-foot wall around the compound and has all his contracted workers, no matter their level or involvement, sign NDAs regarding their work on the property, according to Wired.

http://tinyurl.com/ycxjmdpp

Posted by: redridinghood at December 15, 2023 08:48 AM (NpAcC)

210 ... Can you imagine the sick shit they have in their dossiers on all these freaks? ...
Posted by: Yudhishthira Florian Maria Hohenzollern von Schloengishugen, Liechtensteinian Usurper at December 15, 2023 08:38 AM (0FoWg)
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This is, I think, one of the reasons (if not the primary reason) we're in this mess. Those people know what they've done, so they have a good inkling of what's in their own dossiers. So the IC gets what it wants, and is in charge.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 08:39 AM (zxP/x)

I can’t decide what I believe… are the Lindsey Grahams of the world just grifters or did they do some stupid stuff years ago and are now blackmailed…. Or are they truly evil? Or (Occam’s Razor) are they just plain stupid?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 15, 2023 08:48 AM (9Tih0)

211
more time to plant crops ?
Posted by: runner at December 15, 2023 08:46 AM (V13WU)

Sounds like a lyric to a Cypress Hill song.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:48 AM (Zz0t1)

212 @ClownWorld_
2 hr
BREAKING: UKRAINE DEPUTY DETONATES GRENADE IN COUNCIL MEETING

http://tinyurl.com/373xv49v

Posted by: IrishEi at December 15, 2023 08:49 AM (nXhkX)

213 The blacks who work there, and the Salvation army Kettles, are getting pissed off

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I can't think of the last time I saw a bellringer in front of a store down here in the South. They've all but given up after their "you white people suck and you need to do better" training got leaked.

I bet their donations dropped like a rock after 2020.

Posted by: Nikki Haley's confirmed internet persona at December 15, 2023 08:49 AM (Jo9Ci)

214 Every American owes it to their country to sacrifice their civil liberties on the altar of the State.

Opponents of our unaccountable electric panopticon are quislings who don't even think they should be enslaved by faceless, heartless bureaucrats to pay for my campaigns, or for Hunter Biden's outré lifestyle, or Mitt Romney's cloth-of-gold ritual undergarments, or DC's bottomless sluice of foreign childmeat. Those are the Blessings of Liberty that define Our Sacred Democracy.

All of them should be shot. Right in front of me, of course, but not before they pay for my oil drums of execution-grade jackoff lotion as restitution for their crimes against eagles, apple pie, and football.

Somebody fetch me a catamite. In American flag body paint. I'm feeling super patriotic right now.
Posted by: Lindsey Graham at December 15, 2023 08:45 AM (0FoWg)
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Brutal, YD.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 08:49 AM (zxP/x)

215 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:47 AM (Zz0t1)

Where do the Texas Rangers play at now?

Posted by: dantesed at December 15, 2023 08:49 AM (88xKn)

216 Good morning, and thank you Mr Sefton for the [alarmingly sad] essay up top.

"...(though looking back, I realize that a number of inconvenient truths about Democrats and Leftists were left out of my social studies and history classes). ...

I'm probably a bit farther north of 29 than you, JJ, and I remember in high school being taught that the Nazis were left wing, and the Fascists were right wing. At least they got the Nazis right.

but I remember, even at that tender age, "What? how can that (fascistas being rightists) be? that makes no sense at all."

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at December 15, 2023 08:49 AM (Rbu5d)

217 Daniel Greenfield: "It’s the kind of 'attack on democracy' that Democrats love."

Oregon Dems Ban Republicans From Running for Office

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Can gulags and calls for the assassination of Republicans and white people be far behind?

Oh, nevermind ...

Posted by: ShainS -- CISA Cognitive Security Agent at December 15, 2023 08:49 AM (0ogfQ)

218
Yeah, but the lengthening of the days goes so slowly, one does not even notice until mid-February.
Posted by: Darkness O'ershadows Me at December 15, 2023 08:47 AM (83IzV)

Your point is valid, however the hope is there KNOWING the days are getting longer.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:49 AM (Zz0t1)

219 202. Who is the pollster? The LA Times?

Posted by: Jonah at December 15, 2023 08:49 AM (33nmr)

220 Graffiti at the site read: “Your org is dying … We’re going to find you, you’re on F—ing alert a–hole.” Parts of the menorah were thrown into the lake. By Wednesday evening, the local Jewish community was out in force at Lake Merritt in a show of defiance, with a parade of cars circling the lake — many with illuminated menorahs on the roofs of their cars. . . An interfaith gathering Wednesday night dedicated a new menorah in a statement of defiance against hate, according to The Messenger.

1. Set up overwatch.
2. Snipe any miscreants that try yo destroy the menorah.
3. Leave the bodies lay where thy land as a warning to all.

The old ways are ALWAYS the best ways.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 15, 2023 08:49 AM (GIBR7)

221 YAY!

Then the daylight time gets longer again.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:44 AM (Zz0t1)

Yeah, but the lengthening of the days goes so slowly, one does not even notice until mid-February.
Posted by: Darkness O'ershadows Me at December 15, 2023 08:47 AM (83IzV)

Then, it will be one hundred degrees for six months or more. Why would anyone want to rush that? Because there will be "it's too hot!" complaints. Enjoy the cool and darkness.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 15, 2023 08:49 AM (Angsy)

222 43% of Republicans? WTF?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 15, 2023 08:47 AM (fs1hN)

The questions are odd. People have trouble with If/Then statements in any setting.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 08:50 AM (zZu0s)

223
Concur. Entertainment events (feetsball, baseKetball, music) in all large blue cities are like mini-Nuremberg rallies for the faithful smooth brained.

Haven't gone to a voluntary event in my local blue shithole since pre-COVID.

And...when I have had to drive through it, it is now full of pot shops - guess you have to find the right opiate for the masses right?

Posted by: 18-1 at December 15, 2023 08:50 AM (XqcwY)

224 But again, people can see what they want to in polls, no matter what. And that's if the polls are even valid.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 08:50 AM (zZu0s)

225
Where do the Texas Rangers play at now?
Posted by: dantesed at December 15, 2023 08:49 AM (88xKn)

The new Globe Life Field right next door. They took the 'if you build it, they will come' to the extreme, building it and 2 years later, winning the World Series.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:50 AM (Zz0t1)

226 I think it's true that the IC has dirt on the politicos and uses it to leverage what they want.

Voting and elections won't change that.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 15, 2023 08:50 AM (Q4IgG)

227 I think a bunch of those responses about Trump's punishment for his alleged "crime" of challenging the obviously fraudulent election results (I mean, just read the recent study on voters admitting double votes, invalid mail-ins, and illegals voting!!) were meant as a joke. At least I hope no one is that malevolent and dumb.

Posted by: LASue at December 15, 2023 08:50 AM (YDB6U)

228 good morning! so that video with Ms Dupree - I don't see what Chris did that was so bad. he was kind to her and asked good questions. he reacted honestly to the things that she did say. it's ok.

so my daughter has TS - it is now subclinical, thankfully! you guys and her doctors are the only people who know. she never made words - just sounds. when under stress, it can still happen. it used to be I had to track that which was hard for both of us, but I've cut her loose from the neuros and I honestly dont' tell her anymore if I hear something. I don't think people notice. it's like a little cough, or a very small grunt.

pointing it out - which I literally had to do during therapy - makes her more aware which can be good and bad. I think it made her tic more but honestly she probably just grew out of it. or the therapy worked! lol I don't know. just glad she is better and I do feel for Ms Dupree being a lot worse than my kid ever was.

most with TS are male, so I appreciate this young lady showing that girls can also have TS. youth athletics helped us. she modeled herself after a TS-afflicted famous athlete and that took her up to college and success there!

Posted by: BlackOrchid, I meant to say at December 15, 2023 08:51 AM (AcWfM)

229
Then, it will be one hundred degrees for six months or more. Why would anyone want to rush that? Because there will be "it's too hot!" complaints. Enjoy the cool and darkness.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 15, 2023 08:49 AM (Angsy)

I LOVE Texas summers, other than my energy bill.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:51 AM (Zz0t1)

230 Then, it will be one hundred degrees for six months or more. Why would anyone want to rush that? Because there will be "it's too hot!" complaints. Enjoy the cool and darkness.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 15, 2023 08:49 AM (Angsy)

Definitely does not live in Wisconsin.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at December 15, 2023 08:51 AM (45fpk)

231 Summers here are ok. Not too bad. All other seasons are just wonderful.

Posted by: Yudhishthira Florian Maria Hohenzollern von Schloengishugen, Lichtensteinian Usurper at December 15, 2023 08:51 AM (0FoWg)

232 BREAKING: UKRAINE DEPUTY DETONATES GRENADE IN COUNCIL MEETING

Do we know why? Fragging his higher ups? Factions vying for power? Something else?

Posted by: 18-1 at December 15, 2023 08:52 AM (XqcwY)

233 Stupid spot for Zuckerberg. First place the Chinese will invade.

Zuckerberg and Bezos, will be the first ones on John And Sara Conner's hit list, in the future

Posted by: Jonah at December 15, 2023 08:52 AM (33nmr)

234 At least I hope no one is that malevolent and dumb.
Posted by: LASue at December 15, 2023 08:50 AM (YDB6U)

Sue ... I have bad news for you, ma'am.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 08:52 AM (zZu0s)

235 232 BREAKING: UKRAINE DEPUTY DETONATES GRENADE IN COUNCIL MEETING

Do we know why? Fragging his higher ups? Factions vying for power? Something else?
Posted by: 18-1 at December 15, 2023 08:52 AM (XqcwY)

*yells at assistant*
Where's my fucking popcorn?!

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 08:52 AM (zZu0s)

236 "For those expressing excitement about this as a positive development, be more cynical, please."
Hamas, Running Scared, Briefly Floated the Idea of Recognizing Israel

Taqqiya, writ large.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at December 15, 2023 08:52 AM (Rbu5d)

237 I can’t decide what I believe… are the Lindsey Grahams of the world just grifters or did they do some stupid stuff years ago and are now blackmailed…. Or are they truly evil? Or (Occam’s Razor) are they just plain stupid?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 15, 2023 08:48 AM (9Tih0)
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All of it, except it wasn't "stupid stuff years ago" but "evil stuff routinely." I think it's the basis of how the triangle of hate, fear and power works.

Once you reach a certain level, you *will* engage in evil. It's the price of admission. You know they do it, they know you do it. You have dirt on each other, and the IC has dirt on everyone. The factions keep each other in check through mutual blackmail and the IC rides herd on them all by guaranteeing destruction if any of them go too far in anything. I think Washington, DC (and most major corporate boardrooms and C-suites) is one gigantic mutual blackmail society.

Not that they aren't stupid - they are - but they're also evil. Do not attribute to stupidity *or* malice that which would be attributed to both.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 08:53 AM (zxP/x)

238 If 47-48 of people think that Trump is a criminal, then it is not possible that these same people will vote for him.
Posted by: runner at December 15, 2023 08:46 AM (V13WU)
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sure they will

Posted by: Buddy Cianci at December 15, 2023 08:53 AM (UlAse)

239 No mosquitos in TEX or AZ

Posted by: Jonah at December 15, 2023 08:53 AM (33nmr)

240 202. Who is the pollster? The LA Times?
Posted by: Jonah at December 15, 2023 08:49 AM (33nmr)

do you know how I know you did not read JJ's post ...??

Posted by: runner at December 15, 2023 08:53 AM (V13WU)

241
Do we know why? Fragging his higher ups? Factions vying for power? Something else?
Posted by: 18-1 at December 15, 2023 08:52 AM (XqcwY)

They cut him out of the US Tax Money boondoggle pie.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:53 AM (Zz0t1)

242 I LOVE Texas summers, other than my energy bill.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:51 AM (Zz0t1)

Favorite lesson: never wear a tank top in summer in west texas.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 08:53 AM (zZu0s)

243 I did make a follow up statement, as I'm sure exaggerations were a plenty. However, the ladies drink levitating off the tray table was a tell.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:37 AM (Zz0t1)

I understand, had a friend once tell of a time when he had to fly into Mexico City. His plane went alongside the destination runway at full speed and still a pretty good height, and suddenly the pilot did a 180, standing it on its wingtip in the air, and did a full crash dive towards the ground. Didn't start to pull out until he was less than 1,000 feet from the ground, and only really got leveled out as he plopped the wheels on the runway. Someone he knew told them that the pilot was some hotshot who was pissed he wasn't still in the Mexican Air Force, so he acted like his 737 was an F-16.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 15, 2023 08:54 AM (S6gqv)

244 No mosquitos in TEX or AZ
Posted by: Jonah at December 15, 2023 08:53 AM (33nmr)

This is most definitely NOT true.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:54 AM (Zz0t1)

245 239 No mosquitos in TEX or AZ
Posted by: Jonah at December 15, 2023 08:53 AM (33nmr)

Not too many puddles to spawn.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 08:54 AM (zZu0s)

246 This is most definitely NOT true.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:54 AM (Zz0t1)

Honestly, I don't remember too many bugs in El Paso.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 08:54 AM (zZu0s)

247 I LOVE Texas summers, other than my energy bill.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:51 AM (Zz0t1)

That's fine. I'm used to extreme heat for six plus months. I don't complain either way.

Definitely does not live in Wisconsin.
Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at December 15, 2023 08:51 AM (45fpk)

I like the desert.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 15, 2023 08:55 AM (Angsy)

248 239 No mosquitos in TEX or AZ
Posted by: Jonah at December 15, 2023 08:53 AM (33nmr)

You haven't been to Beaumont, I see.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 15, 2023 08:55 AM (S6gqv)

249
Favorite lesson: never wear a tank top in summer in west texas.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 08:53 AM (zZu0s)

It does not take the sun long to have it's way with your skin, no.....You have to work your way up to tank tops.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:55 AM (Zz0t1)

250 Buddy Cianci

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Stop throwing obscure references to me !!!

Posted by: runner at December 15, 2023 08:55 AM (V13WU)

251 The Trump survey is interesting. Makes one think that all the rosy polls with Trump so far ahead of Biden are fake.
Posted by: runner at December 15, 2023 08:44 AM (V13WU)
******
Yeah, I do not trust at all.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 15, 2023 08:55 AM (NpAcC)

252 "Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

John 11:25-26

Posted by: Marcus T at December 15, 2023 08:55 AM (xtg8y)

253 Who is the pollster on the Trump Criminality again?

Posted by: Jonah at December 15, 2023 08:55 AM (33nmr)

254 >> The Trump survey is interesting. Makes one think that all the rosy polls with Trump so far ahead of Biden are fake.

Rich Boris has been posting similar results for months. He's not on the left.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 15, 2023 08:55 AM (ZLI7S)

255 It does not take the sun long to have it's way with your skin, no.....You have to work your way up to tank tops.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:55 AM (Zz0t1)

Hard to sun tan a catcher's mitt.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 08:56 AM (zZu0s)

256 It depends on the metal used to make the screw.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:41 AM (Zz0t1)

Victor wrench then. Heat to red, let cool. Rince and repeat.

Next step would be Arc Lancing it.

Posted by: Reforger at December 15, 2023 08:56 AM (gu/L7)

257
Honestly, I don't remember too many bugs in El Paso.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 08:54 AM (zZu0s)

North and East Texas have plenty of the little bastards.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:56 AM (Zz0t1)

258 LOL! I think the best argument is that it really should only apply to the years from 600 - 800, beginning with the Gothic Wars in Italy and ending with Charlemagne beginning to restore some order. Those 2 centuries were truly dark. After that, as the peasant in Holy Grail said, It Got Better.
_____

A historian theorized that the 'dark ages' lasted so long due to muslims conquering North Africa allowing pirate activity in the Mediterranean which destroyed trade, other than the slave raids along the coastlines by same pirates. Seems plausible, but his contemporaries had an interest in blaming the Catholic church for said dark ages, so his theories didn't gain traction.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 15, 2023 08:56 AM (fs1hN)

259
I can’t decide what I believe… are the Lindsey Grahams of the world just grifters or did they do some stupid stuff years ago and are now blackmailed…. Or are they truly evil? Or (Occam’s Razor) are they just plain stupid?

I remember when the Republicans purged Roy Moore saying that this would only tell anyone with a skeleton in his closet that the FNM could and would destroy them if they didn't turn traitor on us.

In Moore's case the charges all turned out to be false except that he married a much younger woman (38 v 24). But it sent a really, really bad message anyway.

The rumor on why Sessions flaked, for example, is that there is a little Jeff out there he doesn't want people to know about and I suspect Miss Lindsey was captured early with pictures from his bedroom.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 15, 2023 08:56 AM (XqcwY)

260 Do we know why? Fragging his higher ups? Factions vying for power? Something else?
Posted by: 18-1 at December 15, 2023 08:52 AM (XqcwY)
~~~~~

I've been looking at the comments and can't find any clue. The perpetrator has been designated a "terrorist." Apparently there were three grenades. One report says three dead including the "terrorist," and 11 injured. Another says one dead and dozens injured.

Posted by: IrishEi at December 15, 2023 08:56 AM (nXhkX)

261 Zuck and the elites think they can destroy society with wars and pandemics, lock themselves up in their bunker and come out in a couple years to enjoy whats left of the world for themselves ... I don't think they have thought this one out enough. They might be in for a surprize... I mean haven't they seen Twilight Zone

Posted by: ET at December 15, 2023 08:56 AM (/nOVx)

262 232 BREAKING: UKRAINE DEPUTY DETONATES GRENADE IN COUNCIL MEETING

Do we know why? Fragging his higher ups? Factions vying for power? Something else?
Posted by: 18-1 at December 15, 2023 08:52 AM (XqcwY)

They told him that only people of color were invited to the Christmas party.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 15, 2023 08:56 AM (S6gqv)

263 I didn't look at the video apparently egregiously tasteless show at the WH. The conversation yesterday was enough. I did however look at some pictures of it from the Breibart article . It looks like the person in green who is of indeterminate gender is wearing some kind of huge purple cabbage thing on its head ,and the woman in blue leaning forward looks like she's about to catch a huge fish in het mouth. Yep; That just screams out "Christmas". I'm guessing that it's possible that Jill Biden didn't even choose it. Some flunky picked it out because it's diverse and the dance company had the correct political messages and Jill nodded her head and said "O. K. Sounds great."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 15, 2023 08:56 AM (VBbMf)

264 Mosquitos in TX are the size of ravens !!

No? Maybe they were horse flies ....

Posted by: runner at December 15, 2023 08:57 AM (V13WU)

265 237 Not that they aren't stupid - they are - but they're also evil. Do not attribute to stupidity *or* malice that which would be attributed to both.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 08:53 AM (zxP/x)

People always forget that you don't have to be a Mastermind to be vicious.

Posted by: XTC at December 15, 2023 08:57 AM (sm6Pk)

266 Wolf is no longer with the DOJ and left her post weeks ago, Fox News first reported."

To spend more time with her family, I betcha.
Yeah.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at December 15, 2023 08:57 AM (Rbu5d)

267 North and East Texas have plenty of the little bastards.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:56 AM (Zz0t1)

Houston was a completely different story. Like Louisiana without the charm.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 08:57 AM (zZu0s)

268 248. None in Phoenix Tom. Mosquitos have their own Congressional seat in Hellinois

Posted by: Jonah at December 15, 2023 08:57 AM (33nmr)

269 "Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

John 11:25-26

Posted by: Marcus T at December 15, 2023 08:55 AM (xtg8y)

The answer for us all, followed by the question for us all. Thank you Marcus.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at December 15, 2023 08:57 AM (45fpk)

270 I never watch the NBA anymore but back in MJ’s heyday I was a huge Bulls fan. When Jordan retired (the 2nd time in 199

that was kinda it for me… though I’d watch the finals most every June…. Then stopped doing that around 2017. Anyway despite my lack of interest I do see the headlines and I’ll admit to some schaudenfreude regarding Draymond Green who plays for the Warriors…. He’s constantly getting in trouble. He finally punched another player recently and is now suspended “indefinitely”…. All these people who’ve made excuses for his thuggish behavior are eating crow now…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 15, 2023 08:58 AM (9Tih0)

271 I understand, had a friend once tell of a time when he had to fly into Mexico City. His plane went alongside the destination runway at full speed and still a pretty good height, and suddenly the pilot did a 180, standing it on its wingtip in the air, and did a full crash dive towards the ground. ..
Posted by: Tom Servo

--

Speaking of, if any Morons are around or traveling to or through Asheville, avoid I26.

"ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WSPA) – The North Carolina Department of Transportation said all lanes in both directions of Interstate 26 are closed following a plane crash Thursday night near Asheville."

http://tinyurl.com/yrasydvj

All lanes, all day.

Posted by: Nikki Haley's confirmed internet persona at December 15, 2023 08:58 AM (qZ7rd)

272
In Moore's case the charges all turned out to be false except that he married a much younger woman (38 v 24). But it sent a really, really bad message anyway.

"What?!?"

- - - - - Tony Randall, Morgan Freeman and Al Pacino

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:58 AM (Zz0t1)

273 sure they will

Posted by: Buddy Cianci at December 15, 2023 08:53 AM (UlAse)

In 2022 I noticed a Republican almost won a House election in RI. RHODE ISLAND.

But remember the voters turned against Republicans because they were mad about abortion or something. Because Rhode Island isn't one of the most pro-abortion places in America. Right?

Posted by: 18-1 at December 15, 2023 08:58 AM (XqcwY)

274 I suspect Miss Lindsey was captured early with pictures from his bedroom.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 15, 2023 08:56 AM (XqcwY)

Those probably made the photos of Andrew Gillum's hotel room look like a surgical OR.

Posted by: Yudhishthira Florian Maria Hohenzollern von Schloengishugen, Lichtensteinian Usurper at December 15, 2023 08:58 AM (0FoWg)

275 Just lurking over your 10000 foot plunge in five seconds, to see if your "decent" morphs into "dissent." It's like a sitcom and you can't change the channel.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 15, 2023 08:41 AM (FCs/J)
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You have to quiet your inner grammar nazi at AoS. Ace can't spell.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 15, 2023 08:59 AM (RIvkX)

276 ... Someone he knew told them that the pilot was some hotshot who was pissed he wasn't still in the Mexican Air Force, so he acted like his 737 was an F-16.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 15, 2023 08:54 AM (S6gqv)
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Oy. The only truly frightening air experience I've ever had was a flight to Orlando on Northwest Airlines back when it was a thing. We got started 20 minutes later and the the pilot burned a *lot* of fuel making up for lost time. That combined with favorable wind put us into Orlando's airspace about 15 minutes ahead of schedule. During a thuderstorm.

We circled for 45 minutes until the weather cleared, and the pilot was clearly frustrated. He put us down fast and hard and braked quickly. On our way off the plane, the guy in front of me told the pilot (this was also back when they'd get out and say goodbye to the passengers as they disembarked), "nice carrier landing." The pilot replied, "I used to be Navy."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 08:59 AM (zxP/x)

277
Houston was a completely different story. Like Louisiana without the charm.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 08:57 AM (zZu0s)

With this, I will not argue.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 08:59 AM (Zz0t1)

278 259. Sessions was vetted as a Federal Judge. He had a brutal confimation hearing before he was a senator. Ifhe had a skeleton, dems would have found it.

I think he was a deer in headlights

Posted by: Jonah at December 15, 2023 09:00 AM (33nmr)

279 No mosquitos in TEX or AZ
Posted by: Jonah at December 15, 2023 08:53 AM (33nmr)

You haven't been to Beaumont, I see.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 15, 2023 08:55 AM (S6gqv)
*******
Texas is in the top ten for heart worm cases in dogs

Posted by: redridinghood at December 15, 2023 09:00 AM (NpAcC)

280 BREAKING: UKRAINE DEPUTY DETONATES GRENADE IN COUNCIL MEETING

Do we know why? Fragging his higher ups? Factions vying for power? Something else?
Posted by: 18-1 at December 15, 2023 08:52 AM (XqcwY)

*yells at assistant*
Where's my fucking popcorn?!
Posted by: Aetius451AD

*snort

Posted by: rickb223 at December 15, 2023 09:00 AM (GIBR7)

281 "Albert Hunt is urging the [so-called quote-unquote "president"] not to run for reelection."
If Biden Loves His Son, He Should Resign

Seems to me, that if Hunter loves his father, then he should comply with the congressional subpoena. If Joe wasn't involved, then what's the issue? Just tell the truth [ed.: HA] Hunter, and all will be well. right? RIGHT? //s

And Swalwell is a putz.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at December 15, 2023 09:00 AM (Rbu5d)

282 I've been looking at the comments and can't find any clue. The perpetrator has been designated a "terrorist." Apparently there were three grenades. One report says three dead including the "terrorist," and 11 injured. Another says one dead and dozens injured.

The people in the meeting don't seem surprised to see the guy - so I'm guessing he is some government minister of some type not a "terrorist".

I have to imagine at least 3 people died with him throwing grenades right at their feet.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 15, 2023 09:00 AM (XqcwY)

283 In Moore's case the charges all turned out to be false except that he married a much younger woman (38 v 24).

-

I'll just leave this here for anyone who is keeping up at home. MSN:

"Leonardo DiCaprio proves 25-year-old girlfriend is keeping him young after turning 49"

http://tinyurl.com/ylaknlhh

Posted by: Nikki Haley's confirmed internet persona at December 15, 2023 09:01 AM (qZ7rd)

284 Those probably made the photos of Andrew Gillum's hotel room look like a surgical OR.
Posted by: Yudhishthira Florian Maria Hohenzollern von Schloengishugen, Lichtensteinian Usurper at December 15, 2023 08:58 AM (0FoWg)
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Dude.

Some people have breakfast. This is an unkind thing to post so early.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 09:01 AM (zxP/x)

285 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

Frozen SOLID !

Posted by: JT at December 15, 2023 09:01 AM (T4tVD)

286 "Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at December 15, 2023 08:57 AM (45fpk)"

Amen grammie.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 15, 2023 09:01 AM (xtg8y)

287 BREAKING: UKRAINE DEPUTY DETONATES GRENADE IN COUNCIL MEETING

-

(lays $20 on table)

He was cut out of a deal.

Posted by: Nikki Haley's confirmed internet persona at December 15, 2023 09:02 AM (qZ7rd)

288 Rasmussen was sold, and is center left right? Who is Heartland Associates?

Posted by: Jonah at December 15, 2023 09:02 AM (33nmr)

289 ... In Moore's case the charges all turned out to be false except that he married a much younger woman (38 v 24). But it sent a really, really bad message anyway. ...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 15, 2023 08:56 AM (XqcwY)
++++
That used to be called, "doing well."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 09:02 AM (zxP/x)

290 TX has yuuge skeeters. And cockroaches you can throw a saddle on and ride around.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 15, 2023 09:02 AM (R4t5M)

291 ===
You have to quiet your inner grammar nazi at AoS. Ace can't spell.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 15, 2023 08:59 AM (RIvkX)

Some really need to find better things to do with their time.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 09:02 AM (Zz0t1)

292 Three grenades? I guess he was really mad.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 09:02 AM (zZu0s)

293 I see Ukraine in any post, and ignore. Not interested. Zalensky is a deep state grifter

Posted by: Jonah at December 15, 2023 09:03 AM (33nmr)

294 290 TX has yuuge skeeters. And cockroaches you can throw a saddle on and ride around.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 15, 2023 09:02 AM (R4t5M)

Scorpions. Fire Ants.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 09:03 AM (zZu0s)

295 290 TX has yuuge skeeters. And cockroaches you can throw a saddle on and ride around.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 15, 2023 09:02 AM (R4t5M)

And my former roommate, who in 2020 morphed into a psychotic Covidian asshole.

Posted by: XTC at December 15, 2023 09:03 AM (sm6Pk)

296 293 I see Ukraine in any post, and ignore. Not interested. Zalensky is a deep state grifter
Posted by: Jonah at December 15, 2023 09:03 AM (33nmr)

Yeah, but this involves fun stuff.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 09:03 AM (zZu0s)

297 Today is the last day of Chanukah so chag sameach dear morons.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 15, 2023 09:03 AM (RIvkX)

298 BREAKING: UKRAINE DEPUTY DETONATES GRENADE IN COUNCIL MEETING
http://tinyurl.com/373xv49v
Posted by: IrishEi at December 15, 2023 08:49 AM (nXhkX)

Good. More Please.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 15, 2023 09:04 AM (mQ8ar)

299 Posted by: Lindsey Graham at December 15, 2023 08:45 AM (0FoWg)
-----
It's written F-A-G but it's pronounced F0Wg.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 15, 2023 09:04 AM (krqg6)

300 And my former roommate, who in 2020 morphed into a psychotic Covidian asshole.
Posted by: XTC at December 15, 2023 09:03 AM (sm6Pk)

Bth. *shakes head sadly*

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 09:04 AM (zZu0s)

301 "Harvard forces Jewish student group to ‘hide’ menorah at night for fear of vandalism: rabbi"

in the NY Post

Posted by: BlackOrchid, I meant to say at December 15, 2023 09:04 AM (AcWfM)

302 Fire ants and water moccasins are fun to deal with right after floods.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 15, 2023 09:04 AM (R4t5M)

303 >>Albert Hunt is urging the [so-called quote-unquote "president"] not to run for reelection."
If Biden Loves His Son, He Should Resign

Lefty after lefty is coming out and asking Biden to not run again including Obama's mouthpiece Axelrod. The country is a mess, inflation is crushing people, we are 30+ trillion in debt, involved in 2 proxy wars and Joe is on the verge of being impeached for crimes we all know about and half the country believes the 2020 election was rigged.

Why is it so hard to believe Trump is beating Biden like a rented mule?

Posted by: JackStraw at December 15, 2023 09:04 AM (ZLI7S)

304 It's written F-A-G but it's pronounced F0Wg.
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 15, 2023 09:04 AM (krqg6)
++++
Given his bloodlust for military adventurism, could he be described as the "F0wg of war?"

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 09:05 AM (zxP/x)

305 Dude.

Some people have breakfast. This is an unkind thing to post so early.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 09:01 AM (zxP/x)

Ladybugs.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 09:05 AM (zZu0s)

306 TikTok’s Massive Lobbying and Influence Operation Has Derailed Efforts to Ban the Chinese Spy App

I've seen ads on YT stating "Join TikTok in the New Year" (or something similar). I thought it interesting that it said "JOIN" TT.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at December 15, 2023 09:05 AM (Rbu5d)

307 Biggest Roach ever saw was in Tucson at a vacation rental. We were told to leave a light on always in the Kitchen and forgot. Like a bad 50's movie

Posted by: Jonah at December 15, 2023 09:05 AM (33nmr)

308 Who is Heartland Associates?
Posted by: Jonah at December 15, 2023 09:02 AM (33nmr)

*Channels Zod

You will listen to JJ' and CBD weekend podcast and find out .

Posted by: runner at December 15, 2023 09:05 AM (V13WU)

309 301 "Harvard forces Jewish student group to ‘hide’ menorah at night for fear of vandalism: rabbi"

in the NY Post
Posted by: BlackOrchid, I meant to say at December 15, 2023 09:04 AM (AcWfM)

Maybe they could hide in an attic somewhere?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 09:05 AM (zZu0s)

310 ... In Moore's case the charges all turned out to be false except that he married a much younger woman (38 v 24). But it sent a really, really bad message anyway. ...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 15, 2023 08:56 AM (XqcwY)
++++
That used to be called, "doing well."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 09:02 AM (zxP/x)

-----------

Exactly. One of the driving motivators in working your ass off while young to acquire wealth: the trophy wife.

Posted by: ShainS -- CISA Cognitive Security Agent at December 15, 2023 09:05 AM (0ogfQ)

311 >>A combined 18% of Democrats believe Trump should be imprisoned for life, permanently exiled, or put to death, compared to a combined 3% of Republicans.

WHY?!?!?!

I get it -- he can be abrasive and cringey, vulgar and mean, but put in prison until he dies, for *that*?!?!?.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 15, 2023 09:06 AM (izj35)

312 "Leonardo DiCaprio proves 25-year-old girlfriend is keeping him young after turning 49"

I have seen this pisses AWFL types a lot in general.

Leo hasn't stepped off the lefty plantation politically but AWFLs hate hate hate him for dating younger women. And if you ask them why he does it the answers are...amazing.

"He's afraid of a mature woman!"
"He's a pedophile!"
"He's immature!"

Posted by: 18-1 at December 15, 2023 09:06 AM (XqcwY)

313 Albert Hunt is a commie too.

Posted by: Jonah at December 15, 2023 09:06 AM (33nmr)

314 BREAKING: UKRAINE DEPUTY DETONATES GRENADE IN COUNCIL MEETING

Do we know why? Fragging his higher ups? Factions vying for power? Something else?
Posted by: 18-1 at December 15, 2023 08:52 AM (XqcwY)
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What happened to the days when people would drop rhetorical grenades in a council meeting?

Now they do it literally...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 15, 2023 09:06 AM (7fElN)

315 Biggest Roach ever saw was in Tucson at a vacation rental. We were told to leave a light on always in the Kitchen and forgot. Like a bad 50's movie
Posted by: Jonah at December 15, 2023 09:05 AM (33nmr)
++++
Gas station in Missouri. I think they were migrating. At first glance, the fuel island looked like tarmac - like any other. Then you open the door to get out and realize that the tarmac is *moving.* A sea of huge cockroaches marching along.

The stuff nightmares are made of.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 09:06 AM (zxP/x)

316 I lived in SoCal for decades where the weather is, in a word, perfect. Now in Texas I don’t mind the summer heat; it’s not optimal I admit for my favorite exercise of jogging. But I go jog anyway even if it’s 105 and yes it feels quite hot but I just go slow and bring some Gatorade along….. I much prefer 105 to 5 below….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 15, 2023 09:06 AM (9Tih0)

317
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 15, 2023 09:07 AM (bEb2S)

318 I do not care about Leonard DeVapidio. I don't even think I've ever seen him in a movie.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 15, 2023 09:07 AM (UbL19)

319 Leo is Mr Private Jet

Posted by: Jonah at December 15, 2023 09:07 AM (33nmr)

320
It looks like the person in green who is of indeterminate gender is wearing some kind of huge purple cabbage thing on its head ,and the woman in blue leaning forward looks like she's about to catch a huge fish in het mouth. Yep; That just screams out "Christmas".

The reason for the season, it is.

Posted by: Yoda at December 15, 2023 09:07 AM (enJYY)

321 Maybe they could hide in an attic somewhere?

==

Harvard - Old and busted : 2023
Harvard - New hotness : 1943

Posted by: runner at December 15, 2023 09:07 AM (V13WU)

322 Has Babysitter Doktor Dr. Jill ever presented, worn, or said anything that WASN'T cringeworthy?

Posted by: Drawing a Blank at December 15, 2023 09:07 AM (83IzV)

323 Oakland missed a big opportunity to throw in with the Hell's Angels in the sixties. Obviously, they chose poorly.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 15, 2023 09:07 AM (LVNnd)

324 >>A combined 18% of Democrats believe Trump should be imprisoned for life, permanently exiled, or put to death, compared to a combined 3% of Republicans.

Did anyone ask the obvious follow-up question -- do they believe this should also be done to his supporters?
J6 prisoners indicate the answer is "yes."

Posted by: Lizzy at December 15, 2023 09:08 AM (izj35)

325 Harvard - Old and busted : 2023
Harvard - New hotness : 1943
Posted by: runner at December 15, 2023 09:07 AM (V13WU)
++++
In 1943, Harvard - like the rest of the elite academic institutions - was all-in on the war effort. For our side, I mean.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 09:08 AM (zxP/x)

326 Why is it so hard to believe Trump is beating Biden like a rented mule?

Trump beat Biden, in terms of actual votes from living American citizens in 2020, when you could make a MUCH stronger argument for Biden then now (as you point out).

The problem of course is what is the upper limit in the fraud that could be used to "re-elect" Joe Biden.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 15, 2023 09:08 AM (XqcwY)

327 Leo's was good in the Departed and Once upon a time in Hollywood, because he played semo conservative characters.

All else i shit. Rabid Enviro idiot

Posted by: Jonah at December 15, 2023 09:09 AM (33nmr)

328 Gas station in Missouri. I think they were migrating. At first glance, the fuel island looked like tarmac - like any other. Then you open the door to get out and realize that the tarmac is *moving.* A sea of huge cockroaches marching along.

The stuff nightmares are made of.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 09:06 AM (zxP/x)
---
That's when you start the pump, pour gasoline over the mass of roaches, then walk away and toss a match from afar...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 15, 2023 09:09 AM (7fElN)

329 The problem of course is what is the upper limit in the fraud that could be used to "re-elect" Joe Biden.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 15, 2023 09:08 AM (XqcwY)

That wasn't fraud, that was a coup.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 09:09 AM (zZu0s)

330 Thanks Marcus…. He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life…

Posted by: tubal at December 15, 2023 09:09 AM (PCK5/)

331 Here in my little rural community some 7,000 miles from Jerusalem a rally was held last night voicing support for Israel and the Jewish people. No chanting, no signs, no counter-demonstrators. Surrounded by the downtown area's brightly lit Christmas decorations a group of about a hundred with several Israelis flags in hand calmly listened to several local clergy speak out firmly, denouncing antisemitism and the crimes of Hamas. One police officer stood at the periphery with not much to do. I was heartened to see this. Jews and Christians side by side. I said a silent prayer for Israel and Jews worldwide.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 15, 2023 09:09 AM (991eG)

332 Jeebus J.J., that image up top is gonna give me Felliniesque "8 1/2"-like nightmares.

Posted by: ShainS -- CISA Cognitive Security Agent at December 15, 2023 09:09 AM (0ogfQ)

333 Ohio Bill Banning Trans Surgeries On Kids Heads To Governor’s Desk
_____

...to be overturned by the state courts because it violates the language of Issue 1, just passed, stupidly, by the voters.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 15, 2023 09:10 AM (fs1hN)

334 Tom Elliott
@tomselliott

MSNBC's
@MilesTaylorUSA
: If elected, Trump may "turn off the Internet."

http://tinyurl.com/53p9pubu

Posted by: redridinghood at December 15, 2023 09:10 AM (NpAcC)

335 There should be roach olympics. Say the Puerto Rican champ squares off against the India champ.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 15, 2023 09:10 AM (R4t5M)

336 He put us down fast and hard and braked quickly. On our way off the plane, the guy in front of me told the pilot (this was also back when they'd get out and say goodbye to the passengers as they disembarked), "nice carrier landing." The pilot replied, "I used to be Navy."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 08:59 AM (zxP/x)

damn! I remember an Air Midwest landing years ago where he small jet bounced from left wheel to right wheel 3 or 4 times before it settled down. Worst ever was what was looking like a perfect landing on a perfect day on Braniff, landing in Phoenix. Beautiful day, nice descent, I'm looking at the windows at the houses getting closer. Now I can the cars, now I can see people on innertubes in their swimming pools waving at us, now the tires are getting close to the tree tops - where's the damn runway? And then I feel the pilot slam every engine to full throttle - shit, shit, shit. Skim the housetops for way too long, then the tires barely clear the runway fence, and hit the concrete runway about 2 feet after it starts. Oh you asshole.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 15, 2023 09:10 AM (S6gqv)

337 The reason for the season, it is.

LOL. They're going to have winter cabbage and largemouth bass for Christmas dinner?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 15, 2023 09:11 AM (UbL19)

338 The problem of course is what is the upper limit in the fraud that could be used to "re-elect" Joe Biden.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 15, 2023 09:08 AM (XqcwY)
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There is no limit. If they "win" they will use every power at their disposal to jail/kill any dissenters. If they lose, they know that the bill is coming due for their shenanigans. Therefore, they MUST "win" at any cost, by any means necessary. It's for ALL the marbles this time.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 15, 2023 09:11 AM (7fElN)

339 The Satanic Temple announced the club on Tuesday. The organization claimed that it offers a “non-theistic religion” with Satan present as a metaphorical literary figure, and that its after-school clubs don’t attempt to convert children to any religious ideology."

More taqqiya from satan's spawjn.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at December 15, 2023 09:11 AM (Rbu5d)

340 Leo's was good in the Departed and Once upon a time in Hollywood, because he played semo conservative characters.

Leo learned to act about half way through his career.

He started off a pretty boy (supposedly servicing David Geffen at the time) and most of his early work was from that not any sort of ability.

And speaking of Geffen I see at 80 he "married" his 30 year old boyfriend. Note...unlike Leo or Roy Moore though this is ok...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 15, 2023 09:11 AM (XqcwY)

341 In 1943, Harvard - like the rest of the elite academic institutions - was all-in on the war effort. For our side, I mean.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 09:08 AM (zxP/x)

the attic reference puts their sentiment in line with European one in 1943 , get it ????

Posted by: runner at December 15, 2023 09:11 AM (V13WU)

342 MSNBC's
@MilesTaylorUSA
: If elected, Trump may "turn off the Internet."

http://tinyurl.com/53p9pubu
Posted by: redridinghood at December 15, 2023 09:10 AM (NpAcC)

Ignoring the fact that the federal government has been censoring speech on social media heavily during the Biden Administration.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 09:11 AM (Zz0t1)

343 ... Now I can the cars, now I can see people on innertubes in their swimming pools waving at us, now the tires are getting close to the tree tops - where's the damn runway? And then I feel the pilot slam every engine to full throttle - shit, shit, shit. Skim the housetops for way too long, then the tires barely clear the runway fence, and hit the concrete runway about 2 feet after it starts. Oh you asshole.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 15, 2023 09:10 AM (S6gqv)
++++
Yowza. I hope your underwear survived!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 09:12 AM (zxP/x)

344 MSNBC's
@MilesTaylorUSA
: If elected, Trump may "turn off the Internet."

http://tinyurl.com/53p9pubu
Posted by: redridinghood at December 15, 2023 09:10 AM (NpAcC)

As opposed to Nikki Haley, who will prosecute anyone who doesn't give out their name and address on the internet.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 15, 2023 09:12 AM (S6gqv)

345 Leo hasn't stepped off the lefty plantation politically but AWFLs hate hate hate him for dating younger women. And if you ask them why he does it the answers are...amazing.

"He's afraid of a mature woman!"
"He's a pedophile!"
"He's immature!"

Posted by: 18-1

"He isn't dating me!"

Posted by: AWFLs at December 15, 2023 09:12 AM (SYTee)

346 >>One in five young people eligible to vote in the 2024 presidential election told pollsters they agreed with the statement “the Holocaust is a myth.” Nearly one-quarter agreed with the statement “the Holocaust has been exaggerated.”

Here's a theory on how this happened:
Push for decades for demographic displacement of higher IQ people with lower IQ people
Lie about everything in general
Constantly teach "you've been taught lies"
Notice that low IQ people default to general distrust of all information

"Wow, how did this happen?"
http://tinyurl.com/mryse889

Posted by: Lizzy at December 15, 2023 09:12 AM (izj35)

347 the attic reference puts their sentiment in line with European one in 1943 , get it ????
Posted by: runner at December 15, 2023 09:11 AM (V13WU)
++++
Yeah, I did after I posted.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 09:12 AM (zxP/x)

348 Posted by: Muldoon at December 15, 2023 09:09 AM (991eG)

Thanks for the bit of good news.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 15, 2023 09:12 AM (UbL19)

349 gnoring the fact that the federal government has been censoring speech on social media heavily during the Biden Administration.

===

not for them !

Posted by: runner at December 15, 2023 09:12 AM (V13WU)

350 damn! I remember an Air Midwest landing years ago where he small jet bounced from left wheel to right wheel 3 or 4 times before it settled down. Worst ever was what was looking like a perfect landing on a perfect day on Braniff, landing in Phoenix. Beautiful day, nice descent, I'm looking at the windows at the houses getting closer. Now I can the cars, now I can see people on innertubes in their swimming pools waving at us, now the tires are getting close to the tree tops - where's the damn runway? And then I feel the pilot slam every engine to full throttle - shit, shit, shit. Skim the housetops for way too long, then the tires barely clear the runway fence, and hit the concrete runway about 2 feet after it starts. Oh you asshole.
---------------
Had a similar landing with Air Aruba landing in Baltimore. Fucking scared the shit out of me.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 15, 2023 09:12 AM (LVNnd)

351 >>The problem of course is what is the upper limit in the fraud that could be used to "re-elect" Joe Biden.

Always has been. I think the left knows this as well which is why they are freaking out.

Trump never led in the RCP average of polls in 2020. Not once. He's now been leading for 3 months and expanding his lead including in all of the swing states that decided the 2020 election.

The question has always been can Trump get enough votes to make the cheat impossible.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 15, 2023 09:12 AM (ZLI7S)

352 Here's a theory on how this happened:
Push for decades for demographic displacement of higher IQ people with lower IQ people
Lie about everything in general
Constantly teach "you've been taught lies"
Notice that low IQ people default to general distrust of all information

Addition: been paying attention.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 09:13 AM (zZu0s)

353 God Bless Israel.

God Bless Donald Trump and his family.

Posted by: Danimal28 at December 15, 2023 09:14 AM (klw0w)

354 Universities didn't like Uncle Adolf after Operation Barbarossa. They liked Uncle Joe better. Then they were all behind our war effort.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 15, 2023 09:15 AM (R4t5M)

355 Y’all are making me nervous about flying for the holidays. Incompetent DEI pilots and air traffic controllers…. Show off pilots…. Jihadis looking to kill Americans at Christmas….. a little more tension than usual

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 15, 2023 09:15 AM (9Tih0)

356 Some really need to find better things to do with their time.

You are corn-holing your mother tongue in front of the whole class. Every word you post in that format is a clown act.
We are well entertained. That's a great use of time.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 15, 2023 09:15 AM (FCs/J)

357 >>"He's afraid of a mature woman!"
"He's a pedophile!"
"He's immature!"

BECAUSE HE CAN!

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at December 15, 2023 09:15 AM (izj35)

358 Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_

There has been little acknowledgment of the mass asylum fraud taking place at the border. You’ll find discarded & torn up documents all over the ground, including MX humanitarian visas used to get to the border, mixed in w/ cartel wristbands. The migrants will tell you - on camera - they are here for economic opportunity. That does not qualify for asylum under US law. Still, the false narrative exists that the masses of people crossing the border illegally are “asylum seekers”. Are some of them? Absolutely. But the overwhelming majority are coming for economic reasons, and fraudulent asylum claims only further clog the system and make it more difficult for *legitimate* asylum seekers. These are some photos I’ve taken over the years.

http://tinyurl.com/mr264hbn

Posted by: redridinghood at December 15, 2023 09:15 AM (NpAcC)

359 From the linked article (Snow White):
Zegler made it clear that she thinks the classic is “extremely dated when it comes to the ideas of women being in roles of power and what a woman is fit for in the world.” She promised that “[w]hen we came to reimagining the actual role of Snow White, it became about ‘the fairest of them all’ meaning who is most just, and who can become a fantastic leader.”

Just like those three wymyn college presidents showed last week! Totes fantastic.
[hysterical laughter]

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at December 15, 2023 09:16 AM (Rbu5d)

360 >>MSNBC's
@MilesTaylorUSA
: If elected, Trump may "turn off the Internet."

Sure. The guy with his own social media company that famously got elected by going around the media and using social media to get elected the first time is going to turn off the internet.

The fear on the left is escalating.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 15, 2023 09:16 AM (ZLI7S)

361 355 Y’all are making me nervous about flying for the holidays. Incompetent DEI pilots and air traffic controllers…. Show off pilots…. Jihadis looking to kill Americans at Christmas….. a little more tension than usual
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 15, 2023 09:15 AM (9Tih0)

I will not fly these days unless I absolutely have to (like say- out of the continental US.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 09:16 AM (zZu0s)

362 And speaking of Geffen I see at 80 he "married" his 30 year old boyfriend. Note...unlike Leo or Roy Moore though this is ok...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 15, 2023 09:11 AM (XqcwY)

David Geffen is a nasty old sodomite worth about 10 billion dollars.

It pays to be a nasty old sodomite today.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 15, 2023 09:16 AM (mQ8ar)

363 Someone he knew told them that the pilot was some hotshot who was pissed he wasn't still in the Mexican Air Force, so he acted like his 737 was an F-16.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 15, 2023 08:54 AM (S6gqv),

Flying the small regional jets frequently, i have had a few pilots who OBVIOUSLY just got out of the navy. they all treat the runway like a flight deck and are still aiming for the #3 wire....

Posted by: SturmToddler at December 15, 2023 09:16 AM (bving)

364 "He's afraid of a mature woman!"
"He's a pedophile!"
"He's immature!"

Posted by: 18-1

"He isn't dating me!"
Posted by: AWFLs at December 15, 2023 09:12 AM (SYTee)

Echoes of AOC claiming anyone criticizing her just wants to date her…. 🙄

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 15, 2023 09:17 AM (9Tih0)

365 There is no limit. If they "win" they will use every power at their disposal to jail/kill any dissenters. If they lose, they know that the bill is coming due for their shenanigans. Therefore, they MUST "win" at any cost, by any means necessary. It's for ALL the marbles this time.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 15, 2023 09:11 AM (7fElN)
++++
The "limit" used to be called the "margin of fraud." Was generally understood to mean, "the degree of fraud possible while maintaining the ability to argue legitimacy." It was usually - as far as I can tell - assumed to be around 3% of the total vote. You could steal that much while retaining deniability, but not much if any more. Thus to win, you had to "beat the margin of fraud" and win by more than comfortable real margins to eke out a near thing.

But what happens if the assumption is poorly predicated? That, is what changes if they no longer care about deniability or being able to credibly argue legitimacy? If that is the case - and after 2020, it appears that it is - then the "margin of fraud" is in fact not 3%, but undefined. Recalibrating it is pointless, because the predicate assumption was wrong. It's null.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 09:17 AM (zxP/x)

366 Tales from gaza, Friday morning edition:

"Dolls and recorded crying: IDF soldiers discover advanced IED trap

As part of the searches conducted by reservists in the Gaza Strip, soldiers found a widespread decoy attempt intended to draw them into a Hamas tunnel network.

The attempt included loudspeakers attached to dolls and children's backpacks found near the tunnel entrance.

The same attempt led through several civilian buildings, including a school, pharmacy, and mosque, and centered around a Hamas command center. The command center included cameras that had been connected to the pharmacy's electrical grid.

Antitank missile positions and surveillance posts, as well as an IED trap intended to attack IDF forces, were also found in the area.."

Posted by: runner at December 15, 2023 09:17 AM (V13WU)

367 When I read about the Zuckerbergs of the world buying properties in Hawaii, New Zealand and such and building bunkers, it always reminds me of Rev 6:12-17, Isaiah 2:19, Matt 24:29-31 and others.
And morning grammie if still around.

Posted by: Teej at December 15, 2023 09:17 AM (DW2aF)

368 354 Universities didn't like Uncle Adolf after Operation Barbarossa. They liked Uncle Joe better. Then they were all behind our war effort.
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Hitler should have declared war on Japan in December 1941. Imagine the difficulties this would have had on British, American and Soviet narratives?

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 15, 2023 09:17 AM (LVNnd)

369 "330 Thanks Marcus…. He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life…
Posted by: tubal at December 15, 2023 09:09 AM (PCK5/)"

Amen.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 15, 2023 09:17 AM (xtg8y)

370 Good morning Teej. Still here for now but leaving soon for chores. Why are there always chores?

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at December 15, 2023 09:18 AM (45fpk)

371 > If elected, Trump may "turn off the Internet."
____________

The fear of a Trump run will likely result in the left turning off the Internet first.

*Change My Mind*

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 15, 2023 09:18 AM (Q4IgG)

372 IIRC DiCaprio dies in some of his movies

drowns, shot in the head, eaten by a bear

Posted by: Don Black at December 15, 2023 09:19 AM (geLO8)

373 Morning everyone, thx JJ. Does Sullivan suggest that Israel use harsh language? They keep saying Israel is becoming isolated. Better than dead

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 15, 2023 09:20 AM (IZPBd)

374 Joe Kennedy loved him some Adolph Hitler. As did more than a few State Dept. officials and other "elites".

They've been scum for a long time.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 15, 2023 09:20 AM (R4t5M)

375 ... As part of the searches conducted by reservists in the Gaza Strip, soldiers found a widespread decoy attempt intended to draw them into a Hamas tunnel network.

The attempt included loudspeakers attached to dolls and children's backpacks found near the tunnel entrance. ...
Posted by: runner at December 15, 2023 09:17 AM (V13WU)
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If Israel is indiscriminately slaughtering people without compunction, then why is Hamas setting these kinds of traps? These kinds of traps don't work if your enemy is just icing everything that moves without care or concern...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 09:21 AM (zxP/x)

376 296 293 I see Ukraine in any post, and ignore. Not interested. Zalensky is a deep state grifter
Posted by: Jonah at December 15, 2023 09:03 AM (33nmr)

Yeah, but this involves fun stuff.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 09:03 AM (zZu0s)

One of the most amusing stories on Twitter was a post by The Sun (the British media outlet) showing what they said were Israeli tanks firing on civilian targets. Nice action video - except that there was 12 inches of snow on the ground and the clip was obviously from Ukraine. No one told The Sun that it isn't snowing in Israel.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 15, 2023 09:21 AM (S6gqv)

377 Ignoring the fact that the federal government has been censoring speech on social media heavily during the Biden Administration.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 15, 2023 09:11 AM (Zz0t1)
*****
The MSM is just trying to scare people into not voting for Trump. I fully expect the next messaging
will be that Trump will throw anyone in jail for not voting for him.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 15, 2023 09:21 AM (NpAcC)

378 14...Santa Claus vs The Muslims.
Posted by: fd at December 15, 2023 07:41 AM (vFG9F)

Nine flying reindeer vs traumatized goats and camels.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at December 15, 2023 09:22 AM (Rbu5d)

379 One of the most amusing stories on Twitter was a post by The Sun (the British media outlet) showing what they said were Israeli tanks firing on civilian targets. Nice action video - except that there was 12 inches of snow on the ground and the clip was obviously from Ukraine. No one told The Sun that it isn't snowing in Israel.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 15, 2023 09:21 AM (S6gqv)

So the Ukrainians were firing on civilian targets?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 09:22 AM (zZu0s)

380 >>Leo's was good in the Departed and Once upon a time in Hollywood, because he played semo conservative characters.

I can't think of a movie where I thought, "Oh, now I get what the fuss is about" with Leo. However, actors attempting a Boston accent just kills a movie for me, and that movie was brimming with bad, fake, exaggerated accents. Ugh.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 15, 2023 09:23 AM (izj35)

381 "The margin of fraud," has become, "The margin of deniability."

Posted by: davidt at December 15, 2023 09:23 AM (SYTee)

382 The intel community is getting in on the fear mongering using the same mouthpieces they did for the Russia collusion hoax and the Ukraine phone call hoax.

Zachary Cohen
@ZcohenCNN
NEW: A binder containing highly classified information related to Russian election interference went missing at the end of Trump’s presidency, raising alarms among intel officials, sources tell
@jeremyherb
,
@NatashaBertrand
,
@evanperez
& me.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 15, 2023 09:24 AM (ZLI7S)

383 "The margin of fraud," has become, "The margin of deniability."
Posted by: davidt at December 15, 2023 09:23 AM (SYTee)
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It always was. We've just learned that, thanks to total control of the press and LE, the margin itself is an invalid concept.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 09:24 AM (zxP/x)

384 Zachary Cohen
@ZcohenCNN
NEW: A binder containing highly classified information related to Russian election interference went missing at the end of Trump’s presidency, raising alarms among intel officials, sources tell

total bullshit. They're not worried at all.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 15, 2023 09:25 AM (R4t5M)

385
So the Ukrainians were firing on civilian targets?

Oopsie....

Posted by: FNM propaganda at December 15, 2023 09:25 AM (XqcwY)

386 ... @ZcohenCNN
NEW: A binder containing highly classified information related to Russian election interference went missing at the end of Trump’s presidency, raising alarms among intel officials, sources tell @jeremyherb, @NatashaBertrand, @evanperez & me.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 15, 2023 09:24 AM (ZLI7S)
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Okay. Assume this is true. I don't - these are all long-known liars - but for the sake of argument, let's roll with it.

Why is it missing? Who was in possession of it? What was in it? "Highly-classified" has no relationship with "true" and "went missing" has no relationship with any person.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 09:25 AM (zxP/x)

387
If Israel is indiscriminately slaughtering people without compunction, then why is Hamas setting these kinds of traps? These kinds of traps don't work if your enemy is just icing everything that moves without care or concern...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 09:21 AM (zxP/x)

"There are none so blind as those who will not see."

Posted by: runner at December 15, 2023 09:26 AM (V13WU)

388 DiCaprio's not doing anything you or I wouldn't do, given the same bank balance and world-wide fame

Posted by: Don Black at December 15, 2023 09:26 AM (geLO8)

389 The MSM is just trying to scare people into not voting for Trump. I fully expect the next messaging
will be that Trump will throw anyone in jail for not voting for him.
Posted by: redridinghood at December 15, 2023 09:21 AM (NpAcC)
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...once again projecting their own desires and actions onto their opponents...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 15, 2023 09:26 AM (7fElN)

390 If Israel is indiscriminately slaughtering people without compunction, then why is Hamas setting these kinds of traps? These kinds of traps don't work if your enemy is just icing everything that moves without care or concern...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
____

Illogical, illogical. All units relate. All units. Norman, coordinate!

Posted by: Average Campus NPC at December 15, 2023 09:27 AM (fs1hN)

391 "The margin of fraud," has become, "The margin of deniability."

Which, when you see what kind of blatant BS they spout everyday with a straight face, means what exactly?

Posted by: A Bear of Very Little Brains at December 15, 2023 09:27 AM (nfrXX)

392 Its getting harder and harder to find southern food products in NOVA. I went to a Food Lion to find Glory Butter Beans and then discovered Food Lion no longer sells country ham. Amazingly annoying.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 15, 2023 09:27 AM (LVNnd)

393 >>Why is it missing? Who was in possession of it? What was in it? "Highly-classified" has no relationship with "true" and "went missing" has no relationship with any person.

But it's a binder! The only one in the entire government!

The absurd claims are reaching the level of 3rd grade hysterics because nothing is working and Joe is sinking.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 15, 2023 09:27 AM (ZLI7S)

394 Why is it missing? Who was in possession of it? What was in it? "Highly-classified" has no relationship with "true" and "went missing" has no relationship with any person.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 15, 2023 09:25 AM (zxP/x)

I am sure it had the words 'top secret' on it and someone will photoshop Trump- with a beagle boy mask on- sneaking out of a side door of the WH with it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 15, 2023 09:28 AM (zZu0s)

395 /Pooh sock, although I think I kind of like it

Posted by: Oddbob at December 15, 2023 09:28 AM (nfrXX)

396 >>@MilesTaylorUSA
: If elected, Trump may "turn off the Internet."

Funny, since the Silicon valley tech lords got together and banned Trump -- while still the sitting president -- from every social media platform, effectively "turning off the internet" on him and so, so many of his supporters and non-MSM media covering him.

Yeah, they should fear what he'd do if re-elected. They created this monster with their own censorship of free speech. Deal with it.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 15, 2023 09:28 AM (izj35)

397 If I read this right, it looks like the federales want to round up badthink people.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 15, 2023 09:28 AM (R4t5M)

398 373 Morning everyone, thx JJ. Does Sullivan suggest that Israel use harsh language? They keep saying Israel is becoming isolated. Better than dead
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 15, 2023 09:20 AM (IZPBd)

Wait for it - in 2 - 4 weeks (my guess) Biden and Harris will claim "credit" for a slowdown in Israeli military action, primarily because they will have run out of targets. Today they've begun the move on Rafah, the southern border town and the absolute last refuge for Hamas.

Of course now Israel is talking about going north and pushing Hezbollah back above the Litani river, to create a demilitarized border zone.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 15, 2023 09:28 AM (S6gqv)

399 Leo's was good in the Departed and Once upon a time in Hollywood, because he played semo conservative characters.

I liked Leo in Once Upon a Time, Great Gatsby, and Catch Me if you Can.

And...he was a producer for the Richard Jewell movie?!? that's surprising....

Posted by: 18-1 at December 15, 2023 09:28 AM (XqcwY)

400 Zachary Cohen
@ZcohenCNN
NEW: A binder containing highly classified information related to Russian election interference went missing at the end of Trump’s presidency, raising alarms among intel officials, sources tell

Meaning, a binder showing there was no Russian Interference went missing, and may have, "Fallen into the wrong hands," raising alarms among traitorous intel officials.

Posted by: davidt at December 15, 2023 09:28 AM (SYTee)

401 "Why are there always chores?"
Now grammie, you know as well as, or likely better than I do, Genesis 3:1-19.
😁

Posted by: Teej at December 15, 2023 09:28 AM (DW2aF)

402 Zegler's eyes are set about 18" apart. Is that some kind of birth defect or disease? I guess it's better than a mermaid with eyes on the side of her head, but WTF is wrong with Disney casting? Who wants to look at that?

Posted by: Many Questions at December 15, 2023 09:28 AM (83IzV)

403 NEW: A binder containing highly classified information related to Russian election interference went missing at the end of Trump’s presidency, raising alarms among intel officials, sources tell
_____

There were no copies of this that the government still has? Right.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 15, 2023 09:29 AM (fs1hN)

404 >The absurd claims are reaching the level of 3rd grade hysterics because nothing is working and Joe is sinking.

Posted by: JackStraw

---

The Press will save him!
Here they come, to save the day...!

Posted by: Don Black at December 15, 2023 09:29 AM (geLO8)

405 399 Leo's was good in the Departed and Once upon a time in Hollywood, because he played semo conservative characters.

I liked Leo in Once Upon a Time, Great Gatsby, and Catch Me if you Can.

And...he was a producer for the Richard Jewell movie?!? that's surprising....
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Can anyone explain why Leo did The Beach?

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 15, 2023 09:30 AM (LVNnd)

406 402 Zegler's eyes are set about 18" apart. Is that some kind of birth defect or disease? I guess it's better than a mermaid with eyes on the side of her head, but WTF is wrong with Disney casting? Who wants to look at that?
Posted by: Many Questions at December 15, 2023 09:28 AM (83IzV)

He's funny lookin!

Posted by: Marty Feldman at December 15, 2023 09:30 AM (zZu0s)

407 Zegler's eyes are set about 18" apart. Is that some kind of birth defect or disease? I guess it's better than a mermaid with eyes on the side of her head, but WTF is wrong with Disney casting?

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Wow she is weird looking fer sure

Posted by: Yudhishthira Florian Maria Hohenzollern von Schloengishugen, Lichtensteinian Usurper at December 15, 2023 09:30 AM (0FoWg)

408 NOOD

Mid-Morning Art Thread is up.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 15, 2023 09:30 AM (qPw5n)

409 DiCaprio's not doing anything you or I wouldn't do, given the same bank balance and world-wide fame

I mostly agree. I think before 49 though I'd want to have found Mrs Right and started having a family.

Even if he had a kid next year he's going to be in his late 60s by the time they hit adulthood.

Presuming I guess he does want to have kids.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 15, 2023 09:30 AM (XqcwY)

410 Can anyone explain why Leo did The Beach?
Posted by: Pudinhead at December 15, 2023 09:30 AM (LVNnd)

I still marvel at that trailer.

*Still has the image of Leo punching the air, doing some sort of training montage with pipe cleaner arms*

Posted by: Marty Feldman at December 15, 2023 09:31 AM (zZu0s)

411 >>@ZcohenCNN
NEW: A binder containing highly classified information related to Russian election interference went missing at the end of Trump’s presidency, raising alarms among intel officials, sources tell

So. . . this "very important binder" disappeared in January 2021, and they're just getting around to noticing in December 2023? They understand this makes *them* look negligent, right? No idea where it's been for almost 3 years. . . and it's Trump's fault?

Posted by: Lizzy at December 15, 2023 09:32 AM (izj35)

412 >>Can anyone explain why Leo did The Beach?

It was filmed on Phi Phi Island in Thailand.
Probably lived on Phuket during filming.
Paradise, and no shortage of beautiful woman.

Just a guess

Posted by: Lizzy at December 15, 2023 09:34 AM (izj35)

413 An airplane pilot had had a particularly difficult flight and a rough landing.

The airline had a policy which required the first officer to stand at the door while the passengers exited, smile and give them a "Thanks for riding Royal Airlines." But, in light of his bad landing, the pilot had a hard time looking the passengers in the eye, thinking that someone would have a smart comment.

Finally, everyone had gotten off except for this little old lady walking with a cane. She said, "Sonny, mind if I ask you a question?"

"Why no, ma'am," replied the pilot, "What is it?"

The little old lady said, "Did we land or were we shot down?"

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 15, 2023 09:36 AM (ZV+pB)

414 Rasmussen has Trump over Biden by ten points. Major shift in the past month. Consolidation of POV if you may.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

It doesn't matter. If the election is even held, the CIA, FBI and heads of the military branches are already putting together plans to ensure that a certain person does not take over the office.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 15, 2023 08

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This is the ledge I am on. I need to be talked off. I don't even think getting rid of Biden will help. His whole administration is corrupt.

Posted by: Chillin the most at December 15, 2023 09:39 AM (0uQp2)

415 The Holocaust was routinely taught beginning in public schools during late elementary & junior high history classes, at least those in PA. (No such requirement for PA public schools at present.) It was more of a matter of fact life then, not as now.
A President & other great leaders were assassinated decades ago & tvs were wheeled into kids' classrooms. The TV show, The Twentieth Century, ran 1957 through 1968 (and periodically thereafter) & contained graphic history of World War II & the Holocaust. TVs weren't turned off so kids weren't exposed to the horrors, but rather adults often said, "Pay attention," and added to those history 'lessons.'
So many outstanding movies were also created about the Holocaust & most were also shown on mainstream tv as were some outstanding tv specials. No more, it seems, unless there's a Jewish channel, and/or except for the rare showings on PBS on Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Did debate of 'No two sides for the Holocaust so how could there be two sides to slavery,' change education? Or maybe the radical change in our population? IDK.

We can all still grow. "Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it."

Posted by: L - They don't have to outrun the bear, they only need to outrun us - for now at December 15, 2023 10:09 AM (GshMh)

416 And here's the, sort of, unspoken factor that is exacerbating the concentration of leftist though on college campuses:

You'd think, college students, ok, so *fairly* intelligent and educated, right ?

Not even close. With the DEI-ification of America, especially colleges, the kids they're taking are dumber and dumber by the second. I saw a video recently of four college students that COLLECTIVELY could not get the right answer to 4 times 15.

They're dumb as FUCK and they'll believe anything. Furthermore, they believe they're super wise while being dumb as shit.

Posted by: deadrody at December 15, 2023 11:03 AM (OeYsY)

417 The stench of hypocrisy must be strong in the NPR studios. This morning the local outlet is waxing eloquent about their "unbiased" news coverage in order to solicit donations

Immediately after, they interview what must be a tame (ex-GWB admin) Republican "analyst" who also waxed eloquent, about how in pursuing an impeachment inquiry...
- Republicans risk backlash,
- Are simply seeking revenge,
- Have no hard evidence,
- Will never convict Biden,
- Are hopelessly divided, etc.

And not an unbiased word was uttered about...
- Dozens of shell companies,
- Bank records of suspicious transactions from China, Russia, Ukraine, etc.,
- The moving goalposts of the story of Joe's involvement,
- Witnesses who directly met with Joe as a business partner,
- Whistleblowers alleging DOJ coverup and slow-walking,
- Hundreds of messages and photos on the laptop, the one that was hidden from the public during an election,
and of course not a drop of reflection about the Democrats' years of lawfare against Donald Trump.

Unbiased, my ass!

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at December 15, 2023 11:17 AM (8Ta2Y)

418 BTW, good morning, alll, and thank you, J.J.

Next week, dress the twins in Mao suits?

I'm still hung up on Hunt's speech outside of Congress.

Hunter Biden was a founding partner of Oldaker, Biden & Belair, LLP. Then there's the lobbying firm of Oldaker & Willson LLCP (temporarily closed) and Oldaker, Belair & Wittie LLP (same address as Oldaker & Willlson) the latter of which Robert Biden is listed as a member.

(Robert Biden's) Education & Credentials include: Year of first admission (to the bar): 1996. Admission: 2007, District of Columbia; 1997, Connecticut; Not admitted in District of Columbia. Areas of practice - international law, international trade, information technology, intellectual property.

(Dad) Joseph R. Biden Jr., first year of admission 1968. U.S. Sen., Federal Bldg., Wilmington, D.C. 19801. (No further defining follows.)

"...my father not involved financially involved in my business, not as a practicing lawyer..."

Neither are practicing lawyers; Hunt has been a lobbyist throughout his career, as has his father in many ways.

Words. And university $.
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Stand with Israel. Free ALL hostages & bring the evil to justice.

Posted by: L - They don't have to outrun the bear, they only need to outrun us - for now at December 15, 2023 11:22 AM (GshMh)

419 I do not feel the same way about the Slavic turf war in eastern Ukraine. [/i/

I have said since day 1 that we have no business in the Ukraine.

Posted by: vic at December 15, 2023 11:31 AM (A5THL)

420 Actually, instead of not giving anything to said universities, give them $3. Send it in cash as 30 dimes.

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