The Morning Report — 1/12/24

Good morning, kids. So after numerous attacks on shipping by these Yemen-based Houthi rebels that have seriously threatened international maritime traffic in the Red Sea, Joey Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants finally ordered strikes against their bases in Yemen. He also ordered all patriotic Americans to burn their Hootie and the Blowfish records as a sign of national unity . . .

Well, somebody ordered these strikes because just like the head of the Defense Department, Lloyd "AWOL-stin"Austin, Joey has not been seen in public for three days. The Brits also took part in the strikes. I'd wager that just like Clinton and Bush, all we hit were a few empty tents, a couple of flea-bitten camels and an aspirin factory.

But the real story is the reaction from the Democrats. Prepare to simultaneously laugh yourself silly while choking on your vomitus at this:

“The President needs to come to Congress before launching a strike against the Houthis in Yemen and involving us in another middle east (sic) conflict,” Rep. Ro Khanna tweeted. “That is Article I of the Constitution. I will stand up for that regardless of whether a Democrat or Republican is in the White House.”

“Section 2C of the War Powers Act is clear: POTUS may only introduce the US into hostilities after Congressional authorization or in a national emergency when the U.S. is under imminent attack,” the California Democrat went on. “Reporting is not a substitute. This is a retaliatory, offensive strike.”

Echoing Khanna, Rep. Val Hoyle (D-Ore.) tweeted, “These airstrikes have NOT been authorized by Congress. The Constitution is clear: Congress has the sole authority to authorize military involvement in overseas conflicts. Every president must first come to Congress and ask for military authorization, regardless of party.”

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the head of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, called the US- and UK-led bombing campaign “an unacceptable violation of the Constitution.” “Article 1 requires that military action be authorized by Congress,” she further explained. 

Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) expressed his fear that Biden’s action in Yemen could risk the US “getting entangled into another decades-long conflict without Congressional authorization.:

“The White House must work with Congress before continuing these airstrikes in Yemen,” he urged. 

Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.), a member of the far-left “Squad” of congressional lawmakers, called the airstrikes “illegal” and implored the 81-year-old president to “stop the bombing and do better by us.”

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), who has previously accused Biden of supporting “genocide” against Palestinians, also condemned the Yemen offensive. 

“The American people are tired of endless war,” she tweeted, calling the airstrikes unconstitutional. 

I. Can't. Even. The chutzpocrisy here is just mind-blowing off the charts radiant. Here we have a figurative and probably quite literal Murderer's Row of the most rabid, anti-American thugs whose only purpose in life is the shredding of the Constitution and what it represents, and here they are, wearing its moldering, decomposing skin-suit while parading around like some Jame Gumb, pulling its nipples and demanding Biden put the lotion in the basket and respect their authority to declare war.

I don't seem to recall coelacanth-doppelgänger Rancida Tilapia getting all worked up about "endless wars" when she was with the rest of the gang in Congress giving a standing ovation to Zelenskyy. They get Article 1 right, but the 14th and 25th amendments vis a vis Donald Trump, not so much. Not to mention the 1st and 2nd along with all the others. But I digress.

Actually, I have to admit that these loathsome creeps do in fact have a point. But make no mistake, they could care fuck-all for the Constitution. The only reason they're bitching and moaning is because the Iranian-controlled Houthis are aligned with Hamas, and have both called for and unless I'm mistaken even participated in attacks on Israel during or post the initial wave last October 7th.

In a sane world, a legitimate and sane president and Congress would have got together the moment the first attack happened, with the latter giving the former an immediate green light. Meh, in a sane world none of this would even be happening in the first place. The last moment of sanity was when Donald Trump took out Qassem Soleimani just over four years ago and finally had the Iranian mullah-ocracy down for the count. but the events of that accursed year and the following three have led us to the brink of disaster.

In any case, the geniuses in Foggy Bottom and Kalorama have put their degenerate meat-puppet poseur in a bit of a jam. They want Israel replaced as the dominant power in the Middle East by Iran, even if it means Israel's destruction which would in point of fact be a bonus in their eyes. But the attacks on shipping in one of the world's most vital trade routes demands a reaction that would piss off the Mullahs. To not do so reinforces the message that America as the arbiter of world affairs and perhaps the guarantor of world security is weak, feckless and ripe to be used as a doormat. The Junta wants America laid low and supplanted by the Davos-Beijing-Tehran Axis. They just want them to, pace Roberta Flack, "kill us softly." What they'll get, and in fact what we're experiencing is a gang anal-rape by the latter day Mongol hordes.

Well-played, Kalorama. And let's not overlook the fact that the fumbling, stumbling, gibbering Roomba of a criminal pervert presidential poseur needs something, anything, to make him look macho, virile and John Wayne-esque because this is an election year. Except that he comes off more like John Wayne Gacy as each day goes by. This will be a tall order since Joey didn't even come out and give a live address about the strikes. He, that is his handlers, issued a communiqué. He hasn't made a public appearance in three days.

They say you should thank God for your enemies. In the case of the hardcore Maoists that have taken over the Democrat Party, they're too inflexibly ideological to understand or appreciate that Joey-Bama has to put on a magic show with a few missiles and bombs to bamboozle the LIV peasants. Unfortunately for the Kaloramans, the Jaypals, Khannas and Tilapias of their party are too blinkered to see the "nudge-nudge" "wink-wink" coming from the White House. Same as with their "support" allegedly for Israel over Hamas.

And of course, the more they bicker and moan at each other, the more the public understands how insane the Democrats and their leaders are, and they more they are turned off by them. Compounding this is the open borders invasion that anyone with even half of Biden's mental acuity can see is intentional, plus the eruption of Jew-hatred and the disaster of the economy.

Speaking of the disaster of the economy, here's another howler that'll make you vomit, as well as worthy of earning Janet Yellen a flaming sack of horse dung to the face:

Yellen said, “I think when people are asked about their own situation, they tend to be pretty positive about it and some of the concerns that they express have to do more with their neighbors and the economy as a whole. And if you actually look at their spending patterns, spending has really been quite strong. And so, people are acting as though they feel okay about their own situations, but are worried about the economy. We lived through a period of high inflation, and I think it’s going to take a little while before people feel confident that that’s over and that they’ll be systematically getting ahead. And we’re seeing the beginnings in surveys and I hope and believe that that will continue to improve.”

So, I'm not unhappy because of my situation. I'm unhappy because of my neighbor's situation. I'm happy and peppy and bursting with love! Yeah, that's the ticket! Pfft.

Psaki-psircling back to that open border, and the election year clock ticking, Kurt Schlichter is sounding an alarm that really can't be ignored:

I’m not going to sugarcoat it – I’m worried that we’re facing a terrorist threat unlike anything we’ve ever seen and that a lot of Americans are going to die. It does not have to happen, but because the people running this country are so corrupt, malicious, and incompetent, it will.

The people running this country have made choices – like throwing open the border – that are going to kill a lot of Americans because our enemies, unlike our alleged leaders, are serious people. They’re serious about subjugating and killing us. But the only things our leadership is serious about are keeping their names off pervert passenger lists, skimming endless Ukrainian cash, and pronouns, pronouns, pronouns, always pronouns. We have a distinctly unserious elite in the most serious of times.

When October 7 happened, we saw the Israelis caught unawares by an asymmetrical attack where a determined and cunning foe leveraged all its limited strengths against the Jewish state’s very few weaknesses, allowing Hamas to execute a short but bloody rape and murder spree. Understand that 10/7 was not a military assault, though it used violent means. It was an information operation, an operation designed not primarily to destroy the combat power of the IDF but to attack the will of the Israeli people and force Israel to change its policies. That did not work. Israel was stronger than Hamas imagined, and it hit back harder and more consistently than the terrorists expected, despite the shameful backstabbing by the Biden administration and the screaming of the terrorist wing of the Democrat Party here at home.

But what would be the effect if our jihadist enemies launched such an attack here in America? Again, while they would target some infrastructure – we are enormously vulnerable because we imagine we are safe – the real target would be the heart of our country. They would seek to use hideous bloodshed and publicized atrocities – including rape and mutilation – to scare us into folding up into the fetal position and pulling back from the world in reaction to the sheer scope of the violence and murder they would inflict. Imagine – because they have – murders and atrocities across the country, uploaded on the web, with waves of strikes occurring inside the decision cycle of our totally inept current administration, politicized federal law enforcement, and woke military.

It can happen. I fear it will. . .

. . . The scenario for the kind of attack I believe is coming is deceptively simple – infiltrate a large number of minimally-trained killers who have no regard for their own lives into the USA and shed as much blood as possible, preferably on camera. We are utterly unprepared for this, and in fact, we are helping our enemies by facilitating their ability to position forces to attack us inside the United States. The entire southern border is wide open – it would be a joke if it weren’t going to lead to so many deaths. We’re seeing tens of thousands of military-aged males walking into the United States. Some of them are infiltrators. It will not take much to organize a force that launches simultaneous attacks over the width and breadth of this country. Think 10/7 on steroids.

We are not prepared for such a mass attack. Our law enforcement can barely contain a single freak with a gun. Do you remember those idiots in Boston who blew up the marathon with a pressure cooker bomb? There were two of them with a couple of handguns, and they completely locked down a major metropolis for a couple of days. Two untrained idiots with a pair of pistols shut down the whole city of Boston. So what happens if you have 10,000 suicidal jihadists with smuggled-in automatic weapons simply waiting for an order?

Those of you who have been in the military understand command and control, but what happens if you don’t need it? What happens if you just position these people, arm them, and have them wait until a set time to go to a specific place and start murdering Americans? What if your plan was to launch mass shooters across the country, supplemented by some specialists with bombs and missiles, plus hit teams designed to go after prominent politicians, entertainment, people, and other public figures? You’re not talking about hundreds dead. You’re talking tens of thousands of dead.

I'll take it a step further than Schlichter. They've thrown the borders wide open as a means to replace and supplant native-born Americans, a majority of which still understand what it means to be a real American vis a vis our real history, heritage and culture with a mass of illiterate peasants who neither have the ability nor, worse, the desire to embrace what we do. That makes them willing slaves of a government who'll feed, house, clothe and take care of them with our money. Until it runs out.

The problem is, along with these illiterate but benign peasants, the large contingent of thieves, rapists, child traffickers and murderers in their midst notwithstanding, as the good Colonel points out there are untold hundreds or even thousands of Boston Bombers and Hamas monsters in their midst. And Red China says "Hold my Tsing-Tao, gwei-lo!"

Since October 1, 2023, Border Patrol agents apprehended approximately 15,800 Chinese nationals who illegally crossed the border between ports of entry, the report indicates. Official reports from U.S. Customs and Border Protection reveal the apprehension of 9,844 migrants in October and November. This leaves nearly 6,800 who were apprehended since December 1, 2023. . .

. . . The nearly 6,800 Chinese migrants apprehended since December 1, 2023, more than doubles the annual apprehension rate of any year before the Biden administration in Border Patrol reports dating back to 2007.

Most if not all are male an of military age. And how the hell did they get to the Rio Grande in the first place?

Along with thanking God for our enemies, we can Him for the Second Amendment. Funny how the Khanna and Jaypal never invoke that. In any case, lookie here.

Democratic attorney generals from 19 states and the District of Columbia urged the White House on Tuesday to crack down on an ammunition manufacturer.

Led by New York Attorney General Letitia James, the attorneys general sent a letter to the White House Office Of Gun Violence Prevention “to express concern about recent reports that billions of rounds of military-grade ammunition manufactured at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant have been sold on the commercial market.” The letter claims ammunition from the plant was used in multiple school shootings, as well as the Buffalo supermarket shooting, and asks the Office to conduct an investigation to ensure it “stays out of civilian hands.”

. . . The ammo targeted by the attorneys general as “military-grade ammunition,” 5.56-millimeter rounds, is commonly used for popular AR-15 rifles, according to the Firearm Industry Trade Association (NSSF). One in twenty Americans own an AR-15, according to The Washington Post.

The Lake City Army Ammunition Plant is a 3,935 acre facility owned by the U.S. government and operated by a private contractor, Winchester Ammunition. A New York Times article in November linked ammunition produced by the facility to mass shootings, prompting Democrats to call for greater oversight on ammunition sales. . .

. . . States that signed onto the letter include Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington.

A California law banning firearms in most public places took effect in January amid ongoing legal challenges after an appeals court paused an order blocking its enforcement. U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney, a George W. Bush appointee, previously blocked the law in December, finding it “sweeping, repugnant to the Second Amendment, and openly defiant of the Supreme Court.”

If I were a conspiracy nutter, I'd say sensing a massive defeat come November, the Junta is opening our borders to actively invite mass acts of domestic terrorism as the reason to either suspend the election and/or declare some sort of state of emergency. If they can use that as the final pretext to either grab our guns or failing that grab our ammunition so that guns are useless . . . Do the math.

They don't care if hundreds or even thousands of us die at the hands of the terrorists and criminals they invited in. So long as we don't have the ability to not only defend ourselves from them, but from going after those who invited them in in the first place.

Crazy talk. And yet, crazy times. Have a good weekend.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• "Moore v. U.S. will decide if the federal government can tax unrealized capital gains not yet received under the 16th Amendment."
  The Supreme Court Tackles Taxation
  
• Kurt Schlichter: "Our enemies are very serious about one particular thing." (Our greatest enemy is in our own midst: the Democrat Party, American Left and the corrupt GOPe who are their confederates. Always has been, always will be - jjs)
  Our Incompetent Elite is Opening Up America to Attack
  
• Daniel Greenfield: "The ‘Islamophobic’ shooter of three ‘Palestinians’ in Vermont actually supported Hamas."
  The Greatest Islamophobia Hoax in America Exposed
  
• Although it’s unclear when exactly she made these comments, her meaning cannot be mistaken: illegal immigration is good for Democrats. They want to remake the fabric of society with people who are willing to break the law and are openly admitting that those “conspiracies” about Democrats busing in future voters to control election outcomes are accurate. This isn’t a Republican candidate for office accusing Democrats of capitalizing on the border crisis. She said it plain as day: “I need more people in my district for redistricting purposes.”
  If It’s Really a "Right Wing Conspiracy Theory," Why Do Democrats Keep Proving It’s Real?

ISRAEL AT WAR
• UK’s Daily Mail: “IDF special forces uncover major Hamas tunnel with suspected hostage blood inside.”
  Israel Uncovers Hamas Tunnel Network Used to Hold Hostages in Gaza 
  
• "The indictment provides no evidence that Israel intends to hurt these women — only a statement about the impact of the war. It also omits the fact that Hamas rockets have hit Israeli hospitals and that Hamas kidnapped children and raped Israeli women. Among other errors, the indictment also misquotes the Bible in attempting to accuse Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of using the Bible to order 'genocide': it cites Samuel instead of the relevant passage of Deuteronomy, familiar from the Torah."
  South Africa Claims Israel Trying "to Prevent Palestinian Births"
  
• “Now we’re talking about genocide,” Fetterman said. “Now South Africa now is now bringing that kind of a trial. Maybe South Africa maybe ought to sit this one out when they’re talking about the behavior of [somewhat garbled] Israel.” Fetterman is referring to an “alleged” white genocide that’s been going on in South Africa for years.
  Secretly Based? Fetterman Calls Out Hypocritical S. Africa for Genocide Claims Against Israel
  
• "So what's really the conduct of the IDF in Gaza?"
  "Genocide": The Population of Gaza Tripled Under Israeli Occupation
  
• "Something very profound seems to have happened to his moral compass because he’s often on the side of the angels now." (On this he's to be applauded. That said, he's still a leftist. Perhaps not hardcore, but he's far from "moderate," whatever that may be - jjs)
  Sen. John Fetterman Powerfully Attacks Hamas and South Africa
  
• “I wish that I had not been captured on video in such an angry state and behaved in such a way, but I could not allow those people to impede my passage and in essence hold me hostage.” (Holding people hostage. Sounds familiar - jjs)
  NYC Driver Speaks Out After Confronting "Idiot" Anti-Israel Scumbags Near Manhattan Bridge: "I Had to Get Home"

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

• "While Democrat voters riot for ethnic cleansing of Jews, Joe Biden’s propaganda army claims the real Nazis are grandmas wearing MAGA hats."
  Biden Smears Opponents as Nazis While Democrat Voters Riot For Jewish Genocide
  
• "If anti-Zionism isn't the same as antisemitism, why are those that shout and riot against Israel wantonly attacking Jews indiscriminately?"
  Anti-Zionism IS Anti-Semitism
  
• "Once again, the Hamas crowd shows us who they are."
  Grunts and Oinks: San Francisco Leftists Jeer Jewish Man Who Spoke Out About His Family's Experience on October 7
  
• "Program of pro-Hamas, anti-Jewish speakers deemed security issue by Coral Springs Marriott."
  Victory: South Florida Muslim Federation Conference Shut Down

  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• Raymond Ibrahim: "There are several objective reasons why the West should give priority, if not exclusivity, to Christian refugees from the Muslim world."
  What If the West Only Accepted Christian Refugees from the Muslim World?
  
• "After October 7, the 'Peace Nation’s' Do-Gooders are backing off from the Holocaust."
  Shoah Business in Norway

  BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS

• "Hunter Biden made a 10-minute surprise appearance before the House Oversight Committee Wednesday before dramatically departing."
  Hunter Biden Flipped Congress the Bird to Get B-Roll for His Damage-Control Documentary
  
• "And I’m really proud of how Hunter has rebuilt his life after addiction. You know, I’m — I love my son, and it’s had — it’s hurt my grandchildren. And that’s what I’m so concerned about, that it’s affecting their lives as well.” (What about the poor little bastard Navy whom everyone is ignoring? - jjs)
  "Dr." Shill Biden: What Republicans "Are Doing to Hunter Is Cruel"

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

• “We have a situation where I’m an innocent man I’ve been persecuted by somebody running for office and I think you have to go outside the bounds,” the 45th president said. “What’s happened here sir is a fraud on me,” Trump said. “They want to make sure that I don’t win again and this is partially election interference.”
  Trump Blasts NY Case in Courtroom: ‘They Should Pay ME!’
  
• Well, that is the general idea, genius. He's not being tried. He's being disposed of - jjs
  XiNN’s Eisen: New York Fraud Trial Could "End" the Trump Organization
  
• "Noah Bookbinder, president and CEO of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), visited the White House twice in 2023, visitor logs from January to September 2023 indicate. . . Bookbinder began working for the Biden administration’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in March 2022 as part of the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC), according to his bio on the DHS website. His name no longer appears on the HSAC membership list."
  President of Left-Wing Group Behind Trump’s Colorado Ballot Removal Visited Biden White House Multiple Times (I'm sure it's a coincidence and perfectly innocent - jjs)

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

• "When a dog can’t be trusted among the vulnerable, there are only three options: train it, restrain it, or put it down."
  The FBI – the Dog That Turned on Its Master
  
• "If the truth shall prevail, here is how history will remember January 6: peaceful demonstrators were finally fed up with a government that had become outwardly tyrannical."
  Reflections on January 6
  
• R.S. McCain: "The people who elect Democrats are wrecking their own communities."
  America’s ‘Social Justice’ Nightmares Have Only Intensified

  AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY

• ". . . it’s because people like Senator [Mitch] McConnell care more about Ukraine than anything else — more than the border, more than anything else. He wants to send $60 billion of your money to Ukraine. On this issue, he is more aligned with Biden. On the issue of funding, of sending your money to Ukraine and sending it everywhere around the world, McConnell is much more closely aligned with Biden than he is with the Republican Party."
  Rand Paul Says Mitch McConnell Plans ‘Sellout’ on Border Security
  
• "Leave your family, risk your neck, work your tail off in service to your country, only to come home with PTSD or a broken body? Thank you for your service and take a seat, we’ll get to you when we have some time. Grab a magazine though, it might be a hot minute. But jump the border illegally, violate our laws, and start sucking off the public welfare system? Happy to have you, come right to the front of the line, please! And if the dude with the prosthetic leg is in your seat, just tell him to move."
  VA Blasted For Processing Illegal Aliens' Medical Care Claims While Thousands of Vets Wait
  
• "The nearly 6,800 Chinese migrants apprehended since December 1, 2023, more than doubles the annual apprehension rate of any year before the Biden [junta] in Border Patrol reports dating back to 2007."
  16,000 Chinese Migrants Apprehended by Border Patrol Since October
  
• "It was an invitation to flout federal immigration law."
  Biden Urged "Oppressed" to Cross Border. Now There are Caravans.
  
• Adams may wish New York City were populated by these “new Americans,” whose votes he and his fellow Democrats believe they own. But unfortunately for him, in Governor Hochul’s words, New York is “stronger” than before, though not the way she means. New York is stronger because its people are fed up enough that we are finally strong enough to fight back.
  NY Politicians are Trying to Put Lipstick on Dystopia
  
• Hello, Susan Collins? Hello Anus King? - jjs
  Maine Builds New Rent-Free Apartments for Migrants Paid by State’s Taxpayers
  
• “Texas is holding the line at our southern border with miles of additional razor wire and anti-climb barriers to deter and repel the record-high levels of illegal immigration invited by [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Biden’s reckless open border policies,” Abbott spokesperson Andrew Mahaleris told the Daily Caller News Foundation in a statement.
  Texas Authorities Seize City’s Property Along The Border
  
• "Sides with Biden against Texas." (Time to annex Mexico and destroy it's corrupt politics and culture – immediately after we do that here - jjs)
  Mexico’s President Demands an Outrageous Price for Help on Border Crisis

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

• In concluding his cover letter, Jordan wrote that “given ODNI’s woefully inadequate voluntary compliance,” he was attaching a subpoena “for the Committee’s highest priority documents and information.” (Jew-hating traitor and Obama holdover Avril Haines - jjs)
  Jordan Subpoenas Biden Spy Chief For Big Tech Collusion Investigation

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• “People are acting as though they feel okay about their own situations, but are worried about the economy.” (AYFKM?! This hag of a prune is the Claudine Gay of Titty-Caca AOCs: Inept, incompetent, ideological, completely unqualified, yet in a crucial position of power - jjs)
  Yellen: People Are Generally Happy with Their Personal Situation, But Worry About Their Neighbors, Whole Economy
  
• Janet Yellen insists it's only your neighbor who you're worried about. You have to believe her because she's an expert! - jjs
  These Everyday Kitchen Staples Just Keep Getting More Expensive After Three Years of Biden
  
• "His [junta] is imposing a failing California-style labor rule that limits independent contracting on the rest of America."
  By Echoing Newsom, Biden Risks Becoming Carter

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

• "Not even an infinite amount of money can solve a problem that doesn't exist."
  The Cost of the Climate Cabal
  
• "China’s domination of car exporting comes as the Chinese automaker BYD, financially backed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is now the world’s biggest seller of Electric Vehicles (EVs) after overtaking U.S.-based Tesla for the title. In the coming year, BYD and other Chinese automakers are hoping to flood the U.S. market with cheap, subsidized EVs to sell to Americans who are turned off by Tesla EVs and their high prices." (It's almost as if China is colluding with our Junta so it artificially bolsters the EV market, allowing the junta to destroy fossil fuel vehicles when the market for EVs was collapsing. Nah! That's crazy talk! - jjs)
  Build Back Better: China Becomes World’s Top Exporter of Cars
  
• "How is it good?"
  Sen Josh Hawley Grills Energy Official on Biden’s EV Push "Enriching" China

  AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS

• Robert Zimmerman: "It has been plainly evident since the Vietnam War that the federal government has become untrustworthy and a failure, in more ways than can be counted, with that failure growing more evident with greater consequences every year since. Yet, Americans not only allowed such idiots to remain in charge, they have repeatedly treated them like gods."
  Fauci: Now an Admitted L as Well as Incompetent Scientist
  
• Fauci, who can’t remember the origins of the “6 feet” rule of social distancing, now says the lab leak origin is credible. (As Ace noted, this is all the set-up for a perjury defense - jjs)
  Dr. Anthony Fauci Cannot ‘Recall’ Much About COVID Origins, Pandemic Responses

  GAY PRIED

• "America’s leading university, has become a bastion of rampant anti-Jewish hatred and harassment."
  Jewish Students Sue Harvard For Failing To Stop Anti-Semitism While Threatening Discipline For Fatphobia
  
• “[Birzeit] university also openly honors prominent terrorists,” including a suicide bomb engineer, and banned Israeli Jews from campus, Daily Wire added. You can read more details there, but the main and salient fact is that Harvard is partnering with a Hamas-tied, jihad-loving, Israeli-hating university. How can Harvard, which receives substantial federal funds and has many Jewish students, possibly justify this program in partnership with such a terror-promoting entity?
  Harvard Hasn't Learned Its Lesson
  
• “Investigating a complaint alleging discrimination on the basis of national origin in regard to ‘incidents of harassment’ in Fall 2023.”
  Dept. of Education Investigating Brown U. for Alleged Discrimination Against Jewish Students
  
• "Hold back those donations until schools recapture their integrity and reset their moral compass."
  We Need To Reset Universities’ Moral Compass By Withholding Philanthropy
  
• "Anything goes in identity politics."
  Claudine Gay and a World Without Standards

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• "The order comes as the fight over schools’ secret gender transitions heats up in California. This week Attorney General Rob Bonta, who is expected to run for governor in 2026, filed a legal brief with the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to support a Northern California school district that socially transitioned an 11-year-old girl to a boy without her mother knowing. The girl’s mother lost her initial federal lawsuit against the policy and is appealing a ruling that conflicts with Benitez’s September judgment."
  Judge Orders California District to Reinstate Teachers Who Refused to Hide Students’ Gender Transitions
  
• No wonder CPS didn't bother using their $3 million tracking system; everything was paid for with Other People's Money. If there was more money to be had "losing" a few tens of thousands of OPM computers, so much the better.
  Chicago Public Schools 'Lost' HOW Many Laptops and iPads???
  
• "The striking irony between the mindset of these activists and the scientific discipline they supposedly inhabit by virtue of being students at a STEM academy."
  Compelling Speech and Behavior at a Math and Science School
  
• Dr. Namandjé Bumpus, who was named chief scientist in 2022, is slated to become principal deputy commissioner in early 2024 where she will help “implement key public health initiatives.” Bumpus made the benefit recommendations for university employees who conduct “diversity work” at an event with the University of British Columbia, called “Perspectives of Black Scientists, Science and Systemic Racism,” in March 2021, video uncovered by AAF shows. (This so-called "doctor" is likely another Claudine gay. So inept, the cannibals in the Congo rejected her - jjs)
  Biden FDA Chief Scientist Suggested Giving Perks to University Workers Who Prioritize "Diversity"
  
• The only way to restore faith to higher education is by restoring meritocracy on campus." (This is only a small part of it. The fact that it's "bipartisan" means the Democrats want to avoid dealing with the real problem: race-based admissions. Destroy that and the problem is solved. Then remove the leftists from the professoriate - jjs)
  Bipartisan Congress Wants to Defund Colleges Over Legacy Admissions — It's About Time
  
• Almost one year ago to date, state health officials issued a standing order to allow over the counter or pharmacy sales of up to five kits of injectable or nasal spray naloxone to anyone, including minors, with no limit on refills.
  All Washington Public High Schools To Get Overdose Kits, Health Officials Cite Fentanyl Surge

  ABORTION

• "How will pro-lifers respond?"
  The Next Battle Over Abortion May Be Coming to Florida
  
• “In the debate with Hillary Clinton, I said, you know, she’s willing to rip the baby out of the womb in the ninth month. And you know, I never heard this. It happened to me. It just came to me during that debate. I didn’t go out there thinking I was gonna say that, and she winced. Nobody wants to see that happening after a certain period of time. Nobody.”
  Trump Is Right: Americans Need To Understand Democrats’ Abortion Extremism

  DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY

• Robert Spencer: "Maybe the charges John Anthony Castro faces will bring him to realize the massive injustice of the “insurrection” case against the man he loves to hate."
  Man Who Worked to Get Trump Dropped From Ballot Gets a Taste of His Own Medicine
  
• "I'm scared she's gonna hit me."
  Dem Congress Candidate Terrified Staffers, Report Alleges
  
• "Amaryllis Fox Kennedy served in an administrative role on RFK, Jr.’s presidential campaign from July to September of 2023. In October of last year, former Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) resigned as RFK, Jr.’s campaign manager, with Fox Kennedy subsequently taking over the role."
  RFK Campaign Investigated Over $70,000 Payments to CIA Daughter-in-Law

  POLITICS

• "Biden’s meetings with the donors at the White House might not be legal." (As if that's going to stop him?! - jjs)
  Report: Joe Biden Tries to Reassure Donors About Age, Energy, Chances Against Donald Trump  
  
• "The two-hour catfight between Haley and DeSantis has been billed as the 'battle for second place,' especially in the forthcoming Iowa caucuses. The event was critical for both candidates, though neither seemed to dominate on the night, with DeSantis steadier on policy, but Haley more relatable."
  DATA: Trump Town Hall Gets Twice the Viewership of DeSantis-Haley CNN Scuffle
  
• "As DeSantis and Haley walked off stage battered and bloody, Donald J. Trump, the real winner of the debate, sat less than two miles away entirely unscathed."
  Winner of the DeSantis-Haley Debate
  
• Social media users savaged the former Secretary of State in their reactions. “In my mass incarceration era,” one user wrote in the comments section. “It looks like you’re concentrating hard on that flight list,” another user commented about Clinton’s facial expression.
  Hillary Clinton Reaches New Levels Of Cringe With Latest Instagram Post

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• The president’s statement made no mention of Iran, who backs the Houthis. At the time that Biden issued his written statement, he had not made a public appearance since Monday. Biden has yet to personally comment on the communication breakdown between the White House and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who did not notify the president of his hospitalization for several days. . . “I will not hesitate to direct further measures to protect our people and the free flow of international commerce as necessary,” Biden continued. "And I will order everyone to burn all Houthi and the Blowfish albums. Where's Jill with my ice cream. Good morning." (I added that last sentence, but it's implied - jjs)
  Biden Issues Written Statement After US Bombs Houthis In Third Straight Day Without Public Event
  
• The only reason they're all worked up is because we're attacking a Hamas ally. And the only reason Joey is doing this is to make him look macho in an election year. Except it screws up his real intention to cozy up to Iran - jjs
  Democrats Fume After Biden Orders Yemen Airstrikes Without Congressional Approval: Unacceptable Violation of the Constitution" (That right there is a howler! - jjs)
  * * * * *

• "Tens of thousands of Polish patriots continue to flood the streets of Warsaw in front of the parliament building, The Hill reports, to protest the new government seemingly overstepping since taking power by shutting down right-wing media and arresting political opponents."
  Polish President Duda to Pardon 2 Detained Conservative MPs AGAIN as Protests in Streets of Warsaw Intensify
  
• Leftists, both in America and in Europe, love to pretend they are in favor of freedom from oppression and freedom of self-expression and self-fulfillment, but the reality is that they impose political and societal tyranny. Then they try to destroy anyone who doesn’t accept their narrow and irrational opinions as unassailable dogma. Tarczynski called out the creeping Communism in Europe, too. “Just do not oppress us, you Communists,” he said. “We are free people, this is 2024, and this year will be ours, [the] free people’s year.” Posobiec chimed in, “Amen.”
  Polish MEP Cites Donald Trump as Inspiration Amidst Polish Political Crisis
  
• "In the capital on Wednesday evening, protests turned to violence after police officers, soldiers, and prison guards had unexplained missing payments for work, Radio France International reported."
  Papua New Guinea Declares 14-day State of Emergency Amidst Riots, Looting That Have Left 15 People Dead
  
• "Taiwan’s next president must contend with his predecessor’s short-sighted energy policy."
  Powered Down
  
• ". . . when all is said and done, Allison is just another coastal Liberal running with the same cable news preferences and talking points. In an op-ed for The Washington Post in 2017, he wrote how Donald Trump could 'stumble into war' with China. Trade wars, escalation over Taiwan and North Korea, Trump’s mean tweets — all unnecessary brashness he argued would lead us closer to war. Of course, none of this ever came to pass, but it became one of the most powerful narratives against Trump and Trumpism."
  Graham Allison Explains Why Elites Lick China’s Boots
  
• "If you think it’s something new that the government and media are lying to you, think again. The story of the 2008 Russia-Georgia war is illuminating."
  The State Department and the Press: More Falsehoods than Facts

  DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS

• "Chinese ownership of U.S. land, in particular agricultural land, has come under increased scrutiny from GOP governors, who see it as a potential national security threat. Several states, including Florida, have taken legislative and executive action to ban Chinese ownership of U.S. farmland, the most recent being Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s January 2024 executive order banning such purchases near military installations."
  Second-Largest Foreign Owner of US Land is a Chinese Communist Party Member
  
• Deroy Murdock: "As the world burned, the secretary of defense vanished like Houdini — and no one noticed."
  Lloyd AWOL-stin’s Dereliction of Duty: Deputy Hicks Vacations; Biden, Blinken, Sullivan Out of Loop
  
• "Lloyd Austin’s little unauthorized jaunt is just the administrative state’s latest adventure in unfettered power."
  Lloyd AWOL-stin: A General Crisis
  
• The suggestion was that conservative media outlets and legislators, by attacking the military’s adoption of “woke” policies, had telegraphed to a “mostly white audience” that the Army was less attractive a career option than it had been in years past. (Yes, conservative media "pounced" on the DoD's purge of competency and potential enemies of the Junta. Victim-blaming 101 - jjs)
  Army Stats Show Precipitous Drop-Off In White Recruits — And Some Blame Conservative Media

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

• "As CalMatters.org notes, Newsom proposed spending cuts to some programs, such as state initiatives on climate change, and extra funds to help settle migrants that have arrived in California after crossing over the porous southern U.S. border. But Newsom is also dipping into the state’s savings to prevent budget cuts in areas such as education. . . At the time Obamacare was passed, expanding Medicaid, Republican fears that it would benefit illegal aliens were dismissed."
  California Scheming: Gavin Newsom Wants to Raid California’s ‘Rainy Day’ Fund to Help Fill $38 Billion Deficit
  
• The governor's sunnier take comes as he builds his national profile ahead of a potential 2028 presidential run—largely by pitching the Golden State as a model of Democratic governance despite its well-chronicled homeless crisis, increases in violent crime, and mass exodus of residents. "He's just delusional about the whole thing," said Lance Christensen, vice president of policy at the California Policy Center and a former staffer both in the Legislature and at the state's Department of Finance. "It doesn't pencil out, and he's really optimistic if he thinks the revenues are going to come in."
  Analysts Question Newsom's Optimistic Take on California's Budget
  
• "[So-called quote-unquote "president"] Biden sent us a nominee who didn’t know the basics of the U.S. Constitution. Judge Bjelkengren is right to bow out, but [so-called quote-unquote "president"]. Biden just keeps trying to put unqualified people on the bench—for life. People who don't know the law have no business running our courtrooms." (So, how is it she's a judge in the first place? Hello? Disbarment? - jjs)
  Biden Judicial Nominee Torched by Sen. Kennedy Goes Down in Flames
  
• Rep. Lance Gooden: "Settlements should go to the injured party or the people’s government, not ideological third-party organizations."
  Ending Slush Fund Settlements: Protecting the Public Purse From Partisan Abuses

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• At least eight people were diagnosed with measles after a child who recently spent time in another country contracted the virus and was sent to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), according to NBC News. The case was described by Philadelphia’s Department of Public Health as “imported,” but officials reportedly would not say where the child contracted the potentially deadly illness. (Mexico? - jjs)
  Child Sent To Daycare Spreads Potentially Deadly Illness Despite Quarantine Instructions
  
• "The 60,000 patients diagnosed with ovarian cancer over the next three years could be out of luck for a treatment, thanks to Biden and congressional Democrats."
  How Democrats’ Prescription Price Controls are Making Americans Sick

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• Bureaucrats when required to dot every “i” and cross every “t”, as it appears the Biden administration is demanding, can be infuriatingly slow in doing so, even if they wish to hurry.
  SpaceX: Ready to launch Starship/Superheavy by end of January but it won’t
  
• "RW Cephei, like Betelgeuse, is like a giant gas bag that fluctuates in shape like blob of water in weightless. This blob however so big that if placed where the Sun is its surface would be about the orbit of Jupiter."
  Another giant star undergoes dimming

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

• “Foster care providers’ top priority should be matching vulnerable children with a safe and loving home. Unfortunately, under the Biden [junta], moral and religious values are under attack by the far Left’s endless pursuit to further their LGBTQ+ agenda. We are fighting back against the Biden [junta's] woke gender ideology and pronoun politics. Their new proposed rule aims to exclude faith-based foster care providers from helping children in need — not on my watch.”
  Sen. Marshall Challenges Proposed HHS Rule That Would Force Foster Parents to Accept "Extreme Gender Ideology"
  
• Examples of practices that would fall under criminal prosecution of the written proposal include "preventing someone from dressing in a way that reflects" their "gender identity" and services such as "counselling or any other form of talking therapy" that are " intended to change or suppress an individual’s...gender identity" are considered to be abusive if they are part of a "coercive course of behavior." 
  Off-Kilter: Parents to Face 7 Years in Prison for Refusing Children Sex Changes Under Proposed Scottish Plan
  
• "Other countries that want to get their hands on American taxpayer cash better prove they’ve got enough non-binary transgender gay farmers first."
  Got Gay? USDA Links Biden's 'LGBTQI+' Agenda To Foreign Agriculture Grants
  
• "Trying to undermine the concept of rapid onset gender dysphoria, advocates succeed only in revealing their agenda."
  More Sloppy Scholarship on Trans Identity
  
• Transgender boys, who are biological females, “may be less likely to use condoms when having sex with people who have penises and are at least as likely as cisgender girls to be pregnant,” a description for the grant shows. (Our government is like Idi Amin in end-stage syphilis. Apologies, I meant "Edie" Amin - jjs)
  Biden Junta Pours Nearly $700,000 Into Program to Prevent Transgender Boys From Getting Pregnant. No, Really.

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• "Derided as the embodiment of the racist Old Guard, the philosopher compares favorably to leftist hero Rousseau."
  When Voltaire Fell Victim to France’s Woke Mob
  
• "There’s a strong circumstantial case that welfare benefits increased single parenthood to some extent, but to what extent is difficult to nail down using scientifically rigorous methods."
  American Dependence: The Rise of Single Parenthood
  
• "The museum is set to revise the descriptions of renowned paintings that had used the term 'dwarfs' to describe little people, contending that the terminology is prejudiced against individuals with disabilities, according to the Times."
  Spain's Prado Museum to Update Painting Descriptions That People Might Find "Offensive"
  
• "Diversity, equity, and inclusion mandates and quotas help grease the wheels for public financing of new pro sports stadiums."
  Punching Tickets with DEI
  
• "Fordham, Notre Dame and Georgetown are just a few fatalities."
  30 Pieces of Silver: Catholic Universities That Go Woke
  
• Christian Toto: "Action star punches through stupefying tale in search of a corrupt First Son."
  Beekeeper Takes Out the Trash (Including Hunter Biden?)

  HITHER & YON

• "Harrelson was a member of the Mets‘ 1969 World Series winning squad, the “Miracle Mets,” as well as the 1973 team that won the NL Pennant.  The 79-year-old was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2016, according to the New York Post." (One of my childhood heroes. RIP, Bud - jjs)
  Beloved Mets World Series Shortstop Bud Harrelson Dead at 79
  
• "It is claimed Hamilton did fire into the air above Burr’s head, striking a tree branch, to spare his life. Burr, however, took deliberate aim at Hamilton, delivering what proved to be a mortal wound to his midsection. His contemporaries did not remember him kindly." (Typical Democrat - jjs)
  Happy Unknownth Birthday, Alexander Hamilton!

  FINALLY . . .

• "My childhood just died."
  Fruit Stripe Gum Discontinued After 60 Years

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1 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 12, 2024 07:59 AM (PODEE)

2 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 12, 2024 08:00 AM (Q4IgG)

3 Thank you, JJ

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 12, 2024 08:01 AM (hH3Px)

4 My main man JJ. Thanks and Happy Birthday.

Posted by: Jonah at January 12, 2024 08:01 AM (BGQYY)

5 what's with all the little black diamonds

Posted by: Don Black at January 12, 2024 08:01 AM (geLO8)

6 So. Much. Unicode.

Good morning, Horde!
Happy birthday, JJ!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 08:01 AM (Zp1WF)

7 Black diamonds ...
Look better in the shade

Posted by: Gino Vanelli at January 12, 2024 08:02 AM (527QV)

8 wtfo???

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 12, 2024 08:02 AM (lwOKI)

9 "In a sane world"

We are way beyond that.

Posted by: Arthur Brown at January 12, 2024 08:02 AM (vFG9F)

10 somebody gave Biden a old DVD of Wag the Dog, and after his nap he called his Obama agent at the Pentagon to shoot some rockets

Posted by: Jonah at January 12, 2024 08:02 AM (BGQYY)

11 >. This is a retaliatory, offensive strike.

does the person saying this realize they are stupid

Posted by: Don Black at January 12, 2024 08:03 AM (geLO8)

12 NEW: The Texas Military Department confirms the TX National Guard has seized control of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass (city property where mass illegal crossings are), and is restricting Border Patrol from accessing the area, saying the Feds “perpetuate illegal crossings”. This is the area where Border Patrol has been cutting TX razor wire. Razor wire and fences are now deployed to block the area off from the public and federal government. Attached video is from our crew on the ground this morning as they began blocking it off.
You can expect DOJ to sue Texas over this.
Texas Military Department statement:

“The Texas National Guard has maintained a presence with security points and temporary barrier in Shelby Park since 2021. The current posture is to prepare for future illegal immigrant surges and to restrict access to organizations that perpetuate illegal immigrant crossings in the park and greater Eagle Pass area.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 12, 2024 08:03 AM (S6gqv)

13 Condolences to Melania Trump and the Trump family.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 12, 2024 08:03 AM (Uyhow)

14 >“The President needs to come to Congress before launching a strike against the Houthis in Yemen



that would take months

Posted by: Don Black at January 12, 2024 08:04 AM (geLO8)

15 of course are border is wide open, and our gubmint is only worried about oil shipping lanes by the Bel Arabs

Posted by: Jonah at January 12, 2024 08:04 AM (BGQYY)

16 Houthi do you think ordered the airstrikes? Biden? Pentagon?

Posted by: dantesed at January 12, 2024 08:04 AM (88xKn)

17 somebody gave Biden a old DVD of Wag the Dog, and after his nap he called his Obama agent at the Pentagon to shoot some rockets

Sounds plausible.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at January 12, 2024 08:04 AM (iF0sF)

18 Good morning again dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 12, 2024 08:05 AM (RIvkX)

19
Re: America

I sure hope somebody's in charge

Posted by: Don Black at January 12, 2024 08:05 AM (geLO8)

20 The federal government gets more and more illegitimate with each passing day.

Bastards.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 12, 2024 08:06 AM (gQdZt)

21 But remember that the Great Replacement is not real, you H8Rs!

Happy Friday, Horde.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 12, 2024 08:06 AM (4olE8)

22 Well, somebody ordered them because just like the head of the Defense Department, Lloyd "AWOL-stin"Austin, Joey has not been seen in public for three days.
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When we took out Osama bin Laden, the story - a story I have no trouble believing - is that Obama was pussy-footing around with his finger on button until Valerie Jarret grabbed him by the lapels or bullied him into doing it. She was in charge, not him, and he'd damn well better give that order. He gave it.

They've now dropped the pretense. Biden was in bed, Austin was in ICU and most of the various underlings were out and about doing other things. The puppet masters - whoever they are - made the call directly this time, and the military followed their orders.

There has been a coup. It is an arm of the same slow-motion coup that destroyed Trump and installed Biden, but it marks an escalation. Nobody is pretending anymore. Shadowy Party men now give orders directly, and those orders are unquestioningly obeyed - even when the order is to launch military action.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 08:06 AM (Zp1WF)

23 "Let's be clear: Donald Trump does not have the authority to take us into war with Iran without Congressional approval. A president should never take this nation to war without the informed consent of the American people."

- Joe Biden in 2000. This is what gives the fuel to Rashida and the rest, they're just repeating Biden's own words.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 12, 2024 08:07 AM (S6gqv)

24 12. Tom, this sounds grim, but maybe we need a clash between Texas agents and the Feds. We need to keep the open border news going into November. It is a winner for us

Posted by: Jonah at January 12, 2024 08:07 AM (BGQYY)

25 Elon Musk@elonmusk 4h
The propaganda level in legacy media has become tediously high, but also remarkable for how almost all legacy media repeat the same lies verbatim

The Rabbit Hole@TheRabbitHole849h

“If people in the media cannot decide whether they are in the business of reporting news or manufacturing propaganda, it is all the more important that the public understand that difference, and choose their news sources accordingly.”

― Thomas Sowell

https://t.ly/ilCgb

Posted by: Braenyard at January 12, 2024 08:08 AM (fEezT)

26 “The President needs to come to Congress before launching a strike against the Houthis in Yemen and involving us in another middle east (sic) conflict,” Rep. Ro Khanna tweeted. “That is Article I of the Constitution. I will stand up for that regardless of whether a Democrat or Republican is in the White House.”
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No he doesn't. There are so many emergency powers, police action authorizations, etc. floating in the cesspit of American "law" that he can do whatever he wants. Just like Obama could. Just like Bush 43 could. Just like Clinton could.

Congress has ceded its power. It has spent more than 70 years - closer to a century - ceding its power. It now has no cause to complain.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 08:08 AM (Zp1WF)

27 Meanwhile, where the hell is the SecDef??

Posted by: dantesed at January 12, 2024 08:08 AM (88xKn)

28 They used to say back when people worked, a recession is when your neighbor loses his job, a depression is when you lose your job.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 12, 2024 08:08 AM (RIvkX)

29 Tlaib is in the Ugly Valley.

There's a severe level of ugliness that inspires pity or even morbid curiosity. Like Michael Berryman or Lori Lightfoot.

But she's not quite there... just in that zone where you're like "damn... that bitch is uglier than hammered sin. My 'nads hurt."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 12, 2024 08:08 AM (0FoWg)

30 Send our new Tranny commando's into Yemen and Qatar. That will show them

Posted by: Jonah at January 12, 2024 08:08 AM (BGQYY)

31 Our political class, all of them, are incredibly stupid. Like bag of rocks stupid.

But, to be honest, they are being fed these "talking points" from their staff. That's the real issue. Most legislation is barfed up by staff... unelected little shits with an agenda and an ax to grind.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 12, 2024 08:08 AM (Q4IgG)

32 They don't care if hundreds or even thousands of us die at the hands of the terrorists and criminals they invited in.
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The don't care if MILLIONS of Americans are killed by terrorists, as long as TPTB are allowed to remain in charge.

Of course, if TPTB do let millions of Americans die like that, they probably won't remain TPTB for very long, but they believe they are invulnerable and immortal.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 12, 2024 08:09 AM (7fElN)

33 They've now dropped the pretense. Biden was in bed, Austin was in ICU and most of the various underlings were out and about doing other things. The puppet masters - whoever they are - made the call directly this time, and the military followed their orders.

There has been a coup. It is an arm of the same slow-motion coup that destroyed Trump and installed Biden, but it marks an escalation. Nobody is pretending anymore. Shadowy Party men now give orders directly, and those orders are unquestioningly obeyed - even when the order is to launch military action.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 08:06 AM (Zp1WF)

Agreed - there was a quick story just before the strike took place that the UK and other nations dependent on shipping had demanded it, and then with no announcement, it was done. Having a fleet sitting offshore playing whackamole with ballistic missiles was always idiotic, the shadow government couldn't stand the pretense anymore.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 12, 2024 08:09 AM (S6gqv)

34 Actually, I have to admit that these loathsome creeps do in fact have a point. But make no mistake, they could care fuck-all for the Constitution. The only reason they're bitching and moaning is because the Iranian-controlled Houthis are aligned with Hamas, and have both called for and unless I'm mistaken even participated in attacks on Israel during or post the initial wave last October 7th.
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It is the same thing as it always is. There is no consistency other than "do what is bad for America and good for her enemies." That's it. The only rule. Whatever argument is presented - be it moral, legal, religious, ethical, etc. - is just a means to an end. They don't mean it.

They also don't have to worry. Like every other war since the last big one, we will lose this one. They will see to it. They always do.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 08:10 AM (Zp1WF)

35 "New York Attorney General Letitia James"

A nexus of corruption. When are we going to find out that she has been bonking a prosecutor?

Posted by: fd at January 12, 2024 08:10 AM (vFG9F)

36 The Junta wants America laid low and supplanted by the Davos-Beijing-Tehran Axis.

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JJ I think you may have buried the headline

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 12, 2024 08:10 AM (RIvkX)

37 Some of those Dem women in the US House are brutal. Turn to stone Medusa Brutal

Posted by: Jonah at January 12, 2024 08:10 AM (BGQYY)

38 Previous Presidents have maintained that the War Powers CT was unconstitutional and they would not follow it. As for bombing the terrorists I am surprised Biden is doing it.

Posted by: vic at January 12, 2024 08:10 AM (A5THL)

39 Speaking of the disaster of the economy, here's another howler that'll make you vomit, as well as worthy of earning Janet Yellen a flaming sack of horse dung to the face:

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We need a new portmanteau of gaslighting and wishcasting.

"Gascasting" it is ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Plagiarism is copying without attribution plus white cisheteropatriarchal skin at January 12, 2024 08:11 AM (+lwg5)

40 If you want to invoke the past ease of inciting metropolitan area level fear and panic, just remember Malvo and Co., the DC sniper pair.

I still remember pumping gas and ducking between the pumps.

Posted by: pawn at January 12, 2024 08:11 AM (QB+5g)

41 Well-played, Kalorama. And let's not overlook the fact that the fumbling, stumbling, gibbering Roomba of a criminal pervert presidential poseur needs something, anything, to make him look macho, virile and John Wayne-esque because this is an election year. Except that he comes off more like John Wayne Gacy as each day goes by.
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The success of that - if it is even part of the point at all, and I think it might well not be - remains to be seen in the coming days. They have to trot him out there to speak to it, and have him do some in a manner approaching "comprehensible." His performance needs to be at *least* as good - and as frequent - as it was in the disastrous aftermath of the Afghanistan withdrawal. He didn't do well at that time, but he did appear to be human and at least somewhat cogent. They have to repeat that, but now it's two years - a very long, very draining two years - later.

It's going to be a tall order.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 08:12 AM (Zp1WF)

42 There seems to be a lot of vendors selling refurbished student size chromebooks on line. Very cheap prices. Maybe they needed reconditioning after falling from the back of a truck in Chicago.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 12, 2024 08:12 AM (0EOe9)

43 “If people in the media cannot decide whether they are in the business of reporting news or manufacturing propaganda, it is all the more important that the public understand that difference, and choose their news sources accordingly.”
― Thomas Sowell"


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Posted by: fd at January 12, 2024 08:12 AM (vFG9F)

44 Congress has ceded its power. It has spent more than 70 years - closer to a century - ceding its power. It now has no cause to complain.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 08:08 AM (Zp1WF)

and the saddest part is that it's because congressmen and senators decided it was far more rewarding building personal empires and raising shitloads of money for themselves personally, than it was to govern. So they handed all their power over to the bureaucrats and quit paying attention to how anything was run. And every political campaign from that moment on just became a huge con game - how to convince people you're going to "do something" when you're just there to rake in loot. (which is what the uniparty is really all about)

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 12, 2024 08:13 AM (S6gqv)

45 > As for bombing the terrorists I am surprised Biden is doing it.
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he's not
someone else is in charge
could be one person or several

Posted by: Don Black at January 12, 2024 08:13 AM (geLO8)

46 hiya

Posted by: JT at January 12, 2024 08:13 AM (T4tVD)

47 not just about losing population losses in blue states and EV's.

The border is open, because Blue states need illegals with gubmint benefits and cash, to spend money. Retailers are leaving in droves

Posted by: Jonah at January 12, 2024 08:13 AM (BGQYY)

48 And if you actually look at their spending patterns, spending has really been quite strong. And so, people are acting as though they feel okay about their own situations, but are worried about the economy.
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Yeah, no shit. Spending has been "strong" because prices are high. This isn't even a clever distraction or frame-up. In real terms, spending is *not* strong and the Christmas season wasn't very good. The numbers are all up because the numbers are all up.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 08:13 AM (Zp1WF)

49 Buy ammo!

Posted by: Weasel at January 12, 2024 08:14 AM (JwHpX)

50 I've pondered Schlichter's scenario before, but more to wonder whether Joe Biden would feign sympathy for the multitudes of victims.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 12, 2024 08:15 AM (RIvkX)

51 They've now dropped the pretense. Biden was in bed, Austin was in ICU and most of the various underlings were out and about doing other things. The puppet masters - whoever they are - made the call directly this time, and the military followed their orders.

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And Hillary's still waiting for that 3:00 am phone call from Benghazi ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Plagiarism is copying without attribution plus white cisheteropatriarchal skin at January 12, 2024 08:15 AM (+lwg5)

52 Good morning horde, I seek your wisdom.

Is anyone familiar with toothpaste tablets? Is there some point to them?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 12, 2024 08:15 AM (GYIa4)

53 You can expect DOJ to sue Texas over this.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Bring it.
_Atty Gen. Ken Paxton

Posted by: Braenyard at January 12, 2024 08:15 AM (fEezT)

54 38 Previous Presidents have maintained that the War Powers CT was unconstitutional and they would not follow it. As for bombing the terrorists I am surprised Biden is doing it.
Posted by: vic at January 12, 2024 08:10 AM (A5THL)

We're suggesting that Biden isn't doing it at all, and neither is Austin. The shadow players who actually run the government finally decided it had to be done. That would explain why Biden won't talk about it at all, he's just going to pretend its happening in some other world.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 12, 2024 08:15 AM (S6gqv)

55 Posted by: fd at January 12, 2024 08:12 AM (vFG9F)

I saw that in the Tech Thread. That's just naked intimidation. It's an election year, and everyone, advertisers, content creators, and service providers alike are being put on notice to tow the line.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 12, 2024 08:16 AM (0FoWg)

56 What doesn't seem to be bandied about as a topic of conversation is that Yemen should already be a smoldering pile of nothing much in particular. It's not like the Houthis woke up last week and said let's play pirates out of nowhere.

Aside from the legal niceties of calling the code red... it's really more a case of Too Little Too Late.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 12, 2024 08:16 AM (9UlRk)

57 Some of those Dem women in the US House are brutal. Turn to stone Medusa Brutal
Posted by: Jonah at January 12, 2024 08:10 AM (BGQYY)

There's an ELO song for that.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 12, 2024 08:16 AM (R4t5M)

58 41 It's going to be a tall order.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 08:12 AM (Zp1WF)

Joe, he didn't even go on camera to announce the strikes. He's been incommunicado for three straight days.

He's a vegetable.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 12, 2024 08:17 AM (x0n13)

59 Oh yeah. Georgia Governor Brian Kemp is jetting off to the World Economic Forum meeting for the second year in a row. They've got their hooks in him big time. What a POS. I will never forgive him and Ratshitburger for giving the country to the Dems.

Posted by: fd at January 12, 2024 08:17 AM (vFG9F)

60 So, I'm not unhappy because of my situation. I'm unhappy because of my neighbor's situation. I'm happy and peppy and bursting with love! Yeah, that's the ticket! Pfft.
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Okay, Jan. Sure. Let's take me as an example.

I'm gainfully employed. I do okay. I also know that with the headwinds in my industry - and across several key industries to which my company sells - we're in for a tough row to hoe. Sales are down. Profits are down. My division is on the auction block, and it will be sold off.

My odds of avoiding unemployment this year are maybe 25%. I have reserved against that outcome, because I need to be prepared for it. I have reduced my spending dramatically so as to prepare for the new baseline. If I am unlucky, that will be a permanent shift. If I am lucky, it will be temporary. If I am very lucky, it won't happen at all.

But I - and countless others - are not casually yelling "YOLO" and closing our eyes. We understand that the future is a thing, and that the present will likely inform it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 08:17 AM (Zp1WF)

61 Hiya JT! It's cold outside!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at January 12, 2024 08:17 AM (iF0sF)

62 Every day brings a new level of cluelessness about just how little power they have under the laws they wrote and judges they approved.

These are the same people who want to pack the court and have a judicial dictatorship with no concept of how with this move Congress would be disposing of all its remaining power.

Posted by: QT3.14159 at January 12, 2024 08:17 AM (5ERk1)

63 49 Buy ammo!
Posted by: Weasel at January 12, 2024 08:14 AM (JwHpX)

While you still can.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 12, 2024 08:17 AM (x0n13)

64 My guess is somebody at the Pentagon told somebody at Kalorama that we have to do SOMETHING besides sit out at sea and swat Houthi flies

Posted by: Don Black at January 12, 2024 08:17 AM (geLO8)

65 In real terms, spending is *not* strong and the Christmas season wasn't very good. The numbers are all up because the numbers are all up.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 08:13 AM (Zp1WF)

Spending is up. Savings are obliterated. Household debt is monstrous.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 12, 2024 08:18 AM (9UlRk)

66 >>>>There has been a coup. It is an arm of the same slow-motion coup that destroyed Trump and installed Biden, but it marks an escalation. Nobody is pretending anymore. Shadowy Party men now give orders directly, and those orders are unquestioningly obeyed - even when the order is to launch military action.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 08:06 AM (Zp1WF)
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Ladies and gentlemen now is not the time to get nerves but to keep a steady head.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2_KBGPHUGk

Posted by: Braenyard at January 12, 2024 08:18 AM (fEezT)

67 Yellen and Powell are doing their job to try and help Bear Track Joe. Highest interest rates in 40 years, and the SP 500 is at frickin 4800'. Deep state Tresury buying bonds 24/7

Posted by: Jonah at January 12, 2024 08:18 AM (BGQYY)

68 And if you actually look at their spending patterns, spending has really been quite strong.

*******

Nobody asked for my opinion, but if you ask me, a more likely explanation for seemingly strong spending is the exact opposite of faith in the economy. If you have no faith in the economy or in the feeble promises of Social Security/Medicare, if you have no prospect of owning a home, if you are bombarded with images of the glitz and glamor of Vegas, and Hollywood, and Sports celebrities, and The Housewives of Wherever, why would you try to save? Screw it! YOLO! Spend it up! It's not because of hope, it's because of hopelessness.

(Now I'm beginning to see why nobody asked for my opinion...)

Posted by: Muldoon at January 12, 2024 08:18 AM (991eG)

69 From EMT
Caroline Glick S L A Y S !!!
http://tinyurl.com/28nukhxv

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 12, 2024 08:19 AM (RIvkX)

70 Thank heavens for Weasel's message!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 12, 2024 08:19 AM (dA1aK)

71 Imagine – because they have – murders and atrocities across the country, uploaded on the web, with waves of strikes occurring inside the decision cycle of our totally inept current administration, politicized federal law enforcement, and woke military.
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Meh. It's a no-lose scenario for the ruling class.

In the worst case, they manage the surrender and head for the bugout bunkers. In the best case, they get people to rally 'round the flag and finish remaking the country into a total police state. Win-win.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 08:19 AM (Zp1WF)

72 Buy ammo!
Posted by: Weasel at January 12, 2024 08:14 AM (JwHpX)

While you still can.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 12, 2024 08:17 AM (x0n13)
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Correct. That has always been at the core of WeaselDoctrine.

Posted by: Weasel at January 12, 2024 08:19 AM (JwHpX)

73 We need to find the communist star chamber.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 12, 2024 08:19 AM (R4t5M)

74 US Cities are biggest losers if Shadow Deep State starts a war

Posted by: Jonah at January 12, 2024 08:19 AM (BGQYY)

75 When we took out Osama bin Laden, the story - a story I have no trouble believing - is that Obama was pussy-footing around with his finger on button until Valerie Jarret grabbed him by the lapels or bullied him into doing it. She was in charge, not him, and he'd damn well better give that order. He gave it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 08:06 AM (Zp1WF)
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Didn't FJB persuade TFG to NOT take out Osama Bin Laden on more than one occasion? They had multiple opportunities but FJB convinced TFG to not take the shot.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 12, 2024 08:19 AM (7fElN)

76 When October 7 happened

*******
Odd phrasing.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 12, 2024 08:20 AM (991eG)

77 I will believe the era of inflation is over when price stop rising.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 12, 2024 08:20 AM (aD39U)

78 State of Washington wants to tax ammo some more

Washington state Democrats propose additional tax for 'privilege of using ammunition'
House Bill 2238 said the revenue from the proposed tax would fund programs to prevent suicide and firearm-related domestic violence

Posted by: Don Black at January 12, 2024 08:20 AM (geLO8)

79 63 49 Buy ammo!
Posted by: Weasel at January 12, 2024 08:14 AM (JwHpX)

While you still can.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton
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Strolling through Academy looking for lures I glanced over at the ammo isle. Ha, it looked like food shelves in ancient Soviet.
Barren.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 12, 2024 08:21 AM (fEezT)

80 Whose job is it at the White House, to bleach Biden's Tighty Whitey's?

Posted by: Jonah at January 12, 2024 08:21 AM (BGQYY)

81 Starting to love Abbott. The only sitting person in the GOP who does more than send a strongly worded letter to the Hunta.

Posted by: MATT GRAVER at January 12, 2024 08:21 AM (ZfvV/)

82 Congress would be disposing of all its remaining power.
Posted by: QT3.14159 at January 12, 2024 08:17 AM (5ERk1)

It's the definition of ad-hocracy.

There is no system. There are no rules. Every action is a struggle for power expressly done for the moment in which it happens.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 12, 2024 08:21 AM (9UlRk)

83 EMMAUS, Pa. — As the area prepares for its first presidential visit since Joe Biden's 2021 tour of the Mack Trucks plant, Emmaus is getting ready for a mysterious "special event" that same morning.

East Penn schools are dismissing early Friday. And signs on streets near Triangle Park and Borough Hall are calling for no parking, stopping or standing along these areas, beginning from 7 to 8 a.m. and ending 4 p.m. or 5 p.m., depending on the specific street.

Borough police officials say there is no further information available — but rumors are swirling online and among local folks that Biden could be visiting at least one small business in town.

Posted by: SMOD at January 12, 2024 08:21 AM (iA26U)

84 ... despite the shameful backstabbing by the Biden administration and the screaming of the terrorist wing of the Democrat Party here at home.

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I believe it's more of a terrorist torso now, and a Venn diagram from Kamala would show something approaching a singularity IYKWIMAITYD.

Posted by: ShainS -- Plagiarism is copying without attribution plus white cisheteropatriarchal skin at January 12, 2024 08:22 AM (+lwg5)

85 The Texas national guard is now shutting down border crossings and preventing the border patrol from helping illegal aliens get in, so I can't wait to see what happens next.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 12, 2024 08:22 AM (lTGtQ)

86 Good morning, kids. So after numerous attacks on shipping by these Yemen-based Houthi rebels that have seriously threatened international maritime traffic in the Red Sea, Joey Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants finally ordered strikes against their bases in Yemen.

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Which is all well and good, but it's not going to be sufficient to start up the decades-long trillion dollar war(s) that the "defense" contractors need. For that they've got to figure out some way to get Iran involved, which might finally get Russia involved.

They've been trying their hardest to make Ukraine work but it doesn't look like it's going to. Time to start the backup plan.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 12, 2024 08:22 AM (/TehT)

87 Biden has been spending money like a drunken sailor and it is mainly on socialist programs.

Posted by: vic at January 12, 2024 08:22 AM (A5THL)

88 "Another giant star undergoes dimming"

Another grim milestone for the Biden administration.

Posted by: fd at January 12, 2024 08:22 AM (vFG9F)

89 Two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Jeff Beck died at age 78 on Wednesday after a short bout with bacterial meningitis.

Posted by: SMOD at January 12, 2024 08:22 AM (iA26U)

90 Kemp has biz interests in China. Global trash

Posted by: Jonah at January 12, 2024 08:23 AM (BGQYY)

91 Immediately after 9/11, many Americans worried that there might be terrorists "around every corner". That worry was unfounded, but today is different. Worse. An open border and tens of thousands of "got-aways". Kurt Schlicter is right.

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at January 12, 2024 08:23 AM (qRH5R)

92 Since October 1, 2023, Border Patrol agents apprehended approximately 15,800 Chinese nationals who illegally crossed the border between ports of entry, the report indicates. Official reports from U.S. Customs and Border Protection reveal the apprehension of 9,844 migrants in October and November. This leaves nearly 6,800 who were apprehended since December 1, 2023. . .
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I would wager that most of them are actually people fleeing the CCP. Red China has something of an underground cottage industry in escape, with various target destinations from SE Asia to Europe to here.

But assume a mere 10% - hell, even 1% - of those flowing over are CCP saboteurs blending in with the fleeing. That's 1,580 (or 15 directly-enabled spies, even with the small proportion. And if they are, then they are here for direct action. The CCP has plenty of networks within the US government and economy. If they are sending people physically over the border in masquerade, they're here to blow shit up.

Seems like a pretty big risk to me, along with all the other big risks of the destruction of our border.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 08:23 AM (Zp1WF)

93 >>>>(Now I'm beginning to see why nobody asked for my opinion...)

Posted by: Muldoon
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Other than ignorance of youth that is the most valid explanation.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 12, 2024 08:23 AM (fEezT)

94 No wonder CPS didn't bother using their $3 million tracking system; everything was paid for with Other People's Money.

Same reason someone was able to steal $100M from the Army before anyone noticed.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 12, 2024 08:23 AM (GYIa4)

95 Borough police officials say there is no further information available — but rumors are swirling online and among local folks that Biden could be visiting at least one small business in town.

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(checks mapping software to see if there's an ice cream parlor)

Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 12, 2024 08:23 AM (/TehT)

96 Beck was a great guitarist

Posted by: Jonah at January 12, 2024 08:23 AM (BGQYY)

97 "rumors are swirling online and among local folks that Biden could be visiting at least one small business in town.
Posted by: SMOD"

Mom and Pop ice creme shop?

Posted by: fd at January 12, 2024 08:23 AM (vFG9F)

98 Today is-
Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 12, 2024 08:23 AM (NpAcC)

99 It puts the cash in the basket, or else it gets the missiles again.

Posted by: Joem Bidumb at January 12, 2024 08:23 AM (kE633)

100 Beck was a great guitarist
Posted by: Jonah

Yep. RIP

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 12, 2024 08:24 AM (R4t5M)

101 Beck died a year ago?

Posted by: Jonah at January 12, 2024 08:24 AM (BGQYY)

102 If I were a conspiracy nutter, I'd say sensing a massive defeat come November, the Junta is opening our borders to actively invite mass acts of domestic terrorism as the reason to either suspend the election and/or declare some sort of state of emergency. If they can use that as the final pretext to either grab our guns or failing that grab our ammunition so that guns are useless . . . Do the math.
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I kind of doubt it. I think the machine is just wildly swinging about, careening toward the only end it can achieve: a cliff.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 08:24 AM (Zp1WF)

103 He didn't do well at that time, but he did appear to be human and at least somewhat cogent. They have to repeat that, but now it's two years - a very long, very draining two years - later.

It's going to be a tall order.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 08:12 AM (Zp1WF)
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Is FJB even going to be able to make through the spectacle of the SOTU this year?

Although the speech itself can be short, the event is a massive public appearance. He's expected to appear vibrant, dynamic, and strong for at least 1 hour, if not 2 or more (before and after the speech). I'm not sure the cocktails they are giving him can sustain him that long.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 12, 2024 08:24 AM (7fElN)

104 If someone outside the chain of command (prez to secdef and on down) ordered that military action… even if you agree with the action it’s a dangerous precedent. Who am I kidding? Nothing that happens in this junta is actually directed by Brandon….

Remember when Trump ordered troops out of Syria and the DoD ignored him? Remember when Milley Vanilli tipped off the chicoms that Trump wouldn’t do some thing or another? Good times… it seems like the military is already feral and does what it pleases

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 12, 2024 08:24 AM (dfZzK)

105 It's also,
Kiss a Ginger Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 12, 2024 08:24 AM (NpAcC)

106 "Kemp has biz interests in China. Global trash
Posted by: Jonah"

That and his support for Rivian is maddening.

Posted by: fd at January 12, 2024 08:24 AM (vFG9F)

107 What if your plan was to launch mass shooters across the country, supplemented by some specialists with bombs and missiles, plus hit teams designed to go after prominent politicians, entertainment, people, and other public figures?

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No comment.

Posted by: ShainS -- Plagiarism is copying without attribution plus white cisheteropatriarchal skin at January 12, 2024 08:25 AM (+lwg5)

108 If you have no faith in the economy or in the feeble promises of Social Security/Medicare, if you have no prospect of owning a home, if you are bombarded with images of the glitz and glamor of Vegas, and Hollywood, and Sports celebrities, and The Housewives of Wherever, why would you try to save?
Posted by: Muldoon at January 12, 2024 08:18 AM

Concur. The idiots you see out and about driving their cheap Hyundais that they are still paying thousands on and swallowing their Taco Bell because they do not know how to cook are all broke ass losers. They ain't got a pot to piss in and don't give two shits either. As they get older, their situations will only worsen.

Buy ammo.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 12, 2024 08:25 AM (gQdZt)

109 Shit could get out of hand at the border very easily.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 12, 2024 08:25 AM (R4t5M)

110 Fruit Stripe gum is the Kaboom! of childhood sweet treats, full of despair and silent resignation. That pathetic zebra stomped all the joy out of my childhood in a stampede of nihilistic savagery.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 12, 2024 08:25 AM (991eG)

111 Rand Paul
@RandPaul
As I look over the field, I don’t think I yet have a first choice, but I do know one thing: count me in as #NeverNikki!

Posted by: SMOD at January 12, 2024 08:25 AM (iA26U)

112 To reiterate: Biden doesn't do jack shit except read teleprompters and index cards. As for US policy, people come to him and tell him what is going to be done, or what they want him to think is going to be done.

Biden is not president. Somebody else is.

Posted by: Don Black at January 12, 2024 08:25 AM (geLO8)

113 Congress has ceded its power. It has spent more than 70 years - closer to a century - ceding its power. It now has no cause to complain.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 08:08 AM (Zp1WF)
===

*frantically waves arms*
-Hawaii District court judge

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 12, 2024 08:26 AM (RIvkX)

114 "Kiss a Ginger Day.
Posted by: redridinghood"

Well, if I have to. I'll still be thinking of Mary Ann though.

Posted by: fd at January 12, 2024 08:26 AM (vFG9F)

115 Juicy Fruit for the win

Posted by: Don Black at January 12, 2024 08:26 AM (geLO8)

116 I'll just leave this here for anyone who is keeping up at home. October 2023:

Since October 1, 2023, Border Patrol agents apprehended approximately 15,800 Chinese nationals who illegally crossed the border between ports of entry, the report indicates. Official reports from U.S. Customs and Border Protection reveal the apprehension of 9,844 migrants in October and November. This leaves nearly 6,800 who were apprehended since December 1, 2023. . .

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"“Since the first of October, Border Patrol agents have apprehended individuals from Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya. Malaysia, Morocco, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Yemen,” Daines said in a media call following his visit. “This is just in the last 10 days.”"

http://tinyurl.com/55d9c9fa

Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 12, 2024 08:26 AM (/TehT)

117 Patriot act diluted Congress power

Posted by: Jonah at January 12, 2024 08:26 AM (BGQYY)

118 Thank you Rand.

Posted by: fd at January 12, 2024 08:27 AM (vFG9F)

119 Since October 1, 2023, Border Patrol agents apprehended approximately 15,800 Chinese nationals who illegally crossed the border between ports of entry, the report indicates.

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So likely double or triple that figure when "got-aways" are included.

None dare call it treason ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Plagiarism is copying without attribution plus white cisheteropatriarchal skin at January 12, 2024 08:27 AM (+lwg5)

120 Whoops. Sorry for the double repeat. The first paragraph was supposed to be JJ's Chinese illegals comment.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 12, 2024 08:27 AM (/TehT)

121 First Lady Jill Biden was torched online after claiming her husband, Joe Biden, “works hard every day” despite being on vacation for over 40% of his presidency.

“I think what people don’t see is how hard Joe works every single day!” the First Lady told MSNBC.

Posted by: SMOD at January 12, 2024 08:27 AM (iA26U)

122 116. Like I said, they are all in the outskirts of Newark, planning the next one

Posted by: Jonah at January 12, 2024 08:27 AM (BGQYY)

123 92 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 08:23 AM (Zp1WF)

I cannot see anyone being able to successfully flee a police state that can monitor a billion people 24/7 with near pinpoint accuracy, let alone thousands.

The Chi-Coms are letting them "flee." Are all of them PLA cadres? Probably not. But it's sure a fair bet that a significant proportion are. The others are just excess mouths to feed, perhaps even petty criminals and miscreants.

Chinese Mariel Boat Lift.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 12, 2024 08:27 AM (x0n13)

124 Schlichter's paranoid fantasy of "10,000 suicidal jihadists"...is dumb. It doesn't occur to this fellow, who's using this fantasy to cynically hawk his new paranoid book, that the more people you have involved in a conspiracy the more likely that conspiracy is to be uncovered. The half-wits at FBI and CIA nearly uncovered the far smaller (~20 guys in country) 9-11 conspiracy. Maybe Schlichter is one of those verbalist wonders who simply can't count--and, therefore, can't think.

Yes, the open border is dangerous and treasonous. Dumb fantasies are a poor way of conveying this fact.

Posted by: Craken at January 12, 2024 08:28 AM (nSRZX)

125 and the saddest part is that it's because congressmen and senators decided it was far more rewarding building personal empires and raising shitloads of money for themselves personally, than it was to govern. So they handed all their power over to the bureaucrats and quit paying attention to how anything was run. And every political campaign from that moment on just became a huge con game - how to convince people you're going to "do something" when you're just there to rake in loot. (which is what the uniparty is really all about)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 12, 2024 08:13 AM (S6gqv)
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Yup. Our ruling class has no, for lack of a better term, "nobless oblige" anymore. They're in it for naked self-improvement and the webs of corruption they have woven are so complex and so dense that it cannot pretend to be otherwise anymore.

It's a Gordian Knot, and it cannot be untied. Eventually, someone is going to cut it in half. It's inevitable. Internal, external, opportunist, strategic play - at some point, someone is going to do it and try to win the prize.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 08:28 AM (Zp1WF)

126 Seven Texas men 'filmed themselves gang-raping two toddlers in bathroom of Houston's Galleria Mall where ringleader worked', cops say

Posted by: SMOD at January 12, 2024 08:28 AM (iA26U)

127 >“I think what people don’t see is how hard Joe works every single day!” the First Lady told MSNBC.


I don't see a lot of things that NEVER HAPPEN

Posted by: Don Black at January 12, 2024 08:28 AM (geLO8)

128 121 “I think what people don’t see is how hard Joe works every single day!” the First Lady told MSNBC.
Posted by: SMOD at January 12, 2024 08:27 AM (iA26U)

. . . to tie his own shoelaces and aim his piss into the toilet.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 12, 2024 08:28 AM (x0n13)

129 110. Fruit Stripe and Charms

Posted by: Jonah at January 12, 2024 08:28 AM (BGQYY)

130 @RandPaul
As I look over the field, I don’t think I yet have a first choice, but I do know one thing: count me in as #NeverNikki!

-

That reminds me:

"Seemingly untouched by any mainstream media coverage of Haley’s donors are the enormous donations given to former Ambassador Haley by Jan Koum, the billionaire founder of ‘WhatsApp’, worth an estimated $15.7 Billion.

Koum is a native of Ukraine, born in Kyiv, and has been described as the Ukrainian Government’s ‘number one’ philanthropist during the Ukrainian War. An article published by ‘Tech Ukraine’ describes Koum as a ‘secret philanthropist’, describing actions he has taken to support Ukrainian President Zelensky in his war effort. "

http://tinyurl.com/2njtcnse

Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 12, 2024 08:29 AM (/TehT)

131 126 Seven Texas men 'filmed themselves gang-raping two toddlers in bathroom of Houston's Galleria Mall where ringleader worked', cops say
Posted by: SMOD at January 12, 2024 08:28 AM (iA26U)

Hamas.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 12, 2024 08:29 AM (x0n13)

132 >>>>But assume a mere 10% - hell, even 1% - of those flowing over are CCP saboteurs blending in with the fleeing. That's 1,580 (or 15 directly-enabled spies, even with the small proportion. And if they are, then they are here for direct action. The CCP has plenty of networks within the US government and economy. If they are sending people physically over the border in masquerade, they're here to blow shit up.

Seems like a pretty big risk to me, along with all the other big risks of the destruction of our border.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
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The Japanese were wary of an American behind every bush with a gun. The Chinese aren't.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 12, 2024 08:29 AM (fEezT)

133 Authorities discovered underground tunnels built into Orthodox Jewish buildings in New York City. Roughly 20,000 people reportedly live there and the tunnel system was built illegally in response to pandemic restrictions. Police forced people out and arrested at least 10 people.

Posted by: SMOD at January 12, 2024 08:29 AM (iA26U)

134 Hiya JT! It's cold outside!
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at January 12, 2024 08:17 AM (iF0sF)

Hiya Jewells !

Posted by: JT at January 12, 2024 08:29 AM (T4tVD)

135 Regarding the attacks on the Houthi terrorists...

Europe demanded action. They were feeling the effects of the attacks on shipping acutely. They understood what the ramifications are on their respective economies.

The US doesn't understand maritime shipping and the security issues the Houthi's were causing. In a nutshell, we don't give a fuck because the effects haven't been felt here as they have in Europe.

And we would rather not antagonize Iran. Mostly that.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 12, 2024 08:30 AM (Q4IgG)

136 So the tv nooz mentioned the Houthi, and I told Hubby the Dem that they had previously been designated a terrorist org, but Biden had lifted them.
Hubby said sarcastically that "coz Biden is in charge of everything in America and doesn't have anyone else working under him."
So apparently not knowing what's going on in his admin is a valid defense now.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at January 12, 2024 08:31 AM (bxgno)

137 Morning all. Thx JJ. Always been a Yankees fan but I always like Buddy. He could pick it, and while not the greatest hitter he did all the little things that made him a good ballplayer. RIP

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 12, 2024 08:31 AM (Yem6A)

138 I think Nihilistic Savagery was the working title for a Nine Inch Nails album.

Posted by: But I'm not sure at January 12, 2024 08:31 AM (NBVIP)

139 124 Yes, the open border is dangerous and treasonous. Dumb fantasies are a poor way of conveying this fact.
Posted by: Craken at January 12, 2024 08:28 AM (nSRZX)

Sure he's hawking his book. But I'd venture to say that even if what he says is overblown by 90%, that still leaves the country vulnerable to mass internal attacks and violence.

Strawman argument about Schlichter's intentions vs. the real dangers.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 12, 2024 08:31 AM (x0n13)

140 “I think what people don’t see is how hard Joe works every single day!” the First Lady told MSNBC.

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People who have worked for a living know that you never have to tell anyone else how hard you work. Heck, I'm in Sunday school with a couple of old guys that I've never seen carrying anything but a Bible and I'd want them on my team if I ever had to do any outside work.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 12, 2024 08:31 AM (/TehT)

141 We need a new portmanteau of gaslighting and wishcasting.

"Gascasting" it is ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Plagiarism is copying without attribution plus white cisheteropatriarchal skin at January 12, 2024 08:11 AM (+lwg5)
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They are either Stupid or lying.
h/t Adam Carolla

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 12, 2024 08:31 AM (RIvkX)

142 Seven Texas men 'filmed themselves gang-raping two toddlers in bathroom of Houston's Galleria Mall where ringleader worked', cops say
Posted by: SMOD at January 12, 2024 08:28 AM (iA26U)

Hot rebar sodomization and then fed to feral hogs. The others get to watch and wait their turn.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 12, 2024 08:31 AM (R4t5M)

143 Somebody should investigate Letitia James' life. See what she is hiding. Because no way she did not hire friends , family and lovers for some kickbacks.

Posted by: runner at January 12, 2024 08:31 AM (V13WU)

144 137 Morning all. Thx JJ. Always been a Yankees fan but I always like Buddy. He could pick it, and while not the greatest hitter he did all the little things that made him a good ballplayer. RIP
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 12, 2024 08:31 AM (Yem6A)

I'll never forget him getting into it with Pete Rose during the '73 playoffs. No fear despite Rose being twice his size.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 12, 2024 08:32 AM (x0n13)

145 It's a Gordian Knot, and it cannot be untied. Eventually, someone is going to cut it in half. It's inevitable. Internal, external, opportunist, strategic play - at some point, someone is going to do it and try to win the prize.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 08:28 AM (Zp1WF)

I believe we are seeing personally why all democracies eventually die and are replaced by more autocratic governments.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 12, 2024 08:32 AM (S6gqv)

146 126 Seven Texas men 'filmed themselves gang-raping two toddlers in bathroom of Houston's Galleria Mall where ringleader worked', cops say
Posted by: SMOD at January 12, 2024 08:28 AM (iA26U)

Hamas.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 12, 2024 08:29 AM (x0n13)
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Yeah, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that while this event took place in Texas, I strongly doubt the men involved were themselves originally from Texas.

A true Texan (or a true man in general) would have summarily executed these men and been given the keys to the city.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 12, 2024 08:32 AM (7fElN)

147 "The US doesn't understand maritime shipping and the security issues the Houthi's were causing. "

Supposedly Tesla's factory in Germany had to shut down production because of it.

Posted by: fd at January 12, 2024 08:32 AM (vFG9F)

148 Spain's Prado Museum to Update Painting Descriptions That People Might Find "Offensive"

*******

I guess my review of Rubens painting of The Drunken Silenus will be on the chopping block:

Drunken Entourage

We Satyrs supporting Silenus
Are propping him up in between us
The flautist is tooting
The Cupids "Woot-wooting"
While Pan sneaks a peek at his penis

Posted by: Muldoon at January 12, 2024 08:33 AM (991eG)

149 As always, the average American has no idea and wouldn't care if they knew about the Houthis. What percentage of our population knows or cares? Ditto with the border. Biden will not get a bump in the polls on the Houthi strikes. He might lose a few in his base because he's bombing the wrong terrorists, he should be bombing the Israelis based on their views.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 12, 2024 08:33 AM (2NHgQ)

150 ... The Chi-Coms are letting them "flee." Are all of them PLA cadres? Probably not. But it's sure a fair bet that a significant proportion are. The others are just excess mouths to feed, perhaps even petty criminals and miscreants. ...
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 12, 2024 08:27 AM (x0n13)
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The Chinese police state is not as complete as they like to advertise. They could, without question, find and bring in any given person they want to. They know where everyone is, at all times, and can pinpoint them quickly anytime they please. The Party's data are total, but they - like us - don't have the capacity to interfere with everyone at all times.

I think a lot - at least a solid majority - of those Chinese nationals coming over the border are exactly what they say are: people fleeing Xi's ever-accelerating return to Maoism. But they are surely not *all* that, and all who aren't (and, by bad luck or ulterior motives, some who are) are exceedingly dangerous.

Just like the Mohammedans flooding over. The latter actually worry me far more than the CCP agents coming over, but that is likely beside the point. Threats abound and the government is enabling all of them.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 08:34 AM (Zp1WF)

151
"Harrelson was a member of the Mets‘ 1969 World Series winning squad, the “Miracle Mets,” as well as the 1973 team that won the NL Pennant. The 79-year-old was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2016, according to the New York Post." (One of my childhood heroes. RIP, Bud - jjs)

Beloved Mets World Series Shortstop Bud Harrelson Dead at 79

another grim milestone for the biden administration

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 12, 2024 08:34 AM (bEb2S)

152 The whole "Scranton Joe" nonsense is simply another steaming pile of garbage biography from this vicious meat sack.

He, at most, lived in PA for a handful of years before his father moved the family to Delaware when the meat sack was 10, before that there was a stop in Westchester County NY and other places.

It's just all f**king lies and gaslighting.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 12, 2024 08:35 AM (XV/Pl)

153 As a kid, I would ride my bike from Allentown to Emmaus.

I think there is actually a small mom and pop ice cream shop on Main Street there.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 12, 2024 08:36 AM (hH3Px)

154 Starting to love Abbott. The only sitting person in the GOP who does more than send a strongly worded letter to the Hunta.

Posted by: MATT GRAVER



ISWYD

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 12, 2024 08:36 AM (lTGtQ)

155 152 It's just all f**king lies and gaslighting.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 12, 2024 08:35 AM (XV/Pl)

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It's also an American tradition!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 12, 2024 08:36 AM (GBKbO)

156 Parents to Face 7 Years in Prison for Refusing Children Sex Changes Under Proposed Scottish Plan

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Oi! Scotland! Leave them kids alone!

Posted by: Muldoon at January 12, 2024 08:37 AM (991eG)

157 Hootie who?

Posted by: Karen McWinebox at January 12, 2024 08:37 AM (NBVIP)

158 Mornin’, All. Happy Friday.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 12, 2024 08:37 AM (9yWhg)

159 Judge Amos L. Mazzant ruled the FBI must hand over Rich’s personal laptop, work laptop, a DVD, and thumb drive within 14 days.

It’s now been over 40 days since this ruling came down and the lawless Chris Wray FBI has defied the court order.

Posted by: SMOD at January 12, 2024 08:38 AM (iA26U)

160 Yeah, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that while this event took place in Texas, I strongly doubt the men involved were themselves originally from Texas.


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I doubt it too. mex or me.

Posted by: runner at January 12, 2024 08:38 AM (V13WU)

161 I think a lot - at least a solid majority - of those Chinese nationals coming over the border are exactly what they say are: people fleeing Xi's ever-accelerating return to Maoism. But they are surely not *all* that, and all who aren't (and, by bad luck or ulterior motives, some who are) are exceedingly dangerous.

Just like the Mohammedans flooding over. The latter actually worry me far more than the CCP agents coming over, but that is likely beside the point. Threats abound and the government is enabling all of them.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 08:34 AM (Zp1WF)
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Both groups are dangerous, but for different reasons. The Chinese spies and saboteurs are organized and probably have a firm command-and-control structure in place so that they can all "go" according to a pre-arranged plan.

The Mohammedans *may* have a loose command-and-control structure, but it's just as likely they are independent cells that have autonomy and can strike whenever they see fit. Individuals also lack impulse control and may just do whatever they like if they see an opportunity.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 12, 2024 08:38 AM (7fElN)

162 me = Middle East

Posted by: runner at January 12, 2024 08:38 AM (V13WU)

163 Talking about Notre Dame going woke I think the author missed one it's early examples. Secretary Buttpirates father was a professor there and was head of the Antonio Gramsci Society of America. That's about as woke/communist as it gets

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 12, 2024 08:38 AM (Yem6A)

164 I remember the Emmaus Road...

Posted by: Used to be Saul at January 12, 2024 08:39 AM (NBVIP)

165 Just when I think the FBI can't get any more arrogant or lawless, there's this from the Seth Rich case. Can MSM reporters like @oliverdarcy, @AndyKroll, & @Isikoff finally admit that none of this passes the smell test? That maybe they got duped?

Posted by: SMOD at January 12, 2024 08:39 AM (iA26U)

166 So what if terrorists hit another US city?

Who said they're my countrymen?

As one of their intellectual leaders said, upon seeing Americans hanging from a bridge in Iraq, "F 'em. I feel nothing for them."
Not one Democrat has ever condemned him; several continued to kiss his ring at his annual convention.

I learned it from you.

When they chose to stop counting simultaneously in 6 different cities, kick out all observers, then continue counting until Biden won-- they ceased being Americans.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice - Personality Commentator at January 12, 2024 08:39 AM (PFILT)

167 Two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Jeff Beck died at age 78 on Wednesday after a short bout with bacterial meningitis.

Posted by: SMOD


A year ago.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 12, 2024 08:40 AM (lTGtQ)

168 50 I've pondered Schlichter's scenario before, but more to wonder whether Joe Biden would feign sympathy for the multitudes of victims.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 12, 2024 08:15 AM (RIvkX)

Nope. The teleprompter will address the rising threat of huwite soopremasy and fret about backlash against peaceful muslims.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 12, 2024 08:40 AM (4olE8)

169 Did you see Fani's lover walking around in public with a handgun IN HIS HAND? Yes Georgia is an open carry state, but I don't think you can walk around in public with a gun unholstered. People get charged for brandishing for that.

Posted by: fd at January 12, 2024 08:40 AM (vFG9F)

170 @144 Rose, as I recall, said he respected the hell out of Harrelson after that

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 12, 2024 08:40 AM (Yem6A)

171 ... The US doesn't understand maritime shipping and the security issues the Houthi's were causing. In a nutshell, we don't give a fuck because the effects haven't been felt here as they have in Europe. ...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 12, 2024 08:30 AM (Q4IgG)
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This is not mere ignorance of shipping and supply chains and a gross miscalculation regarding their resilience. That would be bad enough, but it goes way beyond that.

The basis of American power - and the US Dollar - is on our defense of global shipping. Every treaty we've signed since Bretton Woods (and some dating back to the "Great White Fleet") has as its core pillar US defense of the high seas. Just like with Britain before us, and various European empires before them.

Literally *everything* rides on American force projection on the oceans and the use of that force to defend trade routes. The machinery of the entire global economy takes it for granted, as does the machinery of regional diplomacy and international monetary system.

The cards are down. The United States deals with this, or the United States falls. Not in a dramatic collapse, but in unstoppable slow-motion failure.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 08:40 AM (Zp1WF)

172 Some have been consistently criticizing Abbott saying "why hasn't he done more on the actual border?" Well now, he has, and it is going to bring about a strong pushback from the Feds. (we'll just wait and see how strong) I think it's been an extremely good strategy to pursue all legal remedies first, and then to provoke every northern Dem mayor into agreeing that this is a crisis that must be dealt with now, before acting. It makes getting support easier, and makes the Administration look even worse when they move to try and facilitate border crossings again.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 12, 2024 08:40 AM (S6gqv)

173 121 “I think what people don’t see is how hard Joe works every single day!” the First Lady told MSNBC.
Posted by: SMOD at January 12, 2024 08:27 AM (iA26U)
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She went on to say he sometimes talks on the phone after dinner "to cabinet members or someone who lost their house in a tornado".

We know the cabinet secretaries don't show up to work, so did someone lose their house recently? This woman does babble.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 12, 2024 08:41 AM (RqmTL)

174 Bud Harrelson? Wasn't he the one who got in a fight with Pete Rose?

Posted by: dantesed at January 12, 2024 08:41 AM (88xKn)

175 Europe depends on shipping for their fuel, food, supplies, almost everything consumed but not produced in Europe comes by ship. The Red Sea, in particular the Bab-el-Mandab Strait is a strategic area that sees huge numbers of cargo ships. Egypt makes a shit ton of money via the Suez Canal as well.

Maritime shipping operations used to be something the US took seriously. Trump actually put a Coast Guard officer in charge of the US Maritime Security Office which oversaw the security of global, shipping supply lines.

On day one of his pResidency *biden shuttered that office.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 12, 2024 08:41 AM (Q4IgG)

176 Seven of them? With a tin-snips, a sawz-all and some hot black iron pans, I could go to work on that for *weeks*.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 12, 2024 08:41 AM (0FoWg)

177 Theory
A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is widely accepted and can be used to make predictions about natural phenomena.

A theory is different from both facts and laws. A fact is something you have observed and is therefore unquestionably true, but it doesn't explain anything in and of itself.

30 million to 40 million illegal invaders costing over $450 BILLION/YEAR is a fact.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 12, 2024 08:41 AM (lwOKI)

178 Hootie who?
Posted by: Karen McWinebox
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Hootie and the Blow Fish

Posted by: Jimmy Carter at January 12, 2024 08:42 AM (X4yCj)

179 @155

>>It's also an American tradition!

But it's a pathetic lie, its a lie so he can cloak himself in working man esteem, ersatz Bill Clinton, I feel your pain, twaddle.

Same with his ridin' the rail Amtrak Joe Schtick.

The dude is a piece of garbage and he's gotten away with being a piece of garbage his entire political life.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 12, 2024 08:42 AM (XV/Pl)

180 Fruit Stripe gum is the Kaboom! of childhood sweet treats, full of despair and silent resignation. That pathetic zebra stomped all the joy out of my childhood in a stampede of nihilistic savagery.
Posted by: Muldoon at January 12, 2024 08:25 AM (991eG)
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The "fruit" flavor lasted 3 chews. Bastards!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 12, 2024 08:43 AM (RIvkX)

181 Did you see Fani's lover walking around in public with a handgun IN HIS HAND?
Posted by: fd at January 12, 2024 08:40 AM (vFG9F)

Fanny, be tender with my love
'Cause it's all that I've got
And my love won't desert me...

Posted by: Nat Wade at January 12, 2024 08:43 AM (gQdZt)

182 “And we need immigrants in this country. Our vegetables would rot in the ground if they weren’t being picked by many immigrants, many illegal immigrants,” Nadler said.

Nadler also admitted the ‘Great Replacement Theory’ is a real thing.

“The fact is that the birth rate in this country is way below replacement level which means our population is going to start shrinking and the ratio of people on Social Security and Medicare is going to increase relative to the number of people supporting them,” Nadler said.

Posted by: SMOD at January 12, 2024 08:43 AM (iA26U)

183 I like Schlichter but he's assuming a lot of competence on behalf of the left. They might unleash chaos, but chaos cannot be controlled and after a short time would be reigned in by those who keep there oath. I may be a bit of a "rose colored glasses type" but the alternative is as ugly as it gets

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 12, 2024 08:44 AM (Yem6A)

184 Texas man says Walmart mistook him as shoplifter, demands free stuff for life

http://tinyurl.com/484fpaty

Posted by: redridinghood at January 12, 2024 08:44 AM (NpAcC)

185 The Houthis are gnats. Everyone knows Iran is the issue, as their funder and weapons supplier. If Biden wants to stop interference with shipping he should strike Iran. He's just bullshitting with this stuff, launching expensive attacks that accomplish nothing except put American lives in danger. At least get our troops out of Yemen first, Biden, you dipshit.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 12, 2024 08:44 AM (RqmTL)

186 168 50 I've pondered Schlichter's scenario before, but more to wonder whether Joe Biden would feign sympathy for the multitudes of victims.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 12, 2024 08:15 AM (RIvkX)

Nope. The teleprompter will address the rising threat of huwite soopremasy and fret about backlash against peaceful muslims.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 12, 2024 08:40 AM (4olE

I would say about 20% of the US will actually accept the fate as due punishment for our long term sins.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 12, 2024 08:44 AM (lwOKI)

187 Why would the Biden administration publicly announce hours before the actual raid that they were going to attack the Houthis?

Posted by: JackStraw at January 12, 2024 08:45 AM (ZLI7S)

188 But it's a pathetic lie, its a lie so he can cloak himself in working man esteem, ersatz Bill Clinton, I feel your pain, twaddle.

Same with his ridin' the rail Amtrak Joe Schtick. ...
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 12, 2024 08:42 AM (XV/Pl)
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This is also, for what it's worth (which is little), why I think Trump won in 2016. He didn't do this. Every politician in my entire life does this "I'm just like you" nonsense. He didn't.

He was brash and rich and didn't try to pretend otherwise. In Iowa during the campaign, all of the candidates were out in their new blue jeans and flannel shirts pretending to be people, when he came in on his helicopter and New York suit to press flesh. He was showing off, to be sure - he is a showman, after all - but he also wasn't pretending. Not about who he was or what you would get.

Every single other person looked like the liar he was. He laid bare their inauthenticity in one devastating blow, and humiliated the lot of them.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 08:45 AM (Zp1WF)

189 *Literally *everything* rides on American force projection on the oceans and the use of that force to defend trade routes. The machinery of the entire global economy takes it for granted, as does the machinery of regional diplomacy and international monetary system.*

If your grandma loves Walmart your grandma loves the U.S. Navy.

Posted by: Welcome to the straits of Malacca at January 12, 2024 08:46 AM (NBVIP)

190 "Why would the Biden administration publicly announce hours before the actual raid that they were going to attack the Houthis?"

Maybe a public announcement was the only way to get the word to Lloyd Austin?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 12, 2024 08:46 AM (hH3Px)

191 "Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in the one Spirit, striving together as one for the faith of the gospel without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a sign to them that they will be destroyed, but that you will be saved—and that by God."

Philippians 1:27-28

Posted by: Marcus T at January 12, 2024 08:47 AM (TbpGr)

192 Schlichter is just trying to sell books. I’ve never been particularly impressed. YMMV

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 12, 2024 08:47 AM (dfZzK)

193 >Why would the Biden administration publicly announce hours before the actual raid that they were going to attack the Houthis?

Posted by: JackStraw
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hey diddle diddle
we're comin' up the middle

Posted by: Don Black at January 12, 2024 08:48 AM (geLO8)

194 The basis of American power - and the US Dollar - is on our defense of global shipping. Every treaty we've signed since Bretton Woods (and some dating back to the "Great White Fleet") has as its core pillar US defense of the high seas. Just like with Britain before us, and various European empires before them.

Literally *everything* rides on American force projection on the oceans and the use of that force to defend trade routes. The machinery of the entire global economy takes it for granted, as does the machinery of regional diplomacy and international monetary system.

The cards are down. The United States deals with this, or the United States falls. Not in a dramatic collapse, but in unstoppable slow-motion failure.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a



This is exactly right. Our lifestyle depends upon our protection of the sea lanes, and the petrodollar. The world's lifestyle depends upon our patrolling the sea lanes. Once that stops, and it looks like we won't be able to afford it, then everyones' lifestyle will change for the worse.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 12, 2024 08:48 AM (lTGtQ)

195 Good morning JJ and horde
TGIF

Posted by: Skip at January 12, 2024 08:49 AM (QakWV)

196 Roughly 20,000 people reportedly live there and the tunnel system was built illegally in response to pandemic restrictions. Police forced people out and arrested at least 10 people.

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19,990 remain on the loose.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 12, 2024 08:49 AM (991eG)

197 Chairman Barry Loudermilk, who leads the House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight, has doggedly looked into the Jan. 6 Committee’s lies and manipulations. In the coming months, we will be shocked at the stunning dishonesty Chairman Loudermilk will reveal.

Posted by: SMOD at January 12, 2024 08:49 AM (iA26U)

198 @188

>>Every single other person looked like the liar he was. He laid bare their inauthenticity in one devastating blow, and humiliated the lot of them.

I think Trump sleeps in pajamas that look like a blue suit and red tie, he then rises, maidens pull off the pajamas and a freshly pressed blue suit and red tie are quickly fitted to his frame.

The man is nothing if not authentic.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 12, 2024 08:50 AM (XV/Pl)

199 The Houthis are pimps, they never could have out fought the coalition. But I didn't realize until today that it was the Iranians all along.
Stuff Joe Biden will never say

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 12, 2024 08:50 AM (Yem6A)

200 "Roughly 20,000 people reportedly live there and the tunnel system was built illegally in response to pandemic restrictions. Police forced people out and arrested at least 10 people. "

For some reason, I have images of Warsaw going through my head.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 12, 2024 08:50 AM (hH3Px)

201 This is exactly right. Our lifestyle depends upon our protection of the sea lanes, and the petrodollar. The world's lifestyle depends upon our patrolling the sea lanes. Once that stops, and it looks like we won't be able to afford it, then everyones' lifestyle will change for the worse.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 12, 2024 08:48 AM (lTGtQ)

Every so often, I'll make the effort to blow some leftist minds on twitter by explaining that no, the US is not over there fighting for Israel; from our POV, the Israeli conflict (as bad as it is) is just a minor sideshow to the real games being played currently.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 12, 2024 08:50 AM (S6gqv)

202 Rare white whale spotted just feet away from shocked boaters in what may be first-ever sighting


LOWER AWAY!

Posted by: Don Black at January 12, 2024 08:50 AM (geLO8)

203 *In the coming months, we will be shocked at the stunning dishonesty Chairman Loudermilk will reveal."

And nothing will happen.

Posted by: Prove me wrong at January 12, 2024 08:50 AM (NBVIP)

204 This is exactly right. Our lifestyle depends upon our protection of the sea lanes, and the petrodollar. The world's lifestyle depends upon our patrolling the sea lanes. Once that stops, and it looks like we won't be able to afford it, then everyones' lifestyle will change for the worse.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 12, 2024 08:48 AM (lTGtQ)
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In the short term. Longer-term, it's muddier. Globalization fails fairly quickly and the world breaks up back into regional empires or hegemonies. Intermediate or long term, this could result in net improvement for a lot of people, since productive economic activity will have to be rebuilt and run locally or regionally.

But it's a hell of a process even if there were to be a moderately decent outcome, and lots of people will die (and lots of governments will fall) during the transition.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 08:51 AM (Zp1WF)

205 Muldoon, I saw a pun meme that made me laugh - gonna have to figure out how to show you

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at January 12, 2024 08:51 AM (bxgno)

206 This is exactly right. Our lifestyle depends upon our protection of the sea lanes, and the petrodollar. The world's lifestyle depends upon our patrolling the sea lanes. Once that stops, and it looks like we won't be able to afford it, then everyones' lifestyle will change for the worse.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 12, 2024 08:48 AM (lTGtQ)

The Houthi's couldn't build much more than a goat cart on their own. They're just a forward firing base.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 12, 2024 08:51 AM (S6gqv)

207 Rare white whale spotted just feet away from shocked boaters in what may be first-ever sighting
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Where away???

Posted by: Ismael at January 12, 2024 08:52 AM (RqmTL)

208 The posts of far left squad members and their friends will get no NSM reporting.

They care only to do it now to be able to do it when we have an R president. Khanna's first line said so.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at January 12, 2024 08:52 AM (JkCto)

209 We understand that the future is a thing, and that the present will likely inform it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 08:17 AM (Zp1WF)

One of the best things that could come out of the current mess, not that I find it likely, would be for more people to awaken to the idea that the government doesn't care about them and won't take care of them in the future. It is up to each person/family to plan and care for themselves.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 12, 2024 08:52 AM (GYIa4)

210 207 Rare white whale spotted just feet away from shocked boaters in what may be first-ever sighting
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Where away???
Posted by: Ismael at January 12, 2024 08:52 AM (RqmTL)

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"Argh...I saw it first. I'm keeping the Spanish doubloon."
-Ahab

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 12, 2024 08:53 AM (GBKbO)

211 36 years ago I participated in the Iowa caucus as a college student. That year it was in February IIRC because classes had re-started for the spring semester a few weeks before. I found it to be a strange process; I tried to vote for Jack Kemp but couldn’t because there weren’t enough Kemp supporters at this particular site. So I ended up having to vote for George Bush (the elder) or Bob Dole. I chose Dole…. I had an “anyone but Bush” attitude at the time. I think Dole actually won Iowa that year. I had the impression that party regulars there were not happy that we college students showed up….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 12, 2024 08:53 AM (dfZzK)

212 The Houthi's couldn't build much more than a goat cart on their own. They're just a forward firing base.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 12, 2024 08:51 AM (S6gqv)
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Of course. But they are the firing base.

If the goal is to defend the shipping lanes, then you deal with the Houthis. If your goal is to deal with wider regional issues, then you have to deal with Iran.

Our goal is not to deal with wider regional issues (at least, I don't think it is). Our goal is to maintain as close to status quo as possible while keeping the sea lanes secure. That means to deal with the Houthis, since they're the ones interfering with shipping.

At least, that's my early take on it. Time will tell.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 08:53 AM (Zp1WF)

213 The "fruit" flavor lasted 3 chews. Bastards!
Posted by: San Franpsych

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I was thinking 90 seconds, but that is overly generous. Your estimate is more accurate.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 12, 2024 08:53 AM (991eG)

214 >>Maybe a public announcement was the only way to get the word to Lloyd Austin?

The Houthis are a symptom. Iran is the cancer. It sounds like we took out some buildings last night, command and control, ammo dumps, etc., but so far the most I've seen is a report of killing 5 people. We spent an awful lot of money last night to kill 5 people.

Biden will not confront Iran. He wouldn't over the Israeli attacks and he won't over the Houthis threatening the worldwide economy. And if he won't this is mostly for show.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 12, 2024 08:54 AM (ZLI7S)

215 192 Schlichter is just trying to sell books. I’ve never been particularly impressed. YMMV
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 12, 2024 08:47 AM (dfZzK)

Agree, but in this case, the situation is such that we are ripe for mass internal terrorist attacks. Not just one-offs but sustained. Enough to kill hundreds or thousands and give this fucking regime the excuse to declare martial law.

Schlichter or no Schilichter, Deeze are da conditions dat prevail.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 12, 2024 08:54 AM (x0n13)

216 209 One of the best things that could come out of the current mess, not that I find it likely, would be for more people to awaken to the idea that the government doesn't care about them and won't take care of them in the future. It is up to each person/family to plan and care for themselves.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 12, 2024 08:52 AM (GYIa4)

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"My granddaddy was saved in the Depression by FDR and the New Deal!"

"FDR's policies made the Depression significantly worse."

"Fuck you, asshole. FDR saved my family. Personally."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 12, 2024 08:54 AM (GBKbO)

217 NOAA's Climate Summary for the year 2023 has been released. A US High Temperature record was not set, but 2023 was a climate disaster anyway. Of course!

http://tinyurl.com/mbxufena

Headline:
"A historic year of U.S. billion-dollar weather and climate disasters; 2023 was the fifth-warmest year on record for the contiguous U.S."

The Climatistas included the Maui wildfire as one of the climate disasters last year. They are scraping the barrel for 'climate' events they can list to terrify LIVs.

Note: 2016 was the hottest year in the US since 1880 or so, by NOAA's reckoning. SEVEN years ago. That hockey stick prediction is totes accurate, yessirree, Bob!

Posted by: Gref at January 12, 2024 08:54 AM (5fDan)

218 DEM JAP HOMOS GET DAT CRACKA WHALE!

Posted by: Al Sharpton at January 12, 2024 08:54 AM (R4t5M)

219 "Fuck you, asshole. FDR saved my family. Personally."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 12, 2024 08:54 AM (GBKbO)
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"He voted for Eisenhower because Lincoln won the war."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 08:55 AM (Zp1WF)

220 "Sides with Biden against Texas." (Time to annex Mexico and destroy it's corrupt politics and culture – immediately after we do that here - jjs)

umm, no - imagine having to do with 125 million people what Israel is struggling to do with 1.8 million people in Gaza.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 12, 2024 08:55 AM (S6gqv)

221 Biden's father lost the family fortune and he wound up as a used car salesman with the family living in a basement apartment for a time. And his mother was a shreaking harpy. This is the start of Joe's descent into narcisstic sociopathy.

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 12, 2024 08:55 AM (Gse2f)

222 Good rant, JJ.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson work phone at January 12, 2024 08:55 AM (GmPfo)

223 Bob Dole doesn't remember if Bob Dole won the Iowa caucus that year, but one thing's for sure: Bob Dole voted for Bob Dole!

Posted by: Bob Dole at January 12, 2024 08:56 AM (NBVIP)

224 In the short term. Longer-term, it's muddier. Globalization fails fairly quickly and the world breaks up back into regional empires or hegemonies. Intermediate or long term, this could result in net improvement for a lot of people, since productive economic activity will have to be rebuilt and run locally or regionally.

But it's a hell of a process even if there were to be a moderately decent outcome, and lots of people will die (and lots of governments will fall) during the transition.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)


The US is in a better position than most, because we have Mexico to the south for cheap labor, and Canada to the north with raw materials, and a huge supply of oil and gas and minerals. Europe and SE Asia will be screwed.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 12, 2024 08:56 AM (lTGtQ)

225 207 Rare white whale spotted just feet away from shocked boaters in what may be first-ever sighting
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Where away???
Posted by: Ismael at January 12, 2024 08:52 AM (RqmTL)


Alternate Headline: Jonah Goldberg Looks in Mirror.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 12, 2024 08:56 AM (x0n13)

226 Headline:
"A historic year of U.S. billion-dollar weather and climate disasters; 2023 was the fifth-warmest year on record for the contiguous U.S."

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That's why it snowed in Hawaii, the growing season was so late, and why it has been consistently cold without the routine 50 degree winter days that we usually have.

It's because it's a record hot year. Because science.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 12, 2024 08:57 AM (/TehT)

227 Jewish man who lost 5 family members on 10/7 booed at S.F. council meeting. http://tinyurl.com/mwxjzr8b

"It'S jUst CritCisM of isRael, y0u guYs!" Disgusting, but not surprising, and there is no doubt where this antisemitism is coming from, and in this case it isn't coming from the right.

Yes, the left has its idiots and bigots too. The difference is that most of us on the left seem embarrassed by these jerks.

t enough people at that board of supervisors meeting were embarrassed. Charlottesville in Birkenstocks.

Joe Biden was booed when he mentioned his deceased son. Compassion is overwhelmed by self-pity and vengefulness.

They are as obscene as Alex Jones and the Sandy Hook "truthers". Fucking monsters. Hamas supporters are disgusting

They were bussed in by AROC. AROC has been nothing but anti-Jewish venom since its inception, but people keep celebrating them for some reason.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 12, 2024 08:57 AM (ycI94)

228 Rare white whale spotted just feet away from shocked boaters in what may be first-ever sighting

*******

The people whoo witnessed this just cannot stop their blubbering!

Posted by: Muldoon at January 12, 2024 08:57 AM (991eG)

229 Sorry. I forgot to capitalize Science.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 12, 2024 08:57 AM (/TehT)

230 >>Agree, but in this case, the situation is such that we are ripe for mass internal terrorist attacks. Not just one-offs but sustained. Enough to kill hundreds or thousands and give this fucking regime the excuse to declare martial law.

Gosh, that might affect the election process.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 12, 2024 08:57 AM (ZLI7S)

231 umm, no - imagine having to do with 125 million people what Israel is struggling to do with 1.8 million people in Gaza.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 12, 2024 08:55 AM (S6gqv)
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Yup. I am more in favor of a DMZ-style border. One fence, a field of mines and pits and barbed wire, and another fence on the other side - with soldiers from both sides aggressively monitoring it with weapons drawn.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 08:57 AM (Zp1WF)

232 The Houthi's couldn't build much more than a goat cart on their own. They're just a forward firing base.

Posted by: Tom Servo


That's true, but I think this is just one example of what is coming. I expect this sort of thing, or just plain piracy, to start popping up all over the globe.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 12, 2024 08:58 AM (lTGtQ)

233 @RandPaul
As I look over the field, I don’t think I yet have a first choice, but I do know one thing: count me in as #NeverNikki!

Trump's VP??

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at January 12, 2024 08:58 AM (JkCto)

234 "That's true, but I think this is just one example of what is coming. I expect this sort of thing, or just plain piracy, to start popping up all over the globe."

Sort of like the movie, Waterworld.


But with more land.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 12, 2024 08:59 AM (hH3Px)

235 The US is in a better position than most, because we have Mexico to the south for cheap labor, and Canada to the north with raw materials, and a huge supply of oil and gas and minerals. Europe and SE Asia will be screwed.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 12, 2024 08:56 AM (lTGtQ)
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Yup. North America has a *ton* of benefits from our killer geography to our agricultural capacity to our resource wealth to our large population to our sophisticated (if waning) skill set. In the coming deglobalized world, we should do quite well unless we catastrophically fuck everything up.

My bet is on the fuckup, but it needn't happen. We're in the catbird seat if we don't get drunk and fall out of it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 08:59 AM (Zp1WF)

236 Tom Elliott
@tomselliott

@SpeakerPelosi
: "Many of us know that it is impossible for [Trump] to be the president again.”

http://tinyurl.com/dmcw8k9x

Posted by: redridinghood at January 12, 2024 08:59 AM (NpAcC)

237 The USA benefits from the best geography in the world. This may save our ass in the long run..

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 12, 2024 08:59 AM (Gse2f)

238 227 Yes, the left has its idiots and bigots too. The difference is that most of us on the left seem embarrassed by these jerks.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 12, 2024 08:57 AM (ycI94)

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Are they embarrassed by Ilhan Omar, or do they defend her at every opportunity and hope she wins every election?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 12, 2024 08:59 AM (GBKbO)

239 Go ahead and misunderestimate her, Rand.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Johnson work phone at January 12, 2024 08:59 AM (GmPfo)

240 Hiya JT! It's cold outside!
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at January 12, 2024 08:17 AM (iF0sF)


My birdbath is frozen

Posted by: JT at January 12, 2024 08:59 AM (T4tVD)

241 Based on my north Texas experience walking into work this morning I have to imagine birdbath status is frozen solid. Brrr!!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 12, 2024 09:00 AM (dfZzK)

242 I think when people are asked about their own situation, they tend to be pretty positive

Since the Junta was installed

I'm paying twice as much for everything
My investments have flat lined
My work has been having layoffs and small if any raises
And the federal debt has exploded

What the hell is better then under Trump? NOTHING.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 12, 2024 09:00 AM (ibTVg)

243 Our goal is not to deal with wider regional issues (at least, I don't think it is). Our goal is to maintain as close to status quo as possible while keeping the sea lanes secure. That means to deal with the Houthis, since they're the ones interfering with shipping.

At least, that's my early take on it. Time will tell.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 08:53 AM (Zp1WF)

What's been pathetic so far has been that the Houthi's are so easy to take care of, militarily. They haven't been hiding things in tunnels, because they don't have to. They have a power grid that can be knocked out with only a few jdam's, they have identifiable bases and missile launch sites. Every time a single missile is launched, answer with another wave of B2 bomber strikes until they get the message. By not responding in force until now, we have let them believe that they are far more powerful than they actually are.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 12, 2024 09:00 AM (S6gqv)

244 233 @RandPaul
As I look over the field, I don’t think I yet have a first choice, but I do know one thing: count me in as #NeverNikki!

Trump's VP??
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at January 12, 2024 08:58 AM (JkCto)

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Rand Paul might be the best politician today.

So, he has no chance and I'm shocked he hasn't lost an election yet.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 12, 2024 09:00 AM (GBKbO)

245 ... They were bussed in by AROC. AROC has been nothing but anti-Jewish venom since its inception, but people keep celebrating them for some reason.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 12, 2024 08:57 AM (ycI94)
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Maybe this person should look into the reasons. It might cause him to reconsider some things.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 09:00 AM (Zp1WF)

246 "Rare white whale spotted just feet away from shocked boaters in what may be first-ever sighting"

Closer examination revealed Michael Moore on holiday.

Posted by: Headlines we expect to see at January 12, 2024 09:00 AM (vFG9F)

247 Why would the Biden administration publicly announce hours before the actual raid that they were going to attack the Houthis?
Posted by: JackStraw

To ask is to answer.

Move your shit so no one gets hurt and we piss off the Iranians.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at January 12, 2024 09:01 AM (JkCto)

248 My bet is on the fuckup, but it needn't happen. We're in the catbird seat if we don't get drunk and fall out of it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 08:59 AM (Zp1WF)
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It may already be too late...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 12, 2024 09:01 AM (7fElN)

249 "We spent an awful lot of money last night to kill 5 people."

That is why it was announced before the strikes occurred. Everyone was evacuated I would think.

Posted by: pawn at January 12, 2024 09:01 AM (QB+5g)

250 What's been pathetic so far has been that the Houthi's are so easy to take care of, militarily. They haven't been hiding things in tunnels, because they don't have to. They have a power grid that can be knocked out with only a few jdam's, they have identifiable bases and missile launch sites. Every time a single missile is launched, answer with another wave of B2 bomber strikes until they get the message. By not responding in force until now, we have let them believe that they are far more powerful than they actually are.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 12, 2024 09:00 AM (S6gqv)
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Yup. The United States - and the West more generally - is run by retarded fuck-ups.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 09:01 AM (Zp1WF)

251 Houth, Houth, Houthi, Goodbye,
Houth, Houth, Houthi, don't cry...

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 12, 2024 09:01 AM (9yWhg)

252 240, 241 - Timing!!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 12, 2024 09:01 AM (dfZzK)

253 >>Move your shit so no one gets hurt and we piss off the Iranians.

Touches nose, points at you.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 12, 2024 09:01 AM (ZLI7S)

254 I also find it funny that DU is calling Oakland's pro-Hamas stuff embarrassing but at the same time saying that California is a better place to live than places like Texas which are backwards.

This whole 10/7 attack has sent a large swath of the left into a serious bout of cognitive dissonance that is just drawing out for months in very acute terms.

It'd be cool if some of them realized that the enemies of civilization are actually on their side.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 12, 2024 09:02 AM (GBKbO)

255 I have ben probing my brain for any concrete memories of Fruit Stripe gum but it has mostly been redacted.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 12, 2024 09:02 AM (991eG)

256 @tomselliott

@SpeakerPelosi
: "Many of us know that it is impossible for [Trump] to be the president again.”

http://tinyurl.com/dmcw8k9x

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I no-joke think they're completely fine acknowledging that Trump won in 2020 and saying "You can't serve again."

Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 12, 2024 09:02 AM (/TehT)

257 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 12, 2024 09:02 AM (Zz0t1)

258 245 ... They were bussed in by AROC. AROC has been nothing but anti-Jewish venom since its inception, but people keep celebrating them for some reason.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 12, 2024 08:57 AM (ycI94)
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Maybe this person should look into the reasons. It might cause him to reconsider some things.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 09:00 AM (Zp1WF)

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AROC is funded by the Kochs as a way to make the left look bad? They're just like the people who pretend to be antifa and throw Molotov cocktails at police?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 12, 2024 09:03 AM (GBKbO)

259 Why can't members of "The Squad" be on a 737 MAX when it decides to Amber Heard.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 12, 2024 09:03 AM (Zz0t1)

260 Meanwhile, where the hell is the SecDef??

Has anyone checked TikTok for his “Day 1 Of Being A Girl” video?

Posted by: Ian S. at January 12, 2024 09:03 AM (geJa2)

261 The folks of the Left are so stupid that they admire AOC for her mind.

And not her tits.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 12, 2024 09:03 AM (hH3Px)

262 It's all theater leading up to our staged black swan event.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 12, 2024 09:03 AM (R4t5M)

263 AROC is funded by the Kochs as a way to make the left look bad? They're just like the people who pretend to be antifa and throw Molotov cocktails at police?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 12, 2024 09:03 AM (GBKbO)
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LOL.

Probably.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 09:03 AM (Zp1WF)

264 More Climate: The Euroweenie Climate Agency, Copernicus, released its 2023 Annual Summary yesterday. As they predicted early last year, the 2023 average global surface air temperature was the hottest EVAH!

http://tinyurl.com/yc3vzwm3

Lead paragraph -
"December 2023 was the warmest December on record globally, ending a year in which the seven months from June to December all broke temperature records, making 2023 the warmest year since records began. The average surface air temperature last month was 13.51°C, 0.85°C above the 1991-2020 average for December and 0.31°C above the temperature of the previous warmest Decembers, in 2015 and 2019."

Posted by: Gref at January 12, 2024 09:04 AM (5fDan)

265 Juicy Fruit for the win
Posted by: Don Black at January 12, 2024 08:26 AM (geLO

Get your skis shined up
Grab a stick of Juicy Fruit

Posted by: spindrift at January 12, 2024 09:04 AM (AA8bA)

266 This whole 10/7 attack has sent a large swath of the left into a serious bout of cognitive dissonance that is just drawing out for months in very acute terms.

It'd be cool if some of them realized that the enemies of civilization are actually on their side.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 12, 2024 09:02 AM (GBKbO)

It's been darkly amusing watching Bill Ackman slowly figuring it out, only because they attacked his wife to get revenge against him.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 12, 2024 09:04 AM (S6gqv)

267 236 Tom Elliott
@tomselliott

@SpeakerPelosi
: "Many of us know that it is impossible for [Trump] to be the president again.”

http://tinyurl.com/dmcw8k9x
Posted by: redridinghood at January 12, 2024 08:59 AM (NpAcC)
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What does she mean, I wonder, by this weird statement. Is it a threat?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 12, 2024 09:04 AM (IUWw7)

268 "December 2023 was the warmest December on record globally, ending a year in which the seven months from June to December all broke temperature records, making 2023 the warmest year since records began. The average surface air temperature last month was 13.51°C, 0.85°C above the 1991-2020 average for December and 0.31°C above the temperature of the previous warmest Decembers, in 2015 and 2019."
Posted by: Gref at January 12, 2024 09:04 AM (5fDan)
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"Average global surface air temperature" is both:
1. Impossible to calculate
2. Meaningless

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 09:05 AM (Zp1WF)

269 I no-joke think they're completely fine acknowledging that Trump won in 2020 and saying "You can't serve again."

Posted by: Nikki Haley


I would love to see them try to explain that.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 12, 2024 09:05 AM (lTGtQ)

270 266 It's been darkly amusing watching Bill Ackman slowly figuring it out, only because they attacked his wife to get revenge against him.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 12, 2024 09:04 AM (S6gqv)

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Well, his journey started with that Congressional hearing. That's when he made his trip to Harvard and discovered...GASP!... there's gambling antisemitism going on at Rick's Harvard!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 12, 2024 09:05 AM (GBKbO)

271 What the hell is better then under Trump? NOTHING.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 12, 2024 09:00 AM (ibTVg)

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"The GloboHomo War Profiteers are crushing it once again, h8r!"

Posted by: ShainS -- Plagiarism is copying without attribution plus white cisheteropatriarchal skin at January 12, 2024 09:06 AM (+lwg5)

272 "What does she mean, I wonder, by this weird statement. Is it a threat?"

I think she needs to be waterboarded.

Posted by: pawn at January 12, 2024 09:06 AM (QB+5g)

273 271 What the hell is better then under Trump? NOTHING.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 12, 2024 09:00 AM (ibTVg)

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"The GloboHomo War Profiteers are crushing it once again, h8r!"
Posted by: ShainS -- Plagiarism is copying without attribution plus white cisheteropatriarchal skin at January 12, 2024 09:06 AM (+lwg5)

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The genocide against transgenders has ended. Also, the genocide against transgenders is worse than ever, and we must kill Christian children to even the score.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 12, 2024 09:06 AM (GBKbO)

274 Yellen stated that people “tend to be pretty positive” about their own economic situations and “some of the concerns that they express have to do more with their neighbors and the economy as a whole.” She also stated that “people are acting as though they feel okay about their own situations, but are worried about the economy.”

I know people with millions in the bank that did not get a new truck this year. Or did not take a 2 week vacation.

If people with bucks are watching their money...

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 12, 2024 09:07 AM (lwOKI)

275 I don't think many really grasp how significant Abbott's move against the Feds in Eagle Pass is. It may seem like a small thing, but so was Ft. Sumter. The reaction by the Feds is going to be what to watch. I believe they will not be able to stand any pushback against their authority, and will greatly overreact - but time will tell.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 12, 2024 09:07 AM (S6gqv)

276 December 2023 was the warmest December on record


Thank goodness.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at January 12, 2024 09:07 AM (SfhV1)

277 Iran uses the Houthi terrorists as proxies as they attack western interests in the Middle East.

Years ago, IIRC while Bammy was still in office, the Houthi's launched an attack on one of our guided missile destroyers that was in the Red Sea. It failed. But we knew back then the Iranians were funneling arms to them.

Prior to that, the Houthi's launched cruise missiles (again supplied by Iran) at Saudi oil refineries.

The Saudi's have been pretty laid back about all that... seeing how Yemen is on part of their southern border.

Which unto itself begs the question; "why isn't Saudi Arabia doing more to squash the Houthi's?" It's a rhetorical question.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 12, 2024 09:07 AM (Q4IgG)

278 ++++
"Average global surface air temperature" is both:
1. Impossible to calculate
2. Meaningless

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On average the typical American has one testicle.

Posted by: Smells like math at January 12, 2024 09:08 AM (NBVIP)

279 I just remembered that Pat Robertson ran for prez in 1988 and was a presence in the Iowa caucus. Funny… even though I was (and still am) a part of the “religious right” I was never interested in his candidacy.

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 12, 2024 09:08 AM (dfZzK)

280 I no-joke think they're completely fine acknowledging that Trump won in 2020 and saying "You can't serve again."

Posted by: Nikki Haley


I would love to see them try to explain that.

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It would be trivially easy and immediately forgotten about. Same as the COVID nonsense, the laptop, the Russian hooker lies, the Steele dossier, etc.

Make the statement, move on. And it's too late to do anything. Plus what else do you want? We admit you won. Isn't that what you wanted?

Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 12, 2024 09:08 AM (/TehT)

281 What does she mean, I wonder, by this weird statement. Is it a threat?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 12, 2024 09:04 AM (IUWw7)

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She and many other Dems said something similar in 2020.

Of course, they knew the fix (the infamous "insurance policy") was in ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Plagiarism is copying without attribution plus white cisheteropatriarchal skin at January 12, 2024 09:08 AM (+lwg5)

282 "My granddaddy was saved in the Depression by FDR and the New Deal!"

"FDR's policies made the Depression significantly worse."

"Fuck you, asshole. FDR saved my family. Personally."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 12, 2024 08:54 AM (GBKbO)

Yes, and we're in the situation we're in precisely because so many people believe some version of that story.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 12, 2024 09:08 AM (GYIa4)

283 275 I don't think many really grasp how significant Abbott's move against the Feds in Eagle Pass is. It may seem like a small thing, but so was Ft. Sumter. The reaction by the Feds is going to be what to watch. I believe they will not be able to stand any pushback against their authority, and will greatly overreact - but time will tell.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 12, 2024 09:07 AM (S6gqv)

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I would guess it's the preventing feds from entering that's the biggest sticking point.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 12, 2024 09:08 AM (GBKbO)

284 The bubbles some people live in is mind-numbing.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 12, 2024 09:08 AM (R4t5M)

285 I know people with millions in the bank that did not get a new truck this year. Or did not take a 2 week vacation.

If people with bucks are watching their money...
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 12, 2024 09:07 AM (lwOKI)
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That's me. I'm not rich like that - I'm not even a millionaire - but I'm not broke. And I've ratcheted down in preparation for what I assume is going to be a *very* tumultuous 18 months, marked by unemployment and ending with a permanent reduction in income.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 09:09 AM (Zp1WF)

286 The likes of Schiff, Pelosi, Nadler, Schumer, et. al... they want you dead.

Even the likes of Romney and McConnell want you dead.

And they don't want you to be able to resist.

Posted by: XTC at January 12, 2024 09:09 AM (sm6Pk)

287 "Average global surface air temperature" is both:
1. Impossible to calculate
2. Meaningless
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

******

...and nobody knows what the Earth's temperature is supposed to be.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 12, 2024 09:10 AM (991eG)

288 Hiya Grammie !

Posted by: JT at January 12, 2024 09:10 AM (T4tVD)

289 >>Which unto itself begs the question; "why isn't Saudi Arabia doing more to squash the Houthi's?" It's a rhetorical question.

They were. In addition to attacking us the Houthis have been attacking the Saudis for years. Obama and Biden have taken a policy of not supporting the Saudis hitting back, Trump did just the opposite.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 12, 2024 09:10 AM (ZLI7S)

290 Great monologue like usual, JJ. If I may add... Soleimani was the icing...

Trump further unleashed[God bless our frackers who initiated it] American hydrocarbon energy which increased supply over demand which lowered the price of oil. That neutered our enemies in Iran and China.

Did W do that? No. Did Clinton do that? No. Did JoeBama do that. No. Now ask why...(hint: globalism control of the energy 'markets')

Posted by: Danimal28 at January 12, 2024 09:11 AM (klw0w)

291 Trump didn't serve a 2nd term. Wasn't sworn in as Pres.

Posted by: SFGoth at January 12, 2024 09:11 AM (KAi1n)

292 ...and nobody knows what the Earth's temperature is supposed to be.
Posted by: Muldoon at January 12, 2024 09:10 AM (991eG)
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Oh, that's easy: whatever it *isn't* now, and *might* have been in the past before the White Man came.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 09:11 AM (Zp1WF)

293 I know people with millions in the bank that did not get a new truck this year. Or did not take a 2 week vacation.

If people with bucks are watching their money...

Posted by: rhennigantx


Bingo. I live well below my means, and have very little debt, and I am being extra tight; I worry for my neighbors that have multiple monthly payments and are trying to make do.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 12, 2024 09:11 AM (lTGtQ)

294 The reaction by the Feds is going to be what to watch. I believe they will not be able to stand any pushback against their authority, and will greatly overreact - but time will tell.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 12, 2024 09:07 AM (S6gqv)

If they do, I have little faith Abbott won't fold.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 12, 2024 09:11 AM (mMsvu)

295 Mister, we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again.

Posted by: 704 Hauser Street at January 12, 2024 09:11 AM (NBVIP)

296 The Saudi's have been pretty laid back about all that... seeing how Yemen is on part of their southern border.

Which unto itself begs the question; "why isn't Saudi Arabia doing more to squash the Houthi's?" It's a rhetorical question.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 12, 2024 09:07 AM (Q4IgG)

The Saudi's have a decent air force, all supplied by the US - but outside of that, their military is really pretty pathetic, just like most Arab countries.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 12, 2024 09:11 AM (S6gqv)

297 Since the Biden financial downturn, our house has
Dropped two streaming services
Lowered our monthly internet cost
Put up an OTA antenna, and cut the cord
Stopped eating fast food
Only bought meat when on sale, and filled the chest freezer up
Reduced home energy usage by almost 20%
Not taken a family vacation

And a bunch of other little stuff to reduce our monthly cost of living here and there.

So yeh, we are OK financially.
By reduction of fun stuff.
Not by a thriving economy.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 12, 2024 09:11 AM (hH3Px)

298 What does she mean, I wonder, by this weird statement. Is it a threat?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 12, 2024 09:04 AM (IUWw7)
*****
The Democrats, FBI, CIA, Leftist judges and DA's are going to make sure Trump never steps one foot in the WH again.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 12, 2024 09:12 AM (NpAcC)

299 Corrupt and inept doesn't begin to describe the Saudi military.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 12, 2024 09:12 AM (R4t5M)

300 I know people with millions in the bank that did not get a new truck this year. Or did not take a 2 week vacation.

If people with bucks are watching their money...

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 12, 2024 09:07 AM (lwOKI)

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Suffice it to say that we can "relate" -- and my fear of hyperinflation now means that virtually no amount of hard-earned savings and investment will be enough (hence my fear that I will never be able to retire from working).

Thanks Obama/Biden! * spit *

Posted by: ShainS -- Plagiarism is copying without attribution plus white cisheteropatriarchal skin at January 12, 2024 09:12 AM (+lwg5)

301 >I believe they will not be able to stand any pushback against their authority, and will greatly overreact - but time will tell.


maybe bring the FBI in and burn some buildings down and kill some children

Posted by: Don Black at January 12, 2024 09:12 AM (geLO8)

302 285 That's me. I'm not rich like that - I'm not even a millionaire - but I'm not broke. And I've ratcheted down in preparation for what I assume is going to be a *very* tumultuous 18 months, marked by unemployment and ending with a permanent reduction in income.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 09:09 AM (Zp1WF)

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Dolley kind of needs vacations for her mental health to some degree. They're the things that she looks forward to to break up her day to day life.

Well, we have a trip to Orlando this weekend (using our annual passes to Universal), a trip to Hawaii in April that was mostly paid for with airline points (the hotel is also a steal because we have to sit through a timeshare presentation...we won't say yes, it's our second rodeo), and then nothing else. It's kind of odd to have nothing planned, but she keeps looking.

Airline ticket prices are simply ridiculous and won't come down, and I've gotten her to accept the idea of, well, we don't know the mid-Atlantic region very well, perhaps we could just take the SUV around for a couple of weeks. I think that's what we'll end up doing this summer.

Very much a less expensive option than Italy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 12, 2024 09:12 AM (GBKbO)

303 Hiya JT!

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at January 12, 2024 09:13 AM (SfhV1)

304 Pretty sure Biden's response to Congress will be:

And I'm too sexy for your party
Too sexy for your party
No way I'm disco dancing

So it is written. So it shall be.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 12, 2024 09:14 AM (pZ64F)

305 I have ben probing my brain for any concrete memories of Fruit Stripe gum but it has mostly been redacted.
Posted by: Muldoon at January 12, 2024 09:02 AM (991eG)


Sweet and fruity flavor which lasts all of 2 minutes.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 12, 2024 09:14 AM (Zz0t1)

306 ... Airline ticket prices are simply ridiculous and won't come down, and I've gotten her to accept the idea of, well, we don't know the mid-Atlantic region very well, perhaps we could just take the SUV around for a couple of weeks. I think that's what we'll end up doing this summer. ...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 12, 2024 09:12 AM (GBKbO)
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Yup, and this is starting to happen system-wide. Those who used to go camping are going to stay home. Those who used to take a road trip to the beach and stay on the boardwalk. Those used to fly somewhere will take a road trip.

Nothing hits zero at scale, but broad-spectrum reductions *do* happen.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 09:14 AM (Zp1WF)

307 >>I don't think many really grasp how significant Abbott's move against the Feds in Eagle Pass is. It may seem like a small thing, but so was Ft. Sumter. The reaction by the Feds is going to be what to watch. I believe they will not be able to stand any pushback against their authority, and will greatly overreact - but time will tell.

Last night the Border Patrol Union put out a statement in support of Abbott's actions calling them a force multiplier. That was an interesting reaction.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 12, 2024 09:14 AM (ZLI7S)

308 If they do, I have little faith Abbott won't fold.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 12, 2024 09:11 AM (mMsvu)

Maybe. Hard to stand against Leviathan. Still, he's actually done something. Other than DeSantis, I can't think of another who has.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 12, 2024 09:15 AM (GYIa4)

309 295 Mister, we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again.
Posted by: 704 Hauser Street at January 12, 2024 09:11 AM (NBVIP)


That's "Hoy-bit Hoovah."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 12, 2024 09:15 AM (x0n13)

310 "Average global surface air temperature" is both:
1. Impossible to calculate
2. Meaningless
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 09:05 AM (Zp1WF)

Averaging ZIP codes to ship to the same city would be more scientific.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 12, 2024 09:15 AM (lwOKI)

311 I don't think many really grasp how significant Abbott's move against the Feds in Eagle Pass is. It may seem like a small thing, but so was Ft. Sumter. The reaction by the Feds is going to be what to watch. I believe they will not be able to stand any pushback against their authority, and will greatly overreact - but time will tell.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 12, 2024 09:07 AM (S6gqv)
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I tend to agree that the feds will grossly overreact. This was a direct slap in the face to Mayorkas and FJB. Their "honor" (*spit*) will require them to respond harshly to this personal insult.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 12, 2024 09:15 AM (7fElN)

312 Almost forgot.

We own two cars.

One is 18 years old.

The other is 11 years old.
Both are paid for, and I do my own repairs when possible.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 12, 2024 09:15 AM (hH3Px)

313 Posted by: TheJamesMadison



Driving around the US is the best kind of vacation, in my opinion.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 12, 2024 09:15 AM (9yWhg)

314 I think she needs to be waterboarded.
Posted by: pawn at January 12, 2024 09:06 AM (QB+5g)
=================
It's hammer time!

https://shorturl.at/dwxHX

Posted by: Paul "Hammerin'" Pelosi at January 12, 2024 09:15 AM (vORX3)

315 So we are going to annihilate the Houthis?

And the Blowfish?

Posted by: Muldoon at January 12, 2024 09:16 AM (991eG)

316 Airline ticket prices are simply ridiculous and won't come down, and I've gotten her to accept the idea of, well, we don't know the mid-Atlantic region very well, perhaps we could just take the SUV around for a couple of weeks. I think that's what we'll end up doing this summer.

Very much a less expensive option than Italy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison,



I have been all over the world on the company dime, and frankly, the national park system in this country is probably a much better vacation than most of the world. Cheaper, too.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 12, 2024 09:16 AM (lTGtQ)

317 I have always enjoyed the contributions of our Limerick Laureate Muldoon and never scrolled past his comments, but his screed against yipes, stripes, Fruit Stripes gum is beyond the pale.

Perhaps there was other childhood trauma affecting his hateful attitude and in the end, I will understand and forgive him.

Posted by: Beech Nutter at January 12, 2024 09:16 AM (V5BDR)

318 If they do, I have little faith Abbott won't fold.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 12, 2024 09:11 AM (mMsvu)

Well it depends - remember that the Texas NG is not designed to be an actual fighting force, think more along the lines of better dressed mall cops. If Biden calls in the Army, then that will be that. And Abbott has to be sure that he is within the law down to the last jot and tittle, or else Biden's gov't will send the troops in Ft. Hood down to occupy Austin, and the idiots in Austin will cheer them as they enter.

That's not hyperbole, those are the stakes we're playing for now.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 12, 2024 09:16 AM (S6gqv)

319 Hey, James, I watched the back half of the movie Rubber. I enjoyed it. Funny.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 12, 2024 09:16 AM (pZ64F)

320 It is concerning. See Pew Foundation, 4/21/23, How TPS has expanded under the Biden Administration.
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Examples only, not including Humanitarian Parole or DACA:

>ADC dot org, 11/08/23 - You Took Action: Over 100 Lawmakers Urge President Biden to designate TPS for Palestinians. Today, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U. S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Jan Scakowsky (D-IL), along with over 100 lawmakers sent a letter to President Biden urging him to designate Deferred Enforcement Departure (DED) and/or Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Palestinians present in the United States.

>9/6/23 (In part) We, the Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, alongside other concerned Members of Congress, are writing to formally request an extension of the re-registration period for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for El Salvador, Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua. Furthermore, we continue to call on your administration to redesignate TPS for each of these four deserving nations.

>5/9/23 Press Release: Norton, Clarke, Veasey Lead 23 Members of Congress Calling for Temporary Protected Status for Nigeria.

Posted by: L - They don't have to outrun the bear. They only have to outrun us - for now at January 12, 2024 09:16 AM (GshMh)

321 Saudis were fighting the Houthis for the last three years. The leftists in US and EU were whining about "genocide" and "war crimes" because people in Yemen were starving. Boohoo. The Saudis are letting us handle that country full of nitwits for a while

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 12, 2024 09:16 AM (Yem6A)

322 313 Posted by: TheJamesMadison



Driving around the US is the best kind of vacation, in my opinion.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 12, 2024 09:15 AM (9yWhg)

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We first thought of doing it when we were in Arizona at the Grand Canyon.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 12, 2024 09:16 AM (GBKbO)

323 316 I have been all over the world on the company dime, and frankly, the national park system in this country is probably a much better vacation than most of the world. Cheaper, too.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 12, 2024 09:16 AM (lTGtQ)

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That's the direction we're thinking of going.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 12, 2024 09:17 AM (GBKbO)

324 perhaps we could just take the SUV around for a couple of weeks. I think that's what we'll end up doing this summer. ...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

-

Lighthouses
Outer banks in general
Ride ferries with the family (it's surprising how fun that is)
Jockey's Ridge
Eno River State Park. Durham is a horrible, horrible place, but that river is one of the best I've ever seen.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 12, 2024 09:17 AM (/TehT)

325 >>The Saudi's have a decent air force, all supplied by the US

And the right there is the answer to the question of why the Saudis act or don't act. Look who is sitting in the White House.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 12, 2024 09:17 AM (ZLI7S)

326 ========

I would guess it's the preventing feds from entering that's the biggest sticking point.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 12, 2024 09:08 AM (GBKbO)


The fact that there's a whole host of people out there that thing Biden's mental acuity is better than Trump's at this point tells me 2 things. One, the media is still winning. Two, there's a whole host of dumbf*cks roaming the streets in the US.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 12, 2024 09:17 AM (Zz0t1)

327 but his screed against yipes, stripes, Fruit Stripes gum is beyond the pale.
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As I recall, Fruit Stripes lost their flavor after about two minutes in your mouth. Nice idea but failed to nail the finish. Sort of the Bud Lite of gum.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 12, 2024 09:18 AM (pZ64F)

328 >>>He was brash and rich and didn't try to pretend otherwise. In Iowa during the campaign, all of the candidates were out in their new blue jeans and flannel shirts pretending to be people, when he came in on his helicopter and New York suit to press flesh. He was showing off, to be sure - he is a showman, after all - but he also wasn't pretending. Not about who he was or what you would get.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQsjBLPBB8M

Posted by: Braenyard at January 12, 2024 09:18 AM (fEezT)

329 Hiya JT!
Posted by: grammie winger

Posted by: JT at January 12, 2024 09:19 AM (T4tVD)

330 The Saudi's have been pretty laid back about all that... seeing how Yemen is on part of their southern border.

Which unto itself begs the question; "why isn't Saudi Arabia doing more to squash the Houthi's?" It's a rhetorical question.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 12, 2024 09:07 AM (Q4IgG)


They did when Iran started meddling in Yemen. then had China broker a ceasefire of sorts between Saudi and Iran. They should be doing more, but maybe Houthis are not hitting their ships at the moment , just US, UK and French - western, so they think they can sit it out ? I see Iran pushing this further. So might will have to get involved, in-spite of their agreements or whatever they have with Iran.

Posted by: runner at January 12, 2024 09:19 AM (V13WU)

331 It'd be cool if some of them realized that the enemies of civilization are actually on their side.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 12, 2024 09:02 AM (GBKbO)

I can't stand Leftists like the ones at DU... They are ineducable. But I don't harbor the resentment toward rank-and-file Dem voters that many on the Right do. Both factions of the Uniparty run different shell games on their voters, but each set of voters are just as rooked as the other, and have more in common than they think.

More and more Republicans have walked away of late. My hope is that the trend continues, and spreads to Democrats. Maybe it finally is.

*shrugs*

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 12, 2024 09:20 AM (0FoWg)

332 315 So we are going to annihilate the Houthis?

And the Blowfish?
Posted by: Muldoon at January 12, 2024 09:16 AM (991eG)


"Racist!"

- - Rancoelacanth from Dearborn

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 12, 2024 09:20 AM (x0n13)

333 beef steaks that can be bought at the grocery store rising 24.8%,
uncooked ground beef increasing 21.6%
uncooked beef roasts climbing 26.7%,
uncooked poultry rose by 26.7%.
frozen fruits and vegetables has increased by 23.5%,
Nonalcoholic beverages and juices have had their prices increase by 21.6%
frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks, for which prices inflated by 31.6%.

This is baked in FOREVER!

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 12, 2024 09:21 AM (lwOKI)

334 Eno River State Park. Durham is a horrible, horrible place, but that river is one of the best I've ever seen.
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A nicer river is the Lumber river down in Scotland county. Its a sand-pebble river and is mostly shaded so the water is cool and clear. Lots of fun jumping off the bridge and tubing down for awhile.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 12, 2024 09:21 AM (pZ64F)

335 >>I have been all over the world on the company dime, and frankly, the national park system in this country is probably a much better vacation than most of the world. Cheaper, too.

Agree. Particularly with the world being in the condition it is right now.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 12, 2024 09:21 AM (ZLI7S)

336 TGIF!

So. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at January 12, 2024 09:22 AM (NKqpy)

337 331 More and more Republicans have walked away of late. My hope is that the trend continues, and spreads to Democrats. Maybe it finally is.

*shrugs*
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 12, 2024 09:20 AM (0FoWg)

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The two parties suck. The only reason I have any hope for the GOP is because of Trump. Without Trump, the GOP is the same as Democrats. I don't demand loyalty to Trump from the GOP, but just going against the uniparty grain is enough. It seems like, to me, that the shift in the GOP is very slowly (VERY SLOWLY) happening because of Trump's influence, providing me with some bit of hope that the GOP can one day become an opposition party.

Essentially, I'm still on the "reform the GOP" movement rather than the "burn it down". Without Trump, I'd just straight up join the Libertarian Party. At least they have weed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 12, 2024 09:22 AM (GBKbO)

338 The Houthis regularly launch missles at Saudi, in fact, a year or so ago, they damaged one of the oil processing facilities, causing a spike in oil prices. Saudi has been fighting them for a while, but the US and Europe keep holding them back from ending the problem.


Houthis are shia like Iran, and are to Iran what N Korea is to china - a puppet to reflect the true feelings of the master.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 12, 2024 09:23 AM (lTGtQ)

339 beef steaks that can be bought at the grocery store rising 24.8%,
uncooked ground beef increasing 21.6%
uncooked beef roasts climbing 26.7%,
uncooked poultry rose by 26.7%.
frozen fruits and vegetables has increased by 23.5%,
Nonalcoholic beverages and juices have had their prices increase by 21.6%
frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks, for which prices inflated by 31.6%.

This is baked in FOREVER!
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 12, 2024 09:21 AM (lwOKI)



But inflation is only 3.2%, fat!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 12, 2024 09:24 AM (Zz0t1)

340 Perhaps there was other childhood trauma affecting his hateful attitude and in the end, I will understand and forgive him.
Posted by: Beech Nutter

*******

Would you like me to show you where on my taste buds the striped Zebra touched me?

Posted by: Muldoon at January 12, 2024 09:24 AM (991eG)

341 >>I have been all over the world on the company dime, and frankly, the national park system in this country is probably a much better vacation than most of the world. Cheaper, too.


America is a large, beautiful country and there is so much here to experience and enjoy. Yes, take roadtrips, visit the national and state parks.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 12, 2024 09:24 AM (NKqpy)

342 A nicer river is the Lumber river down in Scotland county. Its a sand-pebble river and is mostly shaded so the water is cool and clear. Lots of fun jumping off the bridge and tubing down for awhile.
Posted by: Pudinhead

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Been to it, too. It's interesting that you've got to deal with either the Lumbee bunch or the Durham bunch to go to two of the nicer rivers in NC.

The Eno was always better for fishing in my experience if that's your thing.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 12, 2024 09:24 AM (/TehT)

343 Ladies and gentlemen now is not the time to get nerves but to keep a steady head.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2_KBGPHUGk
Posted by: Braenyard at January 12, 2024 08:18 AM (fEezT)
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Huh. That spelling of "Astrid" ("Astrud") lends itself to an unpleasant typo.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 09:25 AM (Zp1WF)

344 beef steaks that can be bought at the grocery store rising 24.8%,
uncooked ground beef increasing 21.6%
uncooked beef roasts climbing 26.7%,
uncooked poultry rose by 26.7%.
frozen fruits and vegetables has increased by 23.5%,
Nonalcoholic beverages and juices have had their prices increase by 21.6%
frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks, for which prices inflated by 31.6%.

This is baked in FOREVER!
Posted by: rhennigantx



The price of vodka has held steady, though. So there's that.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 12, 2024 09:25 AM (9yWhg)

345 The price of vodka has held steady, though. So there's that.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 12, 2024 09:25 AM (9yWhg)
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The price of my Scotch hasn't.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 09:25 AM (Zp1WF)

346 FlopUpdates @ThatJLawStan Jan 10
Jennifer Lawrence has been cast as Jesus Christ and Emma Stone as Judas in Martin Scorsese’s next movie, set to shoot later this year. It will be a gender-reversed, modern telling of the biblical events set in Southern California.
(Via: @Variety)

FlopUpdates @ThatJLawStan Jan 10
The movie is in the middle of a bidding war between Apple, Netflix, Sony, Paramount, and Universal. Amazon attempted to approach with an offer, but the package’s representatives declined.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 12, 2024 09:26 AM (2yu8s)

347 ++++
The price of my Scotch hasn't.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 09:25 AM (Zp1WF)


*vomit*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 12, 2024 09:26 AM (Zz0t1)

348 "A nicer river is the Lumber river down in Scotland county."

Scotland County is interesting.

Mrs VIA has ancestors buried in a small cemetery up there that has an engraved history of many of the McQueens buried there.

Beautiful county.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 12, 2024 09:26 AM (hH3Px)

349 New Bern is a neat place to visit, too. And if your kids are old enough to paddle or at least sit in a canoe the Black River should be on a list of destinations.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 12, 2024 09:26 AM (/TehT)

350 Essentially, I'm still on the "reform the GOP" movement rather than the "burn it down". Without Trump, I'd just straight up join the Libertarian Party. At least they have weed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 12, 2024 09:22 AM (GBKbO)

This seems inconsistent with your plan to vote for DeSantis in the NC primary. Unless I guess you view DeSantis as Trump but even better?

For what it’s worth (probably nothing) I completely agree with you on the GOP

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 12, 2024 09:26 AM (dfZzK)

351 Do your research before choosing a vacation destination.

Posted by: Ned Beatty at January 12, 2024 09:26 AM (SYTee)

352 I'm surprised no one has commented about the government grants to help keep transgender boys from getting pregnant when having sex with people with penises.
It's hard for me to wrap my mind around that.
Our government continues down the toilet.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at January 12, 2024 09:27 AM (dr4Q1)

353 346 FlopUpdates @ThatJLawStan Jan 10
Jennifer Lawrence has been cast as Jesus Christ and Emma Stone as Judas in Martin Scorsese’s next movie, set to shoot later this year. It will be a gender-reversed, modern telling of the biblical events set in Southern California.
(Via: @Variety)

FlopUpdates @ThatJLawStan Jan 10
The movie is in the middle of a bidding war between Apple, Netflix, Sony, Paramount, and Universal. Amazon attempted to approach with an offer, but the package’s representatives declined.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 12, 2024 09:26 AM (2yu8s)

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Variety has said nothing about this, so I think this story is bull.

Scrosese was at an event last night and said nothing about it either. He teased working with Daniel Day Lewis again instead.

The source is a Jennifer Lawrence fan account on Twitter and no one else has mentioned it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 12, 2024 09:27 AM (GBKbO)

354 Yes, take roadtrips, visit the national and state parks.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 12, 2024 09:24 AM (NKqpy)


As long as there's not a government shutdown. If there is, you will be trespassing and I'll have your ass waterboarded.

Posted by: Barack O'Bama at January 12, 2024 09:27 AM (Zz0t1)

355 >>The two parties suck. The only reason I have any hope for the GOP is because of Trump. Without Trump, the GOP is the same as Democrats. I don't demand loyalty to Trump from the GOP, but just going against the uniparty grain is enough. It seems like, to me, that the shift in the GOP is very slowly (VERY SLOWLY) happening because of Trump's influence, providing me with some bit of hope that the GOP can one day become an opposition party.

This is the thing DeSantis supporters don't get about us cultists. Trump is the only candidate running for the Republican nomination who is not of the Republican Party. They hate him. They hate us. We hate them.

The left isn't the only group that can infiltrate an organization, gut it and wear it like a skin suit. This is the way and it always has been. Pretending we are going to create a viable 3rd party and take over the country in our lifetimes is a fantasy.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 12, 2024 09:27 AM (ZLI7S)

356 I live the smell of WW3 early in the morning,

Posted by: Montec at January 12, 2024 09:27 AM (qXnqR)

357 >>I don't think many really grasp how significant Abbott's move against the Feds in Eagle Pass is. It may seem like a small thing, but so was Ft. Sumter. The reaction by the Feds is going to be what to watch. I believe they will not be able to stand any pushback against their authority, and will greatly overreact - but time will tell.


Agreed.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 12, 2024 09:28 AM (NKqpy)

358 Jennifer Lawrence has been cast as Jesus Christ and Emma Stone as Judas in Martin Scorsese’s next movie, set to shoot later this year. It will be a gender-reversed, modern telling of the biblical events


oh for the love of pete

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at January 12, 2024 09:28 AM (SfhV1)

359 It would be trivially easy and immediately forgotten about. Same as the COVID nonsense,

I'm still amazed that we've gone from:

First: The only way to stop the spread is to get the clot shot

Then: Anyone claiming that was said the clot shot stops the spread is a liar. And don't you dare mention the official approval documents for the clot shot that said it stops the spread

Now in ads: Get your clot shot so you don't spread COVID to your family. {In small print: Does not stop the spread of COVID}

Posted by: 18-1 at January 12, 2024 09:28 AM (ibTVg)

360 350 This seems inconsistent with your plan to vote for DeSantis in the NC primary. Unless I guess you view DeSantis as Trump but even better?

For what it’s worth (probably nothing) I completely agree with you on the GOP
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 12, 2024 09:26 AM (dfZzK)

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I think DeSantis would make a better president is all. I don't think he could pull in the working-class voters who aren't really aligned with the party that Trump brings in, but I know what my vote actually means in terms of electing people:

Not much.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 12, 2024 09:28 AM (GBKbO)

361 Variety has said nothing about this, so I think this story is bull. ...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 12, 2024 09:27 AM (GBKbO)
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I could see it either way. Like I said when this "broke" yesterday, I have lost the ability to discern what is parody. Or a joke. Or just a lie.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 09:28 AM (Zp1WF)

362 Do your research before choosing a vacation destination.
Posted by: Ned Beatty

*fistbump*

Posted by: Clark Griswold at January 12, 2024 09:28 AM (R4t5M)

363 The Eno was always better for fishing in my experience if that's your thing.
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Went to college in Laurinburg - St. Andrews. The Lumber was our beach. Went to HS in Raleigh and the Falls of the Neuse was our go to place before they tore down the old mill damn. I like to fish but I prefer fly fishing and thus want a river/stream I can wade. Most rivers in NC are clay bottomed with a shit ton of silt. Not that inviting for wading.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 12, 2024 09:28 AM (pZ64F)

364 335 >>I have been all over the world on the company dime, and frankly, the national park system in this country is probably a much better vacation than most of the world. Cheaper, too.

Agree. Particularly with the world being in the condition it is right now.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 12, 2024 09:21 AM (ZLI7S)

Gonna throw out - if people need vacays, VA is beautiful and believes in rule of law under Youngkin. You can do NoVa or Williamsburg and do history (or amusement parks), you can do Virginia Beach, you can do the Appalachians on the west for mountain hiking and camping, etc, etc...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 12, 2024 09:28 AM (exHjb)

365 199 The Houthis are pimps, they never could have out fought the coalition. But I didn't realize until today that it was the Iranians all along.
Stuff Joe Biden will never say
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 12, 2024 08:50 AM (Yem6A)

Bravo!

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at January 12, 2024 09:29 AM (qRH5R)

366 I recommend the Wagon Queen Family Truckster for a great vacation vehicle.

Posted by: Clark Griswold at January 12, 2024 09:29 AM (NBVIP)

367 361 Variety has said nothing about this, so I think this story is bull. ...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 12, 2024 09:27 AM (GBKbO)
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I could see it either way. Like I said when this "broke" yesterday, I have lost the ability to discern what is parody. Or a joke. Or just a lie.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 09:28 AM (Zp1WF)

=======

I've been scanning Variety's twitter feed ever since, and they've never mentioned it.

I think a JLaw fan account is just going for clicks.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 12, 2024 09:29 AM (GBKbO)

368 FlopUpdates @ThatJLawStan Jan 10
Jennifer Lawrence has been cast as Jesus Christ and Emma Stone as Judas in Martin Scorsese’s next movie, set to shoot later this year. It will be a gender-reversed, modern telling of the biblical events set in Southern California.
(Via: @Variety)

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It's funny how that sounds so trite and boring.

An actual telling of Jesus in modern California would be a good movie.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 12, 2024 09:29 AM (/TehT)

369 >>Jennifer Lawrence has been cast as Jesus Christ and Emma Stone as Judas in Martin Scorsese’s next movie, set to shoot later this year. It will be a gender-reversed, modern telling of the biblical events


That's satire, right?
I mean, that's not really happening, it's a meme or something, right? Right?

Posted by: Lizzy at January 12, 2024 09:29 AM (NKqpy)

370 Expected to hit 80 this afternoon in SW FL.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at January 12, 2024 09:30 AM (KiBMU)

371 Jennifer Lawrence has been cast as Jesus Christ and Emma Stone as Judas in Martin Scorsese’s next movie, set to shoot later this year. It will be a gender-reversed, modern telling of the biblical events set in Southern California.
(Via: @Variety)

I can't wait for the scene where .... oh, never mind.

Posted by: dantesed at January 12, 2024 09:30 AM (88xKn)

372 Stevie Winwood, Derek Trucks and some other guy play some pretty good morning music.

http://tinyurl.com/t27dr33t

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 12, 2024 09:30 AM (W+YGJ)

373
A R T

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 12, 2024 09:30 AM (lwOKI)

374 If that's true, Martin Scorsese can go f*ck himself and his reputation is now destroyed.

Way to capitulate to the leftist mantra, asshole. ESAD.

Posted by: Barack O'Bama at January 12, 2024 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

375 Rush Limbaugh's birthday

Had he lived, he would still be alive today
I miss that voice on the radio

Posted by: Don Black at January 12, 2024 09:30 AM (geLO8)

376 Astrud, that's the way she spells it.
She's not English.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 12, 2024 09:31 AM (fEezT)

377 >>An actual telling of Jesus in modern California would be a good movie.


Just rent "Jesus Revolution."
No actual Jesus character, but a gem of a movie.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 12, 2024 09:31 AM (NKqpy)

378 Expected to hit 80 this afternoon in SW FL.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at January 12, 2024 09:30 AM (KiBMU)


Expected to hit 80 inches of snow by tomorrow morning.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at January 12, 2024 09:31 AM (SfhV1)

379 So...how many bids to you think would get made for a movie about Muhammed starring melissa mccarthy as Big Moe?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 12, 2024 09:31 AM (ibTVg)

380 Wherever you choose to vacation, stay away from Palo Duro Canyon State Park in Texas. Especially on a clear, cool morning at sunrise with the sun lighting up the colored rock layers and the wild deer gamboling about. Any humans about just spoils the serenity and grandeur of the place. Stay Away!

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 12, 2024 09:32 AM (4I/2K)

381 Should have used past tense. Think she and Getz are working the big nightclub in the sky.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 12, 2024 09:32 AM (fEezT)

382 >Expected to hit 80 this afternoon in SW FL.

Posted by: Mr Gaga



this is not helping
18° F here

Posted by: Don Black at January 12, 2024 09:32 AM (geLO8)

383 And Strike One. Good thing the thread is dead.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 12, 2024 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)

384 Variety has said nothing about this, so I think this story is bull. ...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 12, 2024 09:27 AM (GBKbO)
++++
I could see it either way. Like I said when this "broke" yesterday, I have lost the ability to discern what is parody. Or a joke. Or just a lie.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2024 09:28 AM (Zp1WF)
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I'll believe it when "The Passion of the JLaw" is advertising on Amazon Prime...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 12, 2024 09:32 AM (7fElN)

385 I'm surprised no one has commented about the government grants to help keep transgender boys from getting pregnant when having sex with people with penises.

**********

Pinocchio: "I'm a reeeeal boy!"

OB/Gyn: "You're pregnant."

Pinocchio: "Oh crap!"

Posted by: Muldoon at January 12, 2024 09:32 AM (991eG)

386 337 The two parties suck. The only reason I have any hope for the GOP is because of Trump. Without Trump, the GOP is the same as Democrats. I don't demand loyalty to Trump from the GOP, but just going against the uniparty grain is enough. It seems like, to me, that the shift in the GOP is very slowly (VERY SLOWLY) happening because of Trump's influence, providing me with some bit of hope that the GOP can one day become an opposition party.

Essentially, I'm still on the "reform the GOP" movement rather than the "burn it down". Without Trump, I'd just straight up join the Libertarian Party. At least they have weed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 12, 2024 09:22 AM (GBKbO)

Well I demand they all say "YUUUUUUUGE" at least 4 times a day.

Posted by: XTC at January 12, 2024 09:32 AM (sm6Pk)

387 Went to college in Laurinburg - St. Andrews. The Lumber was our beach. Went to HS in Raleigh and the Falls of the Neuse was our go to place before they tore down the old mill damn. I like to fish but I prefer fly fishing and thus want a river/stream I can wade. Most rivers in NC are clay bottomed with a shit ton of silt. Not that inviting for wading.
Posted by: Pudinhead

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I'm a wader, too, but not much of a fly fisherman. My go-to is a brokenback Rapala, and I think that's what got me so hooked (ha) on the Eno. You can walk that river and routinely pull out 5-7lb largemouth and all the warmouth you want. Those little suckers fight like crazy, too.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 12, 2024 09:33 AM (/TehT)

388 I’m outraged that two white cis women are starring in a Movie together. Does the memory of St Floyd of Minneapolis mean nothing anymore?

Posted by: Montec at January 12, 2024 09:34 AM (qXnqR)

389 80 today 20 Monday. Cool

Posted by: Braenyard at January 12, 2024 09:36 AM (fEezT)

390 I'm a wader, too, but not much of a fly fisherman. My go-to is a brokenback Rapala, and I think that's what got me so hooked (ha) on the Eno. You can walk that river and routinely pull out 5-7lb largemouth and all the warmouth you want. Those little suckers fight like crazy, too.
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I usually fish in the North Fork of the Shenandoah and upper Potomac. Small mouth are abundant and pound for pound they put up a great fight. The New River is my next fishing adventure. Probably this spring.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 12, 2024 09:36 AM (pZ64F)

391 The source is a Jennifer Lawrence fan account on Twitter and no one else has mentioned it.
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Thanks.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 12, 2024 09:37 AM (2yu8s)

392 389 80 today 20 Monday. Cool
Posted by: Braenyard at January 12, 2024 09:36 AM (fEezT)

Climate change is out of control.

Posted by: Montec at January 12, 2024 09:37 AM (qXnqR)

393 379 So...how many bids to you think would get made for a movie about Muhammed starring melissa mccarthy as Big Moe?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 12, 2024 09:31 AM (ibTVg)


Why do I never hear Leftists assert M was black?

Posted by: Gref at January 12, 2024 09:38 AM (5fDan)

394 The New River is my next fishing adventure. Probably this spring.

-

Good luck. I've only fished that one once. It ended up being a fun trip with lots of general adventure but not much fishing.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 12, 2024 09:38 AM (/TehT)

395 393 Why do I never hear Leftists assert M was black?

Posted by: Gref at January 12, 2024 09:38 AM (5fDan)

Because Arab/Muslim is at the absolute top of the Progressive Stack.

Posted by: XTC at January 12, 2024 09:39 AM (sm6Pk)

396 Auto insurance is up 20% year over year according to a trade industry report. But inflation is totes under control everyone.

Posted by: Montec at January 12, 2024 09:39 AM (qXnqR)

397 Why do I never hear Leftists assert M was black?

Islam claims Mecca was a major trading hub prior to Big Moe.

If so then the odds of there being black traders from Ethiopia in Mecca would actually be high.

But...they are lying. Mecca was an unimportant village before the Caliphate looted the civilized world...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 12, 2024 09:39 AM (ibTVg)

398 396 Auto insurance is up 20% year over year according to a trade industry report. But inflation is totes under control everyone.
Posted by: Montec at January 12, 2024 09:39 AM (qXnqR)

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The insurance industry is blowing up prices everywhere, and it's really weird and doesn't seem to match reality.

Insurers asked for a 100% increase in home insurance in the Carolinas this year.

100%. That's without a major hurricane hitting and doing Hugo levels of damage since...Hugo in 1989.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 12, 2024 09:41 AM (GBKbO)

399 What does CBS News blame the spike in auto insurance on? I shut you not…climate change. Lol. And no I’m not kidding.

“Climate change is playing a role as well, with more vehicles damaged by extreme weather, leading to more claims and, in turn, higher premiums.”

Posted by: Montec at January 12, 2024 09:41 AM (qXnqR)

400 394 The New River is my next fishing adventure. Probably this spring.
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Good luck. I've only fished that one once. It ended up being a fun trip with lots of general adventure but not much fishing.
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I suspect you need to pound the feeder creeks that feed the river. Great place for fish to lay up and in the spring great place for the big ones to lurk and eat the little ones taking their baby steps.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 12, 2024 09:42 AM (pZ64F)

401 Cali makes sense. It’s a given there will be wildfires again. The state refused to manage its forests.

Posted by: Montec at January 12, 2024 09:42 AM (qXnqR)

402 My electric and gas doubled.
My home owners ins. went up 50%.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 12, 2024 09:43 AM (fEezT)

403 Insurers asked for a 100% increase in home insurance in the Carolinas this year.

100%. That's without a major hurricane hitting and doing Hugo levels of damage since...Hugo in 1989.
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Does this correlate with the increase in building materials and fuel?

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 12, 2024 09:43 AM (pZ64F)

404 Spending is strong? $150 for groceries which were only $90 a couple of years ago..strong spending!

I really hate these people.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at January 12, 2024 09:45 AM (tT6L1)

405 -------------
Does this correlate with the increase in building materials and fuel?

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 12, 2024 09:43 AM (pZ64F)
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and labor

Posted by: Braenyard at January 12, 2024 09:45 AM (fEezT)

406 I had an auto claim last year. Small fender bender, the bumper needed replacing. Cost was $3800. For a fucking bumper!! But yeah inflation is 3%.

And I had to wait almost a month for the parts to arrive at the body shop. It’s all a shitshow in Biden’s America..

Posted by: Montec at January 12, 2024 09:46 AM (qXnqR)

407 No meat involved I can carry $100 of groceries with my off hand.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 12, 2024 09:47 AM (fEezT)

408 Insurance premiums are a good gauge if true inflation. Because they factor in prices of labor and materials across the board. So we can say 20% is about what real inflation is running.

Posted by: Montec at January 12, 2024 09:47 AM (qXnqR)

409 396 Auto insurance is up 20% year over year according to a trade industry report. But inflation is totes under control everyone.
Posted by: Montec at January 12, 2024 09:39 AM (qXnqR)
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We've seen our auto insurance go up quite a bit, and we put less than 10K miles per year on our respective vehicles...both of which are paid for and over 10 years old.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at January 12, 2024 09:48 AM (tT6L1)

410
We've seen our auto insurance go up quite a bit, and we put less than 10K miles per year on our respective vehicles...both of which are paid for and over 10 years old.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at January 12, 2024 09:48 AM (tT6L1)

Whether a car is paid off or not has no bearing on insurance costs. The cost to fix a car is the same whether it has a loan or not. And even age doesn’t matter as much anymore. Any modern car costs a ton to fix even the smallest thing. If it’s 1 year or tens years old it doesn’t make much of a difference in cost.

Posted by: Montec at January 12, 2024 09:50 AM (qXnqR)

411 408 Insurance premiums are a good gauge if true inflation. Because they factor in prices of labor and materials across the board. So we can say 20% is about what real inflation is running.
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This is true. And to think, the Dems accomplished this on day one of Biden's presidency. Two fucking executive orders attacking energy and printing a shit ton of worthless money. Fuck these guys.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 12, 2024 09:50 AM (pZ64F)

412 “The President needs to come to Congress before launching a strike against the Houthis in Yemen and involving us in another middle east (sic) conflict,”...

Something about this, including the actual military strikes, is too theatrical, too public. I think it's a trade off that the Middle East, UN and the progressives in Congress are on the road to getting something much more in their favor for the region.
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County taxes (local & school taxes plus sewer & trash fees are separate) are going up 5%. House phone bill (Verizon) includes a subtotal of $31.58 for taxes, government fees and surcharges plus Verizon surcharges & fees! Home & car insurances, are rising every contract period. PA's turnpike tolls and gas & diesel taxes are the highest in the nation.

Synthetic fabrics like acrylic, nylon, polyester and spandex are made from petroleum-based fibers. So are sporting goods, health & beauty products, medical supplies, etc.
Costs for basics are rising dramatically, as are shipping costs. I'm blessed, kids are grown.

Hertz is selling 20,000 EVs in US and investing in gas powered vehicles.

Free ALL Hamas hostages! Pray for IDF, Stand with Israel.

Posted by: L - They don't have to outrun the bear. They only have to outrun us - for now at January 12, 2024 09:50 AM (GshMh)

413 Went to college in Laurinburg - St. Andrews.
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Heh.
[recollects PJC, at Maxton]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 12, 2024 09:54 AM (XeU6L)

414 The population of Yemen, at 35M, is larger than that of Saudi Arabia at 32M, almost half of whom aren't citizens.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 12, 2024 09:56 AM (aD39U)

415 JJ has been hoping for foreign based terrorism for a long time
He doesn't seem to care about the 18000 Americans killed each year through non terrorism .

[Kurt - If I were rooting for terrorism, I'd be an open borders loving, Hamas Einsatz-groupie Democrat - like you. I wouldn't be WARNING about it, would I? By the way, what the hell is this "18,000 killed by non-terrorism"non-sequitur?

Multiply that number by at least 10,000 and you'll get the number of Americans, particularly blacks, women, Latinos and the poor that have been annihilated by Leftist policies since Aaron Burr murdered Alexander Hamilton in cold blood.

And why do you post here after the thread has moved on? You are a numbskull because a) you are always wrong and b) I always have the last word. HIT MY TIP JAR cheapskate!!!! - jjs]

Posted by: Paul [Kurt licking Lloyd Austin's lap banned] at January 12, 2024 10:10 AM (+7y2Y)

416 Insurers asked for a 100% increase in home insurance in the Carolinas this year.

100%. That's without a major hurricane hitting and doing Hugo levels of damage since...Hugo in 1989.

Joe Bastardi says this may be the worst year for major hurricanes hitting the US ever. And he thinks global warming is fake so his forecasts are usually pretty good.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 12, 2024 10:29 AM (FD5dr)

417 Here's an idea of the potential size of enemy infiltrated...
A Brigade is 5000 to 8000 strong. In theory, there's 2-3 brigades of ChiCom... One or two of Palestinians... Let alone the other various types of Jihad is... If it were to happen, loss of life would be in tens of thousands.

Posted by: Augusto Perez at January 12, 2024 10:53 AM (HkC7B)

418 “Most if not all are male an of military age. And how the hell did they get to the Rio Grande in the first place?”

How old they are etc etc etc is neither here nor there. If I have to show a passport to a CBP official at a port of entry to enter my own bloody country, foreigners sure as all hell must do so.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at January 12, 2024 11:07 AM (rSl/w)

419 Echoing Khanna, Rep. Val Hoyle (D-Ore.) tweeted, “These airstrikes have NOT been authorized by Congress. The Constitution is clear: Congress has the sole authority to authorize military involvement in overseas conflicts. Every president must first come to Congress and ask for military authorization, regardless of party.”

Nonsense. This is an argument made by people who ache for Whiny America. (I for one think the best part of this country undergoing a nuclear attack will be hearing the flowery speeches from Congressmen and Senators who will approve the retaliatory strike.)

Don’t tell me about declaring war, either - that is a DIPLOMATIC action, not a military one.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at January 12, 2024 11:13 AM (rSl/w)

420 If it is true that Lake City ammo was sold into the commercial market, that's a nothing burger. The same type of ammo is available from commercial sources. Most rifle ammo can be considered as military grade.

The worst part of the story is what is coming across the border. The word came out several years ago that the drug cartels have a deal with Russia to smuggle in Spetznaz troops. Other Russians have been caught at the border and they were of military age and fitness. Same with hundreds of Chinese, Nicaraguans, Venezuelans and Cubans.

In addition to that, several years ago a shipping container from China was found stuffed with infantry weapons and explosives. Wanna bet the Chinese have sent many other containers so loaded and the troops that are supposed to use them are here as well.

Congress has already been informed of this and it is not some fantasy cooked by some drug fueled fool. The people that testified are not given to fantasies and conspiracy theories.

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