The Morning Report

The Morning Report — 1/16/24

Good morning, kids. Somewhere in the back of my mind I thought there was the possibility of a surprise in Iowa, most likely because of global warming sending temperatures low enough to freeze a penguin's cloaca shut and keeping caucus goers home or more importantly, latent, unidentified Trump fatigue propelling DeSantis, Ramaswamy or God-forbid Haley.

But, as I had thought likely, Trump won it running away. Were this anything remotely resembling the good old days, where we were more or less oblivious to the sham of a two-party system and regular order, then I'd caution that the primaries have only just begun. Yet as we all know, 2024 is like no other time before, with the possible exception of 2020, and not just because Trump was the incumbent.

Whether you like him or not, or like it or not, Trump is the de facto leader of a combination resistance movement and a revival movement. Leader is kind of an odd word because in the cold light of day at the granular level, there's precious little if anything he personally and collectively with hopefully a cadre of loyal cabinet members and other advisers can do to root out the corruption that took him out four years ago and brought us to the brink of disaster (if we haven't irreversibly crossed over that line already). This assumes of course that he does indeed overcome a cheat that will be in everyone's face and more to the point, survive an increasing likelihood of being convicted in a kangaroo court and thrown in prison for what would be a life sentence considering his ages and the maximum sentences on each of the dozens of spurious and/or non-crime fake charges.

On a much higher level, what's being done to him, and more crucially what has resulted in what's being done to all of us vis a vis a crashing economy, an invasion of illegal aliens, a disastrous foreign policy that threatens a global conflagration, is raising the blood pressure of more and more citizens across ethnic, racial and political divides. More than anything else, and more than Trump, this is what scares the shit out of the Leftists, Democrats and RINO globalist stooges. But given that virtually the entire government and much of society outside of it has been thoroughly corrupted and hijacked by the Left, can a Popular Front for the Liberation of America (that ought to make Lefty heads explode!") ever have a chance to coalesce let alone achieve a final victory in our lifetimes?

While you ponder that, let's get back to Iowa and the situation going forward. As I said, even with a full slate of primaries to go, some really unknown event notwithstanding, the nomination is likely Trump's. Vivek Ramaswamy has already bowed out and endorsed him. So what of DeSantis (I could care fuck-all for Haley. She's McCain/Romney/Bush with tits that sag even lower than theirs)? The full court press by the Deep State might be his greatest, if not only, advantage.

Shortly after the Iowa caucus concluded, tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy announced that he would suspend his campaign and endorse Trump. That leaves two: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former UN ambassador Nikki Haley. The Trump campaign has called on the candidates to drop out and clear the field for Trump.
There's still a very real possibility that Trump could be in jail by the time the general election rolls around. (Note what I'm not saying: I'm not saying that Trump should be in prison.) But although Trump is the runaway favorite to win the nomination, the fact remains that he is now engaged in a multi-front war. (Ask Napoleon how that worked out.)
Let's look at the dates for Trump's upcoming trials and how they fit with the rest of the primaries, caucuses, and Election Day:

Jan. 23: New Hampshire primary

Feb 8: Nevada caucus

Feb 24: South Carolina primary

March 2: Michigan, Idaho, Missouri, District of Columbia, N. Dakota primaries and caucus

March 4: Federal election interference

March 5: Super Tuesday

May 20: Mar-a-Lago classified docs

March 25: Stormy Daniels payments

July 15: GOP convention

August 5: Georgia election interference

Nov. 5: Election Day
That's some heavy, heavy ammo aimed at destroying Trump at a time he should be spending his time and money campaigning. Some (or possibly all) of these cases will be delayed for one reason or another, which means that come November, Trump could still be embroiled in legal troubles. There are several possible scenarios:

All of the cases have been disposed, and Trump is free to go on with his life (unlikely)

Trump loses one or more cases and is sentenced to jail time just in time for the election (possible)

Trump is kicked off the ballot in key states (also possible)
If you don't think the left is working overtime to ensure the first and third options happen, you haven't been paying attention.
Is it right? No. But that's never stopped the Left before. Nor have the rule of law or the Constitution. The Supreme Court may yet step in and stop all this madness, but can we count on John Roberts? How about Amy Coney Barrett? Both have voted with the left wing of the court on some issues. So what happens if a presidential nominee withdraws or dies after the convention but before the election? The political parties choose a replacement candidate. From Teaching History:

Since the time of Andrew Jackson's run for the presidency in 1828, individual political parties have had the job of filling any vacancy on their national ticket, either that of their presidential or vice-presidential candidate. If one of their candidates vacates the ticket after they are nominated, either because of death or withdrawal, the party selects a replacement. Both the Republican and the Democratic parties have rules in their bylaws governing how to fill the vacancy. The Party Chair calls a meeting of the National Committee, and the Committee members at the meeting vote to fill the vacancy on the ticket. A candidate must receive a majority of the votes to win the party's nod.
Just what we need: Ronna McDaniels choosing the GOP candidate. Of course, the same thing could happen to Biden. He's not getting any younger and can barely spit out a coherent sentence these days. But we're concerned with Republicans here because losing to the Democrats in 2024 may very well be the last nail in the Republic's coffin.
So what happens if Democrats get their way and throw Trump in the slammer before the convention? That would depend on the delegates. Most Republican delegates are bound to vote for the nominee(s) chosen by their states on the first ballot at the convention, although there is some disagreement on whether or not that can be enforced. If bound delegates go rogue in the event that Trump is jailed, it's anyone's guess what the RNC would do.
These are all hypotheticals, but knowing what we know about Democrats, it's not beyond the realm of possibility that Trump could be in jail on Election Day. The damage Joe Biden (or whoever's running him) could do to this nation in four years is breathtaking. We may not survive it. That's why we need a Plan B in the form of a backup nominee.

Meh. This is Paula Bolyard, whose assertions that she doesn't want Trump to be imprisoned should be taken with a large grain of salt. She's not a fan and I don't think ever was. Besides, this is PJ Media which is now part of Salem Media which also owns Townhall and Hot Air. QED. But that said, her observations about what lies ahead for Trump are spot on. Haley is a RINO stooge. She's an absolute non-starter. There is no one else besides DeSantis that has anywhere near the anti-establishment/anti-Leftist bona fides that Trump does, their day-to-day missteps and misstatements notwithstanding. Ramaswamy threw a lot of red meat but he's bowed out.

That bit about Ronna Romney McDaniel choosing the candidate would be the bitter end. It would no doubt be Haley. Meh, I can see her trotting out Uncle Pee-Air Defecto to come in and save the day! Of course, and this point has been argued here and no doubt will be as soon as I post the column, Trump himself endorsed her as RNC chair or at least gave a thumbs up. Was Harmeet Dhillon a better choice? Who knows, but for sure Ronna McDaniel was and is horrendous. Remember that big red wave of 2022?

It's all moot now. So what do we do? There's not much, I guess, except go out and vote for him or DeSantis in your state's primary. Even then, all of the persecutions and prosecutions are going to ramp up if not come to a head. Then again, they don't have to since as we all know the process is the punishment, although you best believe they want him behind bars. Or six feet under if they can't get that.

I know that a lot of you as well as Ace and some of the cobs are to be charitable less than enthused with Trump. That puts it mildly for them, but for me it's not sarcasm. I support Trump yet he nevertheless gets under my skin when he says and does things that at times are head-scratchers if not "WTF!?"-inducing. At other times he hits the friggin' nail right on the head when it comes to the issues and what needs to get done. If, as the tea leaves show, he is unstoppable in the primaries, then we best get behind him, warts and all. Doesn't mean hold back on criticism when it's warranted. That's what the propagandists do when Democrats rape children, steal billions, and persecute the innocent.

But, if you've read this column for any length of time, you know that I have my reservations about elections, even if we overcome the fraud. About the only thing they can do is slow down to a greater or lesser extent the inevitable, depending upon who wins them. In some or even most cases (*cough!* Dubya! *cough!*) the people we vote for do as bad or even worse structural damage than the Democrats we seemingly thwarted.

It's going to take things that go way beyond elections to prevent the inevitable, or to mitigate the pain and suffering once it hits, if that is even possible.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

"In addition to scare-mongering, attendees will continue to push the message, 'You will own nothing and be happy.'”
Disease X is on the World Economic Forum’s Agenda for Davos Conference
Michael Walsh: "Despite the media-driven odds against us, we've made remarkable progress in the past four years: the idea of 'peak oil' has been debunked, the Covid hoax has been thoroughly exposed, and the Chicken Little Church of Climate Catastrophe is on the run as people are finally seeing it for the money-extracting elitist fraud that it is." (Congrats to Buck Throckmorton for his new gig with Pipeline! - jjs)
"Welcome Back to the Fight"
"Reigning in the unchecked powers federal regulators now wield would begin to restore a government of limited powers the Founders envisioned." (That's why it will be fought tooth and nail by the tyrants - jjs)
Is This the Beginning of the End of the $2 Trillion Administrative State?
"Incompetence resulting from DEI policies may sour your shopping experience at Lululemon, but it won’t cost you your life."
DEI, Airplane Crashes, and Bad Medicine

ISRAEL AT WAR

"Ahmed Zidat, 25, and Mahmoud Zidat, 44, neither of whom had a permit to work in Israel, had been caught in Israel several times and had served time in prison for illegal entry."
Two "Palestinian" Terrorists Murder Elderly Woman, Launch Ramming Attacks Injuring 18 Other People, Including Children
"The Senate is expected to hold a vote Tuesday on a resolution Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced aimed at conditioning US military assistance to Israel. It will be the first major test for Senate Democrats. . . A vote in favor of the Sanders resolution is a vote to delegitimize Israel’s inherent right to self-defense — or, perhaps more honestly, a vote in favor of Israel’s eventual annihilation. The White House had suggested it opposed the resolution — but its latest comments send mixed signals."
Pathetic: As Hamas Plays Sick Games with Hostages 100 Days In, Biden Whines He's Losing Patience with Israel
"This planned walkout is just the latest effort to compel Biden to change his policy toward Israel. Earlier this month, a group of Biden campaign staffers published an open letter on Medium urging Joe Biden to establish a 'permanent ceasefire' between Israel and Hamas. They also demanded that he advocate for de-escalation, end unconditional military aid to Israel, investigate Israel for human rights violations, and 'take concrete steps to end the conditions of apartheid, occupation, and ethnic cleansing that are the root causes of this conflict.'"
Biden Junta Anti-Semites Plan Massive Walkout
"A milestone of free and open elections that puts the 'Palestinian' Authority, Hamas, and Israel's neighbors to shame." (Unfortunately, Israel's out of control judiciary is the fly in the ointment - jjs)
Honoring the 75th Anniversary of Israel’s First Free Elections

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"We must normalize massacres." (This cancer is a crayon-pusher over at The Nation. Figures - jjs)
Anti-Israel Scumbag Earns Cheers From London Crowd; Critics Blast Police Response
"'"Palestine" Action will not back down,' group vows in statement responding to arrests."
"Huge Economic Damage': Anti-Semitic Thugs Arrested Over Plot To Shut Down London Stock Exchange
"When news spread that Iran launched a ballistic missile attack near the US Consulate in Iraq, some protesters cheered." (But Jacob Chansley wore a buffalo headers in Congress and that's tantamount to genocide! - jjs)
Anti-Israel Scum Target NYC Cancer Hospital for "Complicity in Genocide"; Terrified Jewish Resident Said, "I Thought I Was in Germany in 1939"
Jehezkel, who was playing in the Turkish national league, had written “100 Days 7.10” on a bandage on his left hand during a game on Jan. 14, and after making a goal, he was seen pointing to the phrase written on his wrist. Turkey immediately arrested him and began an investigation, charging him with “inciting hatred” of Muslims with the on-field stunt.
Turkey Deports Israeli Soccer Star Who Paid Tribute to Hamas’ Hostages During Game
“The problem is not what some student put on his or her personal social media, as hateful as the statements may be, but the campus DEI culture that enables and encourages such hatred based on false oppressor-oppressed and decolonization narratives that leave Israel and Jews dehumanized.”
Window Dressing: Day After Congressional Letter Threatening Funding, Cornell Condemns Student Social Media Post That “Zionists Must Die”
"Right under the nose of a censorship-happy government."
Canada: Liberal Diversity Hire Who Called Jews "Loud Mouthed Bags of Feces" Launches Pro-Hamas Free "Palestine" TV
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
"Thousands of young, mostly white, British children were systematically groomed and often repeatedly raped by mostly Pakistani Muslim men in British towns from the early 2000s." (If British men still had balls, they'd be cutting them off of the animals who raped their kids - jjs)
Britain’s Muslim ‘Grooming Gangs’ Report Finds White Children ‘Left at the Mercy’ of Rapists, With at Least 96 Still at Large
"Wresting control of Muslim institutions from the Islamist radicals who control them is crucial." (No. They must repudiate the central tenets of Islam itself; the annihilation of Jews and infidels in the quest for global conquest. That is a non-starter - jjs)
American Muslims Must Repudiate Pro-Hamas Charities
The move to proscribe the group comes after pressure intensified on the government following a pro-Palestinian October rally in London organized by the Islamist group. London’s Metropolitan Police investigated the rally but claimed to find no evidence of terrorism, and even defended the group’s chants of “jihad.” Leaders of Hizb ut-Tahrir have previously made statements endorsing Hamas, whom they referred to as “heroes,” and promoted an end to the Western world order. The group is already banned in parts of Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
UK FINALLY Moves to Ban Islamist "Hizb ut-Tahrir" Group After First Pledge in 2010
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
"A journey from a pseudo-scientific dogma to a social construct that, somehow, no matter its incarnation, has always been used to target Jews."
"Race": An Historical Perspective
Lloyd Billingsley: "MLK Jr. opposed segregation, welcomed Jews to the civil rights movement, and never collaborated with anti-Semites."
Not Biden’s – Nor Barack’s – King
“The armed resistance should not be referred to in crude, inhumane terms such as terrorists.”
Many Universities Have Done Nothing to Protect Jewish Students From Harassment

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"King believed a religious person must disobey unjust laws. The Left wants them punished."
The Martin Luther King Jr. That Liberals Hate
COLORADO & MAINE TRUMP 2024 BALLOT BANS
"The Democrat-elitist 'cabal' has been war-gaming electoral thefts since the summer of 2020."
Hello! Still Think the U.S. Isn’t "Over" After Colorado and Maine?
BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS
Robert Spencer: "The decline of a career kleptocrat."
Biden’s Latest "Gaffe" is Something Much More Serious Than That
SHAMPEACHMENT 1.0, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION
"A Trump co-defendant claimed in a motion seeking to dismiss the case last week that Willis benefited from awarding Wade, allegedly her romantic partner, a 'lucrative' contract because he used payments he received for his position to take her on cruises and vacations. Wade filed for divorce from his wife on Nov. 2, 2021, the day after his contract to work under Willis began."
Contracts Show Fani Willis Offered Top RICO Expert Lower Hourly Rate Than Her Alleged Lover In Trump Case
Margot Cleveland: "Having Paul Clement on the Supreme Court’s petition for review would add an invaluable gravitas to the case."
Mark Meadows Enlisting Legal Legend Paul Clement in Fulton County Defense Indicates Case Could Head to SCOTUS
"Prosecutors and plaintiffs in the major cases against Trump have had significant White House contacts."
White House Coordinating Trump Prosecutions
"This suit against Trump is the second one filed on Carroll’s behalf for defamation. Last year, a jury granted Carroll $5 million in damages for sexual abuse and defamation in a separate lawsuit against him. Carroll brought legal action against Trump after he dismissed her sexual assault claim, which allegedly occurred in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s, and described her as a deceitful 'wack job.'”
Judge Allows Trump Testimony In Carroll Defamation Case
CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
"The incident represents the latest swatting event against political officials. Dangerous swatting events appear to have first been instigated by Democrat prank callers against political opponents."
Report: White House Swatted by ‘Prank Caller’ Claiming Residence on Fire
"In an initial FBI interview, Officer Dunn indicated four members of the Oath Keepers had stood between himself and agitated rioters, to de-escalate the situation. Video footage from the incident shows Officer Dunn himself making threats and behaving erratically before the Oath Keepers stepped in and formed a barrier between the officer and rioters. However, Dunn’s story changed in a subsequent interview with him claiming the Oath Keepers had not helped him but were themselves instigating further aggression."
New Jan 6 Footage Shows Capitol Cop Perjured Himself, Lying About Whereabouts and Altercations with Oath Keepers
". . . King was an advocate of equality — not equity — which he articulated quite clearly in his 'I Have a Dream' speech. It's disgraceful the way Democrats are citing Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream by promoting his nightmare. Today the radical left sees nothing but race and actively seeks to divide us on racial lines."
Kamala Harris Bastardizes the Dream of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Anti-Trump activists and nonprofits are already using lawfare tactics to try and stop Trump from running for the presidency at all, successfully having him removed, at least temporarily, from primary ballots in Colorado and Maine. The “network” is particularly concerned about Trump using the military to execute his policies, which include immediately securing the border and mass deportations of illegal aliens, by invoking the Insurrection Act.
America’s Globalist Junta Openly Brags How It’ll Stop Trump in 2nd Term
"DEI must die."
Johns Hopkins Backpedals on DEI After Diversity Chief Says Quiet Part Out Loud
AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
"45 percent of those surveyed agreed with the 'poisoning the blood' statement generally, and 47 percent agreed with the statement when attributed to the former president. This is especially noteworthy as the survey included far more likely Democrat and Independent voters combined than likely Republican voters, with fewer than 800 of the 2,870 individuals surveyed identifying as likely Republican voters."
82% of Republicans Agree With Trump That Illegals are "Poisoning the Blood" of America
"He should look to Mexico's immigration laws for the standard and put some of those into his campaign platform." (Or just go back to what we had before Teddy Kennedy slit our throats in '65 with Hart-Celler - jjs)
The Immigration Speech Donald Trump Needs to Deliver
"People can receive permits to skip curfews for work, school, legal, or medical reasons. It is the same policy as homeless shelters in the city. Residents around the camps have complained about panhandling, drug use, and crime."
NYC Mayor Eric Adams Will Implement Curfew at Some Migrant Shelters
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
"A few victories would likely do wonders to make media members be a bit more careful, nudging them back towards actual journalism." (Not that they ever practiced it to begin with - jjs)
A Blueprint for Defeating the Left
"America First Policy Institute’s Instagram page was ‘permanently suspended’ after highlighting Biden family malfeasance."
Meta Backtracks and Blames System "Bug" After Nuking AFPI Instagram Over "Fraud"
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
"The losses would be even greater if the Fed included the decline in market value of its bond holdings. But because those are held to maturity, they are not recorded as operating losses."
Federal Reserve Payments to Banks Trigger Largest Ever Operating Loss
"The industrial policy favored by the Biden [junta] would slow American economic growth for decades to come."
A Path to National Shrinkage
"The Supreme Court declared the practice unconstitutional—now what?"
How to End Home-Equity Theft
"We'll be hearing more about Bidenomics from Trump than from Biden when the fall campaign season opens."
Whither the Economy, this Election Year?
"Of course it’s not just the economy: Anti-Biden voters also see the collapse of border enforcement — and are more likely to feel the impact of the illegal migrant surge than the nation’s elites. Voters also likely recall the disaster that was Biden’s bugout from Afghanistan (which he insists was a “success” — and can’t help noticing the major wars in Europe and the Middle East that erupted after that brutal sign of beyond-weak American leadership. Leadership that looks even weaker every time the fast-aging prez does any public speaking that doesn’t involve a teleprompter (and sometimes even then)."
It's the Groceries, Stupid: Why Pundits are Puzzled by Biden's Putrid Polls
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
"The demonstrations by the farmers, which have brought Berlin to a near standstill, have put pressure on Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition to fix the issues in the 2024 budget which has a 17 billion euro (18.6 billion) gap."
German Farmers Block Roads as Officials Say They've Run Out of Money for Tax Breaks
"The real threat isn’t climate apocalypse; it’s leftist ideologues who have the power to weaponize pseudo-scientific propaganda against us and our liberties." (But, but, but. . . the drowning polar bears! - jjs)
Global Warming? Arctic Ice at Highest Level for 21 Years
"The forecast for California’s solar power expansion is cloudy, with a good chance of pain."
After Incentives End, California Rooftop Solar Power Installations Drop 85%
"According to the latest ERCOT press release, the grid’s green energy sources are to blame for the stress. The subsidized wind and solar power ERCOT relies on to meet Texans’ power needs can hardly keep up with customers’ electricity demands in the 100-plus degrees Fahrenheit heat waves, much less the winter."
ERCOT Admits Wind, Solar Power Alone Can’t Keep Texans Warm During Record-Breaking Arctic Blast
"The people pushing EVs on members of an unsuspecting public who think they're saving the planet are causing all sorts of heartache and frustration. It's time for common sense to prevail and this EV push to slow down — if not stop completely." (It needs to die. In a battery fire - jjs)
The Biggest Evidence for the Folly of the EV Push May Be Happening Right Now
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
"An effective expungement system that rewards those who have paid their debt may reduce crime."
Should Conservatives Support Criminal Record Expungement?
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
"Chem 125 is not a chemistry class. Rice — which, with its reputation as a serious research school, ought to know better — should have named Johnson's class Agitprop 101."
I Can't Believe This Is a Real Science Class at a Real University
"This is California, where adhering to biological gender would make way too much sense. No, Bonta’s missive instead warns schools that 'outing' trans kids to their parents is a violation of state law, and that school administrators and staff are instead to hide a kid’s preferred gender identity, pronouns, name, and things like bathroom use from the child’s own parents unless the student gives them express permission to share it."
Cali AG Threatens School District for Protecting Parental Rights
"A parents rights group sued AG Rob Bonta for dishonestly crafting the title and summary of their ballot initiative to benefit Democrats’ policy preferences."
Dishonest Ballot Initiative Wording Is Another Way Democrats Rig Elections
THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
"What these investigators found will blow your mind."
Illinois Citizens Group Files Formal Complaint with state Board of Elections
POLITICS
"With 97% of the expected vote in, Trump had 51.1% support, followed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (21.2%), former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (19.1%) and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy (7.7%), who ended his campaign and gave Trump his support as the result became clear. The 77-year-old Trump recorded the biggest margin of victory in the modern history of the Iowa GOP caucus, dating back to 1976, and become the first Republican candidate to get more than 50% support in a contested caucus."
Trump Easily Wins Iowa in Historic Landslide, Urges Unity to "Straighten Out Death and Destruction"
“As I’ve said since the beginning, there are two America First candidates in this race. And earlier tonight I called Donald Trump to tell him that I — congratulate him on his victory, and now going forward, you will have my full endorsement for the presidency.”
Ramaswamy Suspends 2024 bid, Endorses Trump
"Rubio, a former presidential rival of Trump in 2016, said that he chose Trump because of his record on foreign policy and that the former president would stand up to special interests and bureaucrats. Rubio’s announcement came one day before the Iowa caucus, the first presidential primary voting of the year."
Rubio Becomes Latest Senator To Endorse Trump For President Ahead Of Iowa Caucus
"So what happens if Democrats get their way and throw Trump in the slammer before the convention? That would depend on the delegates. Most Republican delegates are bound to vote for the nominee(s) chosen by their states on the first ballot at the convention, although there is some disagreement on whether or not that can be enforced. If bound delegates go rogue in the event that Trump is jailed, it's anyone's guess what the RNC would do." (Just DeSantis. Nikki Haley is McCain/Romney/Bush with sagging tits - jjs)
Why DeSantis and Haley Need to Stay in the Race
“I have said it before, I will say it again — President Trump is our Republican Nominee for 2024 & he will defeat Joe Biden this November to #SaveAmerica!” House Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY) posted on X. “Cue the journo and liberal meltdown.”
Republicans React to Trump’s Massive Iowa Win: "Cue the Journo and Liberal Meltdown"
The poll also asked respondents if former President Donald Trump is fit for the presidency, even if convicted of a crime. Sixty-four percent said he was, while 34 percent said “no.”
XiNN Iowa Entrance Poll: 68% Believe Joe Biden Didn’t Legitimately Win Election
"Indictments, lawfare, media propaganda, and phalanx-style opposition from the organs of conservatism have all been arrayed against Trump. Even so, his enemies have barely dented him."
A Pointless Republican Primary

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"The intervention came after Vivek was heard trying to pull away Trump caucus voters by telling them he would be prohibited from becoming President again, and that the only way to 'save Trump' was to vote for Vivek, a talking point confirmed to The National Pulse on Saturday evening." (He's not wrong about what the Deep State will or might pull off, but this was a self-inflicted wound - jjs)
Trump Aide Jason Miller: "Pretty Safe to Say [VP] Won’t Be Vivek"
"The disparity between Trump’s and Biden’s campaigns is heightened when considering inflation. A dollar is worth 20% less now than it was in January 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index calculator. Polling has suggested that Americans are not satisfied with the [so-called quote-unquote "president's"] handling of inflation."
Biden Campaign Announces Massive Fundraising Haul — There’s Just One Problem
"The article really tries to paint Harris in a positive light, but it's really hard to get past the fact that Harris is literally hiding out at her Los Angeles home to avoid being mocked by Republicans and Democrats alike. Is that really all that dissimilar from Joe Biden hiding from the public for 40% of his presidency? He's trying to hide his advanced age and cognitive problems, and she's just trying not to be an extra liability to the campaign."
LOL! Kamala Runs Away From D.C. to Escape Bipartisan Mockery
Robert Zimmerman: "The shift in the black vote is completely irrelevant, unless those new black Republicans show up as election judges to prevent election tampering in these formerly 100% Democratic Party districts. If they don't, these new black votes for Trump will not be counted, or will be overwhelmed by however many fake votes can be manufactured, by the Democrat election judges who presently run those districts."
Can the Shift in Black Vote to Trump Overcome the Democrat Party's Vote Tampering?
"The ever increasing number of young conservatives in America creates an opportunity for Republican leaders to activate them, empower them to create change in their local communities, and further spread the America First conservative message to others in their age group."
Young Conservatives Want Trump in 2024
The final Des Moines Register/NBC News/Mediacom poll before the Iowa Republican Caucus shows 40 percent of Republican voters identifying as MAGA, while 38 percent say they’re neutral on the question, with 17 percent bizarrely calling themselves anti-MAGA. Amongst the pro-MAGA contingent, 18 percent consider themselves “ultra MAGA,” while 22 percent say they’re just “regular MAGA.”
DATA: Most Haley and DeSantis Iowa Backers ‘Against’ or ‘Neutral’ on Making America Great Again
"For all the Left’s shrill rhetoric about thwarted popular majorities, the Electoral College and contingent House votes substantiate a foundational constitutional tenet—federalism."
Centenary Lessons for 2024
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
"The team boarding the small boat was facing about a dozen crew members. The crew members, who were taken into custody, had no paperwork, which allowed a search of the vessel. The weapons were confiscated, and the boat was sunk, a routine procedure that usually involves blowing open holes in the hull. . . Officials have said that the SEAL mission was not related to Operation Prosperity Guardian, the ongoing U.S. and international mission to provide protection to commercial vessels in the Red Sea, or the retaliatory strikes that the United States and the United Kingdom have conducted in Yemen over the past two days." Ships and Aircraft Search for 2 Navy SEALs Missing After Mission to Confiscate Iranian Missile Parts
"Biden, as always, got it wrong attacking the Houthis but not Iran."
Hitting the Houthis and Other Biden Mistakes
"Weakness and interventionism are a bad mix."
Yemen Is the Latest Example of the Failing Biden Doctrine
"A quagmire conflict with Iran or its proxies does not serve U.S. interests."
America Stands to Lose in a Middle East World War
"A US defense official who spoke to the outlet on the condition of anonymity to discuss not yet public details said the US had tracked the missiles and initial indications found they were 'reckless and imprecise.'”
Iran Claims Responsibility for Strikes Near US Consulate in Northern Iraq, Millionaire Businessman Killed in Attack

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"Drug gangs had been holding around 130 guards and staff hostage in response to President Daniel Noboa declaring a state of emergency following the escape of Aldofo Macias. Macias was set to be transferred to a higher security prison which angered him and incited the initial aggression seen from gangs. On the day of his transfer, the gang boss disappeared from his cell."
Ecuador Tries to Restore Order After Hostage Crisis with Prison Crackdown
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
As the country is two steps away from joining NATO, commander in chief of the Swedish armed forces General Micael Byden told the conference, "We must understand how serious this situation really is and that people, down to the individual level, are preparing themselves mentally."
Sweden's Defense Officials Warn Public to Brace for "War" officials warn public to brace for as NATO Membership Nears
"The more you know about the Ukraine war’s origins, the more obvious it becomes that the U.S. wanted this war and the U.S. needs to end this war."
The Ukraine War Needed to End Yesterday
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
"Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and former President Donald Trump have called for Austin to resign or be fired over the defense secretary’s secretive hospital stay. A number of investigations, including a probe by the DoD’s inspector general, a White House review of Cabinet protocols, and an inquiry in the GOP-led House, have been announced over the past week."
Defense Secretary Lloyd "AWOL-stin" Released From Hospital
Daniel Greenfield: "The real military recruitment crisis is DEI discrimination against white people."
A 43% Drop in White Recruits Caused the Army’s ‘Recruitment Crisis’
"The U.S. is struggling to keep up with the demand for our own warfighting plans, let alone provide military aid to our allies in Ukraine, Taiwan, and Israel." (Screw Ukraine in particular. And we need to re-establish our industrial base across the board - jjs
No Time To Waste: Updating and Upscaling the American Defense Industrial Base Has To Happen Now
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
"On the FAA’s Diversity and Inclusion webpage, the agency claimed, 'Diversity is integral to achieving FAA’s mission of ensuring safe and efficient travel across our nation and beyond,' adding diversity is 'critical.' Under its People with Disabilities tab, the FAA laid out its People with Disabilities Program (PWD) that offers those individuals equal job opportunities."
FAA Recruiting Workers with Psychiatric Problems to Be More Diverse and Inclusive
"In many ways, Johnson didn’t bail out Democrats from a tough political predicament as much as he did his own Republican members."
Speaker Johnson Cut His Bad Deal Because Republicans Don’t Want To Cut Spending
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
"This is not some hyperbole being spewed by an unintelligent actor. What Quaid is describing will happen, possibly sooner rather than later. And if the sun doesn’t do it, a bad actor will. I highly recommend watching the full interview, as well as Quaid’s documentary Grid Down, Power Up, to get yourself ready for what happens next."
"100% Probability" Major Global Catastrophe Destroys All Technology, Dennis Quaid Explains To Tucker Carlson
"The plan had apparently been to circle the Earth twice in this elongated orbit, with the second orbit (after some mid-course corrections) bringing Peregrine close enough to the Moon (after it had moved further in its orbit) to be captured by its sphere of influence."
Peregrine still operational but expected to burn up in Earth’s atmosphere
"It still remains staggering that the company did not find out about that soft link joint when it was designing the capsule, instead of only months before the first manned mission last year. It is not as if the use of parachutes to land capsules is cutting edge technology."
Boeing completes Starliner parachute drop test
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
"From the army to the movies, the Left's hatred of white men is so intense, they'll destroy every institution begun by them."
Reality Bites the Left
"Madison Marsh, 22, won the title of Miss America Sunday night. Marsh is from Arkansas and is an active duty member of the United States Air Force. Her win is not only a win for our troops but a win for real women all across the nation."
SHOCKER: Miss America Is a Real Woman and In the Military
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Sohrab Ahmari: “The United States, like every other nation, boasts plenty of flawed heroes.”
The Right’s Foolish Drive to Cancel MLK
"Martin Luther King, Jr. would be shocked by the regression in America since he led the civil rights movement."
Today’s Race Extremists are Destroying Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy
Christian Toto: "Industry obsessed with women's rights now mum on terror group's hostages."
Bari Weiss Shames MeToo Celebrities for Silence on Hamas
"I'm not sure how she concluded that this is making slavery seem like a good thing. It's not. It's just stating a fact. Some individuals learned skills that benefited them later in life. That does not make slavery a good thing, and it's quite a leap in logic to suggest that."
Co-Host of The ~~View'~~ The SpewBelieves White Children "Should Feel Bad" About Slavery
"These physical markers of our shared past help to bind us together, gluing us to history and the promise of future generations."
William Penn Survives the Left’s Assault on Beauty, Memory, and American Identity
"Toward a new (but old) ideal of manhood . . . and beyond."
Back to the Future: Resurrecting the Warrior-Scholar Ideal
HITHER & YON
"A giant stone disk, about the size of an average car tire, featuring what appears to be a celestial map, was discovered in northeastern Italy some years ago, according to a study published in the journal Astronomical Notes. The disks were found at the entrances to graveyards near two Protohistoric hill forts, believed to have been settled between 1800 and 1650 B.C."
Archaeologists Unearth History-Changing Map, Can’t Agree On 3,000-Year-Old Discovery’s Purpose
"The quarterback made the Pro Bowl with Washington in 1961 and 1962 but was traded to the Eagles for future Hall of Fame quarterback Sonny Jurgensen. He would make the Pro Bowl again in 1965 but struggled in the latter part of the decade and was traded to the Vikings for the 1971 season." (RIP - jjs)
Norm Snead, Former Giants Pro Bowl Quarterback, Dead at 84
"Dealing with any form of government is akin to 'the house always wins.'”
The State and I

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1 WTFO??

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 16, 2024 07:44 AM (lwOKI)

2 Thank you, JJ

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 16, 2024 07:46 AM (hH3Px)

3 Go long on biting pillows.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 16, 2024 07:48 AM (zZu0s)

4 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2024 07:49 AM (Q4IgG)

5 Greta Thunberg

Issuing dire warnings of geological calamity with the certainty that comes from invincible ignorance married to an unwonted sense of entitlement blended with an inherited self-loathing of her culture, she seems everywhere at once, a grim prophetess of incipient doom that would put Cassandra to shame.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 16, 2024 07:50 AM (lwOKI)

6 5 Greta Thunberg

Issuing dire warnings of geological calamity with the certainty that comes from invincible ignorance married to an unwonted sense of entitlement blended with an inherited self-loathing of her culture, she seems everywhere at once, a grim prophetess of incipient doom that would put Cassandra to shame.
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 16, 2024 07:50 AM (lwOKI)

Modern day shaman saying you must kill your children so the earth spirits may be appeased. And kick some of your food her way as well- and maybe your virgin daughter.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 16, 2024 07:51 AM (zZu0s)

7 Watch Vivek going forward. I first thought he was a 2 bit call center jockey with a knack for selling Parliament Lights, but he presented hisself well and may grow large as he gets more experience, money and curry powder. He has potential.

Congratulations to President Trump on the first step back to reclaiming the Out House. Viva La Trump!

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 16, 2024 07:52 AM (515bZ)

8 That was intended to be 'pillows that are bitten' rather than 'start biting them pillows!'

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 16, 2024 07:52 AM (zZu0s)

9 5 Greta Thunberg

Issuing dire warnings of geological calamity with the certainty that comes from invincible ignorance married to an unwonted sense of entitlement blended with an inherited self-loathing of her culture, she seems everywhere at once, a grim prophetess of incipient doom that would put Cassandra to shame.
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 16, 2024 07:50 AM (lwOKI)

I'm waiting for her to announce a great compromise:

A one-time massive carbon release by burning all the Jews is a small price to pay to save the planet!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2024 07:53 AM (x0n13)

10 Trump/DeSantis: still my best-case scenario.*
DeSantis, the governor, not DeSantis the presidential candidate.

*many other good choices, but I still think this is the best-case.

Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the Children They Do Not Kill at January 16, 2024 07:54 AM (gxokI)

11 Penn Medicine and the Afterlives of Slavery Project (PMAS) in order to “reshape medical education… by creating social justice-informed medical curricula that use race critically and in an evidenced-based way to train the next generation of race-conscious physicians.”

I dont know nothing bout birthin babies.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 16, 2024 07:54 AM (lwOKI)

12 Good Morning Vietnam

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at January 16, 2024 07:55 AM (CecP5)

13 A one-time massive carbon release by burning all the Jews is a small price to pay to save the planet!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2024 07:53 AM (x0n13)

Maybe they could call it a 'Solution with Finality'?*

*I may be going to hell for that one

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 16, 2024 07:55 AM (zZu0s)

14 "Penn Medicine and the Afterlives of Slavery Project (PMAS) in order to “reshape medical education… by creating social justice-informed medical curricula that use race critically and in an evidenced-based way to train the next generation of race-conscious physicians.”

I would propose legislation that requires every Democratic President's physician to be a Minority Diversity Hire. As well as the flight deck crew of Air Force One.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 16, 2024 07:57 AM (hH3Px)

15 Lol. Last night RSBN host said anything less than 75%, the Ron people would claim Trump underperformed

Enter John Cardillo....

That guy has the worst political takes of anyone I have ever seen.

If he was a commenter here, he would only rate slightly above me.

Who pays him for that shit? It has to be Biden.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 16, 2024 07:57 AM (2ovLw)

16 Hundreds of Biden Administration employees are planning a walkout on Tuesday.

According to organizers from a group called "Feds United for Peace," government workers across 22 departments intend to walk out of their jobs to protest the Biden administration's stance on the Israel-Hamas war.

Feds United for Peace was their second choice as they found out the Kill All them Jews was trademarked.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 16, 2024 07:57 AM (lwOKI)

17 Up early thanks to nerves and Pooky tossing his body pillow onto me at 0430, but mostly nerves. Hospital lab opens at 0730 and then it's sitting around, waiting for the call that the implantation took.

("Keep breathing. That's the key. Breathe.")

Posted by: pookysgirl, keeping the kittehs warm at January 16, 2024 07:57 AM (dtlDP)

18 Correct me if I am wrong, and it was some other PJ Media staffer, but back in the early 2010's, said site had a daily feature similar to Instapundit's blog. They would post their thoughts, post articles, and reply to one another, all in view of readers.

I cannot seem to find it, but I strongly remember how, during the 2012 campaign, Herman Cain was a front runner for the Republicans, and how he was taken down by "#MeToo" before that became a thing. Sexual harassment allegations. And PJ Media has awro

I seem to remember Paula Bolyard being the byline that was constantly talking and pushing that. If I am correct, she kept hyping up the allegations, constantly bringing them up. To the point that there were no other postings but the Cain harassment story.

If I'm not correct, I'd love to know who was the anti-Cain, the one that worked to keep Barack in office and gave us Mitt Romney as our GOP jobber; set up as the fall guy then as the 'friend' who'd gladly knife us in the back.

If I am right and Paula was the author, then a monkey pox on her.

Posted by: Another Anon at January 16, 2024 07:58 AM (hwP7U)

19 Good morning, horde. My whole team is working from home today and the government offices are shut down for non-emergency employees. Life ain't bad.

On the topic of Trump: Assuming he wins the nomination and overcomes fraud to get a second term, he needs something very important in his list of advisors. Someone who is not a yes man and who can point out logically why hiring someone is a stupid idea.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 16, 2024 07:58 AM (4olE8)

20 Stupid question incoming....

Is there any reason to presume Trump's name would be on the ballot in any state if the GOP refuses to acknowledge him?

IOW... regardless how he does in the primaries, if the GOP decided to run with Haley or DeSantis instead, how does Trump's name get on the ballot?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2024 07:59 AM (Q4IgG)

21 I’ve never heard of Paula Bolyard but she’s a massive idiot. Her entire timeline displays stupidity beyond belief….. Trump will formally become the nominee at the GOP convention in July. Nothing changes after that…. None of Trump’s legal cases will be dispositioned by July. If he goes to jail between July and Election Day it doesn’t matter legally. The supremes ruled 100+ years ago that Eugene Debs could run for prez from jail (he was in jail because Woodrow Wilson was a tyrant). BTW…. It’s highly likely none of Trump’s cases will have any result before the election anyway…. Paula is wishcasting

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 16, 2024 08:01 AM (uvJW5)

22 Correct me if I am wrong, and it was some other PJ Media staffer, but back in the early 2010's, said site had a daily feature similar to Instapundit's blog. They would post their thoughts, post articles, and reply to one another, all in view of readers.

Posted by: Another Anon at January 16, 2024 07:58 AM (hwP7U)

Are you thinking of NRO's "The Corner" blog?

Posted by: pookysgirl, keeping the kittehs warm at January 16, 2024 08:02 AM (dtlDP)

23 I was wildly wrong about Iowa and Vivek. I thought his unique message and the in-person time he committed to the state (more than all other candidates combined) would pay off. Anyway, I'm glad Trump did so well, and equally so that Vivek had the grace and good sense to endorse him so promptly.

Vivek set a standard for how to kick the currish media to the curb, with surgically incisive, cheerful, Socratic contempt.

I don't know about DeSantis, but I suspect the bony, crazy-eyed bitch will be a bitter-ender in the race. Hope I'm wrong about that too.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 16, 2024 08:02 AM (Miaia)

24 16 Hundreds of Biden Administration employees are planning a walkout on Tuesday.

According to organizers from a group called "Feds United for Peace," government workers across 22 departments intend to walk out of their jobs to protest the Biden administration's stance on the Israel-Hamas war.

Feds United for Peace was their second choice as they found out the Kill All them Jews was trademarked.
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 16, 2024 07:57 AM (lwOKI)

BREAKING: Again, with snow, Fed Gov in DC is CLOSED today...so no walkout.

Posted by: Nova Local at January 16, 2024 08:02 AM (exHjb)

25 The group's members intended to cause "huge economic damage" by chaining their necks to London Stock Exchange entrances on Monday, ensuring that those who wished to enter the exchange could not do so without hurting the agitators.

You start sharpening chain saw blades and mixing 2 cycle gas and this stops real fucking fast.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 16, 2024 08:02 AM (lwOKI)

26 "IOW... regardless how he does in the primaries, if the GOP decided to run with Haley or DeSantis instead, how does Trump's name get on the ballot?"

In my opinion, the GOP might want to plop down five dollars and buy a clue.

Seems to be some not so subtle indicators that the electorate is pissed. and they are pissed at both parties.

You see what happens if Trump is the clearly preferred Republican candidate in the nations primaries...and the GOP says 'Nah, we have a better idea'.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 16, 2024 08:03 AM (hH3Px)

27 The Orange Man Cometh

Bigly.

Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at January 16, 2024 08:03 AM (xyzFf)

28 hiya

Posted by: JT at January 16, 2024 08:03 AM (T4tVD)

29 >>>>(Congrats to Buck Throckmorton for his new gig with Pipeline! - jjs)
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Hey that's nice, but what about us?
Is he going to moonlight here or are we at a loss?
Where is Pipeline?

Haven't shaved or had my coffee yet. This is not goodmorning.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 16, 2024 08:03 AM (cpJB3)

30 The future doesn't rest, and has never rested, in getting the right hero into the presidency to Fix Everything. Our problems aren't executive in nature. They're systemic.

The future rests in convincing a very large mass of very stupid people that default leftism is silly, and that anything that even vaguely smells like collectivism or illiberalism is ridiculous and should be treated with scorn. Only when/if America has that tocquevillian population once again that is entirely ungovernable by frauds and charlatans and busy bodies will there be hope for the future. And that population won't wake up if we have a succession of Good Guys plastered on top of a festering bullet wound like a band-aid, making things just barely tolerable to look at while the flesh continues to go necrotic underneath.

But, hey, whatever happens, we might as well just kick back, enjoy the show, and try the best we can to live like water, flowing freely between the rocks and sticks and dead forest creatures of leftist insanity littering the riverbed. The NaCly method.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 16, 2024 08:04 AM (9UlRk)

31 GOPe has invested a lot into grooming Nikki over the years, too much to give up just yet.

Posted by: davidt at January 16, 2024 08:04 AM (SYTee)

32 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes.

Time to make tea and read JJ.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 16, 2024 08:05 AM (Q0kLU)

33 Does the Trump campaign have an actual ground game? Ballot harvesting operation? Able to hyper focus on individual counties, towns, districts?

You're going to need that to win in November. If it isn't there then Trump or whomever can win by 90 trillion primary votes and it won't matter.

I have a bad feeling that the Trump campaign is ill prepared for this.

Posted by: GigantorX at January 16, 2024 08:05 AM (x8k2o)

34
Feds United for Peace - Almost FUPA

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2024 08:05 AM (x0n13)

35 Good Morning JJ, everyone. We have rough global warming in Chicago today. 30 below windchill for 3rd day in a row. Vampires are roaming the streets

Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2024 08:05 AM (BGQYY)

36
. Trump is kicked off the ballot in key states (also possible)

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Imagine a general election in which one Party's candidate is in prison & his name does not appear on the ballot -- and his opponent is dead, having recently not killed himself.

Only in Amerika ...

Posted by: ShainS at January 16, 2024 08:06 AM (Ee2Zy)

37 29 >>>>(Congrats to Buck Throckmorton for his new gig with Pipeline! - jjs)
------------------

Hey that's nice, but what about us?
Is he going to moonlight here or are we at a loss?
Where is Pipeline?

Haven't shaved or had my coffee yet. This is not goodmorning.
Posted by: Braenyard at January 16, 2024 08:03 AM (cpJB3)

The-Pipeline.org , and he'll still be here.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2024 08:06 AM (x0n13)

38 Good morning fine people. Minus 9 degrees here. A four-layer day.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at January 16, 2024 08:06 AM (SfhV1)

39 I'm still trying to grasp the concept of a federal worker "strike" or walkout. There used to be a "code of conduct" or something along those lines that prohibited "strikes."

That sort of behavior in another time would get you canned post haste.

Seriously.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2024 08:06 AM (Q4IgG)

40 I think if Nikki gets shellacked in SC, the donors will dry up. The only way she stays in is if there is a wealthy cabal who just want to burn cash taking shots at Trump.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 16, 2024 08:06 AM (2ovLw)

41 33. did you rehash this from one of your posts in 2016? Just kidding

Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2024 08:06 AM (BGQYY)

42 Let's say Trump regains the White House.
What next?
What moves can be made to remove illegals, prevent judicial activism, drain the swamp (stop laughing), shrink the Federals, restore fiscal sanity, etc. etc.? And since this is not The Treehouse let's not pray for Celestial Intervention, please; free will means no one is coming to our rescue.
What moves could be expected first day, week, month to achieve those goals? What ARE the goals of the proposed 2nd Trump term?

Posted by: Clear-Eyed Killer at January 16, 2024 08:07 AM (ln5wD)

43 Hundreds of Biden Administration employees are planning a walkout on Tuesday.

--

Here's a solution. You walk out while on the job, you're fired. Don't come back. Pretty simple if you ask me.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 16, 2024 08:07 AM (mupln)

44 Good Morning JJ, everyone. We have rough global warming in Chicago today. 30 below windchill for 3rd day in a row. Vampires are roaming the streets

Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2024 08:05 AM (BGQYY)

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Are they eating Subway sandwiches and wearing nooses around their necks?

Posted by: ShainS at January 16, 2024 08:07 AM (Ee2Zy)

45
Free Palestine TV (FPTV) offers a steady diet of Hamas and Hezbollah propaganda. Its broadcasts are consistently extreme, and its social media channels comprise video clips of terrorist acts and propaganda messaging provided directly by terror groups, as well as posts glorifying the killing of Israelis.

So it is Canadian MSNBC.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 16, 2024 08:08 AM (lwOKI)

46 33 I have a bad feeling that the Trump campaign is ill prepared for this.
Posted by: GigantorX at January 16, 2024 08:05 AM (x8k2o)

You might be right, in which case I give up. I would hope thought that at least there is someone with a ground game, whether his campaign is backing it or not.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2024 08:08 AM (x0n13)

47 I don't want President Trump to win the Out House to fix anything.

I want him to eat lots and lots of Taco Bowls and shit on everyone and everything in warshington dc then light it and them afire.

Literally.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 16, 2024 08:08 AM (515bZ)

48 >>Hundreds of Biden Administration employees are planning a walkout on Tuesday.

When the HS Walkout doesn't work...
They should try holding their breath until they get their way.

Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2024 08:08 AM (RVloE)

49 Think Desantis should stay in, just in case of the worst. He is a good man and Governor, but is making rookie mistakes.

My dream is they form a unity. Two great men and americans

Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2024 08:08 AM (BGQYY)

50 Also, good Morning Morons.

And Happy Birthday, JJ.

Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2024 08:08 AM (RVloE)

51 30 Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 16, 2024 08:04 AM (9UlRk)

Almost all of what you say is true, but I think you discount too much the value of the presidency. The morale boost alone that our side gets if Trump wins is invaluable. The bully pulpit is also a great place to educate that portion of the populace that are educable….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 16, 2024 08:09 AM (uvJW5)

52 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, horde.

Posted by: Inogame at January 16, 2024 08:09 AM (53oGX)

53 There's now no doubt that Trump will be the GOP nominee. That should have an effect on the Lawfare against him. If it doesn't it will make him stronger.

The big issue will be Immigration which is creating a coalition that crosses traditional lines. It can adversely affect Black turnout and even Hispanic turnout, which in effect is half a vote. Developing ...

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 16, 2024 08:09 AM (Gse2f)

54 Mornin’, All. Snowy Tuesday here in NoVa.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 16, 2024 08:09 AM (9yWhg)

55
My 500-gallon propane tank was down to 10% yesterday evening. I'm supposed - supposed! - to have a delivery today, but who knows?

AmeriGas used to have a local office where you could talk to a real person. But the MBAs got rid of them, so you deal with a telephone tree or a website saying "Delivery Pending" with no details.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2024 08:10 AM (MoZTd)

56 Take a candidate off the ballot in some of the states?
The very idea!

Posted by: A. Lincoln at January 16, 2024 08:10 AM (NBVIP)

57 Good Morning JJ, everyone. We have rough global warming in Chicago today. 30 below windchill for 3rd day in a row. Vampires are roaming the streets

Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2024 08:05 AM (BGQYY)

Are they eating Subway sandwiches and wearing nooses around their necks?

Posted by: ShainS at January 16, 2024 08:07 AM (Ee2Zy)

DANG YOU, HORDE MIND!

Posted by: pookysgirl, getting another comment stolen at January 16, 2024 08:10 AM (dtlDP)

58 Good morning again dear morons y feliz cumpleanos JJ

So now it is obvious that DeSantis nor Nikki will not succeed. On to the main event.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2024 08:10 AM (RIvkX)

59 "temperatures low enough to freeze a penguin's cloaca shut"
Good one, JJ!

Posted by: boynsea at January 16, 2024 08:10 AM (z/uSE)

60 44. No, but the abortion Karen Mom's do not like having the kids home for the week

Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2024 08:11 AM (BGQYY)

61 Good morning, 'rons!

Brrr!

I woke up to a 43 degree house this morning. Found the problem. Have worked around it. Now I get to babysit it for the next several days until it warms out there.

*&)$&FHE ultra high-efficiency furnaces

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2024 08:11 AM (C19Uv)

62 China and Russia and JJ support Trump.
I don't

Posted by: Paul banned at January 16, 2024 08:11 AM (NKMKV)

63 Hiya Grammie !

Posted by: JT at January 16, 2024 08:12 AM (T4tVD)

64
Ronna and "the girls" aren't up yet, and would object to JJ's crazy talk if they bothered to read it.

Mimosas for breakfast, then a short hop on the G-5 back to Boca, where it's too cold.

Posted by: Auspex at January 16, 2024 08:12 AM (j4U/Z)

65 Good morning JJ and horde

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2024 08:13 AM (uyR2g)

66 Hiya JT!

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at January 16, 2024 08:13 AM (SfhV1)

67 Paul getting mighty anti-Semitic these days. Well, I guess it is typical.

(That is how you do that right?)

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 16, 2024 08:13 AM (zZu0s)

68 55. I did my prepper runs last Friday. Had to help out with a Friend's dog yesterday, never so cold in my life, and I grew up in HellInois

Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2024 08:13 AM (BGQYY)

69
Her Majesty has eye surgery today as well. She's getting the full package: cataracts, astigmatism and near-vision correction. A steal at $4200 an eye. (*rolls eyes*)

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2024 08:13 AM (MoZTd)

70 When the HS Walkout doesn't work...
They should try holding their breath until they get their way.

--

Yeah, Opie tried that and then kicked and screamed on the floor. Andy let him lay there until he got up and stopped. The left are just like children. They should be treated accordingly.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 16, 2024 08:13 AM (mupln)

71 Expect Trump to run a 50 state campaign to gain in the House and win the Senate. The enormity of the Steal required to stop this should give the Left pause. If they persist, they may burn their own house down.

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 16, 2024 08:14 AM (Gse2f)

72 I read somewhere last night that more than 40% of Nikki!’s votes last night were Dems who re-registered as GOP…. Kinda like a reverse operation chaos (miss you Rush). A large chunk of her NH support will be likewise. Strange that so many big donors are spending so much on someone who’s clearly not liked by the base….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 16, 2024 08:14 AM (uvJW5)

73 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 16, 2024 08:14 AM (Zz0t1)

74 Her Majesty has eye surgery today as well. She's getting the full package: cataracts, astigmatism and near-vision correction. A steal at $4200 an eye. (*rolls eyes*)

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2024 08:13 AM (MoZTd)

Is she going to get the Steve Austin camera/binocular eye option?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 16, 2024 08:14 AM (zZu0s)

75 (Congrats to Buck Throckmorton for his new gig with Pipeline! - jjs)

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

[From the final paragraph by Michael Walsh the link:]

"Tomorrow our newest writer, Buck Throckmorton, joins us for his debut piece on the abject failure of the government-mandated electric-vehicle revolution. Don't miss it."

Congratulations, Buck!

/Will his salary, benefits, and stock options be greater at Pipeline than here?

Posted by: ShainS at January 16, 2024 08:14 AM (bU3p+)

76 The big issue will be Immigration which is creating a coalition that crosses traditional lines. It can adversely affect Black turnout and even Hispanic turnout, which in effect is half a vote. Developing ...

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 16, 2024 08:09 AM (Gse2f)

Both the DeSantis speaker and the Haley speaker addressed illegal immigration last night (no one spoke for Trump, Vivek, Binkley, or Hutchinson) and brought up the point that "Trump didn't get Mexico to pay for the wall."

Posted by: pookysgirl, trying to rest after a crazy night at January 16, 2024 08:14 AM (dtlDP)

77 H8 to break it to NeverTrumpers but it's his to lose the Republican candidate.

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2024 08:14 AM (uyR2g)

78 Trump won the Iowa caucus. That means it should be a really fun day here today......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 16, 2024 08:14 AM (Zz0t1)

79 Good morning fine people. Minus 9 degrees here. A four-layer day.
Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at January 16, 2024 08:06 AM (SfhV1)

So, a long sleeve t-shirt, a thermal shirt , a sweatshirt, and a 1/4 zip fleece jacket??

Posted by: dantesed at January 16, 2024 08:15 AM (88xKn)

80 73 FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 16, 2024 08:14 AM (Zz0t1)

Well, it looks the reports of his banning was premature.

Fuck.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 16, 2024 08:15 AM (zZu0s)

81 Her Majesty has eye surgery today as well. She's getting the full package: cataracts, astigmatism and near-vision correction. A steal at $4200 an eye. (*rolls eyes*)

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2024 08:13 AM (MoZTd)

Makes my eyes water just thinking about it. Tell her I wish her well today.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at January 16, 2024 08:15 AM (SfhV1)

82 Who?

Posted by: Memory Hole at January 16, 2024 08:15 AM (NBVIP)

83 Wind up Radio/flashlight. Batteries. Peanut Butter. Bottled water. Cliff Bars. Matches. Weapons. This was made in case the zombies from the City invades

Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2024 08:15 AM (BGQYY)

84 Her Majesty has eye surgery today as well. She's getting the full package: cataracts, astigmatism and near-vision correction. A steal at $4200 an eye. (*rolls eyes*)

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2024 08:13 AM (MoZTd)

So, she's getting a full lens replacement.

I wish her Godspeed. That's a fun one.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 16, 2024 08:15 AM (Zz0t1)

85 ME AND OPIE (Down by the Duck Pond)

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=2XRXOjllwX4

Posted by: BR5-49 at January 16, 2024 08:15 AM (RVloE)

86 100% chance the grid collapses?

There's a cheery way to start the day!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 16, 2024 08:15 AM (9nkDa)

87 Greetings from Davos! Plenty of pussy and caviar here. Livin' the dream!

Don't y'all worry about Trump. We got this.

Posted by: Governor Brian Kemp at January 16, 2024 08:15 AM (vFG9F)

88 China and Russia and JJ support Trump.

--

Think of all the money China could save if they didn't have to give the Biden Crime Family enormous sums of $$$.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 16, 2024 08:16 AM (mupln)

89 So, a long sleeve t-shirt, a thermal shirt , a sweatshirt, and a 1/4 zip fleece jacket??

Posted by: dantesed at January 16, 2024 08:15 AM (88xKn)

You've been peeking, haven't you?

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at January 16, 2024 08:16 AM (SfhV1)

90 69. Good Luck to her

Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2024 08:16 AM (BGQYY)

91
Well, it looks the reports of his banning was premature.

Fuck.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 16, 2024 08:15 AM (zZu0s)

And a hearty good day to YOU, sir.

No....I was a bit surprised, but he didn't ban, just called me names.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 16, 2024 08:16 AM (Zz0t1)

92 Nikki is gonna get her ass handed to her down here in SC.

But, we are a strange state. Charleston just elected the first Republican Mayor since the 1800's. Much of the support for him came from the areas of the city that are occupied by transplants from the northeast.

And former Democratic opponent to Nancy Mace, a Certain Joseph Cunningham is the head of the No-Labels crew. While at the same time is a practicing Personal Injury Lawyer down here.

But at least we cook with Old Bay down here. So we have that going for us.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 16, 2024 08:16 AM (hH3Px)

93
We must have some Hordians with experience. Have any of you actually worked with your local GOP? What kind of people are they? Are they more concerned with local issues?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2024 08:17 AM (MoZTd)

94 How is the weather near you Grammie?

Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2024 08:17 AM (BGQYY)

95 I read somewhere last night that more than 40% of Nikki!’s votes last night were Dems who re-registered as GOP…. Kinda like a reverse operation chaos (miss you Rush). A large chunk of her NH support will be likewise. Strange that so many big donors are spending so much on someone who’s clearly not liked by the base….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 16, 2024 08:14 AM (uvJW5)

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

* The Three Bushes, Dole, McCain, & Romney have entered the chat *

Yeah, the DNC cancelled their Iowa and NJ primaries for that very reason. If it weren't for cheating, the Dems would have no heating at all ...

Posted by: ShainS at January 16, 2024 08:17 AM (bU3p+)

96 No....I was a bit surprised, but he didn't ban, just called me names.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 16, 2024 08:16 AM (Zz0t1)

Eh, mostly a joke. People were saying on the prior thread were saying you got yeeted.

ace usually does not ban, just mocks and insults.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 16, 2024 08:17 AM (zZu0s)

97 On a much higher level, what's being done to him, and more crucially what has resulted in what's being done to all of us vis a vis a crashing economy, an invasion of illegal aliens, a disastrous foreign policy that threatens a global conflagration, is raising the blood pressure of more and more citizens across ethnic, racial and political divides.
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The Gramscian March had to end this way. Once the Marchers moved through the institutions and taken each one like a piece on a game board, they have to do *something* with their winnings. After the March, they always had to make a final play to impose their wills upon the people and reduce them to subjects and serfs if not slaves.

The transition into the endgame has happened sooner than the older Marchers preferred. During Obama's second term, Noam Chomsky was publicly worried that the Millennials were moving too fast and risked blowback and losing the progress that he and his compatriots had worked for generations to achieve.

He eventually shut up about it. He was wrong, and the Millennial (and some GenX) Marchers were right. It was time. We're living through that pivot now. It is the riskiest part of the operation.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2024 08:18 AM (C19Uv)

98 How is the weather near you Grammie?

Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2024 08:17 AM (BGQYY)

Too cold to live. Ten below now. I don't even want to know about the wind chill.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at January 16, 2024 08:18 AM (SfhV1)

99 I think the Michigan primary is Feb 27. Not March 2.

Posted by: Bugsdaddy at January 16, 2024 08:18 AM (PF9PP)

100 92. Cunningham was a one term congressman?

Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2024 08:18 AM (BGQYY)

101 "brought up the point that "Trump didn't get Mexico to pay for the wall.""

That line of attack won't work. It's laughable given the clusterf*ck that's happened under Biden.

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 16, 2024 08:18 AM (Gse2f)

102 >>ace usually does not ban,

He used to ban people all the time...it was funny.

Once you got him all lit up he'd just go on a tear.

Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2024 08:18 AM (RVloE)

103 (I could care fuck-all for Haley. She's McCain/Romney/Bush with tits that sag even lower than theirs)
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This is approaching Ace-level cruelty.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2024 08:19 AM (C19Uv)

104 Hiya JT!
Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at January 16, 2024 08:13 AM (SfhV1)

Posted by: JT at January 16, 2024 08:19 AM (T4tVD)

105 98. Hang in theirGrammie . Watched Godfather 2 and Goodfellas yesterday. That killed 7 Hours

Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2024 08:19 AM (BGQYY)

106
ace usually does not ban, just mocks and insults.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 16, 2024 08:17 AM (zZu0s)

Having been banned previously......His words had me concerned for a minute or two, but I figured I'd just lay low the rest of the day and lose his eye.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 16, 2024 08:20 AM (Zz0t1)

107 The best news this morning is that Haley barely got to 20% even with so many democrats crossing the aisle to try and help.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 16, 2024 08:20 AM (lTGtQ)

108 >>>>>>>>> Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced aimed at conditioning US military assistance to Israel.
------------------

Send Bernie on a one way trip.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 16, 2024 08:20 AM (cpJB3)

109 22 Correct me if I am wrong, and it was some other PJ Media staffer, but back in the early 2010's, said site had a daily feature similar to Instapundit's blog. They would post their thoughts, post articles, and reply to one another, all in view of readers.

Posted by: Another Anon at January 16, 2024 07:58 AM (hwP7U)

Are you thinking of NRO's "The Corner" blog?
Posted by: pookysgirl, keeping the kittehs warm at January 16, 2024 08:02 AM (dtlDP)

"The Corner" sounds like it could be, but there's also a National Review Online feature with that name, and the one I'm thinking of (which could have been named the same) was ended as a feature. Stephen Green was one of the heavy commentators there, before he started to just post on Instapundit like nowadays. And despite it going on for a good while, I can't seem to find any of its postings/articles. They probably deleted them when they took it down.

On a side note, I remember the Drunk Blogs that Steven did, with assists and commentary. It was interesting and amusing to read over them the next day. Or sad, in some cases.

Posted by: Another Anon at January 16, 2024 08:20 AM (hwP7U)

110 Hang in theirGrammie . Watched Godfather 2 and Goodfellas yesterday. That killed 7 Hours

Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2024 08:19 AM (BGQYY)

I might do an "All Creatures Great and Small" binge.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at January 16, 2024 08:21 AM (SfhV1)

111 Once you got him all lit up he'd just go on a tear.

--

Yeah, he definitely got set off yesterday. He verbally liquified Sponge. I thought he was a goner. I saw that and decided to quietly tip-toe out of here for a while.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 16, 2024 08:21 AM (mupln)

112 Alert the National Guard. NYC has an inch of snow.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 16, 2024 08:21 AM (R4t5M)

113 But although Trump is the runaway favorite to win the nomination, the fact remains that he is now engaged in a multi-front war. (Ask Napoleon how that worked out.)
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If you have a big enough army, and if you're rich enough, a multi-front war can lead to a multi-front victory. See the US and her allies during WWII, which was fought on - depending on how you count - 3-4 fronts.

I don't think Trump will. I think he ends up in prison after he loses (or "loses") the election.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2024 08:21 AM (C19Uv)

114 At least Taiwan told last China to F off last Weekend

Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2024 08:21 AM (BGQYY)

115 >>Yeah, he definitely got set off yesterday. He verbally liquified Sponge. I thought he was a goner. I saw that and decided to quietly tip-toe out of here for a while.

I usually take the opposite approach and taunt him.

Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2024 08:21 AM (RVloE)

116 107 The best news this morning is that Haley barely got to 20% even with so many democrats crossing the aisle to try and help.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 16, 2024 08:20 AM (lTGtQ)

This

Posted by: It's me donna at January 16, 2024 08:21 AM (n2vyf)

117 I read somewhere last night that more than 40% of Nikki!’s votes last night were Dems who re-registered as GOP…. Kinda like a reverse operation chaos (miss you Rush). A large chunk of her NH support will be likewise. Strange that so many big donors are spending so much on someone who’s clearly not liked by the base….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 16, 2024 08:14 AM (uvJW5)

I had to register last night as a Republican, because I've been an independent my whole voting life and due to circumstances, this was the first caucus I was able to actually participate in. I had to show ID, but I was personally recognized by my church secretary, heh.

Posted by: pookysgirl, trying to rest after a crazy night at January 16, 2024 08:21 AM (dtlDP)

118 He used to ban people all the time...it was funny.

Once you got him all lit up he'd just go on a tear.
Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2024 08:18 AM (RVloE)

But see, we'd have a new line of mockery and start making veiled 'LGF' and bicycle related comments.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 16, 2024 08:22 AM (zZu0s)

119 "Have any of you actually worked with your local GOP? What kind of people are they?"

I found the Maryland and Baltimore County GOP to be more of an impediment than I would have liked.

More concerned with fund raising than actually winning elections.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 16, 2024 08:22 AM (hH3Px)

120 Of course, he has a Man-Crush on me.

So it's not like he's going to ban me anytime soon.

Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2024 08:22 AM (RVloE)

121 Both the DeSantis speaker and the Haley speaker addressed illegal immigration last night (no one spoke for Trump, Vivek, Binkley, or Hutchinson) and brought up the point that "Trump didn't get Mexico to pay for the wall."

Posted by: pookysgirl, trying to rest after a crazy night at January 16, 2024 08:14 AM (dtlDP)

Yes, but he's the only President or politician who has actually tried to address illegal immigration and tried to do something about it. That's the point. The GOP has been for open borders. The DNC is for open borders. They both want "comprehensive immigration reform", which means legalization and citizenship for all 60 million illegals while doing nothing to stop the inflow of illegals. Even a solid conservative like Cruz is terrible on immigration.

Americans want a border and sane immigration policy. Big money donors of both parties want unfettered immigration to keep American wages down (and for other reasons). The big-money donors are winning. The American voters need to wake up.

Posted by: I forgot my name b/c I haven't posted in 6 months at January 16, 2024 08:22 AM (ky+MF)

122 The Midol comment was pretty funny.

Posted by: pawn at January 16, 2024 08:23 AM (QB+5g)

123 110. Great show. Watched it sunday night. Only thing I watch on PBS

Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2024 08:23 AM (BGQYY)

124 AmeriGas used to have a local office where you could talk to a real person. But the MBAs got rid of them, so you deal with a telephone tree or a website saying "Delivery Pending" with no details.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2024 08:10 AM (MoZTd)
===

Our customers are like a pain ya know?

Posted by: AmeriGas at January 16, 2024 08:23 AM (RIvkX)

125
NYC has an inch of snow.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner

_________

Weather apocalypse! How these poor Gothamites are suffering!

*puts back of hand to forehead*
*faints on divan*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2024 08:23 AM (MoZTd)

126 "Cunningham was a one term congressman?"

If my memory serves me, yes.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 16, 2024 08:24 AM (hH3Px)

127 PA GOPe is a clown show.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 16, 2024 08:24 AM (R4t5M)

128 >>>>The-Pipeline.org , and he'll still be here.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton
---------------------

Thank you J.J. and thank you Buck for staying around and congrats on more work. Work is good. Mo money, even better.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 16, 2024 08:24 AM (cpJB3)

129 I usually take the opposite approach and taunt him.

Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2024 08:21 AM (RVloE)

Aaaaand that's why you get personally insulted in posts by Ace. :-P

Posted by: pookysgirl, trying to rest after a crazy night at January 16, 2024 08:24 AM (dtlDP)

130 Besides the global warming hypocrisy of the WEF ultra rich attendees why is this meeting always in lily-white Davos? Why not in super diverse place like, say Detroit? Or Cleveland?

Believe it or not, these used to be world class cities with enormous wealth culture before they were destroyed by the ruling class.

Posted by: Ripley at January 16, 2024 08:24 AM (JojsZ)

131 I was banned in March 2016 for saying that Trump would beat Hillary with over 300 EVs even if he lost the popular vote because he'd drive up White Non-college turnout by 5% over what Mitt got.
Ace hated Trump at the time and still has issues.

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 16, 2024 08:24 AM (Gse2f)

132
We had two inches of snow in my corner of SE PA and the schools are closed. They are calling for more after 11 am so maybe its a good call.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 16, 2024 08:25 AM (nIvob)

133 The Midol was a throwaway just so I could use the Heating Pad and Tea line.

Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2024 08:25 AM (RVloE)

134 I might do an "All Creatures Great and Small" binge.
Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at January 16, 2024 08:21 AM (SfhV1)

Make sure you turn on the closed captioning so you can understand what they are saying.

Posted by: dantesed at January 16, 2024 08:25 AM (88xKn)

135 Trump beats Biden. Even the squishes in my area hate Poop Pants. It is not even the economy that hurts him. People up here think he has dementia, and the open border really has moderates irate also

Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2024 08:25 AM (BGQYY)

136 But, if you've read this column for any length of time, you know that I have my reservations about elections, even if we overcome the fraud.

Same here. I remain convinced that the next homunculus to infest the Oval Office will be either a Dem or a Deep State GOP stooge. The cheat will be immense, blatant and unstoppable.

Trump will not be POTUS. I am inflexible on that point. But I will happily eat a yuge plate of crow if I am wrong.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 16, 2024 08:25 AM (Q0kLU)

137 Make sure you turn on the closed captioning so you can understand what they are saying.

Posted by: dantesed at January 16, 2024 08:25 AM (88xKn)

I'd be lost without it!

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at January 16, 2024 08:26 AM (SfhV1)

138 Sounds like Nikki Haley is counting on NH for momentum. I think SC's primary is Feb 24th? I am dreaming of seeing her humiliated here. But we also have open primaries and I expect she'll get a metric ton of D crossovers. Same thing I suspect comes into play that keeps our state saddled with Miss Lindsay year after year.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 16, 2024 08:26 AM (mupln)

139 Ramswammy ran the race that DeSantis should have run - clear, articulate, bold. And Vivek did a great job at going from a complete unknown to someone with national recognition and respect in just 3 months.

I still believe Ron D. is a good manager,but he's played a Prevent Defense, just like Dallas tried against Green Bay.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2024 08:26 AM (S6gqv)

140 134. Only show on PBS that does not have gay storylines to boot. Of course the show is set in 1940....

Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2024 08:26 AM (BGQYY)

141 Of course, he has a Man-Crush on me.

So it's not like he's going to ban me anytime soon.
Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2024 08:22 AM (RVloE)

This is true.

And I feel like I should thank you as I think your comment about using a heating pad and taking a Midol might've distracted him enough to forget about me rather quickly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 16, 2024 08:26 AM (Zz0t1)

142 Western PA got 2-3 inches of snow. 2 hour delays for most schools.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 16, 2024 08:27 AM (R4t5M)

143 Trump Wins Iowa by Largest Margin in History, Vivek Ending Campaign

Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2024 08:27 AM (RovqD)

144 That bit about Ronna Romney McDaniel choosing the candidate would be the bitter end.
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It's how the other wing of the Party does things. Why not the GOP, too?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2024 08:27 AM (C19Uv)

145 Yes, but he's the only President or politician who has actually tried to address illegal immigration and tried to do something about it. That's the point. The GOP has been for open borders. The DNC is for open borders. They both want "comprehensive immigration reform", which means legalization and citizenship for all 60 million illegals while doing nothing to stop the inflow of illegals. Even a solid conservative like Cruz is terrible on immigration.

Americans want a border and sane immigration policy. Big money donors of both parties want unfettered immigration to keep American wages down (and for other reasons). The big-money donors are winning. The American voters need to wake up.

Posted by: I forgot my name b/c I haven't posted in 6 months at January 16, 2024 08:22 AM (ky+MF)

That's why I voted accordingly. The DeSantis and Haley speakers had the unintended effect of putting who has done the most against illegal immigration more solidly on top of my list.

Posted by: pookysgirl, trying to rest after a crazy night at January 16, 2024 08:28 AM (dtlDP)

146 I don't think Trump will. I think he ends up in prison after he loses (or "loses") the election.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2024 08:21 AM (C19Uv)

Will anyone still believe America is a nation of laws after such an outcome? I don't believe it is now, and I'm a 30 year litigation attorney. And I think America is no longer a nation based on the rule of law based on what I've seen firsthand, let alone what I see happening to Trump, et al. If trump is railroaded and the election stolen, who will be left that believes in America?

Posted by: I forgot my name b/c I haven't posted in 6 months at January 16, 2024 08:28 AM (ky+MF)

147 >>And I feel like I should thank you as I think your comment about using a heating pad and taking a Midol might've distracted him enough to forget about me rather quickly.

Once you get him to laugh at himself, he calms down.

Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2024 08:28 AM (RVloE)

148 134. Only show on PBS that does not have gay storylines to boot. Of course the show is set in 1940....
Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2024 08:26 AM (BGQYY)

Oh really?

We gonna have to fix that.

Posted by: GlobalHomo at January 16, 2024 08:28 AM (515bZ)

149 After Sponge was consumed hiding in the shitter, garrett showed up with a flare.

Posted by: pawn at January 16, 2024 08:29 AM (QB+5g)

150
Once you get him to laugh at himself, he calms down.
Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2024 08:28 AM (RVloE)

I don't think our relationship has reached that point yet, but I'll keep that in mind. Just seems there's a fine line between getting him to laugh and pissing him off more.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 16, 2024 08:29 AM (Zz0t1)

151 I think the leading conservative figures and commentators such as VDH, Tucker, et al need to wargame out all the possible Democrat/globalist strategies to create chaos and stop Trump. You know it's coming. People need to be more informed and prepared.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 16, 2024 08:30 AM (Miaia)

152 DeSantis listened to his consultants who convinced him it was his moment. Consultants needed a payday. So Ron missed what many of us saw. Trump is leading a movement.

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 16, 2024 08:30 AM (Gse2f)

153 All your snow talk.

It amuses me.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2024 08:30 AM (RIvkX)

154 We must have some Hordians with experience. Have any of you actually worked with your local GOP? What kind of people are they? Are they more concerned with local issues?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

I tried once. They seemed mostly to be focused on pushing tax breaks for the over 65 crowd, and in fact they were the over 65 crowd.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 16, 2024 08:30 AM (lTGtQ)

155 Sweet potato biscuits fresh out of the oven!

*flings to minions*

Posted by: All Hail Eris at January 16, 2024 08:30 AM (+RQPJ)

156 This

It's all moot now. So what do we do? There's not much, I guess, except go out and vote for him or DeSantis in your state's primary.

is greatly appreciated today JJ.

Posted by: Candidus at January 16, 2024 08:30 AM (xHAJg)

157 Aww... the Philadelphia Eagles lost last night. That's a shame.

Posted by: dantesed at January 16, 2024 08:31 AM (88xKn)

158 http://tinyurl.com/3zd7k8ma

Click TO 3:20 on the video.

Lazarus was not in the building.
The Oath Keeper were put in jail on FALSE testimony.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 16, 2024 08:31 AM (lwOKI)

159 It's National Fig Newton Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2024 08:32 AM (NpAcC)

160 On a lighter note, it was 53 degrees in my house this morning.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 16, 2024 08:32 AM (Zz0t1)

161 Trump will not be POTUS. I am inflexible on that point. But I will happily eat a yuge plate of crow if I am wrong.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 16, 2024 08:25 AM (Q0kLU)

===
Win-Win

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2024 08:32 AM (RIvkX)

162 Thanks JJ !

AGAIN !!!

Posted by: JT at January 16, 2024 08:32 AM (T4tVD)

163 Good morning, hordians. It's froze out thar at 18 degrees. Power has stayed on, praise be!

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 16, 2024 08:32 AM (4I/2K)

164 "I don't think Trump will. I think he ends up in prison after he loses (or "loses") the election.
Posted by: Joe Mannix"

Yep. The regime has signaled in many ways that Trump cannot/will not be president again. Exactly how they make that happen is the big question.

Posted by: Ripley at January 16, 2024 08:32 AM (JojsZ)

165 I agree with the writer up top- Trump could well be in jail this fall

remember- he's up against an ideology that believes 'by any means necessary'

Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2024 08:32 AM (geLO8)

166 >>Sweet potato biscuits fresh out of the oven!

That sounds too good, right now.

I love anything you can pour an entire pot of coffee on top of, in the morning.

Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2024 08:32 AM (RVloE)

167 On a lighter note, it was 53 degrees in my house this morning.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 16, 2024 08:32 AM (Zz0t1)

Yikes

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at January 16, 2024 08:32 AM (SfhV1)

168 93
We must have some Hordians with experience. Have any of you actually worked with your local GOP? What kind of people are they? Are they more concerned with local issues?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
-------------------------------

First thing vote in the primary.
While there find out where the meeting/caucus/whatever they call it where you are will be. (it will convene after the polls close)
This is where platform motions are put forward
This is where precinct officials are elected.
You will have your say.
You will meet and influence people.
You may be elected to be a representative at the county meeting.
Rinse and repeat. This is where the gears start to turn and if we're not there they (e) have the bit between their teeth.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 16, 2024 08:32 AM (cpJB3)

169 The Oath Keeper were put in jail on FALSE testimony.
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 16, 2024 08:31 AM (lwOKI)

A larger statement of our time.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 16, 2024 08:33 AM (Miaia)

170 Will anyone still believe America is a nation of laws after such an outcome? ...
Posted by: I forgot my name b/c I haven't posted in 6 months at January 16, 2024 08:28 AM (ky+MF)
++++
Some plurality will believe it, comfortably snowed over by the propaganda complex, happy to believe that things are weird at the moment but *essentially* normal, and that we can finally "move on" and continue as usual.

Of the (I suspect) modest majority that understands (or acknowledges) the reality, it will be split just like it is today. Half or so will believe that rule of law is dead but it's good because the lawless system favors their factions and beliefs, and the other half or so will believe that rule of law is dead and that it's a bad thing.

Either way, a clear majority either doesn't (or refuses) to know, or favors the new way of doing things. If you want to know what the Party thinks the breakdown is, watch what they do to Trump. If they're nervous, they won't jail him. If they're panicked, they'll even let him win and contain him like they did last time.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2024 08:33 AM (C19Uv)

171 I think a whole lot of people - like me too now - are going to support Trump even though we don't believe he'll ever be allowed to be President, just so the system will have to expose just how far they are willing to go to impose their will.

After this farce of an "election" in November, I believe the country will begin to break up. It won't happen all at once, but it will be irreversible once it starts.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2024 08:33 AM (S6gqv)

172 >> On a lighter note, it was 53 degrees in my house this morning...

When it gets properly cold, you find ALL the drafts in the house.

Hoarfrost all over the place.

Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2024 08:33 AM (RVloE)

173 Just curious Sponge… I wasn’t in the thread in question yesterday. What did you say that raised the ire of ace?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 16, 2024 08:34 AM (uvJW5)

174 #NeverNikki
#NeverEverNikki

Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the Children They Do Not Kill at January 16, 2024 08:34 AM (gxokI)

175 DeSantis listened to his consultants who convinced him it was his moment. Consultants needed a payday. So Ron missed what many of us saw. Trump is leading a movement.

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 16, 2024 08:30 AM (Gse2f)

I like DeSantis but it just is not his time. If Trump moved his residence and made DeSantis veep, I'd be ok with that. I'm hoping it's not Haley b/c if Trump wins and then Haley wins after, she'll be like Bush - reverting to the GOPe uni-party norm.

Posted by: I forgot my name b/c I haven't posted in 6 months at January 16, 2024 08:34 AM (ky+MF)

176 Our "leader" either doesn't know the extent and breadth of the powers of the executive, chooses not to know, or worse knows yet chooses not to actually use them. It is not unproductive to point this out. (In my opinion it's sadly the first). The fact we are headed to once again send a man into the white house who will actually do NOTHING to "drain the swamp", stop illegal immigration, undo decades of corruption in agencies under his direct control, why are all you Trump supporters excited about his nomination? Because he says all the right words and makes you feel warm and fuzzy and that's all you need. He is the "resistance and revival" leader who actually neither resists nor revives in any effective way beyond TALK. Good luck with that.

Posted by: Son of Dad at January 16, 2024 08:35 AM (8JB5s)

177
Lazarus was not in the building.
The Oath Keeper were put in jail on FALSE testimony.
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 16, 2024 08:31 AM (lwOKI)

As was everyone else. The only riot was caused by the capitol police, the feds and pAntifa.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 16, 2024 08:35 AM (Zz0t1)

178 While Cubans go hungry, the Castro dictatorship’s ‘first lady’ continues her annual culinary festival

Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2024 08:35 AM (RovqD)

179 Trump will not be POTUS. I am inflexible on that point. But I will happily eat a yuge plate of crow if I am wrong.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 16, 2024 08:25 AM (Q0kLU)
===
Win-Win
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2024 08:32 AM (RIvkX)
++++
Fuck you, buddy.

Posted by: The Crow at January 16, 2024 08:35 AM (C19Uv)

180 71 Expect Trump to run a 50 state campaign to gain in the House and win the Senate. The enormity of the Steal required to stop this should give the Left pause. If they persist, they may burn their own house down.
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 16, 2024 08:14 AM (Gse2f)

This, I doubt. This will cost a ton of money. Trump doesn't spend his money running. He expects his innate popularity and rallies to do the hard work for him.

Posted by: Nova Local at January 16, 2024 08:35 AM (exHjb)

181 I once loved Fig Newtons. Then they raised the price. Then they shrunk the pieces. Then they switched to cheaper ingredients that lost the special taste. I now buy no-name Fig Bars for half the price.

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 16, 2024 08:35 AM (Gse2f)

182 72, HVAC is maxed out and that's it. Never stops running.
I have a little electric blowing on the pipes under the sink.
It's a lot better than the plumber knocking out walls.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 16, 2024 08:35 AM (cpJB3)

183 After Sponge was consumed hiding in the shitter, garrett showed up with a flare.
Posted by: pawn at January 16, 2024 08:29 AM (QB+5g)

and burned the place to the ground.

Posted by: Smoke on the Water at January 16, 2024 08:36 AM (4I/2K)

184 Congratulations to Air Force LT. Marsh, now Miss America!!!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 16, 2024 08:36 AM (vR0zm)

185 HVAC is maxed out and that's it. Never stops running. ...
Posted by: Braenyard at January 16, 2024 08:35 AM (cpJB3)
++++
Heat pump, or just really freaking cold?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2024 08:36 AM (C19Uv)

186 >>Posted by: Son of Dad at January 16, 2024 08:35 AM (8JB5s)

Get back to your gloryhole.

Those Trucker dicks ain't gonna suck themselves, you know.

Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2024 08:36 AM (RVloE)

187 Apple is in dire straits. There are 1.5 billion people in China and many of them can afford to buy a new iPhone every year or two. They used to buy them, but they don’t anymore, because the US is a hostile country and using an iPhone is increasingly being viewed as very unpatriotic.

iPhones and Teslas are banned from some places in China

Spying .. they say

Posted by: SMOD at January 16, 2024 08:37 AM (RovqD)

188 171. Trump voters would have to stop paying taxes as a bloc, to even get D.C and their Leviathians to listen.

Challenge the deep state to try arrest 50 million gun owners.

Impossible for Red State to secede, due to Seniors

Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2024 08:37 AM (BGQYY)

189 Just curious Sponge… I wasn’t in the thread in question yesterday. What did you say that raised the ire of ace?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 16, 2024 08:34 AM (uvJW5)

The thread previous, he said he was going Dem because he was tired of getting screwed by the GOPe and might as well feel like his party has his back.

I said in his Trump bashing follow-up thread that I guessed it did go libtard and it's only a matter of time before the "good people on both sides" and "Trump sited an insurrection" weren't far behind.

The said I went to name calling because I'm a cultist and have nothing then called me a c*nt and told me to leave.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 16, 2024 08:37 AM (Zz0t1)

190 @33

>>I have a bad feeling that the Trump campaign is ill prepared for th

They basically have to concentrate on three states with GOP Governors, VA, GA and NV, I'd forget about PA, MI, WI* as those states have shored up and entrenched their vote stealing operations.

Presidential elections have been getting dicier and dicier for GOP Presidential Candidates since Bubba came on the scene and Landslide elections are things of the past with what has been done to both the composition of the country and the how we conduct elections.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 16, 2024 08:38 AM (XV/Pl)

191 Like others believe.... Trump may very well win the primaries but not be chosen by the GOP to be put on the ballot. Some states may put his name on them, others may not.

It would "look" acceptable to have him run as a write-in, appear on some state ballots, not on others. A weak argument could be made by both the left and right he was given a fair shot under the circumstances he put himself in.

*shrugs* Personally I don't see Trump being on several state ballots anyway.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2024 08:38 AM (Q4IgG)

192 Tesla has a big problem. Their batteries do not work in extreme weather. Their cars abandoned at charging stations all over chicago

Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2024 08:38 AM (BGQYY)

193 Biden’s version of industrial policy presents three long-term threats to American capitalism.

First, allowing unelected governmental elites to favor certain firms with subsidies for what they deem needed innovations does not work.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 16, 2024 08:38 AM (lwOKI)

194 181 I once loved Fig Newtons. Then they raised the price. Then they shrunk the pieces. Then they switched to cheaper ingredients that lost the special taste. I now buy no-name Fig Bars for half the price.
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 16, 2024 08:35 AM (Gse2f)

I saw the No Name Fig Bars open for Brand X at the Capitol Theater in '78.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2024 08:38 AM (x0n13)

195 If they're nervous, they won't jail him. If they're panicked, they'll even let him win and contain him like they did last time.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2024 08:33 AM (C19Uv)

I’ve been saying for a month or two now that I believe we’re trending towards the latter. Containment is their lowest risk strategy…. I’m starting to expect a Trump win. Maybe I oughta go take my temperature….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 16, 2024 08:38 AM (uvJW5)

196 It's -25 here, dudes. That's like, really cold.

Posted by: The Duke of Ted at January 16, 2024 08:39 AM (SfSWS)

197 190 @33

>>I have a bad feeling that the Trump campaign is ill prepared for th

They basically have to concentrate on three states with GOP Governors, VA, GA and NV, I'd forget about PA, MI, WI* as those states have shored up and entrenched their vote stealing operations.

Presidential elections have been getting dicier and dicier for GOP Presidential Candidates since Bubba came on the scene and Landslide elections are things of the past with what has been done to both the composition of the country and the how we conduct elections.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 16, 2024 08:38 AM (XV/Pl)

VA is 100% a Trump loss. You have to find another path, or another canddiate. It won't be close, and Youngkin will not risk 2028 for a lost cause here...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 16, 2024 08:39 AM (exHjb)

198 Hey, Sponge. Glad to see you survived yesterday.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 16, 2024 08:39 AM (9yWhg)

199 >>>>> >>> >> > If they're nervous, they won't jail him. If they're panicked, they'll even let him win and contain him like they did last time.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
----------------------------

This may be the year of the strong man for America.
If so, all of that is out the window.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 16, 2024 08:39 AM (cpJB3)

200 The second threat of industrial policy relates to the federal government’s efforts to manage innovation. The CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 established targeted grant funding, and the federal government decides the focus of these grants.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 16, 2024 08:39 AM (lwOKI)

201 >> Landslide elections are things of the past

2020 was shaping up to be a landslide of historic proportions right up until the Pipe Burst, quite fictionally, in Georgia.

Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2024 08:40 AM (RVloE)

202 I do like that one of Haley's flunkies called her "Hillary"

She was forever on now be known as Nikki Hillary

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2024 08:40 AM (ibTVg)

203 Therein lies the third and biggest worry related to industrial policy: cronyism.

Business owners have sought privileged relationships with the government since Robert Fulton and Robert Livingston obtained a patent giving them a monopoly to operate a steamboat on the Hudson.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 16, 2024 08:40 AM (lwOKI)

204 55.9 degrees in the back yard right now.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 16, 2024 08:41 AM (hH3Px)

205 191. That would be the end of the GOP. It would take 5 General Elections for us to forget that type of treachery

Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2024 08:41 AM (BGQYY)

206 176 Posted by: Son of Dad at January 16, 2024 08:35 AM (8JB5s)

Okay, champ. Trump sucks and/or is a phony.

A) Who do you think is better and . . .
B) What do you think he/she can actually do to stop the madness?

Tick tock tick tock . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2024 08:41 AM (x0n13)

207 ace usually does not ban

He's been known to ban himself at least once.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 16, 2024 08:41 AM (Q0kLU)

208 Hey, Sponge. Glad to see you survived yesterday.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 16, 2024 08:39 AM (9yWhg)

Heh. Thanks.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 16, 2024 08:41 AM (Zz0t1)

209 Landslide elections are things of the past

In 1988 the share of illegitimate votes compared to the national total was much, much lower.

Reagan could and did win over the LIVs of his era.

The LIVs of 2020 didn't vote...though ballots were still cast in their names.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2024 08:42 AM (ibTVg)

210 I don't think Trump will. I think he ends up in prison after he loses (or "loses") the election.
Posted by: Joe Mannix"

Yep. The regime has signaled in many ways that Trump cannot/will not be president again. Exactly how they make that happen is the big question.
Posted by: Ripley at January 16, 2024 08:32 AM (JojsZ)
*****
Even if by some fluke or miracle Trump wins the presidency. They will never let him govern.
The CIA, FBI and the higher ups in the military will ignore him and sabotage him.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2024 08:42 AM (NpAcC)

211 55.9 degrees in the back yard right now.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 16, 2024 08:41 AM (hH3Px)

That's what it is in much of my house currently.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 16, 2024 08:42 AM (Zz0t1)

212 Because he says all the right words and makes you feel warm and fuzzy and that's all you need. He is the "resistance and revival" leader who actually neither resists nor revives in any effective way beyond TALK. Good luck with that.

Posted by: Son of Dad at January 16, 2024 08:35 AM (8JB5s)

Who, in the GOP has done better at the federal level? Who in the GOPe do you trust to actually attempt to do any of those things? If you say DeSantis you have ignored the last 50 years of GOPe history. Despite the fun things DeSantis has done as governor, he is still an establishment guy. The idea that he is going to go against the uniparty if elected president is laughable. And I like DeSantis- I'm just a realist who has paid attention.

It is true that Trump isn't perfect and it is a very difficult road ahead, but the idea that some other GOP figure is going to fight the swamp, fight illegal immigration, etc. is delusional. We have decades of GOP history proving that it is delusional. We have Mitch McConnell proving it is delusional.

Posted by: I forgot my name b/c I haven't posted in 6 months at January 16, 2024 08:42 AM (ky+MF)

213 Impossible for Red State to secede, due to Seniors
Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2024 08:37 AM (BGQYY)

Good point. The fogeys in my neck of SC have taken over. They care more burning leaves and barking dogs than the wholesale loss of liberties. Or loving the nice decorations in the town square than opposing the rapacious developers devouring every last bit of open land.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 16, 2024 08:42 AM (Miaia)

214 It's like we're crossing a frozen lake and the ice is making strange noises. We'll need luck and nerve to get safely across.

One huge issue is that the Fed is going broke and has lost its inflation mojo. Powell can't do a Volckler.

Fundamantally the Fed is a collection of 12 banks with the magical ability to issue dollar-denominated liabilities that bear no interest -- dollars! But if the Fed were marked-to-market it's already balance sheet broke. And it's interest income is trending negative. Developing ..,

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 16, 2024 08:42 AM (Gse2f)

215 I do like that one of Haley's flunkies called her "Hillary"

She was forever on now be known as Nikki Hillary
Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2024 08:40 AM (ibTVg)

Nikki Clinton.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 16, 2024 08:42 AM (Zz0t1)

216 The said I went to name calling because I'm a cultist and have nothing then called me a c*nt and told me to leave.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 16, 2024 08:37 AM (Zz0t1)
====
Now I'm kind of regretting going back to work.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2024 08:43 AM (RIvkX)

217 >>>> there's precious little if anything he personally and collectively with hopefully a cadre of loyal cabinet members and other advisers can do
----------------

Oh ye of little faith.
The country will accept only so much straw.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 16, 2024 08:43 AM (cpJB3)

218 The said I went to name calling because I'm a cultist and have nothing then called me a c*nt and told me to leave.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 16, 2024 08:37 AM (Zz0t1)

I laughed. Your position was the righteous one. You have more guts than I do…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 16, 2024 08:43 AM (uvJW5)

219 It's times like this where I appreciate the heat emanating from the strategically retained and positioned incandescent light bulbs. Worth their watt consumption in BTUs.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 16, 2024 08:43 AM (4I/2K)

220 I didn't realize that Ryan Binkley and Asa Hutchinson were still running for office.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2024 08:43 AM (NpAcC)

221 @197

>>VA is 100% a Trump loss. You have to find another path, or another canddiate. It won't be close, and Youngkin will not risk 2028 for a lost cause here.

Nonsense, if Youngkin can get elected then Trump can get elected, especially with control of the SOS and AG being in GOP hands where they can make sure the blue salons of that State don't tip the scales.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 16, 2024 08:43 AM (XV/Pl)

222 210 Even if by some fluke or miracle Trump wins the presidency. They will never let him govern.
The CIA, FBI and the higher ups in the military will ignore him and sabotage him.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2024 08:42 AM (NpAcC)

Every agency will mutiny. From the lowliest toilet attendant up to the highest levels of management, even his cabinet picks if he chooses asshole backstabbers as he did in 2017.

They'll do it quietly or like Joey's Jew-Haters openly revolt.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2024 08:43 AM (x0n13)

223 "That's what it is in much of my house currently."

Ouch!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 16, 2024 08:43 AM (hH3Px)

224 This may be the year of the strong man for America.
If so, all of that is out the window.
Posted by: Braenyard at January 16, 2024 08:39 AM (cpJB3)
++++
Well, sure. That kind of event burns the entire rulebook and starts over. If there's a major coup or revolution, then none of the prior assumptions hold and you just have to play "blind man's bluff" for a while until you find the road again.

But that's similar to a bet on the end of the world. You can't win a bet on the end of the world (unless, in this case, you happen to be the strongman or his associates).

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2024 08:44 AM (C19Uv)

225 For those wondering why I say VA is toast...

Biden is +6 over Trump here in poll after poll (so not just one), without the Trump hatred spin up day after day - we don't have political ads/mailings/talk here now...it's only gonna get worse.

It's why VA is seemingly not in "swing state" groupings b/c with Trump as nominee, we're not...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 16, 2024 08:44 AM (exHjb)

226 197. Some wholes in that logic. Penn had a Marxist gov and SOS in 2016. Trump still won the state. Wisconsin had a partisan dem as SOS.

Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2024 08:44 AM (BGQYY)

227
I laughed. Your position was the righteous one. You have more guts than I do…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 16, 2024 08:43 AM (uvJW5)

I will give garrett credit for the flamewar distraction.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 16, 2024 08:44 AM (Zz0t1)

228 Did you guys forget that ace said he was going to vote for Hillary in 2016 after DJT pissed him off FOR THE LAST TIME?

Posted by: fd at January 16, 2024 08:44 AM (vFG9F)

229 220 I didn't realize that Ryan Binkley and Asa Hutchinson were still running for office.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2024 08:43 AM (NpAcC)

Ryan Binkley was Donald Sutherland's character in "The Dirty Dozen," no?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2024 08:44 AM (x0n13)

230 149 After Sponge was consumed hiding in the shitter, garrett showed up with a flare.
Posted by: pawn at January 16, 2024 08:29 AM (QB+5g)

Nice use of a Jurassic Park ref.

*golfclap*

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 16, 2024 08:45 AM (zZu0s)

231 Nikki Hillary. Good porn name, no?

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 16, 2024 08:45 AM (Gse2f)

232 225. Youngknin had no chance either, until the final weeks and the FOX poll

Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2024 08:45 AM (BGQYY)

233 "That's what it is in much of my house currently."

Ouch!
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 16, 2024 08:43 AM (hH3Px)

I'm nursing the furnace along and have a fire going, so it's up to 58, but not sure it'll go much higher.

I do have a 'new' control panel showing up today, so hopefully that corrects the issue.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 16, 2024 08:45 AM (Zz0t1)

234 Wisconsin had a partisan dem as SOS.

Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2024 08:44 AM (BGQYY)

Not just partisan. From the LaFollette clan what founded the Progressive movement way back when.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at January 16, 2024 08:46 AM (SfhV1)

235 228 Did you guys forget that ace said he was going to vote for Hillary in 2016 after DJT pissed him off FOR THE LAST TIME?
Posted by: fd at January 16, 2024 08:44 AM (vFG9F)

To be fair, he has said similar since. He does not seem to see the difference between the random (intentional) agitators and actual commenters.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 16, 2024 08:46 AM (zZu0s)

236 “Solar generation isn’t available in the early morning hours, which is a peak demand time during winter, and slowly ramps up as the sun rises,” ERCOT admitted. “Wind generation is forecasted to be lower than seasonally expected in the early morning hours.”

For thousands and thousands of years we lived totally dependent of weather and sun to see if our children lived or died over the seasons.
The via hydrocarbons we built a new civilization that brought quality of life standards that kings and queens did not have just 100 years ago.

Now we are willing to throw that all away.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 16, 2024 08:46 AM (lwOKI)

237 Nikki Hillary. Good porn name, no?
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 16, 2024 08:45 AM (Gse2f)
++++
:: shudders ::

Posted by: The Camera at January 16, 2024 08:46 AM (C19Uv)

238
Presidential elections have been getting dicier and dicier for GOP Presidential Candidates since Bubba came on the scene and Landslide elections are things of the past with what has been done to both the composition of the country and the how we conduct elections.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 16, 2024 08:38 AM

I'm calling it now. If RFK Jr stays in until the end Biden is burnt toast. Trump wins the popular vote and at least 45 states. The last time the country had a President this unpopular was Jimmy Carter. A relative unknown 3rd party guy by the name of John Anderson stole 8% of Carters vote and Ronald Reagan swept into office.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 16, 2024 08:46 AM (nIvob)

239 ++++
Heat pump, or just really freaking cold?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
---------------------------------

Just really cold and a drafty house.
When the wind drops below 20 I cut the thermostat back.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 16, 2024 08:47 AM (cpJB3)

240 Hey guys, cut the Ewok some slack.

Think about it...he does one thing that NOBODY else is able to do.

He gives us a home, and a sense of community.

He tolerates us for the most part running around like a bunch of Morons.

On a daily basis.

And for that, I am thankful.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 16, 2024 08:47 AM (hH3Px)

241 >>Did you guys forget that ace said he was going to vote for Hillary in 2016 after DJT pissed him off FOR THE LAST TIME?

Not at all. I try and remind him of that at least every 3 months or so.

Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2024 08:47 AM (RVloE)

242 Hadrian the Seventh

I was a part of our local County GOP. A minor elected official. Went to events and parties.

The local party did a few good things, but was obsessed with the larger, more powerful offices. They had no organized ground game. Any door to door was on the candidates and close supporters. Press relations were lame and limited.

It was like an Navy only concerned with Commander and above officers. No petty officers, no ensigns, no teaching candidates on anything, no filling minor offices as a growth plan.

They were good people, but unorganized and insular.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 16, 2024 08:47 AM (u82oZ)

243 232 225. Youngknin had no chance either, until the final weeks and the FOX poll
Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2024 08:45 AM (BGQYY)

Youngkin spent a TON of his personal money on an army here...Trump won't.

Youngkin also has a statesman image...Trump doesn't.

VA does not elect R candidates who are not statesmen. One slur took out a sitting Senator.

Posted by: Nova Local at January 16, 2024 08:47 AM (exHjb)

244 he idea that some other GOP figure is going to fight the swamp, fight illegal immigration, etc. is delusional. We have decades of GOP history proving that it is delusional. We have Mitch McConnell proving it is delusional.
Posted by: I forgot my name b/c I haven't posted in 6 months at January 16, 2024 08:42 AM (ky+MF)

I'm right here you know.

Posted by: Paul Ryan, Asshead at January 16, 2024 08:47 AM (515bZ)

245 "Every agency will mutiny. "

Reagan fired the air traffic controllers. What do we care if agencies just stopped doing anything

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 16, 2024 08:47 AM (Gse2f)

246 228 Did you guys forget that ace said he was going to vote for Hillary in 2016 after DJT pissed him off FOR THE LAST TIME?
Posted by: fd at January 16, 2024 08:44 AM (vFG9F)

At the risk of ticking off Big Chief Ewok, he's making the same noises now. Trump is a man. A flawed man. But he's not McCain, Romney or a Bush. We could do a lot lot worse, but can we do much or any better?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2024 08:47 AM (x0n13)

247 222. It what we need though, JJ. That would be the final uncovering to the 6 pack joe and women, that do not pay attention to the shithole, D.C is.

Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2024 08:47 AM (BGQYY)

248
To be fair, he has said similar since. He does not seem to see the difference between the random (intentional) agitators and actual commenters.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 16, 2024 08:46 AM (zZu0s)

Someone should remind him it's the comment section that makes the site.

Posted by: Andrew Breitbart at January 16, 2024 08:47 AM (Zz0t1)

249 Just really cold and a drafty house.
When the wind drops below 20 I cut the thermostat back.
Posted by: Braenyard at January 16, 2024 08:47 AM (cpJB3)
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Ugh.

Well, I hope you keep warm enough!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2024 08:47 AM (C19Uv)

250 Good morning Horde, thx JJ. The story and video about the pro Hamas demonstrators outside Sloan Kettering should be educational but it won't take. A lot of people are asking do "they want people to hate them ". They don't care. This is ground zero of their revolution and they are going for the gold.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 16, 2024 08:47 AM (/Mbcg)

251 On a daily basis.

And for that, I am thankful.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 16, 2024 08:47 AM (hH3Px)

Oh, absolutely.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 16, 2024 08:48 AM (zZu0s)

252 This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: 31 Trillion Greenbacks at January 16, 2024 08:48 AM (NBVIP)

253 "To be fair, he has said similar since. He does not seem to see the difference between the random (intentional) agitators and actual commenters.
Posted by: Aetius451AD "

That's ace, and it's ok with me. He called me a faggot, told me to suck his dick, and then banned me. I'm still waiting for the apology.

Posted by: fd at January 16, 2024 08:48 AM (vFG9F)

254 To be fair, Ace has also consistently denounced the Leftist persecutions of Trump.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 16, 2024 08:48 AM (9yWhg)

255 Thank you JJ. I appreciate the kind words, Shane & Braenyard. Ofcourse, I get most of my material from JJ each morning. Greatest aggregator of our stories to be found. More indispensable than Drudge at his peak.

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at January 16, 2024 08:49 AM (L9dTT)

256 245 "Every agency will mutiny. "

Reagan fired the air traffic controllers. What do we care if agencies just stopped doing anything
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 16, 2024 08:47 AM (Gse2f)

This time, the nation is so divided and the government is 99.99% anti-American Leftist that doing anything like that might touch off massive unrest. And the miitary and law enforcement are in that first group. At least at the upper echelons.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2024 08:49 AM (x0n13)

257 >>>I'm calling it now. If RFK Jr stays in until the end Biden is burnt toast. Trump wins the popular vote and at least 45 states. The last time the country had a President this unpopular was Jimmy Carter. A relative unknown 3rd party guy by the name of John Anderson stole 8% of Carters vote and Ronald Reagan swept into office.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 16, 2024 08:46 AM (nIvob)
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Right on the money.
If not, we will know, for certainty, exactly where we stand.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 16, 2024 08:49 AM (cpJB3)

258 We could do a lot lot worse, but can we do much or any better?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2024 08:47 AM (x0n13)

Know, and I think he knows it, just doesn't want to admit it.

Trump CAN win, DeSantis can't. Trump has proven he can take their worst and shrug it off like water off a duck.

DeSantis hasn't. Not mentioning the only real nation attention DeSantis gets is from a negative media.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 16, 2024 08:49 AM (Zz0t1)

259 243. You know your state, but I followed that race, and believe me Youngkin was considered a no shot joke outside of Virginia

Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2024 08:49 AM (BGQYY)

260 Even if by some fluke or miracle Trump wins the presidency. They will never let him govern.
The CIA, FBI and the higher ups in the military will ignore him and sabotage him.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2024 08:42 AM (NpAcC)

True. But, they aren't going to let anyone govern. Kalorama gets their orders and keeps the Leviathan in line.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 16, 2024 08:49 AM (WVAwc)

261 Xfinity is now advertising "storm ready wifi- still on when the power is out!"

I wonder how long the battery lasts?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 16, 2024 08:49 AM (vR0zm)

262 I'm willing to bet the GOP pulls some sort of surprise with their VP pick for Nikki Haley. Perhaps someone who'd be the base's second pick after Trump.

Of course this presumes the GOP would like to actually win.

What they do in that event is probably going to disappoint a lot of people anyway. And in 4 years we're back in "insane clown-death cult mode."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2024 08:49 AM (Q4IgG)

263 255 Thank you JJ. I appreciate the kind words, Shane & Braenyard. Ofcourse, I get most of my material from JJ each morning. Greatest aggregator of our stories to be found. More indispensable than Drudge at his peak.
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at January 16, 2024 08:49 AM (L9dTT)

Honored and humbled!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2024 08:49 AM (x0n13)

264 >>Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 16, 2024 08:47 AM (hH3Px)

Absolutely.

Poor guy even does it with the constitution of a 14 year old girl with anemia and the self confidence of a Woody Allen caricature.

Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2024 08:49 AM (RVloE)

265 At some point last night I was checking vote totals and saw that Chris Christie had 17 votes and Asa Hutchinson 65. It hurts my head that there are 82 republicans walking around in Iowa who are that dumb. You go out in 10 below weather to vote for Asa???

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 16, 2024 08:50 AM (uvJW5)

266 I didn't realize that Ryan Binkley and Asa Hutchinson were still running for office.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2024 08:43 AM (NpAcC)

Ryan Binkley was Donald Sutherland's character in "The Dirty Dozen," no?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2024 08:44 AM (x0n13)

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I thought he was one of the kids in Bloom County.

Posted by: ShainS at January 16, 2024 08:50 AM (bU3p+)

267 Trump has the experience, Commander in Chief question covered. That is huge

Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2024 08:50 AM (BGQYY)

268 Hi, i think that i noticed you visited my site so i came to go back the desire?.I'm
trying to in finding things to enhance my site!I guess its good enough to make use of a few of your ideas!!

Posted by: casino at January 16, 2024 08:50 AM (svQKo)

269 For $4200 an eye, I'd expect X-ray vision, at the least!

Posted by: The Eyes Have It at January 16, 2024 08:50 AM (V5BDR)

270 If Biden just built the wall (He won't. He's too arrogant, stupid, and corrupt.), could he legitimately win the election in November?

Posted by: Wally at January 16, 2024 08:50 AM (hqVaF)

271 Ryan Binkley was Donald Sutherland's character in "The Dirty Dozen," no?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2024 08:44 AM (x0n13)
*******
I have no idea.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2024 08:50 AM (NpAcC)

272 I get most of my material from JJ each morning. Greatest aggregator of our stories to be found. More indispensable than Drudge at his peak.
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at January 16, 2024 08:49 AM (L9dTT)

PREACH!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 16, 2024 08:50 AM (Zz0t1)

273 ... What do we care if agencies just stopped doing anything
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 16, 2024 08:47 AM (Gse2f)
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Nothing, but that's not the issue. The problem - and the prediction, including my own - is that if Trump is allowed to win, the agencies *mutiny.* They don't go on strike. They don't slow-roll all their work. They don't show up at the office and play ping pong instead of doing their jobs.

Quite the opposite. As we saw last time in some agencies, they will work mighty damn hard and burn the candle at both ends to do the *opposite* of what the president orders. They don't not work, they work manfully *against* the agenda of the executive. Violate orders. Lie and cheat to cover up their opposing action. Throw every obstacle possible onto the road.

Many of the agencies - including the military - were essentially in open rebellion last time. This time, if they allow him to win, it will be total and much less well hidden.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2024 08:50 AM (C19Uv)

274 259 243. You know your state, but I followed that race, and believe me Youngkin was considered a no shot joke outside of Virginia
Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2024 08:49 AM (BGQYY)

Yes, and I said he could win all along. And he did. B/c he ran the way an R needs to here, and he spent the money and had the manpower set.

Trump can not win here. I don't know if any R can, but 1 is certain, and the others are not. I'd rather have a chance, or have Trump find a new path b/c it will not be VA.

Posted by: Nova Local at January 16, 2024 08:50 AM (exHjb)

275 228 Did you guys forget that ace said he was going to vote for Hillary in 2016 after DJT pissed him off FOR THE LAST TIME?
Posted by: fd at January 16, 2024 08:44 AM (vFG9F)

At the risk of ticking off Big Chief Ewok, he's making the same noises now. Trump is a man. A flawed man. But he's not McCain, Romney or a Bush. We could do a lot lot worse, but can we do much or any better?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2024 08:47 AM (x0n13)
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Ace lives in a blue city in a blue state, correct? So that means his vote has exactly as much value as mine does (I live in a red town in a red state) -- absolutely none.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2024 08:51 AM (7fElN)

276 Poor guy even does it with the constitution of a 14 year old girl with anemia and the self confidence of a Woody Allen caricature.
Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2024 08:49 AM (RVloE)

Maybe a 14 year old, sickly Asian girl Allen is boning?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 16, 2024 08:51 AM (zZu0s)

277 Chem 125

Description
Students will apply chemical tools and analysis to understand Black life in the U.S. and students will implement African American sensibilities to analyze chemistry. Diverse historical and contemporary scientists, intellectuals, and chemical discoveries will inform personal reflections and proposals for addressing inequities in chemistry and chemical education.

My guess is 2 weeks into the class they will all be sucking down Lean!

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 16, 2024 08:51 AM (lwOKI)

278 Reagan fired the air traffic controllers. What do we care if agencies just stopped doing anything
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 16, 2024 08:47 AM (Gse2f)

That is true. If the federales disappeared tomorrow, the only folks who would miss them are the moochers, looters and layabouts who depend on sipping their sustenance from Uncle Sugar's nutsack.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 16, 2024 08:51 AM (515bZ)

279 The WH staff walkout has been called off due to weather conditions.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2024 08:51 AM (NpAcC)

280 >> "Every agency will mutiny. "

Only until they see that you can't be cowed.

Mike Tyson is correct in this: Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the fucking face.

Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2024 08:51 AM (RVloE)

281 If Trump were to somehow win, he should ask the Senate GOP to submit a list of 5 people who (R)enfields would actually vote to confirm for each cabinet post. Then summon them all to a conference to be grilled by himself and his aides. Once there, lock the doors and gas them all.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2024 08:52 AM (0FoWg)

282 Two tweets, the 2nd stronger than the 1st:

Scott Adams
@ScottAdamsSays
41m
One of the biggest illusions in America is that we would somehow know if our vote counts were rigged.

We don't have fully auditable elections.

By design.
---------------------------

Scott Adams
@ScottAdamsSays
16m
Claiming the 2020 election was stolen is not the high ground.

Understanding that we have a system that is DESIGNED to prevent us from knowing who really won is the high ground.

Find it.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 16, 2024 08:52 AM (dgZCh)

283 Biden will get 110M ballots counted for him. It's going to happen.

Posted by: dantesed at January 16, 2024 08:52 AM (88xKn)

284 Time for chores.

Have a great day, everyone. May you all be cozy and serene, with food in the pantry and fridge.

And a truly wonderful TxMoMeet memory: When Sponge arrives and bellows "First!" Glad you are still here, Sponge.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 16, 2024 08:52 AM (u82oZ)

285 At some point last night I was checking vote totals and saw that Chris Christie had 17 votes and Asa Hutchinson 65. It hurts my head that there are 82 republicans walking around in Iowa who are that dumb. You go out in 10 below weather to vote for Asa???

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 16, 2024 08:50 AM (uvJW5)

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TBF, they were all nonagenarians who thought they were voting for Pat Paulsen.

Posted by: ShainS at January 16, 2024 08:52 AM (bU3p+)

286 Can't believe we are going to run it back with these same two octagenarians. The result is likely to be the same as 2020.

DeSantis must recognize there is an army of boomers that watch the Fox News Trump Show literally all day every day.

He needs to find other ways to get his message out rather than hoping Hannity and Ingraham give him a fair shake. It's a lesson he could learn from Vivek (who failed for other reasons).

DeSantis needs to go on Tim Pool's show and Charlie Kirk's show and Steve Bannon's show and force those paid Trump shills to defend their guy.

Confronting hostile media in a live setting is what made DeSantis popular to begin with.

Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes This at January 16, 2024 08:52 AM (V6W16)

287 It's National Fig Newton Day.

You asked for it. . .

http://tinyurl.com/5ypxun37

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 16, 2024 08:52 AM (Q0kLU)

288 Heh, nice caption up top, JJ.

Posted by: ShainS at January 16, 2024 08:53 AM (bU3p+)

289 Heater is running 50min / 60 min but is keeping the house warm enough. Water is freely flowing through all the pipes, checked every couple of hours. Incandescent ceiling lights stay on to warm the spaces between first and second floors. Attic door is propped open to let heat get up in there (water heater and pipes runs thru the attic here).

Electric and natural gas bills will be a hoot, but is far, far cheaper than frozen and busted water pipes.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 16, 2024 08:53 AM (4I/2K)

290 At least this time, Trump will have an understanding of what he is up against, and will avoid the same mistakes.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2024 08:53 AM (RIvkX)

291
I still believe Ron D. is a good manager,but he's played a Prevent Defense, just like Dallas tried against Green Bay.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2024 08:26 AM (S6gqv)

lololol

Prevent defense for the whole game. Lolol. Dallas should have tried the Steve Martin offense, punt on third down.

Danny white quarterback punter to the rescue!!!!

Geez does Dallas suck.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at January 16, 2024 08:53 AM (OiAR7)

292 Glad you are still here, Sponge.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 16, 2024 08:52 AM (u82oZ)

*fistbump*

Thank you, sir. Much appreciated.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 16, 2024 08:53 AM (Zz0t1)

293 After reading Ace for twenty years, the fact that people haven't realized he's kind of squish is pretty amazing.

He's a funny guy but he's an establishment guy, I mean if the heritage foundation were made of flesh and bone it would look like Ace.

I mean he was a Rubio Guy, and he was a Romney guy, he had a particular hatred for Palin and Christine "I'm Not a Withch" O'Donnel.

He hated Trump with a passion and the only reason he even supported Trump was because his hatred for Clinton was greater.

None of this makes him a bad guy, just a guy with shitty political instincts.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 16, 2024 08:54 AM (XV/Pl)

294 Lets not forget the Trump hating Rino's who did everyting they could to help Hillary win their states.

Kasisch- Ohio, Snyder-Mich

Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2024 08:54 AM (BGQYY)

295 Why is somobedy trying to sell me a brian nutrient? Do I look like I have a brian?

Posted by: fd at January 16, 2024 08:55 AM (vFG9F)

296 We witnessed the end of Ronda Santis political career last night. He spent over a $100 million bucks to finish 30 points back. Sad. Pathetic. Loser. Could have supported Trump and been the heir apparent and almost a shoo-in for '28. Scott Walker and Booby Jindal agree.

Posted by: Mega Ultra MAGA Man at January 16, 2024 08:55 AM (V5BDR)

297 Geez does Dallas suck.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at January 16, 2024 08:53 AM (OiAR7)

I feel bad about that.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 16, 2024 08:55 AM (SfhV1)

298 I usually take the opposite approach and taunt him.
Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2024 08:21 AM (RVloE)

yeah, but you are funny, like funny ha-ha

Posted by: runner at January 16, 2024 08:55 AM (V13WU)

299 Xfinity is now advertising "storm ready wifi- still on when the power is out!"

I wonder how long the battery lasts?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 16, 2024 08:49 AM (vR0zm)
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Per their website, four hours.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2024 08:55 AM (C19Uv)

300 > The WH staff walkout has been called off due to weather conditions.
_____________

Perfect encapsulation of our government; weather's bad, fed workers at home, potential "walk-out" protest called off because, well, nobody's in the office to "walk-out."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2024 08:55 AM (Q4IgG)

301 At the risk of ticking off Big Chief Ewok, he's making the same noises now. Trump is a man. A flawed man. But he's not McCain, Romney or a Bush. We could do a lot lot worse, but can we do much or any better?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2024 08:47 AM (x0n13)

Trump is a flawed candidate b/c he does not stay on script, says silly, often untrue things, and is inconsistent in things he says.

He's also not a doctrinaire conservative. He can't argue the conservative position like, say, Vivek can.

Trump also has a ton of baggage and a lot of unlikeables.

I can understand someone like Ace not wanting him as the candidate. Unfortunately, as far as I can see, Trump is the best we have by a lot. The best chance at winning the general election. The best chance at actually doing something about illegal immigration. The best chance at a sane foreign policy. The best chance at starting to clean up the swamp (starting, not completing).

Posted by: I forgot my name b/c I haven't posted in 6 months at January 16, 2024 08:55 AM (ky+MF)

302 And a truly wonderful TxMoMeet memory: When Sponge arrives and bellows "First!" Glad you are still here, Sponge.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 16, 2024 08:52 AM (u82oZ)

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He's first in our hearts!

/Deep in the Heart of Texas ...

Posted by: ShainS at January 16, 2024 08:55 AM (bU3p+)

303
As Milton Friedman asked in another context-

"Who are these angels?"

Who are these angels who are better, have fought harder, have gotten more done for the people, who have lived their lives as perfect men and women, who have a national presence, who are these angels who are so much better than Trump in every way that we should dump him and install them as the candidate?

Posted by: naturalfake at January 16, 2024 08:55 AM (nFnyb)

304 I loved it when Rush used to refer to the Iowa Caucases as the “Hawkeye Cauci.”

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 16, 2024 08:55 AM (9yWhg)

305 From April through June 2022, they were able to meet and sit down with over 1,300 Illinois residents across the state and — with their consent — reviewed their 20-year voting histories. They uncovered over 57% irregularities, including

votes cast when voters did not vote,
votes missing when they did vote,
voters registered and voting at addresses where they did not live, and
registrations with illogical registration dates.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 16, 2024 08:56 AM (lwOKI)

306 293. Wow Tom, if you going to roast someone a new one, do it at night, so he can at least have a Drink

Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2024 08:56 AM (BGQYY)

307
Scott Adams
@ScottAdamsSays
16m
Claiming the 2020 election was stolen is not the high ground.

Understanding that we have a system that is DESIGNED to prevent us from knowing who really won is the high ground.

Find it.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 16, 2024 08:

This. Pastime I voted a woman walked ahead of me dropped 3 ballots in the drop box outside and walked in ahead of me and voted again.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at January 16, 2024 08:56 AM (OiAR7)

308
Right on the money.
If not, we will know, for certainty, exactly where we stand.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 16, 2024 08:49 AM

Biden, Obama, and the Deep State all know that RFK Jr will decide the election. The fact that they will not give him Secret Service protection shows just how corrupt and shit-stained they all are.

RFK's house has been broken into twice recently. To me, that's a direct threat and no accident. It's a message.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 16, 2024 08:56 AM (nIvob)

309 Hey...I have an idea!

Let's ask the Left who they think we should vote for in the Primaries.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 16, 2024 08:56 AM (hH3Px)

310 Trump is not going to prison. That was never the real intent and you can tell by the ridiculous nature of the charges and the halfwits who are "prosecuting" him.

The intent was to screw with his campaign and kneecap him and we can all see how well that worked. It made him stronger.

The American people are angry. They don't want to be soothed, they want someone to take on the people who have dumped 10 million illegals on them. They want someone to make gas and groceries affordable. They want an end to wars. They want to stop being called a racist and have their kids be exploited. They want a return to the normalcy they thought was their birthright. They want a righteous warrior. And that is exactly what they see in Donald Trump.

Trump can beat the cheat but it will require all of us to get behind him and show the left that just like him we are never going to stop fighting.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2024 08:56 AM (ZLI7S)

311 Just as there are those on the Left that hate Trump more than they love America, there are those on the notional Right, like Ace, Ace's new friend Ed Morrissey, Paula Bolyard - hell, half of Salem Media - who have to choose whether their desire to see Trump lose is greater than their desire to stop the madness around us. Ace and a bunch of them are two clicks on the dial from Jonah Goldberg and they don't even realize it.

Posted by: Little Larry Sellers at January 16, 2024 08:56 AM (xaNfJ)

312 Nova Local. Even with DeSantis it would be 6% or more biden. Has nothing to do with PDT and all to do with the nature of VA. Way too many brain dead fed workers.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 16, 2024 08:57 AM (2NHgQ)

313 Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 16, 2024 08:54 AM (XV/Pl)

and yet , you are here, eating his bread and shitting on his table

Posted by: runner at January 16, 2024 08:57 AM (V13WU)

314 Trump is The Hulk. There is nothing subtle or sensitive about him.

Posted by: fd at January 16, 2024 08:57 AM (vFG9F)

315 >>>>Trump CAN win, DeSantis can't. Trump has proven he can take their worst and shrug it off like water off a duck.
-------------------------
GOP voters are 27% of the electorate nationally, according to Gallup yesterday, so winning requires Trump to win a majority of independents. I know he has a plan to do that, but I think it will be a rough road. The Propaganda and Lawfare will have taken its toll, even though Biden is the worst leader since George III, and thus, the Democrat nominee (whoever that turns out to be) has a good shot of winning. Virginia, with NoVa federal employees, Georgia, with Atlanta steal working overtime, and Arizona (a toss up, or so I've read) will make this election lots closer than it should be.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 16, 2024 08:58 AM (23eD8)

316 Xfinity uses a lot of cable modems with battery backup but no battery installed. Wifi is a power hog so I don't figure more than a couple hours. If the cable amp on the line is down then forget it. Starlink has some advantages.

Posted by: pawn at January 16, 2024 08:58 AM (QB+5g)

317 Have you tried my new cologne? It's for those nights you don't want to score.

Posted by: Dak Prescott at January 16, 2024 08:58 AM (NBVIP)

318 299. Pajama boys. If you cannot live without wifi for one or two days, you have serious problems. Read a book, take your kid sledding etc.....

Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2024 08:58 AM (BGQYY)

319 KINGS BAY, Ga. – On January 12, 2024, Commander, Submarine Group Ten, Rear Adm. Thomas “T.R.” Buchanan, relieved Capt. Geoffry Patterson as commanding officer of USS Georgia (SSGN 729) Blue Crew due to loss of confidence in his ability to command.

Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2024 08:58 AM (geLO8)

320 I sense a defeatist attitude throughout the comments. Trump has no chance. The powers that be will never allow him to be President again. Resistance is futile.

As for me, I love Trump partly because while he may stick his foot in his mouth at times, he frequently and with relish sticks his fist in the elites face. He pokes their eyes and pokes their chest. Trump throws their lies back in their faces. I love it. Absolutely love it. As a matter of fact, I wish he was nastier.

We are at war people. Think of October 7th and double it. That's what they want for our children.

I love a man who knows how to fight and who is not so prissy that he would rather lose than fight dirty.

Posted by: Floridachick at January 16, 2024 08:58 AM (WqxKy)

321  Ships and Aircraft Search for 2 Navy SEALs Missing After Mission to Confiscate Iranian Missile Parts

Makes me very very sad

Prayers

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 16, 2024 08:59 AM (lwOKI)

322 @310 Spot on

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 16, 2024 08:59 AM (Gse2f)

323 the article in the American Thinker by Al Bienenfeld is good. unfortunately that has been said over and over since 2022 and no one can do anything about what is happening.

Posted by: runner at January 16, 2024 08:59 AM (V13WU)

324 Chem 125
Description
Students will apply chemical tools and analysis to understand Black life in the U.S. and students will implement African American sensibilities to analyze chemistry. Diverse historical and contemporary scientists, intellectuals, and chemical discoveries will inform personal reflections and proposals for addressing inequities in chemistry and chemical education. ...
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 16, 2024 08:51 AM (lwOKI)
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Chemistry is objective, like math. Things work the way they work. It's empirical and subject to observation and experimentation. The reaction happens or it doesn't. The structure is as predicted or it isn't.

Where do "sensibilities" - African-American or otherwise - enter into it? Where does the "diversity" - real or imagined - of the figures studied enter into it? Where do non-chemist "intellectuals" - scientists or not - enter into it?

Unless, of course, they're not teaching chemistry at all...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2024 08:59 AM (C19Uv)

325 286, if you haven't noticed Fox News was on the DeSantis bandwagon until he flamed out and then they jumped on the Nikki bandwagon. They are most certainly not on the Trump train other than a few hosts that will always be Trump like the Fox & Friends weekend crew and a few on the Five.

Posted by: Jaimo at January 16, 2024 08:59 AM (DBrN4)

326 315. I love you Huck, but quoting Gallup?

Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2024 08:59 AM (BGQYY)

327 It's National Fig Newton Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2024 08:32 AM (NpAcC)

At least it ain't Wayne Newton Day !

"Dunka Shane ...)

Posted by: JT at January 16, 2024 09:00 AM (T4tVD)

328 Ryan Binkley was Donald Sutherland's character in "The Dirty Dozen," no?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2024 08:44 AM (x0n13)

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I thought he was one of the kids in Bloom County.
Posted by: ShainS at January 16, 2024 08:50 AM (bU3p+)

The Bloom County character was named Michael Binkley.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 16, 2024 09:00 AM (Q0kLU)

329 Floridachick Johnson is right!

Posted by: fd at January 16, 2024 09:00 AM (vFG9F)

330 312 Nova Local. Even with DeSantis it would be 6% or more biden. Has nothing to do with PDT and all to do with the nature of VA. Way too many brain dead fed workers.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 16, 2024 08:57 AM (2NHgQ)

As someone said, you don't know what 10 months bring and what Youngkin can do with his state army if he's motivated...but you do know if it's Trump b/c neither of those 1st 2 things matter.

Trump needs to find a path. Without VA, he needs to find a north swing state he can win. And he better let everyone know he's gonna put in the ground army and acres of cash to win it.

Posted by: Nova Local at January 16, 2024 09:00 AM (exHjb)

331 "If Biden just built the wall (He won't. He's too arrogant, stupid, and corrupt.), could he legitimately win the election in November?
Posted by: Wally"

The regime threw out that possibility three months ago when the crisis was getting to big to ignore by even Dems and the MSM. All BS to calm the nerves and shut everybody up and it sort of worked. If they just allocated money and took some bids for for a "future" wall that would satisfy LIV's and nervous Dems to keep them in line

Later the money would be sent to Chicago and NYC to feed and shelter illegals. Win-win for the regime

Posted by: Ripley at January 16, 2024 09:00 AM (JojsZ)

332 That being said,

I can see "strategically voting"(man, I hate both that term and the action itself)

for DeSantis to swamp Haley out of the race.

Leaving DeSantis as our presumptive safety net should the Democrats actually succeed in their unAmerican, immoral, extralegal fascist imprisonment foofaraw.

Of course, that assumes the GOPe would just sit around with their thumbs up their asses and not force Haley like the Dims did with Biden.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 16, 2024 09:00 AM (nFnyb)

333 320. I agree. Seems like the doomsdayers waited for the Iowa vote, to go suicidal

Posted by: Jonah at January 16, 2024 09:00 AM (BGQYY)

334 runner. So you're saying that alternate opinions at ace's place aren't allowed. It's shitting on ace? Good grief let's not make this best of all places LGF. I believe that alternate opinions are allowed.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 16, 2024 09:00 AM (2NHgQ)

335 and yet , you are here, eating his bread and shitting on his table
Posted by: runner at January 16, 2024 08:57 AM (V13WU)
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Site's server is located in San Fran?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 16, 2024 09:00 AM (dgZCh)

336 here is some news, Haley won't be doing any more debates with DeSantis

Posted by: runner at January 16, 2024 09:00 AM (V13WU)

337 By these onions on my belt, I swear my vote goes once again for Tyler.

Posted by: Old Guy In A Wheelchair at January 16, 2024 09:01 AM (SfSWS)

338 Site's server is located in San Fran?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 16, 2024 09:00 AM (dgZCh)

in Mu Nu

Posted by: runner at January 16, 2024 09:01 AM (V13WU)

339 @313

>>and yet , you are here, eating his bread and shitting on his table

As I said, he's funny and has some good insights, he can be trenchant at times, but he can also be erratic and manic.

And no like a suck up, be better.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 16, 2024 09:01 AM (XV/Pl)

340 Fox "News" sucks rino ass. Fox "News" Radio might as well be CNN.

Posted by: fd at January 16, 2024 09:01 AM (vFG9F)

341 How in hell can a prank caller swat the White House? Wouldn’t contacting law enforcement be the job of the Secret Service?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 16, 2024 09:01 AM (9yWhg)

342 Xfinity uses a lot of cable modems with battery backup but no battery installed. Wifi is a power hog so I don't figure more than a couple hours. If the cable amp on the line is down then forget it. Starlink has some advantages.
Posted by: pawn at January 16, 2024 08:58 AM (QB+5g)
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Comcast's new "storm-ready" thing is a total bypass, as near as I can tell. The local gateway fails over to the cellular network and keeps the WiFi running, with the whole mess running on battery for a few hours.

WAN failover is actually a nice feature. If the cable goes down, it switches to LTE. You need two parallel failures to lose connectivity.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2024 09:01 AM (C19Uv)

343 Trump can be a jerk, there's no argument about that, but he's the nominee as if now. He disappointed me by not firing everyone appointed by Dems and getting sucked down by the DC swamp. I've said before he was naive. He thought his Uber businessman tactics of I say jump you say how high would work in the bureaucratic world. Nope. Hope he's learned

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 16, 2024 09:01 AM (/Mbcg)

344 319 KINGS BAY, Ga. – relieved Capt. Geoffry Patterson as commanding officer of USS Georgia (SSGN 729) Blue Crew due to loss of confidence in his ability to command.

It was the busboys and the strawberries, that's when he know everyone was against him.

Now it's a movie thread, bitches!

Posted by: Auspex at January 16, 2024 09:02 AM (j4U/Z)

345 Just don't taunt the Ewok. Say what you gotta say than then be prepared for whatever happens. Most of the time, nothing.

Posted by: fd at January 16, 2024 09:02 AM (vFG9F)

346 By these onions on my belt, I swear my vote goes once again for Tyler.
Posted by: Old Guy In A Wheelchair at January 16, 2024 09:01 AM (SfSWS)

Tyler Canoe and Timmy too!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 16, 2024 09:02 AM (Zz0t1)

347 (peeks in)

So are people still getting banned because DeSantis made such a laughably bad decision for his future and the future of our country?

Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 16, 2024 09:02 AM (+RC1q)

348 "If Biden just built the wall (He won't. He's too arrogant, stupid, and corrupt.), could he legitimately win the election in November?
Posted by: Wally"

If Biden just did the exact opposite of everything he and his party have done for the past 200 years . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2024 09:03 AM (x0n13)

349 Did you all watch Desantis' speech last night?

It was incredibly tone deaf. As much as I like Ron as the Gov of Florida, he's not a National Candidate. Literally zero charisma.

Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2024 09:03 AM (RVloE)

350 We can see why that a these cases against Trump were scheduled fir this year. However, the choice be SCOTUS to choose whether Trump is eligible.

It would have been an easier choice IMHO had the cases begun earlier with verdicts before the primaries.

The choice to prevent being on the ballot vs removed from ballot (as the primaries have already begun and he will be the nominee.

The Ds waited too long to begin this process. At least that's my hope.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at January 16, 2024 09:03 AM (FxH7T)

351 Trump’s infamous ‘Access Hollywood’ tape to be heard at 2nd E. Jean Carroll defamation trial today

http://tinyurl.com/289479tb

Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2024 09:03 AM (NpAcC)

352 Just picture Opus pounding a closed fist into an open palm and yelling "Let Trump be Trump!!"

Posted by: Loved Bloom County at January 16, 2024 09:03 AM (NBVIP)

353 >>>>254 To be fair, Ace has also consistently denounced the Leftist persecutions of Trump.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
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How many other Owners of web sites engage with commentators, how many would put up with the feed back the likes that ace receives. It's tit for tat. - Keep rubbing the skin it get raw.

On the other hand, this is a national site with many reader who do not see the world as we do and ace does value readership/site visits. If he were not controversial he would be boring.

Even though they are intelligent and somewhat docile,
Ewoks are still undomesticated.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 16, 2024 09:03 AM (cpJB3)

354
Tippy canoe, and your guns go in too. . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2024 09:04 AM (x0n13)

355 As I said, he's funny and has some good insights, he can be trenchant at times, but he can also be erratic and manic.

And no like a suck up, be better.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 16, 2024 09:01 AM (XV/Pl)

you think you incessant cringe in the comments is some kind of Heroism ? are you expecting a Medal of Valor for dumping on ace when he is not around ? HAHAHA !

Posted by: runner at January 16, 2024 09:04 AM (V13WU)

356 How in hell can a prank caller swat the White House? Wouldn’t contacting law enforcement be the job of the Secret Service?

Because the whole was a BS op, imo. Who the fuck doesn't know the WH address? I'm as far from DC as one gets and I still know it.

Posted by: Halfhand at January 16, 2024 09:04 AM (H+Wt4)

357 >>Just don't taunt the Ewok.

ALWAYS Taunt Happy Fun Ewok.

Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2024 09:04 AM (RVloE)

358 310. Thank you JackStraw. If we want to win first we have to believe that we can and/or that we have no other choice but to win. Our backs are against the wall.

Posted by: Floridachick at January 16, 2024 09:05 AM (WqxKy)

359 here is an idea "Bender", do it on one of his threads a few times

Posted by: runner at January 16, 2024 09:05 AM (V13WU)

360 Trump can win by winning states he "lost" last time. He was so close in places last time that the Left had to add more manufactured votes after midnight.

Or the Steal this time will need to be so ginormous as to show manifest error. e.g. more votes than those registered.

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 16, 2024 09:05 AM (Gse2f)

361 If Biden just did the exact opposite of everything he and his party have done for the past 200 years . . .
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2024 09:03 AM (x0n13)
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LOL well sure.

But as to the specific question? I dunno. Maybe. Had his administration dealt with the border in even a pseudo-sane way, would he be leading? Possibly. I do think it would be much more easily winnable. He isn't great on other big issues, but most of them (Ukraine, Israel, trade, etc.) are decently split within the electorate. The economy is the big question mark - it sucks and is getting worse.

But without the border disaster, I think Biden's crew would be much, much stronger.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2024 09:05 AM (C19Uv)

362 "As a matter of fact, I wish he was nastier."

That's always been my position. Someone here said a while ago that Trump wanted too much to be the TV Dad figure.

He's going to have be nastier this time around. No choice if he wants to save America.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 16, 2024 09:05 AM (Miaia)

363 Trump pulled off a different version of the “full Grassley” last night. No he didn’t visit all 99 Iowa counties… but he did something more impressive: he won all 99 counties. This is absolutely incredible and a testament to his vote earning prowess…. He did it after the very popular governor of the state endorsed his main opponent. Why do people keep insisting Trump is icky and bad at politics??

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 16, 2024 09:05 AM (uvJW5)

364 Grab 'Em by the Pussy sounds like a good rap parody.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 16, 2024 09:05 AM (cpJB3)

365 Literally zero charisma.
Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2024 09:03 AM (RVloE)
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True. It's his biggest challenge.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 16, 2024 09:05 AM (rrQHL)

366 According to Andy McCarthy, there is a 5 year statute of limitations regarding federal employees "striking."

He said it would be irony should Trump win and come in Ja. 2025 and fire these people.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at January 16, 2024 09:06 AM (FxH7T)

367 Vivek will be joining Trump in NH for a rally.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2024 09:06 AM (NpAcC)

368 So are people still getting banned because DeSantis made such a laughably bad decision for his future and the future of our country?
Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 16, 2024 09:02 AM (+RC1q)

normally, from what I have seen, for being unhinged assholes who lose sense of reality because they spend way too much time on line

Posted by: runner at January 16, 2024 09:07 AM (V13WU)

369 Say what you will about Trump, he is a patriot who loves his country. That puts him ahead of 98% of all other national-level (and a good percentage of state- and local-level) pols in my book.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 16, 2024 09:07 AM (9yWhg)

370 "Just don't taunt the Ewok.
ALWAYS Taunt Happy Fun Ewok.
Posted by: garrett"

It goes something like this:

1. Ace writes about something he really believes.
2. Reader disagrees and says why.
3. Ace really disagrees and says shut up
4. Reader doesn't shut up.
5. Banned

Posted by: fd at January 16, 2024 09:07 AM (vFG9F)

371 My guess is that just like always, Different options are encouraged.

As long as they are well thought out, and articulated.

But personal insults should never be tolerated.

Unless you are insulting Paul.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 16, 2024 09:07 AM (hH3Px)

372 @359

>>here is an idea "Bender", do it on one of his threads a few times

I have, and it typically devolves into him calling me a lunatic or some such, it's as edifying as you would expect.

Your nose is getting pretty brown there buddy, you should top rooting around in Ace's Garbage.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 16, 2024 09:07 AM (XV/Pl)

373 Literally zero charisma.
Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2024 09:03 AM (RVloE)
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True. It's his biggest challenge.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 16, 2024 09:05 AM (rrQHL)

I actually think he had some early on in his governorship, but lost it once he was talked in by the Bushies and NeverTrumpers to run against Trump.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 16, 2024 09:07 AM (Zz0t1)

374 What moves can be made to remove illegals, prevent judicial activism, drain the swamp (stop laughing), shrink the Federals, restore fiscal sanity, etc. etc.? And since this is not The Treehouse let's not pray for Celestial Intervention, please; free will means no one is coming to our rescue.

1. Fire every SES person at every agency. They work at the pleasure of the president.
2. Appoint Dan Bongino head of the FBI
3. Transfer the entire CIA to either Benghazi or Thule Antarctica; pointing out they are not allowed to work in the US by law.
4. Transfer all the GS members in 3 letter agencies to Death Valley Auuugh AZ or Dead Horse Alaska. Accept the resignation of those who decline the moves.
That's a good day one start.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at January 16, 2024 09:07 AM (CecP5)

375 @286 Bitcoin Fixes This-Desantis needs to go on Tim Pool, Charlie Kirk and Steve Bannons show and force them to defend their guy? LMFAO. That stupid MF'er DeSantis was invited repeatedly onto all of them shows. His jerkoff campaign staff have gone scorched earth on any and all podcasters. If they mention Trump favorably; attack. If DeSantis isn't mentioned at all; attack. Listening to DeSantis whiney ass victim of Trump bullshit is tiresome considering their attacks on EVERYONE. DeSantis supporters have been so disingenuous with this crybaby shit. DeSantis can't campaign worth a flying fuck and this was the sonofabitch that you guys claim was the guy that can dismantle the Deep State? He isn't competent enough to pick the right campaign staff or even mount a campaign strong enough to challenge Trump. Dumbest f'ing campaign I've seen in my life. I at least hoped he would take Trump to task on certain issues, and he could have done it on the aforementioned shows and forced him out(Trump., He couldn't/wouldnt even do that. So continue to flail about attacking Trump supporters. It's working great for that establishment bozo.

Posted by: JROD at January 16, 2024 09:07 AM (IlL6s)

376 I sense a defeatist attitude throughout the comments. Trump has no chance. The powers that be will never allow him to be President again. Resistance is futile.

As for me, I love Trump partly because while he may stick his foot in his mouth at times, he frequently and with relish sticks his fist in the elites face. He pokes their eyes and pokes their chest. Trump throws their lies back in their faces. I love it. Absolutely love it. As a matter of fact, I wish he was nastier.

We are at war people. Think of October 7th and double it. That's what they want for our children.

I love a man who knows how to fight and who is not so prissy that he would rather lose than fight dirty.
Posted by: Floridachick at January 16, 2024 08:58 AM (WqxKy)

I love what you say, Floridachick, and I would love to believe you and be on your side. I just happen to be a confirmed cynic and depressive, so it's mentally easier for me to expect a massive Trump loss than hope for a massive win. And remember, I live in Maskachusetts, so I am surrounded 24/7 by Trump hate. It gets to you, sooner or later.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 16, 2024 09:07 AM (Q0kLU)

377 GOP voters are 27% of the electorate nationally, according to Gallup yesterday, so winning requires Trump to win a majority of independents. I know he has a plan to do that, but I think it will be a rough road...

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We were told there was an impossible 95% voter turnout or some nonsense in 2020.

Trump won in a landslide. Which is the problem in 2024 unless righteous and justified anger to see wrongs righted overwhelms the cheat and why VP DeSantis would've been so useful to the effort.

No other candidate is going to get blacks, hispanics, union workers, etc.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 16, 2024 09:07 AM (+RC1q)

378 --363 Trump pulled off a different version of the “full Grassley” last night. No he didn’t visit all 99 Iowa counties… but he did something more impressive: he won all 99 counties. This is absolutely incredible and a testament to his vote earning prowess…. He did it after the very popular governor of the state endorsed his main opponent. Why do people keep insisting Trump is icky and bad at politics??--

As I mentioned above, and this is a good horse to beat, what is the status of the ground game? Harvesting? GOTV? Micro-targeting? Drop boxes? Is the campaign aware of which counties/districts/handfulls of voters to target and get ballots to or get them to the polls come election day?

Going to need those to win the general.

Posted by: GigantorX at January 16, 2024 09:07 AM (x8k2o)

379 >>But without the border disaster, I think Biden's crew would be much, much stronger.

That would merely put his Foreign Policy Fails into the spotlight.

...Afghani Withdrawl, Iranian Funding, Ukraine, Israel / Hamas, the Creation of BRICS and the loss of the Petrol Dollar.

the list of FP fails is endless.

Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2024 09:08 AM (RVloE)

380 367 Vivek will be joining Trump in NH for a rally.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2024 09:06 AM (NpAcC)

That's great, glad to hear it.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 16, 2024 09:08 AM (Miaia)

381 Because the whole was a BS op, imo. Who the fuck doesn't know the WH address? I'm as far from DC as one gets and I still know it.
Posted by: Halfhand at January 16, 2024 09:04 AM (H+Wt4)
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Based on DC's antipode, I assume that this means that you are on a boat about 800 miles WSW from southwestern corner of Australia...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2024 09:08 AM (C19Uv)

382
That would merely put his Foreign Policy Fails into the spotlight.

...Afghani Withdrawl, Iranian Funding, Ukraine, Israel / Hamas, the Creation of BRICS and the loss of the Petrol Dollar.

the list of FP fails is endless.
Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2024 09:08 AM (RVloE)

"Do not underestimate Joe's ability to f*ck things up."

- - - - - Barack Hussein Owebama

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 16, 2024 09:09 AM (Zz0t1)

383 So are people still getting banned because DeSantis made such a laughably bad decision for his future and the future of our country?
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normally, from what I have seen, for being unhinged assholes who lose sense of reality because they spend way too much time on line
Posted by: runner
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That's possibly the longest "yes" I've seen in weeks.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 16, 2024 09:09 AM (+RC1q)

384 Tippy canoe, and your guns go in too. . .
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2024 09:04 AM (x0n13)
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Yiddish rendition of "Tomato, Tomahto":

You say 'gehnukt.'

I say 'gehnikt.'

You say 'shoot.'

I say....

'Don't miss!'

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 16, 2024 09:09 AM (dgZCh)

385 Trump pulled off a different version of the “full Grassley” last night. No he didn’t visit all 99 Iowa counties… but he did something more impressive: he won all 99 counties. This is absolutely incredible and a testament to his vote earning prowess…. He did it after the very popular governor of the state endorsed his main opponent. Why do people keep insisting Trump is icky and bad at politics??
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 16, 2024 09:05 AM (uvJW5)
******
Trump won 98 counties. Lost by 1 point to Nikki in Johnson County I think.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2024 09:10 AM (NpAcC)

386 Chem 125

Leroy has he mamas cough syrup in a 200 ml bottle.
D'angleo has 2 each 16.9 oz Arizona Teas and a bag of Skittles.

How many slugs of Purple Drank can they make for the party Friday night?

Show you work.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 16, 2024 09:10 AM (lwOKI)

387 >>As I mentioned above, and this is a good horse to beat, what is the status of the ground game? Harvesting? GOTV? Micro-targeting? Drop boxes? Is the campaign aware of which counties/districts/handfulls of voters to target and get ballots to or get them to the polls come election day?

How do you think Trump won all 99 counties?

Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2024 09:10 AM (ZLI7S)

388 ******
Trump won 98 counties. Lost by 1 point to Nikki in Johnson County I think.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2024 09:10 AM (NpAcC)

What a loser.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 16, 2024 09:10 AM (Zz0t1)

389 ...Afghani Withdrawl, Iranian Funding, Ukraine, Israel / Hamas, the Creation of BRICS and the loss of the Petrol Dollar.

the list of FP fails is endless.
Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2024 09:08 AM (RVloE)

All of which would suit Obama. Biden is a toy

Posted by: GOP sux at January 16, 2024 09:11 AM (Zzbjj)

390 373 Literally zero charisma.
Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2024 09:03 AM (RVloE)

He had a certain stolid, understated charisma as governor. That vanished when he took the larger stage. Perhaps for the reasons stated above, that he lost his voice with the the big donor influences.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 16, 2024 09:11 AM (Miaia)

391 the list of FP fails is endless.
Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2024 09:08 AM (RVloE)

But no mean tweets!

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 16, 2024 09:11 AM (lwOKI)

392 There's taunting and there's taunting. Some people are just trying to rile him (and others) up.

ace is good people, but he lives in a bubble as much as anyone else.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 16, 2024 09:12 AM (zZu0s)

393 So, Trump gets 40 delegates. How many does he need for the nomination?

Posted by: dantesed at January 16, 2024 09:12 AM (88xKn)

394
No he didn’t visit all 99 Iowa counties… but he did something more impressive: he won all 99 counties.

I was looking at vote totals this morning with 99% counted and it seemed to indicate Nikkki had won one county. I didn't care enough to check to see which one it was but I suspect it was some (D) infested area.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 16, 2024 09:13 AM (nIvob)

395 Watch the Left get desperate. They can't abide a Trump 2.0. They'll need an Obvious Steal to stop him. That or shoot him.

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 16, 2024 09:13 AM (Gse2f)

396 393 So, Trump gets 40 delegates. How many does he need for the nomination?
Posted by: dantesed at January 16, 2024 09:12 AM (88xKn)

Trump did NOT get 40 delegates from Iowa.

Current delegate breakdowns are Trump 20, DeSantis 8, Haley 7, Vivek 3 with 2 remaining...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 16, 2024 09:13 AM (exHjb)

397 370 "Just don't taunt the Ewok.

Nurture the "cruel" Ace.

Posted by: Auspex at January 16, 2024 09:13 AM (j4U/Z)

398 I'm just glad that Sponge didn't get permabanned yesterday. For a while there I was sure he had.

Posted by: William Jefferson Clinton at January 16, 2024 09:14 AM (9yWhg)

399 Trump won 98 counties. Lost by 1 point to Nikki in Johnson County I think.

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The county that voted 70% for Obama?

Shocking!

Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 16, 2024 09:14 AM (+RC1q)

400 here is an idea "Bender", do it on one of his threads a few times

I have, and it typically devolves into him calling me a lunatic or some such, it's as edifying as you would expect.

Your nose is getting pretty brown there buddy, you should top rooting around in Ace's Garbage.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 16, 2024 09:07 AM (XV/Pl)

do you contend you are not a lunatic? read your comment again.

Posted by: runner at January 16, 2024 09:14 AM (V13WU)

401 I didn't care enough to check to see which one it was but I suspect it was some (D) infested area.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 16, 2024 09:13 AM (nIvob)

Laura Ingraham was at the Haley caucus sites and said Dems were switching parties to repub to vote for Haley... So Haley is a cheating POS

Posted by: It's me donna at January 16, 2024 09:14 AM (n2vyf)

402 398 I'm just glad that Sponge didn't get permabanned yesterday. For a while there I was sure he had.
Posted by: William Jefferson Clinton at January 16, 2024 09:14 AM (9yWhg)

Just wrung out, evidently.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 16, 2024 09:15 AM (zZu0s)

403 >>Watch the Left get desperate. They can't abide a Trump 2.0. They'll need an Obvious Steal to stop him. That or shoot him.

There is one other option that nobody ever really floats, but it is well within their spere of 'reason'...

they can poison the well. And they WILL resort to that if it looks as though they have no path to a 'Victory'.

1st Q 2025 is going to be scary for our Republic.

Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2024 09:15 AM (RVloE)

404 Vivek will be joining Trump in NH for a rally.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2024 09:06 AM (NpAcC)
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My intuition remains that Ramaswamy is a most intelligent, talented plant, groomed to infiltrate.

Too good to be true. Watch this space for the next decade or so. If I'm wrong, I'll eat Marmite. Crow would be easier but it's not kosher.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 16, 2024 09:15 AM (dgZCh)

405 Think about how incredible it is that Trump only loses a solidly Obama county by 1 point.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 16, 2024 09:15 AM (+RC1q)

406 Laura Ingraham was at the Haley caucus sites and said Dems were switching parties to repub to vote for Haley... So Haley is a cheating POS
Posted by: It's me donna at January 16, 2024 09:14 AM (n2vyf)

Does not appear to have helped much, but might explain why she tied Desantis.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 16, 2024 09:15 AM (zZu0s)

407 Current delegate breakdowns are Trump 20, DeSantis 8, Haley 7, Vivek 3 with 2 remaining...
Posted by: Nova Local at January 16, 2024 09:13 AM (exHjb)

Thanks for the correction. I just assumed winner take all.

Posted by: dantesed at January 16, 2024 09:15 AM (88xKn)

408 But, hey, whatever happens, we might as well just kick back, enjoy the show, and try the best we can to live like water, flowing freely between the rocks and sticks and dead forest creatures of leftist insanity littering the riverbed. The NaCly method.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 16, 2024 08:04 AM (9UlRk)

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

The problem is the conservative movement doesn't take in emerging trends like MGTOW or even general economic populism. The left looks at all emerging trends and works to exploit them or demonize them.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 16, 2024 09:15 AM (cMXNt)

409 Vivek will be joining Trump in NH for a rally.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2024 09:06 AM (NpAcC)

If true, good.

It's the smart move.

If DeSantis is smart, after the next primary he should do likewise, if his ego will allow him to do so.

Haley! can go blow.

I'd love to see Vivek as Veep if he can be a team player and Trump let's him loose to cut down gov't.

Even smarter I suppose would be if there's a good conservative woman to debate the BJ Queen, and to give the recalcitrant womens a reason to vote Trump if a better economy isn't enough.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 16, 2024 09:15 AM (nFnyb)

410 Oh, crap. Off, Slick Willie sock!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 16, 2024 09:16 AM (9yWhg)

411 I was looking at vote totals this morning with 99% counted and it seemed to indicate Nikkki had won one county. I didn't care enough to check to see which one it was but I suspect it was some (D) infested area.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 16, 2024 09:13 AM (nIvob)
******
Johnson County. She won by 1 vote.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2024 09:16 AM (NpAcC)

412 If you think of the HQ as a tavern what goes on here makes sense…

Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2024 09:16 AM (PCK5/)

413 I'm just glad that Sponge didn't get permabanned yesterday. For a while there I was sure he had.
Posted by: William Jefferson Clinton at January 16, 2024 09:14 AM (9yWhg)

I'm not sure the Clinton backing is something I will relish.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 16, 2024 09:16 AM (Zz0t1)

414 PEOPLE

let's stay on topic
Bill Belichick interviewed with the Atlanta Falcons!

Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2024 09:16 AM (geLO8)

415 Just as an aside, the guy who bought the Baltimore Sun newspaper is heavily involved in WBFF, Fox 45 in the Baltimore area as well.

One might even think that the newspaper will be owned by a conservative.

In Baltimore, no less.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 16, 2024 09:16 AM (hH3Px)

416 That's possibly the longest "yes" I've seen in weeks.
Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 16, 2024 09:09 AM (+RC1q)

you seem a bit new, too new in fact, otherwise you would not be asking

Posted by: runner at January 16, 2024 09:16 AM (V13WU)

417

Stuck Teslas that won't charge all over Chicago this morning.

Waiting for Jennifer Granholm's sick burn on gas cars when she rolls out of bed in Puerto Rico.

Posted by: Auspex at January 16, 2024 09:16 AM (j4U/Z)

418 Vivek will be joining Trump in NH for a rally.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2024 09:06 AM (NpAcC)

I'd like to see Vivek in charge of dismantling a shitload of federal agencies.

I also want Trump to live up to his sick joke of the media being the enemy of the people by pulling all press passes except for Epoch Times and have an Oval Office meeting with them once a week, like Coolidge.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 16, 2024 09:16 AM (Q0kLU)

419 Thanks for the correction. I just assumed winner take all.
Posted by: dantesed at January 16, 2024 09:15 AM (88xKn)

I believe Trump gets Viveks 3 ?

Posted by: It's me donna at January 16, 2024 09:16 AM (n2vyf)

420 Trump is leading a movement. "The mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore" movement. Numbers go up every day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdQCPlAZjbY

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 16, 2024 09:17 AM (Gse2f)

421 @400

>>do you contend you are not a lunatic? read your comment again.

You're boring me, please stop.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 16, 2024 09:17 AM (XV/Pl)

422 Does a real woman being named Miss America amount to trannie genocide?

Posted by: Northernlurker at January 16, 2024 09:17 AM (yyfQG)

423 My intuition remains that Ramaswamy is a most intelligent, talented plant, groomed to infiltrate.

Too good to be true. Watch this space for the next decade or so. If I'm wrong, I'll eat Marmite. Crow would be easier but it's not kosher.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 16, 2024 09:15 AM (dgZCh)

he is a volunteer plant ?

Posted by: runner at January 16, 2024 09:17 AM (V13WU)

424 376 Posted by: Floridachick at January 16, 2024 08:58 AM (WqxKy)

I don't know about the comments as I only read the editorial.

Seriously, I'm not a defeatist but I am a realist. To not recognize both what Trump is up against as well as his flaws is to be in denial. I like both him and DeSantis. That said, the conditions are what they are, whether we like them or not.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2024 09:17 AM (x0n13)

425 All of which would suit Obama. Biden is a toy
Posted by: GOP sux at January 16, 2024 09:11 AM (Zzbjj)
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Obama is someone's toy, too. Aim higher.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 16, 2024 09:17 AM (dgZCh)

426
Vivek will be joining Trump in NH for a rally.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2024 09:06 AM

He's got a great future ahead of him at his young age and he stays the course.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 16, 2024 09:17 AM (nIvob)

427 Does a real woman being named Miss America amount to trannie genocide?
Posted by: Northernlurker at January 16, 2024 09:17 AM (yyfQG)

AND she's US Military, so yes. Yes it does.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 16, 2024 09:18 AM (Zz0t1)

428 My intuition remains that Ramaswamy is a most intelligent, talented plant, groomed to infiltrate.

Too good to be true. Watch this space for the next decade or so. If I'm wrong, I'll eat Marmite. Crow would be easier but it's not kosher.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 16, 2024 09:15 AM (dgZCh)

The problem is that the same argument could be made for Christie, Haley, Jeb, etc etc. The only two semi proven options we have are T or D. All else are unknowns.

Except for Haley- who we know from the flag shit years ago is a squish. And Christie.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 16, 2024 09:18 AM (zZu0s)

429 You're boring me, please stop.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 16, 2024 09:17 AM (XV/Pl)

quit posting and I will

Posted by: runner at January 16, 2024 09:18 AM (V13WU)

430 Ron supporters: Ron will destroy Biden in the general. He doesn't carry the baggage Trump does.

Also ron supporters: Waaaaaaaa! Trump said a mean thing! I hate you! You are big stupids!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 16, 2024 09:18 AM (2ovLw)

431 413, Heh, Sponge. That was me. Old sock from yesterday.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 16, 2024 09:18 AM (9yWhg)

432 Laura Ingraham was at the Haley caucus sites and said Dems were switching parties to repub to vote for Haley... So Haley is a cheating POS
Posted by: It's me donna at January 16, 2024 09:14 AM (n2vyf)
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Haley is actively targeting Dems.

I live in a formerly Dem house. I get all the shit from the old mailing lists. All of the old-line Dem organizations and the Party itself send me a bunch of routine political mail. I get tons of Dem and various left-wing direct mail. Environment, education, politics, unions, etc. Lots of mail every week.

Other than local candidates for city council and whatnot (they tend to blanket the entire area with no targeting), the only GOP candidate for whom I've ever received direct mail is Nikki Haley. She's reaching for Dems. She's the "moderate, sensible choice that won't scare you because she's the same as everyone else" candidate and based on my experience (minimal and anecdotal), she's looking for Dem votes.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2024 09:18 AM (C19Uv)

433 you seem a bit new, too new in fact, otherwise you would not be asking
Posted by: runner

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calm down

(this is subtle but I suspect some morons will get it)

Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 16, 2024 09:18 AM (+RC1q)

434 >>Does a real woman being named Miss America amount to trannie genocide?

I might be in the minority, but the one pic I saw of her was not flattering. She got a mannish face.

Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2024 09:18 AM (RVloE)

435 If you think of the HQ as a tavern what goes on here makes sense…
Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2024 09:16 AM (PCK5/)

If this place is a tavern, where the hell are my busty, easily bedded wenches and bottles of Veuve?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 16, 2024 09:18 AM (Q0kLU)

436 Old sock from yesterday.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 16, 2024 09:18 AM (9yWhg)

It happens to the best of us.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 16, 2024 09:19 AM (Zz0t1)

437 Amen Floridachick. I just wish Vivek would have stayed in the race long enough to have Trump say something outrageous about him like Vivek's old man actually killed Gandhi. I like Vivek but it would've be a good laugh.

Posted by: JROD at January 16, 2024 09:19 AM (IlL6s)

438 I just want to know how she will manage being Miss America AND an Air Force pilot at the same time

Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2024 09:19 AM (geLO8)

439 Geez, give it a rest.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 16, 2024 09:19 AM (SfhV1)

440 367 Vivek will be joining Trump in NH for a rally.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2024 09:06 AM (NpAcC)
That's great, glad to hear it.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 16, 2024 09:08 AM (Miaia)

Concur. Vivek will be an asset.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 16, 2024 09:19 AM (515bZ)

441 435 If you think of the HQ as a tavern what goes on here makes sense…
Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2024 09:16 AM (PCK5/)

If this place is a tavern, where the hell are my busty, easily bedded wenches and bottles of Veuve?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 16, 2024 09:18 AM (Q0kLU)

Mannix will come….

Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2024 09:19 AM (PCK5/)

442 let's stay on topic
Bill Belichick interviewed with the Atlanta Falcons!
Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2024 09:16 AM (geLO

Can we get Jerry Jones to hire him please? After he fires fat Mike

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 16, 2024 09:20 AM (uvJW5)

443 But it just may be a lunatic you're looking for.

Posted by: Billy Joel at January 16, 2024 09:20 AM (NBVIP)

444 439 Geez, give it a rest.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 16, 2024 09:19 AM (SfhV1)

Listen to her guys- she'll make you walk the plank!

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 16, 2024 09:20 AM (zZu0s)

445 If this place is a tavern, where the hell are my busty, easily bedded wenches
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

Do tavern wenches dress in Edwardian fashions?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 16, 2024 09:20 AM (9yWhg)

446 @404

>>My intuition remains that Ramaswamy is a most intelligent, talented plant, groomed to infiltrate

I don't think so, I think he is genuine.

If I were Trump, put him in charge of the election integrity team, and let him go to town on that, then if Trump wins, make him the Tsar of F**king Sh*t Up Generally Task Force.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 16, 2024 09:20 AM (XV/Pl)

447 >>If this place is a tavern,

JackStraw and I would be out back, getting high.

Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2024 09:20 AM (RVloE)

448 Haley won the county with Iowa City in it. Go figure. Stupid bullshit university games.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 16, 2024 09:20 AM (R4t5M)

449 Cuz that tiara will not fit inside a helmet

Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2024 09:21 AM (geLO8)

450
Johnson County. She won by 1 vote.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 16, 2024 09:16 AM

(Nikkki) To my eye it looks like the county where Iowa City is located.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 16, 2024 09:21 AM (nIvob)

451 Nikki is running the same " Nikki Hailey is our only hope to defeat Biden' ad campaign here in SC.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 16, 2024 09:21 AM (hH3Px)

452 419 Thanks for the correction. I just assumed winner take all.
Posted by: dantesed at January 16, 2024 09:15 AM (88xKn)

I believe Trump gets Viveks 3 ?
Posted by: It's me donna at January 16, 2024 09:16 AM (n2vyf)

Not usually - district level delegates are unaffiliated and can vote for who they want. State level delegates are reallocated based on any candidates who got 15% in a state and are still in the race come June.

So, TL/DR - Trump has 20.

Posted by: Nova Local at January 16, 2024 09:21 AM (exHjb)

453 In before the Trump Wars!

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 16, 2024 09:21 AM (aD39U)

454 Listen to her guys- she'll make you walk the plank!

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 16, 2024 09:20 AM (zZu0s)

Aye.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 16, 2024 09:21 AM (SfhV1)

455 Good morning!
Ugh, running late. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2024 09:21 AM (NKqpy)

456 Trump can't beat Biden because he only won the 70% Democrat area by 1 vote.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 16, 2024 09:21 AM (+RC1q)

457 447 >>If this place is a tavern,

JackStraw and I would be out back, getting high.
Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2024 09:20 AM (RVloE)

Ah, Dumpster Doobies….

Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2024 09:21 AM (PCK5/)

458 453 In before the Trump Wars!
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 16, 2024 09:21 AM (aD39U)

Too late

Posted by: It's me donna at January 16, 2024 09:22 AM (n2vyf)

459 I don't get why you would need to interview a former head coach. Their record is out there, on the public airwaves, for all to see.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 16, 2024 09:22 AM (9yWhg)

460 If you think of the HQ as a tavern what goes on here makes sense…
Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2024 09:16 AM (PCK5/)

If this place is a tavern, where the hell are my busty, easily bedded wenches and bottles of Veuve?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 16, 2024 09:18 AM (Q0kLU)

It's more like a cantina.

At Mos Eisley.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 16, 2024 09:22 AM (4I/2K)

461 Dangit, lost. You know what I meant.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 16, 2024 09:22 AM (+RC1q)

462 I know you are, but what am I?

Posted by: Your younger sibling at January 16, 2024 09:22 AM (NBVIP)

463 it is too early for a blogspat

The proprieties, at all times, if you please

Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2024 09:22 AM (geLO8)

464 I also want Trump to live up to his sick joke of the media being the enemy of the people by pulling all press passes except for Epoch Times and have an Oval Office meeting with them once a week, like Coolidge.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 16, 2024 09:16 AM (Q0kLU)

Dead on. Cut them off the access teat. Something radical must be done about the media. Status quo and "Fake News!" no longer suffice. The highlight of Iowa was Vivek's handling of the media. Breitbart with a surgical, Socratic twist.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 16, 2024 09:22 AM (Miaia)

465
>>If this place is a tavern,

JackStraw and I would be out back, getting high.

Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2024 09:20 AM

When you play Grateful Dead would you guys mind keeping the volume down?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 16, 2024 09:23 AM (nIvob)

466 My intuition remains that Ramaswamy is a most intelligent, talented plant, groomed to infiltrate.

Too good to be true. Watch this space for the next decade or so. If I'm wrong, I'll eat Marmite. Crow would be easier but it's not kosher.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 16, 2024 09:15 AM (dgZCh)
++++
Something about him raises my hackles. I can't quite put my finger on it. It isn't anything he says or does. I love what he says, and most of it seems spot-on from my standpoint. I should love the guy, but I don't. The reason I don't is that he seems like Obama. Not in policy or speech, but in terms of the package.

He's a very slick, very charismatic and very well-spoken (and unlike Obama, he can do it without the prompter) with stated attitudes and beliefs that seem almost tailor-made to be appealing to me - and he came out of nowhere and hit the scene like an atom bomb. None of this means that he's a nefarious agent and he could be what it says on the tin - but it raises an eyebrow for me. He's almost like a well-crafted ideal candidate. I fear - I have no evidence, it's just a suspicion - that he might be a cipher.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2024 09:23 AM (C19Uv)

467 As long as we remember to not take our HQ bullshit too seriously, all will be well….

Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2024 09:23 AM (PCK5/)

468 it is too early for a blogspat

So, how's about them crossbows?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 16, 2024 09:23 AM (9yWhg)

469 "Haley won the county with Iowa City in it. Go figure. Stupid bullshit university games."

Look at the raw number of votes cast, county by county.

While the other early reports were showing counties with 23-40 votes cast, that one came in at well over 130 votes cast.

I suspect University student input.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 16, 2024 09:23 AM (hH3Px)

470 As a Giants fan I was happy to see our NFC East rivals , Eagles and Cowboys knocked out. Like to see Bills finally win one. If not I'd like to see Lions finally win one

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 16, 2024 09:24 AM (/Mbcg)

471 This, I doubt. This will cost a ton of money. Trump doesn't spend his money running. He expects his innate popularity and rallies to do the hard work for him.
Posted by: Nova Local at January 16, 2024 08:35 AM (exHjb)

Couple time you posted about him not really campaigning.
Lots of people seem to be experts on a campaign they are taking no part in.
I suppose these lack of ground game posts would just continue even after leaning that Trump's ground game was significantly increased and improved from 2016 primaries.
I guess the next posts will be sure but he won't do any of that in the election... he's just all about wildly successful rallies.
Maybe he should basement campaign, after all that's shown victories lately.

Posted by: Inogame at January 16, 2024 09:24 AM (53oGX)

472 > If you think of the HQ as a tavern what goes on here makes sense…
---

Waitress? This isn't what I ordered...

Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2024 09:24 AM (geLO8)

473 I've said it before: if this place were a tavern, some of you would be out of teeth by now.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 16, 2024 09:24 AM (zdLoL)

474 Everyone can see what Trump's flaws are. Everyone can see what Ron's flaws are. We are all watching them all the time.

There is no chance on this earth that Biden beats Trump in a fair election. He didn't in 2020 when he hid in his basement while the media ran his campaign for him and now that he has an unparalleled record of complete failure and disaster he has less than no shot.

The only way Trump loses is through the cheat and that will only happen if we allow it. Stop relying on others, this is our country and we can let them know we won't have it.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2024 09:24 AM (ZLI7S)

475 Site's server is located in San Fran?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 16, 2024 09:00 AM (dgZCh)

Physical server is in Utah.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 16, 2024 09:24 AM (2ovLw)

476 If you think of the HQ as a tavern what goes on here makes sense…
Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2024 09:16 AM (PCK5/)
++++
Out: Salon
In: Saloon

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2024 09:25 AM (C19Uv)

477 it is too early for a blogspat

-

I've got a feeling this year is going to make 2016 look like the joyous beginnings of our first loves.

All while everyone knows that anyone who is allowed to be seated in the executive chair will be seated there because they want them there, not because we voted for them. There is no debate about that any longer.

But we're supposed to pretend it's 1992 or something.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 16, 2024 09:25 AM (+RC1q)

478 >>>If this place is a tavern,

is "96 Tears" on the jukebox?

Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2024 09:25 AM (geLO8)

479 Vivek is an exceptionally good salesman. The volume of snake oil he could have sold at a fair would be staggering !

Posted by: runner at January 16, 2024 09:25 AM (V13WU)

480 The problem is that the same argument could be made for Christie, Haley, Jeb, etc etc. The only two semi proven options we have are T or D. All else are unknowns.

Except for Haley- who we know from the flag shit years ago is a squish. And Christie.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 16, 2024 09:18 AM (zZu0s)
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I agree with you about Trump and Desantis.

Every other name you mentioned is either not intelligent nor talented. That's possibly the only difference.

Again: my intuition. Several little things I saw from his past and slips during his campaign over the last year added to my concern that he's a façade.

Only time will tell.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 16, 2024 09:25 AM (dgZCh)

481 I don't get why you would need to interview a former head coach. Their record is out there, on the public airwaves, for all to see.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

In Belichek's case, it's the team that's selling itself.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 16, 2024 09:25 AM (R4t5M)

482 Do tavern wenches dress in Edwardian fashions?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 16, 2024 09:20 AM (9yWhg)

If they want some of that sweet, sweet Poppins loving, they do.

http://tinyurl.com/yc72u9xp

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 16, 2024 09:26 AM (Q0kLU)

483 The said I went to name calling because I'm a cultist and have nothing then called me a c*nt and told me to leave.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 16, 2024 08:37 AM (Zz0t1)

To be fair you do sort of lead the Cult of Sponge First posts...

Posted by: Inogame at January 16, 2024 09:26 AM (53oGX)

484 TOP THREE POSSIBLE ACE REACTIONS TO TRUMP'S WIN IN IOWA:

3) The voters have spoken. Trump won decisively and I shall now support him with all my might, so that he might be President, God willing.

2) Oh, Ron! We hardly knew ye! I didn't even have the opportunity to get acquainted with your garbage. *shakes fist at sky* As God as my witness...As God as my witness!!!! I shall carry DeSantisism in my heart forever!

1) You bastards!!!! YOOOOUUUUBASTARDS!!!!!! AAAUUUUUUGHHH!!!!!! AAAAAAHHHHGGGG!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at January 16, 2024 09:26 AM (nFnyb)

485 What we'll get with Trump - another four years of solid economic conditions period. That's it. And those will last only as long as he is in office and will be wiped out in four years. Lifelong corrupt scum in every agency will continue their push of the US into hell.

I trust Desantis to understand, know how, and want to wipe out every corrupt agency from top to bottom and that's why he is a better fit as the adult in the room as opposed to one-trick Trump. We clean out our agencies that enforce the laws we start the turnaround of the diseased culture, the abuse of American citizens, and the emptying of the infestation of corruption in congress. Everything else positive flows from that.

Trump supporters - tell us what Trump did to that end from 2017 - 2020. We're waiting..... And if you claim others stopped his attempts, provide us with the list of steps he ATTEMPTED. Who did he appoint, or try to appoint that was stymied by congress?

(there were none, not one)

Posted by: Son of Dad at January 16, 2024 09:26 AM (8JB5s)

486 >>is "96 Tears" on the jukebox?

You better hope there is no Jukebox.

I am not above throwing in a $20 bill and making you listen to The Culture Club on Repeat for an hour or so.

Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2024 09:26 AM (RVloE)

487 429 You're boring me, please stop.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 16, 2024 09:17 AM (XV/Pl)

quit posting and I will

Posted by: runner
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Break and go to a neutral corner.
Wipe off with a cool towel.
Take a sip of water.
And wait three minutes.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 16, 2024 09:26 AM (cpJB3)

488 I suspect University student input.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 16, 2024 09:27 AM (R4t5M)

489 I sort of remember being told that Trump voters would be blamed for the loss after another steal, because another moron pointed out that he could also blame DeSantis supporters for supporting DeSantis using that same logic.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 16, 2024 09:28 AM (+RC1q)

490 Haley started off as Tea Party, didn't she ? The many influential people figured out she could be "convinced" to move one way or another - away from more conservative positions. She is a "uniter not a divider." and that is her shtick.

Posted by: runner at January 16, 2024 09:28 AM (V13WU)

491 This is a site run by a guy in NYC, managed by a guy in West Wayalong Aus, and served from a computer in Utah. With COBs and commenters worldwide.
Truly a global operation.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 16, 2024 09:28 AM (2ovLw)

492 I don't get why you would need to interview a former head coach. Their record is out there, on the public airwaves, for all to see.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 16, 2024 09:22 AM (9yWhg)

Let's see. Union rules, raycisim, NFL DEI policy, more raycisim, media hollering about not enough YT running backs, errr I mean black head coaches and raycisim.

That should cover it.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 16, 2024 09:28 AM (515bZ)

493 Apparently there are online whispers about Bill Belichick and a certain team in Texas

Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2024 09:28 AM (geLO8)

494 Only time will tell.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 16, 2024 09:25 AM (dgZCh)

Indeed.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 16, 2024 09:29 AM (zZu0s)

495 @466

>>He's a very slick, very charismatic and very well-spoken (and unlike Obama, he can do it without the prompter) with stated attitudes and beliefs that seem almost tailor-made to be appealing to me - and he came out of nowhere and hit the scene like an atom bomb.

Unlike Obama, Vivek actually is accomplished and up until 2021 he was a businessman, sure he wasn't a Community Organizer, but we don't have to hold that against him.

I think what raises the most concern is that his speaking patterns and mannerism seem to copy Obama's to an eerie degree.

Basically, time will tell, what Vivek actually is.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 16, 2024 09:29 AM (XV/Pl)

496 Maybe CBD will give us a Brueghel painting this morning… or a Bosch..

Posted by: tubal at January 16, 2024 09:29 AM (PCK5/)

497 >>> based on my experience (minimal and anecdotal), she's looking for Dem votes.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
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I read that she has big Dem donors.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 16, 2024 09:29 AM (cpJB3)

498 >>I am not above throwing in a $20 bill and making you listen to The Culture Club on Repeat for an hour or so.

I absolutely believe this.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2024 09:29 AM (ZLI7S)

499 This is a site run by a guy in NYC, managed by a guy in West Wayalong Aus, and served from a computer in Utah. With COBs and commenters worldwide.
Truly a global operation.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 16, 2024 09:28 AM (2ovLw)
-

Yeh but everything goes through the NSA.

Hi Bob!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 16, 2024 09:30 AM (dgZCh)

500 Basically, time will tell, what Vivek actually is.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 16, 2024 09:29 AM (XV/Pl)
++++
Yup. I want him to be real, but I have him in the "this is suspicious" file.

I hope I am wrong, and the he is what he appears to be.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 16, 2024 09:30 AM (C19Uv)

501 There's still a very real possibility that Trump could be in jail by the time the general election rolls around.

***

So, someone should stay in as Ronna McTraitor insurance?
I'd prefer DeSantis as runner up, in tgat case

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at January 16, 2024 09:30 AM (vnSn7)

502
I trust Desantis to understand, know how, and want to wipe out every corrupt agency from top to bottom and that's why he is a better fit as the adult in the room as opposed to one-trick Trump. We clean out our agencies that enforce the laws we start the turnaround of the diseased culture, the abuse of American citizens, and the emptying of the infestation of corruption in congress. Everything else positive flows from that.

Trump supporters - tell us what Trump did to that end from 2017 - 2020. We're waiting..... And if you claim others stopped his attempts, provide us with the list of steps he ATTEMPTED. Who did he appoint, or try to appoint that was stymied by congress?

(there were none, not one)
Posted by: Son of Dad

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You nailed it.

That's why DeSantis should've declared he was Trump's VP the moment the first charges were pressed against the Republican president. But everyone stayed quiet because it's a normal year, just another election like 1992.

We could've had DeSantis in office helping clean crap up and ready to take over in 2028 to continue the mission. But oh well. Instead he'll lose to Nikki.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 16, 2024 09:30 AM (+RC1q)

503 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 16, 2024 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

504 489 I sort of remember being told that Trump voters would be blamed for the loss after another steal, because another moron pointed out that he could also blame DeSantis supporters for supporting DeSantis using that same logic.
Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 16, 2024 09:28 AM (+RC1q)

Because everyone gets worked up to the point where they go from 'prefer' to 'NEVER the other guy'. Certain nics seem to relish and get off on this shit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 16, 2024 09:30 AM (zZu0s)

505 >>This is a site run by a guy in NYC, managed by a guy in West Wayalong Aus, and served from a computer in Utah. With COBs and commenters worldwide.
Truly a global operation.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

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SPANNING THE GLOBE TO BRING YOU THE CONSTANT VARIETY OF CUTE ANIMAL VIDEOS

Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2024 09:30 AM (geLO8)

506 " I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is throwing you into confusion, whoever that may be, will have to pay the penalty. "

Galatians 5:10

Posted by: Marcus T at January 16, 2024 09:30 AM (LKBWf)

507 254 To be fair, Ace has also consistently denounced the Leftist persecutions of Trump.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 16, 2024 08:48 AM (9yWhg)

He's also said Trump brings it on himself..

Posted by: Inogame at January 16, 2024 09:31 AM (53oGX)

508 Noodus gratia artis

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 16, 2024 09:31 AM (9yWhg)

509

https://apnews.com/hub/israel-hamas-war

wild claims w/slim basis,being released.
my stand, Bible +Zionism
build sturdiest path, & others frothing off-kilter

Posted by: zigzag at January 16, 2024 09:31 AM (bgMbd)

510 I already trust Vivek more than Mitch McConnell, McCarthy, Paul Ryan, etc.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 16, 2024 09:31 AM (+RC1q)

511 >>I absolutely believe this.

The Best Bar Fight I have ever been in was seeded by this very act.

Fucking hysterical to watch a redneck bar boil over while 'I'll tumble for you' plays for the 17th time in a row.

Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2024 09:31 AM (RVloE)

512 I think what raises the most concern is that his speaking patterns and mannerism seem to copy Obama's to an eerie degree.

Basically, time will tell, what Vivek actually is.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 16, 2024 09:29 AM (XV/Pl)
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Obama remains an empty suit.

Vivek doesn't need a teleprompter.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 16, 2024 09:32 AM (dgZCh)

513 Beyond Vivek you have nobody but snake oil salesmen politicians you put your faith, fanboyism and invest in. Career Politicians every f'ing time by our side. "Well he's a starched shirt upstanding fella by golly, definitely a torch bearer" only to get screwed and have to force the asshole through phone calls and e-mails to hopefully do your bidding.

Republican=Stupid Party

Posted by: JROD at January 16, 2024 09:32 AM (IlL6s)

514 This is . . . unbelievable:

RichardHanania
Jan 12
Population of Yemen:

1960: 5.5 mil
1990: 13.4 mil
2020: 32.2 mil
2050, projected: 55.3 mil
Evolution has spoken.
The modern world selects for Yemenis.
- - - -
@whyvert
About 1.3 million births per year. More than Russia or Japan.

Around half of the population fed by the World Food Programme.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2024 09:32 AM (NKqpy)

515 I am not above throwing in a $20 bill and making you listen to The Culture Club on Repeat for an hour or so.

If I'm nose-deep into this, you can play Yoko all day, for all I care.

http://tinyurl.com/ypajsu52

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 16, 2024 09:32 AM (Q0kLU)

516 506 " I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is throwing you into confusion, whoever that may be, will have to pay the penalty. "

Galatians 5:10
Posted by: Marcus T at January 16, 2024 09:30 AM (LKBWf)

This.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 16, 2024 09:33 AM (zZu0s)

517 I kinda like Vivek.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at January 16, 2024 09:33 AM (vnSn7)

518 The modern world didn't select for Yemenis, the UN did - with U.S. money. That is not assistance, that is something else entirely

Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2024 09:33 AM (NKqpy)

519 Because everyone gets worked up to the point where they go from 'prefer' to 'NEVER the other guy'. Certain nics seem to relish and get off on this shit.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop

-

Nikki and Pence were my only two "no, never" lines.

I, like a hundred million other people, would stand in line for hours to pull the lever for Trump/DeSantis.

Alas.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 16, 2024 09:34 AM (+RC1q)

520 Now we know what the 2 missing SEALs were involved with:

http://tinyurl.com/583t7wkp

(AP)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 16, 2024 09:36 AM (dgZCh)

521 I, like a hundred million other people, would stand in line for hours to pull the lever for Trump/DeSantis.
**
I don't think it's out of the question. But I'm no expert on the residence issue.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 16, 2024 09:36 AM (Miaia)

522 Lots of words. Well done.

Posted by: DOYLE at January 16, 2024 09:36 AM (Z8Yh2)

523
The modern world didn't select for Yemenis, the UN did - with U.S. money. That is not assistance, that is something else entirely

Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2024 09:33 AM

Meanwhile, in the USA the cradle to young adulthood cost is now estimated at half a million dollars per child.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 16, 2024 09:37 AM (nIvob)

524 479 Vivek is an exceptionally good salesman. The volume of snake oil he could have sold at a fair would be staggering !

Posted by: runner at January 16, 2024 09:25 AM (V13WU)

If he's selling snake oil, I'll have a gallon of it. On the rocks with a twist. Meh. Straight up.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2024 09:38 AM (x0n13)

525 Beyond Vivek you have nobody but snake oil salesmen politicians you put your faith, fanboyism and invest in.

Posted by: JROD at January 16, 2024 09:32 AM (IlL6s)
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I am not a giant fan of neither Trump nor Desantis but I don't see either of those 2 as snake oil salesmen.

Anyone else?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 16, 2024 09:39 AM (dgZCh)

526 305 From April through June 2022, they were able to meet and sit down with over 1,300 Illinois residents across the state and — with their consent — reviewed their 20-year voting histories. They uncovered over 57% irregularities, including

votes cast when voters did not vote,
votes missing when they did vote,
voters registered and voting at addresses where they did not live, and
registrations with illogical registration dates.
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 16, 2024 08:56 AM (lwOKI)

This is what the $hit Midas team took national.

Posted by: Inogame at January 16, 2024 09:39 AM (53oGX)

527 If I'm nose-deep into this, you can play Yoko all day, for all I care.

http://tinyurl.com/ypajsu52
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 16, 2024 09:32 AM (Q0kLU)

Anna Held. She was beautiful.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at January 16, 2024 09:39 AM (iODuv)

528 >>Meanwhile, in the USA the cradle to young adulthood cost is now estimated at half a million dollars per child.

If they don;t give in to the pressure to abort to further the mom's career, to save the planet, whatever.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2024 09:40 AM (NKqpy)

529 I don't think it's out of the question. But I'm no expert on the residence issue.

-

People have watched food, energy, etc prices double in two years. Car prices are up 30%, to the point where even the media is beginning to report that 60% of Americans can't afford a new car.

I don't think 100M voters trying to get our economy back in hand is out of the question.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's Trump's fault at January 16, 2024 09:40 AM (+RC1q)

530 Ron is a lawyer. He doesn't want to muss his hair.

He has alpha skills but not the alpha attitude.

Posted by: pawn at January 16, 2024 09:44 AM (QB+5g)

531 Good morning, all.

"I support Trump yet he nevertheless gets under my skin when he says and does things that at times are head-scratchers if not "WTF!?"-inducing. At other times he hits the friggin' nail right on the head when it comes to the issues and what needs to get done. If, as the tea leaves show, he is unstoppable in the primaries, then we best get behind him, warts and all. Doesn't mean hold back on criticism when it's warranted. ...." Thank you, J.J. You hit the nail on the head with your well put analysis once again.

Wish I had more faith in our system. I'm not naïve but never imagined the building of a vast 'civil society' to stop one person, and the ruin of so many other lives in the process. And, no, C19 isn't the reason for the lose of humanity but a dandy excuse. BTW, mysterious 'Disease X' made it onto the agenda of the World Economic Forum & today, so did Zelenskyy. WTF.

The day also begins with MSM touting that Trump faces another defamation trial by E. Jean Carroll. And, again, FJB has nothing on his public schedule. Seems 'some people,' who is the Q, run the government almost solely through Executive Orders and the White House Briefing Room.

Posted by: L - They don't have to outrun the bear. They only have to outrun us - for now at January 16, 2024 09:47 AM (GshMh)

532 Here is who the RNC is working with. The RNC is against Trump - you - and don't forget it.

http://tinyurl.com/265yt4et

Posted by: Danimal28 at January 16, 2024 09:47 AM (klw0w)

533 Have you heard the news?

Can't afford no shoes....

http://tinyurl.com/2pu5vhx9

Posted by: pawn at January 16, 2024 09:47 AM (QB+5g)

534 Yep, 30 point loss for Rob.

Posted by: Scoob at January 16, 2024 09:48 AM (/ypIK)

535 @525 Bidens Dog sniffs a whole lot of malarkey-Sure! A whole shitload of snake oil salesmen dating back to the Class of 94' right up to the incompetent DeSantis and 98% of the GOP. We do love our professional politicians though!

Posted by: JROD at January 16, 2024 09:49 AM (IlL6s)

536 491 This is a site run by a guy in NYC, managed by a guy in West Wayalong Aus, and served from a computer in Utah. With COBs and commenters worldwide.
Truly a global operation.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy
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No other place like it.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 16, 2024 09:51 AM (cpJB3)

537 I trust Desantis to understand, know how, and want to wipe out every corrupt agency from top to bottom and that's why he is a better fit as the adult in the room as opposed to one-trick Trump.

DeSantis has at least two problems Trump does not have; 1.) he has to have big dollar donors, Trump doesn't. The "Chamber of Commerce" guys turn Ron into a well meaning Romney - nothing but an ineffective lump on a log, who won't be able to reform anything. 2.) In addition he has the problem of being Charisma free, nobody can accuse Trump of that.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at January 16, 2024 09:52 AM (CecP5)

538 'Disease X', is Musk and his brainvirus hysteria.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 16, 2024 09:52 AM (cpJB3)

539 451 Nikki is running the same " Nikki Hailey is our only hope to defeat Biden' ad campaign here in SC.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 16, 2024 09:21 AM (hH3Px)

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

That ad is perfect for 2003.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 16, 2024 09:55 AM (cMXNt)

540 451 Nikki is running the same " Nikki Hailey is our only hope to defeat Biden' ad campaign here in SC.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 16, 2024 09:21 AM (hH3Px)

Nobody who really wants to get rid of Biden believes that. What she's really saying, or her backer's are saying, is that "she's our only hope of substituting bad Biden with our own better Biden."

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 16, 2024 10:02 AM (Miaia)

541 critiques of Trump that are intended to "steer" him in the preferred direction are fine ... critiques that are meant to sink him are not ... anything that the left will use against Trump in the general are intended to sink him ... warning shots are not friendly fire while all too often we see "warning" shots fired right at him ... i.i. friendly fire ...

Posted by: The Dark Lord at January 16, 2024 10:07 AM (DBAaD)

542 The RNC & Ronna's call to "Bank your vote!!" seem a bit more ominous now that we are starting to see what her (and the RNC's) options are. You know, "in case of an emergency".

Posted by: MrToad at January 16, 2024 10:24 AM (dFFrG)

543 Another thing:

>The White House Briefing Room, (Sunday) January 14, 2024, Statement from President Joe Biden Marking 100 Days of Captivity for Hostages in Gaza.

It begins, "Today, we mark a devastating and tragic milestone—100 days of captivity for the more than 100 innocent people, including as many as 6 Americans, who are still held being hostage by Hamas in Gaza. For 100 days, they have existed in fear for their lives, not knowing what tomorrow will bring. ..."

>Today, US gov. employees plan walkout over Biden’s Gaza policies & Rep. Johnson calls for their firing. Stop. FJB just needs to make managers manage.

Fed employees get 1/2 hour lunch. They may demonstrate outside their buildings. If they're injured or become ill in the process, they're on their own time, off paid status. Managers must stand accountable that those demonstrating do not exceed their lunch break (or in some cases of unionized employees, 15 minutes break time). Leave requested must be on the books & approved prior to usage.

Theft of time = theft of $ in government service. Manager(s) must certify time & attendance of their staffs.
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Stand with Israel & free ALL Hamas hostages. Pray for IDF.

Posted by: L - They don't have to outrun the bear. They only have to outrun us - for now at January 16, 2024 10:28 AM (GshMh)

544 Very good blog you have here but I was wanting to know if you
knew of any discussion boards that cover the same topics talked about in this article?

I'd really like to be a part of online community where I can get
comments from other knowledgeable people that share the same interest.
If you have any suggestions, please let me know.
Thank you!

Posted by: web site at January 16, 2024 10:54 AM (ynkYO)

545 "Trump in Jail"...even IF any of the cases result in any convictions, they WILL be appealed, all of the way to the SC as needed. He isn't a flight risk in any way/shape/form, particularly in the middle of a Presidential race, has plenty of Property to offer up as security. Will have a full time SS Detail with him 24/7, as well as a full time media/camera train.
Any judge that insists upon Jailing him until all appeals are adjudicated will be a laughing stock...maybe not to the Media, but certainly to the legitimate Legal/Judicial community. ALSO...there will be very large numbers of regular citizens NOT LAUGHING, and things may go seriouly ugly.

Posted by: birdog at January 16, 2024 11:40 AM (sYlnp)

546 Trump isn’t the leader of that movement, because he doesn’t lead anywhere, that requires intentionality he lacks capacity for, he’s just still doing everything for his own narrow interests with zero planning. A bunch of people have made him the avatar of a movement, and had DALL-E paste him into cringey artwork of brave leadership, but he isn’t actually contributing anything to the cause that has elevated him. The most honest Trump-backers seem to embrace that it’s all purely symbolic and roll with it, which is a sign of the weird post-modern world we inhabit today.

Posted by: Cjw at January 16, 2024 01:15 PM (s2V+q)

547 YES - if Trump is the nominee, you take your "criticism", sit down and shut the fuck up. PERIOD.

The only people that will be talking shit after Trump is the confirmed nominee are NeverTrump loser assholes. By all means, we'd all like to know who those people are, so get to it

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