The Morning Report

The Morning Report — 1/22/24

Good morning, kids. Well, Ron DeSantis has bowed out of the race gracefully and even endorsed Donald Trump. That leaves one little Indian, literally, left standing and we'll get to her in a moment. It's quite telling that DeSantis' striking a conciliatory tone stands in stark contrast to his boosters:

It's quite telling that his striking a conciliatory tone stands in stark contrasts to his boosters:

While much of the political world rejoiced in DeSantis’s decision to unify the party and back Trump in the primary race to focus on defeating [spurious fraud "president"] Biden in November, many of DeSantis’s online influencers are having a much more difficult time letting bygones be bygones.
“It’s ‘Governor Ron DeSantis’ now, is it?” Jenna Ellis sarcastically asked in reaction to a statement from the Trump campaign on DeSantis’s exit from the race and subsequent endorsement of Trump.
“No more Rob DeSanctimonious? We’re all just supposed to forget? They think so. I don’t. The audacity here to use the line, ‘It’s time to choose wisely,'” she said.
“Instead of trying genuinely to recruit DeSantis supporters, the Trump Camp takes a parting shot at @bobvanderplaats and evangelicals who wanted to be post-Trump,” she asserted.
“It was all just a psyop. And you all still trust anything that Trump promises?!” she proclaimed in another post.

I thought in order to be considered an "influencer" you have to actually influence people in a positive manner. How'd that work out for you, Jenna Ellis? Pfft. If their results matched the hype, DeSantis would be the one with the massive double-digit lead going into New Hampshire after a double-digit win in Iowa. Look, I get it, and in all fairness, I was a Cruz booster eight short (long) years ago and absolutely hated the "Lyin' Ted" swipe. It was what it was and it is what it is. I voted for Trump just to protect us from Hilary and then four years later I voted FOR Trump period. In any case, when you realize that these schmucks have zero influence on anyone, their puerile tantrums are micturating into the 600mph eye of Jupiter.

I like and respect Ron DeSantis. More importantly I admire Ron DeSantis for his record as governor. He's done more in his tenure to preserve and grow Florida as a sanctuary (pun intended) and a haven for freedom-loving Americans escaping the insanity of blue-state anti-America than arguably any other red state governor. That he won the statehouse by a very narrow margin and in doing so, prevented crack-addicted Marxist Andrew Gillum from completely wrecking the state earns my gratitude. In fact, Florida's formerly heavily Democrat-influenced election machine gave us fits every election cycle and victory was never a sure thing. That seems to be a thing of the past, in no small part thanks to DeSantis' presence in Tallahsee. Need I remind you of Al Gore and his hanging chakras, er, chads? DeSantis is going places and hopefully he'll be the one in '28. An unknown MAGA superstar on the horizon who captures the imagination, or the descent into total dictatorship after '24 notwithstanding.

As for Trump, he is who he is, warts and all. If you don't get that by now, you're never going to get it. His "style" and his "personality" are irrelevant, and those who attempt to make that the issue are fools or disingenuous in their real opposition to him. That said, those who have issues with his missteps and fiascos based strictly on policy, most egregiously his hiring practices and his record on the lockdowns, should not be dismissed. And I count myself in that category, and was indeed wavering on my complete support of him as the candidate to be the standard bearer.

Most likely, the appeal of Trump centers on two things: the abject destruction that Joey Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants has unleashed on the nation and his state-sanctioned persecutions via several kangaroo court trials with the cherry on the parfait of the attempts to remove him from state ballots. All of those things are interrelated and more and more people get it. For better or worse, Trump is seen as a martyr. With every new charge and accusation hurled at him came a significant rise in his polling. I don't think Ron DeSantis or anyone ever had a chance against that.

The fact of the matter is, Trump is indeed a political martyr and before long he will either be imprisoned or assassinated. And that will be the bitter end. Ditto if he manages to actually beat the odds and the Democrat cheat machine in the swing states and win re-re-election, because the Left, after equating him with "literally Hitler" who will take away our freedoms and throw people into concentration camps (like Merrick Garland has actually done, ironically) will unleash a wave of terror that will make the 2020 Summer of Floyd look like Disco Night at Comiskey Park (or Kaminski Field, pace Obama the Dog-Eating Boy).

All of that said, I still think Trump's worst enemy is himself. Mercifully, the scuttlebutt of his supposedly courting Nikki Haley as his running mate have been exploded. Mostly by Trump himself who ripped her a new one the other day. But was there any substance to the initial rumors? His son Don Jr. a couple of weeks back supposedly told him to drop her like radioactive waste. If true, I hope this is an indicator that he and brother Eric are not of the same mindset as Jared and Ivanka and can effectively box them out this go round.

The late great William F. Buckley once said "I'd rather be governed by the first 3,000 random people from the Boston phonebook than an equal number of Ivy League graduates." Regardless of the fact that there are no more phonebooks or that most of Boston these days is solidly Democrat, the meaning of the quote still stands. In Trump's case, it goes back to staffing. Will he or even can he find a chief of staff, the guy/gal in charge of all the hiring and cabinet nominations, that is outside the Deep State? If he indeed hires outsiders, will they even have a chance at being confirmed? And even if confirmed, will they have the power to overcome mass insubordination and mutiny at the agencies they supposedly head at the behest of a President Trump 47?

Meh. Perhaps I'm getting ahead of myself because there's still this Non-Endearing Ghandi who refuses to read the tea leaves.

Has Nikki Haley suddenly become the Republican frontrunner? In a certain sense, yes: she clearly represents the Mitch McConnell/Kevin McCarthy wing of the party, that is, the establishment Republicans who wish Trump had never come around and hope he’ll go away for good soon. Two of her mailings contain the same warning: “WE CAN’T RISK IT / With President Trump’s criminal trials and the Liberal media’s bias against him, our country can’t risk four more years of Joe Biden.”
While this may appeal to those who love Trump but are worried about his, and America’s, prospects, Haley also reaches out to those who hate him: “Donald Trump can’t defend his fiscal record, so he is lying about Nikki Haley’s,” says one mailing, which features headlines about how Trump increased spending and added to the national debt. The rest of the Haley mailings don’t mention Trump and try to present Haley as a fresh new alternative, although they’re larded with generic rhetoric that can be, and has been, said about every candidate under the sun: “Nikki Haley has a plan to make Washington work for you, not the other way around.” “She will be the new leader Washington so desperately needs.”
In contrast, all four Trump mailings spend as much or more time hitting Haley than they do actually touting Trump. “Nikki Haley & Joe Biden’s Open Borders Put America In Danger,” says one. Another asserts that “Nikki Haley’s Day One Checklist” will include “Cut Social Security & Medicare” and “Raise the Retirement Age to Receive Your Benefits.” Therefore, voters should “Reject Nikki Haley On Jan. 23rd.” Another says that Nikki Haley is “Too Weak and Too Liberal to Fix the Border!” In fact, “Tricky Nikki Is Too Close With COMMUNIST CHINA.”
From these mailings, one might get the impression that it was Haley who had a big lead in the polls, and Trump was trying to close the gap. Trump has plenty that he could run on from his tenure as president, but instead it seems as if his team has opted to demonize Haley front and center, and only secondarily to talk about what he has done and what he plans to do . . .
. . . For the establishment, Haley represents a return to the comfortable days of John McCain and Mitt Romney, when Republicans knew their place in the workings of official Washington, and were happy playing second fiddle and giving Americans the appearance of a multiparty free republic. They didn’t rock the boat.
Then Trump came along and upset everything. The people who want to make sure that he doesn’t get another chance to do so from the Oval Office are not all Democrats.

Tricky Nikki. I bet you that sticks. For one thing, it's shorter, punchier and more memorable than Ron DeSanctimonious. And unlike that, it's completely accurate. That segues quite nicely into our next item on the agenda which Robert Spencer touched upon in his essay. Last week we looked at the stupidity/co-conspiracy of the GOPe on the issue that will decide this election: the open borders. If that's not enough, look what the Galling Old Potemkins are planning now:

This new energy tax was voted out of committee 14-5, with four Republicans — Senator Kevin Cramer (from North Dakota, an energy producing state), Senator John Boozman (Arkansas), Senator Graham (South Carolina), and, most inexplicably, Senator Cynthia Lummis (from Wyoming, another state that produces energy) — joining ten Democrats to create this new tax.
Five Republicans, led by Senator Capito from West Virginia, voted against the new energy tax.
Like all energy taxes, this one will fall hardest on the poor, the elderly, those on fixed incomes, and local institutions that have limited budgets, like schools and hospitals.
The legislation sponsors, which include Senator Cramer, have tried to disguise the actual intention of the legislation — which is to increase the price of energy and everything grown, made, or transported with energy in an attempt to address global warming — with propaganda about being tough on our trade competitors, including China.
That charade is so embarrassingly thin that even Politico ignored it and declared in a headline: “Senate Committee OKs Carbon Tariff.”
The legislation directs the Team Biden over at the Department of Energy to set up the infrastructure that would be needed to tax imported goods based on their carbon dioxide content. These taxes, which are called tariffs when imposed on imported goods, could be imposed by the executive branch, without any Congressional votes.
The sponsors have tried to argue that those selling these goods into the United States will pay the tax. That’s nonsense. . . Those who drafted and those who voted for this legislation know that it is a way to create a domestic tax on carbon dioxide without requiring Congress to vote and get on the record one way or the other. They know that this energy tax will hurt the poor, the elderly, those on fixed incomes, and local institutions the most.
When we asked about this particular tax, voters opposed it by almost a 2-1 margin. This new carbon dioxide tax is intensely unpopular; that’s why its sponsors have shrouded it in a verbal smokescreen about communist China.

These fucking Quislings are selling us down the river. A Pinochet/Patton administration for the next 100 years couldn't do jack shit against this. Not if they play by the rules.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

"Do Americans have the 'right' to buy raw foods?"
An Amish Farmer’s Food Rights Battle
"About 1,700 people in Arizona voted in 2018 with a federal-only ballot. Two years later, the number grew to 11,600 individuals."
Ballots Cast Without Proof of Citizenship "Exploded" After Lawfare Crippled Arizona Election Laws
"Can America’s institutions run as well in the 21st century if white Americans are quiet quitting them in despair? It looks like we’re about to find out."
White Americans are Quiet-Quitting Our Leading Institutions

ISRAEL AT WAR

". . . the Biden [junta], Qatar, and Egypt have proposed a three-stage deal in which Israel would release Palestinian terror convicts and withdraw completely from Gaza in exchange for the gradual release of Israeli captives. Effectively, that would amount to defeat for Israel, whose stated goals for the war are the complete destruction of Hamas’s military capabilities, the return of the hostages, and the restoration of security to Israel’s border communities (north and south)."
Netanyahu Rejects Biden Surrender Plan
IDF spokesman: Soldiers “located prison cells with toilets and a mattress, and they were closed with bars, where 20 hostages were held at different times in harsh conditions without daylight in dense air with little oxygen and terrible humidity that makes it difficult to breathe.”
IDF Uncovers Underground Hostage Jail Cells in Hamas Stronghold of Khan Yunis
"The airstrike was carried out by the Israeli air force while flying over the Golan Heights. The strike leveled a building in Mazzeh, a heavily guarded neighborhood in western Damascus, the Associated Press (AP) reported."
Israeli Airstrike Kills Five Iranian Military Advisers
"If it's either the Israelis or the Palestinians who win in Gaza, it ought to be Israel."
Is the West Allowed to Win?
"Tel Aviv Diarist."
Israel’s Fight
"Whom should we believe — the IDF or Hamas?"
The Hostages: Killed by IDF Airstrikes or Murdered?

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"On October 8th, one day after Hamas killed 1,200 Israelis and took 240 hostages, Santos begged Islamists to come 'all out for "Palestine”' and terrorize Americans. He issued the following statement; 'We are supporting the '"Palestinian" people who are resisting an illegal occupation and apartheid imposed by the Israeli government. We are demanding that the US end all aid to the state of Israel.' Goldman Sachs, you finance this. Goldman isn’t alone."
Goldman Sachs Needs to Explain Why it's Donating to Terrorist Sympathizers
"They can refuse to sign the checks – but they choose not to." (Time for stockholders to raise hell at the next meeting. Unless of course they back this crap - jjs)
Goldman Sachs Funds Pro-Hamas Rallies
"The situation appears to be a case of an organization that blindly seeks utopia and professes support of the working class clashing with reality — forcing it to have to balance a budget like the rest of America and even contemplate layoffs hated by labor unions." (Maybe Bernie Sanders should sell a couple of his mansions to alleviate the suffering. Pfft! - jjs)
Comedy Gold! Democratic-Socialists Face Seven-Figure "Crisis" Amid "Palestinian" Support That May Force Dreaded Layoffs of Staff
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
Daniel Greenfield: "Half the shootings in Burlington, VT were linked to immigrants." (Wait until they find out Mary Cloggenstein and Bernie Sanders are Jewish! - jjs)
Vermont Resettled Somalis, Shootings Are Up 185%
"It can happen here."
Hamas’ Howl in Amsterdam
BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS
Margot Cleveland: "Congressional testimony suggests Hunter was setting up another front for the family influence-peddling racket when the plan collapsed due to public scrutiny."
Hunter’s Painting Foray Had All the Classic Earmarks of a Biden Family Influence-Peddling Operation
. . . the existence of the Hunter Biden laptop—and the stuff it contained—was so obviously true. So to hear that the story of its existence had been censored? It was, he told me, "the most political-activating event of my life." Then came COVID "police state" tactics and he, like millions of other Americans who thought they were "citizens," began to question where they fit in at all.
Was the Censorship of Hunter Biden's Laptop Your Red-Pill Moment?
SHAMPEACHMENT 1.0, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION
No, she chose people to work that were on top of her. Repeatedly. And thrusting. - jjs
Fani Willis In 2020: "I Certainly Will Not Be Choosing People To Date That Work Under Me"
"I have no doubt that Trump was conflicted that day. Hence, the apocalyptic rhetoric along with admonishments to stay peaceful. But any effort to portray the clownish, boorish, drunken break-in of the Capitol building as anything but a spur-of-the-moment action by a few rowdies has always fallen short of reality. I don't think the Supreme Court will agree that Trump's words and actions amounted to an insurrection." (There was no "break in," Rick Moran! The doors were opened by the cops! - jjs) Trump's Bid to Toss Colorado Disqualification Will Settle the "Insurrection" Argument
CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
This isn’t just some one-time gaffe he’s made; it’s a repeated talking point—and a concerning one at that, because Democrats have been claiming for some time now that anyone politically conservative is a "threat to democracy" and a domestic terrorist. Is it really that outlandish to think that [a junta] as radical as the Biden [junta would use military jets and weapons against American citizens they have been equating to terrorists?
Yikes! Did Biden Threaten To Use Military Jets Against American Citizens?
". . . according to Tucker Carlson, 'It seems likely that government officials were involved in planting pipe bombs in Washington, D.C. three years ago, as part of an effort to keep Donald Trump from running for president again.'"
Tucker Carlson Claims Government Planted Pipe Bombs at Capitol on January 6
Julie Kelly: ". . . Ramaswamy’s linking of Jan. 6 and the Whitmer plot resonated with many on the right who want similarities between the two episodes exposed to the general public, especially the FBI’s reliance on informants and other paid operatives."
Inside The FBI-Tainted Wretched Whitmer "Kidnap Plot" You’ve Heard Almost Nothing About
"DEI and its advocate, Claudine Gay, marginalize Brown and take us back to Plessy, where differences in skin color justify imposing unequal opportunity on all—some to benefit at the expense of others."
The Long Shadow of Southern Segregation by Race
"The battle against DIE is about power and money."
Fight DIE and ESG on Our Terms
The study, titled “Them Vs. U.S,” defined the American “elite” as “having a postgraduate degree, a household income of more than $150,000 annually, and living in a zip code with more than 10,000 people per square mile.” Such people account for about 1 percent of Americans. The study also examined a sub-sample of the 1 percent who graduated from Ivy League schools or other name-brand institutions such as Northwestern, Duke, Stanford, and the University of Chicago.
Survey: Two-Thirds of Elites Say There’s Too Much Freedom in America
"Leftists win when conservatives give up." (And RINOs stab us in the heart - jjs)
The Dominant Narrative Requires Citizen Passivity
"Whether he admits it or not, Matt Gaetz helped usher in a new House speaker who’s just as feckless as his predecessor."
Speaker Johnson is Willingly Funding the Biden Regime’s Authoritarianism
"Denigrating white people has become the ideological backdrop of American cultural and political life. Unlike for Jews, no one denounces it."
Why Can Jews Attack Anti-Semitism But No One Denounces Hatred Against Whites?
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
Roger Kimball: "The New York Times doesn't get it. That’s one more reason why it is an increasingly parochial publication that speaks only to a shrinking coterie of pampered, irrelevant dittoheads."
Ramaswamy Defies New York Times Narrative: Suspends Campaign, Backs Trump
"The lies are catching up."
Internal Democrat Worries Aired on NPR
"Top representatives from government, universities and nonprofits set their sights on this purportedly menacing threat in speeches and discussions throughout the summit."
Surprise! The Global Elites Have Set Their Sights on a New Target: Free Speech
"From the moment Trump announced his run for president he was a constant presence on TV news."
"Free Media" for Trump Feels Like 2016 Again
"Until the Supreme Court revisits its ‘Sullivan’ precedent, public outcry is our only defense against damaging accusations."
Supreme Court Should Reexamine New York Times v. Sullivan
"The propaganda press’ latest lying campaign may look like another attempt to undermine Trump’s credibility, but it’s really a strategy to justify Big Tech censorship and elicit punishment for the leading presidential candidate in court."
Corrupt Media Use "Misinformation" Smears to Fuel Democrats’ "Get Trump" Lawfare Campaign
"Cross went on to say that although she believed Scarborough had worked behind her back to submarine her at MSNBC, it was a Tucker Carlson segment about her – accusing her of stoking racial hatred — that ultimately led to her firing." (Huh? You would think that would've only burnished her, for lack of a better word, "credentials" at the Jive Goebbels lefty house organ - jjs)
Ex-MSNSDAP Host Blames Joe "Intern-Strangler" Scarborough for Her Ouster
AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
"Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott recently had his authorities seize city property along the southern border, arresting migrants crossing illegally for trespassing, which the federal government has vocally opposed. The Biden [junta] subsequently asked the Supreme Court to intervene, arguing that Texas is overstepping its authority, sparking a legal battle the high court hasn’t seen since 2012." (Ignore the court if they cave. Nullification now! - jjs)
Biden and Abbott Have Set the Stage for One of the Biggest State-Versus-Feds Immigration Fights in More Than a Decade
Robert Spencer: "Old Joe opened the border. It’s his crisis. He will keep lying, but while the facts are still allowed to be stated, there they are."
I Thought Biden’s Lies Couldn’t Shock Me Anymore. I Was Wrong.
Miranda Devine: "The chutzpah is breathtaking. But it’s not going to fly. Every rational person knows that Trump drove illegal migration to record lows, and Biden drove it to record highs."
Biden Admits the Border Crisis He Created is Real – But Won't Accept Any Blame
“One of our challenges is just the folks that are out for health issues right now, but once those individuals get back, I anticipate a very quick vote on the floor,” [Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green] said.
Homeland Security Chair Says "We Have the Votes" to Impeach Mayorkas
"What explains legal immigration being so bureaucratically stringent for a foreign national to enter the country?"
The Frustrating Irony of Legal Immigration
"Officials of the suburb — which is only about 25 minutes west of downtown Chicago and only minutes south of O’Hare International Airport where hundreds of illegals have been sheltering for months — noted that the thieves often use bags lined with sheets of tinfoil in an attempt to thwart store anti-theft protection devices at entrances, the New York Post reported. The issue has been ongoing in the suburb, especially inside the Oak Brook shopping mall."
Chicago Organized Retail Burglary Ring Allegedly Led by Newly Arrived Illegal Aliens
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Another win for Bidenomics; greatest economy evah!!!! - jjs
Macy’s Sheds 2,300+ Jobs, Closes Five Stores
With paper-thin margins, retailers thought they'd hit paydirt with self-checkout. Cut wages, shorten lines, and make shopping, aka spending money, "easier." But instead of improving the bottom line, stores are losing money. One study shows that retailers who rely heavily on this technology have double the industry loss rate. Shrinkage is the technical term for this loss, and it can mean the difference between solvency, survival, and store closings.
Is Self Service Checkout Being Cashiered?
"Both parties in Washington are negotiating a ‘child tax credit’ giveaway that will blow a bigger hole in our $34 trillion debt."
Washington Uniparty Plans More Welfare Spending Under Misnamed "Child Tax Credit"
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
"This new energy tax was voted out of committee 14-5, with four Republicans — Senator Kevin Cramer (from North Dakota, an energy producing state), Senator John Boozman (Arkansas), Senator Graham (South Carolina), and, most inexplicably, Senator Cynthia Lummis (from Wyoming, another state that produces energy) — joining ten Democrats to create this new tax."
Shocker — RINO Republicans are Backing a Carbon Tax
"Joe Biden’s war on American energy started on day one."
Unhappy Anniversary: Biden Killed Keystone Pipeline 3 Years Ago
“This is a central planning snarl-up. The subsidies exceed the scale of market demand. States complain of inflexible requirements regarding how far apart charging stations must be, how many charge ports must be built per station, and how many must be located in disadvantaged communities. In addition, central planning and politics are joined at the hip, so workforces must be certified by unions, and materials such as iron and steel must be sourced from American companies.”
Here’s Why the Biden Junta's Multi-Billion Dollar EV Charging Program Has Short-Circuited
"As C. Northcote Parkinson in legislative mood might say (and as Milton Friedman did say): If a program is launched to regulate an industry, its strongest supporters will be that industry’s lobbyists. Meanwhile, the Climate Change Navy is neither shrinking nor sinking, Instead, it is sailing calmly on a sea of oil."
Parkinson's Law in the Persian Gulf
"The venue question is fatal to their campaign. These cases are dead-letters in the federal courts, and the only chance they have is by keeping it in the family, so to speak."
Inside the Left's Spurious Legal Strategy to Take Down Oil and Gas Producers
So, again, the judges are being fed ideology before everything in their "education." As for who funds this lefty legal project, the Environmental Law Institute reported $8.6 million in revenue last year, mostly from "progressive" non-profits, like the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Pew Charitable Trusts, the Alfred Sloan Foundation, the Walton Family Foundation, and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. The MacArthur Foundation gave ELI $500,000 in 2020, expressly for the Climate Judiciary Project. The foundation stated, clearly, in its bequest that, “This will lead to better informed decisions and ultimately build a body of law supporting climate action.”
Indoctrinating Judges on "Climate Change"
"Extreme cold is exposing a fatal flaw in EVs."
"Climate Change" Puts Biden’s EV Mandate on Thin Ice
“Hollowing out the economy is not benefiting the German people, nor is it helping climate change. It is not reducing emissions, because manufacturing is being shifted to other nations, like China and India, that use dirtier energy. The German economy is going down, and their people do not have the jobs and economic opportunities that they used to.”
Germany Went All In on the Green Transition. Now, Its Economy is Crumbling.
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
"You know the argument: Certain demographic cohorts go to prison out of proportion to their presence in the population — and this, all by itself, is certain proof of an inequitable criminal-justice system. This also is the rationale for the criminal-justice “reforms” Cuomo approved in 2019 and now fueling so much of the chaos plaguing New York. But Eddie Byrne was gunned down at age 22 — and his killers are now in their 50s and 60s. Is this equitable?"
(The animals who slaughtered Eddie Byrne should've been given a seat in Old Sparky - jjs)
Progressives Forget Lesson from NYPD Cop's Slay: THere's Nothing Just in Freeing a Killer
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
Another information item supporting “lab leak” origin that was originally deemed as “misinformation”/”a conspiracy theory” back in 2020.
Chinese Scientists Submitted Genetic Sequence of Coronavirus to U.S. Database in 2019, Two Weeks Ahead of China’s Official Disclosure
"Despite the findings, the scientists who authored the study cautioned against drawing any conclusions on the vaccine’s efficacy beyond rat populations. 'More extensive studies are needed to confirm these observations in humans,' they note." (And fake the evidence to clear Pfizer - jjs)
Study: Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine Linked to "Autism-Like" Symptoms in Neo-Natal Rats
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
“Conservatives have been purged from academia, as have pro-Israel professors . . . So there is no internal opposition left on campuses. The faculty is approaching 100% anti-conservative and approaching 100% anti-Israel.”
There is No Internal Opposition Left on Campuses
"Harvard's plagiarism scandal reveals how DEI has been weaponized by 'woke' activists."
Claudine Gay’s Firing: The Left Sought To Protect DEI, Not Her
“This ‘DEI training’ is a form of indoctrination and demeans law students based on their race.”
Univ. Wisconsin Law School Forcing Students To Endure Racist DEI Reeducation
Thad McCotter: "The student’s ‘lived experience’ and their parents are the problem, because the woke left’s aim is not education but indoctrination."
What about Parents’ “Lived Experience” with Their Child?
"The findings reveal that, over four years spanning from before the pandemic to the present, approximately 12% of elementary schools and 9% of middle schools experienced a loss of at least one-fifth of their enrollment. Brookings Institution fellow Sofoklis Goulas emphasized that enrollment declines are a widespread phenomenon, impacting schools across the nation."
Schools Across US Face Massive Enrollment Decline
"Those who are obsessed with equity are doing great damage to American education." (The damage has been done. Now the rubble is bouncing - jjs)
Inflated Grades, Increasing Graduation Rates, and Deflated Test Scores
"Corrosive to academic freedom."
These States Might Get Rid Of Diversity Programs This Year
ABORTION
"At the end of the day it was a great turnout for the March and the overall attitude moving into 2024 seems very positive, optimistic and hopeful."
Pro-Aborts Protest March for Life: "Murder is Perfectly Fine"
THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
"A pair of letters obtained by The Federalist confirm Forsyth and Brunswick Counties have exited the U.S. Alliance for Election Excellence."
North Carolina Counties Withdraw From Democrats’ "Zuckbucks 2.0" Dark Money Group
"The Sunshine State’s election cops have released a devastating report for those who insist there’s no such thing as voter fraud."
Florida Leads the Way on Fighting Voter Fraud
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
"In 2019, actor Jussie Smollett claimed he had been involved in a similar incident in Chicago. . . It later turned out Smollett had staged the attack with the help of two Nigerian migrants, however." (Like here, no doubt - jjs)
"MAGA COUNTRY!" — Marxist Stooge Barbara Lee Says "White Guy" Stopped Her Entering Congressional Elevator, Asked Whose Lapel Pin She Stole
POLITICS
"In a video DeSantis released from Florida on Sunday afternoon, he endorsed Trump over the last challenger—former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley—saying that while he has disagreements with Trump he thinks Trump is better than Haley and certainly better than Democrat [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Joe Biden."
Ron DeSantis Drops Out of Presidential Race, Endorses Donald Trump
Robert Spencer: "For the establishment, Haley represents a return to the comfortable days of John McCain and Mitt Romney, when Republicans knew their place in the workings of official Washington, and were happy playing second fiddle and giving Americans the appearance of a multiparty free republic. They didn’t rock the boat. Then Trump came along and upset everything. The people who want to make sure that he doesn’t get another chance to do so from the Oval Office are not all Democrats. The Trump campaign in New Hampshire clearly knows that no matter how big a lead their man has in the polls, he could still end up losing. Call it the lesson of 2020."
Is Nikki Haley the Real Frontrunner?
Funny how so much of what Nikki Haley endorses is the same as what the Democrats endorse."
Forget Michelle Obama or Gavin Newsom – Dems' Choice to Replace Biden is Nikki Haley
At the end of the day, these puerile tantrums are meaningless. If DeSantis was as popular a candidate as he was pimped, it would be Trump supporters melting down and sulking. Meh, these "influencers" had literally zero influence on the outcome. And DeSantis is a mensch and bowed out gracefully - jjs)
DeSantis Influencers Melt Down: "We’re Not Uniting Behind Trump"
"Sununu said the quiet part out loud. Suffolk polling from Thursday shows Haley trailing Trump by about 14 points, dampening the enthusiasm for Haley’s campaign among voters."
Nikki Haley Fails to Gain Momentum in New Hampshire
"The longer she stays in the race, the harder it will be for the party to unite behind the candidate that will ultimately represent the party in November: Donald Trump."
Can Someone Tell Nikki Haley It’s Over?
“There’s been a lot of talk. The whole narrative has been ‘Narrow the field. Narrow the field,’ and now it’s time to do that. This race for the nomination for the Republican Party should be over after New Hampshire,” Burgum said.
Former Candidate Doug Burgum Calls for GOP Unity Behind Trump, Says Race for Nomination "Should Be Over After New Hampshire"
"What she needs is a firing spree." (Meh, she had no shot whatsoever. Total globalist RINO stooge and everyone saw it from day one - jjs)
Haley Made Strategic Blunders. They’re Costing Her the Campaign.
"According to multiple reports over the weekend, Phillips signaled he would be open to a campaign under the No Labels banner if President Joe Biden appears likely to lose against former President Donald Trump should they face each other again in the general election." Democrat Dean Phillips Entertains 3rd Party Bid for President — On One Condition
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
"Zelensky’s regime has been plagued with allegations of corruption, mismanagement, and failed war strategy. He has banned opposition political parties and canceled elections, all with the support of the Western world, as evidenced by recent comments by Kiev’s mayor and plummeting popularity numbers."
Zelensky Says Trump’s Peace Talk is "Dangerous" and Makes Him "Stressed"
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Clarice Feldman: "The [junta] has backed off its historic mission of protecting freedom of navigation in the Red Sea. Instead, it keeps choosing appeasement."
Our Weird Passivity Toward Iran’s Aggression
Victor Davis Hanson: "Add it all up, and the world abroad agrees America is in rapid decline and will not or cannot defend its interests, or for that matter itself."
2024—America’s Year of Living Dangerously
"They may not have changed many minds at Davos, but they certainly put the globalists on notice."
Roberts and Milei Set Fire to Libs at Davos
"Xi Jinping wants 'reunification' with Taiwan, but this doesn’t imply any notion of consensuality."
China’s New Year’s Resolution Does Not Include Peace
"The critical conflict for humanity’s future will be fought between human beings who desire freedom and international institutions that seek totalitarian control."
The World Economic Forum’s Marie Antoinettes
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
"The 19-page document, issued Thursday, explained that the crucial blunder occurred when a maintainer used and overlooked a flashlight inside the engine inlet during an inspection. After the examination, the jet’s engine was fired up for five minutes, testing for potential fuel leaks. The foreign object was not detected until after the engine was switched off and the maintainer reported hearing an unusual noise from the decelerating engine."
Maintenance Left a Flashlight in an F-35 Jet Engine. It Cost $14 Million and Totaled the Aircraft
"Mr. Lerette’s candid and gritty look at modern war, full of the profanity and humor used by soldiers and contractors alike, gives a view into the Global War on Terror."
Guns, Girls and Greed: A look Into How Modern Wars are Fought
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
Daniel Greenfield: "NASA is focused on men going where no man has gone before – the ladies’ room." (Meme of the year candidate, that - jjs)
After DEI, Every Country Except America Can Land on the Moon
"Or rather, what we haven’t been told . . . "
What We Don’t Know About the Danger of DEI in the Airline Industry is Scarier than What We Know
"Though drug addiction and homelessness in the city have drawn national attention, the most innocent victims—children—often go overlooked."
Portland’s Encampment Kids
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
Deane Waldman, M.D.: "Our government obsesses over the number of uninsured while insured Americans die waiting for health care."
America’s Healthcare Potemkin Village
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
"The final mass of material will be determined once it is removed and weighed, though the team has already recovered more than 70 grams that had clung to the outside the capsule, which in itself exceeded the mission’s targeted goal."
Scientists finally look at prime samples captured by OSIRIS-REx of the asteroid Bennu
Robert Zimmerman: "Based on the information released (or lack thereof) from the previous flight, the 71st, it is my sense that the situation is not as dire as these reports suggest, and that the situation might simply be related to issues of communications. Let me explain why I have come to this conclusion."
Ingenuity’s status uncertain but likely healthy
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
"In recent years, Sports Illustrated became a purveyor of the radical left’s woke propaganda, such as publication of covers celebrating obese and transgender athletes, as many social media posters were quick to point out, reacting to news of the layoffs."
Woke Bloodbath: Sports Illustrated’s Entire Staff Told They're Being Cut from Team
Yes, “Lift Every Voice” will be sung and toxicity will be present before the Big Game. The NFL announced Thursday singer Andra Day will be performing the song. It will be the third consecutive Super Bowl that the Black National Anthem will be sung with “The Star-Spangled Banner.” In other words, the third-straight year the NFL will be further dividing an already divided America.
The NFL Will Continue to Divide America at the Super Bowl (Because, Of Course)
Christian Toto: "Were Sara Ramirez, Melissa Barrera and Susan Sarandon punished for speaking up?"
Anti-Israel Celebrities Get Taste of Conservative Blacklist
"Those religious forces have always been there to make effective unity possible."
Jordan Peterson Reclaims Religious Beliefs That Promote Freedom
"We need to equip sports industry leadership against anti-empirical woke ideologues."
Why We (Sadly) Need to Prove the Obvious About Sex in Sports
"The Grand Canyon-sized divide between the elites in America and ordinary Americans is so profound that it is as if they live in two different countries. . . The elites in America tend to work in the 'talking professions' – university professors, journalists, lawyers, actors, and lobbyists. They keep talking and normal Americans are more than ever not listening to them. (All subcategories of what's know as "con men" - jjs
The Real Story of the Two Americas
HITHER & YON
"Seven years after loosing the Bolshevik virus upon the world."
A Century Ago, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Died

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1 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 22, 2024 07:49 AM (z99Zw)

2 Happy Monday

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 22, 2024 07:49 AM (lwOKI)

3 hiya

Posted by: JT at January 22, 2024 07:50 AM (T4tVD)

4 Thank you, JJ

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2024 07:50 AM (hH3Px)

5 Something unlikely to be controversial here today:

6ixBuzzTV @6ixbuzztv
"F*ck Trudeau" chants at #UFC297

http://tinyurl.com/mr24689z
7 seconds; in Liberal Toronto and environs.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 22, 2024 07:51 AM (2yu8s)

6 I would love to say any State announce that after reviewing the Georgia testimony on Dominion security, that they will be switching to paper ballots, voter ID, and only a Saturday and the Thursday before the election for early voting.
No Drop-boxes
No Ballot Harvesting
No mail in ballots, except for out of state military.

And a 1-800 hotline for gaining ID, as well as transportation to the polls.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2024 07:52 AM (hH3Px)

7 ALX @alx 5h
Donald Trump says the name ‘Ron DeSanctimonious’ is “officially retired”

http://tinyurl.com/ypwa4y3d
12 seconds

Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 7h
BREAKING: Trump reportedly said he is "very honored" by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ endorsement, telling Fox News Digital he is looking forward "to working together with him to beat Joe Biden."

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 22, 2024 07:52 AM (2yu8s)

8 It seems like just a week or so ago that people were making fun of my name field.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - DeSantis is losing to Nikki and it's all Trump's fault at January 22, 2024 07:53 AM (C0bt5)

9 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 22, 2024 07:55 AM (Q4IgG)

10 Most "Republican" Senate caucus members are Democrats

They support taxes, war and spending.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 22, 2024 07:55 AM (zicBV)

11 Happy Monday, one and all. Ron had a good race at first but at least he is still governor of Florida.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 22, 2024 07:56 AM (4olE8)

12 Good Morning Vietnam

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at January 22, 2024 07:56 AM (CecP5)

13 With President Trump’s criminal trials and the Liberal media’s bias against him, our country can’t risk four more years of Joe Biden.”

Does she think the media will be kind to her?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 22, 2024 07:56 AM (NYzgN)

14 Sean Strickland approved that message

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 22, 2024 07:57 AM (zicBV)

15 I have triumphed in the republican party despite them being racists and sexists. Anywhoooo... vote for me!

Winning strategy.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 22, 2024 07:58 AM (NYzgN)

16 It turns out that there's a Spongebob Squarepants clip that likely depicts the HQ today.

Very SFW

http://tinyurl.com/yc6bh4v8

Posted by: Nikki Haley at January 22, 2024 07:58 AM (f6xX0)

17 Trump attacking opponents is nothing new, and it served him well in the 2016 primary. His supporters know full well the solid job he did as President, and his detractors don't care.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 22, 2024 07:58 AM (VRIxa)

18 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 22, 2024 07:59 AM (Zz0t1)

19 The RNC: We're waiting on The Meatball. The Meatball left? He's gone? He's not here? The Meatball's out?

President Trump: I saw him here before, he had his suitcase and everything and then he left. I think he went across the street or somewhere else or something.

The RNC: Well, listen. Good luck with the joint. Yeah, good luck.

President Trump: Thanks.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 22, 2024 07:59 AM (EvkyC)

20 Ron DeSantis has bowed out of the race gracefully and even endorsed Donald Trump.

Ace hardest hit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 22, 2024 07:59 AM (Zz0t1)

21 18 FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 22, 2024 07:59 AM (Zz0t1)

Morning Sponge!! Loks like an interesting day shaping up here at the HQ…

Posted by: tubal at January 22, 2024 08:00 AM (PCK5/)

22 The GOP has to leave someone in the race, even if they've got zero support except from deep pocket donors. If Trump is bounced off the ballot, which is still a possibility, they need someone as "back up."

That "back up" is Nikki Haley. For now.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 22, 2024 08:00 AM (Q4IgG)

23 Name field test for the spongebob video link

Posted by: Nikki Haley at January 22, 2024 08:00 AM (f6xX0)

24 Barbara Lee is a lying sack of bullshit

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 22, 2024 08:01 AM (/3XyA)

25
Something to cheer you up on a Monday: bonnet boy Zeus.

http://soyaraborzoi.com/ZeusPup.jpg

Bonnets, where the ears flop over to the front, are among the most charming phases of Borzoi puppydom and a sign of good ear set. Eventually, they'll flop backwards again to become the rose ears of a more mature dog.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 22, 2024 08:02 AM (MoZTd)

26 22 The GOP has to leave someone in the race, even if they've got zero support except from deep pocket donors. If Trump is bounced off the ballot, which is still a possibility, they need someone as "back up."

That "back up" is Nikki Haley. For now.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 22, 2024 08:00 AM (Q4IgG)

Haley now is in retail terms a "loss leader." Politically her only role now is to slime and smear Trump all the way until and even after the convention as a way of influencing the so-called independents and moderates, if they really exist.

The gravamen of my discourse indicate this too will fail. Miserably.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 22, 2024 08:02 AM (x0n13)

27 Tucker Carlson Claims Government Planted Pipe Bombs at Capitol on January 6

Like so many things, there were people here who said that on January 7th.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 22, 2024 08:02 AM (z99Zw)

28
Morning Sponge!! Loks like an interesting day shaping up here at the HQ…
Posted by: tubal at January 22, 2024 08:00 AM (PCK5/)

Yes. And Morning!!!

It might be a good day for me to have work occupy a lot of my time today.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 22, 2024 08:03 AM (Zz0t1)

29 Sock adjustment

Posted by: Nikki Haley - Click to see the HQ after DeSantis concedes to Nikki at January 22, 2024 08:03 AM (f6xX0)

30 Alex Soros posted a picture of a bullet hole through glass along side of a hand holding a fanned stack of bills with the thumb blotting the president's face. The bills just happen to add up to $47.

That is bad enough.

Loomer goes all conspiracy theory reading into the symbology. There may be more meaning to it, though. Some bills are "silver certificates" others are upside down.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 22, 2024 08:03 AM (NYzgN)

31 15 I have triumphed in the republican party despite them being racists and sexists. Anywhoooo... vote for me!

Winning strategy.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy
====
As shown here:

Catturd ™ @catturd2 13h
Oh FFS🤦‍♂️ give me a break.

Citizen Free Press @CitizenFreePres 14h
"I was teased every day for being brown"

Nikki Hayley complains about growing up in the America south.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 22, 2024 08:03 AM (2yu8s)

32 Does she think the media will be kind to her?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 22, 2024 07:56 AM (NYzgN)

Nikki suffers from the John McCain syndrome of believing they’re liked and respected by the media, until they aren’t.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 22, 2024 08:04 AM (gxRWI)

33 The sponsors have tried to argue that those selling these goods into the United States will pay the tax.

Sellers do not pay a tax.

Buyers do!

Sales tax is actually buy tax.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 22, 2024 08:04 AM (lwOKI)

34 Jake Sullivan and Winken Blinken are a danger to civilization. Some days I think they have malicious ideological motives, but other days I think they are dumbshits.

Now I just embrace the power of And.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 22, 2024 08:04 AM (/3XyA)

35 The GOP has to leave someone in the race, even if they've got zero support except from deep pocket donors. If Trump is bounced off the ballot, which is still a possibility, they need someone as "back up."

That "back up" is Nikki Haley. For now.

-

"If" and "back up"?

The GOPe is the bunch that's planning on bouncing Trump from the ballots. Nikki isn't backup. She's the candidate.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - Click to see the HQ after DeSantis concedes to Nikki at January 22, 2024 08:04 AM (f6xX0)

36 23 Name field test for the spongebob video link
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Mission accomplished.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 22, 2024 08:05 AM (2yu8s)

37 28

Yes. And Morning!!!

It might be a good day for me to have work occupy a lot of my time today.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 22, 2024 08:03 AM (Zz0t1)

Heh… Well, we knew this day was coming. Trump is the man, just glad Ron D withdrew this early and now backs Trump. This is a destiny year..

Posted by: tubal at January 22, 2024 08:05 AM (PCK5/)

38
Citizen Free Press @CitizenFreePres 14h
"I was teased every day for being brown"

Nikki Hayley complains about growing up in the America south.

-

I don't doubt it. Black folks as a group HATE them some brown people

Posted by: Nikki Haley - Click to see the HQ after DeSantis concedes to Nikki at January 22, 2024 08:06 AM (f6xX0)

39 Good morning again dear morons and happy birthday JJ

The same people marching in support of mass murder in Israel will march in support of mass murder here.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 22, 2024 08:06 AM (RIvkX)

40
Black folks as a group HATE them some brown people

The Brown Paper Bag Test is a real thing?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 22, 2024 08:07 AM (MoZTd)

41 This didn't get to be up for long in techy thread so...
God bless the commenters who complained about the clip getting chopped.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVhZSESPxIk

Posted by: TeeJ at January 22, 2024 08:07 AM (5k0TE)

42 And how many here would vote for Nikki in the general because she is better than another 4 years of biden?

Not me. If it ain't trump, I am voting Biden.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 22, 2024 08:07 AM (NYzgN)

43 Like so many things, there were people here who said that on January 7th.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 22, 2024 08:02 AM (z99Zw)
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Pretty much everyone as I recall

The Fibbies, though, will get their new palace HQ instead of the prison cells they've earned

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 22, 2024 08:07 AM (GGn75)

44 Black folks as a group HATE them some brown people

The Brown Paper Bag Test is a real thing?

-

It's not allowed to be discussed, but it's been used by black fraternities in HBCUs at least up through 2010 or so.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - Click to see the HQ after DeSantis concedes to Nikki at January 22, 2024 08:07 AM (f6xX0)

45 Jenna Ellis disappoints me throwing a hissy fit like that. I’ve admired her since she supported John MacArthur in his legal fights against covid tyranny in LA…. But since her own legal troubles something’s off; she seemed to fold so easily in the GA Fani Willis persecution. So now she’s mad at Trump? Why not be mad at Fani?? I’m an evangelical myself so I can criticize in this vein…. There’s something about evangelicals that makes us naive; we don’t understand hardball politics and expect everyone to play nice like we’re at a Sunday school picnic…. It’s annoying

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 22, 2024 08:08 AM (1jdMT)

46 I always said Trump or Ron or I stay home.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 22, 2024 08:08 AM (R4t5M)

47 “There’s a level of prestige in parts of conservative America with service that has degraded,” a senior army official told Military.com.

Dude looks like a lady is not a John Sousa Phillips March.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 22, 2024 08:08 AM (lwOKI)

48 And it begins - Biden, Mrs, Biden, Kamala, and Mr. Kamala will all be having a huge campaign event in NoVa tomorrow...1st one in months (possibly more than a year here)...

Trump supporters better get their butts to VA ASAP, and especially NoVa, if you wanna win and convince Dems to stay home (b/c you won't convince them to vote Trump)...gonna need a low turnout in NoVa to win...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 22, 2024 08:08 AM (exHjb)

49 I really like that an unelected lab goon on the take from pfizer et al can essentially decree that for the "common good" ALL of us (our children included, except, of course, for the righteous waiver for illegals) must take an unproven vaccine with sketchy clinical trials (that should be kept secret for 75 years comrades), all the while they want to deny us the right to individually purchase food for our OWN families from an independent farmer using proven traditional methods of agriculture.

I ask if raw food stuffs from Amish farms that I voluntarily knowingly purchase are so toxic, then why aren't the Amish ALL DEAD AND BURIED?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS year in Corsicana - again! ~ at January 22, 2024 08:09 AM (hOUT3)

50 42 And how many here would vote for Nikki in the general because she is better than another 4 years of biden?

Not me. If it ain't trump, I am voting Biden.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 22, 2024 08:07 AM (NYzgN)

I voted for McCain because of Obama… I voted for Romney because of Obama… a thousand hot showers later and I still can’t get the smell off me..

Posted by: tubal at January 22, 2024 08:09 AM (PCK5/)

51 And how many here would vote for Nikki in the general because she is better than another 4 years of biden?

Not me. If it ain't trump, I am voting Biden.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

-

I'm up to around 80% or so confident that they're going to seat Nikki because Biden is so radioactive. She'll be allowed to win, yay (R)s you won, see there's no cheating stop being silly, and now let's get to legislating for the good of the country.

(takes out list of all the exact same things Biden and the (D)s want)

BIPARTISAN!!!

Posted by: Nikki Haley - Click to see the HQ after DeSantis concedes to Nikki at January 22, 2024 08:09 AM (f6xX0)

52 There are people high in government who want a few less billion people on Earth.

7 billion deaths is a statistic. The rest will be too grateful to be alive to care.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 22, 2024 08:09 AM (NYzgN)

53 "And how many here would vote for Nikki in the general because she is better than another 4 years of biden?"

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times, and double dumbass on me.

Posted by: Guy who relates everything to Star Trek at January 22, 2024 08:10 AM (vFG9F)

54 “No more Rob DeSanctimonious? We’re all just supposed to forget? They think so. I don’t. The audacity here to use the line, ‘It’s time to choose wisely,'” she said.
++++
She worked for the guy. I never did, but even I see how this works. Trump is highly transactional. When he's trying to beat you, he's a mean bastard. When he's not, he'll buy you dinner and clap you on the back. We saw this all over the place in 2016, and we'll see it again now. This shouldn't mystify anyone at this point.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 22, 2024 08:10 AM (mwCIn)

55 I thought in order to be considered an "influencer" you have to actually influence people in a positive manner.
++++
Positivity not required. You just need to influence people.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 22, 2024 08:11 AM (mwCIn)

56 Here comes the rain.

We could get over 5 or 6 inches next few days.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 22, 2024 08:11 AM (lwOKI)

57 Shocker — RINO Republicans are Backing a Carbon Tax

Most members of Congress are lawyers. They're lawyers who've spent most of their lives in politics. They don't know anything about anything. That's why it's so easy for "experts" to "fool" them. And the ones who cannot be fooled can usually be bribed. The rest are normally not considered "quality" candidates and, therefore, get no funding.

Congress shouldn't be trusted with anything more complicated than a lunch order. The bureaucracy should be trusted with even less.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 22, 2024 08:11 AM (z99Zw)

58 The Laura Loomer references, above, explained:

Laura Loomer @LauraLoomer 8h
🚨🚨 ANALYSIS OF THE ASSASSINATION THREAT AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP BY ALEX SOROS, SON OF DEMOCRAT PARTY MEGA DONOR GEORGE SOROS🚨🚨

.@AlexanderSoros is the son of @georgesoros.

His post tonight is a direct threat of violence against President Trump.

If you look closely at the photo in the @TheAtlantic article Alex Soros posted tonight, there is a call for assassination embedded in the pictures.

Not only does one of the pictures have a single bullet hole through glass, and not only is $47 of cash seen, but there’s messaging conveyed through the arrangement of the money.

http://tinyurl.com/5by78kak
Nitter pair of tweets to see both.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 22, 2024 08:12 AM (2yu8s)

59 54

She worked for the guy. I never did, but even I see how this works. Trump is highly transactional. When he's trying to beat you, he's a mean bastard. When he's not, he'll buy you dinner and clap you on the back. We saw this all over the place in 2016, and we'll see it again now. This shouldn't mystify anyone at this point.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 22, 2024 08:10 AM (mwCIn)

If buring the hatchet is good enough for Don & Ron it is good enough for me… this is not about me personal style preferences after all…

Posted by: tubal at January 22, 2024 08:12 AM (PCK5/)

60 32 Nikki suffers from the John McCain syndrome of believing they’re liked and respected by the media, until they aren’t.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 22, 2024 08:04 AM (gxRWI)

John McCain was...dreamy eyed look a Maverick! He reached across the aisle to find common ground. He was an elder statesman!

Until the instant he was up against Obama. Then he was a war-mongering babykiller who was too senile to be at the helm of Our Sacred Democracy!

Posted by: NR Pax at January 22, 2024 08:13 AM (4olE8)

61 Thanks, J.J.

We, the people, are the martyrs here. That's the reality.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at January 22, 2024 08:13 AM (/QIWP)

62 Ha, ha, ha!

State mandating how many charging stations are to be built in the Hood.

Posted by: pawn at January 22, 2024 08:13 AM (QB+5g)

63 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at January 22, 2024 08:13 AM (53oGX)

64 I ask if raw food stuffs from Amish farms that I voluntarily knowingly purchase are so toxic, then why aren't the Amish ALL DEAD AND BURIED?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS year in Corsicana - again! ~ at January 22, 2024 08:09 AM (hOUT3)

Actually, there could be a reason - they grew up on them and trained their systems to handle the toxins (or died early and didn't make it). You (probably) didn't grow up on them, so your immune system has to learn in adulthood how to handle them, which is a harder thing the older you are.

BUT, that said, I think Amish should be able to sell whatever they want to whomever they want - everyone can understand the risks and benefits to their health of all sorts of eating/drinking...

PS - Dude who won a survival show drinking non-boiled natural water for 80 days with no toxin effect b/c he trained himself to do it for decades is the prime example of someone who grew up doing something we consider toxic, who has trained his immune system to handle it...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 22, 2024 08:13 AM (exHjb)

65 Not sure who he was, but some guy was at the podium at WEF and said F you to Schwab's face, and told him he wasn't going to let him steal the future.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 22, 2024 08:13 AM (mIN0n)

66 "I was a Cruz booster eight short (long) years ago and absolutely hated the "Lyin' Ted" swipe."

Same. Until I realized very quickly that almost everyone else is a puppet for globalist donors who give not a shit about this country. Same is true today with the exceptions of Burgum, Vivek, and Trump. Many of the donors I am talking about contribute to 'conservative media'.

You all talk about Trumps hires forgetting that after his first year of party chicanery his hiring of Gorka, Wilbur Ross, Bob Lighthizer, Kash Patel, Ric Grenell, John Radcliffe, Pompeo, et al were as good as we could get.

Posted by: Danimal28 at January 22, 2024 08:13 AM (klw0w)

67 The late great William F. Buckley once said "I'd rather be governed by the first 3,000 random people from the Boston phonebook than an equal number of Ivy League graduates." Regardless of the fact that there are no more phonebooks or that most of Boston these days is solidly Democrat, the meaning of the quote still stands.
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Random appointment from the jury pool for each locality would probably not be too bad. To fill 50 positions, draft 100 people from the jury pool. Send them through an IQ test. Everyone at 100 IQ or higher goes to a medical screen. The top 50 make it into office. One term, then go back home.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 22, 2024 08:14 AM (mwCIn)

68 32 Does she think the media will be kind to her?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 22, 2024 07:56 AM (NYzgN)

Nikki suffers from the John McCain syndrome of believing they’re liked and respected by the media, until they aren’t.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 22, 2024 08:04 AM (gxRWI)

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

Same thing happened with Trump. And then he went off-script after the Republican Primaries. "Take a fall? Heh, nah. Not against Cackles the Clown. I'm not your jobber."

Just remember how petulant the McCains (father and daughter, excluding the good, likely unrelated Stacey) and "Pierre" Romney have been. Sarah Palin, one of the few reasons we got excited for the McCain campaign, was shut out, even from McCain's funeral. WTF? And Romney during the campaign would not fight for himself, even when the lower-caste Republicans were trying to defend against the Roof-Dog and Silence-Of-The-Lambs Women-In-Binders accusations. But he sure has hell could stab Republicans in the back.

Posted by: Another Anon at January 22, 2024 08:14 AM (hwP7U)

69 Congress shouldn't be trusted with anything more complicated than a lunch order. The bureaucracy should be trusted with even less.

--

I was reading an article on Chevron and the comments were very enlightening and I think said unironically and with all seriousness:

"There is not the slightest chance in the world that the Congress has the time to write every federal rule, regulation, and procedure into law. It's a really big country. I'm not talking about a lack of expertise, that's another issue. I'm talking that there are only 365 days in the year (as if)..."

http://tinyurl.com/2p9yb3t2

Hey guys? There's a hint right there if you'll see it.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - Click to see the HQ after DeSantis concedes to Nikki at January 22, 2024 08:14 AM (f6xX0)

70 I'm up to around 80% or so confident that they're going to seat Nikki because Biden is so radioactive. She'll be allowed to win, yay (R)s you won, see there's no cheating stop being silly, and now let's get to legislating for the good of the country.

It would be funny if that was the plan, but so many jaded republicans vote for Biden in protest that he beats the cheat and wins.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 22, 2024 08:14 AM (NYzgN)

71 DeSantis Influencers Melt Down: "We’re Not Uniting Behind Trump"

Being a NeverTrumper has worked so well for so many on the right... they just wanted some of that sweet leftwing billionaire cash.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 22, 2024 08:14 AM (z99Zw)

72 Trump should work with DeSantis and get his last campaign ad that shows Nikki flip-flopping, John Kerry style and run it 24/7.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 22, 2024 08:15 AM (Zz0t1)

73 "Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”

Psalm 91:1-2

Posted by: Marcus T at January 22, 2024 08:16 AM (TbpGr)

74 Didn't Harris basically accuse Biden of being a racist when she was still in the Primary?

Yet here we are.

She's working with, along side, and fully supporting a racist, apparently.

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

75
I ask if raw food stuffs from Amish farms that I voluntarily knowingly purchase are so toxic, then why aren't the Amish ALL DEAD AND BURIED?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS year in Corsicana - again! ~ at January 22, 2024 08:09 AM

I remember having a cup of coffee in Jamaica early one morning, freshly brewed and the cream was unbelievably sweet. No doubt because of the size of the resort they were getting fresh unpasteurized milk and spinning out their own cream.

Looking at the Wiki for 'cream' (as Jamaica is formerly UK) - it is probably completely legal.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 22, 2024 08:16 AM (nIvob)

76 Haley Made Strategic Blunders. They’re Costing Her the Campaign.

Starting somewhere between 2011 - 2017.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 22, 2024 08:16 AM (z99Zw)

77 Great job again, J.J. Thanks.

Nikki is staying in the race in the hopes President Trump is thrown in jail or off enough ballots he'll not be able to win the primary.

The Junta running the country knows Nikki will pretty much do whatever they want, as she's part of the money printing permanent war party.

If the Junta can get Haley as the GOP nominee, they no longer have to worry about the problem that is Biden/Harris.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at January 22, 2024 08:16 AM (tT6L1)

78 There are people high in government who want a few less billion people on Earth.

7 billion deaths is a statistic. The rest will be too grateful to be alive to care.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy
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A comment I made on a WEF John Kerry farming thread at another site just this morning:

andycanuck 27 minutes ago
It's almost like they really mean to reduce the world's population from 8 billion to half a billion and aren't just joking.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 22, 2024 08:16 AM (2yu8s)

79 73 "Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”

Psalm 91:1-2
Posted by: Marcus T at January 22, 2024 08:16 AM (TbpGr)

Amen, Marcus… words to hold onto in the coming times…

Posted by: tubal at January 22, 2024 08:17 AM (PCK5/)

80 65 Not sure who he was, but some guy was at the podium at WEF and said F you to Schwab's face, and told him he wasn't going to let him steal the future.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 22, 2024 08:13 AM (mIN0n)

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Probably Javier Milei, new president of Argentina. The WEF folks probably didn't get the memo about how anti-Socialist he is.

Posted by: Another Anon at January 22, 2024 08:17 AM (hwP7U)

81 70 I'm up to around 80% or so confident that they're going to seat Nikki because Biden is so radioactive. She'll be allowed to win, yay (R)s you won, see there's no cheating stop being silly, and now let's get to legislating for the good of the country.

It would be funny if that was the plan, but so many jaded republicans vote for Biden in protest that he beats the cheat and wins.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 22, 2024 08:14 AM (NYzgN)

It would be very hard for Congressional Rs to go along with a Biden suggestions vs a Nikki one...if you can secure majorities in the House and Johnson still the leader, it would be the less destructive call...problem is you'd need majorities in the House (the Senate doesn't help b/c Mitch is beyond caring about appearing as an R)...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 22, 2024 08:17 AM (exHjb)

82 Assassination threats against Trump? He's got private security. He'll be fine. /

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 22, 2024 08:17 AM (R4t5M)

83 Trump chief of staff: Eric Trump.

Easy.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at January 22, 2024 08:17 AM (/QIWP)

84 "Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”

Psalm 91:1-2
Posted by: Marcus T at January 22, 2024 08:16 AM (TbpGr)
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Thank you for the daily reminders, Marcus.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at January 22, 2024 08:18 AM (tT6L1)

85 Having my first sips of coffee and meager bites of toast. Then Mr. Sefton posts a comment about Fat Fani Willis and "thrusting". Immediately put me off my feed, but thanks for all you do JJS.

Posted by: Nauseous Ned at January 22, 2024 08:18 AM (V5BDR)

86 Ah, I see Cat Ass Trophy and I are on the same page when it comes to Haley running.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at January 22, 2024 08:19 AM (tT6L1)

87 @52 - C.A.T.

"They, them" want a total world population of 500 million.
Was even on the Georgia guidstones for years,,, till it got blowed up.

Posted by: TeeJ at January 22, 2024 08:19 AM (5k0TE)

88 Amen my friends. The Lord is with us.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 22, 2024 08:19 AM (TbpGr)

89 Actually, there could be a reason - they grew up on them and trained their systems to handle the toxins (or died early and didn't make it). You (probably) didn't grow up on them, so your immune system has to learn in adulthood how to handle them, which is a harder thing the older you are.
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Amish natural selection!!!

Posted by: zombie charles darwin at January 22, 2024 08:20 AM (2yu8s)

90 The sponsors have tried to argue that those selling these goods into the United States will pay the tax.
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On the surface, this isn't a nightmare scenario. These types of tariffs are sometimes classified as "energy and labor offset" mechanisms. The US has X, Y and Z environmental regulations. The trading partner has only X. Y and Z cost a lot, so this gives the trading partner a free advantage and is deleterious to American industry.

The correct answer is to rationalize environmental rules down to a minimally viable balance (retreat to the 70s, basically) and then offset the rest to avoid handing an advantage to those who are willing to poison their domestic populations to gain a competitive edge.

But we also all know how things actually work. This has the stench of "Commerce Clause" thinking all over it. How long until the new tariff - something I would support, on balance, in a trustworthy system - gets applied to domestic goods manufactured with foreign components?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 22, 2024 08:20 AM (mwCIn)

91 I was [something in Trump's orbit] and now I realize he is a threat to Democracy. Pay me for details.

Still lucrative business.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 22, 2024 08:21 AM (NYzgN)

92 What will be interesting is if Haley is the GOP candidate for whatever reason and the cheat/fraud puts her in the White House with some absurd number of votes that patently can't be reconciled by GOP voter turnout.

The "tit-for-tat" bullshit in our government continues apace.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 22, 2024 08:22 AM (Q4IgG)

93 Today is National Sanctity of Life Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 22, 2024 08:22 AM (NpAcC)

94
But we also all know how things actually work. This has the stench of "Commerce Clause" thinking all over it. How long until the new tariff - something I would support, on balance, in a trustworthy system - gets applied to domestic goods manufactured with foreign components?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 22, 2024 08:20 AM (mwCIn)
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I'm pretty sure such a tariff would be selectively applied. Favored companies would get a pass.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at January 22, 2024 08:22 AM (tT6L1)

95 When we asked about this particular tax, voters opposed it by almost a 2-1 margin. This new carbon dioxide tax is intensely unpopular; that’s why its sponsors have shrouded it in a verbal smokescreen about communist China.
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This is what legislatures do. I saw it more than once in Colorado. The people vote down some ballot initiative and vote it down hard, then the legislature goes ahead and just goes ahead and passes an equivalent law.

It happened with severance (energy production) rules in CO. The Party wanted to eviscerate the industry, the people said no, the Party introduced a workalike bill, Republicans opposed it, the Democrats end-ran all the obstacles and passed it in short order. The Party got what the Party wanted. Just like always.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 22, 2024 08:22 AM (mwCIn)

96 I saw the 600 MPH Eye of Jupiter open for Walk the Plank at the Seamonster Lounge in 2012.

Posted by: ShainS -- I have come here not to guide lambs, I have come here to awaken lions at January 22, 2024 08:22 AM (/z9fK)

97 My grandparents had a dairy farm… I drank raw milk from the time I was a toddler… did not harm me at all…

Posted by: tubal at January 22, 2024 08:23 AM (PCK5/)

98 Consumers pay for tariffs when they buy at inflated cost

Posted by: Paul banned at January 22, 2024 08:23 AM (YYBy5)

99 "Actually, there could be a reason - they grew up on them and trained their systems to handle the toxins (or died early and didn't make it). You (probably) didn't grow up on them, so your immune system has to learn in adulthood how to handle them, which is a harder thing the older you are."

Then what ever you do don't eat in Mexico or anyplace that isn't SAFE!

Posted by: pawn at January 22, 2024 08:23 AM (QB+5g)

100 Not sure who he was, but some guy was at the podium at WEF and said F you to Schwab's face, and told him he wasn't going to let him steal the future.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 22, 2024 08:13 AM (mIN0n)

There is that guy that does the memes where he injects himself into various liberal media interviews and trashes the interviewer.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 22, 2024 08:23 AM (Zz0t1)

101 I'm pretty sure such a tariff would be selectively applied. Favored companies would get a pass.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at January 22, 2024 08:22 AM (tT6L1)
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That, too, definitely. The waivers will be bought and sold and the coffers of the ruling class will grow heavy while normal Americans get poorer.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 22, 2024 08:23 AM (mwCIn)

102 Amen my friends. The Lord is with us.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 22, 2024 08:19 AM (TbpGr)

Amen !

Posted by: JT at January 22, 2024 08:24 AM (T4tVD)

103 Well, Ron DeSantis has bowed out of the race gracefully and even endorsed Donald Trump.

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We should probably be extra nice to ace today

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at January 22, 2024 08:24 AM (wtzaf)

104 Prolapse Paul!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 22, 2024 08:24 AM (WVAwc)

105 Not sure who he was, but some guy was at the podium at WEF and said F you to Schwab's face, and told him he wasn't going to let him steal the future.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 22, 2024 08:13 AM (mIN0n)

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Probably Javier Milei, new president of Argentina. The WEF folks probably didn't get the memo about how anti-Socialist he is.
Posted by: Another Anon

No, it wasn't Javier. Some middle eastern guy. It was hilarious.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 22, 2024 08:24 AM (mIN0n)

106 Nikki says she was teased unmercifully growing up "brown" in the racist "Deep South".

How is she not a Democrat? This is Biden-tier lying.

Video at TGP
http://tinyurl.com/bafccnud

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at January 22, 2024 08:24 AM (/QIWP)

107 t happened with severance (energy production) rules in CO. The Party wanted to eviscerate the industry, the people said no, the Party introduced a workalike bill, Republicans opposed it, the Democrats end-ran all the obstacles and passed it in short order. The Party got what the Party wanted. Just like always.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 22, 2024 08:22 AM (mwCIn)
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It happened with gay marriage in California.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 22, 2024 08:25 AM (RIvkX)

108
Then what ever you do don't eat in Mexico or anyplace that isn't SAFE!
Posted by: pawn at January 22, 2024 08:23 AM (QB+5g)

If you eat in Mexico, make sure it's grilled to medium or higher. Don't drink the water or eat the ice. Get all drinks in a bottle and watch it being opened.

Montezuma's revenge, I'm told, is a bitch.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 22, 2024 08:25 AM (Zz0t1)

109 Fani Willis In 2020: "I Certainly Will Not Be Choosing People To Date That Work Under Me"

But Fuck them
Hell yes

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 22, 2024 08:25 AM (lwOKI)

110 Wouldn't it be two little Indians? Did Vivek quit, too?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 22, 2024 08:25 AM (0FoWg)

111 Unlike Trump, DeSantis wasn't even popular enough to start a cult. What a loser.

Posted by: Jim Jones at January 22, 2024 08:25 AM (IlL6s)

112 103 Well, Ron DeSantis has bowed out of the race gracefully and even endorsed Donald Trump.

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We should probably be extra nice to ace today
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at January 22, 2024 08:24 AM (wtzaf)

“ With malice towards none, with charity towards all”… what some guy said..

Posted by: tubal at January 22, 2024 08:25 AM (PCK5/)

113 No, it wasn't Javier. Some middle eastern guy. It was hilarious.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 22, 2024 08:24 AM (mIN0n)
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Probably not a Saudi. The KSA has been *very* friendly with the WEF, and subscribes to many of the WEF's visions for the future.

I should look into it. I'm interested to know which country he represented.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 22, 2024 08:25 AM (mwCIn)

114 Posted by: Paul banned at January 22, 2024 08:23 AM (YYBy5)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at January 22, 2024 08:25 AM (Zz0t1)

115 Wouldn't it be two little Indians? Did Vivek quit, too?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 22, 2024 08:25 AM (0FoWg)
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Ramaswamy quit last week after Iowa, IIRC.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 22, 2024 08:26 AM (mwCIn)

116
We should probably be extra nice to ace today
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at January 22, 2024 08:24 AM (wtzaf)

"No one here but us cultists."

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at January 22, 2024 08:26 AM (Zz0t1)

117 Crap.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 22, 2024 08:26 AM (Zz0t1)

118 I think it's hilarious the scorned ex wife is going scorched earth on Fani.

The whole, "I've got the receipts" thing is comedy gold.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at January 22, 2024 08:26 AM (tT6L1)

119 Forget SCOTUS, Congress should rewrite libel law and eliminate the actual malice standard behind which the NYT (and all those leftist fucking fucks) hides.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 22, 2024 08:26 AM (BNHnQ)

120 Link shortener is(dot)gd has been rejecting my links all month.

Don't know if it's ideological or just broken.

Back to tinyurl, I guess.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at January 22, 2024 08:27 AM (/QIWP)

121 Psalm 91:1-2
Posted by: Marcus T at January 22, 2024 08:16 AM (TbpGr

Thank you

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at January 22, 2024 08:28 AM (wtzaf)

122 Tricky Nikki. I bet you that sticks.

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Trikki Nikki.

Posted by: ShainS -- I have come here not to guide lambs, I have come here to awaken lions at January 22, 2024 08:28 AM (/z9fK)

123 There is that guy that does the memes where he injects himself into various liberal media interviews and trashes the interviewer.....
Posted by: Sponge

I don't know. I saw Schwab get up and leave the stage and the woman sitting next to him looking shocked.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 22, 2024 08:28 AM (mIN0n)

124 Those eggs and that milk that is taken from animals cared for on farms where the owners know every single one and work hard to protect their animals and their own families isn't safe.

Also don't forget to get this shot that makes generational changes to your DNA.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - Click to see the HQ after DeSantis concedes to Nikki at January 22, 2024 08:28 AM (f6xX0)

125 "And how many here would vote for Nikki in the general because she is better than another 4 years of biden?"

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I can unequivocally state that I will not vote for Nikki Haley in the general under any circumstance, even if she were running against the devil himself. In my view, it's better to accelerate the collapse of America with (G*d forbid) Biden getting reelected or "reelected," and then hoping we can rebuild from the ashes. I resolutely refuse to vote for another McCain, Romney, Haley type ever again. What's the point? A slower collapse?

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 22, 2024 08:28 AM (mupln)

126 I think it's hilarious the scorned ex wife is going scorched earth on Fani.

The whole, "I've got the receipts" thing is comedy gold.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at January 22, 2024 08:26 AM (tT6L1)

Comedian Kat Williams is going scorched earth on the hypocrites in Hollywood, including Jay Z and Puff Daddy.

I'm just going to throw this out there real quick:

Kat Williams did not kill himself.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 22, 2024 08:28 AM (Zz0t1)

127 It was revenge for the NeverTrumpers bullshit and a lot of other things. And there was nothing that we could do about it. Trump was a made man, and The Meatball wasn't. And we had to sit still and take it. It was among the Italians. It was real greaseball shit. They even shot The Meatball in the face so his mother couldn't give him an open coffin at the funeral.

Posted by: Mike Pence, Traitor at January 22, 2024 08:29 AM (EvkyC)

128 Sun's up

No wind

30.2 degrees out.

Seven degrees warmer than this time yesterday.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2024 08:29 AM (hH3Px)

129 re: Desantis

This has been my point in that my gut read on Desantis was that he did not really want to get into a live fire exercise with Trump, he was mostly getting in in case Trump was forced to the sidelines. His HOMERS were the ones with a lot of the inflated rhetoric and vim directed towards Trump.

I guess we see if they jump to Nikki.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 22, 2024 08:29 AM (zZu0s)

130 We should probably be extra nice to ace today
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Is that really something that can be expected of smoothbrained retards?

Posted by: Nikki Haley - Click to see the HQ after DeSantis concedes to Nikki at January 22, 2024 08:29 AM (f6xX0)

131 Yeah…. My sentiment is similar to that already stated by several; I voted for McCain and Romney (not to mention W and his dad and Bob Dole) and I’m now done voting for the RINO squish. I wouldn’t for Haley under any circumstance, none.

I’m absolutely convinced it will not come to that; the reality is that Trump is steamrolling to the nomination. He’s gonna win NH 50-35 (something like that) and that’ll be his worst state. None of the lawfare will conclude before the GOP convention in July so he’s pretty much locked in. I even have confidence that SCOTUS is gonna swat away this can’t be on the ballot nonsense. How can I be so optimistic on a Monday morning?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 22, 2024 08:29 AM (1jdMT)

132 Montezuma's revenge, I'm told, is a bitch.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 22, 2024 08:25 AM (Zz0t1)
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I went to Mexico. Once. And begged my wife to do everything possible to get me on the plane home so I could die in America.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 22, 2024 08:30 AM (BNHnQ)

133 The BATFE, like all federal agencies, wanted in on the Reichstag Fire operation of Jan 6th. The only way it could get in was the "Explosives" part of their name, since there were unlikely to be any Firearms or Tobacco smuggling to instigate.

That being the case, the Jan 5/6 bomber was a CI for the BATFE. Since the FBI is offering a large reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the bomber, who do I talk to get my money?

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at January 22, 2024 08:30 AM (CecP5)

134 It's also,
National Hot Sauce Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 22, 2024 08:30 AM (NpAcC)

135 I can't really see Hillary allowing Nikki to be on the ballot

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at January 22, 2024 08:30 AM (wtzaf)

136
I don't know. I saw Schwab get up and leave the stage and the woman sitting next to him looking shocked.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 22, 2024 08:28 AM (mIN0n)

Ah yes. I did read about that. They invited a few people that shocked me they were on the list. I can't imagine they didn't know it was coming.

But, it appears it was Milei's speech that did it.

http://tinyurl.com/mw6ps4um

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 22, 2024 08:30 AM (Zz0t1)

137 Biden aides have floated the idea of raising taxes on the wealthy to help further fund Social Security

Removing the cap on Social Security taxes will only make up 20% of the shortfall when the trust fund runs out in 2034

… and this comes from the guy who used a S-Corp to avoid paying Social Security and Medicare taxes

Posted by: SMOD at January 22, 2024 08:30 AM (J/eRA)

138 Trump supporters better get their butts to VA ASAP, and especially NoVa, if you wanna win and convince Dems to stay home (b/c you won't convince them to vote Trump)...gonna need a low turnout in NoVa to win...
Posted by: Nova Local at January 22, 2024 08:08 AM (exHjb)

Trump should run ads non-stop in NoVA saying "if I am elected it will significantly reduce the chance of Russia (or Chynah) popping off a nuclear warhead over your asses."

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 22, 2024 08:31 AM (z99Zw)

139 108
Then what ever you do don't eat in Mexico or anyplace that isn't SAFE!
Posted by: pawn at January 22, 2024 08:23 AM (QB+5g)

If you eat in Mexico, make sure it's grilled to medium or higher. Don't drink the water or eat the ice. Get all drinks in a bottle and watch it being opened.

Montezuma's revenge, I'm told, is a bitch.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 22, 2024 08:25 AM (Zz0t1)

Right, Mexicans can drink their water b/c they were raised on it...and we can't...another good example.

Funny enough, the guy who won the worldwide survival show was a Mexican drinking the non-boiled water to save energy...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 22, 2024 08:31 AM (exHjb)

140 I can unequivocally state that I will not vote for Nikki Haley in the general under any circumstance, even if she were running against the devil himself. In my view, it's better to accelerate the collapse of America with (G*d forbid) Biden getting reelected or "reelected," and then hoping we can rebuild from the ashes. I resolutely refuse to vote for another McCain, Romney, Haley type ever again. What's the point? A slower collapse?

Posted by: Lady in Black

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+1

Posted by: Nikki Haley - Click to see the HQ after DeSantis concedes to Nikki at January 22, 2024 08:31 AM (f6xX0)

141 Consumers pay for tariffs when they buy at inflated cost
Posted by: Cocksucker banned at January 22, 2024 08:23 AM (C0ck$)
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This is a fascinating comment because of what it represents.

"Cocksucker banned" is a professional leftist troll of indifferent quality. He is neither the best of the trolls nor the worst, most insane or least literate (like my personal favorited "Based Hercules"). He is a bog-standard, off-the-rack mediocrity. He is the cheap polyester-blend suit of lefty agitators - he gets the job done, but wouldn't stand out in a crowd of one.

His staggering mediocrity is useful, however, in that it shows the attitude of the captivated talking points crowd who have never once experienced even a fleeting thought. And that lefty talking points crowd is all-in on free trade. The folks that used to support tariffs and border control to protect American labor - sensible or not - now says, "fuck American labor - we're free trade absolutists and open-borders advocates now!"

A remarkable shift from one generation to the next.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 22, 2024 08:31 AM (mwCIn)

142 Comrades, never forget that every new tax serves to increase the financial base (aka slush fund) used to fund the graft for our noble politicians that sacrifice so much for the common good, and we should be glad to see them well paid for their efforts to preserve Our Precious Democracy.

A thankless job to be sure, but one well done by our "elected" officials and their complicit federal employees!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS year in Corsicana - again! ~ at January 22, 2024 08:31 AM (hOUT3)

143 -------------------
I went to Mexico. Once. And begged my wife to do everything possible to get me on the plane home so I could die in America.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 22, 2024 08:30 AM (BNHn

I've been there once as well. Brought a case of US bottled water and didn't drink anything with ice in it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 22, 2024 08:31 AM (Zz0t1)

144 30.2 degrees out.

Seven degrees warmer than this time yesterday.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2024 08:29 AM (hH3Px)
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Heh, Christmas day in MN a few decades ago. I told my ex BIL, who was residing in CA at the time, "It's a beautiful day out, 28 degrees and the sun is shining with fresh snow on the ground." I think he thought I was insane.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at January 22, 2024 08:32 AM (tT6L1)

145 The only thing I worry about is some GOP backdoor rule change shenanigans at the convention.

Or

Running someone who is not a total incompetent as a 3rd party. Like a Manchin No Labels run.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 22, 2024 08:32 AM (NYzgN)

146 Consumers pay for tariffs when they buy at inflated cost

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Gosh, how weird. I wonder how that works to help Americans?

Posted by: Nikki Haley - Click to see the HQ after DeSantis concedes to Nikki at January 22, 2024 08:33 AM (f6xX0)

147 Link shortener is(dot)gd has been rejecting my links all month.

Don't know if it's ideological or just broken.

Back to tinyurl, I guess.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at January 22, 2024 08:27 AM (/QIWP)
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Just broken, I think.

I've switched (unless is.gd comes back, since I still prefer it) to tiny.cc because it doesn't make me solve a captcha each time I have to shorten a damn link.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 22, 2024 08:33 AM (mwCIn)

148 I'm up to around 80% or so confident that they're going to seat Nikki because Biden is so radioactive. She'll be allowed to win, yay (R)s you won, see there's no cheating stop being silly, and now let's get to legislating for the good of the country.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - Click to see the HQ after DeSantis concedes to Nikki at January 22, 2024 08:09 AM (f6xX0)

Gonna be hard to explain how she got on a ballot after losing every primary. They'd have to kill Trump. Putting him in jail won't prevent him from being on the ballot. There's already SCOTUS precedent on that one.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 22, 2024 08:33 AM (z99Zw)

149 I can unequivocally state that I will not vote for Nikki Haley in the general under any circumstance, even if she were running against the devil himself. In my view, it's better to accelerate the collapse of America with (G*d forbid) Biden getting reelected or "reelected," and then hoping we can rebuild from the ashes. I resolutely refuse to vote for another McCain, Romney, Haley type ever again. What's the point? A slower collapse?
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 22, 2024 08:28 AM (mupln)
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Well put and yes, I'm right there with you.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at January 22, 2024 08:33 AM (tT6L1)

150 Happy Monday!

>>In any case, when you realize that these schmucks have zero influence on anyone, their puerile tantrums are micturating into the 600mph eye of Jupiter.

It was obvious early on that a lot of the DeSantis boosters - a lot of them on his staff, sadly - were really Never-Trump, former GOP wreckers. They were excited to trash a popular governor AND Trump, and stirred hatred within the party in their quest to destroy it.

They do this every 4 years, for pete's sake. We get into these flame wars her and elsewhere and it only serves the DC uniparty class and the Dispatch/Lincoln dudes who hate ALL of us.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 22, 2024 08:34 AM (RmXQu)

151 It's in the 20's! YAY!

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 22, 2024 08:34 AM (SfhV1)

152 I am happy that Ron withdrew this early and threw his support behind Trump… and that Trump quickly voiced his appreciation for that… this unification might be something we could consider… nah, that’s crazy talk…

Posted by: tubal at January 22, 2024 08:35 AM (PCK5/)

153 It's in the 20's! YAY!
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 22, 2024 08:34 AM (SfhV1)
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Same here.

Anytime you folks north of Dixie want your weather back, you're welcome to it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 22, 2024 08:35 AM (mwCIn)

154 I resolutely refuse to vote for another McCain, Romney, Haley type ever again. What's the point? A slower collapse?
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 22, 2024 08:28 AM (mupln)

Same, here, but I wouldn’t vote for Biden in protest. I will vote for solid down ticket candidates, but ignorethe RINO in my congressional district.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 22, 2024 08:35 AM (gxRWI)

155 Hi Grammie! Sorry for you loss.

Maybe next year the NFL will allow the Pack to win.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at January 22, 2024 08:35 AM (tT6L1)

156 I'm up to around 80% or so confident that they're going to seat Nikki because Biden is so radioactive. She'll be allowed to win, yay (R)s you won, see there's no cheating stop being silly, and now let's get to legislating for the good of the country.

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Gonna be hard to explain how she got on a ballot after losing every primary. They'd have to kill Trump. Putting him in jail won't prevent him from being on the ballot. There's already SCOTUS precedent on that one.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic

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Nah, trivially easy. He participated in an insurrection, state supreme courts deemed Trump ineligible to be on the ballot, we can't risk this type of lawfare going into 2024, etc.

It's somewhat disturbing how easy it would be.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - Click to see the HQ after DeSantis concedes to Nikki at January 22, 2024 08:35 AM (f6xX0)

157 Javier Milei's speech at WEF was magnificent.

"Socialism has been a failure!"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 22, 2024 08:36 AM (RIvkX)

158 It will also be interesting to see the turnout numbers in a *biden / Haley contest. I can't imagine much enthusiasm for that matchup.

Bet the numbers will be record breaking tho'.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 22, 2024 08:36 AM (Q4IgG)

159 I've been using shorten url without problems (so far)

https://www.shorturl.at/

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 22, 2024 08:36 AM (BNHnQ)

160 Morning Horde, hope you had a great weekend and have a good week. Thx JJ. VDH article was great as usual but he didn't mention one nightmare. The minute the Iranians get the bomb , and assuming that the Israelis don't take them out, the Saudis and other Gulf states will buy bombs from the Pakis and then the fin really starts. 2024 will be lit, literally

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 22, 2024 08:36 AM (wJraq)

161 Good morning, JJ and good thoughts. I give lots of credit to Ron Desantis for getting out of the race. Whatever my prior feelings about his candidacy, vis-a-vis DJT as the frontrunner, he was graceful in his exit.
As for Nikki Haley, she represents the latest, cellophane wrapped, one-for-all candidate we've come to expect from the GOPe. The last one they sold us (GW Bush) ended up being nothing like the conservative he claimed to be. Messaging and marketing is all that matters to them, not the promises they make. The only time they seriously go after people, is when they empty their wallets to destroy Tea Party or MAGA candidates under the R banner. Case in point, look how they are using their proxies via conservative media to blame Matt Gaetz for Speaker Johnson lying and selling out on the promises they made upon taking the House. They accuse him of "not having a plan" in leading the ouster of McCarthy, as if that makes him the bad guy as opposed to McCarthy, who was a liar. Gaetz's plan was only to remove him for lying. In this he was 110% correct and the GOPe can get fucked! Promises mean things and the GOPe won't care about results if we keep buying their lemons.

Posted by: Tracy at January 22, 2024 08:36 AM (6CLsA)

162 >> I resolutely refuse to vote for another McCain, Romney, Haley type ever again. What's the point? A slower collapse?

I'd imagine you'd get the extra-special veneer of having the country collapse under the leadership of the Historic First Female and Indian POTUS!!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 22, 2024 08:36 AM (RmXQu)

163 We might hit a tropical 40 degrees today.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 22, 2024 08:36 AM (WVAwc)

164 So no more raging T vs. D thread debates?

Posted by: I won't miss them at January 22, 2024 08:36 AM (NBVIP)

165 I assure you the Amish are not shitting in their wells.

Posted by: pawn at January 22, 2024 08:37 AM (QB+5g)

166 "About 1,700 people in Arizona voted in 2018 with a federal-only ballot. Two years later, the number grew to 11,600 individuals."

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"Not to worry -- we have at least another million illegal aliens tanned, rested, committing serial crimes, on the dole, and ready to cast their federal-only ballots in Arizona this year, comrades!

¡VIVA LA LIBERTAD LAS DEMÓCRATAS, CARAJO!"

Posted by: ShainS -- I have come here not to guide lambs, I have come here to awaken lions at January 22, 2024 08:37 AM (/z9fK)

167 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 22, 2024 08:08 AM (1jdMT)

Any idea what the swipe at evangelicals was? I kind of know Bob Vander Plaats (he's pretty much a stereotype of conservative Christians, down to the sweater, but he is a nice guy), however you are right in that a certain segment of the population doesn't understand that politics is a knife fight.

Posted by: pookysgirl would rather have a pew pew at January 22, 2024 08:37 AM (dtlDP)

168 Hi Grammie! Sorry for you loss.

Maybe next year the NFL will allow the Pack to win.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at January 22, 2024 08:35 AM (tT6L1)

Ugh. That was a crapfest of a game, wasn't it? Still, no one expected them to get that far. It was fun while it lasted.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 22, 2024 08:37 AM (SfhV1)

169
For link shortening T.LY has been great for me. It even saves them in a list to use again. Very nice in her face.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 22, 2024 08:37 AM (nIvob)

170 Oh mighty government, protect us from all the germs!

Posted by: pawn at January 22, 2024 08:37 AM (QB+5g)

171 Look, if they manage to throw Trump off my ballot I'm writing him in anyway

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at January 22, 2024 08:37 AM (wtzaf)

172 As Mannix mentioned, when the referendum on banning fracking went down (in flames, 70-30%) the Democrats simply rammed it through as legislation. Immediately. They didn't bother even waiting, because they know they are untouchable in CO. Whole system is rigged up nice and tight for them.

But, CO has a requirement that all bills be read aloud before voting. And this sucker was like a thousand pages long. They weren't even patient enough to meet that requirement in normal order.

Instead, they had a computer speed read it faster than human comprehension. And, they broke it into five pieces and had the computer read *all five at once.* Literally just unintelligible electronic racket for several minutes on the floor. A straight up "fuck you" to the voters.

That's when I knew those Democrats were the most aggressive in the country. That's the kind of thing you do when you have no boundaries.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 22, 2024 08:37 AM (0FoWg)

173 "hopefully he'll [DeSantis] be the one in '28"

RDS only path to victory was the jailing of DJT. The fact he participated and pinned his hopes on injustice... He should have been fighting the apparatus, instead DeSantis worked with it.

He'll never be President. NEVER.

Posted by: mossomo at January 22, 2024 08:38 AM (x+lkv)

174 'It's in the 20's! YAY!
Posted by: grammie winger"

Well yeah, 4 years ago. I wonder what they will call this decade in 100 years.

Posted by: The Flaming 20s at January 22, 2024 08:38 AM (vFG9F)

175 So no more raging T vs. D thread debates?
Posted by: I won't miss them at January 22, 2024 08:36 AM (NBVIP)
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C'mon. This is a politics blog (in part, anyway) and these fights are part of the lifeblood.

Now it will just be "Trump vs. the other guy who got done dirty who would have been better."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 22, 2024 08:38 AM (mwCIn)

176 I tried raw milk last weekend. I didn't like it hut I didn't die.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at January 22, 2024 08:38 AM (wtzaf)

177 "...evangelicals who wanted to be post-Trump,” she asserted."

Wha...?

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at January 22, 2024 08:39 AM (Rbu5d)

178 >>The only thing I worry about is some GOP backdoor rule change shenanigans at the convention.

We can only imagine the shenanigans they are planning, bit in the primaries and general election.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 22, 2024 08:39 AM (RmXQu)

179 It was obvious early on that a lot of the DeSantis boosters - a lot of them on his staff, sadly - were really Never-Trump, former GOP wreckers. They were excited to trash a popular governor AND Trump, and stirred hatred within the party in their quest to destroy it.

They do this every 4 years, for pete's sake. We get into these flame wars her and elsewhere and it only serves the DC uniparty class and the Dispatch/Lincoln dudes who hate ALL of us.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 22, 2024 08:34 AM (RmXQu)

Totally agree. I think DeSantis is a good man who got tricked into running by some rich never Trumpers who knew they’d get a win either way… either Ron would knock out Trump or more likely we’ll damage the political career of the Trump heir apparent

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 22, 2024 08:39 AM (1jdMT)

180 Hi Grammie! Sorry for you loss.

Maybe next year the NFL will allow the Pack to win.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at January 22, 2024 08:35 AM (tT6L1)

Maybe next year the Pack coaching staff will remember that points are a premium in the playoffs and take them when they're available.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 22, 2024 08:39 AM (Zz0t1)

181 Convention Rule 1: You can not be the party nominee if you are under indictment for a federal crime.

Brought to the floor unannounced at 3am. Motion passes.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 22, 2024 08:39 AM (NYzgN)

182 Detroit vs Baltimore. The Body Count Bowl.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 22, 2024 08:40 AM (WVAwc)

183 Probably Javier Milei, new president of Argentina. The WEF folks probably didn't get the memo about how anti-Socialist he is.
Posted by: Another Anon at January 22, 2024 08:17 AM (hwP7U)

Nope. Here's the clip, NSFW due to language.

https://youtu.be/beG-IpZk4DA

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 22, 2024 08:40 AM (z99Zw)

184 As Mannix mentioned, when the referendum on banning fracking went down (in flames, 70-30%) the Democrats simply rammed it through as legislation...

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It might've been mentioned, but the Supreme Court ruling that the feds had no authority to regulate CO2 and the (D)s immediately codifying into law the federal authority to regulate CO2.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - Click to see the HQ after DeSantis concedes to Nikki at January 22, 2024 08:40 AM (2WOSG)

185 Study: Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine Linked to "Autism-Like" Symptoms in Neo-Natal Rats

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New FDA Phase I safeguards required Pfizer to test its experimental COVID vaccine in humans before subjecting lab animals to exposure.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 22, 2024 08:40 AM (991eG)

186 Detroit vs Baltimore. The Body Count Bowl.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 22, 2024 08:40 AM (WVAwc)
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:: sighs wistfully ::

There's always next year.

Posted by: Chicago Bears at January 22, 2024 08:40 AM (mwCIn)

187 Maybe next year the Pack coaching staff will remember that points are a premium in the playoffs and take them when they're available.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 22, 2024 08:39 AM (Zz0t1)

Can't argue with that.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 22, 2024 08:40 AM (SfhV1)

188 Can Someone Tell Nikki Haley It’s Over?

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From the link, it's stated that Trump has an average 30 point lead over "I got teased because of my skin color" Haley in South Carolina! If true, that's quite the humiliating shellacking she's going to get here. Of course, that doesn't factor in the D crossovers who I expect will swarm to the primary polls to vote for her, but that's a lot of points to make up...again, if true.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 22, 2024 08:40 AM (mupln)

189 I can only imagine Ace's lament today.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 22, 2024 08:41 AM (NYzgN)

190 I am a Milei fangirl now

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at January 22, 2024 08:41 AM (wtzaf)

191 I thought it was a smaht military blog.

Posted by: But what do I know at January 22, 2024 08:41 AM (NBVIP)

192 Can Someone Tell Nikki Haley It’s Over?

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It's almost like they know there's something happening that the voters aren't privy to.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - Click to see the HQ after DeSantis concedes to Nikki at January 22, 2024 08:41 AM (2WOSG)

193
From the link, it's stated that Trump has an average 30 point lead over "I got teased because of my skin color" Haley in South Carolina! If true, that's quite the humiliating shellacking she's going to get here. Of course, that doesn't factor in the D crossovers who I expect will swarm to the primary polls to vote for her, but that's a lot of points to make up...again, if true.
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 22, 2024 08:40 AM (mupln)
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Nikki remains in the race because she's been told the fix is in. And, she's insane.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at January 22, 2024 08:42 AM (tT6L1)

194 From the link, it's stated that Trump has an average 30 point lead over "I got teased because of my skin color" Haley in South Carolina! If true, that's quite the humiliating shellacking she's going to get here. Of course, that doesn't factor in the D crossovers who I expect will swarm to the primary polls to vote for her, but that's a lot of points to make up...again, if true.
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 22, 2024 08:40 AM (mupln)
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She appears to be aggressively targeting Dems.

I live in a Dem house. Prior owner was an old-school Dem in good standing. I still get lots of direct mail from lefty groups and the Party.

I have gotten three Haley mailers so far.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 22, 2024 08:42 AM (mwCIn)

195 "I got teased because of my skin color"

oh for the love of pete. Show me a schoolkid who hasn't been teased for whatever.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 22, 2024 08:42 AM (SfhV1)

196 " I thought it was a smaht military blog."

I've heard it both ways.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2024 08:42 AM (hH3Px)

197
Nope. Here's the clip, NSFW due to language.

https://youtu.be/beG-IpZk4DA
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 22, 2024 08:40 AM (z99Zw)

That's a meme. That guy does that a lot with MSNBC and CNN characters.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 22, 2024 08:42 AM (Zz0t1)

198 I've noticed that the Bushes have been real quiet lately. Liz Cheney and Kinzinger fart out gibberish but no one pays the slightest bit of attention. No Jeb! , no Dick or none of the usual surrogates. I guess it's not who they are

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 22, 2024 08:43 AM (wJraq)

199 Oh whatever. She got teased for giving everyone UTIs, and now she wants to make it about race.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 22, 2024 08:43 AM (0FoWg)

200 New FDA Phase I safeguards required Pfizer to test its experimental COVID vaccine in humans before subjecting lab animals to exposure.
Posted by: Muldoon

I can't tell if you're joking or not

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at January 22, 2024 08:43 AM (wtzaf)

201
oh for the love of pete. Show me a schoolkid who hasn't been teased for whatever.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 22, 2024 08:42 AM (SfhV1)

THIS. SOO MUCH THIS.......

The fact that no one can handle this anymore is why we're f*cked as a society.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 22, 2024 08:43 AM (Zz0t1)

202 I got teased because of my name!!

Posted by: Brian Stupidfuk at January 22, 2024 08:43 AM (QB+5g)

203 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 22, 2024 08:08 AM (1jdMT)

Any idea what the swipe at evangelicals was? I kind of know Bob Vander Plaats (he's pretty much a stereotype of conservative Christians, down to the sweater, but he is a nice guy), however you are right in that a certain segment of the population doesn't understand that politics is a knife fight.
Posted by: pookysgirl would rather have a pew pew at January 22, 2024 08:37 AM (dtlDP)

I don’t know the details. I can imagine it was typical Trump flaming because Vander Plaats endorsed DeSantis. Nothing for anyone to get all worked up about. I don’t think even Vander Plaats was upset; but Jenna Ellis sure was

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 22, 2024 08:43 AM (1jdMT)

204 I've noticed that the Bushes have been real quiet lately. Liz Cheney and Kinzinger fart out gibberish but no one pays the slightest bit of attention. No Jeb! , no Dick or none of the usual surrogates. I guess it's not who they are
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 22, 2024 08:43 AM (wJraq)

Fox News still trots out Karl Rove every 15 minutes, so he's still spewing his bullshit everywhere.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 22, 2024 08:44 AM (Zz0t1)

205 “Nikki Haley has a plan to make Washington work for you, not the other way around.” “She will be the new leader Washington so desperately needs.”

Got the same drivel on a Congressional campaign mail wastepaper. It's meaningless.

Boy she sure has some great marketing people!

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at January 22, 2024 08:45 AM (Rbu5d)

206 What's going to be interesting is to see who the DeSantis "influencers" throw their support to.

My bet is Haley or Biden.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at January 22, 2024 08:45 AM (tT6L1)

207 But more importantly, what does Karl Rove think?

Posted by: The wayback machine at January 22, 2024 08:46 AM (NBVIP)

208
New FDA Phase I safeguards required Pfizer to test its experimental COVID vaccine in humans before subjecting lab animals to exposure.

For real? What I read at the Australian Virology website in 2020 was that for nearly 20 years of lab testing of corona virus vaccines on animals the result was always the same - VAED or vaccine associated enhanced disease. Fauci has been caught on video bragging about 20 years of work on 'the vaccine'.

With that history you jump straight to humans?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 22, 2024 08:46 AM (nIvob)

209 @129 Aetius451AD-There's a huge behind the scenes story here if someone dug into it with the DeSantis "influencers". DeSantis had his social media hit squad and so did Trump. All the whining here and elsewhere about Trump saying this and that about DeSantis was all this bullshit going on behind the scenes. This is why we had all the whining from the DeSantis crowd about Trump. What the DeSantis supporters failed to mention, ignored or more than likely were clueless about, was that this was going on from the start of his campaign. The DeSantis influencers went scorched earth on everyone. They hammered the fck out of right leaning podcasters on social media big names and small. If they said something positive about Trump, they got hammered for that. If they didn't mention DeSantis at all(if he made the news that day) they hammered them for that. Meanwhile the narrative amongst DeSantis supporters here was poor Wonnie was a victim of Trumps bullying. Tim Pool had one of the Trump influencers on the night of the Iowa caucus spilling the beans on this and describing DeSantis influencers as extremely thin skinned and Trump influencers took advantage of that.

Posted by: Jim Jones at January 22, 2024 08:46 AM (IlL6s)

210 oh for the love of pete. Show me a schoolkid who hasn't been teased for whatever.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 22, 2024 08:42 AM (SfhV1)
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LOL yup.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 22, 2024 08:46 AM (mwCIn)

211 I got very much teased and "othered" in grade school because I was paler than my classmates.

*looks around for reparations*

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at January 22, 2024 08:46 AM (wtzaf)

212 States complain of inflexible requirements regarding how far apart charging stations must be, how many charge ports must be built per station, and how many must be located in disadvantaged communities.

Forcing the rich into gansta areas is just a new style of welfare.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 22, 2024 08:46 AM (lwOKI)

213 His HOMERS were the ones with a lot of the inflated rhetoric and vim directed towards Trump.

I guess we see if they jump to Nikki.
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Some are staying home; some are supporting RFK Jr.; and some are voting straight GOP down-ticket, and local funding only, but leaving "President" blank.

Pushing #DoNotUnite

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 22, 2024 08:47 AM (2yu8s)

214 What's going to be interesting is to see who the DeSantis "influencers" throw their support to.

My bet is Haley or Biden.
Posted by: blake

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I sort of remember seeing a very prominent one here clearly declaring himself NeverTrump a few weeks ago.

Yeah, it will be interesting.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - Click to see the HQ after DeSantis concedes to Nikki at January 22, 2024 08:47 AM (2WOSG)

215 >>As for Trump, he is who he is, warts and all. If you don't get that by now, you're never going to get it. His "style" and his "personality" are irrelevant, and those who attempt to make that the issue are fools or disingenuous in their real opposition to him.

THIS

Trump's insults and verbal smackdowns are part of who he is and probably is big reason he was able to beat Hillary. He has been this way his whole life.

What always amazes me is how no one ever holds the Democrats for every horrid insult they hurl. Yeah, Trump called DeSantis stupid name -- are we really supposed to be more upset about that than, say, what Biden said in his freaky red-lit speech demonizing half the country?!? Are his insults worse than what Nancy Pelosi, AOC and her pals say every day - seriously?

As in 2016 and 2020, the vapors from the DC bubble "conservative" class, particularly the columnists, campaign consultants, are a demonstration of how much he is upsetting their cushy gigs milking the flyover state normies while pretending to agree with them. Now THAT is a lot more offensive to me than a mean tweet.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 22, 2024 08:47 AM (RmXQu)

216 "These fucking Quislings are selling us down the river. "

Mr Sefton, you forgot the "yet again."

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at January 22, 2024 08:47 AM (Rbu5d)

217 @204 don't watch Fox, but Turd Blossom babbles for a living. You are correct however , he is a Bushy Rino down to his white board

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 22, 2024 08:47 AM (wJraq)

218 " What's going to be interesting is to see who the DeSantis "influencers" throw their support to.

My bet is Haley or Biden."

At that point, I would pay good money to see Heavy-D step to the microphone, and have a 'come to Jesus' moment concerning being lied to, and learning from the experience.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2024 08:47 AM (hH3Px)

219 I'm repeatedly reporting unwanted SMS messages from the Tits Romney campaign as spam. It's bad enough that the Kochsuckers fill my meatspace mailbox with junk mail; they then proceed to use up my pre-paid texts on my phone. Assholes.

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at January 22, 2024 08:48 AM (DTX3h)

220 Sure. Make sure Montavious and LaCreesha have plenty of charging stations.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 22, 2024 08:48 AM (R4t5M)

221 But we live in a charging desert!

Posted by: Disadvantaged Tesla owners at January 22, 2024 08:48 AM (NBVIP)

222 It's raw milk. It's not toxic. All this crap was to prevent TB and we let infected people across the border every day. Raw milk typically meets higher standards than the pastuerized stuff.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 22, 2024 08:48 AM (L8hCM)

223
I can only imagine Ace's lament today.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 22, 2024 08:41 AM

Disney stock, sci fy movies, and perhaps evolution.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 22, 2024 08:48 AM (nIvob)

224 The same schoolkids tease me about the same stuff, 50 years later.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 22, 2024 08:48 AM (RIvkX)

225 Turns out Ron's always online influencers only influenced each other - today they will all blame the "stupid voters" that they never bothered to understand in the first place.
If they have left over energy for excuses it will then be "the indictments" - ignoring the first one came 3 months before the DeSantis announced.
Tucker was right - these are the most vile people on the internet.

Posted by: Little Larry Sellers at January 22, 2024 08:49 AM (xaNfJ)

226 It's also, National Hot Sauce Day.
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Hillary Purse Day!

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 22, 2024 08:49 AM (2yu8s)

227 Ron would knock out Trump or more likely we’ll damage the political career of the Trump heir apparent
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 22, 2024 08:39 AM (1jdMT)

The Bushes were probably part of this.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 22, 2024 08:49 AM (DsDRo)

228 Montezuma's revenge, I'm told, is a bitch.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 22, 2024 08:25 AM (Zz0t1)
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I went to Mexico. Once. And begged my wife to do everything possible to get me on the plane home so I could die in America.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 22, 2024 08:30 AM (BNHnQ)
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I've had it before and it is awful. Plan to spend a couple of days living in the bathroom if you get it.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 22, 2024 08:50 AM (NpAcC)

229 As in 2016 and 2020, the vapors from the DC bubble "conservative" class, particularly the columnists, campaign consultants, are a demonstration of how much he is upsetting their cushy gigs milking the flyover state normies while pretending to agree with them. Now THAT is a lot more offensive to me than a mean tweet.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 22, 2024 08:47 AM (RmXQu)
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DeSantis will need to hire a better team if he runs in 2028, because what was tossed at him by the Trump campaign is nothing compared to what will happen if he runs.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at January 22, 2024 08:50 AM (tT6L1)

230 The only blond kid on our school bus was called "Lightbulb".

Racist!

He hated it so it stuck with him forever.

Posted by: pawn at January 22, 2024 08:50 AM (QB+5g)

231 Do not take Noassatol if you're allergic to its ingredients or you would rather have an ass.

Posted by: Brie Larson at January 22, 2024 08:50 AM (Zz0t1)

232 With that history you jump straight to humans?

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2020 had a LOT happening all at once.

Part of the injection push was to clear that hurdle that they had never been able to clear for the 20+ years prior because the injection is so dangerous.

Ta-dah, 150M people got it and there were 0.00000000% negative effects. Because we said so.

Now on with the new injections since we've been able to suddenly prove these are so safe!!!!

Posted by: Nikki Haley - Click to see the HQ after DeSantis concedes to Nikki at January 22, 2024 08:50 AM (2WOSG)

233 I've been trying to think of a term to describe the illegitimate FJB admin, especially about the intentional border invasion. Traitor? Maybe.

Then I settled on saboteurs. I think that fits better.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 22, 2024 08:50 AM (15lwl)

234 It's almost like they know there's something happening that the voters aren't privy to.
Posted by: Nikki Haley

I think it's more about 2o28.

See. I lasted longer (and met new donors) than did Ron DeSantis. ) I should be the front runner ner

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at January 22, 2024 08:50 AM (FxH7T)

235 That link at 41 is how a post game interview with CJ Stroud got chopped by the usual suspects and the blowback they got in the comments for doing it.

Time to text a good morning to the widow.
Ever started a friendship with someone because you wanted to look out for them and their prayers and encouragement turn out to be way more of a blessing to you?
Yeah. That's the widow.

Posted by: TeeJ at January 22, 2024 08:50 AM (5k0TE)

236 Is Newt Gettinrich still a thing?

Posted by: Never watch it at January 22, 2024 08:50 AM (NBVIP)

237 125, so it looks like we're going SMOD again?

Posted by: Jaimo at January 22, 2024 08:50 AM (DBrN4)

238 Tits Romney.

I like that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 22, 2024 08:51 AM (Zz0t1)

239 "Raw milk typically meets higher standards than the ~~pastuerized stuff~~ illegal aliens that we allow to walk amongst us..*

* Suggested edit

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2024 08:51 AM (hH3Px)

240 >>oh for the love of pete. Show me a schoolkid who hasn't been teased for whatever.

We moved a number of times when I was a kid so I got to be the new kid more than once. I survived.

The oppression olympics are boring. Go cut my taxes.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 22, 2024 08:51 AM (ZLI7S)

241 Chinese Scientists Submitted Genetic Sequence of Coronavirus to U.S. Database in 2019, Two Weeks Ahead of China’s Official Disclosure

There was CV in blood donation samples from Oct 2019.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 22, 2024 08:51 AM (lwOKI)

242 Detroit vs Baltimore. The Body Count Bowl.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 22, 2024 08:40 AM (WVAwc)

***

We had FIVE in just 3 hours on Friday!

Bodymore Murderland!!!!

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at January 22, 2024 08:51 AM (ZV+pB)

243 No Jeb! , no Dick or none of the usual surrogates. I guess it's not who they are
Posted by: Smell the Glove

No money in it for them. They're smart enough not to throw good money after bad, whether it's Ron or Nikki

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at January 22, 2024 08:52 AM (FxH7T)

244 'The oppression olympics'

I like that.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 22, 2024 08:52 AM (SfhV1)

245 SOROS has issued a directive for everyone to vote for Nikki Pelosi

Posted by: Paul banned at January 22, 2024 08:52 AM (YYBy5)

246 Middle East Mudbutt laughs at Montezuma's Revenge.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 22, 2024 08:52 AM (R4t5M)

247 The Child Tax Credit is also available to illegal immigrants and their children. Not a single person in either party thought to strip that out of the tax bill. It isn't mentioned in a single article.

This is how illegal immigrants are able to survive on the citizens tax money. Not necessarily through direct handouts, but through indirect means such as this.

Let's see if once this comes up for a vote, any member proposes to strip illegal immigrants from the CTC, and who votes for that amendment.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 22, 2024 08:53 AM (TbpGr)

248 SOROS has issued a directive for everyone to vote for Nikki Pelosi
Posted by: Paul banned at January 22, 2024 08:52 AM (YYBy5)

The young Soros put an assassination request on Trump on X.......this will get interesting.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 22, 2024 08:53 AM (Zz0t1)

249 164 So no more raging T vs. D thread debates?
Posted by: I won't miss them at January 22, 2024 08:36 AM (NBVIP)

Now it's back to "Let It Burn" vs. "Make It Burn Faster".

Posted by: XTC at January 22, 2024 08:53 AM (sm6Pk)

250 Nikki is now claiming she wasn’t allowed to be a contestant in a beauty contest because she wasn’t black or white.

The resulting scandal brought the 3 dog night beauty pageant to an abrupt end.

Posted by: Oglebay at January 22, 2024 08:54 AM (ogTiX)

251 It's quite telling that DeSantis' striking a conciliatory tone stands in stark contrast to his boosters:

=

DeSantis signed a pledge that he will support whoever wins the nomination. He is a man of his word. Trump never did. Just in case he had to trash them. And...he will blame DeSantis for his (very likely) losing another one in 2024.

Posted by: runner at January 22, 2024 08:54 AM (V13WU)

252 Raw milk is too crunchy

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at January 22, 2024 08:54 AM (ZV+pB)

253 Morn' all.. If by some nightmare Nikki gets the nod I will not be voting... I have that luxury because I'm in Ca. and my vote doesn't count anyway.

Posted by: It's me donna at January 22, 2024 08:54 AM (n2vyf)

254 Groan.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 22, 2024 08:55 AM (R4t5M)

255 I know this is silly but could I get some good thoughts for my kitty Misty. She's not well and hasn't eaten since Thursday, spent Sunday at the vet getting tests and an ultrasound is being done this week. They're thinking lymphoma or a parathyroid issue that needs to be zapped. She's an old gal though and she's lost a pound this month. Thanks.

Posted by: Jaimo at January 22, 2024 08:55 AM (DBrN4)

256 > Detroit vs Baltimore. The Body Count Bowl.
______________

I'd like to see the breakdown between the birthrate vs. homicide rate.

IOW... is it self sustaining or not?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 22, 2024 08:55 AM (Q4IgG)

257 As has been my position since before anyone declared candidacy, Trump/DeSantis 2024.
12 years of restoration to America As Founded.

Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the Children They Do Not Kill at January 22, 2024 08:55 AM (gxokI)

258 I got teased because of my name!!
Posted by: Brian Stupidfuk
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Yeah, Brian is a pretty stupid name. You should sue your parents for that one, dude!

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 22, 2024 08:55 AM (2yu8s)

259 About the Amish Farmer:

As long as people know the risks, I say go ahead. As pointed out earlier in the comments, if raw dairy was so lethal then the Amish would only exist in history books.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 22, 2024 08:55 AM (4olE8)

260 DeSantis signed a pledge that he will support whoever wins the nomination. He is a man of his word. Trump never did. Just in case he had to trash them..

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See #125

Posted by: Nikki Haley - Click to see the HQ after DeSantis concedes to Nikki at January 22, 2024 08:55 AM (2WOSG)

261 I am certain a large number of those Ron influencers will flounce to RFK or the Manchin/Cheney whatever is bound to happen.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 22, 2024 08:55 AM (NYzgN)

262 250 Nikki is now claiming she wasn’t allowed to be a contestant in a beauty contest because she wasn’t black or white.

beauty contest.. I don't think it was your color Nikki....

Posted by: It's me donna at January 22, 2024 08:55 AM (n2vyf)

263 Honk if you had an affair with Nikki.

Posted by: South Carolina bumper sticker at January 22, 2024 08:56 AM (NBVIP)

264 >>DeSantis signed a pledge that he will support whoever wins the nomination. He is a man of his word. Trump never did. Just in case he had to trash them. And...he will blame DeSantis for his (very likely) losing another one in 2024.

So if Haley wins he's going to support her?

Posted by: JackStraw at January 22, 2024 08:56 AM (ZLI7S)

265 Trump's conciliatory tone and focus on the issues after the Iowa win was exactly what he needs to do. Whether he can sustain that, is another matter. It went a long way towards attracting some of the "Independents" I know.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 22, 2024 08:56 AM (TbpGr)

266 "Nikki is now claiming she wasn’t allowed to be a contestant in a beauty contest because she wasn’t black or white. "

I'm not sure that someone so thin skinned is a good fit for President of the United States.

I hear that international politics and warfare can get really testy.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2024 08:56 AM (hH3Px)

267 Nikki is now claiming she wasn’t allowed to be a contestant in a beauty contest because she wasn’t black or white.
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Yeah, that was probably it.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - Click to see the HQ after DeSantis concedes to Nikki at January 22, 2024 08:56 AM (2WOSG)

268 255 I know this is silly but could I get some good thoughts for my kitty Misty.
Posted by: Jaimo at January 22, 2024 08:55 AM (DBrN4)

Good thoughts sent and it is not silly at all.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 22, 2024 08:56 AM (4olE8)

269 ~~Hunter’s Painting Foray~~ [Fill-in-the-Blank] Had All the Classic Earmarks of a Biden Family Influence-Peddling Operation

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This construct would have also been correct usage over the past five decades.

Posted by: ShainS -- I have come here not to guide lambs, I have come here to awaken lions at January 22, 2024 08:56 AM (/z9fK)

270 Nikki is now claiming she wasn’t allowed to be a contestant in a beauty contest because she wasn’t black or white.

They wouldn't allow me to be in a beauty contest because I was 29 years old. Age Discrimination! I should run for President.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 22, 2024 08:56 AM (SfhV1)

271 Morn' all.. If by some nightmare Nikki gets the nod I will not be voting...

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lol..that bad , huh ?

Posted by: runner at January 22, 2024 08:56 AM (V13WU)

272 Oh yes FL and the hanging chads
Let's all also remember that Tallahassee which controls voting arranged the number of polling places in Miami, a Dem stronghold, do that there were 3/4 hours long waiting in lines to vote. There is more than 1 way to suppress voting

Posted by: Paul banned at January 22, 2024 08:56 AM (YYBy5)

273 I like that Detroit coach. It would be like playing for Ogre from Revenge of the Nerds.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 22, 2024 08:56 AM (R4t5M)

274 "DeSantis signed a pledge that he will support whoever wins the nomination. He is a man of his word. Trump never did. "

Nor would I. That would be foolish.

Posted by: Guy who relates everything to Star Trek at January 22, 2024 08:57 AM (vFG9F)

275 The Child Tax Credit.

Welfare by another name.

Abolish it.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 22, 2024 08:58 AM (EvkyC)

276 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 22, 2024 08:02 AM (MoZTd)

Very cute puppy picture, Hadrian; Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 22, 2024 08:58 AM (6Irx1)

277 @225 Little Larry Sellers-That's right Tucker mentioned this yesterday about DeSantis influencers and kudos to him for that.

Posted by: JROD at January 22, 2024 08:58 AM (IlL6s)

278 Oh yes FL and the hanging chads
Let's all also remember that Tallahassee which controls voting arranged the number of polling places in Miami, a Dem stronghold, do that there were 3/4 hours long waiting in lines to vote. There is more than 1 way to suppress voting
Posted by: Paul banned

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So you agree that there should only be day-of voting and paper ballots with purple ink on fingers like in Iraq, and any mail in ballots require a notary and certified delivery with receipt?

Posted by: Nikki Haley - Click to see the HQ after DeSantis concedes to Nikki at January 22, 2024 08:58 AM (2WOSG)

279 I'm not sure that someone so thin skinned is a good fit for President of the United States.

I hear that international politics and warfare can get really testy.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2024 08:56 AM (hH3Px)

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Next thing you know she'll be challenging critics to push-up contests, fat!

Posted by: ShainS -- I have come here not to guide lambs, I have come here to awaken lions at January 22, 2024 08:58 AM (/z9fK)

280 I am told that Nikki has boars hair surrounding her swarthy nipples.

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at January 22, 2024 08:58 AM (ZV+pB)

281 I hope kitty Misty feels better soon

Posted by: Oglebay at January 22, 2024 08:58 AM (ogTiX)

282
lol..that bad , huh ?
Posted by: runner at January 22, 2024 08:56 AM (V13WU

yes.. I can't stand her and like I said I'm in CA so my vote doesn't make a difference..

Posted by: It's me donna at January 22, 2024 08:58 AM (n2vyf)

283 The only blond kid on our school bus was called "Lightbulb".

Racist!

He hated it so it stuck with him forever.
Posted by: pawn at January 22, 2024 08:50 AM (QB+5g)

The best way to get something like that to stick is to let people know it bothers you.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 22, 2024 08:58 AM (z99Zw)

284 I don't think "DeSantis would support Nikki/Pence 2024" is the winning hand here.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - Click to see the HQ after DeSantis concedes to Nikki at January 22, 2024 08:59 AM (2WOSG)

285 ‘Nikki, don’t lose that number,
it’s the only one you’ll want.
You might use it when you better,
when you’ve been stomped.’
- some alternative dude

Posted by: Eromero at January 22, 2024 08:59 AM (r51hs)

286 I was really hoping that DeSantis would be our nominee. It seems that others have disagreed.

I will therefore vote for Trump - albeit unenthusiastically, and more as a protest vote against the deep state (that Trump never even tried to dismantle) shenanigans of the past 3.5 years.

Posted by: Defenestratus at January 22, 2024 08:59 AM (NqHSR)

287 >>The Chicago suburb of Oak Brook has been beset with an increase in retail theft and burglaries over the last year, and police say the leading culprits have been recently arrived illegal border crossers who have filtered out to the suburb from Chicago

Ah, just wanting the opportunities America offers, huh?
While the nationality has not been mentioned in the news, there is a car theft ring in CO that steals ~75 vehicles (mostly Ford F-150s) *per day* from DIA, and they are immediately loaded onto car transport trucks and driven to Mexico.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 22, 2024 08:59 AM (RmXQu)

288 Question for Gov. Haley: Did you have any friends in High School?

Posted by: Tmitsss at January 22, 2024 08:59 AM (xFZSj)

289 "I'd like to see the breakdown between the birthrate vs. homicide rate.

IOW... is it self sustaining or not?"

I can assure you that in at least B'More, there are more children being born out of wedlock than there are gang-bangers taking each other out on an annual basis.

It's mostly the black & brown flight from the city that now has the population below 580,000.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2024 08:59 AM (hH3Px)

290 SPONGE!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 22, 2024 08:59 AM (jA9ul)

291 Posted by: Jaimo at January 22, 2024 08:55 AM (DBrN4

It's not silly. I have a friend whose cat is having the same issues, so I will pray for Misty as well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 22, 2024 09:00 AM (6Irx1)

292 Speaking of healthcare... I have "dental insurance" through my job, but no dentist within 50 miles is in network with BC/BS any longer due to "insurance industry shenanigans". So, I have to pay out of pocket. What a crock of rancid pipeweed.

Posted by: Odo Proudfoot at January 22, 2024 09:00 AM (SfSWS)

293 I can unequivocally state that I will not vote for Nikki Haley in the general under any circumstance, even if she were running against the devil himself. In my view, it's better to accelerate the collapse of America with (G*d forbid) Biden getting reelected or "reelected," and then hoping we can rebuild from the ashes. I resolutely refuse to vote for another McCain, Romney, Haley type ever again. What's the point? A slower collapse?

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 22, 2024 08:28 AM (mupln)

Worse yet, those types make all of the things destroying America "bi partisan". It's the milquetoast GOPe republicans who make it impossible to show a true distinction to the mushy middle voters.

Posted by: Meanwhile . . . . at January 22, 2024 09:00 AM (ky+MF)

294 Trump is the guy… there’s only Nikki now… everyone else is in line… not lost on me that this alignment has happened REALLY EARLY in our Leap Year circus…

Posted by: tubal at January 22, 2024 09:01 AM (PCK5/)

295 SPONGE!!!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 22, 2024 08:59 AM (jA9ul)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 22, 2024 09:01 AM (Zz0t1)

296 >>I will therefore vote for Trump - albeit unenthusiastically, and more as a protest vote against the deep state (that Trump never even tried to dismantle) shenanigans of the past 3.5 years.

He did. Schedule F.

Probably would have had more time to work on it had the left not tried to remove him over Russia,, then Ukraine and then stole the 24 election.

A lot of things DeSantis supporters know is wrong.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 22, 2024 09:01 AM (ZLI7S)

297 >>"Nikki is now claiming she wasn’t allowed to be a contestant in a beauty contest because she wasn’t black or white. "

Please tell me that's satire

Posted by: Lizzy at January 22, 2024 09:01 AM (RmXQu)

298 DeSantis signed a pledge that he will support whoever wins the nomination. He is a man of his word. Trump never did. Just in case he had to trash them. And...he will blame DeSantis for his (very likely) losing another one in 2024.
Posted by: runner at January 22, 2024 08:54 AM (V13WU)
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Trump agreed to the rule. It's a GOP rule and he bitched about it, but he did agree to it. Would he have done so had he not won the nomination? Who knows.

But every candidate agrees to that rule or they don't get access to GOP resources like polling and local organizations. It's the price of admission. "We let you compete, but if you lose you back our candidate because we invested in you and your supporters, so you need to try to shift those supporters to the winner."

Of all the candidates who agreed to those terms in 2016 - which was all of them - the only one I know of who actually delivered was Ted Cruz. That guy burned down phones and wore out shoe leather for Trump after the nomination. I don't remember any of the others doing so.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 22, 2024 09:02 AM (mwCIn)

299 I'm just glad that some many Democrats and Never Trumpers spent so much money on Nikki Haley

Posted by: SMOD at January 22, 2024 09:02 AM (RHGPo)

300 Has Nikki received the all important Taylor Swift endorsement?

Posted by: It couldn't hurt at January 22, 2024 09:02 AM (NBVIP)

301
Please tell me that's satire
Posted by: Lizzy at January 22, 2024 09:01 AM (RmXQu)

The conservative case for blaming racism for your failures in life.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 22, 2024 09:03 AM (Zz0t1)

302 "Nikki is now claiming she wasn’t allowed to be a contestant in a beauty contest because she wasn’t black or white. "

She should have told them she's a tranny.

Posted by: fd at January 22, 2024 09:03 AM (vFG9F)

303 Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays 14h
I have a lot of respect for DeSantis. He legitimized Trump as the Republican choice because no one can say Republicans had substandard alternatives.
Well-played. We owe you. #2028.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 22, 2024 09:03 AM (2yu8s)

304 Posted by: TeeJ at January 22, 2024 08:50 AM (5k0TE)

Teej - I saw of comment of yours over the weekend that intrigued me. Something about the pre-trib position in eschatology being pernicious or bad. Lots a good theologians hold to it. I’m more amillenial myself but am curious if you could expand?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 22, 2024 09:03 AM (1jdMT)

305 "Oh yes FL and the hanging chads "

Being a Jacksonville resident at that time, I had the opportunity to experience the operation of that ballot system.

If you were unable to clearly operate the ballot card, you probably were too stupid to be voting anyhow.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2024 09:03 AM (hH3Px)

306 I'm so old I remember a time when people weren't proud as punch to be called a victim.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 22, 2024 09:03 AM (SfhV1)

307 DeSantis signed a pledge that he will support whoever wins the nomination. He is a man of his word. Trump never did. Just in case he had to trash them. And...he will blame DeSantis for his (very likely) losing another one in 2024.
Posted by: runner at January 22, 2024 08:54 AM (V13WU)

Let me get this straight. You're saying that if Trump is not the nominee... due to shenanigans by the RNC unless you actually believe that Haley can win it... he'll trash the nominee and that makes him NOT a man of his word because he DIDN'T say that he wouldn't?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 22, 2024 09:03 AM (z99Zw)

308 BTW speaking of TayTay… did the Chiefs win last night???

Posted by: tubal at January 22, 2024 09:03 AM (PCK5/)

309 Wide right.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 22, 2024 09:04 AM (R4t5M)

310 >>BTW speaking of TayTay… did the Chiefs win last night???

Wide right.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 22, 2024 09:05 AM (ZLI7S)

311 Bankruptcy Judge Allows Rudy Giuliani to Seek New Trial to Challenge $148 Million Defamation Verdict Awarded to Georgia Election Workers

Posted by: SMOD at January 22, 2024 09:05 AM (RHGPo)

312 The gravamen of my discourse indicate this too will fail. Miserably.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 22, 2024 08:02 AM (x0n13)

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* cue me in my Jeff Lebowski robe (I actually looked like Jeff Bridges as a young man) *

"I just dropped in to see the gravamen your disquisition was in ..."

Posted by: ShainS -- I have come here not to guide lambs, I have come here to awaken lions at January 22, 2024 09:05 AM (/z9fK)

313 I think it has dawned on the Deep State that the natives are restless and starting to get fed up. And they haven't figured out a way to get rid of Joe and Kamala. Easier to just have the election and just block everything Trump does. He's out in four years and they get back in. Bonus points if the economy crashes from Biden's mismanagement and they can blame it on Trump.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 22, 2024 09:05 AM (L8hCM)

314 DeSantis and Trump and agree on 95% of things. This fight between their supporters is dumb.

Posted by: Montec at January 22, 2024 09:05 AM (bWsRe)

315 Wow

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 22, 2024 09:05 AM (R4t5M)

316 I’m more amillenial myself but am curious if you could expand?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 22, 2024 09:03 AM (1jdMT)

Never could quite understand that position, but as it hasn't bearing on salvation, quite happy to only squabble gently.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 22, 2024 09:06 AM (SfhV1)

317 Trump could win as an independent at this point. He does not need the repuke party.

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at January 22, 2024 09:06 AM (ZV+pB)

318 DeSantis Influencers Melt Down: "We’re Not Uniting Behind Trump"

Which shows that, as I suspected, all of the official DeSantis support was Never Trumpists thinking the rubes would back the FL Governor.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at January 22, 2024 09:06 AM (Rbu5d)

319 TRUMP the great unmasker. Many a mask has become useless. You are now seen.

Posted by: DOYLE at January 22, 2024 09:06 AM (Z8Yh2)

320 When the bullets start flying, you find out who your real friends are, and who will probably be left standing when the dust clears. I'm sure DeSantis was happy to have the support of many people. But some of them were stealth supporters with their own agendas. This is endemic to the Republican Party. See Trump's first term for many examples. The same people who poisoned Trump's well, did it to DeSantis in the primary. They are leeches and cowards who hide in the shadows and when the SHTF, save themselves. I think DeSantis got in for all the right reasons and whether Trump agrees or not- I don't really care. He was covering what he felt was an exposed flank, and when he saw the action was at the front, he moved to support it. DeSantis won't hold a grudge, he was honestly trying to do the right thing and will throw 100% support behind Trump. He wants to win, like the rest of us. On the other hand, Haley needs to be crushed and both Trump and DeSantis will do it. It's about time we drove these Democrats-Lite out of the party.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 22, 2024 09:06 AM (TbpGr)

321 And now for the talent section of our pageant Nimrata will discuss the need to increase tax enforcement

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 22, 2024 09:06 AM (wJraq)

322 "This fight between their supporters is dumb."

Don't call The Ewok dumb!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2024 09:06 AM (hH3Px)

323 I am certain a large number of those Ron influencers will flounce to RFK or the Manchin/Cheney whatever is bound to happen.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 22, 2024 08:55 AM (NYzgN)

I disagree.

Whatever you might think of DeSantis' positioning in the race, his politics are solidly conservative.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 22, 2024 09:06 AM (gSZYf)

324 Trump agreed to the rule. It's a GOP rule and he bitched about it, but he did agree to it. Would he have done so had he not won the nomination? Who knows....
====
LOHe agreed to the rule...but never signed. It's like agreeing to the terms of the pre-nup, but never signing.

"“Why would I sign a pledge?” he told political commentator Eric Bolling. “There are people on there that I wouldn't have. I wouldn't have certain people as, you know, somebody that I’d endorse. … I can name three or four people that I wouldn’t support for president. Right there, there’s a problem.”"

Posted by: runner at January 22, 2024 09:06 AM (V13WU)

325 Keeping Haley on the ticket regardless what happens with Trump is the typical GOP play. They get to grift as if nothing changes. And it won't if *biden "wins" or Haley "wins."

But if Trump somehow pulls one out then the GOP has to go to work to make sure nothing is changed. With help from their "friends across the aisle."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 22, 2024 09:06 AM (Q4IgG)

326 164 So no more raging T vs. D thread debates?
Posted by: I won't miss them at January 22, 2024 08:36 AM (NBVIP)

Heh. You must be new. j/k

Considering we were still having Trump v Cruz debates until about 2 years into Trump's term, I'd say TvD will be about the same.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 22, 2024 09:07 AM (zZu0s)

327 292 Speaking of healthcare... I have "dental insurance" through my job, but no dentist within 50 miles is in network with BC/BS any longer due to "insurance industry shenanigans". So, I have to pay out of pocket. What a crock of rancid pipeweed.
Posted by: Odo Proudfoot at January 22, 2024 09:00 AM (SfSWS)

Dental insurance has generally been, from what I can recall, not worth it. If it's more than a cleaning/check-up or a filling, you pay most of the way even with it.

These days? Total joke. As is most medical insurance unless you're an illegal or dead broke.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 22, 2024 09:07 AM (x0n13)

328 more as a protest vote against the deep state (that Trump never even tried to dismantle) shenanigans of the past 3.5 years.

So many people have short memories.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 22, 2024 09:07 AM (z99Zw)

329 247, do illegal aliens file tax returns in order to get this child tax credit?

Posted by: Jaimo at January 22, 2024 09:07 AM (DBrN4)

330 Emma Tucker, Chief Editor, The Wall Street Journal:
If you go back really not that long ago, as I say, we owned the news. We were the gatekeepers, and we very much owned the facts as well. If it said it in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, then that was a fact. Nowadays, people can go to all sorts of different sources for the news, and they’re much more questioning about what we’re saying. So it’s no longer good enough for us just to say, this is what happened, or this is the news we have to explain, almost like explain our working. So readers expect to understand how we source stories. They want to know how we go about getting stories. We have to sort of lift the bonnet, as it were, and in a way that newspapers aren’t used to doing, and explain to people what we’re doing. We need to be much more transparent about how we go about collecting the news.

Posted by: SMOD at January 22, 2024 09:07 AM (RHGPo)

331 "“Why would I sign a pledge?” he told political commentator Eric Bolling. “There are people on there that I wouldn't have. I wouldn't have certain people as, you know, somebody that I’d endorse. … I can name three or four people that I wouldn’t support for president. Right there, there’s a problem.”"

-

(tries to see where I disagree with any of this)

NIKKI/PENCE 2024!!!

Posted by: Nikki Haley - Click to see the HQ after DeSantis concedes to Nikki at January 22, 2024 09:07 AM (2WOSG)

332 Supreme Court Should Reexamine New York Times v. Sullivan
______

Like all conservatives, my instincts are to overturn. But I'm also someone who reads a lot from early 20th C Brits. One thing that comes out from both Orwell and Chesterton is how the use of libel suits shut down small dissenting publications.

This may be an issue on which there is no good answer.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 22, 2024 09:08 AM (1bNHn)

333
Where in the wide wide world of blogs would you ever see micturating be the most accurate description for Ron!
Would that Ron! have continued the phenomenal job he was doing making Florida THE Sunshine Sanctuary State for freedom loving Americans rather than micturating on the 2024 MAGA POTUS parade.

Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at January 22, 2024 09:08 AM (Ih0Cz)

334 “500,000 jobs [were] added to health-care sector under ObamaCare.” When the data are studied in detail, 47,000 were care providers,

meaning that 453,000 (91 percent) were non-clinical jobs, people who did not provide patient care.

On purpose as these people will become fed employees and unionized when we get Mediscare for all.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 22, 2024 09:08 AM (lwOKI)

335 >>"“Why would I sign a pledge?” he told political commentator Eric Bolling. “There are people on there that I wouldn't have. I wouldn't have certain people as, you know, somebody that I’d endorse. … I can name three or four people that I wouldn’t support for president. Right there, there’s a problem.”"

Me too. Haley, Christy, Hutchinson. Under no circumstances would I have voted for them if they had won the nomination. Why would I expect Trump too? It would be stupid. Trump isn't stupid.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 22, 2024 09:08 AM (ZLI7S)

336 #270 Yes, grammie.

Collin Rugg @CollinRugg 13h
NEW: Nikki Haley is not only playing the ‘woman’ card, but is now playing the race card, says she was made fun of every day for being brown.

Haley also claimed she was ‘disqualified’ from a beauty pageant because she wasn’t white or black.

“If you wanna know what it was like growing up, I was disqualified from a beauty pageant because I wasn't white or black because they didn't know where to put me.”

“So look, I know the hardships, the pain that come with racism.”

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 22, 2024 09:08 AM (2yu8s)

337 >>We need to be much more transparent about how we go about collecting the news.

"Wait, what?"
-- An unnamed source

Posted by: Lizzy at January 22, 2024 09:09 AM (RmXQu)

338 >>"Nikki is now claiming she wasn’t allowed to be a contestant in a beauty contest because she wasn’t black or white. "

Please tell me that's satire

Posted by: Lizzy at January 22, 2024 09:01 AM (RmXQu)

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

What white man with orange hair and formerly in the beauty pageant business failed to position Darling Nikki for success?

Posted by: ShainS -- I have come here not to guide lambs, I have come here to awaken lions at January 22, 2024 09:09 AM (/z9fK)

339 316

Never could quite understand that position, but as it hasn't bearing on salvation, quite happy to only squabble gently.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 22, 2024 09:06 AM (SfhV1)

Now let’s do “ once save, always saved” since we can’t argue about Trump and DeSantis!!!!

Posted by: tubal at January 22, 2024 09:09 AM (PCK5/)

340 Trump is a piece of shit loud mouth asshole. But I like his policies. And that’s what matters. You’re voting for policies not for a best friend.

Posted by: Montec at January 22, 2024 09:09 AM (bWsRe)

341 Dr. Waldman outlines the measurable results that we predicted prior to the passage of Obamacare, a huge percentage of healthcare dollars goes to sectors of the industry that do not provide actual care, perhaps as much as 50%. The industry term for this spending is BARRCOME (Bureaucracy, Administration, Rules, Regulations, Compliance, Oversight, Mandates, Enforcement)

Posted by: Muldoon at January 22, 2024 09:09 AM (991eG)

342 Trump is in it for himself. Not for "America", not to "dismantle the deep state" that has no resources to do , but to have something to say in court - like election interference ! I a candidate! Good strategy if you think about it.

Posted by: runner at January 22, 2024 09:09 AM (V13WU)

343 LOHe agreed to the rule...but never signed. It's like agreeing to the terms of the pre-nup, but never signing.

"“Why would I sign a pledge?” he told political commentator Eric Bolling. “There are people on there that I wouldn't have. I wouldn't have certain people as, you know, somebody that I’d endorse. … I can name three or four people that I wouldn’t support for president. Right there, there’s a problem.”"
Posted by: runner at January 22, 2024 09:06 AM (V13WU)
++++
True, he signed his own "pledge" in a big media event 2015.

It was good enough for the GOP. They let him in.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 22, 2024 09:09 AM (mwCIn)

344 Morning all from the frozen tundra of N Texas.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 22, 2024 09:09 AM (SbJgO)

345 Whatever you might think of DeSantis' positioning in the race, his politics are solidly conservative.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

I didn't say Ron. His influencers. Like Mitchell, Cardillo and Redfern.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 22, 2024 09:09 AM (NYzgN)

346 “So look, I know the hardships, the pain that come with racism.”
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 22, 2024 09:08 AM (2yu8s)

Oh, brother... Nikki, you forgot the woman card

Posted by: It's me donna at January 22, 2024 09:10 AM (n2vyf)

347 25...Bonnets, where the ears flop over to the front, are among the most charming phases of Borzoi puppydom and a sign of good ear set. Eventually, they'll flop backwards again to become the rose ears of a more mature dog.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 22, 2024 08:02 AM (MoZTd)

I got all starry eyed...

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at January 22, 2024 09:10 AM (Rbu5d)

348 Niki is thiiiiis close from carrying hot sauce in her purse. 🤣🤣

Posted by: Montec at January 22, 2024 09:10 AM (bWsRe)

349 Osage Nation’s Victorious War Cry After Judge Rules $300 Million Wind Farm on Tribal Land Must Be Dismantled: ‘This Is Our Homeland’

.. actually, the judge ruled that the wind farm operators had "mined" on their land, by excavating for the wind turbine towers

Posted by: SMOD at January 22, 2024 09:10 AM (RHGPo)

350 “So look, I know the hardships, the pain that come with racism.”

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 22, 2024 09:08 AM (2yu8s)

That deserves a couple dozen eye rolls right there.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 22, 2024 09:10 AM (SfhV1)

351 Trump is in it for himself. Not for "America", not to "dismantle the deep state" that has no resources to do , but to have something to say in court - like election interference ! I a candidate! Good strategy if you think about it.
Posted by: runner at January 22, 2024 09:09 AM (V13WU)
++++
Assuming that this is true, it is a strategy with a fair amount of precedent. It worked for Biden.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 22, 2024 09:11 AM (mwCIn)

352 "Nikki is now claiming she wasn’t allowed to be a contestant in a beauty contest because she wasn’t black or white. "

Please tell me that's satire

Posted by: Lizzy at January 22, 2024 09:01 AM (RmXQu)

I call bullshit.

Posted by: Vanessa Williams - Former Miss America at January 22, 2024 09:11 AM (Zz0t1)

353 188 Can Someone Tell Nikki Haley It’s Over?

--

From the link, it's stated that Trump has an average 30 point lead over "I got teased because of my skin color" Haley in South Carolina! If true, that's quite the humiliating shellacking she's going to get here. Of course, that doesn't factor in the D crossovers who I expect will swarm to the primary polls to vote for her, but that's a lot of points to make up...again, if true.
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 22, 2024 08:40 AM (mupln)

Be funny if Trump reminds everyone they call him Orange man...

Posted by: Inogame at January 22, 2024 09:11 AM (53oGX)

354 329 247, do illegal aliens file tax returns in order to get this child tax credit?
Posted by: Jaimo

Yep. And for $30 Jackson Hewitt will help them get their biggest refund.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 22, 2024 09:11 AM (NYzgN)

355 Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 22, 2024 09:06 AM (wJraq)

Lol. That would be a pretty funny political thread. What would the talent portion be for a beauty contest for politicians both male and female?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 22, 2024 09:11 AM (x+MYT)

356 Mornin', All.

Love the pic up top. Little Prince George has the right idea.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 22, 2024 09:11 AM (9yWhg)

357 345 Whatever you might think of DeSantis' positioning in the race, his politics are solidly conservative.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Yes and he would be My choice over Trump Unfortunately that is not gonna happen.....

Posted by: It's me donna at January 22, 2024 09:11 AM (n2vyf)

358 Thank God DeSantis wasn't the nominee. Look at his campaign!!!
"Oh yeah, he'll totes pick all the right people for his administration! Gee wilickers look-ee what he did in Florida by golly."
DeSantis was the first one the GOP put their hooks in and his limp dick, business as usual GOP playbook approach(you know because the GOP before Trump was an office winning juggernaut dontcha know!!!) was obvious from his first interview. His first interviews were a huge WTF for me since I expected the same fire he had before. Fire that would hold Trumps feet to the fire and get questions I wanted asked of Trump concerning the virus. BUT NOOOooooooOOOo DeSantis could'nt even come up with a savvy play like creating that narrative on every media platform available to him and bait Trump. But by God he was going to outplay the Deep State which was a guarantee/fantasy by his supporters.

Good riddance Ron. Maybe you can get a hold of Scott Walker and lick each others wounds.

Posted by: JROD at January 22, 2024 09:11 AM (IlL6s)

359 329 247, do illegal aliens file tax returns in order to get this child tax credit?
Posted by: Jaimo at January 22, 2024 09:07 AM (DBrN4)

With a taxpayer ID yes. Or a stolen SS yes.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 22, 2024 09:12 AM (lwOKI)

360 Me too. Haley, Christy, Hutchinson. Under no circumstances would I have voted for them if they had won the nomination. Why would I expect Trump too? It would be stupid. Trump isn't stupid.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 22, 2024 09:08 AM (ZLI7S)

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

Trump's superpower is (love him or hate him, and with all his shortcomings) his authenticity, and the contrast with the inauthentic like DeSantis and Haley only makes it shine all the more brighter.

Posted by: ShainS -- I have come here not to guide lambs, I have come here to awaken lions at January 22, 2024 09:12 AM (/z9fK)

361 True, he signed his own "pledge" in a big media event 2015.

It was good enough for the GOP. They let him in.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 22, 2024 09:09 AM (mwCIn

that was like, 2 elections ago, dude

Posted by: runner at January 22, 2024 09:12 AM (V13WU)

362 New York Post- House Jan. 6 Committee deleted more than 100 encrypted files days before GOP took majority: sources

http://tinyurl.com/474e4anv

Posted by: redridinghood at January 22, 2024 09:12 AM (NpAcC)

363 *We need to be much more transparent about how we go about collecting the news.*

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

Posted by: PRAVDA at January 22, 2024 09:12 AM (NBVIP)

364 ...pre-trib position...
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Are we no longer doing phrasing??

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 22, 2024 09:12 AM (2yu8s)

365 Trump is in it for himself, and not for the good of the country like all of the past presidents who were already millionaire but that accepted their salary and left office far wealthier, and on their way to becoming wealthier still, than when they entered.

Trump? Just massive legal troubles and the full weight of the MSM, state, federal, and alphabet agencies that would all go away if he'd give up.

But he's in it for himself.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - Click to see the HQ after DeSantis concedes to Nikki at January 22, 2024 09:12 AM (2WOSG)

366 Posted by: Inogame at January 22, 2024 09:11 AM (53oGX)

Hah. Bad tanning products.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 22, 2024 09:13 AM (x+MYT)

367 No, sorry. Not buying it. Trump was in business for himself. A billionaire and TV mogul. He was printing money. He gave that up and is putting up with unbelievable abuse. How is he doing that "for himself"?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 22, 2024 09:13 AM (NYzgN)

368 Now let’s do “ once save, always saved” since we can’t argue about Trump and DeSantis!!!!

Posted by: tubal at January 22, 2024 09:09 AM (PCK5/)

First I have to round up some baseball bats. And a hotdish.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 22, 2024 09:13 AM (SfhV1)

369 You know the rule...

If it's brown, FLUSH IT DOWN!

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at January 22, 2024 09:13 AM (ZV+pB)

370 Yes and he would be My choice over Trump Unfortunately that is not gonna happen.....
Posted by: It's me donna at January 22, 2024 09:11 AM (n2vyf)

It's a crazy world, donna. Never know how things will shake out.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 22, 2024 09:13 AM (zZu0s)

371 Marcus - agree. In watching all the butthurt on Twitter the last 24 hours, I realize how many of the never trumpets latched on to him, even though Ron D. never took that position, and still doesn't. It was pathetic to watch supposed conservative Bill Mitchell swear loyalty to RFK Jr. yesterday.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 22, 2024 09:14 AM (S6gqv)

372 ", do illegal aliens file tax returns in order to get this child tax credit?
Posted by: Jaimo

Yes. And the IRS even gives you instructions on how to file.

http://tinyurl.com/4j7kevtt

Posted by: Marcus T at January 22, 2024 09:14 AM (TbpGr)

373 Good morning everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 22, 2024 09:14 AM (qoGsy)

374 Many things can be true simultaneously

Trump is an asshole. Many of his followers are cult-like. His policies were rock solid as president. He is better than Biden. He is better than Nikki.

Posted by: Montec at January 22, 2024 09:14 AM (bWsRe)

375 Assuming that this is true, it is a strategy with a fair amount of precedent. It worked for Biden.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 22, 2024 09:11 AM (mwCIn)

Biden delivered for his supporters. In that sense, he succeeded. Trump did not deliver for his supporters. Because...OMG ! they did not let him!!11

Posted by: runner at January 22, 2024 09:14 AM (V13WU)

376 I wanted Trump/DeSantis. DeSantis believed the hype and listened to the wrong people and jumped into the race he shouldn't have joined.

Trump for 4 more years, then DeSantis for 8 would've been the most prosperity this country has ever seen.

There's now a strong chance that will never happen.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 22, 2024 09:14 AM (Zz0t1)

377 Whatever you might think of DeSantis' positioning in the race, his politics are solidly conservative.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Yes and he would be My choice over Trump Unfortunately that is not gonna happen.....
Posted by: It's me donna at January 22, 2024 09:11 AM (n2vyf)
******
Ditto!

Posted by: redridinghood at January 22, 2024 09:15 AM (NpAcC)

378 The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 63% of Likely U.S. Voters believe it is likely that Obama is influencing the policies of the Biden administration, including 40% who consider it Very Likely. Twenty-nine percent (29%) don’t think it’s likely the Biden administration is influenced by Obama, including 13% who say it’s Not At All Likely.

Posted by: SMOD at January 22, 2024 09:15 AM (RHGPo)

379 Now that DeSantis has stepped out does this mean Ace will be going balls deep on Nikki?

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 22, 2024 09:15 AM (pZ64F)

380 Individual Freedom: Elites are three times more likely than all Americans to say there is too much individual freedom in the country. Astonishingly, almost half of the elites and almost six-of-ten ivy leaguers say there is too much freedom.

FWEEDDOM

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 22, 2024 09:15 AM (lwOKI)

381 It's quite telling that his striking a conciliatory tone stands in stark contrasts to his boosters:

I supported DeSantis over Trump because I think the former would be a more effective executive then the latter. I think they would both try to move the country in the right direction as president so obviously my support goes to Trump.

I suspect this is true of almost all DeSantis supporters.

Honestly it did seem there was far too much of an attempt to breed animosity between the supporters of the two

Posted by: 18-1 at January 22, 2024 09:15 AM (ibTVg)

382 You know the rule...

If it's brown, FLUSH IT DOWN!
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at January 22, 2024 09:13 AM (ZV+pB)

Yerrow you ret merrow!

Posted by: Xi at January 22, 2024 09:16 AM (R4t5M)

383 It's quite telling that DeSantis' striking a conciliatory tone stands in stark contrast to his boosters:

This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Ace (probably) (ohviously fake, don't ban me bro!) at January 22, 2024 09:16 AM (JCZqz)

384 It's a crazy world, donna. Never know how things will shake out.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 22, 2024 09:13 AM (zZu0s)

True.. If something happens to Trump I imagine he could re-enter the race.. I hope that doesn't happen because that would be a disaster.. I'm sure it's what they dems are hoping/planning on..

Posted by: It's me donna at January 22, 2024 09:16 AM (n2vyf)

385 Trump is in it for himself. He gave up all of out uranium reserves to the Chinese in exchange for being allowed to build a massive casino on Macau.

Oh, wait. That didn't happen.

He sold us out in order to rent a couple hotel rooms to the Saudis one time! Yeah... that's the ticket!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 22, 2024 09:16 AM (NYzgN)

386 99.97% of US sailors infected with covid did not die; this was known in April 2020

Posted by: SMOD at January 22, 2024 09:16 AM (RHGPo)

387 Most of Twitter is bots.

Posted by: Who can know? at January 22, 2024 09:16 AM (NBVIP)

388 Now that DeSantis has stepped out does this mean Ace will be going balls deep on Nikki?
Posted by: Pudinhead

-

I'm thinking there's a 70% chance there won't even be a thread on him quitting.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - Click to see the HQ after DeSantis concedes to Nikki at January 22, 2024 09:16 AM (2WOSG)

389 Trump? Just massive legal troubles and the full weight of the MSM, state, federal, and alphabet agencies that would all go away if he'd give up.

But he's in it for himself.
Posted by: Nikki Haley - Click to see the HQ after DeSantis concedes to Nikki at January 22, 2024 09:12 AM (2WOSG)

Don't forget the monetary penalties and legal judgements.

Hmmm, I wonder if a thousand years from now, Trump will be mentioned in the same way as Job. With Melania (as the wife) telling him to curse the name of Ronald Reagan and Trump in turn cursing the day he left The Apprentice.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 22, 2024 09:16 AM (zZu0s)

390 "Do Americans have the 'right' to buy raw foods?"

This is the wrong way to discuss it. Does the government have the constitutionally derived power to deny people raw food?

No. End of Story.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 22, 2024 09:16 AM (ibTVg)

391 >>Trump's superpower is (love him or hate him, and with all his shortcomings) his authenticity, and the contrast with the inauthentic like DeSantis and Haley only makes it shine all the more brighter.

Yep. Trump says exactly what he means and I never have to wonder who is pulling his strings. And he dislikes the establishment as much as I do.

He'll make mistakes, has in the past and will in the future just like all of us. But he's making a huge sacrifice because he wants to turn the country around. He's the one guy in the race not getting rich off donor money. And he scares the shit out of all the right people.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 22, 2024 09:16 AM (ZLI7S)

392 Montec, so Obama has to be the only one with cult-like supporters. Remember Trump doesn't have a song about him sung by school children. Mmm mmmm mmmm Barack Hussein Obama. That's way worse.

Posted by: Jaimo at January 22, 2024 09:16 AM (DBrN4)

393 What no one is talking about wrt DeSantis is the role his wife, Casey, played in his failed campaign. I've no doubt that after Ron was approached by the GOPe about running, Casey was the one who convinced him to do it. She is much more extroverted than her husband and much more ambitious. There were several times where her presence/actions actually made Ron look weak.

Posted by: IrishEi at January 22, 2024 09:17 AM (iYEOp)

394 390 "Do Americans have the 'right' to buy raw foods?"

This is the wrong way to discuss it. Does the government have the constitutionally derived power to deny people raw food?

No. End of Story.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 22, 2024 09:16 AM (ibTVg)

The typical angle for regulating tons of stuff has been the interstate commerce clause.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 22, 2024 09:17 AM (eYoxG)

395 "Posted by: Tom Servo at January 22, 2024 09:14 AM (S6gqv)"

Tom, these people are snakes. They latched onto DeSantis as nevertrumpers. That is the ones who didn't go to Nikki. They are poison and continually do that to the party. They are the same people who undermined Trump during his administration. They hide in plain site and pretend to be supporters. In reality they are the enemy and need to be rooted out.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 22, 2024 09:17 AM (TbpGr)

396 379 Now that DeSantis has stepped out does this mean Ace will be going balls deep on Nikki?
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 22, 2024 09:15 AM (pZ64F)

I read that as "in."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 22, 2024 09:17 AM (x0n13)

397 Trump is in it for himself. Not for "America", not to "dismantle the deep state" that has no resources to do , but to have something to say in court - like election interference ! I a candidate! Good strategy if you think about it.
Posted by: runner at January 22, 2024 09:09 AM (V13WU)

So, are you planning on spending this year trashing Trump for failing to live up to your hopes and dreams?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 22, 2024 09:17 AM (z99Zw)

398 I've long said that Ron DeSantis could simply take all that oligarch money and bank it for 2028. But after passing the billion dollar mark while promising to get Trump? Even if hiring NeverTrumpers was all part of the cover, the donors will be furious. You almost feel sorry for the guy.

Posted by: Agent of a dead Empire at January 22, 2024 09:17 AM (vbLmJ)

399 I can empathize with Haley. I was once disqualified from a beauty pageant because I wasn't an actual...you know...uh...woman. Unlike the present day, where that is no longer a hindrance. We've come a long way, baby!

Posted by: Muldoon at January 22, 2024 09:17 AM (991eG)

400 99.97% of US sailors infected with covid did not die; this was known in April 2020
Posted by: SMOD at January 22, 2024 09:16 AM (RHGPo)

'Memba that cruise ship full of old people that everyone on board was supposed to die?

They didn't.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 22, 2024 09:17 AM (Zz0t1)

401 They had to delete the files in order to reduce the congressional carbon footprint. They did it for us!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 22, 2024 09:18 AM (NYzgN)

402 On Sunday, X owner Elon Musk called for members of the Patriot Front organization to be unmasked and questioned "Why doesn't the media or government care about their identities?" He asked. The comment came in response to X user Wall Street Silver, who theorized, "The fact that the legacy media shows zero curiosity about unmasking these guys, tells us 100% that these are federal agents or paid stooges of one of the agencies." "Seems like they should be followed and unmasked," Musk said.

Posted by: SMOD at January 22, 2024 09:18 AM (RHGPo)

403 I think it has dawned on the Deep State that the natives are restless and starting to get fed up. And they haven't figured out a way to get rid of Joe and Kamala. Easier to just have the election and just block everything Trump does. He's out in four years and they get back in. Bonus points if the economy crashes from Biden's mismanagement and they can blame it on Trump.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 22, 2024 09:05 AM (L8hCM)

I think this is exactly how things will play out

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 22, 2024 09:18 AM (1jdMT)

404 It's still a long haul for Trump to even get on the ballot. I have a hard time believing the GOP is going to fight for him should the polls show a consistent lead over Haley and/or *biden into the summer. I expect the polls to show this, but I also expect his legal issues to persist well into election season if not through the election itself.

The GOP hates Trump as much as the Democrats. Their life will not get better with him in the White House.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 22, 2024 09:18 AM (Q4IgG)

405 99.97% of US sailors infected with covid did not die; this was known in April 2020

The DoD leak in 2021 established that by that point the DoD knew:

1) Covid came from wuhan lab
2) The clot shots do nothing positive
3) IVM helps if given early.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 22, 2024 09:18 AM (ibTVg)

406 I thought Musk cleaned up X/twitter of bots ?

Posted by: runner at January 22, 2024 09:18 AM (V13WU)

407 For everyone saying DeSantis is now finished nationally keep Biden ran a few times before 2020. Bill Clinton ran in 1988. Regan ran in 1976. The list of primary failures who then won the 2nd or 3rd time around is pretty long.

Posted by: Montec at January 22, 2024 09:18 AM (bWsRe)

408
I read that as "in."
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 22, 2024 09:17 AM (x0n13)

He would join a seemingly long list if he did.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 22, 2024 09:18 AM (Zz0t1)

409 What always amazes me is how no one ever holds the Democrats for every horrid insult they hurl. Yeah, Trump called DeSantis stupid name -- are we really supposed to be more upset about that than, say, what Biden said in his freaky red-lit speech demonizing half the country?!? Are his insults worse than what Nancy Pelosi, AOC and her pals say every day - seriously?

As in 2016 and 2020, the vapors from the DC bubble "conservative" class, particularly the columnists, campaign consultants, are a demonstration of how much he is upsetting their cushy gigs milking the flyover state normies while pretending to agree with them. Now THAT is a lot more offensive to me than a mean tweet.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 22, 2024 08:47 AM (RmXQu)

Trump is mean... but mess around and I'll bomb your homestead with F16s.
-Biden

Posted by: Inogame at January 22, 2024 09:18 AM (53oGX)

410 Thanks Fen, Oglebay and NR Pax for the good thoughts for my little Misty. Much appreciated. When she goes, I will have no animals in my house. I've never not had kitties in my house. I don't even know what I'd do without her.

Posted by: Jaimo at January 22, 2024 09:18 AM (DBrN4)

411 How about the GOP sign a pledge to us citizens/voters that they'll stop fucking us over? That's a pledge I'd give a fuck about. I don't care about candidates signing a fucking pledge within a party that isn't even loyal to its own constituents. For all I care Trump could take a big giant shit on a stage and wipe his ass with a pledge to support any of them stooges that ran for the GOP nom.

Posted by: JROD at January 22, 2024 09:18 AM (IlL6s)

412 Pro-Palestine protests shut down main street of Sundance Film Festival

... you reap what you sow

Posted by: SMOD at January 22, 2024 09:19 AM (RHGPo)

413 I'm thinking there's a 70% chance there won't even be a thread on him quitting.
Posted by: Nikki Haley - Click to see the HQ after DeSantis concedes to Nikki at January 22, 2024 09:16 AM (2WOSG)

Nah, ace is a standup dude. If he was that petty, the blog would not have survived the 2016 primary wars. He will do a post, but probably squeeze out every last bit of venom he can come up with.

I'll lay $5 (redeemable at a MoMe.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 22, 2024 09:19 AM (zZu0s)

414 >>Trump is an asshole. Many of his followers are cult-like.

Says the guy in the golf cart cult.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 22, 2024 09:19 AM (ZLI7S)

415 that was like, 2 elections ago, dude
Posted by: runner at January 22, 2024 09:12 AM (V13WU)
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Yes, which I took as the context for your comment. Rereading it, I see that you may have meant this cycle with your Trump comment. That misread was mine. I don't know what if anything Trump did this cycle. I don't care. I'm following the presidential race this year, but it doesn't really matter to me. The presidency is largely a false prize. I'm not getting worked up about it either way.

I think Trump or DeSantis or even Ramaswamy - who I think might be a cipher - would be better than Haley or Biden. But I also think it's a fairly marginal thing. I just can't get enthusiastic about it because I think it doesn't really matter. The President isn't entire powerless (SCOTUS justices, EOs (which are temporary) and foreign policy aren't nothing), but I don't think it is worth worrying about when the bureaucracy and the Party do whatever the hell they want and hold the real power in the government.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 22, 2024 09:19 AM (mwCIn)

416 First I have to round up some baseball bats. And a hotdish.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 22, 2024 09:13 AM (SfhV1)

I have no idea why this is about but I'm in with Grammie!

* throws bats into bag*
*shoves tuna hot dish into oven*

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at January 22, 2024 09:19 AM (VYnM/)

417 Biden And Abbott Have Set The Stage For One Of The Biggest State-Versus-Feds Immigration Fights In More Than A Decade

Posted by: SMOD at January 22, 2024 09:20 AM (RHGPo)

418 Random appointment from the jury pool for each locality would probably not be too bad. To fill 50 positions, draft 100 people from the jury pool. Send them through an IQ test. Everyone at 100 IQ or higher goes to a medical screen. The top 50 make it into office. One term, then go back home.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 22, 2024 08:14 AM (mwCIn)

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

Agree. Elections are clearly not able to represent the will of the people.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 22, 2024 09:20 AM (cMXNt)

419 it's not that simple, obama controlling biden. It is the massive number of people he left behind that brought in more like them, that are controlling biden's policy.

Posted by: runner at January 22, 2024 09:20 AM (V13WU)

420
Nah, ace is a standup dude. If he was that petty, the blog would not have survived the 2016 primary wars. He will do a post, but probably squeeze out every last bit of venom he can come up with.

I'll lay $5 (redeemable at a MoMe.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 22, 2024 09:19 AM (zZu0s)

A post where I'm the supreme cult leader because he knows exactly how I feel and what I think.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 22, 2024 09:20 AM (Zz0t1)

421 ALL social media is toxic and stupid

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at January 22, 2024 09:21 AM (ZV+pB)

422 >>“If you wanna know what it was like growing up, I was disqualified from a beauty pageant because I wasn't because they didn't know where to put me.” “So look, I know the hardships, the pain that come with racism.”

Its seems that so many of these non-white people telling stories such as this assume they are the only ones ever teased, ever shut out of opportunities because of their [ethnicity/sex/religion]. Guess what? ALL of us were teased for something, ALL of missed out on opportunities because we didn't have the right connections, the right physical whatever, the right economic status, etc..

With all sincerity, please, get over it.
Life is not fair, none of had it easy, and whining/arguing over it as an adult is pathetic, particularly from someone who has been successful.

We need more gratitude. How about she express gratitude that as a woman who is not "white or black" the people of her state still elected her governor, and many now are considering her for POTUS. Why claim racism *now*?

Posted by: Lizzy at January 22, 2024 09:21 AM (RmXQu)

423 400 99.97% of US sailors infected with covid did not die; this was known in April 2020
Posted by: SMOD at January 22, 2024 09:16 AM (RHGPo)

'Memba that cruise ship full of old people that everyone on board was supposed to die?

They didn't.
Posted by: Sponge

11 peepo out of 3200, give or take.
Passengers and creww.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 22, 2024 09:21 AM (SbJgO)

424 I don't even know what I'd do without her.
Posted by: Jaimo at January 22, 2024 09:18 AM (DBrN4)

It's so hard when a pet gets old... They're like Family.. Hope your kitty gets better...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 22, 2024 09:21 AM (n2vyf)

425 Many things can be true simultaneously

Many of his followers are cult-like. His policies were rock solid as president.
Posted by: Montec at January 22, 2024 09:14 AM (bWsRe)

What part of supporting someone who has a history - as President - of rock solid policies is cult-like?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 22, 2024 09:22 AM (z99Zw)

426 On Sunday, X owner Elon Musk called for members of the Patriot Front organization to be unmasked

The left has a massive "demasking" organization. If you go on their formers you can see them demasking people at the J6 protests for example.

And...its funny they will often get told by the more senior people on their forums to lay off some people.

As an example the FNM was covering some wack job that was putting up "Vax the Jews" signs on highways. I wanted to know more about the guy so I followed a few leftwing demasking threads. They found his name, where he lived, and that he had no source of income even though he travelled all over the country putting up these signs and owned a house. And...then the threads were locked and they were told to knock it off.

Now...why would that be?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 22, 2024 09:22 AM (ibTVg)

427 Nah, ace is a standup dude. If he was that petty, the blog would not have survived the 2016 primary wars. He will do a post, but probably squeeze out every last bit of venom he can come up with.

I'll lay $5 (redeemable at a MoMe.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD

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I only say that because I saw something in the last couple of years that really, REALLY should've had a thread but never did. I don't remember what it was, but it was a pretty glaring omission from a ~~smart political blog~~ smarmy political blog.

And the whole DeSantis thing has been pretty brutal, even when thinking back to 2016.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - Click to see the HQ after DeSantis concedes to Nikki at January 22, 2024 09:22 AM (2WOSG)

428 392 Montec, so Obama has to be the only one with cult-like supporters. Remember Trump doesn't have a song about him sung by school children. Mmm mmmm mmmm Barack Hussein Obama. That's way worse.
Posted by: Jaimo at January 22, 2024 09:16 AM (DBrN4)

I said many things can be true. As in Trump has cult members and so did Obama.

Posted by: Montec at January 22, 2024 09:22 AM (bWsRe)

429 Posted by: Jaimo at January 22, 2024 09:18 AM (DBrN4)

It's very hard when our furry family members are suffering. My friend had the vet give her something to help her cats appetite.They have to go for another consultation with a vet specialist, but whatever they gave her helped.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 22, 2024 09:22 AM (x+MYT)

430 Thanks Donna.

Posted by: Jaimo at January 22, 2024 09:22 AM (DBrN4)

431 420
Nah, ace is a standup dude. If he was that petty, the blog would not have survived the 2016 primary wars. He will do a post, but probably squeeze out every last bit of venom he can come up with.

I'll lay $5 (redeemable at a MoMe.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 22, 2024 09:19 AM (zZu0s)

A post where I'm the supreme cult leader because he knows exactly how I feel and what I think.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 22, 2024 09:20 AM (Zz0t1)

We need "Sponge receives ace's resentful surrender" art.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 22, 2024 09:22 AM (eYoxG)

432 A post where I'm the supreme cult leader because he knows exactly how I feel and what I think.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 22, 2024 09:20 AM (Zz0t1)

You'll have to get some vestments that do not have Frito Lay Jalapeno Cheddar Cheese sauce smeared across the front.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 22, 2024 09:22 AM (zZu0s)

433 Its seems that so many of these non-white people telling stories such as this assume they are the only ones ever teased, ever shut out of opportunities because of their [ethnicity/sex/religion]. Guess what? ALL of us were teased for something, ALL of missed out on opportunities because we didn't have the right connections, the right physical whatever, the right economic status, etc.. ...
Posted by: Lizzy at January 22, 2024 09:21 AM (RmXQu)
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Yes, but if you subscribe to identity politics - which Haley clearly does, or as at least willing to pretend to fit in with the ruling clique - then whatever abuse *you* received is special because of identity markers.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 22, 2024 09:23 AM (mwCIn)

434 Pro-Palestine protests shut down main street of Sundance Film Festival

... you reap what you sow
Posted by: SMOD

Smug, virtue signaling leftists hardest hit.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 22, 2024 09:23 AM (qoGsy)

435 >>ALL social media is toxic and stupid

To a certain degree. But now that Musk owns Twitter it is also a place the left can't control the flow of information.

If Musk had owned Twitter in 2020 Biden might not have been installed and it is going to play a very big roll in 2024.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 22, 2024 09:23 AM (ZLI7S)

436 Trump did not deliver for his supporters. Because...OMG ! they did not let him!!11
Posted by: runner at January 22, 2024 09:14 AM (V13WU)

I suppose now you'll tell us that CandidateX would have gotten Congress and the bureaucracy to act differently due their gravamen and steely-eyed stare.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 22, 2024 09:23 AM (z99Zw)

437 You mean that chick with the big boobs who liked my reply 3 seconds after posting doesn't really find me funny?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 22, 2024 09:23 AM (NYzgN)

438 I only say that because I saw something in the last couple of years that really, REALLY should've had a thread but never did. I don't remember what it was, but it was a pretty glaring omission from a smart political blog smarmy political blog.

And the whole DeSantis thing has been pretty brutal, even when thinking back to 2016.
Posted by: Nikki Haley - Click to see the HQ after DeSantis concedes to Nikki at January 22, 2024 09:22 AM (2WOSG)

Like 9 out of 10 times people "bring up a new topic" we've already had a thread on it in the last few days or earlier in that day.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 22, 2024 09:24 AM (eYoxG)

439
You'll have to get some vestments that do not have Frito Lay Jalapeno Cheddar Cheese sauce smeared across the front.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 22, 2024 09:22 AM (zZu0s)

Uh oh.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 22, 2024 09:24 AM (Zz0t1)

440 As an example the FNM was covering some wack job that was putting up "Vax the Jews" signs on highways. I wanted to know more about the guy so I followed a few leftwing demasking threads. They found his name, where he lived, and that he had no source of income even though he travelled all over the country putting up these signs and owned a house. And...then the threads were locked and they were told to knock it off.

Now...why would that be?
Posted by: 18-1

Fed playa.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 22, 2024 09:24 AM (SbJgO)

441 386 99.97% of US sailors infected with covid did not die; this was known in April 2020
Posted by: SMOD at January 22, 2024 09:16 AM (RHGPo)

Under 65 was about the same for the US pop.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 22, 2024 09:24 AM (lwOKI)

442 @304 - Linus V.P.
Thanks for asking!
As for the millennium, I take Rev 20:1-7 for what it says. Symbolizing or spiritualizing away an entire Book because it has a fair amount of symbolism in it, most of the time explained in the passage, is not an optimal practice.
As far as the rapture, a very good vid popped up a few years ago explaining the position I've held for close to thirty years. Came to it after my own study on the day of the LORD and Christ's coming which was prompted by a tape set on 1st and 2nd Thess.
Be happy to do short version at some point but no time now.
Very long link but if you put "7 Pre-trib Problems and the Pre-wrath Rapture" in the utube search box it will pop up. 2hrs 15min+

Posted by: TeeJ at January 22, 2024 09:24 AM (5k0TE)

443 While the nationality has not been mentioned in the news, there is a car theft ring in CO that steals ~75 vehicles (mostly Ford F-150s) *per day* from DIA, and they are immediately loaded onto car transport trucks and driven to Mexico.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 22, 2024 08:59 AM (RmXQu)

Okay, at that point, the DIA security guards need to be fired (preferably out of a cannon). DIA is mainly a stopover spot, so the car lots can't be that huge, therefore this is not a manpower issue. And it has to be more than turning a blind eye occasionally- how high do you suppose the kickbacks go?

Posted by: pookysgirl's flying days are thankfully over at January 22, 2024 09:24 AM (dtlDP)

444 The only constituency for Nikki Hillary are...members of the GOPe itself and Democrats who want her as the R nominee.

Its amazing we are at this moment where she has incredible amounts of cash and yet almost no support from R voters

Posted by: 18-1 at January 22, 2024 09:24 AM (ibTVg)

445 And the whole DeSantis thing has been pretty brutal, even when thinking back to 2016.
Posted by: Nikki Haley - Click to see the HQ after DeSantis concedes to Nikki at January 22, 2024 09:22 AM (2WOSG)

I dunno. We have had a couple flounces, but there have also been accusations of anti-Semitism (both real and imagined.)

I'd say we had a major fracture back then and now it has only been one or two, but those of us left also went through 2016, so we are further to the right than the average then.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 22, 2024 09:24 AM (zZu0s)

446 410 Thanks Fen, Oglebay and NR Pax for the good thoughts for my little Misty. Much appreciated. When she goes, I will have no animals in my house. I've never not had kitties in my house. I don't even know what I'd do without her.
Posted by: Jaimo at January 22, 2024 09:18 AM (DBrN4)

I know a little about how you feel. My golden retriever is 11 and she has thought me so many things. not the least of which is to be completely fine walking around like Pigpen but in a cloud of dog fur.

Posted by: Oglebay at January 22, 2024 09:25 AM (ogTiX)

447 Fen, oh good, I'm picking that stuff up at lunch. You put it in their ear. I gave her a pepcid and her allergy pill this morning. I'm just trying to get her to when we find out the parathyroid test results and/or the ultrasound Thursday. I'm not doing Chemo on her she's too little and if it's cancer we are going to treat with steroids to keep it at bay for a little while. If it's the parathyroid they can zap it, but I'm assuming it's expensive to do surgically guided by ultrasound.

Posted by: Jaimo at January 22, 2024 09:25 AM (DBrN4)

448 Now that DeSantis has stepped out does this mean Ace will be going balls deep on Nikki?
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 22, 2024 09:15 AM (pZ64F)

I suspect that Ace would say "not with garrett's dick". Then he would start in on how garrett is teh ghey and things would get all confused. He's move the post to draft and then finally publish it in a couple years.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 22, 2024 09:25 AM (z99Zw)

449 437 You mean that chick with the big boobs who liked my reply 3 seconds after posting doesn't really find me funny?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 22, 2024 09:23 AM (NYzgN)

Which chick with the huge boobs?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 22, 2024 09:25 AM (zZu0s)

450 Posted by: Cannibal Bob at January 22, 2024 09:19 AM (VYnM/)

For our church luncheons I almost always-or at least have for the past five years- bring roasted red pepper and tomato soup, which is good on a cold day.I would prefer not to eat roasted Homo sapiens, however.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 22, 2024 09:25 AM (x+MYT)

451 "Denigrating white people has become the ideological backdrop of American cultural and political life. Unlike for Jews, no one denounces it."

Yes, I was thinking the other day ... why is there no word for the hate and attacks on white Christians, (especially patriotic ones)?

There are created words for Islamaphobia, Transphobes, and on and on. But the real hate of Western Culture and Christian traditional America in general ... no specific word for the worst kind of hate.

Worst kind because it is the destruction of all Western values, with only "burn it down" as the plan, with some vague "build back better" promise.

I guess it is an Alinsky thing ... isolate the target, freeze it, and attack it (or something like that). So they pick or create targets like "Trump/Russia, a threat to democracy", or the (FBI led) J6 Insurrection, worse than Pearl Harbor.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 22, 2024 09:26 AM (Cus5s)

452 444 The only constituency for Nikki Hillary are...members of the GOPe itself and Democrats who want her as the R nominee.

Its amazing we are at this moment where she has incredible amounts of cash and yet almost no support from R voters
Posted by: 18-1 at January 22, 2024 09:24 AM (ibTVg)

We're finally seeing the Jeb v Trump rematch.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 22, 2024 09:26 AM (eYoxG)

453 415 I think Trump or DeSantis or even Ramaswamy - who I think might be a cipher - would be better than Haley or Biden. But I also think it's a fairly marginal thing. I just can't get enthusiastic about it because I think it doesn't really matter. The President isn't entire powerless (SCOTUS justices, EOs (which are temporary) and foreign policy aren't nothing), but I don't think it is worth worrying about when the bureaucracy and the Party do whatever the hell they want and hold the real power in the government.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 22, 2024 09:19 AM (mwCIn)

When one side is willing to hire 87,000 armed thugs to menace the population at gunpoint over not rounding that 3 cents up to the next dollar, and the other just shrugs, you see where the power lies.

Posted by: XTC at January 22, 2024 09:26 AM (sm6Pk)

454 Good morning JJ and horde

Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2024 09:26 AM (fwDg9)

455 You mean that chick with the big boobs who liked my reply 3 seconds after posting doesn't really find me funny?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 22, 2024 09:23 AM (NYzgN)

***

She does not find you secksie either...

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at January 22, 2024 09:26 AM (ZV+pB)

456
Which chick with the huge boobs?

LEAVE MY SISTER OUT OF THIS

Posted by: Lil Ben Shapiro at January 22, 2024 09:26 AM (ibTVg)

457 We have to sort of lift the bonnet, as it were

Well, she's never been in an Easter Parade.

Boots and bonnets. Possibly the most WSJ thing you'l read today.

Bet she thinks she's being folksy, mentioning car parts and all.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 22, 2024 09:26 AM (zdLoL)

458 Oglebay, Goldens oh yea, the fur. My boss had one that he used to bring in the office and the hair was everywhere. I love Goldens and labs, any color. I've always had more than one cat at a time, and when we lost Earl last year I didn't replace him so now I only have Misty.

Posted by: Jaimo at January 22, 2024 09:26 AM (DBrN4)

459 Trump will have a Female VP candidate but God willing it won't be Nikki

Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2024 09:27 AM (fwDg9)

460 For our church luncheons I almost always-or at least have for the past five years- bring roasted red pepper and tomato soup, which is good on a cold day.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Wow, that sounds fabulous.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 22, 2024 09:28 AM (9yWhg)

461 You would be foolish to believe a candidate like Trump, who's getting around 51% of the Republican electorate, will have a cake walk in the general. He needs more Independents and leaners in his column. He knows that, and his speech in Iowa was not just an acknowledgment, but a step in the right direction. I think part of Ace's point, and it's a fair one, is whether Trump can sustain that. If past is prologue I'd state that's a fairly sagacious observation and point. Typically, a VP pick is nothing more than a fig leaf. If he doesn't adapt, he loses and we all lose.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 22, 2024 09:28 AM (TbpGr)

462 When one side is willing to hire 87,000 armed thugs to menace the population at gunpoint over not rounding that 3 cents up to the next dollar, and the other just shrugs, you see where the power lies.
Posted by: XTC at January 22, 2024 09:26 AM (sm6Pk)
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That's where we are. The Party wants a few divisions' worth of tax thugs, so they're going to get them. It doesn't matter who the President is. If the guy in the Oval vetoes it, they'll shut the government down until he signs. Or come back with a bullshit "compromise" that only adds 60,000 goons.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 22, 2024 09:29 AM (mwCIn)

463 Skip, Seb Gorka said it was not going to be a woman. Apparently he's known for awhile now and is sworn to secrecy but has been dropping hints.

Posted by: Jaimo at January 22, 2024 09:29 AM (DBrN4)

464 Anyone else notice the tableau of Fen discussing the menu with Cannibal Bob?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 22, 2024 09:29 AM (zZu0s)

465 >>I only say that because I saw something in the last couple of years that really, REALLY should've had a thread but never did. I don't remember what it was, but it was a pretty glaring omission from a smart political blog smarmy political blog.

Did I miss something, are we supposed to be criticizing ace because he's not posting what each of us wants, or because he's not backing 'our guy'? Really?

There's a big internet out there - you're free to find a place that better suits your needs.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 22, 2024 09:29 AM (RmXQu)

466 More things that can be true simultaneously ….

Nikki is shit. RDS is good. Liking RDS does not mean automatically liking Nikki.

Posted by: Montec at January 22, 2024 09:30 AM (bWsRe)

467 One important consideration for Trump for VP...

The GOPe/Dems are going to try and sabotage his cabinet picks. They can't stop Trump from giving the VP oversight into whatever issues he wants the VP to work on though - so the VP can be sort of a emergency agency overseer.

As such he should pick a VP that has actually successfully been an administrator.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 22, 2024 09:30 AM (ibTVg)

468
If Musk had owned Twitter in 2020 Biden might not have been installed and it is going to play a very big roll in 2024.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 22, 2024 09:23 AM

Elon has been posting some data and it's looking massively better for Twitter/X as opposed to other social media.

Time of 'engagement' (how long a person stays) is way up, also. It's bound to be huge in the coming election. Not just that but there are a number of people posting about the border with actual footage of the nightmare going on there. It's getting better every day.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 22, 2024 09:30 AM (nIvob)

469 good morning! do not worry

https://youtu.be/QhbK2GpbKTY

Posted by: BlackOrchid, I meant to say at January 22, 2024 09:30 AM (AcWfM)

470 Anyone else notice the tableau of Fen discussing the menu with Cannibal Bob?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 22, 2024 09:29 AM (zZu0s)

***

Yes. I am waiting for the devolution into talking about Long Pig

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at January 22, 2024 09:30 AM (ZV+pB)

471 ART

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 22, 2024 09:30 AM (lwOKI)

472 One thing Trump and other candidates need to stop is the infantile personal attacks against each other. There are plenty of policy reasons to pound each other over without infantile attacks. This happened in 2016 and nobody really benefited from it. And it has happened ever since. This is one those things that drive me nuts about Trump. He really can be his own worst enemy at times.

Posted by: WarEagle82 at January 22, 2024 09:30 AM (b5mAA)

473 463 Skip, Seb Gorka said it was not going to be a woman. Apparently he's known for awhile now and is sworn to secrecy but has been dropping hints.

I hope Lee Zeldin

Posted by: BlackOrchid, I meant to say at January 22, 2024 09:30 AM (AcWfM)

474 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 22, 2024 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

475 Very long link but if you put "7 Pre-trib Problems and the Pre-wrath Rapture" in the utube search box it will pop up. 2hrs 15min+
Posted by: TeeJ at January 22, 2024 09:24 AM (5k0TE)

Thanks, Teej!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 22, 2024 09:31 AM (1jdMT)

476 Nood.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 22, 2024 09:31 AM (zZu0s)

477 You would be foolish to believe a candidate like Trump, who's getting around 51% of the Republican electorate, will have a cake walk in the general.

—-

This is one of the biggest flaws of Trump supporters. They think the RNC electorate mirrors the general election electorate.

Posted by: Montec at January 22, 2024 09:31 AM (bWsRe)

478 Did I miss something, are we supposed to be criticizing ace because he's not posting what each of us wants, or because he's not backing 'our guy'? Really?

There's a big internet out there - you're free to find a place that better suits your needs.
Posted by: Lizzy

--

I've said it before, but I try very hard to not say anything that I wouldn't say if the person wasn't around.

#388:

"I'm thinking there's a 70% chance there won't even be a thread on him quitting."

that's where the conversation began. The stages of grief are a real thing, and I wasn't joking when I posted that.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - Click to see the HQ after DeSantis concedes to Nikki at January 22, 2024 09:33 AM (2WOSG)

479 For our church luncheons I almost always-or at least have for the past five years- bring roasted red pepper and tomato soup, which is good on a cold day.I would prefer not to eat roasted Homo sapiens, however.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 22, 2024 09:25 AM (x+MYT)

That soup is a fav of mine Fen. Yum. And thanks for outing my Tuna Hot Dish as Hobo Hot Dish.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at January 22, 2024 09:33 AM (VYnM/)

480 the tableau of Fen discussing the menu

You cannot say that Fen does not take this outreach thing seriously. Man, that's evangelizing.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 22, 2024 09:33 AM (zdLoL)

481 477 You would be foolish to believe a candidate like Trump, who's getting around 51% of the Republican electorate, will have a cake walk in the general.

—-

This is one of the biggest flaws of Trump supporters. They think the RNC electorate mirrors the general election electorate.
Posted by: Montec at January 22, 2024 09:31 AM (bWsRe)

Trump is the more centrist presenting-candidate than DeSantis was. Nikki Haley presents more centrist than Trump admittedly, but seriously this particular line of attack on Trump has never made sense.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 22, 2024 09:33 AM (eYoxG)

482 "This is one of the biggest flaws of Trump supporters. They think the RNC electorate mirrors the general election electorate.
Posted by: Montec at January 22, 2024 09:31 AM (bWsRe)"

And that is the essence of Ace's point. He's going to need to adjust in the General to attract the same coalition that elected him in 2016. Ace doesn't think he can do it.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 22, 2024 09:34 AM (TbpGr)

483 >>This is one of the biggest flaws of Trump supporters. They think the RNC electorate mirrors the general election electorate.

Yea, only you other geniuses have noticed how national elections work.

In case you hadn't noticed it has been reported for months that Trump is drawing record number of minority votes and has expanded the party dramatically with blue collar workers.

He didn't win two national elections with smoke and mirrors.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 22, 2024 09:34 AM (ZLI7S)

484 465 Did I miss something, are we supposed to be criticizing ace because he's not posting what each of us wants, or because he's not backing 'our guy'? Really?

There's a big internet out there - you're free to find a place that better suits your needs.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 22, 2024 09:29 AM (RmXQu)

This place has a reputation to maintain as the Cruelest site on the Web.

Posted by: XTC at January 22, 2024 09:35 AM (sm6Pk)

485 396 379 Now that DeSantis has stepped out does this mean Ace will be going balls deep on Nikki?
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 22, 2024 09:15 AM (pZ64F)

I read that as "in."
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 22, 2024 09:17 AM (x0n13)

Get in line pal...

Posted by: GOPe suckup at January 22, 2024 09:38 AM (53oGX)

486 Trump / Flynn '24

Switch things up and instead of putting the V.P. in charge of puttering, make him the chief of staff.

Posted by: Marooned at January 22, 2024 09:38 AM (kt8QE)

487 So many people have short memories.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 22, 2024 09:07 AM (z99Zw)

I legitimately do not remember Trump reigning in the bureaucratic state. I remember the EPA chief that he nominated getting railroaded out of town because of BS improper government plane usage.... something Trump should have stood up for because, if I recall correctly that EPA head was causing mass depression amongst the faithful over at that evil institution. I remember Trump bending over and just handing off the decision making regarding the pandemic to the CDC and the teachers' union/NEA. Schedule F seems to me a half-assed attempt to make it easier to fire civil servants during the waning moments of the administration.
Anything short of complete bureaucratic evisceration along the lines of what Melei has done down in Argentina is completely inadequate in my opinion. I don't think Trump has the same set of brass ones that his southern hemisphere counterpart possesses.

Posted by: Defenestratus at January 22, 2024 09:46 AM (/MYPN)

488 In September of 1960, on the campus of DePauw University in Indiana, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a keynote speaker for “School for the Prophets” at Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church. King’s message to Methodist clergy of Indiana was based on a sermon he had previously given, called “Paul’s Letter to American Christians.” King looked to St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans and contemplated: “America, as I look at you from afar, I wonder whether your moral and spiritual progress has been commensurate with your scientific progress.”

He told his audience, “Black supremacy is as dangerous as white supremacy, and God is not interested merely in the freedom of black men and brown men and yellow men. God is interested in the freedom of the whole human race and the creation of a society where all men will live together as brothers, and all men will respect the dignity and the worth of all human personality.”

Posted by: SMOD at January 22, 2024 09:49 AM (RHGPo)

489 GM, all, and thanks, J.J.

Mentioned before, a family member attended Penn State when both Prof. Michael Mann taught there & VP FJB was on campus giving speeches re: carbon taxes & what a great financial investment they'd be in the future.

Are We Ready for a Global Carbon Tax? Yale School of the Environment, November 1, 2023, in part, "The U.S, currently does not have a carbon tax on a national level. In the U.S, 12 Eastern states that together make up the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, as well as California and Washington, have cap and trade programs."

Then the 14 states, listed above, will lose their Regional and State tax programs for a Federal tax? OK, if it's a better deal because they're already taking about all that we have as many unwilling participants (many "poor, the elderly, those on fixed incomes, and local institutions that have limited budgets") aren't well-heeled but don't qualify for the endless stream of special equity forgiveness programs.

And last Friday, FJB announced yet another $5 billion in student loan forgiveness which will also fall hardest on certain U.S. citizens and institutions.

But never those who/that really "owe" reparations.

Posted by: L - Confident they're working on new 'rope-a-dope' techniques for the Presidential election at January 22, 2024 09:51 AM (GshMh)

490 487 I don't think Trump has the same set of brass ones that his southern hemisphere counterpart possesses.

.. the SCOTUS may take the 1st big step with the end of the "Chevron deference"

Posted by: SMOD at January 22, 2024 09:54 AM (RHGPo)

491 I caught the revenge in 87. I lost 15#s off my 125# frame.
2 weeks of shitting myself to death.
Almsot died.

Posted by: Reforger at January 22, 2024 09:54 AM (vBoto)

492 Probably Javier Milei, new president of Argentina. The WEF folks probably didn't get the memo about how anti-Socialist he is.
Posted by: Another Anon

No, it wasn't Javier. Some middle eastern guy. It was hilarious.

Here's the Twitter link. Sounds more NY than Middle East.
http://tinyurl.com/3fcwsskc

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at January 22, 2024 10:03 AM (iODuv)

493 JJ’s not going to get it until Schumer has the senate seats to vaporize the the filibuster and president x gets to stack the court.

Until then, it’s “be Trump’s used rubber” season.

And that includes DeSantis - who didn’t have the balls to not endorse a man that implied he was a pedophile eleven months ago.

I wish it was just “warts and all,” the most anodyne phrase used to dismiss Trump’s legitimate narcissism and mental health breakdowns.

Enjoy the primaries. That’s all you get. Hell awaits.

Posted by: Marleysghost at January 22, 2024 10:06 AM (82PRi)

494 Enjoy the primaries. That’s all you get. Hell awaits.
Posted by: Marleysghost at January 22, 2024 10:06 AM (82PRi)
~~~~~

HAHAHAHAHA!

Posted by: IrishEi at January 22, 2024 10:13 AM (llkOJ)

495 I was thinking about Ghandi and King this weekend. I've always disliked these two figures on an intuitive level, but now I can articulate why.

There is nothing more anti-American than nonviolence. In King's case, his followers traded nonviolent violence for State violence.

If I hang a sign on my door that says No Bearded Men, and you walk in and sit down anyway, that is still violence against me and my property. Then, you go and get the government to force me to serve you and your beard. State violence.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at January 22, 2024 10:44 AM (uBgQS)

496 I was repeatedly assured that Trump would win without my vote.

I am merely taking them at their word.

Posted by: Darth Cobalt Shiva, Sith Lord In Residence at January 22, 2024 10:49 AM (4OUQ9)

497 Posted by: Darth Cobalt Shiva, Sith Lord In Residence at January 22, 2024 10:49 AM (4OUQ9)
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Well, that's pretty fair. I've been promised the same thing by those eager to burn anyone who fails to shout MAGA! with the proper enthusiasm.

Seems like it's a lock, so my participation is irrelevant, too. Ima sit back and watch millions of former Pedocrats - soft, Roseanne Barr Progressives - duke it out with Dominion and their former Party.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at January 22, 2024 10:58 AM (uBgQS)

498 Masked Crying Wojak : the thread

Posted by: cmonman at January 22, 2024 11:22 AM (wgct4)

499 493 Posted by: Marleysghost at January 22, 2024 10:06 AM (82PRi)

Do you not after all this time reading this column not have an inkling as to my feelings as to the state of the nation?

Wait, I answered my own question. You're obviously new here. Even this column has a number of caveats in it.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 22, 2024 12:17 PM (x0n13)

500 "Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;" So... These Carbon taxes should be challenged in court and forced to conform to the Constitution.

Posted by: Augusto Perez at January 22, 2024 12:19 PM (gx6Ur)

501 I saw how gleeful Nikki Haley was when DeSantis quit his campaign. She did a wind-up like she was throwing a soft-ball pitch. Then she happily held up two skinny fingers, to indicate a two person race.
On the other hand, Donald Trump was far more gracious in victory. He talked about what fine people Gov DeSantis and his wife are. I do think that Donald Trump is the more gracious one, by far. Jenna Ellis may be the sour-puss.
No pepsi-cola here.

Posted by: william ferrin at January 22, 2024 12:28 PM (g5vVf)

502 President Trump did not court birdbrain, that was put out by bird droppings

Posted by: Gonzotx at January 22, 2024 01:17 PM (MwHgU)

503 "This new energy tax was voted out of committee 14-5, with four Republicans — Senator Kevin Cramer (from North Dakota, an energy producing state), Senator John Boozman (Arkansas), Senator Graham (South Carolina), and, most inexplicably, Senator Cynthia Lummis (from Wyoming, another state that produces energy) — joining ten Democrats to create this new tax.."

Senators?

"All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills."

Posted by: Rowsdower Believes Ray Epps is a Fed and Ashli Bennett is Crispus Attucks at January 22, 2024 01:18 PM (Yvzx0)

504
Posted by: Marleysghost at January 22, 2024 10:06 AM (82PRi)

Marley, sad ghost you are, just a puff of what you once were, so it is said…

Trump 2024

Posted by: Gonzotx at January 22, 2024 01:22 PM (MwHgU)

505 Anything short of complete bureaucratic evisceration along the lines of what Melei has done down in Argentina is completely inadequate in my opinion. I don't think Trump has the same set of brass ones that his southern hemisphere counterpart possesses.

Trump should have stood by him and Femeral
Flynn, unfortunately Pence pushed for Flynn’s resignation and we now know Pence was a traitor from the get go. I understand President Trump supporting his VP but I know he has regretted that decision.

He had sooo many RINOs, he had no idea the knifes in his back and those coming

The US President does not have the same power , we have equal branches, not the same

Posted by: Gonzotx at January 22, 2024 01:31 PM (MwHgU)

506 heh "micturating". I learned that word from The Big Lebowski.

"Was I the one who micturated on your rug?"

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