The Morning Report

The Morning Report — 1/29/24

Good morning, kids. What a difference four years makes. Almost to the day, Qassam Soleimani, the Iranian equivalent of Heinrich Himmler in terms of power and influence in that regime as well as the chief architect and implementer of global terrorism was taken out by a strike ordered by President Trump. Before that, Trump had cut off Iran from billions in payments, tabled that insane Obama treaty that allowed them to have nukes while internal civil unrest was reaching a boiling point due to a collapsing economy and people having had enough of Sharia law barbarism.

America was riding high economically and diplomatically, and quite a bit of it on the fact that President Trump had allowed to the extent that he could the tapping of our vast reserves of oil, coal and natural gas. China and Russia were contained, the ankle-biting, backstabbing ingrates of NATO were put on notice and the Iran people were a red pubic hair's breadth from overthrowing the Mullahs.

And then . . .

Well, awakening from that bit of reverie of le temps perdu, we have the nightmare of what happens when Joey Fog-Brain and the Foggy Bottom bottom dwellers take over the controls.

Iran’s terror militias launched a wave of rocket attacks against American soldiers in Iraq and Syria under Biden. There were dozens of these attacks last year alone. In the spring of 2023, Scott Patrick Dubis, a 52-year-old military contractor who had worked on U.S. military bases in Afghanistan, Kuwait and Qatar, was killed by an Iranian backed attack. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin responded by promising that, “as President Biden has made clear, we will take all necessary measures to defend our people and will always respond at a time and place of our choosing. No group will strike our troops with impunity.”
But Iran and its Jihadi proxy militias could and did go on attacking our troops with impunity. We launched a few light airstrikes for show and the attacks went on. American personnel kept being wounded in Iranian attacks and sometimes we responded and sometimes we didn’t. After the latest wave of attacks and responses, the Shiite regime in Baghdad demanded that the United States leave Iraq. And Biden, obediently, began negotiating the withdrawal. Now, three US Army soldiers were killed and over 30 were wounded in an Iranian-backed drone attack on a position on the Jordanian-Syrian border. This is the worst death toll in some time.
A few months after the Shiite Islamic regime in Tehran commemorated the takeover of the U.S. embassy with chants of “Death to America”, it succeeded in inflicting more death on Americans. Biden has issued a statement vowing that, once again, “we will hold all those responsible to account at a time and in a manner of our choosing.” Like Austin’s previous statement after the murder of Scott Dubis, that means that no one should expect a quick meaningful response. The message to Iran and its Islamic terrorists is that they have nothing to worry about. And Iran’s message to us is that we can never pull out far enough until we have surrendered the entire region, the rest of the world and then finally our own country to the enemy. . .
. . . October 7 was only one of the points of Iran’s Jihadist ‘blitzkrieg’ across the region as it prepares to become the dominant power in the Middle East. And while it was devastating to Israelis, it may be less significant than the takeover of the Red Sea or its existing nuclear program, under which it now has enough enriched uranium to build several nuclear warheads, its simultaneous launch of three satellites or its ballistic missile program that can deliver nukes.
All of this foreshadows a struggle on a grand scale that will test America and the world. . .
. . . On Oct 7, Israeli soldiers braced for rocket attacks by retreating into shelters only to face a massive assault by thousands of armed Jihadis overrunning their positions under the cover of rockets. Israel wasn’t ready for that kind of attack and the real question is are we ready? Iran will keep testing and pushing us. And if we fail to take the initiative, the attack will come.
We were not ready for the seizure of our embassy in Tehran. We were not ready for the Marine Barracks bombings in Beirut. We were not ready for 9/11. We were not ready for the fall of Kabul. We were not ready for the takeover of shipping in the Red Sea near Yemen. What aren’t we ready for next? We only have so much time to wait around and find out.

Now, with a completely erased southern border as well as our northern border which no one is really watching at all and with quite probably the literal bastard son of Fidel Castro running the show up there, along with Venezuela as a de facto western outpost for the mullahs, another 9/11/01 or multiple 9/11s all over the place are bound to happen right here in the good old US of A. But back to the estimable Daniel Greenfield's observations, he is dead on the money when it comes to the who, what, where and why. Yet, he is both right and wrong about what needs to be done: finally confronting the head of the snake, which is the Iranian regime itself.

There is nothing more I want than to see Iran get a massive thermonuclear Qom-shot right in its eyes. But the combination of an ill-prepared military that is now more concerned with fighting "climate change," witch hunting white, Christian and competent soldiers out of its ranks while promoting the inept and glorifying transsexualism and homosexual perversions as the height of military preparedness, as well as a degrading of our material and logistics capabilities to even fight a protracted war, and most of all, a cogent strategy to actually WIN a war by absolutely destroying the enemy and conquering it makes even contemplating a significant military operation stupid to the point of insane. Don't forget the small matter of Xi across the China Straits champing at the bit to Overlord the shit out of Taiwan.

Fighting Iran and really actually going all out to destroy their regime, liberate the people and restore or install an America-friendly government is orgasmic to contemplate, I don't think we can or perhaps should do it. It's the right fight at the worst possible time.

And yet, the fools who were prevented (so far) from sending our own blood and treasure to the Ukrainian borscht belt to touch off a nuclear exchange with Putin, have shifted their gaze at Tehran.

On Sunday afternoon, U.S. Central Command announced that three U.S. service members were killed and 25 injured from a one-way attack drone that hit a military base in northeast Jordan, near the Syria border.
Iran-proxy forces have targeted U.S. troops in the region since Hamas’s terrorist attack in Israel on October 7, which killed more than 1,200.
There have been more than 150 attacks against U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria since mid-October, with at least one critically injured. Sunday’s attack was the first time U.S. troops have been killed in such an attack in recent months.
Cotton and Graham, both military veterans, called for retaliation. . . Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) also called for retaliation. “Target Tehran,” Cornyn replied on X.

Talk about being put between Iraq and a hard place. If the situation weren't so incredibly dangerous, I'd be laughing my ass off. How the hell can Biden attack Iran when he and his Kalorama Klown Komintern Kontrollers have been hot and horny to give Iran nukes and billions in a bid to have them supplant Israel (even if it means and probably hoping for its destruction) as the dominant power in the region?

This is as bad or worse a political pickle for him than faking support for Israel in the wake of 10/7 while having to somehow appease the rabid Left Jew-haters of his base to force them to surrender. Ditto the situation at the border where everyone is screaming bloody murder to seal the damn border while his own hard lefty base is insisting to keep the floodgates jammed all the way open.

As for this situation in Iran, like everything else Democrats and Leftists do, it's ideologically-driven insanity. And now they've painted themselves into a corner. It's one of the most gigantic clusterfucks of all time.

From my perspective, we have to confront Iran and yet we are sorely lacking in the ability and more crucially the will to not only confront them but to finish the job like we did in Rome, Berlin and Tokyo 79 years ago. Worse than a feckless, useless government is the fact that we are no longer a unified nation, to the point of being in a rapidly warming state of civil war.

Cotton, Cornyn and Graham I trust about as far as I can throw them. And I'm sorry to have to lump Tom Cotton in there but bellicosity while being willfully ignorant of the political climate here at home as well as all the other factors I noted is nuts.

As nuts as any of their party looking for a "bipartisan compromise" on the border situation:

The negotiators have been haggling over how much more money to throw at the problems created by the Biden [junta's] own open border policies. But unless that money is used to build a virtually insurmountable wall and to hire thousands more Border Patrol agents assigned only to guard the border and prevent illegal immigrants from entering the country, the additional funding will be wasted.
As one Border Patrol agent, who wanted to remain anonymous, told the Daily Caller News Foundation, “No one wants to do this job. It’s thankless, long hours, and then we rarely if ever see the fruits of our labor. We didn’t sign up to be Uber drivers or babysitters just letting tons of aliens in.” A second Border Patrol agent said that “babysitting illegal aliens who get free flights and phones probably isn’t something people want to do,” adding that “my agency lost what its purpose is, it’s not doing what it was meant for. To keep the bad guys out and protect the Constitution of the United States.” A third agent remarked that “It has been made very clear by this current administration, that rather than accept full responsibility for the current and ongoing illegal immigration crisis that they caused, they’ve chosen to scapegoat Border Patrol agents time and time again.”
Providing more money to recruit and hire additional Border Patrol agents to babysit illegal immigrants and process their asylum claims will be throwing more good money after bad. . .
. . . The Biden [junta] is talking out of both sides of its mouth. On the one hand, the administration claims that it wants to work with Republicans to enhance border security. But on the other hand, it refuses to work with Texas, which is being overrun by illegal immigrants, to achieve real security at the southern border with Mexico. In fact, the Biden administration went to court recently, seeking an order permitting Border Patrol agents to cut through razor-wire fencing that Texas had installed near the border to protect its residents from the illegal immigrant invasion. After the Supreme Court, by a narrow 5-4 majority, gave Border Patrol agents a green light to do just that, at least temporarily, the [junta] celebrated. . .
. . . The negotiators are reportedly considering more restrictive asylum provisions for inclusion in the new legislation. But unless all asylum loopholes are closed for good, and the Biden administration does what it has not done to date – fully enforce the law – the new legislation will not be worth the paper it is written on. . .
. . .The immigration crisis now tops the list of the American people’s most serious concerns, even ahead of the economy. No so-called “bipartisan” deal with the Biden administration and Democrats will come close to solving the problem. The only way to stop the surge of illegal immigrants invading the United States is to defeat the current occupant in the White House who allowed the invasion to happen in the first place.

It's a waste of time. If the Geriatric Oleaginous Potemkin party does not realize by now that anything and everything they agree to with the Left is the moral equivalent of waving a piece of paper and declaring "peace in our time!" then they're useless. Meh, my contention is they know exactly what they're doing. They are collaborationists. Always have been and always will be, at least since the end of the Civil War or so.

Immigration and the border are literal gold being handed them on a silver platter. Beyond this one election, in which this issue alone is going to be the prime driver of the electorate to give Trump a massive win, it's becoming an issue to cleave lifelong Democrats away from their enslavers or at a minimum open their eyes. And yet, the GOP and CoC.

Ugh.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

Roger Kimball: "The Constitution aimed to limit the power and reach of government; its rival aims to make government triumph everywhere."
Our Democracy™: The Democratic Weaponization of Government and the Need for Decentralization
"How a Washington public school’s transgender secrecy policies drove an immigrant family out of the country."
“We Thought She Was a Great Teacher”
Victor Davis Hanson: "Trump must concentrate on the disaster of the Biden [junta] and reiterate nonstop the agendas of 2025 that will save us from tottering on the brink." (The good doctor still doesn't understand that Trump is who he is for better or worse, but his observations are otherwise on the money - jjs)
Trump Has Reason to Rage—But Needs to Stay Calm and Get Even Rather than Mad
Michael Walsh: "Last week, four fearful women and a spectacularly weak man, hiding behind their robes of office in a Court whose only constitutionally mandated member is the Chief Justice – leaving the rest to be self-aggrandized – refused to protect the nation without a word of explanation. Message: obey. Perhaps they've forgotten the opening words of the Declaration: 'When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another. . .' If so, what happens next is on them."
The Cold Civil War Gets Warmer
"The alleged fraudster began her scamming in 2016 when she created the bogus business called 'Child Health and Youth Lifelong Development (CHYLD).' Mello claimed her business provided services to military members and their families through the 4-H program but instead just funded a lavish lifestyle for herself." (Isn't this really the story of how the United States Congress and Democrat legislation actually functions? - jjs)
Con Artist Accused of Stealing $100 Million from Army to Spend on Luxe Homes, Cars is Allowed to Retire with Full Benefits: "I Earned It"

AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY

"Does Biden have the wit to finesse this potential powder keg? Or will he sic a federalized Texas Guard on the protesters?"
Will Biden Make the "Boneheaded" Move of Nationalizing the Texas Guard?
"If the Democrats think they will be able to persuade Chicago residents to blame Gov. Abbott, they are mistaken. They blame Biden."
Black Chicago Residents Want City Officials to Remove Sanctuary City Status
"The federal government is in a state of rebellion—against the American people. The costs of this betrayal will keep mounting until something breaks."
America’s Immigration System Is Cruel—to Americans
"The Rio Grande border conflict is not an isolated incident. It is part of the World Economic Forum program of 'de-nationization' of the United States. More"
Denationizing the United States
“These facts are beyond dispute, and the results of his lawless behavior have been disastrous for our country. Empowered and enriched cartels, mass fentanyl poisonings, surges of terror watchlist suspects, more criminal illegal aliens causing harm in our communities, and traumatized and exploited migrants will be Secretary Mayorkas’ open-borders legacy.”
House GOP Drafts Articles of Impeachment Against Mayorkas
“We oppose a ‘path to citizenship’ that would grant citizenship to illegal aliens,” the OKGOP members noted, adding that “authorizing several thousand people to invade our borders before any action can be taken is contrary to the oath that Senator Lankford took to the Constitution and therefore outside of the area that he is authorized to negotiate on.”
Oklahoma Republican Party Ends "All Support" for Sen. James Lankford Over Senate Deal to Expand Immigration
"What is needed to really secure the border." (What's needed is to secure the border, period! - jjs)
Say No to Any "Bipartisan" Border Deal Negotiated With Biden White House
"America’s avoidable immigration crisis is now the No. 1 concern of voters, ahead of inflation and the economy. So why is no one in D.C. interested in holding Biden accountable?"
The Immigration Crisis Shows Just How Much Contempt America’s Establishment Has for Democracy

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Clarice Feldman: "[So-called quote-unquote "president"] Biden is in a pickle of his own making, and his efforts to deal with it are as idiotic and destructive as his open borders policy has been."
Biden, the Border, and Tik Tok Too
“The problem is that federal courts are unlikely to agree that this is the ‘invasion’ referenced in the Constitution. There’s also a reference to ‘imminent danger’ and certainly looking at hundreds of thousands of people crossing, an effectively, open border presents an imminent danger, but the courts are likely to define that in the context of that provision in the context of an invasion by – as with a foreign state. So I think Texas is going to have a hard time making that constitutional argument in court.” (Turley is arguing semantics when it's the reality on the ground that is what matters - jjs)
Turley Explains Which Party Has ‘Upper Hand’ In Texas-Biden Showdown. It Comes Down To One Word
The National Border Patrol Council (NBPC), which has more than 18,000 members, said that the “rank-and-file” Border Patrol agents “appreciate and respect” the measures Texas has taken to repel the record flow of illegal immigrants into the U.S. under Biden.
Border Patrol Union Backs Texas National Guard, Slams "Catastrophe" Biden "Has Unleashed on America"
"They say they are staying put on that matter of taking down the Texas National Guard's razor wire."
Joe Biden's Win Against Texas Has One Problem: The Border Patrol Doesn't Seem to Want to Cooperate
". . . the confrontation between Paxton and [Karl Rove open borders front group] TLR is more than a political feud. It is a definitive clash between the proponents of a globalist agenda and the guardians of American sovereignty and conservative values. The future of America hinges on the outcome of these battles. The compromised court and TLR’s influence raise significant concerns about the integrity of the judicial process."
The Compromised Battle for Justice in Texas
“These men are potential operators in what appears to be an accelerated and strategic penetration, a soft invasion, designed to gain internal access to a country that cannot be invaded militarily in order to inflict catastrophic damage if and when enemies deem it necessary.”
Former National Security Officials Warn of “Multi-division Army of Young Single Adult Males” Illegally Crossing Border
"Take Our Border Back Southern Border Convoy protests slated for Jan. 29 to Feb. 3."
Trucker Convoy Heading to Southern Border Hotspots to Protest Biden Border Crisis
"The Church has long recognized the right of nations to regulate immigration."
Strangers in a Strange Land: The Catholic Church and Immigration
ISRAEL AT WAR
Jerusalem Post: “The drills . . . combined tanks, combat engineering, infantry, and artillery forces.”
Israel Holds Military Drill To Prepare For Conflict With Hezbollah Terror Group
Israel’s i24NEWS TV: “The United Nations’ controversial agency for Palestinian refugees on Friday sacked at least 12 Gazan employees over their participation in the October 7 atrocities.”
U.S., Other Western Countries Halt Funding for UNRWA After Staffers Implicated in October 7 Massacre
"Do not do reward eliminationist hatred with sovereignty and international respect."
First, De-Nazify Gaza (It's not about de-Nazifying. It's about de-Islamicizing - jjs)
"Naive student activists in Biden White House are clueless."
Biden White House Interns: Nobody Cares What You Think
"Leftist daughter of leftist parents of the French National Assembly makes a declaration." (And Marine LePen and her lineage are the problem? - jjs)
"I Am an Anti-Semite"

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“John Fetterman spent the night standing on a rooftop waving an Israeli flag at protestors in Pennsylvania. Just an unbelievable sight to see.”
Defiant John Fetterman Waves Israeli Flag From Rooftop In Face Of Pro-Hamas Protesters at His Home
"From leftist hero to enemy of the people." (In the words of Reagan after meeting Gorbachev "Dovoyai na provoyai." Or as Trump would say, "Let's wait and see." Still, Fetterman's stance is to be applauded - jjs)
Blinded by the Light: The Conversion of John Fetterman
“It’s unrealistic to expect that political conversations will re-secure our support for the [so-called quote-unquote "president"] when only a ceasefire can truly reopen that door,” Farhat said in a statement, referring to calls for halting the fighting in Gaza."
Biden Reelection Campaign Team Gets Shunned by Some Arab American Leaders While Visiting Michigan
"'It would not be appropriate for me to make public comments at this time,' Derek Penslar says in statement."
Head of Harvard's Anti-Semitism Task Force Backs Out of Panel on Anti-Semitism
“Trying to shut down an airport? You will be the one getting shut down! We respect peaceful protest but will not tolerate lawlessness.”
This Is How You Do It: NYPD Stops Hamas Supporters From “Flooding” JFK Airport
Robert Zimmerman: "After October 7th however there does appear to be a great awakening. This awakening not only puts pressure on these universities to straighten up, it suggests that Lindseth along with many others have discovered that the conservative press is not only not extremist, it is actually doing the real reporting that the leftist mainstream press refuses to do. What the leftist press calls 'conspiracy' to slander conservatives turns out to be true, repeatedly."
Major Donor to Cornell Pulls Funding, Demands Firing of University President
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
Robert Spencer: "And its name is chilling." (Do they roast a Jewish baby alive and serve it with tzatziki sauce? - jjs)
A New Shawarma Joint Opens in Jordan
"How a country commits suicide."
Sweden: Three Muslim Migrants Rape Underage Girl
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
"New York congressman embraces anti-Israel group The Jewish Vote amid rift with Jewish community." (Self-gassing kapo scum - jjs)
They Blamed Israel for Hamas’ Attack. Jamaal Bowman Is Touting Their Endorsement.
SHAMPEACHMENT 1.0, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION
Victor Davis Hanson: "The baffling case of E. Jean Carroll. . . So what we are witnessing is not even the extralegal efforts of Steele/Fusion GPS, Perkins Coie/DNC/Hillary Clinton in 2016, or the 2020 'Russian disinformation' ruse/change the voting laws/infuse half a billion dollars to absorb the work of the registrar machinations against Trump. We are way beyond all that."
83 Million?
The jury had to determine how much Trump owed Carroll since he “was already found liable for sexually abusing Carroll, lying about it and knowing that he was lying when he denied her allegations.”
Trump Ordered to Pay E. Jean Carroll $83.3 Million in Defamation Case
[Trump attorney Alina] Habba says neither the judge nor Roberta Kaplan revealed this professional history. “It was never disclosed. It’s insane and so incestuous,” Habba said, asserting the non-disclosure counts as an ethics violation. Early in her career, Roberta worked as an associate at the firm during the same period as Judge Kaplan, who was a partner until his 1994 appointment to the federal bench by then-President Bill Clinton.
Trump-Carroll Judge Was ‘Mentor’ to E. Jean’s Lawyer, Conflict of Interest Appeal Expected
"Jordan launched the investigation into Willis on January 12 for accepting more than $14.6 million in grant funds from [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Joe Biden’s Department of Justice (DOJ) between 2020 and 2023. The timeframe of the funds suggests the DOJ granted Willis federal funds to finance former President Donald Trump’s prosecution."
Fani Willis Defends Her Sidepiece Codpiece Nathan Wade, Stonewalling Jim Jordan Probe
"While Carson did not offer any specific predictions should Trump be barred from running in 2024, his remarks do underscore the growing schism in America over Biden’s efforts to prosecute Trump."
Ben Carson Warns if Trump is Kicked Off 2024 Ballot "America Will Never Be the Same Again"
"Against the backdrop of Trump prosecutions and the collapse of Hunter Biden’s plea deal, Littlejohn’s plea agreement raises questions about the politicization of justice."
Trump Tax Leaker Gets the Hunter Biden Treatment With "Sweetheart Deal" From DOJ
CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
"The logic is ugly but inescapable."
If...Then...2024
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
"Beginning with the Ukraine war, Tucker Carlson repeatedly turned to Col. Macgregor for expert analysis, but it turns out that the colonel has serious antisemitic baggage."
The Dark Side Of Col. Douglas Macgregor, Tucker’s "Go-To" Military Expert

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Lloyd Billingsley: "According to the Los Angeles Times, people should leave 'without verbally trashing the place.'”
The California Exodus Gets a Gag Order
"Does Google now consider praising Trump as inciting hatred, bullying, advocating harm or extorting?"
Google Sharpens Its Censorship Knives — Labels Trump Praise as "Dangerous"
“What they’ll claim after dragging me through, whatever this re-education is going to be, is that I can’t be taught, that I’m ungovernable . . . that he’s a disgrace to his profession and ungovernable.”
Canadian Bureaucrats Forcing Dr. Jordan Peterson to Submit to Re-education for Criticizing Gender Ideology and Climate Change
"With the liberal media having achieved their dream 2024 match-up with former President Donald Trump all-but set to face off against [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Joe Biden, the 'big three' of ABC, CBS, and NBC refused to acknowledge the existence of Congressman Dean Phillips (D-MN) as [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Biden’s primary challenger who pulled 20 percent in the (unofficial) New Hampshire Democratic primary."
Surprise! Media Declare Biden Big Winner of Primary – It’s a "Bad Mood" if You Don’t Like Economy | Wacky MOLE
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
"It is not too late for the political right to fully embrace their message."
Capitalists Who Believe in Capitalism are the Good Guys
"There's a very compelling argument to be made that cryptocurrency, when executed correctly, is sound money – or at the very least, it's more sound than the fiat currency we currently use on a daily basis."
Is Cryptocurrency Sound Money?
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
"Business organizations assert that the EPA’s impact analysis did not include the detrimental effects on the national economy, which appear to be enormous and highly destructive."
Biden’s EPA Planning to Ban Methylene Chloride, an Industry-Essential Chemical
"Helium is vital to operating MRI machines, setting off concern in the medical world."
Biden Junta Sells Off Crucial US Helium Stockpile
"Ideological conversions from Left to Right or from atheist to believer are common. Michael Shellenberger has taken both roads."
An Environmentalist Drifts Right
"Nor is the global warming story a benign fantasy. It is seriously damaging Western economies."
Today’s "Climate Crisis" is a Fairy Tale
"The entire environmentalist project is nothing but attack on civilization and freedom. It's boondoggle wrapped in a farce and built on the lie of 'global warming.' And it seems that it won't stop until we stop it."
The Billion-Dollar Battery Charger
Summary execution would stop this insanity. And other things . . . - jjs
Vandals for "Climate Change" Deface Mona Lisa with Soup, Two Arrested at Louvre
"Biden’s support for pseudoscience goes international."
White House Hosted "Indigenous Knowledge" Lecture in Egypt
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
"Without police traffic stops — yes, disproportionate stops of young men, who are the most reckless drivers — deaths will persist. Salaam wants to embarrass the police into stopping no one — on foot or in cars."
Central Park Five member Yusef Salaam’s traffic stunt jeopardizes public safety
SECOND AMENDMENT
"The current reasons that many, many more are buying guns are not the past’s ‘regular’ reasons."
Our First Gun
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
"Randi Weingarten is really ramping up the rhetoric against parents in the fight for school choice."
Teachers Union Dismisses Angry Parents at its Peril
"The New York Catholic school represents the best of secondary education."
Why Regis Endures
THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
Plaintiffs specifically took issue with Executive Order 14019, a directive signed by Biden in March 2021 mandating hundreds of federal departments interfere in the electoral process by using U.S. taxpayer money to boost voter registration and get-out-the-vote activities. That order also required the heads of federal departments to draft “a strategic plan” explaining how their agencies intended to fulfill Biden’s directive.
Pennsylvania Lawmakers Sue Biden, Shapiro for "Unconstitutionally" Changing State Election Procedures
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
“The conduct in the Executive Chamber under the former governor, the state’s most powerful elected official, was especially egregious because of the stark power differential involved and the victims’ lack of avenues to report and redress harassment.”
Department of Justice Claims Former NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo Sexually Harassed 13 Women
POLITICS
Robert Spencer: "Trump and Kennedy certainly wouldn’t be the first ticket that didn’t see eye-to-eye on all the issues. And so talks are — apparently — continuing: a 'large donor to both Trump and Kennedy” said that a Trump/Kennedy ticket was “very much behind the scenes at this stage. As we progress you might see it bubble up a little bit more. Bobby can bring new people to the polls' . . . It’s extraordinarily unlikely that his choice will end up being Kennedy, but if it were, the political and media establishment would be shaken to its core, and these days, that would be a wonderful thing to see."
A Trump/RFK Ticket? "I Wouldn’t Write It Off"
"But what I mean by that is I look at — for example, let’s look at No Labels. I took the time. I encouraged people to talk — look up what are they for? And I thought, wow, this literally reads as the accomplishment list of the Biden/Harris [junta]. So, I — they’re a solution in search of problem I respectfully submit." (They know they're going to get their donkey-ass kicked. Hard. - jjs)
Newsom: Democrats Should Be ‘Worried’ About Third-Party Candidates
“I think we can certainly do more to be advancing our vision,” AOC said. “And I believe that we have a strong vision that we can run on. You know I think – and – and for what it’s worth, the president has said, ‘If you give me the House, and if you give me the Senate and reelect me to the presidency, we will codify abortion rights and the right to choose in this country. We’ll codify reproductive rights.’ I think we can do more.” (Yeah, you run on that, Jenny - jjs)
Titty-Caca Ocasio-Cortez: Biden the "Strongest" Democrat Option to Face Trump in 2024
“I know that some people got angry when CNN called Iowa before people voted, but you could’ve called Nevada months ago,” Jeremy Hughes, a Republican strategist based in Nevada, told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
The Next Early Nominating State is Just Around the Corner — And It’s Not South Carolina
He said that the writing has been “clear on the wall” for months that “Republicans, conservatives, and a lot of independents” want “four more years of Donald Trump.” (Third reason: so he can be the RINO stooge a heartbeat away from the presidency - jjs)
Tim Scott Gives Two Reasons Why He Says Nikki Haley Should Drop Out Of Race
"Her record indicates that she's a shape-shifter, a political chameleon."
Is Nikki Haley a Candidate in the America First Mold?
"Trump’s lead in the GOP primary polls has only gotten larger since Ron DeSantis and others dropped out. Haley’s only chance to close that gap is to win over Trump voters. It’s clear to anyone that E. Jean Carrol’s efforts are part of a much larger politically motivated scheme to attack Trump, and legitimizing these efforts won’t win Nikki Haley any new votes."
Nikki Haley Botches Response to $83.3 Million Jury Verdict Against Trump
"Joe Biden has no record to run on, so reviving old and fake controversies seems to be the play he thinks can save his campaign."
Need More Proof That Joe Biden Knows He’s Going to Lose in November? Here It Is.
“So we need to make sure we’re challenging him and working to defeat him at every step of the way And right now, Nikki Haley is in this fight and I think she ought to stay in it.” (Filthy shit-whore criminal - jjs)
Liz-ard Cheney Urges Warmonger Nikki Haley to "Stay in the Race" to "Defeat" Trump
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) : “Joe Biden emboldened Iran for years by tolerating attacks on our troops, bribing the ayatollahs with billions of dollars, and appeasing them to no end. He left our troops as sitting ducks and now three are dead and dozens wounded, sadly as I’ve predicted would happen for months.”
Republicans Hit Biden for U.S. Military Deaths in Jordan: "He Left Our Troops as Sitting Ducks"; RINO Cornyn Wants Us to Bomb Tehran
Daniel Greenfield: "They attack, we retreat and they attack some more."
3 U.S. Soldiers Died Because Biden Won’t Stand Up to Iran (It's why he won't stand up to Iran that's the reason this shit is happening - jjs)
"When Iran attacks US forces, Biden typically turns the other cheek and opens another financial spigot. When he responds militarily, he limits US strikes to Arab-militia infrastructure instead of taking Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commanders off the battlefield and inflicting higher costs on Tehran. The mullahs in Tehran are more than happy to fight America to the last Arab — and the White House knows it. Biden’s ideological commitment to appeasing Tehran has incentivized these nonstop attacks. His appeasement policy has provided the financial incentive for violence."
So-Called Quote-Unquote "president" Joe Biden’s Got Blood on His Hands After Appeasing Iran for Years
"As the then-former vice president was campaigning against Trump in January 2020, he criticized Trump for U.S. troops in Iraq suffering traumatic brain injuries caused by an Iranian missile attack and dismissing the injuries as minor."
Flashback: Biden in 2020 Criticized Trump for Soldiers Being Injured in Iraq by Iran

* * * * *
"After a week of shutting down motorways across the country, forcing politicians of all stripes to come to meet them on their turf, the farmer uprising is set to descend upon the French capital as they were unimpressed by the compromises proposed by newly-installed Prime Minister Gabriel Attall."
Farmer Revolution: Blockade of Paris Announced as Farmers Reject Government’s "Concessions"
"Let’s put it this way, if Canada were a state, it would be poorer than West Virginia or Mississippi, despite being the second-largest country, with abundant natural resources, in the world, blessed with a highly educated populace. The courts decision may mean that Canada is emerging from its half- century stasis and its massive grifting class on its way to the abattoir."
Canada's Laurentian Elite Cry Uncle
"Trudeau always believed he got away with this profound indulgence in dictatorial government; that he could always convince his base and the Ottawa establishment that he acted in good faith to save Canada from chaos and insurrection. But that establishment appears to be deserting Trudeau with the recent decision by Canada’s federal court that Trudeau went way beyond his Constitutional powers to invoke the Emergencies Act and actually broke the law."
Canada's Institutions are Finally Pushing Back Against Justin "Castreau-cescu" Trudeau's Tyranny
"The CCP lies about the true state of its economy, so much so that we propose the 'Mary McCarthy' rule when anyone discusses the PRC economy or PRC economic statistics."
The “Mary McCarthy” Rule for Discussing the PRC’s Economy and Economic Data – And the WEF
"A Chinese scholar's denial of Aristotle's existence reflects Chinese communism's shallow historical roots."
Aristotle Never Existed? The Chinese Aversion to History
Le Pen, who is currently leading in polls for France’s upcoming presidential elections, voiced her party’s strong opposition to the concept of ‘remigration’ — deporting citizens of migrant descent who have failed to integrate — saying: “We have never advocated for ‘remigration’ in the sense of withdrawing French citizenship from people who have acquired it, even under conditions we dispute.” (WTF?! Two-faced coward - jjs)
France’s Le Pen Balks at AfD’s Deportation Plan
"Because Klaus Schwab’s evil club has effectively disenfranchised the people, there is now a growing popular revolt throughout the West that could easily combust into an anti-Establishment 'Reign of Terror.' The WEF desires the West’s suicide. Let us band together and choose life instead." (I assume the author means the "establishment" is the Leftist-WEF Axis. It must be liquidated "by any means necessary" - jjs)
WEF Totalitarians Seek to Euthanize the West
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
"The country never recovered from the collapse of communism, and now it has the trauma of war holding it back."
Zelensky Will Struggle to Rebuild Ukraine
"The stolen funds were state funds, the SSU noted in the statement. The SSU together with the Prosecutor General’s Office and the MoD reportedly uncovered the scheme, recovered the funds, and returned them to the state budget."
Ukrainian Officials Steal Nearly $40 Million Meant For Ammunition, Intel Agency Says
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
"The VA has not yet implemented a proposal announced in 2021 to expand VA coverage of transgender procedures, including major surgeries. An advocacy group sued the VA on Thursday over the delay in implementing the rule, arguing that the holdup of “life saving” services for an estimated 4,000 nationwide veterans interested in major sex change procedures will compound their anxiety, Military Times reported."
Docs Reveal VA Hospital’s Plan To Ramp Up Sex Change Surgeries, Double Down on Gender Ideology
"It should go without saying that American weapons need to be designed and built here in the United States. We have provided the weapons that have protected the peace for so long, and we must continue to do so. Airbus should stick to Europe, and service any customers it can find there."
U.S. National Security Demands Weapons and Systems Made in America
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
"Committee members just took another step toward more low-income families on the government rolls than in work."
House Republicans Agree to Help Democrats Grow the Welfare State and Shrink the Workforce
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
"On January 25, 2024 a bill sponsored by a bi-partisan group of senators was introduced assigning the job of managing orbital traffic and the removal of defunct satellites to the Commerce Department, essentially telling both the FCC and NOAA that the attempt by those agencies to grab this power, outside of their statutory authority, will be opposed by elected officials." (Anything bipartisan is the kiss of death, but we shall see - jjs)
Bi-partisan bill proposed giving space traffic management to Commerce, not FCC
For the third year in a row, the annual report of NASA’s generally useless and often corrupt safety panel, the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP), is once again focused not on technical safety issues related specifically to engineering — the reason the panel was first formed in 1968 following the Apollo 1 launchpad fire that killed three astronauts — but NASA’s general management and long term strategies and plans, something that is entirely the responsibility of Congress and elected officials.
NASA’s useless safety panel once again sticks its nose where it isn’t qualified to go
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
“Swedish births for 2023 will settle at their lowest level in two decades.”
The Failure of Feminist Natalism
Brian C. Joondeph, M.D.: "Swimming, weightlifting, surfing -- now transgenderism moves into women's golf."
Boys Will Be Boys, Not Girls, on the Golf Course
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
“Donald Trump? He ain’t done nothing wrong to me. He has done only great things for me.”
Snoop Dogg Changes Course on Trump, Says He Has "Nothing But Love and Respect"
Christian Toto: "Show's bias, ignorance shines through in embarrassing Weekend Update." (Day-ending-in-Y, Christian - jjs)
SNL Ignores Biden’s Gibberish, Invents Attack on Trump
"They print the narrative. They don't print the truth."
Bill Maher, Seth MacFarlane Spar Over Media Trustworthiness
"It’s clear Hollywood writers love to produce sympathetic plots when it comes to people living in the U.S. illegally. And if you're frustrated by the millions of people pouring over the border, then you're the problem in the eyes of Tinseltown 'progressives.'" (Which is funny because black Chicagoans hate the migrant invasion more than these mythical white racists - jjs)
NBC’s Chicago Med Features "Racist White Male" Who Takes Issue with Migrants Receiving "Preferential Treatment"
"Not bad."
Nicki Minaj Congratulates Ben Shapiro On Chart-Topping Rap Debut
"An ‘introvert economy’ has come to define America’s post-lockdown culture, according to the Manhattan Institute’s Allison Schrager."
On Weekends, Americans Spend More Time With Screens Than People
"Although the erasure is temporary, the irony is delicious. There’s nothing more enjoyable than seeing leftists destroy their own."
In New York (and Elsewhere) Leftists are Erasing Native American History
"To assume that a farmhouse lifestyle is evidence of poverty is ignorant at best."
The Flagrant Elitism of Ballerina Farm’s Haters
"Despite the fact that I know people who think like this in real life, I couldn’t initially bring myself to fully come to terms with the apparent fact that this is a real speech. Alas, the speech and the lady are all too real."
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1 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 29, 2024 08:01 AM (GYIa4)

2 hiya

Posted by: JT at January 29, 2024 08:01 AM (T4tVD)

3 Morning all.

Posted by: mpfs, Burn Mouse Burn at January 29, 2024 08:01 AM (EweFd)

4 Good morning and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 29, 2024 08:01 AM (iB/PB)

5 I alerted the tech thread.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 29, 2024 08:01 AM (GYIa4)

6 Hubby having colonoscopy.
Honest to Hod, you'd think he was going to war.

Posted by: mpfs, Burn Mouse Burn at January 29, 2024 08:02 AM (EweFd)

7
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 29, 2024 08:02 AM (bEb2S)

8 morning horde.

coffee is ready, off to the content.

Posted by: SturmToddler at January 29, 2024 08:03 AM (bving)

9 Anyone heard from Jane D' Oh?

Posted by: mpfs, Burn Mouse Burn at January 29, 2024 08:03 AM (EweFd)

10 It's going to be up to Israel to take care of Iraq.

Posted by: fd at January 29, 2024 08:04 AM (vFG9F)

11 Solar would make perfect sense for me but for the fact that I live in an area with the lowest watts/sq meter of solar radiation and I live on the north side of a mountain.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 29, 2024 08:04 AM (2ovLw)

12 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 29, 2024 08:04 AM (Q4IgG)

13 If you crammed power into your roof top solar panels and made them go in reverse, turning power into light and heat, it could make a neat ice melting solution.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 29, 2024 08:06 AM (VoAdT)

14 Haley doesn't see any problem with the $83 million verdict against Trump. You don't need to know anything else about her than that.

Posted by: fd at January 29, 2024 08:07 AM (vFG9F)

15 Good morning again dear morons

Happy Birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 29, 2024 08:08 AM (RIvkX)

16 WTFO??

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 29, 2024 08:09 AM (ENQN6)

17 9 Anyone heard from Jane D' Oh?
Posted by: mpfs, Burn Mouse Burn at January 29, 2024 08:03 AM (EweFd)

She seems to be slowly but surely doing better. I was actually going to send her a note so thanks for the reminder.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 29, 2024 08:09 AM (x0n13)

18
Kharg Island, Iran. Some missile could take that out of operation for weeks. Let them repair it and behave. If they don't behave then take it down again.

The only problem is China might not get their shipments of oil on time and no 10% for the Big Guy.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 29, 2024 08:09 AM (nIvob)

19 6 Hubby having colonoscopy.
Honest to Hod, you'd think he was going to war.

Posted by: mpfs, Burn Mouse Burn at January 29, 2024 08:02 AM (EweFd)

I have had one. They gave me the GOOD drugs… strange experience. The only unpleasant aspect was the prep… A poop party.. I suppose there is no way to talk him around to the idea that it is no big deal??

Posted by: tubal at January 29, 2024 08:09 AM (PCK5/)

20 What is Joe gonna holler about today? I like when he gets all worked up and starts yelling. Reminds me of the old farts in the parking lot who can't find their car. They used to sell pink tennis ball thingees to attach to the car antenna so the old geezers could spot their cars at Zayres. Problem was everyone in the parking lot had the same thing. Then the oldsters would raise a voice and it was on like a The Villages prison riot.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 29, 2024 08:10 AM (Dc73h)

21 Yonder Horde
Posted by: Martini Farmer

"Yondah lies da castle of my foddah"

Posted by: JT at January 29, 2024 08:10 AM (T4tVD)

22 The only problem is China might not get their shipments of oil on time and no 10% for the Big Guy.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 29, 2024 08:09 AM (nIvob)

I'm not sure you know what the definition of the word "problem" is....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 29, 2024 08:10 AM (VoAdT)

23 Cotton and Graham, both military veterans, called for retaliation. . .

Cotton was a Ranger. Graham, like so many of our political "military veterans", was JAG.

And all these issues that they're bleating over. The issues requiring more funding, and more funding, and more funding, so that we can be at war in more places. All of these issues have arisen because Top Men decided that we needed the Sniffer-In-Chief in the WH rather than Trump.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 29, 2024 08:10 AM (GYIa4)

24 Haley is just out to do as much damage to Trump as she can.

Her attitude seemed to change once it had been leaked the Trump's VP choice is a "he".

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 29, 2024 08:11 AM (2ovLw)

25 17 9 Anyone heard from Jane D' Oh?
Posted by: mpfs, Burn Mouse Burn at January 29, 2024 08:03 AM (EweFd)

She seems to be slowly but surely doing better. I was actually going to send her a note so thanks for the reminder.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 29, 2024 08:09 AM (x0n13)

Always liked Jane… she has had a rough go..

Posted by: tubal at January 29, 2024 08:11 AM (PCK5/)

26 I wondered all weekend, and now I think Biden ain't gonna do shit about stopping Abbots actions on the border - Biden will just talk big, make threats , and file briefs in court.
Like with the Houthi, Biden will talk big, make threats, not really do shit.
Like with Iran, Biden is gonna talk big, make threats, not really do shit.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 29, 2024 08:11 AM (S6gqv)

27 Rooftop solar is stupid. Roofs are not designed for the additional weight, especially when loaded with snow. It makes them more difficult to work on, and they have to come off to replace shingles.

It doesn't matter though. People are stupid and will fall for any kind of scam.

Posted by: fd at January 29, 2024 08:11 AM (vFG9F)

28 Every bombshell "gotcha" on Trump turns out to be a lie, but Nevertrump is always willing to jump on the next one.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 29, 2024 08:12 AM (2ovLw)

29 Solar shingles would make sense if they made sense.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 29, 2024 08:12 AM (2ovLw)

30 "Helium is vital to operating MRI machines, setting off concern in the medical world."
Biden Junta Sells Off Crucial US Helium Stockpile
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What part of "10% for the Big Guy" do people not understand?

FJB will sell your gold fillings out of your mouth if it means he gets his 10%. He would at least do you the courtesy of making sure you didn't need them anymore.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 29, 2024 08:12 AM (7fElN)

31 Happy Monday, one and all.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 29, 2024 08:12 AM (4olE8)

32 28 Every bombshell "gotcha" on Trump turns out to be a lie, but Nevertrump is always willing to jump on the next one.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 29, 2024 08:12 AM (2ovLw)

It's a weird kind of narcissism. They think their hatreds and pathologies are "news". They think their hatreds and pathologies are "comedy". They think anyone gives a half a microwaved freezer-burned fuck about their hatreds and pathologies outside of their little fantasy bubble world.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 29, 2024 08:14 AM (VoAdT)

33 What makes more sense is an solar array in the yard, motorized so they can track the Sun and go vertical to dump snow off.

Posted by: fd at January 29, 2024 08:14 AM (vFG9F)

34 Iran is a country who is going to need its ass kicked one day. And that day is coming. They will not abide by an attitude of benign neglect.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 29, 2024 08:14 AM (2ovLw)

35 33 What makes more sense is an solar array in the yard, motorized so they can track the Sun and go vertical to dump snow off.
Posted by: fd at January 29, 2024 08:14 AM (vFG9F)

Tell me you play Stationeers without telling me you play Stationeers....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 29, 2024 08:15 AM (VoAdT)

36 Lamar Jackson is the first DEI quarterback. Any criticism is based only on racism, and "tropes."

Posted by: JmT at January 29, 2024 08:15 AM (jRGfJ)

37 Hi Ho!

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 29, 2024 08:15 AM (4I/2K)

38 "Tell me you play Stationeers without telling me you play Stationeers....
Posted by: Warai-otoko

I don't even know what that is.

Posted by: fd at January 29, 2024 08:16 AM (vFG9F)

39 I think the helium reserve thing is much ado about nothing. We made the reserve when we thought it was a finite resource. It turns out to be abundant in natural gas. So stockpiling it costs money and nets nothing.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 29, 2024 08:16 AM (2ovLw)

40 33 What makes more sense is an solar array in the yard, motorized so they can track the Sun and go vertical to dump snow off.
Posted by: fd at January 29, 2024 08:14 AM (vFG9F)

"Diamonds Are Forever." And Jill St. John's body circa 1971.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 29, 2024 08:16 AM (x0n13)

41 There is nothing more I want than to see Iran get a massive thermonuclear Qom-shot right in its eyes.

That's almost Al Goldsteinesque.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 29, 2024 08:17 AM (a3Q+t)

42 Thanks JJ.
Jane has been on my mind lately.

Posted by: mpfs, Burn Mouse Burn at January 29, 2024 08:18 AM (EweFd)

43 Hi Ho!
Posted by: Count de Monet

Who you callin' a Ho ?

Posted by: JT at January 29, 2024 08:18 AM (T4tVD)

44 It's one of the most gigantic clusterfucks of all time.

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Until tomorrow, and then the day after that, and then the day after that ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Civil War 2: 10th Amendment Revolution Boogaloo at January 29, 2024 08:18 AM (/z9fK)

45 Girthy this morning, J.J.!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 29, 2024 08:19 AM (a3Q+t)

46 Regarding Iran...

The Iranians (probably the IRGC) have been using a converted commercial vessel in and around the Red Sea to apparently coordinate attacks on commercial shipping in the area. The vessel MV Behshad has been observed in the area for months. It should be considered a viable target and could be taken out with minimal effort.

Then, since the Iranians are dicking around with maritime shipping, sink their entire goddamn navy.

That sends every bit the message as a direct attack on Iranian territory.

But appeasing Iran is more important to this administration's handlers even though Iran will never be appeased so long as Israel and the US exist.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 29, 2024 08:19 AM (Q4IgG)

47 "We were not ready for the seizure of our embassy in Tehran. We were not ready for the Marine Barracks bombings in Beirut. We were not ready for 9/11. We were not ready for the fall of Kabul. We were not ready for the takeover of shipping in the Red Sea near Yemen."

The twisted part is that everyone here - except maybe Sid and Paul - was ready for everything to go to shit once Biden took the White House. We may have differed in our opinions of what FORM the destruction would take, but we all knew that the destruction - like The Paulo - was coming.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at January 29, 2024 08:19 AM (/nCD+)

48 Who you callin' a Ho ?
Posted by: JT at January 29, 2024 08:18 AM (T4tVD)

I intended a more 7 dwarfish meaning. But if the shoe fits . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 29, 2024 08:20 AM (4I/2K)

49 The Supreme Court will be conspicuously and determinedly absent in the coming civil war, useless to correct authoritarian predations or mediate conflicts at the brink. This is simply consistent with moral constitution of the rest of our institutions and civic and political "leaders."

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 29, 2024 08:20 AM (Fw51g)

50 I do not trust DC to do “ anything” right, so my view of them getting involved in a dust-up with Iran is foregone..

Posted by: tubal at January 29, 2024 08:20 AM (PCK5/)

51 Tubal
Hubby has had a colonoscopy before, this isn't new to him.

They can put men on the moon but they can't make an easy prep for this procedure.

Posted by: mpfs, Burn Mouse Burn at January 29, 2024 08:20 AM (EweFd)

52 CBS (and I assume the other networks) are doing a full court press on the “bipartisan border compromise” this morning, after Biden claimed yesterday that he had a border plan.

Posted by: SMOD at January 29, 2024 08:20 AM (P8PFL)

53 YAY!!! WE'RE FINALLY GONNA GET THAT 20 YEAR WAR THE CONTRACTORS WANT!!!

Posted by: Moron Robbie stands in support of afro-chemistry, afro-economics, and afro-engineering at January 29, 2024 08:21 AM (k1AR8)

54 The great thing about Lankford is that he's up for reelection in 2026. Oklahoma will have a two term governor named Kevin Stitt (the first gov to support Texas) available to primary Langkford.

The Oklahoma GOP said it was suspending any and all support for Langkford as well as censuring him. Langkford needs to return to Baptist Bible camp counseling.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 29, 2024 08:21 AM (PYJJG)

55 41 There is nothing more I want than to see Iran get a massive thermonuclear Qom-shot right in its eyes.

That's almost Al Goldsteinesque.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 29, 2024 08:17 AM (a3Q+t)

True story: We almost rented office space right across the hall from "Screw" circa 1987.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 29, 2024 08:22 AM (x0n13)

56 My ignorance is my fault… I didn’t know until this latest incident with 3 soldiers dead that we had troops in Jordan. Why?? I also didn’t know that our troops in the ME have experienced dozens of attacks since 10/7. Again, my ignorance is my fault but I’d have thought that would’ve been ubiquitous on the news and it wasn’t.

Another example I think of the media being just another wing of the dem party. Anything to protect the old dementia patient….

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

57 I predict that any “civil war” will begin with the judges and the lawyers, who will be on the wrong end.

Posted by: SMOD at January 29, 2024 08:22 AM (P8PFL)

58 The cuntefaction of America continues to accelerate.

Posted by: personnel is for assholes at January 29, 2024 08:22 AM (kvDvI)

59 Don't worry, I'm sure the administration has a bus full of civilians all lined up and ready to hit with a drone strike.

That way MSM can tell the proles about the decisive strike the tough Biden administration made against Iran.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at January 29, 2024 08:23 AM (tT6L1)

60 Today is National Bible Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 29, 2024 08:23 AM (NpAcC)

61 51 Tubal
Hubby has had a colonoscopy before, this isn't new to him.

They can put men on the moon but they can't make an easy prep for this procedure.
Posted by: mpfs, Burn Mouse Burn at January 29, 2024 08:20 AM (EweFd)

Oh I agree with that… if one is not an “ at risk” person, my take is Nah for the procedure…

Posted by: tubal at January 29, 2024 08:23 AM (PCK5/)

62 We store your ashes the old-fashioned way.

We Urn them.

Posted by: XTC at January 29, 2024 08:23 AM (UnA8+)

63 Fucked we are. I think our fractured country will fight each other before we take on any external enemy.

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at January 29, 2024 08:23 AM (ZV+pB)

64 I’d have thought that would’ve been ubiquitous on the news and it wasn’t.

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

"The most insidious power the media has is the power to ignore."

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at January 29, 2024 08:24 AM (/nCD+)

65
What makes more sense is an solar array in the yard, motorized so they can track the Sun and go vertical to dump snow off.

Posted by: fd at January 29, 2024 08:14 AM

The first half of that I've seen, and it's pretty cool. There are imitations as to number of panels, maybe four I saw.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 29, 2024 08:24 AM (nIvob)

66 NYPost:

A con artist who is accused of defrauding the US Army out of $100 million has been given the green light to retire with full benefits. Janet Yamanaka Mello, 57, who is currently under criminal investigation, brazenly claims she “earned” her civil servant retirement package despite allegedly using the funds to purchase over 30 homes, luxury cars, and jewelry through the seven-year-long scheme. The military admitted that there is nothing that can be done to withhold Mello’s benefits from her as it’s protected under a federal law that was held up in government bureaucracy

Posted by: SMOD at January 29, 2024 08:24 AM (P8PFL)

67 Trump Has Reason to Rage—But Needs to Stay Calm and Get Even Rather than Mad

So. Our nation is in an existential crisis and Trump needs to be nice, play footsie with his opponents, and nibble around the edges... because the American voter is a idiotic, whiney pussy?

Sure, inflation is sky high, I've lost my job, and I'm being kicked out of my house so the government can install a family of illegals but, damn, that Trump can sure sound rough. Oh, well, I guess the end of the country isn't so bad.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 29, 2024 08:24 AM (GYIa4)

68 The border patrol guy sez “Our agency has lost its purpose”

From out here in the cheap seats, it sure looks a whole lot more like it was stolen. This was predictable and it was even predicted.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 29, 2024 08:25 AM (xO08e)

69 It's also,
National Corn Chip Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 29, 2024 08:26 AM (NpAcC)

70 Hungary Open to Using EU Budget for Ukraine Aid Package, Orban's Adviser Says

… make the bureaucracy pay

Posted by: SMOD at January 29, 2024 08:26 AM (P8PFL)

71 Today is National Bible Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 29, 2024 08:23 AM (NpAcC)

Jesus wept.

Posted by: dantesed at January 29, 2024 08:26 AM (88xKn)

72 Almost to the day, Qassam Soleimani, the Iranian equivalent of Heinrich Himmler in terms of power and influence in that regime as well as the chief architect and implementer of global terrorism was taken out by a strike ordered by President Trump.
++++
I think you mean, "austere religious scholar."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 29, 2024 08:26 AM (mwCIn)

73 56 My ignorance is my fault… I didn’t know until this latest incident with 3 soldiers dead that we had troops in Jordan. Why?? I also didn’t know that our troops in the ME have experienced dozens of attacks since 10/7. Again, my ignorance is my fault but I’d have thought that would’ve been ubiquitous on the news and it wasn’t.

Another example I think of the media being just another wing of the dem party. Anything to protect the old dementia patient….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 29, 2024 08:22 AM (1jdMT)

The troops might no doubt want to stop by that restaurant in Amman (See the Spencer link in the Islam section).

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 29, 2024 08:26 AM (x0n13)

74 A con artist who is accused of defrauding the US Army out of $100 million has been given the green light to retire with full benefits. Janet Yamanaka Mello, 57, who is currently under criminal investigation, brazenly claims she “earned” her civil servant retirement package despite allegedly using the funds to purchase over 30 homes, luxury cars, and jewelry through the seven-year-long scheme. The military admitted that there is nothing that can be done to withhold Mello’s benefits from her as it’s protected under a federal law that was held up in government bureaucracy
Posted by: SMOD at January 29, 2024 08:24 AM (P8PFL)
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unlike the Junta, which collects bribes and gets our soldiers killed, this gal only stole money.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at January 29, 2024 08:26 AM (tT6L1)

75 " It's also,
National Corn Chip Day.
Posted by: redridinghood"

Free the toes!

Posted by: The Frito Bandito at January 29, 2024 08:27 AM (vFG9F)

76 It's also,
National Corn Chip Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 29, 2024 08:26 AM (NpAcC)

National Bible Day
National Corn Chip Day

One of these things is not going to get you hassled at school or work.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 29, 2024 08:27 AM (SfhV1)

77 I refuse to have a colonoscopy; my wife urges and I refuse. I so no good reason to go through that ordeal. There are zero instances of colon cancer in my family; my dad is in his 80s and has never had a colonoscopy (he refuses as well) and he’s quite healthy. So my answer will always be a big fat NO

BTW… there’s a hilarious episode of Two and a Half Men where Charlie lies that he has a colonoscopy scheduled to avoid meeting his girlfriend’s parents…. Hilarity and hijinx ensue

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 29, 2024 08:28 AM (1jdMT)

78 it's becoming an issue to cleave lifelong Democrats away from their enslavers ...

******

'Cleave' isa word that can have opposite meanings. It can mean 'adhere', especially when used inn the form of 'cleave to' something as in "cleave to one's principles". Or it can mean to "split away".

English is a fascinating language.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 29, 2024 08:28 AM (991eG)

79 78 Posted by: Muldoon at January 29, 2024 08:28 AM (991eG)

I have a beaver cleaver . . .

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

80 " It's also,
National Corn Chip Day.
Posted by: redridinghood"

Free the toes!
Posted by: The Frito Bandito at January 29, 2024 08:27 AM (vFG9F)

Great. The toenail ads are gonna be stomach churning.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 29, 2024 08:29 AM (4I/2K)

81 Blinded by the Light: The Conversion of John Fetterman

As I understand it, some people see personality changes after having a stroke. It would be hilarious if PA massaged Fetterman into office only to have him "grow".

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 29, 2024 08:29 AM (GYIa4)

82 Here's a public list of US military bases worldwide:

http://tinyurl.com/ycsha3rp

There are a LOT of them. Jordan isn't listed... at least I didn't see it here. There's a couple of "outposts" where Jordan, Iraq and Syria's borders all come together that are not "official" US installations. This is the area the most recent attacks were directed at.

Probably insurgency related activities... as the US tends to instigate shit when stupid people are in positions of authority.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 29, 2024 08:29 AM (Q4IgG)

83
It seems it's impossible to buy glasses without blue light blocking. It's one thing to have my computer glasses with it, but I don't want it for my ordinary bifocals. But just try to find some.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 29, 2024 08:29 AM (MoZTd)

84 66 Posted by: SMOD at January 29, 2024 08:24 AM (P8PFL)

I have it Above the Fold.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 29, 2024 08:30 AM (x0n13)

85 Trump Has Reason to Rage—But Needs to Stay Calm and Get Even Rather than Mad

So. Our nation is in an existential crisis and Trump needs to be nice, play footsie with his opponents, and nibble around the edges... because the American voter is a idiotic, whiney pussy?

Sure, inflation is sky high, I've lost my job, and I'm being kicked out of my house so the government can install a family of illegals but, damn, that Trump can sure sound rough. Oh, well, I guess the end of the country isn't so bad.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 29, 2024 08:24 AM (GYIa4)

I don't read it that way. They say Trump needs to stay calm and get even. I read that as 'revenge is a dish best served cold.' I'm down for a cold, calculated, deliberate, strategic, unflinching campaign of Get Even.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at January 29, 2024 08:30 AM (/nCD+)

86 Looks like the Border Patrol has finally found the champion they needed.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at January 29, 2024 08:30 AM (tT6L1)

87 77 I refuse to have a colonoscopy; my wife urges and I refuse. I so no good reason to go through that ordeal. There are zero instances of colon cancer in my family; my dad is in his 80s and has never had a colonoscopy (he refuses as well) and he’s quite healthy. So my answer will always be a big fat NO

BTW… there’s a hilarious episode of Two and a Half Men where Charlie lies that he has a colonoscopy scheduled to avoid meeting his girlfriend’s parents…. Hilarity and hijinx ensue
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 29, 2024 08:28 AM (1jdMT)

My dad's family never had colon cancer either. That didn't help him.

Please get a check for colon cancer, even if it's just the poop smear submission test (which has a fancy name - FIT-DNA test - and which isn't as good as a colonoscopy, but is a lot better than nothing)...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 29, 2024 08:30 AM (exHjb)

88 But just try to find some.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 29, 2024 08:29 AM (MoZTd)

Try Costco Optical. That's where I got mine.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 29, 2024 08:31 AM (SfhV1)

89 The lump has assumed control of Shrek Fetterman.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 29, 2024 08:31 AM (R4t5M)

90 Inhave been amused in the Metamorphosis of Fetterman…. it is like he has become a Thespian, Puttin’ on the Ritz….

Posted by: tubal at January 29, 2024 08:31 AM (PCK5/)

91 I understand some of us still operate under the assumptions of the National Review 'conservatives', but geez...

"The good doctor still doesn't understand that Trump is who he is for better or worse"

He was the guy who hired some really good people like Bob Lighthizer and Wilbur Ross to reset our economy to the capital investment model based on cheap hydrocarbon energy et al.

I understand everyone is still pissed about Trump's response to the Scamdemic, but we - ALL OF US - were and still are the problem because we choose to just go along.

Posted by: Danimal28 at January 29, 2024 08:32 AM (klw0w)

92 Yonder Horde
Posted by: Martini Farmer

"Yondah lies da castle of my foddah"
Posted by: JT
=====
"I feel this Tartar woman is for me, and my blood says, 'Take her!' There are moments for wisdom and moments when I listen to my blood; my blood says, 'Take this Tartar woman!'"
-- Temujin of the Golden Horde

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 29, 2024 08:32 AM (2yu8s)

93 I could see myself doing this if someone stole any of my dogs.

"A California woman was captured on video clutching onto the hood of a car as it sped around downtown Los Angeles on Thursday, after the occupants allegedly stole her French Bulldog, according to reports."

http://tinyurl.com/39s9sx8n

Posted by: redridinghood at January 29, 2024 08:32 AM (NpAcC)

94
Had a colonoscopy in 2023. Luckily, I react heavily to the sedatives and I was out for the whole thing. It's the prep that's disgusting.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 29, 2024 08:32 AM (MoZTd)

95 And you missed the very last stunt of the regime: having warned (failedly so) the mullahs of an incoming attack from the ISIS.
Instead of let the fucks kill each other, as usual.

Posted by: Anacleto Mitraglia at January 29, 2024 08:33 AM (pqKQr)

96 I went to Costco Optical and they said they COULD NOT do my colonoscopy... so I left

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at January 29, 2024 08:33 AM (ZV+pB)

97 I've never done the colonoscopy exam but I did the Cologuard test. No problem.

Posted by: dantesed at January 29, 2024 08:33 AM (88xKn)

98 87 I get the kit for the fecal sample test every year at the VA. Nurse was telling me how many people refuse to take even that. Easy test, take the sample, put it in the provided vial and mail it in.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 29, 2024 08:33 AM (0EOe9)

99 Janet Yamaha was just doing what comes natural for federal employees.

Stealing, raping, swindling, double dipping, frauding, lying, fronting, embezzling and raping.

And they called Bernie Madoff a crook. At least he worked for his ill gotten gains.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 29, 2024 08:33 AM (Dc73h)

100 I have a beaver cleaver . . .
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 29, 2024 08:29 AM (x0n13)

I draw this!

Posted by: Zombie Betty Dodson at January 29, 2024 08:34 AM (4I/2K)

101 Every bombshell "gotcha" on Trump turns out to be a lie, but Nevertrump is always willing to jump on the next one.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 29, 2024 08:12 AM

We only need to be right once.

Posted by: The Walls Are Closing In at January 29, 2024 08:34 AM (a3Q+t)

102 89 The lump has assumed control of Shrek Fetterman.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 29, 2024 08:31 AM (R4t5M)

Neck Lump is to Fetterman as Master is to Blaster.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 29, 2024 08:34 AM (x0n13)

103 Morning everyone, thx JJ. Was just watching Maria and they played a tape of Biden being interviewed on 60 minutes. Biden was asked what his message was to Iran and his response " don't, don't , don't". It occurred to me that that is a "don't" for each dead American soldier. And the Marxist loons in his administration follow Barky in paying for it all. Bad times

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 29, 2024 08:34 AM (3noVV)

104 87

My dad's family never had colon cancer either. That didn't help him.

Please get a check for colon cancer, even if it's just the poop smear submission test (which has a fancy name - FIT-DNA test - and which isn't as good as a colonoscopy, but is a lot better than nothing)...
Posted by: Nova Local at January 29, 2024 08:30 AM (exHjb)

Unsolicited opinion ( hey, that’s what we do here)… get ONE, if it’s all good, then you are done if you are of an age..

Posted by: tubal at January 29, 2024 08:34 AM (PCK5/)

105 Apropos of nothing… in sportsball yesterday the coach of the Lions illustrated perfectly how easy it is to step over the line from intelligently bold to stupidly reckless. Going for it on 4th down 2 times instead of kicking 2 pretty much guaranteed field goals… those 6 points declined would’ve won the game for his team. Oh… and he also bungled time management at the end burning a crucial timeout which he dearly needed at the end of the game….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 29, 2024 08:34 AM (1jdMT)

106 Now, with a completely erased southern border as well as our northern border which no one is really watching at all and
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I went to Canada recently by car, and it was a night-and-day difference in experience between the two directions.

Going into Canada, the border guard glanced my documents, asked a couple of questions, said, "Welcome to Canada" and sent me on my way. I spent maybe 15 minutes in queue from start to finish.

Coming back into the US, the border guard grilled me for eight minutes, sent my documents through multiple verification levels, was hostile and just thrust my documents back at me when the light turned green. I was in queue for an hour.

My thought the entire time was, "this is all a show, and they're probably being so unpleasant on purpose for the purpose of the show, to make it look like they're doing something. I know this border isn't particularly secure, and that the southern border isn't secure at all, and this is all just so much theatrical noise."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 29, 2024 08:35 AM (mwCIn)

107 get ONE, if it’s all good, then you are done if you are of an age..

Posted by: tubal at January 29, 2024 08:34 AM (PCK5/)

Had one last year. Dr. told me to come back in ten years. He made it sound like I'd still be alive by then.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 29, 2024 08:35 AM (SfhV1)

108 Con Artist Accused of Stealing $100 Million from Army to Spend on Luxe Homes, Cars is Allowed to Retire with Full Benefits: "I Earned It"

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* The Founders of Burn, Loot, and Murder Inc. have entered the chat *

Posted by: ShainS -- Civil War 2: 10th Amendment Revolution Boogaloo at January 29, 2024 08:35 AM (/z9fK)

109 67 Trump Has Reason to Rage—But Needs to Stay Calm and Get Even Rather than Mad

I have absolutely no concerns about Donald Trump's state of mind or his ability to balance rhetorical rage with deliberate and intelligent action.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 29, 2024 08:36 AM (Fw51g)

110 Thank you, JJ.

I do not so much see additional 9/11's as I see infrastructure attacks and multiple 10/7's on American soil. And it is ALL due to uniparty filth.

Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the Children They Do Not Kill at January 29, 2024 08:36 AM (gxokI)

111 ...Biden is in a pickle of his own making...

*******

Once More, With Relish - a limerick

Joe says he's proud to be an "Amur'can"
But none of his policies are workin'
From the border to Defense
His gibberish makes no sense
He's mostly just jerkin' his gherkin

Posted by: Muldoon at January 29, 2024 08:36 AM (991eG)

112 The colon exam you want to avoid is the one used if you are on blood thinners. You're wide awake, the doctor is viewing imaging in real time, and they are pumping air and barium into your colon. Very painful.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 29, 2024 08:36 AM (0EOe9)

113 Yeah, do that colo-guard or whatever.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at January 29, 2024 08:37 AM (V1Jl+)

114 107

Had one last year. Dr. told me to come back in ten years. He made it sound like I'd still be alive by then.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 29, 2024 08:35 AM (SfhV1)

Yeah, they always say stuff like that…

Posted by: tubal at January 29, 2024 08:37 AM (PCK5/)

115 Nothing listed so far on "I'll Retaliate and Destroy An Empty Munition Bunker" Joe's public calendar today.

I think Joe, Jake Sullivan, John Kirby, and Hunter are going to play "Risk" all day, developing "Plan Iran Political CYA-612."

Posted by: Gref at January 29, 2024 08:38 AM (5fDan)

116 So what technomoligical hoops do I have to jump through to watch the TaylorSwiftAThon?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 29, 2024 08:38 AM (NBVIP)

117 112 The colon exam you want to avoid is the one used if you are on blood thinners. You're wide awake, the doctor is viewing imaging in real time, and they are pumping air and barium into your colon. Very painful.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 29, 2024 08:36 AM (0EOe9)

I had the fun one… lights out, the Curtain descends..

Posted by: tubal at January 29, 2024 08:38 AM (PCK5/)

118 Had colonoscopy twice, five years apart. Found precancerous polyps, which usually take about ten years to come into "full bloom". So, yeah, I'm due this year and I'm doing it.

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at January 29, 2024 08:39 AM (JcXOK)

119 National Bible Day
National Corn Chip Day

One of these things is not going to get you hassled at school or work.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 29, 2024 08:27 AM (SfhV1)
********
But if you brought a Quran you'd be applauded.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 29, 2024 08:39 AM (NpAcC)

120 I must be the weird one. I get colonoscopies every 5 years, 3 if they find anything. I actually don't mind the prep, it cleans you out and you feel lighter for days afterwards.

Posted by: Jaimo at January 29, 2024 08:39 AM (DBrN4)

121 Biden is in a pickle of his own making...

*******

Once More, With Relish - a limerick

Posted by: Muldoon

ISWYDT.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 29, 2024 08:40 AM (SbJgO)

122 26 I wondered all weekend, and now I think Biden ain't gonna do shit about stopping Abbots actions on the border - Biden will just talk big, make threats , and file briefs in court.
Like with the Houthi, Biden will talk big, make threats, not really do shit.
Like with Iran, Biden is gonna talk big, make threats, not really do shit.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 29, 2024 08:11 AM (S6gqv)

Remember how Reagan handled the air traffic controllers strike….the commies remembered.

Posted by: 7man at January 29, 2024 08:40 AM (qwO6y)

123 Heh. Muldoon said jerkin'.

Posted by: Butthead at January 29, 2024 08:40 AM (NBVIP)

124 Talk about being put between Iraq and a hard place. If the situation weren't so incredibly dangerous, I'd be laughing my ass off. How the hell can Biden attack Iran when he and his Kalorama Klown Komintern Kontrollers have been hot and horny to give Iran nukes and billions in a bid to have them supplant Israel (even if it means and probably hoping for its destruction) as the dominant power in the region?
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They won't. Or, rather, they will try like the devil to avoid it. The entire Party is not pro-Iran, but the dominant faction - and the faction that nominally controls the meatbag in the Oval - definitely is. An internal coup within the Party, or a series of events that forces the Kalorama faction to change position, could do it.

Global affairs and domestic affairs don't really factor into any decision-making anymore. They do at the macro level in that they must survive and maintain a balance of bribery and coercion so as to remain power, but there are no specific influences other than Party maneuvering.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 29, 2024 08:40 AM (mwCIn)

125 Good morning JJ and horde

Posted by: Skip at January 29, 2024 08:40 AM (fwDg9)

126 120 I must be the weird one. I get colonoscopies every 5 years, 3 if they find anything. I actually don't mind the prep, it cleans you out and you feel lighter for days afterwards.
Posted by: Jaimo at January 29, 2024 08:39 AM (DBrN4)

Huh… well I AM full of shit most of the time…

Posted by: tubal at January 29, 2024 08:41 AM (PCK5/)

127 I saw Geriatric Oleaginous Potemkin Party open for Suicidal Tendencies at Wurstküche in '82.

Posted by: ShainS -- Civil War 2: 10th Amendment Revolution Boogaloo at January 29, 2024 08:41 AM (/z9fK)

128 77 I refuse to have a colonoscopy; my wife urges and I refuse.
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 29, 2024 08:28 AM (1jdMT)

I'm with you, Linus.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 29, 2024 08:41 AM (Fw51g)

129 As one Border Patrol agent, who wanted to remain anonymous, told the Daily Caller News Foundation, “No one wants to do this job. It’s thankless, long hours, and then we rarely if ever see the fruits of our labor. We didn’t sign up to be Uber drivers or babysitters just letting tons of aliens in.” A second Border Patrol agent said that “babysitting illegal aliens who get free flights and phones probably isn’t something people want to do,” adding that “my agency lost what its purpose is, it’s not doing what it was meant for. To keep the bad guys out and protect the Constitution of the United States.”
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Your agency - like all others - exists for one purpose: to serve the interests of the Party. Nothing more, less or different. I am sorry you got rooked by the marketing.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 29, 2024 08:42 AM (mwCIn)

130 The troops might no doubt want to stop by that restaurant in Amman (See the Spencer link in the Islam section).
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 29, 2024 08:26 AM (x0n13)

Thank you. I skimmed… and a clothing store in Gaza named “Hitler 2”…. One can’t make up disgusting stuff like that SMH

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 29, 2024 08:42 AM (1jdMT)

131 I actually don't mind the prep, it cleans you out and you feel lighter for days afterwards.
Posted by: Jaimo at January 29, 2024 08:39 AM (DBrN4)

That's what we do very well.

Posted by: Taco Bell at January 29, 2024 08:42 AM (Dc73h)

132 93 I could see myself doing this if someone stole any of my dogs

#metoo

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at January 29, 2024 08:43 AM (V1Jl+)

133 120 A lady friend of mine had a really crazy girl friend. I stop by the friend's house after a colon exam, she asks how I felt. Same thing, pretty good after a good clean out. Her nut girlfriend tells us she tries to do the prep thing every week or at least a couple times a month. She found out she could get the prep supplies OTC.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 29, 2024 08:43 AM (0EOe9)

134 The Hineyscope is a great nap.

Posted by: Ya gotta admit it at January 29, 2024 08:43 AM (NBVIP)

135 I saw a clip on the TV news this morning (one of the three days a week I try to watch local TV news to get weather and as a form of penance) of Biden asserting that he'd shut the border down right now if he had this "deal."

I can't even laugh at him and his Party-authorized lies anymore.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 29, 2024 08:43 AM (mwCIn)

136 Mammogram < Colonoscopy

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 29, 2024 08:43 AM (SfhV1)

137 More than 60% of Trump supporters polled agreed with the statement that charges against Trump related to the Jan. 6 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol were "phony, made-up charges by the Democrats to keep him from office."

they are still only listening/watching right-wing propaganda to be that stupid.

calling them stupid doesn't help. That's one of their arguments about "elitist" Democrats.

"stupid" is an ableist insult, and I've worked hard to strike it from my lexicon.

the MSM has implored us to "understand" the Trump voter, "understand" their gated whites-only world had ceased to exist (poor babies!)..."understand" they were surrounded by (horror of horrors!) "the other"...and they hated "the other"...and because Trump hated "the other" they clung to him, certain he could save them from this multicultural/multiethnic/LGBTQ hell Biden and his liberal cronies had forced them into...well, fuck them and their orange blathering delusional Hitler wannabe dementia loser nag they rode in on... Trump's stagnant base of MAGA cretins are not to be feared, they are to be banished...

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 29, 2024 08:43 AM (ycI94)

138 For those that wished me well last week when my cat was sick, thank you. She is home now, she, as far as we can tell with bloodwork, ultrasound and everything else that she doesn't have cancer, but she did have an anal gland abscess, not a normal thing for cats. The poor thing was in pain so she wouldn't eat. They lanced it and kept her till Saturday. She looks like she feels better and is doing her thing. Getting her to eat is a challenge but she's eating a little here and there and she pooped yesterday.

Posted by: Jaimo at January 29, 2024 08:43 AM (DBrN4)

139 He's mostly just jerkin' his gherkin

Posted by: Muldoon at January 29, 2024 08:36 AM (991eG)

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

I'm imagine him screaming time "Release the Gherkin!"

Posted by: ShainS -- Civil War 2: 10th Amendment Revolution Boogaloo at January 29, 2024 08:44 AM (/z9fK)

140 JJ, have you been watching the senate race in IN? John Rust has been outed as a dem who is financed by Soros, running against the republican Jim Banks.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at January 29, 2024 08:44 AM (JrYM1)

141 Hiya Grammie !

Posted by: JT at January 29, 2024 08:45 AM (T4tVD)

142 Prep was the worst. Made me throw up.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at January 29, 2024 08:45 AM (V1Jl+)

143 133, yea you used to be able to get that magnesium citrate, but that's off the market now. Basically get a big bottle of miralax and 60 ounces of water. Drink that over the span of 2 hours and you'll clean out real good.

Posted by: Jaimo at January 29, 2024 08:45 AM (DBrN4)

144 Hiya JT!

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 29, 2024 08:45 AM (SfhV1)

145 The troops might no doubt want to stop by that restaurant in Amman (See the Spencer link in the Islam section).
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 29, 2024 08:26 AM (x0n13)
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Has a UK-based establishment prog food critic created an overly-flowery review that would certainly get an "A" in Freshman Composition but at which normal people will just snort in disgust?

Because without that, I don't know if I can trust a restaurant in a war zone or colonial encampment...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 29, 2024 08:45 AM (mwCIn)

146 Lol. Kat Timpf reacts to Lions' loss.

http://tinyurl.com/4juwk6kc

Posted by: redridinghood at January 29, 2024 08:45 AM (NpAcC)

147 It was roughly four years ago when “the virus” was getting attention, folks losing their minds, friends, neighbors and even lively hoods. [pukes]

Posted by: Rex B at January 29, 2024 08:45 AM (5h/8D)

148 The widespread cuts to UNRWA funding over the weekend were astounding, and a sign that the times are truly changing.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 29, 2024 08:46 AM (S6gqv)

149 Basically get a big bottle of miralax and 60 ounces of water. Drink that over the span of 2 hours and you'll clean out real good.
Posted by: Jaimo at January 29, 2024 08:45 AM (DBrN4)

Me too!

Posted by: Garden Hose Up The Backside at January 29, 2024 08:46 AM (Dc73h)

150 131, eww Taco Bell. I can't even think about stuffing that crap down my gullet.

Posted by: Jaimo at January 29, 2024 08:47 AM (DBrN4)

151 Hiya JT!
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 29, 2024 08:45 AM (SfhV1)

Posted by: JT at January 29, 2024 08:47 AM (T4tVD)

152 Pelosi said that the antisemitism we are seeing in US is being fomented by .... Putin. Is there anything that the Dems are guilty of commiting that they won't blame on Putin and the Russians? Dems used to love themselves some Soviets, now not so much

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 29, 2024 08:47 AM (3noVV)

153 Taco Bell… for fast action South of the Border..

Posted by: tubal at January 29, 2024 08:47 AM (PCK5/)

154 ... "stupid" is an ableist insult, and I've worked hard to strike it from my lexicon. ...
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 29, 2024 08:43 AM (ycI94)
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What a dumb rationale. I think "stupid" is overused (I am guilty of it myself) and that most of the time, most people really mean "foolish" or "dull" and sometimes "ignorant."

But enveloping one's self in a mantle of ersatz virtue by hiding behind Postmodern nonsense as the reason for a position shows not stupidity, but craven manipulation and self-deceit.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 29, 2024 08:48 AM (mwCIn)

155 When Diamonds Are Forever was released in Germany, it was titled-Diamantenfieber-"diamond fever". Diamonds are forever is not a saying in German.

Posted by: Kranky Kraut at January 29, 2024 08:48 AM (V5BDR)

156 Boebert gets asked to define 'carpetbagger' in her first debate in the new district.

http://tinyurl.com/ykukrf9o

Posted by: McCool at January 29, 2024 08:48 AM (NGwt8)

157
Last colonoscopy was 2013. That and previous 4 others found nothing. First one back in '02 had a small benign polyp and so I had to go back every year or so.

Was scheduled for another last year but the move and loss of doctor and insurance precluded it. Beginning to think that at almost 64, and good family history means I might not go again.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 29, 2024 08:48 AM (x0n13)

158 Congratulations to the Detroit Lions on a great competitive season. Wish you had won.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 29, 2024 08:48 AM (SfhV1)

159 We used to have a thread once a year when the Journal of Irreproducible Results put out their Ignobel Prizes. That seems to have gone out of fashion.

The Ignobels aren't just another Golden Fleece list of unnecessary government projects. They often highlight research or findings in fields you just did not expect.

One of them looked into why colonoscopy preps are so thoroughgoing and intrusive. Over to Europe, a patient went in for one with little gas pockets still residing in the large intestine. When the doctor hit the buzzer to anneal the first polyp, the patient exploded, killing him and injuring several in the procedure room. Intestinal gas is methane, and highly explosive. You know that, of course, but don't really.

You will nervously try to joke, but you can't joke better than that.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 29, 2024 08:48 AM (zdLoL)

160 Kat Timpf LOL. Reminds me of the Cleveland guy, "YOU ARE A FACTORY OF SADNESS!"

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 29, 2024 08:48 AM (S6gqv)

161 My grandfather died of colon cancer so I started to get the procedure in my late 30s.

My family has a bad history with cancer so I'm pretty vigilant about getting checked.

Posted by: mpfs, Burn Mouse Burn at January 29, 2024 08:49 AM (EweFd)

162 The troops might no doubt want to stop by that restaurant in Amman (See the Spencer link in the Islam section).
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 29, 2024 08:26 AM (x0n13)

Guy named Mel in a stained white t-shirt making chili in the back?

Posted by: Flo at January 29, 2024 08:49 AM (4I/2K)

163 Kat Timpf?

Piker.

Posted by: Residents of Cleveland at January 29, 2024 08:49 AM (NBVIP)

164 We were not ready for the seizure of our embassy in Tehran. We were not ready for the Marine Barracks bombings in Beirut. We were not ready for 9/11. We were not ready for the fall of Kabul. We were not ready for the takeover of shipping in the Red Sea near Yemen. What aren’t we ready for next? We only have so much time to wait around and find out.

===

We are not ready for many things. What if jihadists who crossed the wide open southern border, and who been burrowed here for many years, take over a building, take hostages and then , like in Tehran 45 years ago, and like in Israel in October last, will start issuing demands ?? Here on American soil? Is USA ready for that ?

Posted by: runner at January 29, 2024 08:50 AM (V13WU)

165 142 Prep was the worst. Made me throw up.
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at January 29, 2024 08:45 AM (V1Jl+)

Like pouring a pound of Sweet 'n Low in a liter of seawater.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 29, 2024 08:50 AM (x0n13)

166 What is to stop them ?

Posted by: runner at January 29, 2024 08:50 AM (V13WU)

167 stupid" is an ableist insult, and I've worked hard to strike it from my lexicon. ...
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 29, 2024 08:43 AM (ycI94)

That's just retarded.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 29, 2024 08:50 AM (S6gqv)

168 162 The troops might no doubt want to stop by that restaurant in Amman (See the Spencer link in the Islam section).
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 29, 2024 08:26 AM (x0n13)

Guy named Mel in a stained white t-shirt making chili in the back?
Posted by: Flo at January 29, 2024 08:49 AM (4I/2K)

Album cover for the Bliss Band's "Dinner With Raoul."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 29, 2024 08:51 AM (x0n13)

169 At least my head and neck weren't cleaved.

Posted by: zombie Anne of Cleves at January 29, 2024 08:51 AM (a3Q+t)

170 165 142 Prep was the worst. Made me throw up.
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at January 29, 2024 08:45 AM (V1Jl+)

Like pouring a pound of Sweet 'n Low in a liter of seawater.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 29, 2024 08:50 AM (x0n13)

So… Gatorade.

Posted by: tubal at January 29, 2024 08:51 AM (PCK5/)

171 ... the MSM has implored us to "understand" the Trump voter ... well, fuck them and their orange blathering delusional Hitler wannabe dementia loser nag they rode in on... Trump's stagnant base of MAGA cretins are not to be feared, they are to be banished...
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 29, 2024 08:43 AM (ycI94)
++++
LOL. This is the *other* reaction to those anthropological expeditions into America's interior that the coastal elites chartered in the wake of 2016.

I'm sure you remember those. The press and universities went on safaris to Ohio and the like to study the odd and alien culture there so as to build a theory about the causes of anti-elite attitude and Trump support.

The general reaction among the subjects of those anthropological expeditions was contempt. The reaction among the prog hoi-polloi was disgust and hatred. The reaction from the rest was bemusement.

That little sideshow failed utterly, and was generally hilarious.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 29, 2024 08:52 AM (mwCIn)

172 The Media is going all in on Trump's cognitive decline. Classic disinformation. You may hate it but they do it very well.

Posted by: 85 Bears at January 29, 2024 08:52 AM (jRGfJ)

173 The Browns and Lions are 2 of 3 teams in the league (the other being the Jaguars) who’ve never even played in (much less won) a Super Bowl…. Cleveland will always have Jim Brown and I guess the Lions have Barry Sanders

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 29, 2024 08:53 AM (1jdMT)

174 Turn off the news.

Posted by: It's just Pravda at January 29, 2024 08:53 AM (NBVIP)

175
She's a Louvre, Not a Fighter - a limerick

The enigmatic Miss Mona Lisa
Bought a bucket of soup with her Visa™
She said with a grin
As she wiped off her chin
That was tasty! Now how about some pizza?

Posted by: Muldoon at January 29, 2024 08:54 AM (991eG)

176 I like a good conspiracy, most of them are true...politically at least.

Those who thought Kansas City was going to lose were nuts. The NFL is rigged. They would never lose the opportunity to draw in a new demographic, young women. The NFL would have lost too much ad revenue if Taylor Swift was not in the box watching the dick who sold out to Pfizer.

Common sense is important whilst developing a conspiracy theory.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 29, 2024 08:54 AM (JeYYB)

177 Good morning everyone. Thank you J.J.

Quote for the Day:

“If God sends you many sufferings, it is a sign that He has great plans for you, and certainly wants to make you a saint.”
-- St. Ignatius of Loyola

Posted by: Tonypete at January 29, 2024 08:54 AM (IaTa3)

178 From the WSJ:

Boeing and other industry officials increasingly believe the plane maker’s employees failed to put back the bolts when they reinstalled a 737 MAX 9 plug door after opening or removing it during production, according to people familiar with the matter.

You had one job.

Posted by: dantesed at January 29, 2024 08:55 AM (88xKn)

179 We didn't learn a goddam thing from 9/11/01. SMDH

Posted by: Gryph at January 29, 2024 08:55 AM (aCVzN)

180 My bad… Houston Texans have never been to the big game but they’re a relatively new franchise

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 29, 2024 08:55 AM (1jdMT)

181 Intestinal gas is methane, and highly explosive. You know that, of course, but don't really.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 29, 2024 08:48 AM

Actually, only about a third of the population has the bacteria in their gut biome that produces methane.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at January 29, 2024 08:55 AM (a3Q+t)

182 Dan Campbell takes the points in the 3rd quarter, he probably wins the game.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 29, 2024 08:56 AM (R4t5M)

183 Michael Walsh: "Last week, four fearful women and a spectacularly weak man, hiding behind their robes of office in a Court whose only constitutionally mandated member is the Chief Justice – leaving the rest to be self-aggrandized – refused to protect the nation without a word of explanation.

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Mr. Walsh could have simply gone with five fearful women.

Posted by: ShainS -- Civil War 2: 10th Amendment Revolution Boogaloo at January 29, 2024 08:56 AM (/z9fK)

184 Only females buy NFL jerseys.

Posted by: The NFL propaganda machine at January 29, 2024 08:56 AM (NBVIP)

185 The Browns and Lions are 2 of 3 teams in the league (the other being the Jaguars) who’ve never even played in (much less won) a Super Bowl…. Cleveland will always have Jim Brown and I guess the Lions have Barry Sanders
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 29, 2024 08:53 AM (1jdMT)

*side eyes*

Posted by: Houston Texans' 22 Seasons at January 29, 2024 08:56 AM (4I/2K)

186 @173 the Texans have never been there either, but they're relatively new, 20 yrs.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 29, 2024 08:56 AM (3noVV)

187 Dan Campbell takes the points in the 3rd quarter, he probably wins the game.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 29, 2024 08:56 AM (R4t5M)

Yep.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 29, 2024 08:56 AM (SfhV1)

188 Who you callin' a Ho ?
Posted by: JT at January 29, 2024 08:18 AM (T4tVD)

I intended a more 7 dwarfish meaning. But if the shoe fits . . .
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 29, 2024 08:20 AM (4I/2K)

"If the shoe don't fit, you must acquit"

Posted by: JT at January 29, 2024 08:57 AM (T4tVD)

189 I'm immune to Taco Bell.

Posted by: XTC at January 29, 2024 08:57 AM (UnA8+)

190 Taylor Swift is a devil worshipping creep. Don't believe me? Watch some of her tour footage online.

Yikes.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 29, 2024 08:57 AM (JeYYB)

191 181.

And about a quarter of the world's population has bacteria in their gut biome that produces hydrogen sulfide, aka sewer gas, aka rotten egg smell.

Posted by: Gryph at January 29, 2024 08:57 AM (aCVzN)

192 Turn off the news.
Posted by: It's just Pravda at January 29, 2024 08:53 AM (NBVIP)
++++
The COVID meme about this spread so far so quickly because it perfectly encapsulated that premise in a brilliantly terse and readily-understandable manner.

This isn't the original meme, but it's close enough:
http://tiny.cc/1tlkwz

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 29, 2024 08:58 AM (mwCIn)

193 Only females buy NFL jerseys.

"How to tell you're not from Wisconsin."

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 29, 2024 08:58 AM (SfhV1)

194 Cleveland will always have Jim Brown and I guess the Lions have Barry Sanders
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Jim Brown was arguably a better lacrosse player than that of a football player. But, no $$ in lacrosse.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 29, 2024 08:58 AM (IaTa3)

195 184 Mr. Walsh could have simply gone with five fearful women.
Posted by: ShainS -- Civil War 2: 10th Amendment Revolution Boogaloo at January 29, 2024 08:56 AM (/z9fK)

NOT doing so exposes potential to become a Weak Sister.

Posted by: XTC at January 29, 2024 08:58 AM (UnA8+)

196 173 The Browns and Lions are 2 of 3 teams in the league (the other being the Jaguars) who’ve never even played in (much less won) a Super Bowl…. Cleveland will always have Jim Brown and I guess the Lions have Barry Sanders

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 29, 2024 08:53 AM (1jdMT)

The Lions are the only franchise that existed when the first Super Bowl was played that has not played in a Super Bowl.

Posted by: Gref at January 29, 2024 08:58 AM (5fDan)

197 "Last week, four fearful women and a spectacularly weak man.. refused to protect the nation without a word of explanation."

Just like they did in Texas v. Pennsylvania. This is who they are. Expect nothing else going forward.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 29, 2024 08:59 AM (Fw51g)

198 Yeah…. I’ve seen a pivot with Nikki Haley. She knows she won’t win but she’s gone all in on damaging Trump as much as she can. Her comments on the EJ Carroll legal travesty were despicable. She must know she’s ruining her future prospects in the GOP. Revolting and strange at the same time

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 29, 2024 08:59 AM (1jdMT)

199 "If the shoe don't fit, you must acquit"
Posted by: JT at January 29, 2024 08:57 AM (T4tVD)

Loose shoes FTW!

Posted by: And a Warm Place at January 29, 2024 08:59 AM (4I/2K)

200 Just like they did in Texas v. Pennsylvania. This is who they are. Expect nothing else going forward.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 29, 2024 08:59 AM (Fw51g)
++++
Yup.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 29, 2024 08:59 AM (mwCIn)

201 The NFL has found something that makes me care even less about the NFL.

Posted by: fd at January 29, 2024 08:59 AM (vFG9F)

202 And about a quarter of the world's population has bacteria in their gut biome that produces hydrogen sulfide, aka sewer gas, aka rotten egg smell.
Posted by: Gryph

And the other 3/4 of the pop has the fart smell resident within them.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 29, 2024 09:00 AM (IaTa3)

203 The NFL Is Ghetto.

Waste of time and money.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 29, 2024 09:00 AM (Dc73h)

204 I intended a more 7 dwarfish meaning. But if the shoe fits . . .
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 29, 2024 08:20 AM (4I/2K)

"If the shoe don't fit, you must acquit"
Posted by: JT at January 29, 2024 08:57 AM (T4tVD)
++++
If the shoe don't fit, fire the magical dwarf who was supposed to be a competent cobbler.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 29, 2024 09:00 AM (mwCIn)

205 I've got my soup on the boil and am prepared to toss it all over whatever CBD posts at 9:30 EST.

Posted by: Thinking Ahead at January 29, 2024 09:00 AM (V5BDR)

206 Turley needs to get his elitist ass (and drag some federal "judges" with him) down the border for a few days and witness the events first hand. "Federal judges may not consider this an invasion". Really? Okay. Start bussing these invaders directly to the homes and neighborhoods of these so called "judges". Time to start playing hardball. Let these insulated little black robed elitists share in the joy of having these invaders camping out on their front lawns. Let their kids experience the real world of hobnobbing with those who will replace them. These judges live in a rarified atmosphere and need to experience what the rest of the population is experiencing. Hard and often.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at January 29, 2024 09:01 AM (iODuv)

207 Trump, Dan Campbell seeing some parallels.

Posted by: 85 Bears at January 29, 2024 09:01 AM (jRGfJ)

208 I eat Chipotle regularly. No need for a colonoscopy!!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 29, 2024 09:01 AM (1jdMT)

209 179 We didn't learn a goddam thing from 9/11/01. SMDH
Posted by: Gryph at January 29, 2024 08:55 AM (aCVzN)

No, we didn't. With all the unvetted military-age illegals, we may be in for a disaster. But not before the election in November.

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at January 29, 2024 09:01 AM (DkkBl)

210 As others have noted, the southern border isn't just for Central and South Americans to cross. Thousands of Middle Eastern and Chinese men of "military age" have crossed as well.

By some estimates there are several divisions worth of foot soldiers inside the US from these regions. That may or may not be hyperbole.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 29, 2024 09:01 AM (Q4IgG)

211 "four women and a weak womanly man" (I added womanly)

Most women are not good voters and they don't appear to be good on the Supreme Court. Too much emotion.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 29, 2024 09:01 AM (JeYYB)

212 It's relatively easy (like, Insta-Proctology easy) to test your gut biome. Just shove an electrode up your ass and push the button.

Gut biome! It's the dream-catcher crystal of this New Age.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 29, 2024 09:01 AM (zdLoL)

213 Going into Canada, the border guard glanced my documents, asked a couple of questions, said, "Welcome to Canada" and sent me on my way. I spent maybe 15 minutes in queue from start to finish.
--------
Driving back from the big, annual toy soldier/wargaming convention in Gettysburg, the Canada Customs' woman asks the friend, driving [whose ID shows he's an M.D.] "What was the purpose of your visit to the U.S.?" "I was at a toy soldier convention where we play games with toy soldiers." She visibly rolls her eyes. "And you?" "Me too!" [holding up the convention pamphlet]. "Okay. Drive through." [wearily; rolls eyes again]

She did everything but say, "Well I know you nerds aren't smuggling heroin! Go ahead!"

And going into Buffalo to play a wargame at the doctor friend's house, the U.S. Customs' guy asked us what we were going to Buffalo for? and we prevaricated a bit because we didn't want to say 'wargaming' post-9/11 and he says "Like 40K?" and we say yes and he waves us through okay.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 29, 2024 09:02 AM (2yu8s)

214 206.

"These judges" belong to the third branch of the federal government. You should remember that every time you complain about the "unitary executive" or the "administrative state." Electing presidents so we can hope they'll appoint [insert brilliant legal mind here] isn't 'the cure for what ails us.

Posted by: Gryph at January 29, 2024 09:03 AM (aCVzN)

215 Colonoscopy. I'm now on the 10 year plan after being on the every other year plan due to an existing condition. The prep isn't fun, however once in a lifetime or like me once every 10 years is very doable. For the average person you have a few hours of discomfort and you are done. It takes me about 2 weeks to bounce back.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 29, 2024 09:03 AM (2NHgQ)

216 Super Bowl prop bet:

How many times will CBS cut away to show Taylor Swift during its coverage:

OVER/UNDER 276.5

Posted by: bed head at January 29, 2024 09:03 AM (Y1sOo)

217 Great material - thank you!

When employees are demoralized and hate their jobs, but yet aren't quitting in droves, then their cash compensation, retirement and medical benefits are astronomical compared to what is otherwise available.

Posted by: Oglebay at January 29, 2024 09:03 AM (ogTiX)

218 *and they don't appear to be good on the Supreme Court*

But they go by three names, so there's that.

Posted by: At least most of them do at January 29, 2024 09:03 AM (NBVIP)

219 calling them stupid doesn't help. That's one of their arguments about "elitist" Democrats.

"stupid" is an ableist insult, and I've worked hard to strike it from my lexicon.
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Inspector Thomas Brackenreid: I find it hard to believe that such a precise model was built by an imbecile!

Constable George Crabtree: [Trying to be politically correct] Ooooh--sir, uh, I believe such people as Lydia are no longer referred to as "imbecile". It's felt to be demeaning. The correct term nowadays is "moron".
-- Murdoch Mysteries

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 29, 2024 09:04 AM (2yu8s)

220 212.

New on TikTok: The Gut Biome Challenge

Posted by: Gryph at January 29, 2024 09:04 AM (aCVzN)

221 The colon exam to avoid is the digital prostate exam with both of the doctor's hands on your shoulders.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 29, 2024 09:04 AM (a3Q+t)

222 The Media is going all in on Trump's cognitive decline. Classic disinformation. You may hate it but they do it very well.

Posted by: 85 Bears at January 29, 2024 08:52 AM (jRGfJ)

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

* Ace has entered the chat *

Posted by: ShainS -- Civil War 2: 10th Amendment Revolution Boogaloo at January 29, 2024 09:04 AM (/z9fK)

223 Before Lamar Hunt moved them, the Chiefs were the Dallas Texans.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 29, 2024 09:04 AM (zdLoL)

224 A lady friend of mine had a really crazy girl friend. I stop by the friend's house after a colon exam, she asks how I felt. Same thing, pretty good after a good clean out. Her nut girlfriend tells us she tries to do the prep thing every week or at least a couple times a month. She found out she could get the prep supplies OTC.

-

(lays $100 on table)

It's at least somewhat related to perceptions about weight, but she thinks it's better than sticking her finger down her throat after each meal.

Posted by: Moron Robbie stands in support of afro-chemistry, afro-economics, and afro-engineering at January 29, 2024 09:04 AM (k1AR8)

225 221.

And...?

Posted by: Gryph at January 29, 2024 09:05 AM (aCVzN)

226 Actually, only about a third of the population has the bacteria in their gut biome that produces methane.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at January 29, 2024 08:55 AM (a3Q+t)

Some male college students have an "enlightening" way of proving that they are in the one third

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at January 29, 2024 09:05 AM (DkkBl)

227 212.

New on TikTok: The Gut Biome Challenge
Posted by: Gryph at January 29, 2024 09:04 AM (aCVzN)

Let's do it!

Posted by: The Blue Flame Club at January 29, 2024 09:05 AM (4I/2K)

228 the MSM has implored us to "understand" the Trump voter, "understand" their gated whites-only world had ceased to exist (poor babies!)...
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Yeah, because all of the DU commenters, all their media and academic allies, and all their Dem reps and civil servants all live down in the 'hood.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 29, 2024 09:05 AM (2yu8s)

229 Blue on Blue ?

Russia, Russia, Russia! Pelosi Proclaims Pro-Palestine Protesters Are Puppets Of Putin

She called for... you guessed it... a new Russian investigation...

Posted by: SMOD at January 29, 2024 09:05 AM (RHGPo)

230 The colon exam to avoid is the digital prostate exam with both of the doctor's hands on your shoulders.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 29, 2024 09:04 AM (a3Q+t)
++++
But the digital exams are much more precise and high-tech than the old-fashioned analogue exams!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 29, 2024 09:05 AM (mwCIn)

231 DC_Draino
@DC_Draino
Dear San Francisco 49ers,

I know we’ve all been roasting your city for years, but I am offering a 2 week truce
No more jokes about poop on the streets and open air drug markets
No calling out the record levels of homelessness that magically disappeared for 3 days to welcome a Communist dictator

None of that

For 2 weeks, 99% of America will be 49ers fans but in return you MUST defeat the Chiefs

If you don’t, Mr. Pfizer and his girlfriend are going to tour the country as “world champions” helping elect Joe Biden

WW3 will likely follow in a 2nd Biden term and millions will die

The fate of the free world rests upon your shoulders

No pressure

Posted by: redridinghood at January 29, 2024 09:06 AM (NpAcC)

232 >>The widespread cuts to UNRWA funding over the weekend were astounding, and a sign that the times are truly changing.

We'll see. The cuts only apply to future cuts. Those currently in the pipeline which total in the 10s of millions will still be paid.

Here's a name to remember Maher Bitar. He's a Palestinian lawyer who served in the Obama administration and currently serves as Biden's Director of Intel on his NSC.

He is also a former employee of UNRWA. There is zero chance Biden didn't know about the ties between UNRWA and Hamas.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 29, 2024 09:06 AM (ZLI7S)

233 Going into Canada, the border guard glanced my documents, asked a couple of questions, said, "Welcome to Canada" and sent me on my way. I spent maybe 15 minutes in queue from start to finish.

--

The last time I had to cross the border the guard asked the purpose of our visit - I told him 'To buy beer and whiskey'. He responded, 'that's the first honest answer I've heard all day. Be on your way knuckleheads.' or something like that.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 29, 2024 09:06 AM (IaTa3)

234 Not sure I care, really don't what is Taylor and SB have in common everyone thinks she will steal the show

Posted by: Skip at January 29, 2024 09:06 AM (fwDg9)

235 222.

Cognitive decline? Decline?! Trump was never an eloquent speaker. And Trumpoids eat that "common man" schtick up even as they marvel about what a brilliant businessman he is[n't]. Whatever flaws Trump may have as a candidate and as a human being, I don't think cognitive decline is one of them.

Posted by: Gryph at January 29, 2024 09:06 AM (aCVzN)

236 I don't watch the NFL. I know there were constant no-calls for blatant running into the kickers in college football when the refs wanted to nudge games. Is that part of how they're doing it in the NFL this season, too?

Posted by: Moron Robbie stands in support of afro-chemistry, afro-economics, and afro-engineering at January 29, 2024 09:07 AM (k1AR8)

237 New on TikTok: The Gut Biome Challenge
Posted by: Gryph at January 29, 2024 09:04 AM (aCVzN)

Let's do it!
Posted by: The Blue Flame Club at January 29, 2024 09:05 AM (4I/2K)

+1

Posted by: ERA director taking a shit in the hallway at January 29, 2024 09:07 AM (R4t5M)

238 Ya gotta be careful about over shitting. You shit too much, you lose lots of important nutrients and electrolytes and getting all dehydrated.

Dysentery has claimed a lot of lives and underpants.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 29, 2024 09:07 AM (Dc73h)

239 227.

BzzzZZZzzzzZZZZT!

Posted by: Gryph at January 29, 2024 09:07 AM (aCVzN)

240 Her comments on the EJ Carroll legal travesty were despicable. She must know she’s ruining her future prospects in the GOP. Revolting and strange at the same time
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 29, 2024 08:59 AM (1jdMT)

Romney syndrome, female version.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 29, 2024 09:07 AM (Fw51g)

241 My sense is that most of us would rather watch Taylor Swift than a football game.

Posted by: Oglebay at January 29, 2024 09:07 AM (ogTiX)

242 A lady friend of mine had a really crazy girl friend. I stop by the friend's house after a colon exam, she asks how I felt. Same thing, pretty good after a good clean out. Her nut girlfriend tells us she tries to do the prep thing every week or at least a couple times a month. She found out she could get the prep supplies OTC.

--

Go on, I'm oddly intrigued. But I am part German so there's that.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 29, 2024 09:08 AM (IaTa3)

243 Russia, Russia, Russia! Pelosi Proclaims Pro-Palestine Protesters Are Puppets Of Putin

She called for... you guessed it... a new Russian investigation...

.. a dimension in triangulation ...

Pro-Palestine Protesters (showing the Nazi ties) are in league with the guy who is destroying Nazis in Ukraine, but Putin has been known to hire Nazi mercenaries.

Posted by: SMOD at January 29, 2024 09:08 AM (RHGPo)

244 @226 a few weeks ago a nitwit lit his farts while still wearing his pj bottoms. The pjs erupted in flames as you'd expect. He didn't die so no Darwin award

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 29, 2024 09:08 AM (3noVV)

245 My sense is that most of us would rather watch Taylor Swift than a football game.

Posted by: Oglebay at January 29, 2024 09:07 AM (ogTiX)

bzzzt wrong answer

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 29, 2024 09:08 AM (SfhV1)

246 Go on, I'm oddly intrigued. But I am part German so there's that.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 29, 2024 09:08 AM (IaTa3)
++++
The German: A Clockwork Menace

Posted by: Coming Soon to a Bookstore Near You at January 29, 2024 09:08 AM (mwCIn)

247 241. Most != all. I can tell you right now, I will be watching neither. I have other plans.

Posted by: Gryph at January 29, 2024 09:08 AM (aCVzN)

248 -- Murdoch Mysteries

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 29, 2024 09:04 AM (2yu8s)

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That was a great show, before they went "Presto Change-o, full #Woke homo."

Posted by: ShainS -- Civil War 2: 10th Amendment Revolution Boogaloo at January 29, 2024 09:08 AM (/z9fK)

249
Wow! on SF's win. As spectacular as the Cowboy's loss.

Brock and Dak may both have first names that sound like high-fiber breakfast cereals from the 80's,

but they are nothing alike at crunch time.

Dak is a wilting lily. Brock stands tall and delivers time after time.

It's difficult to not imagine where the Cowboy's would be with a quality quarterback, well, better coaches would help too, but...

Welp, Jerry Jones is doing his usual flop since taking over the team.

*sigh*

Posted by: naturalfake at January 29, 2024 09:09 AM (nFnyb)

250 Mornin', All.

JJ, you got the Russian for "Trust, but verify" wrong up above. It's "Doveryai no proveryai."

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 29, 2024 09:10 AM (9yWhg)

251 244.

There is some debate about whether you have to die in order to win a Darwin Award. If you singe the ole baby maker badly enough to where you're no longer able to use it, that's arguably removing oneself from the gene pool. But I suppose that's just a hypothetical.

Posted by: Gryph at January 29, 2024 09:10 AM (aCVzN)

252 But they go by three names, so there's that.
Posted by: At least most of them do at January 29, 2024 09:03 AM (NBVIP)

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HA! Yes.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 29, 2024 09:10 AM (JeYYB)

253 taylor swift will replace biden after kelce wins the super bowl
she'll win too
*bet me*

Posted by: MAxIE at January 29, 2024 09:10 AM (twxj3)

254 The whole world is a ghetto, ergo, we are always at war with the ghettoes.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 29, 2024 09:10 AM (pZ64F)

255 My sense is that most of us would rather watch Taylor Swift than a football game.

Posted by: Oglebay at January 29, 2024 09:07 AM (ogTiX)

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Make The LFL (Lingerie Football League) Great Again!

/except now it'd be fully of trannies ... so belay that order.

Posted by: ShainS -- Civil War 2: 10th Amendment Revolution Boogaloo at January 29, 2024 09:11 AM (/z9fK)

256 So you can steal millions from the Army and retire with full benefits, but if you got injured in serving your country, good luck getting the government to pay for it. Do I have that about right?

(Pooky was fortunate that he got sent to the VA hospital while he was still active duty, otherwise we'd probably still be fighting to get him covered.)

Posted by: pookysgirl, beyond cynical at January 29, 2024 09:11 AM (dtlDP)

257 255.

DQFL...?

IYKYK

Posted by: Gryph at January 29, 2024 09:11 AM (aCVzN)

258 Really disappointed with Detroit. Maybe kicking field goals is the smart move compared with going for 4th and 3 yards, twice?

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 29, 2024 09:12 AM (pZ64F)

259 The Niners are in Santa Clara not SF... Less poop there... On a side note Purdy is a humble and religious Man which is quite refreshing and is why I guess the sports writers don't care for him much.

Posted by: It's me donna at January 29, 2024 09:12 AM (n2vyf)

260 And for the first time everybody let go
And the streets was death row
I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto...

Posted by: Zombie Tupac Shakur at January 29, 2024 09:13 AM (Dc73h)

261 Nikki Haley's behavior isn't strange to me. She got "The Call," just like Liz Cheney and Crying Boy got their calls. She's a Fake Republican who couldn't get anywhere in a Red State as a Democrat. And now she's on a well-funded suicide mission.

Posted by: Anti-Faucist at January 29, 2024 09:13 AM (qUkBO)

262 That was a great show, before they went "Presto Change-o, full #Woke homo."
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Yep.

Haven't watched new ones in about five years.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 29, 2024 09:13 AM (2yu8s)

263 Does even one Hamas supporter have a job? How can mobs always be available for barbarism?

Posted by: Northernlurker at January 29, 2024 09:13 AM (Gf82x)

264 You can stream the radio call of the game free of charge via Westwood One. Kevin Harland is one of the best in the business.
That way you can do something productive instead of being on the couch for 3+ hours. Yes, you'll miss the commercials but you can see them all soon enough on the interwebz.

Posted by: But that's just me at January 29, 2024 09:13 AM (NBVIP)

265 234 Not sure I care, really don't what is Taylor and SB have in common everyone thinks she will steal the show

Posted by: Skip at January 29, 2024 09:06 AM (fwDg9)

Showing a lot of views of Taylor during Chiefs games makes a large group of people who never watch sportsball watch those games. The Swifties.

Cha-ching!

Posted by: Gref at January 29, 2024 09:13 AM (5fDan)

266 245 My sense is that most of us would rather watch Taylor Swift than a football game.

Posted by: Oglebay at January 29, 2024 09:07 AM (ogTiX)

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I don't watch the NFL anymore, but if you are correct any guy who watches it for that reason is an effing effeminate loser.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 29, 2024 09:14 AM (JeYYB)

267 So you can steal millions from the Army and retire with full benefits, but if you got injured in serving your country, good luck getting the government to pay for it. Do I have that about right?

Yep. All the wounded vets and patriots with integrity can go horsefuck.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 29, 2024 09:14 AM (R4t5M)

268
Showing a lot of views of Taylor during Chiefs games makes a large group of people who never watch sportsball watch those games. The Swifties.

Cha-ching!
Posted by: Gref at January 29, 2024 09:13 AM (5fDan)

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This was my point about ad revenue. Does anyone really think the NFL was going to let the Lions win? Come on.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 29, 2024 09:14 AM (JeYYB)

269 Is there a common denominator in corporate sponsors in who owns Taylor Swift and who is airing the games?

Posted by: Moron Robbie stands in support of afro-chemistry, afro-economics, and afro-engineering at January 29, 2024 09:15 AM (k1AR8)

270 Showing a lot of views of Taylor during Chiefs games makes a large group of people who never watch sportsball watch those games. The Swifties.

Cha-ching!
Posted by: Gref at January 29, 2024 09:13 AM (5fDan)

I'm more concerned with her PSA's trying to get her followers to vote and we know which party she is rooting for and so do her fans... The abortion open borders Party

Posted by: It's me donna at January 29, 2024 09:15 AM (n2vyf)

271 The whole world is a ghetto, ergo, we are always at war with the ghettoes.
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 29, 2024 09:10 AM (pZ64F)

Fine.

you asked for it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptIcert_Ra8

Posted by: naturalfake at January 29, 2024 09:15 AM (nFnyb)

272 244 @226 a few weeks ago a nitwit lit his farts while still wearing his pj bottoms. The pjs erupted in flames as you'd expect. He didn't die so no Darwin award
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 29, 2024 09:08 AM (3noVV)

We never seem to run short on nitwits. Haven't seen that word in a while -- good one!

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at January 29, 2024 09:16 AM (DkkBl)

273 I had the fun one… lights out, the Curtain descends..
Posted by: tubal at January 29, 2024 08:38 AM (PCK5/)

Last one I had, when they were giving me the sleepy-time drugs, I said "see you on the other side" and they all freaked out. Like I thought I was gonna die or something.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 29, 2024 09:16 AM (GYIa4)

274 This was my point about ad revenue. Does anyone really think the NFL was going to let the Lions win? Come on.
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Same with the Chiefs/Ravens. Its an entertainment event. They had me thinking that the Ravens were the stronger team. Obviously, they conned me.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 29, 2024 09:17 AM (pZ64F)

275 This was my point about ad revenue. Does anyone really think the NFL was going to let the Lions win? Come on.
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 29, 2024 09:14 AM (JeYYB)

The Lions imploded - they didn't need refs - they dropped balls and picks all by themselves. You almost thought one of the WR bet against his own team in the game, when he dropped 4th down, and then the next possession, dropped the 3rd down ball...all when Detroit just needed to stop SF momentum...

I mean SF got EVERY bounce in the 2nd half...that's more divine influence than ref influence...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 29, 2024 09:17 AM (exHjb)

276 Oli London @OliLondonTV
Volunteer Police officer harasses a woman singing Christian songs on the street.

“You’re not allowed to sing church songs outside the church grounds.”

http://tinyurl.com/2tpckthe
30 seconds; foreign [non-English!] accent

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 29, 2024 09:17 AM (2yu8s)

277 274 This was my point about ad revenue. Does anyone really think the NFL was going to let the Lions win? Come on.
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Same with the Chiefs/Ravens. Its an entertainment event. They had me thinking that the Ravens were the stronger team. Obviously, they conned me.
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 29, 2024 09:17 AM (pZ64F)

Lamar had an awful game.
Andy Reid played not to lose seeing his opponent's QB and that his opponent wasn't keeping their emotions in check.
That was enough to win.

Posted by: Nova Local at January 29, 2024 09:18 AM (exHjb)

278 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at January 29, 2024 09:19 AM (53oGX)

279 We never seem to run short on nitwits. Haven't seen that word in a while -- good one!
Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at January 29, 2024 09:16 AM (DkkBl)

What eeeez "weet-neet"?

Posted by: Manuel (from Barthelona) at January 29, 2024 09:19 AM (T+Iwg)

280 The Lions imploded - they didn't need refs - they dropped balls and picks all by themselves. You almost thought one of the WR bet against his own team in the game, when he dropped 4th down, and then the next possession, dropped the 3rd down ball...all when Detroit just needed to stop SF momentum...

I mean SF got EVERY bounce in the 2nd half...that's more divine influence than ref influence...
Posted by: Nova Local at January 29, 2024 09:17 AM (exHjb)

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You're proving my point. Dropped balls and picks? That's how you lose on purpose.

"You almost thought one of the WR bet against his own team in the game, when he dropped 4th down, and then the next possession, dropped the 3rd down ball..."

Again, proving my point.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 29, 2024 09:19 AM (JeYYB)

281 The NFL does their best to rig games but, sometimes, things just don't work out.

I wonder, though, if the players who wreck their bodies for our entertainment ever think about it.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at January 29, 2024 09:20 AM (tT6L1)

282 Nope the Lions and Ravens lost legitimately.
As to the swiftees, they were going to vote for biden anyway since they are white suburban wine moms and the teens cannot vote. Yet!

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 29, 2024 09:20 AM (2NHgQ)

283 Same with the Chiefs/Ravens. Its an entertainment event. They had me thinking that the Ravens were the stronger team. Obviously, they conned me.
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 29, 2024 09:17 AM (pZ64F)

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I just learned about that this year. It is considered "entertainment" therefore there is nothing legally wrong with fixing a game.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 29, 2024 09:21 AM (JeYYB)

284 Lamar had an awful game.
Andy Reid played not to lose seeing his opponent's QB and that his opponent wasn't keeping their emotions in check.
That was enough to win.
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It was a very boring game to watch. Yeah, the surprise is a Harbaugh team lacked discipline.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 29, 2024 09:21 AM (pZ64F)

285
You're proving my point. Dropped balls and picks? That's how you lose on purpose.

"You almost thought one of the WR bet against his own team in the game, when he dropped 4th down, and then the next possession, dropped the 3rd down ball..."

Again, proving my point.
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 29, 2024 09:19 AM (JeYYB)

But that's not the NFL fixing it...that's a certain player choking or looking to make himself rich.

The NFL came off very clean (for once) in both games yesterday. Refs did not decide anything.

Posted by: Nova Local at January 29, 2024 09:21 AM (exHjb)

286 281.

At least Pro Wrestling is kinda sorta honest about what "sports entertainment" means. People watch the NFL like it really matters or something.

Posted by: Gryph at January 29, 2024 09:21 AM (aCVzN)

287 Support The Woke NFL!!!

Posted by: JROD at January 29, 2024 09:22 AM (IlL6s)

288 What eeeez "weet-neet"?
Posted by: Manuel (from Barthelona)
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What is this "annoying"? It does not sound so good.

Posted by: Stefania at January 29, 2024 09:23 AM (2yu8s)

289 At least Pro Wrestling is kinda sorta honest about what "sports entertainment" means. People watch the NFL like it really matters or something.
Posted by: Gryph

All they talked about all evening saturday was could cody rhodes become the first since stone cold to go back to back, and by lord wouldnt you know it, he did.

Posted by: BruceWayne at January 29, 2024 09:23 AM (CIS44)

290 By turning Qassam Soleimani into a cloud of pink dust, Trump's FAFO message to Iran worked. Then Joey and Tony Chamberlain from "Appeasements Are Us" show up and promise Iran we promise not to do anything about them killing our troops. What could go wrong?

Posted by: Java Joe at January 29, 2024 09:23 AM (WaLgG)

291 To buy beer and whiskey'. He responded, 'that's the first honest answer I've heard all day. Be on your way knuckleheads.' or something like that.
Posted by: Tonypete

One time DadA and I crossed to the Canadian side of Voyageurs for a days fishing. They didn't believe we had no beer and searched the boat.

Posted by: DaveA at January 29, 2024 09:24 AM (FhXTo)

292 Make The LFL (Lingerie Football League) Great Again!

/except now it'd be fully of trannies ... so belay that order.
Posted by: ShainS -- Civil War 2: 10th Amendment Revolution Boogaloo at January 29, 2024 09:11 AM (/z9fK)

I was getting nostalgic about the 85 Bears so I looked up Ditka and found out he was involved somehow with the Lingerie Football League… part owner or something like that. Da coach!!

I went and looked at some pics of the women currently on rosters. Yikes!! Not appealing… not a bad concept but horrible execution

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 29, 2024 09:24 AM (1jdMT)

293 If you can have an 'insurrection' without anyone being armed
I propose you can have an 'invasion' w/o guns either

Posted by: McCool at January 29, 2024 09:25 AM (NGwt8)

294 Oli London @OliLondonTV
Volunteer Police officer harasses a woman singing Christian songs on the street.

“You’re not allowed to sing church songs outside the church grounds.”

http://tinyurl.com/2tpckthe
30 seconds; foreign [non-English!] accent

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 29, 2024 09:17 AM (2yu8s)

She seems.... less than sane. And it's quite obvious why the police don't want her on the payroll.

Posted by: pookysgirl, beyond cynical at January 29, 2024 09:25 AM (dtlDP)

295 Lots of words.

You keep blaming the Dems and the left. You just don't get it I guess. Or do you...

Posted by: DOYLE at January 29, 2024 09:26 AM (Z8Yh2)

296 Purdy is Mr. Irrelevant, an afterthought. He seems humble. As compared to the opposition in the SB.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 29, 2024 09:26 AM (R4t5M)

297 I have Samsung TVs and every time I turn one in it defaults to one of the Samsung TV channels. Yesterday it was a sportsball channel talking about the NFL. It was kind of funny to see grown men so passionate about a game. Silly even.

It’s a fucking game people. It’s not changing the world or curing cancer .

Posted by: Montec at January 29, 2024 09:26 AM (F9jE7)

298 The Ravens choked as a team. It was the only thing they did well.

Posted by: pawn at January 29, 2024 09:26 AM (QB+5g)

299 HAHAHAH! Is this always the explanation with some of uz ? what an incredible mindset. when you fail in life , do you always blame someone else too ? one's favored team loses ? CHEATING!! CONSPIRACY!! How about "they sucked ? and not on purpose ?"

Posted by: runner at January 29, 2024 09:26 AM (V13WU)

300 *side eyes*

Posted by: North Dallas Forty at January 29, 2024 09:27 AM (4I/2K)

301 295 Lots of words.

You keep blaming the Dems and the left. You just don't get it I guess. Or do you...
Posted by: DOYLE at January 29, 2024 09:26 AM (Z8Yh2)

I assume you are referring to the gravamen of my discourse?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 29, 2024 09:27 AM (x0n13)

302 One time DadA and I crossed to the Canadian side of Voyageurs for a days fishing. They didn't believe we had no beer and searched the boat.
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Kind of funny given Hiram Walker built his Distillery in Windsor, Canada, right across the river from Detroit cuz the Temperance Ladies were gonna get the vote.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 29, 2024 09:27 AM (pZ64F)

303 I could not care less about football, and I don't care who is in the Super bowl, but the discussion is mighty amazing.

Posted by: runner at January 29, 2024 09:27 AM (V13WU)

304 *amuzing

Posted by: runner at January 29, 2024 09:27 AM (V13WU)

305 It’s a fucking game people. It’s not changing the world or curing cancer .

Posted by: Montec at January 29, 2024 09:26 AM (F9jE7)

Little Winger credited playing high school and college football with part of his success at staying alive in Iraq.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 29, 2024 09:28 AM (SfhV1)

306 I should really try to write something

Posted by: Braenyard at January 29, 2024 09:29 AM (v0H8p)

307 This weekend (Feb 3) will be 1 year since the train derailment in East Palestine OH and Sleepy Joe still hasn't found the time to go there.

Posted by: McCool at January 29, 2024 09:29 AM (NGwt8)

308 Little Winger credited playing high school and college football with part of his success at staying alive in Iraq.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 29, 2024 09:28 AM (SfhV1)
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Hi Grammie!

I did not know you have a son who served. I'm glad he made it home safely. And I really appreciate his service.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at January 29, 2024 09:30 AM (tT6L1)

309 "These judges" belong to the third branch of the federal government. You should remember that every time you complain about the "unitary executive" or the "administrative state." Electing presidents so we can hope they'll appoint [insert brilliant legal mind here] isn't 'the cure for what ails us.
Posted by: Gryph at January 29, 2024 09:03 AM (aCVzN)

We're waaaay past the point of electing presidents who can appoint the people who can cure for what ails us. I've lived through 14 presidents (so far) and over the past 45 years, voting for the "best candidate" hasn't produced the "best" in federal judge appointments. JJ hit the nail on the head when he quoted the line, "When in the course of human events......".

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at January 29, 2024 09:30 AM (iODuv)

310
A R T

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 29, 2024 09:30 AM (ENQN6)

311 I did not know you have a son who served. I'm glad he made it home safely. And I really appreciate his service.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at January 29, 2024 09:30 AM (tT6L1)

Yep, three tours. Thank you!

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 29, 2024 09:30 AM (SfhV1)

312
Little Winger credited playing high school and college football with part of his success at staying alive in Iraq.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 29, 2024 09:28 AM (SfhV1)

That’s great and I am all for people playing sports. I played a ton when I was younger myself. It’s the worship of pro sports that’s ridiculous.

Posted by: Montec at January 29, 2024 09:31 AM (F9jE7)

313 I'd read somewhere that governors can deny the federal government from access to their national guard. But no idea if that is true ... with all this talk of Biden taking of their national guard and "federalizing" them.

Seems states should have control, on a "federalism" basis, but there must be some specific law on the matter.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 29, 2024 09:31 AM (Cus5s)

314 281 The NFL does their best to rig games but, sometimes, things just don't work out.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at January 29, 2024 09:20 AM (tT6L1)

The NFL must have had the Cowboys-Packers game rigged for the Cowboys, but it didn't work out. Jerry Jones's 'Boys can't do anything right in Big Games since the core team Jimmy Johnson assembled faded away in the mid-90s.

Posted by: Gref at January 29, 2024 09:31 AM (5fDan)

315 >>How about "they sucked ? and not on purpose ?"

Neither Baltimore nor Detroit sucked. They both played high level football but both made key mistakes at crucial times.

Football is about who executes and makes the fewest mistakes.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 29, 2024 09:31 AM (ZLI7S)

316 296 Purdy is Mr. Irrelevant, an afterthought. He seems humble. As compared to the opposition in the SB.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 29, 2024 09:26 AM (R4t5M)

His tiny rookie contract lets SF be loaded at every other position. It's the rookie Russell Wilson effect. You either win in the NFL with the hot QB in year 2-4 or you find the hall of famer (Mahomes) or the old guy willing to work cheap to just win a ring again...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 29, 2024 09:31 AM (exHjb)

317 No cheating ever occurs anywhere and it's un-American to believe otherwise.

Posted by: Moron Robbie stands in support of afro-chemistry, afro-economics, and afro-engineering at January 29, 2024 09:32 AM (k1AR8)

318 317 No cheating ever occurs anywhere and it's un-American to believe otherwise.
Posted by: Moron Robbie

Damn right.
- Fulton County, Georgia

Posted by: Montec at January 29, 2024 09:33 AM (F9jE7)

319 Making mistakes at critical times sucks.

Ravens line (both sides) was terrible.

Posted by: pawn at January 29, 2024 09:33 AM (QB+5g)

320 309.

I've given a lot of thought as to just what could really "Make America Great Again." Permanently. And regrettably, I wouldn't count on a nation of chestless men to do the right thing.

Posted by: Gryph at January 29, 2024 09:33 AM (aCVzN)

321 The NFL must have had the Cowboys-Packers game rigged for the Cowboys, but it didn't work out. Jerry Jones's 'Boys can't do anything right in Big Games since the core team Jimmy Johnson assembled faded away in the mid-90s.
Posted by: Gref at January 29, 2024 09:31 AM (5fDan)
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As I've mentioned in the past, I heard an announcer say the quiet part out loud this year. The announcer mentioned bad calls at the end of several games have changed the outcome.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at January 29, 2024 09:34 AM (tT6L1)

322 The best Trump moment in the middle East was his great Riyadh speech. Seems like no one remembers this:

http://tinyurl.com/trumpriyadh

Posted by: scottst at January 29, 2024 09:34 AM (ojBxe)

323 295 Lots of words.

You keep blaming the Dems and the left. You just don't get it I guess. Or do you...
Posted by: DOYLE at January 29, 2024 09:26 AM (Z8Yh2)

Perhaps you're new here?

You missed this: "It's a waste of time. If the Geriatric Oleaginous Potemkin party does not realize by now that anything and everything they agree to with the Left is the moral equivalent of waving a piece of paper and declaring "peace in our time!" then they're useless. :

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at January 29, 2024 09:34 AM (1f4Jg)

324 307.

Knowing the rail industry as I do, the fact that no one went to jail for demonstrably criminal negligence is, itself, criminal.

Posted by: Gryph at January 29, 2024 09:34 AM (aCVzN)

325 Sorry, I mistyped that. Redo:

No cheating ever occurs anywhere and it's un-American to notice it when it does.

Posted by: Moron Robbie stands in support of afro-chemistry, afro-economics, and afro-engineering at January 29, 2024 09:37 AM (k1AR8)

326 And I really feel for that hotshot Flowers. Talk about a game of inches. That play could have turned the whole game around because the Ravens ended up beating themselves they performed so poorly.

Posted by: pawn at January 29, 2024 09:38 AM (QB+5g)

327 NFL is dead to me after BLM bullshit. Plus it's just too nice here in winter to sit on my ass inside and watch spoiled unappreciative thugs do stupid dances in the end zone.

Posted by: Just sayin at January 29, 2024 09:47 AM (OIFPS)

328 Good morning, all, and thanks, J.J.

NBC News, Jan. 24, 2024: How Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar stays one step ahead of the Israeli military.
As four months after the Oct. 7 attack approaches, the commander most wanted by Israel is believed to be alive, underground and surrounded by hostages.

Stand with Israel; free all of the Hamas hostages, and pray for IDF.
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Immigration related.

Euronews dot travel, 02/08/23, Want to move to the US? Here's how much you need to invest to get a golden visa.
How to get a green card by investment and make your American dream a reality.

Axios, May 15, 2023, Experts push Congress for more high skilled immigrants to compete with China.

Vox, June, 25, 2023, The ultimate score for rich people? “Golden” passports. A few hundred thousand dollars can buy citizenship in some very pretty places.

DW dot com, 01/25/24: Business Issues
Why are 'golden visa' schemes being scrapped?
Australia is the latest country to ax its golden visa program for wealthy overseas investors. Created to encourage investment, many schemes have become vehicles for corruption and organized crime.

My nic says it all.

Posted by: L - Confident they're working on new 'rope-a-dope' techniques for the Presidential election at January 29, 2024 09:49 AM (GshMh)

329 Nitter is shut down for me. It's been having problems, 'not this instance', then 'dangerous site' and now a '401 Forbidden'.

Hope they can get it back up.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 29, 2024 09:50 AM (v0H8p)

330 Also, thanks so much JJ for your keen insights and sparkling personality. Oh, and the weather. It's been beautiful here. Amen.

Posted by: Just sayin at January 29, 2024 09:51 AM (OIFPS)

331 Canada's 'awakening' is one thing but the US will prosecute for 'crimes against the people' for sometime - maybe forever.

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PA, DE, NJ, DC - the measles epidemic is growing.

Posted by: L - Confident they're working on new 'rope-a-dope' techniques for the Presidential election at January 29, 2024 10:05 AM (GshMh)

332 "There is nothing more I want than to see Iran get a massive thermonuclear Qom-shot right in its eyes."

and

"Fighting Iran and really actually going all out to destroy their regime, liberate the people and restore or install an America-friendly government is orgasmic to contemplate ..."

Nothing but tribalism masquerading as pro-Americanism.

Posted by: gallchobhair at January 29, 2024 10:07 AM (6thaT)

333 Have you seen the South Park episode where they are role game players who keep getting killed? DU posters are basically the guy who keeps killing them, and what Cartman and his friends become to defeat their nemesis; beautiful heroes on screen, gross in reality.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at January 29, 2024 10:16 AM (CecP5)

334 Vandals for "Climate Change" Deface Mona Lisa with Soup, Two Arrested at Louvre

I suggest water-boarding, but with Campbell's tomato soup instead of water.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 29, 2024 10:35 AM (ynpvh)

335 It’s clear to anyone that E. Jean Carrol’s efforts are part of a much larger politically motivated scheme to attack Trump, and legitimizing these efforts won’t win Nikki Haley any new votes."'

But she IS catering to her voters...democrats!

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methylene chloride deaths per year

The first link claimed that 85 deaths in the U.S. were caused by methylene chloride from 1980 to 2018 -- that is 85 deaths per 39 years, not "per year." I guess Leslie Eastman was absent with CoVID-19 the day they taught math in 6th grade.

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