The Morning Report

The Morning Report — 2/29/24

Good morning, kids. Happy Leap Year. Want to know what desperation smells like? If a hack-in-black from Cook County, IL – arguably one of, if not the most corrupt counties and states in the nation that is infamous for the routine rigging of elections – moves to take Trump off the ballot . . .

Remember. This is Crook County. Home of the Daley Machine that coined the phrase "Vote early and often." Where dead people continue to constitute a significant percentage of registered Democrat voters cycle after cycle. If they have to resort to pulling this kind of stunt, that's desperation. It's also disgusting in the extreme but that goes without saying. Papa Doc Duvalier just took a break from being spit-roasted by Pazuzu and Eva Peron with a strap-on to point his finger up at us from the depths of Hell and laugh.

Cook County Judge Tracie Porter issued a ruling Wednesday evening disqualifying Trump from the March 19 Republican primary and the Nov. 5 general election ballots, citing the 14th Amendment’s “insurrection clause.” The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Feb. 8 on Trump’s appeal of the Colorado Supreme Court’s Dec. 19 ruling disqualifying him.
“The arrogance of this is appalling, and waiting until this late in the day to do it, giving the president, the former president just until Friday to file an appeal to the Supreme Court. It is already Wednesday, and then to say at the end of it, she issues an order that says my ruling will be further stayed if the U.S. Supreme Court enters an opinion inconsistent with this order,” Wisenberg told Fox News host Laura Ingraham. “Well, guess what? If they do what most people think they’re going to do, they’re going to enter an opinion that makes it impossible for Illinois to take him off the ballot. So, the arrogance of that is just, should not astonish me, but it does.”

As I said, this is such abject hackery that it can only mean they know that despite all the sham charges and Stalinist show trials being hurled at Trump, they fear he is going to prevail. Even with all the rigged courts and juries arrayed against him, they are all collectively houses of cards built on foundations of sand that will collapse in and on top of Willis, Smith, Chutkan, Bragg, Engoron and all the rest of the soulless amoral scoundrels who have played their part in dragging us down into a cesspool of banana republic tyranny.

Here's another tell that reeks of flop-sweat and panic. Bull dyke Bob's Big Boy-bobbed Rachel Maddow reverberated this bilge off the walls of her poisonous, prolapsing uterus:

“The cravenness of the court is evident in what they are doing with the pacing here. You know, putting this off for seven weeks and sitting on it for two weeks for no reason. Obviously, pushing all of the cases that they can push to a point where Trump will be standing for election before any of us have heard the verdicts in any of those cases. Got it. It is the timing. It is the idea that the immunity thing is an open question. Is presidential immunity and open question? What is the most famous pardon in American history? Gerald Ford for pardoning Richard Nixon once he was resigned and a former president. Why did Gerald Ford pardon him? As a result, occurring before his resignation as president of the meeting as a result of stuff he did while president, quote, Richard Nixon has become liable to possible indictment in trial and whether or not he shall be prosecuted depends on findings of the appropriate grand jury and discussion of the authorized prosecutor.”
She added, “The idea that this is an open question and it might be that a former president can never be tried for something that he did because he was president when he did it is disproven by a plain reading of American history and the whole justification for Richard Nixon being pardoned in the first place. The idea that it has to be taken up is them saying that the sky is green. I think even for the non-lawyers among us to be able to say, this sky is not green even on our worst day. This is BS, and you are doing this as a tactic to help for political friend, partisan patron. For you to say that this is something the court needs to decide because it is unclear in the law is fragrant bullpucky and they know it and don’t care that we know it. That is disturbing about the future legitimacy of the court.”

This is in reaction to the decision by SCOTUS to put a serious torpedo into the attempt to prosecute Trump for the trumped up insurrection charges vis a vis the question of his immunity and crucially prevent him from both running for and ultimately winning a re-RE-election.

The salient point that is lost on Maddow is that unlike Nixon, who may or may not have been guilty of crimes that might have resulted in some form of criminal sentencing, Trump has not only neither been charged nor convicted of any crimes, let alone insurrection (at least not yet), the overwhelming evidence shows that in no way, shape or form did he do anything other than exercise his first amendment rights to peacefully protest what he thought – and what we know beyond any doubt whatsoever – was a stolen election.

Good for SCOTUS for taking this up now and hopefully putting an end to this Stalinist banana republic bullshit. Then again, what actual power does the Supreme Court really have considering that even after ruling Joey Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants' original illegal excusing of a billion or so dollars in student loan debt was illegal, Joey pardoned another billion in a naked vote-buying scheme to attract a youth vote that is abandoning him like everyone else?

I hesitate calling this a constitutional crisis since it is obvious to all that the Junta in power has shredded and burned the bits and pieces of that parchment that it doesn't use to either shield itself or otherwise bastardize it for its own purposes of forcing socialist tyranny down our throats.

Meanwhile, in a not altogether unrelated story vis a vis SCOTUS, Elaine Chao has told her mock turtle husband "you go now!"

I have been waiting for a very long time to write this column, and yet I can’t quite summon up the joy and relief I thought I’d get out of it. We’re speaking, of course, about the long-awaited denouement of Mitch McConnell, the current Senate minority leader and longtime head of the GOP’s caucus in that body for 17 long, brutal, underachieving years. . .
. . . If you’ve been a regular reader of this column, you’re aware of two nicknames I’ve given to McConnell and the brand of “leadership” predominating in the Senate caucus he’s controlled since 2007. I call him “Morphine Mitch,” which isn’t so much a takeoff on as a correction of the “Cocaine Mitch” nickname he earned when a ship owned by his family was found by authorities to have been carrying a load of Bolivian marching powder a few years back. “Cocaine Mitch” might have some validity, but in truth it’s far from accurate. With cocaine, people are energized, or at least that’s what I understand. And nobody has ever been energized by Mitch McConnell. . .
. . . McConnell has actively sabotaged conservatives who have run for the Senate. It started all the way back in 2010 when he did it to Joe Miller, a Tea Party conservative who by all rights ought to be in his third term representing the people of Alaska, and it’s been a mostly unbroken string since. And in 2022, McConnell pulled out every stop he could to ensure that Republicans didn’t capture a Senate majority — especially screwing over Don Bolduc, Blake Masters, Adam Laxalt, and Mehmet Oz, not to mention the GOP nominee Kelly Tshibaka in Alaska, who ended up losing to swamp rat Lisa Murkowski thanks to McConnell’s well-documented machinations there. . .
. . . The Senate never cuts the federal budget. It never defunds, say, Planned Parenthood. It couldn’t unwind Obamacare. It can’t control the border. I could go on all night naming things the majority of Americans want but McConnell has never produced.
But he sure can rally the troops to fire off billions of dollars to keep the Ukraine war going. McConnell is terrific at counting votes, mind you. It isn’t that he’s incompetent. It’s that it’s far more important for Mitch McConnell to have a majority within the Senate GOP caucus than it is for the caucus to have a majority in the Senate. And should Republicans ever stop underachieving in those Senate races, they’d be sitting on 55 to 60 seats. Which would be pretty good for Republican voters. But not so good for Morphine Mitch . . .
. . . McConnell would rather see Democrats elected than more Josh Hawleys or Ted Cruzes who ask rude questions at caucus meetings.

Friend and friend of the blog Scott McKay eviscerates Yertle McChiCom in excruciating detail. And yet, for whatever reasons, he managed to prevent a truly horrid scumbag in the form of Merrick Garland from getting on the Supreme Court. If I want to be cynical, as is my wont, I'd say he made a deal in anticipation of Hillary Clinton winning in 2016 to allow her to name Ruth Bader-Meinhoff's successor. And we all know how that worked out.

While Trump did get three picks to the court, at best Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Coney-Island have not been of the Scalia/Thomas/Alito bent, have they? And now we have the Trump "immunity" and 14th Amendment bastardizations coming up, as well as the less well known but perhaps equally crucial challenges to Deep State Leviathan in the form of the Chevron case as well as that of attempt to tax unrealized profits.

As far as McConnell's replacement, the name of Rand Paul has been floated by none other than noted conservative stalwart . . . RFK Jr?!

Tell Maddow to load that in her sybian and ride it.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

"A Japanese crime syndicate played middleman for the mullahs."
DEA Halts Weapons-Grade Plutonium En Route to Iran
Victor Davis Hanson: "Societies do not always collapse from a lack of wealth, invasion, or natural catastrophes. But they are so paralyzed by their fear that the road to salvation becomes too painful to even contemplate."
American Paralysis and Decline
"The sanctity of our electoral process and the trust in our intelligence agencies are at stake. We must not allow the politicization of intelligence to go unchecked." (A valid statement . . . over 30 years ago - jjs)
Obama’s CIA Asked Foreign Intel Agencies To Spy on Trump Campaign
"The more shrilly that woke parents plead, the further right their offspring will go. But, whatever their politics, any parent truly concerned about their child being swept up in ideology should be questioning whether the real enemy is competing viewpoints — or allowing their children to construct a worldview on TikTok and YouTube."
No Wonder Boys are Turning Toward Conservative Beliefs — It's a Rebellion Against Parents' "Woke" Ideology

ISRAEL AT WAR

"Biden claimed, with a mouth full of ice cream, that Israel and Hamas would hopefully have a ceasefire deal by Monday."
Hamas Contradicts Biden, Hasn’t Even Received ‘Any New’ Ceasefire Proposals
Lloyd Billingsley: "US Ambassadors to the UN aren’t what they used to be."
Jihadists and Double Standards
"Meet the Palestinians who denounce Hamas - and will never be quoted in the western media."
Bassam Tawil: The Palestinian Voices the Media Won’t Let You Hear
"Simon Shlomov had much too short a life, but in every respect a noble one."
A Lone Soldier

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David Harsanyi: "The [so-called quote-unquote "president"] may need the pro-Hamas wing of his party to win in 2024."
Why Biden Is Letting Dearborn Extremists Influence American Foreign Policy
Daniel Greenfield: ". . . Aaron Bushnell was a member of radical anarchist groups on social media, he wanted to leave the Air Force and cheered the killings of members of the U.S. military. . . Bushnell believed that Islamic terrorists killing U.S. military personnel was justified, arguing that, 'I work for the air force and would also have no right to complain about violent resistance against my actions.'”
Aaron Bushnell, Who Burned Himself Alive, Cheered Murder of U.S. Soldiers
"Americans are underrating the cynicism that has taken hold of the country—if the reaction to a deranged activist’s suicide is any indication."
‘Burning Man’ Aaron Bushnell and the Culture of Death
"Dartmouth University President Sian Beiloc takes a stand for 'brave spaces.'”
Truth is More Important Than Civility
"Ishay Ribo has been seen multiple times fraternizing with the IDF ... Support for the IDF is support for genocide."
VIDEO: Anti-Israel Mob at Harvard Chants Outside Israeli Popstar Ishay Ribo’s Concert
“Dykes 4 Palestine,” “DEI is white supremacy,” “Zionists-just say you hate black, brown and indigenous.”
University of California Forced To Suspend "Multicultural Center" After It Says "Zionists Not Welcome"
"Who are these mystifying Jewish Democrats who have so lost any sense of self-preservation that they ignore the massacre of Jews and weep for the killers?"
Shameful Jews Care About Hamas Terrorists More Than About Israel
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
Robert Spencer: "Former UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman sounded an ominous warning on Friday: 'The Islamists, the extremists and the anti-Semites are in charge now.' This was politicians’ hyperbole, and couldn’t possibly be true, could it? Unfortunately, every day brings new confirmation of the fact that truer words have seldom been spoken."
UK Politician Makes a Dark Observation About Her Country Today – And Ours in the Future
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
"George Soros, via Soros Fund Management (SFM), has acquired via a bankruptcy bailout a majority position in Audacy Inc, the licensee of 235 radio stations in the United States."
Anti-Semitism May Be Coming to Your Radio Station
AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
"Along with armed robbery and aggravated battery, Castellanos-Orellana has been charged with first-degree rape and aggravated assault after police allege he raped and assaulted a 14-year-old girl in the area."
"Spark-of-Divinity" Illegal Alien Charged with Child Rape, Violent Armed Robbery in Louisiana
"If Derek Chauvin can be held responsible for his official conduct, then why not judges, prosecutors, and politicians for theirs?"
In Less Than 24 Hours, Two Separate Stories of 14-Year-Old Girls Being Raped by "Bad Hombres" Hit the News Cycle
"This is an invasion!"
Residents Shout Down Dem Mayor for Defending Sanctuary City Policies at Laken Riley Briefing
"It's a fair assumption that every woman and child victimized by illegal immigrants would have remained safe if the Democrats didn't support open borders, but the mental bellyflops on the left will deny that, too, with some sort of verbal voodoo. Or they will say a white guy did it."
The Growing List of the Ignored Victims of Illegal Immigrant Brutality
"Millions of illegal immigrants, many of whom are in large, left-leaning cities, dilute the voting power of American citizens."
How Illegal Aliens Flooding Our Border Skew Elections for Democrats Without Ever Casting a Vote
Biden gave an unexpected address on “his Actions to Fight Crime and Make Our Communities Safer” on Wednesday, emphasizing that “public safety and crime reduction” are a top priority for him and his administration. Despite Biden’s emphasis on public safety, he ignored the recent death of Laken Riley, a 22-year-old University of Georgia student, who was allegedly killed by Jose Antonio Ibarra, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela.
Biden Ignores Laken Riley’s Murder In Crime Speech
"Biden: Brownsville apprehended 462 illegals in February. Trump: Eagle Pass apprehended over 8,000 during that same time."
Border Visits: Biden Traveling to One of the Slowest Areas, Trump Stopping at a Busy Area
“Those who are committing crimes, we need to modify the sanctuary city law. If you commit a felony, a violent act, we should be able to turn you over to ICE and have you deported.”
Illegal Alien Crime Getting So Bad In NYC That Democrat Mayor Adams Wants To Modify Sanctuary Status
BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS & DEMENTIA WATCH
"Anybody looking at their last grocery bill, depleted savings account, massive credit card debt, or Biden's recklessly irresolute global leadership might ask if KJP is in as much cognitive decline as POTUS is."
Biden Announces Unannounced Hospital Visit Because He's Fine and Nothing Makes Sense Anymore
Miranda Devine: "If my amended timeline is correct, then perhaps Smirnov did not lie, the FBI screwed up, and Weiss’ prosecutors never bothered to check the most basic facts in their indictment, and threw a valuable informant to the wolves. In the process they will have done incalculable damage to the entire FBI informant program and left open the possibility that every conviction that Smirnov’s testimony helped secure will be overturned. What a mess." 
FBI Informant’s Flawed Rap Won't Help Hunter "Junta" Biden in Impeachment Probe of Family Business
"Ocasio-Cortez’s defense of Hunter highlights her change in political disposition from a once lefty populist turned establishment protectorate of the Bidens."
"Abuse of Public Power": Titty-Caca AOC Defends Hunter Biden Against Probe
"Hunter Biden’s statement regarding the degree of his father’s involvement appears to be deliberately worded and a departure from previous White House statements denying Joe Biden was involved in his son’s overseas business interests"
Hunter Biden Issues Latest in a List of Ever-Shifting Denials About Joe’s Involvement in Business Deals
"[Jonathan] Turley linked this trait to a relative of Biden, Moses Robinette, a government contractor during the Civil War, who was sentenced to two years of hard labor for attempted murder. According to Turley, Robinette was eventually pardoned through the influence of friends and political allies, arguing to then-President Lincoln that he was opposing traitors."
REPORT: Biden Genetically Predisposed To Getting Away With It
"It is time for another change. It’s time for Democrats to vote Republican. It’s time to let Republicans dig America out from the mess that this [so-called quote-unquote "president"] and this Democrat Party have put us in."
How to Respond to the State of the Union Address
SHAMPEACHMENT 1.0, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION
Illinois is the third state to remove Trump, 77, from primary ballots citing the Fourteenth Amendment’s so-called “insurrection clause,” joining Colorado and Maine. C[r]ook County Circuit Judge Tracie Porter, a Democrat, paused her order until March 1, in order to give the former president time to appeal. Porter’s decision overruled the bipartisan Illinois State Board of Elections, which dismissed a challenge to Trump’s candidacy last month after determining that it didn’t have the authority to rule on whether the GOP front-runner’s role in the riot violated the Constitution.
Illinois Hack-in-Black Disqualifies Trump from GOP Primary Because of Ex-Prez's Alleged Role in Jan. 6 Democrat-Engineered Reichstag Fire Op
“The arrogance of this is appalling, and waiting until this late in the day to do it, giving the president, the former president just until Friday to file an appeal to the Supreme Court. It is already Wednesday, and then to say at the end of it, she issues an order that says my ruling will be further stayed if the U.S. Supreme Court enters an opinion inconsistent with this order. Well, guess what? If they do what most people think they’re going to do, they’re going to enter an opinion that makes it impossible for Illinois to take him off the ballot. So, the arrogance of that is just, should not astonish me, but it does.”
‘The Arrogance … Should Not Surprise Me’: Sol Wisenberg Rips ‘Appalling’ Trump Ballot Ruling By Illinois Judge
"The decision to hear Trump’s appeal means the trial in his election interference case in the lower court will remain on hold. The justices scheduled oral arguments for the week of April 22, 2024."
Supreme Court Takes Up Trump Presidential Immunity Appeal
"Judge Engoron has done more damage than President Trump ever could."
With The Trump Verdict, Is New York City Bringing Down Its Financial House?
"The judge’s decision against the former president amounts to an unconstitutional bill of attainder."
Engoron/Enron/Erdogon/Gorgon Goes Medieval on Trump
Jonathan Turley: “It still leaves him with a rather onerous burden, but the decision of the lower court, in my view, was unfair. The judge imposed an unprecedented penalty under this law for this type of conduct. In fact, none of us have seen this law applied in this way. And by doing so, you not only hit Trump with this massive award, but required Trump to put the money up front under a separate rule, which requires you to deposit money or to get a bond. And then Trump was hit with a 30-day deadline to do so, and then on top of that, he was unable to do business with some of the New York banks. Most of us felt that that was really beyond the pale.”
Trump Wins "Mixed Victory" at Appeals Court in NY Civil Fraud Case
CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
"Baker has been at the forefront of reporting on the more questionable aspects of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol."
Report: FBI Plans to Arrest Blaze Media Reporter Without Telling Him What Charges He’s Facing
"Adeel Mangi is already under fire for work with an anti-Israel think tank."
Police Groups Slam Biden Judicial Pick for Ties to Group That Celebrated Cop Killers as Freedom Fighters
In a scheme to circumvent the constitutional requirement that a majority of House members be physically present in the chamber, Democrats counted “proxies,” where representatives who were present voted multiple times – once for themselves, then again for absent members. The “quorum clause” in Article I of the Constitution states that a majority of members must be present in order to achieve the quorum required to conduct official business in either chamber.
Democrats Violated Constitution in Order to Spend $1.7 Trillion, Federal Court Rules
"Sometimes the worst hardships are the unexpected driving force for long overdue change."
The Benefits of Hardship
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
“As it happens, my book details how the Communist Chinese Party has weaponized technology to target American children, turning them against their own nation’s values and history,” Schweizer added. “The irony here is rich — though not surprising.”
China’s TikTok Rejects Ads for Peter Schweizer’s Book Blood Money
"This is BS, and you are doing this as a tactic to help for political friend, partisan patron. For you to say that this is something the court needs to decide because it is unclear in the law is fragrant bullpucky and they know it and don’t care that we know it. That is disturbing about the future legitimacy of the court.” (Oh, will someone not tell this bull-dyke stooge that Trump didn't do a fucking thing on 1/6/21 except exercise his First Amendment right of protest?! - jjs)
MSNSDAP's Maddow: ‘Craven’ Supreme Court Trying to Help Trump
Lloyd Billingsley: "Reporters seem unaware that the attack on free speech in the state has been going on for some time."
California Versus Free Speech: Mobsters Who Attacked Riley Gaines Get Off Scot-Free
Scott Walter, the president of the Capital Research Center (CRC), a conservative investigative think tank, said of Arnold Ventures: “It’s especially sad to see them backing the left-wing scam of cancel culture camouflaged under the label of fighting misinformation and disinformation.”
Texas Billionaire John Arnold Joins Meta Board After Funding ‘Misinformation’ Censorship
"At best, Navalny was a confused narcissist who managed to get in way over his head in a misguided quest for notoriety."
Seriously? The Media is Weeping for Alexei Navalny?
". . . CNN has contested the reported sum of the payout, describing it as 'incorrect' in a statement to People, though did not expand further on the matter. The resolution of the severance negotiations suggests the closure of Lemon’s chapter with CNN, leaving him fully compensated."
Don Lemon Was Paid $24.5 Million When He Left XiNN
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
"December’s increase marks the seventh consecutive month that home prices increased. The U.S. housing market has remained ‘hot’ despite the Federal Reserve keeping interest rates elevated. While some Fed observers expected the central bank to begin cutting rates already, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and members of the Board of Governors have signaled a reduction in interest rates may be delayed until after the November 2024 election."
BIDENOMICS: U.S. Housing Costs Now at Crisis Levels
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
"I know we're not supposed to condone this type of behavior, but there's something admirable about the way the 'Blade Runners' are sticking it to the man. Way to take a stand against big government!"
London 'Blade Runners' Fight Back Against Big-Brother Emissions Spy-Cams
"Renewable Energy Alaska Project demands local utility provider fork over consumer data to help form green plan."
This Green Group Wants To Penalize You for Using Natural Gas—and Obtain Your Private Data To Do So
"Salesforce CEO and climate activist Marc] Benioff’s funds have invested hundreds of millions into climate agendas and he is a prominent proponent of net zero, the complete negation of human greenhouse gas emissions. His recent acquisitions of rural land have prompted local residents to express concerns about the implications on prices in the area, according to NPR."
Climate Activist and Liberal Billionaire Quietly Gobbles Up Rural Land In Hawaii
If there's a lesson in this tale of a plummeting E.V. market, it is that you can only go so far on political hype, which is at the core of the marketing of electric cars and trucks. Sooner or later the realities of what you are actually getting when you buy one, push out the charms of being an "early adopter," or a "climate change" hero.
The E.V. Road to Zero Emissions Stalls Out
SECOND AMENDMENT
Nursing student Laken Riley was found dead on the University of Georgia campus last Thursday, and Breitbart News reported that the man suspected of killing her is a non-U.S. citizen. People magazine pointed out that Riley “died from blunt force trauma to the head.”
Biden Pushes ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban After Laken Riley Allegedly Killed by Illegal Immigrant
". . . whenever there’s a school shooting, and all of the establishment — the media, politicians and school board members — want to blame guns, this story will let you know that the blame shouldn’t fall at the feet of an object that can’t hurt anyone without someone behind it. Rather, we need to begin asking the question: Are these school shootings the fault of the school board who tries to save face - and their cushy administrative jobs — by downplaying or straight-up covering up dangerous warning signs from the actual parents of the students?"
Investigation Reveals Second Manifesto Covered Up by Chippewa Falls, Wis. School Board
"Ketanji Brown Jackson and Elena Kagan repeatedly insisted bump stock-equipped guns can fire up to 800 rounds a second. That’s false."
In Bump Stock Arguments, Constitution-Hating Justices Prove They Have No Idea How Guns Work
And here's Justice Jackson: "And when, you know, 'function' is defined, it's really not about the operation of the thing. It's about what it can achieve, what it's being used for. So I see Congress as putting function in this. The function of this trigger is to cause this kind of damage, 800 rounds a second or whatever." I think "or whatever" pretty well sums up Jackson's interest in learning about firearms.
SCOTUS Justice Jackson Just Said the Dumbest Thing About Guns and I Can't Stop Laughing
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
"‘I hope you count us as partners in service to our trans youth,’ a middle school administrator declared to a trans youth clinic."
How One of America’s Largest School Districts Became a Pipeline for a Trans Youth Clinic
"American Bar Association not ready to make changes to law school accreditation standards for diversity in light of SCOTUS Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard case."
ABA Shelves Update to Expanded Law School Diversity Policy for Now
"Tennessee’s proposed election reform, which would move school board races to on-cycle years, will boost voter participation—and give parents greater say in how schools are run."
Make School Board Elections Count
"Alade McKen plagiarized pages of material from Wikipedia."
Columbia University Hospital DEI Chief Is Serial Plagiarist, Complaint Alleges
ABORTION
"And why the Republicans are barreling toward a collision between savvy politics and the core convictions of some of their supporters."
A Personal IVF Story
THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
"New York Democrats’ new map turns one competitive district more reliably blue and gives Democrats a new advantage in a Republican’s district."
Democrat Gerrymandering In New York Threatens Republican Control Of Congress In 2024
"The DOJ claimed releasing the records, including a 15-page strategic plan to carry out Biden’s order, would only ‘confuse the public.’"
What Else is Biden Hiding in His Plan to Use "Bidenbucks" to Get Out the Likely-Democrat Vote?
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
Robert Spencer: "This is a level of naked corruption that we usually only see in corrupt socialist states that impose one-party rule and muzzle the press so that it only reports what the elites want it to report. That’s nothing like Old Joe Biden’s America — oh, wait…"
How Corrupt Is Gavin Newsom? So Corrupt That It’s Positively Staggering.
“Shout out to all the Democrats living in mom’s basement that like to talk s*** on the internet,” he said. “You know, no matter how hard you try, arguing on the internet, it’s like being in the Special Olympics. No matter how good you perform, you still have … you’re still f***ing retarded at the end of the day.” (Makes no difference that Dems would get a pass for much worse, but this was a totally unforced foot-in-mouth stupidity - jjs)
GOP Congressional Candidate J.R. Majewski Vows To Fight On After Controversial Remark About ‘Special Olympics’
POLITICS
“Believe me, I know the politics within my party at this particular moment in time,” McConnell said. “I have many faults. Misunderstanding politics is not one of them.” (Being a grifting asshole sellout is - jjs)
Mitch McChiCom Announces Upcoming Retirement as Republican Leader: "It’s Time for the Next Generation of Leadership"
Scott McKay: "What America needs is new GOP Senate leadership." (What it needs is an actual GOP - jjs)
Goodbye and Good Riddance, Morphine Mitch
“We need representation who will prioritize American wellness over all else,” Kennedy continued. “I believe @RandPaul would be an incredible successor. He’s shown great judgment and has the grit to put hardworking Americans first.”
Say, What?! RFK Jr. Says Rand Paul Would Be ‘Incredible Successor’ To Mitch McChiCom-Chao
"Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky announced Tuesday he would step down from leadership."
Good Riddance To Mitch McConnell: A List of GOP Senate Chief’s Worst Blunders in Leadership
"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, long under pressure to step aside, finally hit the escape button on Tuesday. But not before one last furor with Hill conservatives."
Inside Mitch McConnell’s Last Fight Before Abdicating
"Part of what makes McConnell so deeply unpopular among GOP voters is his willingness to place foreign interests above American ones. Look no further than the Senate’s recent border boondoggle, in which McConnell and Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., schemed behind closed doors with Democrats to produce a bill that gifted $60 billion to Ukraine and effectively enshrined [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Biden’s border invasion into law."
Republicans Who Backed McConnell’s Ukraine Boondoggle Don’t Deserve To Replace Him
"We hope they're right."
Even Biden’s Own People are Betting That Trump Wins
"Americans aren’t interested in politics right now."
The Primary Is Just a Charade. Just Ask Michigan.
"In majority-Arab Dearborn, ‘uncommitted’ was beating Biden 56 to 40 percent Tuesday night, with 97 percent of votes tallied."
Biden Lost in Dearborn, Again Proving Radical is the New Mainstream in the Democrat Party
"She’s not wrong. About that, at least."
Marianne Williamson ‘Unsuspends’ Presidential Campaign: “Donald Trump’s power is on the incline, and [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Biden’s is on the decline”
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
"Transnistria is a narrow strip of land sandwiched between the Dniester River and the internationally recognized Ukraine-Moldova border. Mostly Russian-speaking, it has asserted its independence from Moldova since 1991. In 2022, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted a resolution asserting that the region is under military occupation by Russia."
Moldova’s Breakaway Transnistria Region Asks Putin for "Protection"
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
"Iraq's Kurdish region has served as bulwark against Iranian efforts to infiltrate Iraq."
"Iranian Appeasement": Biden and Harris Decline White House Meeting With Kurdish Leader
"The German frigate Hessen, deployed to the Red Sea as part of the European Union’s (EU) operation to protect international shipping in the Red Sea from Houthi attacks, mistakenly targeted the MQ-9 Reaper, Germany’s Der Spiegel and AFP reported. Both missiles missed due to unspecified technical failures, according to reports, while U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces are leading a separate multinational coalition to repel Houthi attacks."
German Warship Accidentally Targets US Drone In Red Sea: REPORT
“In the end, it may be Trump who forces them to face reality.”
Trump’s Inconvenient NATO Truths
Humberto Fontova: "Look in the mirror."
Hey, Biden! Brennan! Wanna See GENUINE Russian Colluders?
After former President Donald Trump engaged Kim Jong-Un, the communist state suspended long-range ballistic missile tests starting in 2018. Those tests resumed less than a year into Bidne’s presidency. In 2022, North Korea tested its largest long-range ballistic missile yet. “This miraculous victory is a priceless victory,” Kim Jong-Un said at the time. Unlike previous tests five years earlier, neither China nor Russia condemned North Korea’s missile launch.
REPORT: Biden Foreign Policy Flubs Have Emboldened a Nuclear North Korea
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
The city’s emphasis on “equity” and “benefit access” over jobs and self-sufficiency will produce chronically dependent and dissatisfied residents.
R.I.P. for Welfare Reform in New York?
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
Robert Zimmerman: "In many ways, the opening of the solar system for exploration and settlement will do the same for human civilization as the opening of the New World did for the Old World, beginning after Columbus. For the next five hundred years the human race saw a burst of creativity and development unparalleled in history. The standard of living for all humans went from general poverty to grand wealth, and it did so in only a few generations."
“Thar’s gold in them there asteroids!”
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
"The law bans child mutilation surgeries, hormone treatments, and puberty blockers from those under 18."
Seventh Circuit Issues Stay, Allows Indiana Ban on Child Mutilation to Go Into Effect
"The authors of the study concluded that its subjects needed comprehensive mental healthcare and not life-disrupting sex changes."
Finnish study debunks the claim that sex changes for minors reduce suicide rates
"The complete anti-God state of mind."
The Problem With Pride
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Robert Zimmerman: "Imagine the horror had they been exposed to diverse ideas or even funny jokes about different ideas. Better to silence comedy and all laughter than to hear something funny these leftists might not like."
Today’s Blacklisted American: “Progressive” Leftists in Seattle Can’t Even Take a Joke, Blackballing Four Comedians
“Was this done with malice? I thoroughly doubt it. But it is EXTREMELY careless, particularly because the previous three episodes, as released a week ago, didn’t carry the error. Someone f***ed up big,” the complaint continued, along with a screenshot from a previous episode showing Kiner’s first name as “Deana.”
Disney+ Star Wars Spinoff Under Fire for "Dead-Naming" Trans-Identifying Composer
"If we let the transgender cult change our language, we are letting them win."
I’m Officially Done With Jeopardy!
"Progressives monopolize the concept, but conservatives could use it to celebrate black achievement."
What to the Conservative Is Black History Month?
"Move over, Bud Light and Dylan Mulvaney — there’s a new brand in town finding woke ways to reduce its market share."
Smartfood Gets Dumb: Bud Lights Itself with ‘LGBTQ’ GLAAD Bag
HITHER & YON
Lewis, one of the most beloved and revered stand-up comedians in America, who also played a fictionalized version of himself on HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm since 2000, died peacefully at his home in Los Angeles Tuesday night after suffering a heart attack, his publicist told the Hollywood Reporter.
Richard Lewis, Legendary Comedian, Curb Your Enthusiasm Star, Dies at 76
"Her husband trusted her judgment in disbursing his wealth to worthy causes. I guess it's not that hard to trust someone after 72 years of living together."
The Incredible Generosity of the Widow of a Wall Street Investor
"Chicago '63 captures another turbulent time in modern American history."
Is 2024 the New 1963?

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1 Thank you, JJ

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 29, 2024 07:24 AM (a1415)

2 Happy Leap Day

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 29, 2024 07:26 AM (ENQN6)

3 Yonder Horde

Disqualification.... word of the year.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 29, 2024 07:27 AM (Q4IgG)

4 Good to see you back in form JJ.
And a Leap Year Happy Birthday to ya!

Posted by: Heirloominati at February 29, 2024 07:27 AM (CtJ/Z)

5 It's a bit early to sing "Ding Dong the Mitch is dead", but we can anticipate it.

Posted by: Eeyore at February 29, 2024 07:28 AM (1bNHn)

6 If the junta had any sense, they'd make a big disgusting deal out of pardoning Trump.

Because you don't have to pardon innocent people, do you?

"I am firmly confident that Joe Biden has stopped fucking his dog. Let's all just move on from this tawdry affair."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 29, 2024 07:28 AM (9UlRk)

7 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 29, 2024 07:28 AM (zhLdt)

8 ☕ is ready

Posted by: Don Black at February 29, 2024 07:29 AM (geLO8)

9 The hacking group responsible for taking down Fulton County's websites in Georgia is threatening to publish documents from the state's court system today, including ones related to Donald Trump.

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

10 Trump has not only neither been charged nor convicted of any crimes, let alone insurrection.

As far as I can tell no one has been charged under 18 U.S. Code § 2383 - Rebellion or insurrection, updated as of Sept. 13, 1994.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 29, 2024 07:30 AM (ENQN6)

11 4 Good to see you back in form JJ.
And a Leap Year Happy Birthday to ya!
Posted by: Heirloominati at February 29, 2024 07:27 AM (CtJ/Z)

Although her birthday was listed as 2/28, Momma was born on leap year in '28. She always used the phrase, "That'll happen when I'm 18 again." So I got her a Happy 18th Birthday card when she turned 72. She got a chuckle out of that.

How I miss that great lady who passed 13 years ago. Wow.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 29, 2024 07:31 AM (x0n13)

12 I can fire at least 800 round a second. Not bullets though.

Posted by: fd at February 29, 2024 07:31 AM (vFG9F)

13 "Is the insurrection against our sacred democracy in the room with us right now?"

I really despise these people. But Happy Thursday, Horde.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 29, 2024 07:31 AM (4olE8)

14 Covid could have been created by a “research-related incident”, the UN has heard at the launch of a report calling for better regulation of experiments that could spark pandemics.
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They are slowly letting the truth seep out, in hopes no one calls for a "war crimes" tribunal. Well, I'll be that guy: put Fauci in the dock!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 29, 2024 07:32 AM (xW5lw)

15 Hey J.J.!

Posted by: Quint at February 29, 2024 07:33 AM (HSEaw)

16 "rounds"

Posted by: fd at February 29, 2024 07:33 AM (vFG9F)

17

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at February 29, 2024 07:35 AM (X4yCj)

18 UN Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield is also on record that “we intend to do this the right way, so that we can create the right conditions for a safer, more peaceful future. And we will continue to actively engage in the hard work of direct diplomacy on the ground until we reach a final solution.”

you know who else had a final solution?

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 29, 2024 07:35 AM (ENQN6)

19 How does a county judge have state-wide authority

Posted by: Don Black at February 29, 2024 07:35 AM (geLO8)

20 No Wonder Boys are Turning Toward Conservative Beliefs — It's Rebellion Against Parents' "Woke" Ideology
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Back in the 1980s there was a surprisingly honest WaPo column entitled "Boys Just Want to Have Guns". The point was that the author, and her friends, were finding it hard to make their sons and daughters stay away from the terrible horrible "gender roles" that "society" saw as normal. Almost as if there were something innate going on.

Posted by: Eeyore at February 29, 2024 07:35 AM (1bNHn)

21 I am nervous as hell about what the SC will say about Trump. I do not trust them to abide by the Constitution.

Posted by: fd at February 29, 2024 07:35 AM (vFG9F)

22 Good morning again dear morons and happy leap birthday JJ

McConnell has been a tool of the junta for 30 pieces of silver

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 29, 2024 07:35 AM (RIvkX)

23 Too bad about Richard Lewis we keep losing the good ones. I am no fan of Larry David. In fact, I think he’s a jag off. But he said of Lewis, but he had the rare quality of being the funniest man in the room, and also the sweetest. I am no expert on the subject, but Lewis always seemed to be a nice guy.

Posted by: Quint at February 29, 2024 07:36 AM (HSEaw)

24 Richard Lewis and Larry David have been friends since elementary school, I heard last night. I can't imagine Larry David has many friends, since he is a total misogynist,.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 29, 2024 07:36 AM (2OT9V)

25 Morphine Mitch(heh) is staying leader just long enough to guarantee the GOP doesn't take the Senate.

Posted by: davidt at February 29, 2024 07:37 AM (SYTee)

26 19 How does a county judge have state-wide authority
Posted by: Don Black at February 29, 2024 07:35 AM (geLO

Please see the Hawaiian judge special chakra clause

Posted by: A dude in MI at February 29, 2024 07:37 AM (/6GbT)

27 And yet, for whatever reasons, he managed to prevent a truly horrid scumbag in the form of Merrick Garland off the Supreme Court. If I want to be cynical, as is my wont, I'd say he made a deal in anticipation of Hillary Clinton winning in 2016 to allow her to name Ruth Bader-Meinhoff's successor.

Given the longstanding history of Republicans in the Senate rubber-stamping the most awful pieces of human excrement to office after office, and then blocking all of Trump's appointments who couldn't be compromised, I suspect that your cynicism is warranted.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 29, 2024 07:37 AM (zhLdt)

28 This is how stupid the Internet is:

A handy tip for you backpack wearers. To prevent your backpack from being stolen off your back, wear it on your front.

The article is accompanied by an AI picture of someone wearing a backpack on their front.

Posted by: fd at February 29, 2024 07:38 AM (vFG9F)

29 McConnell would rather see Democrats elected than more Josh Hawleys or Ted Cruzes who ask rude questions at caucus meetings.
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Truth.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 29, 2024 07:38 AM (2OT9V)

30 good morning, JJ, Horde

Posted by: callsign claymore at February 29, 2024 07:39 AM (JcnCJ)

31 > Trump has not only neither been charged nor convicted of any crimes, let alone insurrection.
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The left want's to set a precedent about being guilty of something they think you're guilty of even though you haven't been charged and/or convicted.

They'll settle for being charged. The guilty part is going to be presumed.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 29, 2024 07:39 AM (Q4IgG)

32 25 they should fire him now. He has already said he’s checked out, have some cojones, fire him today. What power does he have? I let him ruin it for everyone for the next year?

Posted by: Quint at February 29, 2024 07:40 AM (HSEaw)

33 Ketanji Brown Jackson continues to amaze us with her level of intellect, don't she?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 29, 2024 07:40 AM (a1415)

34 Things are moving fast. I expect the Dem convention to be a glorious ball of chaos.

Posted by: fd at February 29, 2024 07:41 AM (vFG9F)

35 “Zionists-just say you hate black, brown and indigenous.”

Aren't most Israelis mildly brown-ish and, the mid-20th century influx of European Jews notwithstanding, indigenous?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 29, 2024 07:42 AM (zhLdt)

36 As a practicing lawyer for approaching 50 years, it pains me to see how deeply involved, actually integral, is the judiciary to the emerging American Police State.

The black robes have crossed the rubicon. There is no coming back for them

Posted by: Ex GOP at February 29, 2024 07:42 AM (qS8WV)

37 "I expect the Dem convention to be a glorious ball of chaos."

Re-create '68!

The last year that Biden has a real memory of.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 29, 2024 07:42 AM (a1415)

38 The Mayor of Athens has Laken Riley's blood on his hands. And he is proud of it, h8ers.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 29, 2024 07:43 AM (RIvkX)

39 If you commit a felony, a violent act, we should be able to turn you over to ICE and have you deported.

If your crimes serve only to impoverish our citizens, we welcome you with open arms. -- Mayor Adams

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 29, 2024 07:44 AM (zhLdt)

40 Boker Tov Patriots

The Left is bat shit crazy and America is fading fast

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 29, 2024 07:44 AM (PQ4m2)

41 My dream race would be Trump vs RFK, Jr. That won't be happening, of course. But if it had turned out that way, it would mean the beginning of the end for the Uniparty, which is why they've been so much more openly aggressive toward him than they were toward Sanders.

RFK, Jr. should not be supported or attacked from the Right. He's not going to matter in '24, but in the future, he may. He's the Democrats' Trump. I would love to see him become their bete noir that they hate and fear like the GOP does with Orangeman.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 29, 2024 07:45 AM (0FoWg)

42 My god will you people stop with the Merrick Garland bullshit ? That was nothing but pure, blind luck. McConnell blocked Garland fully expecting Hillary to win so Garland would still be appointed and his move would have no practical effect but to make him the hero.

I would even bet you that if he were honest, after the fact, and knew his move would actually block Garland, he probably regrets it.

Posted by: deadrody at February 29, 2024 07:45 AM (OeYsY)

43 So now that the Obama spy-on-Trump secrets are leaking out, the Propaganda Press will be all over the story.

Not.

Posted by: The Frumious Follywood at February 29, 2024 07:46 AM (z5VAa)

44 Ocasio-Cortez’s defense of Hunter highlights her change in political disposition from a once lefty populist turned establishment protectorate of the Bidens.

It was explained to her that Democrats are not the populist party and if she wishes to continue in office she needs to get with the program.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 29, 2024 07:46 AM (zhLdt)

45 good morning horde

happy leap fri eve!!!

and happy extra birfday JJ!!

now to the covfefe & content...

Posted by: SturmToddler at February 29, 2024 07:46 AM (nXhwP)

46 Don Lemon Was Paid $24.5 Million When He Left XiNN
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Maybe they thought it worth the money to be rid of him.

Nah, it's CNN.

Posted by: Eeyore at February 29, 2024 07:46 AM (1bNHn)

47 "Porter’s decision overruled the bipartisan Illinois State Board of Elections, which dismissed a challenge to Trump’s candidacy last month after determining that it didn’t have the authority to rule on whether the GOP front-runner’s role in the riot violated the Constitution. "
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Leave it to a Leftist to decide what's best for everyone, despite having absolutely NO authority to make that decision.

According to Porter, the Board of Elections is WRONG and she is ever so *RIGHT*.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 29, 2024 07:47 AM (7fElN)

48 Dude gets let in. Dude shouldn't have been let in. Dude murders someone. That's it. That's the whole story. Who is talking about "all Venezuelans"? Not me. You creepy racist fucks on the lobotomized left are the ones implying that all Venezuelans are murderers but we're not allowed to say so because that would be mean....

"We must not let in any murderers. "

"You can't say all Venezuelans are murderers!"

Fucking vermin.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 29, 2024 07:48 AM (9UlRk)

49 "happy leap fri eve!!!
"

* squints, reads again....slowly*

I'm confused.

Not an unknown condition with me, but still.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 29, 2024 07:48 AM (a1415)

50 CPD and the wood shampoo, 1968
http://tinyurl.com/4wv3wek5

Posted by: Don Black at February 29, 2024 07:48 AM (geLO8)

51 Illinois Hack-in-Black Disqualifies Trump from GOP Primary Because of Ex-Prez's Alleged Role in Jan. 6 Democrat-Engineered Reichstag Fire Op

If the Illinois GOP had either integrity, of balls, they'd announce that all of Illinois' delegate would be awarded to Trump regardless of the outcome of the primary.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 29, 2024 07:48 AM (zhLdt)

52 38, literally no city or town or big town that is called a city has not been corrupted by the Left. Show me a city that is not run by Democrats. And in case you pull that off, show me five. It doesn’t matter if you’re in the deep south, or wherever anywhere there’s a city that’s where the left congregates.

We all make our mistakes, but I will never purposely live in a city anywhere again, full stop.

Posted by: Quint at February 29, 2024 07:48 AM (HSEaw)

53 Things are moving fast. I expect the Dem convention to be a glorious ball of chaos.
Posted by: fd at February 29, 2024 07:41 AM (vFG9F)

It'll be a Ball of Confusion!
https://youtu.be/-9poCAuYT-s

And the band played on.

Posted by: The Temptations at February 29, 2024 07:49 AM (4I/2K)

54 Who ordered the wood shampoo?

http://tinyurl.com/yc6b74xy

Posted by: Don Black at February 29, 2024 07:49 AM (geLO8)

55 "I expect the Dem convention to be a glorious ball of chaos. "

Don't taunt Happy-Fun-Ball!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 29, 2024 07:50 AM (a1415)

56 Justice Jackson got it all wrong. Bumps stocks don't fire 800 rounds a second, they kill 800 people a second. That's settled science.

Posted by: callsign claymore at February 29, 2024 07:50 AM (JcnCJ)

57 Going back to the Senate elections, All the Trump issues, and a bunch of other things, Georgia is my zero seed when it comes to the south. They still say Trump is leading in Georgia, don’t trust Georgia a little bit. It is odd that Florida and North Carolina are much more hard-core, red, southern states than Georgia.

Posted by: Quint at February 29, 2024 07:50 AM (HSEaw)

58 German Warship Accidentally Targets US Drone In Red Sea: REPORT
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How did they cause such trouble in two world wars?

Posted by: Eeyore at February 29, 2024 07:51 AM (1bNHn)

59 Sorry I'm late-unavoidably detained.

Posted by: Nancy Mace at February 29, 2024 07:51 AM (V5BDR)

60 "I expect the Dem convention to be a glorious ball of chaos."

Unlike Nikki's bush, it will be smooth as silk.

Posted by: davidt at February 29, 2024 07:52 AM (SYTee)

61
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 29, 2024 07:52 AM (bEb2S)

62 "Sorry I'm late-unavoidably detained."

Your dress is on backwards.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 29, 2024 07:52 AM (a1415)

63 We all make our mistakes, but I will never purposely live in a city anywhere again, full stop.
Posted by: Quint at February 29, 2024 07:48 AM (HSEaw)

I think by the end of this in a couple generations, basically nobody aside from Aztecs and desperately poor people will. These cities are rotting out and can't turn it around, which is by design. Democrats want to run off their voters to take over rural areas and small towns, and replace them with apportionable Aztecs in the original hives.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 29, 2024 07:53 AM (0FoWg)

64 "Sorry I'm late-unavoidably detained."

Got yourself a Vanilla Sweet-Dick?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 29, 2024 07:53 AM (a1415)

65
Richard Lewis, Legendary Comedian, Curb Your Enthusiasm Star, Dies at 76

another grim milestone for the biden administration

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 29, 2024 07:53 AM (bEb2S)

66 At Cornell, the majority of the largest donor group is Jewish and, yet, not a single one has spoken out against antisemitism on campus. A State Trooper guards Hillel, and private round-the-clock security has been hired by worried parents. But no one speaks out, and the alumni who wrote his letter calling for thee resignation of Cornell's President stands alone. He's now being vilified as a "right wing propagandist" by the university flack.

Posted by: The Frumious Follywood at February 29, 2024 07:54 AM (yKRdh)

67 "At Cornell, the majority of the largest donor group is Jewish and, yet, not a single one has spoken out against antisemitism on campus."

Jewish by birth...Progressive by choice.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 29, 2024 07:56 AM (a1415)

68 Republicans Who Backed McConnell’s Ukraine Boondoggle Don’t Deserve To Replace Him
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But not deserving a position is a job requirement for Republican pols. Bastards (BIRM).

Posted by: Eeyore at February 29, 2024 07:56 AM (1bNHn)

69 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 29, 2024 07:53 AM (0FoWg)

It's like the opposite of every dystopian story ever.

Gleaming, advanced, peaceful countryside. Filthy, miserable, oppressed urban areas.

....

It sounds damn near Victorian.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 29, 2024 07:57 AM (9UlRk)

70 25 Morphine Mitch(heh) is staying leader just long enough to guarantee the GOP doesn't take the Senate.
Posted by: davidt at February 29, 2024 07:37 AM (SYTee)

But at least now that he's leaving the spot, he's no longer a wild active drag on all Rs...for Congressional leader, we can rally around Johnson, who is great for us and very easy to rally around...

I still wish Rs would toss him out from the spot earlier...

Posted by: Nova Local at February 29, 2024 07:57 AM (exHjb)

71 So, I suppose election interference is legal now. Or is it only legal when democrats do it?

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 29, 2024 07:57 AM (ocdC9)

72 At Cornell, the majority of the largest donor group is Jewish and, yet, not a single one has spoken out against antisemitism on campus."

Jewish by birth...Progressive by choice.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 29, 2024 07:56 AM (a1415)

And most JINOs are cowards.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 29, 2024 07:58 AM (PQ4m2)

73 Virgil from the WWE died yesterday.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 29, 2024 07:58 AM (R4t5M)

74 We all make our mistakes, but I will never purposely live in a city anywhere again, full stop.
Posted by: Quint at February 29, 2024 07:48 AM (HSEaw)

I think by the end of this in a couple generations, basically nobody aside from Aztecs and desperately poor people will. These cities are rotting out and can't turn it around, which is by design. Democrats want to run off their voters to take over rural areas and small towns, and replace them with apportionable Aztecs in the original hives.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 29, 2024 07:53 AM (0FoWg)

I am picturing New York and Chicago as jungle covered ruins after all the Mayans just walked away.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 29, 2024 07:58 AM (aD39U)

75 It is odd that Florida and North Carolina are much more hard-core, red, southern states than Georgia.
Posted by: Quint at February 29, 2024 07:50 AM (HSEaw)

A - Hollywood East
B - Black population

Posted by: Nova Local at February 29, 2024 07:58 AM (exHjb)

76 I would argue that North Carolina isn't exactly a bastion of conservative values.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 29, 2024 08:00 AM (a1415)

77 I hope that werido Marc Beniasshole buys up all of hawaii and goes all Pol Pot on their asses.

No electricity, no running water, no a/c, no nothing but sweat and tears. They deserve it and it would slim down some of those big fat hawaiians running around on the islands like that dead singer with his ukulele Israel FatPineappleAss.

Well, you'll work harder with a gun in your back
For a bowl of rice a day
Slave for soldiers 'til you starve
Then your head is skewered on a stake...

More coffee.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 29, 2024 08:00 AM (2ijlT)

78 re mcconnell blocking garland in 2016: nah, mcconnell just saw a good fund raining opportunity. after hillary won, either garland would have been confirmed or hillary would have gotten her own nominee confirmed.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at February 29, 2024 08:00 AM (B1FKF)

79 And when, you know, 'function' is defined, it's really not about the operation of the thing. It's about what it can achieve, what it's being used for.
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Implicit here is that individuals are using it to do bad things. Individuals. The tool isn't the issue, KBJ, it's the people.

Trying to fix a sick culture by attacking inanimate objects would be funny, if it weren't so completely silly.

Posted by: The Frumious Follywood at February 29, 2024 08:00 AM (mwZAB)

80 In many ways, the opening of the solar system for exploration and settlement will do the same for human civilization as the opening of the New World did for the Old World, beginning after Columbus. For the next five hundred years the human race saw a burst of creativity and development unparalleled in history. The standard of living for all humans went from general poverty to grand wealth, and it did so in only a few generations.

We stand united in our goal to assure that the correct people, and ONLY the correct people, benefit from any development of the off-Earth solar system. -- WEF

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 29, 2024 08:00 AM (zhLdt)

81 VDH skipped the transgender madness in his litany. Most know that transgenderism is a phenomenon of mass psychosis enriching a mini-empire of cruelly exploitive medical professionals while leading to a lifetime of mutilated bodies and devastated psyches. But too few speak out.

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 29, 2024 08:02 AM (ZERUl)

82 Mitch McConnell represents the very worst of the GOPe. He wants to have just enough power to make a critical difference in their agenda, but doesn't want to have any actual responsibility for the consequences. That's why he wants a razor-thin minority in the Senate. He *prefers* being in the minority. Then he can throw up his hands and say "We tried!" when the majority goes against him, even though he secretly agrees with the majority agenda.

He's scum every bit as corrupt as Schumer or FJB.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 29, 2024 08:02 AM (7fElN)

83 A - Hollywood East
B - Black population
Posted by: Nova Local at February 29, 2024 07:58 AM (exHjb)

Lotta sodomite homosexual pederasts in Atlanta too.

Like locusts, but worse.

More coffee.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 29, 2024 08:02 AM (2ijlT)

84 "And when, you know, 'function' is defined, it's really not about the operation of the thing. It's about what it can achieve, what it's being used for. "

This is how you get to the point of declaring a 2x4 is a deadly weapon, and you should need a permit to own one.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 29, 2024 08:03 AM (a1415)

85 Does the asteroid belt have an official sciencey proper name, or is it just called "The Asteroid Belt"?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 29, 2024 08:03 AM (9UlRk)

86 I would imagine McConnell and Garland had some sort of disagreement when Garland was floated for SCOTUS.

One or the other's quid pro quo was shunned.

After all... that's how FedGov works these days.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 29, 2024 08:03 AM (Q4IgG)

87 " In many ways, the opening of the solar system for exploration and settlement will do the same for human civilization as the opening of the New World did for the Old World, beginning after Columbus. "

Heading out to Eden
Yea brother
Heading out to Eden
No more trouble in my body or my mind
Gonna live like a king on whatever I find
Eat all the fruit and throw away the rind
Yea brother, yea.

Posted by: Space Hippies at February 29, 2024 08:03 AM (vFG9F)

88 I quit smoking yesterday.

Posted by: Aaron Bushnell at February 29, 2024 08:04 AM (aD39U)

89 Justice Alito speculated that if the disqualification of Trump in CO stands, other red states would retaliate. ...

But of course, its the GOP in charge in red states. There will be no retaliation or retribution. They don't have it in them

Posted by: Ex GOP at February 29, 2024 08:05 AM (qS8WV)

90 57 Going back to the Senate elections, All the Trump issues, and a bunch of other things, Georgia is my zero seed when it comes to the south. They still say Trump is leading in Georgia, don’t trust Georgia a little bit. It is odd that Florida and North Carolina are much more hard-core, red, southern states than Georgia.

Posted by: Quint at February 29, 2024 07:50 AM (HSEaw)

The problem with GA is Atlanta, Macon, and Augusta. As someone else said above said; cities concentrate communist voters who like the live on gov payouts.

The problem wi6h

Posted by: vic at February 29, 2024 08:05 AM (A5THL)

91 We all make our mistakes, but I will never purposely live in a city anywhere again, full stop.
Posted by: Quint at February 29, 2024 07:48 AM (HSEaw)

I think by the end of this in a couple generations, basically nobody aside from Aztecs and desperately poor people will. These cities are rotting out and can't turn it around, which is by design. Democrats want to run off their voters to take over rural areas and small towns, and replace them with apportionable Aztecs in the original hives.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 29, 2024 07:53 AM (0FoWg)
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Every city over a certain size metastasizes into a Leftist stronghold. As the city grows, it gets more and more Leftist.

The solution is to live in much smaller communities (~ 25K or so) where the people have a much greater role and control over local politics.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 29, 2024 08:05 AM (7fElN)

92 88 I quit smoking yesterday.
Posted by: Aaron Bushnell at February 29, 2024 08:04 AM (aD39U)
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Good luck to you.

Posted by: Eeyore at February 29, 2024 08:05 AM (1bNHn)

93 Let's not forget Columbus, Albany, and Savannah, Vic.

Posted by: fd at February 29, 2024 08:06 AM (vFG9F)

94 I see that that the GOPe shills are furiously defending McConnell by arguing that he didn’t *always* betray conservatives. They think they are making a good argument.

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at February 29, 2024 08:06 AM (d9Cw3)

95 Happy Leap Day, Y'all!

"According to Greeks, most marriages celebrating their anniversary on Feb. 29 will lead to divorce, while Italians believe that it is unlucky because leap year is reportedly when women are erratic or unpredictable."

"Furthermore, a Greek belief holds that a couple is destined to never be happy again if they split during a leap year."

Posted by: redridinghood at February 29, 2024 08:06 AM (NpAcC)

96 Did you hear that evil idiot blaming Trump for the murder of a student? These vile people need to be afraid to leave their house.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 29, 2024 08:06 AM (ocdC9)

97 >>I quit smoking yesterday.
Posted by: Aaron Bushnell at February 29, 2024 08:04 AM (aD39U)
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>>Good luck to you.

heh

Posted by: JackStraw at February 29, 2024 08:07 AM (LkLld)

98 I'm of the camp that believes mitch blocked garland for the wrong reasons and I don't honestly believe that mitch will be totally out of the picture. he will be pulling strings behind the scenes. What I do believe is that mitch's poor health is catching up with him, he looks like death warmed over and the gop establishment no longer needs him as the face of their movement in the Senate. he's another one like biden that is degenerating before our eyes and the gop establishment wants to avoid that comparison. I also believe he will die before his term is up.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at February 29, 2024 08:07 AM (2NHgQ)

99 Columbus' congressional district extends 100 miles and incorporates part of Macon.

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

100
FBI Informant’s Flawed Rap Won't Help Hunter "Junta" Biden in Impeachment Probe of Family Business

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Has there ever been a government informant charged for lying against a defendant the prosecutor is investigating?

I don't ever recall such a situation.

It must be nice to have the prosecutor also be your chief defense attorney.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 29, 2024 08:08 AM (2fIO4)

101 "His priorities are out-of-touch with everyday Americans, and he's obsessed with burning the hard-earned tax dollars of our people in Ukraine instead of fighting tooth and nail to secure our borders. How are we supposed to mount a meaningful opposition when our own weak-kneed leadership undermines us at every turn?"
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Without knowing anything else about Arizona Congressman Crane, I like this guy. He gets it.

Posted by: The Frumious Follywood at February 29, 2024 08:08 AM (mwZAB)

102 ♫ Ride Captain, ride

Posted by: Don Black at February 29, 2024 08:09 AM (geLO8)

103 I wonder if the desperation of the Deep State also has to do with the fact PDT is almost daring the Deep State to openly rig the election like they did the last time?

This is a game of chicken I'm not sure I like, but, I also believe it must be played out.

Good morning, J.J. and thank you for everything you do.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at February 29, 2024 08:10 AM (tT6L1)

104 94 I see that that the GOPe shills are furiously defending McConnell by arguing that he didn’t *always* betray conservatives. They think they are making a good argument.
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at February 29, 2024 08:06 AM (d9Cw3)
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They'll list the days he didn't knife us in the back.

Posted by: Eeyore at February 29, 2024 08:11 AM (1bNHn)

105 Good morning on this end-of-February day. What an extraordinary month. Mostly temps in the 40's and 50's. it's like nothing I've ever seen.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at February 29, 2024 08:11 AM (SfhV1)

106 "Illinois judge disqualifies Trump from GOP primary ballot because of ex-prez’s role in Jan. 6"

The Supreme Court better act fast because early voting in Illinois has already begun.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 29, 2024 08:11 AM (NpAcC)

107 Marianne Williamson ‘Unsuspends’ Presidential Campaign

Redoubling her efforts after having lost sight of her original goals.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 29, 2024 08:12 AM (ENQN6)

108 It hit 68 on Tuesday.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 29, 2024 08:12 AM (R4t5M)

109 early voting in Illinois has already begun.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 29, 2024 08:11 AM (NpAcC)

I doubt it ever stops

Posted by: A dude in MI at February 29, 2024 08:12 AM (/6GbT)

110 When SCOTUS slapped down Colorado's attempt to disqualify Trump they explained in great detail why Colorado was wrong.

Other states, Illinois for example, took note of what was "wrong" in Colorado's case and probably have been working on the specific wording in their complaints to get around that.

For example, Trump hasn't been charged with insurrection. What if he was? Does it matter if the activist judge has no standing?

Porter has jumped the gun here. If she had charged Trump with insurrection first, then did the DQ maybe she would have had a shot.

At least 5 of 9 justices on SCOTUS would likely want to be rid of Trump. They just need someone smart enough to make the case to them.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 29, 2024 08:13 AM (Q4IgG)

111 Mornin’, All. Happy Leap Day.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 29, 2024 08:13 AM (9yWhg)

112 95 Happy Leap Day, Y'all!

"According to Greeks, most marriages celebrating their anniversary on Feb. 29 will lead to divorce, while Italians believe that it is unlucky because leap year is reportedly when women are erratic or unpredictable."

Posted by: redridinghood at February 29, 2024 08:06 AM (NpAcC)

Or years divisible by 1.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 29, 2024 08:13 AM (ENQN6)

113 Opening the solar system for exploration and settlement...
Settlement?
Someone has been reading waaay too much sci-fi

Posted by: TeeJ at February 29, 2024 08:13 AM (o3xwr)

114 Justice Jackson got it all wrong. Bumps stocks don't fire 800 rounds a second, they kill 800 people a second. That's settled science.
Posted by: callsign claymore at February 29, 2024 07:50 AM (JcnCJ)

Why hasn't the administration sent a crate of bump stocks to Ukraine?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 29, 2024 08:14 AM (zhLdt)

115 How did they cause such trouble in two world wars?
Posted by: Eeyore at February 29, 2024 07:51 AM (1bNHn)

They still had men.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 29, 2024 08:15 AM (zhLdt)

116 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 29, 2024 08:15 AM (Zz0t1)

117 mitch blocked garland for the wrong reasons and I don't honestly believe that mitch will be totally out of the picture. he will be pulling strings behind the scenes.

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Strong possibility. Barbour skulked around in the fatter shadows of the halls of power for many years after he formally handed the GOP machine to McConnell. These guys really go away, until death or infirmity carry them off.

But, as you note, McConnell's going braindead at this time. He might not have the faculties to keep his successor at his heel like Barbour did with him. Which would be good - without a smarter or older human botfly to guide him, whichever younger maggot replaces him will have a harder time holding the shell game together.

In any event, whoever it is will be the last powerful Republican, and likely not for long. Their thing is just about over.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 29, 2024 08:15 AM (0FoWg)

118 This country is f*cked.

It'll take violence to get it back on track. Lots of it.

It is quite unfortunate. Revolutionary War II: Conservative Boogaloo

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

119 So, JJS, how are you liking our Wisconsin weather?
Where it went from 74F to 14F in maybe 16 hours?

I turned off the heat, left my windows open and laid down for a nap; to wake up briefly for a horrendous windstorm and hail, and then really woke up freezing cold and with two very vocally angry cats who objected to my obviously criminal neglect of their comfort.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 29, 2024 08:16 AM (9yXr+)

120 Space is a radioactive airless hell. We are going to need some major innovations in technology to even exploit the asteroid belt much less colonize the solar system.

Honestly, I think we are stuck on this ball until the Sun goes red giant.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 29, 2024 08:16 AM (aD39U)

121 What happens if there is not a cease fire for Ramalamadingdong? Will Allah punish those who do not stand down?

Posted by: fd at February 29, 2024 08:17 AM (vFG9F)

122 Now that Trump is off the ballot in Illinois, Nikki can declare her fist victory and Big Mo!

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 29, 2024 08:17 AM (ZERUl)

123 What happens if there is not a cease fire for Ramalamadingdong? Will Allah punish those who do not stand down?

Posted by: fd at February 29, 2024 08:17 AM (vFG9F)

Allah makes it up as he goes along.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at February 29, 2024 08:18 AM (SfhV1)

124 No electricity, no running water, no a/c, no nothing but sweat and tears.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 29, 2024 08:00 AM (2ijlT)

I was stationed at Pearl Harbor for several years. Never had AC. Not a problem. It's humid but it doesn't get super hot and there's usually a breeze.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 29, 2024 08:18 AM (zhLdt)

125 That Athens, GA mayor…. Wow, the narcissistic smugness and arrogance is unbearable. I know Athens is a university town, but sheesh. What can you expect from a state whose republicans include Brian Kemp and Bradley Ratfinburger (or however you spell that creep’s name)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 29, 2024 08:18 AM (Dd+/6)

126 The solution is to live in much smaller communities (~ 25K or so) where the people have a much greater role and control over local politics.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 29, 2024 08:05 AM (7fElN)

Works in theory but not always in practice. I'm in a relatively small red-state county that is losing its character and sovereignty at alarming rate. Black female liberal mayor easily re-elected over lifetime resident and conservative who promised curbs on over development. Efforts to stir local awareness and activism met with apathy. Retirees from north love the mayor's holiday plantings and decorations. "Everything looks so nice!"

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 29, 2024 08:18 AM (ZERUl)

127 Marianne Williamson ‘Unsuspends’ Presidential Campaign

Redoubling her efforts after having lost sight of her original goals.
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 29, 2024 08:12 AM (ENQN6)

She's jealous of all the graft Nikki Haley is getting.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 29, 2024 08:18 AM (Zz0t1)

128 "Bradley Ratfinburger (or however you spell that creep’s name)"

It's pronounced "Ratshitburger".

Posted by: fd at February 29, 2024 08:19 AM (vFG9F)

129
Allah makes it up as he goes along.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at February 29, 2024 08:18 AM (SfhV1)

The imams do, since allah doesn't exist.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 29, 2024 08:19 AM (Zz0t1)

130 >>When SCOTUS slapped down Colorado's attempt to disqualify Trump they explained in great detail why Colorado was wrong.

The SC hasn't ruled yet on Colorado.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 29, 2024 08:20 AM (LkLld)

131 What happens if there is not a cease fire for Ramalamadingdong? Will Allah punish those who do not stand down?
Posted by: fd at February 29, 2024 08:17 AM (vFG9F)
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I'm sure there's a high powered Imam who can interpret a Surrah to the point of justifying continuing to fight during Ramadan or whatever it is. Heck, an Imam has already justified the enlarging of the anus through butt sex so the anal cavity can accommodate a bomb.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at February 29, 2024 08:20 AM (tT6L1)

132 Pleased to me you, hope you guess my name..

Posted by: Allah at February 29, 2024 08:20 AM (aD39U)

133 Now that Trump is off the ballot in Illinois, Nikki can declare her fist victory and Big Mo!
Posted by: Ordinary American at February 29, 2024 08:17 AM (ZERUl)

She'll still lose.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 29, 2024 08:20 AM (Zz0t1)

134 Now that Trump is off the ballot in Illinois, Nikki can declare her fist victory and Big Mo!
Posted by: Ordinary American at February 29, 2024 08:17 AM (ZERUl)
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Nikki will notch her second loss to "none of the above."

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at February 29, 2024 08:21 AM (tT6L1)

135 My friend's mom turns 20 today.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 29, 2024 08:21 AM (R4t5M)

136 "The SC hasn't ruled yet on Colorado.
Posted by: JackStraw "

They are taking their sweet damn time. Any wonder that I have no confidence they will rule in Trump's favor.

Posted by: fd at February 29, 2024 08:21 AM (vFG9F)

137 She'll still lose.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 29, 2024 08:20 AM (Zz0t1)

To the Christian Nationalist; Nun of the Above.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) shamelessly steal jokes from other Morons at February 29, 2024 08:21 AM (aD39U)

138 Pleased to me you, hope you guess my name..
Posted by: Allah at February 29, 2024 08:20 AM (aD39U)

Mephistopheles is not your name.

I know what you're up to, just the same.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 29, 2024 08:22 AM (Zz0t1)

139 Commenting is remarkably light this morning. Is everyone really that deep in mourning over Richard Lewis?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 29, 2024 08:22 AM (zhLdt)

140 I guess truckers are all talk???

Posted by: TC at February 29, 2024 08:22 AM (FjlUt)

141 "I guess truckers are all talk???
Posted by: TC"

No, they moan a lot too.

Posted by: Pawl at February 29, 2024 08:23 AM (vFG9F)

142 I can't imagine Larry David has many friends, since he is a total misogynist

Toilet seat sammich amirite! Sumbitch'd fit right in here.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 29, 2024 08:23 AM (zdLoL)

143 I guess truckers are all talk???
Posted by: TC at February 29, 2024 08:22 AM (FjlUt)

It's a shame Canadian truckers put American truckers to shame.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 29, 2024 08:23 AM (Zz0t1)

144 Commenting is remarkably light this morning. Is everyone really that deep in mourning over Richard Lewis?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 29, 2024 08:22 AM (zhLdt)

Who? And why do I need to care?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 29, 2024 08:24 AM (Zz0t1)

145 Works in theory but not always in practice. I'm in a relatively small red-state county that is losing its character and sovereignty at alarming rate. Black female liberal mayor easily re-elected over lifetime resident and conservative who promised curbs on over development. Efforts to stir local awareness and activism met with apathy. Retirees from north love the mayor's holiday plantings and decorations. "Everything looks so nice!"
Posted by: Ordinary American at February 29, 2024 08:18 AM (ZERUl)
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It does require vigilance from the citizens to maintain the order they desire. My own community is somewhat bluer than it could be, in part because of the university that dominates much of the town. It's a STEM school, so more conservative than most universities, but still leans left more often than not.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 29, 2024 08:24 AM (7fElN)

146 >>They are taking their sweet damn time. Any wonder that I have no confidence they will rule in Trump's favor.

It doesn't seem like there is much chance he will lose. The oral arguments made it pretty clear that none of the justices, even the liberal ones, thought this case had any merit.

The IL judge did say her decision could be stayed if Trump filed an appeal to the SC but it had to be done by tomorrow. I think the justices are getting pissed at these lower court whack jobs trying to jam them up.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 29, 2024 08:24 AM (LkLld)

147 It's also,
National Toast Day.

National Toast Day is celebrated on the last Thursday in February.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 29, 2024 08:25 AM (NpAcC)

148 "Commenting is remarkably light this morning. Is everyone really that deep in mourning over Richard Lewis?"

I'm trying to figure out how my new JoyFans 2 in 1 Hand Vacuum works.

Posted by: Pawl at February 29, 2024 08:25 AM (vFG9F)

149 I was thinking of making toast today and I normally don’t do it. Am I making this all about me like people do? But it is true. Now I’m gonna make some toast.

Posted by: Quint at February 29, 2024 08:26 AM (m7zyM)

150 I'm sure there's a high powered Imam who can interpret a Surrah to the point of justifying continuing to fight during Ramadan or whatever it is. Heck, an Imam has already justified the enlarging of the anus through butt sex so the anal cavity can accommodate a bomb.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at February 29, 2024 08:20 AM (tT6L1)
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Oh, yes, numerous imams have justified violence during Ramadan as it furthers the cause of Islam, which is pre-eminent over all.

And I'd forgotten about the other part. I didn't need the reminder...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 29, 2024 08:26 AM (7fElN)

151 Fani’s Bluetooth phone name is not really “Gorilla Grip Pussy” right? That has to be a joke…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 29, 2024 08:27 AM (Dd+/6)

152 I was stationed at Pearl Harbor for several years. Never had AC. Not a problem. It's humid but it doesn't get super hot and there's usually a breeze.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 29, 2024 08:18 AM (zhLdt)

I grew up without a/c until my early 30's. Never knew what I was missing.
Now, the old farts out in hawaii spending their golden years bitching and moaning about the early bird special ain't gonna be having none of this "no a/c" nonsense.

They would be blood in the streets.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 29, 2024 08:27 AM (2ijlT)

153 Daily radio propaganda has been pushing some new, updated covid booster. Usually these are a one day panic thing and gone the next but this is their day or fourth day in a row. Why now? Since everything is lies and deception I have to assume there is some behind the scenes agenda or factional struggle.

Sad reminder that lots of stupid and brain dead people take this seriously.

Posted by: Ripley at February 29, 2024 08:27 AM (JojsZ)

154 Odd. In the first article about interdicting plutonium to Iran, the Spectator mentions it in the article header.

In the body of the article, the only nuclear materials being mentioned are uranium as yellowcake, and thorium.

That's some quality reporting there.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at February 29, 2024 08:27 AM (/HDaX)

155 I didn’t follow Richard Lewis’s career, but everything I’ve seen from him seemed OK and not particularly divisive or lefty. In this day and age, that’s a win. He was pretty good and Robinhood men in tights.

Posted by: Quint at February 29, 2024 08:28 AM (m7zyM)

156 "It doesn't seem like there is much chance he will lose."

I appreciate your optimism Jackstraw, but also remember what happened with Hillary and a variety of other issues where we got screwed and NOTHING HAPPENED to the perps.

Posted by: Pawl at February 29, 2024 08:28 AM (vFG9F)

157 The IL judge did say her decision could be stayed if Trump filed an appeal to the SC but it had to be done by tomorrow. I think the justices are getting pissed at these lower court whack jobs trying to jam them up.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 29, 2024 08:24 AM (LkLld)
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I know I would be.

All of the SC justices are ego monsters to one degree or another. They've reached the pinnacle of judicial achievement.

How dare some county court traffic judge decide she knows better than them? Random judges around the country are basically slapping SCOTUS in the face with their genitals and daring them to do something.

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

158 oh darn, off slimy sock

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

159 No AC sucks let’s be honest it’s never a good thing. I do recall back in the 80s at Fort Benning. The harmony church barracks had no AC in the spanking new sandhill barracks had AC. I was at Sandhill and it was well known that our people got sick a lot more than the harmony church people. They said it was spending all day in the 90° Georgia sun and running into ice cold barracks back-and-forth. Who knows?

Posted by: Quint at February 29, 2024 08:30 AM (m7zyM)

160 And I'd forgotten about the other part. I didn't need the reminder...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 29, 2024 08:26 AM (7fElN)
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Well, taking the thought a step further, what the Imam's have justified is the sexual exploitation of the mentally deficient, because, if I remember correctly, a lot of suicide bombers are not the sharpest marble in the collection.

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

161 Commenting is remarkably light this morning. Is everyone really that deep in mourning over Richard Lewis?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Everyone is reading the links first, as usual.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 29, 2024 08:30 AM (ocdC9)

162 My birdbath is frozen !

Posted by: JT at February 29, 2024 08:31 AM (T4tVD)

163 Who? And why do I need to care?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 29, 2024 08:24 AM (Zz0t1)

Some comedian and you don't.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 29, 2024 08:31 AM (zhLdt)

164 Good morning!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 29, 2024 08:31 AM (HnUIn)

165 I like Marianne Williamson. She is exactly like the hippy chicks of my misspent yoot. They'd go on about this BS, and you'd nod, because you'd hope to get some. And she looks as if she was a cutie back in the day.

Posted by: Eeyore at February 29, 2024 08:31 AM (1bNHn)

166 I think the justices are getting pissed at these lower court whack jobs trying to jam them up.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 29, 2024 08:24 AM (LkLld)

I'm not sure they're capable of getting pissed. Not in their temperamental makeup (with the possible exception of Thomas and Alito). I mean, if Kavanaugh could only cry at what the Left was doing to him, I don't know.

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 29, 2024 08:32 AM (ZERUl)

167 I thought for sure the SC would rule against Obamacare. That was a bad day. My attitude about Roberts and the SC in general changed a great bit.

Posted by: fd at February 29, 2024 08:32 AM (vFG9F)

168 Commenting is remarkably light this morning. Is everyone really that deep in mourning over Richard Lewis?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Who?

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 29, 2024 08:32 AM (2ijlT)

169 “The arrogance of this is appalling, and waiting until this late in the day to do it, giving the president, the former president just until Friday to file an appeal to the Supreme Court. It is already Wednesday, and then to say at the end of it, she issues an order that says my ruling will be further stayed if the U.S. Supreme Court enters an opinion inconsistent with this order,”
++++
Sure. This isn't just unsurprising, it's totally expected and normal behavior.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 29, 2024 08:33 AM (HnUIn)

170 Obamacare is unconstitutional as hell, but what do I know? I didn't go to Harvard or Yale.

Posted by: fd at February 29, 2024 08:33 AM (vFG9F)

171 166, you have to get the lefty Supreme Court justices, at least some respect, a lefty Supreme Court justice stays bought..

Posted by: Quint at February 29, 2024 08:33 AM (m7zyM)

172 Fani’s Bluetooth phone name is not really “Gorilla Grip Pussy” right? That has to be a joke…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 29, 2024 08:27 AM (Dd+/6)

"Kleagle Kween"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 29, 2024 08:34 AM (Zz0t1)

173 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, horde.

Posted by: Inogame at February 29, 2024 08:34 AM (53oGX)

174 Everyone is reading the links first, as usual.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 29, 2024 08:30 AM (ocdC9)

That's the funniest thing I'm likely to read all day.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 29, 2024 08:34 AM (zhLdt)

175 Well, taking the thought a step further, what the Imam's have justified is the sexual exploitation of the mentally deficient, because, if I remember correctly, a lot of suicide bombers are not the sharpest marble in the collection.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at February 29, 2024 08:30 AM (tT6L1)
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Quite literally *ANY* behavior is acceptable and justified in the name of Islam if it leads to Islam's domination over the infidel. No matter how sick, twisted, and depraved it might be. Just look at the 10/7 attacks. Under Islamic law those are totally justifiable.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 29, 2024 08:34 AM (7fElN)

176 Marianne Williamson is the sort of person who, if given Secret Service protection, would inevitably have her detail have to rescue her from a revolving door at least once. I don't think she has the mental capacity to operate a vending machine, much less the country, but I find her a LOT more acceptable than I do the ruthless abominations currently running our country.

Posted by: American Hawkman at February 29, 2024 08:34 AM (skAOD)

177 >>I appreciate your optimism Jackstraw, but also remember what happened with Hillary and a variety of other issues where we got screwed and NOTHING HAPPENED to the perps.

No so much optimism as what I heard the justices say during the questioning. Alito made one particularly telling point when he asked Colorado's lawyer if she was concerned that giving a state the power to remove a candidate they didn't like would lead to chaos going forward.

The lawyer she wasn't concerned and Alito clearly indicated he did. I don't think some of them particularly like Trump but this case is clearly idiotic and unconstitutional. The SC would lose all credibility if they let it stand and they know it.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 29, 2024 08:34 AM (LkLld)

178 Heck, an Imam has already justified the enlarging of the anus through butt sex so the anal cavity can accommodate a bomb.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at February 29

LOL. This kind of thing (and there are many of them) is Islam's only redeeming quality... They inherited our obsessive Jewish legalism, but they have far fewer brain cells than us, and they grafted a bunch of nation states on top of it. So it leads to some hilarious theocratic jurisprudence.

Like "it's ok to fuck a farm animal, if'n so long as you don't sell the meat closer than three villages away."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 29, 2024 08:35 AM (0FoWg)

179 I'll repeat my comment under another nic 'cause I want to own it:

I appreciate your optimism Jackstraw, but also remember what happened with Hillary and a variety of other issues where we got screwed and NOTHING HAPPENED to the perps.

Posted by: fd at February 29, 2024 08:36 AM (vFG9F)

180 Something this important coming before the Supremes is giving me butterflies.

Posted by: fd at February 29, 2024 08:36 AM (vFG9F)

181 I didn’t follow Richard Lewis’s career, but everything I’ve seen from him seemed OK and not particularly divisive or lefty. In this day and age, that’s a win. He was pretty good and Robinhood men in tights.
Posted by: Quint at February 29, 2024 08:28 AM (m7zyM)

I'm actually amazed he didn't suicide YEARS ago.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 29, 2024 08:36 AM (Zz0t1)

182 I thought for sure the SC would rule against Obamacare. That was a bad day. My attitude about Roberts and the SC in general changed a great bit.
Posted by: fd at February 29, 2024 08:32 AM (vFG9F)
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As ugly as Obamacare is, it's not a direct challenge to the power of the Supreme Court.

All of these lesser judges throwing Trump off the ballots IS a direct affront to the supremacy of the SC. Especially if any of them decide to ignore the SC and do their own thing regardless.

Of course, then how does the SC enforce its decisions?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 29, 2024 08:36 AM (7fElN)

183 " The SC would lose all credibility if they let it stand and they know it.
Posted by: JackStraw"

They may know it, but do they care?

Posted by: fd at February 29, 2024 08:37 AM (vFG9F)

184 Quite literally *ANY* behavior is acceptable and justified in the name of Islam if it leads to Islam's domination over the infidel. No matter how sick, twisted, and depraved it might be. Just look at the 10/7 attacks. Under Islamic law those are totally justifiable.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 29, 2024 08:34 AM (7fElN)
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That is a fair observation.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at February 29, 2024 08:37 AM (tT6L1)

185 113 Opening the solar system for exploration and settlement...
Settlement?
Someone has been reading waaay too much sci-fi

Posted by: TeeJ at February 29, 2024 08:13 AM (o3xwr)
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Concur.
Every place out there is a hostile environment. Survival will be temporary.

Posted by: Ciampino - and then there will be crazies at February 29, 2024 08:38 AM (qfLjt)

186 Fani’s Bluetooth phone name is not really “Gorilla Grip Pussy” right? That has to be a joke…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 29, 2024 08:27 AM (Dd+/6)
******
Fake News.

From the Rust trial. Text messages pulled from a phone allegedly belonging to Hannah Gutierrez-Reed. The name on the phone was reportedly "Gorilla Grip P**** Pal."

Posted by: redridinghood at February 29, 2024 08:38 AM (NpAcC)

187 The SC would lose all credibility if they let it stand and they know it.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 29, 2024 08:34 AM (LkLld)

SCOTUS refused to hear TX v PA in 2020. Biden has not only thumbed his nose at SCOTUS but publicly bragged about it.

I suspect they are the only ones left who believe they have credibility.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 29, 2024 08:38 AM (zhLdt)

188 " Morphine Mitch(heh) is staying leader just long enough to guarantee the GOP doesn't take the Senate."

There was a report that Mitch only made this move in order to forgo being voted out sooner (whatever that process is, idk). They should go ahead with the vote.

Also once Morphine Mitch gets away with the extension, he could change his mind "for the greater good" or whatever, after the election. (His China "friends" might insist)

Posted by: illiniwek at February 29, 2024 08:38 AM (Cus5s)

189 Biden just totally flouted the Supreme Court over student loans. Did you see or hear about any of them getting pissed? we're nearing the day when the Left will, when necessary, ignore their rulings. I expect some of these states to remove Trump's name from the ballot regardless of any SC ruling. The Supreme Court is functionally, practically powerless and the Left knows it.

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 29, 2024 08:39 AM (ZERUl)

190 You don't understand what the truckers are doing. This not a big rally or blockade. They are refusing to take loads into NYC because it is not safe. Much harder for the government to shut that down. Are there truckers that will deliver those loads? Probably, until the trucks are getting hijacked. Them no one will deliver.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 29, 2024 08:39 AM (yeEu9)

191 As the talks continued, Ebisawa and UC-1 met on the Thai island of Phuket, where the DEA agent was shown a substance alleged to be yellowcake, reports Radio Free Asia.

Following the meeting, Thai authorities raided a Bangkok office where Ebisawa had deposited the radioactive materials, which were then sent to the U.S. for analysis. American officials confirmed Ebisawa’s claims that the nuclear materials truly were weapons-grade.

.. there is a huge difference between yellowcake and weapons grade

Posted by: SMOD at February 29, 2024 08:39 AM (RHGPo)

192 Like "it's ok to fuck a farm animal, if'n so long as you don't sell the meat closer than three villages away."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 29, 2024 08:35 AM (0FoWg)
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That makes sense. You don't want your immediate neighbors to recognize their food.

"Hey! That's the goat I fucked just the other day! Now what am I going to do in my spare time?"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 29, 2024 08:39 AM (7fElN)

193 Good for SCOTUS for taking this up now and hopefully putting an end to this Stalinist banana republic bullshit.
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It likely won't matter. There is a hierarchy of outcomes.

Best: Trump is an insurrectionist and removed from contention

Middling: It's an "open question" or a "narrow ruling" by the SCOTUS, and they keep everything open until after the election. If he loses (likely), they expropriate him and lock him up until he's dead as an object lesson to other uppity outsiders. If we wins (unlikely), the continue the prosecutions and the Party uses convictions as an excuse to impeach and remove.

Worst: They lose all the prosecutions but the Party uses these "obvious miscarriages of justice" to justify the next round of eterna-investigations and special counsels and rationalize the next series of impeachments and hopefully removals.

All of this stuff is doing its job and all of the outcomes are acceptable. Not to mention the direct popular politics part, which is turning off as many voters as possible and creating a screen to help make election thefts less obvious ("it should surprise nobody that Trump lost Election X - I mean, voters hate corrupt old criminals!").

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

194 As a Illinoisan, realize that nobody takes this state seriously anymore. New York has Wall Street, Cal has the military bases. Chicago is on the verge of losing the Board of Trade and the CME in the future, and outside of O'Hare airport,there is no new investment here

Posted by: Jonah at February 29, 2024 08:40 AM (BGQYY)

195 All of these lesser judges throwing Trump off the ballots IS a direct affront to the supremacy of the SC. Especially if any of them decide to ignore the SC and do their own thing regardless.

Many jurisdictions are blatantly ignoring the Bruen and Heller rulings and the court does nothing very slowly.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 29, 2024 08:40 AM (aD39U)

196 "SCOTUS refused to hear TX v PA in 2020."

"Biden just totally flouted the Supreme Court over student loans."

Yeah. No confidence.

Posted by: fd at February 29, 2024 08:40 AM (vFG9F)

197 I bet in Iran (I think the bestiality ruling was a Shiite one), people only buy meat from their own village. Because ya gotta know if it's an out of towner selling it, you're getting somebody's three day old jizz-mutton.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 29, 2024 08:40 AM (0FoWg)

198 I've no doubt SCOTUS is getting torqued off with all the Trump insurrection nonsense, but I think in reality they'd rule against him if a coherent case was made.

Not necessarily a legally coherent one.

I also think there's no institution in FedGov that wants to see Trump in the White House again. Thus all the efforts nationally to keep him out. It's obviously coordinated.

Whether it'll succeed is debatable.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 29, 2024 08:40 AM (Q4IgG)

199 I expect some of these states to remove Trump's name from the ballot regardless of any SC ruling. The Supreme Court is functionally, practically powerless and the Left knows it.
Posted by: Ordinary American at February 29, 2024 08:39 AM (ZERUl)
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SCOTUS is not powerless when it comes to the right. Not only will the right heed those rulings, FedGov will ruthlessly enforce those rulings.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at February 29, 2024 08:40 AM (tT6L1)

200 There is great irony in all the lawfare being waged against Trump by the junta; namely, it’s obviously helping Trump politically. In an alternate universe where Trump has zero indictments and no financial penalties from spurious civil cases… in that universe, Trump would be in the middle of a hotly contested primary instead of cruising easily to the nomination crushing all his opponents. And it’s helping him in the general as well because lots of Americans recognize the fundamental unfairness at work and don’t like it. It makes Brandon’s junta even more unattractive

But they couldn’t help themselves; the hate is so strong they’ll continue to drive forward even if it takes them off a cliff

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 29, 2024 08:40 AM (Dd+/6)

201 Notthebee: http://tinyurl.com/yc83ws9c

This is what bothers me about Google 's AI. They did this because it aligns with their beliefs. Mark Dice has done a pretty good breakdown of how ridiculous it is. I don't think it's funny. Google is trying to wipe white people out and got caught. Now they will come out with a better lie.

Posted by: Ribbed at February 29, 2024 08:41 AM (Sj5Vi)

202 151 Fani’s Bluetooth phone name is not really “Gorilla Grip Pussy” right? That has to be a joke…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 29, 2024 08:27 AM (Dd+/6)

DOnt be no jokin bout gorilla grippn poon

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 29, 2024 08:41 AM (ENQN6)

203 SC kept Obamacare, but shocked me when they showed spine on Roe

Posted by: Jonah at February 29, 2024 08:41 AM (BGQYY)

204 If I want to be cynical, as is my wont, I'd say he made a deal in anticipation of Hillary Clinton winning in 2016 to allow her to name Ruth Bader-Meinhoff's successor. And we all know how that worked out.
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Seems extremely likely. Ginsburg herself was treating it as a fait accompli, which is why she didn't retire in time.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 29, 2024 08:41 AM (HnUIn)

205 So I’m listening to a Paul Thoreaux book about traveling Africa. He did it in the mid 2000s late in his life. I think he was almost 80. I’ve never heard a greater takedown of a society or region. He literally tears them to shreds.

The funny thing is Paul Theroux has traditionally been considered to be a liberal and atheist by the way. it is an interesting read to hear a liberal atheist dismantle an entire continent, telling truth that would get him excommunicated by the left so quickly his head would spin. Nothing about amazing about it, but it is telling how quickly the Overton window has moved, and how far the left has gone to become this dangerous, absurd thing we are facing so quickly..

Posted by: Quint at February 29, 2024 08:41 AM (m7zyM)

206 You don't understand what the truckers are doing. This not a big rally or blockade. They are refusing to take loads into NYC because it is not safe. Much harder for the government to shut that down. Are there truckers that will deliver those loads? Probably, until the trucks are getting hijacked. Them no one will deliver.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 29, 2024 08:39 AM (yeEu9)
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There was a video circulating a few days ago about a trucker telling the libs where they could take their policies. He says there are around 350,000 independent truckers in America who are free to accept or reject delivering goods at will. They can easily all choose to reject deliveries to NYC. Though some will still go if the price is right, of course.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 29, 2024 08:41 AM (7fElN)

207 oh man, toast
where do I start

Posted by: Don Black at February 29, 2024 08:42 AM (geLO8)

208 As a Illinoisan, realize that nobody takes this state seriously anymore. New York has Wall Street, Cal has the military bases. Chicago is on the verge of losing the Board of Trade and the CME in the future, and outside of O'Hare airport,there is no new investment here
Posted by: Jonah at February 29, 2024 08:40 AM (BGQYY)
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CME took a huge hit years ago when they allowed Corzine to steal billions from clients.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at February 29, 2024 08:42 AM (tT6L1)

209 Everything stinks.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 29, 2024 08:42 AM (9yWhg)

210 Sir Thomas More: “Yes! What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?”

William Roper: “Yes, I'd cut down every law in England to do that!”

Posted by: logprof at February 29, 2024 08:42 AM (YU3h0)

211 I'm employing the MPPPP method here. Plan for the worst and expect the worst.

Posted by: fd at February 29, 2024 08:42 AM (vFG9F)

212 FedGov will ruthlessly enforce those rulings.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at February 29, 2024 08:40 AM (tT6L1)

What FedGov are you talking about? Biden's?

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 29, 2024 08:42 AM (ZERUl)

213 A new telephone and online survey by Rasmussen Reports and The Bull Moose Project finds that, if the election were held today, 45% of Likely Arizona Voters would vote for Lake, while 42% would vote for Gallego. Four percent (4%) said they would not vote and another eight percent (8%) are undecided.

Posted by: SMOD at February 29, 2024 08:42 AM (RHGPo)

214 SC kept Obamacare, but shocked me when they showed spine on Roe
Posted by: Jonah at February 29, 2024 08:41 AM (BGQYY)
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They were different Courts.

And getting rid of Roe was an objective good, but also supercharged the Party's campaign power and institutional power in many places, which SCOTUS surely understood would happen.

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

215 >This is what bothers me about Google 's AI.
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didn't they test this thing before rolling it out to the public?

They had to have known it was going to spew nonsense

Posted by: Don Black at February 29, 2024 08:43 AM (geLO8)

216 190 You don't understand what the truckers are doing. This not a big rally or blockade. They are refusing to take loads into NYC because it is not safe. Much harder for the government to shut that down. Are there truckers that will deliver those loads? Probably, until the trucks are getting hijacked. Them no one will deliver.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 29, 2024 08:39 AM (yeEu9)

That is the much safer personal way to protest...and much more effective. Truckers who will go will eventually get large bonuses to go, which will be passed on to the NY stores and consumers that need the product...thus, you drag down the whole city without really lifting a finger...

Posted by: Nova Local at February 29, 2024 08:43 AM (exHjb)

217 210 Sir Thomas More: “Yes! What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?”

William Roper: “Yes, I'd cut down every law in England to do that!”
Posted by: logprof at February 29, 2024 08:42 AM (YU3h0)

Excellent. You've reminded me to re-watch that.

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 29, 2024 08:43 AM (ZERUl)

218 Concur.
Every place out there is a hostile environment. Survival will be temporary.
Posted by: Ciampino - and then there will be crazies at February 29, 2024 08:38 AM (qfLjt)

And no one can hear you scream.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 29, 2024 08:44 AM (ENQN6)

219 Something this important coming before the Supremes is giving me butterflies.
Posted by: fd at February 29, 2024 08:36 AM (vFG9F)

Concur.

Bed and shit, some assembly required. Hope The SCROTUM doesn't have chili for lunch.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 29, 2024 08:44 AM (2ijlT)

220 The reason this shit is happening with lower court state judges, is not the usual marxist BS, it is because they know the GOPe hates Trump also.

The left knows Roberts, Fox News and McConnell hate Trump more than they do

Posted by: Jonah at February 29, 2024 08:44 AM (BGQYY)

221 “Anyone who questioned Hamas’s motives or objectives has been painted as a cowardly collaborator. To demand better living conditions or more political liberties was akin to treason…. Others are reluctant to speak out against Hamas for fear of seeming disloyal or pro-Israel. If people outside of Gaza find it difficult to question the forced conformity, imagine how much more challenging it is for many inside the coastal enclave.” — Ahmed Fouad Al-Khatib, X (Twitter), January 6, 2024

Posted by: SMOD at February 29, 2024 08:45 AM (RHGPo)

222 Black female liberal mayor easily re-elected over lifetime resident and conservative who promised curbs on over development."

I don't even know what town you're in but I think I you just put the finger on it - being anti-development generates few contributions for, but calls in HUGE corporate donations against. Happens in every city the developers take notice of.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 29, 2024 08:45 AM (S6gqv)

223 What FedGov are you talking about? Biden's?
Posted by: Ordinary American at February 29, 2024 08:42 AM (ZERUl)
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The FedGov is weaponized again conservatives. We have a two tiered justice system and it's been that way for at least 10 years.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at February 29, 2024 08:45 AM (tT6L1)

224 You don't understand what the truckers are doing. This not a big rally or blockade. They are refusing to take loads into NYC because it is not safe. Much harder for the government to shut that down. Are there truckers that will deliver those loads? Probably, until the trucks are getting hijacked. Them no one will deliver.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 29, 2024 08:39 AM (yeEu9)
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In South Africa, trucks are routinely looted by marauders. Mercenaries convoy critical shipments, the rest are subject to highwaymen. The highwaymen get some of them.

But bread is still on the shelves, hijackings or not. For now.

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

225 In an alternate universe where Trump has zero indictments and no financial penalties from spurious civil cases… in that universe, Trump would be in the middle of a hotly contested primary instead of cruising easily to the nomination crushing all his opponents.

Who, exactly, would be the opponent hotly contesting the GOP primary? Be prepared to justify your answer because the fact that you prefer someone else does not mean that most people do.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 29, 2024 08:45 AM (zhLdt)

226 Maosist governor of KY, (Thank You KY conservatives for not voting), worries me. KY has a law that senate vacancies must be replaces with same party. But Beshear will go to the courts on that

Posted by: Jonah at February 29, 2024 08:46 AM (BGQYY)

227
didn't they test this thing before rolling it out to the public?

They had to have known it was going to spew nonsense
Posted by: Don Black at February 29, 2024 08:43 AM (geLO

They knew. They didn't care, because they believed that people needed to be taught a lesson.

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

228 If it looks like the Republicans will win the Senate, I expect Lindsay Graham to introduce doomed legislation to ban IVF nationwide.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 29, 2024 08:46 AM (aD39U)

229 That is the much safer personal way to protest...and much more effective. Truckers who will go will eventually get large bonuses to go, which will be passed on to the NY stores and consumers that need the product...thus, you drag down the whole city without really lifting a finger...
Posted by: Nova Local at February 29, 2024 08:43 AM (exHjb)
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Excellent point. The extra costs of delivery will be passed on to customers. The lack of goods will lead to more desperate citizens. They may start hijacking trucks to get the goods directly, which makes it much more expensive to deliver.

Essentially a downward spiral into complete collapse. Great job, Dems! *TWO THUMBS UP!*

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 29, 2024 08:47 AM (7fElN)

230 Security video obtained by the newspaper from Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) showed Camera 8021 that was recording the operations of a bomb robot suddenly panned away from the scene just before 2:21 p.m.

The change in camera view happened 10 minutes before the Capitol Police unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) fired a water cannon to disrupt the pipe bomb for the second time in 20 minutes.

After pointing up for a short time, Camera 8021 panned left to show D Street, then zoomed in various directions until settling on a nondescript parking-lot view for the rest of the day.

A third U.S. Capitol Police security camera Camera 8021—located high on the Fairchild Building—is the third Capitol Police camera discovered to have been deliberately turned away from the unfolding pipe bomb drama during crucial operations of the bomb squad.

Posted by: SMOD at February 29, 2024 08:47 AM (RHGPo)

231 225 In an alternate universe where Trump has zero indictments and no financial penalties from spurious civil cases… in that universe, Trump would be in the middle of a hotly contested primary instead of cruising easily to the nomination crushing all his opponents.

Who, exactly, would be the opponent hotly contesting the GOP primary? Be prepared to justify your answer because the fact that you prefer someone else does not mean that most people do.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 29, 2024 08:45 AM (zhLdt)

In an alternate universe, Trump would be doing all he can to ensure his successor wins next November as he continues to ram home legislative and EO wins con gusto until next January 20th at noon.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 29, 2024 08:47 AM (x0n13)

232 Trump covers the experienced commander in chief questions.

Unlike any of the other Republicans

Posted by: Jonah at February 29, 2024 08:47 AM (BGQYY)

233 231. Spot on JJ

Posted by: Jonah at February 29, 2024 08:48 AM (BGQYY)

234 Alade McKen plagiarized pages of material from Wikipedia.. The chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer of Columbia University's medical school, Alade McKen, plagiarized extensively in his doctoral dissertation, lifting entire pages of material, without attribution, from sources that include Wikipedia, according to a complaint submitted to the university on Wednesday.

Posted by: SMOD at February 29, 2024 08:48 AM (RHGPo)

235 205 So I’m listening to a Paul Thoreaux book about traveling Africa. He did it in the mid 2000s late in his life. I think he was almost 80. I’ve never heard a greater takedown of a society or region. He literally tears them to shreds."

I remember enjoying a book by Thoreaux called "Riding the Iron Rooster", all about traveling through rural China by train. An amazing look at the part of China that never makes the news.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 29, 2024 08:49 AM (S6gqv)

236 Maosist governor of KY, (Thank You KY conservatives for not voting), worries me. KY has a law that senate vacancies must be replaces with same party. But Beshear will go to the courts on that
Posted by: Jonah at February 29, 2024 08:46 AM (BGQYY)

And rightfully win the case, sadly.

Kentucky Constitution
Section 152 Vacancies -- When filled by appointment, when by election-- Who to fill.

...Vacancies in all offices for the State at large, or for districts larger than a county, shall be filled by appointment of the Governor; all other appointments shall be made as may be prescribed by law...

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 29, 2024 08:49 AM (aD39U)

237 Presidents ignoring SCOTUS isn’t exactly new. Didn’t Andrew Jackson say about some case: John Marshall made his decision now he can enforce it (or something similar)….. I know nothing about that case but it sounds like a situation where the court said the Fed guv had to do something or other and Old Hickory said nope

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 29, 2024 08:49 AM (Dd+/6)

238 ... but also supercharged the Party's campaign power and institutional power in many places, which SCOTUS surely understood would happen.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 29, 2024 08:43 AM (HnUIn)

Interesting. You believe the Court was aware of how the ruling would fortify the Democrats?

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 29, 2024 08:50 AM (ZERUl)

239 didn't they test this thing before rolling it out to the public?

They had to have known it was going to spew nonsense
Posted by: Don Black at February 29, 2024 08:43 AM (geLO

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Yes. This is the real point, and most people don't get it yet.

Gemini's failure is not evidence of the failure of AI systems as such, or of the Gemini team, or of the project's radical manager. Gemini's failure is evidence of a pathological culture within Google.

Of course it was tested. It was extensively tested. Something this big being run by a trillion-dollar corporation doesn't get run in a vacuum. The data set was extensively trained by lots of people at great expense. There were internal releases and testing, including by people well outside the Gemini team. There were demos to executives. This is a huge project, an important new product, and it represents a significant capital and operational expenditure. This didn't happen due to one small independent "skunkworks" kind of operation.

That Gemini is what it is and is so consistently that demonstrates not a problem with Gemini, but a problem with Google. It is a product of Google's corporate culture. Gemini is not some aberration.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 29, 2024 08:50 AM (HnUIn)

240 Why Dropping Most COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Is Now Ethical

The Association of Bioethics Program Directors (ABPD) represents nearly 100 bioethics centers across North America. The ABPD’s members are leaders in evaluating ethical practices in the health professions and have participated in drafting institutional, statewide, and national health policies. In fall 2021, the ABPD issued a statement and a companion piece for Health Affairs Forefront describing why universal COVID-19 vaccine mandates, with exceptions only for medical contraindications, were ethically recommended at that time. In fall 2023, the ABPD membership approved a new position statement that universal COVID-19 vaccine mandates are not presently ethically supportable.

Posted by: SMOD at February 29, 2024 08:50 AM (RHGPo)

241 217. A man for all seasons is a masterpeice of all film

Posted by: Jonah at February 29, 2024 08:50 AM (BGQYY)

242 Nationwide there were a total of 11 criminal convictions of noncitizens for either homicide or manslaughter during the four years of the Trump administration. There have already been more murders committed by noncitizens since last October – 14 – than occurred during the entire four years of the Trump presidency. In the three years and one month that Joe Biden has been president there have been a total of 165 murders committed by noncitizens (that are known of).

Killing the Americans...

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 29, 2024 08:51 AM (ENQN6)

243 So I’m listening to a Paul Thoreaux book about traveling Africa. He did it in the mid 2000s late in his life. I think he was almost 80. I’ve never heard a greater takedown of a society or region. He literally tears them to shreds."

I remember enjoying a book by Thoreaux called "Riding the Iron Rooster", all about traveling through rural China by train. An amazing look at the part of China that never makes the news.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 29, 2024 08:49 AM (S6gqv)

Great writer, across the board -- short stories, novels, essays, travelogues.

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 29, 2024 08:51 AM (ZERUl)

244 There will also be a second season of Wolf Hall. Mark Rylance as Moore, Damien Lewis as Henry are brilliant

Posted by: Jonah at February 29, 2024 08:51 AM (BGQYY)

245 Maine Republicans won’t recognize ranked choice voting in presidential primary

Posted by: SMOD at February 29, 2024 08:51 AM (RHGPo)

246 Killing the Americans...
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 29, 2024 08:51 AM (ENQN6)

By design.

Vote dem or they'll kill you and replace you with those that will.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 29, 2024 08:52 AM (Zz0t1)

247 In fall 2023, the ABPD membership approved a new position statement that universal COVID-19 vaccine mandates are not presently ethically supportable.
Posted by: SMOD at February 29, 2024 08:50 AM (RHGPo)

Not only do they have standards, they have double standards.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 29, 2024 08:52 AM (ENQN6)

248 Wow. Plagiarizing from Wikipedia. That's a new benchmark in idiocy.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 29, 2024 08:52 AM (9yWhg)

249 Interesting. You believe the Court was aware of how the ruling would fortify the Democrats?
Posted by: Ordinary American at February 29, 2024 08:50 AM (ZERUl)
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I think it was fairly predictable. Many people predicted it immediately, including here.

"This is good, and it is right. It's going to make the several election cycles unmitigated hell and will probably cause conservatives to lose at least some of them."

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

250 236. AZ has that law.

Posted by: Jonah at February 29, 2024 08:53 AM (BGQYY)

251 End Wokeness
@EndWokeness

BREAKING: Illegals demanding MORE free housing shut down a Seattle City Council meeting

http://tinyurl.com/2s38xw5x

Posted by: redridinghood at February 29, 2024 08:54 AM (NpAcC)

252 235, tom Servo, yeah, that was one of his famous books that made him well-known. There was also one about India, I believe. I’m going to go back and read those two as well. I think the one I’m referencing was his last but I’m not sure about that. I think it was written in 2008. even I think he’s about too bitter on this one but it is still good.

I forgot how much she hated travel by cruise ship and tour groups. He affected me back in the day about 20 or 30 years ago with that I forgot how much it meant to him lol. But he really ripped up Africa and to be honest is arguments of course still matter today and people should actually read them.

His main point is Africa is a huge waste and has never done any good.

Posted by: Quint at February 29, 2024 08:54 AM (m7zyM)

253 Sp google is now rewriting questions so that the new rewritten question appears as a more searched for answer.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 29, 2024 08:54 AM (ENQN6)

254 Nice meme, JJ.

Happy Birthday!!!!

https://youtu.be/rzghCZ0B--Q?t=66

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 29, 2024 08:54 AM (Zz0t1)

255 ... In fall 2021, the ABPD issued a statement and a companion piece for Health Affairs Forefront describing why universal COVID-19 vaccine mandates, with exceptions only for medical contraindications, were ethically recommended at that time. In fall 2023, the ABPD membership approved a new position statement that universal COVID-19 vaccine mandates are not presently ethically supportable.
Posted by: SMOD at February 29, 2024 08:50 AM (RHGPo)
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Situational bioethics. Nothing new here.

Remember what I will, in self-aggrandizing fashion, call the Mannix Law of Job Titles:
"Anyone with the word "ethic" or any of its derivatives in his job title is an unalloyed monster."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 29, 2024 08:54 AM (HnUIn)

256 I don't know if it's still true, but I used to have a friend whose old man was an indy trucker. He would lament that people like him were a dying breed - everybody was going over to big firms like Swift, and so on.

And those are big companies, so they're run by Party men. I'm sure the blue cities can depend on them to stand in the gap.

But the boycott is still a nice statement to make, and I'm happy to see normies leveraging the little power they have in a meaningful way instead of scribbling on rigged ballots.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 29, 2024 08:55 AM (0FoWg)

257 @EndWokeness

BREAKING: Illegals demanding MORE free housing shut down a Seattle City Council meeting

http://tinyurl.com/2s38xw5x
Posted by: redridinghood at February 29, 2024 08:54 AM (NpAcC)

*crunches popcorn*

*orgasms*

Reap it, bitches.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 29, 2024 08:55 AM (Zz0t1)

258 Left are evil but not stupid. Do you think they saw no Republican County DA's or State AG's indict one frickin Corrupt dem in a Red State, after Trump was piled on?

Sherrod is a wife Beater. Tester has shady land deals.

Not one

Posted by: Jonah at February 29, 2024 08:55 AM (BGQYY)

259 Not one red state going after Biden?

Posted by: Jonah at February 29, 2024 08:56 AM (BGQYY)

260 Not one red state going after Biden?
Posted by: Jonah at February 29, 2024 08:56 AM (BGQYY)

"No standing."

- - - - THE Supreme Court

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 29, 2024 08:57 AM (Zz0t1)

261 They just closed a chicago ymca to accomodate illegals yesterday

Posted by: Jonah at February 29, 2024 08:57 AM (BGQYY)

262 They just closed a chicago ymca to accomodate illegals yesterday
Posted by: Jonah at February 29, 2024 08:57 AM (BGQYY)

For the children.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 29, 2024 08:57 AM (Zz0t1)

263 Well, in 2023 alone, James spent over $28,500 on hotels. Over $15,000 of that was spent on luxury hotels in Puerto Rico.

Then there’s the airfare. In the 5 years she’s been the New York State AG, James’ has spent over $84,000 on airfare to fly herself all over the country.

ho lee fook AGing be damn hard traveling job.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 29, 2024 08:58 AM (ENQN6)

264 Who, exactly, would be the opponent hotly contesting the GOP primary? Be prepared to justify your answer because the fact that you prefer someone else does not mean that most people do.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 29, 2024 08:45 AM (zhLdt)

Oh I’ve preferred Trump all along over any of the other GOP candidates. I’ve supported Trump from the get-go. But IMHO I think DeSantis would’ve gotten more traction in that alternate universe…. He was coming off his blowout win in 2022 and he wouldn’t have bungled his response to Trump indictments (because they didn’t happen in this hypothetical)…. DeSantis turned out to be a poor candidate but I still think it would’ve been competitive; Trump still would’ve won

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 29, 2024 08:58 AM (Dd+/6)

265 Sp google is now rewriting questions so that the new rewritten question appears as a more searched for answer.
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 29, 2024 08:54 AM (ENQN6)
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This is probably a side effect rather than a directly-engineered outcome.

If the AI system rewrites questions to ensure that answers are appropriately woke - and it does - then it will likely have the result of creating similarities between queries that were not initially there. They then get matched to each other as essentially similar in terms of theme and parameters, and then aggregated.

Monkeying with the prompts in similar ways across all queries will create an artificial similarity that the downstream routine will just ingest and refine.

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

266 Not one red state going after Biden?
Posted by: Jonah at February 29, 2024 08:56 AM (BGQYY)
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LOL. Like the GOP will go after Biden.

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

267 Well, in 2023 alone, James spent over $28,500 on hotels. Over $15,000 of that was spent on luxury hotels in Puerto Rico.

Then there’s the airfare. In the 5 years she’s been the New York State AG, James’ has spent over $84,000 on airfare to fly herself all over the country.

ho lee fook AGing be damn hard traveling job.
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 29, 2024 08:58 AM (ENQN6)
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Would her time be better spent IN her state doing the job she was supposed to do?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 29, 2024 08:59 AM (7fElN)

268 ++++
LOL. Like the GOP will go after Biden.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 29, 2024 08:58 AM (HnUIn)

To be fair, Ken Paxton has been suing the Biden administration for years now.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 29, 2024 08:59 AM (Zz0t1)

269 Situational bioethics. Nothing new here.

Remember what I will, in self-aggrandizing fashion, call the Mannix Law of Job Titles:
"Anyone with the word "ethic" or any of its derivatives in his job title is an unalloyed monster."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 29, 2024 08:54 AM (HnUIn)

We not on have ethics, we have situational ethics for sale.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 29, 2024 08:59 AM (ENQN6)

270 To be fair, Ken Paxton has been suing the Biden administration for years now.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 29, 2024 08:59 AM (Zz0t1)
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And GOP did its level best to remove him.

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

271 260. Wyoming, Idaho, Dakotas, Neb,Ok etc... frickin worthless politically to conservatives. Safe seat Senators and governors who care only about D.C pork

Posted by: Jonah at February 29, 2024 09:00 AM (BGQYY)

272 79 And when, you know, 'function' is defined, it's really not about the operation of the thing. It's about what it can achieve, what it's being used for.
==========================
Implicit here is that individuals are using it to do bad things. Individuals. The tool isn't the issue, KBJ, it's the people.

Trying to fix a sick culture by attacking inanimate objects would be funny, if it weren't so completely silly.

Posted by: The Frumious Follywood at February 29, 2024 08:00 AM (mwZAB)

It will be a loooong time before The Democrats let go of their current BS arguments against 'assault weapons.' Because they are safe-sounding window dressing targeted at women voters. Window dressing for their real goal, banning possession of guns by civilians.

If 'assault weapons' and 11-round and greater magazines for all guns are ever banned, pistols will be the next target, then shotguns, then knives...

Posted by: Gref at February 29, 2024 09:00 AM (5fDan)

273 Well, in 2023 alone, James spent over $28,500 on hotels. Over $15,000 of that was spent on luxury hotels in Puerto Rico.

==

Nothing but the best ! Was that for "work" ?

Posted by: runner at February 29, 2024 09:00 AM (V13WU)

274 A few highlights before you click over.

• The first thing you’ll notice when you download and sort the expenditures of any politician running for reelection in a safe seat is how they use their campaign funds to supplement their lifestyles to a degree middle America could never dream of.

• What do I mean? Well, in 2023 alone, James spent over $28,500 on hotels. Over $15,000 of that was spent on luxury hotels in Puerto Rico.

• Then there’s the airfare. In the 5 years she’s been the New York State AG, James’ has spent over $84,000 on airfare to fly herself all over the country.

This includes private jet rentals.

• Tens of thousands spent on “office” at everywhere from Target to BJ’s wholesale.

Over $7,000 dropped at a nightclub in NYC and billed as “office.”

Wait until Mel gets to the part about the “ghost donors” making possible all this largesse.

Posted by: SMOD at February 29, 2024 09:00 AM (RHGPo)

275 Right Sponge on Paxton. Hawley and Schmidt from MO fight also

Posted by: Jonah at February 29, 2024 09:00 AM (BGQYY)

276 Pleased to me you, hope you guess my name..
Posted by: Allah at February 29, 2024 08:20 AM (aD39U)

Mephistopheles is not your name.

I know what you're up to, just the same.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 29, 2024 08:22 AM

I have only come here seeking knowledge...not song quotes.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 29, 2024 09:00 AM (Wnv9h)

277 "Not all cultures and countries hold the same beliefs about personal ownership of language or ideas. In some cultures, the reiteration of another professional's work can be a sign of respect or flattery towards the person whose work is reiterated.[20] Students who are from such countries and cultures and who move to the United States or other Western countries (where plagiarism is frowned upon) may find the transition difficult.[21]"

Posted by: LenNeal plagiarizing Wikipedia, see anyone can do it at February 29, 2024 09:01 AM (9yXr+)

278 270 Including our very own Senator John Cornyn. A total sell-out and McConnell sycophant.

Posted by: Erik In Texas at February 29, 2024 09:01 AM (QN7a1)

279 ++++
And GOP did its level best to remove him.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 29, 2024 08:59 AM (HnUIn)

And failed.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 29, 2024 09:01 AM (Zz0t1)

280 To be fair, Ken Paxton has been suing the Biden administration for years now.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 29, 2024 08:59 AM (Zz0t1)

Somebody should impeach that guy. -- Bush Inc.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 29, 2024 09:02 AM (zhLdt)

281 "Not all cultures and countries hold the same beliefs about personal ownership of language or ideas. In some cultures, the reiteration of another professional's work can be a sign of respect or flattery towards the person whose work is reiterated.[20] Students who are from such countries and cultures and who move to the United States or other Western countries (where plagiarism is frowned upon) may find the transition difficult.[21]"
Posted by: LenNeal plagiarizing Wikipedia, see anyone can do it at February 29, 2024 09:01 AM (9yXr+)
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LOL. What a standard. Maybe they should have gone to school in their home countries...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 29, 2024 09:02 AM (HnUIn)

282 Senate GOP consultants and lobbyists are telling them right now, not to stir up the pot and fight or be toxic. We do not care about Trump, just the Senate Majority

Posted by: Jonah at February 29, 2024 09:02 AM (BGQYY)

283
I have only come here seeking knowledge...not song quotes.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 29, 2024 09:00 AM (Wnv9h)

Sucks to be you then. This thread is not for knowledge. It's for ignoring links and quoting songs.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 29, 2024 09:02 AM (Zz0t1)

284 Then there’s the airfare. In the 5 years she’s been the New York State AG, James’ has spent over $84,000 on airfare to fly herself all over the country.

This includes private jet rentals.

• Tens of thousands spent on “office” at everywhere from Target to BJ’s wholesale.

Over $7,000 dropped at a nightclub in NYC and billed as “office.”

===

Nice!

Posted by: runner at February 29, 2024 09:02 AM (V13WU)

285 And failed.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 29, 2024 09:01 AM (Zz0t1)
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The outcome was simultaneously both astonishing and appalling that it came so close.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 29, 2024 09:02 AM (HnUIn)

286 You import a medium sized city worth of people every month, where the hell you think they're gonna live? There ain't that many overpasses and culverts in this country.

But hey, at least they're here and not not here. Sorry about your midnight basketball, kids. Ignacio needs his tight 8 or he gets cranky, you know.

Idiots.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 29, 2024 09:02 AM (VoAdT)

287 Read a good explanation as to why Biden keeps saying a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is about to be signed, when everyone close to the negotiations is saying "uh, no. Not even close." Looks like Biden is now completely out of the loop, and his own negotiators aren't even bother talking to him anymore (because he's not really their boss now). Blinken just calls him every now and then and says "oh sure things are going great!" and then Biden makes up whatever he thinks people want to hear when someone asks him about it. And then he forgets what he said.
This is why they try to keep Joe under wraps and away from questions as much as possible.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 29, 2024 09:03 AM (S6gqv)

288 Senate GOP consultants and lobbyists are telling them right now, not to stir up the pot and fight or be toxic. We do not care about Trump, just the Senate Majority
Posted by: Jonah at February 29, 2024 09:02 AM (BGQYY)
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LOL

What Senate majority? If it a Senate majority was so important, why did McConnell and his goons deliberately lose the majority rather than retain it by allowing in outsiders?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 29, 2024 09:03 AM (HnUIn)

289 ++++
The outcome was simultaneously both astonishing and appalling that it came so close.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 29, 2024 09:02 AM (HnUIn)

Agreed. Quite pathetic and embarrassing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 29, 2024 09:04 AM (Zz0t1)

290 ... Looks like Biden is now completely out of the loop, and his own negotiators aren't even bother talking to him anymore (because he's not really their boss now). Blinken just calls him every now and then and says "oh sure things are going great!" and then Biden makes up whatever he thinks people want to hear when someone asks him about it. And then he forgets what he said. ...
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 29, 2024 09:03 AM (S6gqv)
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Possible.

Or they do tell him, and he forgets.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 29, 2024 09:04 AM (HnUIn)

291 I have only come here seeking knowledge...not song quotes.

"You were misinformed" -Rick Blaine, citizen of world, drunkard

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

292 To be fair, Ken Paxton has been suing the Biden administration for years now.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 29, 2024 08:59 AM (Zz0t1)

I do not think he has ever lost. Turned down maybe.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 29, 2024 09:04 AM (ENQN6)

293 I have only come here seeking knowledge...not song quotes.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 29, 2024 09:00 AM (Wnv9h)

Sucks to be you then. This thread is not for knowledge. It's for ignoring links and quoting songs.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 29, 2024 09:02 AM

That doesn't sound like any Police song I ever heard.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 29, 2024 09:05 AM (Wnv9h)

294 Including our very own Senator John Cornyn. A total sell-out and McConnell sycophant.
Posted by: Erik In Texas at February 29, 2024 09:01 AM (QN7a1)

One could argue that he's not a sell-out. He's a Bush era Texas Republican. He continues to be who he's always been. He refuses to change to suit the people who vote in the general but not the primaries.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 29, 2024 09:05 AM (zhLdt)

295
That doesn't sound like any Police song I ever heard.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 29, 2024 09:05 AM (Wnv9h)

It's a humiliating kick in the crotch.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 29, 2024 09:05 AM (Zz0t1)

296 I don't think the Google AI "Gemini" was a failure... it has great potential over at Disney.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 29, 2024 09:05 AM (Q4IgG)

297 Been awake all night worrying about the latest Trump/SCOTUS announcement. I am finally realizing that yes he will get away with all his crimes and will most likely be elected and there is little that I can do about it besides voting. Scary times for sure.

We are so screwed. We really need to start preparing to resist a possible trump presidency.

There are voters who say they won't vote for Biden over the Palestine. I used to have faith in my generation and younger, but it looks like they have brain rot too. Seriously, what do they think a Trump presidency will accomplish?

making extreme leftism palatable that's their goal. they want to destroy the Democratic Party by any means.

Last night someone on MSNBC said we cannot expect the institutions to hold or save us. We have to get out and vote. The question is will the Republican legislatures allow the vote to count and be the determinative factor in certification of state votes for the Electoral college. This is what frightens me.

"There Is No Use Worrying" might as well be the official motto of the Democratic Party.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 29, 2024 09:06 AM (JCZqz)

298 Come for the animal fornication fatwahs.
Stay for the constitutional law.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 29, 2024 09:06 AM (ENQN6)

299 296 I don't think the Google AI "Gemini" was a failure... it has great potential over at Disney.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 29, 2024 09:05 AM (Q4IgG)

Put a chick in it and make her lame and gay with diversity?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 29, 2024 09:06 AM (VoAdT)

300 292 To be fair, Ken Paxton has been suing the Biden administration for years now.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 29, 2024 08:59 AM (Zz0t1)

I do not think he has ever lost. Turned down maybe.
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 29, 2024 09:04 AM (ENQN6)

Paxton was getting close to doing something about Election Interference and vote rigging, until a GOP-e court intervened and said the Texas AG doesn't have the power to investigate vote-rigging. Which was an incredibly stupid ruling, designed just to block Paxton's investigation.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 29, 2024 09:06 AM (S6gqv)

301 BREAKING: Illegals demanding MORE free housing shut down a Seattle City Council meeting
http://tinyurl.com/2s38xw5x
Posted by: redridinghood at February 29, 2024 08:54 AM (NpAcC)

Moochers And Looters...savages.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 29, 2024 09:06 AM (2ijlT)

302 In some cultures, the reiteration of another professional's work can be a sign of respect or flattery towards the person whose work is reiterated.

Quick, provide an example of a scientific breakthrough from one of these Xerox cultures.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 29, 2024 09:06 AM (zhLdt)

303 Not going to lie, seeing the evidence of despair from DU certainly makes my day a bit brighter.

Posted by: American Hawkman at February 29, 2024 09:07 AM (skAOD)

304 I comment,
therefore I am.

Posted by: mindful webworker - at least virtually at February 29, 2024 09:07 AM (MvQqI)

305 I am shocked Weasel and other gun thread pros did not see Mexican Cartels armed with Chyna machine guns in videos!!!!
Drugs and guns.

Posted by: Old Compliance Officer at February 29, 2024 09:07 AM (LcRVs)

306 Read a good explanation as to why Biden keeps saying a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is about to be signed, when everyone close to the negotiations is saying "uh, no. Not even close." Looks like Biden is now completely out of the loop, . . .

Posted by: Tom Servo

Don't disagree. But saying g it just before Michigan and Dearbornistan primary is more than coincidental..

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at February 29, 2024 09:08 AM (FxH7T)

307 This thread is not for knowledge. It's for ignoring links and quoting songs.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 29, 2024 09:02 AM (Zz0t1)

But mostly ignoring links.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 29, 2024 09:08 AM (zhLdt)

308 New York survives, because of Conservatives who have 401ks (me included). Every fee we pay thru funds, trades etc.. fund that marxist shithole. We are boxed in

Posted by: Jonah at February 29, 2024 09:08 AM (BGQYY)

309 It appears that Schumer and McConnell cooperate - collude - to keep the senate impotent through carefully brokering the balance of power while using it to line the pockets of the kleptocracy. How very Our Precious Democracy friendly. By impotent I mean divided do no conservative agenda can ever prevail.

Posted by: Erik In Texas at February 29, 2024 09:08 AM (QN7a1)

310
Paxton was getting close to doing something about Election Interference and vote rigging, until a GOP-e court intervened and said the Texas AG doesn't have the power to investigate vote-rigging. Which was an incredibly stupid ruling, designed just to block Paxton's investigation.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 29, 2024 09:06 AM (S6gqv)

There's an amendment on the ballot currently to correct that and give the AG rights to persue election fraud. It should pass overwhemingly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 29, 2024 09:08 AM (Zz0t1)

311 "Sucks to be you then. This thread is not for knowledge. It's for ignoring links and quoting songs. "

Let us not forget Joe Mannix, and his photo centric contributions.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 29, 2024 09:08 AM (a1415)

312 Students who are from such countries and cultures and who move to the United States or other Western countries (where plagiarism is frowned upon) may find the transition difficult.[21]"
Posted by: LenNeal plagiarizing Wikipedia, see anyone can do it at February 29, 2024 09:01 AM (9yXr+)
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LOL. What a standard. Maybe they should have gone to school in their home countries...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)'

Just to be clear, that is really cut-and-paste from Wikipedia.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 29, 2024 09:08 AM (9yXr+)

313 But mostly ignoring links.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 29, 2024 09:08 AM (zhLdt)

What links?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 29, 2024 09:08 AM (VoAdT)

314 "They just closed a chicago ymca to accomodate illegals yesterday"

I wonder what the process is for taking over that property? My guess is the city/state just offered a fat check, and YMCA rogues said "OK, keep those checks coming".

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

315 Ted Cruz does not fight anymore either

Posted by: Jonah at February 29, 2024 09:09 AM (BGQYY)

316 It's a humiliating kick in the crotch.

Your daily reminder: the turd belongs in the back of your jeans.

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

317 ... Last night someone on MSNBC said we cannot expect the institutions to hold or save us. We have to get out and vote. The question is will the Republican legislatures allow the vote to count and be the determinative factor in certification of state votes for the Electoral college. This is what frightens me. ...
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 29, 2024 09:06 AM (JCZqz)
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It's always interesting to see the truly loony-toon left fail to understand that they are actually correct about all of the corruption and fraud everywhere, but that they are the ones doing it and are the winners.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 29, 2024 09:09 AM (HnUIn)

318 The outcome was simultaneously both astonishing and appalling that it came so close.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 29, 2024 09:02 AM (HnUIn)

Not really. IIRC, only one Republican Senator voted to convict. The real surprise were the counts where a bunch of Dems voted to acquit.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 29, 2024 09:09 AM (zhLdt)

319 "Not all cultures and countries hold the same beliefs about personal ownership of language or ideas. In some cultures, the reiteration of another professional's work can be a sign of respect or flattery towards the person whose work is reiterated.[20] Students who are from such countries and cultures and who move to the United States or other Western countries (where plagiarism is frowned upon) may find the transition difficult.[21]"
Posted by: LenNeal plagiarizing Wikipedia, see anyone can do it at February 29, 2024 09:01 AM (9yXr+)

Now do rape murder arson rape

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 29, 2024 09:10 AM (ENQN6)

320 @EndWokeness

BREAKING: Illegals demanding MORE free housing shut down a Seattle City Council meeting

http://tinyurl.com/2s38xw5x
Posted by: redridinghood at February 29, 2024 08:54 AM (NpAcC)

So, let's see here...

You encourage criminal entry into this country, so that "immigrants" who have no interest in this country beyond money-grubbing taxpayer dollars, and you get

criminal entry into a government meeting to money-grub even more of the taxpayer's dollars.

Imagine that. 🙄

Posted by: naturalfake at February 29, 2024 09:10 AM (nFnyb)

321 Hey you wanna go hang out at the Igriega?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 29, 2024 09:10 AM (VoAdT)

322 Sucks to be you then. This thread is not for knowledge. It's for ignoring links and quoting songs.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 29, 2024 09:02 AM
That doesn't sound like any Police song I ever heard.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState'

You're standing too close to me.

Posted by: Some Brit weirdo with a hard-on for his female students at February 29, 2024 09:10 AM (9yXr+)

323 >>. . . the U.S. intelligence community, under the Obama administration, sought the assistance of the “Five Eyes” intelligence alliance to surveil Donald Trump’s associates before the 2016 election is a chilling reminder of the lengths to which the Deep State will go to protect its interests and challenge its adversaries. (The Five Eyes countries are the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.) This bombshell, reported by a team of independent journalists, exposes a dark chapter in American political history, where foreign intelligence services were reportedly mobilized against a presidential candidate.

Obama's IC spied on the Trump campaign via foreign agencies?
Really?!?!
Are we just now pretending to learn this?

*waves at Jack Straw*

Posted by: Lizzy at February 29, 2024 09:10 AM (6IDWi)

324 Sucks to be you then. This thread is not for knowledge. It's for ignoring links and quoting songs.
Posted by: Sponge

*waves at Sponge*

Posted by: Queensryche at February 29, 2024 09:10 AM (9yWhg)

325 "Who Could Be Next": Top Canadian Pension Fund Sells Manhattan Office Tower For $1, Sparking Firesale Panic

Posted by: SMOD at February 29, 2024 09:10 AM (RHGPo)

326 314. Good question Illini. Mayor Malcolm X junior is a idiot

Posted by: Jonah at February 29, 2024 09:10 AM (BGQYY)

327 That doesn't sound like any Police song I ever heard.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 29, 2024 09:05 AM (Wnv9h)

It's a humiliating kick in the crotch.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 29, 2024 09:05 AM

*golf clap*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 29, 2024 09:11 AM (Wnv9h)

328 I WAS enjoying reading the news of the day, along with pithy and/or humorous comments about same. Then someone used the term "jizz mutton" upthread and now my stomach is upset. I guess it's actually pretty funny, but it just got to me.

Posted by: Li"l Squirt at February 29, 2024 09:11 AM (V5BDR)

329 Just to be clear, that is really cut-and-paste from Wikipedia.
Posted by: LenNeal at February 29, 2024 09:08 AM (9yXr+)
++++
Yes, I don't doubt it. And I do appreciate the humor of the example when pillorying plagiarism.

But the statement itself is hilarious.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 29, 2024 09:11 AM (HnUIn)

330 Wonder how many floaters there are in the YMCA pool right now.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 29, 2024 09:11 AM (R4t5M)

331 Now do rape murder arson rape
Posted by: rhennigantx'

You said 'rape' twice.

Posted by: It should have been more at February 29, 2024 09:11 AM (9yXr+)

332
*waves at Sponge*
Posted by: Queensryche at February 29, 2024 09:10 AM (9yWhg)

*shudders*

*assumes fetal position*

*weeps softly*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 29, 2024 09:11 AM (Zz0t1)

333 >>SC kept Obamacare, but shocked me when they showed spine on Roe

The SC had a much different makeup when the two cases were heard.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 29, 2024 09:11 AM (LkLld)

334 Good:
“Those who are committing crimes, we need to modify the sanctuary city law. If you commit a felony, a violent act, we should be able to turn you over to ICE and have you deported.”

Better:
Those who are committing crimes, we need to modify the sanctuary city law. If you commit a felony, a violent act, we should be able to...load you into a trebuchet for a one way ticket to your place of origen.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at February 29, 2024 09:12 AM (LftXq)

335 12 years of Bush 1 and 2. Only good result was Thomas and Alito

Posted by: Jonah at February 29, 2024 09:12 AM (BGQYY)

336 331 Now do rape murder arson rape
Posted by: rhennigantx'

You said 'rape' twice.
Posted by: It should have been more at February 29, 2024 09:11 AM (9yXr+)

"What what?!"

- - Fat Albert Speer Whoopi

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 29, 2024 09:12 AM (x0n13)

337 305 I am shocked Weasel and other gun thread pros did not see Mexican Cartels armed with Chyna machine guns in videos!!!!
Drugs and guns.

Posted by: Old Compliance Officer at February 29, 2024 09:07 AM (LcRVs)

Weasel prohibits and removes comments about full-auto stuff in the Gun Thread.

Posted by: Gref at February 29, 2024 09:12 AM (5fDan)

338
305 I am shocked Weasel and other gun thread pros did not see Mexican Cartels armed with Chyna machine guns in videos!!!!
Drugs and guns.
Posted by: Old Compliance Officer at February 29, 2024 09:07 AM (LcRVs)

Send lawyers guns and money
the shit has hit the fan

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 29, 2024 09:12 AM (ENQN6)

339 333. Touche

Posted by: Jonah at February 29, 2024 09:12 AM (BGQYY)

340 "Wonder how many floaters there are in the YMCA pool right now."

Another reminder.

Turds go in the pool, not the front of the jeans.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 29, 2024 09:12 AM (a1415)

341 But the statement itself is hilarious.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 29, 2024 09:11 AM (HnUIn)

Yes, all these poor academics from the far flung exotic wilds of Chicago and Manhattan private schools just have no hope of understanding the basic integrity a normal American takes for granted.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 29, 2024 09:12 AM (VoAdT)

342 Those who are committing crimes, we need to modify the sanctuary city law. If you commit a felony, a violent act, we should be able to turn you over to ICE and have you deported.
++++
Why just violent acts? Can illegal aliens not commit DUI or drug crimes or fraud? They *all* commit fraud.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 29, 2024 09:13 AM (HnUIn)

343 Morning everyone, thx JJ. Rachel Maddow has a neck like an offensive lineman. Just thought I'd throw that out there

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 29, 2024 09:13 AM (oyVa+)

344 Just to be clear, that is really cut-and-paste from Wikipedia.
Posted by: LenNeal at February 29, 2024 09:08 AM (9yXr+)

so if I self identify as a Black African, I can plagiarize anything I want, even in scholastic papers. Just like that white Karen named Elizabeth Hoover who self-identified as an American Indian and has run the Native American studies department at Berkeley for years, excluding most real Native Americans and hiring all of her ideological friends instead.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 29, 2024 09:13 AM (S6gqv)

345 Read a good explanation as to why Biden keeps saying a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is about to be signed, when everyone close to the negotiations is saying "uh, no. Not even close." Looks like Biden is now completely out of the loop,

Biden wants/needs the issue to go away quickly, and look like a minor win for the Palestinians to keep both Jews and Muslims in the voter pool. Israel isn't playing along, so...Biden hypes up a deal is near, nothing materializes, and Biden can blame Israel for sabotaging the process and not being serious participants in peace, giving him a freer hand to reduce support for them.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 29, 2024 09:13 AM (JCZqz)

346 Morning everyone, thx JJ. Rachel Maddow has a neck like an offensive lineman. Just thought I'd throw that out there
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 29, 2024 09:13 AM (oyVa+)

With a neck like that, its almost a shame she denies her true calling of deep throating.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 29, 2024 09:14 AM (Zz0t1)

347 RIP Stacy Wakefield. After losing her husband to brain cancer last Christmas, she died yesterday of pancreatic cancer. Beautiful, a great mother and loving wife. A tireless worker for children. She leaves behind two kids, aged 19 and 18.

Posted by: The Frumious Follywood at February 29, 2024 09:14 AM (wN4US)

348 >>BREAKING: Illegals demanding MORE free housing shut down a Seattle City Council meeting

"Wait 'till they start burning down the immigrant housing centers in protest over things like food and unmet demands for the latest iphones and cosmetic dentistry."
-- Europe

Posted by: Lizzy at February 29, 2024 09:14 AM (6IDWi)

349 Yes, all these poor academics from the far flung exotic wilds of Chicago and Manhattan private schools just have no hope of understanding the basic integrity a normal American takes for granted.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 29, 2024 09:12 AM (VoAdT)
++++
There's a lot of truth to this statement.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 29, 2024 09:15 AM (HnUIn)

350 Maddow has a strong neck from all those carpets she cleaned

Posted by: Jonah at February 29, 2024 09:15 AM (BGQYY)

351 Morning everyone, thx JJ. Rachel Maddow has a neck like an offensive lineman. Just thought I'd throw that out there
Posted by: Smell the Glove'

I'm okay with the sheep-fucking talk, I've been to the Mid-East and people like to brag, but man, that neck thing just grossed me right out.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 29, 2024 09:15 AM (9yXr+)

352 Labour MP Says "Millions Of White Men" 'Beat Or Murder' Women In The UK Every Week

In response to debate over Muslim ‘no-go’ areas...

Posted by: SMOD at February 29, 2024 09:15 AM (RHGPo)

353 Any truth to the rumor they did Biden's physical in the memory care unit at Walter Read?

Posted by: The Frumious Follywood at February 29, 2024 09:16 AM (wN4US)

354 347. Yes RIP.

Posted by: Jonah at February 29, 2024 09:16 AM (BGQYY)

355 333 >>SC kept Obamacare, but shocked me when they showed spine on Roe

The SC had a much different makeup when the two cases were heard.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 29, 2024 09:11 AM (LkLld)

Roe was gone once the Notorious RBG finally died. She kept it going for years and years after support for it had evaporated. The biggest legal debate going had become "how do we continue to support Roe in spite of the fact that it is so obviously a terrible, unconstitutional ruling?" That's what those who criticize the decision never address.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 29, 2024 09:16 AM (S6gqv)

356 352 Labour MP Says "Millions Of White Men" 'Beat Or Murder' Women In The UK Every Week

In response to debate over Muslim ‘no-go’ areas...
Posted by: SMOD at February 29, 2024 09:15 AM (RHGPo)

Oh, yeah, sure, like they're going to ban soccer over there now.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 29, 2024 09:16 AM (VoAdT)

357 Labour MP Says "Millions Of White Men" 'Beat Or Murder' Women In The UK Every Week

In response to debate over Muslim ‘no-go’ areas...
Posted by: SMOD at February 29, 2024 09:15 AM (RHGPo)
++++
Tell me you have no concept of numbers without telling me that you have no concept of numbers.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 29, 2024 09:16 AM (HnUIn)

358 >>>Labour MP Says "Millions Of White Men" 'Beat Or Murder' Women In The UK Every Week
==============
"Millions"

Expel his fat ass.

Posted by: The Frumious Follywood at February 29, 2024 09:17 AM (wN4US)

359 353 Any truth to the rumor they did Biden's physical in the memory care unit at Walter Read?
Posted by: The Frumious Follywood at February 29, 2024 09:16 AM (wN4US)

In fact his brain is still there, in a jar. They replaced it with an animatronic control unit and sent the body back out.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 29, 2024 09:17 AM (S6gqv)

360 Walter Reed is controlled by Pentagon. Doctors do great work on the troops, but they will never give Biden a bad exam

Posted by: Jonah at February 29, 2024 09:17 AM (BGQYY)

361 Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) said Wednesday on CNN’s “The Source” that he would never vote for former President Donald Trump for president over President Joe Biden, who is in Walter Reed hospital after a stroke.

Posted by: SMOD at February 29, 2024 09:17 AM (RHGPo)

362 >>Obama's IC spied on the Trump campaign via foreign agencies?
Really?!?!
Are we just now pretending to learn this?

*waves at Jack Straw*

Good morning Lizzy. I think we will eventually find out it wasn't so much that Obama ordered the CIA/FBI/NSA, etc, to spy on Trump as it was a mutual arrangement. The deep state IS the CIA and Obama became a full partner.

Our foreign policy for decades has been largely about regime change in one form or another and the intel community has been up to their eyeballs in it. What they were doing in Ukraine became dangerous with some like Trump in office so they tried to stop him from winning and when that didn't work ran a cold revolution on us that is still going on.

All the things we are seeing, the take over of the media, censorship, corrupt DOJ and courts, turning Trump into a corrupt monster .. it's all part of a textbook cold revolution.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 29, 2024 09:17 AM (LkLld)

363 "Tell me you have no concept of numbers without telling me that you have no concept of numbers."

Bump-stocks allow an AR-15 to fire 800 bullets per second.

:KJB

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 29, 2024 09:18 AM (a1415)

364 In fact his brain is still there, in a jar. They replaced it with an animatronic control unit and sent the body back out.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 29, 2024 09:17 AM (S6gqv)
++++
If they had the technology, they would have. The outcomes would be better.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 29, 2024 09:18 AM (HnUIn)

365 359. They replaced Biden's head with Ted Williams?

Posted by: Jonah at February 29, 2024 09:18 AM (BGQYY)

366 252, I was a bit harsh there. You have to read the book to get his point it should not be I that explains it. Of course, there are interesting insights, but one of his major points is the west keeps trying to change Africa and Africa will not change. he literally says stop sending them technology and aide, trying to make them Western. He says the natives should continue to get water from a well and hike it around in baskets just like they did 2000 years ago. Society has shown that this method works, and all the other methods that people from outside of Africa try to give them always fail.

It is an interesting book for sure. Anything Thoureax writes is good. It is not all negative, but he writes about what he sees.

Posted by: Quint at February 29, 2024 09:18 AM (m7zyM)

367 RoboPlugs.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 29, 2024 09:18 AM (R4t5M)

368 365 359. They replaced Biden's head with Ted Williams?
Posted by: Jonah at February 29, 2024 09:18 AM (BGQYY)

More like a Williams pinball machine.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 29, 2024 09:18 AM (VoAdT)

369 "Tell me you have no concept of numbers without telling me that you have no concept of numbers."

Bump-stocks allow an AR-15 to fire 800 bullets per second.

:KJB
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 29, 2024 09:18 AM (a1415)

The intellectual abilities of our elected 'betters' are mindboggling.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 29, 2024 09:18 AM (Zz0t1)

370 Have they released any results of Biden's phony physical yet?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 29, 2024 09:19 AM (9yWhg)

371 361. We already picked up a seat in 2024, when Mittens retired

Posted by: Jonah at February 29, 2024 09:19 AM (BGQYY)

372 "If Derek Chauvin can be held responsible for his official conduct, then why not judges, prosecutors, and politicians for theirs?"
=====================
I vote "Yes!"

Let's make this happen.

Posted by: The Frumious Follywood at February 29, 2024 09:19 AM (wN4US)

373 so if I self identify as a Black African, I can plagiarize anything I want, even in scholastic papers. Just like that white Karen named Elizabeth Hoover who self-identified as an American Indian and has run the Native American studies department at Berkeley for years, excluding most real Native Americans and hiring all of her ideological friends instead.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 29, 2024 09:13 AM (S6gqv)

Now do Liz Liwatha Warren

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 29, 2024 09:19 AM (ENQN6)

374 370 Have they released any results of Biden's phony physical yet?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 29, 2024 09:19 AM (9yWhg)

They did an IQ test on him.

Lucky for everybody, it came back negative.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 29, 2024 09:20 AM (VoAdT)

375 Collin Rugg
@CollinRugg

NEW: Far-left MSNBC host Rachel Maddow works herself into a panic and claims Donald Trump will remain in office for life if elected in 2024.

I’m convinced MSNBC is actually just an insane asylum.

“When [Supreme Court] inevitably rule that presidents aren't immune from prosecution after they leave office, what that will tell Donald Trump if by then he is president, is that he can never leave the office of the presidency.”

“If he is voted out in 2028, he cannot leave office and he is welcome to commit any crimes he wants to, as long as he is still president, in order to ignore the result of that election and stay in power for life, because otherwise he's gonna go to prison when he gets out.”

http://tinyurl.com/2zkzv665

Posted by: redridinghood at February 29, 2024 09:20 AM (NpAcC)

376 It means Wrong Hole.

Posted by: Just the Punchline at February 29, 2024 09:20 AM (aD39U)

377 Roe was gone once the Notorious RBG finally died. She kept it going for years and years after support for it had evaporated. The biggest legal debate going had become "how do we continue to support Roe in spite of the fact that it is so obviously a terrible, unconstitutional ruling?" That's what those who criticize the decision never address.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 29, 2024 09:16 AM (S6gqv)

The funny thing, for certain clues of funny, was-

that RBG herself gassed on during her Senate confirmation hearing about how non-un-constitutional the ruling in favor of abortion originally was.

But, of course, that didn't matter.

Stupid ole 10th amendment! On the wrong side of history and such.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 29, 2024 09:21 AM (nFnyb)

378 >>Labour MP Says "Millions Of White Men" 'Beat Or Murder' Women In The UK Every Week

"We resent the misgendering -- and JK can still sod off!!"
--UK Transmen

Posted by: Lizzy at February 29, 2024 09:21 AM (6IDWi)

379 A Croatian study found that "small"-language (languages with less of a digital footprint) written material is not supported by the larger base of plagiarism-detection tools, and that languages with more of a digital footprint and more outreach tend to be better supported'

This is an interesting point! In working editing in the Balkans I constantly find that academics who were trained in Socialist regimes tend to 'parrot' and even outright copy-paste, as that's what they know how to do. They have difficulty even building original thought-structures, as their entire professional lives were formed by Socialist compression, and they honestly believe their parroting and 'plagiarism' IS academic work and that they should be rewarded for it.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 29, 2024 09:21 AM (9yXr+)

380 "Who Could Be Next": Top Canadian Pension Fund Sells Manhattan Office Tower For $1, Sparking Firesale Panic
Posted by: SMOD at February 29, 2024 09:10 AM (RHGPo)

Their facilities were magnificent! Best in the city.

Posted by: George Costanza at February 29, 2024 09:21 AM (2ijlT)

381 Society has shown that this method works, and all the other methods that people from outside of Africa try to give them always fail.

It is an interesting book for sure. Anything Thoureax writes is good. It is not all negative, but he writes about what he sees.
Posted by: Quint at February 29, 2024 09:18 AM (m7zyM)

Hamas dug up water pipes from UN to make rockets.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 29, 2024 09:21 AM (ENQN6)

382 color not cold

multitasking is not going well

Posted by: JackStraw at February 29, 2024 09:21 AM (LkLld)

383 Good morning, everyone, and thank you, J.J.

Despite concerning PA and, specifically, a Lancaster county Amish (who, reportedly, have supported #45) farmer, it may be of broader interest.

@ScottPresler
‼️Today, Thursday, February 29th, is the peaceful rally in support of Amish Amos Miller‼️
Amos’ farm was raided by the Pennsylvania Dept. of Agriculture & thousands of dollars worth of food is being detained.
➡️His court hearing is today⬅️ & this case should concern you. If the Dept. of Agriculture is given the authority to stop Amos from providing food to his private association members, it will not stop there.
Make no mistake, the Dept, of Agriculture is waging a war on the Amish, raw milk, & farmers. This is happening across the country & won’t stop w/ PA. State governments could even have the authority to come after anyone that grows food in a garden.

🤝We need as many people as possible to join in solidarity at this rally.

When: Thursday, February 29th
Time: 11:30 a.m. (Rally)
1:30 p.m. (Court Hearing)
Where: Lancaster Courthouse
50 N. Duke Street
Lancaster, PA 17602

First Amos, then US.

Posted by: L - We're done for now. We just don't have the guts to turn off the lights on the show at February 29, 2024 09:21 AM (GshMh)

384 Ooops - UK Transwomen
I get confused. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at February 29, 2024 09:22 AM (6IDWi)

385 325 "Who Could Be Next": Top Canadian Pension Fund Sells Manhattan Office Tower For $1, Sparking Firesale Panic

Posted by: SMOD at February 29, 2024 09:10 AM (RHGPo)

Reap me.

Posted by: The Whirlwind at February 29, 2024 09:22 AM (aD39U)

386 Hamas dug up water pipes from UN to make rockets.
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 29, 2024 09:21 AM (ENQN6)

I'd bet those pipes never even touched soil.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 29, 2024 09:22 AM (VoAdT)

387 What what?!"

- - Fat Albert Speer Whoopi
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
+++
Speaking of Whoopi, I saw a bit of the View on a screen at the gym yesterday. What the hell is the look that she's going for?
She's always been hideous.
Now she looks like she could play an alien in a sci-fi movie. And she wouldn't need any makeup.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at February 29, 2024 09:23 AM (dr4Q1)

388 Bitcoin at 62 k

Posted by: Jonah at February 29, 2024 09:23 AM (BGQYY)

389 359 353 Any truth to the rumor they did Biden's physical in the memory care unit at Walter Read?
Posted by: The Frumious Follywood at February 29, 2024 09:16 AM (wN4US)

In fact his brain is still there, in a jar. They replaced it with an animatronic control unit and sent the body back out.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 29, 2024 09:17 AM (S6gqv)

I want to know if Joe's FedGov-paid personal doctor did the blood and urine analyses at the White House and gave a copy of the results to the doctors at Walter Reed. IYKWIM

Posted by: Gref at February 29, 2024 09:23 AM (5fDan)

390 Labour MP Says "Millions Of White Men" 'Beat Or Murder' Women In The UK Every Week'

Counterpoint, Benny Hill:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlJi8nmBOC8

Posted by: LenNeal at February 29, 2024 09:23 AM (9yXr+)

391 Having Ted Williams functioning head on Biden would be ok. As I recall Williams was pretty conservative

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 29, 2024 09:23 AM (oyVa+)

392 Two scientists at a high-security infectious disease laboratory in Canada lost their jobs after reviews found they failed to protect sensitive material and information and did not acknowledge links with China, newly released records show.

The scientists, Xiangguo Qiu and her husband, Keding Cheng, were stripped of their security clearances in 2019 at Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory over questions about their loyalty to Canada and the potential for coercion or exploitation by a foreign entity, the documents say.

Posted by: SMOD at February 29, 2024 09:24 AM (RHGPo)

393 This "raw milk" controversy escapes me. Why does the FDA make such a big deal of this? Willing buyer, willing seller, everyone knows the risks...

Posted by: The Frumious Follywood at February 29, 2024 09:24 AM (wN4US)

394 Every ten seconds, a woman is beaten in England.

And she's really starting to get sick of it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 29, 2024 09:24 AM (VoAdT)

395 “Every day between now and November, the American people are going to know that the only reason the border is not secure is Donald Trump and his MAGA Republican friends,” Biden promised on February.

Unfortunately for Biden, 57 percent of 2,022 registered agree with Trump’s criticism of the establishment’s February pro-migration border bill, according to a February 21-22 poll by the Harvard Center for American Political Studies and The Harris Poll.

A February 8-12 poll by Monmouth University showed that 47 percent of 902 adults dismissed the establishment bill as “not tough enough.”

Posted by: SMOD at February 29, 2024 09:25 AM (RHGPo)

396 German Warship Accidentally Targets US Drone In Red Sea: REPORT

The amusing thing is that both missiles missed.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 29, 2024 09:25 AM (aD39U)

397 @325 SMOD , Canadian pension fund sued by NY AG James for property valuation fraud in 3, 2, .....

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 29, 2024 09:25 AM (oyVa+)

398 England now defines mid-eastern men as white so the quote on beatings and murder is legit.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 29, 2024 09:25 AM (yoeut)

399 >>Good morning Lizzy. I think we will eventually find out it wasn't so much that Obama ordered the CIA/FBI/NSA, etc, to spy on Trump as it was a mutual arrangement. The deep state IS the CIA and Obama became a full partner. . .

Yup. Norm Eisen's Color Revolution playbook, and it was more than just IC, it was a lot of longtime DC subversives, the kind that populated Hillary's shadow government while SoS, etc.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 29, 2024 09:26 AM (6IDWi)

400 Even with Roe, Democrats largely ignored SCOTUS, by finding ways to abort long after 23 weeks (or whatever the guideline was).

Posted by: illiniwek at February 29, 2024 09:26 AM (Cus5s)

401 questions about their loyalty to Canada and the potential for coercion or exploitation by a foreign entity, the documents say.
Posted by: SMOD at February 29, 2024 09:24 AM (RHGPo)

I just realized that that is the first time in my life i've ever encountered the words "loyalty to Canada" in that order.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 29, 2024 09:26 AM (VoAdT)

402
The amusing thing is that both missiles missed.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 29, 2024 09:25 AM (aD39U)

The Volkswagen Beatle of defense systems.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 29, 2024 09:26 AM (Zz0t1)

403 >>A February 8-12 poll by Monmouth University showed that 47 percent of 902 adults dismissed the establishment bill as “not tough enough.”

Even more remarkable is that a large majority now support building a wall.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 29, 2024 09:26 AM (LkLld)

404 396 German Warship Accidentally Targets US Drone In Red Sea: REPORT

The amusing thing is that both missiles missed.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 29, 2024 09:25 AM (aD39U)

Maybe we should call them hittles so they hit . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 29, 2024 09:26 AM (x0n13)

405 >>England now defines mid-eastern men as white so the quote on beatings and murder is legit.

Thought they were referred to as "Asian?"
But this is one of those instances where Asian = White, huh?

Posted by: Lizzy at February 29, 2024 09:27 AM (6IDWi)

406 This "raw milk" controversy escapes me. Why does the FDA make such a big deal of this? Willing buyer, willing seller, everyone knows the risks...
Posted by: The Frumious Follywood at February 29, 2024 09:24 AM (wN4US)

Like all of the federales, they have to look like they are "doing" something to protect their phoney baloney jobs.

Abolish The FDA.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 29, 2024 09:27 AM (2ijlT)

407 Maybe we should call them hittles so they hit . . .
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 29, 2024 09:26 AM (x0n13)

If a missiler is someone who fires missiles....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 29, 2024 09:27 AM (VoAdT)

408 Maybe we should call them hittles so they hit . . .
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 29, 2024 09:26 AM (x0n13)

Ha ha, yesssss!

Posted by: Ed McMahon at February 29, 2024 09:27 AM (aD39U)

409 @EndWokeness

BREAKING: Illegals demanding MORE free housing shut down a Seattle City Council meeting

http://tinyurl.com/2s38xw5x
Posted by: redridinghood at February 29, 2024 08:54 AM (NpAcC)

Don't the owners of lettuce and tomato farms provide housing for the millions of 'asylum seekers' working on them?

Posted by: Gref at February 29, 2024 09:27 AM (5fDan)

410 German Warship Accidentally Targets US Drone In Red Sea: REPORT

The amusing thing is that both missiles missed.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 29, 2024 09:25 AM (aD39U)

we planned it that way !

---NATO

Posted by: runner at February 29, 2024 09:28 AM (V13WU)

411 Two scientists at a high-security infectious disease laboratory in Canada lost their jobs after reviews found they failed to protect sensitive material and information and did not acknowledge links with China, newly released records show.

The scientists, Xiangguo Qiu and her husband, Keding Cheng, were stripped of their security clearances in 2019 at Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory over questions about their loyalty to Canada and the potential for coercion or exploitation by a foreign entity, the documents say.
Posted by: SMOD at February 29, 2024 09:24 AM (RHGPo)

We were completely blindsided that Xiangguo Qiu and her husband, Keding Cheng had ties to China. Literally no one could have seen that. -- Canadian government

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 29, 2024 09:28 AM (zhLdt)

412 380 "Who Could Be Next": Top Canadian Pension Fund Sells Manhattan Office Tower For $1, Sparking Firesale Panic
Posted by: SMOD at February 29, 2024 09:10 AM (RHGPo)
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If that's the Ontario Teachers Pension Fund group, they're very, very sharp -- Pelosi-like but without the corrupt insider information.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 29, 2024 09:28 AM (2yu8s)

413
In old Brooklyn, we called the tough kids "hitters."

Pronounced "hit-izz."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 29, 2024 09:28 AM (x0n13)

414 I just realized that that is the first time in my life i've ever encountered the words "loyalty to Canada" in that order.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Canada is just a front for Big Poutine.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 29, 2024 09:28 AM (9yWhg)

415 >>This "raw milk" controversy escapes me. Why does the FDA make such a big deal of this? Willing buyer, willing seller, everyone knows the risks...

Big Dairy!
But more seriously, they probably are lobbied by the Dairy industry to not allow outliers.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 29, 2024 09:28 AM (6IDWi)

416
Don't the owners of lettuce and tomato farms provide housing for the millions of 'asylum seekers' working on them?
Posted by: Gref at February 29, 2024 09:27 AM (5fDan)

As if those protesting in Seattle are here to work......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 29, 2024 09:29 AM (Zz0t1)

417 "Who Could Be Next": Top Canadian Pension Fund Sells Manhattan Office Tower For $1, Sparking Firesale Panic
Posted by: SMOD at February 29, 2024 09:10 AM (RHGPo)
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America's urban cores are dying. Welcome to the party. It's going to get a lot bigger.

COVID work-from-home and relocations (authorized or not) and the decay of the urban cores into crime-ridden, dangerous, filthy shit holes have both had consequences.

It was at least a year ago that the square-foot price for good office space in suburban Seattle outpriced Class A office space in the Seattle central business district.

Businesses will pay *more* for decent space outside the downtown corridors and inside. Because those downtown corridors are awful. Crime, filth, general danger, instability and even worse government than the blue bastion suburbs that surround them. It's better for business, and makes it more likely that your employees will actually come to work.

And we haven't even gotten to interest rates, foreign capital and REIT problems that big Class A properties are facing yet...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 29, 2024 09:29 AM (HnUIn)

418 The header picture for this post. *laughs*

Well done, J.J.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 29, 2024 09:29 AM (qPw5n)

419 >>Yup. Norm Eisen's Color Revolution playbook, and it was more than just IC, it was a lot of longtime DC subversives, the kind that populated Hillary's shadow government while SoS, etc.

I don't even consider the State Dept a separate agency anymore. The line between State and the intel community has basically been erased.

USAID, for example, is technically under State but it is nothing more than a CIA slush fund.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 29, 2024 09:29 AM (LkLld)

420
Pronounced "hit-izz."
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 29, 2024 09:28 AM (x0n13)

Rhymes with snizz.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at February 29, 2024 09:29 AM (Zz0t1)

421 You are the man, JJ! Love this Morning Report but I would warn all members of The Horde to remember Reagan's axiom "trust but verify."
And when dealing with the most unpleasant of human scum - McConnel - keep Reagan's words in mind. Mitchie is a serial liar (as Senator Cruz once revealed) and we know how he sabotaged countless primaries and did his best with RINO and Dem help to destroy Roy Moore's reputation. Mitch will answer to God for this since none of his whores like Cornyn or Thune will ever hold him accountable but WE still remember. And we won't forget.
Oh yeah, since it's been a minute, Fuck Brian Kemp too!

2020: NEVER FORGET, NEVER FORGIVE.

Posted by: Tracy at February 29, 2024 09:29 AM (IPIyO)

422 This "raw milk" controversy escapes me. Why does the FDA make such a big deal of this? Willing buyer, willing seller, everyone knows the risks...
Posted by: The Frumious Follywood at February 29, 2024 09:24 AM (wN4US

Because the fascist superstate opposes anything that falls outside their regulatory structures - those structures ensure that nobody can be competitive outside of their corporate partners in power, so deviance can't be tolerated.

If you wanna sell milk, work for Lactalis Group. If you want to buy it, go to Kroger. Or subsistence farm. Or starve. But don't dare color outside the lines.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 29, 2024 09:30 AM (0FoWg)

423 .

NOOD Art

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 29, 2024 09:30 AM (qPw5n)

424 Hamas dug up water pipes from UN to make rockets.
Posted by: rhennigantx'

No they didn't, those thieving bastards!

Posted by: Gerald Bull at February 29, 2024 09:31 AM (9yXr+)

425 And conservative Canada has known about the Red Chinese spies in Winnipeg's pandemic biolab since they were allowed to quit and leave just like you've all known about the spying on candidate Trump and President Trump since it began in 2016.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at February 29, 2024 09:31 AM (2yu8s)

426 Huh. It's real, just not here. Per Wikipedia:

Lactalis is a French multinational dairy products corporation, owned by the Besnier family and based in Laval, Mayenne, France. The company's former name was Besnier SA.

Lactalis is the largest dairy products group in the world, and is the second largest food products group in France, behind Danone.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 29, 2024 09:32 AM (HnUIn)

427 "A Japanese crime syndicate played middleman for the mullahs."
DEA Halts Weapons-Grade Plutonium En Route to Iran
======================
Mitch Rapp would be useful right about now.

Posted by: The Frumious Follywood at February 29, 2024 09:32 AM (lw93O)

428 Paxton is that rare guy who comes across as personally unprepossessing and mild-mannered but is a fearless warrior.

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 29, 2024 09:32 AM (ZERUl)

429 " This "raw milk" controversy escapes me. Why does the FDA make such a big deal of this? Willing buyer, willing seller, everyone knows the risks." Posted by: The Frumious Follywood

imo there is a need for an active FDA, as there are many bad products that should be regulated, kept off the shelves. BUT whether that is the case with Amish suppliers, idk.

Posted by: illiniwek at February 29, 2024 09:33 AM (Cus5s)

430 Now
WSJ, Business, New York Attorney General Sues Meatpacker JBS Over Climate Claims. Suit comes as Brazil-based JBS pursues an NYSE listing; meat giant has committed to net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, By Patrick Thomas, Updated Feb. 28, 2024

02/28/24, in part “As families continue to face the daily impacts of the climate crisis, they are willing to spend more of their hard-earned money on products from brands that are better for the environment,” said Attorney General James.

Then
Reuters, US senators have 'deep concerns' over JBS New York listing plans, by Leah Douglas, Fri, Jan 12, 2024

In part, "Those events, plus allegations by environmental activists that the company's cattle sourcing practices contribute to Amazon deforestation, present "deep concerns" about the potential listing, said the 15 senators, who include Democrats Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker, and Republicans Marco Rubio and Josh Hawley.

"Approval of JBS' proposed listing would subject U.S. investors to risk from a company with a history of blatant, systemic corruption, and further entrench its monopoly power and embolden its monopoly practices," they wrote in the letter first reported by Reuters."

Posted by: L - We're done for now. We just don't have the guts to turn off the lights on the show at February 29, 2024 09:35 AM (GshMh)

431 I had a guy from Pennsylvania that sold cider that was not pasteurized. You could make good hard cider from it, you didn’t even have to add yeast just put it in a carboy with an air plug, boom, hard cider.

I think even that might’ve been illegal though if so, that would be stupid. But stupid was never the basis of making modern laws.

Posted by: Quint at February 29, 2024 09:37 AM (m7zyM)

432 FDA should have stopped Fauci/Birx from killing a million or so, but they enable them instead.

Posted by: illiniwek at February 29, 2024 09:37 AM (Cus5s)

433 429, Americans do not get to eat good cheese because of the FDA. Europe gets good cheese. If you have ever had brie de meaux in the USA, you have never had brie de meaux.

Posted by: Quint at February 29, 2024 09:40 AM (m7zyM)

434 "Biden Traveling to One of the Slowest Areas, Trump Stopping at a Busy Area." Any area in which Biden is located is automatically a slow area.

Posted by: Bud Norton at February 29, 2024 09:41 AM (6cOMd)

435 325 "Who Could Be Next": Top Canadian Pension Fund Sells Manhattan Office Tower For $1, Sparking Firesale Panic

Posted by: SMOD

Well, now. I'm not the brightest bulb but I have to think no wonder #45's properties, businesses & $$$ is so crucial to certain governmental administrations.

Surely, our nation's hat didn't pull that out of its a** just yesterday, and without notice to the state and county.

Posted by: L - We're done for now. We just don't have the guts to turn off the lights on the show at February 29, 2024 09:43 AM (GshMh)

436 Having removed "Sovereign Immunity" from federal agencies, the SCOTUS needs to remove "Sovereign Immunity" for writing unconstitutional laws, and apply that not only to the Federal Government but to state governments. That way, legislators and Governors can be sued for creating such acts. It is very hard to imagine that creating unconstitutional acts is a proper function of any government in this country. The Constitution is written in plain and simple English, there is no excuse for writing unconstitutional "laws". Making legislators and Governors personally liable financially to the citizens for violating their rights will bring their tyranny to its knees. Give them "The process is the punishment".

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at February 29, 2024 09:50 AM (CecP5)

437 MSNSDAP's Maddow: ‘Craven’ Supreme Court Trying to Help Trump

The SCOTUS decision to hear was inevitable.
The Appellate opinion is .. to be nice .. incomplete.

The appeals court did a complete shit show of an opinion.
Instead of adding value to the various sides of this argument, they left so much unanswered that it will take until the end of the SCOTUS session in June to write a complete opinion.

Posted by: SMOD at February 29, 2024 09:54 AM (RHGPo)

438 Andrew Weissmann: The Supreme Court has given Trump the win

The Supreme Court on Wednesday laid out a hearing schedule on former President Donald Trump's claims of presidential immunity that raises significant doubts that the election interference case against him will go to trial before the 2024 election. Former Justice Department prosecutor Andrew Weissmann discusses.

... Weissmann seems to miss the irony of an election interference case

Posted by: SMOD at February 29, 2024 10:06 AM (RHGPo)

439
It's the nature of young men to challenge status quo.
Not surprising and very good news.

Neither is RFK Jr.'s support for Rand Paul.

Posted by: Mark Twang at February 29, 2024 10:37 AM (PFf0g)

440 "Home of the Daley Machine that coined the phrase 'Vote early and often.' "

Boston would challenge that contention...

"Vote often and early for James Michael Curley"

Posted by: lyford at February 29, 2024 10:42 AM (gb+vr)

441 A rudimentary physics education should clue anybody in that nobody is firing 800 rounds per second of 5.56x45mm from the shoulder. Just rough estimates, that's what, 800 3.5g projectiles at something like 900 m/s every second? That's about 2,500N of thrust, or something like 550lbs.

You don't need a degree from Harvard for that, just high school physics and a pocket calculator.

Posted by: DaveL at February 29, 2024 11:29 AM (EgqcE)

442 These white Liberals are a piece of work. They got the black man doing all their dirty work for them. Bragg, Willis, James now this idiot from Chicago having her "hold my beer" moment

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