THE MORNING RANT: Media’s Gotchas on Trump Keep Bringing Coverage to Otherwise Embargoed Stories

While the presidential horserace isn’t my normal lane around here, and even though Donald Trump wasn’t my first choice for the Republican nominee (DeSantis was my guy), I’m going to chime in on something I’m enjoying all over again about the media’s relationship with Trump. In their unhinged desire to politically harm Trump with “fact checks” and wall-to-wall outrage about some “extreme” comment he said, they also end up providing coverage of stories that the Democrats need their media allies not to report on. Here are just two recent examples:

1) The “Bloodbath” Storyline: With almost perfect coordination, pretty much every legacy media source ran headlines hyping Trump’s call for a “bloodbath” if he loses the 2024 election.

Social media and conservative new sites quickly provided an abundance of examples of Democrats and left-wing media members saying the same word, so the outrage quickly fizzled out.

But before “the bloodbath scandal” started fading, it was impossible for media stories and TV panels to completely avoid the context of Trump’s remarks, specifically that those words were spoken while he was condemning the Biden administration for its commitment to destroying the traditional American auto industry with EV mandates.

Here’s just one example from the Washington Post:

“Trump predicts 'bloodbath' if he isn't elected” [Washington Post – 3/18/2024]

At a rally in Ohio on March 16, former president Donald Trump, speaking about his proposal for a tariff on Chinese-made cars, told the crowd: "Now, if I don’t get elected, it's going to be a bloodbath for the whole - that's going to be the least of it. It's going to be a bloodbath for the country."

As terrifying as the headline is, there is no way to cover the story without partially discussing the auto industry angle.

Meanwhile, there seems to be a consensus that Michigan is in play this election. Here are some recent headlines.

“CNN Poll Shows Trump With 8-Point Lead Over Biden in Michigan” – 3/22/2024

“Biden’s Michigan Problem” [The Hill – 02/27/2024]

What Joe Biden doesn’t need right now is the media highlighting a Trump speech about Biden’s anti-auto worker policies, but that is exactly what the media did when it launched the “bloodbath” outrage. They thought this might finally be the story that causes irreparable damage to Trump. Instead, they may have contributed to Joe Biden losing Michigan.

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2) “Fact-Checking” Trump’s Claims that Biden is Flying Migrants into the Country: This is an amazing example of the media being baited into covering a story that the Democrats desperately needed to keep muzzled.

In his Super Tuesday victory speech in early March, Donald Trump said the following: “Today it was announced that 325,000 people were flown in from parts unknown - migrants were flown in airplane, not going through borders ... It was unbelievable. I said that must be a mistake. They flew 325,000 migrants. Flew them in over the borders and into our country.”

Trump slams 'unbelievable' report 325,000 migrants have been flown into the U.S. on secret flights under Biden and claims Democrats 'want' open borders https://t.co/5wc9igSWlI pic.twitter.com/XHTnhJi3s5
— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) March 6, 2024

The media’s comically partisan “fact checkers” were activated and they enthusiastically announced that they had caught Trump making a false statement about this topic. But the false statement wasn’t that the Biden administration is flying “migrants” directly into the US from other countries, nor was the number quoted by Trump disputed. Nope, the big falsehood according to the media was that Trump said “parts unknown” when in fact it was known that these aliens were being flown in from Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba, and Nicaragua.

“Fact Focus: Claims Biden administration is secretly flying migrants into the country are unfounded” [AP – 3/06/2024]

The migrants are not coming in from “parts unknown,” as Trump charged. CBP vets each one for eligibility and publishes the number of airport arrivals from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.

You got him this time, fact checkers! Well done.

Also, even though Trump himself never stated that the migrant flights were “secret,” the media decided to fact check the report to which Trump was referencing, which had called the flights “secretive.”

In his Super Tuesday victory speech, former President Donald Trump elevated false information that had gone viral on social media, claiming the Biden administration secretly flew hundreds of thousands of migrants into the United States.
Angelo Fernández Hernández, a White House spokesperson, said Wednesday that reports of secretly flying people into the country were “categorically false” and that Cubans, Haitian, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans were “thoroughly screened.”

Again, the “fact-checkers” don’t dispute that hundreds of thousands of aliens were flown into the US by the Biden administration, instead they debunked the alleged claim that the flights were done secretly. That is too funny, as is the notion that “thoroughly screened” negates any claim about secretiveness. Non sequitur much? In addition, I don’t think it’s being pedantic to point out that “secretly” and “secretive” have different meanings. The media was debunking a claim that no one, including Trump ever made.

Above all else, with so many media organizations “fact checking” this story, they provided abundant mainstream media exposure to a story that is extremely damaging to Democrats – one that the media never would have covered if they weren’t playing “Get Trump.” Other than affluent white leftists in safe enclaves, there are few voting blocs or demographic groups that support Biden’s inhumane, open-borders program.

But the story gets even better. With all the media coverage about the “migrant flights,” Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) offered up an amendment to the recently passed funding legislation which would have banned taxpayer dollars from being used for these flights. Every single Democrat Senator voted against Hagerty’s amendment. Those facing re-election this November will be seeing that vote highlighted in political ads run by their Republican opponents this Fall.

Tonight every single Senate Democrat voted against my amendment that would stop Biden Admin from using taxpayer dollars to charter flights for hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens from their countries directly to American towns to be resettled.

Indefensible. pic.twitter.com/ofTnhSPnY8
— Senator Bill Hagerty (@SenatorHagerty) March 23, 2024

Maybe Trump is a mastermind who is manipulating the media to cover stories they would otherwise embargo, or maybe the media just doesn’t have the self-control to avoid stepping on rakes around Trump.

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 29, 2024 11:00 AM (Zz0t1)

2 last

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 29, 2024 11:01 AM (GBKbO)

3 That's what the Democrats Propaganda Ministry has been doing since the beginning

Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2024 11:01 AM (fwDg9)

4 Willowed:

then The Meat Puppet is a mountain of mashed potatoes.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Mmmmmmmm.
Mashed potatoes > Irish guacamole. Change my mind.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 29, 2024 11:02 AM (Y2tls)

5 "Biden will cause a blood bath for the auto industry."

UAW - "We are all in on Joe Biden."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 29, 2024 11:02 AM (Zz0t1)

6 The LIVs still have no idea what is going on.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 29, 2024 11:02 AM (YAtuc)

7 Maybe Trump is a mastermind who is manipulating the media to cover stories they would otherwise embargo, or maybe the media just doesn’t have the self-control to avoid stepping on rakes around Trump.

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I think the media exists in a leftist bubble, is addicted to rage, and are in an intense competition for clicks from other leftist news sources, creating a situation where they are constantly one-upping each other to get the most outrage.

They also think it's 1963 and that the New York Times still molds opinion of the mushy middle.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 29, 2024 11:03 AM (GBKbO)

8

Mmmmmmmm.
Mashed potatoes > Irish guacamole. Change my mind.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 29, 2024 11:02 AM (Y2tls)

Did someone call for some guacamole?

Posted by: Robert "Beto" O'Rourke at March 29, 2024 11:03 AM (Zz0t1)

9 Would it drive you crazy to know that Trump understands these games, and often baits his enemies into covering his pet issues for him?

He's done it since Day 1 in 2016 and I find it endlessly entertaining.

The way he takes their viral terms meant to destroy him/us, and turns their own weapon against them needs to be learned and deployed by the next guy or we will not make it. He did it with Fake News and now Bloodbath. And many times in between.

Posted by: ... at March 29, 2024 11:04 AM (Ln2XA)

10
1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 29, 2024 11:00 AM (Zz0t1)

2 last

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 29, 2024 11:01 AM (GBKbO)

Does it get any better than this?

Posted by: Robert at March 29, 2024 11:04 AM (Zz0t1)

11 Early STRIKE ONE!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 29, 2024 11:04 AM (Zz0t1)

12 Willowed:

Shocka!

In a show of their reverence for Christian religious tradition,

Hollywood released "The First Omen" about the birth of the Anti-Christ on Good Friday.

BONUS! During Holy Week H'wood released "Immaculate" wherein a nun gets pregnant with an attempt at resurrecting Christ and she murders the baby as soon as it's born. Praised by Critics for its feminist pro-abortion stance.

Enjoy!

Posted by: naturalfake at March 29, 2024 11:05 AM (nFnyb)

13 10 Does it get any better than this?
Posted by: Robert at March 29, 2024 11:04 AM (Zz0t1)

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Thread is over. Time to move on.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 29, 2024 11:05 AM (GBKbO)

14 11 Early STRIKE ONE!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 29, 2024 11:04 AM (Zz0t1)

Speaking of which, my Nats are now only one game out of first in the NL East!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at March 29, 2024 11:05 AM (T+Iwg)

15 I'm offended that you left me out of your article!!! My face is still hurting from the rake I stepped on, but no compassion at all from you conservatives!!!

Posted by: Jon Stewart at March 29, 2024 11:06 AM (JtSJ/)

16 Thoroughly vetted from Haiti. Sure, Jan,

Posted by: Montec at March 29, 2024 11:07 AM (hxe/1)

17 1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 29, 2024 11:00 AM (Zz0t1)

2 last

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 29, 2024 11:01 AM (GBKbO)

Fashionably late.

Arriving at exactly the correct and perfect time that I should.

An iced tea with mint, please.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 29, 2024 11:07 AM (nFnyb)

18 I'd suggest that this is Trump's greatest superpower - Driving and manipulating the media into covering that which must not be covered.

He - by simply existing as he does, with his brashness and his swagger - absolutely compels the press, which would otherwise ignore entire swaths of the country, to discuss things they don't want to discuss. His hyperbolic delivery sends them into a frenzy and gives them the vapors, all at the same time.

He's exposed the fact that there are only two types of people.

Those who take Trump seriously, and therefore can't take him literally, and those who take Trump literally, and therefore can't take him seriously.

The camp you're in dictates your vote in November.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at March 29, 2024 11:07 AM (JuOoT)

19 Speaking of which, my Nats are now only one game out of first in the NL East!
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher

So. Tied for last place?

Posted by: rickb223 at March 29, 2024 11:07 AM (Y2tls)

20 Mrs D used to work in the communications department of a large NW-based Defense and Aerospace company. They would occasionally hire former "on air" talent to help craft wording of press releases and to make public statements about things that reflected on the company. She would come home at time shaking her head at how stupid some of these people were. Not stupid per ce, but just clueless.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 29, 2024 11:08 AM (W/lyH)

21 It's not about competition, it's about Scripting the Narrative. Mika or Andrea Mitchell or somesuch whore said it's their job to tell people what to think. Don Lemon said it was illegal to do your own research outside CNN.

The higher-ups in all the media channels are in close contact with the WH, and before that the DNC.

Remember the released meetings from inside Twitter where they talked about the Biden Campaign as if they were "the boss"?

Posted by: ... at March 29, 2024 11:08 AM (Ln2XA)

22 Bit of both, really.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 29, 2024 11:08 AM (daqPs)

23
Speaking of which, my Nats are now only one game out of first in the NL East!
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at March 29, 2024 11:05 AM (T+Iwg)

I was very disappointed in the Astros blowing their 4 run lead against they Yankmees yesterday.

But, the Rangers overcame shit umpiring to win in extras.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 29, 2024 11:08 AM (Zz0t1)

24 1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge

2 last

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, f

Does it get any better than this?
Posted by: Robert

Nothing better! Alpha and Omega on Good Friday!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 29, 2024 11:08 AM (iInLa)

25 Everyone’s in first place on opening day.

Posted by: Montec at March 29, 2024 11:09 AM (hxe/1)

26 BONUS! During Holy Week H'wood released "Immaculate" wherein a nun gets pregnant with an attempt at resurrecting Christ and she murders the baby as soon as it's born.
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Are they confused or am I?

Posted by: ... at March 29, 2024 11:09 AM (Ln2XA)

27
Speaking of which, my Nats are now only one game out of first in the NL East!
Posted by: Zombie Robbo

And the last time this will be true this season.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 29, 2024 11:09 AM (iInLa)

28 And putting " in your name field removes everything after the " after positing, thus my stealing for Robert's name for one post.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 29, 2024 11:09 AM (Zz0t1)

29 1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 29, 2024 11:00 AM (Zz0t1)

2 last

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 29, 2024 11:01 AM (GBKbO)

Does it get any better than this?
Posted by: Robert at March 29, 2024 11:04 AM (Zz0t1)
***

Stuck in the middle.with you...

Posted by: Diogenes at March 29, 2024 11:10 AM (W/lyH)

30 --------

Are they confused or am I?
Posted by: ... at March 29, 2024 11:09 AM (Ln2XA)

They are horrific satanic beasts.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 29, 2024 11:10 AM (Zz0t1)

31 "Vetting" a Haitian -
When I say Barbecue, do you think of food or politics?
Have you ever had sex with Bill Clinton?

Posted by: Wally at March 29, 2024 11:11 AM (JtSJ/)

32 Every now and then I check out my Nextdoor. There are people still who read something in the NYT or see it on CNN, and it’s the truth. Not to be questioned.

The msm still has enormous power despite what many think.

Posted by: Montec at March 29, 2024 11:11 AM (hxe/1)

33 Are they confused or am I?
Posted by: ... at March 29, 2024 11:09 AM (Ln2XA)

So much wrong as to be nonsensical.

Banana!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 29, 2024 11:12 AM (daqPs)

34 Look, if the Gov says these people are vetted than gosh darn it they are vetted.

Posted by: DOYLE at March 29, 2024 11:12 AM (Z8Yh2)

35 My question is who provides the current narrative to the newz readers? Every single time there's a narrative to push the exact same wording is used across every leftist media platform. Find those/that asshole and stuff a sock in his/her mouth.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 29, 2024 11:12 AM (Q4IgG)

36
The msm still has enormous power despite what many think.
Posted by: Montec at March 29, 2024 11:11 AM (hxe/1)

A significant swath of the country still watch OTA broadcast news.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 29, 2024 11:12 AM (Zz0t1)

37 I thought vetting me meant they were going to, you know, give me a corvette.

Posted by: Oglebay at March 29, 2024 11:12 AM (7fVdQ)

38 Will give Trump the pat on the back for yanking the Leftists chains, one line and they can make a mountain out of it.

Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2024 11:13 AM (fwDg9)

39 Short version: The media has a raging, incurable case of TDS. The sweet irony is that this is Trump’s superpower…. He’s caused more masks to fall off than Carter has liver pills….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 29, 2024 11:13 AM (gZ3KO)

40 So much wrong as to be nonsensical.

Banana!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 29, 2024 11:12 AM (daqPs)

I wonder if the nun fell for the banana in the tailpipe. That could be how the antichrist is conceived.

Posted by: ... at March 29, 2024 11:13 AM (Ln2XA)

41 32 Every now and then I check out my Nextdoor. There are people still who read something in the NYT or see it on CNN, and it’s the truth. Not to be questioned.

The msm still has enormous power despite what many think.
Posted by: Montec at March 29, 2024 11:11 AM (hxe/1)

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Having power and being as powerful as they used to be are two different things.

After 5 straight years of the media calling Trump literally Hitler and shutting down the economy and blaming it on him, Democrats still had to tear up every election rule, cheat by mail for months, and then shut down six states' counting processes in the middle of the night to ballot box stuff like Tammany Hall.

That's not exactly being persuasive.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 29, 2024 11:14 AM (GBKbO)

42 I may start investing in rakes since DJT appears to be the biggest rake salesman in history...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 29, 2024 11:14 AM (7fElN)

43 35 My question is who provides the current narrative to the newz readers? Every single time there's a narrative to push the exact same wording is used across every leftist media platform. Find those/that asshole and stuff a sock in his/her mouth.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 29, 2024 11:12 AM (Q4IgG)

*shifty eyes*

Posted by: Kalorama Klown Posse at March 29, 2024 11:14 AM (T+Iwg)

44 US official: so are you a criminal?

Haitian: Nope

US official: OK you're vetted. Next please.

Posted by: Montec at March 29, 2024 11:14 AM (hxe/1)

45 Trump's super power is that he tells the truth and does normal things without playing stupid DC games. Yesterday Trump attended the wake for a murdered cop in NY. At the same time Biden ignored it and instead shutdown much of NY so he, Bubba and Barry could throw a glitzy fundraiser.

Trump crushed the media narrative yesterday by not being a typical politician and instead appealing to normal people and no amount of media spin is working anymore.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 29, 2024 11:14 AM (LkLld)

46 And putting " in your name field removes everything after the " after positing, thus my stealing for Robert's name for one post.

Yeah, a nic with double-quotes will post correctly once but will be saved incorrectly (as you describe) so if you don't correct it before the next time you post, everything after and including the first " will be lost.

Posted by: Oddbob "This is a test" at March 29, 2024 11:14 AM (sNc8Y)

47 Also Trump is way smarter than the average journo. Trust me when I say Land Developers know how the system works! The average reporter not so much.

Posted by: DOYLE at March 29, 2024 11:14 AM (Z8Yh2)

48 Morning.
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Mashed potatoes > Irish guacamole. Change my mind.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 29, 2024 11:00 AM (Y2tls)

What is this "Irish guacamole" which you speak of?

Posted by: Robert at March 29, 2024 11:14 AM (JmW2P)

49 Buck Henry, Mel Brooks, Sid Ceaser, the Progressives owe them. Comedy gold.

Posted by: Deplorable Minion at March 29, 2024 11:14 AM (fntvd)

50 Hollywood released "The First Omen" about the birth of the Anti-Christ on Good Friday.

BONUS! During Holy Week H'wood released "Immaculate" wherein a nun gets pregnant with an attempt at resurrecting Christ and she murders the baby as soon as it's born. Praised by Critics for its feminist pro-abortion stance.

And they'll be celebrating the "Trans Day of Visibility" on Sunday, purely coincidentally.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 29, 2024 11:15 AM (YAtuc)

51 Sure the msm has lost some of its power. But it still maintains A LOT of power.

Posted by: Montec at March 29, 2024 11:15 AM (hxe/1)

52 35 My question is who provides the current narrative to the newz readers? Every single time there's a narrative to push the exact same wording is used across every leftist media platform. Find those/that asshole and stuff a sock in his/her mouth.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 29, 2024 11:12 AM (Q4IgG)

——-

They operate like a school of fish.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 29, 2024 11:15 AM (k8kCE)

53 In a recent news interview, Baltimore Mayor says that folks who do not look like him should be afraid of him.

Mayor Brandon Scott is black, BTW.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 29, 2024 11:15 AM (a1415)

54 Biden Plans to Support the Palestinian Authority

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What's a little terrorism between friends?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at March 29, 2024 11:15 AM (FVME7)

55 Maybe Trump is a mastermind who is manipulating the media to cover stories they would otherwise embargo, or maybe the media just doesn’t have the self-control to avoid stepping on rakes around Trump.

Power of AND?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 29, 2024 11:16 AM (ynpvh)

56 51 Sure the msm has lost some of its power. But it still maintains A LOT of power.
Posted by: Montec at March 29, 2024 11:15 AM (hxe/1)

"Surely, people are smarter and more informed than that!", you constantly hear people say.

Well, no. No they are not. They just want to roll with what they hear on Network News and read in the New York Times.

Posted by: XTC at March 29, 2024 11:17 AM (UnA8+)

57 53 In a recent news interview, Baltimore Mayor says that folks who do not look like him should be afraid of him.

Mayor Brandon Scott is black, BTW.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 29, 2024 11:15 AM (a1415)

Still has our vote for re-election.
- 70% of non-black Baltimore voters

Posted by: Montec at March 29, 2024 11:17 AM (hxe/1)

58 And they'll be celebrating the "Trans Day of Visibility" on Sunday, purely coincidentally.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 29, 2024 11:15 AM (YAtuc)

Yeah because how else would you ever find out about trans people

Maybe Monday can be National Gay People on TV Day

Posted by: ... at March 29, 2024 11:17 AM (Ln2XA)

59 51 Sure the msm has lost some of its power. But it still maintains A LOT of power.
Posted by: Montec at March 29, 2024 11:15 AM (hxe/1)

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So much power it can no longer persuade a majority of the population to believe anything.

I mean, keeping AWFLs on the plantation is one thing.

Actually being able to convince is another. And, it seems as though their general power to persuade just goes down with every passing year.

Balkanization isn't just for cultures, but also for news consumption.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 29, 2024 11:17 AM (GBKbO)

60 Another Trump lie, it was only 320,000 illegals flown in by Biden. Two lies by Trump!

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable at March 29, 2024 11:17 AM (17s+e)

61 Maybe Trump is a mastermind who is manipulating the media to cover stories they would otherwise embargo, or maybe the media just doesn’t have the self-control to avoid stepping on rakes around Trump.

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Answer: Yes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 29, 2024 11:17 AM (omVj0)

62 Another example of this phenomenon in spades: breathless media reports about Trump promoting Lee Greenwood’s patriotic Bible and how it’s so insulting to true religious folk. Did you know that Christians believe the Bible is sacred text and merely by holding (much less promoting) a copy Trump is spitting in the face of all Christians…. During Holy Week!!! The clueless don’t realize that Trump promoting the Bible is actually good for him politically and BTW good for the nation

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 29, 2024 11:18 AM (gZ3KO)

63 So:

1) Nun wants to conceive Christ, so she gets pregnant. Ok, first strike. Actually one and two. Nun having sex and lack of humility for wanting to be the mother of God (ask Mary on this day how much of a picnic that was.)

2) Of course she aborts it. Strike 3. So she wants to be the mother of God, but at the same time aborts what she thinks is Christ? Or are they going for the demonic, Rosemary's baby angle?

Sacrilegious outrage porn for people who do not believe. At a point, it's not even offensive, just sad.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 29, 2024 11:18 AM (daqPs)

64 I'd suggest that this is Trump's greatest superpower - Driving and manipulating the media into covering that which must not be covered.
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Those whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad.

----some white guy or other.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at March 29, 2024 11:18 AM (DeFcY)

65 And it would have worked too, if it wasn't for those meddling kids. - The media

Posted by: Archer at March 29, 2024 11:18 AM (rskKm)

66 Biden Urged to Use Baltimore Bridge Rebuild for Race Reparations

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What could possibly go wrong with a DEI bridge?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at March 29, 2024 11:18 AM (FVME7)

67 For younger people the msm is kinda meaningless. For older people, say 55+ it still holds a lot of sway. Shit, my in laws religiously watch their local 10pm news, for instance.

Posted by: Montec at March 29, 2024 11:19 AM (hxe/1)

68 So much power it can no longer persuade a majority of the population to believe anything.

I mean, keeping AWFLs on the plantation is one thing.

Actually being able to convince is another. And, it seems as though their general power to persuade just goes down with every passing year.

Balkanization isn't just for cultures, but also for news consumption.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 29, 2024 11:17 AM (GBKbO)
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Yeah, how many people have *actually* been persuaded that the media spin is correct versus alternative views?

My guess is that the people who still listen to the media have *always* listened to the media and have seldom heard alternative views.

And I don't seem to have trouble with double quotes in my nic...(but that could be fake news)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 29, 2024 11:19 AM (7fElN)

69 What is this "Irish guacamole" which you speak of?
Posted by: Robert

Mashed taters.
With gravy and a little venison on the side.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 29, 2024 11:20 AM (Y2tls)

70 Maybe Trump is a mastermind who is manipulating the media to cover stories they would otherwise embargo, or maybe the media just doesn’t have the self-control to avoid stepping on rakes around Trump.

Must be the latter since I've been reliably informed that Trump is an idiot who spouts off without thinking.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 29, 2024 11:20 AM (zhLdt)

71 Maybe Trump is a mastermind who is manipulating the media to cover stories they would otherwise embargo, or maybe the media just doesn’t have the self-control to avoid stepping on rakes around Trump.
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So it happens to other politicians all the time then?

People are going to shocked how far we fall once Trump is gone. They forget what life was like before him. We will be back to invisibility.

Posted by: ... at March 29, 2024 11:20 AM (Ln2XA)

72 Biden Urged to Use Baltimore Bridge Rebuild for Race Reparations

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Instead of $10b in graft going to black politicians it will be $20b

Posted by: Montec at March 29, 2024 11:20 AM (hxe/1)

73 The greatest power fake news has is the spiking of news that is detrimental to donkeys.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable at March 29, 2024 11:20 AM (17s+e)

74 Fun Fact: John Demjanjuk was vetted before US entry, too.

Posted by: And the Government Was Much More Competent Then at March 29, 2024 11:20 AM (V5BDR)

75 72 Biden Urged to Use Baltimore Bridge Rebuild for Race Reparations

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Instead of $10b in graft going to black politicians it will be $20b
Posted by: Montec at March 29, 2024 11:20 AM (hxe/1)

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And there won't be a bridge in the end. Bank it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 29, 2024 11:21 AM (XAWWZ)

76 And putting " in your name field removes everything after the " after positing, thus my stealing for Robert's name for one post.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 29, 2024 11:09 AM (Zz0t1)

lol oopsie.

Posted by: Robert at March 29, 2024 11:21 AM (QXMDa)

77
A: Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela

Q: Name four countries in the Western Hemisphere from which we need no further "migrants".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2024 11:21 AM (xG4kz)

78 Welp, the last El-Al flight to South Africa happened yesterday.

Turns out that Jews don't want to travel to a country that has accused Israel of genocide. El-Al also cited "security issues" in continuing to fly to South Africa.

Julius Malema, who thinks that white people should be killed, almost certainly will be President of South Africa within a few years.

As the old joke puts it:

"What's the difference between South Africa and Zimbabwe?"

"Thirty years."

Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 29, 2024 11:22 AM (YAtuc)

79 I don't think the media is interested in persuasion as much as they're interested in being "the authoritative source" for the regime's message.

I mean, they never dance around something. It's either what they tell you, or it's disinformation, a threat to democracy or whatever.

But what the media tells you is never to be questioned.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 29, 2024 11:22 AM (Q4IgG)

80 "With gravy and a little venison on the side."

One should use the meat in the same manner as a corn chip, for dipping the taters.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 29, 2024 11:22 AM (a1415)

81 59 Actually being able to convince is another. And, it seems as though their general power to persuade just goes down with every passing year.

Balkanization isn't just for cultures, but also for news consumption.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 29, 2024 11:17 AM (GBKbO)

They don't have to convince people to BELIEVE what they say.

They just have to :

1) Make people hate anyone right of Stalin

2) Make people want the Demoncrats to win so that the news broadcasts aren't doom and gloom all the time.

Posted by: XTC at March 29, 2024 11:23 AM (UnA8+)

82 BONUS! During Holy Week H'wood released "Immaculate" wherein a nun gets pregnant with an attempt at resurrecting Christ and she murders the baby as soon as it's born. Praised by Critics for its feminist pro-abortion stance.

Interesting that they explicitly equate abortion with infanticide AND hold it out as a sacrament for feminism.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 29, 2024 11:23 AM (zhLdt)

83 ======

And there won't be a bridge in the end. Bank it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 29, 2024 11:21 AM (XAWWZ)

Insty had an article the other day claiming that the original plan was for a tunnel but that it got scrapped because the bridge was cheaper. Tunnel still makes more sense to me.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at March 29, 2024 11:23 AM (T+Iwg)

84
Biden Urged to Use Baltimore Bridge Rebuild for Race Reparations

Send a couple out on a railroad handcar to investigate reports of quicksand.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2024 11:23 AM (xG4kz)

85 another recent example is the contrast of NY visits by the candidates. I wasn't aware of that until The Media proudly boasted of Biden's record haul in campaign contributions.

Granted, it's disheartening that Biden received $25M in a single night, but with minimal digging*, come to find out the Biden gala was a sort of pinnacle of elitism - $500,000 ticketed event to see the Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, AND Joe Biden on their reunion tour!

and by contrast, that same night (I think) Trump attended the wake of an NYPD officer killed in the line of duty in no small part due to broken borders gone wild (an event Biden, apparently wasn't even invited to). Apparently, he paid off the mortgage as a kindness for the widow.

For any curious and intellectually-honest person*, I would think this contrast would cause more political harm than a $25M campaign haul could undo...

*(but therein may lie the problem)

Posted by: Simple Stevo at March 29, 2024 11:23 AM (Dgo06)

86 @72

>>Instead of $10b in graft going to black politicians it will be $20b

With Government accounting, they could easily get this rebuild to 100B, without breaking a sweat.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 29, 2024 11:24 AM (XV/Pl)

87 "Tunnel still makes more sense to me."

Same here.

They have a unique opportunity to do it right this time.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 29, 2024 11:24 AM (a1415)

88 Interesting that they explicitly equate abortion with infanticide AND hold it out as a sacrament for feminism.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 29, 2024 11:23 AM (zhLdt)

Interesting, but not surprising.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 29, 2024 11:24 AM (daqPs)

89
Biden Urged to Use Baltimore Bridge Rebuild for Race Reparations

You're gonna make them work for their reparations? Where's the "justice" in that?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2024 11:24 AM (xG4kz)

90 Mashed taters.
With gravy and a little venison on the side.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 29, 2024 11:20 AM (Y2tls)

That sounds freakin' delicious.

Okay, boy-o, make room for one more cuz ima comin' over.

Posted by: Robert, putting on his nicest filthy trucker pants at March 29, 2024 11:25 AM (YUfT3)

91 67 For younger people the msm is kinda meaningless. For older people, say 55+ it still holds a lot of sway. Shit, my in laws religiously watch their local 10pm news, for instance.
Posted by: Montec at March 29, 2024 11:19 AM (hxe/1)

Local news now is mainly store openings, road closings, weather, and high school sports. I don't know anyone who's watched a national ABC/CBS broadcast in years. Of course there are a handful of CNN addicts, but their viewership is running at about 600,000 (give or take) which is not quite 2/10 of one percent of the country.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 29, 2024 11:25 AM (i9ffA)

92 Having power and being as powerful as they used to be are two different things.

After 5 straight years of the media calling Trump literally Hitler and shutting down the economy and blaming it on him, Democrats still had to tear up every election rule, cheat by mail for months, and then shut down six states' counting processes in the middle of the night to ballot box stuff like Tammany Hall.

That's not exactly being persuasive.
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My read is this is the collapse of Yankee Land. They sold the country's muscle and bones down the river to the lowest bidder China for some fast cash and now realize they work for an asshole boss named Xi. The only way they can maintain their existence is to beggar the flyovers to keep their shithole's nose above water. Time to take out the trash.

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 29, 2024 11:25 AM (n17eQ)

93 They have a unique opportunity to do it right this time.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 29, 2024 11:24 AM (a1415)

I just started laughing as soon as I read that. Sort of sorry.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 29, 2024 11:25 AM (daqPs)

94 And they'll be celebrating the "Trans Day of Visibility" on Sunday, purely coincidentally.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 29, 2024 11:15 AM (YAtuc)

Yeah because how else would you ever find out about trans people

More of the Rake Effect.

Most Americans want to see more trannies about as much as they want to see some hunchback barfing up human eyeballs and fingers.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 29, 2024 11:25 AM (nFnyb)

95 "Tunnel still makes more sense to me."

Same here.

They have a unique opportunity to do it right this time.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 29, 2024 11:24 AM (a1415)
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Ha ha ha ha ha.

Posted by: Baltimore local Govt. at March 29, 2024 11:25 AM (DeFcY)

96 Plus, ultimately much of the final cost for the FSK rebuild will be covered by the insurance consortiums.

Not all of it, but a fair amount.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 29, 2024 11:25 AM (a1415)

97 88 Interesting that they explicitly equate abortion with infanticide AND hold it out as a sacrament for feminism.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 29, 2024 11:23 AM (zhLdt)

Interesting, but not surprising.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 29, 2024 11:24 AM (daqPs)

Two tropes that disgust me more than any other. First, the bumper sticker saying that if Jesus were a woman, abortion would be a sacrament. Second, that God raped Mary.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at March 29, 2024 11:26 AM (T+Iwg)

98 Good post Buck, thx. Trump is good at playing the media game, the media has no self control and as others have noted , exist in a leftist bubble. Their main problem is that they are as dumb as a box of rocks.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 29, 2024 11:27 AM (/Qymv)

99

And there won't be a bridge in the end. Bank it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 29, 2024 11:21 AM (XAWWZ)

Russian, Ukrainian and Albanian ministers of transportation are at a conference and they start talking about ways they skim money.

Russian says I got $1b to build a 10 mile 4 lane road. I built a 5 mile 2 lane road and kept the rest of the money. Ukrainian says, that’s amateur hour. I got $5b to build a 30 mile 6 lane highway. I built a 10 mile one lane road and kept the rest.

Albanian laughs and says you guys are both amateurs. Come to my country and see how it’s done. So they go to Albania and they’re in this big valley stretching as far as they eye can see. Albanian says I got $100b to build an expressway across this entire valley. Russian looks perplexed and says I don’t see anything. The Albanian replies, exactly.

Posted by: Montec at March 29, 2024 11:27 AM (hxe/1)

100 Willowed:
Soros, 93, is Jewish and a Holocaust survivor.

Soros is like those signs at Vietnamese restaurants that have a smiling cow, inviting you to sup on beef soup.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 29, 2024 11:27 AM (ynpvh)

101 89
Biden Urged to Use Baltimore Bridge Rebuild for Race Reparations

You're gonna make them work for their reparations? Where's the "justice" in that?
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Its Selma all over again!

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 29, 2024 11:27 AM (n17eQ)

102
"Tunnel still makes more sense to me."
Same here.
They have a unique opportunity to do it right this time.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

The problem is the transportation of hazardous materials -- you do not want an accident with such a vehicle in a tunnel's relatively closed space.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2024 11:27 AM (xG4kz)

103
For any curious and intellectually-honest person*, I would think this contrast would cause more political harm than a $25M campaign haul could undo...

*(but therein may lie the problem)
Posted by: Simple Stevo at March 29, 2024 11:23 AM (Dgo06)

the crazy part is that Axelrod still thinks elections can be bought with enough cash. Ask Bloomberg about that. and just for the record, cheating doesn't take a lot of money, it just takes an organization and a willingness to do it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 29, 2024 11:27 AM (i9ffA)

104 94 see some hunchback barfing up human eyeballs and fingers.
Posted by: naturalfake at March 29, 2024 11:25 AM (nFnyb)

Hey now, some people will pay good money to go see that at the Roadside Freakshow.

Posted by: XTC at March 29, 2024 11:27 AM (UnA8+)

105 Trump isn't a mastermind.

He's a plain speaker who actually talks about real problems.

He only seems like a mastermind because this is a foreign concept to the media and the powers that be. They step on rakes because they literally have no clue what to do when a rake is thrown in front of them because none ever have been.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at March 29, 2024 11:27 AM (KbCG3)

106 PhillyCrimeUpdate
@PhillyCrimeUpd
Two teens who were seen on video murdering an elderly Philadelphia man with a traffic cone have been set free
Last month, Judge Barbara McDermott tossed the charges against the now 16 yr old boy.
The teen girl, was sentenced to 5 years, with time served and released to house arrest
James Lamberts family calls the outcome a “slap on the wrist”

https://tinyurl.com/343xt3fb

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Ehh, who needs old people, anyway?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at March 29, 2024 11:28 AM (FVME7)

107 Most Americans want to see more trannies about as much as they want to see some hunchback barfing up human eyeballs and fingers.

It's a demonstration of political power.

George Orwell in 1984 said that the Party would eventually say that 2+2=5.

That screws up a lot of calculations however - far more effective to say that men can become women, and that you will be prosecuted, lose your job, and be driven out of society if you publicly disagree with that.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 29, 2024 11:28 AM (YAtuc)

108 "The problem is the transportation of hazardous materials -- you do not want an accident with such a vehicle in a tunnel's relatively closed space.
"

True.

I had forgotten the part where the bridge was indeed planned as the designated hazmat route, and oversize load route for I-95 in the Baltimore area.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 29, 2024 11:29 AM (a1415)

109 The msm still has enormous power despite what many think.
Posted by: Montec at March 29, 2024 11:11 AM (hxe/1)

Many people see The Algorithm as a good thing. It learns about you and it suggests things which are in-line with your interests... but it also, perhaps primarily, insulates you from contrary information. Everything you do, everything you see, online reinforces whatever narrative box you've been squeezed into.

Add to that the Gell-Mann Effect and it's possible to achieve a level of not just societal control but willing, even enthusiastic, compliance that dictators of the past could only have dreamed of.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 29, 2024 11:29 AM (zhLdt)

110 100 Soros is like those signs at Vietnamese restaurants that have a smiling cow, inviting you to sup on beef soup.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 29, 2024 11:27 AM (ynpvh)

If anything, Soros is even WORSE because he was born the Best of Humanity and threw that birthright away to play Bond Villain.

Posted by: XTC at March 29, 2024 11:30 AM (UnA8+)

111 . Did you know that Christians believe the Bible is sacred text and merely by holding (much less promoting) a copy Trump is spitting in the face of all Christians…. During Holy Week!!! The clueless don’t realize that Trump promoting the Bible is actually good for him politically and BTW good for the nation
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 29, 2024 11:18 AM (gZ3KO)

The only people complaining about that are atheists and David French "christians". (same thing, really)

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 29, 2024 11:31 AM (i9ffA)

112 That screws up a lot of calculations however - far more effective to say that men can become women, and that you will be prosecuted, lose your job, and be driven out of society if you publicly disagree with that.

The same "elite" universities who claim that they can't do anything about pro-Hamas demonstrations and harassment because of "freedom of speech" would take action in a millisecond if a faculty member or student group publicly said that men can't become women.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 29, 2024 11:31 AM (YAtuc)

113
Biden Urged to Use Baltimore Bridge Rebuild for Race Reparations

Brief and to the point: the bridge rebuild is none of Biden's fucking business.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2024 11:31 AM (xG4kz)

114 Replacement theory...

You're soaking in it.

https://instapundit.com/639304/

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 29, 2024 11:31 AM (a1415)

115 111 The only people complaining about that are atheists and David French "christians". (same thing, really)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 29, 2024 11:31 AM (i9ffA)

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"You Christians need to hate Trump."
-The media for 9 years.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 29, 2024 11:31 AM (GBKbO)

116 Mr. Shapiro still intends to sue over that picture of the Christian savior in a previous post. His psyche was greatly injured and you need to pay.

Posted by: Ben Shapiro's Lawyer at March 29, 2024 11:32 AM (Zz86T)

117 Second, that God raped Mary.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at March 29, 2024 11:26 AM (T+Iwg)

But as we know, Mary explicitly gave her consent, which is actually incredible.

Posted by: ... at March 29, 2024 11:32 AM (Ln2XA)

118 "Tunnel still makes more sense to me."

Same here.

They have a unique opportunity to do it right this time.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 29, 2024 11:24 AM

This tunnel will be a bargain!

Posted by: John Effin' Kerry at March 29, 2024 11:32 AM (Wnv9h)

119 Biden Urged to Use Baltimore Bridge Rebuild for Race Reparations

Well Biden's been burning bridges for years so. Oh and bridges are racist. They have to be.

Posted by: Minnfidel at March 29, 2024 11:33 AM (OeXGF)

120 Look, if the Gov says these people are vetted than gosh darn it they are vetted.
Posted by: DOYLE at March 29, 2024 11:12 AM (Z8Yh2)

Dr. John Campbell did an amusing video on the "inexplicable" worldwide rise in cancer in which he'd talk about an issue and then say something to the effect that he really wished the national health organizations would come out and say that there was absolutely no link between mRNA and this or that... that it would put him at peace and let him sleep better.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 29, 2024 11:33 AM (zhLdt)

121 Forget building the bridge, just put up signs on either side telling everyone that the best idea for them is turn around and leave Baltimore forever.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 29, 2024 11:33 AM (i9ffA)

122 Time for James Lamberts family to step up.

Things would still need to be proven. Plus I would not convict.

Posted by: DOYLE at March 29, 2024 11:33 AM (Z8Yh2)

123 The movie “Immaculate”…. No wonder I haven’t been to a theater since around 2018… the only production I’ve been interested in recent years was the newest Top Gun… and watched it on Amazon Prime Video. Cruise may be a bit of a weird dude but he makes good movies. Can’t remember a bad Cruise flick…. Even some of the lesser known are fun like Minority Report and Oblivion… Edge of Tomorrow was good too…… I did avoid Eyes Wide Shut; looked too weird

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 29, 2024 11:33 AM (gZ3KO)

124 115 111 The only people complaining about that are atheists and David French "christians". (same thing, really)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 29, 2024 11:31 AM (i9ffA)

========

"You Christians need to hate Trump."
-The media for 9 years.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 29, 2024 11:31 AM (GBKbO)

Also, media since Roe v. Wade:
"You Christians are wrong for saying Biden and Pelosi and other Dems are hypocrits and liars for being Catholic and supporting Abortion; Abortion is a RIGHT!"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 29, 2024 11:34 AM (ynpvh)

125 Two teens who were seen on video murdering an elderly Philadelphia man with a traffic cone have been set free
Last month, Judge Barbara McDermott tossed the charges against the now 16 yr old boy.
The teen girl, was sentenced to 5 years, with time served and released to house arrest

James Lamberts family calls the outcome a “slap on the wrist”

I'm so old, I remember when a family would settle all family business.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 29, 2024 11:34 AM (Y2tls)

126 Many people see The Algorithm as a good thing. It learns about you and it suggests things which are in-line with your interests... but it also, perhaps primarily, insulates you from contrary information. Everything you do, everything you see, online reinforces whatever narrative box you've been squeezed into.
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As with everything else, the Left deplored "the bubble" when it meant not being exposed to leftard propaganda, but as long as it's constructed entirely of leftard propaganda it's a non-issue. In fact it's the law.

Posted by: ... at March 29, 2024 11:35 AM (Ln2XA)

127 Let’s face this head on.

Truth is like poetry and a lot of Americans hate poetry.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable at March 29, 2024 11:35 AM (17s+e)

128 Biden Urged to Use Baltimore Bridge Rebuild for Race Reparations

Only black-owned firms will be allowed to bid on the bridge work, and the labor force will be required to be majority black.

Just watch.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 29, 2024 11:35 AM (YAtuc)

129 Did you know that Christians believe the Bible is sacred text and merely by holding (much less promoting) a copy Trump is spitting in the face of all Christians…. During Holy Week!!! The clueless don’t realize that Trump promoting the Bible is actually good for him politically and BTW good for the nation
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 29, 2024 11:18 AM (gZ3KO)

I seem to recall a lot of liberal "Christians" who like to make a big deal about how Jesus hung out with tax collectors and prostitutes....

Posted by: Joe, living dangerously at March 29, 2024 11:35 AM (jsVJ0)

130 And they'll be celebrating the "Trans Day of Visibility" on Sunday, purely coincidentally.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

FBI: Gay Chicago veterinarian planned to rape the baby he and his husband got from a surrogate

https://tinyurl.com/nb76p5er

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Some people just can't accept alternate lifestyles. Speaking of alternate lifestyles, remember how Libs of Tik Tok killed Nex Benedict? Well, . . .

https://tinyurl.com/bdu4j7av

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at March 29, 2024 11:36 AM (FVME7)

131
Its Selma all over again!
Posted by: Pudinhead

Unreel the fire hoses! Loose the dogs!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2024 11:36 AM (xG4kz)

132 106 PhillyCrimeUpdate
@PhillyCrimeUpd
Two teens who were seen on video murdering an elderly Philadelphia man with a traffic cone have been set free
Last month, Judge Barbara McDermott tossed the charges against the now 16 yr old boy.
The teen girl, was sentenced to 5 years, with time served and released to house arrest
James Lamberts family calls the outcome a “slap on the wrist”

https://tinyurl.com/343xt3fb

-
Ehh, who needs old people, anyway?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at March 29, 2024 11:28 AM (FVME7)
____

Two teens? There were like half a dozen in the video that participated to one degree or another. Why weren't they all charged? Oh yea . . . .

The only solace for this poor old guy's family is the very high odds that every one of these degenerate animals will be dead by 25, either by gang shootings, overdoses, suicides, or whatever.

Posted by: Elric Blade at March 29, 2024 11:37 AM (iFTx/)

133 Some people just can't accept alternate lifestyles. Speaking of alternate lifestyles, remember how Libs of Tik Tok killed Nex Benedict? Well, . . .

https://tinyurl.com/bdu4j7av
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at March 29, 2024 11:36 AM (FVME7)

"Nex Benedict"

Dabney Hughes.

Posted by: XTC at March 29, 2024 11:37 AM (UnA8+)

134 Only black-owned firms will be allowed to bid on the bridge work, and the labor force will be required to be majority black.

Just watch.
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Blacks are not heavily represented among those that make the harbor work. There is a reason this is so and its not racism.

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 29, 2024 11:38 AM (n17eQ)

135 129 Did you know that Christians believe the Bible is sacred text and merely by holding (much less promoting) a copy Trump is spitting in the face of all Christians…. During Holy Week!!! The clueless don’t realize that Trump promoting the Bible is actually good for him politically and BTW good for the nation
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 29, 2024 11:18 AM (gZ3KO)

I seem to recall a lot of liberal "Christians" who like to make a big deal about how Jesus hung out with tax collectors and prostitutes....

Posted by: Joe, living dangerously at March 29, 2024 11:35 AM (jsVJ0)

But not for the same reason THEY hang around prostitutes and tax collectors...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 29, 2024 11:38 AM (ynpvh)

136
Isn't Nex Benedict merely a trans variant of Eggs Benedict?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2024 11:38 AM (xG4kz)

137 Damn, this Brandon Scott, the current mayor of Baltimore, is a piece of work. This is what the younger generations are bringing to politics.

He essentially blames cowardly white people for blacks killing each other. That is some advance racist theory stuff there.

These are the people being elected to office these days.

Posted by: pawn at March 29, 2024 11:38 AM (QB+5g)

138 132
...
Posted by: Elric Blade at March 29, 2024 11:37 AM (iFTx/)

But shoot ONE of those bastards to save the old man's life, you go to jail for the maximum time, maybe even more.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 29, 2024 11:39 AM (ynpvh)

139 136
Isn't Nex Benedict merely a trans variant of Eggs Benedict?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2024 11:38 AM (xG4kz)

Her (yes, she was FtM) father named her Dabney Hughes, that's what we should be calling her.

Posted by: XTC at March 29, 2024 11:39 AM (UnA8+)

140 137 He essentially blames cowardly white people for blacks killing each other. That is some advance racist theory stuff there.

These are the people being elected to office these days.
Posted by: pawn at March 29, 2024 11:38 AM (QB+5g)

========

Good.

The cities will decrease in importance and power as a result.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 29, 2024 11:39 AM (GBKbO)

141 Biden.... without ANY authority...said the Federal government would pay to rebuild the bridge.

The Bay Bridge was paid for by California taxpayers. It was supposed to cost a billion dollars. It eventually cost >$6 billion.

I guarantee you the new bridge will cost over $20 billion bucks.
If Trump wins, it should be named the Trump Bridge and be festooned with giant steel structural MAGA logos woven into the steework as patterns.

It won't be the Francis Scott Key Bridge because of racism though. Some things can't be stopped.

Posted by: torabora at March 29, 2024 11:40 AM (peOJj)

142 What could possibly go wrong with a DEI bridge?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at March 29, 2024 11:18 AM (FVME7)

Excuse me? Did you say DEI? Maybe you're unaware but, according to the latest narrative, DEI is the new N-word. Amusing that the "narrative makers" fail to point out that it was their side who created it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 29, 2024 11:40 AM (zhLdt)

143 Some people just can't accept alternate lifestyles. Speaking of alternate lifestyles, remember how Libs of Tik Tok killed Nex Benedict? Well, . . .

https://tinyurl.com/bdu4j7av
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at March 29, 2024 11:36 AM (FVME7)

Poor girl, that's just awful.

Posted by: Robert at March 29, 2024 11:40 AM (C2/zX)

144 142 Excuse me? Did you say DEI? Maybe you're unaware but, according to the latest narrative, DEI is the new N-word. Amusing that the "narrative makers" fail to point out that it was their side who created it.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 29, 2024 11:40 AM (zhLdt)

And ESPECIALLY don't you dare mock it by switching the letters around to "DIE"!

Posted by: XTC at March 29, 2024 11:42 AM (UnA8+)

145 Tennessee Music Venue to Host "Trans Day Of Vengeance" Event After One Year Anniversary of Nashville School Shooting

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Isn't that precious?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at March 29, 2024 11:43 AM (FVME7)

146 -
Some people just can't accept alternate lifestyles. Speaking of alternate lifestyles, remember how Libs of Tik Tok killed Nex Benedict? Well, . . .

https://tinyurl.com/bdu4j7av
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at March 29, 2024 11:36 AM (FVME7)

I do not understand why these people don't lawyer up and sue like the wind.

F*CK they should bury the media for their libel and defamation.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 29, 2024 11:43 AM (Zz0t1)

147
He essentially blames cowardly white people for blacks killing each other. That is some advance racist theory stuff there.

He is as much a racial scholar as is Ibrim X. Kendi, the "Bo Catlett of Racial Scholars"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2024 11:43 AM (xG4kz)

148 145 Tennessee Music Venue to Host "Trans Day Of Vengeance" Event After One Year Anniversary of Nashville School Shooting

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Isn't that precious?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at March 29, 2024 11:43 AM (FVME7)

It'd be funny if the troons took their "vengeance" out on said venue.

Posted by: XTC at March 29, 2024 11:43 AM (UnA8+)

149 "The problem is the transportation of hazardous materials -- you do not want an accident with such a vehicle in a tunnel's relatively closed space."

Yes and I thank God that the tunnels have remained safe.

Posted by: pawn at March 29, 2024 11:44 AM (QB+5g)

150 The longer it takes to put Baltimore harbor back into operation the smaller Baltimore will become. Pretty simple. You think B-more is shitty now wait until the finish a bridge or a tunnel. They should just figure the cheapest way to dig a canal for cargo ships. Knocking down vibrant neighborhoods would be a good in itself.

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 29, 2024 11:44 AM (n17eQ)

151 Tennessee Music Venue to Host "Trans Day Of Vengeance" Event After One Year Anniversary of Nashville School Shooting

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Isn't that precious?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at March 29, 2024 11:43 AM (FVME7)

Angry trans fags. Whoopie.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 29, 2024 11:44 AM (Zz0t1)

152 Cowardly white people IS the problem. Cowards for instance don't want to lock the criminals up. Blacks don't have the political power for that. Homo's either for their crap. I do blame whitey.

Posted by: DOYLE at March 29, 2024 11:44 AM (Z8Yh2)

153 Meanwhile, there seems to be a consensus that Michigan is in play this election.

Referring back to the story yesterday on GA's new rules, there's this:

CHANGE: New Georgia Voting Rules Approved. “While there are plenty of people talking about improving election security, Georgia appears to be doing something about it. Just in time for this year’s elections, the Georgia legislature has passed reforms that will impact access to the presidential ballot. They have also altered the rules defining the criteria for being able to submit a ballot and how ballots can be challenged. Ballot challenges will be under strict scrutiny this year with more people expected to be monitoring the process from each party, particularly in swing states like Georgia. The measure has been sent to Republican Governor Brian Kemp, who is expected to sign it into law. Needless to say, many Georgia Democrats are not happy about this.” Of course they’re not. It makes cheating harder

Posted by: Archimedes at March 29, 2024 11:45 AM (CsUN+)

154 One man's bull testicles are just another man's transeggs.

Posted by: Goodwife Chasten Buttplug at March 29, 2024 11:45 AM (Zz86T)

155 138 132
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Posted by: Elric Blade at March 29, 2024 11:37 AM (iFTx/)

But shoot ONE of those bastards to save the old man's life, you go to jail for the maximum time, maybe even more.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 29, 2024 11:39 AM (ynpvh)
_________

"Nah, that's fake news!"

-- Daniel Penny

Posted by: Elric Blade at March 29, 2024 11:46 AM (iFTx/)

156 The cities will decrease in importance and power as a result.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 29, 2024 11:39 AM (GBKbO)

And that's exactly what's happening in front of our eyes. We all know the endless delays and loss of jobs coming to Baltimore because of this accident, and it's all going to be hidden by racial playacting and grifting. The reality is that in 10 years, Baltimore is going to be a smaller, poorer, and less important place than Shreveport, Tulsa, or Texarcana - and several dozen others.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 29, 2024 11:46 AM (i9ffA)

157 Let’s face this head on.

Truth is like poetry and a lot of Americans hate poetry.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable at March 29, 2024 11:35 AM

Not if it is Vogon poetry.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 29, 2024 11:46 AM (QNSds)

158 The longer it takes to put Baltimore harbor back into operation the smaller Baltimore will become. Pretty simple. You think B-more is shitty now wait until the finish a bridge or a tunnel. They should just figure the cheapest way to dig a canal for cargo ships. Knocking down vibrant neighborhoods would be a good in itself.
Posted by: Pudinhead

If we had flying cars LIKE WE'VE BEEN PROMISED, a bridge wouldn't be necessary.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 29, 2024 11:47 AM (Y2tls)

159 152 Cowardly white people IS the problem. Cowards for instance don't want to lock the criminals up. Blacks don't have the political power for that. Homo's either for their crap. I do blame whitey.
Posted by: DOYLE at March 29, 2024 11:44 AM (Z8Yh2)

========

Baltimore is 62% black.

Blacks killing blacks in Baltimore is ultimately the problem of the black population in Baltimore that the blacks of Baltimore need to find a solution to.

Especially since Baltimore determines the politics of Maryland as a whole.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 29, 2024 11:47 AM (GBKbO)

160 Plus, ultimately much of the final cost for the FSK rebuild will be covered by the insurance consortiums.

Not all of it, but a fair amount.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 29, 2024 11:25 AM (a1415)

"Its a write-off Jerry !
They just write it off !"

Posted by: JT at March 29, 2024 11:47 AM (T4tVD)

161 Let’s face this head on.

Truth is like poetry and a lot of Americans hate poetry.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable

Truth is like food. Not everyone gets it.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 29, 2024 11:47 AM (Y2tls)

162 The Bay Bridge was paid for by California taxpayers. It was supposed to cost a billion dollars. It eventually cost >$6 billion.

Pffffft.

Posted by: CA high speed rail at March 29, 2024 11:47 AM (CsUN+)

163 Blacks don't have the political power for that.

Ilhan Omar isn't elected by black people - she is elected by white liberals.

Her district is 60% white, and only 17% black. D+30 district.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 29, 2024 11:48 AM (YAtuc)

164

Not if it is Vogon poetry.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 29, 2024 11:46 AM (QNSds)

COWBOY POETRY!!!!!

Posted by: Have You Seen Harry Reid? at March 29, 2024 11:48 AM (Zz0t1)

165 144 142 Excuse me? Did you say DEI? Maybe you're unaware but, according to the latest narrative, DEI is the new N-word. Amusing that the "narrative makers" fail to point out that it was their side who created it.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 29, 2024 11:40 AM (zhLdt)

And ESPECIALLY don't you dare mock it by switching the letters around to "DIE"!

Posted by: XTC at March 29, 2024 11:42 AM (UnA8+)

Maybe it's Islamic when you mix them around... EID...
Eid al-Fitr is the feast at the end of ramma-lamma-dingdong.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 29, 2024 11:48 AM (ynpvh)

166 Imagine the carnage with flying cars. Imagine your 17 year old self in a flying car...I would not make 18.

Posted by: DOYLE at March 29, 2024 11:48 AM (Z8Yh2)

167 Especially since Baltimore determines the politics of Maryland as a whole.
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Mmm, its B-more, Prince George and Montgomery counties. B-more, alone, just eats money.

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 29, 2024 11:49 AM (n17eQ)

168 ========

Baltimore is 62% black.

Blacks killing blacks in Baltimore is ultimately the problem of the black population in Baltimore that the blacks of Baltimore need to find a solution to.

Especially since Baltimore determines the politics of Maryland as a whole.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 29, 2024 11:47 AM (GBKbO)

They had their chance. They failed to elect her.

Posted by: Have You Seen Harry Reid? at March 29, 2024 11:49 AM (Zz0t1)

169 124 115 111 The only people complaining about that are atheists and David French "christians". (same thing, really)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 29, 2024 11:31 AM (i9ffA)

Heh. I still larf at the French Davidians. I don't remember who coined that bon mot, but it holds up.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at March 29, 2024 11:49 AM (z+89e)

170 Damn......

Strike two......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 29, 2024 11:49 AM (Zz0t1)

171 If you look at the map of the Baltimore harbor and all the cargo loading docks, it's incredible to me that they built that bridge where they did. Literally every ship coming and going from the docks has to go under that rather low and narrow bridge. I'm amazed a collision didn't happen sooner.

Posted by: Elric Blade at March 29, 2024 11:49 AM (iFTx/)

172 The problem is the transportation of hazardous materials -- you do not want an accident with such a vehicle in a tunnel's relatively closed space.

Hang on, now. This is Baltimore. Let's not be hasty ruling things out.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 29, 2024 11:49 AM (zhLdt)

173 Who is responsible for crime, the criminal or the legal system?

Posted by: pawn at March 29, 2024 11:49 AM (QB+5g)

174 How was Trump to blame for that Chinese ship hitting the Baltimore bridge?

Posted by: Northernlurker at March 29, 2024 11:49 AM (zARpI)

175 Why don't we take the FBI's building fund and give it to B-More?

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 29, 2024 11:49 AM (n17eQ)

176 He is as much a racial scholar as is Ibrim X. Kendi, the "Bo Catlett of Racial Scholars"

At first, I thought you meant Boo Radley, who would make even more sense.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 29, 2024 11:49 AM (CsUN+)

177 159 Baltimore is 62% black.

Blacks killing blacks in Baltimore is ultimately the problem of the black population in Baltimore that the blacks of Baltimore need to find a solution to.

Especially since Baltimore determines the politics of Maryland as a whole.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 29, 2024 11:47 AM (GBKbO)

And the only ones competent enough to solve it likely fled Baltimore long ago.

Posted by: XTC at March 29, 2024 11:50 AM (UnA8+)

178 And that's exactly what's happening in front of our eyes. We all know the endless delays and loss of jobs coming to Baltimore because of this accident, and it's all going to be hidden by racial playacting and grifting. The reality is that in 10 years, Baltimore is going to be a smaller, poorer, and less important place than Shreveport, Tulsa, or Texarcana - and several dozen others.

The Port of New Orleans has entered the chat.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 29, 2024 11:51 AM (CsUN+)

179 Vote in Africans get Africa.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable at March 29, 2024 11:51 AM (17s+e)

180 161 Let’s face this head on.

Truth is like poetry and a lot of Americans hate poetry.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable

Truth is like food. Not everyone gets it.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 29, 2024 11:47 AM (Y2tls)

"we don't get it. Try some of this tree bark and grass soup!"--Nork peasants

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 29, 2024 11:51 AM (ynpvh)

181 171 If you look at the map of the Baltimore harbor and all the cargo loading docks, it's incredible to me that they built that bridge where they did. Literally every ship coming and going from the docks has to go under that rather low and narrow bridge. I'm amazed a collision didn't happen sooner.
Posted by: Elric Blade at March 29, 2024 11:49 AM (iFTx/)

Supposedly it used to be common for harbor workers to lay bets as to when the first ship would hit it. It was designed long before the huge mega cargo ships of today became common, and it was totally unsuitable for such a chokepoint.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 29, 2024 11:51 AM (i9ffA)

182 164

Not if it is Vogon poetry.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 29, 2024 11:46 AM (QNSds)

COWBOY POETRY!!!!!

Posted by: Have You Seen Harry Reid? at March 29, 2024 11:48 AM (Zz0t1)

Brokeback edition?

Posted by: Pety Bootyjuice at March 29, 2024 11:52 AM (ynpvh)

183 179 Vote in Africans get Africa.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable at March 29, 2024 11:51 AM (17s+e)

Cutting myself in half so I can deport my black half, boss.

Posted by: XTC at March 29, 2024 11:52 AM (UnA8+)

184 How was Trump to blame for that Chinese ship hitting the Baltimore bridge?

Posted by: Northernlurker at March 29, 2024 11:49 AM (zARpI)

He said pussy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 29, 2024 11:52 AM (Zz0t1)

185 When does the first lawsuit drop from some environmental nutjob group to stop any sort of bridge/tunnel being built in Baltimore? And guess how long it takes to resolve. And how much of a payout this nutjob group gets to shut up and go away.

That's hurdle 1. Hurdle 2 will be the contract bidding. Which DEI contractor is woke enough to be a satisfactory partner with the city? The feds. etc. Hurdle 3 is the actual construction that will probably be a major shit show of DEI created problems, redesigns, scheduling extensions and so on.

12 years from now the half built bridge will be forgotten as the shipping companies will have moved elsewhere to avoid the entire area.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 29, 2024 11:53 AM (Q4IgG)

186 Who is responsible for crime, the criminal or the legal system?
Posted by: pawn at March 29, 2024 11:49 AM

White heterosexual males, duh!

Posted by: Gillette Razorz at March 29, 2024 11:53 AM (a3Q+t)

187 175 Why don't we take the FBI's building fund and give it to B-More?

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 29, 2024 11:49 AM (n17eQ)

To help reduce inflation, the Gov't should burn the money to be used for useless and destructive projects like that. Less cash, cash "worth" more, lower inflation...

Posted by: Pety Bootyjuice at March 29, 2024 11:53 AM (ynpvh)

188 179 Vote in Africans get Africa.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable at March 29, 2024 11:51 AM (17s+e)

I would be happy to see a whole host of black politicians like Clarence Thomas.

Posted by: Pety Bootyjuice at March 29, 2024 11:54 AM (ynpvh)

189 12 years from now the half built bridge will be forgotten as the shipping companies will have moved elsewhere to avoid the entire area.

You're assuming that just because a government works program has no economic rationale, it will go away. Experience says otherwise.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 29, 2024 11:54 AM (CsUN+)

190 12 years from now the half built bridge will be forgotten as the shipping companies will have moved elsewhere to avoid the entire area.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 29, 2024 11:53 AM (Q4IgG)
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I doubt in 12 years the bridge will even be half built.

Posted by: Elric Blade at March 29, 2024 11:54 AM (iFTx/)

191 He said pussy.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 29, 2024 11:52 AM

What are we, chopped liver?

Posted by: Mean Tweets at March 29, 2024 11:54 AM (a3Q+t)

192 12 years from now the half built bridge will be forgotten as the shipping companies will have moved elsewhere to avoid the entire area.
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Yep. When you see the rail lines leading to B-more being pulled up Baltimore will be dead.

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 29, 2024 11:55 AM (n17eQ)

193 Damn, stuck sticky gay sock off.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 29, 2024 11:55 AM (ynpvh)

194 Only black-owned firms will be allowed to bid on the bridge work, and the labor force will be required to be majority black.

Only politically connected, black "owned", firms will be allowed to bid on the bridge work, and the labor force will be "required" to be majority black but will, in fact, be almost entirely illegals.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 29, 2024 11:55 AM (zhLdt)

195 I doubt in 12 years the bridge will even be half built.
Posted by: Elric Blade at March 29, 2024 11:54 AM (iFTx/)

The environmental impact studies might be halfway done.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 29, 2024 11:55 AM (i9ffA)

196
Ibrim X. Kendi, the "Bo Catlett of Racial Scholars"

BO CATLETT:You know what I’m thinkin’? (leans forward) You wanna make the girl older. I don’t like the ending. We could do that, you and me, sit down and write the script over where it needs it.

Chili flips through the script a moment . . .

CHILI: You know how to write one of these?

BO CATLETT: There’s nothin’ to know. You have an idea, you write down what you wanna say. Then you get somebody to add in the commas and shit where they belong, if you aren’t positive yourself. Maybe fix up the spelling where you have some tricky words . . . although I’ve seen scripts where I know words weren’t spelled right and there was hardly any commas in it at all. So I don’t think it’s too important. Anyway, you come to the last page you write in ‘Fade out’ and that’s the end, you’re done.

CHILI: That’s all there is to it, huh?

BO CATLETT: That’s all.

Chili sits forward, stabs out his cigarette, exhales into Bo Catlett’s face . . .

CHILI: Then what do I need you for?

Bo Catlett starts for the door.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2024 11:55 AM (xG4kz)

197 The point of these outrages isn't even to dispute Trump, or the truth, or cover it up. It's to tell people what's expected of them. "Got a problem with the industrial collapse? The flood of illegals? The corruption? Yeah, well... Trump's got a problem with that too. Those are Trumpy problems for Trumpy people. And talking about Trumpy things is supreme white insurrection. Stop talking about this or we'll fuckin' ruin you."

It works. That's why they do it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 29, 2024 11:55 AM (0FoWg)

198 The Key Bridge was built at a cost (adjusted for inflation) of about $200 million. Replacing it could take a decade and cost $400 million to $800 million dollars, according to experts

Posted by: Don Black at March 29, 2024 11:56 AM (oCjPU)

199 183 179 Vote in Africans get Africa.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable at March 29, 2024 11:51 AM (17s+e)

Cutting myself in half so I can deport my black half, boss.

Posted by: XTC at March 29, 2024 11:52 AM (UnA8+)

I guess I'm lucky; probably just need to whack off a pinkie, Yakuza style.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 29, 2024 11:56 AM (ynpvh)

200 The Key Bridge was built at a cost (adjusted for inflation) of about $200 million. Replacing it could take a decade and cost $400 million to $800 million dollars, according to experts
Posted by: Don Black at March 29, 2024 11:56 AM (oCjPU)

"Yeah, you think so, eh?"

- - - - Union Labor

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 29, 2024 11:57 AM (Zz0t1)

201 Baltimore is going to be a smaller, poorer, and less important place than Shreveport, Tulsa, or Texarcana - and several dozen others

Because the Port of Tulsa is booming!

Posted by: rickb223 at March 29, 2024 11:57 AM (Y2tls)

202 He essentially blames cowardly white people for blacks killing each other. That is some advance racist theory stuff there.

I'm not sure where the "cowardly" part comes from. Is he suggesting that whites should sack up and shoulder their fair share of killing blacks?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 29, 2024 11:57 AM (zhLdt)

203 Why don't we take the FBI's building fund and give it to B-More?
Posted by: Pudinhead at March 29, 2024 11:49 AM (n17eQ)
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That's beautiful.

Posted by: The Frumious Follywood at March 29, 2024 11:57 AM (spCJP)

204 199 I guess I'm lucky; probably just need to whack off a pinkie, Yakuza style.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 29, 2024 11:56 AM (ynpvh)

The upside of amputating my legs is that I'll lose some damned weight.

Posted by: XTC at March 29, 2024 11:58 AM (UnA8+)

205 Only politically connected, black "owned", firms will be allowed to bid on the bridge work, and the labor force will be "required" to be majority black but will, in fact, be almost entirely illegals.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Hey ese!

Posted by: rickb223 at March 29, 2024 11:58 AM (Y2tls)

206 Vote in Africans get Africa.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable at March 29, 2024 11:51 AM (17s+e)

Cutting myself in half so I can deport my black half, boss.

Posted by: XTC at March 29, 2024 11:52 AM (UnA8+)

top half or bottom half?

enquiring morons want to know... lol

Posted by: SturmToddler at March 29, 2024 11:58 AM (bving)

207 Cutting myself in half so I can deport my black half, boss.

Posted by: XTC at March 29, 2024 11:52 AM (UnA8+)

I guess I'm lucky; probably just need to whack off a pinkie, Yakuza style.

My mother was full-blood German/Danish, and my father's mother was Scottish. She remembered WWI and WWII and HATED the GERMANS. Perhaps that's why I'm so full of self-doubt.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 29, 2024 11:58 AM (CsUN+)

208 204 199 I guess I'm lucky; probably just need to whack off a pinkie, Yakuza style.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 29, 2024 11:56 AM (ynpvh)

The upside of amputating my legs is that I'll lose some damned weight.

Posted by: XTC at March 29, 2024 11:58 AM (UnA8+)

And get some of that sweet, sweet Gov't money?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 29, 2024 11:58 AM (ynpvh)

209 197 The point of these outrages isn't even to dispute Trump, or the truth, or cover it up. It's to tell people what's expected of them. "Got a problem with the industrial collapse? The flood of illegals? The corruption? Yeah, well... Trump's got a problem with that too. Those are Trumpy problems for Trumpy people. And talking about Trumpy things is supreme white insurrection. Stop talking about this or we'll fuckin' ruin you."

It works. That's why they do it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 29, 2024 11:55 AM (0FoWg)

The self-sorting isn't going how they thought it would, which is why they continue to hammer this strategy as much as possible.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at March 29, 2024 11:59 AM (KbCG3)

210 202 He essentially blames cowardly white people for blacks killing each other. That is some advance racist theory stuff there.

I'm not sure where the "cowardly" part comes from. Is he suggesting that whites should sack up and shoulder their fair share of killing blacks?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 29, 2024 11:57 AM (zhLdt)

=======

White people left Baltimore. They took their tax money with them. That tax money should have gone to welfare programs that would have prevented black kids from choosing crime.

White people need to move back to Baltimore and give the Baltimore government more money.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 29, 2024 11:59 AM (GBKbO)

211 The Key Bridge was built at a cost (adjusted for inflation) of about $200 million. Replacing it could take a decade and cost $400 million to $800 million dollars, according to experts

Posted by: Don Black at March 29, 2024 11:56 AM (oCjPU)

take the over

Posted by: BignJames at March 29, 2024 11:59 AM (AwYPR)

212
top half or bottom half?

enquiring morons want to know... lol
Posted by: SturmToddler at March 29, 2024 11:58 AM (bving)

Sometimes, the only proof of blackness is the big, swingin' dick.

Posted by: Dexter St. Jock at March 29, 2024 11:59 AM (Zz0t1)

213
Maybe it's Islamic when you mix them around... EID...
--

I read that 'IED', for some reason.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 29, 2024 11:59 AM (XeU6L)

214 The upside of amputating my legs is that I'll lose some damned weight.
Posted by: XTC at March 29, 2024 11:58 AM

Amputate your arms as well, and you can be the swimmer known as "Bob"!

Posted by: Mean Tweets at March 29, 2024 12:00 PM (a3Q+t)

215 208 And get some of that sweet, sweet Gov't money?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 29, 2024 11:58 AM (ynpvh)

Well, I was hoping the rest of me would be considered the white half.

I'm not a government grifter.

I just suck at math.

Posted by: XTC at March 29, 2024 12:00 PM (UnA8+)

216 207 Cutting myself in half so I can deport my black half, boss.

Posted by: XTC at March 29, 2024 11:52 AM (UnA8+)

I guess I'm lucky; probably just need to whack off a pinkie, Yakuza style.

My mother was full-blood German/Danish, and my father's mother was Scottish. She remembered WWI and WWII and HATED the GERMANS. Perhaps that's why I'm so full of self-doubt.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 29, 2024 11:58 AM (CsUN+)

Well then, those ancestors were Dutch (Deutch)...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 29, 2024 12:00 PM (ynpvh)

217
Amputate your arms as well, and you can be the swimmer known as "Bob"!
Posted by: Mean Tweets at March 29, 2024 12:00 PM (a3Q+t)

Or thrown in a pile of leaves and called "Russell."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 29, 2024 12:00 PM (Zz0t1)

218 Good rant, thank you.

The Playbook. FJB lies? Every time he opens his mouth at a speech - whether State of the Union or Campaign Receptions (the latter of which have always numbered as many), and at all public appearances.

The lies are well documented in many formats including White House Remarks by Pres B & VP H; major MSM articles; on C-Span; through surrogates, i.e., Remarks by both ^ at a Campaign Reception, Raleigh, NC. 3 days ago.

He's always been a liar. CBS Evening News, March 24, 2009, 'Driver In Biden Crash Wanted Name Cleared'
In part, "At least twice, Biden himself has made public references to alcohol being involved in the crash. In 2007 Biden said the truck driver "allegedly ... drank his lunch." And multiple news outlets, including CBS News, have reported that Dunn was drunk."
That story arose more than half a century ago, it was never the truth, but given a leg by much of the MSM. So is it a surprise he continues?
He's such a likable old guy.."My dad used to have an expression - for real. My dad was a wonderful man, very well rad. He got into Johns Hopkins during - just before the war, but he ended up working* in a - in the shipyards

Posted by: L - If they do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at March 29, 2024 12:00 PM (GshMh)

219 Contd: and he never got to go. But my dad used to say - and I mean th - give you my word to this. He'd always come home before he went back and closed the dealership* - he didn't own, but he managed. (Side note: Both, family businesses.)

And he's say, "Remember, Joey, a job is about a lot more than a paycheck. A job is about your dignity. A job is about respect. A job is about being able to look your child in the eye and say, "Honey, it's going to be okay," and mean it."

And, "Every time I'd walk out of my grandfather Ambrose Finnegan's house up in Scranton, PA - he came out - he came out west to go to school. He went to Santa Clara. He was - by the way, he was an All-American football player in 1906. But any rate. He - he was in the newspaper business on the business side. And he'd look and he'd yell, "Joey, keep the faith." And my grandmother would say, "No, Joey, spread it."

I digress. Count the lies just in his speeches. And so FJB continues to spread them, in that 'someone's grand pop manner' & with most of MSM in 'his' pocket. imo, all.

Posted by: L - If they do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at March 29, 2024 12:00 PM (GshMh)

220 215 208 And get some of that sweet, sweet Gov't money?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 29, 2024 11:58 AM (ynpvh)

Well, I was hoping the rest of me would be considered the white half.

I'm not a government grifter.

I just suck at math.

Posted by: XTC at March 29, 2024 12:00 PM (UnA8+)

Given my nieces DNA test results, I'd have to chop off more than my pinkie in reality; maybe a good 4 lbs of me. Liposuction should do it, or one of my disfunctional kidneys. Yeah, that's the ticket.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 29, 2024 12:01 PM (ynpvh)

221 Late to the party -- excellent observations, Buck.

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at March 29, 2024 12:02 PM (yRuUQ)

222 White people left Baltimore. They took their tax money with them. That tax money should have gone to welfare programs that would have prevented black kids from choosing crime.

Coleman Young, mayor of Detroit (74-94), told the white people to leave. They did.

He chose...poorly.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 29, 2024 12:02 PM (CsUN+)

223 Coleman Young, mayor of Detroit (74-94), told the white people to leave. They did.

He chose...poorly.
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Yep. Detroit was 1.5M strong. I think it might be 600k hunter and gatherers, now.

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 29, 2024 12:03 PM (n17eQ)

224 Maybe Trump is a mastermind who is manipulating the media to cover stories they would otherwise embargo ...

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Very Stable Genius FTW!

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at March 29, 2024 12:04 PM (yRuUQ)

225 223 Yep. Detroit was 1.5M strong. I think it might be 600k hunter and gatherers, now.
Posted by: Pudinhead at March 29, 2024 12:03 PM (n17eQ)

Don't forget the Jihadis.

Posted by: XTC at March 29, 2024 12:04 PM (UnA8+)

226 210 202 He essentially blames cowardly white people for blacks killing each other. That is some advance racist theory stuff there.

I'm not sure where the "cowardly" part comes from. Is he suggesting that whites should sack up and shoulder their fair share of killing blacks?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 29, 2024 11:57 AM (zhLdt)

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White people left Baltimore. They took their tax money with them. That tax money should have gone to welfare programs that would have prevented black kids from choosing crime.

White people need to move back to Baltimore and give the Baltimore government more money.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 29, 2024 11:59 AM (GBKbO)
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Affluent blacks left Baltimore too. "White flight" is really a misnomer. It's "wealth flight." When cities go down the shitter like Baltimore did, everyone who can get out does. The only ones who stay are the poor desperate ones. That creates a vicious cycle descending evermore into the shitter.

Posted by: Elric Blade at March 29, 2024 12:05 PM (iFTx/)

227 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 29, 2024 12:05 PM (Zz0t1)

228 New one.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 29, 2024 12:05 PM (CsUN+)

229 Maybe some of the flown are for a surprise secret army.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at March 29, 2024 12:05 PM (J8LnB)

230 Amputate your arms as well, and you can be the swimmer known as "Bob"!
Posted by: Mean Tweets at March 29, 2024 12:00 PM (a3Q+t)

Or thrown in a pile of leaves and called "Russell."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 29, 2024 12:00 PM (Zz0t1)

hang out on the front porch by the door and be "Matt"...

Posted by: SturmToddler at March 29, 2024 12:05 PM (bving)

231 nood

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 29, 2024 12:06 PM (GBKbO)

232 Triple he maximum estimated cost.

New bridge needs to include two walkways, one for repressed people and one for whitey.

Will also need to be built from 100% sustainable materials fabricated by indigenous basket makers.

Needs to be constructed by a profile of representative of the People.

Don't forget a bike lane. Ha!

Posted by: pawn at March 29, 2024 12:07 PM (QB+5g)

233 231 nood

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 29, 2024 12:06 PM (GBKbO)

sorry. I'll put some pants on.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 29, 2024 12:07 PM (ynpvh)

234 187

'It works. '

And that's why the passive supporters of this tyrannical shit are culpable, down to the voters.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 29, 2024 12:11 PM (roH4R)

235 In other news, long faced, large breasted Gina Gannon just tried to sell me a teeth whitener device.

(The stupid "America's Steals and Deals" paid segment on the local news.)

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at March 29, 2024 12:28 PM (ufFY8)

236 That's how shrewd persons in the USSR could follow what was really going on -- by what was being denounced in Pravda. Our version of Pravda, the mainstream media, is banking on its readers/ viewers not being shrewd.

Posted by: Bud Norton at March 29, 2024 12:46 PM (6cOMd)

237 Hey all you AoS bloggers and cobs, we get that Trump was not your first choice, maybe even behind that slattern Sneaky Haley, but please quit reminding us of that fact. He is the Republican nominee so either get behind him or not but stop the "he was not my first choice". Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

Posted by: Fed Up to Here at March 29, 2024 12:53 PM (VcHM+)

238 145 Tennessee Music Venue to Host "Trans Day Of Vengeance" Event After One Year Anniversary of Nashville School Shooting

Nothing expresses the simple desire to peacefully enjoy your quirky lifestyle quite like a Day of Vengeance

Posted by: Simple Stevo at March 29, 2024 12:57 PM (Dgo06)

239 "we get that Trump was not your first choice, maybe even behind that slattern Sneaky Haley, but please quit reminding us of that fact."

But we are better than you and need to remind you of that.

Posted by: pawn at March 29, 2024 12:59 PM (QB+5g)

240 and the media is continuing to fail to even mention Hillary"s death cough.
Biden is/was not my first choice. I don't think many who voted for him thought he was the best. Biden was elected ONLY because he was not Trump. Certainly, unlike Trump Biden had no cult following.

Posted by: paul at March 29, 2024 01:24 PM (hgDJr)

241 I promise you, the explanation is not that Donald Trump is a genius.

Posted by: Deceased Head Football Coach Howard Schnellenberger at March 29, 2024 01:52 PM (cyGHd)

242 The "migrants" were vetted because each one received a corvette along with their prepaid debit card and four-star hotel room.

Posted by: Ostral B Heretic at March 29, 2024 02:35 PM (25QY+)

243 He sees the boomerangs. We are in good shape if a cob is starting to notice.

Posted by: t-bird at March 29, 2024 04:21 PM (OdC3A)

244 Then the M.S. Media wonders why the most of the American People no longer trusts the M.S. Media

Posted by: Tamaa he Drongo Bird at March 29, 2024 04:28 PM (wGqjj)

245 And then there were some stupid lefties online quoting PDT as saying that IF he were elected, there'd be a bloodbath. Giving his "quote" as a reason NOT to vote for him, so as NOT to give him that power of taking revenge.

Posted by: m at March 29, 2024 04:41 PM (o3SCB)

246 Its hard to imagine a profession less esteemed, trusted, or valued than politicians, lawyers, or teachers but journalists have done it.

Posted by: Fred at March 29, 2024 05:11 PM (bXvrr)

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