THE MORNING RANT: Despite Expose’ of Rampant Sexual Harassment at FDIC, its Leader’s Resignation Will be Delayed to Prevent a Republican Replacement

Have you been following the story of FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg? Probably not, since he’s a Democrat. This isn’t a story most of the media wants to bring attention to, because removing Gruenberg from power due to the culture of sexual harassment that has flourished under him would put a Republican in charge of the FDIC. The Wall Street Journal deserves much credit for engaging in actual journalism in covering this story, even though it exposed a Democrat who has been an obedient officer working to advance the Obama/Biden banking agenda.

I’ll first do a quick overview of the scandal, and then I want to highlight how this is another example of Democrats keeping the slimiest and most unethical people in office as needed to retain power, subordinating any principles regarding ethical behavior to the greater cause of advancing their agenda and preventing Republicans from gaining power. It’s another reminder that only unethical Republicans are expected to surrender office.

In November 2023 the Wall Street Journal published an expose of the shenanigans going on at the FDIC.

“Strip Clubs, Lewd Photos and a Boozy Hotel: The Toxic Atmosphere at Bank Regulator FDIC” [WSJ – 11/13/2023]

A male Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. supervisor in San Francisco invited employees to a strip club. A supervisor in Denver had sex with his employee, told other employees about it and pressed her to drink whiskey during work. Senior bank examiners texted female employees photos of their [genitals]. All of the men remained employed at the agency.
“It was just an accepted part of the culture,” said Lauren Lemmer, a former examiner-in-training. She quit her job in 2013 after three years in which she said she was denied opportunities to advance, followed back to her Dallas hotel room by a male colleague during training, invited to a strip club in Seattle by other bank examiners and sent an unsolicited naked photo by a colleague.

There is much, much more in the story. I’ve been working in the private sector since the late 1980s, and any of these acts would have gotten me fired 30 years ago. Gruenberg was aware that his subordinates were engaging in predatory sexual behavior, yet he protected his people. Records of misbehavior were helpfully “lost.” Democrat Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio is the Chairman of the Senate’s Banking Committee. He is running for re-election, and Republicans have put him in the difficult position of either defending and perpetuating the FDIC’s culture of sexual harassment by allowing Gruenberg to remain in office, or demanding that Gruenberg step down.

Senator Brown has decided to split the baby in half. He is calling for Gruenberg to step down, but only after President Biden names a replacement.

“Embattled FDIC chair to step down when a successor is confirmed” [Politico – 5/20/2024]

FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg on Monday announced he is willing to step down from the agency he has served for nearly two decades once a successor is confirmed, after damning reports of a toxic workplace culture at the bank regulator led lawmakers to call for him to leave.
“In light of recent events, I am prepared to step down from my responsibilities once a successor is confirmed,” he added. “Until that time, I will continue to fulfill my responsibilities as Chairman of the FDIC, including the transformation of the FDIC’s workplace culture.”
The flurry of news comes after Senate Banking Chair Sherrod Brown called on Biden to replace Gruenberg.
“To anyone who has experienced sexual harassment or other misconduct at the FDIC, I again want to apologize and express how deeply sorry I am,” Gruenberg told lawmakers last week.
“I also acknowledge my own failures as Chairman, both in failing to recognize how my temperament in meetings impacted others and for not having identified deeper cultural issues at the FDIC sooner,” he said.

The good news for the women at the FDIC is that the days of male co-workers stalking them at their hotel rooms and sending them naked selfies will soon be over. The bad news is that Senator Sherrod Brown and the rest of the Democrat establishment feel it’s more important to maintain the abusive, sexist culture at the FDIC for the time being, because if Gruenberg were to immediately depart, a Republican might take his place.

“FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg to Resign Following Report Detailing Sexual Harassment at Agency” [WSJ – 5/20/2024]

Gruenberg plans to stay until a successor is confirmed, avoiding a scenario that would leave a Republican as acting chairman.

Can you imagine what an awful “scenario” it might be if a Republican took control of the FDIC? Clearly, it’s preferable for women to be subject to on-the-job, Democrat-sanctioned sexual harassment than to allow the “scenario” of a Republican running the FDIC. The women of Ohio need to know that Democrat Sherrod Brown still prefers for the women of the FDIC to be sexually harassed than to allow a Republican to replace Gruenberg.

With the Democrats’ core constituency now being the women of Whole Foods, one might rationally think that a straight, white man turning a government agency into a sexual playpen for his fellow straight men would offend the Democrat base. But it doesn’t, because even feminist Democrats care much more about raw power than about any actual principle. No other Democrat Senator is calling for Gruensberg’s resignation. Senator Elizabet Warren (D – MA) is still defending Gruensberg!

“Elizabeth Warren Defends Embattled FDIC Chairman” [WSJ – 5/16/2024]

“Your resignation would do nothing to improve the culture of the FDIC but it would give Republicans a veto over bank policy,” Warren said at a Senate Banking Committee hearing featuring Gruenberg.

Yet, when the political/media hyenas organize to take out a vulnerable Republican, all the “polite” Republicans feel compelled to join in the political lynch mob, lest they be thought of as supporting the target. George Santos may have been a fabulist and a clown – just like the man in the White House right now – but he was also harmless and a reliable conservative vote. Polite Republicans enthusiastically sought to remove him from Congress, reducing Republican power and inching the Democrats back toward control of the House.

Compare and contrast the two parties’ principles. The Democrat principle is to hold on to power, no matter what, and no matter who it victimizes. The Republican principle is to surrender power to Democrats to signal their virtuousness.

Finally, although you may not have heard about the toxic FDIC leader until today, you have certainly heard about a pro football kicker, Harrison Butker, who is a practicing Christian. At a Catholic university’s commencement speech, Butker extolled traditional Catholic virtues. He was not at his work place, nor in his uniform, nor speaking on behalf of his employer, yet the media has gone wall to wall in outrage coverage, demanding that the NFL respond and punish Butker.

Here is a typical legacy media headline about Butker: “Backlash over NFL player Harrison Butker’s commencement speech has reached a new level” [CNN – 5/17/2024]

The New York Times is running a near-daily piece stoking the flames of outrage about Harrison Butker, and trying to get him fired.

To understand the culture and agenda of our ruling class, it is revealing to understand that they are uniting en masse to harm a faithful family man because he and his wife honor their church’s teachings, while at the same time these elites are fighting to keep a despicable government employee in office, under who’s leadership predatory male subordinates were permitted to sexually torment female employees.

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM

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1 Today's space launch has been scrubbed and is rescheduled for tomorrow at 7:30 AM EDT.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 27, 2024 11:02 AM (O7YUW)

2 I'll go let the others know this thread is live.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 27, 2024 11:02 AM (O7YUW)

3 Stopped to read the content.

“Your resignation would do nothing to improve the culture of the FDIC but it would give Republicans a veto over bank policy,” Warren said at a Senate Banking Committee hearing featuring Gruenberg."

Wont make a bit of difference, this country is on track for an economic correction regardless of who is at the helm of the FDIC.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 27, 2024 11:05 AM (QNSds)

4 Is a used condom a sandwich?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism at May 27, 2024 11:05 AM (7OOyH)

5
F Dic sounds like the place for Gruenberg.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 27, 2024 11:05 AM (MoZTd)

6 Moral pigs populate these agencies. Kid diddlers, rapists, trans-testicle people......

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 27, 2024 11:06 AM (2QA3G)

7 Thanks Buck !

Happy Hollerday !

Posted by: JT at May 27, 2024 11:06 AM (T4tVD)

8 Sounds like they don't have enough work to do.

Another agency that doesn't need to exist.

Shut. It. Down.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 11:07 AM (iqCyx)

9 the only note i have is that I now expect every public official to behave exactly as Gruenberg behaved, and I expect any possible replacement to double down on his depravity.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 27, 2024 11:07 AM (q3gwH)

10 Is a used condom a sandwich?
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism

If it's Fidel's, I'll have a Cuban!

Posted by: David French at May 27, 2024 11:07 AM (2QA3G)

11 happy memorial day everyone!

Also, this was NOT posted at 11:00- guess it's not only Ace with a time machine.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 27, 2024 11:07 AM (JMAcK)

12 Moral pigs populate these agencies. Kid diddlers, rapists, trans-testicle people......

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 27, 2024 11:06 AM (2QA3G)

But the Best and Brightest kid diddlers, rapists, trans-testicle people......

Posted by: BignJames at May 27, 2024 11:07 AM (AwYPR)

13 A male Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. supervisor in San Francisco invited employees to a strip club. A supervisor in Denver had sex with his employee, told other employees about it and pressed her to drink whiskey during work. Senior bank examiners texted female employees photos of their [genitals]. All of the men remained employed at the agency.

—

Was that wrong?

Posted by: George Costanza at May 27, 2024 11:07 AM (tpjlM)

14 Morning.

OT The LP nominated another left-leaning former Democrat. Robert's vote for Trump is now a lock.

Posted by: Robert at May 27, 2024 11:08 AM (GgvEQ)

15 Freedom Toons covers the "reaction" to Butker's comments:

youtu.be/_RiYzqTDDVY

Posted by: pookysgirl appreciates the musical selection at May 27, 2024 11:09 AM (dtlDP)

16 Biden hiding behind the teleprompter. LOL

Posted by: TrainmanTim at May 27, 2024 11:10 AM (lycPY)

17 The Bee had a funny YT of Satan asking the Dems to dial down the evil until after the election. The Dems, of course, were having no part of that.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at May 27, 2024 11:10 AM (L/fGl)

18 the only note i have is that I now expect every public official to behave exactly as Gruenberg behaved, and I expect any possible replacement to double down on his depravity.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 27, 2024 11:07 AM (q3gwH)

And it is NOT the solution, to put Republicans in charge of these agencies.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 11:10 AM (iqCyx)

19 No news from Democrats can't be good news

Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2024 11:11 AM (fwDg9)

20 He's willing to step down.

Classy guy.

Posted by: BignJames at May 27, 2024 11:11 AM (AwYPR)

21 Democrats want power.

Republicans want the Democrats in power, but to make it look like they are fighting them. It makes the grift that much easier.

There. I've just explained the past 20 years in this country.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 27, 2024 11:12 AM (JMAcK)

22 >> how this is another example of Democrats keeping the slimiest and most unethical people in office as needed to retain power, subordinating any principles regarding ethical behavior to the greater cause of advancing their agenda and preventing Republicans from gaining power

Example 1A is FJB, so why not at lower levels of power

I saw a telling exchange on Nextdoor this AM. I’m still in my former SoCal neighborhood on that app as I’m too stupid to figure out how to change locations. Anyway it was a post about out of control crime…. A few comments about how Gascon has to go and stop voting for Dems. An AWFL chimed in and said “I don’t care how bad crime is I’ll never vote republican because they hate democracy”

You can’t fix stupid

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 27, 2024 11:12 AM (xT8gx)

23 But Republicans want to send black people to Africa and they hate gays. So we’re fine with all this.

Posted by: Feminists at May 27, 2024 11:12 AM (tpjlM)

24 Wont make a bit of difference, this country is on track for an economic correction regardless of who is at the helm of the FDIC.

I think Trump's first hire should be Milei. Put him in charge of the Department of Firing Your Sorry Ass (DFYSA).

Posted by: Archimedes at May 27, 2024 11:12 AM (CsUN+)

25 OT The LP nominated another left-leaning former Democrat. Robert's vote for Trump is now a lock.
Posted by: Robert at May 27, 2024 11:08 AM (GgvEQ)

I tried to find news of the guy this morning, but apparently his one claim to fame is being "spoiler" in the Georgia Senate race.

Other than being an Obama supporter, until Obama decided not to close Guantanamo Bay.

Way to go, Libnerds. Once again showing that libertarianism and the Libertarian Party have very little in common.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 11:13 AM (iqCyx)

26 Man, why can't I find one of these jobs that just lets you play grab ass all day?

Posted by: Robert at May 27, 2024 11:13 AM (WtuUQ)

27 This is why Dems win and Reps lose. Dems give no fucks. Reps on the other hand resign over a parking ticket,

Posted by: Montec at May 27, 2024 11:13 AM (tpjlM)

28
But Republicans want to send black people to Africa and they hate gays. So we’re fine with all this.
Posted by: Feminists

__________

Republicans also don't want black women to kill their unborn babies. That's just evil.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 27, 2024 11:13 AM (MoZTd)

29 Yet, when the political/media hyenas organize to take out a vulnerable Republican, all the “polite” Republicans feel compelled to join in the political lynch mob, lest they be thought of as supporting the target.

And this attitude needs to change. Stand by the vulnerable Republican and punch back against the enemedia. Throw out comments like this and take no questions:

"Yeah, we stand by him just like Democrats stood by Ted Kennedy when he murdered a woman."

"We don't think this is any different when our colleagues on the other side protected Senator Reid when he admitted on camera to slandering Mitt Romney."

Posted by: NR Pax at May 27, 2024 11:14 AM (lXCUP)

30 Seamus says to record the "reaction" part, he just recorded himself trying and failing to upload a video. (Probably not entirely accurate, but still funny.)

Posted by: pookysgirl appreciates the musical selection at May 27, 2024 11:14 AM (dtlDP)

31 I thought I'd send my secretary a picture of something swollen and throbbing so I took a snapshot of my gouty big toe.

Posted by: FDIC eexec not clear on the concept at May 27, 2024 11:15 AM (991eG)

32 Who knew bankers were so wild.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 27, 2024 11:15 AM (Qn59F)

33 Just recently had to our anniual harrasment training/indoctination.

Every page same as the last - describe some scenario out of 40/50s movie like drunk boss chasing sexytary around desk... BAM! fired...and then "if they even think you might be thinking of doing this"... BAM! fired.

And then we hear in the real world
>>> A male Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
supervisor in San Francisco invited employees to a strip club. A supervisor in Denver had sex with his employee, told other employees about it and pressed her to drink whiskey during work. Senior bank examiners texted female employees photos of their [genitals].

And just like Tailhook and The Presdential Humidor,
it goes all the way to the top,
so they punish the peons.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 27, 2024 11:15 AM (cOq4q)

34 And this attitude needs to change. Stand by the vulnerable Republican and punch back against the enemedia. Throw out comments like this and take no questions:

—

Dear sir,

This is not who we are. We stand by principles and morality. Please send $100 ASAP..

See you at the country club.

Posted by: GOP at May 27, 2024 11:16 AM (tpjlM)

35 Is this as bad as tailhook? Because I was told tailhook was literally the murder of women in the streets or something.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 27, 2024 11:17 AM (Qn59F)

36 Who knew bankers were so wild.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 27, 2024 11:15 AM (Qn59F)

Spend all day counting bills and dreaming up wild sex fantasies.

Posted by: Robert at May 27, 2024 11:17 AM (8KNi9)

37 I hope Republicans are taking notes.. Oh.. Who am I kidding

Posted by: It's me donna at May 27, 2024 11:18 AM (Akjoo)

38 >>> Is a used condom a sandwich?
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism

More like a "Puka Dog" with the meat stick pulled out.

Bing up "Puka Dog" if you are unsure. Totally safe for work, church, and family events.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 27, 2024 11:18 AM (cOq4q)

39 Ohhhh baby let me amortize your expense ratios.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 27, 2024 11:19 AM (Qn59F)

40 Kurt Schlichter has pointed out that every MFM interview of a Republican will begin with "will you accept the outcome of the election". I've been thinking about the appropriate response (which makes me different than the average brain dead GOP pol). I have two responses.

I think the GOPites should say to the media whores;
1) "If Trump wins, will you accept the outcome of the election?"
2) "If it can be shown that the election was marred by large-scale fraud, will you still demand that we accept the outcome of such a fraudulent process?"

Posted by: Archimedes at May 27, 2024 11:19 AM (CsUN+)

41 In 30+ years working for FedGov I've only seen two people fired.

One for falsifying their timesheet.

The other for exactly what Martin Gruenberg did/is doing.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 27, 2024 11:19 AM (Q4IgG)

42 Can't say know a thing of this Butker story other than Leftists losing their few marbles left

Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2024 11:19 AM (fwDg9)

43 I bet Ace has a post about the Trump-Libertarian thing today.

That should be fun.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 27, 2024 11:19 AM (v6JzV)

44 43 I bet Ace has a post about the Trump-Libertarian thing today.

That should be fun.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 27, 2024 11:19 AM (v6JzV)

True... I think it was fine that Trump did that... Joe was invited too and he didn't accept the invitation.

Posted by: It's me donna at May 27, 2024 11:20 AM (Akjoo)

45 Democrat Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio is the Chairman of the Senate’s Banking Committee. He is running for re-election, and Republicans have put him in the difficult position of either defending and perpetuating the FDIC’s culture of sexual harassment by allowing Gruenberg to remain in office, or demanding that Gruenberg step down.

That explains the pro-Sherrod Brown ads tying him to President Trump.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at May 27, 2024 11:20 AM (UJJWg)

46 Sara Rose 🌹 @saras76
Nobody's buying his crap.
He can't even get an applause without asking.

https://tinyurl.com/ypx97fvb
11 seconds; West Point speech

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 27, 2024 11:21 AM (ZdexC)

47 Two headlines from Hollywood world.

Man Wins Best Actress At Cannes Film Festival

"FURIOSA" bombs hard at the box office: "Worst Memorial Day opening in over 4 decades"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at May 27, 2024 11:21 AM (L/fGl)

48 Sara Rose 🌹 @saras76
Nobody's buying his crap.
He can't even get an applause without asking.

https://tinyurl.com/ypx97fvb
11 seconds; West Point speech
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 27, 2024 11:21 AM (ZdexC)

Who did it better, Biden or JEB!

Posted by: Robert at May 27, 2024 11:22 AM (8KNi9)

49 A male Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
supervisor in San Francisco invited employees to a strip club.

Why do I suspect the strip club didn't have any women working there?

Posted by: Rob Crawford at May 27, 2024 11:22 AM (UJJWg)

50 Prosecution threatening PDT valet to turn witness against him:

Julie Kelly @julie_kelly2
May 26 • 4 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
Within the span of a half hour last week, one of Jack Smith's prosecutors in classified docs case called defense argument "garbage," told Judge Cannon the proceeding "is no way to run a railroad," and pounded on podium, clapped his hands in rage:

Bratt also allegedly warned that Nauta was going to lose his lifestyle of "private planes and private golf clubs" either way and it would behoove Nauta to cooperate for lesser punishment.

(This meeting took place about 2 weeks after FBI raid)

When Harbach suggested Cannon shouldn't worry her pretty little head about it, she shot back:

https://tinyurl.com/4ccpnjcp
X thread unrolled as an ordinary web page, incl. images/ screencaps.

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 27, 2024 11:22 AM (ZdexC)

51 Who did it better, Biden or JEB!

Well, JEB! did say "please".

Posted by: Archimedes at May 27, 2024 11:22 AM (CsUN+)

52 I did some consulting work for the gubmt. When 5:00 hit someone could be in the middle of writing an email and they’d stop mid sentence.

I don’t really blame them. Hate the game not the player kind of thing. And it was great from a consulting point of view since everything moved at a glacial pace. What would take 3 months usually, easily took a year. When you bill hourly, that’s the dream.

Posted by: Montec at May 27, 2024 11:22 AM (tpjlM)

53 Butker has doubled down which warms my heart.

Posted by: polynikes at May 27, 2024 11:23 AM (SHMXB)

54 It is time get rid of the entire bureaucracy.

CTR+ALT+DEL the entire thing.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at May 27, 2024 11:24 AM (d5Ks0)

55
Is a used condom a sandwich?
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism

There was a video on X of a guy eating a sandwich he had stolen from a co-worker. Co-worker had placed a condom in-between the meat and cheese.

That's how you getter done.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 27, 2024 11:24 AM (RKVpM)

56 A male Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. supervisor in San Francisco invited employees to a strip club.
=================
Did he remember to invite ALL the employees or just the ones that sat at the cool kids table?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 27, 2024 11:25 AM (cOq4q)

57 X of a guy eating a sandwich he had stolen from a co-worker. Co-worker had placed a condom in-between the meat and cheese.

That's how you getter done.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

Probably fake/staged. People do all sorts of shit for views.

Posted by: Montec at May 27, 2024 11:25 AM (tpjlM)

58 FDIC sounds like a swingin' place to work. I wonder if they have any job openings?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 27, 2024 11:25 AM (63Dwl)

59 35 Is this as bad as tailhook? Because I was told tailhook was literally the murder of women in the streets or something.
-------
They even did a Law & Order about it so it must have been really bad!!!

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 27, 2024 11:25 AM (ZdexC)

60 This is why Dems win and Reps lose. Dems give no fucks. Reps on the other hand resign over a parking ticket.

Posted by: Montec at May 27, 2024 11:13 AM

It also helps that every single institution in the country supports, covers for or makes excuses for Democrats, while smears, demonizes and drums out of office all Republicans/conservatives.

Media, Hollywood, social media all work for Democrats and against Republicans.

Remember the 2006 Republican who had a "wide stance" in a bathroom and the Marxist left used that innocuous incident to smear the entire Republican Party and take back Congress in that 2006 election. That has been the reality in this country for decades.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at May 27, 2024 11:26 AM (P5BPp)

61 Anything a woman can do, a man can do better

Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2024 11:26 AM (fwDg9)

62 "FURIOSA" bombs hard at the box office: "Worst Memorial Day opening in over 4 decades"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at May 27, 2024 11:21 AM (L/fGl)

Did it bomb? Or are people not acting like sheep, going to movies on Memorial Day weekend like they're commanded to do?

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 11:27 AM (fWQhY)

63 "...fabulist and clown..."
That describes about 75% of Congresscritters and about 90% of Senators. Blumenthal, anyone? Santos should have fit right in.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 27, 2024 11:28 AM (XMwZJ)

64 I think the GOPites should say to the media whores;
1) "If Trump wins, will you accept the outcome of the election?"
2) "If it can be shown that the election was marred by large-scale fraud, will you still demand that we accept the outcome of such a fraudulent process?"
Posted by: Archimedes at May 27, 2024 11:19 AM (CsUN+)

Follow up question: How will you justify the riots that follow a Trump.win?

Posted by: Diogenes at May 27, 2024 11:28 AM (bvWAj)

65 Tailhook…. Haven’t heard that mentioned in forever. I do recall clearly how the media decided in the aftermath that every naval aviator should be ashamed… or our military is awful… or something.

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 27, 2024 11:29 AM (xT8gx)

66 Did it bomb? Or are people not acting like sheep, going to movies on Memorial Day weekend like they're commanded to do?
Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 11:27 AM (fWQhY)

They’re still buying mattresses though right?
- Giant Memorial Day Sales

Posted by: Montec at May 27, 2024 11:29 AM (tpjlM)

67 Model, 30, killed after clothes became tangled in passing high-speed train during photoshoot near tracks in Mexico

https://shorturl.at/FTVhq

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at May 27, 2024 11:29 AM (L/fGl)

68 An AWFL chimed in and said “I don’t care how bad crime is I’ll never vote republican because they hate democracy”

You can’t fix stupid
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 27, 2024 11:12 AM (xT8gx)

Did you respond by calling her a stupid evil c***? And if not, why not? You don't live there anymore.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 27, 2024 11:30 AM (TXY95)

69 FDIC sounds like a swingin' place to work. I wonder if they have any job openings?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 27, 2024 11:25 AM (63Dwl)

It just occurred to me, what if DEI is all about hiring hot chix with big tomatoes, who will swig whisky at work, and blow the boss in the copy room.

That would be the most manly man thing ever!

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 11:30 AM (fWQhY)

70 The wide-stance guy was a senator from Alaska. It was total bullshit. As an older male, I can state that pulling one's pants up and buttoning them requires a "wide stance" because we have no ass to hold them up any more.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 27, 2024 11:30 AM (XMwZJ)

71 First World Problem.

https://shorturl.at/JZVkj

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at May 27, 2024 11:31 AM (L/fGl)

72 Gives a new context to the word "Deposit".

eewww!

Posted by: DaveA at May 27, 2024 11:32 AM (FhXTo)

73 Anything a woman can do, a man can do better
Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2024 11:26 AM (fwDg9)

Lots of gay men sure think so.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 11:32 AM (fWQhY)

74 70 Idaho, not Alaska.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 27, 2024 11:32 AM (v6JzV)

75 Mike Davis @mrddmia May 25
A sitting federal judge in Massachusetts appointed by Clinton took off his robe, climbed into the political arena, and wrote a political hit piece in the New York Times publicly criticizing Justice Alito while he’s deciding relevant pending cases.

Senior Judge Michael Ponsor publicly weighed in on pending cases with an his extrajudicial statements, including:

“Like the upside-down flag, this flag is viewed by a great many people as a banner of allegiance on partisan issues that are or could be before the court.”

“Flying those flags was tantamount to sticking a ‘Stop the steal’ bumper sticker on your car. You just don’t do it.”

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 27, 2024 11:32 AM (ZdexC)

76 Mike Davis @mrddmia May 25
And the timing—in the midst of an obvious, coordinated Biden Democrat campaign to pressure the Supreme Court while it’s deciding Fischer and Trump’s presidential-immunity cases—makes the Clinton judge’s political statements even more problematic.

Before Judge Ponsor publicly lectures a Supreme Court justice about ethics and recusal matters on pending cases, he should probably check his own ethics.

Canon 3A(6) of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges states: “A judge should not make public comment on the merits of a matter pending or impending in any court.”

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 27, 2024 11:32 AM (ZdexC)

77 It is shameful what Harrison Butker did to the NFL after everything Taylor Swift did to build up it's popularity.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at May 27, 2024 11:33 AM (d5Ks0)

78 The flag in question has been around for 250 years but it’s a Jan 6 flag dude!!
- left

Posted by: Montec at May 27, 2024 11:34 AM (tpjlM)

79 File under Shit Happens.

https://shorturl.at/cf3RY

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at May 27, 2024 11:34 AM (L/fGl)

80 “Like the upside-down flag, this flag is viewed by a great many people as a banner of allegiance on partisan issues that are or could be before the court.”

I'm so old I remember leftist marches featuring the upside-down flag. Just about the only way they'd display an American flag, in fact.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at May 27, 2024 11:34 AM (UJJWg)

81 The wide-stance guy was a senator from Alaska. It was total bullshit. As an older male, I can state that pulling one's pants up and buttoning them requires a "wide stance" because we have no ass to hold them up any more.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 27, 2024 11:30 AM (XMwZJ)

Idaho.

And he was a closeted gay man who went to rest rooms to pick up other men.

But if I'm reading the room here today, I'm supposed to have supported keeping him in the Senate, because he was a Republican.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 11:34 AM (fWQhY)

82 Mike Davis @mrddmia May 25
Dear Judge Michael Posnor:

Judge Reggie Walton made the mistake of moonlighting on CNN.

You made the mistake of moonlighting at the New York Times.

So look out for a judicial-misconduct complaint from @Article3Project next week.

Similar to this one:
The Article III Project (A3P) @Article3Project Apr 2
Today, the Article III Project filed a complaint against U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton, who appeared on CNN last week in a segment attacking former President Donald Trump.

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 27, 2024 11:35 AM (ZdexC)

83 Did you respond by calling her a stupid evil c***? And if not, why not? You don't live there anymore.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 27, 2024 11:30 AM (TXY95)

I’ve never commented on anything so I didn’t respond. I occasionally look there to see why I’m glad I moved to TX

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 27, 2024 11:35 AM (xT8gx)

84 Bad Blue had a picture of a towering guy on a women's group photo team

Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2024 11:35 AM (fwDg9)

85 Before Judge Ponsor publicly lectures a Supreme Court justice about ethics and recusal matters on pending cases, he should probably check his own ethics.

Canon 3A(6) of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges states: “A judge should not make public comment on the merits of a matter pending or impending in any court.”
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC)
===================

Ponsor made his position clear - support the Junta!

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 27, 2024 11:35 AM (cOq4q)

86 RBG ran NARAL or whatever abortion group. She never recused herself from abortion cases. But flying a flag? That’s beyond the pale of impartiality.

Posted by: Montec at May 27, 2024 11:36 AM (tpjlM)

87 Canon 3A(6) of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges states: “A judge should not make public comment on the merits of a matter pending or impending in any court.”
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 27, 2024 11:32 AM (ZdexC)

It says "should," it doesn't say "is not allowed." See, it's ok!

Posted by: Loopholes at May 27, 2024 11:36 AM (0eaVi)

88 “Flying those flags was tantamount to sticking a ‘Stop the steal’ bumper sticker on your car. You just don’t do it.”
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 27, 2024 11:32 AM (ZdexC)

Now do the okie dokie sign, you ninny.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 11:37 AM (fWQhY)

89 But if I'm reading the room here today, I'm supposed to have supported keeping him in the Senate, because he was a Republican.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 11:34 AM (fWQhY)

It didn’t really matter since it’s Idaho and there was no danger of the seat flipping. Had it been in Ohio or North Carolina? Fuck yes you support him.

Posted by: Montec at May 27, 2024 11:37 AM (tpjlM)

90 Julie Kelly @julie_kelly2 May 25
In a late Fri night/holiday weekend part damage control, part clickbait motion, Jack Smith wants Judge Cannon to prohibit Donald Trump from making "statements that pose a significant, imminent, and foreseeable danger to law enforcement agents participating in the investigation and prosecution of this case."

His motion, predictably, is filled with distortions, omissions, and misrepresentations.

Smith gave short shrift to how 30 FBI agents were instructed to prepare for the 9-hour raid.

This is how Smith described the FBI op order:
https://tinyurl.com/y3fdc33p

Dan Bongino @dbongino May 25
Jack Smith has gone full tyrant. This is another abomination from the commie police state.

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 27, 2024 11:38 AM (ZdexC)

91 I’ve never commented on anything so I didn’t respond. I occasionally look there to see why I’m glad I moved to TX
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 27, 2024 11:35 AM (xT8gx)

Well, how is she going to know that she's a stupid, evil c*** unless you break the news to her, eh?

Do it, you know you want to ,LOL.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 27, 2024 11:39 AM (TXY95)

92 "If it can be shown that the election was marred by large-scale fraud, will you still demand that we accept the outcome of such a fraudulent process?"
Posted by: Archimedes at May 27, 2024 11:19 AM (CsUN+)

I disagree. This is a trap that pretends our elections are "innocent until proven guilty".

That's not how it works. It's on the rulers to PROVE that the election was legitimate and with simple reasonable doubt of it's legitimacy, it ought to be rejected.

We actually set it up this way- there are supposed to be observers from opposing parties to ensure that we can prove the legitimacy of the election.

Unless, of course, the left really needs to cheat, so they kick those people whose job it is to ensure legitimacy so they can scream "YOU CAN'T PROVE IT WAS FRAUDD!!!!11!!"

No, we can't. And we don't have to. The process is supposed to PROVE legitimacy. Not the other way around.

Proving fraud is for jailing people. It's the opposite for having legitimacy if you care about legitimacy. The left doesn't. It just wants power.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 27, 2024 11:40 AM (JMAcK)

93 Something I had to do was changed till tomorrow so here I am

If you were actually sexually interested in a woman you worked with but didn't have a relationship with why on earth would you send her a dic picture? It might work if you were a gay man with another gay man, but I think most women are not turned on by this. Relationships is the workplace are problematic anyway without being a complete jackass about things.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 27, 2024 11:41 AM (XkYcA)

94 Romantic relationships in the workplace is playing with fire. There’s never a good ending.

Posted by: Montec at May 27, 2024 11:42 AM (tpjlM)

95 But if I'm reading the room here today, I'm supposed to have supported keeping him in the Senate, because he was a Republican.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 11:34 AM

I have no problem supporting the removal of individual people from office for wrongdoing. My problem with that incident was that it was used to tar everyone in the Republican Party with scandal and lead to flipping Congress to Democrats.

It's something the Marxist left always does. Democrat scandals are individual scandals. Republican scandals represent the entire Republican Party and conservative movement.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at May 27, 2024 11:42 AM (P5BPp)

96 What is you say that you actually do here. Walk us through your day.

Posted by: The Two Bobs with Martin Gruenberg at May 27, 2024 11:42 AM (6gW4D)

97 If you were actually sexually interested in a woman you worked with but didn't have a relationship with why on earth would you send her a dic picture?

Correct...Now a copy of ones bank account is more appealing I hear

Posted by: It's me donna at May 27, 2024 11:42 AM (Akjoo)

98 I’ve never commented on anything so I didn’t respond. I occasionally look there to see why I’m glad I moved to TX
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 27, 2024 11:35 AM (xT8gx)

They opened a new animal shelter recently in the Phoenix area. I went there with someone who is considering getting a dog. The place is filled to the rafters with unwanted pit bulls, and various derivatives.

What's the point? Humans are scum. I don't need to go on a website to know I want nothing to do with my neighbors.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 11:43 AM (fWQhY)

99 "If it can be shown that the election was marred by large-scale fraud, will you still demand that we accept the outcome of such a fraudulent process?"
Posted by: Archimedes at May 27, 2024 11:19 AM (CsUN+)

I disagree. This is a trap that pretends our elections are "innocent until proven guilty".

That's not how it works. It's on the rulers to PROVE that the election was legitimate and with simple reasonable doubt of it's legitimacy, it ought to be rejected.

Good point. I didn't mean to imply that lack of evidence meant the election was acceptable, especially when the cheaters have done everything possible to prevent the collection of evidence.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 27, 2024 11:44 AM (CsUN+)

100 95 Democrat scandals are individual scandals. Republican scandals represent the entire Republican Party and conservative movement.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at May 27, 2024 11:42 AM (P5BPp)

Democrats get away with saying "You people all think alike" because they care so hard ™ for us little people.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 27, 2024 11:45 AM (lXCUP)

101 Republican scandals represent the entire Republican Party and conservative movement.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at May 27, 2024 11:42 AM (P5BPp)

There's the flaw in your argument right there: The Republican Party and so-called conservative principles have nothing to do with one another.

No, I'm not kidding.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 11:45 AM (fWQhY)

102 Good point. I didn't mean to imply that lack of evidence meant the election was acceptable, especially when the cheaters have done everything possible to prevent the collection of evidence.

I have been saying since 2020 that there needs to be a full scale revision of our electoral process, so that cheating becomes much harder to do. There has been some progress, but not enough.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 27, 2024 11:45 AM (CsUN+)

103 Mr. Carter the bank examiner in It’a A Wonderful Life was the best.

Posted by: Eromero at May 27, 2024 11:46 AM (o2ZRX)

104 Bird Flu zombies!!!!

‘They’re Out Of Control’: Flock Of 100 Feral Chickens Torments Village Of Snettisham

The clucking nuisance of about 100 feral chickens has left residents of a Norfolk village spitting feathers, with locals claiming the birds destroy their gardens and keep them awake.

Dwellers in Snettisham, Norfolk, have said their life is being made “hell” as the chickens swarm in from a nearby wood. It is unclear who owns the land the chickens live on, but villagers believe numbers have soared recently.

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 27, 2024 11:47 AM (ZdexC)

105 Hey Buck!

That graphic approaches Ace levels of cruelty!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 27, 2024 11:47 AM (d9fT1)

106 If you were actually sexually interested in a woman you worked with but didn't have a relationship with why on earth would you send her a dic picture? It might work if you were a gay man with another gay man, but I think most women are not turned on by this. Relationships is the workplace are problematic anyway without being a complete jackass about things.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 27, 2024 11:41 AM (XkYcA)

Ever since the cell phone, it's become increasingly more common for boys and girls to exchange pics of their genitals, as a way of introducing themselves to each other.

More and more of these people are now in the workplace.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 11:47 AM (fWQhY)

107 OT - Portland, in its quest to provide "affordable housing", for a few years have demanded that people building new apartments reserve a certain proportion of those apartments for "low-income" people.

Turns out there is one slight problem with this - some of the "low-income" tenants have friends who are criminals (or are criminals themselves), and they let the criminals into the apartment building, so they can rob the apartments.

Who could have predicted such a thing?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 27, 2024 11:47 AM (uxCna)

108 Silhouette Girl know what polls are for.

Posted by: spindrift at May 27, 2024 11:48 AM (OguvZ)

109 Posted by: It's me donna at May 27, 2024 11:42 AM (Akjoo

Maybe.

I would think it's bizarre if some guy I liked at work sent me info how much money he had in his bank account, but then again, I don't know that all women are as mercenary as some men on here suggest that they are.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 27, 2024 11:48 AM (XkYcA)

110 Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 11:47 AM (fWQhY)

I am glad that I grew up before cell phones.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 27, 2024 11:50 AM (XkYcA)

111 Maybe. I would think it's bizarre if some guy I liked at work sent me info how much money he had in his bank account, but then again, I don't know that all women are as mercenary as some men on here suggest that they are.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 27, 2024 11:48 AM (XkYcA)

I'd guess that would be more likely to be successful than a "private" picture.

Also less likely to get you fired/sued.

Have the "pick-up artists" tried this one?

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 27, 2024 11:50 AM (JMAcK)

112 Portland, in its quest to provide "affordable housing", for a few years have demanded that people building new apartments reserve a certain proportion of those apartments for "low-income" people.

Turns out there is one slight problem with this - some of the "low-income" tenants have friends who are criminals (or are criminals themselves), and they let the criminals into the apartment building, so they can rob the apartments.

Unfortunately this is not just a Portland thing. It’s everywhere and has been around for a long time. Even high end apartment buildings have Section 8 scum.

Posted by: Montec at May 27, 2024 11:51 AM (tpjlM)

113 Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 11:47 AM (fWQhY)

I am glad that I grew up before cell phones.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 27, 2024 11:50 AM (XkYcA)

Same here.

Sometimes I root for the solar flairs to come, and knock out all our "communication" devices.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 11:52 AM (fWQhY)

114 Sherrod Brown D-OH Scum of the earth, wife beater, imbecile, schmuck, thief and all around ashoe.

BIRM

Posted by: Tonypete at May 27, 2024 11:52 AM (WXNFJ)

115 Saw Jack is going after Trump like Marchand did trying to end his 1st Amendment rights

Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2024 11:53 AM (fwDg9)

116 Ah, coffee!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 27, 2024 11:53 AM (TXY95)

117 Have the "pick-up artists" tried this one?
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 27, 2024 11:50 AM (JMAcK)

I believe, among the various pick up artists, there's a fairly common rule: don't hunt in your own back yard.

Or words to that effect.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 11:53 AM (fWQhY)

118 Pretty easy to know how much money a co-worker makes. Hint: it will be roughly what you make.

Posted by: Montec at May 27, 2024 11:53 AM (tpjlM)

119 Romantic relationships in the workplace is playing with fire. There’s never a good ending.
Posted by: Montec at May 27, 2024 11:42 AM (tpjlM)

Don't something like 40% of workplace romances end in marria...oh, I see your point now.

Posted by: Robert at May 27, 2024 11:54 AM (iKDag)

120 There's the flaw in your argument right there: The Republican Party and so-called conservative principles have nothing to do with one another.

No, I'm not kidding.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 11:45 AM

I have known that since the Amnesty push by the GOP in 2006.

What I am saying is that the Marxist left always pushes the narrative that a scandal committed by a single Republican represents everyone in the Republican Party AND everyone in the conservative movement. Does not matter if the GOP politician involved in the scandal is conservative or not. The Marxist left will use the scandal to smear every one of their enemies.

Some corrupt scumbag GOPe politician that the conservative movement hates is involved in a scandal. Marxist left will say that politician's actions represent all of the GOP and all of the conservative movement. And the LIVs typically will fall for that narrative.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at May 27, 2024 11:54 AM (P5BPp)

121 Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 11:52 AM (fWQhY)

I understand that sentiment, Burt.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 27, 2024 11:54 AM (XkYcA)

122 then again, I don't know that all women are as mercenary as some men on here suggest that they are.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

They’re not. Dudes here have a very weird warped view of modern women.

Posted by: Montec at May 27, 2024 11:55 AM (tpjlM)

123 Don't something like 40% of workplace romances end in marria...oh, I see your point now.
Posted by: Robert

Heh. I'll bet that 40% of workplace romances end marriages also.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 27, 2024 11:55 AM (WXNFJ)

124 11:50 AM (JMAcK)

I believe, among the various pick up artists, there's a fairly common rule: don't hunt in your own back yard.

___

Thought it was " don't shit in your kitchen"

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at May 27, 2024 11:55 AM (d5Ks0)

125 Posted by: Montec at May 27, 2024 11:42 AM (tpjlM

It was a good ending for me. I married a guy I worked with but he was not my supervisor.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 27, 2024 11:56 AM (XkYcA)

126 Saw Jack is going after Trump like Marchand did trying to end his 1st Amendment rights
Posted by: Skip
-----
See #90

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 27, 2024 11:56 AM (ZdexC)

127 He looks like Mr. Burns. He - like Joe - must know where the bodies are hidden.

Posted by: L - If they do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at May 27, 2024 11:57 AM (NFX2v)

128 My view on dating at work is when you break up it will become a miserable place to work.

Posted by: Montec at May 27, 2024 11:57 AM (tpjlM)

129 Unfortunately this is not just a Portland thing. It’s everywhere and has been around for a long time. Even high end apartment buildings have Section 8 scum.

What makes it even more fun is that it is very, very difficult to evict a tenant in Portland, so even if someone living in an apartment building has been arrested for robbing apartments in that apartment building, it takes considerable time to evict them.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 27, 2024 11:58 AM (uxCna)

130 128 My view on dating at work is when you break up it will become a miserable place to work.
Posted by: Montec at May 27, 2024 11:57 AM (tpjlM)

Or you'll lose your job

Posted by: Fani Willis's boy toy now unemployed at May 27, 2024 11:58 AM (Akjoo)

131 That's quite the casual defamation of Larry Craig. He vehemently denies that he is, or ever was, a homosexual.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 27, 2024 11:58 AM (XMwZJ)

132 Posted by: Montec at May 27, 2024 11:57 AM (tpjlM)

It might very well, but we didn't get married till long after we had stopped working together.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 27, 2024 11:58 AM (XkYcA)

133 What makes it even more fun is that it is very, very difficult to evict a tenant in Portland, so even if someone living in an apartment building has been arrested for robbing apartments in that apartment building, it takes considerable time to evict them.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

Which is why, when events like this occur, some folks call a guy, who knows a guy, who knows a guy.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 27, 2024 11:59 AM (WXNFJ)

134 I worked in the same office with my wife after we got married. You know that whole "work spouse" thing? Well, i definitely knew who that was. We did that for 5-6 years before I got another job.

Posted by: PabloD at May 27, 2024 12:01 PM (DmTBw)

135 Which is why, when events like this occur, some folks call a guy, who knows a guy, who knows a guy.

That tends not to happen in Portland - the criminal justice system, which smiles indulgently at people committing mere property crimes, would come down like a ton of bricks on anyone engaging in vigilante activity.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 27, 2024 12:01 PM (uxCna)

136 131 That's quite the casual defamation of Larry Craig. He vehemently denies that he is, or ever was, a homosexual.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 27, 2024 11:58 AM (XMwZJ)

he was a US Senator, that's much worse.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 27, 2024 12:01 PM (q3gwH)

137 I believe, among the various pick up artists, there's a fairly common rule: don't hunt in your own back yard.

___

Thought it was " don't shit in your kitchen"
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at May 27, 2024 11:55 AM (d5Ks0)

Don't bulldoze your fishtank. Don't plow your own litter box, don't your pen in the company ink, don't plant corn in your own ears...

It's all the same thing.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 12:03 PM (fWQhY)

138 Looks like the NFL has competition now. College athletes are finalizing a deal with the NCAA to get paid:

https://tinyurl.com/2cbxenut

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 27, 2024 12:03 PM (0eaVi)

139 Craig was just 15 years ahead of his time.

Posted by: Montec at May 27, 2024 12:03 PM (tpjlM)

140 That tends not to happen in Portland - the criminal justice system, which smiles indulgently at people committing mere property crimes, would come down like a ton of bricks on anyone engaging in vigilante activity.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 27, 2024 12:01 PM (uxCna)

what is going to happen is that privately owned property for tenants will decline until there is very little left. then government will be pressured to provide public housing, as taxation makes even private home ownership burdensome. End result - government will own or control all housing.

you tell me if it's intentional or not.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 27, 2024 12:04 PM (q3gwH)

141 That's quite the casual defamation of Larry Craig. He vehemently denies that he is, or ever was, a homosexual.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 27, 2024 11:58 AM (XMwZJ)

So did Liberace.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 12:04 PM (fWQhY)

142 "Hey baby, you're accruing my interest!" did not have as much effect on coworker babes as one would think.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 27, 2024 12:05 PM (6gW4D)

143 What makes it even more fun is that it is very, very difficult to evict a tenant in Portland, so even if someone living in an apartment building has been arrested for robbing apartments in that apartment building, it takes considerable time to evict them.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

Which is why, when events like this occur, some folks call a guy, who knows a guy, who knows a guy.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 27, 2024 11:59 AM (WXNFJ)

So what you're saying is, the answer is to get government out of the business of the landlord/tenant business.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 12:06 PM (fWQhY)

144 IIRC correctly Craig admitted to what he was doing to the police in the airport. Then recanted his admission.

Posted by: Montec at May 27, 2024 12:06 PM (tpjlM)

145 I want a girl with the right allocations.

Posted by: Martin Gruenberg at May 27, 2024 12:07 PM (OguvZ)

146 That tends not to happen in Portland - the criminal justice system, which smiles indulgently at people committing mere property crimes, would come down like a ton of bricks on anyone engaging in vigilante activity.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 27, 2024 12:01 PM (uxCna)

The criminal justice system is another crime syndicate, and doesn't like other crime syndicates muscling in on their scam.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 12:08 PM (fWQhY)

147 145 I want a girl with the right allocations.
Posted by: Martin Gruenberg at May 27, 2024 12:07 PM (OguvZ)

What about a long jacket?

Posted by: Montec at May 27, 2024 12:08 PM (tpjlM)

148 So what you're saying is, the answer is to get government out of the business of the landlord/tenant business.
Posted by: BurtTC

Exactly. The Mob is a more ethical organization.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 27, 2024 12:09 PM (WXNFJ)

149 Liberace was ghey?

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at May 27, 2024 12:09 PM (ZV+pB)

150
When it comes to our elected, appointed and direct hired federal government employees, we are in desperate need for a #GetOut! movement.

If you are over 70 years in age and you have been in elected office for 24 years or more: #GetOut!

And so forth...

The ethically challenged nullities should be transported to the sidelines as quickly and harshly as possible. Trebuchets preferred.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 27, 2024 12:09 PM (xG4kz)

151 I disagree. This is a trap that pretends our elections are "innocent until proven guilty".

That's not how it works. It's on the rulers to PROVE that the election was legitimate and with simple reasonable doubt of it's legitimacy, it ought to be rejected.
============

Agree.
The only legitimate election is a transparent election.

The black box voting machines alone invalidate any election they are used in. (one example of many)

Putting election officials in prison for life or simply executing them for vote fraud is a seperate issue.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 27, 2024 12:10 PM (cOq4q)

152 he was a US Senator, that's much worse.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 27, 2024 12:01 PM (q3gwH)

Are you suggesting U.S. Senators might not be on the up and up?

Except when they're in truck stop men's rooms?

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 12:10 PM (fWQhY)

153 Nood.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 27, 2024 12:11 PM (WXNFJ)

154 Double-entry bookkeeping.

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 27, 2024 12:11 PM (ZdexC)

155 Liberace was ghey?

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at May 27, 2024 12:09 PM (ZV+pB)

queer as a $3 bill

Posted by: BignJames at May 27, 2024 12:11 PM (AwYPR)

156
I believe, among the various pick up artists, there's a fairly common rule: don't hunt in your own back yard.

Go for the feral chickens.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 27, 2024 12:12 PM (63Dwl)

157 queer as a $3 bill
Posted by: BignJames at May 27, 2024 12:11 PM (AwYPR)

Hey! I resemble that remark!

Posted by: Barry O at May 27, 2024 12:12 PM (0eaVi)

158 Liberace was ghey?
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at May 27, 2024 12:09 PM (ZV+pB)

Are you sitting down for this one?

The Clinton marriage is not about love.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 12:13 PM (fWQhY)

159 Go for the feral chickens.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 27, 2024 12:12 PM (63Dwl)

That's how you get bird flu.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 12:14 PM (fWQhY)

160 And no alarm and it's really quite normal.

Daily Mail, 2 March 2023, 'Senators slam Biden official after two senior hires were discovered to have been forced out of previous jobs for sexual harassment - with one paying $89,500 settlement to victim'

-Two senior staff at the federal government's Office of Personnel Management were hired despite documented histories of sexual harassment
-On Wednesday, Senators Sinema and Lankford sent a letter to OPM Director Kiran Ahuja, calling the senior staff hires 'particularly problematic'
-OPM Director Kiran Ahuja has been called to testify before the House Oversight Committee pertaining to her agency's hiring practices

Posted by: L - If they do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at May 27, 2024 12:17 PM (NFX2v)

161 FDIC sources tell me the real reason Martin Gruenberg is being targeted is that the under-40 and especially under-30 employees were enjoying "working from home" and now are being asked to come into the office now and then.
Gruenberg is a "Democrat" but more in the older school of Glass and Steagall. There was once a workers' movement which still assumed that workers should work.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 27, 2024 12:22 PM (gKWVE)

162 I want a girl with the right allocations.
Posted by: Martin Gruenberg at May 27, 2024 12:07 PM (OguvZ)

What about a long jacket?
Posted by: Montec at May 27, 2024 12:08 PM (tpjlM)

Or a long mustache. Wait, what?

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at May 27, 2024 12:25 PM (iODuv)

163 Craig denied it at the time, but later plead guilty, by mail, to the misdemeanor charge (in Minnesota, that bastion of anti-gay conservatism). Probably to just get it over with. He later recanted his plea (but the recantation was denied). The whole thing still sounds like a setup and bullshit to me. I will casually smear the cops as closeted gays who purposely set up Craig for political purposes. And it worked.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 27, 2024 12:27 PM (XMwZJ)

164 Anyway BurtTC is right, overall.
And it wasn't just Craig in the Senate. Hastert's House was worse. There was Foley the most-honorable gentleman from Florida, who was particularly gentlemanly toward the pages, although maybe not so honorable. Go ahead and convince me that Hastert of all people didn't know.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 27, 2024 12:31 PM (gKWVE)

165 162 I want a girl with the right allocations.
Posted by: Martin Gruenberg at May 27, 2024 12:07 PM (OguvZ)

What about a long jacket?
Posted by: Montec at May 27, 2024 12:08 PM (tpjlM)

Or a long mustache. Wait, what?
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now
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Here she is
https://x.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1795120683128697037

Posted by: Braenyard at May 27, 2024 12:49 PM (fkuu7)

166 just check that on the iphone
Pushed it to the limit
won't do that again

Posted by: Braenyard at May 27, 2024 12:51 PM (fkuu7)

167 The good news for the women at the FDIC is that the days of male co-workers stalking them at their hotel rooms and sending them naked selfies will soon be over.

LOL!

Posted by: PMRich at May 27, 2024 01:05 PM (eh5ud)

168 Remember when it came out that Bill Clinton was a rapist, and the feminist left's response was that "if it kept abortion legal it was worth giving him a beejer?"

The left has no morals or values outside of power

Posted by: 18-1 at May 27, 2024 01:22 PM (ibTVg)

169
Some people did some things.
Mistakes were made.
What difference, at this point, does it make?
Time to move on.

Posted by: MSM (D-Everywhere) at May 27, 2024 01:32 PM (a3Q+t)

170 Great piece and topic, Buckster!

Posted by: Danimal28 at May 27, 2024 02:58 PM (wCRjv)

171

ill believe that democrats care about women

when they start acting like it

Posted by: sound awake at May 27, 2024 05:13 PM (0j5WT)

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