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John Solomon: The FBI Has Imposed a Political Test for Security Clearances -- Supporting Donald Trump or Questioning the Covid Vaccines Makes You a Threat to the National Security of the United States
James Comey was a former communist. So was John Brennan at the CIA.
Some say they still are. The left long ago got communist sympathies -- and later, foreign jihadist terrorist sympathies -- normalized in the "intelligence" services. But supporting Donald Trump? Questioning the safety of an untested, entirely new gene therapy? Supporting the Second Amendment??! These dangerously subversive positions make you ineligible for a security clearance.In very related news: Merrick Garland says you'd better stop alleging that the DOJ he runs has been weaponized against you.
In shocking litmus test, FBI security inquiry tried to unmask employee's Trump support, memos show The New McCarthyism? FBI Interviews raised politically-slanted questions including employee's vaccine hesitancy, 2nd Amendment support, prompting a bias complaint to DOJ's internal watchdog.
FBI officials conducting a top-secret security clearance review for a longtime employee asked witnesses whether that employee was known to support former President Donald Trump, if he had expressed concerns about the COVID-19 vaccine or had attended a Second Amendment rally, according to internal memos that prompted a complaint to the Justice Department's internal watchdog alleging political bias inside the bureau. The employee's security clearance was revoked months after the interviews, which confirmed his support for Trump and gun rights and his concerns about the COVID vaccine, according to the documents obtained by Just the News. The memos show that agents for the FBI's Security Division asked at least three witnesses in spring 2022 whether the employee, whose name and job title was redacted from the memos, had been known to "vocalize support for President Trump" or "vocalize objections to Covid-19 vaccination." Agents ascertained from at least one witness that the worker, in fact, had declined to get the coronavirus inoculation. The latter questions about the vaccine were asked in spring 2022, a few months after the U.S. Supreme Court had struck down vaccine mandates in corporate workplaces and a separate federal court had issued an injunction on federal employee vaccine mandates. The agents also asked witnesses whether the FBI worker had "attended the Richmond Lobby Day event" in January 2021, a rally for supporters of the Second Amendment in Virginia. The agents' notes referred to the colleague they were vetting as a "gun nut" but who in engaged in "no promotion of violence." FBI officials declined comment about why a worker's support for Trump and the Second Amendment or his hesitancy to get the COVID-19 vaccine had relevance to his security clearance. They also declined to answer whether similar questions about support for Joe Biden or other medical issues, such as a woman's support for abortion. ... "The FBl's intentions are made clear by the questions it chose to put in black and white on a government document," added Leavitt, whose group has represented the IRS whistleblowers in the Hunter Biden case as well as several FBI agents and analysts who claim their security clearances were suspended or revoked because of their political views. One of those FBI employees, intelligence analyst Marcus Allen, was vindicated last week when the bureau restored his clearance and paid him more than two years of back pay, according to CNN. ... If the inspector general opens an inquiry, it could help the public and Congress determine whether the FBI's questions about Trump were more widespread than the employee who went to Washington on Jan. 6, 2021, or whether other questions about political preferences and medical treatments are asked during traditional security clearance reviews.
The Bee:
New whistleblower documents show the FBI is every bit the politicized secret police force you feared it was. pic.twitter.com/hFEUvjrNSL
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) June 11, 2024
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Posted by: Skip at June 12, 2024 12:01 PM (4SbJl)
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first
Posted by: SturmToddler at June 12, 2024 12:01 PM (nXhwP)
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eh, SPONGE!!!
Posted by: SturmToddler at June 12, 2024 12:01 PM (nXhwP)
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It can be lunch time and dutifully called em too
Posted by: Skip at June 12, 2024 12:02 PM (4SbJl)
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The Secret Police sees an obvious need to enforce ideological conformity.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 12, 2024 12:02 PM (uxCna)
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corgis called
Posted by: SturmToddler at June 12, 2024 12:02 PM (nXhwP)
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But remember, the FBI is in Trump's pocket because their efforts to tank the Hunter gun trial failed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin while riding the Wasteland with Mad Max at June 12, 2024 12:03 PM (GBKbO)
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So much for the Eff Bee Eye to be apolitical, they are now the KGB
Posted by: Skip at June 12, 2024 12:03 PM (4SbJl)
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I'm not gay, but even I know that Tucker's shirt / sweater color combo is heinous.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2024 12:03 PM (xCA6C)
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Suck the cock to keep your job. Got it?
Posted by: fd at June 12, 2024 12:04 PM (vFG9F)
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Hi Ace
Darn. Late to the party.
Darn. Late to the party.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 12, 2024 12:04 PM (t/2Uw)
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"Unfounded attacks on the Justice Department must end."
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Notice the qualifier there. Since nearly ALL of the attacks on the Justice Department have some basis in reality, I'd say we are perfectly justified in criticizing the DOJ.
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Notice the qualifier there. Since nearly ALL of the attacks on the Justice Department have some basis in reality, I'd say we are perfectly justified in criticizing the DOJ.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 12, 2024 12:04 PM (7fElN)
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In very related news: Merrick Garland says you'd better stop alleging that the DOJ he runs has been weaponized against you.
Hey Merrick, you can suck my d***. You know where to find me.
Hey Merrick, you can suck my d***. You know where to find me.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2024 12:05 PM (xCA6C)
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NO WAY
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at June 12, 2024 12:05 PM (B4i4W)
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So much for the Eff Bee Eye to be apolitical, they are now the KGB
Posted by: Skip at June 12, 2024 12:03 PM (4SbJl)
I was going to say stasi, but they're no where near that efficient...
Posted by: Skip at June 12, 2024 12:03 PM (4SbJl)
I was going to say stasi, but they're no where near that efficient...
Posted by: SturmToddler at June 12, 2024 12:05 PM (nXhwP)
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Democrats Bureau of Investigation
Posted by: Skip at June 12, 2024 12:06 PM (4SbJl)
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Abolish The FBI and Merrick Garland.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 12, 2024 12:06 PM (XRpj3)
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The FBI is a danger to this country. If 2A support is subversive, lets start by disarming the FBI. The we move to defunding.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 12, 2024 12:06 PM (xjTDL)
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"Unfounded attacks on the Justice Department must end."
Quick question, Merrick. Who determines whether they're founded or unfounded? Yeah, I thought so.
Quick question, Merrick. Who determines whether they're founded or unfounded? Yeah, I thought so.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2024 12:06 PM (xCA6C)
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Guess I won't be getting any more clearances.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 12, 2024 12:06 PM (W/lyH)
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Garland is an especially loathsome, slimy scumbag piece of shit. A diseased sewer rat is cute and cuddly by comparison. There is no shortage of scumbags in the DOJ and government in general, but Garland stands out even among this rancid crowd. I hate him.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 12, 2024 12:06 PM (iFTx/)
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Chris Plante always makes a point to say "COMMUNIST John Brennan".
Posted by: fd at June 12, 2024 12:07 PM (vFG9F)
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The FBI is a danger to this country. If 2A support is subversive, lets start by disarming the FBI. The we move to defunding.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 12, 2024 12:06 PM (xjTDL)
and then on to decimation...
Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 12, 2024 12:06 PM (xjTDL)
and then on to decimation...
Posted by: SturmToddler at June 12, 2024 12:07 PM (nXhwP)
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If you see something, say something.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, deplorable clown at June 12, 2024 12:07 PM (qZEuM)
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not surprised
Posted by: Don Black at June 12, 2024 12:07 PM (/7KEl)
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Vote to acquit any defendant an FBI agent testifies against.
Posted by: mr tmz at June 12, 2024 12:07 PM (rJ48h)
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So much for the Eff Bee Eye to be apolitical, they are now the KGB
Posted by: Skip at June 12, 2024 12:03 PM (4SbJl)
I was going to say stasi, but they're no where near that efficient...
Posted by: SturmToddler at June 12, 2024 12:05 PM (nXhwP)
They'd probably be able to recruit just as many informers, though.
Posted by: Skip at June 12, 2024 12:03 PM (4SbJl)
I was going to say stasi, but they're no where near that efficient...
Posted by: SturmToddler at June 12, 2024 12:05 PM (nXhwP)
They'd probably be able to recruit just as many informers, though.
Posted by: Dr. T at June 12, 2024 12:07 PM (jGGMD)
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In very related news: Merrick Garland says you'd better stop alleging that the DOJ he runs has been weaponized against you.
Hey Merrick, you can suck my d***. You know where to find me.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2024 12:05 PM (xCA6C)
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**KNOCK KNOCK**
"Who is it?"
"It's the FBI!"
"It's Land Shark"
"Candygram for Archimedes!"
Hey Merrick, you can suck my d***. You know where to find me.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2024 12:05 PM (xCA6C)
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**KNOCK KNOCK**
"Who is it?"
"Candygram for Archimedes!"
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 12, 2024 12:07 PM (7fElN)
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Garland is an especially loathsome, slimy scumbag piece of shit. A diseased sewer rat is cute and cuddly by comparison. There is no shortage of scumbags in the DOJ and government in general, but Garland stands out even among this rancid crowd. I hate him.
Garland is Renfield.
Garland is Renfield.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2024 12:07 PM (xCA6C)
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Conflating skepticism about an entirely new experimental vaccine against an entirely new coronavirus, with a general "Anti Science" moniker is a type of atrocity to language. My shot record is as long as you're arm. Some experimental shit on there, too.
But you do have to murder words before getting around to people, i suppose.
But you do have to murder words before getting around to people, i suppose.
Posted by: Common Tater at June 12, 2024 12:07 PM (3xPvb)
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Suck the cock to keep your job. Got it?
Posted by: fd at June 12, 2024 12:04 PM (vFG9F)
________
"Is there another way??"
-- Kamala Harris
Posted by: fd at June 12, 2024 12:04 PM (vFG9F)
________
"Is there another way??"
-- Kamala Harris
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 12, 2024 12:07 PM (iFTx/)
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The Lives of Others was an instruction manual for some
Posted by: Ben HaduButker made the speech at a CATHOLIC at June 12, 2024 12:08 PM (7iAr4)
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**KNOCK KNOCK**
"Who is it?"
"It's the FBI!"
"It's Land Shark"
"Candygram for Archimedes!"
You have no power over me. I'm from France.
"Who is it?"
"It's Land Shark"
"Candygram for Archimedes!"
You have no power over me. I'm from France.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2024 12:08 PM (xCA6C)
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@7
>>But remember, the FBI is in Trump's pocket because their efforts to tank the Hunter gun trial failed.
The only reason the trial happened is because a judge looked at the plea deal that Hunters lawyers wrote up and handed to Weiss to hand to the court, and said, WTF?
Fun Fact: At trial, the judge asked the prosecutors if they had ever seen a plea agreement like the one they handed her and they said they had not, you know, the prosecutors who should have had a hand in crafting said plea agreement.
>>But remember, the FBI is in Trump's pocket because their efforts to tank the Hunter gun trial failed.
The only reason the trial happened is because a judge looked at the plea deal that Hunters lawyers wrote up and handed to Weiss to hand to the court, and said, WTF?
Fun Fact: At trial, the judge asked the prosecutors if they had ever seen a plea agreement like the one they handed her and they said they had not, you know, the prosecutors who should have had a hand in crafting said plea agreement.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 12, 2024 12:08 PM (XV/Pl)
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and Garland can go F*** himself
I have a constitutional right to petition my government for grievances, and that includes alleging the DOJ is a fascist snake-pit
I have a constitutional right to petition my government for grievances, and that includes alleging the DOJ is a fascist snake-pit
Posted by: Don Black at June 12, 2024 12:08 PM (/7KEl)
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I'm not gay, but even I know that Tucker's shirt / sweater color combo is heinous.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2024 12:03 PM (xCA6C)
Has garrett weighed in on this?
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2024 12:03 PM (xCA6C)
Has garrett weighed in on this?
Posted by: Dr. T at June 12, 2024 12:08 PM (jGGMD)
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In very related news: Merrick Garland says you'd better stop alleging that the DOJ he runs has been weaponized against you.
Hey Merrick, you can suck my d***. You know where to find me.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2024 12:05 PM (xCA6C)
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**KNOCK KNOCK**
"Who is it?"
"It's the FBI!"
"It's Land Shark"
"Candygram for Archimedes!"
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 12, 2024 12:07 PM (7fElN)
___________
Candygram for Mongo >> Candygram for Archimedes
Hey Merrick, you can suck my d***. You know where to find me.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2024 12:05 PM (xCA6C)
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**KNOCK KNOCK**
"Who is it?"
"It's the FBI!"
"It's Land Shark"
"Candygram for Archimedes!"
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 12, 2024 12:07 PM (7fElN)
___________
Candygram for Mongo >> Candygram for Archimedes
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 12, 2024 12:09 PM (iFTx/)
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I was going to speak up but Joe said he would send an A-10 to pay a friendly visit my house
Posted by: A loyal ham and egger at June 12, 2024 12:09 PM (vFG9F)
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If 2A support is subversive, lets start by disarming the FBI. The we move to defunding.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 12, 2024 12:06 PM (xjTDL)
***
cmonnnnnn man... you want a go against governnnment you need a ffff-13 man. no jjjoke
Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 12, 2024 12:06 PM (xjTDL)
***
cmonnnnnn man... you want a go against governnnment you need a ffff-13 man. no jjjoke
Posted by: Granpa Badfinger at June 12, 2024 12:09 PM (ZV+pB)
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"In very related news: Merrick Garland says you'd better stop alleging that the DOJ he runs has been weaponized against you."
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace
This is a blatant coercive threat against anyone that disagrees with any part of the Fed Exec Branch.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace
This is a blatant coercive threat against anyone that disagrees with any part of the Fed Exec Branch.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 12, 2024 12:09 PM (pUmP9)
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forty-second!
Posted by: deep thought at June 12, 2024 12:09 PM (sGtp+)
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FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:09 PM (Zz0t1)
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Yeah, and it's only going to get a whole lot worse from here folks!
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at June 12, 2024 12:10 PM (PWI4f)
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41 forty-second!
Posted by: deep thought at June 12, 2024 12:09 PM (sGtp+)
42 FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:09 PM (Zz0t1)
=======
Perfection.
Posted by: deep thought at June 12, 2024 12:09 PM (sGtp+)
42 FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:09 PM (Zz0t1)
=======
Perfection.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin while riding the Wasteland with Mad Max at June 12, 2024 12:10 PM (GBKbO)
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41 forty-second!
Posted by: deep thought at June 12, 2024 12:09 PM (sGtp+)
42 FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:09 PM (Zz0t1)
A tale of two cities......
Posted by: deep thought at June 12, 2024 12:09 PM (sGtp+)
42 FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:09 PM (Zz0t1)
A tale of two cities......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:10 PM (Zz0t1)
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At TGP right now
"Rep. Anna Paulina Luna to Force Vote on Merrick Garland’s Arrest if DOJ Fails to Act on Criminal Contempt Resolution"
"Rep. Anna Paulina Luna to Force Vote on Merrick Garland’s Arrest if DOJ Fails to Act on Criminal Contempt Resolution"
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at June 12, 2024 12:10 PM (iRX3h)
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"In very related news: Merrick Garland says you'd better stop alleging that the DOJ he runs has been weaponized against you."
What's he going to do, put me in a camp?
What's he going to do, put me in a camp?
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2024 12:10 PM (xCA6C)
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Defund the police?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 12, 2024 12:11 PM (63Dwl)
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Garland is Renfield.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2024 12:07 PM (xCA6C)
Renfield at least turned on Dracula in a sacrificial bid to save Mina Harker. Garland would have tried to tie her up for the Count's pleasure.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2024 12:07 PM (xCA6C)
Renfield at least turned on Dracula in a sacrificial bid to save Mina Harker. Garland would have tried to tie her up for the Count's pleasure.
Posted by: Dr. T at June 12, 2024 12:11 PM (jGGMD)
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I prefer geatopo. They need new uniforms. Snazzy. Maybe brow shirts and black jodhpurs and riding boots.
Posted by: Blutarski at June 12, 2024 12:12 PM (Cp1vk)
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What's he going to do, put me in a camp?
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2024 12:10 PM (xCA6C)
AHHH!!! TRUMP!!!! RREEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
What's he going to do, put me in a camp?
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2024 12:10 PM (xCA6C)
AHHH!!! TRUMP!!!! RREEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:12 PM (Zz0t1)
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A lawyer friend of mine worked for the Feds for about a year after law school and passing the bar on the first shot. He said a lot of FBI recruits, required to have a law or accounting degree at the time, were just guys that couldn't pass the bar and wanted to shoot somebody. Now, you can be an ex cop and be an agent, and really get a chance to shoot somebody without those pesky DAs breathing down your neck.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 12, 2024 12:12 PM (V5eKu)
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Who is going to stop them from demanding political allegiance to the democrats?
Ain't gonna be Trump that's for sure. They will be working against him and his agenda from minute one after he is inaugurated.
Ain't gonna be Trump that's for sure. They will be working against him and his agenda from minute one after he is inaugurated.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 12, 2024 12:12 PM (QNSds)
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"Rep. Anna Paulina Luna to Force Vote on Merrick Garland’s Arrest if DOJ Fails to Act on Criminal Contempt Resolution"
Apparently there are a few RINOs who are balking at the Congressional Contempt resolution against Garland. They're afraid to irritate the voters who aren't really Republicans, but still vote for them.
I like the idea of forcing them to vote against, so we know who to target.
Apparently there are a few RINOs who are balking at the Congressional Contempt resolution against Garland. They're afraid to irritate the voters who aren't really Republicans, but still vote for them.
I like the idea of forcing them to vote against, so we know who to target.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2024 12:12 PM (xCA6C)
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Breaking - WH not ruling out commutation for Hunter.
Posted by: redridinghood at June 12, 2024 12:13 PM (NpAcC)
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I'm not gay, but even I know that Tucker's shirt / sweater color combo is heinous.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2024 12:03 PM (xCA6C)
Has garrett weighed in on this?
Posted by: Dr. T at June 12, 2024 12:08 PM (jGGMD)
_________
It's like something Mister Rogers would wear in the 1970s ... except uglier. Tucker should fire his wardrobe people.
Nobody should ever hire wardrobe people or nearly any kind of fashion "expert." I watch that show Queer Eye where supposed experts in fashion and home renovation do their thing for sad sack losers. The designs the experts choose are always sus -- generally way too busy and cluttered.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2024 12:03 PM (xCA6C)
Has garrett weighed in on this?
Posted by: Dr. T at June 12, 2024 12:08 PM (jGGMD)
_________
It's like something Mister Rogers would wear in the 1970s ... except uglier. Tucker should fire his wardrobe people.
Nobody should ever hire wardrobe people or nearly any kind of fashion "expert." I watch that show Queer Eye where supposed experts in fashion and home renovation do their thing for sad sack losers. The designs the experts choose are always sus -- generally way too busy and cluttered.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 12, 2024 12:13 PM (iFTx/)
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At some point, some old geezer just wanting to protect his family is going to snap and take matters into his own hands.
The Powers That Be have no conception of the forces they are messing around with...
The Powers That Be have no conception of the forces they are messing around with...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 12, 2024 12:13 PM (7fElN)
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Conflating skepticism about an entirely new experimental vaccine against an entirely new coronavirus, with a general "Anti Science" moniker is a type of atrocity to language. My shot record is as long as you're arm. Some experimental shit on there, too.
Science in 1964: A vaccine used the dead or weakened infectious agent to build up the body's immune system. Oh and a woman is a human being with XX chromosomes.
"Science" in 2024: A vaccine is whatever the hell we say it is peasant and who the hell knows what a woman is
Science in 1964: A vaccine used the dead or weakened infectious agent to build up the body's immune system. Oh and a woman is a human being with XX chromosomes.
"Science" in 2024: A vaccine is whatever the hell we say it is peasant and who the hell knows what a woman is
Posted by: 18-1 at June 12, 2024 12:13 PM (ibTVg)
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If Trump is elected he needs or order every federal agency that has stockpiled ammunition to auction that ammunition.
Posted by: mr tmz at June 12, 2024 12:13 PM (rJ48h)
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Apparently there are a few RINOs who are balking at the Congressional Contempt resolution against Garland. They're afraid to irritate the voters who aren't really Republicans, but still vote for them.
I like the idea of forcing them to vote against, so we know who to target.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2024 12:12 PM (xCA6C)
They found Holder in contempt. They did nothing about it.
We're either a nation of laws or we're not.
Step the f*ck up, assholes.
I like the idea of forcing them to vote against, so we know who to target.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2024 12:12 PM (xCA6C)
They found Holder in contempt. They did nothing about it.
We're either a nation of laws or we're not.
Step the f*ck up, assholes.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:13 PM (Zz0t1)
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Deprivation of rights under color of law is now the default position of our federal government.
yay.
Only way to put the fed gov back in the box is through states exerting their rights.
Unfortunately, too many governors have sold out to DC.
yay.
Only way to put the fed gov back in the box is through states exerting their rights.
Unfortunately, too many governors have sold out to DC.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 12, 2024 12:13 PM (tT6L1)
Posted by: Hare lip at June 12, 2024 12:13 PM (63Dwl)
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The FBI is a greater threat to the lives of innocent Americans than any terrorist in the last 20 years.
I am now convinced that every conviction obtained on a FBI investigation was from falsified evidence.
I am now convinced that every conviction obtained on a FBI investigation was from falsified evidence.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 12, 2024 12:13 PM (g9W3m)
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YD has described this kind of thing as "the institutional equivalent of Gresham's Law."
Gresham's Law states, "bad money chases out good." When the state debases the currency, the "good*"old money will be sucked out of the economy in favor of the "bad" new money that's officially used. Parallel currencies don't work.
The institutional equivalent is "bad people chase out good." The organization self-reinforces, hires like-minded people, marginalizes dissidents within the ranks, and ultimately forces them out. As it continues, the institution is fully corrupted and populated entirely with bad people.
Well, these institutions are there. They're actively refusing admission to non-like-minded people. Party Men Only.
Gresham's Law states, "bad money chases out good." When the state debases the currency, the "good*"old money will be sucked out of the economy in favor of the "bad" new money that's officially used. Parallel currencies don't work.
The institutional equivalent is "bad people chase out good." The organization self-reinforces, hires like-minded people, marginalizes dissidents within the ranks, and ultimately forces them out. As it continues, the institution is fully corrupted and populated entirely with bad people.
Well, these institutions are there. They're actively refusing admission to non-like-minded people. Party Men Only.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:13 PM (d04cU)
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Its not just the FBI, its all about the Department of Justice. It was created to keep the south and west down. Sort of like NATO.
Posted by: Pudinhead at June 12, 2024 12:13 PM (pZ64F)
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In very related news: Merrick Garland says you'd better stop alleging that the DOJ he runs has been weaponized against you.
++++
Stop acting like it, then.
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Stop acting like it, then.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:14 PM (d04cU)
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It really is telling that Garland didn't foresee how this would be received. He's apparently so lacking in insight and discipline that he thought it would be a good idea. Amazing.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2024 12:14 PM (xCA6C)
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I watch that show Queer Eye where supposed experts in fashion and home renovation do their thing for sad sack losers. The designs the experts choose are always sus -- generally way too busy and cluttered.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 12, 2024 12:13 PM (iFTx/)
A Croc is Born.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 12, 2024 12:13 PM (iFTx/)
A Croc is Born.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:14 PM (Zz0t1)
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@53
>>Ain't gonna be Trump that's for sure. They will be working against him and his agenda from minute one after he is inaugurated.
The only way forward is to shit can the entire LE/IC apparatus, create a new one with tight guidelines and monitor and control structures.
It's clear these agencies are rogue and out of control and operating outside of Norman[sic] Parameters.
>>Ain't gonna be Trump that's for sure. They will be working against him and his agenda from minute one after he is inaugurated.
The only way forward is to shit can the entire LE/IC apparatus, create a new one with tight guidelines and monitor and control structures.
It's clear these agencies are rogue and out of control and operating outside of Norman[sic] Parameters.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 12, 2024 12:14 PM (XV/Pl)
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66 In very related news: Merrick Garland says you'd better stop alleging that the DOJ he runs has been weaponized against you.
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Stop acting like it, then.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:14 PM (d04cU)
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Might as well tell the entire administration to start governing well to counter their electoral headaches.
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Stop acting like it, then.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:14 PM (d04cU)
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Might as well tell the entire administration to start governing well to counter their electoral headaches.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin while riding the Wasteland with Mad Max at June 12, 2024 12:15 PM (GBKbO)
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I'm not gay, but even I know that Tucker's shirt / sweater color combo is heinous.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2024
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Looks like the green slime they used to dump on Christine McGlade on You Can't Do That on Television.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2024
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Looks like the green slime they used to dump on Christine McGlade on You Can't Do That on Television.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 12, 2024 12:15 PM (J2vNu)
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I was apalled to see genuine scientists and epidemiologists who have experience in the field have their professional lives threatened by people without any medical training whatsoever, in many cases.
How is this considered sane? Medical science has long been hesitant to field large trials of new medicine on pregnant females and teenagers and the rest of it. Every step of the way from the start of that epidemic they just threw rational thinking out the window, and good science in favor of $$$
I'm not an epidemiologist. But I can spot bullshit, nobody puts their livelihood on the line for a falsehood. Plenty of people will lie their ass off to get paid, however. Ya hafta read between the lines, a general skill that has become rarer. That is also purposeful.
How is this considered sane? Medical science has long been hesitant to field large trials of new medicine on pregnant females and teenagers and the rest of it. Every step of the way from the start of that epidemic they just threw rational thinking out the window, and good science in favor of $$$
I'm not an epidemiologist. But I can spot bullshit, nobody puts their livelihood on the line for a falsehood. Plenty of people will lie their ass off to get paid, however. Ya hafta read between the lines, a general skill that has become rarer. That is also purposeful.
Posted by: Common Tater at June 12, 2024 12:15 PM (3xPvb)
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What is there to say?
We all know the FBI is utterly corrupt, top to bottom, and that it is staffed to the gills with domestic enemies. So what?
Trump isn't going to disband it - hell, he wants to build them a yuge new HQ!
And suppose he hires a real nut-cutter as the new FBI head whose mission is to shut the place down - do you think such a person would ever be confirmed by the assholes in congress? And if they were confirmed, do you think they could do anything? The feebs would just smirk, "how many divisions you got, punk?" and go on their merry way.
Nothing is going to change the FBI no matter who wins.
Fight me.
We all know the FBI is utterly corrupt, top to bottom, and that it is staffed to the gills with domestic enemies. So what?
Trump isn't going to disband it - hell, he wants to build them a yuge new HQ!
And suppose he hires a real nut-cutter as the new FBI head whose mission is to shut the place down - do you think such a person would ever be confirmed by the assholes in congress? And if they were confirmed, do you think they could do anything? The feebs would just smirk, "how many divisions you got, punk?" and go on their merry way.
Nothing is going to change the FBI no matter who wins.
Fight me.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 12, 2024 12:15 PM (Q0kLU)
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Deprivation of rights under color of law is now the default position of our federal government.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 12, 2024 12:13 PM (tT6L1)
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This is a law that needs to be prosecuted much, much more vigorously, as a means of deterring those in power from getting *too* frisky with power.
The fact that it isn't shows it's as toothless as any other law unless it somehow benefits Dems in some way.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 12, 2024 12:13 PM (tT6L1)
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This is a law that needs to be prosecuted much, much more vigorously, as a means of deterring those in power from getting *too* frisky with power.
The fact that it isn't shows it's as toothless as any other law unless it somehow benefits Dems in some way.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 12, 2024 12:15 PM (7fElN)
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It's perfectly reasonable. The Party & State is a separate country from the rest of us, and we're a colony. If you've gone native and embraced the values of the subject classes, then you're a threat to the security of the State.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 12, 2024 12:15 PM (0FoWg)
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Good morning. Anyone else wonder what happens in the meetings where it’s decided these are good ideas? For example, “hey! The hoi poloi think the DOJ is biased! Let me, the head of this organization, write an op ed saying we aren’t. We will highlight anyone who feels this way is either misguided, stupid, or both. That should do it! Problem solved. What’s next?”
Posted by: Piper at June 12, 2024 12:16 PM (p4NUW)
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How much of Garland's weaponization of the DOJ and the associated 3-letter agencies can be attributed to him being bitter because he was denied a seat on SCOTUS?
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 12, 2024 12:16 PM (N39Ws)
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>Apparently there are a few RINOs who are balking at the Congressional Contempt resolution against Garland. They're afraid to irritate the voters
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they are afraid of the press
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they are afraid of the press
Posted by: Don Black at June 12, 2024 12:16 PM (/7KEl)
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The HUAC would spin in its grave.
How far this county's government has fallen.
What's Ryan, Romney or Boner think about this.
lol.
The HUAC would spin in its grave.
How far this county's government has fallen.
What's Ryan, Romney or Boner think about this.
lol.
Posted by: Dr.Rev. Senator Your Highness E Buzz Miller, Esq PhD MA MS at June 12, 2024 12:16 PM (et1vG)
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I watch that show Queer Eye where supposed experts in fashion and home renovation do their thing for sad sack losers. The designs the experts choose are always sus -- generally way too busy and cluttered.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 12, 2024 12:13 PM (iFTx/)
A Croc is Born.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:14 PM (Zz0t1)
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Crocs are gay, bro! I'm super-straight. But it's actually an interesting show.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 12, 2024 12:13 PM (iFTx/)
A Croc is Born.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:14 PM (Zz0t1)
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Crocs are gay, bro! I'm super-straight. But it's actually an interesting show.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 12, 2024 12:17 PM (iFTx/)
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Just a thought: what if this was the plan all along to destroy the FIB? The Defense of Marriage act lead to the SCOTUS decision for gy marriage. The neo-marxist programmers love setting up thesis/antithesis/thesis catastrophes. Could the end goal be an actual national police force?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 12, 2024 12:17 PM (IG4Id)
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I have no idea how this country went so bad so quickly. It's a damned shame.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at June 12, 2024 12:17 PM (d2bW3)
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Might as well tell the entire administration to start governing well to counter their electoral headaches.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin while riding the Wasteland with Mad Max at June 12, 2024 12:15 PM (GBKbO)
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Now *there's* an idea. Maybe they should try that!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin while riding the Wasteland with Mad Max at June 12, 2024 12:15 PM (GBKbO)
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Now *there's* an idea. Maybe they should try that!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:17 PM (d04cU)
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You can still smell the Comey stench all over the FBI.
This application is so they can load up the bureau with Trump haters who will then be fine with sabotaging his presidency should he win again.
This application is so they can load up the bureau with Trump haters who will then be fine with sabotaging his presidency should he win again.
Posted by: redridinghood at June 12, 2024 12:17 PM (NpAcC)
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Crocs are gay, bro! I'm super-straight. But it's actually an interesting show.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 12, 2024 12:17 PM (iFTx/)
*fistbump*
Crocs are gay, bro! I'm super-straight. But it's actually an interesting show.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 12, 2024 12:17 PM (iFTx/)
*fistbump*
Posted by: Cory Booker at June 12, 2024 12:17 PM (Zz0t1)
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Deputy Dir of the FBI, Paul Abbaic, threatened employees who criticized the FBI's response or tactics related to investigations of the 1/6 protests / mini riot.
More specifically, it came to Abbaic's attention that Fibbies were understandably comparing the fanatical drive to find 1/6 protesters with the complete non-response to the George Floyd riots. This upset him and he said on an official conference call with all assistant directors that anyone with such questions should find a different job.
http://tiny.cc/tsdkyz
More specifically, it came to Abbaic's attention that Fibbies were understandably comparing the fanatical drive to find 1/6 protesters with the complete non-response to the George Floyd riots. This upset him and he said on an official conference call with all assistant directors that anyone with such questions should find a different job.
http://tiny.cc/tsdkyz
Posted by: bonhomme at June 12, 2024 12:18 PM (Odg76)
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These are just important sources and methods that must be kept secret. All part of their (communist) toolbox to keep the agency on track (to destroy Free USA and build their cartels).
Posted by: illiniwek at June 12, 2024 12:19 PM (Cus5s)
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We will highlight anyone who feels this way is either misguided, stupid, or both. That should do it! Problem solved. What’s next?”
I think this is more that they get off on the humiliation factor.
I think this is more that they get off on the humiliation factor.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 12, 2024 12:19 PM (ibTVg)
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It's June, so time to start pushing out the FBI news cycle. Poor FBI.....their headquarters is "crumbling" we're told. Fitting metaphor for the corrupt democrat party brownshirts. No doubt the GOP appropriations will cave and screw us.....again. They'll get their new behemoth fortress to continue targeting Americans. You can bank it.
Posted by: Son of Dad at June 12, 2024 12:19 PM (8JB5s)
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Any red states announcing they have directed their state police to no longer cooperate with the FBI until Garland is fired?
Oh. No.
Because "muh law an' order!"
Oh. No.
Because "muh law an' order!"
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 12, 2024 12:20 PM (g9W3m)
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How much of Garland's weaponization of the DOJ and the associated 3-letter agencies can be attributed to him being bitter because he was denied a seat on SCOTUS?
Posted by: Our Country
Absolutely none of his current hate for the Constitution and US citizens, he is just showing how he thinks where we all can see it now.
Posted by: Our Country
Absolutely none of his current hate for the Constitution and US citizens, he is just showing how he thinks where we all can see it now.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 12, 2024 12:20 PM (pUmP9)
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82 I have no idea how this country went so bad so quickly. It's a damned shame.
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The percentage of immigrants calling themselves Americans is why and how. Both parties in the 1920s came to same conclusion and stopped all immigration. It took a World War to glue the newbies to the plank holders. I don't see that working this time.
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The percentage of immigrants calling themselves Americans is why and how. Both parties in the 1920s came to same conclusion and stopped all immigration. It took a World War to glue the newbies to the plank holders. I don't see that working this time.
Posted by: Pudinhead at June 12, 2024 12:20 PM (pZ64F)
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I have no idea how this country went so bad so quickly. It's a damned shame.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at June 12, 2024 12:17 PM (d2bW3)
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It didn't. It went bad over time. The rot and corruption and crime accumulated. It was able to be kept hidden for most of that time. What happened is the dam broke. All that has been built is now being exposed.
Slowly at first, then suddenly.
"The straw that broke the camel's back" is an idiom for a reason.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at June 12, 2024 12:17 PM (d2bW3)
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It didn't. It went bad over time. The rot and corruption and crime accumulated. It was able to be kept hidden for most of that time. What happened is the dam broke. All that has been built is now being exposed.
Slowly at first, then suddenly.
"The straw that broke the camel's back" is an idiom for a reason.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:20 PM (d04cU)
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In the recent movie Oppenheimer they portrary Oppenheimer's security clearance hearing as unfair because they go through all of his associates and previous statements.
About supporting our enemy/communism.
And here...disagreeing with Tony Fauci is punishable by losing your job?
About supporting our enemy/communism.
And here...disagreeing with Tony Fauci is punishable by losing your job?
Posted by: 18-1 at June 12, 2024 12:20 PM (ibTVg)
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The only way forward is to shit can the entire LE/IC apparatus, create a new one with tight guidelines and monitor and control structures.
It's clear these agencies are rogue and out of control and operating outside of Norman[sic] Parameters.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 12, 2024 12:14 PM (XV/Pl)
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The only way this can ever work at all is if there an actual code of moral and ethical behavior rigorously applied by all members of the new agencies. Doc Smith's Lensmen, for instance, were chosen *because* the members already embodied a higher moral and ethical code than society in general. That's who we need running the ICs.
Not corrupt apparatchiks, which is what you will get regardless of how the ICs are "reformed" now.
It's clear these agencies are rogue and out of control and operating outside of Norman[sic] Parameters.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 12, 2024 12:14 PM (XV/Pl)
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The only way this can ever work at all is if there an actual code of moral and ethical behavior rigorously applied by all members of the new agencies. Doc Smith's Lensmen, for instance, were chosen *because* the members already embodied a higher moral and ethical code than society in general. That's who we need running the ICs.
Not corrupt apparatchiks, which is what you will get regardless of how the ICs are "reformed" now.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 12, 2024 12:20 PM (7fElN)
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QUIT BEING MEAN TO ME
Posted by: Mervyn Garlique at June 12, 2024 12:20 PM (v0R5T)
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The FBI is a greater threat to the lives of innocent Americans than any terrorist in the last 20 years.
I am now convinced that every conviction obtained on a FBI investigation was from falsified evidence.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 12, 2024 12:13 PM (g9W3m)
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I'm now even skeptical that McVeigh was guilty. I think he probably was, but was basically set up and entrapped by FBI agents who were the real motivation behind the bombing. The FBI really really really needed a white rednecky guy to be a terrorist. Someone, anyone! And lo and behold, wouldn't ya just know it, viola -- Tim McVeigh is ready for his closeup.
I am now convinced that every conviction obtained on a FBI investigation was from falsified evidence.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 12, 2024 12:13 PM (g9W3m)
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I'm now even skeptical that McVeigh was guilty. I think he probably was, but was basically set up and entrapped by FBI agents who were the real motivation behind the bombing. The FBI really really really needed a white rednecky guy to be a terrorist. Someone, anyone! And lo and behold, wouldn't ya just know it, viola -- Tim McVeigh is ready for his closeup.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 12, 2024 12:20 PM (iFTx/)
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A Croc is Born.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:14 PM (Zz0t1)
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Crocs are gay, bro! I'm super-straight. But it's actually an interesting show.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 12, 2024 12:17 PM (iFTx/)
My daughter's BF wears Crocs. Despite all the ribbing and grief I give him about it, at least he has a pair of Crocs with the USA Flag on it.
Now you can "bejewel" your Crocs with Crocticles (think the nut sack hanging off trailer hitches). Nice fashion accessory for gay footwwear.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:14 PM (Zz0t1)
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Crocs are gay, bro! I'm super-straight. But it's actually an interesting show.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 12, 2024 12:17 PM (iFTx/)
My daughter's BF wears Crocs. Despite all the ribbing and grief I give him about it, at least he has a pair of Crocs with the USA Flag on it.
Now you can "bejewel" your Crocs with Crocticles (think the nut sack hanging off trailer hitches). Nice fashion accessory for gay footwwear.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 12, 2024 12:20 PM (N39Ws)
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I want to see the US go bankrupt. I think it's the only way the people in power go away. No money to pay the bills means the straight shooters in the DOJ and FBI have to look for useful employment.
And, since former DOJ attorney and FBI agent are not a resume enhancer, they get to fight with the homeless for shelter under a close to collapsing bridge.
And, since former DOJ attorney and FBI agent are not a resume enhancer, they get to fight with the homeless for shelter under a close to collapsing bridge.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 12, 2024 12:21 PM (tT6L1)
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Fight me.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 12, 2024 12:15 PM (Q0kLU)
I would prefer not to.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 12, 2024 12:15 PM (Q0kLU)
I would prefer not to.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 12, 2024 12:21 PM (XkYcA)
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Could the end goal be an actual national police force?
Posted by: weft cut
Why else would you arm the DOE, EPA, SSA, and IRS?
Posted by: weft cut
Why else would you arm the DOE, EPA, SSA, and IRS?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 12, 2024 12:22 PM (pUmP9)
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Now you can "bejewel" your Crocs with Crocticles (think the nut sack hanging off trailer hitches). Nice fashion accessory for gay footwwear.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 12, 2024 12:20 PM (N39Ws)
Marrying a woman while stuffing fudge behind the scenes doesn't make you not homo.
Now you can "bejewel" your Crocs with Crocticles (think the nut sack hanging off trailer hitches). Nice fashion accessory for gay footwwear.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 12, 2024 12:20 PM (N39Ws)
Marrying a woman while stuffing fudge behind the scenes doesn't make you not homo.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:22 PM (Zz0t1)
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Most of the stuff happening in this country would fit into Buddy Hackett's routines. Really crazy stuff going on.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 12, 2024 12:22 PM (V5eKu)
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Someone, anyone! And lo and behold, wouldn't ya just know it, viola -- Tim McVeigh is ready for his closeup.
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Lee Harvey Oswald made to perfect drop pistol.
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Lee Harvey Oswald made to perfect drop pistol.
Posted by: Pudinhead at June 12, 2024 12:22 PM (pZ64F)
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Fight me.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 12, 2024 12:15 PM (Q0kLU)
I'll meet ya behind the gym, ponysoldier!!!
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 12, 2024 12:15 PM (Q0kLU)
I'll meet ya behind the gym, ponysoldier!!!
Posted by: Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:22 PM (Zz0t1)
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In the manner that the left is stupid and never realizes the revolution always comes for them ....
When is the right going to realize that the laws always come for them?
That the courts will never protect you from the state?
When is the right going to realize that the laws always come for them?
That the courts will never protect you from the state?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 12, 2024 12:23 PM (g9W3m)
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At the risk of being pilloried, Crocs have their place. I even - gasp - own a pair. I use them as house shoes instead of slippers. They're more comfortable and have better grip on stairs and whatnot, and I can run out to the mailbox if needed without putting shoes on.
Wearing them in public, though, is a bad signal.
Wearing them in public, though, is a bad signal.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:23 PM (d04cU)
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This isn't "New McCarthyism". McCarthy was right.
Posted by: ... at June 12, 2024 12:23 PM (BSL0A)
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From Diana West's "The Red Thread" published in January 2020, and it has only become more abusive and tyrannical.
"There was nothing normal about the 2016 presidential election, not when senior U.S. officials were turning the surveillance powers of the federal government -- designed to stop terrorist attacks -- against the Republican presidential team. These were the ruthless tactics of a Soviet-style police state, not a democratic republic."
"There was nothing normal about the 2016 presidential election, not when senior U.S. officials were turning the surveillance powers of the federal government -- designed to stop terrorist attacks -- against the Republican presidential team. These were the ruthless tactics of a Soviet-style police state, not a democratic republic."
Posted by: illiniwek at June 12, 2024 12:23 PM (Cus5s)
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'All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state."
Posted by: Deep State at June 12, 2024 12:23 PM (25k9m)
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Besides McCarthy came along before the parties "switched" so obviously modern Democrats love him.
Posted by: ... at June 12, 2024 12:23 PM (BSL0A)
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If somehow Trump does get tje Oval Office again, he will have to eliminate most of the Eff Bee Eye personnel.
Better if he could eliminate the Eff Bee Eye
Better if he could eliminate the Eff Bee Eye
Posted by: Skip at June 12, 2024 12:24 PM (4SbJl)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 12, 2024 12:24 PM (lb7G2)
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Wearing them in public, though, is a bad signal.
*glances up from tik tok*
you're just old and don't understand
*back to tik tok*
*glances up from tik tok*
you're just old and don't understand
*back to tik tok*
Posted by: Gen Z at June 12, 2024 12:25 PM (25k9m)
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Wearing them in public, though, is a bad signal.
Posted by: Joe Mannix
Note: going to the mail box is 'in public'...
Wearing them in public, though, is a bad signal.
Posted by: Joe Mannix
Note: going to the mail box is 'in public'...
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 12, 2024 12:25 PM (pUmP9)
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Wearing them in public, though, is a bad signal.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:23 PM (d04cU)
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How is wearing Crocs in public worse than admitting you own a pair?
Shouldn't such things remain in the closet?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:23 PM (d04cU)
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How is wearing Crocs in public worse than admitting you own a pair?
Shouldn't such things remain in the closet?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 12, 2024 12:25 PM (tT6L1)
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Mean Tweets Great Again! at June 12, 2024 12:26 PM (Lime7)
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Raze FBI headquarters to the ground and salt the earth.
Or
Build a billion dollar magnificent headquarters, the best ever anyone has ever seen, everyone says so.
hmmm.
Or
Build a billion dollar magnificent headquarters, the best ever anyone has ever seen, everyone says so.
hmmm.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 12, 2024 12:26 PM (fs1hN)
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@99
>>I want to see the US go bankrupt. I think it's the only way the people in power go away. No money to pay the bills means the straight shooters in the DOJ and FBI have to look for useful employment.
Well, with the end of The PetroDollar, that's going to happen at an accelerated rate, if countries don't need US Dollars to buy oil or oil contracts, then there is no need to acquire US Dollars, which means the roughly trillion dollars the FED is pumping out every couple of weeks has no where to go.
Shit is going to go south really fast.
>>I want to see the US go bankrupt. I think it's the only way the people in power go away. No money to pay the bills means the straight shooters in the DOJ and FBI have to look for useful employment.
Well, with the end of The PetroDollar, that's going to happen at an accelerated rate, if countries don't need US Dollars to buy oil or oil contracts, then there is no need to acquire US Dollars, which means the roughly trillion dollars the FED is pumping out every couple of weeks has no where to go.
Shit is going to go south really fast.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 12, 2024 12:26 PM (XV/Pl)
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56 I'm not gay, but even I know that Tucker's shirt / sweater color combo is heinous.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2024 12:03 PM (xCA6C)
Has garrett weighed in on this?
Posted by: Dr. T at June 12, 2024 12:08 PM (jGGMD)
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It's like something Mister Rogers would wear in the 1970s ... except uglier. Tucker should fire his wardrobe people
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Y’all are making me laugh. Firstly, you absolutely can pair blue with green. You pick from the same color family or total opposite colors on the wheel. Both work with different levels of drama - opposites will be more dramatic, monochromatic is less dramatic.
The green sweater is quite in right now, as are many on the chartreuse scale. This is more green than yellow, perfect for spring. My only question is the wearing of a sweater at all as we have now officially left spring behind and are in full fledged summer. The sweater should have been swapped for a linen jacket, or seersucker. But if seersucker, we would have to change out the shirt for another color and pattern.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2024 12:03 PM (xCA6C)
Has garrett weighed in on this?
Posted by: Dr. T at June 12, 2024 12:08 PM (jGGMD)
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It's like something Mister Rogers would wear in the 1970s ... except uglier. Tucker should fire his wardrobe people
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Y’all are making me laugh. Firstly, you absolutely can pair blue with green. You pick from the same color family or total opposite colors on the wheel. Both work with different levels of drama - opposites will be more dramatic, monochromatic is less dramatic.
The green sweater is quite in right now, as are many on the chartreuse scale. This is more green than yellow, perfect for spring. My only question is the wearing of a sweater at all as we have now officially left spring behind and are in full fledged summer. The sweater should have been swapped for a linen jacket, or seersucker. But if seersucker, we would have to change out the shirt for another color and pattern.
Posted by: Piper at June 12, 2024 12:26 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: The Paolo at June 12, 2024 12:26 PM (Zz0t1)
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I want to see the US go bankrupt. I think it's the only way the people in power go away. No money to pay the bills means the straight shooters in the DOJ and FBI have to look for useful employment. ...
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 12, 2024 12:21 PM (tT6L1)
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That is the most likely failure mode for the United States, in my opinion. The fiscal environment is destroyed and the Feds thus lose control of the States. States go their own way. Maybe formal breakup, maybe de facto nullification, whatever.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 12, 2024 12:21 PM (tT6L1)
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That is the most likely failure mode for the United States, in my opinion. The fiscal environment is destroyed and the Feds thus lose control of the States. States go their own way. Maybe formal breakup, maybe de facto nullification, whatever.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:26 PM (d04cU)
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If the FBI weren't doing this, they couldn't be the FBI. They'd have to spend all their time on internal witch hunts instead of hunting down opponents of the regime.
Who is surprised by this? What do people think the FBI *is,* anyway?
Who is surprised by this? What do people think the FBI *is,* anyway?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 12, 2024 12:26 PM (0FoWg)
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Note: going to the mail box is 'in public'...
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 12, 2024 12:25 PM (pUmP9)
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Barely. I walk through the yard to the mailbox, then back across the yard.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 12, 2024 12:25 PM (pUmP9)
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Barely. I walk through the yard to the mailbox, then back across the yard.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:27 PM (d04cU)
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I have no idea how this country went so bad so quickly. It's a damned shame.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at June 12, 2024 12:17 PM (d2bW3)
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It didn't. It went bad over time. The rot and corruption and crime accumulated. It was able to be kept hidden for most of that time. What happened is the dam broke. All that has been built is now being exposed.
Slowly at first, then suddenly.
"The straw that broke the camel's back" is an idiom for a reason.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:20 PM (d04cU)
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Yes and no. Yes that the country has been rotting from the inside for decades, since at least the 1960s, but we didn't smell it then.
But I think it wasn't really a "straw" that broke the camel's back. I think Obama was a ton of steaming dogshit dropped on the poor camel. His 8 years was the single most destructive tenure in US history. It's not even close.
The rotten stench-pool of slimy detritus and dead skunks that the country is today was drastically accelerated under Obama.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at June 12, 2024 12:17 PM (d2bW3)
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It didn't. It went bad over time. The rot and corruption and crime accumulated. It was able to be kept hidden for most of that time. What happened is the dam broke. All that has been built is now being exposed.
Slowly at first, then suddenly.
"The straw that broke the camel's back" is an idiom for a reason.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:20 PM (d04cU)
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Yes and no. Yes that the country has been rotting from the inside for decades, since at least the 1960s, but we didn't smell it then.
But I think it wasn't really a "straw" that broke the camel's back. I think Obama was a ton of steaming dogshit dropped on the poor camel. His 8 years was the single most destructive tenure in US history. It's not even close.
The rotten stench-pool of slimy detritus and dead skunks that the country is today was drastically accelerated under Obama.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 12, 2024 12:27 PM (iFTx/)
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>At the risk of being pilloried, Crocs have their place. I even - gasp - own a pair.
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It's okay- I watched a Taylor Swift video
she's very tall
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It's okay- I watched a Taylor Swift video
she's very tall
Posted by: Don Black at June 12, 2024 12:27 PM (/7KEl)
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How is wearing Crocs in public worse than admitting you own a pair?
Shouldn't such things remain in the closet?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 12, 2024 12:25 PM (tT6L1)
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* golf clap *
Shouldn't such things remain in the closet?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 12, 2024 12:25 PM (tT6L1)
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* golf clap *
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Mean Tweets Great Again! at June 12, 2024 12:27 PM (Lime7)
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73 Fight me.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 12, 2024 12:15 PM (Q0kLU)
For a place that loves fighting and fighters, I hardly ever see anyone actually throw down.
I'm not saying it NEVER happens, just not as often as I expected.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 12, 2024 12:15 PM (Q0kLU)
For a place that loves fighting and fighters, I hardly ever see anyone actually throw down.
I'm not saying it NEVER happens, just not as often as I expected.
Posted by: XTC at June 12, 2024 12:27 PM (UnA8+)
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My granddaughters were wearing sparkly pink crocs at the pool the other day. I was envious. The slides I wear are uncomfortable. Think I might get a pair.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 12, 2024 12:27 PM (t/2Uw)
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Who is surprised by this? What do people think the FBI *is,* anyway?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 12, 2024 12:26 PM (0FoWg)
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One of the "Organs of State Security."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 12, 2024 12:26 PM (0FoWg)
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One of the "Organs of State Security."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:27 PM (d04cU)
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"Groomed"
Oklahoma City did have some loose ends. Some Iraqi looking dude was John Doe #2
They did send Dr. Jollyn West to interview McVeigh, he famously killed an Elephant with LSD in Oklahoma due to a math error, one suspects. He also "interviewed" Jack Ruby, and was part of the MkUltra experiments on hypnosis.
It doesn't have to be super conspiratorial, and West may not have been playing for the wrong team. Who the fuck knows.
He probably was trying to see if they had been "worked over" shall we say. He wrote the book on that stuff.
One of the great myths about hypnosis, is the notion that people will not do anything they wouldn't ordinarily do when not under hypnosis.
Oklahoma City did have some loose ends. Some Iraqi looking dude was John Doe #2
They did send Dr. Jollyn West to interview McVeigh, he famously killed an Elephant with LSD in Oklahoma due to a math error, one suspects. He also "interviewed" Jack Ruby, and was part of the MkUltra experiments on hypnosis.
It doesn't have to be super conspiratorial, and West may not have been playing for the wrong team. Who the fuck knows.
He probably was trying to see if they had been "worked over" shall we say. He wrote the book on that stuff.
One of the great myths about hypnosis, is the notion that people will not do anything they wouldn't ordinarily do when not under hypnosis.
Posted by: Common Tater at June 12, 2024 12:28 PM (3xPvb)
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I'm not gay, but even I know that Tucker's shirt / sweater color combo is heinous.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2024 12:03 PM (xCA6C)
Has garrett weighed in on this?
Posted by: Dr. T at June 12, 2024 12:08 PM (jGGMD)
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It's like something Mister Rogers would wear in the 1970s ... except uglier. Tucker should fire his wardrobe people
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Y’all are making me laugh. Firstly, you absolutely can pair blue with green. You pick from the same color family or total opposite colors on the wheel. Both work with different levels of drama - opposites will be more dramatic, monochromatic is less dramatic.
The green sweater is quite in right now, as are many on the chartreuse scale. This is more green than yellow, perfect for spring. My only question is the wearing of a sweater at all as we have now officially left spring behind and are in full fledged summer. The sweater should have been swapped for a linen jacket, or seersucker. But if seersucker, we would have to change out the shirt for another color and pattern.
Who let Piper in here? She's harshing my mellow.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2024 12:03 PM (xCA6C)
Has garrett weighed in on this?
Posted by: Dr. T at June 12, 2024 12:08 PM (jGGMD)
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It's like something Mister Rogers would wear in the 1970s ... except uglier. Tucker should fire his wardrobe people
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Y’all are making me laugh. Firstly, you absolutely can pair blue with green. You pick from the same color family or total opposite colors on the wheel. Both work with different levels of drama - opposites will be more dramatic, monochromatic is less dramatic.
The green sweater is quite in right now, as are many on the chartreuse scale. This is more green than yellow, perfect for spring. My only question is the wearing of a sweater at all as we have now officially left spring behind and are in full fledged summer. The sweater should have been swapped for a linen jacket, or seersucker. But if seersucker, we would have to change out the shirt for another color and pattern.
Who let Piper in here? She's harshing my mellow.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2024 12:28 PM (xCA6C)
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The Bee headline really ought to say what is reality, "Garland threatens to arrest anyone who says that he threatens to arrest them.."
Posted by: Boswell at June 12, 2024 12:28 PM (K+UlC)
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That is assuming all the bad actors on the global stage will allow the US to collapse peacefully.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 12, 2024 12:28 PM (lb7G2)
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The rotten stench-pool of slimy detritus and dead skunks that the country is today was drastically accelerated under Obama.
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What did you think fundamentally transformed meant?
*winks*
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What did you think fundamentally transformed meant?
*winks*
Posted by: Barry Soetero, Hawaiian at June 12, 2024 12:29 PM (fs1hN)
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98 Now you can "bejewel" your Crocs with Crocticles (think the nut sack hanging off trailer hitches). Nice fashion accessory for gay footwwear.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed
Xxx
We should not do this. Ever.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed
Xxx
We should not do this. Ever.
Posted by: Piper at June 12, 2024 12:29 PM (p4NUW)
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I have no idea how this country went so bad so quickly.
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50+ years of "conservative" Republicans surrendering on social issues....
While campaigning of fighting social issues....
And funding--with annual increases-- all of the left's social issues....
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50+ years of "conservative" Republicans surrendering on social issues....
While campaigning of fighting social issues....
And funding--with annual increases-- all of the left's social issues....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 12, 2024 12:29 PM (g9W3m)
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Who let Piper in here? She's harshing my mellow.
Posted by: Archimedes
Yeah, let's start a rumor that we saw Piper wearing white crew socks with sandals.
Who let Piper in here? She's harshing my mellow.
Posted by: Archimedes
Yeah, let's start a rumor that we saw Piper wearing white crew socks with sandals.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 12, 2024 12:29 PM (pUmP9)
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22 Chris Plante always makes a point to say "COMMUNIST John Brennan".
Posted by: fd at June 12, 2024 12:07 PM (vFG9F)
It figures that Comey may have been a Communist in his past. I clicked on Ace's link, however, but didn't see any mention of Comey in it. It's a link to the Just The News article on the FIB.
Posted by: fd at June 12, 2024 12:07 PM (vFG9F)
It figures that Comey may have been a Communist in his past. I clicked on Ace's link, however, but didn't see any mention of Comey in it. It's a link to the Just The News article on the FIB.
Posted by: Land Shark at June 12, 2024 12:29 PM (794vU)
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But I think it wasn't really a "straw" that broke the camel's back. I think Obama was a ton of steaming dogshit dropped on the poor camel. His 8 years was the single most destructive tenure in US history. It's not even close.
The rotten stench-pool of slimy detritus and dead skunks that the country is today was drastically accelerated under Obama.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 12, 2024 12:27 PM (iFTx/)
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I agree that it's probably impossible to identify what was the "last straw," but it happened in the past 6-8 years. One could argue that COVID - the entire event - is what cracked it open, but there's lots of room for argument on that.
It can't be hidden anymore. The gradual corruption that was largely kept behind closed doors couldn't be contained anymore. It has to go this way. It's pathological.
The rotten stench-pool of slimy detritus and dead skunks that the country is today was drastically accelerated under Obama.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 12, 2024 12:27 PM (iFTx/)
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I agree that it's probably impossible to identify what was the "last straw," but it happened in the past 6-8 years. One could argue that COVID - the entire event - is what cracked it open, but there's lots of room for argument on that.
It can't be hidden anymore. The gradual corruption that was largely kept behind closed doors couldn't be contained anymore. It has to go this way. It's pathological.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:29 PM (d04cU)
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I wear Crocs every day to the pool (and to the beach when I go)...best shoe for being around water there is...
Posted by: Nova Local at June 12, 2024 12:29 PM (exHjb)
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the FBI is the home state police
Posted by: Don Black at June 12, 2024 12:29 PM (/7KEl)
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Off, Peak-SNL sock!
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 12, 2024 12:29 PM (794vU)
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I want to see the US go bankrupt. I think it's the only way the people in power go away. No money to pay the bills means the straight shooters in the DOJ and FBI have to look for useful employment. ...
Posted by: blake
Dunno, man. If you share the same goal as the neo-marxist, you many want to reexamine the situation.
Posted by: blake
Dunno, man. If you share the same goal as the neo-marxist, you many want to reexamine the situation.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 12, 2024 12:29 PM (IG4Id)
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128 For a place that loves fighting and fighters, I hardly ever see anyone actually throw down.
I'm not saying it NEVER happens, just not as often as I expected.
Posted by: XTC at June 12, 2024 12:27 PM (UnA8+)
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I don't think I've ever tried to actually fight someone on the internet. Gotten into plenty of arguments, but rising to the level of, "We're gonna meet and throw down?" not even close.
I'm not saying it NEVER happens, just not as often as I expected.
Posted by: XTC at June 12, 2024 12:27 PM (UnA8+)
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I don't think I've ever tried to actually fight someone on the internet. Gotten into plenty of arguments, but rising to the level of, "We're gonna meet and throw down?" not even close.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin while riding the Wasteland with Mad Max at June 12, 2024 12:29 PM (GBKbO)
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I was thinking 15 years ago about how we were in the middle of a commie takeover and I remember saying to myself that they needed a "KGB" or Stasi so we at least had that going for us at the time.
Then I remember the light bulb going off around the same time when I realized those organizations must already be in place. Chilled me to the bone.
Then I remember the light bulb going off around the same time when I realized those organizations must already be in place. Chilled me to the bone.
Posted by: ... at June 12, 2024 12:30 PM (BSL0A)
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Last week another US Navy ship Captain was relieved due to 'lack of confidence'.
This NEVER used to happen, and now it happens just about once a week... even with the smaller Navy we have. The Vetting process to get Command is long, and difficult... yet... somehow... they are shit canning COs left and right... or ... just... right?
There is a Fed Gov purge going on... one that does not bode well for the American people.
This NEVER used to happen, and now it happens just about once a week... even with the smaller Navy we have. The Vetting process to get Command is long, and difficult... yet... somehow... they are shit canning COs left and right... or ... just... right?
There is a Fed Gov purge going on... one that does not bode well for the American people.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 12, 2024 12:30 PM (xaFKb)
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140 It can't be hidden anymore. The gradual corruption that was largely kept behind closed doors couldn't be contained anymore. It has to go this way. It's pathological.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:29 PM (d04cU)
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Which is why they won't let Trump win in 2024.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:29 PM (d04cU)
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Which is why they won't let Trump win in 2024.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin while riding the Wasteland with Mad Max at June 12, 2024 12:30 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 12, 2024 12:30 PM (t/2Uw)
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But I think it wasn't really a "straw" that broke the camel's back. I think Obama was a ton of steaming dogshit dropped on the poor camel. His 8 years was the single most destructive tenure in US history. It's not even close.
We didn't realize it at the time, but he hired and promoted the lunatics now destroying the country. Rules and limits which has stood for a hundred years were dumped or ignored.
Personnel is policy.
We didn't realize it at the time, but he hired and promoted the lunatics now destroying the country. Rules and limits which has stood for a hundred years were dumped or ignored.
Personnel is policy.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2024 12:30 PM (xCA6C)
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You know, a pair of Sperry Top-Siders are just as comfortable as crocs, and you can wear them without having to defend your masculinity.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 12, 2024 12:30 PM (Q0kLU)
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Which is why they won't let Trump win in 2024.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin while riding the Wasteland with Mad Max at June 12, 2024 12:30 PM (GBKbO)
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Meh. It's why it doesn't matter if Trump wins in 2024.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin while riding the Wasteland with Mad Max at June 12, 2024 12:30 PM (GBKbO)
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Meh. It's why it doesn't matter if Trump wins in 2024.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:31 PM (d04cU)
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147 Last week another US Navy ship Captain was relieved due to 'lack of confidence'.
This NEVER used to happen, and now it happens just about once a week... even with the smaller Navy we have. The Vetting process to get Command is long, and difficult... yet... somehow... they are shit canning COs left and right... or ... just... right?
There is a Fed Gov purge going on... one that does not bode well for the American people.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 12, 2024 12:30 PM (xaFKb)
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It wasn't Queeg, was it?
This NEVER used to happen, and now it happens just about once a week... even with the smaller Navy we have. The Vetting process to get Command is long, and difficult... yet... somehow... they are shit canning COs left and right... or ... just... right?
There is a Fed Gov purge going on... one that does not bode well for the American people.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 12, 2024 12:30 PM (xaFKb)
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It wasn't Queeg, was it?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin while riding the Wasteland with Mad Max at June 12, 2024 12:31 PM (GBKbO)
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wear Crocs every day to the pool (and to the beach when I go)...best shoe for being around water there is...
Posted by: Nova Local
Aqua Sox hardest hit.
Posted by: Nova Local
Aqua Sox hardest hit.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 12, 2024 12:31 PM (CIS44)
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That is assuming all the bad actors on the global stage will allow the US to collapse peacefully.
Posted by: Anna Puma
That's not happening.
Posted by: Anna Puma
That's not happening.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, deplorable clown at June 12, 2024 12:31 PM (qZEuM)
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138 Yeah, let's start a rumor that we saw Piper wearing white crew socks with sandals.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
Absolutely no one would believe it. 😂
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
Absolutely no one would believe it. 😂
Posted by: Piper at June 12, 2024 12:31 PM (p4NUW)
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But I think it wasn't really a "straw" that broke the camel's back. I think Obama was a ton of steaming dogshit dropped on the poor camel. His 8 years was the single most destructive tenure in US history. It's not even close.
The rotten stench-pool of slimy detritus and dead skunks that the country is today was drastically accelerated under Obama.
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I agree, Elric. Obama and those like-minded people in the federal gov't went to work to rout out anyone not of the Marxist hive. In every agency. In the military. And his evil influence has been happening for 16 years now. That's a lot of years to destroy what was left of the federal gov't.
The rotten stench-pool of slimy detritus and dead skunks that the country is today was drastically accelerated under Obama.
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I agree, Elric. Obama and those like-minded people in the federal gov't went to work to rout out anyone not of the Marxist hive. In every agency. In the military. And his evil influence has been happening for 16 years now. That's a lot of years to destroy what was left of the federal gov't.
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 12, 2024 12:31 PM (mupln)
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The Eff Bee Eye has taken down 2 Republican Presidents, if ythey can they will take down Trump or another again
Posted by: Skip at June 12, 2024 12:31 PM (4SbJl)
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152 Which is why they won't let Trump win in 2024.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin while riding the Wasteland with Mad Max at June 12, 2024 12:30 PM (GBKbO)
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Meh. It's why it doesn't matter if Trump wins in 2024.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:31 PM (d04cU)
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I think both are true.
Trump, the reformer, would be able to accomplish precious little in a second term.
But the rot is too deep to even allow that to come to pass.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin while riding the Wasteland with Mad Max at June 12, 2024 12:30 PM (GBKbO)
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Meh. It's why it doesn't matter if Trump wins in 2024.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:31 PM (d04cU)
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I think both are true.
Trump, the reformer, would be able to accomplish precious little in a second term.
But the rot is too deep to even allow that to come to pass.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin while riding the Wasteland with Mad Max at June 12, 2024 12:31 PM (GBKbO)
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Another annoying commercial. "What position did you play? First base, my grandpa played that position". Yeah, at your age he was with Shoeless Joe.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 12, 2024 12:31 PM (V5eKu)
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That is the most likely failure mode for the United States, in my opinion. The fiscal environment is destroyed and the Feds thus lose control of the States. States go their own way. Maybe formal breakup, maybe de facto nullification, whatever.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:26 PM (d04cU)
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With 50 different currencies -- ideally backed by gold (assuming there's even any left in the country).
I assume Fort Knox, like the Treasury, has been raided by our betters ...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:26 PM (d04cU)
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With 50 different currencies -- ideally backed by gold (assuming there's even any left in the country).
I assume Fort Knox, like the Treasury, has been raided by our betters ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Mean Tweets Great Again! at June 12, 2024 12:32 PM (Lime7)
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I don't think I've ever tried to actually fight someone on the internet. Gotten into plenty of arguments, but rising to the level of, "We're gonna meet and throw down?" not even close.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin while riding the Wasteland with Mad Max at June 12, 2024 12:29 PM (GBKbO)
Local news story from a few years ago. Two high school aged kids were playing an FPS game online against each other. Much trash was talked. One didn't like it and the other kept on.
California kid did research online and found where Texas kid lived, drove there and shot him.
I don't think I've ever tried to actually fight someone on the internet. Gotten into plenty of arguments, but rising to the level of, "We're gonna meet and throw down?" not even close.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin while riding the Wasteland with Mad Max at June 12, 2024 12:29 PM (GBKbO)
Local news story from a few years ago. Two high school aged kids were playing an FPS game online against each other. Much trash was talked. One didn't like it and the other kept on.
California kid did research online and found where Texas kid lived, drove there and shot him.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:32 PM (Zz0t1)
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154 wear Crocs every day to the pool (and to the beach when I go)...best shoe for being around water there is...
Posted by: Nova Local
Aqua Sox hardest hit.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 12, 2024 12:31 PM (CIS44)
Yeah, I won't wear those...way too tight for a wide foot...
Posted by: Nova Local
Aqua Sox hardest hit.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 12, 2024 12:31 PM (CIS44)
Yeah, I won't wear those...way too tight for a wide foot...
Posted by: Nova Local at June 12, 2024 12:32 PM (exHjb)
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Which is why they won't let Trump win in 2024.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin while riding the Wasteland with Mad Max at June 12, 2024 12:30 PM (GBKbO)
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I think the PTB let Trump win because they want him holding the bankruptcy bag. Remember, these people are stupid and forget Trump has gone bankrupt and knows how to manage and come back from such a debacle.
/I'm to old to wish for a pony. Maybe a nice RV instead?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin while riding the Wasteland with Mad Max at June 12, 2024 12:30 PM (GBKbO)
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I think the PTB let Trump win because they want him holding the bankruptcy bag. Remember, these people are stupid and forget Trump has gone bankrupt and knows how to manage and come back from such a debacle.
/I'm to old to wish for a pony. Maybe a nice RV instead?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 12, 2024 12:32 PM (tT6L1)
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I think both are true.
Trump, the reformer, would be able to accomplish precious little in a second term.
But the rot is too deep to even allow that to come to pass.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin while riding the Wasteland with Mad Max at June 12, 2024 12:31 PM (GBKbO)
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Yeah. I accidentally left out a word. I mean't, "*also* why it doesn't matter ..."
Trump, the reformer, would be able to accomplish precious little in a second term.
But the rot is too deep to even allow that to come to pass.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin while riding the Wasteland with Mad Max at June 12, 2024 12:31 PM (GBKbO)
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Yeah. I accidentally left out a word. I mean't, "*also* why it doesn't matter ..."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:32 PM (d04cU)
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"The FBI really really really needed a white rednecky guy to be a terrorist. Someone, anyone! And lo and behold, wouldn't ya just know it, viola -- Tim McVeigh is ready for his closeup." Posted by: Elric Blade
Yeah, besides framing innocent "conservatives", FBI/CIA also build The Narrative. Like their Whitmer kidnapping plot. Or the J6 "assault on our precious democracy" where doors were opened, barricades removed, people allowed entry, even waved in.
Now all that support Trump or MAGA are treated as potential terrorists, put on lists, and they are still arresting J6ers ... all part of The Narrative Building team.
Yeah, besides framing innocent "conservatives", FBI/CIA also build The Narrative. Like their Whitmer kidnapping plot. Or the J6 "assault on our precious democracy" where doors were opened, barricades removed, people allowed entry, even waved in.
Now all that support Trump or MAGA are treated as potential terrorists, put on lists, and they are still arresting J6ers ... all part of The Narrative Building team.
Posted by: illiniwek at June 12, 2024 12:33 PM (Cus5s)
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Local news story from a few years ago. Two high school aged kids were playing an FPS game online against each other. Much trash was talked. One didn't like it and the other kept on.
California kid did research online and found where Texas kid lived, drove there and shot him.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden
But how could a kid in CA ever get a gun?
California kid did research online and found where Texas kid lived, drove there and shot him.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden
But how could a kid in CA ever get a gun?
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 12, 2024 12:33 PM (CIS44)
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163 Aqua Sox hardest hit.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 12, 2024 12:31 PM (CIS44)
Yeah, I won't wear those...way too tight for a wide foot...
i can fix that
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 12, 2024 12:31 PM (CIS44)
Yeah, I won't wear those...way too tight for a wide foot...
i can fix that
Posted by: the doctors obama warned you about at June 12, 2024 12:33 PM (sGtp+)
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122 I want to see the US go bankrupt. I think it's the only way the people in power go away. No money to pay the bills means the straight shooters in the DOJ and FBI have to look for useful employment. ...
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 12, 2024 12:21 PM (tT6L1)
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That is the most likely failure mode for the United States, in my opinion. The fiscal environment is destroyed and the Feds thus lose control of the States. States go their own way. Maybe formal breakup, maybe de facto nullification, whatever.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:26 PM (d04cU)
Ironically enough, this may be the area where Donald Trump II: Electric Boogaloo will really shine. If we're indeed going bankrupt, who better to manage the process than someone who navigated it themselves in the private sector. I know that lefties made fun of Trump for this, but I actually believe he can offer a productive perspective on this, if necessary.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 12, 2024 12:21 PM (tT6L1)
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That is the most likely failure mode for the United States, in my opinion. The fiscal environment is destroyed and the Feds thus lose control of the States. States go their own way. Maybe formal breakup, maybe de facto nullification, whatever.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:26 PM (d04cU)
Ironically enough, this may be the area where Donald Trump II: Electric Boogaloo will really shine. If we're indeed going bankrupt, who better to manage the process than someone who navigated it themselves in the private sector. I know that lefties made fun of Trump for this, but I actually believe he can offer a productive perspective on this, if necessary.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 12, 2024 12:33 PM (794vU)
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It's like something Mister Rogers would wear in the 1970s ... except uglier. Tucker should fire his wardrobe people
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Y’all are making me laugh. Firstly, you absolutely can pair blue with green. You pick from the same color family or total opposite colors on the wheel. Both work with different levels of drama - opposites will be more dramatic, monochromatic is less dramatic.
The green sweater is quite in right now, as are many on the chartreuse scale.
Posted by: Piper at June 12, 2024 12:26 PM (p4NUW)
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It's not the color green that's the problem (although that's not a flattering shade of green, looks like snot). Nor is it the pairing of colors. I wear a lot of green and blue. I have light green safari pants with a bluish-red checkerboard shirt on right now. But Tucker's sweater has an ugly, old-man pattern to it. It might not be so bad on its own. But he paired it with a busy shirt. Ugly, conflicted patterns. Would not wear.
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Y’all are making me laugh. Firstly, you absolutely can pair blue with green. You pick from the same color family or total opposite colors on the wheel. Both work with different levels of drama - opposites will be more dramatic, monochromatic is less dramatic.
The green sweater is quite in right now, as are many on the chartreuse scale.
Posted by: Piper at June 12, 2024 12:26 PM (p4NUW)
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It's not the color green that's the problem (although that's not a flattering shade of green, looks like snot). Nor is it the pairing of colors. I wear a lot of green and blue. I have light green safari pants with a bluish-red checkerboard shirt on right now. But Tucker's sweater has an ugly, old-man pattern to it. It might not be so bad on its own. But he paired it with a busy shirt. Ugly, conflicted patterns. Would not wear.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 12, 2024 12:34 PM (iFTx/)
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Don't think the Paolo would "yank".
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 12, 2024 12:30 PM (t/2Uw)
Motion over the clothing.
It is invitation to blow me.
Don't think the Paolo would "yank".
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 12, 2024 12:30 PM (t/2Uw)
Motion over the clothing.
It is invitation to blow me.
Posted by: The Paolo at June 12, 2024 12:34 PM (Zz0t1)
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I have no idea how this country went so bad so quickly.
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It wasn't quick. It just appears quick, as the time it takes to creep in is not the same as the time it takes to reveal that you've done it.
Think about it. If there was no Trump, how many on the nominal right and even in here would still be Backing the Great Men and Women of Duty, Honor and Integrity?
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It wasn't quick. It just appears quick, as the time it takes to creep in is not the same as the time it takes to reveal that you've done it.
Think about it. If there was no Trump, how many on the nominal right and even in here would still be Backing the Great Men and Women of Duty, Honor and Integrity?
Posted by: ... at June 12, 2024 12:34 PM (BSL0A)
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Think Indigo Montoya may have a few words to say to Merrick Garland.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 12, 2024 12:24 PM (lb7G2)
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Three words in particular come to mind, but I don't think Garland killed Montoya's father...
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 12, 2024 12:24 PM (lb7G2)
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Three words in particular come to mind, but I don't think Garland killed Montoya's father...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 12, 2024 12:34 PM (7fElN)
174
For a place that loves fighting and fighters, I hardly ever see anyone actually throw down.
I'm not saying it NEVER happens, just not as often as I expected.
Posted by: XTC at June 12, 2024 12:27 PM (UnA8+)
the term 'Fight' takes on a vastly different meaning to Manly Men, and Women who are Ladies.
If you force me to fight at this point? Be prepared for Mutually assured destruction.
Around here we have mild disagreements...
I'm not saying it NEVER happens, just not as often as I expected.
Posted by: XTC at June 12, 2024 12:27 PM (UnA8+)
the term 'Fight' takes on a vastly different meaning to Manly Men, and Women who are Ladies.
If you force me to fight at this point? Be prepared for Mutually assured destruction.
Around here we have mild disagreements...
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 12, 2024 12:34 PM (xaFKb)
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164 I think the PTB let Trump win because they want him holding the bankruptcy bag. Remember, these people are stupid and forget Trump has gone bankrupt and knows how to manage and come back from such a debacle.
/I'm to old to wish for a pony. Maybe a nice RV instead?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 12, 2024 12:32 PM (tT6L1)
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I think the PTB are very jealous of their power and completely subverted the justice system to destroy Trump because they intend on him never returning to power, no matter the political ramifications regarding those actions or who will be holding the bag the next time an economic downturn happens.
Remember, they just redefined recession one time. They've also been faking numbers like crazy for years, most likely hiding an actual, true depression.
/I'm to old to wish for a pony. Maybe a nice RV instead?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 12, 2024 12:32 PM (tT6L1)
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I think the PTB are very jealous of their power and completely subverted the justice system to destroy Trump because they intend on him never returning to power, no matter the political ramifications regarding those actions or who will be holding the bag the next time an economic downturn happens.
Remember, they just redefined recession one time. They've also been faking numbers like crazy for years, most likely hiding an actual, true depression.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin while riding the Wasteland with Mad Max at June 12, 2024 12:34 PM (GBKbO)
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No Crocs. Penny loafers, Dockers, and a faded madras shirt for the dignified 60s look.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 12, 2024 12:34 PM (V5eKu)
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But how could a kid in CA ever get a gun?
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 12, 2024 12:33 PM (CIS44)
The NRA ensures they're sold on every street corner, cheaply.
But how could a kid in CA ever get a gun?
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 12, 2024 12:33 PM (CIS44)
The NRA ensures they're sold on every street corner, cheaply.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:35 PM (Zz0t1)
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Science in 1964: A vaccine used the dead or weakened infectious agent to build up the body's immune system. Oh and a woman is a human being with XX chromosomes.
"Science" in 2024: A vaccine is whatever the hell we say it is peasant and who the hell knows what a woman is
Posted by: 18-1
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Science in 2084: Reavers were not caused by a vaccine and Spacebook must immediately censor all such misinformation.
"Science" in 2024: A vaccine is whatever the hell we say it is peasant and who the hell knows what a woman is
Posted by: 18-1
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Science in 2084: Reavers were not caused by a vaccine and Spacebook must immediately censor all such misinformation.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 12, 2024 12:35 PM (Dm8we)
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162 Local news story from a few years ago. Two high school aged kids were playing an FPS game online against each other. Much trash was talked. One didn't like it and the other kept on.
California kid did research online and found where Texas kid lived, drove there and shot him.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:32 PM (Zz0t1)
See, that's coward shit.
Driving out there and challenging him to an honorable duel?
Not just manly, but classy, too.
California kid did research online and found where Texas kid lived, drove there and shot him.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:32 PM (Zz0t1)
See, that's coward shit.
Driving out there and challenging him to an honorable duel?
Not just manly, but classy, too.
Posted by: XTC at June 12, 2024 12:35 PM (UnA8+)
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Shit is going to go south really fast.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 12, 2024 12:26 PM (XV/Pl)
Good. The sooner the federales go belly up the better.
No more free shit of any kind.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 12, 2024 12:26 PM (XV/Pl)
Good. The sooner the federales go belly up the better.
No more free shit of any kind.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 12, 2024 12:35 PM (XRpj3)
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Ironically enough, this may be the area where Donald Trump II: Electric Boogaloo will really shine. If we're indeed going bankrupt, who better to manage the process than someone who navigated it themselves in the private sector. I know that lefties made fun of Trump for this, but I actually believe he can offer a productive perspective on this, if necessary.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 12, 2024 12:33 PM (794vU)
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Business and government are not the same thing.
Government bankruptcy is dangerous - usually fatal for the government involved - because of both scale and the fact that all of that wasted money is lining large numbers of people's pockets, to the point of widespread dependence. When those checks stop going out, it becomes an existential crisis for the government on all sides. The dependent classes get unruly and the insiders who aren't soaking their beaks anymore get opportunistic.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 12, 2024 12:33 PM (794vU)
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Business and government are not the same thing.
Government bankruptcy is dangerous - usually fatal for the government involved - because of both scale and the fact that all of that wasted money is lining large numbers of people's pockets, to the point of widespread dependence. When those checks stop going out, it becomes an existential crisis for the government on all sides. The dependent classes get unruly and the insiders who aren't soaking their beaks anymore get opportunistic.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:35 PM (d04cU)
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i imagine that when trump is re-elected, flags will be upside down or at half mast all over the blue areas while trumpland uber alles will be playing on public radio stations. i for one will take my chances with the guy who's such a fascist that he let his daughter marry a yid.
Posted by: gnats local 678 at June 12, 2024 12:35 PM (B1FKF)
183
WHEN, not "if", the U.S. goes bankrupt, the Feds will make sure they get paid and seize our bank accounts and 401k's, etc. cut SS and Medicare.
They will eat themselves last.
They will eat themselves last.
Posted by: wth at June 12, 2024 12:36 PM (v0R5T)
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No Crocs. Penny loafers, Dockers, and a faded madras shirt for the dignified 60s look.
Dockers were first made in 1986. Chinos, perhaps.
Dockers were first made in 1986. Chinos, perhaps.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2024 12:36 PM (xCA6C)
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Well, my one person Trump 2024 Rally went off without a hitch. Pretty sure one person called the Police on me.
No bail was needed. I gotta say though, the local P.D. are pretty good eggs.
Wish I could find some others to march with me. 10 am on Wednesday mornings.
No bail was needed. I gotta say though, the local P.D. are pretty good eggs.
Wish I could find some others to march with me. 10 am on Wednesday mornings.
Posted by: Outside of Life at June 12, 2024 12:37 PM (89Sog)
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I want to see the US go bankrupt. I think it's the only way the people in power go away. No money to pay the bills means the straight shooters in the DOJ and FBI have to look for useful employment. ...
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 12, 2024 12:21 PM (tT6L1)
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That is the most likely failure mode for the United States, in my opinion. The fiscal environment is destroyed and the Feds thus lose control of the States. States go their own way. Maybe formal breakup, maybe de facto nullification, whatever.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:26 PM (d04cU)
Ironically enough, this may be the area where Donald Trump II: Electric Boogaloo will really shine. If we're indeed going bankrupt, who better to manage the process than someone who navigated it themselves in the private sector. I know that lefties made fun of Trump for this, but I actually believe he can offer a productive perspective on this, if necessary.
Under Biden, we get Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Trump we might get Chapter 11.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 12, 2024 12:21 PM (tT6L1)
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That is the most likely failure mode for the United States, in my opinion. The fiscal environment is destroyed and the Feds thus lose control of the States. States go their own way. Maybe formal breakup, maybe de facto nullification, whatever.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:26 PM (d04cU)
Ironically enough, this may be the area where Donald Trump II: Electric Boogaloo will really shine. If we're indeed going bankrupt, who better to manage the process than someone who navigated it themselves in the private sector. I know that lefties made fun of Trump for this, but I actually believe he can offer a productive perspective on this, if necessary.
Under Biden, we get Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Trump we might get Chapter 11.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 12, 2024 12:37 PM (dZVON)
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184 Yep, chinos. Memory.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 12, 2024 12:37 PM (V5eKu)
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I want to see the US go bankrupt. I think it's the only way the people in power go away. No money to pay the bills means the straight shooters in the DOJ and FBI have to look for useful employment. ...
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That's the source of the steely eye determination of the Boomers to hold power and vote Democrat until they cash out of this life.
SS will be cut before those. They know it, we all know it-- they want theirs before it happens.
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That's the source of the steely eye determination of the Boomers to hold power and vote Democrat until they cash out of this life.
SS will be cut before those. They know it, we all know it-- they want theirs before it happens.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 12, 2024 12:38 PM (g9W3m)
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The government is bankrupt already. They keep doing an 11 but 7 is coming
Posted by: Ben HaduButker made the speech at a CATHOLIC at June 12, 2024 12:38 PM (7iAr4)
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This bikini brunette finds it unpleasant to consider that we "won" the Cold War only to be taken over by commies anyway:
http://tiny.cc/3vdkyz
http://tiny.cc/3vdkyz
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:38 PM (d04cU)
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The vax:
Created a further ideological wedge
Helped identify non-believers
Served as a perfect excuse to cause financial pain to political opponents
Just about the only thing it didn't do was protect you from Covid.
Created a further ideological wedge
Helped identify non-believers
Served as a perfect excuse to cause financial pain to political opponents
Just about the only thing it didn't do was protect you from Covid.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at June 12, 2024 12:38 PM (KbCG3)
192
Shit the stupid insults I took for besmirching the good name of Bigmouth Billy Barr should make some people at least think twice before opening their stupid cake holes. Or at least before insulting people for having an opinion. Steiner came for sure, but he had a shiv in one hand and a paycheck in the other.
I was certainly hamstrung when I realized that I supported the idiot War on Terror at the beginning, and how fucking dumb I was for trying to even weakly support the Bushes and Cheneys of the world. Bush always crept me out but I followed until I realized we were playing at that stupid war.
Maybe I shouldn't be but I'm actually sorry for all the 9/11 "truthers" I made fun of.
I was certainly hamstrung when I realized that I supported the idiot War on Terror at the beginning, and how fucking dumb I was for trying to even weakly support the Bushes and Cheneys of the world. Bush always crept me out but I followed until I realized we were playing at that stupid war.
Maybe I shouldn't be but I'm actually sorry for all the 9/11 "truthers" I made fun of.
Posted by: ... at June 12, 2024 12:38 PM (BSL0A)
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WHEN, not "if", the U.S. goes bankrupt, the Feds will make sure they get paid and seize our bank accounts and 401k's, etc. cut SS and Medicare.
They will eat themselves last.
Posted by: wth at June 12, 2024 12:36 PM (v0R5T)
Good. Hope they take it all. The sooner the better.
Once they come for Pop's mason jars buried in the back yard, it's on like Donkey Kong.
They will eat themselves last.
Posted by: wth at June 12, 2024 12:36 PM (v0R5T)
Good. Hope they take it all. The sooner the better.
Once they come for Pop's mason jars buried in the back yard, it's on like Donkey Kong.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 12, 2024 12:38 PM (XRpj3)
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183 WHEN, not "if", the U.S. goes bankrupt, the Feds will make sure they get paid and seize our bank accounts and 401k's, etc. cut SS and Medicare.
They will eat themselves last.
Can you hear the people sing?
They will eat themselves last.
Can you hear the people sing?
Posted by: BlackOrchid at June 12, 2024 12:38 PM (s3qiR)
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@180
>>No more free shit of any kind.
The problem is that when the US Economic System breaks, it's going to make The Great Depression look like one big party of Titties and Beejers.
It's going to be bad and a bad so bad that the US and it's people are not going to recover from it.
>>No more free shit of any kind.
The problem is that when the US Economic System breaks, it's going to make The Great Depression look like one big party of Titties and Beejers.
It's going to be bad and a bad so bad that the US and it's people are not going to recover from it.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 12, 2024 12:39 PM (XV/Pl)
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I would think the Paolo would be more subtle than that. After all, he is a true lover of women. I think he would slowly make a sexy motion, not "yank".
But then I am a romantic at heart.
But then I am a romantic at heart.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 12, 2024 12:39 PM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: Duh at June 12, 2024 12:39 PM (Ahg10)
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WHEN, not "if", the U.S. goes bankrupt, the Feds will make sure they get paid and seize our bank accounts and 401k's, etc. cut SS and Medicare.
They will eat themselves last.
Posted by: wth at June 12, 2024 12:36 PM (v0R5T)
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There money is going to be as worthless as mine, no matter how much they've accumulated.
They'll just be be able to make their TP supplies last longer...
They will eat themselves last.
Posted by: wth at June 12, 2024 12:36 PM (v0R5T)
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There money is going to be as worthless as mine, no matter how much they've accumulated.
They'll just be be able to make their TP supplies last longer...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 12, 2024 12:40 PM (7fElN)
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t's going to be bad and a bad so bad that the US and it's people are not going to recover from it.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 12, 2024 12:39 PM (XV/Pl)
And we will take other countries with us.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 12, 2024 12:39 PM (XV/Pl)
And we will take other countries with us.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at June 12, 2024 12:40 PM (qZEuM)
200
Cheugy : the state is a criminal enterprise
Cool: the state is a criminal enterprise, and that’s a good thing
Cool: the state is a criminal enterprise, and that’s a good thing
Posted by: Oglebay at June 12, 2024 12:41 PM (7fVdQ)
201
If the FBI can get away with this then why couldn't we do the same if we ever get back into power? I know, I know, but it sets a precedent.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 12, 2024 12:41 PM (xjTDL)
202
The problem is that when the US Economic System breaks, it's going to make The Great Depression look like one big party of Titties and Beejers.
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The last time so few companies made up this much of the growth in the stock market was 1929.
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The last time so few companies made up this much of the growth in the stock market was 1929.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 12, 2024 12:41 PM (g9W3m)
203
This bikini brunette finds it unpleasant to consider that we "won" the Cold War only to be taken over by commies anyway:
http://tiny.cc/3vdkyz
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
Kinda looks like Nicolette Sheridan in The Sure Thing.
http://tiny.cc/3vdkyz
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
Kinda looks like Nicolette Sheridan in The Sure Thing.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 12, 2024 12:41 PM (v6JzV)
204
Oh noes! Not another inquiry!
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 12, 2024 12:41 PM (JTwsP)
205
This bikini brunette finds it unpleasant to consider that we "won" the Cold War only to be taken over by commies anyway:
http://tiny.cc/3vdkyz
Meh. Not a fan of tanned women, unlike the boss. I like them pale and willowy, like the classic aristocratic Englishwoman.
Would not.
http://tiny.cc/3vdkyz
Meh. Not a fan of tanned women, unlike the boss. I like them pale and willowy, like the classic aristocratic Englishwoman.
Would not.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 12, 2024 12:41 PM (Q0kLU)
206
Business and government are not the same thing.
Government bankruptcy is dangerous - usually fatal for the government involved - because of both scale and the fact that all of that wasted money is lining large numbers of people's pockets, to the point of widespread dependence. When those checks stop going out, it becomes an existential crisis for the government on all sides. The dependent classes get unruly and the insiders who aren't soaking their beaks anymore get opportunistic.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:35 PM (d04cU)
Agreed on this. Let me clarify a little: I think that someone like Trump will be ideally positioned - and uniquely qualified - to do in the US what Javier Milei is doing in Argentina. Government doesn't have a revenue problem - they have an expense problem. At the very least, we need to cut gov't back to pre-COVID levels of spending, if not a lot more than that. A business that has expenses that outstrip revenue will go bankrupt. Our government is on that same glide path. It needs to change, one way or another.
Government bankruptcy is dangerous - usually fatal for the government involved - because of both scale and the fact that all of that wasted money is lining large numbers of people's pockets, to the point of widespread dependence. When those checks stop going out, it becomes an existential crisis for the government on all sides. The dependent classes get unruly and the insiders who aren't soaking their beaks anymore get opportunistic.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:35 PM (d04cU)
Agreed on this. Let me clarify a little: I think that someone like Trump will be ideally positioned - and uniquely qualified - to do in the US what Javier Milei is doing in Argentina. Government doesn't have a revenue problem - they have an expense problem. At the very least, we need to cut gov't back to pre-COVID levels of spending, if not a lot more than that. A business that has expenses that outstrip revenue will go bankrupt. Our government is on that same glide path. It needs to change, one way or another.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 12, 2024 12:41 PM (794vU)
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And we will take other countries with us.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at June 12, 2024 12:40 PM (qZEuM)
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Most of them. Or they took us with them. It could be argued either way.
But the postwar monetary, trade and security order is over. It's been on the ropes for a while, but it's truly entering its wind-down.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at June 12, 2024 12:40 PM (qZEuM)
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Most of them. Or they took us with them. It could be argued either way.
But the postwar monetary, trade and security order is over. It's been on the ropes for a while, but it's truly entering its wind-down.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:41 PM (d04cU)
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Governments can print currency. They can't go bankrupt!
Well - it just takes longer. Technically the government reneged on gold in 1933, gold clause contracts, gold backed certificates, notes, and bonds.
They did allow foreign governments to redeem dollars for gold until 1968. Officially, gold is still worth $42.22 an ounce, but they aren't exchanging any for some reason. Then they reneged on that arrangement.
The US dollar, and decades of profligate borrower/spender politicians, to run up seemingly unconsequential government debt.
They do have to make interest payments on the debt. The debt itself will not be repaid, but any government that can't make interest payments is DOA. We like to "think" our government in Washington has smart people who understand these things. Maybe not.
Well - it just takes longer. Technically the government reneged on gold in 1933, gold clause contracts, gold backed certificates, notes, and bonds.
They did allow foreign governments to redeem dollars for gold until 1968. Officially, gold is still worth $42.22 an ounce, but they aren't exchanging any for some reason. Then they reneged on that arrangement.
The US dollar, and decades of profligate borrower/spender politicians, to run up seemingly unconsequential government debt.
They do have to make interest payments on the debt. The debt itself will not be repaid, but any government that can't make interest payments is DOA. We like to "think" our government in Washington has smart people who understand these things. Maybe not.
Posted by: Common Tater at June 12, 2024 12:42 PM (3xPvb)
209
It's going to be bad and a bad so bad that the US and it's people are not going to recover from it.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 12, 2024 12:39 PM (XV/Pl)
And deservedly so. Gimme Gimme Gimme free shit has to come to an end.
Hurry up already.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 12, 2024 12:39 PM (XV/Pl)
And deservedly so. Gimme Gimme Gimme free shit has to come to an end.
Hurry up already.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 12, 2024 12:42 PM (XRpj3)
210
Is our hair on fire yet?
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 12, 2024 12:42 PM (W2Pud)
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Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 12, 2024 12:41 PM (Q0kLU)
This is why I like redheads.
This is why I like redheads.
Posted by: ... at June 12, 2024 12:42 PM (BSL0A)
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Meh. Not a fan of tanned women, unlike the boss. I like them pale and willowy, like the classic aristocratic Englishwoman.
Would not.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 12, 2024 12:41 PM (Q0kLU)
https://is.gd/6twMAO
Would not.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 12, 2024 12:41 PM (Q0kLU)
https://is.gd/6twMAO
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:43 PM (Zz0t1)
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Is our hair on fire yet?
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 12, 2024 12:42 PM (W2Pud)
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No.
My scalp, though, is...
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 12, 2024 12:42 PM (W2Pud)
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No.
My scalp, though, is...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:43 PM (d04cU)
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at June 12, 2024 12:43 PM (h2KMk)
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@199
>>And we will take other countries with us.
Yes, everything is coming down when we go down.
It's going to be one of those magic tricks where the magician tries to snatch the table cloth from underneath everything that's on the table, except the magician is a shitty magician, ie A SCOAMF, and everything on the table comes crashing to the ground.
>>And we will take other countries with us.
Yes, everything is coming down when we go down.
It's going to be one of those magic tricks where the magician tries to snatch the table cloth from underneath everything that's on the table, except the magician is a shitty magician, ie A SCOAMF, and everything on the table comes crashing to the ground.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 12, 2024 12:43 PM (XV/Pl)
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So, we all know the economic numbers are being faked and juiced to help Biden....
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Here's a stat for you
There has been 689 CPI Prints since 1967
31 times Core CPI (ex-Shelter) printed Negative MoM.
Today was one of those prints
@Insider_leak_of_the_day
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Here's a stat for you
There has been 689 CPI Prints since 1967
31 times Core CPI (ex-Shelter) printed Negative MoM.
Today was one of those prints
@Insider_leak_of_the_day
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 12, 2024 12:43 PM (g9W3m)
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FBI -> BFI, Bureau of Federal Investigations.
No police powers. No guns. 3 parts:
1. Counter espionage - includes smoking out illegal Federal operations on US soil.
2. Counter government corruption & civil rights violation - the biggest arm. Whistle-blower central.
3. Research & low-level intelligence for state/local agencies - Local LEOs still need national level information and warnings.
No police powers. No guns. 3 parts:
1. Counter espionage - includes smoking out illegal Federal operations on US soil.
2. Counter government corruption & civil rights violation - the biggest arm. Whistle-blower central.
3. Research & low-level intelligence for state/local agencies - Local LEOs still need national level information and warnings.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 12, 2024 12:43 PM (IG4Id)
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The US is already bankrupt. The debt far exceeds our ability to repay it. The question is only when the rest of the world will call out our bullshit.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 12, 2024 12:43 PM (JTwsP)
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Defund EVERYTHING! And top 3 layers of management report to the nearest woodchipper for "reeducation".
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at June 12, 2024 12:43 PM (DR/Oy)
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Today we found out that Joe Mannix wears Crocs to cavort to the mail box. That makes it a federal crime. How the mighty have fallen.
Posted by: Weeps For My Country at June 12, 2024 12:44 PM (V5BDR)
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No.
My scalp, though, is...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:43 PM (d04cU)
HEAD AND SHOULDERS!!!!!
No.
My scalp, though, is...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:43 PM (d04cU)
HEAD AND SHOULDERS!!!!!
Posted by: Tiny Troy at June 12, 2024 12:44 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 12, 2024 12:44 PM (W2Pud)
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Brennan is communist and a converted jihadist.
Posted by: jj at June 12, 2024 12:44 PM (ydfAa)
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... or had attended a Second Amendment rally ...
"What? And paint a target on my bacik for the authoritarian government, no way."
What do you mean, "wrong answer". Should I have gone to the rallies?
"What? And paint a target on my bacik for the authoritarian government, no way."
What do you mean, "wrong answer". Should I have gone to the rallies?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 12, 2024 12:44 PM (cOq4q)
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But Tucker's sweater has an ugly, old-man pattern to it. It might not be so bad on its own. But he paired it with a busy shirt. Ugly, conflicted patterns. Would not wear.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 12, 2024 12:34 PM (iFTx/)
It’s a thick cable knit. You can ignore it for mixing patterns. But you also have to wear things you like and if it’s not you, don’t. Tucker gives middle aged man who vacations in Nantucket. It works for him.
That said, I mix patterns - not randomly, there is a rhyme and reason- but florals, plaids, stripes, they can mix if you do it right. This is the same in a house - you don’t want to use the same print of wall paper in different rooms, but you can and should use coordinating prints. Like floral (not 80s floral) in a powder room or foyer, stripes in a hallway, something textured somewhere else, where you look at one end and see a hint of all of it together.
Coordinated patterns in our foyers will be the least of our worries, however, if the FBI uses being a conservative as their litmus for who goes to camps and who doesn’t.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 12, 2024 12:34 PM (iFTx/)
It’s a thick cable knit. You can ignore it for mixing patterns. But you also have to wear things you like and if it’s not you, don’t. Tucker gives middle aged man who vacations in Nantucket. It works for him.
That said, I mix patterns - not randomly, there is a rhyme and reason- but florals, plaids, stripes, they can mix if you do it right. This is the same in a house - you don’t want to use the same print of wall paper in different rooms, but you can and should use coordinating prints. Like floral (not 80s floral) in a powder room or foyer, stripes in a hallway, something textured somewhere else, where you look at one end and see a hint of all of it together.
Coordinated patterns in our foyers will be the least of our worries, however, if the FBI uses being a conservative as their litmus for who goes to camps and who doesn’t.
Posted by: Piper at June 12, 2024 12:44 PM (GMx4K)
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The US is already bankrupt. The debt far exceeds our ability to repay it. The question is only when the rest of the world will call out our bullshit.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 12, 2024 12:43 PM (JTwsP)
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We and most everyone else.
The end of the petrodollar will be an accelerator on the "call out our bullshit" part, but it's also virtually everyone else's bullshit. The money is gone. Not here, but globally. There are almost no unencumbered assets left.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 12, 2024 12:43 PM (JTwsP)
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We and most everyone else.
The end of the petrodollar will be an accelerator on the "call out our bullshit" part, but it's also virtually everyone else's bullshit. The money is gone. Not here, but globally. There are almost no unencumbered assets left.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:44 PM (d04cU)
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"The government can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent" Some smart guy.
I surmised 30 years ago, the government was going to shit in their messkit someday. How will they handle that, I wondered. I didn't wonder about the part where the crooks are in charge to make sure they get eaten last. I misjudged some of the particulars, and outright barbaric insanity, but I got that part of the crystal ball gazing correct.
I surmised 30 years ago, the government was going to shit in their messkit someday. How will they handle that, I wondered. I didn't wonder about the part where the crooks are in charge to make sure they get eaten last. I misjudged some of the particulars, and outright barbaric insanity, but I got that part of the crystal ball gazing correct.
Posted by: Common Tater at June 12, 2024 12:44 PM (3xPvb)
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Here's a stat for you
There has been 689 CPI Prints since 1967
31 times Core CPI (ex-Shelter) printed Negative MoM.
Just for the sake of argument, let's assume none of us have any idea what all of that means.
There has been 689 CPI Prints since 1967
31 times Core CPI (ex-Shelter) printed Negative MoM.
Just for the sake of argument, let's assume none of us have any idea what all of that means.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2024 12:45 PM (xCA6C)
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If we do crash and manage to survive, we need a permanent ban on communists in the government
Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 12, 2024 12:45 PM (xjTDL)
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Clay Travis
@ClayTravis
Reminder: the FBI knew the Hunter Biden laptop was 100% real in 2020 — they’d had it since 2019! — yet gave all social media companies briefings claiming it wasn’t real when
@nypost
story dropped in October of 2020. The FBI 100% rigged the 2020 election for Joe Biden.
@ClayTravis
Reminder: the FBI knew the Hunter Biden laptop was 100% real in 2020 — they’d had it since 2019! — yet gave all social media companies briefings claiming it wasn’t real when
@nypost
story dropped in October of 2020. The FBI 100% rigged the 2020 election for Joe Biden.
Posted by: redridinghood at June 12, 2024 12:45 PM (NpAcC)
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229 If we do crash and manage to survive, we need a permanent ban on communists in the government
Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 12, 2024 12:45 PM (xjTDL)
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"I'm not a communist. I'm a *rebrand*."
Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 12, 2024 12:45 PM (xjTDL)
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"I'm not a communist. I'm a *rebrand*."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin while riding the Wasteland with Mad Max at June 12, 2024 12:45 PM (GBKbO)
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They do have to make interest payments on the debt. The debt itself will not be repaid, but any government that can't make interest payments is DOA. We like to "think" our government in Washington has smart people who understand these things. Maybe not.
Posted by: Common Tater
In a few years time, at the present rate, the interest on the US national debt will exceed the actual tax revenues. Right now, our interest on the debt is the single largest item in the budget.
Posted by: Common Tater
In a few years time, at the present rate, the interest on the US national debt will exceed the actual tax revenues. Right now, our interest on the debt is the single largest item in the budget.
Posted by: A face in the crowd..... at June 12, 2024 12:45 PM (vcOmj)
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Just for the sake of argument, let's assume none of us have any idea what all of that means.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2024 12:45 PM (xCA6C)
Asking for a friend.....
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2024 12:45 PM (xCA6C)
Asking for a friend.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:45 PM (Zz0t1)
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Doom.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 12, 2024 12:46 PM (aD39U)
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If we do crash and manage to survive, we need a permanent ban on communists in the government
Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 12, 2024 12:45 PM (xjTDL)
Why only in the government
Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 12, 2024 12:45 PM (xjTDL)
Why only in the government
Posted by: ... at June 12, 2024 12:46 PM (BSL0A)
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Asking for a friend.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:45 PM (Zz0t1)
Join a bowling league. Buy the first round.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:45 PM (Zz0t1)
Join a bowling league. Buy the first round.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 12, 2024 12:46 PM (aD39U)
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The US is already bankrupt. The debt far exceeds our ability to repay it. The question is only when the rest of the world will call out our bullshit.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 12, 2024 12:43 PM (JTwsP)
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At least other countries aren't creating new World Reserve Currency options and alternatives to the Petrodollar -- so we've got that going for us.
Wait, wut?
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 12, 2024 12:43 PM (JTwsP)
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At least other countries aren't creating new World Reserve Currency options and alternatives to the Petrodollar -- so we've got that going for us.
Wait, wut?
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Mean Tweets Great Again! at June 12, 2024 12:47 PM (reCyY)
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The social media companies knew too. And regular media companies. They all knew it was real. The Feeb just gave them cover.
Posted by: ... at June 12, 2024 12:47 PM (BSL0A)
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Something the FBI won't investigate:
Last night, the homes of the
@brooklynmuseum
director and multiple Jewish board members were vandalized.
Make no mistake: this is vile antisemitism and it is making Jews - and everyone - unsafe.
Last night, the homes of the
@brooklynmuseum
director and multiple Jewish board members were vandalized.
Make no mistake: this is vile antisemitism and it is making Jews - and everyone - unsafe.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 12, 2024 12:47 PM (uxCna)
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Afternoon ace. I'll say it again, the next Republican president , after getting undercovers and informants to safety, should dump the entire FBI and CIA databases onto the web. Nuke it from orbit, so to speak
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 12, 2024 12:48 PM (FTjSO)
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Just for the sake of argument, let's assume none of us have any idea what all of that means.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2024 12:45 PM (xCA6C)
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It means that the official inflation rate as measured by prices (the CPI) is almost never negative. There is almost never deflation reported.
This is because the Fed fears deflation and targets continuous inflation. A negative CPI print - excluding food, energy and housing (which is what is being described) - indicates unusual broad purchasing behavior, which usually indicates severe financial pressure. That combined with surging "core" inflation (food, energy) and housing usually indicates a crowding-out of everything else. Food, energy and shelter is consuming everything, so the other stuff is falling due to a comparative lack of customers.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2024 12:45 PM (xCA6C)
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It means that the official inflation rate as measured by prices (the CPI) is almost never negative. There is almost never deflation reported.
This is because the Fed fears deflation and targets continuous inflation. A negative CPI print - excluding food, energy and housing (which is what is being described) - indicates unusual broad purchasing behavior, which usually indicates severe financial pressure. That combined with surging "core" inflation (food, energy) and housing usually indicates a crowding-out of everything else. Food, energy and shelter is consuming everything, so the other stuff is falling due to a comparative lack of customers.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:48 PM (d04cU)
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239 Something the FBI won't investigate:
Last night, the homes of the
@brooklynmuseum
director and multiple Jewish board members were vandalized.
Make no mistake: this is vile antisemitism and it is making Jews - and everyone - unsafe.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 12, 2024 12:47 PM (uxCna)
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It's those little old Christian ladies from the Midwest who want to convert them to Christianity!
Last night, the homes of the
@brooklynmuseum
director and multiple Jewish board members were vandalized.
Make no mistake: this is vile antisemitism and it is making Jews - and everyone - unsafe.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 12, 2024 12:47 PM (uxCna)
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It's those little old Christian ladies from the Midwest who want to convert them to Christianity!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin while riding the Wasteland with Mad Max at June 12, 2024 12:48 PM (GBKbO)
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New McCarthyism? Tailgunner Joe was 100% right about the commies/marxists throughout the federal gubmint. He was right that Frank the Cripple and his horseface wife were closet commies. This isn't new McCarthyism, it is marxist tyranny, plain and simple. Onkel Joey Stalin, Mao Mao, Pol Pot, and a host of other POSs are smiling from Hades at was has happened to the "West". And we allowed it to happen.
Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, LTD. at June 12, 2024 12:48 PM (f87vz)
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No, the "gimmee gimmee" shit does not come to an end. That's the part where people still don't get it.
This is the part where the "gimme gimme" goes into warp drive. If you hadn't noticed.
Foreign creditors will be paid before say, Social Security. Think about borrowing and lending. They don't need you, but they do need to borrow money.
Guess who gets paid, and who doesn't, in a "Triage" style finance and accounting scenario.
Plus, add in the "Revenge" factor. Don't discount the utterly petty vile and vindictive nature of our betters.
This is the part where the "gimme gimme" goes into warp drive. If you hadn't noticed.
Foreign creditors will be paid before say, Social Security. Think about borrowing and lending. They don't need you, but they do need to borrow money.
Guess who gets paid, and who doesn't, in a "Triage" style finance and accounting scenario.
Plus, add in the "Revenge" factor. Don't discount the utterly petty vile and vindictive nature of our betters.
Posted by: Common Tater at June 12, 2024 12:49 PM (3xPvb)
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Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 12, 2024 12:41 PM (Q0kLU)
This is why I like redheads.
Posted by: ... at June 12, 2024 12:42 PM (BSL0A)
Yes to both of these.
This is why I like redheads.
Posted by: ... at June 12, 2024 12:42 PM (BSL0A)
Yes to both of these.
Posted by: Dr. T at June 12, 2024 12:49 PM (jGGMD)
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I love pale-skinned brunettes and redheads. Think Zooey Deschanel, Winona Ryder, and Nicole Kidman.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 12, 2024 12:49 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Oglebay at June 12, 2024 12:49 PM (7fVdQ)
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I'm genuinely surprised my clearance hasn't been pulled given both my refusal to get the clot shot and my joining the lawsuit against Joey McChildnipplepinch over said diktat.
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at June 12, 2024 12:50 PM (DTX3h)
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The US is already bankrupt. The debt far exceeds our ability to repay it. The question is only when the rest of the world will call out our bullshit.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe
Soon?
Two weeks?
We are screwed pretty bad, and electing Trump is not going to affect that one bit. In fact, "they" probably want Trump to "win" in November and blame the collapse on him.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe
Soon?
Two weeks?
We are screwed pretty bad, and electing Trump is not going to affect that one bit. In fact, "they" probably want Trump to "win" in November and blame the collapse on him.
Posted by: A face in the crowd..... at June 12, 2024 12:50 PM (vcOmj)
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BUY REMNIBI
Posted by: Jim Cramer - Investment Pro and Media Personality at June 12, 2024 12:50 PM (v0R5T)
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In a few years time, at the present rate, the interest on the US national debt will exceed the actual tax revenues. Right now, our interest on the debt is the single largest item in the budget.
Posted by: A face in the crowd..... at June 12, 2024 12:45 PM (vcOmj)
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No it isn't. It's down in sixth place. But it won't stay down there for long - and "top 10" is bad as it is.
Medicare/Medicaid is the biggest, followed by Social Security (which virtually doesn't matter at the moment, because its deficits aren't that extreme), followed by defense. I don't remember the next two off the top my head.
But interest costs exceed the entire list from position 10 all the way to the bottom, combined.
Posted by: A face in the crowd..... at June 12, 2024 12:45 PM (vcOmj)
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No it isn't. It's down in sixth place. But it won't stay down there for long - and "top 10" is bad as it is.
Medicare/Medicaid is the biggest, followed by Social Security (which virtually doesn't matter at the moment, because its deficits aren't that extreme), followed by defense. I don't remember the next two off the top my head.
But interest costs exceed the entire list from position 10 all the way to the bottom, combined.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:50 PM (d04cU)
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Our government has printed itself into a financial corner. Interest rates need to go up, but government is frightened at the idea of interest payments only servicing the interest on the debt without actually servicing any of the debt itself.
(yeah yeah, it's currently smoke and mirrors but, beyond a certain point, it can no longer be hidden)
(yeah yeah, it's currently smoke and mirrors but, beyond a certain point, it can no longer be hidden)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 12, 2024 12:51 PM (tT6L1)
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246 I love pale-skinned brunettes and redheads. Think Zooey Deschanel, Winona Ryder, and Nicole Kidman.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 12, 2024 12:49 PM (v6JzV)
2 outta 3 ain't bad.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 12, 2024 12:49 PM (v6JzV)
2 outta 3 ain't bad.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at June 12, 2024 12:51 PM (KbCG3)
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Societies change, over time. Unsustainable policies will fail, over time, to be replaced by new policies.
Look at the universities, for instance, producing eunuchs and harridans by the tens of thousands, graduates with brains filled with nonsense. Nonsense that offers no benefit to the society they live in. The eunuchs and harridans are promoted and subsidized by the ruling elite with goods and services created by the people who actually benefit society.
Look at the universities, for instance, producing eunuchs and harridans by the tens of thousands, graduates with brains filled with nonsense. Nonsense that offers no benefit to the society they live in. The eunuchs and harridans are promoted and subsidized by the ruling elite with goods and services created by the people who actually benefit society.
Posted by: mrp at June 12, 2024 12:51 PM (rj6Yv)
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@208
>>Governments can print currency. They can't go bankrupt!
Yes but in order to make the system "work" you either need acquiring, hoarding or "destruction" of the monopoly money the FED is pumping out.
Since nobody needs US dollars to by oil, nobody need to acquire or hoard dollars to for that purpose, which means there are fewer mechanisms to account for all of the money being printed which means runaway inflation with the concomitant jacking of taxes and interest rates to to destroy that money.
They have broken the system and it was all unnecessary, this destruction was intentional.
>>Governments can print currency. They can't go bankrupt!
Yes but in order to make the system "work" you either need acquiring, hoarding or "destruction" of the monopoly money the FED is pumping out.
Since nobody needs US dollars to by oil, nobody need to acquire or hoard dollars to for that purpose, which means there are fewer mechanisms to account for all of the money being printed which means runaway inflation with the concomitant jacking of taxes and interest rates to to destroy that money.
They have broken the system and it was all unnecessary, this destruction was intentional.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 12, 2024 12:51 PM (XV/Pl)
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I hope there's no hatred of Birkenstocks here like there are of Crocs.
I wear Birkenstocks around the house. And sometimes to go to the mailbox.
I wear Birkenstocks around the house. And sometimes to go to the mailbox.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 12, 2024 12:51 PM (v6JzV)
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But how could a kid in CA ever get a gun?
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 12, 2024 12:33 PM (CIS44)
The NRA ensures they're sold on every street corner, cheaply.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:35 PM (Zz0t1)
More available than a library book.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 12, 2024 12:33 PM (CIS44)
The NRA ensures they're sold on every street corner, cheaply.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:35 PM (Zz0t1)
More available than a library book.
Posted by: LASue at June 12, 2024 12:51 PM (WnEm5)
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https://is.gd/6twMAO
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:43 PM (Zz0t1)
I said pale and willowy, not "sullen and anorexic."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:43 PM (Zz0t1)
I said pale and willowy, not "sullen and anorexic."
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 12, 2024 12:51 PM (Q0kLU)
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At least other countries aren't creating new World Reserve Currency options and alternatives to the Petrodollar -- so we've got that going for us.
Wait, wut?
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Mean Tweets Great Again!
And BRICS us run by intelligent, competent people, even if they are ruthless despots. We're run by Alzheimers ridden perverts and lunatics
Wait, wut?
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Mean Tweets Great Again!
And BRICS us run by intelligent, competent people, even if they are ruthless despots. We're run by Alzheimers ridden perverts and lunatics
Posted by: MaureenTheTemp at June 12, 2024 12:52 PM (TBgoA)
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But Tucker's sweater has an ugly, old-man pattern to it. It might not be so bad on its own. But he paired it with a busy shirt. Ugly, conflicted patterns. Would not wear.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 12, 2024 12:34 PM (iFTx/)
It’s a thick cable knit. You can ignore it for mixing patterns. But you also have to wear things you like and if it’s not you, don’t. Tucker gives middle aged man who vacations in Nantucket. It works for him.
__________
That looks more like "Creepy pedophile professor with very thick glasses and bad eyesight who can't dress himself" to me . . . .
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 12, 2024 12:34 PM (iFTx/)
It’s a thick cable knit. You can ignore it for mixing patterns. But you also have to wear things you like and if it’s not you, don’t. Tucker gives middle aged man who vacations in Nantucket. It works for him.
__________
That looks more like "Creepy pedophile professor with very thick glasses and bad eyesight who can't dress himself" to me . . . .
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 12, 2024 12:53 PM (iFTx/)
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We are screwed pretty bad, and electing Trump is not going to affect that one bit. In fact, "they" probably want Trump to "win" in November and blame the collapse on him.
Posted by: A face in the crowd..... at June 12, 2024 12:50 PM (vcOmj)
Agree. If Trump loses, they'll just continue to lie about the economy. If he wins, they'll finally come clean and blame him.
Posted by: A face in the crowd..... at June 12, 2024 12:50 PM (vcOmj)
Agree. If Trump loses, they'll just continue to lie about the economy. If he wins, they'll finally come clean and blame him.
Posted by: LASue at June 12, 2024 12:53 PM (WnEm5)
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I don't own any Crocs. My daily shoes are ugly though. About a year ago I started wearing "barefoot style" shoes.
They're called Lems Primal 2.
It took a couple of months for my feet to feel fully adjusted to the change, but I'm so glad I did it. My toes no longer crowd each other. My calves used to be almost perpetually tight. That has gone away. My IT band used to be tight most of the time. That has gone away.
I'd recommend barefoot style shoes to just about anyone.
They're called Lems Primal 2.
It took a couple of months for my feet to feel fully adjusted to the change, but I'm so glad I did it. My toes no longer crowd each other. My calves used to be almost perpetually tight. That has gone away. My IT band used to be tight most of the time. That has gone away.
I'd recommend barefoot style shoes to just about anyone.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 12, 2024 12:53 PM (Odg76)
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In fact, "they" probably want Trump to "win" in November and blame the collapse on him.
This has been my theory, as well.
This has been my theory, as well.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 12, 2024 12:53 PM (Q0kLU)
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In a few years time, at the present rate, the interest on the US national debt will exceed the actual tax revenues. Right now, our interest on the debt is the single largest item in the budget.
Posted by: A face in the crowd..... at June 12, 2024 12:45 PM (vcOmj)
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Posted by: A face in the crowd..... at June 12, 2024 12:45 PM (vcOmj)
???
Posted by: Janet Yellen at June 12, 2024 12:54 PM (v0R5T)
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https://is.gd/6twMAO
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:43 PM (Zz0t1)
I said pale and willowy, not "sullen and anorexic."
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 12, 2024 12:51 PM (Q0kLU)
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And not with a fucking package in their pants!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:43 PM (Zz0t1)
I said pale and willowy, not "sullen and anorexic."
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 12, 2024 12:51 PM (Q0kLU)
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And not with a fucking package in their pants!
Posted by: Elric Blade at June 12, 2024 12:54 PM (iFTx/)
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In New Soviet Amerika, Communist bans YOU!
Posted by: Anita Dunn at June 12, 2024 12:54 PM (Zz86T)
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I said pale and willowy, not "sullen and anorexic."
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 12, 2024 12:51 PM (Q0kLU)
LOL!
Hey. I tried.
I said pale and willowy, not "sullen and anorexic."
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 12, 2024 12:51 PM (Q0kLU)
LOL!
Hey. I tried.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:54 PM (Zz0t1)
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That looks more like "Creepy pedophile professor with very thick glasses and bad eyesight who can't dress himself" to me . . . .
Posted by: Elric Blade at June
This made me giggle.
Posted by: Elric Blade at June
This made me giggle.
Posted by: Piper at June 12, 2024 12:54 PM (HywUa)
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LOL!
Hey. I tried.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:54 PM (Zz0t1)
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You should have known that no woman born after 1910 can satisfy MP4's exacting standards
Hey. I tried.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:54 PM (Zz0t1)
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You should have known that no woman born after 1910 can satisfy MP4's exacting standards
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:54 PM (d04cU)
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The US is already bankrupt. The debt far exceeds our ability to repay it. The question is only when the rest of the world will call out our bullshit.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe
Already happening. The Fed has to step in many times because the US Treasuries are not being purchased by foreign govs. Many foreign govs are net seller of US Treasuries.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe
Already happening. The Fed has to step in many times because the US Treasuries are not being purchased by foreign govs. Many foreign govs are net seller of US Treasuries.
Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, LTD. at June 12, 2024 12:55 PM (f87vz)
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They can't raise rates to forestall inflation, because then it blows up the deficit. Game over. It ain't 1979 any longer, they can't raise the overnight lending rate - the rate that banks lend to each other riskless federal paper - to 18%
The entire shootin' match of federal debt rolls over about every 4 years? 18 per cent rates would be impressive. They can save the dollar, or the markets. They can't save both. It's always been this way.
Politically, inflating the currency, and thus the debt away, is always the path to take. Human nature I guess.
The entire shootin' match of federal debt rolls over about every 4 years? 18 per cent rates would be impressive. They can save the dollar, or the markets. They can't save both. It's always been this way.
Politically, inflating the currency, and thus the debt away, is always the path to take. Human nature I guess.
Posted by: Common Tater at June 12, 2024 12:55 PM (3xPvb)
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2 outta 3 ain't bad.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer
Which two did I get right, in your opinion?
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer
Which two did I get right, in your opinion?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 12, 2024 12:55 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:55 PM (Zz0t1)
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So much for the Eff Bee Eye to be apolitical, they are now the KGB
Posted by: Skip
There worse. They are the Stasi.
Posted by: Skip
There worse. They are the Stasi.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * hanging out at the corner of Sanity and Madness at June 12, 2024 12:55 PM (+qILM)
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269 LOL!
Hey. I tried.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:54 PM (Zz0t1)
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You should have known that no woman born after 1910 can satisfy MP4's exacting standards
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:54 PM (d04cU)
And it's a shame because tan lines on a woman are yet another sign that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
Hey. I tried.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:54 PM (Zz0t1)
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You should have known that no woman born after 1910 can satisfy MP4's exacting standards
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:54 PM (d04cU)
And it's a shame because tan lines on a woman are yet another sign that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at June 12, 2024 12:55 PM (KbCG3)
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You should have known that no woman born after 1910 can satisfy MP4's exacting standards
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:54 PM (d04cU)
Your point is incredibly valid.
You should have known that no woman born after 1910 can satisfy MP4's exacting standards
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:54 PM (d04cU)
Your point is incredibly valid.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:56 PM (Zz0t1)
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The car crash, accidental or otherwise, appears not to have driven Fetterman's Lump back into the arms of the woke Left.
Per Twitter: "I strongly reject any attempt to push Israel into an artificial peace or permanent ceasefire without Hamas neutralized."
Per Twitter: "I strongly reject any attempt to push Israel into an artificial peace or permanent ceasefire without Hamas neutralized."
Posted by: Dr. T at June 12, 2024 12:56 PM (jGGMD)
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272 2 outta 3 ain't bad.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer
Which two did I get right, in your opinion?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 12, 2024 12:55 PM (v6JzV)
Zooey and Kidman.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer
Which two did I get right, in your opinion?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 12, 2024 12:55 PM (v6JzV)
Zooey and Kidman.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at June 12, 2024 12:56 PM (KbCG3)
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Isn't it weird that global warming causes 15 billion things and ALL of them are bad? Wouldn't you think there would be some good things caused by it too?
Posted by: ... at June 12, 2024 12:56 PM (BSL0A)
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The McVeigh story is another one of those ones, like Epstein, that never was completely closed.
My best guess is John Doe #2 was his handler and the feds spun up McVeigh with the intent of stopping him at the last minute.
It looks like spinning up and managing domestic terrorists like Hale or the tranny school shooter in TX is a pretty major operation for the feds now.
My best guess is John Doe #2 was his handler and the feds spun up McVeigh with the intent of stopping him at the last minute.
It looks like spinning up and managing domestic terrorists like Hale or the tranny school shooter in TX is a pretty major operation for the feds now.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 12, 2024 12:57 PM (ibTVg)
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My 7yo grandson did the Paolo move in McDonalds, at the play place, in front of many parents, while making a "L" on his forhead with his other hand and moonwalking.
I had never been embarassed to panic sweat before that day.
I had never been embarassed to panic sweat before that day.
Posted by: Reforger at June 12, 2024 12:57 PM (xcIvR)
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Wouldn't you think there would be some good things caused by it too?
Posted by: ... at June 12, 2024 12:56 PM (BSL0A)
Longer growing seasons, if we were actually still allowed to grow crops.....
Posted by: ... at June 12, 2024 12:56 PM (BSL0A)
Longer growing seasons, if we were actually still allowed to grow crops.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:57 PM (Zz0t1)
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Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:55 PM (Zz0t1)
She looks like someone Biden would go for.
She looks like someone Biden would go for.
Posted by: ... at June 12, 2024 12:57 PM (BSL0A)
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https://is.gd/6twMAO
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:43 PM (Zz0t1)
I said pale and willowy, not "sullen and anorexic."
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 12, 2024 12:51 PM (Q0kLU)
Potato, po-tah-to.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:43 PM (Zz0t1)
I said pale and willowy, not "sullen and anorexic."
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 12, 2024 12:51 PM (Q0kLU)
Potato, po-tah-to.
Posted by: Dr. T at June 12, 2024 12:58 PM (jGGMD)
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You should have known that no woman born after 1910 can satisfy MP4's exacting standards
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:54 PM (d04cU)
You know me too well.
Attempt #2, just not bikini.....
https://is.gd/uoIK4c
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:55 PM (Zz0t1)
Maybe. . .when she finally turns legal. I'm not Joe Biden.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:54 PM (d04cU)
You know me too well.
Attempt #2, just not bikini.....
https://is.gd/uoIK4c
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:55 PM (Zz0t1)
Maybe. . .when she finally turns legal. I'm not Joe Biden.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 12, 2024 12:58 PM (Q0kLU)
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And it's a shame because tan lines on a woman are yet another sign that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer
Phew. Was starting to get worried there for a minute.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer
Phew. Was starting to get worried there for a minute.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 12, 2024 12:58 PM (t/2Uw)
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Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 12, 2024 12:53 PM (Q0kLU)
You think he's gonna win this time??
You think he's gonna win this time??
Posted by: ... at June 12, 2024 12:58 PM (BSL0A)
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Isn't it weird that global warming causes 15 billion things and ALL of them are bad? Wouldn't you think there would be some good things caused by it too?
there's good if you're in the science industry --- increases in grant money, book deals, speaking engagements, conferences in exotic locales with nice beaches
there's good if you're in the science industry --- increases in grant money, book deals, speaking engagements, conferences in exotic locales with nice beaches
Posted by: brak at June 12, 2024 12:58 PM (25k9m)
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Maybe. . .when she finally turns legal. I'm not Joe Biden.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 12, 2024 12:58 PM (Q0kLU)
I guess I assumed she was Irish and in her 20's.
Maybe. . .when she finally turns legal. I'm not Joe Biden.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 12, 2024 12:58 PM (Q0kLU)
I guess I assumed she was Irish and in her 20's.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:58 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Jim Cramer - Investment Pro and Media Personality at June 12, 2024 12:58 PM (v0R5T)
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Can a Republican president order all democrats in all Fed agencies be fired?
Posted by: Mr Gaga at June 12, 2024 12:58 PM (ZtgZZ)
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Jenny Churchill or Elizabeth of Austria?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 12, 2024 12:59 PM (v6JzV)
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Foreign creditors will be paid before say, Social Security. Think about borrowing and lending. They don't need you, but they do need to borrow money.
Or they'll just send some Covid '24 patients into nursing homes...
Foreign creditors will be paid before say, Social Security. Think about borrowing and lending. They don't need you, but they do need to borrow money.
Or they'll just send some Covid '24 patients into nursing homes...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 12, 2024 12:59 PM (ibTVg)
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... The entire shootin' match of federal debt rolls over about every 4 years? 18 per cent rates would be impressive. They can save the dollar, or the markets. They can't save both. It's always been this way. ...
Posted by: Common Tater at June 12, 2024 12:55 PM (3xPvb)
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Worse. The mix is extremely asymmetrical and favors the short side of the market - 52 weeks or fewer. A whole lot of the debt rolls over in a year or less. Not all of it - there are still 30-year bonds and a lot of 10-years - but huge amounts are refinanced essentially continuously at short term.
If the 26-week and shorter Bills were to, say, double in price, it would show up within six months in terms of its effects on total interest costs because it would affect so much refinance activity that it would detonate the budget more or less immediately.
The total debt levels and interest expense are a serious problem, but the mix is extremely dangerous, too.
Posted by: Common Tater at June 12, 2024 12:55 PM (3xPvb)
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Worse. The mix is extremely asymmetrical and favors the short side of the market - 52 weeks or fewer. A whole lot of the debt rolls over in a year or less. Not all of it - there are still 30-year bonds and a lot of 10-years - but huge amounts are refinanced essentially continuously at short term.
If the 26-week and shorter Bills were to, say, double in price, it would show up within six months in terms of its effects on total interest costs because it would affect so much refinance activity that it would detonate the budget more or less immediately.
The total debt levels and interest expense are a serious problem, but the mix is extremely dangerous, too.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 12:59 PM (d04cU)
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"Special drawing rights" was the UN answer to a "basket of currencies" etc etc.
Yeah if all the dollars floating around the world were ever to come home, you'd think the last few years were the good old days. I think fully 70% of the cash extant is held overseas. Not sure about the notional bits and byte dollars or T's and the rest of it.
Imagine coffee at $300 or $400 a pound? Imports have the potential to get sporty in general, in a currency collapse. Forget about luxury goods and the rest of it. 90 days net, all that stuff goes away for business too. Pay in advance.
I like to think we have smarter people running the economy. Right?
Yeah if all the dollars floating around the world were ever to come home, you'd think the last few years were the good old days. I think fully 70% of the cash extant is held overseas. Not sure about the notional bits and byte dollars or T's and the rest of it.
Imagine coffee at $300 or $400 a pound? Imports have the potential to get sporty in general, in a currency collapse. Forget about luxury goods and the rest of it. 90 days net, all that stuff goes away for business too. Pay in advance.
I like to think we have smarter people running the economy. Right?
Posted by: Common Tater at June 12, 2024 12:59 PM (3xPvb)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 12:59 PM (Zz0t1)
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270 The US is already bankrupt. The debt far exceeds our ability to repay it. The question is only when the rest of the world will call out our bullshit.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe
The financial system is global. Worldwide sovereign debt is 333% of worldwide GDP. If I took this to my mechanic he'd laugh, pour some diesel on it, and light it on fire. Bullion is your friend.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe
The financial system is global. Worldwide sovereign debt is 333% of worldwide GDP. If I took this to my mechanic he'd laugh, pour some diesel on it, and light it on fire. Bullion is your friend.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * hanging out at the corner of Sanity and Madness at June 12, 2024 01:00 PM (+qILM)
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re 230: so bragg will go after them for interfering in an election like they claimed paying off stormy dumpster was?
Posted by: gnats local 678 at June 12, 2024 01:00 PM (B1FKF)
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Jenny Churchill or Elizabeth of Austria?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 12, 2024 12:59 PM (v6JzV)
Elizabeth of Austria scored pretty high on the "hot-crazy" matrix.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 12, 2024 12:59 PM (v6JzV)
Elizabeth of Austria scored pretty high on the "hot-crazy" matrix.
Posted by: Dr. T at June 12, 2024 01:00 PM (jGGMD)
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Isn't it weird that global warming causes 15 billion things and ALL of them are bad? Wouldn't you think there would be some good things caused by it too?
In the last round of warming in the North Hemisphere - which correlates with the Middle/Late medieval era, human population exploded. Which of course makes sense - warmer temperatures mean larger crop yields.
Oh and the amusing part of this? It was warmer then compared to now.
In the last round of warming in the North Hemisphere - which correlates with the Middle/Late medieval era, human population exploded. Which of course makes sense - warmer temperatures mean larger crop yields.
Oh and the amusing part of this? It was warmer then compared to now.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 12, 2024 01:01 PM (ibTVg)
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re 230: so bragg will go after them for interfering in an election like they claimed paying off stormy dumpster was?
Posted by: gnats local 678 at June 12, 2024 01:00 PM (B1FKF)
I don't remember the dates, but didn't the whole Stormy shit start before the election? Or was it before the re-election?
So much corrupt bullshit, it's all starting to run together.....
Posted by: gnats local 678 at June 12, 2024 01:00 PM (B1FKF)
I don't remember the dates, but didn't the whole Stormy shit start before the election? Or was it before the re-election?
So much corrupt bullshit, it's all starting to run together.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 01:01 PM (Zz0t1)
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Isn't it weird that global warming causes 15 billion things and ALL of them are bad? Wouldn't you think there would be some good things caused by it too?
Posted by: ... at June 12, 2024 12:56 PM (BSL0A)
If the Wheat Belt moved 100 miles further north, Russia could double it's production. Canada would also be smiling.
Posted by: ... at June 12, 2024 12:56 PM (BSL0A)
If the Wheat Belt moved 100 miles further north, Russia could double it's production. Canada would also be smiling.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 12, 2024 01:01 PM (aD39U)
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You think he's gonna win this time??
Posted by: ... at June 12, 2024 12:58 PM (BSL0A)
IF he does, it is because the Deep State thinks it can either control him as it did before, or they know the end is near and want him (and by extension, the GOP) to take the blame.
Posted by: ... at June 12, 2024 12:58 PM (BSL0A)
IF he does, it is because the Deep State thinks it can either control him as it did before, or they know the end is near and want him (and by extension, the GOP) to take the blame.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 12, 2024 01:02 PM (Q0kLU)
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Isn't it weird that global warming causes 15 billion things and ALL of them are bad? Wouldn't you think there would be some good things caused by it too?
Posted by: ... at June 12, 2024 12:56 PM (BSL0A)
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Longer growing season outweighs all 15 billion bad things.
Throw in record levels of CO2 and excess rain and it will be good harvests.
Posted by: ... at June 12, 2024 12:56 PM (BSL0A)
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Longer growing season outweighs all 15 billion bad things.
Throw in record levels of CO2 and excess rain and it will be good harvests.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 12, 2024 01:02 PM (cOq4q)
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300 Oh and the amusing part of this? It was warmer then compared to now.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 12, 2024 01:01 PM (ibTVg)
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But the hurricanes hitting Florida in the 13th century!
Posted by: 18-1 at June 12, 2024 01:01 PM (ibTVg)
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But the hurricanes hitting Florida in the 13th century!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin while riding the Wasteland with Mad Max at June 12, 2024 01:02 PM (GBKbO)
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bragg will go after them for interfering in an election like they claimed paying off stormy dumpster was?
Notice how no red state DAs/AGs have gone after the congressional sexual assault slush fund in the same manner...
Notice how no red state DAs/AGs have gone after the congressional sexual assault slush fund in the same manner...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 12, 2024 01:02 PM (ibTVg)
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A well staged photo of Joe Biden hugging Hunter after his conviction is making the rounds. You gotta admit, the enemy is really dedicated to propaganda.
Posted by: davidt at June 12, 2024 01:03 PM (SYTee)
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I watched the entire 15 minute interview of the Leavitt fellow by Carlson. My conclusion: The FBI is unfixable and should just be totally disbanded by an act of Congress (signed by a newly inaugurated President Trump). Any good they do is overwhelmed by the tyranny Stasi stuff. States and sheriffs and local police can investigate crimes. I’ve had enough of all the Comey and Strokz and McCabe crap
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 12, 2024 01:03 PM (JNT5L)
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Well Joe you bring up an interesting point. Keep in mind nobody is actually obligated to wait around till interest payments exceed revenues or whatever before they pull the plug on their investments or currency holdings or whatever it is they are working.
That's an arbitary point, but anyone (who can) is going to bail on the whole thing a lot sooner than that, they aren't going to wait around for that jack-in-the-box to emerge. They will want to hedge, make another arrangements, whatever.
That's an arbitary point, but anyone (who can) is going to bail on the whole thing a lot sooner than that, they aren't going to wait around for that jack-in-the-box to emerge. They will want to hedge, make another arrangements, whatever.
Posted by: Common Tater at June 12, 2024 01:03 PM (3xPvb)
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I like to think we have smarter people running the economy. Right?
Posted by: Common Tater at June 12, 2024 12:59 PM (3xPvb)
???
Posted by: Common Tater at June 12, 2024 12:59 PM (3xPvb)
???
Posted by: Janet Yellen at June 12, 2024 01:03 PM (v0R5T)
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281 My 7yo grandson did the Paolo move in McDonalds, at the play place, in front of many parents, while making a "L" on his forhead with his other hand and moonwalking.
I had never been embarassed to panic sweat before that day.
Posted by: Reforger at June
I am laughing so hard. I am sorry. It’s probably why my children were feral.
I had never been embarassed to panic sweat before that day.
Posted by: Reforger at June
I am laughing so hard. I am sorry. It’s probably why my children were feral.
Posted by: Piper at June 12, 2024 01:04 PM (HywUa)
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Well Joe you bring up an interesting point. Keep in mind nobody is actually obligated to wait around till interest payments exceed revenues or whatever before they pull the plug on their investments or currency holdings or whatever it is they are working.
That's an arbitary point, but anyone (who can) is going to bail on the whole thing a lot sooner than that, they aren't going to wait around for that jack-in-the-box to emerge. They will want to hedge, make another arrangements, whatever.
Posted by: Common Tater at June 12, 2024 01:03 PM (3xPvb)
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It never gets to the theoretical maximum of "interest exceeds revenues" because of this. Nothing ever reaches absolute limits without front-running dealing with the problem before it gets there.
That's an arbitary point, but anyone (who can) is going to bail on the whole thing a lot sooner than that, they aren't going to wait around for that jack-in-the-box to emerge. They will want to hedge, make another arrangements, whatever.
Posted by: Common Tater at June 12, 2024 01:03 PM (3xPvb)
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It never gets to the theoretical maximum of "interest exceeds revenues" because of this. Nothing ever reaches absolute limits without front-running dealing with the problem before it gets there.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 01:04 PM (d04cU)
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Janet Yellen is the Jim Cramer of Paul Krugmans.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 01:05 PM (Zz0t1)
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One crazy theory i see is the US has all but cornered the market on BitCoin, while China went after gold.
The US is going to inflate BitCoin to $1 million, crush China's gold holdings (and buy all their gold), then pay down the debt.
Then crash BitCoin.
Leaving the US, again as the only intact economy.
Basically a economic WWIII of US vs. The world.
The US is going to inflate BitCoin to $1 million, crush China's gold holdings (and buy all their gold), then pay down the debt.
Then crash BitCoin.
Leaving the US, again as the only intact economy.
Basically a economic WWIII of US vs. The world.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 12, 2024 01:05 PM (g9W3m)
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I like to think we have smarter people running the economy. Right?
Posted by: Common Tater at June 12, 2024 12:59 PM (3xPvb)
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I like to think that the core problem is that we have people who are "running the economy."
Posted by: Common Tater at June 12, 2024 12:59 PM (3xPvb)
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I like to think that the core problem is that we have people who are "running the economy."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at June 12, 2024 01:05 PM (d04cU)
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We should at least thank God Garland isn't on the Supreme Court. For all the damage he's done as Biden's wingman (again, Obama third term) imagine him on the SC!
Posted by: acethepug at June 12, 2024 01:05 PM (Yh+hj)
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Jenny Churchill or Elizabeth of Austria?
Jennie had at least one tat.
Elisabeth was self-absorbed and selfish.
I'd go for Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia.
Jennie had at least one tat.
Elisabeth was self-absorbed and selfish.
I'd go for Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 12, 2024 01:05 PM (Q0kLU)
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and then on to decimation...
Posted by: SturmToddler at June 12, 2024 12:07 PM (nXhwP)
defenstration would be better. Decimation leaves 9 out of 10 alive.
Posted by: SturmToddler at June 12, 2024 12:07 PM (nXhwP)
defenstration would be better. Decimation leaves 9 out of 10 alive.
Posted by: kathysaysso at June 12, 2024 01:05 PM (MYecY)
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https://is.gd/4ITlqw
Posted by: ... at June 12, 2024 01:05 PM (BSL0A)
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Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas' demand that he be allowed to swim against women in the Olympics has been dealt a fatal blow after he lost a crucial lawsuit.
Posted by: Don Black at June 12, 2024 01:05 PM (/7KEl)
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Elizabeth of Austria scored pretty high on the "hot-crazy" matrix.
Posted by: Dr. T
Well, she had to put with that stuffed shirt Franz Joseph and the HaBsburg court protocol bullshit.
Posted by: Dr. T
Well, she had to put with that stuffed shirt Franz Joseph and the HaBsburg court protocol bullshit.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 12, 2024 01:06 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Don Black at June 12, 2024 01:06 PM (/7KEl)
323
Inflated currency countered by increasing interest rates only slows the decline, and even that is laughable with a regime in power that ignores the US Supreme Court and spends funds at the stroke of the pen without regards to Constitutional restrictions. And the compliant corporate media defends the entrenched powers with every breath and keystroke.
Rogues will be rogues.
Rogues will be rogues.
Posted by: mrp at June 12, 2024 01:06 PM (rj6Yv)
324
the best possibility is to recognize that the fed res system buys us treasury securities with money they just invented so maybe not pay the interest on that. don't know if legal and might cause the whole solar system's economy to collapse.
Posted by: gnats local 678 at June 12, 2024 01:06 PM (B1FKF)
325
Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas' demand that he be allowed to swim against women in the Olympics has been dealt a fatal blow after he lost a crucial lawsuit.
I would say my field is barren, but GOOD. Blasphemous prick.....
I would say my field is barren, but GOOD. Blasphemous prick.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 01:06 PM (Zz0t1)
326
Global Warming doesn't exist.
Posted by: ... at June 12, 2024 01:06 PM (BSL0A)
327
Longer growing season outweighs all 15 billion bad things.
Throw in record levels of CO2 and excess rain and it will be good harvests.
unless you're a WEF type and you want the proles dead
Throw in record levels of CO2 and excess rain and it will be good harvests.
unless you're a WEF type and you want the proles dead
Posted by: brak at June 12, 2024 01:07 PM (25k9m)
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2024 01:07 PM (xCA6C)
329
I'd go for Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia.
Didn't have large tracts of land but she did have a really big...hat.
Didn't have large tracts of land but she did have a really big...hat.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 12, 2024 01:07 PM (ibTVg)
330
How many here watched the entire Tucker video? Show of hands. 
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at June 12, 2024 01:07 PM (iODuv)
331
"a Political Test for Security Clearances"
Well, we already have political tests to have a fucking bank account, so why not?
Well, we already have political tests to have a fucking bank account, so why not?
Posted by: gp's Mere Expressions Of Indecency at June 12, 2024 01:07 PM (MvF+J)
332
https://x.com/don_black52626/status/
1800935899821375983
Posted by: Don Black at June 12, 2024 01:06 PM (/7KEl)
Priceless......
1800935899821375983
Posted by: Don Black at June 12, 2024 01:06 PM (/7KEl)
Priceless......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 01:07 PM (Zz0t1)
333
Fine.....
https://is.gd/9EHtdY
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden
......
Like the hairdos.
Bet they don't jump in.
https://is.gd/9EHtdY
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden
......
Like the hairdos.
Bet they don't jump in.
Posted by: wth at June 12, 2024 01:07 PM (v0R5T)
334
Howdy Ace, Horde,
Why all the hate for commies, Ace? The State Department says Ukrainian Nazis are cool now. So commies should get the seal of approval in a week or two.
Why all the hate for commies, Ace? The State Department says Ukrainian Nazis are cool now. So commies should get the seal of approval in a week or two.
Posted by: callsign claymore at June 12, 2024 01:08 PM (JcnCJ)
Posted by: ... at June 12, 2024 01:08 PM (BSL0A)
336
Why all the hate for commies, Ace? The State Department says Ukrainian Nazis are cool now. So commies should get the seal of approval in a week or two.
Posted by: callsign claymore at June 12, 2024 01:08 PM (JcnCJ)
Nazis have better uniforms. Commies just suck.
Posted by: callsign claymore at June 12, 2024 01:08 PM (JcnCJ)
Nazis have better uniforms. Commies just suck.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 01:09 PM (Zz0t1)
337
329 Didn't have large tracts of land but she did have a really big...hat.
Posted by: 18-1 at June
Big hatted girls make the rockin’ world go ‘round.
Posted by: 18-1 at June
Big hatted girls make the rockin’ world go ‘round.
Posted by: Piper at June 12, 2024 01:09 PM (HywUa)
338
Didn't have large tracts of land but she did have a really big...hat.
Posted by: 18-1 at June
Big hatted girls make the rockin’ world go ‘round.
Posted by: Piper at June 12, 2024 01:09 PM (HywUa)
I like big hats and I cannot lie......
Posted by: 18-1 at June
Big hatted girls make the rockin’ world go ‘round.
Posted by: Piper at June 12, 2024 01:09 PM (HywUa)
I like big hats and I cannot lie......
Posted by: Mirror Universe Sir-Mix-A-Lot at June 12, 2024 01:09 PM (Zz0t1)
339
Fine.....
https://is.gd/9EHtdY
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden
Now that's more like it! Vo-do-de-o-do!
https://is.gd/9EHtdY
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden
Now that's more like it! Vo-do-de-o-do!
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 12, 2024 01:10 PM (Q0kLU)
340
This situation will take a lot of rectification.
Posted by: Eromero at June 12, 2024 01:10 PM (o2ZRX)
341
325 I would say my field is barren, but GOOD. Blasphemous prick.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 01:06 PM (Zz0t1)
I'd only let him swim if :
1. He'd be in the pool alone.
2. There'd be a guarantee that G-d (or Zeus, I'm not picky) would smite him with a lightning bolt while he was in the pool.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 01:06 PM (Zz0t1)
I'd only let him swim if :
1. He'd be in the pool alone.
2. There'd be a guarantee that G-d (or Zeus, I'm not picky) would smite him with a lightning bolt while he was in the pool.
Posted by: XTC at June 12, 2024 01:10 PM (UnA8+)
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337 329 Didn't have large tracts of land but she did have a really big...hat.
Posted by: 18-1 at June
Big hatted girls make the rockin’ world go ‘round.
Posted by: Piper at June 12, 2024 01:09 PM (HywUa)
Sundresses.
Sundresses make the world go 'round.
Posted by: 18-1 at June
Big hatted girls make the rockin’ world go ‘round.
Posted by: Piper at June 12, 2024 01:09 PM (HywUa)
Sundresses.
Sundresses make the world go 'round.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at June 12, 2024 01:10 PM (KbCG3)
343
The cross examination of Trooper Proctor is unbelievable.
He testified that one of his cop buddies (Kevin Albert) lost his badge and gun in Proctor's police cruiser while getting blind drunk.
Also he just fucked up and revealed he was watching evidence in between his testimony.
On lunch break now.
I am watching the Karen Read trial on Andrea Burkhart's channel.
He testified that one of his cop buddies (Kevin Albert) lost his badge and gun in Proctor's police cruiser while getting blind drunk.
Also he just fucked up and revealed he was watching evidence in between his testimony.
On lunch break now.
I am watching the Karen Read trial on Andrea Burkhart's channel.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 12, 2024 01:11 PM (ufFY8)
344
Federal judge shields Texas from Trans-Idiot Biden's pro-Transgender regulations
Posted by: SMOD at June 12, 2024 01:11 PM (RHGPo)
345
OT-Unintentional humor in an MSNBC headline-"Biden campaign and Jill Biden reach out to older adults with pickleball and bingo,"
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 12, 2024 01:11 PM (XkYcA)
346
https://is.gd/4ITlqw
Looks like Anna Kendrick.
Posted by: Archimedes
Yep. OM used that same pic for one of his "Who Dis?" postings.
Lovely young woman.
Looks like Anna Kendrick.
Posted by: Archimedes
Yep. OM used that same pic for one of his "Who Dis?" postings.
Lovely young woman.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 12, 2024 01:11 PM (v6JzV)
347
344 Federal judge shields Texas from Trans-Idiot Biden's pro-Transgender regulations
Posted by: SMOD at June 12, 2024 01:11 PM (RHGPo)
=======
Federalism means that progressives are in danger of being genocided in red states.
They should all move to California.
Posted by: SMOD at June 12, 2024 01:11 PM (RHGPo)
=======
Federalism means that progressives are in danger of being genocided in red states.
They should all move to California.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin while riding the Wasteland with Mad Max at June 12, 2024 01:12 PM (GBKbO)
348
Are the FEMA camps still around? Are they still empty?
Are the FEMA camps still around? Are they still empty?
Posted by: Frank Barone at June 12, 2024 01:12 PM (+oR7L)
349
Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas' demand that he be allowed to swim against women in the Olympics has been dealt a fatal blow after he lost a crucial lawsuit.
Posted by: Don Black at June 12, 2024 01:05 PM (/7KEl)
I had hoped for a fatal blow to the head but I guess we should be happy for small favors.
Posted by: Don Black at June 12, 2024 01:05 PM (/7KEl)
I had hoped for a fatal blow to the head but I guess we should be happy for small favors.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 12, 2024 01:12 PM (aD39U)
350
Trump needs to say something public using the word communism eg this is not a communist country and feel free to emigrate to eg North Korea if you don’t like that. Or a bumper sticker with a hammer and sickle with a line through it. Heads would explode.
Posted by: DavidH at June 12, 2024 01:12 PM (TLhsH)
351
US Basketball has come out and said that they left Caitlyn Clark off the team because they worried about the reaction from her fans when she didn't get a lot of playing time on such a stacked team.
So, leaving her OFF the team means you're no longer worried about her fans? Maybe a good strategy as they WON'T BE WATCHING now.
"Let's press the button marked "Idiot" and see what comes out."
So, leaving her OFF the team means you're no longer worried about her fans? Maybe a good strategy as they WON'T BE WATCHING now.
"Let's press the button marked "Idiot" and see what comes out."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 01:12 PM (Zz0t1)
352
Yeah, in other words, it has not escaped the attention of people who follow such things closely, leftists do plan on being in charge when or if it becomes "Food. Who gets it. Who doesn't."
Maybe Europe will have organizations set up to provide nutrition assistance to the poor starving Americans. "You can help feed an American for only a Euro a day! Write to Care. Box 304 Brussels, Belgium
Maybe Europe will have organizations set up to provide nutrition assistance to the poor starving Americans. "You can help feed an American for only a Euro a day! Write to Care. Box 304 Brussels, Belgium
Posted by: Common Tater at June 12, 2024 01:13 PM (3xPvb)
Posted by: Don Black at June 12, 2024 01:13 PM (/7KEl)
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347 Federalism means that progressives are in danger of being genocided in red states.
They should all move to California.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin while riding the Wasteland with Mad Max at June
Best idea ever.
They should all move to California.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin while riding the Wasteland with Mad Max at June
Best idea ever.
Posted by: Piper at June 12, 2024 01:13 PM (HywUa)
355
Can a Republican president order all democrats in all Fed agencies be fired?
No but I'm sure the reverse would be OK. More seriously, if he took the Ramaswany approach and fired, say, all employees whose SSN ended with 5, the majority of those affected would be Democrat just because the majority of bureaucratic drones are.
No but I'm sure the reverse would be OK. More seriously, if he took the Ramaswany approach and fired, say, all employees whose SSN ended with 5, the majority of those affected would be Democrat just because the majority of bureaucratic drones are.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 12, 2024 01:13 PM (/y8xj)
356
Now that's more like it! Vo-do-de-o-do!
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 12, 2024 01:10 PM (Q0kLU)
YES!
*pumps fist like the young kid in the meme*
Now that's more like it! Vo-do-de-o-do!
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 12, 2024 01:10 PM (Q0kLU)
YES!
*pumps fist like the young kid in the meme*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 01:13 PM (Zz0t1)
357
I'd go for Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing
I'm also partial to Dagmar of Denmark, who became Maria Fyodorovna, Empress of Russia and mother of Nicholas II.
Played by Helen Hayes in Anastasia.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing
I'm also partial to Dagmar of Denmark, who became Maria Fyodorovna, Empress of Russia and mother of Nicholas II.
Played by Helen Hayes in Anastasia.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 12, 2024 01:14 PM (v6JzV)
358
Pre-Clark publicity stunt: Nobody talks about WNBA.
Post-Clark publicity stunt: Everyfuckingbody talks about WNBA.
Post-Clark publicity stunt: Everyfuckingbody talks about WNBA.
Posted by: gp's Mere Expressions Of Indecency at June 12, 2024 01:14 PM (MvF+J)
359
In my post about the tranny swimmer, I changed 2 'she' to 'he'
Posted by: Don Black at June 12, 2024 01:14 PM (/7KEl)
360
TY Sponge
best wishes to you and your esposa in the current situation
Posted by: Don Black at June 12, 2024 01:13 PM (/7KEl)
Yeah man.
And thank you very much.
best wishes to you and your esposa in the current situation
Posted by: Don Black at June 12, 2024 01:13 PM (/7KEl)
Yeah man.
And thank you very much.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 01:14 PM (Zz0t1)
361
nood
Posted by: gp's Mere Expressions Of Indecency at June 12, 2024 01:14 PM (MvF+J)
362
South Carolina Representative Nancy Mace defeated a Republican challenger backed by former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in Tuesday’s primary race for the 1st Congressional District seat.
At the time the AP declared her the winner, Mace’s share of the districtwide vote was at about 58% with just under a third of the estimated vote counted, putting her beyond the risk of dipping below the 50% mark and forcing a runoff.
At the time the AP declared her the winner, Mace’s share of the districtwide vote was at about 58% with just under a third of the estimated vote counted, putting her beyond the risk of dipping below the 50% mark and forcing a runoff.
Posted by: SMOD at June 12, 2024 01:14 PM (RHGPo)
363
only people born with a hoohah are 'she'
Posted by: Don Black at June 12, 2024 01:15 PM (/7KEl)
364
Longer growing season outweighs all 15 billion bad things.
Throw in record levels of CO2 and excess rain and it will be good harvests.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 12, 2024 01:02 PM
--------------------------
That's a big fat negative to the global elite, who want to reduce world population to 1 billion at most.
Throw in record levels of CO2 and excess rain and it will be good harvests.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 12, 2024 01:02 PM
--------------------------
That's a big fat negative to the global elite, who want to reduce world population to 1 billion at most.
Posted by: Bigsmith at June 12, 2024 01:15 PM (sIydJ)
365
I saw there was a thing on TikTok
"See what you would look like as a liberal!!"
And there was a bunch of people posting their examples. It gives you purple hair and makes you look grungy. And all I could think is "nice honeytrap"
"See what you would look like as a liberal!!"
And there was a bunch of people posting their examples. It gives you purple hair and makes you look grungy. And all I could think is "nice honeytrap"
Posted by: ... at June 12, 2024 01:16 PM (BSL0A)
366
I'm okay with firing all DOJ employees, revoking their pensions, even retirees, and putting them into FEMA trailers.
Posted by: setnaffa at June 12, 2024 01:17 PM (nOVGb)
367
Now you can "bejewel" your Crocs with Crocticles (think the nut sack hanging off trailer hitches). Nice fashion accessory for gay footwwear.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed
You can get little flashlights that go on the toe area.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed
You can get little flashlights that go on the toe area.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 12, 2024 01:22 PM (BBFla)
368
366 I'm okay with firing all DOJ employees, revoking their pensions, even retirees, and putting them into FEMA trailers.
---------------
FEMA trailers are expensive. Throw them into a Quonset Huts out in the dessert.
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FEMA trailers are expensive. Throw them into a Quonset Huts out in the dessert.
Posted by: Pudinhead at June 12, 2024 01:24 PM (pZ64F)
369
The left long ago got communist sympathies -- and later, foreign jihadist terrorist sympathies -- normalized in the "intelligence" services.
It goes back to before the CIA was even born, the OSS had quite a few commie cocksuckers in their ranks, who then rose to leadership positions at CIA and other gov agencies after WWII.
Oddly enough, if memory serves, pretty much all members of the Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War were banned from any kind of security clearance or even promotion in the regular US forces as a security risk. I suspect that the main reason was that they were just too high of a profile for any kind of clandestine work for the NKVD, so other pinkos in the US Gov signed off on them being written off.
The left long ago got communist sympathies -- and later, foreign jihadist terrorist sympathies -- normalized in the "intelligence" services.
It goes back to before the CIA was even born, the OSS had quite a few commie cocksuckers in their ranks, who then rose to leadership positions at CIA and other gov agencies after WWII.
Oddly enough, if memory serves, pretty much all members of the Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War were banned from any kind of security clearance or even promotion in the regular US forces as a security risk. I suspect that the main reason was that they were just too high of a profile for any kind of clandestine work for the NKVD, so other pinkos in the US Gov signed off on them being written off.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 12, 2024 01:28 PM (n+4am)
370
Are you now, or have you ever been, an anti-communist?
Posted by: Merrick Garland at June 12, 2024 01:32 PM (/UNz6)
371
Seriously, nobody here is surprised by this crap. Hell, their corruption is right out in the open. You going to believe Garland or your lying eyes?
Posted by: Xipe Totec at June 12, 2024 01:34 PM (pohLc)
372
Forget that Comes and Brennan were (are?) commies; what about that "guy" Biden put in charge of nuclear waste and that general who proudly wore his puppy mask along with his high-ranking military uniform -- without the slightest bit of worry for their job security?
I got a Secret clearance ages ago, and stuff like that would hav immediately disqualified me -- or at least initiated a deeper round of background/mental health checks.
Democrats simply don't give a shit about anything that might stand in their way.
I got a Secret clearance ages ago, and stuff like that would hav immediately disqualified me -- or at least initiated a deeper round of background/mental health checks.
Democrats simply don't give a shit about anything that might stand in their way.
Posted by: red speck at June 12, 2024 02:06 PM (0Id0S)
373
Well, with the end of The PetroDollar, that's going to happen at an accelerated rate, if countries don't need US Dollars to buy oil or oil contracts, then there is no need to acquire US Dollars, which means the roughly trillion dollars the FED is pumping out every couple of weeks has no where to go.
Shit is going to go south really fast.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 12, 2024 12:26 PM (XV/Pl)
==
The dollar is going to be less needed as a reserve because the global trading environment is going to be more regional. But the first time Brazil gets screwed by China on a deal done in one of their own currencies, they will demand the next one be done in dollars. So it's not going anywhere. Hell Argentina is trying to make it their currency.
Shit is going to go south really fast.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 12, 2024 12:26 PM (XV/Pl)
==
The dollar is going to be less needed as a reserve because the global trading environment is going to be more regional. But the first time Brazil gets screwed by China on a deal done in one of their own currencies, they will demand the next one be done in dollars. So it's not going anywhere. Hell Argentina is trying to make it their currency.
Posted by: Black JEM at June 12, 2024 02:44 PM (GZYu7)
374
Americas worst threat is sitting in the Oval Office right now the UN, CFR, Soros are Americas #1 Enemies along with Gates/Microsoft and Schwabe/WEF
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at June 12, 2024 04:21 PM (wGqjj)
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