THE MORNING RANT: The Climate Cult Officially Gives Up on “Maldives Being Submerged by Rising Seas” Storyline

For decades it has been an indisputable, hard and fast, “scientific” fact that the Maldives and other low-lying islands are being reclaimed by the ocean, and that the complete submersion of the islands due to rising sea levels was imminent, all caused by man-made global warming, of course. Well at least that is what the government / media / educational complexes have been propagandizing for four decades.

To deny this assertion about the Maldives’ awful fate made one not only a “climate denier”, but also a “science denier.” Well, I have long been proud to identify as a “climate denier,” and as one who detests politically-mandated “science,” I have also been a proud, junk-science denier.

Finally, however, after decades of the Maldives refusing to sink below the waterline as long prophesied, the climatistas have had to acknowledge that the Maldives are not only not sinking, but their land mass is actually growing. This is from the New York Times last week:

“The Vanishing Islands That Failed to Vanish; Low-lying tropical island nations were expected to be early victims of rising seas. But research tells a surprising story: Many islands are stable. Some have even grown.”

Then, not very long ago, researchers began sifting through aerial images and found something startling. They looked at a couple dozen islands first, then several hundred, and by now close to 1,000. They found that over the past few decades, the islands’ edges had wobbled this way and that, eroding here, building there. By and large, though, their area hadn’t shrunk. In some cases, it was the opposite: They grew. The seas rose, and the islands expanded with them.

By the way, “the seas rose” by just a few centimeters over the past few decades, if NOAA can even be trusted to be honest about those measurements. But remember, we were promised in the 1980s and 1990s that seas would have risen several feet by now. OK, but back to the fact that the islands are now expanding, and the climate hustlers are in a bind because their nightmare scenario is not playing out as promised.

Scientists have come to understand some but not all of the reasons for this. Which is why a team of them recently converged in the Maldives, on an island they’d spend weeks outfitting with instruments and sensors and cameras.
Whatever was going on, it clearly wasn’t as simple as oceans rise, islands wash away.

Yet we were told that a near-unanimous consensus of scientists agreed that the future was as simple as ”oceans rise, islands wash away.”

In other words, “scientists” recommending de-carbonization as a cure for the “climate crisis” have acknowledged that they don’t understand what they’re currently talking about, and more importantly, that they NEVER knew what they were talking about. At best it was all a poorly reasoned hypothesis that served the interests of politicians and globalists pushing for command and control of all human activity. Stating authoritatively that these islands were about to drown when that was not a scientifically known truth proves it all to be a massive fraud. We were lied to, and they called it science. That makes me a proud “science denier” when it comes to this religio-cultist “science.”

Rest assured, this being the NY Times, that this article still gets around to stating the need for leaders to come up with a solution to a climate problem that they can’t actually specify, other than that there are a growing number of inhabitants on the islands, and that people are an affront to nature. Therefore, they are still predicting an apocalyptic intersection of people and climate change at some future date in the Maldives, and therefore action of some sort must be taken.

“They’ve got a bit of time, but they need to be thinking about it quickly,” Dr. Kench said. “To me, that’s the challenge: How do you coexist with the change that’s coming?”

Finally, here is a quick look back at some of the awful propaganda and fear-mongering that has spread about the ocean reclaiming island nations.

The Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported in 1988 about the Maldives that “A gradual rise in average sea level is threatening to completely cover this Indian Ocean nation of 1196 small islands within the next 30 years, according to authorities.”

Not only were island nations about to be submerged, but the media made it clear that it was selfish westerners like you and me that were causing all this misery.

“You’re Making This Island Disappear” [CNN – June 2015]

“…the United States is the largest aggregate polluter of carbon dioxide. So why not hold the United States liable? Maybe climate change is the new nuclear testing. Slow moving, and less intentional. But just as threatening.”

This is a despicable slander, based on a politically-influenced lie. But this is also the propaganda that your kids have been getting in their education, and that we all must suffer through with government and media.

One more thing, now that the “scientific” prediction of island nations being submerged due to climate change has been officially retired, it should also be assumed that every other climate “fact” and prediction put forth by the climate cultists is as fraudulent as the Maldives story. Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus. The “climate crisis” is a hoax that has reached its expiration date.

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM

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Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at July 01, 2024 11:00 AM (GBKbO)

2 Top 5?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 01, 2024 11:00 AM (J2vNu)

3 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 01, 2024 11:02 AM (Zz0t1)

4 Does anyone know what impact the SCOTUS ruling will have on the New York trial? Sentencing is next week.

Posted by: StefanH at July 01, 2024 11:03 AM (dO+hR)

5 Carbon dioxide is good for the earth.

Posted by: Seems Legit at July 01, 2024 11:03 AM (JeYYB)

6 PDJT wins at the supreme court

Posted by: SturmToddler at July 01, 2024 11:03 AM (nXhwP)

7 How much variance in sea level world wide?

Posted by: BignJames at July 01, 2024 11:04 AM (AwYPR)

8 Guess we better plan a group trip to the Maldives while we can!

Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2024 11:04 AM (p4NUW)

9 Pick any oceanfront property. Try to get a 30 yr mortgage. If the bank is willing, the seas aren't rising.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 01, 2024 11:04 AM (PrOMo)

10 Today can only get better if we had a flaming scalpweasel.

Posted by: Iasonas at July 01, 2024 11:04 AM (2O9Sc)

11 "…the United States is the largest aggregate polluter of carbon dioxide."

That's a lie. It hasn't been the top emitter of CO2 since around 2005.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 01, 2024 11:04 AM (d9fT1)

12 6 PDJT wins at the supreme court
Posted by: SturmToddler at July 01, 2024 11:03 AM (nXhwP)

=======

The bunt to get Trump from 2nd to 3rd was key.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at July 01, 2024 11:04 AM (GBKbO)

13 4 Does anyone know what impact the SCOTUS ruling will have on the New York trial? Sentencing is next week.
Posted by: StefanH at July 01, 2024 11:03 AM (dO+hR)

For now - none. It's unrelated to today's decision.

Posted by: Nova Local at July 01, 2024 11:04 AM (exHjb)

14 Too bad Washington DC can't do an Atlantis.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2024 11:05 AM (IerVx)

15 "The 'climate crisis' is a hoax that has reached its expiration date."

***
'Bout time.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 01, 2024 11:05 AM (J2vNu)

16 Guess we better plan a group trip to the Maldives while we can!

Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2024 11:04 AM (p4NUW)

They banned Israeli tourists last month.

I hope the whole place sinks into the ocean.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 01, 2024 11:05 AM (d9fT1)

17 This is all well and good, but does nothing to address Guam tipping over.

Posted by: Tech Sgt. Chen at July 01, 2024 11:05 AM (Z8Yh2)

18 In other words, “scientists” recommending de-carbonization as a cure for the “climate crisis” have acknowledged that they don’t understand what they’re currently talking about, and more importantly, that they NEVER knew what they were talking about.
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When Tom Nichols complained about "the death of expertise", he really meant the death of respect for experts. But his title was right where he was wrong. The expertise - if it had ever existed - was now dead.

I don't think it's new, though. Read Plato's Apology.

Posted by: Eeyore at July 01, 2024 11:05 AM (1bNHn)

19 The Maldives is 100% islamic. Maybe a tsunami can cleanse it.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, deplorable clown at July 01, 2024 11:06 AM (qZEuM)

20 PDJT wins at the supreme court[i/]

that sound you here is the wailing and gnashing of teeth of tens of thousands of leftists all at once

Posted by: brak at July 01, 2024 11:06 AM (25k9m)

22 Beijing and Delhi are the top emitters.

But you hear crickets from the re-branded Agenda 21 Communists who want to cripple the First World.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2024 11:06 AM (IerVx)

23 Does anyone know what impact the SCOTUS ruling will have on the New York trial? Sentencing is next week.
Posted by: StefanH at July 01, 2024 11:03 AM (dO+hR)

For now - none. It's unrelated to today's decision.

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It basically means that they must jail Trump now. Its there only hope.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at July 01, 2024 11:06 AM (sX1BW)

24 Scientists have come to understand some but not all of the reasons for this. Which is why a team of them recently converged in the Maldives, on an island they’d spend weeks outfitting with instruments and sensors and cameras.
Whatever was going on, it clearly wasn’t as simple as oceans rise, islands wash away.

They should be careful as the islands may capsize!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 01, 2024 11:06 AM (Zz0t1)

25 How will today's SCOTUS ruling affect sea levels around the world?

Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2024 11:06 AM (/7KEl)

26 BTW, Thomas did indeed launch a missile and Jack Smith's illegal appointment.

https://tinyurl.com/2wmwaxbb

Posted by: JackStraw at July 01, 2024 11:07 AM (LkLld)

27 It can be lunch time

Guam will tip over though
Right?

Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2024 11:07 AM (hnSZX)

28 PDJT wins at the supreme court
Posted by: SturmToddler at July 01, 2024 11:03 AM (nXhwP)

=======

The bunt to get Trump from 2nd to 3rd was key.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at July 01, 2024 11:04 AM (GBKbO)

home runs get you on sports center, small ball wins the world series...

Posted by: SturmToddler at July 01, 2024 11:07 AM (nXhwP)

29 How much variance in sea level world wide?

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If we got rid of that pesky moon, the seas would stay the same level all the time.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at July 01, 2024 11:07 AM (sX1BW)

30 Another problem is their mislocating the Maldives. We have been assured, by the Greatest Mind in America, that they are not in the Indian Ocean, but in the S Atlantic. Near Argentina.

Posted by: Eeyore at July 01, 2024 11:07 AM (1bNHn)

31 SCOTUSBlog did mention this:

Justice Thomas writes a concurring opinion in which he questions the validity of Jack Smith's appointment as special counsel. "If this unprecedented prosecution is to proceed, it must be conducted by someone authorized to do so by the American people."

Posted by: AshevilleRobert at July 01, 2024 11:07 AM (fv27Y)

32 DC prosecutors scribbling about how questioning the election AT ALL was personal.

Biden can be prosecuted for money laundering.

Posted by: dagny, first of her name at July 01, 2024 11:07 AM (U8kCF)

33 How will today's SCOTUS ruling affect sea levels around the world?

Depends, will Sotomayer do a cannonball?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2024 11:07 AM (IerVx)

34 Maldives, ye barely knew ye.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Free the Trump 45! at July 01, 2024 11:08 AM (L/fGl)

35 25 it will make the president immune from driving electric cars causing rapid climate change and horrific risk “to our democracy”

Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2024 11:08 AM (p4NUW)

36 If we got rid of that pesky moon, the seas would stay the same level all the time.
Posted by: SH

Thundarr the Barbarian has entered the chat.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, deplorable clown at July 01, 2024 11:08 AM (qZEuM)

37 Seas stopped rising?

You're welcome.

Posted by: Barky at July 01, 2024 11:08 AM (XeU6L)

38 23 Does anyone know what impact the SCOTUS ruling will have on the New York trial? Sentencing is next week.
Posted by: StefanH at July 01, 2024 11:03 AM (dO+hR)

For now - none. It's unrelated to today's decision.

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It basically means that they must jail Trump now. Its there only hope.
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at July 01, 2024 11:06 AM (sX1BW)

I think NY and NYC will be having a sitdown with all involved about whether they are all-in on Biden and the cheat, da&n the consequences...or they are waving a white flag and preserving their shot at any federal money and federal waivers (this one is a biggie) under a Trump presidency...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 01, 2024 11:09 AM (exHjb)

39 @16 CBD my first thought was that the powers that be internationally said "oh the Maldives are anti Semitic, they aren't going to sink after all".

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2024 11:09 AM (NMNWr)

40 Not one of the 'scientific' community's predictions on climate have come true.

Not. One.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 01, 2024 11:09 AM (Zz0t1)

41 Which is why a team of them recently converged in the Maldives, on an island they’d spend weeks outfitting with instruments and sensors and cameras.

Whatever was going on, it clearly wasn’t as simple as oceans rise, islands wash away.

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If I had to hazard a guess, a lot of rum was consumed followed up by awkward fornicating among nerds and very little actual "science."

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at July 01, 2024 11:09 AM (sX1BW)

42 Guess we better plan a group trip to the Maldives while we can!
Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2024 11:04 AM (p4NUW)

I'd sooner wait until all the muslims there are washed away.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 01, 2024 11:09 AM (KmEIw)

43 Scientists.
It's getting to the point where I'd rather my granddaughters swim out to meet troop ships than date a scientist.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2024 11:09 AM (W/lyH)

44 29 If we got rid of that pesky moon, the seas would stay the same level all the time.
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at July 01, 2024 11:07

We should steal it!

Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2024 11:09 AM (p4NUW)

45 Even funnier, The Maldives opened four airports since the 'emergency' was declared in 2012, making a total of 14 cuffing airports for those spits.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 01, 2024 11:09 AM (IG4Id)

46 23 Does anyone know what impact the SCOTUS ruling will have on the New York trial? Sentencing is next week.
Posted by: StefanH at July 01, 2024 11:03 AM (dO+hR)

For now - none. It's unrelated to today's decision.

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It basically means that they must jail Trump now. Its there only hope.
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at July 01, 2024 11:06 AM (sX1BW)
_____
Don't forget that we must beat Medicare.

Posted by: Eeyore at July 01, 2024 11:09 AM (1bNHn)

47 How will today's SCOTUS ruling affect sea levels around the world?

Depends, will Sotomayer do a cannonball?

And then she will make bubbles.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, deplorable clown at July 01, 2024 11:10 AM (qZEuM)

48 Trump immunity decision is out! Or am I slow with the news?

Posted by: Moonbeam at July 01, 2024 11:10 AM (rbKZ6)

49 Much prefer to visit South Georgia Island over the Maldives.

And I really don't want to visit South Georgia.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2024 11:10 AM (IerVx)

50 The youth are thoroughly propagandized in climate change BS If ever go through some of the cheap disaster/futuristic movies on Amazon or Netflix they are all centered around global warming or is somehow part of the story. Sort if like nuclear war/destruction in the cold war days. Nobody doubts it or even questions it.

Remember decades ago you were told in school - there is no such thing as a stupid quiestion? Now it's - questions are dangerous and anti-science

Posted by: Ripley at July 01, 2024 11:10 AM (GUOwU)

51 Polar Bears aren't dead. Florida isn't under water.

Almost like Al Gore was scamming people and should be in federal prison

Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 01, 2024 11:10 AM (q7hip)

52 From the great beyond, Michael Crichton laughs.

Posted by: callsign claymore at July 01, 2024 11:10 AM (k9w8L)

53 1) realize you are in a conversation with a true believer
2) Agree with them while steering the conversation to cows/meat production and the greenhouse gases created.
3) Say, "Thank God we slaughtered all the buffalo."
4) move to a safe distance, watch head explode

It's a fun game that anyone can play

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at July 01, 2024 11:10 AM (pIfcn)

54 42 I'd sooner wait until all the muslims there are washed away.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 01,

Sometimes you aren’t much fun. Next you are going to tell me you won’t join in on the moon stealing.

Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2024 11:10 AM (p4NUW)

55 How many times has Plymouth Rock had to be moved up the beach since 1650? Oh, none?

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 01, 2024 11:11 AM (lTGtQ)

56 Abhijit Iyer-Mitra @Iyervval [pro-Israel 'atheist Hindu']
From friends - videos of #DelhiFloods - Sri Aurobindo Marg; Arjun Nagar; Green Park & roads cracked under electric buses

https://is.gd/csSkpa

Photo of the bus and road; it was the only item visible in the initial Nitter Xtweet I saw and not the three short videos of Indian flooding so I thought it was making a better anti-CAGW point than it seems. [Kind of 'diluted' IMHO.]

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at July 01, 2024 11:11 AM (ZdexC)

57 "Scientists have come to understand some but not all of the reasons for this."

"Scientists" are idiots then, because one thing I have enjoyed noting over the years is that at the same time that he published "Origin of Species", Charles Darwin also published a book about what he learned from his years long study of the South Sea Islands on board The Beagle. Climate Cultists have worked hard to deny that this book was ever written, because they don't dare attack Darwin openly. But in it, well over 150 years ago, Darwin made the point that the South Sea Islands would *always* adjust up or down to whatever current ocean levels are, because they Islands themselves are Living Coral, which is always modifying itself to meet currently prevailing conditions.

So, we have known ever since the days of Charles Darwin that any claim that these islands would "disapear" is ridiculous nonsense; and we know the exact reason why.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 01, 2024 11:11 AM (wyMQY)

58 6 PDJT wins at the supreme court
Posted by: SturmToddler at July 01, 2024 11:03 AM (nXhwP)

Did he?

Supposedly, lower courts can still decide that Jan 6 wasn't an official act.

Posted by: XTC at July 01, 2024 11:11 AM (UnA8+)

59 I continue to maintain that there are actually stupid questions.

Posted by: Tech Sgt. Chen at July 01, 2024 11:11 AM (Z8Yh2)

60 Having lived on the Outer Banks since 1988 and being a visitor/vacationer for decades before that, it is quite evident that sea level is stable here. Yes, a few dozen houses have been swallowed by the sea over the years, but what erodes in one place, builds up in another. A long nor'easter can swallow a lot of sand, but it will be deposited in another place nearby. The Feds spent millions moving Cape Hatteras Light inland a quarter mile, but the original foundation is still high and dry.

Old photos of Liberty Island in NY Harbor also show no change, and I don't believe Plymouth Rock in MA is underwater, either.

Posted by: Stop Greenie Attacks at July 01, 2024 11:11 AM (V5BDR)

61 How will today's SCOTUS ruling affect sea levels around the world?
Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2024 11:06 AM

*considers liberal tear volume*

Grab your oars.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 01, 2024 11:11 AM (ZANHd)

62 "…the United States is the largest aggregate polluter of carbon dioxide."

That's a lie. It hasn't been the top emitter of CO2 since around 2005.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 01, 2024 11:04 AM (d9fT1)

Heh. Next thing you know, you'll tell me you expect them to do RESEARCH for an article...........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 01, 2024 11:11 AM (Zz0t1)

63 Sotomayor last line in the Trump Immunity case?: With fear for our democracy, I dissent.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 01, 2024 11:11 AM (JCZqz)

64 For decades it has been an indisputable, hard and fast, “scientific” fact that the Maldives and other low-lying islands are being reclaimed by the ocean, and that the complete submersion of the islands due to rising sea levels was imminent, all caused by man-made global warming, of course. Well at least that is what the government / media / educational complexes have been propagandizing for four decades.

The media which reported this is the same media which reported that Biden was sharp as a tack and totally on his game.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2024 11:11 AM (T7iTv)

65 I'm no scientist, even though I have seen Son Of Flubber

but wouldn't sea levels rise everywhere, not just in one spot?
you pour water into a pan, it doesn't get higher on one side than the other

Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2024 11:12 AM (/7KEl)

66 How DARE you!!???

...Greta McScoldyFace...

Posted by: Bruce at July 01, 2024 11:12 AM (XhcFx)

67 My hypothesis isn't working out how I thought it would. I better find new data to prove my hypothesis is correct.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 01, 2024 11:12 AM (evvc2)

68 40 Not one of the 'scientific' community's predictions on climate have come true.

Not. One.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 01, 2024 11:09 AM (Zz0t1)

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You are probably too young to remember one of their "scary predictions" for the 80's (?)...the ozone was being depleted and there was a huge hole and we were all going to die if we didn't submit to the fear and relinquish our rights.

The effing whole has closed up on its own.

Posted by: Seems Legit at July 01, 2024 11:12 AM (JeYYB)

69 63 Sotomayor last line in the Trump Immunity case?: With fear for our democracy, I dissent.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 01, 2024 11:11 AM (JCZqz)

Her refrigerator has the same response.

With fear for my safety, I dissent.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 01, 2024 11:12 AM (q7hip)

70 My hypothesis isn't working out how I thought it would. I better find new data to prove my hypothesis is correct.

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Or at least find some funding that will send you to the Maldives for three weeks on the taxpayer's dime.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at July 01, 2024 11:13 AM (sX1BW)

71 And seas weren't rising around one of the islands [Tuvalu??] but the island was sinking because they were mining it for gravel to sell to Australia for construction work!

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at July 01, 2024 11:13 AM (ZdexC)

72
I remember seeing a photograph of a dock in the Maldives, about 15 years ago. It was the shabbiest dock I have ever seen, probably needed all the wood replaced before walking on it. Mounted on one of the shaky pilings was the device for recording sea level.

I've dismissed the bullshit ever since.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 01, 2024 11:13 AM (RKVpM)

73 69 Her refrigerator has the same response.

With fear for my safety, I dissent.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 01, 2024 11:12 AM (q7hip)

So do her kidneys.

Posted by: XTC at July 01, 2024 11:13 AM (UnA8+)

74 "Scientists" are idiots then, because one thing I have enjoyed noting over the years is that at the same time that he published "Origin of Species", Charles Darwin also published a book about what he learned from his years long study of the South Sea Islands on board The Beagle.

He went there to meet up with Janet, Chrissy, and Mr. Furley.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, deplorable clown at July 01, 2024 11:13 AM (qZEuM)

75 Al Gore needs his face punched. Repeatedly.

Posted by: Seems Legit at July 01, 2024 11:13 AM (JeYYB)

76 The islands were submerged, but the buildup of trash in their landfills expanded them enough to keep them above the waterline. Suck on that, greenies.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 01, 2024 11:14 AM (evvc2)

77 You are probably too young to remember one of their "scary predictions" for the 80's (?)...the ozone was being depleted and there was a huge hole and we were all going to die if we didn't submit to the fear and relinquish our rights.

The effing whole has closed up on its own.

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Leading to a world of boring flat hair.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at July 01, 2024 11:14 AM (sX1BW)

78 I never for a second bought into Global warming, ice ages come and ice ages go but will come again.
Every once in awhile on internet a picture of a coast from the beginning if photography and a modern picture with it. There is hardly a difference.

Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2024 11:14 AM (hnSZX)

79 Much prefer to visit South Georgia Island over the Maldives.

And I really don't want to visit South Georgia.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2024 11:10 AM (IerVx)

South Georgia at least has potential mineral resources. And lots of smelly penguins to shoot.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 01, 2024 11:14 AM (KmEIw)

80 Absolute immunity for official acts.

The Democrats are going to have to slip a camel through the eye of the needle now.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2024 11:14 AM (IerVx)

81 " Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus. "

Hey! Language, theres women around.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at July 01, 2024 11:14 AM (vwMQp)

82 And I really don't want to visit South Georgia.

Sometimes there's no alternative.

Posted by: Sir Ernest Shackleton at July 01, 2024 11:14 AM (gKWVE)

83
You are probably too young to remember one of their "scary predictions" for the 80's (?)...the ozone was being depleted and there was a huge hole and we were all going to die if we didn't submit to the fear and relinquish our rights.

The effing whole has closed up on its own.
Posted by: Seems Legit at July 01, 2024 11:12 AM (JeYYB)

My step-brother, now an actual Dr., studied that thing for a spell. They determined that it expands and contracts as it needs.......but no one ever mentioned it again.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 01, 2024 11:14 AM (Zz0t1)

84 Recent discoveries suggest there may be more water under the Earth than on it. An entire process we didn't know existed let alone understand.
Something, something, big flood, waters from the deep, some crazy guy on a giant boat.

But, you have to keep in mind: Every single climate change prediction is no where found in the scientific part of the UN climate reports.

All those predictions are
1) mild hypotheticals in the political portion that's not written by scientists, and
2) are then exaggerated tremendously by the media and activists.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2024 11:14 AM (75y46)

85 Does anyone know what impact the SCOTUS ruling will have on the New York trial? Sentencing is next week.
Posted by: StefanH at July 01, 2024 11:03 AM (dO+hR)

For now - none. It's unrelated to today's decision.
Posted by: Nova Local at July 01, 2024 11:04 AM (exHjb)

The issues at hand in the New York case cannot be described as official even by the most hardened member of the "Cult of Rational Thought".

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2024 11:15 AM (T7iTv)

86 Supposedly, lower courts can still decide that Jan 6 wasn't an official act.
Posted by: XTC

It's a weird decision and hard to square : "In dividing official from unofficial conduct, courts may not inquire into the President’s motives," ..."Whenever the President and Vice President discuss their official responsibilities, they engage in official conduct."

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 01, 2024 11:15 AM (IG4Id)

87 58 6 PDJT wins at the supreme court
Posted by: SturmToddler at July 01, 2024 11:03 AM (nXhwP)

Did he?

Supposedly, lower courts can still decide that Jan 6 wasn't an official act.
Posted by: XTC at July 01, 2024 11:11 AM (UnA8+)

I view it as overall positive because now the lower courts have to hear arguments and rule whether the act in question was official or not, and then there can be a year or two of appeals based only the question of whether they got that right or not. I think it sets up the case to stay in the Courts for several years to come.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 01, 2024 11:15 AM (wyMQY)

88 Between tides, surf, gravitational effects of obese tourists, storm surge... how can you determine sea level to a millimeter?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 01, 2024 11:15 AM (evvc2)

89 South Georgia at least has potential mineral resources. And lots of smelly penguins to shoot.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 01, 2024 11:14 AM (KmEIw)

I heard they taste like Bald Eagle.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at July 01, 2024 11:15 AM (vwMQp)

90 You’re all a bunch of losers!! We’re all gonna die!!!

Posted by: Greta at July 01, 2024 11:15 AM (Aoykm)

91 Whenever the President and Vice President discuss their official responsibilities, they engage in official conduct.

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The VP's official responsibilities are quite limited.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at July 01, 2024 11:16 AM (sX1BW)

92 Al Gore needs his face punched. Repeatedly.
Posted by: Seems Legit at July 01, 2024 11:13 AM (JeYYB)

I'd actually prefer you align my Chakra via my penis.

Posted by: Al Gore at July 01, 2024 11:16 AM (Zz0t1)

93
Are not The Maldives the government --
Muzzie, of course -- which just recently said,

"Hey, Joos! Stay off of our isles!"

Posted by: Xokrebs v Xocarnot: My Authenticity is Off the Charts (TM)! at July 01, 2024 11:16 AM (xG4kz)

94 14 Too bad Washington DC can't do an Atlantis.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2024 11:05 AM (IerVx)

They're refurbishing part of the seawall in the Tidal Basin because it was poorly built and is falling apart. Of course, they blame an alleged rise in the Potomac as the cause.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 01, 2024 11:16 AM (T+Iwg)

95 See! Obama SAVED the islands!
/sarc

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 01, 2024 11:16 AM (ynpvh)

96 That's a lie. It [the U.S.] hasn't been the top emitter of CO2 since around 2005.
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Probably using the old "we'll treat the EU nations separately instead of the bloc as a whole" trick and/or using "per capita" to lower China and India when you divide everything by a billion instead of by 300-million.

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at July 01, 2024 11:16 AM (ZdexC)

97 Ask any climate change cultist and they will tell you it's only because of all the emissions rules that we saved the earf from acid rain and an ozone hole

Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 01, 2024 11:17 AM (7+K68)

98 The issues at hand in the New York case cannot be described as official even by the most hardened member of the "Cult of Rational Thought".
Posted by: I used to have

To be honest, they never described ANY acts in the NY case.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 01, 2024 11:17 AM (evvc2)

99 When Tom Nichols complained about "the death of expertise", he really meant the death of respect for experts. But his title was right where he was wrong. The expertise - if it had ever existed - was now dead.

Posted by: Eeyore at July 01, 2024 11:05 AM (1bNHn)

Not so. All experts are, in fact, very good in their actual area which is telling governments what they want to hear in order to get more funding.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2024 11:17 AM (T7iTv)

100 That's a lie. It [the U.S.] hasn't been the top emitter of CO2 since around 2005.

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I for one feel like we should be the top emitter of CO2. That's economic progress.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at July 01, 2024 11:17 AM (sX1BW)

101 Supposedly, lower courts can still decide that Jan 6 wasn't an official act.
Posted by: XTC

It's a weird decision and hard to square : "In dividing official from unofficial conduct, courts may not inquire into the President’s motives," ..."Whenever the President and Vice President discuss their official responsibilities, they engage in official conduct."

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 01, 2024 11:15 AM

Their ruling last week that the Jan 6th stuff was not disrupting an official proceeding means that Trump is now off the hook for the charges garland ordered against him.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 01, 2024 11:17 AM (QNSds)

102 I've been frustrated with this when dealing with Civ VI's expansion "Gathering Storm." Long before you can unlock the tech that lets you build flood barriers, you have to deal with man-made "climate change" and rising sea levels flooding your coastal lowlands. Which is not how it worked in real life, as anyone who's heard of the Netherlands can tell you. But no one would have bought the expansion with these aggravating mechanics without the promise of new leaders, so they can now claim a propaganda victory.

Posted by: pookysgirl always pushes toward nuclear power at July 01, 2024 11:18 AM (dtlDP)

103 @83 because of the ozone hole fear, chlorofluorocarbons were banned. Nobody ever explained how they got from my bathroom when I sprayed on my deodorant, to the dar southern hemisphere

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2024 11:18 AM (NMNWr)

104 Any scientist behind a fearmongering position is a POS.

Do not believe it (I'm looking at you bird flu fearmongers, covid, the sun, meat, eggs salt, etc.).

Also, the Bible says "fear not" in so many ways even an idiot can get it.

Posted by: Seems Legit at July 01, 2024 11:18 AM (JeYYB)

105 Let's imagine you have a table covered with ice in a room set at 25 degrees F. You turn the temperature up to a varying 60 degrees F +/- 35 degrees. 1. What causes the ice to refreeze? 2. What happens to all the ice that melts?

This is the dumbest, most low brow argument that can be made and only constant panicky repetition sustains it.

Posted by: Ribbed at July 01, 2024 11:18 AM (iFMeW)

106
The VP's official responsibilities are quite limited.
Posted by: SH (no more socks)

Which matches up perfectly with that person's extremely limited intellectual capacity.

Posted by: Xokrebs v Xocarnot: My Authenticity is Off the Charts (TM)! at July 01, 2024 11:18 AM (xG4kz)

107 The issues at hand in the New York case cannot be described as official even by the most hardened member of the "Cult of Rational Thought".

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2024 11:15 AM (T7iTv)

The issues at hand in the New York case weren't even considered crimes until like 15 minutes ago. They still aren't by most people who have looked.

Posted by: No one at July 01, 2024 11:19 AM (CQ3Qb)

108
Their ruling last week that the Jan 6th stuff was not disrupting an official proceeding means that Trump is now off the hook for the charges garland ordered against him.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 01, 2024 11:17 AM (QNSds)

What about those currently getting tortured in prison for the same thing?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 01, 2024 11:19 AM (Zz0t1)

109 Article up at Legalinsurrection.com on Trump's immunity case.

Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2024 11:19 AM (hnSZX)

110 I heard they taste like Bald Eagle.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at July 01, 2024 11:15 AM (vwMQp)

I never suggested eating them.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 01, 2024 11:19 AM (KmEIw)

111 Their ruling last week that the Jan 6th stuff was not disrupting an official proceeding means that Trump is now off the hook for the charges garland ordered against him.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 01, 2024 11:17 AM (QNSds)

So Trump sticks it to Garland again?! That's fabulous.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 01, 2024 11:19 AM (N39Ws)

112 The dreaded 'ozone hole.'

Fun fact, solar radiation when the Sun is shining down on this blue marble of planet split O2 in the upper atmosphere to form Ozone. But once the planet's rotation carries the Sun elsewhere, the unstable Ozone recombines into O2 and thus we get 'ozone depletion.'

There's your hole a$$holes.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2024 11:19 AM (IerVx)

113 90 You’re all a bunch of losers!! We’re all gonna die!!!
Posted by: Greta at July 01, 2024 11:15 AM (Aoykm)

Heh. Doom Goblin.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at July 01, 2024 11:19 AM (pIfcn)

114 I for one feel like we should be the top emitter of CO2. That's economic progress.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at July 01, 2024 11:17 AM (sX1BW)

I bought a sodastream a little while back...sometimes I overgas....just 'cause I can.

Posted by: BignJames at July 01, 2024 11:20 AM (AwYPR)

115 "What about those currently getting tortured in prison for the same thing?"

I heard that anyone who pled guilty is not likely to get a reprieve.

Posted by: Ribbed at July 01, 2024 11:20 AM (iFMeW)

116 Again, carbon dioxide is good for trees and plants and I will go so far as to say the earth in general.

Posted by: Seems Legit at July 01, 2024 11:20 AM (JeYYB)

117 See? Depopulation has kept those islands from tipping over.

::: Snopes says it might have been an Aprils Fools joke :::

Posted by: Hank Johnson at July 01, 2024 11:20 AM (ynpvh)

118 You are probably too young to remember one of their "scary predictions" for the 80's (?)...the ozone was being depleted and there was a huge hole and we were all going to die if we didn't submit to the fear and relinquish our rights.
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We banned AquaNet, spray underarm deodorant and freon.

Lol.

None of that mattered. Millions and billions lost.
As, pointed out, it was natural we just had never measured it before.
And nevermind ignorance of the whole natural equilibrium where more UV makes more O3 which blocks more UV.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2024 11:20 AM (75y46)

119 @83 because of the ozone hole fear, chlorofluorocarbons were banned. Nobody ever explained how they got from my bathroom when I sprayed on my deodorant, to the dar southern hemisphere
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2024 11:18 AM (NMNWr)

They banned Freon because of the hole in the ozone layer. The weight of Freon compared to the rest of the atmosphere would mean we'd need a hurricane force updraft around the world to get it UP there, but hey......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 01, 2024 11:20 AM (Zz0t1)

120 108
Their ruling last week that the Jan 6th stuff was not disrupting an official proceeding means that Trump is now off the hook for the charges garland ordered against him.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 01, 2024 11:17 AM (QNSds)

What about those currently getting tortured in prison for the same thing?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 01, 2024 11:19 AM (Zz0t1)

The beatings will continue until (Admin) morale improves.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 01, 2024 11:21 AM (ynpvh)

121 "If we got rid of that pesky moon, the seas would stay the same level all the time."

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BTDT

Posted by: Gru at July 01, 2024 11:21 AM (fv27Y)

122 Heh. Doom Goblin.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls

Joan of Farce.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 01, 2024 11:21 AM (IG4Id)

123 "You are probably too young to remember one of their "scary predictions" for the 80's (?)...the ozone was being depleted and there was a huge hole and we were all going to die if we didn't submit to the fear and relinquish our rights.

The effing whole has closed up on its own.
Posted by: Seems Legit"

Didn't stop the govt. from imposing a whole slew of restrictions on aerosols and refrigerants, which have grown ever more ridiculous and expensive, especially the latest round currently going into effect. But now the justification is because of global warming.

Incredibly, the EPA has a cost analysis that show all the new regulations will actually save money because of savings from reduced global warming and natural disasters. I am not making this up.

Posted by: Ripley at July 01, 2024 11:21 AM (GUOwU)

124 Back to topic at hand
I have long thought it's criminal that teachers make kids believe the world is going to burn up

Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2024 11:21 AM (hnSZX)

125 I heard that anyone who pled guilty is not likely to get a reprieve.
Posted by: Ribbed at July 01, 2024 11:20 AM (iFMeW)

Which confused me from the beginning, why plead guilty to a crime you didn't commit? But, I wasn't there and don't know what threats were made.

There will be pardons.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 01, 2024 11:21 AM (Zz0t1)

126 118 You are probably too young to remember one of their "scary predictions" for the 80's (?)...the ozone was being depleted and there was a huge hole and we were all going to die if we didn't submit to the fear and relinquish our rights.
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We banned AquaNet, spray underarm deodorant and freon.

Lol.

None of that mattered. Millions and billions lost.
As, pointed out, it was natural we just had never measured it before.
And nevermind ignorance of the whole natural equilibrium where more UV makes more O3 which blocks more UV.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2024 11:20 AM (75y46)

And the mid-70's Global Freezing.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 01, 2024 11:22 AM (ynpvh)

127 The lower court now has to determine what is 'official' vs 'unofficial'.

And that's a whole nother can of worms. Trumps lawyers can argue that shit for days.

Going to the bathroom is an official act! I had to pee right before the meeting and if I hadn't have gone, I would have pissed on the Ambassador to Latonia's shoes and that would have started an international incident!

So, official.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 01, 2024 11:22 AM (7+K68)

128 Fortunately Dupont had all the patents on the "good" refrigerants. Lucky them.

Posted by: Ribbed at July 01, 2024 11:22 AM (IHRQq)

129 We banned AquaNet, spray underarm deodorant and freon.

Lol.

None of that mattered. Millions and billions lost.

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I suspect that Unilever was leading the charge in getting those banned.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at July 01, 2024 11:22 AM (sX1BW)

130 The 'scientists' never did answer how gases that are "heavier than air" could get into the upper atmosphere.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2024 11:22 AM (IerVx)

131 @119 Freon is a type of chlorofluorocarbon.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2024 11:23 AM (NMNWr)

132 "if I hadn't have gone, I would have pissed on the Ambassador to Latonia's shoes...."

Fact Check: True!

Posted by: Grampy Sniffy Fingers at July 01, 2024 11:23 AM (IHRQq)

133 Cruel or brilliant? We report; you decide.

https://is.gd/kXKMYe

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Free the Trump 45! at July 01, 2024 11:23 AM (L/fGl)

134 Joan of Farce?

Juan of Fart

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2024 11:23 AM (IerVx)

135 I am fine with "denying" the retarded Clown World definition of SCIENCE!!! aka Lysenkoism Part 2, Stupid-Ass Boogaloo.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 01, 2024 11:23 AM (llON8)

136 My step-brother, now an actual Dr., studied that thing for a spell. They determined that it expands and contracts as it needs.......but no one ever mentioned it again.
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The hole in the ozone layer was only discovered once our ozone measurements became sensitive enough to discern it so they pretended that it had never existed and just popped open one day because of hairspray! [Made up figures on my part because I don't recall the actual stats but when we could only detect, say, 1 part per billion, it looked like it covered the whole globe evenly; but when we could read parts per 100-billion, they learned it was very-much thinner around the Poles as I recall.]

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at July 01, 2024 11:23 AM (ZdexC)

137 @119 Freon is a type of chlorofluorocarbon.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2024 11:23 AM (NMNWr)

Yes, I'm aware. Still not getting to the upper atmosphere without a MASSIVE amount of assistance.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 01, 2024 11:23 AM (Zz0t1)

138 These are the "MAL" .. "DIVES"

Posted by: SMOD at July 01, 2024 11:24 AM (RHGPo)

139 It must be true that sea levels are rising because Ron Desantis now has three Stanley Cups, and Justin Trudeau has none.

Posted by: Equity At All Costs at July 01, 2024 11:24 AM (V5BDR)

140
Not so. All experts are, in fact, very good in their actual area which is telling governments what they want to hear in order to get more funding.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

All of those "climate modeling groups" who squeezed their pathetically performing products on board the UN's climate boondoggle are set for life because their crap models have been admitted to the Grand Canonical Ensemble of Climate Change Models and they must be supported in perpetuity.

That's a superb grift, if you can score it.

Posted by: Xokrebs v Xocarnot: My Authenticity is Off the Charts (TM)! at July 01, 2024 11:24 AM (xG4kz)

141 We banned AquaNet, spray underarm deodorant and freon.

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And the Maldives live! Coincidence?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Free the Trump 45! at July 01, 2024 11:24 AM (L/fGl)

142 Morning.

OT but concerning the Supreme Court's decision on immunity...you ever get the feeling that sometimes the Court just does shit go keep the legal beagles busy?

Immunity for official acts. Okay. We've all read Article II of the Constitution, right? The President's "official acts" are written amazingly broadly.

Law nerds are going to have with this one for years and years.

Posted by: Robert at July 01, 2024 11:24 AM (ax0k+)

143 Freon is a type of chlorofluorocarbon.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2024 11:23 AM (NMNWr)

Freon is a copyrighted brand name for DuPont refrigerants.

Posted by: BignJames at July 01, 2024 11:25 AM (AwYPR)

144 There will be pardons.........
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Hopefully wholesale and with lots of wailing and gnashing of teeth. If the GOP doesn't want to help do anything or even acknowledge it, Trump only has four more years. They can pound sand.

Posted by: Ribbed at July 01, 2024 11:25 AM (IHRQq)

145 116 Again, carbon dioxide is good for trees and plants and I will go so far as to say the earth in general.

Posted by: Seems Legit at July 01, 2024 11:20 AM (JeYYB

There are three photosynthesis styles used by different plants. Some plants are C3, some are C4, and some are CAM.
https://biologydictionary.net/c3-c4-cam-plants/

For some, there is barely enough CO2 in the atmosphere to get by, or in other words, they're starved.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 01, 2024 11:25 AM (ynpvh)

146 My step-brother, now an actual Dr., studied that thing for a spell. They determined that it expands and contracts as it needs.......but no one ever mentioned it again.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 01, 2024 11:14 AM (Zz0t1)

And yet, none of the awesome refrigerants which were banned because "we're all gonna die" have been unbanned. Almost like it was a scam all along.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2024 11:25 AM (T7iTv)

147 I never suggested eating them.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 01, 2024 11:19 AM (KmEIw)

Lol.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at July 01, 2024 11:25 AM (vwMQp)

148 *pauses*

So this reversal of Chevron, how will this blow up the EPA and Corps of Engineers sundry land grabs?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2024 11:25 AM (IerVx)

149 As I noted last thread Biden crapping his pants while Pres is an unofficial act. Pretty much everything else done while a person is Pres is an official act.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2024 11:25 AM (NMNWr)

150 There is no reason to believe any of these assholes about anything.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, deplorable clown at July 01, 2024 11:25 AM (qZEuM)

151 Do you know what you should always question?

Science.

That's how it's supposed to work to move forward and learn something we don't know.

And no thorough scientist is going to shit if his research is being duplicated.

Posted by: Seems Legit at July 01, 2024 11:26 AM (JeYYB)

152
bird flu fearmongers

I'll have you know that someone in Mexico died of bird flu a couple of months ago. We should take this killer seriously and extend male ballots to all 57 states.

Posted by: Karen CheChe at July 01, 2024 11:26 AM (RKVpM)

153 112 The dreaded 'ozone hole.'

Let me tell you about MY "o" zone hole, girlfriend!
https://tinyurl.com/tmf9njp6

Posted by: Lizzo at July 01, 2024 11:26 AM (JCZqz)

154
Justin Trudeau has none

"Why does Justin Trudeau need a cup?"

-- God

Posted by: Xokrebs v Xocarnot: My Authenticity is Off the Charts (TM)! at July 01, 2024 11:26 AM (xG4kz)

155 And yet, none of the awesome refrigerants which were banned because "we're all gonna die" have been unbanned. Almost like it was a scam all along.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2024 11:25 AM (T7iTv)

Because the biggest result of the entire climate change debacle is government growth. Nothing more.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 01, 2024 11:26 AM (Zz0t1)

156 Didn't stop the govt. from imposing a whole slew of restrictions on aerosols and refrigerants, which have grown ever more ridiculous and expensive, especially the latest round currently going into effect. But now the justification is because of global warming.
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Recall the big DOJ bust at the border, with all the splash of a major cartel drug bust?
Some schlub trying to sneak in some freon.

But, they acted like they busted Pablo Escobar himself smuggling 50 tons of cocaine.
That's their priority-- not the actual deadly drugs and human sex trafficking.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2024 11:26 AM (75y46)

157 South Georgia at least has potential mineral resources. And lots of smelly penguins to shoot.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 01, 2024 11:14 AM (KmEIw)

I heard they taste like Bald Eagle.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at July 01, 2024 11:15 AM

*glares*

We're watching youse guys.

Posted by: Big Penguin at July 01, 2024 11:26 AM (ZANHd)

158 148 *pauses*

So this reversal of Chevron, how will this blow up the EPA and Corps of Engineers sundry land grabs?
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2024 11:25 AM (IerVx)

=======

People will file lawsuits. Leftist lower courts will defy Loper and align with the executive branch. Rightist lower courts will align with Loper and rule against the executive branch.

SCOTUS will kick the can down the road for a few years.

They will eventually have to clarify that Chevron actually is dead. They may do that. Or they may not because Current Day.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at July 01, 2024 11:26 AM (GBKbO)

159 143 Freon is a type of chlorofluorocarbon.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2024 11:23 AM (NMNWr)

Freon is a copyrighted brand name for DuPont refrigerants.

Posted by: BignJames at July 01, 2024 11:25 AM (AwYPR)

No need to be so cold about it.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 01, 2024 11:26 AM (ynpvh)

160 As for the Maldives?

Is that related to that old anime series, Maldiver?

Or was that Moldiver?

Fuck it, this is now a weeb blog.

Posted by: Robert at July 01, 2024 11:27 AM (ax0k+)

161 So I just saw that SCOTUS ruled on the Trump immunity case.

Posted by: Redbanzai at July 01, 2024 11:27 AM (5J/Q7)

162 https://tinyurl.com/tmf9njp6
Posted by: Lizzo at July 01, 2024 11:26 AM (JCZqz)

Hot Girl Summer?

They really misspelled fat.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 01, 2024 11:27 AM (Zz0t1)

163 Recent discoveries suggest there may be more water under the Earth than on it. An entire process we didn't know existed let alone understand.
Something, something, big flood, waters from the deep, some crazy guy on a giant boat. . . .

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2024

***
I kind of like the theory that the Great or Noah's Flood story arose because the Straits of Gibraltar cracked open, letting the Atlantic into the Mediterranean Basin, and eventually flooding the shore of the Black Sea where humans were living. Anybody remember the name of the theory? I know I've seen at least one website devoted to it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 01, 2024 11:27 AM (J2vNu)

164 157 South Georgia at least has potential mineral resources. And lots of smelly penguins to shoot.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 01, 2024 11:14 AM (KmEIw)

I heard they taste like Bald Eagle.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at July 01, 2024 11:15 AM

*glares*

We're watching youse guys.

Posted by: Big Penguin at July 01, 2024 11:26 AM (ZANHd)

Fishy Chicken

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 01, 2024 11:27 AM (ynpvh)

165 Plymouth Rock landed on thenm?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at July 01, 2024 11:27 AM (xcxpd)

166 162 https://tinyurl.com/tmf9njp6
Posted by: Lizzo at July 01, 2024 11:26 AM (JCZqz)

Hot Girl Summer?

They really misspelled fat.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 01, 2024 11:27 AM (Zz0t1)

That's not a moon...it's an eclipse!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 01, 2024 11:28 AM (ynpvh)

167 >7 The lower court now has to determine what is 'official' vs 'unofficial'.

see, I always thought this was SCOTUS responsibility

examine the facts of the case and see what the Constitution has to say on the matter

Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2024 11:28 AM (/7KEl)

168 What environmentalists don't know.

https://is.gd/nLxyl9

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Free the Trump 45! at July 01, 2024 11:28 AM (L/fGl)

169 We should take this killer seriously and extend male ballots to all 57 states.
Posted by: Karen CheChe at July 01, 2024 11:26 AM

Fine Karen. You and the other AWFLs don't get them.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 01, 2024 11:28 AM (ZANHd)

170 Because the biggest result of the entire climate change debacle is government growth. Nothing more.
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Paging Agenda 21. Your car is ready.

Posted by: Ribbed at July 01, 2024 11:28 AM (IHRQq)

171 Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are heavier than helium but lighter than argon.
When released, they don’t rise as high as helium but also don’t sink like argon.
Instead, they disperse throughout the lower and middle layers of the atmosphere.

Posted by: SMOD at July 01, 2024 11:28 AM (RHGPo)

172 Moldiver hai

Surprised the Alphabets aren't loving that series because of the suit transformation malfunctions. Oh wait it was more than 20 years ago when this series came out.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2024 11:28 AM (IerVx)

173
And yet, none of the awesome refrigerants which were banned because "we're all gonna die" have been unbanned. Almost like it was a scam all along.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2024 11:25 AM

There's a new refrigerant that makes heat pumps perform better in much lower temperatures and therefor uses a whole lot less electricity. I'd like to have a unit with that refrigerant.

Will I? Fool me once...

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 01, 2024 11:28 AM (RKVpM)

174
That's how it's supposed to work to move forward and learn something we don't know.

As it so happens, the scientific method demands that one question science's assertions and findings. Nothing is sacrosanct and above skepticism.

Posted by: Xokrebs v Xocarnot: My Authenticity is Off the Charts (TM)! at July 01, 2024 11:29 AM (xG4kz)

175 Why converge on the Maldives? If ocean levels rise, they rise everywhere. This "study" could be conducted anywhere.

Oh, right. It's government funded and it will take the government-paid scientists "weeks" to set up the test equipment. Got it.

Posted by: The Maldives Falcon at July 01, 2024 11:29 AM (5Wgli)

176 Ribbed

#22

Arigato

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2024 11:29 AM (IerVx)

177 I bought a sodastream a little while back...sometimes I overgas....just 'cause I can.

Sometimes, it's not just gas.

Posted by: Jerrold Nadler at July 01, 2024 11:29 AM (V5BDR)

178 The lower court now has to determine what is 'official' vs 'unofficial'.

see, I always thought this was SCOTUS responsibility

examine the facts of the case and see what the Constitution has to say on the matter

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Just about everything the President does is official. There are obviously some things he can do that are unofficial - he could just murder his wife for some reason. But in the end, everything is basically official. Perhaps the Court will have to rule on that eventually.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at July 01, 2024 11:30 AM (sX1BW)

179 Freon is a copyrighted brand name for DuPont refrigerants.

Posted by: BignJames at July 01, 2024 11:25 AM

*dons legal pedant hat*

Trademark.

*doffs legal pedant hat*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 01, 2024 11:30 AM (ZANHd)

180 The hole in the ozone layer was only discovered once our ozone measurements became sensitive enough to discern it so they pretended that it had never existed and just popped open one day because of hairspray! [Made up figures on my part because I don't recall the actual stats but when we could only detect, say, 1 part per billion, it looked like it covered the whole globe evenly; but when we could read parts per 100-billion, they learned it was very-much thinner around the Poles as I recall.]
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at July 01, 2024 11:23 AM (ZdexC)

The ozone "layer" is created by UV from sunlight interacting with normal O2 oxygen in the atmosphere, splitting it into monatomic oxygen, which is very, very reactive. Some recombines immediately into O2 again, and some combines into O3, which is ozone, and it is very reactive. The ozone would rapidly deplete, were it not for the fact that it is continually being replenished by solar UV. When it's Winter at the poles, the solar input is much weaker, or absent, and the ozone depletes. And moreso at the South Pole, because southern winter occurs when Earth is further from the Sun in its slightly elliptical orbit.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 01, 2024 11:30 AM (KmEIw)

181 Scientist don't really know why or how their predictions didn't come true? Gee, maybe someone should ask them:

“Who shut up the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb, when I made the clouds its garment and wrapped it in thick darkness, when I fixed limits for it and set its doors and bars in place, when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther; here is where your proud waves halt’?"

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 01, 2024 11:30 AM (0eaVi)

182 And then there's Delos. I don't know how to answer these people.

https://tinyurl.com/bdf8y7ub

france24.com

Ancient Greek sanctuary slowly sinks into the Aegean Sea

Posted by: m at July 01, 2024 11:31 AM (NHMTR)

183 Schumer has the sadz. Anyway

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2024 11:31 AM (NMNWr)

184 153 112 The dreaded 'ozone hole.'

Let me tell you about MY "o" zone hole, girlfriend!
https://tinyurl.com/tmf9njp6
Posted by: Lizzo at July 01, 2024 11:26 AM

This is not covered by immunity of any sort. Honestly, I love someone comfortable in their own skin, because I tend not to be. But I don’t know why it’s important to share this level of comfort with the world regardless of size.

Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2024 11:31 AM (d2kuJ)

185 And yet, none of the awesome refrigerants which were banned because "we're all gonna die" have been unbanned. Almost like it was a scam all along.
---
But you can't fix any of the old equipment that used the refrigerant that worked.
And the new stuff, I'm convinced, is corrosive and causes your A/C to fail sooner.

But we "fixed" something that wasn't a problem that we couldn't have done anything about even if we wanted to so scientifically illiterates could feel good for "doing something."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2024 11:31 AM (75y46)

186 Which confused me from the beginning, why plead guilty to a crime you didn't commit? But, I wasn't there and don't know what threats were made.

There will be pardons.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 01, 2024 11:21 AM (Zz0t1)

The DoJ has never, to my knowledge, denied the fact that they threatened Gen. Flynn with prosecution of his son on an unrelated matter if he didn't plead guilty. His SON. Some of the threats and punishments applied to pressure J6ers have leaked out and they're appalling.

Posted by: pookysgirl apologizes for not having linkage at July 01, 2024 11:31 AM (dtlDP)

187 Thanks AoP for restating in more detail what I wrote earlier

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2024 11:31 AM (IerVx)

188 161 So I just saw that SCOTUS ruled on the Trump immunity case.

Posted by: Redbanzai at July 01, 2024 11:27 AM (5J/Q7)

He instigated a riot by saying certain things in his speech more than 10 minutes AFTER folks started moving towards the capital. Was it even after the police started shooting tear gas and other stuff at the people congregated. Well, it is abundantly clear that the Dems can't seem to figure out cause and effect.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 01, 2024 11:31 AM (ynpvh)

189 RIOTS Break Out in France – Antifa (not a group but an ideology) Is Vandalizing Stores After Massive Right-Wing Election Victory.

Posted by: SMOD at July 01, 2024 11:31 AM (RHGPo)

190 Oh, right. It's government funded and it will take the government-paid scientists "weeks" to set up the test equipment. Got it.
Posted by: The Maldives Falcon at July 01, 2024 11:29 AM (5Wgli)

Working vacation.

"Oh my GAWD, this climate crisis is killing us! *Sips fruity tiki drink* Won't someone think of the children?!?"

Posted by: Robert at July 01, 2024 11:32 AM (ax0k+)

191
Maybe climate change is the new nuclear testing.

Bring back the tests!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 01, 2024 11:32 AM (63Dwl)

192 Ancient Greek sanctuary slowly sinks into the Aegean Sea
Posted by: m at July 01, 2024 11:31 AM (NHMTR)

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Simple, sinking, like Venice is different than rising sea levels.

Posted by: Seems Legit at July 01, 2024 11:32 AM (JeYYB)

193 @Anna Puma

No fair. I was still sleeping at my desk waiting for the Morning Report when you posted that. And I have no idea how to say "You're welcome" in Japanese. Must watch more Kung Fu.

Posted by: Ribbed at July 01, 2024 11:32 AM (B0mGw)

194 189 RIOTS Break Out in France – Antifa (not a group but an ideology) Is Vandalizing Stores After Massive Right-Wing Election Victory.
Posted by: SMOD at July 01, 2024 11:31 AM (RHGPo)

========

Sad story.

Got a smoke?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at July 01, 2024 11:32 AM (GBKbO)

195 This covers Biden and his conversations with the DOJ, too. I am going to wait for the thread on this, but I have questions for the horde legal beagles.

Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2024 11:32 AM (e8mjv)

196 Supposedly, lower courts can still decide that Jan 6 wasn't an official act.
Posted by: XTC at July 01, 2024 11:11 AM (UnA8+)

You mean the part where Trump clutched a saber between his teeth and stormed Congress before beheading Medusa... I mean Pelosi?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2024 11:32 AM (T7iTv)

197 In times of drought and particularly in warm, windy weather, I must add water to my pool. I take care to fill first at one end, then the other, so that the pool remains level.

Posted by: Prudence Dictates at July 01, 2024 11:32 AM (V5BDR)

198 "Recent discoveries suggest there may be more water under the Earth than on it."

And because of George W Bush, polar bears are drowning there, too!

Posted by: callsign claymore at July 01, 2024 11:32 AM (k9w8L)

199 168 What environmentalists don't know.

https://is.gd/nLxyl9

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Free the Trump 45! at July 01, 2024 11:28 AM (L/fGl)

LOL.
The entire surface is a sand-trap...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 01, 2024 11:32 AM (ynpvh)

200 Well Delos sank into insolvency after an Athenian despot lootted the treasury to build the Acropolis.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2024 11:32 AM (IerVx)

201 163 Recent discoveries suggest there may be more water under the Earth than on it. An entire process we didn't know existed let alone understand.
Something, something, big flood, waters from the deep, some crazy guy on a giant boat. . . .

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2024

Water dissolving and water removing
There is water at the bottom of the ocean
Under the water, carry the water
Remove the water at the bottom of the ocean
Water dissolving and water removing

Same as it ever was, same as it ever was
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 01, 2024 11:33 AM (wyMQY)

202 seems to me the diff between official and unofficial would be pretty easy to see

President in the Oval Office talking about work: official
President eating a sandwich in the White House mess: unofficial

boom how hard is that

Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2024 11:33 AM (/7KEl)

203 South Georgia at least has potential mineral resources. And lots of smelly penguins to shoot.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

We call those Floridians.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 01, 2024 11:33 AM (PrOMo)

204 "And because of George W Bush, polar bears are drowning there, too!"

Does anyone really even like polar bears? They're kind of big bullies. Maybe they need to be drowned.

Posted by: Ribbed at July 01, 2024 11:34 AM (B0mGw)

205
Moldova is a putative independent state adjacent to Ukraine so devoid of value that Pootie-Poot deigned it unworthy of reconquest.

Posted by: Xokrebs v Xocarnot: My Authenticity is Off the Charts (TM)! at July 01, 2024 11:34 AM (xG4kz)

206 All in all, this has been a VERY bad week for the left's alternate reality.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2024 11:34 AM (xCA6C)

207 175 Why converge on the Maldives? If ocean levels rise, they rise everywhere. This "study" could be conducted anywhere.

Oh, right. It's government funded and it will take the government-paid scientists "weeks" to set up the test equipment. Got it.

Posted by: The Maldives Falcon at July 01, 2024 11:29 AM (5Wgli)

It's like the blonde joke about the tail-light, except, due to tides,
Blonde: "Rising...Falling...Rising...falling"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 01, 2024 11:34 AM (ynpvh)

208 This covers Biden and his conversations with the DOJ, too.

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Obviously Roberts was writing this with Biden in mind too. I suspect it helps Trump a bit. To provide total immunity would allow the press to run with dire fear of Trump and his reprisals and being completely immune from anything in a second term. I suppose they will run with that anyway.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at July 01, 2024 11:34 AM (sX1BW)

209 Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 01, 2024 11:30 AM (0eaVi)

Very nice passage from the Book of Job. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 01, 2024 11:34 AM (oUxZc)

210 It must be true that sea levels are rising because Ron Desantis now has three Stanley Cups, and Justin Trudeau has none.
Posted by: Equity At All Costs at July 01, 2024 11:24 AM (V5BDR)

Newfoundland has two Dildos today. One is the town, and the other is the Prime Minister, who is just visiting.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 01, 2024 11:35 AM (KmEIw)

211 >:Got a smoke?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

can I bum one

Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2024 11:35 AM (/7KEl)

212 You are probably too young to remember one of their "scary predictions" for the 80's (?)...the ozone was being depleted and there was a huge hole and we were all going to die if we didn't submit to the fear and relinquish our rights.

The effing whole has closed up on its own
-----------

You forgot 'Acid Rain'.
Rheeeeeee!

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 01, 2024 11:35 AM (XeU6L)

213 SH. I would assume that the president's responsibilities also count in the discussion, not just the veep's.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 01, 2024 11:35 AM (2NHgQ)

214 Sweet, Thomas in his concurring opinion agues that appointment of Jack Smith is total bullsh*t.

Posted by: WisRich at July 01, 2024 11:35 AM (G0vdT)

215 192 Ancient Greek sanctuary slowly sinks into the Aegean Sea
Posted by: m at July 01, 2024 11:31 AM (NHMTR)

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Simple, sinking, like Venice is different than rising sea levels.

Posted by: Seems Legit at July 01, 2024 11:32 AM (JeYYB)

::: Captain on sinking ship :::
"Help, Help! Global Sea Level rise is overtaking my ship!!"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 01, 2024 11:35 AM (ynpvh)

216 Wow. WSJ really throwing Kamala under the bus as incompetent and solely a diversity hire, and how now the Dems are fvcked. LMAO.

Posted by: this is awesome at July 01, 2024 11:35 AM (vwMQp)

217 U.S. Bases in Europe on Second-Highest Alert (Charlie) for Terrorist Threat.

Posted by: SMOD at July 01, 2024 11:36 AM (RHGPo)

218 Got a smoke?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

can I bum one
Posted by: Don Black
--------

[proffers a Marlboro]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 01, 2024 11:36 AM (XeU6L)

219 Prosecuting Biden Crime Syndicate for graft and corruption is not covered by this immunity.

Selling access to power isn't in the constitution, I don't think.

I haven't read it for a while though. Might be in there.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 01, 2024 11:36 AM (7+K68)

220 196 Supposedly, lower courts can still decide that Jan 6 wasn't an official act.
Posted by: XTC at July 01, 2024 11:11 AM (UnA8+)

You mean the part where Trump clutched a saber between his teeth and stormed Congress before beheading Medusa... I mean Pelosi?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2024 11:32 AM (T7iTv)

He also murdered AOC...multiple times. Ask her.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 01, 2024 11:36 AM (ynpvh)

221 216 Wow. WSJ really throwing Kamala under the bus as incompetent and solely a diversity hire, and how now the Dems are fvcked. LMAO.
Posted by: this is awesome at July 01, 2024 11:35 AM (vwMQp)

========

Listen, she didn't win the primary in 2020 despite massive institutional support from the party and the media for a reason, and it's not because she's overprepared.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at July 01, 2024 11:36 AM (GBKbO)

222 President in the Oval Office talking about work: official
President eating a sandwich in the White House mess: unofficial

boom how hard is that
Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2024 11:33 AM

President talking about work while eating a sandwich in the White House mess: Impolite.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 01, 2024 11:37 AM (ZANHd)

223
Schumer has the sadz. Anyway

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2024 11:31 AM

Eating cheese covered raw meat will do that, and worse, to anyone.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 01, 2024 11:37 AM (RKVpM)

224 AOP knows much about chemistry, the oil business, old cars, and many other subjects. However, further up-thread he advocated shooting penguins! Beyond the pale. We will have revenge.

Posted by: Penguin Defense Fund 501c3 at July 01, 2024 11:37 AM (V5BDR)

225 What environmentalists don't know.

https://is.gd/nLxyl9

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Free the Trump 45! at July 01, 2024 11:28 AM (L/fGl)

I was going to say "99.99% of actual science" but your link is pretty close.

Posted by: pookysgirl has seen the Moon golf clubs at July 01, 2024 11:37 AM (dtlDP)

226 Too bad Washington DC can't do an Atlantis.
Posted by: Anna Puma

The Brits considered being an ambassador to the US 'hazardous duty' originally because DC was considered a swamp.

It still is a swamp.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 01, 2024 11:37 AM (omzh6)

227 Simple, sinking, like Venice is different than rising sea levels.

Posted by: Seems Legit at July 01, 2024 11:32 AM (JeYYB)

Yet the eyetalians blame it on the climate to try to get some sweet global warming aid bucks.

Posted by: this is awesome at July 01, 2024 11:37 AM (vwMQp)

228 And I have no idea how to say "You're welcome" in Japanese. Must watch more Kung Fu.
Posted by: Ribbed

"Don't touch my mustache."

Also, Gung fu is Chinese. Also, it's wushu, not gung fu.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 01, 2024 11:37 AM (IG4Id)

229 ::: Captain on sinking ship :::
"Help, Help! Global Sea Level rise is overtaking my ship!!"
---------

Shouldn't have pissed off that whale.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 01, 2024 11:38 AM (XeU6L)

230 if only

day 12 without nicotine and I am in psychological torment

Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2024 11:38 AM (/7KEl)

231 are we going to get a siren or something?

Posted by: phoenixgirl at July 01, 2024 11:38 AM (CqHIp)

232
"Waas thish noize abow Carmello beaning a lusssssh?"

-- Shrillary, lush and luxurious!

Posted by: Xokrebs v Xocarnot: My Authenticity is Off the Charts (TM)! at July 01, 2024 11:38 AM (xG4kz)

233 Not to stomp on this thread, but how about a flaming skull for Presidential Immunity?

Posted by: RI Red at July 01, 2024 11:38 AM (T9WMp)

234 Simple, sinking, like Venice is different than rising sea levels.

Posted by: Seems Legit
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It's the mass of all that glass they've been making.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 01, 2024 11:39 AM (XeU6L)

235 198 "Recent discoveries suggest there may be more water under the Earth than on it."

And because of George W Bush, polar bears are drowning there, too!

Posted by: callsign claymore at July 01, 2024 11:32 AM (k9w8L)

I recall reading that there's an ocean's worth of water trapped inside the earth's crust (but broken up into hydroxl molecules).

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 01, 2024 11:39 AM (ynpvh)

236 >>> 125 I heard that anyone who pled guilty is not likely to get a reprieve.
Posted by: Ribbed at July 01, 2024 11:20 AM (iFMeW)

Which confused me from the beginning, why plead guilty to a crime you didn't commit? But, I wasn't there and don't know what threats were made.

There will be pardons.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 01, 2024 11:21 AM (Zz0t1)

For starters, prosecutors in pretty much ALL jurisdictions have been in many cases ridiculously over-charging along with offering a plea deal for a much shorter list of crimes, some of which may actually have been committed by the accused. Now consider that this is the BaiDen Department of "Justice" running the process.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 01, 2024 11:39 AM (llON8)

237 You mean the part where Trump clutched a saber between his teeth and stormed Congress before beheading Medusa... I mean Pelosi?
Posted by: I used to have a different

Book thread was yesterday morning; but, please let us know when your book is available.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 01, 2024 11:39 AM (omzh6)

238 The lack of evidence here for man-made climate change is an extremely frightening consequence of man-made climate change.

Posted by: An Expert at July 01, 2024 11:39 AM (8d4qv)

239 189 RIOTS Break Out in France – Antifa (not a group but an ideology) Is Vandalizing Stores After Massive Right-Wing Election Victory.
Posted by: SMOD

I'm hoping Ace may weigh in on this subject. Sounds like Le Pen(?), described in media as the leader of a fringe, far-right French party, just won the first round of snap elections Macron called for in an attempt to solidify his power.

Even DU has a few threads on it, freaking out about the rise of fascism globally, and what it might mean for elections here.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 01, 2024 11:39 AM (JCZqz)

240 236 For starters, prosecutors in pretty much ALL jurisdictions have been in many cases ridiculously over-charging along with offering a plea deal for a much shorter list of crimes, some of which may actually have been committed by the accused. Now consider that this is the BaiDen Department of "Justice" running the process.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 01, 2024 11:39 AM (llON

========

"This is the American way, and to oppose it make you an enemy of conservatism."
-Patterico

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at July 01, 2024 11:39 AM (GBKbO)

241 Not to stomp on this thread, but how about a flaming skull for Presidential Immunity?
Posted by: RI Red at July 01, 2024 11:38 AM

Might I suggest a flaming scalp weasel?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 01, 2024 11:40 AM (ZANHd)

242 230 if only

day 12 without nicotine and I am in psychological torment
Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2024 11:38 AM (/7KEl

You're right at the breaking point of the habit! Don't give up. After two weeks, it's all downhill!

Get angry at the habit for taking years from you and how much it costs and all that. Anger works.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 01, 2024 11:40 AM (7+K68)

243
I recall reading that there's an ocean's worth of water trapped inside the earth's crust (but broken up into hydroxl molecules).
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 01, 2024 11:39 AM (ynpvh)

It wasn't that long ago they discovered a huge bubble of methane gas on the ocean floor. But we must kill all the cows.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 01, 2024 11:40 AM (Zz0t1)

244 217 U.S. Bases in Europe on Second-Highest Alert (Charlie) for Terrorist Threat.
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Because Pride Month is over so the Muzzies can attack.

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at July 01, 2024 11:40 AM (ZdexC)

245 day 12 without nicotine and I am in psychological torment
Posted by: Don Black

Start snacking on carrots and celery... constantly.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 01, 2024 11:40 AM (omzh6)

246 "Don't touch my mustache."

Also, Gung fu is Chinese. Also, it's wushu, not gung fu.
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Pretty arrogant to stand up to decades of American pop culture. I grew up in the 80s. I think I'd know.

Posted by: Ribbed at July 01, 2024 11:40 AM (IHRQq)

247 Tidal pool baths in Malta. Built by the Romans 2000 years ago.
Still there.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2024 11:41 AM (W/lyH)

248 239 I'm hoping Ace may weigh in on this subject. Sounds like Le Pen(?), described in media as the leader of a fringe, far-right French party, just won the first round of snap elections Macron called for in an attempt to solidify his power.

Even DU has a few threads on it, freaking out about the rise of fascism globally, and what it might mean for elections here.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 01, 2024 11:39 AM (JCZqz)

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From what I remember, Le Pen won about a little more than a 3rd of the vote for a plurality. The next winner was the outright socialists. Macron's party was third.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at July 01, 2024 11:41 AM (GBKbO)

249 Should track down Environmental Overkill: Whatever Happened to Common Sense? by Dixie Lee Ray and Lou Guzzo. Regnery Gateway. Washington DC. 1993

Has 4.6 stars on Amazon.

They spend two entire chapters on the Ozone Hole. Chapter 15 is titled - "The Gospel According to Al Gore: Environmentalism Out of Control."

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2024 11:41 AM (IerVx)

250 uh oh

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2024 11:41 AM (IerVx)

251 230 day 12 without nicotine and I am in psychological torment
Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2024 11:38 AM (/7KEl)

Drink water. You can do this. Every day that goes by brings you one day closer to being done with this.

Posted by: m at July 01, 2024 11:41 AM (NHMTR)

252
Bloody Pingu game

https://youtu.be/AkIc7_G3Cyg?si=EQ_OMGYjnw3Oq0qs

Posted by: Xokrebs v Xocarnot: My Authenticity is Off the Charts (TM)! at July 01, 2024 11:41 AM (xG4kz)

253 Listen, she didn't win the primary in 2020 despite massive institutional support from the party and the media for a reason, and it's not because she's overprepared.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at July 01, 2024 11:36 AM (GBKbO)

This exactly. Also in the WSJ article. They called her performance incoherent I believe.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at July 01, 2024 11:41 AM (vwMQp)

254 230 if only

day 12 without nicotine and I am in psychological torment
Posted by: Don Black at July 01,

You are stronger than you think. You got this!

Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2024 11:42 AM (pRpzT)

255 What is Schumer sad about?

Besides his satanic-looking smarmy face.

Posted by: Seems Legit at July 01, 2024 11:42 AM (JeYYB)

256 +1 for the flaming skull for President Trump's win at SCOTUS

Posted by: callsign claymore at July 01, 2024 11:42 AM (k9w8L)

257 Feed me!!!

Posted by: The Barrel at July 01, 2024 11:42 AM (ZANHd)

258 Which confused me from the beginning, why plead guilty to a crime you didn't commit? But, I wasn't there and don't know what threats were made.

There will be pardons.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 01, 2024 11:21 AM (Zz0t1)

Go read about the torturous conditions J6 prisoners have been kept in. I understand thecweaker of the taking pleas. The Soviet style denunciations were tortured out of them.

Posted by: Redbanzai at July 01, 2024 11:43 AM (5J/Q7)

259 Venusians>>>>Venitians

Posted by: Omnec Onec at July 01, 2024 11:43 AM (V5BDR)

260 Tidal pool baths in Malta. Built by the Romans 2000 years ago.
Still there.
Posted by: Diogenes

Same Sea as Venice, the Italians scream "The Sea is rising!"...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 01, 2024 11:43 AM (omzh6)

261 uh oh
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2024 11:41 AM (IerVx)

Nice save, Anna.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 01, 2024 11:43 AM (KmEIw)

262 day 12 without nicotine and I am in psychological torment
Posted by: Don Black

Start snacking on carrots and celery... constantly.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 01, 2024 11:40 AM (omzh6)

*Imagines Don walking around with a baby carrot between his fingers*

Posted by: Robert at July 01, 2024 11:43 AM (bajKn)

263 You know who does not have immunity ... Dr. Jill Biden.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at July 01, 2024 11:44 AM (sX1BW)

264 Listen, she didn't win the primary in 2020 despite massive institutional support from the party and the media for a reason, and it's not because she's overprepared.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at July 01, 2024 11:36 AM (GBKbO)

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All zero of her delegates are excited she could be President.

Posted by: Seems Legit at July 01, 2024 11:44 AM (JeYYB)

265 I'm not sure the SCOTUS immunity decision is the slam dunk some here seem to think. Yes, he was president, but unofficial acts are excluded. I suppose there will now be a fight over whether his "incitement" (ed: bulls***) was an official act. In any case, though, that should push the trial back further, possibly beyond the election.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2024 11:44 AM (xCA6C)

266 246 Ahem. The popular song wasn't "Everyone Was Wushu Fighting."

Posted by: callsign claymore at July 01, 2024 11:44 AM (k9w8L)

267 There's a hole in the bottom of the sea.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 01, 2024 11:44 AM (63Dwl)

268 Even DU has a few threads on it, freaking out about the rise of fascism globally, and what it might mean for elections here.
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UK Labour's Keir Starmer was pushing that shit just yesterday.

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at July 01, 2024 11:44 AM (ZdexC)

269 We can also discuss Jill on Vogue. Sigh.

Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2024 11:44 AM (pRpzT)

270
AOP knows much about chemistry, the oil business, old cars, and many other subjects. However, further up-thread he advocated shooting penguins! Beyond the pale. We will have revenge.

Posted by: Penguin Defense Fund 501c3 at July 01, 2024 11:37 AM

Need help? I'm still smarting from the time he criticized me for referring to watts per hour. I felt a sense of shame so severe I can hardly function and day to day life has lost all meaning.

/s (or Fen will take me seriously)

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 01, 2024 11:44 AM (RKVpM)

271 uh oh
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2024 11:41 AM (IerVx)

Nice save, Anna.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 01, 2024 11:43 AM

*narrows knothole*

Soon....

Posted by: The Barrel at July 01, 2024 11:44 AM (ZANHd)

272 Venusians>>>>Venitians
Posted by: Omnec Onec at July 01, 2024 11:43 AM (V5BDR)

I am blind to the distinction.

Posted by: Venetian at July 01, 2024 11:45 AM (KmEIw)

273 263 You know who does not have immunity ... Dr. Jill Biden.
Posted by: SH

But she's a smart, well respected doctor?! I'm sure she not only helped get her COVID vaccination, but she probably helped develop it, too!

Posted by: Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar at July 01, 2024 11:45 AM (JCZqz)

274 >>> 186
==
The DoJ has never, to my knowledge, denied the fact that they threatened Gen. Flynn with prosecution of his son on an unrelated matter if he didn't plead guilty. His SON. Some of the threats and punishments applied to pressure J6ers have leaked out and they're appalling.
Posted by: pookysgirl apologizes for not having linkage at July 01, 2024 11:31 AM (dtlDP)

iirc this is in fact something the Gestapo did. The Eff.Bee.EYE loves to do their version - threaten to arrest anyone associated with the accused for whatever of the 'three felonies a day' they can claim.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 01, 2024 11:45 AM (llON8)

275 From what I remember, Le Pen won about a little more than a 3rd of the vote for a plurality. The next winner was the outright socialists. Macron's party was third.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at July 01, 2024 11:41 AM (GBKbO)

RN took 297 seats out of 577.

The second round of voting starts on 7/7.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 01, 2024 11:45 AM (d9fT1)

276 How do you prove incitement?

Trump clearly called for calm and lawful acts only.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 01, 2024 11:45 AM (7+K68)

277 Some have the growing to big of a face disease.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at July 01, 2024 11:45 AM (J8LnB)

278 From what I remember, Le Pen won about a little more than a 3rd of the vote for a plurality. The next winner was the outright socialists. Macron's party was third.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at July 01, 2024 11:41 AM (GBKbO)
*************************************

France uses a two-round voting system with single-member constituencies. The second round will be held this Sunday, July 7, to determine the final outcome. A small portion of constituencies have already been decided due to someone achieving a majority of the vote in the first round, but otherwise every candidate obtaining a first round over a certain threshold is eligible to compete in the second round (some will drop out for strategic reasons).

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at July 01, 2024 11:46 AM (D1UBh)

279 Get angry at the habit for taking years from you and how much it costs and all that. Anger works.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 01, 2024 11:40 AM (7+K6

Exactly! Channeling anger and frustration can be positive.

My anger workouts on the heavy bag kept me in shape for many years.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at July 01, 2024 11:46 AM (vwMQp)

280 I am blind to the distinction.

Yeah, the Ymir only played tourist in Rome. And died there.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2024 11:46 AM (IerVx)

281 228 Also, Gung fu is Chinese. Also, it's wushu, not gung fu.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 01, 2024 11:37 AM (IG4Id)

Democrats specialize in Dung Fu.

Posted by: XTC at July 01, 2024 11:46 AM (UnA8+)

282 275 RN took 297 seats out of 577.

The second round of voting starts on 7/7.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 01, 2024 11:45 AM (d9fT1)

========

Well, I didn't remember great.

RN always does worse in the second round, though. Will this go against the trend?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at July 01, 2024 11:46 AM (GBKbO)

283 U.S. Bases in Europe on Second-Highest Alert (Charlie) for Terrorist Threat.

with the "far right!!!" wining elections and the Olympics in France plus the usual "disaffected youth" immigrants it's going to be a bit testy in Europe the next few months

Posted by: brak at July 01, 2024 11:46 AM (25k9m)

284 I'm not sure the SCOTUS immunity decision is the slam dunk some here seem to think.

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It's a win. It is frankly a common sense win. The other side was arguing that a President has no immunity whatsoever, which is ... stupid. It should never have come to this. It certainly won't stop them. But it is a procedural hurdle in place.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at July 01, 2024 11:46 AM (sX1BW)

285 thank you for the encouraging words

Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2024 11:46 AM (/7KEl)

286 UK Labour's Keir Starmer was pushing that shit just yesterday.
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at July 01, 2024 11:44 AM (ZdexC)

Funny, ain't it, how "Keir Starmer" is nearly a cognate of "Der Sturmer"?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 01, 2024 11:46 AM (KmEIw)

287 Good god,

I'm trying to read through Sotomayor's dissent and it like reading posts from the Democratic Underground.

Posted by: WisRich at July 01, 2024 11:47 AM (G0vdT)

288 Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 01, 2024 11:44 AM (RKVpM)

How did I come into this?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 01, 2024 11:47 AM (oUxZc)

289 254 230 if only

day 12 without nicotine and I am in psychological torment
Posted by: Don Black at July 01,

You are stronger than you think. You got this!
Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2024 11:42 AM (pRpzT)

Don, the urge to smoke leaves you after ten minutes, whether you smoke or not. That's how I went cold turkey 30+ years ago, and it worked like a charm.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 01, 2024 11:47 AM (hUEhQ)

290 "Even DU has a few threads on it, freaking out about the rise of fascism globally, and what it might mean for elections here."

If only they had bothered to google Fascism and "Il Popolo d'Italia" before they started typing.

Posted by: Ribbed at July 01, 2024 11:48 AM (IHRQq)

291 I'm trying to read through Sotomayor's dissent and it like reading posts from the Democratic Underground.

Where do you think she cribbed it from?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2024 11:48 AM (IerVx)

292 Article up at Legalinsurrection.com on Trump's immunity case.
Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2024 11:19 AM (hnSZX)

Bradley P. Moss
@BradMossEsq
The Supreme Court just gave Biden unequivocal immunity to order the military to take action against Trump.

Today. Right now.

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These people are both evil AND retarded.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2024 11:48 AM (T7iTv)

293 I'm trying to read through Sotomayor's dissent and it like reading posts from the Democratic Underground.

Orange
Man
Baaaaddddd

Posted by: brak at July 01, 2024 11:48 AM (25k9m)

294 every candidate obtaining a first round over a certain threshold is eligible to compete in the second round (some will drop out for strategic reasons).

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at July 01, 2024 11:46 AM (D1UBh)

I think it's the top two, plus anyone who gets at least 12.5%.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 01, 2024 11:48 AM (d9fT1)

295 BTW, the President needs immunity

otherwise, a President may hesitate to act for fear of being prosecuted

Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2024 11:48 AM (/7KEl)

296 The lack of evidence here for the question “Who Is Running Our Country?” is an extremely frightening consequence of man-made climate change.

Posted by: SMOD at July 01, 2024 11:48 AM (RHGPo)

297 276 How do you prove incitement?

Trump clearly called for calm and lawful acts only.
Posted by: AlaBAMA

But everyone knows he does nothing but lie, so it was a clear dog whistle signal for his cultist followers to be violent and UNlawful!!!!

Posted by: Deranged Leftists at July 01, 2024 11:48 AM (JCZqz)

298 Actually, the Democrats really like Flung Dung Fu

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2024 11:49 AM (IerVx)

299 Le Pen won about a little more than a 3rd of the vote for a plurality.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

I found it interesting that Le Pen won with enough votes she is not on the next ballot.
She is fighting this week for all her 'down ticket' supporters.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 01, 2024 11:49 AM (omzh6)

300 Beau Biden (before he was killed in Fallujah) speaking on elder abuse. Saw this on CFP over the weekend.

https://tinyurl.com/ycy9bbpd

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 01, 2024 11:49 AM (N39Ws)

301 Don, nobody would have bet on my being able to quit, and I channeled that effectively into my quitting. And then, when a friend learned I had quit, she quit immediately, saying that if *I* could quit, she could, too.

Posted by: m at July 01, 2024 11:49 AM (NHMTR)

302
Dear CNN:

I have a dick shaped island I'm making disappear. In your mom.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 01, 2024 11:49 AM (0FoWg)

303 "I'm trying to read through Sotomayor's dissent"

May she remain on the bench until the next Trump/Republican Senate.

Posted by: Ribbed at July 01, 2024 11:49 AM (IHRQq)

304 Bradley P. Moss
@BradMossEsq
The Supreme Court just gave Biden unequivocal immunity to order the military to take action against Trump.

Today. Right now.

Why would you need the military against one private citizen?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 01, 2024 11:49 AM (Zz0t1)

305 But everyone knows he does nothing but lie, so it was a clear dog whistle signal for his cultist followers to be violent and UNlawful!!!!
Posted by: Deranged Leftists at July 01, 2024 11:48 AM (JCZqz)

The only violence that day was committed by Capitol police.

Posted by: Redbanzai at July 01, 2024 11:50 AM (5J/Q7)

306 Ahem. The popular song wasn't "Everyone Was Wushu Fighting."
Posted by: callsign claymore

Yes, by the famous Chinese scholar Carl Douglas, well known for his Schezwan accent, right? Or was it Guangdong?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 01, 2024 11:50 AM (IG4Id)

307 296 The lack of evidence here for the question “Who Is Running Our Country?” is an extremely frightening consequence of ~~man-made climate change.~~ one man's need for a diaper change.
Posted by: SMOD at July 01, 2024 11:48 AM (RHGPo)

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 01, 2024 11:50 AM (N39Ws)

308 Bradley P. Moss
@BradMossEsq
The Supreme Court just gave Biden unequivocal immunity to order the military to take action against Trump.

Today. Right now.

Why would you need the military against one private citizen?

Posted by: Sponge

Posse Comitatus.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 01, 2024 11:51 AM (PrOMo)

309 Bradley P. Moss
@BradMossEsq
The Supreme Court just gave Biden unequivocal immunity to order the military to take action against Trump.

Today. Right now.

Why would you need the military against one private citizen?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 01, 2024 11:49 AM

Everything that guy just said is bullshit.

Posted by: Vincent LaGuardia Gambini, Esq. at July 01, 2024 11:51 AM (ZANHd)

310 Cruel or brilliant? We report; you decide.

https://is.gd/kXKMYe
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Free the Trump 45! at July 01, 2024 11:23 AM (L/fGl)

He's still writing her checks, not sure it's as big a win as might be thought.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2024 11:51 AM (T7iTv)

311 Why would you need the military against one private citizen?
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Because individuals don't own F-15s!

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at July 01, 2024 11:51 AM (ZdexC)

312 So Obama is going to drone Trump.

I kinda figured it was coming.

Posted by: torabora at July 01, 2024 11:51 AM (x22hb)

313
The only violence that day was committed by Capitol police.
Posted by: Redbanzai at July 01, 2024 11:50 AM (5J/Q7)

Everyone knows that, however, it would damage the narrative if it spread, so you should be quiet and keep your comments to yourself, sir.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 01, 2024 11:51 AM (Zz0t1)

314 "well known for his Schezwan accent, right? Or was it Guangdong?"

I always thought Kung Fu was Mandarin. Or is it Tangerine?

Posted by: Ribbed at July 01, 2024 11:51 AM (IHRQq)

315 308 Bradley P. Moss
@BradMossEsq
The Supreme Court just gave Biden unequivocal immunity to order the military to take action against Trump.

Today. Right now.

Why would you need the military against one private citizen?
Posted by: Sponge

Posse Comitatus.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 01, 2024 11:51 AM (PrOMo)

"HE SAID POSSE!"

Posted by: m at July 01, 2024 11:51 AM (NHMTR)

316 302
Dear CNN:

I have a dick shaped island I'm making disappear. In your mom.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 01, 2024 11:49 AM (0FoWg)

------

hhhhahhahahah

Posted by: Seems Legit at July 01, 2024 11:51 AM (JeYYB)

317 Bradley P. Moss talks like a fag and his shit's all retarded.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 01, 2024 11:52 AM (llON8)

318 I'm not sure the SCOTUS immunity decision is the slam dunk some here seem to think.

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

It's a win. It is frankly a common sense win. The other side was arguing that a President has no immunity whatsoever, which is ... stupid. It should never have come to this. It certainly won't stop them. But it is a procedural hurdle in place.

Sure, it's better than "no immunity", but that's a long way from saying he's off the hook for J6.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2024 11:52 AM (xCA6C)

319 So Obama is going to drone Trump.

Well Trump won't put you to sleep

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2024 11:52 AM (IerVx)

320
This video is currently going viral on Tik Tok LOL

(Jill Biden making predictions about how great Joe is going to do in the debates with actual footage of the debate.)

https://x.com/TONYxTWO/status/
1807145814445473935

Stitch together.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 01, 2024 11:53 AM (RKVpM)

321 Grab 'em by the Posse.

Posted by: XTC at July 01, 2024 11:53 AM (UnA8+)

322 RN always does worse in the second round, though. Will this go against the trend?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at July 01, 2024 11:46 AM (GBKbO)

Probably not, but their totals are the best they have ever done, so it looks like a possibility that Macron will be dumped.

I can't figure out how many districts have outright winners... that would be a useful bit of info.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 01, 2024 11:53 AM (d9fT1)

323 AOP - When, again, is D(iagnosis) Day?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 01, 2024 11:53 AM (XeU6L)

324
“Who Is Running Our Country?”

Otto Pilot

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 01, 2024 11:53 AM (63Dwl)

325 Are you telling me the song Kung Fu Fighting is inaccurate? That's a little bit frightening.

Posted by: Wally at July 01, 2024 11:53 AM (hqVaF)

326 OT but concerning the Supreme Court's decision on immunity...you ever get the feeling that sometimes the Court just does shit go keep the legal beagles busy?

Posted by: Robert at July 01, 2024 11:24 AM (ax0k+)

Lawyers doing things to ensure the future employment of lawyers? No, I've never considered that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2024 11:53 AM (T7iTv)

327 CBD. Where di you find the RN total of 297? I read earlier that they hadn't reached a majority as yet.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 01, 2024 11:53 AM (2NHgQ)

328 Grab 'em by the Posse.
Posted by: XTC
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Possible Thread Winner.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 01, 2024 11:54 AM (XeU6L)

329 There is hope for you, Don Black! Keith Richards put the needle down in 1978 and never picked it back up. You can do it!

Posted by: Hope Springs Eternal at July 01, 2024 11:54 AM (V5BDR)

330 “Who Is Running Our Country?”

Otto Pilot

And Jill is reinflating him...

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 01, 2024 11:54 AM (IerVx)

331 “Who Is Running Our Country?”

Otto Pilot
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr

I never voted for or against Mr. Pilot.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 01, 2024 11:54 AM (PrOMo)

332
Beau Biden (before he was killed in Fallujah) speaking on elder abuse. Saw this on CFP over the weekend.

https://tinyurl.com/ycy9bbpd
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed

... from the grave, Beau's hand rises to point at D'Jill and a sepulcheral voice booms out, "J'accuse!"

Posted by: Xokrebs v Xocarnot: My Authenticity is Off the Charts (TM)! at July 01, 2024 11:54 AM (xG4kz)

333 292
These people are both evil AND retarded.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July

Which is a terrible combination

Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2024 11:54 AM (pRpzT)

334 From Legal Insurrection:
Supreme Court: Trump Entitled To “At Least Presumptive Immunity From Prosecution For All His Official Acts”

Absolute immunity in carrying out “core constitutional powers”, and presumptive immunity for all official acts: “Congress may not criminalize the President’s conduct in carrying out the responsibilities of the Executive Branch under the Constitution.” Remands to determine whether actions at issue were official or personal.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2024 11:54 AM (xCA6C)

335 Why would you need the military against one private citizen?
---------
Because individuals don't own F-15s!
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at July 01, 2024 11:51 AM (ZdexC)

If Trump wanted the libertarian vote he would legalize private ownership of F-15s.

Posted by: Robert at July 01, 2024 11:55 AM (bajKn)

336 333 292
These people are both evil AND retarded.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July

========

Implication that immunity is a new thing, too. Because people will believe it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at July 01, 2024 11:55 AM (GBKbO)

337 RN took 297 seats out of 577.

The second round of voting starts on 7/7.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 01, 2024 11:45 AM (d9fT1)

========

Well, I didn't remember great.

RN always does worse in the second round, though. Will this go against the trend?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison

The head of the socialists is demanding that his candidates drop out of the race, so that voters can only choose between Macron's candidate, or the RN candidate. The assumption being that socialists will vote for the Macron candidate.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 01, 2024 11:55 AM (lTGtQ)

338 So, the left now feels like any order from the president is legal?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at July 01, 2024 11:55 AM (GBKbO)

339 324
“Who Is Running Our Country?”

Otto Pilot
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 01, 2024 11:53 AM (63Dwl)

I swear that in all these years I never till this moment made that connection in Airplane!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 01, 2024 11:55 AM (T+Iwg)

340 So the Court didn't say shit about unfounded impeachment persecutions did they.

The Court stood by mute on the second peach mint.

The first peach mint was complete bullshit from the 'charges' to the 'trial' that didn't let Trump mount a defense.

Roberts let that nonsense proceed because he doesn't like Orange Man Bad.

Posted by: torabora at July 01, 2024 11:56 AM (x22hb)

341 So as I read through immunity dissents, my take away is that they are incensed that the unwritten rule for Democrat Presidents has been codified for both Democrat AND Republican Presidents.

Posted by: WisRich at July 01, 2024 11:56 AM (G0vdT)

342 337 The head of the socialists is demanding that his candidates drop out of the race, so that voters can only choose between Macron's candidate, or the RN candidate. The assumption being that socialists will vote for the Macron candidate.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 01, 2024 11:55 AM (lTGtQ)

=========

And it'll probably work because France and parliaments.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at July 01, 2024 11:56 AM (GBKbO)

343 Where di you find the RN total of 297? I read earlier that they hadn't reached a majority as yet.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 01, 2024 11:53 AM (2NHgQ)

Le Monde.

But this is just the first round of voting. Only candidates with an outright majority can avoid the runoff next Sunday.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 01, 2024 11:56 AM (d9fT1)

344
I swear that in all these years I never till this moment made that connection in Airplane!
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 01, 2024 11:55 AM (T+Iwg)

*blink*

*blink*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 01, 2024 11:57 AM (Zz0t1)

345 On the island of Malta, the Romans carved some salt water baths from the rock shoreline.
They are still there today, and the shoreline is as it was.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 01, 2024 11:57 AM (MeG8a)

346 "and/or using "per capita" to lower China and India when you divide everything by a billion instead of by 300-million."

If one counted the REAL pollution, China and India would (probably) be top of the list, even on a per capita basis. All that coal soot, and other pollution just gets dumped in their rivers.

Posted by: illiniwek at July 01, 2024 11:58 AM (Cus5s)

347 The first peach mint was complete bullshit from the 'charges' to the 'trial' that didn't let Trump mount a defense.

Roberts let that nonsense proceed because he doesn't like Orange Man Bad.
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You can love it or you can hate it, but the courts have no authority to interfere with an impeachment.

Posted by: Ribbed at July 01, 2024 11:58 AM (IHRQq)

348 Scientist don't really know why or how their predictions didn't come true?

-
I'm going with the f*cking lying idiots theory.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Free the Trump 45! at July 01, 2024 11:59 AM (L/fGl)

349 French stuff here from Le Monde that I'm too ragged out to read properly and analyze, including links to other articles and stats.

https://tinyurl.com/y9tvxbbn
[In English.]

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at July 01, 2024 11:59 AM (ZdexC)

350 We are all going to die.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 01, 2024 11:59 AM (Mvmps)

351 Le Monde.

But this is just the first round of voting. Only candidates with an outright majority can avoid the runoff next Sunday.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 01, 2024 11:56 AM (d9fT1)

A Tout le Monde

https://youtu.be/aU-dKoFZT0A

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 01, 2024 11:59 AM (Zz0t1)

352 If one counted the REAL pollution, China and India would (probably) be top of the list, even on a per capita basis. All that coal soot, and other pollution just gets dumped in their rivers.

Posted by: illiniwek

I did see a chart the other day with totals by country. India and china are providing around 60% of the pollution of the entire planet.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 01, 2024 11:59 AM (lTGtQ)

353
338 So, the left now feels like any order from the president is legal?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at July 01

They aren’t known for being deep thinkers.

Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2024 11:59 AM (pRpzT)

354 In other news...

Only weeks after Russia deployed one of its newest S-500 "Prometheus" anti-ballistic missile defense systems to Crimea, Ukraine has reportedly destroyed the system... using an Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) ballistic missile.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2024 11:59 AM (W/lyH)

355 @tencor_7144
The best pollster in 2020 (they don't poll often) coming in showing Trump with a good lead. Not a bad record with their sole 2022 poll either. We shall see how they do this year.

https://tinyurl.com/3z9735us

Via Drudge.

Posted by: Robert at July 01, 2024 12:00 PM (bajKn)

356 Oh but they do.
Chief Justice presides.
The second peach mint Roberts didn't bother to show up AS THE CONSTITUTION REQUIRES.

But Roberts refused to call a pile of steaming dog shit a pile of steaming dog shit. And the show was on with Pelosi happy happy happy.

Posted by: torabora at July 01, 2024 12:00 PM (x22hb)

357 350 We are all going to die.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 01, 2024 11:59 AM (Mvmps)

That is true. But what is becoming clearer is this: Do we do it on our feet standing up for what we believe in, or on our knees in subjugation.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 01, 2024 12:01 PM (N39Ws)

358
Those floating islands of plastic in the world's oceans?

All originated in Asia.

Posted by: Xokrebs v Xocarnot: My Authenticity is Off the Charts (TM)! at July 01, 2024 12:01 PM (xG4kz)

359 Thanks CBD. I believe they did much better then expected.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 01, 2024 12:01 PM (2NHgQ)

360 The f*cked thing about the French elections is that even if the RN is as bad as all of the leftists say, they still won't be as virulently anti-Semitic as the left.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 01, 2024 12:01 PM (d9fT1)

361 Which is why a team of them recently converged in the Maldives

The government discount on lodging has nothing to do with it. Really.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 01, 2024 12:01 PM (/8Il0)

362 354 In other news...

Only weeks after Russia deployed one of its newest S-500 "Prometheus" anti-ballistic missile defense systems to Crimea, Ukraine has reportedly destroyed the system... using an Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) ballistic missile.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2024 11:59 AM (W/lyH)

"Prometheus".

Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 01, 2024 12:01 PM (hUEhQ)

363 There are sea walls for the very rich.
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WSJ, 'Tech Industry Wants to Lock Up Nuclear Power for AI' Largest tech companies are looking to buy nuclear power directly from plants, which could sap the grid of critical resources, By Jennifer Hiller and Sebastian Herrera
Updated July 1, 2024 12:06 am ET
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World Nuclear Association, Country Profiles
Nuclear Power in Ukraine, Updated Monday, 25 March 2024
(Interesting article, a few of its bullet points

Ukraine is heavily dependent on nuclear energy – it has 15 reactors generating about half of its electricity.
In 2021 Westinghouse was contracted to finish building a new reactor at Khmelnitsky using AP1000 components from an aborted US project.
The government is looking to the West for both technology and investment in its nuclear plants. An agreement to build nine AP1000 reactors at established sites has been signed with Westinghouse.

Now Nuclear Power USA
(A tiny part

"Given that nuclear plants generate nearly 20% of the nation’s electricity overall and about 55% of its carbon‐free electricity, even a modest increase in electricity demand would require significant new nuclear capacity in order to maintain this share."

Posted by: L - If they do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at July 01, 2024 12:01 PM (NFX2v)

364 My step-brother, now an actual Dr., studied that thing for a spell. They determined that it expands and contracts as it needs.......but no one ever mentioned it again.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 01, 2024 11:14 AM (Zz0t1)

Also, it had been "Just discovered!" at that time because they'd just gotten the equipment that was capable of monitoring the ozone. *Not* because the hole was necessarily new.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 01, 2024 12:01 PM (XjtdB)

365 Robert Hur Emerges As The Clear Winner In The Presidential Debate

Posted by: SMOD at July 01, 2024 12:01 PM (RHGPo)

366 Still not clear - Does Trump have immunity for kicking the shit out of Biden in the debate?

Posted by: Wally at July 01, 2024 12:01 PM (hqVaF)

367 Several years ago, someone -- I forget who -- asked "Who decided that the temperature at Berkeley on a certain day, at a certain time, was the ideal temperature for the entire world, that it must remain static?"

Just within the short time since hominids came down out of the trees, the earth's temperature has fluctuated many, many times. We've experienced ice ages, alternating with warm ages. One of the things that gave homo sapiens its immense gains in intelligence was figuring out just how to survive those huge temperature swings. Instead of lamenting this presumed extinction of the world by heat, the crybabies should be using their apparently endless piles of money to figure out how to deal with it.

Posted by: Livia Drusilla at July 01, 2024 12:02 PM (ZuPhL)

368 We are all going to die.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 01, 2024 11:59 AM (Mvmps)

No worries. Our limited lifespans reach their eventual ends which is why it is important to live a life of meaning.

Now if you had said, "We're all going to be mauled by lions," I might start worrying.

Posted by: Robert at July 01, 2024 12:02 PM (bajKn)

369 French stuff here from Le Monde that I'm too ragged out to read properly and analyze, including links to other articles and stats.
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Different article/s than the seat stats that CBD read. [Would it be so difficult to show how many seats beat the 25% threshold of registered voters to win the seat automatically, Le Monde?!?!]

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at July 01, 2024 12:02 PM (ZdexC)

370 205 Moldova is a putative independent state adjacent to Ukraine so devoid of value that Pootie-Poot deigned it unworthy of reconquest.

i'm right here, you know

Posted by: transdnistria at July 01, 2024 12:02 PM (sGtp+)

371 I believe they did much better then expected.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 01, 2024 12:01 PM (2NHgQ)

There is a definite rightist wave in France. The big question is whether all of the rightest parties can play together nicely on 7/7 and dump the left.

I hope so, but I'm not holding my breath.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 01, 2024 12:02 PM (d9fT1)

372 Just got an alert on my phone from Apple news telling me Trump has partial immunity and it MAY delay his trial...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 01, 2024 12:02 PM (IyPmt)

373 Would it be so difficult to show how many seats beat the 25% threshold of registered voters to win the seat automatically, Le Monde?!?!]

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at July 01, 2024 12:02 PM (ZdexC)

Yeah...that's irritating.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 01, 2024 12:03 PM (d9fT1)

374 How do you prove incitement?

Trump clearly called for calm and lawful acts only.
Posted by: AlaBAMA

Reverse psychology!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Free the Trump 45! at July 01, 2024 12:03 PM (L/fGl)

375 Bribem has to be happy the news cycle has flipped and he's not above the fold now.

Posted by: torabora at July 01, 2024 12:03 PM (x22hb)

376 374 How do you prove incitement?

Trump clearly called for calm and lawful acts only.
Posted by: AlaBAMA

Reverse psychology!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Free the Trump 45! at July 01, 2024 12:03 PM (L/fGl)

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Trump didn't lay down fast enough or with enough deference to his betters.

Insurrection.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at July 01, 2024 12:04 PM (GBKbO)

377 We are all going to die.
Posted by: nurse ratched

In the final analysis we all go by 'heart failure'...
So be suspicious of any autopsy finding that says 'heart failure' is the cause of death.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 01, 2024 12:04 PM (omzh6)

378 AP, Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have broad immunity, dimming chance of a pre-election Trump trial

Posted by: L - If they do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at July 01, 2024 12:04 PM (NFX2v)

379 How do you prove incitement?

Trump clearly called for calm and lawful acts only.
Posted by: AlaBAMA
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Dog-whistles!

Woof! Woof!

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at July 01, 2024 12:04 PM (ZdexC)

380 360 The f*cked thing about the French elections is that even if the RN is as bad as all of the leftists say, they still won't be as virulently anti-Semitic as the left.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 01, 2024

I have a good friend who lives in Paris. They are not as bad as is being reported, they aren’t going to undue France as a pretty socialist country by any stretch. They are Nationalists, and the issue is the influx of migrants and their behaviors unraveling France’s culture.

Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2024 12:05 PM (pRpzT)

381
Trump clearly called for calm and lawful acts only.
Posted by: AlaBAMA

"He said the KKK and White Supremacists were good people!!!"

"He said to inject bleach in your veins!!!"

"He said to eat fish tank cleaner!!!"

"HE SAID PUSSY!!!"

It doesn't matter. They lie. The media carries that water.

1/2 of the country believes the media.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 01, 2024 12:05 PM (Zz0t1)

382 It's between 10am and 4pm so Joe retardo is banging on all four cylinders. Like a smoking Lada with 50,000 km on the odometer.

Posted by: torabora at July 01, 2024 12:05 PM (x22hb)

383 380 I have a good friend who lives in Paris. They are not as bad as is being reported, they aren’t going to undue France as a pretty socialist country by any stretch. They are Nationalists, and the issue is the influx of migrants and their behaviors unraveling France’s culture.
Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2024 12:05 PM (pRpzT)

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But Le Pen is icky.

Better to let Muslims rape the children of France than to vote for Le Pen.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at July 01, 2024 12:05 PM (GBKbO)

384 In other news...

Only weeks after Russia deployed one of its newest S-500 "Prometheus" anti-ballistic missile defense systems to Crimea, Ukraine has reportedly destroyed the system... using an Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) ballistic missile.

Estimated system cost: $600M. That's one expensive system.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2024 12:05 PM (xCA6C)

385 OH.....and righteous rant, Buck.

Nicely done.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 01, 2024 12:06 PM (Zz0t1)

386 I view it as overall positive because now the lower courts have to hear arguments and rule whether the act in question was official or not, and then there can be a year or two of appeals based only the question of whether they got that right or not. I think it sets up the case to stay in the Courts for several years to come.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 01, 2024 11:15 AM (wyMQY)
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Still, the bailiff whacked Jack Smith's peepee

Posted by: kactus at July 01, 2024 12:06 PM (twS2i)

387
But Le Pen is icky.

Better to let Muslims rape the children of France than to vote for Le Pen.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at July 01, 2024 12:05 PM (GBKbO)

Time to retire Macron and his Mother

Posted by: It's me donna at July 01, 2024 12:06 PM (IyPmt)

388 Only weeks after Russia deployed one of its newest S-500 "Prometheus" anti-ballistic missile defense systems to Crimea,

So, it sucks?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 01, 2024 12:07 PM (Zz0t1)

389 275
‘ RN took 297 seats out of 577.

The second round of voting starts on 7/7.’

That’s a majority. What did they need, 60%?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at July 01, 2024 12:07 PM (jbnUc)

390 CBD. Take heart, didn't Gert make his happen? And yes I know they are 2 different countries. France is full of the French which doesn't help.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 01, 2024 12:07 PM (2NHgQ)

391 If the Maldives go under, won't it be because allah wills it?

Posted by: President Gill at July 01, 2024 12:07 PM (iqVa8)

392 With 378.

"In a historic 6-3 ruling, the justices returned Trump’s case to the trial court to determine what is left of special counsel Jack Smith’s indictment The outcome means additional delay before Trump could face trial."

Posted by: L - If they do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at July 01, 2024 12:07 PM (NFX2v)

393 372 Just got an alert on my phone from Apple news telling me Trump has partial immunity and it MAY delay his trial...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 01, 2024

The AP headline is hysterical, too.

Supreme Court delays Trump trial, sending immunity case back to lower court
Associated Press, author
by Associated Press

Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2024 12:07 PM (pRpzT)

394 What do you mean Arizona isn't going to become a major surfing destination?

...and here I bought all of that future beach front property in Tucson.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 01, 2024 12:07 PM (tT6L1)

395 He said not one smidgeon of corruption so he's good to go.

Posted by: Presstitutes Everywhere at July 01, 2024 12:07 PM (x22hb)

396 Those floating islands of plastic in the world's oceans?

All originated in Asia.
Posted by: Xokrebs v Xocarnot: My Authenticity is Off the Charts (TM)! at July 01, 2024 12:01 PM (xG4kz)

Only caveat with that is, are they made of all the junk that the US (and Europe?) sent to Asia to supposedly be recycled there, or are they from truly native junk?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 01, 2024 12:08 PM (XjtdB)

397 Only weeks after Russia deployed one of its newest S-500 "Prometheus" anti-ballistic missile defense systems to Crimea,

So, it sucks?[/]

Russia's military exports have collapsed because everyone can see that their stuff sucks bigly. The Ukraine invasion was stupid for any number of reasons, but this is really going to hurt the Russkis.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2024 12:08 PM (xCA6C)

398 European election are even more bizarre, opaque and gay than our elections.

We've seen this rodeo before where the Nationalists/Right do well in the first round and then the controlling authorities go into hyperdrive and the result is leftists win and Macron remains President and in power.

If this changes, I'll eat my shoe.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 01, 2024 12:08 PM (XV/Pl)

399 DU: The issue before the Supreme Court was whether one man was above the law.

Yes DUmmies. And the Supreme Court decided that no, Jack Smith is NOT above the law.

Posted by: Wally at July 01, 2024 12:08 PM (hqVaF)

400 400

Posted by: m at July 01, 2024 12:08 PM (NHMTR)

401 Trump's insurrection wasn't an official act so the trial is on!

Posted by: Presstitutes Everywhere at July 01, 2024 12:09 PM (x22hb)

402
Russia's military exports have collapsed because everyone can see that their stuff sucks bigly. The Ukraine invasion was stupid for any number of reasons, but this is really going to hurt the Russkis.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2024 12:08 PM (xCA6C)

And I'm betting it's primarily because it was code named "Prometheus."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 01, 2024 12:09 PM (Zz0t1)

403 400 400
Posted by: m at July 01, 2024 12:08 PM (NHMTR)

Buy a lotto ticket.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 01, 2024 12:09 PM (Zz0t1)

404 - Not Found

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 01, 2024 12:09 PM (RKVpM)

405 NOT FOUND

Posted by: m at July 01, 2024 12:09 PM (NHMTR)

406 grr

Posted by: m at July 01, 2024 12:09 PM (NHMTR)

407 And I'm betting it's primarily because it was code named "Prometheus."

*Touches finger to side of nose*

Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2024 12:09 PM (xCA6C)

408 It doesn't matter. They lie. The media carries that water.

1/2 of the country believes the media.

Posted by: Sponge

Channel 4 in the UK just hired an actor to pretend to be part of Reform UK, Nigel Farage's party. The actor made all kinds of racist comments, and Channel 4 broadcast it as if it were fact.

Reform is now suing Channel 4 for election interference.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 01, 2024 12:10 PM (lTGtQ)

409 399 DU: The issue before the Supreme Court was whether one man was above the law.

Yes DUmmies. And the Supreme Court decided that no, Jack Smith is NOT above the law.
Posted by: Wally at July 01, 2024 12:08 PM (hqVaF)

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Either they really think immunity began with Trump and his "hand-picked" SCOTUS, or they think there should be Trump exceptions to the judicial philosophy of immunity.

If we want to get rid of all immunity for government employees, I'm open to it. It'd be chaotic and bad, but I'd be willing to think it'd be less bad than the solid-state corruption we have now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at July 01, 2024 12:10 PM (GBKbO)

410 ‘ RN took 297 seats out of 577.

The second round of voting starts on 7/7.’

That’s a majority. What did they need, 60%?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at July 01, 2024 12:07 PM (jbnUc)
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The RN finished *first* in 297 constituencies, but only a small portion of those were won outright in the first round. To avoid a second-round run-off, a candidate needs to win a majority of votes in the first round, and the number of votes for that candidate needs to exceed a quarter of registered voters in that constituency.

It's expected that the RN will fail to secure a majority but will become the largest party in parliament, well ahead of the combined seats of the left-wing alliance, while Macron's supporters fall to a distant third place.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at July 01, 2024 12:10 PM (p5OII)

411 Only weeks after Russia deployed one of its newest S-500 "Prometheus" anti-ballistic missile defense systems to Crimea,

So, it sucks?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 01, 2024 12:07 PM (Zz0t1)
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Who knows for sure.
I just thought it a clever way to say Prometheus without saying, you know, the "P" word.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 01, 2024 12:10 PM (W/lyH)

412
405 NOT FOUND

Posted by: m at July 01, 2024 12:09 PM (NHMTR)

And just like that, lotto chances dashed to bits on the jagged rocks below.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 01, 2024 12:10 PM (Zz0t1)

413 Channel 4 in the UK just hired an actor to pretend to be part of Reform UK, Nigel Farage's party. The actor made all kinds of racist comments, and Channel 4 broadcast it as if it were fact.

Reform is now suing Channel 4 for election interference.

Farage is a lot smarter than they are. They would be well advised not to provoke him.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2024 12:11 PM (xCA6C)

414 I've examined water levels rising around our own tropical island back in the '60s!

Posted by: Professor Roy Hinkley at July 01, 2024 12:11 PM (d3Tz9)

415 What do you mean Arizona isn't going to become a major surfing destination?

...and here I bought all of that future beach front property in Tucson.
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And my Club Med Frobisher Bay shares are in the crapper!

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at July 01, 2024 12:11 PM (ZdexC)

416 What do you mean Arizona isn't going to become a major surfing destination?

...and here I bought all of that future beach front property in Tucson.
Posted by: blake

Tucson?
Phoenix is only 150 miles from the San Andreas fault.
All sand no ocean is true now but it the future?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 01, 2024 12:11 PM (omzh6)

417
Reform is now suing Channel 4 for election interference.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 01, 2024 12:10 PM (lTGtQ)

I just wish someone would sue the media over here.

They've been election interfering for generations.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 01, 2024 12:11 PM (Zz0t1)

418 Official Act: Suing in court to challenge election results to examine evidence of fraud.

Unofficial Act: Official Act: Suing in court to challenge election results to examine evidence of fraud if you are Trump.

Posted by: President Gill at July 01, 2024 12:12 PM (iqVa8)

419 If we want to get rid of all immunity for government employees, I'm open to it. It'd be chaotic and bad, but I'd be willing to think it'd be less bad than the solid-state corruption we have now.

I want to ensure that Biden can be tried for his corruption.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2024 12:12 PM (xCA6C)

420 387
Time to retire Macron and his Mother
Posted by: It's me donna at July 01, 2024 12:06

My friend is saying the message is loud to Macron that enough is enough. But she is French, so I am thinking the reality is a little different. There could be some performative changes on the front end.

It isn’t helping the Muslims are running amok right now. Macron should shut that down quickly, if he were bright.

Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2024 12:12 PM (pRpzT)

421 @409

>>Either they really think immunity began with Trump and his "hand-picked" SCOTUS, or they think there should be Trump exceptions to the judicial philosophy of immunity.

The left never contemplates their lawfare ever being used against them, and they are pretty much right, which is why they are pissed one of their levers has been broken.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 01, 2024 12:12 PM (XV/Pl)

422 And remember, Professor Roy Hinckley did his work with instruments made entirely of coconuts.

Posted by: Wally at July 01, 2024 12:12 PM (hqVaF)

423 Don't forget that Obama said in 2008 that we'd be able to look back on his nomination and say this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal; that must be why the Maldives are still there.

Posted by: Bud Norton at July 01, 2024 12:13 PM (6cOMd)

424
I want to ensure that Biden can be tried for his corruption.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2024 12:12 PM (xCA6C)

He's committed various high crimes and misdemeanors, it's just no one will bring them to light in an official capacity.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 01, 2024 12:13 PM (Zz0t1)

425 Just remember, all of the hatred and bile thrown at President Trump isn't because he's Trump. It's because of who he represents: regular America.

These people hate us and want us dead.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 01, 2024 12:13 PM (tT6L1)

426 424 He's committed various high crimes and misdemeanors, it's just no one will bring them to light in an official capacity.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 01, 2024 12:13 PM (Zz0t1)

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Is accepting bribes an official act?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at July 01, 2024 12:13 PM (GBKbO)

427 419. I want to ensure that Biden can be tried for his corruption.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2024 12:12 PM

It appears money laundering yes. Politicizing the DOJ, no. But I want a lawyer to explain, because that is not me.

Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2024 12:13 PM (pRpzT)

428 Does anyone know what this ruling regarding immunity actually means to the Trump cases ?

Posted by: It's me donna at July 01, 2024 12:14 PM (IyPmt)

429 So can I turn on my a/c now and not be a science denier?

Posted by: Biden Is Finished at July 01, 2024 12:14 PM (Upff2)

430 427 It appears money laundering yes. Politicizing the DOJ, no. But I want a lawyer to explain, because that is not me.
Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2024 12:13 PM (pRpzT)

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"Oh gosh...all the political appointees that we helped put into the DOJ are ruining the DOJ! Sue Biden! Donate to us!"
-The GOPe

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at July 01, 2024 12:14 PM (GBKbO)

431 It appears money laundering yes. Politicizing the DOJ, no. But I want a lawyer to explain, because that is not me.

I'm not a lawyer, but I won't let that stop me from opining on tricky legal questions. I'm bold that way.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2024 12:14 PM (xCA6C)

432 Tucson?
Phoenix is only 150 miles from the San Andreas fault.
All sand no ocean is true now but it the future?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 01, 2024 12:11 PM (omzh6)
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Hey, I'm a biologist, not a geographer!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 01, 2024 12:14 PM (tT6L1)

433 @419

>>I want to ensure that Biden can be tried for his corruption.

Well, most of his criminal acts were before he was President, and the Quid-Pro-Quo with the Ukrainian prosecutor would have to get the blessing of The SCOAMF, seeing as The Meat Puppet was VP and there is no concept of Vice Presidential Official Acts.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 01, 2024 12:14 PM (XV/Pl)

434 Obama was given immunity for killing American citizens with a drone. Little more serious than contesting a fraudulent election.

Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2024 12:15 PM (SHMXB)

435 417
Reform is now suing Channel 4 for election interference.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 01, 2024 12:10 PM (lTGtQ)

I just wish someone would sue the media over here.

They've been election interfering for generations.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 01, 2024 12:11 PM (Zz0t1)

The solution is simpler than that. Just ignore them. Turn them off. Read a book or play outside. Do not give them any more oxygen, and they will die of starvation.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 01, 2024 12:15 PM (hUEhQ)

436 I read a article (I think at Zimmerman) that the ocean rise calcs were off by a factor of between 10 and 100. So many of the research that talks about meter rise (39 inches) is really only a decimeter ( less than 4 inches) and maybe as as small as a centimeter (less than half and inch).

PS About 90% of the water rise in FLA is subsistence of the land.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 01, 2024 12:15 PM (ENQN6)

437 Does anyone know what this ruling regarding immunity actually means to the Trump cases ?

AIUI, it means it goes back to the lower court to determine whether Trump's behavior on J6 was in an official capacity.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2024 12:15 PM (xCA6C)

438 420 It isn’t helping the Muslims are running amok right now. Macron should shut that down quickly, if he were bright.
Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2024 12:12 PM (pRpzT)

Why does it seem like everybody thinks they can use Muslims as a weapon that they can turn loose on people they don't like?

Posted by: XTC at July 01, 2024 12:16 PM (UnA8+)

439 Does anyone know what this ruling regarding immunity actually means to the Trump cases ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 01, 2024 12:14 PM (IyPmt)
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It means that the Jack Smith witch hunt is dead, at least as a practical matter. The case has been remanded to the lower court to figure out if Trump's conduct was an official act -- it clearly was -- but that will take forever. No way it gets decided by November.

Posted by: Elric Blade at July 01, 2024 12:16 PM (iFTx/)

440 434 Obama was given immunity for killing American citizens with a drone. Little more serious than contesting a fraudulent election.
Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2024 12:15 PM (SHMXB)

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Honestly, the people who carried out the order should be brought to court.

Executing an illegal order is illegal. So, maybe Obama has immunity for it, but the guy who flew the drone shouldn't.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at July 01, 2024 12:16 PM (GBKbO)

441 Le Pen is far right. Every socialist and communist is a centrist.

Posted by: Biden Is Finished at July 01, 2024 12:16 PM (Upff2)

442 From our brethren on the left:

Biden can unleash the CIA on the fascist elements ( e.g. the entire Republican Party) in our country. Use his new dictatorial powers to neuter the Supreme Corpse and reverse all its decisions

Under a very racist picture, mind you. Daily Kos if you dare.

Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2024 12:16 PM (pRpzT)

443 Better to vote for a convicted felon than a not yet indicted traitor.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 01, 2024 12:16 PM (V5eKu)

444 424
I want to ensure that Biden can be tried for his corruption.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2024 12:12 PM (xCA6C)

He's committed various high crimes and misdemeanors, it's just no one will bring them to light in an official capacity.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 01, 2024 12:13 PM (Zz0t1)

It would be enough, for me, to have Hunter in federal lockup for life.

Posted by: m at July 01, 2024 12:17 PM (NHMTR)

445 AIUI, it means it goes back to the lower court to determine whether Trump's behavior on J6 was in an official capacity.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2024 12:15 PM (xCA6C)

I would assume since he was still President that would be a yes, but that's if the courts weren't compromised

Posted by: It's me donna at July 01, 2024 12:17 PM (IyPmt)

446 What do you mean Arizona isn't going to become a major surfing destination?

...and here I bought all of that future beach front property in Tucson.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 01, 2024 12:07 PM (tT6L1)

It's the middle of California you need, Otis!!!

Posted by: Lex Luthor at July 01, 2024 12:17 PM (N1DT3)

447 442 From our brethren on the left:

Biden can unleash the CIA on the fascist elements ( e.g. the entire Republican Party) in our country. Use his new dictatorial powers to neuter the Supreme Corpse and reverse all its decisions

Under a very racist picture, mind you. Daily Kos if you dare.
Posted by: Piper at July 01, 2024 12:16 PM (pRpzT)

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Their love of democracy and democratic ideals fills me with patriotic fervor.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at July 01, 2024 12:17 PM (GBKbO)

448 subsidence

sorry can't help it

Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2024 12:17 PM (/7KEl)

449 They literally want to kill a guy for mildly questioning a rigged election and then giving up power.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at July 01, 2024 12:17 PM (GBKbO)

450 I would assume since he was still President that would be a yes, but that's if the courts weren't compromised

No. The question isn't whether he was still president at the time (he was), the question is whether his conduct at the rally was an official act. Presidents can commit unofficial acts.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2024 12:18 PM (xCA6C)

451 The immunity case dissent’s legal analysis is a joke. It’s barely a legal opinion at all. It’s a leftwing political rant that regurgitates the most hysterical leftwing J6 talking points.

The gist of the dissent seems to be that they are pissed that the unwritten rule governing Democrap presidents -- they can do anything they want and never face any prosecution -- has been codified at least for official acts for GOP presidents as well.

The Dumb Latina is so tone-deaf that her dissent reads like a parody. She’s worried about presidents selling pardons for bribes? Clinton did this openly, including with Marc Rich. He barely faced any criticism, let alone prosecution.

She’s also worried about a president using Seal Team 6 against political rivals? Obama ordered the military to kill American citizens with drone strikes. And a drone operator complied and killed an American citizen. The Democraps cheered.

Posted by: Elric Blade at July 01, 2024 12:19 PM (iFTx/)

452 Arizona surfing. There is a Quartzsite, AZ yacht club.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 01, 2024 12:19 PM (V5eKu)

453 And only a day after Pride month????

Posted by: Biden Is Finished at July 01, 2024 12:19 PM (Upff2)

454 Executing an illegal order is illegal. So, maybe Obama has immunity for it, but the guy who flew the drone shouldn't.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at July 01, 2024 12:16 PM (GBKbO)

I’m guessing the drone operator thought they were just foreign terrorists.

Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2024 12:19 PM (SHMXB)

455 So now the dems go on the offensive. Trump either in jail or assassinated. I'm sure they would like a permanent solution for us, but they have a lot on their plate.

Posted by: Megthered at July 01, 2024 12:19 PM (jNg9D)

456 From our brethren on the left:

Biden can unleash the CIA on the fascist elements ( e.g. the entire Republican Party) in our country. Use his new dictatorial powers to neuter the Supreme Corpse and reverse all its decisions

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I don't quite think the little dears understand what fascism is, otherwise they'd acknowledge that massive boomerang coming back and smacking them right smack in their uneducated faces.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 01, 2024 12:19 PM (mupln)

457 449 They literally want to kill a guy for mildly questioning a rigged election and then giving up power.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at July 01, 2024 12:17 PM (GBKbO)

Yeah.

They understand how power works.

It works by killing your enemies.

Posted by: XTC at July 01, 2024 12:19 PM (UnA8+)

458 the ozone was being depleted and there was a huge hole and we were all going to die if we didn't submit to the fear and relinquish our rights.

Conveniently everything that was banned competed with newer less-good stuff that DuPont held patents for.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 01, 2024 12:20 PM (FD5dr)

459
PS About 90% of the water rise in FLA is subsidence of the land.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 01, 2024 12:15 PM

You sure it isn't all the people moving to the southern part of the state and causing it to sink?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 01, 2024 12:20 PM (RKVpM)

460 455 So now the dems go on the offensive. Trump either in jail or assassinated. I'm sure they would like a permanent solution for us, but they have a lot on their plate.
Posted by: Megthered at July 01, 2024 12:19 PM (jNg9D)

I hope Trump has his own security.. I don't trust the SS

Posted by: It's me donna at July 01, 2024 12:20 PM (IyPmt)

461 They literally want to kill a guy for mildly questioning a rigged election and then giving up power.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at July 01, 2024 12:17 PM (GBKbO)

It was both rigged AND stolen.

The rigging and subtle fraud they committed with the mail-in ballots left them shocked because it wasn't enough.

Then the outright fraud of election night was necessary.

But we're supposed to pretend our country wasn't taken over in a coup.

Posted by: Lex Luthor at July 01, 2024 12:20 PM (N1DT3)

462 They literally want to kill a guy for mildly questioning a rigged election and then giving up power.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at July 01, 2024 12:17 PM (GBKbO)
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Ever had a committed leftists get in your face? Serious question. because I have. It's rather frightening to see that much unhinged hatred up close and personal.

I look back on that incident and realize I was fortunate I wasn't physically attacked. These days, no way I'd intentionally try to confront someone on the left.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 01, 2024 12:21 PM (tT6L1)

463 Nature is beautiful.

https://is.gd/pbyNUK

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Free the Trump 45! at July 01, 2024 12:21 PM (L/fGl)

464 The International Socialist Front isn't having fun at the moment.

Posted by: mrp at July 01, 2024 12:21 PM (rj6Yv)

465 You sure it isn't all the people moving to the southern part of the state and causing it to sink?

That's Hank Johnson's theory and he's sticking to it.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 01, 2024 12:22 PM (FD5dr)

466 Biden can unleash the CIA on the fascist elements ( e.g. the entire Republican Party) in our country. Use his new dictatorial powers to neuter the Supreme Corpse and reverse all its decisions
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He was about 80% of the way there on his inauguration day, he might as well keep going. Between 10am and 4pm anyway.

Posted by: President Gill at July 01, 2024 12:22 PM (iqVa8)

467 The question should first be, was *was* his conduct at the rally, official or otherwise? The state narrative is apparently that he handed out lit torches and loaded rifles. Official or unofficial is a meaningless distinction for an act that never even happened.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2024 12:22 PM (VoAdT)

468
I don't quite think the little dears understand what fascism is, otherwise they'd acknowledge that massive boomerang coming back and smacking them right smack in their uneducated faces.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 01, 2024 12:19 PM (mupln)
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Yep. Once the enemies on the right are gone, the state heads toward the useful idiots.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 01, 2024 12:22 PM (tT6L1)

469 After a thorough ass whooping, the Junta will be at its most dangerous from election day +1 until inauguration. All sorts of bullshit will be flowing from the regulatory agencies, ignoring the Chevron decision, and Retardo will be getting extra ice cream for signing all those exec orders coming in from Kalorama.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 01, 2024 12:22 PM (V5eKu)

470 Le Pen is far right. Every socialist and communist is a centrist.
Posted by: Biden Is Finished at July 01, 2024 12:16 PM (Upff2)

Funny how the "far right" is winning more and more.

Doesn't matter the opinion of the lesser peons. They are not the "center".

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 01, 2024 12:23 PM (N1DT3)

471 284 I'm not sure the SCOTUS immunity decision is the slam dunk some here seem to think.
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It's a win. It is frankly a common sense win.
Posted by: SH
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Sovereign immunity comes from the British and can be summarized as the king can do no legal wrong. Like what Scotus did, the Brits eventually separated the king's official acts from private acts where justice against the king could be had for a king's bad private acts but not from a king's decision.

In addition, under the British system circa Revolution times, the king was viewed as the source of all judicial power so that allowing inferior officers appointed by the king to judge the king's actions meant that the king could not be sovereign. So, that would imply that the king was not sovereign and thus the legal minds at the time refused to admit any liability for the king in his courts for official wrong doing.

We adopted that system--starting with the states and then later the Fed gov where the people replaced the king as sovereign. Thus, the literally meaning of sovereign immunity in a republic is that the people can do no wrong and that extends to their representatives.

Posted by: whig at July 01, 2024 12:23 PM (/0X3E)

472 an official act by a President is any act connected with his enumerated powers in Article II, Secs 2 and Sec 3

unless I'm wrong

Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2024 12:23 PM (/7KEl)

473 Politically connected people keep buying low lying properties next to the ocean - which tells you they don't believe a word of what they are saying.

Remember that stupid Superman movie where Lex Luthor was going to get rich by buying land that would become ocean front land after CA falls into the ocean? They'd be doing that...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2024 12:25 PM (oZhjI)

474 @467

>>The question should first be, was *was* his conduct at the rally, official or otherwise? The state narrative is apparently that he handed out lit torches and loaded rifles. Official or unofficial is a meaningless distinction for an act that never even happened.

Presidents hold rallies, they have news conferences, they meet with various people, these all scheduled events that are on his official schedule, so ipso-facto anything the President does in his capacity as President is an official act.

Even his daily bowel movement should be construed as such.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 01, 2024 12:25 PM (XV/Pl)

475 After a thorough ass whooping, the Junta will be at its most dangerous from election day +1 until inauguration. All sorts of bullshit will be flowing from the regulatory agencies, ignoring the Chevron decision, and Retardo will be getting extra ice cr

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My bet's on full amnesty for 40+ million illegals.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 01, 2024 12:25 PM (mupln)

476 Still no definition what a woman is. This is getting tiresome.

Posted by: Pudinhead at July 01, 2024 12:25 PM (n17eQ)

477 fascism was created by an over the top Marxist serial rapist. The Left will always try to change history and it’s language. They are evil psychopaths.

Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2024 12:25 PM (SHMXB)

478 Thus, the literally meaning of sovereign immunity in a republic is that the people can do no wrong and that extends to their representatives.
Posted by: whig at July 01, 2024 12:23 PM (/0X3E)

The People are innocent until proven guilt by (ostensibly) The People.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2024 12:26 PM (VoAdT)

479 The question should first be, was *was* his conduct at the rally, official or otherwise? The state narrative is apparently that he handed out lit torches and loaded rifles. Official or unofficial is a meaningless distinction for an act that never even happened.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2024 12:22 PM (VoAdT)

The only official acts that day were the denial of National Guard presence by Nancy Pelosi and the Captial Police launching tear gas for no reason, leading to them murdering women in cold blood.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 01, 2024 12:26 PM (Zz0t1)

480 I look back on that incident and realize I was fortunate I wasn't physically attacked. These days, no way I'd intentionally try to confront someone on the left.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker

Which is why we can't allow them to continue to act like this with no consequences. That's not a knock on you, I just think that the more the left gets legal cover to commit violence, it becomes inevitable that they'll get violence in return. Where and when will be unpredictable.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at July 01, 2024 12:27 PM (hCzfy)

481 Sovereign Citizens are worse than your worst Karen.

Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2024 12:27 PM (SHMXB)

482 I don't think the 3 lib women on the Court have a brain cell between them...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 01, 2024 12:27 PM (IyPmt)

483 Funny how the "far right" is winning more and more.
______

Eventually the peasants are going to question the categorization of their views as far right and force the left (and center) to come up with a new smear for unallowed opinions. But today is not that day.

Posted by: President Gill at July 01, 2024 12:27 PM (iqVa8)

484 a fascist is anybody a DU commenter doesn't like

Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2024 12:28 PM (/7KEl)

485 It was both rigged AND stolen.

The rigging and subtle fraud they committed with the mail-in ballots left them shocked because it wasn't enough.

Then the outright fraud of election night was necessary.

Yup. The pre-rigging wasn't working so a toilet was flushed in Atlanta.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 01, 2024 12:28 PM (FD5dr)

486 THE ISLANDS ARE FLOATING !

Posted by: wth at July 01, 2024 12:28 PM (v0R5T)

487 I don't think the 3 lib women on the Court have a brain cell between them...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 01, 2024 12:27 PM (IyPmt)

But I keep being told that Elena Kagan is incredibly smart.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 01, 2024 12:29 PM (Zz0t1)

488 486 THE ISLANDS ARE FLOATING !
Posted by: wth at July 01, 2024 12:28 PM (v0R5T)

Beats the alternative

Posted by: It's me donna at July 01, 2024 12:29 PM (IyPmt)

489 Brownshirts were created and led by a voracious Homosexual .

Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2024 12:29 PM (SHMXB)

490 Remember that stupid Superman movie where Lex Luthor was going to get rich by buying land that would become ocean front land after CA falls into the ocean? They'd be doing that...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2024 12:25 PM (oZhjI)

It's the middle of California you need, Otis!!!
Posted by: Lex Luthor at July 01, 2024 12:17 PM (N1DT3)

Welcome to the party, pal.

Posted by: John McClane at July 01, 2024 12:29 PM (N1DT3)

491 Did Ace forget to his "poast" again?

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 01, 2024 12:29 PM (AdqK9)

492 @488: Flipping over?

Posted by: Hank Johnson at July 01, 2024 12:30 PM (O7YUW)

493 *Shakes iPad*

Wake up Ace, there’s some shit going down!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 01, 2024 12:30 PM (u73oe)

494 Maybe Ace is day drinking.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, deplorable clown at July 01, 2024 12:30 PM (qZEuM)

495 Did Ace forget to his "poast" again?
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 01, 2024 12:29 PM (AdqK9)

Left it in the oven and the fire alarm is now going off in his building.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 01, 2024 12:30 PM (Zz0t1)

496 493 *Shakes iPad*

Wake up Ace, there’s some shit going down!
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 01, 2024 12:30 PM (u73oe)

Probably working on an Immunity thread

Posted by: It's me donna at July 01, 2024 12:30 PM (IyPmt)

497 *Shakes iPad*

Wake up Ace, there’s some shit going down!
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 01, 2024 12:30 PM

He's probably just looking for the flaming scalp weasel gif.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 01, 2024 12:31 PM (ZANHd)

498 Remember that stupid Superman movie where Lex Luthor was going to get rich by buying land that would become ocean front land after CA falls into the ocean?

The San Andreas Fault is history's longest-running tease. 40 years ago it was a True Fact that Cali was gonna fall into the ocean any day now. Promises, promises.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 01, 2024 12:31 PM (FD5dr)

499 But I keep being told that Elena Kagan is incredibly smart.......

I don't doubt that she's the smartest of the three, but that's a very low bar.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2024 12:31 PM (xCA6C)

500 So the joke now is they can’t get rid of Biden because it would be too difficult to change the pre-marked ballots.

Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2024 12:31 PM (SHMXB)

501 Which is why we can't allow them to continue to act like this with no consequences. That's not a knock on you, I just think that the more the left gets legal cover to commit violence, it becomes inevitable that they'll get violence in return. Where and when will be unpredictable.
Posted by: Grudge Harbor at July 01, 2024 12:27 PM (hCzfy)
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At the time, I was laughing at the guy, which didn't help. And, I didn't really feel threatened through simple ignorance.

Looking back however, I know I got away with one and it's not a mistake I will ever make again.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 01, 2024 12:31 PM (tT6L1)

502 So can I turn on my a/c now and not be a science denier?
Posted by: Biden Is Finished at July 01, 2024 12:14 PM (Upff2)
.......

Yes, and I can burn all those old tires in my backyard?

Posted by: wth at July 01, 2024 12:31 PM (v0R5T)

503 Brownshirts were created and led by a voracious Homosexual .
Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2024 12:29 PM (SHMXB)

They were gonna be the Pinkpants, but decided against it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2024 12:31 PM (VoAdT)

504 @495: DEFCON: Shelving

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 01, 2024 12:31 PM (O7YUW)

505 Politically connected people keep buying low lying properties next to the ocean - which tells you they don't believe a word of what they are saying.

Remember that stupid Superman movie where Lex Luthor was going to get rich by buying land that would become ocean front land after CA falls into the ocean? They'd be doing that...
Posted by: 18-1

See #09.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 01, 2024 12:31 PM (PrOMo)

506 Post #398

Don't eat your shoe, Thomas Bender. Maybe you could just run around with a shoe on your head? That sounds a lot less stressful on your intestinal tract. This duck likes it:

tinyurl.com/mtftz4d9

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 01, 2024 12:31 PM (oUxZc)

507 484 Ask a lefty if he or she thinks it's OK for business to be privately owned but the government gets a say in running it and they will be on board. And will be, by definition, a Fascist.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 01, 2024 12:31 PM (V5eKu)

508
I think Ace sometimes gets legal input from a former cob. He's probably working on the Supreme Court decision.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 01, 2024 12:31 PM (RKVpM)

509 483 Funny how the "far right" is winning more and more.
______

Eventually the peasants are going to question the categorization of their views as far right and force the left (and center) to come up with a new smear for unallowed opinions. But today is not that day.
Posted by: President Gill at July 01, 2024 12:27 PM (iqVa

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Not new. The peasants of the Vendee were so categorized. And really, that was correct.

Posted by: Eeyore at July 01, 2024 12:32 PM (1bNHn)

510 500 So the joke now is they can’t get rid of Biden because it would be too difficult to change the pre-marked ballots.
Posted by: polynikes at July 01, 2024 12:31 PM (SHMXB)

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They really won't do it because they know that Whitmer would knife Newsom in the kidney, and they don't want to lose Newsom.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at July 01, 2024 12:32 PM (GBKbO)

511 Wake up Ace, there’s some shit going down!
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 01, 2024 12:30 PM (u73oe)

He's unconscious after his shelves collapsed on him. Possibly even amnesiac. Ace doesn't remember any of this.

I think I should assume command of the blog.

Posted by: Robert at July 01, 2024 12:32 PM (Uajlr)

512 Anyone get a call to bail Ace out?

Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2024 12:32 PM (hnSZX)

513 484 Ask a lefty if he or she thinks it's OK for business to be privately owned but the government gets a say in running it and they will be on board. And will be, by definition, a Fascist.

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That...and of course, the violence.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 01, 2024 12:33 PM (mupln)

514 496 Wake up Ace, there’s some shit going down!
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 01, 2024 12:30 PM (u73oe)

Probably working on an Immunity thread

this is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: mRNA at July 01, 2024 12:33 PM (sGtp+)

515 This past weekend was the last weekend that SOME people will have all ten fingers & thumbs.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 01, 2024 12:33 PM (PrOMo)

516 I suspect Ace had a post ready to go, then the SCOTUS decision came down and he's putting together a flaming skull post.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 01, 2024 12:33 PM (tT6L1)

517 But I keep being told that Elena Kagan is incredibly smart.......

She published almost nothing as a professor.

Her talent was schmoozing with powerful people.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 01, 2024 12:33 PM (uxCna)

518 They really won't do it because they know that Whitmer would knife Newsom in the kidney, and they don't want to lose Newsom.

There was a story this morning that over the weekend Whitmer called up the Biden campaign and said he was now guaranteed to lose Michigan. I assume that means Biden will now start bombing Israel.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 01, 2024 12:34 PM (FD5dr)

519 .

NOOD: Supreme Court Rules on Presidential Immunity, Requiring a New Hearing to Determine Which Acts of Trump's Were "Official" Acts

I say again: NOOD

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 01, 2024 12:34 PM (O7YUW)

520 511 Wake up Ace, there’s some shit going down!
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 01, 2024 12:30 PM (u73oe)

He's unconscious after his shelves collapsed on him. Possibly even amnesiac. Ace doesn't remember any of this.

I think I should assume command of the blog.
Posted by: Robert at July 01, 2024 12:32 PM (Uajlr)
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I suspect it's blue balls from the continuous schadenboner.

Posted by: Eeyore at July 01, 2024 12:34 PM (1bNHn)

521 Gee, I hope Sotomayor doesn't choke on a burrito.

Posted by: wth at July 01, 2024 12:34 PM (v0R5T)

522 507 484 Ask a lefty if he or she thinks it's OK for business to be privately owned but the government gets a say in running it and they will be on board. And will be, by definition, a Fascist.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 01, 2024 12:31 PM (V5eKu)

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"Well, yeah. That's called regulation, and it keeps meat from being bad when it gets delivered to grocery stores. You're a small-government anarchist fascist!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin at July 01, 2024 12:34 PM (GBKbO)

523 So French "centrists" would rather vote Red than for Le Pen and hand over power to the Socialists? 169 "handshake" deals to block RN (so far), but considering the beating Renaissance suffered, I have a feeling that the center isn't going to hold this time.

Posted by: mrp at July 01, 2024 12:35 PM (rj6Yv)

524 410. Thanks. That's more in line with what I read earlier. French voting is so difficult to figure out.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 01, 2024 12:36 PM (2NHgQ)

525
Looking back however, I know I got away with one and it's not a mistake I will ever make again.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 01, 2024 12:31 PM

Happened to me once, too. In the grocery store. Leftist heard me buying a lot of seafood because my son was coming home (from college). The leftist thought my son was in the military and got in my face. I have about six inches in height and about 50 pounds of actual muscle on the dude so I wasn't the least concerned. But I know what you're talking about.

Store security came back and walked the guy away. Next town over is pure leftist.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 01, 2024 12:36 PM (RKVpM)

526 Don't eat your shoe, Thomas Bender. Maybe you could just run around with a shoe on your head? That sounds a lot less stressful on your intestinal tract. This duck likes it:

tinyurl.com/mtftz4d9
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 01, 2024 12:31 PM

The internet already has one Shoeonhead. Do we need another?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 01, 2024 12:37 PM (ZANHd)

527 Which is why we can't allow them to continue to act like this with no consequences. That's not a knock on you, I just think that the more the left gets legal cover to commit violence, it becomes inevitable that they'll get violence in return. Where and when will be unpredictable.
Posted by: Grudge Harbor

Blue on blue violence this weekend after NYC pride parade. Lots of punching and hair pulling plus the Palestine agitators showed up and Police got them out of the park. What they all needed was water cannons and for anyone else remaining, tear gas.

Posted by: Cheri at July 01, 2024 12:37 PM (oiNtH)

528 Blue on blue violence this weekend after NYC pride parade. Lots of punching and hair pulling plus the Palestine agitators showed up and Police got them out of the park.

The alphabet people were sad because the police took a long time to get the Hamas people out. Probably had to call the DNC and get a decision first.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 01, 2024 12:40 PM (FD5dr)

529 The internet already has one Shoeonhead. Do we need another?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 01, 2024 12:37 PM (ZANHd)

There's definitely room enough for another.

Thanks, Fen! Lol!

Posted by: Emmie at July 01, 2024 12:41 PM (Sf2cq)

530 501
‘ it's not a mistake I will ever make again.’

I might get in their face if I was sure I could beat their ass and otherwise get away with it. I hate them as much they hate me. They’re blights on the cause of freedom.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at July 01, 2024 12:42 PM (jbnUc)

531 That is a great read Mr. T! Thanks!

Posted by: Mark in SC at July 01, 2024 12:52 PM (ue/3w)

532 For such heresy you will be arrested.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at July 01, 2024 01:05 PM (ozhxq)

533 I believe the actions of land and sea are largely determined by plate tectonics. Earth once had only a single land mass, Pangaea, and some scientists hypothesize that eventually all the continents will merge into a single mass again. So it's impossible to predict which islands or coastlines are going to disappear.

Posted by: RebeccaH at July 01, 2024 02:45 PM (Nvors)

534 It all goes back to de-population; we emit CO2 ergo, we must go.

Posted by: Danimal28 at July 01, 2024 03:29 PM (klw0w)

535 I think they're moving the goalposts, Buck. I wasn't told the islands would "wash away," I was told they would be submerged. The water would rise above them as the coal plants moved inexorably toward the Rockies, the Urals, and the Himalayas. But now they're talking "washing away"? Pfft.

Posted by: GWB at July 01, 2024 03:47 PM (N7Qht)

536 They are not measuring a sea level rise. They adjust the numbers with a 'geostatic adjustment'.
Something about ocean floor recovering from the last ice age.

Posted by: MikeN at July 01, 2024 03:52 PM (XygMV)

537 The evidence supporting the conclusion may be gone, but the conclusion remains.

Posted by: Steve O at July 01, 2024 04:15 PM (iY2C2)

538 Some pea-Brain once said that Florida would be a series pf Island that same way with the British Isle and Nebraska's Platt River would dry up and it flooded

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at July 01, 2024 05:31 PM (wGqjj)

539 They have no idea how much the sea is rising. What they don't tell you is that, over the years, there have been a number of satellites put into orbit to measure see level. Several since I was a kid, Seasat, Topex then the Jason series, and every time they put a newer, more accurate satellite up they discovered that it was telling them that the sea wasn't rising as much as the previous system had told them.
To compound the problem they then take their faulty data and compile it with 'recorded sea levels' going back to the 1870s and so you get this wildly inaccurate but conveniently alarmist message that the sea level is rising very quickly.

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