Here Are Some Numbers We Need To Remember: 10/23/1983...241

The Western elites and the United Nations and the various NGOs that ululate with rage every time Israel kills a pack of terrorists meeting in a school or a mosque or an apartment building (always conveniently filled with "mostly women and children") always neglect some perspective.

These people are murderers, and their targets are us. Oh, Israel is closer and more reviled, but these vile subhumans are perfectly happy to kill whatever Westerners they can reach, and on October 23rd, 1983 they killed 241 American servicemen in a suicide bombing of the United States Marine Corps barracks in Beirut. That was Hezbollah, on orders from Iran.

And Ibrahim Aqil was a member of the Hezbollah (called "Islamic Jihad") cell that was responsible for that and other bombings that killed mostly Westerners. Israel got him on Friday, along with a bunch of other murderous sociopaths in their attack on a Hezbollah meeting in Beirut.

Ignoring the obviously flawed political decisions that placed American servicemen in harm's way but did not provide sufficient protection or reasonable rules of engagement; why has Aqil been allowed by our intelligence services to draw breath for almost 40 years after that terrible day? Do they not have sufficient reason? Remember, there was a bombing in April 1983 of the United States Embassy in Beirut that killed 17 Americans...mostly CIA staff.

Israel should not have had the opportunity to kill this man. He should have been eliminated by an American strike a very long time ago. A bomb...a missile...a sniper...it doesn't matter, as long as we remember those who have harmed us and exact retribution.

The concept of an acceptable level of carnage got Israel in to its current predicament. For almost 20 years, the Israeli response to small-scale attacks from Gaza has been one of careful proportionality. Hamas kills a couple of Israelis, so Israel blows up a house in Gaza City. Tit-for-tat!

But the world isn't a playground, and allowing Israel's enemies the leisure to build a huge terror apparatus on the border was very, very obviously a huge mistake. And Israel made the same mistake in the North with Hezbollah.

Hopefully the sea change in Israel's perception of the threats on its borders, and more importantly, the unchanging and virulent hatred of Jews and Israel that is embedded in Hezbollah, Hamas, and the PA, will allow Israel to do what is necessary to protect itself. That includes the destruction of Hezbollah in Southern Lebanon and a permanent buffer that protects the North of Israel from further attacks. And then something must be done with Iran!

What will it take for America to undergo a similar sea change? We are beset on all sides by the same evils, and we can add China to the mix. An invasion across our Southern border has already occurred, and we are bumbling and fumbling and ignoring the potential disaster of thousands of bad actors who are here today.

Must we wait for a nuclear detonation on American soil? The invasion of an ally by China? Overt interference in domestic events (Oops! That is happening already)?
The saddest thing about our fecklessness in the face of these threats is that we have the tools at our disposal to manage them.

With the stroke of a pen, the president could support Iranian dissidents and begin the process of toppling the Mad Mullahs. We could close our borders and begin the ejection of the millions of invaders. We could confront China economically, and eject them from the halls of power in America.

We have the tools...the question is: when are we going to have the motivation?

Posted by: CBD at 12:00 PM

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1 I'll fetch em

Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2024 12:00 PM (fwDg9)

2 RIP Marines

Posted by: A dude in MI at September 22, 2024 12:04 PM (/6GbT)

3 I know it's such a knee jerk take but Ibrahim Aqil was probably protected for some reason by the folks that you think should have taken him out.

Posted by: pawn at September 22, 2024 12:04 PM (QB+5g)

4 We have the tools...the question is: when are we going to have the motivation?

Posted by: CBD at 12:00 PM

Not if God forbid Kamala "wins".

Posted by: It's me donna at September 22, 2024 12:04 PM (IyPmt)

5 One little citizen can stop buying Chinese made stuff. You can also vote for non-Ds. But, even then, they disappoint. It will take something large that affects a lot of people to get any change from the bastardy in DC. Maybe we should eat their pets.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 22, 2024 12:05 PM (0eaVi)

6 What will it take for America to undergo a similar sea change?
We need to find Americans who don't think playing nice with Iran or its puppets will work.

Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2024 12:06 PM (fwDg9)

7 Dr. Eli David @DrEliDavid
Photo of French 🇫🇷 paratroopers killed by Hezbollah in 1983 👇 The operation was led by Ibrahim Aqil.

Yesterday Aqil was eliminated by Israel. Macron condemned Israel, saying he stands with Lebanon.

French national honor means sh*t to Macron.

H/t: @ZioniRafael

https://tinyurl.com/488pp9k2

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 22, 2024 12:07 PM (CEzQx)

8 As long as the evildoers in authority can distract us with drugs, pron, and football, nothing will change without a lot of people getting hurt.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 22, 2024 12:08 PM (0eaVi)

9 There's a bigger threat to America than Iran, China and North Korea, an enemy that hates America more than those and whose tireless desire is to see America destroyed.

It's called the Democrat Party.

Posted by: Beckoningchasm Phone at September 22, 2024 12:08 PM (1cK+C)

10 pawn I would bet that is the case

Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2024 12:09 PM (fwDg9)

11 Blame the Boomers.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 22, 2024 12:10 PM (63Dwl)

12 Blame the Boomers.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 22, 2024 12:10 PM (63Dwl)

Maybe blame the fact that we didn't use the "boomers."

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 22, 2024 12:11 PM (0eaVi)

13 @5 we had something large. 9/11. Didn't change the democrats one bit. They just had to pretend for a few days.

Posted by: Beckoningchasm Phone at September 22, 2024 12:12 PM (1cK+C)

14 I'm assuming that guy was blown to pieces. I wonder if the people had to get all his body parts back together. They would have had to search for his legs, his arms, and Aqil lungs.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 22, 2024 12:13 PM (0eaVi)

15 French national honor means sh*t to Macron.
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J'Accuse.

Posted by: mustbequantum at September 22, 2024 12:13 PM (RxnYx)

16 There's a bigger threat to America than Iran, China and North Korea, an enemy that hates America more than those and whose tireless desire is to see America destroyed.

It's called the Democrat Party.

Posted by: Beckoningchasm Phone at September 22, 2024 12:08 PM

The democrat party is just a front for the chicoms and iran.

As far as do we or will we have the motivation to change, once iran pops a Nuke all current bets are off. Israel will destroy iran when that happens and they have the means to do it.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 22, 2024 12:14 PM (QNSds)

17 I'm in the "kill one American, you get your village razed" camp, these days.

Apply overwhelming force a couple of times, teach the lesson, hope the lesson takes, move on.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at September 22, 2024 12:15 PM (tT6L1)

18 IMO it's going to have to get worse, perhaps a lot worse, before certain people are made uncomfortable enough to change their current ideology and realize what's happening to them.

Right now, I think those people are comfortable knowing it's us who are bearing the brunt of decisions being made by our betters.

That needs to change. If it does it'll mean things probably got a lot worse.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 22, 2024 12:15 PM (Q4IgG)

19 I'm assuming that guy was blown to pieces. I wonder if the people had to get all his body parts back together. They would have had to search for his legs, his arms, and Aqil lungs.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 22, 2024 12:13 PM (0eaVi)
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Nice set up.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at September 22, 2024 12:16 PM (tT6L1)

20 Tit-for-tat!

A boob thread.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at September 22, 2024 12:16 PM (fiBQW)

21 We have the tools...the question is: when are we going to have the motivation?

The same guy who cowed Iran into releasing American hostages on 01/20/1981 was President on 10/23/1983. What changed between those two dates? Who or what was stopping him?

Posted by: Oddbob at September 22, 2024 12:17 PM (/y8xj)

22 A bomb...a missile...a sniper...it doesn't matter, as long as we remember those who have harmed us and exact retribution.

We didn't do that.

Instead, we let a bunch of their relatives move to Dearborn to set up sleeper cells.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 22, 2024 12:17 PM (uxCna)

23 I was watching Maria Bartiromo's show this morning and they were talking about how China is watching what Israel did to Hezbollah and thinking how easy it would be to insert devices into our phones and other products we buy from them.

China could detonate them at anytime if we piss them off.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 22, 2024 12:18 PM (NpAcC)

24 FOOBAAA!!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at September 22, 2024 12:18 PM (fiBQW)

25 Just wait until we have people celebrating October 7th across the United States in a couple of weeks.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 22, 2024 12:19 PM (uxCna)

26 Hard to change when our govt is run by people beholden to Hamas and China.

Posted by: Charlie Chaplin at September 22, 2024 12:21 PM (nI2gM)

27 Those people are at war with us, the Jews, and western civilization in general. The best and most honorable thing to do is kill them quickly.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 12:21 PM (fWHsP)

28 So, we have the Iranians hacking into the Trump campaign, and stealing a bunch of information.

The Iranians then ship this information to the Harris/Waltz campaign.

The Harris/Waltz campaign fails to report this to the FBI.

Where are the prosecutions?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 22, 2024 12:22 PM (uxCna)

29 We have the tools...the question is: when are we going to have the motivation?

The problem is, who is 'we'?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 22, 2024 12:22 PM (FnneF)

30 25 Just wait until we have people celebrating October 7th across the United States in a couple of weeks.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 22, 2024 12:19 PM (uxCna)

Many of them in congress and the White House.

Posted by: News Update at September 22, 2024 12:22 PM (nI2gM)

31 The same guy who cowed Iran into releasing American hostages on 01/20/1981 was President on 10/23/1983. What changed between those two dates? Who or what was stopping him?
Posted by: Oddbob at September 22, 2024 12:17 PM (/y8xj)
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Reagan was probably threatened by the Democrat run House and Senate.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at September 22, 2024 12:22 PM (tT6L1)

32 Clancy's Ryan Doctrine

You harm an American or Americans, no matter how long it takes we will get you.

Then Jack had two F-117s drop smart bombs on Iran's leader.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 22, 2024 12:23 PM (7rldP)

33 Gunther Eagleman @GuntherEagleman 16h
We really don’t have a president.

Biden completely FORGOT he was at a press conference with the Prime Minister of India.

The entire world is laughing at us.
This guy is COOKED.

https://tinyurl.com/bdfas327
20 seconds

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 22, 2024 12:23 PM (CEzQx)

34
Just wait until we have people celebrating October 7th across the United States in a couple of weeks.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

Will the "students" start rioting again?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 22, 2024 12:23 PM (63Dwl)

35 I wonder if the *Israelis* have anything planned for October 7th.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 22, 2024 12:23 PM (FnneF)

36 The Harris/Waltz campaign fails to report this to the FBI.

Where are the prosecutions?
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 22, 2024 12:22 PM (uxCna)
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Harris and Walz can credibly claim ignorance.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at September 22, 2024 12:23 PM (tT6L1)

37 I will take the US more seriously when we pay Israel the advertised reward money for the deaths of the terrorists responsible for the loss of American lives in Beirut.

Posted by: lurking grandma at September 22, 2024 12:23 PM (sujqA)

38 > Hard to change when our govt is run by people beholden to Hamas and China.
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I don't think it's 'just' Hamas and China. There are institutions here that are powerful enough to sate the desires of petty tyrants in government. Not everyone's driven by pure ideologic desires. Some just want to fuck with others, some want power. All want money.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 22, 2024 12:25 PM (Q4IgG)

39 >>> 37 I will take the US more seriously when we pay Israel the advertised reward money for the deaths of the terrorists responsible for the loss of American lives in Beirut.
Posted by: lurking grandma at September 22, 2024 12:23 PM (sujqA)

I had no idea there was a reward. Who specifically was offering (a three letter agency, or the military, or...)?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 22, 2024 12:25 PM (FnneF)

40 I'm assuming that guy was blown to pieces.
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He and his buddies were the ones killed in the Beirut apartment building airstrike [not a Grim Beeper attack].

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 22, 2024 12:25 PM (CEzQx)

41 Biden completely FORGOT he was at a press conference with the Prime Minister of India.

The entire world is laughing at us.
This guy is COOKED.

And remember three months ago the Establishment Media was telling us that Biden was a "superager" who was mentally as sharp as a tack, and that you should be imprisoned for disinformation if you said anything different.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 22, 2024 12:25 PM (uxCna)

42 My wife and I have returned from vacationing deep in the heart of Harris/Walz territory. Unlike Trump territory, where every other house is sporting a Trump/Vance sign, there was a dearth of Harris/Walz signage.

Which I found interesting.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at September 22, 2024 12:26 PM (tT6L1)

43 I had no idea there was a reward. Who specifically was offering (a three letter agency, or the military, or...)?

State Department, I believe.

Seven million bucks.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 22, 2024 12:26 PM (uxCna)

44 >>>8 As long as the evildoers in authority can distract us with drugs, pron, and football, nothing will change without a lot of people getting hurt.
Posted by: OrangeEnt
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It's a sad thing the many who are not paying attention; However, very many of us are. Take heart.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 12:26 PM (fWHsP)

45 >>> 38
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I don't think it's 'just' Hamas and China. There are institutions here that are powerful enough to sate the desires of petty tyrants in government. Not everyone's driven by pure ideologic desires. Some just want to fuck with others, some want power. All want money.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 22, 2024 12:25 PM (Q4IgG)

They're addicts. Nothing can ever be enough.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 22, 2024 12:27 PM (FnneF)

46 Unlike Trump territory, where every other house is sporting a Trump/Vance sign, there was a dearth of Harris/Walz signage.

In surburban Portland, I've seen precisely one Harris/Walz bumpersticker.

Not many Trump stickers, either, but you'll get your car vandalized if you park it in Portland with a Trump sticker, so that's understandable.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 22, 2024 12:28 PM (uxCna)

47 Was it the British or the French that also had troops blown up with the US Marines?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 22, 2024 12:29 PM (7rldP)

48 Was watching a music game show. The contestants had no recognition of It's The Same Old Song by the Four Tops. I got it almost instantly.

The next song was something by Ariana Grande that they knew.

It just struck me as a snippet of the current cultural degradation.

Posted by: hart at September 22, 2024 12:29 PM (SGfHY)

49 I'm assuming that guy was blown to pieces.
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He and his buddies were the ones killed in the Beirut apartment building airstrike [not a Grim Beeper attack].
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 22, 2024 12:25 PM (CEzQx)

Aw, I just said that to set up the joke....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 22, 2024 12:29 PM (0eaVi)

50 >>>And remember three months ago the Establishment Media was telling us that Biden was a "superager" who was mentally as sharp as a tack, and that you should be imprisoned for disinformation if you said anything different.
Posted by: The ARC of History
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They missed the clip of Meloi, like a mother with her child, turning him around to face the right direction and feigning the action to appear as natural.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 12:30 PM (fWHsP)

51 Did you know Aqil had dandruff?

They found his head&shoulders.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 22, 2024 12:31 PM (7rldP)

52 We’ll only start to have the proper motivation if Trump is elected. If the cackler is selected with a fortified election, things will only get worse. I watched a small portion of Oprah’s propaganda interview with Harris…. I’m utterly mystified how this election could be close, but it assuredly will be agonizingly close. Even without cheating it’d be close, which is a rebuke to our ignorant, decadent and stupid electorate….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 22, 2024 12:32 PM (6RwsA)

53 As long as the global regime is in charge, the US gubbernmint is not our ally here in Israel.

We're between a rock and a hard place. But the blame lies first and foremost with decades of Israeli governments who became junkies for American dependency and the purps (read: corruption) for those who acquiesced. That basically covers the entire Israeli political and military elite of the past 40 or so years.

And here we are.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 22, 2024 12:33 PM (3Y5XB)

54 Did you know Aqil had dandruff?

They found his head&shoulders.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 22, 2024 12:31 PM (7rldP)
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I heard he was a sexual devient. The found his Pantene.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 22, 2024 12:34 PM (3Y5XB)

55 Even without cheating it’d be close, which is a rebuke to our ignorant, decadent and stupid electorate….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 22, 2024 12:32 PM (6RwsA)

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It's close because MSM does not report anything negative about Harris. Someone on the blog, probably TJM. pointed out Biden was toast as soon as MSM went after Joe and showed the world just how mentally unfit he was. If the press did the same with Harris, PDT would win in a landslide.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at September 22, 2024 12:34 PM (tT6L1)

56 Even without cheating it’d be close, which is a rebuke to our ignorant, decadent and stupid electorate….

The fate of the American Republic is hanging by a string.

Imagine what things would be like if Elon hadn't bought "X".

OTOH, Kamala wouldn't be begging for another rigged debate if she thought that she was ahead.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 22, 2024 12:35 PM (uxCna)

57 A Trump presidency could do that which needs to be done but I see that we laud the 'no new wars' during the previous Trump period and that it appears that we value that status in future, judging by some comments.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, la pace e bella ma .... at September 22, 2024 12:35 PM (qfLjt)

58 But the blame lies first and foremost with decades of Israeli governments...

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 22, 2024 12:33 PM (3Y5XB)

This is true. As I pointed out, the idea of an acceptable level of carnage was, in retrospect, insane. If that doesn't change, then Israel will slide back into its former policies.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 22, 2024 12:36 PM (d9fT1)

59 China could detonate them at anytime if we piss them off.
Posted by: redridinghood at September 22, 2024 12:18 PM (NpAcC)
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Correct.

SCM.

Supply Chains Matter!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 22, 2024 12:36 PM (3Y5XB)

60 OTOH, Kamala wouldn't be begging for another rigged debate if she thought that she was ahead.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 22, 2024 12:35 PM (uxCna)

Ore they are arrogantly assuming that she will do as well...or better.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 22, 2024 12:36 PM (d9fT1)

61 Proportional response has never won wars.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 22, 2024 12:36 PM (7rldP)

62 Is there video of Aqil being blowed up?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 22, 2024 12:37 PM (Q4IgG)

63 OT: BOEING! BOEING!

https://tinyurl.com/y6f9v2fx

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 22, 2024 12:38 PM (3Y5XB)

64 "Israel should not have had the opportunity to kill this man. He should have been eliminated by an American strike a very long time ago. A bomb...a missile...a sniper...it doesn't matter, as long as we remember those who have harmed us and exact retribution."

My first vote was for Reagan in '84. Loved RWR for many years. In recent times, Trump has surpassed Reagan in my estimation, even though Trump didn't defeat the Soviets. He should have bombed Iran when he had the chance, just to teach them and the region a lesson. He should have destroyed Hezbollah, rather than just liberating Granada. He should have had Tip enforce the border before he did Amnesty Part I. Sandra Day O'Connor was a bust as a SCOTUS judge. We should have been rid of affirmative action a generation ago.

I used to think that Trump didn't save the economy while Reagan did, but I think that his actions during COVID saved the world economy.

I know that Reagan did what he could with the material he had. However, when I see what many of the Reaganauts have done since the 80s - with the small (yet significant) exceptions of Levin, Kudlow and Thomas, for instance - not a great legacy for us today.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at September 22, 2024 12:38 PM (C9qva)

65 Proportional response has never won wars.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 22, 2024 12:36 PM (7rldP)
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Sure it has. 20 to 1 is a proportional response......

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at September 22, 2024 12:38 PM (tT6L1)

66 It's close because MSM does not report anything negative about Harris. Someone on the blog, probably TJM. pointed out Biden was toast as soon as MSM went after Joe and showed the world just how mentally unfit he was. If the press did the same with Harris, PDT would win in a landslide.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at September 22, 2024 12:34 PM (tT6L1)

I’m optimistic and pessimistic at the same time…

Optimism: I think Trump will actually eke out a win

Pessimism: If we had the 1980 electorate voting, Trump would win 65-35 and 49 states. Things have gone downhill a lot….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 22, 2024 12:38 PM (6RwsA)

67 "We have the tools...the question is: when are we going to have the motivation?" ...
______________________________

There are millions of Americans sufficiently motivated already. What's lacking is a 'political class' with the BALLS to carry out what the ones who elected them want done. Or, as Aerosmith said: "Dream on ... "

Posted by: Dr_No at September 22, 2024 12:38 PM (ayRl+)

68 This is true. As I pointed out, the idea of an acceptable level of carnage was, in retrospect, insane.

The Israeli government's belief was that Hamas could be deterred, and Hamas spent years encouraging that belief.

In reality, Hamas is a death cult, which could care less about the welfare of "Palestinians", so long as they can kill Jews.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 22, 2024 12:39 PM (uxCna)

69 Blake for Sec of War

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 22, 2024 12:39 PM (7rldP)

70 54
Brunette: "I think I'll give my boyfriend Head 'n Shoulders for his birthday."
.... long pause ....
Ditzy Blonde: "How do you give shoulders?"

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, le bionde sono migliore at September 22, 2024 12:40 PM (qfLjt)

71 Megyn Kelly is just awesome. She should be Trump's Press Secretary.

Rita Panahi
@RitaPanahi

@megynkelly
schooling a clown on the Trump lawfare

https://tinyurl.com/4zc5pdzu

Posted by: redridinghood at September 22, 2024 12:40 PM (NpAcC)

72 Even without cheating it’d be close, which is a rebuke to our ignorant, decadent and stupid electorate….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 22, 2024 12:32 PM (6RwsA)

I'm actually starting to think it might be better for Trump to lose. Vance said his biggest worry is Trump gets elected and the PTB tank the economy. Might be better to let the D's own the crash.

Posted by: hart at September 22, 2024 12:40 PM (SGfHY)

73
Some people thought this blast in South Lebanon last night was a nuke:

https://is.gd/dartKF

/ they hit something

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 22, 2024 12:40 PM (RKVpM)

74 There's speculation among the 'experts' that follow space exploration that Boeing may end up having to cancel the entire "Starliner" program.

There's another, manned capsule that's supposed to be used for the proposed moon missions. Don't recall if that's a pure NASA effort or not.

I know it is not a Boeing contracted deal.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 22, 2024 12:41 PM (Q4IgG)

75 Ore they are arrogantly assuming that she will do as well...or better.

Or Kamala's internal polling is catastrophic.

Trump ran well ahead of his polling numbers in 2016 and 2020 - if he does that again, he wins in a landslide.

If that happens, the Deep State has to decide whether they want to launch an explicit coup to keep Trump from becoming President, and there are certain downsides to doing that.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 22, 2024 12:41 PM (uxCna)

76 I'm actually starting to think it might be better for Trump to lose. Vance said his biggest worry is Trump gets elected and the PTB tank the economy. Might be better to let the D's own the crash.
Posted by: hart at September 22, 2024 12:40 PM (SGfHY)

I respectfully disagree. I don’t want to kill the patient to save it….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 22, 2024 12:42 PM (6RwsA)

77 Another 'forgotten' 1,300 tonnes of ammonium nitrate?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 22, 2024 12:42 PM (7rldP)

78 In my area there are never any signs for the Republican candidates for local office. And they always win 65-35.

It’s a waste of money to put signs up in deep red or deep blue areas.

Posted by: News Update at September 22, 2024 12:43 PM (nI2gM)

79 @ 74: Remember when Boeing made shit that actually worked? Like the B-17 ... ? But, America was still America then, too.

Posted by: Dr_No at September 22, 2024 12:43 PM (ayRl+)

80 I'm actually starting to think it might be better for Trump to lose. Vance said his biggest worry is Trump gets elected and the PTB tank the economy. Might be better to let the D's own the crash.

They win and Trump and Elon get imprisoned, and we immediately start getting mass arrests of political dissidents, like in England.

I don't think there is any coming back from Their Democracy if they win.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 22, 2024 12:43 PM (uxCna)

81 Economic dominoes if the US tanks. Let's not find out.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 22, 2024 12:44 PM (7rldP)

82 I'm actually starting to think it might be better for Trump to lose. Vance said his biggest worry is Trump gets elected and the PTB tank the economy. Might be better to let the D's own the crash.
Posted by: hart at September 22, 2024 12:40 PM (SGfHY)

No, the D party must be destroyed.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 22, 2024 12:44 PM (0eaVi)

83 72 Even without cheating it’d be close, which is a rebuke to our ignorant, decadent and stupid electorate….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 22, 2024 12:32 PM (6RwsA)

I'm actually starting to think it might be better for Trump to lose. Vance said his biggest worry is Trump gets elected and the PTB tank the economy. Might be better to let the D's own the crash.
Posted by: hart at September 22, 2024 12:40 PM (SGfHY)

No. No. No.

The MSM, the Dems and the GOPe would only blame Trump for the recession, and they could actually get away with that. No. Trump has one more term in him. He can at least get the ball rolling on shrinking the Deep State at last.

I harshed on Reagan earlier, but his second greatest action was standing by Volcker when he crashed the economy to ultimately save it. It took gigantic stones to cast your lot with Volcker in the middle of a recession, and not fire him for doing what needed to be done. Reagan was very fortunate that things turned around in time for me (and millions of others) to vote for him in '84.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at September 22, 2024 12:44 PM (C9qva)

84 >>>>That basically covers the entire Israeli political and military elite of the past 40 or so years.

And here we are.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey,
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Moshe Dayan might disagree.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 12:45 PM (fWHsP)

85 30 25 Just wait until we have people celebrating October 7th across the United States in a couple of weeks.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 22, 2024 12:19 PM (uxCna)

Many of them in congress and the White House.
Posted by: News Update at September 22, 2024 12:22 PM (nI2gM)

It's stomach turning, but I'm ok with letting them declare themselves publicly and remove all doubt.

Also, can we just keep oil below $65 a barrel so the Ayatollahs are wondering how they can afford to get Mohammed Jr. Jr. the Jihad Joe doll with the kung fu grip and still buy next weeks' kebabs? Please?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at September 22, 2024 12:45 PM (pIfcn)

86 I hesitate to make predictions based on lawn signs. I am not seeing many around here in my light pink suburb,. It's about 50/50. However, remember that few Ds are voting for Harris. They've voting against Trump and hatred is as strong a motivator as love.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&&&V at September 22, 2024 12:46 PM (iI+f0)

87 Here, let me raise your blood pressure. The UN and the Bribe'em DOJ have given the UNRWA workers that killed, held hostages, raped them and starved the IMMUNITY from prosecution.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 22, 2024 12:47 PM (I1GXe)

88 They win and Trump and Elon get imprisoned, and we immediately start getting mass arrests of political dissidents, like in England.

I don't think there is any coming back from Their Democracy if they win.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 22, 2024 12:43 PM (uxCna)
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If that happens, I don't think it goes quite like the left thinks it will. I shudder at what I believe to be the most likely outcome, which is the opening of the final box.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at September 22, 2024 12:48 PM (tT6L1)

89 My first vote was for Reagan in '84
Posted by: Darrell Harris at September 22, 2024 12:38 PM (C9qva)

I envy you. My first was Poppy. And then a long line of garbage. Dole, W, Maverick, Romney. At least I'll get a third for Trump.

Posted by: hart at September 22, 2024 12:48 PM (SGfHY)

90 From what I've heard, the thruster doghouses on the service module get very hot which manages to make some teflon seals change size, this constricts the flow of fuel, the computer detects this, and shuts the 'bad' thruster down.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 22, 2024 12:48 PM (7rldP)

91 Moshe Dayan might disagree.
Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 12:45 PM (fWHsP)
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The guy who handed the keys of the Temple Mount back to the Waqf right after the 6 Day War?

And here we are. Everything is a cascade downward from that decision. Everything!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 22, 2024 12:48 PM (3Y5XB)

92 Moshe Dayan might disagree.
Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 12:45 PM (fWHsP)

Isn't he the guy who had the chance to take the temple mount and declined?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 22, 2024 12:48 PM (0eaVi)

93 The economy is going to tank regardless who's in office. Trump/Vance will try (and be thwarted) to stave off the collapse. They were always going to get blamed.

With Harris we'll get the same results, but will be told it's a good thing, and here's why...

You don't hate the media and the political class enough.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 22, 2024 12:49 PM (Q4IgG)

94 If that happens, I don't think it goes quite like the left thinks it will. I shudder at what I believe to be the most likely outcome, which is the opening of the final box.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at September 22, 2024 12:48 PM (tT6L1)

This same scenario was supposed to happen if Trump was arrested.

Posted by: News Update at September 22, 2024 12:49 PM (nI2gM)

95 However, remember that few Ds are voting for Harris. They've voting against Trump and hatred is as strong a motivator as love.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&&&V at September 22, 2024 12:46 PM (iI+f0)

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Harris is guaranteed 30% of the vote. I don't think the hatred of PDT campaign is going to work quite as well this time, because the economy is in the toilet.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at September 22, 2024 12:49 PM (tT6L1)

96 Moshe Dayan, the guy that almost lost the Yom Kippur war.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 22, 2024 12:50 PM (I1GXe)

97 I do know that if Kamala wins, I'll give up giving a shit about politics. If half the country cares more about My Abortions! and Orange Man Bad than their own survival, then we won't survive.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&&&V at September 22, 2024 12:50 PM (iI+f0)

98
Institutional capture is complete, with the possible exception of the Supreme Court and a few Baptist churches.
The Disinformation Bureau staffing has already been assigned and 1st and 2nd amendment abridged.
Courtesy roadblocks to complete domination in the House and Senate will be fortified out of office this November.
Your money and pension can be made inaccessible at a whim of a federal agency.
Pray daily for Ace, J.J., and the cobs and hope the commies and sexual deviants running things at least have some sense of going to far, but that hasn't been made evident yet.

Posted by: Auspex at September 22, 2024 12:50 PM (j4U/Z)

99 >>>I don't think there is any coming back from Their Democracy if they win.
Posted by: The ARC of History!
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You can quote them on that.
We're in a situation and people need to realize it. They mean every innuendo they utter.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 12:50 PM (fWHsP)

100 Here, let me raise your blood pressure. The UN and the Bribe'em DOJ have given the UNRWA workers that killed, held hostages, raped them and starved the IMMUNITY from prosecution.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 22, 2024 12:47 PM (I1GXe)

You mean "legal" prosecution? *wink*wink*

Posted by: thatcrzyjerseyguy at September 22, 2024 12:51 PM (iODuv)

101 Why do foreign leaders continue to meet with biden? Is it to make him look foolish? To insult Americans by making us keep bending over?

They can't possibly have any respect for biden. What's the point?

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 22, 2024 12:52 PM (mT+6a)

102 @AmmpersandDonnna, we'll have to go into hunker down mode because the state will come after everyone who disagrees with our government. For instance, evangelical churches will probably be labeled hate groups and things will go downhill from there.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at September 22, 2024 12:52 PM (tT6L1)

103 Well, time to head to church.

Later!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at September 22, 2024 12:52 PM (tT6L1)

104 Harris is guaranteed 30% of the vote. I don't think the hatred of PDT campaign is going to work quite as well this time, because the economy is in the toilet.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at September 22, 2024 12:49 PM (tT6L1)

It’s in the toilet for some. It’s quite good for others. The ones who it’s in the toilet for is already on Team Trump. These are small business owners, blue collar workers, etc. they’re the ones who have Ben devastated by Biden.

But teachers, union members, govt employees, wall st, tech bros have done very well. And they will be enthusiastic ally be voting for more of the same.

The economy is kind of a wash in that aspect.

Posted by: News Update at September 22, 2024 12:53 PM (nI2gM)

105 Had a special forces type guy as a neighbor in the early years after 9-11 who worked in the 'stan and Iraq.

Couple of things he said -
- They are religious fanatics, not stupid.
- What will subdue these people is kill everyone in their family and maybe village too. That they understand. Everybody understood it. Not like the jihdis think they will become rich after kicking the infidel ass, they know their world will always be shit. But they will have earned honor. And get away with it.

But if their clan is dead then they lost everything.
Everybody knew, but politicians' ROE.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 22, 2024 12:53 PM (/lPRQ)

106 Gutfeld coined a new name for Harris, and I think it should be utilized to full advantage: Chuckles McKneepads. Has a nice ring to it,

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at September 22, 2024 12:54 PM (iODuv)

107 89 My first vote was for Reagan in '84
Posted by: Darrell Harris at September 22, 2024 12:38 PM (C9qva)

Me too.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 22, 2024 12:54 PM (mT+6a)

108 Democrats want the Hamas style of voting.

One vote and then everyone not Hamas gets killed.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 22, 2024 12:54 PM (7rldP)

109 Well, the evangelicals better get off their assessment and vote then. Apparently many of them do not, according to (I think) Buck Sexton.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&&&V at September 22, 2024 12:54 PM (iI+f0)

110 96 Moshe Dayan, the guy that almost lost the Yom Kippur war.
Posted by: Ben Had
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Why didn't he lose it?

Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 12:55 PM (fWHsP)

111 89 My first vote was for Reagan in '84
Posted by: Darrell Harris at September 22, 2024 12:38 PM (C9qva)

Mine was for Nixon, 1968, while serving in the army.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at September 22, 2024 12:56 PM (iODuv)

112 Commenters are reporting they do not see Harris/Walz yard signs in Democratic leaning areas. That may be because these people do not support Harris/Walz, and will not be voting FOR them, but will be voting AGAINST Trump/Vance.

Posted by: French Jeton at September 22, 2024 12:57 PM (nqPiZ)

113 I commented during the week on my trips to Delaware that I never saw 1 sign for Trump or The Ho. There were political signs everywhere for state races.
So it's mandatory voting for President or not allowed to say, not sure.
And drived through suburbs too

Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2024 12:57 PM (fwDg9)

114 I'm not sure who is saying Evangelicals don't vote. I know a lot of them. They vote.

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at September 22, 2024 12:57 PM (sAmhv)

115 Another 'forgotten' 1,300 tonnes of ammonium nitrate?

Oh no! How will those poor Lebanese farmers fertilize their crops now?

Posted by: Oddbob at September 22, 2024 12:57 PM (/y8xj)

116 Sheesh. Assessment! I hate posting from my phone.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&&&V at September 22, 2024 12:58 PM (iI+f0)

117 Braenyard, because Golda kicked him and Kissinger in the nuts.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 22, 2024 12:58 PM (I1GXe)

118 Well, the evangelicals better get off their assessment and vote then. Apparently many of them do not, according to (I think) Buck Sexton.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&&&V at September 22, 2024 12:54 PM (iI+f0)

As an evangelical myself I’m totally ticked if there are people in my “tribe” who won’t get off their ass to vote for Trump (h/t to Trump’s Harry reference yesterday)…. I’m even more annoyed at the pro-life purists who somehow won’t vote for Trump now because he’s not pure enough on the issue even though he got Roe overturned. Mystifying….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 22, 2024 12:58 PM (ANuwa)

119 Pray daily for Ace, J.J., and the cobs and hope the commies and sexual deviants running things at least have some sense of going to far, but that hasn't been made evident yet.
Posted by: Auspex at September 22, 2024 12:50 PM (j4U/Z)

The American white Christian right is going to rise... Any day now.

Posted by: hart at September 22, 2024 12:59 PM (SGfHY)

120 Moshe Dayan might disagree.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 12:45 PM (fWHsP)

Well, he's been dead for more than 40 years, so....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 22, 2024 12:59 PM (d9fT1)

121 Leftists also think there’s an insurrectionist white supremacist behind every tree. Maybe they think they’ll be attacked for showing support for Harris? They are lunatics after all.

Posted by: News Update at September 22, 2024 12:59 PM (nI2gM)

122 A Trump presidency could do that which needs to be done but I see that we laud the 'no new wars' during the previous Trump period and that it appears that we value that status in future, judging by some comments.
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, la pace e bella ma .... at September 22, 2024 12:35 PM (qfLjt)

Killing jihadis does not count as a "new" war. Jefferson did it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 22, 2024 12:59 PM (FzuHv)

123 ...when are we going to have the motivation?

Maybe not until it is too late.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 22, 2024 12:59 PM (W/lyH)

124 Good morning good people. That's a righteous rant CDB! I whole heartedly agree.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 22, 2024 01:00 PM (WXNFJ)

125 What will it take for America to undergo a similar sea change?

A coordinated terrorist attack on our soil that mirrors the barbarism of October 7th.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the imponderables at September 22, 2024 01:00 PM (f+zED)

126 I’m even more annoyed at the pro-life purists who somehow won’t vote for Trump now because he’s not pure enough on the issue even though he got Roe overturned. Mystifying….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

It’s the right’s MO. If you’re only 85% pure you’re dead to me.

Posted by: News Update at September 22, 2024 01:00 PM (nI2gM)

127 117 Braenyard, because Golda kicked him and Kissinger in the nuts.
Posted by: Ben Had
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Didn't it have something to do with Richard Nixon and US military might?

Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 01:00 PM (fWHsP)

128 Well, he's been dead for more than 40 years, so....
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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I knew you were going to say that.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 01:01 PM (fWHsP)

129 That's a righteous rant CDB! I whole heartedly agree.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 22, 2024 01:00 PM (WXNFJ)

Thanks! And I wrote it without bourbon!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 22, 2024 01:01 PM (d9fT1)

130 Hezbollah definitely started this one firing thousands missiles across the border. Don't want no shit don't start no shit.

I guess that is one way to look at it. Though others might view it as another in another ongoing battle of tit-for-tat that breeds more violence.

Funny...people keep missing that nuance. They cheer for Ukrainian missiles that blow up facilities in Russia and kill “innocent civilians” nearby… and they’re hardly loud in their condemnation of Hamas or Hizbollah when they kill kids with rocket attacks on cities.

It’s almost as though their concern is about something else...

There is not a finite supply of terrorists. More war and violent ops produce more terrorists. How many do you think Abu Ghraib and the Iraq War created?

What is the alternative? Surrender? That is a pacifist argument. I am not a pacifist.

A negotiated ceasefire and a two-state solution. Exactly what Harris is advocating. You know, I'm a Democrat, not a member of Likud.

No one in the region supports that. Neither the Israeli population nor the Gaza population supports a two-state solution.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 22, 2024 01:02 PM (QG++7)

131 Pahlavi is telling Western Leaders to support the Iranian people and let them overthrow the mullahs. He doesn't want a war in Iran from outside sources but backing from other countries would free Iran.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 22, 2024 01:03 PM (I1GXe)

132 Thx CBD. Hezbollah launched over a 100 missiles into Israel last night hitting targets as far as a town near Haifa. There is going to be retaliations elsewhere, the Iranians ain't going to take this sitting down. Be on guard everywhere if you are Americans or Israelis

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 22, 2024 01:03 PM (O8bOp)

133 Institutional capture is complete, with the possible exception of the Supreme Court and a few Baptist churches.

A broad brush there. Again, there are a lot of churches out there. The ones that are growing are the ones that teach and preach the Word of God (Bible). They know who the head of the Church is. The denominations that are shrinking are the ones that have been captured by the depraved culture. They've abandoned God, so God abandoned them.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 22, 2024 01:04 PM (sAmhv)

134 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 22, 2024 12:48 PM (3Y5XB)

Every time Israel does not act quickly and decisively she loses.

Jerusalem should have been consolidated, and the temple mount should have been cleared of all Muslim influence.

Move the mosque to Saudi Arabia or Jordan...brick by brick. But get it off Jewish soil.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 22, 2024 01:05 PM (d9fT1)

135 I like the Administrative State as much as the next person and appreciate it's reach. However, Israel, given its wealth of natural resources and friendly neighbors, needed some motivation that the U.S. provided.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 01:05 PM (fWHsP)

136 Braeynard, Nixon did nothing. The US supplied some Phantom Jets and that was it.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 22, 2024 01:05 PM (I1GXe)

137 There are dumdshits on both sides. More so on the left. If you're part of a voting block you aren't doing a lot of critical thinking.

Posted by: hart at September 22, 2024 01:06 PM (SGfHY)

138
Move the mosque to Saudi Arabia or Jordan...brick by brick. But get it off Jewish soil.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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A generous and reasonable offer.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 01:09 PM (fWHsP)

139 If you're part of a voting block you aren't doing a lot of critical thinking.

What does that mean? That if I am thinking critically, that I necessarily can't come to the same conclusion as a lot of other people?

Posted by: Oddbob at September 22, 2024 01:09 PM (/y8xj)

140 Aqil showers due to Israeli firepower

Posted by: haffhowershower at September 22, 2024 01:10 PM (NMT5x)

141 At the very least, the US Govt should send Israel a thank you card.

Posted by: haffhowershower at September 22, 2024 01:10 PM (NMT5x)

142 137 There are dumdshits on both sides. More so on the left. If you're part of a voting block you aren't doing a lot of critical thinking.
Posted by: hart

Liz, is that you?! (Joking)

The Hill: Liz Cheney: Conservatives may need a new party...Cheney indicated in an interview at The Capital Times Idea Fest in Madison, Wisc., that conservatives could end up forming a new kind of conservative party, arguing that “far too much has happened that’s too damaging” in the Republican Party.

“There is certainly going to be a big shift, I think, in how our politics work — I don’t know exactly what that will look like. I don’t think it will just simply be… the Republican party is going to put up a new slate of candidates and off to the races,” Cheney, an outspoken Trump critic, told The New York Times’ Peter Baker. “I think far too much has happened that’s too damaging,” she added.

When asked by Baker whether she was suggesting that conservatives unhappy with the current state of the GOP will have to create a new party, she said, “It may well be.”

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 22, 2024 01:10 PM (QG++7)

143 'What will it take for America to undergo a similar sea change?'

Honestly, it will take the total defeat of the left before we can take a strong, coherent offensive against our enemies again. Watching them undermine the war on terror convinced me of that.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at September 22, 2024 01:11 PM (3wi/L)

144 What does that mean? That if I am thinking critically, that I necessarily can't come to the same conclusion as a lot of other people?
Posted by: Oddbob at September 22, 2024 01:09 PM (/y8xj)

Voting blocks by group are mainly on the left.

Posted by: hart at September 22, 2024 01:13 PM (SGfHY)

145 23
China could detonate them at anytime if we piss them off.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 22, 2024 12:18 PM (NpAcC)
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Hopefully sufficient people, both officially and individually, would disassemble these items and discover any potential problem.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, quel stratagemma funziona solo una volta at September 22, 2024 01:14 PM (qfLjt)

146 136 Braeynard, Nixon did nothing. The US supplied some Phantom Jets and that was it.
Posted by: Ben Had
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Nixon stands out among presidents for taking the boldest risk for Israel: a much-needed arms airlift during the 1973 Yom Kippur War
https://tinyurl.com/yckyk8np

Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 01:14 PM (fWHsP)

147 Voting blocks by group are mainly on the left.
Posted by: hart

Looking at the "progression" of our government since 1900, if say the Left has been pretty effective. Maybe they're onto a winning strategy.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at September 22, 2024 01:14 PM (QG++7)

148 Some people thought this blast in South Lebanon last night was a nuke:

https://is.gd/dartKF

/ they hit something
Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 22, 2024 12:40 PM (RKVpM)

Dang!
I'd like to see the BDA on that target!

Posted by: Diogenes at September 22, 2024 01:16 PM (W/lyH)

149 I’m even more annoyed at the pro-life purists who somehow won’t vote for Trump now because he’s not pure enough on the issue even though he got Roe overturned. Mystifying….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Honestly, this type of thinking mystifies me. I am a one issue voter. Pro-life is it. Thus,

PDJT/Vance for me.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 22, 2024 01:17 PM (WXNFJ)

150 47 Was it the British or the French that also had troops blown up with the US Marines?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 22, 2024 12:29 PM (7rldP)
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See #7

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, quel stratagemma funziona solo una volta! at September 22, 2024 01:17 PM (qfLjt)

151 118 Well, the evangelicals better get off their assessment and vote then. Apparently many of them do not, according to (I think) Buck Sexton.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&&&V at September 22, 2024 12:54 PM (iI+f0)

As an evangelical myself I’m totally ticked if there are people in my “tribe” who won’t get off their ass to vote for Trump (h/t to Trump’s Harry reference yesterday)…. I’m even more annoyed at the pro-life purists who somehow won’t vote for Trump now because he’s not pure enough on the issue even though he got Roe overturned. Mystifying….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 22, 2024 12:58 PM (ANuwa)

The backers of gay marriage held their fire when Obama told Rick Warren that he was for traditional marriage. They knew he was lying to get into office, so he can give them what they wanted. Pro-life evangelicals should stand by the POTUS that overturned Roe, and was the only POTUS that showed up at a March For Life rally - Reagan, GHWB and W never bothered to do that.

Penny wise, and pound foolish.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at September 22, 2024 01:17 PM (C9qva)

152 Looking at the "progression" of our government since 1900, if say the Left has been pretty effective. Maybe they're onto a winning strategy.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at September 22, 2024 01:14 PM (QG++7)

Clearly they are. We're not far from a long term one party state at the federal level.

Posted by: hart at September 22, 2024 01:18 PM (SGfHY)

153 Our adversaries have done to us the same as Israel did to hamas.
They have planted lethal weapons throughout the US. They are called sleeper cells. They have been doing it for years and this administration has multiplied their importation. What the trigger will be is undisclosed.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 01:18 PM (fWHsP)

154 Yes we have the tools. What we also have is a government that is de facto allies of the murderous followers of a minor wanna be god. They are all in on establishing Iran as the power in the Middle East as we continue to assist them by denying Israel valuable weapons and munitions with which to defeat the head choppers of Islam.

Posted by: Fed Up to Here at September 22, 2024 01:19 PM (VcHM+)

155 71
'schooling a clown on the Trump lawfare'

She sure did. She really clowned that comb-over toad who was trying to insinuate a bunch of falsehood.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at September 22, 2024 01:19 PM (3wi/L)

156 Individualism is frightening to many people. That's why mass movements have had so much success in the 20th century. Politics and group identity gives people the same sense of belonging that religion once did
The left realizes that and is very good at exploiting it.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&&&V at September 22, 2024 01:19 PM (iI+f0)

157 72
'I'm actually starting to think it might be better for Trump to lose.'

Your thinking seems to go that direction.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at September 22, 2024 01:21 PM (3wi/L)

158 There is not a finite supply of terrorists. More war and violent ops produce more terrorists. How many do you think Abu Ghraib and the Iraq War created?

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 22, 2024 01:02 PM (QG++7)
***

Fundamentally wrong.
More violence, hard, vicious, sustained violence leads to victory. When you are beating the muzzies, they don't go rushing to their recruiting stations. The people bunker down and the terrorists resort to impressment.
When they think they are winning is when they get jobless youths to join their ranks.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 22, 2024 01:22 PM (W/lyH)

159 Some just want to fuck with others, some want power. All want money.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 22, 2024 12:25 PM (Q4IgG)

Some just want to watch the world burn.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 22, 2024 01:23 PM (4XwPj)

160 86
'They've voting against Trump and hatred is as strong a motivator as love.'

That and they want democrat control. I think at some level they understand Harris is just a puppet for a oligarchy.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at September 22, 2024 01:23 PM (3wi/L)

161 We have the tools...the question is: when are we going to have the motivation?
_______
You know the answer perfectly well. When we get rid of the Commies in the administration.

(Well, wimpy RINOs too. But even most RINOs are ostensibly pro-Israel.)

Posted by: Eeyore at September 22, 2024 01:23 PM (1bNHn)

162 142:When asked by Baker whether she was suggesting that conservatives unhappy with the current state of the GOP will have to create a new party, she said, “It may well be.

They are creating a new party, Liz. You just ain't in it.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 22, 2024 01:24 PM (sAmhv)

163 First election I voted for Nixon in ‘72.

Different world different electorate but some similarities with the candidates.

McGovern airhead
Nixon worldly.

Posted by: Redenzo at September 22, 2024 01:25 PM (V/pbu)

164 I’m even more annoyed at the pro-life purists who somehow won’t vote for Trump now because he’s not pure enough on the issue even though he got Roe overturned. Mystifying….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

I understand the sentiment. After the McCains and Romneys, I'm never voting a pure GOPe creature again. They'll lie about immigration control, budget control and peace, but won't actually deliver (abortion, too).

Trump won't deliver what I want, either, but he'll legitimately try to move things in the DIRECTION I want, get some results, and not actively work AGAINST my priorities, so he seems a no brainer pick

Posted by: Moron Analyst at September 22, 2024 01:26 PM (QG++7)

165 We have the tools...the question is: when are we going to have the motivation?
_______
You know the answer perfectly well. When we get rid of the Commies in the administration.

(Well, wimpy RINOs too. But even most RINOs are ostensibly pro-Israel.)
Posted by: Eeyore at September 22, 2024 01:23 PM (1bNHn)
***

The left is going to have to fundamentally overreach to get enough of congress and the American people to demand a change. Even assassinating President Trump might not be enough. Massive civil disobedience? Riots and counter riots?
I don't know. But it would need to be dramatic.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 22, 2024 01:27 PM (W/lyH)

166 I think there is an infinite number of jihadis willing to become glorious martyrs for the cause. They think they'll go to heaven and their families will get honr and money. I also think there are a a finite number of jihadis willing to have their balls blown off. They're not glorious martyrs then, just crippled eunuchs.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&&&V at September 22, 2024 01:28 PM (iI+f0)

167 72
'I'm actually starting to think it might be better for Trump to lose.'

Your thinking seems to go that direction.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at September 22, 2024 01:21 PM (3wi/L)

Let it burn, let them own it has an appeal.

Posted by: hart at September 22, 2024 01:29 PM (SGfHY)

168 I have no desire to live in a barracks on 1000 calories a day, no Trump losing won't be good

Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2024 01:30 PM (fwDg9)

169 Once they annihilate Israel. We are next. We are to stupid to see it coming. Who is going to stop them. Talk show host the middle finger. And a bunch of f words. Funny.

Posted by: Hudson at September 22, 2024 01:30 PM (bxRm+)

170 Let it burn, let them own it has an appeal.

You can rethink that as they load you onto the cattle car.

Remember, they want you dead, and they are not kidding about that.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 22, 2024 01:30 PM (uxCna)

171 The left understand politics is a long game. Not in years but decades and even centuries. They are happy to chip away and get small wins because over time those small wins turn into big wins.

The right wants everything today. And if a politician doesn’t deliver everything today, but maybe only 10%, that politician is thrown overboard.

It’s why we win nothing in the long run.

Posted by: News Update at September 22, 2024 01:31 PM (nI2gM)

172 167
'Let it burn, let them own it has an appeal.'

Not if you and your family are in the house too.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at September 22, 2024 01:31 PM (3wi/L)

173 170 Let it burn, let them own it has an appeal.

You can rethink that as they load you onto the cattle car.

Remember, they want you dead, and they are not kidding about that.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 22, 2024 01:30 PM (uxCna)

That's why they are replacing us with "Newcomers".
Someone has to do the work

Posted by: It's me donna at September 22, 2024 01:32 PM (IyPmt)

174 I’m even more annoyed at the pro-life purists who somehow won’t vote for Trump now because he’s not pure enough on the issue even though he got Roe overturned. Mystifying….

Lots and lots of Democratic money is going to the "pro-life purists".

It's an op.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 22, 2024 01:32 PM (uxCna)

175 I'm actually starting to think it might be better for Trump to lose. Vance said his biggest worry is Trump gets elected and the PTB tank the economy. Might be better to let the D's own the crash.
Posted by: hart

A Trump loss is awful. The internal GOP blame-game will hurt us in 2028, and an economic crash will just give the administration an excuse for more government control to "save the economy and protect people from another one". Continued immigration and legalization will create a larger dependent class that reliably votes D, hurting every future election.

Social Security solvency is ALSO coming up as an issue, and the last people I want in power when it comes to a head are the Dems.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at September 22, 2024 01:32 PM (QG++7)

176 The left wanted a full on takeover of health care with Obama. But that was not feasible. So they happily settled for Obamacare which didn’t fully take it over, but took over a lot of it. They’ll get their ultimate goal eventually but they understand it won’t happen overnight.

That’s how they operate. Take what you can get today and keep fighting for the rest.

Posted by: News Update at September 22, 2024 01:33 PM (nI2gM)

177 71 Megyn Kelly is just awesome. She should be Trump's Press Secretary.

Rita Panahi
@RitaPanahi

@megynkelly
schooling a clown on the Trump lawfare

https://tinyurl.com/4zc5pdzu
Posted by: redridinghood at September 22, 2024 12:40 PM (NpAcC)

She did destroy Jason Calacanis' argument against Trump along those lines. Several interesting things about that clip. Three of the four panelists were Democrats, and David Sacks supported Democrats before he went on the Trump Train. J-Cal, as liberal as he is, is not all-in for Kamala. Abortion is the only thing keeping her in the running for his vote.

The biggest thing about that clip, in my mind, is the venue of Megyn's case for Trump. The crowd was clearly loving her argument. The venue is on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at September 22, 2024 01:33 PM (C9qva)

178 I watched this -The Rageaholic -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pZG7snE7tU

yesterday. It's American, it's not abstract some other country in thought, like, how/why did the Germans allow Hitler to get away with it?

It's American and these things happened here and we tolerated it.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 01:33 PM (fWHsP)

179 170
'Remember, they want you dead, and they are not kidding about that.'

Then they and I finally have something in common.

I just haven't worked out the getting away with it part.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at September 22, 2024 01:34 PM (3wi/L)

180 Lilla Rose aside, I don't believe many prolifers are stupid enough to turn their backs on Trump. I think those X accounts are Dems posing as prolifers

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&&&V at September 22, 2024 01:35 PM (iI+f0)

181 168 I have no desire to live in a barracks on 1000 calories a day, no Trump losing won't be good

Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2024 01:30 PM (fwDg9)

You and all of us reading this will sleep in tents after 16 hours of hard labor building high-speed rail lines, on 1000 calories a day.

Posted by: Gref at September 22, 2024 01:35 PM (aBgBM)

182
You and all of us reading this will sleep in tents after 16 hours of hard labor building high-speed rail lines, on 1000 calories a day.
Posted by: Gref at September 22, 2024 01:35 PM (aBgBM)

(Jump to top of page)

I’m want dibs on the California line. At least the weather will be good.

Posted by: News Update at September 22, 2024 01:36 PM (nI2gM)

183 First election I voted for Nixon in ‘72.

Different world different electorate but some similarities with the candidates.

McGovern airhead
Nixon worldly.
Posted by: Redenzo at September 22, 2024 01:25 PM (V/pbu)

Lol, Trump in '72 might have taken Mass, and made a run at D.C.

Posted by: hart at September 22, 2024 01:37 PM (SGfHY)

184 I have no desire to live in a barracks on 1000 calories a day, no Trump losing won't be good

Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2024 01:30 PM (fwDg9)

You and all of us reading this will sleep in tents after 16 hours of hard labor building high-speed rail lines, on 1000 calories a day.
Posted by: Gref at September 22, 2024 01:35 PM (aBgBM)
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This only happens if we lose the civil war...or fail to even fight it.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 22, 2024 01:38 PM (W/lyH)

185 "Just wait until we have people celebrating October 7th across the United States in a couple of weeks."

The US "muh diversity" people will be celebrating the rape, murder, kidknaping of the people at the festival where they were celebrating "diversity".

Posted by: illiniwek at September 22, 2024 01:39 PM (Cus5s)

186 The problem is many of the newcomers aren't that interested in work. MS13 won't be fixing cars or mowing lawns. However, they'd make excellent concentration camp guards.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&&&V at September 22, 2024 01:39 PM (iI+f0)

187 It's OK if we let the Nazis take over, because they'll do so badly in government that they're sure to lose the next election!

Posted by: German Communists, 1933! at September 22, 2024 01:40 PM (uxCna)

188 I’m want dibs on the California line. At least the weather will be good.
Posted by: News Update at September 22, 2024 01:36 PM (nI2gM)

It is going to be 95 today in Bakersfield. It has cooled down a bit.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 22, 2024 01:41 PM (D7oie)

189 1000 calories? AYKM. Well at least tree bark is high in fiber.

Posted by: hart at September 22, 2024 01:41 PM (SGfHY)

190 The US "muh diversity" people will be celebrating the rape, murder, kidknaping of the people at the festival where they were celebrating "diversity".

The October 7th celebrations will help Trump, particularly since the Democrats won't be able to say a lot about them, out of fear of antagonizing the Deabornstan vote.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 22, 2024 01:42 PM (uxCna)

191 What if the California line runs though Death Valley?

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&&&V at September 22, 2024 01:42 PM (iI+f0)

192
It is going to be 95 today in Bakersfield. It has cooled down a bit.
Posted by: Kindltot
----------------------------

Publius says it's the last day of summer.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 01:43 PM (fWHsP)

193 Hear, hear! Thanks, CBD.

Actuary tables, insurance payments, profits vs losses - how government and this 'civil society' have come to operate.

Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at September 22, 2024 01:44 PM (NFX2v)

194 I very much appreciate the commenters from Israel. Their first-hand knowledge helps me separate the wheat from the chaff.

Posted by: LMD Outer Banker at September 22, 2024 01:44 PM (BGW2E)

195 The US "muh diversity" people will be celebrating the rape, murder, kidknaping of the people at the festival where they were celebrating "diversity".
Posted by: illiniwek at September 22, 2024 01:39 PM (Cus5s)

Died doing what they loved. Celebrating diversity.

Posted by: hart at September 22, 2024 01:45 PM (SGfHY)

196 189 1000 calories? AYKM. Well at least tree bark is high in fiber.

Posted by: hart at September 22, 2024 01:41 PM (SGfHY)

1000 calories a day! Luxury!

Posted by: Zombie laborers who dug the White Sea Canal at September 22, 2024 01:46 PM (aBgBM)

197 Long Island’s Nassau and Suffolk counties went solidly red in the 2022 midterms even though state voter rolls show Democrats outnumber Republicans in both places. And that may be a bellwether of [things to come]
_NYPost

Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 01:47 PM (fWHsP)

198 When I look at American Jews, I have to wonder how generally smart people can be so politically stupid and blind. If nothing that has happened in the past year has caused them to rethink their voting habits, Oct 7th celebrations won't do it.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&&&V at September 22, 2024 01:48 PM (iI+f0)

199 Is Trump rallying today?

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 22, 2024 01:48 PM (4XwPj)

200 The biggest danger in the US right now is the out of control crime followed by the out of control illegal immigration ( partly connected) . A Dem win will make both far worse.

The crime issue though is fueled by ignoring the main group committing the crimes and both parties are guilty of that .

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at September 22, 2024 01:49 PM (D6PGr)

201 106 Gutfeld coined a new name for Harris, and I think it should be utilized to full advantage: Chuckles McKneepads. Has a nice ring to it,

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at September 22, 2024 12:54 PM (iODuv)
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Why the Scottish slant? Are we slandering Scots now?

Posted by: Ciampino - Chuckles Xhkneepads - click sound at September 22, 2024 01:50 PM (qfLjt)

202 The left doesn't have to 'put us in camps' to control us.

All they need to do is take over the banks, look at where and what you spend money on and either take it, or use social credit systems to 'let you decide' if you'd rather buy gasoline or food, electricity or ammo.

Your decision. Your own consequences.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 22, 2024 01:50 PM (Q4IgG)

203 Gulf Tropical Storm Is Likely, Threat To Florida, Southeast Late This Week
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Not a cloud in the sky, we'll see.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 01:51 PM (fWHsP)

204 Imagine if Gov John Conally had gotten the 1980 candidacy instead of Reagan. He might have gotten Ben Fernandez as his veep.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 22, 2024 01:52 PM (D7oie)

205 We can pray that Trump wins. And that he brings the feck we need- big league, the best, pressed down and overflowing.

Posted by: Delurk Ergo Sum at September 22, 2024 01:52 PM (ANFY9)

206 When I look at American Jews, I have to wonder how generally smart people can be so politically stupid and blind. If nothing that has happened in the past year has caused them to rethink their voting habits, Oct 7th celebrations won't do it.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&&&V at September 22, 2024 01:48 PM (iI+f0)
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Repeat and rinse: JINOs. Nothing Jewish about them other than - MAYBE - enjoying eating in kosher "style" delis.

Now do the same for CHINOs. Same thing - even the pastrami on rye sandwiches!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 22, 2024 01:52 PM (3Y5XB)

207 14 I'm assuming that guy was blown to pieces. I wonder if the people had to get all his body parts back together. They would have had to search for his legs, his arms, and Aqil lungs.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 22, 2024 12:13 PM (0eaVi)

He was just beside himself.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 22, 2024 01:52 PM (W/lyH)

208 Let it burn, let them own it has an appeal.'

Really. Nice arm chairing. If the fire ever truly erupts in this country, it will turn into a conflagration. If you're fortunate enough to survive for awhile, how will you discern who is us and who are them amongst the dead?

Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the imponderables at September 22, 2024 01:52 PM (f+zED)

209 If they win the takeover will be swift.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 01:52 PM (fWHsP)

210 They just had a music concert in Seattle in support of Palestinians ( terrorists) where they cheered the headliner who proclaimed that he hated America.

We’re getting closer.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at September 22, 2024 01:52 PM (D6PGr)

211 Why the Scottish slant? Are we slandering Scots now?
Posted by: Ciampino - Chuckles Xhkneepads - click sound at September 22, 2024 01:50 PM (qfLjt)

The Irish. Honestly you could go O'Roundheels, but why?

Posted by: Kindltot at September 22, 2024 01:53 PM (D7oie)

212 California has later weather (not calendar) summer than most places. SF's warmest 91-day stretch typically ends Oct. 30.

Posted by: SFGoth at September 22, 2024 01:53 PM (KAi1n)

213 He was just beside himself.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 22, 2024 01:52 PM (W/lyH)
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They tried to convince him but he just couldn't pull himself together.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 22, 2024 01:54 PM (3Y5XB)

214 When I look at American Jews, I have to wonder how generally smart people can be so politically stupid and blind.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&&&V at September 22, 2024 01:48 PM (iI+f0)

Observing Israeli politics suggests to me that it isn't just American Jews. It might be Jews in general!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 22, 2024 01:54 PM (d9fT1)

215 Great post, CBD.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 22, 2024 01:54 PM (YqDXo)

216 ...Even without cheating it’d be close, which is a rebuke to our ignorant, decadent and stupid electorate….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 22, 2024 12:32 PM (6RwsA)

This is why I've lost faith in "democracy". With an electorate this stupid/brainwashed how could you have any faith in it. The only purpose it can serve is to put the stamp of "legitimacy" onto an illegitimate government.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at September 22, 2024 01:54 PM (yGQ6R)

217 Thank you for remembering.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 22, 2024 01:54 PM (RIvkX)

218 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 22, 2024 01:52 PM (3Y5XB)

You keep making that illogical and quite frankly asinine comparison.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at September 22, 2024 01:56 PM (D6PGr)

219 >>Really. Nice arm chairing. If the fire ever truly erupts in this country, it will turn into a conflagration.

One that likely won't stay within our borders.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 22, 2024 01:56 PM (LkLld)

220 If they win the takeover will be swift.
Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 01:52 PM (fWHsP)
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Use the 2A, Luke!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 22, 2024 01:56 PM (3Y5XB)

221 Yesterday Aqil was eliminated by Israel. Macron condemned Israel, saying he stands with Lebanon.
____________________

Lebanon is alarmed by that statement.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 22, 2024 01:56 PM (YqDXo)

222 210

I refer you to my comment 143 for feedback.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at September 22, 2024 01:56 PM (3wi/L)

223 We're finally getting some rain! Six weeks with only a half inch of rain was getting serious. There's rain in the forecast for today, tomorrow, and Tuesday. Then the temps finally moderate. It's been in the 90's for weeks. High temps after Tuesday are in the mid to upper 70's.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 22, 2024 01:56 PM (4XwPj)

224 One thing for sure, the Israeli leadership is not as decrepit and corrupt as the American.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 22, 2024 01:56 PM (RIvkX)

225 Fantastic thread, CBD. A long-overdue subject.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at September 22, 2024 01:57 PM (C9qva)

226 I was shocked when Israel allowed a fag day.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 01:57 PM (fWHsP)

227 You keep making that illogical and quite frankly asinine comparison.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at September 22, 2024 01:56 PM (D6PGr)
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Yes, I do. Have a different opinion? Try explaining it to the folks at home.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 22, 2024 01:57 PM (3Y5XB)

228 201 106 Gutfeld coined a new name for Harris, and I think it should be utilized to full advantage: Chuckles McKneepads. Has a nice ring to it,

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at September 22, 2024 12:54 PM (iODuv)
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Why the Scottish slant? Are we slandering Scots now?
Posted by: Ciampino - Chuckles Xhkneepads - click sound at September 22, 2024 01:50 PM (qfLjt)

Did she ever get promoted at McDonalds?

Posted by: Delurk Ergo Sum at September 22, 2024 01:58 PM (ANFY9)

229 Really. Nice arm chairing. If the fire ever truly erupts in this country, it will turn into a conflagration. If you're fortunate enough to survive for awhile, how will you discern who is us and who are them amongst the dead?
Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the imponderables at September 22, 2024 01:52

Hopefully a reckoning won't come to that. There is going to have to be some real pain to step back from the brink if we even can.

Posted by: hart at September 22, 2024 01:58 PM (SGfHY)

230 -

Use the 2A, Luke!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey,
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That may be part of it but there won't be much filibustering in congress.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 01:59 PM (fWHsP)

231 Observing Israeli politics suggests to me that it isn't just American Jews. It might be Jews in general!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 22, 2024 01:54 PM (d9fT1)
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To a limited extent, one could even say that about Netanyahu himself.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 22, 2024 01:59 PM (3Y5XB)

232 216 ...Even without cheating it’d be close, which is a rebuke to our ignorant, decadent and stupid electorate….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 22, 2024 12:32 PM (6RwsA)

This is why I've lost faith in "democracy". With an electorate this stupid/brainwashed how could you have any faith in it. The only purpose it can serve is to put the stamp of "legitimacy" onto an illegitimate government.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at September 22, 2024 01:54 PM (yGQ6R)

This election is not going to be close. Kamala is now begging Trump to have the next debate with her (and CNN) in October. She knows that she's losing.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at September 22, 2024 01:59 PM (C9qva)

233 I'm actually starting to think it might be better for Trump to lose. Vance said his biggest worry is Trump gets elected and the PTB tank the economy. Might be better to let the D's own the crash.
Posted by: hart

No.
With Trump we can get a start on fixing things. Enough in four years to set up his replacement. Government runs on an annual budget (assuming the shitheads on the Hill bother to pass one) but it is planned over a two year cycle called a POM. A new President can influence the current budget and POM, but it isn't until the second year that he can make the big changes.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 22, 2024 01:59 PM (W/lyH)

234 These and many other questions will be answered on 11/5! Stay tuned for more!

Posted by: Jak Sucio at September 22, 2024 02:00 PM (Aoykm)

235 Mercury Morris, member of Dolphins’ undefeated Super Bowl team, dead at 77

Posted by: Braenyard at September 22, 2024 02:03 PM (fWHsP)

236 >>>Not a cloud in the sky, we'll see.

Good thing all the weather models use data other than what you personally see outside your window.

Posted by: one hour sober at September 22, 2024 02:03 PM (Y1sOo)

237 Get the all the fraud out - dead voting, mail in, drop boxes, electronic and partial votes..and most elections wouldn't be close

Posted by: A dude in MI at September 22, 2024 02:03 PM (/6GbT)

238 I suspect that the colleagues of Mr. P. Str0k have multiple “insurance policies” prepared.

Posted by: Fenderbender at September 22, 2024 02:03 PM (r72iY)

239 Observing Israeli politics suggests to me that it isn't just American Jews. It might be Jews in general!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 22, 2024 01:54 PM (d9fT1)

Said like a rabid anti-Semite. /s.

Posted by: hart at September 22, 2024 02:05 PM (SGfHY)

240 Not many Trump stickers, either, but you'll get your car vandalized if you park it in Portland with a Trump sticker, so that's understandable.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 22, 2024 12:28 PM (uxCna)
___________________

Here is coastal California there is at present precisely ONE Harris/Walz sign (in front of a house that previously sported a "love is love" sign), and one house with an absolutely huge Trump/Vance sign (along with an American flag).

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 22, 2024 02:05 PM (YqDXo)

241 Nood

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 22, 2024 02:07 PM (RIvkX)

242 This is why I've lost faith in "democracy". With an electorate this stupid/brainwashed how could you have any faith in it. The only purpose it can serve is to put the stamp of "legitimacy" onto an illegitimate government.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at September 22, 2024 01:54 PM (yGQ6R)
__________________

We've extended the franchise much much too far. That's the problem.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 22, 2024 02:09 PM (YqDXo)

243 202 The left doesn't have to 'put us in camps' to control us.

All they need to do is take over the banks, look at where and what you spend money on and either take it, or use social credit systems to 'let you decide' if you'd rather buy gasoline or food, electricity or ammo.

Your decision. Your own consequences.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 22, 2024 01:50 PM (Q4IgG)

This is how they will attempt it. Not going door to door collecting guns. Your bank and credit card accounts will be frozen until you turn in the guns that the government knows about. Hoyt linked to a thoughtful but scary essay on this a couple of weeks ago, but I can't remember which blog she linked it to.

Posted by: Caradoc at September 22, 2024 02:13 PM (r6jO3)

244 72. I'm actually starting to think it might be better for Trump to lose. Vance said his biggest worry is Trump gets elected and the PTB tank the economy. Might be better to let the D's own the crash.
Posted by: hart

What economic disaster have the Democrats ever owned? They wait until the names of the demons (banks, individuals esp. Pols) involved are forgotten & then bring them back in another form (personal consultants/lawyers; federal contractors; non-profit operations) to do more damage.

Biden got O, less than 50 years old, into a two-term Presidency. He & O may get that - 60 year old poppet in for awhile.

Over 20 million 'undocumented' individuals now reside in this country. They also marry citizens, have families, etc. ever expanding their influence, or certainly aiding others in expanding theirs. What are the odds the USA will remotely be what it was even a handful of years ago at this pace, fattening certain citizens' pensions or not? (Most citizens at some level of 'working class' become nothing more than a known quantity - the low hanging fruit - for taxation.)

Vance is young as are many excellent PDT surrogates. With PDT, they get a chance - for us.

Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at September 22, 2024 02:30 PM (NFX2v)

245 Why the Scottish slant? Are we slandering Scots now?
Posted by: Ciampino - Chuckles Xhkneepads - click sound at September 22, 2024 01:50 PM (qfLjt)

Why yes. Yes we are.

Posted by: Francoise The French Dude at September 22, 2024 02:31 PM (iODuv)

246 Preach it, CBD! Preach!

Posted by: GWB at September 22, 2024 03:16 PM (doQhm)

247 Send it, CBD! There is no reasoning with troglodytes.

Posted by: FINGERS at September 22, 2024 03:31 PM (C8ve7)

248 http://acecomments.mu.nu/?blog=86&post=411592#c40191983

Posted by: wferrin at September 22, 2024 07:41 PM (LhMwD)

249 Trump used one missile to kill the worlds leading terrorist(Soleimani).

Ask yourself why nobody else did that? The MIC would then not make money.

Posted by: Danimal28 at September 23, 2024 03:27 PM (klw0w)

250 obviously like your web site but you have to take a look at the spelling on several of your posts.
Many of them are rife with spelling issues and I to find it
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