Something is going to happen. Something wonderful.
What has already happened is birthdays, including a guy who had everything sewn up tightly; a piece of shit president who ushered in Progressivism; a guy who was a real comic; a guy with a crewcut you could set your watch by; a brilliant comic actor who has recently started saying a few intelligent things; a guy more honest than Trump or Biden; the greatest name in racing- or maybe anywhere; one of the fantasy women of my youth; and a very clever and funny writer who started huge, then suddenly ran out of gas.
News isn’t wonderful, but for the moment, it’s all we’ve got. But soon, soon.
I wish I knew more about her than the cartoon bullshit in the press. But whatever, here she is.
The important thing is what do (((we))) think. And mostly, (((we))) think very stupid things.
“But… but… but… it’s the POST OFFICE!”
This will not happen at most universities.
Old Guy Music was obligatory- Matt Lorenz doesn’t release new music frequently, but when he does…
Trump 2020.
Burn Sleepy Joe, burn!
Heh. I was wracking my brain for a Senator Nicely and it turns out that he’s a State Senator. He’s not entirely wrong but shouldn’t he not be putting on airs?
People who vote Democrat already know Biden is corrupt and incompetent, they don’t care.
To them that is a feature/benefit. The dnc is a crime syndicate, and most of the people that follow that group like that shit.
New numbers are showing a troubling trend. The murder rate in Phoenix is skyrocketing. Already this year, there have been 144 homicides according to Phoenix police. That’s a 44% increase from this time last year.
All across the country, major cities are seeing a rise in homicides, but percentage-wise, only Chicago had a bigger jump.
“When you have numbers like that, as the public you should be terrified,” Jeff Hynes, a professor at Glendale Community College and former Phoenix Police Department commander, said.
People are angry?
It’s unfathomable.
This is why we have to eliminate constitutional carry / Kelly
No. I will not be “terrified”. I will keep my wits about me as usual when I’m out and about and otherwise I will live my life as normally as I can.
Hey buddy, stop doing that.
Avatar and comment = people yelling at a suicide to jump. Festus approved!
I’m not terrified. But I’m a big strapping ox of a man who is only afraid of wasps. /puffs out chest in the true Alpha male style.
Be afraid
True story. At my frat house we had one guy who was clearly thought of as probably the toughest guy in the house. Very masculine, strong, tough, etc. But, deathly afraid of bees. It was kind of funny watching a tough guy be so scared of something so small.
One day we were sitting on the porch. A couple blocks away at the stop sign up the street, this “tough guy” starts screaming and we see him jump out of his car and run. He didn’t even put it in park, it just started rolling down the hill towards our house. It ran into the curb and got kinda stuck. So, we all went running down the street to see what the hell happened. There was a bee in his car. So he jumped out. What a pansy.
A Glib’s normal is very different from that of a square….
Philly is up 41%, which probably means between 3rd and 5th biggest increase. Plus, we’ll hit 400 sometime today, if we didn’t already overnight. Great work by Krasner and Kenney.
Those University student governments always seemed stupid.
They were/are nothing more than marxist inculcation & indoctrination programs…
I was in student government in college. I proudly admit we proposed nothing, did nothing, and accomplished nothing.
Can I get your newsletter?
It’s got nothing in it.
I remember one of the kids in one of my classes was running for president of the student body President (He was a Poli Sci major). He always described himself as a “small government conservative.” All of his proposals were nanny shit. Banning smoking on campus was the only one I remember in particular, but I remember being incensed about more than that. I also remember that this “small government Conservative” was pulling for Rudy Giuliani in the 08 Republican primary.
People like him are the problem with the world
I wonder what the Venn Diagram would look like with “Former Student Government Member” and “Current HOA Board Member”?
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Whatever, Karen.
?
I mean – maybe they are all Karens? I was trying to be funny, not mean.
That would be a third circle “Karens”
My study group in college was pretty much all returning students, so we all had some actual real life experience. There was one exception, a young kid who was the typical kid who had started college and moved up the ranks like you were supposed to.
One fall he announced he was going to run for student government. The rest of us mercilessly mocked him for even wanting to join such a stupid group like the SGA. He ended up losing his race and we told him that was good because we wouldn’t need to kick his ass out of the group.
One of Singer’s legacies not mentioned on his wikipedia page is the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. It was started by a foundation set up by his lawyer, who didnt spend his cut of the fortune.
We’ve got an old treadle Singer from the 20’s. It needs some work but apparently it can do heavy upholstery and even leather. It’s a beast.
Those things came with lifetime (of the original purchaser) warranties. It was a safe bet for the company.
We used to have one at work that was souped up with a 1.5 hp electric motor. I saw it sew 2 pieces of 1/4″ plywood together.
….wait, wut?!
Our biggest sewing machine was an antique treadle (but modified) type. It was powerful and scary. As a demonstration of it’s power, I watched a guy sew two piece of plywood together.
Jeebus – that is amazing!
I have my first Singer right now – borrowed from my sister. It’s got no reverse stitch but it’s a beast. The 301a. I’ve gone to estate sales to scout out a Singer “cranker” for my sisters and the machines are long gone by the time I get there.
There is an old (late ’70s – early ’80s) radio commercial for a sewing machine store that touts the fact that they will take your old treadle (regardless of condition) as a trade in for credit on a new machine. I’m sure that store owner spent the 1990s and early aughts selling those treadles for a king’s ransom.
However, the biggest key may be the trust between law enforcement and the community.
“The relationship between your community and law enforcement is a direct connection to your crime rates,” Hynes said.
How could this relationship have become poisonous? We may never know.
I watched the vote to confirm ACB. No outbursts or duel challenges. Very sad.
But the Hawaiian lady said hell no, such a badass queen.
Does that Hirono actually live in a Group Home?
I thought she lived in a haunted house considering how scary she is…
That or a whore house…
Yuck. Is there anything worse than a whore house ghost? Those, stiff, stiff, stiff sheets gross me the fuck out.
Something is going to happen. Something wonderful. – would you stop saying that?
Maybe the Reform Jews will drop the pretense and stop calling themselves Jewish.
Either something’s brewing on Europa or TPTB have other designs on us.
Maybe this honey-pot of a site is finally going to be sprung and we’re all going to get visits from the Feds.
I hope we get to go to the same camp.
I make great toilet wine.
The site is going woke.
Jewish? Is that a selfish Jew?
I kid, I kid.
You realize the minute you complain like that we are all going to say “Something is going to happen. Something wonderful.”, right?
I just had some bran flakes and some stale coffee. Something most certainly is coming.
Sounds like a Kommo-La rally…
Something is going to happen. Something wonderful.
I’m ready.
The 2020 shitshow is showing no signs of letting up.
Damn skippy. We spent all yesterday watching the Silverado Fire as the evacuation orders crept closer to us. As they closed the schools, all the parents walking to get their kids were just laughing and screaming “2020 Bitches!”
Did it collectively break us? I don’t know. But I vastly prefer the morbid cynicism over cowering in your house.
EVERY DAY WONDERFUL FOR STEVE SMITH.
So, why did they screw over PA?
That sounds pretty flimsy to me, but I’m a chump.
Robert Barnes was opining (on the Viva Frei Sunday podcast IIRC) that a very recent Roberts decision indicated that the court would leave in place any election laws enacted by a state’s legislature , but would be willing to overturn those that were imposed by judicial fiat. No mention was made of a state/FedGov court difference.
“the court would leave in place any election laws enacted by a state’s legislature”
Well, unless it’s something icky like photo ID or requiring people to confirm they are still residents and not dead.
Might be the last time the Roberts is relevant.
I disagree.
Fortunately, your opinion matters not.
Quite contrary, my opinion is the only one that matters.
Not to those running the website here. And that is the only one that matters.
And mine of course.
So you’re the minister in charge of driving out contrary thought?
OOOH, is it more puns? I love more puns!
*preemptively narrows gaze*
If it is a free t-shirt I’ll take a large please.
That Sword of Damocles might fall and end up giving you a nice crew cut like Halderman.
sensible chuckle
BTW, I enjoyed me some tears from the libtard crowd last night as they watched an accomplished woman that never bought the feminist lies about having to choose between career and family, or believing that patriarchy instead of victimhood mentality holds women back. This woman is now going to remind all the women that were told this was not an option that they were fools for believing the marxists. The left will not allow that to persist because it is destructive to their agenda. Amy might need to make sure she keeps an eye over her shoulder for any dnc operative looking to destroy her life. And now the left is sure to need to pack the courts to better their chances of fighting the will of the American people.
I honestly thought that Trump would pick the Cuban chick for political advantage but I must say that I was very impressed with the way that Barrett never even once rolled her eyes during her testimony. Holding up the note pad, even if a scripted moment, was masterful theater.
Unless the Dems were in on it, the notepad was not scripted.
And I don’t think the Dems were in on it.
I hate that I went from teen-aged cynic to lumpertarian for the ensuing decades to doubting every political motivation in just 12 short years. I want my innocence back. I WANT to believe.
The important thing is what do (((we))) think. And mostly, (((we))) think very stupid things. – I am non partisan being unAmerican, but those democrats of yours keep saying retarded shit. Why the fuck would RBG dying wish mean anything?
If you don’t Grant someone their dying wish, their souls are damned for eternity.
if I decide my dying wish will be, when the time comes, to bang Emily Ratajkowski can I get it now? I promise I will not make another wish.
DENIED.
/YHWH
Damn Calvinists! Always pissing on the dream…
Then you’d better be careful what you wish for.
Some has read “The Monkey’s Foot” by Margaret Atwood.
?
SP finally allowing the purchase of that decoy Ice Cream van? Wonder Dog buried the collection of tin-can lids in the sand trap on thirteen? Spud is going to grow an inch? Kamala laughed herself into a conniption and her face is stuck that way forever like The Joker?
Or something like this? https://youtu.be/-BXic-EpaaY
“Justice Elena Kagan, joined by her liberal colleagues, Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Stephen Breyer, dissented from the court’s order.”
You dont say.
It was a truly shocking turn of events unprecedented in recent Supreme Court rulings. “Whycome every decision not be 9-0 for the good and honest People?”
Is anyone surprised that a publication that once was considered the premier entity in its field today has sold out? From publications like Scientific American to Playboy (which I read for the articles) we are now inundated with enemy propaganda. Queue The Economist shilling for China and not admitting they all but own it….
Playboy used to have great articles in the early 70’s and sometime around 1976 they became harder to peruse because the pages kept getting stuck together.
SF’d the link
Me and ol’ Mr Singer were buds long ago in VN. 1911 worked in 1967.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a23340620/singer-sewing-machine-company-45-pistol-gun/
I was in ROTC during high school in the early 70’s and one of the things we did was familiarize ourselves with the issue weapons of the day. We only had M-14’s to work with so we studied the Field Manuals (FM’s) for the other weapons – the M1911A1 being one of those. There was something about the hands holding the gun in the photos which seemed familiar but I had no idea why.
40+ years later, talking with my dad one day (he had spent a career writing training programs and manuals for the Department of Defense) and for some reason the topic of the 1911 came up. He mentioned, for the first time in my life, that he had been given the project to re-write the FM for that pistol in the mid-1960’s and that the hands holding the gun in those photos (later editions used drawings based on the photos) were his.
Cool.
Doxing challenge declined. Amusing as I find researching things for utterly pointless projects I’m not going down that rabbit hole.
His name doesn’t show up anywhere in the manual as he was assigned the project on the job. I don’t think there was even any reference to the department he worked for either. I would be highly interested if you could find out anything – I have no doubt he was telling the truth, it would be cool if I could prove that to others.
Voting off-ticket is evil & wrong!
Shot: https://twitter.com/ananavarro/status/1320921436266106880
Chaser: https://twitter.com/BethLynch2020/status/1320975094571741184
It’s not nice to remind retards that they’re retarded.
It’s the fault of those people over there that my party sucked and lost the election.
The hilarious part is that she claims to be Republican.
I didn’t notice any “ramming” through of anything. Anna projecting?
Yeah, right? I clicked for the ramming part and it was nowhere to be seen. “I CALL SKINEMAX!”
“To those who voted for Jill Stein or the pot-smoker from New Mexico, or wrote-in, “Mickey Mouse…congrats on your new SCOTUS Justice!”
Thanks. I’m thinking she’ll be an upgrade.
Almost 52K likes for the Navarro tweet? Twitter is a fucking sewer and that broad is a flim flam artist if I’ve ever seen one.
I had a woke co worker that I caught tweeting during a break. He was just scrolling and clicking “like” on everyone he followed w/o reading the tweets. I imagine that accounts for most of the “likes”.
It’s not too hard to build a like farm for Twitter (at least, that was the case 10 years ago). Not that I don’t believe that there are 50k (or even 100x as many) idiots who would support anything she said, but Twitter likes is about as arbitrary as it gets.
If you catch someone “tweeting” on a break isn’t that a a problem for HR to tackle? That sounds positively masturbatory. I like it… I Like It… I LIKE IT!!!!!!!
Meanwhile, over at the MSNBC business channel
Not everyone in America is wearing masks, even now, when public health officials are strongly encouraging them to do so. Rallies to protest masks have popped up across the country, with many Americans pointing out that it’s a violation of their personal freedoms.
But for others, who potentially represent a less vocal majority, it could become the new normal. Since the start of the pandemic, many people bought a handful of masks for the first time and have gotten used to wearing them in public. Doctors and public health experts believe that American culture could fundamentally shift to embrace new hygiene practices.
“I think we do need a new culture of masks, at least any time not feeling well, and I think masks are in and handshakes out for the indefinite future,” said Dr. Tom Frieden, the former director of the C.D.C. during the Obama Administration and the president of global health initiative Resolve to Save Lives.
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But Guthrie said his views have changed since the start of the pandemic. He would take greater precautions now if he felt under the weather. “Masks are not the slightest bit inconvenient for long periods of time if you find one that fits well,” he said.
Others say they discovered unexpected benefits to wearing a mask. Hope King, a New York-based journalist, has found comfort in that moment on the street when people pull their mask up as they approach. She sees it as a sign of respect.
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For some young Americans, wearing a mask just isn’t big deal. Gurdane Bhutani, 29, suspects that face coverings won’t be perceived as a “strange thing to do” in the future at times when people are packed together. He already refrains from eating peanuts on an airplane in case someone has an allergy. So a mask doesn’t seem any different.
“It’s not hard to do, and it could make a difference for someone else,” he said. “I know people with autoimmune conditions are feeling really relieved that everyone is wearing masks now.”
Und so weiter.
Reject the American culture of toxic individualism. Stop pretending you can or should think for yourself, or manage risk on an individual level.
Embrace the collective. Wear the swastika. Show the others how much you respect them.
“former director of the C.D.C. during the Obama Administration” Res ipsa loquitur
“Show the others how much you respect them.”
NOBODY wants that.
I have to wear one on campus and have been doing so since May.
I will NEVER get used to it. My colleagues feel the same way.
We have been half-joking that as soon as the mask mandate is lifted, we are going to throw them all in a big pile and have a bonfire.
Will it ever actually be lifted though?
I hate wearing the mask. Unless the part of the nose is pinched just right, my glasses (NERD!!!) fog up.
I actually work too hard to wear the mask. I need my O2 and if they try to make me don one I’ll just hand whatever tool I’m using at the time to them and say “Good Luck in all your future endeavors!”
I stopped wearing it over my nose for that exact reason. I’m not going to walk around in a blur just because Karen wants me to virtue signal right. Not that anybody has bothered me.
Short version of my standard anti-mask rant:
Masks provide zero potential benefit to you or to others. They are at best neutral and (if you do have any baddies in your respiratory tract) net negatives both for you and for your neighbors. Period. Wearing a mask is an open insult/threat to your neighbor.
Why? Because believing in masks requires a suspension of the Law of Conservation of Mass. “Experts” who forward opinions requiring suspension of the fundamental laws of the universe are not experts. They’re just idiots.
“I would argue that not all opinions are equal, there are opinions and there are opinions that get people killed” student Senator Triet Ngo said.
Said the pro-abortion activist.
ps- FOX news web site is an annoying shitshow.
Having an opinion that some opinions are invalid and shouldn’t be allowed leads to cattle cars and democide. It’s too dangerous to allow.
Yeah, it’s been fucking with my browser for weeks. I don’t click those links any more.
“The Parties switched!’
Good morning, Old Man!
I wish Barrett luck. I hope she’s as good on guns as she appears. Soccer mom judge lady could be a breath of fresh air.
Homicides here are way up as well. From talking to cop friends, it’s mostly shitheads settling old scores. So like a Harvesting Event.
Nice Old Guy Music. The doomsday bunker was a nice touch!
I hope you all have a great day. Fucking 17 degrees here this morning. Only 30 tiny degrees cooler than average…
Frieden, that quack? GTFO.
Whoa… Gilmored Brooksie there.
Way to harsh my buzz, Gurdane Bhutani. I think I’ll try my PB Montecristo idea today. Peanut butter and honey sammich, sealed up like a ravioli, eggwashed and coated in crushed pork rinds, deep-fat fried.
So, at which State Fair will you be selling those?
The Coronary County Fall Festival
State fairs have been cancelled.
Put your mask on.
“That’ll do pig. That’ll do.”
I’d make a meme of that and put Kamala’s head on the pig, but my memes suck.
*shrugs* Not bad.
https://i.imgflip.com/4k00qy.jpg
heh
I liked it but I like you (no homo).
You did partake of the mushroom! Good on you for having an appetite, I never got hungry until a day later.
What time should I be there?
“Something is going to happen. Something wonderful.”
I know how that turned out for Tony.
Something wonderful is happening on Titty Tuesday brining monumental, mountainous mammaries with cavernous crevasses of cleavage!
https://archive.li/fXsmx
Old guy music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yewK_JKHq4
Nice to have you back, silicone man!
Old guy music
#9 is proof that masks need to come off.
Thanks for the links, Old Man. I’ll have to peruse the birthday ones later (grrrr) but it’s funny to me that you and Neil Young shared the same fetish re: Carrie. Thought she would be mite “mature” for your tastes. That music link guy is solid. Have a good one and bury the lids deeper while SP is watching her “cartoons shows” after school.
Autistic folk are America’s only hope in the upcoming civil war.
Wasn’t that a Nicolas Cage film?
Nah, Phillip K. Dick short story. Paranoid Schizophrenics were our defense in the Niven Known World books.
Tard Tuesday: We Just Need Total Control
Right, but for the wrong reasons.
I knew the responses would be mostly supportive/ridiculous but good lord there’s an awful lot of stupid in there.
Once again, they aren’t wrong that much of this was avoidable, but completely wrong about what went wrong and why.
Not clicking but let me guess – in the “what went wrong” column there’s no mention about what a freaking stupid idea it was for the Chinese to go cooking up a new virus when their containment protocols were dependent on poorly educated staff to keep it from infecting the world.
Junkie-nomics
Traders in recent weeks have been piling into bets that a “blue wave” election, in which Democrats also seize the Senate, will produce an economy-juicing blast of fresh fiscal stimulus of $3 trillion or more that carries the U.S. past the coronavirus crisis and into a more normal environment for markets.
Far from panicking at the prospect of a Biden win, Wall Street CEOs, traders and investment managers now mostly say they would be fine with a change in the White House that reduces the Trump noise, lowers the threat of further trade wars and ensures a continuation of the government spending they’ve seen in recent years.
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“The market very much believes that Biden is going to win and the Senate is going to tip to Democrats,” said the CEO of one of the largest banks on Wall Street, speaking on the condition that he not be identified. “And the assumption is that we are going to have a very significant increase in stimulus very quickly and that’s very positive for markets. But the fact is there is still a tremendous amount of uncertainty around the outcome of the election and when stimulus might actually come, if it ever does.”
Enthusiasm for the idea of a Democratic sweep and huge new federal spending — cited in recent reports from Goldman Sachs and other major banks — has helped the stock market weather months of head fakes and political posturing from Washington on when more stimulus money may come.
Gimme another blast. I’ll get clean, one of these days. Honest. But right now, I could really use a boost.
“Enthusiasm for the idea of a Democratic sweep and huge new federal spending — cited in recent reports from Goldman Sachs and other major banks”
If Goldman is saying this, is put my bets on Trump.
Remember that a year ago Goldman said the economy was “near recession proof”
Yeah, because he doesn’t want to be laughed off the stage for that howler.
Wall Street guys are known for giving honest tips for what they think is going to happen? I think we’re seeing a version of short selling here.
“that’s very positive for markets”
If he means the stock market then he’s probably right. If he means free markets for trading of goods and services, probably not so much.
this was vaguely funny
https://twitter.com/mikeywhipwreck_/status/1320574152663814145
The Senate has voted 52-48 to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, just about a week before Election Day and 30 days after she was nominated by President Trump to fill the seat of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
The dark night of Christo-fascism falls on America.
Invest in red robes and white hats ala Handmaiden’s Tale, now!
Invest? Shit… Wifey has a walk-in closet full of that garb as anyone who has done the Drinkin’ Zoom can attest! This is nearly the stupidest reaction that I’ve ever seen but I’m waiting for the East German’s numbers.
Something is going to happen. Something wonderful.
SMOD is coming?
Insh’allah.
Tard Tuesday:
Tard Tuesday: My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all the day long, “Where is your God?”
GOP hates both yeh women and yeh gays!
Are they asexual?
??
Why do some people insist on telling the world they’re crying. Curl up naked in the empty bathtub with a bottle of gin and take it like a man.
Because it means you’re in touch with your feelings. And everybody knows that being in touch with your feelings is a good thing, because that always leads to good decision making.
Crying like a little bitch only works well with a girl when you are equally upset and attractive.
Victimhood sells well these days… Have you not been paying attention?
Meta…
Just wait till next week. The ALL CAPS Tard Tuesday is almost upon us.
Indeed.
Loved your story yesterday, Animal! Brought back many memories, some fine, some not so good. God, that grilling on the front steps… I actually did an Animal House one night because she couldn’t hold her liquor. She wasn’t in a shopping cart but I did stand her up at the door, rang the bell and scarpered. Her chastity remained pure. One puke shirt was enough for this tired redneck.
You just reminded me of a couple other incidents I should immortalize in the Chronicles.
I bet Twatter bans this guy for fake news
“Jewish Dems see the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett for what it is – a partisan power grab by President Trump and Senate Republicans, which violates the will of the American people, Justice Ginsburg’s dying wish, and the standard Republicans set themselves for Supreme Court nominations in a presidential election year,” she said. “This confirmation will impact generations of Americans, and it’s a ‘shande’ – a shame to our democracy and judiciary.”
So all of the retarded and irrelevant Dem talking points then.
Here is Rees-Mogg’s mate, Tory MP Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax. He has a quadruple-barrelled name, lives in an enormous country house on an enormous estate in Dorset & also wears a top hat. A real man of the people. Voted against feeding hungry kids. Obviously.
https://twitter.com/BrexitBuster/status/1320378385030389762
sounds like a top chap really…
He has a weird name, a big house, and conservative politics. He must be destroyed.
“Something is going to happen. Something wonderful.”
I predict that Web Dom and SP created a Glibs mobile app that will harvest our personal information and under ware for the betterment of all man kind…….or that SNP is back.
I prdict that they have overhyped whatever is planned.
There is no overhyping. Only entertaining tall tales.
You are so ungrateful. They worked very hard making you new commenting gloves.
Way to value SP’s labor. You are a piece of work today aren’t you?
Then why is it a secret?
Because the people working hard on it want it to be a surprise?
Here’s the thing. I was initially ambivalent, and my ‘i disagree’ was mere flippancy with no substance.
Switzy has goaded me into actually having a disfavorable view of these actions.
Switzy gets harsh sometimes. You get stubborn sometimes. I say he laces up his gazing gloves and you lace up your punning gloves and you meet at high noon!
Thus, you devalue SP’s numerous hours of labor on this site, because spite.
Why don’t you go take a day off and go beat up a pillow or such?
You are inept at wielding guilt and too quick to take affront on other people’s behalf.
UCS’ mindreading service. I couldn’t possibly care less if you feel guilt or not. Why would I?
Surprises aren’t, if they’re announced in advance.
Antici… pation
Is leading me on.
They’re going to harvest our underwear?? Pardon me if I decline the invitation to Thanksgiving dinner.
They’re just Gnomes. Wee things.
More Politico:
Some on Wall Street still fear that full Democratic control in Washington would lead to higher taxes and regulations that could crimp corporate profits and thus undermine stock prices beyond early next year. “Certain sectors, mainly natural resources, will see this as close to a disaster,” said Stephen Massocca, managing director at Wedbush Equity Management. “I believe this outcome leads to the worst market. The real fear will be if progressive policies get implemented.”
That remains mostly a minority view, however. “The market is embracing the stimulus concept a blue wave would bring,” said Jack Ablin, chief investment officer and founding partner at Cresset Capital. “Perhaps investors are not fully assessing the impact of an incrementally higher corporate tax rate and increased taxes on foreign income.”
Short term thinking? On Wall Street?
Crony capitalism for for the win!
Long-term thinking is out, because there is no long term. We’ve moved into hospice care – give the patient a few more comfortable years before the systemic collapse.
Is there any sign of a Blue Wave?
Not even in deep blue albany.
You can’t have waves in a sealed chamber that is completely filled with water.
Personally, I’d love to see Trump crushed even worse in the popular vote and squeak out an electoral college win.
Why? That would only validate the tactics almost as much as a biden victory.
Because he can watch the US burn from a safe distance.
Marshmallows on a very long stick.
The Trans-Pacific S’more Line…
Actual chuckle
According to polls in most MSM outlets, yes. It’s up to you if you buy those polls and I know there are independent polls out there which show a close election (or even a landslide for Trump).
The Healthy Skeptic:
The briefing today was another exercise in dystopian group therapy;
He’s really good.
I wonder what happens when we get an actual, no-shit lethal virus. This media-fueled mass hysteria event suggests nothing good.
I wonder what happens when we get an actual, no-shit lethal virus.
That’s been my question. We’re not even within an order of magnitude in severity to the Spanish Flu.
Yes, my friend. As a former career homicide prosecutor I can tell you that Trump’s conduct fulfills all 3 legal elements of manslaughter. Evidence MUST be presented to a grand jury beginning in Jan. Indictments are sure to follow. For those lost & their families,
https://twitter.com/glennkirschner2/status/1320786027750006787
Untrue, but Cuomo and whitmer can be indicted for depraved indifference homicide.
I would say, “Take your meds,” but there is zero chance this dude doesn’t have a well-used Xanax script…
The wild fires out west haven’t been in the news much recently, but they are still burning in many cases. One of my staff is currently evacuating from OC in California due to approaching flames.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-wildfire-orange-county-silverado-fire-evacuation-irvine-yorba-linda-firefighters
We are about 1 mile south of the latest evacuation line. The thing about Southern California wildfires is that the fire department is VERY good at preserving buildings. We aren’t talking about forests here- it is generally sage brush and grassland as you get close to houses. Up further in the hills, or down in canyons you will get thick oak trees and the like, and very fancy houses that will burn because they are intentionally in a more rustic, unprotectable area. But when a neighborhood is threatened in So Cal it will usually be protected. (Usually, because when those Santa Annas get going at 60 – 90 MPH, a fire can move faster than the fire fighters).
Thanks for the insight. I hope you and yours stay safe.
Riots in Philly last night. Do we get riots every time a cop shots a black person regardless of how justified it was? You couldn’t pay me enough to be a cop in a city.
No, Really — Don’t Pay Attention to Early Voting Data
damn – didn’t mean to cut ‘n’ paste half the article, just the last three paragraphs.
Suuuuurrrrreeeeee……
I’m not Mary Stack! Really!
Kizone Kiprow, be that ye?
The best way to think about it, most people who have already voted by mail would have voted on elections day. Only the timing has changed. Trump has been telling his base about the risks of vote by mail whereas the Dems have been saying it’s the only way to vote without getting the ‘Vid. Of course Dems would bank a lead at this point, but all that’s changed is the timing of the votes.
There is no data out there that supports a massive increase in voter turnout.
Coworker voted by mail. Apparently he got an email when the ballot was sent and a confirmation email that his mail in ballot was received back. I didn’t know that was a thing.
It is in Michigan. Insofar as such a thing is possible, they seem to be doing vote by mail right. They even told me my signature had been verified so my vote would, in fact, be counted on Election Day.
I voted by mail (in San Diego) and got a text when the ballot was received at the post office and another saying it was received at the election center and would be counted.
The “would be counted” is based on the outer envelope, with the actual ballot inside. Ideally once they determine its a good ballot, it’s just mixed in with the rest.
I voted by e-mail. They snail-mailed a ballot to me which I printed out, filled out and signed. Then I scanned it and sent the soft copy as an attachment to the e-mail address indicated.
For example, we can look at North Carolina, and see that Democrats have a 10.5-percentage-point lead over Republicans in early voting. That seems great for Democrats.
They count the votes as they come in, and publish the running tallies?
That seems… wrong.
The Florida “recount” of 2000 was halted by the Supremes on the basis that not all ballots would be treated equally.
The Wisconsin state supremes voted down the late postmark ballots for the same reason (I think).
I’d argue that running tallies also treat the ballots differently, with some weighing more than others.
Even counting by party gives an advantage. If you know you need 15,000 votes after the election (but before counting is over), a sufficiently organized machine could harvest or manufacture those votes.
Democrat registration =/= Biden voter.
I’m very excited about that something wonderful. I’m guessing it’s a series of articles preparing us for life in Glibs Gulch, culminating with secret instructions on how to get there.
A guy can dream, can’t he?
SMITHGLIBS GULCH AWESOME PLACE! ALL PEOPLES WELCOME TO COME AND GAMBOL IN PRETTY WOODS, AND BY GAMBOL MEAN…Oh no! Teaching critical thinking at a high school? Can’t let that happen!
And hopefully good morning all. Something wonderful is apparently coming, if you hadn’t heard….
Over a thousand are in line by 9 am here in Lansing for Trump’s rally scheduled for 2 pm this afternoon
The credentialed left is not just a bunch of mendacious lying cuntes stupid hacks, and totalitarian assholes, but so used to being protected by their dnc operatives with bylines gatekeepers from their evil ways, that they no longer feel any obligation not to or risk to openly display their disdain for the serfs….
It amazes me that any politicians sit around and shoot the shit with people who aren’t fully vetted anymore. It’s just asking for trouble.
It was an operative, not the actual candidate.
Chomsky strikes again.
Libertarian socialist.
Huh. I’m gonna need a dictionary.
I believe the term actually predates the current usage of libertarian. Roughly speaking, it can be translated as “voluntary socialism.” Unfortunately, it’s proponents are never into the “voluntary” part.
“You can voluntarily give up your 401K to the state or we shoot you and your family.” – THAT kind of voluntary socialism?
Liberterian socialists, like jumbo shrimp, are combination of words that basically makes a stupid unreal statement…
The University of Northern Iowa is reversing the student government’s controversial decision to bar recognition of an anti-abortion group that senators said was hateful.
It is well known that hate speech is not free speech.
I’ve always thought that perhaps the democrats are too nice.
Once there’s an expansion of the court the nation is done, finished, and through.
Its a matter of time. The Dems will do it if they win next week, because Barrett. They will do it if they lose next week, because Barrett and whoever else Big Orange appoints during the next four years.
If they take the Senate and refuse to approve any Big Orange nominee, they will still do it whenever they can, because at that point the gloves are off, the masks are off, and its just the raw exercise of power unfiltered/undisguised by “norms” or “precedent”.
A divided Supreme Court said Monday that mail-in ballots in Wisconsin could be counted only if they are received by Election Day.
I don’t see how election day is a difficult concept.
It’s not.
It’s dem rayciss maff again (/progtard)
If leftist lose, they riot. If leftist win… yeah they still riot.
I expect riots next week. I also expect Chile’s descent from the most country in South America to be swift and ugly.
It’s a shame about Chile. When they turn into a long thin Venezuela where will they escape to?
That would actually be reverting to their historical norm.
This seems to be a South American pattern – Argentina, Venezuela and now Chile. I’d figure Colombia might be next to develop and then just as it is successful, regress into a basket case.
The societies are highly stratified and have limited social mobility. The ruling class is generally corrupt and very invested in cronyism. That is a recipe for socialist revolts.
Oddly enough, it’s also the outcome of socialist revolts.
Chile’s problem is their elite was even more protective of their status than our own. A new constitution won’t change that.
I keep seeing articles about the constitution change, but none of them have explained what people’s gripes were with the old one. Does anyone know what is being changed and why?
There is a broad resentment to Pinochet and the constitution is his legacy. That’s one factor. As if not more importantly, as Chile prospered, the elite raised barriers to a middle class and UMC that would threaten their traditional status. That did not go un-noticed, and people with rising expectations became frustrated with it.
There is no denying the success of Chile under the Pinochet constitution, just as there is no denying that it was not meeting emerging needs/expectations. The rigidity of both the elite and the constitution could not hold back the tide. Of course, tidal waves aren’t exactly constructive forces – so this is very, very unlikely to end well.
Here is the old one. It has lots of problematic stuff that includes:
– Persons are born free and equal in dignity and rights
– Family is the fundamental unit of society
– Chile is a democratic republic
– The law protects the life of the unborn
– Equality before the law
– The right to associate without prior permission
– The right of property in its diverse species of all kinds of tangible or intangible assets.
That Pinochet was a real monster.
Now the commies are going to write a new constitution that will be an absolute disaster.
There is real problematic stuff, and pretending there isn’t doesn’t burnish your credibility. The problem should be obvious that there are good parts and preserving them should be real important.
And you think that is what is about to happen?
Oh no, I have no doubt this will be bad. But to pretend that there aren’t problems – that is denial.
I hear you. Their biggest problem, and ours, isn’t the constitution, it’s the people.
Yep, I would criticize the Latin social hierarchy, but really, is ours any better?
Yes, ours is better than LatAm.
There is real problematic stuff
Such as?
I wonder what happens when we get an actual, no-shit lethal virus.
Everybody who has spent their every waking moment fastidiously avoiding “germs” and coddling their immune system will die.
Dipsomaniacs and filthy bums will inherit the earth.
Xenu comin’.
Uffda. We better get some of the usual hate for our Minnesoda man Norm Coleman for trying to keep using his old title of Senator. Dude, you were a hack who lost to Jesse Ventura and Al Franken! You are just a (((regular citizen))) like the rest of us now.
Something is going to happen. Something wonderful.
Yeah sure, in a week all of the political ads stop.
Oh, you sweet summer child.
I said “ads”, not stupidity.
this + a million
Pfft, the 2022 and 2024 ads are already being made.
Shhh! We have at least a few months respite.
Why bother? By then the 16-seat SCOTUS will have outlawed hate speech as defined by the SPLC.
Things That Irritate Me About NY And Can Probably Be Blamed On the Government, #N+1
My water bill has a minimum charge. Obviously they are incentivizing me to use more water, since I’m more than a thousand gallons below what I’m paying for.
But how? There are only so many showers a man can take in a day. Maybe wash my socks indivdually?
Odd. My water bill is instead a flat fee plus usage instead. Probably raises more revenue on a per gallon basis.
Same with my government trash fees. We put out one bag per week, neighbors put out five or six. Same fee. Let’s incentivize filling up our landfills!
If you leave all your faucets running all the time you never have to worry about the traps drying out!
Take up homebrewing.
Bottle that liquid gold up and sell it.
Not Adahn Springs has a certain ring to it.
You think “socialism” is “evil” ? Ok, don’t collect Social Security checks, don’t go to public hospitals, don’t send your kids to public schools, don’t take the subway, don’t call the fire department when your house is burning down and don’t drive on roads and bridges.
https://twitter.com/mhdksafa/status/1321035556516671489
can you also opt out of all taxes? just asking
I got myself on Twitter so I could tell the world just how fucking stupid I am.
What exactly is the attraction, for sane people?
It’s Jerry Springer + WWE + Judge Judy all in one
It USED to be a giant cocktail party. It was nice and fun.
cosmo confirmed
I LOVE cocktail parties.
I’ve never been to one.
…wait a minute.
You don’t drink. Do you go just to watch the antics of drunk people?
Nooooo, I go to perform and be ON. Lots of fawning attention for my brilliance and sparkling wit.
And then I go home and recover for a week.
She likes wearing cocktail dresses.
Oh YES you have NO idea how much I love clothes.
Le Sigh. I like that they think they are so clever and smart, trotting out the same lines that anti-socialists have been hearing since Grade School. Oooh you got us there, i never thought about it until then. I mean the roads! I’m a fool.
Why don’t you go tell me to move to Somalia too?
It’s always fun to ask a “but roadz!!” believer what the percentage of government spending is that builds and maintains roads.
Yes. As a corollary, When people say “but if roads are private, you’d have to pay for them”, i like to remind them that they already do pay for roads.
This asshole didn’t go away after getting spanked last time?
BREAKING: Senate candidate @ossoff keeps progressive values ‘low key’ to sway Georgia “rednecks”
“On the surface portrays himself as left or moderate…deep down he’s a low key progressive”
“Genuine to a certain point…but he can’t show true self 100% of the time”
shakeweight has competition
https://twitter.com/KyIieReese/status/1320026263277477892
That made my morning.
That made my hole weak!
STEVE SMITH APPROVE THIS MESSAGE!
Whomever patented this thing just wanted to make those assholes approve a product that would look like jerking off…
I actually lol’d but I’m a ten year old at heart.
Dipsomaniacs, filthy bums, and sex addicts.
Yes, and?
I know I am, but what are you?
Wait…
This Chucklefuck is a bit overdramatic.
“Today, Monday, October 26, 2020, will go down as one of the darkest days in the 231-year history of the United States Senate.”
As will every day that passes with him still in the chamber.
*publishes press release about prog tear collection unit operating at 93% capacity*
Headline: Prog Tear Collection Units pushed near the brink; Eye masks mandated
yeah… amazingly how our “betters” have such little knowledge of history.
Funny, it was Chuckie boy that helped make it possible for yesterday to happen.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/10/chuck-schumer-reaps-what-he-sowed.php
I saw a Twatter reply from the House Judiciary GOP: “Amy Coney Barrett confirmed. Happy Birthday, @Hillary Clinton!
That troll made my day.
I keep seeing articles about the constitution change, but none of them have explained what people’s gripes were with the old one. Does anyone know what is being changed and why?
NEEDZ MOAR SOSHUL JUSTICE
and free shit
At what point to people look at all the hyperbole and finally realize none of it is true? They’re still trying to paint the Trump years as the worst in American history, yet the average person can’t think of one reason why their life is worse (outside COVID related stuff). Same thing with ACB. She’s portrayed as an extremist, but there’s no way she’s going to do things like single-handedly reversing Roe v Wade.
I keep hoping that this is the “red pill” election, and a majority of people will finally reject all this panic.
Its all very individual. some people will never see it. The types who hang out at Democratic Underground and such. For others, this may have been a tipping point where they see that it is all just hyperbolic.
The biggest Biden rally yet.
Heh…
Something is going to happen. Something wonderful.
The Mayan calendar has been recalculated, and 2020 is earth’s real expiration date?
“We can’t win by the rules so we have to change them.”
Coons said, “[W]e’ve got to have a wide-open conversation about how do we rebalance our courts. Yes, the two Supreme Court [seats] that have been stolen through these processes that are just wildly hypocritical have been used to jam through partisan nominees. But we’ve got to look at our federal courts as a whole, Rachel. Because we’ve seen hundreds of conservative judges put on circuit courts and district courts all over this country in the last four years, in many cases, too young, too unqualified, and too far right to be allowed to sit peaceably without our re-examining the process, the results, and the consequences.”
they cant consistently claim that 2 seats were stolen. no seats were stolen, but the logic for saying gorsuch was stolen is the exact opposite of the logic saying ACB was stolen.
Exactly. And I love the charge of hypocrisy, as if Democrats were pro-waiting in 2016.
Don’t be silly, there’s no hypocracy, the Democrats have always been in favor of the democrats picking the justices, and have been entirely consistant on that point.
These are the same people who say “elections have consequences” and “we won” as reasons for doing anything. There is absolutely no way they wouldn’t confirm 3 justices if Clinton had won. They remind me of a conversation I had with one of my kids when she was little, in which I found out that in her mind, the word “fair” meant “I get what I want”.
I’m surprised more democrats don’t have aneurysms from the mental effort needed to maintain dissonant cognitive brain functions. Reid invoking the Nuclear option in 2013 is precisely why ACB was nominated yesterday.
There you see it, folks. Incitement to violence.
Yeah this is a United States Senator advocating violence against federal judges because they’re “far right”.
Such civility. Much norms.
Jeezus that’s scary.
General Flynn would like a to have a word with you.
The DOJ needs to investigate Judge Sullivan. Both because it is abundantly strange that it warrants an investigation into corruption, and as a counter punch to him not respecting the separation of powers.
Would that be the DOJ that started the whole farce by spying on a presidential campaign, falsifying an interview report, blatantly coercing the defendant by using process to drain his defense funds and then threatening to go after his family on equally false charges, into pleading guilty, and then after years of this finally backed down and dropped the case? Or did you have a different DOJ in mind?
Let a guy have a dream man. Don’t kick me when i’m down.
Sorry man :(. The Flynn thing really bothers me though. Not as a political issue, but because what was done to him was simply evil.
I totally agree, and you’re right it’s silly to think the same institution that railroaded this guy and has withheld brady evidence is going to do anything about stopping a corrupt judge.
What was done to him was a political issue.
Obviously. My point is that I am not outraged by it because we did not get Flynn in office. I am outraged by it because it was evil. If the same thing was done to AOC it would be evil. When it is done to some dude who has never even voted by a spurned lover, or just a cop that is feeling vindictive because their authoritah was not respected it is evil.
“ELECTIONS SHOULDN’T HAVE CONSEQUENCES WHEN WE LOOSE!”
“Don’t these goobers know that the courts are supposed to belong to MY side????”
Are we ever going to find out what’s really on this damn laptop? The rumors keep getting wilder and wilder.
What happened with the interview that was going to happen yesterday?
I’m not sure what interview that is. I’ve been trying to find real news about it, but all new stories are pretty much about the reporting rather than the actual laptop.
The sale of foreign policy is coming out fairly quickly and the emails are being confirmed by the recipients. A lot of the photos and videos are basically porn and maybe kiddie porn, so you’ll have to look to the usual places if you want to see Hunter’s junk.
I don’t know what those usual places would be, but I’ll pass, thanks.
I don’t want to see it, but confirmation of it would be interesting, considering the FBI decided to drop the case.
The FBI dropped it, reportedly, on the pretext of “chain of custody problems”. Which is bullshit, they actually had a good chain of custody, better than what they have for a lot of evidence. And if there was kiddie porn on the laptop, chain of custody is utterly irrelevant.
It was dropped because People Who Matter don’t get prosecuted by the FBI, even when the FBI has a lock on a conviction.
Tucker will be interviewing Bobulinski, Hunter’s business partner, tonight.
Just saw that. I’ll be tuning in.
^That interview. I thought it was last night.
Apparently there is a Biden call to him asking him to “pleazsuh, pleazuh, pleazuh, stop talking” that was taped and will also be shared…
I think it was a Biden operative, not a Biden himself.
DUH!
The Don never does the dirty work himself. Shit even when Michael had to ice Fredo, he sent a crew to do that…
I can’t remember if it was Al Neri or Rocco Lampone who took Fredo out.
Al
Summary of what is known so far.
The fact that Gulliani won’t release the laptop hard drive should raise skepticism.
I agree.
He doesn’t have it. Bannon does. Also the legal question of “can they?” if it contains child pornography.
The child porn can be scrubbed so there is a legal version of the laptop. Easiest would be to just scrub all the pictures.
Of course, then its been “tampered with”. Weirdly, it would appear to be the case that the best way to protect your data is to salt it with kiddie porn. If you are People Who Matter, that is.
Britons’ favourite country… isn’t Britain. In fact, it isn’t even in the top 3.
https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1321028034003111936
That explains a lot.
All places with better weather than Britain
Well, Britain isn’t a country, but okay. I was kinda shocked the US didn’t make the best or worst list.
I’ll take “Places where the Inland Revenue Service can’t touch me when I’m retired” for $400?
Kind of an asshole move to hate Libya after you helped destroy it.
Well, they are getting to meet a lot more Libyans these days…
twitter is going after bird twitter
https://twitter.com/CarlBovis/status/1320829322886864896
https://twitter.com/cindysharlena/status/1320886088651722753
If only comrade Dorsey knew about this.
Everyone knows that birds are notorious Trump supporters. They flock around his glowing orange skin.
I’m on pins and needles waiting for this wonderful surprise. But I’m sitting on the sidewalk in SF, so…
How are you avoiding the dungpiles?
Pelosi and Newsome?
It’s like the hot lava game that you play as a child but worse.
I just know I am going to be disappointed… Nothing good happens these days.
Straff doing a bit of tidying before he sits down…
https://imgur.com/a/fidq5l1
I’m thinking it’ll be the announcement of the Glibertarian Foundation, and the ability to set your smile purchases to it. I hear they specialize in getting H1Bs and green cards for skilled Mexican prostitutes and cannabis farmers.
I wish Glibs qualified for BraveBux, or whatever they call them.
President Michael D Higgins is to call for a new approach to economics that incorporates the “radicalism” of climate activism.
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republic-of-ireland/president-higgins-to-call-for-radical-economic-approach-to-fight-climate-change-39647155.html
Mr Higgins will deliver the keynote address at the Engineers Ireland annual conference.
He will say: “We cannot continue with the mere placing of a green lens on economic policies… policies that have failed manifestly and are continuing to cause damaging ecological impacts.”
Mr Higgins will call for a new approach to economics, one that is based on a connection between ecology, economics and society.
One that “combines the radicalism that is in the consciousness of climate activism, with the consciousness of egalitarianism and the programmes of inclusion activists”.
It should be “framed around the three implicit goals of welfare states: redistribution, social consumption and social investment and characterised by gender equality, income redistribution, a reconfigured social consumption,” he will say.
>>cannot continue with the mere placing of a green lens on economic policies
because it worked out so well that we need moar power to do more stupid?
Ah, harkening back to the de Valera dream of bucolic, agricultural (19th century) Ireland.
The Irish have always been known as a Frolicking people. Gambolars, if you will.
You know what you should do when your father is dying? Berate him into voting a certain way.
I call a setup on this one and dad never was a going to vote a different way and this was his ‘last laugh with his kids’ for a video. Still shameful.
Or, dad thinks to himself, “I’ve only got so much time with my daughters and I’m sick of arguing about politics. Maybe if I lie she’ll shut up for a minute and let me tell her how much I love her.”
Yahtzee!
“Bring me my lawyer and my will, I have some changes to make.”
Calling bullshit on it. Kind of sick that she would use her dying dad to push politics. Assuming her dad is really dying.
And at the reading of the will, a video of dad marking Trump on his ballot and yelling, “Psych!” is played.
My three year-old Grandson saw him do it and started slow-clapping, nodding his gigantic head.
What if – hear us out – the Constitution sucks, and is wrong about everything, and shouldn’t be the basis for running a society in the 21st century?
https://twitter.com/GravelInstitute/status/1320896743668617218
everything … so full tyranny as alternative?
The Constitution most certainly isn’t perfect. But their proposed replacements are going to be a paved road to Hell.
Paved road? Piker! We’re doing high speed rail!!!!
Oh, well, then we’ll never get there.
Newsletter. Subscribed.
You know it’s amusing that the Uighurs don’t get sent to the camps on the vaunted Chinese high-speed rail.
Yeah, they just get sent on the old rattle traps. Cattle cars are so last Century!
Getting rid of the US constitution is a subcurrent going on on the more leftist of sites. We’ll see if the DNC picks is up.
I found this interesting:
https://twitter.com/RedneckLeftist/status/1320901437489094658
Yeah, well funny thing is if you don’t protect all speech, then no speech is safe.
Its the line of thinking that if they get the speech they want banned that they will be safe in the future. These people really need to pick up a book or at least watch some documentaries on exactly how that plays out in history.
If they had studied any history, they wouldn’t be saying the stupid shit they do.
No, we have our VISION, we don’t need history, or facts or any of that other patriarchal, truthy shit.
Say what you will about the old-timey radicals, most of them had lived and studied some History. The discipline is naught but a fart in a windstorm, currently.
They needn’t even study history. They can watch former friends and allies cancel a colleague for some marginal trespass live on Twitter. Usually for something that until fifteen minutes ago wasn’t even remarkable.
-1 Star Lord
That sucked. I don’t know the dude and never will but he seems to enjoy his life which apparently is not allowed anymore. Fucking dirty Christian! How dare you be so lovably approachable?
We’re post-history dude. Everything is different now.
“pick up a book”
There you go with the white patriarchy again, shitlord.
Those books burn Brown fingers! This is known, Khalleessi!
The Jacobins are kind and just and would never turn on a friend, not even an ally in need of correction, like a pack of wild dogs.
They do not believe in correction. Correction implies a possibility of redemption or rehabilitation. They believe in punishment.
We just need to get rid of the hate speech, which has a totally well-known and restrained definition that is absolutely not political.
The definition is very easy. Speech that I don’t agree with is hate speech.
Better to have them protected as free speech than declared moral and truthful by fiat.
Always with the banning to “protect” people from unpopular ideas.
If they had gotten their way back in the first progressive era, gay rights would not be a thing today. Anyone advocating for treating gay citizens would surely have been shut out of the public square.
Instead with an open society, gay people were able to argue that their rights were being violated and it was wrong. And pretty much everyone now agrees with them. Persuasion did a better job for gay citizens than any government edict ever could have.
This is why I expect some kind of insurrection, if not outright war. The genie isn’t going back into the bottle. These fucks aren’t going to stop whether Biden wins or not. There’s a fairly significant chunk of the populace that is completely rejecting the Constitution.
I think a lot of people are in disbelief as to what’s happening. I remember the WSJ had an early editorial about rumors of Dem court packing being complete nonsense. That this was a nutjob conspiracy theory that would mean the end of our country and the Dems would never ever contemplate such a thing. Now they are running editorials warning court packing and adding states are on the docket if Biden wins.
Same with insurrection. Normalcy bias is huge and a lot of the insurrection we’re already seeing in Portland has been hand-waved away as meaningless. I’m starting to see the same pattern with court packing (denial to gradual acceptance). The WSJ ran an op-ed today warning “The American Experiment Is on Life Support”. Now they’re starting to move towards acceptance that some truly bad shit may be coming.
I mean, I have trouble believing that a Communist insurrection somehow sprang up in the space of a few years, too. It’s unfathomable…..but it has happened.
Gonna be a lot of killing before it’s over. I firmly believe that, despite how horrifying the prospect is. I would give anything for some kind of peaceful separation of the states but it would never happen.
It didn’t “just spring up” These fuckers have been around since the KGB set this shit up decades ago to influence people through the educational system and things related to culture (Hollywood) and when the USSR imploded the wheels just kept turning. What we are seeing is the people that fell for this shit now no longer wanting to play the long game because the finish line just got moved by decades (like the CCP in China now that their game has been drastically delayed by their recent faux pas) and deciding they will roll the dice. The good thing is that they are now in the open and they can’t accuse those calling them out on it for being McCarthyists.
Normalcy bias is huge
As I told a colleague yesterday. the idea that “it can’t happen here” is one of the biggest fallacies on the road to hell.
the basis for running a society
It isn’t. It defines the power of the government.
Someone needs to be taught about natural rights. Hopefully with a large stick.
that old Calvin Coolidge quote comes to mind. It was about the Declaration but…
Strangely, Silent Cal is the one of the most forgotten of the Presidents. Feature that.
I can’t wait to see which British army units get lodged in which Glibs’ houses. So glad to see people waking up to the tyranny of the third amendment.
Uh oh look at this trend
https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=How%20can%20I%20change%20my%20vote&geo=US
I think it needs a comparison to give it some perspective
That’s awesome. Pretty sure the world could be on fire and the top search would still be porn.
Why do you think politicians push early voting so hard?
There’s a reason the Democrats got professionally printed VOTE EARLY FOR BIDEN HARRIS signs made up and put up on the roadsides. They wanted those votes in the bag before the debates and the corruption shit came out.
My current and previous state are top 2. Hmmmmm……
Early senate voters?
I wonder if Biden even wants to win? If he loses, all the controversy around his family goes away and he gets to enjoy his retirement.
If he wins, the whole reason the press has been covering it up for him is gone. The media may even have incentive to turn on him if they decide they really want Harris. By spring there will be a special prosecutor making his life a living hell. He’ll either croak or resign within a year.
It hasn’t been about what Joe wants for quite some time.
First Lady in Waiting Dr. Jill Biden is the one who wants this so bad. She doesn’t care what Joe and the rest of the family needs to go through so that she can be the First Lady. Hunter getting locked up is probably a bonus for her.
“Doctor Jill”….what a pretentious bitch. You’re not a fucking physician, no matter how many morons like Whoopi Goldberg believe that you are.
I don’t recall what her doctorate is in, but the moment we got Doctor Kermit the Frog, the value of the PhD went down.
Education
“Doctor of Indoctrination” PHD Ed. Basically moon floss.
^^^ This right here. I called it months ago. She wants the Big Chair. Did you see his aides shuffle him away yesterday? This guy couldn’t mop a floor without waxing himself into a corner. He’s toast but they hate Trump.
Tom. T’s take is that Biden’s running to avoid/delay prosecution per Justice Dept policy against prosecuting candidates.
That is tin-foiley good!
I don’t think the high-up D’s even want Harris. Irritating as can be, and nobody voted for her in the primary. I know they plan to fix the system so they’re never out of power again, but I bet that if she ended up as POTUS, they’d steamroll her.
I don’t share your optimism.
She’s a crap candidate, but an expert apparatchik. Came up in a one-party state, knows how to one-party. The Dems have no problem with that, since their vision for the US is a one-party state.
Harris is the perfect Team Blue player and the high ups very much know it even if the low ranks don’t much like her. She will do as told and be a good girl, never straying very far from what they want. She has proven this as she has been allowed to quickly move up the ranks. To boot, she has the right color skin and the right private parts that can shield her from whatever criticism that might come her way. There is a reason I was calling her the VP candidate for the Donks three years ago, she has all the qualities that the power brokers want.
OT, too local but just as stupid. The grump that runs a section of the Plant gave me shit last night about how I was supposed to clean the floor. I had to patiently explain to him that if the rest of your cow-workers don’t cooperate their isn’t a fucking thing that I can do about it. If they don’t move the equipment out of my way I can’t do my job. He petulantly says “It’s only gonna get worse with winter and Xmas coming!” We’ve been having the same conversation for 8 years. I’d tear my hair out if there were any left.
Democrats Ask ACB To Recuse Herself From Any Cases Involving The Constitution
Fake Satire!
Wooo, office is closed! SNOW DAY! Oh, we’re all working from home anyway.
Clever…
6-3 doesn’t represent me.
Flip states blue, stop the GOP.
Cry me a river. And stop pretending that Roberts (and Kav for that matter) is a ‘right-wing’ justice.
Oh, you’re not being represented in the Corridors Of Power? Welcome to the club!
Lots to unpack. Mostly the fact that Judges are Judges, not representatives.
Can we have the national divorce now? I have a hard time stomaching the fact that this idiot has the same say in how this country is run as I do.
Jessica “Wax My Balls” Yanniv has filed a human rights complaint against… a beauty pageant.
I guess she ran out of Muslimas to sue.
He seems like a… what do you call it? A nuisance litigator?
Malicious lunatic
Vexatious litigant is the legal term, I believe.
The common use term is “piece of shit”.
I’m surprised its corpse hasn’t been found in alley yet, to tell you the truth.
thicc?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8883923/Demi-Rose-puts-eye-popping-display-tiny-brown-snakeskin-bikini-Maldives.html
#SnakesArePeopleToo!
Can’t believe she would kill snakes for a bikini.
Tiny brown snakes at that!
Do you get a kickback for posting these articles?
if not, you should.
Never overlook monetization options.
Sounds clammy.
Sometimes a clam is a good thing.
“Moment Philly cop is run over by speeding truck as hundreds of BLM protesters clash with riot cops after police shoot dead knife-wielding black man”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8882839/Protests-erupt-Philadelphia-police-shot-killed-knife-wielding-black-man-27.html
Maybe the cops shouldn’t block the streets if they don’t want to be run over.
NPR wants you to know
Before the ACA, “one of the essential business models for health insurance companies was to discourage risky people from buying into their plans and get as [many] healthy people as they could,” she explains. That way, “they could get the premium revenue and not have to pay out as much in medical claims.”
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If the insurance market is made up of sick people who need lots of medical care, “premiums skyrocket into what’s known as a death spiral,” he says.
So, the people who crafted the Affordable Care Act came up with incentives to get more healthy people into the insurance pool. “The ACA had a carrot and stick,” says Levitt. “The carrot was subsidies provided to low- and middle-income people that made insurance a good value, and the stick was the individual mandate.”
We just need to force all the healthy young people to subsidize old sick people. That’s fair.
Well, According to Rawls, it is just “luck” that you were born a young healthy person rather than an old sick person. It’s only fair, and you would agree to this if you didn’t know which you were going to be.
Old age is like pregnancy, just random happenstance you can do nothing to prepare for?
+1 Hit by a bus
And, they forced all the hard-core pre-existing conditions into a relatively small pool (sometimes miniscule on a state level). The party of science doesn’t understand math.
The carrot was subsidies provided to low- and middle-income people that made insurance a good value
*urge to rant rising*
Just as it will be unfair for you, citizen with bad health habits – ignoring expert advice, to continue in your ways, unabated. We will fix you.
As I understand it (not having delved into the depths), QAnon posits that there is a massive international pedophile conspiracy/ring, which Donald Trump is covertly battling.
And that’s totally nuts.
45 children recovered by U.S. Marshals during monthlong anti-human trafficking operation45 children recovered by U.S. Marshals during monthlong anti-human trafficking operation
I don’t follow DemOp propaganda, but to the extent its unavoidable, I have seen no mention of this. Which seems odd, because doughty G-Men busting child trafficking would seem totally in their wheelhouse.
At this point, there’s more evidence for QAnon than there is for Russia collusion, including v. 2.0 (Hunter’s laptop is a Russian plant).
*mashes tinfoil chapeau onto head*
Hello again, all. I apologize for my little meltdown here last month. Still alive, still kicking. Things…aren’t good. I’ll be by this afternoon to chat. I’m ashamed to admit or ask but, I may need some help. Anyway, we’ll get into that later. Have a good day everyone.
I’m glad you’re still with us.
Wasn’t in on what happened, but glad you’re posting. I may be a loud mouth when I have a few drinks, but I’m on OK listener too.
Hey, TH, we all feel the shame and sit in the box from time to time. We’ll work it out. Welcome back!
No prob. Everyone is getting ground down, and anyone can hit a bad patch.
Happy to hear from you, TH.
It’s very nice to see you TH; thanks for checking in.
Welcome back.
I’m glad you’re here! Don’t sweat it about asking friends for some help. Friends aren’t worth shit if they let their friends get chewed up and spit out by life without helping out.
TH,
If there’s anything I can do to help, even if it’s just someone to vent at/too, feel free to reach out to me at my handle at Google’s mail.
Glad to see you!
Who knew that Nigeria is so loaded with white supremacists?
I am just starting to realize how much loin-girding I’m going to have to do to prepare for Biden. Mainly his minions coming in and ruining my workplace. If the Obama administration management is anything to go by, we’re in for a gigantic shitshow of dudebros, high-strung assholes, and micromanagers. I noticed one big project of mine seems to be on hold, as it has to do with Trump admin reorganization.
Is now time for sacrifice, comrade.
She needs to revisit the Elder Scrolls.
one big project of mine seems to be on hold, as it has to do with Trump admin reorganization
#resist
Usually, the end of a four year Presidential term sees a bolus of rulemaking and whatnot.
Usually.
I’m happy to by working for a small private firm. Even with government contracts on our books nothing ever trickles down into our world. Our single HR rep is a chilly old lady who’s worked for the company since its founding. We only hear from her if our time sheets are late.
Still alive, still kicking
Happy to hear it.
I think one of the places the left loses any chance of any support for me is the hate speech crap. It is one of the most evil things around.
I think one of the places the left loses any chance of any support for me is the hate speech crap. It is one of the most evil things around.
Sinners must be punished and cast out.
Yep. That’s what lost me about pretty much any sort of political movement, the laisse faire attitude toward Natural Rights. It can’t be a perfect world but by fuck I am going down, kicking and screaming. Good night all, I’m heading to bed to fight the demons.
Good night. You are going to miss the next post though.
“A reminder of the pandemic’s impact on our economy:
– 77.5% decline in the hotel tax
– 49.5% decline in the amusement tax
– Ground transportation tax down 47.8%
– Parking taxes down 48%
– Motor vehicle fuel tax down 48.5%
– City share of the sales tax down 35%”
https://twitter.com/chicagosmayor/status/1320765095924781078
CWAA
Country Women’s Association of Australia?
A reminder of
the pandemic’smy lockdown’s impact on our economy:Now, I expect the pandemic, if handled in a normal/sane fashion, would still have had some impact. But probably an order of magnitude less than what we are seeing.
And nobody will learn anything, nobody responsible will face consequences, and we will next be treated to the very same people who committed this massive error telling us we must commit it again every year during the flu season.
*urge to rant continues rising*
Now, if you cut those taxes by at least that much…
Note, too, that she calls tax collections “our economy”. She cares nothing for anyone not feeding at the tax trough. The impact on people who see their income decline by those percentages is of no concern to her.
When the economy is literally just something to milk for tax money, this is how you will perceive an impact on our economy.
It’s not just the obligation but the privilege of peasants to continue footing the bill for their political betters.
“there are opinions and there are opinions that get people killed” student Senator Triet Ngo said” (while trying to “bar recognition of an anti-abortion group that senators said was hateful”.
Why did my irony meter just explode?
Also, hateful = disagrees with me.