Good morning one and all to another beautiful day!
SpaceX Catches Giant Starship Booster With Mechanical Arms
24-Year Military Veteran And Self-Described ‘Gun Guy’ Tim Walz Struggles To Wrangle His Own Firearm
Joe’s 2024 Exit Results in Hunter Biden’s ‘Art’ to Face Value Plunge
Trump Confirms Upcoming Appearance On Joe Rogan Experience
Donald Trump In Much Better Shape in the Polls Than He Was in 2016 and 2020
Senate races begin to shift toward the GOP in campaigns’ final stretch
How Biden’s fury at being ‘overthrown’ by Kamala now threatens to derail her campaign
7-Eleven shutting down nearly 450 underperforming stores across North America
That’s all I got for today. I’ll leave you with a song and move along with my day.
Morning, Banjos.
You know how to tell the Walz pheasant hunt is fake? All of their hats are identical and brand new.
And, good morning, Banjos.
Why are the rubes going to care about that? /Harris-Walz campaign operatives
Not just the hats. It looks like a bunch of dysfunctional idiots that can’t wait for the cameras to go off so they can go home. I bet they were paid to be there and they quickly realized they had signed up to end up on Candid Camera.
Why would you think it’s fake? I imagine Walz greatly enjoys hunting peasants.
I thought he hunted Wascally Wabbits?
I have a Beretta shotgun. I loads smoother than butter. That was just an embarrassing display. It would be fun to see Kamala try to load her Glock.
Since her Glock probably doesn’t exist, that might be a problem.
Some people do air guitars. She would do an air Glock?
I was thinking either it needs a major cleaning, or he was trying to load a 3 1/2″ shell into a 3″ chamber.
Let the euphemisms begin….
BY EUPHEMISM MEAN…
Let the euphemisms begin….
Walz’s butt hurts???
Five gets you ten, he shoved a shell into the magazine backwards.
She sure could lock n load a Cock back in the day. Bet she still can.
Like ridin’ the village bike.
Maybe it’s a ghost Glock?
trying to load a 3 1/2″ shell
Because he doesn’t want to just kill the pheasant, he wants to reduce it to component particles.
I know, the more likely explanation is that he wouldn’t have known the difference if he was trying to jam his wife’s lipstick into the magazine.
Re: Kammy’s Glock,
‘Member some years back there was a data breach and a list of Cali CCL holders got leaked? Arfcom did a search, and her name was not on the list.
This doesn’t necessarily mean that she didn’t have one, apparently some connected people got their names taken off the list, but it’s evidence.
My recollection from the time I loaded a shell backwards was that it loaded just fine. It was when it tried to feed that shit went sideways. Looks to me like he couldn’t even get the gun loaded. Now, trying to chamber one that is backwards, that might be it. He might be trying to chamber his first round from the mag tube, and loaded that one backwards.
Since he wasn’t actually going to shoot, I’m not even sure why he was loading in the first place.
Did anyone verify that the mag tube was plugged, or is Walz a poacher?
I knew I could trust the Glibs to pick apart that dog and pony show. 🙂
Joe’s 2024 Exit Results in Hunter Biden’s ‘Art’ to Face Value Plunge
Maybe he can work for the Clinton Foundation.
Why? They already have their nepotism hire, and the Bidens are not part of their faction.
Comment on how “donations” to the Clinton Foundation also significantly dropped after she was denied what was rightfully hers.
And THAT was one of the things she hated the most about the deplorables voting for him.
Meh. I wouldn’t pay, well, anything for it – but I liked some of it.
As far as that style of art goes, I thought some were OK, too. And the value is going to be inflated just because of the artist’s name. But a million bucks? Nothing to see here, citizen!
Huh, it’s almost like people weren’t actually paying for its value as art. Can’t imagine what they were paying for, though, it’s a real puzzler.
This is so shocking to me. I was told repeatedly he’s just a very talented, up and coming artist. They wouldn’t have been LYING, would they?
Right, Congress already appropriate the money, and then one [un-named] committee decides against that? I don’t think so. Love the anonymous sourcing due to sensitivity.
They really believe people are this stupid.
Anonymous sources are the most reliable. It must be true if they are risking their career leaking information …
Nothing left to cut.
I am stuck between if it is that they think it is more important to help this crowd, or of it is just a racket where that money sent there just ends up right back in NGOs that service dnc/democrats or directly into democrat campaign coffers.
Embrace the power of “and”.
Cut the entire USAID out of the budget – $40B+ and stop worrying about the penny ante shit.
Now you’re just being ridiculous.
Cut the entire USAID out of the budget – $40B+ and stop worrying about the penny ante shit.
RHINO: But the media would kill us.
JI: Did I mention we’d also cut the entire NPR budget too? So who will really report it?
If a bear shits in the woods, who is gonna report on it? Is that what you are saying, your Holiness?
Probably a lot of USAID money gets spent by the CIA for its destabilization efforts, like prying Georgia loose from Russia.
“As the U.S. government continues its steadfast support of Georgia’s integration into western political and economic structures, USAID’s five-year Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) guides our partnership with Georgia.”
https://www.usaid.gov/georgia/cdcs
Comes out to about 20 nannies.
I miss Disney and the desnudas.
Do stupid things, win stupid prizes..
Splatty McSplatface?
It’s not like he wanted attention or anything.
Mystery Drones Swarmed a U.S. Military Base for 17 Days. The Pentagon Is Stumped. U.S. officials don’t know who is behind the drones that have flown unhindered over sensitive national-security sites—or how to stop them.
I guess they have no firearms?
I guess they need to distract people from the fact the coming election is now outside the margin of fortification, is my take.
I’m failing to guess at a reason for such a law other than it might hinder our CCP friends from inspecting our bases?
Those things are big, too – 20 feet long.
They come in on a regular schedule, in groups. Gosh, you think it might be possible to follow them or backtrack along the route they come in on, and find out where they are coming from and who is sending them? It sounds like the thought has never crossed anyone’s mind.
Err, maybe they could use, you know airborne military assets of some kind? I mean, if they can lay their hands on any at a freaking Air Force base.
Rather than relying on local police driving around?
The could. And you could read the article.
Yup, that’s a mystery all right. Now, I’m just spitballing here, but maybeeeee – it’s the local Chi Comm military intelligence listening post.
Nah, the Chinese use balloons!
The plan was to pass shoot at them with shotguns.
However, after all the troops – trained by Command Sgt Major Tim Walz – had managed to load their shotguns the drones had already left the area.
Apropos
Scale of Chinese Spying Overwhelms Western Governments
The fact that we keep pretending China is not at war with us baffles me. Fuck, Lenin was not kidding when he mentioned the capitalists would sell him the rope to hang them with.
Only because western governments let it happen.
Dear Chinese Exclusion Act,
Please come back. All is forgiven.
The last couple of hacking events – directly tied to CCP organizations – seems like an act of war…unless it doesn’t really count because if we point out exactly that these massive hacks into our comms structure are directly tied to the government – rather than anonymous reporting….it gives up our “assets”???
JD Vance knows how to deal with dishonest media.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/10/13/jd_vance_to_abc_news_do_you_even_hear_yourself_only_a_handful_of_apartment_buildings_were_taken_over_by_migrant_gangs.html
This is how dishonest media reported the exchange where their stooge got crushed…
Absolutely no shame in their desperation to keep the lies going.
Wow, that headline.
The interesting thing is that pronouncements by government officials are taken as the gospel truth, the final word. Oh, the mayor said there’s not a problem? Then there’s not a problem and no further inquiry is needed. Those videos and first-hand reports can be disregarded, comrade.
See, also, Haitians eating cats and whatnot in Ohio.
“The interesting thing is that pronouncements by government officials are taken as the gospel truth, the final word. Oh, the mayor said there’s not a problem?”
If these assumptions you mention didn’t always go one way for team red, and a completely other way for team blue, this wouldn’t be a big deal. But the pattern clearly shows that this isn’t done accidentally, and is clearly intended to brainwash people into believing lies about either team red or team blue.
“Well, he would say that, wouldn’t he?”
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GZyWpwxXkAEdTmy?format=png&name=small
Every. Time.
Amazing how people fall for it. Or do they?
And this is how you show how fucking evil the media is…
I’d say we’re easily at step 4.
Step 3 is things like “bail reform” and “empty the jails”.
Step 4 is the Harris campaign.
As much as I dislike Donny, this is what has infuriated me about the press, libs, and never-Trump Republicans; the asshole talks in hyperbole all the time. Constantly. He can’t talk about anything without exaggeration. And they fucking know that. But they use to it fuel “lie counters” and to make ridiculous arguments like Martha did here. Almost enough to get me to vote for the piece of shit.
This bothers the hell out of me too. There is a big difference between a) “This is the best number ever” (fact check: it’s the best number in 40 years), and b) “Reality is completely opposite of what you’re seeing with your own eyes and if you say otherwise you’re spreading disinformation.”
Bothers me too but they’d just find other ways to shit on him even if he wasn’t talking out his ass.
See: JD Vance
“Bothers me too but they’d just find other ways to shit on him even if he wasn’t talking out his ass.”
So much that…
The people opposed to Trump are not rational. If somehow the guy tomorrow came out and told people he had invested his entire fortune into cancer research and they had found a cure for most cancers, the media news would be “Evil Cheeto man helps pay for racist, misogynist, and homophobic research that only cures honkey and straight breeder’s cancers!” Even if that was inaccurate or outright false.
They can’t help themselves. They admit they are compelled to lie because they can’t have him, but more importantly IMO, the people that support him and these marxist cuntes look down upon as deplorables, win.
If for any reason you think the left isn’t petty and downright fucking evil, check this revelation out:
“The plan to increase the number of rocket blasts into space up to 50 a year was rejected by the California Coastal Commission on Thursday despite assurances from Space Force and Air Force officials that they would increase efforts to monitor the effects that rocket launches have on nearby wildlife.
The military also vowed to mitigate the reach of sonic booms that often span across 100 miles of coastline, an issue that has caused controversy.
Members of the California Coastal Commission commended Space Force and Air Force representatives for reaching an agreement, but some cited their concerns about Musk, the owner of SpaceX, before rejecting the plan.
Among the issues raised were Musk’s decision to insert himself in the presidential race, his spreading of conspiracy theories, the labor record of his companies and derogatory comments he has made about the transgender community.”
They are willing to hurt national defense and the American economy over their evil politics.
Yep, Vandenburg AFB. I bought a car around there once, and tried to buy another that had been abandoned, a Sunbeam Alpine.
What kind of subhuman would abandon a Sunbeam Alpine?
No, they are willing to do what they are allowed to do. This is a bureaucracy with no accountability. You can call it evil as though it is Satan himself pulling the strings, but this is NO DIFFERENT than cops abusing their legitimate authority without ever being punished for that.
Also, you will note that Musk is just the latest excuse for the Coastal Commission flexing its muscle. The correct response from the USAF is to tell them to fuck off, that they have no authority over federal property (which the base is).
A decade ago I would have agreed with your opinion on this just being people with power abusing the power cause they could. But over the last decade I have seen them claim incompetence and ineptitude, over and over again, to get away with horribly evil shit. Admitting to incompetence didn’t happen before because it was a clear way to lose your job. Admitting ineptitude was considered a real serious problem. Now it is the working excuse for every time they do something that is blatantly evil and obviously intended to thwart the people finding out they are a criminal enterprise.
Yeah, I mean, if you want to call all government criminal, you can. Puts you out there on anarchist island, but it has a certain consistency.
When a government’s priority no longer is to serve the people, but to serve its own purposes and grow itself, it has become a criminal entity.
That was not me. That, badly paraphrased by me, came from a bunch of young landowners that wore wigs and had wooden teeth and told some British monarch to go suck dick when he tried to take their shit.
Our Founders weren’t exactly saintly men, nor was the cause as noble as we like to imagine. In drafting up the Constitution, Hamilton had a big part in the bit about the war debt being nationalized, and since communications weren’t what they are today – a cabal of Federalists gobbled up the “worthless” state bonds that would be made whole by the new national govt. Tell me that wasn’t criminal.
I’m wondering when Musk is going to start telling the government that their payloads are going to be delayed. Sorry, but what with the restrictions on SpaceX launches and all, he just can’t put up the payloads he could otherwise, and that includes theirs.
Daily Ray of Sunshine
This guy gets it. Thanks, Jimbo
We still need to haze him and make him eat lutefish though? Right?
Now you’re making me hungry…
“How Biden’s fury at being ‘overthrown’ by Kamala now threatens to derail her campaign”
Maybe being petty isn’t a good thing, but in this case, it is good he is doing it to people that did it to him first.
And I support him in that. First time ever. Screw them over, Biden!
My money on the push behind this is soon-to-be-former First Lady Dr. President-by-proxy.
She will have to deal with Joe without the perks of office.
She is going to put him in a home the day after the inauguration isn’t she?
And no one will visit.
Not even Finnegan?
The staff can pretend it is the White House. He won’t know.
How dare you coup the coup.
“Trump Confirms Upcoming Appearance On Joe Rogan Experience”
This one is a real pain for the people that think the way to communicate & connect with the peasants is to go on some sex podcast that is popular with batshit crazy women that are desperate to think they are gurl bosses and can own men.
Twenty years ago it was simple: to any problem, freedom was the answer. But in recent years I have become less sanguine. Some might say I have grown up. Still, I have this uneasy feeling that Western societies are beset with problems and that freedom is not always the answer.
I thought what I would do was to write down the biggest problems facing us here in Britain, write down the libertarian approach and assess in a blog post if it would be successful or not. Well, like many of my big ideas that soon ran into the buffers of indolence. But I did manage to identify what I think are the biggest problems – or crises as I call them – that we face. They are (in approximate order of importance):
1. The Freedom of Speech Crisis. Cancel culture, de-banking, lawfare and actual punishment are being used to prevent people from expressing their opinions. Much of this is being done in the nominally private sector. If this continues the results will be disastrous.
2. The Integration Crisis. Hundreds of thousands of people live in this country and have no affection for its people or its customs and more are coming every day. This is a recipe for an Ulster on the grand scale.
3. The Debt Crisis. Government spending is unsustainable. Mind you, I was thinking that 15 years ago.
4. The Housing Crisis. Young people cannot afford a home where they can bring up children.
5. The Net Zero Crisis. OK, this hasn’t happened yet but when the electricity goes off, modern society will come to a halt.
6. The Ukraine Crisis. Well, you can add in Israel, Taiwan and probably a few other places too. The West is under military attack by people who would like to see it destroyed.
7. The NHS Crisis. Long waits for poor care and indifferent service.
There are a couple that tend to get mentioned regularly that I haven’t included. The Migration Crisis is really part of the Integration Crisis and part of the Housing Crisis. Wokery is part of the Integration Crisis (again) and also part of the Freedom of Speech Crisis.
People occasionally mention the Population Crisis – not enough babies being born. I tend to think this is either not a problem at all (the market will sort it out) or something that is beyond politics.
Is there anything I’ve missed? Do libertarians have the answer?
https://www.samizdata.net/2024/10/is-libertarianism-relevant/
“Still, I have this uneasy feeling that Western societies are beset with problems and that freedom is not always the answer.”
All our problems come from people that want to control other people so they can try to create marxist utopia. And all we get is piles and piles of bodies.
Considering that Marx is part of Western culture/philosophy, the relevant question is – is Western culture a suicide pact?
You know, I actually have been wondering that myself right now JI. Thing is I keep coming back to the fact thinking people wouldn’t go there. Of course, we live in the age of batshit crazy women cowing everyone into letting them set policies.
Alex, this is why it is worthwhile to study Nietzsche, because he saw all of this. I really don’t think he would be shocked at all by the current state of Western life. The contradictions were built in, and it was only a matter of how it played out.
The problem is the values being at odds with rationality.
Thoughtful people are taking another look at the Enlightenment and noticing that its ideas led to the present mess in Western Civ.
Nietzsche’s “The Birth of Tragedy” was an early and accurate critique of it.
Is the West under military attack? Or are they shoving their collective dicks into places they don’t belong then acting surprised when it hurts?
Fucking a pile of rocks on the off chance there is a snake in it, or sticking your dick into a hornet’s nest cause you want to get off, are never good things?
Yeah, Scott Horton did a podcast a few months back about one of the drone attacks (Syria? Jordan) and the guest he had on was livid. His take (and it’s hard to argue with), in summary was that the troops in those bases in the middle east are being stationed there for the sole purpose of being attacked so the people in charge have a basis for retaliatory strikes.
Now we have guys in Israel waiting to get shot at.
Warboners at full alert!
“2. The Integration Crisis.”
I have no trouble reconciling minarchism and immigration controls. For more of a purist approach, you can simply ban non-citizens from any and all government benefits, which will help immensely. It might help if you didn’t think of it as an integration crisis, which presupposes unlimited immigration, and started thinking of it as an immigration crisis (which he kinda almost gets).
“5. The Net Zero Crisis.”
Entirely a creation of the government. It would never arise under a minarchy. This is true of almost all the other crises.
RC:
Do you even unintended consequence?
If we banned illegal aliens from attending public schools, they’d just run their own private schools for a fraction of the cost and better results. How would that look for public schools?!
And think of all the education union members who’d be out of a cushy govt job! No more ESL teachers, no more administrators to manage ESL learners, etc.
“Some might say I have grown up” Ah yes the old, “it’s OK for immature people to not believe in the power of the state but, once you grow up, well..”
Apologies to Not Adahn and the readers of IFLA. It was an incredibly busy weekend for me and I forgot to schedule the column. I’ll run it this evening at 19:00 server time.
Was it busy and fun, or busy and not fun?
It was both busy and fun. Three events in three days. One attended, one hosted, one traveled to and from.
Well, now you have the week to rest up.
IN A SHAMELESS POWER PLAY, UTILIZING EDITORIAL POWER…. I have re-rescheduled IFLA for 3pm today.
…
That way I get a day off.
Everything back to normal next week.
Paraphrasing the Latin “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?” I ask, who will give the Glib frowner the frown??
Seems like the neo-cons / neo-libs have given up on the Ukraine.
But they are hopeful to get a big war going in the Middle East. Putting American troops and missile systems in Israel makes it possible for American casualties next time Israel and Iran exchange missiles. Then we can kickoff WWIII from there.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-send-anti-missile-system-israel-says-pentagon-2024-10-13/
Have the Pali’s returned the hostages? Because if the “world” isn’t pushing for that, Israel is gonna keep going, with cause.
The world seems uninterested in the hostages.
I thought the Israelis were all already killed on the beaches by the Houthis anyway.
“But they are hopeful to get a big war going in the Middle East.”
The locals seem perfectly capable of escalating the long-standing war in the ME without our assistance.
This seems to be forgotten in the west; these two groups have wanted to kill each other for a long, long time. Maybe we ought to just let them get it over with.
Only two groups?
Yes – I just don’t want us included in those festivities.
Which two groups?
I know killing Jews is kind of baked into the culture/religion/politics of one of the groups. Not so sure about other(s).
Zionist Jews have been fighting the local Arabs since modern Zionism became a thing. At least a century.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionist_political_violence
Oh that’s nothing, Arabs have been fighting everybody since Arabs have existed.
Private sector vs. government….
Not only are they pissing away your money, but they are doing it while pretending they are not wrecking our future…
Alex, I’ll give you 10 grand if you promise to spend it wisely. And I’ll give you another 10 grand next year even if you don’t. Deal?
Well, with that logic…
What is the nuddie bar we hitting first JI?
We hear a lot about Walz’s 24 year military career but when it is broken down it changes quite a bit.
As a National Guard reservist Walz trained about 50 days a year, plus a couple weeks of summer camp, so make it about 60 days, 2 months a year. 2 X 24 gives him 48 months or 4 years. Throw in some extra school time, probably 5 years max.
Compare Walz’s 5 year Command Sergeant Major time to an active duty E9 with 24 years service and there’s a big difference. In terms of real military service Walz comes out like a 40 year old Sgt E-5 that’s full of BS.
The man was what we jokingly call a “Weekend Warrior”, and from what I have seen he was even subpar for that moniker.
I wanna be an NG warrior
I wanna live a life of ease
I wanna be an NG warrior
Get me out of the Army, please.
We used to jokingly say “Faster than a brand new E-5 on the way to the NCO Club”
Uffda. Us E-4’s never get any love.
Oh come on your holiness. Don’t you guys get to march around the the new recruits making them sing “This is my weapon, this is my gun. This one’s for shooting, and this one’s for fun”?
Cause that is some serious respek.
E-4s get plenty of love when you need to get some sketchy business done.
“Specialist, I am going to send you and your guys home early when all of the platoon’s motorpool basic issue items are ‘found.”
Don’t forget that as a Command Sgt. Major he only led 19-year-old cooks.
Deploying young Minnesotans as cooks is a crime against humanity.
What do you have against tuna hot dish, Jello salad and lemon bars?
Please just leave the shredded carrots out of the Jello. 🤢
When was in the Guard, we’d go to the rifle range a couple times a year. Our Training NCO would pull former Marines like me and former Regular Army Infantry guys and make us the range coaches. Because holy crap most of those guys couldn’t shoot a rifle. Most of the old Tankers were fumbling with their M16s as bad as Walz with that shotgun.
To be fair, many of them qualified with a M2 Grease Gun in tank school and had rarely touched an M16/4.
I ran a pistol range for a bunch of intel officers at Ft. Meade.
It was a harrowing experience.
I almost felt safer on a movement in Mosul.
That Walz video gives me flashbacks of that.
Experiences in the Guard can vary. I was in the Guard for 18 years, but around 10 of that was active duty. Are they saying that Walz was M-day for the entire 24 years (minus schools and such)? I have a hard time believing that.
He punched out as soon a deployment was on the horizon.
Yup, that’s my understanding too.
It was my experience that even M day leadership spent a lot of time at the drill hall outside of drill weekends, whether planning, extra duty, or just going over things. When I was making up drills during week, it wasn’t unusual for the CO or 1SG to drop in.
No fucking way this is true…
If FEMA really has $20 billion it has not yet spent, but it claimed it was out of money so it was not able to help, the only way to look at this is that our unaccountable and unelected government bureaucracies are all captured by the dnc crime syndicate and willing to ignore their actual duties in favor of political wins.
I notice that no one is talking about which FY the funding is in. I suspect the Speaker is talking about FY25, which started two weeks ago. I believe when Mayorkas opened his fat mouth, it was Sept – the end of FY24.
The pheasant opener isn’t that big of a deal in Minnesoda. The important one is the Fishing Opener.
Walz didn’t do to well in that either. Little did we realize how typical of Walz that was at the time.
Thin skinnned. Fake outdoorsman. Runs away. Lies.
Locals tried to rescind his invitation to the Fishing Opener, but it didn’t work out, so he ran away before anyone could call him a tyrant in front of the media.
“Thin skinnned. Fake outdoorsman. Runs away. Lies.”
I read “Carpet bagger Minnesota governor misses Most Important Event of the year”
I have a vacant deer stand this year but I’m afraid to invite Timmy, for a couple reasons.
1. He may be a danger to other hunters
2. I have to live here with my neighbors.
But think about the “fame” when Tim bags a 14 pt. queer deer from a stand on your property.
* I had an English teacher in Jr. High who would always brag about the queer deer he shot. This was back when it was rare to get a doe tag and most people could only shoot a buck. My teacher shot a deer with a six point rack and female genitalia, hence the queer deer.
Not even the most liberal person in our section of the boonies thought there was anything untoward about the term queer deer. I fear his story would end with his termination and blackballing from any other job as a teach in Minnesoda now days.
That’s cause he misgendered that poor deer and didn’t use the proper pronouns!
Watching Walz trying to load that shotgun, I am wondering why he didn’t try to stuff the tampon he always carries into it, what with being such a man and all?
Semi-automatic tampon dispenser? GENIUS!!!
You can shoot it up whatever hole you need it in? The Barretta injector?
I prefer the pump tampon injector. Ramington 869 model.
Wait, he carries a tampon around with him? Is that why I’ve seen him called “Tampon Tim?”
What woman would insert a tampon that has been carried around for a few days in the sweaty pocket of a strange man?
Ah, the good old Cali Coastal Commission. The same folx who shut down a desalinization plant in LA.
The same company runs a desalinization plant in San Diego. No stories about the dead zone in the ocean there caused by the plant.
staff experts at the commission
People who pay no price at all for being wrong, about ANYTHING.
^^^HOME RUN^^^
You call that evil, it isn’t. It is exactly what anyone should expect with those conditions.
It makes more sense once you recognize that these types don’t actually want water, cheap or otherwise.
Behold the Vance annihilation of another “journalist”.
https://x.com/stclairashley/status/1845789087665426627
Do you hear yourself Martha?
Ima refer back to Don Henley on that one.
PHOTO OF THE DAY: A young Bill Clinton meets President John F Kennedy (1963).
https://x.com/FXMC1957/status/1845739070900580584
“Any tips on picking up women?”
‘Yeah, rape them.”
It’s 5 o’clock!!!
Based on the quality of Kennedy’s side pieces vs. Clintons, I’m thinking JFK didn’t offer him any good advice.
Is John Bergstrom still around? I seem to remember him doing a comic on this very photo…
Rate My Plate
@ratemyplatenow
Mushrooms on Toast
https://x.com/ratemyplatenow/status/1845513937976209699
Rate My Plate
@ratemyplatenow
Peppercorn Fountain Butchers Block
https://x.com/ratemyplatenow/status/1845509490474426601
That looks like someone had too much Pepto-Bismol.
Rate My Plate
@ratemyplatenow
Homemade Pickle Pizza by Peter P
https://x.com/ratemyplatenow/status/1841190217090281499
that is… something
🤢🤮
Mushrooms on Toast – looks like some kind of fungal process, which I guess it is. Probably tasty, though.
Peppercorn Fountain Butchers Block – FUCK YES!
Homemade Pickle Pizza – Huh. That seems oddly edible. Just as long as they’re kosher dill pickles, and not those disgusting bread-and-butter things…
White pill anyone?
Surprise, surprise, surprise!
Paul Krugman
@paulkrugman
Trying to find historical models for the economic effects of mass deportation if Trump wins. One example: France, which lost many of its young men during World War I. Not encouraging (Angus Maddison via Statista)
https://x.com/paulkrugman/status/1845441427464921397
was this covered? This must be trolling right?
Britain gained young men during the war?
Because productive citizens are exactly the same as unskilled foreigners on the dole.
Back in the Ellis Island days of immigration, a male immigrant had to have employment within a short time after arriving. If he didn’t secure a job, he got tossed onto a ship returning the old country.
The Bee weeps – you can’t even parody that.
So guess the left is now conceding that yes, there are in fact tens of millions of illegals in the country?
I can think of an example, but it might not be what he is looking for. It would throw cold water on the fondest dreams of his most avid followers.
“Lost” how?
Well I guess I’ll say it, Happy Columbus Day Glibs.
Happy Columbus Day. Hooray for the Columbian Exchange.
I hear the new tactic from the marxist cancel crowd that want to make my paisan Columbus go away, is to point out he may have been Jewish. As if THAT will finally make people hate him…
In my mind it would just make Jews even more badass, but then again, I do not suffer from the marxist colonialist mental disorder these people do.
https://x.com/JackPosobiec/status/1845805681527386487
Is that what it is? The NY Post has some click-bait on that but I didn’t click to find out the big reveal.
But yeah, I’ve been scratching my head looking for a concise and humorous way to make fun of the “Indigenous Peoples Day” nonsense and haven’t come up with anything yet.
Columbus brought diversity to America. If he was part Jewish, he was bringing even more diversity than we realized.
“But yeah, I’ve been scratching my head looking for a concise and humorous way to make fun of the “Indigenous Peoples Day” nonsense and haven’t come up with anything yet.”
I plan to symbolically smoke’m peace pipe (I don’t smoke) and hit the firewater hard later after work to celebrate.
The trannies haven’t claimed Columbus yet? Have the Black Supremacists?
https://www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2024/10/Screenshot-2024-10-09-at-10.11.48%E2%80%AFAM-480×600.png
Today, I would like to honor the indigenous cannibals, slavers, and practitioners of human sacrifice that first inhabited the land and the spirit of which still exists.
Don’t forget the proper respect for every place they call sacred.
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Rumors of Mammary Monday’s death are greatly exaggerated.
https://archive.is/pO2o7
Dammit, I’m getting a really poor class of scammers lately. Who sends a phishing text from “hackermail.com?”
I’ve received real beginner level stuff like phishing text without the link.
You’ll have to wait until Trump wins to get the best scammers.
::Dodgy email shows up in work inbox::
::right click Show Source::
::read headers….::
From: threatsim.com …..
::delete::
Whatcha talking about Willis?
I didn’t watch the vid, but I did skim some of the comments. As I suspected, it’s just preaching to the choir (which I’m sure is the same with Trump ads).
But this wins this morning’s prize for lacking self-awareness: “I’m so SICK and TIRED of his trash talking America and everyone in it down!!!”
It still amuses me that they think “MAGA” is a pejorative.
Anyway, haven’t the people already spoken about how desirable a place to live Detroit is?
1950 1,849,568 13.9%
1960 1,670,144 −9.7%
1970 1,511,482 −9.5%
1980 1,203,368 −20.4%
1990 1,027,974 −14.6%
2000 951,270 −7.5%
2010 713,777 −25.0%
2020 639,111 −10.5%
2023 (e) 633,218 −0.9%
It’s almost back to its golden days.
Yeah, I looked that up too. The drop from 2000 to 2010 is astonishing.
Last Republican to hold the officially-speaking-nonpartisan-office of mayor, 1962.
I’ve posted this before, but it’s apropos. Dated 2011…
Hey, has anyone else noticed that Harris talks the way a 1st grader would deliver a book report on something she didn’t bother to research but that had to be 500 words long, or is that just me making a misobservation?
I’d say 7th grader, but the point stands. I also can’t stand the constant nodding of her head. She looks like a chicken when she talks.
Must be the way those neck muscles were trained.
Yes. Alternates between having to give a school speech and a drunk at the bar pouring out her big thoughts.
she is talking that way so libertarians have a chance to understand
I am going to plan a trip out to Vampire country just to come give you some holy water to drink, buddy…
She’s trying to be a slick politician but she has zero skills. Someone with the charisma of Clinton or Obama could get away with just speaking in vague platitudes, but she comes across as dumb.
Dave Smith has been making this observation on his podcast.
Attention GlibsCruisers:
In response to a request, I’ll be hosting a cruise-related Zoom on our channel on Tuesday at 9PM EDT to go over any last-minute questions or concerns that you might have.
If there are scheduling conflicts or more questions than I can answer, we can do another Zoom on Thursday.
It’ll be on the regular always-open Zoom address available from the Glibs homepage.
Ooh, good plan. I’ll go find my webcam.
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Recipient: LMI Consulting, LLC
Purpose: NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) embarked on a venture to incorporate and deeply engrain diversity, inclusion, equity, and accessibility (DEIA) in the culture and business
https://x.com/RandoLand_us/status/1845471801767346665
As commanded by Joe Biden on day one of his administration.
My paper with Martin Olsson on balancing the worker costs of privatization with firm-level productivity gains is now officially forthcoming in The Journal of Finance! Read the full paper here
https://x.com/joacimtag/status/1845726033279946791
“the worker costs of privatization”
I’m guessing that refers to getting rid of the feather-bedding, the no-shows, and the incompetent?
If TDog actually does go on Rogan that will be huge. It will be the most watched podcast interview of all time. I predicted a Trump win the day they got their mugshot of him, back over a year ago well before the first primaries. I think I will be correct on that prediction.
Rogan needs to bring Kamala at the same time and moderate
That would be epic, and far superior to any “debate”, but we all know the chances of that happening.
Radical militia
Government emergency workers in the US responding to the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene in North Carolina were relocated over the weekend amid concerns that “armed militia” could pose a threat to their safety.
According to an email obtained by the Washington Post, a US Forest Service official sent out a message warning that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) “has advised all federal responders Rutherford County, NC, to stand down and evacuate the county immediately”.
The message said that soldiers with the national guard “had come across x2 trucks of armed militia saying there were out hunting FEMA”.
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The politicization of the response to Helene and later Milton has provided a recruitment opportunity for white supremacist groups who have assembled in devastated regions that government emergency services have struggled to reach as part of a recruitment drive and PR effort.
I’m going to file that under more unsubstantiated rumors and disinformation impeding the rescue effort.
The USFS says that FEMA says that the NG says they saw armed militia… okay… I blame bored 19 year old cooks.
With that chain, I’d say 4chan is the most likely source.
Yeah, I don’t believe any of that.
The Guardian strikes again.
Every time you think they just can’t possibly be dumber.
Well, if they were wanting a pretext to further fuck over the Deep Red part of a swingable state, this will certainly do the job.
I totally believe a couple of pickup trucks full of hill jacks is just going to volunteer that they are out hunting FEMA. If anything they probably were asking the NG where the hell FEMA is, because they know where they can make themselves useful.
And, of course, when NG soldiers run across possible domestic terrorists, they tell . . . the Forest Service? Yeah, that checks out.
After today’s SpaceX launch it seems increasingly likely that this man will be Bishop of Mars.
According to the 1917 Code of Canon Law, any newly discovered territory is placed under the diocese from which the expedition left. Bishop Daniel Flores is the bishop of Brownsville.
https://x.com/emollick/status/1845521099590885818
While there are the correct number of fingers, those hands make me think AI Art.
Yikes. Correct number, yes, but still quite fucked up.
24-Year Military Veteran And Self-Described ‘Gun Guy’ Tim Walz Struggles To Wrangle His Own Firearm
He reminds me of myself the first time I had to handle a shotgun without instruction. I would imagine zero weapons familiarization with a shotgun during his 24 years.
Of course, even for weapons one should be familiar with:
https://youtu.be/UgPmWopkVF4
He looks scared of the rifle.
They cant have my guns. The answer is no.
Good morning one and all to another beautiful day!
It’s raining and shitty here.
Fourscore, I have tea with lemon and honey while I’m sick. It helps.
A spoonful in the oatmeal every morning for preventive maintenance
The Guardian strikes again.
They’re “reporting” on a waPo sources-say story. Repeating the rumor gives it credibility.
It’s not like the any “legitimate journalists” are going to waste their time verifying a solid story like that one.
“Well, we believe it. What more do you need?”
“According to Walz’s own testimony, he first went to China in 1989”
Seems like he make have missed a few NG drills, lots of trips, a year teaching in China (No record of his coaching skills).
Makeup drills/makeup AT.
Maybe he drilled with the PLA.
Ah, now I remember. My days in the NG included shift work, on those Mondays with afternoon shift go to the Armory in the morning and shoot hoops with the other shift working guys, call it PT.
In Manchuria.
Thinking back over this incredibly powerful image.
https://x.com/maxtempers/status/1845781936481939601
I can’t find it now, of course, but yesterday I saw a thing about how (based on weekly job report numbers) the Biden Harris administration has created millions of jobs. Because, apparently, all the jobs in those reports are new, previously nonexistent positions. And the government created them.
Also, a majority of the new jobs are federal government jobs.
Who knew not forcing businesses to close would increase job numbers?
And there are fewer American citizens employed now that there were a few years ago.
Weird, huh?
Banjos, how is Sloopy this morning – is he alright?
Breakthrough
U.S.-based economists Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson were awarded the Nobel Prize in economic sciences on Monday for their work on wealth inequality between nations.
The academics have helped show why societies with “poor rule of law and institutions that exploit the population do not generate growth or change for the better,” the Nobel committee said, demonstrating the “importance of societal institutions for a country’s prosperity.”
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Acemoglu and Robinson wrote the popular 2012 book “Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty,” which explores the roots of inequality and why some countries successfully gain wealth and influence.
I dread to contemplate their proposed solutions.
That “Incredibly Powerful” link by Pie above should explain this all…
“I dread to contemplate their proposed solutions.”
Afuera!
“The Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 was last week awarded to Japanese atomic bomb survivor organization Nihon Hidankyo, in recognition of its efforts to rid the world of nuclear weapons.”
You guys are making great headway.
So the long-gone colonial era is not the only explanation? I hope DC and our state capitals are paying attention.
They are. That’s the problem
poor rule of law
Hello from the USA.
OK, so we not admit we are doing it, but we are totally not doing it for bad reasons…
Next up, yeah we are doing it for that reason, but that’s all great!
They have been openly saying that is what they are doing, laughing about it and now this? They smell the warming tar
The laureates have helped explain how the political and economic systems introduced by colonizing countries from the 16th century onward play a key part in this disparity — and that places that were the richest at the time of colonization in relative terms are now among the poorest, the committee said.
They have “pioneered new approaches, both empirical and theoretical, that have significantly enhanced our understanding of global inequality,” Jakob Svensson, director, and professor of economics at Stockholm University’s Institute for International Economic Studies, said during a news conference.
The question of why the gaps between poor and rich nations are so persistent is not new, but remains “among the most urgent in social sciences,” he added.
Colonialist looters, it were.
Why are these people we are fucking over – hard – telling us goodbye??
“Young men like Tasker, seen as a solidly Democratic group less than two decades ago, have been shifting further to the right politically as their economic outlook has been on a downward trajectory, especially among those without a college degree, said pollsters and social scientists. While the economy has been a top issue for many voters, it’s been a particularly salient one for young men and one tied into their wider cultural ideals about their place in society and wanting to be a provider for their families.”
Why do they fucking care about stupid shit like their economic future instead of all those more important things like pronouns, sexual fetishes, and gurl power?
Pander here, pander there, she gonna pander everywhere
Vice President Kamala Harris is pledging Monday to legalize recreational marijuana, protect cryptocurrency assets and give 1 million loans to Black entrepreneurs, as part of her efforts to court Black voters who may be pivotal in the presidential race.
For somebody who accomplished absolutely nothing of consequence in the last four years, she has some grandiose ideas.
Stealing from everybody else’s hymnbook. Because her own is rotten.
They keep rolling out new, fresh plans every other day, three weeks before the election, when they should’ve had their platform in place months ago. Their internal polling must suck.
I am really starting to look forward to the election. The cheating is going to be epic!
Obumbles was gonna legalize weed. Turns out he claims he could not do it, darn. Biden was going to fix the border. Turns out he cant do that. Darn. Now we have Kamalamadingdong placing the football….
Reminds me of the dumbest thing ever said that was said by countless morons: “I like Trump’s policies but I cant stand the guy personally so I am voting commie.”
Uniquely horrifying
In other words, the former president suggested that he’d identified the United States’ biggest problem: Americans he disliked.
Trump has met the enemy. Evidently, it’s us — or at least a whole lot of us.
The GOP candidate has been leaning into this messaging of late, declaring at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania that he considers the Democrats on Vice President Kamala Harris’ team to be “the enemy from within.” Around the same time, at an event in Wisconsin, Trump suggested that his American opponents are “more dangerous” than Russia and China.
Totally different from the unity-and-healing message we get from Democrats and their media lackeys.
In context, it appeared that Trump was suggesting the military can, and perhaps should, be used against Americans on American soil.
That’s certainly how the Harris campaign perceived it.
Now tell us about the people asking why there were no troops on steps of the Capitol on that fateful January 6.
Good to know. So President Harris won’t be using American troops to quell any secession movement when she attempts to impose “her values” on the whole country?