Weekend Open Thread
[guest post by Dana]
Let’s go!
First news item
When you have to pay for protection for your family because of serious concerns about supporters of the leading Republican candidate for the 2024 presidential election, what does that say about your political party?
As a critic of Trump’s, King was concerned for Romney’s safety. More than two years later, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee is still paying $5,000 a day for private security to protect his family from the supporters of his party’s presidential nominee in the next two cycles…
Second news item
Despite the most “most pro-Union president” predicting that they wouldn’t strike, members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) walked off the job at midnight. Three plants are involved (Missouri, Ohio, Michigan). What the workers want:
The UAW had been seeking a 40 percent wage hike over four years (amounting to 46 percent compounded), along with cost-of-living increases; beefed-up retirement benefits, including pensions on par with what autoworkers previously received; and full pay for a shortened 32-hour workweek, down from 40 hours (NBC News). The union wants workers to benefit from corporate profits since the last contract in 2019, and to account for inflation.
They are also pushing back against President Joe Biden’s nationwide push for electric vehicles, a transition that could impact auto worker jobs when it is fully implemented. In contrast with gas-powered vehicles, electric cars require fewer workers to assemble, and the batteries can be made in non-union factories or by workers with lower wages.
Despite his vocal support for labor unions, Biden has not received an endorsement from the UAW. Many other unions have endorsed the president.
Oh.
Third news item
The courageous Masih Alinejad continues to work tirelessly for regime change and gender apartheid in Iran. As Iranian women remove their hijabs and brave the streets of Iranian cities and villages, they face arrest, torture and even murder (see: Mahsa Amini). While Iranian women are taking great risks in defying the government, so too does Alinejad:
The White House warned me that there have been more than 31 threats against me on US soil. In an email, they advised me to go into witness protection.
It means I have to change my name, social security number & disappear. This is what the regime wants. pic.twitter.com/53svtzn6bl— Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) September 14, 2023
Fourth news item
California school district says let’s stick to state and country flags:
A California school district banned the flying of any flag other than the United States or state flag, a move critics and supporters say is directed at the flying of the LBTQIA+ pride flag. In the same measure, Temecula Valley Unified School District also required that “Students not reciting the Pledge of Allegiance shall maintain a respectful silence.”
“No flag other than the United States of America and state of California may be displayed on school grounds, including classrooms, unless it is a country, state or United States military flag used solely for educational purposes within the adopted curriculum. Any other flag must be approved by the Superintendent or designee prior to displaying if, and only if, it is used for educational purposes and only during the related instructional period,” read the full section of the approved measure.
Either you allow the flags representing all causes to fly or you limit it to just the United States and California flags. I don’t have a problem with this district’s decision.
NOTE:
“The First Amendment bars the government from restricting others’ speech, but it doesn’t apply to the government’s own speech. A school district can speak on its own behalf and promote some views but not others,” said Aaron Terr, Director of Public Advocacy at free speech nonprofit Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression in response to an inquiry from The Center Square. “As long as the policy applies only to flags that schools display on school grounds, it should pass constitutional muster. But if the district were to, say, restrict students from wearing clothing or displaying a patch that depicts a flag disfavored by the district, that would raise First Amendment issues.”
Fifth news item
Top Democrats cannot bring themselves to say, Yes, Kamala Harris is the best running mate for President Biden. In the case of Jamie Raskin, he declined to answer directly when pressed three times by Jake Tapper:
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) declined to endorse Vice President Harris as the best running mate for President Biden in 2024 when pressed by CNN anchor Jake Tapper…Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) similarly declined to say if Harris, a fellow California Democrat, was Biden’s best option for a running mate earlier this week.
I get it. I feel the same way…
Sixth news item
I double-dog-dare you, cried the man who sold his soul to become the Speaker:
Angry, frustrated and unable to lead a fractured and unruly Republican majority, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Thursday told the colleagues threatening to oust him: Do it.
The embattled Republican leader essentially dared his hard-right flank to quit holding the risk of a vote to remove him from the job.
“File the f——- motion,” McCarthy said, using a profanity for emphasis, according to those in the private meeting.
With a government shutdown looming, McCarthy is confronting the same stubborn problem that has driven Republicans before him from the speaker’s job — trying to lead a ruptured GOP majority that’s split between what’s left of the traditional party and a harder-right element largely allied with former President Donald Trump.
Even his decision to launch an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden did little this week to appease the demands of the Freedom Caucus and others as they threaten to shut down the government in pursuit of deep spending cuts or move to a motion to oust him from office.
Seventh news item
President Zelensky to address United Nations General Assembly:
US President Joe Biden plans to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky next week around the United Nations General Assembly meetings, according to multiple officials familiar with the plans…One source familiar with the matter told CNN that Zelensky is expected to travel to Washington, DC, after his stop in New York…Zelensky is planning to use an in-person appearance at the annual meeting to appeal for more support for Ukraine as it continues to wage a counteroffensive against Russia…Among his objectives will be trying to persuade nations that haven’t taken a firm stance against the war to be more forceful in their condemnation of Russia.
Unfortunately, moderate Republicans are also questioning funding for Ukraine:
Skepticism is growing among House Republicans on the approval of more Ukraine funding as Congress faces its first test on America’s role in the war against Russia.
The House could face a vote as soon as this month as the Senate looks to fold a Ukraine aid package into a continuing resolution that would push back the deadline for a potential government shutdown…
While a minority wing of far-right lawmakers have long opposed more Ukraine funding, several GOP lawmakers told The Hill this week that more moderate House Republicans are also raising concerns…
The uneasiness in the House comes as the Senate plans to include Ukraine funding in a continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government funded as annual appropriations bills are worked out.
If the House refuses to pass a CR with the Ukraine funding attached, it could be punted to later this year and attached to other spending bills or considered on its own.
Punchbowl News reported this month that McCarthy does not want Ukraine funding in a CR but will move to pass it as a separate supplemental — but only if he wins additional funding for the border.
Note: The next vote on Ukraine aid will be the first on a major package since Speaker Kevin McCarthy took the gavel promising no more “blank checks” to Ukraine.
Eighth news item
Los Angeles District Attorney failed to apply for state funds to fight increasing crime wave:
Candidate for Los Angeles County District Attorney Eric Sapetto Siddall slammed District Attorney George Gascón’s failure to secure additional resources to combat the rampant smash and grab retail theft happening throughout Los Angeles.
The deadline to secure state funding to combat organized retail theft passed today and counties from all over California applied and received grants. Despite a dire need for additional resources to fight back against organized retail theft, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office was not on the list of grant applicants or recipients.
“George Gascón’s failure to secure additional resources from the state to combat smash and grab robberies is just another example of his negligence and inability to lead. As criminals carry out these brazen robberies, the district attorney’s office should be utilizing every tool to put a stop to these crimes. Once again, Gascón didn’t even show up. His incompetence failed all Angelenos,” said Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Eric Siddall.
Ninth news item
When you know you’re old: you roll your eyes from exhaustion at the mere thought of participating in group hyper-self-introspection, dissection, and navel-gazing…while naked:
When I arrived for the dinner party, a naked woman holding a wine glass filled with hibiscus tea greeted me at the door. Inside I could see a group of about 15 people already in the backyard. They too were all naked…This is how my night started recently when I attended my first nude dinner. I was among the 26 people who paid $150 to experience Füde, a plant-based gathering that invites people to leave their inhibitions, self-doubt and clothing behind…Charlie Ann Max, 29, the dinner’s founder, who told us it was time to start the evening’s Füde. The name is a combination of food and nude, with an umlaut to encourage the proper pronunciation.
Max is a multidisciplinary artist, chef and former dancer who began hosting nude-optional dinners in 2020. She started practicing nudity after she stopped dancing, seeking liberation from the constraints and expectations the career put on her mind and body. She also adopted a plant-based diet, eventually creating Füde……Max, introduced Lihi Benisty, a local breathwork, movement and meditation teacher, and instructed everyone to sit on the pavement around the pool.
“And this is Maya, our safety steward,” she said, and pointed to a young woman next to her. “If you have any concerns or discomfort, we can work together.”
Benisty then introduced the theme for the evening.
“Tonight, we explore the ‘yes’ within,” she said. “What does it mean when we say yes? What does it mean when we say no?”
Have a great weekend!
–Dana
Hello!
Dana (4020dd) — 9/15/2023 @ 10:09 amHopefully we get bamboo based Electric Eco spacecraft soon! We are destroying the solar system!!
BuDuh (4214e4) — 9/15/2023 @ 10:33 amIt’s a sad state of affairs when a U.S. Senator has to pay $5000 a day to protect his family due to maniacal Trump supporters.
I voted for Trump in 2016, hoping that he would get better once in office. He didn’t. Shame on me, and shame on anyone who still supports him. He’s a malignancy on the republic. Take off your blinders and you will see it.
norcal (16f554) — 9/15/2023 @ 10:36 amPutting my CPA creds to work, $5,000/day is over $1.8 million per year, all out-of-pocket by Romney, just to protect himself and his family. It’s just another reason why my party is worthless and deserves to be destroyed.
Regarding UAW, it figures that they’re standing in the way of progress by standing against EVs. The transition to EVs is happening whether the labor union likes it or not.
Paul Montagu (d52d7d) — 9/15/2023 @ 10:51 amFor those who are still focused on policy, while ignoring the malignancy, consider this:
https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/boilingfrogs/the-partys-over/
The bolding was done by me.
norcal (16f554) — 9/15/2023 @ 10:53 amHere is a more complete quote of the pay walled Atlantic article:
Wow! Kinda a stop-the-presses moment here. Angus King knew about the pending insurrection?? And Romney relayed that to McConnell in time to thwart the attack?!?
It lines up with Chief Sund’s representations of the events leading up to, and during, the hostilities.
BuDuh (4214e4) — 9/15/2023 @ 10:59 amUntil the actual evidence/facts/etc is laid out for the public to see this as a being true, I will treat it as no better than whatever tripe James Comer and Jim Jordan claim about Joe and Hunter Biden.
BuDuh (4214e4) — 9/15/2023 @ 11:04 amRomney isn’t accused of committing crimes, BuDuh, but you do you.
Paul Montagu (d52d7d) — 9/15/2023 @ 11:28 amWhy does that matter?
BuDuh (4214e4) — 9/15/2023 @ 11:30 amIt’s the difference between freedom and jail, BuDuh. Think about it.
Paul Montagu (d52d7d) — 9/15/2023 @ 11:36 amThe evidence for a trial or legal proceeding should always require a higher level of proof or verification, but you do you.
BTW, multiple sources are saying Chechen leader Kadyrov is in a coma, caused by an “illness”.
Paul Montagu (d52d7d) — 9/15/2023 @ 11:40 amBTW, Romney has a track record of telling the truth about his finances, by his own disclosures. It was d0uchebags like Harry Reid who not only lied about it, but got away with his lies.
Paul Montagu (d52d7d) — 9/15/2023 @ 11:51 amKeeping It Classy:
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/15/2023 @ 1:39 pmFrom the Atlantic:
How many people don’t listen to those warnings?
Did he ever try to check it out? Was there a rally?
Sammy FInkelman (1d215a) — 9/15/2023 @ 1:53 pmI subscribe to the Atlantic but haven’t gone through the process of registering on the site – or I lost the log in information.
The New York Times had an article about the Atlantic article which gave 6 takeaways:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/14/opinion/mitt-romney-trump-retiring.html
One is wrong.
Romney counted a dozen Senators – that’s one quarter.
From the article:
That sounds more like it. Of course there’s two different things/ One is people wanting to criticize Trump; the other sharing his opinion about him. Romney said they laughed at a speech he gave in 2019 to the weekly Senate Republican caucus after he left. But they had given him a standing ovation.
He spoke about
Presumably abut the business of being the party of health care.
A lot of theats don’t pan out. It’s easier to talk than to do – and less rsky for the person making the threat.
Sammy FInkelman (1d215a) — 9/15/2023 @ 2:08 pmMitt Romney didn’t think much of Mike Pence:
Of course, Mike Pence was also in the position of being the vice president. But Mike Pence stayed loyal to Donald Trump until it came to his oath to support the constitution.
Sammy FInkelman (1d215a) — 9/15/2023 @ 2:11 pmNot the same exact one that happened. They heard talk f things that never did.
They didn’t want help because they didn’t know on what side the help might be on.
Angus King had warned him that there was talk
here were no guns, there was no arson, there was no bomb – but there were people calling for harm to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Mike Pence. King’s information came from law enforcement sources who were reading things online.
Sammy FInkelman (1d215a) — 9/15/2023 @ 2:19 pmRomney considered running for president in 2024 but decided against it on the grounds he would help Trump.
Isn’t he more likely to get votes from Republicans?
NYT’s MICHELLE GOLDBERG thinks that age isn’t the real reason Romney is not running for re-election because he considered running for president in 2024
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/14/opinion/mitt-romney-trump-retiring.html
Sammy FInkelman (7a85f9) — 9/15/2023 @ 2:34 pmRegarding the United Auto Workers upcoming strike, it was the UAW who organized graduate students as an affiliate union. The University of California system grad students were some of the first to partner with the UAW. Please oh please oh please oh please let’s have the gradudate students embark upon a solidarity work stoppage in defense of their striking brothers and sisters (and non-binary-gendered siblings).
JVW (1ad43e) — 9/15/2023 @ 2:35 pmPaul Montagu @11.
Any sign that Kadyrov broke with Putin or sided with the Wagner Group?
Sammy FInkelman (1d215a) — 9/15/2023 @ 2:36 pmCuomo s serious about making a comeback:
https://nypost.com/2023/09/14/cuomo-blames-biden-administration-for-nycs-migrant-crisis/
The NYP runs ant immigration column. The fallacy is that not all people who want to come to USA do; the umber is already depressed – at the cost of lves and it costs money to arrest people.
Sammy FInkelman (7a85f9) — 9/15/2023 @ 2:43 pmNot muxh ARep talk on wasting money but there was this
https://nypost.com/2023/08/23/nyc-could-save-3b-by-putting-migrants-in-permanent-housing/
Sammy FInkelman (1d215a) — 9/15/2023 @ 2:44 pmSammy, I’m not sure if there’s hijinks involving Kadyrov, but here’s a theory.
Paul Montagu (d52d7d) — 9/15/2023 @ 2:59 pmIs it at least deductible? It seems like a job-related expense, but I don’t know how the regs define that.
lurker (cd7cd4) — 9/15/2023 @ 3:19 pmAlso, I don’t know how Mormons are supposed to calculate expenses for tithing purposes — PAGING NORCAL– but it may be that the LDS Church is in effect paying 10% of that $5,000/day.
lurker (cd7cd4) — 9/15/2023 @ 3:28 pmMacStrudelfarten had millions of his monkeys chattering angrily starting on November 9. I don’t blame law enforcement for having a hard time figuring out which were capable of anything more than peeling bananas with their feet. I venture that a good number of them, having been told that there would be a rally in Washington on January 6, found themselves wandering wonderingly in downtown Tacoma.
nk (ba4d98) — 9/15/2023 @ 3:36 pmUtah is a gun state Mitt and his family can carry assault rifles to shoot back with. By the way do you knew why you never take a mormon fishing with you?
asset (e9a63e) — 9/15/2023 @ 5:11 pmToyota doesn’t think EVs are a good idea right now:
https://jalopnik.com/toyota-focusing-on-hybrids-not-electric-vehicles-1850440908
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/15/2023 @ 5:39 pmCuomo is serious about making a comeback
Democrat strategists were casing around for someone else Trump could beat. Biden, Harris and now Cuomo. Elizabeth Warren must be getting frantic.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/15/2023 @ 5:41 pmOf course, Mike Pence was also in the position of being the vice president. But Mike Pence stayed loyal to Donald Trump until it came to his oath to support the constitution.
But Mike Pence stayed loyal to Donald Trump until it came to his last and final chance to support the constitution.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/15/2023 @ 5:45 pmVaping wasn’t the only issue for Boebert in that theater. Slut.
Paul Montagu (d52d7d) — 9/15/2023 @ 6:46 pmPaul Montagu,
Perhaps not an elected official, but the guy she is with is pretty slutty too.
Dana (4020dd) — 9/15/2023 @ 8:10 pmConservatives point out that the U.S. is a republic not a democracy. The constitution allows a small minority of mostly wealthy white people to control the republic. Example for those who need it 18% of the population in 26 states control 52 senate seats and even in the house the small states are over represented. On top of this senate has the fillibuster and sen. tuberville holding up the senate. To make things even more undemocratic we have gerrymandering to give the majority even less of a say.
asset (4996cd) — 9/15/2023 @ 8:19 pmThis is our system. Yet the white racists republicans say this is not enough advantage and we need strict voter id & registration laws to prevent too many democrats from voting like in floriduh where the voters allows convicted felons to vote. Passing protection for poll watchers to harass voters and challenge their registration among other deviltry. The corporate establishment tells democrats running for office who need money in the election system (before AOC) that they have set up. Be a good corporate establishment stooge and just whine and complain ;but do not use your power to strike back against them or else! This corrupt system benefits the corporate establishment democrats like clinton and biden who are in it for the $$$. Soon the democratic base will be running candidates who will use the system against those who are in power. Look at the desperate attempts the DNC is doing to keep RFK off the ballot in Ia. and NH and he isn’t even a lefty which is who they rightly fear.
Maybe Boebert is making a late play for VP as well. The base would love the drama….especially if they get voyeur cam.
AJ_Liberty (8cd28d) — 9/15/2023 @ 8:43 pmThe company Boebert chose to keep, and her behavior was obnoxious enough that she apologized.
Paul Montagu (d52d7d) — 9/15/2023 @ 8:56 pmTrue.
Paul Montagu (d52d7d) — 9/15/2023 @ 9:14 pmI’m thinking about how quickly circumstances can change in life, politics. It’s amusing that two women who would love to be Trump’s running mate have, in the space of one weekend, seen their reputations (what they had) go up in flames. Noem and Boebert will struggle to bounce back, especially if compromising pics of Noem and Lewandowski are made public. Cue: Marge, who I think is wearing a smug grin tonight. Here’s the opening she’s been waiting for. While Trump, being the shallow and vain creature that he is, would likely prefer one of the more attractive possibilities, but he knows Marge will be the relentless attack dog he’ll need.
Republican women aren’t covering themselves in glory right now.
Dana (4020dd) — 9/15/2023 @ 10:06 pmI don’t think divorce is really a good excuse for her behavior. “I’m getting divorced so I forgot how to act in public.” Really?
Nic (896fdf) — 9/15/2023 @ 10:15 pmBoebert’s behavior was hardly worse than several dozen of Trump’s own escapades. I find it amazing that we get all prudish about sexual behavior in people’s private lives, given the orange elephant in the room. Noem is a bit of a surprise though, suggesting that she decided to sleep her way to the top.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/15/2023 @ 10:16 pmSpeaking of which, where are the tapes of Trump behaving badly. There must be some. Or maybe he’s just very good at paying people off.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/15/2023 @ 10:19 pm@39. I hope you’re not suggesting that Boebert’s groping qualifies as private?
lurker (cd7cd4) — 9/15/2023 @ 11:07 pmThese populist women used to be in the democrat party. Ignorant trailor court white trash. The gop is welcome to them. James carville talked about dragging a $100 bill thru a trailor park!
asset (4996cd) — 9/15/2023 @ 11:30 pmIt’s a given. Good people do not align with Trump. He’s a nasty pimp and his coterie are nasty wh*res. Liars, frauds, hypocrites, blasphemers.
nk (c8c74b) — 9/16/2023 @ 5:10 amBTW, do we know what she was vaping? Because 18 USC 922(g) also bans gun possession by an unlawful user of a controlled substance including marijuana, not only addicts.
nk (c8c74b) — 9/16/2023 @ 5:17 amThis is an interesting question. There was no expectation of privacy for sure, but, as far as I know, no witnesses claimed she was grabbing privates. It was an infrared camera, that cuts through the dark, that brought the soft-porn images that Paul found in his searches and shared here.
She is a crude woman.
BuDuh (4214e4) — 9/16/2023 @ 6:31 amBiden’s words:
VS the official Whitehouse transcript:
Nice repair job. I’m sure Joe’s heart is in the right place, so the media is right to ignore both the best and worse case scenarios.
BuDuh (4214e4) — 9/16/2023 @ 6:45 amThank you, BuDuh. Over the many years of performing due diligence before investing, I have come to understand that one trusts a transcript at one’s peril. Too many times, a transcript materially affects the reader’s understanding of what the speaker is trying to convey. I understand the wish to provide “safe harbor” for the “company” (or “team”, if you prefer), but this action often robs the astute of the crucial information which occupies the space in between the lines.
felipe (3e245c) — 9/16/2023 @ 7:39 amSeriously?
Since his freedom is seriously at stake in the January 6 election interference and Espionage Act trials, does anyone seriously believe that Trump would not at least attempt a self-pardon?
Rip Murdock (f97e54) — 9/16/2023 @ 8:02 amLOL!
Rip Murdock (f97e54) — 9/16/2023 @ 8:16 amAlso, I don’t know how Mormons are supposed to calculate expenses for tithing purposes — PAGING NORCAL– but it may be that the LDS Church is in effect paying 10% of that $5,000/day.
lurker (cd7cd4) — 9/15/2023 @ 3:28 pm
I’m pretty sure that expenses are paid out of the 9/10ths that are left over after paying tithing.
The only debate among church members is whether to pay tithing on gross income or on net income, and by net income I mean after taxes–not after expenses.
Curiously, the church does not give specific guidance on the gross versus net debate.
Me? I wish I could get a refund of the tithing I paid. I spent two of the best years of my life proselyting for the church without pay. The church didn’t even pay my expenses! My dad paid mine.
These days, the Mormon church is sitting on a $100 billion fund. Talk about a racket.
norcal (5f0f1f) — 9/16/2023 @ 9:57 amhttps://thefederalist.com/2023/09/11/the-case-against-ken-paxton-is-all-hat-no-cattle/
Looks like the witch hunt failed.
NJRob (7cb41d) — 9/16/2023 @ 10:05 amPaxton impeachment vote in progress
https://www.youtube.com/live/-w-kEOuHPCA?si=M5PRsdJaXQvwfZWG
So far, he has been acquitted of the first 9 charges.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/16/2023 @ 10:11 amSince his freedom is seriously at stake in the January 6 election interference and Espionage Act trials, does anyone seriously believe that Trump would not at least attempt a self-pardon?
Well, he could instead try for a President-for-Life self-coup.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/16/2023 @ 10:17 amI hope you’re not suggesting that Boebert’s groping qualifies as private?
She’s not the first person to engage in heavy petting in a dark theater. That was taken by a wide-view (hence the low rez), low-light camera (hence the B&W), and there may have been an expectation of privacy in that setting. The image presented makes it look like everything was visible, but that’s a lie.
Reasonable expectation? Maybe not, but when I was in high school, the balcony section of my local theater was kind of notorious for that kind of behavior.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/16/2023 @ 10:24 amThey are now on the last 4 articles of impeachment. None so far have gotten a majority, let alone 2/3rds. Apparently few Republican senators are willing to dare Trump’s ire.
The GOP cannot be destroyed fast enough.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/16/2023 @ 10:29 amThere were children behind her and near.
I get it, I was in high school too, but didn’t normal people do that crap in the back of the theater? I think this is not only no privacy expectation, but was somewhat exhibitionist. I think Lauren has flaunted sex appeal quite a lot, her gun poses are often a bit sexualized for example. One way to avoid people noticing you is to avoid vaping in the middle of a room full of people.
This is unimportant as a story, and Ted Kennedy used to slam his body into waitresses so it’s not a sign of decline. But what a loser.
They are all losers. Trump was electable because everyone up there is an idiot. Biden was electable for the same reason. Whoever wins in 2024 will also be an idiot. Anyone who is normal will be screeched off the map a year before the first primary like “Sure, Not” in idiocracy. Ted Cruz, an actual alien from outer space, was a plausible candidate.
Willard Delecto (d3a725) — 9/16/2023 @ 10:36 amDeSantis Can’t Catch a Break
Florida Republicans, like those in California and other states, are tailoring their primary to benefit Trump’s campaign. While there is limited polling for the FL Republican primary (nothing since June, with Trump 10 points ahead of DeSantis), this retreat demonstrates Trump’s ability to dominate internal politics of state parties.
The Lilliputians don’t have a chance.
Rip Murdock (f97e54) — 9/16/2023 @ 10:39 amHow many of them would be sitting Members of Congress?
Rip Murdock (36fe40) — 9/16/2023 @ 10:43 amBecause they were all so lovey dovey in the past?
BuDuh (6bd49e) — 9/16/2023 @ 10:45 amPaxton acquitted on all counts.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/16/2023 @ 10:48 amHow many of them would be sitting Members of Congress?
Hard to say, but probably not zero. I offer Gary Stubbs as an example.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/16/2023 @ 10:51 amDoes a Ted Kennedy “Waitress Sandwich” count?
BuDuh (6bd49e) — 9/16/2023 @ 10:57 amFor what?
NJRob (7cb41d) — 9/16/2023 @ 11:06 amBased on the actual testimony, an acquittal for Paxton was obvious. It was a witch hunt based on heresay and innuendo.
NJRob (7cb41d) — 9/16/2023 @ 11:08 amFor what?
For ceasing to be a conservative party and becoming a radical fascist one.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/16/2023 @ 11:11 amAnd, yes, I use the word “fascist” with a full understanding of its historical meaning.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/16/2023 @ 11:12 amThis seems right on brand:
(Announced after her groping incident)
Dana (4020dd) — 9/16/2023 @ 11:38 amNoem, Boebert, Marge, Stefanik, Lake all hoping to get the call from Trump. I think he’ll go with Stefanik. But, he’s unpredictable, and flattery counts for a whole lot in his book:
Dana (4020dd) — 9/16/2023 @ 11:47 amDoes anyone think Boebert will have the decency to withdraw?
Nah.
Rip Murdock (f97e54) — 9/16/2023 @ 12:04 pmHeck, look what Gingrich was doing and STILL he ran for President. And came pretty close.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/16/2023 @ 12:08 pmI really have little patience for prudery in politics. People are sexual animals and denying that is an exercise in hypocrisy. This is just another e3xample of gotcha politics, and I wonder just how this tape was obtained from what is obviously a low-light, wide-angle security camera. The venue could reasonably be sued for invasion of privacy, as this was not why the camera is there.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/16/2023 @ 12:12 pmSo you have nothing and are just emoting. I’ll disregard the rest of your hyperbolic statements till you cool off.
NJRob (7cb41d) — 9/16/2023 @ 12:15 pmNot nearly as important as Boebert:
BuDuh (6bd49e) — 9/16/2023 @ 12:15 pmI wouldn’t discount Kari Lake either, but her stock is down. Trump is comfortable with eye candy and fierce loyalty. I think it’s Noem or Lake. Boebert has those two requisites but she lacks the discretion component. Trump needs every waffling independent and Boebert might make Harris look darn near Presidential. Noem’s ahead but it will depend on the Lewandowski fallout. Does that offset her superior resume qualifications?
Let’s face it. It’s a collective freak show. Just think what that foreshadows for the cabinet positions. Come on America.
AJ_Liberty (5f05c3) — 9/16/2023 @ 12:16 pmFox News Poll 9/15/23
Poll cross tabs.
Rip Murdock (f97e54) — 9/16/2023 @ 12:17 pm“The venue could reasonably be sued for invasion of privacy”
Many a teenager would agree with you. Unfortunately no prosecutors would. I’m pretty sure a public venue can monitor have its premises monitored. And last I looked, there’s no expectation of privacy in a public theater.
AJ_Liberty (5f05c3) — 9/16/2023 @ 12:22 pm81 million voted for this:
Indeed America, come on…
BuDuh (6bd49e) — 9/16/2023 @ 12:22 pmIt’s got nothing to do with prudery, but everything to do with the Party of family values sanctimoniously telling other people how to live and not exampling it themselves. To the contrary.
Dana (4020dd) — 9/16/2023 @ 12:26 pmLOL! He won a single primary (South Carolina) and a total of 138 delegates out of 2,286. Rick Santorum and Ron Paul won more delegates.
Rip Murdock (f97e54) — 9/16/2023 @ 12:35 pmAnd last I looked, there’s no expectation of privacy in a public theater.
Perhaps, although in my state there are signs. The video is taken purely for security reasons, and the bit that was made public was targeted and certainly against the venue’s policy and/or stated purpose. To say it is not an invasion of privacy to post that video is laughably obtuse. It was precisely WHY it was posted.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/16/2023 @ 12:47 pmAny real world examples?
Most places with surveillance cameras have posted warnings about cameras and/or it’s part of the fine print when you purchase the ticket. There is no expectation of privacy in a public venue.
If Boebert sues, then the images will be played over and over again. She just filmed her 2024 opponents’ campaign commercials.
Truly Comedy Gold!
Rip Murdock (f97e54) — 9/16/2023 @ 12:49 pmGingrich won Georgia as well, and ran a close second in others. Heading into Florida (Jan 31) he was a serious contender, but he botched Florida with his moon colony talk, getting only 32% there, and no delegates and never recovered. Sure, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum ended up with more delegates, but they never actually had a chance of getting the nomination — single-issue candidates.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/16/2023 @ 12:56 pmMy only disappointment is that SNL is off the air due to the writers strike, but it would be hard to top this reality TV.
Rip Murdock (f97e54) — 9/16/2023 @ 12:56 pmNeither did Gingrich, no matter how it’s spun.
Rip Murdock (f97e54) — 9/16/2023 @ 12:57 pmMost places with surveillance cameras have posted warnings about cameras and/or it’s part of the fine print when you purchase the ticket. There is no expectation of privacy in a public venue.
The announced surveillance is for a limited purpose. Someone committing a crime would have no cause to sue. This video was released to shame a customer, and that’s a tort.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/16/2023 @ 12:58 pmOnce Gingrich’s sugar daddy pulled the plug, he was doomed.
Rip Murdock (f97e54) — 9/16/2023 @ 12:59 pmHere is a direct link to the video that my previous link promised:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=j_hxQxrArzTKReMG&v=3Q_BIqy_kkI&feature=youtu.be
This is the work of a sanctimonious party, that tells us how to live, IMO.
But I am probably wrong.
BuDuh (6bd49e) — 9/16/2023 @ 1:01 pmWe’ll deserved.
Rip Murdock (f97e54) — 9/16/2023 @ 1:22 pmDenver Arts & Venues, which controls many venues in Denver (and is apparently a government entity) released the video, probably in response to media inquiries.
Good luck with that lawsuit. It may be a tort, but the continuing negative publicity won’t enhance her “family values” reputation (such as it is).
A tort for the tart.
Rip Murdock (f97e54) — 9/16/2023 @ 1:36 pmI expect to see a raft of embarrassing videos. Biden picking his nose, Trump’s hairpiece flapping around, that kind of thing. Our politics suck.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/16/2023 @ 2:11 pmWe’ll deserved.
Rip Murdock (f97e54) — 9/16/2023 @ 1:22 pm
I believe that is called “actual malice.”
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/16/2023 @ 2:11 pmAssuming Boebert does sue (which again I think is laughable) I would love to watch her squirm when she’s cross-examined by defense counsel.
Must See TV!
Rip Murdock (f97e54) — 9/16/2023 @ 2:13 pmPaul will probably find that video first.
BuDuh (6bd49e) — 9/16/2023 @ 2:22 pmUhhh…. no. “Actual Malice” applies to defamation law, not torts.
Paragraph breaks added.
Nobody has said anything defamatory about Boebert’s behavior. It’s there for all to see.
Rip Murdock (f97e54) — 9/16/2023 @ 2:26 pmYou’re indulging in fantasy, Kevin.
I don’t know how they do things in the hills. There might be a reasonable expectation of privacy behind the barn or in the hayloft. And if you hear rustling in the bushes by the sheep trail, maybe you’re supposed to avert your eyes and just keep on walking.
But in the big city, you don’t have a reasonable expectation of privacy in a crowded theater, with hundreds of people all around you. And that camera didn’t capture anything that those hundreds of people could not see once their eyes had adjusted to the light.
nk (5bc229) — 9/16/2023 @ 2:34 pmRepublican traditional family values or those of the manson family. Ask ken paxton who was just now not convicteted or any republican trailor court trash like bobert & Mtg.
asset (0671c6) — 9/16/2023 @ 2:39 pmIn, as I recall, his 2000 acceptance speech, George W. Bush said this (or something very like it) about Bill Clinton: “All that talent. Wasted.”
I’ve been thinking for some time that the same comment applies, sadly, to Ted Cruz, too.
Jim Miller (1aabf6) — 9/16/2023 @ 2:47 pmJust in time, Jim. Will you please weigh in on the hairdos of the pretend top contenders mentioned at 11:47?
BuDuh (6bd49e) — 9/16/2023 @ 2:58 pmAlso, Boebert has been regularly addressing/tweeting that kids should be taken to church not drag shows, and yet her groping date at Beetlejuice okay is a bar owner where drag shows are hosted, per NYPost.
Dana (4020dd) — 9/16/2023 @ 3:03 pmBuDuh,
You’ve never explained why Jim’s question about Lake’s haircut seemed to trigger you. For some reason, it still does.
Also, you can’t say whether they’re just “pretend” candidates. We can speculate, which is what I’ve done.
Dana (4020dd) — 9/16/2023 @ 3:06 pmTrump Civil Litigation Watch:
Rip Murdock (f97e54) — 9/16/2023 @ 3:08 pmI am speculating that they are pretend. Is that ok?
And yes, I found Jim’s comments about Kari Lakes hair to be sanctimoniously delivered and think those comments should be held in the same regard as “barefoot and in the kitchen” type stuff.
Kari Lake is lousy for so many other reasons.
BuDuh (6bd49e) — 9/16/2023 @ 3:17 pmThanks. Maybe it’s because of the veil of secrecy, but I find such tidbits about LDS machinations and policy endlessly fascinating.
Yeah, I hear the same beef from a good friend who, like you, is a Jack Mormon. And make no mistake, the complaints are compelling. At the same time, I have to confess, that as uber-wealthy rackets go, there’s a lot I find to admire in the LDS Church. Principally, LDS Philanthropies seems to do an awful lot of good. For example, in the immediate, heckuva-job-brownie aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, it made an indelible impression on me that several victims I saw interviewed reported that the crucial first and most generous assistance they received came not from FEMA or the Red Cross, but from Mormon volunteers emptying the shelves of LDS Church warehouses.
lurker (cd7cd4) — 9/16/2023 @ 3:34 pmI have often disagreed with Nicholas Kristof, but have always considered him a person of good character. (I see him, as I always have, as a “bleeding-heart” liberal, a person who wants the best for everyone, but may not be willing to make the hard choices necessary to achieve that.)
And now I have even more respect for him; he has said the unsayable, and at the New York Times, no less:
As someone who is old enough to remember what happened to Patrick Moynihan when he raised this issue, I admire Kristof’s courage for writing this.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Negro_Family:_The_Case_For_National_Action
(For years, I have believed that the decline in families in America is our largest domestic problem — by far. We are, more and more, less able to do what, for example, ordinary crows do routinely: form pair bonds that make it far easier to raise healthy offspring.)
Jim Miller (ac3118) — 9/16/2023 @ 3:44 pmno. “Actual Malice” applies to defamation law, not torts.
It does apply to defamation law, but I bet you dollars to donuts proving actual malice when it comes to a tort is not in the defendant’s favor.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/16/2023 @ 4:21 pmI get the shadenfreude wrt Boebert. But this kind of glee when one’s political opponents get a comeuppance isn’t very demonstrative of your own character. As I said, our politics today suck if this is the tenor of our discourse.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/16/2023 @ 4:24 pmGiven Trump, what level of disrepute does his running mate have to avoid? It seems more likely that media “victimization” is a plus for those folks. Getting the elites tsk’ing at them also helps.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/16/2023 @ 4:28 pmJim,
There was a time when the federal government conditioned aid to poor families on there being no man in the household. For dubious values of “aid.”
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/16/2023 @ 4:29 pmhttps://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2023/09/16/nebraska-woman-sues-trans-doctors-who-removed-her-breasts-as-a-teen-n578434
I hope she bankrupts the hospital that abused her and took advantage of her to make a buck.
NJRob (eb56c3) — 9/16/2023 @ 4:33 pmI’ve often thought that liability lawyers make a lot of actual law.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/16/2023 @ 4:52 pmIrrelevant comparison, unless you can cite cases where “actual malice” was part of the litigation.
Rip Murdock (f97e54) — 9/16/2023 @ 5:15 pmIf this was directed at me, you mistakenly assume my reaction to be “glee”. I have come to expect lowbrow behavior from MAGAland. It isn’t surprising nor does it make me gleeful. I’m embarrassed for Boebert, and feel badly for her kids.
Dana (4020dd) — 9/16/2023 @ 5:24 pmDana/JVW-
Please release my post at 5:46 pm from purgatory. Thanks!
Rip Murdock (f97e54) — 9/16/2023 @ 5:49 pmDana – She and her soon-to-be ex-husband have four sons — and a grandson, and you are right to feel for all five of them. We can even feel a little sorry for her, judging by what little Wikipedia has to say about her mother.
Jim Miller (192368) — 9/16/2023 @ 6:01 pmLink to Megyn Kelly/Donald Trump interview.
Rip Murdock (f97e54) — 9/16/2023 @ 6:18 pmMore from Trump:
Comedy gold!
Rip Murdock (90963c) — 9/16/2023 @ 7:29 pmA Different View:
Rip Murdock (64eff4) — 9/16/2023 @ 7:46 pmFull Trump/Kelly interview.
Rip Murdock (64eff4) — 9/16/2023 @ 7:49 pmKen Paxton is under indictment for fraud, and he’s under FBI investigation (link).
Paul Montagu (d52d7d) — 9/16/2023 @ 10:09 pmBecause corruption knows corruption, Trump pushed for his acquittal in the impeachment trial, and his lapdogs in the Senate went along.
There could not possibly be any other reason the Ken Paxton impeachment failed.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yvKQCEx1GBc
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=01fW08560Hk
Nope, no other reason at all. Simply Trumpthuglicans…
BuDuh (6bd49e) — 9/16/2023 @ 11:00 pm@98 The D.C. madam had a different opinion of cancun ted.
asset (4e25fe) — 9/17/2023 @ 12:57 am@109 and it was conservatives who were responsible for it. Like reagan and his welfare cadillacs ;but also before him and the hyde amendment.
asset (4e25fe) — 9/17/2023 @ 1:06 am@119 Of course this is his strategy. This is the problem with political trials as opposed to bribery, sex and corruption. Right now you can go to trumpest blogs where legal bloggers tell trumpsters how to give answers like don’t have an opinion on anything and act dumb, that will get them on the jury.
asset (4e25fe) — 9/17/2023 @ 1:14 am@125. Links?
lurker (cd7cd4) — 9/17/2023 @ 1:22 amBuDuh (6bd49e) — 9/16/2023 @ 11:00 pm
Great remarks by Smithee.
felipe (5e2a04) — 9/17/2023 @ 3:45 amBuDuh,
those are excellent videos explaining how the House abused the process to try and lynch AG Paxton.
NJRob (eb56c3) — 9/17/2023 @ 5:32 amMore on Ken Paxton.
Williamson was wrong about a conviction in the Senate, but then he didn’t expect a short-fingered cult leader insert himself into the proceedings.
Paul Montagu (d52d7d) — 9/17/2023 @ 5:45 amIf the theater didn’t have cameras, Boebert could well have gotten away with her lies that she wasn’t vaping and behaving obnoxiously in a crowded theater, and the theater could well have been sued by Boebert. But the tape don’t lie, Boebert does, until she got busted on it, one-finger salute and all.
Paul Montagu (d52d7d) — 9/17/2023 @ 5:56 amBOEBERT!!!!!
BuDuh (6bd49e) — 9/17/2023 @ 6:34 amFair message by Mr. Erickson, but it didn’t stop him voting for a fully corrupt and contemptible human being twice.
But will Erickson vote for him again if nominated? If yes, then his hypocrisy will be there for everyone to see.
Paul Montagu (d52d7d) — 9/17/2023 @ 6:39 amFelipe and NJRob, thank you. I actually spent time watching/listening to the hearings. It was every bit the joke that was laid out in those videos. Dan Patrick’s audit will be very interesting, IMO.
An endless loop of Boobert’s Voyeur Vids commands more attention though.
BuDuh (6bd49e) — 9/17/2023 @ 6:46 amDoes Erickson live in a “my vote doesn’t count” state? If he does, then why is he a reference for anything related to POTUS?
BuDuh (6bd49e) — 9/17/2023 @ 6:51 am“Assuming zero corruption and money laundering” is doing a lot of heavy lifting in this tweet, but even if the payouts are 25% overstated, even 50% overstated, the KIA and WIA for the rashist invaders is massively understated, and way higher than 300k total KIA/WIA reported by the NYT.
Paul Montagu (d52d7d) — 9/17/2023 @ 7:01 amYou can answer that question for yourself, as he’s some not unknown or obscure person.
Paul Montagu (d52d7d) — 9/17/2023 @ 7:04 amHe was one of the inaugural contributors to RedState.
So… you don’t know.
BuDuh (6bd49e) — 9/17/2023 @ 7:16 amYes, I do know. I was one of the inaugural contributors at RedState, too.
Paul Montagu (d52d7d) — 9/17/2023 @ 7:24 amFair enough.
Since Erickson vowed in 2016 to never vote for the “racist” and “fascist”(his words) Trump, but voted for him twice since then, according to you. Isn’t he already an untrustworthy hypocrite? Why does he get a third chance?
Is it because you were friends?
BuDuh (6bd49e) — 9/17/2023 @ 7:29 amBut will Erickson vote for him again if nominated? If yes, then his hypocrisy will be there for everyone to see.
I probably won’t, but you seem to see political difference as mere differences of opinion, rather than something that also reflects on character. Is a group that wants to tax the bejeezus out of working families so they can send money to deadbeat supporters simply of a different opinion? Or are they corrupt thieves and scoundrels?
Biden IN POLICY is corrupt and destructive to actual living people. He would command their lives and their earnings and force them to obey his demands. He would corrupt their children, denigrate their beliefs and impoverish their futures.
Now, sure, Trump sucks too, in more ways than I can count, but to find the fault all on one side — and “obviously so, as you do — is to carry a lot of water for the current corrupt thieving liar in the White House.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/17/2023 @ 7:40 amFriends? No, and I haven’t interacted with him since RedState booted me out.
There was an election and a democracy that Trump undermined after the 2020 election, so it’s a little different the third time around, but he should be fairly criticized for his poor judgment in voting for him the first two times.
Paul Montagu (d52d7d) — 9/17/2023 @ 7:44 amCorrection, I did interact with him before he shut down the comment section at The Resurgent.
Paul Montagu (d52d7d) — 9/17/2023 @ 7:46 amNot honest, Kevin. I don’t “find the fault all on one side”.
Also not honest is that I “carry a lot of water for the current corrupt thieving liar in the White House.”
My only support for Biden is with most (but not all) of his support for Ukraine, and that’s it. More accurately, he agrees with me on the subject. I don’t support his fearful reactions to Putin’s threats, and I don’t support his slow-walking aid to that country, and I don’t support his other policies, except maybe a couple of things with the ChiComs.
Biden is a ordinary Democrat and ordinary liar. He’s going to put out wrongheaded proposals, which isn’t good and I don’t support them, but he’s not threatening to “terminate” the Constitution, he’s not engaged in a Big Lie or Election Fraud Hoax, and there’s no evidence that he’s a felon. Does this mean I’ll vote for him? No. I’ve made my position clear about that. I’m just as much NeverBiden as NeverTrump as NeverRamaswamy as Never[name Democrat here].
There’s nothing ordinary about Trump, IMO. He’s an extraordinary liar, an extraordinary con man and extraordinary cult leader. The RCP average has him at 56.6% for the nomination, which is 43.9 ahead of the 2nd place challenger, which speaks to his cultish support, and should speak to the dysfunctional and off-the-rails and right-wing and un-conservative descent of my party. If we don’t clean house of this malignant narcissist, it’ll get cleaned out for us with more electoral losses.
Paul Montagu (d52d7d) — 9/17/2023 @ 8:18 am“Biden IN POLICY is corrupt and destructive to actual living people.”
And this is how we get more Trump. When he pulls support from Ukraine and pulls our forces out of South Korea, we will need to revisit this what-aboutism. Trump is a threat to national security…whether its calculated or simply benign ignorance. He’s unfit….and one of his many indictments calls this out.
Yes Biden is horrible on most economic and social policy, and his diminishing state also makes him a threat to national security but likely a little less of a threat. He’s navigated Ukraine well and is building alliances in the far east. It’s unclear to me that Trump II will be able to build much. Again, we will likely get the C team of hacks, conspiracy loons, and yes men. Trump is Commander in Chief. He can make moves that will be difficult to check. Biden’s economic policies must get through a tight Congress.
AJ_Liberty (0fa53d) — 9/17/2023 @ 8:41 amQuinnipiac University National Poll 9/13/23
Unfortunately for the American public, the only way to impose age limits (or requiring mental acuity tests, or prohibiting a felon from serving in Congress or as President) would be through a constitutional amendment.
Rip Murdock (90963c) — 9/17/2023 @ 8:46 amBTW, Rob won’t answer my questions, but I’ll answer his questions, the ones he put to Time.
Did you or did you not support shutting down churches by state mandate due to the same type of nonsense New Mexico’s dictator is doing now?
Quarantines and such by governors are allowed for limited periods, based on multiple court rulings, including the USSC. What’s not allowed is discriminating against or singling out houses of worship.
Are you pro-abortion, directly contrary to Christ’s teachings?
No. I’m pro-life, or anti-abortion.
Do you believe the government must mandate homosexual indoctrination in schools, permit it if the teacher desires, or should they focus on reading, writing and arithmetic?
Hate the sin, love the sinner. Schools should not be promoting sinful acts or sinful lifestyles. At the same time, Christ’s Great Commandment is to love one another, and he added no exceptions to it.
The former, the part about boys being boys and girls being girls.
Do you believe drug use is harmful and mass drug use breaks down society?
Yes.
Do you believe there are illegal aliens or are they just “undocumented Americans?”
I’m good with illegal aliens or illegal immigrants. The common theme is “illegal”, as in they have no right to be here.
Is Christ the Son of God, who sacrificed himself and died on the cross for our sins only to rise again and ascend to Heaven?
Paul Montagu (d52d7d) — 9/17/2023 @ 10:38 amYes.
Well… except the exceptions regarding Trump.
BuDuh (6bd49e) — 9/17/2023 @ 10:42 amMy “no exceptions” weakness, where I fall short, is with assholes, but we all fall short, don’t we, BuDuh?
Paul Montagu (d52d7d) — 9/17/2023 @ 11:02 amWe do.
BuDuh (6bd49e) — 9/17/2023 @ 11:06 ambut he’s not threatening to “terminate” the Constitution
But effectively he IS doing it. The First and Second Amendments are under attack by him, the power of Congress to make the law is being ignored, he is failing in his oath to faithfully execute the laws, and he is now going to force Texas to deal with his immigration catastrophe on its own. It’s kind of odd that he ignores the international borders of Texas while enforcing travel bans on the same immigrants over internal borders.
Trump is, if anything, just stupid and ineffective in his wish to “terminate” the Constitution. Biden is actually doing it.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/17/2023 @ 11:24 amI have not voted for either major party since 2012, and I don’t see a dime of difference between the two horrors leading the polls this time. I refuse to choose them by the worthiness of their victims.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/17/2023 @ 11:27 amI have this picture of INS lining the borders between TX, OK, NM and LA to make sure that no immigrants cross illegally.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/17/2023 @ 11:29 amBiden’s economic policies must get through a tight Congress.
Since when? Tell me when they last passed a law about oil production.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/17/2023 @ 11:30 amKevin, if you want to talk about not upholding the laws of the land and about violating the Constitution, there is no president who lost more court cases percentage-wise than Trump. And like I said, I don’t support Biden either. Criticism of Party A ≠ Endorsement of Party B.
Paul Montagu (d52d7d) — 9/17/2023 @ 11:40 amHighlights from Trump’s Sit Down with MTP:
Rip Murdock (90963c) — 9/17/2023 @ 11:47 amIf anyone speaks “inarticulately” about abortion in the Republican primary it’s Trump.
And like with his Megan Kelly interview, the segment on his delusions regarding the results of the 2020 election will be played back to a jury.
Rip Murdock (90963c) — 9/17/2023 @ 11:55 amKevin, if you want to talk about not upholding the laws of the land and about violating the Constitution, there is no president who lost more court cases percentage-wise than Trump.
That’s not cases as President but as a failed candidate. He hires stupid lawyers on his own.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/17/2023 @ 11:58 amTrump says he won’t seek a third term should he win next fall
Well, that’s a relief.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/17/2023 @ 12:00 pmFull transcript and video of Trump’s MTP interview.
Rip Murdock (90963c) — 9/17/2023 @ 12:02 pmWashington Post/Monmouth University Poll-South Carolina 9/14/23
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The Washington Post-Monmouth poll finds 46 percent of potential Republican primary voters in South Carolina support Trump at this early stage of the campaign. The state’s former governor Nikki Haley, who later served as United Nations ambassador in Trump’s administration, stands in second place at 18 percent, triple her support in national polls following last month’s GOP debate.
Another 10 percent support South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, and 9 percent back Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. ………..
Combining voters’ first and second preferences, 52 percent (support) Trump………
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Nearly 9 in 10 Trump supporters say Joe Biden won the 2020 election only “due to voter fraud,” while about 6 in 10 of those supporting other Republicans say Biden won “fair and square.” …………..
A 73 percent majority of Trump backers say abortion should be illegal in most or all cases, while 52 percent of those voters who support other candidates say abortion should be legal. ……….
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………….Trump’s strengths align with the bulk of GOP voters. A 57 percent majority of potential South Carolina primary voters believe the 2020 election was fraudulent, and 58 percent say abortion should be illegal in all or most cases.
………… About half of those with a current preference say they will “definitely” vote for that candidate, though Trump’s support is significantly more solid, with 76 percent saying they are committed to vote for him compared with 33 percent of those who support other candidates saying they are firmly committed to their favorite.
………….. Roughly 6 in 10 South Carolina GOP voters have a favorable opinion of Haley and Scott, though that is similar to Trump’s standing. ………… DeSantis’s image is slightly weaker at 50 percent favorable……….
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Ramaswamy receives mixed reviews with 28 percent favorable, 33 percent unfavorable and a larger 40 percent having no opinion or saying they haven’t heard about him. Pence and Christie have the worst images in the state. ……….
………….. Three-quarters of (Trump’s) supporters — 35 percent of all potential primary voters in South Carolina — say they will definitely vote for him. His overall 46 percent support rises to 54 percent among those with a high rate of turnout in previous South Carolina Republican primaries………..
…………. Haley’s support is relatively high among low-turnout and less-certain voters.
A 54 percent majority of Republicans say Trump is definitely or probably the strongest candidate to beat Biden, while 42 percent think another candidate would be stronger. ……….
Rip Murdock (90963c) — 9/17/2023 @ 12:47 pm……………..
Sorry for the lack of blockquotes.
Rip Murdock (90963c) — 9/17/2023 @ 12:48 pmTrump says he won’t seek a third term should he win next fall
Since he’s won twice, isn’t this a third term now?
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/17/2023 @ 2:23 pmTrump’s become a runaway train in the GOP primary.
Rip Murdock (90963c) — 9/17/2023 @ 2:38 pmThat was a weird question, but it was in response to Welker asking about DeSantis’s argument that he would be able to serve as President for eight years, not just four.
What’s more interesting is Trump’s “confession” to the election interference indictment in the MTP interview and the Espionage Act indictment in the Megyn Kelly interview.
I’m sure Jack Smith will be sending out subpoenas for the interviews (and any outtakes) to be played during Trump’s trials.
Trump’s lawyers must be screaming into their pillows.
Rip Murdock (90963c) — 9/17/2023 @ 2:47 pmWould Haley, who has described Trump as “the most disliked politician in all of America” serve as his running mate?
Absolutely. Political ambition knows no bounds (or principles.)
Rip Murdock (90963c) — 9/17/2023 @ 3:12 pm“A 57 percent majority of potential South Carolina primary voters believe the 2020 election was fraudulent”
That’s a whole lot of dumb voters. I assume that most of those also believe Trump did nothing wrong to deserve four indictments. It’s hard to have a stable democracy when so many voters revel in being ignorant. You have to blame a right-wing media that refuses to tell the truth because it impacts their bottom line. You have to blame left-wing media for their partisan slant that rightly calls into question their fairness and balance. You have to blame craven politicians who lack the courage to confront the propaganda. You have to blame large swaths of ministers, priests, and evangelists who have sold out truth and character in order to play in the gutter of earthly politics. But most of all, the blame has to fall on the people who know better or should know better. To continue to support a man facing four indictments….who led a low-grade insurrection in order to try and protect against loser being tied to his brand….who is arrogant enough to claim that celebrities play by different rules regarding sexual assault….and who is foolish enough to threaten the legitimacy of our national institutions…including the vote and criminal justice system….for purely selfish reasons.
“A 54 percent majority of Republicans say Trump is definitely or probably the strongest candidate to beat Biden”
And how many will cry when that lead crumbles in the face of a trial case that will chase away any fence sitters? Maybe 100%. It’s dumb and I hope that there will be a reckoning.
AJ_Liberty (5f05c3) — 9/17/2023 @ 3:23 pm“I’m sure Jack Smith will be sending out subpoenas for the interviews (and any outtakes) to be played during Trump’s trials.”
“And how many will cry when that lead crumbles in the face of a trial case that will chase away any fence sitters?”
We should all appreciate the occasional reminders of why these indictments are happening.
Trump has requested Judge Chutkan recuse herself for two prejudicial statements made during J6 trials. The Judge is well aware that she can say just about anything and be shielded, so long as the statements occur during a legal proceeding over which she presides. So of course, the recusal request will go nowhere, which will have no bearing on a valid perception of bias.
Also going nowhere will be a request for a change of venue from a DC jury pool where greater than 90% voted against the defendant. But anyway, the case against the defendant is rock solid and DC can produce a fair jury, so it shouldn’t matter, say those who fear moving it just about anywhere else.
And after all this and the people get to vote, if Trump wins in 2024 we already know the discussion will move to whether we should permit him to take office. There must be some way it can be legally prevented, if we all just brainstorm.
On these sturdy pillars stands Democracy and the Rule of Law.
lloyd (722c16) — 9/17/2023 @ 3:58 pmTrump’s lawyers must be screaming into their pillows.
Is there such a thing as “client malpractice”?
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/17/2023 @ 4:02 pm“A 57 percent majority of potential South Carolina primary voters believe the 2020 election was fraudulent”
I expect to see a day when Florida Democrats are trying to pull books out of school libraries that say the 2020 election was a fraud.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/17/2023 @ 4:04 pmLOL! If the people elect Trump to be President, there is no Constitutional way to prevent him from taking office. “Brainstorming” ideas will just be wish casting.
Rip Murdock (90963c) — 9/17/2023 @ 4:37 pmThe House could refuse to count the electoral votes.
I mean, it’s something they could do, and none would call it a coup. Except maybe the 50 million people digging up their guns.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/17/2023 @ 4:48 pmLOL!
1. What is your evidence? What books say that now?
2. The Florida Democratic Party is in such disarray it will take decades to obtain any power. Like California (but the opposite) Republicans have a 37-25 voter registration edge. Democrats are vastly outnumbered in the Florida Legislature, and DeSantis crushed Crist 60-40 in his reelection.
Comedy Gold!
Rip Murdock (90963c) — 9/17/2023 @ 4:55 pmThe House doesn’t count the electoral votes.
Source
Rip Murdock (64eff4) — 9/17/2023 @ 5:03 pmThis is how the DeSantis campaign should be challenging Trump and his obvious unfitness.
It’s past time to take the gloves off.
Paul Montagu (d52d7d) — 9/17/2023 @ 6:59 pmTrump could say he shot John Wilkes Booth at the Ford Theatre and saved Abraham Lincoln’s life and he wouldn’t lose any votes. To paraphrase Stalin, it’s not the gibberish you spout, it’s the morons who don’t care.
nk (701c6d) — 9/17/2023 @ 7:13 pmThe House doesn’t count the electoral votes.
Your pedantry knows no bounds.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/17/2023 @ 9:09 pmTrump could say he shot John Wilkes Booth at the Ford Theatre and saved Abraham Lincoln’s life and he wouldn’t lose any votes.
Now, why are 30 million Republican voters so adamant about voting for him in the primaries? It’s easy to just say they’re dumb, but that’s not really why.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/17/2023 @ 9:11 pm1. What is your evidence? What books say that now?
Give it time. Those who control the present, control the past.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/17/2023 @ 9:13 pmTrumpWorld won’t care. Trump voters won’t migrate to DeSantis (or anyone else.) They especially reject DeSantis as a globalist tool of Wall Street, and have reasons (rational and irrational) not to vote for anyone not named Trump. If they can’t vote for Trump in the general election, they will just not vote at all.
And DeSantis’s polling since February 2023 shows just how weak he is, both at the national (Trump +41) and state levels.
State Polls RCP Average; Trump v. DeSantis:
Michigan Trump +48
South Carolina +37
Iowa +30
New Hampshire +31
Florida +10
California +33
etc.
Rip Murdock (ea3d80) — 9/17/2023 @ 9:40 pmYour
pedantryinaccuracy knows no bounds.FIFY
Rip Murdock (ea3d80) — 9/17/2023 @ 9:42 pmWell, Florida Democrats are no where near controlling the present.
Rip Murdock (ea3d80) — 9/17/2023 @ 9:44 pmSee here as to why.
Rip Murdock (ea3d80) — 9/17/2023 @ 9:48 pm@126 quora, ace are just two.
asset (408e53) — 9/18/2023 @ 12:40 amFloriduh democrats problem is similar to what happened in az. Republicans from ca. moved to az for many years skewing the state red despite latinx demographics (100+latinx turn voting age every day) for the past 10 years democrats because of high cost of housing are moving to az negating the republican exodus. Look at az elections in 2016, 2018, 2020 and 2022 to watch the change. The same will happen in floriduh with democrats moving south and puerto ricans moving west.
asset (408e53) — 9/18/2023 @ 12:48 am@174 remember lying ted in 2016 indiana primary that destroyed ted cruz. Trumpsters wil hound desatan if he goes after trump and he is vulnerable with trump’s pictures of desatan with under age girls at drinking orgy party.
asset (408e53) — 9/18/2023 @ 12:52 am“It’s easy to just say they’re dumb, but that’s not really why.”
So you think there’s good evidence that 2020 was stolen with illegal votes? Do you think there are good arguments as to why Trump held onto classified documents after the government requested them back? Do you think the electoral count act scheme was a faithful approach to the Constitution? Is broad vaccination skepticism based on empirical science and statistics or something else? Does cutting Ukraine loose embolden or discourage Chinese adventurism?
The GOP base is tied with a lot of intellectual baggage. You can argue that they’re mad about globalism, illegal immigration, and cultural decay…but it’s no excuse for believing other stuff that’s simply not true. Again, propagandists give them cover but there’s no excuse for remaining ignorant and supporting a demogogue and crook. Why not Haley or DeSantis or Scott or Christie? To look at Trump’s legal exposure and conclude “so what” is an ignorant conclusion. Let’s stop letting them off the hook because there really is no excuse….
AJ_Liberty (d4ad66) — 9/18/2023 @ 3:12 amJealousy, hate, and fungal itch of necessity reduce intelligence because they submerge awareness, and critical analysis, of objective reality.
nk (9aacc9) — 9/18/2023 @ 4:14 am@186
I don’t think we can ever know it was stolen. Its literally impossible to make that determination.
I think we can make that argument that the covid-led voting changes, mainly mail-in ballots, was the least secured election in modern times simply due to the fact of the sheer numbers of ballots that you don’t have chain-of-custody.
What do we do going forward? You can have a redo. They way forward is to look at the voting structures and seek out improvements to mitigate issues, like those lack of chain of custody to buttress the system. You need to give voters confidence that the system is robust.
Good ones? No.
A believable one? Yeah… Trump believes (wrongly) that he could deny a subpoena. He has bad lawyers then.
Yes. In this country you’re allowed to contest an election.
Yes.
Dunno.
There’s no excuse to support or dilute your vote that allows Democrats back in power.
Definitely rather have them.
Yup.
Nominate DeSantis, or bust.
whembly (5f7596) — 9/18/2023 @ 7:29 amshould be “you can’t have a redo”…
whembly (5f7596) — 9/18/2023 @ 7:30 amWell, Florida Democrats are no where near controlling the present.
Way to distort and then argue against your distortion.
I said that the libraries will be filled with books promoting “The Steal™” — that would be the control of MAGA, not Democrats — and that Democrats would be the ones complaining.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/18/2023 @ 8:12 amSo you think there’s good evidence that 2020 was stolen with illegal votes? Do you think there are good arguments as to why Trump held onto classified documents after the government requested them back? Do you think the electoral count act scheme was a faithful approach to the Constitution? Is broad vaccination skepticism based on empirical science and statistics or something else? Does cutting Ukraine loose embolden or discourage Chinese adventurism?
I think none of those things — as you should know — but apparently they do. WHY do they think these things? Why is their distrust of the government so incredibly high that they believe it would rig an election and then cover it up to the point of jailing all who object? Why are they so loyal to a man who deserves no loyalty? It may seem irrational, but there ARE reasons. Ignoring them, or calling them all morons, is unlikely to solve the problem.
Trump is not the source of this distrust, only the guy marching out in front. Defeating Trump will NOT make this go away, either. Even if Trump were to die tomorrow, these tens of millions will just find a new “champion” to front their anger. Probably someone less principled than Trump.
So, again, what is the cause of this divide and can it be lessened or closed? Because failing that we face an abyss.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/18/2023 @ 8:21 amThe GOP base is tied with a lot of intellectual baggage. You can argue that they’re mad about globalism, illegal immigration, and cultural decay…but it’s no excuse for believing other stuff that’s simply not true. Again, propagandists give them cover but there’s no excuse for remaining ignorant and supporting a demogogue and crook.
If you are angry enough at the folks running the country, and they call you ignorant morons, or worse, why should you believe a word they say? Why should you not support the guy who shares your outrage and suspicions? The scary part is that they might give up on Trump and find someone worse, like Ramaswamy (because THAT is Videk’s game).
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/18/2023 @ 8:26 amEven in better times, we have large portions of the populace believing patently false things.
* More than 10% believe that state ownership of the means of production would be a good thing.
* More than 10% believe that white supremacists run everything.
* More than 10% believe that military spending is a total waste
* More than 10% believe that social security will fail before they get any.
* More than 10% believe that immigrants come here for welfare handouts.
* More than 10% believe that black people get all the good jobs.
* More than 10% believe that OJ was innocent.
* More than 10% believe that income taxes should be much much higher (including the president).
* More than 10% believe that government should run on sales tax alone.
So, the fact that some people believe that the 2020 election was rigged, despite the increasingly strident denial by the winning side (and jailing of the most vocal opposition), should not come as a particular surprise. But it is a divide that needs to be addressed and a “beatings will continue” strategy probably won’t prevail.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/18/2023 @ 8:37 amFL Democrats can complain all they want, but no one will listen.
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/18/2023 @ 8:39 am169.
172.
Rip Murdock (90963c) — 9/17/2023 @ 4:55 pm
The first question is talking about the future. Books could be ppulled on a local level – or more likely. never ordered.\\What book(s)
Maybe this one?
Taking Back Trump’s America: Why We Lost the White House and How We’ll Win It Back
by Peter Navarro
(Peter |Navarro is the person who wrote something put out by Trump that claimed mathematical proof that the election was stolen.
Or perhaps not even that one.
An Amazon review says in part:
Sammy Finkelman (b434ee) — 9/18/2023 @ 8:47 amNews Item: Five Americans freed from Iran land in Qatar before flying to the US
In response to this outrage, I would like to see three things:
1) Congress pass a law that forbids negotiating with nations holding Americans in exchange for any considerations; as well as banning travel to nations that hold US citizens under any circumstances;
2) Unequivocal statements from the Republican presidential candidates at the next debate that they would not negotiate under any circumstances with nations holding Americans in prison;
3) Include this in any impeachment, whether of President Biden or SoS Blinken. This will make any future Administration think twice about doing the same thing.
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/18/2023 @ 8:52 amTo answer in detail as whembly did:
There is good reason to believe that the playing field was tilted toward the Democrats by the extremely loose expansion of ballot access with very little interest in preventing fraud. Note that a similar approach to pandemic relief resulted in $130 BILLION in fraudulent payments. Was it fraud, or simply a disinterest in election integrity, and does that really matter?
No. I think that this was his petulant response to his defeat.
The scheme (involving the VP tossing out votes)? No. I think that the attempt by legislators to use the existing anti-fraud mechanisms (e.g. challenging certain results, particularly PA’s) was a faithful approach and entirely legal, if not wise.
Mostly something else. The idea that this needed to be tested another couple of years first was stupid. In retrospect, though, the mandate that *everyone* should get the vaccine probably was a bad move, however good an idea it seemed at the time. People were dying. OTOH, I think the mandate for those caring for defenseless and vulnerable people (e.g. nursing home employees) was righteous.
That and worse.
We all believe stuff that isn’t true. Half of us believe in God, half do not. One half is wrong. Some even think that baseball is boring.
It is indeed sad that an ignorant demagogue was the only candidate that appealed to this large group. IF only someone more principled (e.g. Ted Cruz) had been the one.
Separate questions. Christie denies all their beliefs and tells them to learn to code. Scott just tells them to pray about it. Haley is closer to Romney than Trump. DeSantis is on the Leader’s sh*tlist for trying to steal his thunder. I see you left out Videk, who is the more likely alternative.
They don’t say “so what?” They say “Biden fears him and is trying to use the raw power of government to crush him, but look! Trump, he fights!”
Who is on the hook? It’s not Trump who is behind in the polls.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/18/2023 @ 8:59 am@197 I’m not disagreeing with you. But, I’m not sure Congress can pass a law like that, which runs afoul with President’s near universal power in all things foreign policies.
Impeachment, however, should and *can* be on the table for sure.
whembly (5f7596) — 9/18/2023 @ 9:01 amA Wall Street Journal editorial today blames Texas |Lt. Gov Dan Patrick.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/dan-patrick-saves-ken-paxton-impeachment-texas-gop-senate-dd04c809
Sammy Finkelman (b434ee) — 9/18/2023 @ 9:04 amSo, a US citizen rapist of murderer? “Any cirucmstances” is pretty broad.
Impeaching for something that presidents of both parties have done, in the absence of a clear policy change, seems ill-founded.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/18/2023 @ 9:13 am*
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Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/18/2023 @ 9:18 amThe number one reason that Trump lost in 2020 was that he made it a disloyal act to vote by mail. Biden’s supporters had 30 days to vote, Trump’s only the one. If that only cost Trump 1% of his vote total, it was enough to lose all those swing states he won in 2016.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/18/2023 @ 9:27 amBut Mike Pence stayed loyal to Donald Trump until it came to the moment of truth, and he either had to follow the constitution or not. He was hoping that Trump would back down.
Sammy Finkelman (b434ee) — 9/18/2023 @ 9:34 amKansas Will No Longer Allow Residents To Change Gender On Birth Certificates.
The leftist governor said she was going to ignore the law till she realized she had zero support and backed down.
NJRob (83d845) — 9/18/2023 @ 9:58 amOr the more logical scenario is that the RINO in the House rushed the impeachment and didn’t provide any evidence worthy of conviction.
The RINO should resign.
NJRob (83d845) — 9/18/2023 @ 10:02 amIt would be drawing a bright line that trading arms or money for Americans is not acceptable.
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/18/2023 @ 10:06 amLOL!
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/18/2023 @ 10:12 amDonald Trump Wishing You A Happy Rosh Hashanah:
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/18/2023 @ 10:29 amHave You Seen This Plane?:
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/18/2023 @ 10:38 am@209 LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!
Ken Griffin is declining to support Ron DeSantis because the governor “defied” him and “took on” Disney.
To everyone who said that DeSantis is “owned” by Griffin: No apology is necessary.
Your support for DeSantis 2024 is sufficient.
You are not going to make me like DeSantis even more.
whembly (5f7596) — 9/18/2023 @ 10:48 amI don’t support DeSantis at all. How you got that impression is beyond me.
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/18/2023 @ 10:52 amSorry, I misunderstood your comment. Given DeSantis’s current standing in the polls (see here), you may not even get a chance to vote for him in the primary.
Comedy Gold!
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/18/2023 @ 10:54 amI’m not sure about the view that we must call reckless behavior somehow justifiable. Trump et al is playing with the legitimacy of our election systems and our justice system….and voters are choosing to normalize and rationalize it. There’s nothing conservative about it. They’re ignorant that nothing can go wrong with this.
When this election and its finality is an even bigger sh*t show than the last, then come back and educate me on how Trump supporters are rational and must be placated. If Trump is in fact elected and proceeds to rip apart the Justice Department to keep from being prosecuted, then remind me how the MAGA movement really stands for important principles. If Trump attempts to pardon himself and creates a Constitutional showdown and another insurrection, then perhaps…I guess..we can be critical of the movement at that point.
No thanks. If there are great policy positions at play, then emphasize those. I primarily see a weird shifting platform that moves with Trump and focuses on what he wants to focus upon…which right now is about him. That’s a ridiculous way to run a party and we shouldn’t be shy about calling it all out.
AJ_Liberty (ec7f74) — 9/18/2023 @ 11:47 amIt would be drawing a bright line that trading arms or money for Americans is not acceptable.
It would be much easier to simply outlaw it.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/18/2023 @ 12:46 pmWith two younger, fresher candidates, “We’d have a debate around ideas and principles and policies to make this a great nation,” he said. “We’re not having that dialogue right now.”
Amen.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/18/2023 @ 12:47 pmask the public for help finding an F-35 that went missing
Blofeld.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/18/2023 @ 12:48 pmThey’re ignorant that nothing can go wrong with this.
The make that mistake about a lot of things. Like, say, socialism.
Could you please make an argument why Trump’s futile and stupid gesture is more of an attack on the Republic than legions of socialists in Congress?
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/18/2023 @ 12:51 pmAJ, both whembly and I answered your questions in detail, differing somewhat. You should maybe point out where we are wrong rather than just regurgitating your previous broadside.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/18/2023 @ 12:53 pmMy basic problem is that I realized that “Trump” is no longer the issue. He could drop dead and still his supporters would find someone equally offal, um, awful. That is exactly why Videk is in the race you know.
This means that his positions need to be addressed and the least-terrible, most responsive ones should be co-opted. Biden has been doing this, if you haven’t noticed (e.g. China). No one in DC has complained about tariffs since Jan 20th, 2021.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/18/2023 @ 12:57 pmAnd Emilio Largo.
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/18/2023 @ 1:05 pmThey why the outrage against Biden if you’re not going to hold him responsible?
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/18/2023 @ 1:07 pmLOL! More “Waiting for Godot.” “Younger” politicians can be just as divisive as older ones. Gavin Newsom is 25 years younger than Biden and three years younger than Harris. Vivek Ramaswamy is 38 years younger than Trump. How are their policies any different?
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/18/2023 @ 1:29 pmVivek may think that, but TrumpWorld doesn’t like him for several reasons, including:
1) He’s not a Christian.
2) His Big Pharma connections.
3) The irrational belief that he’s not a (natural born) citizen.
etc.
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/18/2023 @ 1:41 pmUnless he has a plan to win the general election after antagonizing Trump’s supporters, it will never happen.
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/18/2023 @ 1:52 pmHave the Iranian hacked an F35 and we will be asking to get it back after they have backwards engineered it like they did with our drone?
steveg (2bef8a) — 9/18/2023 @ 2:18 pmTrumpWorld doesn’t like him for several reasons
Judging by Trump, they’ll get over it.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/18/2023 @ 2:31 pmVivek is going to be the standard-bearer for Trumpism after Trump dies, and he’ll probably be president sooner or later.
aphrael (b0fc08) — 9/18/2023 @ 2:32 pm> I assume that most of those also believe Trump did nothing wrong to deserve four indictments.
Not only that, but because they believe Trump did nothing wrong and has been unfairly subject to persecutory prosecution, they *also* support using the power of the state to go after Trump’s enemies with trumped-up nonsense charges, just like they think was done to Trump.
The Republic is *going* to fall within our lifetimes, because within our lifetimes a majority of Americans will want it to happen.
aphrael (b0fc08) — 9/18/2023 @ 2:37 pmHis Big Pharma connections.
He’s merely a parasite huckster on the back of Big Pharma.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/18/2023 @ 2:40 pmThe Republic is *going* to fall within our lifetimes, because within our lifetimes a majority of Americans will want it to happen.
I can make an argument it failed some time ago.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/18/2023 @ 2:41 pmgoing to?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ETX1E__iVsE
BuDuh (212ca6) — 9/18/2023 @ 2:42 pmThe Trumpists, for example, think the election of 2020 is where it failed, and as long as it has failed they are going to push for THEIR emperor. The things that they expect in a second term (e.g. mass deportations and a gutting of the federal government) are unlikely to happen in regular order.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/18/2023 @ 2:43 pmThe Republic is *going* to fall within our lifetimes
There’s a long list going back to Andy Jackson.
The scary thing these days is the use of presidential orders to the point where Congress is as effective and meaningful as the UN General Assembly. We have so many things to come back from. I think we still can.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/18/2023 @ 2:49 pmLet’s not exaggerate the socialism. No one’s distributing the means of production to the masses or having it run by government. Social security is popular. Medicare is too. Our health system is vulnerable to single payer, and we should have that debate. But what great threats has Biden posed? Sure the emergency covid stuff was nonsense and the courts agreed. The regulatory state is always problematic…especially with regards to energy…but that’s why we need two healthy parties to engage that debate. We have someone who is battling to stay out of prison and promises retribution. Biden wants an infrastructure bill….maybe to raise the upper tax rate to control the deficit. I’m not exactly worrying about Biden monetizing state nuclear secrets or installing Ken Paxton or Jeffrey Clark as Attorney General. Yes, there are right-left debates we need to have…while attempting to actually solve problems but let’s not pretend that socialism is just around the corner if we don’t nominate a lunatic. It is much more of a problem to nominate someone who could still crater from saying and doing dumb stuff…if you don’t want a 2008 situation where a bunch of liberals get to play…nominate someone who isn’t nuts….
AJ_Liberty (ec7f74) — 9/18/2023 @ 2:59 pmIran has significantly upped their drone game since backwards engineering
steveg (2bef8a) — 9/18/2023 @ 3:15 pmAmendment 6: “In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial…”
The question these days involves what a “public” trial consists of. Many would like federal trials to be public, with some controls (e.g. not showing child rape victims testifying). The traditional form, going back to the Founding, is a physical courtroom of limited size, where members of the press and public can attend, subject to space constraints.
But this is just about the only Right that is frozen into the form of the founding, at least in federal court. Speech, press, assembly, arms, search and seizure, punishment and nearly every other right has been modified to fit the times. As far as public trials are concerned, the advances in communications technology since at least the telegraph might as well not have happened. Does the accused have the right to demand the trial be broadcast, as they do a speedy trial? In cases where it IS broadcast (as in state courts), does the accused have a veto over that? (Is it their right to waive?)
It would be interesting if Trump demanded his federal trials be broadcast. I wonder if it would have legs.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/18/2023 @ 3:20 pmHis heart is in the right place…
BuDuh (212ca6) — 9/18/2023 @ 3:31 pmLet’s not exaggerate the socialism. No one’s distributing the means of production to the masses or having it run by government.
In my lifetime, a number of industries have been taken over by government, or have had the bulk of their funding and operations controlled by government, to the point where the private participants are merely implementing the government’s rules.
Social security is popular. Medicare is too.
Neither of these is “socialist” — they are prepaid insurance systems. They exist because market forces do not deal well with people of advanced age, particularly with medical insurance. So, we all pay into a system for 40 years to guarantee that — should we live that long — we won’t be beggars in our old age. One CAN avoid those taxes, but you also avoid most of the benefits.
Our health system is vulnerable to single payer, and we should have that debate.
This would further divorce benefits from participation and responsibility. Obamacare, for those that experienced it first hand (less than 10% of the population), was a stark warning of the problems this disassociation brings. Cost was inversely proportional to responsibility, and hugely so.
But what great threats has Biden posed? Sure the emergency covid stuff was nonsense and the courts agreed.
Eventually, after the crisis and orders were moot.
The regulatory state is always problematic…especially with regards to energy…but that’s why we need two healthy parties to engage that debate.
What debate? It just executive orders these days. Things that Congress would never pass get the full force and effect of government because you don’t have 2/3rds in each House to vote them down.
We have someone who is battling to stay out of prison and promises retribution. Biden wants an infrastructure bill….maybe to raise the upper tax rate to control the deficit. I’m not exactly worrying about Biden monetizing state nuclear secrets or installing Ken Paxton or Jeffrey Clark as Attorney General.
I’m not worrying about that with Trump. It’s nuts to think that the Senate would go along with that, or that Trump could sell secrets to Putin and not be impeached with ANY Senate. This is just fear-mongering.
Yes, there are right-left debates we need to have…while attempting to actually solve problems but let’s not pretend that socialism is just around the corner if we don’t nominate a lunatic.
There are plenty of lunatics in the Democrat Party. Bernie, AOC, and Warren to name three who have run for/will run for the Presidency. Warren actually agreed with banning guns by emergency order. That’s pretty far down the slippery slope already. Trump hasn’t on his worst day tried something like that.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/18/2023 @ 3:36 pmFixed:
We have someone who is battling to stay out of prison and promises retribution. Biden wants an infrastructure bill….maybe to raise the upper tax rate to control the deficit. I’m not exactly worrying about Biden monetizing state nuclear secrets or installing Ken Paxton or Jeffrey Clark as Attorney General.
I’m not worrying about that with Trump. It’s nuts to think that the Senate would go along with that, or that Trump could sell secrets to Putin and not be impeached with ANY Senate. This is just fear-mongering.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/18/2023 @ 3:36 pm@238: Many would like federal trials to be
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/18/2023 @ 4:15 pmpublictelevised,I can see how that hurts transgenders. Whom does it help?
nk (3f7e2b) — 9/18/2023 @ 4:25 pm“Molly! C’mere!”
Paul Montagu (d52d7d) — 9/18/2023 @ 4:57 pm“Yes, sir.”
“Here’s your to-do list. Ignore the stuff that says ‘classified‘ on it, okay?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Oh, if any FBI come sniffing around, just tell ’em they being very unfair and you don’t know anything about the boxes.”
> It’s nuts to think that the Senate would go along with that, or that Trump could sell secrets to Putin and not be impeached with ANY Senate.
It’s nuts to think that Republican Senators would vote to convict Trump under any circumstances. Doing so would guarantee they lose in the next primary.
You really have a blind spot here, Kevin, in understanding how corrupted the Republican party has been by Trump.
aphrael (b0fc08) — 9/18/2023 @ 5:08 pmUh-huh…
Nice “sources say” link at 4:57.
BuDuh (212ca6) — 9/18/2023 @ 5:16 pmComedy Gold!
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/18/2023 @ 5:20 pmNick Catoggio (ALA Allahpundit) had an article in The Bulwark that addresses Mr. Griffin fairly well. Paraphrasing: when there was agreement between the parties on first order policy (e.g. democracy vs autocracy) it allowed for political focus to be on second order policies (e.g. taxes, abortion, etc…). Now that agreement does not exist, and thus our focus must be on first order policy.
Sam G (4e6c22) — 9/18/2023 @ 5:22 pmAre those sources in the DOJ or on Trump’s legal team? (The defense gets copies of written/memorialized statements of prosecution witnesses.) Either way, one more person now with a target on her back.
nk (3f7e2b) — 9/18/2023 @ 5:29 pmShe’s “Trump Employee No. 2” in the indictment. I’m assuming her evidence will be presented at trial, if Smith needs to.
Paul Montagu (d52d7d) — 9/18/2023 @ 5:34 pmOnly Trump could have gotten
BidenHarris elected and the Democrats are shrewd enough to know that. They did not want Trump out. They still don’t. They want him around pooping on the GOP’s carpet.I am confident that, in the impeachment trials, if 16 Republican Senators had voted to convict, then 18 Democrat Senators would have voted to acquit.
nk (3f7e2b) — 9/18/2023 @ 5:36 pmHey, if we are assuming stuff will come out at trial, then alright!
So much for all the concern for Hunter’s sensitivities.
BuDuh (212ca6) — 9/18/2023 @ 5:37 pmComedy Gold!
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/18/2023 @ 5:44 pmSources say this was the to-do list.
Paul Montagu (d52d7d) — 9/18/2023 @ 5:54 pm& now, 6 Billion Dollars for 5 Hostages from Iran,”
And they did not even provide any evidence against Hunter Biden.
It’s Iran’s money which had been frozen in foreign banks. Not American money. Ransoming people with the kidnappers’ own money is not the worst Art Of The Deal in the world. But that’s our Trump!
nk (a425bf) — 9/18/2023 @ 6:05 pmI can see how that hurts transgenders. Whom does it help?
First responders? Hospitals and medical personnel?
I admit it’s not all that many, but it is not zero.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/18/2023 @ 6:08 pmIt is Iran’s money, but hostages only seem to be released when money goes to Iran. By all appearances (and it’s how the Iranians see it) the exchanges come across as ransom payments, which is face-losing for the US and a propaganda win for the Mullahs, and Iran continues to be incented to take more Americans hostage.
Paul Montagu (d52d7d) — 9/18/2023 @ 6:11 pmYou really have a blind spot here, Kevin, in understanding how corrupted the Republican party has been by Trump.
Bill Clinton committed filmed perjury and they could not convict. Not one Democrat voted to convict; with Trump there were GOP votes to convict each time.
What you fail to see is that the Democrat Party (and the entire government) is no less corrupt.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/18/2023 @ 6:14 pmIt is hilarious that Democrats view the unanimous Democrat condemnation of Donald Trump to be an example of integrity.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/18/2023 @ 6:15 pmYou really have a blind spot here, Kevin, in understanding how corrupted the Republican party has been by Trump.
Also, you have another blind spot in misunderstanding Democracy.
In a Democracy, the leaders are beholden to the voters and to say that “they do something because otherwise they’ll be voted out of office” is blaming them for acting as the system demands.
Now, maybe it’s an example of how Democracy isn’t the best possible system, but it is better than all the others, as they guy said.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/18/2023 @ 6:19 pmCrash a wedding at Mar-A-Lago.
I have to think that anyone holding their wedding [reception] at Mar-a-Lago would be delighted to have the President of the United States “crash” their event.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/18/2023 @ 6:22 pmWait a minute, is this true? How can this be true? Can any Texas commenters speak to it?
Paul Montagu (d52d7d) — 9/18/2023 @ 6:34 pm@189 On numerous posts I pointed out how the 2020 election was stolen from trump ;but by the republican party!
asset (25b802) — 9/18/2023 @ 8:50 pm@260 this is not a democracy ;but a republic to protect the oligarchy. We had to fight a civil war to stop the republic from protecting slavery.
asset (25b802) — 9/18/2023 @ 8:54 pmThe people of Wyoming voted Cheney out. Not because they were supporting the things that got Trump impeached, the things Liz was fighting for. The GOP voters of Wyoming thought that under Trump, the boot they felt on their necks during the Obama years was lifted. Their interests were narrower and more focused on what was good for Wyoming GOP and to hell with “big picture” Washington impeachment bullshit. You can uphold the constitution without chairing the inquisition. They probably still spit when they think about how Liz’ actions gave Wyoming back to the Obama cartel and Biden. They actually probably don’t spit, because they’ve run dry of spit.
steveg (43b642) — 9/18/2023 @ 9:13 pmI’m not inclined to romanticize their decision. They voted out Liz Cheney because they preferred Donald Trump’s morally corrupt attempt to steal an election to the courageous woman who stood up to that corruption. Their choice smells like dogshit and let’s not pretend it’s rosy and sweet-smelling.
Patterico (f23c1c) — 9/18/2023 @ 9:19 pmIn short, fuck them and their stupid decision.
Patterico (f23c1c) — 9/18/2023 @ 9:19 pmWhich is why the State Department should ban travel to Iran rather than just “advise” Americans not to travel there (or any other Level 4 countries); alternatively Congress should enact travel bans against them like the Cuban travel ban.
Congress can stop Americans from becoming targets. It’s not like these terrorist states are kidnapping Americans from other countries.
Rip Murdock (1b9322) — 9/18/2023 @ 9:35 pmPut differently, Patterico, we all need to ask what we believe in, and why. Not what we do not believe in. I put that inelegantly, but both “teams” have lost sight of their values. All that exists is owning the other side.
Simon Jester (14c506) — 9/18/2023 @ 9:38 pmRight now, neither party believes in what I believe in. However, only one party has members who do, and the other party will never in my lifetime believe in those things.
The Democrat Party does not believe that what Trump did was wrong, they believe that what Trump did can get more Democrats elected if they push on it, and that is the end of their concern. They are not being noble, they are simply consuming popcorn and letting the GOP fight.
There are even candidates who believe what I believe in, running for President. And no, that is not necessarily those who focus on Trump, mainly because that focus makes them hard to elect. Only Nikki is the real deal, and while it is hard to see how she gets past Trump’s incredible lead, no one else can that I give two sh*ts about. So, that’s where I donate and where, if the campaign gores that far, where I will volunteer.
If it is Trump vs Biden? God help us. Himmler vs Molotov. I have no dog in that race, other than hoping both their planes crash. I’ve voted for someone else twice now, and I’ll do it again hoping the Republic can survive.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/18/2023 @ 11:56 pm@269 I believe in justice and now equity. I oppose evil so I oppose evil doers like the gop.
asset (25b802) — 9/19/2023 @ 12:02 am“They probably still spit when they think about how Liz’ actions gave Wyoming back to the Obama cartel and Biden.”
What does this even mean? Cheney supported Trump in 2020 and impeachment happened after the election.
“The GOP voters of Wyoming thought that under Trump, the boot they felt on their necks during the Obama years was lifted.”
It requires a degree of self introspection to understand why then Trump lost to a gaffe-prone old man campaigning from his basement mumbling through a mask. Pretty much any Republican in the current field…minus Ramaswamy…would offer similar policies and a more effective governing style. Throw in that no one else is currently under indictment or willingly participated in an ill-conceived coup.
Just admit that much of the 60% who support him like his nastiness, admire that he has no shame, and value entertainment over virtue. This is a cult of personality…that admires lawlessness and a healthy tinge of irrationality. They don’t want Reagan or Lincoln…they want P. T. Barnum and think that that is hilarious.
AJ_Liberty (f53c5f) — 9/19/2023 @ 4:15 amHaley getting past Trump’s lead? She needs to get past Ramaswamy (+1.5 over Haley) and DeSantis (+7.0) first before she eats Trump’s dust.
Rip Murdock (1b9322) — 9/19/2023 @ 7:04 amasset (25b802) — 9/18/2023 @ 8:54 pm
That was the end result, but the Civil War broke out because politicians did nit accept that they lost an election and would lose all future elections as well, and to permit the continuation of holding slave masters in ill repute.
Sammy Finkelman (25436a) — 9/19/2023 @ 7:17 amThe Civil War was initially fought to avoid disproving the argument that no democracy, anywhere in the world, could last without breaking up through the actions of competing factions.
https://www.loc.gov/resource/rbpe.24404500/?st=text
Sammy Finkelman (25436a) — 9/19/2023 @ 7:24 amIf Florida has a “public nuisance” law, perhaps it would be possible to declare Mar-a-Lago one.
Which seems appropriate, considering all the crimes committed there.
Jim Miller (aec6ae) — 9/19/2023 @ 7:44 amNikki is about as authentic as a South Carolina palmetto blowing in the wind.
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/19/2023 @ 8:50 amhttps://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2023/09/19/spinning_the_press_on_hunter_biden_980044.html
An actual investigation into Joe Biden’s corruption and collusion with his son.
NJRob (c10b27) — 9/19/2023 @ 9:12 amhttps://legalinsurrection.com/2023/09/failed-dept-energy-nominee-appointed-to-senior-role-in-efficient-energy-office/
Biden’s radical appointee who Congress rejected due to his desire to ban gas stoves and other civilizing equipment. Biden slaps reality in the face with his continued reckless actions.
NJRob (c10b27) — 9/19/2023 @ 9:15 amAs I suspected the whole time. He was just a common thug that facilitated an insurrection.
BuDuh (4214e4) — 9/19/2023 @ 9:17 amShe needs to get past Ramaswamy (+1.5 over Haley) and DeSantis (+7.0) first before she eats Trump’s dust.
DeSantis is done — his support is evaporating and his money will be gone soon. Ramaswamy is this year’s Herman Cain. His only hope is that Trump drops out soon, because no one who dislikes Trump likes him.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/19/2023 @ 9:29 amNikki is about as authentic as a South Carolina palmetto blowing in the wind.
Says the poll-follower.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/19/2023 @ 9:30 amCrushed under the 100% man-made material boot of radical liberalism. Where will it all end?
nk (997524) — 9/19/2023 @ 9:53 amTrump has no class but he has style. DeSantis is a mean pencil pusher.
nk (997524) — 9/19/2023 @ 9:57 am@280 BuDuh (4214e4) — 9/19/2023 @ 9:17 am
You can make the case that Ray Epps has done more to foment ‘insurrectiony’ behaviors on J5/J6 than Trump ever did, but he’s being charged with a measly misdemeanor?
This just gives even more ammo by Trump supporters that this whole thing is whacked.
Frustrates the hell out of me.
whembly (5f7596) — 9/19/2023 @ 10:08 amHaley doesn’t have a position that she hasn’t changed three or four times.
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/19/2023 @ 10:42 amMorning Consult Republican Primary Tracking Poll 9/19/23
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/19/2023 @ 10:50 amHaley doesn’t have a position that she hasn’t changed three or four times.
How would you know?
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/19/2023 @ 10:52 amI read her about her positions and history.
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/19/2023 @ 11:05 amI read her about her positions and history.
I get it first hand. You should try that.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/19/2023 @ 11:13 amYou know Darling Nikki?
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/19/2023 @ 11:15 amHow’s this for first hand?
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/19/2023 @ 11:37 amAnd then, a mere 5 years later, after a racist assh0le killed 9 people in a black church using that same flag as his standard, she changed her mind.
https://time.com/6255503/nikki-haley-2024-confederate-flag/
What a flip-flopper! Better to stand with the killer and tradition! Where’s my axe-handle?!
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/19/2023 @ 11:47 amYou know Darling Nikki?
No, but I’m sure she’d be great to know. What I mean is that you should watch the actual debates, townhalls, and other direct presentations, rather than get your information from people who have spin to add.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/19/2023 @ 11:50 am“The sound you hear,” Reagan announced, “is the concrete cracking around my feet.”
–Governor Reagan accepting the need for tax increases. Politicians who cannot change their minds are roadkill when circumstances require changing their minds.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/19/2023 @ 11:54 amHaley blamed an inanimate object for a murderous killer. Just shows she has no core.
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/19/2023 @ 11:57 amLOL! How would you know if the positions she holds now have been changed for political expediency?
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/19/2023 @ 12:00 pmWill all the MAGA Trunts finally accept that Epps was never an FBI plant and never plotted an insurrection? I’m doubtful.
Paul Montagu (d52d7d) — 9/19/2023 @ 12:02 pmLOL! The only circumstance that requires Haley to change her mind (on anything) are her political fortunes; example #1 is her relationship with Trump. If she is offered the vice presidency slot with Trump, no doubt she would accept it.
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/19/2023 @ 12:08 pmChaos in the House:
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/19/2023 @ 12:26 pmI certainly hope so regarding the FBI nonsense. As far as” plotting” an insurrection, he certainly “conspired” and “attempted” to “ in fact impede and disrupt the orderly conduct of Government business and official functions.”
Do you actually still maintain that Epps is not an insurrectionist?
BuDuh (212ca6) — 9/19/2023 @ 12:32 pmBotched blockquote. Sorry.
BuDuh (212ca6) — 9/19/2023 @ 12:34 pmWhat I said is that I haven’t seen the evidence that he broke the law, and I still haven’t seen it.
Paul Montagu (d52d7d) — 9/19/2023 @ 12:56 pmHe could’ve been an insurrectionist on J6, as I doubt that the FBI would file this charge if they didn’t have the supporting evidence. It sounds like he’s cutting a plea deal tomorrow.
Is there a plea deal that would make him not an insurrectionist?
It is starting to sound like those who engaged in “insurrection” are becoming a smaller and smaller group.
BuDuh (212ca6) — 9/19/2023 @ 1:03 pm301. Paul Montagu (d52d7d) — 9/19/2023 @ 12:02 pm
That will depend on whether people stop accusing him of working for the FBI or being an FBI informant which they might because of fear of a defamation lawsuit, but his being charged with a crime should prevent disinterested people from taking that claim seriously.
The question is, was he charged because he was accused of instigating the riot on behalf of the FBI? They might not have bothered except for the anti-FBI conspiracy conspiracy theories. (they might have seen this as away to clear themselves because if that were true, Epps would surely use that in his defense and/or in a lawsuit against the FBI)
Sammy Finkelman (c5132f) — 9/19/2023 @ 1:49 pmhttps://www.cnn.com/2023/09/19/politics/ray-epps-capitol-january-6-charges/index.html
No, they were searching for someone to blame who could be said to be part of or working on behalf of the Jan 6 prosecutions </B.
It wouldn't do to blame Vladimir Putin and Russian agents, which they could do with much more credibility:
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2021/09/01/far-right-propagandist-turns-moscow-after-jan-6
Well, not U.S. law enforcement or government agencies anyway.
Charles Bausman is still in Russia:
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2023/09/11/jan-6-participant-who-fled-russia-hasnt-come-home
Sammy Finkelman (1d215a) — 9/19/2023 @ 1:50 pmThere’s another instigator – many details of the case were put under seal:
https://whyy.org/articles/jan-6-rioter-convicted-samuel-lazar-secret
Sammy Finkelman (1d215a) — 9/19/2023 @ 1:50 pm(WHYY-TV is the PBS affiliate in Philadelphia.)
Can Gavin be more skeezy?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/newsom-justifies-hunter-biden-business-deals-says-using-family-get-little-influence-hardly-unique?intcmp=tw_fnc
Lemme recap this succinctly…
We’ve gone from:
1). Hunters laptop is Russian disinformation
2). Hunter did nothing wrong
3). Hunter did drugs, but not corruption
And now…
4). Actually, corruption is good.
News flash Gov. Newsom – family members getting money from foreign entities seeking favors for someone in Government is still bribery.
whembly (5f7596) — 9/19/2023 @ 1:53 pmMore on the Lazar case: (and another case)
https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/07/25/curious-plea-deals-afoot-in-lancaster-pa
Sammy Finkelman (1d215a) — 9/19/2023 @ 1:58 pmThere are things I want to write about but I am not getting around to it.
Enormous extra spending in NYC on migrants compared tootehr cities – NYPost notes we see waste in other tings as well
AI – doesn;t value truth only “right” (approved) answers
Covid vaccine – guesswork
more
Sammy Finkelman (1d215a) — 9/19/2023 @ 3:11 pmThe fentanyl overdoes at a small makeshift day care center in the Bronx that passed inspection one child dead. Daily News argues a simple crackdown is not the answer. Could make things worse.
(fentanyl was stored under the mats that the toddlers had been put to sleep on — probably involved a very inexperienced drug wholesaler. probably the first time they tried this. Husband of owner ran away but not before coming in before 911 was called and removing some stuff)
Sammy Finkelman (1d215a) — 9/19/2023 @ 3:25 pmWell, Rip, I’ll ask then: if the choice is Haley or Trump, are you for Trump?
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/19/2023 @ 4:25 pmThe fentanyl overdoes at a small makeshift day care center in the Bronx that passed inspection one child dead.
I see Narcan on sale OTC here in NM.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/19/2023 @ 4:27 pmNeither. Voting in the California Republican primary is a waste of time (unless you are a Trump supporter) since Trump totally dominates the CA GOP and has rigged the delegate selection process in his favor. And no Lilliputian has a chance given the high cost of television campaigning, so I doubt Haley will have the funds available (or will even be a viable candidate come Super Tuesday). Ron DeSantis’s super Pac has dropped out of California.
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/19/2023 @ 5:12 pmRip is here for informational purposes only.
BuDuh (212ca6) — 9/19/2023 @ 5:15 pm@313, the GOP house is on fire and Rip is worried about the mole in the front yard. Anyone other than Ramaswamy in the field is better than Trump. Do I wish that the GOP would reward hearing the hard truth about Trump? Of course, but this is obviously a process…and maybe it has no hope this round. We will start to see in 116ish days. Some more debates….some culling of the field…and a Trump reckoning coming at a quickened pace. The more Trump talks, the deeper his hole gets. Will it collapse in on him? I hope so. It’s what’s best for the country. I prefer the party to reject him before we face a constitutional crisis.
For my money, as long as the GOP nominee has a realistic world view with regards to Russia and China, favors less regulation, will have a sane plan for the border, and wants to start developing a plan to move us toward fiscal sanity, the rest is just background noise. Other culture wars just sideline the big issues. She’s fine on all of the above and is better than Trump. Maybe Christie might be even better but his negatives likely make him irrelevant. But again I would have been fine with Kasich or Bush…or Walker or Perry…or Jindal
AJ_Liberty (5f05c3) — 9/19/2023 @ 5:16 pmGiven how the California GOP has rigged the Republican primary in Trump’s favor, what do you suggest I do? I’ll vote for a non-Trump candidate, for all the good it will do.
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/19/2023 @ 5:22 pmToo bad none of the candidates that fit that bill have a chance of being the nominee.
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/19/2023 @ 5:28 pmAgent provocateur ray epps does plea deal to one minor misdemeanor so media can say see he wasn’t government agent provocateur like terry norman who fired the first shot at national guard at kent state. When in fact it does the opposite.
asset (bc7578) — 9/19/2023 @ 5:58 pmI would be fine with any of those candidates, but do I believe that they have a chance at the nomination? As of today, no. I would be more than happy to see Trump’s national poll numbers in the forties, but do I expect that to occur? No.
And thinking that Trump’s indictments will be a savior is not considering the fact that by the time his election interference trial is over (assuming it starts on March 4th and last 6-8 weeks), over 70% of Republican delegates will have been selected. Trump could easily be convicted and become the putative Republican nominee at the same time.
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/19/2023 @ 6:04 pmRepublican voters love Donald Trump, and they want him to be President. Unfortunately until one of those two numbers changes, he will be the nominee. No amount of magical thinking will change that.
Rip Murdock (1b9322) — 9/19/2023 @ 6:26 pm@322 Try voodoo! Can’t hurt.
asset (bc7578) — 9/19/2023 @ 8:07 pm“Too bad none of the candidates that fit that bill have a chance of being the nominee.”
An individual person…unless he has 100’s of millions to burn or has a syndicated show that reaches a significant number of voters…has little that he can easily accomplish. Especially looking at a measly one vote out of millions…especially looking at a very blue state. Blog commenting where there might be 12 regular commenters is not exactly influencing national opinion. It’s more therapy than a meaningful action.
If Trump is in fact inevitable, then maybe the discussion has to move beyond that. One direction is to argue that the GOP must lose decisively in 2024 to send a crushing message to the influencers that the current strategy is unacceptable. Another direction is to join a 3rd party that has a uniquely different message. If the base refuses to nominate a candidate not under indictment, then they must understand that a chunk of the party will play spoiler until something changes. Arguing against Biden avoids the problem entirely…letting it metastasize.
There’s no fixing people…easily, while the number of information sources has exploded. Confirmation bias rules. Hyper-partisanship is comfortable. We see frequently how people want to hold onto poorly-reasoned positions….getting defiant even. My thinking still takes me to the inevitability of a monstrous international blunder or a catastrophic economic collapse….where partisan games no longer are entertaining. No one can wish for it…but it’s becomming more and more plausible.
Haley is a small piece of the puzzle. I think focusing on her misses the bigger picture. We are going down the path of nominating someone who has serious personality problems…with increasingly erratic behavior. All polls are just snap shots. I will shout the truth until the end….
AJ_Liberty (81ab5c) — 9/19/2023 @ 9:28 pm@324 Tell that to AOC and what good did bloomberg’s or jebbies money buy them? Clinton’s money didn’t buy squat! Money works in a vacume for non-entities running against each other.
asset (bc7578) — 9/19/2023 @ 11:21 pmAJ,
the leftist cultural rot is destroying our nation. They demand their faith be affirmed in every aspect of society, but you keep saying it’s not important. Why is that?
NJRob (eb56c3) — 9/20/2023 @ 6:55 amThey’re making Narcan more widely available. Narcan was administered to the toddlers, but it was too late for one. It took some time for the picture to become clearer. This happened on Friday. Although there’s been a sign on the door for maybe a year, and the place got a license in May and a surprise inspection on Sept , it didn’t actually begin taking in children till about this month.
Police say it was a front for the fentanyl wholesaler. People who lived there knew more than the inspectors. At least one would be
mother customer thought they didn’t look like they could take care properly. The woman owner didn’t put her own child in her own day care center. This only got operational this month, one baby at a time but the fentanyl wholesaling business probably was active for some time,.
Such small home based day care centers are regulated by the state but the inspections were turned over to the city, The owner and her husband lived next door, and the husband’s cousin, who rented a room there was doing the fentanyl operation.
The woman and her cousin-in-law have been arrested; the husband is on the lam. The woman probably did not understand why the children did not wake up from their nap but she called her husband and others before calling 911, Before that the husband came back and probably removed some fentanyl or other illegal things, but some was left, They are Spanish speaking people
Sammy Finkelman (4eaa6c) — 9/20/2023 @ 7:19 am“cultural rot is destroying our nation”
Define “destroying our nation”
AJ_Liberty (5f05c3) — 9/20/2023 @ 8:14 amGoogle?
BuDuh (3f6b53) — 9/20/2023 @ 8:38 amhttps://www.dailywire.com/news/garland-testifies-he-cant-recollect-contact-with-fbi-hq-about-hunter-biden-probe
AG pisses on our leg and tells us it’s raining.
NJRob (12b77b) — 9/20/2023 @ 9:37 amI’ll vote for a non-Trump candidate, for all the good it will do.
Defeatism seems to be your forte, Rip.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/20/2023 @ 9:41 am“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing”
–often attributed to Edmund Burke.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/20/2023 @ 9:43 amSuch small home based day care centers are regulated by the state but the inspections were turned over to the city
The parents should inspect; relying on government to protect your kids is child abuse.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/20/2023 @ 9:45 amIn California, the best was to qualify a new political party is by voter registration.
Now, for a fringe party this can be daunting, but for an “I Hate Trump Party” of erstwhile Republicans and independents? Maybe not so hard. It takes about 73,000 voter registrations out of the 10 million GOP or NPP registered voters.
There are several moderate parties attempting to qualify now: Common Sense, American Moderate, No Labels, and Normal parties.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/20/2023 @ 10:01 amhttps://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/catherinesalgado/2023/09/19/ca-principal-claims-there-are-13-genders-justifies-drag-queen-discussion-in-health-class-n1728325
The mental illness being pushed in California schools on pre-teen children. Soon to be pushed on the rest of the nation.
NJRob (eb56c3) — 9/20/2023 @ 10:34 amhttps://twitter.com/AndrewDesiderio/status/1704547965107355957
Oh, so Democrats could vote on military promotions…eh?
God forbid that these Senators has to at the very least, put on shorts/hoodie to promote our military leaders.
whembly (5f7596) — 9/20/2023 @ 11:45 amThe last thing Rudy needs is an allegation of him trying to a grab a young pretty woman by the pizda. He’s already in hot legal water.
Paul Montagu (d52d7d) — 9/20/2023 @ 11:45 amI wonder if it will take 12 billion hours like the worst-case-assumption-in/worst-case-assumption-out CRS memo burbled.
BuDuh (e458f6) — 9/20/2023 @ 11:54 amTurns out that one senator knows how to make Schumer squirm and eventually be responsible.
AFAIAC this is a lesson to all other GOP Senators.
BuDuh (e458f6) — 9/20/2023 @ 12:02 pmThere are two videos in that tweet. How many women and children do you count seeking asylum?
BuDuh (4214e4) — 9/20/2023 @ 12:49 pm> The parents should inspect;
i have friends who are parents who have the time and capacity to do this.
my mother, on the other hand — a single woman with no social support system and two kids — would never in a million years have been able to do this.
state inspections exist as a safeguard to help protect the children of parents like mine.
aphrael (b0fc08) — 9/20/2023 @ 12:52 pmhttps://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1704574020971040932?
These are the creeps Biden and Schumer are putting in charge of our military. But some want to pretend that Tuberville is the problem.
NJRob (fc2ef3) — 9/20/2023 @ 12:57 pmMagical thinking appears to be yours.
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/20/2023 @ 1:16 pmCase in point.
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/20/2023 @ 1:17 pmCloture requires 60 votes, so it would require Republican support.
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/20/2023 @ 1:20 pmHypocrite.
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/20/2023 @ 1:28 pmCaptain Obvious
BuDuh (4214e4) — 9/20/2023 @ 1:34 pmWhat evidence is there that
a) Donald Trump is not popular among Republican voters; and
b) Republican voters do not want Donald Trump to be President?
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/20/2023 @ 1:35 pmhttps://hotair.com/david-strom/2023/09/20/musk-why-isnt-the-msm-covering-the-border-crisis-n579348
Over 2 million a year, mostly young men. But it’s not an invasion, right?
NJRob (fc2ef3) — 9/20/2023 @ 1:42 pm> Thousands of people A DAY
> Over 2 million a year
2000000/365 = 5479
It’s not clear that “thousands of people a day” equates to “five thousand five hundred people a day”.
do you have a source for the thousands of people a day claim?
aphrael (b0fc08) — 9/20/2023 @ 1:49 pmWhile he looks up a source, what is the preferable amount of people marching in each day?
BuDuh (4214e4) — 9/20/2023 @ 1:52 pmOuch!:
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/20/2023 @ 1:55 pmParagraph breaks added.
October ‘22 to July ‘23:
I do not exactly understand what CBP is breaking down in their numbers. Does anyone know?
BuDuh (4214e4) — 9/20/2023 @ 2:03 pmwhembly (5f7596) — 9/20/2023 @ 11:45 am
They wanted to make it worse what Tuberville was doing. But it wasn’t working 100% to make Tuberville the only bad guy. They had to. at least, confirm the most critical military appointments.(which, by the way, are more in the line of policy making positions on abortion help)
Sammy Finkelman (1d215a) — 9/20/2023 @ 2:23 pmhttps://nypost.com/2023/09/16/nyc-dumping-more-money-into-migrant-crisis-than-any-other-us-hotspot
This is TRAC link:
https://trac.syr.edu/phptools/immigration/ntanew/
Sammy Finkelman (1d215a) — 9/20/2023 @ 2:27 pmhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/19/us/migrants-buses-la-nyc.html
1.Fewer people want to go there. It takes 8 days for Texas to fill up a bus far around 40 people.
2.Some are headed other places, like toward the Central Valley
3.They already have the infrastructure. for immigrant absorption
“Although Los Angeles is home to the largest undocumented population in the United States, most have been living in the city for at least a decade.
The migrants arriving by bus from Texas are just a small fraction of the more than 1,000 recent immigrants each week who head to the Los Angeles area to start new lives in California — a number that has stayed steady for years.
Most of them initially stay with relatives, who help them find work, housing and schools for their children. As a result, they are unlikely to seek emergency shelter or other city resources, immigration experts said.”
4. Homeless shelters in Los Angeles report that they have not seen a significant increase.
5. “Those fleeing their home countries in the current migrant wave include Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans, who, like others from Caribbean nations, have traditionally migrated to the East Coast, rather than to California. The biggest group is Venezuelans, who have not historically migrated to the United States at all, and who do not have well-established networks in California.
Mr. Chishti said that for Venezuelans, New York is a much more attractive destination, largely because of its legal requirement to provide shelter to families. New York also has an enormous, diverse economy and, crucially, a robust transit system. Unlike in Los Angeles, newly arriving residents do not need a car to traverse the New York region”
Sammy Finkelman (1d215a) — 9/20/2023 @ 2:37 pmhttps://nypost.com/2023/09/17/mayor-adams-its-time-to-end-right-to-shelter-charade
Sammy Finkelman (1d215a) — 9/20/2023 @ 2:42 pmNeither do the Republicans. Ad they jknow the answer.
Sammy Finkelman (c5132f) — 9/20/2023 @ 2:44 pm2 million a yearis well under 1%
Sammy Finkelman (1d215a) — 9/20/2023 @ 2:44 pmBuDuh @354: thank you!
aphrael (b0fc08) — 9/20/2023 @ 4:02 pmI wonder if it will take 12 billion hours like the worst-case-assumption-in/worst-case-assumption-out CRS memo burbled.
It will if one side or the other wants it to.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/20/2023 @ 4:37 pmDerp.
BuDuh (4214e4) — 9/20/2023 @ 4:41 pm@326 Alan colmbs wrote a book “thank the liberals” writing how liberals made this country great despite sabotage by conservatives. Despite prager u’s lying comic book for children slavers were conservatives not liberals. See the movie 1776. You think justice tanney was a liberal or John Brown and lincoln were conservatives? Brown vs board of education thurgood marshall was a liberal. Justice uncle thomas is the conservative.
asset (42cadb) — 9/20/2023 @ 5:16 pm@343 creeps? Did you serve in the military?
asset (42cadb) — 9/20/2023 @ 5:20 pmConsidering Tooberville is allowing only three votes out of three hundred promotions still being held hostage (in a pointless exercise), the votes today are a barely minor victory. So the CRS memo is still essentially correct on the time it will take to process the votes.
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/20/2023 @ 5:21 pmLooks like Kari Lake is taking herself out of the running for VP.
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/20/2023 @ 5:24 pmIt is essentially correct in the worst case scenario of the maximum post-cloture 2 hours per candidate.
Do you thing the three hearings that Schumer allowed will use the full post-cloture 2 hours?
How many hearings could Schumer have allowed if he started this at the beginning of the year?
BuDuh (4214e4) — 9/20/2023 @ 5:28 pmRep. massey to AG garland How many government agent provocateurs were at the Jan. 6 capital riot? AG Garland I don’t remember I mean I don’t know! See terry norman kent state’s first shot fired.
asset (42cadb) — 9/20/2023 @ 5:29 pmCloture doesn’t require hearings. All of the officers have been reported out of committee and are only pending Senate confirmation.
Source My emphasis.
Tooberville lifted his holds on the Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Air Force Gen. Charles “C.Q.” Brown Jr., who was confirmed earlier today), as well as the Commandant of the Marine Corps (Gen. Eric M. Smith) and the Army Chief of Staff (Gen. Randy George), so they were able to be approved. He still has holds on nearly 300 other officers. Tooberville only lifted his holds because Gen. Mark A. Milley is required to retire by September 30th.
Source
Tooberville has two goals, protesting DoD’s abortion travel policy (which does not “fund abortions”, and to grind the Senate to a halt.
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/20/2023 @ 6:03 pm😢
BuDuh (4214e4) — 9/20/2023 @ 7:13 pmOf course, these three confirmations don’t reduce the backlog at all, as the nominees to replace them are also being placed on hold, as will their successors.
Rip Murdock (1b9322) — 9/20/2023 @ 7:24 pmLike what is going in the House, it goes to show that Congressional Republicans aren’t interested in governing.
Rip Murdock (1b9322) — 9/20/2023 @ 7:31 pmRip’s quote of his CRS link:
The second cut Rip made, highlighted by my bold “>” and “<“ is where he excluded the actual assumptions used by CRS. His quote is one of the most deceitful things I have seen from him.
The pdf is tough to cut and paste, but there is no excuse for this shenanigan. Anyone wanting to see the complete assumptions, they are indeed at his link.
BuDuh (76907e) — 9/20/2023 @ 7:38 pmRip has an agenda that he likes to push. Over and over again. It’s spam.
NJRob (eb56c3) — 9/20/2023 @ 9:04 pmGood-bye Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
They promise, of course, that it’s not about weapons.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/20/2023 @ 11:23 pmmost nominations are subject to a maximum of two additional hours of post-cloture debate.
It WAS 30, until McConnell put his foot down. And even then, Trump’s judges all got the maximum 2 hours of debate. Any side that wants to drag its feet can do so. Now, maybe with the military they won’t want to, but Tuberville and his allies just might.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/20/2023 @ 11:27 pm376 BiBi strikes again! I wonder if they will have bottle deposits netanyahu and his wife can cash in?
asset (bfc9e4) — 9/21/2023 @ 12:48 amWhich is why I posted the link. Without it would have been truly “deceitful.”
Rip Murdock (1b9322) — 9/21/2023 @ 7:07 amLOL! Talk about the pot calling the kettle black! 🤣😂
Rip Murdock (1b9322) — 9/21/2023 @ 7:15 amThat cover story took a while to prepare for the most prolific poster here.
Sorry, Rip. The edit was too perfect. You intentionally misled with a quote that said “incorporating the above assumptions” and not including the specific assumption list, but something that you wanted people to believe was the list.
You did that to emphasize the total time that might be consumed while concealing, with your selective quote, how many hours, of the speculated total hours, are from a wild 2 hour “maximum” assumption.
Take the L, big boy. This one is too obvious.
Or dig deeper in the excuse bin.
BTW, any idea how much post-cloture debate time was consumed on General Brown?
“LOL,” right?
BuDuh (4214e4) — 9/21/2023 @ 7:17 amFor context, Tuberville is blocking 300-plus military personnel for leadership positions over a matter that affected only a dozen women who put in chits for travel expenses and leave.
BTW, Charles Q. Brown was appointed in June 2020 to Chief of Staff of the Air Force in a 98-0 vote. Yesterday, the vote for his appointment to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was 83-11. What changed in 39 months? The Republican preeners.
Paul Montagu (d52d7d) — 9/21/2023 @ 7:35 amPaul’s Dispatch link is paywalled. Only a snippet of the article was visible. This quote was just before the blurring and the solicitation from The Dispatch:
Fact-check: TRUE
This is on Schumer.
BuDuh (4214e4) — 9/21/2023 @ 7:50 amAnd he said that without a hint of irony! 😆 🤣😂
Rip Murdock (1b9322) — 9/21/2023 @ 8:03 amPaul, did the Dispatch link the letter from Austin to Wicker? The Political hyperlink you have in the quote you used only talks about a letter that Wicker sent to Austin asking Austin to confirm what Wicker heard elsewhere
From your(or the Dispatch’s?) Politico link:
Considering that letter was written on the 15th, I am impressed that Austin responded so quickly.
I await the link to Austin’s response. Thanks in advance.
BuDuh (4214e4) — 9/21/2023 @ 8:05 amYou should subscribe to The Dispatch, BuDuh. Patterico and AJ comment more there than here, and the publication has excellent clear-headed conservative (not right-wing) contributors, and their podcasts are pretty good. Ms. Rogers also mentioned this about Schumer.
Paul Montagu (d52d7d) — 9/21/2023 @ 8:28 amIt sounds like Tuberville’s forcing Schumer’s hand ground the Senate into motion.
There is nothing that Schumer is doing now that he could not have done months ago. His bluff wasted time.
BuDuh (4214e4) — 9/21/2023 @ 8:31 amTuberville’s goals are to put the U.S. military in disarray. He does what Trump tells him. Trump does what Putin wants. It’s called the chain of command.
nk (bb1548) — 9/21/2023 @ 8:35 amI have to chuckle about Schumer crying over “pet priorities.” If there really is a letter from Austin to Wicker that confirms that only 12 people availed themselves of this DoD abortion taxi service, that was important to the “readiness of force” status of the country, I don’t think I could image a more blatant “pet priority” with all the time that has been wasted on it by the proponents.
BuDuh (4214e4) — 9/21/2023 @ 8:40 amFrom the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff this past Sunday:
Great stuff!
BuDuh (4214e4) — 9/21/2023 @ 8:47 amTuberville only allowed the JCS nominations to be confirmed because it was embarrassing to the US military to have only “acting” leaders. He is still has holds on their successors and about 300 others.
Tuberville’s point isn’t that nominations should be voted upon individually-it’s to hold up the careers of 300+ officers (which could reach to over 600 by the end of the year) to change DOD’s abortion travel policy.
If Tuberville was serious, he would sponsoring legislation to overturn the policy.
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/21/2023 @ 8:52 amIf you were serious you wouldn’t have written your 6:03pm.
I don’t think you should be speculating on the embarrassment of others. But I don’t control that.
Schumer could have stacked the calendar, as he has now conceded. Tuberville showed how the Senate is supposed to operate during conflict.
BuDuh (4214e4) — 9/21/2023 @ 9:00 amPaul, I have to run. I am always rewarded by our cordial dialogue. Thanks again.
I’ll check in later to see if there was a response from Austin or if The Dispatch made a simple error in their quote.
BuDuh (4214e4) — 9/21/2023 @ 9:02 amSpeaking of my 6:03 pm post, if you think I left out vital information from my quote, feel free to post what I left out to correct the record. That post was to show what time consuming steps are required to overcome a senator’s hold.
I will speculate all I want about the motives of politicians that are supposed to put their personal beliefs aside to serve the needs of the nation. Again, Tuberville is not interested in “how the Senate operates,” if the DOD did not have the abortion travel policy it does, he would not be doing this. Humiliating the military leadership is a side benefit.
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/21/2023 @ 9:11 amhttps://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1704640256429985863?
Acknowledging what we all know to be true. It’s an invasion aided and abetted by certain members of the ruling class.
NJRob (1bf8c2) — 9/21/2023 @ 12:40 pmMay be Abbott should be going after them.
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/21/2023 @ 1:24 pmIf you don’t like anyone speculating about others’ motivations, you really must not like Sammy’s posts. They’re mostly speculations.
No offense, Sammy.
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/21/2023 @ 1:30 pmFor context, Tuberville is blocking 300-plus military personnel for leadership positions over a matter that affected only a dozen women who put in chits for travel expenses and leave.
For context, Biden allowed all these promotions to be held up over a matter that affected only a dozen women who put in chits for travel expenses and leave.
FIFY
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/21/2023 @ 1:45 pmThis is on Schumer.
The gun to his own head.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/21/2023 @ 1:47 pm@388: Another wacky conspiracy theory.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/21/2023 @ 1:48 pmI don’t think I could image a more blatant “pet priority” with all the time that has been wasted on it by the proponents.
The priority was to drag this through the op-ed section and talking-heads shows for months. It seemed like a winner, until it didn’t.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/21/2023 @ 1:50 pmBuDuh (4214e4) — 9/21/2023 @ 8:40 am
They’re arguing over theory. It is just as unimportant to Tuberville. He could say he cares about every baby – but he really doesn’t.
It’s a philosophical problem.
And it’s not even new since Dobbs. Because before there was the issue of U.S> military personnel stationed in countries where elective abortion was not available. I don’t know how that was handled.
Sammy Finkelman (1d215a) — 9/21/2023 @ 3:33 pmKevin M (ed969f) — 9/21/2023 @ 1:48 pm
Wacky because there’s no way Putin would trust Donald Trump with a secret.
Fool him, maybe.
Try to create the impression in Trump’s mind that what is a pro-Russian position is politically advantageous for him – possible, if he has moles.
You know, it’s working in Poland. Poland is going to cut off sales of arms to Ukraine.
https://www.newser.com/story/340438/poland-says-its-not-sending-more-weapons-to-ukraine.html
Sammy Finkelman (1d215a) — 9/21/2023 @ 3:42 pmThat’s right.
There’s nothing wrong with speculation.
Although there is a considerable dosage of facts.
The conclusions are speculations.
Sammy Finkelman (1d215a) — 9/21/2023 @ 3:44 pmAnd then there are things that I notice.
Sammy Finkelman (1d215a) — 9/21/2023 @ 4:42 pmLOL! You even know what Trump thinks (as an example) or thought during the insurrection, and what his motivations were.
Completely (unsubstantiated and unprovable) speculations.
Rip Murdock (d2a2a8) — 9/21/2023 @ 5:30 pmThis is probably the best slam on David Brooks’ tweet.
The “readers added context” section below was equally good: “The restaurant has noted that 80% of this tab was Brooks’ bar bill.” I hope David French doesn’t succumb to this kind of out-of-touch elitist complaint.
Paul Montagu (d52d7d) — 9/21/2023 @ 7:15 pmNo letter from Austin to Wicker?
BuDuh (76907e) — 9/21/2023 @ 9:40 pmIf George Santos won’t resign after being indicted, why should Menendez?
Paul Montagu (d52d7d) — 9/22/2023 @ 7:36 amWhat’s a few gold bars and cash and such between friends.
“The restaurant has noted that 80% of this tab was Brooks’ bar bill.”
That explains a lot.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/22/2023 @ 9:06 amIf George Santos won’t resign after being indicted, why should Menendez?
I expect Trump to come to his defense — yet another example of the weaponized DoJ — and he’ll be penciled in as an afternoon speaker at the Convention.
Kevin M (ed969f) — 9/22/2023 @ 9:09 am