Scattershots – 24apr19 (updated 25apr19)

George Rebane

We’ve all seen countless thrillers from Hollywood in which the plot line has a department or agency of Big Government that has gone rogue, and threatens to bring down the country or even the world.  And against great odds our hero/heroine manages to overcome them and triumph.  These movies are made by leftwingers who obviously cannot connect the dots, why?  Because they are inadvertently creating propaganda denying the very things they believe in and promote – namely, very large, powerful, and ethical governments.  The conflict between a moral and principled small guy against the uncaring and corrupt leviathan is a rightwing narrative.  How come these mavens of public communications seem to miss the obvious, and show up at events raising funds for ever bigger government programs and government roles in our lives?  Any answers out there?  (Maybe they know their grass roots constituents who buy the tickets aren't smart enough to catch on.)

Democrat presidential hopefuls are lining up to participate in Fox News townhalls.  They do this while they denigrate that network for being the embodiment of journalistic corruption and fakery.  Of course, we know why they are waiting their turn to be in front of FN audiences – because that’s where the viewers are that they must reach if they are to have a chance.  By all published numbers, FN and FB essentially rule the roost of broadcast TV, garnering not only the conservatives, but more importantly, attracting the middle-road viewers who know the kind of pabulum that is served up by Teams Maddow, Matthews, and Cooper.  But the DNC still will not trust Fox to host a debate between their presidential hopefuls.  Those events cannot afford to have questions asked by anyone outside of the reliably tethered lamestream.

[25apr19 update]  Union columnist Terry McLaughlin lists the litany of new taxes that the state’s Democrats are proposing in her 25apr19 ‘Who will fill California’s coffers without the 1 percent?’.  One of the more egregious taxes that is guaranteed to shift the ongoing exodus into high gear is the 40% death tax on the so-called minds of our progressive legislators.  Apparently they, along with the voters who sent them to Sacramento, don’t know that almost half of CA’s income taxes are paid by the 1%, and that 40% of the state’s residents don’t pay any income tax at all.  We are here talking about absolute stupidity, not to be confused with ignorance.  The latter can be corrected by education, the former cannot since it is cooked into your DNA.

Apropos the above, journalism, like the teaching profession, no longer (if ever) attracts the brightest bulbs on the tree.  All the media are still aspirating about the Mueller report contents viz Russia “attacking” our voting process.  Depending on their political leanings, each outlet emphasizes by implication (i.e. choice wordsmithing) whether these attacks had any influence on capturing the votes, securing the vote data, counting the votes, and/or tallying and reporting the results.  Of course, there is no evidence that Russia’s attacks had any influence whatsoever on the election, and Mueller said so.  But in their palaver, the dimwit talking heads (including on FN) don’t discriminate between ‘attack’ and ‘influence’ – one being the attempt, the other the achievement.  Dumbth now prevails.

Saint Thomas of Friedman, working the Lord’s vineyards at the NYT, has had another epiphany – border walls work.  Given the rabid objections to improving border security that he and his flock have made over the years, this revelation gives evidence that divine intervention is real and continues to work even in post-biblical times.  Now the task remains in how to turn their massive titanic of a narrative on this issue so that 1) it doesn’t acknowledge the prescient wisdom of our president, and 2) delivers this new missive to the alt-Left core and its national tendrils in a manner that communicates the saint’s primacy and the president’s silence on the matter.  It’s a challenging task, but not one beyond the kind they have handily managed before.

Welcome Lonesome Joe Biden into the Democrat presidential cauldron.  Absent any policy ideas that distance him from the looney left-fringe of the party, he will be fighting for the “soul” of America and, with that political cudgel, promises to beat Trump.  He is counting on the part of the electorate not concerned with public policies, but only focusing on the good feelies Joe will emit.  And make no mistake, Joe can do that better than any in the rest of the herd.  If they try to hold age against him (76), they will also have to take on Bernie (77) and Lizzy(69), two powerful mouths that have staked out strong positions in the pack.

The Dems will spend from here to eternity (or Trump’s loss in 2020) doing their best to hassle President Trump.  They know their platform has no chance at all in any government in which they don’t hold all of Congress and the Executive.  My free advice to Trump is to immediately set up a Counter-Strike Agency staffed by about 30 lawyers and analysts experienced in the ways of Washington politics.  CSA’s job is to relieve Trump’s regular WH administrative staff and cabinet departments from dealing with the crap coming from the House Dems.  These people have no other charter than doing deep research on the Dem leadership, generating counters to ongoing attacks, and presenting the president with alternative attacks that he can launch.

The Ugly Fat Kid is meeting with Vladimir in Vladivostok. Interesting that it took so long for this meeting to take place.  But the reason for it is the same as for all the other meetings – the UFK doesn’t want to have his brains blown out by someone from his circle of generals.  So here’s how it should go.  Vladimir: So what can I do for you?  UFK: I’m between a rock and a hard place, I need for you to tell everyone that Russia will guarantee the survival of my regime.  Vladimir: OK, so what do I get?  UFK: Anything you want that doesn’t piss off Xi too much.  Vladimir: Let me think about it and lay it out for Donald.  UFK: Do it.  Vladimir:  OK Don, now that you know what came down with the UFK, what do you think that I should do?  Don: That’s a no-brainer Vlad - guarantee his f*c%ing regime.  Tell him you’ll rain nukes down on my head if I do anything to kick his ass out of there.  We both want the bastard gone and the Korean peninsula under a strong government that is independent of Xi, who we know has eyes on your east Siberian resources.  We’ll do the rest from here with the guys in Seoul.  And we both know that you’re a lying sumbich and I’m a lying sumbich, so the UFK has no recourse when he starts screaming at you to fire the nukes, as you give him a shit-eating grin.  Capice?

Comments

[Ozz]

"The conflict between a moral and principled small guy against the uncaring and corrupt leviathan is a rightwing narrative. "

Yep. That's just what I thought when reading about Erin Brokovich or the Alaskan fishermen trying to collect damages from Exxon after the Valdez oil spill. Rightwing narratives to be sure.

[George Rebane]

Ozz 311pm - By gosh Mr Ozz, do we really agree on this??! Big corporatist businesses are the moral and functional equivalents of big government. Excellent examples of the rightwing narrative.

[fish]

He's responding to you George.......responding to you!

It's OK "Ozz" Todd will be along shortly so you can "punch down" some more and feel good about yourself again.

/hahahahahahah!

[Don Bessee]

Marilyn Manson called and wants his hair and makeup back -

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6957033/Madonna-transforms-bride-snogs-male-suitor-licks-TOE-dramatic-video.html

;-)

[Bill Tozer]

Re: journalism, like the teaching profession, no longer (if ever) attracts the brightest bulbs on the tree. All the media are still aspirating about the Mueller report contents viz Russia “attacking”

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T719PZzqOCU

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2019/04/25/matthews-trump-illegitimate-because-he-won-fluke-election-russian

[George Rebane]

BillT 1230pm - Mr Tozer, you have presented one more piece of clear evidence confirming that MSNBC's Chris Matthews is illiterate. There is not even a lit (let alone dim) bulb powering his open mouth.

[Scott O]

re BT's link 12:30 - from Alcinder "There was also websites [sic] set up to target African-Americans in some cases, telling them not to vote."
How long are African descent Americans going to put up with lefties treating them like complete idiots because of their skin color? First of all, where are the links to these sites? And second - you don't vote because a web site tells you not to?
Just how many folks didn't vote because a web site told them not to? 3? None?
"There were so many things that Russia did,” she added.
Oh, soooo many that she can't name a single one.
The Dems have found the big lie works - just keep repeating it without variation. If anyone who has a brain manages to get close enough to ask for proof, just roll your eyes and say "it's in the report".
The fact that Hillary's own paid professionals are on record pointing out exactly how she screwed up her own campaign with her arrogance and ego makes no never mind.
Still waiting for all those thousands of folks to come forward and say the Russians made them vote for Trump.

[Bill Tozer]

Made that Joe. Sloppy Joe, Moe Biden?

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2508235785901431&id=114364638621903&ref=m_notif&notif_t=group_highlights

[Don Bessee]

Its going to be crazy creepy grampa wall to wall now-

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-claim-obama-endorse-triggers-mockery

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/steve-forbes-bidens-run-for-president-four-years-too-late

;-)

[Bill Tozer]

Re: The Dems will spend from here to eternity (or Trump’s loss in 2020) doing their best to hassle President Trump.

Talking about from here to eternity, that Trump is something else. When them walls come tumbling down.

“And their findings are that for more than four years before the election of Donald Trump there was an illegal spying operation going on by FBI contractors, four of them, to steal information — electronic information — on Americans and to use it against the Republican Party," he added. "There are going to be indictments. There are going to be grand juries. John Brennan is not going to need one lawyer. He’s going to need five.”

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/bombshell-report-on-james-comey-coming-in-two-weeks-joe-digenova-says

Oink oink, little piggies.

[Don Bessee]

Yes sir BT that's gonna be a doozy and lets not forget there is another one Sessions started that's run out of fly over country! SWEET!

I hear the pony tail of ignorance has a clearance sale on popcorn.

;-)

[Don Bessee]

UHOH! Bad news for the fan boys.

Accumulation has now dropped to the lowest level since November 2013, indicating that funds and institutions have hit the sidelines, expecting the company to eventually fail or to continue limping along at the current pace. The mercurial but often irrational CEO Elon Musk has done a strikingly poor job rebuilding shareholder confidence, getting into trouble with NASA after smoking weed on a podcast and defying an SEC settlement order that followed his notorious Aug. 24 buyout tweet.

Tesla entered the second quarter with just $2.2 billion in cash, a 40% decline since the start of 2019, after burning through $650 million for regular operations and paying a $920 million convertible bond obligation because the stock failed to trade at or above $360 in March. This lack of liquidity, along with other significant liabilities, will make it harder for the company to obtain new financing or issue an equity offering that greatly dilutes shareholder value.

Quarterly sales statistics were breathtakingly bad, with the company selling 31% fewer vehicles in the first quarter of 2019 than the last quarter of 2018. The solar business is struggling as well, with a 35% quarterly decline. And ominously, Model S and Model X sales fell a staggering 56% compared to the fourth quarter, even though Tesla reduced their sticker prices in February. Given these bearish metrics, Wall Street analysts and remaining investors could turn on Musk, demanding a CEO change that rebuilds trust.

https://www.investopedia.com/tesla-nears-breaking-point-after-nightmare-quarter-4685461?utm_campaign=quote-yahoo&utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=referral&yptr=yahoo

;-)

[Bill Tozer]

New taxes rock. There is a good hunk of change out there in people’s wallets. If one can afford to eat out, then one can afford to fork over that all mighty dollar to the Cause.

https://www.theblaze.com/news/ca-wants-restaurants-to-tack-an-additional-1-percent-fee-onto-customers-bills-in-an-effort-to-combat-climate-change?fbclid=IwAR3QsrMNQ6dBYPXljEUZF4UqZZpA9CeXPYloH4x7VPn4R80dacaKL47fryE

Might be off topic, but can someone explain to me what the end of life on this planet or crossing the point of no return will look like exactly in 10, 12, 15 years if we do nuthin’. Draw me a picture. Exactly what 12 years from now will look like... besides looking like some Central American shithole barrio with the government goons shaking down people in a giggle in their pockets for some more of that sweet ever loving tax money, of course.

[Bill Tozer]

Re: Moe Biden.
Knew this would come back to roost....and he made it worse, roflmao. Good kickoff. A regular Gaffe Machine that Lunch Bucket Joe is. The far left can’t stop the old affectionate hugger, our beloved Sloppy Joe.

"I mean you’ve got the first sort of mainstream African American who is articulate and bright and clean and nice looking guy," Biden said back in 2017. "I mean that’s a storybook man."

“The "N" on Obama? Coincidence or conspiracy?

“Uncle Joe, putting your N over Obama wasn't the best placement…

“N on Obama y’all ain’t slick LMAO

“Well this one didn’t turn out well. Time for a new social media manager. Don’t get me wrong, I’d like a Biden presidency. But since this is the only post that showed up in my feed, it looks racist af.

'N' ON A PHOTO WITH OBAMA? I mean, could have chosen a different photo

“It seems clear that this was an unintentional gaffe in a hyper-PC social media climate.”

https://www.dailywire.com/news/46440/joe-biden-criticized-racist-post-includes-photo-amanda-prestigiacomo?%3Futm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=benshapiro