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Emery.. GOOD WAR. The guy you voted for said so, BEFORE he was elected. Yet you still voted for him. Now you can share in the blame.
Posted by: Walt | 16 September 2021 at 12:08 PM
Punch, with the latest bloopers, we now know Trump was not the Commander in Chief.
It was Milley.
Posted by: Gregory | 16 September 2021 at 12:13 PM
Creepy grampa joes war on the south -
Christina Pushaw, press secretary for DeSantis, blasted the Biden administration’s move and suggested that “every corporate media outlet that publishes sensational stories about ‘overflowing hospitals’ in the South” should first “demand answers from the Biden Administration about why they’re restricting the supply of life saving COVID treatment to the South.”
“Supply of monoclonal antibody treatment to Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Texas & other Southern states restricted by Biden Admin with no real explanation besides ‘equity,’” she continued, asking, “How is it equitable to only send treatment for HALF the Floridians who need it, & NO state sites in Alabama?”
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/09/16/biden-administration-send-less-half-lifesaving-antibody-treatment-needed-florida/
;-)
Posted by: Don Bessee | 16 September 2021 at 12:38 PM
Come to think of it, Emery is a member of the "tail tucker" club. Tuck tail and run is LIB trait. They don't care who they leave behind. They don't care about the ramifications.
But HEY!! They are full of excuses and blame others.
I guess we should have never entered WWII. Just take the hits.(Pearl harbor) No big deal.. Right Emery?
Let all of Western Europe and England fight their own battle.
Emery would have no problem seeing them all speaking German today.
Oh I almost forgot. We should still be under British rule according to Emery. Those damned traitors of the revolutionary war.
OK Emery,, any thoughts on the civil war? Should the " South" still be it's own nation (of Democrats)?
Should the Abraham Lincoln monuments come down next?
Posted by: Walt | 16 September 2021 at 12:40 PM
Creepy grampa joes thought police hard at work -
https://freebeacon.com/media/amazon-blocks-ad-for-book-critical-of-black-lives-matter/
;-)
Posted by: Don Bessee | 16 September 2021 at 12:46 PM
Look Emery what the Repubs are doing.. Do you agree?
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/mcconnell-yellen-debt-ceiling-appeal-democrats
It's your side that wants to spend like Senators in a whore house.
"The Leader repeated to Secretary Yellen what he has said publicly since July: This is a unified Democrat government, engaging in a partisan reckless tax and spending spree," McConnell spokesperson Doug Andres said Thursday. "They will have to raise the debt ceiling on their own, and they have the tools to do it."
For months, Yellen has been urging Congress to increase the government's borrowing limit, warning the Treasury Department will exhaust its so-called extraordinary measures in October.
Posted by: Walt | 16 September 2021 at 12:50 PM
‘NYT: John Durham seeks indictment of Clinton Campaign Lawyer’
The false statements of Michael Sussman
https://technofog.substack.com/p/nyt-john-durham-seeks-indictment
Posted by: Bill Tozer | 16 September 2021 at 01:25 PM
The chess pieces continue to move. AUKUS. So much for the EU.
Posted by: scenes | 16 September 2021 at 01:42 PM
How this really chaps my hide. Repugnant. The only thing worse than stumbling into a rotting corspe of a lefty print journalist is stepping into a live one...that I am subsiding. Leeches!
NEWEST DEM IDEA: SUBSIDIES FOR NEWSPAPERS
In plain English, the federal government will pay the employer’s side of the payroll tax for “news journalists,” or, to use equally plain English, “Democrats with bylines.”
And that’s not fake news
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/09/newest-dem-idea-subsidies-for-newspapers.php
Posted by: Bill Tozer | 16 September 2021 at 02:23 PM
Scenes @ 1:42 pm
Maybe Biden should read 'How to Win Friends and Influence People' if it is still in print. And thats no malarkey.
‘Stab In The Back’: France Rips Biden For Cutting It Out Of Anti-China Defense Deal
https://www.dailywire.com/news/stab-in-the-back-france-rips-biden-for-cutting-it-out-of-anti-china-defense-deal
In other news, Gregg Abbott just shut down all border crossing with Texas. Something about migrant caravans flooding the towns and communities of the Great State of Texas.
Joe Biden just can't get no respect.
Posted by: Bill Tozer | 16 September 2021 at 02:50 PM
re: BillT@2:50PM
To tell you the truth, I'm not sure what's going on there. No doubt there's a mafia doing it's lamprey thing on the White House that has a plan in mind. Good idea? Bad? Fer sure President Potato is just a bystander.
Posted by: scenes | 16 September 2021 at 02:54 PM
re: BillT@2:23PM
lol. That's brilliant. You have to admit that the Blue Mob is a spirited lot. Go for utter domination while you've got the chance. It's for the children.
Posted by: scenes | 16 September 2021 at 02:56 PM
One of shrillary's minions gets it -
Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann indicted for allegedly lying to FBI during Russia investigation
The indictment accuses Sussmann of hiding the fact that he was working for the Clinton campaign
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democratic-lawyer-michael-sussmann-indicted-for-allegedly-lying-to-fbi-during-russia-investigation
;-)
Posted by: Don Bessee | 16 September 2021 at 03:06 PM
"I'm going to go back in time and tell people that social media accounts named after the Occupy protests will be encouraging landlords to evict people"
'Occupy Democrats is suddenly supporting evictions in the case of those who don’t provide proof of vaccination'
https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2021/09/15/occupy-democrats-is-suddenly-supporting-evictions-in-the-case-of-those-who-dont-provide-proof-of-vaccination/
Posted by: Bill Tozer | 16 September 2021 at 03:18 PM
Don @ 3:06 pm
Washington is really a small town when you start seeing the repetitive reoccuring cast of characters. What a coincidence! Not.
Jake Sullivan pushed Alfa Bank claim at center of Durham’s possible indictment
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/jake-sullivan-pushed-alfa-bank-claim-center-durham-indictment
Thats my gal.
Posted by: Bill Tozer | 16 September 2021 at 03:28 PM
France kills ISIS leader who killed 4 US troops in 2017 Niger ambush
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2021/09/france-kills-isis-leader-who-killed-4-us-troops-in-2017-niger-ambush/
Posted by: Bill Tozer | 16 September 2021 at 03:48 PM
Wait for the news of his suicide.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democratic-lawyer-michael-sussmann-indicted-for-allegedly-lying-to-fbi-during-russia-investigation
"A federal grand jury returned an indictment sought by sought by Special Counsel John Durham against Democratic lawyer Michael Sussmann, accusing him of lying to the FBI during the Russia investigation.
The indictment accuses Sussmann of hiding the fact that he was working for the Clinton campaign while pushing for an investigation into then-candidate Donald Trump's ties to Russia in 2016."
Posted by: Walt | 16 September 2021 at 04:04 PM
Wanna bet on what his choice of the suicide options will be? My money is on hanging himself but jumping off a balcony is a close second IMO. Dark horse candidate would be he shoots himself in the head twice.
Posted by: Walt | 16 September 2021 at 04:40 PM
The socialist own the teachers unions now -
A Los Angeles parent is sounding the alarm over posters displayed inside a high school classroom that say, "F--- Amerikkka," and claim that law enforcement's primary purpose is to "militarily enforce White supremacist capitalism."
A parent at Alexander Hamilton High School slamming the "disgusting brainwashing of students with taxpayer dollars" shared photos with Parents Defending Education, a national nonprofit, that were taken inside his child's classroom.
The first photo shows a Palestinian flag, a transgender flag, a Black Lives Matter flag and a Pride flag prominently displayed on the blackboard. Another photo shows two posters that read, "F--- Amerikkka. This is Native land" and F--- the Police."
https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-teacher-f-police-amerikkka-posters-classroom
;-)
Posted by: Don Bessee | 16 September 2021 at 05:12 PM
Even worse than ever for the socialist dems if thats possible -
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/09/16/survey-majority-of-americans-say-america-headed-on-the-wrong-track/
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/09/16/poll-congress-approval-rating-drops-13-points-since-biden-took-office/
;-)
Posted by: Don Bessee | 16 September 2021 at 06:23 PM
How did bill maher become a voice of reason? Thanks the woke socialists i guess -
"The question was, ‘What do you think the chances are that you would have to go to the hospital if you got COVID?’ And Democrats thought that was way higher than Republicans," Maher continued in the clip flagged by NewsBusters. "The answer is between 1% and 5%."
Maher noted a whopping 41% of Democrats thought it was over 50%, while 28% thought it was 20-49% of COVID patients wind up in the hospital.
"70% of Democrats thought it was way, way, way higher than it really was," Maher said. "Liberal media has to take a little responsibility for that. For scaring the s--t out of people.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/bill-maher-scolds-liberal-media-covid
;-)
Posted by: Don Bessee | 16 September 2021 at 07:28 PM
Looks like creepy grampa joe wants to invoke the 'see no evil' rule -
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bidens-faa-places-temporary-ban-on-drones-flying-over-bridge-packed-with-illegal-immigrants
;-)
Posted by: Don Bessee | 16 September 2021 at 08:04 PM
Ah, the Biden touch.
'Angry And Bitter’: France Snubs Biden, Cancels Gala Celebrating U.S.-French Relationship
https://www.dailywire.com/news/angry-and-bitter-france-snubs-biden-cancels-gala-celebrating-u-s-french-relationship
Posted by: Bill Tozer | 16 September 2021 at 10:06 PM
Those folks probably have dual citizenship. There not realky real Anericans, right?
'Americans Still Trapped At Mazar-i-Sharif Airport In Afghanistan, Taliban Not Cooperating: Biden State Department'
https://www.dailywire.com/news/americans-still-trapped-at-mazar-i-sharif-airport-in-afghanistan-taliban-not-cooperating-biden-state-department
PS: Do you know what they call those 10,000 illegal aliens camped under the bridge in Texas? 'New Americans'. I kid you not. Meanwhile in Afghanistain, real Americans are......
Posted by: Bill Tozer | 16 September 2021 at 10:14 PM
Lyin' Joe Biden
Biden’s Class Warfare Pitch Is Full of False Charges
https://www.nysun.com/national/bidens-class-warfare-pitch-is-full-of-false/91658/
The road to serfdom
Posted by: Bill Tozer | 16 September 2021 at 11:50 PM
Don B @ 7:28
Life imitating art. Law & Order:CI S7/Ep06 - Alicia Witt "-What?" Chris Noth, laughing, says - "I'm just not used to being the voice of reason."
Bill T @ 10:06
And just to show how upset the French really are, France pledged to install as many members of the religion of peace into their foreign ministry as possible. That'll show Joe.
Posted by: The Estonian Fox | 17 September 2021 at 05:37 AM
HEY…..WHERE UNCLE PUNCHY BE? Probably thinking up some more of his delightfully obvious questions in support of ongoing attempts to shield the Klain administration from criticism.
Always the Green Libertarian……running interference for progressive democrats.
Posted by: fishniglio | 17 September 2021 at 06:01 AM
Yes.. Where IS Emery?
What would HE do??
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/white-house-debt-ceiling-fight-medicaid-food-stamps
"The battle to raise the government's borrowing limit carries big risks for state and local officials, the White House said in a fact sheet obtained by the Associated Press. With the total debt standing at $28.5 trillion, the government would be forced to slash federal programs unless the cap is either suspended or lifted.
The Treasury Department began implementing extraordinary measures to keep the government running after the debt limit was reinstated in August around $22 trillion – about $6 trillion less than the actual level. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has warned Congress the federal government will run out of cash to pays its bills sometime in October."
So spendthrift Emery,, what would you do?
Posted by: Walt | 17 September 2021 at 08:51 AM
BT 2:23 re: NEWEST DEM IDEA: SUBSIDIES FOR NEWSPAPERS
Seems fair to me. Why shouldn't newspapers expect compensation for being propagandists for the DNC?
Don't the NPR and PBS flacks get money from their masters?
Posted by: Scott O | 17 September 2021 at 09:07 AM
Y'all missing Paul? I'll give you an Emery fix.
"Trump, Bush!"
"Trump, Bush!"
Hope that holds you for a spell.
Posted by: Scott O | 17 September 2021 at 09:10 AM
Mr Emery is not available at this time. Look for updates in the near future
Posted by: Paul Emery | 17 September 2021 at 09:55 AM
LOL Emery,, still trying to scrub the 💩 off your face from yesterday?
Posted by: Walt | 17 September 2021 at 10:22 AM
Going 3rd person oh great ponytail of ignorance! LOL
;-)
Posted by: Don Bessee | 17 September 2021 at 12:10 PM
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/last-act-in-afghanistan-biden-drones-the-wrong-guy
War crime.
Posted by: Barry Pruett | 17 September 2021 at 12:34 PM
One might consider it pay back in a schizophrenic way. Lock downs, mandates for citizens but not for illegals -
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/09/17/nolte-bidensanity-unvaccinated-illegal-aliens-shipped-dozens-states-coronavirus-fear-rages/
;-)
Posted by: Don Bessee | 17 September 2021 at 02:28 PM
"Mr Emery is not available at this time. Look for updates in the near future"
Darn. Hope Brother Ben is ok. He may have his head in fantasy land most of the time, but he has a big heart. Yes, the road to hades is paved with good intentions, but at least his heart is not full of evilness and wicked hateful intentions like the Empty emrry
I respect Ben Emery. He does not change with the wind. Paul Biden? He can suck on the wrong end of a gun. That would be the best update.
Posted by: Bobbie Joe Coyote | 17 September 2021 at 03:26 PM
Their avarice for power know no bounds, creepy grampa joe and the socialists never heard of the constitution -
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2021/09/17/biden-administration-pushes-congress-to-require-banks-to-turn-account-info-over-to-irs/
;-)
Posted by: Don Bessee | 17 September 2021 at 05:07 PM
They really do hate americans -
Three hundred million Americans must ensure their homeland complies with the expectations of “brave” foreign migrants, not the needs of their own families, according to a “Citizenship Day” video by President Joe Biden.
“Citizenship Day is a reminder that the job of every single one of us is to ensure that America remains a country worthy of immigrants’ aspirations,” Biden said in a September 17 video.
Biden ignored 300 million Americans’ concerns, accomplishments, and right to a national labor market.
He instead praised migrants — including millions of illegal migrants — who are being invited by his government to compete for the jobs, careers, wages, and housing needed by Americans:
Every immigrant comes here from different circumstances and for different reasons, but they all have one thing in common: Courage. It takes courage to leave behind all you’ve ever known and start a new life in America.
Biden also described illegal migrants who took jobs from Americans as saviors of hapless Americans, saying they “carried our country on their backs throughout this pandemic.”
Legal and illegal migrants do a minority of the work in nearly all job categories.
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2021/09/17/joe-biden-praises-brave-illegal-migrants-dismisses-americans/
;-)
Posted by: Don Bessee | 17 September 2021 at 05:34 PM
‘CNN Hosts, Guests Demand GOP Surrender on Raising the Debt Limit’
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/lydia-switzer/2021/09/17/cnn-hosts-guests-demand-gop-surrender-raising-debt-limit
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ROFLMFUEO
‘Stelter Tells College Kids the Media's Not Partisan, It's 'Pro-Democracy, Pro-Truth'
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2021/09/17/stelter-tells-college-kids-medias-not-partisan-its-pro-democracy-pro
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More on the moron news.
‘House Dems Propose $1 Billion in Subsidies for Local Newspapers’
Lawmakers hope tax credits will revive industry as trust in media plummets
"As the Democrats raise taxes and stoke inflation on working families, they're carving out a special tax gift for their friends in the media, which is the propaganda wing of the Democratic Party," Rep. Devin Nunes (R., Calif.) told the Washington Free Beacon. "Bureaucrats will obviously exploit this clause to ensure that Democrat-friendly outlets receive this present while conservative outlets are excluded. Anyone who believes this program will be administered in a politically neutral way should have his head examined.“.
https://freebeacon.com/media/house-dems-propose-1-billion-in-subsidies-for-local-newspapers/
We seem to have a trust issue here. Wonder why? I haven’t a clue.
Posted by: Bill Tozer | 17 September 2021 at 06:12 PM
Well that explains the ponytail of ignorance's marked decline -
The Wall Street Journal published a powerful multi-part series on the company this week, drawing from internal documents on everything from the company's secretive practice of whitelisting celebrities to its knowledge that Instagram is taking a serious toll on the mental health of teen girls.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/facebook-knows-instagram-harms-teens-232854294.html
;-)
Posted by: Don Bessee | 17 September 2021 at 06:16 PM
Another peeved Lefty wanting her cut of the free money?
https://dailycaller.com/2021/09/17/alma-adams-reconciliation-build-back-better-hbcus/
Posted by: Walt | 17 September 2021 at 06:36 PM
Hear the news? Fort Pelosi has been built again.
Posted by: Walt | 17 September 2021 at 06:38 PM
Well that about sums up the 0 administration -
Obama told Trump 'I can't think of anything' when asked what his 'biggest mistake' was, book claims
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-obama-biggest-mistake-2017-book-claims
;-)
Posted by: Don Bessee | 17 September 2021 at 07:16 PM
Creepy grampa joe is such a tough guy in his wildest imagination! ROFLOL -
Wrong priorities?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cartoons-slideshow
;-)
Posted by: Don Bessee | 17 September 2021 at 07:39 PM
The graphic novel Emery can understand.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cartoons-slideshow
Posted by: Walt | 17 September 2021 at 08:40 PM
The Russian Collusion Hoax in 3 steps. Good brief read and they have not changed a bit. In fact, the psychopaths of the Left never apologized. You cannot shame a psychopath, ever. As a side note, our current WH press secretary was pushing the false narrative to the hilt back then. How many wasted hours did we suffer through arguing with Punchy??? Hundreds. The less we deal with such ignorant people the better off we are. IMHO.
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‘New Durham indictment exposes second leg of Hillary Clinton's Russia collusion dirty trick’
Indictment alleges Democrat lawyer was paid by Clinton campaign to develop documents on alleged Russia collusion computer link to Trump and give it to FBI in final days of election despite concerns it was a 'red herring'
“Nearly two years after evidence emerged that the infamous Steele dossier was a political dirty trick filled with Russian disinformation and disproved allegations, Special Counsel John Durham unloaded a new indictment that exposes a parallel effort by Hillary Clinton's campaign to flood the FBI with more dubious Trump-Russia collusion dirt”.........
“Slowly over five years, the Russia collusion story has been exposed for what it was: a three-legged political dirty trick in which highly credible figures with deep law enforcement, intelligence and news media ties were paid by the Clinton campaign to flood the FBI with unproven allegations that Trump was secretly colluding with Russia to steal the election from Clinton.
1) The effort was launched after Clinton's campaign funded a poll in 2015 showing her own ties to Russia and Moscow money paid to her husband, ex-President Bill Clinton, were threatening her path to the presidency, according to documents made public last year in "Fallout," a book by this reporter and coauthor Seamus Bruner.
The first leg of the collusion narrative was run by Steele, who used his MI-6 credentials and his prior ties to the FBI and high-ranking DOJ official Bruce Ohr to walk in his infamous dossier to U.S. law enforcement and intelligence in the summer of 2016. The FBI ultimately concluded Steele's dossier was riddled with Russian disinformation and disproved evidence.
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2) The second leg was Sussmann, who crafted information from computer experts supporting Hillary Clinton into the tale of the Alfa Bank server back door. That narrative was flagged by Sussmann's team as unlikely even before he pitched it to the FBI, according to the indictment, and the theory was ultimately dismissed by the FBI and Russia Special Counsel Robert Mueller. "It wasn't true," Mueller testified to Congress in 2019.
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3) And the third leg of the dirty trick consisted of the efforts of federal bureaucrats inside the FBI, State Department and intelligence community — many of whom disliked Trump — who managed to deceive the FISA court, the Congress and the American public, often by using leaks to news media outlets to sustain a collusion story that had fallen apart within weeks of Steele's first approach.
https://justthenews.com/accountability/russia-and-ukraine-scandals/new-durham-indictment-exposes-second-leg-hillary
Posted by: Bill Tozer | 18 September 2021 at 02:38 AM
BT 2:38 - Ah, but Bill - you know how the song goes:
"What difference, at this point, does it make?"
Posted by: Scott O | 18 September 2021 at 07:51 AM
"What difference, at this point, does it make?"
Ain't that the truth. It can be argued that there's no harm in becoming what the Blue Mob thinks you are.
I did like this tweet by one Walter Kirn
"Just astonished how the all-powerful villain of every dire media narrative now, including COVID, is the same working-class cohort that’s been slammed by opiate addiction, chewed up in wars, & pauperized by trade policy. And the heroes? Giant corporations & governments & the rich"
Posted by: scenes | 18 September 2021 at 08:36 AM
Morn'n gents.. If you parooze the usual news feeds, you will see the LIB media is still in full TDS mode.
MSNBC’s Sykes: Trump Is ‘Seditionist-in-Chief’
MSNBC’s Wallace: Trump Is a ‘Fan’ of Political Violence
Dowd: Trump, Fox News ‘Radicalizing’ Republicans into ‘Fringe Conspiracy’ Party
They are filling their diapers on the idea Trump is running again.
Posted by: Walt | 18 September 2021 at 09:04 AM
Anybody notice Dr. Rebane’s column in the Union? I did. Of course #Russian Hoaxster Cheryl was the first to comment. It’s not the Democrat Party, it’s not the Republican Party, it’s the MAGA party that is the threat to [their] democracy and dividing us!!!
I never knew I had that much power. Apparently, Brother Walt and I do. Told ya all many times in the past that I am responsible for the Oakland Earthquake. I am that important....or have an over inflated sense of self. :). Add Mount St. Helens.
Ah, what difference at this point does Cheryl matter anyway?
Posted by: Bill Tozer | 18 September 2021 at 09:30 AM
Morn'n Bill.. You just gave me an idea.
The buggy I drive is Trump tie red. ( I will up my insurance first) Now to get "MAGA" painted on the sides, and hood, in big white letters.
I'm sure to get plenty of "Your number 1 !" finger signage.
Dive up and down Broad St. in Nevada City, would surely get Emery's attention.
Posted by: Walt | 18 September 2021 at 09:50 AM
BillT 930am - Thank you for noticing it Mr Tozer. There are some important differences between the column's edited print and as-submitted online editions of The Union as I explain in the latest Ruminations.
Posted by: George Rebane | 18 September 2021 at 10:13 AM
Weekly pics (2)
https://i2.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2021/09/IMG_4814.jpeg?
https://i0.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2021/09/Screen-Shot-2021-09-15-at-5.00.15-PM.png?
And a bunch more pics.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/09/the-week-in-pictures-met-gala-edition.php
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For Whom the Bell Tolls: “Surprise, surprise, surprise!”-Gomer Pyle
‘After Learning She's the '1 Percent,' Whoopi Rants Against AOC's 'Tax the Rich' Message’
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/kristine-marsh/2021/09/14/after-learning-shes-1-percent-whoopi-rants-against-aocs-tax-rich
Posted by: Bill Tozer | 18 September 2021 at 12:57 PM
This one is telling a little too much truth -
Master plan
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cartoons-slideshow
;-)
Posted by: Don Bessee | 18 September 2021 at 01:04 PM
Common theme. Obama's birthday bash, AOC gala. Frisco values are Lib values.
'San Francisco Mayor London Breed breaks mask mandate at club'
https://nypost.com/2021/09/17/san-francisco-mayor-london-breed-breaks-mask-mandate-to-go-clubbing/
Posted by: Bill Tozer | 18 September 2021 at 01:25 PM
To the victor goes the spoils.
'Democrats Want New Tax Break for Union Members'
"Some workers in non-right-to-work states are required to pay union agency fees but not fees for the political and lobbying portion of the dues. Under the proposed strictures, if a worker is only paying the agency fee but not the political portion, that worker cannot deduct his or her dues, Greszler explained.
“It is only allowing the deduction as long as you are a member that’s contributing to the lobbying and the political campaign contribution part of the union membership,” she said."
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/democrats-want-new-tax-break-for-union-members/?
Posted by: Bill Tozer | 18 September 2021 at 01:48 PM
The hollow headed grumpy creepy grampa joe -
Biden aides set up a ‘wall’ to shield him from unscripted events, book claims
The book describes the internal White House staffers' process as a 'cocooning' of the president
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-aides-wall-shield-unscripted-events-book-claims
;-)
Posted by: Don Bessee | 18 September 2021 at 02:24 PM
MLB give jobs to the chi coms -
MLB moves bat production company from United States to China
https://www.yahoo.com/news/mlb-moves-bat-production-company-124513322.html
;-)
Posted by: Don Bessee | 18 September 2021 at 02:30 PM
DC cops attempt to arrest undercover FBI who infiltrated J6 protestors today. Really? So FUBAR on all levels. Lol
https://twitter.com/FordFischer/status/1439312268701863939?s=20
Posted by: Barry Pruett | 18 September 2021 at 02:34 PM
Just got back from town. Nice parade of cars and trucks.
Getting with the "F*ck Joe Biden" program. In solidarity with the protest in D.C. at Fort Pelosi.
Posted by: Walt | 18 September 2021 at 02:45 PM
re: BarryP@2:34pm
lol. That's a beautiful thing.
Cue up new Star Wars stormtroopers theme. 'March of the Quisling'.
Posted by: scenes | 18 September 2021 at 02:49 PM
You might think the brainiacs in sac would get a hint but NOOOOOOOOO -
Anna Shiryaevskaya, Rachel Morison and Isis Almeida
Fri, September 17, 2021, 11:30 PM
(Bloomberg) -- Europe is bracing for a tough winter as an energy crisis that’s been years in the making leaves the continent relying on the vagaries of the weather.
Faced with surging gas and electricity prices, countries from the U.K. to Germany will need to count on mild temperatures to get through the heating season. Europe is short of gas and coal and if the wind doesn’t blow, the worst-case scenario could play out: widespread blackouts that force businesses and factories to shut.
The unprecedented energy crunch has been brewing for years, with Europe growing increasingly dependent on intermittent sources of energy such as wind and solar while investments in fossil fuels declined. Environmental policy has also pushed some countries to shut their coal and nuclear fleets, reducing the number of power plants that could serve as back-up in times of shortages.
“It could get very ugly unless we act quickly to try to fill every inch of storage,” said Marco Alvera, chief executive officer of Italian energy infrastructure company Snam SpA. “You can survive a week without electricity, but you can’t survive without gas.”
Energy demand is rising from the U.S. to Europe and Asia as economies recover from the global pandemic, boosting industrial activity and fueling concerns about inflation. Prices are so high in Europe that two major fertilizer producers announced they were shutting plants or curtailing production in the region.
And it’s not just businesses. Governments are also concerned about the blow to households already contending with higher costs of everything from food to transport. As power and gas prices break records day after day, Spain, Italy, Greece and France are all stepping in to protect consumers from inflation.
“It will be expensive for consumers, it will be expensive for big energy users,” Dermot Nolan, a former chief executive officer of U.K. energy regulator Ofgem, said in a Bloomberg TV interview. “Electricity and gas prices are going to be higher at home than everybody would want and they are going to be higher than they have been for about 12 years.”
Europe’s gas prices have more than tripled this year as top supplier Russia has been curbing the additional deliveries the continent needs to refill its depleted storage sites after a cold winter last year. It’s been hard to get hold of alternative supplies, with North Sea fields undergoing heavy maintenance after pandemic-induced delays, and Asia scooping up cargoes of liquefied natural gas to meet rising demand there.
Higher gas prices boosted the cost of producing electricity as renewables faltered. Low wind speeds forced European utilities to burn expensive coal, depleting stockpiles of the dirtiest of fossil fuels. Energy policy also played a role, with the cost of polluting in the European Union surging more than 80% this year.
“Gas supply is short, coal supply is short and renewables aren’t going great, so we are now in this crazy situation,” said Dale Hazelton, head of thermal coal at Wood Mackenzie Ltd. “Coal companies just don’t have supply available, they can’t get the equipment, the manufacturers are backed up and they don’t really want to invest.”
https://currently.att.yahoo.com/finance/news/europe-faces-bleak-winter-energy-063000504.html
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Posted by: Don Bessee | 18 September 2021 at 03:56 PM
Dud protest in DC Dud Recall in California Dud President in Trump biggest loser in modern history Dud Dud Dud
Posted by: Paul Emery | 18 September 2021 at 04:41 PM
Only a fool would go to DC today and be surveilled by your own government. Lol. Deep state at work.
Posted by: Barry Pruett | 18 September 2021 at 04:46 PM
Don @ 3:56 pm
Sounds like here in the USA. Everything Biden touches turns into boneless brown trout.
"Electricity and gas prices are going to be higher at home than everybody would want and they are going to be higher than they have been for about 12 years.”
“Coal companies just don’t have supply available, they can’t get the equipment, the manufacturers are backed up and they don’t really
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'American Who Lost 18 Family Members In Kabul Bombing And Was Left Behind: Biden Admin ‘Broke Me’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/american-who-lost-18-family-members-in-kabul-bombing-and-was-left-behind-biden-admin-broke-me
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Congressman Releases New Photos Of Biden’s Growing Crisis In Del Rio: ‘Has Reached A Boiling Point’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/congressman-releases-new-photos-of-bidens-growing-crisis-in-del-rio-has-reached-a-boiling-point
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6Bonus:
U.S. Lawmaker Representing Del Rio: Biden’s Border Crisis Causing ‘Food Shortages In Grocery Stores’
Posted by: Bill Tozer | 18 September 2021 at 04:59 PM
Sounds like the ponytail of ignorance was hoping for burned cars, looted and burned stores or something, thats you new red guards job remember? AKA an antifa/blm peaceful protest.
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Posted by: Don Bessee | 18 September 2021 at 05:45 PM
Barry @ 4:46 pm.
They only ones who got all foaming at the mouth and spewing spittle all over themselves was The Fake News Lefty media and their like minded brain dead minnons like The Ponytail of Ignorance. Trump told folks to stay away, its a setup. Shows his instincts are once again soot on. "No thanks," said the critter to the snare.
Bet the number of undercover LE from multiple agencies in the crowd of a few hundred outnumbered the peaceful protestors 2-1.
Posted by: Bill Tozer | 18 September 2021 at 05:51 PM
I do miss her radio program at 6 am. I forgot how good she is. she ain't no dummy like you see on across the entire Left
All things Joe Biden:
https://www.facebook.com/100057426335060/videos/285848066361942/
Posted by: Bill Tozer | 18 September 2021 at 05:55 PM
Speaking of duds,, Emery fell out of his casket again.
OK Emery,, just what good has Biden done? Lost a war? Check.
Got American killed? Check. Destroyed the economy? Check.
Inflation sky high? Check. Kung flu running rampant? Check.
Illegals by the thousands show up every day? Check.
Miss Trump yet? Check.
Posted by: Walt | 18 September 2021 at 06:15 PM
That's odd no mention of the benefit to americans, oh ya they don't like working americans, disgraceful to take food from the mouths of our working poor, money from their pockets in supressing wages, money for schools gobbled up and more and more -
The post includes data and studies that suggest providing undocumented immigrants with legal permanent residence would allow them to apply for jobs that better suit their skill sets, raise their wages and lead to improved their language skills, education and health.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-makes-economic-case-100034953.html
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Posted by: Don Bessee | 18 September 2021 at 06:32 PM
The marine's have landed!
https://dailycaller.com/2021/09/18/marines-stranded-woman-floodwater-jimlaporta/
Dress uniforms and all.
Posted by: Walt | 18 September 2021 at 06:41 PM
The Soros stooge of Maricopa county AZ. ain't happy.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/09/soros-funded-maricopa-county-sheriff-disturbed-county-cooperation-failed-leadership-will-cause-us-pay-dearly/
Looks like something gave way in the election audit, and the Proggycrats are peeved.
So Emery, I'm sure you know who George Soros is. A big Commiecrat backer. Lets see if he bought and election, as well as a sheriff.
Posted by: Walt | 18 September 2021 at 07:00 PM
Now thats funny, the dressmakers who cater to the anointed wokesters does not pay their tax and have the nerve to say tax the rich when they are stealing from their workers. Perfect partners for the littlest commie congresscreitter. Now who does that remind me of.....?
Most of luxe-living James’ arrears center on Cultural Brokerage Agency, an LLC she formed in 2011 to serve as the parent company of her fashion brand, which today is known as Brother Vellies. It’s a favorite of people like Beyoncé, Rihanna, and Meghan Markle.
The company racked up three open tax warrants in New York state for failing to withhold income taxes from employees’ paychecks totaling $14,798, the state Department of Taxation and Finance told The Post. The debts — which were incurred before the pandemic — stem from 2018 and 2019. The company has been hit with 15 warrants in total since 2015.
The company got into a deeper hole with the feds. Between April 2018 and April 2019, the Internal Revenue Service placed six federal liens on Cultural Brokerage Agency totaling $103,220. The liens specifically cite the company’s failure to remit employee payroll taxes.
"Just because they take it out of your paycheck doesn’t mean they’re sending it to the government," David Cenedella, a Baruch College taxation lecturer explained after reviewing the liens. "It’s certainly not something you want. I would not say your average business out there has this. Something went wrong."
While James apparently has no problem stiffing the Taxman, she isn’t shy about taking money from taxpayers — her company received in $41,666 in pandemic relief aid.
Over the years Cultural Brokerage Agency has also faced multiple legal challenges as a result of habitual nonpayment of worker benefits.
In October 2019 the state Worker’s Compensation Board slapped the company with a $17,000 fine for not carrying worker’s-comp insurance between March 2017 and February 2018. The company currently owes $62,722 and no payments have been received to date, a rep for the board told The Post. Workers’ comp is paid out when an employee is hurt at work and misses time.
Ex-staffers blasted the operation as a sweatshop that relied on legions of unpaid interns working full-time jobs.
"I experienced a lot of harassment when I worked for her," one former contract employee told The Post. "Aurora would ask me to do things that were not in anyone’s job description, like scheduling her gynecological appointments. The work environment was so hostile that I was afraid to ask for my check." The employee was ultimately terminated.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/aoc-tax-the-rich-dress-designer-tax-debt-multiple-states
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Posted by: Don Bessee | 18 September 2021 at 07:06 PM
Creepy grampa joe has had one bad week after the other just like we thought he would -
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/09/18/joe-bidens-very-bad-friday-dead-afghan-civilians-fda-unapproved-booster-france-recalls-ambassador/
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/09/18/president-joe-bidens-polling-average-under-water/
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/09/18/brooks-on-bidens-approval-numbers-the-underlying-issue-is-incompetence-like-jimmy-carter/
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Posted by: Don Bessee | 18 September 2021 at 07:33 PM
They had fun today in D.C. A game called "spot'a FED"
https://redstate.com/bonchie/2021/09/18/people-play-spot-the-fed-at-todays-insurrection-as-embarrassing-spectacle-unfolds-n444951
We know one got spotted, and removed.
Just like the good ol' days of the Tea Party rallies. Infiltrators were the problems.
LIBS were so sure the Tea Party were out for trouble.
And not one arrest. The rally spot was always cleaner the before they got there.
Can a LIB claim the same record? (Frisco park a real dump after the crowds of "Earth Day")
Posted by: Walt | 18 September 2021 at 07:36 PM
Don @ 7:06 pm; the maker of the gown.
AOC attacked the attacks on her as racism, of course. She also defended using the dress maker as AN IMMIGRANT WOMAN OF COLOR, which means she not only is above criticism, if you criticize the dress you are a xenophobic white bad person.
It’s true. The poor immigrant opposed woman is Black, she is female, and she is from....drumroll please......she is from Toronto. Immigrant true, but we usually don’t think of Canada when referring to the poor black female immigrants. Haiti maybe, not Ca-Na-Da. At least she does not have to learn the language her. :)
When someone tweeted the gown looked like a take out bag from Chick-fil-A, I can’t get that imagine out of my head.
Repost: https://i1.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2021/09/IMG_4811.jpg?
Posted by: Bill Tozer | 18 September 2021 at 07:54 PM
Here Emery,, just for you. What thousands of people think of your demigod Biden.
https://dailycaller.com/2021/09/18/college-football-fk-joe-biden-chants-week-three/
Posted by: Walt | 18 September 2021 at 08:07 PM
I have lower myself to post more about extra security ‘I thought I was going to be raped’ AOC. Yes, we know. Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley tried to have her murdered.
‘AOC’s Dress Wasn’t About Hypocrisy, It Was About America’s New Social Hierarchy’
https://thefederalist.com/2021/09/15/ocasio-cortez-dress-wasnt-about-hypocrisy-it-was-about-americas-new-social-hierarchy/
Nothing new about human nature. The Golden rule: He doth has the gold....
Posted by: Bill Tozer | 18 September 2021 at 08:19 PM
The hanging question is did they chant fuck joe biden? -
https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2021/09/18/kamala-harris-tosses-coin-at-college-football-game-as-border-implodes/
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Posted by: Don Bessee | 18 September 2021 at 08:34 PM
OOOOOPSIE lost the home team did creepy grampa joe and the truth slipped out to the world! LOL =
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/09/18/tv-networks-spotlight-border-chaos-and-dhs-changes-policy/
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Posted by: Don Bessee | 18 September 2021 at 09:43 PM
Creepy grampa joe must have gotten an urgent text from emperor xi -
https://www.yahoo.com/news/blinken-deletes-replaces-tweet-vowing-000159155.html
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Posted by: Don Bessee | 18 September 2021 at 10:24 PM
You know what I would like to see a politician do George? I want someone to recreate the federal government with a plan on how to streamline government so that it actually works efficiently. I mean besides the departments of state, war, treasury, justice, and interior what else is necessary that can’t be done at the state level?
Posted by: Barry Pruett | 19 September 2021 at 07:56 AM
“The only issue more worrisome to voters is inflation and higher prices (82 percent concerned).”
https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2021/09/1344/756/Poll-Concern-about-issues.png?
Posted by: Bill Tozer | 19 September 2021 at 08:43 AM
Queen Nan Goes to England! LOL!!!!
She also rewrites a famous quote.
https://defiantamerica.com/video-nancy-pelosi-visits-the-north-of-england-and-is-given-a-proper-northern-welcome-by-locals/
"Nancy Pelosi remarked: “We were reminded of it last week when we saw the anniversary of 9/11. Benjamin Franklin said ‘Freedom and security – if you don’t have both, you don’t have either’ And that’s what this is all about”"
Emery should remind her that it's "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
Then Queen Nan gets a nice welcome crowd.
" ” Trump won!… You’re not welcome here… Go back to Epstein Island!… We don’t want you!… The whole world knows that Trump won the 2020 election!”"
Posted by: Walt | 19 September 2021 at 09:25 AM
Proof positive Clueless Joe lives up to it.
https://defiantamerica.com/photos-maga-kids-troll-clueless-joe-biden-at-shanksville-pa-he-didnt-knew-what-was-going-on-again/
"A group of very young Trump supporters hilariously trolled Joe Biden in Shanksville, PA over the weekend – much to the horror of Biden’s handlers.
Joe posed with the children for a photo, blissfully unaware that the kids were all decked out in pro-Trump gear."
Posted by: Walt | 19 September 2021 at 09:40 AM
Walt, 9:25 and 9:40 pm.
Did you know that Ben Franklin once advocated for having Canada and Ireland included in the new nation? The Imperialist Franklin quoted by the Imperialist Queen Nan of French Laundry. But, at least Franklin did not want to see the French flag flying over Canada. Cost too much in blood in treasure to drive them out in the previous war. :)
Gotta love the kid on the end wearing the Trump as Terminator ‘I’ll Be Bach’ red tee shirt. Such a delighted mischievous child.
Have you noticed in all the pics we never see Joe Biden’s right hand? Noticed to the older girl in other pics is where Joe Biden choice to stand. Probably much ado about nothing.
Posted by: Bill Tozer | 19 September 2021 at 11:37 AM
BarryP 756am - Don't a politician can accomplish that. Such a government was already anticipated in and enabled by our Constitution. It was the power-grabbing, vote-buying politicians that added on all cobwebs and entanglements of a perennially growing government. It would require a constitutional convention to get us back to basics, but it's hard to predict what will come out of a convened constitutional convention if one were ever to be held again.
Posted by: George Rebane | 19 September 2021 at 01:28 PM
The wheels are starting to come off of creepy grampa joes agenda and the mainstream are turning on him too -
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chuck-todd-biden-has-big-credibility-issues
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Posted by: Don Bessee | 19 September 2021 at 02:44 PM
Tanking in only 8 months -
Biden’s poll numbers are tanking on the heels of a controversial vaccine mandate, an inflated economy, a disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, and a drone strike that killed 10 innocent Afghan civilians, including seven children.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/09/19/56-of-americans-disapprove-direction-country-under-biden-fox-news-survey-shows/
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Posted by: Don Bessee | 19 September 2021 at 02:52 PM
This train is headed southbound, this train
'Americans Souring on Biden—and Washington'
https://www.intellectualtakeout.org/americans-souring-on-biden-and-washington/
Posted by: Bill Tozer | 19 September 2021 at 03:02 PM
Another volcano has popped it's cork. This one in the Canary Islands.
And it putting on a show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9KGsX1nBNY
Posted by: Walt | 19 September 2021 at 03:10 PM
Not much better than fiddling while it all burns down and of course he wont ask questions without his cheat sheet with illustrations! LOL
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-goes-for-bike-ride-at-the-beach-amid-national-crises-refuses-to-answer-questions
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Posted by: Don Bessee | 19 September 2021 at 04:11 PM
ooopsi that should be he wont answer question! DOH
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Posted by: Don Bessee | 19 September 2021 at 04:13 PM
The left loves them some race baiting. Of course this truth will not play on mainstream at much less than the lie got played -
It was not until nearly two months later that I learned what had been reported was wildly inaccurate. Programs like the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) No Place for Hate had been quick to brand the teenagers on the team as racist but it was a 40-year-old man named Luke Serna that had brought the tortillas. He has been described by the townspeople as a Coronado alum who had not been to a game all year, a latino, a president of a local union and a political activist with ties to the island’s left-wing groups that advocate for critical race theory (CRT). It was this man who told the players, cheerleaders and fans to throw the tortillas in the air in celebration if Coronado won.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/rush-to-judgement-an-autopsy-of-racial-power-grab-in-coronado
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Posted by: Don Bessee | 19 September 2021 at 06:19 PM
Creepy grampa joes agenda is DOA -
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/09/19/senate-parliamentarian-crushes-democrat-amnesty-illegal-aliens/
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/09/19/report-joe-manchin-pushes-strategic-pause-3-5-trillion-infrastructure-bill-next-year/
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Posted by: Don Bessee | 19 September 2021 at 06:23 PM
Now that funny, true but funny -
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/09/19/exclusive-rep-claudia-tenney-slams-secstate-blinken-acting-like-baghdad-bob-biden-admin/
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Posted by: Don Bessee | 19 September 2021 at 07:11 PM
It looks like no one told creepy grampa joe that hispanic citizens hate illegal immigration -
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/09/19/texas-poll-joe-biden-approval-rating-tanks-hispanics/
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Posted by: Don Bessee | 19 September 2021 at 09:23 PM
Ya what about that? -
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2021/09/19/viewers-rage-at-maskless-emmys-but-kids-have-to-wear-a-mask-to-school-what-the-fk/
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Posted by: Don Bessee | 19 September 2021 at 09:34 PM
I hate it when that happens.
Weekly Biden Report Card: Border bungle and Afghanistan attack spoil Newsom win news.
JV Team bad.
Posted by: Bill Tozer | 20 September 2021 at 01:05 AM