Sandbox – 16oct21

[Looking at the increasing number of stores with empty shelves and long lines of customers waiting to buy what’s left, we are told by Biden’s lackies that all this signifies another administration success as a sign of a booming economy where the people are exhibiting their ample ‘buying power’ that outpaces the nation’s ability to manufacture enough goods.  The same arguments were made in the USSR when newsreels showed Russians standing in long lines waiting to get into stores with empty shelves.  gjr]

Comments

[George Rebane]

End of an era – It appears that Anna Haynes has given up running NC Voices, a reliable website that updated content on local blogs and websites run by local media, government, and institutions. Thank you for the years of your service Dr Anna.

[Gregory]

I still vividly recall when I first met Ahnna Haynes... in a Broad St. Cafe. I was having a lovely chat with a friend (a defrocked commercial pilot who used his forced time on the ground as a bon vivant favoring bourbon) laughing over the Climategate email revelations, only to have this stranger interrupt our festive recounting to offer remedial instruction in climate science if we wanted to wade out of the primordial pool we were splashing in.

I asked her the basis of her knowledge and she said "I have a PhD, from Harvard ". I had to ask what subject, she said biology.

She had a real deer in the headlights look when I gave my bs physics/ms ee bona fides and began sharing my interpretations of climate realities... she ran off soon after.

[Walt]

This is one Jack in the Box I will not stop at.
"Workers at a Jack In The Box restaurant in Folsom say management there threatened to call immigration enforcement after the employees made complaints …"

It hired illegals. You know,, the ones that have no legal right to work here.

No point in a link... It's SAC Bee paywalled.

[Gregoory]

from thelocal.de
" Supermarkets in Frankfurt and the surrounding region can now implement rules that only allow vaccinated and Covid-recovered people onto their premises."

So... their final solution is to starve the unvaccinated?

[Walt]

Got a new geetar tune for Emery to play in Nevada City.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biESBU9v04k

Just a little tune about "Joe Brandon".

[Walt]

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hillary-clinton-chelsea-clinton-uc-irvine-medical-center-bill-clinton-infection-recovery

I hear they had to keep taking the pillow from the next room away from Hillary.

[Bill Tozer]

'Zuckerbucks 101: How A Media Mogul Took Over The 2020 Election And Why GOP Leaders Must Never Let It Happen Again'

The last election was unacceptable. And before the next one, more Republican leaders must wake up to the mess that was created in 2020 and refuse to accept another sloppy round

https://thefederalist.com/2021/10/14/zuckerbucks-101-how-a-media-mogul-took-over-the-2020-election-and-why-gop-leaders-must-never-let-it-happen-again/

[Don Bessee]

Well comrad deblasio can play games on the way out the door the new guy is not going for it, will he save Jefferson too? -

https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/yorks-likely-mayor-plans-preserve-163820595.html

;-)

[Don Bessee]

Ya about those folks civil rights! -

US Commission on Civil Rights members blast AG Garland for memo on parents protesting school boards
Members ask Garland to provide examples showing how federal involvement is needed in parent protests

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/us-commission-members-on-civil-rights-pen-letter-blasting-garlands-memo-on-parents-protesting-school-boards

;-)

[Don Bessee]

More election irregularities -

Now, Berlin’s state Constitutional Court will need to decide if elections will need to be redone in two districts of the city, the western Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district and the eastern Marzahn-Hellersdorf district.

Berliners were forced to wait for hours at polling stations that ran out of ballot papers, with the Berlin marathon causing delays in bringing more ballots. Many voters reported receiving the wrong type of ballots, and it is claimed that loopholes allowed minors to vote, according to state broadcaster Deutsche Welle.

Lolita Cigane, the head of the Organization for Security and Co-operation (OSCE) in Europe’s election-monitoring team, said that approximately ten per cent of polling centres in the city experienced voting irregularities, or 207 out of 2,257 stations.

Berlin Election Commissioner Petra Michaelis, who resigned last month following the polling day chaos, said that violations of election regulations could have impacted the results of the state election.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2021/10/16/berlin-election-faces-possible-redo-amid-voting-irregularities/

;-)

[Walt]

N.Y. just got Frisco'ed.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/albany-pols-nypd-order-cops-nothing-drug-addicts-shoot-up

[Jose Pastrami]

In the category of "how stupid are Texans anyway". In response to the new Texas law aimed at "presenting both sides to the story" (like 'good people from both sides were at the Charleston white supremacy march or CRT tries to rewrite white history) school administrators in South Lake, Texas told teachers that they had to present both sides to the Holocaust. Why question is: What is the other side to the holocaust? Is it 'it never happened'..'the Jews and gypsies deserved it because they were not Aryians. How fuc*ing stupid of a position is that? sort of like the election was stolen.

[Scott O]

Don 3:48 - re the letter:
"Four out of the eight members of the U.S Commission on Civil Rights have penned a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland..."
So half of the US Commission on Civil Rights think it's okie dokie for the feds to go after parents voicing complaints at the local school board???!!!!
Yeah - especially that really whacked-out guy complaining about something as trivial as the school trying to cover up the fact that his daughter had been raped on campus by some nut job in a dress.
Who are these 4 that didn't mind a complete over-reach by the feds?
And the letter is just way too mild. They shouldn't ASK anything of Garland. They should send him a copy of the Constitution, a reminder of what the FBI is supposed to do and a some notes of the FBIs inaction after folks were bused in from other states to riot and loot and burn businesses.
The Dems are on their knees begging for violence.
Hold yer fire, boys.
Not yet - not yet.

[Walt]

You can do better than that Jose',, Hitler was just a misunderstood Socialist art painter and book writer. Ya' gotta make the excuse at least half baked.

[Scott O]

If anyone is trying to figure out how F'd up we are as a nation, I offer these 2 items as evidence.
First:
"After their 16-year-old daughter died in a car crash, David and Wendy Mills wondered whether she would be alive if federal rules on rear seat belt warnings had been issued on time.
The teenager was riding in the back seat of a car to a Halloween party in 2017 just a mile from her house in Spring, Texas, when she unfastened her seat belt to slide next to her friend and take a selfie. Moments later, the driver veered off the road and the car flipped, ejecting her. Kailee died instantly."
So she voluntarily undid her seat belt for a selfie.
If only the fed govt would make us be good all the time! When will this happen?
https://apnews.com/article/auto-safety-rules-overdue-nhtsa-biden-only-on-ap-7acc35657ff857c925cd9bce937e6fe9
And:
A woman was raped by a stranger on a commuter train in suburban Philadelphia in the presence of other riders who a police official said “should have done something.”
Well - isn't that the job of the FBI? I mean don't the feds take care of every little thing in our lives?
Of course an armed citizen - male or female - could have ended the trouble pronto. But no.
https://apnews.com/article/business-arrests-pennsylvania-philadelphia-1d0c62ae547165eabfc40fc6a20f25be

I feel very badly for the dead and abused people in these stories, but you lefties want stupid, unarmed, morons that recoil in terror waiting for mommy to fix everything.
Enjoy!

[Walt]

This is about where the Titanic broke in half.
" President Joe Biden’s job approval continues to crash with a new low of 36.4 percent during the first nine months of his presidency, according to a Zogby poll, after facing a botched Afghanistan withdrawal, and more recently, a supply chain crisis."

Just what will Fire Marshal Joe set fire to next next?
It's justa matter of days.

[Don Bessee]

The wokesters running the city of brotherly love have left the streets to the animals -

https://www.foxnews.com/us/woman-raped-train-bystanders-nothing-police-say

;-)

[Walt]

What the hell could go wrong this time?

"Joe Biden’s U.S. Agency for International Development launched a new $125 million dollar project with Washington State University and foreign collaborators to discover over 10,000 novel viruses in nature."
https://thenationalpulse.com/news/bidens-usaid-launches-project-to-find-novel-viruses/

Go ahead.. Find and mess with something worse than Ebola.

[Don Bessee]

Will Minneapolis be the tipping point that sinks the socialist dems nationwide? -

This much is clear: Although they are extremely vocal, Democrats who support the “defund the police” movement hold views that are frankly frightening to the majority of Americans across the ideological spectrum. If a progressive stronghold like Minneapolis effectively votes to dismantle its police department, it will send shockwaves across the political ecosystem and deliver Republicans a powerful talking point.

Minneapolis will be seen as a city of lawlessness, and Democrats will be blamed. This is a narrative arc that will feed perfectly into the Republicans’ framing that Democrats just aren’t that good at governing anyway.

Need more proof? Republicans will just point to Congress. Despite controlling both the executive and legislative branches of government, Democrats’ internecine dysfunction has already stalled President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda. Coupled with the Biden Administration’s disastrous handling of the military withdrawal from Afghanistan on the foreign policy front, we can see an entire party already bracing for severe voter backlash in 2022.

It’s going to be tough enough already for Democrats in 2022. And “Question 2” on the Minneapolis ballot could make things a whole lot worse.

https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/minneapolis-defund-police-ballot-alarm-023054539.html

;-)

[Scott O]

Walt 7:52 - Will they go to the Wuhan bat cave?
Hahahahahaha
This is miss-direction on a major scale.
Lookie, lookie over here!
Don't look there.
What about the disappeared Chinese scientists?
What about Chinese govt non-cooperation?
Oh, oh - lookie over here!
10,000,000 new viruses we just want to talk about now.
Lookie, lookie!

[Don Bessee]

Creepy grampa joe and the socialists suffer from showing their true selves. -

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/10/16/marlow-a-semi-responsible-media-would-constantly-press-buttigieg-for-any-reasonable-explanation-for-economic-problems/

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/10/16/pinkerton-joes-presidency-is-building-hunter-biden-back-bigger/

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/10/16/poll-joe-bidens-job-approval-hits-new-low-at-36-percent/

;-)

[Walt]

We all knew he was a puppet. The evidence is clear!
https://twitter.com/AF632/status/1449479013748064267?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1449479013748064267%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fredstate.com%2Fnick-arama%2F2021%2F10%2F16%2Ffake-video-of-biden-takes-off-but-the-real-one-was-bad-enough-n457972

No... No resemblance whatsoever....

(better see it before it's scrubbed)

[Scott O]

Just like his hero, Paul refuses to engage.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/577020-biden-giving-stiff-arm-to-press-interviews
Biden's excuse is he's got dementia.
We're waiting for Paul Emery to explain his lack of response to the F'ups his hero has graced us with.
Let's Go Brandon!

[Scott O]

The Dems control the fed govt as well as the 2 most populated states in our country.
It's all going to tears.
Paul Emery: "Trump"
No wonder the little fella is hiding.
We were setting up the DVR and the PBS station was playing in the background.
Alcinder: "Inflation IS up"
News babe: "But Americans are very comfortable."
OK.
PBS station has a promo for a news show: "The Child Care Crises!!!"
And what do they show on the promo? Biden talking about his human infrastructure plan.
Pretty cool, Dems.
Tax dollars spent to promote your nonsense with hysteria on Public TV.
"It's a crises!!!!"
Hold yer fire, boys - not yet.

[Walt]

Now don't forget to check between the ears.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-79-physical-exam-soon-psaki

"Biden, nearly 79, plans to undergo physical exam ‘soon,’ Psaki says
Biden is the oldest man ever to serve in the Oval Office -- and is nearly four years older than former President Bill Clinton, who was recently hospitalized"

[Bill Tozer]

Pics. Various current topics

THE WEEK IN PICTURES: SHATNER > BRANDON EDITION
Brandon is still trending yuuuge, but this week definitely belongs to Shatner. Brandon will be around for a while, but really, how often do we get to indulge a full on Kirkasm? Meanwhile, Biden and Harris continue to be the ghost ship White House. How’s that reconciliation package coming? Maybe Southwest Airlines can help them land it. Oh, wait.

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/10/the-week-in-pictures-shatner-brandon-edition.php

[Bill Tozer]

Jose Pastrami-less Bobbie Bobblehead Edition:

Just kidding. More empty shelves and quality of life issues in the Golden State of Decay”

CULTURE
REVIEW: ‘San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities’

The Mismanagement of Man

https://freebeacon.com/culture/review-san-fransicko-why-progressives-ruin-cities/
———————————————————-
Bonus:

Chaser—A reminder from earlier in the week:

Bow-and-Arrow Rampage in Norway Treated as Apparent Terrorist Attack

A 37-year-old man was charged on Thursday in connection with a bow-and-arrow rampage in a small town in Norway that killed five people and wounded three others, in what the authorities said was an apparent act of terrorism.

The police identified the suspect in the grisly assault in the town of Kongsberg, about 50 miles southwest of Oslo, as Espen Andersen Brathen. . .

Officials said Thursday that the assailant was a Danish citizen who lived in the town and who had converted to Islam, but did not say when that happened, why his conversion had raised concerns or what action the authorities had taken.

“We have previously been in contact with him regarding worries about radicalization,” Ole Bredrup Saeverud, the regional police chief, said at a news conference before the suspect was named. Asked whether the assailant might have been motivated by extreme religious ideology, he added, “We don’t know that, but it’s natural to ask the question.”

“Natural to ask the question.” You don’t say.

[Friggin Vikings, a savage bunch. Vikings to Columbus: hold my beer.]

[Paul Emery]

Not hiding at all Scott

Had a great concert with a good turnout with Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Hass. More shows at the Nevada Theatre this week. No idle time to hang out here. Besides the Circle of Jerks are self stimulating and don't need me around. I might pop in here and there though.

[Bill Tozer]

Seattle, Frisco, LA.....pick a major city in the USA run by Dems for 50 years and I will show you trash and homeless and fires caused by homeless trash.

‘Squalor By the Seaside’
Homelessness and RV fires have overrun Venice Beach, California.

“Unlike neighboring Santa Monica, Los Angeles has no urban-runoff recycling program, so everything that lands in our streets—feces, needles, trash, and debris—ends up in our storm drains and is pumped into the Pacific Ocean. The notorious Rose Avenue storm drain, located a block from an encampment, empties directly onto our sand. Locals avoid the spot, but the city does little to warn the public about it.

Bonin, L.A.’s most progressive city council member and self-proclaimed social and environmental justice warrior, tells us that climate change is an existential threat, but you wouldn’t know it from his inattention to local trouble spots. The nearby Ballona Wetlands, an ecological gem and state-protected park, has become a locus for shootings and other crime and is now home to a makeshift RV camp, with more than 45 RVs illegally parked there. A recent brush fire at the wetlands required nearly two hours and 54 firefighters to extinguish, destroying more than five acres. It’s doubtful that any fires in Bonin’s district can be attributed to climate change.

Fires, pollution, and disarray are increasingly common not only in Venice but also around Los Angeles. The city’s 15 councilmembers act as demi-mayors, directing policy and policing in their districts. Mayor Eric Garcetti has seemed missing in action in the two years since his failed presidential attempt, leaving a vacuum to be filled by anarchy and lawlessness.

Garcetti’s legacy of inaction and incompetence has led to blighted living conditions in Los Angeles that are starting to rival those of the Third World. It’s somehow fitting that the city’s failed mayor aspires to be named ambassador of India: he has created conditions in Venice Beach that evoke some of the suffering in that country, along with a modern-day caste of homeless untouchables, exempt from laws and accountability.“

https://www.city-journal.org/homelessness-and-rv-fires-have-overrun-venice-beach-california

And the solution is to tell retail stores with over 500 employees that they can no longer segregate girls toys from boy toys from gender neutral cyborg looking toys. That makes shopping that much harder. That GI Joe toy used to be at eye level and now I gotta let’s look through the pink stuffed ponies and Suzie Homemaker Cupcake Machine for GI Joe, but so far have only found those blasted Ken Dolls!

[Walt]

Says the head jerk-off.

[Walt]

Here we go with the CRT right here.. And the usual LIBS are in favor of it.
https://www.theunion.com/news/school-board-to-hear-from-group-against-critical-race-theory/

So Bobby,, Have you denounced your whiteness?
Teaching the Bobby clan just how racist they are?

[Don Bessee]

Lost their minds as well as a sense of humor -

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2021/10/17/director-david-zucker-blasts-cancel-culture-airplane-could-be-made-today-just-without-the-jokes/

;-)

[Don Bessee]

At what point do they realize he has been wrong all along and lied about the biggest issues like gain of function funding?!?!? -

NBC fact-checks Fauci's fear that college football games would be COVID super-spreaders: 'Never happened'
'Cases are now in steep decline in every college football state across the south'

https://www.foxnews.com/media/nbc-fact-checks-fauci-college-games-covid-spreaders

;-)

[Bill Tozer]

‘White House not stolen, but bought with Zuckerberg’s money: Goodwin’

https://nypost.com/2021/10/16/white-house-not-stolen-but-bought-with-zuckerbergs-money-goodwin/

[Bill Tozer]

Media [including Raw Story) rip NC Lt. Gov. Robinson for calling explicit LGBTQ books 'filth,' then blur offending images

Robinson took a swipe at the media, saying they can dig up old social media posts but "can't find pornography being disseminated to our children in our public schools."

https://justthenews.com/accountability/media/media-criticizes-nc-lt-gov-robinsons-filth-comment-explicit-lgbt-books-then

Tell it like it is Big Guy.

[Walt]

Boss Hogg Jr. loses again.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/david-hogg-rebuked-again-youth-shooting-more-popular-ever-post-covid
"Gun Control activist David Hogg can't seem to catch a break. His viewpoint that younger people are more anti-gun appears to be continuously rebuked by new reports from this post-COVID world.

Most recently, the NRA reported that the USA Clay Target League (USACTL) had its biggest year yet for student-athletes. Almost 40,000 will be participating in programs in the fall. Both male and female students compete on the same team, meaning that not just young males are represented here. "

[Bill Tozer]

The Altanic Magazine takes on the Babylon Bee. Mano e mona

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/10/loose-ends-139.php

[Bill Tozer]

Then they came for that woman...with the Hatch Act, lol.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/liberal-watchdog-group-demands-investigation-into-psaki-for-allegedly-breaking-the-law-during-press-briefing

Where's Bobbie crooning about Trump and the Emoluments Clause? One could make an excellent arguement about the Biden Crime family enriching their pockets with The Big Guy getting his cut.

Oh, those entanglements.

[Don Bessee]

Ya sure sounds good in theory but cali can not generate enough energy and sends out dont charge your car alerts. What a bunch of marrons in sac! -

https://www.yahoo.com/news/gas-stoves-and-water-heaters-face-a-climate-change-reckoning-183007213.html?.tsrc=fp_deeplink

;-)

[Don Bessee]

LOL! -

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/10/17/donald-trump-mocks-biden-corruption-hunter-inspired-me-begin-painting/

;-)

[Walt]

Electric is the most inefficient way to heat anything.

[Walt]

"WASHINGTON, DC—News of the horrifying takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban who are raping and beheading opposition as they go made its way to Congress today and some people are not happy.

“I can’t believe they’re using gas-powered trucks to rape and pillage the country,” US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said. “Don’t they understand that the world is going to end in 12 years because of climate change? Use electric vehicles when you’re driving around terrorizing the countryside!”"
https://genesiustimes.com/aoc-disappointed-taliban-is-using-gas-powered-trucks-to-rape-and-pillage-instead-of-hybrids/

[Don Bessee]

The hypocrite in chief, but the question is does he even know where he is? -

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bidens-caught-violating-dc-mask-mandate-at-posh-georgetown-restaurant

;-)

[Bill Tozer]

I certainly have enjoyed all the BLM artwork the summer before last.

'Trained Marxist’ BLM Co-Founder Appointed As A Los Angeles County Commissioner'

"She said she “came back and hit the ground running” after “some much needed time of rest.” In May, Cullors stepped down as executive director of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation following a controversy surrounding her property purchases."

https://www.dailywire.com/news/trained-marxist-blm-co-founder-appointed-as-a-los-angeles-county-commissioner

[Don Bessee]

Hey look they are announcing the kakkler in chief train wrecks in advance -

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday will highlight the problems caused by Western drought as she visits Lake Mead in Nevada and makes the case for the Biden administration's infrastructure and climate change proposals that have stalled in Congress.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/harris-discuss-drought-climate-change-230210181.html?.tsrc=fp_deeplink

;-)

[Don Bessee]

Water for the people and our energy for American Citizens! Screw the chi coms who own the biden clan scumbags. -

https://currently.att.yahoo.com/finance/news/exclusive-china-looks-lock-u-225951458.html

;-)

[scenes]

"'Trained Marxist’ BLM Co-Founder Appointed As A Los Angeles County Commissioner'"

Well, you could see that coming. That's the beauty of public jobs, there's so much largesse to be handed out. Nothing new except for the modern scale of the thing.

The fact that a Marxist founder of BLM is a member of the ruling class should be no surprise to anyone. With the new centralization of power in this country, given surveillance and the growth of monopolies, I don't see turnover anytime soon.

I think that our local Team Blue being on the same 'side' as the 17 intelligence agencies and the internet monopolies is a beautiful thing, but I honestly doubt they see the irony.

Gotta keep an eye on just how much Patrisse Cullors makes at her gig, some of them do pretty well.
https://publicpay.ca.gov/Reports/PositionDetail.aspx?employeeid=27870981

The main thing is that those boards and commissions give people untold opportunities to pass on yet more public money to the 'proper' people who need paying off.

Your tax dollars at work.

[fishniglio]

Posted by: scenes | 18 October 2021 at 06:34 AM

But, but, but...Völkischer Beobachter.......Völkischer Beobachter?!?!?

Hey....it looks like it worked for in 7th grade.....why not now!

[fishniglio]

I can't imagine that this will muddy the issue ......at all.

"Fully Vaccinated Former SecState Colin Powell Dies From COVID Complications"

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/former-secstate-colin-powell-dies-covid-complications

[fishniglio]

Your tone-deaf, feeble, crooked Mick grifter, observation/quote of the day!

A pandemic so deadly that an 80 year old can enjoy a maskless evening out while my five year old is required to cover his mouth and nose nonstop for seven and a half hours a day including recess.

Let's go Brandon......

https://twitter.com/sarahbeth345/status/1449929087686905860?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1449929087686905860%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fhypocrite-joe-biden-caught-violating-dcs-mask-mandate-georgetown-restaurant

[fishniglio]

The wonders of a progressive education.....

Stop forcing California students to learn algebra and other math they don’t need

Paywalled at the Bee.....that third tier high school newspaper equivalent for those of you masochistic to have an online subscription.

[scenes]

"Fully Vaccinated Former SecState Colin Powell Dies From COVID Complications"

C'est la mort. It's really just a statistics game after all, which is the real heart of epidemiology.

Obviously the preventative shots don't provide 100% immunity at 0% risk. Masks don't provide 100% safety. Some masks are a helluva lot better than others if worn correctly. etc. etc.

Of course, the amazing part about the whole situation is that (a) the government lies or is silent about what works, where it came from, where people got it, etc. and (b) the main stream media is in complete cahoots with the government. You can't even use these people for understanding since they're not always wrong. The last year and a half is filled with falsehoods, half-truths, truths, things invented from whole cloth.

Just more reasons to build up your independence from others. I suppose that the hardcore homesteader types are looking a lot smarter anymore so long as you can use the few truly useful ties to mass humanity like the emergency room.

[scenes]

Mr. Fish Niglio @7:48AM

That led me to this

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/06/04/california-math-class-detrack-race-equity/

"Advocates for the new California math guidelines say “de-tracking,” or mixing together students of varying academic performance, can help all students, particularly those who would have languished in lower-level classes. It can also unravel racial segregation inside schools. Almost everywhere, White and Asian American students are more likely to be placed in higher tracks, with Black and Latino students more likely to be placed in lower tracks."

What possible good does it do for high functioning students to be condemned to a class with poorly behaved or unintelligent people? I don't care whether the whole class looks alike or not.

Anyone with a shred of sense is looking outside of public schools for K-12 at this point in time.

[Scott O]

scenes 8:18 - "What possible good does it do for high functioning students to be condemned to a class with poorly behaved or unintelligent people?"

Because the actual education of students is no longer paramount.
It's "equity"!
C'mon, man.

Lets Go, Brandon!

[Bill Tozer]

Scott 0 and other extremists.

Good morning America.

https://youtu.be/qr_F_XQrukM

[Don Bessee]

Creepy grampa joes team has to be the dumbest crew ever -

https://www.foxnews.com/media/buttigieg-under-fire-for-explanation-of-supply-chain-disruptions-we-guided-country-out-of-recession

;-)

[Gregory]

Say bye-bye to fire season.

[Don Bessee]

SCOTUS says qualified immunity is not going anywhere on the federal level in a surprising unanimous decision. -

The Supreme Court dealt a blow to police reform in two unanimous decisions on Monday shielding officers from lawsuits accusing them of illegal brutality. Both rulings endorse a nearly insurmountable version of qualified immunity, the doctrine that protects police and other state officials from suit, raising the bar even higher for victims of unconstitutional conduct. The rulings are a major setback for the campaign to rein in qualified immunity

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-supreme-court-deals-a-harsh-unanimous-blow-to-police-reform/ar-AAPFLG2?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531

;-)

[Walt]

Oh... So Biden has done a wonderful job... But Emery will buy it.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/buttigieg-under-fire-for-explanation-of-supply-chain-disruptions-we-guided-country-out-of-recession

"The U.S. supply chain crisis has affected Americans of all stripes, despite White House chief of staff Ron Klain endorsing the message that it and inflation are "high class problems." Yet, Buttigieg told CNN on Sunday that the reason the supply chain is dealing with backlogs is because demand and income are up under Biden.

"Demand is up," Buttigieg said, "because income is up, because the president has successfully guided this economy out of the teeth of a terrifying recession.""

[Walt]

Maricopa County’s Board of Supervisors has filed a notice of claim against the Arizona Senate in pursuit of a $2,833,220.00 settlement from the Senate to cover the cost of replacement voting machines.

In May, Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs claimed that the voting machines were tampered with and no longer safe to use and urged the County to buy new ones.
This made it clear that these machines were never safe to use in the first place.

Senate President Karen Fann responded to these claims, telling them that if they cannot run the same L&A tests, then the machines were never valid.
If the machines cannot undergo a full forensic audit, then they should have never been used in the first place.

The County Supervisors then threw another $3 MILLION of tax dollars away on new fraudulent voting machines.

They know that the machines were not tampered with during this fully transparent, 24/7 live-streamed full forensic audit but they are doing everything possible to discredit the process.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/08/breaking-maricopa-county-issues-az-senate-2-8-million-notice-claim-new-machines/

[Walt]

Good job LIBS,, Look what ECO Joe has done.
https://dailycaller.com/2021/10/18/coal-power-united-states-energy-natural-gas-prices-joe-biden/

"U.S. coal-fired power generation is projected to increase this year for the first time since 2014, the federal government said in a report Monday.
The amount of electricity produced by coal plants is expected to tick up 22% in 2021, reversing coal’s six-year downward trend, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). The increase in coal-fired power is due to increased prices of natural gas, which overtook coal as the largest producer of electricity in the U.S. in 2016."

The death of coal has been greatly exaggerated.

[Don Bessee]

Target is taking over Kmart at the McKnight location, Kmart closes Dec 19th.

https://www.theunion.com/news/kmart-set-to-close/

;-)

[Don Bessee]

The ponytail of ignorance likely ignored this -

Democrats have virtually no room for error in 2022. Republicans need to flip only five seats in the House to recapture control of the lower chamber, and they stand to benefit right off the bat from redistricting in key states and the historical maxim that the party of a new president tends to lose ground in midterm elections.

Biden’s job approval ratings have continued to crash — most recently to an all-time low of 36.4 percent — as he faces backlash over his botched Afghanistan withdrawal, rising crime, an immigration crisis, and now a supply chain crisis and rampant inflation.

Additionally, 47 percent of registered voters said they would rather see the Republican Party win control of the House, while only 44 percent of the registered voters said they would want the Democrats, according to an October Quinnipiac University poll.

;-)

[Don Bessee]

The mean no interest from our loyal lapdogs -

The controversy spurred America First Legal to submit an expedited request seeking information from the DOJ, hoping to uncover the department's motivation for the effort and if it had coordinated with potential political allies of the administration, such as the National School Boards Association.

But that request was denied by the DOJ and other divisions within the department, including the criminal division, Executive Office for United States Attorneys and the Office of Legal Counsel. Among the reasons cited for denying the expedited request, the DOJ argued that the issue is "not a matter of widespread media interest."

Lawyers for American First Legal told Fox News that the decision to deny the request was concerning, raising fears that the decision had political motivations.

The lawyers raised a number of concerns about the Oct 4. memo, arguing that the DOJ failed to define exactly what constituted "harassment or intimidation." They also pointed to the DOJ's lack of citations to support the claim that there has been a rise in crime and harassment against school officials, an omission they said was "unusual" and should be common for the department when issuing such a memo.

https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/america-first-legal-request-expedited-223017484.html

;-)

[Bill Tozer]

Don @ 6:38 pm. If nothing else, Quinnipiac University Polls seems to shade to the lefty side.
Polls are getting boring. They seem to be all going in the same direction for the D’s and seems to be going in the opposite direction for the R’s. 46% for recall in Nevada County ain’t bad.

Read a poll the other day that had Biden at 50%-50%, thumbs up and thumbs down. However, the issue polling as you mentioned above (his botched Afghanistan withdrawal, rising crime, an immigration crisis) was brutal for the Dems where the policies matters most and which ones matter most to folks.
Then moi saw the poll was from August, lol. With Afghanistan drifting from people’s minds and “now a supply chain crisis and rampant inflation” comes on in with a vengeance. Buy toiletries now and beat the rush to half empty shelves. Publishers can’t even get books out that are ready to print by Thanksgiving, Christmas because labor. Use baking soda for tooth paste, laundry, and deodorant when the time comes. :).

I just can’t see Biden fixing inflation,, rising crime, high energy prices from the home to the pump, or the immigration crisis in the near term or within a couple of years. Sure, the Dems idea of an immigration crisis is some illegals have been turned away. The supply chain bottleneck may last in 2023 once you delve into the chain reactions. Like sitting in traffic for 20-30 minutes because there is some fender bender on a off-ramp miles ahead. Backs up quick and slows way down.

Getting out 80,000 more containers at San Pedro or Long Beach ain’t going to cut it. There are hundreds of thousands of containers off shore and the cargo ships need to wait for the containers to be brought back cause they ain’t going back to the Orient empty. Trucking industry needs 100,000 drivers now.....for months.

Anyway...

Speaking of boring, yet another quick read on Little Joe. There are scores of them every week for months now. Pat Buchanan:

Are the Good Times Over for Joe?

https://www.intellectualtakeout.org/are-the-good-times-over-for-joe-/

[George Rebane]

Walt 541pm - Buttigieg is clearly vying for the dumbest double dummy award on Team Biden. And given his competition, that will be no easy job. But the sumbich keeps trying every time he opens his mouth. How did Bumblebrain manage to assemble such uniformly incompetent troop of ignoramuses for his cabinet?

[Don Bessee]

Speaking of double dummies creepy grampa joe is imposing an illegal immigration tax by sneaking them into locals across the nation -

https://www.foxnews.com/us/midnight-biden-secretly-flying-underage-migrants-ny-night

;-)

[Bill Tozer]

Remember when people hung Robert Mueller Christmas tree decorations and lit Robert Mueller holiday candles hoping for a Trump conviction under the tree?
I do. Which brings me to this:

'Amazon-owned IMDB steps in to prop up audience rating of Fauci'

https://justthenews.com/nation/culture/amazon-owned-imdb-steps-prop-anemic-audience-rating-fauci-documentary

[Don Bessee]

Dont let anyone take their kids to creepy grampa joses -

How old are you kids?

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cartoons-slideshow

;-)

[Don Bessee]

Looks like the peoples republic of portlandia does not think all lives matter -

His killing in late September was one of the 67 homicides this year in Portland — a city that has already surpassed and is on pace to shatter its previous record of 66 slayings, set in 1987.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/dangerous-time-portland-oregon-sees-040521197.html

;-)

[Don Bessee]

It could not have happened to a more deserving to fail wokesters -

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2021/10/18/report-saturday-night-live-ratings-nosedive-continues-with-new-low/

;-)

[Don Bessee]

It must be an onion story, what, no its not? Turning out future leaders of what? -

https://www.foxnews.com/us/oberlin-college-student-angry-cisgender-work-crew-radiators-safe-space

;-)

[Don Bessee]

Creepy grampa joe and the apologists suck -

Critics quickly excoriated the piece on social media, with some suggesting that lowering expectations was "becoming the theme of Joe Biden’s America," and others suggesting such a "mantra" could negatively impact Democrats heading into the midterm elections.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/washington-post-crushed-piece-america-consumers-lower-expectations-joe-biden

;-)

[Don Bessee]

Kind of late in the game to change their minds AFTER shutting so many down! -

https://news.yahoo.com/does-nuclear-power-have-a-place-in-a-green-energy-future-170518028.html

;-)

[Bill Tozer]

PolitiFact’s Worst Fact Checker Tries (and Fails) at Explaining Bidenflation

"I regret to inform you that the “fact checkers” are at it again."

https://bongino.com/politifacts-worst-fact-checker-tries-and-fails-at-explaining-bidenflation

[Gregoory]

The Onslaught of a F'n Lot of Rain

Water falling from sky every day for the next week. It's a Bomb Cyclone offshore Warschington State coast.

Like I said a day or two ago, say bye-bye to fire season.

[scenes]

re: Nuclear power plants....

I figure that they might as well just not bother.

The time from deciding to build one and actually producing electricity is so long that there'll always be someone who can kill the project.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/712841/median-construction-time-for-reactors-since-1981/

Really, the era of truly big public construction is mostly over I think. Too many lawyers, too many protesters, too many hungry mouths in other areas, too many unions and useless bureaucrats attached to projects. It's a damn miracle that there's even a tiny skosh of a space program left.

[Bill Tozer]

Janus vs Unions, con't.

'Supreme Court to consider lawsuit challenging teacher union dues'

https://justthenews.com/nation/states/lawsuit-challenges-union-dues-schemes-illinois

[Bill Tozer]

ET TU, SAN FRANCISCO?

"Across the country, parents and concerned citizens are rising up against unresponsive left-wing school boards, most of which have been put in place without much public oversight by far-left teachers’ unions. The movement for reform has now reached as far as San Francisco:"

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/10/et-tu-san-francisco.php

[Don Bessee]

Looks like foot in the mouth mcauliffe is hearing the footsteps closing in on him -

During the interview with McAuliffe, Minock began by pressing him on his controversial remarks at last month's gubernatorial debate where he said "I don't think parents should be telling schools what they should teach."

"So are you saying parents shouldn't have a voice in their kids' education?" Minock asked.

"Sure, parents should have a voice. And parents do have a voice," McAuliffe responded, before pointing to his record as governor of eliminating standards of learning exams parents had complained about, listing campaign promises on improving education in Virginia and attempting to tie Youngkin to former President Trump and former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.

"So, did you misspeak during that debate?" Minock followed.

No!" McAuliffe quickly responded. I was talking about what we need to do, bringing people together. We have the state boards, we have the Board of Education and we have the local school boards who are all involved in this process. But the issue is how do we deliver a world class education."

Minock asked McAuliffe that if his administration would "issue mandates" telling schools what and how they should teach, to which McAuliffe punted to the State Board to decide before attacking Youngkin for using a "racist dog whistle" responding to the Republican's call to ban critical race theory.

"He's talking about issues that don't even exist in Virginia and we've got to move past that," McAuliffe said.

Minock then inquired whether McAuliffe agreed with the memo from the Biden DOJ suggesting future involvement in cases between parents and school boards. McAuliffe dismissed concerns, saying the DOJ will "make their own decisions."

The reporter moved on to grill McAuliffe's record on crime and how much he would invest in public safety. Shortly after, McAuliffe staffer can be heard interrupting off-screen attempting to wrap up the interview.

Minock went on to ask the Democrat about his support for vaccine mandates for state employees as well as for children in schools.

"Alright, Nick. We are already over time," the McAuliffe aide told the reporter.

"Alright, we are over. That’s it. That’s it," McAuliffe said as he stood up from the chair and began walking off-camera. "Hey, I gave you extra time. C’mon man."

"You should have asked better questions early on. You should have asked questions your viewers care about," McAuliffe added.

"Well, we did," Minock responded.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/terry-mcauliffe-abruptly-ends-interview

;-)

[Don Bessee]

Thanks creepy grampa joe and the socialists, they really do hate citizens -

Man accused of raping woman on crowded train was released from immigration detention, never deported

https://www.yahoo.com/news/man-accused-raping-woman-crowded-001341605.html

;-)

[Don Bessee]

What a nightmare, it looks like creepy grampa joe is supplying the sex trafficers -

Dana Loesch blasts Biden's 'fake compassion' as migrant children dropped at Jersey Turnpike rest area

https://www.foxnews.com/media/dana-loesch-blasts-bidens-fake-compassion-as-migrant-children-dropped-at-jersey-turnpike-rest-area

;-)

[Bill Tozer]

Joe Biden Plays the ‘Inside Game’ Because He Doesn’t Have an Outside Game

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/joe-biden-plays-the-inside-game-because-he-doesnt-have-an-outside-game/?

[fishniglio]

Lack of ‘basic firefighting knowledge,’ failed drills & poor leadership blamed for loss of US Navy warship to five-day fire

Now that's just not fair......they had to prioritize training and "Using the Correct Pronouns in the Ranks" was clearly more important.

What are you people.....a buncha haterz???

https://www.rt.com/usa/537921-navy-ship-fire-failure/

[Bill Tozer]

Call me old fashioned, but I am against rape. I believe rape is really really bad, especially for 14 year olds. Rape is a bad thing no matter what one's age.

I watched 2-3 minutes of Megan Kelly's podcast with Crowder. Why did he get banned? Rules for townhall meetings are not the same rules for 230s.

[Bill Tozer]

link.

https://youtu.be/i0_vCP_LQyU

Sure to upset the gender fluid crowd and Paul's friends.

[Scott O]

Don 8:36 - How many times do we hear about illegals raping, murdering and causing destruction?
The good folks in DC for the most part don't give a shit. They have their armed bodyguards for themselves and their family. They don't have to go out much at all in the public or ride on public transport. And if you complain they label you a terrorist.
And any politician that tries to point out what's happening and actually tries to stop it is called out for "dividing the nation".
The govt invites CV infected people into our country while we fire US citizen workers who refuse to get the shot. Keep it up, folks - you won't like what you are begging to have happen.

[fishniglio]

See.....that's the joke. There is nothing surprising or ironic about this at all!

Katie Hill Got Knocked Up By a Journo Who Defended Her During Her Sex Scandal

Really.....

https://jimtreacher.substack.com/p/katie-hill-got-knocked-up-by-a-reporter

[Bill Tozer]

"Congrats if you predicted that Southwest Air, In-N-Out and a chant about some guy named Brandon would be America’s greatest hope.."

https://mobile.twitter.com/RubinReport

[Bill Tozer]

in-N-out, in-N-out, thats what a burger is all about. No discrimination against anyone!

'#DoNotComply’: Praise Erupts Online For In-N-Out Burger’s Anti-Vax Mandate Stand

https://www.dailywire.com/news/donotcomply-praise-erupts-online-for-in-n-out-burgers-anti-vax-mandate-stand
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Berkeley Scientist Resigning Directorship Over Faculty Refusal To Invite Leading Geophysicist Over Political Opinions

https://www.dailywire.com/news/berkeley-scientist-resigning-directorship-over-faculty-refusal-to-invite-leading-geophysicist-over-political-opinions

[Don Bessee]

Going down in flames -

Fox News Poll: High voter worry on inflation as Biden economy ratings plummet
A large 84 percent say rising gas prices are a problem for their family

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/voter-worry-inflation-biden-economy-ratings

;-)

[Don Bessee]

Butt edge edge is as disliked as his boss who knew the failed small town mayor could screw things up so badly, guess he is following the creepy grampa joes rush to destruction. Even 2/3 of the independents. -

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s (D) favorability is underwater as just over a third of voters view him favorably, while the majority say he should get back to work or resign

The majority, 65 percent, agree with the statement that Buttigieg should either get back to work or leave his post. Of those, 48 percent “strongly” agree with the statement. Overall, 77 percent of Republicans, 64 percent of independents, and 53 percent of Democrats agree with the statement as well.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/10/20/poll-pete-buttigieg-favorably/

;-)

[fishniglio]

Just like the former Soviet Union or North Korea.....press gang the military into service so as to keep the bad news from getting any worse.....

In 'Deep Ship'? Biden Weighs National Guard To Address Record Number Of Vessels Off Los Angeles

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/biden-deep-ship-he-weighs-national-guard-address-record-number-vessels-los-angeles

[scenes]

re: P Buttigieg @ 5:01PM

"What America really wants to know is: after those months of “family leave,” did Pete Buttigieg get the hang of lactating? Hey, if sexuality is just a “social construct,” then the functions of sexuality must be teachable. So now Pete can move on to ovulation lessons and become the “birthing person” of his dreams. Pete’s dreams are America’s dreams, you see.

In the meantime, though, America has a little transportation problem that a Secretary of Transportation might look into if he wasn’t so busy performing a gender reeducation parable for the Woke family values crowd. Namely, that federal rules combined with California Air Resources Board regulations are destroying the trucking industry, a major link in the broken supply-chains for the gazillion products and parts that an advanced technological economy needs to keep on keeping on."

https://kunstler.com/clusterfuck-nation/let-us-count-the-ways/

[Don Bessee]

Creepy grampa joe is starting appear on milk containers he seen so infrequently and politico is calling him out but its not a bunker he hides in, they have a barcalounger with a tv table for his pudding cup and a 24 inch tube tv and his clicker and of course a heating blanket to keep him asleep. -

Politico calls out Biden for not doing interviews: 'Reflects the bunker mentality this White House has taken'
Politico is calling out President Biden for his lack of availability to do one-on-one interviews with the press.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/politico-calls-out-biden-not-doing-interviews

;-)

[Scott O]

Hilarious: "Who decides which areas should be open for offshore wind, and how do they choose?"
To start with - no where near Martha's Vinyard. At least not in sight.
And no where near Obama's Hawaiian home.
Probably not around Newport or anywhere where the wealthy live. Same rules as we have for low income housing. You start where the rule makers live and then take a hike. A long one.
What will this cost? Just to ask shows that you're a hater. And we don't take questions from haters.
"The National Renewable Energy Laboratory estimates that U.S. offshore wind resources could provide over 2,000 gigawatts of generating capacity – nearly twice as much electricity as the nation uses every year."
Oh, yes they 'could'. As long as they keep blowing unless they don't and then you end up like the situation in GB. Must be fun to count on fantasies as reality! Why don't we tie the well being of these worthies at the Renewable Energy Lab to actual outcomes?
As in - you are wrong, so you are dead broke for the rest of your life. In ancient Athens your incompetence would result in you becoming some one else's slave. I think this would work for our energy policy. You want to be in charge of making energy policy? Great. If you're wrong and the lights go out, you are sold into slavery. It would be just amazing at the sudden change of heart from those down at the olde energy lab.
https://news.yahoo.com/biden-calls-big-expansion-offshore-122314249.html
If that sounds harsh then we'll put it this way - When you or some one you love is on life support run on electricity, it has to be renewable and never run on 'backup' carbon based energy. Deal?

[Scott O]

Don 6:05 - Love it!
"Politico calls out Biden for not doing interviews: 'Reflects the bunker mentality this White House has taken'"
Has taken?
Biden ran for POTUS from a bunker.
But just think of the headline - "Cackling Brain-Dead Hyena sworn in as first lady POTUS."
Same people will be running the executive branch and the actual sitting POTUS will make you throw up.
Not the first time I've said it:
Biden was Obama's insurance and Harris is Biden's insurance.
How far down the food chain do you want this to go?
Stacey Abrams?

[Scott O]

That's some governor you gots there in CA.
"Newsom’s order directs state agencies to “identify additional ways to alleviate congestion at California ports”; to “continue coordinating with the Biden-Harris Administration Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force”; and to consider long-term plans for better storage, transportation, and skills training. It also directs state agencies to “identify priority freight routes to be considered for a temporary exemption to current gross vehicle limits to allow for trucks to carry additional goods.”"
Ah - they'll "consider" long-term plans...
I can hardly think of a weaker response to a current and growing problem than that. But I'm sure the swells in Sacta-tomatoes are working on it.
And
“...identify priority freight routes to be considered for a temporary exemption to current gross vehicle limits to allow for trucks to carry additional goods.”
Hilarious - maybe if trucks could wander around Rodeo Drive we could get past this.
I'm so glad they are going to co-ordinate with Biden and Harris. Maybe they can 'do lunch'.

[Don Bessee]

So saying woman is now a hate crime? -

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2021/10/20/handmaids-tale-author-margaret-atwood-and-passive-transphobia/8537487002/

;-)