They are VERY different from us

George Rebane

I view with reinvigorated alarm today’s broadcast joys of socialists, wokesters, liberals, and leftwingers in general celebrating the $400M+ fine demanded of Trump for what is termed his  committing ‘civil fraud’.  They uniformly and unanimously agree with the ‘legal basis’ on which the New York attorney general prosecuted and the judge adjudicated the Trump trial.  All these people look forward to a totalitarian state in which capitalism is banned, the beneficial mechanisms of market pricing, and the ownership of private property are dispensed with.  That is exactly the harbinger that letting the verdict stand will foster across the land.  (And students of our Founders and Bastiat know that the fundamental rights upon which our personal security and manifold liberties are based will also disappear.)

The other cohort of people celebrating Trump’s fine are those too stupid to think through these ramifications.  All their little TDS sotted pea brains can muster up is that if it hurts Trump, it must be good.

Nevertheless, some on the Right still believe that we can find common ground to reunite as the America of yesteryear – this even though no such path has been identified.  RR invites these worthies to step forward and illuminate us with their vision of how we regain E Pluribus Unum.  (And here is info on a related and contributing problem in our land.)

Comments

[Gregory]

Yes, Trump has too much wealth. Yes, yes.

If these judgements (hate to call them judgements) stand, he will have less.

Standing back and letting nature take its course, his family will squander the wealth and in just three or four generations, it will have spread out.

Have patience, Grasshopper.

[Gary Irving]

You left out two groups of people cheering the Court's judgments that aren't communists seeking to destroy capitalism in our Country:
1. Everyone who lost money invested in Trump's many business ventures that failed. Yes, investing in something is a business decision, and people make mistakes. But when the valuation is based on fraudulent information, the Courts have a responsibility to weigh judgment.
2. Everyone who paid taxes in the State of NY and NYC who saw the Court judge that Trump reduced his taxes based on (once again) valuations based fraudulent data.

If these Court judgments had been levied on your usual Billionaire, would there be the same level of hysteria? I doubt it.

[Gregory]

But... no one lost money on these transactions, did they?

There were no victims here.

[Gregory]

"...But now, with a Trump/Biden rematch looking all but certain, Barr is singing a slightly different tune. At a Forum Club of Southwest Florida lunch in Naples, Florida, the former attorney general put the 2024 choice thusly: “Voting for Trump is playing Russian roulette with the country. Voting for Biden is outright national suicide.”"

[Don Bessee]

Even with all the dust ups most people expect that Trump will win -

Independents are the most confident that Trump would come out on top — 45 percent to Biden’s 21 percent, a difference of 24 points. Notably, independents also side with Trump in a head-to-head matchup, giving Trump an 18-point advantage.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/02/17/survey-more-believe-trump-would-win-2024-election-than-would-pick-biden/

;-)

[Gary]

Of course people lost money. The lost money in the Football League, they lost money in the Casino, they lost money in the Chicago real estate deal...many people lost significant amounts of money

[Scott O]

Welcome, Gary! That was a nice try. Perhaps if you put more effort into educating yourself instead of just hating someone you might do better next time.
If you invest (and lose) money in a venture that has been materially misrepresented, there are no end of lawyers willing to take the case on spec.
The case was brought by the DA on behalf of the Biden admin to try to burden the strongest opposition candidate in the next election. This is something more commonly done in what we used to laughingly call 'banana republics'. Now we are one. Enjoy!

[Scott O]

LOL - "they lost money in the Casino..."

Isn't that the point?

[Paul Emery]

Scott

Can you document the statement when you said "The case was brought by the DA on behalf of the Biden admin to try to burden the strongest opposition candidate in the next election. " Where did you get that information?

[Barry Pruett]

Waste of time trying to explain yourself to someone who is intent on misunderstanding you.

[Paul Emery]

Barry

All I'm asking for is some kind of link to a reasonable source that can document Scott's 6:36. The case was brought by the DA on behalf of the Biden admin to try to burden the strongest opposition candidate in the next election. is that not something that you being an attorney would do in arguing a case? Anybody can say anything. Providing a reasonable source is a normal request.

If I say Trump is a Nazi would you automatically believe me?

[Don Bessee]

No one believes anything you say oh great ponytail of ignorance. LOL

;-)

[Individual Juan]

$400M - no biggie for billionaire Trump.

$1.5B Alex Jones settlement, that's getting up there.

$800M Putin lover Tucker Carlson /Fox settlement is peanuts.

...waiting for the cry pillow guy settlement 😭

MAGA lying douchebags and serial fraudsters deserve what they are getting.

Meanwhile, the main witness in the hunter Biden burisma bribery /pay to play scandal goes down in flames and Mayorkas impeachment will be a fail by desperate by Trump gluteus maximus fetishists.😭😭😭

[Don Bessee]

No wonder your blog died @713 you should sue to get the money back from your rhetoric sheepskin. ROFLOL

;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)

[Paul Emery]

Bessee

Do you believe this statement that Scott submitted?

"The case was brought by the DA on behalf of the Biden admin to try to burden the strongest opposition candidate in the next election. "

[fishhole]

Posted by: Punchy McEmbot 🥊 | 17 February 2024 at 07:06 PM

All I'm asking for is some kind of link to a reasonable source that can document Scott's 6:36.

You don’t read links……

[Paul Emery]

David larsen AKA fishole

You are ashamed to use your real name.

[fishhole]

Posted by: psul lost his own spelling bee| 17 February 2024 at 08:16 PM

Still doesn’t change the fact that you don’t read links.

[Don Bessee]

This is the guy you all are pimping for -

Biden appears to confuse NATO with Ukraine in calling for Congress members to pass funding bill
The special counsel report last week said the president has a 'poor memory'

"So it’s about time we make sure Congress come home and pass the legislation funding NATO."

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-confuse-nato-ukraine-calling-congress-members-pass-funding-bill

;-)

[Paul Emery]

I do read links that are pertinent to the subject at hand.

[Paul Emery]

Bessee

Are you contending Trump is a Mental Giant and has the knowledge and intelligence to be President?

[fishhole]

Posted by: Paulitician Emery | 17 February 2024 at 08:50 PM

I do read links that are pertinent to the subject at hand.

So you were lying before when you said you didn’t?

[Paul Emery]

Trump is so desperate for money he's reduced to selling Sneakers. Here's the info:

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — As he closes in on the Republican presidential nomination, former President Donald Trump made a highly unusual stop Saturday, hawking new Trump-branded sneakers at “Sneaker Con,” a gathering that bills itself as the “The Greatest Sneaker Show on Earth.”

Trump was met with loud boos as well as cheers at the Philadelphia Convention Center as he introduced what he called the first official Trump footwear.

The shoes, shiny gold high tops with an American flag detail on the back, are being sold as “Never Surrender High-Tops” for $399 on a new website that also sells other Trump-branded shoes and “Victory47” cologne and perfume for $99 a bottle. He'd be the 47th president if elected again

https://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/trump-hawks-399-branded-shoes-at-sneaker-con-18673830.php.

[fishhole]

Posted by: Just Emery | 17 February 2024 at 09:06 PM

Trump is so desperate for money he's reduced to selling Sneakers. Here's the info:

Yeah that’s pretty bad….. next stop…..open guitar case.

So lying then or now….about reading the links you’re always bleating for?

[Paul Emery]

David Larsen- AKA fishmouth (lower case because it's a fake name) thanks for bringing up my musical career.. Just finished up producing 10 shows in three weeks at the Nevada Theatre. Had a great turnout. Thanks for showing an interest. By the way since Leonard Cohens name comes up pretty frequently on this blog you'll be glad to know I'm producing the show, A Thousand Kisses Deep The Songs Of Leonard Cohen for the 13th year on Nov 8 and 9 at the Nevada Theatre so mark your Calendar.

[fishhole]

Posted by: Paul Constanza | 17 February 2024 at 08:50 PM

I’ll take that as a yes……

Just remember Jerry Paul……it’s not a lie if you believe it.

Anyway…here’s one of those linky things for you…..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn_PSJsl0LQ

[Don Bessee]

Looks like the po' ol' ponytail of ignorance didnt see the video @906 and is just doing the putin party parrot again! LOL

;-)

[fishhole]

Posted by: Paul The Entertainer Formerly Known as Prince Emery | 17 February 2024 at 09:32 PM

I’m guessing that promo was for all “your readers”?

[fishhole]

Posted by: Paul “Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain”Emery | 17 February 2024 at 09:32 PM

You pay your ASCAP fees…..not pickin poor dead Leonard’s pocket are you?

[Don Bessee]

Just another reminder to the TDS set what is happening outside of cnn -

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/02/17/survey-more-believe-trump-would-win-2024-election-than-would-pick-biden/

;-)

[Randy]

Hey Paul Emery, since you're so "politically astute" what's with the Latisha James visits to Biden's home-away-from-home? No suspicion there, nothing to see...

https://headlineusa.com/letitia-james-repeatedly-visit-white-house/

[scenes]

from Alan Dershowitz on Hannity:

----
'Dershowitz called for New York State Attorney General Letitia James to be brought up before the bar.

“Professor Dershowitz, I’ll start with you,” host Sean Hannity said. “You wrote a best-selling book ‘Get Trump.’ Where did you get the title for that book?”

“I didn’t make it up,” Dershowitz replied. “I wish I were creative and original, but I got it from obviously Letitia James campaign. She ought to be brought up before the bar. You should not have an elected prosecutor campaigning on the promise to get a particular defendant. Now if she didn’t get him. She would lose the election. This is a variation of Stalin and Beria back in the 1930s when the head of the KGB says to Stalin, show me the man, I’ll find you the crime. This is — show me the man, we know who it is. She told us who it was, Donald Trump, and we’ll find you the fraud even though there was no harm.”'
----

Of course, Dershowitz is now some kind of Orange Man Nazi instead of the Good Guy he was when writing a book about Bush v Gore.

In retrospect, it was all preordained I think. Once you have a metastasized government, the American Left is bound to have control of the beast over time and it is bound to be misused. The American Right, as opposed to right-wing thinking in Europe, simply lacks the hivemind and ability to form coherent groups, being rather individual-minded and all. The yoeman farmer is dead and kapos can always be hired to make the survivors mind their Ps and Qs.

[Scott O]

scenes 7:18 - As the title of this post says:

They are very different than us.

What principled folks see as a legal 'bug', the Dems see as a feature. They like the fact that she ran on a platform of "git 'em". And she's delivering.
If the roles were reversed the Dems would be honestly horrified and would tell you with a straight face that it would be 'different'. It's much the same as when the Protestants and the Catholics went at it centuries ago and were happy to torture and burn people to death. When you're on the side of God, the ends justify the means.
Remember:
If Trump is re-elected, you will never be able to vote in an election again!!

[scenes]

"They like the fact that she ran on a platform of "git 'em". "

School yard politics, maybe Trump's noggin on a stake. "This head is for the beast. It’s a gift."

I was musing about the nature of mass politics and it's tendency towards gigantism and misuse. Mass media followed by social media really allows you to expand the animal greatly and the physics of power makes it nearly impossible for the individual to ignore the mob.

A generation (or two) of people getting their reality and interaction from screens, keyboards, touchscreens hasn't helped a bit. I honestly think that there's a kind of mental illness that accompanies that sort of tactile world, maybe an over-fascination with symbols combined with sensory deprivation. Dunno.

Sadly, about the only way to fight a mob is with a mob. On a national level, Trump is the hand grenade of the moment, but it's a lot to ask of one guy.

[fishhole]

Posted by: scenes | 18 February 2024 at 08:52 AM

On a national level, Trump is the hand grenade of the moment, but it's a lot to ask of one guy.

Especially a guy with as many strings to pull as the Tangerine Tornado.

[fishhole]

Especially a guy with as many strings to pull as the Tangerine Tornado.

Poorly crafted..."Especially a guy with as many strings to pull on as the Tangerine Tornado."

[Gregory]

"If Trump is re-elected, you will never be able to vote in a rigged election again"

Fixed it for you.

[Gregory]

Have you all watched this Carlson piece?

You should:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRYSKaS-XtQ

[Barry Pruett]

“Sealionimg” is a trolling or harassment tactic used in social media discussions and blogs. It involves the attacker asking relentless and insincere questions or requests for evidence under the guise of civility and a desire for genuine debate. These requests are often tangential or previously addressed and the attacker maintains a pretense of civility and sincerity, while feigning ignorance of the subject matter. Sealioning is aimed at exhausting the patience and goodwill of the target, making them appear unreasonable.”

[scenes]

"Have you all watched this Carlson piece?"

I watched parts. It was all over Twitter yesterday. It's funny how many views a person can get on these new media sites, it makes traditional news outlets seem unimportant at this point.

[scenes]

"Sealioning".

By golly, thank you. I had never heard that one and I'm not ignorant on internet slang.

"Internet trolls sometimes engage in what is called 'sealioning'. They demand that you keep arguing with them for as long they want you to, even long after you realize that further discussion is pointless. If you announce that you want to stop, they accuse you of being closed-minded or opposed to reason. The practice is obnoxious. Reason should not be silenced, but it needs to take a vacation sometimes."

Origin:

https://wondermark.com/c/1k62/

Now if I could just think of an example of it.

[fishhole]

Posted by: Barry Pruett | 18 February 2024 at 12:00 PM

Doubleplusgood Barry!!

It’s like they wrote that definition just for the stalwart man about town.

[scenes]

one of those things you run into.

https://theupheaval.substack.com/p/poland-and-the-demon-in-democracy

Poland and the Demon in Democracy
Liberal authoritarianism’s tusks have been bared across the West

"“Democracy has won” in Poland following the election of a new government in October – or at least so declared the country’s new prime minister, Donald Tusk. The former top European Union official’s party only won 30% of the vote compared to the 36% of his incumbent conservative, EU-skeptical rivals, the Law and Justice (PiS) party, but was nonetheless able to assemble a coalition of leftists to take power. Since entering office, Tusk has moved quickly to prove his particular commitment to “democracy.” Which is to say that, in a particularly striking example of what all of us can now increasingly anticipate whenever “democracy” wins elections in the West these days, he immediately began trampling the constitution in order to jail his political opponents."

[Individual Juan]

Trump thinks he is the MAGA Navalny😂😂😂

[fishanthrope]

Posted by: Individual Juan | 20 February 2024 at 06:59 AM

emoji, emoji, emoji....

If only they'd been available when you were an "award winning editor".

[scenes]

"emoji, emoji, emoji...."

That's a thing I've thought about some, nothing to do with Mr. Juan.

It seems to be a symptom of older people, relatively new to the internet (ie. post-Usenet). I've got several elderly friends, who are good people mind you, but just love them their emojis. They seem to have keyboard shortcuts for the sad face, the laughing face, and the surprised face, and use them with gusto.

It's kind of a clumsy thing and a bit cringy but Eternal September is reality and there's no rewinding the clock.

[fishanthrope]

Posted by: scenes | 20 February 2024 at 09:40 AM

I am sympathetic to that....to a degree. But given that our rotund internet Man of Letters just loves to go on about....moar Master Degree....moar Award Winning.....moar ROTFLOL....I find his repeated use of the neo-cuneiform just fucking tedious.

And hey....."Sandbox".

[scenes]

"moar Award Winning"

One thing that's a crying shame is that some local journalist, purely for the love of the thing, doesn't put together a worthwhile locally-oriented news site. There's plenty of free (or close enough) hosting gizmos after all. Maybe there is such a thing.

What I'm getting at is that you could make quite a retirement hobby out of going to city council and supervisor meetings, keeping track of local sketchiness, re-post the police blotter, keep track of the non-profits. Hell, even do price comparisons of local retail, I dunno. It just requires a car, a $100 PC, and the ability to write. Triple bonus points for avoiding national politics like all the Emily Litellas that excrete their feelz for The Union 'Other Voices' sections, as they never bring anything clever or insightful.

If you were lucky and piss off the right people, you'll get a cell next to Matthew Coulter the next time he goes to La Pinta.

[Individual Juan]

🤣, I mean (⁠*⁠´⁠ω⁠｀⁠*⁠), I mean LoL!

I figure that if a picture is worth a thousand words, then an emoji has got to be worth 25- 50 words.

I think emojis are just shorthand, a simple way to, for instance, show how hilariously delusional Trump is to even think he's even close to being anything like Navalny. Of course MAGANs will believe just about anything.

[fishanthrope]

Of course MAGANs will believe just about anything.

Much like progressives in that. I guess you just can't help yourselves?

Why did you finally put your blog out of its lonely misery?

[Individual Juan]

The lead in this latest screed by George trying to explain how different 'they' (whoever they are) are so different from 'us'
is typical of elders who believe the world is going to hell in a hand basket.

But the basket could be attached to the end of a pendulum.

"Rashida Tlaib Slammed for Urging Voters to Withhold Support for Joe Biden"

[Gregory]

"I think emojis are just shorthand, a simple way to, for instance, show how hilariously delusional Trump is to even think he's even close to being anything like Navalny. Of course MAGANs will believe just about anything."

Your emojis are a shorthand for the reader to YOUR hilarious delusions.

[Gregory]

scenes 1007a

There have been significant amateurish journalist websites based in Nevada County, including The Union and the unlamented Sierra Foothills Report.

[Individual Juan]

Another indicator that They are not much different than You,

How many lawsuits has Trump been involved with?

How many times has Trump initiated lawsuits?

Why does Trump sue so many people and organizations?

He does it to try to scare scare them off with large legal fees his victims would have to pay to fight deep pocket Trump.

So, I think justice has been served that Trump is having to spend millions (of his stupid supporters money) to defend himself.

The latest $350M verdict might be overturned but he got penalized where it hurts him, in his pocketbook.

Don't for get about the 60 plus lawsuits he initiated over the election that he lost.

But the lawyers are happy.

[Individual Juan]

Another reason They are not much different than You,

Remember how Afghanistan went?

We supported them for years, then we removed support and left the country, leaving them in the lurch.
Remember how outraged MAGA was?

Guess what is happening in Ukraine?

We have been pouring money, and weapons into the country to support Ukraine.

So, what does MAGA do, they unceremoniously stop funding them and don't care what happens to the Ukrainian people.

MAGA owns the Ukrainian genocide.

[fishanthrope]

Posted by: Individual Juan | 20 February 2024 at 01:31 PM

Congratulations.....you are morphing into an "Emery".

[Individual Juan]

Meanwhile, the MAGA house goes on vacation and Mike Johnson spends the weekend with his lover Trump at MargoLargo for President's Day.

[Gregory]

fishanthropic 135p

No, he has been an "Emery" for some time.

Indy Jeff 135p

No, all fault belongs to Russia.

A n d there is no entity named "MAGA".

[Gregory]

Jeff, a query... is Mitchell graduating in the Spring?

[Gregory]

Come back, Indy!

Just wondering... why does the glee of Democrats at the start of the war get a nod from you? A fight to the last Ukraine soldier standing?

[Don Bessee]

Emperor gavin lays another egg while giving illegals health insurance and welfare -

The tug-of-war between California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office over the state’s projected budget deficit took a new turn Tuesday, when the LAO announced a revised shortfall of $73 billion

https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/california-budget-deficit-worse-anticipated-222103715.html

7.2M illegals entered the US under Biden admin, an amount greater than population of 36 states

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/illegal-immigrants-biden-admin-amount-greater-population-36-states

;-)

[Scott O]

Idiot Juanita 1:35 - "Remember how outraged MAGA was?"

Not at all the same deal. You kinda forgot about the billions we spent on bases and the billions more in weaponry we just abandoned to the enemy. it was a total fiasco completely overseen by the Biden admin that never had to happen. The Ukrainians never had a chance against Russia and will lose simply because Russia has about 10 times the amount of soldiers to feed into the meat grinder. Other than the hold the Ukrainians have over the Biden family, it was never our fight in the first place. In fact the whole thing is a result of the inept foreign policy of the Biden admin.

[Scott O]

Idiot Juanita 1:36 - "...and Mike Johnson spends the weekend with his lover Trump at MargoLargo for President's Day."

Why Juanita - you sound kinda jealous.
We never knew!

[Scott O]

Idiot Juanita 10:38 - For anyone who wonders why I call that person an 'idiot' look no further than the 10:38 post:
"The lead in this latest screed by George trying to explain how different 'they' (whoever they are) are so different from 'us'..."

George explains precisely who "they" are but poor Idiot Juanita is an
IDIOT.
Maybe get together with Paul and have a volunteer from the local library help you both with your reading comprehension skills.

[Don Bessee]

More societal suicide in the rotten apple -

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/eric-adams-migrant-debit-card-debacle-will-crush-nyc-as-it-swipes-from-taxpayers/ar-BB1iBXOc?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=99c701c83a9146cb9625aa8d3ad184c2&ei=32

;-)

[Don Bessee]

I fine example of the critical thinking skills they leave the commissar education camps aka universities -

Seattle radio host blasts irony of gay, pro-Hamas activists seeking 'homosexual Intifada': 'Stark oxymoron'
Rantz noted the irony of the LGBTQ support for Palestinians, saying, 'being openly gay isn’t just a social taboo; it’s a fast track to execution' in Gaza

He wrote, "The extremists plastered their signage around downtown Seattle. That’s when we started seeing a new flyer showing two men with faces covered with keffiyeh while embracing in a kiss. The pink-hued message says ‘homosexual Intifada’ in all caps."

"Seattle’s homosexual intifada flyer is a stark oxymoron as brazen as it is ignorant. It signals LGBT Seattle activists are willing to become more violent in support of a terrorist organization that would order them tossed from the highest rooftop the moment they accuse someone of misgendering them," he said.

Spelling it out for these demonstrators, he noted that in Gaza – which is governed by terror group Hamas – "being openly gay isn’t just a social taboo; it’s a fast track to execution. LGBT people face arrests, torture, and extrajudicial killings based purely on sexual orientation."

https://www.foxnews.com/media/seattle-radio-host-blasts-irony-gay-pro-hamas-activists-seeking-homosexual-intifada-stark-oxymoron?dicbo=v2-L8HcobC

;-)

[Don Bessee]

Own it biatch -

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/02/20/democrat-bob-casey-criticized-for-illegal-immigrant-crime-surge-in-pennsylvania/

;-)

[Don Bessee]

A big problem for creepy grampa joe and the socialist dems -

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/hispanic-texans-want-a-border-wall/vi-BB1iAWeR?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=5c66ad74311845dfbf350deea7580f93&ei=71

;-)

[Don Bessee]

OH SHIT he said it out loud, now we know for sure he is retiring -

Manchin: Border Crisis Is ‘Joe Biden’s Fault’ — He Opened Things Up ‘From Day One’ and ‘Waited Too Long’

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/02/20/manchin-border-crisis-is-joe-bidens-fault-he-opened-things-up-from-day-one-and-waited-too-long/

;-)

[Gregory]

8th Amendment: Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

Any questions?

[Don Bessee]

Two thirds of voters are of a like mind -

https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/02/21/poll-67-of-voters-say-joe-biden-81-is-too-old-to-serve-a-second-term/

;-)

[Don Bessee]

National suicide slowed by the courts -

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/nyc-s-non-citizen-voting-law-ruled-unconstitutional-on-appeal/ar-BB1iFTF7?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=7803ea71e2614ecdb7288a7bfff692f9&ei=18

;-)

[Don Bessee]

Putting an end to the tyranny of the bureaucrats -

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/supreme-court-appears-skeptical-of-epa-interstate-air-pollution-rule/ar-BB1iFjGK?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=6b79308f90a14a7d98c5c82c3f496325&ei=88

;-)

[Don Bessee]

The 9th circuit no less -

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/federal-appeals-court-kills-obama-era-moratorium-on-coal-leasing/ar-BB1iFQt3?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=6b79308f90a14a7d98c5c82c3f496325&ei=56

;-)

[Don Bessee]

Pointy headed woke policies cost lives in the real world -

Oregon Fentanyl Overdoses Increase by 1,530%, Largest Spike in the Nation

https://www.breitbart.com/health/2024/02/21/oregon-fentanyl-overdoses-increase-by-1530-largest-spike-in-the-nation/

;-)

[Don Bessee]

Thanks creepy grampa joe for this adding to the already out of control crime -

In another case, an illegal from Peru was accused of stealing $17,000 from a Khols in Exton. The suspect had been deported but is reportedly already back.

“That was less than a month ago, and he’s back in the United States,” Pezick explained.

The groups are also being implicated in home and car burglaries, police said.

The epidemic of organized gangs of migrants engaging in crimes is hardly limited only to a small village west of Philadelphia.

https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/02/21/organized-migrant-theft-groups-plague-pennsylvania-town/

;-)

[Individual Juan]

Former prime minister Liz Truss comes out with a new book, and speaks at CPAC slamming "Bidenomics".

Insert howls of laughter here!

...and this is coming from the loser that lasted 50 days in her position as prime minister.

More howls of laughter!

[fishanthrope]

Posted by: Individual jeffy | 23 February 2024 at 07:29 AM

...and this is coming from the loser that lasted 50 days in her position as prime minister.

Far be it from me to defend Liz Truss but she had an adversarial press......not a fellatial US press carrying Biden around on their collective shoulders.

I imagine it's no fun for you to be away from "the action" when you could be carrying water for a statesman like Grifty J.

PS: Did they deliver your Guatemalan yet? Did you get to try him out?

[scenes]

Decent article, done Twitter-style.
-----

Google Gemini’s Woke Catechism
How Google Intentionally Created a Vehemently Anti-White AI

A thread

https://twitter.com/psychosort/status/1761044625307963445

[scenes]

re: moi@7:54AM

Mostly same, different format.

https://www.fromthenew.world/p/google-geminis-woke-catechism

[Individual Juan]

I guess they really are not so different from us.

Trump relied on Russians to help fund his projects.

Mike Johnson relied on Russians to help him with his election campaign.

Hunter Biden worked for a company funded by an oligarch.

When it comes to money, Washington, DC wannabes don't care where their money comes from.

https://www.newsweek.com/who-konstantin-nikolaev-money-mike-johnson-1870600

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"Mike Johnson relied on Russians to help him with his election campaign."

Generally, I'd say that the UK and Israel are an order (orders?) of magnitude more influential in US national campaigns, and that the US exerted more influence in post-Soviet Russian politics than visa versa, but All's Fair That You Can Get Away With as they say.

It always struck me that the Bidens and The Donald were mirror images. One took bribes, the other paid them (like any property developer in a large US city). I'm not sure which is more moral, although I'm always surprised just how rich people with lifetime jobs in politics always seem to get. It must be all them book sales I bet.

Nothing new here. Politics were a blood sport in ancient Rome and the Venetian Doges made a modern US President look like a child.

[Gregory]

Innuendo, anyone?

Indy Jeff is up to his old tricks.

[Paul Emery]

Looks like Trump may have Alzheimer's. From a recent edition of Salon during a recent interview with psychologist Dr. John Gartner, formerly of Johns Hopkins University Medical School:

According to Gartner "There is also this focus on [President Joe] Biden's gaffes or other things that are well within the normal limits of aging. By comparison, Trump appears to be showing gross signs of dementia. This is a tale of two brains. Biden's brain is aging. Trump's brain is dementing,

Trump, he noted, appears to be spiraling into "phonemic paraphasias" during his rally speeches, which he described as, "the substitution of non-words for words that sound similar—are not normally seen until a patient enters the moderate to severe stages of Alzheimer’s."

"Some examples of Trump’s non-words: Beneficiaries becomes 'benefishes.' Renovations become 'renoversh.' Pivotal became 'pivobal.' Obama became 'obamna.' Missiles became 'mishiz.' Christmas became 'Crissus.' Bipartisan became 'bipars.' This is a fundamental breakdown in the ability to use language. If you were talking to your father on the phone and he did this you would think he is having a stroke. There is no healthy older person who speaks that way."

He also noted Trump's tendency to go off in odd directions while talking to audiences.

https://www.salon.com/2024/02/23/dr-john-gartner-on-a-tale-of-two-brains-bidens-brain-is-aging-brain-is-dementing/

[fish ole’]

Looks like Trump may have Alzheimer's.

Interesting…..those suffering with the same affliction can see it in each other.

Well you, Joe and Don will have lots to jibber to each other about.

[Gregory]

Innuendo, anyone?

Indy Punchy is up to his old tricks.

[Paul Emery]

I'm sure there will be more news like what I provided about Trumps decline. Don't worry I'll keep you Trump Chumps informed.

[fish ole’]

Posted by: psul …“When it comes to Trump I’m like autistic reporter guy from the Onion…Emery | 24 February 2024 at 02:42 PM

“The train is fine….!”

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tInDH2FeXaM

[Don Bessee]

Another fine example of ESG fucking up in the real world costing lives -

Several European countries have supplied a wide range of weapon systems. However, the dilemma of ensuring electrical insulation durability has become a sticking point for newer equipment. This issue affects a multitude of nations where ESG (Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance) guidelines are making their way into the arms industry.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/rodents-incapacitate-millions-in-eco-friendly-military-equipment-in-ukraine-the-unforeseen-problem/ar-BB1iOyki?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=8d5da273efbc47f1abbc22410d8c2198&ei=17

;-)

[Gregory]

That wasn't news, Punch.

Just more innuendo.

I get it... with Biden's decline in full view of everyone, Trump must be taken down.

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"with Biden's decline in full view of everyone, Trump must be taken down."

I'd love to listen in on the strategy sessions. In terms of cognitive ability and general healthiness of these dudes, there's no point in doing anything besides watching public appearances...but the word goes down to push Biden's problems onto Trump. psul reads something by some 'experts' and rushes over to inform everybody. It's like that smelly kid in grade school.

Seriously, the difference between the two is obvious. Trump may be an asshole and, as usual, just winging it on stage, but jaysus that guy is healthy given his age and diet. It's really kind of unfair, choosing the right parents appears to be an important part of life.

[Don Bessee]

Another self inflicted dei woke wound -

The Harvard Corporation reportedly favored former Harvard President Claudine Gay over two internal candidates who both had administrative experience and far more extensive scholarship credentials. The Ivy League institution reportedly failed to conduct even a basic review of DEI candidate Gay’s academic work.

Harvard Corporation Senior Fellow Penny S. Pritzker and the presidential search committee favored Claudine Gay for her administrative expertise and didn’t even conduct a scholarly review of her work, a person familiar with the process told the Harvard Crimson.

Meanwhile, Tomiko Brown-Nagin, dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, and John F. Manning, dean of Harvard Law School, who had both administrative experience and more ample scholarship credentials, were reportedly overlooked.

Brown-Nagin had published two books and won the highest award in American History writing, while Manning argued nine cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and wrote more than 40 legal articles.

Gay’s scholarly record, meanwhile, was “comparatively thin,” the Crimson noted.

“The revelation about the search process gives insight on how the search committee managed to pick a president whose scholarship would later come under microscopic scrutiny for allegations of plagiarism,” the school newspaper added.

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2024/02/24/report-harvard-did-not-review-claudine-gays-scholarship-overlooked-other-nominees-in-president-search/

;-)

[Gregory]

The Favorite Daughter of South Carolina is losing badly to Trump in her own state.

[Don Bessee]

A student of the biden school of governance -

Mexican president defends disclosing a reporter's phone number, saying the law doesn't apply to him

Press freedom groups said the president's decision to make public the phone number of a New York Times reporter Thursday was an attempt to punish critical reporting, and exposed the reporter to potential danger.

Mexico's law on Protection of Personal Data states “the government will guarantee individuals' privacy” and sets out punishments for officials and others for “improperly using, taking, publishing, hiding, altering or destroying, fully or partially, personal data.”

https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/mexican-president-defends-disclosing-reporters-185250041.html

;-)

[Don Bessee]

That did not take long! LOL -

The eldest son of Mexico’s president and the governing party's presidential candidate said Saturday that their telephone numbers were published on social media and that they have received threats and insults. Both denounced the action.

The incident came a day after President Andrés Manuel López Obrador disclosed the phone number of a reporter for The New York Times, which published a story about a U.S. probe into claims that López took money from drug traffickers. López Obrador denied the allegations.

https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/mexican-presidents-eldest-son-denounces-205219262.html

;-)

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"The Favorite Daughter of South Carolina is losing badly to Trump in her own state."

I'd sure like to know what is going on there. Is she hoping to pick up the crown if Trump has a health issue? She certainly lacks on-stage charisma. Of course, the current President has zero and ran from his basement, so perhaps that doesn't matter.

Is she looking for a payoff from Trump to be quiet? Some sort of after-election gig from never-Trump backers? Getting ready for 2028? Money from Israel/UK/Russia/China/DNC at work? There's certainly no organic movement behind this.

Haley is an answer to a question no one asked. You might as well run Adam Schiff for President.

[Paul Emery]

George writes: "They are VERY different from us"

Is this the "us' you are referring to in this post ?

At the CPAC meeting this week, a well-known rightwing influencer, Jack Posobiec, went off on a rant about how important it is for conservatives to band together to end democracy in America and, presumably, replace it with Christofascism like in Russia. “Welcome to the end of democracy!” he declared. “We’re here to overthrow it completely. We didn’t get all the way there on January 6th, but we will endeavor to get rid of it and replace it with this right here,” he said as he held up a cross. “That’s right, because all glory is not to government, all glory to God.”

https://newrepublic.com/post/179247/jack-posobiec-democracy-cpac-2024

[fish ole']

Ahhhh.....Sunday....so there must be something else for Uncle Punchy™ to be terrified of on this lovely morning!

Well somebody should probably tell Jack Posobiec to hurry up then if he wants to destroy democracy.....what with BLM, those assholes at the Tides Foundation, George Soros, the League of Women Voters, and the American Kennel Club all trying to beat him to the ....no pun intended...punch.

[Gregory]

In my honest opinion, he wasn't being serious.

Mildly funny, but not worth a belly laugh. He was baiting the leftist press, who took the bait and ran with it uncritically.

Punchy, you just need to lighten up and get a sense of humor.