Sandbox – 2jun24

[A Clarion Call for Rearmament - “Sen. Wicker, ranking Republican on the Armed Services Committee, rolled out a report detailing why America’s military budget is inadequate for the “world in which we find ourselves.” America’s military isn’t equipped to deal with potential wars on two continents at once, much less the new threats in space and from artificial intelligence. Mr. Wicker proposes an additional $55 billion for the Pentagon in 2025, a total of $950 billion, as part of a new ‘generational investment.’” (more here)]

Comments

[Don Bessee]

AHHHH fresh kitty litter and not a whif of the po' ol' ponytail of ignorance!

;-)

[Scott O]

What good is money when our military leaders are concerned mainly with pronouns, arranging abortions and celebrating pride month?
In 3 days we remember D Day when they put thousands of tons of vehicles and equipment ashore under fire while now we have a complete failure to operate one pier to transport food to Hamas.
And we don't have the money. The wacky crazy wild right-wing talk about the cost of servicing our nation's debt eclipsing the defense budget is becoming a reality. And there is no plan to do anything about it.
Well - other than jailing Trump. It seems that's the Democrats' plan to fix everything.

[fish ole']

Gunman who shot 2 NYPD cops revealed to be migrant who recently crossed into US via Eagle Pass: sources

Now this reporting clearly has to be a lie....as I've been repeatedly reassured.....President Brainstem is serious about securing the border and strong guns laws prevent those who can't have them from getting them!

https://nypost.com/2024/06/03/us-news/two-nypd-cops-shot-in-queens-by-19-year-old/

[scenes]

"...and not a whif of the po' ol' ponytail of ignorance!"

Oh, it won't be long. The BarcaLounger(tm) will get a bit damp and it'll remind him to go give them Orange Nazis what fer.

Dunno why he's so bitchy. I'd say that generally things are going his way. He lives in a place where most political figures are cat ladies. Where's there scarcely any useful business being done (no mining, commercial agriculture (besides dope), timber, light industry, high tech), what's left is tourism and Grateful Dead cover bands. Increasing amounts of old-people healthcare. A state favoring unlimited Third World immigration, abortion on demand at any stage, upcoming restrictions on cars/small engines, high gas taxes, umpteen rules for building codes and employers. Various sorts of LGBTLMNOP+ Pride affairs are the high point of the year.

Honestly, if you're an elderly concert promoter, things must look pretty good. I can't see the profit in hassling the old Trumpsters (and Gregory).

[Paul Emery]

Sorry scenes I have let you down by not commenting more. My life is very rich right now and I have no time excepting for an occasional blat here and there. It's kinda sad this once active blog is now down to only a couple three commentators and even our host George seldom participates so it's become a bit of a relic.

All for now.

[Gregory]

Compared to the once active and now obliterated blog of Jeff Pellini, this blog is remarkably alive and kicking.

I think the oppositional Left is mostly gone from here because they can't win arguments anymore, not that you ever could.

[scenes]

"Sorry scenes I have let you down by not commenting more."

BARCALOUNGER DAMPNESS ALERT! MORE PASSIVE AGGRESSIVENESS TO FOLLOW! OVER AND OUT!
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I did have to share a wonderful name for a paper I ran into. As a bit of background, the Hakluyt Society is an English organization that prints primary history, typically exploration, sources. Fun to look at and a good way to avoid presentism.

So...I was hunting on their site for a thing I'm currently interested in, and ran into their annual meeting reports. Naturally they have been (at least partly) taken over by modern insane people. Lots of decolonization talky talk and the like.

Paper title: "The Black Antarctic: Decoloniality and Queer Ecology in Mojisola Adebayo’s Moj of the Antarctic”

Sweet. Luckily, there's no rule that sez you have to read things published after 2000AD or so. Just declare tree leaves as money and we're all good. See you at the 20th Annual Leonard Cohen Concert.

[George Rebane]

PaulE 933am - Sorry to hear that. Methinks if you broaden your horizons beyond the longstanding clutches of your TDS, there might be some other issues that would interest you. There is a lot going on in the world.

[Scott O]

Interesting:
"The White House is telling lawmakers that President Joe Biden is preparing to sign off on an executive order that would shut down asylum requests at the U.S.-Mexico border once the average number of daily encounters hits 2,500 between ports of entry, with the border reopening only once that number declines to 1,500, according to several people familiar with the discussions.

The impact of the 2,500 figure means that the executive order could go into immediate effect, because daily figures are higher than that now."

"...2500 BETWEEN ports of entry"
And they admit the number is higher than that right now.
So glad our border is secure.
The Biden admin swears it is.
And there is no border crisis.
So - to respond to the non-crisis, Biden will invoke an executive order to deal with the non-crisis.
And some folks wonder why I have such a low opinion of the people that voted for this piece of dog shit currently occupying the White House.
Biden didn't say he would repel these illegals. He didn't say would stop them from entry. He said he would shut down asylum requests.
https://apnews.com/article/biden-immigration-executive-order-asylum-border-7cd0b0f28e298036ad1fc6b0c78961e1

[Scott O]

They're starting to be open about what "they" will allow the proles to do:

"Vacations need to return to their roots, or at least move in that direction. In particular, holidays abroad need to be decoupled from flying, which means — as far as Europe is concerned — train, car or coach."

Yes - you slobs mess everything up by flying all over the place.
That's for movie stars and important people and so forth.
Get back in your buses and clatter off to Blackpool.

This shit is priceless:

" Perhaps the solution is to focus on what we really want and need from a holiday — a period of well-earned rest and recuperation that recharges the batteries and sets us up for the next round of the daily grind.

We should ask ourselves if we have to experience the exotic and the unfamiliar to accomplish this — especially when an increased risk to life and limb attaches to holidays in distant lands — or if we can get it closer to home."

What "we" really want...
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/27/opinions/climate-crisis-fires-heat-summer-vacations-mcguire/index.html?iid=cnn_buildContentRecirc_end_recirc

Remember -
"You will own nothing and be happy".

[fish ole']

Biden To Finally Sign Executive Order Limiting Border Crossings

Yep....when the daily total exceeds that of two and a half battalions they will shut things down until the following day.

It puts into perspective just how valuable a grifter like Joe Biden is to the TPTB!

I totally get why Punchy™ likes him!

[scenes]

re: scotto@10:28PM

I admit it seems that people start with a preferred lifestyle and then build a logic scaffolding to prove that it's the only way possible to live.

MSM writers will tend to be all about apartments+mass transit+large city+Third Word diversity, although I'm not certain the wildfires in Greece are a new thing. I just spent a couple of minutes using the magic of the internet to read about huge fires there going back decades. It could be that it's just a place that tends to burn and, like California, has more people living in burnable areas than in the past. Go figger.

Another variant is the rural-hate you get in (typically) New York based op-eds. Usually a sort of mish mosh about how much the places they don't like are subsidized by the places they do like. How? Dunno. It isn't like people in cities do much of anything useful anymore either although they certainly were instrumental in hollowing out small towns.

OTOH, for all I know I'm dead wrong. Maybe you *can* build an economy out of real estate agents, concert promoters, internet marketing experts, retailers reselling Hecho en China tsotchkes, wine magazines, selling T-bills overseas. Genuine usefulness might be a form of Dinosaur Economics.

[fish ole']

Posted by: Scott O | 03 June 2024 at 10:28 PM

Yes - you slobs mess everything up by flying all over the place.
That's for movie stars and important people and so forth.
Get back in your buses and clatter off to Blackpool.

I remember an article from roughly 15 years ago lamenting the plight of the Centimillionaires having to...the horror.. rub shoulders with the mere single digit millionaires! It was crafted similarly except it wasn't quite so obtuse when it came to the "Carbon Menace" angle!

DISCLAIMER: This comment was penned by fish ole', a nom du blog assigned me by psul Emery who I believe was attempting "fish hole" but screwed it up again even though he got to attend California schools when they still taught proper spelling and grammar (I once attended a skool funktion in the San Juan district that had "Grammer Rodeo" featured prominently on the marquee (still prefer marquis))! fish ole' spacing and accent added to give another Emery inspired error a little panache.

[Scott O]

"Maybe you *can* build an economy out of real estate agents, concert promoters, internet marketing experts, retailers reselling Hecho en China tsotchkes..."

People have to eat food and exist in a fairly narrow band of temperature that necessitates energy.

We don't 'need' the rest of that stuff. Although many people have made a good living at non-essential tasks. There's a sort of balance that's required and clearly the important people have decided that too many shlubs are wanting in on the 24/7 party going on in the upper floors of the building.
Ancient Rome was a great example of this. A relative handful of wealthy and powerful families existed in a sort of semi-comic soap opera of power struggles amid the soirees in their mansions and orating down at the forum. From time to time some upstart from the sticks would party-crash and gain a foothold in the upper tier of power, but the masses were reliably kept in their place by various methods and means.
America (and some Euro countries) have done well at that game for a spell and the masses were even afforded a much better life than any before could even imagine. But the bread and circus game is getting too pricey, and Gaul, Persia and Asia are no longer available to use as a place of easy conquering and plunder. In fact, those areas are now also looking for the same sort of victims.
What to do?
They've been trying to formulate this New World Order at Davos for some time, but the natives are getting restless, and wise to the con.
Fun times ahead.

[fish ole']

And much like Rome....

Ancient Rome was a great example of this. A relative handful of wealthy and powerful families existed in a sort of semi-comic soap opera of power struggles amid the soirees in their mansions and orating down at the forum. From time to time some upstart from the sticks would party-crash and gain a foothold in the upper tier of power, but the masses were reliably kept in their place by various methods and means.

.....we've imported our own Visogoths to really spice things up in a few years!

[Scott O]

"the San Juan district..."

Ah, the San Juan Unified School District!

The domain of my public education from K through graduation from high school. Watched over mostly by Ferd (yes - FERD) J. Kiesel.

[Scott O]

"I just spent a couple of minutes using the magic of the internet to read about huge fires there going back decades."

The same con was tried with that disastrous fire in Hana. Global Warming!!!
A quick perusal of newspaper articles going back decades showed the problem was mainly poor land management and invasive non-native grasses and weeds.
Combined, of course, with a total failure to warn the citizens of the impending doom. The guy in charge had zero experience and failed his job completely.

[fish ole']

Fading Great Power indeed....

We come back to the question of why anybody believed $60 billion could move the needle for Kiev’s cause in the first place. But this question is, alas, difficult to answer because policymaking in Washington is enshrouded under a thick fog that consists of two dominant components: magical thinking and political imperatives. For those who earnestly believed that $60 billion would turn the tide of the war, it is more of the former; for those aligning themselves with the political winds and pretending to support Ukraine much as a mime pretends to be trapped in a phone booth, it is the latter. In many cases it is both, and it is difficult to tell where one begins and the other ends.

Magical thinking is a recognizable symptom of that particular moment in time when an erstwhile great power is in decline but events have not quite yet forced it to come to grips with that decline. It is also a time of diminished scope for action. In times past, perhaps Washington would have solved a crisis such as Ukraine through crafty diplomacy or orchestrated a formidable proxy war with its industrial might and military expertise. But the US now seems incapable of sophisticated diplomacy and its industrial base has badly atrophied through decades of offshoring and financialization. After mostly fighting insurgencies in recent times, it now has no idea how to fight a peer war. About all that it can muster is aid bills with large dollar figures. If all you have is a hammer, the old saying goes, every problem looks like a nail. If all you have left is a printing press for dollars, then every problem must be solvable by an infusion of money – even if it’s not entirely clear what that money can buy.

But here we have stumbled onto something interesting: a belief in the omnipotence of money. Perhaps not a sincere belief; are there any sincere beliefs in Washington? Let’s think of it more as an ingrained pattern of thought for confronting a wide range of problems. In that sense, it is a framework suspiciously reminiscent of the approach used to combat financial crises. It doesn’t seem like so much of a stretch to imagine the entire Ukraine aid discussion framed as something that has become very familiar in recent years: a financial bailout.

A too-big-to-fail financial institution called Ukraine is teetering on the edge of failure and a bailout is needed. Although the bank is far away from the heart of Wall Street, there are fears of contagion – if this one fails, others will follow and soon no bank anywhere will be safe. The bank’s owners may be crooks, but that is not what is preoccupying policymakers. They are nervous about a spread that has suddenly moved against the bank: it is supposed to trade at 1:1 but has blown out to 1:10 (the ratio of artillery fire by Ukrainian and Russian forces). Shoving a $60-billion bailout into the bank should at least put out the fires and calm markets.

Zoltan Poszar, the legendary former Credit Suisse chief strategist who needs no introduction in finance circles, made a fascinating observation on the topic of the reflexive response of throwing money at a problem. Poszar was speaking narrowly about how a certain group of people approach a certain problem and was not talking about policymaking, much less Ukraine, but his conclusion traces the contours of something deeper.

When the specter of inflation reemerged in 2021, Poszar made the rounds of portfolio managers and, after talking with them, reached an interesting conclusion: nobody knew how to think about inflation. Nearly everyone on Wall Street is too young to remember the last serious bout of inflation, which occurred way back in the 1980s. So, according to Poszar, they all thought of the spike in the inflation charts as just another spread that blew out on their Bloomberg screens that could be solved by throwing balance sheet at it – a “crisis of basis” as he calls it. The formative experiences for today’s denizens of Wall Street, Poszar explains, are the Asian financial crisis of 1998, the Great Financial Crisis of 2008, some spread blowouts since 2015, and the pandemic. In all of these cases, money was pumped in and eventually the dislocations disappeared.

To put this in plain English, Poszar’s clients hadn’t encountered a problem that couldn’t be solved – or at least swept under the rug – by simply adding money, in whatever form, whether via an emergency loan or quantitative easing. This is of course a bit of an oversimplification, but it captures something of the essence of the prevailing pattern of thought.

The election of President Brainstem should have confirmed that if nothing else!

https://www.rt.com/business/597935-us-ukraine-bailout/

[Paul Emery]

Gosh Fish, if spelling is a problem with your name why don't you capitalize it? For example: "Fish Ole". Is that your first and last name?

[Gregory]

Personally, I'm expecting a cooling starting any year now and lasting about 25 years.

Science requires patience.

[Paul Emery]

fish

Would you prefer I use your real name- David Larsen?
If not what would be the correct spelling of your preferred name be with appropriate capitalization?

[fish ole’]

Posted by: psul Emery | 04 June 2024 at 11:05 AM

No offense Punch but you can’t even get your own name right….

[scenes]

"Would you prefer I use your real name- David Larsen?"

Honestly Paul, doxxing is one of the nastiest things a person can do on the internet, even if 'everybody' knows it.

[Paul Emery]

David Larsen aka fish

I use my real name fish. You latched on to a typo months ago.

Paul Emery

[Paul Emery]

That's something David Larsen aka fish would need to complain about not you.

[scenes]

"That's something David Larsen aka fish would need to complain about not you."

That's something that any non-sleazy person would complain about.

[fish (because psul forgot how to spell "Fish Hole") ole']

Posted by: scenes | 04 June 2024 at 12:56 PM

That's something that any non-sleazy person would complain about.

No worries scenes....psul will almost certainly forget any of this ever happened by tomorrow morning! Just one of the benefits of being psul!

[Paul Emery]

scenes

Once again all he has to do is ask me on this blog not to use his real name.

Simple

[fish ole']

Posted by: psul "I think this makes me look like a tough guy....or Joe Biden" Emery | 04 June 2024 at 02:05 PM

Once again all he has to do is ask me on this blog not to use his real name.

But "real names" are an obsession of yours Punch™.....second only to your obsession over Bad Orange Man.....

[Paul Emery]

It's up to you David Larsen-aka fish ole'

[fish ole']

Posted by: psul "yeah...Dirty Harry again... Emery | 04 June 2024 at 02:34 PM

It's up to you David Larsen-aka fish ole'

What's up to me Punch™?

[Paul Emery]

David

If you don't want me to use your real name just ask me not to do it.

[fish ole']

Posted by: Paul Emery | 04 June 2024 at 03:02 PM

Punch you can do whatever that senile husk of a brain tells you to do! If I get doxxed or swatted I'll know who to chat with.

[Paul Emery]

Your choice David Larsen-aka fish ole'

[Paul Emery]

Here's a list of Trump appointees and aides convicted of various crimes:

Trump tops the list with his guilt in 34 felony charges- more to be added later:

Steve Bannon — Trump’s White House chief strategist — sentenced to 4 months in prison for contempt of Congress — charged with defrauding Trump’s supporters, but pardoned by Trump.

Roger Stone — Trump’s political “dirty trickster” — sentenced to 40 months in prison for lying, obstruction and witness tampering, but pardoned by Trump.

Paul Manafort — Trump’s 2016 campaign manager — sentenced to 43 months in prison for bank and tax fraud, but pardoned by Trump.

Elliot Broidy — Trump’s Inaugural fundraising aide — charged in illegal lobbying scheme, but pardoned by Trump.

George Papadopoulos — Trump’s campaign adviser — sentence to 14 days in jail for lying to investigators, but pardoned by Trump.

Michael Flynn — Trump’s national security adviser — convicted of lying to the FBI, but pardoned by Trump.

Rick Gates — Trump’s campaign deputy chair — pleaded guilty to conspiracy and sentenced to 45 days in prison.

Rudy Giuliani — Trump’s lawyer — indicted for conspiracy and voter fraud — ordered to pay $148 million in damages to two election workers he defamed — facing disbarment.

Michael Cohen — Trump’s lawyer/”fixer” — sentenced to three years in prison for tax evasion and campaign finance violations (Stormy Daniels) — disbarred.

Allen Weisselberg — Trump’s business CFO — sentenced to five months in prison for tax fraud and another five months for perjury in Trump’s civil fraud trial.

Peter Navarro — Trump’s White House adviser — sentenced to four months in prison for contempt of Congress.

Richard Spencer — leader of Trump’s Charlottesville “very fine people” — neo-Nazi white supremacist, ordered to pay $25 million for damages caused by the group’s racial violence.

Mike Lindell — Trump’s “My Pillow” apologist — sued by Dominion for defamation and ordered to pay $5 million to man who disproved Lindell’s claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.

Jerry Falwell Jr. — Trump’s evangelical — forced to resign as Liberty University president amid raging sex scandal.

Enrique Tarrio — Trump’s “stand back and stand by” Proud Boys leader — sentenced to 22 years in prison for Jan. 6 conspiracy.

Stewart Rhodes — Trump’s J6 storm trooper — Oath Keeper leader, sentenced to 18 years in prison after he and his cohorts took Trump’s Jan. 6 order “fight like hell” literally.

Alex Jones — Trump’s blowhorn Jan. 6 cheerleader — conspiracy theorist, ordered to pay Sandy Hook parents he defamed $1.5 billion.

Jan. 6 insurrectionists — Trump’s mob — 1,230 people charged, 730 pleaded guilty, 170 convicted by judge or jury with many now serving prison time.

Mark Meadows — Trump’s chief of staff — indicted in Georgia’s election fraud case.

Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro, Jenna Ellis — Trump’s election lawyers — pleaded guilty to interference in the 2020 Georgia presidential election.

John Eastman, Jeffrey Clark — Trump’s legal minds — criminally indicted and facing disbarment.

Christina Bobb — Trump’s lawyer/aide — indicted in Arizona fake elector scheme.

Fox anchors Maria Bartiromo, Lou Dobbs, Jeaninne Pirro — Trump’s propagandists — promoted lies that caused Fox News to pay Dominion Voting Systems $787 million in compensation.

Boris Epshteyn — Trump’s aide — indicted for election fraud — pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct (stemming from a charge of indecent touching).

Donald Jr. and Eric — Trump’s sons and business partners — banned from serving as corporation officers in New York State for three years and must pay $4 million each in penalties per the Trump corporation’s loss in the New York civil fraud case.

https://www.winchesterstar.com/winchester_star/open-forum-laundry-list-of-trump-associates-legal-issues/article_b3da863a-2edc-5bc5-94e6-ee6e6db03587.html

[fish ole']

Posted by: psul Emery | 04 June 2024 at 03:25 PM

Yawn....whatever Punch™.

[Paul Emery]

Add to that 25 women that claim Trump sexually assaulted them, the lawsuit Trump lost for ripping off college Students that attended his fake university, the lawsuit he lost for millions claiming sexual assault and who knows what else and you get an idea about what a con man Trump is.

[fish ole']

Posted by: psul Emery | 04 June 2024 at 04:33 PM

....and like that Cap'n psulhab is back to chasing his orange whale.

[scenes]

re: f. ole'@4:42PM.

lol. The Great Orange Whale. I like that.

"To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee."

That BarcaLounger is gonna get a workout.

[Paul Emery]

David Larsen-aka fish ole' can't handle the truth about what a crook his guy Trump is.

[fish ole']

Posted by: psul "I'm just not happy unless we're always talking bout my obsession" Emery | 04 June 2024 at 04:54 PM

David Larsen-aka fish ole' can't handle the truth about what a crook his guy Trump is.

No by all means continue.....U crack me up Punch™.....wouldn't dream of interrupting you

[Paul Emery]

Didn't say that David Larsen. You said it was a quote, Here is the entirety of my 4:54 post. Where did you get that quote?

"David Larsen-aka fish ole' can't handle the truth about what a crook his guy Trump is. "

[Gregory]

November, please hurry up!

If it turns out as 2016 did, there will be lots of Punchys walking around in a daze.

[Gregory]

"Add to that 25 women that claim Trump sexually assaulted them..."

Belay that order. Sexual assault is a criminal offence, and if they couldn't convince a district attorney it happened, it's done.

[fish ole']

Posted by: psul "Not getting the concept of literary flourish" Emery | 04 June 2024 at 05:16 PM

I'm sorry Punch™....you really aren't capable of engaging on the internet without spinning a main bearing in your brain it seems!

The quotes in the "posted by" line are not yours (surprised you didn't know that) they're mine!

An example/definition of a "flourish".

flourish 2 of 2 noun

1: an act or instance of brandishing or waving

2a: a florid bit of speech or writing

rhetorical flourishes

b: an ornamental stroke in writing or printing

c: a decorative or finishing detail

a house with clever little flourishes

So my adding the quotes in the title line....referring to you as Matlock or Clint Eastwood is to demonstrate to the reader an aspect of your personality at the time you made your post in an entertaining way. Mr. Internet Tuff Gai last night daring Scott to "Go for it" was to show my estimation of your state of mind at the time. Not always correct I grant you but I do try and keep them entertaining.

Anyway I hope this has been edifying and you may now return to endless Trump posts and calling me David Larsen.

Toodles.

[Paul Emery]

David Larsen aka fish

Did you read the list of Trump appointees and aides convicted of various crimes I posted in my 04 June 2024 at 03:33 PM?

[fish ole']

Posted by: Paul Emery | 04 June 2024 at 06:30 PM

Did you read the list of Trump appointees and aides convicted of various crimes I posted in my 04 June 2024 at 03:33 PM?

Nope....not interested in your hobby.

[Paul Emery]

So then David Larsen you're not interested in learning the truth about the convicted felon you are supporting for President.

[Don Bessee]

No one cares about the po' ol' ponytail of ignorance's TDS truth. ROFLOL

;-)

[fish ole']

Posted by: psulBot McGillicudy Emery | 04 June 2024 at 08:10 PM

So then David Larsen you're not interested in learning the truth about the convicted felon you are supporting for President.

Nope......

Ironically psul you have been supporting him far more than I have! He might wind up as president again and he'll have guys like you to thank for it.

[Scott O]

Paul 8:10 - The "conviction" of Trump is based on nonsense so goobers like you can walk around like a doll with a tape loop inside bleating "convicted felon" over and over. There are legal experts who don't like Trump that have agreed it was a travesty.
It wasn't a felony and the statutes of limitations had run out. It absolutely will be overturned.
That list of people accused or convicted who were associated with Trump was a list compiled for morons and Trump haters to get their pants wet.
The Dems are heading our country down a path that leads to bloodshed. They are counting on it.

[fish ole']

Really ....just now?

WSJ: BIDEN LOSING HIS MIND!

It'z vy he iz zo valuable to ze party!

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/joe-biden-age-election-2024-8ee15246?mod=RSSMSN

[fish ole']

Biden Takes Mexico Border Action He Said Needed Congressional Approval

Was Biden lying before when he said he couldn't pursue executive action or is he lying now by implementing this?

In any case he was lying! Wonder why there was no outcry from those who will not tolerate politicians who lie?

https://mishtalk.com/economics/biden-takes-mexico-border-action-he-said-needed-congressional-approval/

[scenes]

"Was Biden lying..."

It seems to me that a better question is, are we seeing:

a) A war between factions of Presidential staff (plus Doctor First Lady Doctor Jill Biden) .or.
b) An agreement by Presidential staff to change headings since the Prime Directive is to win elections (and keep the iron rice bowl flowing).

It isn't like Biden is capable of making policy. He wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed to begin with and his current physical and mental disabilities are painfully obvious to anybody with eyes.

It's hard to tell since the professional bureaucracy and MSM both want him to be reelected, so all lips are sealed.

That's another good reason to see Orange Hitler Term II, government would be more open.

[Paul Emery]

Scott

Are you denying Trump was convicted of 34 felonies?

[Gregory]

Punchy 1208p

Are you denying the Trump verdicts will be overturned on appeal?

[Gregory]

...and Punchy, have you figured out what the 'crimes' were?

What were they? All 34.

[scenes]

re: Gregory@12:55PM

Just to beat psul before he madly googles for an answer. Naturally, as a mouthpiece for the DNC, NPR is on the story.

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/30/g-s1-1848/trump-hush-money-trial-34-counts

lol. Madness. Basically Trump paid some money to a trollop, the accounting entry didn't say "$130k to Trollop". Voila'...34 felonies.

It seems to me that the crying shame about politically-motivated use of the legal system is that it lowers respect for the law generally. This was bullshit. Everyone knows it's bullshit. The fact that it's bullshit doesn't matter to some people. At the bottom, since shoplifting isn't punished it became essentially legal. At the top, who you are matters more than what you did.

Maybe that's just always the nature of metastasizing government. The bigger and more invasive it gets, the more opportunities there are for scraping off a little dinero for one's self and for punishing your enemies. Whoever controls the cops controls the money. Nothing new really, but it's cyclical. The smart money is in non-profits, inventing Indian reservations, or running protection scams like the ACLU and the SPLC. Nice work if you can get it.

[Gregory]

None of the accounting entries would have said $130k to trollop... Spermy got equal payments of 130000/34 or about $3824 per check.

None of the payments were illegal.

[scenes]

"None of the payments were illegal."

Anything can be illegal with the right jury.

I tried to dig around to look at the actual details on the charges, but got too weary. My working assumption is that that Cohen character (and any other witnesses) was stuck in a room with Team Blue attorneys, FBI agents, whoever, and was informed of the 2000 years of prison at a Federal medium facility he'd get if he didn't play ball.

Honestly, the real lesson here is just how crooked the whole system can be. A lot of those people in jail that law-abiding Trump MAGA folks think should just rot there maybe shouldn't be. The system can grind people up for reasons beyond justice. Just imagine the fun when the Surveillance State really ramps up.

[Don Bessee]

Here is one for the po' ol' ponytail of ignorance and the 51 intel stooges -

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/06/05/fbi-witness-confirms-court-no-tampering-occurred-hunter-bidens-laptop/

;-)

[Gregory]

"Anything can be illegal with the right jury."

Well, yes of course, but none of the payments were found to be illegal by the Kangaroo Kourt.

What was illegal was the description of the payments chosen by a drop down menu of the accounting software... the internal records keeping.

[Don Bessee]

Fani is flaming out -

The Georgia Court of Appeals' order on Wednesday prevents Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee from moving forward with pretrial motions as he had planned while the appeal is pending. While it was already unlikely that the case would go to trial before the November general election, when Trump is expected to be the Republican nominee for president, this makes that even more certain.

https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/cm/appeals-court-halts-trumps-georgia-203250109.html

;-)

[Scott O]

Paul 12:08 - "Are you denying Trump was convicted of 34 felonies?"

Paul, didn't we just have a little chat about you being a dick because you constantly ask questions but don't answer them?

Maybe try going back a few months and answering all my questions put to you and then I'll consider answering one of yours.

Got it?
Well, do ya punk?

[Scott O]

Gregory 3:01 - "What was illegal was the description of the payments chosen by a drop down menu of the accounting software... the internal records keeping."

There would have to be proven intent by Trump to break the law by choosing that particular tab and even then would only be a misdemeanor. The statute of limitations expired years ago. There was never any testimony or evidence that Trump intended to break any laws.

The more I hear about the judges actions during the trial make it ever more plain it will be thrown out.

[Scott O]

Going back to George's initial post

"Mr. Wicker proposes an additional $55 billion for the Pentagon in 2025, a total of $950 billion, as part of a new ‘generational investment.’”

Apparently I'm just a little behind the reality curve on this one:
"The rapidly growing interest on the national debt—now exceeding defense spending..."
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/06/the-daily-chart-the-two-doom-loops-for-america.php

And I had thought we weren't quite there yet.
No matter. Any increased spending just exacerbates the problem. While the nation squabbles over a pull-down tab on legal software, we are sinking in debt and morons like Paul keep claiming it's all due to Trump.
The bill for medicare and SS is only just starting to ramp up and that govt warehouse full of IOUs is full up. What to do? Sell Yosemite to Chinese investors?
At some point, the lending institution wants to see some collateral. So far, that's Uncle Sam patting Ol' Betsey (our military) on the barrel and saying "we can git whatever ya want". The CCP counters with "round eyes can't even maintain a pier to the beach and they ran from goat f*ckers in rags in their last military operation.
Enjoy the show, folks - the popcorn is free courtesy of the Biden admin.

[fish ole']

Posted by: Scott O | 05 June 2024 at 05:18 PM

Enjoy the show, folks - the popcorn is free courtesy of the Biden admin.

If they hadn't virtue signaled 60 Billion to Kiev Mr. Wicker could have had his down payment....now maybe not so much! Oh well...too bad so sad!

In any case at least Sgt. Slaughter has selected his/her/xir preferred pronouns....and at the end of the day I think that's important!

[Scott O]

"at least Sgt. Slaughter has selected his/her/xir preferred pronouns..."

Not to mention his wardrobe.

Stunning, simply stunning!
It seems that these days - it's the men who love a man in uniform.

[fish ole']

Posted by: Scott O | 05 June 2024 at 06:12 PM

Stunning, simply stunning!

You mock but a guy likes to feel pretty!

[Scott O]

fishy 6:26 - "You mock but a guy likes to feel pretty!"

No shit.

https://outinjersey.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/FEATURE_Rachel-Levine_official-photo-2021.jpg

[Paul Emery]

Scott

Did you read the list of Trump appointees and aides convicted of various crimes? Here it is for you to read:

Trump tops the list with his guilt in 34 felony charges- more to be added later:

Steve Bannon — Trump’s White House chief strategist — sentenced to 4 months in prison for contempt of Congress — charged with defrauding Trump’s supporters, but pardoned by Trump.

Roger Stone — Trump’s political “dirty trickster” — sentenced to 40 months in prison for lying, obstruction and witness tampering, but pardoned by Trump.

Paul Manafort — Trump’s 2016 campaign manager — sentenced to 43 months in prison for bank and tax fraud, but pardoned by Trump.

Elliot Broidy — Trump’s Inaugural fundraising aide — charged in illegal lobbying scheme, but pardoned by Trump.

George Papadopoulos — Trump’s campaign adviser — sentence to 14 days in jail for lying to investigators, but pardoned by Trump.

Michael Flynn — Trump’s national security adviser — convicted of lying to the FBI, but pardoned by Trump.

Rick Gates — Trump’s campaign deputy chair — pleaded guilty to conspiracy and sentenced to 45 days in prison.

Rudy Giuliani — Trump’s lawyer — indicted for conspiracy and voter fraud — ordered to pay $148 million in damages to two election workers he defamed — facing disbarment.

Michael Cohen — Trump’s lawyer/”fixer” — sentenced to three years in prison for tax evasion and campaign finance violations (Stormy Daniels) — disbarred.

Allen Weisselberg — Trump’s business CFO — sentenced to five months in prison for tax fraud and another five months for perjury in Trump’s civil fraud trial.

Peter Navarro — Trump’s White House adviser — sentenced to four months in prison for contempt of Congress.

Richard Spencer — leader of Trump’s Charlottesville “very fine people” — neo-Nazi white supremacist, ordered to pay $25 million for damages caused by the group’s racial violence.

Mike Lindell — Trump’s “My Pillow” apologist — sued by Dominion for defamation and ordered to pay $5 million to man who disproved Lindell’s claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.

Jerry Falwell Jr. — Trump’s evangelical — forced to resign as Liberty University president amid raging sex scandal.

Enrique Tarrio — Trump’s “stand back and stand by” Proud Boys leader — sentenced to 22 years in prison for Jan. 6 conspiracy.

Stewart Rhodes — Trump’s J6 storm trooper — Oath Keeper leader, sentenced to 18 years in prison after he and his cohorts took Trump’s Jan. 6 order “fight like hell” literally.

Alex Jones — Trump’s blowhorn Jan. 6 cheerleader — conspiracy theorist, ordered to pay Sandy Hook parents he defamed $1.5 billion.

Jan. 6 insurrectionists — Trump’s mob — 1,230 people charged, 730 pleaded guilty, 170 convicted by judge or jury with many now serving prison time.

Mark Meadows — Trump’s chief of staff — indicted in Georgia’s election fraud case.

Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro, Jenna Ellis — Trump’s election lawyers — pleaded guilty to interference in the 2020 Georgia presidential election.

John Eastman, Jeffrey Clark — Trump’s legal minds — criminally indicted and facing disbarment.

Christina Bobb — Trump’s lawyer/aide — indicted in Arizona fake elector scheme.

Fox anchors Maria Bartiromo, Lou Dobbs, Jeaninne Pirro — Trump’s propagandists — promoted lies that caused Fox News to pay Dominion Voting Systems $787 million in compensation.

Boris Epshteyn — Trump’s aide — indicted for election fraud — pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct (stemming from a charge of indecent touching).

Donald Jr. and Eric — Trump’s sons and business partners — banned from serving as corporation officers in New York State for three years and must pay $4 million each in penalties per the Trump corporation’s loss in the New York civil fraud case.

https://www.winchesterstar.com/winchester_star/open-forum-laundry-list-of-trump-associates-legal-issues/article_b3da863a-2edc-5bc5-94e6-ee6e6db03587.html

[Scott O]

Paul (head firmly up his ass) Emery - "Did you read the list of Trump appointees and aides convicted of various crimes?"

Uh - Paul? Hello! You already posted this 6/4 at 3:33.
And I responded that same day at 9:22.

You're as senile as Biden. No wonder you like him.
Here's Dershowitz explaining reality:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/alan-dershowitz-trump-s-new-york-trial-is-a-stupendous-legal-catastrophe/ar-BB1m3EKX

[Scott O]

I forgot - Paul has no idea who Dershowitz is.
"Harvard University law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz"
Emeritus means he's retired, Paul
And he taught at Harvard back when you actually had to know the law and the Constitution.

[fish ole']

Posted by: Scott O | 05 June 2024 at 07:04 PM

No shit.

I feel like I'm channeling "scenes" but....

https://outinjersey.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/FEATURE_Rachel-Levine_official-photo-2021.jpg

..."I like the cut of its jib"!

[fish ole']

Posted by: Scott O | 05 June 2024 at 07:33 PM

Paul (head firmly up his ass) Emery - "Did you read the list of Trump appointees and aides convicted of various crimes?"

Uh - Paul? Hello! You already posted this 6/4 at 3:33.
And I responded that same day at 9:22.

I wouldn't be so tough on Punchy Bot™....it's still being fed the most up to date progressive thoughts for its not so large language model.

Just watch....in a minute or so it will start calling me by my name and asking me if I've had a chance to look at something.....then it will reverse my gender and tell me to drink glue or motor oil! Then it will whine and try to shame me over something!

A work in progress....

[Don Bessee]

Team creepy grampa joe team just love to create lies by manipulating the data -

Breitbart News showed this claim to be false when President Joe Biden first made it on June 2, 2022. Breitbart News dug into the data and found that 18- and 19-year-olds (i.e., people of voting age) had to be counted as children in order for his claim to be accurate. But 18- and 19-year-olds are not children, and therefore, Biden’s claim was false, just as the White House’s current claim is false.

A May 26, 2022, FOX News report noted that Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) figures show firearm-related deaths of people ages 0-19 totaled 4,368 in 2020, while motor vehicle deaths for the same age range totaled 4,036. This gave rise to gun control groups claiming more children die from guns than in car accidents. However, they missed the age range, which, as reported, included 18- and 19-year-olds.

Breitbart News did a custom search on the CDC numbers and limited the category of “children” to those 0-17 (i.e., individuals below voting age) and the data completely flipped. The number of firearm-related deaths for children aged 0-17 was 2,281 in 2020, while the number of motor vehicle deaths for the same ages was 2,503.

https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2024/06/05/biden-white-house-false-gun-claims-killer-children/

;-)

[Paul Emery]

Scott

I believed you responded by saying you wouldn't read it. I thought you might change your mind with all the bad news y0u Trumpers are having to endure. Supporting the biggest political loser since the 1800's and one who is now a convicted felon is a tough one so I thought you might possibly reconsider your support by once again having the opportunity to see what a crook he is.

I'm such an optimist.

[Scott O]

Holy Shit
Paul Emery:
"I believed you responded by saying you wouldn't read it."

And we all believed that Paul Emery said he was having sexual congress with a newt.

That's what Paul Emery wrote. Purty sure.
Ya know - when we get to this level of total bullshit on the left when they just make crap up on the fly like Biden claiming he rode a train across a bridge
that doesn't have a rail road tracks...

[Scott O]

from Paul -
"I believed..."

The Costanza defense!

My mother believed the building was on fire when she tried to get away from the memory care unit.

Folks - this is the condition of the left today.
They're frickin' mentally gone.

[Don Bessee]

From the same people who want to violate federal law and mandate illegal aliens be hired for state jobs and they wonder why so many minority voters are abandoning the dems. They really do hate citizens. -

The California Business and Industrial Alliance (CABIA) said nearly 10,000 jobs have been cut across fast food restaurants since Newsom signed California Assembly Bill 1287 into law last year. To highlight what it says are the unintended consequences of the law

When he signed the law, Newsom said the state was getting "one step closer to fairer wages, safer and healthier working conditions, and better training by giving hardworking fast food workers a stronger voice and seat at the table."

Governments, unlike private businesses, have options when they run out of money, said Manzo, who said officials were living in a "fantasyland" by thinking that drastic wage increases will help workers or businesses.

Meanwhile, the increase in pay comes as inflation has resulted in higher prices for fast food items. A recent survey conducted by LendingTree found 78% of consumers now consider fast food to be a "luxury" purchase due to how expensive the meals have become.

Part of the push for the hike was to give fast food workers more financial freedom in a state known for its high cost of living. However, critics contend fast food jobs were meant for young people as a stepping stone.

"It's a starter industry," Manzo said. "You get a job as a kid working in a fast food restaurant and you learn some good work ethic and that takes you into life."

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/california-fast-food-wage-hike-detrimental-impact-businesses-jeopardy-critic-says

;-)

[scenes]

"However, critics contend fast food jobs were meant for young people as a stepping stone."

That's the first thing that popped into my mind, but times have changed. The current model is unlimited immigration from the Third World combined with guaranteed jobs working for large companies at a survival wage. It's a long way from the era of family farms but it'll keep the Big Machine grinding on for a year or two...at least until the robot overlords redesign burger flipping.

If we could all just run our own fire safety non-profit everything would be good.

------

Found while digging down another rabbit hole (or rat hole I guess).

https://www.adobe.com/trust/transparency/content-policies/harmful-content.html

It's a natural side effect of:

. Tech companies run by woke people.
. Monopolies and oligopolies of software design.
. Centralization of storage and/or compute via 'The Cloud', SaaS, etc.

A person can easily see how 'bad words' and the like are not allowed on products from Google/Microsoft/Adobe etc. with increasing frequency, not just youtube and social media moderation. Next up will be a daily Two Minutes Hate flashing a picture of Trump on Photoshop.

[Paul Emery]

Steve Bannon is headed for the slam. what a motley crew Trump has assembled.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/steve-bannon-sentence-prison-contempt-of-congress/

[Gregory]

Mmmm, meatloaf, my favorite.

Punchy, can you recite what his crimes were?

[Paul Emery]

Gregory

From the Wall Street Journal report. You can get all details there.

A federal judge Thursday ordered Steve Bannon to surrender by July 1 to serve a four-month prison sentence for defying the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack and former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

The former Trump adviser was convicted in 2022 of contempt of Congress, but a judge had allowed him to remain free while he appealed. A three-judge panel rejected Bannon’s appeal last month

You can get more info here:

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/steve-bannon-ordered-to-report-to-prison-on-contempt-of-congress-conviction-c737babc

[Gregory]

I don't need more info, Punch. Just wanted to rub your nose in it.

So, you think justice is served by throwing Bannon into the hoosegow while he awaits an appeal?

[scenes]

"I don't need more info, Punch. Just wanted to rub your nose in it."

I'd be surprised as hell if he has a WSJ account, being a newsman and all. It's like arguing with a parrot.

I mean, it's pretty obvious who runs Bartertown. Just look at the local city councils, county government, state government, ninth circus, or the political banners proudly displayed in NC. Next up will be the Pride armband. You can outreason psul, but he and his people own the enforcement apparatus.

That's the genius of Trump. God knows what his policies would be, and he's not good on a lot of things, but he's an orange hand grenade thrown in exactly the right place and time. It's like spraying a dog with a water pistol, there's an opportunity for reset.

[scenes]

roflmao.

Here is our President.

https://is2.4chan.org/pol/1717692661667071.webm

(completely sfw).

[Paul Emery]

You don't have to pretend you're ignorant scenes, You're support of Trump the indicted felon, for President is evidence enough. Trump, the biggest loser in modern political history has kept the Dems in the Presidency and the Senate and soon the house something any reasonable Republican President and current candidate would not been able to do, Go for it scenes, you and your type are much appreciated by the Dems.

[scenes]

"You don't have to pretend you're ignorant scenes,"

When I'm ignorant, I attempt to say so. It's hard to tell what's really going on in the Halls of Power now that we've allowed them to grow to the extent they have.

Hey, don't look at me. I don't get all my news from headlines for stories I don't have access to. Get back to us when you pony up for the WSJ membership.

Looking at the Biden video I posted, a kind of original source material I guess, he looks to be the perfect President for you. You guys would have a lot to talk about.

https://is2.4chan.org/pol/1717692661667071.webm

I love how worried the women look.

[Gregory]

https://www.youtube.com/live/QivRt_rD0TM?t=30594s

There were chairs there. This time.

[Gregory]

"You don't have to pretend you're ignorant scenes, your support of Trump the convicted felon for President is evidence enough."

Punchy, here's a correction for you. No need to thank me.

[scenes]

re: Gregory@4:04PM

That absolutely insane thing is that the Russians were specifically not invited.

[Gregory]

russkie be persona non grata now

[fish ole']

I guess they must take numbers to see who gets to control "Coin Operated President" on any particular day.

Biden apologizes to Zelenskyy for months long congressional holdup to weapons that let Russia advance

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-biden-zelenskyy-a77546e23fa571eb7f6509d4e14b89b3#

[fish ole']

The Brainstem Administration must really be concerned behind the scenes....

Inside The Most Ridiculous Jobs Report In Years

Wonder if those big numbers were a result of the burrito assembly sector or unlicensed/untaxed home improvement industries?

Bloomberg's chief economist Anna Wong agreed, and not only that, but she also agreed with our recurring contention that the Household Survey is far more accurate...

“May’s jobs report presented contradictory views of the labor market, as we expected. The establishment survey shows robust gains in nonfarm payrolls — yet the unemployment rate rose to 4.0%. We believe the latter currently offers a closer approximation of reality than payrolls, as BLS’ model for estimating business births and deaths – which added 231,000 jobs to the nonfarm-payrolls print in May – is lagging the reality of surging establishment closures and falling business formation. We think the underlying pace of current job gains is likely less than 100,000 per month.”

... not least of all because it accounts for the grotesque data manipulation by the BLS in the form of the ridiculous monthly Birth/ Death adjustments, which even Bloomberg now admits are artificially inflating the monthly jobs print by about 100K. To get a sense of just how unprecedented this statistically manipulation is, consider that the birth-death model has added 1.9 million jobs since last April, or a whopping 56% of all payrolls added during this period. This means that more than half of all "job gains" in the past year are from an excel spreadsheet which assumes that 1.9 million new jobs were created from new businesses.

Oh President Stem....is there nothing you can't do?!?!

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/inside-most-ridiculous-jobs-report-years

[Don Bessee]

Another reality check for those who worship at the altar of global warming, evs have totally lost any alure to the public -

https://knco.com/interest-in-electric-vehicles-dropping/

;-)

[fish ole']

PUNCHY LOGIX™

A bold new direction in Trump Obsessiveness....one that defies time itself!

Laurence Tribe Bizarrely Claims Trump Won the 2016 Election by Falsifying Business Records in 2017

Who Knew Larry followed Georges blog?

https://reason.com/2024/06/07/laurence-tribe-bizarrely-claims-trump-won-the-2016-election-by-falsifying-business-records-in-2017/

[scenes]

Seriously, there is nothing better than living in this timeline.

Courtesy of worldwide Team Blue, I'm treated with this article.

"Canadian Cancer Society sorry for using 'cervix' instead of 'front hole' for LGBTQ+ community"

"...On the page dedicated to cervical cancer screenings for members of the LGBTQ+ community, the charitable organization explains in a disclaimer they “recognize that many trans men and non-binary people may have mixed feelings about or feel distanced from words like ‘cervix.'”

The charity acknowledged in a section titled “Words Matter” that some members of the community may prefer to use other terms such as “front hole.”

“We recognize the limitations of the words we’ve used while also acknowledging the need for simplicity,” the Canadian Cancer Society wrote. “Another reason we use words like ‘cervix’ is to normalize the reality that men can have these body parts too.”"

https://torontosun.com/news/national/canadian-cancer-society-sorry-for-using-cervix-instead-of-front-hole-for-lgbtq-community

Paul, what is the local music community's stance on the cervix vs. front hole controversy?

[fish ole']

Posted by: scenes | 07 June 2024 at 11:26 AM

Courtesy of worldwide Team Blue, I'm treated with this article.

"Canadian Cancer Society sorry for using 'cervix' instead of 'front hole' for LGBTQ+ community"

It's usually the Simpsons™ that bends future reality to its will but I suppose Borat (Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, or simply Borat...thanks Wikipedia) gets a say now and again!

Borat: How's my back p*ssy?

Azamat: Not bad. Moist.

https://clip.cafe/borat-cultural-learnings-of-america-make-benefit-glorious-nation-of-kazakhstan-2006/hows-back-pussy/