Sandbox - 14dec24

[Union columnist Darrell Berkheimer posted a good piece here in today's (14dec24) edition of the newspaper on 'Our slide toward ignorance' - worth a read.  gjr]

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[fish]

Well starting of anew on the 14th let’s have a look at some of the upstanding citizens that Shotgun Joey decided to cut a break….

By JIM GERAGHTY

December 13, 2024 9:29 AM

On the menu today: It’s the sort of below-the-fold headline that comes and goes in the blink of a news cycle — “Biden commutes nearly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people.” There’s a human being behind every one of those commutations and pardons. And indeed, sometimes taking a little time off the sentence of a person who made dumb mistakes early in life can be a justified and morally right step toward justice. There’s a reason most prison systems are called a “Department of Corrections” — the aim is to put people back on the correct path in life.

(CBS News goes two minutes into its interview with commuted convict Sabrina Morgan before mentioning the crimes she pled guilty to, “participating in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime and maintaining a premises for the purpose of storing, distributing and using methamphetamine” as part of a “$4.3 million conspiracy to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine and heroin.”)

But in today’s newsletter, we’re not going to get those heartwarming stories of those excessively punished. Today we’re going to examine the shameless crooks who Biden let out early.

Biden’s Monstrous Pardons

In a released statement Thursday — because you know Joe Biden wasn’t going to answer questions from reporters on this — the president announced the commutation of 1,499 sentences and 39 pardons. “America was built on the promise of possibility and second chances,” Biden said in the statement. “As president, I have the great privilege of extending mercy to people who have demonstrated remorse and rehabilitation, restoring opportunity for Americans to participate in daily life and contribute to their communities.”

No doubt, a factor in the White House’s decision was the grief Biden got for offering a blanket pardon for his son Hunter, both erasing his “six felony and six misdemeanor convictions and immunity for any additional crimes committed or taken part in during the period from January 1, 2014 through December 1, 2024,” and the accusation that Biden was most interested in the pardon power when it came to his own family.

Meet some of the beneficiaries of Biden’s mercy. Unless you live near Wilkes-Barre, Pa., you’ve probably never heard of the “Kids-For-Cash Scandal”:

Michael Conahan, 72, was convicted along with former judge Mark A. Ciavarella Jr., 74, of funneling juvenile defendants to two private, for-profit detention centers in exchange for $2.1 million in kickbacks.

Conahan pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy charges and was sentenced in 2011 to 17½ years in prison. However, he petitioned the courts for a “compassionate release” during the COVID-19 pandemic, writing that he was “in grave danger of not only contracting the virus, but of dying from the virus.”

He was released to home confinement in Florida under federal supervision in June 2020.

Sandy Fonzo, who famously confronted Ciavarella outside federal court over the suicide of her son after he was placed in juvenile detention, called the development “deeply painful.”

“I am shocked and I am hurt,” Fonzo said in a statement. “Conahan’s actions destroyed families, including mine, and my son’s death is a tragic reminder of the consequences of his abuse of power. This pardon feels like an injustice for all of us who still suffer. Right now I am processing and doing the best I can to cope with the pain that this has brought back.”

Got that? He took bribes to send kids to for-profit juvenile prisons with sentences disproportionate to their crimes, and one of the kids killed himself.

And then there’s the notorious former chairman of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party from the mid-’90s to 2009:

President Joe Biden on Thursday commuted the sentence of disgraced former Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora, ending the former Democrat’s punishment for widespread corruption that landed him in prison for more than a decade and caused a complete overhaul of the county’s government. . . .

Prosecutors said Dimora made about $450,000 off bribes, including trips to Las Vegas, prostitutes and an infamous outdoor stone-fired pizza oven installed in the backyard of his Independence home.

Dimora was initially sentenced in 2012 to 28 years in what was, at the time, one of the Ohio’s most expansive corruption cases in history.

Unless you live near Dixon, Ill., you’ve probably never heard of Rita Crundwell, who was four years shy of completing a 19-year, seven-month prison sentence for fraud:

Rita Crundwell, the former Dixon city comptroller convicted of embezzling $53.7 million from the city — pegged as the largest municipal theft in U.S. history — is among one of roughly 1,500 people granted clemency by President Joe Biden just weeks before he leaves office. . . .

Crundwell was taken out of city hall in handcuffs April 17, 2012, accused of stealing millions of city funds across her tenure in office. She used the funds to pay for a lavish lifestyle raising champion quarter horses, a $2 million tour bus, jewels, furs, multiple homes and other trappings while Dixon struggled to pay for infrastructure and other projects.

Crundwell was not the only notorious fraudster in Illinois to get a commutation from Biden:

[Biden’s list] also included another infamous Illinois fraudster: Eric Bloom, who bilked investors out of more than $665 million in the biggest financial fraud case ever tried in Chicago.

Bloom, 59, got a 14-year sentence in 2015 for wire and investment advisor fraud as head of Sentinel Management Group Inc., which used customers’ money to take out a massive loan for Bloom’s own risky portfolio, which crashed.

Bloom strung along key investors in 2003 by artificially boosting their returns at the expense of less favored clients, costing them all more than half a billion dollars by the time the scheme fell apart in 2007.

Prosecutors declared it the largest financial fraud case ever prosecuted in Chicago’s federal court.

Out in Nevada:

Leon Benzer, 57, was serving a 188-month prison sentence for one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, 14 counts of wire fraud, two counts of mail fraud, and two counts of tax evasion. He is listed as assigned to RRM Phoenix — a residential reentry office in Maricopa County.

Back in 2018, “federal Judge James Mahan heard a sobbing Benzer apologize for his misdeeds and heard an emotional plea on video from Benzer’s struggling wife and children, but prosecutors reminded the court of the thousands of homeowners who were victimized, many of them frail, elderly, and now destitute.”

Biden took four years off the sentence of notorious Albany fraudster Timothy McGinn. He was supposed to serve 15 years for convictions of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, securities fraud, and filing false tax returns:

In sentencing McGinn, Judge Hurd said that what caused McGinn’s downfall was his arrogance in conducting business without regard for the law or the rules as long as he made money for himself and his favorite clients.

U.S. Attorney Richard Hartunian said, “As the stories told by the victims during the sentencing hearings today made clear, nothing can ever undo the terrible harm Timothy M. McGinn and David L. Smith inflicted on investors. Through false representations and material omissions, McGinn and Smith obtained investors’ hard-earned money and used it as their own. They covered their tracks by directing the creation of false accounting entries and the movement of money among accounts, and by misleading regulators. Their longstanding personal enrichment plan defrauded 841 victims of $30 million, leaving many investors devastated.”

Biden commuted the sentence for convicted fraudster and former Jreck Subs principal Christopher M. Swartz, who was sentenced to twelve and a half years in prison for fraud and tax evasion, and will serve only seven years. From his sentencing:

“For over a decade, Mr. Swartz stole millions from lenders, investors, and the United States, using multiple schemes, shell companies and layers of transactions in an effort to escape detection,” said Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Goldberg. “His 12 ½ year sentence sends the clear message to those involved in such financial chicanery that their schemes — no matter how complex — will be uncovered, investigated and successfully prosecuted.”

“Christopher Swartz stole millions of dollars from investors and lenders and cheated the public treasury out of millions of dollars of taxes,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Jaquith. “His elaborate scheme to defraud relied on a mind-boggling web of accounts and enterprises and concealment of his assets and diversions of funds. Swartz inflicted terrible harm on people who trusted him with money they needed to support their families, educate their children, pay for medical care, and retire. This case sends a strong message that such treachery will not be tolerated.”

Joe Biden has a real soft spot in his heart for fraudsters, swindlers, and embezzlers, huh? I guess game respects game.*

All in a busy days work for Paul Emery’s preferred choice to hold these powers as Chief Executive.

* - Sorry George for all the real estate but your friend admittedly doesn’t read links and it is important that he gets a chance to see the type of miscreant that Joe Biden - Man of Intergrity thought was worthy of leniency in these matters.

Paul, we eagerly await a spirited defense of these individuals and an explanation as to why similar leniency shouldn’t be extended to the J6 participants!

[scenes]

"Fake News can come with a price.
ABC News will give $15 million to President-elect Donald Trump's presidential library in order to settle a defamation lawsuit.
@JustTheNews

This lawsuit came as a result of anchor George Stephanopoulos inaccurately claiming that Trump was found civilly liable for raping E. Jean Carroll.
The network is also expected to post a note on its website apologizing for the claim, according to The Associated Press.
Right after the segment of Stephanopoulos' claim in March, Trump sued the anchor and the network.
Trump's attorney will also get $1 million in legal fees as a result of the settlement."

- Sharyl Attkisson on X

[fish]

…..and about those rape accusations.

George Stephanopoulos and ABC apologize to Trump, are forced to pay $15 million to settle defamation suit

https://www.foxnews.com/media/george-stephanopoulos-abc-apologize-trump-forced-pay-15-million-settle-defamation-suit

[scenes]

on X:

"Billionaire Marc Andreessen describes a “horrifying” meeting with the Biden Administration that convinced him he had to endorse Donald Trump

Biden Admin was going to control AI, only allow 3 companies to create AI, crush all competitor companies then classify the physics needed to run AI models

“Meetings in DC in May where we talked to them about this, and the meetings were absolutely horrifying..."

https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/1868138972200739148

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I expect the 'Biden' administration consisted of a batch of invisible apparatchiks, some combination of younger 'activists' and Karens with real estate lady haircuts.

Every day I think about the bullet we dodged with this election.

[scenes]

you do have to wonder where psul gets his news.

"Wow. We all have copies of both of the videos. Here they are again." (Kamala Harris interview on 60 Minutes)
https://x.com/trekker243/status/1868049349630120418

[Gregory]

Scenes 748a

It appears to me that Punchy brakes for hallucinations.

[Scott O]

scenes 6:56 - We're at the daughter and son-in-law's place for Christmas. Had a long talk with SIL about his new gig working with a company developing AI products. They hope to go live next year with at least one or two to start with.
The main thing here is that from what I've already gleaned - the level of stupidity and ignorance that Andreessen encountered is epic. That they even imagined that they could "control" AI is akin to saying they wanted to control all the wild animals in North America.
No wonder he was horrified.
It wasn't their desire to control - it was their idea that they could actually accomplish it.

[Gregory]

I don't think the Terminator model with heavy Austrian accent will be ready for next xmas.

[scenes]

re: AI

I'm still waiting for the killer app, besides just a different approach to internet search, language translation, Wikipedia, or generating BS business memos. There might be some interesting corner case I haven't run into. Dunno. Maybe it's self-driving or more malleable manufacturing. Maybe brute force mathematics. My current bet is for decreasing marginal value as money is invested.

No doubt there's somebody at the .gov that wants to implement Gibson's Turing Police, fer sure they'll heavily use all this for surveillance.

as an aside, Grok is free for limited questions per day on X right now.

re: "It appears to me that Punchy brakes for hallucinations."

Being Nevada City's Rob Reiner is a tough gig, but someone has to do it.

[Don Bessee]

Here is a gift to the po ol ponytail of ignorance and co -

Deporting 1 million undocumented immigrants a year is much easier than you think

https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/deporting-1-million-undocumented-immigrants-120700481.html

Donald Trump Is 'Smarter' Than All His Critics—Former Obama Adviser

Van Jones, an ex-adviser to former President Barack Obama and current CNN political commentator, said on Friday that President-elect Donald Trump is "smarter" than all his critics.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/donald-trump-is-smarter-than-all-his-critics-former-obama-adviser/ar-AA1vU6hz?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=edaed81f7f9148808cac1cb4bfa0c5d9&ei=78

;-)

[fish]

LEFTIES: TWITTER SUCKS BECAUSE THERE’S NO MODERATION CONTROLLING VIOLENT NUTS. WE’RE GOING TO BLUESKY!

LEFTIES ON BLUESKY:

https://x.com/jessesingal/status/1868378941012275316?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1868378941012275316%7Ctwgr%5E10f8d119e33cc962af8389419e9f9b03032bd0ff%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Finstapundit.com%2F690477%2F

[fish]

I’m guessing that Paul R. Emery of Nevada City, California just missed this or he would have certainly responded….

Paul

Why are you in favor of illegal immigrants killing American children?

Paul R.Emery….?

[Don Bessee]

What a little coward but what do you expect from someone who has old soviet union propaganda posters on the wall of his kitchen. I wonder if they docked his pay to make 16 million. -

George Stephanopoulos doesn't mention ABC News settlement with Trump's defamation lawsuit on his Sunday show
The ABC News anchor also deleted his X account

https://www.foxnews.com/media/george-stephanopoulos-doesnt-mention-abc-news-settlement-trumps-defamation-lawsuit-his-sunday-show

;-)

[Scott O]

regarding the comments about AI as they may or may not apply to my SIL's involvement in a group working on AI projects:

It ain't no app or a freebie and in all probability the average person will probably have no knowledge of its existence.
The products will be highly tailored to eliminate thousands of jobs in select fields.
One project currently being developed is Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
Another is greatly reducing the cost of discovery before going to trial. Already a large legal firm in NY has stated that it could save them 100's of millions a year.
Customer service is low hanging fruit and match-ups of current ones in use vs what they have ready to go live show great promise for their offering.

[Scott O]

Trying to give Babylon Bee a run for its money:

"Some believe a repeat run, after quickly improving her reputation and raising more than $1 billion over her surprise 100-day race, should be hers for the taking."

"improving her reputation..."?

Who are these "some" who are so wise in the ways of the world?
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/15/politics/kamala-harris-future-2028-california-governor/index.html

[fish]

Posted by: Scott O | 15 December 2024 at 09:42 PM

"Some believe a repeat run, after quickly improving her reputation and raising more than $1 billion over her surprise 100-day race, should be hers for the taking."

"improving her reputation..."?

Ahhh…..I understand your confusion Scott, "improving her reputation..." in this context is CNN’s way of saying that she plans to do for The Prince of Darkness to remain in politics what she did for Willie Brown to get into politics in the first place!

[fish]

Well of course not……

It Turns Out That Biden Never Considered the 'Specifics' of the 1500 Clemency Cases He Commuted

Much like the rest of his career as a progressive democrat grifter ……somebody stapled a $100 bill underneath the signature line and voila’!

https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/12/14/it-truns-out-biden-never-considered-the-specifics-of-the-1500-clemency-cases-he-commuted-n4935124

[scenes]

I'd be generally interested in seeing psul, etc. take this true/false test.

"How many of these legacy media lies did you fall for…?"
https://x.com/GuntherEagleman/status/1868468734962360557

[scenes]

lol. Of course.

"Prisoner CNN helped free from Syrian prison was actually notorious Assad-regime torturer: report"
https://nypost.com/2024/12/16/world-news/prisoner-filmed-by-cnn-being-freed-from-syrian-prison-was-actually-notorious-assad-regime-torturer-report

[scenes]

The Winning Never Stops.

"President-elect Donald Trump is arriving at the White House armed with a legal weapon that will let him fire any of President Joe Biden’s appointees.

Thanks in part to a court fight former Trump White House spokesman Sean Spicer lost over his firing by Biden from a three-year term to the Board of Visitors to the United States Naval Academy, the incoming president will have the legal backing to dump any of Biden’s over 4,000 appointments who try to stick around."

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/3254409/trump-can-fire-anybody-he-wants-thanks-to-sean-spicer/

[The Estonian Fox]

I'm watching CNBC right now. Masayoshi Son is with Mr. Trump at Mar-a-Lago live. They are both celebrating Softbank's $100B investment in the U.S. over the next 4 years. I thought Trump wasn't supposed to be inaugurated until January. Was there a world-wide time-shift that I missed?

Where was Joe Biden? Joe 54...where are you? Hello? Is anyone there? Anyone at all?

[Scott O]

"Is anyone there? Anyone at all?"

Oh yeah - plenty of behind-the-scenes folks. Joe was never there.
They haul him out of where ever they keep him and prop him up at the podium or sit him at the desk or whatever and tell him what to do.

[fish]

Big Fun over at Bluesky…..

As my first two posts of the day explored, the core of leftism is totalitarianism, and the preferred means of achieving its goals is violence against dissenters. Leftists hide behind heady proclamations about human rights, kindness, and love for humanity, but at its core is a lust for power and violence and the purging of all dissent from the approved Narrative™.

In the words of Paul R. Emery of Nevada City, California…..”check it out”!

https://hotair.com/david-strom/2024/12/16/blueskys-death-threat-problem-n3797939

[scenes]

lol. Sweet.

"SHOCKING UNDERCOVER VIDEO: ‘Joe Biden is Dead;’ National Security Council Advisor Inside the White House Details Biden "Can't Say a Sentence."

Henry Appel, a former spy who currently works at the Intelligence Programs Directorate for the NSC, reveals: 'We’re concerned about Trump coming after us.’

"We're trauma-bonded... there were a lot of tears.""

https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/1868735708913176591

[fish]

Posted by: scenes | 16 December 2024 at 11:40 AM

I think I'd kill for just one Stoic in government.....

Trauma Bonding?

[The Estonian Fox]

scenes at 5:46PM - AI for assisting reading x-rays for breast cancer detection.

Oct 3, 2024:
Artificial Intelligence Algorithm for Subclinical Breast Cancer Detection:
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2824353

Feb 11, 2020 - an earlier look:
AI helps radiologists improve accuracy in breast cancer detection with lesser recalls
https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/asia/ai-helps-radiologists-improve-accuracy-breast-cancer-detection-lesser-recalls

[The Estonian Fox]

Scott O at 09:42 PM & fish @ 11:11-

from CNN.com article-
"Harris would have to think of running for governor as “more of a capstone than a stepping stone,”

Question from an old MENSA test, choose the appropriate answer(s). You'll have to guess the simple, common word, that completes each prefix:
1. curb..
2. head..
3. tomb..
4. stepping..
5. grave..
6. flag..
7. gall..

[scenes]

EF: "scenes at 5:46PM - AI for assisting reading x-rays for breast cancer detection."

I've heard about that for years, but don't see real movement.

You can make the same case for any imaging or measured medical value really. Ideally the colonoscopy biz would 95% die off due to magic scans, DNA testing, maybe swallowed cameras. GP visits would be an AI with a nurse providing the hands, until even that is cracked.

Maybe even surgeries become totally automated.

It all sounds possible and even reasonable, but mostly is like hearing about the amazing new battery technology of the week. Some combination of risk aversion, medical monopoly, lack of real advancement, conservatism, inertia make it all move more slowly than technology news makes it sound.

[fish]

Bless the Orange Man and His Water. Bless the coming and going of Him, May His passing cleanse the world. May He keep the world for his people".

Justin Trudeau 'is on brink of resigning' as his liberal government crumbles

And the people shall know that his beneficence is truly boundless!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14199087/Justin-Trudeau-brink-resigning-liberal-government-collapses-canada.html

[fish]

Bless the Orange Man and His Water. Bless the coming and going of Him, May His passing cleanse the world. May He keep the world for his people".

Justin Trudeau 'is on brink of resigning' as his liberal government crumbles

And the people shall know that his beneficence is truly boundless!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14199087/Justin-Trudeau-brink-resigning-liberal-government-collapses-canada.html

[scenes]

""Harris would have to think of running for governor..."

Oh jeez, great. What's the other part of the deal. Newsom runs for President, gets handed a Senate seat?

I wonder sometimes about how we choose CEOs of government. These are basically half-bright people with ambition and the ability to read a script. You just have to hope that the domain experts who really run things are right, or just trust stuff to work itself out without active management.

Hold on, strike that last phrase. Modern humans have this notion that everything needs to be consciously managed.

[Scott O]

E Fox 1:36 - At this point I'd say Harris is (#8. mill) stone around the Dem party's neck.

[Resurrected Hillbilly]

Magaloons are attempting to gaslight their sheeple into believing the FBI instigated Jan. 6.

FBI was on site and prepared to respond, even entered the building to follow the homegrown terrorists inside but report said there were no FBI instigators.

https://oig.justice.gov/sites/default/files/reports/25-011_0.pdf

[fish]

Posted by: Constipated Hillbilly | 16 December 2024 at 02:56 PM

….. but report said there were no FBI instigators.

Such a delightfully naive child.

[Scott O]

Resurfaced Hillbilly 2:56 - You might use your brain and wonder why they are only admitting their involvement now.
We know the FBI has lied to the public before - so why should we believe them?
The Dems wanted a riot and managed to goad a small percentage of fools into violence. Most of those arrested deserved nothing more than a citation and a small fine. It was a set up.
But Hillbilly still believes that Biden is sharp as a tack and men can have babies.
What a gullible moron - when will he and Paul admit they were conned?

[Gregory]

Power restored... Life returns...

[Don Bessee]

Check the couch for spare change, you could own cnn or msnbc -

CNN And MSNBC Ratings Plunge By Half, Reaching 30-Year Lows – And Billionaires Are Paying Attention

https://currently.att.yahoo.com/finance/news/cnn-msnbc-ratings-plunge-half-203017149.html

;-)

[scenes]

"when will he and Paul admit they were conned?"

Never. Too much ego invested.

I think there's a whole generation of crazy people that society will simply have to age out of. While you can make a cogent argument for how healthcare works and is paid for or how tax rates work, the minute you fall into the moat of men-in-dresses, child mutilation, unlimited 3rd world immigration, and hatred for traditional Western Civ, well, it's game over. There's really nothing to argue about at this point.

[Don Bessee]

Ya you go girl, keep that up and we will have the senate for a generation and at least 12 years of the white house. Its nice the wokesters did not learn anything. LOL

Democratic lawmaker suggests 'slave mentality' behind Hispanic Trump voters

https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/democratic-lawmaker-suggests-slave-mentality-000025718.html

;-)

[Don Bessee]

The socialist anti-American indoctrination system that was higher education is turning out a new red guard and it makes moas look like pikers -

A professor at Mangione's alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania, took to TikTok and Instagram to praise the suspect, which she has since retracted.

UPenn School of Arts and Sciences Deputy Dean Jeffrey Kallberg issued a statement to Fox News Digital on Wednesday regarding the post from UPenn Assistant English Professor Julia Alekseyeva.

"Much concern was raised by recent social media posts attributed to Assistant Professor Julia Alekseyeva," Kallberg said. "Her comments regarding the shooting of Brian Thompson in New York City were antithetical to the values of both the School of Arts and Sciences and the University of Pennsylvania, and they were not condoned by the School or the University. Upon reflection, Assistant Professor Alekseyeva has concurred that the comments were insensitive and inappropriate and has retracted them."

Mangione subscribed to anti-capitalist and climate change causes, according to law enforcement sources, the New York Post reported.

When the suspect was taken into custody, four fake IDs, a gun and silencer resembling those used in the shooting, and a handwritten manifesto denouncing the health insurance industry were found on him. In his manifesto, Mangione mentioned UnitedHealthcare specifically, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny told Fox News.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/unitedhealthcare-ceo-murder-ivy-league-professor-addresses-suspect-s-possible-radicalization-in-college/ar-AA1vW1gT?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=d3028d364be84f11959e819df74dcab5&ei=100

;-)

[fish]

Have we had a Paul R. Emery (late of Nevada City, California) sighting recently? He seemed so enthusiastic just last week....now bupkis!

Perhaps we should chum the water for Nevada City's "Stalwart Man About Town".........

Here's one that he ignored last week ......and in the same thread I believe where he uttered ....answer them... when he thought his question wasn't being satisfactorily addressed by Gregory!

So when are you going to cop to backing both “The Biggest Political Loser in History” and the female “Biggest Political Loser in History” both in the same election!?

How’s that for the “Stalwart Man About Town” completely botching up this seasons political prognostication!

So what say you Mr. Emery?

[fish]

You know there is one guy who posts here who has a visceral, in his very bones hatred of politicians who lie…..

Biden Lied About Everything: Philly Fed Finds All Jobs "Created" In Q2 Were Fake

And in an election season no less...!

Is this what you meant when you proclaimed that Joe Biden was a ”Man of Integrity”?

https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/biden-lied-about-everything-philly-fed-finds-all-jobs-created-q2-were-fake#google_vignette

[fish]

So it really is true….!

After Pardoning Hunter's Weapons Charges, Biden Renews Demands For More Gun Control After Wisconsin Shooting

…when you pull the string in the back of “Shotgun Joey’s” neck he’ll still spew the same nonsense that he’s been spewing since the 90’s….verbatim!

Sounds like a design flaw!

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/after-pardoning-hunters-weapons-charges-biden-renews-demands-more-gun-control-after

[scenes]

"Joe Biden was a ”Man of Integrity”?"

I admit that that claim is a sweet way to close out your career as a political pundit on RR. psul is a beaten man.

Trump claims another victim. There is nothing the Orange Man cannot do.

[Gregory]

”Man of Integrity”

In what universe was that?

[scenes]

"NEW: Elizabeth Warren wrote Donald Trump a letter last night demanding clear conflict of interest rules for Elon Musk work with government. His staff responded by calling her “Pocahontas.”"
- Michael Scherer on X

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/17/elizabeth-warren-trump-elon-musk-conflicts-interest/

The Winning Never Stops.

[fish]

This brought a smile…..

There was a crooked man, and he had a crooked smile
He had a crooked daddy and they walked a crooked mile
He smoked some crooked crack, and he bought a crooked gun
Now crooked senile daddy has pardoned crooked son

From ”Man of Integrity” a most recent literary triumph from Newman ….an unknown 20th century poet.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VVSh5c6q4k8

[Resurrected Hillbilly]

Orange Man FOS is suing Ann Selzer and De Moines Register based on a polling conspiracy.

MagaLoons are up in arms.

Gotta love the bottom-feeder attorneys who took the case.

[fish]

Posted by: Constipated Hillbilly | 17 December 2024 at 11:36 AM

Gotta love the bottom-feeder attorneys who took the case.

Yes…..I’d heard that Marc Elias had some down time following the election.

[scenes]

re: the gigantic huge story about the polling lawsuit (in further news, Donald Trump was seen with a piece of toilet paper stuck to his shoe! Film at eleven!)

The interesting part will be the discovery process, which is of course the point here. I don't doubt that the polling lady was in cahoots with Team Blue somehow or other, and the emails should be quite a show.

What a hoot!

(as an aside, consider the shitshow going on at places like the FBI as they try to ensure that a bunch of records are destroyed. Kinda hard in the digital age)

More and more winning.

[Don Bessee]

Starting to read the room? -

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2024/12/17/disney-removes-transgender-storyline-from-upcoming-pixar-childrens-series-win-or-lose/

;-)

[Gregory]

"Instead of acting on facts presented by books and objective news publications, many voters are acting on emotions, opinions and misinformation as presented by social media."
-Berkheimer

Funny guy... what are the "objective news publications" that pass muster with that mister?

[Don Bessee]

Thats a must do to make doge work and they are really doing it -

Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., is introducing a bill on Monday that would repeal a measure that forces the president to direct the federal government to spend the full amount of money allocated by Congress every year.

Clyde told Fox News Digital on Thursday that he also plans to introduce the bill in the next Congress, when Republicans control the House, Senate and White House – and that the issue is already being discussed in Trump’s circle.

"That was certainly a topic that was brought up" with Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk when they were on Capitol Hill earlier this month to discuss the Department of Government Efficiency, Clyde said.

https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/trump-allies-push-more-white-141326498.html

;-)

[fish]

Well this is a relief….

California’s U.S. senators agree: FBI nominee Patel is a conspiracy theorist

…..the conspiracy theorists have had a far better success rate the the David Lightman’s of the legacy media/establishment marketing department!

(Link doesn’t work but it’s in the SacBirdCageLiner.com if you’re interested)

[Don Bessee]

Looks like a major loss for the gov of the 51st state, conservative 66 percent prime minister dreamys team 16 percent. -

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/special-election-loss-adds-to-misery-for-canada-pm-trudeau/ar-AA1w1ki0?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=045d6990d72d403085ff7246f99c1fb6&ei=145

;-)

[fish]

Local man upset about election…..cuts and pastes from Wikipedia in defiance!

Other than to not give them my email address to sell I really wonder why I waste my time with the Pennysaver of the Pines?

https://www.theunion.com/news/community/ideas-opinions-richard-w-schaut-trump-is-no-savior-manny-montes/article_a5d0a27c-bcad-11ef-8e41-ffe89d61ab57.html

[fish]

I thought the tragedy of inbreeding had been eliminated generations ago…..

Start your tape right now, because I’m about to tell you the truth. And f-you if you can’t handle the truth. This version of Biden intellectually, analytically, is the best Biden ever. Not a close second. And I’ve known him for years. The Brzezinskis have known him for 50 years. If it weren’t the truth, I wouldn’t say it.”

— Co-host Joe Scarborough on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, March 6 rejecting claims Biden was slipping mentally.

I guess nobody in the Scarborough household got the memo

https://x.com/newsbusters/status/1869410852496945593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1869410852496945593%7Ctwgr%5Ecfd9f9269433923f64336e8771d1a9eb9d0d96bb%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Finstapundit.com%2F691116%2F

[scenes]

re: fish@6:49AM

roflmao, the word 'lacky' (sic) used unironically.

Gotta be someone from the liberal arts education mafia.

[fish]

I don't claim to understand our progressive counterparts even a little bit but I get a whiff of their dislike of Republicans when things like this CR makes an appearance.....

They should be working up a primary challenger for Johnson as of right now f'ing now....!

https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/12/18/johnsons-massive-cr-extends-censorship-entitys-life-n4935236#google_vignette

[scenes]

oh jeez, this is a surprise.

'REVEALED: DHS Under Secretary for Policy Confesses Trump Win Is "Traumatic" and a "Crushing Blow" to the Biden Administration; Reveals Biden’s Mental Decline ‘Accelerated 12 to 24 Months’ into Biden’s Presidency

During meeting’s in the White House, Under Secretary Robert P. Silvers (
@DHS_Policy
) admitted there were times where "he’s [Biden] in there, and it’s a blank."

"[Biden] just can’t get the words out."'

https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/1869520285445353653

[Don Bessee]

Oh look a little sanity taking away the illegal magnets -

Mike Lee looks to halt welfare for illegals going on under Biden with key budget process

https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/mike-lee-looks-halt-welfare-090013503.html

;-)

[fish]

Roughly coincident with Bowl Season and the holidays…..

Breaking: An investigation into racist, pro-Trump graffiti messages at
@RhodesCollege in Memphis, Tenn. that caused a panic has revealed that it was a hoax from a student.

The college is not releasing information about the student behind the hoax (….well of course not! Black, female, LGBTQLMNOP…not going to let any of these take a PR hit!) The n-word and "Trump rules" were written on pieces of paper on campus.

In reaction to discovering the messages, the university reaffirmed its commitment to DEI (that’s good….definitely want to cast a “Warding Spell” to keep evil spirits at bay).

….it’s Hate Hoax Season….truly ”The Most Wonderful Time of the Year”!

https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1869526920523563398?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1869526920523563398%7Ctwgr%5E7f44c3440c0fcf83187e1178c68910e422a7a178%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Finstapundit.com%2F691231%2F

[fish]

Looks like all you progressive idiots were wrong! Not that that’s a surprise….

White House Biden health cover-up blown wide open in bombshell report: Joe was senile from day one of presidency

We really need to find out who was exercising executive authority during the useless husks term and see that they never see the outside of a prison cell again!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14210053/white-house-conceal-joe-biden-decline-hired-voice-coach.html

[Don Bessee]

Another dead end and the ny conviction will die on appeal and it all over with. Someone get the po ol ponytail of ignorance to his fainting couch.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/19/georgia-court-appeals-disqualifies-fani-willis-rico-case-against-donald-trump/

;-)

[Don Bessee]

Poor little vlad, just realizing that its never guns and butter so do the creepy grampa joe and blame the victims. -

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/vladimir-putin-pressure-evident-as-leader-lashes-out-at-out-russian-population-s-eating-habits/ar-AA1wabe1?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=532b9004c1d242679c80b6ecacad5c2d&ei=108

;-)

[Resurrected Hillbilly]

Sow and ye shall reap,

suckers

https://www.yahoo.com/news/government-shutdown-risk-trumps-demands-162543907.html

[Don Bessee]

A few weeks of shut down is worth waiting to the first week of jan. when we have both chambers. You guys got suckered by a bunch of 30 something staffers and 'dr' jill running creepy joe from the get. Then you guys got suckered by the hyena. What a maroon @538 ROFLOL!

;-)

[fish]

Go long pitchforks and torches……

MAUREEN CALLAHAN: The terrifying scandal is that Biden was NEVER president. The full truth about the cover-up, Bad Doctor Jill and all the enemies within must be exposed

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14211289/Joe-Biden-health-Jill-exposed-MAUREEN-CALLAHAN.html

[Don Bessee]

Winning -

Announcing details of the plan, Canada's minister of finance and intergovernmental affairs said the federal government would devote C$1.3bn ($900m; £700m) to the plan.

The measures "will secure our border against the flow of illegal drugs and irregular migration while ensuring the free flow of people and goods that are at the core of North America's prosperity", Minister Dominic LeBlanc said on Tuesday.

The five pillars of the plan cover the disruption of the fentanyl trade, new tools for law enforcement, enhanced coordination with US law enforcement, increased information sharing and limiting traffic at the border.

They include a proposed aerial surveillance task force, including helicopters, drones and mobile surveillance towers between ports of entry.

The government is also giving the Canada Border Service Agency funds to train new dog teams to find illegal drugs, and new detection tools for high-risk ports of entry.

And LeBlanc provided further detail on the so-called "joint strike force" for Canadian and US authorities, saying it would include "support in operational surges, dedicated synthetic drug units, expanded combined forces, special enforcement units, binational integrated enforcement teams, and new operational capacity and infrastructure".

The new plan appears to correspond to the concerns publicly disclosed by Trump in recent weeks: the flow of fentanyl and undocumented immigrants into the US.

https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/canada-announces-border-rules-following-013815417.html

;-)

[Don Bessee]

That should make for some interesting reading considering its the list of hidden payoffs to staff for harassment etc. My guess it is dem heavy! LOL

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/matt-gaetz-s-gop-buddies-are-preparing-to-carry-out-his-revenge-plan/ar-AA1wbnHv?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=9ae345d44465408483ca6dede2a4337e&ei=79

;-)

[Scott O]

noise at 5:38 - "Sow and ye shall reap,

suckers"

Dude - it's a feature, not a bug!

[scenes]

I admit that the Last Days of the Biden Administration are fixin' to look like the Fall of Saigon. Crazy.

On a (slightly) different note, this article cracked me up, and just to prove that the insane people are not a US-only phenomena.

"The Canadian Armed Forces has been deploying “gender advisors” to international operations, including in Ukraine and Haiti, as part of a broader push to integrate gender ideology into military activities abroad."

https://tnc.news/2024/12/19/canadian-military-deployed-gender-advisors-ukraine

roflmao. So just how do you get one of those gigs? Are there hot chicks?

[scenes]

"The most significant media scandal of the Biden years was how they did not just hide what the public knew -- Biden's severe cognitive decline to the point he couldn't remotely govern -- but their aggressive attacks on anyone pointing it out as "disinformation agents.""

- Glenn Greenwald on X

Here's a thought.

How are they going to handle the betting markets if Harris is the 47th President? That's a definite possibility.

[fish]

Posted by: scenes | 20 December 2024 at 07:41 AM

roflmao. So just how do you get one of those gigs? Are there hot chicks?

There are but make sure to do a hand and Adam’s Apple check first or you might get a “special delivery” of Than Franthithco Valuths….

[fish]

Really looking forward to seeing the “talent” sitting at the bottom of a freeway off ramp with a cardboard sign saying “WILL LIE ABOUT JOE BIDEN’S MENTAL ACUITY FOR FOOD”…

CNN Sees One of Its Lowest Ratings Ever as Massive Layoffs Loom

https://www.yahoo.com/news/cnn-sees-one-lowest-ratings-173926866.html

[scenes]

"The Biden mental competence story has now fully morphed into a Monty Python sketch about a dead parrot the owner insists is perfectly healthy. I can't even listen to people claiming Biden is perfectly fine without hearing a British accent."

- Scott Adams on X. Aug 10, 2020

[fish]

Posted by: scenes | 20 December 2024 at 09:51 AM

…..nailed it!

[fish]

….and right on cue it’s time to whine about Elon!

WHO ELECTED HIM….?

Now progressive America decides to whine about who’s really in charge?

For four years not a peep about the second coming of Edith Wilson…

https://www.the-express.com/news/politics/158204/Elon-Musk-Donald-Trump-government-shutdown-congress

[fish]

The most “scenes” X post ever…..

https://x.com/MikeBenzCyber/status/1776334401233637578

[Scott O]

Hilarious political panic porn:

"US lawmakers raced Friday to prevent a government shutdown due to bite within hours, after Donald Trump and Elon Musk sabotaged a bipartisan agreement that would have kept the lights on well beyond Christmas."

No one is racing and it bites no one. There was no sabotage and I'm sure the fed lights will shine brightly.

Hill-William and Paul will damn near choke themselves to death clutching at their pearls over this.
Senators sob:
"How can I grift for my pay-off if I can't deliver promised pork?"
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/us-hours-government-shutdown-over-132811257.html

[fish]

Not just heading towards Scott but “hurtling”…..I say….HURTLING towards shutdown!

I don’t know what the absolutely craptacular Sac Bee is embedding in their links but they are doing something that kills posts here! Anyway, if you feel like wasting 45 seconds of your life you can see the article along with a lovely photo of the very pensive looking “Bathhouse” Mike Johnson you can see it there!

Bonking…..? No…..hurtling!!!!

[Scott O]

I say….HURTLING towards shutdown!

Oh noes! Does it mean Santy won't have NORAD tracking him on that special night?

[Gregory]

???

It's OK with me if the last acts of the Biden/Harris Administration is a failure to cover their bills.

[Don Bessee]

Looks like jill biden was another Mrs Wilson -

Damning Report on Biden Reveals How He Was Struggling From Beginning

https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/damning-report-reveals-biden-aides-200226068.html

;-)

[Scott O]

DB 6:44 - Struggling from the beginning??!!

Gasp - you don't say! Seems like the conservatives and the conspiracy theorists here on George's blog had it correct all along.
Maybe the Hillbilly or Paul will chime in to present their side of the matter.
Or not.
You can have your own opinion and your own Democracy but not your own facts.
No wonder Paul won't engage here any more.
Biggest political loser ever on George's blog.
Paul Emery used to brag and brag about how keen he was to vote for a corrupt, lying, senile, pervert.

[fish]

God finally caught Ricky at 2nd……

https://nypost.com/2024/12/21/sports/rickey-henderson-baseball-legend-dead-at-65/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nypost

[fish]

In more ways than one it appears….

San Francisco’s new ‘weight stigma’ czar propped up by ice cream manufacturer

Unilever comes in for a well deserved kicking as well! In the words of Paul R. Emery of Nevada City, California…..check it out.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3267058/san-franciscos-new-weight-stigma-czar-propped-up-by-ice-cream-manufacturer/

[scenes]

Scotto: "No wonder Paul won't engage here any more."

Oh well. He does seem to have something of a glass jaw. Dr Trump's Butthurt Salve would be just the thing.

I did see that DJT not only is thinking about Canada as the 51st state, but mentioned that it might be worth taking back the Panama Canal on Truth Social. I like both of these plans.

There is nothing the Orange Man cannot do.

[scenes]

lol. They are really piling on.

"...
The families said the octogenarian leader’s decision to snooze on the tarmac instead of greet them was an insult to the memories of their loves ones.

Biden “made us wait an extra three hours to receive the bodies of our dead family members because he couldn’t pull it together,” Roice McCollum told the DailyMail.

McCollum’s brother, Rylee McCollum, was killed in the airport massacre.

A military officer told her Biden was snoozing on the plane, Roice said."

https://nypost.com/2024/12/21/us-news/biden-forced-military-families-to-wait-while-he-napped/

[Don Bessee]

It couldn't happen to a better bunch of socialist liars and groomers -

What do you want me to do, be a hypocrite and pretend this news doesn’t delight me straight down to my toes? Find another huckleberry. Allow me to put it this way: I feel as bad about these people losing their jobs as they do when a coal miner loses his job. Fair enough?

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2024/12/21/nolte-15000-media-entertainment-jobs-lost-in-2024/

;-)

[fish]

I understand why Paul R. Emery of Nevada City, California likes Joe Biden oh so very much….

Ironically, but not unpredictably, the Bidens will be staying at the home of one of those freeloading billionaires they always claim doesn't "pay their fair share in taxes" while taxpayers pick up the rest of the bill for the first family's travels.

https://twitchy.com/dougp/2024/12/26/couldnt-even-wait-26-days-biden-squeezing-in-1-final-tropical-vacay-before-leaving-office-n2405712

[fish]

From somebody doing a “Year in Review” British style…..

Ruby has been part of the team at Waitrose Brighton for over 20 years. However, back in 2015, after accessing mental health support, Ruby began to realise she was transgender.

Evidently a sufficient amount of “mental health support” services could not be accessed.

I’m sure you’ll enjoy the reveal towards the end!

https://thompsonblog.co.uk/2024/02/role-models-you-say.html

Really though…..is somebody putting something in the water in the former country known as Great Britain?

[Don Bessee]

There is going to be a lot of truth coming out next year -

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/fbi-s-covid-19-lab-theory-kept-from-biden-scientist-claims/ar-AA1wxp2k?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=3a48dc8df1b64400b181e66b8986f86b&ei=82

;-)

[fish]

Yeah it’s a shame Bidenomics caused this surge…..

BREAKING: The U.S. saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, with more than 770,000 people counted as homeless.

But is anyone surprised?

That the AP has rediscovered it now that Shotgun Joey is in his waning days I mean?!

https://x.com/LOLNeverTweet/status/1872707148683386907?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1872707148683386907%7Ctwgr%5E4bc3f24baa472472ffa1ab919ab7a34537cf28a2%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Finstapundit.com%2F692834%2F

[Don Bessee]

The deep state at its lowest -

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) withheld photographs of then-Vice President Joe Biden meeting business associates of his son, Hunter Biden, in China until after the 2024 election — but pursued then-former President Donald Trump over records that eventually became the subject of a major federal prosecution.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/27/national-archives-withheld-biden-photos-after-targeting-trump-over-documents/

;-)

[Don Bessee]

New to them not to us -

Poll: Overwhelming Majority of Americans Don’t Care About Celebrities’ Political Opinions

Just under 40 percent of Democrat respondents said they approved of celebrities sharing their views on politics, while just 11 percent of Republicans and 12 percent of independents said the same.

The answers regarding professional athletes were about the same — 39 percent of Democrats approve of them piping up, but just 16 percent of Republicans and 15 percent of independents were in agreement

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2024/12/27/poll-americans-especially-republicans-do-not-care-about-celebrity-political-opinions/

;-)

[Don Bessee]

Another Christmas present -

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-shelled-out-80b-for-irs-enforcement-congress-has-already-pulled-back-half-of-it/ar-AA1wAl3i?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=f8be20cd8433447a9144dee4c9fc1d0a&ei=94

;-)

[Don Bessee]

Winning! -

Court orders Biden admin to stop selling border wall materials, was 'illegally subverting' laws: Texas AG
Texas has said it intends to do all it can to help the incoming administration build the wall at the southern border when Trump enters office

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/court-orders-biden-admin-stop-selling-border-wall-materials-illegally-subverting-laws-texas-ag

;-)

[fish]

Well this can’t be good for those who toil to fill the guitar case……

IRS goes after gig workers instead of billionaire tax dodgers

I seem to recall a certain subset of RR commenter assuring us that this wasn’t going to happen.

https://boingboing.net/2024/12/27/irs-goes-after-gig-workers-instead-of-billionaire-tax-dodgers.html