The United Parcel Service (UPS) says it is "conducting an urgent investigation" into the missing Hunter Biden documents that were shipped by Fox News from New York to Los Angeles earlier this week.
UPS confirmed to left-wing financial news website Business Insider that the cache of documents, mentioned by Fox News host Tucker Carlson on his Wednesday night show, disappeared somewhere within it’s network.
Carlson said that "on Monday of this week, we received from a source a collection of confidential documents related to the Biden family. We believe those documents are authentic, they’re real, and they’re damning."
The host explained that the package was initially sent to Fox news’s main office in New York while he and a producer were in Los Angeles conducting his interview with Hunter Biden’s former business partner Tony Bobulinski about the Biden's corrupt business dealings in China, Ukraine, and other countries.
#BREAKING: #Tucker announces a source had sent them more damning documents pertaining to Hunter Biden and his business dealings. #Tucker and a producer had flown to LA for Bobulinski, so they were shipped. But they never made it as the documents were removed from the envelope. pic.twitter.com/17mqEsVSr2
I am sick and tired of our current crop of politicians who obfuscate and triangulate and manipulate and bullshit and behave in all respects like psychopathic liars, because that's what they are.
And even worse, they exude the slime in which they have been immersed for their entire political careers...the evil, primordial ooze of inside-the-beltway and inside-the-state-houses. They have on them the stench of power brokers and lobbyists and corporate pay-offs and dirty backroom deals and all of the things we despise about government.
President Trump is different. And not just a little bit different. Constitutionally different. he does not have the sleaze gene that seems to be required for success in American government.
Is he a braggart? Sure! Just ask your fisherman friend how big his last catch was and you'll get the same sort of behavior. But the President has tremendous domestic and foreign policy successes about which to brag. So I happily forgive him his hyperbole.
Does he sometimes paint a rosy picture of the future? Yup! It's called optimism. Bubbling, gleeful, happy optimism, and I absolutely love it! I want my president to be an unabashed cheerleader for America, Americans, and American Exceptionalism, and Donald Trump is exactly that.
One thing he doesn't do is lie. And unlike his predecessor, whose lies were carefully covered up by a compliant and fawning media, president Trump's every utterance is fact-checked and pored over and deconstructed and parsed for the slightest flaws.
He has comported himself well in spite of this constant barrage from the barking leftists at MSNBC and the WaPo and the execrable NYT.
He has not lost his sense of humor and his love for America, and that says a lot about his psychological fortitude and outlook.
Put aside all his outstanding policy accomplishments, both foreign and domestic, we actually love his personality. We love his humor. This will shock the sophistos. I mean, it is the height of sophistication to say, “Trump may have done good things policy-wise but—tut-tut—you have to look past his personality. Have you seen those tweets?”
We thought it was hilarious when he invited the Russians to “find” Hillary’s 30,000 emails. We laughed out loud when he said, “Maybe I will run for a third term.” Or when he looked skyward and suggested he was the “chosen one” to deal with China.
When he talks to 20,000 people, he holds them in the palm of his hand largely through humor—humor that his opponents almost certainly get, but they use against him nonetheless by pretending he was serious. Lesley Stahl did this schtick on the 60 Minutes interview when she asked him about begging suburban women to love him. Lesley, he was doing a bit.
So who would you rather invite into your home and sit down at the dinner table with? President Trump, his lovely and stunningly elegant wife and his young son (who seems to be rather normal), or his predecessor, with his haughty arrogance and his cold and nasty wife?
Who would be more fun? Who would thank you for the meal? Who would bring a nice gift for his host?
I can't think of another politician I would rather have in my home. I will even forgive the president for being a teetotaler!
Good morning, kids. Thursday and before getting started, Hurricane Zeta slammed into the Gulf Coast just to the southwest of New Orleans. So far, one death has been reported and 500,000 are without power. Prayers up for all affected.
Onto the situation, just about every link in every category for today converges at a single point - November 3rd, 2020. The rioting and mayhem centered on Philadelphia but flaring up elsewhere over the death of a black man lunging at cops with a knife and getting shot and killed, the fear-mongering over the Chinese virus that is provably only incrementally more lethal than seasonal flu to the most vulnerable and the continued censorship or otherwise attempted discrediting of the vast criminal pay-for-play long con of the Biden Family all have one goal, and that is sabotage the more than likely Trump victory that will happen five days from now or not long after, the ballot counting deadline shenanigans notwithstanding.
What happens after November 3rd (ish) will truly be an absolute crossroads in the life of this nation going forward every bit as crucial as April 19th, 1775, April 12th, 1861, December 7th, 1941 and September 11th, 2001. It took almost 100 years but the government, society and all the institutions and norms associated with it that despite our differences were supposed to keep us unified have been so thoroughly compromised and corrupted, whether for ideological or personal gain (or both), that we are at the point of collapse. 12 years ago, Barack Obama's election was seen as progressivism's final victory over what that movement's followers viewed as a deeply flawed if not completely illegitimate nation. But we the people did not go quietly into that good night. The overt pillaging and persecution of the American people by him and his fellow Democrats and the feckless, useless and ultimately collaborationist GOP-e engendered a reaction: Donald J. Trump.
And for the mortal sin of no longer taking a rhetorical anal gang rape and being grateful for it by shouting "enough!" and electing Trump, we must be destroyed. It's not just because Trump campaigned on draining the swamp, it's because he fulfilled his promise to do so, the sabotage from all sides including many allegedly on our own notwithstanding. Before the phony pandemic lockdown and strangulation of our economy and of our Constitutional rights, President Trump did more to advance our rights, our prosperity and our security, at home and abroad, than arguably any other president in our history. In order to do that, he had to drive a stake into the heart of a vampire that had been sucking the life out of our nation. That vampire is far from dead, as we can see from the riots, the election rigging, the censorship and demonization, and all the other meshugas erupting before us as Election Day draws near. As horrendous as the crimes and moral decay of the Bidens are, they're merely a microcosm of the corrosively evil system and movement that he's a part of.
I suppose this editorial is better suited for next Tuesday morning but my muse is what it is. Many of the links are worthy of a flaming skull in their own right but when you're inundated with them simultaneously, which has been the case now going on several weeks, it makes the task of focusing in on one thing next to impossible. But still I persist. Even if as all real indicators, as well as my gut, tell me that Trump will win this thing, the insurrection against him will only intensify. That said, with no re-election to be concerned with, there will be nothing to hold him back in dealing with it. In terms of BLM/Antifa - the Armed Militant Wing of the Democrat Party - even Rush Limbaugh said yesterday, echoing what we have been shrieking for months now, that Trump should send these terrorists to GITMO.
As far as the Deep State embeds still infesting virtually every bureaucracy and agency, the mission should be to not only purge as many as possible, but to try and abolish and dissolve entire agencies altogether. I'm looking right at the FBI and the CIA, to say nothing of the EPA and the IRS (I can dream, can't I?).
But then, as I have often pondered and will ponder that much more in the next four years, what comes after Trump? It's either national divorce or complete victory over the Democrat-Socialist anti-American enterprise. That means, retaking academia top to bottom, and that is a generational struggle which I can't even begin to figure out how to accomplish.
What cannot go on, will not go on. There is no common ground with which to even base the most basic rapprochement. It's us or them. You're either with us or with the terrorists. For now, there's only next Tuesday. And if we do not win clearly and unambiguously, there's no tomorrow.
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Big headlines:
- How in the hell did crucial documentary evidence allegedly proving Biden criminality just disappear from a UPS pouch? Either TuCa is setting people up for some sort of sting or the FBI/CIA intercepted the documents. With a totally kosher FISA warrant no doubt. Can't believe they don't have at least a dozen copies. Sheesh.
- Rioting in Philly was tamped down from the last two nights although cops seized a car with all kinds of explosive devices and weapons. Send them to GITMO.
- France declares national lockdown and the stock market plunges because of a virus that is essentially a little more deadly than seasonal flu. Tell me they're not looking to sabotage Trump at the last minute.
- SCOTUS allows ballot cheating in NC 5-3, as ACB arrived too late to be a factor.
- Dems demand ACB recuse from the Pennsy ballot case. Just like Elena Kagen recused herself from Obamacare challenges.
- Trump still ascendant and Goofy Joey Bribem sundowning, figuratively and literally.
- Lifelong black Democrat councilman from Flint, MI endorses Trump.
- Ted Cruz wails on Jack Dorsey over censorship.
And other picture postcards. I yield the remainder of my time.
"You're are about to hear Rob Walker and James Gilliar, those are two of the Biden family's business partners, on a call with Tony Bobulinski. They're discussing how very worried they are that this story, the one we're talking about now, would emerge into the press, that it would become public. And they wanted to figure out how to handle the fallout from that. This audio is very new." Tucker Carlson Releases Alleged Audio of Biden Allies: If "Story" is Verified "It Blows Up Big Time"
"Last November, the Wall Street Journal reported that Tramontano used Biden's name in an effort to secure meetings with senior State Department officials, though the paper said it was not clear 'whether the younger Mr. Biden knew his name was being used by Blue Star in its contacts with State Department officials on Burisma's behalf in early 2016.'" Hunter Biden and Lobbyist Named in IRS Complaint Against National Security Non-Profit Where They Both Served on Board
"Of all the issues regarding Hunter Biden and Joe Biden's possible influence peddling, another key question deserves an answer: 'Where's Hunter's money?'" Where Is Hunter Biden's Money?
"It is one thing to hold China accountable for its transgressions. It's another thing entirely to do the same to U.S. companies, businessmen, and politicians for their complicity. Only Trump does that." Biden Aids and Abets China's Awful Regime
MEDIA CENSORSHIP OF BOMBSHELL BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS, DISINFORMATION & SMEARING OF NY POST, GIULIANI ET AL
"Throughout the two weeks after the first New York Post story dropped on Hunter Biden's corrupt business dealings and his father's involvement, the three networks dedicated 21 minutes and 46 seconds out of 113 hours of total programming to the story." (and all of that time was to call it "Russian disinformation." - jjs) Mainstream Nets Dedicate 0.32% of Airtime to Hunter's Hard Drive
"My question is, how long will the West agree to commit suicide in order to be polite? How long will America submit to the demands of rude, immature Marxists, who tell you 'it's only polite' and 'be considerate?' And will it be long enough to kill us?" How the Left Is Using Americans' Empathy and Decency to Destroy Us
CIVIL WAR 2.0: LEFTIST REIGN OF TERROR, WAR ON POLICE
"172 people have been arrested and 53 police officers injured during violent unrest since the fatal police-involved shooting of Walter Wallace Jr. in West Philadelphia on Monday, the local news outlet reported. One female PPD Sergeant was struck by a pickup truck amid the riots." Report: Philadelphia Issuing Citywide Curfew After Second Night of Looting
"More rioting and looting after police kill an armed and dangerous criminal." Philadelphia Explodes
" Initial reports indicate that someone from a crowd of protesters gathered outside the 4th District police headquarters in DC threw fireworks behind a line of police officers." WATCH: DC Cops Injured by Protester's Fireworks
"If Antifa and Black Lives Matter help Democrats beat Trump, history tells us we should not be surprised if it is the Democrats who are targeted next." (if I'm not dead in a ditch, I'll be cheering it on - jjs) So You Say You Want a Revolution?
"As the recent controversies over Supreme Court justices illustrate, that body -- indeed the judiciary as a whole -- has become far more important than the Founders intended." The Least Dangerous Branch?
CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS, FACTS AND AMERICA IMPRISONED
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
"Results of the poll correlate with many of the larger trends in American foreign policy. Some Democrats have come under fire during the 2020 campaign for their affinity and history with communist Cuba, such as former vice-presidential hopeful Rep. Karen Bass (D., Calif.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.)." Democrats Like Cuba More Than Israel, New Poll Shows
PHONY DEMOCRAT ELECTION-STEALING POSTAL SERVICE SWINDLE, ELECTION FRAUD IN GENERAL
Newly sworn-in Justice Amy Coney Barrett did not take part in the vote due to a "need for a prompt resolution and because she has not had time to fully review the parties' filings." (Roberts and Kavanaugh! - jjs) SCOTUS Allows NC Absentee Ballot Deadline Extension
"It appears that about 10% of all first-class mail is being delayed because of the massive volume of election mail. Despite extraordinary measures by the USPS to get every ballot where it needs to go to be counted, it won't be enough to ensure that every single ballot mailed before Election Day arrives in time to be counted. This wouldn't have been a problem if Democrats hadn't terrified voters into thinking it was deadly to show up to vote in person." Experts Now Saying Don't Mail Your Ballot; Vote in Person
"Dee Dee Maynard, who lives in Fort Pierce, said her family received two official sample ballots in the mail: one for her grandfather and another for his wife. But there's a problem. 'My grandfather died in 1996,' Maynard said. 'My grandmother passed away in 2010. Why would they still get ballots?'" Ballot Sent to Man Dead More Than 20 Years
"The Democrat nominee's supporters sense it but won't say it. Why would reality feel different from polls with a wobbly record of recording reality?" Biden Is Sinking
Maurice Davis, a black Flint, Michigan city council member and life long Democrat: "G-d uses whoever he wants to, to bring His people out of whatever the problem has to be. Right now the narrative been spent. President Trump is full of hate? Let me tell you something, the Democrats is full of hate." WATCH: Democrat Flint City Council Member Endorses Trump for Re-Election
"In regions of eastern Pennsylvania, the Kennedy Democrats of 1960 are today's Trump Republicans -- a voting bloc that could largely determine this year's election." Last Call in the Kennedy Belt
"It's one thing for someone to support a bad foreign policy because they don't understand what's going on in the war zone directly adjacent to that country. It's another thing for someone to brag and say, 'I specifically focused on that with respect to intelligence selection and analysis.'" Combat Vet Slams Dem Opponent Over Role in Shaping Iran Deal
"He boasts a 100% rating from the Planned Parenthood Action Fund... an 'F' rating from the NRA's Political Victory Fund. His campaign has hauled in thousands from far-left groups, including End Citizens United, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, and SEIU." "Moderate" Conor Lamb Votes With Far-Left "Squad" Almost 90% of the Time
"The reform will end the annual award of 85,000 H-1B visas by lottery, which has been gamed by companies to import foreign workers at wages far below the salaries needed by American professionals. Instead, the visas will be offered to the companies that compete to offer the highest salaries, preventing employers from undercutting American graduates." Trump Rewrites H-1B Program to Help American White-Collar Workers
"Citizen Free Press will weather the mysterious disappearance from Bing, Duck Duck Go, and Yahoo, whether or not Microsoft does indeed fix the problem. One way or another, Microsoft has some explaining to do. UPDATE 10/29/2020 1:15 a.m.: Citizen Free Press has again appeared on Bing's search results, although the first search result includes "Breaking" text that does not belong. Microsoft did not explain what had happened." Drudge Alternative Citizen Free Press Mysteriously Disappears From Bing, Yahoo, Duck Duck Go -- Updated
"One mom shared that, six months ago, she saw herself as a 'solid centrist.' But 'there's no middle anymore.' She is very concerned about the 'loss of objectivity' fueled by a biased media." Big Tech Censorship is Driving These Moms to Trump
"If it was Hunter Biden and your wife and family sitting in those pews at that church, would you still want me not to have this gun to protect them with?" Texas Heroes Rail Against Biden Gun-Control Plans
"The judge said there is no reason not to go through the regular rulemaking process to amend the state law and make it illegal to carry firearms at polling places. But Democrats are saying, in essence, the law be damned. This is an emergency!" Michigan Judge Halts Ban on Carrying Guns at Polling Places
"But what makes Roukoz's declarations particularly striking is that she's the daughter of Michel Aoun -- president of Lebanon since October 2016. And not only that: back in August, a few days after the signing of the normalization deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Aoun himself was asked about peace with Israel by French TV and hardly ruled it out, replying: 'That depends. We have problems with Israel, and we have to resolve them first.'" The "Normalization" Train Keeps Moving: Even Top Lebanese Figures Talk of Peace with Israel
"Trump saw that most of the Middle East was ready to love its children more than they hated Israel. He got it. And he acted upon it, to remarkable effect." Donald Trump, Genie
"The rise in shipments means that China now represents more than 70 percent of Brazil's total oil exports, which remain a vital part of the country's economy." Brazil Becomes China's Third-Largest Oil Provider
22 people were sacrificed on the altar of political correctness. And it will happen again, probably in America, as TSA agents continue to stop our grandmothers to search their girdles for bombs while the likelihood of a well-dressed Middle Eastern man or woman boarding a plane and blowing it up is increased dramatically." Manchester Massacre Inquiry: Security Could Have Stopped Bomber But Feared Being Branded "Racist"
"Last week, four members of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission sent a letter to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, urging her to investigate Northwestern University's Pritzker School of Law after multiple professors -- including the school's interim dean -- confessed to being 'racist.'" (another self-inflicted dick-punch! - jjs) Civil Rights Commissioners Urge DOE to Investigate Racism at Northwestern Law School
Our intrepid science reporter: "The changes we bring will be the result of animate processes. We will have turned a lifeless place into a place where children can play, and where a future for many can be worked out, for themselves. For that possibility I would gladly give up the clean inanimate surface of Mars. The benefit far outweighs the cost, immeasurably." Bringing Life to the Slumping Lifeless Slopes of Mars
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
NOTE: The opinions expressed in some links may or may not reflect my own. I include them because of their relevance to the discussion of a particular issue.
ALSO: The Morning Report is cross-posted at CutJibNewsletter.com if you want to continue the conversation all day.
“Biological women and girls must continue to have the freedom to associate with other biological women and girls in activities that serve their unique interests and needs as females. Further, this beauty pageant has already made reasonable accommodations for fully transitioned transgender females without male genitals.” Allison Kindle Pejovic, a lawyer with the Justice Centre
A "chick" with a dick, is still a guy.
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"We must call especially on young people to do without a few parties now in order to have a good life tomorrow or the day after,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel
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“They wanted to celebrate their birthday. This is who we’re dealing with. They’re people who are not bad people. They want to live their life, and they make bad decisions." Michelle Fire
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“I remain innocent of any claims against me. I took the actions necessary to dispose of the case and get on with my life,” “Based on my experience as a defendant in the criminal justice system, I can imagine what happens to people without my education or means.” Brian Dennehey, Libertarian candidate for Cook County DA
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"We've all been cooped up and it's been just a terrible year. We've just decided if this brings a little bit of joy and a little bit of smiles to someone, then we're doing everything right." Angela Nava of Richmond, TX
It is never too late to start thinking about Christmas gifts for the Smart Military Blog reader. UH-1H Huey MEDEVAC for Sale!
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Miles Taylor has come forward and revealed himself to be the anonymous anti-Trump admin official who wrote the 2018 NY Times Op-Ed and Book critical of Trump.
In a statement to CNN, Taylor explains “More than two years ago, I published an anonymous opinion piece in The New York Times about Donald Trump’s perilous presidency, while I was serving under him. He responded with a short but telling tweet: “TREASON?””
“Trump sees personal criticism as subversive,” he continues “I take a different view. As Theodore Roosevelt wrote, “To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Nothing but the truth should be spoken about him or anyone else. But it is even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him than about anyone else.” We do not owe the President our silence. We owe him and the American people the truth.”
An NHS worker has had his eye socket broken in three places after being thrown from a London Underground train when he confronted three passengers for not wearing masks.
The health service employee was also punched repeatedly during the attack, which occurred after he pointed out that it was a breach of coronavirus restrictions for the trio – two men and a woman – not to be in face coverings.
One of the group struck the victim several times before throwing him off the train and onto the platform at High Street Kensington station.
He also suffered a chipped jaw.
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Halloween is Saturday night. Since tonight is my last ONT until Saturday I thought we would indulge in some Halloween topics. Nice to leave the world of current events behind us for a period of time.
As we approach Halloween....................
(H/T Gibson Girl)
Here is a way to keep Trick or Treating alive............
Halloween, the high holy day of spooky season, has a sort of Spooky Scale™ that runs the gamut from the casual black cat, full moon, or harmless jack-o'-lantern to the extremes of disembodied corpses, chainsaw massacre enactments or, even scarier, the thought of paying bills every month under the terror of COVID-19.
Local artist Steven Novak finds himself comfortably at the "horrifying" end of the scale, as his East Dallas neighbors and the Dallas Police Department will surely attest.
“I’ve always been up to hijinks like flying ghosts or 7-foot tall snow sculptures of myself, so if I was gonna do Halloween, it was obvious that it should be hyperreal," Novak says. "No lights, fog machine, or camp … something that would really freak people out walking by in the dark. So I whipped up some dummies and slung 20 gallons of blood all over.”
It’s been almost a year since we’ve last heard from Harley-Davidson’s nascent electric bike project, but based on what the company is announcing today, it may have been well worth the wait. Harley-Davidson unveiled a stunning new electric bike that it says will go on sale in March 2021. And the motorcycle manufacturer is also spinning out its e-bike division as a separate company called Serial 1 Cycle.
First and foremost, this is a nostalgia play. The name Serial 1 is a reference to “Serial Number One,” the nickname for Harley-Davidson’s oldest known motorcycle built in 1903. The bike’s design, with its white tires, leather saddle and handgrips, and sleek black frame, are meant to harken back to that first prototype.
Harley’s new company sprung out of the company’s skunk works Product Development Center, where a small group of “passionate motorcycle and bicycle enthusiasts” have been working on designing and developing an e-bike “worthy of the Harley-Davidson name,” Harley says.
Coronavirus is almost synonymous with Covid-19, social distancing, and frustration. But it’s not one virus—it’s a whole family.
The good news is that we’re already well acquainted with some members of the family. One estimate suggests these buggers have been around for 10,000 years, and we’re aware of dozens of strains, with seven that can infect humans. Many coronaviruses just cause a sniffle or light cough—also known as the common cold. The problem sparks when a viral strain, normally happily living in a bat, pig, or rodent, completely benign, mutates enough to be able to infect humans. Adding to the series of unfortunate events, the virus gets the opportunity to make that dreary carrier-to-human hop. The strain then becomes dangerous to humans, we don’t have any immunity against it—and the virus blazes through our population like wildfire.
Call me Mr. Negative, but they won't and they can't.
Two of Eddie Van Halen’s Guitars Are Going to Auction
Eddie Van Halen is one of the greatest guitar players of all time. In addition to an incredible legacy, the revolutionary guitar virtuoso also left behind two guitars that are set to head to auction later this year. The new dynamic duo of Julien’s Icons & Idols Trilogy: Rock ‘N’ Auction are a 2004 EVH Charvel Art Series electric guitar (hand-striped, maple neck and fingerboard, Fender Stratocaster-style headstock) and a custom axe serial number F 0024 that Van Halen built himself with his guitar tech Matt Buick in his 5150 home studio. In addition to those two iconic pieces, this auction also includes a number of other memorable pieces of memorabilia.
Expected prices, $40K-$80K.........
The ONT Musical Interlude
Born on this day: 28 Oct 1936
Charlie Daniels who is known for his No.1 country hit 'The Devil Went Down to Georgia'. Daniels has been active as a singer since the early 1950s and was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry on January 24, 2008. He died of a hemorrhagic stroke on 6 July 2020, age 83. via thisdayinmusic.com
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On this day: 28 Oct 1997
R.E.M. drummer Bill Berry announced that he was leaving the group after 17 years, becoming a farmer. via thisdayinmusic.com
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A couple of Genius Award Winners tonight................
A popular Russian vlogger recently made international headlines after purposely burning his expensive Mercedes-AMG G63, because he was sick of it breaking down all the time.
Russian media reported that young vlogger Mikhail Litvin bought his brand new luxury car in December of 2019, for a whopping 13 million rubles, or around $170,000. For that kind of money one would expect both performance and durability, only Litvin claims that his Mercedes-AMG G63 was really short on the latter. Despite having allegedly driven it only 15,000 km (about 9,300 miles), he claims the car has been in and out of repair shops over the last 10 months. Exasperated by the constant need for repairs and the manufacturer’s reluctance to accept responsibility, the Russian vlogger decided that the best way to solve things was to simply burn the car down to a crisp.
Florida Man is accused of striking his girlfriend with a pumpkin and its innards during a 2 AM confrontation yesterday in the couple’s apartment, police report.
According to a criminal complaint, Nathan Garisto, 26, was arrested Monday on a domestic battery charge. Garisto, free on $1000 bond, has been ordered to have no contact with the 29-year-old victim.
Police say that when they responded to the couple’s Largo residence, the victim was “covered in pumpkin seeds and pulp.” Garisto, cops noted, was “heavily intoxicated while engaged in a verbal argument with his girlfriend.”
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A couple of Feel Good Stories, they have been lacking as of late.
Marshall Helm had been walking his granddaughter to the bus stop early in the morning when the bus driver drew his attention to the smoke and flames emanating from the house next door.
Helm ran over to the endangered home and threw open the garage door only to find flames climbing up one of the building walls. Despite how the Vietnam veteran has been battling cancer, he did not hesitate to charge past the flames and into the house so he could make sure his neighbors were safe.
A Vietnam veteran who has lived in a central Indiana home without power or running water for more than a year is getting a new house built from the ground up, thanks to a few volunteers.
The Delaware County Veterans Affairs Office worked with the volunteers to demolish 77-year-old John Holaday’s old home in Muncie in early October and began rebuilding it, the Associated Press reported.
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Tucker Carlson will have more audio of the Biden Family Consigliere trying to pressure Bobulinski to stop talking.
Via Rodrigio Borgia, this short clip of an antifa sissy charging a real American-flag carrying man, and being stopped in his tracks by what I'm going to guess was a push-kick or "teep" that maybe hit the guy in the knee or thigh.
It definitely stopped him cold, and seems to have hurt him. I think it must have been a push-kick because he seems to have stopped the guy from entering punch/grab range.
Unfortunately we don't see the actual contact. We just see the guy being knocked back, and the defender lowering his leg.
He claims that he joined the Trump Administration in a minor position because he rilly rilly rilly wanted Trump to succeed, which is why he... joined other liberals and NeverTrumpers who had infiltrated the government to subvert and "resist" Trump.
Oh, and after quitting his mid-level manager position, he joined the True Conservative news network called "CNN."
People I know have been querying LinkedIn to find out who this alleged "Senior Administration Official" even is/was. Literally no one I know has ever heard of him, and they have to fire up the Advanced Search to find media mentions of him.
Update/Flashback: When this mid-level bureaucrat first wrote his screed in the New York Times, Trump suggested it was a mid-level bureaucrat.
CNN's Chris Cillizza said no way it's a mid-level bureaucrat, Trump You Demon Liar, because the New York Times would never publish a mid-level bureaucrat and claim he was a "senior administration official."
In this piece (knowing the New York Times would never let a nobody bash the President anonymously), @CillizzaCNN speculated it could be Mike Pence, Kellyanne Conway, or possibly even Melania Trump.https://t.co/7TPGDCQcnd
Like, this is what I suspected, but I thought, "There's no way it's some nobody, lying bureaucrat who sold out to Google and is now a literal CNN contributor. It has to be, like, a cabinet official or someone way up high." And yet, it was MILES TAYLOR. pic.twitter.com/RKAH7Ix7tU
Miles Taylor is living Dwight Schrute's personal dream: he got the NY Times to describe him as a "senior administration official" rather than "assistant to the regional manager," which is more or less what he was as a mid-level functionary with zero policymaking power.
— Jeff B., who on earth is this guy?? (@EsotericCD) October 28, 2020
Note that even though this sad mid-level manager c#ck thought he was buying himself an entree with his Very Good Friends on the left, this media leftwinger -- a "correspondent" at NBC -- tells him that he's a fascist who will have to be purged anyway:
Miles Taylor was a critical part of the team that decided to separated thousands of migrant kids from their parents, resulting in lifelong psychological trauma. He would like you to believe otherwise.
Trump stopped most of his advertising for Trump, provoking the leftwing media and NeverTrumpers (but I repeat myself!) to proclaim he was just giving up.
The Democrats have a 200,000 lead right now, though that's dropping by the minute.
Let's look at the "supervoters" who have not voted yet. These are the voters who have voted in four of the last four elections, and thus are a lock to vote in this election, but who haven't yet voted.
Democrats have 305649 "supervoters" left to vote.
And Republicans?
555,193. We have 250,000 more supervoters still expected to vote.
In North Carolina, Democrats have already banked 111% of their total 2016 vote.
But so have Republicans. And Republicans won last time. So Republicans are ahead now.
To meet 2016 metrics at end of early voting, Dems would need 54K statewide and 88K in Clark -- they are not on track to get either with three days left.
That NYT poll may show 6-point Biden lead, but I doubt the Dems are sleeping well tonight.
Mollie Hemingway makes a good point: Why is Biden using one of his very few non-lid appearances to shore up Michigan, where he's supposedly up by (giggle) 12 points?
If he really believed that 12 point lead, why isn't he spending his time in Florida or North Carolina?
Below, a Florida poll watcher explains why he thinks Trump has likely won Florida. This is from two days ago, but fresher data only adds more support to his conclusion (that is, Republicans have continued to erase Democrats' early vote lead).
Why are the early vote numbers in FL so important in this election? It’s not exactly what you think! I explain: https://t.co/LZ7toyIsfp
1. The FBI gave him a general, nonspecific warning about Russian disinformation, and Zuckerberg is just using this as an excuse for his own company's partisan censorship.
2. More chillingly -- the FBI, which was sitting on the laptop for a year and thereby keeping the story bottled-up, took the extra step of poisoning the well and claiming that the story was Russian disinformation to Zuckerberg, to make sure it got censored if it did come out.
If Zuckerberg's telling the truth, it's #2.
Who is this person at the FBI doing extra credit homework for the Biden campaign? If he's assisting in censorship of public information, we have the right to know who he is.
Is it Christopher Wray, by any chance?
"One of the threats that the FBI has alerted our company and the public to was the possibility of a hack and leak operation in the days or weeks leading up to this election," Zuckerberg said. "So you had both public testimony from the FBI and in private meetings alerts that were given--at least to our company, I assume the others as well--that suggested we be on high alert and sensitivity that if a trove of documents appeared, that we should view that with suspicion that it might be part of a foreign manipulation attempt."
The FBI has had the computer and hard drive of Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden in its possession for almost a year.
"Did the FBI contact you and say the New York Post story was false?" Johnson asked.
"Not about that story specifically," Zuckerberg replied.
When Johnson asked why Facebook chose to move forward in limiting the article's distribution, Zuckerberg claimed that it was because of "heightened alert" surrounding election interference by the Russians that they began to prevent the article from being widely shared.
"They alerted us to be on heightened alert around the risk of a hack and leak operation," Zuckerberg said. "To be clear on this, we didn't censor the content. We flagged it for fact-checkers to review and pending that review, we temporarily constrained the distribution to make sure it didn't spread wildly while it was being reviewed."
But it seems the allegedly nonspecific warning was in fact crafted to get this specific story censored.
Once again, I want to know who wrote this warning.
Yep. Worst suspicions confirmed. FBI obtained Biden docs, and within days or weeks, someone with access to that very sensitive info attempted to preemptively cover for the Biden family. https://t.co/O0LojzCKR8
Dorsey lied and claimed there was partisan bias in that decision. But that's hard to prove, and that's the lie they all tell fifty times a day. (And then they wonder why we're not bothered if Trump exaggerates the truth.)
Dorsey went on to falsely claim that Twitter was now permitting users to post the story.
Ted Cruz just tested that claim, and finds that Dorsey is lying. Again.
So a lot of people will simply not talk to a pollster, or lie when they do.
Researchers have also identified self-screening as the major contributing factor to the polling failures during the 2016 election cycle.
For example, distrust of pollsters also leads to lower response rates for Trump supporters. Rasmussen finds that 17 percent of likely U.S. voters who "strongly approve" of the job Trump is doing say they are less likely to let others know how they intend to vote in the upcoming election. By comparison, only 8 percent of those who "strongly disapprove" of the president's performance say the same.
So the polls are off by...9%?
A friend keeping tabs on the "EV" -- the early vote -- in different swing states updates me that the GOP is closing the Democrat lead in EV's.
2016 EV Gap was 45,072.
Yesterday gap was 53,834. Today is 49,660.
Jon Ralston says Dems should be worried.
Ralston is a very partisan Democrat so that's interesting.
Again, it it Democrats and their media Get Out the Vote allies who pushed Democrats to vote early and vote by mail.
Republicans have pushed the idea of in-person voting.
And the Democrat ballot lead is falling day by day, and closing in on 2016's level.
Update: Florida's Early Vote gap is shrinking down to nothing by the minute.
GOP was 2.16% off their 2016 EV gap this morning. And it's now 1.63%. This is just wild to watch in real time.
It just occurred to me that most of the NeverTrumpers have by now reclassified themselves as independents. Or Democrats.
So that Republican vote does not contain many defectors.
Bobulinski, in an interview with Fox News' "Tucker Carlson Tonight," said he raised concerns in 2017 to the former vice president's brother Jim Biden, about Joe Biden's alleged ties to a possible joint venture with a Chinese energy firm.
Bobulinski, a retired lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, was the former CEO of SinoHawk Holdings, which he said was the partnership between the CEFC Chairman Ye Jianming and the two Biden family members.
"I remember saying, 'How are you guys getting away with this?' 'Aren't you concerned?'" he told Carlson.
He claims that Jim Biden chuckled.
"'Plausible Deniability,' he said it directly to me in a cabana at the Peninsula Hotel," he said.
Bobulinski's brother recently retired after 28 years as a naval aviator. Two weeks ago he lost his wife to cancer. It was while Bobulinski was with his brother in Virginia that the "Russian disinformation" defense began to take shape, and Bobulinski saw Adam Schiff make that claim on a Sunday morning news show. Given his family's legacy of military service, and what his brother was going through, Bobulinski called Rob Marshall and told him that the Bidens had 24 hours to tell the truth and get Schiff to retract his claim, otherwise Bobulinski would go public with everything he had.
Rather than telling Adam Schiff to retract his millionth Russia lie, the Biden family had their representative (who himself was all connected to the dirty deals in Russia and China) to try to smooth feathers -- while claiming it was too hard to get Adam Schiff to stop lying.
Hunter Biden's ex-business partner Tony Bobulinski: "I remember looking at Jim Biden and saying how are you guys getting away with this? Aren't you concerned? He looked at me, and he laughed a little bit, and said 'PLAUSIBLE DENIABILITY.'" pic.twitter.com/IxbND1IbWV
During the Rathergate scandal of 2004, a side discussion was generated over journalistic standards are and how strict they should be, and CBS producer Mary Mapes said something I thought was really flaky, and naturally I can't find the exact quote now. But, iirc, she was responding to the idea that journalists should assume the story is false unless it can be verified as true, and she said "no, that's not the standard at all" and then went on to claim that they could just print stuff they thought was good, and it should be considered true until proven otherwise.
In other words, she was taking what I had always assumed how journalism was supposed to work and standing it on its head. I was quite astonished when she just came right out and said it. Of course, I had always suspected that's what they were doing, but it was if Mapes was saying "Fact checking? We don' need no stinking fact checking!"
News "fact checkers" are the worst problem with news today. No, not for the reason you think. They're a problem because that's supposed to happen BEFORE you go to print, not after.
See, in the past, grizzled, tough editors would stop crap news from going through, force rewrites, and block anything that couldn't be substantiated or proven outside rumors and the writer's own claims.
Now the process is reversed: the news fires off crap then someone goes through it to find the facts and claims to see how valid they are later. Which almost always is narrowed to "things I don't like seeing in print" while other claims are left unvetted.
As I said, I was shocked at Mapes' candid admission, but nowadays? Everybody knows that sort of thing is pretty much SOP. In fact, it has even acquired a name of its own, "journalisming" which encompasses not only inadequate (or non-existent) but also the overuse of "anonymous" sources. And then when the story turns out to be a load of crap (like that Atlantic story a few weeks ago that claimed Trump referred to soldiers as 'suckers' and 'losers'), nothing ever happens, and everybody just moves on. I thought it used to be that if an anonymous source fed crap, that invalidated the anonymity agreement and the source could get publicly identified. If *I* were a journalist that wrote a story bases on an anonymous tip that turned out to be crap, I'd (a) not use the source ever again, because they just demonstrated that they're not trustworthy and (b) write a follow-up article apologizing for my poor judgment which led to erroneous reporting and either publicly naming the source or writing "I know who it was and I'll never use him again."
The media has pretty much burned through any and all of its moral capital, or good will, or whatever you might want to call it so that whenever they include phrases in a news story such as
--an anonymous source/whistleblower
--a source close to the situation
--a source close to President Trump
--sources say
...they no longer are entitled to be given any benefit of the doubt whatsoever. In fact, we should assume the opposite: any time there is not a source willing to go on the record to corroborate whatever story they're trying to sell, you can conclude that they're lying. Somewhere along the line, some of that hard fact-checking I mentioned earlier hasn't been done, and the reporter journalismist is cutting corners by attempting to fill in the blanks with his own pre-conceived ideas of what he wants to be true.
With a pandemic sweeping the country and a crucial election just around the country, it's a pity we don't have a functioning media to keep us informed. We could've used one right now.
You Can Just Feel The Energy From This 'Fired-Up' Crowd:
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
The Left Took The News Of ACB's Confirmation With Its Usual Grace And Dignity:
"She seems nice."
Installation Complete:
Hey Joe:
Me: "2020 Can't Get Any More Bizarre." 2020: "Hold my beer."
AoSHQ Weekly Prayer List
Please submit any prayer requests to “Annie’s Stew” at apaslo atsign hotmail dot com.
Prayer Requests:
Special Prayer: Remember in your prayers the 'rons and 'ettes who are dealing with depression and also with anxiety caused by the upcoming election. Always remember that our God reigns no matter who is president.
9/30 – Coelacanth requests prayers for his son Cameron, for Godliness and clarity of thought and heart and purpose.
10/19 Update – Coelacanth sends thanks – they have seen a couple of small breakthroughs this last week.
9/30 – lurking grandma asks for prayers for her family, for strength and solace. Her son-in-law died at 36 years old, from Covid 19 and co-morbidities. He left 4 children and 3 step-children still at home.
9/30 – A dad requests prayers for his son, David, who is currently employed by Disney World and may be furloughed soon. He needs prayers for help.
10/7 – Lee Also requests prayers for her good friend who needs a lung transplant. He’s been on the list for a while, but it’s getting to the point where he needs it sooner than later. She also would like prayers for the family of the person whose untimely death will give life to her friend. They have lost someone they love. But their generosity will help her friend.
10/15 – Pooky’s Girl reports that Pooky will not get the part-time job he applied for, but he is volunteering for their church and Pookette’s school. They should be okay financially, but it is nerve-wracking. Also, next Friday, they will be doing a home study to get approved for their adoption license. The last meeting didn’t go very well, but they are moving forward after almost a year of delays. Prayers for peace, calm, and patience would be appreciated.
10/21 – Muley, the Duchess requests prayers for her late husband’s mother, ho is being taken out by bone cancer at 91. For peace and fortitude. She hasn’t seen any family since March.
For Healing:
9/2 – Katya, the designated driver requests prayers for her stage 3 triple negative breast cancer. She is 2 chemo treatments in. She is doing well with side effects.
9/23 Update – Katya, the designated driver, sends word that her 4th chemo treatment was 9/24. She will have an ultrasound in about 2 weeks to see how things are progressing. Or hopefully, regressing. The plan is for her to follow up with the next round of chemo, surgery after that, then radiation. Her side effects have been very minor compared to most people. She sends her thanks to the Horde.
10/16 Update – Katya, the designated driver sends an update that her treatments are still going well, and so far, no problems. She also requests prayers for her mom, who has Covid. She is being treated in the nursing facility where she lives. She is very tired and has no appetite and is on oxygen.
10/27 Update – Katya, the designated driver sent word that her mother passed away yesterday. She and her brother were able to visit a few times over the weekend. Her mother was aware of them and seemed to know them. She slipped away quietly.
9/23 – Dr_No requests continued prayers for his daughter Megan. She had surgery for cancer earlier, and now has had the 2nd of 12 FOLFOX chemo treatments for her Stage III-C cancer. It’s been rough – fatigue, weight loss, cold sensitivity, jaw pain. She’s losing an average of 6.5 pounds per week now and has lost approximately 25 pounds since her surgery and beginning chemo. Her attitude is terrific despite what she’s going through, but it’ll be a rough slog between now and January.
10/8 Update – Megan was admitted to the hospital for bi-lateral pulmonary embolisms. Luckily, the embolisms responded to treatment. Dr_No says thanks again for sending words up for Megan!
9/24 – THE Lonebadger requests prayers for Dad, who had an episode of unknown origin while getting out of bed and he became unresponsive. Dad is in intensive care and on a ventilator.
10/7 – MrObvious requests prayers for an old friend from college, who has extremely aggressive Stage 4, Grade 3 Colo-rectal cancer. She’s been through extensive tests since then and the common thread of discussion is “whether to even attempt surgery or go straight to hospice”.
10/13 – Former ‘ette Miss Marple is in an Indianapolis hospital. I believe Hrothgar saw the information, and he said he will provide updates when he finds out anything specific.
10/14 – vmom requests prayers for her friend Denise, who is recovering from a stroke.
10/21 – Lady in Black requests prayers for her stepmom, who fought breast cancer 7 years ago, and now it’s back. She will be having surgery for a double mastectomy, followed by chemo. She’d appreciated any prayers to help her get through this surgery and contain this cancer.
10/24 – Kerncon requests prayers for his wife. His wife is currently in the ICU following a massive kidney infection, which resulted in the removal of one of them. She is currently stable and slowly recovering. They hope to be able to get her out of ICU in the next few days. Her remaining kidney hasn’t resumed functioning, and it could take weeks to recover, if at all. Please keep them in your prayers for a swift recovery, and for regaining full function to her remaining kidney.
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Please remember the Prayer of St. Francis:
http://www.prayerguide.org.uk/stfrancis.htm
Monday Who Dis: I had originally intended to pair John Stamos (actor and occasional Beach Boys drummer) with his counterpart on the original Full House series, Lori Loughlin. She's pretty enough but not spectacular. Then I discovered he got married in 2018 to Caitlin McHugh, who doesn't have much of a CV, but wow, is she gorgeous. So I thought she'd make a better choice.
Today's Edition Of The Morning Rant Is Brought To You By Hungarian Mushroom Soup:
Good morning, kids. Wednesday and a couple of things are in the lead: Biden crime family whistleblower Tony Bobulinski's appearance on Tucker Carlson last night (whose show overall this month just became the highest-rated cable news show in history per Nielsen) and a flare up of the mostly peaceful rioting, looting and mayhem in Philadelphia, Washington DC and New York as a result of two police shootings of black suspects.
We'll get to those in a moment. But Tony Bobulinski, the ex-business partner of Hunter Biden who verified the initial reporting in The New York Post about the contents of Biden's laptop, sat down for a full hour with TuCa and blew the lid (all kinds of puns there!) off the story.
Bobulinski's name recently became public knowledge when James Gilliar, another businessman working on SinoHawk, sent an email to Tony Bobulinski, setting out the terms Gilliar had been negotiating with CEFC. What caught everyone's interest was the statement that Hunter would hold "10[%] for the Big Guy." Bobulinski confirmed that Joe Biden was the "Big Guy."
At this point, Schiff, the media, and Joe Biden, none of whom ever denied the legitimacy of the email, claimed that the whole thing was a Russian smear. This unfounded accusation got Bobulinski's dander up. As a naval officer from a military family and a true patriot, being smeared as a Russian agent was beyond the pale.
Bobulinski demanded that Schiff retract the insult and, when Schiff failed to do so, he went public and did a full document dump. Bobulinski had saved everything -- every document, every email, and every text.
That's the quick background to the interview with Carlson, during which Bobulinski said that:
- Hunter and James Biden brought nothing to the deal other than the Biden family name,
- What China wanted was the Biden family name,
- Joe Biden was involved in the business deal, so much so that he had veto power over negotiations,
- In 2017, Bobulinski met Joe Biden twice when the Biden side of SinoHawk was courting him to step in and act as CEO,
- Bobulinski also spoke at length with James Biden, Joe's brother,
- When Bobulinski asked James how they could get away with this kind of deal, which seemed to be falling into dangerous territory given that Joe could run again for president, James announced, "plausible deniability," and
- The Biden group stiffed Bobulinski, leaving him out of pocket for all his expenses while channeling CEFC's money into another entity that did not involve Bobulinski.
Bobulinski recalled bringing up his concerns with Jim Biden the following day after his meeting with the former vice president that their business dealings with the Chinese could impact his brother's 2020 presidential aspirations.
"I know Joe decided not to run in 2016, but what if he ran in the future? Aren't they taking political risk or headline risk? And I remember looking at Jim Biden and saying, 'How are you guys getting away with this? Like, aren't you concerned?'"
"And he certainly looked at me and he laughed a little bit and said, 'plausible deniability.'" Bobulinski said.
This is murder. I have zero sympathy for the doddering, demented half-dead corpse (who will be instantly disposed of if GOD FORBID he winds up winning on Tuesday) or his inept, drug addict, vile spawn. The Bidens sold out America's national security and foreign policy to corrupt foreign leaders and to our number one geo-political enemy hell bent on world hegemony. Considering their crimes date back not only to the eight years he was VP but well into his near half-century as a senator, one can make the case that the Bidens may very well have done more damage than the Rosenbergs, the Walker Family, Aldrich Ames and Robert Hanssen combined. It's now a toss up as to which is the worst political scandal in US history; this or the plot to overturn 2016 and overthrow President Trump. In any case, both are no doubt interconnected considering the players involved.
Federal law enforcement officials reportedly obtained a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant against a Chinese business associate of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden.
The Daily Caller News Foundation reports that the revelation suggests that the man, Patrick Ho, was "suspected of acting as a covert agent of a foreign government..."
... "Ho was charged on Dec. 18, 2017 with conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and money laundering related to CEFC China Energy contracts in Uganda and Chad," the report stated. "Ho had been an executive at the multi-billion dollar Chinese energy company prior to his arrest."
Ho was mentioned in a Senate report released last month titled, "Hunter Biden, Burisma, and Corruption: The Impact on U.S. Government Policy and Related Concerns."
In November 2017, Ye Jianming's associate and Hunter Biden's reported client, Patrick Ho, was arrested and charged with violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, international money laundering, and conspiracy to commit both. The first call that he reportedly made was to James Biden, who reportedly referred him to Hunter Biden. Ho was convicted in March 2019 on charges of money laundering, conspiracy, and violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and was sentenced to three years in U.S. prison for his role in a multimillion-dollar scheme to bribe officials in Chad and Uganda in exchange for business advantages for CEFC, Ye's company. Department of Justice documents describe Ye as Patrick Ho's boss and, again, note that Ye's company supplied funding to the China Energy Fund Committee. Ho worked as the secretary-general of the committee during the period when he was carrying out his illegal schemes.
So as long as two to three years ago - before any of the revelations on the laptop came to light - the DOJ, FBI, CIA and whatever other useless corrupt alphabet soup bureaucracy knew about the Bidens and essentially DID NOTHING. Worse than that, they withheld exculpatory evidence and allowed Adam Schiff-for-Brains and the Democrats to move forward with an impeachment against President Trump for the corruption and crimes that the Bidens themselves were guilty of. Christopher Wray deserves to be dragged out of the Hoover Building and horsewhipped in the street on national TV. But no. He too will have a seven-figure book deal and a gig on CNN. I'm seething.
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As stated, there has been a flare up in rioting and mayhem in the wake of two more black suspects shot in the course of their encounters with police. The epicenter of the rioting is in Philadelphia, where that city suffered a second wave of terror last night. Considering that the violence and mayhem since the death of career criminal George Floyd in Minneapolis last Memorial Day is a key factor in drawing voters towards Trump - including perhaps an historically significant number of black voters - and that Pennsylvania is a key battleground state, I can't see this incident as hurting Trump. It doesn't exactly help Biden either, especially since the Dems are being consumed by his huge gaffe at the debate in openly calling for an end to fracking and fossil fuels in general.
As for the violence itself, two thugs who played stupid games and won stupid prizes is just the convenient pretext. I think what we're really seeing a dress rehearsal for Election Day. The Armed Militant Wing of the Democrat Party - BLM/Antifa - will not wait until after dark to take to the streets. They are out to intimidate people away from the polls.
If you live either in a deep blue urban or other area that might come under siege by the terrorist thugs, get to the polls and vote if early voting is available to you. Also, stay indoors on Election Day, arm yourself to the teeth and have enough food and other essentials on hand for 72 hours. I can't even believe I typed this paragraph but these people are out of their minds with rage and hate, and cannot be reasoned with. To paraphrase Col. Putnam at Bunker Hill, "don't fire until you see the whites..." dressed in black.
Elsewhere...
- Amy Coney Barrett taking her seat on SCOTUS looms large as an Obama-appointed hack-in-black rules that South Carolina does not have to match signatures with absentee ballots. I expect the SC GOP to appeal this immediately to the SCOTUS?
- Two other less sensational yet no-less horrendous Biden Crime Family rackets.
- Trump train keeps on rolling while Biden holds a rally where FDR went to die.
- Two interesting profiles on up-and-coming GOPers, including one woman taking on putrid crone Rosa DeLauro and another who was a refugee from Soviet Ukraine.
- Iran and France butt heads.
- More on the madness of the Green New Deal
And lots of other hot links, but no beer. Have at it.
Michael Goodwin: "For Tony Bobulinski, the meetings with Joe Biden are unforgettable, and not because they had anything to do with politics. It's because that's when Bobulinski fully understood that Joe was very much involved in the foreign business schemes that son Hunter Biden and Joe's brother Jim had cooked up." "Look Out for My Family": Hunter's Biz Partner Tells All on Meeting with Joe Biden
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"Ho was charged on Dec. 18, 2017 with conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and money laundering related to CEFC China Energy contracts in Uganda and Chad," the report stated. "Ho had been an executive at the multi-billion dollar Chinese energy company prior to his arrest." Feds Authorized FISA Warrant Against Hunter Biden Chinese Business Associate, Report Says
Matt Taibbi: "The flow of information in the United States has become so politicized -- bottlenecked by an increasingly brazen union of corporate press and tech platforms -- that it's become impossible for American audiences to see news about certain topics absent thickets of propagandistic contextualizing." The Media -- and Social Media -- Drive to Squelch Information No Matter Who Wins Election
"U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis sentenced Raniere to 120 years in prison on Tuesday. Prosecutors had sought life in prison while defense lawyers fought for 15 years in prison." (what about Gillibrand? - jjs) NXIVM Founder Keith Raniere Sentenced for Sex-Trafficking Conspiracy
"In order to prevent a restoration of the Supreme Court's proper role in America's constitutional republic, Democrats have to hide their true intentions. They have to convince Americans that originalism does not mean a return to the Constitution's rules of fair play but rather something else. No Democrat has proved quite as shameless as Sen. Ed Markey (D-Ipshit.) in this regard." Democrats Give Away the Game: They Want the Supreme Court to Unilaterally Amend the Constitution
CIVIL WAR 2.0: LEFTIST REIGN OF TERROR, WAR ON POLICE
"Commissioner Outlaw said 30 of her officers were injured during the civil unrest. Most were injured by projectiles thrown by rioters. Those projectiles included rocks, bricks, and other debris, she explained." 91 Arrested in Philadelphia Rioting Including 76 for Burglary
"Families and businesses are watching their bottom lines and stretching each dollar. But House Democrats are pushing a plan to prevent America's schools from doing the same thing." Democrats' Deadly Strings on New Chinese COVID-19 Aid
"Like two navies angling for a better broadside, the legal teams of Donald Trump and Joe Biden are already sparring over the integrity of the 2020 vote before a single vote has been counted." The Battle Royal of 2020
"Shortly after Biden's speech, President Donald Trump kicked off a campaign rally in Lansing, Michigan, where he was meet by a large crowd of supporters." (several thousand strong - jjs) Watch: Joe Biden Rallies Dozens in Georgia
Robert Spencer: "Biden inspiringly noted: 'It was here on April 12, 1945 that President Roosevelt died.' That made it a perfect setting for a speech by an elderly, low-energy candidate that many assume will not live long into his presidential term if elected." Biden Tries to Project Energy By Going to Where FDR Went to Die
"There are currently 97 members of the Progressive Caucus in Congress. That number is only expected to grow as AOC acolytes and other radicals take their seats in January after winning in November. They may even come close to being half the entire Democrat caucus in the House." How Far Left Would a President Biden Be Pushed by the Radicals?
"Socialism inevitably ends in ruin wherever it's applied. Joe Biden is working with socialist cronies to craft massive government programs that would further strip away fundamental economic and personal freedoms. Voters have good reason to keep these realities in mind." Racing Down The Socialist Road With Joe Biden
"Today, just four years later, we're living it all over again. So what happened to the soul searching, and how did the pundit class end up back in the exact place, trying desperately to undo history by repeating it to a tee?" All Signs Point to One Thing: We're Reliving the 2016 Election
"Public health measures to combat social media addiction would save lives and help restrain the power of Silicon Valley." How to Restrain Big Tech Immediately
"'During the session, the Iranian official denounced the French officials' 'unacceptable measures,' which [he claimed] have hurt the feelings of millions of Muslims in Europe and the entire world,' according to the report." Iran Summons French Envoy After Macron Defends Satirical Cartoons
"The resolution urges the executive branch to take all available measures to halt China's abuses against its Uighur people. So far, Beijing has imprisoned about 1.8 million Uighurs in labor camps in its Xinjiang region, subjecting them to forced sterilizations, abortions, and other abuses." Rubio, Cornyn Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Designate Uighur Camps as Genocide
"The only good thing about the UN is when President Trump comes to visit." Commemorating UN Day
"The removal of these AQ-S leaders will disrupt the terrorist organization's ability to further plot and carry out global attacks threatening U.S. citizens, our partners, and innocent civilians." American Airstrikes Take Down 12 al-Qaeda and Taliban Operators
In a recent report to Congress, the Department of Defense outlined how China is "leveraging civilian service and logistics capabilities for military purposes" and "uses commercial infrastructure to support all of its military operations abroad." China Makes Waves, Seeking To Control World Shipping
"Oil, soybean, and car imports drove the growth alongside a strengthening Chinese economy, according to a Bloomberg analysis. The growth comes after the United States and China signed the Phase One trade deal in January, in which China promised to buy $200 billion more in U.S. goods than its 2017 amount by the end of 2021." China Purchases Record Amount of US Goods in September as Part of New Trade Deal
Heather Mac Donald: "Northwestern University's president takes a commendable hard line against student rioting -- but he helped create the climate for the destructive behavior." Waking to the Woke
"Given heightened concerns that foreign countries, primarily China and Russia, are potentially funding U.S.-based 'green' groups to undermine American energy independence and to help maintain the integrity of the EPA's decision-making, EPA will refer this matter to the DOJ [Foreign Agents Registration Act] Unit," Wheeler said. "The DOJ can then determine what appropriate steps to take, if any, including whether those entities should be registered as foreign agents." EPA Requests DOJ Investigate Foreign Funding of Environmental Groups
"Those who believe in this socialist nonsense or suffer amnesia or were too young to remember, need to be reminded that in 2008, the Obama-Biden administration enacted a comprehensive 'New Energy for America' plan, a precursor of the current insanity." The Green New Deal is Not Green and is Not a Deal
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
Our intrepid science reporter: "After 16 years, this company has so far accomplished nothing, while spending probably more than $2 billion in private capital. It now wants more, even as Richard Branson has sold off his stock at a nifty profit." The Sad Story of Virgin Galactic
"To understand how our disharmony comes from those who constantly promise to unite us, we could learn much from studying what Frederic Bastiat, among history's ablest defenders of freedom, had to teach in his Economic Harmonies." Government Fosters Acrimony, Not Harmony
"Refusal to have children, intermarriage, and the lingering effects of the Holocaust all play a part." (the rejection of the faith with the embrace of atheistic leftism didn't help either - jjs) The Dramatic Decline of the Jewish Population Worldwide
NOTE: The opinions expressed in some links may or may not reflect my own. I include them because of their relevance to the discussion of a particular issue.
ALSO: The Morning Report is cross-posted at CutJibNewsletter.com if you want to continue the conversation all day.
“Especially in these times, Americans depend on the reliability and integrity of those that deliver the U.S. Mail,” “Conduct by Postal employees that violates that duty will result in swift federal prosecution.”United States Attorney Russell Coleman
Quote II
"Since freedom impelled and independence inspired and nationality exalted, a world super-government is contrary to everything we cherish and can have no sanction by our Republic. This is not selfishness, it is sanctity." Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865 - 1923), 29th President of the United States, March 4, 1921 (H/T Isophorone Blog)
"What we really want is first an order allowing him to park, which we've got so far. And just a declaration that this violates First Amendment rights so that this school knows it and so that other schools know it,” Jacob Huebert, Attorney at Law.
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“Protect your health but don’t let the Court and the deliberately crippled Postal Service deprive you of your most precious civil right. Plan your vote,” Former AG Eric Holder
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I know her personally and she is not a good person. I know that sounds like a spiteful mother-in-law but I speak on behalf of my son's three other children that they do not see." Patricia Heiman
David L. Brunsma, a professor in Virginia Tech’s department of sociology, claimed that both beer and the phrase “ the American people” are racist in a recent book and tweet, respectively.
The book, co-authored by Burnsma and titled Beer and Racism: How Beer Became White, Why It Matters, and the Movements to Change It, claims to provide a “critical and interdisciplinary path to examine and understand the racial dynamics in the craft beer industry and the popular consumption of beer” according to its description.
"From the racist marketing of malt liquor to the bearded-white-dude culture of craft beer, readers will never look at a frothy pint the same after reading Beer and Racism." Tweet This
The book claims that beer in the United States has “always been bound up with race, racism, and the construction of white institutions and identities” and that American attitudes towards beer have led to “intersectional inequalities.”
“Brewing up Race," “The Making of the (White) Craft Beer Industry”, “Gentrification and the Making of Craft Beer” and “#WeAreCraftBeer: Contemporary Movements to Change the Whiteness of Craft Beer” are among chapters contained in the work.
In a tweet intended to promote his book, Brunsma included hashtags like “#blackpeoplelovebeer,” “#brownpeoplelovebeer,” and “#beerandracism."
Kimber Mfg., is pleased to name Troy, Alabama, as its official corporate headquarters and to announce it is hiring aggressively in all departments. After a carefully planned shift of leadership, R&D and manufacturing resources, Kimber has made substantial progress in the transition to its new, state-of-the-art headquarters in Troy, Alabama.
The final step in completing this new facility is adding staff across all departments. Kimber’s new headquarters is situated on 80+ acres with more than 225,000 square-feet of space and is now home to industry-leading design engineering, product management and manufacturing capabilities.
Scientists in Brazil have linked resistance to Covid-19 safety measures, such as wearing a mask, with antisocial personality traits.
Their study was the first of its kind in Latin America and surveyed over 1,500 people aged 18-73.
Using a questionnaire, the scientists sought to identify the participants’ affective resonance - their impulse to act on feelings stirred by another person - and asked a series of personality questions about how well certain statements represented their behaviour on a scale.
The survey also asked about compliance with Covid-19 containment measures over time, such as mask wearing.
When profiles were analysed, two were identified: an antisocial pattern profile who were resistant to Covid-19 safety measures and an empathy pattern profile who were compliant.
One of the harsh realities of law school that we don’t speak about quite often enough is student loans. The average law student is shouldered with six figures of debt upon graduation, and these heavy debt loads act as huge setbacks for new attorneys. Lawyers in the early stages of their careers are delaying marriages, putting off home-buying, and postponing or forgoing having children because of student loans. And, of course, law school debt is taking a horrific toll on their mental health.
According to a new report put together by the American Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division and the AccessLex Institute, student loans are weighing heavily on the minds of recent law school graduates. More than 1,000 lawyers in their first decade of practice participated in a YLD survey meant to gauge the impact debt played in their lives, and a negative impact on mental health became a common, unprompted theme among their responses.
Here are just a few responses to the open-ended question “Which of these ways, if any, has your total student loan debt affected your life?” that the study’s authors categorize as “difficult to read”:
It turns out I hate being a lawyer but I can’t afford to do anything else. My mental health has aged me prematurely. I can’t afford to stay working in my area due to increased cost of living.
A man caught digging in the historic Fort Yellowstone Cemetery faces up to 12 years in prison and nearly $300,000 in fines. He was indicted on charges of excavating or trafficking in archeological resources and injury or depredation to United States property, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Wyoming announced last week.
Rodrick Dow Craythorn, 52, appeared before a grand jury on October 22 and pled not guilty to two counts of illegal excavation, depredation, and damage to U.S. property. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Craythorn was claimed he was searching for Forrest Fenn’s treasure — a collection of jewels and artifacts hidden by Fenn, an art dealer, in 2010 — when people discovered him digging in the park cemetery.
Australia says it has raised "grossly disturbing" reports with Qatar that women were strip-searched and examined before a flight from Doha to Sydney.
The women were checked for signs of having recently given birth after a newborn baby was found abandoned in a toilet at Hamad International Airport.
The unidentified baby has been cared for since being found on 2 October.
The searches came to light when Australian women spoke out. Women from other countries were also examined.
All adult women on the Qatar Airways flight were required to disembark to be body-searched, two of the women told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).
Thirteen Australian women were taken to an ambulance on the tarmac and told to remove their underwear before being examined, reports said.
Kim Mills told the Guardian she was among those taken off the flight and led into a dark car park, where three ambulances were waiting to perform medical examinations.
However, officials did not subject her to the examination due, she suspected, to her being in her 60s. Even so, she said, the experience was horrifying.
"My legs were just wobbling. I was terrified they were going to take me away somewhere. Why didn't they explain to us what was going on?" she said, adding that airplane staff later told her they didn't know what was happening.
Heavily protected crews worked in Washington state on Saturday to destroy the first nest of so-called murder hornets discovered in the United States.
The state agriculture department spent weeks searching, trapping and using dental floss to tie tracking devices to Asian giant hornets, which can deliver painful stings to people and spit venom but are the biggest threat to honeybees farmers depend on to pollinate crops.
According to IFL Science, a pair of young raccoons were spotted inside a branch of the Peninsula Bank when a client saw the mischievous animals while withdrawing money from the ATM outside in the early morning.
At first, the man thought the raccoons were merely a pair of stuffed animals. But he quickly realized that they were actually wild animals rummaging through the bank’s empty office.
Once news of the furry bandits reached bank officials, they called in animal rescuers from the Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA.
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Born on this day: 27 Oct 1967
Scott Weiland, vocals, Stone Temple Pilots, (1993 UK No.23 single 'Plush'). Velvet Revolver, (2004 US No.1 & UK No.11 album 'Contraband'). Weiland has also established himself as a solo artist, releasing three studio albums, a cover album, and collaborations with several other musicians since 1998. Weiland died on December 3, 2015 after being found in cardiac arrest on his tour bus in Bloomington, Minnesota, just before he was scheduled to go on stage with his band The Wildabouts. He was 48 years old. via thisdayinmusic.com
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On this day: 27 Oct 1964
31 year old Salvatore Philip Bono married 18 year old Cherilyn Sarkisian La Piere. For a time they performed together as Caesar and Cleo before changing the name of their act to Sonny and Cher. Their union lasted 12 years. via thisdayinmusic.com
ALTOONA, Pa. (WTAJ) — An Altoona man was charged after allegedly screaming and throwing items into the road at 5 a.m.
According to the complaint, 42-year-old Martin Miller was outside of his apartment on the 500 block of 12th Street in Altoona on Wednesday, October 14, when police arrived and observed two mailboxes laying in the street and a handle of vodka behind him.
Police spoke with the woman who called the police after Miller woke her up by screaming from the street that “skies are opening” and that he was the “son of God.” She reportedly told officers that right before their arrival, he was throwing things into the street and screaming “Beam me up Scotty!” and “here piggy piggy.”
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Highly Suggestible Morons Open Thread/ Tony Bobulinski on Tucker Carlson
—Ace
An open thread for suggesting shows, books, products, etc. to you fellow Morons.
After having it recommended it to me a few times, I downloaded the FXX series version of What We Do In the Shadows. It's not quite as good as the movie -- and they borrow some plot elements from the movie, though they're redressed a little -- but it is pretty good. I don't know how it aired on FXX, but in the Amazon download, it's got the f-bomb in it every episode.
There are also connections to the movie. The vampire lore in the show is pretty fun, too.
I thought I wouldn't like the Psychic Vampire, aka the Energy Vampire who drains your energy by frustrating and annoying you at work, but he's pretty funny.
Sure, this woman who buys votes has collected 7000 votes just in one county in Texas, but surely she's the only "ballot chaser" criminal.
Except... except for the other criminal "ballot chasers" she narcs on.
Texas 'Ballot Chaser' Pressures Voter to Change Vote from Cornyn to Hegar: 'That's My Job' ... 'I Can Honestly Say I'm Bringing at Least 7,000 Votes to The Polls' ... Said Garza Gave Her $2,500 Gift Budget
Ballot Chaser Raquel Rodriguez: "I could go to jail. I'm a little apprehensive to tell anybody what I'm f#cking doing, you know what I'm saying?"
Rodriguez: "You [voter] said you're voting straight Democrat per our conversation... 'cause that's what you want to do, correct?"
Rodriguez: I drop off bundles of ballots at different post offices to avoid suspicion. "I go throughout the entire city. I'll take 20 [ballots] here, 30 [ballots] here, 40 [ballots] here."
James O'Keefe: "Our journalists discovered a voter fraud system positioned to swing Texas in 2020."
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Sometimes, the ballot chaser said she hosts parties at a bar for her voters, some of them former inmates recruited by her colleague, Tommy Acosta.
"Tommy does what's called, like barbecues, so like an example, this coming Thursday at a bar, we're going to feed 45 ex-felons that we registered because they're going to all vote," she said.
The parties are thrown after everyone votes, she said.
Raquel Rodriguez: "So, guess what we're going to do? We're taking them to a bar to go eat, OK. I got some people to go to the bar and guess what? I had to f#cking take them beer. I was like, are y'all going to come and vote or not? And they were like we're going to meet you right now. I said come meet me because when you get to the bar, I'm going to have a bucket of beer for all of y'all to drink. I just took care of it. Just said your bucket is there."
Later, Rodriguez told another Project Veritas journalist she was worried about what the other undercover journalist saw.
Raquel Rodriguez: "What I do picking up those ballots when he was with me --that'a illegal. I could go to jail. I'm a little apprehensive to tell anybody what I'm f#cking doing, you know what I'm saying? And again, once he works with me once, he's gonna say--"
Journalist: "I guess Trump was right. (laughs) I'm sorry."
Rodriguez: "About doing stuff illegal?"
Journalist: "I'm sorry?"
Rodriguez: "About doing stuff illegal?"
Journalist: "Yeah, they all said he was full of sh#t."
Rodriguez: "Oh hell no, he's not. It's true-- 'cause you're not supposed to do that."
Fake Tapper immediately sprang to the airwaves to announce, without evidence, that this was all Russian Disinformation.
No he didn't. He just ignored the story.
They ignore every story if they can. If they need help, they call up their buddies at Google and FaceBook to suppress the story.
Donald Trump has taken a 4-point lead over Joe Biden in Florida according to a new survey by Susquehanna Polling and Research for the Center for American Greatness.
The phone survey of 400 likely voters conducted October 23-25 showed Trump with 48 percent and Biden with 44 percent support, with a 4.9 percent margin of error.Libertarian Jo Jorgensen gets 2 percent of the vote, while 6 percent of respondents remain undecided or refused to answer. If "leaners" are included, Trump leads 48.5-44. This same poll conducted last month using the same methodology showed Biden with a 3-point lead.
The below map is their "Advantage Map" graphic. This map color-codes counties not by whether Republicans or Democrats are voting more, but according to the Republican or Democrat advantage in 2020 as compared to the baseline of 2016.
Miami-Dade county being colored pink does not mean Republicans are winning Miami-Dade, but it does mean that more Republican ballots have been turned in in Miami-Dade this year than in 2016.
The three big Democrat counties are Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach. A bunch more Republicans have returned ballots in Miami-Dade in 2020 than in 2016 )(+23,145 Republican ballots). In Broward and Palm Beach, Democrats got more ballots than they did in 2016 -- about +19,600 for the Democrats, over the 2016 level.
But that means in the three biggest Democrat counties, Republicans have actually gained +4,000 ballots on the Democrats.
And as you can see from the rest of the map: there's a lot of bright red in other, more Republican-leaning counties.
Plus, the Democrat Party, not the Republican Party, really pushed its stalwarts to vote by mail and, if not by mail, then to vote early in person.
There are also more Republicans ballots returned in early voting in Wisconsin than Democrat ballots:
In a podcast released Monday, former Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said the thought of a second term with President Donald Trump makes her "literally sick to my stomach."
"I can't entertain the idea of him winning, so let's just preface it by that," Clinton told Kara Swisher, as a guest on Swisher's New York Times Opinion podcast.
"It makes me literally sick to my stomach to think that we'd have four more years of this abuse and destruction of our institutions, and damaging of our norms and our values, and lessening of our leadership... The list goes on," she said.
All thanks to you and your repellant corruption, your venomous criminal bitch.
Meanwhile, via Instapundit, Jake Tapper continues with his regularly-scheduled nervous breakdown.
Trump Spokesman Tim Murtaugh Accuses (Accurately) Fredo Cuomo of Having Broken Covid Quarantine; Fredo Lies To the World and Claims He Didn't
—Ace
Fredo offered the Liar's Demurrer. A liar doesn't want to be specific about what he's denying. Being specific is just making it easier to prove you're a lair.
So you just resort to nonspecific denials-- childishly gainsaying "Nuh-uh!"
Jake Tapper did this after the debate, calling Trump's charges against Hunter Biden "nonsense" because he had no specific grounds to deny the claims.
"I gave you a chance to put your arguments out there... We'll let people do the fact-check for themselves," @ChrisCuomo says to Trump 2020 campaign comms. director Tim Murtaugh, adding, "In seven days we'll see whether people think [Trump] did the right job on this pandemic." pic.twitter.com/BJYZya88TO
He's now routinely falling behind Fox Business repeats.
Shepard Smith, once a star anchor at Fox News, made headlines last year when he abruptly left the network. Now, his highly anticipated -- and heavily promoted -- new show at CNBC is falling behind repeats of Fox Business show Lou Dobbs Tonight.
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Bringing in an average of 343,000 total viewers in its first week according to Nielsen, the show dropped to 268,000 in its second week, 254,000 in its third, and is set to continue to decline for week four (ratings for last Friday will be in later today).
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Between September 30 and October 22, The News with Shepard Smith was at the bottom of 7 p.m. cable news ratings -- behind MSNBC's Joy Reid, CNN's Erin Burnett and Fox News’ Martha MacCallum -- with an average of 272,000 viewers.
Sheppie used to get ratings of one million or more at Fox. Or, I should say, Fox News garnered ratings of one million even while temporarily featuring Shep Smith.
Pack the court? Sure. How about if by some miracle the Republicans regain the House and President Trump nominates five more extremely young and extremely conservative judges and Cocaine Mitch McConnell rams them through in the next few months. How does that sound?
Article III of the U.S. Constitution does not specify the number of judges on the Supreme Court. The current number was set by the Judiciary Act of 1869, which is an act of Congress and can be changed by any subsequent Congress.
Or maybe we should go in the other direction. How about a Supreme Court of three judges? Thomas as Chief Justice, with Barrett and Alito as associate justices.
And while we are at it, how about if Congress limits the scope of the court's authority? The Constitution seems to give them that power in Article III Section 2:
In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be a Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the Supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make.
That would open up some interesting possibilities. How about a specific prohibition against limiting any of the 10 amendments in the Bill of Rights?
It is these insanities that makes conservatism immensely satisfying as a political philosophy. Chesterton's Fence is a lesson that needs endless repetition. I'll bet Harry Reid would like to revisit his destruction of the filibuster and the consequent boon for the Republican party. He claims to be happy with it, but legislation can always be changed, but the court is for a generation and can set the tone of legislation and even the direction of the political process of the country. As much as the Left would like to radically remake the structure of our government, there is the possibility that their enemies on the other side of the aisle will be emboldened to use those same tools, and the end result might be unpleasant for them.
If President Trump wins reelection next week, he will have a tremendous opportunity to do just that. Gut the regulatory state and empty the departments of the thousands of apparatchiks who have nurtured the Deep State. And a rational Supreme Court will be much more supportive of a return to basic principles!
This is one of Titian's last works, and it is radically different than another Saint Sebastian he did when he was much younger, part of the Averoldi Polyptych.
Good morning, kids. Tuesday and it's a beautiful morning. Amy Coney Barrett was sworn in last night after being confirmed by a Harry Reid simple majority in the Senate. The swearing in of Justice Barrett to take the empty seat on the Supreme Court is filled with a number of metaphors as well as at least one deliciously ironic coincidence; yesterday was Hillary Clinton's birthday. Just over four years ago, the now deceased predecessor of Justice Barrett, who was no spring chicken even then and a double cancer survivor was urged to step down so that Barack Obama could appoint her successor, one who would be equally anti-Constitutional. But no. She was determined to bitterly cling to that seat so that she could live to see her successor sworn in by Hillary, who was after all, a 100% lead pipe cinch to be the first female president (the jury is still out as to whether or not that was, in fact, Obama or James Buchanan). If you're reading this post wherever you are, how did that work out for you?
The second metaphor, and a powerful one at that, was that a black man did the honors of swearing in a woman. Yet to the left Clarence Thomas is not black and Amy Coney Barrett is not a woman. Both of them are infidels and apostates to Leftism, which to them trumps biology. As I had mentioned, Justice Barrett is the antithesis of everything her predecessor was and what the Judiciary had been corrupted by the Left to be: a supra-legislative body the sole purpose of which was to advance laws and policies that could never survive the ballot box or Congress. In her speech last night, this demure, attractive lady, in her own quiet and elegant way, leaned back and cold-cocked the Democrats right in their collective pie-hole:
The confirmation process has made ever-clearer to me one of the fundamental differences between the federal judiciary and the United States Senate, and perhaps the most acute is the role of policy preferences. It is the job of a senator to pursue her policy preferences; in fact, it would be a dereliction of duty to put policy goals aside.
By contrast, it is the job of a judge to resist her policy preferences. It would be a dereliction of duty for her to give in to them. Federal judges don't stand for election, thus they have no basis for claiming that their preferences reflect those of the people. This separation of duty from political preference is what makes the judiciary distinct among the three branches of government. A judge declares independence not only from Congress and the president, but also from the private beliefs that might otherwise move her. The judicial oath captures the essence of the judicial duty; the rule of law must always control...
...The oath that I have solemnly taken tonight means at its core that I will do my job without any fear or favor and that I will do so independent of both the political branches and my own preferences. I love the Constitution and the democratic republic that it establishes, and I will devote myself to preserving it.
This should not be controversial. The fact that it is controversial speaks to just how corrupted and diseased our government and politics have become over the course of the past 50 years or even longer. If that doesn't convince you, then the shrill, bitter, poison words out of the filthy sewers of the Democrats in opposing this confirmation speak as loudly as a gaggle of five-year-olds on a sugar bender shrieking and kicking after being told "no."
A little reminder about judicial philosophy for our Leftist chums. The Constitution is no more a living and breathing thing as is a brick. Words have meaning and the words in our governing documents are not poetry, not from the Kabballa, or "E Pleb Neesta." They are clear, unambiguous and we have volumes of correspondence from the men who wrote it as to what they meant in their work. The Constitution is not fungible and subject to changing times, tastes or technology. It is the gold standard by which laws and regulations must meet or else be struck down. They are the rules that protect the individual rights against something else that does not change: human nature, i.e. the will to power of some who seek to lord over and enslave others. This idea that the court must be "balanced" is madness. The only people who should be on that court are justices who approach their responsibilities exactly as Justice Barrett has stated. The fact that Ruth Bader-Ginsburg and perhaps a dozen or so others who thought and acted like her over the course of the past 231 years were allowed within 10 miles of that bench is a travesty.
So now, aside from lashing out at President Trump and the GOP for following the rules and doing their duty as well as playing totally kosher hardball politics thanks to Harry Reid who in the waning days of the Obama reign of error disregarded precedent and comity for what he thought would be political advantage, the Democrats are shrieking about "fairness" and packing the courts if they have the chance. Being a sore loser is of course childish in the extreme. And their claiming the mantle of righteousness and morality as is their wont is sickening. But these people are not children. The next time they have the chance, they will burn the country down and us with it.
"[W]e've got to have a wide-open conversation about how do we rebalance our courts. Yes, the two Supreme Court [seats] that have been stolen through these processes that are just wildly hypocritical have been used to jam through partisan nominees. But we've got to look at our federal courts as a whole, Rachel. Because we've seen hundreds of conservative judges put on circuit courts and district courts all over this country in the last four years, in many cases, too young, too unqualified, and too far right to be allowed to sit peaceably without our re-examining the process, the results, and the consequences."
Is it just me or did this diseased little mouse testicle just declare open season on judges? I get it; you're angry and lashing out because thanks to the greatest American president in the last 100 years is actually hell bent on reversing the trajectory of this nation during that time frame and doing everything he can to return power where it belongs; to the individual citizen. But this is so manifestly irresponsible that it borders on the criminal. How many James Hodgkinsons are out there with Chris Coons' office on speed dial? Or cupcakes like the "far right" would-be terrorist armed to the teeth and plotting to kill Goofy Joey Biden, who turns out to be a far-left Islam-curious Bernie Bro? Coons and his cohorts have encouraged the Burning-Looting-Murdering of our cities to take down this President and punish this country. A few bullet-ridden judges is how they make the omelet.
Disgusting.
Elsewhere...
- TuCa will have Biden family whistleblower Tony Bobulinski for his entire show tonight.
- Big win as SCOTUS upholds lower court ruling preventing Dems from stealing Wisconsin with ballot counting days after the election.
- GOP MN Senate Candidate Jason Lewis doing well after emergency surgery yesterday.
- Rasmussen poll of likely voters shows majority believe the revelations about the Bidens, which indicates that the attempted embargo of the story has failed.
- Aide of pajama boy Ossoff caught on tape disparaging "redneck rubes" and saying Ossoff is hiding his Communism to fool the latter into voting for him.
- Trump doing upwards of three rallies a day now forcing team Biden to drag the corpse out of the basement.
- Sure looks like Wall Street forced the Dow to take a dive to foul up Trump in the last week. The excuse was an alleged surge in the Chinese Lung Gleet. More cases means more testing and likely more false positives. It still does not translate into death; the mortality rate is still statistically on par with flu.
- Goofy Joey can't keep his facts straight on student loans.
- Marsha Blackburn on the warpath against academia/Confucius Institute collusion.
- Water found on the moon.
- Matthew McConaughey talks with Joe Rogan.
Jeffrey Lord: "Peter Schweizer's treasure trove of e-mails catch Biden cold: time for a special counsel." Boom! -- E-Mails Expose Biden Inc.
"The poll comes just days after one of Hunter Biden's former business partners alleged that Joe Biden was privy to discussions in 2017 regarding his son's dealings with CEFC China Energy Co., a Chinese oil company." Poll: Majority Believe Biden Knew About Son's Foreign Business Ventures
"How can it be disinformation? We have the drop slip Hunter Biden signed. We have John Ratcliffe and the FBI saying it's not Russian disinformation. We have an eyewitness saying the emails are real. We have an eye witness who says the big guy in one of the e-mails in fact refers to Joe Biden and that same eye witness met with Joe Biden about this whole subject area." Rep. Jim Jordan: They Said the Fake Dossier Is Real; Now They're Saying the Real Laptop, Emails Are Fake
"How is the lack of any media or police interest in Hunter Biden's crack pipe not a glaring example of so-called white privilege?" Hunter Biden: White Crackhead Privilege
"During the Biden stretch run, the firemen on the left have shredded what is left of their reputations as journalists to destroy information the Deep State does not want their audiences to have." Media Firemen Scramble to Save Biden Candidacy
"Unfortunately, many of the influencers in academia and mainstream media, to say nothing of our governing class, are decidedly less welcoming of conservative women, and especially women of faith." Amy Coney Barrett's Confirmation is a Triumph for Women
"The ad juxtaposes Biden and Harris' criticisms of President Trump's [Chinese] COVID-19 comments with Dr. Anthony Fauci making the same public statements in his own media appearances. Just like Trump, Fauci said at one point that masks are not necessary. Just like Trump, Fauci said the virus should recede with warmer weather. It seriously looks like Biden and Harris are criticizing Dr. Fauci, not the president." WATCH: New Ad Drops a Bomb on Joe Biden's Chinese COVID-19 Talking Points
"Congressman, you want to talk about relationships with corporate special interests?" Mowers asked Pappas. "With all due respect, you've been dating a corporate lobbyist who actually was lobbying on behalf of Amazon at the time. You were dating a corporate lobbyist. And the fact of the matter is you never disclosed it." New Hampshire Dem Failed to Disclose Relationship with Lobbyist
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
PHONY DEMOCRAT ELECTION-STEALING POSTAL SERVICE SWINDLE, ELECTION FRAUD IN GENERAL
"Democrats in Wisconsin -- a key swing state for the presidential election -- had argued that over 100,000 voters could be 'disenfranchised through no fault of their own' without an extension." (great news but how does this differ from Pennsylvania? - jjs) SCOTUS Upholds Decision to Block Wisconsin Mail-In Ballot Extension
"The official who oversees voter registration in New York City is the 80-year-old mother of a former congressman. The director of Election Day operations is a close friend of Manhattan's Republican chairwoman. The head of ballot management is the son of a former Brooklyn Democratic district leader. And the administrative manager is the wife of a City Council member." New York City Elections Board Run Incompetently By Lazy Family Members Of Politicians, Report Says
"The Boston Elections Department notified Galvin's office that the fire was set at about 4 a.m. in the ballot drop box outside of the Boston Public Library's main branch in Copley Square." Ballot Collection Box Targeted By Arsonist, FBI Investigating
"Monday's poll also noted an increase in black voters for Trump compared to the 2016 election, the Washington Examiner reported. 27% said they'd vote for Trump if the presidential election were today. The president only garnered 8% of the black vote in 2016." Trump Sneaks Ahead of Biden in Rasmussen Poll For First Time Since September
"To vote for someone for that position who is incompetent, corrupt, or power-hungry is a mortal error. To also pick a person who is incompetent mentally is beyond rational." Joe Biden is Just Not Qualified, For Health Reasons
FIRST AMENDMENT, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
"We can return to the explosive job creation, rising wages and general prosperity we had before the pandemic. We can have economic freedom and opportunity, and resist cancel culture and censorship. We can put annus horribilis, 2020, behind us and make America great again, again. We can do all this -- if we make the right choice on Nov. 3." New York Post, Washington Examiner Endorse Trump For Reelection
"Ohio's education department offered -- and withdrew, at least for now -- a startling collection of 'antiracist' teaching supplements." Smashing "Whiteness" in the Classroom
Our intrepid science reporter with some pretty big news: "The result is important, however, as it increases the likelihood that there is lots of water ice trapped in the permanently shadowed craters near the poles, in amounts that WILL be useful to future colonists." Breakthrough: Water Found On Sunlit Surface Of Moon, NASA Confirms
Our intrepid science reporter says, "The results from Pathfinder and Sojourner suggested the presence of melted ejecta from impacts, melt from volcanic processes, and sedimentary and rounded rocks suggesting water processes." (my flo is linoleum - jjs) "Flow-Like" Feature in the Martian Lowlands
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
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The other side is serious about making us into serfs. And we have got to wake up and get woke to the fact that its not whether we get into the fight of our lives, but only whether or not we will fight back. Kurt Schlichter
“Trump administration has helped the Crow Tribe in amending the Tribal Employment Rights Ordinance which allowed them to permit their own mineral resources,” Crow Tribal Chairman Alvin Not Afraid, Jr.
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“I think the -- the principal reason why we ended up not winning those three states that we thought we were going to win was the Comey letter. Because we could literally chart what happened from before and after. And we could see polling and we knew we were dropping. I thought that I had stopped the drop that it had you know hit the bottom, but we also learned afterwards how people were searching on Google trying to make sense of it, what did it mean, so there was a lot of voter angst as well.” Hillary Clinton
Good Lord lady, go play with your grandbabies and get the hell out of the public eye.
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The flow of information in the United States has become so politicized – bottlenecked by an increasingly brazen union of corporate press and tech platforms – that it’s become impossible for American audiences to see news about certain topics absent thickets of propagandistic contextualizing. Matt Taibbi
"Terence you said nothing when Captains & Chiefs took a knee with violent protesters who injured members of the NYPD. You say nothing to those who sing & dance in uniform. Now your little itsy-bitsy balls are in DeBlasio's [sic] palm & you tweet nonsense. Relax & take a knee!" The Sergeants Benevolent Association
Arizona Cardinals' wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins stuck his middle fingers up at a Trump convoy while weaving in and out of traffic, the President's supporters claim.
The NFL superstar, 28, reportedly swerved his Ferrari in between a convoy of Trump supporters while holding up two middle fingers on the I-10 yesterday.
He is thought to have been driving to his team’s game against the Seattle Seahawks at State Farm Stadium when he came across the PHX Trump Train drive at around 1.30pm.
Delta Airlines Adds 460 Passengers Who Refused To Wear Masks To ‘No-Fly’ List
More than 400 passengers won’t be flying Delta Airlines after allegedly refusing to wear face masks during flights, according to an internal memo obtained by NBC News.
“In a letter to Delta employees Thursday, CEO Ed Bastian said that 460 customers who refused to wear face coverings amid the coronavirus pandemic were added to the airline’s ‘no-fly list,'” NBC reported.
“Wearing a mask is among the simplest and most effective actions we can take to reduce transmission, which is why Delta has long required them for our customers and our people,” Bastian wrote as he announced the bans, according to the report.
The reason why H engines aren't more popular is their complexity. The primary issue is that the two banks of cylinders do not share a common output shaft, so they must be somehow geared together. This creation, however, does not have to deal with this issue. Each of the small engines has its own output shaft, and the easiest way to join them together, as he decided six months ago, was with a series of chains.
After building the colossal frame to house all of these engines (sourcing the motors themselves was not an issue) and sorting out all of the foibles related to it actually running, the mechanical masterpiece wouldn't turn over. It finally came to life with the help of two automotive starters, and despite being timed to fire evenly and smoothly, the engine still makes a tremendous racket thanks to its chain drive system.
LAWRENCE, Kan., Oct. 26, 2020 — In a meandering, scolding screed that demonstrates shockingly little knowledge of how journalism or the First Amendment work, a public university president formally forbade a student from interviewing government agencies for the student newspaper. He also directed the student editor to start showing university administrators the “highest respect” — or else!
Today, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, the Native American Journalists Association and the Student Press Law Center wrote to Haskell Indian Nations University. The coalition demands that the federally-operated university immediately and explicitly rescind its threats against the award-winning student newspaper and reminds the university’s leadership that they can be held personally and monetarily responsible for threatening freedom of speech and freedom of the press.
HINU President Ronald Graham issued a personally-signed “directive” on Oct. 16 to student journalist Jared Nally, threatening him with disciplinary action if he continued basic acts of journalism. Graham specifically prohibited Nally from recording interviews, interviewing government officials, and failing to treat members of the HINU community with the “highest respect.”
On Oct. 5, Nally, editor-in-chief of The Indian Leader student newspaper, emailed the Lawrence Police Department with a routine request for information about the death of an HINU employee. As is standard journalistic practice, Nally identified himself as a student reporter of The Indian Leader. For that, Graham wrote that Nally “discredited” himself and the university, and brought “unwanted attention” to the Kansas university.
“Under no circumstances,” wrote Graham, “do you have the authority to contact the police department (or any other governmental agency) and demand anything on behalf of the university.” (Read Nally’s “demand” for yourself.)
In the high-stakes world of coronavirus testing, one mistake has taken center stage: the dreaded false negative, wherein a test mistakenly deems an infected person to be virus-free.
These troublesome results, experts have said, can deprive a person of treatment and embolden them to mingle with others, hastening the spread of disease.
But false negatives are not the only errors bedeviling coronavirus diagnostics. False positives, which incorrectly identify a healthy person as infected by the virus, can have serious consequences as well, especially in places where the virus is scarce.
Although false positives may seem relatively harmless in comparison with their false-negative cousins, “people can absolutely get hurt,” said Dr. Benjamin Mazer, a pathologist and diagnostics expert at Johns Hopkins University.
A top doctor who served as an expert witness for the U.S. Congress says that even after a COVID-19 vaccine is available, mask wearing and other social distancing measures will remain mandatory.
“I feel like there is this perception that once we have a #CoronavirusVaccine life will go back to normal,” tweeted Dr.Krutika Kuppalli.
“Life will not be like it was pre-COVID. Even after we have a #vaccine you will still need to use good hand hygiene, maintain physical distance, avoid crowds and wear masks,” she added.
Chris Cuomo was seen at the weekend in a New York City members' club not wearing a mask and walking around to greet people as if he were the 'mayor', according to people who were there.
The CNN host, who had COVID-19 earlier this year, had already been scolded by his apartment building management for not wearing a mask in common areas.
According to sources cited by Page Six on Monday, it did nothing to change his behavior over the weekend.
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Born on this day: 26 Oct 1967
Keith Urban, country music singer, songwriter and guitarist whose commercial success has been mainly in the United States and Australia. In 1991, he released a self-titled debut album, and charted four singles in Australia before moving to the United States in 1992. Eventually, Urban found work as a session guitarist before starting a band known as The Ranch. Since 2006, he has been married to actress Nicole Kidman. via thisdayinmusic.com
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On this day: 26 Oct 1965
Queen Elizabeth II invested The Beatles with their MBE's at Buckingham Palace, London. According to an account by John Lennon the group smoked marijuana in one of the palace bathrooms to calm their nerves. Many former recipients gave their MBE's back in protest, to which John Lennon responded "Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war, for killing people." He continued: "We received ours for entertaining other people. I'd say we deserve ours more." via thisdayinmusic.com
Earlier this month, the legendary guitarist Eddie Van Halen passed away at the age of 65 after a long battle with cancer. Now, Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne is speaking out to reveal that Van Halen once asked him to be a member of his band.
“[Van Halen] phoned me up one time and asked me if I wanted to sing in his band – way after Sammy [Hagar],” Osbourne told his radio show co-host Billy Morrison. “I think he was a bit drunk.”
A Canberra radio presenter has taken down an aspiring Tesla thief after they forgot one of the carmaker’s main draws – and then left personal effects behind in the abandoned car.
Mix 106.3 Drive show presenter Annabelle Brett received a number of alarming notifications from the Tesla app on her phone at around 6.20am on Thursday morning.
While she was getting ready to start her day, the app was informing her that her Tesla was going for a drive.
“I got a ping on my phone that my car alarm was going off,” she told the Hit network’s Hughesy and Ed.
The company has a semi-autonomous driving function but Ms Brett’s Model 3 wasn’t driving itself.
LAREDO, Texas — U.S. Border Patrol agents shot and killed a man suspected of human smuggling in Texas after he struck an agent with his vehicle while trying to escape the scene, federal authorities said Saturday.
Border Patrol agents, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials and the Webb County constable’s office intercepted a tractor-trailer and a vehicle dropping off a large number of people in Laredo around 9:30 p.m. Friday, Chief Patrol Agent Matthew Hudak said
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Canada Galaxy Pageants, a women's-only beauty pageant based out of Toronto, Ontario, is facing human rights complaints from self-proclaimed lesbian warrior princess and tech blogger Jessica Yaniv, after not being accepted as a contestant in the pageant's "28 Years and Older" division.
Yaniv, who is transgender with male genitals, was initially accepted into the contest, having not mentioned that she was transgender with male genitals on her application. This would go against the pageant's policy, who only allow biological females, or those who had "fully transitioned" and no longer had male genitals to compete in the pageant. This policy was noted in all paperwork and on the website.
Tomorrow Night, Tucker Carlson Will Play Tony Bobulinski's Recordings of Biden Operatives Calling Him on the Phone -- and Begging Him to be Silent About Biden Crime Family Corruption
—Ace
@RyanAFournier
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Tony Bobulinski will play recordings of Biden operatives begging him to stay quiet on Tucker Carlson tomorrow.
Joe Biden is absolutely done - and if you voted for him, some states allow you to change your vote!
Say, if that's true, why does his wife whisper "Trump" to him? Seems like she thought he was sundowning.
Notice the Media Leftwing uses the words "fraudulent," "false," "misleading," and "lie."
These words are not innocently chosen -- they are making the case to their Social Media Overlords to deem the clip "false" and then to apply the usual sanction to messaging that might hurt Biden: Outright censorship.
"Misleading" is the new "causes harm to transsexuals."
And yes, Jake Tapper, Hero-Stud of Milquetoast Northeastern Liberal Republican Sissies, is leading the charge to get Google to censor the story.
Biden was talking to comedian George Lopez for a Latino turnout event. This tweet is fraudulent misinformation put out by the Trump campaign to mislead their own followers. It's pathetic and sad. https://t.co/OhI97OBU4J
Rasmussen: Trump Takes 1 Point National Lead Over Biden
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48%-47%. In addition, Rasmussen recently found Trump had 52% job approval.
Last Wednesday, Biden held a 49% to 46% lead, but the race has been tightening since early in the month. This is the first time Trump has been ahead since mid-September.
Is this more evidence of the often-detected, little discussed (by the fake news media, anyway) increase in Trump's support among blacks?
Someone pointed out that Real Clear Politics' average of the six most important swing states shows Biden up 3.9%. But Hillary was up 3.5% in the same six states in 2016, and she lost all of them.
The same poll had Biden in the lead less than two weeks ago. Why? InsiderAdvantage’s Matt Towery explained why things have moved in Trump's favor:
These results indicate a stark shift in the contest. Our last survey of Pennsylvania showed Joe Biden leading Trump by three points. But that survey was before the last debate. Since the debate Trump has picked up support from younger voters, who based on our prior survey strongly oppose future lockdowns over Covid-19 spikes. Trump has also bolstered his lead among male voters by some twelve points. Biden continues to hold a seven point advantage over Trump among female voters. It would be nothing more than mere conjecture to attempt to correlate Biden’s statements on energy and fracking in the last debate contest with the shift towards Trump in this survey. However, Trump saw gains even among senior voters which have not been his strong suit this election cycle. That suggest that some issue or set of events has caused a late shift in the contest."
There was a story that went 'round about the insubordinate Jim Mattis.
The story was this: Trump told Matthis to prepare an orderly withdrawal from Afganistan. He gave Matthis six months to plan it.
Jim Mattis did not plan it. He intended to keep the troops there, forever, against the President's intentions. He figured he would just stall Trump indefinitely.
Trump was displeased that Mattis had no plans to get out of Afghanistan, so he told Mattis, "I want a plan in a few months to get out of Afghanistan."
A few months later, Trump asked about the plans to withdraw troops from Afghanistan.
Once again, Mattis -- insubordinately, and unconstitionally -- gave Trump the stall, telling him the plans weren't finished yet.
Trump then ordered the draw down of troops in Afghanistan, and Mattis and all of his cronies whined that it was "disorderly" and that they were not following an organized plan for withdrawal.
They ran the same fucking bullshit with the withdrawal from the Iran nuke agreement.
These people think they should be running the country -- but they don't want to go through the process of having their affairs, with both women and boys, examined.
So they just unconstitutionally seize power.
And then they whine to the press when the president seizes back his legal, constitutional authority to make the foreign policy of the United States.
"source and methods" argument against declassification does not fly with records at issue. The SAO predicts Haspel could exit immediately after election, same for FBI Director Wray, due to disagreement over a variety of policy issues. From CIA Press Secretary Timothy L. Barrett,
Anti-Trumpers attacked a YUGE 'Jews for Trump' convoy in New York City by throwing rocks and eggs, pepper-spraying cars filled with families, splashing paint on cars, punching windows, etc.
They also threw eggs at Trump's personal lawyer and former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
The police arrested so many people, including a protester "for spraying pepper spray at a family of seven that was inside a vehicle that was part of the caravan."
Then again: It's better if we just administer our own justice on the spot.
Sundown Joe Says He's Running Against "George" -- Presumably One of the Bushes -- as His Wife and the Interviewer-cum-Campaign-Aide Desperately Whisper "Trump" to Remind Him What Decade We're In
— Matt Wolking (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@MattWolking) October 26, 2020
Trump pounced and seized.
Joe Biden called me George yesterday. Couldn’t remember my name. Got some help from the anchor to get him through the interview. The Fake News Cartel is working overtime to cover it up!
Well, looks like Sleepy Joe stepped on his own-- you know, the thing -- at his Pennsylvania rally on Saturday.
Apparently, a bunch of enthusiastic Trump supporters showed up at Biden's Pennsylvania rally on Saturday, and they may have outnumber the Biden supporters, who were a sorry lot. And some of the MAGA guys started heckling Sleepy Joe, which prompted this:
"I'll work as hard for those who don't support me as those who do, including those chumps with the microphone out there."
Yes, that's right, a candidate for the presidency of the United States just called American citizens "chumps".
I get it that nobody likes to be heckled, but Biden could've turned the situation to his advantage by saying something like this:
"You know, what a great country America is that the right to free speech is enshrined in our constitution. And as your president, I will work to protect that right for all Americans, both those that support me and those who don't. Because all Americans are entitled to equal protection under the law."
See, something like that would'be been awesome, and might have won him a few votes. But no, Joe is such a petty, small-minded, thin-skinned runt that all he knows how to do is lash out. At normal Americans. Talk about punching down. Notice that Trump never does this. For all of the caterwauling about Trump being a big meanie, I've never heard him go after normal citizens, even those who would never vote for him. All of his slap fights are with political opponents, or media figures, or celebrities. And he doesn't start them, near as I can tell. He responds to attacks. Meanwhile, there's all sorts of Youtube videos of Joe losing his sh*t when a voter gets up in his face. Isn't defusing these volatile situations gracefully a skill that politicians have to master? It should come with the territory. With 47 years in office, this is a skill Biden should've learned by now.
It's like Hillary calling Trump voters "deplorable". This isn't just a slip, by the way. She actually did this more than once, so it wasn't a mistake. It's what they really think of us; elected office is their right and it is our duty as subjects and commoners to vote for them.
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And, on a completely different subject, from yesterday's book thread:
551 I don't understand any Christian feeling that Trump's character makes him a no-go.
You ain't electing him as your pastor, people.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 25, 2020 01:35 PM (+Y1q2)
I'm old enough to remember when this sort of thing mattered. 30 years ago, a candidate like Donald Trump, with all of his divorces and his playing the field, would've been a non-starter. But then the Democrats managed to get a president who received sexual favors from an intern in a small room adjacent to the Oval Office. When conservatives objected that this was an indicator of low character and made the man unfit for the presidency, we were told it's only sex, so shut up, you prudes.
And that was when the rules changed.
This is why I laugh when Democrats, many of whom are old enough to remember this, preach sanctimonious lectures about the awfulness of Donald Trump's character. I mean, really, who are the prudes now?
"In the field of psychology, the Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which people with low ability at a task overestimate their ability ... the cognitive bias of illusory superiority and comes from the inability of people to recognize their lack of ability." https://t.co/4npKKXJ0KH
Wednesday Who Dis: Pinup hottie and 'B' movie actress Mara Corday starred in the schlock-fest Tarantula, and, in a bit part where he played a pilot of a military jet and his on-screen time can be measured in seconds, movie audiences were treated to the very first on-screen performance of Clint Eastwood. Although his face was hidden by a flight mask. I knew about this, which is why I thought it would be fun to pair him with Ms. Corday. What I didn't know was that she was also in some of his later movies, such as Sudden Impact, Pink Cadillac and The Gauntlet. Not sure if this was coincidence or if Clint knew her and tossed some work her way to pay the bills.
Today's Edition Of The Morning Rant Is Brought To You By Chocolate Truffles:
Here's a shocker - earlier this month NOAA issued its annual prediction that Winter 2020/2021 would be warmer than normal - the same forecast NOAA makes every winter. Per NOAA's graphics at this link, Texas is going to be burning hot this winter. Well it hasn't even been two weeks since that forecast and Texas is now preparing for a winter storm - in October - with ice possible all the way down to the Mexican border. NOAA is a politicized embarrassment to science. [Buck Throckmorton]
Dr. Guy P. Benson, M.D., Ph.D., noted virologist and Master Optics-Judger, speaks:
@guypbenson
The swearing-in ceremony for Justice Barrett will take place on the WH South Lawn tonight. Seats are spread out, masks are being worn, and the event is obviously outdoors. If these measures had been taken exactly one month ago (9/26), a lot of trouble could have been avoided.
@JonahDispatch
Congrats to ACB. Ironically -- to some, at least -- per SCOTUS tradition she will have to serve coffee or tea to the other Justices during conferences for as long as she is the newest Justice. She will be a servant, a handmaiden if you will, to the Roberts Court.
Oh Jonah, you're such a card. You're a panic!
What will we do without your pudgy, sausagefingered witticisms? A female acquaintance says, "Jonah worked so hard on this one, and thought he was sooooo funny. And I just want to punch him in the head." Jonah is not funny. He was never funny. He ripped off Dennis Miller's reference schtick -- poorly. Jonah Goldberg is, as YaBoiZack would say, "medically unfunny." He is unfunny on a genetic level.
He's also shallow, lazy, little-read, and unimaginative. He is mediocre in all ways, except waist-size. If you ever hear Jonah say something interesting or novel, Google it to find its real author. He is notoriously lightfingered when it comes to stealing other people's work and ideas without attribution.
JAKE TAPPER AND DANA BASH ARE PRACTICALLY CRYING TRYING TO CONVINCE THEMSELVES THAT BIDEN DIDN'T LOSE AS BAD AS THEY FEAR HE DID. MUST WATCH! Their voices are shivering and cracking and their mouths are frozen in a half-crying position. It's so wonderful!
N.J. firefighter charged with possession of gun silencers thought they were fuel filters. "[He] brought the items to the Carlstadt Police Department and handed them over at the front desk. Ten days later, a second shipment of silencers came to his home...[he] brought the box of additional silencers to police headquarters. But as he pulled into the parking lot, he was arrested by agents from Homeland Security" [dri]
@johnrobertsFox
BREAKING: Tony Bobulinski will announce that he will turn his electronic devices and records of business dealings with Hunter and Jim Biden over to the FBI
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