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125 comments:
Love the 1st and the 4th the most. I like the 4th because the capital dome seems more prominent. Clouds make the picture.
A sunset adding visual drama to the day's electoral proceedings. Portentous, and a bit corny, but I'll take it.
Whither Teen Vogue?
Funny how the problems with voting machines behaving erratically, or ballot availability issues, or voter rolls always seems to happen in predominantly 'Red' and 'Independent' areas on Election Day, eh?
The middle one has the most contrast
Message from Scott Adams:
“Pluvicto (round 1) accomplished!
Five more rounds to go.
Six weeks apart
Not expected to feel any improvement until at least two rounds. Might actually feel worse in the short run.
1/3 chance of some improvement.
1/3 chance of miraculous improvement. (Cleared of tumors but not "cured" )
1/3 chance things get worse.
Synergistic with Dr. Soon-Shioh's approach. Pluvicto attacks tumors with precision. His approach tunes your body's natural defenses, and that could mop up what is left, in the best case scenario. And if the Pluvicto doesn't work, the bodily defenses approach can potentially get the whole job done.
We shall find out. Will do both.”
I can't choose which I think is the loveliest picture!
"Whither Teen Vogue?"
There spiral can be traced back a decade ago with the defamatory UVA rape hoax concocted by leftist media- primarily Rolling Stone and echoed against the leftist media wasteland-includint Teen Vogue. The came Nick Sandmann and the lies they spread against him. Deadspin is dead meat, Buzzfeed never had any credibility to start, and then CNN losing their lawsuit. Finally came the coup de grace-all the USAID money dried up, and so did the $. Because no one actually reads these pink slime sites like Slate, and Mother Jones, and Gawker, and Jacobin, except each other, Inga, and foreign islamist terrorist networks and CCP bot aggregator.s
I wish the cafe posts were not always such beautiful pictures. The subjects we discuss are not up to their standard.
My husband just got in touch with a retired friend who volunteers at a Portland good bank. This friend, so progressive that he's encouraging his son, an English language teacher in Korea who's sick of his job and wants to come home, to stay in Korea because the US isn't "safe" right now, says that both local government funds and private donations are easy down - like half of what they usually are.
In other words, the Good Progressives of Portland have decided that making Republicans pay - for something - is more important than feeding the hungry about whom they claim to care so much.
Lefties - your thoughts?
Sigh. Sorry about the typos. I'm mad at Portland. The private foundations in Houston - not a red city but a whole lot less blue - have converted NRG stadium into a food bank.
@Aggie: These elections really should be easy Republican wins since Trump said his approval ratings are at record highs, prices are down, he’s ended 29 wars, there is no inflation, nobody likes Democrats, and everything is better than it has ever been before.
Red dawn.
@Kak, it would be a whole lot easier for Republican campaigners to be competitive if, say, independent voters appeared on the voter rolls so they could vote - which they didn't in Chester County, PA, until late morning. Due to a "mix-up."
Is there any wonder - oh, never mind.
A lot of Althouse photos feature a dramatic cloudscape that my wife would have called a holy card sky. Many paintings of saints posed them against similar dramatic cloudscapes.
Good for Scott Adams. Hope his treatment works. I pray to God everyday, not to let me live to 100, but when he decides I have to go, to let me have a painless and quick exit. I've seen what cancer does, and I don't want that. Give me a heart attack. Or a fall off a 100 foot cliff.
Gleen Greenwald does the best job of summarzing the Tucker-Fuentes hysteria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmpLDc1bgRU.
If want to have to listen to a good summary of what's going on with the Conservatives/Rightwing - you need to listen to a leftist.
AI Bias: Google AI Says GOP Senator Is a Sex Offender
"Google actually yanked its Gemma AI model from its AI Studios platform after Blackburn presented evidence that it accused her of sexual assault."
"Blackburn revealed that when Gemma was asked, “Has Marsha Blackburn been accused of rape?” it falsely responded that during her 1987 state senate campaign, a state trooper alleged she “pressured him to obtain prescription drugs for her and that the relationship involved non-consensual acts.”
The Tennessee Republican said the allegations were completely untrue and noted that the AI model even botched the year of her campaign — she ran for state senate in 1998. She also pointed out that the links the AI cited to support its claims led users to error pages or unrelated articles."
Not really useful as a fact producer, is it.
"making Republicans pay - for something - is more important than feeding the hungry"
I'm not on the left but I can tell you why leftists aren't especially keen on donating- they think everybody should be forced to contribute and they're not going to do it unless everybody else does.
I was told this by someone (self declared) on the left.
"If want to have to listen to a good summary of what's going on with the Conservatives/Rightwing - you need to listen to a leftist."
I should be listening to Inga?
But as with the kennedys and kerry they find every loophole tp avoid said taxes
Re Scott Adams’ treatment:
A bit of info on Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong’s approach to cancer treatment:
Instead of bombing cancer with strong chemo that hurts good cells too, he trains your immune system to find and kill cancer .
How?
1. Uses tiny “smart” particles to deliver drugs right to the tumor.
2. Gives immune boosters (like ANKTIVA) to wake up your body’s natural killer cells.
3. Makes treatment personal—tailored to your tumor’s weaknesses.
Goal: Stop cancer from coming back, with fewer side effects.
Works best so far in bladder cancer; testing in others.
Made billions off his cancer drug Abraxane.
Highly respected but maybe overhypes his treatments.
Doctor: "You're terminal. You haven't more than six months left to live."
Patient: "But doctor isn't there anything I can do?"
Doctor: "You need to sell your possessions and live frugally. No drinking, smoking, red meat, or junk food. Eat only bland foods, whole grains, and vegetables. Move to a place, without electricity or plumbing. And invite your mother-in-law and your wife."
Patient: "And all that will cure me?"
Doctor: "No, but it will be the longest six months of your life!"
I pray to God everyday, not to let me live to 100, but when he decides I have to go, to let me have a painless and quick exit. I've seen what cancer does, and I don't want that.
What is the prayer - the grace of a happy death? May we all have such.
But I remember when the protracted and painful, but chosen, death of Pope John Paul II was, by circumstance, juxtaposed with the starvation death of Terri Schiavo, whose family were begging to take over all costs and responsibilities of her care from her husband who had already moved on, as they say. At the time, I posted on my long-defunct blog that I hoped I would be given what I needed to face whatever death God has in store for me. That's still my prayer.
Chemo used to be a bitch. A relative got treatments back in the 90s. Felt so bad, they didn't know if it was better to keep on, or go off it and die.
Anything that is less impactful and more targeted is good thing indeed.
And a bit about Pluvicto:
Pluvicto is a targeted radiation treatment for advanced prostate cancer. It’s like a “smart bomb” for cancer cells: It uses a special molecule that sticks to a protein (called PSMA) found on many prostate cancer cells, then delivers radiation directly to kill them from the inside.
So in order to be eligible for Pluvicto your cancer must test positive for PSMA - which most do.
Kak - it's all blue states.
One thing i've noticed is that most people hang on to life no matter what. Even when they're in pain or miserable and the end isn't in doubt, they still hang on till the last moment. Is that brave or something else? I dunno.
Anway, we've all got a ticket to the same destination. Date of departure unknown. Of course, what happens after that is in God's hands.
Hes an npc at this point electricity prices will get higher taxes will get higher they voted to cut their own throats
They need to remake Fantastic Voyage (1966) and in fact James Cameron (Titanic) is planning to do so.
I'm not on the left but I can tell you why leftists aren't especially keen on donating- they think everybody should be forced to contribute and they're not going to do it unless everybody else does.
Our priest - associate rector at the time, but now a rector of her own parish - had the same attitude. Still does, as far as her Facebook posts go. Government needs to be the Hands of Christ.
She appears to have skipped the part about rendering unto Caesar what is Caesar's and unto God what is God's. I wonder if she even pledges to her own parish.
Eva Marie: "Made billions off his cancer drug Abraxane."
Must be a Santana fan - or a Gnostic. CC, JSM
Good night for the D's. Darn it. I fear this will be the start of 2026 and 2028 D domination, just like 2006 and 2008. Oh well.
Will someone in America please focus on the deficit.
“One thing i've noticed is that most people hang on to life no matter what. Even when they're in pain or miserable and the end isn't in doubt, they still hang on till the last moment. Is that brave or something else? I dunno.”
I do know. Yes dammit. In your face MAiD zealots.
Good for the individual facing death (don’t be otherwise convinced by the bean counters) and good for the living (who are facing a later death).
A week without a hummingbird sighting- time to pull in the feeders…
What draws them to the feeders
Virginia is going the way I expected. Jersey? Too soon. But it looked like a blue night many months ago and appears to be so as the results come in.
"They need to remake Fantastic Voyage (1966) and in fact James Cameron (Titanic) is planning to do so."
Yeah, I"m looking forward to the new 3 hour remake with a black female hero, the wacky Gay comic relief, and the evil Christian white man who's trying to sabotage the operation.
In the 60s movie you could spot the villian because he was strangely uninterested in Raquel Welsh and didn't go for all that "God stuff". Today, the villian will make homophobic remarks and spout Christian verses. Or wear a MAGA hat.
Decision Desk says Jay Jones has beaten Miyares. You can't underestimate the voting public, apparently.
They want to kill republicans change my mind
The leftys I know are all working at food banks. Must not be good leftys. Afrer all, besides being actually concerned about hunger, they talk to a Trump supporter.
I thought up this poem
Bari Weiss took an axe
And gave the libtards forty whacks.
When she saw what she had done
She gave fake news forty-one.
"RCOCEAN II said...
"They need to remake Fantastic Voyage (1966) and in fact James Cameron (Titanic) is planning to do so."
Yeah, I"m looking forward to the new 3 hour remake with a black female hero, the wacky Gay comic relief, and the evil Christian white man who's trying to sabotage the operation.
In the 60s movie you could spot the villian because he was strangely uninterested in Raquel Welsh and didn't go for all that "God stuff". Today, the villian will make homophobic remarks and spout Christian verses. Or wear a MAGA hat.:
Yeah, and when the disclaimer says "nudity", it's not gonna be pretty boobs, gonna be some guys ass.
wildswan, as is our friend - he volunteers at his local food bank three times a week! But there does seem to be a strain on the left of "the government will take care of everything," which is what our friend, and our former priest, appear to be (first) observing and (second) approving.
"Decision Desk says Jay Jones has beaten Miyares."
I truly am surprised. The depravity is deeper than I thought.
This is unexpected. Michelle Obama’s book slipped to #10 on its first day (on Amazon’s best seller list). After a write up in the NYT.
Someone (sorry don’t remember who) said this is why the Democrats delayed the vote till after these elections.
Somehow people have been convinced it’s selfish to hold on to life. Fuck off.
The clouds opened a portal to let enough light shine in.
Spamberger's kids are acting up and upstaging their mother. Maybe what we need in all political broadcasts is somebody acting up in the background to bring home the point that what the politician is saying is just so much insincere blather.
He apologized so all good…
Blue places elect Democrats. Film at eleven…I suppose shutdown Democrats expect to use this as leverage…
Rise of the White Karens(D)
The Dems approve of murder.
I hope Scott Adams see progress with this treatment. thanks for the info, Eva.
sees
WANTED: Iftar cook for Gracie Mansion.
Clothes make the man; clouds make the sunrise.
The Democrats and Left once again demonstrate they are thr party of corruption, violence, terrorism, and murder.
A UPS plane crashed this evening as it was leaving Louisville's airport. It was intended to go to Honolulu, so was full of fuel. The three person crew was killed. It hit a petroleum recycling place and an auto parts scrapyard. I think it may be a while before they know how many people, if any, on the ground. I believe some people are unaccounted for, but they don't know what customers may have been at the scrapyard.
This is the first serious crash here in over 70 years. Someone got a video of the plane with what appears to be an engine on fire as it was taking off. (Just adding this before someone starts blaming it on Trump for not paying the air traffic controllers.)
"Somehow people have been convinced it’s selfish to hold on to life. Fuck off."
Yeah well, that'd better not be directed at me. because i didn't say that. But whatever. Communication on the intertubes is a dicey matter. You never know who you're dealing with.
How would the obit read for VP Harris or Pence if they died tomorrow?
"A UPS plane crashed this evening ..."
Dashcam video:
https://x.com/IntelPointAlert/status/1985881145469264108
https://x.com/GlobalTechtonic/status/1985855237941510328
@RCOCEAN II: it’s definitely not directed at you but at that attitude.
I need 1 more( Attorney general in Virginai) to close out my wagering weekend thru today with the PICK 5. Much easier than the Breeders Cup, the opposition had knuckleheads with trump backing on the losing end/ Cali fighting back against THE REDS trying to do the redistricting cheating on the orders of trump,that should be the PICK 6. CHEAT TO WIN THE NEW 21ST CENTURY MODEL, beautiful!!
I've been thinking about Big Balls, the kid who moved to DC to serve with DOGE, and then found himself tangled up with the feral underpopulace nurtured by the Democrat governance of that city. One might be tempted to think of him as an "alpha male", highly-skilled and destined to extreme success in a male dominance hierarchy. And I think that is an aspect of the young man -- really, the precocious boy -- but it ignores something critical.
When he realized the subhumans were attacking, he stuffed his date into the car, slammed the door, and turned to confront them. And was beaten bloody. He is fortunate that they weren't armed, or he could easily have been killed.
But he didn't know they were unarmed. Still, faced with a possibly mortal threat, with seconds to respond, he acted to protect the female, and confront the attack. She was not his wife, she was just his date. A man concerned solely with his place in male dominance hierarchies would have tossed her to the wolflings. But a man's gotta do ...
what a man's gotta do. And that is not the same thing, as what an alpha male's gotta do. Not by a long shot.
"Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong’s approach to cancer treatment . . .
works best so far in bladder cancer." Bladder cancer is one in which massive improvements in treatment are only now just showing up in the 5-year-survival rates. My mother had stage 3 bladder. She had decided that she did not want to live with the results of a cystectomy, but she agreed to at least take the adjuvant drugs she would need before surgery. They killed every cancer cell with only minimal side effects--bad anemia, but she kept her hair, no vomiting, etc.--and she has been in remission for 7+ years (fingers still crossed).
If, God forbid, you get a cancer diagnosis, remember that the 5-year survival rate is based on treatments 5 years ago. Oncology is one of the few areas of medicine that has continued to improve since 2012, not from any single "miracle" drug (except that some of the chimeric T-cell therapies work like miracle drugs if you happen to have exactly the 'right' type of cancer) but because of a lot of incremental improvements.
Trump's Republican Party is getting smoked tonight by 51 different flavors of Democrats.
I am no fan of Trump, but for the sake of the country, I hope he gets the clear unambiguous message that he needs to work with the Democrats in Congress, end the government shutdown and start funding programs that the American people want. He needs to get a new set of political advisors and should clean out his cabinet staff. Otherwise 2026 is going to be even worse for the Republicans.
This is kind of the devil's bargain with Trump. There are a core set of voters who are only loyal to Trump, not the Republican Party. If he isn't on the ballot, they don't show up. However, the fact that he is in the White House motivates Democratic voters like no one else. Same thing happened in 2017 and 2018. 2026 is shaping up to be an even bigger wave election for the Democrats. GOP may even lose the Senate.
"How would the obit read for VP Harris or Pence if they died tomorrow?"
True. But cheney's fame was due less to his brilliance and love of the American people than Bush 43s weakness and the Bush Families love of their beloved servant.
Cheney was made VP by Bush 43 in 2000. But why? Cheney had last been elected to office in 1989. He'd was an adequte DoD Secretary but had left public life for business in 1993.
In terms of winning votes, Cheney added nothing to the ticket. But Bush 43 had some weird love and respect for him and not only made him VP - he almost made him co-president.
Its as if Trump in 2016 had made Robert Gates his VP, and ran every decision by him in his first Term.
We remember Cheney because Bush 43 was such a weak President. Almost unheard of in USA history.
The left are trying really hard to make creepy weirdo loser Fuentes the new Charlie Kirk. He's not.
Harris won NJ and VA comfortably. What possible reason would there be for Republicans to out-perform Trump himself in those states? (esp. because in NJ and VA a greater fraction of Trump's voters are people who voted for Obama and don't have any great love for generic Republicans than in states like Ohio or West Virginia).
Democrats winning in a Harris state should be expected. The only real interest will be in the details: How much were the Republicans below Trump's totals in 2024? Did the Ds manage to flip any Trump counties, and vice versa?
Glen greenwald has his lips planted on Trucker's behind.
Well, it looks like Mamdani has won. He is ahead by 176,000 votes with 86% of the vote in. As of this moment Mamdani would have won even if Curtis Sliwa had withdrawn in favpr of Cuomo. But then it would have been a very close race. Perhaps by the end of the evening Sliwa and Cuomo will have more votes than Mamdani. But that wouldn't change the fact that Mamdani has won a convincing victory. He can run a campaign; can he run a large complex city? The best we can hope for is that the Dems will do a Biden. Mamdani will walk about pretending to govern (sharp as tack) and unknown semi-competent people will work it all from the background. What's more likely is a rush to the public trough which turns the Democratic Socialists into capitalist pigs. They do nothing but party and NYC has a very bad time.
Joe Rogan Clip: "Elon Musk reveals the real reason why Democrats never cleaned out the Social Security system of dead people is they were using those names to send fraudulent payments to illegals."
One of weirdest things about bush 43 is despite his love and respect for CHeney, he refused to pardon Scooter Libby who'd not done any wrong except commit a "process crime". Cheney asked for the pardon in bushes final days in office, and Bush refused. I"ve never seen any clear and convincing reason as to why Bush refused the pardon.
But then Bush 43 wasnt big on loyalty. He threw Gonzales to the wolves. Fired his first 2 Treasury Secretaries, and got rid of Colin Powell and Ashcroft after 4 years.
I sorta of defended bush to my friends in 2001-2009, but looking back he was small, odd man, an egoistical mediocrity, who got elected by because he was a good liar, the son of a POTUS, and people disliking Al Gore. And got re-elected because Kerry was such a freak.
“However, the fact that he is in the White House motivates Democratic voters like no one else. Same thing happened in 2017 and 2018. 2026 is shaping up to be an even bigger wave election for the Democrats. GOP may even lose the Senate.”
Indeed! Can’t wait for midterms.
"Well, it looks like Mamdani has won." "He can run a campaign; can he run a large complex city?"
A majority of the city revenue comes from property taxes and sales taxes. Yes, a reduction in people paying NYC income tax might have an impact on the budget, but it won't be the primary source.
The Governor and State Legislature have a major veto over what can happen in the City. The Federal government does as well. The actions of State and Federal authority will likely factor into the 2026 elections. If voters give the Mayor a mandate, and state and federal work to block programs that people voted for, these obstruction points become the basis for organizing campaigns in 2026 and beyond.
One of the great things about the Mamdani campaign is that it has provided hundreds of thousands of voters with an education on how politics works in the city and the state. The Mamdani program is pretty modest, but the major resistance from the super-rich -- even going so far as to pay way more to beat Mamdani than they would pay in new taxes -- is part of the political education process.
Mamdani's opponents and their actions to block him have backfired to such a degree that these opponents have become even better advocates for Mamdani's economic agenda than Mamdani himself ever could have done on his own. They are making his argument much easier for people to see.
YouTube: How the illegals were meant to secure permanent majorities for the Democrats.
Jupiter said...
I've been thinking about Big Balls, the kid who moved to DC to serve with DOGE...
And you are absolutely correct in every word that follows. Although the bloggers of the man-o-sphere might disagree. I've known too many generic "alpha" makes in my life.
Zohran Mamdani got elected because of open borders and the love of immigration. Almost 40 percent of NYC - like Mandingo - are immigrants. Almost 25 percent of New Yorkers don't speak English.
So, this is what New York Democrats, and Democrats around the USA wanted. This is the result of their "We love immigrants" policy.
Mandingo will change nothing. But the hysteria and tears will be entertaining. Pass the popcorn.
I just read a tweet that in the major cities Blackrock and other hedge funds own almost 25 percent of the houses. But who cares about that? That's 'Muh free enterprise'.
And Mein Gott, Mandingo may institute Rent control. Why we cant have that! This country was built by people sitting on their asses and raising rents on their apartment buildings by 10 percent per year. Why that 'murica. That's "Free Enterprise". Oh say can you see by the Dawns early light...LOL.
Excellent link, Lem 9:13
RC Cola - They are illegal immigrants.
@timburchett: "New York City has fallen, and @uhaul is about to make a bunch of money."
Drout 9:08 - indeed.
Per Lem's link and reality. CA and NY allow fraud and illegal voting.
Thanks, Peachy.
The Democrat Party is corrupt.
RCOCEAN, it is certainly possible that Blackrock and other hedge funds own almost 25% of the housing. And also, that Mandingo will further extend rent control. But I confess, I don't exactly see how extending rent control is in the interest of the owners of rental properties. Can you spell that out?
Virginia has a Republican governor and Republican attorney general and is in a country with a Republican president, Republican Congress, and a tacitly Republican Supreme Court. Here's why its election was rigged by Democrats.
"The Democrat Party is corrupt."
Well. I certainly don't disagree. But I am hard-pressed to see, how we distinguish the normal processes of political influence in a functioning republic from corruption. I suppose, that we might expect political aspirants to be independently wealthy, on a vast scale, and to finance their own campaigns out of their own pockets. Indeed, that seems to be part of Trump's appeal, to those of us who find him appealing -- he is not in it for the money.
But the SCOTUS has ruled that political donations are speech, and I can't really see how that could be false. So, what are you charging the Dems with? Theft? Grift? They are certainly guilty, and especially guilty. But, indeed, when I talk with Democrats, they seem to feel that
1 - the economic system is heavily biased against their base, and therefore
2 - what they steal is nothing to what is stolen from them.
I strongly disagree with 2, but 1 is obviously true.
Surely free busses are a segue into full-blown Stalinism. Take care comrades. (I’m not even sure if buses were free under Stalin?)
They are in Luxembourg. But that is a Stalinist hellhole under Sharia law. Same in Montpellier and Valletta.
The red dawn is upon us! 😉
Dems in CA and NY made voter ID illegal. That is full on corruption. Mob style.
Decision Desk says Jay Jones has beaten Miyares. You can't underestimate the voting public, apparently.
I expected the CIA bitch to win, but I really thought that the AG race might go the other way.
Virginia is a different voting public, mostly comprised of government employees, NGO employees whose government gravy train was derailed this year, cronies and fixers and lobbyists closely in the orbit of government, and a massive population of government-dependent welfare layabouts from families where no adult in four generations has held a job.
The fact that the Virginia electorate has no problem with a man who fantasizes about murdering toddlers for the benefit of his political party should underline just how dangerous, untrustworthy, and despicable our hired help inside the Beltway really is.
Government workers, by and large, are lazy, evil scum who can never be trusted, EVER. If a man means for his posterity to be free, he must teach his children to hate the government and those who love it, right from the cradle.
The Democrats are in the process of becoming the CPUSA, and that is effectively a descent of American politics into civil war. What the CPUSA intends to establish as the law of the land is utterly unacceptable to most Americans. But it also seems that, as the Commies move to gut the Democrat party, and wear it as a skinsuit, more and more Americans are repelled by the absurd posturing of the captured institution. Perhaps a violent confrontation can be averted. I have to say, to my mind, this is like trying to treat a pus-filled boil without lancing it. It will fester.
"But I confess, I don't exactly see how extending rent control is in the interest of the owners of rental properties. Can you spell that out?"
Blackrock owns 25 percent of Big City houses. Rich people own rental properties. They don't want rent control. I never asserted they did!
I asserted that all this nonsense about "Free Enterprise" and "OMG, the poor property owners of NYC" is bullshit. Or rather its BS to anyone who's not a rich property owner.
I'm in the position of spelling out the meaning of sarcasm. So, I'll just say it straight. I"m not rich and I'm not poor. I'm in the mid 80 percent of americans. I don't care if Rich people in NYC can't raise their rents on their apartment buildings by 10 percent a year. Why should anyone care?
Anyone who buys property should get a reaonable rate of return. And no more. People need to live in NYC to work or carry on their lives. Why should they have to be ripped off because some landlord wants to make 2.1 million in profit instead of 1.7 million? Landlords in NYC don't do shit for "The economy". They own buildings and extract rent. They invent nothing. They produce nothing. You could force them to sell their buildings to the city - and nothing would change. Its not "The free market".
Trump's Republican Party is getting smoked tonight by 51 different flavors of Democrats.
Only an idiot would look at a low-turnout, off-year election - in blue states, no less - as some sort of referendum on Trump and Republicans.
You were supposed to win, jackass.
Come back this time next year.
We used to have utilties in every part of the USA that were privately owned. Eventually, they became monopolies and they ripped off the consumer. So in most of the USA, they either became heavily regulated or they became publically owned.
In places like NYC, there's no reason why apartment buildings shouldn't be owned by the city or rents regulated. There is no "Free market" - its all just monopoly captialists extracting rent . Just like Utilities used to be.
"Gospace said...
And you are absolutely correct in every word that follows."
Thank you, and I appreciate the affirmation. What is puzzling me, is that I understand exactly, precisely>, to the least and last slamming car door, the ethos Big Balls operated under. Because, back in the days when I went out at night, I operated under exactly the same set of rules. But how are these rules promulgated? I know why he did what he did. He knows also. But we have never communicated. How do we come to see the world in exactly the same way?
Must be a genetic thing.
Jim, Trump not being on the ballot is a problem/issue for republicans in 2026.
When was the last time that the Democrats controlled nearly 60 assembly seats in Virginia General Assembly?
As far as off-year elections go too, this was a high turnout election. Message is unambiguous too.
Republicans also control Virginia right now. That means they control the state election board and have majorities on county election boards. So the idea that the Democrats are "cheating" is an even more absurd claim. Do you live in a bunker with Trump?
So, Althouse. Ms. Althouse. Madame Althouse. Might this be the first usage, in all of the long history of the English language, of the term, "underpopulace"?
Jim, Trump not being on the ballot is a problem/issue for republicans in 2026.
That remains to be seen as it's 12 months from now.
Twelve days is a long time in politics. Twelve weeks is an eternity. Those who make predictions for results 12 months from now are not serious people.
Hell, you guys may end up actually killing him between now and then.
Or perhaps, DEM TURNOUT IS HIGH BECAUSE THEY PAY PEOPLE:
Looking forward to honest, innovative, effective government initiatives in NJ. VA, and NYC. Governing well is the best revenge.
Here in CA, my vote has been cast into the wind.
Perhaps the feedback loop will improve things.
It’s amazing how DJT has managed to define both parties. It should also be noted that NJ has lost 800k Republican voters due to emigration since 2020.
So I checked a few other right-leaning sites and of course, they're all running around with their hair on fire.
Democrats won where Democrats were supposed to win.
The only 'surprise' - in my opinion - is the Virginia AG's race. But that result is more reflective of left than anything about the right.
You elected a guy who openly wants to murder his political opponents and their children.
Yay! Go Team D.
What nobody has explained, so far as I can tell, is how a minor, newly-minted state assemblyman politician managed to steamroll a primary to become the Mayoral candidate, and then win the popular vote to get the office. Like the bevy of radical District Attorneys across the country a few years ago (the ones who don't prosecute crimes), this stinks of Soros and the Open Society astroturfing machine. I'll be interested to read the post-mortems.
But how does a 34 year-old with no political history, manage the reins of NYC? He has no network, no contacts, no experience. I'd be surprised if he's not fresh meat, ready to be consumed by the political machinery. He'll get a corner office with a nice view, but I doubt he's going to be allowed to implement radical change. For Trump, he'll be a gift.
Personally, I'm glad Mamdini won. At some point, the boil needs to be lanced. Let it burn.
And you're correct. It will be a gift to Trump if for no other reason than the extreme left is really starting to feel their oats and will drag the entire party further to the extremes.
This shutdown was more about the internal civil war going on in the Democratic party than anything else.
Schumer and the Ds voted for the exact, same CR in March, and he got crucified for it. This time? He fed the beast in the hopes he won't be eaten.
"You elected a guy who openly wants to murder his political opponents and their children."
Eh. That dog won't hunt. I openly want to murder Democrats. They are a threat to my children. You go out in the yard, and there's a rattlesnake. What, you try to reason with it? No, you whack off it's head with a shovel. Which, by the way, you keep sharpened with a grindstone, for just such occasions.
I hate the bastards, and I want them dead. I am not at all surprised that they feel the same way about me. This is way past "Can't we all just get along?". No. We can't. They want to destroy my family. I want their lifeblood.
It is a serious mistake to wish for the opposing party to become more extreme because then they'll lose by a bigger margin to your party.
Ask President Hilary Clinton about THAT strategy.
So no, it is NOT good that unapologetic Communists are becoming the faces of one of our major political parties, because that simply increases the chances of Communists gaining enough power to do what Communists ALWAYS do: murder people, steal their stuff, and lie.
Yes, if Mandami does what he said he will do, NYC will become a bigger disaster than it was under de Blasio. But the media will report that the streets are paved with gold and not show the violence, filth, and decay, and the stupid billionaires will pay the protection money that will then be leveraged into political power elsewhere for the globalist crap-elites.
Be careful what you wish for...
With the NJ, NYC, VA, and CA Prop 50 elections in the bag, I expect that my real estate investment in SWFL will be rewarded.
I think Trump needs to keep telling people from his gilded palace that grocery prices are way down, housing and electricity prices are down, and everything is great because of his genius. They seem to like that.
I mean who cares if the Ds sweep NYC, NJ, or VA? these places are Liberal/left stongholds. Except for $$$, almost everyone there is Liberal/leftist. All these places are full of our sainted "immigrants" and massive numbers of African Americans who all vote D, no matter what.
Demographics is destiny. The "minorities" wont vote Republican unless their pocketbooks hurt or the D's in power go crazy. And the second the R's restore 'Sanity" the voters will go back to their homeboys.
40 percent of NYC is immigrant. Another 30 percent is hispanic/black/etc. Only 15 percent is native born and white.
25 percent of New Yorkers cant speak English.
Mandingo is a perfect fit.
“NJ has lost 800k Republican voters due to emigration since 2020.”
Half of them might be here in GA.
Former VP Aaron Burr was charged with treason because of the alleged conspiracy for assembling an armed force to take New Orleans and separate the Western from the Atlantic states. He stood trial in Richmond, Virginia, but he was acquitted, and then he fled to Europe.
Burr's trial brought into question the ideas of executive privilege, state secrets privilege, and the independence of the executive. Burr's lawyers, including John Wickham, asked Chief Justice John Marshall to subpoena Jefferson, claiming that they needed documents from Jefferson to present their case accurately. Jefferson proclaimed that, as president, he was "Reserving the necessary right of the President of the U S to decide, independently of all other authority, what papers, coming to him as President, the public interests permit to be communicated, and to whom." He insisted that all relevant papers had been made available, and that he was not subject to this writ because he held executive privilege. He also argued that he should not be subject to the commands of the judiciary, because the Constitution guaranteed the executive branch's independence from the judicial branch. Marshall decided that the subpoena could be issued despite Jefferson's position as president. Though Marshall vowed to consider Jefferson's office and avoid "vexatious and unnecessary subpoenas", his ruling was significant because it suggested that, like all citizens, the president was subject to the law.~Wiki
Eh. That dog won't hunt. I openly want to murder Democrats.
You also believe 9/11 was an inside job and/or controlled demolition.
Now, if you were running to be a state's attorney general?
With the full backing of the Republican party...where not a single candidate withdrew his or her support?
You'd have a point.
It is a serious mistake to wish for the opposing party to become more extreme because then they'll lose by a bigger margin to your party.
Maybe you could point to where I said they'll lose by a bigger margin to 'my' party.
The only way the Democrats return to common sense is when they've had enough of their extremists.
So, I guess the strategy of importing more people who hate America and want to sack and loot it just like the Democrats do actually works to elect more Democrats. Once in, they're going to find ways to keep doing it and keep spreading it around the country.
I don't see any way this is going to be stopped with these quaint little things called elections if they just keep importing more of their voters and moving them around to the next place they want to take over. Trump was our last chance to stop this. Somewhere down the road it's going to be hand to hand combat in the streets
Traditional American politics is premised on the notion that sometimes you lose and sometimes you win and you have to deal with that.
But Trumpism is premised on the notion that any result where you don’t win is illegitimate, unlawful, fraud and criminal.
You can’t negotiate with people like that.
There was a lot of foreign money being laundered for mamdani probably the same with sherill and spanberger formerly with an american madrassa the isa
Kak: "But Trumpism is premised on the notion that any result where you don’t win is illegitimate, unlawful, fraud and criminal."
Good to know that your team isn't like that, Kak. The calm acceptance. The cooperation. The good faith negotiations by Democrats...must be dreamy in your head as you think about it, Kak.
This for Rich and RC.
Nothing is free. Free buses lead to higher taxes. Rent control leads to fewer places to live.
That's how markets work. And everything is markets.
Well. The Gods of the Copy Book Headings will soon sort it out.
That Texas gerrymander isn’t looking so smart anymore, now is it?
If you're MAGA in New England your representation in Washington is Susan Collins and...................that's it. And after next year she may be gone. You'd have more representation if you dropped MAGA for Islam.
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