March 25, 2021

A rare sighting! Biden does a press conference!

Or so we're told. Starting time is right this minute. Keep watching here: 

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Original Mike said...

"What did Trump do about improving the infrastructure?”

Trump would have loved a big infrastructure project. He tried early on. The democrats obstructed everything that came out of the White House, not because they didn't want spending, but because they didn't want to give Trump anything he could claim credit for, and so four years later stupid people could ask "What did Trump do about improving the infrastructure?”

wendybar said...

Inga said...
“WHY do we fund PBS when it is a propaganda arm of the Democrat party???”

Trumplican talking points.


3/25/21, 1:56 PM

Nope!! True story. Look up Racist Alcindors twitter feed on PBS...hardly bipartisan, actually an activist.

Inga said...

“Trump would have loved a big infrastructure project. He tried early on. The democrats obstructed everything that came out of the White House, not because they didn't want spending, but because they didn't want to give Trump anything he could claim credit for.”

Republicans held the Presidency, the Senate and the House from 2016 to 2018.

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...

1:45 I'm not sure-
LOL. so true.

Original Mike said...

"Republicans held the Presidency, the Senate and the House from 2016 to 2018."

Filibuster.

wendybar said...

But Original Mike, Filibusters WEREN'T RACIST then!!! NOW they are!!!

Matt Sablan said...

"I have never been particularly poor at calculating how to get things done in the United States Senate"

-- In the Senate, Biden sponsored about 1,000 pieces of legislation over his entire career. That's including everything from real bills to things like this: Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery Act of 2008; things that need to get done but anyone could have done.

Of these... 28 became law, per: https://www.congress.gov/member/joseph-biden/B000444?q=%7B%22sponsorship%22%3A%22sponsored%22%7D

Weathermen laugh at a success rate over time like that.

Matt Sablan said...

"Republicans held the Presidency, the Senate and the House from 2016 to 2018."

-- Trump made the mistake of trying to get Pelosi and Democrats on board.

Inga said...

“Republicans held the Presidency, the Senate and the House from 2016 to 2018."

Filibuster.”

Yep. Time to get rid of it.

Original Mike said...

"Yep. Time to get rid of it."

And, she deflects.

wendybar said...

So much for all that UNITY that Biden promised, and the left kept telling us we would have once Orange Man Bad was gone. All Joe did is blame everybody but his own Executive orders for the problems on the border that HE caused.

Mike of Snoqualmie said...

Republicans held the Presidency, the Senate and the House from 2016 to 2018.

Yes, and we had a do-nothing Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan. AKA, neverTrumper Paul Ryan. He said he had a plan to implement Trump's policies, but somehow never did. It was this inaction that cost the Republicans the House.

traditionalguy said...

Biden is a well paid puppet that has lost his mental ability. After Trump's four years of great moves, Biden cannot fool anyone with his vision spouting cheap lies.

wendybar said...

Of Course she deflects, but she would be crying if the shoe was on the other foot.

narciso said...

Well there was the drug czar bill (irony) and vawa which was overturned in the us supreme court.

stevew said...

Biden getting flattered as a "moral, decent man" by PBS's Yamiche Alcindor.

So Joe retracted the lie about Curtis Dunn and the death of Joe's first wife, and infant daughter? That's what a "moral, decent man" would do.

bleh said...

Trump managed to stay in Office for 4 years.

How about you answer my question instead of bringing up Trump.

Matt Sablan said...

So, that's Biden's record from 1973-2009. Rand Paul, in contrast? From 2011 to today? He has introduced 990 pieces of legislation. A total of 12 have become law. Mitt Romney, from 2019 to today? Introduced 178; 12 have become law. Biden's Senate record, by the numbers, is atrocious.

Skippy Tisdale said...

Haha, that’s exactly what I always said after a Trump press conference.

"And then I liked my as clean. Thank god for those yoga lessons!"

Joe Smith said...

"So you admit he's senile?"

Pretty damning right there...

"You all care so much! I'm just killing time before the NBA trade deadline"

Trading men (mostly black) like possessions? That's some racist shit right there.

"China is patiently waiting with you. They love their NBA!!!"

They sure seem to. Except the Chinese tend to be very racist when it comes to black people. They sure as hell wouldn't be allowed to post on this blog with AA's n-word rule.

Of course, it would be in Mandarin so...

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...

Biden is a convenient stooge for the left to use. He's a loyal crook - so they have grandpa porn pop by the short hairs.
Obama picked him for that reason - he was given the election... for that reason.

narciso said...

Its like putting an expansion in kolyma the worst of the gulags.

Mary Beth said...

Why does anyone need to hand out water or anything else to voters waiting in line? If you're old enough to vote, you're old enough to bring a bottle of water for yourself. Stop treating people as if they were children.

Skippy Tisdale said...

Wait -- are people really saying the filibuster is racist now? I am utterly shocked.

Of course it is and the fact bare it out. Just look at how many times back Senator have used it over the last 240 years verses how many times the white ones have.

wendybar said...

“That’s a Serious Question?”: When Asked, Biden Won’t Admit He has a Border Crisis
Yes, Mr. President. It is a serious question. We have a crisis at the border and you shouldn’t be so blasé about it.

This was a good question, and a TERRIBLE answer by the guy who invited them in....YES. IT IS SERIOUS to those of us who have to support all these people YOU invited.

wendybar said...

Robby Starbuck
@robbystarbuck
Wow Joe Biden just told one of the most disgusting lies I’ve ever heard from an American President. He claimed with zero evidence that President Trump left unaccompanied minors to STARVE to death. There is no low these Democrats won’t sink down to. That is a blatant lie.


A DISGUSTINGLY Blatant lie, that the left wing propagandists will spew over and over and over again.

Joe Smith said...

He did OK for a guy that got 5 draft deferrals for asthma...didn't need his inhaler once : )

This is how you play the game, right?

: )

Matt Sablan said...

The administration before Trump's might have some answering to do about not ensuring the safety of minors. Here's a piece from 2016 talking about the 2014 crisis: https://apnews.com/article/cc07b82ec58145cca37d6ff952f334c1

Matt Sablan said...

Oh, geeze. The 2016 report on 2014~ is worse than I remembered. I thought it was just that Obama's border had the same issues dealing with that many people. No. They literally put kids into abusive foster homes: "As tens of thousands of children fleeing violence in Central America crossed the border in search of safe harbor, overwhelmed U.S. officials weakened child protection policies, placing some young migrants in homes where they were sexually assaulted, starved or forced to work for little or no pay, an Associated Press investigation has found."

wendybar said...

The Democrats used the filibuster 314 times against Trump. 250 times last year alone. NOW they call it RACIST. THEY are the RACISTS then..
In 2017, 30 Democrats signed a letter written by Susan Collins defending the filibuster as an imperative tool in maintaining the “deliberative” composure of legislature. Are they against it now?? Were they racists then??

Dick Durbin argued in 2018 that abolishing the filibuster “would be the end of the Senate.” So he was a Racist then, but not now???

And the propagandists in the media lap it up like it is gospel. How utterly ignorant of them, not to do their research. https://www.westernjournal.com/david-harsanyi-democrats-used-filibuster-314-times-trump-now-want-abolish/

Michael K said...

Here is a clip from Inga and Howard's favorite president's press conference.

iowan2 said...

Bill Bryan, Under Secretary for Science and Technology at DHS, said at the press briefing, “Our most striking observation to date is the powerful effect that solar light appears to have on killing the virus, both surfaces and in the air.

Before man knew bacteria, viruses and infrared light existed, they new sunlight "cleaned" things, not the why, just that it worked. Even pig farmers in Iowa have firm grasp of this concept. Any average pig farmer would be more qualified to be the Under Secretary for Science and Technology at DHS than this illinformed duffus.

Matt Sablan said...

iowan: It always shocked me that it wasn't until the 1500s that people give credit for the discovery of the circulatory system. No. We knew how that worked. Butchers figured it out LONG before the 1500s. [Note: This a gross over simplification of many things.]

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...

There were times Biden looked down and read the entire answer from a card.

Butkus51 said...

Inga, you just keep convincing yourself. Bless your heart.

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...

That was not a press conference. It was a propaganda event.

We live in a banana republic.

Bilwick said...

“WHY do we fund PBS when it is a propaganda arm of the Democrat party???” asks a reader.

"Trumplican talking points," says our own "Doctor IQ," Inga the State's Handmaid.

Apparently Inga's so stupid at this point that she can't even recognize Hive propaganda--and she's lockstep Hive Eloi! (Remember "Russia Russia Russia!"?) I mean, that's Biden level stupid.

gilbar said...

so, they didn't identify anyone (except for a lady from CBS)
does anyone know,
if any of the questioners were from opposition news sites (as if there was such a thing)?
Did FoxNews ask any questions? How about the WSJ?

bagoh20 said...

There is always speculation about who was the smartest President ever, but I think we found the dumbest, and you irresponsible buttheads knew it when you voted for him. You didn't care. You had feelings that count more than facts or logic. Those feelings are gonna be mostly pain from here on. Great Job!

Matt Sablan said...

People complaining about Trump while we're talking about Biden's presser is as unattractive as my date complaining about her last ex. Yes. We know you hate them; that's why you broke up! Let's focus on the here and now.

max said...

There is actually a Jim Eagle. He is a former hockey player. It will be interesting to see how this is played in the media. It was to be a bon mot. Most likely it will be ignored.

Joe Smith said...

"...but I think we found the dumbest..."

Agree...I think Biden's an average 102-106 IQ kind of guy, but he's done a lot with very little, which is an indictment of our entire political class.

Obama is smarter than Biden, but I think he has the biggest gap between how smart he really is, and how smart the press made him out to be.

alfromchgo said...

After watching this China has moved the timetable for occupying Taiwan up six months..

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...

To hate Trump with such a neurotic insane level of psychopathic intensity that you actually applaud the corruption of someone like Biden is truly ... sickening.

Clyde said...

"Biden getting flattered as a "moral, decent man" by PBS's Yamiche Alcindor" just means that he hasn't sniffed her kids yet.

Daddy Binx said...

Igna said...
...
Trump managed to stay in Office for 4 years.


Reminds me of one of my favorite C/W songs.

How can we miss him, when you won't let him go away?

Rt41Rebel said...

"Trump Lost...Fuck Your Grandchildren"

FIFY

BUMBLE BEE said...

Pro Tip Inga: Better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid...

Clyde said...

The press conference/propaganda event had just finished when I got home from work. Just finished watching the video of it. My two cents: He wasn't Squinty-Eyed Joe like he usually is. Must have been on some pretty good stimulants. He did start to lose it by the end, especially when he wandered away from the podium and the microphones on it. No adversarial questions at all, Ms. Welker's probably being the closest to being so, and no question for Peter Doocy of Fox News. It is somewhat reassuring that Biden* is still capable of reading from index cards. Somewhat.

BUMBLE BEE said...

Hey Now! More Hunter Biden:
https://thegreggjarrett.com/report-secret-service-intervened-in-hunter-biden-2018-gun-incident/

mockturtle said...

What a joke! He had a list of reporters to call on [all but two were women], with questions approved ahead of time. He was searching through his notes for information on Afghanistan and other topics. IIRC, he did once refer to Harris as President. He is the most clueless President of my lifetime and possibly the most arrogant.

Chuck said...
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BUMBLE BEE said...

Any Questions: https://freedomfirstnetwork.com/2021/03/former-biden-stenographer-reveals-trail-of-corruption-that-gave-us-blinken-and-sullivan

Paul said...

For those of you who didn't vote for anyone... and all you Trump haters...

Good and HARD is what you are going to get for the next 3.8 years or so...

Lots of luck being taxed to death, stagflation, unemployment, illegals, and allowing the Democrats to take over the elections.

But don't come by my door.. it's closed to you.

Inga said...

“But don't come by my door.. it's closed to you.”

What makes you think that Democrats and/or Trump haters would ever consider or want to come by your door?

Clyde said...

mockturtle said...
...
He is the most clueless President of my lifetime and possibly the most arrogant.


He's got a long way to go to be more arrogant than The Lightbringer. Biden* definitely needs to work on his Mussolini chin tilt if he's going to catch up to his old boss.

mockturtle said...

Clyde, you're absolutely right. Obama was arrogance personified. And I have no doubt he's making all the decisions--anything and everything that will bring down our once great country.

wendybar said...

gilbar said...
so, they didn't identify anyone (except for a lady from CBS)
does anyone know,
if any of the questioners were from opposition news sites (as if there was such a thing)?
Did FoxNews ask any questions? How about the WSJ?

3/25/21, 3:00 PM

Nope. Just the Propaganda media who will always cover for him....

wendybar said...

FLASHBACK: Joe Biden on the filibuster in 2005: "I pray God" Democrats never use the nuclear option. https://twitter.com/i/status/1375150029841784834

wendybar said...

And like I said previously on this thread....after the press conference, Joe Biden called a lid for the rest of the day. It was a tough day working for an hour answering preapproved questions from the propagandists who work for him from the media.

Matt Sablan said...

So, as I listened to this, not just getting a bit here and there, the worst part has to be the immigration part, because I linked above, in 2014 *the Obama administration literally handed children to sexually abusive traffickers and houses that starved them.*

Vance said...

I finally figured out why Inga and he who shall not be named were all upset (they claim) about Trump saying "Pussy!" while they totally excused Joe Biden raping Tara Reide. No big deal on that one.

Their reaction to Joe's reading of the cue cards so that They envy Tara Reade and wish it would happen to them. Just like what's her name that offered to let Bill Clinton rape her as long as he kept baby murder legal.

"Joe, how wonderful are you? Please tell America how you are the greatest person ever and how Trump makes Satan look good!"

--Inga: "oh, stop showing off how good you are Joe! Can I have your baby? I'll let you sniff my underage grandchildren!"

Matt Sablan said...

"I have never been particularly poor at calculating how to get things done in the United States Senate"

Two minutes later: "50 votes to end the existence of the filibuster... but uhm, it's not my expertise on what the parliamentary rules are to get there."

This is worse if I actually LISTEN.

Bushman of the Kohlrabi said...

Have we ever had the situation before where we had a Vice President who believes the President is guilty of sexual assault?

Probably the only thing Kammy and I would agree on.

Matt Sablan said...

This question about the unaccompanied minors could be devastating. Let's see how Biden responds. He just... stared for about 10 seconds. That's... wow. Then he repeats "I'm not gonna do it."

His answer is weird. He doesn't deny those two kids the reporter referenced walked to America, risking life and limb, because he won't deport them. He says that instead, South American countries have... too many natural disasters? I'm wondering if maybe beating up on him is just wrong because he is not all here. Note: These are not stutters. I've worked with people who stutter; this is just a blank face completely lost.

320Busdriver said...

And the nuclear option it shall be....I was saying this in Dec before the GA runoffs.

In short. Amerika is fucked. They’re going to wrap this mf er around that oak tree.

Matt Sablan said...

Biden is taking credit for handling the border under Obama.

You know. The border issue that ended with the U.S. government giving minors to sex traffickers.

Matt Sablan said...

Wait! Biden said that he'd put those kids on a plane and send them back to their parents. Even the reporter was confused by the answer and had to lead him to give the answer that wasn't Trumpian.

Matt Sablan said...

"I will commit to transparency... later." Jesus. This is terrible. I know, I know. Everyone was saying it was bad, but I just assumed it was through the lens of anti-Biden. He got asked about rolling back Trump policies, and then talked about Obama-era policies he rolled back. This is rough.

He's asked about a red line with North Korea... he admits they've violated previous red lines. Then he says... there will be responses. Man. I see why the specter of Trump was weighing so heavily -- because everyone knew that if Trump had said that, we'd be hearing about rattling sabers, World War III, etc.

Matt Sablan said...

He missed #3 on his reasons for voting laws! I didn't think that really happened! My God. Rick Perry, you COULD HAVE BEEN PRESIDENT!

Matt Sablan said...

Holy. That huge pause after the one reporter asks him if he thinks the filibuster is a relic of Jim Crow, why he won't support getting rid of it. The slow zoom... he's like a deer in the headlights. Also, he has a "where are we" moment. He at least knows who is asking what. That's why the filibuster question from this woman throws him so much. You can see he looks down at his paper, and there's nothing there. So he has to go to some random stump speech about the art of the possible.

Matt Sablan said...

"I've never been able to plan four years ahead."

THIS GUY IS THE PRESIDENT.

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...

You know who else HATES Trump? said so on his facebook.

The thug who just shot and killed 10 of my neighbors.

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...

Biden lied about how his first wife died and ruined a mans life over it.

Chuck and Inga are good with it.

Biden is a crook - international - and the FBI is OK with it. The same FBI that is worthless and incompetent in every other direction. The FBI is as corrupt at the top of the corruptocratic party. Money-power-whores - all.

Matt Sablan said...

He wants to increase our spending on research from .7% to 2%. You know what someone should have asked him? "Where in the budget going to get cut from? What will we have to give up to fund these programs?"

He didn't say he wanted to increase it by X%. He said it wanted to to be MORE of the budget. So, what are we chopping for it?

320Busdriver said...

I think it was Larry Kudlow that said "I'm just surprised the press didn't give him a standing O when he was done"

Sadly, thats where we are.

Joe Smith said...

"The thug who just shot and killed 10 of my neighbors."

Maybe the cocksucker will be Epstein'd...we're probably not that lucky.

Robert Cook said...

"Be scared when dumb dishonest partisans take power. They are highly motivated to run full speed in the wrong direction and then lie to you about it."

When is this ever not the case?

320Busdriver said...

"THIS GUY IS THE PRESIDENT."

Of a stolen election

Joe Smith said...

When will Biden's anonymous write a tell-all for the NYT?

Does anyone in this administration have the balls to tell us what is really going on behind the scenes?

StephenFearby said...

Biden's word salad about the filibuster:

'Our preoccupation with the filibuster is totally legitimate, but in the meantime we've got a lot we can do while we're talking about what we're going to do about the filibuster.'

Sasse showed him up as a hypocrite:

'Ben Sasse spent over an hour on the Senate floor Wednesday night reading verbatim a 2005 speech from Joe Biden decrying the “terrible message” of changing the filibuster.

Sasse, speaking for more than an hour, read Biden’s 5,000-word speech in character — which the then-Delaware Senator called at the time “one of the most important speeches for historical purposes that I will have given in the 32 years since I have been in the Senate.”

Biden argued vociferously that ending the filibuster “would eviscerate the Senate and turn it into the House of Representatives.”

“It is not only a bad idea, it upsets the constitutional design and it disservices the country,” the speech reads. “No longer would the Senate be that ‘different kind of legislative body’ that the Founders intended. No longer would the Senate be the ‘saucer’ to cool the passions of the immediate majority.”'

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/sasse-reads-bidens-2005-filibuster-defense-on-senate-floor-god-save-us-from-that-fate/

Robert Cook said...

"He wants to increase our spending on research from .7% to 2%. You know what someone should have asked him? 'Where in the budget going to get cut from? What will we have to give up to fund these programs?'

The answer to this question should always be: "From the military/intelligence budget(s), including from their black budgets."

Iman said...

Never forget that Democrat mayors sent SWAT teams to shut down churches and barber shops but let looters and ANTIFA burn down cities.

JPS said...

Robert Cook:

"The answer to this question should always be: 'From the military/intelligence budget(s), including from their black budgets.'"

Because the rest of the government? Lean muscle, baby. Nothing there to cut. Starved, in fact.

Anyway, Matt Sablan, you know nothing's getting chopped. We'll just expand that – less than he calls for, but enough for him to crow – cut nothing, and put it all on our tab.

Another old lawyer said...
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Robert Cook said...

"That was not a press conference. It was a propaganda event."

Please. 'twas always thus.

Matt Sablan said...

Hilariously, total R&D in 2019 was $129,424.8M. About half of that ($52,973.3M) is the DoD. DHS is a bit further behind, but a lot of it is cybersecurity, counter UAS and similar defense-oriented funding. Increasing funding for R&D is probably going to increase the funding to Defense.

GDI said...

wendybar @ 1:31 PM

On the contrary, legitimate votes were nullified by an avalanche of illegitimate votes.

Matt Sablan said...

I just got to the point where Biden starts wandering about the stage and sarcastically saying no one would sell stuff to hire a coyote. This... is amazing.

Another old lawyer said...

Does anyone really think that any reporter allowed in that room would ask a semi-tough question, or even a multipart, run-on question like they would with Trump?

Of course not. Too many reporters and entertainers felt some culpability for Trump's election and Hillary!'s defeat because they considered themselves too soft, too humanizing in their interviews and public interactions with Trump prior to the 2016 election. Some have even expressly or implicitly apologized for not being tougher on Trump, for giving him a platform, etc.

No way does any reporter want to be the one known for publicly confusing or stumping Biden, making him an subject of public pity, and hastening the day when invoking the 25th amendment will be unavoidable.

Matt Sablan said...

There were two good questions -- the follow-up on the filibuster and the one about the children walking. Both exposed Biden's hypocrisy... if anyone bothered to hold him accountable.

Matt Sablan said...

"No way does any reporter want to be the one known for publicly confusing or stumping Biden, making him an subject of public pity, and hastening the day when invoking the 25th amendment will be unavoidable."

-- They all saw what happened to Joe the Plumber.

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...

Cook -

mmm really? This was staged event was particularly propagandist. Easy questions... from a fawning press... Biden had it all written out on cards in front of him.

Come on, man.

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...

Joe Smith -

The "mentally ill" angle is already deployed. and certainly - the guy is nuts - but how that is a defense is beyond me. Nuts or not nuts- 10 people are not here anymore. 10 people do not get to live out the rest of their lives. 10 people were hunted down and shot for no reason.

The state of CO jettisoned the death penalty. Polis likes to place thug-killers like this in cushy mental institutions with 4 hot meals.

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...

If you are clear on the subject matter- you don't need a stack of q-cards.

Robert Cook said...

"'The answer to this question should always be: 'From the military/intelligence budget(s), including from their black budgets.'

"Because the rest of the government? Lean muscle, baby. Nothing there to cut. Starved, in fact."


No, of course not. But the military/intelligence budgets are the most bloated, with the least value on the dollar, with massive corruption and waste, and zero productive results to show for all the corruption and waste. And don't forget their black budgets, the sizes of which are concealed from us, as are the expenditures made with that secret money. We can be sure there are plenty of rich motherfuckers filling their larders with much of that (our) money.

Iman said...

"Folks, come on, folks, let's get real. I’m not kidding around here... and my mother said, you know, 'That's the way the cookie is.'... I’m not being a wise guy, here... no joke.”  

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...

IMAN

Never forget that Democrat mayors sent SWAT teams to shut down churches and barber shops but let looters and ANTIFA burn down cities.

I wont.

Never forget the FBI sends in the long guns with CNN in tow to arrest a man who would have turned himself in willingly and was no threat to anyone. (Roger Stone)
But the FBI are useless to stop the Parkland Shooter, the Aurora Theater Shooter, The Gabby Giffords shooter, and the Boulder grocery store shooter (to name only 4 examples)

Robert Cook said...

James Madison warned of the dangers of overgrown armies (and their budgets) at the dawn of our union:

"In time of actual war, great discretionary powers are constantly given to the Executive Magistrate. Constant apprehension of War, has the same tendency to render the head too large for the body. A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty. The means of defence agst. foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at home. Among the Romans it was a standing maxim to excite a war, whenever a revolt was apprehended. Throughout all Europe, the armies kept up under the pretext of defending, have enslaved the people."

And:

"Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes; and armies, and debts, and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few. In war, too, the discretionary power of the Executive is extended; its influence in dealing out offices, honors, and emoluments is multiplied; and all the means of seducing the minds, are added to those of subduing the force, of the people. The same malignant aspect in republicanism may be traced in the inequality of fortunes, and the opportunities of fraud, growing out of a state of war, and in the degeneracy of manners and of morals engendered by both. No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare."

Joe Smith said...

"The "mentally ill" angle is already deployed."

I am not a fan of the 'crazy' defense but it's an easy one for the lawyers.

Unless someone is batshit raving nuts it should not be believed by any jury.

The guy could use a cell phone, an ATM, pay for groceries, find a place to live, post on social media, etc.

He's not crazy, just an asshole.

jeremyabrams said...

I went through a lot of options to come up with what Shakespeare character Biden is, before realizing that, of course, he's not a major character. Among the minor characters, the choice is fairly easy. Biden is Dogberry, the idiot in Much Ado About Nothing https://abardseyeview.com/which-shakespeare-character-is-president-biden/

Browndog said...


Sasse showed him up as a hypocrite:


And what did that accomplish?

It was theater. Nothing more.

Democrats not only don't care about being hypocrites, they laugh at you because it makes you mad.

Yancey Ward said...

"Biden says filibuster has been "abused in a gigantic way" and he supports bringing back talking filibusters to reduce its use for blocking legislation"

LOL! Are we back to this again. How many fucking times does it have to be pointed out that a minority party engaging in a filibuster is at an advantage if you force an actual talking filibuster under Senate rules? By all means, make them talk- I will just be rolling in the floor laughing at the 50 Democrats having to remain in the Senate all night long just to keep a quorum while 49 of the Republicans go home and sleep.

n.n said...

Whether it is crises at the Rio Grande, or crises at the Mediterranean, the positive inducements and avoidance are first-order forcings of [catastrophic] [anthropogenic] immigration reform. A Silent Spring, indeed. That said, emigration reform to mitigate progress and collateral damage at both ends of the bridge and throughout. Also, close Planned Parent/hood facilities and end their practice, another secular incentive for special and peculiar CAIR advocates, activists, and interests.

JPS said...

Robert Cook,

I appreciate your response.

"But the military/intelligence budgets are the most bloated, with the least value on the dollar, with massive corruption and waste, and zero productive results to show for all the corruption and waste."

Ten years ago, you'd have gotten a spirited retort from me. Maybe an angry one. At best we're like white blood cells – kind of useless right up til you need us, but when you need us, you really do need us.

By now, I think you're probably more right than wrong. I still think you're misguided to single out military and intelligence expenditures as you do.

"And don't forget their black budgets, the sizes of which are concealed from us, as are the expenditures made with that secret money."

Again - the longer I'm around, the higher a ratio of right to wrong I'll grant you.

Coming back to Matt Sablan's point: In any area of research you will find selfless, motivated, dedicated people doing wonderful work. And when you learn of their difficulties in getting enough funding to do what they really want, you may be tempted to shower their field with money. A couple of years after you do, you will find that a small number of groups at the forefront of that field are doing really amazing work. And a much larger number have adroitly sold their efforts, but their priority and their main success have been to capture that funding, build their own little empires.

Self-licking ice cream cones exist in the research world as much as in the DoD. I speak with some familiarity on both sides.

gilbar said...

Joe Smith said...
Getting his adrenaline shot now...be patient.
3/25/21, 12:27 PM


did y'all notice Jo's eyes? they Were Not his usual sleepy Jo eyes
they were.... The little mermaid lady's eyes

n.n said...

where they were sexually assaulted, starved or forced to work for little or no pay

Keep them appointed, available, and taxable. Social progress: one step forward, two steps backward.

n.n said...

Getting his adrenaline shot now...be patient.

An espresso shot for our Decaffeinated Joe in Chief.

JaimeRoberto said...

Lots of countries must be suppressing votes then: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_identification_laws

Like Canada, Germany, France, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden...

wildswan said...

Where should we get R&D money?

"The answer to this question should always be: "From the military/intelligence budget(s), including from their black budgets."

"The answer to this question should always be ffrom the departments of education, transportation and energy. Abolish them, cut them down meanwhile.

wildswan said...

Where should we get R&D money or space program money?

The answer should always be: from the departments of education, transportation and energy. Cut them down; put their headquarters out of DC; Abolish them.

Darrell said...

200 million shots--in the arm.

Thanks for that clarification.

Darrell said...

Now that our government is pushing the space aliens are real narrative, are we to assume that they have re-animated Biden?

Quaestor said...

Abbie Normal (aka Inga) writes: It doesn’t take a mind reader to anticipate what topics the press will ask him about, sheesh.

Absolutely correct! It doesn't take a mind reader.

It takes collusion.

Michael K said...

How many fucking times does it have to be pointed out that a minority party engaging in a filibuster is at an advantage if you force an actual talking filibuster under Senate rules?

They really don't understand their own institutions. Maybe they should watch an old movie, like "Mr Smith Goes to Washington."

iowan2 said...

“Republicans held the Presidency, the Senate and the House from 2016 to 2018."

Filibuster.”


President Trump would have done half a dozen bills the Dems have been dreaming about. Like the Dreamers, and infrastructure. President Trump was in no way hobbled by "Republican" constraints, or political boundaries of any flavor.

Pelosi shit on her own agenda rather than give President Trump anything he could put his name on. Do you know how bad Pelosi would look with President Trump signing a Dreamers act? Something Obama failed to negotiate. Just like Pelosi turned down a Covid bill in October. Piss in the face of Americans in need, for raw political spite.

mockturtle said...

The answer should always be: from the departments of education, transportation and energy. Cut them down; put their headquarters out of DC; Abolish them.

And while you're at it, get rid of the Dept. of Commerce, Agriculture, the DHS and the CIA.

Mary Beth said...

The only part I found interesting was his anti-British sneer and him saying that his ancestors came over on "coffin ships". I want to know what evidence he has for that claim. How likely is it they came over under such deplorable conditions rather than on still not great, but typical, ships.

John henry said...

Pedjt back in the oval office this year.

$5 bet.

What are you afraid of, Inga?

John Henry

wendybar said...

Well, looky here. Biden had a cheat sheet with the reporters pictures on it, and the ones circled are the propagandists he could count on to be gentle with him....Unfreakingbelievable that people actually think this guy is running the country. Wake up. https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2021/03/25/behind-the-scenes-photo-appears-to-show-president-bidens-cheat-sheet-for-his-first-press-conference/

Amadeus 48 said...

On his best day, Joe Biden was not too bright. His best days are behind him.

gpm said...

>>Get HR1 done.

Would someone here (hint, hint, the person who posted this sentiment) care to go through the specific provisions of HR1 and explain/defend why we need to get this done?

--gpm

Rusty said...

Robert is in favor of citizens armed with real assault rifles. Finally.

bagoh20 said...

"No way does any reporter want to be the one known for publicly confusing or stumping Biden, ..."

And during the previous four years, stumping the President and making him look bad was the holy grail of the media, yet they never succeeded. Trump never looked confused or lost. He could answer tough questions every day without any prep. He even knew where he was, what day it is, and the names of the reporters he saw everyday. Maybe that's too high a standard for a Democrat voter. Look at the people they had to pick from, and they picked the only one who actually can't do the job even with help, and they knew it. Great Job!

LA_Bob said...

Inga said, "He has much more important things to think about."

Yes, like, "Am I close enough to the nearest bathroom?"

Paul said...

Inga said...

"What makes you think that Democrats and/or Trump haters would ever consider or want to come by your door?"

After 4 years of Biden's economic disaster... I bet lots of them will.

Gonna be the party party in 2020 and bread line by 2024.

Francisco D said...

Robert Cook said...
FD: "Be scared when dumb dishonest partisans take power. They are highly motivated to run full speed in the wrong direction and then lie to you about it."

RC: When is this ever not the case?


Well that is subject to interpretation, but you have a good point.

Mutaman said...

"How many weeks of prep and coordination did this take"

At Trump University they taught you that preparation is bad.

Mutaman said...

"Republicans held the Presidency, the Senate and the House from 2016 to 2018."

facts are stupid things.

Mutaman said...

"Mitt Romney, from 2019 to today? Introduced 178; 12 have become law."

And boy some of these were big laws. Mitt should run for president.

"A bill to designate the United States courthouse located at 351 South West Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah, as the "Orrin G. Hatch United States Courthouse".

Gospace said...

Mutaman said...
"Republicans held the Presidency, the Senate and the House from 2016 to 2018."

facts are stupid things.


Almost like you and Inga have never heard the word "filibuster" or realize it's been used by DEMONCRATS far more often and far more effectively than by Republicans.

Of course, the mainstream media never talks about the evilness of the filibuster unless Republicans are the minority party. It's a sacred senate institution when DEMONCRATS are in the minority.

Mutaman said...

"Almost like you and Inga have never heard the word "filibuster" "

Hasn't seemed to bother Biden. Get your stimy yet Sparky? Didn't seem to bother Trump when he wanted to cut taxes for rich people.

DeepRunner said...

Picture books. Note cards. Questions submitted previously, maybe. Order in which to call on press people. Yep...nothing screams "press conference" like the word "scripted." He is the rooster claiming credit for the sunrise on vaccinations. Not so much on the border crisis. That was his "predecessor's" doing.

On the plus side for Muttering Joe, I guess...not sure what kind of, uh, "stimulants" they may have been giving him, but, he seemed to sort of go the distance physically, if not without a good amount of brain fog.

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Lars Porsena said...

Blogger Robert Cook said...
James Madison warned of the dangers of overgrown armies (and their budgets) at the dawn of our union:

..and then the British burned Washington out from under his feet.

Rusty said...

"Hasn't seemed to bother Biden."
Yeah. A not very bright adult wrote that. After that steaming turd of a "press confrence". Another short bus Biden voter heard from.

Matt Sablan said...

Yeah. some of the laws Romney passed are brain dead easy ones to get passed.

Makes you wonder how incompetent Biden has to be to barely have accomplished more in, what, nearly 40 years, as Rand Paul and Romney have gotten done in half the time.

Mid-Life Lawyer said...

Pretty sincerely sad. They have to decide whether this is one of the "good days" before they let him talk publicly.

Robert Cook said...

"Robert is in favor of citizens armed with real assault rifles. Finally."

To defend against whom? Our military has not engaged in any wars of self defense since WWII, and scarcely any before that. From the dawn of our nation, our wars have been primarily about acquiring land and resources and asserting our geopolitical dominance.

Rusty said...

"To defend against whom?"
Think hard, Robert. What was the reason for the 2nd amendment in the first place?

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