Althouse: At the Friday Night Cafe...

March 19, 2021

At the Friday Night Cafe...

... you can talk about whatever you want.

99 comments:

Humperdink said...: If the Chinese delegation really wanted to kick sand in the face of the Biden administration, Ms. Fang Bang would have been seated across the table from Anthony Wynken, Blynken, and Nod.; 3/19/21, 9:00 PM
Shouting Thomas said...: The CCP is now taunting the U.S. Tragic, but kinda funny, too.

“You dumb asses admit your entire system is racist!” Is a damned good insult.; 3/19/21, 9:02 PM
Paul said...: I hear Biden is now so gone they are gonna do a "Weekend at Biden's"... hid his cadaver and do re-runs of him walking his dog... he will be to 'busy' to do any interviews... and deep fakes used for any speeches. And now and then his mummy will be put in the oval office and using wires made to look like he is there...

Meanwhile his inept VP will continue to screw things up.

Miss Trump Yet?; 3/19/21, 9:09 PM
Narr said...: So true, Hump, and ST.

Back in the days of the Cult Rev and Red Guards, it tool howling mobs and violence to get the former elites to abase themselves--but ours seem only too eager.

Narr
(Elite =/= better); 3/19/21, 9:14 PM
n.n said...: The CCP is now taunting the U.S.
... “You dumb asses admit your entire system is racist!” Is a damned good insult.

I know you are, but what am I. Oh, wait, our society is overrun with diversity dogmatists. Selective-child, too. But no concentration/re-education camps. At least our Capitol, the People's House, is open to the People. Well, it depends on the definition of "is". Take a knee. Beg. Good boy.; 3/19/21, 9:15 PM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: Just call him President-Emeritus Biden. Kamala's title is now President Harris.; 3/19/21, 9:16 PM
n.n said...: correction: Take a knee. Beg. Good girl.

The elite are morons, not stupid, but bad judgment, their judgment, and too many labels. #HateLovesAbortion; 3/19/21, 9:19 PM
Humperdink said...: It's a shame Senator Diane Feinstein and Rep. Eric Swallwell were not part of the US delegation. They could have had a reunion of sorts.; 3/19/21, 9:19 PM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: I adore Candace Owens. She faces the degenerate corrupt left and fights.

ooooo

‘Too Late, Degenerate’: Candace Owens Flames Cardi B For Deleting Photoshopped Tweets; 3/19/21, 9:22 PM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: We received our Hydraulic Practices Permit from the State of Washington. They've approved our plans to repair and replace the bridge across our stream. Some of the text from the permit:

4. NOTIFICATION: You, your agent, or contractor must contact the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife by email at HPAapplications@dfw.wa.gov; mail to Post Office Box 43234, Olympia, Washington 98504-3234; or fax to (360) 902-2946 at least three business days before starting work. The notification must include the permittee's name, project
location, starting date, and the Hydraulic Project Approval permit number.

5. PHOTOGRAPHS: You, your agent, or contractor must take photographs of the job site before the work begins and after the work is completed. You must upload the photographs to the post-permit requirement page in the Aquatic Protection Permitting System (APPS) or mail them to Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife at Post Office Box 43234, Olympia, Washington 98504-3234 within 30-days after the work is completed.

6. FISH KILL/ WATER QUALITY PROBLEM NOTIFICATION: If a fish kill occurs or fish are observed in distress at the job site, immediately stop all activities causing harm. ...

[There are no fish in that stream]

The permit goes on for five pages.

Now all we have to do is wait for the County to do its Quality Assurance step. Maybe mid-April.; 3/19/21, 9:23 PM
StephenFearby said...: DM, this evening:

Federal judge issues scathing dissent accusing the media of liberal bias and being a 'Democratic Party trumpet' while calling for 1964 Supreme Court landmark decision protecting the press to be overturned

D.C. Circuit Judge Laurence Silberman penned a scathing dissent Friday on a defamation case
The Reagan-appointed judge slammed the 1964 New York Times v. Sullivan landmark decision requiring plaintiffs to prove 'actual malice' by defendants

Silberman claimed the ruling has only increased the power of the press, which is almost completely controlled by the Democratic Party

'Two of the three most influential papers, The New York Times and The Washington Post, are virtually Democratic Party broadsheets,' he wrote

He named Fox News, The New York Post, and The Wall Street Journal as the 'few notable exceptions to Democratic Party ideological control'

"...The 85-year-old judge criticized the legal precedent in his dissent for increasing the power of the media, something he described as 'so dangerous', 'because we are very close to one-party control of these institutions.'

He then went on to launch an attack on media organizations as well as Silicon Valley, which he claims is responsible for the increasingly anti-conservative bias in the news."

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9382047/Federal-judge-issues-scathing-dissent-accusing-media-liberal-bias.html

Silberman finally gets this off his chest before he croaks.; 3/19/21, 9:26 PM
Rt41Rebel said...: Biden's long strange trip up the stairs today actually wraps this up very neatly. On 3/25, Biden begins his 1st press conference by announcing that he is stepping down as POTUS due to health concerns, and Kameltoe takes over the podium to give her remarks and take questions.; 3/19/21, 9:28 PM
320Busdriver said...: Just saw the Biden fall up. REALLY BAD.

The question I keep asking myself is when is the appropriate time to savage all the misguided people I know who voted for this unmitigated disaster. I’m getting impatient and every day of the clown show just makes my blood boil more.; 3/19/21, 9:28 PM
Big Mike said...: Miss Trump Yet?

Since January 21st.; 3/19/21, 9:30 PM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: Jack Dorsey Hillary is a pile of excrement.; 3/19/21, 9:31 PM
Shouting Thomas said...: @320Busdriver

Trump is the legitimate president.

Don’t get down on the American people. We did the right thing.; 3/19/21, 9:31 PM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: My prediction is that President-Emeritus Biden will leave office by Easter.; 3/19/21, 9:33 PM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: via ace:

"By the way, this fat (literal) whore also posted naked pictures of Melania Trump, to get revenge on the First Lady for having criticized her Porn-For-Children performance at the Grammies.

Twitter refused to take the photos down, saying that as the photos were taken with Melania's consent for publication, they did not violate twitter's Revenge Porn policy.

They did not, however, explain why the photos do not violate twitter's harassment policy.

And you can bet that similar pictures posted of a lefty would be taken down for "harassment."

Shit, you can't even tell a lefty journalist to Learn to Code without being de-platformed for "harassment."; 3/19/21, 9:33 PM
Big Mike said...: Anyone else remember how Trump's careful descent of a wet, slippery ramp at West Point was a sign that he wasn't physically up to the office? What then should we make of Joe Biden's inability to climb a flight of stairs without multiple stumbles?; 3/19/21, 9:34 PM
Humperdink said...: Initially labeled an anti-Asian attack by our vaunted press and democrat politicians, the murderer who killed the Korean sex workers was driving a Hyundai.; 3/19/21, 9:36 PM
Narr said...: How about Prez-Emeritus Biden and Prez-Select Harris?

I finally saw the whole escalade escapade, and as someone mentioned his approach was sloppy and he seemed challenged from the start. Imagine him stumbling -down-!

As anyone with half a brain knows, the Chinese are LOL and Tucker highlighted some of their analysis of our pathetic state tonight.

The Chinese may have developed an effective compound of neo-Confucianism and rampant state-corporate capitalism with an overlay of Western atheistic materialism. They are free to show their contempt for clapped-out neo-liberal and CRT-ridden hegemons, and as to the misfortunates of Xinjiang and Tibet, well, history happens despite all the nice slogans.

Narr
I'm so old I remember people saying, "Never Again!"; 3/19/21, 9:39 PM
narciso said...: So snyder thinks justice league wasnt bleak enough so a hellish tableau that makes the snap seem quaint was introduced.; 3/19/21, 9:47 PM
William said...: Falling up. The symbolism is kind of obvious, particularly the three attempts. I think Biden ran for President three times. Obama chose him for VP because Biden was past his sell by date and his nonentity status would neither offend nor threaten anybody. Then twelve years later Biden became President. This is the most spectacular example of falling up in recorded history....I guess you can also say that Trump's difficulty in negotiating the downward pull of gravity on the off ramp was also somewhat symbolic.; 3/19/21, 9:47 PM
narciso said...: Its not that funny

https://americanmind.org/salvo/making-americans-your-enemies/; 3/19/21, 9:48 PM
320Busdriver said...: @ST

I agree, but someone is responsible for foisting this illegitimate cabal upon us. They can’t be allowed believe they can get away with their stupidity. Every day it gets worse. I’m afraid of just how bad it will get. Especially for my kids who are just getting started in their adult lives.; 3/19/21, 9:49 PM
Shouting Thomas said...: A question I’ve asked quite frequently, but people seem reluctant to answer:

How far will the Democrats take this Hate Whitey campaign?

Will it fade away? Accelerate to random murders of whites? Expropriation of property?; 3/19/21, 9:51 PM
narciso said...: That is a nasty word, i guess the brits have an analog that was used in the avengers, it reduces a woman to that element. Now cardi b might very well qualiglfy.; 3/19/21, 9:52 PM
narciso said...: Its also lazy speech, as bill cosby lectured eddie murphy (i. Know there is an irony there) but murphy eventually realized it himself.; 3/19/21, 9:55 PM
narciso said...: They want to erase American history and culture, the pace of their marathon is rstger amazing.; 3/19/21, 9:57 PM
Mark said...: It's not the physical stumbling, he was clearly trying to run up the steps (in dress shoes) and it is understandable that one might stumble doing that. I certainly have.

Rather, it is the once again, complete and total BS spin in response from the MSM and left to dismiss it.; 3/19/21, 10:07 PM
narciso said...: Comet is that other channel i got on my digital antenna.; 3/19/21, 10:10 PM
Mark said...: They can't ever speak straight or honestly. It is always always always tiresome tedious spin.; 3/19/21, 10:10 PM
Narr said...: Fade away? No. The worse the results of D efforts, the more White Supremes and other marginals have to be blamed and inflated.

No going back.

Narr
Wreckers, saboteurs, slackers, feudal remnants . . .; 3/19/21, 10:10 PM
Darkisland said...: I finished "The Dawlish Chronicles: Britannia's Innocent" and am a couple pages into the next in the 9 book series "Britannia's Wolf".

Nicholas Dawlish is a RN midshipman. The time is 1863. The confederate States of America have purchased a warship from Britain to range the seas as a commerce raider like the CSS Alabama. (In Britannia's Innocent)

Germany and Denmark are at war over Schleswig & Holstein provinces. The Prince of wales, married to a Danish princess takes over the ship, hires a rag tag crew who pretend to be Danes and support the Danish army via shore bombardment. The deal is that CSA gets the ship back after 60 days. Adventure and a riproaring good yarn ensue.

One of the problems with historical fiction is that authors take liberties with facts for the purpose of the story. Since I often know the actual story, this can sometimes bug me a bit. I had just barely heard of this war, much less know anything at all about it. The author could make up events from whole cloth. Since I would not know the difference, I can't be annoyed.

In this book the author seems to know what he is talking about and it is an all but perfectly entertaining story. The only thing negative is the use of "All but..." as in all but dead, all but exhausted and so on. I never like that phrasing but can live with it's occasional use. A word search turned up over 50 instances and the book is not all that long. It drove me nuts.

Other than that, perfect.

I don't know anything about the Turkey-Bulgaria war either so will not be annoyed by any liberties in Britannia's Wolf.

You can buy the series via the portal or, if you have an unlimited program, read them for free. (Sorry Ann)

So what is everyone else reading?

John Henry; 3/19/21, 10:27 PM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: The press went on and on when President Ford slipped on the Air Force One stairs. I think he was walking down the stairs, but can't really remember. President-Emeritus Biden's three-some will go down the memory whole by Monday.; 3/19/21, 10:31 PM
Darkisland said...: Blogger Mike of Snoqualmie said...

Kamala's title is now President Harris.

It has always been "President" Harris. Her primary function is to be president of the Senate. That is why it is so dangerous to have her speaking with foreign leaders. She is legislative, not executive.

For her to perform diplomatic functions is a breach in the separation of powers.

Not that she is the first to do it. Nor the first VP to largely ignore her senatorial responsibilities. That doesn't make it any less wrong.

John Henry; 3/19/21, 10:31 PM
Darkisland said...: Blogger Mike of Snoqualmie said...

fish are observed in distress at the job site

It's a fricking FISH! How does a fish feel distress? Did you mis-gender it or something? Did you call it a trout when it identifies as a shark?

Shame on you Mike.

John Henry; 3/19/21, 10:34 PM
narciso said...: Its a rather obscure engagement like the herero incident in gravitys rainbow. Or say the luftwaffe detachment sent to iraq to provide aircover for their puppet rashid ghailani. There was a raid to dislodge that increment thats in my novella.; 3/19/21, 10:34 PM
Mr. Forward said...: Placed in a remote work program, somebody muttered "Joe Biden is real. I had no idea. But I'm Not Racist!" Political cartoonists from 6 to 3 feet used to say: it takes one to know one.; 3/19/21, 10:35 PM
Darkisland said...: Blogger Mike of Snoqualmie said...

My prediction is that President-Emeritus Biden will leave office by Easter.

And my prediction is that President Emeritus Trump will be president again by January.

Which does not negate your prediction.

(And I don't really think you would do anything to distress a fish)

John Henry; 3/19/21, 10:37 PM
narciso said...: The follow up in the allsouls series takes place in the american revolution in part.; 3/19/21, 10:37 PM
Darkisland said...: Blogger Mark said...
It's not the physical stumbling, he was clearly trying to run up the steps (in dress shoes) and it is understandable that one might stumble doing that. I certainly have.

I'd buy that.

Once.

Not 3 times.

And I don't buy that it was the wind that blew him down. Once of his minions even hinted that he fell 3 times due to climate change. They didn't quite say it but did say that the "climate", not the "weather" but the "climate" at Andrews was windy.

Is there anything climate change can't do? More versitile than duct tape AND WD-40 together.

John Henry; 3/19/21, 10:42 PM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: John Henry:

(And I don't really think you would do anything to distress a fish)

Except catch it prior to putting it on the barbie.; 3/19/21, 10:43 PM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: When someone says that we're all going to die in 9-years (12-years?) due to a climate crisis, ask them how? What's the crisis going to be and how are we all going to die? Watch them freeze up like a deer in the headlights.; 3/19/21, 10:45 PM
Shouting Thomas said...: It’s time to talk with my daughter about how to save my grandkids.

And she’s going to think I”m crazy.

The Hate Whitey campaign is about to turn murderous.; 3/19/21, 10:45 PM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: NBC News:

Iceland volcano dormant for 6,000 years erupts not far from Reykjavík "...but officials said it appears small and was not considered a threat to any towns..."

That's what the said when Mt. St. Helens erupted on March 27, 1980. It let out just a little steam at the time. About two months later (May 18, 1980), it blew out its side and killed 57 people, covered the country in ash, blew down hundreds of square miles of trees and flooded the Tuttle and Cowlitz rivers. Watch out, Iceland.; 3/19/21, 10:55 PM
wildswan said...: I watched a movie called "Mr. Roberts" the other night. It's about a little tyrant captain continually finding excuses to lock his crew down. So for that, it should be banned because it is obviously a satire on Dr. Fauci. It also stereotypes Pacific Islanders and women and it laughs at Peeping Toms, assault and attempted rape. It was as funny as watching Biden fall, in other words, not funny at all. Henry Fonda should be dug up and cancelled and Jane Fonda, his daughter, should apologize and go into rehab.; 3/19/21, 11:01 PM
narciso said...: Like a more amusing take on the cain mutint, i guess i hadnt pondered that deeply on it.; 3/19/21, 11:05 PM
Churchy LaFemme: said...: One of the problems with historical fiction is that authors take liberties with facts for the purpose of the story. Since I often know the actual story, this can sometimes bug me a bit.

I thought Conan Doyle came up with a pretty clever solution in The White Company. Since the events of the time were well known, you would think that Sir Nigel, the central heroic figure in the tale (though not the protagonist of the book) could not do anything of historic significance. Instead Doyle has him come up with a grand scheme to raid the Spanish camp and kidnap King Pedro the Cruel for ransom -- and he and his band succeed! ... Sort of.

It turns out that since none of the English actually knew what Pedro looked like (no photos..) they kidnapped a decoy. So, it was still an audicious and thrilling adventure and they still got a handsome ransom, but it wasn't a big enough deal to upset the recorded history the war.; 3/19/21, 11:18 PM
walter said...: Biden was likely hearing "Watch your step" in his earpiece, which..when confronting so many steps, caused confusion and bandwidth error.; 3/19/21, 11:26 PM
narciso said...: Like in mission impossible fallout, no ones knows who john lark except nenry cavill because he is john lark.; 3/19/21, 11:37 PM
walter said...: To be fair, I found myself wanting to tell him "Slow down there, Sparky"
And I simply won't stand for the notion that overestimation of physical abilities can be a sign of diminished mental filt, filtness.; 3/19/21, 11:37 PM
stephen cooper said...: Icelanders have aborted every single child who they were told to abort because the child would be born stupid from Down's syndrome.

Not almost every single child, EVERY CHILD. IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY.

I would advise people to avoid that hellmouth of a country.; 3/19/21, 11:54 PM
David Begley said...: Headline in post below needs to be corrected. It is “city council.” Not “counsel.”; 3/19/21, 11:58 PM
Rt41Rebel said...: "To be fair, I found myself wanting to tell him "Slow down there, Sparky""

Greg Kelly gave a great objective analysis. His supporting material included a Biden campaign commercial which compared Energy Joe, biking and jogging and running up and down stairs to Feeble Trump, walking cautiously down a wet metal ramp. Also in evidence was a excerpt from the infamous Billy Bush/Trump tape, they both agreed that Ford's bumbling idiot legacy was forged by one singular mishap. Biden or his earpiece is pushing him too hard to maintain an image which only exists in their own mind. I'm 20 years younger than Biden and consider myself pretty spry and athletic for my age, and I move more cautiously on stairs than old Joe does.; 3/19/21, 11:59 PM
Yancey Ward said...: "To be fair, I found myself wanting to tell him "Slow down there, Sparky"

I was thinking the opposite, and am also hoping he will try sprinting down the stairs, too.

Am I a bad person?; 3/20/21, 12:04 AM
eddie willers said...: If the Chinese delegation really wanted to kick sand in the face of the Biden administration, Ms. Fang Bang would have been seated across the table

Ooooooo. Stop the thread!

(OK, I'll go back and read the rest, but WHAT an opener!); 3/20/21, 12:15 AM
Gospace said...: Shouting Thomas said...
A question I’ve asked quite frequently, but people seem reluctant to answer:

How far will the Democrats take this Hate Whitey campaign?

Since we took away their slave status in 1865 Democrats ever since then have been trying to eliminate or get rid of blacks in the USA. Their biggest success so far has been the continuous murder of unborn black children at Planned Parenthood centers, just as the racist Margaret Sanger, Democrat heroine, preached should be done. And she would be extremely pleased a=with Iceland right now for doing what stephen cooper pointed out.

So, how to get rid of them? That's the big question. As long as the majority of non-black American's believes in E Pluribus Unum, they really can't. So they've been mightily striving to develop a split America setting every possible ethnic group they can define against every other. The ore the better- and set up discriminatory systems so they seethe underneath with rage. Racial setasides for one. Discriminatory college admissions, guaranteed right now to rile up the Asian subset of our population against blacks. Telling Hispanics they're not white, when most easily identify as such- if they choose to identify racially rather than nationally as Americans.

Where they are succeeding is convincing blacks that they're permanent underdogs, and they need to fight the whites to gain power. Every Democrat black run city is a disaster- and Democrats are successful in convincing the residents it's the fault of everyone except them. In my life, except for the occasional crazy like Manson, every single prominent personality calling for race war has been black. A lot of blacks think they're the majority in the USA- because they live in black majority cities. The moment a black run city openly starts war on it's white residents- well, blacks are only 12% of the population in the USA. Within a week to 10 days, they'll be less than 5%. Asians aren't going to help them, and Hispanics are really white.

Where are blacks concentrated? in major cities. Where are rich white liberal whites concentrated? In major cities. There are a lot of people wargaming civil war. Many feel it's simply a matter of "when", and which side actually starts it, what the spark will be. I'm still at the "if" stage. If it does start, you WILL have to pick a side. There will be no neutrals, for there will be no front lines as there were during the great unpleasantness of the 1860s. The flag/general officers who are being vetted for political loyalty will discover they don't really control the pointy end of the spear.; 3/20/21, 12:32 AM
Rt41Rebel said...: "I was thinking the opposite, and am also hoping he will try sprinting down the stairs, too.

Am I a bad person?"

I've seen the video at least 10 times inadvertently watching the news, and I laughed hard every time. In general I think that makes me a bad person because Biden's earpiece is abusing an elderly senile human being, but then I realize what a POS Biden is (was?) and I don't feel bad at all. I also don't feel bad for practical reasons. Kameltoe is going to be POTUS. I don't care if Biden falls and kills himself tomorrow morning in his slippers. Might as well get to that now.; 3/20/21, 12:46 AM
stephen cooper said...: Gospace - Peace in our time is what I pray for. Good leadership is hard to find. But God provides to those who pray and who seek justice and peace.; 3/20/21, 12:48 AM
Rt41Rebel said...: It's not too late to move. Sorry Cooper, but your fate is in your own hands on this earth.; 3/20/21, 12:59 AM
Mark said...: So I just read that officials in Oregon are considering making mask mandates permanent.; 3/20/21, 1:11 AM
walter said...: If the strategy, when would be the most opportune moment for Joe to Kamala baton pass?
FWIW, Joe's stairway slip has displaced the alleged fake presser with telltale video key error.
Ohhhh..that Uncle Joe!; 3/20/21, 1:12 AM
stephen cooper said...: Rt - well, there are two schools of thought on that.; 3/20/21, 1:22 AM
stephen cooper said...: (a) "the toughest people in this world are the people who know what God knows about forgiveness, and who also know what is the most important thing all of us can possibly know ---- including those of us who are going to die eventually, which is most of us ---- and that thing is that there is nothing more important in this world than protecting the innocent".

(b) "it's not too late to move"

don't bother voting; 3/20/21, 1:29 AM
gadfly said...: Paul said...
Miss Trump Yet?

Trump will continue to hog media time when his trials begin and when he declares bankruptcy for the 7th time. At least he will be able to wear a Triple X Jumpsuit in prison orange after he loses some weight. Unfortunately, exercise time in the prison yard doesn't allow for golf.; 3/20/21, 1:40 AM
stephen cooper said...: gadfly - stop fantasizing. it is bad for your mental health.; 3/20/21, 1:48 AM
walter said...: Gadfly,
How many migrants are you ready to bring into Gadstead?; 3/20/21, 2:00 AM
wildswan said...: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYK9iCRb7S4; 3/20/21, 2:03 AM
gadfly said...: stephen cooper said...
gadfly - stop fantasizing. it is bad for your mental health.

Stevie:

My fantasy was inspired by Paul's "facts" about Biden. I must have missed your earlier comments on those.

So you think that Trump will never lose enough weight to wear a triple X jumpsuit? Yeah, you may be right about that. Prison beans contain far more carbohydrates than gas but a case of coke every day will not be available and rumor has it that something makes prison "covfefe" taste awful.; 3/20/21, 2:19 AM
walter said...: Gadfly: Zero "migrants"; 3/20/21, 2:23 AM
walter said...: But Gadfly can get behind..+3T spendin'.; 3/20/21, 2:26 AM
Rt41Rebel said...: Cooper, I've lived with religion in my life and without it. I don't suggest God has nothing to do with comfort in this life, or destiny in the next. God doesn't seem to have much to do with your time and circumstance here, from beginning to end. Every day bad people are born wealthy and live long and treacherous lives, and good people are born into poverty, stay there and die of horrible disease or violence. Prayer may help outlook and outcomes, but God doesn't do that. Faith in God does that for some that can't believe in their own power.; 3/20/21, 2:35 AM
gadfly said...: walter said...
Gadfly,
How many migrants are you ready to bring into Gadstead?

Walt, if you truly understand economics and know about our Republican party, you are aware that encouraging cheap Mexican farm laborers has been a reality since 1950. As an example, Devin Nunes' parents own a dairy farm in Sibley, IA staffed entirely by undocumented Mexicans.; 3/20/21, 2:38 AM
Rt41Rebel said...: Dear Gadfly, Trump will be POTUS again before he will be in prison. He moved to the right state. Nobody here, including our Governor, gives a fuck about some dirt water NYC legal witch-hunt. Molon labe.; 3/20/21, 2:52 AM
Rt41Rebel said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 3/20/21, 3:17 AM
walter said...: How many, Gradfly?
give us a number and a shipping address.; 3/20/21, 3:45 AM
stevew said...: MIke of S: steady progress, terrific. Who other than government agencies has fax machines these days? I especially like the "if you observe fish in distress" part.

I laughed when Biden tripped up those stairs, then again when he rubbed out his shin, or knee, and then out loud when he came to attention at the top of the stairs, pivoted, and did that weak ass salute.

A mourning dove is making a racket outside my window. Love is in the air. Is it spring yet?

Biden is indeed going to step down, but I think Easter is too soon. Kamala will be praised for her commitment to the nation and the personal sacrifice she will endure by taking over. For a person who's campaign didn't even survive into the first primary she is the perfect example of falling up.; 3/20/21, 5:18 AM
Jaq said...: narciso, can I buy a copy of your novella anywhere?; 3/20/21, 5:58 AM
Jaq said...: I don’t get this speculation that Biden is going to step down. He is a figurehead for an invisible cabal of moneyed elites, they are loving the fact that there is no actual boss, especially not a guy who still has vestiges of moderate sympathies, even though he is utterly unable to carry them through. I bet if he ordered a pencil picked up, it wouldn’t happen without calling somebody whose name we will never know first.; 3/20/21, 6:02 AM
Jaq said...: The Chinese are loving woke America.

http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/2021/03/19/word-of-the-day-2/; 3/20/21, 6:06 AM
gilbar said...: time for a serious question (pool)

How Long, before "President" Biden is using a walker
in private?
in public?; 3/20/21, 6:08 AM
stevew said...: Good points tim. The reason a Biden retirement seems ever more likely, to me, are Biden's missteps this past week or so with Putin/Russia and China. If Joe can't reliably play the puppet he will have to be replaced. To be sure, I think Harris would easily step in and accept the role.; 3/20/21, 6:28 AM
iowan2 said...: Someone tied Bidens frailty to Parkinson's. That has nothing to do with dementia. But its a good way for the puppet master to get him into a scooter. I thought they would have made the switch by now. Cut the whole tail off, get through the messaging as far away from the next election as possible. I never claimed to be good at political tea leaves.; 3/20/21, 7:50 AM
Jersey Fled said...: Believe it or not, I actually believe Biden is an improvement over Harris, who if she was a white male couldn't get elected dog catcher.

At least Biden has a few lucid moments.; 3/20/21, 7:59 AM
gilbar said...: What Does it say, about the Lameness of Commie Law Harris, that they have kept Jo this long?

And Please don't say that crap about waiting so she can be reelected in 2028
The ONLY WAY that lady Ever gets elected as President is if HR-1 becomes law...
If HR-1 becomes law, the Dems can "elect" ANYONE they want... Won't be her; 3/20/21, 8:13 AM
Fernandinande said...: Biden didn't trip or fall, he just thought he was pulling a dog's tail.; 3/20/21, 8:17 AM
Rusty said...: "Walt, if you truly understand economics and know about our Republican party, "
Said by Gadfly without any irony at all.
The fact is, Gadfly. The FACT is that "the rich" tend to be democrats and our immigration policies favor them. Not repubs. Your "rich republican" trope is so 1970s. Get with it, old man.; 3/20/21, 8:28 AM
Jersey Fled said...: In NJ, "Members of tribal communities" are currently eligible for vaccination.

I lived in NJ for most of my life and never knew that there were indian reservations there. As it turns out, there are about a half dozen. But they don't fit your expectations as to what a "reservation" is. I mean, like people actually living there. Or going to school there.

In fact they are more social and culturally oriented organizations. Not really very different from the Sons of Italy, which incidentally has great hoagie sales once a month.

Any native Americans living in NJ were assimilated into the culture generations ago and are fully mainstreamed. In fact I know two people with real American Indian heritage. One is my brother in law, who is 1/16th Cherokee. He is a retired state trooper. His sons are an MD and an FBI agent. The other was the VP of Manufacturing for a Fortune 500 company that I worked for.

So a 19 year old member of what is essentially a social and cultural organization and has a little of the right DNA, and is at no significant risk for serious illness or death, can get vaccinated this afternoon in NJ, but a 64 year old cannot.

Explain the "science" behind that to me.

Is it so that the liberals of the state can break their arms patting themselves on the back about how wonderful and caring they are?

I think I know the answer to that.; 3/20/21, 8:57 AM
iowan2 said...: Explain the "science" behind that to me.

The science is easy with the secret Fauci covid science decoder.

Mostly what is decoded explains reduction of death from covid is not a sciency enough goal. Lives must be spent toward a goal of utopian society of dictatorship, in the name of science.; 3/20/21, 9:09 AM
mockturtle said...: Biden's embarrassing episodes of mental and physical deterioration are actually heartbreaking. That his family and political colleagues have allowed this man to run for office is shameful and reflects only selfish motives on their part. My husband was also a victim of debilitating dementia and he would never have wanted his decline on public display. Though I never liked Joe Biden, I know he is not personally responsible for this debacle.; 3/20/21, 9:31 AM
Jaq said...: Who besides a four year old, or a man who has reverted that far in his dotage, pulls a dog’s tail?; 3/20/21, 10:08 AM
Rosalyn C. said...: "Though I never liked Joe Biden, I know he is not personally responsible for this debacle."

IMO he's not responsible for his dementia but he certainly is responsible for wanting so badly to be President that he's willing to do it under any circumstances. He wasn't embarrassed by all his sniffing in public so how is this so different? He's not going to depart gracefully.; 3/20/21, 2:37 PM
mockturtle said...: He wasn't embarrassed by all his sniffing in public so how is this so different?

Rosalyn, my husband wasn't embarrassed when his pants fell down in a parking lot and his catheter tubing was waving in the breeze. But when he was well, he was the most prudish man I'd ever met.; 3/20/21, 3:04 PM
gadfly said...: walter said...
How many, Gradfly?
give us a number and a shipping address.

OK - 1065 cows at Nustar Farms, LLC would take about 15 cheap employees.

The address is 5272 200th St, Sibley IA. Say hello to Anthony L. Nunes, Jr, wife. Toni Dian and son Anthony III. Ask for copies of USDL Foreign Labor Certifications, and payroll taxes paid in.

This information was not provided by Devin Nunes in his lawsuit against Esquire so the Iowa judge threw out yet another Nunes lawsuit.; 3/20/21, 5:56 PM
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stephen cooper said...: Rt41Rebel - you make some good points.
It is impossible to figure these things out from what we post on the internet, bit IRL I am like one of those old people, usually very old, who seem fairly happy in life because our faith is strong, our faith that God loves us is not an act, it is just who we are and have been for (in my case) a very long time.

I know what a blessing it is to have that sort of faith, which is so strong, but it does not mean that I do not feel just as bad as anyone else would to see my loved ones suffering from a lack of faith.; 3/20/21, 11:07 PM
walter said...: I'm talking how many "migrant" children you are bringing to Gadstead..your house.
Be patient with them since there appears to be a high rape quotient in the journey.; 3/20/21, 11:13 PM
walter said...: Maybe you'd prefer to take in an adult on the terrorist watch list.; 3/20/21, 11:15 PM