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July 17, 2022

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45 comments:

Bender said...: Why the 10-year-old's abortionist still has a lot of things to answer for.

See, the abortion business has a long history of covering up child sex abuse. Another example:

Principal Raped Teen Girl, Planned Parenthood Aborted Her Baby and Sent Her Back to Him

A former middle school principal was arrested last week in Indiana on two felony counts of Child Seduction for an illegal sexual relationship he had with a minor girl, who he took to a Chicago Planned Parenthood for a secret abortion.

According to a probable cause affidavit (see below) circulated recently by several news agencies, the victim had just turned 16 when Peter Allen Downey, then 45, began a physical relationship with her in 2008. She became impregnated by him later that year. On September 2, 2008, Downy drove the victim from the Fort Wayne, Indiana area where they both lived to the Planned Parenthood abortion facility located at 1200 N. LaSalle Dr. in Chicago, Illinois, where she obtained an abortion at about six weeks into her pregnancy.

The victim had kept paperwork and an ultrasound photo she had received from Planned Parenthood...Even though the abortion was done on an out-of-state minor accompanied by a suspicious 45-year-old man who was not related to her, there is no evidence that Planned Parenthood ever reported suspected underage sexual abuse.

Again, did the 10-year-old really consent? Or was she pressured by her mother (who does not want the perpetrator prosecuted), with no questions asked by the abortionist?; 7/17/22, 6:10 PM
Bender said...: Now Telemundo has confirmed that the perpetrator who sexually abused the then-9-year-old is the mother's boyfriend, that they all live at the same residence, AND that the mother is now pregnant with the perpetrator-boyfriend's baby.

And mom continues to insist that he did nothing wrong.; 7/17/22, 6:24 PM
Inga said...: No major problems with ballot drop boxes in 2020, AP finds

“ATLANTA (AP) — The expanded use of drop boxes for mailed ballots during the 2020 election did not lead to any widespread problems, according to an Associated Press survey of state election officials across the U.S. that revealed no cases of fraud, vandalism or theft that could have affected the results.

The findings from both Republican- and Democratic-controlled states run contrary to claims made by former President Donald Trump and his allies who have intensely criticized their use and falsely claimed they were a target for fraud.

Drop boxes are considered by many election officials to be safe and secure, and have been used to varying degrees by states across the political spectrum. Yet conspiracy theories and efforts by Republicans to eliminate or restrict them since the 2020 election persist. This month, the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s conservative majority ruled that drop boxes are not allowed under state law and can no longer be widely used.”; 7/17/22, 6:27 PM
Michael K said...: The 10 year old abortion story seems to me to be covering up an illegal alien child trafficking story. Is the "mother" of that child really the mother? Are there other children in that home? There should be dna testing to "families" at the border but, of course, the Biden regime has no interest in the border crisis.; 7/17/22, 6:28 PM
BUMBLE BEE said...: Inga, Inga. Inga... where to start?; 7/17/22, 6:56 PM
Drago said...: Russia Collusion Truther and Hillary Hoax Dossier Dead Ender Inga: "The expanded use of drop boxes for mailed ballots during the 2020 election did not lead to any widespread problems, according to an Associated Press survey of state election officials across the U.S. that revealed no cases of fraud, vandalism or theft that could have affected the results."

LOL

Secretary of State officials, whose job it is to protect the integrity of elections, report there were no real problems with election integrity!!

Next up: A survey of 1,000 federal prisoners reveals 100% of all federal prisoners are innocent!

Next next up: School security guards report they are doing a bang up job of providing security!

Next next next up: Twitter officials report Twitter employees who are responsible for determining the % of bots using Twitter report the number of bots using Twitter does not exceed the % stipulated in Acquisition paperwork provided to Elon Musk's team.

Next next next next up: Secretary of Homeland Security Mayorkas reports the US Borders are closed and do not represent a security threat to the United States!

Next next next next next up: FBI officials responsible for conceiving, planning, directing and executing the Huttaree Militia Hoax and Whitmer Kidnapping Hoaxes in MI report they actually did nothing wrong at all and why do you ask?

Too funny.

Remember when Trump said publicly there was no collusion with Russia? Inga called him a liar....it wasn't that much prior to Inga calling Althouse a c***.; 7/17/22, 7:00 PM
Drago said...: Michael K: "The 10 year old abortion story seems to me to be covering up an illegal alien child trafficking story."

Correct.

Or as Inga would say, a "spark of Divinity" child sex trafficking story.; 7/17/22, 7:01 PM
narciso said...: no a 10 year old can't consent, what kind of sophistry is this,; 7/17/22, 7:17 PM
Lurker21 said...: Siena College came out with their latest historians' survey ranking the US presidents. In previous years, this got a lot of publicity. Not this time, and it doesn't really deserve it. The top of the list was FDR, Lincoln, Washington, TR, and Jefferson. The bottom five were Pierce, Harding, Trump, Buchanan, and Andrew Johnson. I don't see how Trump ends up being almost as bad as James Buchanan, who let the country fall apart (I'd also put Pierce and Buchanan below Harding and Andrew Johnson as well).

There's a prejudice in favor of recent Democrat presidents. Truman at seventh, after Eisenhower, I can understand, but JFK at 9th? What did he do to earn that? And LBJ taking a big leap up to 8th? Obama at 11th? I don't believe he was a failure, but he wasn't that successful or consequential either. Bill Clinton at 14th. Biden, so far an abject failure, was ranked 19th after his first year in office. Just below Reagan. Biden's ranking will surely sink, but wasn't the handwriting on the wall even then? Rating presidents is a silly game, but it's hard for many of us to resist. How people think about current politics has a lot to do with which presidents they regard as successful and worthy of imitation.

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Zone 414 was a crummy sci-fi picture. One of the critics who panned it did have the right idea though -- "The script feels completely devoid of ideas about what the future of AI might look like. But what it does prove is that [Guy] Pearce adds a basic layer of credibility to any film simply by showing up ." He does, doesn't he? The robot woman was pretty, but I get the feeling SF should take a decade or two off and then look at what science has achieved in the meantime, and use that to come up with less clichéd, more original ideas. Everything nowadays looks and feels derivative of what came before.; 7/17/22, 7:24 PM
Dave Begley said...: The CNN Special about Steve Bannon is hilarious. He won and is conservative so he’s a bad guy and anti-democratic. LOL.; 7/17/22, 7:27 PM
narciso said...: but of course,

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/07/17/former-obama-economic-advisor-says-best-way-to-deal-with-inflation-is-to-raise-taxes-and-plunge-main-street-into-a-recession/; 7/17/22, 7:53 PM
Bender said...: In other news, another big initiative of the Democrats is to require that powerful hormones that have a radical effect on the body, with a disparate impact on females and probably not very good for males, be made available to kids of all ages over the counter without any doctor's examination.; 7/17/22, 7:53 PM
gadfly said...: Bender said...
The victim had kept paperwork and an ultrasound photo she had received from Planned Parenthood...Even though the abortion was done on an out-of-state minor accompanied by a suspicious 45-year-old man who was not related to her, there is no evidence that Planned Parenthood ever reported suspected underage sexual abuse.

Fort Wayne Planned Parenthood closed its location at 3914 W. Jefferson Blvd. in the Park West Shopping Center on September 3, 2019, due to what company officials called “intimidation and harassment of patients, providers, and supporters.”

Putting up with Fort Wayne's active church-going pro-life picketers is unacceptable but breaking the law to kill babies is easy peasy.; 7/17/22, 8:25 PM
MadisonMan said...: I have noticed, with my early rising, and turn towards less brightness in the morning. That time of year.; 7/17/22, 8:26 PM
farmgirl said...: Drago- you valuable, intelligent commenter.
Your comment was spot on. (But)… the old business of name calling can die.
You know so much- and share so much. Don’t lie down w/the dogs…

Not that you asked for my 2cents, I know.

Also- did Child Protection Services take the little girl away from her supposed Mom?; 7/17/22, 8:36 PM
Bender said...: The TV show "The Old Man" had a good start. Now it's in treading water mode. Very little has happened in the last few episodes.; 7/17/22, 8:40 PM
farmgirl said...: Gadfly- are you proLife?; 7/17/22, 8:42 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: I'm on the Biden-stole-the-2020-election camp, at least until I see convincing evidence "debunking" this.

Link to safe for work image; 7/17/22, 8:46 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: Headline : Transgender woman who impregnated 2 inmates removed from N.J.’s female prison

When just one was not enough.; 7/17/22, 8:49 PM
gilbar said...: Remember WAY BACK? Back on the 4th of July? Back when some guy MURDERED a Bunch of people in Highland Park?
That Sure Did disappear, didn't it?
It was All The Rage! Until people (news people) got a look at the killer.. Then, nothing
It's like it's fallen of the face of the earth.
People (like igna) Couldn't Stop Talking about it.. Until they realized that the killer wasn't a Trump supporter, but was; in fact: a leftie freakazoid..
And then crickets.. Nothing but crickets. Like i said, must be another one of those slowdowns; 7/17/22, 9:00 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: Woman sues man over a bad date in the wrong court. The judge tries to explain procedural matters and she tries to gaslight the judge. The judge mutes her zoom call, and she apparently doesn't know she's on mute because she continues yapping.

From r/PublicFreakout Zoom court hearing; 7/17/22, 9:13 PM
Bender said...: OK, so there was a reveal at the end of episode six of The Old Man.

And no makeup to cover up Alia Shawkat's freckles in this episode. The lighting or something made them especially prominent, in fact.; 7/17/22, 9:15 PM
jim5301 said...: Bender wonders whether the 10-year old was "pressured" by her mother to get an abortion. Are you seven Bender? Do you have kids? Do you love your kids? If I had a 10-year old daughter and she had been rapped and was pregnant, I would apply extreme pressure on her to get an abortion if necessary. That is what love demands in that situation. For the mental and physical health of your daughter.

So you think what, that it should be a crime for a parent to pressure her child in that situation? God forbid you grow up and have a daughter and find out that she is raped and impregnated at the age of ten - you can explain to her why the small clump of cells in her womb related to her rapist is more precious than she is.; 7/17/22, 9:19 PM
narciso said...: Well theres a twist in the origin and motivation of one of the characters just not the way you thought it would be.; 7/17/22, 9:20 PM
jim5301 said...: Dave Begley - "The CNN Special about Steve Bannon is hilarious. He won and is conservative so he’s a bad guy and anti-democratic. LOL"

What exactly did Bannon win, other than a pardon? (Also, we all know that you didn't really watch the show, but that okay. You're a lawyer - you can't help but lie.); 7/17/22, 9:23 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: Know your memes : Consideration when and if arming public school staff; 7/17/22, 9:25 PM
Joe Biden, America's Putin said...: the AP - lol; 7/17/22, 9:27 PM
gadfly said...: farmgirl said...
Gadfly- are you proLife?

Yes Ma'am. As I hope that all good conservatives and libertarians are.; 7/17/22, 9:52 PM
Bender said...: I have a secret.

I actually like Latinx Bell. I've been thinking about going there for some latinxes, usually with a burritx as well, or a regular crunchy with a soft chicken latinx. But I have ground beef here at home and it's easy enough to make latinxes here. So I don't go.; 7/17/22, 10:05 PM
effinayright said...: Is all this bleating and hysteria about the new "super-contagious" covid variant justified?

Scroll to the bottom of this page and see for yourself:

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/; 7/17/22, 10:13 PM
effinayright said...: Lem said...
Headline : Transgender woman who impregnated 2 inmates removed from N.J.’s female prison

When just one was not enough.
*************

Someone want to 'splain to me how this trans-gender woman "could" also give birth?

Or does a quack doctor have to perform some sort of roto-rooter operation get rid of all the male bits first?; 7/17/22, 11:05 PM
gadfly said...: gilbar said...
Remember WAY BACK? Back on the 4th of July? Back when some guy MURDERED a Bunch of people in Highland Park?

People (like igna) Couldn't Stop Talking about it... Until they realized that the killer wasn't a Trump supporter, but was; in fact: a leftie freakazoid...

Authorities have not yet made any case about Bobby Crimo's politics, likely because he has confessed to the murders. Now they are gathering evidence to withstand an insanity plea. But among his videos we are told:

A video posted to Crimo’s YouTube page on Jan. 2, 2021, appears to show Crimo among a throng of protesters cheering for Trump’s presidential motorcade outside an airport. Crimo flips the phone’s orientation to reveal his face at the end of the video.

A photo shows Crimo draped in a Trump flag in a June 27, 2021 post on Twitter.

That certainly is not Antifa stuff, now is it, glibar (as in igna)?

I see where we got ourselves another shooting yesterday, this time at a Simon mall in Greenwood, IN. Three were killed and two wounded in the food court by a gunman using a rifle with two magazines of ammunition. A private citizen took the shooter out with a legal handgun. The shooter's victims were all female.; 7/18/22, 2:44 AM
Humperdink said...: The Defund the Police crowd has won me over. Defund, shutdown, close up all police departments in lefty cities. Let them swim in their own dung. The closure of 16 Starbucks stores and the subsequent whining by CEO Howard Schultz convinced me. Howard you voted for this crap.; 7/18/22, 5:33 AM
farmgirl said...: I’m thankful for that, gadfly.; 7/18/22, 5:51 AM
farmgirl said...: “God forbid you grow up and have a daughter and find out that she is raped and impregnated at the age of ten.”

If the schools have their way, parents will be in the dark about everything to do w/the physical and emotional well being of their children. Secrets from parents is advocated for- even in the medical profession.; 7/18/22, 5:56 AM
Jefferson's Revenge said...: Lem at 9:13pm. That was hilarious in a crazy Lucille Ball kind of way. Crazy Lucy explaining to a judge what perjury is while Ricky just shakes his head.

Except it was real and she represents a multitude of similar attitudes. Black Karen. I know my rights and my word definitions.

Are we done here? Comedy gold.; 7/18/22, 6:21 AM
Jersey Fled said...: "Is all this bleating and hysteria about the new "super-contagious" covid variant justified?"

Of course not, but bleating and hysteria are the Prog's superpower.

And we can pretty much expect it from them forever. Hell, they're still bleating and hysterical about Climate Change after 60 years of practically ever one of their Earth Day predictions failing spectacularly, aren't they?

Note: I am posting this from a location that they assured me would be under 20 feet of water by now. And my feet aren't even wet.; 7/18/22, 7:02 AM
gilbar said...: ever wonder if our leftie commentators are liars? Or just stupid?
read gadfly's post at 2:44 and see if you can tell?

crimo sent to a 4th of July parade too! Another thing That certainly is not Antifa stuff, now is it
next thing you know, Gadfly will be telling us that crimo wanted to convert to Judaism; 7/18/22, 7:09 AM
MadisonMan said...: OMG: Lem, that is hilarious.; 7/18/22, 7:58 AM
tim in vermont said...: Birx pushed ahead with her plans to convince Trump and his advisors to go along with her mitigation plans. She writes that in March 2020, she met with the President, and her plan was to obfuscate her intentions for economic shutdowns, knowing that Trump was wary of anything that would tank the economy he had worked so hard to build.
"I couldn't do anything that would reveal my true intention," she writes, "to use the travel ban as one brick in the construction of a larger wall of protective measures we needed to enact very soon." Trump's team was more concerned about the impacts and potential for loss of lives to Americans of shutting society down.

Trump was right again.; 7/18/22, 8:04 AM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: I felt sorry for the judge and the guy being sued. She’s not going to give up.; 7/18/22, 10:57 AM
Mark said...: I would apply extreme pressure on her to get an abortion if necessary

In other words, you are an admitted child abuser.

And don't EVER say that you are "pro-choice." You are pro-abortion through and through.; 7/18/22, 11:32 AM
Mark said...: About the 16-year-old sexually abused by her teacher who then took her to get an abortion, what jumps out at me is that she kept the ultrasound photo.

Not something you do when you are trying to put the rape behind you. Not something you do when you wanted the abortion, keeping a visual reminder of the life within you that is no more.

It's something you do when some man believes he should "apply extreme pressure on her to get an abortion."; 7/18/22, 11:37 AM
gadfly said...: gilbar said...
ever wonder if our leftie commentators are liars? Or just stupid?
read gadfly's post at 2:44 and see if you can tell?

crimo sent to a 4th of July parade too! Another thing That certainly is not Antifa stuff, now is it

next thing you know, Gadfly will be telling us that crimo wanted to convert to Judaism

gilbar, our supposed mind reader, wouldn't know a "lefty" if he met one, but for the sake of clarity - I have never been nor will I ever be a liberal. BTW, tell us where there is a lie in what I wrote.

Refer to Forrest Gump's famous "stupid" concept whenever the best you can do is miswrite "crimo sent to a 4th of July parade too!" Undoubtedly, he went to a 4th of July parade to kill people.

Do I like liars, grifters, and thieves like Trump? No! Nor should you name-callers loyal to TFG the elitist, the guy who massively lost the election and immediately attempted to overthrow the government.

Pick your side - I picked mine, which is, as always, "Never Trump." I will deal with the weak static raised by populists whenever I get attacked.; 7/18/22, 1:08 PM
Inga said...: Gadfly,

I take pity on Gilbar and just ignore his comments because he has self reported here on these threads a few times over the years that he has been affected by a brain injury. I believe him.; 7/18/22, 2:20 PM