Althouse: At the Sunday Night Café…

December 18, 2022

At the Sunday Night Café…

… you can talk about whatever you want.

80 comments:

William50 said...: Trump Backs McCarthy For Speaker. Tells Opponents To Stand Down. He Deserves A Shot.

I really don't know what to think about this. Didn't he learn anything in his 4 years?; 12/18/22, 7:04 PM
Gospace said...: Another absolutely unbiased and completely non-racist court full of liberal judges, this time in NC, has ruled that blacks and blacks alone in the USA are too stupid or lazy or ignorant to obtain a voter ID. And somehow the liberal media and liberal politicians cannot see why the general public public is continuing to lose faith in them .

Virtually every court ruling on color or race in my lifetime has said that same thing, whether it’s for affirmative action or voting or anything else- blacks are inferior and cannot compete with a level intellectual playing field. At least Justice Taney was honest in his atrocious Dred Scott decision. Today’s are saying just what he espoused but saying it’s all good.; 12/18/22, 7:06 PM
Clyde said...: Post 3 of 15 - Clyde's Top 10 Favorite "New" Songs of 2022
Honorable Mention #3 - The Grip Weeds - Shape Of Things To Come (DiG - 2021)

The Grip Weeds are a rock band from New Jersey who have been making music since 1988, with the band's current lineup dating back to 2012. Their music is usually described as power pop and psychedelic rock. The album 'DiG' was released in October 2021, and I'm pretty sure that it started playing on my soundtrack on Amazon Music shortly after that, so it doesn't qualify for the Top 10 this year. The album was a COVID lockdown project of cover songs from the late 1960s era. The song "Shape Of Things To Come" was performed by Max Frost and the Troopers in the 1968 comedy-drama 'Wild in the Streets,' and this video recreates it well. 'DiG' is a great album and I highly recommend listening to the whole thing.

The Grip Weeds - Shape Of Things To Come; 12/18/22, 7:08 PM
Howard said...: Elon is becoming a Twitter pinball to get that Saudi blood Money; 12/18/22, 7:34 PM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: We're getting our second installment of snowy weather in our new house. Already an 1/2-inch has fallen this afternoon. I expect about 3 or 4 inches total until the snow leaves after Wednesday. We're at 560-ft MSL and in the foothills of the Cascades, so when Bellevue would have gotten only rain, we get snow.

My wife took our dog Sadie out for a pee-break this afternoon while the snow was falling. After Sadie did her business, she set a new land-speed record getting back in the house.

Our hot tub was delivered on Friday and a friend came over and helped me assemble the sauna. It went together smoothly and we had the exterior complete by lunch time. The benches and back rests took about an hour after lunch. The electrician will be coming out to do the hookup.; 12/18/22, 7:36 PM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: The storm will be bigger than I expected. Total of about 13-in through Thursday.; 12/18/22, 7:39 PM
Nonyabidness said...: "You can talk about whatever you want."

Ok, let's see if we can. I don't think we can. And you're going to prove me right (you're being watched, btw, to see how you react to me saying whatever I want.)

I think we can only talk about whatever YOU, Ann, allow us to talk about. You're gaslighting us. You edit your commenters. You delete commenters. You delete comments. You "curate" the experience you want "your" readers to have here. To put you in the best light. Then you post claims that anybody can talk about "whatever you want."

You are no different than Twitter was and is. You deliberately choose the Google platform because they give you the tools to CONTROL what we are allowed to say here. We can only say what YOU and THEY allow us to say.

And you preeen yourself as if you aren't doing this. But you know you. And I know you. And we all know you too.

You are them. You are exactly the same as them.

Now delete this comment so nobody else can see it. But they will. They will.; 12/18/22, 7:53 PM
Dave Begley said...: I may write a Nebraska Law Review Note on the Second Circuit opinion last week about trans athletes.

Title? Who are you going to believe? The Second Circuit or your own lynin’ eyes?

If Professor emerita Althouse agreed to edit it, I might do it. That would be in footnote 1.

Forty years between law review articles. If UNL turns me down, I’ll submit it to Creighton.; 12/18/22, 7:56 PM
Dave Begley said...: I’m going to mine the briefs of the girls’ lawyers for material. Looks like a standing case.; 12/18/22, 8:11 PM
Big Mike said...: @Althouse, it appears that the left regards fred speech is a tight wing value. Do you have any thoughts on this?; 12/18/22, 8:19 PM
Big Mike said...: Donald Trump claims that he has sold out his line of NFTs, raising roughly $5 million. If that’s true then maybe he’s really not out of it for 2024.

OTOH, celebrating gay marriage at a time when grade school teachers are boasting about steering adolescents and pre-adolescents towards gay sex and so-called “gender affirmation” surgery seem to confirm my belief that his political acumen is seriously lacking. Well, we have until summer 2024 to figure it out.; 12/18/22, 8:27 PM
Eva Marie said...: Blogger Clyde said...
“Honorable Mention #3 - The Grip Weeds - Shape Of Things To Come (DiG - 2021)”
They’ve got a Christmas album on Spotify.; 12/18/22, 8:28 PM
effinayright said...: William50 said...
Trump Backs McCarthy For Speaker. Tells Opponents To Stand Down. He Deserves A Shot.

I really don't know what to think about this. Didn't he learn anything in his 4 years?
**************

Maybe he doesn't want a fractured GOP?; 12/18/22, 8:39 PM
Lucien said...: Is it possible for something to have both a “dark underbelly” and a “soft, white underbelly”?; 12/18/22, 8:52 PM
rcocean said...: What a great world Cup! A fantastic game. I really love the world cup and the Eurocup even though I'm not much of a soccer fan. Even a soccer ignoramous like me could tell these guys were playing at the highest skill level and giving it their all.

The handball penalty at the end didn't seem fair, but I guess if the ball hits your arm and blocks the shot, it doesn't matter whether its intentional or not.

Good that Argentina won.; 12/18/22, 8:53 PM
Readering said...: Musk claims he will step down as CEO of twitter if poll favors it. He's way down with over 10 million votes recorded.; 12/18/22, 10:01 PM
Big Mike said...: @Mike of Snoqualmie, good luck with the weather. I am keeping my fingers crossed for you that your home offers up no unpleasant surprises in the face of such a nasty storm.; 12/18/22, 10:07 PM
Readering said...: Does trump work with the best people? Looks like the images photoshopped with his head for NFTs were largely stolen from copyrighted images online, unless he licensed them.; 12/18/22, 10:08 PM
Gahrie said...: Elon is becoming a Twitter pinball to get that Saudi blood Money

yeah because Elon's history shows he's all about the money...; 12/18/22, 10:19 PM
Readering said...: Sports pleasures of the day:

World Cup Final. (No rooting interest, just terrific match.)

Watching Chargers and Giants wins, while learning of Pats and Bucs losses.; 12/18/22, 10:31 PM
Eva Marie said...: Are we living through an Avengers episode? Maybe something similar to Something Nasty in the Nursery - where all the billionaires self destruct? We’re up to 4 now.; 12/18/22, 10:50 PM
Drago said...: William50: "Trump Backs McCarthy For Speaker. Tells Opponents To Stand Down. He Deserves A Shot.

I really don't know what to think about this. Didn't he learn anything in his 4 years?"

Realpolitik.

McCarthy has far and away the most support and there really isnt a pathway for an actual conservative to win.

Further, as expected, a significant chunk of the GOPe-ers have already signalled they would try and cut a deal with the democraticals to keep an actual conservative out of the Speakers chair.

Naturally. GOPe and the dems go together like peas and carrots.; 12/18/22, 11:14 PM
gadfly said...: Gospace gives us his interpretation of this old piece of news from CNBC News - which contains nary a word about "stupid" black folks:

SEP 17 2021

The majority of the three-judge panel said in its opinion that evidence shows the 2018 law “was enacted in part for a discriminatory purpose, and would not have been enacted in its current form but for its tendency to discriminate against African American voters.”

North Carolina’s voter identification law was enacted in late 2018 when the state legislature overrode a veto by Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat.

That analysis found that 9.6% of Black “registered voters lacked acceptable ID” for voting under a prior voter ID bill, “as compared with 4.5% of white registered voters.”

The majority decision noted that because Black people in North Carolina are more much likely to live in poverty than white people, they thus are also more likely to “face greater hurdles to acquiring photo ID” as a result of not having a car or being able to get time off from work to do so.; 12/19/22, 1:43 AM
lonejustice said...: William50 said... "Trump Backs McCarthy For Speaker. Tells Opponents To Stand Down. He Deserves A Shot." I really don't know what to think about this. Didn't he learn anything in his 4 years?"

Well, he learned how to sell trading cards of himself dressed up as super heroes, and sell them for $99 a pop, so at least he has learned that much.; 12/19/22, 3:50 AM
wendybar said...: Brit Hume
@brithume
Quote: "If you only read The New York Times or Washington Post and watched CNN and MSNBC, you probably didn’t know anything about the nonstop caravans crossing the border or that the number of crossers exceeded 5 million people."

“The only thing you would have been told was that “MAGA” Republicans and “right-wing media” outlets like Fox News and The Post were “bashing immigrants” who were simply looking for a better life.”

https://nypost.com/2022/12/17/gall-out-in-the-open-at-the-us-border/; 12/19/22, 5:40 AM
wendybar said...: "Unfortunately, Biden’s lies are becoming more frequent and more alarming. The United States has a President that cannot differentiate between fiction and reality. "

https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffcrouere/2022/12/19/our-president-the-pathological-liar-n2617287; 12/19/22, 5:51 AM
Humperdink said...: Stolen valor is an American term for the behavior of military impostors: individuals who lie about their military service.

Stolen valor once removed: Biden: "My Uncle Frank won the purple heart". Even worse coming from the alleged Commander-in-Chief.; 12/19/22, 6:00 AM
Owen said...: David Begley: best of luck with your proposed law review article. I don’t understand the 2d Circuit decision (but I haven’t read the opinion) nor do I understand the policy it upholds. I guess I’m too old, coming as I do from a time before the Madness swept the land.; 12/19/22, 6:02 AM
Humperdink said...: Trump sells NFTs at $99 a pop for all the world to see. Let's clutch our pearls.

Hunter and the Big Guy sell out the country. Ho hum.; 12/19/22, 6:11 AM
wendybar said...: "I don't think DeSantis can survive the onslaught. Look at his silence now. He has been hooked by Republicans who want a return to the old days, when they were allowed to be part of the elite — if they behaved as the Dems instructed. Pretty seductive — just go along, Ron.

It is the going along that has destroyed the Republican Party — and, ultimately, can destroy the country.

So pardon me for backing Donald Trump and not the pundits or pols. We need Trump, the man who doesn't go along. Trump fights for America and Americans, and that is why we need to do everything we can to help him be re-elected in 2024."

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2022/12/its_trump_will_never_be_president_all_over_again.html; 12/19/22, 6:26 AM
BUMBLE BEE said...: Here's "Misinformation"... https://twitter.com/_Janey_J/status/1604244466134564871; 12/19/22, 6:26 AM
wendybar said...: The more you know, the more you realize how much you have been lied to and by WHOM....

"In fundamentally transformed America, the outgoing president picks his successor and deploys the FBI and Justice Department against opponents. The transformation also divides the nation into oppressor and victim classes, along racial lines. The composite character’s domestic opposition replaces foreign adversaries and foreign terrorists as the greatest threat to the nation."

https://amgreatness.com/2022/12/18/when-barry-met-kuki/; 12/19/22, 6:39 AM
Humperdink said...: gadfly quoted: "That analysis found that 9.6% of Black “registered voters lacked acceptable ID” for voting under a prior voter ID bill, “as compared with 4.5% of white registered voters.”

Gee, wouldn't the obvious solution be to get them ID's? What a novel thought. Instead of spending Sam Bankman-Fried's money stuffing mail-in ballot boxes, spend it on getting the potential voters the proper ID.; 12/19/22, 6:47 AM
Humperdink said...: Anyone else that federal spending for November was twice the federal revenue?

"Receipts for November fell 10% or $29 billion from a year earlier to $252 billion, while outlays rose 6% or $28 billion to $501 billion, also a November record." (Reuters)

https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/us-november-deficit-rises-sharply-revenues-fall-outlays-jump-2022-12-12/; 12/19/22, 7:11 AM
Scott Patton said...: Is "to practice ... anthropomorphic tendencies" the same thing as a "tendency to anthropomorphize"?; 12/19/22, 7:14 AM
Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this son of New York said...: Watch John Cleese in "The Taming of the Shrew," and then watch "The Proposal" with Sandra Bullock. Just sayin'

John Cleese, because his version is the best.; 12/19/22, 7:15 AM
Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this son of New York said...: I am sure that gadfly's bank accounts and investments can be withdrawn by anybody claiming to be him, with no proof required, because otherwise he would be a hypocrite.; 12/19/22, 7:17 AM
Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this son of New York said...: I am not sure that DeSantis himself is running against Trump. I think it's more a case of others saying "Let's you and him fight." I could be wrong, but I follow DeSantis on Twitter, and I haven't seen anything. Of course the tweets could be suppressed, IDK.; 12/19/22, 7:19 AM
iowan2 said...: The majority decision noted that because Black people in North Carolina are more much likely to live in poverty than white people, they thus are also more likely to “face greater hurdles to acquiring photo ID” as a result of not having a car or being able to get time off from work to do so.

These Judges are ignoring repeated real time experience with photo ID. All the states have found Black participation rising after picture ID became law. In short the judges ruled, without evidence, using pure speculation, using income as a proxy for race.

But if we want to reducing the number of Blacks voting, the acceptable technique, approved by the courts, is just make 60% of the voting machines inoperable on election day. Thats what happened in Maricopa County, and Judges are cool with what happened.; 12/19/22, 7:28 AM
Big Mike said...: Oops. That should have been “free speech” as a right wing value at 8:19. Someday I will figure out how to proofread my own writing.; 12/19/22, 7:31 AM
iowan2 said...: Gee, wouldn't the obvious solution be to get them ID's? What a novel thought. Instead of spending Sam Bankman-Fried's money stuffing mail-in ballot boxes, spend it on getting the potential voters the proper ID.

^^^this^^^

Also we have the 'dog that didn't bark'. Where are the personal testimonies from clean, articulate blacks that can't be bothered to get an ID. Dems are great at trotting out real life people as examples of 'The Man' keeping blacks down.

If the poor cant get an ID, maybe that's why they are poor????

You cant open a bank account, rent a car, or motel room. Any decent employer requires proof of who you are. No ID is a barrier to improving your life. You would think Dems would be leading that parade...not driving a car into the parade, and running over blacks; 12/19/22, 7:40 AM
Drago said...: Howard: "78Elon is becoming a Twitter pinball to get that Saudi blood Money"

The Saudi money was already invested in Twitter before Musk purchased Twitter.

The Saudi's were allowed to rollover their already existing $1.89B worth of shares in Twitter 1.0 into Twitter 2.0.

Thanks for playing and by the way, congratulations on the "success" of your Biden's Earpiece energy policy.

Looks like Putin has tripled his surplus over last year and is using the cool extra $120B to fund the war in Ukraine!

Heckuva job Howard!; 12/19/22, 8:37 AM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: Mike Wolf:
"Donald Trump claims that he has sold out his line of NFTs, raising roughly $5 million. If that’s true then maybe he’s really not out of it for 2024."

He isn't out - but his appeal is shrinking. He'd need to announce he is quitting for that to happen, and he won't do that. He will do down with the ship. Adults are laughing at his super-hero bubble gun card self-promotion stunt. His tru beeleevers are still intact, but there are not enough of them to beat Crook Biden. Sorry to disappoint.; 12/19/22, 8:48 AM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: Gadfly is saying that poor blacks are too dumb to have a form of ID.
I wonder if poor whites are under Gadfly's logic umbrella?

In the meantime - If you want to fly anywhere - you need ID. Buy alcohol or legal pot - you need an ID. Need to apply for a job - you need an ID. Want to stay at a hotel? need an ID. Want to enter the DNC convention - you need an ID. and on and on...

Ah - but Gadfly thinks NO ID should be required for Voting. Why? I'd guess Gadfly drinks koolaid.; 12/19/22, 8:52 AM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: From Wendy's link at 6:26 - some comments and other snippets from the America toilet sitter. (eee gads I've begged them over the years to change their on-line logo.)

"Trump's dinner with Ye and the other lunatic should never have happened, and whoever vets who gets to have dinner with him should be fired. Full stop."
&
"VDH says he has to change his behavior. "

Why would ego maniac Trump change his behavior? Never going to happen. Wishful thinking on stilts.

&

DeSantis is a politician. Trump is not.

No. At this point - Trump is a politician. Akin to a used car salesman - with bubblegum trading cards - laughing all the way to the bank.

That DeSantis is quiet? - that drives Ever Trumpers up a wall. Watch them squirm and spit bile at DeSantis. Trump's donors are jumping ship - so obviously these donors are pure evil - and will be vilified accordingly. Right on Q by the minions. Same donors were all perfectly fine when the purse was open to Trump.; 12/19/22, 9:04 AM
Drago said...: HBTPFH: "His tru beeleevers are still intact, but there are not enough of them to beat Crook Biden. Sorry to disappoint."

"Crook Biden" has been handed win after win after win by the GOPe McConnell-tards. Thats why the Trump "chaff" is flying from HBTPFH and the McConell-tard Brigade. They want to keep the focus off the sellout of the republican base and keep it on Team GOPe/Dems primary foe.

Next up: the omnibus budget sellout followed by immigration sellout.

In GA, every GOPe-ers hero Raffensberger is now fighting to Murkowski-ize the state thru Ranked Choice Voting.

Team GOPe/Dem never sleeps.; 12/19/22, 9:06 AM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: Is Trump gong to stop McConnell?
Murkowski?
Raffensberger?
The McConnell-tards?
The Romney bots?
The McCainiacs?
The FOCUS!
The sell-outs and non-Trump loyalists?

Will Super-hero Bubble gum cards fix the McConnell-tards? The Focus!?
Good news is no one can stop the onslaught of left-wing smear machine like Trump. He can handle it! Has a proven track record... and stuff. Oh wait...; 12/19/22, 9:25 AM
wendybar said...: Exactly Drago1!! @ 9:06 am; 12/19/22, 9:25 AM
wendybar said...: If you ever wonder why America is going Bankrupt, just look at how much these scumbags that DON'T work can make in a progressive city. They are living the great life off of the people who actually work. Between them and the 45 million illegals sucking off the government teet and Ukraine getting truckloads of cash every month... And joe is going to bail out the UNION pensions again. THIS sucks. The more I read about the scummyness of American citizens, the more I don't care about it anymore. Let it all burn down. It's coming anyways.

https://nypost.com/2022/12/18/it-pays-not-to-work-in-bidens-america-thanks-to-welfare-benefits/; 12/19/22, 9:58 AM
Robert Cook said...: Nonyabidness @ 7:53 PM:

Kind of self-important, aren't you? Also, apparently, unfamiliar with this blog chat board. (Unless you are a disgruntled prior commenter, now with a new name, who had one, several, or all comments removed due to egregiously offensive of purposely provocative behavior.); 12/19/22, 10:01 AM
Robert Cook said...: "...celebrating gay marriage at a time when grade school teachers are boasting about steering adolescents and pre-adolescents towards gay sex and so-called “gender affirmation” surgery...."

Never happened.; 12/19/22, 10:02 AM
wendybar said...: With friends like you Hooker, who needs enemies or progressives??; 12/19/22, 10:16 AM
Robert Cook said...: "Anyone else that federal spending for November was twice the federal revenue?

'Receipts for November fell 10% or $29 billion from a year earlier to $252 billion, while outlays rose 6% or $28 billion to $501 billion, also a November record." (Reuters)'

"https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/us-november-deficit-rises-sharply-revenues-fall-outlays-jump-2022-12-12/"

First (and necessary) step to address this: Shut down the Pentagon and strip the War Department's budget by 75% at a minimum. Moreover, prosecute all top military brass in charge of management of their budget. They have repeatedly refused to submit to mandatory audits (required since 1990), and in the past five years where they have belatedly/begrudgingly submitted to audits, they have failed each one. In their most recent failed audit, they cannot even account for half of their total assets! The greatest gangsters in Washington are our hallowed (hollow?) Fighting Forces, (and those in Congress who facilitate them). In addition to prosecuting top military brass and Congresspersons for malfeasance, investigate the parasite arms merchants for waste and fraud. Shut 'em down and lock 'em up!; 12/19/22, 10:26 AM
Rusty said...: "That DeSantis is quiet? - that drives Ever Trumpers up a wall. Watch them squirm and spit bile at DeSantis. Trump's donors are jumping ship - so obviously these donors are pure evil - and will be vilified accordingly. Right on Q by the minions. Same donors were all perfectly fine when the purse was open to Trump."
You miss the point by a wide margin. It isn't an either or decision at this point. It isn't Trump or Desantis. It's how do we get rid of the entrenched deep sate parasites that are really running this country. If both men are truly passionate about the future of our republic then I have no doubt that sometime before the end of 2023 that Trump and Desantis are going to sit down and go over strategy. The stakes are much higher than either of these two men.; 12/19/22, 10:30 AM
Gahrie said...: "...celebrating gay marriage at a time when grade school teachers are boasting about steering adolescents and pre-adolescents towards gay sex and so-called “gender affirmation” surgery...."

Never happened.

Somebody doesn't read Libs of TikTok on Twitter....

I admit the fact is so shocking that it seems unbelievable, but there's enough examples out there to prove the case.; 12/19/22, 10:35 AM
Gahrie said...: First (and necessary) step to address this: Shut down the Pentagon and strip the War Department's budget by 75% at a minimum.

... and then begin learning Chinese and how to live like the Amish.; 12/19/22, 10:36 AM
Narr said...: What Robert Cook said at 1026. I could quibble, but he points in the right direction.

The USAian imperial hegemony isn't sustainable in the long run.

Also, what Kunstler said this morning at Clusterfuck Nation.; 12/19/22, 10:48 AM
wendybar said...: Robert Cook said...
"...celebrating gay marriage at a time when grade school teachers are boasting about steering adolescents and pre-adolescents towards gay sex and so-called “gender affirmation” surgery...."

Never happened.

12/19/22, 10:02 AM

This is why we laugh and point at the ignorance from your side.
It IS happening, and it IS happening a lot. Go back to sleep.

https://www.themainewire.com/2022/12/social-worker-secretly-began-gender-transition-for-13-year-old-girl-in-maine-school-mom/

https://nypost.com/2022/04/16/ludlow-public-schools-secretly-promoted-our-kids-gender-transition-parents/

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/11/16/florida-parents-sue-school-for-secretly-transitioning-13-year-old-daughter/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10665389/School-nurse-suspended-revealing-student-11-puberty-blockers.html

https://www.theblaze.com/news/california-teachers-accused-of-secretly-coaching-gender-transition; 12/19/22, 10:55 AM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: Another Russian oligarch has mysteriously fallen to his death. I'm sure that he managed to fall over the bannister all by his own without any help from a Putin enforcer! No sir re bob, he managed that all on his own!; 12/19/22, 11:00 AM
Lurker21 said...: Althouse, have you finished the NYT's swastika-shaped Hanukkah crossword yet?; 12/19/22, 11:28 AM
Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this son of New York said...: I believe in Trump, for all his appeal to people who are "not our sort, Luvvy," my house doesn't have a "tradesman's entrance," I am OK with working class people who bring energy to the party; I don't let jabs from trolls create some kind of ersatz embarrassment at the fact. You want to let people like Inga and Howard decide what you think, that's for you to decide. I am voting for Trump, or I am not voting.

Cook is right about the Pentagon and the Military Industrial Complex, but he sympathizes way too much with the Democrats, who have contracted the neocon cancer.; 12/19/22, 11:45 AM
Gospace said...: gadfly said...
Gospace gives us his interpretation of this old piece of news from CNBC News - which contains nary a word about "stupid" black folks:

Apparently you live in fantasyland. There's lots of ways to call people stupid or lazy without actually using the words stupid or lazy. One would be, "They just seem to not be able to get an ID."; 12/19/22, 11:52 AM
Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this son of New York said...: Hunter's Hooker has accepted the spin that getting five million more votes than the Democrats in 2022 is some kind of humiliation for Trump.; 12/19/22, 11:55 AM
Humperdink said...: I'm on board Robert Cook. Let's form a political party.; 12/19/22, 12:06 PM
lonejustice said...: Wow! Once again wendybar has posted 8 comments in just one thread! Please help wendybar find some friends!; 12/19/22, 12:56 PM
lonejustice said...: Wow! Once again wendybar has posted 8 comments in just one thread! Please help wendybar find some friends!; 12/19/22, 12:57 PM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: Tim in Vermont -11:55

You're smarter than that. Please don't pull a drago and tell me how I think. Thanks.
Falling for spin? That would assume I watch or tune into leftwing media. Uh - no.
The 2022 mid-terms did not go well. All sorts of reasons - that a pro-crime neanderthal in a hoodie beat well-spoken OZ in PA - well - that's not all Trump's fault.; 12/19/22, 12:58 PM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: Rusty 10:30
Two points:
1 - wishful thinking that Trump and De Sanctimonious will sit and discuss anything.
2 - Trump exposed the Deep state - but did nothing but walk into every Deep state's trap.; 12/19/22, 1:02 PM
Michael K said...: Blogger Gahrie said...

First (and necessary) step to address this: Shut down the Pentagon and strip the War Department's budget by 75% at a minimum.

... and then begin learning Chinese and how to live like the Amish.

As it stands right now, without Cook's paranoia, we need to learn Chinese and to live like the Amish. The lunatics running this country are enough by themselves.; 12/19/22, 1:04 PM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: Trump-or bust. Freedom to choose. Have it your way. I don't really care.

I didn't like Trump prior to 2016. but I voted for him - and again in 2020. I enthusiastically voted for him in 2020. Doesn't mean much. I still think cheating went on in 2020 - in targeted precincts and that SAME cheat machine will be alive and well if a Trump-Biden rematch occurs. (high probability)
Trump didn't stop the cheating. The Vice President does not have the power to suspend an election. I will probably vote for Trump in 2024 if he is the nominee - tho in deep blue Colorado - that will amount to fuck-all. (I've stated before I don't need to worship/fall in love, to vote)
It's not that he isn't "my sort luvvy" - I just think he is stupid, dick-stepping, ridiculous (with the bubble gum cards) selfish, inarticulate, paranoid, ineffective communicator (other than to his die hards) and full of shit. That he has so many convinced he cares about the working class?
Hard to care about the working class when you're not in a position to make it stick.

btw- to the anti-war peeps. Putin waiting until Biden was prez. The left have nothing to say about it.; 12/19/22, 1:15 PM
Robert Cook said...: "Cook is right about the Pentagon and the Military Industrial Complex, but he sympathizes way too much with the Democrats, who have contracted the neocon cancer."

Sez who?!

At best, I can only say that the Democrats, as rotten as they mostly are, are not as rotten as the Republicans. It's a faint difference, but still discernible.; 12/19/22, 1:20 PM
Drago said...: You can't help but notice that HBTPFH never addresses the daily selling out of the republican base by his GOPe heroes.

Ever.

There's a reason for that. Its clear HBTPFH is in full agreement with what his Team GOPe/Dems are doing.; 12/19/22, 1:27 PM
n.n said...: "Anyone else that federal spending for November was twice the federal revenue?

Medicare, Medicaid, and Obamacares. Also, Bidencares. Shared responsibility through progressive prices.; 12/19/22, 1:28 PM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: Robert Cook - curious if you still think there is no issue with our open southern border?

2 million illegal entrants in Biden's first 2 years in office. Now the estimates have boomed up to 5 million.

Media(D) dutifully blame people who want our laws followed and our border closed.; 12/19/22, 1:33 PM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 12/19/22, 1:34 PM
Narr said...: Our vanished Southern border is just one example of what a poor, broken country we have become--with the enthusiastic participation of both parties.

Whatever the merits and deserts of the Bloodland's continuing miseries, the conflict is going to bankrupt all the countries involved before long.; 12/19/22, 3:37 PM
Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this son of New York said...: I am anti-war. My only realistic vote is for Trump.; 12/19/22, 4:04 PM
Humperdink said...: lonejustice said: "Wow! Once again wendybar has posted 8 comments in just one thread! Please help wendybar find some friends!"

Don't read them! Or as they say regarding television: "turn the channel".; 12/19/22, 4:10 PM
Robert Cook said...: "Robert Cook - curious if you still think there is no issue with our open southern border?

"2 million illegal entrants in Biden's first 2 years in office. Now the estimates have boomed up to 5 million.

"Media(D) dutifully blame people who want our laws followed and our border closed."

First, you state incorrectly that we have "open borders." We do not. You are either mistaken, or you are purposely making a false assertion.

As for how severe this issue actually is, it's hard (for me) to really know. It's certainly serious. In checking several sites reporting on illegal immigrants "crossing the border," they all go on to specify "crossing the border" comprises all illegal immigrants attempting to enter the US, whether successful (passed over without capture) or unsuccessful (captured).

In other words, the numbers cited in the headlines are the number of all attempted crossings by illegal immigrants, not the number of those who have successfully crossed over and evaded capture. The number of these "gotaways" (as they're termed) is much lower. One site I found referred to the 5 million statistic you include above, but clarified this consisted of "3.9 million apprehended entering the US illegally and 3.4 million at the southern border." Of that 5 million "crossing the border," an estimated 900,000 were "gotaways" who evaded capture and passed into the US. A significant number, to be sure, but fewer than the panic-inducing "millions" purposely cited to create hysteria and xenophobia. In short, most who attempt to cross over are turned away at the border or are arrested and detained. In short, not an open border.

Certainly, this is a terrible situation, not least for those fleeing terrible conditions in their own countries and who hope to find safety, jobs, and better lives in the US. Obviously, we can't just open the doors and allow all and sundry to flow unimpeded into the US, but whatever we do in preventing their entry, we should treat these people humanely. They are largely children, women, and families seeking haven from natural, political, and economic crises in their homelands.; 12/19/22, 4:42 PM
Drago said...: HBTPFH: "Tim in Vermont -11:55

You're smarter than that. Please don't pull a drago and tell me how I think."

Wrong again. Shocker.

I don't tell you "how" you "think". I point out you dont think at all which is why you seem to have no idea what is actually happening.

You can't understand how it is Trump has convinced the working class he will fight for them?

What a perfect example of something obvious and basic that completely eludes you.; 12/19/22, 9:41 PM