November 24, 2024

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63 comments:

tcrosse said...

The women Trump has been appointing all seem to be long-haired blondes, in the Fox News pattern. Just for a change, I would like him to appoint Catherine Herridge to something, and maybe give her a pardon while he's at it.

Original Mike said...

Tusi Gabbard.

What does Catherine Herridge need a pardon for?

Original Mike said...

Tulsi

tcrosse said...

Catherine Herridge is appealing a contempt order in federal court for refusing to reveal a source. She is being fined $800 a day, with a threat of imprisonment.

tcrosse said...

Trump has already chosen Tulsi Gabbard to be Director of National Intelligence.

Original Mike said...

"Trump has already chosen Tulsi Gabbard to be Director of National Intelligence."

And she doesn't have long blonde hair.

William50 said...

Lori Chavez-Deremer, Labor Secretary, long black hair.
Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture, long black hair.

Breezy said...

This is silly.

Jaq said...

OK, so Rawdon Glover is the director of marketing for Jaguar... Take the space out of that name, maybe put a couple of spaces in it. Either that guy had very cruel parents, or ... IDK.

tcrosse said...

No sillier than choosing appointments solely on the basis of race, gender, or sexual preference.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

"CNN Panel Laughs in Scott Jennings' Face as He Calls Trump’s Cabinet ‘Ideologically Diverse’"

Is it possible the CNN panel's understanding of the word "diversity" has narrowed to one or two categories?
Is it possible that biases do more damage than "mis and disinformation"?

Is also possible they don't know the views of the candidates for cabinet positions. Things may be worse than they seem.

Jaq said...

What Europe is doing in Ukraine reminds me of the gabler who has lost is retirement savings at the casino, and is in the process of mortgaging his house to win it all back.

We have to send them more missiles because the Russians' shock and awe attack took out their missile and drone factory left over from the Soviet era and built in underground bunkers. According to the BBC, secondary explosions carried on for three hours, and eyewitness reports say that the area has been turned to dust. The footage of blown out windows and roofs blown off that the Ukrainians have been presenting as the extent of the damage were from buildings a long ways from the impact.

This is all due to decisions that the senile old man in the White House made, probably pressured into them as soon as the Europeans got the pliable old man out of DC, and away from the cooler heads in the Pentagon who actually understand war.

Europe has to win or it's totally forked, and it doesn't have any way to win short of winning a nuclear standoff that will carry a huge risk of killing half of the people on the planet, most of us in the Northern Hemisphere, probably. And the Brits are saying "Don't be afraid of nuclear war." We have heard that song, "Don't fear the reaper" But that was only "40,000 people every day," not 5 billion in the space of six horrific months.

And for what? Because the Ukrainians hate the Russians so much, they can't live with them? Well, Czechoslovakia showed the world how to peacefully handle a situation like that already.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

Catherine Herridge went to CBS, and CBS fired her for reporting about the Hunter Biden laptop story.

Dave Begley said...

Saw Gladiator II. Scored it a 7.

“What we do in life echos in eternity.” Maximus.

Original Mike said...

"Europe has to win or it's totally forked,"

Why? Say Trump negotiates a peace, and yes, Russia gets to keep some territory. How is Europe forked?

narciso said...

Noem is a brunette

narciso said...

In this case she was revealing chinese sleeper agents in aerospace something we should know

narciso said...

Hes worked for volkwagen audi and started at disney 44 years ago

narciso said...

Checks note Europe fighting in Russia, how has that turned out

narciso said...

Joseph collins makes joaquin phoenix seem understated

narciso said...

I dont think this fill will endure for another quarter century

narciso said...

Did maximus sacrifice really endure?

narciso said...

https://dailycaller.com/2024/11/24/former-homeland-security-secretary-doubts-trumps-mass-deportation-executive-order-nbc-news/

john mosby said...

Jaq, your observation on rawdonglover made me spit-take my hot chocolate milk and bourbon!

I wonder what Jaguar’s naming convention for email accounts is….

JSM

narciso said...

https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2024/11/24/times-of-israel-smears-journalist-ezra-levant-as-far-right-activist-after-arrest/

NorthOfTheOneOhOne said...

So far the only blond women he's appointed are Pam Bondi as AG, Karoline Leavitt as Press Secretary and Linda MacMahon as Sec Ed. Tulsi, Kristy Noem, Janette Nesheiwat, Elise Stefanik and Lori Chavez-DeRemer all have dark hair. tcrosse needs to lay off the sauce.

TaeJohnDo said...

Have I missed news regarding Michael K? I haven't seen him post for sometime.

narciso said...

Denzel could read a phone book with passion every one else seems to hsve phones it in

Original Mike said...

And Linda McMahon is hardly a long-haired blonde in the Fox News pattern.

Peachy said...

Yes!

Original Mike said...

"tcrosse needs to lay off the sauce."

Oh, I bet some lefty news site published the claim as a slur and he just didn't think critically about it.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

TikTok via Reddit: The UK 's ffed Up and No One Is Coming To Save Me

One of the comments: "the crowd doesn't have a problem with his lyrics..."

Gerda Sprinchorn said...

I can't believe I'm reading a debate about appointee hair color.

Dave Begley said...

Wisconsin had defeated Nebraska 10 straight times until yesterday.

JRoberts said...

Wait ‘til Hegseth grows out his mullet and bleaches it blonde

Original Mike said...

It's kinda nice to talk about something that's not DEFCON 2.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars hit one out of the park.

Howard said...

I couldn't find a link to an obituary in Tucson or Los Angeles. Maybe he's not feeling well.

Howard said...

Do I have to remind you guys that you just won a huge election. You got all three branches of government under the control of your lord and savior. You should try to enjoy it now and be happy because it's not going to last forever. Nothing ever does.

TaeJohnDo said...

Thanks, Howard.

Iman said...

“Noem is a brunette.”

And she’s got her own personal gravel pit, should one say otherwise.

Iman said...

Tulsi Gabbard, DNI, Long Cool Woman.

Iman said...

Dat boy is a raw dogger!

Iman said...

He’s spending a wild weekend in Vegas with Inga… who lost teh bet.

Iman said...

“you guys” is an improvement over “you people”…

Kakistocracy said...

Republicans Ponder: What if the Trump Tax Cuts Cost Nothing? ~ NYT

From "alternative facts" to "alternative ways of assessing the federal budget," today's MAGA Republicans are really reinventing how we think about things.

Or lying. Maybe it's just lying.

Jaq said...

It's too late for peace. Biden is making sure of that. I don't know if Trump thinks that all of this escalation is a good idea or not, but I do know this, Russia is done with the West, and without cheap resources from Russia, Europe is forked. Russia and China are half finished building a pipeline for natural gas, the Chinese have stepped in and taken the Russian car market from Germany and the rest of the European makers.

Personally, I am just hoping to live to see the inauguration without a nuclear. exchange taking place. The situation is getting more and more desperate for the leadership of Ukraine, and so everybody on that side is doing more desperate things.

Narr said...

Ridley Scott is dead to me.

Another old lawyer said...
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Kakistocracy said...

Appointing = auditioning

Original Mike said...

"without cheap resources from Russia, Europe is forked."

Well, that's something I can agree with. Though, I don't see any Europe "winning" fixing that.

It really is shocking to see a developed society voluntarily devolve, which is what Europe is doing. We have elements here who are trying to do the same thing, though hopefully they are in abeyance for the sort term.

Kakistocracy said...

Russia tricking and trafficking Yeminis, Indians, Nepalese, Cubans, Syrians and Africans into dying in Ukraine in the meat waves.

Russians also have 10,000-12,000 North Koreans.

Is it just a matter of time before Iranian troops are fighting in Ukraine?
Or are they smart enough (and not poor enough) to not get duped into this?

Russian recruit sign on bonuses have been increased 10 times since the start of the war while they have stopped recruiting from St Peterburg and Moscow as funerals in a more populace space creates too much negative public sentiment.

But then we are told by the pro-Kremlin propagandists that they have no problem recruiting Russians into their ranks. Could it be they are lying to the world to make Russia appear stronger than it is No never. 😂

Stay the course, keep up the pressure on the Kremlin.

Aggie said...

This is the most un-covered armed conflict since the invention of the printing press. Compared to the embedded press coverage that has been the norm since WWII and onward, this conflict by comparison has been a virtual press blackout. There is plenty of uninformed or poorly informed speculative podcast coverage though. The same is likely to be true when peace talks begin, although I hope not.

Aggie said...

@Narr: Why is Ridley Scott 'dead' to you? He has several notable acheivements to his credit, and he's still creatively active at 87. Just curious.

Original Mike said...

"This is the most un-covered armed conflict since the invention of the printing press."

Interesting observation. The regime wants this war, so the press shoves it under the rug.

Jerry said...

Ideologically diverse means 'Harris-Walz' to them. There's one - only ONE - acceptable belief system. To think of ANY other belief system is apostasy.

So they didn't bother looking at the views of those Trump supports - as far as they're concerned those people are lockstep goose-stepping clones of the Evil One. They're on the wrong side, their views emphatically do not matter.

Jerry said...

And again, you confuse "Holy crap, we can't take any more of this - we'll vote for whoever has a different narrative and can enunciate a plan to get us out of this hole over the folks who think we need to dig deeper in the mire" with worship.

Maybe you worship your political 'stars' - but most of us are really tired of the deification of the worst of the Democratic party. And we voted against more of the same.

Jerry said...

Well, it's the NYTimes.

So, yeah, lying.

Jupiter said...

From Aesop, we have the phrase "sour grapes". The fox made an effort to obtain the grapes, but could not reach them. Hastening away, he consoled himself with the thought that they were likely sour.
In the case of certain older feminists, I think we see the opposite situation, "sweet grapes". Having labored mightily since puberty for -- Hmmmmm -- whatever it is that they labored mightily for, they cannot allow themselves to admit that they wasted their lives -- the only lives they are going to have -- for, well. For these deliciously sweet grapes.

Jupiter said...

This observation is prompted by the bizarre spectacle of large numbers of American women who fairly clearly came of age in the 1960's and 1970's, shrieking defiance at those who would restrict the God-given right to abort babies. As these women are all clearly post-menopausal, one has to question why this "right" is so dear to them. And if you can get them to stop shrieking hysterically long enough, they will explain to you, that they struggled for the right, and they want to preserve it. For their daughters. And grand-daughters. And great-grand-daughters. All of whom must have the right to die without progeny, as they did.

Dixcus said...

He appointed a Democrat to head up Labor. Brunette. Fat.

Dixcus said...

She don't count. She's a Democrat.

Dr Weevil said...

Here's 'Jaq' again repeating claims he says were in the BBC but does not link to, that the Russian MRV missile "took out" a "missile and drone factory left over from the Soviet era and built in underground bunkers". Did it? I don't know and neither does 'Jaq', but there is reason to doubt it did any such thing. And secondary explosions might easily occur if they hit (e.g.) a gas station.*

Someone I follow on Twitter and have recommended here before for those who want to know what's going in in Ukraine is @wartranslated, an Estonian who lives in London and translates Russian social media. He reports (link) that "Russian bloggers", whom he quotes in Russian so you can check his translations, are noting "the alleged absence of damage to the Yuzhmash plant in Dnipro, which was attacked by the mega-missile 'Oreshnik,' something the so-called president of Russia has been boasting about for days". One of the replies asserts that the factory was built underground in Soviet days and fortified to withstand a nuclear blast, which sounds plausible. It's where the boosters for flights to the International Space Station were manufactured, when Russia was not yet at war with Ukraine. Could it really have been "taken out" by a missile that was not only not nuclear, it wasn't even explosive, just flinging inert payloads? I don't know, but even some Russians don't believe that.

By the way, Aggie, this war is indeed shamefully uncovered by the traditional news media, but that's just one more demonstration of how utterly useless, and worse than useless, harmful, they have become. It's very well-covered on Twitter, if you know where to look and (perhaps more important) where not to look - the liars and propagandists to avoid. Two relatively conservative but pro-Ukrainian Americans I've found particularly useful are @TrentTelenko (one of the Chicago Boyz) and @secretsqrl123. You can quickly find more by seeing whom they quote.

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*In fact the Russians hit a Lowe's type home store in Karkhiv some months ago, killed more than a dozen innocent shoppers - it was a Saturday, so the store was full, as they knew it would be -, and tried to claim it was a military target. There were lots of secondary explosions, but you could see right on the security footage of the hit that the store had, as any Lowe's would, whole shelves of propane tanks, batteries, spray paint, and other flammable and explosive products. That was what caused the secondary explosions.