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Let's go Hoosiers!
I was going to comment about a couple of things. The WSJ article on Biden, for example. And say something nice about Ann’s photo. But then I heard about the incident at the Christmas market in Germany, and lost heart.
When I did a search for news stories, after learning about the attack on X, they all used the same language. “Car drives into German Christmas market.” What a terrible car, to do such a thing.
Right now, it’s 2 dead, and 60-80 injured. I’m sure the numbers will grow.
Will any politicians resign, like Olaf what’s his name? Doubtful.
Reason #1000 why Trump won, but in this case I don’t get any pleasure from it.
Good to see the word “please.”
Reminiscent of the Berlin truck massacre of '16(?). My wife and I were there in Nov '19 and oafishly walked right through the little shrine that is maintained on the church steps where it took place.
We were both pretty jetlagged and had no reason to recall the location of the attack anyway, but I felt like an asshole.
It's almost too neat that the suspect is a doctor from Saudi Arabia, but it's a helpful reminder that the clash of civilizations ain't over.
A word here about something Trump has injected into the debate, the federal debt limit.
Trump said he wants it lifted now. No doubt because his tax plans will call for borrowing trillions more dollars over the next decade or so. And come January, Republicans will be in charge and thus responsible.
Trump said in various interviews today he would like to see the debt limit done away with once and for all. That is interesting because everyone knows that the debt limit and the accompanying threat of default is used regularly by congressional Republicans as a political weapon.
There was a march through essen and berlin by islamists recently
Congressional democrats, who everyone knows have perennially called for elimination of the debt limit, just used it as a political weapon.
Seen elsewhere...
Trump/Vance dispatched Biden/Harris and then Harris/Walz in the space of four months. Which means... let's see if I can delineate this... Harris is the first person to ever be on two failed tickets in one cycle.
In 2020, she lost to Biden, then won with Biden, before losing with Biden in 2024, and then losing without Biden. But one thing she never did was win without him.
Melania is now #33 on Amazon’s best seller list. Prior to release (Oct. 8) until today, she’s been in the top 50 and the majority of the time in the top 5. No other book performed as well. As far as her former First Lady competition - she beat them like a bongo drum.
Michelle Obama has Overcoming: A Workbook. At it’s best it ranked in the mid hundreds. It’s now ranked #399. When it didn’t sell at $10, the price was raised to $12.88 with no added interest. In Best Sellers Journal Writing Self Help, it’s ranked #7, one spot below Wreck This Journal. Saddest of all, Michelle’s workbook only has 21 reviews.
Hillary Clinton’s book, Something Lost, Something Gained, is ranked #4,586. Her husband’s memoir, Citizen: My Life after the White House is at #1,702. (He was President after all, Hillary.)
And we come at last to my very favorite book, The Achievements of Kamala Harris. No writing on any of the pages. Released Sept 29 it’s #902. I’m not going to compare it to Michelle’s workbook because I assume the workbook was compiled by AI. But Hillary Clinton must have devoted some effort to her appropriately hefty tome. And it was trounced by a book with completely blank pages.
The Christmas season just gets merrier and merrier.
Your "no doubt" is hogwash. I already linked this tweet on another thread, but I guess I have to link it again: link. I found it linked by @CynicalPublius, who quite correctly noted: "I'm reposting this AGAIN because it's probably the most important post any Republican can read today."
No good deed
this just SHOWS the Danger, of self driving cars!
Now that cars can drive themselves, AND become Islamic Terrorists.. NO ONE IS SAFE!
What horrible, terrible news.
Democrats and their media organs are explicitly admitting that they are saying (in unison) “President Musk” in the hope that it will prove to be irresistible catnip for Trump who will “lash out” because he can’t bear it.
Don’t taze me bro’ - I have another off topic comment to make:
There’s an Amazon page for Save America by Donald Trump. It’s a coffee table type of book $91.50, released Sept 5, ranked #1,118. Each of these Amazon pages have a section titled:
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
What follows is a 5 or 6 line bland mini bio of the author.
But we’re talking Trump here. The greatest bio of all time:
28 lines and it starts thusly:
“DONALD J. TRUMP launched the Most Extraordinary Political Movement in History, dethroning Political Dynasties, defeating the Washington Establishment, and becoming the first True Outsider elected as President of the United States. The Forgotten Men and Women of America were forgotten no more, because the U.S.A finally had a President who PUT AMERICA FIRST!”
More of the same follows and it ends with:
“Whether it was combating the virus, fighting Foreign Terrorists, creating Jobs, securing America's Borders, unleashing American Energy, revitalizing American Patriotism, or restoring the American Spirit, President Trump never faltered in defense of our Values, our Families, our Traditions, and our Freedom. THE BEST IS YET TO COME!”
Aw come on, how can you not love this guy?
Trump took a page from the Netanyahu playbook and gave the Republican House caucus the Beirut treatment; he carpet bombed the Republicans' cohesion to smithereens while Elon Musk follows up threatening to shoot any survivors who step out of line. House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries is now the keeper-of-the-keys to any future House majorities necessary to pass important legislation. And Jeffries is as smart as Johnson is not.
The debt limit legislation has always been the Washington lap dog that never hunts (just like that other toothless tiger "the two-state solution" so beloved by the forever war advocates in Washington). Hollow slogans cover up bankrupt policies that have been decades in the making (like health care financing and management -- Medicare and Medical never got reformed -- ever -- just riddled with profiteering opportunities while eroding any sense of middle class security). The debt limit is going to be enforced by the global money market and it is much more powerful than it has been in the past (possibly even bigger than the next crisis--scary!) because a compounding problem always brings a solution riding in on horseback with a sword.
The reserve currency argument to support endless public debt creation to support private wealth concentration is false because what gives US debt and securities markets their distinctive strength and breadth is that they constantly reprice everything by looking forward and repricing what the markets perceive as the future. This should terrify Washington, not comfort it. "They" are about to be found out!
What good does it do to replace the chairman of the Federal Reserve if the rest of the Washington has already destroyed the building around the chairman's office?
It is the political leaders that come after Trump who will be tasked with cleaning the place up. These guys are part of the problem, not the solution.
Well right now we have no elected competent president. Will anyone complain that a greatly diminished person who is president can’t be signing any gd thing that matters?
No quit in these Hoosiers. Let's go! Meet you after the game at Shalooby's.
Somebody need to tell Nancy Mace to cool it with the Pepto Bismol pink dresses. Granted, she looks good in pink, but I swear the media is saving up pictures of her in those pink dresses and using them if the need a picture of her. Makes her look like she's got Aspergers or some such and will only wear one color.
The story of how the media missed Joe Biden's senility is more revealing than what some might be prepared to admit. Having that story in the back of my mind, as it were, it came to the fore when thinking about that post with Bill Clinton talking about what he'd do when "the going got rough"
What should've been easier for the White House press corps to uncover/notice?
Joe Biden's senility, or Michelle Obama's real pronouns?
Ronnie"RAY GUNS" Reagan ,the original model for senility as dear Nancy ran the show as Ronnie would say" I don't think I sold weapons to the enemy" talk about senility CHECK THE HISTORY. Deluxe selective memory for the trumpers and now we have ELON as the cover man.. beautiful..
Actual headline from Politico.eu: "Europe’s far right seizes on Magdeburg attack to hammer migration, Islam"
His sons have written books on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of their father's birth, that falls on 6 February.
The more contentious of the two is My Father at 100, written by Ron, Reagan's natural son with Nancy.
Ron Reagan describes his growing sense of alarm over his father's mental condition, beginning as early as three years into his first term. He recalls the presidential debate with Walter Mondale on 7 October 1984.
"My heart sank as he floundered his way through his responses, fumbling with his notes, uncharacteristically lost for words. He looked tired and bewildered," Ron Reagan writes.
Yeah I'll believe the birthright son on who else would know better..The Father of Amnesty and Senility..
dark brandon ON THE WAY OUT Historic record set..."The majority has now confirmed more judges under President Biden than any majority has confirmed in decades. This is historic,” said Schumer. "We have confirmed more judges than under the Trump administration, more judges than any administration in this century, more judges than any administration going back decades."
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) called Biden's number "very consequential," according to the report.
tit for tat brandon wins the play. somebody can tell him as he sits on the shores of a sandy beach chillin and that aint hyperbole man!
Yeah, but somehow Schumer couldn't find the time to pass that children's cancer funding the House sent him last March.
It's heartening to hear that Rich is on board with DOGE.
Interesting essay in Tablet on the end of the Obama Era:
https://www.tabletmag.com/feature/rapid-onset-political-enlightenment
Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Afternoon was the original title Frost wanted to use but his editor thought evening was better.
Clyde's Top 15 Favorite "New" Songs of 2024 - Part 6 of 16
#11 Silver Sun - "Julia" - Silver Sun - 1997
Silver Sun was a British power pop band built around James Broad, who was the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter. Wikipedia describes the band's sound as "a combination of harder-edged alternative rock and classic power pop, with an emphasis on multi-layered vocal harmonies." The first time I heard those harmonies, it made me think of Jeff Lynne and Electric Light Orchestra.
Silver Sun's eponymous debut album came out in 1997 and while they received critical acclaim, their album had limited chart success, making it only to #30 on the British charts. Four singles were released from the album, but only two of them made the Top 40. This song was not one of the two, but it's the one that I liked best. While the album had some success in Japan, it never appeared on the American charts. I think the whole thing is pretty good.
The band went on to make a few more albums, none of which charted in the U.S. Broad died of cancer in 2020.
Silver Sun - Julia
Bonus song: Silver Sun - "Golden Skin" - 1997
This was another single from Silver Sun's debut album. It's kind of gimmicky and the faux television show clips kind of detract from the song, but I'm using this video rather than just a plain audio clip so you can see what the band looked like when they were playing.
Silver Sun - Golden Skin
Car driver was pro-AfD and anti-islam.
For context, Ron Reagan was estranged from his family and was a Dem tool for all of Reagan's presidency. He was only relevant when the left-wing press needed to roll him out to disparage his father for political purposes, usually at election time or for other controversial politics. His relevance is best measured by the fact that no one in the press wanted to talk to him after Reagan's second term.
This is just Trump's strategy for neutering a potential political competitor. Give them an impossible task, pair them with someone they will not get on with, and leave them with responsibility for the failure to control expenditure and the disasters that occur from cutting regulations that protect consumers. Musk has no escape from this. It is a poisoned chalice.
Mason G said…
“Harris is the first person to ever be on two failed tickets in one cycle.”
The Democrats sure do love their historic firsts.
Trump needs an insider to watch Biden packing his boxes as he moves out. Maybe there’s something in those boxes. This will give Kash an opportunity to raid Joey’s house and maybe as the agents are going through Doctor Jill’s underwear we can get to the bottom of some of the Bidens’ “public service.”
Fun fact of the day:
Forty four percent of Federal judges appointed by Biden are Black even though only 7% of all lawyers are Black.
Conclusion: Biden is a racist
Source: Pew Research Center.
Crypto convict SBF getting in the Biden pardon train yet?
Make sure someone watches Jill, just in case she’s as light-fingered as Hillary tried to be back in January 2001.
I love how this post started with 'Lets' go Hoosiers!'. That didn't last long.
It's the shortest day of the year. Make the most of it.
It's very cold down here in South Florida this morning. Only 50 degrees. Can't imagine what it is in Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan, and that state that sits below Michigan.
Forest? No. More like woods, or grove.
Mark
“Car driver was pro-AfD and anti-islam.”
False. He is a Shia extremist who harassed ex-Muslims in Germany. They reported him to the authorities who did nothing. The Saudis warned Germany about his extremism and again, the German authorities did nothing.
Mark appears to be ignorant of Taqqiya, which is odd, as the secular equivalent seems to be the standard MO of Democrats, GOPe, and other Deep Staters.
"When cars are outlawed only outlaws will have cars."
Remote kill switches, electric cars, driverless cars, etc. largely do eliminate the free will of ownership.
Disgraceful
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14210847/biden-insult-senile-health-coverup-marine-families-afghanistan.html
Dark Brandon indeed. I'm waiting for his blanket self-pardon, as every evil thought from the Democrats gets projected onto Trump.
Consider that Trump 45 confirmed 3 SC Justices while Biden 46 confirmed 1 DEI Justice who can't define a woman. Trump 47 stands to confirm X more Justices to the SC. Also, Brandon set loose his minions to harass and attempt to assassinate Trump's appointees. Dark Brandon will soon be known as Proven Criminal Brandon.
Biden's judges stand to be ineffective, considered fools by their peers, and overruled by the SC.
What percentage of them can define a woman?
Media-Soviet Liars: Hope most are ignorant about Taqqiya.
International Leftist Liars create false narrative.
“Car driver was pro-AFD and anti-islam.”
"False. He is a Shia extremist who harassed ex-Muslims in Germany."
yep.
Well, something miraculous happened last night. Schumer brought the child cancer research bill to the Senate floor for a vote. He had been sitting on that bill since March. What changed? Did his small heart grow three sizes yesterday? Or did they finally realize that Americans know the Democrats are liars, and always blame the Republicans for what THEY don't do. (and what they DO, do) Schumer is a scum bucket.
Robby Starbuck
@robbystarbuck
Today Senate Democrats FINALLY passed the clean bill for childhood cancer research that they’ve blocked for NINE MONTHS.
Yes, House Republicans passed it 9 months ago. Now let me explain the evil tactic that Dems used to leverage kids with cancer to get other things they wanted.…
12:20 AM · Dec 21, 2024
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