Talk about whatever you like in the comments... including RFK Jr. yelling at Senators for 3 hours and Trump changing the Department of Defense into the Department of War.
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Talk about whatever you like in the comments... including RFK Jr. yelling at Senators for 3 hours and Trump changing the Department of Defense into the Department of War.
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A whole bunch of stupid GOP posturing going on. Old men yelling at clouds, pretending they understand the modern world.
Yawn. Ok boomer.
Watched Senator Mark Warner (D-Granstander) railing against RFK jr. for not knowing how many were killed by Covid. How could anyone know? If you had stage 4 brain cancer, a stroke, congenital heart failure and Covid and then died, your death was labeled a Covid death.
Recall the several gunshot deaths were labeled Covid …. until they got caught.
RFK JR is returning accountability and the senators are braying in ritual indignation. The Department of Defense has not changed, but is now acting in defense of Americans, which is a novel fetus... feature in the modern family.
“Braying” is the appropriate description of what these Democrat clowns in the Senate are doing.
O’Keefe shared a video that, he said, showed an undercover operative eliciting eyebrow-raising statements from a top DOJ official, acting Deputy Chief of Special Operations Joseph Schnitt, about the department’s files on the notorious late sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein, as well as a supposed deal with Epstein’s convicted accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell.
“They’ll redact every Republican or conservative person in those files, leave all the liberal, Democratic people in those files,” the official said over lunch. He also noted that Maxwell was “transferred to a minimum-security prison too recently, which is against [Federal Bureau of Prisons] policy because she’s a convicted sex offender.” He added, “They’re offering her something to keep her mouth shut.”
So Senator Pocahontas received $800k from Big Pharma. Who knew? Hopefully everyone does now.
It would be nice if all the congress critters were similarly outed.
I’m watching RFK, Jr., facing down the Senate Democrats. He literally has no fear.
"Old men yelling at clouds"
Projection again.
This is the first anti-Trump protest that came up in a search on "no kings." Notice all the gray hair, which is not the only whiteness that dominates the photo.
https://katu.com/news/local/hundreds-march-in-portland-against-trump-administration-call-for-change-on-labor-day-oregon-immigration-ice-peaceful-protest-rally-no-kings-50501
A whole bunch of stupid Dumbocrat posturing going on. Old men yelling at clouds, pretending they understand the modern world.
FIFY, Mark, you ignorant fool. Though one of the Senators that was engaged in posturing, Bernie Sanders, is technically an independent.
"They’ll redact every Republican or conservative person in those files, leave all the liberal, Democratic people in those files,” the official said over lunch..."
Joe Biden constantly surprises me, that he sat on the information that could have destroyed Donald Trump for four years, and instead went after him on a lot of flimsy charges.
It must be true because Trump is just the kind of guy who would do this. kind of stuff, and we know he is that kind of man because the stuff that is in those files that Biden sat on probably proves it. All of the evidence of a man who lived one of the most public lives of our generation has disappeared, but I bet there is some in those files that Biden never released!
One thing I’ve been following- Atlanta Fed GDPNow predicting Q3 GDP at 3 percent. Blue Chip consensus forecast average is at one percent. Now these are all fallible I can’t recall a spread that big between the two numbers before. Have recent TDS variants hit economic forecasters extra hard?
Didn't get a chance to talk about this last night because of the heavy traffic. So I have been watching the grand cycling tours: Tour de France, Giro d'Italia, etc. The end of the season, the Vuelta a Espana, is going on now.
There's a tradition of people bringing flags to the roadside of the grand tours. Definitely the national flags, but also the regional flags: Isle of Man, Wales, Brittany, Occitane, and of course the Basque and Catalan flags, which could have gotten you a Falangist boot in the face not too long ago.
Since October 7, there have also been a lot of PLO flags on the roadside. Like lots more than any of the national/regional flags. Especially at the starts and finishes. Ok, whatevs. But this year there have also been demonstrations blocking the route. Yesterday, there was a demo blocking the finish line. The race director called the race off, with no stage winner that day, and the day's contribution to the cumulative time taken at 3.7 km short of the finish.
Just crap. RR, JSM
Our current culture is in desperate need of a Rectification of Names: 正名. Changing the name to War Department is a small start.
Fentanyl
Fentanyl can also cause serious health problems and even death from overdose.7 Like other opioids, fentanyl affects the parts of the brain that control breathing. When a person takes a higher fentanyl dose than their body can handle (an overdose), their breathing can slow to a life-threatening level.
Missed an opportunity to split into depts of offense, defense, special teams,
Philly Eagle lineman Jalen Carter was ejected 6 seconds into tonight’s first NFL game of the season. Setting the tone for brains.
Yesterday marked the six week anniversary of my second knee replacement. Better surgeon, quicker recovery than the first. Took a bike ride today.
On “Prime Time” Jesse Waters asserted that 98% of all senators receive campaign contributions from Big Pharma. If you do the math, that means only one senator does not receive money from Big Pharma. I wonder who it is? It’s not Bernie Sanders, who reportedly received almost $2 million.
uh what?
Senator Michael Bennet yelled at RFK jr - and it was sick and embarrassing.
ey - Turns out Elizabeth Warren pocketed 850,000 from big pharma.
Big Mike:
I think you need to "do the math" again: 98% of all senators is 98 senators out of 100, so only TWO do not receive money from Big Pharma.
According to OpenSecrets, which tracks money from the pharmaceutical and health product industry since 1990, the following senators have received some of the largest sums in total:
Mitch McConnell (R-KY): $2,024,061
Bernie Sanders (I-VT): $1,949,772
Marsha Blackburn (R-TN): $1,361,176
Tim Scott (R-SC): $1,140,580
Elizabeth Warren (D-MA): $1,222,965
Bill Cassidy (R-LA): $1,267,596
"The optics of today’s attack hearing of Kennedy is a bunch of Alzheimer’s patients reading notes from pharma lobbyists to a jacked grandpa."
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Keep Hope Alive - I nag.
Via Instapundit: 'The learning comes from wrestling'
While most students are using AI to do their school work, a hardy minority is "determined to keep learning the hard way," writes Maya Sulkin in The Free Press. They fear losing their ability to think and communicate, their self-respect and their "humanity." (more at the link above)
Humperdinck - I have Knee #1 replaced in a couple of weeks. Any tips for recovery?
"Big Mike:
I think you need to "do the math" again: 98% of all senators is 98 senators out of 100, so only TWO do not receive money from Big Pharma."
Hey, dividing by 100 is hard!
"The proceedings devolved into a shouting match when Kennedy confronted Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) over the risks associated with the mRNA vaccines. [..]
Bennett snapped: “You can make, you can characterize it any way you want,” ... “I quoted them today. What I said was accurate. What you said were lies.”
Kennedy immediately pushed back, demanding that Bennet answer a simple question. “Senator, are you saying that an mRNA vaccine has never been associated with myocarditis or pericarditis in teenagers?”
Caught off guard, Bennet stumbled. “I am saying, I am simply saying—”
Kennedy pressed harder. “Is that what you’re trying to tell us?”
Rather than give a straight answer, Bennet deflected, attacking Kennedy’s credibility. “I am simply trying to say that the people that you have put on that panel, after firing the entire—”
“You’re evading the question,” Kennedy said, cutting him off.
Bennet grew visibly agitated, insisting, “No, I’m asking the questions here, Mr. Kennedy.”
But Kennedy didn’t let up. “You’re evading that question.”
The exchange devolved into a heated standoff, with Bennet accusing Kennedy of failing the public. “I’m answering the questions for Mr. Kennedy on behalf of parents and schools and teachers all over the United States of America who deserve so much better than your leadership.”
Kennedy, undeterred, fired back with the point that struck at the heart of the matter: “Senator, Senator, they deserve the truth, and that’s what we’re gonna give them for the first time in the history of that agency.”
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the problem for Kennedy is his voice. He struggles to speak over the yelling and lies of one hack named Michael Bennett.(D)
Biden's illegal pool of cruelty.
We are finding out that all sorts of un-accompanied illegal minors where taken away by shadowy people who did not have any family ties with the children- and many of these children became tantamount to slaves or disappeared into the illegal sex trade..
Colorado - a known sanctuary state - is one of 10 states used as a clearing house for illegals and illegal sex trafficking.
@Jamie. If you are getting the traditional knee replacement, stay ahead of the pain. That is, don’t wait for the pain to rear its ugly head before you take the pain med. Take the med in advance. You can anticipate when it’s coming.
My second knee replacement, the surgeon froze the 4 nerves in the quadricep above the knee 3 weeks ahead of the surgery to reduce post surgery pain (they are still numb, but will be normalized in 1-2 months).
Learn to love rehab.
And to make the situation at the Vuelta worse, the media were 'speculating' about (unnamed, of course) riders who want Israel Premier Tech to withdraw from the Vuelta in the interests of 'Safety'. Which, quite rightly, they have refused to do. Today seems to have passed without any serious issue; my suspicion is that those pro-Hamas/Palestine protestors, who are doubtless (there as elsewhere) decently well organised, are just waiting for a 'better' opportunity.
the problem for Kennedy is his voice
Can he not require ADA accommodations as vocally challenged selectively against D " invectors"
They loved Kennedy when he was a democrat.
Maybe half as much as they loved Trump.
That includes the leftys here
Having seen the inside of this before in a previous life, pharma gives more money indirectly than directly. I can pretty much guarantee that every Senator and House member gets pharma money whether it is publicly traceable or not.
@Dr. Weevil, @Original Mike, the University of Illinois is on the phone and they want me to return the B.S. I earned in math in 1968. I must have been thinking 50 states, which as you kindly point out means 100 senators.
@Big Mike: Stand firm. Hold out for a remedial arithmetic course. I think they have those now.
Prof. M. Drout said...
“Our current culture is in desperate need of a Rectification of Names: 正名. Changing the name to War Department is a small start.”
Words have meaning, and that meaning should be tethered to reality. Unfortunately, we live in an age of euphemism and corruption of the language where that is not the case.
So, has Trump been seen in public the last 6 hours or is he dead again?
Strewed over with hurts?
What does that mean?
@Jamie, my left knee was replaced in 2008 and the right in 2014. During the intervening six years my surgeon totally changed the approach to recovery and it helped a lot.
In 2008 I woke from the anesthesia in my hospital bed with my knee swollen to the size and general shape of a rugby ball, with an incision that looked three times deeper than the Grand Canyon and held together with what looked like the same sort of staples I used to use to clip sheets of paper together. As I said, it looked like a rugby ball, assuming your rugby ball was painted in shades of black and purple, with some amber and green where the antibiotic soap left a residue. I started some rehab exercises the day after surgery and was released on the fourth day after surgery. I was bedridden for about twelve days, with a therapist coming to the house to work my knee to tear up scar tissue (it hurt!!!) and regain full motion (I was not able to bend it to a full 90 degrees). After that I had some additional weeks of therapy at a therapist's rehab center.
The second surgery was done by the same surgeon in the same OR, but I woke up in the recovery room and was taken to my hospital room on a gurney. At the door to the room they gave me a walker and told me to use it to walk to that bed. Therapy started right away and I spent most of the two and a half days in the hospital walking or doing therapy. I was encouraged to walk around at home using a walker or crutches. There was no in-home therapy and I immediately started going three times a week to a rehab center. There was much less swelling around the joint and I was told it was because the new knee replacement technique emphasized speed. (Sounds plausible but I have that info second hand.) This knee would not go completely straight so in the end two burly therapists put their full weight, one above the knee and the other below. It worked, but I think I used words I had seldom spoken since completing my army service during the Vietnam War.
Advice. First, there are things you can practice ahead of time which will help. One is to practice getting up out of an arm chair using only your arms and the good leg. Make sure you start with a chair that does not have wheels! You can learn how to get in and out of an wheeled office chair after you've mastered an ordinary arm chair.
If you can, practice getting up and down stairs using crutches and your railing, putting minimal weight on the bad leg. Also practice getting up and down from a toilet seat. If there's no vanity next to your toilet that you can use to help pull yourself up, then consider having grab bars installed. They're readily available at Lowe's and Home Depot, and don't cost all that much. But be sure to mount them into studs and not just into drywall.
Just before I was prepped my surgeon came around to me and he and a colleague asked me to confirm which knee was to be replaced. Then using a washable marker he put a large X on the good knee and wrote "not this one." He wrote "this one" or words like it on the bad knee. This happened both times. If your doctor doesn't normally do that then I recommend you have someone make those markings at least on the good knee.
You might want to talk to your doctor about anti-inflammatory meds. Many like to use Voltarin because it is very strong, but it does abuse your kidneys and I had a major hives reaction to it after my first knee replacement. I could not stand for my skin to touch anything -- clothes, bed sheets, anything. After reacting to the Voltarin the medical community now insists that I'm allergic to NSAIDs and cannot take aspirin or any pain killer except Tylenol. However I did have a situation where I had to use Aleve between the first and second surgeries, and it worked and did not cause a reaction. Consequently my surgeon used Aleve successfully to reduce swelling after my second surgery. YMMV
Good luck and I hope all goes well for you.
Begley +1.
Grok.
Grammatical Forms
Strewed: This is the simple past tense and one of the possible past participle forms of “strew.” It describes an action that happened in the past.
Example (simple past): “She strewed flowers across the path.”
Strewn: This is the past participle (and sometimes used as the simple past tense, though less commonly). It is typically used in perfect tenses or as an adjective to describe something that has been scattered.
Example (past participle): “The flowers have been strewn across the path.”
Example (adjective): “The strewn petals created a colorful display.”
2. Usage in Sentences
Strewed:
Used as the simple past tense to describe a completed action in the past.
Example: “Yesterday, he strewed seeds in the garden.”
It emphasizes the action of scattering at a specific point in the past.
Strewn:
Used as the past participle in perfect tenses (e.g., present perfect, past perfect) or passive constructions.
Example: “The leaves had been strewn across the lawn by the wind.”
Often used as an adjective to describe the state of something that has been scattered.
Example: “The table was covered with strewn papers.”
“Strewn” can imply a more lasting or resulting state compared to “strewed.”
3. Interchangeability
Both “strewed” and “strewn” can function as the past participle, though “strewn” is more common in modern English for this purpose.
Example: “The seeds were strewed/strewn in the field.” (Both are correct, but “strewn” is more frequently used.)
In British and American English, “strewn” is generally preferred as the past participle and adjective, while “strewed” is more common as the simple past tense.
“Strewn” often feels more formal or literary, especially when used as an adjective.
4. Connotations and Style
Strewed: Sounds slightly more active and focused on the act of scattering. It’s straightforward and less poetic.
Example: “The children strewed toys around the room.”
Strewn: Evokes a sense of the result or aftermath of scattering, often with a more descriptive or poetic tone.
Example: “The battlefield was strewn with debris.”
5. Examples in Context
Strewed (simple past, action-focused):
“She strewed confetti over the wedding party.”
“He strewed sand on the icy path to prevent slipping.”
Strewn (past participle or adjective, state-focused):
“The beach was strewn with seashells after the storm.”
“They have strewn rose petals along the aisle for the ceremony.”
6. Historical and Linguistic Notes
“Strew” is an Old English verb (“strēowian”), and both “strewed” and “strewn” have been used for centuries.
“Strewn” is the older past participle form, while “strewed” as a past participle is a later development but still valid.
In modern English, “strewn” is more common in formal or written contexts, especially as an adjective, while “strewed” ...
I'm confident Ms Althouse made the choice intentionally but it seems an odd one. With respect to hurts, I can only assume see is talking about us directly, or her disappointments in her commentariat.
Thank you for the knee advice, gents! I do love rehab, thankfully - the ONLY times I love exercise are when someone makes me do it (including my dog). I'm semi-faithfully doing my PT exercises to strengthen everything supporting the knees, in an effort to make my recovery easier.
Knee #2 is tentatively scheduled for January.
To add complications, we move out of our house in 2 weeks and into a long-term Airbnb until December - fortunately one story, and with a walk-in shower. Maybe I could buy a new car within the next ten days, or somehow have another baby, just to really optimize the stress!
On the other proposed topic for this evenings discussion, I believe it was originally called the War Department or Department of War. A more honest name I think. Someone please contradict me if my understand of its former appellation is wrong. I've used up a good chunk of the $340 a month I spend for subscriptions to AI each month, and I'm too exhausted for another chat.
That's a good chunk spent today with AI. The day being strewn with conversations with sonnet and gpt.
Humperdink: Dak was standing three yards offsides in order to be hit by Carter's second spit., The Umpire missed the harmless first spit when the first play ended near the line. When Dak showed up in front of the Eagle huddle , the Cowboy QB initiated the verbal confrontation.
This story is going viral in Poland right now.
Remember when that Ukrainian Missile killed 2 people in Poland a few years ago?
The Department of Defense has and has not been renamed.
“The Department of War is now a secondary title for the United States Department of Defense and allows officials, including Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, to use titles such as “Department of War” and “Secretary of War” in official correspondence, public communications, and ceremonial settings. However, the official legal names remain “Department of Defense” and “Secretary of Defense,” as a permanent name change would require an act of Congress.”
Jamie, et. al. - today's knee replacements are 1000% better than before. Did 2 in 6 mo. (don't do both at same time if you have stairs), was skiing 4 mo. after the 1st. Yes, stay ahead of the pain, take the mid-level pain med after a day or so. Use the ice machine ! Get a footed cane to help with the bathroom. Keep the knee elevated and do the PT. On both, went home the day of surgery and was able to do stairs 1 foot at a time. Was able to drive 5 &10 days after surgery (left vs right knee) - have to be off the Pain meds. Keep up the PT especially range of motion (moving foot towards the butt), but expect a reduced capability due to the physics of the new knee. Stay on the meloxicam (anti-inflamitory) and expect some nerve deadness around the knee. All in all, best thing I've done for myself. Have gotten 35 days skiing in each of the last 2 seasons.
Speaking of prostate cancer..... https://archive.ph/8SB7T
NYT sez: "Reduced Screening May Have Led to Rise in Advanced Prostate Cancer Diagnoses....
Changes in screening recommendations over a decade ago may have inadvertently resulted in later diagnosis of the most common cancer in men, a new study has found...."
You don't say? But... just think of all the money those Medicare Advantage plans saved - for themselves.
At the very least Little Marco should appear before a microphone and explain how sinking that boat was not, or how it was an act of war. The job of informing the American people what is being done in their name does fall to the constitutionally elected President, Commander in Chief, but I’m imagining any president, and Trump in particular, I’ll suited to the task. Mistakes were made.
Only President Kennedy could do a post Bay of Pigs press conference? I’m going to have to look that up. I think president Kennedy did that but I’m not sure.
Obama never even said the word Banghazi.
"But... just think of all the money those Medicare Advantage plans saved - for themselves"
How much money does it cost to have a doctor stick his finger up my butt? I mean I am sure there are more expensive tests, but really.
Thanks for the exhaustive elucidation into the blog’s enigmatic revised masthead.
After listening to the NYT free account of the military strike in the Caribbean i was curious about the absence of any mention that Obama ordered drone strikes quite regularly and was self congratulatory about it.
AI overview: “During Barack Obama's presidency, there were an estimated 373 drone strikes, with a total of 2,514 to 4,023 people killed, though this number includes both combatants and civilians. While exact numbers for only combatants are not readily available in this data, 84 individuals identified as al-Qaeda members were among the 2,379 deceased mentioned.”
There’s more to this story than the NYT is letting on.
My impression is that the so called Covid data is flawed. I say impression because the people responsible for reliably informing us about it have either been politically tainted, bought, or outright negligent in the press case. The only thing I know for certain is that Fauci getting an autopen pardon cannot inspire confidence whatsoever. So, I’m going to reserve my time madam chairman.
Solicitor General John Sauer has predictably asked SCOTUS to quickly review Trump's illegally negotiated tariffs.
His request included a declaration from SecTreas Bessent confessing that Trump’s past claims of having made trade deals were false. What Trump claimed in “fact sheets” were “deals” are in fact just “frameworks,” and Bessent is still working on negotiating “towards binding agreements.
” As of the date of this declaration, the United States has announced frameworks with Japan, Indonesia, the United Kingdom, the Philippines, Vietnam, South Korea, and the European Union. These frameworks set the parameters for continued negotiation regarding binding, final terms of agreements with these foreign trading partners.
Trump is lying about tariffs. There’s no reason SCOTUS should accord claims in Trump's underlying Executive Orders any presumption of regularity, a legal principle that assumes official actions are performed correctly and according to the law until proven otherwise.
Ref War/Defense: Historically we had a War Department, responsible for the Army, and a Navy Department, responsible for the Navy and Marines. This was before the concept of "jointness," although as far back as the Civil War we had large scale joint Army/Navy operations. Heck, we had joint/combined operations in the Revolution - see, eg, Yorktown.
After World War II, we moved the Air Force out of both the Army and the War Department, created a Department of the Air Force, and finally created a joint Defense Department to manage all the services. The War Department was renamed the Department of the Army.
So the Defense Department was never called the War Department. You could rename it that, or the Rutabaga Department or anything else you want. But in none of those cases, including War, would you be 'returning' it to an old name - it never had any other name but Defense. RR, JSM
Gadfly: "Trump is lying about tariffs."
Okay, so there is nothing for a court to stop. No case or controversy. Should be an easy appellate win for Trump.
Hey, the tactic of walking out of the closed doors and lying worked for Schiff, so Trump is just following the new norm!
(really the old norm - remember JFK and the Missile Gap?) RR, JSM
Lem: "Obama ordered drone strikes quite regularly and was self congratulatory about it."
Yes, Trump should say "I'm getting good at killing people" at his next presser. Then the MSM can broadcast that for a few days. Then Fox can do a split-screen with Trump and Obama saying it in unison ten years apart. RR, JSM
At the very least Little Marco should appear before a microphone and explain how sinking that boat was not, or how it was an act of war.
@Lem, he already did. The drug cartels have been designated terrorist organizations. We kill terrorists who do not surrender.
Or you can choose to think of the individuals on that boat as “shot while resisting arrest.”
“ Fentanyl
“Fentanyl can also cause serious health problems and even death from overdose.7 Like other opioids, fentanyl affects the parts of the brain that control breathing. When a person takes a higher fentanyl dose than their body can handle (an overdose), their breathing can slow to a life-threatening level”
George Floyd? Sounds exactly what happened to him. Plus, he had before swallowed the stash he had been trying to sell, and survived.
In the aftermath of the Minneapolis shooting I suggested that people who are taking drugs as part of gender transitioning e restricted from owning guns. Now there are people in government talking about doing just that. Step in the right direction.
Did anyone really believe that Joe Biden personally pardoned 4,250 people?
Seriously.
Joe Biden couldn’t READ the names of 4,000 people let alone know their cases enough to warrant him giving them a pardon.
This is major fraud.
Go read the Biden WH emails attached. It’s proof that Biden didn’t even see the list of those he supposedly pardoned.
Whoops. Need to add this: New emails obtained by NYP reveal Biden didn’t even review the list of clemency recipients that his autopen signed
And in the news:
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem moved on Tuesday to fire multiple employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, accusing them of consuming pornographic content on their government-issued devices during work hours.
So that’s why FEMA did such a bad job with the Maui fires and Hurricane Helene — they were off watching porn. Good riddance.
The first comment was comedy gold. The only GOP Senator who made the news was the oily Thom Tillis, who is a nevertrumper who extracted a promise from Kennedy during confirmation to hire the odious Rachel Moraes (sp?) to run the CDC. It was a trap. She obstructed every attempt to make the mRNA data transparent and review the childhood vaccine data. She was properly fired and replaced with a MAHA enthusiast.
Like Kennedy said yesterday the people fired were responsible for CDC policies that oversaw the most dramatic decline in health metrics and reduced life expectancy in our nation’s history. Same as the stupid Senators who rubber stamped what Lord Fauci and the other ghouls were doing here and overseas that led directly to the “pandemic,” and all it wrought.
The police in Florida... the Keys, I think? -- didn't know what to do with him when they arrested a drunk, and found they had a ... half-transitioned person on their hands. She had a partial boob job, but stopped, thus the unsure classification.
Transsexuals have been around forever, ann. Even if people like you are slowly catching up on the "story"...
PS? The story here is the elder brother's death. Don't lose Patrick's story covering Dr. Gloria's? Siblings hate that, I am told...
There’s more to this story than the NYT is letting on.
…there’s less to the story than NYT is letting on. The explanation is in the comments above- it’s something previous executives have bragged about. The criticism is only part of the spaghetti strategy to get Trump. Try anything, everything to get Trump’s approval to crack. It isn’t working
I can’t get the watch parts I tried to order from the Netherlands. There’s a victory for you lefties…
I disagree Big Mike. Denying Constitutional Rights is a bad leftist habit in which our side should not indulge. The proper remedy for the rash of violent trans shooters is better vigilance in spotting nutty people BEFORE the SSRIs drive them to psychotic behavior. Almost every mass shooter leaves a trail of evidence (quickly deleted by authorities usually after the fact) and people knew. A combination of “if you know something say something” and hardening of targets (why are banks and courthouses still better defended than our babies and children?) with armed on-site law enforcement would do wonders.
Disarming confused but nonviolent people is a bad idea. All the “red flag laws” in effect now have had zero impact on shootings. Just look at the two mass shootings in MN, but look quickly because the DNC Media is memory holing both right now. .
I just saw the npr and pbs clawbacks are going to stick- owie for them..:
Tim Kaine mocks the Declaration of Independence and suggests human rights are things he can deny at whim as a politician.
My knee replacement story.
My mother was very active until her death at 80. This included MWF workout at the YMCA with my father and Thursday hiking club (“The Trail Marms”)(they lived in the CO foothills, so of course she hiked). Father was too, skiing until 80, but he still worked until 74 (which is my age now). She had both knees replaced, while he had only one. She made sure that she significantly beat the expected recovery time on her first, and beat that time on her 2nd. That was just the way that she was. Father beat the expected recovery time, but not by much.
So, 20 years earlier, at their previous house, my father put her car through the wall into the family room when putting her car into the garage. Hers was an automatic, and his was a stick. So, he declared that they would both drive the same type of transmission (stick) henceforth. I think that she hated it, and was never any good at it.
Then he got his knee replaced, and was told he couldn’t drive a stick for 6 weeks. She used that as an excuse to go out and buy an Audi A6 (currently $56-75k). It was nicer than what they had been driving, and importantly here, only came with an automatic transmission. I remarked that they could have rented a car with an automatic for the 6 weeks for well under $1k. That, of course, wasn’t the point.
By the time my next brother had a knee replacement a year or two ago (he was still ski racing at the time), manual transmissions were few and far behind. He had automatics in his A6 TDI and Chevy pickup, and his only car with a manual was his “summer car”, a 1980s vintage Alfa Spyder. His knee replacement was just after the last race of the year, which meant early April.
Yes, knee replacements have come a long way. My recent surgery (July) was outpatient. Surgery in the morning, walked to my car with a cane in the afternoon.
Make sure you have at least two high quality ice packs. Ice is your friend. I bought an ice/ compression machine. It’s a Breg Polar Care Wave. Not cheap, but worth it.
"Changes in screening recommendations over a decade ago may have *inadvertently* resulted in later diagnosis of the most common cancer in men, "
Love that word, the men that we have been trying to destroy as a sex have started dying from our policy changes. Imagine that. I am sure that women are suffering more from something that these men, deserving of their premature death, did.
@the gad. The NY Post confirms your statement that Cowboy QB Dak spit first. He apparently spit in the general direction of the Eagle huddle. Eagle lineman Carter took umbrage and counterattacked.
As in hockey, it’s the retaliator that gets penalized. Dak was probably grinning, saying “who me”?
Truly, a public service post, like the pre-troll days. Dramatic photos to boot.
Thanks Ann.
BTW, Loved the headline found elsewhere WRT Faucahontas vs Kennedy.
"Kennedy takes scalp".
Dak was probably grinning and saying, "What, me worry?"
For you younger readers, look up Alfred E. Newman.
Today is the CT scan that will guide the surgical robot for my knee. After that, we drive out to the Airbnb where we'll live during my recovery to see what I need to bring from my own kitchen in order to be able to do everything I want there, and visit the wine tasting room that's the next thing down the country road from that house, because it's also our 32nd anniversary.
Then home again, home again, jiggety jig, to keep packing!
I'm so glad to hear about the skiing post-knee replacement! Last winter was the first year that I couldn't ski at all - couldn't even put enough pressure on my left heel to clip in. It did not compute with me - I was still walking five 15-min-or-less miles a day. Worse still, it was the wrong leg - not the one I'm having replaced first, but the theoretically "better" knee.
In fact, my left knee has deteriorated so much this year that I sometimes forget anything is wrong with the right knee at all. But my surgeon assures me that the imaging doesn't lie - the right knee really is worse even if the left knee hurts more. Earlier this week I had the first of three hyaluronic gel injections in the left knee to try to give me some relief before we tackle it in January.
Sorry--should be "Neuman".
But geez, I've been forgetting - DBQ, I'm glad you're up and about! Broken FEMUR - holy moley, that must have been one hell of a fall!
The women in my family could have used a Costco multi-pak of knee replacements- a half dozen, anyways. My mil beau just had remote surgery for his right knee. Way better than 10 years ago- back up chipping and putting in a week…
…woman in the office went to CO for the cartilage procedure 10-15 years ago where they grow you some in dish. The skiers get it all the time I hear. She was bone on bone but has been normal since the replacement if her own tissue. Magic…
Now I want Trump to name one of the shit stain money sinkhole agencies The Department of Redundancy Department
Trump playing the Commies like a fiddle. He wants to ban trannies from gun ownership. What’s a Commie to do? Come with a full throated defense of gun ownership?
National gun background form 4473, question 11f asks the applicant: “Have you ever been adjudicated mentally defective?”
Recall not too long ago gender dysphoria was considered a mental illness. Trump’s position is a stretch, but it be amusing to watch the reaction.
yes thats a violation of the hippocratic oath, but they don't care about that,
so the sun cartel which runs venezuela, maduro is just the figurehead,
the Sun Cartel also funded the leftist party in Spain, and was allied with Hezbollah,
Well, some meteorological effect is rendering the local high school marching band morning rehearsal far louder than usual; it's almost as if a parade is down the street, rather than the usual "I can hear the drum line but only a hint of melody." High humidity? That would be normal for the Houston suburbs.
The kids are sounding good. They're playing September.
the last eight shooters have been transgender, including most of the trantifa, so called,
From Grok regarding the phrase "Strewed over with hurts":
A history of emotional or psychological pain that has left its mark.
Endured significant adversity, with wounds that have accumulated over time.
Carries visible and invisible scars from various painful experiences.
Does that sound like Althouse? Really? So, is her daily blogging an exercise in masochism? She seems like one of the most mentally healthy people ever to teach law and then maintain a public forum via blog for over 20 years. What's up with the downer headline?
narciso said...
the last eight shooters have been transgender
and also..
WHO was the last school shooter, that was NOT on psycho meds?
The Facts seem to be.. that the "so called" "Cures" for kids are the EXACT things that are throwing them over the edge.
but, the Good News is:
even though thousands of children are being destroyed..
big pharma is making BIG BUCKS!
yea Big Pharma! Rake IN that money!!!!
strewed in a very cromulent word
it's rather striking how you can publish anything in a corporate outlet except the truth, look at what the Thunderer, did to Farage's testimony,
catching up, we have seen what decriminalization did to all the major cities, and yet they say well where's your evidence,
one is reminded of the old classic splatter film scanners, where a drug administered to pregnant women, shades of thalidomide, was turning out a generation of mal adjusted people, well they had parapsychological abilities,
Perhaps she is being ironic. Yeah...that's the ticket!
For my hip replacement surgery, I went out and purchased two large bags of frozen peas. The best part about using them is that they were flexible and contoured to my body.
Under $1K for any rental car for six weeks (!) is quite a deal!
A more appropriate headline slogan would be, "Asking the right questions since 2004."
John Mosby: Google and delve into Cadel: Lungs on Legs, the very well-received stage performance about that Tour de France winner. My SIL, a playwright from Edinburgh, co-wrote it with star Connor Delves. It got rave reviews and was named "Best of the Fringe" at the famous Edinburgh Fringe Festival this summer. It was selected for a one-night performance in London this month. One man, one bike, one hour -- how it is tagged -- tells the story of the first Australian to win that race. Delves is on that bike the whole hour and it played to sold out shows quickly after word of mouth reviews came in. I think you might enjoy the story and concept -- hopefully it will go on tour.
“I've been hurt.
I've been hurt, hurt, hurt
Yes I've been hurt
I've been hurt like I've never been hurt before”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf4_t_5_RGk
Hobby is reporting 89% relative humidity and atmospheric pressure slightly lower than normal. Jamie, maybe your other senses are starting to get heightened while you worry about the knee.
Jamie: "Well, some meteorological effect is rendering the local high school marching band morning rehearsal far louder than usual; it's almost as if a parade is down the street"
Did a Professor Hill recently move into town, by any chance? RR, JSM
When Trump said "We will immediately stop all of the pillaging and theft. Very simply: If you rob a store, you can fully expect to be shot as you are leaving that store,", I’m wondering if that mindset played some justification for killing 11 people on a boat who if had been found guilty, would never had been given a death sentence. And, could that have been some possible tryout or starting point?
Bressler: the Tour play sounds cool, thanks!
As for me and my fellow Italo-American Rocco, next year we are going to defend the Giro d'Italia from these wankers. We'll infiltrate the Pali demos with big Italian tricolor flags and lead them in chants of:
"FROM VENETO TO CAPRI, EYE-TAL-YUN CUISINE MUST BE FREE!!!"
"FREE, FREE PASTA TIME!!!"
"GOBBLE-IZE THE BIG FRITTATA!!!!'
And of course, in imitation of Bob Vylan, "DEF, DEF, TO THE BOYARDEE CHEF!!!!" RR, JSM
Raymond Luxury Yacht, as usual misses the point,
Another comment on the once and future War Departments: the Framers used the term just for the department overseeing the Army because they realized the Navy would do things short of war, such as patrolling the seas and dealing with pirates. This is reflected in the Constitutional language about "raising Armies" (but only for two years at a time) and "maintaining a Navy" (i.e., as a maritime and littoral nation, we would always need one).
Calling the Defense Department the War Department could lead us into a lawfare trap. The enemy loves to call any organized violence "War" so they can immediately apply all the conventions and customs of violence between states. As another commenter pointed out, these rules are now used to give the advantage to barbarians who never signed them and have no intention of following them.
If Trump wants to restore battle focus, he could go full Hegseth and call it the Department of Lethality. RR, JSM
except War was the traditional term, until 1947, when we won every engagement except for the ill considered Canadian incursion,
They're playing September
I love that song. I am a huge Earth Wind and Fire fan and that one is my favorite.
Ronald J. Ward said...
When Trump said "We will immediately stop all of the pillaging and theft. Very simply: If you rob a store, you can fully expect to be shot as you are leaving that store,", I’m wondering if that mindset played some justification for killing 11 people on a boat who if had been found guilty, would never had been given a death sentence. And, could that have been some possible tryout or starting point?
If those 11 foreign invaders had surrendered and been captured they could be war prisoners and possibly faced a military tribunal.
But they didn't surrender or stop when hailed by radio. So when they continued their invasion of our country and were killed.
It is interesting to watch traitors like you provide aid and support to foreign invaders who are running drugs and weapons into our country though.
How long do you think it will be before the pendulum swings to the point where support for invading drugs dealers starts to be charged as treason like it should be?
john mosby said...
“As for me and my fellow Italo-American Rocco, next year we are going to defend the Giro d'Italia from these wankers.”
I’ll bring my lupara. Ok, it’s a squirt gun. But it can shoot olio e aceto if you need a proper salad dressing. Or any of the three colors of the sauces - red, white, green - if they’re not too thick.
And Chef Boyardee is an abomination. My nephew on my wife’s side came to live with us for a few months, and I was shocked and horrified to open my pantry door and find cans of that stuff sitting there. I had to have a sitdown and explain to him in no uncertain terms that if he was gonna live in my house he had to live by my rules, and I do not allow controlled substances like that in my house.
Rocco: Ha! Protesters aglia olio! RR, JSM
Contrary to what Achilles says, there’s no verified report that the boat was warned or given a chance to surrender. Without that, the strike looks like summary execution, not lawful defense — exactly the kind of extrajudicial action that concerning about normalizing authoritarian approaches. And it certainly fits the Trump mindset of shooting shop lifters on the spot.
To my knowledge, they were drug smuggler, but Achilles chooses the term “invaders” which I assume builds a better case of killing them without trial. But let’s be clear: if they were smugglers, that’s a crime — not an invasion. And in the U.S., we don’t execute people on the spot for crimes. That’s exactly the authoritarian mindset I was warning about. Notice too how he calls me a “traitor” just for raising the question. That’s how the slide works — first normalize summary executions, then criminalize dissent.
That was Trump’s meaning in shooting shoplifters on the spot and that’s his meaning with the boat attack. We hear: “They’re looting our stores and burning our cities.” We hear: “And our kids — why do you want our kids addicted to drugs?” Fear, chaos, threats to family- the urgency. And then comes the “solution”: “Well, maybe a dictatorship wouldn’t be so bad, at least until we get things under control.” You know “just for a day”.
That’s exactly how authoritarianism slips into the mainstream. Not by people begging for a king, but by people being convinced that democracy is too weak, too slow, too soft. And all it takes is a fearful echo chamber, a riled-up base, and a “basket of gulibles” willing to buy into the sales pitch.
Let's cut to the chase Ronald- what would it take to convince you the boat was warned to stop? I'm asking just to know where the goalposts are at this exact moment in time.
"a basket of guilibles" BINGO 066 ting a ling!
trump is gonna have to have the FED PEOPLE KILLED. Wheres the guy to make the numbers 122,000 NOT 22,000/ Cmon hurry.
Well, Yancey, a credible link would be awesome. Do you have one?
Yes, we have been masters of the combined operation since the 1780s.
Yorktown is impressive not only because it was a combined operation, but because it was a successful combined operation with the French.
Most every AI model I ask, says the same thing- “ While there is no verified public information confirming that the U.S. military warned the boat before the September 2025 strike, official statements and commentary indicate a shift away from standard interdiction procedures. The incident, which killed 11 individuals, has raised international concerns over its legality and the use of lethal force against suspected drug smugglers.”
If I am wrong, it could considerably change my argument . Until then, this is either disinformation or a lie. Unless of course, alternative facts are good enough.
I watched the video of the boat getting hit. The commentary of the video was asking "where are the 11 people". You have to be some sort of idiot to accept the official statement that 11 people were killed and then reject everything else does same officials told you of the event "because it isn't verified". Dump. The 11 people isn't verified either then, you dumb fuck Chuck.
“How long do you think it will be before the pendulum swings to the point where support for invading drugs dealers starts to be charged as treason like it should be?”
Just imagine if people like Achilles ever attained power. It would be up to him to determine what would constitute “support”. Achilles doesn't understand why conservatives were against Mangione murdering a CEO of a health insurance company. Achilles tries very hard to mainstream his extreme views on these threads. Achilles has spoken of doing “wet work” against his fellow Americans. Use caution when reading what Achilles writes.
Narr - yes, in mil-speak, 'combined' means 'with foreign allies,' and 'joint' means 'with another US military branch.' RR - JSM
Only three hours? Our Senate-whores don't get yelled at nearly enough.
jsm--thanks for the clarification. Given the tiny naval contribution we were able to provide, is it fair to call Yorktown combined but not joint?
"then reject everything else [those] same officials" FIFM
Inga said...
“How long do you think it will be before the pendulum swings to the point where support for invading drugs dealers starts to be charged as treason like it should be?”
Just imagine if people like Achilles ever attained power. It would be up to him to determine what would constitute “support”. Achilles doesn't understand why conservatives were against Mangione murdering a CEO of a health insurance company. Achilles tries very hard to mainstream his extreme views on these threads. Achilles has spoken of doing “wet work” against his fellow Americans. Use caution when reading what Achilles writes.
Notice how Inga does not deal with the actual argument made.
Some number of armed men loaded a boat with drugs and guns and left Venezuela with the goal of landing on our shores.
This is an armed invasion. The definition of.
Inga supports an armed invasion of our country.
Traitors to the United States support armed invaders of the United States.
Ergo Inga is a traitor.
This is direct A is true B is true. B is true C is true therefore if A is true C is true logic.
The only thing this shows is how extreme the Democrat party has become that it openly supports treason.
Narr - ooh, good question. Really I should amend my definition of 'jointness:' if two different branches, from the same country or allies, are involved, then it's joint. Jointness is about the types of forces involved; combined-ness is about the number of countries involved. So yes, Yorktown was definitely joint and combined. RR, JSM
Let’s stick to the verifiable facts: there’s no public information confirming the boat was warned before the strike. Without a warning or chance to surrender, that looks like extrajudicial killing, not lawful defense.
Calling anyone who questions the legality of the strike a “traitor” is authoritarian framing. It dodges evidence and tries to silence dissent by branding it disloyalty.
This isn’t about denying deaths. It’s about whether our government can use lethal force without due process. Once we normalize summary executions, the line between justice and raw power disappears. If shooting a shoplifter on the spot sounds reasonable under the premise of “mass looting and cities burning,” then we’ve already taken a dangerous step down that path.
I agree. Chuck the LLR is back. (a little bit of vomit rose up in the back of my throat). Drago, get better soon!
Marcus, if the strongest rebuttal to my point is speculating about my name, maybe the argument itself stands unchallenged.
Ronald J. Ward said...
Let’s stick to the verifiable facts: there’s no public information confirming the boat was warned before the strike. Without a warning or chance to surrender, that looks like extrajudicial killing, not lawful defense.
Was the drug running boat monitoring required maritime frequencies? Did they have the GPS beacons and rescue transponders maritime traffic is required to have?
An intelligent person would say no.
Since you are stupid and will assert that this drug boat was following maritime regulations I will require you to prove it.
Ronald J. Ward said...
Calling anyone who questions the legality of the strike a “traitor” is authoritarian framing. It dodges evidence and tries to silence dissent by branding it disloyalty.
You are hiding from the evidence.
This boat was full of armed men. It left from Venezuela and was moving towards the United States.
A boat full of armed men that left Venezuela speeding towards the United States in the middle of the night that was not on common maritime radio frequencies and did not have GPS rescue transponders.
If you support letting that boat land and you want to give legal protections to the people in that boat there is only one word for what you are.
Ronald J. Ward said...
This isn’t about denying deaths. It’s about whether our government can use lethal force without due process. Once we normalize summary executions, the line between justice and raw power disappears. If shooting a shoplifter on the spot sounds reasonable under the premise of “mass looting and cities burning,” then we’ve already taken a dangerous step down that path.
These were armed men speeding in a boat from Venezuela to the United States. You do not get the benefit of the doubt when you do that.
You answer the fucking radio and you announce what you are doing.
At this point the Democrat party has fallen so far they cannot see what they have become.
Also since you are the party of blowing up weddings we know that you are not really concerned about the people in the boat. Your only goal is to hurt our country.
Achilles, notice how much of your case depends on assumptions — radios, GPS transponders, weapons, intent. None of that has been verified publicly. My argument is simple: lethal force without warning or due process is an extraordinary power. If the facts justify it, then those facts should be made public.
Branding dissent as “traitorous” doesn’t address the evidence, it only tries to silence questions. In a democracy, asking whether our government carried out extrajudicial killings isn’t disloyalty — it’s a civic duty.
And every time you can’t point to verifiable facts, you add another layer of speculation. If the official record is so clear, why does your argument have to be built on imagination?
And Achilles, here’s the real question you’re dodging: is it acceptable for leaders like Trump and Rubio to openly call for executions without trial?
Trump: “That one really violent day” and “one rough hour” could end shoplifting crimes.
Rubio: “What will stop them is when you blow them up, when you get rid of them.”
Trump again: “If you rob a store, you can fully expect to be shot as you are leaving that store.”
Those aren’t my words. Those are their words.
So the issue isn’t just one boat in the Caribbean — it’s whether we normalize summary executions as a governing principle. If you’re fine with that, then you’re endorsing authoritarian rule. If you’re not fine with it, then you need to explain why Trump and Rubio are wrong.
But you can’t have it both ways: defending extrajudicial killings on one hand, while insisting you don’t want a dictatorship on the other. That’s the contradiction.
The source for the attack on the boats is the exact same source claiming 11 deaths after providing warning shots. If you don't believe any part of that because of the source; then you are an idiot to believe any of it. Verification/Validation doesn't work that way you dumb fuck Chuck.
jsm--this has my pedantry gene firing up.
Your distinction is a good one and appears to be the official doctrine for US forces; the term combined operations has not historically been applied so stringently--no allies required, just the different services.
Ronald J. Ward said...
And Achilles, here’s the real question you’re dodging: is it acceptable for leaders like Trump and Rubio to openly call for executions without trial?
Trump: “That one really violent day” and “one rough hour” could end shoplifting crimes.
Rubio: “What will stop them is when you blow them up, when you get rid of them.”
Trump again: “If you rob a store, you can fully expect to be shot as you are leaving that store.”
Those aren’t my words. Those are their words.
Those are good words.
If you are in the process of looting during a disaster or during a riot you should be shot.
If you are approaching our country from another country in a boat with a bunch of guns and drugs you should be shot.
If you are resisting arrest after committing those crimes you should be shot.
So the issue isn’t just one boat in the Caribbean — it’s whether we normalize summary executions as a governing principle. If you’re fine with that, then you’re endorsing authoritarian rule. If you’re not fine with it, then you need to explain why Trump and Rubio are wrong.
But you can’t have it both ways: defending extrajudicial killings on one hand, while insisting you don’t want a dictatorship on the other. That’s the contradiction.
The issue is whether we have a free high trust society or a free low trust society.
You want us to become Somalia. I don't want that.
I am going to vote for the person who says we are going to shoot looters. I am going to vote for the person that says we are going to destroy gang members running drugs from Venezuela to the US.
I am going to vote for them because that is the best way to stop behaviors that are incompatible with a free high trust society. If you want to live in the US then you don't steal other people's things and you don't destroy their property. If you steal or act like an animal you should get shot.
If you cannot abide by those rules you can move to Somalia.
Leland, here’s the problem with your “same source” argument: multiple independent outlets — Reuters, AP, CBS, PBS, Al Jazeera — all report the 11 deaths. That’s corroborated. But none confirm warning shots or a chance to surrender. Treating unverified claims the same as verified ones isn’t sound reasoning, it’s blurring facts to fit a narrative.
And Achilles just made my larger point for me: he’s fine with leaders calling for people to be shot without trial. That’s not restoring trust — that’s normalizing authoritarian justice. Once you accept “shoot first, ask questions later” as law, you’ve already given up on checks and balances. The real question is: if you’re okay suspending due process now, what makes you think you’ll ever get it back?
And thanks, Achilles — I never thought I’d get you to “go there.”
What I’m seeing in this discussion goes beyond one boat or one strike. It’s a mindset: the belief that bypassing due process and using lethal force immediately is not just acceptable but necessary to restore “law and order.”
For some, that feels decisive, even righteous — the classic vigilante perspective. But stepping back, it exposes a real danger: once summary executions are normalized, the line between justice and raw power disappears.
Questioning this isn’t “soft” or “disloyal.” It’s about protecting the principles that sustain a free society. If we accept that checks and balances can be suspended whenever someone decides it’s convenient, how — or when — do we ever get them back? That’s the conversation that really matters. And again, thanks for that hand tip. It exposed plenty.
multiple independent outlets — Reuters, AP, CBS, PBS, Al Jazeera — all report the 11 deaths.
They all are reporting what the government told them, you moron. The ship was sunk in the middle of the Caribbean Sea. You think your multiple independent outlets were at the scene to capture events and record the deaths? No. The US Navy was there. Jeez, you are a dumb fuck Chuck.
"They all are reporting what the government told them, you moron."
Reuters, AP, CBS and PBS all ask each other what they've heard, and then claim they've "independently verified" the incident. Sounds about right.
Leland, you’re missing the distinction. Nobody claimed Reuters or CBS had reporters floating beside the boat. The point is that multiple outlets independently confirmed the deaths through different sourcing.
But none of them report warning shots or hails to surrender — because that detail hasn’t been verified anywhere outside the initial claim.
So no, it’s not about believing “all or none.” It’s about recognizing what’s been corroborated and what hasn’t. Dismissing that difference isn’t argument, it’s evasion.
This reminds me of back on the farm — when it came time to saddle the bronc, you had two choices: saddle up, or admit mamma’s calling.
Ronald J. Ward said...
And thanks, Achilles — I never thought I’d get you to “go there.”
What I’m seeing in this discussion goes beyond one boat or one strike. It’s a mindset: the belief that bypassing due process and using lethal force immediately is not just acceptable but necessary to restore “law and order.”
For some, that feels decisive, even righteous — the classic vigilante perspective. But stepping back, it exposes a real danger: once summary executions are normalized, the line between justice and raw power disappears.
Please don't change anything. Please remain pro criminal.
Everyone is tired of people like you who favor criminals over law abiding citizens. No matter how dishonestly you try to frame it you want people to be able to steal, loot, murder, and run drugs and guns from Venezuela.
"once summary executions are normalized, the line between justice and raw power disappears."
What about novel applications of the law, to be enforced on one specific individual only? What happens to that line then?
Achilles, you’ve made your position clear: executions without trial are the solution. Fine — own it.
But recognize what you’re endorsing. That’s not law, that’s power. That’s not the Constitution, that’s authoritarianism. The question isn’t whether I “favor criminals.” The question is whether you favor suspending due process as a matter of policy. By your own words, you do.
Either saddle up to the position you claim, or admit mamma’s calling.
Dumb fuck Chuck, how did they "independently" verify a ship blown out of the water and sunk to know how many were on board? Cut open the sharks and count the remains? Moron.
You are going to play the same silly game of just repeating your BS, because you have nothing to support your claim. Nothing. As usual.
It’s telling that Leland doesn’t challenge Achilles for openly stating his stance on suspending due process. Instead, he clings to the tangential distractions — the “what-ifs” about warnings or hypotheticals — that Achilles will likely keep regurgitating. The cracks in that “gang-up” strategy are clear: you can’t hide a scab once it’s been ripped open. The principle — that summary executions bypassing due process are being endorsed — stands exposed, regardless of the side chatter.
“Everyone is tired of people like you who favor criminals over law abiding citizens.”
Achilles often uses “everyone, us, we” when he makes declarations that reflect his OWN mindset, as if it were a given that all conservative commenters here were in total agreement with him. I suspect that the majority of conservative commenters here actually distance themselves from Achilles more authoritarian ideals.
Inga, you clearly see the tactic I’ve noticed as well: Achilles repeatedly frames his personal authoritarian views as if they represent everyone’s opinion. It’s a rhetorical shortcut designed to silence dissent without ever addressing the substance.
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