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…this just in from the usual suspects: not an ounce of criticism to give to the Biden administration for illegally importing millions of illegals into the Unites States in an effort to prop up their party. Metric tons for Trump memes and cutting of their Medicare…
C3
@C_3C_3
“SPLC is the targeting wing of the Democrat party.
Soros is the financial wing of the Democrat party.
Antifa is the military wing of the Democrat party.
Legacy Media is the propaganda wing of the Democrat party.
Simple.“
Since Row v Wade was vacated - Abortions are up, and late term abortions are up.
12 states have codified abortion into their state constitution.
chemical abortions are up - and the use of chemical abortion pills is harming women. No one is talking about it.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/10/03/manchester-synagogue-attack-latest-news-victims-named/ who i was referring to,
In WheatRidge Colorado - there is a bowl-burger bar. Any group can book an area in there and have gatherings. Some conservatives decided to book a gathering room for no other reason than to gather and chat. Some evil leftists caught wind - and decided to harass this bar, the patrons and the owner. Calling them "Racist Homophobic, xenophobic" all the standard leftist lies and tripe.
The owner allows all sorts of gatherings and does not discriminate on the gather type. The owner has a gay black dude on staff.
Now the democratic-antifa thugs are lying - and leaving false statements on goggle reviews. Luckily - google is removing most of it - because it's all fake.
This is the democratic party. Antifa thugs - harassing people for gathering and talking - and doing to without a leftwing soviet permission structure.
those are some very nice views,
to = so
Reddit: “Chuck Schumer stood on the Senate floor claiming The New York Times is biased against Democrats, and members of both parties busted out laughing.”
link to video
Here is the owner and his employee "Ash" - discussing the harassment and smears by radical leftists. these leftists made BS leaflets and handed them out to customers - lying about the staff and the owner.
Here is the flyer.
This is the modern democratic /Antifa Brownshirt Nazis - party at work.
this is the state tim gill helped make,
"Here is the flyer."
What? No sombrero? And where is the mariachi band?
Diddy
Obama.
“Turning Point announced they will be hosting their own concert during the Super Bowl Halftime show. TPUSA will be using fully Christian American
performers.”
who can clearly annunciate, I know people thought dylan's style was esoteric, so was michael mcdonald but still
There's some new categories which require new laws or a new way to think about old laws. There's hybrid war and some say the Europeans are in a hybrid war already with Russia but not a war-war. So what's the legal situation in terms of what could be done to resist hybrid war? Or take narco-terrorism which might be called hybrid terrorism - the laws for terrorism are different from the laws for narcotics and then too, the laws on narcotics are evolving. Fentanyl is going toward hybrid war while marijuana is uncertain whether risky or recreation.
When we bomb a fentanyl shipment we are calling it war or anyhow, hybrid war. And fentanyl has killed about half as many Americans as the number of soldiers who died in World War II. So to me this is a war - of some kind.
Similarly, in Gaza Hamas is using civilians as shields but it would be illegal for the Israelis use the people of Gaza in the same way. Apparently, using human shields for an armed forces is not illegal as long as you do it to your own people, Generally armed forces shield the people, not the other way around, and so the law doesn't cover the existing situation.
New days, new ways.
Nazis or Dezis? Probably a difference without significance. Both embrace Diversity (i.e. color judgment, class bigotry) and its institutional, systemic model in DEIsm. Both exercise liberal license to abort "burdens" h/t Obama, entertain abortive ideation, human rites, a wicked solution. Both share Dreams of Herr Mengele in gender confusion and affirmation. Both support redistributive change schemes. Both are nominally secular with mortal gods, goddesses et al.
a proxy war does look asymmetrical, of course the other party might mistake the gradations, gerasimov really should have his hat handed to him for stranding Russians in this quagmire,
the whole Fentanyl praxis does seem like the Opium war strategem reversed, with compradors on the other end,
middlemen, (ht Robert Elegant)
Doesn't that flyer sound like every leftist.
Eva - Excellent.
Why should honest people continue fund leftie fuckups? Send Soros the bills..:
I think the AID clampdown has slowed some of this, but there are other nodes, like those affiliated with the Venezuelan security services,
…if the creek don’t rise and the good lord’s willing I’ll be southern hemisphere for the crap bowl. Y’all get the post game out of your systems before I get back…
"Why should honest people continue fund leftie fuckups?"
Well, the left doesn't want to fund its own fuckups so somebody has to.
Signed: The Left
there's also the latest hudna response to the President's ultimatum, good cop, bad cop
Watched football ads last night. Targeted younger people, and women more than in the past. Didn't watch entire game, but noticed a paucity of happy old people on meds having wonderful times while side effects disclaimers ran in small print and fast monotone voice.
"Europeans are in a hybrid war already with Russia but not a war-war. So what's the legal situation in terms of what could be done to resist hybrid war?"
As usual, it's the law of the jungle. It's all about who can do what, and there is no judge you can appeal to, ultimately, who can make his decisions stick. This is why I think that China, originally, was not that thrilled about Russia intervening in the Ukrainian civil war, because it is directly analogous to the US intervening in their civil war with Taiwan (Both sides claim to be the legitimate government of all of China), but eventually they figured out that they can be right as a matter of law and precedent, but who cares? What court can they take it to that can enforce a decision? This is my guess as to why they now are fully on board with what Russia is doing.
So we learned now why Europe would do a false flag with the drones, Zelensky claimed that they were launched from tankers in the Baltic carrying Russian oil, and so the Baltic Sea must be shut down to Russian traffic. France just detained a tanker on this pretext.
What exactly was Russia supposed to gain? Why do something this counterproductive. Oh, that's right, because they are stupid and evil. That's how you know if something is a false flag, if it benefits the accuser way more than it could ever benefit the accused and the reason given is that the accused is stupid and evil.
Cancel Netflix
plus other reasons.
@Peachy: I hope with the publicity the lefties will stop the harassment.
The antifa thugs in Denver are mentally ill leftists.
Soviet tactics. Someone will doxx them back. Count on it.
Eva - Yes - many are responding with support.
The Senate will not be holding votes this weekend on reopening the government as was initially expected, as some Republican senators will be attending a high-dollar fundraising retreat for the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) on Georgia’s Sea Island.
The timing of the fundraising committee’s fall meeting is awkward for senators; Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has urged his GOP colleagues not to hold fundraisers during the shutdown because it could open them up to political attacks.
The Senate Republicans’ weekend at the luxurious Sea Island Resort is a big draw for Republican donors and lobbyists, giving them face time with important GOP policymakers.
An invitation to the NRSC’s fall meeting lists “group rates” for rooms at the resort ranging from $495 per night for a Garden Wing Room to $599 per night for the Beach Club One Bedroom Suite.
And the resort itself is a mecca for golf lovers, featuring three immaculately curated golf courses, a spa and fitness center and a picturesque white sand beach.
Republican senators are usually expected to attend the fundraising weekend, which is an annual NRSC event, but they aren’t required to do so.
This year, however, some Republican senators are nervous about the political optics of hanging out at a posh resort while the government is shut down, and some GOP lawmakers are thinking about changing their plans to skip it entirely, according to sources familiar with the behind-the-scenes hand-wringing.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), who is locked in a standoff with Democratic leaders over reopening government, however, is not thrilled with the prospect of Republican senators mingling with donors at a high-end resort while thousands of federal workers have been furloughed and may miss their next paychecks, according to the source. Hey FUK IT right ,too bad your a serf, LET THEM EAT CAKE RIGHT. Oh but its been planned for years, just because you dont get paid but we do ,what's the problem.I think they should show videos to the country while they party and the serfs have to work and not get paid..Talk about a great picture right.
If you Google ‘Putin laughs about Danish drones’ you will learn that he doesn’t deny it, but did say “I won’t do it any more - not to France, not to Denmark, and not to Copenhagen”. So what was Putin supposed to gain? Sadistic amusement, a smug sense of superiority over all the fools who can’t believe he would ever do anything evil, and the feeling that if he fucks over NATO countries enough, they may let him have Ukraine and maybe give him Poland and the Baltics, too.
Peach: Now you're stirring up garbage about antifa and name-calling in a Wheat Ridge, CO bar and restaurant. All that is available is a one-sided TikTok video posted by the establishment's owner, and his MAGA sign on the wall of "The Werks" is hardly proof of anything.
No Wheat Ridge police reports showed up online.
Peachy, so spic and span, "where were you when the shit hit the fan".
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/economy-just-getting-stronger-not-183626980.html
"One of Wall Street’s most closely watched voices delivered a blunt message to peers and policymakers: The U.S. economy is not faltering—it is accelerating. Torsten Sløk, chief economist at Apollo Global Management, said forecasts of an imminent slowdown have been repeatedly wrong, and the economics profession should start grappling with its track record of misjudgments."
Eva Marie said...
“Turning Point announced they will be hosting their own concert during the Super Bowl Halftime show. TPUSA will be using fully Christian American
performers.”
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Nobody will watch though because they're doing it during halftime on Super Bowl Sunday and everybody red blooded will be tuned into the Game. That's bad planning. Like trying to set up your own university v. grifting off the mandatory student fees already being collected at established universities. Charlie was well versed in the art of grifting, a regular Horatio Alger plucked from Arlington Heights by Foster Friess who kept the boys's skids well greased in getting the school grift game going. Charllie was old though. Looked tired in his later years. House so big his wife heard him that morning in another wing, didn't come down to kiss him goodbye. Charlie kept a separate apartment. All the interactions in the restaurants and at work you see in those videos are the total interactions of his time with his children, sadly. He looked tired and like he was growing old of their game in his final days. Early 30s, about time a boy leaves the college scene and starts contributing via his work to support his family... Charlie's greased skids mean he never got an opportunity to do that. His greatest financial contributions, sadly, came after his death. He never really lived as a free American man.
Hard not to notice the toppy behavior in the stock market. Especially utilities and consumer staples, two groups that tend to perform better with falling rates. If the Dow Composite of all three averages falls next week, it will look quite bearish on the charts. And then there's an analyst being quoted that MSFT is free money. Now who doesn't like free money?
It's apple picking season in New England. The air is dry and clear making the sky a brilliant blue and enhancing the colors. More Indian summer to come. Heaven is right here if you want it.
...said forecasts of an imminent slowdown have been repeatedly wrong, and the economics profession should start grappling with its track record of misjudgments
The profession like everywhere else is infected with TDS. The 'consensus' forecast at Atlanta Fed missed the Q3 number by 200 basis points. They are still hung up on Tariffs are Bad! and are collectively overweighting 'Trump uncertainty' into their increasingly wrong forecasts...
I miss cider doughnuts..
rehajm: "I miss cider doughnuts.."
Is that meant ironically? Cider doughnut is becoming the new pumpkin spice. They're shoving cider-doughnut flavored everything down our throats in the ads. CC, JSM
They're shoving cider-doughnut flavored everything down our throats in the ads.
Not in Texas, thery'e not!
Now I miss cider doughnuts too.
I was only referring to cider doughnuts not those things trying to capitalize on their greatness…
I rented a lift to do several jobs I had saved up, but I always save those jobs until apple picking season, and what a frickin' glorious day. The apples were amazing, the weather was perfect. At one point I even took the lift straight up over the treetops to see what I could see and there was a bald eagle cruising above the canopy.
Cider donuts are such a staple in New England that trends are irrelevant. They will still be around long after the mass marketers forget about them, just like they were around long before the mass marketers discovered them.
Kai Akker wrote: “Hard not to notice the toppy behavior in the stock market.”
Valuations are no doubt stretched, but on the other hand:
1. AI has the potential to be the most transformational technology humankind has developed since we worked out how to start campfires. The potential is pretty much infinite.
2. The US is the most innovative, creative and dynamic economy on the planet. Tariffs, though unwelcome, are a one off hit and the otherwise low tax and light regulation approach of the Trump administration will provide a helpful tail wind.
3. Comparisons to the dot com boom are misplaced. I well remember that period and many of the tech companies that crashed and burned from ridiculous valuations had little, if any, profits. Some had no revenues. Now is very different, with the leading tech companies being enormously profitable.
4. Energy prices in the US are a fraction of those in the UK and Europe. This fact alone makes economic enterprises in the US much more competitive than their European counterparts.
I’m with Warren Buffett — bet against the US at your peril.
On the other hand:
We're in a challenging situation where valuations are clearly in bubble territory but there's no obvious catalyst to burst the bubble. Is the bull case here that the equity market drop, when it comes, is likely to be closer to 20% than 50% peak-to-trough, and will likely be followed by a healthy recovery? And it's odds-on that we have further double-digit % gains before we reach the peak? So if you think you're a market timing genius, by all means get ready to go short/underweight the market, knowing that you will switch back to long/overweight at the bottom. But for us mere mortals who are long-term investors, the safest option is to ride out the storm, betting that 5% annualized returns over the next decade in equities is probably going to outperform the alternatives?
WTF trump doesnt give a crap about MAGAS .its all about the power and grift.
China stopped buying U.S. soybeans since May 2025—zero shipments during peak harvest months.
Instead, they booked millions of tons from Argentina and Brazil.
Why? Retaliatory tariffs from Trump’s trade war jacked up U.S. soybean prices by 34% (including VAT and MFN duties).
Argentina sweetened the deal by temporarily scrapping its 26% export tax on soybeans, making their beans cheaper and more attractive.
Within days of the tax cut, Argentina booked $7 billion in grain exports, half of it soybeans headed to China.
This surge pushed Argentina’s soybean export orders to a seven-year high.
China locked in 40 cargoes (2.66 million tons) for November–December, normally prime U.S. export season.
Trump pledged a $20 billion bailout to Argentina via currency swaps, bond purchases, and credit lines.
Officially, it’s to stabilize Argentina’s economy and counter Chinese influence in South America.(bullcrap)
But the timing? Right after Argentina undercut U.S. farmers and sold soybeans to China.
U.S. farmers—especially in Iowa, Indiana, and Minnesota—are furious. (quit whining you voted for this incompetent)
Soybean futures dropped to $10.10/bushel, silos are filling with unsold crops, and China’s market is gone.
The American Soybean Association called it a bitter pill, accusing the bailout of subsidizing a competitor.
Trump wants to prop up Milei (Argentina’s libertarian president and MAGA ally).
China exploits the moment to sidestep U.S. tariffs and deepen ties with South America. XI loves this nit wit president.
U.S. farmers get squeezed—again—just like in Trump’s first term trade war.(some people never learn, trump says he loves the uneducated)
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
“We bailed out Argentina yesterday and in return, Argentina removed their export tariffs… Soy prices are dropping further because of it. This gives China more leverage on us.” (yes FUK the farmers ,sometimes you do get what you deserve) trump create the problem, and then tell them you will help them and they cheer THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BUTT JOB and it seems they love it. Some people never learn :(
It’s striking that so many self-proclaimed constitutional conservatives seem uninterested in this. In a poorer section of Chicago, a rundown apartment building was raided with Blackhawk helicopters, doors blown down, flash bangs, and masked police officers destroying personal property. All occupants—including children—were rounded up.
Neighbors reported that people were separated by race: Black residents in one van, immigrants in another. While 37 arrests were made, an estimated 30–40 residents were handcuffed for hours without probable cause.
This clearly breaches the Fourth Amendment which doesn’t just prohibit searches without a warrant; it protects against seizures that detain everyone in a building merely because it might harbor suspected criminals. This wasn’t targeted at specific individuals—it was a general sweep that suspended the liberties of a large group of people until a secretive force decided who was “criminal” and who was not.
This is exactly the type of action the Fourth Amendment was designed to prevent. Yet where are the voices that usually champion these principles? Does denouncing it mean donning the blue jersey?
RJW: In a poor section of Chicago, Tren de Aragua took over an apartment block. The gangsters and their associates displaced American citizens from their apartments, while the remaining citizens were forced to pay 'tax' to the invaders.
ICE and other federal agencies, acting to preserve the border and protect American citizens' civil rights, took brief possession of the building, using overwhelming force and entering from all directions, including the roof, in order to immediately suppress the gang, known to be heavily-armed and populated with former Venezuelan paramilitaries.
While federal agents swept the building, known American citizens were given temporary shelter in vans. Because this neighborhood has been a high-crime area for many years, and in order to complete the sweep as quickly as possible, again as a safety measure, many residents were handcuffed until their status could be determined.
By morning, American citizens were able to re-occupy their homes, and the TdA members were taken to jail or immigration detention.
Much better way of resolving things than just letting a black v brown civil war erupt. CC, JSM
"The potential is pretty much infinite."
I think that AI will make intelligent, disciplined people far more productive. In other words, the user base that can actually exploit it is tiny.
Maybe, one day, if they can create a quantum computer that can do linear algebra in arbitrary numbers of dimensions, like graphics chips are designed to do, AI will live up to its "unlimited potential."
"Energy prices in the US are a fraction of those in the UK and Europe. This fact alone makes economic enterprises in the US much more competitive than their European counterparts."
LOL, they cut off their nose to spite their face.
Meanwhile we are pressuring all of those countries to send their military equipment to be destroyed in Ukraine, and we will happily replace it with new US produced stuff like our F-35s. Priced at retail, of course!
The world of commodities (like soybeans) has relatively fixed supply and demand arrangements. There is no instantly available reserve capacity in Argentina, etc. Harvests have long lead times. If China buys more from Argentina and less from the US, there are former customers for Argentine soybeans that are now looking for some other supplier - at worst we are talking marginal differences in prices and volumes.
In the meantime China has been taking a huge hit on FDI and capital flight. Industries are leaving China for other third world countries (and some significant reinvestment in the US).
Euro defense production is way up. The US "market share" is falling in Europe. Patriot is not the primary AA weapon system anymore (in Europe/Ukraine anyway) and HIMARS has been largely superceded by drones. Things move fast.
Raytheon/Lockheed have over-full order books and cannot supply the global market for Patriot in a reasonable time - and the vast bulk of that market, unfilled orders, is global, not Ukraine. Thats why the Israelis have been getting rid of Patriot and stressing their own domestic production, and why Germanys Diehl (IrisT) is going like gangbusters.
Though there has been talk of Tomahawk for Ukraine, the Ukrainians themselves have provided their own means of long range attack. The latest seems to have been a Neptune (an indigenous weapon)Extended range variant that just hit a target in Lake Onega (near Finland).
John Mosby, Il Governor Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson beg to differ on your rescue scenario and describe it as excessive and politically motivated.
I’m generally pretty good at research but coming up empty of any evidence that Tren de Aragua had taken control of the apartment building. No investigation trail, no local support and no form of intelligence found. In fact, the DHS stated that the building was "frequented by Tren de Aragua members and their associates," but provided no concrete evidence to support your assertion. That’s more of an admission of an infringement of the 4th rather than protecting others.
But hey, I’m not perfect so please enlighten me. Because I think a he said/she said is a poor excuse to start smashing down doors and dragging innocent American citizens out of their beds.
I am sticking with 2.7% COLA regardless if Trump government shutdown still rollin gor not by October 15. I will add my $80 some bucks to my NYRA account for next seasons wagering events on all Thoroughbred racing around the world and my wifes increase(a little less) on HER INTERESTS ITS REALLY ONLY A DAILY DOUBLE AMOUNT FOR A WAGER but hey it is what it is. We both have PART B forgiveness so not whacked with that increase making COLA insignificant for many. We are waiting for the XRP boon to hit our KRACKEN wallets but so far NOT AH! Every day above ground is a blessing and being in the last quarter makes us appreciate it even more before we mov on to ETERNITY with our Maker. Plus Yankees AT 4;00 PM TODAY/ my kid brother a lawyer in Chicago has season tickets to the games and will be at Brewers game tonight. (he is also avid Yankees fan forever,(cubs fan only last 20 years) We root BREWERS and that's fun at family dinners. I actually find baseball a super boring game and when they have the AI BALLS and STRIKES machine inserted it may get better, and long needed game is too fast for senile old men to see the split seconds and areas needed for balls and strikes,(see padres recent game.)No wagers yet during the WORLD SERIOUS will send a little in based on odds and payoffs.
"Governor Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson beg to differ..."
Imagine that. I am sure that they always provide objective analysis of every situation involving illegal immigration.
It's long been my contention that we are living the prequel to 1984, where the world is being divided up into isolated, warring regions, and our economies are being divided against each other, like the new iron curtain that Western Europe has dropped on its eastern edge.
Russia is looking to China, since it has become clear to them that the problems that the West had with Russia were not really ideological, like they thought, and never faded when the Soviet Union was dissolved, but instead it only whetted the appetite of the West for further conquest and control over the 11 time zones worth of resources by dividing up the RF and installing satrapies, like we did in Ukraine.
You guys can say what you will about Ukraine, but you can't change that the US recognized the leaders of a violent coup within a day, and our CIA chief was in Kiev within hours setting up bases on the Russian border. It was a US backed coup.
The conversation about soy overlooks the key issue: the international soy price. Prices are low, and that puts high-cost producers like the U.S. under stress. Farming soy and corn in the U.S. is expensive: land is costly, heavy use of fertilizers and chemicals is required, and the system is inefficient. In Brazil and Argentina production costs are lower, so farmers make money even at lower prices. Brazil, with its tropical soybeans and double-cropping, tripled its planted area in the past 25 years. The real problem is price, not who buys.
Soy is a fungible commodity—one ton is the same everywhere. Global production and consumption grow in balance, except for Brazil, which rose from the world’s number 3 producer to number 1 in 25 years, pushing prices down. All soy sells at the same price, with only minor logistic differences. The Chicago Board of Trade remains the reference market, but South American soy now often trades at a premium because it ships directly to China. This shift has been building for decades, not because of tariffs.
Example: Argentina, the world’s third producer, normally exports oil and meal instead of beans. But when China reduced U.S. purchases and bid strongly for beans, Argentina exported its own beans to China and replaced them by importing U.S. soy.
Soy finds its market naturally. The price problem is not about Trump. U.S. farmers are simply the least efficient of the big three producers, and the trade war only shaved an extra 3–5% off prices—basically logistics. Trump can offset that with small subsidies, or follow Europe’s path of massive subsidies (which is not desirable).
Of course you would seek the biggest global entertainer for the biggest Sport event of the year, that's called great business.
NFL Picks Bad Bunny to Lead 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Show
The NFL confirmed that global sensation Bad Bunny will headline the halftime show at Super Bowl LX, scheduled for February 8, 2026, at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
"What I'm feeling goes beyond myself," Bad Bunny said in a statement about the news. "It's for those who came before me and ran countless yards so I could come in and score a touchdown..
"What Benito has done and continues to do for Puerto Rico is truly inspiring," Jay-Z said in a statement. "We are honored to have him on the world's biggest stage."
Latinos have been shaping the Super Bowl halftime show for more than three decades, but 2026 is set to mark a turning point. When the NFL confirmed that Bad Bunny will headline the show at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, it wasn't just another big booking. It was a cultural declaration: for the first time, the world's biggest televised concert will be delivered entirely in Spanish.(of course they have you would have to live in a cave not to know that)
The road to this moment started in the early 1990s, when Gloria Estefan broke barriers as the first Latina to perform at halftime. She appeared in 1992 with the Miami Sound Machine and returned in 1999 for a "Soul, Salsa & Swing" showcase alongside Stevie Wonder. Estefan's Miami sound injected the rhythms of Cuban and Caribbean culture into a show that had long catered to mainstream rock and pop audiences.
By 2000, the Latino presence expanded. Christina Aguilera, who has Ecuadorian roots, and Spanish pop icon Enrique Iglesias joined Toni Braxton and Phil Collins in the "Tapestry of Nations" halftime theme tied to Disney's Millennium Celebration. Though they weren't headliners, their inclusion signaled how Latino voices were becoming essential in shaping the global pop canon, even in spaces dominated by American football.
Two decades later, the needle moved even further when Jennifer Lopez and Shakira co-headlined the 2020 halftime show in Miami. Their electric performance blended salsa, reggaeton, and global pop, celebrating Latina identity on a massive stage. It was hailed as a watershed moment for Latin music, setting record streaming spikes for both artists and reminding the NFL of the enormous draw of Latino talent.
That legacy now sets the stage for Bad Bunny. As one of the most streamed artists in the world, he represents a new era in which Spanish-language music no longer needs a translation to dominate. His halftime show will be the first performed entirely in Spanish, a milestone that underlines not just his own influence but also the economic and cultural power of Latinos in the United States. It's also striking given his past comments: he had said he would skip touring in the U.S. to protect his fans from ICE, citing concerns about immigration raids. Before the Super Bowl announcement, he even teased on social media that he might make "one date" in the United States—a statement that now reads like a hint at this historic booking.
For the NFL, the decision marries business with culture. Latinos are the fastest-growing fan base and represent trillions in consumer spending power. By giving Bad Bunny the halftime stage, the league isn't just honoring his superstardom—it is acknowledging the communities that drive ticket sales, merchandise, and global attention. From Gloria Estefan to Jennifer Lopez and Shakira, every Latino presence at halftime has paved the way. But Bad Bunny's performance promises to be more than an act. It will be history written in Spanish, echoing from Miami to Mexico to Madrid. Of course trump and his brown shirts said they will show up and arrest any illegals there. Its why BAD BUNNY refuses all US appearances except this one so he doesn't put his fans in jeopardy. Imagine that thinking of others unlike the trump regime. Benito Rocks. DAKITI baby!!
"violent coup" - voted out by a vast majority of their parliament.
"setting up bases on the Russian border" - what mythical bases were these?
"Now I miss cider doughnuts too."
I just miss donuts.
RJW
You're not from around here. Chicago is the most corrupt city in the most corrupt state in our country. Think of Cook County as an extension of Chicago.
I invite you to go down to the south side. Say around 81st and Champlain.
Look up "operation greylord".
Costco has Cider donuts (seasonally?)
Ignoring the trolls and ignorant Leftists makes browsing the comment threads so easy and relaxing.
Cider donuts are a mystery to me, but Gibson's Maple-Bacon donuts are very good. Try some the next time you're in Memphis.
"Millions of Ukrainians had just overrun the country’s pro-Kremlin government and the president, Viktor Yanukovych, and his spy chiefs had fled to Russia. In the tumult, a fragile pro-Western government quickly took power.
The government’s new spy chief, Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, arrived at the headquarters of the domestic intelligence agency and found a pile of smoldering documents in the courtyard. Inside, many of the computers had been wiped or were infected with Russian malware.
“It was empty. No lights. No leadership. Nobody was there,” Mr. Nalyvaichenko said in an interview.
He went to an office and called the C.I.A. station chief and the local head of MI6. It was near midnight but he summoned them to the building, asked for help in rebuilding the agency from the ground up, and proposed a three-way partnership. “That’s how it all started,” Mr. Nalyvaichenko said." - New York Times
So they called the CIA the day of the coup, and their government was immediately recognized by the United States.
https://archive.ph/E2tiJ#selection-1113.0-1129.293
"The Ukrainians also helped U.S. officials pursue the Russian operatives who meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential election between Donald J. Trump and Hillary Rodham Clinton."
I love that bit, since the historical record now shows that it was actually the Ukrainians who meddled in the election on behalf of Hillary Clinton, see the story on the "Black Ledger" that was never used because it "couldn't be verified," and then true to their propaganda playbook, the Ukrainians accused their enemy of doing what they actually did, but here is the part you were asking about:
"The listening post in the Ukrainian forest is part of a C.I.A.-supported network of spy bases constructed in the past eight years that includes 12 secret locations along the Russian border. "
Rusty, I’m well aware of Chicago’s long history of corruption — Operation Greylord exposed that over 40 years ago. But that investigation actually proves the point I’m making: it showed the importance of checks, oversight, and constitutional limits on government power.
What I’m talking about here isn’t the politics of Chicago or Cook County. It’s about whether a federal agency can justify a militarized raid, detain dozens of people without probable cause, and then retroactively call it a “rescue mission” with no verifiable evidence.
The Fourth Amendment doesn’t have a ZIP code exemption.
As for the downing of Malaysian Air 17.
"That region was already experiencing active hostilities, and some military aircraft had been shot down earlier, so the danger was real and known.
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The Ukrainian authorities had not fully closed high-altitude airspace over eastern Ukraine, so from a regulatory viewpoint it was still available for overflight."
Seems like the responsibility for that shutdown would go to the people deciding to fly the aircraft over that area, not the soldiers on the ground, who were under threat by Ukrainian fighter bombers, and had been actively operating air defenses there for some time.
You have to be a shameless Russian propagandist to blame Ukraine for the shooting down of flight MH-17. It was flying at 33,000 feet and Russia had repeatedly assured the world that there were no Russian troops and no Russian-supplied weapons in the Donbas, that the supposed rebels were armed only with weapons captured from Ukraine or bought on the black market. If that had been true, MH-17 would have been absolutely untouchable. But the Russian who shot it down was a KGB colonel from Moscow, and he used a Russian Air Force Buk missile launcher brought in from Russia the day before and returned the next day. It was in fact a Russian war crime.
RJW @ 5:33
So what you're saying is that Eisenhower was wrong to call out the 101st Airborn to ensure integration of Little Rock public schools?
So the "globalists", those shadowy but very scary types upon which Russian propaganda likes to blame everything, were right all along?
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