November 30, 2025

Sunrise — after the big snow — at 6:37, 6:38, 6:40, 7:00.

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Not wanting to drive the car to our vantage point, we set out on foot. It was quite the trudge — a mile out and a mile back — mostly through 9 inches of snow on uncleared pathways. 

Write about whatever you want in the comments.

129 comments:

n.n said...

I spy with my little eye: Little Foot lurking in leisure.

Yancey Ward said...

Those first three photographs are really awesome.

Jaq said...

So an ad came on the TV for Marvel video games, and the pitch was to escape from "late capitalism" to their fantasy world.

Compare to Trump rallies

"Young man, there's no need to feel down.
I said, young man, pick yourself off the ground...."

Joe Biden and George W Bush pushed through the "bankruptcy reform" that made student loans non dischargeable. What did Joe get? His son Hunter, at 26, a hopeless coke head, appointed a $90K gig on the board of Amtrak, and who knows how much Hunter was paid as a 26 year old "vice president" at a bank, and what he did for it, other than pass requests to his dad.

We also know from the laptop that Joe took half of everything the kids made from this graft. So if you have given up hope because you will never be able to pay for your degree that didn't get you the job you hoped, you can thank the Democrats and Republicans who were at Cheney's funeral.

Iman said...

Watch out where the huskies go
Don’t you eat that yellow snow!

Jaq said...

George W Bush appointed Joe's son to Amtrak at the time Biden was "ramrodding" the bankruptcy "reform" through the Senate.

JZ said...

These pictures are better than the ones taken on nice mornings. My hat is off to you!

TeaBagHag said...

As concerned with corruption as we are, how do we feel about Trump pardoning criminals in exchange for crypto?
I mean, pretty clear cut and criminal, right?

Narr said...

6:40-- wow.

Achilles said...

TeaBagHag said...

As concerned with corruption as we are, how do we feel about Trump pardoning criminals in exchange for crypto?
I mean, pretty clear cut and criminal, right?


Whatever you want to tell yourself.

You have to have a vivid imagination when your party is importing foreign soldiers to kill Americans and you want to justify killing people who disagree with you.

Sweetie said...

If the Biden administration hadn't kicked Trump out of the banking system there would be no Trump crypto billionaire. Joey B actually thought he could ruin a real estate billionaire with bankruptcy, jail, shot in the noggin. Tough luck I guess.

Eva Marie said...

These photos are very good.

RCOCEAN II said...

5183 could be a great painting

Beasts of England said...

The first is great but the third is outstanding!

Dave Begley said...

I've been doing some legal writing lately. It is always time consuming to do it and get everything correct. I've always been amazed at how Ann can quickly write so many technical and complicated posts and make no spelling or other mistakes.

chuck said...

drive the car to our vantage point

You can drive there? I thought you always walked/ran. Yeah, snow makes a difference. Nine inches of new snow is a lot to walk through. Folks here would use snowshoes or skis. I just wait until the trail is broken by the young ones and walk with spikes on my shoes and trekking poles.

Jaq said...

"As concerned with corruption as we are, how do we feel about Trump pardoning criminals in exchange for crypto?"

Baseless conspiracy theory.

" mean, pretty clear cut and criminal, right?"

Big... if true.🫠

Jaq said...



Sounds to me like the Democrats know that Biden took a shit-ton of crypto for those ten thousand pardons.

chuck said...

Fix the italics.

narciso said...

https://x.com/MassDailyNews/status/1995182213604814958

Leland said...

Biden ‘s White House was getting crypto for autopen pardons? Wow. That would explain a lot of things. Then, the family is given blanket pardons too?

Prof. M. Drout said...

I keep reading that illegals pay taxes. How does this work? Do they just up and send checks to the IRS? Does the IRS just cash those checks? Whose accounts get credited? Can my account get credited?
If the theory is that they get taxes withheld, how does THAT work? Are employers allowed to just withhold money from employees without identifying those employees to the IRS?

Eva Marie said...

If people overstay their visa and have a green card.

Eva Marie said...

We had one woman apply with an ss card. When we filed the I-9, it was rejected. She applied at a fast food franchise and got a job. And works there still as far as I know.

RCOCEAN II said...

Once someone gets a social security number, they can get a job. And get a paycheck and pay taxes. And file an IRS return. In fact, large number of illegals get an Earned income credit, which means they get more money back from the Government then they pay in taxes.

All you need is a social security number in most places with illegals. They know the person is here illegally but they are forbidden by state law (usually blue state) to check for citizenship - or they just don't care.

Same with voting or getting a Driver liscense. If you say you are a citizen, no one checks. Some states don't even ask.

Dave Begley said...

Illegal aliens pay sales tax.

If they have an EIN, I imagine they pay income taxes.

This really is a murky topic. Maybe the NYT can investigate.

narciso said...

But the documents are false so its not 'indocumented'

NorthOfTheOneOhOne said...

Prof. M. Drout said...

I keep reading that illegals pay taxes. How does this work?

Most likely stolen identities. NYT had a story on this about a week ago. (Archive link, no pay wall). Taxes get withdrawn on the stolen SSN. And even though the US citizen who the SSN was issued to has to deal with the fall out, the real victim is the illegal who stole his id! (Or so the NYT tells us!)

Other than those specific cases they're not paying any more taxes other than sales and use taxes on things they buy, just like you'd pay taxes in your neighboring state if you took a short trip to it and got a hotel room, bought dinner and gassed up you car.

narciso said...

And the Times did the equivalence between the id thief and the victim

Mason G said...

" the real victim is the illegal who stole his id!"

The solution for the victim here is to surrender the stolen id and go home.

Right?

Prof. M. Drout said...

Now hold on! I was informed by very authoritative authorities that not only do illegals pay taxes in while selflessly taking no money out of the system, but that the vast majority of them aren't criminals (I mean, except for entering or staying in the country illegally). But now you're telling me that in order to pay those taxes, they've committed identity theft!
Well, I don't want to be judgmental. After all, who among us HASN'T snuck over an international border and committed identity theft, right?
But now I'm more confused. I was told that illegals were selflessly paying taxes into the system without taking any benefits out of it. But if they're using stolen social security numbers to pay their taxes, couldn't they use those same stolen social security numbers to collect benefits, or at least to get their withholding back?
Amazing. They pay taxes but get no benefits even when it would be just as easy to collect as it was to pay. What heroes!!

NorthOfTheOneOhOne said...

Mason G said...

The solution for the victim here is to surrender the stolen id and go home.

Not as far as the NYT is concerned. Of course, they never get to that part of it, they're enjoying a good, old hand wring over the illegal too much to go there.

narciso said...

https://x.com/C__Herridge/status/1995277990515642610

john mosby said...

Whatever your position on the underlying issue, at least the guy wasn't a hypocrite:

Dignitas founder ends his life at one of his clinics

The founder of the Dignitas assisted dying clinics has died aged 92.

Human rights lawyer Ludwig Minelli had ‘chosen to end his life’ at one of his own clinics on November 29, just days before his birthday, the not-for-profit Swiss clinic announced.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/dignitas-founder-ends-his-life-at-one-of-his-clinics/ar-AA1RqXY3?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=b3029c9c073c4ff7b1c0a8d0382e7791&ei=35

CC, JSM

WK said...

Spent the last few day helping our oldest (24) relocate for a new job. Got to visit Buc-ee’s in two states and a thanksgiving day meal/celebration at Cracker Barrel. One with the original decor and not the newly remodeled. Haven’t been to one recently but this Cracker Barrel served wine and beer. So that helped. Got to see parts of eastern TN and western NC we’d not seen before. Home tomorrow hopefully.

WK said...

“ Dignitas founder ends his life at one of his clinics”.
Employee discount?

Mason G said...

"Employee discount?"

Airline miles.

Peachy said...

Illegals are net tax receivers.
At best - they pay piddle in a sales tax if they happen to buy anything with OUR money

john mosby said...

Did you hear about the assisted dying clinic that merged with a bordello?

Sign outside says: "COME AND GO AT THE SAME TIME!"

CC, JSM

Peachy said...

glorious wintery seasonal snowiness

Kakistocracy said...
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Kakistocracy said...

Epstein and affordability have driven Trump’s approval ratings down. Can the illegal murder of Venezuelans push them back up?

Also -- the best way to crackdown on drug trafficking in the US? Pardon a notorious Honduran drug trafficker.

buwaya said...

Trump has effectively locked down the southern border, which, it seems to me, is a major and necessary first step to stop drug smuggling. I suspect that is a reason why there is a major difference in the "street life" I observed in San Francisco this October.

buwaya said...

https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/internacional/maduro-aparece-em-evento-na-venezuela-e-poe-fim-a-rumores-de-fuga/

Maduro appeared at a cafe awards function in a Caracas suburb, so he hasnt fled.

RCOCEAN II said...

If you remember, Elon Musk's Doge team found the SSA was not cleaning up its rolls and had millions of people (some over 100) as active members of the Social security system.

IOW, you had large numbers of social security numbers floating around ready to used by illegals. You also have NGO's who not only help illegals cross the border - they make sure they have the right paperwork.

And if I'm not mistaken, if you come here on a visa, and work you get a SS number. And if you then overstay your visa, you're still in the system.

buwaya said...

You need the right kind of visa to get a "working" SS number. You can get an SS number, I think, if you have investment/bank accounts paying dividends or interest.

RCOCEAN II said...

If you have an AGI of 40K, and have one child, you get an earned tax credit of about $1500. As a result you will pay about 700 dollars in income tax. Or about 2 percent.

Mason G said...

"Epstein and affordability..."

Really? Are you kidding me? You might just as well start your post with "Here Are Today's Democrat Talking Points".

How fucking lame. Be better.

buwaya said...

https://www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fungus-appears-to-have-evolved-an-incredible-ability

A curious fungus found at Chernobyl (where else) that can apparently convert ionizing radiation into energy. Much like chlorophyll turns visible light/UV into energy.

NorthOfTheOneOhOne said...

buwaya said...

You need the right kind of visa to get a "working" SS number. You can get an SS number, I think, if you have investment/bank accounts paying dividends or interest.

I believe it's a TIN or Taxpayer Id Number. SSNs are US Citizens only.

James K said...

According to AI, non-citizens with work authorization get a SSN:

-Lawful Permanent Residents (green card holders).
-Asylees and refugees.
-Individuals with temporary work-authorized statuses (e.g., H-1B, J-1 exchange visitors, F-1/M-1 students with specific work authorization).
-Recipients of deferred action (such as DACA).
-Individuals with Temporary Protected Status (TPS).
-Those with an Employment Authorization Document (EAD or work permit, Form I-766).

For non-citizens who are not eligible for an SSN but have a U.S. tax filing requirement, the IRS issues an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN). An ITIN is for tax purposes only and does not grant work authorization or eligibility for Social Security benefits.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

It was worth it. These are fantastic. Thank you, and Meade.

Saint Croix said...

Wow

Mason G said...

"SSNs are US Citizens only."

My dad was born in Canada and came to the US with his family when he was a teenager. He never became a citizen, but he did have a SSN. It was in his wallet when he died, I still have it.

Rocco said...

Mason G said...
"The solution for the [illegal] here is to surrender the stolen id and go home.

Right?


The illegal also owes the real guy thousands of dollars for the inconvenience he caused by “borrowing” (as the NYT put it) the real guy’s ID.

Mason G said...

"The illegal also owes the real guy thousands of dollars for the inconvenience he caused by “borrowing” (as the NYT put it) the real guy’s ID."

Well yeah- assuming the real guy isn't dead. In that case, it would be hard to repay the debt but on the plus side, the dead guy still gets to vote (D).

Caroline said...

I would have looked outside my frosty window at that big pile of snow, pulled up my duvet, and settled in for a cozy morning.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

Reddit: This picture of Mars was taken today. 225 million miles away from Althouse, and Meade.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

Message to Sen Mark Kelly: USMC Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer gives his thoughts on the democrats divisive political stunt.

RCOCEAN II said...

SSNs are US Citizens only.

LOL - its only for US citizens if the person obeys the law. And if numerous other legal ways aren't used. Evidently large numbers are using SNAP - isn't that for US citizens only?

Original Mike said...

"I would have looked outside my frosty window at that big pile of snow, pulled up my duvet, and settled in for a cozy morning."

You don't have a wife who expects her driveway to be shoveled.

Eva Marie said...

If people are here illegally, that means they’ve broken one law already. So obviously they aren’t taking our laws very seriously. “You can’t stop at just one.”

Prof. M. Drout said...

Mason G said: "Really? Are you kidding me? You might just as well start your post with "Here Are Today's Democrat Talking Points.
How fucking lame. Be better."

Truly the most obviously scripted (and yet still bad) talking-point slop. Not the slightest effort to customize. It is a mystery to me why people turn themselves into parrots--it seems both boring and self-humiliating.

...though maybe that's the kink . . .

James K said...

"its only for US citizens if the person obeys the law."

Sigh. Once again, non-citizens with work authorization (green card, H1B, etc.) get a SSN. We want them paying taxes, including SS taxes, right?

Disparity of Cult said...

Another earnest violence interrupter on the government payroll...

https://cwbchicago.com/2025/11/peacekeeper-robbed-man-threatened-cops-plotted-victim-intimidation-from-police-station-prosecutors.html

Saint Croix said...

#3

wildswan said...

DOGE found 12.5 million people who were 120 or older listed on the Social Security rolls as alive with valid SS numbers. By August they had removed all those people. So if anyone was using those numbers, that scam is over. DOGE also closed down the scammers who were under 12 and getting Small Business loans. At present everyone is being required to sign up again for SNAP and WIC which will end scams in those programs estimated at half a billion dollars. Ultimately all these reforms will make HHS programs affordable so that they can continue for those who really need them.
One real reform which some of these tech geniuses should look into is allowing families to reunite without losing money. At present if parents separate they sign up in various programs to survive and then find it hard to reconcile because it's so difficult to see what the financial consequences would be. Moreover, the whole system is slanted against the family. They need a clear calculator showing what will happen. And the system needs to be reformed so that the consequence of family reunion is not a dive into poverty. I know the Socialists will never do it but I think those guys at DOGE could do something.

gadfly said...

wildswawn: The American public knows very little about the untold damage that DOGE has foisted upon us because of the secrecy imposed by the Trump administration. We know that they opened up cross-access to Social Security and IRS records, but we also know that there were not millions upon millions of dead people receiving SS payments. DOGE just misinterpreted what they found,

Sadly, a West Virginia National Guard soldier, Sarah Beckstrom, lost her life because Trump ordered 2000 state soldiers to D.C. when a couple of unarmed teenagers beat on DOGE member Ed “Big Balls” Coristine.

buwaya said...

Very significan (to humanity as a whole) changes to US regulation and policy wrt Nuclear Power. The first is huge. No more costly decades spent on licensing efforts.

Executive Orders: On May 23, 2025, President Donald Trump signed four executive orders to boost nuclear power.
One EO aims to reform the NRC to accelerate the licensing process, setting a goal of an 18-month deadline for licensing new reactors and establishing a process for high-volume licensing of microreactors and modular reactors.
Another EO directs the Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Energy (DOE) to establish programs for deploying advanced reactors at government installations for national security purposes.
ADVANCE Act Implementation: The Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act, passed in 2024, was actively implemented in 2025.
The act mandates the NRC to modernize its licensing processes, reduce fees, and facilitate advanced reactor deployment, particularly at former fossil fuel sites.
Pilot programs: A new pilot program was established with the goal of having three new experimental reactors online by July 4, 2026.
Focus on advanced and small reactors: Regulations are being adapted to specifically address the deployment of advanced and small modular reactors (SMRs).
Government and private sector collaboration: There is an increased emphasis on collaboration between government agencies like the NRC and DOE, and private industry to secure supply chains and expedite development.

Breezy said...

Third one is gorgeous. Mother Nature showing who’s the boss again….

buwaya said...

So why hasn't nuclear deregulation happened long before this, in spite of pretty much everyone in both the public and private sectors agreeing it had to be done, even in the 1990s?
The answer is that the governing class of the US is sick and depraved, a guy like Trump was needed to kick it to death.

buwaya said...

Guidance of Thomas Aquinas (from the "Summa") on immigration. From Instapundit. I have never gotten to this before (well, read all the "Summa"? I dont have the horsepower for that. I am only human and this bit is buried in (apparently) uninteresting topics.)

https://newsletter.amuseonx.com/p/aquinas-islam-and-why-trumps-immigration

Christopher B said...

@wildswam

Something very much like your concern with family was the impetus for Milton Freidman (IIRC) to propose Universal Basic Income. Basically instead of continuing to use assistance programs with uncoordinated (and sometimes contradictory) qualifications and cut-offs, just send everybody a check to use for whatever needs they have. It would also go a long way to elimination of the welfare-industrial complex that enables fraud such as discussed in the thread on the Minnesota Misappropriations.

Of course the problem is actually eliminating the jungle of government programs that have been developed over time and all have their own very vocal supporters (especially among the grifting class), even if you could show they would be getting pretty much the same amount of money.

Ronald J. Ward said...

To several above, regardless of what someone told you or what you keep hearing, there are a couple of repeated assumptions here about taxes and undocumented workers that don’t line up with how the IRS and SSA actually operate.

First, the idea that taxes only get paid if someone steals an identity isn’t accurate.

The IRS set up the ITIN system precisely for people who aren’t eligible for a Social Security number. Millions of undocumented workers file taxes every year under ITINs—legally—paying federal income tax, state income tax where applicable, and payroll taxes just like anyone else.

Second, when someone does work under a bad or borrowed SSN, the result isn’t that they collect benefits. It’s the opposite.
Those wages get dumped into the Social Security Administration’s “Earnings Suspense File,” which now holds well over a trillion dollars in contributions from mismatched identities. The worker can’t collect a dime on those earnings, and filing a return to try to get a refund would flag the identity issue immediately. So the idea that they’re doing this to “get money back” doesn’t match what actually happens in practice.

Third, undocumented immigrants are barred from the Earned Income Tax Credit. EITC requires a valid-for-work SSA-issued number. An ITIN doesn’t qualify, and a mismatched SSN doesn’t get you past IRS verification.

Fourth, they pay far more than sales tax. Besides income/payroll taxes, they contribute property taxes (directly or through rent), fuel taxes, sales taxes, and excise taxes. All of that is part of the reason most studies find they pay far more into government systems—especially Social Security—than they ever receive back.

None of that is meant to settle the broader immigration debate or to settle your worries of the Brown man coming after your dog to have with his welfare wine. It’s just the mechanical reality of how the tax system works. Whatever your position on policy, it helps to at least start from what the IRS and SSA actually do, rather than the simplified version of what the crazy uncle in the basement, evening Fox News commentators/entertainers or AmericanNonThinker conspiracy opportunist tell you.

Leland said...

Why is it that progressives always refer to people by skin color? It is the 21st Century now. When are they going to get past judging people superficially by skin color?

john mosby said...

The Morning Toe crew are going crazy right now over the drug boat second strafing. They're brandishing new articles by Andy McCarthy and Jack Goldsmith. But their biggest argument seems to be that the strafing violates the DOD law-of-war manual. Well, that has about as much actual legal value as the DOJ Manual for US Attorneys. Both are just fences built around the Torah - if you stay outside the fence, you know you haven't violated any 'real' laws.

The Toe crew also is saying "Hesgseth, Hegseth, Hegseth" rather than "Trump, Trump, Trump." Their strategy seems to be to isolate Pete and make him inconvenient for Trump to keep around. Well, I think Trump learned from the Flynn incident not to let those sorts of arguments affect him. CC, JSM

Inga said...

“First, the idea that taxes only get paid if someone steals an identity isn’t accurate.”

They don’t care and they’ll repeat their false assumptions even after you’ve so clearly spelled it out. Accuracy vs. narrative, narrative wins out in these threads.

Jaq said...

It doesn't change that immigration drives up housing prices [law of supply and demand] and drives down wages [law of supply and demand] and weigh heavily on our medical system [not a lot of doctors pour over the border illegally] all of which is greatly stressing the lives of Americans, and not just working class Americans. None of this has anything to do with people being "brown," it's a genuine economic stress on Americans that you studiously avoid by attributing any and all possible opposition to this policy of mass unvetted immigration as "racism."

Ronald J. Ward said...

Wildswan, I don’t deny DOGE told us they found 12.5 million people who were 120 or older listed on the Social Security rolls but they came up short in ever producing any receipts. And aside from that, honesty and transparency never was their long suit.

Only they know what they found as they raided the cookie jar.

As far as the savings of ending SNAP and WIC “scams” as you say, plus additional $billions from what’s referred to as Medicaid fraud, I have two problems with that.

For starters, for anyone who actually follows policies and legislation debate, it’s utter nonsense. The real issue here is the need to make cuts in safety net programs in order to offset the revenue loss of The One Big Beautiful Bill. That’s not hyperbole and it isn’t partisan and it isn’t the first time. Republicans wanted these cuts to offset the tax cuts for the wealthy under GWB but the pushback was loud and clear and it cost them bigly in the midterms. Same under the Trump 45 tax scam.

So they caught on to the idea that people didn’t like “cuts” so they changed their wording to “eliminate fraud” or “reform”. Hell, they even told us the plan out loud. Several Republicans are on record actually correcting themselves by changing “cuts” to “uh, I mean reform” to appease CBO recommendations to offset the bill.

Now here’s my second rub, let’s go with the gullible side and say it’s about saving $ billions in tax dollars that’s being used fraudulently. That’s appealing and sounds reasonable until you dig deeper. Is this savings being returned to the U.S Treasury? Will it ease my tax burden? Used for infrastructure? Perhaps redirected to make the programs better for those who are more qualified? The answers are no, no, no, and no. The sole reason is to transfer this funds toward the top earners.

So my question, even if you want to swallow the fraud scam, is, why should I care? Why should I care if these dollars are going to a few struggling families who may survive without them and being spent at a local grocery stores with a dozen or so employees when all we’re doing is rerouting those dollars to a billionaire kicked back on his yacht and dialing up his paid Congressperson for their next legislation orders?

Inga said...

Pardoning a drug kingpin by a US president vs. extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean, time will tell how that turns out.

Ronald J. Ward said...

LeLand, Lee Atwater explained that phenomenon on his death bed. Republicans sure didn’t let it die with him.

Jaq said...
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Jaq said...

"Only they know what they found as they raided the cookie jar."

Conspiracy theory.

Jaq said...

Why should I care if these dollars are going to a few struggling families who may survive without them and being spent at a local grocery stores with a dozen or so employees when all we’re doing is rerouting those dollars to a billionaire kicked back on his yacht and dialing up his paid Congressperson for their next legislation orders?

So when the money runs out, when people stop buying our debt, it's not your problem? Did they declare their criminal proceeds on their tax returns? Did they scrupulously pay their taxes, as you claimed above?

Kakistocracy said...

I think if enough people ask Trump why his administration granted asylum to the national guard shooter, he'll completely lose his composure.

Jaq said...

"Why should I care if government programs put in place to provide medical care to children are abused and looted?" - Ronal J Ward - Genius.

Jaq said...

"he'll completely lose his composure."

This is how they fight, people, not by logic, but by emotional manipulation. Just remember that when you get in arguments with them, when you lose your composure, they mark it a win.

Jaq said...

One thing is certain, it was a cookie jar, and what has Ward's panties in a knot is that it was the Democrats' cookie jar.

Inga said...

Shut up piggy are you stupid?!

Jaq said...

Not only does Ronald J Ward - Genius, think that it's not a problem to overburden our medical system by allowing in millions of unvetted immigrants, who don't have medical training, by and large, but he thinks that it is OK for them to loot our medical system, but he assures us that they all scrupulously pay their taxes on the vigorish.

Ronald J. Ward said...

Jaq, perhaps I could answer your question if you gave a coherent question and didn’t edit my quotes.

If my tax dollars are buying the candy, how does it benefit me for the rich man to steal the candy from the baby? I’m still paying for the candy and there’s no signs of it letting up.

Regardless, I think there’s gonna be a lot of mad mommas come November.

Ronald J. Ward said...

Jaq, @ 6:16, you’re barking off repeatedly debunked rabbit hole conspiracy spewage while inputting opinions of mine that I don’t have.

Seriously, you’re sounding dumber than an extra large box full of Achillies.

Saint Croix said...

Why is it that progressives always refer to people by skin color? It is the 21st Century now. When are they going to get past judging people superficially by skin color?

They love racial division, and racial segregation. Forget their rhetoric; watch their actions. Everything they do is superficial, in order to increase the Democrat party's power and authority.

If you want to know what a liberal really thinks about you, vote Republican. And she will finally be honest with you.

Saint Croix said...

We ought to quit dividing Americans into races on the census, and only count American citizens. That's what a census is.

Inga said...

Did Trump lose the 2020 election?

Jaq said...

"inputting opinions of mine that I don’t have"

This is why I think that your IQ is a lot lower than you imagine. You wrote a long post on how scrupulously illegals pay their taxes, then you said that you don't care if programs designed for poor people to receive medical care are looted.

"conspiracy sewage"

Notice that you don't point to any specific conspiracy theories on my part, you are just not that bright, but you seem to imagine that you are, that's why I like to tag your handle "- Genius" because you remind me of Wile E Coyote.

Jaq said...

Anybody can read your comments and see where I got your opinions, you just haven't thought your own opinions through, and so you are surprised at their implications and contradictions.

boatbuilder said...

Any discussion of the alleged "tax giveaways to the rich" in the BBB which does not acknowledge at the outset that the BBB simply extended the tax rates which have been in place since 2017 is fundamentally dishonest.
Stated another way, without the BBB every taxpayer would be seeing a significant tax increase effective January 1, 2026.

Ronald J. Ward said...

Saint Croix et al, man, really burned me didn’t you?

Let’s revisit what I actually said; “ None of that is meant to settle the broader immigration debate or to settle your worries of the Brown man coming after your dog to have with his welfare wine. ”

I’m reasonably sure it wasn’t progressives who claimed our Latin American neighbors were hardened criminals and eating our pets.

And it’s certainly isn’t progressives cheering as armed masked goons are smashing car windows and dragging neighbors and coworkers headlong through the window based on their appearance.

And was most certainly was not a progressive racist playbook that Atwater detailed in his dying hours and conservatives expanded to an entirely new level.

So your classic and common rhetorical bait-and-switch gang up comes up short in any grown up discussion. One can see your puppet strings from the balcony. You’ve pointed your finger and cried skin color boogieman for years.

narciso said...

Come on chuck bring more your c game

Leland said...

As I said, it is the 21st Century. Quit judging people by their skin color.

Saint Croix said...

Inga, if the Bush administration impeached Al Gore, and raided his house, and arrested him, and prosecuted him for multiple felonies, and took his mug shot, and tried to seize all his assets…

I would wonder about the 2000 election. You see how that works, right?

Ronald J. Ward said...

Leland, I get the toying but that’s straight out of the Atwater playbook- “inject race into the messaging, then accuse anyone who notices of being “the real racist.”

Saint Croix said...

Colorado actually tried to remove him from the ballot. You are not a democrat if you supported that. 9 to 0 in the Supreme Court. Completely lawless behavior by a blue state in an election year.

narciso said...

Proper allocation of benefits who knew

Ronald J. Ward said...

St. Croix, Gore never stole classified documents, refused to return them, and the defied a federal subpoena to return them.

That’s the kicker. Even if you want to rely on the flimsy excuse that they’re all criminals, no one has ever so brazenly committed crimes as openly as Trump did.

Saint Croix said...

The criminal behavior by desperate Dems in 2024 cast doubts on the 2020 election.

Saint Croix said...

Biden did what Trump did. Republicans elected to take the high road. Yes?

Jaq said...

“inject race into the messaging, then accuse anyone who notices of being “the real racist.”

If you weren't such a tool of the billionaires who control the media [is this a conspiracy theory or a cold hard fact?] you would see that that is exactly what you are doing. If people complain about the real economic harm that is being done to them by unfettered immigration, you inject race into it by claiming that their real complaint is that the people are "brown."

"Seriously, you’re sounding dumber than an extra large box full of Achillies.[sic]"

I consider this a compliment.

Jaq said...

Ronald J. Ward - Genius finds it impossible to believe that the Democrats would uses their law enforcement powers to go after their political enemies, but swallows whole the same accusation against Republicans ad Trump.

It's called the "attribution fallacy" and propagandist feed their families by it.

Iman said...

Ward the Cleaver lashes out: film at 11:00…

Iman said...

He says our laws mean nothing… everything’s up for grabs.

narciso said...

I dubbed him raymond luxury yacht

Jaq said...

You are really too boring for this. I don't get why so many people on this blog waste their time with you.

narciso said...

Lincoln project flak catcher (well catches something)

Iman said...

jug-eared neophyte motherfucker

Ronald J. Ward said...

Saint Croix said...
The criminal behavior by desperate Dems in 2024 cast doubts on the 2020 election.

12/1/25, 7:35 AM

Backtracking? Someone get to you?

I get it. That blue jersey doesn’t become you.

narciso said...

So while shambling was yelling about maga they imported at least 5,000 stone killers from the sandbox with grudges

Peachy said...

Inag is a hopeless leftist cultist. Reality and reason are meaningless to her.

Peachy said...

Ron Ward - another leftist cultist lying liar who lies.

narciso said...

https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/1995410164686708903

Peachy said...

Good thing the corrupt international Left put Bolsonoro in Jail

The international left are finally tearing down those pesky rain forests, while they live large and jerky.

narciso said...

WOMP, WOMP: Poor Harry Sisson Thinks the 'Tide Is Turning' on Trump; There's Just One Problem – Twitchy https://share.google/tmuQ2hdmOSlan7sjl

Saint Croix said...

Backtracking? Someone get to you?

Yes. You better put your aluminum foil hat back on. And turn off your electronics.

Peachy said...

The corrupt lying left - nothing but rage fueled ankle biters.

Peachy said...

Ron Ward
Trump never stole classified documents. That is another BIG LIE you leftists buy from your Soviet media whores.

Ronald J. Ward said...

Thanks St. Croix, I’ll take your ‘yes’ as confirmation you’re not standing by the stolen-election narrative.

And I’ll take the tin-foil stuff as just your way of avoiding saying it out loud

Peachy said...

Why are you Dedicated cultist leftists so obsessed with making sure everyone obey the 2020 election narrative?
F off.

Joe biden was installed.

Rusty said...

For the right amount of money,( it used to be 500$). Here in the picturesque an SSN and a green card in someones name. Which will be your name for your working life. If your friend has an address you can also get a drivers license. All of which are a gateway to a plethora of state and federal benefits. For the purposes of the IRS you will be awarded no less than seven dependents and sometimes as many as twelve.
But, Rusty. How do you know all this?
I worked with these people. They change identities like you change your underwear. The last time the offer was made to me was a complete set of IDs for 1500$. Cheap considering that for that amount of money you can milk the system for thousands. For these people the law is for working around, not obeying.

Rusty said...

My oldest daughter has made promise to go buy several bags of nuts to put out in the park where I released my squirrels.
Now I have to put pants on and go outside.

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