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135 komento:
Red sky at night
No 3
Is there a Cuban chapter of the Just Stop Oil movement?
Headline: "5 Supreme Court justices skip Trump State of the Union after key tariff ruling"
They probably thought Trump was going to pile on them like he piled on the Democrats, which, surprisingly, Trump did not. Trump did not criticize the bad tariff decision from the SOTU podium. Baby steps?
It seems to me SOTU had something for everyone, including the many many people who seek constantly to be offended by something.
The second and third are exquisite. The sunbeam in the third is perfect. Are those images processed or filtered?
The third one is very vibrant
'Security Called the Cops on Us'! Looks Like Jim Acosta Is Trying to Get Some Don Lemon-Style Attention – Twitchy https://share.google/QfRDjLKrlyHiuIAdA
https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2026776859250196734
The Rest is History podcast has been doing a series on the Spanish conquest of Peru. Today they briefly mentioned the Huanca people, a subject nation of the Incas, who allied with the Spanish against their rulers.
Tom Holland of course pronounced it ‘wanker,’ and took schoolboyish joy in saying it as many times as possible.
Just great. CC, JSM
Frog or giraffe
https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/2026778801745563759
Pizarro did make them an offer they couldnt refuse
Ilhan's Latest Stunt Backfires – Her ICE-Harassing Guest Arrested After Defying Police at Trump's SOTU – Twitchy https://share.google/0s5aFXrtiC2izC2XC
john mosby said...Tom Holland of course pronounced it ‘wanker,’ and took schoolboyish joy in saying it as many times as possible.
I like that they don’t get too fussed about pronunciation. I’ve stopped listening to podcasts after tiring of the hosts’ needless litany of apologies for this or that offense.
A buddy of mine bought a house from another friend of ours about ten years ago. It’s a fine custom build with plenty of bespoke touches, but the house is pushing thirty years old and he needs to have the windows replaced.
There are 83 windows in total, and all are true divided light and most have transoms; originally by Marvin. The quote kinda shocked me: $315k, or almost four thousand per. Yikes!!
I'm a sucker for sunbeams. Two is OK, three is great.
I'll allow it, even though he is a brit, but a very good historian
It took 600 men for haines to subdue aden pizarro did it with 160
Tom Holland's little brother James is a pretty good WWII specialist. Both are worth heeding.
I did know that , i know tom as a classical historian
--- The quote kinda shocked me: $315k, or almost four thousand per.
I would tell your friend to get another quote. Unless he likes paying through the nose. Some do.
narciso: So Twitchy's unfounded assumption is that our favorite Minnesota congressperson, Ilhan Omar, is lying but ICE is always truthful??
I've read that former President Biden is not doing well recently.
Since I know better than to speak ill of the dead, I just want to get this in before the ball drops .... "Burn in Hell you rotten bastard."
Every word including the & and
"the house is pushing thirty years old and he needs to have the windows replaced."
May be complicating factors, but that's a mighty short time frame for window lifespan.
New drapes and a little caulk ought to git her done.
A regular feature of my retirement community is the guys who come to the door and tell me that my windows need to be replaced, and that they would be happy to give me a free estimate. They just happened to be replacing the windows of one of my neighbors. So they say.
Another leftist goes down with the Epstein revelations:
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-888023
How many university leftist profs and admins were connected to Epstein? And how many more stayed silent about their colleagues?
How much dis the AAUP know?
You there KKKak/Richsockpuppet/paidActbluetroll?
Hello?
83 windows? That place is huge. Our SF house has....16
I'm surprised I haven't seen more discussion about Governor Spanberger's response to the SOTU address. She was lying through her teeth, especially about the Democrat record on "affordability", but I thought it was well executed. Again, the content was standard Democratic propaganda, but it has been a while since I've seen it so expertly delivered. Out of the current crop of Democratic politicians, I think she has more political potential than just about anyone else running around.
30 years old and all the windows need to be replaced? Really? That seems very poor for any windows, let alone Marvin custom windows.
In my former home the windows were about 150 years old. In my current home the windows are about 25 years old and are basically in nearly new condition. What the hell happened?
Also if he can afford a place with 89 custom windows he can probably afford the $315K.
Shes ex cia like her sister from another mother melissa slotnik
But she had another loyalty, not to the us
So she lies for a living
She was lying through her teeth, especially about the Democrat record on "affordability"...
I was reading elsewhere that the Democratic leadership in Virginia wants to raise taxes. Maybe she could explain to those folks how affordability works?
Boy will they be surprised, sarc
Francisco Pizarro was a remarkable fellow. As conquerors go he was up there with Cortes (his cousin), Albuqerque (the Portuguese one), William (the Conqueror), Cnut, Ragnar Lothbrok, etc.
His troublesome brothers were a big deal in their own right.
They were masters of their universe
Everything miss nur has said has been a lie or a omission
If you are interested in knowing how it really works, here is an interview with a guy who has been trading bonds at the highest levels for 50 years.
You can listen at 1.5 x, and it sounds normal.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JB3YL6cyjqE&pp=ygUMZ2xlbm4gZGllc2Vu
Or you can watch Mark Levin the mid wit, and let him tell you what to think, if that’s more your speed. He is a fan of Herbert Hoover, the writer, anyway.
Bill Melugin on X: "Left out of this headline, but in the article: “The statistics indicate the vast majority of DACA recipients taken into federal immigration custody during that period had criminal records.”" / X https://share.google/qhfZaJYg6zAiyJ0QT
Buwaya, were any of the big conquistadores Basque? CC, JSM
Dynomite!!!
https://x.com/i/status/2026794803392897175
I read of President Trump's proposal that data centers build their own electrical power supplies.
Excellent idea.
In fact, having had the job titles plant utilities engineer and boiler operator since retiring from the Navy, I'm of the opinion that any facility requiring large amounts of process steam ought be running most of the time on internal power, with the ability to feed into the local utility for emergencies or vice versa. I've worked at a few places that had the capability to generate enough steam to power generators to feed the facility- but it wasn't done.
And all critical infrastructure, that is, all military bases, all large hospitals, and various other sites ought be self contained for power and capable of grid connection in either direction for emergencies and/or maintenance.
The detachment of grid supply from grid infrastructure makes the grid weaker. Had a friend whose father worked for PG&E in NJ when I was a teen- Public Gas and Electric. Said they had enough power poles, transformers, and wire stockpiled to replace the entire grid. They could do that because they were regulated with a guaranteed rate of return- and the stockpiles weren't taxed. Today when you see fleets of bucket trucks headed for another area outside home- they're usually towing a trailer with a few power poles since they're not likely immediately available in the storm damaged area. And they could have enough generating units to generate >100% of projected max power use during the year. Charging a flat fee. Nowadays no power company has that inventory. Or that power production capacity- because they don't necessarily own the power generating units. Those that do own the generators are beholden to stockholders, not ratepayers and the public. And the available power is bid for in time blocks. And the rates are HIGHLY variable. It is possible for a smart operator properly located to make big money having a few instant power units that operate during peak power demand times only for a few weeks a year. If that. If they project power demand is going to increase even more if they don't light off- an hours delay in bringing their power online could double (or more) the price they receive. If baseline plants were sized to projected peak demand plus 10% those peaking plants would be far less then a lucrative investment. But since baseline plants are no longer owned and operated by what most think of as "The Electric Company" that's not how it works.
I'm a big fan of deregulation in many areas. And a far lesser fan of deregulation in anything related to national security. And power supply, hospitals, and military bases are national security.
Another idea for resiliency- an important word. All (as in all) gas stations should have a 30 day projected storage over and above their regularly scheduled deliveries- whether they be weekly or biweekly, or whatever. Example- they get 10,000 gallons delivered weekly, they should have 50,000 gallons storage. So an oncoming hurricane or winter storm won't create spot shortages- and that extra inventory should be untaxed-as well as the property tax on the required extra storage.
Just my random thought for the night.
gadfly said...
narciso: So Twitchy's unfounded assumption is that our favorite Minnesota congressperson, Ilhan Omar, is lying but ICE is always truthful??
Well she did marry her brother to get here.
I read an article by Tom Holland, the historian. I wish I could remember where. In the little biographical snippet at the end he lists some of his accomplishments and interests and concludes with the fact that he is not an actor.
I keep having these strange dreams about Anne Heche not dying a fiery death, but -- dead or alive -- getting elected Governor of Virginia.
"In fact, having had the job titles plant utilities engineer and boiler operator since retiring from the Navy, I'm of the opinion that any facility requiring large amounts of process steam ought be running most of the time on internal power, with the ability to feed into the local utility for emergencies or vice versa."
I work at a place like that. For the first 8-10 years of my time there, we weren't even connected to the local utility.
"Buwaya, were any of the big conquistadores Basque? "
Big ones, not really.
The most significant was the conqueror of the Philippines, Miguel Lopez de Legaspi. Most of his crew, the officers at least, were also Basques, that was a Basque enterprise mostly. Our distant ancestor (non-Basque) was one of his officers.
There were various Basques in "fill in the blanks" (on the map) roles in the Americas. One prominent but not too successful one was Lope (el Loco) de Aguirre, made famous by Klaus Kinski ("The Wrath of God").
The founder of Benos Aires (and ultimately the nation of Argentina, and probably Paraguay too) Juan de Garay, was Basque. Not a well known or dramatic expedition, though there were bloody fights with the Indians, who ended up killing him.
Whether it's 60 Minutes omitting rambling answers from Kamala Harris's interview or the Department of Justice omitting Trump teen rape allegations from the Epstein Files, both candidates had their greatest shames hidden from the public.
I went to McDonald’s today, and for some reason it was packed - two full lines, wall to wall people. At one point I had three people ahead of me, while the guy in the line next to me only had one person in front of him. He was clearly in the “lucky” line.
The cashier asked the woman in front of him for her order.
“What does the hamburger come with?” she asked.
“Mustard, ketchup, and a pickle,” the cashier said.
“Well, do you have any other hamburgers? I just can’t decide. How big are the fries?”
And on, and on, and on.
The guy behind her looked over at me and said, “This is the story of my life.”
Sure enough, I finished ordering before he did.
We don’t know, and may never know, whether this accusation is true. But we absolutely know that Epstein and Trump we’re insulated from the consequences of it being made, and more recently the administration has corrupted the process to prevent it coming out.
I know I'm late to this realization, but the Medal of Freedom, the Purple Heart, the Legion of Merit, the Medals of Honor, and also the very presence of the men's hockey team is all...*all...about Trump basking in their reflected glory.
Has it really been over a year since Trump was re-elected? I was just recollecting ... when I took my current job, at a contractor for a gigantic federal agency. They gave me an agency e-mail address, and as a result, at least four or five times a week, I got an e-mail from someone with a title like "Chief Diversity Officer for Apocalyptic Pronouncements" inviting me, as a white person, and even more importantly, a white male, to assist genetically worthier persons in attaining their career goals. "This Zoom meeting is your opportunity to learn how to be a better ally to your racially superior coworkers!".
Then came 11/24, and these persons suddenly ceased their incessant spamming. Silence. Nada mas. And by 12/24, none of them worked there any more. It was a real joy to read the mournful good-byes that they sent -- like everything these self-absorbed assholes sent -- to anyone with an agency e-mail. That some of us might be delighted to hear of their firing did not seem to occur to them.
Now, I am tempted to regard this as a case of FAFO. Except. These hothouse flowers didn't really FA. All they did was what they had always done; celebrate the evident superiority of their own race, and invite members of other races to join in that celebration. It has to have been deeply shocking to them to be handed a box full of their desk-crap and summarily turfed out of their comfy offices. Wha-a-a? So they probably didn't really FO much, either.
But for me, their silence was golden. GOLD-en. THIS is what I voted for.
Other presidents have done the same awards and guests thing during the SOTU, for similar reasons.
If you agree with this statement, then stand up and show your support: The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens not illegal aliens."
Not a Democrat stirred from their seat.
The entire Democrat party is defined by their acts of treason.
An overlooked factor in history?
In the Americas, the women were the farmers. And they developed a whole set of foods which presently represent 65% of all world agriculture. They not only developed a food such as corn but they also developed varieties of the lajor food staples suited to most American climates and soils. They developed corn suited to the hot, dry Southwest and to the wet Northeast with its short summers. But the men, who were warriors, had no clear idea of this process or of the need the women had to be on a familiar type of soil and to be exchanging seeds with other women so as to adapt to changing conditions and to improve yields. This may have led to a collapse of local cultures when treaty negociations conducted by war chiefs on behalf of warriors did not include demands that the tribe be situated on the correct type of soil which would respond to the seeds the women had saved for a crop. This kind of collapse did not happen often in the early days of the American colonies because after a war the tribe moved on its own a few miles west or north and merged with its relatives. But when tribes were moved to reservations, as in the West, without regard for the suitability of the soil for the women farmers and their seeds, the whole farming system might be broken up. Within a few generations the essential knowledge of how to farm in an area together with the right seeds for the area and the group exchange of knowledge would all be lost and the tribe would become a group of dependents, not farmers and warriors.
I think we miss a significant historical process if we disregard the istory of the women tribal farmers in the Americas.
At least 10 FBI employees who worked on former Special Counsel Jack Smith's investigation into President Trump's retention of classified records after he left the White House in 2021 were fired on Wednesday, multiple sources told CBS News.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/at-least-10-fbi-staffers-who-worked-on-mar-a-lago-documents-case-are-fired-sources-say/
Achilles:
If you agree with this statement, then stand up and show your support: The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens not illegal aliens."
Where can I find that rule in the Constitution? Trump just makes things up as he talks for almost two hours.
More info:
https://x.com/specialreport/status/2026803424256270400?s=46
One thing I haven't understood - the unavailability of the US native fruit, the paw-paw. We had a tape of US folksongs with one on the paw paw in it, and once at a CA county fair we got a chance to try one, and it was very fine indeed. I understand they grow well in CA. But there are none for sale, ever, in SF, even in farmers markets.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsGJm10nJ6w
"Where can I find that rule in the Constitution?"
Not everything has to be explicitly in the constitution does it?
Most human things aren't. Such as the basis for status of citizenship, for the most part.
"I think we miss a significant historical process if we disregard the istory of the women tribal farmers in the Americas."
Well. I was going to call bullshit on this lie salad, and brand it as AI. But AI would not have made that typo. So, you probably concocted this attempted gibberish yourself.
Next time, let Grok do it.
“ both candidates had their greatest shames hidden from the public.”
Kak, your greatest shame is posted here several times per day on multiple threads. Don’t lie anymore and you will start to heal.
The federal constitution and state constitutions protect citizens from government, they don’t protect citizens from other citizens. Those protections are enacted by legislatures under penal and civil law. So the question of does the constitution protect citizens is no, but federal and state law does anyway.
Grok is AI
buwaya:
Paw-paws are indeed delicious and grow along the Potomac in northern Virginia. I picked dozens of them and fed some to the gifted high-schoolers I was teaching before I learned it was illegal. The park at the north end of Seneca Road on the Fairfax-Loudoun county line is a good place to find them, especially along the little streams flowing into the Potomac. By the way, if you park in the lot at the end of Seneca Road and walk NNE, NE, or ENE, it’s about a mile to the Potomac via several different trails. If you walk north past the locked gate the road bends to the left (NW) and you find yourself on the Trump golf course. Watch out for flying golf balls.
An interesting output from gpt5:
1. Original Meaning (1791)
The First Amendment begins:
“Congress shall make no law…”
At ratification, that restriction applied only to the federal government.
States were free, in theory, to regulate speech, religion, press, etc.
That was the understanding confirmed in:
Barron v. Baltimore
The Supreme Court held that the Bill of Rights limited only the federal government.
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2. The Fourteenth Amendment (1868)
After the Civil War, the Fourteenth Amendment was adopted.
Key clause:
“No State shall… deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law…”
This created a new textual hook.
The question became:
Does “liberty” include the freedoms listed in the Bill of Rights?
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3. Incorporation Doctrine
Over time, the Supreme Court developed selective incorporation, holding that many — but not automatically all — Bill of Rights protections apply to states through the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
Important cases:
• Gitlow v. New York → free speech applies to states
• Near v. Minnesota → free press applies to states
• Everson v. Board of Education → Establishment Clause applies to states
Today:
Almost all of the First Amendment is incorporated.
So states cannot:
• Ban speech (with standard exceptions)
• Establish religion
• Prohibit free exercise
• Restrict press freedoms
• Ban peaceful assembly
• Criminalize petitioning
So I am not an attorney but this is is a law blog, so I will throw this out to be decomposed in an appropriate legal academic way.
A future Supreme Court could rule that states can restrict freedom of religion and other things because earlier cases regarding the 14th amendment were ill decided.
Children are not taught these things in school, that their freedoms are so tenuous. We tell them to trust us.
"Every so often, the internet digs something up that makes people stop mid-scroll and ask if the entire world has lost its mind and if the rapture is happening soon.
That’s exactly what’s happening right now with this old New York Times opinion piece that’s making the rounds again. The disturbing headline was enough to spark widespread outrage. After all, crimes against children are unforgivable morally, and they’re also felonies. These crimes are universally the most condemned acts in American law and culture. And there is nothing even slightly nuanced about it.
So, that aside, what’s raising a lot of eyebrows now isn’t just the moral and legal part; it’s now part politics as well. Because not that long ago, left-wingers and many parts of legacy media seemed oddly comfortable trying to normalize crimes against minors.
The same group, who are now suddenly outraged over all things Jeffrey Epstein… the man convicted of abusing minors."
https://revolver.news/2026/02/libs-outraged-over-epstein-but-just-a-few-years-ago-they-tried-normalizing-pedophilia/
Regarding the $315K window replacement:
- Custom home owners are treated as big spenders with $$$$. Vendors expect a lot of "I can afford it," "It'll just increase my home's value," and "I'm too wealthy and busy to care about the price (passive impulse) buyers.
- They are quoting full retail markup on the windows but likely get a substantial wholesale/bulk discount. They'd cut their margin if pressed.
- One could hire a specialty installer (glazier/carpenter) for a good chunk of a year for $100K labor, but if the deal is run through another contractor there will be a secondary business markup. When we moved, the physical mover received only 1/3rd of the agency total (i.e., they covered marketing, website, QC monitoring, boxes/paper, warehouse). The actual mover had to pay for his interstate truck costs, shuttle trucks, and crew out of that 1/3rd.
- I struggle to understand why modern custom windows made recently need replacing unless the original installation was bad. Thirty years is nothing for quality windows. Newer windows may offer better insulation though. I'd be inclined to find an independent window specialist and request an inspection, service, and repair estimate. Never mention replacement as a buyer -- let them say firmly that the windows "must" be replaced. Let them sell you on the advantages of new windows. Then see what kind of quote is given.
I have developed an interest in the works of Baltasar Gracian, the "golden age" (17th century) Jesuit aphorist. He is a direct ancestor, in substance and style, to Nicolas Gomez Davila, the Colombian political philosopher. In a way he is a sort of more-Christian Machiavelli, though his opinion of humanity is just as dark.
The other notable writer in this school is the poet Quevedo, interestingly a prominent character in Perez-Reverte's "Alatriste" novels, which are themselves an excellent introduction to Spains "golden age".
"for good sense is a royal prerogative, any claim to that is a case of lèse majesté. They are princes, and wish to be so in that most princely of qualities. They will allow a man to help them but not to surpass them, and will have any advice tendered them appear like a recollection of something they have forgotten rather than as a guide to something they cannot find."
https://www.amazon.com/Worldly-Wisdom-Unabridged-Start-Publishing-ebook/dp/B00BDJH78K
That’s great advice, Enigma.
I have no particular expertise, but I find it very suspicious that every window needs to be replaced. Unless you’re doing a big renovation that includes a new look for the windows, I don’t see how that’s possible.
If you are ever in Madrid, dont miss this easily overlooked gem - https://www.casamuseolopedevega.org/en/house-museum
The home of Lope de Vega
And do take the tour, if you speak Spanish (sorry, the best bits are in Spanish). They take apart the research Perez-Reverte put into his work, as his characters are based on persons associated with Lope de Vega.
Where can I find that rule in the Constitution?
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
In Florida, most of the window replacements are due to removing original ones and installing hurricane-resistant "impact" windows. My ex had them put in the house we used to own, the one the judge gave to her 100%. Oh, and the nice metal roof now. Oh well, I suppose our daughter will benefit somewhat from the equity in it.
Jonathan Turley: “Democrats appear in a competition of the profane where voters are now subject to a virtual carpet-bombing of f-bombs and other indecent language.”
Some Althouse commenters appeared to have joined the fray.
https://nypost.com/2026/02/25/opinion/democrats-go-for-profanity-gold/
"One thing I haven't understood - the unavailability of the US native fruit, the paw-paw. We had a tape of US folksongs with one on the paw paw in it, and once at a CA county fair we got a chance to try one, and it was very fine indeed. I understand they grow well in CA. But there are none for sale, ever, in SF, even in farmers markets."
We have a pretty good sized paw paw patch in the woods adjacent to our house in Southern MD. One problem with paw paws is that the line between ripe and rotten is pretty fine. The fruit drop off the tree when they're ripe, and usually get bruised. You can shake the tree and get the ripe ones off. If you had a net under the tree it would help. Once you collect ripe ones, you only have a few days to use them before they go bad. Here, paw paw season only lasts a couple of weeks. But they do make a heavenly smell in the house.
20 years ago, I replace a lot of windows in a house, not that many, but they were "simulated divided light" and they were about a thousand dollars apiece. They show no sign of needing repair, or even of getting old. I had a couple of defective ones, but they showed up quickly, and the window company replaced them. So yeah, count me in the school of something suspect about the originals.
But that being said, I had a friend who had huge windows installed in the home he built on the lake, and they were wooden, and true divided light, and incredibly expensive, he knew the guy who owned the factory that built them, I called the "casements" instead of windows, because "window" did not seem a grand enough term, they were more like the windows you might see in a stately home in Britain. To cut to the chase, he was sorry he bought them because he was always having problems with them.
As for pricing, they use a technique that kind of reminds me of AOC's "I'm not stupid, you just can't understand me." Which is a valid argument sometimes, I have been called "pea brain," for example, by commenters here, but their argument is "It's not expensive, you just can't afford it." Plus they are selling the rush that a person gets from spending a lot of money, and it not being a problem for them.
Buwaya:
I have given away over 200 copies of Fr. Gracian’s The Art of Worldly Wisdom; the Mauer translation.
I gave 50 to the Creighton Prep Class of 2025. It’s a secret Jesuit school alum thing.
“Gifts are hooks.”
Gadfly opines,"Where can I find that rule in the Constitution? Trump just makes things up as he talks for almost two hours."
"We the people.................." Right there in the first sentence. Might want to read it sometime.
Kak: "I know I'm late to this realization, but the Medal of Freedom, the Purple Heart, the Legion of Merit, the Medals of Honor, and also the very presence of the men's hockey team is all...*all...about Trump basking in their reflected glory."
Actually, Kak, it was all...**all**...about normal Americans who genuinely love America (which obviously doesn't include you or the Democrats) honoring their sacrifices and celebrating their glory. As opposed to, for example, your Democrat team basking in the weirdness of giraffe-impersonators and other assorted shape-shifters.
Speaking of shape-shifters, I loved the comedy of selecting ex-CIA operative (now "Governor") Spanberger earnestly talking about affordability while she is still basking in the glow of the brand new taxes she gloriously imposed on her unsuspecting voters. The only thing that could have made your Democrat response on affordability any funnier is if you had brought in Mamdani to pitch it.
Rino clowns....
@amuse
@amuse
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SAVE ACT: Leader Thune explained that Senators don’t have time to debate and vote on the SAVE Act. For example, today would have been a problem since Sen Thom Tillis had to participate in a dog parade featuring the dogs of Congress.
https://x.com/Oilfield_Rando/status/2026993612945235970?s=20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvgaZ_myFE4
On AI and theory (in physics)
Sabine Hossenfelder -
"the quickest way to get theorists attention is to imply that they may not be essential; that or free biscuits."
It’s unlawful for non-citizens to vote in federal elections. Ipso facto Congress critters can only represent citizens by law.
Perhaps some of them should be indicted for breaking this law via behaving as if non-citizens are their constituents. Minimally, they should be subject to being expelled and disqualified from serving.
Dave, you are way, waaay ahead of me!
"gadfly said...
Achilles:
If you agree with this statement, then stand up and show your support: The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens not illegal aliens."
Where can I find that rule in the Constitution? Trump just makes things up as he talks for almost two hours."
Here dummy: We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Your Inga stupid statement is like someone telling you that Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea" encapsulates the struggles of life, the dignity of work, and the enduring spirit of humanity. You respond where does it say that in the book? It's about catching Marlin!
If you wanted to craft a policy that perfectly highlighted the Trump administration’s weaknesses, the IEEPA tariff episode would be hard to beat. It’s an unlawful tariff built on flawed economics, poorly designed, clumsily executed, grudgingly withdrawn under legal pressure, and ultimately delivered a windfall to the very groups it aimed to punish. It would take a heart of stone not to laugh at the irony—but American consumers and voters are unlikely to find the punchline amusing.
The mad chimps have shown they want to destroy dissolve or transform this country into the freakshow of mutants that kohn roberts enabled by not taking up texas v us
Dread pirate roberts
Just last Friday we had an estimate on replacing our patio slider, front entry and storm door, garage entry door from the house and a small window in the garage. Just shy of $40,000.
"If you agree with this statement, then stand up and show your support: The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens not illegal aliens."
Where can I find that rule in the Constitution?
All of those Constitutional scholars who sat on their butts instead of acknowledging the common-sense truth of this principle may come to regret it. So their first duty is owed to illegal aliens?
The fact that they later stood when Trump talked about banning Congressional insider trading tells you they figured out how badly they got played.
Yes, women developed all of those crops. You know how we know that? Because it makes women feel good when it’s said, and the men who say it feel virtuous, and what more evidence do we need?
The actual interactions that settlers had with Indians, the Indians thought white men were stupid by not getting all the work they could, if they tried, out of their women. This is documented, unlike the development of crops, which is lost in the mists of time.
Kakistocracy, too much desperation in your comments now. Why didn’t your Democrats stand to acknowledge their prime responsibility is to the American citizenry?
Of all the moments in the SOTU speech the weirdest was when the crowd chanted "USA! USA!" but Rashida Talib (now confirmed by three deaf viewers including "data republican (small r)" was chanting "KKK!"
How perfectly on brand for the democrats.
After all you cheer for your team, right?
Yikes, William50. Our patio sliding door has never locked properly. Given the hair on fire prices for replacement you people are reporting , I think we’ll just keep that section of pvc pipe at the base of the fixed side which keeps it from opening, old school.
"...The fact that they later stood when Trump talked about banning Congressional insider trading tells you they figured out ...."
Actually - to be fair - if you go to @UnusualWhales and scrutinize the lists, you will discover plenty of Republican names on them too, and some of their portfolios have outperformed Nancy Pelosi. That could be why the Democrats were standing, too. It's a shared disgrace.
The democrats were caught in a trap, damned by their whacko wing if they stood, damned by their minority wing and independents if they sat. They chose poorly. Hard to feel sorry for them.
Well the kkk was their militia wasnt it
Yep antifa is just the tranny-centric wing of the kkk
“The fact that they later stood when Trump talked about banning Congressional insider trading tells you they figured out how badly they got played.”
I think this was mentioned first. The Democrats stood and cheered. Later Trump said “ “One of the great things about the State of the Union is how it gives Americans the chance to see clearly what their representatives really believe. So tonight, I’m inviting every legislator to join with my administration in reaffirming a fundamental principle: if you agree with this statement, then stand up and show your support: The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens.”
100% unexplainable.
Actually - to be fair - if you go to @UnusualWhales and scrutinize the lists, you will discover plenty of Republican names on them too, and some of their portfolios have outperformed Nancy Pelosi. That could be why the Democrats were standing, too. It's a shared disgrace.
Yep--and Trump noted that.
Members of Congress, especially in the House, are called “representatives”. They represent “We the People of the United States”. They take Oath as they take office to support the Constitution of the United States, written by We the People of the United States. When We the People lay out the purpose for the Constitution in the preamble, We explicitly noted this is for “ourselves and our Posterity”, meaning future generations from ourselves. This does not mean Somalis. It does not mean “free daycare” for illegal aliens. If you don’t think it it the first priority of our representatives, then explain why it is the very first instructions given to the government?
2 EM -- Things like this are bound to happen when voters value ideological zeal higher than competence and integrity.
Like fatah and the popular front wss theirs
Aggie, I think you’re right. The Democrats thought this was a gotcha moment. Except Trump immediately mentioned insider trader extraordinaire Nancy Pelosi.
I also think one of the motivations for not standing up for citizens over illegals was that the Democrats thought Trump would bring up support for ICE and they think opposition to ICE will give them a big win in 2028.
“Things like this are bound to happen when voters value ideological zeal higher than competence and integrity.”
So maybe you Democrats should put away your idealogical zeal and vote for competence. That zeal sure produced a bad moment for Democrats when they didn’t stand up for our citizens.
’May be complicating factors, but that's a mighty short time frame for window lifespan.’
My thoughts, too - except the new owner is OCD. lol
My Yelp review of Pella in Omaha.
“ Sep 9, 2018
Wildly overpriced. Some might say obscenely overpriced. Over $4,500 for the sale and installation of a front door and storm door? The doors had no motor or computer attached to them. They are metal and glass.
Do yourself a favor and look around. Many companies sell the same or better products for much less. If you really want a Pella door, go to Lowe's.
Elderly people need to be specially careful in dealing with this company. Caveat emptor.”
Here’s the house:
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2312-Woodcliff-Rd-SE-Huntsville-AL-35801/92159598_zpid/
James Carville begging Ilhan Omar to leave the Democrat Party:
https://x.com/jasonjournodc/status/2026813683477647392?s=46
Aggie said... It's a shared disgrace.
Yes, it is. You could probably count on one hand the number of congress people who don't belong in jail. Republican and Democrat alike.
Frankly, I'd like to see their trading records publicly released so the people on the losing side of those trades can sue.
Buwaya: “ have any advice tendered them appear like a recollection of something they have forgotten rather than as a guide to something they cannot find”
Yup. The great weakness of Hispanic culture. Very very slight difference with English speaking culture, but enough to make all the difference.
Especially odd since the Spanish ruling class are actually Germanic. But not enough of that culture survived the switch to Latin language and concepts.
Black Americans also suffer from this, even though they are an English speaking people. Must be due to still climbing up it of repression. Don’t quite get the Germanic idea that you can be free and respected while admitting your imperfections and fitting into a hierarchy.
I say all this as a biracial Italian-Scottish-American. All these tendencies fight within me. CC, JSM
Ol’ Snakehead wants to cut BroFo loose?!
In case anyone missed this. well worth 7 minutes
"Caroline said...
Yikes, William50. Our patio sliding door has never locked properly. Given the hair on fire prices for replacement you people are reporting , I think we’ll just keep that section of pvc pipe at the base of the fixed side which keeps it from opening, old school."
I would suggest replacing the PVC with a 2x2 cut to the proper length. Home Depot will even cut it for you.
"the mad chimps have shown they want to destroy dissolve or transform this country into the freakshow of mutants that kohn roberts enabled by not taking up texas v us"
It's all in that video I linked from the bond trader. They know that Social Security is a Ponzi scheme, and they know that population growth is required, but where they fall down is their politically correct belief that you can just bring in people who don't have the same language, culture, work ethic, etc, put them in isolated communities, where their old cultures won't die, and they imagine that they can just plug them into a formula to create the economic and population growth that they need to keep Social Security afloat.
Of course the fact that these are isolated communities where English is not the first language, and where voting discipline can be enforced in ways that you and I would find abhorrent but they accept as normal, and you have a kind of overdetermined outcome.
This is why I have come to the conclusion that politics is like the weather, it can only be planned for and endured, it can't be changed.
Also if he shows up singing his merry glazier’s song, don’t answer the door!
https://youtu.be/v1dvAxA9ib0?si=dcpSWrBZ2cykTI-B
CC, JSM
Mayor Mamdani and AOC release ad to encourage illegal aliens to sign up for 𝙁𝙍𝙀𝙀 𝘾𝙃𝙄𝙇𝘿𝘾𝘼𝙍𝙀, in Spanish
Europe is under the same delusion. He consulted with Europe on the creation of the Euro, and he explains why Europe is in crisis, and why they need the crisis, because, as the saying goes, "Never let a good crisis go to waste..." you know, to expand and consolidate your power, and it should go on, "and if you don't have a crisis, create one."
The Depression allowed FDR to totally fuck over our financial system, completely change the Federal Reserve, which once was meaningfully divided across regions of the country that had different economic drivers, Texas: commodities, cattle and oil, NYC, finance. In the old days, when one region was hurting, they could regionally ease economic conditions, and when a region got too hot, they could regionally tighten them, but that was too much power for FDR to share. There is no longer any reason for regional Feds, except as a place to give jobs to your friends, if you are in the government.
Hey Kak,
What do you think of this? Would you stand up for it?
Hey Kak - are you all in on this shit?
Basically Europe is in the same boat that Germany was in, post WWI, and the new Chancellor is trying the same path that a former Chancellor, whose name need not be mentioned, successfully tried, which was to militarize the economy, and achieve growth and prosperity that way. This is what Merz is doing, I am sure it will work out great.
What they really need is an attack on European soil by Russia to unify their population behind these "reforms" that would not be accepted any other way but in a deep crisis, and so they have been provoking and provoking Russia. Next will probably be an oil embargo.
Funny thing about the history of oil embargoes. FDR had a problem, he wanted to drag America into WWII, but American s, who still remembered WWI, wanted no part of it, so he did an oil embargo on Imperial Japan's Viet Nam colony, and left a huge vulnerable fleet in Pearl Harbor, but the aircraft carriers were all at sea, conveniently enough. Hemingway was in the Far East, and flew over Pearl Harbor before the attack, and having military experience, he called friends in the government, to warn them of the vulnerability, and he was ignored. The trap was set, the day that would live in infamy happened, and FDR got his war, overnight the population changed from anti-war to pro-war, and started signing up, my dad went and he was too old to be drafted, because of the nature of an event like Pearl Harbor. So when the Europeans announce an oil embargo of the Russians, remember that it's an old playbook.
If you think that the Naval officers who left Pearl Harbor like that were stupid, I don't think you understand military affairs, this same Naval officer corps went on to defeat Japan.
If you have normal morals, normal scruples, it's very hard to understand how these people think.
They WERE that stupid. It was a sclerotic bureaucracy operating in peacetime mode. Thats why dozens of over-comfortable field grade officers at USAFFE in the Philippines were sacked. Thats why George Marshall purged 1,000 senior officers. Thats why Ernest King became Navy Commander in Chief in March 1942.
Show the depositions on live TV to the public ,whats all the secrecy? All the serfs will get is watered down, words without context and the usual crap. GO LIVE BABY lets see it..
Japan had invaded china since 1932 chiang kaisheks govt fought them office chennault had brought in the flying tigers
The fdr state department was pro china with hornbeck as their lfaction leader fdr had an animous against japan in part bexause his fsmiles china ties
Eve Marie writes: "So maybe you Democrats should put away your idealogical zeal and vote for competence."
To be clear, there’s no such thing as a “Congressional Medal of Honor,” despite Trump repeatedly calling it that. It’s simply the Medal of Honor. For a US president to get this basic detail wrong is both embarrassing and revealing.
All of this underscores how Trump is morphing into precisely what doomed the Democrats last term: a full-blown reality-denial machine.
Ah, but you see Kak, I didn’t say you should vote Republican. I said you should vote for competence. So it’s revealing you automatically associate competence with the Republican Party.
This can’t be true because Trump said it’s $1.85 and he never lies.
The national average is just 1.5c/gal from reaching the $3/gal mark- something that was expected as the seasonal motions push prices up. 42 states seeing weekly increases, so its hitting just about everyone- and prices will likely keep rising until April/May. ~ gasbuddy.com
"And the Democrats SAT."
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