"How can you expel 60,000 malnourished asylum-seekers without each receiving years-long, individualized due process, the minimum required to meet basic human rights demands? You can just do that? And the international “community” will just look the other way?"
I haven't seen any discussion about the passage in Fauci's daily log when he states that "Rochelle Walensky did not do a good job, and when Ron Klain gets back from Spain, he's probably going to fire her". Pretty clear evidence that Biden's Chief of Staff was running the administration, not Creepy Joe. I guess the Party is going to get off scot-free for that crime against America too.
“OpenAI on Tuesday said it expected this type of incident to become “more commonplace with the proliferation of increasingly cyber-capable models”. ~ FT
So basically we are just giving you heads up that our product will fail and cause damage to people even frequently than before (and potentially more destructively)…but we will continue on that path anyways and please keep a light touch on regulation!
There’s an article in The Guardian (!) about the Cambridge Professor Jason Arday, who is accused of plagiarism, lying about astonishing athletic accomplishments and something involving a severed pig’s head.
A thought came to me with all the covid discussion of late. many anti-vaxx DOCTORS have theorized that the vaxx will result in long term premature death. Starting a few years after the vaxx.
According to most (not all) statistics, 95% of 65+ people had one or more shots. One statistic to show the vaxx was useful in that age group- the unvaxxed were dying faster... which could almost be accounted for by the simple fact that the vaxx was known to have some side effects, and you couldn't give it to severely ill people- who were going to die anyway. Minor quibble.
But anyhow, this then 65 now 71 year old - and his wife - are completely unvaxxed. Along with the rest of the 5% who didn't get vaxxed.
Now a normal death distribution not affected by the vaxx would mean that we are currently part of the 5% of 71 year olds still alive.
But are we?
It would actually be trivial for a massive database to look it up. The healthcare systems know which of us are refuseniks. Are we 5% of the population and lnong term- over 5 years anyhow- the vaxx has no effect on lifespan? Or, are we a measurable 4%- and really should have received this miracle lifesaving shot?
Or, are we 6% (or more) of a similar age population and getting bigger every year? I'm only certain of a few unvaxxed our age. Me, my wife, 2 siblings of hers and a sister-in-law. And they're in much worse physical health then we are. But alive. The few I personally know who've dies in the last few years have been vaxxed. One had Parkinson's, which was his cause of death, nothing to do with the vaxx. Nonetheless, he's vaxxed and dead and such cases should be statistically the same across both the jabbed and unjabbed population.
So why isn't the health establishment keeping track of this? Supposedly, they are, according to a quick google search. But I don't trust any study from overseas. And US data is lacking.
One quote from a study: "Messaging may also note that, in the new study, both age and instances of pre-existing conditions were slightly higher in the vaccinated population than in the unvaccinated population, which may have increased the risk of death in the vaccinated group. This is because people who are at higher risk are also more likely to get vaccinated. "
It is possible to generate hard numbers for the US. From what I can see, this isn't being done. If the real naysayers are correct, in the next few years a death disparity will be obvious.
I see that Troy Jackson is being accused of incest for fathering two children on his second cousin. Republicans need to stop calling it "incest." It isn't.
OTOH, any man who'd father two children with one woman and not marry her is a worthless piece of shit.
Just want to mention that today's hero Jordan Salinas was wearing shorts.
If you haven't heard the name and don't know what he did- you rely on the MSM for your news, where it was censored by never being mentioned. Because what he did never happens.
Yup Sunday night , the WAR is ending, perimeters of a deal,just in time for Monday market manipulation. How gullible can a human being become,,Stay tuned.. MAGA Make America Guess Again....
Gospace writes: “According to most (not all) statistics, 95% of 65+ people had one or more shots.”
I know a few vaccinated people who died” isn’t evidence of a delayed vaccine effect. Nearly 95% of older Americans were vaccinated, so statistically almost every older person who dies today will be vaccinated. That’s what happens when almost everyone in a group received the intervention.
The Changing Political Geography of COVID-19 Over the Last Two Years https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2022/03/03/the-changing-political-geography-of-covid-19-over-the-last-two-years/
The 20% of Americans living in the most pro-Trump counties suffered nearly 70,000 more COVID deaths than the 20% living in the most pro-Biden counties, according to Pew’s county-level analysis through early 2022. After vaccines became widely available, the mortality gap grew even larger in the places where masking and vaccination were most consistently dismissed.
The numbers weren’t subtle. Unfortunately, neither was the misinformation.
“I disagree 100% with Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, on the Reflecting Pool. I don’t know what she was thinking? To me, it was a pure case of VANDALISM, that included the grass, which had a big 86 47 emblazoned in giant letters on it, and other elements of the surrounding area. There may have been some contractor difficulty, but the major damage was caused by VANDALS! President DJT”
I have found the evidence of vandalism. Turns out some asshole vandal drove a bunch of cars across the reflecting pool after the new surface had been put in place.
There is a certain paradoxical quality to the White Nationalist argument regarding immigration. The Crazy White Chicks are almost psychotic in their enthusiasm for More Dirt People. Dirt People! Dirt People! Rape Me Today! But meanwhile, the White Nationalists are saying, No, no more Dirt People. We only want White People. Like you, Crazy White Chick. Sigh.
The highest rates of death from Covid were in the black community which was pro-Biden. Many blacks live in the South which is also an area strongly for Trump. I think the death rate in the black community explains why areas that were majority Trump also had higher Covid death rates. And I think the death rate in the black community was due to the ill-health of the older blacks who were more likely to have several systemic health issues such as diabetes and high blood pressure. Systemic health issues + old age are the characteristics of the population that had most Covid deaths. Naturally, the Dems who are indifferent to their most loyal constituency are not looking for ways to help the black community in the next pandemic but instead are bashing Trump and his voters.
This is an article I found that discusses young West African men living in Morocco and trying to get to Europe. It made comprehensible that weird sight of young men in shorts "emigrating" to Spain by swimming to Ceuta because they heard a rumor. There's group of young men in Morocco trying to emigrate to Europe who regard the effort as an "adventure" they are engaged in. The article is filled with jargon but still something human comes through.
Gina Milan @ginamilan_ · 6h People keep crying “trans are only 0.01% of the population, why are you attacking them?”
Because you shoved that 0.01% down our fucking throats for four solid years. Every commercial. Every classroom. Every HR training. Every institution. Celebrate it or be called a bigot.
We’re done.
We’re done playing along while you try to normalize a mental illness. And we’re done watching activists groom and sterilize kids under the banner of “inclusion.”
Fuck that. Not sorry. https://x.com/ginamilan_/status/2084092952310120689?s=20
Mark Halperin has really opened his eyes lately.....
Mark Halperin @MarkHalperin · 15h What passes for “balance” on a broadcast TV network Sunday show roundtable: 2 anti-Trump Democrats matched with 2 anti-Trump Republicans, moderated by a former senior Democratic Party operative/Clinton administration official.
Nah, Mark Halperin has always been like that. I think he's generally been a fair broker, even before the whole MeToo issue. I don't condone what he did, but I have continued to seek him out since because of his approach.
There are plenty of men, of all political stripes, who don't marry a woman with whom they've fathered children, 1, 2, or more. It's not a partisan thing, for goodness' sake!
Lem, I’m sure the Dodgers will eventually blame someone banging a trash can for being swept at home. Then again, the coach credibly accused of doing that ended up becoming the Red Sox manager. Still yet again, the Red Sox recently fired him.
I would say partisanship, eg: always rooting for team x or team y no matter what, shows a lack of character. However, as The Don told us so long ago: Excuse me, they didn’t put themselves down as neo-Nazis, and you had some very bad people in that group. But you also had people that were very fine people on both sides. You had people in that group – excuse me, excuse me. I saw the same pictures as you did. You had people in that group that were there to protest the taking down, of to them, a very, very important statue and the renaming of a park from Robert E. Lee to another name.
@Meade - Sadly, that's not an exaggeration. I call this the Colonel Nicholson syndrome, after Alec Guinness' character in The Bridge on the River Kwai. He was so determined to show his superiority over his enemies that his arrogance lead him to forgot who's side he was on, until it was nearly too late. Unlike the character, I don't expect those rooting again the US out of hatred of Trump to have such an epiphany.
See you on Wednesday or Thursday for: "they are horrible people we are going to hit them hard" Truth Social post. He needs a day of market reaction. Then Sunday for the reverse statement for Monday.
Peachy+2 -- you are definitely the North Star of the Althouse blog.
Running multi-ton armored SUVs like the president's 'Beast' across it (especially before the new blue liner fully cured) is like parking a tank on freshly laid kitchen tile. The concentrated tire loads and turning shear forces can crack the coating, delaminate the layers, crush soft sealant in the joints, and leave micro-damage that only shows up later as peeling, floating chunks, or leaks once the water goes back in.
It wasn’t engineered for that kind of abuse. Light construction gear is one thing; a full motorcade is another. "What could possibly go wrong" isn't an engineering standard.
“I see that Troy Jackson is being accused of incest for fathering two children on his second cousin. Republicans need to stop calling it "incest." It isn't.”
There are mental health providers available to help you Peachy+2 take that first step ..
On May 7, 2026, President Trump’s motorcade drove across the drained Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on the newly applied blue coating while he inspected the renovation work. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/us/reflecting-pool-trump-timeline.html
“Mr. Trump’s motorcade drove over the drained, coated reflecting pool” https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-takes-motorcade-reflecting-pool-blasts-past-38m-disaster-fix-obama
Canada - esp the eastern regions like Quebec - are solidly communist, collectivist, and Israel haters. *Listening to white leftists bitch about white supremacy. - lol. If the land under your feet is "stolen" you better get off it, now.
"President Donald Trump visited the National Mall on Thursday, driving his motorcade through the drained Reflecting Pool to inspect a restoration project he said is correcting a "disaster" left by the Obama administration.
Standing on the pool’s floor, the president touted a $1.8 million overhaul of the landmark, contrasting it with the $38 million spent under former President Barack Obama on a project Trump described as a "construction nightmare" that leaked immediately upon completion.
The Reflecting Pool, which stretches more than 2,000 feet between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument, is one of the most visited landmarks in the nation’s capital, drawing millions of tourists each year and serving as the backdrop for historic events and presidential ceremonies."
For my Magic Negro (in Michigan) supporting fren DrWeevil. (Nb.) Two time statevwide winner (D) versus two time state wide race loser (R) endorsed by DJT. https://www.breitbart.com/midterm-election/2026/08/02/poll-democrat-jocelyn-benson-gains-over-republican-john-james-in-michigan-governors-race/
"“We the people are very disgusted. Speaking as a vaccine injured person, and someone who lost my grandfather, aunt and cousin to the Covid protocols, I am so angry,” Angelia Desselle wrote to me immediately after Fauci’s hearing. “My family deserves answers, and I deserve answers,” she asserted. She is not alone.
Mrs. Desselle is one of the many U.S. Covid vaccine-injured. She took her one and only Pfizer gene therapy shot in early January 2021. She is a former medical clinic manager, now disabled.
Having retired as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in December 2022 after controlling the agency for nearly four decades, Fauci had received a Biden pardon from 2014-2024 and this year a subpoena from U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY).
Dr. Fauci tossed out the first pitch during his opening statement and played the hero and victim. He bragged about how long he served at NIH and NIAID but announced he was not going to answer questions. He claimed Sen. Paul has an “unhinged obsession” with him and that Paul wanted to put him in jail. Hence, this was all a set-up. Fauci pushed the notion that the publication of his “un-redacted personal diary” was to “embarrass and intimidate” him. Obviously, he wanted to pivot his cowardice on the senator. The strategic statement was well-crafted although it intentionally negated factual and historical context.
Some fell for it. Many were disgusted.
Fauci wrote his diary over a two-years period on government devices while employed as the highest paid federal employee. His $463,000 salary is higher than any U.S. president, U.S. Supreme Court justice, U.S. Senator, or U.S. Congressman’s salary. Even with that, he was not satisfied. He figured out a system to receive royalties for years working for the federal government. In other words, he is a veteran U.S. federal government employee grifter.
Fauci’s diary conundrum and its optics are not the responsibility of anyone else, but his alone."
more "Fauci’s testimonial performance was an attempt to get what he honed in on during Covid — Machevellian-strategized intended outcomes. Fauci will lose this game eventually. His and his cohorts’ games have been chipped away over the last six years. Eventually the butt-naked Kings on this chessboard will be outed in the public square. It has happened before.
This crusade for Covid vaccine-injured and the overturn of Covid policy that destroyed constitutional rights and basic decency and civility is not new. It is very similar to what Sir Harold Evans did with his journalistic crusade as the UK Editor of Sunday Times. He exposed the thalidomide children families from the 1960s. The doctors distributed the drug to pregnant mothers for morning sickness. The drug was linked to the baby’s limb deformities. PHARMA and the government knew it. The families were not recognized or compensated.
In the end, Evans and his reporters won that war. Sir Evans knew a battle worth fighting for in the press just because it was the right thing to do. As journalists, our job is to expose and report the truth and not be afraid to go up against the tide — even the tide within legacy media."
excerpt: "RFK Jr. just testified at the Senate Appropriations hearing that mRNA shots are not effective against respiratory viruses. Yet seven million American children have received a COVID shot this year, and twenty-nine states plus Washington, D.C. still recommend all babies get three COVID shots by nine months of age. We now have 4,551 peer-reviewed published studies documenting harms from these shots. Despite this, over five hundred clinical trials for new mRNA vaccines targeting respiratory infections are underway—and the EU just approved the combined COVID and flu mRNA shot."
RFK Jr. declaring mRNA vaccines ineffective is a little like asking a flat-earther to referee a globe-making contest—dramatic confidence is not the same thing as scientific consensus.
The “4,551 studies” statistic is a classic case of turning a pile of papers into a pile of proof. A study about a side effect, a rare event, or a hypothesis does not magically become evidence that vaccines don’t work. Science requires something called context—the part conveniently left out when the goal is outrage rather than understanding.
Meanwhile, the real-world data showed COVID vaccines reduced severe disease and death, particularly among older and vulnerable populations. That’s why doctors, researchers, and public health agencies worldwide didn’t simply throw the technology in the trash because a Senate hearing produced a good sound bite.
Science is messy. Politics is simple. Guess which one fits neatly into a social media post?
Per the NYT, Israel just tried to kill the Iranian official negotiating with the US, severely injuring him, and killing his wife. Obviously Bibi is mad that Trump isn't caring out his orders blindly, and felt the need to slap him down.
Here is a clip from late March of Trump refusing to name the Iranian he was negotiating with because he was worried that Israel would kill him.
DeepStateReformer's 10:00am comment is not only nasty, but deeply dishonest. Neither the Democrat who's leading John James in a poll, nor James himself, has been nominated yet. Both primaries are tomorrow. And the poll shows likely Democrat nominee Jocelyn Benson leading James by 9%, James' opponent in the Republican primary by 12%. Insofar as polls can be trusted - not very far at all - it indicates that James is the stronger candidate of the two.
Michigan's a hard state for Republicans to win in. As I've pointed out before, James is very qualified, ergo not a "Magic Negro" in any sense: only a racist creep would call him that. And he's only a "two-time loser" because cheating Michigan Democrats stole his election along with Trump's in 2020.
Neither the mullahs nor the IRGC were ever elected in any kind of free election in Iran. Calling an IRGC member an "official" is therefore rather misleading. They're all brutal tyrannical thugs and genocidal terrorists.
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Bill Glahn asks a good question:
"How can you expel 60,000 malnourished asylum-seekers without each receiving years-long, individualized due process, the minimum required to meet basic human rights demands? You can just do that? And the international “community” will just look the other way?"
Trump says Iran deal 'imminent'; planned strike would've been largest since World War II ~ FOX News
“Perimeters of a deal” not to be confused with “concepts of a plan”
We are close to Biden/Afghanistan--level of humiliation.
A Taxonomy of Omnicidal Futures Involving Artificial Intelligence
AI killing off humanity through malice is a common theme. What if we just die of neglect because it doesn't need us.
I haven't seen any discussion about the passage in Fauci's daily log when he states that "Rochelle Walensky did not do a good job, and when Ron Klain gets back from Spain, he's probably going to fire her". Pretty clear evidence that Biden's Chief of Staff was running the administration, not Creepy Joe.
I guess the Party is going to get off scot-free for that crime against America too.
“OpenAI on Tuesday said it expected this type of incident to become “more commonplace with the proliferation of increasingly cyber-capable models”. ~ FT
So basically we are just giving you heads up that our product will fail and cause damage to people even frequently than before (and potentially more destructively)…but we will continue on that path anyways and please keep a light touch on regulation!
There’s an article in The Guardian (!) about the Cambridge Professor Jason Arday, who is accused of plagiarism, lying about astonishing athletic accomplishments and something involving a severed pig’s head.
https://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2026/aug/01/playbooks-plagiarism-pigs-head-new-claims-surrounding-cambridge-professor-jason-arday
My only contribution is to point out that “Arday” is Pig Latin for “Dare” and maybe the whole thing is based on a bet that went out of control.
A thought came to me with all the covid discussion of late. many anti-vaxx DOCTORS have theorized that the vaxx will result in long term premature death. Starting a few years after the vaxx.
According to most (not all) statistics, 95% of 65+ people had one or more shots. One statistic to show the vaxx was useful in that age group- the unvaxxed were dying faster... which could almost be accounted for by the simple fact that the vaxx was known to have some side effects, and you couldn't give it to severely ill people- who were going to die anyway. Minor quibble.
But anyhow, this then 65 now 71 year old - and his wife - are completely unvaxxed. Along with the rest of the 5% who didn't get vaxxed.
Now a normal death distribution not affected by the vaxx would mean that we are currently part of the 5% of 71 year olds still alive.
But are we?
It would actually be trivial for a massive database to look it up. The healthcare systems know which of us are refuseniks. Are we 5% of the population and lnong term- over 5 years anyhow- the vaxx has no effect on lifespan? Or, are we a measurable 4%- and really should have received this miracle lifesaving shot?
Or, are we 6% (or more) of a similar age population and getting bigger every year? I'm only certain of a few unvaxxed our age. Me, my wife, 2 siblings of hers and a sister-in-law. And they're in much worse physical health then we are. But alive. The few I personally know who've dies in the last few years have been vaxxed. One had Parkinson's, which was his cause of death, nothing to do with the vaxx. Nonetheless, he's vaxxed and dead and such cases should be statistically the same across both the jabbed and unjabbed population.
So why isn't the health establishment keeping track of this? Supposedly, they are, according to a quick google search. But I don't trust any study from overseas. And US data is lacking.
One quote from a study: "Messaging may also note that, in the new study, both age and instances of pre-existing conditions were slightly higher in the vaccinated population than in the unvaccinated population, which may have increased the risk of death in the vaccinated group. This is because people who are at higher risk are also more likely to get vaccinated. "
It is possible to generate hard numbers for the US. From what I can see, this isn't being done. If the real naysayers are correct, in the next few years a death disparity will be obvious.
I see that Troy Jackson is being accused of incest for fathering two children on his second cousin. Republicans need to stop calling it "incest." It isn't.
OTOH, any man who'd father two children with one woman and not marry her is a worthless piece of shit.
"OTOH, any man who'd father two children with one woman and not marry her is a worthless piece of shit."
Or a Democrat.
Just want to mention that today's hero Jordan Salinas was wearing shorts.
If you haven't heard the name and don't know what he did- you rely on the MSM for your news, where it was censored by never being mentioned. Because what he did never happens.
Beautiful balance of light, dark, and mass.
Yup Sunday night , the WAR is ending, perimeters of a deal,just in time for Monday market manipulation. How gullible can a human being become,,Stay tuned.. MAGA Make America Guess Again....
Gospace writes: “According to most (not all) statistics, 95% of 65+ people had one or more shots.”
I know a few vaccinated people who died” isn’t evidence of a delayed vaccine effect. Nearly 95% of older Americans were vaccinated, so statistically almost every older person who dies today will be vaccinated. That’s what happens when almost everyone in a group received the intervention.
The Changing Political Geography of COVID-19 Over the Last Two Years
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2022/03/03/the-changing-political-geography-of-covid-19-over-the-last-two-years/
The 20% of Americans living in the most pro-Trump counties suffered nearly 70,000 more COVID deaths than the 20% living in the most pro-Biden counties, according to Pew’s county-level analysis through early 2022. After vaccines became widely available, the mortality gap grew even larger in the places where masking and vaccination were most consistently dismissed.
The numbers weren’t subtle. Unfortunately, neither was the misinformation.
More like the penumbra of a deal.
Trump has been in Checkmate since Feb 28th.
"Never listen to Bibi" should be his motto for ever...
“I disagree 100% with Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, on the Reflecting Pool. I don’t know what she was thinking? To me, it was a pure case of VANDALISM, that included the grass, which had a big 86 47 emblazoned in giant letters on it, and other elements of the surrounding area. There may have been some contractor difficulty, but the major damage was caused by VANDALS! President DJT”
I have found the evidence of vandalism. Turns out some asshole vandal drove a bunch of cars across the reflecting pool after the new surface had been put in place.
Speaking of fisheye link to huge fisheye pic
The RedSox swept the World Series championship LA Dodgers at their own Dodgers Stadium. I’m starting to warm up to our dismal odds.
Upon further review. That fisheye could be fishAi.
There is a certain paradoxical quality to the White Nationalist argument regarding immigration. The Crazy White Chicks are almost psychotic in their enthusiasm for More Dirt People. Dirt People! Dirt People! Rape Me Today! But meanwhile, the White Nationalists are saying, No, no more Dirt People. We only want White People. Like you, Crazy White Chick. Sigh.
The highest rates of death from Covid were in the black community which was pro-Biden. Many blacks live in the South which is also an area strongly for Trump. I think the death rate in the black community explains why areas that were majority Trump also had higher Covid death rates. And I think the death rate in the black community was due to the ill-health of the older blacks who were more likely to have several systemic health issues such as diabetes and high blood pressure. Systemic health issues + old age are the characteristics of the population that had most Covid deaths. Naturally, the Dems who are indifferent to their most loyal constituency are not looking for ways to help the black community in the next pandemic but instead are bashing Trump and his voters.
via CFP:
JK Rowling on X - scroll to watch the video she posts
https://x.com/jk_rowling/status/2083637556319543378?s=46
This is an article I found that discusses young West African men living in Morocco and trying to get to Europe. It made comprehensible that weird sight of young men in shorts "emigrating" to Spain by swimming to Ceuta because they heard a rumor. There's group of young men in Morocco trying to emigrate to Europe who regard the effort as an "adventure" they are engaged in. The article is filled with jargon but still something human comes through.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/1369183X.2024.2377863
So much truth in one tweet
Gina Milan
@ginamilan_
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People keep crying “trans are only 0.01% of the population, why are you attacking them?”
Because you shoved that 0.01% down our fucking throats for four solid years. Every commercial. Every classroom. Every HR training. Every institution. Celebrate it or be called a bigot.
We’re done.
We’re done playing along while you try to normalize a mental illness. And we’re done watching activists groom and sterilize kids under the banner of “inclusion.”
Fuck that. Not sorry.
https://x.com/ginamilan_/status/2084092952310120689?s=20
Mark Halperin has really opened his eyes lately.....
Mark Halperin
@MarkHalperin
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15h
What passes for “balance” on a broadcast TV network Sunday show roundtable: 2 anti-Trump Democrats matched with 2 anti-Trump Republicans, moderated by a former senior Democratic Party operative/Clinton administration official.
https://x.com/MarkHalperin/status/2083945842667327491?s=20
Glen Hansard has died, too young, after a motorcycle accident.
I just watched a video of him talking about first meeting Van Morrison when Hansard was just 20.
Hard to believe it's been 35 years since The Commitments came out.
R.I.P.
Nah, Mark Halperin has always been like that. I think he's generally been a fair broker, even before the whole MeToo issue. I don't condone what he did, but I have continued to seek him out since because of his approach.
And by approach, I mean to analysis, not the women. I was not intentionally being funny! Though I did chuckle at myself.
There are plenty of men, of all political stripes, who don't marry a woman with whom they've fathered children, 1, 2, or more. It's not a partisan thing, for goodness' sake!
Partisanship doesn't necessarily equate to character! Surely we all know that.
Lem, I’m sure the Dodgers will eventually blame someone banging a trash can for being swept at home. Then again, the coach credibly accused of doing that ended up becoming the Red Sox manager. Still yet again, the Red Sox recently fired him.
great comments, wendybar
I would say partisanship, eg: always rooting for team x or team y no matter what, shows a lack of character. However, as The Don told us so long ago:
Excuse me, they didn’t put themselves down as neo-Nazis, and you had some very bad people in that group. But you also had people that were very fine people on both sides. You had people in that group – excuse me, excuse me. I saw the same pictures as you did. You had people in that group that were there to protest the taking down, of to them, a very, very important statue and the renaming of a park from Robert E. Lee to another name.
Homos or sims? Both? The problem is not trans, generally.
RAAT doctrine is a problem for everyone, not just masculinists or feminists, or their unPlanned Posterity.
Oh, I loved The Commitments. Here's Hansard, practicing his future interviews.
I'm black and I'm proud!
“We are close to Biden/Afghanistan--level of humiliation.“
You so wish. You and your ilk.
@Meade - Sadly, that's not an exaggeration. I call this the Colonel Nicholson syndrome, after Alec Guinness' character in The Bridge on the River Kwai. He was so determined to show his superiority over his enemies that his arrogance lead him to forgot who's side he was on, until it was nearly too late. Unlike the character, I don't expect those rooting again the US out of hatred of Trump to have such an epiphany.
I definitely believe Trump this time. ~ Meade
See you on Wednesday or Thursday for: "they are horrible people we are going to hit them hard" Truth Social post. He needs a day of market reaction. Then Sunday for the reverse statement for Monday.
IEE's ilk likes to milk... the ankle biting and lies.
Left bank of the who cares?
Why would driving on a surface that has been drained bother anything?
"I don't expect those rooting again [sic] the US out of hatred of Trump to have such an epiphany"
Trump has lost a war he should never have started and now can’t find a way out. Stable genius does not do strategy.
It's reasonable that the state is going after Fauci, and Fauci is smart to invoke the 5th.
Peachy+2 -- you are definitely the North Star of the Althouse blog.
Running multi-ton armored SUVs like the president's 'Beast' across it (especially before the new blue liner fully cured) is like parking a tank on freshly laid kitchen tile. The concentrated tire loads and turning shear forces can crack the coating, delaminate the layers, crush soft sealant in the joints, and leave micro-damage that only shows up later as peeling, floating chunks, or leaks once the water goes back in.
It wasn’t engineered for that kind of abuse. Light construction gear is one thing; a full motorcade is another. "What could possibly go wrong" isn't an engineering standard.
Fifth Amendment Fauci’s Narcissism Destroyed Faith in Scientific Methodology
Congress may be investigating COVID, but the deeper scandal is how one bureaucrat reshaped science into dogma.
“I see that Troy Jackson is being accused of incest for fathering two children on his second cousin. Republicans need to stop calling it "incest." It isn't.”
In ‘n’ Outcest?
The surface wasn't installed yet. Kak-a-liar.
“ Muslim woman at a pro-Palestine rally in Canada:
“Canada is a white supremacist, racist, colonial project, just like Israel. I will never consider myself Canadian, because this is occupied land.”
And here you thought it was only us.
There are mental health providers available to help you Peachy+2 take that first step ..
On May 7, 2026, President Trump’s motorcade drove across the drained Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on the newly applied blue coating while he inspected the renovation work.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/us/reflecting-pool-trump-timeline.html
“Mr. Trump’s motorcade drove over the drained, coated reflecting pool”
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-takes-motorcade-reflecting-pool-blasts-past-38m-disaster-fix-obama
Canada - esp the eastern regions like Quebec - are solidly communist, collectivist, and Israel haters.
*Listening to white leftists bitch about white supremacy. - lol.
If the land under your feet is "stolen" you better get off it, now.
Kak-a-liar
You might want to read your own links:
"President Donald Trump visited the National Mall on Thursday, driving his motorcade through the drained Reflecting Pool to inspect a restoration project he said is correcting a "disaster" left by the Obama administration.
Standing on the pool’s floor, the president touted a $1.8 million overhaul of the landmark, contrasting it with the $38 million spent under former President Barack Obama on a project Trump described as a "construction nightmare" that leaked immediately upon completion.
The Reflecting Pool, which stretches more than 2,000 feet between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument, is one of the most visited landmarks in the nation’s capital, drawing millions of tourists each year and serving as the backdrop for historic events and presidential ceremonies."
For my Magic Negro (in Michigan) supporting fren DrWeevil. (Nb.)
Two time statevwide winner (D) versus two time state wide race loser (R) endorsed by DJT.
https://www.breitbart.com/midterm-election/2026/08/02/poll-democrat-jocelyn-benson-gains-over-republican-john-james-in-michigan-governors-race/
Trump should ambulate the pool once or twice a day to get his daily steps!!!
for you Kak-a-poodle - (D-liar and lie-eater)
"“We the people are very disgusted. Speaking as a vaccine injured person, and someone who lost my grandfather, aunt and cousin to the Covid protocols, I am so angry,” Angelia Desselle wrote to me immediately after Fauci’s hearing. “My family deserves answers, and I deserve answers,” she asserted. She is not alone.
Mrs. Desselle is one of the many U.S. Covid vaccine-injured. She took her one and only Pfizer gene therapy shot in early January 2021. She is a former medical clinic manager, now disabled.
Having retired as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in December 2022 after controlling the agency for nearly four decades, Fauci had received a Biden pardon from 2014-2024 and this year a subpoena from U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY).
Dr. Fauci tossed out the first pitch during his opening statement and played the hero and victim. He bragged about how long he served at NIH and NIAID but announced he was not going to answer questions. He claimed Sen. Paul has an “unhinged obsession” with him and that Paul wanted to put him in jail. Hence, this was all a set-up. Fauci pushed the notion that the publication of his “un-redacted personal diary” was to “embarrass and intimidate” him. Obviously, he wanted to pivot his cowardice on the senator. The strategic statement was well-crafted although it intentionally negated factual and historical context.
Some fell for it. Many were disgusted.
Fauci wrote his diary over a two-years period on government devices while employed as the highest paid federal employee. His $463,000 salary is higher than any U.S. president, U.S. Supreme Court justice, U.S. Senator, or U.S. Congressman’s salary. Even with that, he was not satisfied. He figured out a system to receive royalties for years working for the federal government. In other words, he is a veteran U.S. federal government employee grifter.
Fauci’s diary conundrum and its optics are not the responsibility of anyone else, but his alone."
more
"Fauci’s testimonial performance was an attempt to get what he honed in on during Covid — Machevellian-strategized intended outcomes. Fauci will lose this game eventually. His and his cohorts’ games have been chipped away over the last six years. Eventually the butt-naked Kings on this chessboard will be outed in the public square. It has happened before.
This crusade for Covid vaccine-injured and the overturn of Covid policy that destroyed constitutional rights and basic decency and civility is not new. It is very similar to what Sir Harold Evans did with his journalistic crusade as the UK Editor of Sunday Times. He exposed the thalidomide children families from the 1960s. The doctors distributed the drug to pregnant mothers for morning sickness. The drug was linked to the baby’s limb deformities. PHARMA and the government knew it. The families were not recognized or compensated.
In the end, Evans and his reporters won that war. Sir Evans knew a battle worth fighting for in the press just because it was the right thing to do. As journalists, our job is to expose and report the truth and not be afraid to go up against the tide — even the tide within legacy media."
New book on covid harm:
excerpt:
"RFK Jr. just testified at the Senate Appropriations hearing that mRNA shots are not effective against respiratory viruses. Yet seven million American children have received a COVID shot this year, and twenty-nine states plus Washington, D.C. still recommend all babies get three COVID shots by nine months of age. We now have 4,551 peer-reviewed published studies documenting harms from these shots. Despite this, over five hundred clinical trials for new mRNA vaccines targeting respiratory infections are underway—and the EU just approved the combined COVID and flu mRNA shot."
Fun fact of the day.
There are roughly 4X the number of military veterans in the U.S. as there are Muslims.
RFK Jr. declaring mRNA vaccines ineffective is a little like asking a flat-earther to referee a globe-making contest—dramatic confidence is not the same thing as scientific consensus.
The “4,551 studies” statistic is a classic case of turning a pile of papers into a pile of proof. A study about a side effect, a rare event, or a hypothesis does not magically become evidence that vaccines don’t work. Science requires something called context—the part conveniently left out when the goal is outrage rather than understanding.
Meanwhile, the real-world data showed COVID vaccines reduced severe disease and death, particularly among older and vulnerable populations. That’s why doctors, researchers, and public health agencies worldwide didn’t simply throw the technology in the trash because a Senate hearing produced a good sound bite.
Science is messy. Politics is simple. Guess which one fits neatly into a social media post?
Per the NYT, Israel just tried to kill the Iranian official negotiating with the US, severely injuring him, and killing his wife. Obviously Bibi is mad that Trump isn't caring out his orders blindly, and felt the need to slap him down.
Here is a clip from late March of Trump refusing to name the Iranian he was negotiating with because he was worried that Israel would kill him.
I don't want him to be killed - Trump
'...Fun fact of the day. There are roughly 4X the number of military veterans in the U.S. as there are Muslims. ...'
Ok, but..... what's the overlap?
DeepStateReformer's 10:00am comment is not only nasty, but deeply dishonest. Neither the Democrat who's leading John James in a poll, nor James himself, has been nominated yet. Both primaries are tomorrow. And the poll shows likely Democrat nominee Jocelyn Benson leading James by 9%, James' opponent in the Republican primary by 12%. Insofar as polls can be trusted - not very far at all - it indicates that James is the stronger candidate of the two.
Michigan's a hard state for Republicans to win in. As I've pointed out before, James is very qualified, ergo not a "Magic Negro" in any sense: only a racist creep would call him that. And he's only a "two-time loser" because cheating Michigan Democrats stole his election along with Trump's in 2020.
Neither the mullahs nor the IRGC were ever elected in any kind of free election in Iran. Calling an IRGC member an "official" is therefore rather misleading. They're all brutal tyrannical thugs and genocidal terrorists.
"My only contribution is to point out that “Arday” is Pig Latin for “Dare” and maybe the whole thing is based on a bet that went out of control."
I think his name is pronounced Are-day instead of Air-day that would be needed for Pig Latin "dare". He should change his name to Iarlay.
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