tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post8354392941898083343..comments2024-03-28T19:23:37.979-05:00Comments on Althouse: I have been reading and trying to get around to blogging "The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election" since 2:10 p.m. yesterday.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger374125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-81840612376774851222022-02-04T16:17:28.925-06:002022-02-04T16:17:28.925-06:00Interesting times we live in. The ChiComs and the ...Interesting times we live in. The ChiComs and the super rich Wall Street players worked together to stop Trump before he stopped them from continued looting of the American middle class that voted him in. But at least Trump ruined their plans for releasing the Super Virus in 2025. They had to deploy it just to justify the ballot frauds by mail in votes implemented by Dem Governors and Secretary of States including bribed Republicans. All Trump expected was a real court challenge. But that was also bribed out of courts pretending no standing. Very sad stuff.traditionalguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03382148890891751329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84300463683933592862021-02-09T01:39:19.805-06:002021-02-09T01:39:19.805-06:00Arturo Ui said...
//It gets even worse. There is a...Arturo Ui said...<br />//It gets even worse. There is a postscript to the Time article, where Joe Biden is secretly recorded on a call to the Georgia Secretary of State, demanding that Brad Raffensberger find 11,780 votes for him.<br /><br />Oh sorry I think I misidentifed the caller's name above.//<br /><br />Then why did you press 'publish'?Largohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15082394436785605297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-68425082195849129622021-02-09T00:57:57.233-06:002021-02-09T00:57:57.233-06:00Freeman Hunt said...
//Inga, I also laughed at tho...Freeman Hunt said...<br />//Inga, I also laughed at those things. If you're not laughing at both//<br /><br />I suspect that the reason you refrained from mentioning having guffawed at other things, Freeman, is that your bringining it up would have had nothing to do with the topic of discussion.<br /><br />I suspect that you would have reasonably thought that to so would have *distracted* from the topic.<br /><br />Largohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15082394436785605297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-65671591932441129892021-02-07T17:34:04.125-06:002021-02-07T17:34:04.125-06:00Blogger ken in tx said...
"Has anybody ever e...Blogger ken in tx said...<br />"Has anybody ever explained what Biden meant to say, when he said that they had set the most extensive voter fraud campaign ever, or words to that effect? What possibly innocent remark was he trying to express? Or was he simply saying the truth but forgetting where he was and who he was talking to."<br />Well, Ken. For any of the usual suspects to address this question they're going to have to admit one of two things. One. The election was stolen and Biden admitted it out loud. That it wasn't stolen and the guy they elected is a drooling, demented idiot.<br />We here know that both are true. The election was stolen and the it is up to the left to prove it wasn't. They aren't doing that because the election was stolen. And Biden is a demented idiot.<br />"Never underestimate Joe Bidens ability to fuck things up."-Barak ObamaRustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00938263272237104128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-47760992095790007632021-02-07T15:39:16.303-06:002021-02-07T15:39:16.303-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.n.nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252447117532342957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-89479165964801872042021-02-07T12:59:14.615-06:002021-02-07T12:59:14.615-06:00David Begley said...
Leland
Who the fuck investig...<i>David Begley said...<br />Leland<br /><br />Who the fuck investigates? The DOJ? The Fake News? The Senate?<br /><br />2/6/21, 2:39 PM<br /><br />Which is why every lawsuit or request for investigation into individual locales dealing with election irregularities, fails: you are asking these people to investigate themselves.</i><br /><br />No.<br /><br />They fail because you declare yourself the loser prior to even contesting the point. You've already conceded that you expect the DOJ to rule against you, the Fake News not to cover your concern, and the Senate to let you down. If you don't demand better; then your complaints will be treated as the same old whining. You'll fold the moment anyone calls your hand. You got a strong hand, play it!Lelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531159384688653131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-22413726377959386612021-02-07T11:25:23.573-06:002021-02-07T11:25:23.573-06:00The material and the timing are intertwined. It wa...<i>The material and the timing are intertwined. It was released 3 days before Trump's impeachment trial starts, and if his team tries to intro material on why he thought the election "stolen" as a way of establishing his state of mind, they can say "this is old news, it's already been published and we know all there is to know about it." They will have framed it the way they want it framed, including what they say and what they omit, and will argue that no further inquiry will be porductive. It says the minimum they thought could be consistent with events and information already in the public record, omitting anything they think they can plausibly deny and keep hidden.</i><br /><br />That is an interesting theory -- and certainly original -- but the mainstream media have been very effective in suppressing evidence and marginalizing and stigmatizing accusations relating to voter fraud. If Trump's team brings up such allegations, which they may not, the establishment media won't have much trouble swatting them down. <br /><br />Sure, some outrider may call the charges old news - voter fraud happens in all elections, but it wasn't enough to swing the election -- but the media did a good job in denying all accusations oxygen and sunlight and there was no indication that they needed to stop. The <i>Time</i> story opens up a can of worms that the rest of the club would like unopened. It only hurts the effort to put this all behind us, so the timing is still puzzling.<br /><br />―<br /><br />Bezos - sure, he's stepping down from running the day-to-day operations of Amazon, but that doesn't mean he's retreating into powerlessness or a merely formal position. My guess is he's smart enough to keep the final say on everything important for himself.Lurker21https://www.blogger.com/profile/05692740653467688670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83275105479499907632021-02-07T09:53:08.212-06:002021-02-07T09:53:08.212-06:00Over 300 comments before I got here, so maybe some...Over 300 comments before I got here, so maybe someone already pointed out that the entire COVID lockdown scenario AND constant rioting in select cities was integral to “changing rules without changing laws” which is HOW they stole the election. They pretended a bad flu wave was The Black Plague for the very purpose of crashing the economy and driving ALL news other than COVID-fear and Trump-hate from the “news” and we did not hear anything outside that plan with the exception of “right wing media” here and there. Voices were silenced and almost all free-association quashed so people could not gather and talk about this at church and in bars and at school or sporting events. Laws were broken by key states flooding their people with ballots. All number of evil plans by Trump were alleged every day. Then POOF election over fuck off it was perfect no dispute. Nevermind the extreme mathematical aberrations. Nevermind the mumbling stumbling idiot they claim is our leader. <br /><br />Why would they want to brag? They are sick with power and cannot help it. If you’d pulled off a scam like that and STILL have people convinced the Plague is STILL “threatening us” and all the power was accruing to the right people wouldn’t YOU exult and mock those deplorables you hate so much? Yes hate feeds on itself and the Trump hate has unfortunately sickened their souls, the power hungry badtards. Mike (MJB Wolf)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00936808380090258703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55522507045474268132021-02-07T08:50:52.344-06:002021-02-07T08:50:52.344-06:00The validation of signatures, unusual high rates o...The validation of signatures, unusual high rates of compared to previous elections, is the only area I've seen discussed where their might have been a systematic effort not to eliminate what might have possibly been invalid ballots, whether for legal reasons or possibilities of fraud. I remember reading about an add in the Philadelphia papers seeking to recruit poll watchers. What was remarkable is that you only had to be 16 years old to qualify (!) and were to receive, as I recall, several hundred dollars for days work. Not hard to see how such poll workers might have been not only unreliable but subject to manipulation. Were they all even literate? I have no idea.<br /><br />This is the issue more than any other that needs to be investigated in the months ahead by independent investigative reporters. I wish Michael Tracy would step up, except he seems wedded to the idea that there is no evidence for systematic fraud on the basis that Biden's numbers in the black inner cities were in line with Obama's. But given that Trump was beginning to attract significant numbers of working-class blacks (and for very good reasons given is stands on trade and immigration) one would suspect Biden's support in places like Philadelphia could not not possibly approach Obama'sLuke Leahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11290760894780619646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-74212664859593010582021-02-07T08:01:22.973-06:002021-02-07T08:01:22.973-06:00David Begley said...
Leland
Who the fuck investig...<i> David Begley said...<br />Leland<br /><br />Who the fuck investigates? The DOJ? The Fake News? The Senate?<br /><br />2/6/21, 2:39 PM</i><br /><br />Which is why every lawsuit or request for investigation into individual locales dealing with election irregularities, fails: you are asking these people to investigate themselves.stlcdrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07407669183827851656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1542888978621257522021-02-07T07:58:02.044-06:002021-02-07T07:58:02.044-06:00Roughcoat said...
To the first commenter in this ...<i>Roughcoat said...<br /> To the first commenter in this post, Roughcoat, I would suggest using cash.<br /><br />Always do. Always. My momma didn't raise no fool.<br /><br />2/6/21, 2:22 PM</i><br /><br />Agreed. But there are some situations where cash is difficult, and close to impossible (requires a lot of effort and time - but then, I suppose, what is that worth?). Credit card companies are demonstrating that they don’t want us to buy what our political elites don’t want us to buy (for our own good, of course) but we need to use a credit card. Banks going the same way.<br /><br />I don’t think the ‘coin shortage’ was a coincidence, but a convenient opportunity.stlcdrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07407669183827851656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-81613654745245591862021-02-07T07:49:38.593-06:002021-02-07T07:49:38.593-06:00Re. Voting machines and their software. It should ...Re. Voting machines and their software. It should be open source. There is only one reason for it to be proprietary: to ensure the results you need.stlcdrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07407669183827851656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-57747122847982586962021-02-07T07:46:53.192-06:002021-02-07T07:46:53.192-06:00All I can say is DUH!!! Anybody with eyes could ...All I can say is DUH!!! Anybody with eyes could see how corrupt and rigged this election was. To act like it wasn't is wishful thinking. But with Intel, Media and Corporations on your side, you don't lose. They will cancel ANYBODY who thinks otherwise as you have since witnessed. Congratulations, and enjoy the Downfall, because it will not end well.wendybarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04344162303631329747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-90332625208357104182021-02-07T07:43:15.598-06:002021-02-07T07:43:15.598-06:00During the post Floyd riots, I saw 3 videos from t...During the post Floyd riots, I saw 3 videos from the riots that have stayed with me since. In all three, the speaker was an African American woman late 20's-early 40's. <br /><br />The first was showing the damage to a local grocery store - not a mega store but with pretty decent size. What hadn't been stolen was destroyed. The poor woman kept repeating "How am I going to feed my kids?" <br /><br />The second woman had found out a car with white kids was handing out bricks, etc to kids in the street during riots. Her first question to them was "Why are you trying to get young black men killed?" One of the young men tried to "explain" to this adult woman that they were doing it for her. She was having none of it. I remember her saying something to the effect of "You come down here every 4 years and tell us what you are going to do for us. Well no one asked for your help."<br /><br />The third woman was just trying to get home when her car was surrounded. She told them to get out of her way. Again, the largely white group of teens, early 20's in front of her car tried to explain they were doing it for her. When she was not properly appreciative, they started claiming she was trying to drive through them. She was only able to leave because an older man took control of the situation and got the crowd to let her car through.<br /><br />As I read the Time article, I thought of those 3 women. Nothing Time talked about helped them. They hadn't asked for the "help" but now they had to deal with the effects of it. <br /><br />And the message was clear that people expected them (and us) to be grateful for the unsolicited help.RoseAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02880210990646177044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31275737536612365102021-02-07T07:25:57.239-06:002021-02-07T07:25:57.239-06:00Mid-Life: You had the Big C way worse than me.Mid-Life: You had the Big C way worse than me.David Begleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553331226126840029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-76414464930555802662021-02-07T00:31:24.071-06:002021-02-07T00:31:24.071-06:00David Begley said...
1. The main organization run ...<i>David Begley said...<br />1. The main organization run by Pod at the AFL-CIO is what Biden was referring to as the The Greatest Election Fraud Organization of all time.<br /><br />They used the virus to get mass mail-in voting. Lots of fake votes there. They improperly changed laws and the PA Constitution by regulations and statutes, respectively.</i><br /><br />I'm getting in on this late. David, you're being far far too polite.<br /><br />They didn't improperly change laws- they unconstitutionally ignored laws, and every challenge to the unconstitutional ignoring was beforehand either ruled unchallengeable, or allowed with the court's permission because "Emergency trumps Constitution" (which isn't in any of the states nor the federal constitution), sometimes not inly with the court's permission, but with the court's blessing, and a few times, ordered by judges themselves acting as dictators, and I'll bet every judge who ordered the unconstitutional ignoring of election laws did so because they knew they needed to because Trump is a dictator. It was a wholesale usurpation of the rule of law, and a republic exists only as long as the powers that be adhere to the law. <br /><br />Now we've got a large part of the elite stating the first amendment is obsolete because internet.... it allows too much freedom, and that was never the intent of the Constitution.<br /><br />Roughcoat, you're being too gentle. Get in his face, you know, Obama's advice. Call you're friend, who will be a former friend, exactly what he is- a stupid ignorant anti-freedom c---s-----r, of whatever you're favorite choice of insults might be. There's lots of classy ones that can be found if you don't want to be crude. And remember to ask: "Are you enjoying the new higher gasoline prices you voted for?" I can absorb the higher gas prices myself. It's next heating season's fuel prices I'm dreading. Much as I hate to because of the work involved, I'm planning on burning wood next winter. As long as it remains above 15°F I can burn wood- below that I have to run the boiler to keep the heating pipes running up the outside walls from freezing. Wanna guess how I discoered that?Gospacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570281939230746682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-51681737076471783202021-02-07T00:27:13.592-06:002021-02-07T00:27:13.592-06:00Their reasons for releasing what they released, wh...Their reasons for releasing what they released, when they released it, seem obvioous to me, though I haven't seen anyone else with this take.<br /><br />The material and the timing are intertwined. It was released 3 days before Trump's impeachment trial starts, and if his team tries to intro material on why he thought the election "stolen" as a way of establishing his state of mind, they can say "this is old news, it's already been published and we know all there is to know about it." They will have framed it the way they want it framed, including what they say and what they omit, and will argue that no further inquiry will be porductive. It says the minimum they thought could be consistent with events and information already in the public record, omitting anything they think they can plausibly deny and keep hidden.<br /><br />Who are "they"? The peole and organizations named in the article, plus plenty more. The top levels at DoJ, FBI and CIA, and numerous GOP bigs whose careers would be ruined if their overt actions to sabotage Trump were known. Other big Democrats, for sure. Numerous State and local officials. Maybe some judges, up to and including John Roberts, who kept the SupCt from doing anything before the election, signalling to all the lower courts that they can and should just stay away. Not that this was hard, as only Thomas and Alito seemed even somewhat interested, and Roberts and the 3 Democratic appointees certaily were happy to see Biden win by hook or by crook, and would have acted as they did even if no one talked to them (direvtly or, more likley or through cut-outs or Op-Eds).<br /><br />If you think this cynical, I would refer you to the exchange between Michael and Kay in The Godfather, when Michael goes to Kay after returning from Sicily, about what powerful men do ("Who's being naive, Kay?")<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtL6kbYiP-w<br /><br /><br />This is a frequent play, was used multiple times in Russiagate in anticipation of the release of IG reports, for example. But the practice is decades old, and is, if not Public Relations 101, no more esoteric than P.R. 201.<br /><br />It almost always works; always, when a compliant media is on your side. So, it will work this time, as well, if the subject even comes up. Any deeper knowledge is years, probably decades away, if ever.<br /><br />The real questions revolve around was omitted.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13617687006180956861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-23765854152611020442021-02-07T00:22:06.871-06:002021-02-07T00:22:06.871-06:00Links on What John Henry mentioned.
Strange timin...Links on What John Henry mentioned.<br /><br />Strange timing...<br /><br />Tom Donohue, US Head of Chamber of Commerce<br />https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2021/02/06/tom-donohue-departing-u-s-chamber-of-commerce/<br /><br />Wikipedia Change...<br />https://www.axios.com/exclusive-the-end-of-the-maher-era-at-wikipedia-c1ed1408-bab7-4308-9407-db093e24c80d.html<br /><br />Head of Merck Stepping down:<br />https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2021/02/04/merck-ceo-kenneth-frazier-donald-trump-robert-davis/4385894001/<br /><br />Interesting on Sullivan Retiring. He did so much to discredit the Federal Judiciary. Between him and what Judge James Boasberg did, I am not sure who discredited the Federal Judiciary more.<br />https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/judge-emmet-sullivan-retiring/2021/02/04/8788f754-66f5-11eb-8c64-9595888caa15_story.html<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05612847660257503269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-67508549409205209862021-02-06T23:51:09.709-06:002021-02-06T23:51:09.709-06:00John Henry --- that is sarcasm, right?John Henry --- that is sarcasm, right?stephen cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277962223155674985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-43263006506258397492021-02-06T23:36:20.946-06:002021-02-06T23:36:20.946-06:00In addition to Bezos,
Sullivan, the judge in the ...In addition to Bezos,<br /><br />Sullivan, the judge in the general Flynn case<br />Donahue, ceo of the us Chamber of Commerce<br />Jeff zucker head of cnn<br />Ceo of Wikipedia (though I can't find confirmation) <br /><br />Announced that they were stepping down. <br /><br />I am sure it's all just coincidence. <br /><br />H/t @drawandstrike <br /><br />John Henry John henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13529920006532904660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-25652357869151258912021-02-06T23:18:51.561-06:002021-02-06T23:18:51.561-06:00So, a few others have shown up. Same question, for...So, a few others have shown up. Same question, for you: in what way do the actions described in the article, undertaken by the beneficent, patriotic, shadowy cabal, "save democracy"?<br /><br />It's insufficient to discuss only the items that anyone would have undertaken in any such year as this, such as the need for PPE; that doesn't "save democracy" but rather only helps to protect the health of poll workers and voters. Laudable, but dwarfed by the (successful) effort to maximize unauditable mail-in voting, and unimportant in comparison to the (successful) effort to change voting procedures via state court rulings in contravention of state legislatures' decisions and state constitutions. <br /><br />I truly want to know how the Democrat side, the rank and file, justifies these actions.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00623031374944444521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-82948984751839101662021-02-06T23:07:58.669-06:002021-02-06T23:07:58.669-06:00No, I was "admitting" the Left is capabl...<i>No, I was "admitting" the Left is capable of putting a million or so people on the streets and convincing a sizable portion to break and burn things. </i><br /><br />You don't see the implications of what you're "admitting"?<br /><br />Prole. Geez. You're better than this.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00623031374944444521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-9459161187103213572021-02-06T23:03:29.429-06:002021-02-06T23:03:29.429-06:00Thank you Ann, been awaiting your take on this mos...Thank you Ann, been awaiting your take on this most profound article I have seen ever. Trump WonCrazy Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10391690012629294324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-47677712254833538612021-02-06T22:21:15.624-06:002021-02-06T22:21:15.624-06:00Nobody seems to have mentioned Bezos who just step...Nobody seems to have mentioned Bezos who just stepped down as ceo of Amazon to what seems like an honorary position.<br /><br />It sounds like WaPo was involved in some of the "fortifying" Bezos, not Amazon, personally ows WaPo. If he directed, or even had knowledge of the "fortifying" he may be in deep legal shit. <br /><br />Ditto if he had a personal hand in shutting down Parler.com Amazon servers. <br /><br />If he did get indicted, and especially if convicted, it might tank the Amazon stock price. Most of his wealth is in Amazon. Is this a move to put some distance between Amazon and "fortifying"? <br /><br />"we knew nothing. It was all that evil bastard Bezos. And we never liked him anyway so nyah, nyah"<br /><br />Not really related to the election but perhaps the 2nd HQ scam, and AOC 's role in it will come out. I live in hope. <br /><br />John Henry John henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13529920006532904660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-85124759753283839782021-02-06T22:07:44.931-06:002021-02-06T22:07:44.931-06:00Thomas Wictor has a lot of interesting speculation...Thomas Wictor has a lot of interesting speculation about why this and why now at the quotverum mastodon feed<br /><br />https://social.quodverum.com/<br /><br />Dr weevil, I had joined qv some years ago, mainly to follow Wictor. When he went back to Twitter I stopped reading qv. <br /><br />Now he's back and so am I. Thanks for letting me know he's active again<br /><br />John Henry John henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13529920006532904660noreply@blogger.com