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-Great Cultural Revolution
Plea to become cannibals to fight climate change!
[Twitter]
Posted by: 3dc || 07/26/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  We start with him. Problem solved.
Posted by: Elmavitch Unusolet5188 || 07/26/2022 8:31 Comments || Top||

#2  A cry for help grant money...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/26/2022 8:38 Comments || Top||

#3  Remember, vegans are just free range and grass fed meat!
Posted by: DarthVader || 07/26/2022 8:57 Comments || Top||

#4 
SoylentGreen now in US Super markets
Posted by: NN2N1 || 07/26/2022 9:31 Comments || Top||

#5  Whew!
The monkey issue resolved.
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/26/2022 10:17 Comments || Top||

#6  lol skid
Posted by: Chris || 07/26/2022 10:52 Comments || Top||

#7  What is the bag limit on them and can we use them for bait?
Posted by: Cholutle Thrans9751 || 07/26/2022 11:01 Comments || Top||

#8 
Question: Is Anti-Fa, BLM or NOW meat healthier.
Because, I understand LGBT-💩 is being recalled.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 07/26/2022 12:44 Comments || Top||

#9  NOW meat = old and fatty
Teefa meat = stringy, raised using chemicals
BLM meat = just don't taste right.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/26/2022 12:57 Comments || Top||

#10 
Af-ghan meats! Get yore treats!
Fresh in from the Kaa-bool!
Tight, soft, juicey, all kinds
of af-ghan meats! Steaks,T-bone,
fillets, pash-toon man teats!
Everybody get some meats!





Posted by: Dron66046 || 07/26/2022 13:27 Comments || Top||

#11  “I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee, or a ragout.” --Jonathon Swift's A Modest Proposal(1729)

Centuries later the Swedish 'Scientist' (scare quotes intentional) comes across as far less witty . Jonathon Swift was satirizing English policies in Ireland while the Professor just sounds daft.
Posted by: magpie || 07/26/2022 13:41 Comments || Top||

#12  Robert Heinlein's novel "Farnham's Freehold" tells the story of Africans eating white babies and rhapsodizing how tasty they are.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 07/26/2022 14:35 Comments || Top||

#13  I'll be here all week! Try the shashlik, and don't forget to tip your doctor.
Posted by: Aleksandr the Great || 07/26/2022 17:39 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Now Jill Biden's press secretary resigns
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Michael LaRosa joins the exodus of communications staff from the White House for a new job
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/26/2022 10:32 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  Oh noos. On Taco Tuesday, too.
Posted by: ed in texas || 07/26/2022 13:55 Comments || Top||

#2  I hear there's a black alien from France looking for work...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/26/2022 14:08 Comments || Top||

#3  [snicker]
Posted by: Dron66046 || 07/26/2022 14:24 Comments || Top||

#4  ...The rats are always the smartest ones on the ship.

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski || 07/26/2022 14:41 Comments || Top||

#5  Does Jill Biden look like she smells like mothballs to anyone else?
Posted by: Chris || 07/26/2022 14:49 Comments || Top||

#6  ^ *snort*
Posted by: Frank G || 07/26/2022 15:06 Comments || Top||

#7  Mothballs do not hide the stench of carrion very well. (I heard that somewhere.)
Posted by: Whiskey Mike || 07/26/2022 16:08 Comments || Top||

#8  It's always Vicks VapoRub at the crime scene or the morgue.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/26/2022 16:17 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
Joe rolls out the red carpet: White House considers giving I.D. cards to migrants to make it easier for them to access benefits before court hearings amid historic surge in border crossings
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told DailyMail.com that President Joe Biden is make it 'easier' for illegal immigrants in the U.S.

  • Specifically pointed to the new initiative that would provide migrants with temporary I.D. cards so they can more easily access services and benefits

  • The program is meant to be mutually beneficial to migrants and the government

  • Incentivizes migrant check-ins and more communication with law enforcement

  • Democrats are looking to get congressional approval for the program before the end of September to avoid a roadblock should Republicans win a majority
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/26/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants

#1  The great betrayal continues.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/26/2022 2:51 Comments || Top||

#2 
Need I say, being Federal ID it becomes a voter ID ?
Posted by: NN2N1 || 07/26/2022 12:47 Comments || Top||

#3  Services and benefits paid for by US taxpayers! Benefits to illegal alien entrants to our country, because invading my country has earned them the largess of our nation, as a tribute to our national cowardice to treat them as the thieves they are and send them packing.
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 07/26/2022 13:27 Comments || Top||

#4  OK. Biden should fill out the paperwork for each and hand them out in person. That should keep him out of mischief.
Posted by: James || 07/26/2022 18:38 Comments || Top||


Government Corruption
FBI whistleblowers reveal widespread effort to DISCREDIT negative information about Hunter Biden
[Right Scoop] Here we go again. Thanks to multiple whistleblowers within the FBI who are said to be ’highly credible’, we now know that the FBI tried to discredit the negative and probably criminal information about Joe’s son Hunter Biden leading up to the election in 2020.
Here’s the report via Catherine Herridge:

Highly credible" whistleblowers have come forward to a senior Senate Republican alleging a widespread effort within the FBI to downplay or discredit negative information about President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, according to letters reviewed by CBS News.

"The information provided to my office involves concerns about the FBI’s receipt and use of derogatory information relating to Hunter Biden, and the FBI’s false portrayal of acquired evidence as disinformation," GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley wrote FBI Director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland on July 25. "The volume and consistency of these allegations substantiate their credibility and necessitate this letter."
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/26/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  FBI Director Christopher Wray is worth $$$$$42 Million Dollars.
Posted by: Jaque Sproing1885 || 07/26/2022 1:23 Comments || Top||

#2  The wife of As of US Attorney General Merrick Garland, Lynn, advises government and nonprofit groups on voting systems security and accuracy issues (aka "the fix is in" regarding election fraud prosecution...).

President Barack Obama, a Democrat, nominated Garland to serve as an associate justice of the Supreme Court in March 2016 to fill the vacancy created by the death of Antonin Scalia. However, the Republican Senate majority refused to hold a hearing or vote on his nomination. The unprecedented refusal of a Senate majority to consider the nomination was highly controversial. Garland's nomination lasted 293 days (the longest to date by far), and it expired on January 3. Wikipedia
Posted by: Jaque Sproing1885 || 07/26/2022 1:35 Comments || Top||

#3  President Eisenhower provided an ominous warning in his departure speech. No intention of going 'Alex Jones' on everyone, but I fear all of this mischief may precede the onerous Clinton's and Barak Obama by a number of years. Hopefully we are not approaching a disastrous culminating event.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/26/2022 3:22 Comments || Top||

#4  The unprecedented refusal of a Senate majority to consider the nomination was highly controversial.

They were taught by the very best before them.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 07/26/2022 7:21 Comments || Top||

#5  I read this article on Revolver/Washington Times yesterday. It's a long read but worth the time.
Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed || 07/26/2022 7:36 Comments || Top||


#7  Trump had some executive order that allowed every bureaucrat to be fired no matter what level. Biden cancelled the order on day one.

The ability to fire anyone in the government, no questions asked, should be enshrined in the Constitution next opportunity.
Posted by: ruprecht || 07/26/2022 11:11 Comments || Top||

#8  Grassley said the FBI is rotten to the core. I agree.
Posted by: Vespasian Ebboting9735 || 07/26/2022 11:31 Comments || Top||

#9  Ref #8: I've thought that since about 1989. Somehow I usually arrive at discovery a little later than most.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/26/2022 11:45 Comments || Top||

#10  No intention of going 'Alex Jones' on everyone, but I fear all of this mischief may precede the onerous Clinton's and Barak Obama by a number of years.

I'm guessing it goes all the way back to JFK's assassination.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 07/26/2022 11:52 Comments || Top||

#11  The Nixon/Ford and Reagan administrations were brief interludes as was Trump's. Remember how Democrats and their media allies hated those guys? Notice how I did not include the Bushes?
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 07/26/2022 11:54 Comments || Top||

#12  The ability to fire anyone in the government, no questions asked, should be enshrined in the Constitution next opportunity.

They should all be required to submit their resignations at the beginning of each new administration. Further, all department heads of all federal departments and agencies should be required to submit a detailed justification for their department's continued existence to Congress and Congress should be required to approve said continued existence by a two-thirds majority vote.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 07/26/2022 11:58 Comments || Top||

#13  The solution to the impossible Civil Service careerism problem is actually already enshrined in past government practice. Firing a career federal employee is a virtually impossible task, ask anyone who has plumbed the Civil Service Commission Regulatory Waters. They did away with the grades of GS16-18, making them the SES (Senior Exsecutive Service) supposedly a position that can be managed and removed. But below that, its a true ordeal to remove even the most inferior civil servant, God forbid a minority of any stripe. So the GS9-15 managers and staff exercise an enormous amount of policy and implementation power for every aspect of government functioning, making them the bedrock of the woke, Deep State in recent years. They can thwart conservative policies with a myriad of bureaucratic and diversionary tactics, studies, evaluations...etc.

Now, consider if you split away Management authority from rank/pay/benefits. Remember the Army Tech-5 of WWII? Paid as a Sergeant E-5, but having no NCO/command authority! You take a non-performing civil servant GS-13 and you take away management decision making, but no adverse financial or career impact. Hurt feelings, but no discernible adverse effect. You just remove them from the decision tree, not their career. Harder to claim any impact except hurt feelings and perhaps an earned reputation as an obstructionist.
Easier than getting a new civil service system at least.
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 07/26/2022 15:27 Comments || Top||

#14  Cap pensions and use a formula to actually reduce pension accrual for each month of service beyond an approved ceiling.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/26/2022 15:33 Comments || Top||

#15  The President should get 25 and each Secretary 20 and each Department head 15 no questions asked firings each year. Just like lawyers on each side get one free 'throw them off the jury' challenge in courts.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 07/26/2022 15:44 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Disgusting - Al Gore uses murdered Uvalde children as prop in attack on ‘climate deniers'
[Right Scoop] Al Gore did an interview for Meet the Press tomorrow and they put out some preview clips, and in one of them the fake green giant used the massacre of children in a Uvalde elementary school as a toss-away metaphor for "climate denial."

If you think it sounds disgusting by my description, just watch it for yourself and see how truly heinous this is. And yes, as you can imagine, nobody in the media has blinked twice about it.

"The one thing that Senator Manchin said that I really agree with is that, ’If we want more pro-climate policies, we need to elect more pro-climate senators and representatives in both parties.’ And we’ve got an election coming up. And this is time for all of us to step up" said Gore in the lead-up to the comment. He was answering Chuck Todd asking him about America being a leader in getting rid of "fossil fuels."

Then he made the disgusting comparison.

"You know, the climate deniers are really in some ways similar to all of those almost 400 law enforcement officers in Uvalde, Texas, who were waiting outside an unlocked door while the children were being massacred. They heard the screams, they heard the gunshots, and nobody stepped forward. And God bless those families who’ve suffered so much. And law enforcement officials tell us that’s not typical of what law enforcement usually does. And confronted with this global emergency, what we’re doing with our inaction and failing to walk through the door and stop the killing is not typical of what we are capable of as human beings. We do have the solutions. And I think these extreme events that are getting steadily worse and more severe are really beginning to change minds."
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/26/2022 07:33 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "Disgusting?" Yes of course. Surprising? No, not in the least.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/26/2022 7:36 Comments || Top||

#2  You know Al, that in ancient times, false prophets were stoned to death. Let's go check some of your predictions.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 07/26/2022 7:49 Comments || Top||

#3 
Gore seeing News worth events have interfered with his
Climate________$$$$$$$ flow. He seeks to associate his
Climate _______ with anything in the news spotlight.

Just like we see other Liberal Has-Been Hollywood
types do, when trying to rekindle some type past fame
and interest.


BTW: What is the count now? For items that Gore claims were caused or happened due to his often cited Climate Doomsday (suspiciously always in the 10+ year future) predictions.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 07/26/2022 8:04 Comments || Top||

#4  ...Al Gore...

'Inventor of the Internet', that Al Gore?

'Sex Poodle', that Al Gore?

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski || 07/26/2022 9:33 Comments || Top||

#5  All in favor of firing Al Gore into the sun?
Posted by: DarthVader || 07/26/2022 9:38 Comments || Top||

#6  /\ I can fax you a copy of my voter registration card if necessary.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/26/2022 9:41 Comments || Top||

#7  Al's the definition of a poltroon.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/26/2022 11:47 Comments || Top||



#10  #9

So what's stopping them?
Posted by: JHH || 07/26/2022 16:00 Comments || Top||

#11  What a long, strange trip it's been. I actually voted for Al in 2000 and thought the world had come to an end when he lost.

9/11 was my mugging.
Posted by: JHH || 07/26/2022 16:05 Comments || Top||

#12  Ditto, JHH.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/26/2022 22:14 Comments || Top||


Liz Cheney thinking about running for president in 2024
[Breitbart via Right Scoop] Liz Cheney is apparently considering running for president in 2024. She was asked about it yesterday by Jake Tapper and she suggested she’s considering it:

Via Breitbart:
Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) said Sunday on CNN’s "State of the Union" that she would make a decision about running for president in 2024 "down the road."

Anchor Jake Tapper said, "You’ve made it clear you don’t think Donald Trump shouldn’t be trusted with the presidency again. Are you willing to run for president to try to stop him? At least in part?"

Cheney said, "I haven’t really at this point. I’ve not made a decision about 2024. I am really very focused on the substance of what we have to do on the select committee. Very focus on the work that I have to do to represent the people of Wyoming. I’ll make a decision about 2024 down the road."

She added, "But I do think as we look towards the next presidential election, as I said, I believe that our nation stands on the edge of an abyss. I do believe that we all have to really think very seriously about the dangers we face in the threats we face and we have to elect serious candidates. We’ve got to look people who will take their obligations and their oath seriously and who will deal with issues of substance with respect for people who have disagreements. And we’ve got to be able to come together and stop the very dangerous kind of politics we have lived through over the last year and a half certainly."
I can’t think of someone with less of a chance to win a presidential election.

If she runs in the Republican primary she’ll get destroyed. If she runs in the Democratic primary most Democrats will think she’s a DINO and won’t trust her.

The only think of consequence she could do is play the spoiler by running as an independent, and she might not even be able to do that. But I suspect if she does run, that’s what she’ll do because she hates Trump.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/26/2022 04:03 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The clear definition of chutzpah and unbridled arrogance.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/26/2022 4:25 Comments || Top||

#2  I think it is a great idea. She will need something to do for two years and she will suck money from Dem and NeverTrump doners.
Posted by: Airandee || 07/26/2022 6:22 Comments || Top||

#3  Oh please oh please. It would be glorious to see her utterly humiliated.
Posted by: DarthVader || 07/26/2022 8:19 Comments || Top||

#4 
Liz Cheney running for president in 2024.
What, as a LSD?
Posted by: NN2N1 || 07/26/2022 9:00 Comments || Top||

#5  Delusional...
Posted by: magpie || 07/26/2022 9:14 Comments || Top||

#6  Well, why not? It's not as if you need the support of the people to win elections nowadays. You only need the support of the ones that count the votes.
Posted by: Crains Noodleman4066 || 07/26/2022 9:28 Comments || Top||

#7  Her "delusions" are well shared.



Posted by: Besoeker || 07/26/2022 9:46 Comments || Top||

#8  I'm thinking of running for President in 2024 as well. She has a better chance of winning than I do, but only because more people have heard of her. She'll probably flame out after Iowa. If she gets that far.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 07/26/2022 11:14 Comments || Top||

#9  At some point, a person running in the presidential primaries is going to be lynched. Won't say who, or even which party, as that violates site guidelines.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/26/2022 11:16 Comments || Top||

#10  She will serve as a well funded tool for the Democrats. The media will cover her every word. This will not be a good thing for Republicans. The best thing for Republicans is to kick her out of the party the day after her primary loss. Don't allow her to carry the party banner.
Posted by: Vespasian Ebboting9735 || 07/26/2022 11:34 Comments || Top||

#11  Liz and Kamala should team up. What a ticket that would be!
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 07/26/2022 12:01 Comments || Top||



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Tue 2022-07-26
  Syria’s Autonomous Administration hands over 146 of Tajik ISIS children and women
Mon 2022-07-25
  Ethiopian security forces arrest 454 terror suspects in capital city
Sun 2022-07-24
  Biden Expects Bad Econ News This Week
Sat 2022-07-23
  Extremists have attacked Mali’s Kati military base on the outskirts of the capital city Bamako
Fri 2022-07-22
  White House says Russia planning to annex large swaths of Ukraine
Thu 2022-07-21
  Heavy clashes between armed groups in Libya capital Tripoli.
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  Fitch downgrades Pakistan's outlook from stable to negative
Tue 2022-07-19
  Iran brags it has the 'technical means' to produce nuclear bomb'
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   Zelensky fires security service chief and prosecutor general
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  Swift Capture of the 7-Eleven Spree Killers Shows What Taking Crime Seriously Looks Like
Sat 2022-07-16
  Putin's missiles hit Vinnytsia city centre, sending Ukrainians diving for cover as blast kills 23 including three children
Fri 2022-07-15
  Ukrainian HIMARS strikes have killed or wounded most of the leadership of the Russian 106th Airborne and 20th Motorized Rifle Divisions
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  Afghan migrant who sexually assaulted underage girls and raped a 12-year-old boy after arriving in France tells court: 'In my country it is normal to have sex with young boys'
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  Militias Enter Tripoli Amid Bashagha’s Claims to Takeover Capital
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