5th Circuit Stops Big Tech Censorship in Texas
There has been a major decision made by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals regarding Corporate censorship of speech. The corporations being outfits like Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter. In a nutshell the court ruled that these companies amount to “Common Carriers”, much like all public utilities, and therefore can be regulated as such. Including Texas passing a law prohibiting censorship due to political preferences. The following article at American Thinker describes the basis of the law and the court’s ruling:
This issue has caused a lot of angst here at SUFA in the past. The dilemma of what happens when private companies start censoring people as opposed to when the Govt. censors folks. The latter has always been taboo, to most here, but the former created a conflict of sorts. How can you defend private property or the rights of individuals then ask Govt. to regulate companies ability to control their platforms.
I agree with the author of the AT article in that given existing laws it is probably the correct answer. Because it is in fact consistent with other laws and Govt. actions over the conduct of private lives. Demanding businesses provide service to anyone and everyone, for example. No matter whether the business owner agrees with the customers values or outward appearance.
Then there is the issue that the Tech. Companies created in their own arguments. Making the case they are the location of “public discourse” to gain monopoly market share then doing an about face with respect to free speech. What was missing from this case was the interwoven nature of Govt. working with these Companies these past two years. Maybe even more but we don’t know for sure.
We should recognize here that media companies that have national audiences, we call them MSM, have a long history of working as the Govt’s propaganda arm. At least until things go south. Then they act all righteous while putting the screws to the same Govt., whose boots they were licking only months before.
I am sure many of us will celebrate this decision. But let me ask a question. How long before the other side figures out how to use this ruling against the very thing we want protected? When will the lawsuit or LAW come regulating a Company’s ability to contribute to political campaigns because it is a “common carrier”, and as such supporting one view is defacto censoring the other view. When will laws be passed or judges rule that companies MUST provide equal time to all sides of an issue?
Maybe this will turn out to just be a reasonable decision, with no unforeseen negative impacts. In the current state of political affairs, not likely.
So for now I think I will place this decision in the category of “be careful what you ask for.”
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Well along the lines of being careful about your Christmas list, here we go. From the J6 Committee ………….. Stalin and Mao would be proud.
“We have some minor factual loose ends to wrap up, but then really what we need to do is to make our sweeping legislative recommendations about what needs to be done to fortify America against coups and insurrections and political violence in the future,” said Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.).
“We want to strengthen and fortify the electoral system and the right to vote. We want to do what we can to secure the situation of election workers and keep them safe from violence. We want to solidify the states in their determination that private armed militias not operate in the name of the state. You know, we don’t have any kind of federal law or policy about private armed militias,” Raskin added, saying the last point was a personal interest of his.
Quotes taken from a story at The Hill.
Everything he said was reasonable. What I’ll never understand is the duplicity of the Democratic Party claiming their fear of losing democracy when they continue to abuse it with superdelegates. It’s really no different than states declaring certification of election results null and void and allowing a partisan Congress to overturn the votes of the people. ZERO difference.
And you were right about Martha’s Vineyard and the political stunt pulled there when after all their “care” in front of the cameras didn’t mention the fact those poor people/pawns were shipping to a military base and off that elite island. My wife and I were just watching another bogus story about how wonderful the migrants were received and both of us said, “Yeah, right.” If SK is counting, that’s 2 or 3 times I’ve admitted I was wrong. 🙂
It is good for the soul.
What he said “sounds reasonable” but the How is what’s important.
One how would be to provide armed guards around voting polls so the morons in the militias and others don’t get to threaten poll workers for doing their jobs. I know the Gravy Seals are big on intimidation, yet all they do is stand around as if they’re waiting for a war, but it does intimidate people trying to a job. Those slobs, some heavier than myself (and I’m no twiggy) couldn’t run a quarter of a mile, but they are festooned with battle gear that makes them look like a joke. I suspect one shot in their direction from law enforcement that isn’t racist or ego driven and they’d disperse with extreme prejudice. 🙂
We encounter militia groups all the time on the border. Most have proven to be wannabe rejects from military service that could not serve. They adorn themselves in military garb ordered off the internet….patches, rank insignia, etc. we just run them off. Can’t arrest them unless they do something wrong but we just run them off or prosecute them in the same way as illegals on private property. We charge them with criminal trespass if they are on posted land.
They are not invited by the ranchers nor us. Can’t confiscate their weapons unless they are used improperly. We can arrest them for drinking and drug use when uninvited and trespassing but that is about all. They like to walk around small towns dressed up but nothing illegal about that unless we catch them under our “stolen valor” laws for wearing paraphernalia they are not supposed to be wearing or depicting themselves as veterans when they are not.
Good on you, Colonel. That is truly good news. I do think, however, there should be laws enacted that preclude them carrying weapons into state houses (as they did in Michigan). When I see shit like that, I think it’s just a matter of time before an actual gun fight breaks out.
Also, one of the more emotional yet factual moments during the 1st January 6 hearing was learning how poll workers were harassed to the point of some gaining entry to their homes. All in Fulton County reportedly quit, which was obviously the aim of the intimidation. And all of it because a pathological liar who had claimed back in 2015 that if he lost the election would be stolen, repeated the lie when he actually lost. Too many people are too fucking stupid to procreate is how I look at it.
No law is necessary for this,…..just post it outside. You can carry a weapon anywhere in Texas unless it is posted on the establishment. Texas does not require a license to carry any longer. But, if you are licensed then you can carry anywhere. I maintain my CCL just for that reason. However, you can carry a long gun anywhere.
YOU can’t expect EVERYONE to be so blood thirsty, Colonel!!!!! Come on, man! 🙂
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My brain auto-completing this:
“unless it is posted on the establishment.”
Yes, then roof the MF’ers (i.e., as in throwing them off one, preferably 20 or 30 stories high) … what’s the dopey show called where the Capitol is bombed with all but one person surviving? Well, that one person gets the roof. Attention must be paid!
I assume EVERY gun nut can read, but what are they reading? If it’s military propaganda, someone should inform then that the US&A hasn’t “won” a war in more than 70’s years … Grenada doesn’t count. 🙂
The Martha’s Vineyard immigrants escaped the socialist paradise of Venezuela to come to the capitalist dystopia of the US. 🙂
The parasitic US that goes out of its way to ruin socialist governments, I think you mean. 🙂
Anita, I am so sorry about Sparty. I really thought T-Ray had the tougher game. Washington played lights out. Now we will see if it was a one game wonder because of Sparty’s high ranking.
Sparty losing is the second thing I was not expecting this week. Turns out its my turn to entertain COVID. Just found that out this morning after feeling bad most of the week. The test was worse than the disease. Actually put me to tears. Thats the first and last time I will ever allow that to happen. I honestly think that doctor had an attitude that I am not vaxxed so he fixed me.
I didn’t see the Sparty game but did watch PSU. Early on I thought they were going to have trouble but it soon became apparent that they had the game.
Some doctors act like mini gods. My wife’s doctor once accused me of practicing medicine w/o a license because I was pulling her off some of the meds they were feeding her. She was taking over a dozen pill some to control symptoms cause by the previous pill. I weened off several of them over several months and watch carefully for any negative signs. None appeared so I assumed the drugs were counter productive if not harmful. I do I observed definite increases in Parkinson-like symptoms when she started some of the meds and commented on it. The docs just ignored me. Seems strange to me sometimes, your with the patient nearly 24 hrs a day every day and they are with them for at most 30 minutes, but your observations are discounted.
Happy Monday, everybody!
Could someone please wake me up when they finally get the Queen to her resting place. I think they took the long way. I’ve been watching since 6am.
Fun fact: James Bond is no longer on “Her Majesty’s Secret Service.”
Shhh, that’s a secret. I’m surprised some of the old timers in this procession haven’t gone down yet.
I suspect you have not seen the most recent Bond film…….
You’re right. Never got into the Bond scene.
It would be wonderful if they left him dead.
Ban those books, America … because stupid is how we like them (and remain in power) … 🙂
https://www.npr.org/2022/09/19/1123156201/new-report-finds-a-coordinated-rise-in-attempted-book-bans
It’s just virtue signaling.
Functionally, you cannot ban books in the internet age.
Their care for the poor impressionable youths rings hollow. If they put a fraction of the effort into actually caring for schoolchildren that they do for fighting with such fantasies, there would be no such thing as a “lunch debt.”
But banning books, like advocating for “the unborn” is the perfect cause. It lets you stand on a moral high horse, ignore any nuance or complication, and proclaim yourself to be the champion of the children. Better, of course, is that, like “the unborn,” the position asks nothing of its advocates. There is no fee, no tithe, no tax. There is no call to service or charity. You need not sacrifice your weekend to work in a soup kitchen or dirty your hands. You need not change a thing about your own life to hold this stance. You may simply “advocate” and the whole cost is born by others.
It gives you all the feeling of good works without any of that pesky sacrifice.
I present the following in re the ongoing “bussing” of migrants with flagrant disregard for the fact that they are human beings:
Or, if NT isn’t your flavor, perhaps you’d prefer some OT?
If none of these are to your taste, perhaps you will see some relevance in the tale of The Good Samaritan:
I am, of course, no Christian. And were I to profess Judaism, it would only be a tepid sort. But there is morality to be gleaned here. More to the point, I would point at the above and ask this: who amongst you is undeserving of mercy and kindness that you should be treated as pawns for political benefit for the perceived crime of seeking a better life?
The question for those of you who do profess such a faith is this: how can you reconcile your stance on the treatment of “illegal immigrants” with the foregoing? I surely could not. Do you believe Jesus would praise or criticize this treatment?
dpm …. LISTEN TO ME. The GOP has their own version of Jesus and the Bible … and it has nothing to do with the ACTUAL Jesus (a human being who spoke radical marxism and was put to death because of it by the same brand of conservatives as exist today) … Read a better version … 🙂
https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-gospel-according-to-jesus-christ_jos-saramago/267376/item/675325/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI-5_3q7mh-gIVJIdbCh2K0QsrEAQYASABEgKmX_D_BwE#idiq=675325&edition=2480210
(pay no attention to the channel name)
Depends, is Jesus a Texan?
be treated as pawns for political benefit for the perceived crime of seeking a better life?
Ummmm…Render unto Ceasar that which is Ceasars……the Non Texan Jesus also said you must follow their laws. It is a violation of law to enter the United States illegally. End of story.
Jesus of Nazareth was far more flexible about breaking the law than you suggest….
A version of Jesus that hid behind the law to be cruel to the downtrodden would be abhorrent to the one in the bible that I read. Perhaps, as Charlie suggests, you have your own version.
Nope….the bible is a great history book. I have read most of it….not all of it. So, I really do not care what the lad did or how he was interpreted. He got a bum rap being pinned to a cross. I would think that spikes through the hands and feet were rather bothersome. I am not religious. I am not Atheist. I do not know what I am…..agnostic?
All I know is…there is an international boundary, whether you like it or not, you Pirate. I also know that there is Federal Laws established that those boundaries must be legally crossed. Don’t like the law? Change it. Until then enforce it. If the Federal Government chooses not to enforce the law, then, Constitutionally, the State has the right to enforce the law. ( Look it up ).
Keep making the statement that the border is under control and closed anbd you will continue to get illegal entry bused into your area.
Well I have.
In fact, one of the books (the best one) is named after me.
My question for unbelievers was: who amongst you is undeserving of mercy and kindness that you should be treated as pawns for political benefit for the perceived crime of seeking a better life?
My question for believers was: how can you reconcile your stance on the treatment of “illegal immigrants” with the foregoing? I surely could not. Do you believe Jesus would praise or criticize this treatment?
As you fit in the former group, feel free to answer the relevant question. Or don’t.
If we were to accept the truth of the stories, he CHOSE this fate for himself.
It was a noble sacrifice which he pondered in the Garden of Gethsemane.
He begs for God to relieve him of his burden but ultimately decides to bear the sacrifice.
It was not a “bum rap.” It was a deliberate, willful decision to do good at a great personal cost.
The REAL question is why people think wearing a cross honors him… imagine getting guillotined, coming back from the dead, and everyone is wearing mini guillotines on gold chains around their necks, there’re model guillotines on top of buildings and on the walls of churches… practically everywhere. Some places even feature you in act of being decapitated… I have to imagine Jesus would be super freaked out by it.
“We wear the thing used to torture you to death to honor you” is a really weird thought process.
The law is evil. I will simply choose to operate in open and hostile defiance of the law.
I will obey your evil laws no more than I would obey laws which render men chattel.
I have made no such assertion.
The way to get the border “under control” is to butt out and let human beings move freely without your undue interference.
In fact, one of the books (the best one) is named after me. Hmmmm I looked all through my Thompson Chain Reference Bible and did not see a chapter dedicated to Dread Pirate Mathius.
My question for unbelievers was: who amongst you is undeserving of mercy and kindness that you should be treated as pawns for political benefit for the perceived crime of seeking a better life? I do not think that seeking a better life is a crime. Not at all. Just do it legally and I will support that. As to being treated as pawns. well, they are treated that way. But, Texas and Arizona did not make the first move.
If we were to accept the truth of the stories, he CHOSE this fate for himself. That is my understanding.
It was not a “bum rap.” It was a deliberate, willful decision to do good at a great personal cost. My reference to “bum rap” was meant to mean that he was put into the position of making that choice. Being put into that position, in my opinion, was the bum rap.
“We wear the thing used to torture you to death to honor you” is a really weird thought process. Very strange indeed.
I have made no such assertion. No..you did not. I was in the metaphorical mood.
The way to get the border “under control” is to butt out and let human beings move freely without your undue interference. No sir, this is false. The issues at the border will not change. They will not be allowed to move freely and it will not be from our side. It WILL NOT change.
Or, there are ranchers sending their own messaging and it appears to be working for now…this past Friday a rancher and his foreman, while riding their fence line, watched 2 smugglers approach their fence line, cut the wire and appeared to signal what was considered a group of illegals waiting on the other side.(This was not confirmed) The smugglers cut the fence right next to the blue fence pole and the sign that warned them. I’m sure it was a message to the land owner that they are coming anyway….
The minute the 2 smugglers stepped onto the private and posted property, they were intercepted and “kneecapped” with a 40 mm Glock. Both men shot in both knees. When questioned, the rancher said that he did not want to kill anyone as yet but he did send his own message back. The rancher was not charged with any crime. He was protecting his property.
I wonder how this will turn out…..
A man I generally respect the other day was opining on autism. Specifically, its increased prevalence in recent years. I’ll spare you his theories, but he referred to a collection of afflicted individuals as “austists” and, when he received pushback, “autistics.”
The pushback – which came from others – is that this language dehumanizes them. They are not “people with autism” or “autism sufferers,” but they are “autistics.”
So much of their humanity is denied when their very existence is framed as their disease. They are not their condition. They are people with a condition. But, at the end, irrefutably, incontrovertibly, PEOPLE.
Setting aside my personal disdain for the morally indefensible “border” and the persecution of individuals who cross it, these “illegals,” as you put them, are human beings who exist in a condition of being here illegally. They are not definitionally their immigration status. They are not “illegal.” A human being cannot be illegal. They are, if you must, “here illegally.” Illegal – if you must – is an adjective to describe a person – not the person themselves.
I have no idea why I bothered to write this – I know it will land on deaf ears.
No, not deaf ears. It is a matter of semantics…if it makes you feel better I can use the terminology “persons of illegal status”… is that better? I refer to them as person…but their status is illegal. And yes, human beings seeking to knowingly violate a sovereign state’s law, makes them a criminal, does it not?
Yes, it does.
Thank you.
Under the evil and immoral laws of the United States “government,” yes.
Yes it does.
That same government once thought it was ok to inject several hundred African Americans with syphilis and then withhold treatment from them in order to study the progression of the disease even after a treatment had been developed… so maybe just be careful conflating your government’s handling of vulnerable minorities and objective morality..?
so maybe just be careful conflating your government’s handling of vulnerable minorities and objective morality..?
I like to think that I am just and moral…..for the most part. But I do not believe in the adage of “turning the other cheek.” I have always found that if you turn the other cheek..it gets slapped.
I have always found that ‘an eye for an eye’ leaves everyone blind.
Yet your framing is telling.. turn the other cheek suggests that they have wronged you. Perhaps, in the global sense of “breaking my nation’s laws” this may be true, but Mathius is a well known speeder and seemingly begets no such ire. Can you spare no empathy to see it from their perspective? Not the mules and the drug runners and gangs, but the common people just seeking out a better life? Have they really wronged you enough to deserve the treatment they receive at the hands of your government?
Again, sir….the only wrong is the unlawful side of it. I have empathy. It is hard not to have empathy having traveled the world over and seen what the other countries are really like. People here have no idea.
But, and this is me talking, empathy is an emotion. Emotion clouds the mind. Even Mathius, when he travels to Mexico, has seen the poverty that exists there just driving to and from the airport. Mostly hovels and shacks and barefooted children begging for a single peso. Even the Indians, the original inhabitants of Mexico, are even more mistreated than anything we did with reservations and such. Every time I go to El Centro in San Miguel and I go to the square and see the begging on the church steps…..the skinny little boys and girls that beg pesos….and when you give some, they immediately run across the square and give the pesos to the FAT assed father sitting on his fat butt in the shade drinking his tequila. It is hard not to have empathy…but it must be over looked. It is a wasted emotion.
I am not wronged by any of the persons looking for a better life until they violate the law or until they do something to me by breaking the law.
Note to Charlie and the DOG…………………..
Texas is open carry. Simple.
If an owner of an establishment does not want weapons on his property, simply post the sign that says the carrying of non licensed weapons is prohibited. Simple.
Why do you make this so hard? And, Charlie, what is the difference of throwing an MF’r off a rook than shooting them? Both are dead.
or roof.
DPM….you do realize, do you not, that if we stepped back and opened the borders completely and said, Come one come all, it will not end the plight of the immigrant? They will still have to pay$5k, they will still be raped and beaten, they will still be sold into sex slavery, and organs will continue to be harvested.
You do realize this, yes? The border is under the complete control of the Cartels. COMPLETE. There is a 5 km zone that the Mexican Army or the Federales will not enter. You understand this?
All that you say is true….but you are missing that drugs, while still the main source of their income, is not the sole source of income any longer. It is human trafficking, the sex trade, and the new thing of organ harvesting. I have nothing to back the figures up yet as I get my information from briefings on a weekly basis. I am told (not confirmed) that drugs are only about 65% of the income. I know about prohibition and I know about cigarettes and alcohol.
I wonder about drugs….you made mention of black market but Colorado seems to having a hell of a time with the black market now. The revenues that they expected did not materialize and I hear ( not confirmed ) that the cartels are buying up the distribution centers.
Oklahoma has several cannabis tents and kiosks set up just across the border on I 35…They have all of a sudden, been burned to the ground. Again, (rumors) Cartels are destroying and setting up their own distribution centers. this controls supply and price. You and I both know the government will not stop this…it lacks the “juevos” to do so.
I suggest things have changed significantly since the prohibition days.
As I so often am.
So it would be unwise to deprive them of their main source of income because they have other source?
Well, human tracking as in “getting over the border” gets solved instantly.
Human tracking as in slavery would still need to be tackled. But is it your view that this is an easier or harder problem if they retain the cash flow from drugs and coyote-ing?
Easy. Legalize prostitution. This should never have been criminalized (or stigmatized) in the first place.
Well, I suppose this will be solved with technology eventually, but in the meantime, do you reeeaaaaallly need both kidneys?
Jokes aside, again, do you imagine this is an easier or harder problem to solve when the organization retains control of a massive pipeline of funds from drug sales and coyote-ing?
As I so often am. I forgot about your humility.
So it would be unwise to deprive them of their main source of income because they have other source? Not at all, but I do not share your simplistic approach of legalizing drugs solves the problems.
Easy. Legalize prostitution. This should never have been criminalized (or stigmatized) in the first place. Agree….totally but it would not stop the underage sex trade and that is HUUUGE.
Jokes aside, again, do you imagine this is an easier or harder problem to solve when the organization retains control of a massive pipeline of funds from drug sales and coyote-ing? I think there would be a shift but it would be easier to control perhaps IF the source is cut off. But I do not think the source would be cut. I think the Cartel would own the source in the US.
Is it your opinion that, given the choice between (A) “services” by an unwilling party that is both physically and legally more dangerous as well as, probably, more expensive and (B) similar services by a consenting party that is not dangerous, does not expose one to legal jeopardy and, probably, costs less… that people won’t switch to (B)?
Maybe some subset of deviants remain with (A), but the more switch to (B), the harder it is for the cartel to justify their continued operations within (A).
Ultimately, what I’m getting at here is the fact that people want sex. And some are willing to buy it. This is the oldest business in the world and ain’t goin’ nowhere. By forcing would-be-ethical consumers into dealing with an unethical party, you force the flow of funds to that unethical party.
Starve the Beast ™ works for cartels just fine. Choke off their flow of funds and they weaken overall. Would you prefer to fight a cartel with a virtually-unlimited river of drug, coyote-ing, and sex-trafficking money? Or one that only has the resources of sex-tracking?
Would you rather go to battle with a well-funded enemy with a diverse pool or resources, or one with narrow sources of funds and limited resources? You might (rightfully) think that the resources they do have are problematic, but ceterus paribus, it’s still better that they have fewer other-sources, no?
Is it your opinion that, given the choice between (A) “services” by an unwilling party that is both physically and legally more dangerous as well as, probably, more expensive and (B) similar services by a consenting party that is not dangerous, does not expose one to legal jeopardy and, probably, costs less… that people won’t switch to (B)? Yes sir, I do not think it would have the impact that you surmise. There would be some change for sure but not a great impact. From the documents that we capture and the interceptions of cell phone conversations we capture, this underage thing is big and worth the risk to these scumbags out there. The other thing about it is, the local pimps and cat houses are being phased out and the cartels are moving in. This really needs to be addressed big time because we see the cartels moving into areas normally held by the street punks and pimps…the local teenagers standing on the street corners selling their drugs….it is all changing and getting more violent. Remember, I am for legalizing prostitution…always have been. A woman has the only product in the world that can be sold, take it with her, resell it, and it does not depreciate. ( I know, I know, that was a sexist statement…but the truth).
What you do not see is the long arm of the Cartels….their violence not just on the border but the infiltration of the border with their “torpedoes”. I really wish people could see what we are encountering down here. It is NOT the family looking for a new beginning. Not any longer. Next time you watch the news of buses unloading in New York….count the ones coming off the bus. Families are one out of 8 coming off those buses….and they ARE NOT vetted.
Last night I was riding shotgun on a chopper flying 300 miles of border. It was a sight to see wearing NVG’s…….Apparently the word is getting out about the ranchers now defending their own fence lines without fear of prosecution. The amount of crossings into those ranches (approximately 214 miles of it) the crossings have dropped by 70 to 80%. They, the persons seeking illegal entry into the US (better?) are being channeled into the areas we want them. Choke point is the military terminology. I saw three areas where the crossings were in the hundreds…one area had 224 crossing. In this area, of the 224 crossing, there were 7 females, 9 children…….that is it. I have not seen the numbers on the other crossing yet.
Want to stop all of this and want to stop the Cartel? Take the war to them. Close the border and turn us loose. We know where all the assembly points are. We know where the drug labs are. We know where the overseas drugs are coming in and we know who is supplying the drugs. We know the routes the Cartel takes. We need to tell Mexico to stop it or get used to seeing US flags crossing the border to do the job.
What is wrong with this approach? Please do not tell me that it would be war with Mexico….we are already there. If we take fire from across the border, we fire back now. So….why not take the fight to them?
DPM…you know, if you let Mathius out long enough, he would send me a picture of Jesus in a stetson. He does have a quick wit.
I keep telling you this – I have no idea where Mathius is. He’s been missing for days now.
Got to run…more border patrol..for the night vision guys….
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One could surmise that at last 80% of all residents of China would qualify as Asylum seekers for religious, political or safety reasons. Ditto for all of Africa, ditto for Southeast and Southwest Asia. Let’s not even talk about Central and South America’s percentages. Perhaps only 25% of European, East and West residents would qualify but we all can agree that fully 80-90 % of Ukrainian and Russian residents would qualify under our current standards.
So, Matt and the one not named, how about those 4,000,000,000 new neighbors? Got a spare bedroom or closet?
You say this, but all I hear is “gee, I’d love to respect your rights as a human being, but I was born on the right side of the imaginary line and prefer the status quo more than I care about Uyghurs being genocided.
“You say this, but all I hear is “gee, I’d love to respect your rights as a human being, but I was born on the right side of the imaginary line and prefer the status quo more than I care about Uyghurs being genocided.”
Yes, the moron who won’t be named stepped in it again, didn’t he? His morality (which he had the stones to post about last week) are somewhere between the shit and and the shinola. 🙂
new intelligence…..take this with a grain of salt because it is military intelligence, Venezuela has emptied most of its prisons and sent them north. On the Venezuelans we are catching, we are finding paperwork indicating this.
Any oxymoron, if I’ve ever heard one…
Charlie, no need to be insulting people.
Unless that’s Mathius, then, well, then “moron” might actually be a compliment..
That’s a compliment. You don’t wanna know what I really think of him. 🙂
Any oxymoron, if I’ve ever heard one…
Yep….
Happy to take Uyghurs but they and the Ukrainians are NOT invited to the party. Worst part is YOU KNOW THAT. Begs the question, 4,000,000,000?
Finally someone getting it right…..the new UK Prime Minister is reversing the 25% corporate tax rate back to 19%, stating that the UK should pull out of the global tax deal, part of which would impose a global minimum corporate tax of 15 percent, pull out of the Iran nuclear deal, expand the tax base instead of increasing taxes, creating enterprise zones, to name a few. She is going to reverse the green policies and reopen fracking and drilling for oil and natural gas. She has stated….”no dependency on Russia.”
She gets it.
She is watching the Euro dollar closely as it has lost significant value and the pulling out of the Eu looks like the proper decision, now. The euro dollar is a 1 to 1 now and its forecast is to drop below the value of the USD.
“Finally someone getting it right…..the new UK Prime Minister is reversing the 25% corporate tax rate back to 19%,”
I’m confused, Colonel. The other day you were against bailouts for corporations. Knowing the power they currently yield (all of it), and although you’re against taxes (as if any government could exist without them), why are you saying they’re “getting it right?” Do they need further advantages/more power?
No sir, this is not a give away in my view..it is not bailing them out it is incentive to create more investment that gives the country greater value. It will provide jobs, no matter the level of wage, and it will lead to more independence from the Eu and Russia. I understand that government needs taxes and have no problem with taxes. Reasonable taxes that promote defense and economic progress and not regressive taxes. So, no, I have not changed my position on the bailouts of corporate power…such as NO taxes, bankruptcy laws, etc. A 19% corporate rate is what will be retained in the UK. But the biggest issue that I see is the broadening of the tax rate to include more persons. I have long said that NO ONE should get a free ride. Every one, even the poor, should have skin in the game. It may not be much but it is something. I am not a believer in the VAT and she is leaving that in place and corporations pay a much higher tax on the VAT for their inventory. So, I see her policies as incentive to increase production…which has all kinds of value to the poor.
“So, I see her policies as incentive to increase production…which has all kinds of value to the poor.”
“no matter the level of wage” ????? Ouch. Sounds to me like the elite protecting their elitism … at the expense of the working class and poor.
A question for all of ye who support human tracking to “own the libs.”
Does it really cost $615,000 to fly 50 people from Texas to Martha’s Vinyard? Has airfare really gotten that expensive? Did anyone look into booking a greyhound? I’d be willing to bet they’d have been willing to walk there for a lot less than $12,300 apiece.
Or, perhaps, might someone be gettin’ a kickback here?
Methinks before all this is over, we’ll see that this money landed in the hands of the governor’s pals and cronies. “Ownin’ the libs” by letting the governor steal your money… that’ll show ’em!
Normal government overhead. Why did it cost NYC $ 85,000.00 to gut renovate a three room apartment in 1990 when I did it for less than $ 30,000?
“I did it for less than $ 30,000?” … 🙂
No argument here…..I would bet your first born that the transportation companies were NOT put out for bid.
The “New World Order” has indeed fallen as flat on its face as the “great leap forward”. Seems that the international order is unable to heat Western Europe this winter nor apparently provide enough food. Forests are being cut down for conversion to wood pellets and bakers told NOT to bake anything but essentials to conserve gas and food resources. So much for Napoleons and Linzer torts let alone birthday cakes.
Nationalism, economic nationalism, NOT the Nazi style seems to be edging out once more the failed internationalist approach. If you can become self sufficient, you should be. That not only works but the surplus capacity you create allows you to do things like feed Western and Eastern Europe after the two world wars.
So, our British friends seem to be ahead of the curve. Even the Germans have decided NOT to shut down the two Nuke plants scheduled to be shuttered this fall and again are burning the filthiest type of coal nature makes, lignite to keep warm. If I were a betting man, I’d invest in West Virginia and PA coal mines. May as well sell them something useful and far less damaging to the environment.
Tsk, tsk, I see some hostility heading my way from the gang that can’t think straight (nor ever answer ANY question) .
As our beloved Colonel will readily explain to those hostiles, “Don’t mean nothin!” I dearly love that phrase.
So, what about those 4,000,000,000? Who is Ray Epps and why is he still on this side of the bars?
“So, what about those 4,000,000,000? Who is Ray Epps and why is he still on this side of the bars?”
I’ll give him this, even his nonsense is predicated on nonsense. Where did he pull those 4,000,000,000 from? Never mind, I know where (I hear these 5 https://hemorrhoidreport.net/top-products/?gclid=CjwKCAjwyaWZBhBGEiwACslQo7eI3Z_E9OvH1gVM2MOVln2aUvT9qS-inljrVcKuoSr0PZLbiMxI2hoCN3YQAvD_BwE work great). And I guess we’re suppose to ignore all the crimes committed by the orange jesus and his minions because like John Galt, “Ray Epps” is all they have? 🙂
Hostility? I think you’re a blast.
Ray Epps, mentioned several times in here … 🙂
Mentioned in passing. But why has no one seen Epps’ testimony? Unfortunately, Charlie, there is no one on that committee fighting for Trump. Nancy booted the few who may have had the fight in them. What we’ve been watching is an unfair fight.
Anita, my love, why would they allow those who may have (did) help set the thing up on the committee. And wasn’t it McCarthy who said yes before he said no (and pissed Trump off)? There are 2 republicans on the committee. Neither of them approved of what Trump did (his BIG lie and the insurrection/knucklehead revolution). It’s the first ounce of respect I’ve had for Republicans in a long time.
“But why has no one seen Epps’ testimony?”
None of the testimony has been released.
More on Mr. Epps … 🙂
https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-epps-dominion/fact-check-ray-epps-wife-held-a-position-at-dominion-enterprises-not-dominion-voting-systems-idUSL1N2Z91V2
DPM…are you still accepting “Letters of Marque”?
Sure, why not?
Great, I will send you coordinates of the rape trees and authorize you to deal with inhuman beasts that create the trees. This is the one area where empathy turns to pure, unadulterated, hate. We hope to catch them and they will never make a statistic ever again.
If such things exist, ye need only call in the coordinates. I have some new toys..
Oh, they exist,,,,it is horrible.
Good sir, I think I’d appreciate evidence of your claims. NOT THIS.. JESUS H. CHRIST, I DO NOT WANT TO SEE THIS!! But some of your other exploits.. the border caravans or the ranchers patrolling their perimeters against the roving bands…. Do you suppose you’d be kind enough to put together a slideshow for me?
I’d request YOUR photos taken BY YOU in CURRENT days. That you, with your sterling reputation and honor, can attest to.
I see lots of claims.. yours and others.. and the media and the right and left-wing echo chambers… but a picture IS worth a thousand words, is it not? And a lot of “pictures” I see are of dubious merit. And a lot of claims – even from people as trustworthy as yourself – often conflict.
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I request twenty-seven eight-by-ten color glossy photographs with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explaining what each one
only 27?
I’ll refer you to Anita to explain why I want twenty-seven eight-by-ten color glossy photographs with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explaining what each one.
A Hellfire, eh? Nice touch…..but inquiring minds want to know it the copper plated hull can handle the recoil…
The GOLD plated hull can handle the recoil… or a direct hit…. just fine.
She’s a fine ol’ girl, she is!
Y’AAAARRRRGGGH!
Gold plated hull? How gauche….
Just below the waterline – you’d never know it was there… But nothing beats gold for rust / corrosion resistance.
Looks like the human traffickers are still at their corrupt stunts: https://www.newsweek.com/ron-desantis-migrant-plane-currently-heading-toward-joe-biden-home-delaware-1744317
One good thing about this…..it is finally drawing attention. No one cared that border states had to absorb all of this along with the corresponding rise in crime, DUI’s. theft, robberies, rapes……and there is a direct correlation.
time to spread it around a little. Close the border and it stops.
“We’ll continue to engage in and celebrate human rights abuses until you give us we succeed in different-but-still-related human rights abuses?”
Giving this whole “Selfie” thing a try…
mirrored glasses….really?
The Orange Jesus is always white. 🙂
Ok, but have you SEEN Korean Jesus?
A question for the fans of DeSantis’ human trafficking scheme: Why did no one call ahead to Martha’s vineyard?
If the point is “you want ’em, you take ’em,” that would be one thing. But a deliberate decision was made to drop them off without warning. That ensured that people and systems could not be prepared for their arrival to help support them. You know who was tipped off? Fox News. But not any local authority or organization that could have had food and shelter ready.
In other words, this political stunt was deliberately structured to achieve the worst possible outcomes for its pawns. They wanted them to suffer and be seen doing so publicly.
The cruelty IS the point.
DeSantos and his enablers WANTED to hurt these people, wanted them to suffer because they felt that that would best “own the libs.”
The cruelty IS the point.
I am embarrassed that anyone, let alone so many I know, supports ssuch deliberate cruelty.
You sound like a whiny school girl. Secure the border and then we can discuss immigration reform. We have been having this discussion here for ten years. It is about time we actually did something positive.
If your version of “doing something positive” is maliciously treating human beings as pawns and deliberately setting them up to suffer as theater to score political points against “the libs,” then you and I have very different ideas of “doing something positive.”
As for sounding like a “whiny school girl,” I would wear that as a badge of honor if the alternative is to be cruel and indifferent to human suffering.
T-Man and SK, etc., all bend the knee to the Orange Jesus and THAT God hasn’t a clue about decency and/or empathy. It’s all I/Me/Mine … and his knucklehead supporters aspire to be him someday (forgetting the FACT he had a $400 million head start from Papa Orange, which was also illegally accumulated). It’s one version of American Exceptionalism they embrace.
Welp, I think tomorrow’s topic will be “trying to explain to T-Ray what toxic masculinity is.”
That should be fun.
Toxic masculinity is abusing women, period! There are a great many ways to do that without blackening their eyes.
Is that why Goetz sought a pardon? 🙂
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/09/17/matt-gaetz-pardon-sex-trafficking-probe/
Remember what the dems promised Reagan (we are supposed to forget) the amnesty was supposed to lead to a wall . THAT was 35 years ago!
Because we don’t see it as cruelty?
You mean without notice like this?
More than 70 flights transporting migrants from the southern border to Jacksonville have landed in the dark of night in recent months as the Biden administration struggles to empty overflowing border facilities, the office of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
It is the first time the state of Florida has disclosed the number of confirmed flights arriving in the state since the summer. The governor’s office has scrambled in recent weeks to uncover who is facilitating the mystery flights landing in northern Florida daily, but the Biden administration has refused to disclose any information, one official said.
“Over 70 air charter flights [on] jetliner airliners coming from the southwest border have landed at Jacksonville International Airport,” said Larry Keefe, DeSantis’s public safety czar. “On average, there’s 36 passengers on each of these flights. And that has been going on over the course of the summer through September.”
“We’re in a sad situation of trying to run an investigation. Who is facilitating this travel? How are they getting here? Who are the support people? Who are the sponsors?” Keefe asked.Jacksonville is located on the eastern side of the state, along Interstate 95, the major highway that runs up and down the East Coast. Florida officials are aware that the groups being flown in are then being transported by charter bus north and south on the interstate.Keefe added that the state government was informed of the flights by local law enforcement after the flights landed. In October, the New York Post reported similar flights arriving in Westchester, New York, throughout the summer.
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Spare me the “two wrongs don’t make a right speech”…….I do not see you getting your panties in a wad (do Pirates wear panties?) about about Biden and the lefties. Is this not the same cruelty to which you refer?
Abbott and Desantis have taken a cue from their own government and send them into Dem run cities as opposed to Republican run cities. This whole thing is a mess. Close the border.
Sounds like they were taken pretty good care of to me.
https://rumble.com/v1kr6lf-governor-ron-desantis..html
Rumble videos never make it through. They were taken care of very well in that sanctuary city.
On a lighter, but no less shitty note…
Republican icons … 🙂 Where’s the morality, SK?
JAC….release me……
Good lord, the sanctimonious BS is getting so thick in here, I’m gonna leave and go have a bourbon.
Excellent idea my dear.
I think I’ll have a grog.
It’s five o’clock somewhere, after all!
Somebody above actually believes that you cannot renovate an average four room apartment for $ 30,000 in 1990 dollars? Jeez, Did bathrooms for less than $ 4,000 as recently as 2010. Americast Tub, American Standard toilet, sink, shower bodies and faucets, 4X8 bathroom tiles, Cement board on the wet walls and WP sheetrock, 12X 12 sheets of white octagon black dot tile and a black accessory set and trim tile. Three guys (in house employees), two days. Eight hour days, all materials on hand before starting. TIME IS MONEY. The saddest part in many cases was the inability to save cast iron tubs on legs since in the olden days they were installed before the walls went up. Can’t fit them through 24in. door opening and all needed professional refinishing which could not be done on site. .
Kitchens even less. Engineered flooring, 84 in. wood wall and base cabinet. 18 cu ft. Fridge 30in gas stove and a $ 89 microwave. Formica countertops and SS sink. American Standard faucet (all repair parts are interchangeable with bathroom faucets). The thing about young people is they spend little time in the kitchen. In most cases, after a two year lease was up we had to ditch the stove many times since the top was so thoroughly encrusted with spilled grease as to unsalvageable , meanwhile the oven was unused often with the instructions still sitting on the middle rack! I standardized ALL light fixtures and ordered replacement bulbs (LED and fluorescent) by the gross. Commonality saves big bucks in the end. Repairing Oak parquet is one hell of a lot cheaper than replacing it. We owned our own floor machines and trained in house staff to operate them.
Hell, $30k is enough to redo a 4 room apartment TODAY if you’re frugal, careful, do some of the work yourself, and don’t go too high-end.
I mean.. it’d be tough, but I think it’s still (barely) doable depending, I suppose, on what one means by “renovate.”
We renovated our kitchen 2 years ago for $10K … but that is an anecdote. 🙂
Speaking of “justice” … why is it you think the Trump legal team won’t claim the documents weren’t classified? 🙂
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/20/trump-special-master-judge-mar-a-lago-00057805
The Petty Tyrant is playing the same game he always has: delay, drain the opponent’s resources and run out the clock until he is offered a slap on the wrist or the opponent yields.
The “special master” was never about reviewing privileged information (at least, not unless he’d managed to get a sycophant into the role). It was about creating just another hurdle that the government would need to jump.
The Petty Tyrant is 76 years old and in dubious health (both physical and mental). Beyond this, he is a possible candidate to run for President in 2024. Even if he is not the candidate, one of his acolytes may be. He is trying to drag this out until he can get a friendly President or until he dies or until the government gives up and gives him that slap on the wrist.
Any cooperation serves only to expedite things. Even with his own requests because, again, the “special master” was never the point of his request – the point was to throw a wrench in the works.
Your opinion, of course.
No, he’s right, Colonel. There is NO defense. He did this to himself (as he always does) and there’s nothing to defend. The documents, classified or not (they are) NEVER should’ve been where a warrant was required to recover them … and let’s face it, if anyone thinks the government now has ALL the documents, they’re delusional. In the end, if he’s not indicted AND convicted, it will prove yet again the class divide and corruption in America is all too real to deny or ignore, but ignore it will be. Why? Because we are the United States of Dumfuckstan. No smiley face on that one.
I have stated repeatedly, that IF…..IF….IF….he is in possession of classified material that violates whatever policy there is, he should be tried, convicted and the key thrown away…..as any POTUS should be that is guilty of the same thing…..however, it is pure speculation that until he is found guilty by a sanctioned court of law….he is innocent.
I appreciate the legal framing of “innocent until proven guilty.” Mathius often bifurcates his stances into those of “Juror Mathius” and “Citizen Mathius” for this reason… that he can form a reasoned opinion with a reasonable confidence level to hold a personal opinion of no import, but that, to convict someone and hold him legally accountable, Mathius would require a greater presentation of evidence.
Are you able to offer your opinions as: “Citizen DPM,” “Colonel DPM,” and “Juror DPM”? Or are they all one and the same?
Since I am NOT a DPM….and since I AM above the law……and since DPM and The Colonel are known outlaws…….Setting this aside and answering your question as
Texas Colonel………No, sir. It would be disingenuous if me to make that statement. I think…..reasonable think I can make a statement that, Texas Colonel would, to the best of his ability (laws of the sea notwithstanding) abide by the law. This same Colonel (Texas Colonel) is very capable of seeing the atrocities at the border and still rendering an emotion free determination despite personal feelings.
That…. is not an answer.
If someone held a gun to your head* and demanded an honest answer, what would you say? Do you – the person, not the colonel, not the juror – believe he probably committed crimes here?
* Let’s assume you’re well-restrained for the safety of the questioner.
No sir….I do not believe that crimes have been committed….yet. ( Go ahead and pull the trigger )
HOWEVER, sir…..if you can show evidence that a crime HAS been committed, I can change my mind……so far it is just heresay, and there is not a preponderance of that…as yet. But, since I did not answer in the affirmative right away, and the trigger has been pulled because I could not be coerced, it is rather a moot point about changing my mind that is now splattered everywhere….
What, then, do you make of the documents acquired at Mar a Lago?
Again, you, the person with the gun to your head. Not the Colonel or Juror.
Hmmmm……you wish me to render a decision based on pictures taken “somewhere” and to believe the DOJ….you wish me to render a decision on the basis of “leaked” information when a DOJ does not want to show their stuff….
Ok, checking out the gun, I could be coerced to say what you wish to hear, but the Colonel does take over….because he cannot be coerced.
Setting aside, the “Guilty until proven innocent: theory……
If those documents in the pictures are authentic..then yes, a crime has been committed if there is no extenuating circumstances involved. You wish me to make a judgement in violation of my long standing premise…I cannot do that. However, if there were top secret documents found and they were in his home in violation of standards, then yes, a crime has been committed.
As near as I can tell from sorting through the political posturing, the ex pres said he declassified all documents ergo, they are declassified, rubber stamps, snow white and mickey mouse stickers missing, notwithstanding, they are no longer classified. The Supremes have ruled on much of this before and near as I can tell the prior decisions still stand.
However, just how do you justify rounding up every scrap of paper including lawyer-client papers and claim you are not shitting on the US Constitution?
How about in NY, Colonel? Whether the criminal referral is picked up or not by the feds and IRS, the bottom line is it’s in black and white what Trump et all did to CHEAT and LIE his way into wealth (after being gifted 400 mill from his father, from where he gets his evil genes). Is it a witch hunt?
I think I missed something here….are you talking business dealings?
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They are NOT declassified, SK … but let’s take that fantasy for real (and ignore everyone in his cabinet except 1) … they were NOT allowed to be held in Mar-a-lago or anywhere other than the national archives. And the FACT he lied about having given all them back in June is Obstruction … and nobody even knows if they have all the missing documents. Rest assured there are some elsewhere, for the Orange Jesus is a tricky MoFo.
I said it, therefore it is empirical fact.
Would you refute any of this? It is his well-established track record regarding the legal system.
I can refute that there is no end to the government trough to persecute the man.
And lets not pretend that you wouldn’t request the same thing if they came for your head.
At least Charlie admits to being thankful to Trump for exposing corruption. I doubt we’ll ever hear that from you.
Anita, my love, the entire government is corrupt to the core … Biden as well as Trump, but Trump lives in a special class of corruption. Why he has a following post January 6 is mind boggling. But you’re right, his election and Hillary’s crowning and then loss have been wonderful if the public a) paid attention or b) gave a shit. They don’t. We’re all doomed.
The man is an (almost certain) criminal by your own laws. That you believe he should be above the law is telling.
Setting aside my personal views as a pirate, it is not “persecution” for the government to investigate a person for a crime they have reasonable belief that he committed. Aren’t you supposed to be one of those “law and order” types? Or does this only apply to people you don’t like?
It would be unwise to come for my head.
Nonetheless, I do not begrudge a defendant the use of every tool in their toolbox to fend off the government. I simply assert – and stand by my assertion – that this is the Petty Tyrant’s proven track record for dealing with such matters. He has a long and storied history of vexatious litigation involving bad-faith stall tactics. This is just a fact. That you INFER my judgement is a different matter.
More to the point, it has a tried-and-true record of strong success. He has done VERY well for himself and his businesses though this tactic. It remains to be seen whether it will work again. But it has worked for him time and again in the past.
I am not Charlie, but I think the Democrats and the Republicans are both completely full – literally chock full – of shit. They are all corrupt up to their ears. Even if the Petty Tyrant might be a cut above, this in no way means that I think the rest of the cesspit are anything other than contemptible.
I find it irksome that I am unable to ever say anything about your Dear Leader without you imputing some kind of implicit belief that I would support such behavior from the “other side.”
I said nothing at all about the Democrats or their Cardboard Cutout In-Chief.
Setting aside my pirate hat for a moment, insofar as this is a “nation of laws,” everyone should stand EQUALLY before the law regardless of affiliation or political clout. I think, insofar as the system allows a vigorous defense, that everyone is entitled to as vigorous a defense as they can muster. That doesn’t make it honest or good faith, but it’s their right to do so.
I am continually baffled by this notion that the someone believing that [Party A] should be held accountable for [crimes] means they would believe that [Party B] on the [other side] should not. If you ever manage to locate Mathius, I believe he would quite happily prosecute the Carboard Cutout in Chief for any crime the DOJ can reasonably prove. But I do not think he would whine ceaselessly about how his poor martyred leader was being persecuted.
I cannot understand why you think holding one person accountable means that I would think someone else should not be held accountable. Is it because this is how “you” think? That the laws should only apply to the “other side”?
Was not your Petty Tyrant well known to lead chants about locking up his political opponents? If I were to check the archives, say, on February 10, 2020 at 8:13 pm, would I find that you had found such chants hilarious when directed at your enemies?
You talk so much shit that its hard to keep straight.
Since when have I defended the R party for anything. I think I’ve been clear in recent years, that it is a ONE PARTY game in DC and they all suck.
I see Trump as using the R party as a means to an end. That being MAGA. And that you fight the man at every opportunity, says to me that you want nothing to do with making America great again. And the idea that you can’t even acknowledge the most basic thing as a border to a country, is completely absurd and dangerous. You really have no dog in the fight if you can’t acknowledge a border.
Hell yes I find it hillarious, the Lock her up chants. Its an earned chant and deserved. How did he decide to address that? By saying lets let it go. There are bigger things to address than someone who is in the past. That says an awful lot about him. Nowhere near petty and tyranty! Give me a break Mathius. Its so tiresome.
I wonder, DPM, I spent a couple of hours last night scouring the archives….I have seen no diatribe against this administration about the over 200 flights of migrants by the Federal government to cities all over the country. They are still continuing today. We count them from Del Rio, San Antonio, Laredo and Brownsville. We also count the number of buses loaded with immigrants from Del Rio (my area), Eagle Pass, Laredo, McAllen, and Brownsville. That occur on a weekly basis and have counted them since the Biden Administration dropped the border protections that Trump installed. Why do you not consider these flights and buses to be political pawns…..only those from Abbott and DeSantis? All I have seen on here is about DeSantis, Abbott, and Ducey. Why is this? Does this not reek of hypocrisy?
Please do not give me the two wrongs do not make a right speech because that is where you usually go. It does not apply in this case. The Federal Government sends out ten fold what the states are doing but that seems to be ok.
No one mentioned the 50, thousand housed under the bridge in my area of Del Rio last year. Once it made the news and the bad publicity got out, it was remarkable how the tent city disappeared within a week and 50, thousand migrants were unceremoniously whipped away. I know where these went because it is my area and I had the responsibility of providing National Guard troops by taking them away from normal border patrolling. I find it odd that no one was concerned about this.
Now, do not fire back at me about clandestine flights in the middle of the night claims, the “SHIPPING” of your beloved migrants to various cities around the country, and the claims of non vetting. I also know that you do not believe the reports I am giving you and others on this site and that is ok. Not one of my reports have been false but you do not find out later that I am always telling the truth. You know good and well that I cannot post pictures. Therefore, baiting me is not going to work. To take pictures with personal cell phones is prohibited and rightly so. Want to know why? It is not the migrants or the children that is in the pictures, it is what is around the migrants and children….the back ground, the intelligence that can be ascertained by the very well staffed intelligence experts of the Cartels. We cannot take pictures of the hangings that we encounter and we cannot take pictures of the rape trees..( those are the trees where immigrants are raped and their under garments are thrown in the trees ), we are not allowed to take pictures of immigrants barbed wired to trees as a warning… I am not supposed to tell y’all much of anything but I try to explain it where I am not violating the policy of the Biden Administration. I have SOME leeway in that I work for the State of Texas as a contract advisor and logistics expert assigned to the Texas National Guard.. I still get the respect and all the trappings of my rank of Colonel. I earned it.
So, all I can do is report what I see as I see it and what I can be allowed to report on here. I am not on any social media except SUFA. I do not Facebook, Twitter, etc. You often quote to me fact checking from sites like Snopes or Politifact….which you believe them and that is fine but you would be wrong. I cannot tell you that because you simply do not know. None of you know because you are not here. I have often said, and backed up many times, that I do not regurgitate any news media. I make no reservation about being conservative. I am not affiliated with any political party and have mentioned on here many times that I have voted as many democrats as I have republicans….but I am fiscally conservative and socially moderate and I do not hide this. I am not politically correct…and will call a spade a spade.
Out of respect for you, I changed my diatribe from “illegals” to persons here illegally. Pure semantics, in my opinion, but I did that. In our reports, however, and the news media, they are reported as “illegal immigrants.” I cannot get my arms around this progressive pronoun movement, banning of books because of some perceived racial overtones, banning of cartoon characters such as one of my favorite Yosemite Sam, because of perceived use of firearms, etc. I do not support this movement but I also do not refer to the progressive movement as despots nor do I label them.
As to the “persons” here illegally, I would be happy to explain in detail what the procedure is down here. What you read on the news is bullshit and hogwash as to the actual procedures that are followed. I doubt that you want them because it shoots holes in the news media reporting. HOWEVER, just as I did with Charlie, I offer you the same. If you wish to tour the border in the areas not shown on TV…I can arrange for you to accompany me to see for yourself what is ACTUALLY happening. It will astound you.
Telling someone you renovated a kitchen for $ 10,000 is NOT an anecdote, it is a fact experienced by a person who watched/did the work.
Saying an anecdote is not a fact is either questioning the veracity of the person telling the story or just being a pain in the ass. It also implies that the event in question is so unusual as not able to be experienced or replicated by others.
Oh, my wife would confer, SK … I am a pain in the ass. It is an anecdote because I can’t prove it.
Well, I am sorry folks, I have several replies locked away somewhere. Awaiting JAC to let me out of jail.
He lies all the time? How dare they! 🙂
DPM, do you consider it human trafficking when the government is flying immigrants to different cities?
If done so against their will* or by deceit, then yes.
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*for the avoidance of doubt, this explicitly includes where the immigrants give “permission” at the point of a gun. If it’s “relocate or jail” or “relocate or be deported,” etc, that is coercion and consent cannot be granted under such circumstances.
And you believe that this existed?
The evidence seems to point in the direction that many of the
immigrantshuman beings were deliberately deceived. That they were promised work and aid, but were instead deliberately stranded in a place where neither existed.———-
Ask yourself this simple question: do you believe that these 48 human beings WANTED to be rounded up in Texas, turned into living propaganda, and dumped on Martha’s Vinyard? Was there something in it for THEM? So why did they willingly go?
Nice trap laying questions…..I did not know that Pirates were this…..ummmm,,,conversant.
Have you seen such evidence? Or is it just the word of a person, who has violated our laws and is here illegally. However, all things aside, I cannot testify as to what is done in Florida. I CAN testify to what is done in Texas where the buses are concerned.
I do not give two shits for their legal status. They are human beings. And you would do well to remember that.
I have seen claims. But I return to my question: why would they WANT to do it? What could have been in it for them? The claim of having been deliberately deceived i is far more plausible.
And yet, again, you fail to answer them.
Of course I fail to answer them…sheesh.
Looking at it objectively, they came from Florida, not Texas. Logical sense, to me, is that anything to get out of Florida (that is Texan speak)….to draw attention away from their status, and I truly believe that the deception language is media speak.
I know what we do here, in Texas. And, you cannot surmise, that a point of a gun or “threats” are common. As your counterpart (the missing one) has said many times, I require proof positive……………heresay, is not proof,, and a television camera shoved in the face of a person, whom has violated our laws, is going to probably say what they want to hear. But that is speculation on my part.
𝓢𝓟𝓛𝓐𝓣
Not splat, my Pirate friend…..just not walking onto traps….I did the same with punji sticks in the jungle….avoided obvious traps…..snf you Pirates are good at laying them.
Charlie, you have often stated that the entire government is corrupted…..why are you so laser focused upon Trump? Maybe I asked this already, if I did, I apologize for the repeat,,,,
Why are you not focused on the present POTUS….his lies are just as damning. Is your sole issue the perceived Jan 6 debacle? Is this the special class to which you refer?
Not Charlie, but I’ll answer for him anyway.
::affixes Charlie Hat::
Ohh.. boy, this is uncomfortable… ok, the answer is that they’re all pieces of shit and they should all be rounded up, shipped off to gulags and/or executed. Heads on pikes all around.
The focus on Trump is only because (A) he’s the worst of the bunch, (B) he fomented the 1/6 insurrection attempt, (C) and is dead-to-rights in a criminal investigation, thus rendering him a glaring target.
Trump’s flagrant criminality and (thus far) imperviousness to consequences surprises Mrs. Clinton’s by an order of magnitude. Failure to prosecute (and convict) Trump at this point is tantamount to an admission that the elites are above the law.
::removes Charlie Hat::
Ugh… I am NEVER doing that again… BLECH! I think I’m going to need therapy after having that much socialism run through my noggin. Like drinking a gallon of Red Bull and washing it down with Soviet-era bottom-shelf vodka…
Like drinking a gallon of Red Bull and washing it down with Soviet-era bottom-shelf vodka…
THAT is a horrible mind worm that will now take copious amounts of DP to wash away…perhaps a plate of nachos w/jalapenos will help….followed by a plethora of churros. Not even sure that would work.
No need to apologize. My response on Biden (now you get a good look at me and my Bolshevik daughter, Nicole). Last video:
Just below the waterline – you’d never know it was there… But nothing beats gold for rust / corrosion resistance.
So, I finally know where my share of the doubloons went.
Letitia James just stuck it to the Orange Jesus … 🙂
“Civil fraud lawsuit” just means “legal for rich people.” She’ll never get the full $250m. Even if she did, there’s no way he’ll ever pay it (because he doesn’t have it and/or because he’s played a shell game to not have it). Even if they did pay up, they still probably benefited far more than $250m, so it’ll still have been worth it.
In all this, of course, they’ll play victim – as they always do – and his cultists will line up to cry persecution.
There is a hilariously large gulf between what progressive TV commentators think they know about history and what they actually know. On occasion, they make the mistake of engaging publicly with somebody who knows what she’s talking about. Don Lemon of CNN offered a textbook example. He decided to ask British commentator Hilary Fordwich a mealy-mouthed question about those who see the wealth of the royal family and ask “for reparations for colonialism.” Characteristically, this was framed in terms of other, unnamed peoples’ raising “legitimate concerns.” Lemon wasn’t even willing to make the argument himself: He just assumed that one would either agree with him or make oneself look like a jerk by dismissing it. This is what happens when you only hang out with people who agree with you, and either treat your half-baked opinions as nuggets of revelation or are the ones feeding them to you.
The answer: Well, I think you’re right about reparations. In terms of if people want it, though, what they need to do is — you always need to go back to the beginning of a supply chain. Where was the beginning of the supply chain? That was in Africa. And when, across the entire world, when slavery was taking place, which was the first nation in the world that abolished slavery? The first nation in the world to abolish it — it was started by William Wilberforce — was the British. In Great Britain, they abolished slavery. 2,000 naval men died on the high seas trying to stop slavery. Why? Because the African kings were rounding up their own people, they had them on cages waiting in the beaches; no one was running into Africa to get them. And I think you’re totally right. If reparations needs to be paid, we need to go right back to the beginning of that supply chain and say, ‘Who was rounding up their own people and having them handcuffed in cages?’ Absolutely. That’s where they should start. And maybe, I don’t know, the descendants of those families who died on the high seas trying to stop the slavery, those families should receive something too, I think.
But, even aside from the inherent immorality of blaming people for the inherited, collective guilt of their ancestors and the ancestors of other people who look like them, this is a reminder that theories of historical reparations are never about righting all of the wrongs of the past. They are about choosing some of those wrongs while ignoring others, and while ignoring the great sacrifices made to do good and undo evil. If Don Lemon had thought about that for five minutes, he’d have realized why this entire line of argument is insincere, unjust, and corrosive. But, then again, if he thought for five minutes before saying things on television, he wouldn’t be Don Lemon.
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I watched the entire interview….the look on his face is….ummmmmm….beyond hilarious as he cuts to commercial.
Question for DPM………re: human beings, being here in violation of our laws.
Here is a question that is being asked before deciding who goes on buses. Well, a statement, then a question.
JOSE’…Del Rio is has a population of 35,000…already over whelmed and there is not place to put you. There are no resources to give you other than the water that you have. But there are cities in a variety of places that are sanctuary cities that have the resources for you. Would you like to go there?
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Do you consider that a “loaded gun to the head” question? Coercion…if it is the truth, is it still coercion?
We constantly hear that two wrongs don’t make a right but the push is always to prosecute the second wrong. The bully always said he punched me, never he punched me back. The one that threw the second punch is always the one punished.
Fix the root cause of the problem, otherwise all you are doing is being complicit and condoning the lawlessness.
FINALLY! Something we agree on.
Open the border!
“Fix the root cause of the problem …” All for it. Start with capitalism.
Cool, DPM and I with our wit and weaponry…we can conquer all…. Socialism has never prospered anywhere…it would be open season for us……and answering for DPM……..Aaaaaaaaarrrgggghhh! Or words to that effect.
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Colonel,
If you are going to do [thing] to me, there needs to be a contract.
A contract need not be a written and signed agreement, but a meeting of minds, mutually agreed upon terms, freely given offer, freely accepted consent.
Anything less is not a contract.
If you materially mislead me into accepting a “deal,” then we do not have a meeting of minds. If we do not have a meeting of minds, then we do not have a contract. If we do not have a contract, then you performing [action] on me is unethical.
That is true of buying a widget. It is true of flying a person cross country.
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In short, there is nothing (that I can see) beneficial in it for them, there is a lot in it for DeSantos, he is established scum, and the transit was set up to have them fail (they could have gone to Boston, they could have called ahead – they chose to set it up to fail). The whole goal was to have the fox news crews film that failure. And, what’s more, the people claim to have been materially misled. I see no reason to believe him over them.
And though JUROR DPM would withhold judgment, PIRATE DPM understands that DeSantos, like all politicians, is a piece of human filth and should always be considered guilty until proven innocent.
Very good…now, please answer the question.
(1) no one is forced onto buses.
(2) cities that claim sanctuary, are by default saying, come here. We have the facilities and you are welcome. They actually sign that they voluntarily agree to this. No one is forced to go. They are not herded onto buses…
Now, I wonder what decision Human DPM would make given a choice of staying with no resources or going to sanctuary where there are resources.
You keep referring to DeSantis…..I do not care about Florida…..but you lump Abbott in with DeSantis because you do not like busing HUMAN immigrants, in my country in violation of the law.
Nobody is addressing the constant flights into Westchester County Airport and the former Stewart AFB loaded with tens of thousands of migrants in the middle of the night over teh past year.
Nobody, except a few brave souls have counted the number of available rooms for lodging at the Vineyard that morning (120) or jobs posted for laborers that day (75).
Pirates, having only one good eye after having the other taken out by Jack Sparrow seem to miss all this.
Are not the lawyers convincing them to sue also using them? Is not the Democrat Party using them? Two wrongs don’t make a right. The holier than thou white liberals got shown for the hypocrites they are. Own it and move on.
Yes, I saw this morning where they ran down the funding behind the suits….
Bunch of ambulance chasers funded by [parties with a political interest].
These people are now pawns of both sides of the issue.
Nonetheless, that you would object to the latter while applauding the former shows your partisanship.
Just remember, friends, the market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent.
Those long-dated puts are lookin’ mighty fine about now. Hope ye all followed the ol’ Pirate’s advice!
I be iffy on Bitcoin, but.. as always… long gold!
Y’aaarrrrgggghhhh!
There are those of us that cannot go long because of our ages…however, there are trusts for children that can go long.
Bitcoin and other crypto’s…..perhaps on the next 50 or so years…the world is still not ready.
Gold/silver…..decent hedge. But make sure that if you invest in metals….that you have control of the actual bullion….nothing on paper. Paper is worthless.
That’s what ye get for bein’ an old fart!
Perhaps… perhaps not. BITO is an ETF that has gotten absolutely demolished in recent months. You can buy in cheaply here and use it as a proxy for crypto. It’s a small part of my portfolio, but in case crypto goes hockey-stick, I want a part of it. It could conceivably 2-3x in the span of months.
Or go to zero – that’s why it’s a 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 part of my portfolio.
If you are using it as a hedge against the (inevitable) total collapse of fiat currency and the ensuing Mad Max style chaos, then yes, absolutely buy and hold physical gold.
I’ve used Kitco in the past, though of course, my favorite source is looting Spanish Galleons on the high seas. Actually, that’s not true. My favorite source was stealing the gold Mathius buried in a mayonnaise jar in his back yard.
That said, if you’re just looking for easier exposure to the value of gold without feeling that need to hold it physically, you can try PHYS. PHYS has a literal physical stockpile of gold which is independently audited – your share converts to a literal amount of gold that is physically owned by the ETF. It’s cheaper, easier, faster, and lets you trade in and out without much effort.
But, the thing is… have ye ever held ＧＯＬＤ in yer hands… there be nothin’ quite like it in this world or the next.
Yep….Silver is also doing well for me but I bought into it a ways back…..Gold, even in its fluctuation is a fairly solid investment. But it is a longer term thing as well…for the kids.
Over the years, I have seen where shares of gold and silver ( mostly silver ) go the way of the Pirate ship Albatross.
Rumor has it some black sailed ship sunk the Albatross. However, when the wreckage was found, there was no gold and there were no jewels.
I wonder…………………….
Interesting development with the new triad. Russia, China, and Iran……
Russia threatens nuclear war with Ukraine….China and Iran backed up that decision today (well, yesterday). Putin calls up 300,000 reservists…..Russian dead now over 80,000. Russia now crying foul over the incursion of Ukrainian troops into Russian territory and losing huge amounts of territorial gains.
And along comes Biden…we will defend Taiwan(agreed) and we will defend Ukraine if attacked with nuclear weapons(disagree)……..Now, in Syria, the US has widened the war sending more special forces troops into Syria. My old unit, the 5th Special Forces, is called upon to go to Syria.
Seems I recall that everyone was concerned about Trump having his finger on the nuke button and that he was dying to use it….my memory must he hazy, but it seems I recall no new wars being involved in…and now a threat from a sitting POTUS about defending Ukraine in the case of nuclear attack. And widening a war that Trump was trying to wind down.
Naaaw….I must be mistaken.
Well, Trump talked a tough guy game but he did not engage in other wars, just stepped up illegal, immoral and TOTALLY USELESS drone strikes … but you’re right, Colonel. He wasn’t stupid enough to do what Biden said the other night. We’re doomed, I tell ‘ya! Churros or crullers … doomed!
Well, folks…..have to take my leave….about to go on another flight along the imaginary line with NVG’s. This time towards the Eagle Pass area…well half way. My area southern area stops at the mid point between Del Rio and Eagle Pass. Good night.
Which is it, the tired, poor yearning to breathe free or the wretched refuse?
https://www.theblaze.com/previously-deported-illegal-alien-arrested-killing?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook
But, but, but they are all families!
https://nypost.com/2022/09/19/how-the-gospel-of-open-borders-took-over-the-democratic-party/?fbclid=IwAR2TlkVJZyJeJZDZ3PpNhQzHv5TWe5bNhFirrjGLCF27QUPLdNc4rsaljvw
Two of the three on the panel were Trump appointees … and they found the whacko District Judge Trump appointed to be failing on EVERYTHING (as have most legal scholars) … so goes his defense (which was never a defense since claiming he declassified the documents would have put another set of his lawyers in jeopardy for perjury). You gotta love the Orange Jesus. Now, he’ll probably die before he’s ever indicted and/or convicted but knowing he’s being dragged through the mud of his own making makes me smile. That favor his District Judge appointee did him came back to bite her on the ass.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-court-lets-investigators-resume-review-classified-records-trump-probe-2022-09-21/
Following up on a previous posting. Does anyone seriously not believe that at least half the world’s population qualifies as refugees under the interpretation of the current standard if they became feet dry in the US?
If so, where would you all draw the line, if there were a line to draw?
I WOULDN’T draw that line.
That’s the whole damned point of freedom.
They don’t get to impose on me. I don’t get to impose on them.
Freedom for Me AND Freedom for Thee.
If they can get here and seek to make a better life for themselves, then they are free to do so.
Being born in the wrong place is no crime, no mortal sin. They didn’t ask to be born in [shithole country]. By what right do you hoard the opportunities afforded to you and deny them to others?
But they would never all come to the US. After enough impoverished people head there, the standard of living in the US decreases (while the standard abroad improves) until a new equilibrium is reached.
This last is telling because the US immigration policy is basically this: hurting others is ok because it helps us.
There is a hilariously large gulf between what progressive TV commentators think they know about history and what they actually know. On occasion, they make the mistake of engaging publicly with somebody who knows what she’s talking about. Don Lemon of CNN offered a textbook example. He decided to ask British commentator Hilary Fordwich a mealy-mouthed question about those who see the wealth of the royal family and ask “for reparations for colonialism.” Characteristically, this was framed in terms of other, unnamed peoples’ raising “legitimate concerns.” Lemon wasn’t even willing to make the argument himself: He just assumed that one would either agree with him or make oneself look like a jerk by dismissing it. This is what happens when you only hang out with people who agree with you, and either treat your half-baked opinions as nuggets of revelation or are the ones feeding them to you.
The answer: Well, I think you’re right about reparations. In terms of if people want it, though, what they need to do is — you always need to go back to the beginning of a supply chain. Where was the beginning of the supply chain? That was in Africa. And when, across the entire world, when slavery was taking place, which was the first nation in the world that abolished slavery? The first nation in the world to abolish it — it was started by William Wilberforce — was the British. In Great Britain, they abolished slavery. 2,000 naval men died on the high seas trying to stop slavery. Why? Because the African kings were rounding up their own people, they had them on cages waiting in the beaches; no one was running into Africa to get them. And I think you’re totally right. If reparations needs to be paid, we need to go right back to the beginning of that supply chain and say, ‘Who was rounding up their own people and having them handcuffed in cages?’ Absolutely. That’s where they should start. And maybe, I don’t know, the descendants of those families who died on the high seas trying to stop the slavery, those families should receive something too, I think.
But, even aside from the inherent immorality of blaming people for the inherited, collective guilt of their ancestors and the ancestors of other people who look like them, this is a reminder that theories of historical reparations are never about righting all of the wrongs of the past. They are about choosing some of those wrongs while ignoring others, and while ignoring the great sacrifices made to do good and undo evil. If Don Lemon had thought about that for five minutes, he’d have realized why this entire line of argument is insincere, unjust, and corrosive. But, then again, if he thought for five minutes before saying things on television, he wouldn’t be Don Lemon.
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I watched the entire interview….the look on his face is….ummmmmm….beyond hilarious as he cuts to commercial.
oops…posted in the wrong place….live with it.
yep, global socialism, make every country a s—h—.
… Is it your contention that an anarchist / extreme libertarian position is “global socialism”?
They don’t get to impose on me.
But they do sir, they do.
Like hell they do.
So you wreck this place, the shining city on the hill, to improve other places. Makes a damn lot of sense that. I cannot see the reasons teh people want to leave Asia, Africa, South and central America improving when people leave.
Regarding your absurd “they won’t all come here” as being in the least valid. we have been told the border is closed, it is not. We have been told there was a temporary spike, there was not, we have been told that they come in the spring because the summer is too hot, it has not been. We have been told a whole lot of things. Yet graph, if you will, the increase over the past 18 months and see what you get. Then do a progression, a geometric progression into the future. Not half the world perhaps but enough to turn the place into Calcutta. An anecdote perhaps, but teh Colonel has seen teh border and I hav seen the inner city. Never ran into cartels did I but street gangs, drug gangs and gangs of unsupervised youths.
This, you as a father, is what you want to leave your children?
Don’t quote Regan’s horseshit.
America is a shithole country, too.
Not half the world perhaps but enough to turn the place into Calcutta
Let’s take a look..
Calcutta population.. divide by the area… times the area of the US… carry the one… divide by the square root of negative three……..
210 billion people.
What I WANT, and what I have a right to are two separate things.
“the shining city on the hill,” … 🙂
More like the shining shithole on the hill … where the roosters from countries we abused, bombed, exploited and destroyed, are coming home to roost.
Oh, and Colonel (not SK), I’m getting the sense that you’re 85% are bad guys to be really off the mark.
Anytime someone quotes Reagan, I throw up in my mouth a little bit.
Can you imagine a President so terrible that he willfully downplays a viral outbreak, denying it, pretending it didn’t exist, obfuscating, and withholding resources until it had killed hundreds of thousands of his own citizens?
There’s hope for you, DPM … socialism … although according to SUFA you must be one already. I mean, if I’m on Pluto …
Yeah, that Reagan dude … supported apartheid, ignored AIDS, armed the Contras, began the destruction of unions … was our first mentally impaired President … attacked Grenada (and proclaimed victory) … and so on … oy vey!
Charlie, out of curiosity….can you name a POTUS that has not started a war, kept one going, contributed to one…..etc, etc? I can’t.
William Henry Harrison.
And here I thought you were not donning the Charlie Hat, again.
Charlie…..I never meant to imply that the 85% are all bad guys. I am quite sure that there is a small percentage that are actually here not to free load. However, there is a corresponding rise in crime directly related to the immigration issues. Even the FBI stats show that. As to the families that are coming here…..no objection to them as long as they are legal….I have a huuuuuuge problem with the non vetting and letting in single males that are remarkably dressed and carrying new back packs and new Nike clothes and such coming from such a supposedly impoverished country.
Being down here and working the border directly, you start picking up on little items. Look at haircuts, the types of clothes, shoes (especially shoes) the style and newness of back packs…about half of them don’t even have the sales tags taken off. Look into their eyes….you can tell a lot about that. You can pick out the really bad guys pretty easily but there is no vetting, despite what the lying ass media says, there is no vetting. I personally see this. I know where they go when we catch them and I know what happens to them. Those that have proper identification actually turn themselves in to the authorities. They do not try to sneak by. The ones wearing camouflage and run from you are not only dirty but usually are carrying drugs…we are lowering the got away types because we can now pursue them and catch them The National Guard now has arresting powers.
Do not take my word for it…Look at the buses that are offloading immigrants on whatever news channel you pick. Count them yourself. It is easy to figure percentages.
I, personally, like Switzerland’s approach to immigration.
“the standard of living in the US decreases (while the standard abroad improves) until a new equilibrium is reached.” I agree with the first part of that statement, find the second part extremely unlikely. Is it your contention that all these people are coming here because of overpopulation?
How many hotel maids do we need or lawn workers for that matter?
As many as want to and can find employment.
I know you understand how capitalism works…
So the rest join MS-13, right, and sell drugs to your kids. I just love libertarians!
Maybe stop criminalizing what people do with their own bodies, and the gangs will just turn into normal businesses.
I might be missing it, but are there big gang wars going on involving cigarettes and tobacco? Whatever happened to the rum-runners after the repeal of Prohibition, I wonder..?
The argument of the Naïve. When booze was legalized the criminals just move to the next big thing, and on and on. So what your argument really means is that Govt. should stop regulating everything and stop taxing anything.
𝓨𝓮𝓼.
I like Canada’s! Now Quebec is demanding all immigrants learn French in six months! I can’t even learn Spanish after taking Segundo Curso Progressando three times. Guess I won’t be moving to Montreal anytime soon.
I really don’t see how one can determine the likely outcome without considering why people are leaving their countries. I also find your use of the words eventually and painful adjustments, lacking. Your stance sounds more moral than it is because you dismiss the current reality and the consequences. One wonders just how damaging those painful adjustments will be.
By what right should we continue doing evil because stopping would be painful?
“Ah, yes, slavery is bad, we all agree, but if we free the slaves, our plantations will go under and the slaves will compete with labor reducing wages for everyone else! So, I guess we just have to keep them as slaves.”
It is little different in concept. They have a right to seek out better lives, to work for those who would employ them, to move their own bodies as they wish. But, because that would
hurt youend/reduce your ill-gotten/hoarded advantages, you suggest we continue to deny them their freedoms?SKT asked me, above, “as a father, is what you want to leave your children?” The answer to that, of course, is that I’m a pirate and have no children*. But if I did, what I would want and what is moral are two separate things. Nonetheless, I would take his question, give it a twist, and point it back to you:
You write this like we don’t allow any immigrant into this country, which just isn’t true. As a mother I will attempt to protect my children and help those I can. But I will not ignore reality and consequences and just sacrifice them for a dream that I don’t believe will work.
Gotta go, will be back later.
Two problems with this sentence:
1. You have no right to “allow” human beings to move freely. They are not your property. America is not your private property, either. They don’t NEED your permission.
2. You don’t “allow” nearly enough. And those you do allow have to jump through insane hurdles. You know how Mathius’ great-grandfather immigrated? He showed up and signed his name where they told him to. Then they checked him for infectious disease, changed his name to something less Polish and more pronounceable and spell-able, and sent him on his way.
That’s not what I asked.
I asked you to put yourself in the shoes of a month born in the wrong place. Would you, VH-but-born-in-Venezuela, agree that you shouldn’t be allowed to move to the US, or that you should have to wait in line for a decade to do so that you – and your children – should have to stay in a dangerous and impoverished place? Would you agree that it’s right that VH-but-born-in-America has D13 shooting border crossers from a helicopter in order to ensure that the wealth and opportunity of America are hoarded for her own children.
Or do you just believe in some kind of adversarial world where the strong take and the weak are just shit-out-of-luck? That VH-but-born-in-Venezuela can just go suffer and that’s too bad for her because you’ve got the D13 in a helicopter keeping her out and might makes right?
Or can you admit that you’re doing something unfair and immoral.. but that you believe you’re doing it out of necessity – that it’s her or you, and you choose you. Because then, even though I won’t agree, I can at least respect that position.
In the days when your ancestors arrived here, there was no welfare state, no free handouts, just root hog or die. We had lots of land that needed settled hence room for unfettered growth. As Milton Friedman said, you can’t have a welfare state and open borders. That is a path to poverty.
As for Venezuela, they voted for the socialists hence created their own s—h— of a country. At one time they were the richest country in S.A.
In my family’s case, they needed coal miners. Even if coal were still a primary fuel, it would now be done surface mining and mechanically requiring perhaps a 20th of the number in 1905.
Are some people really that uneducated? Do they just ignore the 1,000,000 LEGAL migrants admitted every year? Do they forget the percentage returned as unhealthy a century ago?
This is all going to a very bad place in the not too distant future.
DPM…no one denies LEGAL entrance. NO one….but yes, I DO have a right to defend my border (set aside your personal belief of imaginary lines), I do have a right to stop you from violating the laws of my country by trying to “sneak in” and avoiding the legalities.
But let’s go back to your great grand father…….would you like to go back to the Ellis Island application? I had no problem with Ellis Island. But unlike your great grandfather…..we do not even get to check them for disease.
You must be going senile in your old age. I very specifically said MATHIUS’ grandfather.
My family tree is slightly different.. neither my father, nor my grandfather, “immigrated” anywhere.
Of course. Though, only because it’s LESS evil than the current arrangement – I won’t be satisfied until all people travel freely.
But Mathius…. yes… he’d be satisfied with that. He is, after all, a big government statist. Feel free to check the archives – I know for a fact he’s said as much.. I started to go digging, but got waylaid re-reading prophetic conversations where I explained pandemics and vaccinations to you yokels back in early 2019.
I often question whether senility is setting in…..often.
And now, I am a yokel…..need to add that to my list things I am.
Found it, you yokel.
I remember…no problem with that.
2019? I thought the Covid shit hit us in 1/2020. So tell us again how well masks work and how you are going to stop this virus with lockdowns, masks, social distancing, vaccines, etc. I seem to recall that I argued that masks did not work (they didn’t), that the lockdown approach was a univariate solution to a multivariate problem and that we were going to live with this bug forever.
So, you make sure to import the gangs too. I am damned sure the Colonel sees their handiwork almost every day. But then again, you refuse to even want to vet them.
What right is it of mine to tell infringe the rights of another because I suspect that maybe, possibly, he might be a member of a group that maybe, possibly, might pose a threat to me?
Do you shoot every who walks by your house if their pants are sagging too low?
Do you shoot every who walks by your house if their pants are sagging too low?
Nah…….well, maybe….no…not at all…..perhaps I could…….naaah….unless it is so low..there are some butts that need to be shot.
Interesting.
D13 shooting border crossers from a helicopter in order to ensure that the wealth and opportunity of America are hoarded for her own children.
You need to change this rhetoric, my friend. We do not shoot any immigrant unless they fire at us first. We will shoot those who cut fences, kill cattle, break into homes, steal cars, etc…..your rhetoric is pretty upsetting to me but what the hell, you are a Pirate.
We have a very broad castle law….you can look it up but I am betting you already have…..we have an absolute right to protect our property. ABSOLUTE.
No one…..NO ONE…..has a right to steal property, destroy property, or even trespass.
If someone is violating your rights, you have the right to stop them.
Did you think I would refute this?
No sir…..I did not think you would at all…but sometimes you get on a roll…well, maybe not you…… your good friend Mathius…welll………..
Howeever, I do not shoot anyone from a helicopter……have not done that since 1970…
Even then, I missed….but it sure made them hunker down some……
“have not done that since 1970”
Thank you Canine……brings back memories.
Illegal, immoral war … Colonel, was this a blind faith decision for you (serving in Vietnam) or was there another reason?
Well, sir, good question. In as much as I was not a protester and in as much as I was not a draft dodger and in as much as my lottery number was 22…I was going to be drafted. I was a college graduate and not eligible for the deferment any longer. So, my best friend and I decided to volunteer to pick what we wanted. We went on on the buddy system which was available back then…went through basic training and towards the end of basic training, some special forces recruiters came by and boy did they look sharp. Hero badges (ribbons) green beret, shined jump boots….the works. Female bait, as we referred to them (cannot say that today). So, we volunteered to go through special forces training….we mistakenly thought that the war was winding down (this was 1969) and we thought that with the extra training, the timing was right….but alas, Nixon decided to prolong the war. At the end of our training, off we went. Unfortunately, I came back in pieces and Rick, my best friend, did not make it. He died in my arms hunkering down behind a five foot tall four foot wide termite mound. I could not save him and the first med evac coming in was shot down. All this to say, it was volunteer or be drafted any way.
I might add that prior to my lottery number being pulled, I had qualified for my Class A touring card for the PGA. After being wounded the first time, I volunteered for a second tour and got even more hurt 6 months into it. Was then sent to Japan to rehab and have some ligaments and bone replaced from a mortar that almost severed my leg. I am ok now but feel it when it comes on to rain. I have 90 function and can dance with my spousal unit. I was lucky…I do have a baboon ligament in my knee put in while in Japan because the Medical association in the US would not authorize surgery with baboon ligaments. I feel pretty good now and do not need any type of device.
I still play golf but I lost my competitive edge while over seas. It took me awhile to recover and making the tour was a young mans game.
Now, I will take it further because it is important to know why I am a Colonel and stayed in the reserves for so long..When I got home in 1974 from rehab and earned my first Masters in finance, I could not get a job anywhere because I was a Vietnam Veteran. I could not even get a job pumping gas. My family had a very successful business but I was young and wanted to not be dependent upon them. So I tried to go on my own without help. I lost all my friends because I volunteered to go and did not run off to Canada. I confess that I was fortunate and grew up in a wealthy family that was very connected politically as were most of my friends. Jim Wright was the Speaker of the House back then and I could have used political connections to get out of the war. It was offered but I chose not to. This, of course, upset my parents but I did not want to use family money nor connections. So, I chose to not avoid the draft. That is for cowards and I am far from being that. I earned my second Masters in International Finance but could still not land a job anywhere because of being a Vietnam Veteran. So, I stayed in the Reserves and drew a partial salary there and started my own business…..
I joined the family business in the 80’s after being asked to take over the finance position when my predecessor retired. Over the years, I have learned all facets of the family business. In the meantime, much to the chagrin of my parents yet again, staying in the reserves, I did combat duty in Desert Storm (Kuwait), Bosnia, and Afghanistan until I got passed over for Brigadier General three times because I was not an Academy Graduate.
That is pretty much my history. I had a great military career even though the majority if it was reserve duty. I volunteered for combat duty in Bosnia, working under UN command….that was a grave mistake. Kuwait and Afghanistan were assignments as a reservist.
Now, why the question? I thought you should know pretty much all of my military background. You can ask JAC, he has been to my house and seen what I call my war room. I have been around….so, again, why the question?
Why didn’t you just tell them you had bone spurs?
That would have been a lie.
More curiosity than anything, Colonel. You’re obviously a learned man and I wondered if you had ever questioned the military (joining, being drafted, etc.), if you were a gung-ho militarist, or if a nationalist. After all you went through in Vietnam, and then Bosnia … why remain with Kuwait and Afghanistan (although I can understand Kuwait and defending against a bully). Afghanistan … that one is confusing. I guess my question has to do with whether or not your trust in the government (which you no longer have, it seems to me) was the opposite back in the day. By the way, that’s a hall of a resume. Kudos, Sir.
Well, Kuwait was ahead of Bosnia….I am not gung ho military from the standpoint of picking my teeth with a bayonet. I went and fought because my country was there. I know it sounds cliche’. I would go fight today if Biden ordered it because he is my President and CIC….But Vietnam taught me one thing…true team work and what a brotherhood meant. we did not care about black and white…we shared blood no matter the race. We drank out of the same canteens, it did not matter. We held each other in hard times and cried together…race was not an issue with us (Special Forces).
How do I feel about the military today…I do not like what I see and I do not like nor support the “woke” agenda. I do not think I am a militarist….I do not have a bunker in my back yard and I do not like the militias
Your answer to Afghanistan….after mt stint in the Special Forces, once I made captain the pinnacle gets very narrow at the top. So I crosstrained into the mechanized forces. In Kuwait, I was a Battalion commander. I had five companies under my command. Four M1A1 tank companies and a mechanized infantry company. When the attack started I had a slice of Apache helicopters assigned to me as well as a platoon of mobile 122’s artillery. Until we were ordered stopped at the main highway coming out of Kuwait, my battalion destroyed 87 vehicles, captured 300+ of the enemy, and my only casualty was one of my tank commanders got a broken arm. That was it.
I had more firepower than Thor’s Hammer.
Being assigned to the UN shortly afterwards and going under the so-called Peace Keeping force was a huge mistake. the UN is worthless and did not stop the genocide. We were not under American Command and had to wear the fairy looking blue helmets.
Afghanistan was not a major deal. I was tasked with taking a mechanized Brigade and setting up a base of operations. I did not support the war in Afghanistan but it was my duty and it was my Brigade at that time. I spent only 6 months in country…just long enough to “get my ticket punched” as they say. I never saw active combat except for the occasional mortar attack. I never left my headquarters because my duty was logistics and organizing a defense of the operations area.
Thank you for the kudos, sir. Much appreciated.
One other thing…..Vietnam never should have taken place….but I was going anyway….running away was not an option. Even while over there, we questioned the orders all the time. Go kill the enemy….win by attrition…..what bullshit.
Afghanistan should have never happened either but I had a responsibility.
Bosnia….a stupid, fucking joke.
There is a book in you somewhere, Colonel. Seriously.
I have been ruminating on Viet-nam these last fifty years and have reached some interesting conclusions. While we probably should not have been there the way we were, uncle Ho certainly takes the cake for asshole of the century.
For years we have been told of the “long view” Asians take of history as in, “we won’t beat you this year but we will next decade or next century”. Uncle Ho decided that a few million of his people should die to make it happen NOW.
The long view of history should have convinced him that had he withdrawn North and we left, eventually the two countries would have been reunited and not necessarily by force. Of course people would point out Korea has not reunited but politically, culturally and most importantly, geographically Viet-nam is NOT Korea.
Uncle Ho suffered what some would call a “God” complex. Only “he” could bring about reunification. Throughout the war, we were told time and time again by the left that Viet-nam was more like Yugoslavia in terms of its relationships with China and the USSR than East Germany. They were forced into an alliance because of the nature of our involvement and the fact it tied us down. Russia and China were more than happy to have a proxy war going on much as we are with the Ukrainians. Turns out the left was correct and the tiff they later had with the Chinese proved the fact. Also turned out that the place was much more nationalistic than anyone imagined at the time.
Viet-nam’s post war success demonstrated what could have happened without all the bloodshed but as I said, Uncle Ho had to have it his way on his timetable. The peasants, as usual, paid the price for his megalomania.
One thing which still annoys me to this day is the complete black hole in our collective memory banks over the atrocities committed on a daily basis by his forces, both regular and the VC. I read Dr. Tom Dooley’s books in high school about Southeast Asia ( Deliver us from evil, The edge of tomorrow [and] The night they burned the mountain” and his attempts to serve the people of Southeast Asia through MEDICO and still remember, in vivid detail, the way the insurgents treated the uncooperative villagers. But, only we are portrayed as the bad guys.
I have never met a human being whose opinion I respected who didn’t think Ho Chi Minh was a bad guy.
I don’t know how many more times I’ll have to say “two wrongs don’t make a right,” but I guess it’s at least once more: 𝖙𝖜𝖔 𝖜𝖗𝖔𝖓𝖌𝖘 𝖉𝖔𝖓’𝖙 𝖒𝖆𝖐𝖊 𝖆 𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙.
ALL sides were assholes here. And, as you say, it’s the peasants who suffered most for it. Of course, it was also the American
drafeeespeasants who suffered as well.Perhaps, but the music out of that era was probably worth the price.
Damn mutt was logged into my computer again.
And he still has no thumbs.
“The peasants, as usual, paid the price for his megalomania.”
How easily you ignore both the French colonists and American warmongers. And I’ll assume you know Ho Chi Minh adopted a constitution that reads very closely to our own. I’ll also assume you know Minh wasn’t calling the shots for long during the war.
Yes sir….and if you were in the bush, there are things that you saw that can never be erased. Man’s inhumanity to Man was rewritten by the VC. The VC made the Japanese in WWII look like pikers. But, Vietnam provided a way out of recession back then and thus, created the military complex. It worked…it pulled the US out of a deep recession at a horrible price.
The black hole you speak of was wide and deep and people have also forgotten what happened to the Vet upon returning home. Landing at San Francisco and taxiing to the maintenance hanger and told to change into civilian clothes to avoid trouble. THAT tells a story. But we had to board buses to be taken to a remote section of the airport.
Enough said…..Brother HO was…..well, a Ho.
“The VC made the Japanese in WWII look like pikers.”
I’m going to guess some of our guys did the same to them (and we know of a few). Yes, war is a business … and I guess if one doesn’t mind killing innocent people for the economy, well …
We have forgotten the ideological zealots that were trying to spread peace and prosperity with the Communist Gun.
So yeah, countries might have united, under the Communist Flag. Because Russia and China, and sometimes both, were funding the expansion via REVOLUTION.
It chaps my backside that we forget this reality. Debate the correctness of the USA trying to stand in the way of that, but “that” was real. If we had only had more faith in our own values we would have realized their system was doomed. But then again, Americans have never been long on patience.
I’m just here for the tunes.
Yes, the tunes have been pretty good around here lately.
Very good. Helps ease Covid fatigue. Almost over this bullshit.
Anita, my love, take CARE of yourself. Covid isn’t going anywhere.
Yes… it’s a very long and winding pandemic.
Now that Trump has taken Q under his wing publicly, the GOP doesn’t appear to be happy about it.
https://www.axios.com/2022/09/22/house-republicans-ohio-trump-majewski?fbclid=IwAR3N8nbAqowkA4cYsHWsPJyY7Ca4wDnrOTO7HUG7Qju0ZQF9CEKjL_gf8Iw
It appears Herr Trump is in deeper and deeper dookie howser.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/23/politics/trump-grand-jury-court-fight/index.html
Barr is a liar. He said no widespread election fraud. How would he know? He never investigated a thing. Matter of fact, he denied requests to investigate. FOIA tells all.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/09/bill-barr-lied-foia-requests-reveal-no-doj-investigations-election-fraud-2020-election-bill-barr-claimed-video/
Yes, don’t trust and verify.
Its hard to defend anyone who works for the FBI but this guy has my sympathy. He’s put his job on the line for going up against the tyrants and says there are many like him, but who aren’t willing to risk it all.
Charlie wonders why no one wants to defend Trump, its stuff like this.
https://nypost.com/2022/09/21/fbi-hero-paying-the-price-for-exposing-unjust-persecution-of-conservative-americans/
Apparently Trump’s DOJ was expert at prosecuting his enemies …
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/sep/07/donald-trump-william-barr-geoffrey-berman-southern-district-new-york-book
They have banned the sale of gas powered tools and internal combustion engine cars. Now CA is banning the use of natural gas for heating. I do not know if this includes propane which is my primary source of heat. The push is to go to heat pumps but my experience with heat pumps in commercial buildings is they do not work in extreme weather and need constant maintenance. It also means that more people will switch to wood especially in the hinter lands. In the cites wood is already regulated if smoke levels exceed a certain value.
I lived in farm country when young. We learned not to depend on a single source of energy. This is going to be a disaster in the making. People will die.
These rules are coming from the CA Air Resources Board, a body of unelected bureaucrats. The legislature is not involved hence it is by royal decree.
Pretty soon I will think about moving to northern California. Because there won’t be anyone else living there.
I’m in the market for a new car. I think I will go with a two horse power model.
NOT green enough. Maybe Llamas.
Mathius’ car has a whopping 89 horsepower.
🙂 “Look at those losers.” The Donald on his gambling customers.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/09/donald-trump-maggie-haberman-mar-a-lago/671510/
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2022/09/25/adam-schiff-trump-claim-declassify-docs-sotu-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/
Back from fishing.
Anita and The Colonel have been released from the meat locker.
Ah hah! 🙂
Another former Republican disrobes the Orange Jesus and his sycophants in the White House and Congress.
I don’t know why you bother, Charlie.
There is no amount of evidence you can supply that will convince people to believe something they have decided not to believe.
They WILL NOT believe there was a coup attempt. They will not believe their Petty Tyrant instigated an attempted coup to stay in power.
They saw it with their own eyes. We all watched it on TV. We all saw as they switched from “stop the steal” to “it was ANTIFA” to “it was a tourist walk” to “it was a riot, but not a coup” as though the pedantry of that last were a distinction they would ever make were the roles reversed. The goal is not, and never has been, “truth.” It is the pursuit of a narrative wherein they are the good guys or, at least, the victims.
The burden of proof will always be impossibly high. However much evidence you compile, the requirement will always be higher still.
To get them believe Hillary Clinton or Biden are criminals and should be in jail, all you need is just a whiff of scandal. But for Petty Tyrant, Jesus Christ himself could descend from on high and sign an affidavit in his own blood on stage during the Super Bowl halftime show and it would still never be enough.
They would rather crucify him again than reject the stories they choose to believe about themselves.
They will NEVER accept that THEIR SIDE attempted the violent overthrow of the government. It doesn’t matter what story they have to tell – the actual argument is irrelevant as long as the end result is what they want. They will never accept that their side is ever, really, a bad actor. Only YOUR side can be a bad actor.
They’ve staked their identities on being on the “right side”.. being the “law and order” party.. being the “defenders of the Constitution” and “defenders of freedom and the American Way.” Contranarratives cannot be accepted.
Wow, I mean wow. You really need to find Mathius because Dread has become an over the top Drama Queen!
Drama KING.
Dread nails it. Charlie enjoys seeing the smoke come out of their ears. 🙂
I don’t know why YOU bother either. What the hell there is nothing to see in the FBI/Clinton frame up for Russian Collusion, not a damned thing at all. You and your buddy can explain that one away in 10 seconds.
I kinda live by Newton’s third law that every action begets an equal and opposite reaction. Maybe we are just too F—–g sick of sitting still for the lies, half truths and bullshit peddled by the other side since it seems the beginning of time.
Listening this morning to the “unbiased” description of the Italian election, I can sort of predict, any day now, someone will accuse Meloni of being in the pay of the Kremlin and of course Il Duce’s illegitimate grand daughter.
I’m unclear where I ever defended Clinton. Perhaps you could point me to it?
Unless you’re confusing me flagging your absurd double-standard as a defense of her. In which case, let me assure you that I absolutely hold her in the lowest possible of regards.
Has it ever occurred to you that those on Charlie’s end of the spectrum might feel EXACTLY the same way about you?
The problem isn’t that your side lies or his side lies. That your side crimes or his side crimes.
It’s that your side does immoral / illegal things… and persists in some fantasy world where the LEFT are the only liars, the only antagonists, the only criminals. Where you – and your side – never ever do anything wrong. Except when you do.. and then it’s only as a reprisal.. only as self-defense. And if it’s not, they’ve done worse. It’s the narcissist’s prayer.
Ask Charlie and he’ll tell you that he holds the Democrats in contempt (but only if he can’t think of a stronger word). He’ll tell you that Bernie Sanders is a schmuck and list of a dozen reasons. He’ll tell you that the Clintons are a crime syndicate and ought to be lined up in front of the wall and shot. And he’ll say the same thing of Petty Tyrant.
The left: Both sides suck!
The right: I agree – your side does suck!
The left: Both, the left AND the right suck.
The right: I agree – your side does suck!
The left: But the right sucks, too.
The right: No.. we only do bad things because you are so terrible.
You persist in believing that you are ONLY reacting. Why is is so damned hard to realize that your side acts, too?
Why is it so hard to realize that the left reacts against you? That it’s a give and take… that it’s not your side being mugged in an alley and you fighting back, but a bar fight you gleefully participate in.
To strain the metaphor, in this bar fight, you gleefully throw haymakers left and right. But when you take a hit, you cry foul and say “see! This is why I hit you!”
DPM
SK’s complaint was not about supporting Clinton. Read slower then think before jumping off your cliff, again.
When did I ever defend Clinton, SK. You guys kill me with your whataboutism. It’s like Dread’s prayer. EXACTLY like that. The evidence against Herr Trump makes the evidence against OJ pale in comparison. Ray Epps is your answer to months of plotting an overthrow. You have the fake certifications, the people who did it, their emails, etc. The January 6 Committee (with 2 republicans with a spine) witnesses’ were 99% REPUBLICAN. But the world is a deep state and a pathological liar and con man is telling the truth. Dread is going to heaven. Not me (thank someone). You’re all nuts (except for Anita, my love). She’s just misinformed because of all you nuts! 🙂
Thank God I’m not nuts. I was beginning to wonder because there is so much gaslighting that you don’t know what to believe anymore. So it comes down to gut feeling, which is against all logical thinking. But that’s where we are. I think that you guys, Mathius and Charlie, that because we are conservative, we somehow give the Rs a break. I don’t. Mathius is up on his soapbox again about Red team this and Blue team that, and he can admit that Blue team sucks so that absolves him of any other criticism. Try to present an opposing view and we get labeled whatever you come up with out of your hats. That’s called silencing the opposition, and that’s not fair debate.
Guess what guys? We all think the same. Our government is corrupt. Not only our government, but all governments. What else have we been talking about for over a decade? All three branches are guilty. All three cover…or compartmentalize… info from each other, to where nobody trusts anybody anymore. We argue about what to do about it. Spare me the righteous indignation.
Meantime, what is so wrong about America First and small government? We really don’t have much choice anymore.
Charlie, you may enjoy these.
I am honestly – in all sincerity – honestly, starting to think that there’s a pathology at work here… that some people literally cannot understand people who are critical of “their own side.”
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Sometimes your “these” could be explained if you had an open mind to accept an explanation. But your mind doesn’t work that way. Your mind works in analogies, which many times end up in making leaps to different conclusions. Woops! There I go defending again. Damn pathology.
So looks like the election in Italy will put a conservative woman in power as PM for the first time. The MEDIA couldn’t wait to point out that the “Right Wing” has taken over, “for the first time since WW2.
An obvious and vile reference to Mussolini!
Eff them all!
I expect that Dale, fluent in Italian will have some thoughts on this.
First of all, she WORSHIPPED Mussolini. Two right wing lunatics in power in Europe close together. GB and Italia … the end of empires … SPEED THE PLOW, MF’ers. 🙂
SK
When looking at news last night it wasn’t even a veiled reference. They came right out and compared her to Mussolini.
The neo-fascist party was formed in 1946 by supporters of the deposed dictator Benito Mussolini—who teenage Meloni praised as being “a good politician”—and is seen as a predecessor to Brothers of Italy, which Meloni co-founded a decade ago. Meloni has since repudiated her praise of Mussolini, but remnants of the party’s neo-fascist nostalgia remain. Her party’s logo, a tricolor flame, is a symbol of the Italian Social Movement; some of Mussolini’s descendants have even contested elections under its banner.
https://time.com/6215723/italy-election-giorgia-meloni-far-right/
Yep, REACHING to find a linkage. Always REACHING.
Should start calling the left Gumby, always stretching into contortions trying to rationalize some personal attack or character assassination attempt.
To the audience
What Aboutism is a fallacy using event B to argue for or against event A.
It is NOT when someone brings up B to point out the hypocrisy or double standard of A.
Virtually every accusation made here lately about using “what aboutism” has been FALSE.
charlieopera
I noticed a comment you made last week about Presidential Records being REQUIRED to reside “at” the National Archives.
That is FALSE.
If you had read what I wrote about this issue you would have understood how this all works.
(g)(1) Upon the conclusion of a President’s term of office, or if a President serves consecutive terms upon the conclusion of the last term, the Archivist of the United States shall assume responsibility for the custody, control, and preservation of, and access to, the Presidential records of that President. The Archivist shall have an affirmative duty to make such records available to the public as rapidly and completely as possible consistent with the provisions of this chapter.
PS, I didn’t write it. 🙂
Correct. NO WHERE does it say the records must reside at the archives.
You posted nothing that I did not already cover.
I’m curious. Are you suggesting that Orange Jesus was not in violation of the Act by bringing documents to his clubhouse and then lying about giving ALL of them back? Was he not in violation of any law? Since he created the world in 6 days and took Sunday off to play golf, did Orange Jesus declassify ALL the documents on his way out of the WH by thinking about them?
I did not say anything about Mr. Trump. I simply said your statement of fact was NOT FACT.
“The Archives” are commonly understood to reside in Washington D.C.. The Presidential Records do not have to reside in D.C.. They simply have to be under the control of the Archivist. Hence my comment in the prior article that we have never seen any documentation of conversations between Mr. Trump and the Archivist regarding designations or conditions of storing documents at Mara Lago.
And one more time, there is no crime for and ex POTUS to have said documents. While it may violate either the Act or the terms of agreement between the Ex-POTUS and the Archivist, there is no criminal act described nor enforcement mechanism provided by the Act.
This is not a rationalization or justification for Mr. Trump having said documents. It is only a statement about the law and implementing rules.
Spent $5.999/gal for gas this am. FJB.
T-Ray
I think you should thank your Governor and Legislature even more.
Gas is under $5/ga here, finally.
There are far cheaper ways to get around…
You seen the price of hay lately?
Not so cheap my horse friend.
Time for a chuckle
https://www.americanthinker.com/cartoons/
This is the result of the absolutely irrational and emotional outcry about Coups and Insurrection and Traitors, etc, etc..
It also falls into that category I mentioned long ago here. If you are going to try to take out the King you had better get it done. Because if you just wound him all hell is going to break loose.
https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2022/09/26/fbi-whistleblower-others-were-listed-on-arrest-warrants-of-jan-6-defendants-they-never-investigated-n632928
P.S. For all you wonderful howling wonders, exactly how can a Coup be attempted by the Govt itself? No matter the claims the Constitution is NOT the Government. It is the rules which establish and constrain said Govt.
” For all you wonderful howling wonders, exactly how can a Coup be attempted by the Govt itself?”
Well, since Orange Jesus LOST the election, he was no longer part of the government. His actions as president LONG before January 6 were in preparation for a coup. He tried it, but the knucklehead revolution failed (although I doubt he ever thought it would succeed–like a brat, he just wanted to destroy everything he couldn’t play with anymore), and ALL the OVERWHELMING evidence supports the coup theory. Whether he’s ever indicted and convicted is just another shining example of our shit hole of a country on a hill of the wealthy by the wealth and for the wealthy. If he’s not indicted AND convicted, it’s just one more example of a government corrupt to the core protecting it’s future wealthy class. In my opinion, Orange Jesus should be nailed to a cross so you guys can have something to elevate to yet another son of God. 🙂
Mr. Trump was POTUS until NOON on January 20, 2021.
So your statement is rated FALSE.
Can someone tell me why we still cannot buy shotgun shells needed for duck and goose hunting?????
It has now been over three years since you could get 12 or 20 gauge in steel or even lead shot of the proper size.
Tons of game loads but nothing else.
Oh, and I have not seen a box of 30.06 shells in that time either. Maybe Mr. Obama succeeded at his threat to shut down the guns by starving out the ammunition.
NEW ARTICLE POSTED
Time to move the discussions, if you like. Wouldn’t want to be accused of being a tyrant.