Friday Talking Points -- Noxious Exploding Fumes
This week, there was a massive toxic explosion of hot air and noxious fumes, which caused many to flee in terror from the spectacle. Also, in Hawai'i, the volcano Mauna Loa erupted.
Sorry for being so sarcastic, but we couldn't resist.
But we'll get to all of the White supremacy and Nazism and Donald Trump in a bit, instead let's start off with some positive news.
President Joe Biden averted a disastrous rail strike which could have begun impacting America's supply lines as early as this weekend (as shipments would have been halted in anticipation of strike stoppages). This is no longer going to happen. The holiday shopping season was saved. The Unions aren't completely happy with the outcome, but they weren't left completely in the lurch as the contract Congress and Biden forced on them is the compromise worked out a few months ago, which eight of the 12 rail Unions had already approved. The four holdouts who turned it down were ready to strike, and all the rest of the Unions would also have struck in solidarity, so this truly was a crisis avoided.
What struck us throughout the week, though, was how calmly it all played out. There were no angry presidential tweets. There was no public name-calling worthy of a school bully on the playground. There were no insults hurled. There was no demonization. There was, in a word, no melodrama. It's all really "Exhibit A" for why America chose Biden over Donald Trump.
As we mentioned, not everybody's celebrating, however. The Unions had a perfectly good point, and even though they were offered a generous raise schedule, the railroad companies only budged a tiny little bit on the key reason the Unions were so upset -- the lack of paid sick days.
From zero sick days, the workers now will have one sick day. Per year. What angers the workers so much is that management has slashed the workforce to the bone and to keep their schedules intact they force workers into shift schedules that are relentless. If the railroads would hire more workers, flexible schedules and sick days wouldn't be such a problem, in other words.
Senator Bernie Sanders led the movement in the Senate to pass seven paid sick days for the workers. This easily passed the House as a separate bill, but the bill failed to pass the Senate (it did get 52 votes, but it needed 60). He and a few other Democrats publicly made their case (which was missing from most news reports):
Rail workers should not be penalized for missing work if they get sick, a dozen Senate Democrats led by [Senator Bernie] Sanders said in a joint statement Wednesday afternoon.
"During the first three quarters of this year, the rail industry made a record-breaking $21.2 billion in profits," the senators' statement read. "Guaranteeing 7 paid sick days to rail workers would only cost the industry $321 million a year -- less than 2 percent of their total profits. Please do not tell us that the rail industry cannot afford to guarantee paid sick days to their workers."
Pretty hard to argue with that.
Biden took some political heat for forcing the contract on the Unions rather than let them threaten to strike in the hopes of getting management to offer concessions, but he had a pretty good response to this complaint. His original agenda mandated up to twelve paid sick days -- not just for rail workers but for all full-time workers in America -- which truly is the right answer to the problem. All Western nations guarantee paid sick leave except America, which is a national disgrace. Rail workers shouldn't have to beg and threaten to strike to obtain what every worker should be entitled to. Which is an excellent point, and puts the heat where it truly belongs, on Senator Joe Manchin (who torpedoed much of Biden's economic agenda last year). If Manchin had agreed to it, all workers might be looking forward to having guaranteed paid sick leave starting in 2023.
In other lame-duck news, the Respect For Marriage Act made it through the Senate on a final vote of 61-36. The House will pass the Senate's version early next week, and Biden will then proudly hold a signing ceremony. This is a big leap forward, since it repeals the odious Defense Of Marriage Act from the 1990s, but it should not be seen as the final step to full equality. The R.F.M.A. merely writes into federal law that no state can refuse to honor any marriage validly performed in another state, but it does not "codify gay marriage into federal law" -- which would override any state law to the contrary. The reason for this is that the bill was written to gain enough bipartisan support in the Senate, and Republicans wouldn't have voted for a full federal marriage equality law. Nevertheless, it is a victory for Biden, and a victory for American human rights, and should indeed be celebrated as such.
There was continuing good news on the economy in today's jobs report (unemployment didn't budge and stayed at 3.7 percent) and in the fact that gas prices might sink to a nationwide average below three dollars a gallon by the end of the year. Prices are already down over 30 percent from last summer's high, and are now at the exact level they were right before Russia invaded Ukraine. This is good news for American drivers, and it should help to tame inflation as well.
The White House kicked off the holiday season with normal, non-creepy holiday decorations and the first state dinner, held for the leader of France. All around it was a pretty good week for the Bidens.
By way of contrast, former president Donald Trump ate dinner during Thanksgiving week with a virulent antisemite and a White nationalist leader. Because of course he did. This week, the antisemite publicly went full-on Nazi and even managed to get himself kicked off Elon Musk's "free speech all the time" Twitter. For posting a swastika superimposed with a star of David, reportedly.
Things got so bad a group of GOP senators had to take down their earlier tweet, which praised: "Kanye. Elon. Trump." Which leads us to make a rather Biblical pun: Ye shall know them by the company they keep. Or maybe: The GOP should be known for keeping company with "Ye"?
As usual, there were a few Republican politicians who denounced Trump breaking bread with Nazi sympathizers. The rest of them -- as they have ever since Trump slithered his way onto the scene -- were as quiet as church mice. Which reminds us of another pertinent saying: The only thing that is required for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.
Trump, of course, fell back on one of his favorite excuses, which is essentially: "I hardly know the guy. Who, again?"
Other than befriending antisemites and Nazi-lovers, Trump has had a pretty tough time of it on the legal front as well. The arguments in the trial against his company in New York ended this week, with the jury set to begin deliberations Monday. The House committee which has been seeking Trump's tax returns was granted access by the Supreme Court, but they've only got until the end of the month to decide what to do with them. Our vote would be for releasing them all to the public, personally. Let's all just see what he's been so desperate to hide in his taxes, shall we?
Trump spectacularly lost in a federal appeals court this week, which one legal eagle described as a "bench-slapping." The opinion completely threw out the entire case that Trump brought (which resulted in a special master being appointed as a referee over everything seized when a search warrant was executed on Trump's Florida golf club). The special master will disappear next week, unless Trump is successful in appealing to the Supreme Court (which is just not in the cards -- they've already turned him down once in this case).
The appellate court was scathing in its denunciation of both the legal reasoning from Trump's lawyers and the judge's ruling on the case. It dismantled what arguments were made with brutal precision, and concluded:
The law is clear. We cannot write a rule that allows any subject of a search warrant to block government investigations after the execution of the warrant. Nor can we write a rule that allows only former presidents to do so. Either approach would be a radical reordering of our caselaw limiting the federal courts' involvement in criminal investigations. And both would violate bedrock separation-of-powers limitations. Accordingly, we agree with the government that the district court improperly exercised equitable jurisdiction, and that dismissal of the entire proceeding is required.
In other words: "Nice try. You lose."
Once the Supreme Court laughs in Trump's face (which will happen within the next week), the Justice Department will once again have full access to all the documents repossessed by the government, and the case will move forward under the new special counsel appointed to oversee the investigation.
In other right-wing legal news, the leader of the Oath Keepers was convicted this week of seditious conspiracy and faces decades in prison (sentencing will happen later). This is the first time a court has ruled that the attack on the United States Capitol on January 6th was a planned and orchestrated event and not some sort of spontaneous fit of exuberance.
The January 6th House Select Committee is wrapping up its work as well, and will reportedly release everything they've got when they issue their final report to the public later this month -- so there's that to look forward to.
And speaking of things to look forward to, next Tuesday is the runoff election in Georgia which will determine whether the Senate will continue with a 50-50 split or whether there will be 51 Democrats sworn in next year. This is more important than it sounds, because with the even split Democrats are forced into a "power-sharing" agreement with the Republicans, but if they have an outright majority, they will be able to completely control all the committees, and do things like issue subpoenas without any Republicans signing off on them. So it's a big deal who wins.
That's it for this week (we have to admit we're still getting back in the swing of things, post-Thanksgiving), except to note two passings. Representative Donald McEachin has passed away, after a protracted battle with cancer.
And Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac also passed away this week, which was sad for everyone who lived through the 1970s (and who still probably has a copy of Rumors lying around somewhere).
They both shall be missed. Requiescat In Pace.
Absent the other news of the week, we had fully intended to award the MIDOTW to the three new Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives. As Nancy Pelosi and her leadership team gracefully exits, we will all be getting to know Hakeem Jeffries a lot better as he prepares to step up to the job of House minority leader in January. Katherine Clark will be the new minority whip, while Pete Aguilar will be the new Democratic caucus chair. Congratulations to all three, but we're only going to bestow Honorable Mention awards upon them for now (which is actually fitting, since they haven't really done anything as leaders yet).
Instead, we have to give the Most Impressive Democrat Of The Week award to President Joe Biden, for averting a rail strike that would have been disastrous for the American economy at the worst possible time.
It was almost an "only Nixon could go to China" moment, for those who remember the saying. Biden has been a staunch ally to Labor his entire political career and was in fact one of only six senators to vote against imposing a contract on rail workers the last time such a crisis happened (back in the 1990s). His sympathies lie with the Unions, but he does not have the luxury of casting a protest vote at this point. He is now president and has to take into consideration the entire American economy, not just one industry. He rightly judged the risk too high and called congressional leaders to the White House early in the week, to convey to them that quick action was needed.
Which is precisely what he got -- the bill flew through both houses of Congress and was on Biden's desk by week's end. Congress can move rapidly when it is required, in other words, but it takes real leadership to make it happen. And happen so smoothly, to boot.
The whole exercise also laid bare how empty all the "populist" talk is from Republicans. Many of them voted against the companion bill (which failed) to provide seven days of paid sick leave to rail workers. Being pro-worker and pro-blue-collar doesn't just mean saying some things in a campaign speech. When it came time to "put up," most Republicans wound up "shutting up" instead. Union workers everywhere, take heed.
A rail strike next week would have had a crippling effect on the economy even if it was a short strike. Nobody knows if the workers would have won what they were fighting for or not. They now have to live to fight another day, as does Biden's plan to guarantee paid sick leave for all American workers.
For avoiding disaster and calmly steering the effort to avoid calamity, President Biden is easily our Most Impressive Democrat Of The Week this week.
[Congratulate President Joe Biden on his official contact page, to let him know you appreciate his efforts.]
In a bit of late-breaking news today, the relevant committee within the Democratic National Committee voted today to approve President Biden's recommendation for the Democratic early primary schedule in the 2024 presidential election. Which was somewhat of a surprise, because the plan hadn't previously been unveiled, and it is guaranteed to cause problems.
Here's the new lineup: South Carolina will vote first on February 3rd, a Saturday. Three days later, both Nevada and New Hampshire will vote on the same day. Next will be Georgia on February 13th, followed by Michigan on the 27th. Iowa is left out in the cold.
While most expected Iowa to be dethroned as "first in the nation," and likewise expected Michigan to join the early-voting ranks, the inclusion of Georgia was somewhat of a surprise and the new order is going to be a serious problem for New Hampshire.
Iowa blew the counting of their caucuses so badly in 2020 that their demotion seemed a foregone conclusion, although some expected Iowa to at least be included in the first five states.
South Carolina, however, wasn't even really making a bid to be first. New Hampshire has written their primary status into state law, which decrees that New Hampshire vote at least a week before any other state votes in a primary. So by their own state law, New Hampshire will have to hold their primary in late January. Which they will almost certainly do -- they treat their first-primary status pretty seriously in the Granite State.
This will lead to a crisis. The D.N.C. will threaten to not seat their delegates at the national convention. They could also threaten Democratic candidates with sanctions if they even campaign in New Hampshire. This is going to be a mess, to put it politely.
So why did Biden come up with what he did? Nobody really knows the answer to that (this news was a complete surprise to almost everyone). But it's pretty easy to see what some are going to conclude. South Carolina saved Biden's bacon in the 2020 primary season. To continue the breakfasty metaphors: he would have been toast if he hadn't won the state by such an impressive margin. Because he did win, he went on to easily win the nomination. So it's pretty easy to paint Biden's new schedule as more than a little self-serving. Biden also hinted that perhaps the schedule should move around again for the 2028 election, which only adds to the suspicion that he just wants South Carolina to go first for him.
Also, Georgia? The entire idea of letting only a few states go early is to get a sampling of local voters across the country. Diversity is important as well, which is why Nevada and South Carolina were added to the early schedule in the first place (to better give Black and Latino voters a say in the nomination process). Michigan is a good pick, because it is in the Midwest and is also a purple state where early campaigning could pay off in a big way in the general election for Democrats. But Georgia? Georgia would become the second state in the South to vote early. Are two really necessary, especially next-door neighbors? Also, Michigan and Georgia are both a lot larger in population than all the other early states, which will mean a much more expensive campaign for the early candidates -- something that the small states which have previously gone first were supposed to avoid.
There are all kinds of questions that so far remain unanswered as to how changes of this magnitude were sprung on most of the party at the very last minute. There was no public discussion of this calendar. No case was made, other than to the people on the D.N.C.'s Rules and Bylaws Committee. And now the rest of the Democratic Party is going to have to live with it. There will be a formal vote on the new plan in February, by the entire membership of the D.N.C., but this is seen "as a formality."
If Joe Biden had such a strong preference for not only which states got to vote early but the actual order of them voting, he should have made those preferences public a long time ago. The issue has been under discussion pretty much since the 2020 election happened. Instead, we get a smoke-filled-backroom party-machine move, where a radically different new plan just suddenly appeared and was approved without any extended debate. Biden could have made his case to Democrats across the country why his plan was best. He didn't bother to do so.
That, to us, is pretty disappointing. Which is why we're also giving Biden the Most Disappointing Democrat Of The Week as well, this week.
[Contact President Joe Biden on his official contact page, to let him know what you think of his actions.]
Volume 687 (12/2/22)
Some of this week's talking points celebrate important victories, some of them take Republicans to task, and the last one is just a plea to Peach-Staters. Enjoy, as always, and please use responsibly.
$3 a gallon?
Lead with the best news, of course.
"Gas prices are back to where they were before Russia invaded Ukraine, just below $3.50 a gallon. And they seem to be headed even further down -- most experts are saying it'll drop below $3 a gallon before the end of the year. I remember when prices shot up it was not just on the news every night but it was the lead story, for weeks on end. Now that prices are falling quickly, it seems it is no longer newsworthy, which is a shame. Because I think most American drivers are pretty happy to see lower numbers at the pump these days, don't you?"
Marriage equality
This is going to be a big win, next week.
"The Senate passed the historic Respect For Marriage Act this week, which will guarantee that interracial and same-sex marriages will be valid across the entire country. Nevermore will one state be able to make it illegal for people to marry the partner of their choice and refuse to honor such a marriage from another state. This also throws out the odious Defense Of Marriage Act from the 1990s, which was passed at the start of all the hysteria over gay marriages. Those days are now behind us forever, and I thank the Democrats and Joe Biden's leadership for making it happen. And just for the record: 36 Republicans in the Senate voted against marriage equality."
Everyone should get paid sick leave
Biden's right. It's not just one industry where it is needed.
"The rail workers of America were prevented from going on strike this week, because their services are so vital to the American economy. This is why Congress and the president have the power to impose contracts on them in the first place, and have had this power for a century now. But while a disruption to the supply chains would have been too devastating to allow right now, the Unions have a point. The Draconian leave policies the railroads impose on them are downright antediluvian. A rail worker should not have to fear for his or her job if he or she gets sick, or has to see a doctor, or has to care for a sick family member. That should be guaranteed. And if Joe Biden's original economic plan had made it through the Senate, it wouldn't just be rail workers who would have been guaranteed paid sick leave, it would have been all American workers. That is what Democrats stand for -- giving every worker basic human dignity and basic human rights as an employee."
No big deal?
Of course, Republicans are going to downplay the whole thing. Don't let them get away with it.
"I now hear some from the other side of the aisle saying that Biden's move to avoid a strike wasn't that big a deal. Excuse me? Can you even imagine what they would be saying right now if rail service were about to be halted? Biden would be called the Grinch and much worse, for 'ruining Christmas.' Republicans would have applauded with glee as the economy took a gigantic hit, because they thought that they'd get some partisan political advantage out of everyone else's pain and suffering. Biden acted, he acted swiftly and decisively, and we avoided economic calamity because he did so. Republicans are just disappointed they don't have a new political issue to beat him up over, plain and simple."
Seditious conspiracy
Those two words should be prominent in any discussion of January 6th from now on.
"All the Republicans who downplayed the insurrection attempt on January 6th as some sort of tourist outing that got out of hand or some minor event that just sort of spontaneously happened -- or, even worse, as some sort of patriotic uprising -- have now been proven dangerously wrong. The leader of the Oath Keepers was just convicted of the crime of seditious conspiracy to overthrow the American government. I hope he gets 20 years to sit in a prison cell and contemplate what he has done. This was a planned attack on the American government, plain and simple. A jury of peers has spoken. So please just stop with all the talk of innocent tourists, because that's not what happened at all that day. It wasn't just the Capitol that was attacked, it was all of us too. And a steep price should be paid by those who organized it."
It should be pretty easy, right?
The silence speaks volumes.
"You would think it was pretty easy for Republicans to denounce someone who publicly says things like 'I like Hitler' and 'I love Nazis' while denying the Holocaust took place, right? I mean, that's a no-brainer! You'd even think it'd be easy to denounce anyone who makes friends with such an odious person or even sits down to dinner with him. But apparently that's too much to ask from today's Republicans. They are so scared of Donald Trump's radical followers that they cannot even denounce Trump palling around with Nazi-lovers. That is absolutely disgraceful. Jewish Republicans, are you paying attention? Righteous Republicans of any faith, why do you condone this? Why hasn't every single Republican officeholder signed a joint letter denouncing Kanye West and his association with Donald Trump, to plainly be on the right side of history? Because they are cowards, that's why. I never thought I would see the day when one major American political party couldn't bring itself to denounce Nazi sympathizers within their midst, but I guess that day is now here. That's sad -- and it is dangerous as well."
Get out and vote!
And finally, one very specific message to close on.
"Georgia Democrats, make sure you get out and vote next Tuesday if you haven't already done so! Get out there and re-elect Senator Raphael Warnock, because if you don't your state is going to be embarrassed over and over again on the national stage. I mean, Herschel Walker is quite obviously dumber than a bag of hammers. Do you really want that, for the next six years? If you value sanity in your senators, Georgia voters, make sure you get out and vote on Tuesday. It's important!"
-- Chris Weigant
Follow Chris on Twitter: @ChrisWeigant
Cross-posted at: Democratic Underground
The Chicago line is good for Georgia too: Vote early, vote often.
More seriously from here on.
Do we know the strike was averted? Have the four unions accepted the legislation?
NYC's Taylor Law makes it illegal for most public employees to strike. Never stopped us when I was there. In fact, every single strike that violated the Taylor law concluded with a waiver of the law's sanctions.
As far as I can tell, this legislation makes it illegal for the unions to strike. That's a far cry from them determining that they will abide by the agreement.
No one else has commented so far, so I guess I have a run. Sorry. Y'all can see I'm not trying to not allow anyone else's comments to be heard.
The true proof of "conspiracy" in the seditious conspiracy charge includes things like "panic" buttons were disabled in some congressional offices. That REQUIRES pre-planning.
Enjoyable aside: Early in the pandemic, we're all teaching remotely (think Zoom). A teen-age student schedules an office hour with me.
She doesn't have a virtual background. Her room includes a forward facing pile of LPs (Vinyl). The front one, Rumors.
Way cool, I thought to myself.
I think you were overly harsh on the GA/SC choice. Not that you were wrong, but the real point is to change the status quo.
In order to tweak, first the status quo needs to change. Then, we don't have "tradition" which makes it much easier to play and make it better.
Yeah, no doubt, there's payback in some form there. Still, if it makes CHANGE happen, then it becomes easier to implement further improvements b/c we don't have "tradition" to fall back on.
Last one based solely on your article.
It wasn't simply some group of Republicans who removed a tweet. It was the House Judiciary Committee Republicans’ account. That's a non-trivial point of fact.
Shocked? How many in the GOP condemned "[t]here were fine people on both sides," describing a march where the chant was "Jews will not replace us"?
While I admire Chris' Bidenlove (trademark pending), it's odd that once again President Biden is MIDDOW. As often happens, here in the Friday Talking Points column, the landmark laws seemingly pass themselves. No action is required from Democrats, especially those of the female flavor.
I imagine Chris' brain screaming 'it burns! it burns' at the thought of awarding an MIDDOW to Pelosi for shepherding through the House the bill to avoid the railroad strike, and *especially* Kyrsten Sinema who co-sponsored and convinced 12 Republican Senators to vote for the Respect for Marriage Act.
While our President is happy to give credit where credit is due, it is obvious that Chris has a huge "blind spot".
'Importantly, the Senate’s passage of the Respect for Marriage Act is a bipartisan achievement. I’m grateful to the determined Members of Congress — especially Senators Baldwin, Collins, Portman, Sinema, Tillis, and Feinstein — whose leadership has underscored that Republicans and Democrats together support the essential right of LGBTQI+ and interracial couples to marry. I look forward to welcoming them at the White House after the House passes this legislation and sends it to my desk, where I will promptly and proudly sign it into law.'
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/11/29/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-bipartisan-senate-passage-of-the-respect-for-marriage-act/
"Gas prices are back to where they were before Russia invaded Ukraine, just below $3.50 a gallon.
Still more (MUCH more) than when President Trump war POTUS....
Just sayin'.. :D
Marriage equality
This is going to be a big win, next week.
Yes.. Demrats rejoice.. Ya'all will FINALLY be able to marry that banana AND that hamster that ya have loved for so long!! :eyeroll:
Ya'all should be SOOOO happy.. :D
Everyone should get paid sick leave
Biden's right. It's not just one industry where it is needed.
Everyone* DOES get paid sick leave.. Like with Demrats crazy gun-hate laws, Demrats are fighting for something that is already law.. :eyeroll:
Seditious conspiracy
Those two words should be prominent in any discussion of January 6th from now on.
You haven't gotten the memo?? The Cardassian 6 Jan kangaroo event will not be discussed any longer..
It's a has been that SHOULD have been a never was..
Why aren't ya'all so gung ho to talk about the TWENTY TWO YEARS (collectively) of Demrat BLM and AntiFa attacks on HUNDREDS of government buildings all over the country?? Attacks that left dozens of cops killed, tens of thousands injured and tens of billions of dollars in damages...
Ya Demrats ignore ALL of that and concentrate SOLELY on a SINGLE riot in a SINGLE building at a SINGLE location over the span of a few hours..
Hypocrisy. It's not a bug in Demrat programming. It's a feature.
:eyeroll:
It should be pretty easy, right?
The silence speaks volumes.
Once again, the Grand Poobah, CW hisself, agrees with me that SILENCE GIVES ASSENT
And ya'all claimed it wasn't factually accurate!!! :D
Get out and vote!
And finally, one very specific message to close on.
And don't forget to get your illegal immigrant friends to vote too!!! :^/
1/20
AND THE TURTH.... SHALL SET YOU FREE!!! :D
SOCIAL REVEALS CENSORSHIP FILES
https://www.drudgereport.com/
Looks like it's definitive...
If Demrat-run Twitter hadn't immorally and unethically censor'ed the Hunter Biden laptop, we would be almost halfway thru President Trump's second term right now..
No wonder Dementia Senile Biden and the Demrats are so hysterical about Twitter these days..
ALL the malfeasance and corruption of the Demrats are gonna be exposed for all the world to see... :D
It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood.. :D
2/20
Hay JL,
Here is what you look like in the Mirror Universe... :D
Mirror NY POET
:D
3/20
Hey #TwoBrainCellsRubbedTogether,
Boring. Boring boring boring — could we have some fresh material, please? For instance, that 22 years of BLM rioting isn’t a REAL thing to Americans dwelling outside of your right-wing parallel alternative universe, which is the vast majority of us.
On the bright side, you did mention Trump. So are you and Trump still an item? Or have you seen the writing on the wall and now it’s DeFuture? I am CERTAIN you will bail on #PutinsBitch and likely BEFORE his #IndictmentPalooza starts up — I’m guessing early January but maybe it’ll be right after Georgians send #HelmetToHelmet back home to Texas. And then you’ll be all Trump? That name rings a bell but I can’t quite place him…
Did you miss the memo?
Repeating a LIE over and over ONLY works to convince you Facist types, not us freedom loving critically thinking Americans.
For instance, that 22 years of BLM rioting isn’t a REAL thing to Americans dwelling outside of your right-wing parallel alternative universe, which is the vast majority of us.
Except the FACTS prove otherwise..
Yea, I know.. I know.. Dishonorable discharged so-called "veterans" like you who are Demrats don't like the idea/concept of FACTS...
As to the rest of yer fact-less drivel (you apparently have been hanging around Russ too long.. :eyeroll:) it's long on hysterical BS and not a single fact to be found..
Go get stoned and get someone killed, MC.. That's all you dishonorable discharge "soldiers" are good for.. :^/
4/20
END OF WATCH
Sergeant Frank Gualdino
Yonkers Police Department, New York
End of Watch: Thursday, December 1, 2022
And remind the few...
When ill of us they speak..
That we are all that stands between..
The monsters and the weak...
Apparently, the actual workers didn't like the deal that Dementia Senile Biden forced them into.... :^/
Rail workers speak out after Biden forces unions to accept deal: 'He turned his back'
President Biden says fight for more paid sick leave was not over but rail workers still concerned about quality of life
Rail workers are speaking out after Congress voted last week to avoid an industry strike that could have had catastrophic economic consequences.
On Friday, President Biden signed bipartisan legislation, congratulating lawmakers for helping to avert "what could have been a real disaster."
The president acknowledged that more work needs to be done.
"Look, I know this bill doesn't have paid sick leave, that these rail workers and, frankly, every worker in America deserves. But that fight isn't over," he said.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/rail-workers-speak-out-biden-forces-unions-accept-deal-he-turned-back
So, let me get this straight..
Ya'all were whining and crying about paid sick leave and this deal that Dementia Senile Biden forced the workers to take doesn't even have that!!???
So, basically, Dementia Senile Biden and the Demrats just totally scrooed over the workers and ya'all are APPLAUDING that!???
:epic eyeroll:
6/20
Demrats REALLY cheated BIG TIME in the 2020 election...
1. Thread: THE TWITTER FILES
2. What you’re about to read is the first installment in a series, based upon thousands of internal documents obtained by sources at Twitter.
3. The “Twitter Files” tell an incredible story from inside one of the world’s largest and most influential social media platforms. It is a Frankensteinian tale of a human-built mechanism grown out the control of its designer.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1598822959866683394.html
That seems to be the only way that Demrats can win elections..
With the Anti America unholy trinity of Demrats, Big Tech and Big Media...
7/20
THE NIGHT OF THE GREAT DEMRAT MELTDOWN!!! :D
Musk’s revelations on Twitter censoring Hunter Biden laptop story prompt liberal rage: ‘Hack stuff'
Democratic congressman Ted Lieu demanded Musk 'stop posting stupid s***'
Liberal pundits rushed to discredit a bombshell Twitter thread from Elon Musk and Substack journalist Matt Taibbi revealing the internal communications of Twitter employees and U.S. lawmakers surrounding the censorship of the New York Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story in 2020.
The revelations, dubbed the "Twitter Files," were posted on the social media platform Friday night by Taibbi at the behest of Musk, who provided emails and other documents showing the inner workings of how Twitter had engaged in censorship prior to the 2020 presidential elections, including quashing the Post’s story.
Among the revelations was that Twitter staff had open channels with powerful third parties, including members of both political parties, so that they could flag tweets they deemed problematic and have them "handled." Taibbi asserted that because there were more liberals within Twitter, requests to throttle conservative accounts were fielded more.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/musks-revelations-twitter-censoring-hunter-biden-laptop-story-prompt-liberal-rage-hack-stuff
Watching Demrats hysterically fall all over themselves over the facts of their dishonesty and corruption???...
Well, that just warms the cockles of m' heart... :D
8/20
Why aren't ya'all so gung ho to talk about the TWENTY TWO YEARS (collectively) of Demrat BLM and AntiFa attacks on HUNDREDS of government buildings all over the country?? Attacks that left dozens of cops killed, tens of thousands injured and tens of billions of dollars in damages...
Why are you avoiding talking about the TWENTY SEVEN YEARS (collectively) of GOP Right Wing terrorist attacks on our country??? From the Oklahoma City Bombing to storming the US Capitol in an act of sedition, "conservatives" have killed over 190 with their terrorist activities (19 babies and children were among the over 190 killed). You are wanting us to be more upset over protests that turned into riots while you completely ignore domestic terrorists and those attempting to overthrow our government?
The revelations, dubbed the "Twitter Files," were posted on the social media platform Friday night by Taibbi at the behest of Musk, who provided emails and other documents showing the inner workings of how Twitter had engaged in censorship prior to the 2020 presidential elections, including quashing the Post’s story.
You mean the same story that FoxNews also quashed at the time because it is a laughable attempt by the Keystone Crooks to give Trump what he couldn't get the Ukrainians to do for him -- create false info in order to support the Biden's being investigated!
The story the NYPost ran, but refused to give copies of the evidence to any other news source to verify because it was technically stolen private property that they were reporting on. Reporting on it is one thing, copying it and passing it out to others would be a crime!
The story of a legally blind man claiming that someone -- who SOUNDED like what Hunter Biden possibly sounds like when he talks; and claiming to be Hunter Biden -- dropped off a lap top and some hard drives for the man to fix but never came back to reclaim them from the shop? It's such a laughable premise that they want the world to believe!
The story of a computer repair man who decided to ignore Delaware law that says property left with a shop does not become property of the shop until one year from the date they first attempt to contact the owner that they can come retrieve the property? Who had no right to go through the private files that had NOTHING TO DO with the operating system.
The shop keeper, who cannot testify in court as to whether the man in his shop was actually Hunter Biden, because he could not see his face in order to identify him. The laptop and the hard drives are clones of Biden's Apple account. But nothing -- NOTHING -- ties him physically to the laptop and the hard drives ... not even the "Beau Biden Foundation for Cancer Research" sticker someone stuck to the laptop! The chain of evidence was broken from the very start of this!
The FBI took the laptop and the hard drives from the shop owner to investigate before the election in 2020. They didn't pass it around to others. Who was authorized to give out the cloned copies? Hunter Biden didn't authorize it.
THIS IS ALL THE REPUBLICANS HAVE??? Seriously?!?! Investigating a private US citizen isn't Congress' responsibility... the Executive Branch covers that. If there was any actual evidence that was usable, Trump would have used it prior to the election. But when FoxNews refused to touch it, and none of the Republicans in Congress jumped on board to use it during the impeachment hearings, it should have been clear to everyone that this was a dried up turd of a story.
The only "hysterically fall"ing I see is the right wing trying to make a story out of this nothing burger. Just about everything in the first round of the twitter files was known in the days after. The new stuff is all the political actors including the white house had direct lines to report tweets that they thought went against twitter's rules. The left probably did have more access but nothing was given as proof or the degree of proportional access. The "files" tweets did mention the Trump administration had reported tweets they thought went against the rules. The first few tweets were photos of Hunter in frontal nudity which is specifically both a twitter rules violation and a California law violation (revenge porn). No surprise they were removed. The rest, except for the NY Post twitter account was reversed the next day after internal discussion. Both FoxNews and WSJ passed on the story as they could not confirm it's authenticity. Big. Fat. Nothing Burger.
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Thanks for the particulars! I think all of this is damaging — if you ignore the chain of custody and general laugh-ability issues. Still, damaging enough that at this point I’ll go out on a limb and predict the we can forget about “Hunter’24!”
After this, the guy’ll need time to rehabilitate his image :D
It’ll be a tough choice in 2036. If Nancy Pelosi’s daughter Christine ascends to her Seat we could end up with PelosiHunter’36 DEMOCTRATS: THE NEXT GENERATION
Russ,
Why are you avoiding talking about the TWENTY SEVEN YEARS (collectively) of GOP Right Wing terrorist attacks on our country???
Those weren't Right Wing terrorist attacks.. Those were attacks by demented individuals..
Kinda like when James Hodgkison shot up the GOP baseball practice..
But it is simply UNDENIABLE that BLM and AntiFa are LEFT WING groups that enjoy WIDE-SPREAD support amongst the totality of the Demrat Party..
Find me the number of commentaries here in Weigantia that condemned BLM and AntiFa..
You can't because there ARE none...
So, once AGAIN... You are comparing Apples and Eskimos..
:eyeroll:
Bashi,
OF COURSE you would say that....
But the FACTS prove you WRONG....***AGAIN*** :D
9/20
Find me the number of commentaries here in Weigantia that condemned BLM and AntiFa..
With ANYTHING even APPROACHING the level of passion and condemnation that condemned the 6 Jan riot..
NONE exists...
6 Jan was a SINGLE riot at a SINGLE building in a SINGLE location over the span of a couple hours..
BLM and Antifa riots were HUNDREDS of attacks on HUNDREDS of government and business owner buildings at HUNDREDS of locations all over the country for a span of TWENTY TWO YEARS collectively!!!
And the response from Demrats and Weigantians...
A lame milquetoast non-serious "That's naughty, you shouldn't do that.." here and there..
:eyeroll:
Hypocrisy.. It's not a bug in Demrat programming. It's a feature..
10/20
Michale-
In your case a nothing burger with cheese...
You cry facts but provide none. Why is that?
You cry facts but provide none. Why is that?
Because ya'all whine and cry to CW when I do, making his life miserable..
"DDOOOIIIIIII"
-Vannilope Von Schweetz, WRECK IT RALPH
:eyeroll:
11/20
There is a theory, seriously discussed by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, among others, that what we understand to be "reality" is actually a type of elaborate computer simulation. If that is the case, will the Master User please reboot the system? In the Age of Trump, it has become impossible to tell madness from sanity, the imaginary from the real, fiction from fact. We surrender. The point has been made. Please make it stop.
One would think Repugs would have figured out after three straight elections that Trump motivated 81 million voters to Joe Biden. Joe Biden! Who’s turned out to get more done, quicker, than anyone since LBJ or Ike.
it's sort of a crying wolf effect. for the last fifteen years or so, conservatives have been so quick to jump on every conspiracy theory, no matter how little evidence supports it, that whenever they start shouting about something, anyone remotely nonpartisan will at least seek a second opinion before reporting. not that liberals don't also jump on dubious scandals with glee, but on average we're a bit more choosy about our crazy, and the public knows it. even conservative press outlets (e.g. fox, wsj) know it.
conservatives have been so quick to jump on every conspiracy theory, no matter how little evidence supports it
There was PLENTY of evidence to support Hunter Biden's laptop...
Your Demrats SUPPRESSED it..
but on average we're a bit more choosy about our crazy,
Yea, like the Demrats Russia Collusion that had ZERO supporting evidence beyond what was PLANTED by Demrats??
You mean, like that?? :eyeroll:
12/20
Four years (plus) of corrupt Javanka, Junior and Fredo — I mean, Eric…makes Hunter a piker in comparison. This Hunter fantasy is your latest excuse for Trump losing sooo bigly haha!
Two questions!
Where is the holiday fundraising drive?
And, how about we get Christmas going this Sunday night!?
good question! where are all the kittens?
Indeed!
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Naw, let’s NOT get Christmas going this Sunday. Like EVERY year Christmas got going way too early this year, just hours after Halloween.
Revised second question:
How about we get the holiday season and Hanukkah and Christmas and Kwanzaa going on Sunday night!
Naw, let’s NOT get Christmas going this Sunday. Like EVERY year Christmas got going way too early this year, just hours after Halloween.
True, but ... still, there is only this weekend that'll be good since I'm either working the rest of the Sundays this month or it's actaully Christmas day or New Year's Day on Sunday after New Year's eve, so ... it's now or never!
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IF that’s what you’re up against then Sunday it shall be.
Those weren't Right Wing terrorist attacks.. Those were attacks by demented individuals..
Demented individuals that carried out Right-wing terrorist attacks. All militia-loving white nationalist members. I am happy to see that you finally admit that the Jan. 6th failed insurrection was carried out by "demented individuals"!
Find me the number of commentaries here in Weigantia that condemned BLM and AntiFa..
Well, the reason could be because none of those events were planned attacks attempting to overthrow our government leaders. The claim that January 6th was simply a protest that got out of hand is no longer valid with the Oath Keepers being found guilty of seditious conspiracy. Trump was attempting to overturn our elections to remain in power.
Hell, did you see what he posted on Truth??? He called for tossing the Constitution unless we declare that Trump won the 2020 election!!!
"So, with the revelation of MASSIVE & WIDESPREAD FRAUD & DECEPTION in working closely with Big Tech Companies, the DNC, & the Democrat Party, do you throw the Presidential Election Results of 2020 OUT and declare the RIGHTFUL WINNER, or do you have a NEW ELECTION? A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution," Trump "truthed."
Personally, I think Trump is working on a defense that he is not able to stand trial due to mental defect.
Once again, Russ. You spew a heaping helping of complete and utter bullshit without ANY facts to support your claims..
The idea that all of the BLM and AntiFa riots were not planned!!???
BBBBWWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
You are truly fraked in the head if you believe that... :D
Hell, did you see what he posted on Truth??? He called for tossing the Constitution unless we declare that Trump won the 2020 election!!!
And yet YOUR OWN QUOTE of President Trumps (even if it is a valid quote) PROVES the complete bullshit of your claim..
President Trump said NOTHING about "tossing the Constitution"..
As always, you hear ONLY what you want to hear..
Your own quote of President Trump's PROVES your claim to be complete and utter BS...
BBBWWAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA
1/20
And regardless of all your BS, Russ.. It's a bona fide and well documented FACT that your Demrats DID commit election fraud with ZuckBucks and Hunter Biden/laptop suppression..
EITHER one of those, had they not occurred would have been enough to turn the election to President Trump..
But both!??
Only a fool, an idiot or someone with a hate cops hate America agenda thinks that Dementia Senile Biden actually won the election fairly..
So, which are you, Russ?? Are you a fool?? Are you an idiot?? Or do you have a hate cops hate America agenda??
Most likely all three in your case.. :eyeroll:
2/20
you can't possibly be unaware how cuckoo-bananas that sounds.
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Normally including last year I’d say [bleep] kitten pictures because the last cat I had bumped up against nothing but dogs since, in 1995 during the FIRST time I lived in Green Valley Lake for years.
But this SECOND time back in GVL this summer I adopted a small male cat D’Artagnan, knowing that my sweet Husky-Wolf Betty would get along with him even though she’d never dealt with a small furry highly challenging chase toy before. Sure enough, Betty has been so chill that kitty didn’t have to rake her nose even once. Now Betty chases kitty but just enough so that kitty get a little exercise. They sleep on the bed together. I could go on about D’Artagnan…
So, yeah. Fire away with the kitty pix!
[michale], you can't possibly be unaware how cuckoo-bananas that sounds.
indeed.
Caddy,
IF that’s what you’re up against then Sunday it shall be.
Well, we're all heading into a very hectic time of the year in a year that's been full of chaos, so ... let's have some fun tonight. It'll be a late start for me, though, so feel free to get things going earlier for our friends on the other coast if you like!
...and speaking of KITTENS, #TwoBrainCellsRubbingTogether you're not even trying to defend yourself anymore? Trump's word for word quote is above and like so much of uncomfortable reality staring you in the face you ignore it. Whataboutism and name calling is all you got.
CW, what is this joker's reason to be here? Does he know that he's not "owning the Libs" if we have no reason to feel owned?
JL,
you can't possibly be unaware how cuckoo-bananas that sounds.
Of course it sounds that way, based on Demrat spin..
But the FACTS are well documented..
ZuckBucks swung key elections..
And 17% of voters would not have voted for Senile Dementia Biden if the facts of the Hunter Biden laptop had not been suppressed...
Either one by itself was enough to swing the election to Senile Dementia Biden..
MC,
I don't listen to dishonorably discharged scumbags who were a threat to their fellow soldiers and to this country.. So much a threat that they had to be kicked out of the military.. You and Hunter Biden are two of a kind.. Both scumbag druggies... :eyeroll:
3/20
ZuckBucks swung key elections..
You have not posted a convincing argument that this is true and none of it went against campaign finance laws. If you lose elections by people voting, should you have won them in the first place? Have you criticized the Koch brothers or any other rich donors from the right for their donations, dark money or otherwise?
And 17% of voters would not have voted for Senile Dementia Biden if the facts of the Hunter Biden laptop had not been suppressed...
17% eh? Just how far up your ass did you have to go to come up with that statistic? Lesson for the right, when you try and manufacture an October surprise, don't have Rudy involved...
For someone one you don't listen to, you seem to post to MC often. Are you a victim of your own taunting?
Bashi,
Posting to MC is not the same as listening to MC..
You post to me all the time.. Are you "listening" as well??
:eyeroll:
As far as the facts regarding ZuckBucks and Hunter Biden's laptop.. They have been posted considerably.
If yer ignorant it's because you CHOOSE to be ignorant..
A common frame of mind for Demrats..
4/20
As far as the facts regarding ZuckBucks and Hunter Biden's laptop.. They have been posted considerably.
And discredited many times. So what? All you have proved is you have a problem understanding the definition of the word "fact"...
And discredited many times.
Not factually accurate.. They have NEVER been discredited..
All you have proved is you have a problem understanding the definition of the word "fact"...
Facts to support?? No??
Of course not.. Never have, never will.. :eyeroll:
5/20
Not factually accurate.. They have NEVER been discredited..
Quite factually accurate, they have been discredited many times by many poster here...
Facts to support??
A couple of decades of you posting in this comments section...
In other words, you have NO FACTS to support ANY of your claims..
I accept your concession, Bashi.. :D
6/20
In other words, you have NO FACTS to support ANY of your claims..
Moving on to lying? There is a link in [46]...
Which has nothing to do with what I posted and doesn't even touch Hunter Biden's Laptop fraud on the part of the Demrats..
So, as I said.. NO FACTS..
You never have them.. You never WILL have them..
7/20
https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/12/918/516/cartoon.png?ve=1&tl=1
Yep.. yep... yep....
Exactly...
But collusion is not a crime when Demrats do it. :eyeroll:
8/20
Which has nothing to do with what I posted and doesn't even touch Hunter Biden's Laptop fraud on the part of the Demrats..
If you went up one line you would have found you posted about zuckbucks to which I posted an article containing facts. Which proves you are lying...
You never have them.. You never WILL have them..
Another lie. See above. Yawn.
Twitter suppressed the story for a single day. If that was enough to change the election results it must have been the biggest nothing burger in history...
Twitter suppressed the story for a single day.
And AGAIN with the BS... Twitter suppressed the story for WEEKS.. MONTHS even...
Another bullshit claim from Bashi...
9/120
Nebraska authorities investigate letters tied to far-left group allegedly threating to 'shoot' pro-lifers
Jane's Revenge declared 'open season' on pro-lifers over the summer
Authorities in Omaha, Nebraska, are investigating two threatening letters allegedly tied to radical pro-abortion group Jane’s Revenge that were sent to a Catholic-affiliated center and a local Christian church.
"If our right to abortion in Bellevue is taken away due to the attempt to pass an abortion ban and its gets passed we will shoot up your Newman Center with our new AR-14 rifles. Sincerely, Jane’s Revenge," a note found outside the John Paul II Newman Center near the University of Nebraska-Omaha's Scott Campus allegedly reads.
Students for Life president Kristan Hawkins posted a photo of the note to Twitter on Saturday, saying "Jane’s Revenge threatens to shoot pro-lifers." Members of Students for Life were meeting at the Catholic-affiliated center on Saturday "to strategize about how to use @studentsforlife’s Campaign for Abortion Free Cities to shut down the late-term abortion facility in the state," according to a Twitter thread by Hawkins.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/nebraska-authorities-investigate-letters-allegedly-far-left-group-threaten-shoot-pro-lifers
Condemnation from Demrats??
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Exactly....
10/20
This is not exactly what I would think to call the Christmas spirit. Ahem.
President Trump said NOTHING about "tossing the Constitution"..
Is michael having to play the semantics game in order to come up with a way to avoid just admitting that he is wrong once again?
A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution," Trump "truthed."
"Termination"..."tossing"...TOE-MAY-TOE...TOE-MAH-TOE...
In fact, "tossing" is a much less extreme way of reporting what Trump called for... Trump called for the TERMINATION of ALL of it!
I guess that I do owe you an apology, michale. It was wrong of me to dismiss the severity of the language Trump chose to use in calling for the TERMINATION of our Constitution! The giant man-baby that you so cultishly love makes it very clear that HE matters more than anyone or anything... including the United States of America! As you stated above, he is truly a demented individual.
Right on schedule! :-)
It's a bona fide and well documented FACT that your Demrats DID commit election fraud with ZuckBucks and Hunter Biden/laptop suppression..
OHHHHH... I think I understand what the problem has been this whole time -- YOU have NO IDEA what the definition of "election fraud" is!!!
And I'm sorry to inform you that based on your logic, Trump would not have won re-election in 2020 had the Hunter Biden story not been "suppressed"... because Hillary would have won the election in 2016 if all news stories were in play.
In 2016, Trump won because the FBI announced just weeks before the election that Hillary was being investigated for possible classified documents being found on her assistant's personal laptop.
The FBI chose not to announce that Trump was also under investigation as a possible counter-intelligence threat to national security based on his relationship with multiple foreign countries. They also did not publish that the FBI had proof that Trump had paid off the porn star he had an affair with to keep her from talking during the campaign.
Since it is your argument that the suppression of such stories would have changed Biden's blowout over Trump (by over 7 million votes) back to Trump, then it would definitely caused a close race like Trump's victory over Hillary Clinton to go to her!
And if Hillary was the winner in 2016; there would have been no Donald running for re-election in 2020. Because if Donald hadn't won in 2016, the DOJ's counter-intelligence investigation into Trump's dealings with foreign countries would have been thoroughly conducted and he'd have been locked up long before the 2020 election ever got underway.
So even in your bullshat filled flights of fantasy, Trump always ends up the loser!
Condemnation from Demrats??
It never does any good when we do it, so why keep at it? We've condemned your posting of such BS for years, yet you keep right on posting it!
I would have thought that the military would have taught their MP's about the chain of evidence... and they probably did and you ignored that training just as you did the training about not entering a domestic violence scene without backup which led to your having to kill someone and being discharged from the military.
There is nothing connecting the Pro-choice group to the letter that the forced birthers claimed to have "found" outside a building they were meeting in. IT wasn't mailed or emailed... it was just randomly dropped somewhere in the hopes that someone would find it before it blew away apparently? They don't want it to be traced back to them for sending it... yet they announce their identity in the letter! Wow, ya'll are truly idiots! No wonder you still believe in the Hunter Biden laptops being real.
But, to prove that I am a nice guy and if it will make you happy, I hereby condemn you for posting this crap. You've been condemned!
Ah yes, methinks that michale has a a mancrush on me. Whatever, not the first gay guy to hit on me.
In fact, as one would expect, I regard it as a compliment, of sorts.
michale you have nothing but Breitbart fantasy to offer Weigantia. Sorry about your demonstrated dimentia in these pages, you gentle little kitty kitty.
I guess you used to be something...
Okay, let's leave all of our special brand of reality-based politics aside for a few hours and let the music move us, or something...
Welcome one and all to the CW Sunday Night Music Festival and Dance Party where we forego all manner of political analysis and commentary unless of course they come in the form of a song. Ahem.
Anyway, here is a new video just released by Bryan Adams!
Let's Get Christmas Going
Bryan Adams - Reggae Christmas
Bryan Adams - Christmas Time (Classic Version)
Fleetwood Mac is a band much greater than the sum of its parts. Which, I suppose, can be said of most great bands.
They certainly won't be same without Christine McVie (nee Perfect) ...
You Make Loving Fun (The Dance)
Songbird - Christine McVie - Fleetwood Mac
Everywhere - Fleetwood Mac
Don't Stop
The Chain
Nazareth lead singer Dan McCafferty died recently. Love Nazareth's 1973 cover or makeover of this Joni Mitchell song off her 1971 Blue album. Apparently, they loved to listen to Joni while traveling in their van and this one was a favourite...
This Flight Tonight
Nazareth - Love Hurts
Hair of the Dog
Heart's Grown Cold
Dream On
Okay, I've been waiting for this ever since it was announced that Dolly was going to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!
And, I was most definitely not disappointed!!!! Does she know how to dress for the occasion or WHAT!?
Enjoy, everyone!
Dolly Parton - Rockin' LIVE at the RRHOF
Jolene at the RRHOF!
Dolly Parton - Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin cover)
Guess I'll end my portion of this evening's festivities with 22 selections from a Trans Siberian Orchestra concert ...
TSO - Council Bluffs November 16, 2022
Weigantia is SUCH a haven for music lovers!
Ah yes, methinks that michale has a a mancrush on me. Whatever, not the first gay guy to hit on me.
BBBWWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Says the dishonorably discharged druggie scumbag whose comments are 80% about me..
Look in a mirror, MC... If you can bear to...
And fer christ's sake!! Get a frakin' spell checker!!! Or, at the very least, quit commenting when yer stoned.
:eyeroll:
1/20
Funny how Demrats have gone dark about coverage of the Colorado Club Q shooter, eh??
There was soo much hoopla surrounding that shooting. Even our own JFC was all hysterical about it..
THEN...
Then when it was discovered that the shooter was a "non binary" (whatever the hell THAT means!!???) Demrat, all of the sudden, Demrats (and JFC) didn't want to talk about it anymore...
"Gee!!! I wonder why that is!!!"
-Kevin Spacey, THE NEGOTIATOR
Once again, proof positive...
Demrats don't really care about mass shootings and all the deaths..
Unless they can use the incidents to push their Hate America anti-gun agenda.. :eyeroll:
2/20
And I'm sorry to inform you that based on your logic, Trump would not have won re-election in 2020 had the Hunter Biden story not been "suppressed"... because Hillary would have won the election in 2016 if all news stories were in play.
As usual, Russ provides a litany of bullshit without a SINGLE fact that supports it..
So typical..
As far as your claims about President Trump and the US Constitution, Russ..
Even IF President Trump said what you claims he said, he wasn't saying anything that Demrats have not been saying for decades..
Demrats want to curtail the First Amendment..
Demrats want to GET RID OF COMPLETELY the 2nd Amendment..
So how is it that it's OK if Demrats want to get rid of parts of the US Constitution, but not OK for President Trump... Eh Russ???
Hypocrisy.. It's not a bug in Demrat programming. It's a feature..
Dishonorable Discharge,
Ah yes, methinks that michale has a a mancrush on me. Whatever, not the first gay guy to hit on me.
Says the guy who'se EVERY comment on Sunday was about me..
Looks like yer the gay disgraced soldier who is hitting on me, eh Dishonorable Discharge?? :eyeroll:
Sorry ta disappoint ya dood.. But I am very happily married for over 40 years...
You?? Ya probably got thrown out by women, or men... or both, just like you were thrown out of the Army.. Because yer a danger and a threat to them..
Just like you were a danger and a threat to your fellow soldiers..
3/20
MtnCaddy
FPC
How am I doing, Kick?
You were doing great, MC; however, I admit it was wholly astonishing to witness the doubling of the repetitively demonstrated veritable brain cell count.
I can never exceed (or even hope to approach) Your evisceration abilities, but I am starting to warm to the idea of #TwoBrainCells sticking around here.
Other than that tiny mistake in math, you were doing an excellent job there. Multiple points to you. :)
Michale
FPC
Jeezus, MC...
Do you check with Kick before you take a pee?? :eyeroll:
In case you missed it (you did), he quite obviously and publicly took a gargantuan "pee" and then asked the question after the waterfall. Duh.
In case you missed it (you did), he quite obviously and publicly took a gargantuan "pee" and then asked the question after the waterfall.
Naw.. It was just a minor little tinkle that just messed up his own pants.
But I LOVED the way Dishonorable Discharge ran to you, begging for yer approval...
I think it's so cute how Dishonorable Discharge simply cannot function without you around..
Russ is like that too.. It's HILARIOUS to watch... :D
BBBBWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
You definitely got dem bitches well trained.. :D
A classic case of blatant co-dependency... :D
4/20
In other lame-duck news, the Respect For Marriage Act made it through the Senate on a final vote of 61-36. The House will pass the Senate's version early next week, and Biden will then proudly hold a signing ceremony. This is a big leap forward, since it repeals the odious Defense Of Marriage Act from the 1990s, but it should not be seen as the final step to full equality. The R.F.M.A. merely writes into federal law that no state can refuse to honor any marriage validly performed in another state, but it does not "codify gay marriage into federal law" -- which would override any state law to the contrary. The reason for this is that the bill was written to gain enough bipartisan support in the Senate, and Republicans wouldn't have voted for a full federal marriage equality law. Nevertheless, it is a victory for Biden, and a victory for American human rights, and should indeed be celebrated as such.
Apparently, the "victory" isn't really much of a "victory" for progressive Demrats.. :D
Progressives grumble as Respect for Marriage Act advances: ‘I hate the Senate bill’
The House will vote on the Respect for Marriage Act on Tuesday
Complaints from some progressive Democrats about the much-heralded Respect for Marriage Act are on the rise, as they realize that the legislation often labeled in the press as the "same-sex marriage" bill would not actually require states to recognize same-sex marriages.
Charlotte Clymer, former press secretary for the Human Rights Campaign and LGBTQ activist, put it more sharply in a blog post. "I hate the Senate bill and we need it to pass it," she said, adding that "it sucks" and "it's our only real option."
But if the Respect for Marriage Act (RMA) passes, it would not go so far as to require states to permit same-sex marriages, which is what has some progressives disappointed. Instead, it would require the federal government to recognize same-sex marriages performed in states where they are legal.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/progressives-grumble-respect-marriage-act-advances-hate-senate-bill
So... Apparently, this act isn't at ALL what Demrats are claiming it is.. :D
OUCH!!!! :D
It still recognizes religious freedoms over marriage freedoms..
So, it's not any kind of victory at all....
5/20
LET THE FLOODGATES OPEN!!! :D
Kyle Rittenhouse goes viral after asking if Twitter files will reveal 'hidden censoring' against him
Rittenhouse calls for Elon Musk to expose any internal censorship by Twitter against him after the media labeled him a ‘white supremacist’
Kyle Rittenhouse said he was hopeful that what he described as Twitter’s censorship campaign against him would be exposed just days after CEO Elon Musk released the "Twitter Files."
"Learning about the twitter files and @elonmusk releasing the truth is making me more and more curious to find out if there was hidden censoring regarding my story and case on twitter. I am hoping, one day soon, I will be able to find out and the truth will be shown to all of us," he wrote.
Former Covington High School student Nicholas Sandmann was similarly tarred and feathered by the media in 2019 after a clip went viral of him smiling as a Native American played a drum close to his face.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/kyle-rittenhouse-goes-viral-asking-twitter-files-reveal-hidden-censoring
The Demrats Anti-US CONSTITUTION chickens are coming home to roost... :D
6/20
Michale,
Don't you have to stay on topic, now?
Twitter has been mentioned more than 30 times from a variety of people, including CW himself..
So......
7/20
Just like you were a danger and a threat to your fellow soldiers..
Hey, MC...
Did you ever not follow protocols which resulted in your having to shoot and kill a woman? NO? I would say that you weren't nearly the threat to your fellow soldiers as someone who doesn't know not to turn your back on a suspect.
michale,
It must have sucked to pay your own way into the police academy only to have no one willing to hire you once you graduated. Your military service, which for most people is a big plus, was probably the deal breaker for you. Unless your found a department that would ignore you having killed someone; but then you failed the psych exam? Either way, I think we can all agree that law enforcement was not the ideal career field for you given your habitual dishonesty and anger issues.
Look on the bright side, had you been a member of law enforcement when you committed your crimes, they would have resulted in much harsher punishment as to make an example of you. So not being in law enforcement probably kept you out of prison.
Once again.. Russ spews BS that has absolutely NO supporting facts whatsoever...
Amazing how that ALWAYS is the case.. eh??
Why is that, Russ?? Why do you always spew complete and utter BS that you KNOW is BS??
Do you not think I won't call you on it?? :eyeroll:
Liz,
Aren't you going to say anything about Russ' off topic comments??
No??
Of course yer not.. What a shock.. :eyeroll:
Two different standards..
One standard for cop hating America hating Demrats and their lies and BS... People who have never served their country and were dishonorably discharged for drugs and drug abuse.. Someone who has lied about being a 911 operator and who lied about being asked to do something racist..
And a different standard for someone who actually loves their country and who has honorably served this country in TWO different branches of the US Armed Forces... Not to mention decades in Law Enforcement, FSO, security and other branches Public Safety...
#sad
8/20
The House committee which has been seeking Trump's tax returns was granted access by the Supreme Court, but they've only got until the end of the month to decide what to do with them.
Give them to a Senate committee. Problem solved. :)
Trump spectacularly lost in a federal appeals court this week, which one legal eagle described as a "bench-slapping."
Heh. It suits him.
The opinion completely threw out the entire case that Trump brought (which resulted in a special master being appointed as a referee over everything seized when a search warrant was executed on Trump's Florida golf club).
I hope I'm not duplicating a commenter who already posted here, but Mar-a-Lago is a retirement home and not a golf course. :)
But Georgia? Georgia would become the second state in the South to vote early. Are two really necessary, especially next-door neighbors?
Being from GA, I can tell ya that the two states are really night and day in their "personalities". SC fits the stereotypes usually associated with the "Old South" much more than GA does. Whites and blacks are very segregated in SC. You find lots of small towns that are almost entirely black or entirely white... but few that the numbers are divided equally. SC beaches were always fun to hit for vacations, but I never wanted to live there!
GA is much more diverse. Atlanta is a huge city when you consider all of the surrounding suburbs that are included. 404 is the area code for what is considered to be in and part of "Atlanta". It used to extend down south to Peachtree City and then up to Alpharetta in the north. That was almost a two hour drive in zero traffic... much longer most days. Atlanta was chosen to host the Olympic Games. No place in SC could hope to do the same. Atlanta has the busiest international airport in the country. So while GA and SC are next to each other on the map, they are very different states in their make up.
And Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac also passed away this week, which was sad for everyone who lived through the 1970s (and who still probably has a copy of Rumors lying around somewhere).
"Rumors"!? You mean Rumours.
Pretty sure that right there qualifies as music blasphemy, but of course, Brits (and Canadians) can't spell (just kidding). :)
^^EDIT^^ because I goobed up the quoting of the quote
CW
And Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac also passed away this week, which was sad for everyone who lived through the 1970s (and who still probably has a copy of Rumors lying around somewhere).
"Rumors"!? You mean Rumours.
Pretty sure that right there qualifies as music blasphemy, but of course, Brits (and Canadians) can't spell (just kidding). :)
CW
I mean, Herschel Walker is quite obviously dumber than a bag of hammers.
One might say he even wrote a book confessing to being a "bag of hammers." I mean, people are saying.
In the book, Walker says he was teased as a child for being fat and so from a young age he employed "alters" (his term) that he has given names:
* Warrior
* Sentry
* General
* Daredevil
* Different Drummer
* Enforcer
* FBI Agent
* Police Officer
Actually, I added those last two. Herschel doesn't mention those alters in his book, but he sure can't shut up about being them in real life.
Want proof? Crack the dang book. Herschel named the hammers (my term) in his book where he confessed repeatedly to having mental illness since childhood. His recollections of his lifelong mental illness are vivid and detailed until you ask him about the cheating and beating of his (then) wife and multiple ex girlfriends... which (most likely not coincidentally) he claims he cannot recall the repetitive perp behavior at all because he was "redeemed" by God and plumb forgot.
Yes, get out and vote, Georgians. Don't vote for the nutjob Texan with a vivid memory when it suits him yet oh so shitty when it doesn't. It's only the reputation of your entire state hanging in the balance.
Michale
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Sorry ta disappoint ya dood.. But I am very happily married for over 40 years...
As if it wasn't you yourself who informed the entire (archived) board (and obviously anyone with an Internet connection and keyboard) about the prolific swinging lifestyle of you and your wife.
First off, notwithstanding the fact that MtnCaddy is obviously on record multiple times that he's not interested in your admittedly passed around ass, I would be remiss in my duty here to connect dots if I didn't point out the fact that after you have already confessed y'alls' swinger lifestyle to (potentially) everyone who is connected to the Internet, you are now hysterically attempting to offer your so-called "happy marriage for over 40 years" as some kind of proof of your disinterest... as if your past admissions aren't archived repeatedly herein.
BWAH hah hah!
You are so demonstrably hysterically incapable of connecting one dot to another, but you're one lucky some bench that Russ and I are around to help you.
So, to recap: Your display of a special kind of stupidity is what is commonly referred to as "bone deep" and "the kind that burns"... just you, though, and really no one else but yourself. :)
Michale,
Aren't you going to say anything about Russ' off topic comments??
No. Because he isn't the one who is operating under restrictions and he doesn't post an inordinate number of off-topic comments. So, there's that. He doesn't even interfere with the music Sunday nights anymore (not that he ever did it on purpose, you understand) though I wish he would join in on the fun. So, there's that on top of that. :)
Michale
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Naw.. It was just a minor little tinkle that just messed up his own pants.
It was nice of you to admit you were laser-focused on his crotch while he was metaphorically pissing all over you in public via his comment; we could definitely call that a nice first step but for the fact you've already quite obviously broadcasted your swinging lifestyle publicly and archived herein in multiple comment boxes including links.
But I LOVED the way Dishonorable Discharge ran to you, begging for yer approval...
Still focusing on his legs and crotch, obviously, while professing you (all caps) LOVED it. Not something you haven't already confessed, of course; however, he's obviously posted multiple times he's not interested.
I think it's so cute how Dishonorable Discharge simply cannot function without you around..
He quite obviously didn't need me around to get a rise out of you, as your multiple follow-up posts prove beyond doubt, and I would wager without hesitation that he will throw up in his mouth at your description of him as "so cute."
Russ is like that too.. It's HILARIOUS to watch... :D
Yes, Russ is also definitely on record multiple times as not being interested in you either. He definitely said something about keeping that closet closed, and I believe he referenced a hammer and many nails.
What is without a doubt hilarious to watch is your total obsession on this forum with MtnCaddy and Russ (and Democrats in general) and your utter inability to connect one dot to another. Your statement to MtnCaddy that you were "happily married"... as if your claim to a happy marriage proved anything after admitting y'alls' lifestyle as married swingers. Effing hysterical.
You definitely got dem bitches well trained.. :D
Nice bit of projection you got going there, and you obviously want to discuss "yer" family some more. :)
A classic case of blatant co-dependency... :D
MtnCaddy and Russ and I will just have to take your word for your admission of y'alls' "blatant co-dependency" since you and yours are the self-admitted putains. :)
Kick,
I played a little tribute to Christine McVie Sunday night. Do you think Fleetwood Mac will keep touring?
Elizabeth Miller
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I played a little tribute to Christine McVie Sunday night.
It was definitely a Perfect tribute. The TSO and Bryan Adams were great too.
Do you think Fleetwood Mac will keep touring?
They're very good at substituting band members over the decades so I don't see why they wouldn't continue some kind of touring.
Thanks for playing the music. :)
Liz,
No. Because he isn't the one who is operating under restrictions and he doesn't post an inordinate number of off-topic comments.
So, you are conceding that you DO have different standards...
One standard for cop hating America hating Demrats and their lies and BS... People who have never served their country and were dishonorably discharged for drugs and drug abuse.. Someone who has lied about being a 911 operator and who lied about being asked to do something racist..
And a different standard for someone who actually loves their country and who has honorably served this country in TWO different branches of the US Armed Forces... Not to mention decades in Law Enforcement, FSO, security and other branches Public Safety...
Thank you for conceding that you are a typical double-standard left winger without any sense of morality or decency..
As I said.. #sad
In effect, Liz, you are saying that OFF TOPIC comments are PERFECTLY acceptable if they are "proper" off topic comments..
IE comments that toe the Leftist hate cops hate America Demrat Party line...
In other words.. Double standards..
One standard for those comments that toe the Leftist hate cops hate America Demrat Party line..
And a different standard for those comments that love America and love LEOs and appreciated their service to this country...
OK.. I am glad we have established the facts.. It will make future comments that much easier.. :eyeroll:
Michale,
So, you are conceding that you DO have different standards...
No, not at all. CW is the one who has different standards for folks who disrespect his blog...key word being 'his'. Heh.
In effect, Liz, you are saying that OFF TOPIC comments are PERFECTLY acceptable if they are "proper" off topic comments..
Again, no. Incessant and voluminous off topic comments that do not stick to the subject of the headlining pieces is not proper form, no matter from which point along the political spectrum they emanate.
And, furthermore, my friend, you may consider yourself lucky that I don't take all of your Biden wise cracks too personally. And, that's all I'm gonna say about that. Ahem.
Kick,
Glad you enjoyed the music. It was lonely.
Fleetwood Mac has certainly undergone some significant changes to their membership over the years but, I'm thinking this time may be different.
Michale,
Thank you for conceding that you are a typical double-standard left winger without any sense of morality or decency..
Seriously?
LizM [109]
The orange ignoramus likes to read a poem called The Snake. You should look it up, you immoral and indecent America hater.
Troll
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So, you are conceding that you DO have different standards...
Incorrect. If you understood simple English, I wouldn't have to step in (again) and connect the simple dots for you due to your ever-present demonstrable ignorance. What she obviously said is that you are the one under restrictions and not Russ. What she mercifully didn't say is that you've obviously been placed under those restrictions by the author because you are the spamming house troll (with props to JFC) requiring said restrictions.
If you have a problem with the person who rightly put you under restrictions due to your own actions and spamming house trolliness, take it up with the author who put you under those restrictions rather than barfing up your cut-and-paste "noun verb haters" standard monotonous boring bullshit routine and ascribing a whole bunch of your invented spew to Liz.
Thank you for conceding that you are a typical double-standard left winger without any sense of morality or decency..
She didn't. You simply vomited up your standard modus operandi boring drivel and moose poop troll drool and blamed her for noticing that you were violating the terms of your restrictions to stay on topic. The author mentioning the Nazi-loving Trump companion "Ye" formerly known as Kanye West being kicked (again) off "Twitter" wasn't a license for you to go off on a tangent and post an unrelated off-topic conspiracy kkkook rant about Hunter Biden's laptop because the word "Twitter" was used. It's off topic. It's pretty dang close to you claiming that "Follow Chris on Twitter: @ChrisWeigant" that appears on likely every commentary is a license to post a similar stupid off-topic rant of yours.
You went obviously went off topic in comment [9] and thereby violated the terms of your restrictions. Your claim that CW mentioned "Twitter" is typical of your modus operandi and exactly fits the description of what you were specifically admonished not to do. Liz rightly noted you were violating the rules, and then you deflected to your "noun verb haters" routine and lashed out at Liz and others in spamming house troll fashion for simply stating the FACTS... and proved exactly why you require restrictions.
As I said.. #sad
Yes, you are definitely "sad." So sad that there should be a button to "Opt In" to your monotonous one-note bullshit for those who wish to read the same thing over and over and watch the board troll repeat himself like a blathering idiot would do and then just make shit up about those who call him on it. "Sad" doesn't begin to cover what you do here.
In effect, Liz, you are saying that OFF TOPIC comments are PERFECTLY acceptable if they are "proper" off topic comments..
Did you need to start another comment box to make more shit up about Liz and then repeat the same thing? The answer is a definitive "no." This modus operandi here is precisely why you are referred to as the spamming house troll. You seem to need it, and so I repeat: She said you were in violation of your restrictions and posting an inordinate amount of content that was off topic. She also noted that Russ wasn't under restrictions and doesn't do that. Simple English.
IE comments that toe the Leftist hate cops hate America Demrat Party line...
Spam: Same bullshit you already posted.
In other words.. Double standards..
Spam: Same bullshit.
There are quite obviously double standards for trolls who cannot stop themselves from spamming and either cannot or refuse to remain on topic. If you don't like it, I suggest three things:
1. Stop blaming Liz (or anyone else) for you being the spamming house troll who requires a double standard set forth by the author.
2. Stop making shit up about Liz (or anyone else) and blaming her for correctly noticing you were definitely in violation of the double standard you brought upon yourself for being a spamming house troll.
3. Stop being a spamming house troll and/or quit whining about rightly being placed on needed restrictions imposed by someone not named "Elizabeth Miller."
One standard for those comments that toe the Leftist hate cops hate America Demrat Party line..
Spam: Same bullshit.
And a different standard for those comments that love America and love LEOs and appreciated their service to this country...
Spam: Same bullshit.
OK.. I am glad we have established the facts..
What you've established beyond doubt is you're a repetitive spamming house troll blaming others for your own behavior and being rightly placed on restrictions by the author and not a double standard of Liz or anyone else.
It will make future comments that much easier..
Exactly correct. The cut-and-paste nature of your easily recognized off-topic spamming house troll bullshit is simply undeniable.
Follow the rules or be called out on it by Liz or anyone else.
Tough shit if you don't like it.
Elizabeth Miller
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Glad you enjoyed the music.
I did.
It was lonely.
I'm home now after being recruited (begged) to report in person to Georgia (again) and explain things to young people who vote. We'll see tonight (or later) how that goes. Keep me posted next time your schedule isn't full and you can come out to play on Sunday.
I'll definitely make an effort to be there... with bells on.
Kick,
Hey sweet friend! Glad to see your back from traveling safely. Where in GA were you? Depending on where you travel in GA, I know of many fine dining locations that aren't known to anyone but the locals... for future reference. Thank you for your work with getting people out to vote for this important race in GA. I cannot imagine anyone but Trump, himself, who would be a worse person to represent GA than Herschel Walker! Fingers crossed!
Love ya to the moon and back!
R
ListenWhenYouHear
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Hey sweet friend!
Russ! I just looked back from today's commentary.
Glad to see you're back from traveling safely.
It was mostly safe; I only had trouble with a few young people acting up like we used to.
Where in GA were you?
Atlanta area Fulton, DeKalb and surrounding counties where turnout needed a boost from the November numbers.
Depending on where you travel in GA, I know of many fine dining locations that aren't known to anyone but the locals... for future reference.
Good because those locals kept trying to feed me racks of ribs, and I can't eat pork ribs without bending over in pain.
Thank you for your work with getting people out to vote for this important race in GA. I cannot imagine anyone but Trump, himself, who would be a worse person to represent GA than Herschel Walker!
I know, right!?
Fingers crossed!
Yep. Anyone who's on the ballot can win it, but this one feels personal since I got called into it to Texas 'splain things.
Love ya to the moon and back!
Love you more! :)