Essential Reading from Eagles:
If you want to read the whole thing (about 10 pgs I think) go to the sci-hub website https://sci-hub.tw/
https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/bsp.2006.4.366?journalCode=bsp
The lead author is one Thomas V. Inglesby and he’s no slouch.
read it.
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We are having daily rains of Biblical proportions here in the Chicago Area, five inches just yesterday.
It is a soggy mess and sumpumps are at full throttle.
Yesterday my dog Maggie irresponsibly dived into a puddle, a nonessential activity!
To compound her transgression she failed to socially distance from our other dog.
As a good citizen I reported her transgression to Governor Pritzker.
A swat team of state dog shamers will soon arrive to insult and berate her.
It has to be done to combat Climate Change or something.
https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2020/05/18/watch-social-distancing-explanation-on-tennis-balls-is-the-laugh-you-need-this-morning/
@ Twitchy
This Nassau County Executive gives a tutorial on how to play tennis responsibly during the kung Fu Flu.
You can touch your own balls and that those of another family member. However you can not touch the bills of a nonfamily opponent. But you can”kick their balls.”
Watch the video.
Glad you like it CW!
As an intro: This paper was written in 2006, during the H5N1 flu (bird) and it’s about mitigation strategies during an influenza pandemic. It cites the WHO multiple times. It is very specific. Quarantines not only do not work, the economic fallout is devastating.
Thomas Inglesby was the lead author, his background is in bioterrorism, he is currently a head honcho at Johns Hopkins. A co-author is one Henderson, D.A. This man is credited with wiping out small pox.
The paper was published in Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice and Science.
What this publication shows is that for at least almost 15 years they have known that shut downs do not work, they are counterproductive. Would Trump know this? No. Would Fauci and Brix and Redfield know this?
To ask the question is to answer it.
The creator of that pirate site, sci-hub is Alexandra Elbakyan (Russian I think). She’s on twitter, @sci_hub, hasn’t posted in awhile, but it’s a very interesting follow. You can get some nice leads on other ‘things’.
https://news.usni.org/2020/05/15/usns-mercy-leaves-los-angeles-after-treating-77-patients-some-personnel-will-remain-in-l-a
The article is a fabulous read. Hubby & I have believed since the beginning of the shutdown that Democrats want Trump’s successful economic policies to be devastated. They don’t care what happens to the vulnerable worker in the meantime. I hope and pray their villainy is paid back in the voting booths in November.
Also, liberals don’t seem to give a rat’s behind about the elderly who rely on savings & IRA’s, etc. in retirement. Am scared to death to look at my IRA. 🙁
Bunk X wrote:
rightymouse wrote:
Believe me, we know the feeling. It’s one reason why, if at all possible, delay taking your social security payments as long as possible because the monthly difference in what you bring home can be significant.
eaglesoars wrote:
Too late. I took SS when I turned 65 this year in January.
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Today’s poll.
Poll opens at 11:28am
My vote.
YES
Possum wrote:
NO!!!
Today’s poll.
Poll closed at 11:34am
RESULTS
100% of voters say Octopus should have been left talking to himself for eternity.
@ rightymouse:
LOL aw you spoiled my fun!
Now if I could type faster and had a decent internet connection no way would you have got your vote in.
So being fair and counting your vote it means Octopus should have been stranded for half of eternity. Seems fair to me considering the total votes.
Possum wrote:
Poor Octo!! 🙁
@ Possum:
Maybe he can look around for Huell while he’s trapped there.
@ eaglesoars:
I have to get off my ass and find a job. I have to work another year and nine months before I even get a sniff at any social security payment in my old age.
A fact that does not really concern US citizens born here but is relevant to Green card holders and naturalized citizens is you have to accrue 40 credits/points or whatever they are called before you are entitled to any social security benefits. Also that applies to medicaid/medicare or other fun stuff.
You can get one credit per quarter, so a maximum of four per year. To get the magical credit/point you have to be employed and paying into SS in that quarter.
As a Green Card holder that means 10 years of continual employment.
No federal or state aid is available to Green Card holders, well it is but if you claim for any aid good luck getting your Green Card renewed when it expires. ( First one is valid 2 years, thereafter ten years )
And while I am on this rambling rant, a Green Card holder must carry it with them at all times and must produce it when requested or it is a misdemeanor.
No way am I carrying mine! They cost $750 ( last time I looked ) to replace and a shit load of paperwork to do.
ALSO! seeing I am on a roll here, a Green Card holder must report a change of address to INS within 30 days. Not reporting a change of address within 30 days is a misdemeanor and can result in the cancellation of the Green Card and deportation.
Um, I moved 5 years ago and um, forgot to fill in all the paperwork..
Now, ILLEGALS don’t have to do any of that shit, they get free food, free housing, just lots of free shit.
Seriously thinking of changing my name to Jose Kwervo, feeding my Green Card to the cats and becoming illegal.
A side note, I am proud of my Green Card, my picture on it I look like shit as it was taken at 7am at the INS place in Omaha but the card itself is a thing of beauty.
If you know someone that has one take a look at it if you can. Especially the back. No wonder they charge $750 to replace one.
windbag wrote:
Some asshole let him out. I blame Bunk.
Possum wrote:
restaurants are opening
HAR!!
So, you know that gym in New Jersey that opened this morning? did you see what the cops did?
“Formally, you are all in violation of the executive order”
“On that note, have a nice day, everybody be safe”
And they walked. Video at the link
https://www.fox29.com/news/police-to-new-jersey-gym-that-opened-in-defiance-of-order-have-a-good-day
@ eaglesoars:
And animals need caring for.
I have a plan.
updates in the Flynn case. Judge Gleeson has proposed oral arguments on the motion to dismiss and asks for June 10 as deadline to file his brief
https://twitter.com/MMineiro_CNS/status/1262423906633252866
Also, I watched some of the vid of the Barr/Wray briefing on the Pensecola shooting (Al Queda, surprise!). Somebody asked about the Durham investigation and Barr said that as far as criminal indictments go, he doesn’t expect Durham will be pursuing that for Obama and Biden.
I’ve lost a current link, it’s out there. It was just a few minutes, I got the impression that so far, if Durham had found something criminal he’d go for it, but he hasn’t.
eaglesoars wrote:
transcript
https://twitter.com/themarketswork/status/1262426680536076299
English is said to be one of the most difficult languages to learn.
I feel grateful that I was born smart and am fluent in speaking and reading and writing the Queen’s English.
Yesterday I went to Walmart to get a new pair of headphones, I buy the $4.88 ones as the cats chew through the wires if I do not hide them but that is another story. Well this is the same story. Needed headphones as a cat ( the black one ) chewed up the wire.
Anyway, headphones are in a locked cabinet at Walmart and you have to ask an “associate” to get you what you want and they take it to the cash register.
I asked for a pair of headphones and pointed to which ones. Nice person said OK, I will bring them to cash register over there. He pointed to where I should go and off I went.
Few minutes later headphones arrived. Yep, a pair!
So I bought both…
What the hell, they were only $4.88 a pair, or each or whatever unit of measure headphones come in.
Got home, turned on computer and logged into Amazon so I could continue watching the Australian police show “Rush”
Carefully removed one headphone, or pair of headphones whichever language you speak, from packaging, untangled cord, plugged them in then went into kitchen to get a beer so I could settle down and enjoy the hot chicks with cool accents…
Came back 30 seconds later, sat down and, well you guessed. Something had already chewed through the wire. Lucky I had a spare pair, or one…
So, I thank the Walmart associate for suggesting I get two pairs, or one pair of two or whatever transpired.
Yes, now headphones never leave my sight, they are either on my head or in my hand as I go get a beer or pee and when I sleep they live in a secret drawer. Same drawer that contains car keys and anything else I do not want to be stolen or destroyed.
Possum wrote:
Thanks for saving me,’Mouse. I didn’t like it down there.
So many cats!
http://animalnewyork.com/wp-content/uploads/VOINALEADIMAGE.jpg
Embed that, Possum.
Octopus wrote:
I eat so much curry I probably could.
Especially if it was ice cold and embedded the morning after.
Possum wrote:
try Bitter Apple. It’s a spray you get at pet stores (or Amazon probably). It’s bitter and most animals hate it. Except every dog I’ve ever had, of course. Anyway, it’s cheap, get a bottle, spray it on your stuff and see if it keeps them off it.
@ eaglesoars:
I think it’s safe for cats too
https://amgreatness.com/2020/05/17/the-left-is-what-it-once-loathed/
@ eaglesoars:
ah yes, those holding prior office or those running for office are exempt from the constitution and rule of law.
eaglesoars wrote:
Does it come in 55 gallon barrels? LOL
Rand Paul just tweeted this paper to Dr. Fauci
Study this chart for a few minutes and take in all the data – from the asymptomatic/mildly symptomatic rates to the hospital and fatality rates divided by age. You have to get to the 50-59 age group just to reach a 0.1% fatality rate, the level often cited as the overall death rate for the seasonal flu. Those are all lower odds than an individual has of dying in a giving year of any cause and in the case of an average 50-year-old, five times lower.
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/horowitz-one-chart-exposes-lie-behind-universal-lockdowns/
Octopus wrote:
You’re welcome!! 🙂
eaglesoars wrote:
Thanks for that! Dr. Amy Acton, Ohio’s insane health person needs to see that too. She was blathering her usual idiocy today. Had to shut off the radio.
@ rightymouse:
this was a total failure on the parts of public health.
they will not be trusted next time.
Leave It To Beaver’s Eddie Haskell has passed away. 🙁 I watch reruns of the show when they show up on cable. He was 76. Good Lord!
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/ken-osmond-leave-it-to-beaver-star-dead
coldwarrior wrote:
Not just here. My buddies in Thailand think the country won’t open until after the New Year. 🙁
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/05/18/coronavirus-cases-in-pennsylvania-drop-as-state-gradually-reopens/
but wolf will try to keep us closed, because we voted for trump.
Judge tosses out Gov. Kate Brown’s coronavirus restrictions in Oregon
https://www.kptv.com/news/judge-tosses-out-gov-kate-browns-coronavirus-restrictions-in-oregon/article_6ca8864b-10ab-508c-b3f5-8586fb842792.html
But!
She persisted. She’s appealing.
Lou Dobbs just went off on Barr but he mis-states what Barr said. Dobbs is taking it as Obama/Biden won’t be prosecuted regardless. What Barr said is that based on the information he(Barr) has now, Durham will not be pursuing criminal charges. But if you consider it in context of what he said before, the takeaway isn’t that anything is being ignored, it’s that nothing has been found. I posted the transcript upthread, see what you think.
I gather in his presser today Trump said he’s been taking hydroxychloroquine for about a week. Makes sense, his valet tested positive
Watch Neil Cavuto go absolutely bat shit insane.
THIS STUFF WILL KILL YOU!!
I wonder if he realizes that nobody is taking this without a doc’s guidance. It’s not like it’s over the counter at the local Walgreens.
https://twitter.com/GrantB911/status/1262485846709751809
@ eaglesoars:
Barry was clear about that.
We’ll see
@ eaglesoars:
I have more letters after my name than cavuto.
Screw him
so, just for shits and grins…the travel between here and knoxville over the next months is going to be brutal. So I thought – how much do private planes really cost? Got a quote.
One way. two people.
$21,000
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!
File in “Nice while it lasted”.
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/stephen-green/2020/05/18/china-orders-new-wuhan-virus-lockdown-because-they-beat-covid-19-honest-n399925
great article, interesting map of the us included to give us some perspective
coldwarrior wrote:
Yup
China restricted ALL DOMESTIC air travel out of Wuhan city as well as the Province on 23 January. Xi wilfully left INTERNATIONAL AIR travel out of Wuhan and Hubei Province free to continue seeding the spread of Wuhan virus globally until the 7 Feb when western nations stopped flying out of Wuhan and forbad Chinese airlines operating out of China into Western countries. That 2 weeks however was long enough for XI to spread this virus globally infecting millions and killing hundreds of thousands of people in the West. Xi is a criminal running a thug-ocracy dressed up as a political party. China needs to be brought to heel economically, legally and if necessary militarily.
eaglesoars wrote:
Ohhh come on Eagles. Just go get some lessons girl and hire a ‘light’ and fly yourself.
Piece of cake. And if you are going to do it do it in real style. Hire a Cessna 185 taildragger.
🙂
Aussie Infidel wrote:
couldn’t carry my luggage.
coldwarrior wrote:
Cavuto is a Never – Trump a-hole.
Jensen just filed the docs about his interview with Priestap (done on May 5) with the court in the Flynn case. Jensen, you will recall, is the guy Barr assigned to review the case. I hope we get to see it but I doubt it.
rightymouse wrote:
One thing I’ve never understood – I don’t mind if you have issues with Trump. But it’s rarely the case – Britt Hume, maybe – that someone with issues isn’t completely psychotic about it.
Mike Pompeo brought home a golden puppy yesterday, Mercer. You should have seen the crap he got. Later in the day, Mark Levin’s dog Barney died. Mark posted about it around 10 pm eastern. It got ugly.
There are a lot of very unbalanced people around disguised as normals.
Brand new and definitely worth listening to:
well, this is disappointing. McConnell has named Rubio to replace Burr as chair on the Senate Intel Comm. Cotton would have been my pick.
rightymouse wrote:
Eddie Haskell was the best character on the show, by far. Wally and The Beav were simps. Oh, and Mrs. Cleaver was the Original Milf.
The Thunderbirds had a near-mishap yesterday. An LAPD helicopter unexpectedly got into their flightpath as they were turning. Happens at around 25 seconds in:
eaglesoars wrote:
Hire a Cessna U-206 Skywagon!
MY AIRCRAFT in New Guines.
You got half a tonne of bags… No Problem!
🙂
@ lobo91:
what chopper? I saw the 2nd from the right dip his wings to the right a bit and the outside right plane MOVED. I don’t see a chopper
eaglesoars wrote:
Tell Cavuto to go screw himself.
Trump is under his personal doctor’s care and has the right to do whatever he wants based on his doctor’s prescribing this drug.
Cavuto has what? Zip, nada, nothing, zero. except his stupid opinion backed up by what? The politically biased opinion of politicised quacks.
As I said… Go fuck yourself Cavuto.
No that you’ve ‘outed’ yourself as a covert progressive you need careful monitoring and a slap down every time you raise your head over the parapet.
eaglesoars wrote:
Tye #2 aircraft instinctively reacted then the #3 rapidly moved well out of the way to allow his #2 room to manoeuvre. The helicopter was probably out of shot to the left and one the #3 saw that there was no longer a conflation he rapidly rejoined the formation.
The helicopter shouldn’t have been anywhere near the restricted airspace around the Tuunderbirds demonstration airspace. I’ll give you 0 to 1 it was a press chopper!
20-1
Here is what I wanted to do when I was a kid.
Blue Angels, via Van Halen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5PqVeex4QU
I think I’ve got a bad network card, 3rd time today I’ve had to trouble shoot. Back tomorrow maybe, later.
@ eaglesoars: I have always enjoyed that song, and that video.
eaglesoars wrote:
Ahhhh the old A-4s. Great airplanes below 18,000 feet at which point they ran out of everything and were like driving a bullock cart.
🙂
@ Aussie Infidel:
When I spotted them I first saw a press chopper following them from the 405. The Thunderbirds were skirting the coast about 5 miles away.
Bloody preset aircraft. I saw one crash onto a motorway cross ramp after hitting a Police squirrel helicopter. The C-172 crashed between two cars killing the pilot and the traffic radio announcer. I saw the chopper’s roar depart fly up and over the body and fall into an inner city cemetery do no collateral damage there either. The fuselage of the Squirrel rolled about 70 degrees right and fell from about 800 feet onto the only empty piece of motorway. The fireball reached twice the height of the overpass. I was in an army uniform driving home so I first put on my beret to look official. Jumped the centre divider of the multiple motorways and reached the wreck and fire. An ambulance arrived from the wrong direction on the motorway as I looked for survivors. The biggest piece of fuselage was about the size of a dinner plate except for the ending that was a smoking hunk of metal. The Ambo yelled to me to check a car that had been engulfed by the fireball. They had already got the driver out. Checked the back of the scorched car … nix. The a pneumatic bottle exploded from the wreck just as I was running past. I found myself running 6′ in the air 🙂 All three cops were just blackened body trunks, no arms, legs or heads. The only thing that was not damaged was a pristine white bone dome sitting on the roadway. I gingerly kicked it over expecting to have a head inside. Nothing. IT must have been the spare helmet that got thrown clear!
Nasty
Roar = Rotor
@ eaglesoars:
Great A-4 from the Blue Angels and wonderful music too.
I still love this piece from the movie The Battle of Britain. It was supposed to be a Luftwaffe theme but it’s real title was Aces High.
Saw it as a teen and immediately rode my Honda to Bankstown field grabbed a Chipmonk and did a solid hour of aerobatics
I shot down a dozen ME109s that afternoon…. in my head!
🙂
HEH
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=You+Tube+Battle+of+Britain+opening&t=hk&ia=web
Battle of Britain opening and theme
Actually the title was Aces High
Here is my favourite aeroplane. A DH-1 Chipmonk trainer.
After watching the movie Battle of Britain and with Aces High bussing in my head, I immediately jumped onto my Honda 90 rode to Bankstown strip grabbed a Chipmonk and did a solid hour of aerobatics.
Shot down a brace of ME-109s … in my head!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9mGrcyU2J4
🙂
Heh
Well, I think there is an iffy connection between the network card and the motherboard – that’s an analogy – but I’m not about to get a screwdriver and open this puppy up and – do what? I have no clue. Once I can get a geek out here to look at it I’ll perhaps get enough info to decide if I need a new laptop or network card or something. Every other device in the house is fine, i practically dropped the router on its head, there is no problem there.
As I was testing and fooling around, I noticed a big difference in the way the U.S. press and the Brit press are reporting on the people who rebel. The Brits call them ‘covidiots’ and pretty much scorn them for being ignorant ignoring social distancing rules, etc. (But at least it got Harry and Megan off the front pages. Not a word.)
Here, we elevate them to hero status, see the people at the gym in NJ. I see reports of the same rebellion in Germany but I haven’t seen enough to understand what stance the press is taking.One or two painting them as the usual anti-gov’t thugs.
And I don’t even know what the hell is going on in France. I’ve seen rpts about what the gov’t is doing but nothing about how it’s being rec’d.
So – it is only the U.S., as far as I can tell, where the people who say ‘fuck you’ are celebrated at all.
I’m not a hardware person, this is totally not fair and I’m going to bed in a snit.
nite.
morning y’all
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-says-hes-looking-for-new-outlet-besides-fox-news-2020-5?r=DE&IR=T
rain of lead wrote:
The fuck you movement is patchy depending on what State you are in. It’s also complicated by the difference in rates of infection like SA, WA and the NT where rates are low but then WA is beholden to China for its Iron Ore exports so they are playing down the China link. The Socialist Peoples’ Republic of Victoria keeps pushing the go back to work dates further and further.
State vs. State as each State either wants to open State Borders or further restrict States isolation.
It’s a mixed message but overall the folks have quite enough of this State over reach.
freedom didn’t last long
https://www.bakercityherald.com/coronavirus/oregon-supreme-court-blocks-baker-county-judges-ruling-that-stopped-governor-from-enforcing-executive-orders/article_499983de-9980-11ea-943c-7b38fa1166e8.html
https://www.theblaze.com/news/crowd-cheers-new-jersey-gym-opens?utm_content=buffer315b9&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=tw-theblaze
An ex-Army friend of mine has written the following. He married a Vietnamese lady and spends part of the year in Vung Tau.
My question: do you know of American contractors in Da Nang or does he have an overworked imagination?
I will take money on the USA.
Da Nang has Anti-air and anti-ship missiles operated by American ‘contractors’. The Vietnamese weakness is their navy, but the 25 islands they occupy will exact a high price from the Chinese, should they attempt to take hem by force.
This is the world’s Alsace-Lorraine, Sudetenland, Cz moment. Resist now or fight WW3 at a time of China’s choosing.
Can’t read it as it is behind the Pay wall.
China would love to go to war (just like Hitler), because they can, but it would still be a massacre of their PLAN (as the Japanese found out too late). This is why they have stocked their SCS Islands with 12-months’ supply of everything, so they do not have to be resupplied. They are too hard to crack (think Okinawa level casualties x 7). But if you wreck their radars and comms, then they are blind to beyond line-of-site, so you can sail past by giving them a 40km berth.
Vietnam will fight to the last tank, ATGM and man and will kill the Chinese at a rate of 5 or 6:1 – at least.
If the Chinese went nuclear, then the Trumpian doctrine of ‘unleash Hell will activate as many of their 14,000 MIRV’s as are necessary.
Get a good Sauvignon and of course Camembert, and come and watch the Atomic Sunsets from my VT balcony. After a nuclear war the charged particles of dust in the atmosphere will produce unbelievably beautiful rainbow sunsets. I think the Purple and Green lightning flashes are best complemented by a Duck Pate washed down with a Deep Red Claret …
In the 1978-79 war when the Chinese launched a surprise attack, the Vietnamese made the brave decision to leave their best divisions in Cambodia (to finish that job) and fight the Chinese invasion with what was available. That meant they could only field 40,000 regulars and 80,000 militia and reservists in battalion sized units against the 350,000 Chinese attacking in 8 places on three fronts. In 3-months the Vietnamese lost 22,000 dead from their 2nd rate troops. All of them were replaced by units from all across Vietnam, but still they did not pull out of Cambodia.
The Chinese deployed the 43rd, 54th Armies supplemented by the 58th Division + the 13th and 50th Armies from Wuhan. In the first month at Cao Bang & Lang Son (which were also battle sites between the Viet Minh and the French) the Chinese lost 30,000 dead – and some enthusiasm. They added another 50,000 fresh troops (who were not expecting to be deployed and were not ready) to no effect and had to withdraw when their LoC was cut by ‘Behind-the-Lines’ guerrilla action. The Chinese persisted for another two months, losing another 20,000 and gaining no territory before agreeing to a ceasefire. They still hold three small fingers of Vietnamese territory, which rankles the Vietnamese.
The Chinese have greatly improved since then, but so have the Vietnamese …
There are American military personnel along the southern coast. Not sure if they are rebadged contractors to avoid China angst or they are true contractors.
I agree with most of what your friend says except that the next Sino-VN war will not be in VN’s favour. China has enough modern conventional military might to decimate VN’s infrastructure without resorting to holding territory, which would indeed be costly. A quick devastation to plaster news of victory on Chinese newspapers to divert the domestic mob’s attention. This would be to put pressure on VN to cede the SCS islands. But Hanoi wouldn’t be able to do it. VCP knows that if it yielded to China that would be the end of its legitimacy.
So, what options does China have to go to war? Taiwan and the Senkaku islands are a bridge too far coz that would most likely draw in the US. Hitting Vn would be the most convenient right now but once Beijing started war with VN it would have to finish it. Wouldn’t be able to devastate VN and then thinking VN would not do something in return, like explicitly inviting the Yanks and Japanese in to set up bases in VN and recognising Taiwan’s independence.
CCP is facing a tough time right now with the world supporting Morrison’s call for an intl investigation on Wuhan. In Vietnamese there is a saying, can’t advance and can’t retreat it’s a shitty position to be in, and that’s where Beijing is.
@ Aussie Infidel:
china has a very nasty debt bomb that will get them in the end as well
coldwarrior wrote:
Total War incorporates all aspects of conflict including Economic warfare. Especially Economic warfare.
China just declared economic warfare on Australis for being so rash as to demand an investigation of the sources and spread of Wuhan virus.
Barley shipments and beef just went south. More to follow apparently as China attempts to pick off US lies one at a time to engender fear in the rest of the world.
Chinese beer quality standards must went south as well!
🙂
go and rot.
https://amgreatness.com/2020/05/19/de-blasio-nyc-needs-billions-in-federal-aid-or-city-wont-come-back/
coldwarrior wrote:
Good morning CW. We are in the same situation in Chicago and the entire state of Illinois.
Pritzker and Lori Lightfoot want multiple billions of federal dollars. Much of that money would be to cover the unfounded pensions that they negotiated.
They were all screaming about Federalism early on. In other words their demand was that the Federal Givernment not interfere with their efforts. But now they are demanding a Federal bailout to cover the mess that they made.
coldwarrior wrote:
I hope New York city goes Republican again. DeBlasio is a complete buffoon.
@ RIX:
@ rightymouse:
bankruptcy is the only option.
rightymouse wrote:
What will probably happen is they’ll lurch even further left
coldwarrior wrote:
Chicago says that is NOT an option.The Mayor is one pissed off little person.
@ RIX:
the pygmy can bite me.
lobo91 wrote:
Stupid is as stupid does.
eaglesoars wrote:
That video won the internet yesterday. LOVED it.
DeBlasio, Cuomo, Newsom – all of them saw this as a chance to get themselves out of the economic hole they had dug themselves in.
Since the Supreme Court has sanctioned it, I think President Trump should advise both Cuomo and Newsom that since they are sanctuary states, they should not expect to receive any funds from relief bills. I think at last count, California paid out about $14 billion in benefits to illegals every year. But they seriously try to tell you those illegals are paying billions in taxes too. Like hell they are. If they’re paying income taxes (which I doubt), they’re doing it with a stolen identity; if they’re paying sales taxes, they’re doing no more for this state than the tourists who hit Fisherman’s Wharf for crappy t-shirts.
And 15 State Attorneys General have filed an amicus brief in favor of dropping charges against General Flynn:
https://www.weaselzippers.us/449054-15-attorneys-general-unite-to-file-amicus-brief-in-support-of-doj-decision-to-drop-charges-against-flynn/
It was a safe bet that the walking turd that is California’s AG, Xavier Bacerra, was not going to be among them. Although I’m sure he and a lot of blue state dirtbags are writing their own.
@ The Barbarian:
I heard, tho, that the cops got orders to get their collective butts back there and shut it down. I’m not sure they stayed open.
So what’s up with Gleeson asking Sullivan for oral arguments?
@ The Barbarian:
14 billion. that should just about cover it.
let ’em rot, file bankrupcy and face the bond holders and increased price for debt.
time for some pain.
its called act 47 here in PA
https://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2018/02/12/Pittsburgh-leaves-Act-47-Tom-Wolf-Bill-Peduto-Dennis-Davin-Intergovernmental-Cooperation-Authority/stories/201802120076
https://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/2013/07/why_didnt_pittsburgh_go_bankru.html
The Barbarian wrote:
It doesn’t matter how much money California might be given – that high speed train to nowhere is a financial black hole of infinite debt
One thing I miss about DoD is the sidebar “Twitterwar Theater” of Fatass and Gus, his disloyal stooge. Lotta laughs from those two bums. I know I can easily view their delusional glurge on Twitter anytime I want, but it was so easy to just scan their wacky timelines and see if there was anything extra special that day. Like, Chonky jumping on the #Trumpmorbidlyobese bandwagon yesterday, when his own gargantuan mass is affecting sea-tides in California.
One thing I miss about DoD is the sidebar “Twitterwar Theater” of Fatass and Gus, his disloyal stooge. Lotta laughs from those two bums. I know I can easily view their delusional glurge on Twitter anytime I want, but it was so easy to just scan their wacky timelines and see if there was anything extra special that day. Like, Chonky jumping on the #Trumpmorbidlyobese bandwagon yesterday, when his own gargantuan mass is affecting sea-tides in California.
https://amgreatness.com/2020/05/17/the-left-is-what-it-once-loathed/
What a great piece! Hanson destroys, as per usual.
@ Octopus:
proving just how hollow and evil they are
Octopus wrote:
culver city fats lacks some self awareness.
@ eaglesoars:
Not an unusual request. Most motion papers ask to be “heard”.
What I find appalling is Sullivan’s dismissing of the the fact that the original 302 of Flynn’s interview has been “Lost” and his saying “well, things like this happen…” What the BLOODY HELL?? That’s like saying “well, your Honor, we’ve misplaced all the ballistic information in this case and the reports, but please take our word for it that it was defendant’s gun that shot the victim.
Where the hell is the writ of prohibition?
Someone asked yesterday on Twitter why Sullivan was such a hero in the Stevens case, castigating the prosecuting attorneys from the bench for their misconduct. I’m formulating a theory. By this time, Stevens had already lost the election (I’m not sure if he had died by this point). Sullivan had no problem doing the right thing.
In this case, Flynn is ALIVE and has the goods on his hero Obama. Word’s gotten down to him that Flynn needs to be stopped.
coldwarrior wrote:
Note to Fatass – Trump plays golf and is over 70 years old. You couldn’t walk to a Starbucks half a block away without oxygen.
By the way – has NANCY looked at that fat ass of hers recently? She’s packing on lockdown pounds herself.
@ The Barbarian:
oh, jeez, I never thought of that. Yes, Stevens died BEFORE Sullivan cleared him, he never knew he was vindicated.
Perfect
Killing a unborn baby is a decision made solely by a woman and her doctor. Taking hydroxychloroquine is a joint decision between a man, his doctor, every Democrat in congress, and all on-air talent at CNN
https://twitter.com/davidharsanyi/status/1262555060317364225
And this is Trump’s fault TOO!! (yes, this is an actual headline)
Fewer Traffic Collisions During Shutdown Means Longer Waits For Organ Donations
https://khn.org/news/fewer-traffic-collisions-during-shutdown-means-longer-waits-for-organ-donations/
@ eaglesoars:
I’ve died and gone to the Twilight Zone…..
“In partnership with NPR and KQED” – say no more. KQED is Bay Area PBS station and a more full of themselves group cannot be found. Ass to the hole.
@ The Barbarian:
Hey, we need more dead people, open this place up!
*snort*
I cannot wait…………….
The Barbarian wrote:
She did have a LOT of expensive, high-fat ice cream in her huge fridge. Must be putting a dent in that hoard.
eaglesoars wrote:
LOL! That really is perfect.
coldwarrior wrote:
He exists in a different dimension of time and space, from most of us. His “reality” is not our reality. There is no libturd notion too hare-brained for him to accept unquestioningly.
Fucking around with voting should be an automatic life sentence
Disturbing news is coming out of Oregon, as hundreds of people are reporting that their voter registration was switched from Republican to non affiliated without their knowledge or permission.
Oregon is entirely vote-by-mail, and ballots were sent out in the last week of April, and due this Tuesday at 8:00 PM. Many were shocked to open their ballot to find that they were no longer with the party they thought they were with, and they received non partisan ballots. As Oregon is a closed primary state, this effectively denies these people the right to vote in the party’s primary that they thought they were registered as.
This is only reportedly happening to folks who were registered as Republican.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/05/huge-scandal-oregon-changes-hundreds-republican-ballots-non-partisan-denying-gop-voters-right-participate-primary/?
The Barbarian wrote:
Nothing like PBS and NPR, eh? I remember when I was a young libturd in college, taking some elective poli-sci class or other, and the prof haranguing the class all the time about how we should only listen to and watch NPR and PBS, and read foreign newspapers that weren’t “co-opted by the American government.” Damn Commie!
eaglesoars wrote:
Wow, that’s pretty bold. Gotta hand it to those socialist bastards running that lovely state into the ground — they aren’t resting on their laurels and hardies. Consolidating power like the little fascists they are.
Octopus wrote:
I don’t think Fatass and Reality have occupied the same zip code for quite awhile now. Dude still believes he’s a force on the internet. Farce is more like it.
@ eaglesoars:
It was reported by a USPS worker in Los Angeles in the 2018 election that a single home address had received 89 absentee ballots.
The Barbarian wrote:
I remember that!
@ The Barbarian:
You’d think his godforsaken empty begging bowls would be a clue about that, but nope. Can’t take the broadest hint.
eaglesoars wrote:
OMG! This is awful!!
Octopus wrote:
It still sucks after 5 years.
$10,625 raised of $20,000 goal
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@ rightymouse:
(((((MOUSE!!!!!!!)))))
And remember how we’ve all speculated that he took money out only to put it back in in a pathetic attempt to jump start it again. I imagine the actual total is probably HALF that amount.
The Pensacola shootings was a terrorist attack? Who knew?
https://news.usni.org/2020/05/18/fbi-says-unlocked-iphone-messages-link-nas-pensacola-shooter-to-al-qaeda-ag-barr-says-incident-was-act-of-terrorism
@ coldwarrior:
The poodle bites.
The poodle chews it.
@ Bunk X:
the best part of that story is the FBI bitching that they couldn’t get into the iPhones.
sweetheart, just run over to the NSA, they’ve got it
@ Octopus:
Yeah, that. We’ve lost a lot of PenisPenisPenisLOL.
@ The Barbarian:
His futon has its own zip code.
@ The Barbarian:
Bookmark this scraper site for DoD archives.
https://wordpress.com/read/blogs/12828966/posts/37812
@ Bunk X:
https://diaryofdaedalus.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/donations-anonymous.png?w=1024&h=699
I KNEW it! I just KNEW it!!
A new proof has confirmed the Schinzel-Zassenhaus conjecture, which predicts that the smallest roots of a non-cyclotomic polynomial effectively repel the largest roots, like magnets pushing each other away.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/new-math-measures-the-repulsive-force-within-polynomials-20200514/
[insert eyeroll here]
@ eaglesoars:
But they were able to anyway without Apple’s help.
Bunk X wrote:
amazing how that happens, isn’t it?
Has anyone seen where #BidenTapes was trending on Twitter. I’m hearing there is a DEVASTATING transcript of a phone call between Quid Pro Joe and the Ukrainian President that mentions the firing of the prosecutor.
@ eaglesoars:
Fascinating history plus some heavy duty tech talk. I read the abridged version first, then bought the hardback since my Dad’s paperback had turned to yellow pulp flakes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Codebreakers
@ The Barbarian:
I bet Drudge has it.
Not.
Things that happened today, apparently, that I missed:
1) Biden tapes quid pro quo
2) Powell filing to get Sullivan replaced, case tossed
3) ODNI Grenell declassified ALL of Susan Rice’s ’email to self’.
Get the popcorn kids.
And fasten your seatbelts.
Octopus wrote:
It still sucks after 5 years.
$10,625 raised of $20,000 goal
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{{{ARACHNE}}}}
Good to see you!! 🙂
Okay, No. 1 – here’s the AUDIO of the Biden phone call (featuring special appearance by John Kerry).
@ rightymouse:
I KNEW you’d know it was me!
And just for you eagles – a link to Sidney’s Emergency Writ of Mandamus:
https://sidneypowell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Petition-filed.pdf
We’ll just have to wait until we get a transcript of that self-serving Rice memo. There are still SOME redactions, I’m told.
The liar of the Benghazi video probably thought she had skated by all this time.
@ The Barbarian:
btw, thanks for your legal updates. i hate reading leagalese. it makes my eyes roll into the back of my head and causes convulsions.
The Barbarian wrote:
You betcha!! 🙂
Bunk X wrote:
yeah, I read that when it came out. I still have the original hardback
coldwarrior wrote:
Now you know why I drink.
The Barbarian wrote:
I don’t know about all of them, but here’s the full, infamous Jan 5 email
https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000172-2e48-d57a-ad7b-7e6f97060000
@ eaglesoars:
What the everyloving hell? If a client brought something like that to us we’d ask them why – not IF – they were manufacturing evidence.
Here’s the story on the Flynn filing, the legal doc is at the bottom. It is a petition for writ of mandamus, not prohibition.The Barbarian wrote:
This is what just FROSTS me.
Neither the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure nor the district court’s local rules authorize amicus participation in criminal cases
How did Sullivan think he was going to get away with it? For that matter, how did Gleeson?
@ The Barbarian:
I don’t know who actually wrote this petition, but I can actually read it. Usually I find I’d rather read Michelle Obama’s Princeton thesis (of which I got thru 6 pages)
Also, I like that they get to cite Posner on their side, as he’s an asshole and is probably swallowing his teeth when he reads this. Remember his “The first thing you do is ask yourself — forget about the law — what is a sensible resolution of this dispute?”
@ The Barbarian:
Jesus who leaked that tape? Who did they leak it to?
About an hour ago
BREAKING: President Trump signs executive order “instructing federal agencies to use any and all authority to waive, suspend and eliminate unnecessary regulations that impede economic recovery.”
“And we want to leave it that way…”
https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1262830296191373313
@ eaglesoars:
It is a beautifully crafted brief.
And more importantly, she has RECENT case law completely on point from SCOTUS to cite. I can see why she took awhile to write it. Hell, Sullivan was giving her fresh grounds just about every day.
I’ll be curious to see if the Circuit requests more briefing or if they act on it immediately and set it for argument. In any event, this should preclude Sullivan from performing any further legal ju jitsu until the Circuit acts.
@ eaglesoars:
nice!
Here’s a thought, Garcetti….maybe you should have released a shitload of violent felons from JAIL.
Well, day before yesterday Rand Paul tweeted for Dr. Fauci’s attention an article in Conservative Review about infection rates. I think I linked to it above.
So, on a whim I sent his office the paper this thread is about, w/a brief intro. That was this morning.
Just got a nice note back from his staffer, one William Henderson (for all I know an intern) saying they will be happy to review.
Prolly not, but fingers crossed anyway. Paul is a physician in his own right, he’ll get it immediately and maybe come out loaded for bear.
.The Barbarian wrote:
This is like the kid who murders his parents then pleads to the court that he’s an orphan.
eaglesoars wrote:
oh, I guess it got kicked up. He’s on Paul’s staff as Chief Counsel.
@ eaglesoars:
Nice work
@ coldwarrior:
worth a try
eaglesoars wrote:
San Fran Nan and her party of death!
I wouldn’t be surprised of Nan started shipping spare Weigers into San Francisco as body parts ‘on the hoof’ direct from Xi’s China.
It’s just trade donchaknow!
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/05/19/gov-tom-wolf-warns-pennsylvanians-i-wouldnt-go-to-the-beach/
Eff off, nazi.
coldwarrior wrote:
what exactly is this man’s background?
Well, it seems that there was a previously unknown CRIMINAL investigation of Flynn and it was a title III warrant granted for that endeavor that produced the tap of the Kislyak call. Not a FISA warrant.
That may mean that leaking Flynn’s name to the press was not an illegal act, as it is under the FISA law that statute is written. I’m trying to find out if his name would have also been protected under a title III warrant
A title III warrant is for a wiretap granted by a judge after LE has persuaded target has or is about to commit a criminal offense
@ Aussie Infidel:
I seem to recall that it was SAN FRANCISCO that did the first complete shut down. It was quickly followed by Alameda (Oakland) and Contra Costa. Two days later, Newsom shut down the state. Mind you, we were NOT overrun with COVID cases, less than 10,000 state-wide, our death toll was relatively low.
I’m highly suspicious that San Francisco chose to just completely shut down at a time when we were not in crisis mode. Sounds to me like Nancy made a phone call, because they realized that this might be a way to injure Trump’s economy. But it backfired, and people DIDN’T blame Trump for what happened, although God knows they tried like hell.
Guess who leaked the Biden tape?
Ukrainian parliament member Andrii Derkach
@ eaglesoars:
I guess they didn’t care too much for Hunter’s sweetheart Burisma deal and Joe’s Quid Pro blackmail either!
@ eaglesoars:
Then hopefully Sidney requests that they produce the affidavits they filed with the court to procure those warrants. My guess is they’ll be about as truthful as the those for FISA.
https://pjmedia.com/uncategorized/jeff-reynolds/2020/05/19/oregon-gov-decrees-residents-in-closed-counties-cannot-shop-in-open-counties-n406450
@ rain of lead:
Hast du deine Papiere?
The Barbarian wrote:
Does she have the FISA warrant? WAS there a FISA warrant? I don’t remember. Because if there was, it looks like it was filed as cover for the title III
https://twitter.com/RepStevenSmith/status/1262213122187812865
This gave me a chuckle. I love the Angry Lefties when they get their feet stuck in their yappers.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EYWChbAUMAQKRje?format=jpg&name=900×900
Uh-oh…I might be falling in love, again. 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw61BWRiWXs
@ Octopus:
I am not interested, she is too old for me.
Did Michigan get a lot of rain too? I’m see dams failing all over the central part of the state, 3 so far I think.
Edenville, Sanford, Smallwood
And the M30 bridge has just collapsed
Well, here’s a thought.
Medicare is Fed money. Medicaid is state money. In NY it costs over $11k on average per month to house a nursing home patient, 70% of whom are on state Medicaid.
So what does the Gov. of that cash-starved, probably bankrupt state do?
Kills ’em w/covid.
https://twitter.com/SWW3119/status/1262855611114553344/photo/1
Possum wrote:
She would have you straightened up and flying right in no time at all.
eaglesoars wrote:
Michigan got soaked — flooding along many waterways, and traditional low-spots that always flood during extended rainfalls. Our sump-pump has failed twice in the past 30 years, so I was very concerned when it was running almost constantly yesterday.
eaglesoars wrote:
Excellent conspiracy fodder! Run with it.
@ Octopus:
are you near any dams or anything?
eaglesoars wrote:
You asking if Octopus has fat and conformal fingers?
@ eaglesoars:
But…but… there’s no vote fraud!
this is a short clip from a longer piece
damn, the Trump team is on POINT!
Truth Over Facts!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbCc1XZ0bQY
this is the long version 2:30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8QMexz2wyM
poor Joe
Bless his heart
@ rain of lead:
I think that is the utmost level of Trolling I have ever seen
Edenville Dam has FAILED!
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/05/17/se-michigan-may-start-week-flooding-memorial-day-weekend-looks-dry/5208748002/
video
This is what’s in store for us if we don’t stop it.
The Govt COVID-19 contact tracing support app is probably safe to use. We can argue about efficacy, but I’ve studied the available docs and the app, and the privacy impacts are very limited.
Register your details, because Dr. Bloomfield is asking you to:
https://twitter.com/andrewtychen/status/1262699505620643840
Here’s the context. This got into my TL because I follow Anne Marie Brady, THE expert on China’s infiltration of Aus/New Zeal,and she retweeted it. Note the name of the person who tweeted it, Andrew CHEN. Subsequent tweets in the thread assure people he has reviewed the documentation and there are no privacy concerns, blah blah blah.
Thanks Andrew! Really appreciated your analysis on this. I’ll be giving the app a try.
Fucking sheep, all of ’em.
rain of lead wrote:
one of 3. so far. and the M30 bridge has collapsed. They’re in for a rough week.
@ eaglesoars:
dats a lotta wata
Crimeny
Federal judge rules that all Texas voters must be allowed to vote absenteee
https://twitter.com/trscoop/status/1262930297961807872
rain of lead wrote:
FLASH: A DIKE/DAM FAILURE WILL PUT #MIDLAND #MICHIGAN UNDER 9 FEET OF WATER BY 12 MIDNIGHT!
THE MICHIGAN GOVERNOR HAS CALLED IN THE MI NATIONAL GUARD AND IS EVACUATING THE TOWN!…DEVELOPING.
https://twitter.com/JohnBasham/status/1262929949557694466
god, I hate floods
@ eaglesoars:
that’s fucked up
It looks like they had drained Wixom lake to repair the dam, then people bitched about not having their waterfront so they overfilled the lake w/o repairing the dam and…………..this would be the Edenville dam, don’t know anything about the other two.
From pics it looks like an earth gravity dam. That generally isn’t a structure that can handle refilling very well w/o reinforcement. This dam wasn’t over-topped, it flat out failed. And there is a Dow plant downstream people are worried about, but I don’t know what it does.
I’m going to bed.
eaglesoars wrote:
Holy shit! I haven’t been watching the news tonight, trying to concentrate on a difficult novel. That sounds like a serious mess.
Tveaglesoars wrote:
No, thankfully.
Possum wrote:
Would I finger a dike?
Yes, if public safety was at risk.
rain of lead wrote:
So apparently the law that says 28 days doesn’t mean 28 days? That should get appealed further to the federal level.
@ Possum:
You were going to make a joke about Octo wanting to stick his finger in a dyke?
@ Bunk X:
Crap. Octo beat me.
rain of lead wrote:
Sniffy Joe has moved beyond a fact-based reality, into the Deep Truths of dementia. Or maybe quantum mechanics, with Heisenberg and those guys, with the spinning paired particles and whatnot. But probably dementia.
This was a master trolling, and the Idiot Left got owned hard.
Here’s some master financial trolling. Pizza guy buys his own $24 pizzas from DoorDash for $16 each.
https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/18/21262316/doordash-pizza-profits-venture-capital-the-margins-ranjan-roy
A short poem:
There once was a blogger renowned
For posting great stories he found.
But I must confess,
That Jazzy’s a mess,
And a big fat pony-tailed has-been who Andrew Breitbart once referred to as “fuckface.”
Heh.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3102907346440038&set=a.144392965624839&type=3&theater
“We’ve done more regulation cutting than any president in history,” Trump declared, saying more expedited orders are necessary to get the estimated 36 million Americans out of work due to the coronavirus back to full employment.
“I’m directing agencies to review the hundreds of regulations we’ve already suspended in response to the virus and make these suspensions permanent where possible,” he added. “I’m also instructing agencies to use the emergency authorities to speed up regulation cuts or new rules that will create jobs and prosperity and get rid of unnecessary rules and regulations.”
executive action
@ coldwarrior:
Trump wants people to die so evil businesses can make money! We should all cower in our basements for the next 3 years and get money from the government!
////:
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/05/19/perfect-choice-gretchen-whitmer-negotiating-with-biden-team-for-vice-president-position/
@ right_wing2:
Viva La Revolución!!!!
Sheeple of the World! Unite!
@ rain of lead:
she is the perfect dem choice. sums up the party just right. an old geezer leading a younger true believer around by the nose.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/20/voters-divided-over-coronavirus-cnbcchange-research-poll-finds.html
Interesting polling data
Good morning.
Illinois State Police said they aren’t enforcing Pritzker’s bullshit.
https://twitter.com/AlexBerenson/status/1263041266599821312/photo/1
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/5/19/21264383/ford-tour-trump-face-mask-michigan
@ Chicago Sun Times
This is an AP article about whether or not Trump will wear a mask when he visits a Ford plant in Detroit
retooled to make “breathing” apparatus.
That is what now passes for a burning issue. There is another articl the gist of which “how dare he take Hydroxychloroquine in consultation with his doctor!”
eaglesoars wrote:
This does not surprise me. Pritzker has become a joke.
The tweet says that the State Police will not arrest or jail. I wonder if they will still issue citations?
@ coldwarrior:
Hope he deletes the requirement for filing form B Stroke 6 for Central Services a/c repair.
@ coldwarrior:
12.6 ml to go and I can get rid of my Tricorder pump. 😀
RIX wrote:
Ever meet a cop that loved paperwork?
me neither
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/05/illinois-governor-pritzker-threatens-business-owners-year-prison-try-reopen/
@GP
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker strikes again.
He threatens one year in jail for any business owner who opens without HIS permission.
He also said that masks and distancing may be required INDEFINITELY.
Why do the least qualified have these jobs?
eaglesoars wrote:
That sounds right, I hope that it is.
Bunk X wrote:
HAHAHAHAHA! Thanks!! Made my morning! LOL!
rain of lead wrote:
She’s so awful, with her condescending, know-it-all Karen-persona. I think she would be harshly criticized as a pick by the PC-Left, for not being a BLACK woman. That part could be fun.
https://youtu.be/24eJqiOufNA
Greg nails the ‘Rona story.
Bunk X wrote:
Linky no worky. 🙁
@ eaglesoars:
I was referring to the way they LIED to get the FISA warrants for Carter Page. I have no trouble believing they’d like to a judge to get whatever domestic criminal warrants against Gen. Flynn.
And fire Christopher Wray, for the love of God, will ya, Mr. President???
Octopus wrote:
I was watching that Saturday night and had my family worried that I was going to hurt myself from laughing.
The Barbarian wrote:
THAT is the one worrisome item in my head about Barr. He keeps praising the guy, when he is so obviously an idiot under the kindest interpretation.
I have an injured dog to deal with that’s put my schedule up in the air, must run, TA TA!
The Barbarian wrote:
I love Greg. Especially without Juan around to bring the stooped.
Octopus wrote:
I LOVE Greg G. 🙂
@ rightymouse:
Try this:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3103735956357177&set=a.144392965624839&type=3&theater
Bunk X wrote:
i got all mine jammed in over 3 hours.
@ coldwarrior:
I had 5 hours Monday. The pump was for dessert. They’re starting me off slowly.
@ Bunk X:
Yummy.
Bunk X wrote:
Nope. Also tried from my cell phone.
@ coldwarrior:
Only side effects I’ve noticed are daytime hiccups.
https://nypost.com/2020/05/20/nurse-disciplined-for-wearing-only-bra-and-panties-under-ppe-gown/
Clearly she needs to be punished. I recommend a good spanking 🙂
Of course then all the other nurses are going to request a good spanking.
https://img.gifglobe.com/grabs/montypython/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail/gif/OyNZj8G0SoY1.gif
@ rightymouse:
Oh well. It was Chuck and the Doritos/Mountain Dew smoothie pic.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2020/05/pelosi-tries-to-make-fat-shaming-great-again-calls-trump-morbidly-obese/#more-318631
The way it has worked since Trump began running and then won is he casually trolls the lefturds and the media. They then take the bait and attack. He then attacks back devastatingly. They then claim to be victims of the mean bully Trump. What they’re really mad about is his skill at sucking them in everytime. Like a good boxers calculated jab coming in tantalizingly close, infuriating and antagonizing while keeping them at arm’s distance.
Every once in a while like in this case they will try to go on offensive with Trump’s own game. Trump of course, doesn’t take the bait and resulting in this case Pelousy looks petty and foolish.
https://i.imgflip.com/301ggw.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDSY3s-qxUg
If you want a good laugh during your house arrest watch this Two Larrys episode with John Hamm on Curb Your Enthusiasim.
I watched it last night. Hilarious.
Bunk X wrote:
Weird that I can’t see it from my computer or cell phone. Did you try the link ?
@ Koko:
They need to be careful about fat-shaming Republicans.
No-Nads Nadler and “Governor” Stacy Abrams will suddenly emerge as acceptable targets.
Bunk X wrote:
i had terrible hiccups for 3 days. then they went away.
and i was all roided up for a couple days, and i felt like shit from sunday to yesterday afternoon.
but now, ok. 2 rounds of that shit to go and 5 more weeks of daily rads
https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2020/05/19/investigative_issues_erik_prince_sues_the_intercept_for_alleging_proposed_alliance_with_russian_mercenaries_123692.html
rightymouse wrote:
link does not work
coldwarrior wrote:
Ok. Thanks! Glad I’m not losing my mind. 🙂
@ rightymouse:
I like mysteries.
You have to be friends with Bunk to see his stuff.
rightymouse wrote:
too late for you.
BWAHAHAAAAA!!!!!
Okay
I’m trying once again to put together a blog and need a cool name like Dorian’s Wilderness of Mirrors.
So many clever people here. I’d appreciate suggestions as I am apparently coming up with writers block. I was thinking “thedooratwittenberg” since I’m a Bay Area heretic. Barbarian at the Gate just didn’t do it for me.
@ rightymouse:
@ coldwarrior:
Works for me but I’m also logged into FB on another tab.
Hi there rightymouse. 🙂
Did anybody else hear that in an interview on Fox this afternoon, Susan Rice said she wrote that memo at the direction of WH Counsel? Who was WH Counsel at that time?
@ eaglesoars:
Neil Eggleston I believe.
@ The Barbarian:
luther was a pretty rabid jew hater. pretty awful actually.
i’d not bother with wittenburg doors
@ rightymouse:
Link works for me. I posted it to my FB timeline. A few people piped up with “Is that who I think it is?” type comments.
@ coldwarrior:
Got some mild heartburn, too, but antacid seems to tame it.
I returned my Tricorder this morning.
@ coldwarrior:
If this were Diary of Daedalus I could post it. 😛
@ coldwarrior:
Ah…then that’d be a big NO.
@ The Barbarian:
Pick something short and memorable.
Meerkats From Hell
Little Red Footballs
Three World Warts
Internet Septic Tank Engineer
That last one might be taken.
“Not My Fault” (San Andreas ref)
“Andreas Apostate”
Bunk X wrote:
Same as me.
Octopus wrote:
USGS says it’s a transitional fault.
Might be able to build on your idea
@ coldwarrior:
I like “Andreas Apostate” We could subtitle it “Blasphemy from the Bay Area.”
I rather like turning the Democrats words right back at them. You know, that “if you didn’t do anything wrong, why should you worry about an investigation” sort of thing.
Oh, and I’ll all in favor of some sitdowns with the FBI in hopes of a process crime here or there. We can start with Susan Rice and James Clapper. Also Adam Schiff.
How long will it take, I wonder, for the Libs and the Media to claim that the current investigation in the Ukraine into Biden’s demand for the firing of the prosecutor is the “quid pro quo” Trump demanded for the foreign aid?
The Barbarian wrote:
Surprised we haven’t seen that, yet. Come on, guys! It’s a natural part of The Narrative.
The Supreme Court blocked a House committee Wednesday from receiving grand jury material gathered by Robert Mueller’s special counsel investigators, issuing a stay while a legal dispute over the records is on appeal.
The House Judiciary Committee said it needed the material now because it has been investigating President Donald Trump and its work “did not cease with the conclusion of the impeachment trial.”
In a brief order, the court gave the government until June 1 to file its formal appeal. If no appeal is filed by then, the stay will dissolve.
The Barbarian wrote:
It really is blasphemy on both coasts, to have opinions out of line with the Idiot Left mob. It can be dangerous.
A friend of my younger daughter is a nurse who volunteered to work in a NYC hospital during the crisis, for $5000/wk. She’s actually very moderate politically, and doesn’t like Trump. She went to a party after work last week, and unwisely made a comment suggesting that not everything Trump has done has been awful for the country. She got screamed at by a coven of young Socialist witches, who wouldn’t stop bitching at her until she left the party.
I hope she remembers this lesson about the tolerance and open-mindedness of that ridiculous rabble. She’s a darker-skinned, third-generation Arab-American, so they couldn’t use the white-bitch card on her, so they basically had to call her stupid for an hour or so. Nice young people. lol
I live in Novi, which is halfway between Detroit and Ann Arbor. This is considered a fairly-conservative area of the suburbs, but we’re still in the middle of the Southeastern Michigan “Asses Of Evil.” You have to judge the crowd before you start spouting off your opinions on things, but at least it’s not like preaching the Bible on a street corner in Medina, Saudi Arabia.
@ coldwarrior:
They never give up, do they? They REALLY believe that the Grand Jury testimony is going to be their golden ticket to impeachment and that the fight against releasing it is to protect President Trump and his Russian connections. No Nads is as dumb as a rock and is trying to one-up Schiffty, thinking he’ll be the hero.
No…the fight is against going against the precedent of releasing grand jury testimony where witnesses do not have benefit of counsel. There is also the added worry that this will leak to the media, which we know Nadler et al. are capable of doing.
Will be interested to see the DOJ’s appeal. It’s another game of Trump playing 4D chess. He knows there’s nothing there.
@ coldwarrior:
CW – they may also be looking for this:
https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2020/05/20/john-huber-dissects-cnns-2017-bombshell-article-on-the-fbi-having-a-fisa-warrant-on-paul-manafort/
The machinations against Manafort were designed to manipulate the courts into forcing his Covington & Burling attorneys to break privilege and testify before the grand jury. Maybe this is what No Nads thinks will be his treasure trove.
The Barbarian wrote:
winner winner chicken dinner
Pennsylvania Lawmakers Demand the Resignation or Firing of Dr. “Rachel” Levine, the Health Secretary Who Removed His Own Mother from Nursing Homes Even As he
http://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=387371
woof, Ace just blasts it
ear in mind, these people put all their faith in models that said that coronavirus was the most infectious disease ever, and one of the deadliest. So of course DOCTOR Levine knew PRECISELY what holocaust he was unleashing in the nursing homes.
Given the media’s absolute determination to claim that Cuomo is a hero (for slaughtering more than five thousand people) and that DeSantis is a villain (for having less than ten percent of the number of infected that New York has, despite having 25% more people), you can see why it is imperative for their narrative that they push conspiracy theories about Florida feeding coronavirus victims’ bodies to the gators.
@ rain of lead:
I need to go home and configure on the Mac tonight. Because frankly, I know how to work on a PC and I’m still finding my way through MACs
Bordm wrote:
((Bordm))!! 🙂
This makes me laugh more than it should.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXWNoFkFTDU
Wally Gator, a childhood cartoon memory.
Soon to be re-created in real life.
There is a story…
Me: so what do you want for your birthday?
Friend: well a fish finder for my kayak would be nice.
Me: OK.
Friend: Also a trolling motor for kayak.
Me: * just laughs quietly to myself, already ordered…
Now, I know nothing about kayak things but it seems I fucked up slightly.
Good job the motor thingy has a slow speed setting.
🙂
rain of lead wrote:
My next nominee was, “The Fog Of War,” referring to the famous fog there. Seemed a little too military and possibly overused, but I still kind of like it.
@ Octopus:
Oh, I like that one! But it would have to be a .net. Eh, that should be okay. Weasel Zippers has to use “.us” and they’re bigger than most.
@ Possum:
Sometime next week….
My Friend: *calls her mom* Hey Mom, can you come pick me up? I was out fishing and I fell asleep. Little trolling motor kept going though until battery died.
Mom: OK I will come get you. Where are you?
Friend: Um… Mexico.
I’ve noticed Pelousy had lightened up on the booze lately. Her speech was clearer and more precise over the last few weeks. But it looks like she fell off the wagon this morning judging by this C-SPAN vid. Lots of surring and she’s clinging to the lectern while leaning to the side a la Foster Brooks.
https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1263131559927955456?s=20
@ Koko:
sluring, not surreying 🙂
@ rain of lead:
I think a pandemic best practice will be to test at the door of the nursing homes. And only essential personnel. It does become a prison for these people though. The culture needs to adjust to something better.
eaglesoars wrote:
I started listening to the Dan Bongino podcast this week. He seems pretty on top of this.
@ darkwords:
I could tell you about chicken and turkey and pig “nursing” homes.
Octopus wrote:
I don’t know, how corrupt is the republican party in Oregon? I wouldn’t put something like that past the McCain republicans here in AZ. They’ve been known to act like democrats in attacking fellow republicans.
eaglesoars wrote:
Well, duh! Who didn’t know that? Come on, the answer is obvious to the casual observer.
/Every engineering math prof I ever had
Bunk X wrote:
Which we should all find somewhat disturbing.
*sigh* My poor Willow. I thought she’d torn an ACL but no – she pulled a groin muscle. She screamed when the vet examined her which always rattles me emotionally, which isn’t easy to do.
A pain med, a muscle relaxant, and an anti-inflammatory/steroid. One is a good sedative, she’s out like a light, which is good, she had a tough night last night.
No pack walks for a MONTH! Every squirrel in the ‘hood is giving thanks.
Barbarian, I’m ruminating on a name for your blog. What’s your favorite book?
“A city that voted for Barack Obama, twice, voted for Hillary Clinton, voted for Terry McAuliffe and Ralph Northam, even gave a solid majority to Jennifer Lewis in her 2018 congressional run against Ben Cline, is now controlled by Republicans.”
https://dailycaller.com/2020/05/20/staunton-virginia-city-council-election-democrats/
rain of lead wrote:
Well, isn’t that the nice little fascist move. How do theaglesoars wrote:
Is Abbott appealing this ruling by the activist judge?
coldwarrior wrote:
… and such a likeable and personable candidate as well. She will be great ASSet to the ticket.
TWO REASONS WHY IT IS HARD TO SOLVE A REDNECK MURDER:
A. All the DNA is the same.
B. There are no dental records.
eaglesoars wrote:
I don’t have a particular problem with it, as long as they have to return an application and actually request a ballot. NM is doing that. They mailed an absentee ballot request to every registered voter.
Where there’s a problem is when they just send out ballots to the last-known address of everyone on the voter registration rolls, regardless of when they last voted or if they’re even alive.
eaglesoars wrote:
C.Police can’t concentrate in solving murder because of all the loud banjo music
@ Possum:
KABOOMSKI!!
@ lobo91:
what is the difference between “every registered voter” and “the last-known address of everyone on the voter registration rolls”
eaglesoars wrote:
Oh, I’m sorry, I missed ‘ballot request’ and ‘ballot’. Nevermind.
@ lobo91:
but I still have a problem with it. It requires pristine voting rolls – never happens – and that the voter is the same person who filled out the ballot.
eaglesoars wrote:
very nasty and hard to rehab. trust me. i had one that wasn’t right for almost 2 years. I was in my early 20’s, mind you.
in its early stages, it is probably the most debilitating rugby injury that i had. it was a fairly bad pull. it is difficult to do ANYTHING. Pulled it playing the King’s Own Scottish Borderers A side.
Mark Cuban is on Hannity seriously saying Donald Trump is not a leader and one of his faults is that he demands people who are loyal to him. Unlike every other political leader in human history.
The man is a disgrace to yinzers.
coldwarrior wrote:
She’s 9-10 yrs old, tried to climb a tree after a squirrel. Do you think it helps that she has 4 legs instead of 2? She goes down stairs easily because all the weight is on her front legs, going up stairs, she needs Mom to help her.
I’m thinking of adding acupuncture to her rehab. I’m calling the holistic vet in the morning, altho with the lockdown, I dunno.
eaglesoars wrote:
dunno?
eaglesoars wrote:
his yinzer card got yanked years ago
coldwarrior wrote:
Actually, that’s not the full story. His anger at the Jews was fed when they started siding with the Catholic church. He had thought that the release of the Gospel and scripture from the captivity of the church would bring the Jews to Christianity. When that didn’t happen, some of the impolitic things he said were written.
@ AZfederalist:
Accordingly, it must and dare not be considered a trifling matter but a most serious one to seek counsel against this and to save our souls from the Jews, that is, from the devil and from eternal death. My advice, as I said earlier, is:
First, that their synagogues be burned down, and that all who are able toss in sulphur and pitch; it would be good if someone could also throw in some hellfire. That would demonstrate to God our serious resolve and be evidence to all the world that it was in ignorance that we tolerated such houses, in which the Jews have reviled God, our dear Creator and Father, and his Son most shamefully up till now but that we have now given them their due reward.
@ AZfederalist:
@ coldwarrior:
its from this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Jews_and_Their_Lies
65k words long.
it’s a bit more than ‘impolitic’, i’m afraid. interestingly, almost everyone overlooks this aspect of Martin Luther. fortunately, many of the lutheran demoninations have condemned this line of his thought.
…papal/church history is one of my favorite history subjects and Luther was certainly a main player in this subject. i was completely shocked when i first started delving into him and these writings as i was unaware as well. it is all very un-Christian.
rain of lead wrote:
Levine should be in prison for murder. It’s obvious that he knew he was sentencing some of the residents of the nursing homes to death by his actions in removing his own mother from one as he sent SARS 2 patients there.
admin note, there will be a new thread at 0800 tomorrow
Deplorable Martian Overlord wrote:
pretty much, and a few other dems as well!
This may require the 48 hour rule but I just saw an article on my phone that the Ohio Covid Unemployment program just lost ALL of their Social Security numbers and Addresses to hackers. If this is true this is one of the worst breaches we’ve seen yet. (Of course this could be a case of this isn’t a bug, it’s a feature. Since we are dealing with leftists.)
@ coldwarrior:
It’s one thing that pisses me off constantly. THe left never faces justice for any of their evils. I know, the next life and all that, but damn it, just once I want to see them face it in this world. They cause too much pain and suffering to good people who only ever get to see the evil left living the good life while they suffer.
@ Deplorable Martian Overlord:
been bitching about that for years.
until there are hard jail times, families ruined, pensions and fortunes lost nothing will change.
@ Deplorable Martian Overlord:
kinda like this:
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/05/20/pittsburgh-vows-to-clean-up-voter-rolls-with-1-6k-dead-registered-voters/
AZfederalist wrote:
there’s the problem right there. Christianity is rife with this ‘replacement theology’ idea. It never seems to occur to anyone that Jews are Jews, period, full stop.
and there it is:
Wednesday on MSNBC, Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez accused President Donald Trump of attempting to “steal the election” by opposing vote-by-mail during the coronavirus pandemic.
accuse your opponent of what you are doing.
coldwarrior wrote:
like colluding with Russia?
coldwarrior wrote:
I’ve been saying that for years. My brother and I have always said the Republican party are made up of morons. The left is obvious in what they are doing. It’s ALWAYS exactly what they are accusing their opponents of doing.
eaglesoars wrote:
So, maybe we should take a much closer look at all the leftists calling President Trump a murderer?
Deplorable Martian Overlord wrote:
oh no, they are quite smart and has us all fooled until trump.
now the masks are off and we know what is going on.
night yinz.
coldwarrior wrote:
Yeah, there is that. I’d say there’s a high percentage of both. One’s that are willingly working with the opposition to keep the two party fraud operating, and morons that just don’t know any better. I’ve also found out in my area the libertarian fraud. Most of them are actually leftists that were wearing “conservative” clothing just to split votes to help the left. Now that Trump is in their masks are off too. He’s what they claimed they wanted “fiscally conservative but social liberal” and they hate him worse than any President ever. All the so-called libertarians around here are going democrat now, ripped off their peeling Ron Paul stickers and replaced them with Bernie stickers. (Now covered up with Biden stickers).
@ coldwarrior:
If this is your sole view of Luther and you are going to reject the rest of his body of work, you are failing to take into account the historical context of Luther’s time. This was the time when the Catholic Church was burning those who oppose papal authority at the church and were pouring hot oil or molten lead down the throats of those who rejected the papal authority and were trying to profess their Christian church Luther himself came under the ban of the church and his life was constantly in danger as a result. This is the man who stood up to the Chief Inquisitor of the church professing, “Unless I am convinced by the testimony of the Scriptures and by clear reason (for I do not trust in the pope or councils alone, since it is well known that they have often erred and contradicted themselves), I am bound by the Scriptures I have quoted. My conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and I will not retract anything, since it is neither safe nor right to go against conscience. Here I stand. I cannot do otherwise. God help me. Amen.”
Yes, Lutherans reject the anti-semitic statements Luther made. Those statements were made by a man just like the rest of us who had failings and was sinful just like the rest of us. However, to reject the rest of his efforts on this basis, ignoring the historical context is close to the same thing we see in historical revisionism where the works of our founding fathers are rejected because they owned slaves or treated slaves as only 1/3 of a person for the purposes of the census (which was really an anti-slavery position).
The historical change initiated by the 95 Theses posted on the Castle Church Door at Wittenberg was significant and we are reaping the benefits of what that started even today. Nothing in those theses nor the bulk of his theological works were anti-semitic but were the spark that started the religious freedoms we enjoy today. Barbarian’s choice of that phrase would in no way be a bad thing.
@ Possum:
I thought this was a good use for a trolling motor. (Okay, it’s an outboard. So what.)
https://bunkstrutts.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/ice-turntable.gif?w=350&h=196&zoom=2
@ AZfederalist:
Dang, that first paragraph. Should have been:
This was the time when the Catholic Church was burning those who opposed papal authority and were pouring hot oil or molten lead down the throats of those who rejected the papal authority and were just trying to profess their Christian faith in a manner other than that prescribed by the Pope.
@ coldwarrior:
DARVO
coldwarrior wrote:
sleep well
AZfederalist wrote:
That’s absolutely true. Get Aussie in here and we could all have a bang up theological/political discussion that would be glorious.
But it’s almost midnite here and past bedtime for those of us on the East Coast.
Just to be clear, I almost converted to Judaism some years ago, but realized my marriage would never survive it. Hubby was totally supportive, but he did not understand as I did what it would mean. If he pre-deceases me, I’ll probably continue that journey.
@ Bunk X:
And that is going to work in Texas how?
@ Possum:
Wait ’til the bayous freeze.
https://bongino.com/ukraine-judge-orders-biden-be-listed-as-alleged-perpetrator-of-crime-in-prosecutors-firing/
@ coldwarrior:
I always felt like guys like Cuban look at Trump with envy. They think, why him? Why not me? It’s pure ego and it angers them. They forget that Donald pulled that trigger and they didn’t have the nerve. Same with Alec Baldwin or Rob Reiner and any number of other business and celebrity loud mouths that have all the answers but only from the sideline. Too scared to step on the field. After seeing Bloomberg crater they ought to have new respect for Trump. And there were other billionaires in the Demoncrap race that got even less traction than Little Mike.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/05/confirmed-governor-whitmer-bans-michiganders-traveling-summer-home-cars-seen-parked-outside-summer-home/
CONFIRMED: Governor Whitmer Begs Michiganders Not to Travel to their Summer Home — Then Her Cars Are Seen Parked Outside of HER SUMMER HOME!
Somebody got some ‘splainin’ to do!!!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DU2GHQdW0AEPbO2.jpg
Somewhat depressing but certainly not surprising. Twitter bans American conservatives. But seemingly gleefully enables Chicomm propaganda.
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/05/20/chinese-virus-information-war-chinas-government-accounts-post-90000-tweets-since-april/
Oh and this is helpful from the Big Brains at the Kissinger Institute on China…..
Yah think Mr. Think Tank? So they’re just mirroring our statements? Statements that happen to be true. The virus exploded in Wuhan, they deleted their data, quarantined Wuhan city/province knowing it was too late, delayed conveying the salient facts of the virus, continued allowing international travel, terrorized anyone trying to get the truth out… Have yet to close the wet markets, their ostensible scapegoat. We and other Western countries OTOH are the victims. Oh yeah…that seems fair.
Oh Jeez. LOL!
https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1262946899490942976?s=20
https://nypost.com/2020/05/19/nasa-finds-evidence-of-parallel-universe-where-time-runs-backward-report/
So in that universe Shrillbeast falls up the steps, trips backward out of a plane and gets thrown out of a van onto the sidewalk. And Trump wins the Presidency a second time, gets impeached and wins the Presidency again the first time before riding up an elevator.
So after pathetically and forlornly clicking it several times long after the announcement of its demise I have finally deleted my link to Diary of Daedalus. Goodbye old friend.
I’m worried about Beed though.
https://thumbs.gfycat.com/SkeletalWigglyKingbird-size_restricted.gif
https://www.foxnews.com/media/msnbcs-mika-brzezinski-wants-trump-blocked-by-twitter-a-call-is-being-set-up
As Chonky McFatso Johnson was Andy Breitbart’s “guilty pleasure” for trolling. So Mika and Morning Joke are the same for POTUS’ DJT.
I don’t think Jack Dorkey’s Twitter actually made a penny of profit until DJT started running and won the Presidency. One hysterical old plastic surgery scarred spawn of a globalist Demonseeder and her bumbling beau Beaker are going to take that away. And AMESSNBC bigs too probably shit a brick when they heard her say that. Would anyone watch that sad sorry crew of journolists, plaigerists and Demcrap flunkies if they didn’t have Trump’s latest outrageous Twitter outrage to crap their undies over?
@ Koko:
“Beaker are going to” meant “Beaker ain’t going to”.
Righting is harde. It hertz my brane.
https://accordingtohoyt.com/2020/05/20/i-do-not-consent/
AZfederalist wrote:
i have spent years studying papal/church history. its a hobby of mine. i don’t reject his work nor do i fail to account for historical context.
i just don’t see him as this pillar of perfection and holiness and revere him as a wonderful, saintly reformer. he was a dirt-bag churchman just like the rest of them back then. religion was scam #1 in that period of time. it was far worse than being in politics is now.
@ Deplorable Martian Overlord:
trump’s super-hero power is the ability to get everyone to drop their masks and show their true identity. it is amazing.
AZfederalist wrote:
one of my favorites right there.
it has always bothered me how one can, on one hand, declare that all men are created equal with god given rights and then on the other hand own slaves.
yes, that is how things were done back then. ok. then quit it with the all men created equal stuff and get on with the planting.
so either the slave-owning philosopher is a hypocrite or he is a liar and doesnt really believe in what he is saying. either way, in historical context or not, it looks rather foolish to own slaves and agitate for the rights of man. these two positions are in fact mutually exclusive.
but, our side reveres the founding fathers so there can be no questioning the glaring ridiculousness of their positions on slavery vis a vis the rights of man.
sorry, historical context or not. its absurd on it’s face. but that does not detract from the work done and massive achievements made. their failings makes them hypocrites/liars who had to make a living too. their philosophical failings make them look more human and less like a heroic painting on the wall…making them more accessible and understandable and far more interesting to us today.
new thread at 0800. i gotta go get dosed with some radiation.
later yinz!