Mrs Coldwarrior and I were out on a date. We were at riverside brewery. We walked out to the lot, a rather brave 20 something and his girl could not get their 1979 MGB started.
I asked for a matchbook and a beer. i had a mallet and a Philips screw driver in the Benz.
enjoy this open.
I fixed their car.
Why did I ask for a matchbook.
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and it had the original stromberg.
it was good to be the wise old guy.
http://click1.e.westernjournalism.com/myydbzmtgnzlbzdjltwczlzczwlwsvymsmnpwdvccsptyny_dmjhtdjtcrftcjcmjhrgg.html
@ Gateway Pundit
The Special Ed teacher that cheered on the baby abuse by a BLM thug is no longer employed.
http://click1.e.westernjournalism.com/bqfqcsvjkgsycsqnyjdpsyspsdydbmfvbvgzdqmppbzjfql_dmjhtdjtcrftcjcmjhrgg.html
@ Gateway Pundit
The Democrats want your vote but despise you.
A rough draft of the platform has 15 references to “whites” , all negative references.
All references to minority’s are upper case, but lower case for “whites”
Is there any doubt that they hate you and want you destroyed?
New Joe Bonamassa, off his upcoming Abbey Road album:
coldwarrior wrote:
I don’t know what a stromberg is and ok, I’ll bite – what was the matchbook for? Is the weather a factor?
@ RIX:
Of course, when you look at that statistic in the context of the overall criminal justice system, the military justice system is apparently far less “racist” than the civilian one. Blacks are about 5 times more likely than whites to be sent to prison in the civilian world.
I wonder if they considered the possibility that blacks in the military are less likely to be criminals than their civilian counterparts?
@ eaglesoars:
Stromberg makes carburetors.
The matchbook cover is used as a gauge of some sort, but I’m not sure what in that context. I’ve seen people use them to gap points and spark plugs.
Protesters have gathered outside the home of Chad Wolf, acting secretary of Homeland Security. They are here to protest against DHS sending federal agents to Portland after rioters continue to target the federal courthouse in the city.
https://twitter.com/Julio_Rosas11/status/1287403128585945088
@ RIX:
They certainly make no secret of their plans to drastically change gun ownership in America:
lobo91 wrote:
Ah, got it, thank you
@ lobo91:
From the Gulag Archipelago
“Owning a pistol meant an obligatory conviction for terrorism,..”
@ lobo91:
I love how they never investigate whether more crimes are committed by one group or another.
We know that teen males are more likely to speed than others. Are there other differences that could account for higher rates of incarceration/court martial? I don’t know.
right_wing2 wrote:
What’s interesting is that the incarceration rate for blacks is consistently about 5 times that of whites, nationwide. Here in NM, blacks are about 2% of the population, but account for 10% of inmates.
If it was just a few places (the deep south, for example), you might attribute it to “systemic racism,” but it’s nationwide.
That leads me to believe that the problem is behavioral, not within the criminal justice system.
@ lobo91:
Just being in a neighborhood run by gangs skews the stats I think. Maybe the data should filter out gangs to see if there is a real difference?
Some police are cynical and know the odds of what they are looking at. Most however are pretty professional and will let the minor stuff slide with a warning.
Olivia DeHavilland has died in Paris at the wonderful age of 104. One of the all time greats.
https://www.tmz.com/2020/07/26/olivia-de-havilland-old-hollywood-star-dead-dies-104/
lobo91 wrote:
Confusing the narrative with facts? Truth is the the enemy.
darkwords wrote:
Everybody hates the paperwork
AGAIN??!!
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2020/07/25/Parasitic-infection-linked-to-bagged-salad-spreads-to-641/4491595695528/
eaglesoars wrote:
Not to mention the fact that if police arrested everyone they encounter for every single violation of the law, we’d have to double or triple the size of our courts and prisons.
@ lobo91:
So one has to ask if there should be a ‘tiered’ system in which some violations require something OTHER than incarceration?
I remember Eric Gardner with his violation of selling individual cigarettes. It got him dead.
How stupid is that.
There are other penalties available. Denial of gov’t benefits for one. Steal a car, lose your SNAP (food stamps) benes.
This is delicious.
It’s interesting to watch idiot politicians set out to destroy a city. In fairness, the idiot politicians were elected by idiot voters, so, we must conclude that these voters are getting what they voted for.
Being of less than surpassing intelligence, they vote for the political party that promises to support and care for them. And they discover that the very same political party believes that the best way to do it is through higher taxes on the rich. Since they are not rich they are all for taxing other people. But then when the rich start fleeing the high tax state, the voters who believed that they had voted themselves a living suddenly discover that the goose has stopped laying the golden eggs. So, naturally, they blame Donald Trump.
QED
New York Democrats Want To Tax Stock Trades As State Revenues Plummet
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/new-york-democrats-want-tax-stock-trades-state-revenues-plummet
So my question is: We’ve all heard about how the virus has upended the idea that physical location is a requirement for the job. How long until “Wall Street” vacates Wall Street?
This is funny 🙂
Brave social justice activists such as myself are working tirelessly to expose *all* the racist elements within our society.
Sometimes it is difficult to keep up, so I thought it would be helpful to curate a comprehensive list…
https://twitter.com/TitaniaMcGrath/status/1281023987242487808
@ Guggi:
Hello!
Titania is one of our favorite twitterites!
Believe it or not, my husband is a lobbyist for some parts of the dairy industry in the Northeast of the U.S.
I cannot TELL you the forces waged against it. The ‘milk is white’ started as a joke but has been taken over by the vegan/anti-meat crowd and they (the ‘it’s just a joke crowd’) don’t know whether to shit or go blind.
Um…”shit or go blind” is an American phrase for not knowing how to handle the incoming fire coming from all directions.
The part that’s going to trip them up is #16 (because there’s always an element of truth to Titania) is ‘dogs’.
They have no idea……..
I hope this finds you well.
@ lobo91:
Oh yeah, the Democrats are going after guns and disparaging the 2nd Amendment.
They have always wanted to disarm the law abiding. Does anybody seriously believe that the narco
street gangs will turn in their weapons for the common good?
@ RIX:
I’m sure there are at least a few idiots who believe that. Probably the same ones who think there will be world peace if only the US military is disbanded.
The forces behind the scenes, though, know what will happen if law-abiding Americans are disarmed, and they’re counting on it. They want the suburbs to fall into anarchy, because they believe it will lead to calls for more police state tactics in response.
I keep laughing at the Dems who are screaming about Trump deploying federal agents to various places. They actually love the idea. They’re just pissed because they aren’t in charge of them.
@ RIX:
I really have no idea why they keep up with this nonsense. It’s like a mantra that puts somebody in a hypnotic state or something.
@ eaglesoars:
Hi eagle, or as we say in Austria: Servus eagle
It’s the same here. Many people say they don’t understand the world no longer.
Guggi wrote:
But those of us who have been paying attention know EXACTLY what’s happening.
Are you Ok? Don’t mean to be intrusive, but…are you ok?
Wow.
Before I read the thread:
/Wiseass On
You asked for a matchbook because the best fix for a British car is to burn it to the ground. I’d have asked for something a little higher proof than beer, some Smirnoff or Jim Beam would light better.
/Wiseass Off
eaglesoars wrote:
Why, how absolutely Bolshevik of them. This really is time for the fed to start cracking down on things like this. This is no longer peaceable assembly and is now personal attack.
@ eaglesoars:
With modern tech I think things like expired tabs and broken tail lights should just be videos and sent to a city collection account.
AZfederalist wrote:
not really. I asked on twitter where this happened, being quite clear that I don’t want his actual address, simply the jurisdiction: D.C or Maryland or Virginia.
And the responses I got – bless ’em – put him in all 3. “Chevy Chase”, “oh this looks like Arlington” blah blah blah.
Fuck all of it. Nobody knows anything. Although I did suggest that he might want to call in Elaine Chao.
darkwords wrote:
That’s an excellent idea. You are so sweet. “a city collection account”
wake up
eaglesoars wrote:
Video and comments: https://www.weaselzippers.us/452987-video-protesters-gather-outside-dhs-secretary-chad-wolfs-house/
Here’s the direct threat: “One speaker at the protest outside of Sec. Chad Wolf’s home complains how there’s no financial, career, and legal consequences for people like him. Says there must be social/political consequences: “[Wolf] lives here quietly…and we need to do something about that.””
Note the comment, “Social/political” consequences. They are wanting to extend cancel culture to anyone who does something with which they disagree. Add to the list gun owners, gun stores, businesses that transport guns, republican voters, anyone who dares utter conservative viewpoints.
AZfederalist wrote:
Well, let’s just put aside for the moment that this is a free country and find out who that particular ‘protester’ is and make him/her live by their own value system.
@ AZfederalist:
But remember: These are the “tolerant,” “open-minded” people…
/s
The glory of your first paycheck. I went thru the exact same WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK thing and I think I was making about about $7k a year. I called my father – DAD THERE’S A MISTAKE HERE – and I think it was the best laugh he ever had in his entire life.
https://disrn.com/news/comedy-break-ecstatic-teen-opens-his-first-ever-paycheck-learns-what-taxes-are-is-devastated
AZfederalist wrote:
Let’s be clear. They want assassination.
@ eaglesoars:
Hi eagle, sorry, I’m so impolite 🙁
Everything ok, everything fine. And you? I’ve read about your hernia.
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/07/26/mayor-lightfoot-says-she-has-drawn-a-very-tight-line-when-it-comes-to-federal-agents-in-chicago/
Good morning. Lori Lightfoot draws a “tight line” on Federal assistance.
This woman is just living off of her looks.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2020/07/27/nadler-still-thinks-antifa-is-a-myth-n2573164
@ Town Hall
No need to be concerned about Antifa. Jerry Anadler calls Antifa a “myth”
Got that? That’s a load off.
Guggi wrote:
Hardly implolite! Thanks for letting us know all is well. Don’t worry about the hernia, I don’t even know I have it.
Don’t know if you are aware or not, but Hubby and I are moving to Knoxville, Tennessee. We are escaping the swamp of Northern Virginia and moving to a place where the guns are kept by the door and the dogs run free. Bought a house already (don’t ask) with a big yard and lots of trees. We’re done. Seriously, you should come visit.
I have had to turn off Rush Limbaugh. And that’s saying a lot.
COVID COVID COVID COVID.
no.
Here. Have some Johnny Mathis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7xyAM7uF6I
Enjoy the swoon.
AZfederalist wrote:
you win the internet
eaglesoars wrote:
The irony.
Miss Melanie was the only one who died in Gone With the Wind..yet the fabulous Miss DeHavilland outlived the other principles, including Cammie King, who played Bonnie.
@ eaglesoars:
Levin is starting to turn me off as well. Conservative talk radio is turning into a never-ending downer.
But one thing is clear. If Republicans don’t hold at least ONE of the Houses of Congress, it won’t matter if we re-elect Trump. Congress will find a reason to impeach him.
@ eaglesoars:
And JoJo – before you go vote in November? That’s your paycheck AFTER Donald Trump’s tax cuts. Wait’ll you see what happens to it if Uncle Pedo Joe repeals them.
The Barbarian wrote:
I named my Bonnie after her. Bonnie Blue.
And my mother, who was born and raised in New Orleans, looked like Vivian Leigh. Dead ringer. Don’t worry. I look like my father. Pure Shawnee. *sigh*
I’ve turned off the TV and radio. Brooks & Dunn, Toby Keith, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Mathis.
Sephora.
@ The Barbarian:
Ok, back into the swamp.
Are you, as a lawyer, and others in your profession, speculating at all about what Durham is up to? Because if this doesn’t drop fast – and I mean FAST – it’s all over.
It will be between ammo and food.
@ eaglesoars:
I keep hearing that Durham “doesn’t want to make it political.”
And “conservative columnists” AGREEING.
This is why we lose. The battle hasn’t been anywhere near the “high road” for a long time, yet there they are. Valiantly holding the uncontested and inconsequential ground.
@ Deplorable Bumr50:
I should also note that in many cases this cannot be chalked up to ignorance, stubbornness, or stupidity.
Deplorable Bumr50 wrote:
Ammo
Food
Stock up
@ eaglesoars:
Nah, no one around here even thinks Durham has a case. The Legal Eagles on the interwebz all seem to take the same point of view as Bumr – that Durham is holding off because he doesn’t want to be seen as “influencing the election.”
To which I say BULLSH*T. The man running for President was the Vice President during the period when this coup was hatched. He sat in on the meetings and if reports are correct, not only KNEW what was going on, but actively participated in the criminal PERsecution of a careeer patriot because of what he knew. The American people have every right to know the extent to which the Obama Administration/FBI/DOJ did before casting a vote for this cretinous POS in November.
Maybe if a few people were given the Paul Manafort/Roger Stone treatment the media might actually be forced to deal with the realities.
Meanwhile,
Riot breaks out at Putt Putt Fun Center as parents drop off teens, hundreds mob it, and one female destroys counter, spits at employee
https://www.theblaze.com/news/teens-riot-mob-tennessee-fun-center
@ eaglesoars:
Yep, I followed your adventure to buy the new house in Tennessee, at least partly 🙂 and that you met with *silk glove*
I hope the new house will comfort you and your hubby and of course your *little terrorists* 🙂
The Barbarian wrote:
ok, then ammo
Guggi wrote:
they own me.
Deplorable Bumr50 wrote:
I think we’re all getting a little stressed.
This is how it’s done
A heartening story out of the UK, in which a man who was ousted from his position as the head of an ‘anti-social behavior reduction’ charity after he sharply criticized Black Lives Matter has been reinstated. Not only that, every member of the craven board of trustees who voted to remove him has now been jettisoned, as part of a deal to avoid promised, costly litigation.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2020/07/24/uncancel-culture-after-threatened-lawsuit-charity-boss-who-criticized-blm-is-reinstated-n2573046
https://www.theblaze.com/news/teens-riot-mob-tennessee-fun-center?utm_source=theblaze-breaking&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20200727Trending-PuttPuttRiot&utm_term=ACTIVE LIST – TheBlaze Breaking News
WTF?
This is getting ridiculous. So, any time the entitled generation doesn’t get their way now their answer is to act like savages and destroy?
@ The Barbarian:
Joe Concha on FNC yesterday opined that Joe Biden to the most corrupt candidate to ever run for President.
I know that Biden is corrupt to his marrow, but nobody is more corrupt than Hillary.
@ eaglesoars:
I agree with him.
Crushing the nuclear family and defunding the police. No, thanks. It’s entirely understandable why many people might say to themselves, “black lives matter? Count me in. Black Lives Matter? Hard pass.”
@ eaglesoars:
Also.
Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors said in a newly surfaced video from 2015 that she and her fellow organizers are “trained Marxists” – making clear their movement’s ideological foundation, according to a report. Cullors, 36, was the protégé of Eric Mann, former agitator of the Weather Underground domestic terror organization, and spent years absorbing the Marxist-Leninist ideology that shaped her worldview,
This makes me think there is a Chicago WeatherUnderground connection. They are still active just smarter.
@ Deplorable Martian Overlord:
The reason Trump should step up. The mayors in these cities turning a blind eye to violence endangers everyone across the country in a city with weak leaders.
The kids watch all the violent BLM and portland videos and can’t control themselves.
Notably, there were a bunch of kids in this video just watching in shock and trying to stay out of the way.
@ Deplorable Bumr50:
The GoP eats too much rich food and gets out of shape. The dems are fighting a no holds barred fight. The only Dem rule is that the GOP must fight back using one hand tied behind their back and according to Marquess of Queensberry Rules.
Which are.
To be a fair stand-up boxing match in a 24-foot ring, or as near that size as practicable.
No wrestling allowed.
The rounds to be of three minutes’ duration, and one minute’s time between rounds.
If either man falls through weakness or otherwise, he must get up unassisted, 10 seconds to be allowed him to do so, the other man meanwhile to return to his corner, and when the fallen man is on his legs the round is to be resumed and continued until the three minutes have expired. If one man fails to come to the scratch in the 10 seconds allowed, it shall be in the power of the referee to give his award in favour of the other man.
A man hanging on the ropes in a helpless state, with his toes off the ground, shall be considered down.
No seconds or any other person to be allowed in the ring during the rounds.
Should the contest be stopped by any unavoidable interference, the referee to name the time and place as soon as possible for finishing the contest; so that the match must be won and lost, unless the backers of both men agree to draw the stakes.
The gloves to be fair-sized boxing gloves of the best quality and new.
Should a glove burst, or come off, it must be replaced to the referee’s satisfaction.
A man on one knee is considered down and if struck is entitled to the stakes.
That no shoes or boots with spikes or sprigs (wire nails) be allowed.[6]
The contest in all other respects to be governed by revised London Prize Ring Rules.
@ The Barbarian:
Observation skills!!!
@ The Barbarian:
He never impressed me very much.
RIX wrote:
I think there is more corruption than we even know about Pedo Joe, who has been able to slide under the radar until that Ukraine incident. Now we find out his brother was a grifter on the taxpayer dime and there’s some funny business regarding a cancer charity. John Solomon seems to have a lot of dirt on Pedo, but the MSM isn’t interested because, you known, Trump may have deducted a painting or something.
I would not be surprised to find out that Bo also got some sweet deals thanks to Daddy’s Senate Commmittee connections – we don’t just know about it.
But the Clintons still get win for me as well. They don’t call it “Arkancide” for nothing. Too many unexplained or mysterious deaths that have a whiff of crossing the Clintons in every one. I often wonder if the reason Susan MacDougall kept her mouth shut for so long was because she really believed something would happen to her if she didn’t (also that Clinton promised her a pardon).
@ coldwarrior:
His books are excellent. Well researched and scholarly. Men in Black is one of the best books on the Supreme Court I’ve ever read. And believe it or not, his interview show on Fox on Sunday nights is pretty good. Thoughtful questions, and guests that are out of the mainstream that he (unlike Hannity) allows to present a fully thought-out answer.
However, on the radio, he blows his horn so much and so loudly that you’d think the show was being hosted by Miles Davis. It may come as a complete surprise to him that others have come to similar conclusions all on their own and are NOT stealing from him.
@ darkwords:
@ darkwords:
There is, indeed:
Totally off topic but…
I just finished watching a movie, The Kitchen, with Melissa McCarthy. It is stunning.
She and her two girl friends are married to small time mobsters who all end up in jail
And now they have to feed the kids.
It’s not a comedy. I thought it was brilliant.
The Barbarian wrote:
So, I actually had some heartening news this morning. While at the cafeteria getting my morning meal, the cashier made a comment about how she was getting all of these messages from Trump and Biden and it was annoying. She then said, “I’m voting for Trump even though I’m a democrat. I can’t stand Biden and I really like my job [knowing that Biden defense cuts will hit at her level]” That made my day. I know there are others like her.
lobo91 wrote:
So what they are saying is that most of their supporters and constituents are drug addicts, drug pushers, and prostitutes?
/Yeah, that’s a winning position
@ AZfederalist:
the good news is that few of that demo vote
@ lobo91:
That’s the same guy in the video from Georgia. They’re ‘crisis actors’. I suspect a lot of these people are.
@ AZfederalist:
I want to know how they’re going to have a Marxist state with no police
lobo91 wrote:
you win the innernut
eaglesoars wrote:
Hey, Waitaminute! CW said I won the internet!
AZfederalist wrote:
Sharing is caring…………
I know I bang this drum a lot and perhaps irritate the bejeesus out of everybody but…if China goes down…where do your meds come from? Stuff like that. I don’t even begin to have answers, I’m just as screwed as anybody else.
China warns of new floods as Three Gorges Dam under pressure
GDP may fall 0.2% in Q3 in the face of 45m evacuees and $17bn in damages
I don’t know how many people were displaced due to Katrina but I’m pretty sure it was nowhere near close to 45 million.
I do know how China has dealt with a restive population, they’re already doing it in the South China Sea. They start ‘tiny’ wars that can escalate. They need a enemy.
And unfortunately, our navy right now sucks. It needs to be rebuilt from the waterline up and we don’t have the infrastructure to do it.
But anyway…GOOD MORNING!
link. dammit
https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Natural-disasters/China-warns-of-new-floods-as-Three-Gorges-Dam-under-pressure
AZfederalist wrote:
Participation trophies all round!
@ eaglesoars:
McCarthy is actually a very very good dramatic actress. LOVED her in “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” based on the literary forgeries of Lee Israel. Great cast, well done. If you haven’t seen it yet, recommend it highly for your weekend viewing, with or without popcorn.
Looks like some asshat pundits at CNN and WaPo may find themselves in hot water – Mark Zaid, reprobate lawyer with apparently no ethics (but we knew that), tweeted out that he believed that Sandmann settled with WaPo and CNN for nuisance value only and that idiot Brian Stelter RETWEETED it. Uh, Pudgy? That NDA covers EVERYONE that works at CNN from mentioning anything about the Sandmann settlement. YOU violated it. And I’m pretty damn sure that there are monetary penalties for doing so.
Legal would like to speak to you after you return from your lunch hour….
@ eaglesoars:
I hope this helps with decoupling our economy from the commies.
ZIP has the story about the breach:
https://www.weaselzippers.us/453075-alleging-breaches-of-confidentiality-covington-teens-attorney-vows-further-legal-action-against-cnn-and-washington-post/
Haven’t these idiots learned yet? DO NOT MESS WITH L. LIN WOOD.
In case you don’t remember, by the way, who Mark Zaid is, he was the attorney for the weaselblower in the impeachment trial.
The Barbarian wrote:
I will keep an eye out. I first found her in the movie HEAT that was so funny I should have been wearing diapers. People talk about the ‘bar scene’ but that’s not it..it’s her fridge where she basically has the entire DHS armament. And she plays it straight. With the sandwich that’s 3 days old. The only other actress I would watch just for the nuance is Glenn Close. Her performance in Dangerous Liaisons was breathtaking. A script with no dialog and she did it
The Barbarian wrote:
AHAHAHAHA!
Who is the highest paid person at CNN?
Nick Sandman
Jim Hoft has William Barr’s opening statement for Congress today (another hearing? Geez, I wish they’d gone after Holder this much for Fast and Furious):
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/07/attorney-general-william-barr-releases-opening-statement-tuesdays-house-judiciary-hearing-blows-apart-democrats-george-floyd-narrative/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=websitesharingbuttons
eaglesoars wrote:
I have always found Glenn Close a more compelling actress than Meryl Streep, who seems to be lauded because she can master an accent. I thought her portrayal of Julia Child was over the top and obnoxious.
The Barbarian wrote:
Not her fault. Julia Child is non-portrayable.
And to be clear, Julia was obnoxious in her own right. Adorably so, but she was. I have all her books and I’ve cooked from them. She was anything but a snob. And as much as she tried to be ‘practical’, she simply was not.
Her vaunted dinner of some fish or whatever it was that turned her on to cooking had nothing to do with anything normal people have resources for. Her famous scrambled egg revelation – my Mimi (grandmother) already knew that.
Julia Child hit a nexus of media. She was wonderful and I’m glad it was her instead of someone else. But this whole idea that you have to steam your oven to create ‘real’ french bread – hi, sweetheart, bye.
If we want to talk about women who got a raw deal…Wallis Simpson.
If you want to learn about how the French really cook – Jacque Pepin
And altho I’m certain he would not want me to mention it, CW gifted me a cookbook I treasure and still use.
@ eaglesoars:
Interesting about Simpson….
Although I am completely of a mind that her intention was NEVER on marriage with that obnoxious little twit. I think Britain dodged a bullet when he abdicated. Although the end result would have been the same, I think – Elizabeth would have been Queen.
My baby sister just texted me that No-Nads was nasty towards Barr in his opening statement. Maybe Bill should have brought Fat Jerry some packages of hot dogs. I understand he eats them right out of the package.
The Barbarian wrote:
As you might expect…my research has been as thorough as the current resources allow.
She was an idiot in that she allowed herself to be flattered by the attention of the future king. She never thought he would find her someone he could not live without. Because frankly, who would have? Have you heard her voice? Shoot me now. There is nothing beautiful or charming about her visage unless you watch the videos.
And then it’s entirely about her personality. This woman was FUN.
Did she love him? No. She pitied him. Which is exactly what he needed.Wallis got stuck. I will leave the whole “Nazi” thing for another time. They are innocent of the worst, but completely guilty of being naive beyond belief. If there is any evidence that he knew of the Marburg papers, I am unaware of it. Edward was a moron but he in no way deserved the treatment he got from the monarchy. The Queen Mother went to her grave blaming Wallis when it was never her fault – because that gave the crown a legitimacy it would not otherwise have. Couldn’t have her daughter Elizabeth tainted, now could we?
Hey I wonder if anyone else has figured out that if you’re getting state UI bennies plus an extra 600 dollars a week for the better part of a year that it bumps you up a tax bracket, and that 10% withholding available, if you even availed yourself of it, won’t be enough to cover the fed tax bill.
I’m sure everyone is saving diligently…
@ Deplorable Bumr50:
The assumption is that this demo has ever paid taxes and/or can read a tax schedule
@ eaglesoars:
Yeah, it was rhetorical.
I know I’m gonna owe.
I also know people who…bought trucks.
It looks like the Democrats have a coordinated effort going to just be allowed to make speeches, ask Barr a question, and as he starts to answer, suddenly say “I’m reclaiming my time.”
This is nothing more than a campaign stunt to help Biden.
@ The Barbarian:
I don’t give a flying fuck what Barr does.
Unless Durham comes front and center it’s all busllshit
@ eaglesoars:
Yep. Like I said yesterday – we have a damned RIGHT to know about the criminal enterprises of the Obama administration in advance of whether or not to vote in the Second in Command as President.
I want raids like Manafort and Stone got. I was Strzok dragged out of his house by a SWAT team at 6:00 in the morning with Fox News getting the whole thing live on camera. Not professional, I know. But it feels very satisfying to say that.
I’ll be curious to see which of the cable networks had the most viewers for the Barr hearing. Because you can bet No-Nads, Jackoff-Lee and Fartswell will be all over CNN and MSNBC telling us that Barr REFUSED to answer their questions and/or that he kept interrupting them.
The Barbarian wrote:
I am stuck by how sophomoric and profoundly stupid the committee Democrats are.
Live hockey!
@ The Barbarian:
I would agree. The same circus has to be applied to Obama. Its a total failure of the GoP to get this rolling.
https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2020/07/28/nbc-news-features-single-mother-who-is-sleep-deprived-because-she-has-to-come-to-the-portland-protests-every-night-and-scream-at-the-feds/
@ Twitchy
Get a load of this unhinged creature screaming at the Feds while claiming that she is a single mom.
Ok, for her to be a mom would mean that at some point some guy actually mated with her.
Oh man, how drunk would you have to be?
@ RIX:
this is what child protective services is for.
That poor man that was beaten up by that piece of crap in the nursing home has died.
hey y’all
@ RIX:
@ eaglesoars:
Her kids are probably at risk for neglect from meth mom.
The Barbarian wrote:
what? I missed it…
this reminds me – when the riots first started – I think this was Dallas? – a young man was beaten with bricks and left on the street – I never heard anything afterwards
@ rain of lead:
hey sweetie…..
Oh dear lord. This is an actual headline in The Hill
Doctor retweeted by Trump has warned of alien DNA, sex with demons
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/509421-doctor-retweeted-by-trump-has-warned-of-alien-dna-sex-with
I’m not reading the article, you guys don’t pay me enough
RIX wrote:
It’s not just in politics it’s all over. I have been blessed to work for some of the most brilliant minds in my industry. Smart, clever, very innovative solutions to some very difficult problems. … and most of these people are just down to earth people. My company is full of absolute geniuses and I don’t say that lightly. However, it is run by idiots. The people running the company see the most pressing problems right now as the pandemic and the criticality of people wearing masks if they have to work on site and having as many people work from home as possible and racism. Never mind that the only racism where I work is anti-caucasian male discrimination. Never mind that they hoisted the rainbow flag last year. No, diversity and inclusion are going to be the future of the company. Customer satisfaction and meeting customer needs? That’s a distant third, if not fourth behind making sure that our processes are rigidly followed and that everything we do is done with our company’s core values in mind.
@ AZfederalist:
yeah, follow the money on that one
Tucker is on a brilliant rant.
Fauci.
@ AZfederalist:
Sounds exactly like where I work.
not goodski
UK and US say Russia fired a satellite weapon in space
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53518238
The Barbarian wrote:
That’s horrible.
… and he’s being counted as a Covid death, right?
my NOPE bucket is filling up
Scientists revive microbes from 100 million years ago
https://news.yahoo.com/scientists-revive-microbes-100-million-years-ago-154439850.html?soc_src=hl-viewer&soc_trk=fb
AND WHERE THE FUCK IS DURHAM??
ok, bedtime,nite