Saturday, September 30, 2023

Powerline Pic





STAND UP TO JISTIN CASTREAU!


The Rapture

 


If the rapture ever really does occur, a whole lot of self-proclaimed saints will be looking up instead of down. — Fletcher



STAND UP FOR LOOKING DOWN!


Headlines

 


Dems pressure White House to change economic message

Autoworkers grow frustrated over pace of UAW negotiations as new strike deadline looms

Republicans expose damning evidence of Biden corruption during first Impeachment Inquiry hearing

Never-Trumpers recruiting Youngkin into GOP primary as DeSantis sinks

Appeals court lifts partial block on Idaho abortion ban

Putin-sympathizing candidate could win election in Kyiv ally; drone strikes Russian power station

Gaetz says McCarthy cannot remain Speaker if he makes deal with Democrats for temporary funding 

Gingrich: Trump will be nominee, third debate will have no viewership

Elon Musk ousts X team banning election disinformation

Euro zone inflation falls to 4.3% in September, lowest level since October, 2021

Former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake announces Senate campaign against Krysten Sinema

Team Trump prepares for doom in NY bank fraud trial …


STAND UP FOR AMERICA!


Friday, September 29, 2023

Ba Bye!


Don’t let the exit door hit ya where the good Lord split ya!



STAND UP TO GEN. MILLEY!


Ukraine War Redo



America has spent roughly $120 billion on the war in Ukraine so far. That translates into 120,000 nillion$. Now, I think Russia had roughly 120,000 troops in this conflict to start. Maybe if then, we had offered each of these Ruskie soldiers a million bucks to stay home?



STAND UP TO RUSKIES!


Trump’s Prescience


Trump and Fed Chairman Powell

During his presidency, The Donald wanted the Fed to refinance our national debt with 30-year bonds (and longer) at much lower interest rates than current. Of course, it didn’t … because he wasn’t a member of the club and didn’t know anything.


Pelosi and Trump

Trump also wanted to fill our Strategic Petroleum Reserve when oil was $30 a barrel … but Pelosi wouldn’t let him … because she hated him more than she loved America.



STAND UP FOR PRESCIENCE!


God’s Way

If God had wanted America to follow our Constitution, She wouldn’t have invented Democrats. — Fletcher



STAND UP FOR THE CONSTITUTION!


Interesting Factoid



Pretty much the only food that is served on Trump’s private airplane is a medley of McDonald’s menu options.



STAND UP FOR BIG MACS!


Headlines

 


‘Incomprehensible’: How the European Union lost control in Ukrainian grain fight

Republican debate recap: Haley, Scott and Ramaswamey clash as Trump courts auto workers

Elon Musk: AOC is just not that smart

McCarthy: There will be a government shutdown if Biden ‘stays on the sidelines’

Fetterman responds to new Senate dress code with meme

Putin meets Chechen leader, dispelling health concerns; Kyiv needs ‘more means’ to combat Russian strikes

Fauci secretly visited CIA HQ to influence findings on COVID-19 origin report

GOP: Hunter lived in CA when Chinese wired $ to Joe’s DE address 

Chinese hackers nab 60,000 emails in State Department breach

UAW threatens to again expand strike at Detroit automakers if progress isn’t made by Friday

Judge values Trump’s Mar-a-Largo at $18 million — real estate insiders say it’s worth at least 15 times that

Debate Round 2 … Drudge poll … Haley, 

DeSantis, Christie …


STAND UP FOR AMERICA!


Thursday, September 28, 2023

Impeachment Inquiry

 


Since none of the networks or cable channels … even Fox (telling?) have covered the Biden Impeachment Inquiry hearings … it has fallen to me to keep you kind blog readers up on what is happening, See the above I know I will be following it … albeit it is quite long.


I will try to follow this on a regular basis.



STAND UP FOR IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY!


Babylon Wasp

 


The White House pet dog, Commander, has taken a chunk out of its 11th Secret Service agent.  As a consequence, Joey Mumbles has started bragging on how much money he is saving the taxpayer on dog food. 





STAND UP FOR TO COMMANDER!


Life Lesson



In business, telling people what they want to hear will get you nowhere. Telling them what they don’t want to hear at least gives you a shot. In politics and romance … well that’s something else. — Fletcher



STAND UP TO PANDERING?


Headlines



The 2024 field braces for a ‘devastating’ fall, with dropouts on the horizon

Trump and company liable for fraud in New York lawsuit, judge rules

Hinter Biden received $250k in wire from China in 2019 with beneficiary address listed as Joe Biden’s Delaware home

Michael Cohen: NYC fraud ruling will likely lead to Trump bankruptcy

After Brexit, Britain and Europe enter ever-closer union

‘Killed’ Russian commander appears alive in second video; Belarus says it warns peace in Ukraine

Democrat strategist James Carville: The Western left is habitually the most stupid, naive people you can imagine

Tucker: Abortion not a ‘political debate’ but a ‘spiritual battle’

Strike by Hollywood writers declared over

North Korea says it will expel U.S. soldier Travis King 2 months after he crossed the border

Bankruptcy filings are spiking this year

Judge orders dissolution of Trump organization …


STAND UP FOR AMERICA!


Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Interesting Factoid




The biased judge in the New York AG’s successful lawsuit against the Trump organization accusing it of fraud by overvaluing assets in order to get loans … stated that the fair value of Trump’s Mar-a-Largo estate in Palm Bearch, FL … a 17 acre estate in this prestigious community … is $18 million,


Real estate experts believe it is worth at least 10 times that amount … see:  NY Post story.


Pilgrim, do you suppose that Trump might have reason to appeal this musjudgemdnt?



STAND UP FOR MAR-A-LARGO!


Again I’m an Outlier

 


Many talking heads believe that Joey Mumbles will not be the Democrat presidential nominee a year on November. Whether Gruesome Newson will challenge and win the nomination … or Michelle Obama will be “parachuted in” during the Chicago convention … many are predicting Biden’s ouster.


I’m not currently in this camp for one primary reason — the powerful Biden handlers like their cushy sinecures. And are likely to fight like hell to keep them … and they have lots of levers to pull.


Yes, I admit a Michelle choice might not be such a threat … but not all of Biden’s  posse are Obama acolytes.



STAND UP FOR OUTLIERS!


Virtual Assasinarion




Pilgrim, it seems that everywhere and anywhere any Trump hater, who has a shot, will try to virtually annihilate The Donald … apparently for his trying to make America great again, See: AP story.


Do these virtual assassins not realize that they are destroying themselves?



STAND UP FOR THE DONALD!


Stilton’s Place Pic

 




STAND UP TO JOEY MUMBLES!


Buttered Bread



Are the big three automaker workers’ bread buttered on the Biden side or the Trump side? — Fletcher


STAND UP FOR AUTO WORKERS!


Headlines

 



Meta’s Threads struggles to grow amid rivalry with Elon Musk’s X, ranking ahead of only Tumblr

Report: Adam Schiff earmarked $10 million for defense contractors that donated to his campaign

Biden promised Zelensky long-range ATACMS missiles: Report

Trump urges judge to deny gag order in federal election case

Apple exec Eddy Cur set to testify in Google trial about $19 billion search deal

NY Governor Hochul calls in National Guard to deal with ‘case management’ for migrants

A disaster: Trump warns against automatic voter registration in PA

Pelosi: ‘Probably would be a good idea’ if Menendez resigned

Hunter Biden sues Rudy Giuliani over infamous laptop [which isn’t his]

Biden admin moves to give federal IDs to illegals

Report: U.S. taxpayers subsidize small businesses in Ukraine


STAND UP FOR AMERICA!


Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Suckers We


From Mostly Cajun blog

And I think we are funding the pensions of government workers. … all in all totaling about one third of Ukraine government spending … and more than all other countries combined. Biden must owe this country something?



Afterward: And likely indirectly buying lots of expensive real estate in South Florida …



STAND UP AGAINST SUCKERS!


Apt Analogies



In our political horserace,  Biden voters are betting on a broken-down nag. — Fletcher


And Kamala is a jackass …





STAND UP AGAINST BIDEN!



Nostalgia

 



Here’s looking at you kid …



STAND UP FOR INGRID BERGMAN!

(My first love)


Headlines

 


Why Biden’s strike magic faltered

Amazon to invest up to $4 billion in Anthropic, a rival to ChatGPT developer OpenAI

House GOP leadership struggling to win over conservatives

GOP predicts Biden business received $50 million, $30 million more than shown

Cracking down on Florida schools — with an eye toward China

Russia inflicts ‘significant’ damage on Odesa in attack: Poland tries to ease tensions with Kyiv

More migrant busses are heading to NYC from Texas

Zelensky, Trudeau gave ovation to soldier who fought for Nazi Germany

Newsom and Bass: ‘Grateful’ for breakthrough on Hollywood writers’ strike

Guggenheim upgrades Microsoft, says generative AI ‘too strong’ to ignore

Religious identification among Democrats crashed 20 points since 1999

FEMA to test national emergency system …


STAND UP FOR AMERICA!


Monday, September 25, 2023

More Cute Animals

 

From Woodsterman blog


What a great idea!



STAND UP FOR SELF-SERVICE!


Infrastructure


Not in the USA

In late 2021 the Biden administration passed a $700 billion … a very big number … infrastructure bill. Pilgrim, how much evidence … roads, airports, bridges, tunnels, high-speed rails, etc.  … have you noticed being built almost two years later?


Once more Dems have pulled the ol’ switcheroo …



STAND UP FOR INFRASTRUCTURE!


Moronic Memes

 


Generations thirst to leave their stamp on history by conjuring up one outrageous moronic meme after another. — Fletcher


Gen Z is outdoing themselves …



STAND UP TO MORONIC MEMES!


Headlines

 


McCarthy reverses on Ukraine aid as GOP scrambles on funding bills

Sen. John Fetterman is the first Democrat Senator to tell Sen. bob Menendez to resign

SCOTUS expands pause on Biden admin’s Big Tech censorship efforts

ABCWashPost: Biden poll disaster … Trump leads 52-42% …

Donald Trump calls Rush Sunak ‘smart’ for easing climate targets

Biden to host Pacific Island leaders in U.S. charm offensive against China

Study: Black Lives Matter kills 15 times more people through increased crime than it ‘saves’ from police pulling back 

El Paso, TX at breaking point as migrants flood border, mayor says …

‘It’s everywhere’: Fighting the war against fentanyl

Philippines condemns Chinese ‘floating barrier’ in South China Sea

Pentagon exempts Ukraine aid from potential U.S. government shutdown

AI fantasy fades as Wall St reels from jumping rates …


STAND UP FOR AMERICA!


Sunday, September 24, 2023

A Pernicious Voting Bloc



Young single American women are almost a reliably monolithic Democrat voting bloc. But often their politics evolve once wed.


And so I ask you patriotic Republican men to seek out these women, marry them, raise a family and help save our great Republic from Democrat tyranny.



STAND UP FOR MARRIAGE!


Mostly Cajun Pic

 


Ironic?



STAND UP FOR EDUCATION!


In a Perfect World

 


2 + 3 would always equal 5

 





STAND UP FOR INTEGER MATH!

Babylon Wasp



Karine Jean-Pierre finally has acknowledged the Mexican border crisis … but is now blaming it on the Republicans who failed to get elected in 2020 and 2022.





STAND UP TO BORDER CRISIS!


Whence Halcyon Days?


Pilgrim, will we ever return to the comfort of the pre-social media canceling, pre-COVID pandemic, pre-climate crisis, pre-unending Ukraine war, pre-Biden inflation, pre-Taiwan invasion threat, pre-Trump indictments, pre-Mexican border crisis, pre-Soros sponsored crime wave, pre-anxiety filled gender confusion … when our only worry was nuclear annihilation? — Fletcher


STAND UP FOR HALCYON DAYS!


Gallows Humor



One advantage of flying to Switzerland to partake of its assisted suicide service is … you needn’t buy a round-trip ticket. — Fletcher



STAND UP TO SUICIDE!


Headlines

 


‘This is horrifying’: Top New Jersey Democrats call for Bob Menendez to resign after second indictment

Credit card losses are mounting at the fastest pace since the Great Financial Crisis

Dallas mayor Eric Johnson switches to GOP

Judge blocks California ‘high cap’ magazine ban for 2nd time

Newsom urges SCOTUS to consider encampment ruling that has ‘paralized’ California cities

Biden will travel to Michigan to ‘join the picket line’ of the striking UAW auto workers

UAW expands strike to 38 locations in 20 states

The Don: Shut govt for me!

Rough start for COVID vax rollout

Taiwan raises concerns about situation ‘getting out of hand’ with China drills

Biden’s Venezuelan work permits to bring another million people to U.S.

From Egypt with love … Menendez charged with bribery …


STAND UP FOR AMERICA!


Saturday, September 23, 2023

Existential Threat!



No, it’s not the hysterical climate change hoax … a collision by an asteroid … or even nuclear war … it’s gain-of-function research on deadly pathogens in bio-labs around the world … done by mad scientists. We have learned the hard way with COVID how diabolical such activities can be … yet we continue this insanity. It’s just a matter of time unless we stop this “research” cold …


COVID had a mortality rate of less than 1%. Some of these labs are fucking with viruses (Nipah?) whose mortality rates approach 80%!



STAND UP TO MAD SCIENCE!


Powerline Pic



One, two, three …



STAND UP IN PARIS!


Mismanagemrnt


Pilgrim, any fair-minded person must admit that Democrats make piss poor mayors and governors. Most blue states are poorly run … and Democrat mayors of Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Austin, Newark, Minneapolis, New York City, St. Louis, Los Angeles, Washington, Baltimore, New Orleans, Seattle, Portland, Detroit … and on and on … are disasters … bad schools, high crime, unsanitary streets, high taxes, corruption, deteriorating infrastructure, etc. and, those situated in blue states are allowed to wallow in mismanagement … and it’s not by accident. See: Common Cents blog post.


Which demands the question  … why? Why are these Democrat mayors and governors so inept at running things?


Answer — their ugly ideology controls them.


Afterward: Did I ignore our national government?


After afterward: See Dallas mayor switches to GOP.



STAND UP FOR GOOD GOVERNING!


Equity

 


The greatest champion is no better than the worst loser once in the grave. — Fletcher



STAND UP FOR ULTIMATE EQUITY!


Today’s Poser

 


What did NJ Democrat Senator Robert Menendez (and his wife) do to piss off the Biden administration? See: CNBC story.


Of course the bribery Menendez is alleged to be involved in is penny-ante when compared to that being supposedly hung on Joey Mumbles.


Afterward: Which, in turn, is penny-ante when compared to what I suspect the Obamas had to have hauled in … see: Four Mansions.


After afterward: The Obama fortune is understandably estimated at one billion dollars. Salaries, speaker fees, book deals and the NerFlix gig can’t even account for 1/10 that amount. So do you understand my suspicions?



STAND UP FOR JUSTICE!


Headlines

 


‘Waiting for him to drop out’: DeSantis’ influence nosedives in Florida

House recesses after Defense bill, government funding plan implodes

Biden FTC sued for failing to turn over Elon Musk records

Succession: Rupert Murdoch hands company to son Lachlan

Half a million people, including kids, accidentally dropped from Medicaid

Providers struggle to get latest COVID shots into arms amid early supply issues

Nearly 3/4 of Americans believe the country is becoming a police state

Third IRS agent says Biden’s DOJ blocked Weiss from charging Hunter

Su prevails in her GOP challenge as her status as acting Labor Secretary

U.S. tanks to arrive in Ukraine next week; Zelensky heads to Canada to ask for more aid

McCarthy blocks Zelensky from delivering a joint address to Congress

Over two dozen GOP Senators, lawmakers say no more funding for Ukraine


STAND UP FOR AMERICA!


Friday, September 22, 2023

Powerline Chart

 




STAND UP FOR MAGA!


Babylon Wasp



During his recent trip to America, Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife had dinner at the White House. Afterwards, it was discovered that two place settings of the James Monroe  silverware had gone missing.





STAND UP FOR SILVERWARE!


Soul Selling



Today, America’s administrative state appears so corrupt that anyone achieving a position of power must have sold their soul dozens of times.


And why is this so? Simple … no one is held accountable … except on Trump-ed up charges.


When was the last resignation rather than bend to corruption … Elliot Richardson?



STAND UP TO CORRUPTION!


A Reminder


Pilgrim, with all the back and forth surrounding the slow-walk of the Hunter Biden investigation by then-Deputy AG David Weiss … that allowed the statute of limitations to run out on Hunter not paying $1.5 mullion of taxes … and Deputy AG Leslie Wolfe’s outrageous interference in the investigation … a whole lot took place under AG Bull Barr’s watch.

Bill Barr is no better than Merrick Garland … only more devious.



STAND UP TO BILL BARR!