Quotable Quote

“The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth.” — H.L. Mencken

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Carnac

 

The Answer: Piccalilli

The Question: What is a no-no at a funeral?

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Headlines

 

FBI zeros in on video of officer who died after Capitol riot

Covid updates: New group could be eligible for stimulus payments, J&J details severe vaccination reactions

CPAC crowd applauds as Rep. Gaetz rips Liz Cheney

Biden: We’re using Trump facility, but ‘different’ from kids in cages

FDA panel endorses Johnson & Johnson vaccine in 22-0 vote

Dow drops more than 460 points to end losing week on rate fears

Dems refuse moment of silence request for Rush Limbaugh

Twitter wants you to pay people to read their social-media posts

House passes Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package

U.S. says Saudi crown prince approved Khashoggi killing, imposes visa restrictions on 76 Saudis

Biden travels to Texas to view winter storm damage

Adam Schiff: Biden’s notification of Syrian air strike was ‘inadequate’

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Today’s Poser

 

I know it’s impolite to ask ... but I can’t help but to wonder if Rush Limbaugh regretted in his latter days his addiction to fine cigars? — Fletcher

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Fun Stuff

 

When (maybe the more operative word is “if”) President Biden holds his first press conference, wouldn’t it be a barrel of laughs if some wag reporter asked him to recite his Cabinet team ... and why he picked them? (My bet on the over/under: 3)

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Headlines

Liberal group targets Republicans who voted to overturn 2020 election

The bond market is betting on a red hot economy and stocks don’t like it

De Blasio calls for probe to investigate Gov. Cuomo’s sexual harassment allegations

Report: China subjected U.S. diplomats to anal coronavirus tests

McConnell would support Trump if he got 2024 nomination

$15 minimum wage not allowed in Biden’s Covid relief bill, Senate official says

GOP Rep. demands Biden admin disclose secret Iran talks with China

Xavier Becerra refuses to name an abortion restriction he supports

Facebook’s ‘Supreme Court’ to receive new powers

Boeing 777 makes emergency landing in Moscow after engine sensor problem

Where’s Joe?

DHS officials warn of migration crisis

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Obvious Truth

 

All organisms on earth, including humans, are carbon-based life forms. Yet, somehow our politicians have convinced many of us that carbon is evil and needs to be eliminated. Are we stark-raving crazy?

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Fractured Defnition

 

Twit— the official internal title for the CEO of Twitter ... Jack Dorsey (aka Chief Twit).

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Headlines

 

Biden reverses Trump visa ban on legal immigration

Covid passports are being considered. Health experts and rights groups are deeply concerned.

Dem party leaders panic over Gov. Newsom recall effort

Arkansas AG wants to protect women athletes from trans competition

Biden tosses Trump’s classical architecture order

Covid updates: Moderna completes enrollment for trial testing of Covid vaccine for kids 12 and up

Tucker: Biden is lying about the number of illegal immigrants in the U.S.

Mitch McConnell supports Merrick Garland for Attorney General

Dominion Voting Systems takes out ad on conservative radio

Covid variant ‘could undermine all our efforts’ if virus spreads globally, CDC director says

House Dems ask Biden to give up sole authority to launch nuclear weapons

Poll: Nearly 16% of generation Z identify as LGBT

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Today’s Poser

John Kerry, AOC and St. Greta, how about this ... if, because of your green energy programs, we are able to reduce our CO2 levels to near zero in thirty years ... what are our plants going to use for food? And, without plants, then what will we have to sustain our 8 billion selves?

Aren’t you boneheads asking us to commit mass suicide? Huh?

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Headlines

 

Election officials defended the 2020 vote. In 2022 they’ll have to defend themselves.

Bitcoin bounces back, surging above $50,000 after more buying by Square

Illinois becomes first state to sign law banning cash bail

AOC on Joe Biden opening migrant holding facility, ‘This is not okay’

How the White House botched the Neera Tanden nomination

Tiger Woods is ‘awake, responsive and recovering’ after car crash and emergency surgery

Jerome Powell pledges low rates until U.S. economy is at full employment

U.N. Guterres — ‘White supremacy’  is a ‘transnational threat’

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet and activist, dies at 101

Weekly mortgage application  volume drops 11% as rates spike and Texas power outages hurt demand

White House concurs with John Kerry that we’re all doomed in 9 years

Bombshell book exposes deep corruption within American media

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The Politics of Disorder

 

The United States is in a bit of a mess ... unnerving disorder everywhere. 

We had a pandemic with “scientific” mandates constantly contradicting the previous ones ... to the point where most of us knew not where to turn. Questionable lockdowns have destroyed much of our small business infrastructure.

Then liberal mayors and governors celebrated  a “summer of love” where BLM and Antifa gangs were allowed ... even encouraged ... to ravage our cities as threats of things to come.

Then the drive-by media and Big Tech conspired to shape the news to increase our angst level though hysteria, news suppression and phony numbers.

Next, came the dog’s breakfast of a presidential election where chaos erupted in six battleground states ... distracting from the malfeasance that was taking place in the shadows.

And this was followed by two months of our courts and law inforcement agencies averting their eyes from this disarray. They had no appitite for tidying things up.

Finally came the January 6th Capitol protest which magnified a melange of disturbances into an “insurrection” requiring the National Guard ... after the fact ... to protect us from white nationalists.

Pilgrim, do you begin to see a pattern here?  The left has been using social discombobulation as a way of pushing forward its unpopular agenda while the rest of us are distracted?

To this humble blogger, it is a plain as day.

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Coca Cola

 

Not living up to its new corporate motto, “Try to be less white.”

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Headlines

 

Congress gets first chance for answers about Jan. 6 insurrection

Electric vehicle firm Lucid Motors to go public in $11.8 billion SPAC deal

Merrick Garland won’t commit to releasing Durham report to public

Catholic League blasts Equality Act as ‘anti-Christian’

Johnson & Johnson says it can provide 20M vaccine doses by late March

The market is getting nervous about Powell’s testimony this week

SCOTUS to review Trump’s ‘public charge’ immigration rule

WHO blames Donald Trump for 100,000 Covid deaths under Biden

Cuomo approval drops in new poll, but remains strong

U.S. surpasses 500,000 Covid deaths after yearlong battle with pandemic

Biden plan would effectively abolish ICE

Thomas dissent in election [SCOTUS]  cases: ‘Our fellow citizens deserve better’

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Orange orchard ... remarkable productivity!

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Groupthink

 

Groupthink is very comfortable and convenient ... but often wrong-headed and dangerous. It is easily recognized by the smug self-assurance with which it is uttered. — Fletcher

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Headlines

Italian ambassador to Congo killed in attack on U.N. convoy

Biden administration to revise PPP small business loans to reach smaller, minority firms

White House refuses to condemn  Cuomo over nursing home coverup

Mike Pence declined CPAC invitation, Trump accepted

Collins to oppose Tanden for OMB, further jeopardizing her nomination

Goldman revises oil forecast, sees jump to $72 this year for U.S. prices

Scientists warn WHO’s coronavirus origin probe is often wrong and dangerous.

Stephen Moore: Biden’s climate change policy erases U.S. energy independence

FAA orders Boeing to inspect 777s after emergency

Covid live updates: UK to announce lockdown exit plans; Biden expands reach of PPP loans to minority firms

Poll: Nearly half of Republicans would leave to join a Trump-created third-party

Gates on climate change: 2050 the ‘soonest realistic date’ for change

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Quotable Quote

 

A country that treats its people like dogs will eventually have to muzzle them all or suffer the consequences. — Confucius

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Stupid Is That Stupid Does

Apparently at least in Maine and Massachusetts ... if there is not enough wind to turn the wind-turbine blades ... these states often actually USE electricity to accomplish this face-saving exercise. Yikes! Stupid is that stupid does!

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Headlines

 

The jockeying to replace Neera Tanden has begun

Biden declares major disaster in Texas, more than 14 million told to boil water after power failure

Biden’s NatSec and China policy dDirectors served as fellows at CCP-funded center

Catholic Bishops clash with Biden over Equality Act

Boris Johnson: British adults to be vaccinated by July 31

Elon Musk says Bitcoin seems high after surpassing $1 trillion market value

Biden’s ‘relief’ bill includes $130B more in aid despite billions in aid last year going unspent

Trump to speak ar CPAC next week

U.N. nuclear chief in Iran as it threatens to remove watchdog cameras

U.S. condemns fatal shootings of Myranmar protesters, calls on military to end violence

Democrats plan to bring back earmarks 10 years after Republicans banned them

Planned Parenthood sues South Carolina over ‘heartbeat’ abortion law

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Turning Point

 

Before he died, Rush Limbaugh would often decry the fact that America still has large numbers of those who apologized for their country. He continually urged a national coming together like we had done to win World War Two ... a turning point ... a national epiphany.

The irony of his wish is perhaps, just perhaps, that the shock of Rush’s passing and the legacy of his patriotic teachings ... might have started this process.

Just perhaps ...

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Today’s Poser

 

I thought for sure Melania and Donald Trump would be devorced by now... isn’t this what the pundits predicted (wished)?

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Proud Mom ...

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Headlines

 

Alexei Navalny’s appeal rejected by Moscow court

As the tech industry looks for the next big thing after smartphones, all eyes are on Apple

Support for Biden’s handling of pandemic falls

China may curb rare earth exports to cripple U.S. defense industry

Report: Ghislaine Maxwell refused to help find Clinton tapes

9 Oath Keepers charged with sweeping conspiracy for role in Capitol insurrection

Bitcoin hits $1 trillion in market value as cryptocurrency surge continues

Merkel says the pandemic will not end until whole world is vaccinated

Judge tosses Nunes’ libel suit against CNN

Joe Manchin will oppose Biden’s budget pick Neera Tanden, jeopardizing her confirmation

Texas Democrats warn that Latinos oppose Biden’s Open Door policies

Cotton calls on U.S. to ban Chinese investments in Hollywood film and TV studios

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Obvious Truths

Global warming is a gigantic controlling hoax.

President Biden is on a downward cognitive path.

China is not a friend of freedom-loving peolple.

Politicians are most often just out for themselves.

Rush Limbaugh had the ear of tens of millions of Americans.

Free speech and free thought are on life support.

The 2020 presidential election was rigged by the establishment uniparty.

Internal combustion engines will NOT disappear by the end of the century ... if ever.

Donald Trump is a true patriot and powerful strategic thinker.

Democrats are no longer the party of the working class.

Big Tech is worse than the industrial trusts of Teddy Roosevelt’s time.

Neither political party is fiscally responsible.

“Without secure borders you don’t have a country.”

Iran wants a nuclear weapon above all ... no matter what it says.

Our allies always have their hands out.

Coronavirus was purposely unleashed on the world by China.

Democrat governance is generally the worst kind.

John Kerry is the epitome of a pompous ass.

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Headlones

 

U.K. Supreme Court rules Uber drivers are workers

Rise in treasury yields prompts speculation of a ‘tantrum’ for markets

Biden offers to restart Iran nuclear talks

Joe Biden calls Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on day six of winter storm

Biden tells governors: Minimum wage hike unlikely

Citidel’s Griffen says firm doesn’t use personnel information from retail traders

House Dems draft bill to ban ‘twice impeached’ presidents from burial at Arlington Cemetary

Democrats aim to block Trump name from appearing on federal projects

GOP’s Thune says Trump allies engaging in ‘cancel culture’

Existing home sales rise slightly in January, but record low supply weighs on market

NASA Rover successfully lands on Mars, completing 300-million-mile journey

Biden plan provides amnesty to deported illegal aliens abroad

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Obvious Truth

 

Logical argument is wasted on those ideologues who can’t differentiate between elbow macaroni and Kim Kardashian posterior. — Fletcher

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Hadlines

 

De Blasio rips ‘bullying’ Cuomo over nursing home controversy

How $165 billion in default student debt impacts forgiveness calculations

Texas Governor bans natural gas companies from exporting fuel out of state

Left mocks Rush Limbaugh, celebrates passing with #RestinPiss

U.S. jobless claims jump to 861,000 as layoffs stay high

Why Warren Buffet and David Tepper are loading up on energy stocks

Leader McCarthy further aligns himself as Trump as McConnell distances himself

Biden administration considers reparations

Conservatives launch crusade to ban earmarks forever

Texas outages hit water supplies as thousands struggle for fourth day

Pelosi taps anti-Republican retired Atmy general to  review Capitol siege

New York City schools asks parents to rank their ‘whiteness’

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Obvious Truth

 

Texas is now in a deep freeze because of global warming. What! Are we woke stupid ... or just environmental bubbleheads?

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Carnac

 

The Answer: Lickety-split

The Question: How fast did Michael Douglas get his tongue cancer?

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Headlines

 

Epic Games hits Apple with new antitrust complaint, this time in Brussels

Elon Musk’s SpaceX raised $850 million, jumping valuation to about $74 billion

‘Political hack’ — Trump slams McConnell in statement

Biden: Former military, police fueling ‘growth of white supremency’ groups

Judge refuses to ban Capitol riot suspect from Twitter and Facebook

Millions still without power in Texas a full day into major freeze, residents are angry

Largest county in Georgia fires election director

Biden falsely claims we didn’t have vaccine when he took office ...

Poll:  Mitch McConnell underwater -15%,  Donald Trump favoravility +75% 

Hoyer: ‘Bipartisan’ earmarks comeback in the offing

Mortgage demand falls further as rates rise at the fastest pace in months

Raskin: gun controls a priority

Accidental blast during bomb making class kills 30 Taliban fighters

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Bank non-Robbery

This TIME Magazine article was a bit of a shocker. Please read it first before we go on.

Basically this article brags about how well a combination of the media, the Deep State, Hollywood, local Democrat operatives, Big Tech, establishment Republicans and, oh yes, the Biden campaign ... all conspired to get Trump defeated. In fact, the article actually called it a “cabal.”

It doesn’t claim any election fraud ... but nudges right up against this admission. And, in order to display this reluctant admission, let me offer the following bank robbery analogy:

You have reconnoitered the richest bank in the city ... comings and going’s ... when new money is delivered, etc.

You have “acquired” a fast getaway car.

You have bribed the bank guards to take an extra-long lunch.

You have set off an alarm in the local police station to respond to the far side of its precinct.

You have donned face masks and hoodies.

BUT YOU DO NOT INTEND TO ROB THIS BANK!

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EV Realities

 

“I await the day when an 18-wheeler goes up a mountain on battery power.” — T. Boone Pickens

Tesla “claimed” travel range — 250 to 400 miles

Recharging time using household (110 volts) current — 3 miles of range per hour of charging

Using 220-volt current —25 miles of range for every hour of charging

Cost tor full recharge — $30 minimally ... generally a lot more

Cold weather (like we have now) reduces travel range by at least 50%

(Source: Barry Armstrong, a Tesla owner)

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Rush Limbaugh

 

RIP to a legend ...

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Jellyfish

Mitt Romney, John Bolton, Liz Cheney, Mitch McConnell, Jeff Sessions, Bill Barr, Christopher Wray, Lisa Murkowski, John Roberts, Nikki Haley, Susan Collins, Matt Drudge, Rex Tillerson, Charlie Baker, Pat Toomey, Ben Sasse, Bill Cassidy, Chris Christie, Richard Burr, Adam Kinzinger, Fred Upton, Tom Rice, Dan Newhouse, Jeff Flake, Larry Hogan, David Valadao, Anthony Gonzalez, John Katko, Jamie Herera-Beutler, Chris Wallace, Mike Kelly,  Kevin McCarthy, Paul Ryan and many too many more!

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Puffer fish skeleton ...

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Headlines

 

Covid launches DeSantis into GOP ‘top tier’

Oil hits pandemic high as winter storm pushes demand and poses production risk

Parler returns

Kamala contradicts Fauci on vaccine: ‘Starting from scratch’

1 killed, 5 injured in rocket strike near U.S. base in Iran

Bitcoin hits record high of nearly $50,000 as major firms flock to crypto

House GOP leaders demand answers from Pelosi on why she declined request for National Guard ahead of January 6

Utah GOP weighing censure against Romney over impeachment vote

Cuomo apologizes for ‘void’ in information, not for nursing home decision

Pelosi announces independent 9/11-style commission on deadly Capitol riot

Biden set to swing 9th Circuit Court back to the left

Photos: Millions without power in Texas as winter storm slams U.S.

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9/11 Commission

 

There have been calls ... from both sides of the Congressional aisle ... to have a “9/11 commission” to determine what exactly happened on January 6th at the Capitol?  Of course the horse is not just out of the barn ... but it has gone around the track twice and is in the meadow chasing a mare.

Things to watch for if this commission comes about:

- Is it truly bipartisan ... or does Pelosi, or her cutout, pick the members?

- Will it have subpoena powers?

- Will Pelosi, Schumer and DC Mayor Bowser testify UNDER OATH?

- Will the political affiliation of all the arrested violent protesters be revealed?

- Were any guns confiscated from any arrested Trumpers?

- What foreknowledge did the FBI have of this pending attack ... and who was so warned and when? What was their response?

- And a whole host more ...

Lacking these items, this commission  will be another whitewash hoax.

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Carnac

 

The Answer: Polar vortex

The Question: What is the brand name of a waterproof fabric made from Arctic bears?

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Headlines

 

Biden’s economic point man draws praise — and pushback

GOP Senators who voted to convict Trump  facing backlash in their home states

Minneapolis boosts police funding after ‘defunding the police’ predictably backfires

Graham: McConnell ‘put a load on the back of Republicans’

Sen. Klobuchar on Trump’s political future

Pro-Navalny ‘flashlight’ protetts light up Russian cities

India is set to become vital Covid vaccine maker — perhaps second only to the U.S.

YouTube censors latest Project Veritas video: ‘He’s done’

United Kingdom backs Biden’s call for China to release data on coronavirus origin

Israeli study shows 94% deep in symptomatic Covid-19 cases with Pfizer vaccine

Sen. Graham: ‘I don’t see how Kamala Harris doesn’t get impeached’ when GOP retakes House

Biden’s DHS expected to release 25.6K migrants into Texas, California

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Today’s Posers

St. Greta ... what can we do when, because of the polar vortex, our wind turbines are frozen shut and all our solar panels are covered in snow? Will you accept responsibility for those who are freezing as a consequence? Huh? (You too Patrician Kerry?)

Afterward ... see: Junk Science blog.

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Today’s Poser

I doubt it ... but can the discovery of the Democrat’s doctoring impeachment trial evidence ... Andrew Cuomo’s denouement ... Gavin Newsom’s recall ... and the Lincoln Project’s unraveling ... all be part of Donald Trump’s quiet revenge?

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Carnac

 

The Answer: Lip service

The Question: What was Monica Lewenski’s claim to fame?

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Headlines

 

White House press aide resigns after threatening POLITICO reporter

Russians set for candle-lit Valentines Day protests after Navalny jailing

Crazy Nancy goes insane after impeachment witch hunt goes down in flames

57 vote guilty, 43 not guilty ...

Graham to meet with Trump to talk future of GOP

New Zealand locks down Auckland after 3 new local Covid-19 cases

Ric Grenell considering run for California governor

LA GOP unamiously vote to censure Sen. Bill Cassidy for guilty vote

White House demands transparency from WHO, China on early Covid findings

The GameStop mania might be over, but retail investors look here to stay

Harvard Center attacking coronavirus lab theory has extensive ties to CCP

Billionaires ready to fund Biden’s 2021 refugee surge

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Impeachment Trial

After Trump’s DC protest speech

Nancy Pelosi decided to impeach.

She tried every guile

Both cunning and vile,

But a conviction she could not reach.

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Today’s Poser

 

Can we trust teachers ... who won’t teach our children ... to teach our children?

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