Saturday, July 31, 2021

Olympic Update



Olympic volleyball … Japan vs. Brazil


STAND WAY UP FOR JAPAN!


Dedicated to AOC


A lament from Kermit … but it can be very profitable!


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Powerline Pic




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Schmutz



Joe had yellow schmutz on his chin.

He inspected it without any chagrin.

He liked what he saw,

Popped it in his craw …

A move that’s impossible to spin.


For the video, see: Powerline blog.


STAND UP FOR SCHMUTZ!


Headlines

 


A liberal Michigan town struggles to get past “Defund the Police”

Euro zone economy expands 2% in 2nd quarter, rebounding from recession

Capitol police ordered to arrest anyone who disobeys Crazy Nancy’s mask mandate

New poll shows Biden approval in full on nose dive

GOP lawmaker challenges McCarthy over ‘bull——‘ mask mandate enforcement

Treasury yields fall ahead of inflation and employment cost data

Arizona auditors complete third and final ballot recount

Biden endorses $100 payment for Americans to get coronavirus vaccine

U.S. jobless claims down 24,000 to 400,000 as economy recovers

Tesla Megapack caught fire at Victorian Big Battery site in Australia

Biden’s economy: GDP growth comes in well below expectations

Feds: Los Zetas cartel tried to buy $500k in grenades, machine guns in Texas border city


STAND UP FOR AMERICA!


Friday, July 30, 2021

Obvious Truth

 


Anytime either party in a debate refuses to engage and rebut an argument with facts and logic … but instead sinks to personal slurs and innuendo … it is no longer a debate … and should be dismissed as such. — Fletcher


But but, what about Trump, you say. He constantly berated his opponents in “debates.” True enough … yes, but these things billed as debates were … and are just political pissing contests. And Trump’s big asset was his ability to “punch back” … a rare commodity among conservatives. Yes, he was often unfair … but so were his opponents. He is still hated on the left for this talent … with a white-hot passion. “You on the right are not allowed to do what we do! “

But this is also why he is loved by so many of the rank and file righties … but eschewed by the RINOs. “This is not gentlemanly!” Well, Mitt Romney was a gentlemanly doormat … and Republicans suddenly decided that winning was worth seeing Pelosi’s bulging forehead veins.

And besides, Trump loved his country … made a lot more common sense … and could deliver the goods.


STAND UP FOR ENGAGEMENT!


LOL

 


                                                  Found on Mostly Cajun


Afterward: This is obviously a figurative comment. If it were Michelle, it might be literal.


STAND UP FOR GENDER FLUID!

 

Cancel Culture Candidate



It’s only a matter of time before finding humor in poor eyesight is deemed verboten.


(Says one with poor eyesight.)


STAND UP FOR MR. MAGOO!


Headlines

 


‘Huge disappointment’ in Europe over Biden’s continuing travel ban

Senate votes to advance bipartisan infrastructure bill as Democrats forge ahead with economic agenda

Biden DOJ threatens to sue states returning to pre-pandemic election regulations

Climate scientist warns ‘Next 20-30 years will be cold’

New York to mandate vaccines or weekly testing for state workers, Cuomo says

Tsunami alerts for Alaska coastline canceled following 8.2 magnitude earthquake

Former FDA commissioner: New CDC mask guidance doesn’t make sense

Pelosi goes after Biden, says he does not have the power to cancel student debt

Abbott aims to restrict illegals travel through Texas, citing Covid-19 infections

Fed edged toward revising its easing policies, but it might move slower than some expect

National Police Association slams partisan January 6th probe

GOPs on January 6: ‘Do we have political prisoners here in America?’


STAND UP FOR AMERICA!


Thursday, July 29, 2021

Is Xi Covering Mao?


I have previously surmised that the possible Achilles heel of the current Chinese Communist regime, led by president-for-life Xi Jinping, will probably be a flawed decision … driven home by Xi’s autocratiic ego … much like Mao’s Great Leap Forward that set China back for decades.


This flawed decision might be Xi’s crackdown on China’s burgeoning technology companies. First, he sat on AliBaba’s  (Amazon equivalent) Jack Ma, just the richest man in China (next to Xi?) and forced him underground for 3 months.  Next in the barrel might be Tencent,  China’s internet gaming, social media and AI company …  see:  CNN Article


If these and other government crackdowns are avatars of a possible future nationalization of China’s private enterprises (Xi is a Communist after all), it clearly will stifle innovation … that extraordinary benefit that the toe-in-the-water capitalism has brought to China.


If this is on Xi’s agenda, I will sleep a lot better at night … here’s hoping!


STAND UP FOR XI’S EGO!


Quotable Quote


                                  Satan’s Little Helper


As the long-time director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci did not think to prepare his country for a pandemic. Instead, he thought it would be a lot more fun to abet one. — Fletcher


STAND UP FOR ACCOUNTABILITY!


News Flash!

 


8.2 Magnitude Earthquake On Alaska Peninsula … Trans-Racist Global Warming Blamed


Afterward: Never really notice before how small St. Greta’s ears were. Maybe why she has such selective hearing?


STAND UP FOR ST. GRETA!


Carnac

 


The Answer: Taiwan


The Question; How does Whispering Joe Biden say “tie one on?” (Possibly referring to Hunter?)


SIT DOWN FOR JOE BIDEN!


Headlines

 


‘He’s a great guy’: Trump’s favored aide has a troubled past

Apple’s iPhone hot streak is about to run into the global chip shortage

CDC goes all-in on mask mandates — tells the vaccinated to mask up

Former Olympian opens up about the crazy amount of sex in the Olympic Village

Newsom pulls kids from summer camp after maskless revelation

UBS warns that it is not time to bottom fish in the Chinese markets yet

Debunked claims about death of Capitol police officer Sicknick re-emerge at Pelosi’s Jan 6 committee hearing

CDC flip flops again, now recommends vaccinated Americans mask up in certain indoor settings

Democrats press Biden to extend evictions ban

GOP’s Jake Ellzey wins House seat over Trump-backed rival Susan Wright

50,000 illegals released into U.S. without a court date

Democrat donor found guilty of injecting gay men with drugs, causing two deaths


STAND UP FOR AMERICA!


Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Plants Look Familiar?


                                                      reddit Pic


An Elysian field in the Indian section of the Himalayas …


STAND UP FOR MARY JANE!


Quotable Quote



Achieving perfection is an anomaly in an imperfect world. — Fletcher


STAND UP FOR pERFECTION!


Quotable Quote

 


I know people so Covid paranoid that, if they sneeze, they want to quarantine everyone on their neighborhood block for a month. — Fletcher


STAND UP FOR COMMON SENSE!


Headlines

 


Koreas restore communications channels, agree to improve ties

American Airlines warns about jet fuel shortage around the U.S., asks pilots to conserve

Hunter Biden art dealer’s ties to China exposed

Five people, including deputy, are killed in [California] shootout

 Africa warns to produce Covid vaccine — and Big Pharma’s not happy

Americans are ‘mixing and matching’ Covid vaccines over concerns about delta variant

Arizona senate issues subpoena for Maricopa county routers for 2020 audit

Labor unions spent nearly $2 billion over 2020 election cycle, study finds

Ken Paxton for Texas: Trump endorses scandal-plagued attorney general

Global shipping industry disrupted again, this time by floods in Europe and China

Psaki gets through another presser without answering any questions

ACLU backs NJ woman fined for ‘F—- Biden’ signs


STAND UP FOR AMERICA!


Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Quotable Quote

 


No matter how diligent and controlling the malign players are … in the end … the truth always seeps out. — Fletcher


STAND UP FOR THE TRUTH!


Quotable Quote

 


Every time I pause over a Trump clear but hyperbolic statement, I stop and recall the many demagogic or confused nonsense that Whispering Joe constantly spouts. I’m not kidding! I’m not kidding! I’m not kidding! — Fletcher


STAND UP FOR CONTRAST!


Today’s Poser



Its last pandemic worked out so well that China is building three more Wuhan-style virology labs to continue helping humanity solve our population problem — see: NY Post story!


Will Fauci be named their Grand Poobah Overlord?


Afterward: I woke up this morning with this thought — far worse than our funding gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab was our aiding them in learning this technology. Do many of our senior virologists have coconuts for their heads? Or was Fauci so powerful with his grant checkbook that he bullied them into this insanity?


STAND DOWN FOR PANDEMICS!


Fractured Definition

 


Cryptocurrency — the pennies once used on dead peoples’ eyes


STAND UP FOR BITCOIN?


Headlines

 


‘We’re f—-ed’: Dems fear turnout catastrophe from GOP voting laws

U.S.-China meeting off to a tense start as Beijing official says relations are in a ‘stalemate’

Poll finds 1.8 million Americans have turned down jobs to stay on unemployment

‘My last term’: Tim Scott won’t run for senate after 2022, stays mum on 2024 presidential run

French senate approves vaccine pass; despite violent protests; German politicians divided

Bitcoin tops $39,000 for the first time in  nearly six weeks, adding $114 billion to crypto market

Biden wastes $2 billion halting border wall construction

Gov. Abbott: Biden’s plan is catch and release — Texas plan is catch and jail

Premier: Iraq doesn’t need U.S. combat troops

Treasury yields start the week lower with Fed meeting in focus

Baltimore PD requests federal officers to help fight crime

DOJ drops charges against China military members


STAND UP FOR AMERICA!


Monday, July 26, 2021

Obvious Truth

 


There is a well-known neurosis called Obsessive Cleaning Disorder (OCD) … we all known a sufferer. It is but a short step to climate crusaders who want to eliminate CO2 from our atmosphere … like AOC or St.Greta … only it too often borders on a psychosis!


STAND UP FOR CO2!


Olympic Update

 


Staying with the wokeness of today’s jock sniffers, I am appalled at how few African-Americans there are on the U.S. Olympic swin teams! This cannot be allowed to stand … as it doesn’t represent our country and the Biden’s administration’s commitment to equity (equal outcomes)!


And yet, what’s with the U.S. men’s Olympic basketball team?




“”It all evens out in the end.” — the  archetypical Mother


STAND UP FOR EQUITY?


Obvious Truth



Dr. Fauci has done more to discredit science than the Pope who excommunicated Galileo. — Fletcher


STAND UP FOR GALILEO!


Headlines

Freustrated local health officials want Biden admin to butt out of vaccine push

China’s digital yuan could pose challenge to U.S. dollar

Bipartisan group of lawmakers call on IOC to pull 2022 Winter Olympics from Beijing

JD Vance blames the ‘childless Left’ for the decline of the American family

Thousands defy Obran with festive Pride parade backing gay rights in Hungary

Cramer on U.S.-listed China shares: ‘You can’t own these stocks’

Biden DHS cancels another 31 miles of border wall in Texas

China seethes at NBC for showing ‘incomplete’ map missing Taiwan in Olympic opening ceremony

White House backs Cleveland Guardians name change

Covid cases are rising again in all 50 states across the U.S. as delta variant tightens its grip

Pennsylvania senator to seek subpoenas for 2020 audit

Jab up or pay up! NFL will fine unvaccinated players


STAND UP FOR AMERICA!


Sunday, July 25, 2021

Today’s Poser



My granddaughter has tested positive for Covid … twice … and will likely be tested one or two more times before she presents as negative. Will she be listed in our official pandemic statistics as multiple cases … since I doubt that many states have the time or methodology for cross-checking for duplicate incidents?


STAND UP FOR GOOD DATA!


Pandemic Pragmatism


My granddaughter, unvaccinated because she is under the age of 12, had 
a slight fever one day after a trip down south. A few days later in order to go to summer camp, she took a Covid test. She tested positive. And now again  in a follow-up test.


Her unvaccinated good friend also had a slight fever at the same time. She recently tested negative for Covid. 


My under-12 granddaughter’s twin sister, having no symptoms, also tested negative … also just recently a second negative one.


My vaccinated daughter, the mother of the twins has not shown any symptoms and has very recently tested negative …  twice.


My fully-vaccinated wife, who has been suffering all the symptoms of Covid … like a bad Summer cold … has strangely also tested negative.


I, also fully  vaccinated, have shown no symptoms and therefore have not been tested.


This is a complicated decision tree. What is the correct course of action? Take the regimented approach and quarantine everyone for two weeks? Or, use common sense and quarantine the only sick one for two weeks after he first slight fever? (Why not 12 days … or 16 days?)


STAND UP FOR PRAGMATICS!



German Flooding

 

                                                From Powerline blog


Those who forget history are bound to repeat what climate-change idiots say. — Fletcher



STAND UP FOR HISTORY!

Quotable Quote

 


“I used to be so self-conscious, that when I attended a football game, every time the players went into a huddle, I thought they were talking about me.” — Jackie Mason, RIP


STAND UP FOR REAL COMEDY!


Olympics Update

 


The U.S. rogue women’s soccer team lost to Sweden 3-zip to the delight of many Americans. After all, if U.S. players won’t root for their country, why should their country root for them?


STAND UP FOR AMERICA!


Headlines

 


Virus resurgence menaces economy just as rescue programs unravel

China orders Tencent to give up exclusive music liscensing rights as crackdown continues

Biden administration’s Critical Race Theory agenda faces early legal setbacks

U.S. Women’s Soccer Team blasted for ‘disgraceful’ protest

China sanctions Wilbur Ross, others in response to U.S. warnings on Hong Kong

The rapid growth that the U.S. has been experiencing is about to hit a wall

NSA confirms that they unmasked Tucker Carlson

Jobless claims unexpectedly jump 51,000 to 419,000

Trump ally Tom Barrack set to be released on $250 million bond

Appeals court blocks CDC’s restrictions on cruises in win for Florida

Biden’s infrastructure plan would cost $225,000 per job created

Poll: Arizona Republicans believe Trump won


STAND UP FOR AMERICA!


Saturday, July 24, 2021

Dodging a Bullet


Many years ago I was asked to drive my wealthy step-father from Tryon, North Carolina to Duke University Hospital in Durha, NC for shock treatment to relieve his severe depression. Without hesitation, I flew down to Tryon (actually Greenville, SC to be precise) and performed this family duty for my ailing  mother.


After the successful trip returning him to Tryon, a now less depressed step-father confessed to me that all the way up to Durham, he had to resist the urge to open the car door and leap out of our speeding car.


In retrospect, I clearly dodged a bullet then … because I am reasonably certain that I would have come under suspicion … particularly from his non-step children …  for somehow causing his death … because of the benefits that would have accrued to me as a consequence of his pre-deceasing my mother.


Funny how life works.


STAND UP FOR LIFE’S VAGARIES!


Powerline Pic

 


Sound like some of the comments on this blog?


STAND DOWN FOR SNIPING!


Obvious Truth



The corruption in our federal government is now so widespread and venal that its agencies don’t even try to disguise their violations of the people’s trust anymore … for they know that our justice system is even more fetid. — a saddened Fletcher


STAND UP FOR AMERICA!

Obvious Truth

 


Life can be easily uplifted … try a puppy … or a smile … or better yet, a smiling puppy.


STAND UP FOR PUPPIES!


Headlines

 


Mississippi asks Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade

Earnings season has been great so far with profit margins holding up in the face of inflation

Democrats are still trying to abolish ICE

‘Giving up our rights as U.S. citizens’: Texas mayor predicts 2 million illegal immigrants will cross the border in 2021

Senate panel backs $25B Pentagon  budget boost

Another group of U.S. listed China stocks are plunging as Beijing regulators are clamping down

Pelosi: There will be no bipartisan infrastructure bill without reconciliation package

Shooting erupts in popular area of DC

U.S. and Germany have Nord Stream 2 deal, but lack authority to implement it

Delta variant is one of the most infectious respitory diseases known, CDC director says

Peter Daszak’s donors are bankrolling a so-called ‘independent’ COVID commission

DeSantis: Vaccines are saving lives


STAND UP FOR AMERICA!


Friday, July 23, 2021

Powerline Chart

Great Barrier Reef



Data (sometimes) drives out speculation.


STAND UP FOR AUSTRALIA!


Today’s Poser

 


Are the new Covid variants, Delta and Gonna, naturally occuring? Or are they also generous  gifts from China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology?


STAND UP FOR TRANSPARENCY!


Unfortunate Renaming




The Cleveland Indians baseball team has finally succumbed to pressure and changed its name … to the Cleveland Guardians … an unfortunate choice. Kinda like the USC Trojans.


STANDUP FOR CONDOMS!


Quotable Quote




It is very difficult to pursue the “scientific method” when the data upon which you must depend has been manipulated for political purposes.— Fletcher


STAND UP FOR REAL SCIENCE!


Headless

 


Bipartisan infrastructure talks leave Dems’ $3.5T bill in flux

Local officials across the U.S. are starting to expand lockdown rules as delta variant takes hold

McCarthy pulls all GOP picks from Pelosi’s sham Jan 6 commission

‘Let me finish my answer’: Don Lemon turns town hall into a debate over the filibuster

Merick Garland heads to Chicago to tackle surging violence

Europe’s travel industry on knife edge as Covid surges, again

Race relations hit new low under Biden

Gen. Milley refuses to get into debate about ‘white rage’ because it’s too ‘complicated’

China says it is shocked by WHO plan for Covid origin study

Indonesia reports the highest new Covid cases in the world last week, WHO says

McConnell says Republicans won’t vote to raise debt ceiling

Biden predicts CDC will tell those under-12 to mask up at school and suggests age group will be able to get vaccinated ‘soon’


STAND UP FOR AMERICA!


Thursday, July 22, 2021

Obvious Truth



The best way for Fauci always to be right is to take both sides of every issue. — Fletcher


Also see: Powerline post.


STAND UP FOR CONSISTENCY!


Quotable Quote



“The smartest guy I know.” — President Biden


Scumbag in his skivies (with scarf, sneakers and shades). — Fletcher


STAND UNDIES FOR HUNTER!


Politics

 


Politics has invaded history, science, entertainment, race relations, sports, business, even ice cream… just about everything these days. It’s like an acrid fog enveloping  the world … all because an orange-haired prophet briefly did the impossible and drove the elite money-changers from the temple of government.


Then they, the elite, shout, “This cannot stand!” And are trying to destroy the temple rather than cede it to the unwashed just.


STAND UP FOR A NEWER WORLD ORDER!


Today’s Poser



Is it not a little strange that environmentalists are obsessed with achieving pristine surroundings … yet ignore the moral pollution that permeates their daily lives? … perhaps one as a consequence of the other?


STAND UP FOR MORALITY!


Headlines

 


France to soften Covid rules after backlash

WHO warns that the world is going into the ‘early stages of another wave’

Rand Paul slams Dr. Fauci in tense hearing

Rand Paul to send letter to DOJ asking for criminal referral into Dr. Fauci

A migrant hunger strike is shaking Belgium’s government

Life expectancy in the U.S. declined in 2020, especially among people of color

Watchdog: Senior FBI official took free gifts from the media during Trump-Russia probe

Rep. Swalwell spent thousands of campaign dollars on alcohol, fancy restaurants, luxury hotels

Dem official: ‘We don’t know exactly why’ ransomware gang vanished from the web

Volatile interest rates cause mortgage demand to drop

Senate Dems want women to have to register for the draft

Non-violent protester gets 8 months for entering Capitol, hundreds of BLM riot cases dropped


STAND UP FOR AMERICA!


Wednesday, July 21, 2021

Today’s Poser

 


How would you like to be one of the five Republican representatives nominated by Kevin McCarthy to be on Nancy Pelosi’s January 6th Panel … who has not been one of the two rejected for “threatening the integrity of the investigation?” Exactly how would this help your reelection chances?


See also: Powerline blog post.


STAND UP FOR JIM JODEN AND JIM BANKS!


Today’s Poser

 


I can’t help but wonder if those book publishers which give lavish and unrealistic advances to authors who never do come close to selling enough books to cover this cost (e.g., Andrew Cuomo)  … I wonder if they ever cover these losses in some other manner?


STAND UP FOR REMAINDER SALES!