Thursday, March 31, 2022

Apt Analogy

 


The Will Smith-Chris Rock Oscars slapping incident is as overplayed (4 days now) as the race card in a closely-contested Democrat election … a little ironic since both these grandstanders are African-Americans.



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It Dribbles Out



More suggestive evidence of 2020 voter fraud has come forward … see: Powerline Post. Pilgrim, may I suggest that this analysis is important not because the 2020 election can be redone … but because the flaws need to be corrected before we vote again.


John Hinderaker makes the same point I made after the Maricopa, AZ audit … once the mail-in ballot is separated from its envelope … any amount of fraud discovered with the envelope after the fact … cannot be corrected.


Like that movie “Liar, Liar” where Jim Carrey is compelled to blurt out the unvarnished truth … and as we have seen much of lately, Biden’s dementia seems not to allow him to suppress the truth from off-the-cuff comments (Russian regime change, 82nd Airborne into Ukraine, etc., etc.) suggests to me his pre-election bragging about Dems voter fraud preparations was not a slip of the tongue.


As I have said in my blog, why can’t the Biden gang run the country as well as they stole the election?


Even more important … is not the Jan 6 Pelosi Star Chamber just an attempt to squash this inquiry into and correct this massive voter fraud by labeling it an attempt to “overturn the election?” Now you understand … the fraud continues …



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Fractured Definition



Badinage — banter about “15 will get you 20.”  (Not clear that this still applies.)



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Headlines

 


Harris: ‘Lynching is not a relic of the past’

Russia’s pledge to scale back in Ukraine met with skepticism; 4 million have fled war

DOJ preparing for Ray Epps ‘disclosure’

Terror in Tel Aviv … Deadliest in years …

Biden signs bill making lynching a federal hate crime

Germany warns of possible natural gas rationing amid dispute with Russia

NRCC poll: Nancy Pelosi the most unpopular Democrat in the U.S. 

Ukraine strikes in Russia for first time …

McConnell: Biden ‘gaffs’ are creating ‘confusion’

Putin seen as ‘mad dictator’ — he has built powerful barriers to prevent a coup

FBI exec denies knowing whereabouts of Hunter Biden laptop during Congressional grilling

META fraud suit over inflated ad metrics gains ground …


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Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Apt Analogy



Viewing a nuclear war as a climate change problem is like losing your home to arson and decrying it as a lost marshmallow toasting opportunity.



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Headlines

 


European Union ‘ready’ to set up fast-track trade routes for Ukraine

VP Harris to tout corporate giants’ $4.7 billion pledge to minority-owned businesses based near D.C.

Prosecutors advance Hunter Biden’ tax probe

USA admits Russians at border in secret deal with Mexico

Russia shifts forces to try to grind Ukraine’s army in East

‘We will come and we will find you’: U.S. issues warning to anyone helping Russia bypass sanctions

Report: 255,000 excess votes for Biden in key 2020 states

White House records turned over show 7-hour gap in Trump phone log  on Jan. 6 …

Scholz signals EU would help defend Sweden if Russia attacks

Putin should think about the consequences of asking for energy payments in rubles, Germany says

Treasury yields invert for first time since 2006, signaling possible recession looming

Macron scolds Biden for calling Putin ‘butcher’ …


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Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Sin of Omission



If you avoid seeing it or hearing about it, it doesn’t exist. — Fletcher


Pilgrim, have you noticed a major difference between the media on the right versus that on the left? Well, the media on the right is continually showing video clips of the media on the left saying ludicrous things. Whereas the opposite is seldom true from the left. Could this be because the left does not want its unquestioning audience to get a glimpse of the honest truth? Your faithful blogger thinks so.



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Ukraine Deal?



Russia will not lose this war … no matter what it takes.— Vladimir Putin


As of this moment it looks like an agreement might be reached between Putin and Zelensky as to the future of Ukraine. The terms are vague, but it seems Russia will pull back from the siege of the west and Ukraine will guarantee its neutrality and not attempt to join NATO.


This seems a result of America’s and NATO’s preference that this conflict end in a stalemate rather than Russia being humiliated in defeat. This preference has been demonstrated by their slow-walking of military aid to Ukraine (where are the switchblade drones?) And we say Putin is duplicitous!


Based upon Putin’s past (non)adherence to his pacts, Meta (née, Facebook) has decided to deem this a virtual agreement!


POOF!


Afterward: Pilgrim, are you suspecting, like I am, that Biden (and a few other NATOites) might secretly be pulling for Russia? (Blackmail … or maybe even retribution?)



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Today’s Poser

 


Sometimes the tail wags the dog. — Fletcher


Because a very few babies are born with ambiguous sexual plumbing (Michelle?), should gender no longer be assigned to all the other newborn? Seems a little bass ackeards to me …



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Headlines

 


Putin’s useful German idiots

India is snapping up cheap Russian oil, and China could be next

Democrats eye new version of Biden spending bill with Manchin support

Oscars spiral out of control

Much of Shanghai locked down as massive COVID-19 testing begins

Zelensky says Ukraine ready to discuss neutrality; Blinken says U.S. not seeking regime change

Quote of the week: ‘I’m not a biologist’

90,000 American troops on NATO’s eastern front

Supplying Ukraine an ‘evolving conversation’ says U.S. ambassador to NATO

Biden job approval hits lowest point of presidency, most think U.S. headed in wrong direction

College newspaper issues retraction of article because it quoted too many white students

Russians snatching Ukrainians, forcing them into slave labor


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Monday, March 28, 2022

Fixing Things

 


It is very easy to fix things:


1) Stop rewarding bad behavior

2) Stop rewarding those who reward bad behavior



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Today’s Poser

 


Pilgrim, why was it so wrong for President Biden to call for regime change in Russia when most of the world was cheering for regime change when Trump was up for reelection?



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Star Bright



First star I see tonight … I wish that the Biden gang were half as competent at running our country as they were at stealing an election. — Fletcher



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Headlines

 


Biden, off  the cuff, says Putin ‘cannot remain in power’

President Joe Biden to propose new 20% minimum billionaire  tax

Terrorists that Biden removed from terrorist list launch attack against Saudi oil facility

Russia loses 7th general … 16,000 troops dead as Russia faces defeat …

EU foreign policy chief: Iran nuclear deal very close

Hoping to attract Chinese investment, Taliban now preserves Buddhas

U.S. Supreme Court rules against Democrat gerrymandering in Maryland

Sad META world: ‘I went to a fashion show and fell off a yacht and was left in the ocean’ …

Macron says France will spearhead effort to evacuate Mariupol

Ukraine-Russian crisis is driving countries for new ways of pricing oil, Qatar says

Nearly 7 in 10 Americans say Biden’s economy is terrible

Biden planning digital currency. Why you should be worried …


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Sunday, March 27, 2022

Language

 


As almost universally reported, the wife of Clarence Thomas has been accused of urging Mark Meadows to help”overturn” the 2020 presidential election … proving how one word can color the news coverage.


What if instead, the word used in the news was “remedy” rather than “overturn?”


Right again, George Orwell!



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Today’s Poser

 


Over two weeks ago the Biden administration promised to provide Switchblade drones to Ukraine. This pledge has not been fulfilled as of yet. Why not?


Afterward: Perhaps our craven powers in DC would rather Ukraine not win this war … but rather settle for a territory give-up? (Biden may not know this yet.)



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daily timewaster Pic



Meanwhile in Ukraine …



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The Difference



Question : What’s the difference between Joe Biden and a bag of rocks?


Answer: About 150 pounds!



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Headlines

 


Flynn partner wins new trial in foreign-agent case

Biden set to give major speech in Poland; Ukraine’s Zelensky urges energy producers to increase output

Consumer Sentiment craters as hope plumments, inflation expectations hit four decade high

Quota plan may destroy Oscars

Trump D.C. hotel gets OK to sell to Miami investment fund

Mortgage rate soars closer to 5% in second huge jump this week

Senator Manchin backs Biden SCOTUS nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson

Census map: Americans fleeing Los Angeles and moving to Texas …

High court gives Biden win for now in Navy vaccine case

Yemen’s Houthis claim attack on Aramco facility after reports of a huge fire in Saudi city of Jeddah

White House clarifies Biden’s remarks on Russia’s potential use of chemical weapons

Russia no longer in control of strategic city of  Kherson … on brink of major retreat in Kyiv …


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Saturday, March 26, 2022

Make-Believe World



“Just as phony as it can be” — Paper Moon lyrics by Yip Harburg and Billy Rose

Facebook has taken a dramatic turn in its corporate direction … investing possibly billions into the world of the make believe … cryptocurrencies, electronic fungible tokens, virtual reality, computer games and other ephemera … that which  lives entirely within that electronic cage called the computer. And Facebook has even changed its name to “Meta” to emphasize the degree of its commitment to this metaverse.


Those of us who grew up in the real, non-virtual world find this transformation a little strange and unlikely to succeed. But for that sizable population of our youth who spend many hours a day with eyeballs glued to a computer screen … this move makes perfect sense.


We shall see …



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Obvious Truth



When you control the language, you control the politics. — after George Orwell


Having learned a lesson from George Orwell, warmists now use “climate change” as their squishy scaremongering phrase … which means anything they want it to mean. Shameful! — Fletcher



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Powerline Pic



The woke world has finally painted itself into a corner …




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Woodsterman Pics






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Headlines

 


G-7 leaders pledge action to address food shortages caused by war

EU strikes gas deal with U.S. as it seeks to cut irs dependence on Russia

Hunter Biden bio firm partnered with Ukrainian researchers ‘isolating deadly pathogens’ using funds from Obama’s Defense Department

USA will ‘respond’ to [Russian] chemical, biological weapons …

The Florida GOP suddenly has a fight on its hands

EU targets U.S. tech giants with new rule book aimed at cutting their dominance

USA Today ‘fact checker’: No simple answer to what a woman is

Claim: Russia forceably taking [Ukraine] citizens to Russia …

Donald Trump sues Hillary Clinton and allies over Russia claims

Supreme Court silent on Justice Clarence Thomas’ hospitalization

White House: U.S. to welcome up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees

Zelensky Oscar appearence in works?


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Friday, March 25, 2022

Today’s Poser

Do all the vapid clowns in the Biden administration … including Whispering Joe himself … have the slightest notion of how they are coming across … even in a friendly media? (All they really need are slapsticks and banana cream pies to complete the picture.)


Afterwards: Biden voters (real and imaginary) need to apologize to America …



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Juxtaposition




Emojis



Afterward: Imagine writing all of Shakespeare’s  plays with 100 emojis!



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daily timewaster Pic

 



It continues …



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Headlines


As BA.2 spreads, Biden administration calls on Congress to pass COVID-19 funding

North Korea fired ‘long-range’ ballistic missile toward the sea, says Japan and South Korea

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has died at 84

Manhattan DA protects the Don … Presecutor: ‘Trump guilty of felonies’

Cruz erupts on Durbin: ‘I know you like to interrupt’

Putin has made a ‘big mistake,’  NATO says; Ukraine appears to be retaking ground

Pentagon: Russia has failed to achieve any of its major objectives a month into war

100 House GOPers to cohost fundraiser for Cheney challenger …

Jackson indicates affirmative action case recusal plans as hearing questions wrap

Why don’t kids get COVID badly? Scientists are unraveling one of the pandemics big mysteries

Mo problems: Trump turns his back on Brooks in Alabama Senate race

Putin’s defense minister ‘vanishes’ …


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Thursday, March 24, 2022

Reader Contribution


"The danger to America is not Joe Biden, but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency. It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of a Biden presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president. The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Biden, who is a mere symptom of what ails America. Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The Republic can survive a Biden, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools, such as those who made him their president." — Translated from a Prague, Czech Republic newspaper


Even if 11 million or so votes were manufactured by Democrat operatives in 2020, still 70 million Americans qualify for the above zinger. — Fletcher


Thanks Earle …


SYAND UPFOR AVIEW FROM AFAR!


Carnac

 


Answers: Future tense (or future imperfect?)


Question: What is the outlook for Putin’s defense minister?




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Obvious Truth

 


Zelensky has invited Biden to Kyiv to see first-hand the results of this war … like many NATO leaders did last week. I think we all know what Biden’s RSVP will say.


However, kind Pilgrim, I would wager a dollar to a dime that I know what Trump’s response would be were he still in office.



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Headlines

 


The world holds its breath for Putin’s cyberwar

Zelensky says 100,000 trapped in Mariupol; Germany says Putin destroying Russia’s future

Psaki tests positive for COVID again, will miss Biden’s European trip

Putin’s obscene wealth revealed …

Get ready for ‘hell,’ UN food chief warns amid Ukraine shockwaves

Chinese stocks may start exiting U.S. in two years, warns Asian Corporate Governance Association

Former AG Barr accuses Joe Biden  of lying to the American people about Hunter’s laptop

[Russian] Troops will run out of food in days …

Hillary Clinton tests positive for COVID

Carl Icahn says there ‘very well may be a recession or even worse’

Poll: Only 47 percent think Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee should be confirmed

Belarusian military could join war …


STAND UP FOR AMERICA!


Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Barr the Door



Recent Headline: Barr calls progressives ‘dangerous,’ indicates he could support Trump in presidential rematch


Recent Headline: Former AG Barr accuses Joe Biden  of lying to the American people about Hunter’s laptop


Paradox thy name is Bill Barr. The AG under Donald Trump is conflicted. Like many of us, he was very much behind Trump’s policies but bemoaned his personality. He didn’t like his “petty” tweets. He thought Trump was too quick on the trigger when responding to a slight.


And, most of all, President Trump’s persistent claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen was too much for Barr. These piques in the late months of his presidency soured Barr to the point that he publicly broke with his boss. Parts of the book and his comments on his book tour suggest he might be trying to mend these fences.


I am unable to read Barr’s book, but, as a footnote, here is a review: The American Greatness. It is somewhat of a scattershot and doesn’t clearly differentiate between Barr’s and the author’s opinion … but it does hit the high points.


I once greatly admired Bill Barr. Now, I am not so sure. His FBI had Hunter Biden’s laptop for 18 months before the left media called it “Russian disinformation” right before the presidential election. At this critical juncture, Barr stayed mum.



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Apt Analogy


An $80,000 golf cart …



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Today’s Poser

 


Why isn’t the presidential limousine (“The Beast”) an all-electric vehicle?



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Cleavage

 


The cleavage between the American elites and our ordinary citizens* seems never greater than at present. Unless this is narrowed, this country’s future is bleak. — Fletcher


* Even those, who once defended the oppressed, are now the elites.



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Headlines

 


‘The only thing Putin understands is strength’: U.S. Aircraft carrier flexes its muscle in the Med

Biden says Putin’s ‘back is against the wall’ as Ukraine war nears stalemate

Unhinged liberals wish death on Justice Thomas following hospitalization

Biden: America will lead New World Order …

Indiana governor wants transgender girls sports ban

Russia says Biden’s ‘ ‘war criminal’ claim has put relations ‘on the verge of rupture’

Ukrainian intelligence reports Russian elites planning to overthrow Putin

U.S. sending [Ukraine] secretly-acquired Soviet air defense systems …

Biden warns cyberattacks coming …

As Mariupol hangs on, the extent of the horror not yet known

Porn star Stormy Daniels loses appeal in Trump case, owes former president nearly $300,000

Liz Cheney says Russian use of chemical weapons a ‘red line’ for NATO intervention

DC cherry blossoms hit peak 10 days early …


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Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Powerline Charts

 











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Quotable Quote


Tower of  Babbel


The English language may well be the ultimate unifying force for peace in the world. — Fletcher



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Quotable Quote

 


It happens over and over and over again. Despots, once they have finished cowing their people with wanton tyranny, look around for other populations to suppress. — Fletcher



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Headlines

 


China Eastern Boeing 737 crashes with 132 aboard

Besieged Mariupol rejects Russia’s surrender ultimatum as deadline passes

Fredo fights back: CNN faces explosive allegations in Chris Cuomo lawsuit

Ukraine civilians deported to Russia in Nazi-like purge … Captives shipped to labor camps?

Russian oligarchs drop suit against investigative firm Fusion GPS

Russian bond yields spike as trading resumes after month-long pause

Clarence Thomas hospitalized with infection 

Pentagon work with [Ukraine] biological labs becomes flashpoint …

Biden to visit Poland this week

The SEC wants to know a lot more about what companies are doing about climate change

UN: Over 3.3 million have fled Ukraine

Zelensky evokes Holocaust … Slams Israel inaction … Plot to poison Putin?


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Monday, March 21, 2022

Quotable Quotes




Society runs on supposition. — Fletcher


Realism is a curse. — Fletcher


Dictators are almost always brutal realists … but realists are too often assumed dictators. — Fletcher


Realisms’ bites are more painful because its barks are almost always ignored. — Fletcher


Realism’s revelations often make their appearance  in the middle of the night. — Fletcher



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