“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
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Sunday, July 25, 2021
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
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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!
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
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Friday, July 23, 2021
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’
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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
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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!
Justice Disparity
Kind reader, have you noticed the disparity between how justice is meted out on the right (Capitol “invasion,” General Flynn) versus on the left (Lafayette Park anarchy and other Antifa, BLM riots, looting, arsons and attacks on the police in Portland, Minneapolis, NYC, Atlanta, LA, etc.)? if not, you sorely need to become better informed.
STAD UP FOR EQUAL JUSTICE!
Headlines
Belarus cracks down on medical workers while virus rages on
Nearly $90 billion wiped off crypto market as Bitcoin drops below $30,000
Free the terrorists: White House exploring ‘all available avenues’ to closing Guanramano Bay
2020 presidential polls were the least accurate in decades, report says
Biden’s ATF pick has ‘a lot of issues’ says no. 2 Senate Dem. leader
10-yield Treasury yield continues to slide, falls to 1.17%
House bill earmarks $400 million for federal ‘Red Flag’ gun confiscation program
AOC ends silence on Cuba turmoil: blames Trump-era restrictions
White House confirms Harris tested negative for Covid-19
China rejects hacking charges, accuses U.S. cyber spying
AOC invests over $1.4 million in ‘tax the rich’ themed merchandise
Report: Socialism gaining support among Hollywood millionaire elites
STAND UP FOR AMRRICA!
Tuesday, July 20, 2021
Science
In the person of Rand Paul versus Satan’s Little Helper … a million deaths ago.
And more recently … more ass covering.
STAND UP FOR CONSEQUENCES!
Joe Blow 2.0
Americans should be ashamed of ourselves for electing the corrupt Marxist Joe Biden as our leader. The only solace I have regarding this catastrophe is that his election fraud was orchestrated by his posse … “we have put together the most extensive and inclusive voter fraud organization in history of American politics.”
Truer words?
This gives a degree of hope that not all of America is in the ditch.
STAND UP FOR FAIR ELECTIONS!
Quotable Quote
Apparently, when it comes Covid vaccinations, many governments, universities and companies believe they can lead horses to water and then make them drink. — Fletcher
STAND UP FOR FREE WILL?
Headlines
Pence flatlines as 2024 field takes shape
OPEC+ oil deal sends oil prices lower — and this could be a buying opportunity
Biden’s BLM nominee edited ecoterrorist newsletter that advocated violence against government officials
After Nationals Park shooting, DC police union blames ‘elected officials’ for explosion in violent crime
After catastrophic floods, Merkel pledges to focus on ‘climate protection’
Zoom is buying cloud contact center provider Five9 for $14.7 billion
More fleeing Texas lawmakers test positive for COVID
Rapper Pitbull calls out Jeff Bezos to provide aid to Cuban people
Retired U.S. general: Afghanistan is disintegrating
Video shows Malaysian police destroying 1,069 Bitcoin mining rigs with a steamroller
Keystone pipeline company sues U.S. for $15 billion after Biden cancellation
Report: Pence, Netanyahu urged Trump to attach Iran after election loss
STAND UP FOR AMERICA!
Monday, July 19, 2021
Quotable Quote
Measure heroes not by their words, but by their deeds … the meat and potatoes of valor … although heroic words make a nice side dish. — Fletcher
STAND UP FOR HEROES!
Headlines
3 Texas Dems test positive for coronavirus while in D.C.
Facebook refutes Biden’s claim that it is ‘killing people’ with vaccine misinformation
Judge rejects motion to keep Arizona’s election audit records private
Fewer people are filing for unemployment in states that cut pandemic bonus, study shows
UK Health secretary tests positive for Covid
Funding for Biden’s infrastructure plan still up in the air ahead of crucial tests
Wisconsin could be next state to have 2020 election forensic audit
A ‘Reichstag moment’: Gen Milley allegedly had fears of a coup
Strange but true: Bernie takes a ‘very pragmatic’ turn
Biden pledges appeal of ‘deeply disappointing’ DACA ruling
Sen. Lee: White House collusion with Facebook may violate First Amendment
Charlottesville Robert E. Lee, ‘Stonewall’ Jackson statues removed
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Sunday, July 18, 2021
The Jab Update (Updated)
As of mid-July 56% of adult Americans, or 185 million people above the age of 12, have had at least on, shot of Covid vaccine … see: Bloomberg Vaccination Data.
And according to the CDC’s Vaccine Averse Effects Reporting System … which they make crystal clear is a voluntary reporting system that has not been independently verified … there have been over 463 thousand reported incidents of vaccine side effects … anywhere from tinnitus to death … see: CDC VAERS Summary. Although there have been possibly almost 11 thousand reported deaths, this is still a small fraction of the vaccinations (0.013% or 1 in every 17,000.)
And although the odds for any averse effect may be 1 in every 400, this still seems a reasonable risk to take given the alternative.
Afterward: Is this why our Covid vaccines still only have CDC’s emergency -use authorizations?
Afterward: The CDC now says that the vaccine reported deaths were in error … see: Undercurrents post
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STAND UP FOR THE JAB!
Obvious Truth
You gotta give it to Whispering Joe Biden … he can sell a lie to many Americans with bald-faced conviction. I mean it! — Fletcher
STAND UP FOR THEATRICS!
Headlines
Biden’s cautious Cuba stance may hurt Florida Dems
Photos show disastrous flooding in Western Europe
2021 on pace to become worst year for illegal immigration in history
‘Let them die’: NAACP official on anti-CRT parents
Report: Cuomo to be deposed by AG’s investigators on Saturday
Death toll from Europe floods tops 150 as water recedes
Cuban protesters flock to the White House to demand freedom for the Cuban people
Matt Lauer ‘not doing well’ after ‘Today’ firing
Biden on social media misinformation: ‘They’re killing people’
Tesla owners can now subscribe to ‘FSD’ premium driving assistance for $199 per month
Federal judge rules Obama’s DACA program was illegal, halts all new applications
Biden says Capitol rioters worse than slave-owning Confederates
STAND UP FOR AMERICA!
Saturday, July 17, 2021
The Departed
We replay our living in my dreams … those family and friends who are no more. We act as though nothing has happened … even though I often sense the impossibility of our meeting.
Then they disappear once again … “stay a while longer won’t you? And let’s remember old times together … or come back some other night?” But, not much of such ever happens.
STAND UP FOR THE DEPARTED!
Obvious Truth
The deeper into this country’s wokeness we descend, the more of the radical left’s heretofore hidden fantasies are revealed. Let us not forget to pigeonhole and mock these looney aberrations once normalcy is eventually restored. — Fletcher
STAND UP FOR NORMALCY!
Quotable Quote
Insisting in naming one’s own pronouns is putting a hobble on polite discourse. — Fletcher
STAND UP FOR NORMALCY!
Today’s Poser
Has breaking a window at the U.S. Capitol now become a capital offense?
See it here first: January 6th should forever become “Ashli Babbitt Day.”
STAND UP FOR ASHLI BABBIT!
Headlines
Top Pentagon weapons office faces vacancies as military races to focus on China
Covid deaths are on the rise again after a decline, CDC says
Bombshell: Federal prosecutors delayed Hunter Biden probe to boost Biden 2020 election
Yellen predicts ‘rapid inflation’ amid downplaying risks
Pentagon: 70 percent of service members have received first dose of Covid vaccine
The mystifying bond market performance could last all summer
Psaki doubles down on defense of Big Tech censorship
Sebelius: Unvaccinated should not work, have access to children
Bolton: U.S. didn’t lose war in Afghanistan
Judge orders Biden administration to stop approving DACA applications
Georgia Sec. of State tries to explain how they’re just now discovering 10k+ illegal votes
Joe Biden: ‘I’m a proud capitalist’
STAND UP FOR AMERICA!
Friday, July 16, 2021
Don’t Fight the Fed
That is rule #1 for astute investors. Our Federal Reserve Bank has enormous power in how it can direct economic outcomes through its ability to control interest rates, the money supply, inflation rates, the value of the dollar and banking regulations. So “don’t fight the Fed” makes perfect sense.
However, we are currently living a paradox … the stock market keeps hitting record highs partly driven by low inflation expectations because the interest rate on our 10-year government bond has been sinking like a stone … all the while the Consumer Price Index (real inflation) has been running hotter than expected for the last three months … and the most since 1991.
Well, kind reader, can I pose another conspiracy? Since the Fed buys bonds to fund our fire-hose spending, why can’t they buy 10-year bonds … driving up their price and down their yields … suggesting “transitory” inflation?
Kind reader, I would think that sometime soon this grift will unravel at the cost of many of our retirement plans … kinda like a rubber band snapping back.
Ouch!
STAND UP FOR TRANSPARENCY!
reddit Pic
Above the clouds.
The top of Mount Everest … fully junked up with “me-too” symbols. Probably will never be pristine again … at least not until well after the apocalypse.
STAND UP FOR IRONY!
Headlines
Pigs fly: McConnell weighs giving Biden a bipartisan win
GM warns some Volt EV owners: Don’t park them inside or charge them unattended overnight
1.8 million Americans turn down jobs due to Biden’s generous unemployment benefits
Tucker Carlson reports DHS is secretly using military air base to move illegal migrants to unknown locations
Stephen Breyer says he hasn’t decided on retirement plans
Restaurants sign most new retail leases as Manhattan store rents plummet to record lws
Jason Chaffetz: Laptop contains ‘direct evidence Joe Biden ‘took direct benefit’ from Hunter’s business deals
Parents sue Bowser, DC for allowing children to get vaccinated without parental consent
‘China senses weakness’: Pence attacks Biden’s tack toward Beijing in major speech
35.2 million families just got the first monthly child tax credit payment
Psaki still won’t mention Communism when talking about Cuban protests
Ohio Gov. DeWine signs bill banning vax mandates in schools
STAND UP FOR AMERICA!
Thursday, July 15, 2021
A Whole Lot Of Wind
Why does “debunk” only work to negate sensible ideas? — Fletcher
John Hinderaker, once again, effectively lays out the fallacy of trying to rely on wind power as even a partial solution to the Greens’ utopian solution of totally sustainable energy production. See: Powerline Blog.
I guess I am continually perplexed at how compulsively the AOC posse continues with their ‘over the cliff” Thelma and Louise pursuit of an ultimately unworkable agenda. Will we ever be able to hold them accountable for their unstudied insanity?
STAND UP FOR REALITY!
Today’s Poser
I am perplexed at why those of us who are vaccinated want to punish those who, for whatever reason, chose not to get the jab. Is it really any skin off our noses? If so, please explain.
STAND UP FOR CHOICE!
Headlines
‘More money, more problems’ Cheney and Kinzinger feel Trump effect
Hospitalizations rising again as delta variant spreads among the unvaccinated, doctors say
Congressman introduces resolution to support Cubans protesting Communist regime — ZERO Democrats sign on
Biden dials up the heat and calls GOP voter bills the greatest threat ‘since the Civil War’
Iranian intelligence officials indicted in attempted kidnapping of U.S.-based journalist
Surging prices for used cars, gasoline, food and airfares are driving the jump in inflation
Poll: 63% of Americans want China to pay reparations for Covid-19
Harris: Voter ID could hurt voters who don’t live near to a copy center
Manafort banker convicted in bribery scheme
‘ New York is back’ — broker says the city’s real estate market is heating up at all levels
Texas House officially votes to arrest or detain fleeing members
Beijing lends fellow Communists a hand: ‘China stands ready to work with Cuba’
STAND UP FOR AMERICA!
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
Memorial Mural
A George Floyd memorial mural painted on the side of a building in Summit, Minnesota has been destroyed by a lighting strike. Now, I don’t believe that this was an act of God, kind reader. But, if you chose to believe so, I will not demure.
STAND UP FOR MEMORIAL MURALS!
Today’s Posers
Does it look to you, dear reader, that most of the politicians fleeing Texas to deny the state legislature a quorum … so that its new voting reform law cannot be passes … are females? What does this mean?
But another more-important poser … can the Republicans in the U.S. Senate use this same stunt and flee to Alexandria, Virginia to squelch a quorum call when and if Pelosi’s HR1 bill ever comes to an ultimate vote?
STAND UP FOR THE FILIBUSTER!
Quotable Quote
“I voted for the man who gave up his wealth for my country. Not the man who gave up my country for his wealth!”
STAND UP FOR AMERICA!!
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