Headlines

 

Canadian Parliament to probe police use of spyware

Mortgage demand falls further as interest rates drop a bit

Explosive report: Chinese government targeted Federal Reserve in decade-long economic espionage operation

Kinsey: DOJ not prosecuting Trump sets bad ‘president’

Trump calls for tent cities to address homelessness

Putin’s new gas squeeze condemns Europe to recession and a hard winter of rationing

Biden to seek ‘much more’ funding to develop new COVID vaccines

Half Americans fall deeper into debt …

N.H. poll: Biden’s favorability in the state is at an all-time low

Ukraine attacks Russian supply lines into occupied Kherson; Gazprom cuts Nord Stream 1 gas flow

FBI analyst who labled Hunter Biden evidence ‘disinformation’ is linked to next Durham case

Russia to quit space station … Will build rival …

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Today’s Poser

 

Ketanji Brown Jackson and friend

If the latest appointee to our Supreme Court can’t say what a “woman” is, how is “she” going to navigate the complexities of Constitutional law? Say something involving the 19th Amendment?

(Also, it has been proudly reported that she is a lesbian … hmm? … I bet she understands what a woman is when indulging her carnal desires.)

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Overstated?

 

I seriously question this assertion. However, it does make the point that man-made CO2 is probably not the issue … if it is an issue at all. You know Pilgrim that I am a carbon dioxide booster … like I am also a fan of oxygen … both essential to our seeing  tomorrow.

Afterward: In case you forgot your high school lesson, CO2 is also the primary source of oxygen.

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American Exceptionalism

 

America is exceptional for no other reason than the extensive and pervasive  corruption in many of our leaders has not yet brought us down. — Fletcher

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Sedition?

Are Donald Trump’s efforts to disassemble our corrupt self-serving nefarious intelligence-driven deep state an act of sedition? See: Conservative Treehouse post. Are we headed for a showdown between we the people and our entrenched masters?

Sure seems like the DOJ (or is it Trump?) has crossed the Rubicon.

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Translation Teaser

yagshemash  — a cooked mixture of grain and 

water used to make a fermented yagshe.

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Headlines

 

Obamacare back in court as Texans challenge coverage for STDs and HIV care

The Fed could surprise markets by sounding even more aggressive as economy teeters

Whistleblowers call out FBI and DOJ’s political bias in investigations 

Cheney: Trump ‘engaged in the most serious misconduct’

Judge blocks enforcement of N.C. law that demands truth in political ads

Walmart cuts profit outlook as inflation forces shoppers to spend more on necessities

Jill Biden’s press secretary jumps ship

Warning: DNA testing can be used to target Americans

The uneven burden of extreme heat

Ukraine wants big banks to be prosecuted for ‘war crimes,’ Zelensky’s top economic aide says

NYC mayor sours on illegal aliens after they are sent en mass to his city

Garland open to prosecuting Trump …

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Translation Teaser

 

hors de combat — two trollops after a dust up 

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Pulling Out All Stops

 

The Democrats are in a deep popularity hole going into the midterm elections. Inflation, a poor economy and a lousy stock market have them panicked. So, instead of fixing these problems, they are pulling out all the other stops on the political pipe organ.

The Jan 6 kangaroo court is smearing Trump … who isn’t even running, the abortion issue is being played to suburban women, gun control will move to the front if we happen to have another mass shooting, many college loans will be forgiven … and the Dems hope that Trump will soon announce for president in 2024 … so voters who hate him will defeat those whom he has endorsed.

A pretty formidable number of tactics to try to fend off a blue wave. The Dems might even convince Joe Biden to drop out from a presidential run in 2024 … to remove that anchor from the necks of many of their midterm candidates. All this might just work.

But what if it doesn’t … and the Trumpers win big? Well Pilgrim, I think it’s safe to say that Trump will grow to a more formidable force than he currently is. And this might be why he might roll the dice and declare his intentions before November. … maybe even today.

If he does this, he must feel fairly confident of a GOP tsunami. I’m not going to bet against him under these circumstances.

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Push Back

 

We are living in a world of too little push back against push back. — Fletcher

Afterward: Here’s a good example of push back … Diplomad blog.

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Apt Amalogy

 

President Biden is clearly not the sharpest knife on the Christmas tree.

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Headliness

 

Europe’s not ready for a hotter world

India’s bold tax reforms 5 years in: Why it might be too early to celebrate

Trump hints at 2024 run at electrifying speech at Turning Point USA conference

Hunter Biden’s failure to register as foreign agent could mean prison

Average U.S. gasoline price falls 32 cents

Jan. 6 Committee may subpoena Virginia Thomas, wife of Supreme Court justice

The Biden administration is bracing for a week of bad economic news

China issues military warning over Pelosi visit

Ukraine’s neighbor [Moldolva] worried about Russian invasion

Ukraine works to resume grain exports despite Russian strikes on Odessa

Nancy Pelosi likely to make Taiwan trip despite heightened threats from CCP

Fed set for another big rate hike with economy on knife edge …

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Two Faced

 

Janus

There a a number of public servants who confuse me … sometimes I think them patriots and sometimes I am not so sure:

John Bolton

Bill Barr

Mick Mulvaney

Chris Christie

Mark Milley

Paul Ryan

Christopher Wray

Kristi Noem

Asa Hutchinson

Mitt Romney

Mitch McConnell

Kevin McCarthy

Mike Pence

Nikki Haley

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More Cute Animals

From Woodsterman  blog

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Obvious Truth

 

By the polls, most Americans don’t like politicians … and it has become increasingly evident that many pols on the left don’t particularly like Americans. — Fletcher

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Fractured Definition

Waterloo — a royal flush

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Headlines

 

Trump and DeSantis fight for the heart of the GOP in Florida

Markets face what could be the most important week of the summer with earnings and economic data

Recession incoming? Nearly half of small businesses freeze hiring

Report: Donald Trump plots purging administrative state employees

Alleged Lee Zeldin attacker arrested on federal assault charges

WHO declares rapidly spreading monkeypox a world health emergency

Seven House Republicans launch investigation into Biden’s sale of Strategic Oil Reserves to China

Google firers software engineer who says he talked to sentient AI …

Moore wins Democrat nod for governor of Maryland

Evacuations underway as a fast moving fire rages near Yosemite National Park

Pennsylvania state GOP files lawsuit to throw out mail-in voting law

RIo Grande runs dry in Albuquerque first time in 40 years …

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Grooming

Pilgrim, do we really need or should we support the following Boston  “grooming” event?

The historic Loring Greenough House where residents had gathered for a children’s drag queen story hour, an event in which individuals in drag read to children.

What possible value is added to such a reading by having men all gussied up as women to read to children? Other than, of course, to recruit impressionable minds into deviancy?

Perhaps we can also have junkies shoot up in front of their kindergarten classes? Or give them lessons in shoplifting?

And if one protests such nonsense? See: Boston Herald Story. (I suppose because I find such knavery objectionable, I am now a “white supremacist?” Non sequesters abound … even in the Boston Herald. Couldn’t we just call them “anti-groomers?”)

Afterward: Elsewhere the three protesters are called “neo-Nazis.” Really? Has anybody seen “Cabaret?”

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Reader Contribution

 

RECENT QUOTES FROM: SEN. JOHN KENNEDY, (R) LOUISIANA

FIRST OF ALL, I’M JOHN KENNEDY, NOT THAT JOHN KENNEDY, I AM THE OTHER JOHN KENNEDY, (R) SENATOR REPRESENTING THE GREAT STATE OF LOUISIANA . PERMIT ME TO TELL YOU WHAT I BELIEVE.

• I BELIEVE AMERICA WAS FOUNDED BY GENIUSES BUT IS NOW RUN BY IDIOTS.

• I BELIEVE YOU CAN’T FIX STUPID, BUT YOU CAN VOTE THEM OUT OF OFFICE.

• WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU HEARD OF ANYONE TRYING TO SNEAK INTO CHINA?

• AMERICA IS SO GREAT THAT PEOPLE WHO HATE IT, REFUSE TO LEAVE IT.

• LET ME SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, SO FAR THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SUCKS.

• I DON’T LIKE TO BRAG ABOUT THE EXPENSIVE PLACES I’VE BEEN TO, BUT THIS MORNING I WENT TO THE GAS STATION.

• I BELIEVE EXERCISE MAKES YOU LOOK BETTER NAKED. BUT SO DOES ALCOHOL.

• WELFARE SHOULD BE A BRIDGE, NOT A PARKING LOT.

• WEAKNESS INVITES THE WOLVES.

• WE MUST ARM FOR PEACE.

• WE DON’T HAVE A GUN CONTROL PROBLEM, WE HAVE AN IDIOT CONTROL PROBLEM.

• FREE ADVICE FRIENDS, IF GOVERNMENT TELLS YOU NOT TO BUY A GUN, BUY TWO.

• I BELIEVE IF YOU HATE POLICE OFFICERS, THE NEXT TIME YOU ARE IN TROUBLE, CALL A CRACK-HEAD.

• HERE’S A FREE TIP, COPS WILL LEAVE YOU ALONE IF YOU DON'T DO STUPID THINGS.

• I BELIEVE WE NEED AN ELECTION DAY, NOT AN ELECTION MONTH.

• I BELIEVE YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROVE WHO YOU SAY YOU ARE WHEN YOU VOTE.

• I BELIEVE 400,000 BODIES BURIED AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY IS THE REASON YOU SHOULD STAND FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.

• I BELIEVE THE WATER WON’T CLEAR TILL YOU GET THE PIGS OUT OF THE CREEK.

• I BELIEVE LOVE IS THE ANSWER, BUT YOU SHOULD OWN A GUN JUST N CASE

 Thanks Earle.

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Quotable Quote

 

Pilgrim, as I have often said, Donald Trump has a sandpaper personality. But then again, who doesn’t these days? — Fletcher

Afterward: OK OK, Dolly Parton

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