Thursday, May 30, 2024

WaPo commits random act of journalism by pointing out Biden inflation is Carteresque while both are still alive

 


It's amusing to read Fox News quoting NeverTrumpers @redsteeze and @bonchieredstate attacking Jill Biden

 'History of anger problems': Jill Biden mocked for hyping president as 'calm' and 'steady'

The comment drew immediate criticism on social media from conservatives skeptical of the portrayal of Biden as "calm" and "steady."

"This doesn't work this time. Does anything feel calm?" conservative commentator Stephen L. Miller posted on X.

"Narrator: He's incredibly weak, has a history of anger problems, and has so little integrity that he can't give a simple speech without telling multiple, already-debunked lies," Red State writer Bonchie posted on X.

They're selling their brands that's all. These two are mere children who pretend that adults should never have to choose the bad Trump over the worse Biden. 

Their ilk pretended over the weekend, for example, that Donald Trump made Memorial Day all about himself and his troubles, which, if you hadn't noticed, are unprecedented no matter how much he has brought them on himself.

The decline of religion in America has made America uglier and more vulgar on both sides, both incapable of showing mercy and of practicing self-examination. To do so is a gotcha, the specialty that provides the clicks and the revenue.

It's still all about the Benjamins.

That half the country still supports Trump is symbolic of its former better self and says less about Trump than it does about what is still right with us.

 



 

That should calm things down: Dr. Jill Biden says half the country is evil


  Those polls are going to turn, I'm confident of it because as time goes on and as people start to focus a little more on what's at stake and start to become educated on the issues and the differences between the two men, I believe that Americans are going to choose good over evil. 

Here.

Wednesday, May 29, 2024

How could Trump's private business records possibly be intended to deceive VOTERS when the records were kept private all along?

 It's the stupidest damn trial of the century.



The lickspittles who run San Francisco have pulled down the Appeal to Heaven flag

 


Joe Biden's stupid Gaza pier lasted 12 days until the sea took it apart

 Expert opinion says the military tried to warn him it wouldn't work in that environment, but Biden persisted.

Most of the aid which was delivered got stolen anyway.

Complete boondoggle, with one critically injured in an accident, but no fatalities as in Biden's disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal.

 



A purely political prosecution of Trump: Hillary underperformed Obama 2008 in 39 states in 2016 because she was a terrible candidate but what REALLY won it for Trump was paying Stormy Daniels $130,000 in hush money

 


 Prosecutors claim that Trump, by falsely recording the reimbursements to Cohen as legal expenses, had criminally covered up their true nature, which was to protect his then-reeling campaign from losing the 2016 election to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

CNBC here.

The mother of Emily Baden, Barbara Baden, was a long time executive with PBS, thought her daughter's vulgar signs in front of her house were OK


Explains a lot.

Her mother Barbara Baden, a former PBS executive, said her daughter's "Fuck Trump" sign, placed "near where children wait for the school bus", was "made with good intent".

The daughter and her boyfriend stayed in the house with her mother during COVID.

They are proud liberals and BLM-ers and readily admit they called Mrs. Alito a cunt.

Story.

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Rafah civilians killed by ammunition stored in their midst which is believed ignited by shrapnel from Israeli precision strike 180 meters away

 


New evidence reveals Hunter Biden WeChat messages from his iCloud account to Chinese oil giant CEFC involve his father, contradicting his sworn testimony

 Story here.

'Hunter Biden lied about the recipient of a WhatsApp message sent with the apparent intention to threaten a business associate and demand payment,' committee chairman Jason Smith claimed Wednesday.

'In the message, Hunter Biden twice mentioned he was with his father. In the deposition, Hunter Biden sought to dismiss the message, claiming that he was either 'high or drunk' when he sent it, and in that state, had sent it to the wrong Zhao, and not actually the one affiliated with the Chinese energy company, CEFC.

'Hunter claimed under oath that the recipient, 'had no understanding or even remotely knew what,...I was even...talking about,' Smith added.

'However, phone records in front of the Committee today show Hunter Biden sent the message to the correct Chinese businessman by the name of Raymond Zhao who not only was affiliated with CEFC, but knew exactly what Hunter Biden was talking about.'

Joe Biden tampers with witness in Hunter Biden trial

 Biden Pays Surprise Visit To Hunter's Ex Before She Testifies in Gun Trial

James Cueball Carville has become the same demented old man Joe Biden has become

 Carville: Democrats Should "Steal Trump's Medical Records" And Find Out If He Has "Secondary Syphilis"

In her never-ending quest to explain her 2016 loss to Donald Trump, Hillary now blames vast conspiracy of complacency among Russian women

 


Sunday, May 26, 2024

Even while telling the truth they lie

 Mediaite won't say "distress signal":

Justice Alito Claims His Wife Hung Coup Flag Distress Signal Because Neighbor Called Her a C***

And WaPo says "insulting language on yard signs" but won't say "cunt":

Wife of Justice Alito called upside-down flag ‘signal of distress’




 


This will never not be funny


Trump to Libertarian Party:   “Keep getting your 3 percent every four years.”

 

Those Libertarian Party ideals like "live and let live" really have come a long way

 One Libertarian Party member shouted: 'Donald Trump should have taken a bullet!'

Drudge is so frustrated with a Trump who won't die lol, he editorializes the content he links to when he links to it at all

 THE DON LOSES CONTROL actual story Trump loudly heckled at Libertarian National Convention says the only thing out of control is drugs in Colorado and Oregon, giving even some libertarians pause.


TRUMP MOVIE SHUT-OUT... links to ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

Maybe Drudge is on drugs?

Reuters: Trump was undeterred in front of Libertarians

 Undeterred, Trump poked fun at the crowd, saying if they did not back him, they would continue to garner just a tiny portion of voter support in national elections.


More.

Trump is showing how tough he is, follows up gutsy Bronx rally appearance with raucous first ever appearance by a president at Libertarian Convention

 Trump did great in the Bronx, attracting mostly minorities, and held his own in front of the Libertarians, telling them repeatedly to stop settling for being national losers and to endorse him.

Drudge thinks Trump lost control, but the video showed no such thing. Trump did great in front of a very hostile audience deeply divided amongst themselves.

They didn't like RFK Jr either, like that's news. Libertarians hate everybody and can hardly agree about anything. 

And they would have eaten Joe Biden alive, but not Donald Trump.

See for yourself.

VIDEO MAGA DOES NOT WANT YOU TO SEE


Friday, May 24, 2024

Critic of McDonald's food dies of cancer aged 53, Wisconsin man aged 70 still eats a Big Mac every day and has since 1972

 Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, who skewered fast food industry, dies at 53 

Spurlock made a splash in 2004 with his groundbreaking film “Super Size Me,” which was nominated for an Academy Award. The film chronicled the detrimental physical and psychological effects of Spurlock eating only McDonald’s food for 30 days. He gained about 25 pounds, saw a spike in his cholesterol and lost his sex drive. ... He returned in 2019 with “Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!”

 

 Wisconsin man's lifetime Big Mac consumption hits 34,128 

Gorske, who has saved the receipt and package from every Big Mac he has eaten, first tried McDonald's signature burger on May 17, 1972. ... Gorske said he hasn't suffered any ill health effects from his unusual diet, and he maintains his physique by abstaining from French fries.


 


CNBC finally catches on lol: Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve equivalent to just 2.65 hours of total U.S. gasoline consumption


 

 Biden’s gasoline sale likely won’t have a major impact on summer pump prices

Google's AI Overviews has comparable problems to Gemini lol: Use glue on pizza, OK to stare at the sun up to 30 minutes if you have dark skin, geologists recommend eating one small rock per day, 1919 was 20 years ago


 Google criticized as AI Overview makes obvious errors, saying President Obama is Muslim and that it’s safe to leave dogs in hot cars

Thursday, May 23, 2024

Why Joe Biden's release of 1 million gallons of gasoline to reduce prices is ridiculous

 


Americans used 376 million gallons of gasoline PER DAY last year.

The New York Times has one really stupid AND lazy Pulitizer Prize winning investigative reporter who never heard of the Pine Tree Riot of 1772


 

The US must stop funding the UN and kick it out of America

 


What this country most needs


 

 

From The Last of Menckenians here:

What interests me most is the historical example of Mencken: once, in the United States, a writer shunned dogmatic responses, pushing readers to think more shrewdly and to challenge even themselves, and readers turned to him. So I’m glad for the continued publication of Menckeniana and for the Mencken Society no matter how small its membership. The society’s work reminds me that this country and its democracy require that, in every era, a writer step up and think skeptically in the best sense, to seek favor with no one, to accept being wrong in pursuit of truth, and to do so with wit and whatever in that moment constitutes eloquence.

Nikki Haley pulls the fire alarm

 


The best thing about James Piereson's review of Jacob Heilbrunn's book attacking Trump is that Heilbrunn was instrumental in elevating Trump in the first place


Here:

It is strange, then, in light of this background, for Heilbrunn to waste reams of paper attacking conservatives for supporting Donald Trump and his ideas about Russia, when he was as instrumental as anyone in promoting them. There were few conservatives in Trump’s corner at that time; indeed, most supported Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, or Jeb Bush while keeping a safe distance from a candidate whom they judged to be incapable of winning a national election and whose views on foreign policy they generally rejected. Yet there was Heilbrunn, providing a platform for Trump’s speech while sitting attentively nearby as he delivered it.

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Nigel Farage: the most farcical general election launch in history


 

 Rishi Sunak calls July 4 UK general election

Prime minister gambles by triggering vote when polls suggest heavy defeat

But you said stocks were making all-time highs!

 










S&P 500

Average Real Return, dividends reinvested April 2000-April 2024: 4.65% per annum April 1976-April 2000: 10.45%

Mine average 21, and one is totaled lol

 Average U.S. vehicle age hits record 12.6 years as high prices force people to keep them longer

Dershowitz: Judge Juan Merchan in Trump trial is totally biased against Trump and is out to get him, but there are no TV cameras to show it

 


 He seemed automatically to be ruling against the defendant at every turn. Many experienced lawyers raised their eyebrows when the judge excluded obviously relevant evidence when offered by the defense, while including irrelevant evidence offered by the prosecution. ...

I observed one of the most remarkable wrong-headed biases I have ever seen. The judge actually threatened to strike all of Costello’s testimony if he raised his eyebrows again. That of course would have been unconstitutional because it would have denied the defendant his Sixth Amendment right to confront witnesses and to raise a defense. It would have punished the defendant for something a witness was accused of doing. Even if what Costello did was wrong, and it was not, it would be utterly improper and unlawful to strike his testimony — testimony that undercut and contradicted the government’s star witness. The judge’s threat was absolutely outrageous, unethical, unlawful and petty. ...

I am one of the few witnesses to his improper conduct who remained behind to observe his deep failings.

More.

Joe Biden buys 160k more votes with public money


 

 Biden administration to forgive $7.7 billion in student debt for more than 160,000 borrowers

 The Biden administration has so far excused the debt of 4.75 million borrowers, totaling $167 billion in aid.       

He's a shoo-in!

Free gasoline! Vote for me!

 Biden to release 1 million barrels of gasoline to reduce prices at the pump ahead of July 4



Clown countries Norway, Ireland, and Spain to recognize "Palestinian State", which doesn't exist anywhere

 Norway, Ireland and Spain to recognize Palestinian statehood



Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Michael Cohen admits under oath to stealing from Trump, feds never prosecuted Cohen for it and Cohen kept the dough

These people are shit.

Here:

In 2017, the Trump Organization owed technology company Red Finch $50,000 for a using algorithms to boost Trump’s performance in a poll, according to Cohen. Cohen, who helped facilitate the transaction, asked for a $100,000 reimbursement, "grossed up" to account for taxes, from the Trump Organization.

However, on the stand Monday, Cohen admitted that he stole from Trump, only paying $20,000 to Red Finch and pocketing the remaining $60,000 for himself. 

"So the $50,000 that you got back from Red Finch ... you only paid the Red Finch owner $20,000, right?" Blanche asked Cohen. 

"Yes sir," Cohen replied. 

The lawyer clarified that Cohen pocketed the $60,000 difference and confirmed this was stealing. 

"You did steal from the Trump Organization based upon the expected reimbursement from Red Finch?" Blanche asked. 

"Yes sir," Cohen replied, according to CNN. 

CNN Legal Analyst Elie Honig called these new revelations a “bomb dropped in the middle of the prosecution's case.” CNN’s analyst Laura Coates agreed and was surprised that the prosecutors did not address this sooner in the trial to “take the sting out” of the revelation.

Revealed in New York Kangaroo Kourt trial of Donald Trump: The Feds knew Michael Cohen stole $60k from Trump but never prosecuted him for it

Dirty sons of bitches.


LOL: Keep the overseer of sexual harassment at FDIC until they can find a replacement who isn't a Republican, because a Republican would be worse


 These people are so damn perverse it makes your head spin.

FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg to Resign Following Report Detailing Sexual Harassment at Agency

Gruenberg plans to stay until successor is confirmed, avoiding scenario that would leave a Republican as acting chairman

Monday, May 20, 2024

Alito sold Bud Light stock and bought Coors









 

 

 

 

 

Stupidest story yet:

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/20/supreme-court-alito-sold-bud-light-stock-bought-coors-boycott.html

Democrats are defending this Biden whopper by saying he's referring to the 2009-2010 H1N1 "swine flu" epidemic, which officially killed 3,433 people

 I don't remember it being called a "pandemic" much at the time, but I do remember the hype to take the vaccine, which the authorities bungled so bad it wasn't widely available until the flu had already burned itself out.

Anyway, here's grandpa talking about a really bad pandemic when he was VP, which was way back when I was in 'Nam:

 Here.
















Update:

I'm so glad we could clear this up.

When he nukes Muncie instead of Moscow I'm sure Indiana will understand. 

 



The president of Iran, who executed thousands of political opponents, died yesterday on World Helicopter Crash Day

 


Joe Biden looked about as happy to be at Morehouse College as his black audience was to hear him, which applauded but weakly after his litany of black woe

 


Sunday, May 19, 2024

The obscenity of US national debt at $34.5 trillion notwithstanding, the value of grand total foreign ownership of it is up almost $529 billion year over year in March 2024 to a record high of . . .

. . . $8.091 trillion.

An almost 7% increase.

Here.

Meanwhile:

Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio told the Financial Times a few days ago that he is concerned the soaring U.S. debt levels will make Treasurys less attractive “particularly from international buyers worried about the US debt picture and possible sanctions.”

So far, that hasn’t been the case: Foreign holdings of U.S. federal debt stood at $8.1 trillion in March, up 7% from a year ago, according to Treasury Department data released Wednesday. Risk-free Treasurys are still seen as an attractive place to park cash, but that could change if the U.S. doesn’t rein in its finances.

On an average monthly basis, yields on all UST peaked for this cycle last October, save for 1Y which peaked last September.

What, me worry?


 


Saturday, May 18, 2024

If you like the obscene 27% increase in electricity prices under Joe Biden, vote Democrat in November

Have fun paying the A/C bill this summer.



Biden restarts Obama's war on new coal leasing ended by Trump . . . just in time for the election


 

 In one of its biggest steps yet to keep fossil fuels in the ground, the Biden administration announced Thursday that it will end new coal leasing in the Powder River Basin, which produces nearly half the coal in the United States.

Climate activists have long pushed the Interior Department to stop auctioning off leases for coal mining on public lands, and they celebrated the decision. It could prevent billions of tons of coal from being extracted from more than 13 million acres across Montana and Wyoming, with major implications for U.S. climate goals. ...

Last year, the Powder River Basin generated 251.9 million tons of coal, accounting for nearly 44 percent of all coal produced in the United States. Under the bureau’s [Bureau of Land Management] determination, the 14 active coal mines in the Powder River Basin can continue operating on lands they have leased, but they cannot expand onto other public lands in the region. ...

The Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign estimates that 382 coal-fired power plants have closed down or proposed to retire, with 148 remaining. ...

Trump ... pledged to immediately end the Biden administration’s freeze on permits for new liquefied natural gas exports in a second term . . .. He also pledged to start auctioning off more leases for oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and to lift restrictions on drilling in the Alaskan Arctic

More.

Friday, May 17, 2024

Thursday, May 16, 2024

Biden's chairman of his Council of Economic Advisers, Jared Bernstein, doubles down on inflation being 9% when Biden took office, a statement now fact-checked to death since Biden incorrectly stated it


Jared Bernstein is emblematic of the malarkey in the Biden administration.

He's called an economist, but has no economic credentials. Bernstein took his college degrees in music and social work.

Neil Cavuto savages Bernstein here.

Separately, this short Q&A with Bernstein about printing money and lending it is just epic.

It was all inflation, running at 3.4%: Advance retail sales in April up 3% year over year, but flat from March to April

You're just shelling out more for the same stuff, not buying new stuff.

“Today’s retail sales report reflects a pullback in consumer spending that retailers have called out in recent earnings reports,” said Claire Tassin, retail and e-commerce analyst at Morning Consult.

Compared with last April, sales were up 3%, but the Census Bureau doesn’t adjust the data for inflation, which came in at 3.4% on an annual basis in April, according to the latest consumer price index report. That suggests that the sales gains from a year ago are “entirely attributable to inflation, not increased consumer demand,” Tassin said.

Barron's, reproduced here.

Two days after the May 14th primaries Democrats are way behind Republicans counting all the votes because they're counting mail-in votes

Even Maryland Republicans are ahead of Democrats.

It's a recipe for fraud in November.

 


Wednesday, May 15, 2024

McDonalds stages value theater, in partnership with Coca-Cola lol

 McDonald’s $5 value meal is coming in June — and staying for just a month:

Coca-Cola added marketing funds to the equation to make the deal more appealing, CNBC reported Friday. In a statement, Coca-Cola said: “We routinely partner with our customers on marketing programs to meet consumer needs. This helps us grow our businesses together.”

 

The continuing price gouging by US natural gas utilities is astounding

Look at all that daylight between what utilities charge and the gas actually costs.

 


Permanently higher food prices and still climbing at 2.2% in April 2024

 The last time we had any actual food price deflation was in late 2016 for a few months.

 


 


Core CPI inflation came in at 3.6% year over year in April 2024 in this morning's report, still 83% worse than under Trump

Core CPI inflation averaged 1.96% under Trump.

 


 

Janet Yellen: Sexual abuse of female employees at FDIC under Martin Gruenberg "totally unacceptable"

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen signaled her displeasure, telling reporters Tuesday that “the kind of abuses that were documented in the report are a totally unacceptable way to treat employees at the FDIC and not in line with the core values of the Biden administration.” She stopped short, however, of joining Republican calls for his resignation.
 
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Well now, they've been keeping that one pretty quiet in the media haven't they?
 
There's a different level of scrutiny for Republican appointees, until it gets so bad for Democrat ones that they can't avoid it any longer.