Sunday, September 15, 2024

Flotsam and Jetsam - Kamala's Word Salad Days are Back

NYPo, Kamala Harris sticks with ABC for first solo interview since slanted debate — and still serves up word salad. Matt Margolis at PJM, Kamala’s First Solo Interview Was a Total Train Wreck. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Word Salad Returns: Kamala Still Can't Answer Questions. "It's a tour de force of vapidity." Fox, Harris dodges question on lowering prices by describing 'middle-class' roots: Neighbors 'proud of their lawn.' "Critics accused the vice president of sharing the same 'canned' answer from the ABC News debate." At Twitchy, 'Brutal'! Kamala Harris' First Solo Interview Went Even Worse Than We Predicted. Sundance at CTH, Kamala Harris Gives Bizarre “word salad” Interview Highlighting Why Campaign Director Brian Fallon Tries to Keep Her Hidden. At Hat Hair, Proof Positive ABC In the Editing Tank for Harris: Tom Elliott@tomselliott "Maybe someone has already mentioned this, but the rambling answer Kamala Harris gave last night on inflation is not what @6abc actually aired. Instead they edited her response so that it went straight to her "policies." Compare/contrast the two clips below." Matt Vespa at TownHall, Want to Guess What a Local Philly Outlet Did With Kamala's Trainwreck Interview?. WaEx has Four takeaways from Harris’s first solo campaign interview "1. No new explanation of policies . . . 2. Plans for elevated spending . . . 3. A renewed focus on guns . . . 4. Repeats belief about why voters don’t want Trump" From NewsMax, Rasmussen: 78 Percent Say Harris Must Give More Interviews. Hat Hair offers One Possible Reason Harris Can't Make Eye Contact: Stephen L. Miller@redsteeze, "She just cannot make eye contact because she's constantly searching for words that mean nothing. It's incredible."

Stacy McCain thinks Kamala Is Underperforming, "Keep that word in mind — “underperforming” — as you contemplate the fact that Kamala Harris is campaigning in Pennsylvania, a state that Joe Biden (allegedly) won by more than 80,000 votes in 2020." WEIS, Harris says she’s ‘feeling very good about Pennsylvania’ during campaign stop in battleground state, "because there are a lot of people in Pennsylvania," At WaEx, Salena Zito highlights a Newly registered Pennsylvania voter motivated by economic circumstances. Nick Arama at RedState, PA Cookie Poll Reveals Sweet Lead for Trump, but What People Are Telling the Bakery Drives It Home and Kamala Shows Just How Unfit She Is in PA, As Trump Supporters Come Out to Greet Her. End Wokeness@EndWokeness, "Kamala Harris can't say a single reason why Pennsylvania should vote for her . . ." Ward Clarke at RedState, Could Donald Trump's Poll Numbers Be Hiding a Silent Surge? 

At OTP, Vets’ Families Still Fuming About Kamala’s ‘No American Troops In War Zones’ Lie.

Matt Vespa sees The Left Is Powerless in Stopping the Haitians Eating Pets Story...And It's Amazing to Watch. At Hat Hair, PolitiFACT [fixed it] in Meltdown Over Federalist Goose-Killing Audio. Sean Davis @seanmdav, "Politifact is having a journo garbage baby meltdown over the @FDRLST exclusive that included police report and police audio about Haitian goose-hunting in Ohio. I particularly love the passive-aggressive threats from people who exist entirely to lie on behalf of the regime." Chris Rufo, The Cat Eaters of Ohio "The establishment media called it a racist myth, but is it?" WokeSpy, Springfield Residents “Displaced” As Landlords Triple Rent Prices To Accommodate Haitian Migrants. The "newcomers" are subsidized by NGOs who are in turn, subsidized by the Feds. From RVN, John Legend Lectures His Ohio Hometown On Haitian Illegals From His Beverly Hills Mansion. At NewsMax, Harris, Trump Campaign in Battlegrounds as Migrant Row Intensifies. Althouse, "We cannot get myopic or get focused based upon a knee-jerk reaction to something that is very titillating or very out there in the public right now." "Said Todd Chamberlain, the police chief in Aurora, Colorado, quoted in "How the False Story of a Gang 'Takeover' in Colorado Reached Trump/The claim that Aurora, Colo., has been overrun by gun-toting migrants stemmed from the city’s fight with a landlord. Now it is central to one of former President Donald J. Trump’s anti-immigrant campaign promises" (NYT) . . . I thought it was rich that the police chief was taking a stand against getting focused." ET, Trump Pledges Mass Deportations in Springfield and Aurora if He’s Elected. "In response to reporters’ questions, the former president says citizens of these two cities need relief from immigration crisis." NewsMax, DOJ Data Indicates Crime Up Under Biden-Harris. 

Harold Hutchinson has some words from one of our local mad men, Jamie Raskin Claims The Electoral College ‘Can Get You Killed’

Fox, Kamala Harris' new climate director said she is hesitant to have children because of climate change threats "Thorndike became the Harris campaign's climate engagement director in September." I wonder how many cats she has. From WokeSpy, Kamala Harris Was So Crazy Even Liberals Couldn’t Believe It. At Chicks on the Right, BREAKING: Democrats Prove They’re Huge Weirdos.

Matt Margolis, Bad Blood: Taylor Swift's Endorsement of Kamala Harris May Have Backfired Big Time. "A new post-debate poll from YouGov released Saturday found that 8% of voters said the pop superstar’s nod is either 'somewhat' or 'much more likely' to convince them to cast their ballot for the Democrat," reports the New York Post. "But a whopping 20% said they are 'somewhat' or 'much less likely' to vote for former President Donald Trump’s opponent now that Swift has spoken." My guess is Swifties are largely young female Democrats to begin with, and it's likely to drive away men and grown women. RVM, JD Vance Fires Back Following Unexpected Jab from Taylor Swift. “When grocery prices skyrocket by 20%, it’s the average American family feeling the pinch—not Taylor Swift,” At Breitbart, Whoopi Goldberg to JD Vance: ‘Stop Talking’ About Taylor Swift “You don’t know what affects her. You don’t know about her money. . . Shut up." PM, Ben & Jerry's founder launches Kamala themed ice cream flavors to 'scoop the vote', "Flavors include Kamala's Coconut Jubilee, Unburdened by What has Vanilla Bean, Inauguration Celebration Birthday Cake, Fight for Our Rights Sorbet, and MoveOn Mobilizer Milk Chocolate."

Breitbart, WATCH: President Biden Uses the Term ‘Black Jobs’ at African-American Event. It's only racist when Republicans do it. Hat Hair, Angry Old Man Yells at Clouds...Well, a Reporter. New York Post@nypost, "‘You be quiet’ Biden tells reporter asking about Putin’s threat of war with US https://trib.al/3sUOD0M." Jazz Shaw wonders, Is Biden Crossing One of Putin's 'Red Lines?' Well, yes, but most of them are for show. The question is which ones are real.

From Fox, IRS whistleblowers sue Hunter Biden’s attorney for $20M in defamation case: 'Clear malice'. "IRS investigators Gary Shapley and Joe Ziegler accuse attorney Abbe Lowell of retaliating against them for blowing the whistle on the politicization of the Hunter Biden investigation." TNP reports Hunter Biden’s Business Buddy Jumps Ship & Joins MAGA?! "Hunter Biden’s former business associate, best friend, and frequent Capitol Hill hearing witness, Devon Archer, has stepped across the partisan aisle to support former President Donald J. Trump in November’s election. Ventura County Republican Party committeewoman Lori Mills posted a photo of Archer at a Beverly Hills, California fundraiser for the Trump campaign Thursday evening on X (formerly Twitter)."

Nick Arama has a Bombshell Report: Cover-Up and Disturbing Info About Agent in Charge During Assassination Attempt. Jesse Watters@JesseBWatters "@SecretService BOMBSHELL: Sen Josh Hawley says the Lead Secret Service advance agent was a woman from Pittsburgh's field office. She FAILED a key exam, but disgraced former director Kim Cheatle promoted her anyway. Now Homeland Security is telling the Secret Service to cover the whole thing up." Bennetta Elliott@belliott123 "Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is telling the Secret Service not to comply with document requests. In other words, cover it up!!!" Althouse catches NYT, "Mr. Musk, 53, has long cultivated a devil-may-care persona..." "... traveling the world, hanging out with moguls, world leaders and celebrities, and smoking weed in public. But in private, he has increasingly barricaded himself behind a growing phalanx of armed bodyguards as he has become more wealthy, more famous and more outspoken — and as the threats against him have evolved.... His security team now operates like a mini-Secret Service, and he is guarded more like a head of state than a business executive, security experts said. . . . From "Inside Elon Musk’s Mushrooming Security Apparatus/As threats to his personal safety have become graver, the world’s richest man has barricaded himself behind a phalanx of bodyguards that operates like a mini-Secret Service" (NYT)."

Ben Bartee at Armageddon Prose reports Peaceful ‘J6 Granny’ Gets the Federal Shaft in Sentencing

"As punishment for taking a 27-minute nonviolent tour of the Capitol on January 6th, 2021, after being granted permission to enter by cops on site, grandmother and friend of Armageddon Prose Karen Jones has, over three years after the alleged insurrection and many thousands of retirement dollars squandered on defense attorneys, been sentenced to a three-year probation/house arrest regime — for a single misdemeanor charge of “Entering or Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds.”
Meanwhile:
 "Ray Epps, a former Arizona resident who was driven into hiding by death threats, pleaded guilty in September to a misdemeanor charge. He received no jail time, and there were no restrictions placed on his travel during his probation, but he will have to serve 100 hours of community service. He appeared remotely by video conference and wasn’t in the Washington, D.C., courtroom when Chief Judge James Boasberg sentenced him. Prosecutors had recommended a six-month term of imprisonment for Epps.”
Steve Collins at the Volokh Conspiracy dwells On the Missions of Academic Institutions. "As long as academic institutions place social justice goals ahead of truth seeking and knowledge creation, they will lose the respect of the public and will not live up to their potential." John Sexton at Hat Hair discourses on Viewpoint Diversity on Campus. "The problem with having entire faculty departments made up entirely of far left people goes beyond the issue of fairness. College professors are supposed to produce knowledge, but how can they do that if their departments become an exclusive club shut off from contradictory ideas." Greg Piper at JTN, Biden-Harris Title IX rewrite a nightmare for colleges after clarity of Trump rules, experts say "The patchwork of rules under court injunctions against the Democratic nominee's regulations "screams for a legislative intervention," outside advisor to colleges says, but "I don't know if we're capable of legislating anymore."" At the Free Bacon, The Right Weaponizes the Anti-Semitism of the Left. We’re for It. 
A little-known super PAC called Future Coalition PAC is airing ads highlighting Kamala Harris’s support for Israel, such as it is. "Vice President Harris has chosen a side—the right side," a narrator says. "Harris has made herself clear, she stands with Israel and the Jewish people."

Another notes that Harris’s husband, Doug Emhoff, would be "the first Jewish presidential spouse ever"—that Harris and Emhoff are "making history, standing up for what’s right, supporting Israel." In every way, they echo what Harris and Emhoff have said they stand for. But the New York Times doesn’t like these ads. Neither do they link to them and allow viewers to decide for themselves, but it tells readers they are "antisemitic," "intended to stoke more division," and that they "signal a new level of ugliness in the race."

Oh, we forgot to mention: The ads are airing in the Detroit area. Dearborn, Mich., is an inner-ring suburb of Detroit home to the country’s largest Muslim population, and what the Times report from Katie Glueck doesn’t say is that the 40,000 or so odd Arabs there don’t like Jews.

It’s not that the ads are anti-Semitic, it’s that the voters are. The ads are a bit of political chicanery aimed at turning that bigotry against the Democratic ticket. It’s cynicism, not anti-Semitism.

Breitbart, Federal Appeals Court Upholds Ruling to Block Arizona’s Ban on Transgender Athletes in Women’s Sports.

Scott Pinsker at PJM, Matt Walsh and The Daily Wire Strike Again: ‘Am I Racist?’ Is Borat-Style Humor for Conservatives. Da Signal, Robin DiAngelo Admits Getting Duped by Matt Walsh, Cites Smear Factory in Attacking Him, the SPLC. “I had been played.” At Breitbart, Kathy Griffin Freaks Out: Trump Will ‘Pick’ Comedians Off ‘One-by-One’ if He Wins. Mediaite whines Fox’s Gutfeld Outpacing Late Night Competition with Independents AND Democrats, Nielsen Data Shows.

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Palm Sunday

With Mariia Arsentieva

Palm trees as in instrument of mayhem: Ormond Observer, Ormond Beach man drops palm tree on neighbor's driveway
Police suspect a disgruntled 67-year-old Ormond Beach man dropped a palm tree in his neighbor's U-shaped driveway after his neighbor refused to let him use the driveway to turn around on their dead-end street the day before.

According to a police report, officers had responded to the home on Aug. 24, when the neighbor called police to ensure his argument with the man didn't escalate. Police report the man had driven to the end of the street and wanted to use the neighbor's driveway to turn around, but was unable to as his neighbor was using it to take photos of his car.

The following day, police received another call from the neighbor when he found the large palm tree laying across his driveway. A large tarp was also left on his vehicle, with dirt inside, and a tree stump leaning up against it. The officer could see where the palm tree had been uprooted and followed the tire tracks to the man's property, which had a fork lift parked in plain view. The fork lift's tires, according to police, were a match for the tracks.

The man was having a conversation with someone over the phone when police were there investigating, and officers determined the other person on the line to be his mother. One overheard her say, on speaker, "I heard you were drunk yesterday and did something down the street," the police report notes. Police had the fork lift towed.
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Saturday, September 14, 2024

Oregon, My Oregon

Jazz Shaw at Hat Hair, Oregon: Sorry About Registering All Those Illegals to Vote

One of the surest ways to be attacked by the progressive left is to raise the issue of illegal migrants voting in American elections. Should you do so, you will be accused of fearmongering, promoting "white nationalism," and, of course, racism. We are regularly assured that in the incredibly rare cases where such a thing might happen, it's a simple case of "new arrivals" becoming confused by our complex system of registration and voting. No harm, no foul! A recent analysis conducted by the Oregon Department of Transportation is going to make that defense much harder for people to accept, however. It turns out that in just the past few years, Oregon has registered literally hundreds of Joe Biden's illegal migrants to vote and at least some of them cast ballots illegally. So how did that happen and what can be done about it? It turns out that the state opened the door to making it quite easy for illegals to register to vote thanks to the DMV and the rules put in place by the state's Democratic majority. (Associated Press)
Oregon officials acknowledged Friday that the state mistakenly registered more than 300 non-citizens as voters since 2021 in what they described as a “data entry issue” that happened when people applied for driver’s licenses.

An initial analysis by the Oregon Department of Transportation, which oversees the state’s Driver and Motor Vehicle Services, revealed that 306 non-citizens were registered to vote, said Kevin Glenn, a department spokesperson. Of those, two voted in elections since 2021.

State and federal laws prohibit non-citizens from voting in national and local elections.
It may seem easy enough to shrug off a few hundred people registering illegally and a few of them voting in a state with a population of more than four million people. But this red flag, along with so many others just like it around the country comes with a very large caveat that frequently goes unmentioned. Those are just the people they caught. How many others simply "fell through the cracks" or were even directed to register by progressive social activists?

This situation in Oregon highlights an even larger problem that we're running into in many states, though thankfully not all of them. When someone emigrates to the United States legally with the intent to begin their journey along the path to citizenship, they should definitely be able to go to the DMV and apply for a driver's license. Being able to get around independently will help them obtain legal employment, pay their taxes, and contribute to the community. But the DMV also needs to ensure that they are being properly informed about the process of legally obtaining citizenship and the steps that are required along the way.

Illegal migrants have no such claim to make. If you enter the country illegally, your only concern should be meeting with an immigration court and learning if and when you might be deported back to your country of origin. You are not entitled to a driver's license and you certainly do not need to have a voter registration form handed to you. And yet that is the default process in far too many states. When a local official at the DMV hands you a voter registration form, what do we expect you to think about it, particularly if you are barely conversant in the English language? In most cases, it's almost certainly not the (intentional) fault of the migrant for filling out a form that is handed to them. It's the fault of the politicians who made that the official policy.

There may be enough illegal aliens in Portland to outvote all the rednecks and lumberjacks in Douglas County.

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Maryland, My Maryland

From the College Fix, Maryland noose not ‘racist’ or ‘anti-black’: principal

But ‘imagery is deeply harmful’

Another noose found at a high school may simply be a rope.

Earlier this week, a “staff member” at Sherwood High School “discovered a small rope tied in a manner resembling a noose, draped over the fence surrounding the school’s tennis courts,” according to an email from the principal, republished by MocoShow. The Ashton-Sandy Spring high school quickly contacted police.

“Through a review of our security footage, three individuals were identified and interviewed,” Principal Timothy Britton wrote to the community of the Maryland high school. “We are now in the process of determining appropriate consequences in accordance with the [Montgomery County Public Schools] Student Code of Conduct.”

The principal apologized for the rope, despite there being no “racist” or “anti-Black message” behind it.

Britton wrote:
While our investigation determined that the individuals involved did not intend to communicate a racist or anti-Black message, the impact of such imagery is deeply harmful and cannot be understated. We recognize how disturbing and upsetting this symbol can be, particularly to our Black community members, and we are treating this matter with the utmost seriousness.

At Sherwood High School, we are committed to fostering an inclusive, respectful, and safe environment for every student. This incident underscores the importance of ongoing education and dialogue around issues of race, respect, and cultural sensitivity. We will continue to address this in partnership with our students, staff, and families to ensure that such incidents are not repeated.
This is not the first time during this new school year a rope has turned out to just be a rope. 
Several weeks ago, a black parent at a Missouri school reported a noose found in the school bathroom.

“Wow, are we still doing this, did this really just happen,” Long, who is black, told the media, recounting his reaction. “Too many of our black and brown babies have those struggles in our schools,” Long told KSDK 5.

The district concluded, however, that it was not “racially motivated.” It was left by a “kid in crisis,” according to First Alert 4.

Still, the local NAACP blamed the rope on proposals by the Francis Howell School District’s conservative members to restrict access to some inappropriate books and to keep males out of female bathrooms.

This is just grievance mongering from the grievance mongering industry. Loops, and nooses of various different kinds are commonly tied in ropes for all kinds of different reasons. The classic hangman's knot is rarely seen because of the bad connotations, but bowlines, slip knots, and others are essential to using ropes effectively. It's just silly to expect that no rope seen in public have any type of loop, just to avoid offending the sensibilities of idiots. 

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Flotsam and Jetsam - Still Debating the Debate

Matt Vespa at TownHall on the whistleblower allegations that ABC leaked the debate questions to the Harris campaign, *IF* This Is True, ABC News Is About to Become Engulfed in a Major Scandal. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.13.24 Louder With Crowder: WHOA! Debate moderator admits OUT LOUD why they ganged up on Donald Trump, The Geller Report: ABC WHISTLEBLOWER Alleges Kamala Was Given The Questions, Promised Trump Would Be “Fact-Checked” and Kamala Would Not. Ace, Former Clinton Advisor Mark Penn: ABC "News" Should Submit to a Full Third-Party Investigation to Determine If They Schemed to Fact-Check Only Trump. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, 'Absolutely Not': ABC News Denies Leaking Debate Questions to Harris (Updated). "Did ABC actually look into this? Or did it just generate a denial? Nothing in the Daily Beast report indicated a serious review, let alone an investigation on the scale Mark Penn advocated. Don't forget that the Brazile leak didn't come to light in 2016 until the Wikileaks exposure of the DNC's emails. Had those messages never come to light, one would expect the DNC and CNN to have denied any such shenanigans."

Newt Gingrich thinks ABC Lost the Debate. Hat Hair cites WSJ opinion, ABC’s Bias Deprived Voters of a Fair Debate. At RCP, the Great Victor Davis Hanson calls it A Forgettable Warped Debate. Capt. Ed comments "I'm not so sure that Harris didn't end up losing this debate by confirming her shallowness. The media's focus groups seem to confirm that impression in the hours after the debate. But be sure to read VDH's condemnation of ABC and their hosts for warping what should have been a straight-up debate." Sundance at CTH, Even AI Analysis of ABC Debate Transcript Shows Clear Evidence of Bias. Heather McDonald at CJ, says Candidate, Moderate Thyself. "Conservatives are right to complain about the blatant bias of ABC’s debate moderators, but the bigger problem was Donald Trump’s undisciplined performance." Fair. Scuttlebutt says they're Pissing on Our Boots. From the Free Bacon, No, 2024 Is Not Over Yet, "Column: Reports of the Trump era's end are overrated." Gary Franks at TownHall, Spin Doctors Claim Harris Won the Debate. Why, Then, Is She Asking for a Mulligan?. At Twitchy, Morgan J. Freeman Challenges Megyn Kelly to Name 1 THING ABC Should've Fact-Checked Kamala on and HOO BOY. Sasha Stone sees Trump's Surprising Secret Weapon: Sympathy, "Harris might know how to give a strong closing argument but Trump knows television." "Harris made the fundamental mistake of leaving her JOY™ and unity hats at the door and putting on her prosecutor’s hat. Had she shown up as a gracious, respectful, serious person ready to answer serious questions, she might have won over some voters. That wasn’t what happened. She showed up as a hybrid between Hillary Clinton and the ladies of The View."

Dave Strom at Hat Hair sees CBS Accidentally Sides With Trump on Springfield, Sort Of... "CBS Morning show (people watch this dreck?!) accidentally threw Donald Trump a bone: they did a sickly sweet story about a lonely goose and one woman's successful efforts to find her a mate."

At Breitbart, Poll: Kamala Harris Trails Donald Trump 17% with Working-Class Voters — Same Deficit Joe Biden Faced in June. PJM's Matt Margolis has More Bad News for Kamala Out of Michigan "A new Insider Poll out of Michigan reinforces Trump’s momentum, showing him ahead 49 percent to Harris’s 48 percent." But have they counted the mail-in vote? NYPo, Poll: ‘Shy’ Jewish voters, key in swing districts, are turning against the Democrats. Dave Bernstein at the Times of Israel, The Biden-Harris Justice Department Has Failed American Jews Dave Strom, Not Looking So Confident, Kamala...

At Da Signal, DOGGONE: Reports of Missing Pets True or Not, Ohio City Suffers From Huge Haitian Migrant Influx. At Irons in the Fire, Borrowing from friend on the subject of Haitians in Springfield. Da Fetched, Haitian ‘Voter Fraud’ Operation Busted in Springfield, Ohio, illegal voter registration forms in Creole.  From NYPo, Small Pennsylvania town up in arms over plan to house hundreds of migrants in abandoned school. At Da Blaze, Marianne Williamson predicts 'eating cats issue' will hurt Dems in election: 'Haitian voodoo is real'. Ace notes The NY Times is Whining About Memes Again. That's a Good Sign. The Last Time the Drearily Pious Atheists Were This Exercised About Memes Was 2016. Dave Strom at Hat Hair says The Memes Are Lit...

aAt Insty, LOL, THE MEMES KEEP COMING: And two from the Babylon Bee, RFK Jr. Really Really Hoping Nobody Asks Him Point Blank If He’s Ever Eaten A Cat and Mola Ram Says He Has Found No Evidence To Support Trump’s Claim Of Heart-Ripping Ceremonies Taking Place Within Temple Of Doom.

At JTN Misty Severt reports DOJ releases 2023 crime statistics, Trump campaign fact checks ABC, "Trump commented during the debate that crime rates, especially those caused by illegal immigrants, have drastically risen during the Biden-Harris administration. But Muir shot back: “As you know, the FBI says overall violent crime is coming down in this country.”" and Ben Whedon, 'Absolute Hell': Trump hits Harris, Dems on California crime in LA press conference ""This is where she's coming from as president," he warned." TNP, Trump Vindicated: New DOJ Stats Show Spike in Violent Crime Under Biden-Harris. From Fox, ABC News rebuked by pro-life group, asked for correction of abortion claim by debate moderator, "ABC's Linsey Davis told Trump 'there is no state in this country where it is legal to kill a baby after it’s born'." WokeSpy, Smug Anti-Trump Former CNN Commentator Ironically Debunked by CNN’s Own Reporting. Greg Price@greg_price11 "You want to know what is even wilder? It's literally true that Kamala supported transgender operations for illegal aliens in prison." Quote Marc Lamont Hill@marclamonthill "She wants to do transgender operations on illegal aliens who are in prison" is the WILDEST thing I've ever heard in any debate. EVER." Ace, The New Yorker Refuse to Correct Russian Misinformation, Still Claiming That Kamala Harris Never Endorsed Using US Taxpayer Money to Pay for Sex Changes for Illegal Alien Teenagers. "The New Yorker, as anyone familiar with the oeuvres of Michael J. Fox and Keifer Sutherland would know, prides itself on the meticulousness of its supposedly-rigorous "fact-checking" department."

From the Pop Times, Trump Threatens 100% Tariff on Countries That Ditch the U.S. Dollar. Misty Severt at JTN, Trump pledges to eliminate taxes on overtime ""Today, I'm also announcing that as part of our additional tax cuts, we will end all taxes on overtime," Trump said. "The people who work overtime are among the hardest working citizens in our country. And for too long, no one in Washington has been looking out for them." Adam Turner at RedState says It’s Still the Economy (and the Border and World Chaos), Stupid! Hat Hair's Beege Welborn tells A Tale of Two Receptions. Steve Hayward at Power Line on the Cheney "endorsements", Republicans for Suicide. At Am Con, At Least Vance Has A Plan. "State of the Union: The Democrats have no theory of victory to end the war in Ukraine."

Susie Moore at RedState, Nicole Shanahan Does It Again: 'Who Really Are the MAGA People?' Shanahan was RFK Jr's. running mate.
Sundance at CTH, MAGA and MAHA and RFK JR Gives Details on Why He Refused to be Donald Trump’s VP Running Mate "According to Robert F Kennedy Jr, if he had accepted the position of Vice President to Donald Trump, the White House would have to place him under house arrest after approximately 3 days." 

At TNP, Congress Initiates Poll Watcher Program in Unprecedented Election Security Drive. Natalia Mittelstadt at JTN reports the PA Supreme Court rules mail ballots must have correct date to be counted. "Last month, a lower court ruled that the commonwealth cannot throw out mail-in ballots just because they have incorrect handwritten dates on the envelopes." Breitbart, Democrats Not Spending in Florida, Surrender State to Republicans. 

Matt Margolis thinks Joe Manchin Is a Weasel Who Can't Leave the Senate Soon Enough. Capt. Ed, Man, This Election Stinks, Says ... the Pope. Well, he doesn't get to vote. 

'Bonchie' at RedState wants you to WATCH: Kamala Harris Completely Bombs Her First Solo Interview. Althouse catches "Harris, characteristically, has made a lawyerly assessment of pros and cons. She and her advisers have queried whether, given the limited number of ATACMS available..." Writes David Ignatius, in "These people have seen Harris in the Situation Room. Here’s what they have to say. Harris is 'more hard-line than most people think,' says a retired four-star general who has briefed her many times" (WaPo)(free-access link). Ace, Reminder: As the Election Approaches, Politicians Are Falling Over Themselves to Brand Themselves as Bigots and Secretly Implement Racist Policies, Guess who's the Bigot? "You'll never guess -- as the election looms, Kamala Harris has declared herself an Open and Proud Bigot, and says she totally supports the border wall!" At WaEx, Dave Harsanyi notices that On abortion, Kamala Harris is the extremist. From Twitchy, About Those Buses We Keep Seeing at Kamala's Rallies, There's MORE and It's Even WORSE Than We Thought. Or Kamala has followers like the Grateful Dead, but more organized. Bob Hoge at RedState hears WH Photographers' Group Says Kamala Has Overseen an 'Unprecedented Reduction in Access' to Media. Dave Strom, Media Excoriates Biden for Using Term 'Black Jobs'...NOT. It's different when Democrats do it.

WSJ, Harris Is Still Struggling to Blunt Trump’s Edge on the Economy Steve Moore at Hat Hair wonders Hey Kamala, Where Are Your Spending Cuts?. Lost in the ozone again! Pop Times says U.S. Faces Debt Crisis as Interest Payments Exceed $1 Trillion for the First Time. A trillion is just a number. A very big number. Luke Gromen@LukeGromen "Critical debate question that wasn't asked: US Int Expense is > Defense spending for 1st time in at least 65 years. For centuries, when a hegemon's debt svc went > defense spending, it ceased to be a hegemon. Will you cut Entitlements or rates to address this?" From Breitbart, Inflation Picked Up Again in August, Producer Price Index Shows. WSJ, cited at Hat Hair sees Investors Betting Heavy on Jumbo Rate Cut from Fed. Dave Strom again, sees Goldman Sachs for Kamala, Ordinary Americans for the Don but at OTP, Goldman Sachs CEO Says Harris Overstated Firm’s View Of Her Economic Plan. “What the report did is it looked at a handful of policy issues that have been put out by both sides, and it tried to model their impact on GDP growth,” Solomon said on CNBC. “The reason I say a bigger deal’s been made of it is what it showed is the difference between the sets of policies that they put forward was about two-tenths of 1%.” Salena Zito at WaEx, New poll shows Pennsylvania voters overwhelmingly reject Biden LNG pause.

From RVN, Joy Behar Tries To Get Usher To Endorse Kamala, It Doesn’t Go Well For Her. At TAW, Tom Knighton discusses The folly of celebrity worship. "And yet, what is it about these people that’s so admirable? Taylor Swift is approaching 35. She’s never been married, has no children, and other than singing, hasn’t really done anything of particular note that warrants any reverence by anyone else. She’s donated some money, but so have I. I’m damn sure not someone to revere."

Matt Vespa thinks Tim Walz's Reaction to This Freudian Slip About Kamala Is Everything. "He called Harris a “prostitutor.” It’s the worst kind of Freudian slip." Gabe Kamisky at WaEx reports James Comer requests FBI documents on Tim Walz’s China ties. The View From North Central Idaho notices a Former Communist Calls V.P. Candidate’s Wife a Communist.

John Sexton is amused by Ezra Klein Making the Conservative Case for Border Control to Sec. Mayorkas. Straight Arrow News, California considers first-in-nation phone discounts to undocumented immigrants. Most of them have better phones than I do already. From the Center Square, Angel moms to Texas US rep.: Comments about murdered children are 'insulting', but were any cats consumed?

Cutie Pavlich at TownHall hears Congress: The FBI Is Slow Rolling Information About the Guy Who Tried to Kill Trump. "According to Republican Congressman Michael Waltz, the FBI is slow walking information about Crooks and his motivation to murder Trump. Crooks had a number of encrypted overseas accounts. "Clearly he was training, he was preparing. What we can't get a straight answer from the FBI on is, you know he built three IEDs with remote detonators, but what we can't get a straight answer is, what radicalized him? What drove the motives?" Waltz said during an interview with Fox News." Sundance, Following Secret Service Briefing, Democrat Senator Blumenthal Says Americans Should Prepare to Be “Shocked, Astonished and Appalled” About Lapses in Protection for Donald Trump.

From WaEx, DOJ official asked to appear before Congress over Jack Smith ethics allegations. Pop Time reports Judge Dismisses Three Counts in Trump’s Georgia Election Interference Case. From the NY Sun, Fani Willis’s ‘Tenacious’ Case Against Trump Is in Freefall Because of Her Secret Romance — and the Constitution, "The district attorney also faces a looming clash with Georgia lawmakers over her defiance of a pair of subpoenas." Capt. Ed, Fani Willis' No Good, Terrible, Very Bad Week Continues with No-Show. Fox, Fani Willis defies subpoena to testify at Georgia state Senate hearing "DA Fani Willis previously called the Georgia Senate committee's investigation 'unlawful'" You can't do that to me, I'm a black female Democrat!

Steve Richards at JTN thinks Garland's impartial DOJ claims conflict with reports of political interference, bias. "Several whistleblowers’ complaints, an inspector general report, and an FBI scandal are just part of the growing mountain of evidence that the DOJ has not held to the core values and norms that Garland said protect the independence of the department." The Victory Girls notice Democrats Are Desperate For Another January 6th. 

At Hat Hair, Dave Strom sees The Campaign to Arrest Elon Musk Heats Up and John Sexton hears Elon Musk Gets a Lot of Personal Threats (I Wonder Why). CarolinaConservative3@1776Carolina3, "My GOD, @Google is just complete leftist garbage now. It was bad before but it's just completely impossible to find anything other than left wing sources when searching. Unfortunately, @DuckDuckGo has become almost as bad. @elonmusk please consider creating a search engine site! Capt. Ed, Is Google Cooking Search Results for Kamala? Of course! Breitbart, Mark Zuckerberg Declares He Is Done Apologizing for Facebook’s Censorship.

His apparent good standing at the school changed dramatically when he participated in a discussion of the treatment of childhood gender dysphoria at an event in October 2017 sponsored by a conservative think tank, the Heritage Foundation. He expressed his reservations with some treatments and his public comments were reported back to his colleagues.

Dr. Josephson argued that children are not mature enough to make such major, permanent decisions and that 80-95 percent of children claiming gender dysphoria eventually accept their biological sex over time without such treatment.

Those views are widely shared by others and have been cited as the basis for states adopting bans on conversion treatments for young children.

His commentary triggered a backlash at the school, which led to a decision not to renew his contract. When sued, the school invoked the Eleventh Amendment and claimed qualified immunity. The district court correctly rejected that claim and the Sixth Circuit just affirmed that denial.

At Ace's, THE MORNING RANT: Harvard Launches “Introductory” Math Course for its Students Who Can’t Do 9th Grade Math. Greg Byrnes at PJM, Sick Writing Assignment Gets Teacher Fired In New York City. From Campus Reform, Northwestern University bans fat jokes. John Sexton sees Florida's Post-Tenure Faculty Review is Working and wonders Are Elite Colleges Cheating the Affirmative Action Ruling After All? Of course. College Fix, New allegations suggest U. Washington administrators had heavy involvement in DEI hiring scandal. 

From the Free Bacon, Banned Anti-Israel Student Group at Penn Throws Red Paint on Ben Franklin Statue. 

Capt. Ed, Self-Defense? MA Prosecutor Charges Man Assaulted at Pro-Israel Protest. From Twitchy, Scott Hayes, Who Allegedly Shot a Pro-Hamass Protester Appears in Court, Gets Decision on Bail. Kassy Akiva@KassyAkiva, "UPDATE: They just arraigned Scott Hayes and are releasing him on a $5,000 bond. They only charged him with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. They did not read the previous charge mentioned. An application for a criminal complaint on the anti-Israel guy has been taken out."

UPI approves, Appeals court upholds Colorado's ban on conversion therapy for minors. What is gender transition, if not conversion therapy?


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Rule 5 Saturday - Mariia Arsentieva

This week's Rule 5 lovely hails from Ukraine, Mariia Arsentieva, and yes, that double "i" is supposed to be there. Mariia Arsentieva Ukrainian Supermodel
Mariia Arsentieva is a beautiful and young famous Supermodel and Social Media Influencer who was born in Ukraine. She is successful Instagram star with 683k followers. She has been the finalist at the Miss Continental Europe 2018 pageant. Mariia Arsentieva has collaborated with multiple reputed and renowned brands. In June 2021, she won the Miss Europe-Asia contest that was held in Paris.


She reminds me of a younger Christie Brinkley. It must be the hair. 

Hello, yes I was born and raised in Ukraine in the city of Kyiv. I have been an active child since childhood and sport was my favorite subject in school, I had the best grades and results. I tried different things when I was small such as karate, aikido, dancing and even gymnastics, where they were even ready to take me to professional sports, although I came to them when I was twelve years old, and it's too late for gymnastics. I have a higher pedagogical education and an incomplete second higher education in the direction of English philology.https://fritz-aviewfromthebeach.blogspot.com/search?q=Christy+Brinkley

I did not plan to go into the modeling business, as I was very passionate about sports, but I wanted to please my mother, she is a model in the past, so I went to a modeling school. I started with Shows and a photo session in Ukraine and almost immediately they found a contract for me in Turkey.

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Friday, September 13, 2024

Are Fishermen Starving Out the Bay's Ospreys?

Daily Press, Baby ospreys are starving along the Chesapeake Bay, report finds. Here’s why

Baby ospreys are facing a greater threat of starvation because there are less menhaden in the Chesapeake Bay area, according to a new study from William & Mary Center for Conservation Biology.

In the report, researchers compiled breeding results in 511 osprey pairs in a dozen study areas, including ones in Hampton Roads. Breeding pairs were monitored throughout the nesting season, or from March to August, to measure success. To maintain population, ospreys need 1.15 chicks per pair of breeding ospreys. The collective reproductive rate for the population being monitored was 0.55 young chicks per pair.


Areas where ospreys relied on menhaden as a primary food source saw the biggest deficits in reproductive rates. Areas where catfish and gizzard shad were the main source of food had sustainable osprey populations.

“A large number of osprey pairs did not lay clutches during the 2024 nesting season,” a report from osprey researcher Bryan D. Watts reads. “These pairs arrived from wintering grounds in a timely manner (late February to early March). Most of these non-breeding pairs remained resident throughout the nesting season and defended territories but were never documented to lay eggs. This is the first time this behavior has been documented on a large scale within the Chesapeake.”

In Virginia Beach, breeding performance for ospreys had a “minor deficit,” or a reproductive rate between 0.8 to 0.9 young per breeding pair. Around the Elizabeth River in Norfolk and Portsmouth and on the Eastern Shore, the rate had a “moderate deficit,” or 0.6 to 0.8 young osprey per pair. Areas on the Peninsula and Northern Neck had a “major deficit.”

 

While nests can be threatened by several factors — like weather and predators — Watts noted that observations, studies and pollution did not prove to have significant impact on the nests. Poor breeding performance throughout the main stem of the Chesapeake Bay in 2024, he wrote, was driven by the loss of young after hatching.

In Virginia Beach, breeding performance for ospreys had a “minor deficit,” or a reproductive rate between 0.8 to 0.9 young per breeding pair. Around the Elizabeth River in Norfolk and Portsmouth and on the Eastern Shore, the rate had a “moderate deficit,” or 0.6 to 0.8 young osprey per pair. Areas on the Peninsula and Northern Neck had a “major deficit.”

While nests can be threatened by several factors — like weather and predators — Watts noted that observations, studies and pollution did not prove to have significant impact on the nests. Poor breeding performance throughout the main stem of the Chesapeake Bay in 2024, he wrote, was driven by the loss of young after hatching.


Last month, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission voted to form a workgroup to consider additional restrictions on the industrial harvest of menhaden, and Virginia is currently the only state on the East Coast that allows for menhaden reduction fishing in state waters. Earlier this year, lawmakers did not pass a bill to fund a local study on menhaden populations.

Chris Moore, Virginia executive director for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, said that menhaden industry management is “operating with a question mark” without the study. Existing data looks at menhaden populations across the East Coast, so not having Virginia-specific data makes it unclear how dire the situation could be.

“This year’s osprey data adds to the growing concerns about the number of menhaden in the bay and the importance of a robust menhaden population for species that depend on them for food and Virginia’s economy,” Moore said. “We must follow a precautionary, ecosystem-based approach to setting limits on the menhaden fishery. That approach must include the study of the industrial fishing impacts to the bay, as well as considering seasonal fishing closures from the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission.”

FWIW, the Ospreys in our area rely largely on Menhaden. In recent weeks, we have had large schools of mid sized Menahaden in the shallow water, and I have seen Osprey catching them, sometimes two at a time. Menhaden don't seem limiting. However, today, I was talking to an out-of-towner at the beach about Ospreys and Bald Eagles and how the eagles often steal fish from the Ospreys, when an eagle came out of the trees on the beach, and stole fish from an Osprey. Perfect timing.

Two tiny specks left, above horizon. Click to enlarge


As I walked on down the beach a half a mile, another steal took place, but with an added wrinkle. As soon as the eagle swooped to the water to grab his ill gotten gains, another eagle attacked him. It wasn't clear to me if possession of the fish changed talons. 

I know some Osprey chicks are going to nest hungry tonight.

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Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump, I Won, No More Debates

Stacy McCain, Trump: I Won, No More Debates "This is a bold move, and can only be explained by Duane Patterson’s question: “If Kamala Won the Debate, Why Is Trump Gaining Ground?”" Ace, Trump Rules Out Further Debates, Declaring "I Won". "Ed Morrissey suggests this may be a negotiation tactic, because Trump was far too willing to concede anything to Biden, and then Kamala Harris, to get them on the stage. Maybe he would agree to a debate -- if it weren't "moderated" by Marxist Media shills." Matt Margolis, This Focus Group Changed How I Feel About the Trump-Harris Debate. WSJ, cited by Hat Hair, Our Undecided Focus Group Agreed on the Debate Winner. But That's It. "most said the debate didn’t shake their previously held notions about Trump and Harris and where they stand on issues such as the economy, immigration and conflicts overseas. From Twitchy, HOO BOY! Newly Released Data Collected in Real-Time During Presidential Debate DISASTROUS for Kamala. MxM News, Trump campaign polling confirms former president moving ahead of Harris post-debate. Real Clear Polling, Did Harris Really Get the Debate She Needed? Ace notes Even CNN's Liberal Freak Jake Tapper Knocks Kamala Harris For Refusing to Answer Questions In the Debate. "Ed Morrissey notes that Tapper, of course, "both sides" the question-dodging, claiming Trump also failed to be specific when answering some questions." New Neo, The debate: the supposed intelligentsia versus the commoners. Hat Hair's Dave Strom explains Why Trump Is More Likely to Win Than Not "Americans are unhappy about the direction of the country, worried about inflation, and believe that illegal migrants are flooding the country. No amount of happy talk can change that fact. And Kamala gave them no reason to see her as a change agent."  Da Blaze, 'We will never reach Mars if Kamala wins': Elon Musk throws more support behind Trump. Capt. Ed, Bidenflation Still Hammering the Working Class -- Minorities Hardest Hit: WaPo. 

And at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.12.24 (Evening Edition),   Louder With Crowder: Watch as JD Vance levels CNN’s Kaitlin Collins with a massive truth bomb on migrants and “cat memes”, Shocker: 60% of voters moved to Trump after Kamala Harris’s failure to answer one important question, and Trump beats Kamala in a LANDSLIDE… according to cookies sold at this popular swing state bakery.American Thinker, President Trump Won the Debate with Harris, Da Tech Guy: Spiking the Debate Ball for Trump, also, Who were the winners and losers from Tuesday night’s Presidential Debate? Don Surber: Singing Kamala’s praises in the wrong key

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At the Wombats In The Mailbox: 09.12.24 (Morning Edition) EBL, ABC’s David Muir: 100% Positive Coverage of Kamala Harris, and Louder With Crowder: “They’re trying to steal this election:” Megyn Kelly ANNIHILATES the hack ABC News debate moderators.  And at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.12.24 (Evening Edition), EBL: Megyn Kelly: Trump vs. Harris AND Moderators in Biased ABC Debate, also, The Debate, Twitchy: Conflict of Interest Much? ABC Whistleblower Reportedly Coming Forward With Deets Proving Kamala Had Questions Before Debate, American Greatness, Despite ABC’s Thumb on Scale For Harris, Most Undecided Voters Favored Trump After Debate, Outkick: Danica Patrick Calls Out Taylor Swift For Insufferable Gaslighting With Kamala Harris Post, This Ain’t Hell, Fact checker fact-checks Kamala Harris’s active duty military in combat zone claim, Mark Steyn: Moderators Gone Wild. From the Free Bacon, David Muir, Unveiled, "ABC News anchor reveals true self during Trump-Harris debate, torches carefully crafted reputation as unbiased newsman." Ace, Fact-Checking the "Fact"-Checkers: ABC "News'" "Moderators" Straight-Up Lied About Live Aborted Babies Being Killed. "They're quibbling about "being killed" and "being 'allowed to die'" by a doctor who just watches them expire on a table without rendering any aid whatsoever." Capt. Ed adds "It was one of the most astonishingly bad debate moderation performances I have ever seen, and perhaps the worst. In fact, it wasn't moderation at all -- it was participation." Scott Pinsker at PJM, ABC Moderators Were Lying: EIGHT ‘Aborted’ Babies Were Born Alive & Then Left to Die in Minnesota, Matt Margolis, Pro-Life Activist Proves That Late Term Abortions Happen ‘All the Time’. Da Signal, Under Gov. Tim Walz, Babies Born Alive in Botched Abortions Were Left to Die. Then He Removed Reporting Requirements. Sister Toldja at Red State hears ABC say the Quiet Part Out Loud? ABC Debate Co-Moderator Makes Eye-Opening Admission on Why They Fact-Checked Trump. "Davis, wearing pink glasses while speaking to The Times over breakfast at the Ritz Carlton in Philadelphia, said the decision to attempt to correct the candidates was in response to the June 27 CNN debate between Trump and President Biden, whose poor performance led to his exit from the race. “People were concerned that statements were allowed to just hang and not [be] disputed by the candidate Biden, at the time, or the moderators,” Davis said." Stephen L. Miller@redsteeze "I said the reason for how the moderators behaved in the ABC debate was simply because they were not going to let happen to Kamala Harris, what happened to Joe Biden and here she is admitting it" Vicky Taft at PJM, Who Rigged the Debate for Kamala? Her Best Friend and Her Sorority Sister.  Breitbart, Time Issues Humiliating Correction Admitting Kamala Supports Taxpayer-Funded Gender Surgery for Illegals

Did ABC leak the questions to Kamala's Kamp? Matt Vespa at TownHall, Did Someone Leak the Debate Questions to Kamala Harris? Matt Margolis, If True, the ABC News Presidential Debate Could Be Rocked by Explosive Scandal. Chuck Callesto@ChuckCallesto, "BOMBSHELL REPORT: ABC whistleblower to reveal Harris campaign was given SAMPLE QUESTIONS that were essentially the same questions that were given during the debate.. Reports also indicate they were provided SEPERATE ASSURANCES Trump would be fact checked and Harris would NOT.." Black Insurrectionist--I FOLLOW BACK TRUE PATRIOTS@DocNetyoutube, "I will be releasing an affidavit from an ABC whistleblower regarding the debate. I have just signed a non-disclosure agreement with the attorney of the whistleblower. The affidavit states how the Harris campaign was given sample question which were essentially the same questions that were given during the debate and separate assurances of fact checking Donald Trump and that she would NOT be fact checked. Accordingly, the affidavit states several other factors that were built into the debate to give Kamala a significant advantage. I have seen and read the affidavit and after the attorney blacks out the name of the whistleblower and other information that could dox the whistleblower, I will release the full affidavit. I will be releasing the affidavit before the weekend is out." I tend to discount this, not because I don't believe ABC and the Democrats are above colluding, but because I thought most of the questions were pretty obvious, and should have been prepared for anyway.

Rick Moran at PJM, Police Report Describes Haitians Carrying Dead Geese Down the Street in Springfield, Ohio. Dave Strom at Hat Hair thinks Trump Should Go to Springfield. Yep. Althouse, "Remember: No eatin' dogs and cats!" and "How did members of Venezuelan gangs suddenly find themselves in suburban Colorado?" "From "Chaos in Aurora/How the federal government subsidized the migrant madness in suburban Colorado," by Christina Buttons and Christopher F. Rufo (City Journal)." TNP, ICE Arrests Record Number of Migrant Sex Criminals in Dem Sanctuary. "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Baltimore, Maryland, has detained a record 153 noncitizen sex offenders this fiscal year." The Babylon Bee@TheBabylonBee, "Media Assures Americans That Migrants Haven’t Killed Any Cats, Just Women And Children https://buff.ly/3XCxh8C." 

Dennis Prager at Hat Hair, You Hate Trump? So What? A great many Americans claim that they cannot vote for former President Donald Trump because they loathe him. That was also their argument in 2016 and 2020. That argument was childish in 2016 and 2020, and it remains childish in 2024. I say "childish" because mature people don't vote on the basis of whom they like. They vote on the basis of which candidate is best for their country." End Wokeness@EndWokeness "HAHAHAHA. Weatherman covers the camera as Trump flag is waved in the background." Twitchy, OOF! Seattle Times' Trump Fact-Check Gets a Community Notes Nuking (Using Their Own Previous Story). Althouse, How, indeed? ""How a Naked Man on a Tropical Island Created Our Current Political Insanity" — The naked man catches my eye, but a quick glance identifies the naked man as Richard Hatch, winner of season 1 of "Survivor," and we know that "Survivor" led to "The Apprentice," Donald Trump's big lateral move into the nation's psyche. . ." And, "They never fired one person. They didn't fire anybody having to do with Afghanistan and the Taliban..." 

John Sexton at Hat Hair VIP  happily reports the Cook Political Report Moves Montana Senate Race to 'Leans Republican'

Fred Lucas at Da Signal wonders Why Won’t This Swing State Clear 4 Million Ineligible Names From Voter Rolls? Because it would eliminate one possible source of fraudulent votes, silly!

Dave Strom explains John Kirby's 'Suckers and Losers' Moment. Never, ever hit "Reply All" to respond to an email. We all do it, and it is always a bad idea. John Kirby, the National Security spokesman for the Biden/Harris administration, was reminded of that lesson yesterday. He accidentally revealed his disdain for veterans and Gold Star families, brushing aside their concerns about the failed Afghanistan exit. "Obviously no use in responding. A ‘handful’ of vets indeed and all of one stripe," Kirby said in a "reply all" email chain Wednesday afternoon that appeared to be intended for White House staffers, but which also included Fox News Digital." Ward Clarke at RedState, On 9/11, John Kirby Talks Botched Afghan Withdrawal: 'No Use in Responding' to a 'Handful of Vets'. Victory Girls, John Kirby On Afghanistan: Ignore The Handful Of Vets.

Chad Pergram@ChadPergram, "Dem CT Sen Blumenthal on info about Trump shooting after briefing by acting USSS Dir Rowe: I think the American people are going to be shocked, astonished and appalled by what we will report to them about the failures by the Secret Service in this assassination attempt on the former president. But I think they also ought to be appalled and astonished by the failure of the Department of Homeland Security to be more forthcoming, to be as candid and frank, as it should be to them in terms of providing information" At Twitchy, Don Lemon Writes Check His Butt Can't CASH Attacking Melania for Video Speaking OUT About Trump Shooting.

Hat Hair's Jazz Shaw, We're Declaring Next January 6 a 'National Special Security Event' in Advance?, the beatings will continue until morale improves. Ace, "The "Department of Homeland Security" Will Designate January 6, 2025 a "Special Security Event" Due to a Four-Hour Riot Four F***ing Years Ago, "The New and Improved 9/11."  Rick Moran, Trump Is a 'De Facto Russian Asset' Says Former FBI Deputy Director, Andy McCabe. Chip Roy@chiproytx, "Unless you are a former President and political rival, conservative news host, 70yo pro-life activist, J6 attendee/journalist… list goes on #DefundTyranny, Quote Libs of TikTok@libsoftiktok "“We will not allow this department to be used as a political weapon” - Attorney General Merrick Garland who weaponized the DOJ to go after political opponents." 'Becca Downs at TownHall, Trump Campaign Responds to Garland's Claims on the DOJ Being Used As 'Political Weapon'.

Cheryl Hines
At Hollywood in Toto, Scott Baio Defends Cheryl Hines Against Hollywood Bullies "‘God’s Not Dead’ actor shares personal reason for joining beloved franchise."

Steve McGuire@sfmcguire79, "BREAKING: North Carolina public universities have closed their DEI offices, eliminated 59 DEI positions, and saved $17,118,889, according to a new report today." From the Free Bacon, Top DEI Officials at Biden-Harris State Department Rake In Nearly $200k a Year, Records Show. "'Woke' work brings nearly double the pay of average State employees." At the College Fix, a New ‘Hate Map’ exposes left-wing hostility, antisemitism on college campuses. From Twitchy, The Most Fragile (and DUMB) White Woman Has Responded to Matt Walsh's Epic Troll. Matt Walsh@MattWalshBlog "Robin DiAngelo has issued a statement denouncing our film. She claims that the movie is “designed to humiliate and discredit anti-racist educators and activists.” She couldn’t be more correct in that assessment. Thank you, Robin!" At WaEx, Mark Judge looks at BlueAnon: Liberalism’s tragic descent into paranoia and conspiracy theories “The biggest difference between Alex Jones and Rachel Maddow is the haircut.” At AlphaNews, Prior Lake parents push back on new math curriculum: ‘No political agendas’.
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